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January 1999
Vol.
27, N9. 1
ONTENTS
S
trai
g
ht
& Level!Butch Jo yce
lC
News
4 Aeromail
5 Type Club Notes/
H.G. Fra
utschy
6 Straightening a Cowl!
Kent White
8 What our
Members
are Restoring/
H.G. Frautsc hy
10 Mys
te r
y PlanelH.G . Frautschy
12 Brown Dillard' s
Summer Fun
/
H.G. Fra utschy
17 A Beautiful West
Coast
Contemporary AircraftINorm Petersen
21 City of Yuma
Endurance
Flight/
H.G. Frautschy
22
1999 Type Club List
26 Pass it to BuckIBuck Hilbert
30 Welcome New Members
31 Membership
Information/
Classified Ads
Page
10
. .
"
FRONT
COVER The
late Brawn Dillard
and his
best
buddy Vi Blowers
cruise
on
by
in
one of the Golden Age
of
Aviation's prettiest
biplanes.
the
Kreider
Reisner KR-21 . This nicely restored
example
was
awarded the
Silver
Age
Cham
pion trophy
at EAA
AirVenture
'98. EAA
photo by
Ken Jim
Koepnick. shot with
a
Canon EOS
1n equipped
with an 80-200mm
lens.
EAA
Cessna 210
plane
flown by
Bruce
Moore.
EDITORIAL STAFF
Publisher
T
om
Poberezny
Editor-in-Chief
Jack Cox
Editor
Henry G. Frautschy
Managing Editor
Golda
Cox
Contributing Editor
John Underwood
Computer Graphic Specialists
Beth
Blanck
O livia l. Phillip
Pierre Kotze
Photography Staff
Jim Koepnick LeeAnn Abrams
Ken
Uchtenberg
Mark Schaible
Advertising/Editorial Assistant
Isabelle Wiske
EAA ANTIQUE/CLASSIC DIVISION, INC.
OFFICERS
President Vice-President
Espie "Butch" J
oyce
George Daubner
P.O. Box
35584
2448
Lough Lone
Greensboro.
NC
27425
Hartford. WI
53027
910/393-0344
414/673-5885
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Steve
Nessa
Charles Harris
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East
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St.
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. OK 74145
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STRAIGHT LEVEL
by ESPIE "BUTCH" JOYCE
W
elcome
to
January
of 1999
Doesn't time fly when you are
having fun? This past year sure
has flown by - it seems like only yes
terday I was just leaving Oshkosh '98 ,
and today I got an AirVenture '99 form
in the mail. Sign it, and I'm committed
to
being an AirVenture Chairman. You
bet I signed
I don't know about you, but I used to
think that as life went on, things would
become easier, since you'd have life's
experiences to draw on, and would pick
off each item that life handed you.
Funny, I have found this not to be the
case. While thinking about it, I cannot
determine if it is a collection
of
left over
details
of
those life tasks, or is it the fact
you look at the calendar and figure out
that if you
are going to do all of the
things you want to
do,
you had better get
going in order to complete these goals in
the
time you think you have left.
t
could
be a combination
of
the
two
Maybe one
of you can tell me how you have it fig
ured out - I
am
all ears.
August of 1988 was the year I was
first
elected President
of the
growth is not as great
as
it was last year
at this time, but as you increase in mem
bership numbers it is hard to keep the
percentage number up there even
if
you
have the same number of new members
join each year.
You can conduct all of the member
ship drive programs you like, but the fact
of
the matter is that unless the individual
member supports these programs, they
will
not go anywhere fast . The new
member
who is referred by a
present
member will be
one
of
the best
new
members you can get. He'll be more
likely to renew, since they have a per
sonal experience in the Division. This
fact alone alerts our membership just
how important it is to encourage your
fellow aviation buffs to join up with all
of
us. Retention of present members
is
a
good measuring tool to see
if
we are pro
viding the needed or desired membership
services. The last report I received from
Headquarters told us the membership
re-
tention percentage was in the range
of
89%. That's an outstanding number,
even when compared with other mem
bership organizations.
Vintage Airplane magazine
is
the of
ficial publication of your Division and is
the only monthly publication that is de
voted
to
Vintage aircraft and their issues.
Throughout the past several years, the
publication has gotten better and better
because of the oversight
of
H.G.
Frautschy, your editor. Your help in con
tributing articles has also been of great
bership aircraft insurance program, a
program that continues to be very suc
cessful. The Antique/Classic Division
worked
with AUA,
Inc. , 1-800/7 27
3823, to put together a program with
coverage tailored
to
best suit the types
of
aircraft, people, and flying that interest
our membership.
Some may feel that price is the deter
mining factor when buying insurance,
only
to
find out the hard way that cover
age types are by far the most important
item
if
you have a claim.
All
of
your Officers, Directors, and
Advisors who live in different sections
of the USA stand ready to help any mem
ber if you should need
to
contact them.
Also, the EAA has been restructuring
their headquarters staff, and they now
are even better prepared to be
of
assis
tance to the
lC
member. For example,
the Information Services and Govern
ment Programs offices are available to
you, and are often actively working on
issues that directly concern the Vintage
aircraft movement. Alternate fuel pro
grams and representation on the ARAC
committee are
just
two of the areas
they've been watching out for us.
Looking to the future, here are some
very broad goals we see will benefit the
Vintage aircraft owner
/
enthusiast.
These are:
1.
Bring forward historic informa
tion; 2. Provide technical support; 3.
Provide safety support; 4. Provide pro
gram support; 5. Government issues;
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A/C NEWS
compiled
by
H G Frautschy
TWAS
THE
NIGHT AS
THE
NIGHT
Phyllis Moses sent us a message to
tell
us
that,
in
fact, she
is
not the author
of
"
Twas
The
Night
As
The
Night
which we published under her byline
in
the December issue. Neither Phyllis
or us know who the actual author is, so
if you
can
identify
him
or her to us,
we'd appreciate hearing from you
SWIFT
NEWS
Charlie
Nelson has
been keeping
us posted on the progress being made
by Aviat and their new "Millennium
Swift" program. Here ' s what he had
to
say:
".
. .
The project has been upgraded
to the No. I project in the Aviat plant
[in Afton, WY]. Everyone there
is
ex
cited. The Millennium Swift is planned
to
be certified via an amendment
to
the
existing Type Certificate. (Contrary
to
what
you
may read in the aviation
press [not us - HGF] the Swift T.C.
was not sold to A viat.
It is
still owned
by the Swift Museum Foundation, Inc. ,
and
is
being used by A viat under con
tract with SMF, inc .) A cooperative
but aggressi
ve
schedule
has
been
worked out with the FAA' s ACO of
fice at Denver and the A viat facility at
Afton. The goal
is
to have a prototype
fl
ying by March
'99
, which
just
hap
pens to be less than 3 months away. I
planes with big engines we have to get
better. I
do
think the Millennium Swift
will have a tremendous advantage in
the marketplace. Not only will it look
good, go fast and fly great, but we ex
pect
it to have
decent
low
end
"
Characteristics that
are
unknown
to
most
of
the plastic or glass stuff.
For
us the owners of the existing
fleet of Swifts, I do not see this as a
problem.
Our agreement
with
Aviat
provides that they not only build a re
fined Swift, but also built separately
as
needed or ordered by us, parts for the
original Swift.
If
they cannot or do not
build the parts we need, we have re
tained the right to use other suppliers
such as those we have used in the past.
Granted, the entire program, original
and
new
got
off
to a slow start but it
now appears you could have a Millen
nium Swift under your Christmas tree
in
1999, and we could soon have
a
fresh
supply of
some of the
most
needed parts
to
keep the rest
of
us fly
ing
.
This newsletter completes 30
years, I consider this news a great way
to turn over a new leaf. December
begins our 31st year. Go Afton "
We're looking forward to seeing the
Millennium Swift as soon
as
if
comes
out
of
the Afton Aviat factory, and we
congratulate Charlie Nelson
and the
Swift club for
over
3 decades of out
standing support for the Swift.
EAA AVIATION FOUNDATION
HOSTS EXPANDED EDUCATION
PROGRAMS IN 1999
The dream
of
flight will come
to
life
for young people through specialized
youth aviation programs presented as
part of the EAA Aviation Foundation's
Air Academy 1999 summer programs.
