STRAIGHT AND LEVEL

By Bob Lickteig

Why Oshkosh

Everyone in the aviation community is talkshying about EAA Oshkosh 85 The record number of aircraft - the early closing of the field to transient aircraft (rain prior to the convention left some parking areas soggy and resulted in some delays in moving the aircraft off the taxiways - our volunteers are to be commended for their excellent handling of this situation) - the wonderful record crowds of aviation enthusiasts and supporters - the campgrounds filled nearly to capacity - the lines of autos filled with convention bound enthusiasts - the thoushysands of aircraft operations handled with great efficiency by the dedicated FAA tower staff - and of course the excellent weathshyer

With the dismal state of the general aviashytion industry from student starts to new airshycraft sales the success of the EAA convenshytion has astounded the experts No one will argue against success but argue we will over why Having been part of and witnesshysing the growth over the past fifteen years it is my opinion that the EAA convention means different things to different people

EAA and the Annual Convention all started over thirty-three years ago That first convenshytion was attended by a great number of homebuilders - people who wanted to build and fly their own aircraft - antiquers who loved to work with their hand and mind to preserve both their aircraft and history - the warbird owners who preserve the heavy iron - and of course our aerobatic friends

and neighbors For most homebuilders building their own airplane was an economshyical necessity This segment of our membershyship still works in their homes and garages for two to five years - or more - to comshyplete their aircraft having one important goal in mind - to fly it and show it at the Annual EAA Convention Here the results of years of toil can be proudly displayed

The campgrounds capable of accomshymodating some 40000 people represent the family interest and to these people it is an annual vacation spent with hundreds of new friends made each year Camping in the heart of 15000 aircraft - with educashytional exhibits entertainment for all ages and the excitement that can only be genershyated by aviation has its own fulfilling reshywards

The establishment of EAA Divisions brings another meaning to the EAA convention The EAA AntiqueClassic Division is the segment of aviation which shares the love of older aircraft and the nostalgia of the golden years of aviation These airplanes represent an extremely important group at our convenshytion with members proudly displaying their antique and classic restorations that in most cases required years of owner labor or thoushysands of dollars of professional work This segment of aviation has a great following with the public who can readily relate to the era of the antique and classic aircraft and the part they played in the history of aviation

The EAA Warbirds of America with their WWII aircraft bring yet another of our segshyments to the convention WWII aircraft from the trainers to operational combat planes are remembered by all adults Seeing them displayed and flown brings back memories and a reminder of the important part these machines and their gallant pilots played in defending the US against those whose aim was to conquer the world Warbird owners restore these machines to flying condition and are proud to display them and to be a part of the EAA Oshkosh experience

Many have dreamed and read about a helicopter in every garage We know that this dream has not yet materialized Howshyever the rotorcraft of various configurations are annually improved and provide another area of interesting flying demonstrations for members and the visiting general public

The newest addition to the EAA family is the ultralight movement This started with interest in the hang gliding movement beginshyning all the way back with lilienthal and is now evolving again into the light plane segshyment of aviation an ellolution that is reminiscent of the early days of aviation

Public interest in observing the latest adshyvancements and operational use of aviation generates the interest that brings many manshyufacturers and suppliers to the convention In fact the public interest has unofficially as of this writing brought an estimated $50 milshylion into the coffers of the state of Wisconsin during the EAA Convention This is a tribute to aviation

To cap off EAA Oshkosh as the world s largest aviation event and convention how about our annual ocean of aluminum These are the transient aircraft from Cessna 150s to jets which annually fill our aircraft parking areas These members and aviation enthusishyasts have interest in all areas ranging from ultralights to warbirds and they all enjoy the continual excitement of aviation and the EAA Oshkosh Convention

Lest we forget our overseas visitors we are reminded that several thousand came from some sixty different countries As our vintage aircraft friends from Austral ia said The Fly Market was worth the trip alone The EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter 12 from Argentina planned a short trip of the USA after they digested Oshkosh The same is true of our friends from Brazil Mexico Ausshytralia and other countries The convention theme The World of Flight says it al l

We must not overlook our commercial visshyitors who stand in line to secure space each year They are another segment of aviation and of the EAA convention They not only bring the latest in aviation equipment and supplies but they also expose aviation to the general public who visits Oshkosh This brings us to the spectators (of whom 10231 joined EAA during the 1985 Convention) Whether or not they join EAA they contribute to aviation financially by being a part of our convention They come to see thousands of aircraft displayed and also to enjoy the largest and best in professional air show acts any place in the world As an example this year they witnessed everything from the display and flight of a 1912 Curtiss Pusher to the supersonic British Airways Concorde - this could only happen at Oshshykosh

One common interest of all EAA members is the competition for the prestigious awards presented by the various divisions judging committees Award winners at Oshkosh jusshytifiably know that they have the best

So I am back where I started - Why Oshkosh - maybe we could sum it up by calling it the pilgrimage to Mecca - spelled O-S-H-K-O-S-H There you have it one mans opinion - welcome aboard - join us and you have it all

2 SEPTEMBER 1985

PUBLICATION STAFF

PUBLISHER Paul H Poberezny

ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Tom Poberezny

DIRECTOR MARKETING amp COMMUNICATIONS

Dick Matt

EDITOR Gene R Chase

CREATIVE ART DIRECTOR Mike Drucks

MANAGING EDITORADVERTISING Mary Jones

ASSOCIATE EDITOR Norman Petersen

FEATURE WRITERS George A Hardie Jr

Dennis Parks

EAA ANTIQUECLASSIC DIVISION INC

OFFICERS

President Vice President R J Lickteig MC Kelly Viets

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Secretary Treasurer Ronald Fritz E E Buck Hilbert

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DIRECTORS

John S Copeland Stan Gomoll 9 Joanne Drive 1042 90th Lane NE

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Dale A Gustafson Espie M Joyce Jr 7724 Shady Hill Drive Box 468 Indianapolis IN 46274 Madison NC 27025

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ADVISORS

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SEPTEMBER 1985 bull Vol 13 No9 Copyright copy 1985 by the EAA AntiquelClassic Division Inc All rights reserved

Contents

2 Straight and Level by Bob Lickteig

4 AlC News by Gene Chase

5 Vintage literature by Dennis Parks

6 Restoration of a Luscombe SA Page 6 byJim Zazas

10 Salvaging an Airways Beacon by Donna Benedict

13 Mystery Plane by George A Hardie Jr

13 Letters to the Editor 14 The Fuller-Hammond FH-1

Super Twin by Phil Michmerhuizen

16 Type Clubs and other Page 14 Aviation Organizations

18 14th West Coast Ryan Reunion by Bill Hodges

22 Womens Class A Pacific Derby by H Glenn Buffington

25 Vintage Seaplanes 26 My First Flight to Oshkosh

by Robert R Black 27 Calendar of Events 28 Vintage Trader

FRONT COVER 1946 Luscombe 8A NC45504 SIN 2031 restored last year by owners Jim and Karen Zazas (EAA 150698 AlC 5416) of Carthage NC See story on page 6 (Photo by Jim Zazas)

BACK COVER Painting by aviation artist John Amendola (EAA 112642) 16018 SE 31st Street Bellevue WA 98008 of Gladys ODonshynells Wright J6-7 powered Waco Taperwing NC21M See story on page 22

The words EAA ULTRALIGHT FLY WITH THE FIRST TEAM SPORT AVIATION and the logos of EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION INC EAA INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION EAA ANTIQUEICLASSIC DIVISION INC INTERNATIONAL AEROBATIC CLUB INC WARBIRDS OF AMERICA INC are registered trademarks THE EAA SKY SHOPPE and logos of the EAA AVIATION FOUNDATION INC and EAA ULTRALIGHT CONVENTION are trademarks of the above associations and their use by any person other than the above associations is strictly prohibited

Editorial Policy Readers are encouraged to submit stories and photographs Policy opinions expressed in articles are soley those of the authors Responsibility for accuracy in reporting rests entirely with the contributor Material should be sent to Gene R Chase Editor The VINTAGE AIRPLANE Willman Airfield Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Phone 414426-4800

The VINTAGE AIRPLANE (ISSN 0091-6943) is published and owned exclusively by EAA AntiquelClassic Division Inc of the Experimental Aircraft Association Inc and is published monthly at Willman Airfield Oshkosh WI 54903shy3086 Second Class Postage paid at Oshkosh WI 54901 and additional mailing offices Membership rates for EAA AntiquelClassic Division Inc are $1800 for current EAA members for 12 month period of which $1200 is for the publicatiorgt of The VINTAGE AIRPLANE Membership is open to all who are interested in aviation

ADVERTISING - AntiquelClassic Division does not guarantee or endorse any product offered through our advertisshying We invite constructive criticism and welcome any report of inferior merchandise obtained through our advertising so that corrective measures can be taken

Postmaster Send address changes to EAA AntiquelClassic Division Inc Willman Airfield Oshkosh WI 54903-3086

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 3

Compiled by Gene Chase

STINSON SR-5E PROJECT REPORT

The Oregon Antique and Classic Air shycraft Club is restoring a 1935 Stinson SR-5E Reliant at the facilities of Lane Community College At the close of the 1984-85 school year the massive fuse shylage frame along with the landing gear tail surfaces flaps ailerons and numershyous small metal parts were ready for sandblasting

It was hoped the blasting and priming would be completed during the summer so that in the fall the students in the ACT class can ready the parts for covshyering The group is funding the project through contributions and a donation of $25 or more will bring the donor a nice T-shirt expressing support of the SR-5E restoration project

The project is being supervised by Tim Talen (EAA 8615 NC 1616) To contact the group write or phone Oreshygon Antique and Classic Aircraft Club P O Box 613 Creswell OR 97426 Telephone 503746-6572 or 942-0663

WAYS AND MEANS PROJECT

A recipe for Funnel Cake might seem like a strange subject to cover in this magazine but it really is not The following fund raising project was preshysented by Anne Fennimore (EAA 133619 NC 4460) of Succasunna New Jersey editor of Runway 7 the newsletter of AntiqueClassic Chapter 7 In the June 1985 issue of this excelshylent newsletter she wrote

Now that the fly-in season is well un shyderway many chapters and organizashytions are looking for means to support their events I have been to many outshydoor affairs and found that Funnel Cakes go over GREAT They are so easy to make and are a real treat The following recipe was published recently in the local paper in the Heloise col shyumn

You ll need two eggs one and one half cups milk two cups plain flour one teaspoon baking powder and one half teaspoon salt - also powdered sugar to sprinkle on the top after cooking

A deep fryer will work best but a skilshylet can be used Be careful to not use too much oil Have the oil very hot but dont burn it

Of course you will need a funnel (Hold a finger over the hole of the funnel while filling with batter) After the oil is

heated hold the funnel over the oil reshymove finger and move funnel over the oil in a circular crisscross motion as the batter is poured into the hot oil

They rise pretty fast and get quite large so be careful not to pour too much batter at one time If using a skillet you may be able to make only one or two cakes at a time

After the cakes are cooked to a light golden brown remove from oil and drain on paper towels Sprinkle with powdered sugar

Eat while still warm - they are delishycious

Fly-in chairman this could be the difshyference between losing money and breaking even Why not try it

PS The article didnt state how many cakes the above recipe makes Editors Note That old bugaboo prodshyuct liability cant be ignored When seIshyling Funnel Cakes at a fly-in be sure to use fresh cooking oil and ultra-clean cooking facilities And last but not least notify the insurance carrier to be sure such an activity is covered at your event GRC

NEW MEMBERS HIGHLIGHTED

The October 1985 issue of THE VINshyTAGE AIRPLANE will feature a listing of all the new members who join the AntiqueClassic Division during Oshshykosh 85 Watch for it

ELECTION RESULTS

The following results of the election of officers and directors were anshynounced at the Annual Business Meetshying of the AntiqueClassic Division on August 2 1985 at Oshkosh Wisconsin

MC Kelly Viets was elected ViceshyPresident replacing Roy Redman who chose not to seek re-election All incumshybents on the ballot were re-elected in shycluding Treasurer EE Buck Hilbert and the following Directors John S Jack Copeland Stan Gomoll Dale A Gustafson Daniel F Neuman and John Turgyan

MACH 2 TO OSHKOSH

Mach 2 to Oshkosh is now being produced for distribution starting in November Fifty-five minutes in length this documentary video will cover the historical flight of the Concorde its sysshytems and technologies plus the EAA Convention Watch for announcements of details in all EAA publications

TEXAS HOSPITALITY OFFERED

John and Glenna Bowden (EAA 201353 NC 8416) of Lampasas Texas extend an invitation to EAAers departshying the 21 st Annual Kerrville Fly-In on Sunday September 15 to stop at their strip for hamburgers at 1 00 pm The Bowdens Deer Pasture Airfield is 10shy

cated about 100 miles northeast of Kerrville 16 miles from Lampasas VOR on the 190 degree radial on the San Antonio Sectional

The sod runway is 2000 ft x 75 ft elevation 1422 ft and auto fuel is avai lshyable The hosts phone number is 512 556-6873

OSHKOSH 85 AWARD WINNERS

Following is a partial listing of the AnshytiqueClassic Division award winners of the 1985 EAA Convention July 26 through August 2 at Oshkosh Wisconshysin

ANTIQUES Grand Champion 1930 Savoia Marshychetti S56 Amphibian NC149M R W Buzz Kaplan Owatonna MN Reserve Grand Champion 1931 Waco QCF-2 NC11468 James C Warren Denver CO Contemporary Age Champion 1941 Timm Aerocraft 2SA NC34912 Yvonne Schildberg Greenfield IA Silver Age Champion 1937 Portershyfield 35-70 NC17037 Ken Williams Portage WI Customized Champion 1940 Waco SRE NC247E Red Lerille Lafayette LA WW Military TrainerLiaison Chamshypion 1943 PT-19B Fairchild N51939 William L Mitchell Condorsport PA Transport Champion 1935 DeHavilshyland DH-90 Dragonfly N190DH Charles A Osborne Jr Louisville KY Replica Champion Gee Bee Y Super Sportster NR718L Ken Flaglor Northshybrook IL

CLASSICS Grand Champion 1953 Cessna 195 N4477C Raybourne Thompson Housshyton TX Reserve Grand Champion 1947 Aeronca 11 BC Super Chief N3923E Becky A Hart New Hope MN Class I (0-80 hp) 1946 Luscombe 8A NC1405K Randy Patterson Roscomshymon MI Class (81-150 hp) 1947 Call Air N2901 V Lee O Gensrich Hatton NO Class (151 hp and up) 1950 Beechcraft Model B Bonanza N5186C Don and Georgene McDonough Palos Hills IL Custom Class A (0-80 hp) 1946 Lusshycombe 8A N45849 Gary C Rudolph Vincennes IN Custom Class B (81-150 hp) 1946 Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser N7634H Jim Hudgin Brentwood TN Custom Class C (151 hp and up) 1947 Stinson 108-2 N400C Tom and Lorraine Zedaker Las Vegas NV

A complete listing of winners will apshypear in the October 1985 issue of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE bull

4 SEPTEMBER 1985

VI~TAt3~ LIT~lATUl~

by Dennis Parks

International Conference on Aerial Navigation - Chicago 1893 Proshyceedings shy

The 1890s in America saw a great increase in interest in the scientific study of flight One of the significant deshyvelopments was the Chicago confershyence of August 1-4 1893 Octave Chashynute and Albert Zahm conceived of an international conference on aerial navishygation similar to the one held as part of the French Exposition in Paris in 1889 - the proposed one to be an auxiliary of the Worlds Columbian Exposition of 1893

Octave Chanute had yet to build any of his gliders and his Progress in Flying Machines had yet to be published in book form Dr Albert Zahm was from Notre Dame University He earned his PhD in physics from Johns Hopkins in 1898 with a dissertation related to the physics of flight A great thinker on aeronautics he would write over 20 arshyticles by 1910 Both Chanute an enshygineer and Zahm a scientist were repshyresentative of the caliber of people takshying an interest in flight at the end of the 19th century

They felt that aerial navigation which had hitherto been left mainly to imaginashytive inventors had been attracting the attention of scientists and engineers The object of the conference would be the discussion of the scientific problems involved in flight They would attempt to collate the results of the latest research provide for an interchange of ideas and provide for a concert of action among the attendees

There were three principle sections to the conference 1) Scientific Princishyples 2) Aviation and 3) Ballooning The aviation section dealt with observation and measurements of birds theories of soaring flying machines equilibrium and novel experiments - powered glidshying soaring and models The ballooning section covered construction inflation navigation observations from balloons and proposed improvements

Notices were sent to the known exshyperts involved in aeronautical research Letters of cooperation were received from the British Aeronautical Society the Aerial Navigation Society of France the Aviation Society of Munich the Imshyperial Aeronautical Society of Russia and the Aviation Society of Vienna

Forty-seven papers were accepted for presentation The majority were from

Americans but eight other countries were represented by presenters includshying England France and Australia Some of the American schools repshyresented included Cornell Notre Dame Stevens Institute and Amherst Alshytogether an impressive international gathering considering that the organizshyers were worried that the conference atshytendance might have been made up of cranks and amusement seekers which might have done harm to the progress of aeronautics

OCTAVE CHANUTE

Chanute in his opening address said the conference met for an unusual subshyject because its commercial success had yet to be discovered that the general public had little interest in it and even less confidence That yet it was a fasshycinating subject because the problem of aerial navigation had been hitherto associated with failure and its students as eccentric - to speak plainly - as cranks Yet he felt that in the last half century the elements of success had accumulated to the point where it was now reasonable to meet together to discuss principles and exchange ideas and knowledge Chanute did not want presentations of new projects but stateshyments of general principles the results of experiments and the sharing of knowledge He thought that Success when it comes is likely to be reached through a process of gradual evolution and improvement

Among the wide variety of papers given at the meeting were those of Dr Zahm on Stability of Aeroplanes and Flying Machines Langley on The Inshyternal Work of the Wind and Hargrave on Flying Machine Motors and Cellular Kites

Dr Albert Zahm

Dr Zahm presented two papers one on atmospheric gusts and one on stabilshyity Zahms interest was in aerodynamshyics As an undergraduate of Notre Dame he built a number of model airshyplanes and while in graduate school he decided to devote his energies to an investigation of aerodynamics He deshysigned and built a wind tunnel

Zahm in discussing the problem of stability stated that the problem is to deshyvise an aeroplane which will Automatishycally head into the wind when disshyplaced promptly recover its equilibshyrium (and) maintain a prescribed course during flight He divided stability into three types 1) traverse stability 2)

stability about a vertical axis and 3) lonshygitudinal stability and gave suggestions as to how to obtain automatic stability He visualized a machine with two comshypound aeroplanes (wings) on a long backbone in the manner of a Hargrave kite with an added compound rudder This is somewhat similar to the layout of the Wright Flyer

Samuel Langley

Langley like Chanute was a civil enshygineer whose interest had turned to aeronautics In 1887 he had been apshypointed as Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution His paper presented his theory of soaring flight based on bird observations and wind measurements He reasoned that since soaring birds seem able to maintain themselves indeshyfinitely without the flapping of their wings that the energy required must come from the wind

He then measured the forces of wind and noticed the great fluctuation of force and velocity and believed that these gusts explained the birds ability to soar He felt that this movement of the wind could be made a power in aeshyrial navigation and that power in the flyshying machine would only be needed to sustain flight in exceptional moments of calm

Lawrence Hargrave

Lawrence Hargrave of Sydney Aushystralia gave a report on his experiments with kites and model airplanes He proshyduced the first practical flapping wing monoplane model in 1890 and had flown over 17 model airplanes both fixed and flapping winged He had also produced a compressed air radial enshygine to power his models By 1893 he had abandoned his model airplanes for research with kites and became the father of the box kite His tandem box gliders with cambered wings produced a great deal of lift and some of the first European aircraft used that format

It is thanks to the efforts and interest of people of the quality of Chanute and Zahm that leadership in aeronatucial development was transferred from Europe to the United States at the end of the 19th century Certainly the conshysiderable amount of information relating to flight that was made available by the conference makes this book one of the classics on early American Aeronaushytics The copy of the Chicago Proceedshyings examined is from the Goss History of Engineering Library of Purdue Unishyversity bull

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 5

JUNE 1982 - Two weeks before the hail storms came the Luscombe stands proudly

RESTORATION of a LUSCOMBE 8A

JUNE 1982 - The sturdy Luscombe wings receive a new cover of Stits Polyfiber

6 SEPTEMBER 1985

Story and Photos by James B Zazas (EAA 150698 AlC 5416) Rt 3 Box 389 Carthage NC 28327

Restoration A simple word but one that can evoke the dreams of a prestigishyous trophy at Oshkosh or strike tershyror into the hearts and souls of pilots and mechanics alike For me restorashytion meant a simple facelift a chance to fly another 40 years with my peers Little did I know the extent of the facelift I would endure or of the joys and frustshyrations I would share with my owner Jim Zazas of Carthage North Carolina

Before any restoration can take place there has to be an original beginshyning a birth so-to-speak I started my life in Texas like many of my fellow post-World War Luscombe 8As My monocoque dural fuselage was made of shiny 17ST aluminum While A Edgar Mitchell and his team of enshygineers struggled to design an all-metal

JULY 1982 - The Luscombe is stripped of all paint Martin-Senour Paint Blitz works its magic

wing I was given the standard silvershydoped wing The dark blue stripes on my mirror-like sides highlighted my sporty sexy appearance

On January 17 1946 as factory seshyrial number 2031 CAA registered NC45504 I rolled out df the Dallas plant and joined the dual row of new Lusshycombes awaiting initial test flights Four days later it was my turn to fly above Garland Factory test-pilot Harold Burns showed me how to stall swoop and soar On January 27th I winged east toshyward my new home in Charlotte North Carolina Surprisingly I have never been based outside the boundaries of the Tarheel State after almost 40 years of constant flying with 12 different ownshyers

Any lovingly cared for antiqueclassic airplane can tell you its history like a book I am no different I endured the common cosmetic changes to my airshyframe and engine to satisfy my owners personal tastes These changes were the usual add an antenna here do a modifiction there or what will be my paint scheme for 1968 type silliness - all of which comes off in any worthshywhile restoration

I soon realized Jim had big plans for me when he bought me in May 1980 Minor items would be completed first More important items would follow shortly Total restoration was scheduled for 1985

Slowly thoughtfully Jim started my initial restoration At first it was the usual cosmetic touch-ups In March 1981 my cast aluminum vertical and horizontal components were replaced with the superior Univair steel parts Likewise all my previously applied

black trim was repainted Tight finances and lack of much free time held Jim back from doing more

June 1982 came and left leaving me with a violent injury to my wings they were severly hail-damaged Jim and his lovely wife Karen were dumbstruck No longer could I perform my primary job of providing safe and efficient flying fun My wings were removed for the start of a simple recover I was heartbroken

While the wings came off Jim made a most important decision - total restoshyration Nothing would be spared nothshy

ing would be left untouched For the next 21 months we labored tinkered tailored cried and persevered In a nutshyshell I was recovered repainted and rebuilt

From June 1982 to March 1984 I was the object of much labor of love My wings were recovered in Stits and ten coats of silver dope were applied The instrument panel was removed and reshystored to original layout Original Lusshycombe instruments were located overshyhauled and installed (Thank you Jon Aldrich for the bubble-face compass) All upholstery including the canvas baggage compartment was removed and recovered All cockpit glass (plasshytic) was removed The fuselage was stripped of any paint and steam cleaned A new Univair bottom cowling replaced my original one (Poor Jim and his mechanics had a devil-of-a-time with this particular piece) New stainless steel screws and AN bolts replaced corshyroded hardware In turn my landing gear oleo shock was serviced tires were replaced and new gear fairings were installed

Jim pondered whether or not to keep my simple electrical system He feared the FAAATC system 20 years hence would require some sort of rudimentary electrical system for all antiqueclassic aircraft Thus he chose to keep my notshyso-original wind-driven generator and electrical system intact After all the wirshying was replaced the Hobbs ammeter and switches were relocated in the leftshyhand glove compartment behind its reshyspective door

In regard to my engine Jim decided only cosmetic changes were necesshysary My Continental built A-65-8 heart had 1000 hours of reliable use

AUGUST 1982 - Jim Zazas steam cleans thoroughly all metal surfaces before spraying the fuselage with Randolph Rand-O-Plate primer

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 7

APRIL 1983 - With all rib stitching doping and painting completed during the winter months Scotty Rogers carefully masks off the twenty-four inch wing NC registration numbers

before any scheduled overhaul was due The engine was carefully removed All old hoses and clamps were removed and thrown away The crankcase was painted gold while the cylinders reshyceived two coats of semi-g loss black paint A new shielded ignition harness was installed The squarehead Bendix Scintilla magnetos were overhauled A new Wag-Aero crossover exhaust was fitted As these cosmetic changes were completed new hoses clamps and fitshytings were used

My firewall was cleaned of any paint corrosion and dirt Rand-O-Plate primer was sprayed shortly after the cleaning DuPont Imron silver was applied to give my firewall a bright metallic look

Until the summer of 1983 I was scatshy

tered helter-skelter around a hangar floor and Karen s dining room table

Jim wanted dearly to restore me to my original polished aluminum with blue trim but previous owners had etched me beyond any help With Karen s adshyvice he opted for a flashy paint scheme Once again Rand-O-Plate primer was used to preserve me Ranshydolph Dallas Yellow polyurethane was sprayed to protect me Finally using drawings from original factory etchings as guides black DuPont Imron was added for trim to offset my overall bright yellow

Items removed previously were inshystalled The instrument panel was re-rishyveted in place All new glass was inshystalled only the factory original

FEBRUARY 1984 - A freshly overhauled Continental A-65-8 engine awaits installation on the Luscombe

8 SEPTEMBER 1985

The overhauled-to-original instrument panel with overhauled instruments is inshystalled All refurbished upholstery is added too

windshield was used again The upshyholstery was added shortly afterwards To cap this dedicated labor my now yellow wings were mated to my fuseshylage Wow I was getting somewhere I was anxious and ready for a test flight

On August 21 1983 Jim guided me cautiously into the lovely very familiar blue skies over North Carolina Very quickly elation became concern and in turn outright worry I had a definite feelshying of heartburn and felt nauseous All I could show Jim was a rapidly rising oil temperature indication with oil pressure dropping just as quickly Wisely he shut down my engine A skillfull deadstick landing on the runway ended this first test flight

Investigation revealed my engine bearings were shot and the crankshaft destroyed Further investigation reshyvealed my heart had been operated previously with no blood or blood pressure sometime during Jims abshysence

Very sadly my damaged engine was removed once again and dismantled Mr Joe Hurdle of Mebane North Caroshylina a master at rebuilding low horseshypower Continental and Lycoming enshygines overhauled my heart to goodshyas-new 1946 specifications He even added the EAA auto fuel STC In Febshyruary 1984 the overhaul was complete and my engine installed shortly thereafshyter

The February skies cleared Once again Jim and I went aloft into the Carolina Blue skies Everything worked in perfect harmony We did two loops just to celebrate much to the shock of those on the ground

On March 21 1984 with a toast of

MAY 1984 - Jim and Karen Zazas show proudly their Luscombe 8A and Antique Classic Chapter 3 Spring Fly-In trophy

champagne Jim and Karen attached a small plaque to the inside of my right hand glove compartment door It says the following

Restored June 1982 to March 1984

by Jim and Karen Zazas

and our friends at 1-95 South Airport Fayetteville NC

Engine overhauled by Joe Hurdle Mebane NC

During the course of my total restorashytion Jim developed as his wife once said a close and curious relationship with Mr Wag-Aero Mr Univair Mr Great Lakes Instrument Service and their Mercury on wheels Mr UPS To be truthful I already knew Jim had a close relationship with John Bergeson of the Luscombe Association Loren Bump of the Continental Luscombe Asshysociation the EAA and many other fine people and organizations Oh how I wish I was a human being so I could meet these fine folks and enjoy their camaraderie

Jims patience and perseverence paid handsome dividends in May 1984 During EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter Threes Spring Fly-In he was awarded the Custom Classic Trophy Upon reshyceiving this prestigious award he let it be known behind every good restorashytion is a good wife The pride we shared that night culminated the efforts of many

Restoration Such a simple word but its implications can be very complex and rewarding To my fellow Lusshycombes I sincerely hope your owners

show as much care during your restorashytion as my owner did during mine To all restored airplanes and restorations to be I wish you health and happiness To my human pilots and friends fly us safely always

Authors note There are two Lusshycombe clubsassociations available to interested Luscombe enthusiasts Membership is open to anyone For more information contact the Lusshycombe Association 6438 West Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 or the Continental Luscombe Association 5736 Esmar Road Ceres CA 95307 Both associations have $1000 per year dues and both associations publish a very informative semi-monthly newsletshyter bull

A native of Indiana James grew up in the rich aviation atmosphere of the Midwest He earned his initial power and glider licenses while atending DeshyPauw University Commissioned through ROTC he served his country for six years as an Air Force C-130 Hershycules pilot based at Pope AFB North Carolina Today he is a pilot for Piedshymont Airlines and with his wife Karen participates actively in the various sport aviation activities of the Southeast James is presently writing a comshyprehensive history of Luscombe - the airplanes the people and the Company The Zazas Luscombe 8A is their esshycape machine

1985 - NC455504 enjoys a few rays of warm sunshine under a Carolina Blue sky

SALVAGING AN AIRWAYS BEACON

Contemplating the job at hand are (L-R) Ron Fritz Mel Lugten John Emery Willard and Donna Benedict

Story and Photos by Mrs Willard (Donna) Benedict (EAA 6786 NC 294) 129 Cedar Street Wayland MI 49348

What has four legs is orange and white is 62 feet tall and used to go blink blink blink

Give up Its an airways beacon left over from the 30s and 40s and still standing

At the February 21 1981 meeting of West Michigan Chapter 8 of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division president Phil Coulson of Lawton asked the members if they were interested in acquiring an airways beacon for the purpose of disshymantling it and donating it to the EAA Museum Meeting with an enthusiastic affirmative he set out to locate the preshysent owner to get permission Phil a surveyor with Gove Associates Inc of Kalamazoo Michigan had located the beacon through his transit while surveyshying a nearby piece of property about three or fours years previously Upon locating the owner Mr John Emery of Galesburg Michigan he learned that 10 SEPTEMBER 1985

Emery a veteran of WW II had been offered a substantial sum for the tower by a neighbor to be used as an antenna But after thinking about it for a couple of months and after learning that very few if any still exist Emery decided that it would be a good idea to attempt to preserve the beacon

A LITTLE HISTORY

The original purpose of the airways system was for the airmail pilots and it was sponsored by the United States Post Office In early 1921 the Post Ofshyfice in an effort to revive the airmail s drooping reputation decided to make continuous day and night flights across the country Townsfolk along the way had agreed to light bonfires to help mark the route Post Office officials hoped that the coast-to-coast flights could be made in fewer than 36 hours

On February 22 1921 two DeHavilshylands left Hazelhurst Field New York at 600 am about 1-1 2 hours later two more DeHaviliands left San Francisco headed east Later that day Jack Knight who earl ier had flown his regular route of Omaha to Cheyenne and then

dead-headed back to North Platte had drawn the first section night flight to Omaha When Knight arrived in Omaha he found that his relief pilot was weathshyered in at Chicago so Knight flew on from Omaha to Chicago landing there at 840 a m February 23 becoming the nations first airmail pilot to complete an all night flight

In the spring of 1922 Congressman Martin B Madden of Illinois asked enshygineer Joseph V Magee to study the problem of regular night flights Working diligently for more than a year Magee came up with a plan calling for a system of beacons and emergency landing fields Terminals would have 36 revolvshying lights on 50 towers that would sweep the horizon three times a minute with a beam visible for 100 miles in clear weather At each of the emergency fields which were roughly 75 miles apart there would be an 18 beacon on top of a 50 tower which could be seen 60 to 70 miles on clear nights

The first experimental lighted airway in the United Staes was laid down beshytween Dayton and Columbus Ohio Army engineers and Army pilots col shy

laborated in working out proper beacons and marker lights After the Army had demonstrated what could be done over lighted airways the Post Ofshyfice undertook to light the section of trans-continental route between Cheyenne and Chicago a job which was completed in the summer of 1923 Test runs were made that summer but it was not until the following year July 1 1924 that regular night service was established

In another year the Chicago-New York route was lighted and by the end of 1926 the line of airway beacons exshytended from coast to coast During the following ten years airway lighting was put in as fast as funds would permit By 1939 every established air route in the United States was equipped for night and day flying Total lighted airway mileage was 29199 miles Over 2200 beacons were installed In 1940 it was estimated that over $15000000 would be spent on lighted airways upkeep and operation After World War II modern radio and instrument flying aids spelled the doom of the old lighted airways

AlC CHAPTER 8 GETS INTO THE PICTURE

So at 11 00 am on Saturday Febshyruary 28 1981 a typical cold windshyswept Michigan winter day following two weeks of warm beautiful weather five hardy souls and their mascot showed up for the dismantling Now you understand when Phil had menshytioned this to the Chapter 8 members the question was raised How tall is this thing Phil the answer given (from this surveyor) was Only about 35 or 40 feet The first thing noted by all on that February 28 was that it was not 35 feet tall but considerably taller Fortushynately it was located in a plowed manshyure-filled field with the possibility of faIshyling three ways without danger to the farmers fences

This beacon was between Kalamazoo and Battle Creek Michigan and was apparently part of the chain of beacons on the Detroit to Chicago airway used by the Ford Motor Companys airmail flights as early as 1926

Mel Lugten of Hamilton showed up with his boom truck and proceeded to evaluate the situation being primarily interested in which neighbors tree he should place a chain around without inshycurring the wrath of said neighbor Oh well there wasnt a tree placed conveshyniently anyway In the meantime Gary VanFarowe of Holland Michigan the youngest member of the team shinshynied up the ladder to the top and started disassembling the beacon with the help of Phil Coulson

It is interesting to note that neither Willard Benedict of Wayland nor Ron Fritz EAA AntiqueClassic Division

ropes at the bottom with all feet firmly planted on terra firma Many pilots have a fear of heights and Ron and Willy are no exception

Several hours later the 24 beacon was safely lowerd to the ground along with the motor and one of the course marker lights The danger of breaking the glass was a problem that had been previously eliminated by vandals and their 22 caliber rifles one bullet of a much higher velocity penetrated the cast aluminum casing and passed through the 14 thick glass The mechanical workings of the beacon which was made by General Electric

John Emery of Galesburg MI who doshynated the tower to the EAA Aviation Museum

appeared in excellent condition Mershycury switches operated by a cam to control the encoding of the course lights in dots and dashes identified the locashy

tion of each beacon to the pilots This particular beacon was at a half way point between Kalamazoo airport and Battle Creek airport

With all the breakables safely tucked away in the back of the truck and after a cup of lukewarm but much appreciated coffee the time for the big task had arrived

After torching off two legs of the tower and cutting through part of the other two it was time to position the cushion (nothing fancier than a couple of rolls of old rolled up fencing) and sure enough the cushion had been placed inaccurately The tower WAS taller than the estimated 40 feet With the bridle in place and hooked up to the boom truck all was in readiness

Willard BenedictS wife Donna who has a more than average wifes interest in airplanes came along as mascot maker of the coffee and official photoshygrapher Being proficient at nothing more complicated than an Instamatic she was using Phils 35 mm Kodak Camera with all the fancy gadgets hopshying to get the picture of the year award one of those action shots that show for example a tower breaking in half at the midway point where it wasnt supposed to She was ready for the acshytion

With Mel in the truck operating the winch and Gary Ron Willy and Phil givshying a tug on the rope the tower started on its way down What a magnificent sight It came down so slow and easy just like wed been a professional tower wrecking crew and had planned it like we knew what we were doing A sponshytaneous shout of approval went up from all when we realized that we hadnt inshycurred any damage to the cage or the tower

Following another cup of coffee (it should have been champagne) the task of dismantling the tower took place

Secretary of Kent City volunteered to Securing the bridle to the boom truck are (counterclockwise from upper right) Phil climb to the top but were ready with the Coulson Gary Van Farowe Ron Fritz Willard Benedict and Mel Lugten

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Its a long way to the top

Another four hours later and the tower was in three pieces and loaded on the trailer Because the trailer did not have lights the boys worked frantically to get it loaded and trailered to John Boskers Airport at Mattawan Michigan before the sun went down They were ready for plenty of beer and pizza

Mr Bob Litner president of Brooks Aero Inc of Marshall Michigan doshynated replacement course lights Howshyard Sprunger donated the old beacon from the Three Rivers Airport

NOW FOR A COAT OF PAINT

SaturdayMay 1 1982 broke bright and clear with the beacon project awaitshying action The first to arrive overhead was Bob Harris in his trusty 1942 Taylorcraft L-2 with French markings As Bob touched down Warren and Millie Schuhknecht drove in the driveway at the Mattawan airport After a quick cup of coffee members of Chapter 8 set about the task of cleaning and sorting parts of the tower Soon other members were driving in or flying Among those who flew were Steve and Karlene Johnson and family from Smyrna Mel Lugten of Hamilton and Jim Jensen of Hastings (now deceased) 12 SEPTEMBER 1985

After standing for about 50 years the tower is about to come down

Gary VanFarowe and Jack Elenbaas of Holland took charge of the beacon and course lights About the time everyone was working up a good sweat

On the way down The tower incurred no damage during this operation

and a good appetite Willard and Donna Benedict arrived with about three galshylons of homemade chili which was Some Good as they say out east

Then back to the project Ron and Shirley Fritz of Kent City and their chilshydren Ronnie and Heather scraped paint Cliff Bitting of Grand Rapids scraped paint Ruth Coulson scraped paint Finally it was ready for the final white and orange colors Everybody ended up with orange and white measles all over their shoes arms legs clothes etc

What a great feeling it was when the paint ran out But someone had the dumb idea of running into town and buyshying more Case tractor orange paint By the time that paint was gone there was no more tower to cover Then the gang retired to the Coulsons at Lawton Michigan for a well-deserved cook-out

In November of 1982 Phil Coulson and Gary VanFarowe delivered the tower to the EAA campSite area at Oshshykosh The following spring the tower was reassembled by the EAA Museum Staff where it continues to greet the members of Chapter 8 as well as all other EAA members who camp at the Conventionbull

Reader Fran Wallace sent this photo of States NC10719 painted in Burgess Battery colors The Burgess factory was in nearby Freeport IL

by George A Hardie Jr took delivery 31533 The States contributed a great deal

Heres a snappy little biplane from the Golden Age era that is a rare one The engine appears to be an Anzani but thats open to question Note the cat inshysignia on the side of the fuselage Not much else is known about this neat little job The photo was submitted by R K Armstrong of Rawlings MD Answers will be published in the December 1985 issue of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE Deadline for that issue is October 10 1985

The Mystery Plane featured in the June 1985 issue was no mystery to many of our readers Retired Pan Am Captain Fran Wallace (EAA 35172 NC 309) P O Box 822 Stony Brook NY 11790 wrote

it is a States SE5F powered with a Kinner K-5 engine My father Lloyd Wallace and his flying partner Jack Neely of Freeport Illinois bought a States NC10719 from Ed Brazelton (I think) at the old Elmhurst Airport Elshymhurst IL Dad and I flew Dr Snyders (of Freeport) Waco QDC to Elmhurst 2 21 33 for a demonstration and they

Dear Gene

Please add my name to the list conshygratulating Ted Businger for the great job he did writing the Ed Morrow Story in the June and July 1985 issues of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE So far Ive read it twice and plan on reading it a few more times to make sure I didnt miss anything

Talk about being born twenty years too late What a fantastic thing it must have been to work with the great people Ted wrote about and to think all

The States was an excellent airplane good short field capability very stable and a very easy airplane to land Note the big Airwheels and the looong oleos - it was almost impossible to bounce It was not an acrobatic airplane but it did nice loops soft snap-rolls and good hammer-head stalls - spectacular when done close to the ground (I quit the hammer-heads - another story)

Correct answers also were received from Doug Rounds Zebulon GA Jim Barton Oshkosh WI George W Mojonnier Snohomish WA Mike Reshyzich Chicago IL MH Eisenmann Garrettsville OH Bob Whittier Duxshybury MA Norman S Orloff San Anshytonio TX LeRoy Falk Carpentersville IL Charley Hayes Park Forest IL J Max Freeman Wilkesboro NC Stan Piteau Holland MI and Ted Businger Willow Springs MO

It is interesting to note that many reshyspondents give credit to Joseph Juptshyners US Civil Aircraft series as the source of identification and additional data on the Mystery Planes And reshygarding the States several included copies of magazine ads for the plane as well as photos such as the one sent by Fran Wallace of the States painted in the Burgess Battery colors bull

to my learning to become a pilot - I flew it more than 200 hours before I went to work for United Air Lines It was sold in St Louis 10536 I should add that Dad taught me to fly and monitored my flying education until airline time

Letters To Editor those projects happened without the aid of computers To me they were the true aviation enthusiasts those who could take a good careful look at a heap of tubing some wire wood and an engine put it all together and make it fly

Please more stories like this one

Sincerely

Dale Glossenger (EAA 189173) 70185 Beach Drive Edwardsburg MI 49112

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~ THE FULLER-HAMMOND FH-l I

Photo courtesy 01 Joseph Barry The Fuller-Hammond FH-1 NX14917 SIN 141 on display in a small park in California circa 1935

SUPER TWIN by Phil Michmerhuizen (EAA 33782 AlC 581) 186 Sunset Drive Holland MI 49423

(Photos courtesy of author except as noted)

It was after a talk and discussion on the history development and producshytion of Szekely engines and the Flying Dutchman aircraft at our local EAA Chaper meeting that Ron Fritz came to me and said he heard the remains of the Fuller-Hammond Skylark were in Ohio

He gave me the names and phone numbers of two men to contact This was in December of 1980

No I dont know anything about it but call so and so And so it went for a week Finally Yes I do have that airplane and yes I will sell it Bill Breshywer described what he had and what was missing There were no engines engine mounts gauges wheels or tires The condition of the parts ranged from good to fair to hardly there

-14 SEPTEMBER 1985

We agreed on a price and I sent half of the money Two weeks later my wife Donna and I were in our pickup with a trailer behind headed for Ohio

The basket case had been accurately described and as we loaded the rusty parts and bent aluminum I was really very happy yet could see years of work ahead

Arriving home we set the pieces toshygether for a few pictures I really wanted to start the restoration imshymediately but first had to finish our 1936 Taylor J-2 Cub and Waco UPF-7 Beshysides I wanted to have the paperwork straightened out first and research more history on the airplane if possible

After much telephoning and letter writing I located and talked to Mr E A Bill Perkins one of the builders and owners of the airplane He was also Vice-President of Skycraft Industries Inc in Venice California Bill Perkins told me that two boxes of drawings picshytures engineering data and letters were thrown away in 1949

I was also able to contact Mr Otis Dutton an 81-year-old gentleman in

Kansas who was the second owner of the plane but did not actually work on it He was good enough to sign a bill of sale and have it notorized to help clear up the paper work

I also located and talked with Mr Handly Jones a brother-in-law to EA Perkins He sent two pictures He had more papers and pictures until he built a new house and threw them away

In tracing the N number I found it was assigned to a Bell 47G helicopter in Florida being used on mosquito control The helicopter was destroyed in a crash several years ago and the N number was open Needless to say I quickly reshyserved it

According to the information I have the airplane was designed by Wilbur A Hammond and George B Fuller Conshystruction started in 1934 at the corner of Englewood Boulevard and Imperial Avenue in Venice California

Mr Ed Lund later a pilot for Howard Hughes Mr AI Nicely and Mr E A Pershykins all moonlighted to build the airshycraft Their regular jobs were at Timm Aircraft Company

The FH-1 was a two-place side-by-side light twin

April 9 1984 was a day to remember - the aircraft registration card arrived bearing the correct name original N number and correct serial number My thanks to the FAA personnel in Okshylahoma City for their cooperation

Before I fill my basement shop full of Fuller-Hammond pieces I plan to reshystore a 1935 Taylor E-2 Cub with a Zeke on the front That should only take a couple of years

In the meantime my good friend Bob Curtis a semi-retired aero-space enshygineer is lofting the ribs and making drawings for the Fuller-Hammond wings This is no small job in itself

The ailerons and flaps on the FullershyHammond are built up with 14 tubing and as I am not a welder my good friend Mike Brown who recently comshypleted his Acro II has agreed to do some work (build new ones) for me

The fellows around here have been chiding me to start the project - that is if I want to fly that airplane before my eyesight and hearing fail and before they have to push my wheelchair up to the wing

If any readers can supply information or pictures of this airplane I certainly would appreciate being contacted

Specifications Fuller-Hammond Monoplane

Top speed 117 mph Cruising speed 100 mph Landing speed 40 mph Climb 800 fpm Weight empty 927 Ibs Gross weight 1550 Ibs Span 34 ft 6 in Length 20 ft 6 in Wing area 142 sq ft Power loading 17 Ibs per hp

(Continued on Page 21)

Papers I receved from the FAA in Okshylahoma City indicated the Dept of Comshymerce Aeronautical Branch approved the Operation Inspection report dated pound--20-35

The airplane was test flown at Dycer Airport in Los Angeles by John M Slim Menefee I believe it was also flown by George C Adams a pilot for Lockheed

The airplane was licensed experishymental According to EA Perkins it flew about every weekend amassing from 50 to 75 hours until December 1935 when the application expired The tail skid shows quite a bit of wear Is that good or bad Who can check me out in a tail-skid equipped twin

The company Skycraft Industries

Inc 350 Washington Blvd Venice California could not pay E A Perkins for his work on the airplane so they gave it to him The two Szekely engines and mounts were removed the airplane disshyassembled crated and put on a train for Kansas

Handly Jones in Turon Kansas put the airplane in his barn then later outshyside under a tree Otis Dutton purshychased the plane in the mid-fifties but did no work on it

Bill Hogan and Bob Henkel brought the airplane to Ohio - again no restoshyration was started Bill Brewer was the next owner and now the remains of the Fuller-Hammond FH-1 Super Twin are resting in Michigan

Equipped with two motors thi tiny two-passenger plane recently te ted re embles a large trans~Ort

The FH-1 was powered with two 45 hp Szekely engines VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15

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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17

14thWest Coast

Ryan Reunion The winning five-Ryan formation team Sixth Ryan was the camera plane piloted by Eric Friedricksen of Wilton CT

by Bill J Hodges (EAA 58954 AlC 49) 811 Lydia Street Stephenville TX76401

Twenty-seven beautiful Ryans in the same place at the same time Shades of WW II contract primary flying training school Oh there are some type clubs that have more aircraft in attendance at their functions but looking at the number of Ryans there against the total built the West Coast Ryan Reunion is one of the biggest and one of the best

Arranged by the Santa Paula Califorshynia Ryaneers and hosted by Patroline Inc this popular low-key event was held at Patrolines Paso Robles facility Their president Sherm Smoot coopershyated beautifully with the visiting Ryaneers and Ryaneer Mike Sullivan Chairman of our event

I arrived at Paso Robles on Thursday afternoon courtesy of Bill Mette Campbell CA and his PT-22 Raunchy Bird (after jetting via airlines from Texas to San Jose the night before) We had stopped at Hollister California to rendezvous with other North California Ryans and to meet noted aviation hisshytorian William T Larkins but were were late so missed them

Bill Richards Santa Rosa CA was running late also due to a prop change at the last minute on his civilianized PT-21 So instead of the previous years 13-ship formation we had a twoshyship loose formation flight on to Paso Robles yhere 10 Ryans were already 18 SEPTEMBER 1985

on the ground with 15 on the ramp by nightfall Those present enjoyed a delishycious barbecue provided and prepared by local Ryaneer Mike Wing and a happy hour hosted by Patroline

Friday saw more arrivals with 27 Ryans on the ramp by nightfall 2 SCWs 1 PT-20 1 STM-2 2 PT-21 s 1 NR-1 and 20 PT-22s The morning feashytured an air rally where all entrants were timed for a cold-engine start where the timing is started with the contestant in the cockpit They had to get out and hand prop the engine (safety pilot aboard however) Patty Henderson

was the winner starting Bob Kellers Ranger-powered ST-3 in just 128 secshyonds

Having been assigned to a team preshyviously the pilots were handed a packet of directions and check list of the route to fly just as they were ready to taxi out for take-off All teams had to land at Leon Hermans International Airstrip before proceeding back to Paso Roshybles The team couldnt leave Leons until all team members had come to a full stop landing and turned off their enshygines Refreshments were ready for them as were the hot engine start

Bill Allen La Jolla CA is ownerpilot of this immaculate 1940 Ryan STM-S2 CN 466 N466WA This Ryan is in its original Dutch East Indies markings

Ron Chapel and his 1941 Ryan ST-3KR CN 1309 N56076 Ron who lives in Half Moon Bay CA has cleaned up his Ryan nicely

Well-known former mid-westerner Brad Larsons 1938 Ryan SC-W CN 206 N18912 Brad is now based at Santa Paula CA

Don Carters Ryan STA Special (1940 Ryan PT-20 CN 352) N14984 Don a recognized authority on STAs lives in Lafayette CA

judges Using the same procedures as the cold start contest Alan Buchner Fresno CA won with a fantastic time of 11 0 seconds Winners of the air rally at 1 07 hours was Team C Alan Buchshyner Chris Stimson and Bob Keller

The local Ninety-Nines including National Ryan Club members Shirley Moore and Christine Darbonne served a delicious barbecue sausage lunch (Thanks ladies) National Ryan Club members like Mike and Margaret Wilshyson of Cedar Rapids IA arrived via his and hers motorcycles by way of Florida no less

In the meantime Mike Wing and crew were busily trying to finish up a top overshyhaul on his Ryans Kinner engine Mike and Reb Stimson were able to fly the US Navy painted PT-22 later in the afshyternoon

That evening at the Paso Robles Inn Bill Allen LaJolla CA showed video tapes of the 84 Chino Fly-In and the tape just shot that day of the Paso Roshybles activities Some visited the local Polar Freeze before turning in including Alan Buchner AI Ball Dick Burgess Bill Mette and Bill Hodges

Also during the day John Gokchoff Santa Paula CA master Ryan rebuilshyder and crew had gone around the apron leak checking and calibrating all the Ryan airspeed indicators and AI Ball (Antique Aero Engines) conducted a KinnerRanger engine clinic (Our special thanks to John and AI) Those not participating in the air rally had the option of sightseeing and touring some of the local wineries

At 0800 on Saturday we saw the Dawn Patrol airborne Kinners clattershying away letting Paso Robles officially know the Ryans were back After proper briefing the formation flying contest got underway with four teams competing selected by drawing numbered slips from a hat After passing over the judges in both diamond and echelon formations Team no 1 comprised of Bill Richards Lee Graybill Santa Rosa CA and Jay HayesMontara CA Ron Chapel Half Moon Bay CA and Don Burkett Downey CA were declared the winners John Gokchoff busy and helpshyful again conducted a seminar on how to properly rig a PT-22 with most of the Ryaneers attending (Thanks John)

Most of the Ryans participated in the Saturday afternoon flying event which is a combination of short field take off flour bombing and power off spot landshying and is flown in one flight Due to the layout of the Archie Dean Memorial Airport this event can be flown without bothering the normal traffic flow Rich McDonald Vacaville CA took the short field take off honors of 340 feet with his Ryan SCW Shortest Ryan PT-22 take off was 343 feet by John Richards Venshytura CA

Spot landing winner was Bob Keller Carmel CA in his Ranger-Ryan Oh

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Returning from a flight Brad Larsen gives his Ryan SC-W a wipe-down in the parking area

Headed home Jay and Ellen Hayes fly formation on Bill Mettes wing in their 1942 Ryan PT-22 CN 1752 N56030 Jim and Ellen are from Montara CA

From Vacaville CA USAF pilot Rich McDonalds modified 1938 Ryan SC-W CN 205 N18911 This Ryan sports a Continental E-185 engine in addition to the changed landing gear and cabin 20 SEPTEMBER 1985

yes two people are required to be on board during the event The flour bombshying is always interesting in that two atshytempts are made one with a standard brown bag flour bomb and the other prejudged for originality prior to the event Closest to the target was Aleta PharrisReb Stimson The originality bomb went to Lee and Modie Graybi lls wedding bomb in celebration of their then recent wedding I Congratulations

After the flying activities most everyone retired to the Paso Robles Inn for the Bob Yates Champagne cork-flying conshytests The only rule for this contest is Dont shake the bottle but its rarely enforced John Gormley Sacramento CA showed his expertise by outdistancshying the other competitors by a substanshytial amount Tired but happy Ryaneers gathered at the local Elks Club for reshyfreshments and video tapes of the days activities (furnished by Bill Allen) while waiting for the awards banquet to begin

The Saturday night awaras banquet was a huge success with 131 Ryan enshythusiasts thats almost five people per airplane Mike Sullivan was an outshystanding master of ceremonies There was a lot to cover and Mike really kept things rolling Some things that stand out in my mind in addition to the regu lar awards were the awarding of the Ryan solo wings by Bill Richards to 27 Ryaneers (like the 63 last year) exact replicas of those presented by T Claude Ryan to his Ryan School of Aeronautics graduates then the preshysentation of the WW II King City Ryan Instructors Mickey Muzinich Neil Fershyryman Barney Cleg Elmore Brown Marvin Good and Joe Brown (Wow What stories they told) and the presenshytation of the Archie Dean Memorial (flyshying training) Scholarship to teenager Barry Bradshaw of Paso Robles by Sherm Smoot and certainly George Clayton a Ryaneer from Fairbanks Alaska who received the well-deserved Greatest Hangar Flyer award

George has quite a background in Alaskan aviation and given half an opshyportunity he will tell you all about it He entertained us with a very good harshymonica concert and told us how he purshychased his Ryan PT-22 Briefly while on a DC-3 heading for Alaska from California during a stop in Washington state he observed a PT-22 sitting on the ramp It needed some minor mainteshynance so George called the owner and bought the Ryan right then and there

The DC-3 was about to leave so George got his tool box off and proshyceeded to make the Ryan ferryable (oh yes this was in the late fall of the year) It seems George had never flown a Ryan before but managed with the help of a 5-gallon gas can to make it on in to Fairbanks experiencing only minor mechanical problems cold ice and snow along the way (Come back George we love you)

Ryaneers gather under Los Robles (the oaks) for an outdoor seminar

Among the 30-plus awards presented during the banquet the Best Kinner Powered Ryan went to Jay Hayes Montara CA for his PT-22 N56030 The Best Non-Kinner-Powered Ryan and Greatest Distance Flown went to Bill Allen La Jolla CA for his STM-2 N466WA The T Claude Ryan Memoshyrial Award went to Dennis and Susan Lyons the Air Rally hosts The National Ryan Club plaque for Oldest Ryan went to Rich McDonalds 1938 SCW N18911 and the National Ryan Club plaque for Most Distant Ryan went to Bob Laughlin La Jolla CA for his PTshy22 N53431

All in all the Ryan Reunion was quite successful with a lot of good company and a lot of good safe fun enjoyed by all We Ryaneers are looking forward to Ryan Reunion XV Plans are for a big blowout with a max effort for as many Ryans as possible to attend Already we are aware of plans for several east of the Mississippi Ryan s to attend I can hardly wait to get there How about you

Keep the Ryan flyin bull

THE FULLERmiddotHAMMOND FHmiddot1 SUPER TWIN (Continued from Page 15)

Three views of the FHmiddot1 as it looks today

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Contestants in the 1930 Pacific Women s Air Derby (L to R) - Margery Doig Jean LaRene Ruth Stewart Ruth Barron Gladys ODonnell and Mildred Morgan

THE WOMENS CLASS A PACIFIC DERBY

by H Glenn Buffington (EAA 1234 AC 202) 134 West Walnut Avenue B San Diego CA 92103

In conjunction with the 1930 National Air Races there were two derbies for the women One was a 500 cu in or less piston displacement event from the East Coast Washington DC through Dixie and then up to Chicago and an 800 cu in race from the West Coast Long Beach California through the Southwest and Midwest to Chicago This is the story primarily about the latshyter race which covered a distance of 2245 statute miles

The contestants were

Ruth Barron (Nason) Hollywood Mildred Morgan Beverly Hills CA as the least experienced pilots TwentyshyCA Buhl Air Sedan J-5 Transport Travel Air J-5 Private License 15803 year-Old Barron came in with a brand License 13749 new Transport license having learned

Gladys Berry ODonnell Long Beach to fly only six months previously MorshyMargery Doig (Greenberg) Danbury CA Waco Taperwing J-6-7 Transport gan had a Private rating which was upshy

CT Pitcairn J-6 Lim Comm License License 6608 graded to a Transport after the Derby 10073 ODonnell and LaRene were the vetshy

Ruth Woerner Stewart St Louis MO erans of the group Gladys had flown Jean LaRene (Foote) Kansas City KS Curtiss RobinChallenger Transport the 29 Derby to a close second place

American Eagle J-6-7 Transport License 5375 behind Louise Thaden and Jean had License 5700 Barron and Morgan entered the race been associated with the Commandaire

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NC21 M streamlined and ready for the 1930 competition

Co prior to joining American Eagle Of the six entries four had become

charter members of the Ninety-Nines when it was organized in November of 1929 Doig LaRene ODonnell and Stewart

Left at the starting line were three other pilots all of whom had entered the first Womens Air Derby of 1929 Santa Monica to Cleveland Pancho Barnes withdrew from the race when her three planes including the one she piloted at more than 196 mph all were declared ineligible Claire Fahy of Los Angeles widow of Herbert J Fahy Lockheed test pilot was ruled out beshycause her engine was excessively powshyered Bobbi Trout also of Los Angeles was disqualified for having an under powered craft 2 Bobbi is also another Ninety-Nines charterite

Carl Lienesch NAA governor for the state of California head of the aviation department for Union Oil of California and who served as manager of the 1930 Derby wrote It was left for the women to show really what could be done with ATC ships Phoebe Omlie in the East Coast Derby flew a Monocoupe of modern design and made one of those fine showings which the air racing world had come to expect from her Gladys ODonnell and Margery Doig in the Pacific Coast Derby both flew modern or rather modernized airplanes Margery Doigs Pitcairn was rounded out and fitted with a Townend ring at the Pitcairn factory It was a beautiful job and speedy

Gladys ODonnell flew a Taperwing Waco which it might be said was streamlined to the limit this limit being all possible under an A T C status Mrs ODonnell s ship had I-struts the fuselage rounded out and an effective NACA cowling It is probable that the top speed was around 170 mph Her time from Long Beach to Chicago indishycated an average speed in excess of 150 mph which shows that as far as derbies were concerned this year the women win the brown derby

James E Granger Swallow disshytributor on the West Coast President of the Pacific School of Aviation who served as official starter had this to say about the 30 derbies The splitting of the Womens Air Derby into two classes run from different places in my opinion was wrong The two classes should be run together next year and no attempt should be made to farm out the starting place of this very colorful race to the highest bidder It will not be necessary for the race officials to look further for a manager for next years event They have found him in C F Lienesch From start to finish of this years class A womens derby the absence of discord was conspicuous

The Derby actually started Sunday afternoon from Long Beach California August 17th with a short hop to

Gladys ODonnell with the victory garland at Chicago Aug 25 1930

LindberghRyan Field for the first night stop The planes were flagged away at one minute intervals numerically by racing number ie Doig - no 2 ODonshynell - no 7 LaRene - no 20 Stewart shyno 38 followed by Morgan and Barron The starting time from Long Beach arrishyval time in San Diego and the elapsed time follows (PST pm)

ODonnell - 332 - 40451 - 32 51 Doig - 331 - 405 03 - 3403 Barron - 336 - 422 36 - 4636 Morgan - 335 - 42529 - 50 29 Stewart - 334 - 431 09 - 57 09 LaRene - 333 - 430 16 - 5716

LaRene was delayed eight minutes at take off because of inability to start her engine with the other racers

On Monday the schedule called for a noon stop at Calexico and the night stop at Phoenix In accordance with air derby customs Mrs ODonnells craft was the first to taxi across the starting line on the departure for the second control point All the contestants arrived at Calexico within a span of 21 minutes Elapsed time from start ODonnell 1 1353 Doig 1 2248 Barron 1 3621 Morgan 1 4701 LaRene 1 4827 and Stewart 1 5952

ODonnell and DOig finished the third lap into Phoenix with less than five minshyutes separating them Ruth Barron was the last to get away from Calexico beshycause of some engine trouble and the fledgling s navigation caught up with her she became disoriented and flew an hour beyond Phoenix She landed 35 miles south of Holbrook Arizona reshymained overnight where she landed and then flew back to Phoenix to rejoin the others Tuesday morning

On August 19th the noon stop was Tucson and then to Douglas for the night where the total elapsed time talshylied ODonnell 356 29 Doig 41308 Morgan 52614 LaRene 53523 Stewart 625 25 Barron 21 3952 beshycause of the delay in reaching Phoenix after over-flying it

Wednesday it was on to Lordsburg and then Roswell New Mexico where ODonnell was officially 2640 ahead of Doig Others arrived in the following order Barron LaRene Morgan and Stewart

The 21 st scheduled a Lubbock noon stop and to Amarillo Texas for the night Gladys covered the Roswell-Lubshybock leg in 1 0041 and Margery in 1 0238 The other four pilots landed in the same sequence as at Roswell

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A frontal view of the racy Waco Taperwing NC21M in its heyday

Enid Oklahoma was scheduled for noon and Wichita Kansas for the night of the 22nd Thunderstorms and heavy rain gave the girls some of their most inclement weather during the AmarilloshyEnid leg of the race Ruth Stewart was forced down near Elk City but she set her plane down at Enid at 125630 Jean LaRene was forced down near Waukomis a few miles south of Enid she arrived at 125728 accounting for all the entries so they could take off on schedule for Wichita

More thrilling adventures entered the Wichita-Kansas City Kansas (Fairfax Airport) leg A little short of half-way to Kansas City Margery Doig 3 was forced down and out of the race near Olpe Kansas 10 miles south of Emshyporia in a farmers pasture when her engine caught fire She sideslipped to a landing and beat out the flames that threatened to destroy the Pitcairn It was a tough break for Doig after flying a good second to that point

Again Ruth Barrons navigation went awry She was visibly annoyed when she finally landed the Buhl at Fairfax at 541 pm with an elapsed time of 30457 from Wichita She reported I lost my bearings somewhere near Kanshysas City and landed in a field near a farm house I asked the farmer the dishyrections to Kansas City and he told me 50 miles north I said that he surely meant 50 miles east but he insisted he was right I flew the way he saidand 24 SEPTEMBER 1985

found myself over St Joseph and here I am back

The author had the pleasure of watching the girls bring em in at Fairshyfax on Saturday ODonnell crossed the finish line in her bright red and yellow Waco at 345 - 1 1420 out of Wichita LaRene in her yellow American Eagle arrived at 407 - 1 3415 from Wichita Morgan flying her dark blue Travel Air with silver wings finished at 410 shy1 3512 out of Wichita Stewart in her orange and cream colored Curtiss Robin came in at 437 - 20342 from Wichita

Shortly after these four arrivals the Derby starter Jim Granger and his wife Clema flew in with their Swallow and taxied up to the flight line Then a Ryan Brougham flew in with Gladys ODonnell painted across the fuselage It was flown by her husband Lloyd and served as the flagship for the ODonnell camp Some of the Fairfax pilots called it ritzy but I figured if one could afford it why not

One of the first to reach Jean LaRene was her mother Mrs Sadie Ross of Olathe Kansas whom Jean visited often She also had a long chat with Larry Ruch former chief test pilot for the American Eagle Aircraft factory at Fairfax

The contestants attended a dinner in the evening sponsored by the Womens Chamber of Commerce of Kansas City Kansas The new Fairfax Airport term ishy

nal building the site for this occasion and Mayor Don McCombs welcomed the fliers

The Derby continued to Des Moines Iowa and Madison Wisconsin on Sunshyday and the last leg to Chicago was flown Monday August 25th The offical Long Beach-Chicago results were

Elapsed Prize Pilot Time Money Gladys ODonnell 151316 $3500 Mildred Morgan 21 0835 2100 Jean LaRene 21 4549 1400 Ruth Stewart 2638 06 Ruth Barron 383341 Margery DOig (Out at Olpe KS)

For their efforts in flying the 30 Derby Ruth Barron was awarded the Jr Women s Aeronautical Association of California Trophy and Gladys ODonnell won two trophies The Aerol Trophy by the Cleveland Pneumatic Tool Co and the Womens Aero Assn of Calif Trophy Gladys also won the Mrs Robert McCormick Trophy and the Womens Pioneer Aviation Club Trophy for winning two closed-course races at the National Air Races which were held at Curtiss-Reynolds Airport Chicago Aug 23 to Sept 1 1930

An AP release dated Aug 31 1930 carried the headline Another Victory Chalked up for Feminine Fliers and the sub-title Women pilots fly over long routes in air derbies in less time than men It favorably compared Gladys

Copy of picture Gladys ODonnell autoshygraphed for Louise Thaden

ODonnells performance with the two Class A Mens Derbies won by John Blum Seattle to Chicago and Art Kilshylips Miami-Chicago race It also praised Phoebe Omlies showing against the two Class B Mens Derbies won by John Livingston the race from Brownsville and the Derby from Hartford won by J Wesley Smith

In 1967 when I wrote Mrs ODonnell regarding the Taperwing she sent the front view and commented I feel a pang of guilt at not keeping myoid friend 21 M for thats the way I feel about that plane The enclosed photoshygraph is 21 M at her top best in the streamlined beauty of its heyday - 163 mph You will notice the special racing gear It was beautiful but a bit rugged on turf fields since it was a rigid gear It added about six miles per hour to the top speed The ODonnelis owned the Taperwing for a decade

In comparing this air race of over fifty years ago with some of the more curshyrent ones we need to mention some of the pros and cons When the race is of the on to type with noon and night control stops the contestants more or less stay together In that manner weather and flying conditions are practically the same for each entrant and the race officials have the opportushynity to release race standings to the media after each day of racing

More recently the race routes genershyally 2000 to 2500 statute miles in length are set up and the contestants are usually given four days flying VFR in daylight hours to reach the terminus before a specified deadline Each plane is assigned a par (handicap) speed and the object is to have a ground speed as far over the par speed as possible The

pilot is thus given the leeway to play the elements holding out for better weather conditions winds etc The faster planes with better performance are somewhat favored in this respect as sometimes the slower entries must forge ahead in order to beat the deadshyline at the terminus And in this type of race the official standings cannot be reshyleased until the final bird has crossed the finish line Actually the last arrival can be the winner

The earlier races flew shorter legs and made more stops than the current races More recently the legs are 280 to 350 statute miles and six or seven control stops are designated for either landing or fly-by and the races are open to all fixed-wing stock aircraft from 145 to 570 horsepower Early on the fastest airplane with no handicap was in a good position to win if it held toshygether over the long haul and there was no big navigational error committed

Now that a handicapping system is used - each plane flying against its own specified speed - supposedly any entry has an equal chance of victory depending on the accuracy of the handshyicapping

Gini Richardson Yakima Washingshyton who oft-times places in the top 10 gives some racing advice The handshyicap is vitally important - you have to have a good handicap thats essential After that if you want to finish in the top 10 you have to fly well have knowlshyedge of the weather and strong navigashy

tional skills Velda King Mapelli Las Vegas

Nevada President of the Air Race Classic for the past eight years (1977shy1984) wrote in the recent race proshygram The altruistic interest and efforts of many people offers ARC contestants a temporary respite from the normal routine - and opportunity to share the camaraderie of participating in an air race There are no secrets to racing Personal application of skills will detershymine the winner but each will be a betshyter pilot as a result of the experience

That is what it is all about

FOOTNOTES

(1) Subsequent last names are in parenthesis (2) Had Trout been on the East Coast she cou ld have entered the Kinnermiddotpowered Golden Eagle in the 1575 mi Dixie Derby This race was won by Phoebe Omlie in a Warner Monocoupe She was followed by Martie Bowman Kinner Fleet Laura Ingalls Gypsy DH Moth Nancy Hopkins (Tier) Kinmiddot ner Kitty Hawk and Charity Langdon Cirrus Avian Vera Dawn Walker flying a Warner Inland Sport had to withdraw because of a mechanical at Birminshygham AL and Mary Haizlip in another Warner Inshyland Sport failed to make the race start after her airplane was dinged in a forced landing near Greenwood SC enroute to the starting line Both Haizlip and Walker did get to Chicago after the delays and flew in some of the closedmiddotcourse events Ninety-Nines charter members in this group include HopkinsmiddotTier Omlie and Walker (3) Doig was able to have the Pitcairn engine reshypaired and she flew to Chicago on Aug 26th She placed second behind ODonnell in one 25 mile pylon race at 13536 mph and won $450 In the feature 50 mile race she placed 4th just out of the money behind ODonnell Mary Haizlip and Opal Kunz bull

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The Oldest Known Set of EDO Floats in Service The aircraft is a 1933 Waco UBF-2 biplane powered by a 220-horsepower Continental W670 engine The floats are EDO model M-2665s manufactured on August 2 1930 These particular floats had been damaged in a crash in 1950 and were kept in storage for 27 years prior to being restored and fitted to the Waco in 1977 This remarkable antique aircraft is the property of Mr Henry Stauch Junction City Oregon It is conshyverted to float operation in the summer and flown from Kenmore Air Harbor Kenmore Washington scene of this photograph Photo courtesy EDO Floats

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My First Flight To Oshkosh

18 gallons each My partner and Ideveloping a small stomach problem Robert R Black watched in amazement as the boytoo much excitement I thought (EAA 220708)

4246 South 1060 East Lift off was normal and the Tri-Pacer pumped 181 into the right tank and 180 gallons into the left tank Instantly did pretty well at first But the night air Salt Lake City UT 83117 I felt terrible I had just flown in onwas hot and humid and I wasnt exshyfumes I had made a mistake middoton myperiencing the kind of lift that I was used Ever since seeing a Pitts Special in flight duration - I forgot that I had cirshyto I had to circle in the Salt Lake Valley FL YING magazine when I was sixteen cled for half an hour after take off and learning of a special event called for 30 minutes until I could get up to

Then a super bad case of cottonshyOshkosh I have had the desire to go altitude At 9000 I started through ParshyAfter all the years of putting it off due to leys Canyon and headed for Ft Bridger mouth hit me I figured it was just due

VOR in Wyoming What a bumpy ride lack of funds and not having anything to the close call so I took a drink of some fruit punch which went down like to fly I finally got the chance to go in We popped around inside the plane like

1984 a bowling ball I really didnt feel good two marbles in a can From Ft Bridger My father and mother and I had just but I told myself I was going to Oshkoshwe flew to Evanston then to Rock

Springs Wyoming completed a 15-month restoration proshy by gosh and that thought kept me going ject on my fathers 1956 Piper Trishy We piled back into the plane and tookI started to develop cotton-mouth but Pacer With the bird looking new and off We climbed slowly and headed for figured it was just the thrill of finally

Chadronpretty I had little trouble talking myself going to Oshkosh We called Rock Springs asking for into taking it to Oshkosh As soon as we cleared the remaining

I discussed this with my business mountains I started to descend when fuel accommodations and I changed my partner and somehow talked him into an overwhelming feeling came over meflight plan from Casper to Rock Springs going with me All right I could go at I was going to throw up and I couldn t When they told me it would cost an adshyhalf the cost Things were really picking ditional $3000 to get someone to fuel shake the feeling try as I may How up could I do that - Id never been sick inme I said no thanks and changed my

The date was set Saturday July 28 an airplane in my life - I couldn t do flight plan to Rawlins Wyoming Fuel 1984 at 300 am I figured if we left at that The sic-sacs were for my wife and was getting low but figuring the length

of the trip and the amount of fuel left I others who couldnt take the ups and300 in the morning I could climb up out of the Salt Lake Valley and fly to downsfigured I could make it

My honor was at stake - I couldnt Casper Wyoming From there I would On to Rawlins we went over the lowshyproceed to Winner South Dakota Fairshy do that What a statement typical hardshyering mountains With all the bumps mont Minnesota and then on to Oshshy head approach right Well thatand ups and downs my stomach told kosh thought helped me to fight off the inevitshyme I had a problem I just couldn t be

Hours of preparation and planning getting sick Id never been sick in an able Come on Chadron I kept saying were spent in getting ready for the trip Id never felt that badly on any flight but airplane I figured that I was just overly A tent was measured and stuffed into we pressed ontired and hungry and the stop at Rawshythe baggage compartment Vacation Chadron Radio this is Tri-Pacer lins would put me back in shape time was hastily arranged and all sysshy 4547A do you copy Tri-Pacer 47A Finally Rawlins appeared on the tems were go Little did I know how Chadron Radio copies loud and clearother side of two knolls I brought the much go there was coming plane around entering down wind and Chadron 47A whats your active run-

On Friday July 27 I went to work way slipped in to a nice friendly airport The What a total waste of time Its a good on-field FSS Operator was super nice 47A active is 20 thing Im a lead man in the machine Roger 20 and said the place would come to life in shop because I accomplished nothing a little while He told us the good places Then came the bad news Chadron and finally left at lunch time Working gave me the altimeter setting and saidto eat breakfast We decided to plan the swing shift has its advantages at times next phase of our flight since our origishy the winds were 25 gusting to 35 I asked and I went home to sleep and prepare nal flight plan was greatly altered by Chadron for the wind direction and he for the flight then told me again I just could not get with

What a wasted night - I couldnt the program whatever was making meWe flight planned to Chadron Nebshysleep and all I did was toss and turn raska for our next stop figuring it would sick was really getting to me Two am came awfully early and I left put us right back on course As soon as I entered the pattern but could not for my partners home We piled into the planning was finished the line boy keep the plane tracking straight It the jeep and went to the airport would not settle What was wrong For at Rawlins appeared and fueled us with

The preflight went well except I was 80 octane My tanks are placarded for those of you who are Tri-Pacer drivers

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you know the plane settles like a rock I felt better They were the greatest our trip home I spent the first hour and I looked at my airspeed indicator - I On the way into town the car winshy a half in the bathroom at the airport

was doing 120 mph and should have dows were open all the way At the Between the bathroom and the plane I been doing 80 Missed approach Super 8 Motel we met more super nice threw up four times We climbed into going around will try it again people The rooms were great and I the Tri-Pacer anyway and took off

Roger 47A no other traffic in the patshy crashed My partner was given a free 47A flew great I told my partner that tern ride back to the airport by the motel he would probably end up doing a lot of

Chadron this is 47A - downwind manager to pick up our gear the flying I did pretty well until we got for runway 20 We spent the day in town and I just west of Rock Springs Wyoming

I prayed Please God help me down stayed in bed trying to die I finally Ooops that was the only time I ever Dont let me kill my partner realized that my problem was a good used a sic-sac Bless those considerate

Okay Ive got to do this Line it up case of the flu people for making those wonderful leakshyThere thats right 80 mph okay flaps Chadron has a lot to see and some proof bags

day I shall go back I feel I must let those to slow us down right in we goooooo I had decided that if I couldnt finish good people know that I really do have What a crosswind touch down hold on the trip all the way back to Salt Lake color in my face Oh isnt pride terrible 47A you just landed on 26 That was City Airport No 2 that I would land at

a pretty good cross wind landing In the afternoon I felt a little better Ft Bridger Fortunately as Ft Bridger Thanks I just dont feel good I and thought maybe we might make it to passed below us I felt we could make it

Oshkosh anyway We went back to the A storm front was crossing from west guess I needed the practice Roger airport and planned the rest of the trip to east right in our path The clouds I thought to myself - you nut whats All of a sudden I made a mad dash to were closing in I dropped from 10500

the great white throne - the decision to 8500 and still I was going through wrong with you Cant you remember how to tell which runway is which To was made - head for home clouds Short little IFR trips in the mounshy

We took off for Riverton Wyoming Itbe honest I was so sick that I couldn t tains is not really my idea of fun and remember how to tell the correct runshy was a pretty good trip and at one point games What a trip Boy was I sick way I felt I might have made it to Oshkosh We made it through Parleys Canyon

but went on to Riverton What a good and I prayed Please Lord help meWe taxied to the ramp and I warned decision that was land this thing my partner to get out of the way I ran

In Riverton the Best Western Sunshy My prayers were answered weinto the bathroom and spent a good half downer motel sent their courtesy car for parked the plane got into the jeep andan hour seeing only a small porcelain us We spent the night and the next I said Get me home quickly Gary I hole - oops morning there and I was sick sick sick went straight to bed where I stayed The people at Chadron were super Everybody in Riverton took pity on me from Sunday to Wednesday LampD Aero Service tried all they could to

Next year there will be no flu I will They were really great Would those make me feel better They fueled the people ever see me in better condition fly crawl or whatever but Im absolutely plane and offered me a free ride into

