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EDITORIAL
STAFF
Publisher
Tom Poberezny
October1995 Vol.23,No.10
CONTENTS
2 Straight
&
Level/
Espie"Butch"Joyce
3 AlCNewslH.G.Frautschy
4 Aeromail
5 NationalWacoClubFly-in!
RayBradly
7 MysteryPlane/H.G.Frautschy
9
The
Downwind
Turn
/
DickHill
10
Antiques/Classics
at
Oshkosh!
H.G.Frautschy
17
Seaplanes
at
Oshkosh!
NormPetersen
20 OrloMaxfield'sFunk!
H.G.Frautschy
Page
10
24
What
Our
Members
Are
Restoring/
NormPetersen
26
Passitto Buck!
E.E.
B
uck"Hilbert
28
WelcomeNewMembers
29
Calendar
Page 17
30
Vintage
Trader
PageS
Vice-President
Marketing & Cammunications
Dick
Matt
Editor-in-Chief
Jack Cox
Editar
Henry G. Frautschy
Managing
Editor
GoldaCax
Art
Director
Mike Drucks
Assistant Art Director
Sara A. Otto
Computer Graphic Specialists
Olivia L. Phillip Jennifer Larsen
Advertis
ing
Mary Jones
Associate
Editor
Norm Petersen
Feature Writers
George Hardie, Jr. Dennis Parks
Staff Photographers
Jim Koepnick Mike Steineke
Carl Schuppel
Donna
Bushman
Editorial
Assistant
Isabelle Wiske
EAA ANTIQUE/CLASSIC DIVISION, INC.
OFFICERS
President
Vice President
Espie 'Butch' Joyce
Arthur Morgan
P.O.
Bo
x
35584
Germo
nto
wn, WI
Greensboro, NC
274
25
910/
393-D344
Secretary
Treasurer
Steve Nesse E.E 'Buck' Hilbert
2009Highlond Ave. P.O. Box
424
Albert Leo. MN
5tlYJ7
Union. IL
60180
507/373--1674
815/923-4591
DIRECTORS
John Berendt
Robert
C. 'Bob"
Brauer
7645 Echo Point
Rd.
9345
S.
Hoyne
Connon
Foils.
MN 55009 Chicogo. IL
60620
507/263-
2414 312/779-2105
Gene Chase
John
S.
Copeland
2159 Carffon
Rd. 28-3
Wtlliomsburg Ct.
Oshkosh. WI
54904
Shrewsbury. MA
01545
414/231-5002
508/842-7867
PhUCouison
28415
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r ~
Lawton, M149065 Hartford,
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Charles
HonIs
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7215 East 46th
SI.
1042 90th Lane. NE
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STRAIGHT
LEVEL
by Espie Butch Joyce
Many of you who
attend
EAA
OSHKOSH
may recall
that
we
lost
our
grass
runway
a couple of years
ago
when a
new
paved taxiway was
constructed, cutting
our
old
grass
run
way
in half.
Since
that
time, we have
been
looking
for
a new site
for
those
Antique/Classic airplane
pilots who
prefer to operate
off
of
grass.
I
re
ceived
a
phone
call
from A/C Direc
tor Gene
Chase the
other
day
related
to our
efforts
in this
regard.
With all
of the changes that have
occurred on
the airport,
it
had been difficult
to
find a site. t
seems each
time we
think
that
we have found one,
it
does
not work
out. Be assured there
is
no
political reason for this,
but that an
airport operation
such as Oshkosh
can become very complex. We
will
continue
to pursue
this grass runway
for the future, and
will
keep
you
posted
on our progress.
Gene then proceeded to tell me
that
H.G. wanted
to speak to
me ,
and
looking
at
the calendar,
I
knew what
weekend,
but
it rained all
from Friday
to Sunday.
I
don't
know
about
you
guys, but I usually do my best
reading
and
thinking
in a room
that
s about 8
x 10
with
a door that you
can close to
keep
out
the
skunks,
one
that sur
rounds you with tile and good
light
ing.
However , it 's hard to stay in a
room
this
small for
a weekend.
What
really
jumped out
to
me this past
weekend
s
this:
Have
you
ever stood
back
and looked at how
many
publi
cations are printed that are of total
aviation
interest?
f
you
take all of
the "classified,
for
sale" papers, the
regional "news type" papers, all of
the
state DOT aviation
division pa
pers/newsletters,
type club
newslet
ters,
insurance company newsletters,
federal government
newsletters, na
tionally
known
magazines
and the
membership
magazines
(of
which
your VINTAGE
AIRPLANE
is
one
{and
one
of the best)) you can see
that a lot
of
people are
involved
and
interested
. I think the
only other
all
of this, your
Antique,
Classic and
Contemporary
aircraft are
some of
the most desirable to own ,
and
there
are individuals looking to own one
every day.
We have a bright future
ahead of us.
One
of the side
benefits
of review
ing all of this
reading material
s that I
ran across an ad
for a company
called
ESSCO,
426 W.Turkeyfoot
Lake,
Akron, OH
44319, (216/644-7724);
they call
themselves
"The manual
people ." I got a
list
of
the manuals
they offer and
it
was
a
very complete
inventory
indeed . They offer all types
of
pUblications; for
example, engines
-
Kinner,
Lambert, LeRhone,
Warner,
etc.; flight manuals for all kinds
of
air
craft,
and
other items you would have
thought to be
lost.
Some
of
you may
have
already
known about this com
pany, but for those
of
you who don't,
here's your
chance to update or fill
out your maintenance manual library.
This issue
of VINTAGE
AIR
PLANE
is
your EAA Oshkosh
' 95 re
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WAG AERO SOLD
Aviation retailer and services company
Wag Aero has been so ld , along with the
overhau l and repair
fac
ilities that are part
of its corporate structure, Aero Fabrica
tors and Whirlwind Propeller shop. Bill
Read
and Mary Myers, a
husband
and
wife team involved in the banking busi
ness in the Milwaukee area have bought
the compan ies from Bobbie and Dick
Wagner. Mary Read will
serve
as
the
Wag Aero Group's president, and wi ll be
assisted by her husband, a licensed pilot.
Dick and Bobbie will have more time
to
devote
to the Wagner Foundation
which operates orphanages
in
the Phillip
ines and Bolivia , and provides food and
medical supp
li
es for the needy in under
developed countries.