The
year's
programs will include a
These week-long programs
are de
signed
to
help youths 12-14 years old
to
explore
the world
of
flight with a
balanced mix of aviation studies and
aviation-based recreational activities.
EAA Aviation Experience
Camps
(June 26-July 1 and July 6-11) - Of
fer 14- and
15
year olds a unique "fun
and discovery learning experience
with hands-on instruction and super
vision
in
fundamental aviation
building skills.
EAA Aviation Leadership
Camps
(July 13-18
or July 21-August
1
Continue the exciting summer aviation
experience for 15-17 year olds that be
gan in 1984. The Leadership Camps
are an intensive look inside the world
of flight, with hands-on experience in
numerous building
skills.
The
two
week session July 21-Aug. 1 concludes
with involvement in EAA AirVenture
Oshkosh '99.
EAA Air Academy internship pro
grams
for
young people and adults
offer opportunities
to develop avia
tion skills while also using their
talents in other areas. These opportu
nities include:
-The Clirr Robertson Airport
Work
Experience
Program
- an
eight-week summer work experience
for two young people and
a young
flight instructor/mentor. The program
allows participants to work in an air
port setting
while
obtaining
flight
instruction. The instructor/mentor has
an opportunity to develop instructional
skills in an aviation-rich environment.
The Doolittle
Raiders Internship
- Provides a young certified flight in
structor with summer work experience
in
support
of the
summer
Air Acad
emy,
coordinating
flight instruction
and orientation flights for participants.
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Ken Uchtenberg
For more information on any of the
summer educational programs, call toll
free 888/EAA-EAA9 (888-322-3229)
or 920/ 426-6815. You may also write
to the EAA Aviation Foundation Edu
cation Office ; P.O .
Box
3065,
Oshkosh, WI 54903-3065, or contact
EAA's website at - www.eaa.org, or
e-mail the Education Office directly at
education@ eaa.org.
ADULT AVIATION EDUCATION
OPPORTUNITIES AT EAA
Adults who
want
to
discover and
develop aviation building and restora
tion skills are invited to
receive
"hands-on" experience from some of
aviation's best artisans during the
EAA Wright School of Building and
Restoration sessions.
There
are two
sessions scheduled, Jan. 25-29 and
Feb. 1-5, 1999.
The
Wright
School sessions, for
merly known as the EAA Adult Air
Academy, will be held at the EAA Avi
ation Center
in
Oshkosh with residence
at the Air Academy Lodge. Partici
pants can explore the basic skills of
aviation or concentrate on one or more
airplane building and restoration topics
during the first one-week session. Fab
ric covering will be the emphasis during
the second week program.
Chuck Larsen, the Foundation's Ex
ecutive
Director
of
Education,
explained that classroom and work
shop activities
are
included for all
participants in the program. "There
is
a
wide range of activities that can be as
detailed as the individual participant
wants," Larsen said. "That includes
techniques such as welding, fabric
covering, woodworking, sheet metal
work and composites."
The first session will emphasize ba
basic aircraft
building skills.
"In addition to
the workshops,
participants
will
have opportunities
to explore
the
EAA
Air
Adven
ture Museum and
EAA
Aviation
Center, as well as
become
familiar
with many of the
aircraft
and re
sources available
here," Larsen said.
Lou Frejlach
of
LaGrange L
has
graciously agreed to lend
his
Fairchild
Registration for
24 to
the
EAA Aviation Foundation
for
exhibit in
the
EAA
ir
Adventure
the EAA
Wright
Museum.
Now
on display in
the
Museum
the
Fairchild shows
the
public
School sessions
what
a beautiful cabin class airplane
from the
193 s is all about. The air-
plane which was featured in
the
September 1998 issue of Vintage
are
$800
per per
Airplane was restored by
the
late Norm Binski and completed by Geo
son
per
week.
Hindall of Englewood FL
Registration in
cludes
accommodations (double occupancy)
and meals, plus all instructional mate
rials and supplies.
For more information on these adult
education opportunities, call toll free
888 /EAA-EAA9 (888/322-3229) or
920/426-6815. You may also write to
the EAA Aviation Foundation Educa
tion Office; P.O. Box 3065, Oshkosh,
WI 54903-3065 , or contact EAA s
website at - www .eaa.org, or e-mail
the Education Office directly at educa
tion@ eaa.org.
EAA YOUTH AIR ACADEMY
ALUMNI ELIGIBLE FOR
FRIENDSHIP ONE FLIGHT
TRAINING SCHOLARSHIPS
A number of scholarship grants of
up to $5,000 each are available for
alumni
of
the EAA Aviation Founda
tion youth Air Academy programs
held each year at Oshkosh. They must
also meet FAA qualifications for li
censes,
certifications
and ratings in
their specific level of flight training.
Applicants providing documentation
of financial need will be given prefer
ence in the selection process.
Letters
of
application must include
the year of participation in EAA's edu
cation program, as well as current status
and future goals of flight training. Let
ters of recommendation, flight training
and schools records are also helpful.
All applications must be received by
March 15, 1999. Final scholarship re
cipients will be determined from a list
of
finalists compiled by the EAA Edu
cation Office and Air Academy staff.
The grants will be divided based on ap
plications received. A recipient and
alternate will be selected for each grant.
The
Friendship One
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VINTAGE
AeroMail
LUSCOMBE 10
I am currently gathering information
on the Luscombe Model
10.
The Model
10 was a single seat, low wing aircraft,
built in 1945 using parts common
to
the
Model 8.
I
am hoping your members
might have pictures, drawings , etc. on
the Modell 0 and/or parts of a Model 8
that would help
in
building a Modell 0
replica.
I
would also like to find Lus
combe
test pilot
Harold Burns and
"Every Cloud has a Silvaire Lining" au
thor John Swick. I would be grateful for
any help you could give me.
Sincerely,
Randy Tait
205 South Harding St.
Breckenridge TX 76424
WALTZ KING
Dear Mr
.
Frautschy,
Well, H.G., there
is
at least one more
for the "Waltz King." On 5 Nov. 1931,
Pal-Waukee Airport sold
to
Wayne
King a Stearman Jf. Speedmail model
4C, ser. # 4018, NC778H. He did not
own it very long, he sold it to John P.
Porter of Chicago on July 1, 1931 .
I ran across this info while research
ing model 4 records, trying to locate
other parts for
the
Kansas Aviation
Museum's
Model 4D, NC5634,
ex
Texaco 11114.
I've enclosed several sheets of the
record.
Regards,
Walter House
Wichita, KS
FROM
THE
ARCHIVES . . .
H.G. ,
Jim Hurdle is correct with reference
to the Carl Lienesch incident. I some
how confused the CW Travel Air
AI4D
with the Wichita-built B9-4000, which
was a beast and involved misfortune,
too, but not so terrible. Both had 330-hp
Whirlwinds and were written off early
on.
NC
12323
did indeed go back
to
CW/STL for a new lease on life.
Likewise, Dick Sampson
is cor
rect
re: Wayne King's
Stearman
4C
(NC778H), which he owned before
learning
to
fly.
As
stated earlier ,
Slim Frietag taught King to fly in the
prototype Stinson 0 and he re
mained faithful
to the
Stinson
marque thereafter.
I thought maybe Ben Runyan 's FN
333 was the same one we wrote up in
Private Pilot in 1965, but that was S N
107. The Riviera was no rough-water
airplane
and
I
well
remember
when
someone tried to prove otherwise .
There were only two left in all of Eu
rope by 1970.
As
I
recall, about ten Rivieras were
imported into the U.S., but
I
think the
production total was more like thirty .
On this I could easily be mistaken, but
SIAl-Marchetti
indicated at the time
that an initial batch often had been de
livered, via Lane/
SA l
, to
North
American buyers, and that twenty were
on order.
Cheers
John Underwood
Glendale, CA
ANTIQUE
HISTORY
DearH .G.,
What are the reasons for and advan
tages/disadvantages of this type of tail
surface hinge? They were used on older
Wacos and similar ships.