When we finally decided to continue going to go to Oshkosh maybe bull town so I cou ld get a place to sleep until

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1933 FAIRCHILD 22 Menasco D-4 Super Pirate Engine About 285 hours airframe 1030 hours Very clean some engine spares $30000 Spare engine available 3121358-4035 or 742-2041

FAIRCHILD 24W46 complete with good Warner 165 presently disassembled for restoration Spare fuselage wings etc included Price $13500 Wil shyliam Ross - 3121640-1700 (9-2)

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CESSNA UC-7BB (T-50) Bamboo Bomber with like-new wing ready for re-cover Complete airplane disassembled for restoration Price shy$14000 Will iam Ross - 312640-1700 (9-2)

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Waco RNF 1930 145 hp Warner 30 SMOH Ham Std Grnd Adj Prop 40 hours since balance and polish 1977 Ceconite 135 hours since recover always hangared May 1985 annual only 7 still flying Jim Course days 609888-0496 nights 215493-9385 (10-2)

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EAA ANTIQUECLASSIC DIVISION INC

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SEPTEMBER 1985 bull Vol 13 No9 Copyright copy 1985 by the EAA AntiquelClassic Division Inc All rights reserved

Contents

2 Straight and Level by Bob Lickteig

4 AlC News by Gene Chase

5 Vintage literature by Dennis Parks

6 Restoration of a Luscombe SA Page 6 byJim Zazas

10 Salvaging an Airways Beacon by Donna Benedict

13 Mystery Plane by George A Hardie Jr

13 Letters to the Editor 14 The Fuller-Hammond FH-1

Super Twin by Phil Michmerhuizen

16 Type Clubs and other Page 14 Aviation Organizations

18 14th West Coast Ryan Reunion by Bill Hodges

22 Womens Class A Pacific Derby by H Glenn Buffington

25 Vintage Seaplanes 26 My First Flight to Oshkosh

by Robert R Black 27 Calendar of Events 28 Vintage Trader

FRONT COVER 1946 Luscombe 8A NC45504 SIN 2031 restored last year by owners Jim and Karen Zazas (EAA 150698 AlC 5416) of Carthage NC See story on page 6 (Photo by Jim Zazas)

BACK COVER Painting by aviation artist John Amendola (EAA 112642) 16018 SE 31st Street Bellevue WA 98008 of Gladys ODonshynells Wright J6-7 powered Waco Taperwing NC21M See story on page 22

The words EAA ULTRALIGHT FLY WITH THE FIRST TEAM SPORT AVIATION and the logos of EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION INC EAA INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION EAA ANTIQUEICLASSIC DIVISION INC INTERNATIONAL AEROBATIC CLUB INC WARBIRDS OF AMERICA INC are registered trademarks THE EAA SKY SHOPPE and logos of the EAA AVIATION FOUNDATION INC and EAA ULTRALIGHT CONVENTION are trademarks of the above associations and their use by any person other than the above associations is strictly prohibited

Editorial Policy Readers are encouraged to submit stories and photographs Policy opinions expressed in articles are soley those of the authors Responsibility for accuracy in reporting rests entirely with the contributor Material should be sent to Gene R Chase Editor The VINTAGE AIRPLANE Willman Airfield Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Phone 414426-4800

The VINTAGE AIRPLANE (ISSN 0091-6943) is published and owned exclusively by EAA AntiquelClassic Division Inc of the Experimental Aircraft Association Inc and is published monthly at Willman Airfield Oshkosh WI 54903shy3086 Second Class Postage paid at Oshkosh WI 54901 and additional mailing offices Membership rates for EAA AntiquelClassic Division Inc are $1800 for current EAA members for 12 month period of which $1200 is for the publicatiorgt of The VINTAGE AIRPLANE Membership is open to all who are interested in aviation

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Compiled by Gene Chase

STINSON SR-5E PROJECT REPORT

The Oregon Antique and Classic Air shycraft Club is restoring a 1935 Stinson SR-5E Reliant at the facilities of Lane Community College At the close of the 1984-85 school year the massive fuse shylage frame along with the landing gear tail surfaces flaps ailerons and numershyous small metal parts were ready for sandblasting

It was hoped the blasting and priming would be completed during the summer so that in the fall the students in the ACT class can ready the parts for covshyering The group is funding the project through contributions and a donation of $25 or more will bring the donor a nice T-shirt expressing support of the SR-5E restoration project

The project is being supervised by Tim Talen (EAA 8615 NC 1616) To contact the group write or phone Oreshygon Antique and Classic Aircraft Club P O Box 613 Creswell OR 97426 Telephone 503746-6572 or 942-0663

WAYS AND MEANS PROJECT

A recipe for Funnel Cake might seem like a strange subject to cover in this magazine but it really is not The following fund raising project was preshysented by Anne Fennimore (EAA 133619 NC 4460) of Succasunna New Jersey editor of Runway 7 the newsletter of AntiqueClassic Chapter 7 In the June 1985 issue of this excelshylent newsletter she wrote

Now that the fly-in season is well un shyderway many chapters and organizashytions are looking for means to support their events I have been to many outshydoor affairs and found that Funnel Cakes go over GREAT They are so easy to make and are a real treat The following recipe was published recently in the local paper in the Heloise col shyumn

You ll need two eggs one and one half cups milk two cups plain flour one teaspoon baking powder and one half teaspoon salt - also powdered sugar to sprinkle on the top after cooking

A deep fryer will work best but a skilshylet can be used Be careful to not use too much oil Have the oil very hot but dont burn it

Of course you will need a funnel (Hold a finger over the hole of the funnel while filling with batter) After the oil is

heated hold the funnel over the oil reshymove finger and move funnel over the oil in a circular crisscross motion as the batter is poured into the hot oil

They rise pretty fast and get quite large so be careful not to pour too much batter at one time If using a skillet you may be able to make only one or two cakes at a time

After the cakes are cooked to a light golden brown remove from oil and drain on paper towels Sprinkle with powdered sugar

Eat while still warm - they are delishycious

Fly-in chairman this could be the difshyference between losing money and breaking even Why not try it

PS The article didnt state how many cakes the above recipe makes Editors Note That old bugaboo prodshyuct liability cant be ignored When seIshyling Funnel Cakes at a fly-in be sure to use fresh cooking oil and ultra-clean cooking facilities And last but not least notify the insurance carrier to be sure such an activity is covered at your event GRC

NEW MEMBERS HIGHLIGHTED

The October 1985 issue of THE VINshyTAGE AIRPLANE will feature a listing of all the new members who join the AntiqueClassic Division during Oshshykosh 85 Watch for it

ELECTION RESULTS

The following results of the election of officers and directors were anshynounced at the Annual Business Meetshying of the AntiqueClassic Division on August 2 1985 at Oshkosh Wisconsin

MC Kelly Viets was elected ViceshyPresident replacing Roy Redman who chose not to seek re-election All incumshybents on the ballot were re-elected in shycluding Treasurer EE Buck Hilbert and the following Directors John S Jack Copeland Stan Gomoll Dale A Gustafson Daniel F Neuman and John Turgyan

MACH 2 TO OSHKOSH

Mach 2 to Oshkosh is now being produced for distribution starting in November Fifty-five minutes in length this documentary video will cover the historical flight of the Concorde its sysshytems and technologies plus the EAA Convention Watch for announcements of details in all EAA publications

TEXAS HOSPITALITY OFFERED

John and Glenna Bowden (EAA 201353 NC 8416) of Lampasas Texas extend an invitation to EAAers departshying the 21 st Annual Kerrville Fly-In on Sunday September 15 to stop at their strip for hamburgers at 1 00 pm The Bowdens Deer Pasture Airfield is 10shy

cated about 100 miles northeast of Kerrville 16 miles from Lampasas VOR on the 190 degree radial on the San Antonio Sectional

The sod runway is 2000 ft x 75 ft elevation 1422 ft and auto fuel is avai lshyable The hosts phone number is 512 556-6873

OSHKOSH 85 AWARD WINNERS

Following is a partial listing of the AnshytiqueClassic Division award winners of the 1985 EAA Convention July 26 through August 2 at Oshkosh Wisconshysin

ANTIQUES Grand Champion 1930 Savoia Marshychetti S56 Amphibian NC149M R W Buzz Kaplan Owatonna MN Reserve Grand Champion 1931 Waco QCF-2 NC11468 James C Warren Denver CO Contemporary Age Champion 1941 Timm Aerocraft 2SA NC34912 Yvonne Schildberg Greenfield IA Silver Age Champion 1937 Portershyfield 35-70 NC17037 Ken Williams Portage WI Customized Champion 1940 Waco SRE NC247E Red Lerille Lafayette LA WW Military TrainerLiaison Chamshypion 1943 PT-19B Fairchild N51939 William L Mitchell Condorsport PA Transport Champion 1935 DeHavilshyland DH-90 Dragonfly N190DH Charles A Osborne Jr Louisville KY Replica Champion Gee Bee Y Super Sportster NR718L Ken Flaglor Northshybrook IL

CLASSICS Grand Champion 1953 Cessna 195 N4477C Raybourne Thompson Housshyton TX Reserve Grand Champion 1947 Aeronca 11 BC Super Chief N3923E Becky A Hart New Hope MN Class I (0-80 hp) 1946 Luscombe 8A NC1405K Randy Patterson Roscomshymon MI Class (81-150 hp) 1947 Call Air N2901 V Lee O Gensrich Hatton NO Class (151 hp and up) 1950 Beechcraft Model B Bonanza N5186C Don and Georgene McDonough Palos Hills IL Custom Class A (0-80 hp) 1946 Lusshycombe 8A N45849 Gary C Rudolph Vincennes IN Custom Class B (81-150 hp) 1946 Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser N7634H Jim Hudgin Brentwood TN Custom Class C (151 hp and up) 1947 Stinson 108-2 N400C Tom and Lorraine Zedaker Las Vegas NV

A complete listing of winners will apshypear in the October 1985 issue of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE bull

4 SEPTEMBER 1985

VI~TAt3~ LIT~lATUl~

by Dennis Parks

International Conference on Aerial Navigation - Chicago 1893 Proshyceedings shy

The 1890s in America saw a great increase in interest in the scientific study of flight One of the significant deshyvelopments was the Chicago confershyence of August 1-4 1893 Octave Chashynute and Albert Zahm conceived of an international conference on aerial navishygation similar to the one held as part of the French Exposition in Paris in 1889 - the proposed one to be an auxiliary of the Worlds Columbian Exposition of 1893

Octave Chanute had yet to build any of his gliders and his Progress in Flying Machines had yet to be published in book form Dr Albert Zahm was from Notre Dame University He earned his PhD in physics from Johns Hopkins in 1898 with a dissertation related to the physics of flight A great thinker on aeronautics he would write over 20 arshyticles by 1910 Both Chanute an enshygineer and Zahm a scientist were repshyresentative of the caliber of people takshying an interest in flight at the end of the 19th century

They felt that aerial navigation which had hitherto been left mainly to imaginashytive inventors had been attracting the attention of scientists and engineers The object of the conference would be the discussion of the scientific problems involved in flight They would attempt to collate the results of the latest research provide for an interchange of ideas and provide for a concert of action among the attendees

There were three principle sections to the conference 1) Scientific Princishyples 2) Aviation and 3) Ballooning The aviation section dealt with observation and measurements of birds theories of soaring flying machines equilibrium and novel experiments - powered glidshying soaring and models The ballooning section covered construction inflation navigation observations from balloons and proposed improvements

Notices were sent to the known exshyperts involved in aeronautical research Letters of cooperation were received from the British Aeronautical Society the Aerial Navigation Society of France the Aviation Society of Munich the Imshyperial Aeronautical Society of Russia and the Aviation Society of Vienna

Forty-seven papers were accepted for presentation The majority were from

Americans but eight other countries were represented by presenters includshying England France and Australia Some of the American schools repshyresented included Cornell Notre Dame Stevens Institute and Amherst Alshytogether an impressive international gathering considering that the organizshyers were worried that the conference atshytendance might have been made up of cranks and amusement seekers which might have done harm to the progress of aeronautics

OCTAVE CHANUTE

Chanute in his opening address said the conference met for an unusual subshyject because its commercial success had yet to be discovered that the general public had little interest in it and even less confidence That yet it was a fasshycinating subject because the problem of aerial navigation had been hitherto associated with failure and its students as eccentric - to speak plainly - as cranks Yet he felt that in the last half century the elements of success had accumulated to the point where it was now reasonable to meet together to discuss principles and exchange ideas and knowledge Chanute did not want presentations of new projects but stateshyments of general principles the results of experiments and the sharing of knowledge He thought that Success when it comes is likely to be reached through a process of gradual evolution and improvement

Among the wide variety of papers given at the meeting were those of Dr Zahm on Stability of Aeroplanes and Flying Machines Langley on The Inshyternal Work of the Wind and Hargrave on Flying Machine Motors and Cellular Kites

Dr Albert Zahm

Dr Zahm presented two papers one on atmospheric gusts and one on stabilshyity Zahms interest was in aerodynamshyics As an undergraduate of Notre Dame he built a number of model airshyplanes and while in graduate school he decided to devote his energies to an investigation of aerodynamics He deshysigned and built a wind tunnel

Zahm in discussing the problem of stability stated that the problem is to deshyvise an aeroplane which will Automatishycally head into the wind when disshyplaced promptly recover its equilibshyrium (and) maintain a prescribed course during flight He divided stability into three types 1) traverse stability 2)

stability about a vertical axis and 3) lonshygitudinal stability and gave suggestions as to how to obtain automatic stability He visualized a machine with two comshypound aeroplanes (wings) on a long backbone in the manner of a Hargrave kite with an added compound rudder This is somewhat similar to the layout of the Wright Flyer

Samuel Langley

Langley like Chanute was a civil enshygineer whose interest had turned to aeronautics In 1887 he had been apshypointed as Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution His paper presented his theory of soaring flight based on bird observations and wind measurements He reasoned that since soaring birds seem able to maintain themselves indeshyfinitely without the flapping of their wings that the energy required must come from the wind

He then measured the forces of wind and noticed the great fluctuation of force and velocity and believed that these gusts explained the birds ability to soar He felt that this movement of the wind could be made a power in aeshyrial navigation and that power in the flyshying machine would only be needed to sustain flight in exceptional moments of calm

Lawrence Hargrave

Lawrence Hargrave of Sydney Aushystralia gave a report on his experiments with kites and model airplanes He proshyduced the first practical flapping wing monoplane model in 1890 and had flown over 17 model airplanes both fixed and flapping winged He had also produced a compressed air radial enshygine to power his models By 1893 he had abandoned his model airplanes for research with kites and became the father of the box kite His tandem box gliders with cambered wings produced a great deal of lift and some of the first European aircraft used that format

It is thanks to the efforts and interest of people of the quality of Chanute and Zahm that leadership in aeronatucial development was transferred from Europe to the United States at the end of the 19th century Certainly the conshysiderable amount of information relating to flight that was made available by the conference makes this book one of the classics on early American Aeronaushytics The copy of the Chicago Proceedshyings examined is from the Goss History of Engineering Library of Purdue Unishyversity bull

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 5

JUNE 1982 - Two weeks before the hail storms came the Luscombe stands proudly

RESTORATION of a LUSCOMBE 8A

JUNE 1982 - The sturdy Luscombe wings receive a new cover of Stits Polyfiber

6 SEPTEMBER 1985

Story and Photos by James B Zazas (EAA 150698 AlC 5416) Rt 3 Box 389 Carthage NC 28327

Restoration A simple word but one that can evoke the dreams of a prestigishyous trophy at Oshkosh or strike tershyror into the hearts and souls of pilots and mechanics alike For me restorashytion meant a simple facelift a chance to fly another 40 years with my peers Little did I know the extent of the facelift I would endure or of the joys and frustshyrations I would share with my owner Jim Zazas of Carthage North Carolina

Before any restoration can take place there has to be an original beginshyning a birth so-to-speak I started my life in Texas like many of my fellow post-World War Luscombe 8As My monocoque dural fuselage was made of shiny 17ST aluminum While A Edgar Mitchell and his team of enshygineers struggled to design an all-metal

JULY 1982 - The Luscombe is stripped of all paint Martin-Senour Paint Blitz works its magic

wing I was given the standard silvershydoped wing The dark blue stripes on my mirror-like sides highlighted my sporty sexy appearance

On January 17 1946 as factory seshyrial number 2031 CAA registered NC45504 I rolled out df the Dallas plant and joined the dual row of new Lusshycombes awaiting initial test flights Four days later it was my turn to fly above Garland Factory test-pilot Harold Burns showed me how to stall swoop and soar On January 27th I winged east toshyward my new home in Charlotte North Carolina Surprisingly I have never been based outside the boundaries of the Tarheel State after almost 40 years of constant flying with 12 different ownshyers

Any lovingly cared for antiqueclassic airplane can tell you its history like a book I am no different I endured the common cosmetic changes to my airshyframe and engine to satisfy my owners personal tastes These changes were the usual add an antenna here do a modifiction there or what will be my paint scheme for 1968 type silliness - all of which comes off in any worthshywhile restoration

I soon realized Jim had big plans for me when he bought me in May 1980 Minor items would be completed first More important items would follow shortly Total restoration was scheduled for 1985

Slowly thoughtfully Jim started my initial restoration At first it was the usual cosmetic touch-ups In March 1981 my cast aluminum vertical and horizontal components were replaced with the superior Univair steel parts Likewise all my previously applied

black trim was repainted Tight finances and lack of much free time held Jim back from doing more

June 1982 came and left leaving me with a violent injury to my wings they were severly hail-damaged Jim and his lovely wife Karen were dumbstruck No longer could I perform my primary job of providing safe and efficient flying fun My wings were removed for the start of a simple recover I was heartbroken

While the wings came off Jim made a most important decision - total restoshyration Nothing would be spared nothshy

ing would be left untouched For the next 21 months we labored tinkered tailored cried and persevered In a nutshyshell I was recovered repainted and rebuilt

From June 1982 to March 1984 I was the object of much labor of love My wings were recovered in Stits and ten coats of silver dope were applied The instrument panel was removed and reshystored to original layout Original Lusshycombe instruments were located overshyhauled and installed (Thank you Jon Aldrich for the bubble-face compass) All upholstery including the canvas baggage compartment was removed and recovered All cockpit glass (plasshytic) was removed The fuselage was stripped of any paint and steam cleaned A new Univair bottom cowling replaced my original one (Poor Jim and his mechanics had a devil-of-a-time with this particular piece) New stainless steel screws and AN bolts replaced corshyroded hardware In turn my landing gear oleo shock was serviced tires were replaced and new gear fairings were installed

Jim pondered whether or not to keep my simple electrical system He feared the FAAATC system 20 years hence would require some sort of rudimentary electrical system for all antiqueclassic aircraft Thus he chose to keep my notshyso-original wind-driven generator and electrical system intact After all the wirshying was replaced the Hobbs ammeter and switches were relocated in the leftshyhand glove compartment behind its reshyspective door

In regard to my engine Jim decided only cosmetic changes were necesshysary My Continental built A-65-8 heart had 1000 hours of reliable use

AUGUST 1982 - Jim Zazas steam cleans thoroughly all metal surfaces before spraying the fuselage with Randolph Rand-O-Plate primer

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APRIL 1983 - With all rib stitching doping and painting completed during the winter months Scotty Rogers carefully masks off the twenty-four inch wing NC registration numbers

before any scheduled overhaul was due The engine was carefully removed All old hoses and clamps were removed and thrown away The crankcase was painted gold while the cylinders reshyceived two coats of semi-g loss black paint A new shielded ignition harness was installed The squarehead Bendix Scintilla magnetos were overhauled A new Wag-Aero crossover exhaust was fitted As these cosmetic changes were completed new hoses clamps and fitshytings were used

My firewall was cleaned of any paint corrosion and dirt Rand-O-Plate primer was sprayed shortly after the cleaning DuPont Imron silver was applied to give my firewall a bright metallic look

Until the summer of 1983 I was scatshy

tered helter-skelter around a hangar floor and Karen s dining room table

Jim wanted dearly to restore me to my original polished aluminum with blue trim but previous owners had etched me beyond any help With Karen s adshyvice he opted for a flashy paint scheme Once again Rand-O-Plate primer was used to preserve me Ranshydolph Dallas Yellow polyurethane was sprayed to protect me Finally using drawings from original factory etchings as guides black DuPont Imron was added for trim to offset my overall bright yellow

Items removed previously were inshystalled The instrument panel was re-rishyveted in place All new glass was inshystalled only the factory original

FEBRUARY 1984 - A freshly overhauled Continental A-65-8 engine awaits installation on the Luscombe

8 SEPTEMBER 1985

The overhauled-to-original instrument panel with overhauled instruments is inshystalled All refurbished upholstery is added too

windshield was used again The upshyholstery was added shortly afterwards To cap this dedicated labor my now yellow wings were mated to my fuseshylage Wow I was getting somewhere I was anxious and ready for a test flight

On August 21 1983 Jim guided me cautiously into the lovely very familiar blue skies over North Carolina Very quickly elation became concern and in turn outright worry I had a definite feelshying of heartburn and felt nauseous All I could show Jim was a rapidly rising oil temperature indication with oil pressure dropping just as quickly Wisely he shut down my engine A skillfull deadstick landing on the runway ended this first test flight

Investigation revealed my engine bearings were shot and the crankshaft destroyed Further investigation reshyvealed my heart had been operated previously with no blood or blood pressure sometime during Jims abshysence

Very sadly my damaged engine was removed once again and dismantled Mr Joe Hurdle of Mebane North Caroshylina a master at rebuilding low horseshypower Continental and Lycoming enshygines overhauled my heart to goodshyas-new 1946 specifications He even added the EAA auto fuel STC In Febshyruary 1984 the overhaul was complete and my engine installed shortly thereafshyter

The February skies cleared Once again Jim and I went aloft into the Carolina Blue skies Everything worked in perfect harmony We did two loops just to celebrate much to the shock of those on the ground

On March 21 1984 with a toast of

MAY 1984 - Jim and Karen Zazas show proudly their Luscombe 8A and Antique Classic Chapter 3 Spring Fly-In trophy

champagne Jim and Karen attached a small plaque to the inside of my right hand glove compartment door It says the following

Restored June 1982 to March 1984

by Jim and Karen Zazas

and our friends at 1-95 South Airport Fayetteville NC

Engine overhauled by Joe Hurdle Mebane NC

During the course of my total restorashytion Jim developed as his wife once said a close and curious relationship with Mr Wag-Aero Mr Univair Mr Great Lakes Instrument Service and their Mercury on wheels Mr UPS To be truthful I already knew Jim had a close relationship with John Bergeson of the Luscombe Association Loren Bump of the Continental Luscombe Asshysociation the EAA and many other fine people and organizations Oh how I wish I was a human being so I could meet these fine folks and enjoy their camaraderie

Jims patience and perseverence paid handsome dividends in May 1984 During EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter Threes Spring Fly-In he was awarded the Custom Classic Trophy Upon reshyceiving this prestigious award he let it be known behind every good restorashytion is a good wife The pride we shared that night culminated the efforts of many

Restoration Such a simple word but its implications can be very complex and rewarding To my fellow Lusshycombes I sincerely hope your owners

show as much care during your restorashytion as my owner did during mine To all restored airplanes and restorations to be I wish you health and happiness To my human pilots and friends fly us safely always

Authors note There are two Lusshycombe clubsassociations available to interested Luscombe enthusiasts Membership is open to anyone For more information contact the Lusshycombe Association 6438 West Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 or the Continental Luscombe Association 5736 Esmar Road Ceres CA 95307 Both associations have $1000 per year dues and both associations publish a very informative semi-monthly newsletshyter bull

A native of Indiana James grew up in the rich aviation atmosphere of the Midwest He earned his initial power and glider licenses while atending DeshyPauw University Commissioned through ROTC he served his country for six years as an Air Force C-130 Hershycules pilot based at Pope AFB North Carolina Today he is a pilot for Piedshymont Airlines and with his wife Karen participates actively in the various sport aviation activities of the Southeast James is presently writing a comshyprehensive history of Luscombe - the airplanes the people and the Company The Zazas Luscombe 8A is their esshycape machine

1985 - NC455504 enjoys a few rays of warm sunshine under a Carolina Blue sky

SALVAGING AN AIRWAYS BEACON

Contemplating the job at hand are (L-R) Ron Fritz Mel Lugten John Emery Willard and Donna Benedict

Story and Photos by Mrs Willard (Donna) Benedict (EAA 6786 NC 294) 129 Cedar Street Wayland MI 49348

What has four legs is orange and white is 62 feet tall and used to go blink blink blink

Give up Its an airways beacon left over from the 30s and 40s and still standing

At the February 21 1981 meeting of West Michigan Chapter 8 of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division president Phil Coulson of Lawton asked the members if they were interested in acquiring an airways beacon for the purpose of disshymantling it and donating it to the EAA Museum Meeting with an enthusiastic affirmative he set out to locate the preshysent owner to get permission Phil a surveyor with Gove Associates Inc of Kalamazoo Michigan had located the beacon through his transit while surveyshying a nearby piece of property about three or fours years previously Upon locating the owner Mr John Emery of Galesburg Michigan he learned that 10 SEPTEMBER 1985

Emery a veteran of WW II had been offered a substantial sum for the tower by a neighbor to be used as an antenna But after thinking about it for a couple of months and after learning that very few if any still exist Emery decided that it would be a good idea to attempt to preserve the beacon

A LITTLE HISTORY

The original purpose of the airways system was for the airmail pilots and it was sponsored by the United States Post Office In early 1921 the Post Ofshyfice in an effort to revive the airmail s drooping reputation decided to make continuous day and night flights across the country Townsfolk along the way had agreed to light bonfires to help mark the route Post Office officials hoped that the coast-to-coast flights could be made in fewer than 36 hours

On February 22 1921 two DeHavilshylands left Hazelhurst Field New York at 600 am about 1-1 2 hours later two more DeHaviliands left San Francisco headed east Later that day Jack Knight who earl ier had flown his regular route of Omaha to Cheyenne and then

dead-headed back to North Platte had drawn the first section night flight to Omaha When Knight arrived in Omaha he found that his relief pilot was weathshyered in at Chicago so Knight flew on from Omaha to Chicago landing there at 840 a m February 23 becoming the nations first airmail pilot to complete an all night flight

In the spring of 1922 Congressman Martin B Madden of Illinois asked enshygineer Joseph V Magee to study the problem of regular night flights Working diligently for more than a year Magee came up with a plan calling for a system of beacons and emergency landing fields Terminals would have 36 revolvshying lights on 50 towers that would sweep the horizon three times a minute with a beam visible for 100 miles in clear weather At each of the emergency fields which were roughly 75 miles apart there would be an 18 beacon on top of a 50 tower which could be seen 60 to 70 miles on clear nights

The first experimental lighted airway in the United Staes was laid down beshytween Dayton and Columbus Ohio Army engineers and Army pilots col shy

laborated in working out proper beacons and marker lights After the Army had demonstrated what could be done over lighted airways the Post Ofshyfice undertook to light the section of trans-continental route between Cheyenne and Chicago a job which was completed in the summer of 1923 Test runs were made that summer but it was not until the following year July 1 1924 that regular night service was established

In another year the Chicago-New York route was lighted and by the end of 1926 the line of airway beacons exshytended from coast to coast During the following ten years airway lighting was put in as fast as funds would permit By 1939 every established air route in the United States was equipped for night and day flying Total lighted airway mileage was 29199 miles Over 2200 beacons were installed In 1940 it was estimated that over $15000000 would be spent on lighted airways upkeep and operation After World War II modern radio and instrument flying aids spelled the doom of the old lighted airways

AlC CHAPTER 8 GETS INTO THE PICTURE

So at 11 00 am on Saturday Febshyruary 28 1981 a typical cold windshyswept Michigan winter day following two weeks of warm beautiful weather five hardy souls and their mascot showed up for the dismantling Now you understand when Phil had menshytioned this to the Chapter 8 members the question was raised How tall is this thing Phil the answer given (from this surveyor) was Only about 35 or 40 feet The first thing noted by all on that February 28 was that it was not 35 feet tall but considerably taller Fortushynately it was located in a plowed manshyure-filled field with the possibility of faIshyling three ways without danger to the farmers fences

This beacon was between Kalamazoo and Battle Creek Michigan and was apparently part of the chain of beacons on the Detroit to Chicago airway used by the Ford Motor Companys airmail flights as early as 1926

Mel Lugten of Hamilton showed up with his boom truck and proceeded to evaluate the situation being primarily interested in which neighbors tree he should place a chain around without inshycurring the wrath of said neighbor Oh well there wasnt a tree placed conveshyniently anyway In the meantime Gary VanFarowe of Holland Michigan the youngest member of the team shinshynied up the ladder to the top and started disassembling the beacon with the help of Phil Coulson

It is interesting to note that neither Willard Benedict of Wayland nor Ron Fritz EAA AntiqueClassic Division

ropes at the bottom with all feet firmly planted on terra firma Many pilots have a fear of heights and Ron and Willy are no exception

Several hours later the 24 beacon was safely lowerd to the ground along with the motor and one of the course marker lights The danger of breaking the glass was a problem that had been previously eliminated by vandals and their 22 caliber rifles one bullet of a much higher velocity penetrated the cast aluminum casing and passed through the 14 thick glass The mechanical workings of the beacon which was made by General Electric

John Emery of Galesburg MI who doshynated the tower to the EAA Aviation Museum

appeared in excellent condition Mershycury switches operated by a cam to control the encoding of the course lights in dots and dashes identified the locashy

tion of each beacon to the pilots This particular beacon was at a half way point between Kalamazoo airport and Battle Creek airport

With all the breakables safely tucked away in the back of the truck and after a cup of lukewarm but much appreciated coffee the time for the big task had arrived

After torching off two legs of the tower and cutting through part of the other two it was time to position the cushion (nothing fancier than a couple of rolls of old rolled up fencing) and sure enough the cushion had been placed inaccurately The tower WAS taller than the estimated 40 feet With the bridle in place and hooked up to the boom truck all was in readiness

Willard BenedictS wife Donna who has a more than average wifes interest in airplanes came along as mascot maker of the coffee and official photoshygrapher Being proficient at nothing more complicated than an Instamatic she was using Phils 35 mm Kodak Camera with all the fancy gadgets hopshying to get the picture of the year award one of those action shots that show for example a tower breaking in half at the midway point where it wasnt supposed to She was ready for the acshytion

With Mel in the truck operating the winch and Gary Ron Willy and Phil givshying a tug on the rope the tower started on its way down What a magnificent sight It came down so slow and easy just like wed been a professional tower wrecking crew and had planned it like we knew what we were doing A sponshytaneous shout of approval went up from all when we realized that we hadnt inshycurred any damage to the cage or the tower

Following another cup of coffee (it should have been champagne) the task of dismantling the tower took place

Secretary of Kent City volunteered to Securing the bridle to the boom truck are (counterclockwise from upper right) Phil climb to the top but were ready with the Coulson Gary Van Farowe Ron Fritz Willard Benedict and Mel Lugten

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Its a long way to the top

Another four hours later and the tower was in three pieces and loaded on the trailer Because the trailer did not have lights the boys worked frantically to get it loaded and trailered to John Boskers Airport at Mattawan Michigan before the sun went down They were ready for plenty of beer and pizza

Mr Bob Litner president of Brooks Aero Inc of Marshall Michigan doshynated replacement course lights Howshyard Sprunger donated the old beacon from the Three Rivers Airport

NOW FOR A COAT OF PAINT

SaturdayMay 1 1982 broke bright and clear with the beacon project awaitshying action The first to arrive overhead was Bob Harris in his trusty 1942 Taylorcraft L-2 with French markings As Bob touched down Warren and Millie Schuhknecht drove in the driveway at the Mattawan airport After a quick cup of coffee members of Chapter 8 set about the task of cleaning and sorting parts of the tower Soon other members were driving in or flying Among those who flew were Steve and Karlene Johnson and family from Smyrna Mel Lugten of Hamilton and Jim Jensen of Hastings (now deceased) 12 SEPTEMBER 1985

After standing for about 50 years the tower is about to come down

Gary VanFarowe and Jack Elenbaas of Holland took charge of the beacon and course lights About the time everyone was working up a good sweat

On the way down The tower incurred no damage during this operation

and a good appetite Willard and Donna Benedict arrived with about three galshylons of homemade chili which was Some Good as they say out east

Then back to the project Ron and Shirley Fritz of Kent City and their chilshydren Ronnie and Heather scraped paint Cliff Bitting of Grand Rapids scraped paint Ruth Coulson scraped paint Finally it was ready for the final white and orange colors Everybody ended up with orange and white measles all over their shoes arms legs clothes etc

What a great feeling it was when the paint ran out But someone had the dumb idea of running into town and buyshying more Case tractor orange paint By the time that paint was gone there was no more tower to cover Then the gang retired to the Coulsons at Lawton Michigan for a well-deserved cook-out

In November of 1982 Phil Coulson and Gary VanFarowe delivered the tower to the EAA campSite area at Oshshykosh The following spring the tower was reassembled by the EAA Museum Staff where it continues to greet the members of Chapter 8 as well as all other EAA members who camp at the Conventionbull

Reader Fran Wallace sent this photo of States NC10719 painted in Burgess Battery colors The Burgess factory was in nearby Freeport IL

by George A Hardie Jr took delivery 31533 The States contributed a great deal

Heres a snappy little biplane from the Golden Age era that is a rare one The engine appears to be an Anzani but thats open to question Note the cat inshysignia on the side of the fuselage Not much else is known about this neat little job The photo was submitted by R K Armstrong of Rawlings MD Answers will be published in the December 1985 issue of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE Deadline for that issue is October 10 1985

The Mystery Plane featured in the June 1985 issue was no mystery to many of our readers Retired Pan Am Captain Fran Wallace (EAA 35172 NC 309) P O Box 822 Stony Brook NY 11790 wrote

it is a States SE5F powered with a Kinner K-5 engine My father Lloyd Wallace and his flying partner Jack Neely of Freeport Illinois bought a States NC10719 from Ed Brazelton (I think) at the old Elmhurst Airport Elshymhurst IL Dad and I flew Dr Snyders (of Freeport) Waco QDC to Elmhurst 2 21 33 for a demonstration and they

Dear Gene

Please add my name to the list conshygratulating Ted Businger for the great job he did writing the Ed Morrow Story in the June and July 1985 issues of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE So far Ive read it twice and plan on reading it a few more times to make sure I didnt miss anything

Talk about being born twenty years too late What a fantastic thing it must have been to work with the great people Ted wrote about and to think all

The States was an excellent airplane good short field capability very stable and a very easy airplane to land Note the big Airwheels and the looong oleos - it was almost impossible to bounce It was not an acrobatic airplane but it did nice loops soft snap-rolls and good hammer-head stalls - spectacular when done close to the ground (I quit the hammer-heads - another story)

Correct answers also were received from Doug Rounds Zebulon GA Jim Barton Oshkosh WI George W Mojonnier Snohomish WA Mike Reshyzich Chicago IL MH Eisenmann Garrettsville OH Bob Whittier Duxshybury MA Norman S Orloff San Anshytonio TX LeRoy Falk Carpentersville IL Charley Hayes Park Forest IL J Max Freeman Wilkesboro NC Stan Piteau Holland MI and Ted Businger Willow Springs MO

It is interesting to note that many reshyspondents give credit to Joseph Juptshyners US Civil Aircraft series as the source of identification and additional data on the Mystery Planes And reshygarding the States several included copies of magazine ads for the plane as well as photos such as the one sent by Fran Wallace of the States painted in the Burgess Battery colors bull

to my learning to become a pilot - I flew it more than 200 hours before I went to work for United Air Lines It was sold in St Louis 10536 I should add that Dad taught me to fly and monitored my flying education until airline time

Letters To Editor those projects happened without the aid of computers To me they were the true aviation enthusiasts those who could take a good careful look at a heap of tubing some wire wood and an engine put it all together and make it fly

Please more stories like this one

Sincerely

Dale Glossenger (EAA 189173) 70185 Beach Drive Edwardsburg MI 49112

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 13

~ THE FULLER-HAMMOND FH-l I

Photo courtesy 01 Joseph Barry The Fuller-Hammond FH-1 NX14917 SIN 141 on display in a small park in California circa 1935

SUPER TWIN by Phil Michmerhuizen (EAA 33782 AlC 581) 186 Sunset Drive Holland MI 49423

(Photos courtesy of author except as noted)

It was after a talk and discussion on the history development and producshytion of Szekely engines and the Flying Dutchman aircraft at our local EAA Chaper meeting that Ron Fritz came to me and said he heard the remains of the Fuller-Hammond Skylark were in Ohio

He gave me the names and phone numbers of two men to contact This was in December of 1980

No I dont know anything about it but call so and so And so it went for a week Finally Yes I do have that airplane and yes I will sell it Bill Breshywer described what he had and what was missing There were no engines engine mounts gauges wheels or tires The condition of the parts ranged from good to fair to hardly there

-14 SEPTEMBER 1985

We agreed on a price and I sent half of the money Two weeks later my wife Donna and I were in our pickup with a trailer behind headed for Ohio

The basket case had been accurately described and as we loaded the rusty parts and bent aluminum I was really very happy yet could see years of work ahead

Arriving home we set the pieces toshygether for a few pictures I really wanted to start the restoration imshymediately but first had to finish our 1936 Taylor J-2 Cub and Waco UPF-7 Beshysides I wanted to have the paperwork straightened out first and research more history on the airplane if possible

After much telephoning and letter writing I located and talked to Mr E A Bill Perkins one of the builders and owners of the airplane He was also Vice-President of Skycraft Industries Inc in Venice California Bill Perkins told me that two boxes of drawings picshytures engineering data and letters were thrown away in 1949

I was also able to contact Mr Otis Dutton an 81-year-old gentleman in

Kansas who was the second owner of the plane but did not actually work on it He was good enough to sign a bill of sale and have it notorized to help clear up the paper work

I also located and talked with Mr Handly Jones a brother-in-law to EA Perkins He sent two pictures He had more papers and pictures until he built a new house and threw them away

In tracing the N number I found it was assigned to a Bell 47G helicopter in Florida being used on mosquito control The helicopter was destroyed in a crash several years ago and the N number was open Needless to say I quickly reshyserved it

According to the information I have the airplane was designed by Wilbur A Hammond and George B Fuller Conshystruction started in 1934 at the corner of Englewood Boulevard and Imperial Avenue in Venice California

Mr Ed Lund later a pilot for Howard Hughes Mr AI Nicely and Mr E A Pershykins all moonlighted to build the airshycraft Their regular jobs were at Timm Aircraft Company

The FH-1 was a two-place side-by-side light twin

April 9 1984 was a day to remember - the aircraft registration card arrived bearing the correct name original N number and correct serial number My thanks to the FAA personnel in Okshylahoma City for their cooperation

Before I fill my basement shop full of Fuller-Hammond pieces I plan to reshystore a 1935 Taylor E-2 Cub with a Zeke on the front That should only take a couple of years

In the meantime my good friend Bob Curtis a semi-retired aero-space enshygineer is lofting the ribs and making drawings for the Fuller-Hammond wings This is no small job in itself

The ailerons and flaps on the FullershyHammond are built up with 14 tubing and as I am not a welder my good friend Mike Brown who recently comshypleted his Acro II has agreed to do some work (build new ones) for me

The fellows around here have been chiding me to start the project - that is if I want to fly that airplane before my eyesight and hearing fail and before they have to push my wheelchair up to the wing

If any readers can supply information or pictures of this airplane I certainly would appreciate being contacted

Specifications Fuller-Hammond Monoplane

Top speed 117 mph Cruising speed 100 mph Landing speed 40 mph Climb 800 fpm Weight empty 927 Ibs Gross weight 1550 Ibs Span 34 ft 6 in Length 20 ft 6 in Wing area 142 sq ft Power loading 17 Ibs per hp

(Continued on Page 21)

Papers I receved from the FAA in Okshylahoma City indicated the Dept of Comshymerce Aeronautical Branch approved the Operation Inspection report dated pound--20-35

The airplane was test flown at Dycer Airport in Los Angeles by John M Slim Menefee I believe it was also flown by George C Adams a pilot for Lockheed

The airplane was licensed experishymental According to EA Perkins it flew about every weekend amassing from 50 to 75 hours until December 1935 when the application expired The tail skid shows quite a bit of wear Is that good or bad Who can check me out in a tail-skid equipped twin

The company Skycraft Industries

Inc 350 Washington Blvd Venice California could not pay E A Perkins for his work on the airplane so they gave it to him The two Szekely engines and mounts were removed the airplane disshyassembled crated and put on a train for Kansas

Handly Jones in Turon Kansas put the airplane in his barn then later outshyside under a tree Otis Dutton purshychased the plane in the mid-fifties but did no work on it

Bill Hogan and Bob Henkel brought the airplane to Ohio - again no restoshyration was started Bill Brewer was the next owner and now the remains of the Fuller-Hammond FH-1 Super Twin are resting in Michigan

Equipped with two motors thi tiny two-passenger plane recently te ted re embles a large trans~Ort

The FH-1 was powered with two 45 hp Szekely engines VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15

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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17

14thWest Coast

Ryan Reunion The winning five-Ryan formation team Sixth Ryan was the camera plane piloted by Eric Friedricksen of Wilton CT

by Bill J Hodges (EAA 58954 AlC 49) 811 Lydia Street Stephenville TX76401

Twenty-seven beautiful Ryans in the same place at the same time Shades of WW II contract primary flying training school Oh there are some type clubs that have more aircraft in attendance at their functions but looking at the number of Ryans there against the total built the West Coast Ryan Reunion is one of the biggest and one of the best

Arranged by the Santa Paula Califorshynia Ryaneers and hosted by Patroline Inc this popular low-key event was held at Patrolines Paso Robles facility Their president Sherm Smoot coopershyated beautifully with the visiting Ryaneers and Ryaneer Mike Sullivan Chairman of our event

I arrived at Paso Robles on Thursday afternoon courtesy of Bill Mette Campbell CA and his PT-22 Raunchy Bird (after jetting via airlines from Texas to San Jose the night before) We had stopped at Hollister California to rendezvous with other North California Ryans and to meet noted aviation hisshytorian William T Larkins but were were late so missed them

Bill Richards Santa Rosa CA was running late also due to a prop change at the last minute on his civilianized PT-21 So instead of the previous years 13-ship formation we had a twoshyship loose formation flight on to Paso Robles yhere 10 Ryans were already 18 SEPTEMBER 1985

on the ground with 15 on the ramp by nightfall Those present enjoyed a delishycious barbecue provided and prepared by local Ryaneer Mike Wing and a happy hour hosted by Patroline

Friday saw more arrivals with 27 Ryans on the ramp by nightfall 2 SCWs 1 PT-20 1 STM-2 2 PT-21 s 1 NR-1 and 20 PT-22s The morning feashytured an air rally where all entrants were timed for a cold-engine start where the timing is started with the contestant in the cockpit They had to get out and hand prop the engine (safety pilot aboard however) Patty Henderson

was the winner starting Bob Kellers Ranger-powered ST-3 in just 128 secshyonds

Having been assigned to a team preshyviously the pilots were handed a packet of directions and check list of the route to fly just as they were ready to taxi out for take-off All teams had to land at Leon Hermans International Airstrip before proceeding back to Paso Roshybles The team couldnt leave Leons until all team members had come to a full stop landing and turned off their enshygines Refreshments were ready for them as were the hot engine start

Bill Allen La Jolla CA is ownerpilot of this immaculate 1940 Ryan STM-S2 CN 466 N466WA This Ryan is in its original Dutch East Indies markings

Ron Chapel and his 1941 Ryan ST-3KR CN 1309 N56076 Ron who lives in Half Moon Bay CA has cleaned up his Ryan nicely

Well-known former mid-westerner Brad Larsons 1938 Ryan SC-W CN 206 N18912 Brad is now based at Santa Paula CA

Don Carters Ryan STA Special (1940 Ryan PT-20 CN 352) N14984 Don a recognized authority on STAs lives in Lafayette CA

judges Using the same procedures as the cold start contest Alan Buchner Fresno CA won with a fantastic time of 11 0 seconds Winners of the air rally at 1 07 hours was Team C Alan Buchshyner Chris Stimson and Bob Keller

The local Ninety-Nines including National Ryan Club members Shirley Moore and Christine Darbonne served a delicious barbecue sausage lunch (Thanks ladies) National Ryan Club members like Mike and Margaret Wilshyson of Cedar Rapids IA arrived via his and hers motorcycles by way of Florida no less

In the meantime Mike Wing and crew were busily trying to finish up a top overshyhaul on his Ryans Kinner engine Mike and Reb Stimson were able to fly the US Navy painted PT-22 later in the afshyternoon

That evening at the Paso Robles Inn Bill Allen LaJolla CA showed video tapes of the 84 Chino Fly-In and the tape just shot that day of the Paso Roshybles activities Some visited the local Polar Freeze before turning in including Alan Buchner AI Ball Dick Burgess Bill Mette and Bill Hodges

Also during the day John Gokchoff Santa Paula CA master Ryan rebuilshyder and crew had gone around the apron leak checking and calibrating all the Ryan airspeed indicators and AI Ball (Antique Aero Engines) conducted a KinnerRanger engine clinic (Our special thanks to John and AI) Those not participating in the air rally had the option of sightseeing and touring some of the local wineries

At 0800 on Saturday we saw the Dawn Patrol airborne Kinners clattershying away letting Paso Robles officially know the Ryans were back After proper briefing the formation flying contest got underway with four teams competing selected by drawing numbered slips from a hat After passing over the judges in both diamond and echelon formations Team no 1 comprised of Bill Richards Lee Graybill Santa Rosa CA and Jay HayesMontara CA Ron Chapel Half Moon Bay CA and Don Burkett Downey CA were declared the winners John Gokchoff busy and helpshyful again conducted a seminar on how to properly rig a PT-22 with most of the Ryaneers attending (Thanks John)

Most of the Ryans participated in the Saturday afternoon flying event which is a combination of short field take off flour bombing and power off spot landshying and is flown in one flight Due to the layout of the Archie Dean Memorial Airport this event can be flown without bothering the normal traffic flow Rich McDonald Vacaville CA took the short field take off honors of 340 feet with his Ryan SCW Shortest Ryan PT-22 take off was 343 feet by John Richards Venshytura CA

Spot landing winner was Bob Keller Carmel CA in his Ranger-Ryan Oh

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19

Returning from a flight Brad Larsen gives his Ryan SC-W a wipe-down in the parking area

Headed home Jay and Ellen Hayes fly formation on Bill Mettes wing in their 1942 Ryan PT-22 CN 1752 N56030 Jim and Ellen are from Montara CA

From Vacaville CA USAF pilot Rich McDonalds modified 1938 Ryan SC-W CN 205 N18911 This Ryan sports a Continental E-185 engine in addition to the changed landing gear and cabin 20 SEPTEMBER 1985

yes two people are required to be on board during the event The flour bombshying is always interesting in that two atshytempts are made one with a standard brown bag flour bomb and the other prejudged for originality prior to the event Closest to the target was Aleta PharrisReb Stimson The originality bomb went to Lee and Modie Graybi lls wedding bomb in celebration of their then recent wedding I Congratulations

After the flying activities most everyone retired to the Paso Robles Inn for the Bob Yates Champagne cork-flying conshytests The only rule for this contest is Dont shake the bottle but its rarely enforced John Gormley Sacramento CA showed his expertise by outdistancshying the other competitors by a substanshytial amount Tired but happy Ryaneers gathered at the local Elks Club for reshyfreshments and video tapes of the days activities (furnished by Bill Allen) while waiting for the awards banquet to begin

The Saturday night awaras banquet was a huge success with 131 Ryan enshythusiasts thats almost five people per airplane Mike Sullivan was an outshystanding master of ceremonies There was a lot to cover and Mike really kept things rolling Some things that stand out in my mind in addition to the regu lar awards were the awarding of the Ryan solo wings by Bill Richards to 27 Ryaneers (like the 63 last year) exact replicas of those presented by T Claude Ryan to his Ryan School of Aeronautics graduates then the preshysentation of the WW II King City Ryan Instructors Mickey Muzinich Neil Fershyryman Barney Cleg Elmore Brown Marvin Good and Joe Brown (Wow What stories they told) and the presenshytation of the Archie Dean Memorial (flyshying training) Scholarship to teenager Barry Bradshaw of Paso Robles by Sherm Smoot and certainly George Clayton a Ryaneer from Fairbanks Alaska who received the well-deserved Greatest Hangar Flyer award

George has quite a background in Alaskan aviation and given half an opshyportunity he will tell you all about it He entertained us with a very good harshymonica concert and told us how he purshychased his Ryan PT-22 Briefly while on a DC-3 heading for Alaska from California during a stop in Washington state he observed a PT-22 sitting on the ramp It needed some minor mainteshynance so George called the owner and bought the Ryan right then and there

The DC-3 was about to leave so George got his tool box off and proshyceeded to make the Ryan ferryable (oh yes this was in the late fall of the year) It seems George had never flown a Ryan before but managed with the help of a 5-gallon gas can to make it on in to Fairbanks experiencing only minor mechanical problems cold ice and snow along the way (Come back George we love you)

Ryaneers gather under Los Robles (the oaks) for an outdoor seminar

Among the 30-plus awards presented during the banquet the Best Kinner Powered Ryan went to Jay Hayes Montara CA for his PT-22 N56030 The Best Non-Kinner-Powered Ryan and Greatest Distance Flown went to Bill Allen La Jolla CA for his STM-2 N466WA The T Claude Ryan Memoshyrial Award went to Dennis and Susan Lyons the Air Rally hosts The National Ryan Club plaque for Oldest Ryan went to Rich McDonalds 1938 SCW N18911 and the National Ryan Club plaque for Most Distant Ryan went to Bob Laughlin La Jolla CA for his PTshy22 N53431

All in all the Ryan Reunion was quite successful with a lot of good company and a lot of good safe fun enjoyed by all We Ryaneers are looking forward to Ryan Reunion XV Plans are for a big blowout with a max effort for as many Ryans as possible to attend Already we are aware of plans for several east of the Mississippi Ryan s to attend I can hardly wait to get there How about you

Keep the Ryan flyin bull

THE FULLERmiddotHAMMOND FHmiddot1 SUPER TWIN (Continued from Page 15)

Three views of the FHmiddot1 as it looks today

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Contestants in the 1930 Pacific Women s Air Derby (L to R) - Margery Doig Jean LaRene Ruth Stewart Ruth Barron Gladys ODonnell and Mildred Morgan

THE WOMENS CLASS A PACIFIC DERBY

by H Glenn Buffington (EAA 1234 AC 202) 134 West Walnut Avenue B San Diego CA 92103

In conjunction with the 1930 National Air Races there were two derbies for the women One was a 500 cu in or less piston displacement event from the East Coast Washington DC through Dixie and then up to Chicago and an 800 cu in race from the West Coast Long Beach California through the Southwest and Midwest to Chicago This is the story primarily about the latshyter race which covered a distance of 2245 statute miles

The contestants were

Ruth Barron (Nason) Hollywood Mildred Morgan Beverly Hills CA as the least experienced pilots TwentyshyCA Buhl Air Sedan J-5 Transport Travel Air J-5 Private License 15803 year-Old Barron came in with a brand License 13749 new Transport license having learned

Gladys Berry ODonnell Long Beach to fly only six months previously MorshyMargery Doig (Greenberg) Danbury CA Waco Taperwing J-6-7 Transport gan had a Private rating which was upshy

CT Pitcairn J-6 Lim Comm License License 6608 graded to a Transport after the Derby 10073 ODonnell and LaRene were the vetshy

Ruth Woerner Stewart St Louis MO erans of the group Gladys had flown Jean LaRene (Foote) Kansas City KS Curtiss RobinChallenger Transport the 29 Derby to a close second place

American Eagle J-6-7 Transport License 5375 behind Louise Thaden and Jean had License 5700 Barron and Morgan entered the race been associated with the Commandaire

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NC21 M streamlined and ready for the 1930 competition

Co prior to joining American Eagle Of the six entries four had become

charter members of the Ninety-Nines when it was organized in November of 1929 Doig LaRene ODonnell and Stewart

Left at the starting line were three other pilots all of whom had entered the first Womens Air Derby of 1929 Santa Monica to Cleveland Pancho Barnes withdrew from the race when her three planes including the one she piloted at more than 196 mph all were declared ineligible Claire Fahy of Los Angeles widow of Herbert J Fahy Lockheed test pilot was ruled out beshycause her engine was excessively powshyered Bobbi Trout also of Los Angeles was disqualified for having an under powered craft 2 Bobbi is also another Ninety-Nines charterite

Carl Lienesch NAA governor for the state of California head of the aviation department for Union Oil of California and who served as manager of the 1930 Derby wrote It was left for the women to show really what could be done with ATC ships Phoebe Omlie in the East Coast Derby flew a Monocoupe of modern design and made one of those fine showings which the air racing world had come to expect from her Gladys ODonnell and Margery Doig in the Pacific Coast Derby both flew modern or rather modernized airplanes Margery Doigs Pitcairn was rounded out and fitted with a Townend ring at the Pitcairn factory It was a beautiful job and speedy

Gladys ODonnell flew a Taperwing Waco which it might be said was streamlined to the limit this limit being all possible under an A T C status Mrs ODonnell s ship had I-struts the fuselage rounded out and an effective NACA cowling It is probable that the top speed was around 170 mph Her time from Long Beach to Chicago indishycated an average speed in excess of 150 mph which shows that as far as derbies were concerned this year the women win the brown derby

James E Granger Swallow disshytributor on the West Coast President of the Pacific School of Aviation who served as official starter had this to say about the 30 derbies The splitting of the Womens Air Derby into two classes run from different places in my opinion was wrong The two classes should be run together next year and no attempt should be made to farm out the starting place of this very colorful race to the highest bidder It will not be necessary for the race officials to look further for a manager for next years event They have found him in C F Lienesch From start to finish of this years class A womens derby the absence of discord was conspicuous

The Derby actually started Sunday afternoon from Long Beach California August 17th with a short hop to

Gladys ODonnell with the victory garland at Chicago Aug 25 1930

LindberghRyan Field for the first night stop The planes were flagged away at one minute intervals numerically by racing number ie Doig - no 2 ODonshynell - no 7 LaRene - no 20 Stewart shyno 38 followed by Morgan and Barron The starting time from Long Beach arrishyval time in San Diego and the elapsed time follows (PST pm)

ODonnell - 332 - 40451 - 32 51 Doig - 331 - 405 03 - 3403 Barron - 336 - 422 36 - 4636 Morgan - 335 - 42529 - 50 29 Stewart - 334 - 431 09 - 57 09 LaRene - 333 - 430 16 - 5716

LaRene was delayed eight minutes at take off because of inability to start her engine with the other racers

On Monday the schedule called for a noon stop at Calexico and the night stop at Phoenix In accordance with air derby customs Mrs ODonnells craft was the first to taxi across the starting line on the departure for the second control point All the contestants arrived at Calexico within a span of 21 minutes Elapsed time from start ODonnell 1 1353 Doig 1 2248 Barron 1 3621 Morgan 1 4701 LaRene 1 4827 and Stewart 1 5952

ODonnell and DOig finished the third lap into Phoenix with less than five minshyutes separating them Ruth Barron was the last to get away from Calexico beshycause of some engine trouble and the fledgling s navigation caught up with her she became disoriented and flew an hour beyond Phoenix She landed 35 miles south of Holbrook Arizona reshymained overnight where she landed and then flew back to Phoenix to rejoin the others Tuesday morning

On August 19th the noon stop was Tucson and then to Douglas for the night where the total elapsed time talshylied ODonnell 356 29 Doig 41308 Morgan 52614 LaRene 53523 Stewart 625 25 Barron 21 3952 beshycause of the delay in reaching Phoenix after over-flying it

Wednesday it was on to Lordsburg and then Roswell New Mexico where ODonnell was officially 2640 ahead of Doig Others arrived in the following order Barron LaRene Morgan and Stewart

The 21 st scheduled a Lubbock noon stop and to Amarillo Texas for the night Gladys covered the Roswell-Lubshybock leg in 1 0041 and Margery in 1 0238 The other four pilots landed in the same sequence as at Roswell

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A frontal view of the racy Waco Taperwing NC21M in its heyday

Enid Oklahoma was scheduled for noon and Wichita Kansas for the night of the 22nd Thunderstorms and heavy rain gave the girls some of their most inclement weather during the AmarilloshyEnid leg of the race Ruth Stewart was forced down near Elk City but she set her plane down at Enid at 125630 Jean LaRene was forced down near Waukomis a few miles south of Enid she arrived at 125728 accounting for all the entries so they could take off on schedule for Wichita

More thrilling adventures entered the Wichita-Kansas City Kansas (Fairfax Airport) leg A little short of half-way to Kansas City Margery Doig 3 was forced down and out of the race near Olpe Kansas 10 miles south of Emshyporia in a farmers pasture when her engine caught fire She sideslipped to a landing and beat out the flames that threatened to destroy the Pitcairn It was a tough break for Doig after flying a good second to that point

Again Ruth Barrons navigation went awry She was visibly annoyed when she finally landed the Buhl at Fairfax at 541 pm with an elapsed time of 30457 from Wichita She reported I lost my bearings somewhere near Kanshysas City and landed in a field near a farm house I asked the farmer the dishyrections to Kansas City and he told me 50 miles north I said that he surely meant 50 miles east but he insisted he was right I flew the way he saidand 24 SEPTEMBER 1985

found myself over St Joseph and here I am back

The author had the pleasure of watching the girls bring em in at Fairshyfax on Saturday ODonnell crossed the finish line in her bright red and yellow Waco at 345 - 1 1420 out of Wichita LaRene in her yellow American Eagle arrived at 407 - 1 3415 from Wichita Morgan flying her dark blue Travel Air with silver wings finished at 410 shy1 3512 out of Wichita Stewart in her orange and cream colored Curtiss Robin came in at 437 - 20342 from Wichita

Shortly after these four arrivals the Derby starter Jim Granger and his wife Clema flew in with their Swallow and taxied up to the flight line Then a Ryan Brougham flew in with Gladys ODonnell painted across the fuselage It was flown by her husband Lloyd and served as the flagship for the ODonnell camp Some of the Fairfax pilots called it ritzy but I figured if one could afford it why not

One of the first to reach Jean LaRene was her mother Mrs Sadie Ross of Olathe Kansas whom Jean visited often She also had a long chat with Larry Ruch former chief test pilot for the American Eagle Aircraft factory at Fairfax

The contestants attended a dinner in the evening sponsored by the Womens Chamber of Commerce of Kansas City Kansas The new Fairfax Airport term ishy

nal building the site for this occasion and Mayor Don McCombs welcomed the fliers

The Derby continued to Des Moines Iowa and Madison Wisconsin on Sunshyday and the last leg to Chicago was flown Monday August 25th The offical Long Beach-Chicago results were

Elapsed Prize Pilot Time Money Gladys ODonnell 151316 $3500 Mildred Morgan 21 0835 2100 Jean LaRene 21 4549 1400 Ruth Stewart 2638 06 Ruth Barron 383341 Margery DOig (Out at Olpe KS)

For their efforts in flying the 30 Derby Ruth Barron was awarded the Jr Women s Aeronautical Association of California Trophy and Gladys ODonnell won two trophies The Aerol Trophy by the Cleveland Pneumatic Tool Co and the Womens Aero Assn of Calif Trophy Gladys also won the Mrs Robert McCormick Trophy and the Womens Pioneer Aviation Club Trophy for winning two closed-course races at the National Air Races which were held at Curtiss-Reynolds Airport Chicago Aug 23 to Sept 1 1930

An AP release dated Aug 31 1930 carried the headline Another Victory Chalked up for Feminine Fliers and the sub-title Women pilots fly over long routes in air derbies in less time than men It favorably compared Gladys

Copy of picture Gladys ODonnell autoshygraphed for Louise Thaden

ODonnells performance with the two Class A Mens Derbies won by John Blum Seattle to Chicago and Art Kilshylips Miami-Chicago race It also praised Phoebe Omlies showing against the two Class B Mens Derbies won by John Livingston the race from Brownsville and the Derby from Hartford won by J Wesley Smith

In 1967 when I wrote Mrs ODonnell regarding the Taperwing she sent the front view and commented I feel a pang of guilt at not keeping myoid friend 21 M for thats the way I feel about that plane The enclosed photoshygraph is 21 M at her top best in the streamlined beauty of its heyday - 163 mph You will notice the special racing gear It was beautiful but a bit rugged on turf fields since it was a rigid gear It added about six miles per hour to the top speed The ODonnelis owned the Taperwing for a decade

In comparing this air race of over fifty years ago with some of the more curshyrent ones we need to mention some of the pros and cons When the race is of the on to type with noon and night control stops the contestants more or less stay together In that manner weather and flying conditions are practically the same for each entrant and the race officials have the opportushynity to release race standings to the media after each day of racing

More recently the race routes genershyally 2000 to 2500 statute miles in length are set up and the contestants are usually given four days flying VFR in daylight hours to reach the terminus before a specified deadline Each plane is assigned a par (handicap) speed and the object is to have a ground speed as far over the par speed as possible The

pilot is thus given the leeway to play the elements holding out for better weather conditions winds etc The faster planes with better performance are somewhat favored in this respect as sometimes the slower entries must forge ahead in order to beat the deadshyline at the terminus And in this type of race the official standings cannot be reshyleased until the final bird has crossed the finish line Actually the last arrival can be the winner

The earlier races flew shorter legs and made more stops than the current races More recently the legs are 280 to 350 statute miles and six or seven control stops are designated for either landing or fly-by and the races are open to all fixed-wing stock aircraft from 145 to 570 horsepower Early on the fastest airplane with no handicap was in a good position to win if it held toshygether over the long haul and there was no big navigational error committed

Now that a handicapping system is used - each plane flying against its own specified speed - supposedly any entry has an equal chance of victory depending on the accuracy of the handshyicapping

Gini Richardson Yakima Washingshyton who oft-times places in the top 10 gives some racing advice The handshyicap is vitally important - you have to have a good handicap thats essential After that if you want to finish in the top 10 you have to fly well have knowlshyedge of the weather and strong navigashy

tional skills Velda King Mapelli Las Vegas

Nevada President of the Air Race Classic for the past eight years (1977shy1984) wrote in the recent race proshygram The altruistic interest and efforts of many people offers ARC contestants a temporary respite from the normal routine - and opportunity to share the camaraderie of participating in an air race There are no secrets to racing Personal application of skills will detershymine the winner but each will be a betshyter pilot as a result of the experience

That is what it is all about

FOOTNOTES

(1) Subsequent last names are in parenthesis (2) Had Trout been on the East Coast she cou ld have entered the Kinnermiddotpowered Golden Eagle in the 1575 mi Dixie Derby This race was won by Phoebe Omlie in a Warner Monocoupe She was followed by Martie Bowman Kinner Fleet Laura Ingalls Gypsy DH Moth Nancy Hopkins (Tier) Kinmiddot ner Kitty Hawk and Charity Langdon Cirrus Avian Vera Dawn Walker flying a Warner Inland Sport had to withdraw because of a mechanical at Birminshygham AL and Mary Haizlip in another Warner Inshyland Sport failed to make the race start after her airplane was dinged in a forced landing near Greenwood SC enroute to the starting line Both Haizlip and Walker did get to Chicago after the delays and flew in some of the closedmiddotcourse events Ninety-Nines charter members in this group include HopkinsmiddotTier Omlie and Walker (3) Doig was able to have the Pitcairn engine reshypaired and she flew to Chicago on Aug 26th She placed second behind ODonnell in one 25 mile pylon race at 13536 mph and won $450 In the feature 50 mile race she placed 4th just out of the money behind ODonnell Mary Haizlip and Opal Kunz bull

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The Oldest Known Set of EDO Floats in Service The aircraft is a 1933 Waco UBF-2 biplane powered by a 220-horsepower Continental W670 engine The floats are EDO model M-2665s manufactured on August 2 1930 These particular floats had been damaged in a crash in 1950 and were kept in storage for 27 years prior to being restored and fitted to the Waco in 1977 This remarkable antique aircraft is the property of Mr Henry Stauch Junction City Oregon It is conshyverted to float operation in the summer and flown from Kenmore Air Harbor Kenmore Washington scene of this photograph Photo courtesy EDO Floats

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

My First Flight To Oshkosh

18 gallons each My partner and Ideveloping a small stomach problem Robert R Black watched in amazement as the boytoo much excitement I thought (EAA 220708)

4246 South 1060 East Lift off was normal and the Tri-Pacer pumped 181 into the right tank and 180 gallons into the left tank Instantly did pretty well at first But the night air Salt Lake City UT 83117 I felt terrible I had just flown in onwas hot and humid and I wasnt exshyfumes I had made a mistake middoton myperiencing the kind of lift that I was used Ever since seeing a Pitts Special in flight duration - I forgot that I had cirshyto I had to circle in the Salt Lake Valley FL YING magazine when I was sixteen cled for half an hour after take off and learning of a special event called for 30 minutes until I could get up to

Then a super bad case of cottonshyOshkosh I have had the desire to go altitude At 9000 I started through ParshyAfter all the years of putting it off due to leys Canyon and headed for Ft Bridger mouth hit me I figured it was just due

VOR in Wyoming What a bumpy ride lack of funds and not having anything to the close call so I took a drink of some fruit punch which went down like to fly I finally got the chance to go in We popped around inside the plane like

1984 a bowling ball I really didnt feel good two marbles in a can From Ft Bridger My father and mother and I had just but I told myself I was going to Oshkoshwe flew to Evanston then to Rock

Springs Wyoming completed a 15-month restoration proshy by gosh and that thought kept me going ject on my fathers 1956 Piper Trishy We piled back into the plane and tookI started to develop cotton-mouth but Pacer With the bird looking new and off We climbed slowly and headed for figured it was just the thrill of finally

Chadronpretty I had little trouble talking myself going to Oshkosh We called Rock Springs asking for into taking it to Oshkosh As soon as we cleared the remaining

I discussed this with my business mountains I started to descend when fuel accommodations and I changed my partner and somehow talked him into an overwhelming feeling came over meflight plan from Casper to Rock Springs going with me All right I could go at I was going to throw up and I couldn t When they told me it would cost an adshyhalf the cost Things were really picking ditional $3000 to get someone to fuel shake the feeling try as I may How up could I do that - Id never been sick inme I said no thanks and changed my

The date was set Saturday July 28 an airplane in my life - I couldn t do flight plan to Rawlins Wyoming Fuel 1984 at 300 am I figured if we left at that The sic-sacs were for my wife and was getting low but figuring the length

of the trip and the amount of fuel left I others who couldnt take the ups and300 in the morning I could climb up out of the Salt Lake Valley and fly to downsfigured I could make it

My honor was at stake - I couldnt Casper Wyoming From there I would On to Rawlins we went over the lowshyproceed to Winner South Dakota Fairshy do that What a statement typical hardshyering mountains With all the bumps mont Minnesota and then on to Oshshy head approach right Well thatand ups and downs my stomach told kosh thought helped me to fight off the inevitshyme I had a problem I just couldn t be

Hours of preparation and planning getting sick Id never been sick in an able Come on Chadron I kept saying were spent in getting ready for the trip Id never felt that badly on any flight but airplane I figured that I was just overly A tent was measured and stuffed into we pressed ontired and hungry and the stop at Rawshythe baggage compartment Vacation Chadron Radio this is Tri-Pacer lins would put me back in shape time was hastily arranged and all sysshy 4547A do you copy Tri-Pacer 47A Finally Rawlins appeared on the tems were go Little did I know how Chadron Radio copies loud and clearother side of two knolls I brought the much go there was coming plane around entering down wind and Chadron 47A whats your active run-

On Friday July 27 I went to work way slipped in to a nice friendly airport The What a total waste of time Its a good on-field FSS Operator was super nice 47A active is 20 thing Im a lead man in the machine Roger 20 and said the place would come to life in shop because I accomplished nothing a little while He told us the good places Then came the bad news Chadron and finally left at lunch time Working gave me the altimeter setting and saidto eat breakfast We decided to plan the swing shift has its advantages at times next phase of our flight since our origishy the winds were 25 gusting to 35 I asked and I went home to sleep and prepare nal flight plan was greatly altered by Chadron for the wind direction and he for the flight then told me again I just could not get with

What a wasted night - I couldnt the program whatever was making meWe flight planned to Chadron Nebshysleep and all I did was toss and turn raska for our next stop figuring it would sick was really getting to me Two am came awfully early and I left put us right back on course As soon as I entered the pattern but could not for my partners home We piled into the planning was finished the line boy keep the plane tracking straight It the jeep and went to the airport would not settle What was wrong For at Rawlins appeared and fueled us with

The preflight went well except I was 80 octane My tanks are placarded for those of you who are Tri-Pacer drivers

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you know the plane settles like a rock I felt better They were the greatest our trip home I spent the first hour and I looked at my airspeed indicator - I On the way into town the car winshy a half in the bathroom at the airport

was doing 120 mph and should have dows were open all the way At the Between the bathroom and the plane I been doing 80 Missed approach Super 8 Motel we met more super nice threw up four times We climbed into going around will try it again people The rooms were great and I the Tri-Pacer anyway and took off

Roger 47A no other traffic in the patshy crashed My partner was given a free 47A flew great I told my partner that tern ride back to the airport by the motel he would probably end up doing a lot of

Chadron this is 47A - downwind manager to pick up our gear the flying I did pretty well until we got for runway 20 We spent the day in town and I just west of Rock Springs Wyoming

I prayed Please God help me down stayed in bed trying to die I finally Ooops that was the only time I ever Dont let me kill my partner realized that my problem was a good used a sic-sac Bless those considerate

Okay Ive got to do this Line it up case of the flu people for making those wonderful leakshyThere thats right 80 mph okay flaps Chadron has a lot to see and some proof bags

day I shall go back I feel I must let those to slow us down right in we goooooo I had decided that if I couldnt finish good people know that I really do have What a crosswind touch down hold on the trip all the way back to Salt Lake color in my face Oh isnt pride terrible 47A you just landed on 26 That was City Airport No 2 that I would land at

a pretty good cross wind landing In the afternoon I felt a little better Ft Bridger Fortunately as Ft Bridger Thanks I just dont feel good I and thought maybe we might make it to passed below us I felt we could make it

Oshkosh anyway We went back to the A storm front was crossing from west guess I needed the practice Roger airport and planned the rest of the trip to east right in our path The clouds I thought to myself - you nut whats All of a sudden I made a mad dash to were closing in I dropped from 10500

the great white throne - the decision to 8500 and still I was going through wrong with you Cant you remember how to tell which runway is which To was made - head for home clouds Short little IFR trips in the mounshy

We took off for Riverton Wyoming Itbe honest I was so sick that I couldn t tains is not really my idea of fun and remember how to tell the correct runshy was a pretty good trip and at one point games What a trip Boy was I sick way I felt I might have made it to Oshkosh We made it through Parleys Canyon

but went on to Riverton What a good and I prayed Please Lord help meWe taxied to the ramp and I warned decision that was land this thing my partner to get out of the way I ran

In Riverton the Best Western Sunshy My prayers were answered weinto the bathroom and spent a good half downer motel sent their courtesy car for parked the plane got into the jeep andan hour seeing only a small porcelain us We spent the night and the next I said Get me home quickly Gary I hole - oops morning there and I was sick sick sick went straight to bed where I stayed The people at Chadron were super Everybody in Riverton took pity on me from Sunday to Wednesday LampD Aero Service tried all they could to

Next year there will be no flu I will They were really great Would those make me feel better They fueled the people ever see me in better condition fly crawl or whatever but Im absolutely plane and offered me a free ride into

When we finally decided to continue going to go to Oshkosh maybe bull town so I cou ld get a place to sleep until

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STINSON SR-5E PROJECT REPORT

The Oregon Antique and Classic Air shycraft Club is restoring a 1935 Stinson SR-5E Reliant at the facilities of Lane Community College At the close of the 1984-85 school year the massive fuse shylage frame along with the landing gear tail surfaces flaps ailerons and numershyous small metal parts were ready for sandblasting

It was hoped the blasting and priming would be completed during the summer so that in the fall the students in the ACT class can ready the parts for covshyering The group is funding the project through contributions and a donation of $25 or more will bring the donor a nice T-shirt expressing support of the SR-5E restoration project

The project is being supervised by Tim Talen (EAA 8615 NC 1616) To contact the group write or phone Oreshygon Antique and Classic Aircraft Club P O Box 613 Creswell OR 97426 Telephone 503746-6572 or 942-0663

WAYS AND MEANS PROJECT

A recipe for Funnel Cake might seem like a strange subject to cover in this magazine but it really is not The following fund raising project was preshysented by Anne Fennimore (EAA 133619 NC 4460) of Succasunna New Jersey editor of Runway 7 the newsletter of AntiqueClassic Chapter 7 In the June 1985 issue of this excelshylent newsletter she wrote

Now that the fly-in season is well un shyderway many chapters and organizashytions are looking for means to support their events I have been to many outshydoor affairs and found that Funnel Cakes go over GREAT They are so easy to make and are a real treat The following recipe was published recently in the local paper in the Heloise col shyumn

You ll need two eggs one and one half cups milk two cups plain flour one teaspoon baking powder and one half teaspoon salt - also powdered sugar to sprinkle on the top after cooking

A deep fryer will work best but a skilshylet can be used Be careful to not use too much oil Have the oil very hot but dont burn it

Of course you will need a funnel (Hold a finger over the hole of the funnel while filling with batter) After the oil is

heated hold the funnel over the oil reshymove finger and move funnel over the oil in a circular crisscross motion as the batter is poured into the hot oil

They rise pretty fast and get quite large so be careful not to pour too much batter at one time If using a skillet you may be able to make only one or two cakes at a time

After the cakes are cooked to a light golden brown remove from oil and drain on paper towels Sprinkle with powdered sugar

Eat while still warm - they are delishycious

Fly-in chairman this could be the difshyference between losing money and breaking even Why not try it

PS The article didnt state how many cakes the above recipe makes Editors Note That old bugaboo prodshyuct liability cant be ignored When seIshyling Funnel Cakes at a fly-in be sure to use fresh cooking oil and ultra-clean cooking facilities And last but not least notify the insurance carrier to be sure such an activity is covered at your event GRC

NEW MEMBERS HIGHLIGHTED

The October 1985 issue of THE VINshyTAGE AIRPLANE will feature a listing of all the new members who join the AntiqueClassic Division during Oshshykosh 85 Watch for it

ELECTION RESULTS

The following results of the election of officers and directors were anshynounced at the Annual Business Meetshying of the AntiqueClassic Division on August 2 1985 at Oshkosh Wisconsin

MC Kelly Viets was elected ViceshyPresident replacing Roy Redman who chose not to seek re-election All incumshybents on the ballot were re-elected in shycluding Treasurer EE Buck Hilbert and the following Directors John S Jack Copeland Stan Gomoll Dale A Gustafson Daniel F Neuman and John Turgyan

MACH 2 TO OSHKOSH

Mach 2 to Oshkosh is now being produced for distribution starting in November Fifty-five minutes in length this documentary video will cover the historical flight of the Concorde its sysshytems and technologies plus the EAA Convention Watch for announcements of details in all EAA publications

TEXAS HOSPITALITY OFFERED

John and Glenna Bowden (EAA 201353 NC 8416) of Lampasas Texas extend an invitation to EAAers departshying the 21 st Annual Kerrville Fly-In on Sunday September 15 to stop at their strip for hamburgers at 1 00 pm The Bowdens Deer Pasture Airfield is 10shy

cated about 100 miles northeast of Kerrville 16 miles from Lampasas VOR on the 190 degree radial on the San Antonio Sectional

The sod runway is 2000 ft x 75 ft elevation 1422 ft and auto fuel is avai lshyable The hosts phone number is 512 556-6873

OSHKOSH 85 AWARD WINNERS

Following is a partial listing of the AnshytiqueClassic Division award winners of the 1985 EAA Convention July 26 through August 2 at Oshkosh Wisconshysin

ANTIQUES Grand Champion 1930 Savoia Marshychetti S56 Amphibian NC149M R W Buzz Kaplan Owatonna MN Reserve Grand Champion 1931 Waco QCF-2 NC11468 James C Warren Denver CO Contemporary Age Champion 1941 Timm Aerocraft 2SA NC34912 Yvonne Schildberg Greenfield IA Silver Age Champion 1937 Portershyfield 35-70 NC17037 Ken Williams Portage WI Customized Champion 1940 Waco SRE NC247E Red Lerille Lafayette LA WW Military TrainerLiaison Chamshypion 1943 PT-19B Fairchild N51939 William L Mitchell Condorsport PA Transport Champion 1935 DeHavilshyland DH-90 Dragonfly N190DH Charles A Osborne Jr Louisville KY Replica Champion Gee Bee Y Super Sportster NR718L Ken Flaglor Northshybrook IL