OUR
CONDOLENCES TO
THE FAMILIES OF
.
Belford B.D. Maule , age 83, Moul
trie, GA. The designer a
nd
builder of the
Maule series of aircraft, B.D. was a long
time
EAAer
and a member
of
the OX-5
Club, as well as an
honoree of both the
Michigan and Georgia Halls of Fame. He
careful stewardship of hi s small , family
run aircraft manufact uring business en
a
bl
ed Maule,
In
c. to weather the difficult
times that
ca us
ed the decline of small air
plane manufacturing in the U.S.
James A. Damron, age 55, Columbus,
MT. A United Airlines pilot and Army
helicopter pilot in Vietnam,
James
was
also a very active Antique/Classic pilot.
He flew hi s 1949 Piper PA-18 Super Cub
non-stop across the United States
in
1991.
He was an eloquent writer, able to clear
ly
compiled by H.C. Frautschy
SELF CERTIFICATION
MEDICAL
RULE NPRM PUBLISHED
During
EAA
OSHKOSH '95 FAA Administrator David Hinson announced the
FAA would publish an NPRM allowing medical se
lf-
certification for recreational
pilots and removing the 50 mile limitation placed on the Recreational pilot's certifi
ca te. That NPRM has now been printed
in
the Federal Register.
The significant points of the proposal are:
-The proposed rule will a ow for the self certification of medical condition for
those exercising the privileges of the recreationaJ pilots License.
The proposal will remove the 50 mile restriction from the current recreational
pilots
Lic
ense.
-Current private pilots can exercise the privileges of a recreational license without
performing any retesting, notification, or any other contact with the FAA or a CFI.
Private pilots ~ i t h 7xpired medicals could fly as a recreational pilot by making a
statement of medical fitness and obtaining a Flight Review.
-The public h
as
until December 11 to respond to the proposed rule.
-An
y
~ r s ? n
may o.bt.ain a.copy of.this NPRM by submitting a request to the Fed
era l AViatIOn AdmllllstratJOn, Office of Public Affairs, Attention: Public Inquire
Center, APA-220, 800 Independence Av. SW, Washington, DC 20591 or by caHing
202/267-3484. Requests should be identified by the NPRM number (Notice No. 95
11)
or docket no. (Docket No. 25910).
C ~ m e n
p ~ o p o s a l s may be delivered or mailed in triplicate to: Federal
AVlatlOn Admimstratton, Office of Chief Counsel, Attention: Rules Docket (AGC
Dock
.e
t 25910, 800 Independence Av. SW, Washington,
DC
20591. For further
fiZ::matlOn contact : John Lynch, Certification Branch, AFS-840, phone 202/267
~ c h of you should write the FAA in support of this NPRM. You can send
copies of your letter to both your congressmen and representatives, asking for their
support. In your own words, you may
wi
sh to point out how this revised rule would:
-reduce the cost of processing third class medicals for the
FAA
-r
educe the cost of sport aviation for the public
-r
educe the regulatory burden of sport aviation
In your letter you shou
ld
also mention that the proposal will not have an adverse
~ f f e c t on the safety
of
sport aviation, and now it will help revitalize the depressed
mdustry
of
sport aviation.
In you response, make it clear that you are only responding to the portion of the
t ~ e p ~ o p o s e d rule that deals with recreational pilots. There are many other provi
S l O ~ s m.the proposed rule that deal with other subjects, and it must be clear to those
revlewmg
the
comments
that
you
are
responding only to the recreational pilot
changes.
I f you wish to comment on the other portions of the NPRM not outlined here
obtain a copy and read the NPRM carefully. '
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I should have followed my hunch. Oh well,
you can't win 'em all.
Many thanks for writing and keeping
me
on my toes
Kindest Regards,
Norm Petersen
M IL
JUPITER
WINGSP N
Dear
Mr. Frautschy,
BUCK ROO VS.
THE
MENTOR
DearH.G,
Loved the July issue of Vintage Air
plane. The more
Gee
Bees the better
I did pick up one little discrepancy in
Mr. Petersen's article on the Buckeroo.
The fly off was between the T 35
Buckeroo and the Beechcraft T -34,
which was
not jet engined. The jet
Cessna T-37 came much later.
I find it very
interesting that the
T
35 lost the competition even though all
the pilots rated it above the T-34. The
Air Force
picked
the Beechcraft be
cause the
Buckeroo was a
taildragger
and they only
had
tri-gear
airplanes
in
their future.
See, Stinson pilots do read the arti
cles
and not
just look
at
the
pictures.
Keep up the fine work.
Gene DeRuelle
Studio City, CA
NORM SLIPS ON
FLO T
Hello Norm,
I was surprised and
a
bit amused
that a
caption
slipped by the 01 float
pro
. Please peruse page 22 of
the
Au
gust issue
of
Vintage Airplane and note
the Stearman
C3B. A
great aeroplane
and
superb performer
on wheels or
Dear Larry,
It's getting harder and harder
to
sneak
one by
the
readership
So far,
you
are the
only one to catch the P-3300 error. Con
gratulations
I had checked
the
Group Two approval
2-
124
and noted the
C3B was approved
on P-
3300. The photo had the words EDO
Deluxe Floats on it which should have put
me
wise. In addition, my first impression if
the photo
was,
"Gee, those floats look
small."
I
do not
know if I
reported
it wrong
or if it was a typographical error, but the
Jamison Jupiter wingspan is 29 feet, not
19 feet as printed (June 1995, page 26). I
continue to enjoy your fine pUblication.
Sincerely,
Earl F. Stahl
Yorktown, V A
It
was
a typo, Earl. Our apologies, and
once again, thanks for sharing the Jupiter
photos
with us.
- H
.G.
Frautschy
UN ERWOO
NOT S
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1995 ational
W CO
CLUB
REUNION
ND
FLY IN
by Ray randly
resi ent National Waco Club
Wacos from
New
York N
ew
j
ersey
Pennsylvania North Carolina a
nd Ca
nada winged
th
e
ir
way back to ount Vernon
Ohio to join
Wacos
from ichi
ga
n Indiana and Ohio for the 36th Annual
Waco Re
uni
on. Some
of
the finest and most colorful Wacos
flying today touched down on beautiful Wyncoop airport.
many persons from far and near enjoyed their first ride in a
Waco.