Where can I find diagrams and in
structions on approved ways
of
lashing
shock cord?
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Type
Club
NOTES
by
H.G . Frautschy
Compiled from various
type
club
publications newsletters
FROM
TRAVEL AIR
LOG,
NOVEMBER 1998
Keystone Instruments has been rec
ommended by some of our members as
a quality source of overhaul and service
for our
'20s
period instruments at very
reasonable prices. This included the
bubble face compasses, 4 instruments
(Jones
tachometers,
altimeters ,
air-
speeds), mag switches, etc .. They will
rescreen
faces
and fabricate replace-
ment parts if necessary. The do
the
standard 3- 118 instruments as we ll.
Ken Stover reports that they have been
in
business
since 1962.
Keystone
In
struments
can be
reached at
7171748-7083. Call for a price listing
and ask for Ken. Tell him
that
TARA
[and Vintage Aitplane!} sent you.
cently
, while talking to an engine re
builder, I heard
of
a
way
to reduce the
amount of corrosion or rust which can
build up in your open
cylinders
. Both
create havoc in your cylinder head and
valves [not to mention the rings and
cylinder walls!].
Get
yourself
a couple
of
soft rubber
balls or tennis balls to put into the ex
haust stacks. After you shut down your
engine, generously spray some WD-40
up in the stacks .
Then put
the balls in
your stacks . Because the mufflers on
most airplanes are fairly open, enough
WD-40 will go up into the
cylinder
to
lubricate it and hold down the potential
for the rust to do its dirty work.
Does
this
work
? 1 don't
have
any
documentation to prove or disprove the
notion. But it
can't
hurt anything. The
theflying season?)
From
the
July
'98
FAA Aviation
Ma intenance
Alerts, via The
Lus-
combe Assoc. Newsletter, Nov. Dec.
1998:
Gascolator
Problems. The problem
of
damage to the fuel system gascola
tor
may
be present on many makes
and models of aircraft
that
incorpo-
rate a fue l gascolator which uses a
bail for security.
Since the gascolator depends on a bail
and
thumbscrew
to
retain
the
settling
bowl, it
is
important to inspect the entire
bail during scheduled inspections. Break
age
of
the bailor gascolator bowl is a
common occurrence on many o
ld
er air
craft. If the gascolator fai ls during flight,
the results may be engine failure and/or
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traightening a
Cowl
I selected a dead-blow cross-peen plastic hammer of the
righ t weight, and screwed on an oversized flat face
for
greater control. Then
I
hefted a medium shotbag up on top
to hold
the
cowling, and started tapping around and over
the
spud dolly, lifting up
the
lows
by
inertia,
as
well
as
work
ing the highs down directly. The results were greatly encour
aging. The material still had life in
it
and moved very well
under
the
hammer-
without
stretching.
y
Kent
White
This Cessna 195 bump cowl was crunched in, and then roughed
out
and
painted many years ago, but the present owner wants it
brought
up to show
condition and polished Since
it
was
not
hammered and ground and filed,
but
only bumped out, I
felt
it
was
worth
a try.
It
appears
to
be made
from
2024 T3
.
032 material, so I will choose a method appropriate
for
this stuff.
fter feeling
the
contour with a gloved hand, and tapping
some more,
I
decided
the
032 was ready
for
finesse and
grabbed the spoon. Using
the
middle to end of
the
spoon for
striking,
I
worked over the area, lifting one low by inertia,
and striking
two
highs
down
directly, getting three birds
with
each swat.
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Soft and sharp lows are both highlighted, with very
little loss
of
metal.
I spoon over the area once again, leveling
the
sharp dings
and angles I already worked with the cross-peen, and leaving
only shiny marks to show where I've been (on both sides) .
Holding my left hand
firmly
on the panel with fingers "sight
ing in the low, I angle
the light
across the dents, and care-
fully
lift
them
up
with the
blunt
corner
of
the
cross-peen
as
I
watch carefully in
the
reflected light.
A final sanding with a 320 or 400 paper pad
8
swipes) shows
only whispers of
the
old damage. Since
the
whole plane
will
be vintage without new metalwork, I stop here to polish up
the
surface
for
a look-see.
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WHAT OUR MEMBERS
RE
RESTORING
by H G
rautschy
-
1959 CESSNA
SKYLANE
John and Sharon Voninski of Manlius,
NY have been busy finding out just how
useful a Contemporary airplane can be.
John and Sharon fly Young Eagles with
their Skylane, as well as transport med
ically
needy persons for AirLifeLine
and Volunteer Pilots
of
Pennsylvania.
Plane Jane, their nickname for the C
182 , currently
has 1450
hours
on
it.
They have a complete set of logs for the
airplane, dating back to its production
test
flight of 1.35
hours, flown
by
Cessna pilot Nathan Bareu.
John and Sharon have been upgrading
the airplane while they've owned it start
ing with a new paint job which duplicates
the 1959
Cessna two-tone blue
color
AUSTRALIAN PACER
scheme
. A set
of
BAS
four point
re
tractable seat restraints and other mods
were made to the airframe, and a TCM
remanufactured
0-470-L
engine was
in-
stal led , along with new or rebuilt
accessories. A prop overhaul was also
done,
and
in 1997/98 the instrument
panel was completely gone through. The
list is long and pricey, but all of the flight
instruments were replaced, and a major
suite
of
modem avionics and
an
autopilot
were installed, as you can see in the ac
companying photos.
John
and Sharon
wanted to be certain to acknowledge the
professional maintenance done on the air
plane by Pat Keib,
of
Keib Air Service,
Hamilton, NY, 315/824-6681 and the
avionics and panel work completed by
Exxel Avionics, Brainard Airport, Hart
ford, CT, 800/700-7779.
From Mooroolbark, Victoria, Australia we have these two shots
of
Ed Lachowicz's Piper PA20/ Pacer. Ed' s son Ricky is
shown with his dad at the
Broken
Hill field in
New
South Wales.
Ed
wrote
I
spent 10 years restoring and converting my
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STEARMAN 4CM-l
FAIRCHILD PT 19
Tom Hazel of Warrington, V A stands next to the fuse
lage of the PT -19 of 01' 165 , which belongs to Ra y
Bottom, the newsletter editor
of
Antique/Classic Chapter 3.
Tom is overseeing the restoration of the PT, which used to
be one of the trainers flown by Parks College's military
Bud Field, EAA Antique/Classic Chapter 29 president,
has just seen the completion of his Stearman 4CM 1 by
Russ Harmuth
of
Avery, CA. Russ and Bud have collabo
rated on a number of projects, the most recent being a
DeHavilland DH89A Rapide acquired early in 1998 from
the EAA Aviation Foundation.
This Speedmail is SIN 37 out of 40 built, and flew the
mail between Chicago,
St.
Louis, and Atlanta for Ameri
can
Airways. Later,
American flew it as a two place
instrument trainer until it was sold to a private owner in
1939. The project went though a couple of owners, For
rest Bennett and Gordon
Plaskett,
and took
just over
three years to complete. You can reach Bud for informa
tion on the Speedmail at 925/455-2300.
CESSNA 120
Kevin House (EAA55395I
,A/C
27572) of Palm Beach
Gardens, FL sent
in
this photo of his Cessna 120, restored by
rt
Lancour
of
Stuart, FL. The'46 120 has 6,900 hours total
time, and is powered by a Continental C-90-12F engine. It's
based at Indiantown Airport
in
Florida. Pictured with Kevin is
his wife, Linda, who flies as a Flight Attendant for American
Airlines, while Kevin serves as a Boeing 727 pilot.
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January
ystery Plane
That old rotor head, George Townson of
Willingboro, NJ,
is responsible
for this
month's Mystery
Plane. This
odd
looking
duck was born near the beginning of the
Depression,
as were
many
new configura
tions. Jobs may have been scarce, but there
was no shortage of innovation in
those
days To
be
included
in
the April
issue
of
Vintage Airplane, your answer
needs
to
be
in
no later than February 28, 1999.
October was no mystery to many
o
you. WW-I continues to hold many
o
us fascinated with the advances in avi
ation made during that time.