CLASSICS Grand Champion 1953 Cessna 195 N4477C Raybourne Thompson Housshyton TX Reserve Grand Champion 1947 Aeronca 11 BC Super Chief N3923E Becky A Hart New Hope MN Class I (0-80 hp) 1946 Luscombe 8A NC1405K Randy Patterson Roscomshymon MI Class (81-150 hp) 1947 Call Air N2901 V Lee O Gensrich Hatton NO Class (151 hp and up) 1950 Beechcraft Model B Bonanza N5186C Don and Georgene McDonough Palos Hills IL Custom Class A (0-80 hp) 1946 Lusshycombe 8A N45849 Gary C Rudolph Vincennes IN Custom Class B (81-150 hp) 1946 Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser N7634H Jim Hudgin Brentwood TN Custom Class C (151 hp and up) 1947 Stinson 108-2 N400C Tom and Lorraine Zedaker Las Vegas NV

A complete listing of winners will apshypear in the October 1985 issue of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE bull

4 SEPTEMBER 1985

VI~TAt3~ LIT~lATUl~

by Dennis Parks

International Conference on Aerial Navigation - Chicago 1893 Proshyceedings shy

The 1890s in America saw a great increase in interest in the scientific study of flight One of the significant deshyvelopments was the Chicago confershyence of August 1-4 1893 Octave Chashynute and Albert Zahm conceived of an international conference on aerial navishygation similar to the one held as part of the French Exposition in Paris in 1889 - the proposed one to be an auxiliary of the Worlds Columbian Exposition of 1893

Octave Chanute had yet to build any of his gliders and his Progress in Flying Machines had yet to be published in book form Dr Albert Zahm was from Notre Dame University He earned his PhD in physics from Johns Hopkins in 1898 with a dissertation related to the physics of flight A great thinker on aeronautics he would write over 20 arshyticles by 1910 Both Chanute an enshygineer and Zahm a scientist were repshyresentative of the caliber of people takshying an interest in flight at the end of the 19th century

They felt that aerial navigation which had hitherto been left mainly to imaginashytive inventors had been attracting the attention of scientists and engineers The object of the conference would be the discussion of the scientific problems involved in flight They would attempt to collate the results of the latest research provide for an interchange of ideas and provide for a concert of action among the attendees

There were three principle sections to the conference 1) Scientific Princishyples 2) Aviation and 3) Ballooning The aviation section dealt with observation and measurements of birds theories of soaring flying machines equilibrium and novel experiments - powered glidshying soaring and models The ballooning section covered construction inflation navigation observations from balloons and proposed improvements

Notices were sent to the known exshyperts involved in aeronautical research Letters of cooperation were received from the British Aeronautical Society the Aerial Navigation Society of France the Aviation Society of Munich the Imshyperial Aeronautical Society of Russia and the Aviation Society of Vienna

Forty-seven papers were accepted for presentation The majority were from

Americans but eight other countries were represented by presenters includshying England France and Australia Some of the American schools repshyresented included Cornell Notre Dame Stevens Institute and Amherst Alshytogether an impressive international gathering considering that the organizshyers were worried that the conference atshytendance might have been made up of cranks and amusement seekers which might have done harm to the progress of aeronautics

OCTAVE CHANUTE

Chanute in his opening address said the conference met for an unusual subshyject because its commercial success had yet to be discovered that the general public had little interest in it and even less confidence That yet it was a fasshycinating subject because the problem of aerial navigation had been hitherto associated with failure and its students as eccentric - to speak plainly - as cranks Yet he felt that in the last half century the elements of success had accumulated to the point where it was now reasonable to meet together to discuss principles and exchange ideas and knowledge Chanute did not want presentations of new projects but stateshyments of general principles the results of experiments and the sharing of knowledge He thought that Success when it comes is likely to be reached through a process of gradual evolution and improvement

Among the wide variety of papers given at the meeting were those of Dr Zahm on Stability of Aeroplanes and Flying Machines Langley on The Inshyternal Work of the Wind and Hargrave on Flying Machine Motors and Cellular Kites

Dr Albert Zahm

Dr Zahm presented two papers one on atmospheric gusts and one on stabilshyity Zahms interest was in aerodynamshyics As an undergraduate of Notre Dame he built a number of model airshyplanes and while in graduate school he decided to devote his energies to an investigation of aerodynamics He deshysigned and built a wind tunnel

Zahm in discussing the problem of stability stated that the problem is to deshyvise an aeroplane which will Automatishycally head into the wind when disshyplaced promptly recover its equilibshyrium (and) maintain a prescribed course during flight He divided stability into three types 1) traverse stability 2)

stability about a vertical axis and 3) lonshygitudinal stability and gave suggestions as to how to obtain automatic stability He visualized a machine with two comshypound aeroplanes (wings) on a long backbone in the manner of a Hargrave kite with an added compound rudder This is somewhat similar to the layout of the Wright Flyer

Samuel Langley

Langley like Chanute was a civil enshygineer whose interest had turned to aeronautics In 1887 he had been apshypointed as Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution His paper presented his theory of soaring flight based on bird observations and wind measurements He reasoned that since soaring birds seem able to maintain themselves indeshyfinitely without the flapping of their wings that the energy required must come from the wind

He then measured the forces of wind and noticed the great fluctuation of force and velocity and believed that these gusts explained the birds ability to soar He felt that this movement of the wind could be made a power in aeshyrial navigation and that power in the flyshying machine would only be needed to sustain flight in exceptional moments of calm

Lawrence Hargrave

Lawrence Hargrave of Sydney Aushystralia gave a report on his experiments with kites and model airplanes He proshyduced the first practical flapping wing monoplane model in 1890 and had flown over 17 model airplanes both fixed and flapping winged He had also produced a compressed air radial enshygine to power his models By 1893 he had abandoned his model airplanes for research with kites and became the father of the box kite His tandem box gliders with cambered wings produced a great deal of lift and some of the first European aircraft used that format

It is thanks to the efforts and interest of people of the quality of Chanute and Zahm that leadership in aeronatucial development was transferred from Europe to the United States at the end of the 19th century Certainly the conshysiderable amount of information relating to flight that was made available by the conference makes this book one of the classics on early American Aeronaushytics The copy of the Chicago Proceedshyings examined is from the Goss History of Engineering Library of Purdue Unishyversity bull

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 5

JUNE 1982 - Two weeks before the hail storms came the Luscombe stands proudly

RESTORATION of a LUSCOMBE 8A

JUNE 1982 - The sturdy Luscombe wings receive a new cover of Stits Polyfiber

6 SEPTEMBER 1985

Story and Photos by James B Zazas (EAA 150698 AlC 5416) Rt 3 Box 389 Carthage NC 28327

Restoration A simple word but one that can evoke the dreams of a prestigishyous trophy at Oshkosh or strike tershyror into the hearts and souls of pilots and mechanics alike For me restorashytion meant a simple facelift a chance to fly another 40 years with my peers Little did I know the extent of the facelift I would endure or of the joys and frustshyrations I would share with my owner Jim Zazas of Carthage North Carolina

Before any restoration can take place there has to be an original beginshyning a birth so-to-speak I started my life in Texas like many of my fellow post-World War Luscombe 8As My monocoque dural fuselage was made of shiny 17ST aluminum While A Edgar Mitchell and his team of enshygineers struggled to design an all-metal

JULY 1982 - The Luscombe is stripped of all paint Martin-Senour Paint Blitz works its magic

wing I was given the standard silvershydoped wing The dark blue stripes on my mirror-like sides highlighted my sporty sexy appearance

On January 17 1946 as factory seshyrial number 2031 CAA registered NC45504 I rolled out df the Dallas plant and joined the dual row of new Lusshycombes awaiting initial test flights Four days later it was my turn to fly above Garland Factory test-pilot Harold Burns showed me how to stall swoop and soar On January 27th I winged east toshyward my new home in Charlotte North Carolina Surprisingly I have never been based outside the boundaries of the Tarheel State after almost 40 years of constant flying with 12 different ownshyers

Any lovingly cared for antiqueclassic airplane can tell you its history like a book I am no different I endured the common cosmetic changes to my airshyframe and engine to satisfy my owners personal tastes These changes were the usual add an antenna here do a modifiction there or what will be my paint scheme for 1968 type silliness - all of which comes off in any worthshywhile restoration

I soon realized Jim had big plans for me when he bought me in May 1980 Minor items would be completed first More important items would follow shortly Total restoration was scheduled for 1985

Slowly thoughtfully Jim started my initial restoration At first it was the usual cosmetic touch-ups In March 1981 my cast aluminum vertical and horizontal components were replaced with the superior Univair steel parts Likewise all my previously applied

black trim was repainted Tight finances and lack of much free time held Jim back from doing more

June 1982 came and left leaving me with a violent injury to my wings they were severly hail-damaged Jim and his lovely wife Karen were dumbstruck No longer could I perform my primary job of providing safe and efficient flying fun My wings were removed for the start of a simple recover I was heartbroken

While the wings came off Jim made a most important decision - total restoshyration Nothing would be spared nothshy

ing would be left untouched For the next 21 months we labored tinkered tailored cried and persevered In a nutshyshell I was recovered repainted and rebuilt

From June 1982 to March 1984 I was the object of much labor of love My wings were recovered in Stits and ten coats of silver dope were applied The instrument panel was removed and reshystored to original layout Original Lusshycombe instruments were located overshyhauled and installed (Thank you Jon Aldrich for the bubble-face compass) All upholstery including the canvas baggage compartment was removed and recovered All cockpit glass (plasshytic) was removed The fuselage was stripped of any paint and steam cleaned A new Univair bottom cowling replaced my original one (Poor Jim and his mechanics had a devil-of-a-time with this particular piece) New stainless steel screws and AN bolts replaced corshyroded hardware In turn my landing gear oleo shock was serviced tires were replaced and new gear fairings were installed

Jim pondered whether or not to keep my simple electrical system He feared the FAAATC system 20 years hence would require some sort of rudimentary electrical system for all antiqueclassic aircraft Thus he chose to keep my notshyso-original wind-driven generator and electrical system intact After all the wirshying was replaced the Hobbs ammeter and switches were relocated in the leftshyhand glove compartment behind its reshyspective door

In regard to my engine Jim decided only cosmetic changes were necesshysary My Continental built A-65-8 heart had 1000 hours of reliable use

AUGUST 1982 - Jim Zazas steam cleans thoroughly all metal surfaces before spraying the fuselage with Randolph Rand-O-Plate primer

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 7

APRIL 1983 - With all rib stitching doping and painting completed during the winter months Scotty Rogers carefully masks off the twenty-four inch wing NC registration numbers

before any scheduled overhaul was due The engine was carefully removed All old hoses and clamps were removed and thrown away The crankcase was painted gold while the cylinders reshyceived two coats of semi-g loss black paint A new shielded ignition harness was installed The squarehead Bendix Scintilla magnetos were overhauled A new Wag-Aero crossover exhaust was fitted As these cosmetic changes were completed new hoses clamps and fitshytings were used

My firewall was cleaned of any paint corrosion and dirt Rand-O-Plate primer was sprayed shortly after the cleaning DuPont Imron silver was applied to give my firewall a bright metallic look

Until the summer of 1983 I was scatshy

tered helter-skelter around a hangar floor and Karen s dining room table

Jim wanted dearly to restore me to my original polished aluminum with blue trim but previous owners had etched me beyond any help With Karen s adshyvice he opted for a flashy paint scheme Once again Rand-O-Plate primer was used to preserve me Ranshydolph Dallas Yellow polyurethane was sprayed to protect me Finally using drawings from original factory etchings as guides black DuPont Imron was added for trim to offset my overall bright yellow

Items removed previously were inshystalled The instrument panel was re-rishyveted in place All new glass was inshystalled only the factory original

FEBRUARY 1984 - A freshly overhauled Continental A-65-8 engine awaits installation on the Luscombe

8 SEPTEMBER 1985

The overhauled-to-original instrument panel with overhauled instruments is inshystalled All refurbished upholstery is added too

windshield was used again The upshyholstery was added shortly afterwards To cap this dedicated labor my now yellow wings were mated to my fuseshylage Wow I was getting somewhere I was anxious and ready for a test flight

On August 21 1983 Jim guided me cautiously into the lovely very familiar blue skies over North Carolina Very quickly elation became concern and in turn outright worry I had a definite feelshying of heartburn and felt nauseous All I could show Jim was a rapidly rising oil temperature indication with oil pressure dropping just as quickly Wisely he shut down my engine A skillfull deadstick landing on the runway ended this first test flight

Investigation revealed my engine bearings were shot and the crankshaft destroyed Further investigation reshyvealed my heart had been operated previously with no blood or blood pressure sometime during Jims abshysence

Very sadly my damaged engine was removed once again and dismantled Mr Joe Hurdle of Mebane North Caroshylina a master at rebuilding low horseshypower Continental and Lycoming enshygines overhauled my heart to goodshyas-new 1946 specifications He even added the EAA auto fuel STC In Febshyruary 1984 the overhaul was complete and my engine installed shortly thereafshyter

The February skies cleared Once again Jim and I went aloft into the Carolina Blue skies Everything worked in perfect harmony We did two loops just to celebrate much to the shock of those on the ground

On March 21 1984 with a toast of

MAY 1984 - Jim and Karen Zazas show proudly their Luscombe 8A and Antique Classic Chapter 3 Spring Fly-In trophy

champagne Jim and Karen attached a small plaque to the inside of my right hand glove compartment door It says the following

Restored June 1982 to March 1984

by Jim and Karen Zazas

and our friends at 1-95 South Airport Fayetteville NC

Engine overhauled by Joe Hurdle Mebane NC

During the course of my total restorashytion Jim developed as his wife once said a close and curious relationship with Mr Wag-Aero Mr Univair Mr Great Lakes Instrument Service and their Mercury on wheels Mr UPS To be truthful I already knew Jim had a close relationship with John Bergeson of the Luscombe Association Loren Bump of the Continental Luscombe Asshysociation the EAA and many other fine people and organizations Oh how I wish I was a human being so I could meet these fine folks and enjoy their camaraderie

Jims patience and perseverence paid handsome dividends in May 1984 During EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter Threes Spring Fly-In he was awarded the Custom Classic Trophy Upon reshyceiving this prestigious award he let it be known behind every good restorashytion is a good wife The pride we shared that night culminated the efforts of many

Restoration Such a simple word but its implications can be very complex and rewarding To my fellow Lusshycombes I sincerely hope your owners

show as much care during your restorashytion as my owner did during mine To all restored airplanes and restorations to be I wish you health and happiness To my human pilots and friends fly us safely always

Authors note There are two Lusshycombe clubsassociations available to interested Luscombe enthusiasts Membership is open to anyone For more information contact the Lusshycombe Association 6438 West Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 or the Continental Luscombe Association 5736 Esmar Road Ceres CA 95307 Both associations have $1000 per year dues and both associations publish a very informative semi-monthly newsletshyter bull

A native of Indiana James grew up in the rich aviation atmosphere of the Midwest He earned his initial power and glider licenses while atending DeshyPauw University Commissioned through ROTC he served his country for six years as an Air Force C-130 Hershycules pilot based at Pope AFB North Carolina Today he is a pilot for Piedshymont Airlines and with his wife Karen participates actively in the various sport aviation activities of the Southeast James is presently writing a comshyprehensive history of Luscombe - the airplanes the people and the Company The Zazas Luscombe 8A is their esshycape machine

1985 - NC455504 enjoys a few rays of warm sunshine under a Carolina Blue sky

SALVAGING AN AIRWAYS BEACON

Contemplating the job at hand are (L-R) Ron Fritz Mel Lugten John Emery Willard and Donna Benedict

Story and Photos by Mrs Willard (Donna) Benedict (EAA 6786 NC 294) 129 Cedar Street Wayland MI 49348

What has four legs is orange and white is 62 feet tall and used to go blink blink blink

Give up Its an airways beacon left over from the 30s and 40s and still standing

At the February 21 1981 meeting of West Michigan Chapter 8 of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division president Phil Coulson of Lawton asked the members if they were interested in acquiring an airways beacon for the purpose of disshymantling it and donating it to the EAA Museum Meeting with an enthusiastic affirmative he set out to locate the preshysent owner to get permission Phil a surveyor with Gove Associates Inc of Kalamazoo Michigan had located the beacon through his transit while surveyshying a nearby piece of property about three or fours years previously Upon locating the owner Mr John Emery of Galesburg Michigan he learned that 10 SEPTEMBER 1985

Emery a veteran of WW II had been offered a substantial sum for the tower by a neighbor to be used as an antenna But after thinking about it for a couple of months and after learning that very few if any still exist Emery decided that it would be a good idea to attempt to preserve the beacon

A LITTLE HISTORY

The original purpose of the airways system was for the airmail pilots and it was sponsored by the United States Post Office In early 1921 the Post Ofshyfice in an effort to revive the airmail s drooping reputation decided to make continuous day and night flights across the country Townsfolk along the way had agreed to light bonfires to help mark the route Post Office officials hoped that the coast-to-coast flights could be made in fewer than 36 hours

On February 22 1921 two DeHavilshylands left Hazelhurst Field New York at 600 am about 1-1 2 hours later two more DeHaviliands left San Francisco headed east Later that day Jack Knight who earl ier had flown his regular route of Omaha to Cheyenne and then

dead-headed back to North Platte had drawn the first section night flight to Omaha When Knight arrived in Omaha he found that his relief pilot was weathshyered in at Chicago so Knight flew on from Omaha to Chicago landing there at 840 a m February 23 becoming the nations first airmail pilot to complete an all night flight

In the spring of 1922 Congressman Martin B Madden of Illinois asked enshygineer Joseph V Magee to study the problem of regular night flights Working diligently for more than a year Magee came up with a plan calling for a system of beacons and emergency landing fields Terminals would have 36 revolvshying lights on 50 towers that would sweep the horizon three times a minute with a beam visible for 100 miles in clear weather At each of the emergency fields which were roughly 75 miles apart there would be an 18 beacon on top of a 50 tower which could be seen 60 to 70 miles on clear nights

The first experimental lighted airway in the United Staes was laid down beshytween Dayton and Columbus Ohio Army engineers and Army pilots col shy

laborated in working out proper beacons and marker lights After the Army had demonstrated what could be done over lighted airways the Post Ofshyfice undertook to light the section of trans-continental route between Cheyenne and Chicago a job which was completed in the summer of 1923 Test runs were made that summer but it was not until the following year July 1 1924 that regular night service was established

In another year the Chicago-New York route was lighted and by the end of 1926 the line of airway beacons exshytended from coast to coast During the following ten years airway lighting was put in as fast as funds would permit By 1939 every established air route in the United States was equipped for night and day flying Total lighted airway mileage was 29199 miles Over 2200 beacons were installed In 1940 it was estimated that over $15000000 would be spent on lighted airways upkeep and operation After World War II modern radio and instrument flying aids spelled the doom of the old lighted airways

AlC CHAPTER 8 GETS INTO THE PICTURE

So at 11 00 am on Saturday Febshyruary 28 1981 a typical cold windshyswept Michigan winter day following two weeks of warm beautiful weather five hardy souls and their mascot showed up for the dismantling Now you understand when Phil had menshytioned this to the Chapter 8 members the question was raised How tall is this thing Phil the answer given (from this surveyor) was Only about 35 or 40 feet The first thing noted by all on that February 28 was that it was not 35 feet tall but considerably taller Fortushynately it was located in a plowed manshyure-filled field with the possibility of faIshyling three ways without danger to the farmers fences

This beacon was between Kalamazoo and Battle Creek Michigan and was apparently part of the chain of beacons on the Detroit to Chicago airway used by the Ford Motor Companys airmail flights as early as 1926

Mel Lugten of Hamilton showed up with his boom truck and proceeded to evaluate the situation being primarily interested in which neighbors tree he should place a chain around without inshycurring the wrath of said neighbor Oh well there wasnt a tree placed conveshyniently anyway In the meantime Gary VanFarowe of Holland Michigan the youngest member of the team shinshynied up the ladder to the top and started disassembling the beacon with the help of Phil Coulson

It is interesting to note that neither Willard Benedict of Wayland nor Ron Fritz EAA AntiqueClassic Division

ropes at the bottom with all feet firmly planted on terra firma Many pilots have a fear of heights and Ron and Willy are no exception

Several hours later the 24 beacon was safely lowerd to the ground along with the motor and one of the course marker lights The danger of breaking the glass was a problem that had been previously eliminated by vandals and their 22 caliber rifles one bullet of a much higher velocity penetrated the cast aluminum casing and passed through the 14 thick glass The mechanical workings of the beacon which was made by General Electric

John Emery of Galesburg MI who doshynated the tower to the EAA Aviation Museum

appeared in excellent condition Mershycury switches operated by a cam to control the encoding of the course lights in dots and dashes identified the locashy

tion of each beacon to the pilots This particular beacon was at a half way point between Kalamazoo airport and Battle Creek airport

With all the breakables safely tucked away in the back of the truck and after a cup of lukewarm but much appreciated coffee the time for the big task had arrived

After torching off two legs of the tower and cutting through part of the other two it was time to position the cushion (nothing fancier than a couple of rolls of old rolled up fencing) and sure enough the cushion had been placed inaccurately The tower WAS taller than the estimated 40 feet With the bridle in place and hooked up to the boom truck all was in readiness

Willard BenedictS wife Donna who has a more than average wifes interest in airplanes came along as mascot maker of the coffee and official photoshygrapher Being proficient at nothing more complicated than an Instamatic she was using Phils 35 mm Kodak Camera with all the fancy gadgets hopshying to get the picture of the year award one of those action shots that show for example a tower breaking in half at the midway point where it wasnt supposed to She was ready for the acshytion

With Mel in the truck operating the winch and Gary Ron Willy and Phil givshying a tug on the rope the tower started on its way down What a magnificent sight It came down so slow and easy just like wed been a professional tower wrecking crew and had planned it like we knew what we were doing A sponshytaneous shout of approval went up from all when we realized that we hadnt inshycurred any damage to the cage or the tower

Following another cup of coffee (it should have been champagne) the task of dismantling the tower took place

Secretary of Kent City volunteered to Securing the bridle to the boom truck are (counterclockwise from upper right) Phil climb to the top but were ready with the Coulson Gary Van Farowe Ron Fritz Willard Benedict and Mel Lugten

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 11

Its a long way to the top

Another four hours later and the tower was in three pieces and loaded on the trailer Because the trailer did not have lights the boys worked frantically to get it loaded and trailered to John Boskers Airport at Mattawan Michigan before the sun went down They were ready for plenty of beer and pizza

Mr Bob Litner president of Brooks Aero Inc of Marshall Michigan doshynated replacement course lights Howshyard Sprunger donated the old beacon from the Three Rivers Airport

NOW FOR A COAT OF PAINT

SaturdayMay 1 1982 broke bright and clear with the beacon project awaitshying action The first to arrive overhead was Bob Harris in his trusty 1942 Taylorcraft L-2 with French markings As Bob touched down Warren and Millie Schuhknecht drove in the driveway at the Mattawan airport After a quick cup of coffee members of Chapter 8 set about the task of cleaning and sorting parts of the tower Soon other members were driving in or flying Among those who flew were Steve and Karlene Johnson and family from Smyrna Mel Lugten of Hamilton and Jim Jensen of Hastings (now deceased) 12 SEPTEMBER 1985

After standing for about 50 years the tower is about to come down

Gary VanFarowe and Jack Elenbaas of Holland took charge of the beacon and course lights About the time everyone was working up a good sweat

On the way down The tower incurred no damage during this operation

and a good appetite Willard and Donna Benedict arrived with about three galshylons of homemade chili which was Some Good as they say out east

Then back to the project Ron and Shirley Fritz of Kent City and their chilshydren Ronnie and Heather scraped paint Cliff Bitting of Grand Rapids scraped paint Ruth Coulson scraped paint Finally it was ready for the final white and orange colors Everybody ended up with orange and white measles all over their shoes arms legs clothes etc

What a great feeling it was when the paint ran out But someone had the dumb idea of running into town and buyshying more Case tractor orange paint By the time that paint was gone there was no more tower to cover Then the gang retired to the Coulsons at Lawton Michigan for a well-deserved cook-out

In November of 1982 Phil Coulson and Gary VanFarowe delivered the tower to the EAA campSite area at Oshshykosh The following spring the tower was reassembled by the EAA Museum Staff where it continues to greet the members of Chapter 8 as well as all other EAA members who camp at the Conventionbull

Reader Fran Wallace sent this photo of States NC10719 painted in Burgess Battery colors The Burgess factory was in nearby Freeport IL

by George A Hardie Jr took delivery 31533 The States contributed a great deal

Heres a snappy little biplane from the Golden Age era that is a rare one The engine appears to be an Anzani but thats open to question Note the cat inshysignia on the side of the fuselage Not much else is known about this neat little job The photo was submitted by R K Armstrong of Rawlings MD Answers will be published in the December 1985 issue of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE Deadline for that issue is October 10 1985

The Mystery Plane featured in the June 1985 issue was no mystery to many of our readers Retired Pan Am Captain Fran Wallace (EAA 35172 NC 309) P O Box 822 Stony Brook NY 11790 wrote

it is a States SE5F powered with a Kinner K-5 engine My father Lloyd Wallace and his flying partner Jack Neely of Freeport Illinois bought a States NC10719 from Ed Brazelton (I think) at the old Elmhurst Airport Elshymhurst IL Dad and I flew Dr Snyders (of Freeport) Waco QDC to Elmhurst 2 21 33 for a demonstration and they

Dear Gene

Please add my name to the list conshygratulating Ted Businger for the great job he did writing the Ed Morrow Story in the June and July 1985 issues of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE So far Ive read it twice and plan on reading it a few more times to make sure I didnt miss anything

Talk about being born twenty years too late What a fantastic thing it must have been to work with the great people Ted wrote about and to think all

The States was an excellent airplane good short field capability very stable and a very easy airplane to land Note the big Airwheels and the looong oleos - it was almost impossible to bounce It was not an acrobatic airplane but it did nice loops soft snap-rolls and good hammer-head stalls - spectacular when done close to the ground (I quit the hammer-heads - another story)

Correct answers also were received from Doug Rounds Zebulon GA Jim Barton Oshkosh WI George W Mojonnier Snohomish WA Mike Reshyzich Chicago IL MH Eisenmann Garrettsville OH Bob Whittier Duxshybury MA Norman S Orloff San Anshytonio TX LeRoy Falk Carpentersville IL Charley Hayes Park Forest IL J Max Freeman Wilkesboro NC Stan Piteau Holland MI and Ted Businger Willow Springs MO

It is interesting to note that many reshyspondents give credit to Joseph Juptshyners US Civil Aircraft series as the source of identification and additional data on the Mystery Planes And reshygarding the States several included copies of magazine ads for the plane as well as photos such as the one sent by Fran Wallace of the States painted in the Burgess Battery colors bull

to my learning to become a pilot - I flew it more than 200 hours before I went to work for United Air Lines It was sold in St Louis 10536 I should add that Dad taught me to fly and monitored my flying education until airline time

Letters To Editor those projects happened without the aid of computers To me they were the true aviation enthusiasts those who could take a good careful look at a heap of tubing some wire wood and an engine put it all together and make it fly

Please more stories like this one

Sincerely

Dale Glossenger (EAA 189173) 70185 Beach Drive Edwardsburg MI 49112

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 13

~ THE FULLER-HAMMOND FH-l I

Photo courtesy 01 Joseph Barry The Fuller-Hammond FH-1 NX14917 SIN 141 on display in a small park in California circa 1935

SUPER TWIN by Phil Michmerhuizen (EAA 33782 AlC 581) 186 Sunset Drive Holland MI 49423

(Photos courtesy of author except as noted)

It was after a talk and discussion on the history development and producshytion of Szekely engines and the Flying Dutchman aircraft at our local EAA Chaper meeting that Ron Fritz came to me and said he heard the remains of the Fuller-Hammond Skylark were in Ohio

He gave me the names and phone numbers of two men to contact This was in December of 1980

No I dont know anything about it but call so and so And so it went for a week Finally Yes I do have that airplane and yes I will sell it Bill Breshywer described what he had and what was missing There were no engines engine mounts gauges wheels or tires The condition of the parts ranged from good to fair to hardly there

-14 SEPTEMBER 1985

We agreed on a price and I sent half of the money Two weeks later my wife Donna and I were in our pickup with a trailer behind headed for Ohio

The basket case had been accurately described and as we loaded the rusty parts and bent aluminum I was really very happy yet could see years of work ahead

Arriving home we set the pieces toshygether for a few pictures I really wanted to start the restoration imshymediately but first had to finish our 1936 Taylor J-2 Cub and Waco UPF-7 Beshysides I wanted to have the paperwork straightened out first and research more history on the airplane if possible

After much telephoning and letter writing I located and talked to Mr E A Bill Perkins one of the builders and owners of the airplane He was also Vice-President of Skycraft Industries Inc in Venice California Bill Perkins told me that two boxes of drawings picshytures engineering data and letters were thrown away in 1949

I was also able to contact Mr Otis Dutton an 81-year-old gentleman in

Kansas who was the second owner of the plane but did not actually work on it He was good enough to sign a bill of sale and have it notorized to help clear up the paper work

I also located and talked with Mr Handly Jones a brother-in-law to EA Perkins He sent two pictures He had more papers and pictures until he built a new house and threw them away

In tracing the N number I found it was assigned to a Bell 47G helicopter in Florida being used on mosquito control The helicopter was destroyed in a crash several years ago and the N number was open Needless to say I quickly reshyserved it

According to the information I have the airplane was designed by Wilbur A Hammond and George B Fuller Conshystruction started in 1934 at the corner of Englewood Boulevard and Imperial Avenue in Venice California

Mr Ed Lund later a pilot for Howard Hughes Mr AI Nicely and Mr E A Pershykins all moonlighted to build the airshycraft Their regular jobs were at Timm Aircraft Company

The FH-1 was a two-place side-by-side light twin

April 9 1984 was a day to remember - the aircraft registration card arrived bearing the correct name original N number and correct serial number My thanks to the FAA personnel in Okshylahoma City for their cooperation

Before I fill my basement shop full of Fuller-Hammond pieces I plan to reshystore a 1935 Taylor E-2 Cub with a Zeke on the front That should only take a couple of years

In the meantime my good friend Bob Curtis a semi-retired aero-space enshygineer is lofting the ribs and making drawings for the Fuller-Hammond wings This is no small job in itself

The ailerons and flaps on the FullershyHammond are built up with 14 tubing and as I am not a welder my good friend Mike Brown who recently comshypleted his Acro II has agreed to do some work (build new ones) for me

The fellows around here have been chiding me to start the project - that is if I want to fly that airplane before my eyesight and hearing fail and before they have to push my wheelchair up to the wing

If any readers can supply information or pictures of this airplane I certainly would appreciate being contacted

Specifications Fuller-Hammond Monoplane

Top speed 117 mph Cruising speed 100 mph Landing speed 40 mph Climb 800 fpm Weight empty 927 Ibs Gross weight 1550 Ibs Span 34 ft 6 in Length 20 ft 6 in Wing area 142 sq ft Power loading 17 Ibs per hp

(Continued on Page 21)

Papers I receved from the FAA in Okshylahoma City indicated the Dept of Comshymerce Aeronautical Branch approved the Operation Inspection report dated pound--20-35

The airplane was test flown at Dycer Airport in Los Angeles by John M Slim Menefee I believe it was also flown by George C Adams a pilot for Lockheed

The airplane was licensed experishymental According to EA Perkins it flew about every weekend amassing from 50 to 75 hours until December 1935 when the application expired The tail skid shows quite a bit of wear Is that good or bad Who can check me out in a tail-skid equipped twin

The company Skycraft Industries

Inc 350 Washington Blvd Venice California could not pay E A Perkins for his work on the airplane so they gave it to him The two Szekely engines and mounts were removed the airplane disshyassembled crated and put on a train for Kansas

Handly Jones in Turon Kansas put the airplane in his barn then later outshyside under a tree Otis Dutton purshychased the plane in the mid-fifties but did no work on it

Bill Hogan and Bob Henkel brought the airplane to Ohio - again no restoshyration was started Bill Brewer was the next owner and now the remains of the Fuller-Hammond FH-1 Super Twin are resting in Michigan

Equipped with two motors thi tiny two-passenger plane recently te ted re embles a large trans~Ort

The FH-1 was powered with two 45 hp Szekely engines VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15

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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17

14thWest Coast

Ryan Reunion The winning five-Ryan formation team Sixth Ryan was the camera plane piloted by Eric Friedricksen of Wilton CT

by Bill J Hodges (EAA 58954 AlC 49) 811 Lydia Street Stephenville TX76401

Twenty-seven beautiful Ryans in the same place at the same time Shades of WW II contract primary flying training school Oh there are some type clubs that have more aircraft in attendance at their functions but looking at the number of Ryans there against the total built the West Coast Ryan Reunion is one of the biggest and one of the best

Arranged by the Santa Paula Califorshynia Ryaneers and hosted by Patroline Inc this popular low-key event was held at Patrolines Paso Robles facility Their president Sherm Smoot coopershyated beautifully with the visiting Ryaneers and Ryaneer Mike Sullivan Chairman of our event

I arrived at Paso Robles on Thursday afternoon courtesy of Bill Mette Campbell CA and his PT-22 Raunchy Bird (after jetting via airlines from Texas to San Jose the night before) We had stopped at Hollister California to rendezvous with other North California Ryans and to meet noted aviation hisshytorian William T Larkins but were were late so missed them

Bill Richards Santa Rosa CA was running late also due to a prop change at the last minute on his civilianized PT-21 So instead of the previous years 13-ship formation we had a twoshyship loose formation flight on to Paso Robles yhere 10 Ryans were already 18 SEPTEMBER 1985

on the ground with 15 on the ramp by nightfall Those present enjoyed a delishycious barbecue provided and prepared by local Ryaneer Mike Wing and a happy hour hosted by Patroline

Friday saw more arrivals with 27 Ryans on the ramp by nightfall 2 SCWs 1 PT-20 1 STM-2 2 PT-21 s 1 NR-1 and 20 PT-22s The morning feashytured an air rally where all entrants were timed for a cold-engine start where the timing is started with the contestant in the cockpit They had to get out and hand prop the engine (safety pilot aboard however) Patty Henderson

was the winner starting Bob Kellers Ranger-powered ST-3 in just 128 secshyonds

Having been assigned to a team preshyviously the pilots were handed a packet of directions and check list of the route to fly just as they were ready to taxi out for take-off All teams had to land at Leon Hermans International Airstrip before proceeding back to Paso Roshybles The team couldnt leave Leons until all team members had come to a full stop landing and turned off their enshygines Refreshments were ready for them as were the hot engine start

Bill Allen La Jolla CA is ownerpilot of this immaculate 1940 Ryan STM-S2 CN 466 N466WA This Ryan is in its original Dutch East Indies markings

Ron Chapel and his 1941 Ryan ST-3KR CN 1309 N56076 Ron who lives in Half Moon Bay CA has cleaned up his Ryan nicely

Well-known former mid-westerner Brad Larsons 1938 Ryan SC-W CN 206 N18912 Brad is now based at Santa Paula CA

Don Carters Ryan STA Special (1940 Ryan PT-20 CN 352) N14984 Don a recognized authority on STAs lives in Lafayette CA

judges Using the same procedures as the cold start contest Alan Buchner Fresno CA won with a fantastic time of 11 0 seconds Winners of the air rally at 1 07 hours was Team C Alan Buchshyner Chris Stimson and Bob Keller

The local Ninety-Nines including National Ryan Club members Shirley Moore and Christine Darbonne served a delicious barbecue sausage lunch (Thanks ladies) National Ryan Club members like Mike and Margaret Wilshyson of Cedar Rapids IA arrived via his and hers motorcycles by way of Florida no less

In the meantime Mike Wing and crew were busily trying to finish up a top overshyhaul on his Ryans Kinner engine Mike and Reb Stimson were able to fly the US Navy painted PT-22 later in the afshyternoon

That evening at the Paso Robles Inn Bill Allen LaJolla CA showed video tapes of the 84 Chino Fly-In and the tape just shot that day of the Paso Roshybles activities Some visited the local Polar Freeze before turning in including Alan Buchner AI Ball Dick Burgess Bill Mette and Bill Hodges

Also during the day John Gokchoff Santa Paula CA master Ryan rebuilshyder and crew had gone around the apron leak checking and calibrating all the Ryan airspeed indicators and AI Ball (Antique Aero Engines) conducted a KinnerRanger engine clinic (Our special thanks to John and AI) Those not participating in the air rally had the option of sightseeing and touring some of the local wineries

At 0800 on Saturday we saw the Dawn Patrol airborne Kinners clattershying away letting Paso Robles officially know the Ryans were back After proper briefing the formation flying contest got underway with four teams competing selected by drawing numbered slips from a hat After passing over the judges in both diamond and echelon formations Team no 1 comprised of Bill Richards Lee Graybill Santa Rosa CA and Jay HayesMontara CA Ron Chapel Half Moon Bay CA and Don Burkett Downey CA were declared the winners John Gokchoff busy and helpshyful again conducted a seminar on how to properly rig a PT-22 with most of the Ryaneers attending (Thanks John)

Most of the Ryans participated in the Saturday afternoon flying event which is a combination of short field take off flour bombing and power off spot landshying and is flown in one flight Due to the layout of the Archie Dean Memorial Airport this event can be flown without bothering the normal traffic flow Rich McDonald Vacaville CA took the short field take off honors of 340 feet with his Ryan SCW Shortest Ryan PT-22 take off was 343 feet by John Richards Venshytura CA

Spot landing winner was Bob Keller Carmel CA in his Ranger-Ryan Oh

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19

Returning from a flight Brad Larsen gives his Ryan SC-W a wipe-down in the parking area

Headed home Jay and Ellen Hayes fly formation on Bill Mettes wing in their 1942 Ryan PT-22 CN 1752 N56030 Jim and Ellen are from Montara CA

From Vacaville CA USAF pilot Rich McDonalds modified 1938 Ryan SC-W CN 205 N18911 This Ryan sports a Continental E-185 engine in addition to the changed landing gear and cabin 20 SEPTEMBER 1985

yes two people are required to be on board during the event The flour bombshying is always interesting in that two atshytempts are made one with a standard brown bag flour bomb and the other prejudged for originality prior to the event Closest to the target was Aleta PharrisReb Stimson The originality bomb went to Lee and Modie Graybi lls wedding bomb in celebration of their then recent wedding I Congratulations

After the flying activities most everyone retired to the Paso Robles Inn for the Bob Yates Champagne cork-flying conshytests The only rule for this contest is Dont shake the bottle but its rarely enforced John Gormley Sacramento CA showed his expertise by outdistancshying the other competitors by a substanshytial amount Tired but happy Ryaneers gathered at the local Elks Club for reshyfreshments and video tapes of the days activities (furnished by Bill Allen) while waiting for the awards banquet to begin

The Saturday night awaras banquet was a huge success with 131 Ryan enshythusiasts thats almost five people per airplane Mike Sullivan was an outshystanding master of ceremonies There was a lot to cover and Mike really kept things rolling Some things that stand out in my mind in addition to the regu lar awards were the awarding of the Ryan solo wings by Bill Richards to 27 Ryaneers (like the 63 last year) exact replicas of those presented by T Claude Ryan to his Ryan School of Aeronautics graduates then the preshysentation of the WW II King City Ryan Instructors Mickey Muzinich Neil Fershyryman Barney Cleg Elmore Brown Marvin Good and Joe Brown (Wow What stories they told) and the presenshytation of the Archie Dean Memorial (flyshying training) Scholarship to teenager Barry Bradshaw of Paso Robles by Sherm Smoot and certainly George Clayton a Ryaneer from Fairbanks Alaska who received the well-deserved Greatest Hangar Flyer award

George has quite a background in Alaskan aviation and given half an opshyportunity he will tell you all about it He entertained us with a very good harshymonica concert and told us how he purshychased his Ryan PT-22 Briefly while on a DC-3 heading for Alaska from California during a stop in Washington state he observed a PT-22 sitting on the ramp It needed some minor mainteshynance so George called the owner and bought the Ryan right then and there

The DC-3 was about to leave so George got his tool box off and proshyceeded to make the Ryan ferryable (oh yes this was in the late fall of the year) It seems George had never flown a Ryan before but managed with the help of a 5-gallon gas can to make it on in to Fairbanks experiencing only minor mechanical problems cold ice and snow along the way (Come back George we love you)

Ryaneers gather under Los Robles (the oaks) for an outdoor seminar

Among the 30-plus awards presented during the banquet the Best Kinner Powered Ryan went to Jay Hayes Montara CA for his PT-22 N56030 The Best Non-Kinner-Powered Ryan and Greatest Distance Flown went to Bill Allen La Jolla CA for his STM-2 N466WA The T Claude Ryan Memoshyrial Award went to Dennis and Susan Lyons the Air Rally hosts The National Ryan Club plaque for Oldest Ryan went to Rich McDonalds 1938 SCW N18911 and the National Ryan Club plaque for Most Distant Ryan went to Bob Laughlin La Jolla CA for his PTshy22 N53431

All in all the Ryan Reunion was quite successful with a lot of good company and a lot of good safe fun enjoyed by all We Ryaneers are looking forward to Ryan Reunion XV Plans are for a big blowout with a max effort for as many Ryans as possible to attend Already we are aware of plans for several east of the Mississippi Ryan s to attend I can hardly wait to get there How about you

Keep the Ryan flyin bull

THE FULLERmiddotHAMMOND FHmiddot1 SUPER TWIN (Continued from Page 15)

Three views of the FHmiddot1 as it looks today

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21

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Contestants in the 1930 Pacific Women s Air Derby (L to R) - Margery Doig Jean LaRene Ruth Stewart Ruth Barron Gladys ODonnell and Mildred Morgan

THE WOMENS CLASS A PACIFIC DERBY

by H Glenn Buffington (EAA 1234 AC 202) 134 West Walnut Avenue B San Diego CA 92103

In conjunction with the 1930 National Air Races there were two derbies for the women One was a 500 cu in or less piston displacement event from the East Coast Washington DC through Dixie and then up to Chicago and an 800 cu in race from the West Coast Long Beach California through the Southwest and Midwest to Chicago This is the story primarily about the latshyter race which covered a distance of 2245 statute miles

The contestants were

Ruth Barron (Nason) Hollywood Mildred Morgan Beverly Hills CA as the least experienced pilots TwentyshyCA Buhl Air Sedan J-5 Transport Travel Air J-5 Private License 15803 year-Old Barron came in with a brand License 13749 new Transport license having learned

Gladys Berry ODonnell Long Beach to fly only six months previously MorshyMargery Doig (Greenberg) Danbury CA Waco Taperwing J-6-7 Transport gan had a Private rating which was upshy

CT Pitcairn J-6 Lim Comm License License 6608 graded to a Transport after the Derby 10073 ODonnell and LaRene were the vetshy

Ruth Woerner Stewart St Louis MO erans of the group Gladys had flown Jean LaRene (Foote) Kansas City KS Curtiss RobinChallenger Transport the 29 Derby to a close second place

American Eagle J-6-7 Transport License 5375 behind Louise Thaden and Jean had License 5700 Barron and Morgan entered the race been associated with the Commandaire

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NC21 M streamlined and ready for the 1930 competition

Co prior to joining American Eagle Of the six entries four had become

charter members of the Ninety-Nines when it was organized in November of 1929 Doig LaRene ODonnell and Stewart

Left at the starting line were three other pilots all of whom had entered the first Womens Air Derby of 1929 Santa Monica to Cleveland Pancho Barnes withdrew from the race when her three planes including the one she piloted at more than 196 mph all were declared ineligible Claire Fahy of Los Angeles widow of Herbert J Fahy Lockheed test pilot was ruled out beshycause her engine was excessively powshyered Bobbi Trout also of Los Angeles was disqualified for having an under powered craft 2 Bobbi is also another Ninety-Nines charterite

Carl Lienesch NAA governor for the state of California head of the aviation department for Union Oil of California and who served as manager of the 1930 Derby wrote It was left for the women to show really what could be done with ATC ships Phoebe Omlie in the East Coast Derby flew a Monocoupe of modern design and made one of those fine showings which the air racing world had come to expect from her Gladys ODonnell and Margery Doig in the Pacific Coast Derby both flew modern or rather modernized airplanes Margery Doigs Pitcairn was rounded out and fitted with a Townend ring at the Pitcairn factory It was a beautiful job and speedy

Gladys ODonnell flew a Taperwing Waco which it might be said was streamlined to the limit this limit being all possible under an A T C status Mrs ODonnell s ship had I-struts the fuselage rounded out and an effective NACA cowling It is probable that the top speed was around 170 mph Her time from Long Beach to Chicago indishycated an average speed in excess of 150 mph which shows that as far as derbies were concerned this year the women win the brown derby

James E Granger Swallow disshytributor on the West Coast President of the Pacific School of Aviation who served as official starter had this to say about the 30 derbies The splitting of the Womens Air Derby into two classes run from different places in my opinion was wrong The two classes should be run together next year and no attempt should be made to farm out the starting place of this very colorful race to the highest bidder It will not be necessary for the race officials to look further for a manager for next years event They have found him in C F Lienesch From start to finish of this years class A womens derby the absence of discord was conspicuous

The Derby actually started Sunday afternoon from Long Beach California August 17th with a short hop to

Gladys ODonnell with the victory garland at Chicago Aug 25 1930

LindberghRyan Field for the first night stop The planes were flagged away at one minute intervals numerically by racing number ie Doig - no 2 ODonshynell - no 7 LaRene - no 20 Stewart shyno 38 followed by Morgan and Barron The starting time from Long Beach arrishyval time in San Diego and the elapsed time follows (PST pm)

ODonnell - 332 - 40451 - 32 51 Doig - 331 - 405 03 - 3403 Barron - 336 - 422 36 - 4636 Morgan - 335 - 42529 - 50 29 Stewart - 334 - 431 09 - 57 09 LaRene - 333 - 430 16 - 5716

LaRene was delayed eight minutes at take off because of inability to start her engine with the other racers

On Monday the schedule called for a noon stop at Calexico and the night stop at Phoenix In accordance with air derby customs Mrs ODonnells craft was the first to taxi across the starting line on the departure for the second control point All the contestants arrived at Calexico within a span of 21 minutes Elapsed time from start ODonnell 1 1353 Doig 1 2248 Barron 1 3621 Morgan 1 4701 LaRene 1 4827 and Stewart 1 5952

ODonnell and DOig finished the third lap into Phoenix with less than five minshyutes separating them Ruth Barron was the last to get away from Calexico beshycause of some engine trouble and the fledgling s navigation caught up with her she became disoriented and flew an hour beyond Phoenix She landed 35 miles south of Holbrook Arizona reshymained overnight where she landed and then flew back to Phoenix to rejoin the others Tuesday morning

On August 19th the noon stop was Tucson and then to Douglas for the night where the total elapsed time talshylied ODonnell 356 29 Doig 41308 Morgan 52614 LaRene 53523 Stewart 625 25 Barron 21 3952 beshycause of the delay in reaching Phoenix after over-flying it

Wednesday it was on to Lordsburg and then Roswell New Mexico where ODonnell was officially 2640 ahead of Doig Others arrived in the following order Barron LaRene Morgan and Stewart

The 21 st scheduled a Lubbock noon stop and to Amarillo Texas for the night Gladys covered the Roswell-Lubshybock leg in 1 0041 and Margery in 1 0238 The other four pilots landed in the same sequence as at Roswell

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A frontal view of the racy Waco Taperwing NC21M in its heyday

Enid Oklahoma was scheduled for noon and Wichita Kansas for the night of the 22nd Thunderstorms and heavy rain gave the girls some of their most inclement weather during the AmarilloshyEnid leg of the race Ruth Stewart was forced down near Elk City but she set her plane down at Enid at 125630 Jean LaRene was forced down near Waukomis a few miles south of Enid she arrived at 125728 accounting for all the entries so they could take off on schedule for Wichita

More thrilling adventures entered the Wichita-Kansas City Kansas (Fairfax Airport) leg A little short of half-way to Kansas City Margery Doig 3 was forced down and out of the race near Olpe Kansas 10 miles south of Emshyporia in a farmers pasture when her engine caught fire She sideslipped to a landing and beat out the flames that threatened to destroy the Pitcairn It was a tough break for Doig after flying a good second to that point

Again Ruth Barrons navigation went awry She was visibly annoyed when she finally landed the Buhl at Fairfax at 541 pm with an elapsed time of 30457 from Wichita She reported I lost my bearings somewhere near Kanshysas City and landed in a field near a farm house I asked the farmer the dishyrections to Kansas City and he told me 50 miles north I said that he surely meant 50 miles east but he insisted he was right I flew the way he saidand 24 SEPTEMBER 1985

found myself over St Joseph and here I am back

The author had the pleasure of watching the girls bring em in at Fairshyfax on Saturday ODonnell crossed the finish line in her bright red and yellow Waco at 345 - 1 1420 out of Wichita LaRene in her yellow American Eagle arrived at 407 - 1 3415 from Wichita Morgan flying her dark blue Travel Air with silver wings finished at 410 shy1 3512 out of Wichita Stewart in her orange and cream colored Curtiss Robin came in at 437 - 20342 from Wichita

Shortly after these four arrivals the Derby starter Jim Granger and his wife Clema flew in with their Swallow and taxied up to the flight line Then a Ryan Brougham flew in with Gladys ODonnell painted across the fuselage It was flown by her husband Lloyd and served as the flagship for the ODonnell camp Some of the Fairfax pilots called it ritzy but I figured if one could afford it why not

One of the first to reach Jean LaRene was her mother Mrs Sadie Ross of Olathe Kansas whom Jean visited often She also had a long chat with Larry Ruch former chief test pilot for the American Eagle Aircraft factory at Fairfax

The contestants attended a dinner in the evening sponsored by the Womens Chamber of Commerce of Kansas City Kansas The new Fairfax Airport term ishy

nal building the site for this occasion and Mayor Don McCombs welcomed the fliers

The Derby continued to Des Moines Iowa and Madison Wisconsin on Sunshyday and the last leg to Chicago was flown Monday August 25th The offical Long Beach-Chicago results were

Elapsed Prize Pilot Time Money Gladys ODonnell 151316 $3500 Mildred Morgan 21 0835 2100 Jean LaRene 21 4549 1400 Ruth Stewart 2638 06 Ruth Barron 383341 Margery DOig (Out at Olpe KS)

For their efforts in flying the 30 Derby Ruth Barron was awarded the Jr Women s Aeronautical Association of California Trophy and Gladys ODonnell won two trophies The Aerol Trophy by the Cleveland Pneumatic Tool Co and the Womens Aero Assn of Calif Trophy Gladys also won the Mrs Robert McCormick Trophy and the Womens Pioneer Aviation Club Trophy for winning two closed-course races at the National Air Races which were held at Curtiss-Reynolds Airport Chicago Aug 23 to Sept 1 1930

An AP release dated Aug 31 1930 carried the headline Another Victory Chalked up for Feminine Fliers and the sub-title Women pilots fly over long routes in air derbies in less time than men It favorably compared Gladys

Copy of picture Gladys ODonnell autoshygraphed for Louise Thaden

ODonnells performance with the two Class A Mens Derbies won by John Blum Seattle to Chicago and Art Kilshylips Miami-Chicago race It also praised Phoebe Omlies showing against the two Class B Mens Derbies won by John Livingston the race from Brownsville and the Derby from Hartford won by J Wesley Smith

In 1967 when I wrote Mrs ODonnell regarding the Taperwing she sent the front view and commented I feel a pang of guilt at not keeping myoid friend 21 M for thats the way I feel about that plane The enclosed photoshygraph is 21 M at her top best in the streamlined beauty of its heyday - 163 mph You will notice the special racing gear It was beautiful but a bit rugged on turf fields since it was a rigid gear It added about six miles per hour to the top speed The ODonnelis owned the Taperwing for a decade

In comparing this air race of over fifty years ago with some of the more curshyrent ones we need to mention some of the pros and cons When the race is of the on to type with noon and night control stops the contestants more or less stay together In that manner weather and flying conditions are practically the same for each entrant and the race officials have the opportushynity to release race standings to the media after each day of racing

More recently the race routes genershyally 2000 to 2500 statute miles in length are set up and the contestants are usually given four days flying VFR in daylight hours to reach the terminus before a specified deadline Each plane is assigned a par (handicap) speed and the object is to have a ground speed as far over the par speed as possible The

pilot is thus given the leeway to play the elements holding out for better weather conditions winds etc The faster planes with better performance are somewhat favored in this respect as sometimes the slower entries must forge ahead in order to beat the deadshyline at the terminus And in this type of race the official standings cannot be reshyleased until the final bird has crossed the finish line Actually the last arrival can be the winner

The earlier races flew shorter legs and made more stops than the current races More recently the legs are 280 to 350 statute miles and six or seven control stops are designated for either landing or fly-by and the races are open to all fixed-wing stock aircraft from 145 to 570 horsepower Early on the fastest airplane with no handicap was in a good position to win if it held toshygether over the long haul and there was no big navigational error committed

Now that a handicapping system is used - each plane flying against its own specified speed - supposedly any entry has an equal chance of victory depending on the accuracy of the handshyicapping

Gini Richardson Yakima Washingshyton who oft-times places in the top 10 gives some racing advice The handshyicap is vitally important - you have to have a good handicap thats essential After that if you want to finish in the top 10 you have to fly well have knowlshyedge of the weather and strong navigashy

tional skills Velda King Mapelli Las Vegas

Nevada President of the Air Race Classic for the past eight years (1977shy1984) wrote in the recent race proshygram The altruistic interest and efforts of many people offers ARC contestants a temporary respite from the normal routine - and opportunity to share the camaraderie of participating in an air race There are no secrets to racing Personal application of skills will detershymine the winner but each will be a betshyter pilot as a result of the experience

That is what it is all about

FOOTNOTES

(1) Subsequent last names are in parenthesis (2) Had Trout been on the East Coast she cou ld have entered the Kinnermiddotpowered Golden Eagle in the 1575 mi Dixie Derby This race was won by Phoebe Omlie in a Warner Monocoupe She was followed by Martie Bowman Kinner Fleet Laura Ingalls Gypsy DH Moth Nancy Hopkins (Tier) Kinmiddot ner Kitty Hawk and Charity Langdon Cirrus Avian Vera Dawn Walker flying a Warner Inland Sport had to withdraw because of a mechanical at Birminshygham AL and Mary Haizlip in another Warner Inshyland Sport failed to make the race start after her airplane was dinged in a forced landing near Greenwood SC enroute to the starting line Both Haizlip and Walker did get to Chicago after the delays and flew in some of the closedmiddotcourse events Ninety-Nines charter members in this group include HopkinsmiddotTier Omlie and Walker (3) Doig was able to have the Pitcairn engine reshypaired and she flew to Chicago on Aug 26th She placed second behind ODonnell in one 25 mile pylon race at 13536 mph and won $450 In the feature 50 mile race she placed 4th just out of the money behind ODonnell Mary Haizlip and Opal Kunz bull

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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

My First Flight To Oshkosh

18 gallons each My partner and Ideveloping a small stomach problem Robert R Black watched in amazement as the boytoo much excitement I thought (EAA 220708)

4246 South 1060 East Lift off was normal and the Tri-Pacer pumped 181 into the right tank and 180 gallons into the left tank Instantly did pretty well at first But the night air Salt Lake City UT 83117 I felt terrible I had just flown in onwas hot and humid and I wasnt exshyfumes I had made a mistake middoton myperiencing the kind of lift that I was used Ever since seeing a Pitts Special in flight duration - I forgot that I had cirshyto I had to circle in the Salt Lake Valley FL YING magazine when I was sixteen cled for half an hour after take off and learning of a special event called for 30 minutes until I could get up to

Then a super bad case of cottonshyOshkosh I have had the desire to go altitude At 9000 I started through ParshyAfter all the years of putting it off due to leys Canyon and headed for Ft Bridger mouth hit me I figured it was just due

VOR in Wyoming What a bumpy ride lack of funds and not having anything to the close call so I took a drink of some fruit punch which went down like to fly I finally got the chance to go in We popped around inside the plane like

1984 a bowling ball I really didnt feel good two marbles in a can From Ft Bridger My father and mother and I had just but I told myself I was going to Oshkoshwe flew to Evanston then to Rock

Springs Wyoming completed a 15-month restoration proshy by gosh and that thought kept me going ject on my fathers 1956 Piper Trishy We piled back into the plane and tookI started to develop cotton-mouth but Pacer With the bird looking new and off We climbed slowly and headed for figured it was just the thrill of finally

Chadronpretty I had little trouble talking myself going to Oshkosh We called Rock Springs asking for into taking it to Oshkosh As soon as we cleared the remaining

I discussed this with my business mountains I started to descend when fuel accommodations and I changed my partner and somehow talked him into an overwhelming feeling came over meflight plan from Casper to Rock Springs going with me All right I could go at I was going to throw up and I couldn t When they told me it would cost an adshyhalf the cost Things were really picking ditional $3000 to get someone to fuel shake the feeling try as I may How up could I do that - Id never been sick inme I said no thanks and changed my

The date was set Saturday July 28 an airplane in my life - I couldn t do flight plan to Rawlins Wyoming Fuel 1984 at 300 am I figured if we left at that The sic-sacs were for my wife and was getting low but figuring the length

of the trip and the amount of fuel left I others who couldnt take the ups and300 in the morning I could climb up out of the Salt Lake Valley and fly to downsfigured I could make it

My honor was at stake - I couldnt Casper Wyoming From there I would On to Rawlins we went over the lowshyproceed to Winner South Dakota Fairshy do that What a statement typical hardshyering mountains With all the bumps mont Minnesota and then on to Oshshy head approach right Well thatand ups and downs my stomach told kosh thought helped me to fight off the inevitshyme I had a problem I just couldn t be

Hours of preparation and planning getting sick Id never been sick in an able Come on Chadron I kept saying were spent in getting ready for the trip Id never felt that badly on any flight but airplane I figured that I was just overly A tent was measured and stuffed into we pressed ontired and hungry and the stop at Rawshythe baggage compartment Vacation Chadron Radio this is Tri-Pacer lins would put me back in shape time was hastily arranged and all sysshy 4547A do you copy Tri-Pacer 47A Finally Rawlins appeared on the tems were go Little did I know how Chadron Radio copies loud and clearother side of two knolls I brought the much go there was coming plane around entering down wind and Chadron 47A whats your active run-

On Friday July 27 I went to work way slipped in to a nice friendly airport The What a total waste of time Its a good on-field FSS Operator was super nice 47A active is 20 thing Im a lead man in the machine Roger 20 and said the place would come to life in shop because I accomplished nothing a little while He told us the good places Then came the bad news Chadron and finally left at lunch time Working gave me the altimeter setting and saidto eat breakfast We decided to plan the swing shift has its advantages at times next phase of our flight since our origishy the winds were 25 gusting to 35 I asked and I went home to sleep and prepare nal flight plan was greatly altered by Chadron for the wind direction and he for the flight then told me again I just could not get with

What a wasted night - I couldnt the program whatever was making meWe flight planned to Chadron Nebshysleep and all I did was toss and turn raska for our next stop figuring it would sick was really getting to me Two am came awfully early and I left put us right back on course As soon as I entered the pattern but could not for my partners home We piled into the planning was finished the line boy keep the plane tracking straight It the jeep and went to the airport would not settle What was wrong For at Rawlins appeared and fueled us with

The preflight went well except I was 80 octane My tanks are placarded for those of you who are Tri-Pacer drivers

26 SEPTEMBER 1985

you know the plane settles like a rock I felt better They were the greatest our trip home I spent the first hour and I looked at my airspeed indicator - I On the way into town the car winshy a half in the bathroom at the airport

was doing 120 mph and should have dows were open all the way At the Between the bathroom and the plane I been doing 80 Missed approach Super 8 Motel we met more super nice threw up four times We climbed into going around will try it again people The rooms were great and I the Tri-Pacer anyway and took off

Roger 47A no other traffic in the patshy crashed My partner was given a free 47A flew great I told my partner that tern ride back to the airport by the motel he would probably end up doing a lot of

Chadron this is 47A - downwind manager to pick up our gear the flying I did pretty well until we got for runway 20 We spent the day in town and I just west of Rock Springs Wyoming

I prayed Please God help me down stayed in bed trying to die I finally Ooops that was the only time I ever Dont let me kill my partner realized that my problem was a good used a sic-sac Bless those considerate

Okay Ive got to do this Line it up case of the flu people for making those wonderful leakshyThere thats right 80 mph okay flaps Chadron has a lot to see and some proof bags

day I shall go back I feel I must let those to slow us down right in we goooooo I had decided that if I couldnt finish good people know that I really do have What a crosswind touch down hold on the trip all the way back to Salt Lake color in my face Oh isnt pride terrible 47A you just landed on 26 That was City Airport No 2 that I would land at

a pretty good cross wind landing In the afternoon I felt a little better Ft Bridger Fortunately as Ft Bridger Thanks I just dont feel good I and thought maybe we might make it to passed below us I felt we could make it

Oshkosh anyway We went back to the A storm front was crossing from west guess I needed the practice Roger airport and planned the rest of the trip to east right in our path The clouds I thought to myself - you nut whats All of a sudden I made a mad dash to were closing in I dropped from 10500

the great white throne - the decision to 8500 and still I was going through wrong with you Cant you remember how to tell which runway is which To was made - head for home clouds Short little IFR trips in the mounshy

We took off for Riverton Wyoming Itbe honest I was so sick that I couldn t tains is not really my idea of fun and remember how to tell the correct runshy was a pretty good trip and at one point games What a trip Boy was I sick way I felt I might have made it to Oshkosh We made it through Parleys Canyon

but went on to Riverton What a good and I prayed Please Lord help meWe taxied to the ramp and I warned decision that was land this thing my partner to get out of the way I ran

In Riverton the Best Western Sunshy My prayers were answered weinto the bathroom and spent a good half downer motel sent their courtesy car for parked the plane got into the jeep andan hour seeing only a small porcelain us We spent the night and the next I said Get me home quickly Gary I hole - oops morning there and I was sick sick sick went straight to bed where I stayed The people at Chadron were super Everybody in Riverton took pity on me from Sunday to Wednesday LampD Aero Service tried all they could to

Next year there will be no flu I will They were really great Would those make me feel better They fueled the people ever see me in better condition fly crawl or whatever but Im absolutely plane and offered me a free ride into

When we finally decided to continue going to go to Oshkosh maybe bull town so I cou ld get a place to sleep until

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by Dennis Parks

International Conference on Aerial Navigation - Chicago 1893 Proshyceedings shy

The 1890s in America saw a great increase in interest in the scientific study of flight One of the significant deshyvelopments was the Chicago confershyence of August 1-4 1893 Octave Chashynute and Albert Zahm conceived of an international conference on aerial navishygation similar to the one held as part of the French Exposition in Paris in 1889 - the proposed one to be an auxiliary of the Worlds Columbian Exposition of 1893

Octave Chanute had yet to build any of his gliders and his Progress in Flying Machines had yet to be published in book form Dr Albert Zahm was from Notre Dame University He earned his PhD in physics from Johns Hopkins in 1898 with a dissertation related to the physics of flight A great thinker on aeronautics he would write over 20 arshyticles by 1910 Both Chanute an enshygineer and Zahm a scientist were repshyresentative of the caliber of people takshying an interest in flight at the end of the 19th century

They felt that aerial navigation which had hitherto been left mainly to imaginashytive inventors had been attracting the attention of scientists and engineers The object of the conference would be the discussion of the scientific problems involved in flight They would attempt to collate the results of the latest research provide for an interchange of ideas and provide for a concert of action among the attendees

There were three principle sections to the conference 1) Scientific Princishyples 2) Aviation and 3) Ballooning The aviation section dealt with observation and measurements of birds theories of soaring flying machines equilibrium and novel experiments - powered glidshying soaring and models The ballooning section covered construction inflation navigation observations from balloons and proposed improvements

Notices were sent to the known exshyperts involved in aeronautical research Letters of cooperation were received from the British Aeronautical Society the Aerial Navigation Society of France the Aviation Society of Munich the Imshyperial Aeronautical Society of Russia and the Aviation Society of Vienna

Forty-seven papers were accepted for presentation The majority were from

Americans but eight other countries were represented by presenters includshying England France and Australia Some of the American schools repshyresented included Cornell Notre Dame Stevens Institute and Amherst Alshytogether an impressive international gathering considering that the organizshyers were worried that the conference atshytendance might have been made up of cranks and amusement seekers which might have done harm to the progress of aeronautics

OCTAVE CHANUTE

Chanute in his opening address said the conference met for an unusual subshyject because its commercial success had yet to be discovered that the general public had little interest in it and even less confidence That yet it was a fasshycinating subject because the problem of aerial navigation had been hitherto associated with failure and its students as eccentric - to speak plainly - as cranks Yet he felt that in the last half century the elements of success had accumulated to the point where it was now reasonable to meet together to discuss principles and exchange ideas and knowledge Chanute did not want presentations of new projects but stateshyments of general principles the results of experiments and the sharing of knowledge He thought that Success when it comes is likely to be reached through a process of gradual evolution and improvement

Among the wide variety of papers given at the meeting were those of Dr Zahm on Stability of Aeroplanes and Flying Machines Langley on The Inshyternal Work of the Wind and Hargrave on Flying Machine Motors and Cellular Kites

Dr Albert Zahm

Dr Zahm presented two papers one on atmospheric gusts and one on stabilshyity Zahms interest was in aerodynamshyics As an undergraduate of Notre Dame he built a number of model airshyplanes and while in graduate school he decided to devote his energies to an investigation of aerodynamics He deshysigned and built a wind tunnel

Zahm in discussing the problem of stability stated that the problem is to deshyvise an aeroplane which will Automatishycally head into the wind when disshyplaced promptly recover its equilibshyrium (and) maintain a prescribed course during flight He divided stability into three types 1) traverse stability 2)

stability about a vertical axis and 3) lonshygitudinal stability and gave suggestions as to how to obtain automatic stability He visualized a machine with two comshypound aeroplanes (wings) on a long backbone in the manner of a Hargrave kite with an added compound rudder This is somewhat similar to the layout of the Wright Flyer

Samuel Langley

Langley like Chanute was a civil enshygineer whose interest had turned to aeronautics In 1887 he had been apshypointed as Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution His paper presented his theory of soaring flight based on bird observations and wind measurements He reasoned that since soaring birds seem able to maintain themselves indeshyfinitely without the flapping of their wings that the energy required must come from the wind

He then measured the forces of wind and noticed the great fluctuation of force and velocity and believed that these gusts explained the birds ability to soar He felt that this movement of the wind could be made a power in aeshyrial navigation and that power in the flyshying machine would only be needed to sustain flight in exceptional moments of calm

Lawrence Hargrave

Lawrence Hargrave of Sydney Aushystralia gave a report on his experiments with kites and model airplanes He proshyduced the first practical flapping wing monoplane model in 1890 and had flown over 17 model airplanes both fixed and flapping winged He had also produced a compressed air radial enshygine to power his models By 1893 he had abandoned his model airplanes for research with kites and became the father of the box kite His tandem box gliders with cambered wings produced a great deal of lift and some of the first European aircraft used that format

It is thanks to the efforts and interest of people of the quality of Chanute and Zahm that leadership in aeronatucial development was transferred from Europe to the United States at the end of the 19th century Certainly the conshysiderable amount of information relating to flight that was made available by the conference makes this book one of the classics on early American Aeronaushytics The copy of the Chicago Proceedshyings examined is from the Goss History of Engineering Library of Purdue Unishyversity bull

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 5

JUNE 1982 - Two weeks before the hail storms came the Luscombe stands proudly

RESTORATION of a LUSCOMBE 8A

JUNE 1982 - The sturdy Luscombe wings receive a new cover of Stits Polyfiber

6 SEPTEMBER 1985

Story and Photos by James B Zazas (EAA 150698 AlC 5416) Rt 3 Box 389 Carthage NC 28327

Restoration A simple word but one that can evoke the dreams of a prestigishyous trophy at Oshkosh or strike tershyror into the hearts and souls of pilots and mechanics alike For me restorashytion meant a simple facelift a chance to fly another 40 years with my peers Little did I know the extent of the facelift I would endure or of the joys and frustshyrations I would share with my owner Jim Zazas of Carthage North Carolina

Before any restoration can take place there has to be an original beginshyning a birth so-to-speak I started my life in Texas like many of my fellow post-World War Luscombe 8As My monocoque dural fuselage was made of shiny 17ST aluminum While A Edgar Mitchell and his team of enshygineers struggled to design an all-metal

JULY 1982 - The Luscombe is stripped of all paint Martin-Senour Paint Blitz works its magic

wing I was given the standard silvershydoped wing The dark blue stripes on my mirror-like sides highlighted my sporty sexy appearance

On January 17 1946 as factory seshyrial number 2031 CAA registered NC45504 I rolled out df the Dallas plant and joined the dual row of new Lusshycombes awaiting initial test flights Four days later it was my turn to fly above Garland Factory test-pilot Harold Burns showed me how to stall swoop and soar On January 27th I winged east toshyward my new home in Charlotte North Carolina Surprisingly I have never been based outside the boundaries of the Tarheel State after almost 40 years of constant flying with 12 different ownshyers

Any lovingly cared for antiqueclassic airplane can tell you its history like a book I am no different I endured the common cosmetic changes to my airshyframe and engine to satisfy my owners personal tastes These changes were the usual add an antenna here do a modifiction there or what will be my paint scheme for 1968 type silliness - all of which comes off in any worthshywhile restoration

I soon realized Jim had big plans for me when he bought me in May 1980 Minor items would be completed first More important items would follow shortly Total restoration was scheduled for 1985

Slowly thoughtfully Jim started my initial restoration At first it was the usual cosmetic touch-ups In March 1981 my cast aluminum vertical and horizontal components were replaced with the superior Univair steel parts Likewise all my previously applied

black trim was repainted Tight finances and lack of much free time held Jim back from doing more

June 1982 came and left leaving me with a violent injury to my wings they were severly hail-damaged Jim and his lovely wife Karen were dumbstruck No longer could I perform my primary job of providing safe and efficient flying fun My wings were removed for the start of a simple recover I was heartbroken

While the wings came off Jim made a most important decision - total restoshyration Nothing would be spared nothshy

ing would be left untouched For the next 21 months we labored tinkered tailored cried and persevered In a nutshyshell I was recovered repainted and rebuilt

From June 1982 to March 1984 I was the object of much labor of love My wings were recovered in Stits and ten coats of silver dope were applied The instrument panel was removed and reshystored to original layout Original Lusshycombe instruments were located overshyhauled and installed (Thank you Jon Aldrich for the bubble-face compass) All upholstery including the canvas baggage compartment was removed and recovered All cockpit glass (plasshytic) was removed The fuselage was stripped of any paint and steam cleaned A new Univair bottom cowling replaced my original one (Poor Jim and his mechanics had a devil-of-a-time with this particular piece) New stainless steel screws and AN bolts replaced corshyroded hardware In turn my landing gear oleo shock was serviced tires were replaced and new gear fairings were installed

Jim pondered whether or not to keep my simple electrical system He feared the FAAATC system 20 years hence would require some sort of rudimentary electrical system for all antiqueclassic aircraft Thus he chose to keep my notshyso-original wind-driven generator and electrical system intact After all the wirshying was replaced the Hobbs ammeter and switches were relocated in the leftshyhand glove compartment behind its reshyspective door

In regard to my engine Jim decided only cosmetic changes were necesshysary My Continental built A-65-8 heart had 1000 hours of reliable use

AUGUST 1982 - Jim Zazas steam cleans thoroughly all metal surfaces before spraying the fuselage with Randolph Rand-O-Plate primer

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 7

APRIL 1983 - With all rib stitching doping and painting completed during the winter months Scotty Rogers carefully masks off the twenty-four inch wing NC registration numbers

before any scheduled overhaul was due The engine was carefully removed All old hoses and clamps were removed and thrown away The crankcase was painted gold while the cylinders reshyceived two coats of semi-g loss black paint A new shielded ignition harness was installed The squarehead Bendix Scintilla magnetos were overhauled A new Wag-Aero crossover exhaust was fitted As these cosmetic changes were completed new hoses clamps and fitshytings were used

My firewall was cleaned of any paint corrosion and dirt Rand-O-Plate primer was sprayed shortly after the cleaning DuPont Imron silver was applied to give my firewall a bright metallic look

Until the summer of 1983 I was scatshy

tered helter-skelter around a hangar floor and Karen s dining room table

Jim wanted dearly to restore me to my original polished aluminum with blue trim but previous owners had etched me beyond any help With Karen s adshyvice he opted for a flashy paint scheme Once again Rand-O-Plate primer was used to preserve me Ranshydolph Dallas Yellow polyurethane was sprayed to protect me Finally using drawings from original factory etchings as guides black DuPont Imron was added for trim to offset my overall bright yellow

Items removed previously were inshystalled The instrument panel was re-rishyveted in place All new glass was inshystalled only the factory original

FEBRUARY 1984 - A freshly overhauled Continental A-65-8 engine awaits installation on the Luscombe

8 SEPTEMBER 1985

The overhauled-to-original instrument panel with overhauled instruments is inshystalled All refurbished upholstery is added too

windshield was used again The upshyholstery was added shortly afterwards To cap this dedicated labor my now yellow wings were mated to my fuseshylage Wow I was getting somewhere I was anxious and ready for a test flight

On August 21 1983 Jim guided me cautiously into the lovely very familiar blue skies over North Carolina Very quickly elation became concern and in turn outright worry I had a definite feelshying of heartburn and felt nauseous All I could show Jim was a rapidly rising oil temperature indication with oil pressure dropping just as quickly Wisely he shut down my engine A skillfull deadstick landing on the runway ended this first test flight

Investigation revealed my engine bearings were shot and the crankshaft destroyed Further investigation reshyvealed my heart had been operated previously with no blood or blood pressure sometime during Jims abshysence

Very sadly my damaged engine was removed once again and dismantled Mr Joe Hurdle of Mebane North Caroshylina a master at rebuilding low horseshypower Continental and Lycoming enshygines overhauled my heart to goodshyas-new 1946 specifications He even added the EAA auto fuel STC In Febshyruary 1984 the overhaul was complete and my engine installed shortly thereafshyter

The February skies cleared Once again Jim and I went aloft into the Carolina Blue skies Everything worked in perfect harmony We did two loops just to celebrate much to the shock of those on the ground

On March 21 1984 with a toast of

MAY 1984 - Jim and Karen Zazas show proudly their Luscombe 8A and Antique Classic Chapter 3 Spring Fly-In trophy

champagne Jim and Karen attached a small plaque to the inside of my right hand glove compartment door It says the following

Restored June 1982 to March 1984

by Jim and Karen Zazas

and our friends at 1-95 South Airport Fayetteville NC

Engine overhauled by Joe Hurdle Mebane NC

During the course of my total restorashytion Jim developed as his wife once said a close and curious relationship with Mr Wag-Aero Mr Univair Mr Great Lakes Instrument Service and their Mercury on wheels Mr UPS To be truthful I already knew Jim had a close relationship with John Bergeson of the Luscombe Association Loren Bump of the Continental Luscombe Asshysociation the EAA and many other fine people and organizations Oh how I wish I was a human being so I could meet these fine folks and enjoy their camaraderie

Jims patience and perseverence paid handsome dividends in May 1984 During EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter Threes Spring Fly-In he was awarded the Custom Classic Trophy Upon reshyceiving this prestigious award he let it be known behind every good restorashytion is a good wife The pride we shared that night culminated the efforts of many

Restoration Such a simple word but its implications can be very complex and rewarding To my fellow Lusshycombes I sincerely hope your owners

show as much care during your restorashytion as my owner did during mine To all restored airplanes and restorations to be I wish you health and happiness To my human pilots and friends fly us safely always

Authors note There are two Lusshycombe clubsassociations available to interested Luscombe enthusiasts Membership is open to anyone For more information contact the Lusshycombe Association 6438 West Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 or the Continental Luscombe Association 5736 Esmar Road Ceres CA 95307 Both associations have $1000 per year dues and both associations publish a very informative semi-monthly newsletshyter bull

A native of Indiana James grew up in the rich aviation atmosphere of the Midwest He earned his initial power and glider licenses while atending DeshyPauw University Commissioned through ROTC he served his country for six years as an Air Force C-130 Hershycules pilot based at Pope AFB North Carolina Today he is a pilot for Piedshymont Airlines and with his wife Karen participates actively in the various sport aviation activities of the Southeast James is presently writing a comshyprehensive history of Luscombe - the airplanes the people and the Company The Zazas Luscombe 8A is their esshycape machine