The de
licious annual awards banquet on Saturday
evening was aga in a very enjoyab le success . Man y have
already made
pl
a
ns
to attend
th
e 37th annual
Nationa l Waco Reunion june 7
-
30 799
at Mount Vernon Ohio.
(Above) Sunburst color schemes are often attractive on
curvaceous biplanes, and Fred
Schmukler s UPF-7 looks
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(Below)
Mike Brown s UPF-7 from
Dayton,
Ohio and
Joe
Maguire
s
UPF-7
from
Canton, Ohio.
Left) Bill
Bohannan s
Waco YKS-6 left)
and
Jack
Race s UPF-7
got lots of atten
tion
on
the flight
line
at
Wynkoop airport.
Below) A very
smart looking
UBF-2
from
Ringoes, NJ.
It
belongs to
John
Bussard.
(Below) Three
different Wacos
high
light the ability of the Waco craftsmen
to build outstanding
biplanes
. From
left to right they are: Joe
Maguire s
UPF-7 from Canton,
OH,
Tony Mro
zowsky s ASO and the newly restored
Waco CRG of Pete Heins of Dayton,
OH.
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by H.G. Frautschy
This month s Mystery
Plane
is one
of
the
many pre-war military hopefuls.
The
answer will
C-4 engine rated at
125
hp. Type certificate was issued 8-24
37. t was manufactured by
Argonaut Aircraft
Inc. at
N.
Tonowanda,
NY.
Hope I guessed correctly "
First
ha nd recollections are always in teresting, and
Earl Van Gorder,
of
Tonawanda, NY
was
a young lad
who
ha
unted the
Argonaut
shops during
the
mid-1930's.
Here 's what he wrote:
About the old Argonaut Pirate. I sure appreciate the
photo copies you sent. They really bring back memories, es
pecially the old hangar. The shops, where I worked, were in
side the hangar. The hangar and the field were originally a
test fie ld for Consolidated, when they had their factory in
Buffalo at 2050 Elmwood
Av.
which later became the first
home for Bell Aircraft when Consolidated moved all opera
tions
to
the west coast. I used
to
ride
my
bike
out
there and
watch the old Fleets and Fleetsters fly. The test field was in
Tonanwanda, which was
my
home then,
too
The photos are particularly interesting since,
as
you said,
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Pirate
the hull appears to be silver with a trim
stripe. This was not the final color of the
aircraft,
as ]
remember it. I also think I
know
why
the silver in the photos .
.
The
entire aircraft was doped silver before the
final color coats. I al
so think]
remember
why
this photo (the shot used in the
u
ly
issue) came about. Publici ty was hard to
get for unknowns in those days
and
when an opportunity presented itself for
some free
advertising,
they would do a
hurried assembly job and roll the old bird
out for photos .
My
guess would
be
that
fly with more than two people. Actua lly,
the jump
sea
t area was best used for a bit
of
luggage, or whatever.
]
had one ride in the old bird when
it
was flown
by
Dick Benson, who was offi
cia
l test pilot. That was a reward for and
entire two day's work breaking in the
re-
tract system which was totally manual . .
Argonaut H 24
Compare
these
two shots
of
the
Arg
onaut H-24 Pirate.
The change
in
rudder shape
is the
most
noticeable -
The
top of
the rudde
r
and
fin is more
rounded in
the lower photo , and
the
lower portion
has
a more
flattened
curve. Apparently the Pirate was
found
to
be
lacking
in
vertical
stabi
-
lizer/rudder
area,
so
a
fix was
made
.
Below, r i
ght) This
is the
only
photo
graph
of
the
cockpit
of the Pirate
we '
ve
been able to come up wi t
h.
The
sm a
ll j ump seat mounted be
tween the
two
cockpit seats is
visible ,
as is the center
instr
ument
panel
flanked by
the
round control
wheels
. really
only
a bicycle chain and a couple
of
sprockets which you used to wind it up
and down by hand. I spent two days
do-
ing that
winding
in the hangar, while it
was up on blocks. At first it was mighty
stiff
and I had keep cranking it up and
down and adding lube
unti
l it got to the
point of fairly easy operability. I sure
de-
veloped some arm muscles in those two
days .
Retraction
was
very
basic
- with
the gear
moun
ted at the
strut
top, it just
swiveled
up
180
0
unti
l it was under the
wing.
Of course, you
must
realize
that
I
might
be
slightly
inaccurate on some
points
-
after all , ] was
16
years old at the
time, and I'm 74 now
Continued on page 27)
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THE
DOWNWIND
TURN
by Richard C.
Hill
TP - CFI
The downwind turn during a landing
approach presents a number
of
chal
lenges to the aviator. As an illustration,
we'll use
EAA's Pioneer Airport
as an
example.
When
operating
the planes
at
Pio
neer Airport , pilots are most often faced
with unfavorable winds. The runway is
laid out
northwest-southeast.
Cross
winds flow over the EAA Air Adven
ture museum complex from the south
west
a
nd over the
trees
and hangars
from the north and east. In either case,
when the gusts roll over those
objects
and across the runway, they create a
major problem for the landing aircraft.
f
the wind is not alm ost parallel to the
runway, the pilot is
forced
to make a
complicated turn to the final approach.
is covered. This ca uses a dive toward
the touchdown zone. Any increase in
airspeed causes a long landing flare and
the plane touches down
after
much
of
the runway has passed.
The pilot can anticipate this and pre
pare himself by estab lishing the proper
approach
speed ear l
y.
In order to do
this, altitude must be
adjusted
accord
ingly ea r ly in the
approach
seque nce.
The turn ont o th e base leg should be
made a bit low
er
than normal and final
ap pro
ac
h speed sh
ou
ld be
establ
ished
when the turn is completed.
T he current philosophy concern ing
landing ap proac
h
es
is o ne
that
estab
lishes a 3.5 degree
glideslope,
with an
airspeed of 1.3 over stall . This combina
tion along with a stabilized power set
ting gives the
op t
imum com
The
pilot
can
prepare
himself by establishing
fortable ride.
Due to the very
restrictive
the
proper approach speed early. In order
to
parameters at Pioneer, we
are
do this, altitude must be adjusted accordingly not blessed with this
type
of
approach.
In
order
to make
early in
the approach
sequence.