Ian Calvert Alexandria VA wrote
in his response:
The October Mystery Plane is the
ritish Sopwith T.F.2 Salamander
tT F ' stood for 'Trench Fighter ). It
was a ground attackfighter developed
from the Sopwith
7
F i Snipe, using the
same Bentley 230 hp B.R. 2 radial en
gine.
The
engine cowling was cut away
underneath
to
provide additional cool
ing for low altitude work. The
particular plane
shown the photo is
the first prototype, E5429, at Brook
lands aerodrome in Surrey, England.
The Salamander had a flat sided
fuselage, with the front part, from the
engine
to
behind the cockpit, being a
by H.G. Frautschy
650 lb armor-plate box containing the
pilot and fuel tanks.
The
rear part was
the usual fabric-covered wire-braced
wooden box girder, with the
forward
ends of the longerons attached to the
armored box. Standard armament was
two Vickers machine guns firing for
ward through the propeller, but there
were several experimental multiple
gun installations, with one Salamander
T R2 Salamander
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having
eight
machine guns firing
downwards through the cockpit floor.
Later
production
Salamanders
had
horn-balanced upper ailerons.
In May 1918, the first prototype
was successfully tested in France, and
it was decided to go into full-scale
production . The Salamander
should
have
been a
formidable 'trench
fighter, ' but it came too late - by the
end
of
October, 1918, only two of the
RAF 's
37
Salamanders had reached
France . One machine, F6533, was
sent to the United States, and was sta
tioned at McCook Field.
"Some
data on
the Salamander:
empty weight: 1,844 lbs; gross weight,
2,5121bs, including
258
lbs ofgas and
oil; maximum speed 125 mph and 500
ft., service ceiling 13,OOOft. climb to
6,500ft., 9 min. , 5 sec.. References:
British Aeroplanes 1914-18 by Bruce,
Fighter Aircraft of the 1914-1918
War
by Lamberton and Cheesman.
Alex Fasolilli of Herkimer
New
York adds this:
. .
.
The Salamander differed from
the Snipe in having a slab-sided fuse
lage, fixed horizontal tail surface and
a tapered armored headrest for the pi
lot. later production Salamanders had
the same horn balanced ailerons and
enlargedfin and rudder
found
on the
later production Snipe. During May
1918, the evaluation
of
the Salaman
der was highly successful. Several
RAF
squadrons had begun
to
reequip
with the type when the war had ended.
Production continued until the sum
mer of
1919
until more than 200 had
been produced. It was proposed that
the Salamander be adopted as the
standard post-war
RAF
fighter, but it
was not meant to be. The Salamander
had problems with its armor plating,
which
weighed
650 lbs. Every Sala
mander
that was built
had warped
armor
plating
This led to misalign
ment
of the fuselage, wings
and
tail
planes. All
of
this caused the aircraft
to
have serious control problems while
in flight. The problem was resolved in
late 1919, which was too
late.
The air
- Continued on page
-
We had a
few
follow up notes on
our
Spetember Mystery Plane,
the
Keystone K-78D Patrician. Wayne Van Valkenburgh of Jasper, GA
dropped us a letter he wrote by a crackling fire, and Pete Bowers
of
Seattle, WA sent us this photo from his collection. Three K-78 s were com
pleted out of
10
started. None of them went into service with the airlines, although they did get tria l runs. The wingspan
of
the K 78D was 86
ft .,6 in., length 61 ft. 7 in., with a wing area of 930 sq. ft., and a gross weight of 16,600 Ibs . The three Wright R 17S0 Cyclone engines gave the
Patrician a top speed of 144 mph. Pete Bowers Collection
Keystone K-78 Patrician
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Nick Hurm,
Kate
Tiffany's aeronauti
cally oriented son, happened upon the
notice of the availability of the KR. Mike
had posted it on the bulletin board in the
Antique/Classic Red Barn at the 1996
EAA
Convention , and Nick took
it
down
to
show
his
stepdad, Jack Tiffany (EAA
106731,
AlC
15522)
of Spring Valley,
OH.
Jack kept putting Nick off, telling him
he
didn't
want to even look at
a
notice for an
other airplane. Finally, after three days
of
pestering, Nick waited until Jack got up
from
the
table
at
a restaurant
in
Oshkosh
A/C
24247) would all join resources and
buy the project, with Jack heading up the
restoration effort. That was in 1995, and
after the project
was
carefully moved to
Jack's shop in Ohio, the work got started
right
away.
Before
selling
NC207V, Mike had spent
considerable time researching the history
of
the
biplane. He even got
to
know
one
of
its first owners, Harry B. Brown
of
Ten
nessee. Harry worked for the
FB
I as a
special agent under J. Edgar Hoover during
WWII,
and earned his
private
license in the
Harry told
Mike he
really enjoyed
fly
ing the
KR, and he
even
flew it on
a cross
country
to St.
Louis. At EAA AirVenture,
Brown Dillard was reasonably certain the
flight from the Dayton area
to
Oshkosh
was the longest cross-country flight ever
undertaken
by
someone flying the Krei
der-Reisner.
An earlier owner was Harry Manning,
captain of a cruise ship,
the Roosevelt and
one of the navigators accompanying
Amelia Earhart
on
her first attempt
to
fly
around the world.
When the
flight termi
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TOP)
Vi Blowers, in the
front
cockpit, and
her companion and flying buddy Brown
Dillard bank towards
us
with one
of
avia
tion s prettiest biplanes from the Golden
Age
of
Aviation.
LEFT) Each
wing panel
is
identical, and
each
has
an
aileron installed, giving the
KR-21
a
nice roll rate.
On
the wing interplane struts,
you
can
see
the
expert leather
work
done
by
Jack Tiffany.
BELOW) The Kinner
B-5
installed in this
Kreider-Reisner 21 does have a starter
installed, powered
by
a battery. They get
between 14 or 15 starts before the battery
needs charging again, since there is no gen
erator installed . The forward cockpit has no
instruments, but it does have a full
set of
dual controls.
cerning the louvers
in
the
sides of the fuselage sheet
metal. It seems there
wa
s a
local Oshkosh sheet metal
man renowned for his lou
vers. Many
of
the hot rod
crowd had beautiful work
done by him, and Mike fig
ured that
if
he
was
that good,
he'd have
him do
the louver
vents
on the
Kreider-Reisner.
After dropping
the
side pan
e ls off to have the pieces
stamped, the phone rang a
few hours later. I can't
do
them
, there is no edge of the
metal that is 90
to
the lou
vers, said the voice
on
the
other
end
of
the phone
.
Apparently, the stamping
machine
used by
this fellow
needed a reference edge to
put
in
each of
the
stamped louvers. Mike
thought about
it, and
decided that since
he'd managed to
make the
entire panels
himself, it was time
for
him to learn how
to do
louvers
, too
Hammering them out
against a wood forming block
in
the
same way they
were done
in the
past
cre
ated a
nice
set of
new
louvered cowling
panels
. He can be
proud
of
them
,
as
they
look
just
as
they would
have in
1929
.
One of
the mo st
di
stinctive features
of the
KR-21
is
its
tapered wings. Each
of
the
wing panels is identical in dimen
sion - the upper wing's wider center
sec
tion gives the upper wing
its
overall
longer dimension. With ailerons in
cluded
in
each
of
the wings, and a
structure built
to
take aerobatics, after
its
introduction 1929 , the KR was in de
mand for airshow work or
just
plain
horsing
around
.
Marion Cole,
one
of the famous Cole
brother
s,
told Brown during a visit
at
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to be rebuilt, since they
were not
airwor
thy, but each of the interplane and cabane
struts were
in
sound condition, just
need
ing a
complete
stripping
and
refinishing.
All of the fuselage
and
tail structure is
built
up
with steel tube, with the sides, top
and bottom of
the
fuselage faired in with
wooden bulkheads
and
stringers. All of
that
beautiful woodwork helped drive
the
original cost of the KR-21
up,
along with
the
tapered
wings and the other neat
addi
tions, such as
toe
brakes (one of
the
first
aircraft equipped with them) and a very
effective,
easy
to
adjust elevator
trim sys
tem . Its introductory price was $4685 ,
but
by the
end
of
1930 the
price
was down
to
$4125. Still , fewer than 50 KR-2IA s
were
built,
of which
14
are registered.