1985 - NC455504 enjoys a few rays of warm sunshine under a Carolina Blue sky

SALVAGING AN AIRWAYS BEACON

Contemplating the job at hand are (L-R) Ron Fritz Mel Lugten John Emery Willard and Donna Benedict

Story and Photos by Mrs Willard (Donna) Benedict (EAA 6786 NC 294) 129 Cedar Street Wayland MI 49348

What has four legs is orange and white is 62 feet tall and used to go blink blink blink

Give up Its an airways beacon left over from the 30s and 40s and still standing

At the February 21 1981 meeting of West Michigan Chapter 8 of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division president Phil Coulson of Lawton asked the members if they were interested in acquiring an airways beacon for the purpose of disshymantling it and donating it to the EAA Museum Meeting with an enthusiastic affirmative he set out to locate the preshysent owner to get permission Phil a surveyor with Gove Associates Inc of Kalamazoo Michigan had located the beacon through his transit while surveyshying a nearby piece of property about three or fours years previously Upon locating the owner Mr John Emery of Galesburg Michigan he learned that 10 SEPTEMBER 1985

Emery a veteran of WW II had been offered a substantial sum for the tower by a neighbor to be used as an antenna But after thinking about it for a couple of months and after learning that very few if any still exist Emery decided that it would be a good idea to attempt to preserve the beacon

A LITTLE HISTORY

The original purpose of the airways system was for the airmail pilots and it was sponsored by the United States Post Office In early 1921 the Post Ofshyfice in an effort to revive the airmail s drooping reputation decided to make continuous day and night flights across the country Townsfolk along the way had agreed to light bonfires to help mark the route Post Office officials hoped that the coast-to-coast flights could be made in fewer than 36 hours

On February 22 1921 two DeHavilshylands left Hazelhurst Field New York at 600 am about 1-1 2 hours later two more DeHaviliands left San Francisco headed east Later that day Jack Knight who earl ier had flown his regular route of Omaha to Cheyenne and then

dead-headed back to North Platte had drawn the first section night flight to Omaha When Knight arrived in Omaha he found that his relief pilot was weathshyered in at Chicago so Knight flew on from Omaha to Chicago landing there at 840 a m February 23 becoming the nations first airmail pilot to complete an all night flight

In the spring of 1922 Congressman Martin B Madden of Illinois asked enshygineer Joseph V Magee to study the problem of regular night flights Working diligently for more than a year Magee came up with a plan calling for a system of beacons and emergency landing fields Terminals would have 36 revolvshying lights on 50 towers that would sweep the horizon three times a minute with a beam visible for 100 miles in clear weather At each of the emergency fields which were roughly 75 miles apart there would be an 18 beacon on top of a 50 tower which could be seen 60 to 70 miles on clear nights

The first experimental lighted airway in the United Staes was laid down beshytween Dayton and Columbus Ohio Army engineers and Army pilots col shy

laborated in working out proper beacons and marker lights After the Army had demonstrated what could be done over lighted airways the Post Ofshyfice undertook to light the section of trans-continental route between Cheyenne and Chicago a job which was completed in the summer of 1923 Test runs were made that summer but it was not until the following year July 1 1924 that regular night service was established

In another year the Chicago-New York route was lighted and by the end of 1926 the line of airway beacons exshytended from coast to coast During the following ten years airway lighting was put in as fast as funds would permit By 1939 every established air route in the United States was equipped for night and day flying Total lighted airway mileage was 29199 miles Over 2200 beacons were installed In 1940 it was estimated that over $15000000 would be spent on lighted airways upkeep and operation After World War II modern radio and instrument flying aids spelled the doom of the old lighted airways

AlC CHAPTER 8 GETS INTO THE PICTURE

So at 11 00 am on Saturday Febshyruary 28 1981 a typical cold windshyswept Michigan winter day following two weeks of warm beautiful weather five hardy souls and their mascot showed up for the dismantling Now you understand when Phil had menshytioned this to the Chapter 8 members the question was raised How tall is this thing Phil the answer given (from this surveyor) was Only about 35 or 40 feet The first thing noted by all on that February 28 was that it was not 35 feet tall but considerably taller Fortushynately it was located in a plowed manshyure-filled field with the possibility of faIshyling three ways without danger to the farmers fences

This beacon was between Kalamazoo and Battle Creek Michigan and was apparently part of the chain of beacons on the Detroit to Chicago airway used by the Ford Motor Companys airmail flights as early as 1926

Mel Lugten of Hamilton showed up with his boom truck and proceeded to evaluate the situation being primarily interested in which neighbors tree he should place a chain around without inshycurring the wrath of said neighbor Oh well there wasnt a tree placed conveshyniently anyway In the meantime Gary VanFarowe of Holland Michigan the youngest member of the team shinshynied up the ladder to the top and started disassembling the beacon with the help of Phil Coulson

It is interesting to note that neither Willard Benedict of Wayland nor Ron Fritz EAA AntiqueClassic Division

ropes at the bottom with all feet firmly planted on terra firma Many pilots have a fear of heights and Ron and Willy are no exception

Several hours later the 24 beacon was safely lowerd to the ground along with the motor and one of the course marker lights The danger of breaking the glass was a problem that had been previously eliminated by vandals and their 22 caliber rifles one bullet of a much higher velocity penetrated the cast aluminum casing and passed through the 14 thick glass The mechanical workings of the beacon which was made by General Electric

John Emery of Galesburg MI who doshynated the tower to the EAA Aviation Museum

appeared in excellent condition Mershycury switches operated by a cam to control the encoding of the course lights in dots and dashes identified the locashy

tion of each beacon to the pilots This particular beacon was at a half way point between Kalamazoo airport and Battle Creek airport

With all the breakables safely tucked away in the back of the truck and after a cup of lukewarm but much appreciated coffee the time for the big task had arrived

After torching off two legs of the tower and cutting through part of the other two it was time to position the cushion (nothing fancier than a couple of rolls of old rolled up fencing) and sure enough the cushion had been placed inaccurately The tower WAS taller than the estimated 40 feet With the bridle in place and hooked up to the boom truck all was in readiness

Willard BenedictS wife Donna who has a more than average wifes interest in airplanes came along as mascot maker of the coffee and official photoshygrapher Being proficient at nothing more complicated than an Instamatic she was using Phils 35 mm Kodak Camera with all the fancy gadgets hopshying to get the picture of the year award one of those action shots that show for example a tower breaking in half at the midway point where it wasnt supposed to She was ready for the acshytion

With Mel in the truck operating the winch and Gary Ron Willy and Phil givshying a tug on the rope the tower started on its way down What a magnificent sight It came down so slow and easy just like wed been a professional tower wrecking crew and had planned it like we knew what we were doing A sponshytaneous shout of approval went up from all when we realized that we hadnt inshycurred any damage to the cage or the tower

Following another cup of coffee (it should have been champagne) the task of dismantling the tower took place

Secretary of Kent City volunteered to Securing the bridle to the boom truck are (counterclockwise from upper right) Phil climb to the top but were ready with the Coulson Gary Van Farowe Ron Fritz Willard Benedict and Mel Lugten

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 11

Its a long way to the top

Another four hours later and the tower was in three pieces and loaded on the trailer Because the trailer did not have lights the boys worked frantically to get it loaded and trailered to John Boskers Airport at Mattawan Michigan before the sun went down They were ready for plenty of beer and pizza

Mr Bob Litner president of Brooks Aero Inc of Marshall Michigan doshynated replacement course lights Howshyard Sprunger donated the old beacon from the Three Rivers Airport

NOW FOR A COAT OF PAINT

SaturdayMay 1 1982 broke bright and clear with the beacon project awaitshying action The first to arrive overhead was Bob Harris in his trusty 1942 Taylorcraft L-2 with French markings As Bob touched down Warren and Millie Schuhknecht drove in the driveway at the Mattawan airport After a quick cup of coffee members of Chapter 8 set about the task of cleaning and sorting parts of the tower Soon other members were driving in or flying Among those who flew were Steve and Karlene Johnson and family from Smyrna Mel Lugten of Hamilton and Jim Jensen of Hastings (now deceased) 12 SEPTEMBER 1985

After standing for about 50 years the tower is about to come down

Gary VanFarowe and Jack Elenbaas of Holland took charge of the beacon and course lights About the time everyone was working up a good sweat

On the way down The tower incurred no damage during this operation

and a good appetite Willard and Donna Benedict arrived with about three galshylons of homemade chili which was Some Good as they say out east

Then back to the project Ron and Shirley Fritz of Kent City and their chilshydren Ronnie and Heather scraped paint Cliff Bitting of Grand Rapids scraped paint Ruth Coulson scraped paint Finally it was ready for the final white and orange colors Everybody ended up with orange and white measles all over their shoes arms legs clothes etc

What a great feeling it was when the paint ran out But someone had the dumb idea of running into town and buyshying more Case tractor orange paint By the time that paint was gone there was no more tower to cover Then the gang retired to the Coulsons at Lawton Michigan for a well-deserved cook-out

In November of 1982 Phil Coulson and Gary VanFarowe delivered the tower to the EAA campSite area at Oshshykosh The following spring the tower was reassembled by the EAA Museum Staff where it continues to greet the members of Chapter 8 as well as all other EAA members who camp at the Conventionbull

Reader Fran Wallace sent this photo of States NC10719 painted in Burgess Battery colors The Burgess factory was in nearby Freeport IL

by George A Hardie Jr took delivery 31533 The States contributed a great deal

Heres a snappy little biplane from the Golden Age era that is a rare one The engine appears to be an Anzani but thats open to question Note the cat inshysignia on the side of the fuselage Not much else is known about this neat little job The photo was submitted by R K Armstrong of Rawlings MD Answers will be published in the December 1985 issue of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE Deadline for that issue is October 10 1985

The Mystery Plane featured in the June 1985 issue was no mystery to many of our readers Retired Pan Am Captain Fran Wallace (EAA 35172 NC 309) P O Box 822 Stony Brook NY 11790 wrote

it is a States SE5F powered with a Kinner K-5 engine My father Lloyd Wallace and his flying partner Jack Neely of Freeport Illinois bought a States NC10719 from Ed Brazelton (I think) at the old Elmhurst Airport Elshymhurst IL Dad and I flew Dr Snyders (of Freeport) Waco QDC to Elmhurst 2 21 33 for a demonstration and they

Dear Gene

Please add my name to the list conshygratulating Ted Businger for the great job he did writing the Ed Morrow Story in the June and July 1985 issues of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE So far Ive read it twice and plan on reading it a few more times to make sure I didnt miss anything

Talk about being born twenty years too late What a fantastic thing it must have been to work with the great people Ted wrote about and to think all

The States was an excellent airplane good short field capability very stable and a very easy airplane to land Note the big Airwheels and the looong oleos - it was almost impossible to bounce It was not an acrobatic airplane but it did nice loops soft snap-rolls and good hammer-head stalls - spectacular when done close to the ground (I quit the hammer-heads - another story)

Correct answers also were received from Doug Rounds Zebulon GA Jim Barton Oshkosh WI George W Mojonnier Snohomish WA Mike Reshyzich Chicago IL MH Eisenmann Garrettsville OH Bob Whittier Duxshybury MA Norman S Orloff San Anshytonio TX LeRoy Falk Carpentersville IL Charley Hayes Park Forest IL J Max Freeman Wilkesboro NC Stan Piteau Holland MI and Ted Businger Willow Springs MO

It is interesting to note that many reshyspondents give credit to Joseph Juptshyners US Civil Aircraft series as the source of identification and additional data on the Mystery Planes And reshygarding the States several included copies of magazine ads for the plane as well as photos such as the one sent by Fran Wallace of the States painted in the Burgess Battery colors bull

to my learning to become a pilot - I flew it more than 200 hours before I went to work for United Air Lines It was sold in St Louis 10536 I should add that Dad taught me to fly and monitored my flying education until airline time

Letters To Editor those projects happened without the aid of computers To me they were the true aviation enthusiasts those who could take a good careful look at a heap of tubing some wire wood and an engine put it all together and make it fly

Please more stories like this one

Sincerely

Dale Glossenger (EAA 189173) 70185 Beach Drive Edwardsburg MI 49112

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 13

~ THE FULLER-HAMMOND FH-l I

Photo courtesy 01 Joseph Barry The Fuller-Hammond FH-1 NX14917 SIN 141 on display in a small park in California circa 1935

SUPER TWIN by Phil Michmerhuizen (EAA 33782 AlC 581) 186 Sunset Drive Holland MI 49423

(Photos courtesy of author except as noted)

It was after a talk and discussion on the history development and producshytion of Szekely engines and the Flying Dutchman aircraft at our local EAA Chaper meeting that Ron Fritz came to me and said he heard the remains of the Fuller-Hammond Skylark were in Ohio

He gave me the names and phone numbers of two men to contact This was in December of 1980

No I dont know anything about it but call so and so And so it went for a week Finally Yes I do have that airplane and yes I will sell it Bill Breshywer described what he had and what was missing There were no engines engine mounts gauges wheels or tires The condition of the parts ranged from good to fair to hardly there

-14 SEPTEMBER 1985

We agreed on a price and I sent half of the money Two weeks later my wife Donna and I were in our pickup with a trailer behind headed for Ohio

The basket case had been accurately described and as we loaded the rusty parts and bent aluminum I was really very happy yet could see years of work ahead

Arriving home we set the pieces toshygether for a few pictures I really wanted to start the restoration imshymediately but first had to finish our 1936 Taylor J-2 Cub and Waco UPF-7 Beshysides I wanted to have the paperwork straightened out first and research more history on the airplane if possible

After much telephoning and letter writing I located and talked to Mr E A Bill Perkins one of the builders and owners of the airplane He was also Vice-President of Skycraft Industries Inc in Venice California Bill Perkins told me that two boxes of drawings picshytures engineering data and letters were thrown away in 1949

I was also able to contact Mr Otis Dutton an 81-year-old gentleman in

Kansas who was the second owner of the plane but did not actually work on it He was good enough to sign a bill of sale and have it notorized to help clear up the paper work

I also located and talked with Mr Handly Jones a brother-in-law to EA Perkins He sent two pictures He had more papers and pictures until he built a new house and threw them away

In tracing the N number I found it was assigned to a Bell 47G helicopter in Florida being used on mosquito control The helicopter was destroyed in a crash several years ago and the N number was open Needless to say I quickly reshyserved it

According to the information I have the airplane was designed by Wilbur A Hammond and George B Fuller Conshystruction started in 1934 at the corner of Englewood Boulevard and Imperial Avenue in Venice California

Mr Ed Lund later a pilot for Howard Hughes Mr AI Nicely and Mr E A Pershykins all moonlighted to build the airshycraft Their regular jobs were at Timm Aircraft Company

The FH-1 was a two-place side-by-side light twin

April 9 1984 was a day to remember - the aircraft registration card arrived bearing the correct name original N number and correct serial number My thanks to the FAA personnel in Okshylahoma City for their cooperation

Before I fill my basement shop full of Fuller-Hammond pieces I plan to reshystore a 1935 Taylor E-2 Cub with a Zeke on the front That should only take a couple of years

In the meantime my good friend Bob Curtis a semi-retired aero-space enshygineer is lofting the ribs and making drawings for the Fuller-Hammond wings This is no small job in itself

The ailerons and flaps on the FullershyHammond are built up with 14 tubing and as I am not a welder my good friend Mike Brown who recently comshypleted his Acro II has agreed to do some work (build new ones) for me

The fellows around here have been chiding me to start the project - that is if I want to fly that airplane before my eyesight and hearing fail and before they have to push my wheelchair up to the wing

If any readers can supply information or pictures of this airplane I certainly would appreciate being contacted

Specifications Fuller-Hammond Monoplane

Top speed 117 mph Cruising speed 100 mph Landing speed 40 mph Climb 800 fpm Weight empty 927 Ibs Gross weight 1550 Ibs Span 34 ft 6 in Length 20 ft 6 in Wing area 142 sq ft Power loading 17 Ibs per hp

(Continued on Page 21)

Papers I receved from the FAA in Okshylahoma City indicated the Dept of Comshymerce Aeronautical Branch approved the Operation Inspection report dated pound--20-35

The airplane was test flown at Dycer Airport in Los Angeles by John M Slim Menefee I believe it was also flown by George C Adams a pilot for Lockheed

The airplane was licensed experishymental According to EA Perkins it flew about every weekend amassing from 50 to 75 hours until December 1935 when the application expired The tail skid shows quite a bit of wear Is that good or bad Who can check me out in a tail-skid equipped twin

The company Skycraft Industries

Inc 350 Washington Blvd Venice California could not pay E A Perkins for his work on the airplane so they gave it to him The two Szekely engines and mounts were removed the airplane disshyassembled crated and put on a train for Kansas

Handly Jones in Turon Kansas put the airplane in his barn then later outshyside under a tree Otis Dutton purshychased the plane in the mid-fifties but did no work on it

Bill Hogan and Bob Henkel brought the airplane to Ohio - again no restoshyration was started Bill Brewer was the next owner and now the remains of the Fuller-Hammond FH-1 Super Twin are resting in Michigan

Equipped with two motors thi tiny two-passenger plane recently te ted re embles a large trans~Ort

The FH-1 was powered with two 45 hp Szekely engines VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15

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14thWest Coast

Ryan Reunion The winning five-Ryan formation team Sixth Ryan was the camera plane piloted by Eric Friedricksen of Wilton CT

by Bill J Hodges (EAA 58954 AlC 49) 811 Lydia Street Stephenville TX76401

Twenty-seven beautiful Ryans in the same place at the same time Shades of WW II contract primary flying training school Oh there are some type clubs that have more aircraft in attendance at their functions but looking at the number of Ryans there against the total built the West Coast Ryan Reunion is one of the biggest and one of the best

Arranged by the Santa Paula Califorshynia Ryaneers and hosted by Patroline Inc this popular low-key event was held at Patrolines Paso Robles facility Their president Sherm Smoot coopershyated beautifully with the visiting Ryaneers and Ryaneer Mike Sullivan Chairman of our event

I arrived at Paso Robles on Thursday afternoon courtesy of Bill Mette Campbell CA and his PT-22 Raunchy Bird (after jetting via airlines from Texas to San Jose the night before) We had stopped at Hollister California to rendezvous with other North California Ryans and to meet noted aviation hisshytorian William T Larkins but were were late so missed them

Bill Richards Santa Rosa CA was running late also due to a prop change at the last minute on his civilianized PT-21 So instead of the previous years 13-ship formation we had a twoshyship loose formation flight on to Paso Robles yhere 10 Ryans were already 18 SEPTEMBER 1985

on the ground with 15 on the ramp by nightfall Those present enjoyed a delishycious barbecue provided and prepared by local Ryaneer Mike Wing and a happy hour hosted by Patroline

Friday saw more arrivals with 27 Ryans on the ramp by nightfall 2 SCWs 1 PT-20 1 STM-2 2 PT-21 s 1 NR-1 and 20 PT-22s The morning feashytured an air rally where all entrants were timed for a cold-engine start where the timing is started with the contestant in the cockpit They had to get out and hand prop the engine (safety pilot aboard however) Patty Henderson

was the winner starting Bob Kellers Ranger-powered ST-3 in just 128 secshyonds

Having been assigned to a team preshyviously the pilots were handed a packet of directions and check list of the route to fly just as they were ready to taxi out for take-off All teams had to land at Leon Hermans International Airstrip before proceeding back to Paso Roshybles The team couldnt leave Leons until all team members had come to a full stop landing and turned off their enshygines Refreshments were ready for them as were the hot engine start

Bill Allen La Jolla CA is ownerpilot of this immaculate 1940 Ryan STM-S2 CN 466 N466WA This Ryan is in its original Dutch East Indies markings

Ron Chapel and his 1941 Ryan ST-3KR CN 1309 N56076 Ron who lives in Half Moon Bay CA has cleaned up his Ryan nicely

Well-known former mid-westerner Brad Larsons 1938 Ryan SC-W CN 206 N18912 Brad is now based at Santa Paula CA

Don Carters Ryan STA Special (1940 Ryan PT-20 CN 352) N14984 Don a recognized authority on STAs lives in Lafayette CA

judges Using the same procedures as the cold start contest Alan Buchner Fresno CA won with a fantastic time of 11 0 seconds Winners of the air rally at 1 07 hours was Team C Alan Buchshyner Chris Stimson and Bob Keller

The local Ninety-Nines including National Ryan Club members Shirley Moore and Christine Darbonne served a delicious barbecue sausage lunch (Thanks ladies) National Ryan Club members like Mike and Margaret Wilshyson of Cedar Rapids IA arrived via his and hers motorcycles by way of Florida no less

In the meantime Mike Wing and crew were busily trying to finish up a top overshyhaul on his Ryans Kinner engine Mike and Reb Stimson were able to fly the US Navy painted PT-22 later in the afshyternoon

That evening at the Paso Robles Inn Bill Allen LaJolla CA showed video tapes of the 84 Chino Fly-In and the tape just shot that day of the Paso Roshybles activities Some visited the local Polar Freeze before turning in including Alan Buchner AI Ball Dick Burgess Bill Mette and Bill Hodges

Also during the day John Gokchoff Santa Paula CA master Ryan rebuilshyder and crew had gone around the apron leak checking and calibrating all the Ryan airspeed indicators and AI Ball (Antique Aero Engines) conducted a KinnerRanger engine clinic (Our special thanks to John and AI) Those not participating in the air rally had the option of sightseeing and touring some of the local wineries

At 0800 on Saturday we saw the Dawn Patrol airborne Kinners clattershying away letting Paso Robles officially know the Ryans were back After proper briefing the formation flying contest got underway with four teams competing selected by drawing numbered slips from a hat After passing over the judges in both diamond and echelon formations Team no 1 comprised of Bill Richards Lee Graybill Santa Rosa CA and Jay HayesMontara CA Ron Chapel Half Moon Bay CA and Don Burkett Downey CA were declared the winners John Gokchoff busy and helpshyful again conducted a seminar on how to properly rig a PT-22 with most of the Ryaneers attending (Thanks John)

Most of the Ryans participated in the Saturday afternoon flying event which is a combination of short field take off flour bombing and power off spot landshying and is flown in one flight Due to the layout of the Archie Dean Memorial Airport this event can be flown without bothering the normal traffic flow Rich McDonald Vacaville CA took the short field take off honors of 340 feet with his Ryan SCW Shortest Ryan PT-22 take off was 343 feet by John Richards Venshytura CA

Spot landing winner was Bob Keller Carmel CA in his Ranger-Ryan Oh

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Returning from a flight Brad Larsen gives his Ryan SC-W a wipe-down in the parking area

Headed home Jay and Ellen Hayes fly formation on Bill Mettes wing in their 1942 Ryan PT-22 CN 1752 N56030 Jim and Ellen are from Montara CA

From Vacaville CA USAF pilot Rich McDonalds modified 1938 Ryan SC-W CN 205 N18911 This Ryan sports a Continental E-185 engine in addition to the changed landing gear and cabin 20 SEPTEMBER 1985

yes two people are required to be on board during the event The flour bombshying is always interesting in that two atshytempts are made one with a standard brown bag flour bomb and the other prejudged for originality prior to the event Closest to the target was Aleta PharrisReb Stimson The originality bomb went to Lee and Modie Graybi lls wedding bomb in celebration of their then recent wedding I Congratulations

After the flying activities most everyone retired to the Paso Robles Inn for the Bob Yates Champagne cork-flying conshytests The only rule for this contest is Dont shake the bottle but its rarely enforced John Gormley Sacramento CA showed his expertise by outdistancshying the other competitors by a substanshytial amount Tired but happy Ryaneers gathered at the local Elks Club for reshyfreshments and video tapes of the days activities (furnished by Bill Allen) while waiting for the awards banquet to begin

The Saturday night awaras banquet was a huge success with 131 Ryan enshythusiasts thats almost five people per airplane Mike Sullivan was an outshystanding master of ceremonies There was a lot to cover and Mike really kept things rolling Some things that stand out in my mind in addition to the regu lar awards were the awarding of the Ryan solo wings by Bill Richards to 27 Ryaneers (like the 63 last year) exact replicas of those presented by T Claude Ryan to his Ryan School of Aeronautics graduates then the preshysentation of the WW II King City Ryan Instructors Mickey Muzinich Neil Fershyryman Barney Cleg Elmore Brown Marvin Good and Joe Brown (Wow What stories they told) and the presenshytation of the Archie Dean Memorial (flyshying training) Scholarship to teenager Barry Bradshaw of Paso Robles by Sherm Smoot and certainly George Clayton a Ryaneer from Fairbanks Alaska who received the well-deserved Greatest Hangar Flyer award

George has quite a background in Alaskan aviation and given half an opshyportunity he will tell you all about it He entertained us with a very good harshymonica concert and told us how he purshychased his Ryan PT-22 Briefly while on a DC-3 heading for Alaska from California during a stop in Washington state he observed a PT-22 sitting on the ramp It needed some minor mainteshynance so George called the owner and bought the Ryan right then and there

The DC-3 was about to leave so George got his tool box off and proshyceeded to make the Ryan ferryable (oh yes this was in the late fall of the year) It seems George had never flown a Ryan before but managed with the help of a 5-gallon gas can to make it on in to Fairbanks experiencing only minor mechanical problems cold ice and snow along the way (Come back George we love you)

Ryaneers gather under Los Robles (the oaks) for an outdoor seminar

Among the 30-plus awards presented during the banquet the Best Kinner Powered Ryan went to Jay Hayes Montara CA for his PT-22 N56030 The Best Non-Kinner-Powered Ryan and Greatest Distance Flown went to Bill Allen La Jolla CA for his STM-2 N466WA The T Claude Ryan Memoshyrial Award went to Dennis and Susan Lyons the Air Rally hosts The National Ryan Club plaque for Oldest Ryan went to Rich McDonalds 1938 SCW N18911 and the National Ryan Club plaque for Most Distant Ryan went to Bob Laughlin La Jolla CA for his PTshy22 N53431

All in all the Ryan Reunion was quite successful with a lot of good company and a lot of good safe fun enjoyed by all We Ryaneers are looking forward to Ryan Reunion XV Plans are for a big blowout with a max effort for as many Ryans as possible to attend Already we are aware of plans for several east of the Mississippi Ryan s to attend I can hardly wait to get there How about you

Keep the Ryan flyin bull

THE FULLERmiddotHAMMOND FHmiddot1 SUPER TWIN (Continued from Page 15)

Three views of the FHmiddot1 as it looks today

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Contestants in the 1930 Pacific Women s Air Derby (L to R) - Margery Doig Jean LaRene Ruth Stewart Ruth Barron Gladys ODonnell and Mildred Morgan

THE WOMENS CLASS A PACIFIC DERBY

by H Glenn Buffington (EAA 1234 AC 202) 134 West Walnut Avenue B San Diego CA 92103

In conjunction with the 1930 National Air Races there were two derbies for the women One was a 500 cu in or less piston displacement event from the East Coast Washington DC through Dixie and then up to Chicago and an 800 cu in race from the West Coast Long Beach California through the Southwest and Midwest to Chicago This is the story primarily about the latshyter race which covered a distance of 2245 statute miles

The contestants were

Ruth Barron (Nason) Hollywood Mildred Morgan Beverly Hills CA as the least experienced pilots TwentyshyCA Buhl Air Sedan J-5 Transport Travel Air J-5 Private License 15803 year-Old Barron came in with a brand License 13749 new Transport license having learned

Gladys Berry ODonnell Long Beach to fly only six months previously MorshyMargery Doig (Greenberg) Danbury CA Waco Taperwing J-6-7 Transport gan had a Private rating which was upshy

CT Pitcairn J-6 Lim Comm License License 6608 graded to a Transport after the Derby 10073 ODonnell and LaRene were the vetshy

Ruth Woerner Stewart St Louis MO erans of the group Gladys had flown Jean LaRene (Foote) Kansas City KS Curtiss RobinChallenger Transport the 29 Derby to a close second place

American Eagle J-6-7 Transport License 5375 behind Louise Thaden and Jean had License 5700 Barron and Morgan entered the race been associated with the Commandaire

22 SEPTEMBER 1985

NC21 M streamlined and ready for the 1930 competition

Co prior to joining American Eagle Of the six entries four had become

charter members of the Ninety-Nines when it was organized in November of 1929 Doig LaRene ODonnell and Stewart

Left at the starting line were three other pilots all of whom had entered the first Womens Air Derby of 1929 Santa Monica to Cleveland Pancho Barnes withdrew from the race when her three planes including the one she piloted at more than 196 mph all were declared ineligible Claire Fahy of Los Angeles widow of Herbert J Fahy Lockheed test pilot was ruled out beshycause her engine was excessively powshyered Bobbi Trout also of Los Angeles was disqualified for having an under powered craft 2 Bobbi is also another Ninety-Nines charterite

Carl Lienesch NAA governor for the state of California head of the aviation department for Union Oil of California and who served as manager of the 1930 Derby wrote It was left for the women to show really what could be done with ATC ships Phoebe Omlie in the East Coast Derby flew a Monocoupe of modern design and made one of those fine showings which the air racing world had come to expect from her Gladys ODonnell and Margery Doig in the Pacific Coast Derby both flew modern or rather modernized airplanes Margery Doigs Pitcairn was rounded out and fitted with a Townend ring at the Pitcairn factory It was a beautiful job and speedy

Gladys ODonnell flew a Taperwing Waco which it might be said was streamlined to the limit this limit being all possible under an A T C status Mrs ODonnell s ship had I-struts the fuselage rounded out and an effective NACA cowling It is probable that the top speed was around 170 mph Her time from Long Beach to Chicago indishycated an average speed in excess of 150 mph which shows that as far as derbies were concerned this year the women win the brown derby

James E Granger Swallow disshytributor on the West Coast President of the Pacific School of Aviation who served as official starter had this to say about the 30 derbies The splitting of the Womens Air Derby into two classes run from different places in my opinion was wrong The two classes should be run together next year and no attempt should be made to farm out the starting place of this very colorful race to the highest bidder It will not be necessary for the race officials to look further for a manager for next years event They have found him in C F Lienesch From start to finish of this years class A womens derby the absence of discord was conspicuous

The Derby actually started Sunday afternoon from Long Beach California August 17th with a short hop to

Gladys ODonnell with the victory garland at Chicago Aug 25 1930

LindberghRyan Field for the first night stop The planes were flagged away at one minute intervals numerically by racing number ie Doig - no 2 ODonshynell - no 7 LaRene - no 20 Stewart shyno 38 followed by Morgan and Barron The starting time from Long Beach arrishyval time in San Diego and the elapsed time follows (PST pm)

ODonnell - 332 - 40451 - 32 51 Doig - 331 - 405 03 - 3403 Barron - 336 - 422 36 - 4636 Morgan - 335 - 42529 - 50 29 Stewart - 334 - 431 09 - 57 09 LaRene - 333 - 430 16 - 5716

LaRene was delayed eight minutes at take off because of inability to start her engine with the other racers

On Monday the schedule called for a noon stop at Calexico and the night stop at Phoenix In accordance with air derby customs Mrs ODonnells craft was the first to taxi across the starting line on the departure for the second control point All the contestants arrived at Calexico within a span of 21 minutes Elapsed time from start ODonnell 1 1353 Doig 1 2248 Barron 1 3621 Morgan 1 4701 LaRene 1 4827 and Stewart 1 5952

ODonnell and DOig finished the third lap into Phoenix with less than five minshyutes separating them Ruth Barron was the last to get away from Calexico beshycause of some engine trouble and the fledgling s navigation caught up with her she became disoriented and flew an hour beyond Phoenix She landed 35 miles south of Holbrook Arizona reshymained overnight where she landed and then flew back to Phoenix to rejoin the others Tuesday morning

On August 19th the noon stop was Tucson and then to Douglas for the night where the total elapsed time talshylied ODonnell 356 29 Doig 41308 Morgan 52614 LaRene 53523 Stewart 625 25 Barron 21 3952 beshycause of the delay in reaching Phoenix after over-flying it

Wednesday it was on to Lordsburg and then Roswell New Mexico where ODonnell was officially 2640 ahead of Doig Others arrived in the following order Barron LaRene Morgan and Stewart

The 21 st scheduled a Lubbock noon stop and to Amarillo Texas for the night Gladys covered the Roswell-Lubshybock leg in 1 0041 and Margery in 1 0238 The other four pilots landed in the same sequence as at Roswell

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A frontal view of the racy Waco Taperwing NC21M in its heyday

Enid Oklahoma was scheduled for noon and Wichita Kansas for the night of the 22nd Thunderstorms and heavy rain gave the girls some of their most inclement weather during the AmarilloshyEnid leg of the race Ruth Stewart was forced down near Elk City but she set her plane down at Enid at 125630 Jean LaRene was forced down near Waukomis a few miles south of Enid she arrived at 125728 accounting for all the entries so they could take off on schedule for Wichita

More thrilling adventures entered the Wichita-Kansas City Kansas (Fairfax Airport) leg A little short of half-way to Kansas City Margery Doig 3 was forced down and out of the race near Olpe Kansas 10 miles south of Emshyporia in a farmers pasture when her engine caught fire She sideslipped to a landing and beat out the flames that threatened to destroy the Pitcairn It was a tough break for Doig after flying a good second to that point

Again Ruth Barrons navigation went awry She was visibly annoyed when she finally landed the Buhl at Fairfax at 541 pm with an elapsed time of 30457 from Wichita She reported I lost my bearings somewhere near Kanshysas City and landed in a field near a farm house I asked the farmer the dishyrections to Kansas City and he told me 50 miles north I said that he surely meant 50 miles east but he insisted he was right I flew the way he saidand 24 SEPTEMBER 1985

found myself over St Joseph and here I am back

The author had the pleasure of watching the girls bring em in at Fairshyfax on Saturday ODonnell crossed the finish line in her bright red and yellow Waco at 345 - 1 1420 out of Wichita LaRene in her yellow American Eagle arrived at 407 - 1 3415 from Wichita Morgan flying her dark blue Travel Air with silver wings finished at 410 shy1 3512 out of Wichita Stewart in her orange and cream colored Curtiss Robin came in at 437 - 20342 from Wichita

Shortly after these four arrivals the Derby starter Jim Granger and his wife Clema flew in with their Swallow and taxied up to the flight line Then a Ryan Brougham flew in with Gladys ODonnell painted across the fuselage It was flown by her husband Lloyd and served as the flagship for the ODonnell camp Some of the Fairfax pilots called it ritzy but I figured if one could afford it why not

One of the first to reach Jean LaRene was her mother Mrs Sadie Ross of Olathe Kansas whom Jean visited often She also had a long chat with Larry Ruch former chief test pilot for the American Eagle Aircraft factory at Fairfax

The contestants attended a dinner in the evening sponsored by the Womens Chamber of Commerce of Kansas City Kansas The new Fairfax Airport term ishy

nal building the site for this occasion and Mayor Don McCombs welcomed the fliers

The Derby continued to Des Moines Iowa and Madison Wisconsin on Sunshyday and the last leg to Chicago was flown Monday August 25th The offical Long Beach-Chicago results were

Elapsed Prize Pilot Time Money Gladys ODonnell 151316 $3500 Mildred Morgan 21 0835 2100 Jean LaRene 21 4549 1400 Ruth Stewart 2638 06 Ruth Barron 383341 Margery DOig (Out at Olpe KS)

For their efforts in flying the 30 Derby Ruth Barron was awarded the Jr Women s Aeronautical Association of California Trophy and Gladys ODonnell won two trophies The Aerol Trophy by the Cleveland Pneumatic Tool Co and the Womens Aero Assn of Calif Trophy Gladys also won the Mrs Robert McCormick Trophy and the Womens Pioneer Aviation Club Trophy for winning two closed-course races at the National Air Races which were held at Curtiss-Reynolds Airport Chicago Aug 23 to Sept 1 1930

An AP release dated Aug 31 1930 carried the headline Another Victory Chalked up for Feminine Fliers and the sub-title Women pilots fly over long routes in air derbies in less time than men It favorably compared Gladys

Copy of picture Gladys ODonnell autoshygraphed for Louise Thaden

ODonnells performance with the two Class A Mens Derbies won by John Blum Seattle to Chicago and Art Kilshylips Miami-Chicago race It also praised Phoebe Omlies showing against the two Class B Mens Derbies won by John Livingston the race from Brownsville and the Derby from Hartford won by J Wesley Smith

In 1967 when I wrote Mrs ODonnell regarding the Taperwing she sent the front view and commented I feel a pang of guilt at not keeping myoid friend 21 M for thats the way I feel about that plane The enclosed photoshygraph is 21 M at her top best in the streamlined beauty of its heyday - 163 mph You will notice the special racing gear It was beautiful but a bit rugged on turf fields since it was a rigid gear It added about six miles per hour to the top speed The ODonnelis owned the Taperwing for a decade

In comparing this air race of over fifty years ago with some of the more curshyrent ones we need to mention some of the pros and cons When the race is of the on to type with noon and night control stops the contestants more or less stay together In that manner weather and flying conditions are practically the same for each entrant and the race officials have the opportushynity to release race standings to the media after each day of racing

More recently the race routes genershyally 2000 to 2500 statute miles in length are set up and the contestants are usually given four days flying VFR in daylight hours to reach the terminus before a specified deadline Each plane is assigned a par (handicap) speed and the object is to have a ground speed as far over the par speed as possible The

pilot is thus given the leeway to play the elements holding out for better weather conditions winds etc The faster planes with better performance are somewhat favored in this respect as sometimes the slower entries must forge ahead in order to beat the deadshyline at the terminus And in this type of race the official standings cannot be reshyleased until the final bird has crossed the finish line Actually the last arrival can be the winner

The earlier races flew shorter legs and made more stops than the current races More recently the legs are 280 to 350 statute miles and six or seven control stops are designated for either landing or fly-by and the races are open to all fixed-wing stock aircraft from 145 to 570 horsepower Early on the fastest airplane with no handicap was in a good position to win if it held toshygether over the long haul and there was no big navigational error committed

Now that a handicapping system is used - each plane flying against its own specified speed - supposedly any entry has an equal chance of victory depending on the accuracy of the handshyicapping

Gini Richardson Yakima Washingshyton who oft-times places in the top 10 gives some racing advice The handshyicap is vitally important - you have to have a good handicap thats essential After that if you want to finish in the top 10 you have to fly well have knowlshyedge of the weather and strong navigashy

tional skills Velda King Mapelli Las Vegas

Nevada President of the Air Race Classic for the past eight years (1977shy1984) wrote in the recent race proshygram The altruistic interest and efforts of many people offers ARC contestants a temporary respite from the normal routine - and opportunity to share the camaraderie of participating in an air race There are no secrets to racing Personal application of skills will detershymine the winner but each will be a betshyter pilot as a result of the experience

That is what it is all about

FOOTNOTES

(1) Subsequent last names are in parenthesis (2) Had Trout been on the East Coast she cou ld have entered the Kinnermiddotpowered Golden Eagle in the 1575 mi Dixie Derby This race was won by Phoebe Omlie in a Warner Monocoupe She was followed by Martie Bowman Kinner Fleet Laura Ingalls Gypsy DH Moth Nancy Hopkins (Tier) Kinmiddot ner Kitty Hawk and Charity Langdon Cirrus Avian Vera Dawn Walker flying a Warner Inland Sport had to withdraw because of a mechanical at Birminshygham AL and Mary Haizlip in another Warner Inshyland Sport failed to make the race start after her airplane was dinged in a forced landing near Greenwood SC enroute to the starting line Both Haizlip and Walker did get to Chicago after the delays and flew in some of the closedmiddotcourse events Ninety-Nines charter members in this group include HopkinsmiddotTier Omlie and Walker (3) Doig was able to have the Pitcairn engine reshypaired and she flew to Chicago on Aug 26th She placed second behind ODonnell in one 25 mile pylon race at 13536 mph and won $450 In the feature 50 mile race she placed 4th just out of the money behind ODonnell Mary Haizlip and Opal Kunz bull

VINTAGE SEAPLANES

The Oldest Known Set of EDO Floats in Service The aircraft is a 1933 Waco UBF-2 biplane powered by a 220-horsepower Continental W670 engine The floats are EDO model M-2665s manufactured on August 2 1930 These particular floats had been damaged in a crash in 1950 and were kept in storage for 27 years prior to being restored and fitted to the Waco in 1977 This remarkable antique aircraft is the property of Mr Henry Stauch Junction City Oregon It is conshyverted to float operation in the summer and flown from Kenmore Air Harbor Kenmore Washington scene of this photograph Photo courtesy EDO Floats

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

My First Flight To Oshkosh

18 gallons each My partner and Ideveloping a small stomach problem Robert R Black watched in amazement as the boytoo much excitement I thought (EAA 220708)

4246 South 1060 East Lift off was normal and the Tri-Pacer pumped 181 into the right tank and 180 gallons into the left tank Instantly did pretty well at first But the night air Salt Lake City UT 83117 I felt terrible I had just flown in onwas hot and humid and I wasnt exshyfumes I had made a mistake middoton myperiencing the kind of lift that I was used Ever since seeing a Pitts Special in flight duration - I forgot that I had cirshyto I had to circle in the Salt Lake Valley FL YING magazine when I was sixteen cled for half an hour after take off and learning of a special event called for 30 minutes until I could get up to

Then a super bad case of cottonshyOshkosh I have had the desire to go altitude At 9000 I started through ParshyAfter all the years of putting it off due to leys Canyon and headed for Ft Bridger mouth hit me I figured it was just due

VOR in Wyoming What a bumpy ride lack of funds and not having anything to the close call so I took a drink of some fruit punch which went down like to fly I finally got the chance to go in We popped around inside the plane like

1984 a bowling ball I really didnt feel good two marbles in a can From Ft Bridger My father and mother and I had just but I told myself I was going to Oshkoshwe flew to Evanston then to Rock

Springs Wyoming completed a 15-month restoration proshy by gosh and that thought kept me going ject on my fathers 1956 Piper Trishy We piled back into the plane and tookI started to develop cotton-mouth but Pacer With the bird looking new and off We climbed slowly and headed for figured it was just the thrill of finally

Chadronpretty I had little trouble talking myself going to Oshkosh We called Rock Springs asking for into taking it to Oshkosh As soon as we cleared the remaining

I discussed this with my business mountains I started to descend when fuel accommodations and I changed my partner and somehow talked him into an overwhelming feeling came over meflight plan from Casper to Rock Springs going with me All right I could go at I was going to throw up and I couldn t When they told me it would cost an adshyhalf the cost Things were really picking ditional $3000 to get someone to fuel shake the feeling try as I may How up could I do that - Id never been sick inme I said no thanks and changed my

The date was set Saturday July 28 an airplane in my life - I couldn t do flight plan to Rawlins Wyoming Fuel 1984 at 300 am I figured if we left at that The sic-sacs were for my wife and was getting low but figuring the length

of the trip and the amount of fuel left I others who couldnt take the ups and300 in the morning I could climb up out of the Salt Lake Valley and fly to downsfigured I could make it

My honor was at stake - I couldnt Casper Wyoming From there I would On to Rawlins we went over the lowshyproceed to Winner South Dakota Fairshy do that What a statement typical hardshyering mountains With all the bumps mont Minnesota and then on to Oshshy head approach right Well thatand ups and downs my stomach told kosh thought helped me to fight off the inevitshyme I had a problem I just couldn t be

Hours of preparation and planning getting sick Id never been sick in an able Come on Chadron I kept saying were spent in getting ready for the trip Id never felt that badly on any flight but airplane I figured that I was just overly A tent was measured and stuffed into we pressed ontired and hungry and the stop at Rawshythe baggage compartment Vacation Chadron Radio this is Tri-Pacer lins would put me back in shape time was hastily arranged and all sysshy 4547A do you copy Tri-Pacer 47A Finally Rawlins appeared on the tems were go Little did I know how Chadron Radio copies loud and clearother side of two knolls I brought the much go there was coming plane around entering down wind and Chadron 47A whats your active run-

On Friday July 27 I went to work way slipped in to a nice friendly airport The What a total waste of time Its a good on-field FSS Operator was super nice 47A active is 20 thing Im a lead man in the machine Roger 20 and said the place would come to life in shop because I accomplished nothing a little while He told us the good places Then came the bad news Chadron and finally left at lunch time Working gave me the altimeter setting and saidto eat breakfast We decided to plan the swing shift has its advantages at times next phase of our flight since our origishy the winds were 25 gusting to 35 I asked and I went home to sleep and prepare nal flight plan was greatly altered by Chadron for the wind direction and he for the flight then told me again I just could not get with

What a wasted night - I couldnt the program whatever was making meWe flight planned to Chadron Nebshysleep and all I did was toss and turn raska for our next stop figuring it would sick was really getting to me Two am came awfully early and I left put us right back on course As soon as I entered the pattern but could not for my partners home We piled into the planning was finished the line boy keep the plane tracking straight It the jeep and went to the airport would not settle What was wrong For at Rawlins appeared and fueled us with

The preflight went well except I was 80 octane My tanks are placarded for those of you who are Tri-Pacer drivers

26 SEPTEMBER 1985

you know the plane settles like a rock I felt better They were the greatest our trip home I spent the first hour and I looked at my airspeed indicator - I On the way into town the car winshy a half in the bathroom at the airport

was doing 120 mph and should have dows were open all the way At the Between the bathroom and the plane I been doing 80 Missed approach Super 8 Motel we met more super nice threw up four times We climbed into going around will try it again people The rooms were great and I the Tri-Pacer anyway and took off

Roger 47A no other traffic in the patshy crashed My partner was given a free 47A flew great I told my partner that tern ride back to the airport by the motel he would probably end up doing a lot of

Chadron this is 47A - downwind manager to pick up our gear the flying I did pretty well until we got for runway 20 We spent the day in town and I just west of Rock Springs Wyoming

I prayed Please God help me down stayed in bed trying to die I finally Ooops that was the only time I ever Dont let me kill my partner realized that my problem was a good used a sic-sac Bless those considerate

Okay Ive got to do this Line it up case of the flu people for making those wonderful leakshyThere thats right 80 mph okay flaps Chadron has a lot to see and some proof bags

day I shall go back I feel I must let those to slow us down right in we goooooo I had decided that if I couldnt finish good people know that I really do have What a crosswind touch down hold on the trip all the way back to Salt Lake color in my face Oh isnt pride terrible 47A you just landed on 26 That was City Airport No 2 that I would land at

a pretty good cross wind landing In the afternoon I felt a little better Ft Bridger Fortunately as Ft Bridger Thanks I just dont feel good I and thought maybe we might make it to passed below us I felt we could make it

Oshkosh anyway We went back to the A storm front was crossing from west guess I needed the practice Roger airport and planned the rest of the trip to east right in our path The clouds I thought to myself - you nut whats All of a sudden I made a mad dash to were closing in I dropped from 10500

the great white throne - the decision to 8500 and still I was going through wrong with you Cant you remember how to tell which runway is which To was made - head for home clouds Short little IFR trips in the mounshy

We took off for Riverton Wyoming Itbe honest I was so sick that I couldn t tains is not really my idea of fun and remember how to tell the correct runshy was a pretty good trip and at one point games What a trip Boy was I sick way I felt I might have made it to Oshkosh We made it through Parleys Canyon

but went on to Riverton What a good and I prayed Please Lord help meWe taxied to the ramp and I warned decision that was land this thing my partner to get out of the way I ran

In Riverton the Best Western Sunshy My prayers were answered weinto the bathroom and spent a good half downer motel sent their courtesy car for parked the plane got into the jeep andan hour seeing only a small porcelain us We spent the night and the next I said Get me home quickly Gary I hole - oops morning there and I was sick sick sick went straight to bed where I stayed The people at Chadron were super Everybody in Riverton took pity on me from Sunday to Wednesday LampD Aero Service tried all they could to

Next year there will be no flu I will They were really great Would those make me feel better They fueled the people ever see me in better condition fly crawl or whatever but Im absolutely plane and offered me a free ride into

When we finally decided to continue going to go to Oshkosh maybe bull town so I cou ld get a place to sleep until

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JUNE 1982 - Two weeks before the hail storms came the Luscombe stands proudly

RESTORATION of a LUSCOMBE 8A

JUNE 1982 - The sturdy Luscombe wings receive a new cover of Stits Polyfiber

6 SEPTEMBER 1985

Story and Photos by James B Zazas (EAA 150698 AlC 5416) Rt 3 Box 389 Carthage NC 28327

Restoration A simple word but one that can evoke the dreams of a prestigishyous trophy at Oshkosh or strike tershyror into the hearts and souls of pilots and mechanics alike For me restorashytion meant a simple facelift a chance to fly another 40 years with my peers Little did I know the extent of the facelift I would endure or of the joys and frustshyrations I would share with my owner Jim Zazas of Carthage North Carolina

Before any restoration can take place there has to be an original beginshyning a birth so-to-speak I started my life in Texas like many of my fellow post-World War Luscombe 8As My monocoque dural fuselage was made of shiny 17ST aluminum While A Edgar Mitchell and his team of enshygineers struggled to design an all-metal

JULY 1982 - The Luscombe is stripped of all paint Martin-Senour Paint Blitz works its magic

wing I was given the standard silvershydoped wing The dark blue stripes on my mirror-like sides highlighted my sporty sexy appearance

On January 17 1946 as factory seshyrial number 2031 CAA registered NC45504 I rolled out df the Dallas plant and joined the dual row of new Lusshycombes awaiting initial test flights Four days later it was my turn to fly above Garland Factory test-pilot Harold Burns showed me how to stall swoop and soar On January 27th I winged east toshyward my new home in Charlotte North Carolina Surprisingly I have never been based outside the boundaries of the Tarheel State after almost 40 years of constant flying with 12 different ownshyers

Any lovingly cared for antiqueclassic airplane can tell you its history like a book I am no different I endured the common cosmetic changes to my airshyframe and engine to satisfy my owners personal tastes These changes were the usual add an antenna here do a modifiction there or what will be my paint scheme for 1968 type silliness - all of which comes off in any worthshywhile restoration

I soon realized Jim had big plans for me when he bought me in May 1980 Minor items would be completed first More important items would follow shortly Total restoration was scheduled for 1985

Slowly thoughtfully Jim started my initial restoration At first it was the usual cosmetic touch-ups In March 1981 my cast aluminum vertical and horizontal components were replaced with the superior Univair steel parts Likewise all my previously applied

black trim was repainted Tight finances and lack of much free time held Jim back from doing more

June 1982 came and left leaving me with a violent injury to my wings they were severly hail-damaged Jim and his lovely wife Karen were dumbstruck No longer could I perform my primary job of providing safe and efficient flying fun My wings were removed for the start of a simple recover I was heartbroken

While the wings came off Jim made a most important decision - total restoshyration Nothing would be spared nothshy

ing would be left untouched For the next 21 months we labored tinkered tailored cried and persevered In a nutshyshell I was recovered repainted and rebuilt

From June 1982 to March 1984 I was the object of much labor of love My wings were recovered in Stits and ten coats of silver dope were applied The instrument panel was removed and reshystored to original layout Original Lusshycombe instruments were located overshyhauled and installed (Thank you Jon Aldrich for the bubble-face compass) All upholstery including the canvas baggage compartment was removed and recovered All cockpit glass (plasshytic) was removed The fuselage was stripped of any paint and steam cleaned A new Univair bottom cowling replaced my original one (Poor Jim and his mechanics had a devil-of-a-time with this particular piece) New stainless steel screws and AN bolts replaced corshyroded hardware In turn my landing gear oleo shock was serviced tires were replaced and new gear fairings were installed

Jim pondered whether or not to keep my simple electrical system He feared the FAAATC system 20 years hence would require some sort of rudimentary electrical system for all antiqueclassic aircraft Thus he chose to keep my notshyso-original wind-driven generator and electrical system intact After all the wirshying was replaced the Hobbs ammeter and switches were relocated in the leftshyhand glove compartment behind its reshyspective door

In regard to my engine Jim decided only cosmetic changes were necesshysary My Continental built A-65-8 heart had 1000 hours of reliable use

AUGUST 1982 - Jim Zazas steam cleans thoroughly all metal surfaces before spraying the fuselage with Randolph Rand-O-Plate primer

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 7

APRIL 1983 - With all rib stitching doping and painting completed during the winter months Scotty Rogers carefully masks off the twenty-four inch wing NC registration numbers

before any scheduled overhaul was due The engine was carefully removed All old hoses and clamps were removed and thrown away The crankcase was painted gold while the cylinders reshyceived two coats of semi-g loss black paint A new shielded ignition harness was installed The squarehead Bendix Scintilla magnetos were overhauled A new Wag-Aero crossover exhaust was fitted As these cosmetic changes were completed new hoses clamps and fitshytings were used

My firewall was cleaned of any paint corrosion and dirt Rand-O-Plate primer was sprayed shortly after the cleaning DuPont Imron silver was applied to give my firewall a bright metallic look

Until the summer of 1983 I was scatshy

tered helter-skelter around a hangar floor and Karen s dining room table

Jim wanted dearly to restore me to my original polished aluminum with blue trim but previous owners had etched me beyond any help With Karen s adshyvice he opted for a flashy paint scheme Once again Rand-O-Plate primer was used to preserve me Ranshydolph Dallas Yellow polyurethane was sprayed to protect me Finally using drawings from original factory etchings as guides black DuPont Imron was added for trim to offset my overall bright yellow

Items removed previously were inshystalled The instrument panel was re-rishyveted in place All new glass was inshystalled only the factory original

FEBRUARY 1984 - A freshly overhauled Continental A-65-8 engine awaits installation on the Luscombe

8 SEPTEMBER 1985

The overhauled-to-original instrument panel with overhauled instruments is inshystalled All refurbished upholstery is added too

windshield was used again The upshyholstery was added shortly afterwards To cap this dedicated labor my now yellow wings were mated to my fuseshylage Wow I was getting somewhere I was anxious and ready for a test flight

On August 21 1983 Jim guided me cautiously into the lovely very familiar blue skies over North Carolina Very quickly elation became concern and in turn outright worry I had a definite feelshying of heartburn and felt nauseous All I could show Jim was a rapidly rising oil temperature indication with oil pressure dropping just as quickly Wisely he shut down my engine A skillfull deadstick landing on the runway ended this first test flight

Investigation revealed my engine bearings were shot and the crankshaft destroyed Further investigation reshyvealed my heart had been operated previously with no blood or blood pressure sometime during Jims abshysence

Very sadly my damaged engine was removed once again and dismantled Mr Joe Hurdle of Mebane North Caroshylina a master at rebuilding low horseshypower Continental and Lycoming enshygines overhauled my heart to goodshyas-new 1946 specifications He even added the EAA auto fuel STC In Febshyruary 1984 the overhaul was complete and my engine installed shortly thereafshyter

The February skies cleared Once again Jim and I went aloft into the Carolina Blue skies Everything worked in perfect harmony We did two loops just to celebrate much to the shock of those on the ground

On March 21 1984 with a toast of

MAY 1984 - Jim and Karen Zazas show proudly their Luscombe 8A and Antique Classic Chapter 3 Spring Fly-In trophy

champagne Jim and Karen attached a small plaque to the inside of my right hand glove compartment door It says the following

Restored June 1982 to March 1984

by Jim and Karen Zazas

and our friends at 1-95 South Airport Fayetteville NC

Engine overhauled by Joe Hurdle Mebane NC

During the course of my total restorashytion Jim developed as his wife once said a close and curious relationship with Mr Wag-Aero Mr Univair Mr Great Lakes Instrument Service and their Mercury on wheels Mr UPS To be truthful I already knew Jim had a close relationship with John Bergeson of the Luscombe Association Loren Bump of the Continental Luscombe Asshysociation the EAA and many other fine people and organizations Oh how I wish I was a human being so I could meet these fine folks and enjoy their camaraderie

Jims patience and perseverence paid handsome dividends in May 1984 During EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter Threes Spring Fly-In he was awarded the Custom Classic Trophy Upon reshyceiving this prestigious award he let it be known behind every good restorashytion is a good wife The pride we shared that night culminated the efforts of many

Restoration Such a simple word but its implications can be very complex and rewarding To my fellow Lusshycombes I sincerely hope your owners

show as much care during your restorashytion as my owner did during mine To all restored airplanes and restorations to be I wish you health and happiness To my human pilots and friends fly us safely always

Authors note There are two Lusshycombe clubsassociations available to interested Luscombe enthusiasts Membership is open to anyone For more information contact the Lusshycombe Association 6438 West Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 or the Continental Luscombe Association 5736 Esmar Road Ceres CA 95307 Both associations have $1000 per year dues and both associations publish a very informative semi-monthly newsletshyter bull

A native of Indiana James grew up in the rich aviation atmosphere of the Midwest He earned his initial power and glider licenses while atending DeshyPauw University Commissioned through ROTC he served his country for six years as an Air Force C-130 Hershycules pilot based at Pope AFB North Carolina Today he is a pilot for Piedshymont Airlines and with his wife Karen participates actively in the various sport aviation activities of the Southeast James is presently writing a comshyprehensive history of Luscombe - the airplanes the people and the Company The Zazas Luscombe 8A is their esshycape machine

1985 - NC455504 enjoys a few rays of warm sunshine under a Carolina Blue sky

SALVAGING AN AIRWAYS BEACON

Contemplating the job at hand are (L-R) Ron Fritz Mel Lugten John Emery Willard and Donna Benedict

Story and Photos by Mrs Willard (Donna) Benedict (EAA 6786 NC 294) 129 Cedar Street Wayland MI 49348

What has four legs is orange and white is 62 feet tall and used to go blink blink blink

Give up Its an airways beacon left over from the 30s and 40s and still standing

At the February 21 1981 meeting of West Michigan Chapter 8 of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division president Phil Coulson of Lawton asked the members if they were interested in acquiring an airways beacon for the purpose of disshymantling it and donating it to the EAA Museum Meeting with an enthusiastic affirmative he set out to locate the preshysent owner to get permission Phil a surveyor with Gove Associates Inc of Kalamazoo Michigan had located the beacon through his transit while surveyshying a nearby piece of property about three or fours years previously Upon locating the owner Mr John Emery of Galesburg Michigan he learned that 10 SEPTEMBER 1985

Emery a veteran of WW II had been offered a substantial sum for the tower by a neighbor to be used as an antenna But after thinking about it for a couple of months and after learning that very few if any still exist Emery decided that it would be a good idea to attempt to preserve the beacon

A LITTLE HISTORY

The original purpose of the airways system was for the airmail pilots and it was sponsored by the United States Post Office In early 1921 the Post Ofshyfice in an effort to revive the airmail s drooping reputation decided to make continuous day and night flights across the country Townsfolk along the way had agreed to light bonfires to help mark the route Post Office officials hoped that the coast-to-coast flights could be made in fewer than 36 hours

On February 22 1921 two DeHavilshylands left Hazelhurst Field New York at 600 am about 1-1 2 hours later two more DeHaviliands left San Francisco headed east Later that day Jack Knight who earl ier had flown his regular route of Omaha to Cheyenne and then

dead-headed back to North Platte had drawn the first section night flight to Omaha When Knight arrived in Omaha he found that his relief pilot was weathshyered in at Chicago so Knight flew on from Omaha to Chicago landing there at 840 a m February 23 becoming the nations first airmail pilot to complete an all night flight

In the spring of 1922 Congressman Martin B Madden of Illinois asked enshygineer Joseph V Magee to study the problem of regular night flights Working diligently for more than a year Magee came up with a plan calling for a system of beacons and emergency landing fields Terminals would have 36 revolvshying lights on 50 towers that would sweep the horizon three times a minute with a beam visible for 100 miles in clear weather At each of the emergency fields which were roughly 75 miles apart there would be an 18 beacon on top of a 50 tower which could be seen 60 to 70 miles on clear nights

The first experimental lighted airway in the United Staes was laid down beshytween Dayton and Columbus Ohio Army engineers and Army pilots col shy

laborated in working out proper beacons and marker lights After the Army had demonstrated what could be done over lighted airways the Post Ofshyfice undertook to light the section of trans-continental route between Cheyenne and Chicago a job which was completed in the summer of 1923 Test runs were made that summer but it was not until the following year July 1 1924 that regular night service was established

In another year the Chicago-New York route was lighted and by the end of 1926 the line of airway beacons exshytended from coast to coast During the following ten years airway lighting was put in as fast as funds would permit By 1939 every established air route in the United States was equipped for night and day flying Total lighted airway mileage was 29199 miles Over 2200 beacons were installed In 1940 it was estimated that over $15000000 would be spent on lighted airways upkeep and operation After World War II modern radio and instrument flying aids spelled the doom of the old lighted airways

AlC CHAPTER 8 GETS INTO THE PICTURE

So at 11 00 am on Saturday Febshyruary 28 1981 a typical cold windshyswept Michigan winter day following two weeks of warm beautiful weather five hardy souls and their mascot showed up for the dismantling Now you understand when Phil had menshytioned this to the Chapter 8 members the question was raised How tall is this thing Phil the answer given (from this surveyor) was Only about 35 or 40 feet The first thing noted by all on that February 28 was that it was not 35 feet tall but considerably taller Fortushynately it was located in a plowed manshyure-filled field with the possibility of faIshyling three ways without danger to the farmers fences

This beacon was between Kalamazoo and Battle Creek Michigan and was apparently part of the chain of beacons on the Detroit to Chicago airway used by the Ford Motor Companys airmail flights as early as 1926

Mel Lugten of Hamilton showed up with his boom truck and proceeded to evaluate the situation being primarily interested in which neighbors tree he should place a chain around without inshycurring the wrath of said neighbor Oh well there wasnt a tree placed conveshyniently anyway In the meantime Gary VanFarowe of Holland Michigan the youngest member of the team shinshynied up the ladder to the top and started disassembling the beacon with the help of Phil Coulson

It is interesting to note that neither Willard Benedict of Wayland nor Ron Fritz EAA AntiqueClassic Division

ropes at the bottom with all feet firmly planted on terra firma Many pilots have a fear of heights and Ron and Willy are no exception

Several hours later the 24 beacon was safely lowerd to the ground along with the motor and one of the course marker lights The danger of breaking the glass was a problem that had been previously eliminated by vandals and their 22 caliber rifles one bullet of a much higher velocity penetrated the cast aluminum casing and passed through the 14 thick glass The mechanical workings of the beacon which was made by General Electric

John Emery of Galesburg MI who doshynated the tower to the EAA Aviation Museum

appeared in excellent condition Mershycury switches operated by a cam to control the encoding of the course lights in dots and dashes identified the locashy

tion of each beacon to the pilots This particular beacon was at a half way point between Kalamazoo airport and Battle Creek airport

With all the breakables safely tucked away in the back of the truck and after a cup of lukewarm but much appreciated coffee the time for the big task had arrived

After torching off two legs of the tower and cutting through part of the other two it was time to position the cushion (nothing fancier than a couple of rolls of old rolled up fencing) and sure enough the cushion had been placed inaccurately The tower WAS taller than the estimated 40 feet With the bridle in place and hooked up to the boom truck all was in readiness

Willard BenedictS wife Donna who has a more than average wifes interest in airplanes came along as mascot maker of the coffee and official photoshygrapher Being proficient at nothing more complicated than an Instamatic she was using Phils 35 mm Kodak Camera with all the fancy gadgets hopshying to get the picture of the year award one of those action shots that show for example a tower breaking in half at the midway point where it wasnt supposed to She was ready for the acshytion

With Mel in the truck operating the winch and Gary Ron Willy and Phil givshying a tug on the rope the tower started on its way down What a magnificent sight It came down so slow and easy just like wed been a professional tower wrecking crew and had planned it like we knew what we were doing A sponshytaneous shout of approval went up from all when we realized that we hadnt inshycurred any damage to the cage or the tower

Following another cup of coffee (it should have been champagne) the task of dismantling the tower took place

Secretary of Kent City volunteered to Securing the bridle to the boom truck are (counterclockwise from upper right) Phil climb to the top but were ready with the Coulson Gary Van Farowe Ron Fritz Willard Benedict and Mel Lugten

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Its a long way to the top

Another four hours later and the tower was in three pieces and loaded on the trailer Because the trailer did not have lights the boys worked frantically to get it loaded and trailered to John Boskers Airport at Mattawan Michigan before the sun went down They were ready for plenty of beer and pizza

Mr Bob Litner president of Brooks Aero Inc of Marshall Michigan doshynated replacement course lights Howshyard Sprunger donated the old beacon from the Three Rivers Airport

NOW FOR A COAT OF PAINT

SaturdayMay 1 1982 broke bright and clear with the beacon project awaitshying action The first to arrive overhead was Bob Harris in his trusty 1942 Taylorcraft L-2 with French markings As Bob touched down Warren and Millie Schuhknecht drove in the driveway at the Mattawan airport After a quick cup of coffee members of Chapter 8 set about the task of cleaning and sorting parts of the tower Soon other members were driving in or flying Among those who flew were Steve and Karlene Johnson and family from Smyrna Mel Lugten of Hamilton and Jim Jensen of Hastings (now deceased) 12 SEPTEMBER 1985

After standing for about 50 years the tower is about to come down

Gary VanFarowe and Jack Elenbaas of Holland took charge of the beacon and course lights About the time everyone was working up a good sweat

On the way down The tower incurred no damage during this operation

and a good appetite Willard and Donna Benedict arrived with about three galshylons of homemade chili which was Some Good as they say out east

Then back to the project Ron and Shirley Fritz of Kent City and their chilshydren Ronnie and Heather scraped paint Cliff Bitting of Grand Rapids scraped paint Ruth Coulson scraped paint Finally it was ready for the final white and orange colors Everybody ended up with orange and white measles all over their shoes arms legs clothes etc

What a great feeling it was when the paint ran out But someone had the dumb idea of running into town and buyshying more Case tractor orange paint By the time that paint was gone there was no more tower to cover Then the gang retired to the Coulsons at Lawton Michigan for a well-deserved cook-out

In November of 1982 Phil Coulson and Gary VanFarowe delivered the tower to the EAA campSite area at Oshshykosh The following spring the tower was reassembled by the EAA Museum Staff where it continues to greet the members of Chapter 8 as well as all other EAA members who camp at the Conventionbull

Reader Fran Wallace sent this photo of States NC10719 painted in Burgess Battery colors The Burgess factory was in nearby Freeport IL

by George A Hardie Jr took delivery 31533 The States contributed a great deal

Heres a snappy little biplane from the Golden Age era that is a rare one The engine appears to be an Anzani but thats open to question Note the cat inshysignia on the side of the fuselage Not much else is known about this neat little job The photo was submitted by R K Armstrong of Rawlings MD Answers will be published in the December 1985 issue of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE Deadline for that issue is October 10 1985

The Mystery Plane featured in the June 1985 issue was no mystery to many of our readers Retired Pan Am Captain Fran Wallace (EAA 35172 NC 309) P O Box 822 Stony Brook NY 11790 wrote

it is a States SE5F powered with a Kinner K-5 engine My father Lloyd Wallace and his flying partner Jack Neely of Freeport Illinois bought a States NC10719 from Ed Brazelton (I think) at the old Elmhurst Airport Elshymhurst IL Dad and I flew Dr Snyders (of Freeport) Waco QDC to Elmhurst 2 21 33 for a demonstration and they

Dear Gene

Please add my name to the list conshygratulating Ted Businger for the great job he did writing the Ed Morrow Story in the June and July 1985 issues of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE So far Ive read it twice and plan on reading it a few more times to make sure I didnt miss anything

Talk about being born twenty years too late What a fantastic thing it must have been to work with the great people Ted wrote about and to think all

The States was an excellent airplane good short field capability very stable and a very easy airplane to land Note the big Airwheels and the looong oleos - it was almost impossible to bounce It was not an acrobatic airplane but it did nice loops soft snap-rolls and good hammer-head stalls - spectacular when done close to the ground (I quit the hammer-heads - another story)

Correct answers also were received from Doug Rounds Zebulon GA Jim Barton Oshkosh WI George W Mojonnier Snohomish WA Mike Reshyzich Chicago IL MH Eisenmann Garrettsville OH Bob Whittier Duxshybury MA Norman S Orloff San Anshytonio TX LeRoy Falk Carpentersville IL Charley Hayes Park Forest IL J Max Freeman Wilkesboro NC Stan Piteau Holland MI and Ted Businger Willow Springs MO

It is interesting to note that many reshyspondents give credit to Joseph Juptshyners US Civil Aircraft series as the source of identification and additional data on the Mystery Planes And reshygarding the States several included copies of magazine ads for the plane as well as photos such as the one sent by Fran Wallace of the States painted in the Burgess Battery colors bull

to my learning to become a pilot - I flew it more than 200 hours before I went to work for United Air Lines It was sold in St Louis 10536 I should add that Dad taught me to fly and monitored my flying education until airline time

Letters To Editor those projects happened without the aid of computers To me they were the true aviation enthusiasts those who could take a good careful look at a heap of tubing some wire wood and an engine put it all together and make it fly

Please more stories like this one

Sincerely

Dale Glossenger (EAA 189173) 70185 Beach Drive Edwardsburg MI 49112

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 13

~ THE FULLER-HAMMOND FH-l I

Photo courtesy 01 Joseph Barry The Fuller-Hammond FH-1 NX14917 SIN 141 on display in a small park in California circa 1935

SUPER TWIN by Phil Michmerhuizen (EAA 33782 AlC 581) 186 Sunset Drive Holland MI 49423

(Photos courtesy of author except as noted)

It was after a talk and discussion on the history development and producshytion of Szekely engines and the Flying Dutchman aircraft at our local EAA Chaper meeting that Ron Fritz came to me and said he heard the remains of the Fuller-Hammond Skylark were in Ohio

He gave me the names and phone numbers of two men to contact This was in December of 1980

No I dont know anything about it but call so and so And so it went for a week Finally Yes I do have that airplane and yes I will sell it Bill Breshywer described what he had and what was missing There were no engines engine mounts gauges wheels or tires The condition of the parts ranged from good to fair to hardly there

-14 SEPTEMBER 1985

We agreed on a price and I sent half of the money Two weeks later my wife Donna and I were in our pickup with a trailer behind headed for Ohio

The basket case had been accurately described and as we loaded the rusty parts and bent aluminum I was really very happy yet could see years of work ahead

Arriving home we set the pieces toshygether for a few pictures I really wanted to start the restoration imshymediately but first had to finish our 1936 Taylor J-2 Cub and Waco UPF-7 Beshysides I wanted to have the paperwork straightened out first and research more history on the airplane if possible

After much telephoning and letter writing I located and talked to Mr E A Bill Perkins one of the builders and owners of the airplane He was also Vice-President of Skycraft Industries Inc in Venice California Bill Perkins told me that two boxes of drawings picshytures engineering data and letters were thrown away in 1949

I was also able to contact Mr Otis Dutton an 81-year-old gentleman in

Kansas who was the second owner of the plane but did not actually work on it He was good enough to sign a bill of sale and have it notorized to help clear up the paper work

I also located and talked with Mr Handly Jones a brother-in-law to EA Perkins He sent two pictures He had more papers and pictures until he built a new house and threw them away

In tracing the N number I found it was assigned to a Bell 47G helicopter in Florida being used on mosquito control The helicopter was destroyed in a crash several years ago and the N number was open Needless to say I quickly reshyserved it

According to the information I have the airplane was designed by Wilbur A Hammond and George B Fuller Conshystruction started in 1934 at the corner of Englewood Boulevard and Imperial Avenue in Venice California

Mr Ed Lund later a pilot for Howard Hughes Mr AI Nicely and Mr E A Pershykins all moonlighted to build the airshycraft Their regular jobs were at Timm Aircraft Company

The FH-1 was a two-place side-by-side light twin

April 9 1984 was a day to remember - the aircraft registration card arrived bearing the correct name original N number and correct serial number My thanks to the FAA personnel in Okshylahoma City for their cooperation

Before I fill my basement shop full of Fuller-Hammond pieces I plan to reshystore a 1935 Taylor E-2 Cub with a Zeke on the front That should only take a couple of years

In the meantime my good friend Bob Curtis a semi-retired aero-space enshygineer is lofting the ribs and making drawings for the Fuller-Hammond wings This is no small job in itself

The ailerons and flaps on the FullershyHammond are built up with 14 tubing and as I am not a welder my good friend Mike Brown who recently comshypleted his Acro II has agreed to do some work (build new ones) for me

The fellows around here have been chiding me to start the project - that is if I want to fly that airplane before my eyesight and hearing fail and before they have to push my wheelchair up to the wing

If any readers can supply information or pictures of this airplane I certainly would appreciate being contacted

Specifications Fuller-Hammond Monoplane

Top speed 117 mph Cruising speed 100 mph Landing speed 40 mph Climb 800 fpm Weight empty 927 Ibs Gross weight 1550 Ibs Span 34 ft 6 in Length 20 ft 6 in Wing area 142 sq ft Power loading 17 Ibs per hp

(Continued on Page 21)

Papers I receved from the FAA in Okshylahoma City indicated the Dept of Comshymerce Aeronautical Branch approved the Operation Inspection report dated pound--20-35

The airplane was test flown at Dycer Airport in Los Angeles by John M Slim Menefee I believe it was also flown by George C Adams a pilot for Lockheed

The airplane was licensed experishymental According to EA Perkins it flew about every weekend amassing from 50 to 75 hours until December 1935 when the application expired The tail skid shows quite a bit of wear Is that good or bad Who can check me out in a tail-skid equipped twin

The company Skycraft Industries

Inc 350 Washington Blvd Venice California could not pay E A Perkins for his work on the airplane so they gave it to him The two Szekely engines and mounts were removed the airplane disshyassembled crated and put on a train for Kansas

Handly Jones in Turon Kansas put the airplane in his barn then later outshyside under a tree Otis Dutton purshychased the plane in the mid-fifties but did no work on it

Bill Hogan and Bob Henkel brought the airplane to Ohio - again no restoshyration was started Bill Brewer was the next owner and now the remains of the Fuller-Hammond FH-1 Super Twin are resting in Michigan

Equipped with two motors thi tiny two-passenger plane recently te ted re embles a large trans~Ort

The FH-1 was powered with two 45 hp Szekely engines VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15

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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17

14thWest Coast

Ryan Reunion The winning five-Ryan formation team Sixth Ryan was the camera plane piloted by Eric Friedricksen of Wilton CT

by Bill J Hodges (EAA 58954 AlC 49) 811 Lydia Street Stephenville TX76401

Twenty-seven beautiful Ryans in the same place at the same time Shades of WW II contract primary flying training school Oh there are some type clubs that have more aircraft in attendance at their functions but looking at the number of Ryans there against the total built the West Coast Ryan Reunion is one of the biggest and one of the best

Arranged by the Santa Paula Califorshynia Ryaneers and hosted by Patroline Inc this popular low-key event was held at Patrolines Paso Robles facility Their president Sherm Smoot coopershyated beautifully with the visiting Ryaneers and Ryaneer Mike Sullivan Chairman of our event

I arrived at Paso Robles on Thursday afternoon courtesy of Bill Mette Campbell CA and his PT-22 Raunchy Bird (after jetting via airlines from Texas to San Jose the night before) We had stopped at Hollister California to rendezvous with other North California Ryans and to meet noted aviation hisshytorian William T Larkins but were were late so missed them

Bill Richards Santa Rosa CA was running late also due to a prop change at the last minute on his civilianized PT-21 So instead of the previous years 13-ship formation we had a twoshyship loose formation flight on to Paso Robles yhere 10 Ryans were already 18 SEPTEMBER 1985

on the ground with 15 on the ramp by nightfall Those present enjoyed a delishycious barbecue provided and prepared by local Ryaneer Mike Wing and a happy hour hosted by Patroline

Friday saw more arrivals with 27 Ryans on the ramp by nightfall 2 SCWs 1 PT-20 1 STM-2 2 PT-21 s 1 NR-1 and 20 PT-22s The morning feashytured an air rally where all entrants were timed for a cold-engine start where the timing is started with the contestant in the cockpit They had to get out and hand prop the engine (safety pilot aboard however) Patty Henderson

was the winner starting Bob Kellers Ranger-powered ST-3 in just 128 secshyonds

Having been assigned to a team preshyviously the pilots were handed a packet of directions and check list of the route to fly just as they were ready to taxi out for take-off All teams had to land at Leon Hermans International Airstrip before proceeding back to Paso Roshybles The team couldnt leave Leons until all team members had come to a full stop landing and turned off their enshygines Refreshments were ready for them as were the hot engine start

Bill Allen La Jolla CA is ownerpilot of this immaculate 1940 Ryan STM-S2 CN 466 N466WA This Ryan is in its original Dutch East Indies markings

Ron Chapel and his 1941 Ryan ST-3KR CN 1309 N56076 Ron who lives in Half Moon Bay CA has cleaned up his Ryan nicely