The
turn
onto
our
approaches
we must use a
the base leg
should
be
made
a
bit
lower than
steeper
glid
epath
. If not pre
normal and final approach speed
should
be
pared, this increased rate of
descent wi produce higher ap
established
when
the
turn
is
completed.
proach speeds.
The
Pioneer
traffic pattern
changes the pilot's perception
(related
to groundspeed) and to complicate mat
ters,
he then
finds him
self wrestling
with a g usty crosswind on the roll-out
from the turn.
Approaching the touchdown spot, he
will have an excess of airspeed and as
he moves
into the
shelter of
the
mu
seum building, he will enter a protected
area and encounter a
no
wind" condi
tion, or a turbulent area, depending on
the wind velocity. Now the plane has to
float down the runway, bleeding off all
of
that
speed before he can land. At
about this same place, the runway starts
a ge ntle downward slope
at
the far
end
of
the runway.
What's
the point
of
all this? Be on
speed, and be
at
a
proper
altit ud e as
you enter the Base leg. Be prepared to
land on the touchdown spot. f you are
fast, if you are
passing the optim
um
spot for the to uchdown, make a wheel
landing and then reduce the speed with
the brakes.
f
this
is
not practicable, es
tablish a go
around
and be set up prop
erly for the next approach .
Spend some time on your home field
practicing sho rt field landings. (It does
almost no good for one to do this prac
tice in a nosewheel plane.) Do a bunch
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Antique/Classic Excitement at
OSHKOSH 95
(Above) Dean Richardson, (center,
in
the
red shirt)
is
an
antique/classic advisor
as
well as a Classic judge. Dean and his
wife
Wendy
also
serve as the
hosts for
the Antique/Classic
Past Grand
Champi-
ons breakfast.
Bill
Turner entertained
the attendees with stories
of
the
building
and flying of the
various
racer replicas
he
has been involved
with
over
the
years.
(Left) The
Antique/Classic
Division s
An-
tique Grand
Champion
is the
biplane in
the
foreground, a
1937
Bucker
Jung-
meister
restored
for E.T.
Woody
Wood-
ward of
Franklin,
TN
by
Joe
Fleeman
of
Lawrence, TN.
Joe
is flying the
Jung-
meister,
while Woody is
flying
the Bucker
Jungmann
he
recently restored.
Look
for an article on these
two
biplanes in
the
November
issue
of
Vintage Airplane.
(Below) Robert Ragozzino,
Norman,
OK
hopes
to
become the
f irst
to
fly
solo
around the world. The
Spirit of Okla-
homa is
the
name
of the project and
450
hp Stearman
you see
on the
fuse-
lage.
Equipped
with
modern
avionics
and
a
belly
auxiliary
tank that boosts the
range
of
the
Stearman to
over
1000
miles,
the flight
should
prove to be quite
a
challenge
for both pilot and airplane.
The current record for
an open
cockpit
circumnavigation
of
the
globe stands at
175 days,
set by
the Army Douglas
World
Cruiser flyers
in
1924.
For more informa-
tion
on the flight,
you can
contact Robert
at
405/360-0736.
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Right) In the WW II Military Trainer/Liaison category,
here is the winner
of
the Outstanding trophy, John
Vorndran, Stoughton, WI
and his
1940 Stearman PT-17.
(Below) Darrell
Miller of Ann Arbor,
MI brought
his
modified
Curtiss-Wright Travel Air
12Q to
the Conven
tion this
year.
It
looks
a
bit
different
than
it
did
in
1931
though
- the
fuselage
has been
metalized.
Originally
powered by a Wright Gipsy engine of
90 hp,
it 's now
powered by
a
Lycoming
0-320.
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Above) Wacos as far as
the
eye can see The American
Waco
Club spent over a year organizing a mass
fly-in to
the EAA Convention,
and
the results were amazing - 30
Wacos arrived together, and
another 14 were
also
on the
field, for a total of
44 biplanes.
Congratulations to presi
dent Phil Coulson and the
American Waco
Club.
Right)
The pick
of the Closed Cockpit
Monoplanes was
this pretty '38 Fairchild F-24K, belonging
to
Warner and
Wendy Griesbeck, Aldergrove, B.C., Canada.
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(Left)
Simple
is sometimes
the best
-
Marion Burton
of Little
Rock, AR can subscribe
to
that philosophy
while
flying his Piper
PA-17
Vagabond, picked as the
Best In Class winner in the Piper classification.
(Below)
Orlo
Maxfield's son John poses
with the
Re
serve Grand Champion Lindy presented
to
his
father
for
the restoration
of his Funk B-SSC. Orlo is only
the
second
owner of
the
airplane,
the
first being
the
Funk
Manufacturing Co See
the story beginning on page
20 for
more
on
this sleeper of
a classic.
(Above) The Luscombe TSF Observer is one
of the
more unusual looking classic airplanes and comes with
33 sq. ft. of plexiglass and four opening windows.
Dur
ing
EAA
Oshkosh
we
had
these
four
TS's
(there's only
ten
to
twelve
flying ) in
one spot, along with
their own-
ers.
Form
left to right are:
Irwin
Reeb,
David and
Ray
Fulwiler,
John
Neely,
James
and Alan Bendelius.
(Right) Ray
Johnson's
Aeronca 11AC Chief is
back in
the skies after
a rebuild with the
help
of
his friends
in
EAA
Chapter
304
in Jackson,
MI. It's
the Class
II (0-80)
hp
Champion.
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195 s seem to bring out
the
best in many restorer/owners.
This is the 195 belonging to John Preiss, College Station , TX.
A high scoring Classic, it
was the
1994 Reserve Grand Cham
pion - Classic.
Mike Horn s
Piper J-3
took home the Best In Class trophy.
Mike s
from North
Little
Rock, AR.
The
Best
In Class winner in the Cessna 170/180 category is
this Cessna
180
belonging
to
Alan Drain and Steve Kleiner,
Bozeman,
MT.
Norm Petersen happened
upon
the airplane
during
a
visit
in
the
west
during this
past
spring.
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(Left) Leroy and Pat Geisert of Medford,
NJ have been
coming
to
the EAA Con
vention
for
the
past
eighteen
years
in
the same
Cessna 180, a 1953 model.
Below
left)
Mooney Mites are always
of
interest, and Ted Teach
s
Mite had lots
of folks
looking
at it, based on the worn
down grass around it.