The Kinner
B-5
can be a challenging
engine to overhaul, since parts are pretty
rare, but Mike was able to have Al Ball do
the actual overhaul work , carefully
checked and signed
off
by Mike's AI,
Randy Novak. The engine
swings
a
beauti
ful new
Sensenich prop, carefully carved
to the
special
configuration
needed
for the
KR-21 installation
. With the spinner fitted,
it
gives the
KR-21
a smooth, seamless
line
from the nose to the tail.
With
so
much of
the
restoration started,
Jack
Tiffany and the
crew were
able
to fin
ish
their labors on the biplane in a little
under
two
years
.
Brown
Dillard, who had
worked
on
the project diligently , flew it
first, and except for a creeping mixture
control , it had
no serious
bugs to work out.
By the
time he
reached Oshkosh, there was
a total of 24 hours in the airplane .
Brown
Dillard
was no
stranger to air
planes, having gotten
his
Private license
up
through his instructor's ticket in the Civil
ian
Pilot
Training
Program during
WW-II .
Working as a commercial instructor,
he
first worked as an Army Primary
instructor
under contract with a couple of civilian
an interest in his
case, and person
ally called FAA
headquarters
in
Oklahoma City
to
check on his
records. Brown
recalled the con
versation: "He
said
you
sounded
so disappointed I
called Oklahoma
City
and
your li
censes are sti
Ne2 lV
is
Serial No.1,
the
first product ion Kreider-Reisner
21 built
by
the
valid - you re
Fairchild subsidiary. First certified in 1929,
it
competed
for
the same
mar
ket as
the
Great Lakes 2 T 1 and
other
sportsman-trainer type biplanes.
newed
in
1957.
All
you
need is a
new
medical
and a
BFR." Brown
was elated! That was over
10
years ago, and he began in
structing again , enjoying the
antique
as part of his aeronauti
cal experience.
Another part of that story is
his circle offriends, especially his
girlfriend, Vi Blowers. Brown's
first wife had passed away, but
one day , while
he
and his friend
Jack were out flying Jack's Davis,
they stopped
at New
Carlise air
port. While there,
Vi
asked Jack
for a ride. Jack gave the
nod
to
Brown
, and
with
that
the
two
be
came acquainted.
Vi is
a busy
pilot herself. She owns a Chero
kee 140 ,
and she has flown
over
2,600 hours, 1,300 on the last re
build of the Lycoming in her 140.
She ' s been around
aerospace for
a
while
too,
having
been an
expert
seamstress in the experimental
Left
to
right) Nick Hurm, Brown Dillard, Vi Blowers
clothing
branch at
Wright-Patter
stand
with
Jack
and Kate Tiffany in
front of the
KR 21 .
son Air Force Base for 16 years.
Not pictured are
two other
people
who
make up the
She
made clothing for the presi
friends
of the
K R circle, Mike Butler,
who
spent
10
dents (slacks, flight suits, and
years on
the
restoration
of the
aircraft, and Dr. Herb
Ware,
who
is one
of the
partners in
the
airplane.
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Jim Koepnick
Dr. Herb Ware, one
of
the
Midwest's
well known antique airplane enthusiasts,
also was able to put his efforts into the
restoration, not to mention a huge amount
of moral support
The whole group found out just how
precious a circle
of
friends can be when
Brown became critically ill late this past
fall . Knowing
h
was very sick,
h
looked
at
Jack
one day and said,
We
sure had
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Larry Van
Dam s Award-Winning
Beechcraft H-35
Bo
by
orm
e ter sen
t is always fun to see a 41-year
old
airplane,
which
has
been
completely restored with love and
pecially since the airplane qualified for
the Contemporary category, being con
structed
at the Beechcraft faci Iity in
allowed him to enter CalPoly College at
Pomona, working towards a four-year
degree on the GI Bill. Hi s major was
in
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A
close
look at the fancy interi or
of
N5478D
th t
caught
the
judge s
eyes
at AirVenture 98.
who could
do first
class
work.
(For eight
years,
Larry has been on the
Riverside
Airport Com
mission, the last two years
as
president.)
The
Bo
nanza was turned over to
Nostalgia
Airways,
headed by
Robert
Red
head
and
Randy
Clark
,
who promptly began the
teardown of
the
entire
front end of the airplane.
With
the prop,
engine,
nose cowl and nose gear
A stunning
bit of
originality
is
this
H 35
instrument panel, com-
plete
with throw
over yoke and vernier engine controls.
had a 1957 V-tail
Bonanza for sale.
Following a bit
of
negotiation, a deal
was struck and Bryce delivered the Bo
nanza
to
Flabob Airport in 98 - and
the next 7 years began in the life of
N5478D. The airplane did yeoman ser
vice for a number of years through the
1980s and into the 1990s. With a top
cruise of 85 at a fuel burn of under
2
gph, it was indeed a dandy airplane for
cross-country
work.
Larry
and his
removed, numerous
items came to light
The
front bulkhead
had some illegal welds
along the bottom and
the engine
mounts,
which are integral
with
the
airframe,
needed much help.
New
parts were or
dered from Beechcraft
and
the entire nose
section was rebuilt, in
cluding the nose bowl
itself. The new sec
tions that were
installed were notice
ably stiffer and
stronger than
before,
Beechcraft having upgraded the parts in
the intervening years. The firewall was
polished until it looked almost chrome
plated The rest of the parts were all
properly primed and repainted until
the inside
of
the cowling looked for all
the world like a new airplane.
Meanwhile, the 10-470 engine was
turned over
to
Peformance Aero run by
master engine rebuilder, Ron Monson.
Six new Millennium cylinders were or
and spark plugs.
With the totally rebuilt engine com
pleted, it was brought into the shop for
reinstallation into N5478D. Newen
gine mounts all around made sure the
engine would be smooth as a turbine in
its new cradle. The rebuilt nose bowl
was added and the polished metal pro-
LEE ANN ABRAMS
Totally rebuilt nose gear
with
its attendant
scraper behind
the
tire and steering
damper.
This
is sanitary workmanship.
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peller
was securely bolted to the
crankshaft. When all the necessary
connections were completed, the air-
plane was rolled into the California
sunshine and fired up for the first
time . Shouts
of
joy let all the by-
standers know
it
ran extremely well.
The next step
in
the rebuild
process was painting the airplane
in its distinct paint scheme. Larry
knew his best man for the task was
Doug Whaley at Torrance with
hi
s
(inset) Kneeling in
front
of his
beautiful Bonanza
is
Larry Van
Dam 17
year
owner
and man
behind
the
restoration
of the
airplane.
Above
the
clouds (where he likes
to
fly), Larry pulls
the
H-35 Bonanza in close
to
the
photo
plane. The
classic
lines
of
this airplane have sold well
for
over
fifty
years!
paint shop and
Doug
Whaley be-
gan his magical work.
The original idea was
to
have the
airplane finished in time to fly it to
EAA Oshkosh ' 97, however, as is
often the case, the final push didn ' t
finish until three months after the
big bash
in
Wisconsin! Such are the
lessons
of
airplane rebuilding.
The final push included not only
the fancy paint scheme, but a large
portion of work by Tom Garcia
of
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A firsthand look at the
V
in the v-tail Bonanza. Although
not made in this model any longer,
it was
extremely popu
lar
for
many, many
years.
impression of the airp lane. It was one
sharp looking Bonanza. By October of
1997, the first long flight was planned
with a trip to Wichita, Kansas, and the
convention of the American Bonanza
Society (ABS). Beside celebrating over
fifty years of making Bonanzas, the en
tire group was hosted by Beechcraft to
tour the company
assembly
plants
where the new airp lane s were bei ng
temporary Class. While in
Florida, Larry and Pat flew
into the Kissimmee, Florida,
airport
and enj oyed that
gathering as well as Sun 'n
Fun. The flight from
Florida back
to
California
was indeed a treat for Larry,
who
says,
"Cross
county
flying in a Bonanza is about
as
good
as
it gets "
In a very short time, the
sharp-looking H
-35 was
readied
for
the
big trip to
Oshkosh to attend AirVen
ture '98. As before,
Larry was
in
the
company of his long
time friend ,
Pat
Halloran, in his fa
mous little
racer
called
Loving's
Love
(named for its
designer, Neal Lov
ing [EAA 522]
of
Yellow Springs,
Ohio
.