Well-known former mid-westerner Brad Larsons 1938 Ryan SC-W CN 206 N18912 Brad is now based at Santa Paula CA

Don Carters Ryan STA Special (1940 Ryan PT-20 CN 352) N14984 Don a recognized authority on STAs lives in Lafayette CA

judges Using the same procedures as the cold start contest Alan Buchner Fresno CA won with a fantastic time of 11 0 seconds Winners of the air rally at 1 07 hours was Team C Alan Buchshyner Chris Stimson and Bob Keller

The local Ninety-Nines including National Ryan Club members Shirley Moore and Christine Darbonne served a delicious barbecue sausage lunch (Thanks ladies) National Ryan Club members like Mike and Margaret Wilshyson of Cedar Rapids IA arrived via his and hers motorcycles by way of Florida no less

In the meantime Mike Wing and crew were busily trying to finish up a top overshyhaul on his Ryans Kinner engine Mike and Reb Stimson were able to fly the US Navy painted PT-22 later in the afshyternoon

That evening at the Paso Robles Inn Bill Allen LaJolla CA showed video tapes of the 84 Chino Fly-In and the tape just shot that day of the Paso Roshybles activities Some visited the local Polar Freeze before turning in including Alan Buchner AI Ball Dick Burgess Bill Mette and Bill Hodges

Also during the day John Gokchoff Santa Paula CA master Ryan rebuilshyder and crew had gone around the apron leak checking and calibrating all the Ryan airspeed indicators and AI Ball (Antique Aero Engines) conducted a KinnerRanger engine clinic (Our special thanks to John and AI) Those not participating in the air rally had the option of sightseeing and touring some of the local wineries

At 0800 on Saturday we saw the Dawn Patrol airborne Kinners clattershying away letting Paso Robles officially know the Ryans were back After proper briefing the formation flying contest got underway with four teams competing selected by drawing numbered slips from a hat After passing over the judges in both diamond and echelon formations Team no 1 comprised of Bill Richards Lee Graybill Santa Rosa CA and Jay HayesMontara CA Ron Chapel Half Moon Bay CA and Don Burkett Downey CA were declared the winners John Gokchoff busy and helpshyful again conducted a seminar on how to properly rig a PT-22 with most of the Ryaneers attending (Thanks John)

Most of the Ryans participated in the Saturday afternoon flying event which is a combination of short field take off flour bombing and power off spot landshying and is flown in one flight Due to the layout of the Archie Dean Memorial Airport this event can be flown without bothering the normal traffic flow Rich McDonald Vacaville CA took the short field take off honors of 340 feet with his Ryan SCW Shortest Ryan PT-22 take off was 343 feet by John Richards Venshytura CA

Spot landing winner was Bob Keller Carmel CA in his Ranger-Ryan Oh

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19

Returning from a flight Brad Larsen gives his Ryan SC-W a wipe-down in the parking area

Headed home Jay and Ellen Hayes fly formation on Bill Mettes wing in their 1942 Ryan PT-22 CN 1752 N56030 Jim and Ellen are from Montara CA

From Vacaville CA USAF pilot Rich McDonalds modified 1938 Ryan SC-W CN 205 N18911 This Ryan sports a Continental E-185 engine in addition to the changed landing gear and cabin 20 SEPTEMBER 1985

yes two people are required to be on board during the event The flour bombshying is always interesting in that two atshytempts are made one with a standard brown bag flour bomb and the other prejudged for originality prior to the event Closest to the target was Aleta PharrisReb Stimson The originality bomb went to Lee and Modie Graybi lls wedding bomb in celebration of their then recent wedding I Congratulations

After the flying activities most everyone retired to the Paso Robles Inn for the Bob Yates Champagne cork-flying conshytests The only rule for this contest is Dont shake the bottle but its rarely enforced John Gormley Sacramento CA showed his expertise by outdistancshying the other competitors by a substanshytial amount Tired but happy Ryaneers gathered at the local Elks Club for reshyfreshments and video tapes of the days activities (furnished by Bill Allen) while waiting for the awards banquet to begin

The Saturday night awaras banquet was a huge success with 131 Ryan enshythusiasts thats almost five people per airplane Mike Sullivan was an outshystanding master of ceremonies There was a lot to cover and Mike really kept things rolling Some things that stand out in my mind in addition to the regu lar awards were the awarding of the Ryan solo wings by Bill Richards to 27 Ryaneers (like the 63 last year) exact replicas of those presented by T Claude Ryan to his Ryan School of Aeronautics graduates then the preshysentation of the WW II King City Ryan Instructors Mickey Muzinich Neil Fershyryman Barney Cleg Elmore Brown Marvin Good and Joe Brown (Wow What stories they told) and the presenshytation of the Archie Dean Memorial (flyshying training) Scholarship to teenager Barry Bradshaw of Paso Robles by Sherm Smoot and certainly George Clayton a Ryaneer from Fairbanks Alaska who received the well-deserved Greatest Hangar Flyer award

George has quite a background in Alaskan aviation and given half an opshyportunity he will tell you all about it He entertained us with a very good harshymonica concert and told us how he purshychased his Ryan PT-22 Briefly while on a DC-3 heading for Alaska from California during a stop in Washington state he observed a PT-22 sitting on the ramp It needed some minor mainteshynance so George called the owner and bought the Ryan right then and there

The DC-3 was about to leave so George got his tool box off and proshyceeded to make the Ryan ferryable (oh yes this was in the late fall of the year) It seems George had never flown a Ryan before but managed with the help of a 5-gallon gas can to make it on in to Fairbanks experiencing only minor mechanical problems cold ice and snow along the way (Come back George we love you)

Ryaneers gather under Los Robles (the oaks) for an outdoor seminar

Among the 30-plus awards presented during the banquet the Best Kinner Powered Ryan went to Jay Hayes Montara CA for his PT-22 N56030 The Best Non-Kinner-Powered Ryan and Greatest Distance Flown went to Bill Allen La Jolla CA for his STM-2 N466WA The T Claude Ryan Memoshyrial Award went to Dennis and Susan Lyons the Air Rally hosts The National Ryan Club plaque for Oldest Ryan went to Rich McDonalds 1938 SCW N18911 and the National Ryan Club plaque for Most Distant Ryan went to Bob Laughlin La Jolla CA for his PTshy22 N53431

All in all the Ryan Reunion was quite successful with a lot of good company and a lot of good safe fun enjoyed by all We Ryaneers are looking forward to Ryan Reunion XV Plans are for a big blowout with a max effort for as many Ryans as possible to attend Already we are aware of plans for several east of the Mississippi Ryan s to attend I can hardly wait to get there How about you

Keep the Ryan flyin bull

THE FULLERmiddotHAMMOND FHmiddot1 SUPER TWIN (Continued from Page 15)

Three views of the FHmiddot1 as it looks today

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Contestants in the 1930 Pacific Women s Air Derby (L to R) - Margery Doig Jean LaRene Ruth Stewart Ruth Barron Gladys ODonnell and Mildred Morgan

THE WOMENS CLASS A PACIFIC DERBY

by H Glenn Buffington (EAA 1234 AC 202) 134 West Walnut Avenue B San Diego CA 92103

In conjunction with the 1930 National Air Races there were two derbies for the women One was a 500 cu in or less piston displacement event from the East Coast Washington DC through Dixie and then up to Chicago and an 800 cu in race from the West Coast Long Beach California through the Southwest and Midwest to Chicago This is the story primarily about the latshyter race which covered a distance of 2245 statute miles

The contestants were

Ruth Barron (Nason) Hollywood Mildred Morgan Beverly Hills CA as the least experienced pilots TwentyshyCA Buhl Air Sedan J-5 Transport Travel Air J-5 Private License 15803 year-Old Barron came in with a brand License 13749 new Transport license having learned

Gladys Berry ODonnell Long Beach to fly only six months previously MorshyMargery Doig (Greenberg) Danbury CA Waco Taperwing J-6-7 Transport gan had a Private rating which was upshy

CT Pitcairn J-6 Lim Comm License License 6608 graded to a Transport after the Derby 10073 ODonnell and LaRene were the vetshy

Ruth Woerner Stewart St Louis MO erans of the group Gladys had flown Jean LaRene (Foote) Kansas City KS Curtiss RobinChallenger Transport the 29 Derby to a close second place

American Eagle J-6-7 Transport License 5375 behind Louise Thaden and Jean had License 5700 Barron and Morgan entered the race been associated with the Commandaire

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NC21 M streamlined and ready for the 1930 competition

Co prior to joining American Eagle Of the six entries four had become

charter members of the Ninety-Nines when it was organized in November of 1929 Doig LaRene ODonnell and Stewart

Left at the starting line were three other pilots all of whom had entered the first Womens Air Derby of 1929 Santa Monica to Cleveland Pancho Barnes withdrew from the race when her three planes including the one she piloted at more than 196 mph all were declared ineligible Claire Fahy of Los Angeles widow of Herbert J Fahy Lockheed test pilot was ruled out beshycause her engine was excessively powshyered Bobbi Trout also of Los Angeles was disqualified for having an under powered craft 2 Bobbi is also another Ninety-Nines charterite

Carl Lienesch NAA governor for the state of California head of the aviation department for Union Oil of California and who served as manager of the 1930 Derby wrote It was left for the women to show really what could be done with ATC ships Phoebe Omlie in the East Coast Derby flew a Monocoupe of modern design and made one of those fine showings which the air racing world had come to expect from her Gladys ODonnell and Margery Doig in the Pacific Coast Derby both flew modern or rather modernized airplanes Margery Doigs Pitcairn was rounded out and fitted with a Townend ring at the Pitcairn factory It was a beautiful job and speedy

Gladys ODonnell flew a Taperwing Waco which it might be said was streamlined to the limit this limit being all possible under an A T C status Mrs ODonnell s ship had I-struts the fuselage rounded out and an effective NACA cowling It is probable that the top speed was around 170 mph Her time from Long Beach to Chicago indishycated an average speed in excess of 150 mph which shows that as far as derbies were concerned this year the women win the brown derby

James E Granger Swallow disshytributor on the West Coast President of the Pacific School of Aviation who served as official starter had this to say about the 30 derbies The splitting of the Womens Air Derby into two classes run from different places in my opinion was wrong The two classes should be run together next year and no attempt should be made to farm out the starting place of this very colorful race to the highest bidder It will not be necessary for the race officials to look further for a manager for next years event They have found him in C F Lienesch From start to finish of this years class A womens derby the absence of discord was conspicuous

The Derby actually started Sunday afternoon from Long Beach California August 17th with a short hop to

Gladys ODonnell with the victory garland at Chicago Aug 25 1930

LindberghRyan Field for the first night stop The planes were flagged away at one minute intervals numerically by racing number ie Doig - no 2 ODonshynell - no 7 LaRene - no 20 Stewart shyno 38 followed by Morgan and Barron The starting time from Long Beach arrishyval time in San Diego and the elapsed time follows (PST pm)

ODonnell - 332 - 40451 - 32 51 Doig - 331 - 405 03 - 3403 Barron - 336 - 422 36 - 4636 Morgan - 335 - 42529 - 50 29 Stewart - 334 - 431 09 - 57 09 LaRene - 333 - 430 16 - 5716

LaRene was delayed eight minutes at take off because of inability to start her engine with the other racers

On Monday the schedule called for a noon stop at Calexico and the night stop at Phoenix In accordance with air derby customs Mrs ODonnells craft was the first to taxi across the starting line on the departure for the second control point All the contestants arrived at Calexico within a span of 21 minutes Elapsed time from start ODonnell 1 1353 Doig 1 2248 Barron 1 3621 Morgan 1 4701 LaRene 1 4827 and Stewart 1 5952

ODonnell and DOig finished the third lap into Phoenix with less than five minshyutes separating them Ruth Barron was the last to get away from Calexico beshycause of some engine trouble and the fledgling s navigation caught up with her she became disoriented and flew an hour beyond Phoenix She landed 35 miles south of Holbrook Arizona reshymained overnight where she landed and then flew back to Phoenix to rejoin the others Tuesday morning

On August 19th the noon stop was Tucson and then to Douglas for the night where the total elapsed time talshylied ODonnell 356 29 Doig 41308 Morgan 52614 LaRene 53523 Stewart 625 25 Barron 21 3952 beshycause of the delay in reaching Phoenix after over-flying it

Wednesday it was on to Lordsburg and then Roswell New Mexico where ODonnell was officially 2640 ahead of Doig Others arrived in the following order Barron LaRene Morgan and Stewart

The 21 st scheduled a Lubbock noon stop and to Amarillo Texas for the night Gladys covered the Roswell-Lubshybock leg in 1 0041 and Margery in 1 0238 The other four pilots landed in the same sequence as at Roswell

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A frontal view of the racy Waco Taperwing NC21M in its heyday

Enid Oklahoma was scheduled for noon and Wichita Kansas for the night of the 22nd Thunderstorms and heavy rain gave the girls some of their most inclement weather during the AmarilloshyEnid leg of the race Ruth Stewart was forced down near Elk City but she set her plane down at Enid at 125630 Jean LaRene was forced down near Waukomis a few miles south of Enid she arrived at 125728 accounting for all the entries so they could take off on schedule for Wichita

More thrilling adventures entered the Wichita-Kansas City Kansas (Fairfax Airport) leg A little short of half-way to Kansas City Margery Doig 3 was forced down and out of the race near Olpe Kansas 10 miles south of Emshyporia in a farmers pasture when her engine caught fire She sideslipped to a landing and beat out the flames that threatened to destroy the Pitcairn It was a tough break for Doig after flying a good second to that point

Again Ruth Barrons navigation went awry She was visibly annoyed when she finally landed the Buhl at Fairfax at 541 pm with an elapsed time of 30457 from Wichita She reported I lost my bearings somewhere near Kanshysas City and landed in a field near a farm house I asked the farmer the dishyrections to Kansas City and he told me 50 miles north I said that he surely meant 50 miles east but he insisted he was right I flew the way he saidand 24 SEPTEMBER 1985

found myself over St Joseph and here I am back

The author had the pleasure of watching the girls bring em in at Fairshyfax on Saturday ODonnell crossed the finish line in her bright red and yellow Waco at 345 - 1 1420 out of Wichita LaRene in her yellow American Eagle arrived at 407 - 1 3415 from Wichita Morgan flying her dark blue Travel Air with silver wings finished at 410 shy1 3512 out of Wichita Stewart in her orange and cream colored Curtiss Robin came in at 437 - 20342 from Wichita

Shortly after these four arrivals the Derby starter Jim Granger and his wife Clema flew in with their Swallow and taxied up to the flight line Then a Ryan Brougham flew in with Gladys ODonnell painted across the fuselage It was flown by her husband Lloyd and served as the flagship for the ODonnell camp Some of the Fairfax pilots called it ritzy but I figured if one could afford it why not

One of the first to reach Jean LaRene was her mother Mrs Sadie Ross of Olathe Kansas whom Jean visited often She also had a long chat with Larry Ruch former chief test pilot for the American Eagle Aircraft factory at Fairfax

The contestants attended a dinner in the evening sponsored by the Womens Chamber of Commerce of Kansas City Kansas The new Fairfax Airport term ishy

nal building the site for this occasion and Mayor Don McCombs welcomed the fliers

The Derby continued to Des Moines Iowa and Madison Wisconsin on Sunshyday and the last leg to Chicago was flown Monday August 25th The offical Long Beach-Chicago results were

Elapsed Prize Pilot Time Money Gladys ODonnell 151316 $3500 Mildred Morgan 21 0835 2100 Jean LaRene 21 4549 1400 Ruth Stewart 2638 06 Ruth Barron 383341 Margery DOig (Out at Olpe KS)

For their efforts in flying the 30 Derby Ruth Barron was awarded the Jr Women s Aeronautical Association of California Trophy and Gladys ODonnell won two trophies The Aerol Trophy by the Cleveland Pneumatic Tool Co and the Womens Aero Assn of Calif Trophy Gladys also won the Mrs Robert McCormick Trophy and the Womens Pioneer Aviation Club Trophy for winning two closed-course races at the National Air Races which were held at Curtiss-Reynolds Airport Chicago Aug 23 to Sept 1 1930

An AP release dated Aug 31 1930 carried the headline Another Victory Chalked up for Feminine Fliers and the sub-title Women pilots fly over long routes in air derbies in less time than men It favorably compared Gladys

Copy of picture Gladys ODonnell autoshygraphed for Louise Thaden

ODonnells performance with the two Class A Mens Derbies won by John Blum Seattle to Chicago and Art Kilshylips Miami-Chicago race It also praised Phoebe Omlies showing against the two Class B Mens Derbies won by John Livingston the race from Brownsville and the Derby from Hartford won by J Wesley Smith

In 1967 when I wrote Mrs ODonnell regarding the Taperwing she sent the front view and commented I feel a pang of guilt at not keeping myoid friend 21 M for thats the way I feel about that plane The enclosed photoshygraph is 21 M at her top best in the streamlined beauty of its heyday - 163 mph You will notice the special racing gear It was beautiful but a bit rugged on turf fields since it was a rigid gear It added about six miles per hour to the top speed The ODonnelis owned the Taperwing for a decade

In comparing this air race of over fifty years ago with some of the more curshyrent ones we need to mention some of the pros and cons When the race is of the on to type with noon and night control stops the contestants more or less stay together In that manner weather and flying conditions are practically the same for each entrant and the race officials have the opportushynity to release race standings to the media after each day of racing

More recently the race routes genershyally 2000 to 2500 statute miles in length are set up and the contestants are usually given four days flying VFR in daylight hours to reach the terminus before a specified deadline Each plane is assigned a par (handicap) speed and the object is to have a ground speed as far over the par speed as possible The

pilot is thus given the leeway to play the elements holding out for better weather conditions winds etc The faster planes with better performance are somewhat favored in this respect as sometimes the slower entries must forge ahead in order to beat the deadshyline at the terminus And in this type of race the official standings cannot be reshyleased until the final bird has crossed the finish line Actually the last arrival can be the winner

The earlier races flew shorter legs and made more stops than the current races More recently the legs are 280 to 350 statute miles and six or seven control stops are designated for either landing or fly-by and the races are open to all fixed-wing stock aircraft from 145 to 570 horsepower Early on the fastest airplane with no handicap was in a good position to win if it held toshygether over the long haul and there was no big navigational error committed

Now that a handicapping system is used - each plane flying against its own specified speed - supposedly any entry has an equal chance of victory depending on the accuracy of the handshyicapping

Gini Richardson Yakima Washingshyton who oft-times places in the top 10 gives some racing advice The handshyicap is vitally important - you have to have a good handicap thats essential After that if you want to finish in the top 10 you have to fly well have knowlshyedge of the weather and strong navigashy

tional skills Velda King Mapelli Las Vegas

Nevada President of the Air Race Classic for the past eight years (1977shy1984) wrote in the recent race proshygram The altruistic interest and efforts of many people offers ARC contestants a temporary respite from the normal routine - and opportunity to share the camaraderie of participating in an air race There are no secrets to racing Personal application of skills will detershymine the winner but each will be a betshyter pilot as a result of the experience

That is what it is all about

FOOTNOTES

(1) Subsequent last names are in parenthesis (2) Had Trout been on the East Coast she cou ld have entered the Kinnermiddotpowered Golden Eagle in the 1575 mi Dixie Derby This race was won by Phoebe Omlie in a Warner Monocoupe She was followed by Martie Bowman Kinner Fleet Laura Ingalls Gypsy DH Moth Nancy Hopkins (Tier) Kinmiddot ner Kitty Hawk and Charity Langdon Cirrus Avian Vera Dawn Walker flying a Warner Inland Sport had to withdraw because of a mechanical at Birminshygham AL and Mary Haizlip in another Warner Inshyland Sport failed to make the race start after her airplane was dinged in a forced landing near Greenwood SC enroute to the starting line Both Haizlip and Walker did get to Chicago after the delays and flew in some of the closedmiddotcourse events Ninety-Nines charter members in this group include HopkinsmiddotTier Omlie and Walker (3) Doig was able to have the Pitcairn engine reshypaired and she flew to Chicago on Aug 26th She placed second behind ODonnell in one 25 mile pylon race at 13536 mph and won $450 In the feature 50 mile race she placed 4th just out of the money behind ODonnell Mary Haizlip and Opal Kunz bull

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The Oldest Known Set of EDO Floats in Service The aircraft is a 1933 Waco UBF-2 biplane powered by a 220-horsepower Continental W670 engine The floats are EDO model M-2665s manufactured on August 2 1930 These particular floats had been damaged in a crash in 1950 and were kept in storage for 27 years prior to being restored and fitted to the Waco in 1977 This remarkable antique aircraft is the property of Mr Henry Stauch Junction City Oregon It is conshyverted to float operation in the summer and flown from Kenmore Air Harbor Kenmore Washington scene of this photograph Photo courtesy EDO Floats

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

My First Flight To Oshkosh

18 gallons each My partner and Ideveloping a small stomach problem Robert R Black watched in amazement as the boytoo much excitement I thought (EAA 220708)

4246 South 1060 East Lift off was normal and the Tri-Pacer pumped 181 into the right tank and 180 gallons into the left tank Instantly did pretty well at first But the night air Salt Lake City UT 83117 I felt terrible I had just flown in onwas hot and humid and I wasnt exshyfumes I had made a mistake middoton myperiencing the kind of lift that I was used Ever since seeing a Pitts Special in flight duration - I forgot that I had cirshyto I had to circle in the Salt Lake Valley FL YING magazine when I was sixteen cled for half an hour after take off and learning of a special event called for 30 minutes until I could get up to

Then a super bad case of cottonshyOshkosh I have had the desire to go altitude At 9000 I started through ParshyAfter all the years of putting it off due to leys Canyon and headed for Ft Bridger mouth hit me I figured it was just due

VOR in Wyoming What a bumpy ride lack of funds and not having anything to the close call so I took a drink of some fruit punch which went down like to fly I finally got the chance to go in We popped around inside the plane like

1984 a bowling ball I really didnt feel good two marbles in a can From Ft Bridger My father and mother and I had just but I told myself I was going to Oshkoshwe flew to Evanston then to Rock

Springs Wyoming completed a 15-month restoration proshy by gosh and that thought kept me going ject on my fathers 1956 Piper Trishy We piled back into the plane and tookI started to develop cotton-mouth but Pacer With the bird looking new and off We climbed slowly and headed for figured it was just the thrill of finally

Chadronpretty I had little trouble talking myself going to Oshkosh We called Rock Springs asking for into taking it to Oshkosh As soon as we cleared the remaining

I discussed this with my business mountains I started to descend when fuel accommodations and I changed my partner and somehow talked him into an overwhelming feeling came over meflight plan from Casper to Rock Springs going with me All right I could go at I was going to throw up and I couldn t When they told me it would cost an adshyhalf the cost Things were really picking ditional $3000 to get someone to fuel shake the feeling try as I may How up could I do that - Id never been sick inme I said no thanks and changed my

The date was set Saturday July 28 an airplane in my life - I couldn t do flight plan to Rawlins Wyoming Fuel 1984 at 300 am I figured if we left at that The sic-sacs were for my wife and was getting low but figuring the length

of the trip and the amount of fuel left I others who couldnt take the ups and300 in the morning I could climb up out of the Salt Lake Valley and fly to downsfigured I could make it

My honor was at stake - I couldnt Casper Wyoming From there I would On to Rawlins we went over the lowshyproceed to Winner South Dakota Fairshy do that What a statement typical hardshyering mountains With all the bumps mont Minnesota and then on to Oshshy head approach right Well thatand ups and downs my stomach told kosh thought helped me to fight off the inevitshyme I had a problem I just couldn t be

Hours of preparation and planning getting sick Id never been sick in an able Come on Chadron I kept saying were spent in getting ready for the trip Id never felt that badly on any flight but airplane I figured that I was just overly A tent was measured and stuffed into we pressed ontired and hungry and the stop at Rawshythe baggage compartment Vacation Chadron Radio this is Tri-Pacer lins would put me back in shape time was hastily arranged and all sysshy 4547A do you copy Tri-Pacer 47A Finally Rawlins appeared on the tems were go Little did I know how Chadron Radio copies loud and clearother side of two knolls I brought the much go there was coming plane around entering down wind and Chadron 47A whats your active run-

On Friday July 27 I went to work way slipped in to a nice friendly airport The What a total waste of time Its a good on-field FSS Operator was super nice 47A active is 20 thing Im a lead man in the machine Roger 20 and said the place would come to life in shop because I accomplished nothing a little while He told us the good places Then came the bad news Chadron and finally left at lunch time Working gave me the altimeter setting and saidto eat breakfast We decided to plan the swing shift has its advantages at times next phase of our flight since our origishy the winds were 25 gusting to 35 I asked and I went home to sleep and prepare nal flight plan was greatly altered by Chadron for the wind direction and he for the flight then told me again I just could not get with

What a wasted night - I couldnt the program whatever was making meWe flight planned to Chadron Nebshysleep and all I did was toss and turn raska for our next stop figuring it would sick was really getting to me Two am came awfully early and I left put us right back on course As soon as I entered the pattern but could not for my partners home We piled into the planning was finished the line boy keep the plane tracking straight It the jeep and went to the airport would not settle What was wrong For at Rawlins appeared and fueled us with

The preflight went well except I was 80 octane My tanks are placarded for those of you who are Tri-Pacer drivers

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you know the plane settles like a rock I felt better They were the greatest our trip home I spent the first hour and I looked at my airspeed indicator - I On the way into town the car winshy a half in the bathroom at the airport

was doing 120 mph and should have dows were open all the way At the Between the bathroom and the plane I been doing 80 Missed approach Super 8 Motel we met more super nice threw up four times We climbed into going around will try it again people The rooms were great and I the Tri-Pacer anyway and took off

Roger 47A no other traffic in the patshy crashed My partner was given a free 47A flew great I told my partner that tern ride back to the airport by the motel he would probably end up doing a lot of

Chadron this is 47A - downwind manager to pick up our gear the flying I did pretty well until we got for runway 20 We spent the day in town and I just west of Rock Springs Wyoming

I prayed Please God help me down stayed in bed trying to die I finally Ooops that was the only time I ever Dont let me kill my partner realized that my problem was a good used a sic-sac Bless those considerate

Okay Ive got to do this Line it up case of the flu people for making those wonderful leakshyThere thats right 80 mph okay flaps Chadron has a lot to see and some proof bags

day I shall go back I feel I must let those to slow us down right in we goooooo I had decided that if I couldnt finish good people know that I really do have What a crosswind touch down hold on the trip all the way back to Salt Lake color in my face Oh isnt pride terrible 47A you just landed on 26 That was City Airport No 2 that I would land at

a pretty good cross wind landing In the afternoon I felt a little better Ft Bridger Fortunately as Ft Bridger Thanks I just dont feel good I and thought maybe we might make it to passed below us I felt we could make it

Oshkosh anyway We went back to the A storm front was crossing from west guess I needed the practice Roger airport and planned the rest of the trip to east right in our path The clouds I thought to myself - you nut whats All of a sudden I made a mad dash to were closing in I dropped from 10500

the great white throne - the decision to 8500 and still I was going through wrong with you Cant you remember how to tell which runway is which To was made - head for home clouds Short little IFR trips in the mounshy

We took off for Riverton Wyoming Itbe honest I was so sick that I couldn t tains is not really my idea of fun and remember how to tell the correct runshy was a pretty good trip and at one point games What a trip Boy was I sick way I felt I might have made it to Oshkosh We made it through Parleys Canyon

but went on to Riverton What a good and I prayed Please Lord help meWe taxied to the ramp and I warned decision that was land this thing my partner to get out of the way I ran

In Riverton the Best Western Sunshy My prayers were answered weinto the bathroom and spent a good half downer motel sent their courtesy car for parked the plane got into the jeep andan hour seeing only a small porcelain us We spent the night and the next I said Get me home quickly Gary I hole - oops morning there and I was sick sick sick went straight to bed where I stayed The people at Chadron were super Everybody in Riverton took pity on me from Sunday to Wednesday LampD Aero Service tried all they could to

Next year there will be no flu I will They were really great Would those make me feel better They fueled the people ever see me in better condition fly crawl or whatever but Im absolutely plane and offered me a free ride into

When we finally decided to continue going to go to Oshkosh maybe bull town so I cou ld get a place to sleep until

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JULY 1982 - The Luscombe is stripped of all paint Martin-Senour Paint Blitz works its magic

wing I was given the standard silvershydoped wing The dark blue stripes on my mirror-like sides highlighted my sporty sexy appearance

On January 17 1946 as factory seshyrial number 2031 CAA registered NC45504 I rolled out df the Dallas plant and joined the dual row of new Lusshycombes awaiting initial test flights Four days later it was my turn to fly above Garland Factory test-pilot Harold Burns showed me how to stall swoop and soar On January 27th I winged east toshyward my new home in Charlotte North Carolina Surprisingly I have never been based outside the boundaries of the Tarheel State after almost 40 years of constant flying with 12 different ownshyers

Any lovingly cared for antiqueclassic airplane can tell you its history like a book I am no different I endured the common cosmetic changes to my airshyframe and engine to satisfy my owners personal tastes These changes were the usual add an antenna here do a modifiction there or what will be my paint scheme for 1968 type silliness - all of which comes off in any worthshywhile restoration

I soon realized Jim had big plans for me when he bought me in May 1980 Minor items would be completed first More important items would follow shortly Total restoration was scheduled for 1985

Slowly thoughtfully Jim started my initial restoration At first it was the usual cosmetic touch-ups In March 1981 my cast aluminum vertical and horizontal components were replaced with the superior Univair steel parts Likewise all my previously applied

black trim was repainted Tight finances and lack of much free time held Jim back from doing more

June 1982 came and left leaving me with a violent injury to my wings they were severly hail-damaged Jim and his lovely wife Karen were dumbstruck No longer could I perform my primary job of providing safe and efficient flying fun My wings were removed for the start of a simple recover I was heartbroken

While the wings came off Jim made a most important decision - total restoshyration Nothing would be spared nothshy

ing would be left untouched For the next 21 months we labored tinkered tailored cried and persevered In a nutshyshell I was recovered repainted and rebuilt

From June 1982 to March 1984 I was the object of much labor of love My wings were recovered in Stits and ten coats of silver dope were applied The instrument panel was removed and reshystored to original layout Original Lusshycombe instruments were located overshyhauled and installed (Thank you Jon Aldrich for the bubble-face compass) All upholstery including the canvas baggage compartment was removed and recovered All cockpit glass (plasshytic) was removed The fuselage was stripped of any paint and steam cleaned A new Univair bottom cowling replaced my original one (Poor Jim and his mechanics had a devil-of-a-time with this particular piece) New stainless steel screws and AN bolts replaced corshyroded hardware In turn my landing gear oleo shock was serviced tires were replaced and new gear fairings were installed

Jim pondered whether or not to keep my simple electrical system He feared the FAAATC system 20 years hence would require some sort of rudimentary electrical system for all antiqueclassic aircraft Thus he chose to keep my notshyso-original wind-driven generator and electrical system intact After all the wirshying was replaced the Hobbs ammeter and switches were relocated in the leftshyhand glove compartment behind its reshyspective door

In regard to my engine Jim decided only cosmetic changes were necesshysary My Continental built A-65-8 heart had 1000 hours of reliable use

AUGUST 1982 - Jim Zazas steam cleans thoroughly all metal surfaces before spraying the fuselage with Randolph Rand-O-Plate primer

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APRIL 1983 - With all rib stitching doping and painting completed during the winter months Scotty Rogers carefully masks off the twenty-four inch wing NC registration numbers

before any scheduled overhaul was due The engine was carefully removed All old hoses and clamps were removed and thrown away The crankcase was painted gold while the cylinders reshyceived two coats of semi-g loss black paint A new shielded ignition harness was installed The squarehead Bendix Scintilla magnetos were overhauled A new Wag-Aero crossover exhaust was fitted As these cosmetic changes were completed new hoses clamps and fitshytings were used

My firewall was cleaned of any paint corrosion and dirt Rand-O-Plate primer was sprayed shortly after the cleaning DuPont Imron silver was applied to give my firewall a bright metallic look

Until the summer of 1983 I was scatshy

tered helter-skelter around a hangar floor and Karen s dining room table

Jim wanted dearly to restore me to my original polished aluminum with blue trim but previous owners had etched me beyond any help With Karen s adshyvice he opted for a flashy paint scheme Once again Rand-O-Plate primer was used to preserve me Ranshydolph Dallas Yellow polyurethane was sprayed to protect me Finally using drawings from original factory etchings as guides black DuPont Imron was added for trim to offset my overall bright yellow

Items removed previously were inshystalled The instrument panel was re-rishyveted in place All new glass was inshystalled only the factory original

FEBRUARY 1984 - A freshly overhauled Continental A-65-8 engine awaits installation on the Luscombe

8 SEPTEMBER 1985

The overhauled-to-original instrument panel with overhauled instruments is inshystalled All refurbished upholstery is added too

windshield was used again The upshyholstery was added shortly afterwards To cap this dedicated labor my now yellow wings were mated to my fuseshylage Wow I was getting somewhere I was anxious and ready for a test flight

On August 21 1983 Jim guided me cautiously into the lovely very familiar blue skies over North Carolina Very quickly elation became concern and in turn outright worry I had a definite feelshying of heartburn and felt nauseous All I could show Jim was a rapidly rising oil temperature indication with oil pressure dropping just as quickly Wisely he shut down my engine A skillfull deadstick landing on the runway ended this first test flight

Investigation revealed my engine bearings were shot and the crankshaft destroyed Further investigation reshyvealed my heart had been operated previously with no blood or blood pressure sometime during Jims abshysence

Very sadly my damaged engine was removed once again and dismantled Mr Joe Hurdle of Mebane North Caroshylina a master at rebuilding low horseshypower Continental and Lycoming enshygines overhauled my heart to goodshyas-new 1946 specifications He even added the EAA auto fuel STC In Febshyruary 1984 the overhaul was complete and my engine installed shortly thereafshyter

The February skies cleared Once again Jim and I went aloft into the Carolina Blue skies Everything worked in perfect harmony We did two loops just to celebrate much to the shock of those on the ground

On March 21 1984 with a toast of

MAY 1984 - Jim and Karen Zazas show proudly their Luscombe 8A and Antique Classic Chapter 3 Spring Fly-In trophy

champagne Jim and Karen attached a small plaque to the inside of my right hand glove compartment door It says the following

Restored June 1982 to March 1984

by Jim and Karen Zazas

and our friends at 1-95 South Airport Fayetteville NC

Engine overhauled by Joe Hurdle Mebane NC

During the course of my total restorashytion Jim developed as his wife once said a close and curious relationship with Mr Wag-Aero Mr Univair Mr Great Lakes Instrument Service and their Mercury on wheels Mr UPS To be truthful I already knew Jim had a close relationship with John Bergeson of the Luscombe Association Loren Bump of the Continental Luscombe Asshysociation the EAA and many other fine people and organizations Oh how I wish I was a human being so I could meet these fine folks and enjoy their camaraderie

Jims patience and perseverence paid handsome dividends in May 1984 During EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter Threes Spring Fly-In he was awarded the Custom Classic Trophy Upon reshyceiving this prestigious award he let it be known behind every good restorashytion is a good wife The pride we shared that night culminated the efforts of many

Restoration Such a simple word but its implications can be very complex and rewarding To my fellow Lusshycombes I sincerely hope your owners

show as much care during your restorashytion as my owner did during mine To all restored airplanes and restorations to be I wish you health and happiness To my human pilots and friends fly us safely always

Authors note There are two Lusshycombe clubsassociations available to interested Luscombe enthusiasts Membership is open to anyone For more information contact the Lusshycombe Association 6438 West Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 or the Continental Luscombe Association 5736 Esmar Road Ceres CA 95307 Both associations have $1000 per year dues and both associations publish a very informative semi-monthly newsletshyter bull

A native of Indiana James grew up in the rich aviation atmosphere of the Midwest He earned his initial power and glider licenses while atending DeshyPauw University Commissioned through ROTC he served his country for six years as an Air Force C-130 Hershycules pilot based at Pope AFB North Carolina Today he is a pilot for Piedshymont Airlines and with his wife Karen participates actively in the various sport aviation activities of the Southeast James is presently writing a comshyprehensive history of Luscombe - the airplanes the people and the Company The Zazas Luscombe 8A is their esshycape machine

1985 - NC455504 enjoys a few rays of warm sunshine under a Carolina Blue sky

SALVAGING AN AIRWAYS BEACON

Contemplating the job at hand are (L-R) Ron Fritz Mel Lugten John Emery Willard and Donna Benedict

Story and Photos by Mrs Willard (Donna) Benedict (EAA 6786 NC 294) 129 Cedar Street Wayland MI 49348

What has four legs is orange and white is 62 feet tall and used to go blink blink blink

Give up Its an airways beacon left over from the 30s and 40s and still standing

At the February 21 1981 meeting of West Michigan Chapter 8 of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division president Phil Coulson of Lawton asked the members if they were interested in acquiring an airways beacon for the purpose of disshymantling it and donating it to the EAA Museum Meeting with an enthusiastic affirmative he set out to locate the preshysent owner to get permission Phil a surveyor with Gove Associates Inc of Kalamazoo Michigan had located the beacon through his transit while surveyshying a nearby piece of property about three or fours years previously Upon locating the owner Mr John Emery of Galesburg Michigan he learned that 10 SEPTEMBER 1985

Emery a veteran of WW II had been offered a substantial sum for the tower by a neighbor to be used as an antenna But after thinking about it for a couple of months and after learning that very few if any still exist Emery decided that it would be a good idea to attempt to preserve the beacon

A LITTLE HISTORY

The original purpose of the airways system was for the airmail pilots and it was sponsored by the United States Post Office In early 1921 the Post Ofshyfice in an effort to revive the airmail s drooping reputation decided to make continuous day and night flights across the country Townsfolk along the way had agreed to light bonfires to help mark the route Post Office officials hoped that the coast-to-coast flights could be made in fewer than 36 hours

On February 22 1921 two DeHavilshylands left Hazelhurst Field New York at 600 am about 1-1 2 hours later two more DeHaviliands left San Francisco headed east Later that day Jack Knight who earl ier had flown his regular route of Omaha to Cheyenne and then

dead-headed back to North Platte had drawn the first section night flight to Omaha When Knight arrived in Omaha he found that his relief pilot was weathshyered in at Chicago so Knight flew on from Omaha to Chicago landing there at 840 a m February 23 becoming the nations first airmail pilot to complete an all night flight

In the spring of 1922 Congressman Martin B Madden of Illinois asked enshygineer Joseph V Magee to study the problem of regular night flights Working diligently for more than a year Magee came up with a plan calling for a system of beacons and emergency landing fields Terminals would have 36 revolvshying lights on 50 towers that would sweep the horizon three times a minute with a beam visible for 100 miles in clear weather At each of the emergency fields which were roughly 75 miles apart there would be an 18 beacon on top of a 50 tower which could be seen 60 to 70 miles on clear nights

The first experimental lighted airway in the United Staes was laid down beshytween Dayton and Columbus Ohio Army engineers and Army pilots col shy

laborated in working out proper beacons and marker lights After the Army had demonstrated what could be done over lighted airways the Post Ofshyfice undertook to light the section of trans-continental route between Cheyenne and Chicago a job which was completed in the summer of 1923 Test runs were made that summer but it was not until the following year July 1 1924 that regular night service was established

In another year the Chicago-New York route was lighted and by the end of 1926 the line of airway beacons exshytended from coast to coast During the following ten years airway lighting was put in as fast as funds would permit By 1939 every established air route in the United States was equipped for night and day flying Total lighted airway mileage was 29199 miles Over 2200 beacons were installed In 1940 it was estimated that over $15000000 would be spent on lighted airways upkeep and operation After World War II modern radio and instrument flying aids spelled the doom of the old lighted airways

AlC CHAPTER 8 GETS INTO THE PICTURE

So at 11 00 am on Saturday Febshyruary 28 1981 a typical cold windshyswept Michigan winter day following two weeks of warm beautiful weather five hardy souls and their mascot showed up for the dismantling Now you understand when Phil had menshytioned this to the Chapter 8 members the question was raised How tall is this thing Phil the answer given (from this surveyor) was Only about 35 or 40 feet The first thing noted by all on that February 28 was that it was not 35 feet tall but considerably taller Fortushynately it was located in a plowed manshyure-filled field with the possibility of faIshyling three ways without danger to the farmers fences

This beacon was between Kalamazoo and Battle Creek Michigan and was apparently part of the chain of beacons on the Detroit to Chicago airway used by the Ford Motor Companys airmail flights as early as 1926

Mel Lugten of Hamilton showed up with his boom truck and proceeded to evaluate the situation being primarily interested in which neighbors tree he should place a chain around without inshycurring the wrath of said neighbor Oh well there wasnt a tree placed conveshyniently anyway In the meantime Gary VanFarowe of Holland Michigan the youngest member of the team shinshynied up the ladder to the top and started disassembling the beacon with the help of Phil Coulson

It is interesting to note that neither Willard Benedict of Wayland nor Ron Fritz EAA AntiqueClassic Division

ropes at the bottom with all feet firmly planted on terra firma Many pilots have a fear of heights and Ron and Willy are no exception

Several hours later the 24 beacon was safely lowerd to the ground along with the motor and one of the course marker lights The danger of breaking the glass was a problem that had been previously eliminated by vandals and their 22 caliber rifles one bullet of a much higher velocity penetrated the cast aluminum casing and passed through the 14 thick glass The mechanical workings of the beacon which was made by General Electric

John Emery of Galesburg MI who doshynated the tower to the EAA Aviation Museum

appeared in excellent condition Mershycury switches operated by a cam to control the encoding of the course lights in dots and dashes identified the locashy

tion of each beacon to the pilots This particular beacon was at a half way point between Kalamazoo airport and Battle Creek airport

With all the breakables safely tucked away in the back of the truck and after a cup of lukewarm but much appreciated coffee the time for the big task had arrived

After torching off two legs of the tower and cutting through part of the other two it was time to position the cushion (nothing fancier than a couple of rolls of old rolled up fencing) and sure enough the cushion had been placed inaccurately The tower WAS taller than the estimated 40 feet With the bridle in place and hooked up to the boom truck all was in readiness

Willard BenedictS wife Donna who has a more than average wifes interest in airplanes came along as mascot maker of the coffee and official photoshygrapher Being proficient at nothing more complicated than an Instamatic she was using Phils 35 mm Kodak Camera with all the fancy gadgets hopshying to get the picture of the year award one of those action shots that show for example a tower breaking in half at the midway point where it wasnt supposed to She was ready for the acshytion

With Mel in the truck operating the winch and Gary Ron Willy and Phil givshying a tug on the rope the tower started on its way down What a magnificent sight It came down so slow and easy just like wed been a professional tower wrecking crew and had planned it like we knew what we were doing A sponshytaneous shout of approval went up from all when we realized that we hadnt inshycurred any damage to the cage or the tower

Following another cup of coffee (it should have been champagne) the task of dismantling the tower took place

Secretary of Kent City volunteered to Securing the bridle to the boom truck are (counterclockwise from upper right) Phil climb to the top but were ready with the Coulson Gary Van Farowe Ron Fritz Willard Benedict and Mel Lugten

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Its a long way to the top

Another four hours later and the tower was in three pieces and loaded on the trailer Because the trailer did not have lights the boys worked frantically to get it loaded and trailered to John Boskers Airport at Mattawan Michigan before the sun went down They were ready for plenty of beer and pizza

Mr Bob Litner president of Brooks Aero Inc of Marshall Michigan doshynated replacement course lights Howshyard Sprunger donated the old beacon from the Three Rivers Airport

NOW FOR A COAT OF PAINT

SaturdayMay 1 1982 broke bright and clear with the beacon project awaitshying action The first to arrive overhead was Bob Harris in his trusty 1942 Taylorcraft L-2 with French markings As Bob touched down Warren and Millie Schuhknecht drove in the driveway at the Mattawan airport After a quick cup of coffee members of Chapter 8 set about the task of cleaning and sorting parts of the tower Soon other members were driving in or flying Among those who flew were Steve and Karlene Johnson and family from Smyrna Mel Lugten of Hamilton and Jim Jensen of Hastings (now deceased) 12 SEPTEMBER 1985

After standing for about 50 years the tower is about to come down

Gary VanFarowe and Jack Elenbaas of Holland took charge of the beacon and course lights About the time everyone was working up a good sweat

On the way down The tower incurred no damage during this operation

and a good appetite Willard and Donna Benedict arrived with about three galshylons of homemade chili which was Some Good as they say out east

Then back to the project Ron and Shirley Fritz of Kent City and their chilshydren Ronnie and Heather scraped paint Cliff Bitting of Grand Rapids scraped paint Ruth Coulson scraped paint Finally it was ready for the final white and orange colors Everybody ended up with orange and white measles all over their shoes arms legs clothes etc

What a great feeling it was when the paint ran out But someone had the dumb idea of running into town and buyshying more Case tractor orange paint By the time that paint was gone there was no more tower to cover Then the gang retired to the Coulsons at Lawton Michigan for a well-deserved cook-out

In November of 1982 Phil Coulson and Gary VanFarowe delivered the tower to the EAA campSite area at Oshshykosh The following spring the tower was reassembled by the EAA Museum Staff where it continues to greet the members of Chapter 8 as well as all other EAA members who camp at the Conventionbull

Reader Fran Wallace sent this photo of States NC10719 painted in Burgess Battery colors The Burgess factory was in nearby Freeport IL

by George A Hardie Jr took delivery 31533 The States contributed a great deal

Heres a snappy little biplane from the Golden Age era that is a rare one The engine appears to be an Anzani but thats open to question Note the cat inshysignia on the side of the fuselage Not much else is known about this neat little job The photo was submitted by R K Armstrong of Rawlings MD Answers will be published in the December 1985 issue of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE Deadline for that issue is October 10 1985

The Mystery Plane featured in the June 1985 issue was no mystery to many of our readers Retired Pan Am Captain Fran Wallace (EAA 35172 NC 309) P O Box 822 Stony Brook NY 11790 wrote

it is a States SE5F powered with a Kinner K-5 engine My father Lloyd Wallace and his flying partner Jack Neely of Freeport Illinois bought a States NC10719 from Ed Brazelton (I think) at the old Elmhurst Airport Elshymhurst IL Dad and I flew Dr Snyders (of Freeport) Waco QDC to Elmhurst 2 21 33 for a demonstration and they

Dear Gene

Please add my name to the list conshygratulating Ted Businger for the great job he did writing the Ed Morrow Story in the June and July 1985 issues of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE So far Ive read it twice and plan on reading it a few more times to make sure I didnt miss anything

Talk about being born twenty years too late What a fantastic thing it must have been to work with the great people Ted wrote about and to think all

The States was an excellent airplane good short field capability very stable and a very easy airplane to land Note the big Airwheels and the looong oleos - it was almost impossible to bounce It was not an acrobatic airplane but it did nice loops soft snap-rolls and good hammer-head stalls - spectacular when done close to the ground (I quit the hammer-heads - another story)

Correct answers also were received from Doug Rounds Zebulon GA Jim Barton Oshkosh WI George W Mojonnier Snohomish WA Mike Reshyzich Chicago IL MH Eisenmann Garrettsville OH Bob Whittier Duxshybury MA Norman S Orloff San Anshytonio TX LeRoy Falk Carpentersville IL Charley Hayes Park Forest IL J Max Freeman Wilkesboro NC Stan Piteau Holland MI and Ted Businger Willow Springs MO

It is interesting to note that many reshyspondents give credit to Joseph Juptshyners US Civil Aircraft series as the source of identification and additional data on the Mystery Planes And reshygarding the States several included copies of magazine ads for the plane as well as photos such as the one sent by Fran Wallace of the States painted in the Burgess Battery colors bull

to my learning to become a pilot - I flew it more than 200 hours before I went to work for United Air Lines It was sold in St Louis 10536 I should add that Dad taught me to fly and monitored my flying education until airline time

Letters To Editor those projects happened without the aid of computers To me they were the true aviation enthusiasts those who could take a good careful look at a heap of tubing some wire wood and an engine put it all together and make it fly

Please more stories like this one

Sincerely

Dale Glossenger (EAA 189173) 70185 Beach Drive Edwardsburg MI 49112

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~ THE FULLER-HAMMOND FH-l I

Photo courtesy 01 Joseph Barry The Fuller-Hammond FH-1 NX14917 SIN 141 on display in a small park in California circa 1935

SUPER TWIN by Phil Michmerhuizen (EAA 33782 AlC 581) 186 Sunset Drive Holland MI 49423

(Photos courtesy of author except as noted)

It was after a talk and discussion on the history development and producshytion of Szekely engines and the Flying Dutchman aircraft at our local EAA Chaper meeting that Ron Fritz came to me and said he heard the remains of the Fuller-Hammond Skylark were in Ohio

He gave me the names and phone numbers of two men to contact This was in December of 1980

No I dont know anything about it but call so and so And so it went for a week Finally Yes I do have that airplane and yes I will sell it Bill Breshywer described what he had and what was missing There were no engines engine mounts gauges wheels or tires The condition of the parts ranged from good to fair to hardly there

-14 SEPTEMBER 1985

We agreed on a price and I sent half of the money Two weeks later my wife Donna and I were in our pickup with a trailer behind headed for Ohio

The basket case had been accurately described and as we loaded the rusty parts and bent aluminum I was really very happy yet could see years of work ahead

Arriving home we set the pieces toshygether for a few pictures I really wanted to start the restoration imshymediately but first had to finish our 1936 Taylor J-2 Cub and Waco UPF-7 Beshysides I wanted to have the paperwork straightened out first and research more history on the airplane if possible

After much telephoning and letter writing I located and talked to Mr E A Bill Perkins one of the builders and owners of the airplane He was also Vice-President of Skycraft Industries Inc in Venice California Bill Perkins told me that two boxes of drawings picshytures engineering data and letters were thrown away in 1949

I was also able to contact Mr Otis Dutton an 81-year-old gentleman in

Kansas who was the second owner of the plane but did not actually work on it He was good enough to sign a bill of sale and have it notorized to help clear up the paper work

I also located and talked with Mr Handly Jones a brother-in-law to EA Perkins He sent two pictures He had more papers and pictures until he built a new house and threw them away

In tracing the N number I found it was assigned to a Bell 47G helicopter in Florida being used on mosquito control The helicopter was destroyed in a crash several years ago and the N number was open Needless to say I quickly reshyserved it

According to the information I have the airplane was designed by Wilbur A Hammond and George B Fuller Conshystruction started in 1934 at the corner of Englewood Boulevard and Imperial Avenue in Venice California

Mr Ed Lund later a pilot for Howard Hughes Mr AI Nicely and Mr E A Pershykins all moonlighted to build the airshycraft Their regular jobs were at Timm Aircraft Company

The FH-1 was a two-place side-by-side light twin

April 9 1984 was a day to remember - the aircraft registration card arrived bearing the correct name original N number and correct serial number My thanks to the FAA personnel in Okshylahoma City for their cooperation

Before I fill my basement shop full of Fuller-Hammond pieces I plan to reshystore a 1935 Taylor E-2 Cub with a Zeke on the front That should only take a couple of years

In the meantime my good friend Bob Curtis a semi-retired aero-space enshygineer is lofting the ribs and making drawings for the Fuller-Hammond wings This is no small job in itself

The ailerons and flaps on the FullershyHammond are built up with 14 tubing and as I am not a welder my good friend Mike Brown who recently comshypleted his Acro II has agreed to do some work (build new ones) for me

The fellows around here have been chiding me to start the project - that is if I want to fly that airplane before my eyesight and hearing fail and before they have to push my wheelchair up to the wing

If any readers can supply information or pictures of this airplane I certainly would appreciate being contacted

Specifications Fuller-Hammond Monoplane

Top speed 117 mph Cruising speed 100 mph Landing speed 40 mph Climb 800 fpm Weight empty 927 Ibs Gross weight 1550 Ibs Span 34 ft 6 in Length 20 ft 6 in Wing area 142 sq ft Power loading 17 Ibs per hp

(Continued on Page 21)

Papers I receved from the FAA in Okshylahoma City indicated the Dept of Comshymerce Aeronautical Branch approved the Operation Inspection report dated pound--20-35

The airplane was test flown at Dycer Airport in Los Angeles by John M Slim Menefee I believe it was also flown by George C Adams a pilot for Lockheed

The airplane was licensed experishymental According to EA Perkins it flew about every weekend amassing from 50 to 75 hours until December 1935 when the application expired The tail skid shows quite a bit of wear Is that good or bad Who can check me out in a tail-skid equipped twin

The company Skycraft Industries

Inc 350 Washington Blvd Venice California could not pay E A Perkins for his work on the airplane so they gave it to him The two Szekely engines and mounts were removed the airplane disshyassembled crated and put on a train for Kansas

Handly Jones in Turon Kansas put the airplane in his barn then later outshyside under a tree Otis Dutton purshychased the plane in the mid-fifties but did no work on it

Bill Hogan and Bob Henkel brought the airplane to Ohio - again no restoshyration was started Bill Brewer was the next owner and now the remains of the Fuller-Hammond FH-1 Super Twin are resting in Michigan

Equipped with two motors thi tiny two-passenger plane recently te ted re embles a large trans~Ort

The FH-1 was powered with two 45 hp Szekely engines VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15

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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17

14thWest Coast

Ryan Reunion The winning five-Ryan formation team Sixth Ryan was the camera plane piloted by Eric Friedricksen of Wilton CT

by Bill J Hodges (EAA 58954 AlC 49) 811 Lydia Street Stephenville TX76401

Twenty-seven beautiful Ryans in the same place at the same time Shades of WW II contract primary flying training school Oh there are some type clubs that have more aircraft in attendance at their functions but looking at the number of Ryans there against the total built the West Coast Ryan Reunion is one of the biggest and one of the best

Arranged by the Santa Paula Califorshynia Ryaneers and hosted by Patroline Inc this popular low-key event was held at Patrolines Paso Robles facility Their president Sherm Smoot coopershyated beautifully with the visiting Ryaneers and Ryaneer Mike Sullivan Chairman of our event

I arrived at Paso Robles on Thursday afternoon courtesy of Bill Mette Campbell CA and his PT-22 Raunchy Bird (after jetting via airlines from Texas to San Jose the night before) We had stopped at Hollister California to rendezvous with other North California Ryans and to meet noted aviation hisshytorian William T Larkins but were were late so missed them

Bill Richards Santa Rosa CA was running late also due to a prop change at the last minute on his civilianized PT-21 So instead of the previous years 13-ship formation we had a twoshyship loose formation flight on to Paso Robles yhere 10 Ryans were already 18 SEPTEMBER 1985

on the ground with 15 on the ramp by nightfall Those present enjoyed a delishycious barbecue provided and prepared by local Ryaneer Mike Wing and a happy hour hosted by Patroline

Friday saw more arrivals with 27 Ryans on the ramp by nightfall 2 SCWs 1 PT-20 1 STM-2 2 PT-21 s 1 NR-1 and 20 PT-22s The morning feashytured an air rally where all entrants were timed for a cold-engine start where the timing is started with the contestant in the cockpit They had to get out and hand prop the engine (safety pilot aboard however) Patty Henderson

was the winner starting Bob Kellers Ranger-powered ST-3 in just 128 secshyonds

Having been assigned to a team preshyviously the pilots were handed a packet of directions and check list of the route to fly just as they were ready to taxi out for take-off All teams had to land at Leon Hermans International Airstrip before proceeding back to Paso Roshybles The team couldnt leave Leons until all team members had come to a full stop landing and turned off their enshygines Refreshments were ready for them as were the hot engine start

Bill Allen La Jolla CA is ownerpilot of this immaculate 1940 Ryan STM-S2 CN 466 N466WA This Ryan is in its original Dutch East Indies markings

Ron Chapel and his 1941 Ryan ST-3KR CN 1309 N56076 Ron who lives in Half Moon Bay CA has cleaned up his Ryan nicely

Well-known former mid-westerner Brad Larsons 1938 Ryan SC-W CN 206 N18912 Brad is now based at Santa Paula CA

Don Carters Ryan STA Special (1940 Ryan PT-20 CN 352) N14984 Don a recognized authority on STAs lives in Lafayette CA

judges Using the same procedures as the cold start contest Alan Buchner Fresno CA won with a fantastic time of 11 0 seconds Winners of the air rally at 1 07 hours was Team C Alan Buchshyner Chris Stimson and Bob Keller

The local Ninety-Nines including National Ryan Club members Shirley Moore and Christine Darbonne served a delicious barbecue sausage lunch (Thanks ladies) National Ryan Club members like Mike and Margaret Wilshyson of Cedar Rapids IA arrived via his and hers motorcycles by way of Florida no less

In the meantime Mike Wing and crew were busily trying to finish up a top overshyhaul on his Ryans Kinner engine Mike and Reb Stimson were able to fly the US Navy painted PT-22 later in the afshyternoon

That evening at the Paso Robles Inn Bill Allen LaJolla CA showed video tapes of the 84 Chino Fly-In and the tape just shot that day of the Paso Roshybles activities Some visited the local Polar Freeze before turning in including Alan Buchner AI Ball Dick Burgess Bill Mette and Bill Hodges

Also during the day John Gokchoff Santa Paula CA master Ryan rebuilshyder and crew had gone around the apron leak checking and calibrating all the Ryan airspeed indicators and AI Ball (Antique Aero Engines) conducted a KinnerRanger engine clinic (Our special thanks to John and AI) Those not participating in the air rally had the option of sightseeing and touring some of the local wineries

At 0800 on Saturday we saw the Dawn Patrol airborne Kinners clattershying away letting Paso Robles officially know the Ryans were back After proper briefing the formation flying contest got underway with four teams competing selected by drawing numbered slips from a hat After passing over the judges in both diamond and echelon formations Team no 1 comprised of Bill Richards Lee Graybill Santa Rosa CA and Jay HayesMontara CA Ron Chapel Half Moon Bay CA and Don Burkett Downey CA were declared the winners John Gokchoff busy and helpshyful again conducted a seminar on how to properly rig a PT-22 with most of the Ryaneers attending (Thanks John)

Most of the Ryans participated in the Saturday afternoon flying event which is a combination of short field take off flour bombing and power off spot landshying and is flown in one flight Due to the layout of the Archie Dean Memorial Airport this event can be flown without bothering the normal traffic flow Rich McDonald Vacaville CA took the short field take off honors of 340 feet with his Ryan SCW Shortest Ryan PT-22 take off was 343 feet by John Richards Venshytura CA

Spot landing winner was Bob Keller Carmel CA in his Ranger-Ryan Oh

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Returning from a flight Brad Larsen gives his Ryan SC-W a wipe-down in the parking area

Headed home Jay and Ellen Hayes fly formation on Bill Mettes wing in their 1942 Ryan PT-22 CN 1752 N56030 Jim and Ellen are from Montara CA

From Vacaville CA USAF pilot Rich McDonalds modified 1938 Ryan SC-W CN 205 N18911 This Ryan sports a Continental E-185 engine in addition to the changed landing gear and cabin 20 SEPTEMBER 1985

yes two people are required to be on board during the event The flour bombshying is always interesting in that two atshytempts are made one with a standard brown bag flour bomb and the other prejudged for originality prior to the event Closest to the target was Aleta PharrisReb Stimson The originality bomb went to Lee and Modie Graybi lls wedding bomb in celebration of their then recent wedding I Congratulations

After the flying activities most everyone retired to the Paso Robles Inn for the Bob Yates Champagne cork-flying conshytests The only rule for this contest is Dont shake the bottle but its rarely enforced John Gormley Sacramento CA showed his expertise by outdistancshying the other competitors by a substanshytial amount Tired but happy Ryaneers gathered at the local Elks Club for reshyfreshments and video tapes of the days activities (furnished by Bill Allen) while waiting for the awards banquet to begin

The Saturday night awaras banquet was a huge success with 131 Ryan enshythusiasts thats almost five people per airplane Mike Sullivan was an outshystanding master of ceremonies There was a lot to cover and Mike really kept things rolling Some things that stand out in my mind in addition to the regu lar awards were the awarding of the Ryan solo wings by Bill Richards to 27 Ryaneers (like the 63 last year) exact replicas of those presented by T Claude Ryan to his Ryan School of Aeronautics graduates then the preshysentation of the WW II King City Ryan Instructors Mickey Muzinich Neil Fershyryman Barney Cleg Elmore Brown Marvin Good and Joe Brown (Wow What stories they told) and the presenshytation of the Archie Dean Memorial (flyshying training) Scholarship to teenager Barry Bradshaw of Paso Robles by Sherm Smoot and certainly George Clayton a Ryaneer from Fairbanks Alaska who received the well-deserved Greatest Hangar Flyer award

George has quite a background in Alaskan aviation and given half an opshyportunity he will tell you all about it He entertained us with a very good harshymonica concert and told us how he purshychased his Ryan PT-22 Briefly while on a DC-3 heading for Alaska from California during a stop in Washington state he observed a PT-22 sitting on the ramp It needed some minor mainteshynance so George called the owner and bought the Ryan right then and there

The DC-3 was about to leave so George got his tool box off and proshyceeded to make the Ryan ferryable (oh yes this was in the late fall of the year) It seems George had never flown a Ryan before but managed with the help of a 5-gallon gas can to make it on in to Fairbanks experiencing only minor mechanical problems cold ice and snow along the way (Come back George we love you)

Ryaneers gather under Los Robles (the oaks) for an outdoor seminar

Among the 30-plus awards presented during the banquet the Best Kinner Powered Ryan went to Jay Hayes Montara CA for his PT-22 N56030 The Best Non-Kinner-Powered Ryan and Greatest Distance Flown went to Bill Allen La Jolla CA for his STM-2 N466WA The T Claude Ryan Memoshyrial Award went to Dennis and Susan Lyons the Air Rally hosts The National Ryan Club plaque for Oldest Ryan went to Rich McDonalds 1938 SCW N18911 and the National Ryan Club plaque for Most Distant Ryan went to Bob Laughlin La Jolla CA for his PTshy22 N53431

All in all the Ryan Reunion was quite successful with a lot of good company and a lot of good safe fun enjoyed by all We Ryaneers are looking forward to Ryan Reunion XV Plans are for a big blowout with a max effort for as many Ryans as possible to attend Already we are aware of plans for several east of the Mississippi Ryan s to attend I can hardly wait to get there How about you

Keep the Ryan flyin bull

THE FULLERmiddotHAMMOND FHmiddot1 SUPER TWIN (Continued from Page 15)

Three views of the FHmiddot1 as it looks today

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Contestants in the 1930 Pacific Women s Air Derby (L to R) - Margery Doig Jean LaRene Ruth Stewart Ruth Barron Gladys ODonnell and Mildred Morgan

THE WOMENS CLASS A PACIFIC DERBY

by H Glenn Buffington (EAA 1234 AC 202) 134 West Walnut Avenue B San Diego CA 92103

In conjunction with the 1930 National Air Races there were two derbies for the women One was a 500 cu in or less piston displacement event from the East Coast Washington DC through Dixie and then up to Chicago and an 800 cu in race from the West Coast Long Beach California through the Southwest and Midwest to Chicago This is the story primarily about the latshyter race which covered a distance of 2245 statute miles

The contestants were

Ruth Barron (Nason) Hollywood Mildred Morgan Beverly Hills CA as the least experienced pilots TwentyshyCA Buhl Air Sedan J-5 Transport Travel Air J-5 Private License 15803 year-Old Barron came in with a brand License 13749 new Transport license having learned

Gladys Berry ODonnell Long Beach to fly only six months previously MorshyMargery Doig (Greenberg) Danbury CA Waco Taperwing J-6-7 Transport gan had a Private rating which was upshy

CT Pitcairn J-6 Lim Comm License License 6608 graded to a Transport after the Derby 10073 ODonnell and LaRene were the vetshy

Ruth Woerner Stewart St Louis MO erans of the group Gladys had flown Jean LaRene (Foote) Kansas City KS Curtiss RobinChallenger Transport the 29 Derby to a close second place

American Eagle J-6-7 Transport License 5375 behind Louise Thaden and Jean had License 5700 Barron and Morgan entered the race been associated with the Commandaire

22 SEPTEMBER 1985

NC21 M streamlined and ready for the 1930 competition

Co prior to joining American Eagle Of the six entries four had become

charter members of the Ninety-Nines when it was organized in November of 1929 Doig LaRene ODonnell and Stewart

Left at the starting line were three other pilots all of whom had entered the first Womens Air Derby of 1929 Santa Monica to Cleveland Pancho Barnes withdrew from the race when her three planes including the one she piloted at more than 196 mph all were declared ineligible Claire Fahy of Los Angeles widow of Herbert J Fahy Lockheed test pilot was ruled out beshycause her engine was excessively powshyered Bobbi Trout also of Los Angeles was disqualified for having an under powered craft 2 Bobbi is also another Ninety-Nines charterite

Carl Lienesch NAA governor for the state of California head of the aviation department for Union Oil of California and who served as manager of the 1930 Derby wrote It was left for the women to show really what could be done with ATC ships Phoebe Omlie in the East Coast Derby flew a Monocoupe of modern design and made one of those fine showings which the air racing world had come to expect from her Gladys ODonnell and Margery Doig in the Pacific Coast Derby both flew modern or rather modernized airplanes Margery Doigs Pitcairn was rounded out and fitted with a Townend ring at the Pitcairn factory It was a beautiful job and speedy

Gladys ODonnell flew a Taperwing Waco which it might be said was streamlined to the limit this limit being all possible under an A T C status Mrs ODonnell s ship had I-struts the fuselage rounded out and an effective NACA cowling It is probable that the top speed was around 170 mph Her time from Long Beach to Chicago indishycated an average speed in excess of 150 mph which shows that as far as derbies were concerned this year the women win the brown derby

James E Granger Swallow disshytributor on the West Coast President of the Pacific School of Aviation who served as official starter had this to say about the 30 derbies The splitting of the Womens Air Derby into two classes run from different places in my opinion was wrong The two classes should be run together next year and no attempt should be made to farm out the starting place of this very colorful race to the highest bidder It will not be necessary for the race officials to look further for a manager for next years event They have found him in C F Lienesch From start to finish of this years class A womens derby the absence of discord was conspicuous

The Derby actually started Sunday afternoon from Long Beach California August 17th with a short hop to

Gladys ODonnell with the victory garland at Chicago Aug 25 1930

LindberghRyan Field for the first night stop The planes were flagged away at one minute intervals numerically by racing number ie Doig - no 2 ODonshynell - no 7 LaRene - no 20 Stewart shyno 38 followed by Morgan and Barron The starting time from Long Beach arrishyval time in San Diego and the elapsed time follows (PST pm)

ODonnell - 332 - 40451 - 32 51 Doig - 331 - 405 03 - 3403 Barron - 336 - 422 36 - 4636 Morgan - 335 - 42529 - 50 29 Stewart - 334 - 431 09 - 57 09 LaRene - 333 - 430 16 - 5716

LaRene was delayed eight minutes at take off because of inability to start her engine with the other racers

On Monday the schedule called for a noon stop at Calexico and the night stop at Phoenix In accordance with air derby customs Mrs ODonnells craft was the first to taxi across the starting line on the departure for the second control point All the contestants arrived at Calexico within a span of 21 minutes Elapsed time from start ODonnell 1 1353 Doig 1 2248 Barron 1 3621 Morgan 1 4701 LaRene 1 4827 and Stewart 1 5952

ODonnell and DOig finished the third lap into Phoenix with less than five minshyutes separating them Ruth Barron was the last to get away from Calexico beshycause of some engine trouble and the fledgling s navigation caught up with her she became disoriented and flew an hour beyond Phoenix She landed 35 miles south of Holbrook Arizona reshymained overnight where she landed and then flew back to Phoenix to rejoin the others Tuesday morning

On August 19th the noon stop was Tucson and then to Douglas for the night where the total elapsed time talshylied ODonnell 356 29 Doig 41308 Morgan 52614 LaRene 53523 Stewart 625 25 Barron 21 3952 beshycause of the delay in reaching Phoenix after over-flying it

Wednesday it was on to Lordsburg and then Roswell New Mexico where ODonnell was officially 2640 ahead of Doig Others arrived in the following order Barron LaRene Morgan and Stewart

The 21 st scheduled a Lubbock noon stop and to Amarillo Texas for the night Gladys covered the Roswell-Lubshybock leg in 1 0041 and Margery in 1 0238 The other four pilots landed in the same sequence as at Roswell

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A frontal view of the racy Waco Taperwing NC21M in its heyday

Enid Oklahoma was scheduled for noon and Wichita Kansas for the night of the 22nd Thunderstorms and heavy rain gave the girls some of their most inclement weather during the AmarilloshyEnid leg of the race Ruth Stewart was forced down near Elk City but she set her plane down at Enid at 125630 Jean LaRene was forced down near Waukomis a few miles south of Enid she arrived at 125728 accounting for all the entries so they could take off on schedule for Wichita

More thrilling adventures entered the Wichita-Kansas City Kansas (Fairfax Airport) leg A little short of half-way to Kansas City Margery Doig 3 was forced down and out of the race near Olpe Kansas 10 miles south of Emshyporia in a farmers pasture when her engine caught fire She sideslipped to a landing and beat out the flames that threatened to destroy the Pitcairn It was a tough break for Doig after flying a good second to that point

Again Ruth Barrons navigation went awry She was visibly annoyed when she finally landed the Buhl at Fairfax at 541 pm with an elapsed time of 30457 from Wichita She reported I lost my bearings somewhere near Kanshysas City and landed in a field near a farm house I asked the farmer the dishyrections to Kansas City and he told me 50 miles north I said that he surely meant 50 miles east but he insisted he was right I flew the way he saidand 24 SEPTEMBER 1985

found myself over St Joseph and here I am back

The author had the pleasure of watching the girls bring em in at Fairshyfax on Saturday ODonnell crossed the finish line in her bright red and yellow Waco at 345 - 1 1420 out of Wichita LaRene in her yellow American Eagle arrived at 407 - 1 3415 from Wichita Morgan flying her dark blue Travel Air with silver wings finished at 410 shy1 3512 out of Wichita Stewart in her orange and cream colored Curtiss Robin came in at 437 - 20342 from Wichita

Shortly after these four arrivals the Derby starter Jim Granger and his wife Clema flew in with their Swallow and taxied up to the flight line Then a Ryan Brougham flew in with Gladys ODonnell painted across the fuselage It was flown by her husband Lloyd and served as the flagship for the ODonnell camp Some of the Fairfax pilots called it ritzy but I figured if one could afford it why not

One of the first to reach Jean LaRene was her mother Mrs Sadie Ross of Olathe Kansas whom Jean visited often She also had a long chat with Larry Ruch former chief test pilot for the American Eagle Aircraft factory at Fairfax

The contestants attended a dinner in the evening sponsored by the Womens Chamber of Commerce of Kansas City Kansas The new Fairfax Airport term ishy

nal building the site for this occasion and Mayor Don McCombs welcomed the fliers

The Derby continued to Des Moines Iowa and Madison Wisconsin on Sunshyday and the last leg to Chicago was flown Monday August 25th The offical Long Beach-Chicago results were

Elapsed Prize Pilot Time Money Gladys ODonnell 151316 $3500 Mildred Morgan 21 0835 2100 Jean LaRene 21 4549 1400 Ruth Stewart 2638 06 Ruth Barron 383341 Margery DOig (Out at Olpe KS)

For their efforts in flying the 30 Derby Ruth Barron was awarded the Jr Women s Aeronautical Association of California Trophy and Gladys ODonnell won two trophies The Aerol Trophy by the Cleveland Pneumatic Tool Co and the Womens Aero Assn of Calif Trophy Gladys also won the Mrs Robert McCormick Trophy and the Womens Pioneer Aviation Club Trophy for winning two closed-course races at the National Air Races which were held at Curtiss-Reynolds Airport Chicago Aug 23 to Sept 1 1930

An AP release dated Aug 31 1930 carried the headline Another Victory Chalked up for Feminine Fliers and the sub-title Women pilots fly over long routes in air derbies in less time than men It favorably compared Gladys

Copy of picture Gladys ODonnell autoshygraphed for Louise Thaden

ODonnells performance with the two Class A Mens Derbies won by John Blum Seattle to Chicago and Art Kilshylips Miami-Chicago race It also praised Phoebe Omlies showing against the two Class B Mens Derbies won by John Livingston the race from Brownsville and the Derby from Hartford won by J Wesley Smith

In 1967 when I wrote Mrs ODonnell regarding the Taperwing she sent the front view and commented I feel a pang of guilt at not keeping myoid friend 21 M for thats the way I feel about that plane The enclosed photoshygraph is 21 M at her top best in the streamlined beauty of its heyday - 163 mph You will notice the special racing gear It was beautiful but a bit rugged on turf fields since it was a rigid gear It added about six miles per hour to the top speed The ODonnelis owned the Taperwing for a decade

In comparing this air race of over fifty years ago with some of the more curshyrent ones we need to mention some of the pros and cons When the race is of the on to type with noon and night control stops the contestants more or less stay together In that manner weather and flying conditions are practically the same for each entrant and the race officials have the opportushynity to release race standings to the media after each day of racing

More recently the race routes genershyally 2000 to 2500 statute miles in length are set up and the contestants are usually given four days flying VFR in daylight hours to reach the terminus before a specified deadline Each plane is assigned a par (handicap) speed and the object is to have a ground speed as far over the par speed as possible The

pilot is thus given the leeway to play the elements holding out for better weather conditions winds etc The faster planes with better performance are somewhat favored in this respect as sometimes the slower entries must forge ahead in order to beat the deadshyline at the terminus And in this type of race the official standings cannot be reshyleased until the final bird has crossed the finish line Actually the last arrival can be the winner

The earlier races flew shorter legs and made more stops than the current races More recently the legs are 280 to 350 statute miles and six or seven control stops are designated for either landing or fly-by and the races are open to all fixed-wing stock aircraft from 145 to 570 horsepower Early on the fastest airplane with no handicap was in a good position to win if it held toshygether over the long haul and there was no big navigational error committed

Now that a handicapping system is used - each plane flying against its own specified speed - supposedly any entry has an equal chance of victory depending on the accuracy of the handshyicapping

Gini Richardson Yakima Washingshyton who oft-times places in the top 10 gives some racing advice The handshyicap is vitally important - you have to have a good handicap thats essential After that if you want to finish in the top 10 you have to fly well have knowlshyedge of the weather and strong navigashy

tional skills Velda King Mapelli Las Vegas

Nevada President of the Air Race Classic for the past eight years (1977shy1984) wrote in the recent race proshygram The altruistic interest and efforts of many people offers ARC contestants a temporary respite from the normal routine - and opportunity to share the camaraderie of participating in an air race There are no secrets to racing Personal application of skills will detershymine the winner but each will be a betshyter pilot as a result of the experience

That is what it is all about

FOOTNOTES

(1) Subsequent last names are in parenthesis (2) Had Trout been on the East Coast she cou ld have entered the Kinnermiddotpowered Golden Eagle in the 1575 mi Dixie Derby This race was won by Phoebe Omlie in a Warner Monocoupe She was followed by Martie Bowman Kinner Fleet Laura Ingalls Gypsy DH Moth Nancy Hopkins (Tier) Kinmiddot ner Kitty Hawk and Charity Langdon Cirrus Avian Vera Dawn Walker flying a Warner Inland Sport had to withdraw because of a mechanical at Birminshygham AL and Mary Haizlip in another Warner Inshyland Sport failed to make the race start after her airplane was dinged in a forced landing near Greenwood SC enroute to the starting line Both Haizlip and Walker did get to Chicago after the delays and flew in some of the closedmiddotcourse events Ninety-Nines charter members in this group include HopkinsmiddotTier Omlie and Walker (3) Doig was able to have the Pitcairn engine reshypaired and she flew to Chicago on Aug 26th She placed second behind ODonnell in one 25 mile pylon race at 13536 mph and won $450 In the feature 50 mile race she placed 4th just out of the money behind ODonnell Mary Haizlip and Opal Kunz bull

VINTAGE SEAPLANES

The Oldest Known Set of EDO Floats in Service The aircraft is a 1933 Waco UBF-2 biplane powered by a 220-horsepower Continental W670 engine The floats are EDO model M-2665s manufactured on August 2 1930 These particular floats had been damaged in a crash in 1950 and were kept in storage for 27 years prior to being restored and fitted to the Waco in 1977 This remarkable antique aircraft is the property of Mr Henry Stauch Junction City Oregon It is conshyverted to float operation in the summer and flown from Kenmore Air Harbor Kenmore Washington scene of this photograph Photo courtesy EDO Floats

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

My First Flight To Oshkosh

18 gallons each My partner and Ideveloping a small stomach problem Robert R Black watched in amazement as the boytoo much excitement I thought (EAA 220708)