It
was the winner
of
the
Limited Production trophy.
(Below)
Our
Class III 151 and up) award
winner
for
1995, this is James Sayers
very
pretty
Cessna
195. James is
from
Edison,OH.
Left) Photographer Jim Koepnick
caught this beautiful shot of an original
Globe Swift belonging
to
Duane Gold
ing of Marion, TX.
(Below) The
Antique Classic Workshop
tent
has grown
in popularity
year after
year, and
features
va
r
ious aspects
of
antique/classic
aircraft repairs and
construction. AlC Workshop Chairman
George
Meade
right)
works on cover
ing a
rudder
with the
Poly-Fiber
process, while Co-Chairman Rich Fis
chler
works
on
an aileron.
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The
Grand
Champion Con
temporary, a Cessna 150
built
in 1958 and restored
by
Craig
Roberts of Aurora , OR. This
isn't just anyone-fifty,
it's the
irst
production
150 off
the
line
at
Wichita.
(Right
and
below) Bonanzas to
Oshkosh
is the remarkable
mass fly-in
organized by members
of the
American Bonanza
Society.
After
their late
afternoon
arrival (when
the first
arrivals
were
touching down
in
Oshkosh, the last
were coming
up
on
the
lIIinois/wisconsin border north
of Rockford,
IL )
the
partici
pants all got
together for
this big group shot.
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95 Seaplane Fly-In
Record Turnout Creates an
Even
Bigger Splash
with
this
year s
Convention ttendees
y orm Petersen
The camaraderie
of
the
seaplane
crowd
was at an all-time high this year as the num
ber
of
seaplanes swelled to 126
in
attendance
for the EAA Oshkosh '95 Seaplane Fly-In.
The old mark of 5 seaplanes was set back
in
1992. In
addition
to
the
l
arge number and
wide variety of seaplane types, the best kept
secret of Oshkosh , namely, the serene and
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(Above) Taxiing away from the dock amid
the
looks of
many
watch
ing people is
Aeronca Chief S-65-CA , N34401 , SIN C
14261, mounted on a set of matching Edo
60 -1320 floats .
This pretty
antique was
flown in by Alan Gray of Lake Anne, MI.
oversubscribed. With
the
huge
crowd
plane
pilot
into heading
north at dawn
tomorrow.
Normal capacity
of
the Vette Seaplane
Base is approximately 7 moorings, how
ever, this year, as the stream of float
planes kept arriving, the crews were busy
setting
out
new mooring buoys as fast as
they
could
put
them
together and place
them in the water. (The volunteers in this
exercise were absolutely "above and be
yond" the normal call of duty and an ex
treme
debt
of gratitude is
owed
to
this
valiant
bunch of
workers.)
When
the
shouting was over, some 86 buoys were in
use and several f10atplanes were placed
along the precious shoreline where park
ing was at a premium. Every airplane had
been properly taken care
of when the sun
(Left) Pulling in close for the camera is AI
Nordgren 's Grumman Widgeon, N69058,
which ran off
with
all the marbles when it
garnered
the
Grand Champion Seaplane
Lindy trophy
at
EAA Oshkosh '95.
(Below)
Winner
of the Best Amph ib ian
Award
plus
the
Antique Champion Trans
port
Lindy
was
th
is
immaculate Grum
man G-21 Goose, N121GL,
flown by Jerry
and Betsye Holmes of Chattanooga, TN.
Notice how
photographer
Jim Koepnick,
has
carefully
caught both engines with
one prop blade pointing down as Jerry
power s up
for
takeoff
with
some
right
rudder to compensate
for
torque.
Grand Champion Seaplane Award for AI
Nordgren, Troutdale, OR, and his immac
ulate
Grumman
G-44 Widgeon, N69058,
S N 1291. The complete story on this
1944 amphibian and its total restoration
was re lated in the August 1995, issue of
VINTAGE AIRPLANE.
After
running off with the "Best Am
phibian Award " at Sun ' n Fun '95, AI
brought the pretty seaplane to Oshkosh
for the " really big shew" and proceeded
to garner
the Lindy
award for Grand
Champion Seaplane at Oshkosh '95. AI
reports the extra weight of the trophy
didn't
slow the airplane one
bit
on the
way home.
The award for the "Best Amphibian"
at Oshkosh '9 was taken home by Jerry
and
Dean
Franklin owned it for
nearly
and new bottoms. When they were fin
of Ste. Ane du Lac, Quebec, who flew in
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twenty years. Chuck Greenhill of
Kenosha, WI,
spent considerable
time
and money on the old girl, bringing it up
to a highly presentable condition when it
was sold to the Holmes' in 1994 - just fifty
years after it was built
Since then, it had been continually up
graded
with a new super-soundproofed
interior, new instrument panels (including
the co-pilot) and all new avionics.
The
in
stallation
of
Beech King Air seats really
added class to the passenger compart
ment. These are mounted on special rails
for easy removal if cargo is being carried.
Jerry reports the
Goose will indicate
130 kts at cruise,
burning about
45 gph,
while
hauling
a
very
respectable load.
Normal gross weight is 9200 lbs. and the
maximum number
of
people on board can
be eight. Jerry earned his multi-engine
seaplane rating in the Goose although he
had been single-engine seaplane rated for
a
number of
years.
He and
his lovely
wife, Betsye,
fly
the Goose between Chat
tanooga, TN, and Ft. Lauderdale, FL on a
regular basis with 1995 marking their first
trip to Oshkosh. Believe me when I say,
"They hauled home the hardware " Con
gratulations to a fine couple on a splendid
airplane.
The Best Metal Floatplane award was
garnered by a sharp looking 1954 Cessna
180, N20KK, SIN 31022, mounted on (an
unusual) set
of Edo
2425 floats and flown
by veteran pilot , Karl Kerscher (EAA
223108)
of Land
0
Lakes
, WI.
The
Cessna was
purchased
in 1989 in Toma
hawk, WI, with only 1650 hours total time
on the airframe and 250 hours on its Con
tinental 0 4701 engine of 230 hp.
A new interior was first on the agenda
followed by a new instrument panel with
all the desired avionics. The
entire
air
plane was painted wi
th
Imron and the
new "N" number of N20KK (which Karl
had reserved for a
number
of
years) was
painted
on the sides of the fuselage. In
addition ,
the
2425 floats , which
are
con
sidered by many to
be
a bit small for the
180, were
sent
up to float guru , Wiley
Hautala, in Ely, Minnesota , for overhaul
ished
up
with
a new
coat of Edo
silver
paint, things were starting to look
pretty
good.