They arrived
in Oshkosh in
fine
shape
and
Larry
parked the
Bonanza
on
the north side
of
Wittman Field.
I t
was from this posi
tion that his friends
jumped on his case
and finally convinced him to taxi the
pretty bird to the south end of the field
and
the
Contemporary
judging
area
.
Larry says it was no doubt the longest
taxi he had
ever accomplished
in the
Bonanza, however, some days are full
of surprises. As he taxied into Row 76
on the far
south end, he noticed
a
Beechcraft A-36
Bonanza
on
the far
end
of
the same row. A short time later,
The wonderful ly detailed engine compartment, complete
with pow
der-coated crankcase and Millennium cylinders, looks like a show
room, not as if it had just been flown from the West Coast.
ican Airlines, ret.), the very person he
had purchased
01
N5478D from
back
in 1981 Small world department.
Besides
the
many Contemporary
judges coming by to look at the H-35,
many, many interested folks stopped by
to
admire
the airplane,
especially
the
beautiful engine compartment. Larry
says that the quickest
way
to attract a
crowd with the airplane is to prop open
the cowling so the engine shows. It will
attract people like honey attracts bees
One
man
from Ohio stopped by and
mentioned
they had flown from Red
lands, California, to Flabob Airport to
see a very special tan & red Bonanza. It
was the very same machine standing in
the line at Oshkosh - N5478D
Larry was especial ly pleased to win
the Outstanding Custom Class III Single
Engine award at AirVenture '98. He is
indeed proud
to
be part
of
EAA and
is
a
longtime member
of
EAA Chapter 1 at
Flabob. Taking part in the many Young
Eagle flights is
just
one way that Larry
feels he can give something back to avia
tion. He thoroughly
enjoys
making
Young Eagle flights
as
well
as
serving on
the Riverside Airport Commission. As
Larry says, "It's all part of the fight you
have to put
up
for aviation."
n
case
you
were wondering
who
was responsible
for
the outstanding
choice
of colors
in
the H-35
paint
scheme,
we are
happy to
report that
Larry Van Dam takes complete respon
sibility.
The blend of
the new colors
along with the older paint scheme was
most
unusual, yet the results are most
pleasing to the
eye.
Apparently the
judges felt the very same way. Special
congratulations to Larry Van Dam for
hi s outstanding Bonanza and to all the
many fine
craftsman
who helped so
diligently in the long project. This is
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H.G.y
O
n October
10
,
1949 at 3:23:05 p.m.,
Woody Jongeward, Bob Wood
house and the City Of Yuma
landed
after
setting
a
new world
endurance
record by staying aloft
a
remarkable
1,
124
hours and
17
minutes . All those hours
added up
to
nearly
47 days,
during
which
they flew non-stop a total distance
of
89 ,920 miles, equivalent to 3 112 times
around
the
globe
at
its
equator.
The airplane Jongeward and Wood
house flew was a new Aeronca 15AC
Sedan. The project, conceived
by
Ray
Smucker
, a
local
radio
personality
and
the
president of
the
Arizona Junior Chamber
of
Commerce
,
was intended to
promote
the
excellent flying weather the Yuma,
AZ
area enjoyed. The local businessmen had
F rau t s chy
realized a decided downturn
in
activity
since
the
closing of the
local
air base,
and
by highlighting the excellent weather
to
govemment officials,
it
was
hoped
the base
would
be
reopened. Claude Sharpensteen
II
had
a brand
new
Sedan,
and
offered
to
lend it
to
the project. Marsh Aviation
did
any
necessary modifications,
and the Val
ley Cafe supplied the meals for
the
pilots,
which
were delivered by
the Police Depart
ment.
Union
Oil
provided
the
gas
and oil
,
and Horace
Griffen, the local Buick dealer,
donated a
Buick
convertible
to use as
a
re
fueling/resupply car.
Three times daily the
Sedan
had
to
be
refueled,
by
a volunteer
crew who
had
to
work closely together
for
each of the 1,500 passes between
the
car
and the
plane
as
the Buick ran down the
runway at 80 mph.
Nearly
600 volunteers
were involved
in
the
project, which took offon August
24
,
1949. The old record was 1,
008
hours,
which
the
pair surpassed. In
fact, it could
have
gone
one
for
many more hours
,
but
it
terminated after a magneto failed. After
teardown, the engine
was
found
to be
in
excellent condition, with oil consumption
running 3/8
to
7/16
of a
pint
each
hour.
While long relegated
to the
dusty
file
s
of aeronautical records, the modem day
city
of
Yuma has not forgotten . There
will be
a commemorative flight honoring
the record, which will
be
flown October
8-10, 1999. There are activities planned
throughout
1999
related
to
the City Of
Yuma" flight.
The Yuma Jaycee Foundation has
purchased
the
original City of
Yuma"
,
NC 1156H, from private owners in
Minnesota, and is in the process
of
having the airplane restored to it
s
1949 appearance, right down to the
lettering on the Santa Fe red and
Packard straw fuselage . As you can
imagine, it's quite an undertaking, and
plenty of volunteers are hard
at
work
on the
airplane.
There are a few items they are in
need
of,
and
if
you happen
to have
them
lying about, they'd
be
happy
to
accept
your donation (they
are
a 50lc3 tax-ex
empt
organization).
Jim
Gillaspie advises
they are look
ing
for
:
A pair
of
Aeronca Chief control
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999B
Antique Classic
TYPE
CLUB LIST
This list
of
Type Clubs should be the
most accurate compilation
we ve ever
published. For the past three years, we
have sent each Type Club a postage paid
postcard confirming their listing. This
year, over 60 clubs chose to respond by
sending back the card we sent them. Un
fortunately, 40 didn t respond, and some
have not responded in a number
of
years.
Those clubs have been removed from the
list, since they apparently are now inac
tive or no longer exist. Any group who
did
not
return
their
card this
year
is
marked with a . You may wish
to
contact
them regarding current dues/subscription
information.
If you have changes related to
your
Type Club list, drop a note in the mail de
tailing with your listing exactly as it will
appear in the magazine (use the format
you see on these pages). Send your note
to : Antique/Classic Type Clubs, P.O. Box
3086, Oshkosh, WI 54903-3086 , or E
mail t to [email protected].
The Type Club list is also available in
the Division s web page at EAA s Web
site , which you
can find
at:
http
://
www.eaa.org
Aeronca Aviators Club
Julie
and
Joe
Dickey
55 Oakey Ave.
lawrenceburg
, IN 47025
1538
Phone/FAX 812 /
537,9354
Newsletter: 4
issues
per subscription
Dues:
None
-
$16
subscription
Email: idickeY@seidata .com
La Jolla , CA 92037
619/459-5901
Magazine
Dues:
$25
per
year
Twin
eec
h 18
Soc
iety
c/o Staggerwing Museum Foundation, Inc. PO. Box
550
Tullahoma, TN 37388
931/455-1974
Newsletter: 4
per year
Dues: $40 per
year
Bellanca-Champion Club International.
Bob Szego - President
P
O.
Box
100
Coxsachie, NY
12051-0100
518/731-6800
Newsletter
:
Quarterly "Bellanca
Contact "
Dues
:
$33 per year; (2
yrs./$59),
Foreign
$41 (2 yrs./
$60
U.S. Funds)
szegor@bellanca
-championclub.com
Bird Airplane Club
Jeannie
Hill
PO. Box
328
Harvard, IL 60033
-
0328
815/943-7205
Newsletter
Dues
: Postage
Donation
American Bananza
Soc
iety
Nancy Johnson,
Exec
.
Dir
.
P O. Box
12888
Wichita
,
KS 67277
316/945-1700
FAX
316/945-1710
Magazine: Monthly
Dues:
$45
per year
:
bonanza2@bonanza
.
org
Website: http
:
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Classic Bonanza Association
PO. Box
868002
plano, X
75086
972/738-5658
Newsletter
: 8
per year
Dues:
$16 per year
16204 Rosemarie
Ln
Lockport, IL 6044 1
815/436-101 I FAX
815/436-1011
Newsletter: 6 per year
Dues: $20 per
year
U.S. & Canada,
$25
Foreign
National Bucker Club
American Tiger Club, Inc. (deHaviliand)
Frank
Price, President
Rt
.