4246 South 1060 East Lift off was normal and the Tri-Pacer pumped 181 into the right tank and 180 gallons into the left tank Instantly did pretty well at first But the night air Salt Lake City UT 83117 I felt terrible I had just flown in onwas hot and humid and I wasnt exshyfumes I had made a mistake middoton myperiencing the kind of lift that I was used Ever since seeing a Pitts Special in flight duration - I forgot that I had cirshyto I had to circle in the Salt Lake Valley FL YING magazine when I was sixteen cled for half an hour after take off and learning of a special event called for 30 minutes until I could get up to

Then a super bad case of cottonshyOshkosh I have had the desire to go altitude At 9000 I started through ParshyAfter all the years of putting it off due to leys Canyon and headed for Ft Bridger mouth hit me I figured it was just due

VOR in Wyoming What a bumpy ride lack of funds and not having anything to the close call so I took a drink of some fruit punch which went down like to fly I finally got the chance to go in We popped around inside the plane like

1984 a bowling ball I really didnt feel good two marbles in a can From Ft Bridger My father and mother and I had just but I told myself I was going to Oshkoshwe flew to Evanston then to Rock

Springs Wyoming completed a 15-month restoration proshy by gosh and that thought kept me going ject on my fathers 1956 Piper Trishy We piled back into the plane and tookI started to develop cotton-mouth but Pacer With the bird looking new and off We climbed slowly and headed for figured it was just the thrill of finally

Chadronpretty I had little trouble talking myself going to Oshkosh We called Rock Springs asking for into taking it to Oshkosh As soon as we cleared the remaining

I discussed this with my business mountains I started to descend when fuel accommodations and I changed my partner and somehow talked him into an overwhelming feeling came over meflight plan from Casper to Rock Springs going with me All right I could go at I was going to throw up and I couldn t When they told me it would cost an adshyhalf the cost Things were really picking ditional $3000 to get someone to fuel shake the feeling try as I may How up could I do that - Id never been sick inme I said no thanks and changed my

The date was set Saturday July 28 an airplane in my life - I couldn t do flight plan to Rawlins Wyoming Fuel 1984 at 300 am I figured if we left at that The sic-sacs were for my wife and was getting low but figuring the length

of the trip and the amount of fuel left I others who couldnt take the ups and300 in the morning I could climb up out of the Salt Lake Valley and fly to downsfigured I could make it

My honor was at stake - I couldnt Casper Wyoming From there I would On to Rawlins we went over the lowshyproceed to Winner South Dakota Fairshy do that What a statement typical hardshyering mountains With all the bumps mont Minnesota and then on to Oshshy head approach right Well thatand ups and downs my stomach told kosh thought helped me to fight off the inevitshyme I had a problem I just couldn t be

Hours of preparation and planning getting sick Id never been sick in an able Come on Chadron I kept saying were spent in getting ready for the trip Id never felt that badly on any flight but airplane I figured that I was just overly A tent was measured and stuffed into we pressed ontired and hungry and the stop at Rawshythe baggage compartment Vacation Chadron Radio this is Tri-Pacer lins would put me back in shape time was hastily arranged and all sysshy 4547A do you copy Tri-Pacer 47A Finally Rawlins appeared on the tems were go Little did I know how Chadron Radio copies loud and clearother side of two knolls I brought the much go there was coming plane around entering down wind and Chadron 47A whats your active run-

On Friday July 27 I went to work way slipped in to a nice friendly airport The What a total waste of time Its a good on-field FSS Operator was super nice 47A active is 20 thing Im a lead man in the machine Roger 20 and said the place would come to life in shop because I accomplished nothing a little while He told us the good places Then came the bad news Chadron and finally left at lunch time Working gave me the altimeter setting and saidto eat breakfast We decided to plan the swing shift has its advantages at times next phase of our flight since our origishy the winds were 25 gusting to 35 I asked and I went home to sleep and prepare nal flight plan was greatly altered by Chadron for the wind direction and he for the flight then told me again I just could not get with

What a wasted night - I couldnt the program whatever was making meWe flight planned to Chadron Nebshysleep and all I did was toss and turn raska for our next stop figuring it would sick was really getting to me Two am came awfully early and I left put us right back on course As soon as I entered the pattern but could not for my partners home We piled into the planning was finished the line boy keep the plane tracking straight It the jeep and went to the airport would not settle What was wrong For at Rawlins appeared and fueled us with

The preflight went well except I was 80 octane My tanks are placarded for those of you who are Tri-Pacer drivers

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you know the plane settles like a rock I felt better They were the greatest our trip home I spent the first hour and I looked at my airspeed indicator - I On the way into town the car winshy a half in the bathroom at the airport

was doing 120 mph and should have dows were open all the way At the Between the bathroom and the plane I been doing 80 Missed approach Super 8 Motel we met more super nice threw up four times We climbed into going around will try it again people The rooms were great and I the Tri-Pacer anyway and took off

Roger 47A no other traffic in the patshy crashed My partner was given a free 47A flew great I told my partner that tern ride back to the airport by the motel he would probably end up doing a lot of

Chadron this is 47A - downwind manager to pick up our gear the flying I did pretty well until we got for runway 20 We spent the day in town and I just west of Rock Springs Wyoming

I prayed Please God help me down stayed in bed trying to die I finally Ooops that was the only time I ever Dont let me kill my partner realized that my problem was a good used a sic-sac Bless those considerate

Okay Ive got to do this Line it up case of the flu people for making those wonderful leakshyThere thats right 80 mph okay flaps Chadron has a lot to see and some proof bags

day I shall go back I feel I must let those to slow us down right in we goooooo I had decided that if I couldnt finish good people know that I really do have What a crosswind touch down hold on the trip all the way back to Salt Lake color in my face Oh isnt pride terrible 47A you just landed on 26 That was City Airport No 2 that I would land at

a pretty good cross wind landing In the afternoon I felt a little better Ft Bridger Fortunately as Ft Bridger Thanks I just dont feel good I and thought maybe we might make it to passed below us I felt we could make it

Oshkosh anyway We went back to the A storm front was crossing from west guess I needed the practice Roger airport and planned the rest of the trip to east right in our path The clouds I thought to myself - you nut whats All of a sudden I made a mad dash to were closing in I dropped from 10500

the great white throne - the decision to 8500 and still I was going through wrong with you Cant you remember how to tell which runway is which To was made - head for home clouds Short little IFR trips in the mounshy

We took off for Riverton Wyoming Itbe honest I was so sick that I couldn t tains is not really my idea of fun and remember how to tell the correct runshy was a pretty good trip and at one point games What a trip Boy was I sick way I felt I might have made it to Oshkosh We made it through Parleys Canyon

but went on to Riverton What a good and I prayed Please Lord help meWe taxied to the ramp and I warned decision that was land this thing my partner to get out of the way I ran

In Riverton the Best Western Sunshy My prayers were answered weinto the bathroom and spent a good half downer motel sent their courtesy car for parked the plane got into the jeep andan hour seeing only a small porcelain us We spent the night and the next I said Get me home quickly Gary I hole - oops morning there and I was sick sick sick went straight to bed where I stayed The people at Chadron were super Everybody in Riverton took pity on me from Sunday to Wednesday LampD Aero Service tried all they could to

Next year there will be no flu I will They were really great Would those make me feel better They fueled the people ever see me in better condition fly crawl or whatever but Im absolutely plane and offered me a free ride into

When we finally decided to continue going to go to Oshkosh maybe bull town so I cou ld get a place to sleep until

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APRIL 1983 - With all rib stitching doping and painting completed during the winter months Scotty Rogers carefully masks off the twenty-four inch wing NC registration numbers

before any scheduled overhaul was due The engine was carefully removed All old hoses and clamps were removed and thrown away The crankcase was painted gold while the cylinders reshyceived two coats of semi-g loss black paint A new shielded ignition harness was installed The squarehead Bendix Scintilla magnetos were overhauled A new Wag-Aero crossover exhaust was fitted As these cosmetic changes were completed new hoses clamps and fitshytings were used

My firewall was cleaned of any paint corrosion and dirt Rand-O-Plate primer was sprayed shortly after the cleaning DuPont Imron silver was applied to give my firewall a bright metallic look

Until the summer of 1983 I was scatshy

tered helter-skelter around a hangar floor and Karen s dining room table

Jim wanted dearly to restore me to my original polished aluminum with blue trim but previous owners had etched me beyond any help With Karen s adshyvice he opted for a flashy paint scheme Once again Rand-O-Plate primer was used to preserve me Ranshydolph Dallas Yellow polyurethane was sprayed to protect me Finally using drawings from original factory etchings as guides black DuPont Imron was added for trim to offset my overall bright yellow

Items removed previously were inshystalled The instrument panel was re-rishyveted in place All new glass was inshystalled only the factory original

FEBRUARY 1984 - A freshly overhauled Continental A-65-8 engine awaits installation on the Luscombe

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The overhauled-to-original instrument panel with overhauled instruments is inshystalled All refurbished upholstery is added too

windshield was used again The upshyholstery was added shortly afterwards To cap this dedicated labor my now yellow wings were mated to my fuseshylage Wow I was getting somewhere I was anxious and ready for a test flight

On August 21 1983 Jim guided me cautiously into the lovely very familiar blue skies over North Carolina Very quickly elation became concern and in turn outright worry I had a definite feelshying of heartburn and felt nauseous All I could show Jim was a rapidly rising oil temperature indication with oil pressure dropping just as quickly Wisely he shut down my engine A skillfull deadstick landing on the runway ended this first test flight

Investigation revealed my engine bearings were shot and the crankshaft destroyed Further investigation reshyvealed my heart had been operated previously with no blood or blood pressure sometime during Jims abshysence

Very sadly my damaged engine was removed once again and dismantled Mr Joe Hurdle of Mebane North Caroshylina a master at rebuilding low horseshypower Continental and Lycoming enshygines overhauled my heart to goodshyas-new 1946 specifications He even added the EAA auto fuel STC In Febshyruary 1984 the overhaul was complete and my engine installed shortly thereafshyter

The February skies cleared Once again Jim and I went aloft into the Carolina Blue skies Everything worked in perfect harmony We did two loops just to celebrate much to the shock of those on the ground

On March 21 1984 with a toast of

MAY 1984 - Jim and Karen Zazas show proudly their Luscombe 8A and Antique Classic Chapter 3 Spring Fly-In trophy

champagne Jim and Karen attached a small plaque to the inside of my right hand glove compartment door It says the following

Restored June 1982 to March 1984

by Jim and Karen Zazas

and our friends at 1-95 South Airport Fayetteville NC

Engine overhauled by Joe Hurdle Mebane NC

During the course of my total restorashytion Jim developed as his wife once said a close and curious relationship with Mr Wag-Aero Mr Univair Mr Great Lakes Instrument Service and their Mercury on wheels Mr UPS To be truthful I already knew Jim had a close relationship with John Bergeson of the Luscombe Association Loren Bump of the Continental Luscombe Asshysociation the EAA and many other fine people and organizations Oh how I wish I was a human being so I could meet these fine folks and enjoy their camaraderie

Jims patience and perseverence paid handsome dividends in May 1984 During EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter Threes Spring Fly-In he was awarded the Custom Classic Trophy Upon reshyceiving this prestigious award he let it be known behind every good restorashytion is a good wife The pride we shared that night culminated the efforts of many

Restoration Such a simple word but its implications can be very complex and rewarding To my fellow Lusshycombes I sincerely hope your owners

show as much care during your restorashytion as my owner did during mine To all restored airplanes and restorations to be I wish you health and happiness To my human pilots and friends fly us safely always

Authors note There are two Lusshycombe clubsassociations available to interested Luscombe enthusiasts Membership is open to anyone For more information contact the Lusshycombe Association 6438 West Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 or the Continental Luscombe Association 5736 Esmar Road Ceres CA 95307 Both associations have $1000 per year dues and both associations publish a very informative semi-monthly newsletshyter bull

A native of Indiana James grew up in the rich aviation atmosphere of the Midwest He earned his initial power and glider licenses while atending DeshyPauw University Commissioned through ROTC he served his country for six years as an Air Force C-130 Hershycules pilot based at Pope AFB North Carolina Today he is a pilot for Piedshymont Airlines and with his wife Karen participates actively in the various sport aviation activities of the Southeast James is presently writing a comshyprehensive history of Luscombe - the airplanes the people and the Company The Zazas Luscombe 8A is their esshycape machine

1985 - NC455504 enjoys a few rays of warm sunshine under a Carolina Blue sky

SALVAGING AN AIRWAYS BEACON

Contemplating the job at hand are (L-R) Ron Fritz Mel Lugten John Emery Willard and Donna Benedict

Story and Photos by Mrs Willard (Donna) Benedict (EAA 6786 NC 294) 129 Cedar Street Wayland MI 49348

What has four legs is orange and white is 62 feet tall and used to go blink blink blink

Give up Its an airways beacon left over from the 30s and 40s and still standing

At the February 21 1981 meeting of West Michigan Chapter 8 of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division president Phil Coulson of Lawton asked the members if they were interested in acquiring an airways beacon for the purpose of disshymantling it and donating it to the EAA Museum Meeting with an enthusiastic affirmative he set out to locate the preshysent owner to get permission Phil a surveyor with Gove Associates Inc of Kalamazoo Michigan had located the beacon through his transit while surveyshying a nearby piece of property about three or fours years previously Upon locating the owner Mr John Emery of Galesburg Michigan he learned that 10 SEPTEMBER 1985

Emery a veteran of WW II had been offered a substantial sum for the tower by a neighbor to be used as an antenna But after thinking about it for a couple of months and after learning that very few if any still exist Emery decided that it would be a good idea to attempt to preserve the beacon

A LITTLE HISTORY

The original purpose of the airways system was for the airmail pilots and it was sponsored by the United States Post Office In early 1921 the Post Ofshyfice in an effort to revive the airmail s drooping reputation decided to make continuous day and night flights across the country Townsfolk along the way had agreed to light bonfires to help mark the route Post Office officials hoped that the coast-to-coast flights could be made in fewer than 36 hours

On February 22 1921 two DeHavilshylands left Hazelhurst Field New York at 600 am about 1-1 2 hours later two more DeHaviliands left San Francisco headed east Later that day Jack Knight who earl ier had flown his regular route of Omaha to Cheyenne and then

dead-headed back to North Platte had drawn the first section night flight to Omaha When Knight arrived in Omaha he found that his relief pilot was weathshyered in at Chicago so Knight flew on from Omaha to Chicago landing there at 840 a m February 23 becoming the nations first airmail pilot to complete an all night flight

In the spring of 1922 Congressman Martin B Madden of Illinois asked enshygineer Joseph V Magee to study the problem of regular night flights Working diligently for more than a year Magee came up with a plan calling for a system of beacons and emergency landing fields Terminals would have 36 revolvshying lights on 50 towers that would sweep the horizon three times a minute with a beam visible for 100 miles in clear weather At each of the emergency fields which were roughly 75 miles apart there would be an 18 beacon on top of a 50 tower which could be seen 60 to 70 miles on clear nights

The first experimental lighted airway in the United Staes was laid down beshytween Dayton and Columbus Ohio Army engineers and Army pilots col shy

laborated in working out proper beacons and marker lights After the Army had demonstrated what could be done over lighted airways the Post Ofshyfice undertook to light the section of trans-continental route between Cheyenne and Chicago a job which was completed in the summer of 1923 Test runs were made that summer but it was not until the following year July 1 1924 that regular night service was established

In another year the Chicago-New York route was lighted and by the end of 1926 the line of airway beacons exshytended from coast to coast During the following ten years airway lighting was put in as fast as funds would permit By 1939 every established air route in the United States was equipped for night and day flying Total lighted airway mileage was 29199 miles Over 2200 beacons were installed In 1940 it was estimated that over $15000000 would be spent on lighted airways upkeep and operation After World War II modern radio and instrument flying aids spelled the doom of the old lighted airways

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So at 11 00 am on Saturday Febshyruary 28 1981 a typical cold windshyswept Michigan winter day following two weeks of warm beautiful weather five hardy souls and their mascot showed up for the dismantling Now you understand when Phil had menshytioned this to the Chapter 8 members the question was raised How tall is this thing Phil the answer given (from this surveyor) was Only about 35 or 40 feet The first thing noted by all on that February 28 was that it was not 35 feet tall but considerably taller Fortushynately it was located in a plowed manshyure-filled field with the possibility of faIshyling three ways without danger to the farmers fences

This beacon was between Kalamazoo and Battle Creek Michigan and was apparently part of the chain of beacons on the Detroit to Chicago airway used by the Ford Motor Companys airmail flights as early as 1926

Mel Lugten of Hamilton showed up with his boom truck and proceeded to evaluate the situation being primarily interested in which neighbors tree he should place a chain around without inshycurring the wrath of said neighbor Oh well there wasnt a tree placed conveshyniently anyway In the meantime Gary VanFarowe of Holland Michigan the youngest member of the team shinshynied up the ladder to the top and started disassembling the beacon with the help of Phil Coulson

It is interesting to note that neither Willard Benedict of Wayland nor Ron Fritz EAA AntiqueClassic Division

ropes at the bottom with all feet firmly planted on terra firma Many pilots have a fear of heights and Ron and Willy are no exception

Several hours later the 24 beacon was safely lowerd to the ground along with the motor and one of the course marker lights The danger of breaking the glass was a problem that had been previously eliminated by vandals and their 22 caliber rifles one bullet of a much higher velocity penetrated the cast aluminum casing and passed through the 14 thick glass The mechanical workings of the beacon which was made by General Electric

John Emery of Galesburg MI who doshynated the tower to the EAA Aviation Museum

appeared in excellent condition Mershycury switches operated by a cam to control the encoding of the course lights in dots and dashes identified the locashy

tion of each beacon to the pilots This particular beacon was at a half way point between Kalamazoo airport and Battle Creek airport

With all the breakables safely tucked away in the back of the truck and after a cup of lukewarm but much appreciated coffee the time for the big task had arrived

After torching off two legs of the tower and cutting through part of the other two it was time to position the cushion (nothing fancier than a couple of rolls of old rolled up fencing) and sure enough the cushion had been placed inaccurately The tower WAS taller than the estimated 40 feet With the bridle in place and hooked up to the boom truck all was in readiness

Willard BenedictS wife Donna who has a more than average wifes interest in airplanes came along as mascot maker of the coffee and official photoshygrapher Being proficient at nothing more complicated than an Instamatic she was using Phils 35 mm Kodak Camera with all the fancy gadgets hopshying to get the picture of the year award one of those action shots that show for example a tower breaking in half at the midway point where it wasnt supposed to She was ready for the acshytion

With Mel in the truck operating the winch and Gary Ron Willy and Phil givshying a tug on the rope the tower started on its way down What a magnificent sight It came down so slow and easy just like wed been a professional tower wrecking crew and had planned it like we knew what we were doing A sponshytaneous shout of approval went up from all when we realized that we hadnt inshycurred any damage to the cage or the tower

Following another cup of coffee (it should have been champagne) the task of dismantling the tower took place

Secretary of Kent City volunteered to Securing the bridle to the boom truck are (counterclockwise from upper right) Phil climb to the top but were ready with the Coulson Gary Van Farowe Ron Fritz Willard Benedict and Mel Lugten

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Its a long way to the top

Another four hours later and the tower was in three pieces and loaded on the trailer Because the trailer did not have lights the boys worked frantically to get it loaded and trailered to John Boskers Airport at Mattawan Michigan before the sun went down They were ready for plenty of beer and pizza

Mr Bob Litner president of Brooks Aero Inc of Marshall Michigan doshynated replacement course lights Howshyard Sprunger donated the old beacon from the Three Rivers Airport

NOW FOR A COAT OF PAINT

SaturdayMay 1 1982 broke bright and clear with the beacon project awaitshying action The first to arrive overhead was Bob Harris in his trusty 1942 Taylorcraft L-2 with French markings As Bob touched down Warren and Millie Schuhknecht drove in the driveway at the Mattawan airport After a quick cup of coffee members of Chapter 8 set about the task of cleaning and sorting parts of the tower Soon other members were driving in or flying Among those who flew were Steve and Karlene Johnson and family from Smyrna Mel Lugten of Hamilton and Jim Jensen of Hastings (now deceased) 12 SEPTEMBER 1985

After standing for about 50 years the tower is about to come down

Gary VanFarowe and Jack Elenbaas of Holland took charge of the beacon and course lights About the time everyone was working up a good sweat

On the way down The tower incurred no damage during this operation

and a good appetite Willard and Donna Benedict arrived with about three galshylons of homemade chili which was Some Good as they say out east

Then back to the project Ron and Shirley Fritz of Kent City and their chilshydren Ronnie and Heather scraped paint Cliff Bitting of Grand Rapids scraped paint Ruth Coulson scraped paint Finally it was ready for the final white and orange colors Everybody ended up with orange and white measles all over their shoes arms legs clothes etc

What a great feeling it was when the paint ran out But someone had the dumb idea of running into town and buyshying more Case tractor orange paint By the time that paint was gone there was no more tower to cover Then the gang retired to the Coulsons at Lawton Michigan for a well-deserved cook-out

In November of 1982 Phil Coulson and Gary VanFarowe delivered the tower to the EAA campSite area at Oshshykosh The following spring the tower was reassembled by the EAA Museum Staff where it continues to greet the members of Chapter 8 as well as all other EAA members who camp at the Conventionbull

Reader Fran Wallace sent this photo of States NC10719 painted in Burgess Battery colors The Burgess factory was in nearby Freeport IL

by George A Hardie Jr took delivery 31533 The States contributed a great deal

Heres a snappy little biplane from the Golden Age era that is a rare one The engine appears to be an Anzani but thats open to question Note the cat inshysignia on the side of the fuselage Not much else is known about this neat little job The photo was submitted by R K Armstrong of Rawlings MD Answers will be published in the December 1985 issue of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE Deadline for that issue is October 10 1985

The Mystery Plane featured in the June 1985 issue was no mystery to many of our readers Retired Pan Am Captain Fran Wallace (EAA 35172 NC 309) P O Box 822 Stony Brook NY 11790 wrote

it is a States SE5F powered with a Kinner K-5 engine My father Lloyd Wallace and his flying partner Jack Neely of Freeport Illinois bought a States NC10719 from Ed Brazelton (I think) at the old Elmhurst Airport Elshymhurst IL Dad and I flew Dr Snyders (of Freeport) Waco QDC to Elmhurst 2 21 33 for a demonstration and they

Dear Gene

Please add my name to the list conshygratulating Ted Businger for the great job he did writing the Ed Morrow Story in the June and July 1985 issues of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE So far Ive read it twice and plan on reading it a few more times to make sure I didnt miss anything

Talk about being born twenty years too late What a fantastic thing it must have been to work with the great people Ted wrote about and to think all

The States was an excellent airplane good short field capability very stable and a very easy airplane to land Note the big Airwheels and the looong oleos - it was almost impossible to bounce It was not an acrobatic airplane but it did nice loops soft snap-rolls and good hammer-head stalls - spectacular when done close to the ground (I quit the hammer-heads - another story)

Correct answers also were received from Doug Rounds Zebulon GA Jim Barton Oshkosh WI George W Mojonnier Snohomish WA Mike Reshyzich Chicago IL MH Eisenmann Garrettsville OH Bob Whittier Duxshybury MA Norman S Orloff San Anshytonio TX LeRoy Falk Carpentersville IL Charley Hayes Park Forest IL J Max Freeman Wilkesboro NC Stan Piteau Holland MI and Ted Businger Willow Springs MO

It is interesting to note that many reshyspondents give credit to Joseph Juptshyners US Civil Aircraft series as the source of identification and additional data on the Mystery Planes And reshygarding the States several included copies of magazine ads for the plane as well as photos such as the one sent by Fran Wallace of the States painted in the Burgess Battery colors bull

to my learning to become a pilot - I flew it more than 200 hours before I went to work for United Air Lines It was sold in St Louis 10536 I should add that Dad taught me to fly and monitored my flying education until airline time

Letters To Editor those projects happened without the aid of computers To me they were the true aviation enthusiasts those who could take a good careful look at a heap of tubing some wire wood and an engine put it all together and make it fly

Please more stories like this one

Sincerely

Dale Glossenger (EAA 189173) 70185 Beach Drive Edwardsburg MI 49112

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 13

~ THE FULLER-HAMMOND FH-l I

Photo courtesy 01 Joseph Barry The Fuller-Hammond FH-1 NX14917 SIN 141 on display in a small park in California circa 1935

SUPER TWIN by Phil Michmerhuizen (EAA 33782 AlC 581) 186 Sunset Drive Holland MI 49423

(Photos courtesy of author except as noted)

It was after a talk and discussion on the history development and producshytion of Szekely engines and the Flying Dutchman aircraft at our local EAA Chaper meeting that Ron Fritz came to me and said he heard the remains of the Fuller-Hammond Skylark were in Ohio

He gave me the names and phone numbers of two men to contact This was in December of 1980

No I dont know anything about it but call so and so And so it went for a week Finally Yes I do have that airplane and yes I will sell it Bill Breshywer described what he had and what was missing There were no engines engine mounts gauges wheels or tires The condition of the parts ranged from good to fair to hardly there

-14 SEPTEMBER 1985

We agreed on a price and I sent half of the money Two weeks later my wife Donna and I were in our pickup with a trailer behind headed for Ohio

The basket case had been accurately described and as we loaded the rusty parts and bent aluminum I was really very happy yet could see years of work ahead

Arriving home we set the pieces toshygether for a few pictures I really wanted to start the restoration imshymediately but first had to finish our 1936 Taylor J-2 Cub and Waco UPF-7 Beshysides I wanted to have the paperwork straightened out first and research more history on the airplane if possible

After much telephoning and letter writing I located and talked to Mr E A Bill Perkins one of the builders and owners of the airplane He was also Vice-President of Skycraft Industries Inc in Venice California Bill Perkins told me that two boxes of drawings picshytures engineering data and letters were thrown away in 1949

I was also able to contact Mr Otis Dutton an 81-year-old gentleman in

Kansas who was the second owner of the plane but did not actually work on it He was good enough to sign a bill of sale and have it notorized to help clear up the paper work

I also located and talked with Mr Handly Jones a brother-in-law to EA Perkins He sent two pictures He had more papers and pictures until he built a new house and threw them away

In tracing the N number I found it was assigned to a Bell 47G helicopter in Florida being used on mosquito control The helicopter was destroyed in a crash several years ago and the N number was open Needless to say I quickly reshyserved it

According to the information I have the airplane was designed by Wilbur A Hammond and George B Fuller Conshystruction started in 1934 at the corner of Englewood Boulevard and Imperial Avenue in Venice California

Mr Ed Lund later a pilot for Howard Hughes Mr AI Nicely and Mr E A Pershykins all moonlighted to build the airshycraft Their regular jobs were at Timm Aircraft Company

The FH-1 was a two-place side-by-side light twin

April 9 1984 was a day to remember - the aircraft registration card arrived bearing the correct name original N number and correct serial number My thanks to the FAA personnel in Okshylahoma City for their cooperation

Before I fill my basement shop full of Fuller-Hammond pieces I plan to reshystore a 1935 Taylor E-2 Cub with a Zeke on the front That should only take a couple of years

In the meantime my good friend Bob Curtis a semi-retired aero-space enshygineer is lofting the ribs and making drawings for the Fuller-Hammond wings This is no small job in itself

The ailerons and flaps on the FullershyHammond are built up with 14 tubing and as I am not a welder my good friend Mike Brown who recently comshypleted his Acro II has agreed to do some work (build new ones) for me

The fellows around here have been chiding me to start the project - that is if I want to fly that airplane before my eyesight and hearing fail and before they have to push my wheelchair up to the wing

If any readers can supply information or pictures of this airplane I certainly would appreciate being contacted

Specifications Fuller-Hammond Monoplane

Top speed 117 mph Cruising speed 100 mph Landing speed 40 mph Climb 800 fpm Weight empty 927 Ibs Gross weight 1550 Ibs Span 34 ft 6 in Length 20 ft 6 in Wing area 142 sq ft Power loading 17 Ibs per hp

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Papers I receved from the FAA in Okshylahoma City indicated the Dept of Comshymerce Aeronautical Branch approved the Operation Inspection report dated pound--20-35

The airplane was test flown at Dycer Airport in Los Angeles by John M Slim Menefee I believe it was also flown by George C Adams a pilot for Lockheed

The airplane was licensed experishymental According to EA Perkins it flew about every weekend amassing from 50 to 75 hours until December 1935 when the application expired The tail skid shows quite a bit of wear Is that good or bad Who can check me out in a tail-skid equipped twin

The company Skycraft Industries

Inc 350 Washington Blvd Venice California could not pay E A Perkins for his work on the airplane so they gave it to him The two Szekely engines and mounts were removed the airplane disshyassembled crated and put on a train for Kansas

Handly Jones in Turon Kansas put the airplane in his barn then later outshyside under a tree Otis Dutton purshychased the plane in the mid-fifties but did no work on it

Bill Hogan and Bob Henkel brought the airplane to Ohio - again no restoshyration was started Bill Brewer was the next owner and now the remains of the Fuller-Hammond FH-1 Super Twin are resting in Michigan

Equipped with two motors thi tiny two-passenger plane recently te ted re embles a large trans~Ort

The FH-1 was powered with two 45 hp Szekely engines VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15

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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17

14thWest Coast

Ryan Reunion The winning five-Ryan formation team Sixth Ryan was the camera plane piloted by Eric Friedricksen of Wilton CT

by Bill J Hodges (EAA 58954 AlC 49) 811 Lydia Street Stephenville TX76401

Twenty-seven beautiful Ryans in the same place at the same time Shades of WW II contract primary flying training school Oh there are some type clubs that have more aircraft in attendance at their functions but looking at the number of Ryans there against the total built the West Coast Ryan Reunion is one of the biggest and one of the best

Arranged by the Santa Paula Califorshynia Ryaneers and hosted by Patroline Inc this popular low-key event was held at Patrolines Paso Robles facility Their president Sherm Smoot coopershyated beautifully with the visiting Ryaneers and Ryaneer Mike Sullivan Chairman of our event

I arrived at Paso Robles on Thursday afternoon courtesy of Bill Mette Campbell CA and his PT-22 Raunchy Bird (after jetting via airlines from Texas to San Jose the night before) We had stopped at Hollister California to rendezvous with other North California Ryans and to meet noted aviation hisshytorian William T Larkins but were were late so missed them

Bill Richards Santa Rosa CA was running late also due to a prop change at the last minute on his civilianized PT-21 So instead of the previous years 13-ship formation we had a twoshyship loose formation flight on to Paso Robles yhere 10 Ryans were already 18 SEPTEMBER 1985

on the ground with 15 on the ramp by nightfall Those present enjoyed a delishycious barbecue provided and prepared by local Ryaneer Mike Wing and a happy hour hosted by Patroline

Friday saw more arrivals with 27 Ryans on the ramp by nightfall 2 SCWs 1 PT-20 1 STM-2 2 PT-21 s 1 NR-1 and 20 PT-22s The morning feashytured an air rally where all entrants were timed for a cold-engine start where the timing is started with the contestant in the cockpit They had to get out and hand prop the engine (safety pilot aboard however) Patty Henderson

was the winner starting Bob Kellers Ranger-powered ST-3 in just 128 secshyonds

Having been assigned to a team preshyviously the pilots were handed a packet of directions and check list of the route to fly just as they were ready to taxi out for take-off All teams had to land at Leon Hermans International Airstrip before proceeding back to Paso Roshybles The team couldnt leave Leons until all team members had come to a full stop landing and turned off their enshygines Refreshments were ready for them as were the hot engine start

Bill Allen La Jolla CA is ownerpilot of this immaculate 1940 Ryan STM-S2 CN 466 N466WA This Ryan is in its original Dutch East Indies markings

Ron Chapel and his 1941 Ryan ST-3KR CN 1309 N56076 Ron who lives in Half Moon Bay CA has cleaned up his Ryan nicely

Well-known former mid-westerner Brad Larsons 1938 Ryan SC-W CN 206 N18912 Brad is now based at Santa Paula CA

Don Carters Ryan STA Special (1940 Ryan PT-20 CN 352) N14984 Don a recognized authority on STAs lives in Lafayette CA

judges Using the same procedures as the cold start contest Alan Buchner Fresno CA won with a fantastic time of 11 0 seconds Winners of the air rally at 1 07 hours was Team C Alan Buchshyner Chris Stimson and Bob Keller

The local Ninety-Nines including National Ryan Club members Shirley Moore and Christine Darbonne served a delicious barbecue sausage lunch (Thanks ladies) National Ryan Club members like Mike and Margaret Wilshyson of Cedar Rapids IA arrived via his and hers motorcycles by way of Florida no less

In the meantime Mike Wing and crew were busily trying to finish up a top overshyhaul on his Ryans Kinner engine Mike and Reb Stimson were able to fly the US Navy painted PT-22 later in the afshyternoon

That evening at the Paso Robles Inn Bill Allen LaJolla CA showed video tapes of the 84 Chino Fly-In and the tape just shot that day of the Paso Roshybles activities Some visited the local Polar Freeze before turning in including Alan Buchner AI Ball Dick Burgess Bill Mette and Bill Hodges

Also during the day John Gokchoff Santa Paula CA master Ryan rebuilshyder and crew had gone around the apron leak checking and calibrating all the Ryan airspeed indicators and AI Ball (Antique Aero Engines) conducted a KinnerRanger engine clinic (Our special thanks to John and AI) Those not participating in the air rally had the option of sightseeing and touring some of the local wineries

At 0800 on Saturday we saw the Dawn Patrol airborne Kinners clattershying away letting Paso Robles officially know the Ryans were back After proper briefing the formation flying contest got underway with four teams competing selected by drawing numbered slips from a hat After passing over the judges in both diamond and echelon formations Team no 1 comprised of Bill Richards Lee Graybill Santa Rosa CA and Jay HayesMontara CA Ron Chapel Half Moon Bay CA and Don Burkett Downey CA were declared the winners John Gokchoff busy and helpshyful again conducted a seminar on how to properly rig a PT-22 with most of the Ryaneers attending (Thanks John)

Most of the Ryans participated in the Saturday afternoon flying event which is a combination of short field take off flour bombing and power off spot landshying and is flown in one flight Due to the layout of the Archie Dean Memorial Airport this event can be flown without bothering the normal traffic flow Rich McDonald Vacaville CA took the short field take off honors of 340 feet with his Ryan SCW Shortest Ryan PT-22 take off was 343 feet by John Richards Venshytura CA

Spot landing winner was Bob Keller Carmel CA in his Ranger-Ryan Oh

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Returning from a flight Brad Larsen gives his Ryan SC-W a wipe-down in the parking area

Headed home Jay and Ellen Hayes fly formation on Bill Mettes wing in their 1942 Ryan PT-22 CN 1752 N56030 Jim and Ellen are from Montara CA

From Vacaville CA USAF pilot Rich McDonalds modified 1938 Ryan SC-W CN 205 N18911 This Ryan sports a Continental E-185 engine in addition to the changed landing gear and cabin 20 SEPTEMBER 1985

yes two people are required to be on board during the event The flour bombshying is always interesting in that two atshytempts are made one with a standard brown bag flour bomb and the other prejudged for originality prior to the event Closest to the target was Aleta PharrisReb Stimson The originality bomb went to Lee and Modie Graybi lls wedding bomb in celebration of their then recent wedding I Congratulations

After the flying activities most everyone retired to the Paso Robles Inn for the Bob Yates Champagne cork-flying conshytests The only rule for this contest is Dont shake the bottle but its rarely enforced John Gormley Sacramento CA showed his expertise by outdistancshying the other competitors by a substanshytial amount Tired but happy Ryaneers gathered at the local Elks Club for reshyfreshments and video tapes of the days activities (furnished by Bill Allen) while waiting for the awards banquet to begin

The Saturday night awaras banquet was a huge success with 131 Ryan enshythusiasts thats almost five people per airplane Mike Sullivan was an outshystanding master of ceremonies There was a lot to cover and Mike really kept things rolling Some things that stand out in my mind in addition to the regu lar awards were the awarding of the Ryan solo wings by Bill Richards to 27 Ryaneers (like the 63 last year) exact replicas of those presented by T Claude Ryan to his Ryan School of Aeronautics graduates then the preshysentation of the WW II King City Ryan Instructors Mickey Muzinich Neil Fershyryman Barney Cleg Elmore Brown Marvin Good and Joe Brown (Wow What stories they told) and the presenshytation of the Archie Dean Memorial (flyshying training) Scholarship to teenager Barry Bradshaw of Paso Robles by Sherm Smoot and certainly George Clayton a Ryaneer from Fairbanks Alaska who received the well-deserved Greatest Hangar Flyer award

George has quite a background in Alaskan aviation and given half an opshyportunity he will tell you all about it He entertained us with a very good harshymonica concert and told us how he purshychased his Ryan PT-22 Briefly while on a DC-3 heading for Alaska from California during a stop in Washington state he observed a PT-22 sitting on the ramp It needed some minor mainteshynance so George called the owner and bought the Ryan right then and there

The DC-3 was about to leave so George got his tool box off and proshyceeded to make the Ryan ferryable (oh yes this was in the late fall of the year) It seems George had never flown a Ryan before but managed with the help of a 5-gallon gas can to make it on in to Fairbanks experiencing only minor mechanical problems cold ice and snow along the way (Come back George we love you)

Ryaneers gather under Los Robles (the oaks) for an outdoor seminar

Among the 30-plus awards presented during the banquet the Best Kinner Powered Ryan went to Jay Hayes Montara CA for his PT-22 N56030 The Best Non-Kinner-Powered Ryan and Greatest Distance Flown went to Bill Allen La Jolla CA for his STM-2 N466WA The T Claude Ryan Memoshyrial Award went to Dennis and Susan Lyons the Air Rally hosts The National Ryan Club plaque for Oldest Ryan went to Rich McDonalds 1938 SCW N18911 and the National Ryan Club plaque for Most Distant Ryan went to Bob Laughlin La Jolla CA for his PTshy22 N53431

All in all the Ryan Reunion was quite successful with a lot of good company and a lot of good safe fun enjoyed by all We Ryaneers are looking forward to Ryan Reunion XV Plans are for a big blowout with a max effort for as many Ryans as possible to attend Already we are aware of plans for several east of the Mississippi Ryan s to attend I can hardly wait to get there How about you

Keep the Ryan flyin bull

THE FULLERmiddotHAMMOND FHmiddot1 SUPER TWIN (Continued from Page 15)

Three views of the FHmiddot1 as it looks today

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Contestants in the 1930 Pacific Women s Air Derby (L to R) - Margery Doig Jean LaRene Ruth Stewart Ruth Barron Gladys ODonnell and Mildred Morgan

THE WOMENS CLASS A PACIFIC DERBY

by H Glenn Buffington (EAA 1234 AC 202) 134 West Walnut Avenue B San Diego CA 92103

In conjunction with the 1930 National Air Races there were two derbies for the women One was a 500 cu in or less piston displacement event from the East Coast Washington DC through Dixie and then up to Chicago and an 800 cu in race from the West Coast Long Beach California through the Southwest and Midwest to Chicago This is the story primarily about the latshyter race which covered a distance of 2245 statute miles

The contestants were

Ruth Barron (Nason) Hollywood Mildred Morgan Beverly Hills CA as the least experienced pilots TwentyshyCA Buhl Air Sedan J-5 Transport Travel Air J-5 Private License 15803 year-Old Barron came in with a brand License 13749 new Transport license having learned

Gladys Berry ODonnell Long Beach to fly only six months previously MorshyMargery Doig (Greenberg) Danbury CA Waco Taperwing J-6-7 Transport gan had a Private rating which was upshy

CT Pitcairn J-6 Lim Comm License License 6608 graded to a Transport after the Derby 10073 ODonnell and LaRene were the vetshy

Ruth Woerner Stewart St Louis MO erans of the group Gladys had flown Jean LaRene (Foote) Kansas City KS Curtiss RobinChallenger Transport the 29 Derby to a close second place

American Eagle J-6-7 Transport License 5375 behind Louise Thaden and Jean had License 5700 Barron and Morgan entered the race been associated with the Commandaire

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NC21 M streamlined and ready for the 1930 competition

Co prior to joining American Eagle Of the six entries four had become

charter members of the Ninety-Nines when it was organized in November of 1929 Doig LaRene ODonnell and Stewart

Left at the starting line were three other pilots all of whom had entered the first Womens Air Derby of 1929 Santa Monica to Cleveland Pancho Barnes withdrew from the race when her three planes including the one she piloted at more than 196 mph all were declared ineligible Claire Fahy of Los Angeles widow of Herbert J Fahy Lockheed test pilot was ruled out beshycause her engine was excessively powshyered Bobbi Trout also of Los Angeles was disqualified for having an under powered craft 2 Bobbi is also another Ninety-Nines charterite

Carl Lienesch NAA governor for the state of California head of the aviation department for Union Oil of California and who served as manager of the 1930 Derby wrote It was left for the women to show really what could be done with ATC ships Phoebe Omlie in the East Coast Derby flew a Monocoupe of modern design and made one of those fine showings which the air racing world had come to expect from her Gladys ODonnell and Margery Doig in the Pacific Coast Derby both flew modern or rather modernized airplanes Margery Doigs Pitcairn was rounded out and fitted with a Townend ring at the Pitcairn factory It was a beautiful job and speedy

Gladys ODonnell flew a Taperwing Waco which it might be said was streamlined to the limit this limit being all possible under an A T C status Mrs ODonnell s ship had I-struts the fuselage rounded out and an effective NACA cowling It is probable that the top speed was around 170 mph Her time from Long Beach to Chicago indishycated an average speed in excess of 150 mph which shows that as far as derbies were concerned this year the women win the brown derby

James E Granger Swallow disshytributor on the West Coast President of the Pacific School of Aviation who served as official starter had this to say about the 30 derbies The splitting of the Womens Air Derby into two classes run from different places in my opinion was wrong The two classes should be run together next year and no attempt should be made to farm out the starting place of this very colorful race to the highest bidder It will not be necessary for the race officials to look further for a manager for next years event They have found him in C F Lienesch From start to finish of this years class A womens derby the absence of discord was conspicuous

The Derby actually started Sunday afternoon from Long Beach California August 17th with a short hop to

Gladys ODonnell with the victory garland at Chicago Aug 25 1930

LindberghRyan Field for the first night stop The planes were flagged away at one minute intervals numerically by racing number ie Doig - no 2 ODonshynell - no 7 LaRene - no 20 Stewart shyno 38 followed by Morgan and Barron The starting time from Long Beach arrishyval time in San Diego and the elapsed time follows (PST pm)

ODonnell - 332 - 40451 - 32 51 Doig - 331 - 405 03 - 3403 Barron - 336 - 422 36 - 4636 Morgan - 335 - 42529 - 50 29 Stewart - 334 - 431 09 - 57 09 LaRene - 333 - 430 16 - 5716

LaRene was delayed eight minutes at take off because of inability to start her engine with the other racers

On Monday the schedule called for a noon stop at Calexico and the night stop at Phoenix In accordance with air derby customs Mrs ODonnells craft was the first to taxi across the starting line on the departure for the second control point All the contestants arrived at Calexico within a span of 21 minutes Elapsed time from start ODonnell 1 1353 Doig 1 2248 Barron 1 3621 Morgan 1 4701 LaRene 1 4827 and Stewart 1 5952

ODonnell and DOig finished the third lap into Phoenix with less than five minshyutes separating them Ruth Barron was the last to get away from Calexico beshycause of some engine trouble and the fledgling s navigation caught up with her she became disoriented and flew an hour beyond Phoenix She landed 35 miles south of Holbrook Arizona reshymained overnight where she landed and then flew back to Phoenix to rejoin the others Tuesday morning

On August 19th the noon stop was Tucson and then to Douglas for the night where the total elapsed time talshylied ODonnell 356 29 Doig 41308 Morgan 52614 LaRene 53523 Stewart 625 25 Barron 21 3952 beshycause of the delay in reaching Phoenix after over-flying it

Wednesday it was on to Lordsburg and then Roswell New Mexico where ODonnell was officially 2640 ahead of Doig Others arrived in the following order Barron LaRene Morgan and Stewart

The 21 st scheduled a Lubbock noon stop and to Amarillo Texas for the night Gladys covered the Roswell-Lubshybock leg in 1 0041 and Margery in 1 0238 The other four pilots landed in the same sequence as at Roswell

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A frontal view of the racy Waco Taperwing NC21M in its heyday

Enid Oklahoma was scheduled for noon and Wichita Kansas for the night of the 22nd Thunderstorms and heavy rain gave the girls some of their most inclement weather during the AmarilloshyEnid leg of the race Ruth Stewart was forced down near Elk City but she set her plane down at Enid at 125630 Jean LaRene was forced down near Waukomis a few miles south of Enid she arrived at 125728 accounting for all the entries so they could take off on schedule for Wichita

More thrilling adventures entered the Wichita-Kansas City Kansas (Fairfax Airport) leg A little short of half-way to Kansas City Margery Doig 3 was forced down and out of the race near Olpe Kansas 10 miles south of Emshyporia in a farmers pasture when her engine caught fire She sideslipped to a landing and beat out the flames that threatened to destroy the Pitcairn It was a tough break for Doig after flying a good second to that point

Again Ruth Barrons navigation went awry She was visibly annoyed when she finally landed the Buhl at Fairfax at 541 pm with an elapsed time of 30457 from Wichita She reported I lost my bearings somewhere near Kanshysas City and landed in a field near a farm house I asked the farmer the dishyrections to Kansas City and he told me 50 miles north I said that he surely meant 50 miles east but he insisted he was right I flew the way he saidand 24 SEPTEMBER 1985

found myself over St Joseph and here I am back

The author had the pleasure of watching the girls bring em in at Fairshyfax on Saturday ODonnell crossed the finish line in her bright red and yellow Waco at 345 - 1 1420 out of Wichita LaRene in her yellow American Eagle arrived at 407 - 1 3415 from Wichita Morgan flying her dark blue Travel Air with silver wings finished at 410 shy1 3512 out of Wichita Stewart in her orange and cream colored Curtiss Robin came in at 437 - 20342 from Wichita

Shortly after these four arrivals the Derby starter Jim Granger and his wife Clema flew in with their Swallow and taxied up to the flight line Then a Ryan Brougham flew in with Gladys ODonnell painted across the fuselage It was flown by her husband Lloyd and served as the flagship for the ODonnell camp Some of the Fairfax pilots called it ritzy but I figured if one could afford it why not

One of the first to reach Jean LaRene was her mother Mrs Sadie Ross of Olathe Kansas whom Jean visited often She also had a long chat with Larry Ruch former chief test pilot for the American Eagle Aircraft factory at Fairfax

The contestants attended a dinner in the evening sponsored by the Womens Chamber of Commerce of Kansas City Kansas The new Fairfax Airport term ishy

nal building the site for this occasion and Mayor Don McCombs welcomed the fliers

The Derby continued to Des Moines Iowa and Madison Wisconsin on Sunshyday and the last leg to Chicago was flown Monday August 25th The offical Long Beach-Chicago results were

Elapsed Prize Pilot Time Money Gladys ODonnell 151316 $3500 Mildred Morgan 21 0835 2100 Jean LaRene 21 4549 1400 Ruth Stewart 2638 06 Ruth Barron 383341 Margery DOig (Out at Olpe KS)

For their efforts in flying the 30 Derby Ruth Barron was awarded the Jr Women s Aeronautical Association of California Trophy and Gladys ODonnell won two trophies The Aerol Trophy by the Cleveland Pneumatic Tool Co and the Womens Aero Assn of Calif Trophy Gladys also won the Mrs Robert McCormick Trophy and the Womens Pioneer Aviation Club Trophy for winning two closed-course races at the National Air Races which were held at Curtiss-Reynolds Airport Chicago Aug 23 to Sept 1 1930

An AP release dated Aug 31 1930 carried the headline Another Victory Chalked up for Feminine Fliers and the sub-title Women pilots fly over long routes in air derbies in less time than men It favorably compared Gladys

Copy of picture Gladys ODonnell autoshygraphed for Louise Thaden

ODonnells performance with the two Class A Mens Derbies won by John Blum Seattle to Chicago and Art Kilshylips Miami-Chicago race It also praised Phoebe Omlies showing against the two Class B Mens Derbies won by John Livingston the race from Brownsville and the Derby from Hartford won by J Wesley Smith

In 1967 when I wrote Mrs ODonnell regarding the Taperwing she sent the front view and commented I feel a pang of guilt at not keeping myoid friend 21 M for thats the way I feel about that plane The enclosed photoshygraph is 21 M at her top best in the streamlined beauty of its heyday - 163 mph You will notice the special racing gear It was beautiful but a bit rugged on turf fields since it was a rigid gear It added about six miles per hour to the top speed The ODonnelis owned the Taperwing for a decade

In comparing this air race of over fifty years ago with some of the more curshyrent ones we need to mention some of the pros and cons When the race is of the on to type with noon and night control stops the contestants more or less stay together In that manner weather and flying conditions are practically the same for each entrant and the race officials have the opportushynity to release race standings to the media after each day of racing

More recently the race routes genershyally 2000 to 2500 statute miles in length are set up and the contestants are usually given four days flying VFR in daylight hours to reach the terminus before a specified deadline Each plane is assigned a par (handicap) speed and the object is to have a ground speed as far over the par speed as possible The

pilot is thus given the leeway to play the elements holding out for better weather conditions winds etc The faster planes with better performance are somewhat favored in this respect as sometimes the slower entries must forge ahead in order to beat the deadshyline at the terminus And in this type of race the official standings cannot be reshyleased until the final bird has crossed the finish line Actually the last arrival can be the winner

The earlier races flew shorter legs and made more stops than the current races More recently the legs are 280 to 350 statute miles and six or seven control stops are designated for either landing or fly-by and the races are open to all fixed-wing stock aircraft from 145 to 570 horsepower Early on the fastest airplane with no handicap was in a good position to win if it held toshygether over the long haul and there was no big navigational error committed

Now that a handicapping system is used - each plane flying against its own specified speed - supposedly any entry has an equal chance of victory depending on the accuracy of the handshyicapping

Gini Richardson Yakima Washingshyton who oft-times places in the top 10 gives some racing advice The handshyicap is vitally important - you have to have a good handicap thats essential After that if you want to finish in the top 10 you have to fly well have knowlshyedge of the weather and strong navigashy

tional skills Velda King Mapelli Las Vegas

Nevada President of the Air Race Classic for the past eight years (1977shy1984) wrote in the recent race proshygram The altruistic interest and efforts of many people offers ARC contestants a temporary respite from the normal routine - and opportunity to share the camaraderie of participating in an air race There are no secrets to racing Personal application of skills will detershymine the winner but each will be a betshyter pilot as a result of the experience

That is what it is all about

FOOTNOTES

(1) Subsequent last names are in parenthesis (2) Had Trout been on the East Coast she cou ld have entered the Kinnermiddotpowered Golden Eagle in the 1575 mi Dixie Derby This race was won by Phoebe Omlie in a Warner Monocoupe She was followed by Martie Bowman Kinner Fleet Laura Ingalls Gypsy DH Moth Nancy Hopkins (Tier) Kinmiddot ner Kitty Hawk and Charity Langdon Cirrus Avian Vera Dawn Walker flying a Warner Inland Sport had to withdraw because of a mechanical at Birminshygham AL and Mary Haizlip in another Warner Inshyland Sport failed to make the race start after her airplane was dinged in a forced landing near Greenwood SC enroute to the starting line Both Haizlip and Walker did get to Chicago after the delays and flew in some of the closedmiddotcourse events Ninety-Nines charter members in this group include HopkinsmiddotTier Omlie and Walker (3) Doig was able to have the Pitcairn engine reshypaired and she flew to Chicago on Aug 26th She placed second behind ODonnell in one 25 mile pylon race at 13536 mph and won $450 In the feature 50 mile race she placed 4th just out of the money behind ODonnell Mary Haizlip and Opal Kunz bull

VINTAGE SEAPLANES

The Oldest Known Set of EDO Floats in Service The aircraft is a 1933 Waco UBF-2 biplane powered by a 220-horsepower Continental W670 engine The floats are EDO model M-2665s manufactured on August 2 1930 These particular floats had been damaged in a crash in 1950 and were kept in storage for 27 years prior to being restored and fitted to the Waco in 1977 This remarkable antique aircraft is the property of Mr Henry Stauch Junction City Oregon It is conshyverted to float operation in the summer and flown from Kenmore Air Harbor Kenmore Washington scene of this photograph Photo courtesy EDO Floats

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

My First Flight To Oshkosh

18 gallons each My partner and Ideveloping a small stomach problem Robert R Black watched in amazement as the boytoo much excitement I thought (EAA 220708)

4246 South 1060 East Lift off was normal and the Tri-Pacer pumped 181 into the right tank and 180 gallons into the left tank Instantly did pretty well at first But the night air Salt Lake City UT 83117 I felt terrible I had just flown in onwas hot and humid and I wasnt exshyfumes I had made a mistake middoton myperiencing the kind of lift that I was used Ever since seeing a Pitts Special in flight duration - I forgot that I had cirshyto I had to circle in the Salt Lake Valley FL YING magazine when I was sixteen cled for half an hour after take off and learning of a special event called for 30 minutes until I could get up to

Then a super bad case of cottonshyOshkosh I have had the desire to go altitude At 9000 I started through ParshyAfter all the years of putting it off due to leys Canyon and headed for Ft Bridger mouth hit me I figured it was just due

VOR in Wyoming What a bumpy ride lack of funds and not having anything to the close call so I took a drink of some fruit punch which went down like to fly I finally got the chance to go in We popped around inside the plane like

1984 a bowling ball I really didnt feel good two marbles in a can From Ft Bridger My father and mother and I had just but I told myself I was going to Oshkoshwe flew to Evanston then to Rock

Springs Wyoming completed a 15-month restoration proshy by gosh and that thought kept me going ject on my fathers 1956 Piper Trishy We piled back into the plane and tookI started to develop cotton-mouth but Pacer With the bird looking new and off We climbed slowly and headed for figured it was just the thrill of finally

Chadronpretty I had little trouble talking myself going to Oshkosh We called Rock Springs asking for into taking it to Oshkosh As soon as we cleared the remaining

I discussed this with my business mountains I started to descend when fuel accommodations and I changed my partner and somehow talked him into an overwhelming feeling came over meflight plan from Casper to Rock Springs going with me All right I could go at I was going to throw up and I couldn t When they told me it would cost an adshyhalf the cost Things were really picking ditional $3000 to get someone to fuel shake the feeling try as I may How up could I do that - Id never been sick inme I said no thanks and changed my

The date was set Saturday July 28 an airplane in my life - I couldn t do flight plan to Rawlins Wyoming Fuel 1984 at 300 am I figured if we left at that The sic-sacs were for my wife and was getting low but figuring the length

of the trip and the amount of fuel left I others who couldnt take the ups and300 in the morning I could climb up out of the Salt Lake Valley and fly to downsfigured I could make it

My honor was at stake - I couldnt Casper Wyoming From there I would On to Rawlins we went over the lowshyproceed to Winner South Dakota Fairshy do that What a statement typical hardshyering mountains With all the bumps mont Minnesota and then on to Oshshy head approach right Well thatand ups and downs my stomach told kosh thought helped me to fight off the inevitshyme I had a problem I just couldn t be

Hours of preparation and planning getting sick Id never been sick in an able Come on Chadron I kept saying were spent in getting ready for the trip Id never felt that badly on any flight but airplane I figured that I was just overly A tent was measured and stuffed into we pressed ontired and hungry and the stop at Rawshythe baggage compartment Vacation Chadron Radio this is Tri-Pacer lins would put me back in shape time was hastily arranged and all sysshy 4547A do you copy Tri-Pacer 47A Finally Rawlins appeared on the tems were go Little did I know how Chadron Radio copies loud and clearother side of two knolls I brought the much go there was coming plane around entering down wind and Chadron 47A whats your active run-

On Friday July 27 I went to work way slipped in to a nice friendly airport The What a total waste of time Its a good on-field FSS Operator was super nice 47A active is 20 thing Im a lead man in the machine Roger 20 and said the place would come to life in shop because I accomplished nothing a little while He told us the good places Then came the bad news Chadron and finally left at lunch time Working gave me the altimeter setting and saidto eat breakfast We decided to plan the swing shift has its advantages at times next phase of our flight since our origishy the winds were 25 gusting to 35 I asked and I went home to sleep and prepare nal flight plan was greatly altered by Chadron for the wind direction and he for the flight then told me again I just could not get with

What a wasted night - I couldnt the program whatever was making meWe flight planned to Chadron Nebshysleep and all I did was toss and turn raska for our next stop figuring it would sick was really getting to me Two am came awfully early and I left put us right back on course As soon as I entered the pattern but could not for my partners home We piled into the planning was finished the line boy keep the plane tracking straight It the jeep and went to the airport would not settle What was wrong For at Rawlins appeared and fueled us with

The preflight went well except I was 80 octane My tanks are placarded for those of you who are Tri-Pacer drivers

26 SEPTEMBER 1985

you know the plane settles like a rock I felt better They were the greatest our trip home I spent the first hour and I looked at my airspeed indicator - I On the way into town the car winshy a half in the bathroom at the airport

was doing 120 mph and should have dows were open all the way At the Between the bathroom and the plane I been doing 80 Missed approach Super 8 Motel we met more super nice threw up four times We climbed into going around will try it again people The rooms were great and I the Tri-Pacer anyway and took off

Roger 47A no other traffic in the patshy crashed My partner was given a free 47A flew great I told my partner that tern ride back to the airport by the motel he would probably end up doing a lot of

Chadron this is 47A - downwind manager to pick up our gear the flying I did pretty well until we got for runway 20 We spent the day in town and I just west of Rock Springs Wyoming

I prayed Please God help me down stayed in bed trying to die I finally Ooops that was the only time I ever Dont let me kill my partner realized that my problem was a good used a sic-sac Bless those considerate

Okay Ive got to do this Line it up case of the flu people for making those wonderful leakshyThere thats right 80 mph okay flaps Chadron has a lot to see and some proof bags

day I shall go back I feel I must let those to slow us down right in we goooooo I had decided that if I couldnt finish good people know that I really do have What a crosswind touch down hold on the trip all the way back to Salt Lake color in my face Oh isnt pride terrible 47A you just landed on 26 That was City Airport No 2 that I would land at

a pretty good cross wind landing In the afternoon I felt a little better Ft Bridger Fortunately as Ft Bridger Thanks I just dont feel good I and thought maybe we might make it to passed below us I felt we could make it

Oshkosh anyway We went back to the A storm front was crossing from west guess I needed the practice Roger airport and planned the rest of the trip to east right in our path The clouds I thought to myself - you nut whats All of a sudden I made a mad dash to were closing in I dropped from 10500

the great white throne - the decision to 8500 and still I was going through wrong with you Cant you remember how to tell which runway is which To was made - head for home clouds Short little IFR trips in the mounshy

We took off for Riverton Wyoming Itbe honest I was so sick that I couldn t tains is not really my idea of fun and remember how to tell the correct runshy was a pretty good trip and at one point games What a trip Boy was I sick way I felt I might have made it to Oshkosh We made it through Parleys Canyon

but went on to Riverton What a good and I prayed Please Lord help meWe taxied to the ramp and I warned decision that was land this thing my partner to get out of the way I ran

In Riverton the Best Western Sunshy My prayers were answered weinto the bathroom and spent a good half downer motel sent their courtesy car for parked the plane got into the jeep andan hour seeing only a small porcelain us We spent the night and the next I said Get me home quickly Gary I hole - oops morning there and I was sick sick sick went straight to bed where I stayed The people at Chadron were super Everybody in Riverton took pity on me from Sunday to Wednesday LampD Aero Service tried all they could to

Next year there will be no flu I will They were really great Would those make me feel better They fueled the people ever see me in better condition fly crawl or whatever but Im absolutely plane and offered me a free ride into

When we finally decided to continue going to go to Oshkosh maybe bull town so I cou ld get a place to sleep until

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MAY 1984 - Jim and Karen Zazas show proudly their Luscombe 8A and Antique Classic Chapter 3 Spring Fly-In trophy

champagne Jim and Karen attached a small plaque to the inside of my right hand glove compartment door It says the following

Restored June 1982 to March 1984

by Jim and Karen Zazas

and our friends at 1-95 South Airport Fayetteville NC

Engine overhauled by Joe Hurdle Mebane NC

During the course of my total restorashytion Jim developed as his wife once said a close and curious relationship with Mr Wag-Aero Mr Univair Mr Great Lakes Instrument Service and their Mercury on wheels Mr UPS To be truthful I already knew Jim had a close relationship with John Bergeson of the Luscombe Association Loren Bump of the Continental Luscombe Asshysociation the EAA and many other fine people and organizations Oh how I wish I was a human being so I could meet these fine folks and enjoy their camaraderie

Jims patience and perseverence paid handsome dividends in May 1984 During EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter Threes Spring Fly-In he was awarded the Custom Classic Trophy Upon reshyceiving this prestigious award he let it be known behind every good restorashytion is a good wife The pride we shared that night culminated the efforts of many

Restoration Such a simple word but its implications can be very complex and rewarding To my fellow Lusshycombes I sincerely hope your owners

show as much care during your restorashytion as my owner did during mine To all restored airplanes and restorations to be I wish you health and happiness To my human pilots and friends fly us safely always

Authors note There are two Lusshycombe clubsassociations available to interested Luscombe enthusiasts Membership is open to anyone For more information contact the Lusshycombe Association 6438 West Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 or the Continental Luscombe Association 5736 Esmar Road Ceres CA 95307 Both associations have $1000 per year dues and both associations publish a very informative semi-monthly newsletshyter bull

A native of Indiana James grew up in the rich aviation atmosphere of the Midwest He earned his initial power and glider licenses while atending DeshyPauw University Commissioned through ROTC he served his country for six years as an Air Force C-130 Hershycules pilot based at Pope AFB North Carolina Today he is a pilot for Piedshymont Airlines and with his wife Karen participates actively in the various sport aviation activities of the Southeast James is presently writing a comshyprehensive history of Luscombe - the airplanes the people and the Company The Zazas Luscombe 8A is their esshycape machine

1985 - NC455504 enjoys a few rays of warm sunshine under a Carolina Blue sky

SALVAGING AN AIRWAYS BEACON

Contemplating the job at hand are (L-R) Ron Fritz Mel Lugten John Emery Willard and Donna Benedict

Story and Photos by Mrs Willard (Donna) Benedict (EAA 6786 NC 294) 129 Cedar Street Wayland MI 49348

What has four legs is orange and white is 62 feet tall and used to go blink blink blink

Give up Its an airways beacon left over from the 30s and 40s and still standing

At the February 21 1981 meeting of West Michigan Chapter 8 of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division president Phil Coulson of Lawton asked the members if they were interested in acquiring an airways beacon for the purpose of disshymantling it and donating it to the EAA Museum Meeting with an enthusiastic affirmative he set out to locate the preshysent owner to get permission Phil a surveyor with Gove Associates Inc of Kalamazoo Michigan had located the beacon through his transit while surveyshying a nearby piece of property about three or fours years previously Upon locating the owner Mr John Emery of Galesburg Michigan he learned that 10 SEPTEMBER 1985

Emery a veteran of WW II had been offered a substantial sum for the tower by a neighbor to be used as an antenna But after thinking about it for a couple of months and after learning that very few if any still exist Emery decided that it would be a good idea to attempt to preserve the beacon

A LITTLE HISTORY

The original purpose of the airways system was for the airmail pilots and it was sponsored by the United States Post Office In early 1921 the Post Ofshyfice in an effort to revive the airmail s drooping reputation decided to make continuous day and night flights across the country Townsfolk along the way had agreed to light bonfires to help mark the route Post Office officials hoped that the coast-to-coast flights could be made in fewer than 36 hours

On February 22 1921 two DeHavilshylands left Hazelhurst Field New York at 600 am about 1-1 2 hours later two more DeHaviliands left San Francisco headed east Later that day Jack Knight who earl ier had flown his regular route of Omaha to Cheyenne and then

dead-headed back to North Platte had drawn the first section night flight to Omaha When Knight arrived in Omaha he found that his relief pilot was weathshyered in at Chicago so Knight flew on from Omaha to Chicago landing there at 840 a m February 23 becoming the nations first airmail pilot to complete an all night flight

In the spring of 1922 Congressman Martin B Madden of Illinois asked enshygineer Joseph V Magee to study the problem of regular night flights Working diligently for more than a year Magee came up with a plan calling for a system of beacons and emergency landing fields Terminals would have 36 revolvshying lights on 50 towers that would sweep the horizon three times a minute with a beam visible for 100 miles in clear weather At each of the emergency fields which were roughly 75 miles apart there would be an 18 beacon on top of a 50 tower which could be seen 60 to 70 miles on clear nights

The first experimental lighted airway in the United Staes was laid down beshytween Dayton and Columbus Ohio Army engineers and Army pilots col shy

laborated in working out proper beacons and marker lights After the Army had demonstrated what could be done over lighted airways the Post Ofshyfice undertook to light the section of trans-continental route between Cheyenne and Chicago a job which was completed in the summer of 1923 Test runs were made that summer but it was not until the following year July 1 1924 that regular night service was established

In another year the Chicago-New York route was lighted and by the end of 1926 the line of airway beacons exshytended from coast to coast During the following ten years airway lighting was put in as fast as funds would permit By 1939 every established air route in the United States was equipped for night and day flying Total lighted airway mileage was 29199 miles Over 2200 beacons were installed In 1940 it was estimated that over $15000000 would be spent on lighted airways upkeep and operation After World War II modern radio and instrument flying aids spelled the doom of the old lighted airways

AlC CHAPTER 8 GETS INTO THE PICTURE

So at 11 00 am on Saturday Febshyruary 28 1981 a typical cold windshyswept Michigan winter day following two weeks of warm beautiful weather five hardy souls and their mascot showed up for the dismantling Now you understand when Phil had menshytioned this to the Chapter 8 members the question was raised How tall is this thing Phil the answer given (from this surveyor) was Only about 35 or 40 feet The first thing noted by all on that February 28 was that it was not 35 feet tall but considerably taller Fortushynately it was located in a plowed manshyure-filled field with the possibility of faIshyling three ways without danger to the farmers fences

This beacon was between Kalamazoo and Battle Creek Michigan and was apparently part of the chain of beacons on the Detroit to Chicago airway used by the Ford Motor Companys airmail flights as early as 1926

Mel Lugten of Hamilton showed up with his boom truck and proceeded to evaluate the situation being primarily interested in which neighbors tree he should place a chain around without inshycurring the wrath of said neighbor Oh well there wasnt a tree placed conveshyniently anyway In the meantime Gary VanFarowe of Holland Michigan the youngest member of the team shinshynied up the ladder to the top and started disassembling the beacon with the help of Phil Coulson

It is interesting to note that neither Willard Benedict of Wayland nor Ron Fritz EAA AntiqueClassic Division

ropes at the bottom with all feet firmly planted on terra firma Many pilots have a fear of heights and Ron and Willy are no exception

Several hours later the 24 beacon was safely lowerd to the ground along with the motor and one of the course marker lights The danger of breaking the glass was a problem that had been previously eliminated by vandals and their 22 caliber rifles one bullet of a much higher velocity penetrated the cast aluminum casing and passed through the 14 thick glass The mechanical workings of the beacon which was made by General Electric

John Emery of Galesburg MI who doshynated the tower to the EAA Aviation Museum

appeared in excellent condition Mershycury switches operated by a cam to control the encoding of the course lights in dots and dashes identified the locashy

tion of each beacon to the pilots This particular beacon was at a half way point between Kalamazoo airport and Battle Creek airport

With all the breakables safely tucked away in the back of the truck and after a cup of lukewarm but much appreciated coffee the time for the big task had arrived

After torching off two legs of the tower and cutting through part of the other two it was time to position the cushion (nothing fancier than a couple of rolls of old rolled up fencing) and sure enough the cushion had been placed inaccurately The tower WAS taller than the estimated 40 feet With the bridle in place and hooked up to the boom truck all was in readiness

Willard BenedictS wife Donna who has a more than average wifes interest in airplanes came along as mascot maker of the coffee and official photoshygrapher Being proficient at nothing more complicated than an Instamatic she was using Phils 35 mm Kodak Camera with all the fancy gadgets hopshying to get the picture of the year award one of those action shots that show for example a tower breaking in half at the midway point where it wasnt supposed to She was ready for the acshytion

With Mel in the truck operating the winch and Gary Ron Willy and Phil givshying a tug on the rope the tower started on its way down What a magnificent sight It came down so slow and easy just like wed been a professional tower wrecking crew and had planned it like we knew what we were doing A sponshytaneous shout of approval went up from all when we realized that we hadnt inshycurred any damage to the cage or the tower

Following another cup of coffee (it should have been champagne) the task of dismantling the tower took place

Secretary of Kent City volunteered to Securing the bridle to the boom truck are (counterclockwise from upper right) Phil climb to the top but were ready with the Coulson Gary Van Farowe Ron Fritz Willard Benedict and Mel Lugten

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 11

Its a long way to the top

Another four hours later and the tower was in three pieces and loaded on the trailer Because the trailer did not have lights the boys worked frantically to get it loaded and trailered to John Boskers Airport at Mattawan Michigan before the sun went down They were ready for plenty of beer and pizza

Mr Bob Litner president of Brooks Aero Inc of Marshall Michigan doshynated replacement course lights Howshyard Sprunger donated the old beacon from the Three Rivers Airport

NOW FOR A COAT OF PAINT

SaturdayMay 1 1982 broke bright and clear with the beacon project awaitshying action The first to arrive overhead was Bob Harris in his trusty 1942 Taylorcraft L-2 with French markings As Bob touched down Warren and Millie Schuhknecht drove in the driveway at the Mattawan airport After a quick cup of coffee members of Chapter 8 set about the task of cleaning and sorting parts of the tower Soon other members were driving in or flying Among those who flew were Steve and Karlene Johnson and family from Smyrna Mel Lugten of Hamilton and Jim Jensen of Hastings (now deceased) 12 SEPTEMBER 1985

After standing for about 50 years the tower is about to come down

Gary VanFarowe and Jack Elenbaas of Holland took charge of the beacon and course lights About the time everyone was working up a good sweat

On the way down The tower incurred no damage during this operation

and a good appetite Willard and Donna Benedict arrived with about three galshylons of homemade chili which was Some Good as they say out east

Then back to the project Ron and Shirley Fritz of Kent City and their chilshydren Ronnie and Heather scraped paint Cliff Bitting of Grand Rapids scraped paint Ruth Coulson scraped paint Finally it was ready for the final white and orange colors Everybody ended up with orange and white measles all over their shoes arms legs clothes etc

What a great feeling it was when the paint ran out But someone had the dumb idea of running into town and buyshying more Case tractor orange paint By the time that paint was gone there was no more tower to cover Then the gang retired to the Coulsons at Lawton Michigan for a well-deserved cook-out

In November of 1982 Phil Coulson and Gary VanFarowe delivered the tower to the EAA campSite area at Oshshykosh The following spring the tower was reassembled by the EAA Museum Staff where it continues to greet the members of Chapter 8 as well as all other EAA members who camp at the Conventionbull

Reader Fran Wallace sent this photo of States NC10719 painted in Burgess Battery colors The Burgess factory was in nearby Freeport IL

by George A Hardie Jr took delivery 31533 The States contributed a great deal

Heres a snappy little biplane from the Golden Age era that is a rare one The engine appears to be an Anzani but thats open to question Note the cat inshysignia on the side of the fuselage Not much else is known about this neat little job The photo was submitted by R K Armstrong of Rawlings MD Answers will be published in the December 1985 issue of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE Deadline for that issue is October 10 1985

The Mystery Plane featured in the June 1985 issue was no mystery to many of our readers Retired Pan Am Captain Fran Wallace (EAA 35172 NC 309) P O Box 822 Stony Brook NY 11790 wrote

it is a States SE5F powered with a Kinner K-5 engine My father Lloyd Wallace and his flying partner Jack Neely of Freeport Illinois bought a States NC10719 from Ed Brazelton (I think) at the old Elmhurst Airport Elshymhurst IL Dad and I flew Dr Snyders (of Freeport) Waco QDC to Elmhurst 2 21 33 for a demonstration and they

Dear Gene

Please add my name to the list conshygratulating Ted Businger for the great job he did writing the Ed Morrow Story in the June and July 1985 issues of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE So far Ive read it twice and plan on reading it a few more times to make sure I didnt miss anything

Talk about being born twenty years too late What a fantastic thing it must have been to work with the great people Ted wrote about and to think all

The States was an excellent airplane good short field capability very stable and a very easy airplane to land Note the big Airwheels and the looong oleos - it was almost impossible to bounce It was not an acrobatic airplane but it did nice loops soft snap-rolls and good hammer-head stalls - spectacular when done close to the ground (I quit the hammer-heads - another story)

Correct answers also were received from Doug Rounds Zebulon GA Jim Barton Oshkosh WI George W Mojonnier Snohomish WA Mike Reshyzich Chicago IL MH Eisenmann Garrettsville OH Bob Whittier Duxshybury MA Norman S Orloff San Anshytonio TX LeRoy Falk Carpentersville IL Charley Hayes Park Forest IL J Max Freeman Wilkesboro NC Stan Piteau Holland MI and Ted Businger Willow Springs MO

It is interesting to note that many reshyspondents give credit to Joseph Juptshyners US Civil Aircraft series as the source of identification and additional data on the Mystery Planes And reshygarding the States several included copies of magazine ads for the plane as well as photos such as the one sent by Fran Wallace of the States painted in the Burgess Battery colors bull

to my learning to become a pilot - I flew it more than 200 hours before I went to work for United Air Lines It was sold in St Louis 10536 I should add that Dad taught me to fly and monitored my flying education until airline time

Letters To Editor those projects happened without the aid of computers To me they were the true aviation enthusiasts those who could take a good careful look at a heap of tubing some wire wood and an engine put it all together and make it fly

Please more stories like this one

Sincerely

Dale Glossenger (EAA 189173) 70185 Beach Drive Edwardsburg MI 49112

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 13

~ THE FULLER-HAMMOND FH-l I

Photo courtesy 01 Joseph Barry The Fuller-Hammond FH-1 NX14917 SIN 141 on display in a small park in California circa 1935

SUPER TWIN by Phil Michmerhuizen (EAA 33782 AlC 581) 186 Sunset Drive Holland MI 49423

(Photos courtesy of author except as noted)

It was after a talk and discussion on the history development and producshytion of Szekely engines and the Flying Dutchman aircraft at our local EAA Chaper meeting that Ron Fritz came to me and said he heard the remains of the Fuller-Hammond Skylark were in Ohio

He gave me the names and phone numbers of two men to contact This was in December of 1980

No I dont know anything about it but call so and so And so it went for a week Finally Yes I do have that airplane and yes I will sell it Bill Breshywer described what he had and what was missing There were no engines engine mounts gauges wheels or tires The condition of the parts ranged from good to fair to hardly there

-14 SEPTEMBER 1985

We agreed on a price and I sent half of the money Two weeks later my wife Donna and I were in our pickup with a trailer behind headed for Ohio

The basket case had been accurately described and as we loaded the rusty parts and bent aluminum I was really very happy yet could see years of work ahead

Arriving home we set the pieces toshygether for a few pictures I really wanted to start the restoration imshymediately but first had to finish our 1936 Taylor J-2 Cub and Waco UPF-7 Beshysides I wanted to have the paperwork straightened out first and research more history on the airplane if possible

After much telephoning and letter writing I located and talked to Mr E A Bill Perkins one of the builders and owners of the airplane He was also Vice-President of Skycraft Industries Inc in Venice California Bill Perkins told me that two boxes of drawings picshytures engineering data and letters were thrown away in 1949

I was also able to contact Mr Otis Dutton an 81-year-old gentleman in

Kansas who was the second owner of the plane but did not actually work on it He was good enough to sign a bill of sale and have it notorized to help clear up the paper work

I also located and talked with Mr Handly Jones a brother-in-law to EA Perkins He sent two pictures He had more papers and pictures until he built a new house and threw them away

In tracing the N number I found it was assigned to a Bell 47G helicopter in Florida being used on mosquito control The helicopter was destroyed in a crash several years ago and the N number was open Needless to say I quickly reshyserved it

According to the information I have the airplane was designed by Wilbur A Hammond and George B Fuller Conshystruction started in 1934 at the corner of Englewood Boulevard and Imperial Avenue in Venice California

Mr Ed Lund later a pilot for Howard Hughes Mr AI Nicely and Mr E A Pershykins all moonlighted to build the airshycraft Their regular jobs were at Timm Aircraft Company