Although the engine was low time, it
needed help in the form of chrome jugs
and
4-ring
pistons
to bring it
up to top
shelf quality. When everything was fin
ished, the 180 was assembled and a really
useful, lightweight, Cessna was at hand .
Karl reports the airplane will
get
out of
the water very quickly and haul up to four
people
if the fuel load isn t too large.
Actual useful load is
about
900 lbs. at
2750 gross. Normal cruise is 125 to 130
mph at
65%
power setting which uses
about
2
.5 gph.
Karl's latest addition
is
a set
of
Landes
wheel/skis for the 180 so we can expect to
see the pretty bird at the Wisconsin
skiplane fly-ins also.
Congratulations to Karl Kerscher , his
wife, Chris
and
two
sons,
David and
Christopher, who
are
all pilots and had a
hand in bringing
the
Cessna up to cham
pionship caliber. You have to admit it is
one very pretty classic airplane - even on
floats.
There were no less than
35
floatplanes
from Canada this
year
along with a sub
stantial contingent
of
Canadian folks who
just seem
to
brighten up each day at the
seaplane base. They are totally unafraid
of
hard work when it comes to volunteer
ing and their appreciation for water flying
is endless. And to top it off, their sense of
humor
is
outstanding, which makes every
task a bit easier. One of these active sea
plane pilots is Gary Milot
(EAA
379877)
with
his very nice Piper PA-18 Super
Cub , C-FKTW,
mounted
on a
set of Edo
89-2000 floats. The Super Cub was totally
restored over a two
year
period by Gary
and his friend, Pierre Lambert.
New
longerons were welded in along with new
fittings
and
the entire
airplane
was cov
ered in Ceconite and Randolph dope (13
coats). Other amenities included
new
sealed wing struts, Booster wingtips and
six
STC s. Featuring
a white and
dark
blue paint scheme set off by silver floats,
the Super Cub drew many attentive looks
from the crowds and especially the judges.
The
fabric work on the airplane was quite
outstanding and when added to the deluxe
interior, scored very well. A near perfect
set
of
floats, complete with dual water
rudders, aided the cause and
when
the
totals were added up, Gary Milot's pretty
Piper
Super
Cub had earned the
Best
Fabric Seaplane Award at Oshkosh '95.
Congratulations, Gary, and we look for
ward to your return for
another
seaplane
fly-in in Oshkosh.
The large and fascinated crowds, the
lagoon and creek full
of
seaplanes and the
numerous improvements to the base all
contributed to one
of
the finest and safest
Oshkosh Splash-Ins in history. Every one
of the many hard working volunteers, who
put forth a maximum effort when it was
needed,
should hold your head high in
recognition
of
a job well done. The four
seaplane
awards
thi s year were won by
two antiques, one classic and one contem
porary
airplane - a clean
sweep
for the
Antique/Classic group
. . .
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Orlo Maxfield has been around the fly-
ing business for a long time, plenty long
enough to know aeronautical hooey
when he sees it. Like the rest of life, he's
seen the promises made versus promise
kept ledger, and knows the balance does
not always swing to the positive side.
Model
B in
deference to the
extensive
changes made by the brothers to the basic
engine, Orlo's Funk was flown by him un
til he entered the service.
The
Akron Aircraft
Company
had
been busy making airplanes since produc
tion started in 1939. As originally built ,
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(Above) The Funk
brothers paid atten
tion
to little details
when
designing
their
airplane,
including fairings for the
aileron actuating rods. In many of these
photos you can also see how the landing
gear was faired using an extension of
the boot
cowl.
(Far right) The low profile of the GPS
an
tenna is evident in
this
view, along with
the
broadband
comm
antenna and a
ro
tating beacon.
abrupt end to the small airplane manufac
turing business, and the Funks again had
to scramble to finish work for the
Funk
Aircraft Company to do. They were able
to procure a commitment to produce un
der contract wing center sections for the
Howard and
Joe
Funk.
It
was published
by Sunshine House.)
After Orlo sold his first Funk he didn't
fly for
another
15 years, until he
took
a
ride with a friend in a Cessna 170 on a
pretty Sunday morning.
The
doughnuts
(Left) The cockpit of
the
Funk is another
indication of
the
Funk brothers ingenu
ity. Sunken
floor
boards and
a
slanted
sub-panel
add
to
the legroom
for
the pi
lot and passenger. Orlo has added a
short radio stack
consisting
of a Ben
dix/King KLX
175 GPS/Comm, and a
transponder.
The
interior upholstery is
not
new
to this
restoration
- even
though
it looks new,
it
was actually made for
Orlo in
the
early 1960's
Funk
was his
I t
was
S N
438, a B-85C.
They wanted $2,250.
He
said $2,000 and a
deal was struck for $2,200. Since he was
on heavy
overtime at the Ford
plant, it
was a bit of time before he could take a
few days off and fly his
new
airplane
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NI
q
S,
The Funk designed tailwheel has a
handy feature
that allows the tailwheel
to
be disconnected from the rudder, allowing
easy ground handling
without
having
to
fuss with a spring-loaded detent in a
ment
on the
stabilizer
instead of the
lower longeron on the fuselage means
that a pilot doesn t have to stoop as low
to maneuver the airplane into the hangar
or
a parking spot. The tail wheel design
is
also unique to the airplane. A hydrauli
cally dampened steerable tailwheel is
used, with a novel disconnect feature that
allows the
tailwheel to swivel
during
ground
handling. Simply pull a
spring
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Some
Funks
have
had
a radio added
above the panel, since the fuel tank pre
cludes installing it in the panel. Some re
storers have gone to
the trouble of
re
working
the tank and
cutting down
the
fuel capacity so a radio could be installed,
but Orlos installation of a Bendix/King
KLX 175 GPS/Comm and a transponder
is
neatly placed between the pilot s legs,
and a pair of headsets and push-to-talk
airplane, and it s been with the airplane
ever since, and hardly shows any wear at
all.
t
was simply cleaned up and re-in
stalled during restoration.
Thoughout the restoration, Orlos son
John and his grandson Scott both worked
on the project. For John, restoring an air
plane that he literally grew up with was a
fun experience.