1,
Box 419
Moody,
X
76557
817/853-2008
Newsletter: 12 per
year
Dues: $25 per
year
International Bird
og
Association.
(Cessna L-19)
Phil Phillips, President
3939 C-8 San Pedro, NE, Bldg . C8
Albuquerque
, NM 87110
505/881-7555
Newsletter: Quarterly "Observer"
Dues: $25 per
year
Cessna T SO Bamboo Bomber Club
Jim Anderson, Secretary/Treasurer
Box
269
Sunwwod
Marine
on
St
Croix,
MN 55047
651/433-3024
FAX
651/433-5691
Newsletter
:
Quarter/y
Dues: Contact Club
for
Info
Intemet:
ess
na
Owner
Orga
nization
P
O. Box 5000
lola
,
WI 54945
715/445-5000
or
800/331-0038
FAX
715/445-4053
E-Mail: [email protected]
(24 hours)
Web Site: www.aircraftownergroup
.
com
Magazine
:
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Dues
: $39/year
ess
na Pilots Association
John
Frank,
Executive Director
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Cessna 150/152 Club
Skip Carden
,
Executive
Director
P.
O.
Box 15388
Durham
,
NC
27704
919/471-9492
FAX
919/477-2194
New sl
etter: Monthly
Dues:
$25
per year
International Cessna 170
Association, Inc.
Velvet Fackeldey
, Execu.
Secty
.
P
O.
Box 1667
Lebonon
,
MO 65536
Phone/FAX 417
/
532-4847
News
etter
:
Fly Paper (12 per yer)
The
170
News
(Quarterly)
Dues
: $35
per
year
:
i
on
.org
International Cessna 180/185 Club
(Ce
ss
na 180-185 Ownership
Required)
Johnny
M
iller
3958 Cambridge
Rd
.
#
185
Cameron Pork
, CA 95682
916/672-
2620
Newsletter
:
8-9 per
year
Dues:
$20 per
year
Eastern 190/195 Association
Cliff
Crabs
25575
Butternut Ridge
Rd.
North
Olmsted, OH 44070
-
4505
440/777-4025 alter 6
PM Eastern
Newsletter
:
Irregular
; Approx. 4 Per
Yr.
Manual
on maintenance
for
members
Dues:
$15 initiation and as required
.
: [email protected]@aol.com
Citabria Owners Group
Carl
P
etersen, President
636 lona
Lone
Roseville
MN 55113
:
Web
Site
:
www.citobria.com
$25 US
/
$40 International (US Funds)
Corben Club
Robert L. Taylor
, E
ditor
PO.
Box 127
Blakesburg
, IA 52536
515/938-2773
Newsletter:
3 -
16 pg
.
News
letters
Dues
:
$15 for
3
issues
Culver Club-
Lorry Low
,
Chairman
60 Skvwood
Way
Woodside,
CA
94062
415/851-0204
Newsl
e
tter:
3
iss
u
es
annually
Subscription
: $20
per
year
Uoyd
Washburn
2656 E.
Sand Rd.
Clinton
,
OH
43452-2741
New
s
etter
: None
Dues:
None
Robin s
Ne
st Curtiss Robin enthusiasts)
Jim
Haynes
,
Editor
21
Suns
et Lone
Bushnell , IL61422
d
eH
aviliand
Moth
Cl
ub
Gerry
Schwam
,
Cha
i
rman
1021 Serpentine
Lone
Wyncote ,
PA 19095
215/635-7000 or
886
-
8283
FAX
215/635-0930
or 886-1463
Newsletter:
Quarterly
Dues
:
$15
US
and Canada
,
$15
Overseas
Ercoupe Owners Club-
Carolyn T.
Carden
,
Secretory
7263 Schooners
Ct SW
A-2
Ocean Isle Beach,
NC
28469
-5644
Voice/FAX
910/575-2758
Newsletter: Monthly
Dues:
$25 pe
r year
Fairchild Club
John
W.
Berendt, President
7645
Echo Point
Rood
Connon Falls
,
MN 55009
507/263-2414
FAX 507
/ 263 -
0152
Newsletter
:Quarterly
Dues
:
$12 per
year
Fairchild Fan Club
Robert L.
Taylor, E
ditor
PO.
Box 127
Blakesburg
,
IA 52536
515/938-2773
Newsletter
: 3 -
16 pg
.
Newsletters
Dues
:
$15
for 3 issues
International Fleet Club
Sandy Brown
,
Newsletter
Publisher
P
o.Box 511
Marlborough
,
a
06447-
0511
860/267-6562
FAX
860/267-
4381
E-mail:
AyboY@ntp
l
x.net
Newsletter
:
Appr
o
x. 3-4 per
year
D
ues
: Contri
buti
o
ns
Funk Aircraft
Owners
Association
Ruth
E
bey
,
Editor
933
Dennstedt
PI.
EI Cajon, CA 92020
President
-
Jon Sc
hroeder
512/259-1141
Newsletter
:
10 per
year
Ha
tz Club
Robert L.
Taylor,
Ed
it
or
P. O. Box 127
Blakesburg
,
IA 52536
515 38-2773
New
s
etter
: 3 -
16 pg
. News
etter
s
Dues
:
$15
for 3 issues
American Hatz Association
Lorin Wilkinson
,
President
16225 143rd
Ave
.
SE
Yelm,
WA 9
8597 -9 169
Ne
wsletter
:Quarterly
Dues
:
$15
U.S
,
Canada,
$20
Fore
ign
Newsletter
Editor
Sylv
ia
Shoemake
PO.
Box 312142
New Braunfels, TX
78131
830/905-7832
:
hatzkit@gvtc
Heath Parasol Club
William Schlapman
6431 Poulson
Rood
Winneconne ,WI
54986
920/582-
4454
The Interstate Club
Robert L.
Taylor,
Editor
PO.
Box
127
Blakesburg
,
IA
52536
515/938-2773
Newsletter
: 3 -
16 pg. Newsletters
Dues
:
$15
for 3 issues
Lake Amphibian Flyers Club
B
ll Goddard
,
Editor
815
N.
Lake Reedy Blvd
.
Frostproof
,
FL 33843
-
9659
Newsletter: Bi-monthly
Dues $49
per year
($79
the
fi
rst
year)
Add $10
for
overseas moil)
Lockheed
Owners
Association
Rio
Donovan
,
Editor
P. O. Box 62275
Boulder
City,
NV 89006-2275
702/293-0641 FAX
702/293-0652
Newsletter
:
Quarterly
Dues: $25
U.S
., $30 Foreign
Continental Luscombe Association
Loren
B
ump
, F
earless Leader
705 Riggs
E
mmett
,
ID 83617
208/365-7780
Newsletter
:
Bimonthly (6
per
year)
Dues
: U.S.
1
5,
Canada $17
.
50
U.S.
Funds
,
Foreign $25
U.S. F
unds
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703/590-2375
Newsletter:
Approx. Monthly
Dues: $15
per year
Ame
rican Navion Society
Jerry Feather, Editor
59A
Houston
Ln .
Lodi
,
CA
95241-1810
209/339-4213
Magazine:
Bimonthly
Dues: $45
per year
Nav Air/Navion Skies
Raleigh Morrow
PO.
Box
2678
Lodi, CA 95241-2678
209/367-93908 a.
m.-12
noon M-F
FAX
209/367-9390
Newsletter:
Monthly
Navion
Skies Dues
: $39 per year
E-Mail :
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ion1@inreach .com
Buckeye Pietenpol Association
Grant
Maclaren
6364 Franks Rd .
Byrnes Mill,
MO 63051-1103
Phone: 314/569-2846 ,[email protected]
http
:
users.aol.com/ BPANews
Newsletter:
Quarterly
An
SASE
will
bring more information
International Pietenpol Association
Robert
l.