The FH-1 was a two-place side-by-side light twin

April 9 1984 was a day to remember - the aircraft registration card arrived bearing the correct name original N number and correct serial number My thanks to the FAA personnel in Okshylahoma City for their cooperation

Before I fill my basement shop full of Fuller-Hammond pieces I plan to reshystore a 1935 Taylor E-2 Cub with a Zeke on the front That should only take a couple of years

In the meantime my good friend Bob Curtis a semi-retired aero-space enshygineer is lofting the ribs and making drawings for the Fuller-Hammond wings This is no small job in itself

The ailerons and flaps on the FullershyHammond are built up with 14 tubing and as I am not a welder my good friend Mike Brown who recently comshypleted his Acro II has agreed to do some work (build new ones) for me

The fellows around here have been chiding me to start the project - that is if I want to fly that airplane before my eyesight and hearing fail and before they have to push my wheelchair up to the wing

If any readers can supply information or pictures of this airplane I certainly would appreciate being contacted

Specifications Fuller-Hammond Monoplane

Top speed 117 mph Cruising speed 100 mph Landing speed 40 mph Climb 800 fpm Weight empty 927 Ibs Gross weight 1550 Ibs Span 34 ft 6 in Length 20 ft 6 in Wing area 142 sq ft Power loading 17 Ibs per hp

(Continued on Page 21)

Papers I receved from the FAA in Okshylahoma City indicated the Dept of Comshymerce Aeronautical Branch approved the Operation Inspection report dated pound--20-35

The airplane was test flown at Dycer Airport in Los Angeles by John M Slim Menefee I believe it was also flown by George C Adams a pilot for Lockheed

The airplane was licensed experishymental According to EA Perkins it flew about every weekend amassing from 50 to 75 hours until December 1935 when the application expired The tail skid shows quite a bit of wear Is that good or bad Who can check me out in a tail-skid equipped twin

The company Skycraft Industries

Inc 350 Washington Blvd Venice California could not pay E A Perkins for his work on the airplane so they gave it to him The two Szekely engines and mounts were removed the airplane disshyassembled crated and put on a train for Kansas

Handly Jones in Turon Kansas put the airplane in his barn then later outshyside under a tree Otis Dutton purshychased the plane in the mid-fifties but did no work on it

Bill Hogan and Bob Henkel brought the airplane to Ohio - again no restoshyration was started Bill Brewer was the next owner and now the remains of the Fuller-Hammond FH-1 Super Twin are resting in Michigan

Equipped with two motors thi tiny two-passenger plane recently te ted re embles a large trans~Ort

The FH-1 was powered with two 45 hp Szekely engines VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15

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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17

14thWest Coast

Ryan Reunion The winning five-Ryan formation team Sixth Ryan was the camera plane piloted by Eric Friedricksen of Wilton CT

by Bill J Hodges (EAA 58954 AlC 49) 811 Lydia Street Stephenville TX76401

Twenty-seven beautiful Ryans in the same place at the same time Shades of WW II contract primary flying training school Oh there are some type clubs that have more aircraft in attendance at their functions but looking at the number of Ryans there against the total built the West Coast Ryan Reunion is one of the biggest and one of the best

Arranged by the Santa Paula Califorshynia Ryaneers and hosted by Patroline Inc this popular low-key event was held at Patrolines Paso Robles facility Their president Sherm Smoot coopershyated beautifully with the visiting Ryaneers and Ryaneer Mike Sullivan Chairman of our event

I arrived at Paso Robles on Thursday afternoon courtesy of Bill Mette Campbell CA and his PT-22 Raunchy Bird (after jetting via airlines from Texas to San Jose the night before) We had stopped at Hollister California to rendezvous with other North California Ryans and to meet noted aviation hisshytorian William T Larkins but were were late so missed them

Bill Richards Santa Rosa CA was running late also due to a prop change at the last minute on his civilianized PT-21 So instead of the previous years 13-ship formation we had a twoshyship loose formation flight on to Paso Robles yhere 10 Ryans were already 18 SEPTEMBER 1985

on the ground with 15 on the ramp by nightfall Those present enjoyed a delishycious barbecue provided and prepared by local Ryaneer Mike Wing and a happy hour hosted by Patroline

Friday saw more arrivals with 27 Ryans on the ramp by nightfall 2 SCWs 1 PT-20 1 STM-2 2 PT-21 s 1 NR-1 and 20 PT-22s The morning feashytured an air rally where all entrants were timed for a cold-engine start where the timing is started with the contestant in the cockpit They had to get out and hand prop the engine (safety pilot aboard however) Patty Henderson

was the winner starting Bob Kellers Ranger-powered ST-3 in just 128 secshyonds

Having been assigned to a team preshyviously the pilots were handed a packet of directions and check list of the route to fly just as they were ready to taxi out for take-off All teams had to land at Leon Hermans International Airstrip before proceeding back to Paso Roshybles The team couldnt leave Leons until all team members had come to a full stop landing and turned off their enshygines Refreshments were ready for them as were the hot engine start

Bill Allen La Jolla CA is ownerpilot of this immaculate 1940 Ryan STM-S2 CN 466 N466WA This Ryan is in its original Dutch East Indies markings

Ron Chapel and his 1941 Ryan ST-3KR CN 1309 N56076 Ron who lives in Half Moon Bay CA has cleaned up his Ryan nicely

Well-known former mid-westerner Brad Larsons 1938 Ryan SC-W CN 206 N18912 Brad is now based at Santa Paula CA

Don Carters Ryan STA Special (1940 Ryan PT-20 CN 352) N14984 Don a recognized authority on STAs lives in Lafayette CA

judges Using the same procedures as the cold start contest Alan Buchner Fresno CA won with a fantastic time of 11 0 seconds Winners of the air rally at 1 07 hours was Team C Alan Buchshyner Chris Stimson and Bob Keller

The local Ninety-Nines including National Ryan Club members Shirley Moore and Christine Darbonne served a delicious barbecue sausage lunch (Thanks ladies) National Ryan Club members like Mike and Margaret Wilshyson of Cedar Rapids IA arrived via his and hers motorcycles by way of Florida no less

In the meantime Mike Wing and crew were busily trying to finish up a top overshyhaul on his Ryans Kinner engine Mike and Reb Stimson were able to fly the US Navy painted PT-22 later in the afshyternoon

That evening at the Paso Robles Inn Bill Allen LaJolla CA showed video tapes of the 84 Chino Fly-In and the tape just shot that day of the Paso Roshybles activities Some visited the local Polar Freeze before turning in including Alan Buchner AI Ball Dick Burgess Bill Mette and Bill Hodges

Also during the day John Gokchoff Santa Paula CA master Ryan rebuilshyder and crew had gone around the apron leak checking and calibrating all the Ryan airspeed indicators and AI Ball (Antique Aero Engines) conducted a KinnerRanger engine clinic (Our special thanks to John and AI) Those not participating in the air rally had the option of sightseeing and touring some of the local wineries

At 0800 on Saturday we saw the Dawn Patrol airborne Kinners clattershying away letting Paso Robles officially know the Ryans were back After proper briefing the formation flying contest got underway with four teams competing selected by drawing numbered slips from a hat After passing over the judges in both diamond and echelon formations Team no 1 comprised of Bill Richards Lee Graybill Santa Rosa CA and Jay HayesMontara CA Ron Chapel Half Moon Bay CA and Don Burkett Downey CA were declared the winners John Gokchoff busy and helpshyful again conducted a seminar on how to properly rig a PT-22 with most of the Ryaneers attending (Thanks John)

Most of the Ryans participated in the Saturday afternoon flying event which is a combination of short field take off flour bombing and power off spot landshying and is flown in one flight Due to the layout of the Archie Dean Memorial Airport this event can be flown without bothering the normal traffic flow Rich McDonald Vacaville CA took the short field take off honors of 340 feet with his Ryan SCW Shortest Ryan PT-22 take off was 343 feet by John Richards Venshytura CA

Spot landing winner was Bob Keller Carmel CA in his Ranger-Ryan Oh

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19

Returning from a flight Brad Larsen gives his Ryan SC-W a wipe-down in the parking area

Headed home Jay and Ellen Hayes fly formation on Bill Mettes wing in their 1942 Ryan PT-22 CN 1752 N56030 Jim and Ellen are from Montara CA

From Vacaville CA USAF pilot Rich McDonalds modified 1938 Ryan SC-W CN 205 N18911 This Ryan sports a Continental E-185 engine in addition to the changed landing gear and cabin 20 SEPTEMBER 1985

yes two people are required to be on board during the event The flour bombshying is always interesting in that two atshytempts are made one with a standard brown bag flour bomb and the other prejudged for originality prior to the event Closest to the target was Aleta PharrisReb Stimson The originality bomb went to Lee and Modie Graybi lls wedding bomb in celebration of their then recent wedding I Congratulations

After the flying activities most everyone retired to the Paso Robles Inn for the Bob Yates Champagne cork-flying conshytests The only rule for this contest is Dont shake the bottle but its rarely enforced John Gormley Sacramento CA showed his expertise by outdistancshying the other competitors by a substanshytial amount Tired but happy Ryaneers gathered at the local Elks Club for reshyfreshments and video tapes of the days activities (furnished by Bill Allen) while waiting for the awards banquet to begin

The Saturday night awaras banquet was a huge success with 131 Ryan enshythusiasts thats almost five people per airplane Mike Sullivan was an outshystanding master of ceremonies There was a lot to cover and Mike really kept things rolling Some things that stand out in my mind in addition to the regu lar awards were the awarding of the Ryan solo wings by Bill Richards to 27 Ryaneers (like the 63 last year) exact replicas of those presented by T Claude Ryan to his Ryan School of Aeronautics graduates then the preshysentation of the WW II King City Ryan Instructors Mickey Muzinich Neil Fershyryman Barney Cleg Elmore Brown Marvin Good and Joe Brown (Wow What stories they told) and the presenshytation of the Archie Dean Memorial (flyshying training) Scholarship to teenager Barry Bradshaw of Paso Robles by Sherm Smoot and certainly George Clayton a Ryaneer from Fairbanks Alaska who received the well-deserved Greatest Hangar Flyer award

George has quite a background in Alaskan aviation and given half an opshyportunity he will tell you all about it He entertained us with a very good harshymonica concert and told us how he purshychased his Ryan PT-22 Briefly while on a DC-3 heading for Alaska from California during a stop in Washington state he observed a PT-22 sitting on the ramp It needed some minor mainteshynance so George called the owner and bought the Ryan right then and there

The DC-3 was about to leave so George got his tool box off and proshyceeded to make the Ryan ferryable (oh yes this was in the late fall of the year) It seems George had never flown a Ryan before but managed with the help of a 5-gallon gas can to make it on in to Fairbanks experiencing only minor mechanical problems cold ice and snow along the way (Come back George we love you)

Ryaneers gather under Los Robles (the oaks) for an outdoor seminar

Among the 30-plus awards presented during the banquet the Best Kinner Powered Ryan went to Jay Hayes Montara CA for his PT-22 N56030 The Best Non-Kinner-Powered Ryan and Greatest Distance Flown went to Bill Allen La Jolla CA for his STM-2 N466WA The T Claude Ryan Memoshyrial Award went to Dennis and Susan Lyons the Air Rally hosts The National Ryan Club plaque for Oldest Ryan went to Rich McDonalds 1938 SCW N18911 and the National Ryan Club plaque for Most Distant Ryan went to Bob Laughlin La Jolla CA for his PTshy22 N53431

All in all the Ryan Reunion was quite successful with a lot of good company and a lot of good safe fun enjoyed by all We Ryaneers are looking forward to Ryan Reunion XV Plans are for a big blowout with a max effort for as many Ryans as possible to attend Already we are aware of plans for several east of the Mississippi Ryan s to attend I can hardly wait to get there How about you

Keep the Ryan flyin bull

THE FULLERmiddotHAMMOND FHmiddot1 SUPER TWIN (Continued from Page 15)

Three views of the FHmiddot1 as it looks today

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21

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Contestants in the 1930 Pacific Women s Air Derby (L to R) - Margery Doig Jean LaRene Ruth Stewart Ruth Barron Gladys ODonnell and Mildred Morgan

THE WOMENS CLASS A PACIFIC DERBY

by H Glenn Buffington (EAA 1234 AC 202) 134 West Walnut Avenue B San Diego CA 92103

In conjunction with the 1930 National Air Races there were two derbies for the women One was a 500 cu in or less piston displacement event from the East Coast Washington DC through Dixie and then up to Chicago and an 800 cu in race from the West Coast Long Beach California through the Southwest and Midwest to Chicago This is the story primarily about the latshyter race which covered a distance of 2245 statute miles

The contestants were

Ruth Barron (Nason) Hollywood Mildred Morgan Beverly Hills CA as the least experienced pilots TwentyshyCA Buhl Air Sedan J-5 Transport Travel Air J-5 Private License 15803 year-Old Barron came in with a brand License 13749 new Transport license having learned

Gladys Berry ODonnell Long Beach to fly only six months previously MorshyMargery Doig (Greenberg) Danbury CA Waco Taperwing J-6-7 Transport gan had a Private rating which was upshy

CT Pitcairn J-6 Lim Comm License License 6608 graded to a Transport after the Derby 10073 ODonnell and LaRene were the vetshy

Ruth Woerner Stewart St Louis MO erans of the group Gladys had flown Jean LaRene (Foote) Kansas City KS Curtiss RobinChallenger Transport the 29 Derby to a close second place

American Eagle J-6-7 Transport License 5375 behind Louise Thaden and Jean had License 5700 Barron and Morgan entered the race been associated with the Commandaire

22 SEPTEMBER 1985

NC21 M streamlined and ready for the 1930 competition

Co prior to joining American Eagle Of the six entries four had become

charter members of the Ninety-Nines when it was organized in November of 1929 Doig LaRene ODonnell and Stewart

Left at the starting line were three other pilots all of whom had entered the first Womens Air Derby of 1929 Santa Monica to Cleveland Pancho Barnes withdrew from the race when her three planes including the one she piloted at more than 196 mph all were declared ineligible Claire Fahy of Los Angeles widow of Herbert J Fahy Lockheed test pilot was ruled out beshycause her engine was excessively powshyered Bobbi Trout also of Los Angeles was disqualified for having an under powered craft 2 Bobbi is also another Ninety-Nines charterite

Carl Lienesch NAA governor for the state of California head of the aviation department for Union Oil of California and who served as manager of the 1930 Derby wrote It was left for the women to show really what could be done with ATC ships Phoebe Omlie in the East Coast Derby flew a Monocoupe of modern design and made one of those fine showings which the air racing world had come to expect from her Gladys ODonnell and Margery Doig in the Pacific Coast Derby both flew modern or rather modernized airplanes Margery Doigs Pitcairn was rounded out and fitted with a Townend ring at the Pitcairn factory It was a beautiful job and speedy

Gladys ODonnell flew a Taperwing Waco which it might be said was streamlined to the limit this limit being all possible under an A T C status Mrs ODonnell s ship had I-struts the fuselage rounded out and an effective NACA cowling It is probable that the top speed was around 170 mph Her time from Long Beach to Chicago indishycated an average speed in excess of 150 mph which shows that as far as derbies were concerned this year the women win the brown derby

James E Granger Swallow disshytributor on the West Coast President of the Pacific School of Aviation who served as official starter had this to say about the 30 derbies The splitting of the Womens Air Derby into two classes run from different places in my opinion was wrong The two classes should be run together next year and no attempt should be made to farm out the starting place of this very colorful race to the highest bidder It will not be necessary for the race officials to look further for a manager for next years event They have found him in C F Lienesch From start to finish of this years class A womens derby the absence of discord was conspicuous

The Derby actually started Sunday afternoon from Long Beach California August 17th with a short hop to

Gladys ODonnell with the victory garland at Chicago Aug 25 1930

LindberghRyan Field for the first night stop The planes were flagged away at one minute intervals numerically by racing number ie Doig - no 2 ODonshynell - no 7 LaRene - no 20 Stewart shyno 38 followed by Morgan and Barron The starting time from Long Beach arrishyval time in San Diego and the elapsed time follows (PST pm)

ODonnell - 332 - 40451 - 32 51 Doig - 331 - 405 03 - 3403 Barron - 336 - 422 36 - 4636 Morgan - 335 - 42529 - 50 29 Stewart - 334 - 431 09 - 57 09 LaRene - 333 - 430 16 - 5716

LaRene was delayed eight minutes at take off because of inability to start her engine with the other racers

On Monday the schedule called for a noon stop at Calexico and the night stop at Phoenix In accordance with air derby customs Mrs ODonnells craft was the first to taxi across the starting line on the departure for the second control point All the contestants arrived at Calexico within a span of 21 minutes Elapsed time from start ODonnell 1 1353 Doig 1 2248 Barron 1 3621 Morgan 1 4701 LaRene 1 4827 and Stewart 1 5952

ODonnell and DOig finished the third lap into Phoenix with less than five minshyutes separating them Ruth Barron was the last to get away from Calexico beshycause of some engine trouble and the fledgling s navigation caught up with her she became disoriented and flew an hour beyond Phoenix She landed 35 miles south of Holbrook Arizona reshymained overnight where she landed and then flew back to Phoenix to rejoin the others Tuesday morning

On August 19th the noon stop was Tucson and then to Douglas for the night where the total elapsed time talshylied ODonnell 356 29 Doig 41308 Morgan 52614 LaRene 53523 Stewart 625 25 Barron 21 3952 beshycause of the delay in reaching Phoenix after over-flying it

Wednesday it was on to Lordsburg and then Roswell New Mexico where ODonnell was officially 2640 ahead of Doig Others arrived in the following order Barron LaRene Morgan and Stewart

The 21 st scheduled a Lubbock noon stop and to Amarillo Texas for the night Gladys covered the Roswell-Lubshybock leg in 1 0041 and Margery in 1 0238 The other four pilots landed in the same sequence as at Roswell

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23

A frontal view of the racy Waco Taperwing NC21M in its heyday

Enid Oklahoma was scheduled for noon and Wichita Kansas for the night of the 22nd Thunderstorms and heavy rain gave the girls some of their most inclement weather during the AmarilloshyEnid leg of the race Ruth Stewart was forced down near Elk City but she set her plane down at Enid at 125630 Jean LaRene was forced down near Waukomis a few miles south of Enid she arrived at 125728 accounting for all the entries so they could take off on schedule for Wichita

More thrilling adventures entered the Wichita-Kansas City Kansas (Fairfax Airport) leg A little short of half-way to Kansas City Margery Doig 3 was forced down and out of the race near Olpe Kansas 10 miles south of Emshyporia in a farmers pasture when her engine caught fire She sideslipped to a landing and beat out the flames that threatened to destroy the Pitcairn It was a tough break for Doig after flying a good second to that point

Again Ruth Barrons navigation went awry She was visibly annoyed when she finally landed the Buhl at Fairfax at 541 pm with an elapsed time of 30457 from Wichita She reported I lost my bearings somewhere near Kanshysas City and landed in a field near a farm house I asked the farmer the dishyrections to Kansas City and he told me 50 miles north I said that he surely meant 50 miles east but he insisted he was right I flew the way he saidand 24 SEPTEMBER 1985

found myself over St Joseph and here I am back

The author had the pleasure of watching the girls bring em in at Fairshyfax on Saturday ODonnell crossed the finish line in her bright red and yellow Waco at 345 - 1 1420 out of Wichita LaRene in her yellow American Eagle arrived at 407 - 1 3415 from Wichita Morgan flying her dark blue Travel Air with silver wings finished at 410 shy1 3512 out of Wichita Stewart in her orange and cream colored Curtiss Robin came in at 437 - 20342 from Wichita

Shortly after these four arrivals the Derby starter Jim Granger and his wife Clema flew in with their Swallow and taxied up to the flight line Then a Ryan Brougham flew in with Gladys ODonnell painted across the fuselage It was flown by her husband Lloyd and served as the flagship for the ODonnell camp Some of the Fairfax pilots called it ritzy but I figured if one could afford it why not

One of the first to reach Jean LaRene was her mother Mrs Sadie Ross of Olathe Kansas whom Jean visited often She also had a long chat with Larry Ruch former chief test pilot for the American Eagle Aircraft factory at Fairfax

The contestants attended a dinner in the evening sponsored by the Womens Chamber of Commerce of Kansas City Kansas The new Fairfax Airport term ishy

nal building the site for this occasion and Mayor Don McCombs welcomed the fliers

The Derby continued to Des Moines Iowa and Madison Wisconsin on Sunshyday and the last leg to Chicago was flown Monday August 25th The offical Long Beach-Chicago results were

Elapsed Prize Pilot Time Money Gladys ODonnell 151316 $3500 Mildred Morgan 21 0835 2100 Jean LaRene 21 4549 1400 Ruth Stewart 2638 06 Ruth Barron 383341 Margery DOig (Out at Olpe KS)

For their efforts in flying the 30 Derby Ruth Barron was awarded the Jr Women s Aeronautical Association of California Trophy and Gladys ODonnell won two trophies The Aerol Trophy by the Cleveland Pneumatic Tool Co and the Womens Aero Assn of Calif Trophy Gladys also won the Mrs Robert McCormick Trophy and the Womens Pioneer Aviation Club Trophy for winning two closed-course races at the National Air Races which were held at Curtiss-Reynolds Airport Chicago Aug 23 to Sept 1 1930

An AP release dated Aug 31 1930 carried the headline Another Victory Chalked up for Feminine Fliers and the sub-title Women pilots fly over long routes in air derbies in less time than men It favorably compared Gladys

Copy of picture Gladys ODonnell autoshygraphed for Louise Thaden

ODonnells performance with the two Class A Mens Derbies won by John Blum Seattle to Chicago and Art Kilshylips Miami-Chicago race It also praised Phoebe Omlies showing against the two Class B Mens Derbies won by John Livingston the race from Brownsville and the Derby from Hartford won by J Wesley Smith

In 1967 when I wrote Mrs ODonnell regarding the Taperwing she sent the front view and commented I feel a pang of guilt at not keeping myoid friend 21 M for thats the way I feel about that plane The enclosed photoshygraph is 21 M at her top best in the streamlined beauty of its heyday - 163 mph You will notice the special racing gear It was beautiful but a bit rugged on turf fields since it was a rigid gear It added about six miles per hour to the top speed The ODonnelis owned the Taperwing for a decade

In comparing this air race of over fifty years ago with some of the more curshyrent ones we need to mention some of the pros and cons When the race is of the on to type with noon and night control stops the contestants more or less stay together In that manner weather and flying conditions are practically the same for each entrant and the race officials have the opportushynity to release race standings to the media after each day of racing

More recently the race routes genershyally 2000 to 2500 statute miles in length are set up and the contestants are usually given four days flying VFR in daylight hours to reach the terminus before a specified deadline Each plane is assigned a par (handicap) speed and the object is to have a ground speed as far over the par speed as possible The

pilot is thus given the leeway to play the elements holding out for better weather conditions winds etc The faster planes with better performance are somewhat favored in this respect as sometimes the slower entries must forge ahead in order to beat the deadshyline at the terminus And in this type of race the official standings cannot be reshyleased until the final bird has crossed the finish line Actually the last arrival can be the winner

The earlier races flew shorter legs and made more stops than the current races More recently the legs are 280 to 350 statute miles and six or seven control stops are designated for either landing or fly-by and the races are open to all fixed-wing stock aircraft from 145 to 570 horsepower Early on the fastest airplane with no handicap was in a good position to win if it held toshygether over the long haul and there was no big navigational error committed

Now that a handicapping system is used - each plane flying against its own specified speed - supposedly any entry has an equal chance of victory depending on the accuracy of the handshyicapping

Gini Richardson Yakima Washingshyton who oft-times places in the top 10 gives some racing advice The handshyicap is vitally important - you have to have a good handicap thats essential After that if you want to finish in the top 10 you have to fly well have knowlshyedge of the weather and strong navigashy

tional skills Velda King Mapelli Las Vegas

Nevada President of the Air Race Classic for the past eight years (1977shy1984) wrote in the recent race proshygram The altruistic interest and efforts of many people offers ARC contestants a temporary respite from the normal routine - and opportunity to share the camaraderie of participating in an air race There are no secrets to racing Personal application of skills will detershymine the winner but each will be a betshyter pilot as a result of the experience

That is what it is all about

FOOTNOTES

(1) Subsequent last names are in parenthesis (2) Had Trout been on the East Coast she cou ld have entered the Kinnermiddotpowered Golden Eagle in the 1575 mi Dixie Derby This race was won by Phoebe Omlie in a Warner Monocoupe She was followed by Martie Bowman Kinner Fleet Laura Ingalls Gypsy DH Moth Nancy Hopkins (Tier) Kinmiddot ner Kitty Hawk and Charity Langdon Cirrus Avian Vera Dawn Walker flying a Warner Inland Sport had to withdraw because of a mechanical at Birminshygham AL and Mary Haizlip in another Warner Inshyland Sport failed to make the race start after her airplane was dinged in a forced landing near Greenwood SC enroute to the starting line Both Haizlip and Walker did get to Chicago after the delays and flew in some of the closedmiddotcourse events Ninety-Nines charter members in this group include HopkinsmiddotTier Omlie and Walker (3) Doig was able to have the Pitcairn engine reshypaired and she flew to Chicago on Aug 26th She placed second behind ODonnell in one 25 mile pylon race at 13536 mph and won $450 In the feature 50 mile race she placed 4th just out of the money behind ODonnell Mary Haizlip and Opal Kunz bull

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The Oldest Known Set of EDO Floats in Service The aircraft is a 1933 Waco UBF-2 biplane powered by a 220-horsepower Continental W670 engine The floats are EDO model M-2665s manufactured on August 2 1930 These particular floats had been damaged in a crash in 1950 and were kept in storage for 27 years prior to being restored and fitted to the Waco in 1977 This remarkable antique aircraft is the property of Mr Henry Stauch Junction City Oregon It is conshyverted to float operation in the summer and flown from Kenmore Air Harbor Kenmore Washington scene of this photograph Photo courtesy EDO Floats

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

My First Flight To Oshkosh

18 gallons each My partner and Ideveloping a small stomach problem Robert R Black watched in amazement as the boytoo much excitement I thought (EAA 220708)

4246 South 1060 East Lift off was normal and the Tri-Pacer pumped 181 into the right tank and 180 gallons into the left tank Instantly did pretty well at first But the night air Salt Lake City UT 83117 I felt terrible I had just flown in onwas hot and humid and I wasnt exshyfumes I had made a mistake middoton myperiencing the kind of lift that I was used Ever since seeing a Pitts Special in flight duration - I forgot that I had cirshyto I had to circle in the Salt Lake Valley FL YING magazine when I was sixteen cled for half an hour after take off and learning of a special event called for 30 minutes until I could get up to

Then a super bad case of cottonshyOshkosh I have had the desire to go altitude At 9000 I started through ParshyAfter all the years of putting it off due to leys Canyon and headed for Ft Bridger mouth hit me I figured it was just due

VOR in Wyoming What a bumpy ride lack of funds and not having anything to the close call so I took a drink of some fruit punch which went down like to fly I finally got the chance to go in We popped around inside the plane like

1984 a bowling ball I really didnt feel good two marbles in a can From Ft Bridger My father and mother and I had just but I told myself I was going to Oshkoshwe flew to Evanston then to Rock

Springs Wyoming completed a 15-month restoration proshy by gosh and that thought kept me going ject on my fathers 1956 Piper Trishy We piled back into the plane and tookI started to develop cotton-mouth but Pacer With the bird looking new and off We climbed slowly and headed for figured it was just the thrill of finally

Chadronpretty I had little trouble talking myself going to Oshkosh We called Rock Springs asking for into taking it to Oshkosh As soon as we cleared the remaining

I discussed this with my business mountains I started to descend when fuel accommodations and I changed my partner and somehow talked him into an overwhelming feeling came over meflight plan from Casper to Rock Springs going with me All right I could go at I was going to throw up and I couldn t When they told me it would cost an adshyhalf the cost Things were really picking ditional $3000 to get someone to fuel shake the feeling try as I may How up could I do that - Id never been sick inme I said no thanks and changed my

The date was set Saturday July 28 an airplane in my life - I couldn t do flight plan to Rawlins Wyoming Fuel 1984 at 300 am I figured if we left at that The sic-sacs were for my wife and was getting low but figuring the length

of the trip and the amount of fuel left I others who couldnt take the ups and300 in the morning I could climb up out of the Salt Lake Valley and fly to downsfigured I could make it

My honor was at stake - I couldnt Casper Wyoming From there I would On to Rawlins we went over the lowshyproceed to Winner South Dakota Fairshy do that What a statement typical hardshyering mountains With all the bumps mont Minnesota and then on to Oshshy head approach right Well thatand ups and downs my stomach told kosh thought helped me to fight off the inevitshyme I had a problem I just couldn t be

Hours of preparation and planning getting sick Id never been sick in an able Come on Chadron I kept saying were spent in getting ready for the trip Id never felt that badly on any flight but airplane I figured that I was just overly A tent was measured and stuffed into we pressed ontired and hungry and the stop at Rawshythe baggage compartment Vacation Chadron Radio this is Tri-Pacer lins would put me back in shape time was hastily arranged and all sysshy 4547A do you copy Tri-Pacer 47A Finally Rawlins appeared on the tems were go Little did I know how Chadron Radio copies loud and clearother side of two knolls I brought the much go there was coming plane around entering down wind and Chadron 47A whats your active run-

On Friday July 27 I went to work way slipped in to a nice friendly airport The What a total waste of time Its a good on-field FSS Operator was super nice 47A active is 20 thing Im a lead man in the machine Roger 20 and said the place would come to life in shop because I accomplished nothing a little while He told us the good places Then came the bad news Chadron and finally left at lunch time Working gave me the altimeter setting and saidto eat breakfast We decided to plan the swing shift has its advantages at times next phase of our flight since our origishy the winds were 25 gusting to 35 I asked and I went home to sleep and prepare nal flight plan was greatly altered by Chadron for the wind direction and he for the flight then told me again I just could not get with

What a wasted night - I couldnt the program whatever was making meWe flight planned to Chadron Nebshysleep and all I did was toss and turn raska for our next stop figuring it would sick was really getting to me Two am came awfully early and I left put us right back on course As soon as I entered the pattern but could not for my partners home We piled into the planning was finished the line boy keep the plane tracking straight It the jeep and went to the airport would not settle What was wrong For at Rawlins appeared and fueled us with

The preflight went well except I was 80 octane My tanks are placarded for those of you who are Tri-Pacer drivers

26 SEPTEMBER 1985

you know the plane settles like a rock I felt better They were the greatest our trip home I spent the first hour and I looked at my airspeed indicator - I On the way into town the car winshy a half in the bathroom at the airport

was doing 120 mph and should have dows were open all the way At the Between the bathroom and the plane I been doing 80 Missed approach Super 8 Motel we met more super nice threw up four times We climbed into going around will try it again people The rooms were great and I the Tri-Pacer anyway and took off

Roger 47A no other traffic in the patshy crashed My partner was given a free 47A flew great I told my partner that tern ride back to the airport by the motel he would probably end up doing a lot of

Chadron this is 47A - downwind manager to pick up our gear the flying I did pretty well until we got for runway 20 We spent the day in town and I just west of Rock Springs Wyoming

I prayed Please God help me down stayed in bed trying to die I finally Ooops that was the only time I ever Dont let me kill my partner realized that my problem was a good used a sic-sac Bless those considerate

Okay Ive got to do this Line it up case of the flu people for making those wonderful leakshyThere thats right 80 mph okay flaps Chadron has a lot to see and some proof bags

day I shall go back I feel I must let those to slow us down right in we goooooo I had decided that if I couldnt finish good people know that I really do have What a crosswind touch down hold on the trip all the way back to Salt Lake color in my face Oh isnt pride terrible 47A you just landed on 26 That was City Airport No 2 that I would land at

a pretty good cross wind landing In the afternoon I felt a little better Ft Bridger Fortunately as Ft Bridger Thanks I just dont feel good I and thought maybe we might make it to passed below us I felt we could make it

Oshkosh anyway We went back to the A storm front was crossing from west guess I needed the practice Roger airport and planned the rest of the trip to east right in our path The clouds I thought to myself - you nut whats All of a sudden I made a mad dash to were closing in I dropped from 10500

the great white throne - the decision to 8500 and still I was going through wrong with you Cant you remember how to tell which runway is which To was made - head for home clouds Short little IFR trips in the mounshy

We took off for Riverton Wyoming Itbe honest I was so sick that I couldn t tains is not really my idea of fun and remember how to tell the correct runshy was a pretty good trip and at one point games What a trip Boy was I sick way I felt I might have made it to Oshkosh We made it through Parleys Canyon

but went on to Riverton What a good and I prayed Please Lord help meWe taxied to the ramp and I warned decision that was land this thing my partner to get out of the way I ran

In Riverton the Best Western Sunshy My prayers were answered weinto the bathroom and spent a good half downer motel sent their courtesy car for parked the plane got into the jeep andan hour seeing only a small porcelain us We spent the night and the next I said Get me home quickly Gary I hole - oops morning there and I was sick sick sick went straight to bed where I stayed The people at Chadron were super Everybody in Riverton took pity on me from Sunday to Wednesday LampD Aero Service tried all they could to

Next year there will be no flu I will They were really great Would those make me feel better They fueled the people ever see me in better condition fly crawl or whatever but Im absolutely plane and offered me a free ride into

When we finally decided to continue going to go to Oshkosh maybe bull town so I cou ld get a place to sleep until

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SALVAGING AN AIRWAYS BEACON

Contemplating the job at hand are (L-R) Ron Fritz Mel Lugten John Emery Willard and Donna Benedict

Story and Photos by Mrs Willard (Donna) Benedict (EAA 6786 NC 294) 129 Cedar Street Wayland MI 49348

What has four legs is orange and white is 62 feet tall and used to go blink blink blink

Give up Its an airways beacon left over from the 30s and 40s and still standing

At the February 21 1981 meeting of West Michigan Chapter 8 of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division president Phil Coulson of Lawton asked the members if they were interested in acquiring an airways beacon for the purpose of disshymantling it and donating it to the EAA Museum Meeting with an enthusiastic affirmative he set out to locate the preshysent owner to get permission Phil a surveyor with Gove Associates Inc of Kalamazoo Michigan had located the beacon through his transit while surveyshying a nearby piece of property about three or fours years previously Upon locating the owner Mr John Emery of Galesburg Michigan he learned that 10 SEPTEMBER 1985

Emery a veteran of WW II had been offered a substantial sum for the tower by a neighbor to be used as an antenna But after thinking about it for a couple of months and after learning that very few if any still exist Emery decided that it would be a good idea to attempt to preserve the beacon

A LITTLE HISTORY

The original purpose of the airways system was for the airmail pilots and it was sponsored by the United States Post Office In early 1921 the Post Ofshyfice in an effort to revive the airmail s drooping reputation decided to make continuous day and night flights across the country Townsfolk along the way had agreed to light bonfires to help mark the route Post Office officials hoped that the coast-to-coast flights could be made in fewer than 36 hours

On February 22 1921 two DeHavilshylands left Hazelhurst Field New York at 600 am about 1-1 2 hours later two more DeHaviliands left San Francisco headed east Later that day Jack Knight who earl ier had flown his regular route of Omaha to Cheyenne and then

dead-headed back to North Platte had drawn the first section night flight to Omaha When Knight arrived in Omaha he found that his relief pilot was weathshyered in at Chicago so Knight flew on from Omaha to Chicago landing there at 840 a m February 23 becoming the nations first airmail pilot to complete an all night flight

In the spring of 1922 Congressman Martin B Madden of Illinois asked enshygineer Joseph V Magee to study the problem of regular night flights Working diligently for more than a year Magee came up with a plan calling for a system of beacons and emergency landing fields Terminals would have 36 revolvshying lights on 50 towers that would sweep the horizon three times a minute with a beam visible for 100 miles in clear weather At each of the emergency fields which were roughly 75 miles apart there would be an 18 beacon on top of a 50 tower which could be seen 60 to 70 miles on clear nights

The first experimental lighted airway in the United Staes was laid down beshytween Dayton and Columbus Ohio Army engineers and Army pilots col shy

laborated in working out proper beacons and marker lights After the Army had demonstrated what could be done over lighted airways the Post Ofshyfice undertook to light the section of trans-continental route between Cheyenne and Chicago a job which was completed in the summer of 1923 Test runs were made that summer but it was not until the following year July 1 1924 that regular night service was established

In another year the Chicago-New York route was lighted and by the end of 1926 the line of airway beacons exshytended from coast to coast During the following ten years airway lighting was put in as fast as funds would permit By 1939 every established air route in the United States was equipped for night and day flying Total lighted airway mileage was 29199 miles Over 2200 beacons were installed In 1940 it was estimated that over $15000000 would be spent on lighted airways upkeep and operation After World War II modern radio and instrument flying aids spelled the doom of the old lighted airways

AlC CHAPTER 8 GETS INTO THE PICTURE

So at 11 00 am on Saturday Febshyruary 28 1981 a typical cold windshyswept Michigan winter day following two weeks of warm beautiful weather five hardy souls and their mascot showed up for the dismantling Now you understand when Phil had menshytioned this to the Chapter 8 members the question was raised How tall is this thing Phil the answer given (from this surveyor) was Only about 35 or 40 feet The first thing noted by all on that February 28 was that it was not 35 feet tall but considerably taller Fortushynately it was located in a plowed manshyure-filled field with the possibility of faIshyling three ways without danger to the farmers fences

This beacon was between Kalamazoo and Battle Creek Michigan and was apparently part of the chain of beacons on the Detroit to Chicago airway used by the Ford Motor Companys airmail flights as early as 1926

Mel Lugten of Hamilton showed up with his boom truck and proceeded to evaluate the situation being primarily interested in which neighbors tree he should place a chain around without inshycurring the wrath of said neighbor Oh well there wasnt a tree placed conveshyniently anyway In the meantime Gary VanFarowe of Holland Michigan the youngest member of the team shinshynied up the ladder to the top and started disassembling the beacon with the help of Phil Coulson

It is interesting to note that neither Willard Benedict of Wayland nor Ron Fritz EAA AntiqueClassic Division

ropes at the bottom with all feet firmly planted on terra firma Many pilots have a fear of heights and Ron and Willy are no exception

Several hours later the 24 beacon was safely lowerd to the ground along with the motor and one of the course marker lights The danger of breaking the glass was a problem that had been previously eliminated by vandals and their 22 caliber rifles one bullet of a much higher velocity penetrated the cast aluminum casing and passed through the 14 thick glass The mechanical workings of the beacon which was made by General Electric

John Emery of Galesburg MI who doshynated the tower to the EAA Aviation Museum

appeared in excellent condition Mershycury switches operated by a cam to control the encoding of the course lights in dots and dashes identified the locashy

tion of each beacon to the pilots This particular beacon was at a half way point between Kalamazoo airport and Battle Creek airport

With all the breakables safely tucked away in the back of the truck and after a cup of lukewarm but much appreciated coffee the time for the big task had arrived

After torching off two legs of the tower and cutting through part of the other two it was time to position the cushion (nothing fancier than a couple of rolls of old rolled up fencing) and sure enough the cushion had been placed inaccurately The tower WAS taller than the estimated 40 feet With the bridle in place and hooked up to the boom truck all was in readiness

Willard BenedictS wife Donna who has a more than average wifes interest in airplanes came along as mascot maker of the coffee and official photoshygrapher Being proficient at nothing more complicated than an Instamatic she was using Phils 35 mm Kodak Camera with all the fancy gadgets hopshying to get the picture of the year award one of those action shots that show for example a tower breaking in half at the midway point where it wasnt supposed to She was ready for the acshytion

With Mel in the truck operating the winch and Gary Ron Willy and Phil givshying a tug on the rope the tower started on its way down What a magnificent sight It came down so slow and easy just like wed been a professional tower wrecking crew and had planned it like we knew what we were doing A sponshytaneous shout of approval went up from all when we realized that we hadnt inshycurred any damage to the cage or the tower

Following another cup of coffee (it should have been champagne) the task of dismantling the tower took place

Secretary of Kent City volunteered to Securing the bridle to the boom truck are (counterclockwise from upper right) Phil climb to the top but were ready with the Coulson Gary Van Farowe Ron Fritz Willard Benedict and Mel Lugten

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Its a long way to the top

Another four hours later and the tower was in three pieces and loaded on the trailer Because the trailer did not have lights the boys worked frantically to get it loaded and trailered to John Boskers Airport at Mattawan Michigan before the sun went down They were ready for plenty of beer and pizza

Mr Bob Litner president of Brooks Aero Inc of Marshall Michigan doshynated replacement course lights Howshyard Sprunger donated the old beacon from the Three Rivers Airport

NOW FOR A COAT OF PAINT

SaturdayMay 1 1982 broke bright and clear with the beacon project awaitshying action The first to arrive overhead was Bob Harris in his trusty 1942 Taylorcraft L-2 with French markings As Bob touched down Warren and Millie Schuhknecht drove in the driveway at the Mattawan airport After a quick cup of coffee members of Chapter 8 set about the task of cleaning and sorting parts of the tower Soon other members were driving in or flying Among those who flew were Steve and Karlene Johnson and family from Smyrna Mel Lugten of Hamilton and Jim Jensen of Hastings (now deceased) 12 SEPTEMBER 1985

After standing for about 50 years the tower is about to come down

Gary VanFarowe and Jack Elenbaas of Holland took charge of the beacon and course lights About the time everyone was working up a good sweat

On the way down The tower incurred no damage during this operation

and a good appetite Willard and Donna Benedict arrived with about three galshylons of homemade chili which was Some Good as they say out east

Then back to the project Ron and Shirley Fritz of Kent City and their chilshydren Ronnie and Heather scraped paint Cliff Bitting of Grand Rapids scraped paint Ruth Coulson scraped paint Finally it was ready for the final white and orange colors Everybody ended up with orange and white measles all over their shoes arms legs clothes etc

What a great feeling it was when the paint ran out But someone had the dumb idea of running into town and buyshying more Case tractor orange paint By the time that paint was gone there was no more tower to cover Then the gang retired to the Coulsons at Lawton Michigan for a well-deserved cook-out

In November of 1982 Phil Coulson and Gary VanFarowe delivered the tower to the EAA campSite area at Oshshykosh The following spring the tower was reassembled by the EAA Museum Staff where it continues to greet the members of Chapter 8 as well as all other EAA members who camp at the Conventionbull

Reader Fran Wallace sent this photo of States NC10719 painted in Burgess Battery colors The Burgess factory was in nearby Freeport IL

by George A Hardie Jr took delivery 31533 The States contributed a great deal

Heres a snappy little biplane from the Golden Age era that is a rare one The engine appears to be an Anzani but thats open to question Note the cat inshysignia on the side of the fuselage Not much else is known about this neat little job The photo was submitted by R K Armstrong of Rawlings MD Answers will be published in the December 1985 issue of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE Deadline for that issue is October 10 1985

The Mystery Plane featured in the June 1985 issue was no mystery to many of our readers Retired Pan Am Captain Fran Wallace (EAA 35172 NC 309) P O Box 822 Stony Brook NY 11790 wrote

it is a States SE5F powered with a Kinner K-5 engine My father Lloyd Wallace and his flying partner Jack Neely of Freeport Illinois bought a States NC10719 from Ed Brazelton (I think) at the old Elmhurst Airport Elshymhurst IL Dad and I flew Dr Snyders (of Freeport) Waco QDC to Elmhurst 2 21 33 for a demonstration and they

Dear Gene

Please add my name to the list conshygratulating Ted Businger for the great job he did writing the Ed Morrow Story in the June and July 1985 issues of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE So far Ive read it twice and plan on reading it a few more times to make sure I didnt miss anything

Talk about being born twenty years too late What a fantastic thing it must have been to work with the great people Ted wrote about and to think all

The States was an excellent airplane good short field capability very stable and a very easy airplane to land Note the big Airwheels and the looong oleos - it was almost impossible to bounce It was not an acrobatic airplane but it did nice loops soft snap-rolls and good hammer-head stalls - spectacular when done close to the ground (I quit the hammer-heads - another story)

Correct answers also were received from Doug Rounds Zebulon GA Jim Barton Oshkosh WI George W Mojonnier Snohomish WA Mike Reshyzich Chicago IL MH Eisenmann Garrettsville OH Bob Whittier Duxshybury MA Norman S Orloff San Anshytonio TX LeRoy Falk Carpentersville IL Charley Hayes Park Forest IL J Max Freeman Wilkesboro NC Stan Piteau Holland MI and Ted Businger Willow Springs MO

It is interesting to note that many reshyspondents give credit to Joseph Juptshyners US Civil Aircraft series as the source of identification and additional data on the Mystery Planes And reshygarding the States several included copies of magazine ads for the plane as well as photos such as the one sent by Fran Wallace of the States painted in the Burgess Battery colors bull

to my learning to become a pilot - I flew it more than 200 hours before I went to work for United Air Lines It was sold in St Louis 10536 I should add that Dad taught me to fly and monitored my flying education until airline time

Letters To Editor those projects happened without the aid of computers To me they were the true aviation enthusiasts those who could take a good careful look at a heap of tubing some wire wood and an engine put it all together and make it fly

Please more stories like this one

Sincerely

Dale Glossenger (EAA 189173) 70185 Beach Drive Edwardsburg MI 49112

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 13

~ THE FULLER-HAMMOND FH-l I

Photo courtesy 01 Joseph Barry The Fuller-Hammond FH-1 NX14917 SIN 141 on display in a small park in California circa 1935

SUPER TWIN by Phil Michmerhuizen (EAA 33782 AlC 581) 186 Sunset Drive Holland MI 49423

(Photos courtesy of author except as noted)

It was after a talk and discussion on the history development and producshytion of Szekely engines and the Flying Dutchman aircraft at our local EAA Chaper meeting that Ron Fritz came to me and said he heard the remains of the Fuller-Hammond Skylark were in Ohio

He gave me the names and phone numbers of two men to contact This was in December of 1980

No I dont know anything about it but call so and so And so it went for a week Finally Yes I do have that airplane and yes I will sell it Bill Breshywer described what he had and what was missing There were no engines engine mounts gauges wheels or tires The condition of the parts ranged from good to fair to hardly there

-14 SEPTEMBER 1985

We agreed on a price and I sent half of the money Two weeks later my wife Donna and I were in our pickup with a trailer behind headed for Ohio

The basket case had been accurately described and as we loaded the rusty parts and bent aluminum I was really very happy yet could see years of work ahead

Arriving home we set the pieces toshygether for a few pictures I really wanted to start the restoration imshymediately but first had to finish our 1936 Taylor J-2 Cub and Waco UPF-7 Beshysides I wanted to have the paperwork straightened out first and research more history on the airplane if possible

After much telephoning and letter writing I located and talked to Mr E A Bill Perkins one of the builders and owners of the airplane He was also Vice-President of Skycraft Industries Inc in Venice California Bill Perkins told me that two boxes of drawings picshytures engineering data and letters were thrown away in 1949

I was also able to contact Mr Otis Dutton an 81-year-old gentleman in

Kansas who was the second owner of the plane but did not actually work on it He was good enough to sign a bill of sale and have it notorized to help clear up the paper work

I also located and talked with Mr Handly Jones a brother-in-law to EA Perkins He sent two pictures He had more papers and pictures until he built a new house and threw them away

In tracing the N number I found it was assigned to a Bell 47G helicopter in Florida being used on mosquito control The helicopter was destroyed in a crash several years ago and the N number was open Needless to say I quickly reshyserved it

According to the information I have the airplane was designed by Wilbur A Hammond and George B Fuller Conshystruction started in 1934 at the corner of Englewood Boulevard and Imperial Avenue in Venice California

Mr Ed Lund later a pilot for Howard Hughes Mr AI Nicely and Mr E A Pershykins all moonlighted to build the airshycraft Their regular jobs were at Timm Aircraft Company

The FH-1 was a two-place side-by-side light twin

April 9 1984 was a day to remember - the aircraft registration card arrived bearing the correct name original N number and correct serial number My thanks to the FAA personnel in Okshylahoma City for their cooperation

Before I fill my basement shop full of Fuller-Hammond pieces I plan to reshystore a 1935 Taylor E-2 Cub with a Zeke on the front That should only take a couple of years

In the meantime my good friend Bob Curtis a semi-retired aero-space enshygineer is lofting the ribs and making drawings for the Fuller-Hammond wings This is no small job in itself

The ailerons and flaps on the FullershyHammond are built up with 14 tubing and as I am not a welder my good friend Mike Brown who recently comshypleted his Acro II has agreed to do some work (build new ones) for me

The fellows around here have been chiding me to start the project - that is if I want to fly that airplane before my eyesight and hearing fail and before they have to push my wheelchair up to the wing

If any readers can supply information or pictures of this airplane I certainly would appreciate being contacted

Specifications Fuller-Hammond Monoplane

Top speed 117 mph Cruising speed 100 mph Landing speed 40 mph Climb 800 fpm Weight empty 927 Ibs Gross weight 1550 Ibs Span 34 ft 6 in Length 20 ft 6 in Wing area 142 sq ft Power loading 17 Ibs per hp

(Continued on Page 21)

Papers I receved from the FAA in Okshylahoma City indicated the Dept of Comshymerce Aeronautical Branch approved the Operation Inspection report dated pound--20-35

The airplane was test flown at Dycer Airport in Los Angeles by John M Slim Menefee I believe it was also flown by George C Adams a pilot for Lockheed

The airplane was licensed experishymental According to EA Perkins it flew about every weekend amassing from 50 to 75 hours until December 1935 when the application expired The tail skid shows quite a bit of wear Is that good or bad Who can check me out in a tail-skid equipped twin

The company Skycraft Industries

Inc 350 Washington Blvd Venice California could not pay E A Perkins for his work on the airplane so they gave it to him The two Szekely engines and mounts were removed the airplane disshyassembled crated and put on a train for Kansas

Handly Jones in Turon Kansas put the airplane in his barn then later outshyside under a tree Otis Dutton purshychased the plane in the mid-fifties but did no work on it

Bill Hogan and Bob Henkel brought the airplane to Ohio - again no restoshyration was started Bill Brewer was the next owner and now the remains of the Fuller-Hammond FH-1 Super Twin are resting in Michigan

Equipped with two motors thi tiny two-passenger plane recently te ted re embles a large trans~Ort

The FH-1 was powered with two 45 hp Szekely engines VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15

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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17

14thWest Coast

Ryan Reunion The winning five-Ryan formation team Sixth Ryan was the camera plane piloted by Eric Friedricksen of Wilton CT

by Bill J Hodges (EAA 58954 AlC 49) 811 Lydia Street Stephenville TX76401

Twenty-seven beautiful Ryans in the same place at the same time Shades of WW II contract primary flying training school Oh there are some type clubs that have more aircraft in attendance at their functions but looking at the number of Ryans there against the total built the West Coast Ryan Reunion is one of the biggest and one of the best

Arranged by the Santa Paula Califorshynia Ryaneers and hosted by Patroline Inc this popular low-key event was held at Patrolines Paso Robles facility Their president Sherm Smoot coopershyated beautifully with the visiting Ryaneers and Ryaneer Mike Sullivan Chairman of our event

I arrived at Paso Robles on Thursday afternoon courtesy of Bill Mette Campbell CA and his PT-22 Raunchy Bird (after jetting via airlines from Texas to San Jose the night before) We had stopped at Hollister California to rendezvous with other North California Ryans and to meet noted aviation hisshytorian William T Larkins but were were late so missed them

Bill Richards Santa Rosa CA was running late also due to a prop change at the last minute on his civilianized PT-21 So instead of the previous years 13-ship formation we had a twoshyship loose formation flight on to Paso Robles yhere 10 Ryans were already 18 SEPTEMBER 1985

on the ground with 15 on the ramp by nightfall Those present enjoyed a delishycious barbecue provided and prepared by local Ryaneer Mike Wing and a happy hour hosted by Patroline

Friday saw more arrivals with 27 Ryans on the ramp by nightfall 2 SCWs 1 PT-20 1 STM-2 2 PT-21 s 1 NR-1 and 20 PT-22s The morning feashytured an air rally where all entrants were timed for a cold-engine start where the timing is started with the contestant in the cockpit They had to get out and hand prop the engine (safety pilot aboard however) Patty Henderson

was the winner starting Bob Kellers Ranger-powered ST-3 in just 128 secshyonds

Having been assigned to a team preshyviously the pilots were handed a packet of directions and check list of the route to fly just as they were ready to taxi out for take-off All teams had to land at Leon Hermans International Airstrip before proceeding back to Paso Roshybles The team couldnt leave Leons until all team members had come to a full stop landing and turned off their enshygines Refreshments were ready for them as were the hot engine start

Bill Allen La Jolla CA is ownerpilot of this immaculate 1940 Ryan STM-S2 CN 466 N466WA This Ryan is in its original Dutch East Indies markings

Ron Chapel and his 1941 Ryan ST-3KR CN 1309 N56076 Ron who lives in Half Moon Bay CA has cleaned up his Ryan nicely

Well-known former mid-westerner Brad Larsons 1938 Ryan SC-W CN 206 N18912 Brad is now based at Santa Paula CA

Don Carters Ryan STA Special (1940 Ryan PT-20 CN 352) N14984 Don a recognized authority on STAs lives in Lafayette CA

judges Using the same procedures as the cold start contest Alan Buchner Fresno CA won with a fantastic time of 11 0 seconds Winners of the air rally at 1 07 hours was Team C Alan Buchshyner Chris Stimson and Bob Keller

The local Ninety-Nines including National Ryan Club members Shirley Moore and Christine Darbonne served a delicious barbecue sausage lunch (Thanks ladies) National Ryan Club members like Mike and Margaret Wilshyson of Cedar Rapids IA arrived via his and hers motorcycles by way of Florida no less

In the meantime Mike Wing and crew were busily trying to finish up a top overshyhaul on his Ryans Kinner engine Mike and Reb Stimson were able to fly the US Navy painted PT-22 later in the afshyternoon

That evening at the Paso Robles Inn Bill Allen LaJolla CA showed video tapes of the 84 Chino Fly-In and the tape just shot that day of the Paso Roshybles activities Some visited the local Polar Freeze before turning in including Alan Buchner AI Ball Dick Burgess Bill Mette and Bill Hodges

Also during the day John Gokchoff Santa Paula CA master Ryan rebuilshyder and crew had gone around the apron leak checking and calibrating all the Ryan airspeed indicators and AI Ball (Antique Aero Engines) conducted a KinnerRanger engine clinic (Our special thanks to John and AI) Those not participating in the air rally had the option of sightseeing and touring some of the local wineries

At 0800 on Saturday we saw the Dawn Patrol airborne Kinners clattershying away letting Paso Robles officially know the Ryans were back After proper briefing the formation flying contest got underway with four teams competing selected by drawing numbered slips from a hat After passing over the judges in both diamond and echelon formations Team no 1 comprised of Bill Richards Lee Graybill Santa Rosa CA and Jay HayesMontara CA Ron Chapel Half Moon Bay CA and Don Burkett Downey CA were declared the winners John Gokchoff busy and helpshyful again conducted a seminar on how to properly rig a PT-22 with most of the Ryaneers attending (Thanks John)

Most of the Ryans participated in the Saturday afternoon flying event which is a combination of short field take off flour bombing and power off spot landshying and is flown in one flight Due to the layout of the Archie Dean Memorial Airport this event can be flown without bothering the normal traffic flow Rich McDonald Vacaville CA took the short field take off honors of 340 feet with his Ryan SCW Shortest Ryan PT-22 take off was 343 feet by John Richards Venshytura CA

Spot landing winner was Bob Keller Carmel CA in his Ranger-Ryan Oh

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19

Returning from a flight Brad Larsen gives his Ryan SC-W a wipe-down in the parking area

Headed home Jay and Ellen Hayes fly formation on Bill Mettes wing in their 1942 Ryan PT-22 CN 1752 N56030 Jim and Ellen are from Montara CA

From Vacaville CA USAF pilot Rich McDonalds modified 1938 Ryan SC-W CN 205 N18911 This Ryan sports a Continental E-185 engine in addition to the changed landing gear and cabin 20 SEPTEMBER 1985

yes two people are required to be on board during the event The flour bombshying is always interesting in that two atshytempts are made one with a standard brown bag flour bomb and the other prejudged for originality prior to the event Closest to the target was Aleta PharrisReb Stimson The originality bomb went to Lee and Modie Graybi lls wedding bomb in celebration of their then recent wedding I Congratulations

After the flying activities most everyone retired to the Paso Robles Inn for the Bob Yates Champagne cork-flying conshytests The only rule for this contest is Dont shake the bottle but its rarely enforced John Gormley Sacramento CA showed his expertise by outdistancshying the other competitors by a substanshytial amount Tired but happy Ryaneers gathered at the local Elks Club for reshyfreshments and video tapes of the days activities (furnished by Bill Allen) while waiting for the awards banquet to begin

The Saturday night awaras banquet was a huge success with 131 Ryan enshythusiasts thats almost five people per airplane Mike Sullivan was an outshystanding master of ceremonies There was a lot to cover and Mike really kept things rolling Some things that stand out in my mind in addition to the regu lar awards were the awarding of the Ryan solo wings by Bill Richards to 27 Ryaneers (like the 63 last year) exact replicas of those presented by T Claude Ryan to his Ryan School of Aeronautics graduates then the preshysentation of the WW II King City Ryan Instructors Mickey Muzinich Neil Fershyryman Barney Cleg Elmore Brown Marvin Good and Joe Brown (Wow What stories they told) and the presenshytation of the Archie Dean Memorial (flyshying training) Scholarship to teenager Barry Bradshaw of Paso Robles by Sherm Smoot and certainly George Clayton a Ryaneer from Fairbanks Alaska who received the well-deserved Greatest Hangar Flyer award

George has quite a background in Alaskan aviation and given half an opshyportunity he will tell you all about it He entertained us with a very good harshymonica concert and told us how he purshychased his Ryan PT-22 Briefly while on a DC-3 heading for Alaska from California during a stop in Washington state he observed a PT-22 sitting on the ramp It needed some minor mainteshynance so George called the owner and bought the Ryan right then and there

The DC-3 was about to leave so George got his tool box off and proshyceeded to make the Ryan ferryable (oh yes this was in the late fall of the year) It seems George had never flown a Ryan before but managed with the help of a 5-gallon gas can to make it on in to Fairbanks experiencing only minor mechanical problems cold ice and snow along the way (Come back George we love you)

Ryaneers gather under Los Robles (the oaks) for an outdoor seminar

Among the 30-plus awards presented during the banquet the Best Kinner Powered Ryan went to Jay Hayes Montara CA for his PT-22 N56030 The Best Non-Kinner-Powered Ryan and Greatest Distance Flown went to Bill Allen La Jolla CA for his STM-2 N466WA The T Claude Ryan Memoshyrial Award went to Dennis and Susan Lyons the Air Rally hosts The National Ryan Club plaque for Oldest Ryan went to Rich McDonalds 1938 SCW N18911 and the National Ryan Club plaque for Most Distant Ryan went to Bob Laughlin La Jolla CA for his PTshy22 N53431

All in all the Ryan Reunion was quite successful with a lot of good company and a lot of good safe fun enjoyed by all We Ryaneers are looking forward to Ryan Reunion XV Plans are for a big blowout with a max effort for as many Ryans as possible to attend Already we are aware of plans for several east of the Mississippi Ryan s to attend I can hardly wait to get there How about you

Keep the Ryan flyin bull

THE FULLERmiddotHAMMOND FHmiddot1 SUPER TWIN (Continued from Page 15)

Three views of the FHmiddot1 as it looks today

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Contestants in the 1930 Pacific Women s Air Derby (L to R) - Margery Doig Jean LaRene Ruth Stewart Ruth Barron Gladys ODonnell and Mildred Morgan

THE WOMENS CLASS A PACIFIC DERBY

by H Glenn Buffington (EAA 1234 AC 202) 134 West Walnut Avenue B San Diego CA 92103

In conjunction with the 1930 National Air Races there were two derbies for the women One was a 500 cu in or less piston displacement event from the East Coast Washington DC through Dixie and then up to Chicago and an 800 cu in race from the West Coast Long Beach California through the Southwest and Midwest to Chicago This is the story primarily about the latshyter race which covered a distance of 2245 statute miles

The contestants were

Ruth Barron (Nason) Hollywood Mildred Morgan Beverly Hills CA as the least experienced pilots TwentyshyCA Buhl Air Sedan J-5 Transport Travel Air J-5 Private License 15803 year-Old Barron came in with a brand License 13749 new Transport license having learned

Gladys Berry ODonnell Long Beach to fly only six months previously MorshyMargery Doig (Greenberg) Danbury CA Waco Taperwing J-6-7 Transport gan had a Private rating which was upshy

CT Pitcairn J-6 Lim Comm License License 6608 graded to a Transport after the Derby 10073 ODonnell and LaRene were the vetshy

Ruth Woerner Stewart St Louis MO erans of the group Gladys had flown Jean LaRene (Foote) Kansas City KS Curtiss RobinChallenger Transport the 29 Derby to a close second place

American Eagle J-6-7 Transport License 5375 behind Louise Thaden and Jean had License 5700 Barron and Morgan entered the race been associated with the Commandaire

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NC21 M streamlined and ready for the 1930 competition

Co prior to joining American Eagle Of the six entries four had become

charter members of the Ninety-Nines when it was organized in November of 1929 Doig LaRene ODonnell and Stewart

Left at the starting line were three other pilots all of whom had entered the first Womens Air Derby of 1929 Santa Monica to Cleveland Pancho Barnes withdrew from the race when her three planes including the one she piloted at more than 196 mph all were declared ineligible Claire Fahy of Los Angeles widow of Herbert J Fahy Lockheed test pilot was ruled out beshycause her engine was excessively powshyered Bobbi Trout also of Los Angeles was disqualified for having an under powered craft 2 Bobbi is also another Ninety-Nines charterite

Carl Lienesch NAA governor for the state of California head of the aviation department for Union Oil of California and who served as manager of the 1930 Derby wrote It was left for the women to show really what could be done with ATC ships Phoebe Omlie in the East Coast Derby flew a Monocoupe of modern design and made one of those fine showings which the air racing world had come to expect from her Gladys ODonnell and Margery Doig in the Pacific Coast Derby both flew modern or rather modernized airplanes Margery Doigs Pitcairn was rounded out and fitted with a Townend ring at the Pitcairn factory It was a beautiful job and speedy

Gladys ODonnell flew a Taperwing Waco which it might be said was streamlined to the limit this limit being all possible under an A T C status Mrs ODonnell s ship had I-struts the fuselage rounded out and an effective NACA cowling It is probable that the top speed was around 170 mph Her time from Long Beach to Chicago indishycated an average speed in excess of 150 mph which shows that as far as derbies were concerned this year the women win the brown derby

James E Granger Swallow disshytributor on the West Coast President of the Pacific School of Aviation who served as official starter had this to say about the 30 derbies The splitting of the Womens Air Derby into two classes run from different places in my opinion was wrong The two classes should be run together next year and no attempt should be made to farm out the starting place of this very colorful race to the highest bidder It will not be necessary for the race officials to look further for a manager for next years event They have found him in C F Lienesch From start to finish of this years class A womens derby the absence of discord was conspicuous

The Derby actually started Sunday afternoon from Long Beach California August 17th with a short hop to

Gladys ODonnell with the victory garland at Chicago Aug 25 1930

LindberghRyan Field for the first night stop The planes were flagged away at one minute intervals numerically by racing number ie Doig - no 2 ODonshynell - no 7 LaRene - no 20 Stewart shyno 38 followed by Morgan and Barron The starting time from Long Beach arrishyval time in San Diego and the elapsed time follows (PST pm)

ODonnell - 332 - 40451 - 32 51 Doig - 331 - 405 03 - 3403 Barron - 336 - 422 36 - 4636 Morgan - 335 - 42529 - 50 29 Stewart - 334 - 431 09 - 57 09 LaRene - 333 - 430 16 - 5716

LaRene was delayed eight minutes at take off because of inability to start her engine with the other racers

On Monday the schedule called for a noon stop at Calexico and the night stop at Phoenix In accordance with air derby customs Mrs ODonnells craft was the first to taxi across the starting line on the departure for the second control point All the contestants arrived at Calexico within a span of 21 minutes Elapsed time from start ODonnell 1 1353 Doig 1 2248 Barron 1 3621 Morgan 1 4701 LaRene 1 4827 and Stewart 1 5952

ODonnell and DOig finished the third lap into Phoenix with less than five minshyutes separating them Ruth Barron was the last to get away from Calexico beshycause of some engine trouble and the fledgling s navigation caught up with her she became disoriented and flew an hour beyond Phoenix She landed 35 miles south of Holbrook Arizona reshymained overnight where she landed and then flew back to Phoenix to rejoin the others Tuesday morning

On August 19th the noon stop was Tucson and then to Douglas for the night where the total elapsed time talshylied ODonnell 356 29 Doig 41308 Morgan 52614 LaRene 53523 Stewart 625 25 Barron 21 3952 beshycause of the delay in reaching Phoenix after over-flying it

Wednesday it was on to Lordsburg and then Roswell New Mexico where ODonnell was officially 2640 ahead of Doig Others arrived in the following order Barron LaRene Morgan and Stewart

The 21 st scheduled a Lubbock noon stop and to Amarillo Texas for the night Gladys covered the Roswell-Lubshybock leg in 1 0041 and Margery in 1 0238 The other four pilots landed in the same sequence as at Roswell

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A frontal view of the racy Waco Taperwing NC21M in its heyday

Enid Oklahoma was scheduled for noon and Wichita Kansas for the night of the 22nd Thunderstorms and heavy rain gave the girls some of their most inclement weather during the AmarilloshyEnid leg of the race Ruth Stewart was forced down near Elk City but she set her plane down at Enid at 125630 Jean LaRene was forced down near Waukomis a few miles south of Enid she arrived at 125728 accounting for all the entries so they could take off on schedule for Wichita

More thrilling adventures entered the Wichita-Kansas City Kansas (Fairfax Airport) leg A little short of half-way to Kansas City Margery Doig 3 was forced down and out of the race near Olpe Kansas 10 miles south of Emshyporia in a farmers pasture when her engine caught fire She sideslipped to a landing and beat out the flames that threatened to destroy the Pitcairn It was a tough break for Doig after flying a good second to that point

Again Ruth Barrons navigation went awry She was visibly annoyed when she finally landed the Buhl at Fairfax at 541 pm with an elapsed time of 30457 from Wichita She reported I lost my bearings somewhere near Kanshysas City and landed in a field near a farm house I asked the farmer the dishyrections to Kansas City and he told me 50 miles north I said that he surely meant 50 miles east but he insisted he was right I flew the way he saidand 24 SEPTEMBER 1985

found myself over St Joseph and here I am back

The author had the pleasure of watching the girls bring em in at Fairshyfax on Saturday ODonnell crossed the finish line in her bright red and yellow Waco at 345 - 1 1420 out of Wichita LaRene in her yellow American Eagle arrived at 407 - 1 3415 from Wichita Morgan flying her dark blue Travel Air with silver wings finished at 410 shy1 3512 out of Wichita Stewart in her orange and cream colored Curtiss Robin came in at 437 - 20342 from Wichita

Shortly after these four arrivals the Derby starter Jim Granger and his wife Clema flew in with their Swallow and taxied up to the flight line Then a Ryan Brougham flew in with Gladys ODonnell painted across the fuselage It was flown by her husband Lloyd and served as the flagship for the ODonnell camp Some of the Fairfax pilots called it ritzy but I figured if one could afford it why not

One of the first to reach Jean LaRene was her mother Mrs Sadie Ross of Olathe Kansas whom Jean visited often She also had a long chat with Larry Ruch former chief test pilot for the American Eagle Aircraft factory at Fairfax

The contestants attended a dinner in the evening sponsored by the Womens Chamber of Commerce of Kansas City Kansas The new Fairfax Airport term ishy

nal building the site for this occasion and Mayor Don McCombs welcomed the fliers

The Derby continued to Des Moines Iowa and Madison Wisconsin on Sunshyday and the last leg to Chicago was flown Monday August 25th The offical Long Beach-Chicago results were

Elapsed Prize Pilot Time Money Gladys ODonnell 151316 $3500 Mildred Morgan 21 0835 2100 Jean LaRene 21 4549 1400 Ruth Stewart 2638 06 Ruth Barron 383341 Margery DOig (Out at Olpe KS)

For their efforts in flying the 30 Derby Ruth Barron was awarded the Jr Women s Aeronautical Association of California Trophy and Gladys ODonnell won two trophies The Aerol Trophy by the Cleveland Pneumatic Tool Co and the Womens Aero Assn of Calif Trophy Gladys also won the Mrs Robert McCormick Trophy and the Womens Pioneer Aviation Club Trophy for winning two closed-course races at the National Air Races which were held at Curtiss-Reynolds Airport Chicago Aug 23 to Sept 1 1930

An AP release dated Aug 31 1930 carried the headline Another Victory Chalked up for Feminine Fliers and the sub-title Women pilots fly over long routes in air derbies in less time than men It favorably compared Gladys

Copy of picture Gladys ODonnell autoshygraphed for Louise Thaden

ODonnells performance with the two Class A Mens Derbies won by John Blum Seattle to Chicago and Art Kilshylips Miami-Chicago race It also praised Phoebe Omlies showing against the two Class B Mens Derbies won by John Livingston the race from Brownsville and the Derby from Hartford won by J Wesley Smith

In 1967 when I wrote Mrs ODonnell regarding the Taperwing she sent the front view and commented I feel a pang of guilt at not keeping myoid friend 21 M for thats the way I feel about that plane The enclosed photoshygraph is 21 M at her top best in the streamlined beauty of its heyday - 163 mph You will notice the special racing gear It was beautiful but a bit rugged on turf fields since it was a rigid gear It added about six miles per hour to the top speed The ODonnelis owned the Taperwing for a decade

In comparing this air race of over fifty years ago with some of the more curshyrent ones we need to mention some of the pros and cons When the race is of the on to type with noon and night control stops the contestants more or less stay together In that manner weather and flying conditions are practically the same for each entrant and the race officials have the opportushynity to release race standings to the media after each day of racing

More recently the race routes genershyally 2000 to 2500 statute miles in length are set up and the contestants are usually given four days flying VFR in daylight hours to reach the terminus before a specified deadline Each plane is assigned a par (handicap) speed and the object is to have a ground speed as far over the par speed as possible The

pilot is thus given the leeway to play the elements holding out for better weather conditions winds etc The faster planes with better performance are somewhat favored in this respect as sometimes the slower entries must forge ahead in order to beat the deadshyline at the terminus And in this type of race the official standings cannot be reshyleased until the final bird has crossed the finish line Actually the last arrival can be the winner

The earlier races flew shorter legs and made more stops than the current races More recently the legs are 280 to 350 statute miles and six or seven control stops are designated for either landing or fly-by and the races are open to all fixed-wing stock aircraft from 145 to 570 horsepower Early on the fastest airplane with no handicap was in a good position to win if it held toshygether over the long haul and there was no big navigational error committed

Now that a handicapping system is used - each plane flying against its own specified speed - supposedly any entry has an equal chance of victory depending on the accuracy of the handshyicapping

Gini Richardson Yakima Washingshyton who oft-times places in the top 10 gives some racing advice The handshyicap is vitally important - you have to have a good handicap thats essential After that if you want to finish in the top 10 you have to fly well have knowlshyedge of the weather and strong navigashy

tional skills Velda King Mapelli Las Vegas

Nevada President of the Air Race Classic for the past eight years (1977shy1984) wrote in the recent race proshygram The altruistic interest and efforts of many people offers ARC contestants a temporary respite from the normal routine - and opportunity to share the camaraderie of participating in an air race There are no secrets to racing Personal application of skills will detershymine the winner but each will be a betshyter pilot as a result of the experience

That is what it is all about

FOOTNOTES

(1) Subsequent last names are in parenthesis (2) Had Trout been on the East Coast she cou ld have entered the Kinnermiddotpowered Golden Eagle in the 1575 mi Dixie Derby This race was won by Phoebe Omlie in a Warner Monocoupe She was followed by Martie Bowman Kinner Fleet Laura Ingalls Gypsy DH Moth Nancy Hopkins (Tier) Kinmiddot ner Kitty Hawk and Charity Langdon Cirrus Avian Vera Dawn Walker flying a Warner Inland Sport had to withdraw because of a mechanical at Birminshygham AL and Mary Haizlip in another Warner Inshyland Sport failed to make the race start after her airplane was dinged in a forced landing near Greenwood SC enroute to the starting line Both Haizlip and Walker did get to Chicago after the delays and flew in some of the closedmiddotcourse events Ninety-Nines charter members in this group include HopkinsmiddotTier Omlie and Walker (3) Doig was able to have the Pitcairn engine reshypaired and she flew to Chicago on Aug 26th She placed second behind ODonnell in one 25 mile pylon race at 13536 mph and won $450 In the feature 50 mile race she placed 4th just out of the money behind ODonnell Mary Haizlip and Opal Kunz bull

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The Oldest Known Set of EDO Floats in Service The aircraft is a 1933 Waco UBF-2 biplane powered by a 220-horsepower Continental W670 engine The floats are EDO model M-2665s manufactured on August 2 1930 These particular floats had been damaged in a crash in 1950 and were kept in storage for 27 years prior to being restored and fitted to the Waco in 1977 This remarkable antique aircraft is the property of Mr Henry Stauch Junction City Oregon It is conshyverted to float operation in the summer and flown from Kenmore Air Harbor Kenmore Washington scene of this photograph Photo courtesy EDO Floats

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

My First Flight To Oshkosh

18 gallons each My partner and Ideveloping a small stomach problem Robert R Black watched in amazement as the boytoo much excitement I thought (EAA 220708)

4246 South 1060 East Lift off was normal and the Tri-Pacer pumped 181 into the right tank and 180 gallons into the left tank Instantly did pretty well at first But the night air Salt Lake City UT 83117 I felt terrible I had just flown in onwas hot and humid and I wasnt exshyfumes I had made a mistake middoton myperiencing the kind of lift that I was used Ever since seeing a Pitts Special in flight duration - I forgot that I had cirshyto I had to circle in the Salt Lake Valley FL YING magazine when I was sixteen cled for half an hour after take off and learning of a special event called for 30 minutes until I could get up to

Then a super bad case of cottonshyOshkosh I have had the desire to go altitude At 9000 I started through ParshyAfter all the years of putting it off due to leys Canyon and headed for Ft Bridger mouth hit me I figured it was just due

VOR in Wyoming What a bumpy ride lack of funds and not having anything to the close call so I took a drink of some fruit punch which went down like to fly I finally got the chance to go in We popped around inside the plane like

1984 a bowling ball I really didnt feel good two marbles in a can From Ft Bridger My father and mother and I had just but I told myself I was going to Oshkoshwe flew to Evanston then to Rock

Springs Wyoming completed a 15-month restoration proshy by gosh and that thought kept me going ject on my fathers 1956 Piper Trishy We piled back into the plane and tookI started to develop cotton-mouth but Pacer With the bird looking new and off We climbed slowly and headed for figured it was just the thrill of finally

Chadronpretty I had little trouble talking myself going to Oshkosh We called Rock Springs asking for into taking it to Oshkosh As soon as we cleared the remaining

I discussed this with my business mountains I started to descend when fuel accommodations and I changed my partner and somehow talked him into an overwhelming feeling came over meflight plan from Casper to Rock Springs going with me All right I could go at I was going to throw up and I couldn t When they told me it would cost an adshyhalf the cost Things were really picking ditional $3000 to get someone to fuel shake the feeling try as I may How up could I do that - Id never been sick inme I said no thanks and changed my

The date was set Saturday July 28 an airplane in my life - I couldn t do flight plan to Rawlins Wyoming Fuel 1984 at 300 am I figured if we left at that The sic-sacs were for my wife and was getting low but figuring the length

of the trip and the amount of fuel left I others who couldnt take the ups and300 in the morning I could climb up out of the Salt Lake Valley and fly to downsfigured I could make it

My honor was at stake - I couldnt Casper Wyoming From there I would On to Rawlins we went over the lowshyproceed to Winner South Dakota Fairshy do that What a statement typical hardshyering mountains With all the bumps mont Minnesota and then on to Oshshy head approach right Well thatand ups and downs my stomach told kosh thought helped me to fight off the inevitshyme I had a problem I just couldn t be

Hours of preparation and planning getting sick Id never been sick in an able Come on Chadron I kept saying were spent in getting ready for the trip Id never felt that badly on any flight but airplane I figured that I was just overly A tent was measured and stuffed into we pressed ontired and hungry and the stop at Rawshythe baggage compartment Vacation Chadron Radio this is Tri-Pacer lins would put me back in shape time was hastily arranged and all sysshy 4547A do you copy Tri-Pacer 47A Finally Rawlins appeared on the tems were go Little did I know how Chadron Radio copies loud and clearother side of two knolls I brought the much go there was coming plane around entering down wind and Chadron 47A whats your active run-