He
was featured at the
age of nine in the Detroit News when he
The original wheel pants were retained,
and since Orlo really didn t want to mod
ify
the pants to accommodate a Cleveland
wheel
conversion
, so he
carefully
re
worked the original Goodyear brakes, and
he
is
satisfied they are reliable and quiet.
To help prevent the problem of a jammed
or loose disc, he had a new set of slightly
oversize clips made to secure the brake
discs in place. By making sure the disc
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WHAT OUR MEMBERS ARE RESTORING
by Norm
Petersen
Wisconsin winters while Peter flew the pretty
two-placer all
over
the
Midwest.
In 1991 ,
he
moved
the family
to Brooksville, FL,
flying the
1300 mile
trip
without difficulty. Since
then, the
Luscombe has
been
repainted and the engine ma
jored.
The
wind driven generator, which worked
well for
many
years , has given up
the
ghost, so a
new
system is being
considered. Peter has
en
joyed over
550 hours of flying in the airplane and
often takes the family dog, Katy, along as co-pilot.
After
40 years as a music teacher,
Peter
is now a
CFI
at
Aerotel
in Brooksville and enjoying every
moment.
Peter
Ayer's
Luscom
be SA
These photos
of
Luscombe 8A, NC77859, S N 3586, were
set
in by
owner
Peter
Ayers
EAA
443647,
A C
21191)
of
Brook
sv ille, FL. Built in August , 1946, the
Luscombe
was
one month old when
Peter
took his very first flight lesson in a
1-3 Cub at San Antonio, TX. On August 24, 1977, the pur
chase of the Luscombe was completed and Peter flew it from
Sioux Falls, SO, to his home in West Bend, WI, in 4 1/2 hours
flying
time.
For
thirteen
years , the Luscombe braved the
David
La
ur
a Reeve s Seabee Project
This
interesting photo
of
a
Republic
Seabee project, N6102K, S N 285 , was sent in
by David Reeve (seated on the gear) EAA
489411) of Lawrenceburg, IN. He and his
wife , Laura , purchased the project in May
1994. The fuselage was stored
in
a yard near
Lake Washington (see photo), the engine
in
a hangar in Arlington, WA, and the remain
ing components (wings, tail, prop, floats,
etc.) in an apartment in downtown Seattle,
WA
Built in 1947, this Seabee saw service in
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Navion
from Argentina
This photo
of
a 1946 Ryan Navion, Ar
ge ntine registered LV-RXT, SIN 4058-D,
was
sent
in by
owner,
Vitus Braig
EAA
500699) of Trevlin,
Argentina.
Vitus re
ports the Navion was restored
in
1991 and
sports a Continental E-185-3 engine of
225 hp.
The
Navion appears to be pretty
much stock
and has an aux. fuel tank aft
of
the rear
seat.
Notice the beautiful
snow covered mountains in the back
ground
of
the picture. Argentina is home
to AntiquelClassic Chapter
12,
the only
country outside of
the U .S. to have its
own
A IC
chapter.
James Alston s Luscombe
B lE
This very pretty photo of Luscombe, NC2223K, SIN 4950,
was sent in by
owner James
Alston of Plymouth ,
Mass.
James reports the sharp looking airplane was restored over a
period of
six (long) years
and required approximately
1281
hours of diligent labor. I t was completed in August 1994. Af
ter long consideration, Jim decided to convert the Luscombe
8A to the
8E
configuration with the installation
of
two 12.5
gallon wing tanks instead
of
the 14 gallon fuselage tank and up
front, a majored C85 Continental engine replaced the old C
65 . Nice to see the 8E deck windows installed along with the
wooden Sensenich prop. James wanted to add his thanks to
David
Thissel and the crew
at Northeast Aircraft Mainte
nance for assisting
in
the rebuild
of
the pretty Silvaire.
ton on the left stick. Aux . wing tanks increase the
usable fuel to 48 gallons for a max. five-hour range.
A
bubble
canopy and
an
electric trim system, all
designed by Jack Nagle, have been added. Homer
reports the aircraft is an absolute delight to fly and
cruises at 148 kts at 25-square with its pseudo mili
tary paint scheme and shark's mouth nose.
how to maintain it. This includes STCs
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which
are
altera tions to the original
type certificate. There
are
also refer-
ences that it must be in condition for
safe operation.
Jump to
Part
91.401 which
states
that
U. S. reg ist
ere
d aircraft must be
maintained within and out
of
the U. S.
and 91.403 then places the responsibil-
P SSd
~ U C K
ity for maintaining the aircraft directly
onto the owner or operator, includ-
ing compliance with Airworthi-
ness Directives (ADs).
Part 43. Now we get into the Main-
by
Buck
Hilbert
tenance, Preventive Maintenance, Re-
EAA 21
building and Alteration.
le 5
43.1 Applicable to ALL
certified
P.O. Box 424
Union,
IL 6 18
As most of
you are
aware, 01 '
" Bucky" is part of the Aviation Rules
Advisory
Committee (ARAC) a
group tasked to rewrite the parts of
the
FARs
that pertain to owner/oper-
ator (r ead pilot) maintenance respon-
sibilities.
This
ha
s been a real e
ducational
experience
for
me . As Nick Rezich
used
to say, " Believe you me, you
can't BUY experience like this "
I've been around these "wind wag-
ons" all my life and I've learned more
abo ut the ways and whys in the past
several months than
I
ever realized
were important.
Do
You
Understand
he
Rules Aviation
Here's the nofficial
Condensed Version
First off, who's responsible? All
us have certain aircraft maintenance
responsibilities. It 's a cooperative ef-
Part
21 gets into
Certification
of
Aircraft, accessories, components and
parts,
if
you please.
Part
39 deals with Airworthiness
Directives. These are VERY impor-
tant because they directly affect the
ai rworthine
ss
of your airplane, its en-
gine and its accessories.
Part 43 now is the hands on wrench-
ing, knuckle busting or whatever you
want to call maintenance, rebuilding
and
alteration.
I t tells
the what and
why and who needs to be certified and
spells out his territory. This one also
has
Appendix
A
which
spells
out
what the pilot/owner can do to his ma-
chine.
There are
also
references
to
the owner/pilot working on his
ma-
chine under supervision. Also in the
many paragraphs of
43
are guidelines
for Repair Stations, 100 hour and an-
nual inspections, large air
carrier
and
commercial
operator
maintenance.