Taylor, Editor
PO. Box
127
Blakesburg , IA 52536
515
/ 938-2773
Newsletter: 3 - 16 pg .
New
setters
Dues : $15 for 3 issues
Short Wing Piper Club, Inc.
Eleanor
and
Bob Mills,
Ed itors/Membership
220 Main
Halstead, KS
67056
316/835-3307
(H)
;
835-2235
(W)
Magazine:
Bimonthly
Dues:
$30
per year
E-mail: [email protected]
Piper Owner
Soc
iety
P
O.
Box 5000
lola , WI 54945
715/445-5000 or 800/331-0038
FAX:
715/445-4053
Magazine: Monthly
Dues:
$42
year
E-Mail:
(24 hours
Web Site: www.aircraftownergroup.com
Dues:
$39
year
Dues: $25
per
year
U.S.,
$25 Canada,
$30
Foreign
L-4 Grasshopper
Wing
Bill Co ll ins,
Editor/Publisher
RR 2,
Box
619
Gould,
AR 71643-9714
870/263-4668
Newsletter: 6 per
year
Dues: $10
per year U.S.,
$15
Canada ,
$20
Foreign-All US
funds
Super Cub Pilots Association
Jim
Richmond ,
Founder/Director
PO.
Box
9823
Yakima , WA
98909
www.cubcrafters.com
E-Mail: [email protected]
509/248-
9491
Dues: $25
per
year
U.S,
$35
Canada,
$40 Foreign
Porterfield Airplane Club
Chuck
Lebrecht
91
Hickory
loop
Ocala
, FL
34472
352 / 687 -4859
Newsletter: Quarterly
Dues: $5 per
year
Rearwin Club
Robert
l.
Taylor, Editor
P.
O.
Box
127
Blakesburg,
IA
52536
515 / 938 -2773
Newsletter: 3 - 16
pg
. Newsletters
Dues:
$15
for 3 issues
National Ryan Club
Bill
Hodges,
Editor and Historian
19 Staneybrook Ln.
Searcy, AR 72143-6129
501/268-
2620
Newsletter: Quarterly
Dues: $20
per
year $25 overseas
Airmail and
Canada
E-mail: [email protected]
The Stampe Collectar
Don Peterson, Editor
2940
Falcon Way
Midlothian,
TX
76065
Newsletter:
4 per year
Dues
:
$40 per year,
$45
U.S.
Overseas
Stearman Restorers Association
Jack Davis, President
1209
San
Morino Ave .
San Marino ,
CA
91108
Newsletter:
3 per year
Dues: $25
per year
811
EDennett Ave
Fresno,
CA 93728-3318
559/237-7051
Newsletter: SWSC Newsletter (11 per year)
Dues: $25
per
year
E-Mail: [email protected]
Web
Site:
www
.
aeromar.com/swsc
.html
6
ssoc
iation (Schweizer)
a Division of the Scoring
Society of America
c/o Tom Barkow, e Treas.
1302
South Greenstone Ln.
Duncanville , TX 75137
214
/
296-3858
Newsletter: 8 per year
(plus a
directory)
Dues
:
$15
to 25 per year
(Scoring
Society
of
America membership
encouraged)
Swift Association, International
Charlie
Nelson
P.
O. Box 644
Athens,
TN
37371
423/745-9547
Newsletter:
Monthly
Dues
: $30 per
year
Swift Homepage:
http
:
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:
.
West Coast Swift Wing.
c/o
Denis
Arbeau
2644 W. Pueblo
Av
.
Napa
, CA 94558-4318
707/258-8120
Newsletter:
Monthly
Dues: 1 0 per
year
Email: [email protected]
Internet: http://www.napanet.net/-arbeau/ swift/
Taylorcraft Owner s Club
Bruce Bixler II, President
12809
Greenbawer, N.E.
Alliance,
OH 44601
330/823-9748
Newsletter: Quarterly
Dues:
1 2 per year
Virginia/Carolinas
Taylorcraft
Owner's
Club
Jack Pettigrew, President
8325
Audley
Lane
Richmond,
VA
23227-1729
804/266-6323
Newsletter:
Quarterly
Dues:
1 0 per year
Travel Air Restorers Association
Jerry Impellezzeri, President
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America n Waco Club
c/o Jerry Brown, Treasurer
3546 Newhouse place
Greenwood,
IN 46143
phil Coulson, President
616/624-6490
Newsletter: Bi-monthly
Dues:
$25 per year, $30 Foreign
Nationa l Waco Club
Andy
Heins
3744 Clearview Rd
Dayton, OH 45439
937/866-6692
Newsletter: Bimonthly
Dues:
$10 per year, $15 foreign
E-Mail: [email protected]
MULTIPLE
AIRCRAFT
ORGANIZATIONS
Artic Newsletter
David Neumeister
5630
S Washington
Lansing, M148911-4999
517/882-8433
Quarterly
Newsletters
for
AA 1 AA5,
Arrow,
Boron,
310-320, 336-337,
Molibu,
Musketeer,
Norseman, Skipper, Tomahawk,
Varga,
Maule
Dues:
$10 per year
per
type
except
Maule
which is
$20 for 12 issues
National Biplane Association
Charles W. Harris,
Board
Chairman
P
O. Box 470350
Tulsa, OK 74147-0350
918/622-8400 FAX 918/665-0039
Dues: $25
Individual;
$40 Family,U.S.;
add
$10 for Foreign
North American Trainer Association
(T-6, T-28, NA64, NA50, P-51,
B-25)
Kathy and Stoney Ston ich
25801 NE Hinness Road
Brush
Prairie, WA 98606
360/256-0066 FAX 360/896-5398
Newsletter:
Quarterly, Texans &
Trojans
Dues:
$45 U.S.,
Canada;
$55 all others
E-mail:
natraineraol.com
Replica Fighters Association-
Jim Felbinger, President
2409 Cosmic Drive
Joliet,
IL 60435
815/436-6948
Newsletter:
Bimonthly
Dues:
$20 per year
American
Av
iation Historical
Soci
ety
Timothy Williams, President
2333
Otis
Street
Sonta Ana, CA 92704-3846
714/549-4818 (Tuesday, 7:00-9:00 PM local)
Newsletter: Quarterly
and
Journal
Dues: $49
U.S.
and
Canada
$64
Foreign
(US
Funds)
Florida An tique Bipla ne As sociation,
In
c.
10906 Denoeu
Road
Boynton Beach, FL 33437
561/732-3250 FAX 561/732-2532
E-mail: [email protected]
Dues: $50
year
Flying Farmers, International
Kathy
Marsh,
Office Manager
2120
Airport
Road
P
O. Box
9124
Wichita,
KS
67277
316/943-4234 FAX 316/943-4235
Newsletter: 8 issues per
year
Dues: $40
per year
U.S. Funds,
plus Chapter dues.
Average
Annual Dues $50.
Luscombe Foundation
P
O. Box 63581
phoenix, I 85082
602/917-0969
FAX
602/917-4719
Newsletter: Bimonthly "Luscombe
Update"
Subscription: $25 per
year
E-Mail: [email protected]
Web
Site: luscombe.org
International Liaison Pilot and
Aircraft Association
(ILPA)
1651
8 Ledgestone
Son Antonio, TX 78232
Bill Stratton, Editor
210/490-ILPA
(4572)
News
l
etter: "Liaison Spoken Here"
Dues: $29
per
year US
$35
JJ:er
year
Foreign
and
Canada
Send for Free Copy of "Liaison Spoken Here"
Mi
nnesota Seaplane
Pilots Association-
Michael
Schmitt
227
Halsey
Ave.
Buffalo, MN 55313
612/477-4538
Newsletter: 3-4 per year
Dues:
$15
per year
($25-2
yrs.)
National Air Racing Group
Betty
Sherman,
NAGTreasurer
5508
7th Avenue NW
Seattle, WA 98107-2727
Newsletter: Professional Air Racing
Dues:
$15 ($20 outside USA)
P
O. Box 201299
Austin, TX 78720
512/331-6239
Newsletter: 6 per
year
Dues: $10
per year
Piper Av iation Mu seum Founda tion
Elizabeth
T
Piper, President
One
Piper Way
Lock
Haven,