Part 65, on
the
other hand, covers
the privileges and limitations
of
the
mechanic or technician
. It's
pretty
specific on what he can and cannot do.
Part 91, now, is for the owner/oper-
ator/pilot and gets into aircraft record
keeping , responsibilities for the air-
aircraft except
EXPERIMENTAL
aircraft that have been issued any
other kind of certificate.
43.3 notes
the
persons
authorized
and the work they are authorized to
perform.
It
also refers to Appendix
A
" and its preventive maintenance
items.
43.3(b) (c) refers to certified me-
chanics and repairmen and what
specifically they
can
do
.
FAR
65
comes
in here to specify
what
their
privileges and limitations are.
43.3(d) covers persons working un-
der the supervision of a certified me-
chanic or repairman. (You get to do
your own except that 100 hour and an-
nual inspections must be performed by
authorized persons )
43
.3(e),
(f)
concerns
Repair
Sta-
tions
, Air Carrier
and Commercial
Operators.
43.3(g). Pilot may perform preven-
tive maintenance on aircraft owned or
operated
by him, not used in air taxi
service.
43.15(c)(1) is a check list covering
the annual and/or 100 hour inspections
and refers to Appendix D.
43
.16 says you do
the
inspection
or
maintenance
in accordance with the
Manufacturers Maintenance Manual.
FAR 91.403(c) then designates
that
airworthiness
limitations must be
compiled
with.
The
two
references
some way from standard or what it was.
should
do. They are in plain English
made to
fit as change took place. Char
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Now we go to Part
9
, Sub Part E
which pertains to applicability, responsi
ble persons, programs, record keeping
and transfer of those records, operation
after maintenance, rebuilding or alter
ation, and how to do the inspections.
There is a ton of information in this part,
but basically all we can do is what is in
Appendix "A ," or what we do under the
DIRECT supervision of an A&P if we
are not licensed and
are
the owner or
operator.
91.9 tells us
we
must comply with the
operations limitations, and then 91.9(b)
tells you where they come from, either
the
manufacturer, the
Aircraft Flight
Manual, approved markings, placards or
any combination of all of these.
And now we come to the
AC
system
or Advisory Circulars.
The FAA issues Advisory Circulars
to inform
the
aviation public in a sys
tematic way of nonregulatory material
of interest. Read it again NONREGU
LATORY unless incorporated
into
a
regulation by reference.
The contents
are
NOT binding
on the
public unless
they incorporate a regulation. Hey, I al
ready like them They
are
GUIDE
LINES and spell out what we can and
and are sort of official FAA policy.
That pretty well covers what we have
to know as pilots and owners to stay le
gal. There is a lot of other meat in these
regulations
and
I could go on all day
with whereas and "whyfores," but what
I 'd like to tell you
about
is
the
current
thinking of your ARAC Committee and
what we
are proposing to
the FAA
through the entire committee.
The committee is comprised of repre
sentatives from just about every facet of
aviation: the parts manufacturers , avion
ics manufacturers, aircraft manufactur
ers, DOT and FAA
people
from the
United States and Canada, the Interna
tional Association
of
Machinists, the
Professional Aviation Maintenance As
sociation, the alphabet groups
(EAA,
AOPA, GAMA, NPA, etc.), as well as
the
public. Hey
They
all have some
thing
at stake
here, work ethics, rules ,
professional standards and, believe it
or
not, an underlying "LOVE" of aviation.
The general consensus of your repre
sentatives,
me
and
Charlie Schuck, is
this: the regulations have stood the test
of time. They were first written and ac
cepted back in 1938. Since that time
they have
been
massaged,
altered
and
lie and I can find very
little
actually
WRONG about them.
The people
who went
to
school
or
learned their trades
as "on the
job
trainees," even the military and the peo
ple working with them on a daily basis,
have used these same rules as the norm
since their inception. To kick them
out
and
start with a
clean
slate would be
mayhem. Charlie and I don't see a need
to
change
just for the
sake
of change.
We feel it's in YOUR
best
interest to
keep what
we have. We '
re
suggesting
some changes in definitions
and
lan
guage clarifications, including the sug
gestions we've gotten from our members
at the listening sessions: elimination and
replacement of
Appendix "A" with an
Advisory
Circular
covering the same
subject
in
a looser, more easily revised,
format.
We've kicked this around, rewritten
our rewrites, and come full circle to the
realization that this recommendation is
in the best interest of the pilot/owner.
Comments, please
Over
to you for
now,
seen in
the
photos and drawings in
Peanut scale model
plan and three
this issue,
had
a pair of inverted Vee
view
of the Elias
EC-1 Air Taxi, as
struts
with
jury struts and a more well as a model plan of the
Blohm
rounded set of
tail surfaces.
The
en
Voss
P-204
Fighter/Dive bomber.
gine
was
mounted higher above the Also
included are
drawings
of
the
fuselage
on a set of
struts,
enabling
1946 Piper Skycycle, 5 different vari
the Menasco to swing
a
two-blade ants of the
1-16,
the 1913
Sopwith
ystery
irplane
prop in air that
was
a bit
less dis
Tabloid, RWD-15 Euro-Tourer,
and
turbed than on the H-20's installa an in-depth article on building 1196
tion. ( ) scale hardwood solid models.
Continued from page8)
Weighing in with
a chunky
empty
There
are 29 editions of
"Air
weight of 1600
lbs.,
and
a gross
of
Wars," with the first 6 sold out.
Each
As I
recall,
when Argonaut went
2250
lbs.,
the Argonaut Pirate had
"AirWars"
costs
$6,
plus
1.85
for
'belly-up: everything was sold to White
200 square feet of wing to lift off the shipping. "AeroPlans" has 6 editions
Aircraft (somewhere in
New
England)
ground
on
125
hp.
Most
likely,
the
published so far, with No.7 on the
where it was again reproduced as the
term "sprightly"
would not
come
to
way. Each is
priced at
10.95, plus $2
'White Gull.' They too went under and
mind when describing the perfor shipping. For
more
information, in
s f r s I know, the design concept con
mance of the Pirate, but its basic form cluding full descriptions of each edi
tinued
to be
sold
to
various firms .
may
have inspired
a few amphibious tion, send a self addressed, stamped
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