On Friday July 27 I went to work way slipped in to a nice friendly airport The What a total waste of time Its a good on-field FSS Operator was super nice 47A active is 20 thing Im a lead man in the machine Roger 20 and said the place would come to life in shop because I accomplished nothing a little while He told us the good places Then came the bad news Chadron and finally left at lunch time Working gave me the altimeter setting and saidto eat breakfast We decided to plan the swing shift has its advantages at times next phase of our flight since our origishy the winds were 25 gusting to 35 I asked and I went home to sleep and prepare nal flight plan was greatly altered by Chadron for the wind direction and he for the flight then told me again I just could not get with

What a wasted night - I couldnt the program whatever was making meWe flight planned to Chadron Nebshysleep and all I did was toss and turn raska for our next stop figuring it would sick was really getting to me Two am came awfully early and I left put us right back on course As soon as I entered the pattern but could not for my partners home We piled into the planning was finished the line boy keep the plane tracking straight It the jeep and went to the airport would not settle What was wrong For at Rawlins appeared and fueled us with

The preflight went well except I was 80 octane My tanks are placarded for those of you who are Tri-Pacer drivers

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you know the plane settles like a rock I felt better They were the greatest our trip home I spent the first hour and I looked at my airspeed indicator - I On the way into town the car winshy a half in the bathroom at the airport

was doing 120 mph and should have dows were open all the way At the Between the bathroom and the plane I been doing 80 Missed approach Super 8 Motel we met more super nice threw up four times We climbed into going around will try it again people The rooms were great and I the Tri-Pacer anyway and took off

Roger 47A no other traffic in the patshy crashed My partner was given a free 47A flew great I told my partner that tern ride back to the airport by the motel he would probably end up doing a lot of

Chadron this is 47A - downwind manager to pick up our gear the flying I did pretty well until we got for runway 20 We spent the day in town and I just west of Rock Springs Wyoming

I prayed Please God help me down stayed in bed trying to die I finally Ooops that was the only time I ever Dont let me kill my partner realized that my problem was a good used a sic-sac Bless those considerate

Okay Ive got to do this Line it up case of the flu people for making those wonderful leakshyThere thats right 80 mph okay flaps Chadron has a lot to see and some proof bags

day I shall go back I feel I must let those to slow us down right in we goooooo I had decided that if I couldnt finish good people know that I really do have What a crosswind touch down hold on the trip all the way back to Salt Lake color in my face Oh isnt pride terrible 47A you just landed on 26 That was City Airport No 2 that I would land at

a pretty good cross wind landing In the afternoon I felt a little better Ft Bridger Fortunately as Ft Bridger Thanks I just dont feel good I and thought maybe we might make it to passed below us I felt we could make it

Oshkosh anyway We went back to the A storm front was crossing from west guess I needed the practice Roger airport and planned the rest of the trip to east right in our path The clouds I thought to myself - you nut whats All of a sudden I made a mad dash to were closing in I dropped from 10500

the great white throne - the decision to 8500 and still I was going through wrong with you Cant you remember how to tell which runway is which To was made - head for home clouds Short little IFR trips in the mounshy

We took off for Riverton Wyoming Itbe honest I was so sick that I couldn t tains is not really my idea of fun and remember how to tell the correct runshy was a pretty good trip and at one point games What a trip Boy was I sick way I felt I might have made it to Oshkosh We made it through Parleys Canyon

but went on to Riverton What a good and I prayed Please Lord help meWe taxied to the ramp and I warned decision that was land this thing my partner to get out of the way I ran

In Riverton the Best Western Sunshy My prayers were answered weinto the bathroom and spent a good half downer motel sent their courtesy car for parked the plane got into the jeep andan hour seeing only a small porcelain us We spent the night and the next I said Get me home quickly Gary I hole - oops morning there and I was sick sick sick went straight to bed where I stayed The people at Chadron were super Everybody in Riverton took pity on me from Sunday to Wednesday LampD Aero Service tried all they could to

Next year there will be no flu I will They were really great Would those make me feel better They fueled the people ever see me in better condition fly crawl or whatever but Im absolutely plane and offered me a free ride into

When we finally decided to continue going to go to Oshkosh maybe bull town so I cou ld get a place to sleep until

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laborated in working out proper beacons and marker lights After the Army had demonstrated what could be done over lighted airways the Post Ofshyfice undertook to light the section of trans-continental route between Cheyenne and Chicago a job which was completed in the summer of 1923 Test runs were made that summer but it was not until the following year July 1 1924 that regular night service was established

In another year the Chicago-New York route was lighted and by the end of 1926 the line of airway beacons exshytended from coast to coast During the following ten years airway lighting was put in as fast as funds would permit By 1939 every established air route in the United States was equipped for night and day flying Total lighted airway mileage was 29199 miles Over 2200 beacons were installed In 1940 it was estimated that over $15000000 would be spent on lighted airways upkeep and operation After World War II modern radio and instrument flying aids spelled the doom of the old lighted airways

AlC CHAPTER 8 GETS INTO THE PICTURE

So at 11 00 am on Saturday Febshyruary 28 1981 a typical cold windshyswept Michigan winter day following two weeks of warm beautiful weather five hardy souls and their mascot showed up for the dismantling Now you understand when Phil had menshytioned this to the Chapter 8 members the question was raised How tall is this thing Phil the answer given (from this surveyor) was Only about 35 or 40 feet The first thing noted by all on that February 28 was that it was not 35 feet tall but considerably taller Fortushynately it was located in a plowed manshyure-filled field with the possibility of faIshyling three ways without danger to the farmers fences

This beacon was between Kalamazoo and Battle Creek Michigan and was apparently part of the chain of beacons on the Detroit to Chicago airway used by the Ford Motor Companys airmail flights as early as 1926

Mel Lugten of Hamilton showed up with his boom truck and proceeded to evaluate the situation being primarily interested in which neighbors tree he should place a chain around without inshycurring the wrath of said neighbor Oh well there wasnt a tree placed conveshyniently anyway In the meantime Gary VanFarowe of Holland Michigan the youngest member of the team shinshynied up the ladder to the top and started disassembling the beacon with the help of Phil Coulson

It is interesting to note that neither Willard Benedict of Wayland nor Ron Fritz EAA AntiqueClassic Division

ropes at the bottom with all feet firmly planted on terra firma Many pilots have a fear of heights and Ron and Willy are no exception

Several hours later the 24 beacon was safely lowerd to the ground along with the motor and one of the course marker lights The danger of breaking the glass was a problem that had been previously eliminated by vandals and their 22 caliber rifles one bullet of a much higher velocity penetrated the cast aluminum casing and passed through the 14 thick glass The mechanical workings of the beacon which was made by General Electric

John Emery of Galesburg MI who doshynated the tower to the EAA Aviation Museum

appeared in excellent condition Mershycury switches operated by a cam to control the encoding of the course lights in dots and dashes identified the locashy

tion of each beacon to the pilots This particular beacon was at a half way point between Kalamazoo airport and Battle Creek airport

With all the breakables safely tucked away in the back of the truck and after a cup of lukewarm but much appreciated coffee the time for the big task had arrived

After torching off two legs of the tower and cutting through part of the other two it was time to position the cushion (nothing fancier than a couple of rolls of old rolled up fencing) and sure enough the cushion had been placed inaccurately The tower WAS taller than the estimated 40 feet With the bridle in place and hooked up to the boom truck all was in readiness

Willard BenedictS wife Donna who has a more than average wifes interest in airplanes came along as mascot maker of the coffee and official photoshygrapher Being proficient at nothing more complicated than an Instamatic she was using Phils 35 mm Kodak Camera with all the fancy gadgets hopshying to get the picture of the year award one of those action shots that show for example a tower breaking in half at the midway point where it wasnt supposed to She was ready for the acshytion

With Mel in the truck operating the winch and Gary Ron Willy and Phil givshying a tug on the rope the tower started on its way down What a magnificent sight It came down so slow and easy just like wed been a professional tower wrecking crew and had planned it like we knew what we were doing A sponshytaneous shout of approval went up from all when we realized that we hadnt inshycurred any damage to the cage or the tower

Following another cup of coffee (it should have been champagne) the task of dismantling the tower took place

Secretary of Kent City volunteered to Securing the bridle to the boom truck are (counterclockwise from upper right) Phil climb to the top but were ready with the Coulson Gary Van Farowe Ron Fritz Willard Benedict and Mel Lugten

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Its a long way to the top

Another four hours later and the tower was in three pieces and loaded on the trailer Because the trailer did not have lights the boys worked frantically to get it loaded and trailered to John Boskers Airport at Mattawan Michigan before the sun went down They were ready for plenty of beer and pizza

Mr Bob Litner president of Brooks Aero Inc of Marshall Michigan doshynated replacement course lights Howshyard Sprunger donated the old beacon from the Three Rivers Airport

NOW FOR A COAT OF PAINT

SaturdayMay 1 1982 broke bright and clear with the beacon project awaitshying action The first to arrive overhead was Bob Harris in his trusty 1942 Taylorcraft L-2 with French markings As Bob touched down Warren and Millie Schuhknecht drove in the driveway at the Mattawan airport After a quick cup of coffee members of Chapter 8 set about the task of cleaning and sorting parts of the tower Soon other members were driving in or flying Among those who flew were Steve and Karlene Johnson and family from Smyrna Mel Lugten of Hamilton and Jim Jensen of Hastings (now deceased) 12 SEPTEMBER 1985

After standing for about 50 years the tower is about to come down

Gary VanFarowe and Jack Elenbaas of Holland took charge of the beacon and course lights About the time everyone was working up a good sweat

On the way down The tower incurred no damage during this operation

and a good appetite Willard and Donna Benedict arrived with about three galshylons of homemade chili which was Some Good as they say out east

Then back to the project Ron and Shirley Fritz of Kent City and their chilshydren Ronnie and Heather scraped paint Cliff Bitting of Grand Rapids scraped paint Ruth Coulson scraped paint Finally it was ready for the final white and orange colors Everybody ended up with orange and white measles all over their shoes arms legs clothes etc

What a great feeling it was when the paint ran out But someone had the dumb idea of running into town and buyshying more Case tractor orange paint By the time that paint was gone there was no more tower to cover Then the gang retired to the Coulsons at Lawton Michigan for a well-deserved cook-out

In November of 1982 Phil Coulson and Gary VanFarowe delivered the tower to the EAA campSite area at Oshshykosh The following spring the tower was reassembled by the EAA Museum Staff where it continues to greet the members of Chapter 8 as well as all other EAA members who camp at the Conventionbull

Reader Fran Wallace sent this photo of States NC10719 painted in Burgess Battery colors The Burgess factory was in nearby Freeport IL

by George A Hardie Jr took delivery 31533 The States contributed a great deal

Heres a snappy little biplane from the Golden Age era that is a rare one The engine appears to be an Anzani but thats open to question Note the cat inshysignia on the side of the fuselage Not much else is known about this neat little job The photo was submitted by R K Armstrong of Rawlings MD Answers will be published in the December 1985 issue of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE Deadline for that issue is October 10 1985

The Mystery Plane featured in the June 1985 issue was no mystery to many of our readers Retired Pan Am Captain Fran Wallace (EAA 35172 NC 309) P O Box 822 Stony Brook NY 11790 wrote

it is a States SE5F powered with a Kinner K-5 engine My father Lloyd Wallace and his flying partner Jack Neely of Freeport Illinois bought a States NC10719 from Ed Brazelton (I think) at the old Elmhurst Airport Elshymhurst IL Dad and I flew Dr Snyders (of Freeport) Waco QDC to Elmhurst 2 21 33 for a demonstration and they

Dear Gene

Please add my name to the list conshygratulating Ted Businger for the great job he did writing the Ed Morrow Story in the June and July 1985 issues of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE So far Ive read it twice and plan on reading it a few more times to make sure I didnt miss anything

Talk about being born twenty years too late What a fantastic thing it must have been to work with the great people Ted wrote about and to think all

The States was an excellent airplane good short field capability very stable and a very easy airplane to land Note the big Airwheels and the looong oleos - it was almost impossible to bounce It was not an acrobatic airplane but it did nice loops soft snap-rolls and good hammer-head stalls - spectacular when done close to the ground (I quit the hammer-heads - another story)

Correct answers also were received from Doug Rounds Zebulon GA Jim Barton Oshkosh WI George W Mojonnier Snohomish WA Mike Reshyzich Chicago IL MH Eisenmann Garrettsville OH Bob Whittier Duxshybury MA Norman S Orloff San Anshytonio TX LeRoy Falk Carpentersville IL Charley Hayes Park Forest IL J Max Freeman Wilkesboro NC Stan Piteau Holland MI and Ted Businger Willow Springs MO

It is interesting to note that many reshyspondents give credit to Joseph Juptshyners US Civil Aircraft series as the source of identification and additional data on the Mystery Planes And reshygarding the States several included copies of magazine ads for the plane as well as photos such as the one sent by Fran Wallace of the States painted in the Burgess Battery colors bull

to my learning to become a pilot - I flew it more than 200 hours before I went to work for United Air Lines It was sold in St Louis 10536 I should add that Dad taught me to fly and monitored my flying education until airline time

Letters To Editor those projects happened without the aid of computers To me they were the true aviation enthusiasts those who could take a good careful look at a heap of tubing some wire wood and an engine put it all together and make it fly

Please more stories like this one

Sincerely

Dale Glossenger (EAA 189173) 70185 Beach Drive Edwardsburg MI 49112

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 13

~ THE FULLER-HAMMOND FH-l I

Photo courtesy 01 Joseph Barry The Fuller-Hammond FH-1 NX14917 SIN 141 on display in a small park in California circa 1935

SUPER TWIN by Phil Michmerhuizen (EAA 33782 AlC 581) 186 Sunset Drive Holland MI 49423

(Photos courtesy of author except as noted)

It was after a talk and discussion on the history development and producshytion of Szekely engines and the Flying Dutchman aircraft at our local EAA Chaper meeting that Ron Fritz came to me and said he heard the remains of the Fuller-Hammond Skylark were in Ohio

He gave me the names and phone numbers of two men to contact This was in December of 1980

No I dont know anything about it but call so and so And so it went for a week Finally Yes I do have that airplane and yes I will sell it Bill Breshywer described what he had and what was missing There were no engines engine mounts gauges wheels or tires The condition of the parts ranged from good to fair to hardly there

-14 SEPTEMBER 1985

We agreed on a price and I sent half of the money Two weeks later my wife Donna and I were in our pickup with a trailer behind headed for Ohio

The basket case had been accurately described and as we loaded the rusty parts and bent aluminum I was really very happy yet could see years of work ahead

Arriving home we set the pieces toshygether for a few pictures I really wanted to start the restoration imshymediately but first had to finish our 1936 Taylor J-2 Cub and Waco UPF-7 Beshysides I wanted to have the paperwork straightened out first and research more history on the airplane if possible

After much telephoning and letter writing I located and talked to Mr E A Bill Perkins one of the builders and owners of the airplane He was also Vice-President of Skycraft Industries Inc in Venice California Bill Perkins told me that two boxes of drawings picshytures engineering data and letters were thrown away in 1949

I was also able to contact Mr Otis Dutton an 81-year-old gentleman in

Kansas who was the second owner of the plane but did not actually work on it He was good enough to sign a bill of sale and have it notorized to help clear up the paper work

I also located and talked with Mr Handly Jones a brother-in-law to EA Perkins He sent two pictures He had more papers and pictures until he built a new house and threw them away

In tracing the N number I found it was assigned to a Bell 47G helicopter in Florida being used on mosquito control The helicopter was destroyed in a crash several years ago and the N number was open Needless to say I quickly reshyserved it

According to the information I have the airplane was designed by Wilbur A Hammond and George B Fuller Conshystruction started in 1934 at the corner of Englewood Boulevard and Imperial Avenue in Venice California

Mr Ed Lund later a pilot for Howard Hughes Mr AI Nicely and Mr E A Pershykins all moonlighted to build the airshycraft Their regular jobs were at Timm Aircraft Company

The FH-1 was a two-place side-by-side light twin

April 9 1984 was a day to remember - the aircraft registration card arrived bearing the correct name original N number and correct serial number My thanks to the FAA personnel in Okshylahoma City for their cooperation

Before I fill my basement shop full of Fuller-Hammond pieces I plan to reshystore a 1935 Taylor E-2 Cub with a Zeke on the front That should only take a couple of years

In the meantime my good friend Bob Curtis a semi-retired aero-space enshygineer is lofting the ribs and making drawings for the Fuller-Hammond wings This is no small job in itself

The ailerons and flaps on the FullershyHammond are built up with 14 tubing and as I am not a welder my good friend Mike Brown who recently comshypleted his Acro II has agreed to do some work (build new ones) for me

The fellows around here have been chiding me to start the project - that is if I want to fly that airplane before my eyesight and hearing fail and before they have to push my wheelchair up to the wing

If any readers can supply information or pictures of this airplane I certainly would appreciate being contacted

Specifications Fuller-Hammond Monoplane

Top speed 117 mph Cruising speed 100 mph Landing speed 40 mph Climb 800 fpm Weight empty 927 Ibs Gross weight 1550 Ibs Span 34 ft 6 in Length 20 ft 6 in Wing area 142 sq ft Power loading 17 Ibs per hp

(Continued on Page 21)

Papers I receved from the FAA in Okshylahoma City indicated the Dept of Comshymerce Aeronautical Branch approved the Operation Inspection report dated pound--20-35

The airplane was test flown at Dycer Airport in Los Angeles by John M Slim Menefee I believe it was also flown by George C Adams a pilot for Lockheed

The airplane was licensed experishymental According to EA Perkins it flew about every weekend amassing from 50 to 75 hours until December 1935 when the application expired The tail skid shows quite a bit of wear Is that good or bad Who can check me out in a tail-skid equipped twin

The company Skycraft Industries

Inc 350 Washington Blvd Venice California could not pay E A Perkins for his work on the airplane so they gave it to him The two Szekely engines and mounts were removed the airplane disshyassembled crated and put on a train for Kansas

Handly Jones in Turon Kansas put the airplane in his barn then later outshyside under a tree Otis Dutton purshychased the plane in the mid-fifties but did no work on it

Bill Hogan and Bob Henkel brought the airplane to Ohio - again no restoshyration was started Bill Brewer was the next owner and now the remains of the Fuller-Hammond FH-1 Super Twin are resting in Michigan

Equipped with two motors thi tiny two-passenger plane recently te ted re embles a large trans~Ort

The FH-1 was powered with two 45 hp Szekely engines VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15

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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17

14thWest Coast

Ryan Reunion The winning five-Ryan formation team Sixth Ryan was the camera plane piloted by Eric Friedricksen of Wilton CT

by Bill J Hodges (EAA 58954 AlC 49) 811 Lydia Street Stephenville TX76401

Twenty-seven beautiful Ryans in the same place at the same time Shades of WW II contract primary flying training school Oh there are some type clubs that have more aircraft in attendance at their functions but looking at the number of Ryans there against the total built the West Coast Ryan Reunion is one of the biggest and one of the best

Arranged by the Santa Paula Califorshynia Ryaneers and hosted by Patroline Inc this popular low-key event was held at Patrolines Paso Robles facility Their president Sherm Smoot coopershyated beautifully with the visiting Ryaneers and Ryaneer Mike Sullivan Chairman of our event

I arrived at Paso Robles on Thursday afternoon courtesy of Bill Mette Campbell CA and his PT-22 Raunchy Bird (after jetting via airlines from Texas to San Jose the night before) We had stopped at Hollister California to rendezvous with other North California Ryans and to meet noted aviation hisshytorian William T Larkins but were were late so missed them

Bill Richards Santa Rosa CA was running late also due to a prop change at the last minute on his civilianized PT-21 So instead of the previous years 13-ship formation we had a twoshyship loose formation flight on to Paso Robles yhere 10 Ryans were already 18 SEPTEMBER 1985

on the ground with 15 on the ramp by nightfall Those present enjoyed a delishycious barbecue provided and prepared by local Ryaneer Mike Wing and a happy hour hosted by Patroline

Friday saw more arrivals with 27 Ryans on the ramp by nightfall 2 SCWs 1 PT-20 1 STM-2 2 PT-21 s 1 NR-1 and 20 PT-22s The morning feashytured an air rally where all entrants were timed for a cold-engine start where the timing is started with the contestant in the cockpit They had to get out and hand prop the engine (safety pilot aboard however) Patty Henderson

was the winner starting Bob Kellers Ranger-powered ST-3 in just 128 secshyonds

Having been assigned to a team preshyviously the pilots were handed a packet of directions and check list of the route to fly just as they were ready to taxi out for take-off All teams had to land at Leon Hermans International Airstrip before proceeding back to Paso Roshybles The team couldnt leave Leons until all team members had come to a full stop landing and turned off their enshygines Refreshments were ready for them as were the hot engine start

Bill Allen La Jolla CA is ownerpilot of this immaculate 1940 Ryan STM-S2 CN 466 N466WA This Ryan is in its original Dutch East Indies markings

Ron Chapel and his 1941 Ryan ST-3KR CN 1309 N56076 Ron who lives in Half Moon Bay CA has cleaned up his Ryan nicely

Well-known former mid-westerner Brad Larsons 1938 Ryan SC-W CN 206 N18912 Brad is now based at Santa Paula CA

Don Carters Ryan STA Special (1940 Ryan PT-20 CN 352) N14984 Don a recognized authority on STAs lives in Lafayette CA

judges Using the same procedures as the cold start contest Alan Buchner Fresno CA won with a fantastic time of 11 0 seconds Winners of the air rally at 1 07 hours was Team C Alan Buchshyner Chris Stimson and Bob Keller

The local Ninety-Nines including National Ryan Club members Shirley Moore and Christine Darbonne served a delicious barbecue sausage lunch (Thanks ladies) National Ryan Club members like Mike and Margaret Wilshyson of Cedar Rapids IA arrived via his and hers motorcycles by way of Florida no less

In the meantime Mike Wing and crew were busily trying to finish up a top overshyhaul on his Ryans Kinner engine Mike and Reb Stimson were able to fly the US Navy painted PT-22 later in the afshyternoon

That evening at the Paso Robles Inn Bill Allen LaJolla CA showed video tapes of the 84 Chino Fly-In and the tape just shot that day of the Paso Roshybles activities Some visited the local Polar Freeze before turning in including Alan Buchner AI Ball Dick Burgess Bill Mette and Bill Hodges

Also during the day John Gokchoff Santa Paula CA master Ryan rebuilshyder and crew had gone around the apron leak checking and calibrating all the Ryan airspeed indicators and AI Ball (Antique Aero Engines) conducted a KinnerRanger engine clinic (Our special thanks to John and AI) Those not participating in the air rally had the option of sightseeing and touring some of the local wineries

At 0800 on Saturday we saw the Dawn Patrol airborne Kinners clattershying away letting Paso Robles officially know the Ryans were back After proper briefing the formation flying contest got underway with four teams competing selected by drawing numbered slips from a hat After passing over the judges in both diamond and echelon formations Team no 1 comprised of Bill Richards Lee Graybill Santa Rosa CA and Jay HayesMontara CA Ron Chapel Half Moon Bay CA and Don Burkett Downey CA were declared the winners John Gokchoff busy and helpshyful again conducted a seminar on how to properly rig a PT-22 with most of the Ryaneers attending (Thanks John)

Most of the Ryans participated in the Saturday afternoon flying event which is a combination of short field take off flour bombing and power off spot landshying and is flown in one flight Due to the layout of the Archie Dean Memorial Airport this event can be flown without bothering the normal traffic flow Rich McDonald Vacaville CA took the short field take off honors of 340 feet with his Ryan SCW Shortest Ryan PT-22 take off was 343 feet by John Richards Venshytura CA

Spot landing winner was Bob Keller Carmel CA in his Ranger-Ryan Oh

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Returning from a flight Brad Larsen gives his Ryan SC-W a wipe-down in the parking area

Headed home Jay and Ellen Hayes fly formation on Bill Mettes wing in their 1942 Ryan PT-22 CN 1752 N56030 Jim and Ellen are from Montara CA

From Vacaville CA USAF pilot Rich McDonalds modified 1938 Ryan SC-W CN 205 N18911 This Ryan sports a Continental E-185 engine in addition to the changed landing gear and cabin 20 SEPTEMBER 1985

yes two people are required to be on board during the event The flour bombshying is always interesting in that two atshytempts are made one with a standard brown bag flour bomb and the other prejudged for originality prior to the event Closest to the target was Aleta PharrisReb Stimson The originality bomb went to Lee and Modie Graybi lls wedding bomb in celebration of their then recent wedding I Congratulations

After the flying activities most everyone retired to the Paso Robles Inn for the Bob Yates Champagne cork-flying conshytests The only rule for this contest is Dont shake the bottle but its rarely enforced John Gormley Sacramento CA showed his expertise by outdistancshying the other competitors by a substanshytial amount Tired but happy Ryaneers gathered at the local Elks Club for reshyfreshments and video tapes of the days activities (furnished by Bill Allen) while waiting for the awards banquet to begin

The Saturday night awaras banquet was a huge success with 131 Ryan enshythusiasts thats almost five people per airplane Mike Sullivan was an outshystanding master of ceremonies There was a lot to cover and Mike really kept things rolling Some things that stand out in my mind in addition to the regu lar awards were the awarding of the Ryan solo wings by Bill Richards to 27 Ryaneers (like the 63 last year) exact replicas of those presented by T Claude Ryan to his Ryan School of Aeronautics graduates then the preshysentation of the WW II King City Ryan Instructors Mickey Muzinich Neil Fershyryman Barney Cleg Elmore Brown Marvin Good and Joe Brown (Wow What stories they told) and the presenshytation of the Archie Dean Memorial (flyshying training) Scholarship to teenager Barry Bradshaw of Paso Robles by Sherm Smoot and certainly George Clayton a Ryaneer from Fairbanks Alaska who received the well-deserved Greatest Hangar Flyer award

George has quite a background in Alaskan aviation and given half an opshyportunity he will tell you all about it He entertained us with a very good harshymonica concert and told us how he purshychased his Ryan PT-22 Briefly while on a DC-3 heading for Alaska from California during a stop in Washington state he observed a PT-22 sitting on the ramp It needed some minor mainteshynance so George called the owner and bought the Ryan right then and there

The DC-3 was about to leave so George got his tool box off and proshyceeded to make the Ryan ferryable (oh yes this was in the late fall of the year) It seems George had never flown a Ryan before but managed with the help of a 5-gallon gas can to make it on in to Fairbanks experiencing only minor mechanical problems cold ice and snow along the way (Come back George we love you)

Ryaneers gather under Los Robles (the oaks) for an outdoor seminar

Among the 30-plus awards presented during the banquet the Best Kinner Powered Ryan went to Jay Hayes Montara CA for his PT-22 N56030 The Best Non-Kinner-Powered Ryan and Greatest Distance Flown went to Bill Allen La Jolla CA for his STM-2 N466WA The T Claude Ryan Memoshyrial Award went to Dennis and Susan Lyons the Air Rally hosts The National Ryan Club plaque for Oldest Ryan went to Rich McDonalds 1938 SCW N18911 and the National Ryan Club plaque for Most Distant Ryan went to Bob Laughlin La Jolla CA for his PTshy22 N53431

All in all the Ryan Reunion was quite successful with a lot of good company and a lot of good safe fun enjoyed by all We Ryaneers are looking forward to Ryan Reunion XV Plans are for a big blowout with a max effort for as many Ryans as possible to attend Already we are aware of plans for several east of the Mississippi Ryan s to attend I can hardly wait to get there How about you

Keep the Ryan flyin bull

THE FULLERmiddotHAMMOND FHmiddot1 SUPER TWIN (Continued from Page 15)

Three views of the FHmiddot1 as it looks today

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Contestants in the 1930 Pacific Women s Air Derby (L to R) - Margery Doig Jean LaRene Ruth Stewart Ruth Barron Gladys ODonnell and Mildred Morgan

THE WOMENS CLASS A PACIFIC DERBY

by H Glenn Buffington (EAA 1234 AC 202) 134 West Walnut Avenue B San Diego CA 92103

In conjunction with the 1930 National Air Races there were two derbies for the women One was a 500 cu in or less piston displacement event from the East Coast Washington DC through Dixie and then up to Chicago and an 800 cu in race from the West Coast Long Beach California through the Southwest and Midwest to Chicago This is the story primarily about the latshyter race which covered a distance of 2245 statute miles

The contestants were

Ruth Barron (Nason) Hollywood Mildred Morgan Beverly Hills CA as the least experienced pilots TwentyshyCA Buhl Air Sedan J-5 Transport Travel Air J-5 Private License 15803 year-Old Barron came in with a brand License 13749 new Transport license having learned

Gladys Berry ODonnell Long Beach to fly only six months previously MorshyMargery Doig (Greenberg) Danbury CA Waco Taperwing J-6-7 Transport gan had a Private rating which was upshy

CT Pitcairn J-6 Lim Comm License License 6608 graded to a Transport after the Derby 10073 ODonnell and LaRene were the vetshy

Ruth Woerner Stewart St Louis MO erans of the group Gladys had flown Jean LaRene (Foote) Kansas City KS Curtiss RobinChallenger Transport the 29 Derby to a close second place

American Eagle J-6-7 Transport License 5375 behind Louise Thaden and Jean had License 5700 Barron and Morgan entered the race been associated with the Commandaire

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NC21 M streamlined and ready for the 1930 competition

Co prior to joining American Eagle Of the six entries four had become

charter members of the Ninety-Nines when it was organized in November of 1929 Doig LaRene ODonnell and Stewart

Left at the starting line were three other pilots all of whom had entered the first Womens Air Derby of 1929 Santa Monica to Cleveland Pancho Barnes withdrew from the race when her three planes including the one she piloted at more than 196 mph all were declared ineligible Claire Fahy of Los Angeles widow of Herbert J Fahy Lockheed test pilot was ruled out beshycause her engine was excessively powshyered Bobbi Trout also of Los Angeles was disqualified for having an under powered craft 2 Bobbi is also another Ninety-Nines charterite

Carl Lienesch NAA governor for the state of California head of the aviation department for Union Oil of California and who served as manager of the 1930 Derby wrote It was left for the women to show really what could be done with ATC ships Phoebe Omlie in the East Coast Derby flew a Monocoupe of modern design and made one of those fine showings which the air racing world had come to expect from her Gladys ODonnell and Margery Doig in the Pacific Coast Derby both flew modern or rather modernized airplanes Margery Doigs Pitcairn was rounded out and fitted with a Townend ring at the Pitcairn factory It was a beautiful job and speedy

Gladys ODonnell flew a Taperwing Waco which it might be said was streamlined to the limit this limit being all possible under an A T C status Mrs ODonnell s ship had I-struts the fuselage rounded out and an effective NACA cowling It is probable that the top speed was around 170 mph Her time from Long Beach to Chicago indishycated an average speed in excess of 150 mph which shows that as far as derbies were concerned this year the women win the brown derby

James E Granger Swallow disshytributor on the West Coast President of the Pacific School of Aviation who served as official starter had this to say about the 30 derbies The splitting of the Womens Air Derby into two classes run from different places in my opinion was wrong The two classes should be run together next year and no attempt should be made to farm out the starting place of this very colorful race to the highest bidder It will not be necessary for the race officials to look further for a manager for next years event They have found him in C F Lienesch From start to finish of this years class A womens derby the absence of discord was conspicuous

The Derby actually started Sunday afternoon from Long Beach California August 17th with a short hop to

Gladys ODonnell with the victory garland at Chicago Aug 25 1930

LindberghRyan Field for the first night stop The planes were flagged away at one minute intervals numerically by racing number ie Doig - no 2 ODonshynell - no 7 LaRene - no 20 Stewart shyno 38 followed by Morgan and Barron The starting time from Long Beach arrishyval time in San Diego and the elapsed time follows (PST pm)

ODonnell - 332 - 40451 - 32 51 Doig - 331 - 405 03 - 3403 Barron - 336 - 422 36 - 4636 Morgan - 335 - 42529 - 50 29 Stewart - 334 - 431 09 - 57 09 LaRene - 333 - 430 16 - 5716

LaRene was delayed eight minutes at take off because of inability to start her engine with the other racers

On Monday the schedule called for a noon stop at Calexico and the night stop at Phoenix In accordance with air derby customs Mrs ODonnells craft was the first to taxi across the starting line on the departure for the second control point All the contestants arrived at Calexico within a span of 21 minutes Elapsed time from start ODonnell 1 1353 Doig 1 2248 Barron 1 3621 Morgan 1 4701 LaRene 1 4827 and Stewart 1 5952

ODonnell and DOig finished the third lap into Phoenix with less than five minshyutes separating them Ruth Barron was the last to get away from Calexico beshycause of some engine trouble and the fledgling s navigation caught up with her she became disoriented and flew an hour beyond Phoenix She landed 35 miles south of Holbrook Arizona reshymained overnight where she landed and then flew back to Phoenix to rejoin the others Tuesday morning

On August 19th the noon stop was Tucson and then to Douglas for the night where the total elapsed time talshylied ODonnell 356 29 Doig 41308 Morgan 52614 LaRene 53523 Stewart 625 25 Barron 21 3952 beshycause of the delay in reaching Phoenix after over-flying it

Wednesday it was on to Lordsburg and then Roswell New Mexico where ODonnell was officially 2640 ahead of Doig Others arrived in the following order Barron LaRene Morgan and Stewart

The 21 st scheduled a Lubbock noon stop and to Amarillo Texas for the night Gladys covered the Roswell-Lubshybock leg in 1 0041 and Margery in 1 0238 The other four pilots landed in the same sequence as at Roswell

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A frontal view of the racy Waco Taperwing NC21M in its heyday

Enid Oklahoma was scheduled for noon and Wichita Kansas for the night of the 22nd Thunderstorms and heavy rain gave the girls some of their most inclement weather during the AmarilloshyEnid leg of the race Ruth Stewart was forced down near Elk City but she set her plane down at Enid at 125630 Jean LaRene was forced down near Waukomis a few miles south of Enid she arrived at 125728 accounting for all the entries so they could take off on schedule for Wichita

More thrilling adventures entered the Wichita-Kansas City Kansas (Fairfax Airport) leg A little short of half-way to Kansas City Margery Doig 3 was forced down and out of the race near Olpe Kansas 10 miles south of Emshyporia in a farmers pasture when her engine caught fire She sideslipped to a landing and beat out the flames that threatened to destroy the Pitcairn It was a tough break for Doig after flying a good second to that point

Again Ruth Barrons navigation went awry She was visibly annoyed when she finally landed the Buhl at Fairfax at 541 pm with an elapsed time of 30457 from Wichita She reported I lost my bearings somewhere near Kanshysas City and landed in a field near a farm house I asked the farmer the dishyrections to Kansas City and he told me 50 miles north I said that he surely meant 50 miles east but he insisted he was right I flew the way he saidand 24 SEPTEMBER 1985

found myself over St Joseph and here I am back

The author had the pleasure of watching the girls bring em in at Fairshyfax on Saturday ODonnell crossed the finish line in her bright red and yellow Waco at 345 - 1 1420 out of Wichita LaRene in her yellow American Eagle arrived at 407 - 1 3415 from Wichita Morgan flying her dark blue Travel Air with silver wings finished at 410 shy1 3512 out of Wichita Stewart in her orange and cream colored Curtiss Robin came in at 437 - 20342 from Wichita

Shortly after these four arrivals the Derby starter Jim Granger and his wife Clema flew in with their Swallow and taxied up to the flight line Then a Ryan Brougham flew in with Gladys ODonnell painted across the fuselage It was flown by her husband Lloyd and served as the flagship for the ODonnell camp Some of the Fairfax pilots called it ritzy but I figured if one could afford it why not

One of the first to reach Jean LaRene was her mother Mrs Sadie Ross of Olathe Kansas whom Jean visited often She also had a long chat with Larry Ruch former chief test pilot for the American Eagle Aircraft factory at Fairfax

The contestants attended a dinner in the evening sponsored by the Womens Chamber of Commerce of Kansas City Kansas The new Fairfax Airport term ishy

nal building the site for this occasion and Mayor Don McCombs welcomed the fliers

The Derby continued to Des Moines Iowa and Madison Wisconsin on Sunshyday and the last leg to Chicago was flown Monday August 25th The offical Long Beach-Chicago results were

Elapsed Prize Pilot Time Money Gladys ODonnell 151316 $3500 Mildred Morgan 21 0835 2100 Jean LaRene 21 4549 1400 Ruth Stewart 2638 06 Ruth Barron 383341 Margery DOig (Out at Olpe KS)

For their efforts in flying the 30 Derby Ruth Barron was awarded the Jr Women s Aeronautical Association of California Trophy and Gladys ODonnell won two trophies The Aerol Trophy by the Cleveland Pneumatic Tool Co and the Womens Aero Assn of Calif Trophy Gladys also won the Mrs Robert McCormick Trophy and the Womens Pioneer Aviation Club Trophy for winning two closed-course races at the National Air Races which were held at Curtiss-Reynolds Airport Chicago Aug 23 to Sept 1 1930

An AP release dated Aug 31 1930 carried the headline Another Victory Chalked up for Feminine Fliers and the sub-title Women pilots fly over long routes in air derbies in less time than men It favorably compared Gladys

Copy of picture Gladys ODonnell autoshygraphed for Louise Thaden

ODonnells performance with the two Class A Mens Derbies won by John Blum Seattle to Chicago and Art Kilshylips Miami-Chicago race It also praised Phoebe Omlies showing against the two Class B Mens Derbies won by John Livingston the race from Brownsville and the Derby from Hartford won by J Wesley Smith

In 1967 when I wrote Mrs ODonnell regarding the Taperwing she sent the front view and commented I feel a pang of guilt at not keeping myoid friend 21 M for thats the way I feel about that plane The enclosed photoshygraph is 21 M at her top best in the streamlined beauty of its heyday - 163 mph You will notice the special racing gear It was beautiful but a bit rugged on turf fields since it was a rigid gear It added about six miles per hour to the top speed The ODonnelis owned the Taperwing for a decade

In comparing this air race of over fifty years ago with some of the more curshyrent ones we need to mention some of the pros and cons When the race is of the on to type with noon and night control stops the contestants more or less stay together In that manner weather and flying conditions are practically the same for each entrant and the race officials have the opportushynity to release race standings to the media after each day of racing

More recently the race routes genershyally 2000 to 2500 statute miles in length are set up and the contestants are usually given four days flying VFR in daylight hours to reach the terminus before a specified deadline Each plane is assigned a par (handicap) speed and the object is to have a ground speed as far over the par speed as possible The

pilot is thus given the leeway to play the elements holding out for better weather conditions winds etc The faster planes with better performance are somewhat favored in this respect as sometimes the slower entries must forge ahead in order to beat the deadshyline at the terminus And in this type of race the official standings cannot be reshyleased until the final bird has crossed the finish line Actually the last arrival can be the winner

The earlier races flew shorter legs and made more stops than the current races More recently the legs are 280 to 350 statute miles and six or seven control stops are designated for either landing or fly-by and the races are open to all fixed-wing stock aircraft from 145 to 570 horsepower Early on the fastest airplane with no handicap was in a good position to win if it held toshygether over the long haul and there was no big navigational error committed

Now that a handicapping system is used - each plane flying against its own specified speed - supposedly any entry has an equal chance of victory depending on the accuracy of the handshyicapping

Gini Richardson Yakima Washingshyton who oft-times places in the top 10 gives some racing advice The handshyicap is vitally important - you have to have a good handicap thats essential After that if you want to finish in the top 10 you have to fly well have knowlshyedge of the weather and strong navigashy

tional skills Velda King Mapelli Las Vegas

Nevada President of the Air Race Classic for the past eight years (1977shy1984) wrote in the recent race proshygram The altruistic interest and efforts of many people offers ARC contestants a temporary respite from the normal routine - and opportunity to share the camaraderie of participating in an air race There are no secrets to racing Personal application of skills will detershymine the winner but each will be a betshyter pilot as a result of the experience

That is what it is all about

FOOTNOTES

(1) Subsequent last names are in parenthesis (2) Had Trout been on the East Coast she cou ld have entered the Kinnermiddotpowered Golden Eagle in the 1575 mi Dixie Derby This race was won by Phoebe Omlie in a Warner Monocoupe She was followed by Martie Bowman Kinner Fleet Laura Ingalls Gypsy DH Moth Nancy Hopkins (Tier) Kinmiddot ner Kitty Hawk and Charity Langdon Cirrus Avian Vera Dawn Walker flying a Warner Inland Sport had to withdraw because of a mechanical at Birminshygham AL and Mary Haizlip in another Warner Inshyland Sport failed to make the race start after her airplane was dinged in a forced landing near Greenwood SC enroute to the starting line Both Haizlip and Walker did get to Chicago after the delays and flew in some of the closedmiddotcourse events Ninety-Nines charter members in this group include HopkinsmiddotTier Omlie and Walker (3) Doig was able to have the Pitcairn engine reshypaired and she flew to Chicago on Aug 26th She placed second behind ODonnell in one 25 mile pylon race at 13536 mph and won $450 In the feature 50 mile race she placed 4th just out of the money behind ODonnell Mary Haizlip and Opal Kunz bull

VINTAGE SEAPLANES

The Oldest Known Set of EDO Floats in Service The aircraft is a 1933 Waco UBF-2 biplane powered by a 220-horsepower Continental W670 engine The floats are EDO model M-2665s manufactured on August 2 1930 These particular floats had been damaged in a crash in 1950 and were kept in storage for 27 years prior to being restored and fitted to the Waco in 1977 This remarkable antique aircraft is the property of Mr Henry Stauch Junction City Oregon It is conshyverted to float operation in the summer and flown from Kenmore Air Harbor Kenmore Washington scene of this photograph Photo courtesy EDO Floats

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

My First Flight To Oshkosh

18 gallons each My partner and Ideveloping a small stomach problem Robert R Black watched in amazement as the boytoo much excitement I thought (EAA 220708)

4246 South 1060 East Lift off was normal and the Tri-Pacer pumped 181 into the right tank and 180 gallons into the left tank Instantly did pretty well at first But the night air Salt Lake City UT 83117 I felt terrible I had just flown in onwas hot and humid and I wasnt exshyfumes I had made a mistake middoton myperiencing the kind of lift that I was used Ever since seeing a Pitts Special in flight duration - I forgot that I had cirshyto I had to circle in the Salt Lake Valley FL YING magazine when I was sixteen cled for half an hour after take off and learning of a special event called for 30 minutes until I could get up to

Then a super bad case of cottonshyOshkosh I have had the desire to go altitude At 9000 I started through ParshyAfter all the years of putting it off due to leys Canyon and headed for Ft Bridger mouth hit me I figured it was just due

VOR in Wyoming What a bumpy ride lack of funds and not having anything to the close call so I took a drink of some fruit punch which went down like to fly I finally got the chance to go in We popped around inside the plane like

1984 a bowling ball I really didnt feel good two marbles in a can From Ft Bridger My father and mother and I had just but I told myself I was going to Oshkoshwe flew to Evanston then to Rock

Springs Wyoming completed a 15-month restoration proshy by gosh and that thought kept me going ject on my fathers 1956 Piper Trishy We piled back into the plane and tookI started to develop cotton-mouth but Pacer With the bird looking new and off We climbed slowly and headed for figured it was just the thrill of finally

Chadronpretty I had little trouble talking myself going to Oshkosh We called Rock Springs asking for into taking it to Oshkosh As soon as we cleared the remaining

I discussed this with my business mountains I started to descend when fuel accommodations and I changed my partner and somehow talked him into an overwhelming feeling came over meflight plan from Casper to Rock Springs going with me All right I could go at I was going to throw up and I couldn t When they told me it would cost an adshyhalf the cost Things were really picking ditional $3000 to get someone to fuel shake the feeling try as I may How up could I do that - Id never been sick inme I said no thanks and changed my

The date was set Saturday July 28 an airplane in my life - I couldn t do flight plan to Rawlins Wyoming Fuel 1984 at 300 am I figured if we left at that The sic-sacs were for my wife and was getting low but figuring the length

of the trip and the amount of fuel left I others who couldnt take the ups and300 in the morning I could climb up out of the Salt Lake Valley and fly to downsfigured I could make it

My honor was at stake - I couldnt Casper Wyoming From there I would On to Rawlins we went over the lowshyproceed to Winner South Dakota Fairshy do that What a statement typical hardshyering mountains With all the bumps mont Minnesota and then on to Oshshy head approach right Well thatand ups and downs my stomach told kosh thought helped me to fight off the inevitshyme I had a problem I just couldn t be

Hours of preparation and planning getting sick Id never been sick in an able Come on Chadron I kept saying were spent in getting ready for the trip Id never felt that badly on any flight but airplane I figured that I was just overly A tent was measured and stuffed into we pressed ontired and hungry and the stop at Rawshythe baggage compartment Vacation Chadron Radio this is Tri-Pacer lins would put me back in shape time was hastily arranged and all sysshy 4547A do you copy Tri-Pacer 47A Finally Rawlins appeared on the tems were go Little did I know how Chadron Radio copies loud and clearother side of two knolls I brought the much go there was coming plane around entering down wind and Chadron 47A whats your active run-

On Friday July 27 I went to work way slipped in to a nice friendly airport The What a total waste of time Its a good on-field FSS Operator was super nice 47A active is 20 thing Im a lead man in the machine Roger 20 and said the place would come to life in shop because I accomplished nothing a little while He told us the good places Then came the bad news Chadron and finally left at lunch time Working gave me the altimeter setting and saidto eat breakfast We decided to plan the swing shift has its advantages at times next phase of our flight since our origishy the winds were 25 gusting to 35 I asked and I went home to sleep and prepare nal flight plan was greatly altered by Chadron for the wind direction and he for the flight then told me again I just could not get with

What a wasted night - I couldnt the program whatever was making meWe flight planned to Chadron Nebshysleep and all I did was toss and turn raska for our next stop figuring it would sick was really getting to me Two am came awfully early and I left put us right back on course As soon as I entered the pattern but could not for my partners home We piled into the planning was finished the line boy keep the plane tracking straight It the jeep and went to the airport would not settle What was wrong For at Rawlins appeared and fueled us with

The preflight went well except I was 80 octane My tanks are placarded for those of you who are Tri-Pacer drivers

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you know the plane settles like a rock I felt better They were the greatest our trip home I spent the first hour and I looked at my airspeed indicator - I On the way into town the car winshy a half in the bathroom at the airport

was doing 120 mph and should have dows were open all the way At the Between the bathroom and the plane I been doing 80 Missed approach Super 8 Motel we met more super nice threw up four times We climbed into going around will try it again people The rooms were great and I the Tri-Pacer anyway and took off

Roger 47A no other traffic in the patshy crashed My partner was given a free 47A flew great I told my partner that tern ride back to the airport by the motel he would probably end up doing a lot of

Chadron this is 47A - downwind manager to pick up our gear the flying I did pretty well until we got for runway 20 We spent the day in town and I just west of Rock Springs Wyoming

I prayed Please God help me down stayed in bed trying to die I finally Ooops that was the only time I ever Dont let me kill my partner realized that my problem was a good used a sic-sac Bless those considerate

Okay Ive got to do this Line it up case of the flu people for making those wonderful leakshyThere thats right 80 mph okay flaps Chadron has a lot to see and some proof bags

day I shall go back I feel I must let those to slow us down right in we goooooo I had decided that if I couldnt finish good people know that I really do have What a crosswind touch down hold on the trip all the way back to Salt Lake color in my face Oh isnt pride terrible 47A you just landed on 26 That was City Airport No 2 that I would land at

a pretty good cross wind landing In the afternoon I felt a little better Ft Bridger Fortunately as Ft Bridger Thanks I just dont feel good I and thought maybe we might make it to passed below us I felt we could make it

Oshkosh anyway We went back to the A storm front was crossing from west guess I needed the practice Roger airport and planned the rest of the trip to east right in our path The clouds I thought to myself - you nut whats All of a sudden I made a mad dash to were closing in I dropped from 10500

the great white throne - the decision to 8500 and still I was going through wrong with you Cant you remember how to tell which runway is which To was made - head for home clouds Short little IFR trips in the mounshy

We took off for Riverton Wyoming Itbe honest I was so sick that I couldn t tains is not really my idea of fun and remember how to tell the correct runshy was a pretty good trip and at one point games What a trip Boy was I sick way I felt I might have made it to Oshkosh We made it through Parleys Canyon

but went on to Riverton What a good and I prayed Please Lord help meWe taxied to the ramp and I warned decision that was land this thing my partner to get out of the way I ran

In Riverton the Best Western Sunshy My prayers were answered weinto the bathroom and spent a good half downer motel sent their courtesy car for parked the plane got into the jeep andan hour seeing only a small porcelain us We spent the night and the next I said Get me home quickly Gary I hole - oops morning there and I was sick sick sick went straight to bed where I stayed The people at Chadron were super Everybody in Riverton took pity on me from Sunday to Wednesday LampD Aero Service tried all they could to

Next year there will be no flu I will They were really great Would those make me feel better They fueled the people ever see me in better condition fly crawl or whatever but Im absolutely plane and offered me a free ride into

When we finally decided to continue going to go to Oshkosh maybe bull town so I cou ld get a place to sleep until

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Its a long way to the top

Another four hours later and the tower was in three pieces and loaded on the trailer Because the trailer did not have lights the boys worked frantically to get it loaded and trailered to John Boskers Airport at Mattawan Michigan before the sun went down They were ready for plenty of beer and pizza

Mr Bob Litner president of Brooks Aero Inc of Marshall Michigan doshynated replacement course lights Howshyard Sprunger donated the old beacon from the Three Rivers Airport

NOW FOR A COAT OF PAINT

SaturdayMay 1 1982 broke bright and clear with the beacon project awaitshying action The first to arrive overhead was Bob Harris in his trusty 1942 Taylorcraft L-2 with French markings As Bob touched down Warren and Millie Schuhknecht drove in the driveway at the Mattawan airport After a quick cup of coffee members of Chapter 8 set about the task of cleaning and sorting parts of the tower Soon other members were driving in or flying Among those who flew were Steve and Karlene Johnson and family from Smyrna Mel Lugten of Hamilton and Jim Jensen of Hastings (now deceased) 12 SEPTEMBER 1985

After standing for about 50 years the tower is about to come down

Gary VanFarowe and Jack Elenbaas of Holland took charge of the beacon and course lights About the time everyone was working up a good sweat

On the way down The tower incurred no damage during this operation

and a good appetite Willard and Donna Benedict arrived with about three galshylons of homemade chili which was Some Good as they say out east

Then back to the project Ron and Shirley Fritz of Kent City and their chilshydren Ronnie and Heather scraped paint Cliff Bitting of Grand Rapids scraped paint Ruth Coulson scraped paint Finally it was ready for the final white and orange colors Everybody ended up with orange and white measles all over their shoes arms legs clothes etc

What a great feeling it was when the paint ran out But someone had the dumb idea of running into town and buyshying more Case tractor orange paint By the time that paint was gone there was no more tower to cover Then the gang retired to the Coulsons at Lawton Michigan for a well-deserved cook-out

In November of 1982 Phil Coulson and Gary VanFarowe delivered the tower to the EAA campSite area at Oshshykosh The following spring the tower was reassembled by the EAA Museum Staff where it continues to greet the members of Chapter 8 as well as all other EAA members who camp at the Conventionbull

Reader Fran Wallace sent this photo of States NC10719 painted in Burgess Battery colors The Burgess factory was in nearby Freeport IL

by George A Hardie Jr took delivery 31533 The States contributed a great deal

Heres a snappy little biplane from the Golden Age era that is a rare one The engine appears to be an Anzani but thats open to question Note the cat inshysignia on the side of the fuselage Not much else is known about this neat little job The photo was submitted by R K Armstrong of Rawlings MD Answers will be published in the December 1985 issue of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE Deadline for that issue is October 10 1985

The Mystery Plane featured in the June 1985 issue was no mystery to many of our readers Retired Pan Am Captain Fran Wallace (EAA 35172 NC 309) P O Box 822 Stony Brook NY 11790 wrote

it is a States SE5F powered with a Kinner K-5 engine My father Lloyd Wallace and his flying partner Jack Neely of Freeport Illinois bought a States NC10719 from Ed Brazelton (I think) at the old Elmhurst Airport Elshymhurst IL Dad and I flew Dr Snyders (of Freeport) Waco QDC to Elmhurst 2 21 33 for a demonstration and they

Dear Gene

Please add my name to the list conshygratulating Ted Businger for the great job he did writing the Ed Morrow Story in the June and July 1985 issues of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE So far Ive read it twice and plan on reading it a few more times to make sure I didnt miss anything

Talk about being born twenty years too late What a fantastic thing it must have been to work with the great people Ted wrote about and to think all

The States was an excellent airplane good short field capability very stable and a very easy airplane to land Note the big Airwheels and the looong oleos - it was almost impossible to bounce It was not an acrobatic airplane but it did nice loops soft snap-rolls and good hammer-head stalls - spectacular when done close to the ground (I quit the hammer-heads - another story)

Correct answers also were received from Doug Rounds Zebulon GA Jim Barton Oshkosh WI George W Mojonnier Snohomish WA Mike Reshyzich Chicago IL MH Eisenmann Garrettsville OH Bob Whittier Duxshybury MA Norman S Orloff San Anshytonio TX LeRoy Falk Carpentersville IL Charley Hayes Park Forest IL J Max Freeman Wilkesboro NC Stan Piteau Holland MI and Ted Businger Willow Springs MO

It is interesting to note that many reshyspondents give credit to Joseph Juptshyners US Civil Aircraft series as the source of identification and additional data on the Mystery Planes And reshygarding the States several included copies of magazine ads for the plane as well as photos such as the one sent by Fran Wallace of the States painted in the Burgess Battery colors bull

to my learning to become a pilot - I flew it more than 200 hours before I went to work for United Air Lines It was sold in St Louis 10536 I should add that Dad taught me to fly and monitored my flying education until airline time

Letters To Editor those projects happened without the aid of computers To me they were the true aviation enthusiasts those who could take a good careful look at a heap of tubing some wire wood and an engine put it all together and make it fly

Please more stories like this one

Sincerely

Dale Glossenger (EAA 189173) 70185 Beach Drive Edwardsburg MI 49112

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 13

~ THE FULLER-HAMMOND FH-l I

Photo courtesy 01 Joseph Barry The Fuller-Hammond FH-1 NX14917 SIN 141 on display in a small park in California circa 1935

SUPER TWIN by Phil Michmerhuizen (EAA 33782 AlC 581) 186 Sunset Drive Holland MI 49423

(Photos courtesy of author except as noted)

It was after a talk and discussion on the history development and producshytion of Szekely engines and the Flying Dutchman aircraft at our local EAA Chaper meeting that Ron Fritz came to me and said he heard the remains of the Fuller-Hammond Skylark were in Ohio

He gave me the names and phone numbers of two men to contact This was in December of 1980

No I dont know anything about it but call so and so And so it went for a week Finally Yes I do have that airplane and yes I will sell it Bill Breshywer described what he had and what was missing There were no engines engine mounts gauges wheels or tires The condition of the parts ranged from good to fair to hardly there

-14 SEPTEMBER 1985

We agreed on a price and I sent half of the money Two weeks later my wife Donna and I were in our pickup with a trailer behind headed for Ohio

The basket case had been accurately described and as we loaded the rusty parts and bent aluminum I was really very happy yet could see years of work ahead

Arriving home we set the pieces toshygether for a few pictures I really wanted to start the restoration imshymediately but first had to finish our 1936 Taylor J-2 Cub and Waco UPF-7 Beshysides I wanted to have the paperwork straightened out first and research more history on the airplane if possible

After much telephoning and letter writing I located and talked to Mr E A Bill Perkins one of the builders and owners of the airplane He was also Vice-President of Skycraft Industries Inc in Venice California Bill Perkins told me that two boxes of drawings picshytures engineering data and letters were thrown away in 1949

I was also able to contact Mr Otis Dutton an 81-year-old gentleman in

Kansas who was the second owner of the plane but did not actually work on it He was good enough to sign a bill of sale and have it notorized to help clear up the paper work

I also located and talked with Mr Handly Jones a brother-in-law to EA Perkins He sent two pictures He had more papers and pictures until he built a new house and threw them away

In tracing the N number I found it was assigned to a Bell 47G helicopter in Florida being used on mosquito control The helicopter was destroyed in a crash several years ago and the N number was open Needless to say I quickly reshyserved it

According to the information I have the airplane was designed by Wilbur A Hammond and George B Fuller Conshystruction started in 1934 at the corner of Englewood Boulevard and Imperial Avenue in Venice California

Mr Ed Lund later a pilot for Howard Hughes Mr AI Nicely and Mr E A Pershykins all moonlighted to build the airshycraft Their regular jobs were at Timm Aircraft Company

The FH-1 was a two-place side-by-side light twin

April 9 1984 was a day to remember - the aircraft registration card arrived bearing the correct name original N number and correct serial number My thanks to the FAA personnel in Okshylahoma City for their cooperation

Before I fill my basement shop full of Fuller-Hammond pieces I plan to reshystore a 1935 Taylor E-2 Cub with a Zeke on the front That should only take a couple of years

In the meantime my good friend Bob Curtis a semi-retired aero-space enshygineer is lofting the ribs and making drawings for the Fuller-Hammond wings This is no small job in itself

The ailerons and flaps on the FullershyHammond are built up with 14 tubing and as I am not a welder my good friend Mike Brown who recently comshypleted his Acro II has agreed to do some work (build new ones) for me

The fellows around here have been chiding me to start the project - that is if I want to fly that airplane before my eyesight and hearing fail and before they have to push my wheelchair up to the wing

If any readers can supply information or pictures of this airplane I certainly would appreciate being contacted

Specifications Fuller-Hammond Monoplane

Top speed 117 mph Cruising speed 100 mph Landing speed 40 mph Climb 800 fpm Weight empty 927 Ibs Gross weight 1550 Ibs Span 34 ft 6 in Length 20 ft 6 in Wing area 142 sq ft Power loading 17 Ibs per hp

(Continued on Page 21)

Papers I receved from the FAA in Okshylahoma City indicated the Dept of Comshymerce Aeronautical Branch approved the Operation Inspection report dated pound--20-35

The airplane was test flown at Dycer Airport in Los Angeles by John M Slim Menefee I believe it was also flown by George C Adams a pilot for Lockheed

The airplane was licensed experishymental According to EA Perkins it flew about every weekend amassing from 50 to 75 hours until December 1935 when the application expired The tail skid shows quite a bit of wear Is that good or bad Who can check me out in a tail-skid equipped twin

The company Skycraft Industries

Inc 350 Washington Blvd Venice California could not pay E A Perkins for his work on the airplane so they gave it to him The two Szekely engines and mounts were removed the airplane disshyassembled crated and put on a train for Kansas

Handly Jones in Turon Kansas put the airplane in his barn then later outshyside under a tree Otis Dutton purshychased the plane in the mid-fifties but did no work on it

Bill Hogan and Bob Henkel brought the airplane to Ohio - again no restoshyration was started Bill Brewer was the next owner and now the remains of the Fuller-Hammond FH-1 Super Twin are resting in Michigan

Equipped with two motors thi tiny two-passenger plane recently te ted re embles a large trans~Ort

The FH-1 was powered with two 45 hp Szekely engines VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15

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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17

14thWest Coast

Ryan Reunion The winning five-Ryan formation team Sixth Ryan was the camera plane piloted by Eric Friedricksen of Wilton CT

by Bill J Hodges (EAA 58954 AlC 49) 811 Lydia Street Stephenville TX76401

Twenty-seven beautiful Ryans in the same place at the same time Shades of WW II contract primary flying training school Oh there are some type clubs that have more aircraft in attendance at their functions but looking at the number of Ryans there against the total built the West Coast Ryan Reunion is one of the biggest and one of the best

Arranged by the Santa Paula Califorshynia Ryaneers and hosted by Patroline Inc this popular low-key event was held at Patrolines Paso Robles facility Their president Sherm Smoot coopershyated beautifully with the visiting Ryaneers and Ryaneer Mike Sullivan Chairman of our event

I arrived at Paso Robles on Thursday afternoon courtesy of Bill Mette Campbell CA and his PT-22 Raunchy Bird (after jetting via airlines from Texas to San Jose the night before) We had stopped at Hollister California to rendezvous with other North California Ryans and to meet noted aviation hisshytorian William T Larkins but were were late so missed them

Bill Richards Santa Rosa CA was running late also due to a prop change at the last minute on his civilianized PT-21 So instead of the previous years 13-ship formation we had a twoshyship loose formation flight on to Paso Robles yhere 10 Ryans were already 18 SEPTEMBER 1985

on the ground with 15 on the ramp by nightfall Those present enjoyed a delishycious barbecue provided and prepared by local Ryaneer Mike Wing and a happy hour hosted by Patroline

Friday saw more arrivals with 27 Ryans on the ramp by nightfall 2 SCWs 1 PT-20 1 STM-2 2 PT-21 s 1 NR-1 and 20 PT-22s The morning feashytured an air rally where all entrants were timed for a cold-engine start where the timing is started with the contestant in the cockpit They had to get out and hand prop the engine (safety pilot aboard however) Patty Henderson

was the winner starting Bob Kellers Ranger-powered ST-3 in just 128 secshyonds

Having been assigned to a team preshyviously the pilots were handed a packet of directions and check list of the route to fly just as they were ready to taxi out for take-off All teams had to land at Leon Hermans International Airstrip before proceeding back to Paso Roshybles The team couldnt leave Leons until all team members had come to a full stop landing and turned off their enshygines Refreshments were ready for them as were the hot engine start

Bill Allen La Jolla CA is ownerpilot of this immaculate 1940 Ryan STM-S2 CN 466 N466WA This Ryan is in its original Dutch East Indies markings

Ron Chapel and his 1941 Ryan ST-3KR CN 1309 N56076 Ron who lives in Half Moon Bay CA has cleaned up his Ryan nicely

Well-known former mid-westerner Brad Larsons 1938 Ryan SC-W CN 206 N18912 Brad is now based at Santa Paula CA

Don Carters Ryan STA Special (1940 Ryan PT-20 CN 352) N14984 Don a recognized authority on STAs lives in Lafayette CA

judges Using the same procedures as the cold start contest Alan Buchner Fresno CA won with a fantastic time of 11 0 seconds Winners of the air rally at 1 07 hours was Team C Alan Buchshyner Chris Stimson and Bob Keller

The local Ninety-Nines including National Ryan Club members Shirley Moore and Christine Darbonne served a delicious barbecue sausage lunch (Thanks ladies) National Ryan Club members like Mike and Margaret Wilshyson of Cedar Rapids IA arrived via his and hers motorcycles by way of Florida no less

In the meantime Mike Wing and crew were busily trying to finish up a top overshyhaul on his Ryans Kinner engine Mike and Reb Stimson were able to fly the US Navy painted PT-22 later in the afshyternoon

That evening at the Paso Robles Inn Bill Allen LaJolla CA showed video tapes of the 84 Chino Fly-In and the tape just shot that day of the Paso Roshybles activities Some visited the local Polar Freeze before turning in including Alan Buchner AI Ball Dick Burgess Bill Mette and Bill Hodges

Also during the day John Gokchoff Santa Paula CA master Ryan rebuilshyder and crew had gone around the apron leak checking and calibrating all the Ryan airspeed indicators and AI Ball (Antique Aero Engines) conducted a KinnerRanger engine clinic (Our special thanks to John and AI) Those not participating in the air rally had the option of sightseeing and touring some of the local wineries

At 0800 on Saturday we saw the Dawn Patrol airborne Kinners clattershying away letting Paso Robles officially know the Ryans were back After proper briefing the formation flying contest got underway with four teams competing selected by drawing numbered slips from a hat After passing over the judges in both diamond and echelon formations Team no 1 comprised of Bill Richards Lee Graybill Santa Rosa CA and Jay HayesMontara CA Ron Chapel Half Moon Bay CA and Don Burkett Downey CA were declared the winners John Gokchoff busy and helpshyful again conducted a seminar on how to properly rig a PT-22 with most of the Ryaneers attending (Thanks John)

Most of the Ryans participated in the Saturday afternoon flying event which is a combination of short field take off flour bombing and power off spot landshying and is flown in one flight Due to the layout of the Archie Dean Memorial Airport this event can be flown without bothering the normal traffic flow Rich McDonald Vacaville CA took the short field take off honors of 340 feet with his Ryan SCW Shortest Ryan PT-22 take off was 343 feet by John Richards Venshytura CA

Spot landing winner was Bob Keller Carmel CA in his Ranger-Ryan Oh

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19

Returning from a flight Brad Larsen gives his Ryan SC-W a wipe-down in the parking area

Headed home Jay and Ellen Hayes fly formation on Bill Mettes wing in their 1942 Ryan PT-22 CN 1752 N56030 Jim and Ellen are from Montara CA

From Vacaville CA USAF pilot Rich McDonalds modified 1938 Ryan SC-W CN 205 N18911 This Ryan sports a Continental E-185 engine in addition to the changed landing gear and cabin 20 SEPTEMBER 1985

yes two people are required to be on board during the event The flour bombshying is always interesting in that two atshytempts are made one with a standard brown bag flour bomb and the other prejudged for originality prior to the event Closest to the target was Aleta PharrisReb Stimson The originality bomb went to Lee and Modie Graybi lls wedding bomb in celebration of their then recent wedding I Congratulations

After the flying activities most everyone retired to the Paso Robles Inn for the Bob Yates Champagne cork-flying conshytests The only rule for this contest is Dont shake the bottle but its rarely enforced John Gormley Sacramento CA showed his expertise by outdistancshying the other competitors by a substanshytial amount Tired but happy Ryaneers gathered at the local Elks Club for reshyfreshments and video tapes of the days activities (furnished by Bill Allen) while waiting for the awards banquet to begin

The Saturday night awaras banquet was a huge success with 131 Ryan enshythusiasts thats almost five people per airplane Mike Sullivan was an outshystanding master of ceremonies There was a lot to cover and Mike really kept things rolling Some things that stand out in my mind in addition to the regu lar awards were the awarding of the Ryan solo wings by Bill Richards to 27 Ryaneers (like the 63 last year) exact replicas of those presented by T Claude Ryan to his Ryan School of Aeronautics graduates then the preshysentation of the WW II King City Ryan Instructors Mickey Muzinich Neil Fershyryman Barney Cleg Elmore Brown Marvin Good and Joe Brown (Wow What stories they told) and the presenshytation of the Archie Dean Memorial (flyshying training) Scholarship to teenager Barry Bradshaw of Paso Robles by Sherm Smoot and certainly George Clayton a Ryaneer from Fairbanks Alaska who received the well-deserved Greatest Hangar Flyer award

George has quite a background in Alaskan aviation and given half an opshyportunity he will tell you all about it He entertained us with a very good harshymonica concert and told us how he purshychased his Ryan PT-22 Briefly while on a DC-3 heading for Alaska from California during a stop in Washington state he observed a PT-22 sitting on the ramp It needed some minor mainteshynance so George called the owner and bought the Ryan right then and there

The DC-3 was about to leave so George got his tool box off and proshyceeded to make the Ryan ferryable (oh yes this was in the late fall of the year) It seems George had never flown a Ryan before but managed with the help of a 5-gallon gas can to make it on in to Fairbanks experiencing only minor mechanical problems cold ice and snow along the way (Come back George we love you)

Ryaneers gather under Los Robles (the oaks) for an outdoor seminar

Among the 30-plus awards presented during the banquet the Best Kinner Powered Ryan went to Jay Hayes Montara CA for his PT-22 N56030 The Best Non-Kinner-Powered Ryan and Greatest Distance Flown went to Bill Allen La Jolla CA for his STM-2 N466WA The T Claude Ryan Memoshyrial Award went to Dennis and Susan Lyons the Air Rally hosts The National Ryan Club plaque for Oldest Ryan went to Rich McDonalds 1938 SCW N18911 and the National Ryan Club plaque for Most Distant Ryan went to Bob Laughlin La Jolla CA for his PTshy22 N53431

All in all the Ryan Reunion was quite successful with a lot of good company and a lot of good safe fun enjoyed by all We Ryaneers are looking forward to Ryan Reunion XV Plans are for a big blowout with a max effort for as many Ryans as possible to attend Already we are aware of plans for several east of the Mississippi Ryan s to attend I can hardly wait to get there How about you

Keep the Ryan flyin bull

THE FULLERmiddotHAMMOND FHmiddot1 SUPER TWIN (Continued from Page 15)

Three views of the FHmiddot1 as it looks today

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Contestants in the 1930 Pacific Women s Air Derby (L to R) - Margery Doig Jean LaRene Ruth Stewart Ruth Barron Gladys ODonnell and Mildred Morgan

THE WOMENS CLASS A PACIFIC DERBY

by H Glenn Buffington (EAA 1234 AC 202) 134 West Walnut Avenue B San Diego CA 92103

In conjunction with the 1930 National Air Races there were two derbies for the women One was a 500 cu in or less piston displacement event from the East Coast Washington DC through Dixie and then up to Chicago and an 800 cu in race from the West Coast Long Beach California through the Southwest and Midwest to Chicago This is the story primarily about the latshyter race which covered a distance of 2245 statute miles

The contestants were

Ruth Barron (Nason) Hollywood Mildred Morgan Beverly Hills CA as the least experienced pilots TwentyshyCA Buhl Air Sedan J-5 Transport Travel Air J-5 Private License 15803 year-Old Barron came in with a brand License 13749 new Transport license having learned

Gladys Berry ODonnell Long Beach to fly only six months previously MorshyMargery Doig (Greenberg) Danbury CA Waco Taperwing J-6-7 Transport gan had a Private rating which was upshy

CT Pitcairn J-6 Lim Comm License License 6608 graded to a Transport after the Derby 10073 ODonnell and LaRene were the vetshy

Ruth Woerner Stewart St Louis MO erans of the group Gladys had flown Jean LaRene (Foote) Kansas City KS Curtiss RobinChallenger Transport the 29 Derby to a close second place

American Eagle J-6-7 Transport License 5375 behind Louise Thaden and Jean had License 5700 Barron and Morgan entered the race been associated with the Commandaire

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NC21 M streamlined and ready for the 1930 competition

Co prior to joining American Eagle Of the six entries four had become

charter members of the Ninety-Nines when it was organized in November of 1929 Doig LaRene ODonnell and Stewart

Left at the starting line were three other pilots all of whom had entered the first Womens Air Derby of 1929 Santa Monica to Cleveland Pancho Barnes withdrew from the race when her three planes including the one she piloted at more than 196 mph all were declared ineligible Claire Fahy of Los Angeles widow of Herbert J Fahy Lockheed test pilot was ruled out beshycause her engine was excessively powshyered Bobbi Trout also of Los Angeles was disqualified for having an under powered craft 2 Bobbi is also another Ninety-Nines charterite

Carl Lienesch NAA governor for the state of California head of the aviation department for Union Oil of California and who served as manager of the 1930 Derby wrote It was left for the women to show really what could be done with ATC ships Phoebe Omlie in the East Coast Derby flew a Monocoupe of modern design and made one of those fine showings which the air racing world had come to expect from her Gladys ODonnell and Margery Doig in the Pacific Coast Derby both flew modern or rather modernized airplanes Margery Doigs Pitcairn was rounded out and fitted with a Townend ring at the Pitcairn factory It was a beautiful job and speedy

Gladys ODonnell flew a Taperwing Waco which it might be said was streamlined to the limit this limit being all possible under an A T C status Mrs ODonnell s ship had I-struts the fuselage rounded out and an effective NACA cowling It is probable that the top speed was around 170 mph Her time from Long Beach to Chicago indishycated an average speed in excess of 150 mph which shows that as far as derbies were concerned this year the women win the brown derby

James E Granger Swallow disshytributor on the West Coast President of the Pacific School of Aviation who served as official starter had this to say about the 30 derbies The splitting of the Womens Air Derby into two classes run from different places in my opinion was wrong The two classes should be run together next year and no attempt should be made to farm out the starting place of this very colorful race to the highest bidder It will not be necessary for the race officials to look further for a manager for next years event They have found him in C F Lienesch From start to finish of this years class A womens derby the absence of discord was conspicuous

The Derby actually started Sunday afternoon from Long Beach California August 17th with a short hop to

Gladys ODonnell with the victory garland at Chicago Aug 25 1930

LindberghRyan Field for the first night stop The planes were flagged away at one minute intervals numerically by racing number ie Doig - no 2 ODonshynell - no 7 LaRene - no 20 Stewart shyno 38 followed by Morgan and Barron The starting time from Long Beach arrishyval time in San Diego and the elapsed time follows (PST pm)

ODonnell - 332 - 40451 - 32 51 Doig - 331 - 405 03 - 3403 Barron - 336 - 422 36 - 4636 Morgan - 335 - 42529 - 50 29 Stewart - 334 - 431 09 - 57 09 LaRene - 333 - 430 16 - 5716

LaRene was delayed eight minutes at take off because of inability to start her engine with the other racers

On Monday the schedule called for a noon stop at Calexico and the night stop at Phoenix In accordance with air derby customs Mrs ODonnells craft was the first to taxi across the starting line on the departure for the second control point All the contestants arrived at Calexico within a span of 21 minutes Elapsed time from start ODonnell 1 1353 Doig 1 2248 Barron 1 3621 Morgan 1 4701 LaRene 1 4827 and Stewart 1 5952

ODonnell and DOig finished the third lap into Phoenix with less than five minshyutes separating them Ruth Barron was the last to get away from Calexico beshycause of some engine trouble and the fledgling s navigation caught up with her she became disoriented and flew an hour beyond Phoenix She landed 35 miles south of Holbrook Arizona reshymained overnight where she landed and then flew back to Phoenix to rejoin the others Tuesday morning

On August 19th the noon stop was Tucson and then to Douglas for the night where the total elapsed time talshylied ODonnell 356 29 Doig 41308 Morgan 52614 LaRene 53523 Stewart 625 25 Barron 21 3952 beshycause of the delay in reaching Phoenix after over-flying it

Wednesday it was on to Lordsburg and then Roswell New Mexico where ODonnell was officially 2640 ahead of Doig Others arrived in the following order Barron LaRene Morgan and Stewart

The 21 st scheduled a Lubbock noon stop and to Amarillo Texas for the night Gladys covered the Roswell-Lubshybock leg in 1 0041 and Margery in 1 0238 The other four pilots landed in the same sequence as at Roswell

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A frontal view of the racy Waco Taperwing NC21M in its heyday

Enid Oklahoma was scheduled for noon and Wichita Kansas for the night of the 22nd Thunderstorms and heavy rain gave the girls some of their most inclement weather during the AmarilloshyEnid leg of the race Ruth Stewart was forced down near Elk City but she set her plane down at Enid at 125630 Jean LaRene was forced down near Waukomis a few miles south of Enid she arrived at 125728 accounting for all the entries so they could take off on schedule for Wichita

More thrilling adventures entered the Wichita-Kansas City Kansas (Fairfax Airport) leg A little short of half-way to Kansas City Margery Doig 3 was forced down and out of the race near Olpe Kansas 10 miles south of Emshyporia in a farmers pasture when her engine caught fire She sideslipped to a landing and beat out the flames that threatened to destroy the Pitcairn It was a tough break for Doig after flying a good second to that point

Again Ruth Barrons navigation went awry She was visibly annoyed when she finally landed the Buhl at Fairfax at 541 pm with an elapsed time of 30457 from Wichita She reported I lost my bearings somewhere near Kanshysas City and landed in a field near a farm house I asked the farmer the dishyrections to Kansas City and he told me 50 miles north I said that he surely meant 50 miles east but he insisted he was right I flew the way he saidand 24 SEPTEMBER 1985

found myself over St Joseph and here I am back

The author had the pleasure of watching the girls bring em in at Fairshyfax on Saturday ODonnell crossed the finish line in her bright red and yellow Waco at 345 - 1 1420 out of Wichita LaRene in her yellow American Eagle arrived at 407 - 1 3415 from Wichita Morgan flying her dark blue Travel Air with silver wings finished at 410 shy1 3512 out of Wichita Stewart in her orange and cream colored Curtiss Robin came in at 437 - 20342 from Wichita

Shortly after these four arrivals the Derby starter Jim Granger and his wife Clema flew in with their Swallow and taxied up to the flight line Then a Ryan Brougham flew in with Gladys ODonnell painted across the fuselage It was flown by her husband Lloyd and served as the flagship for the ODonnell camp Some of the Fairfax pilots called it ritzy but I figured if one could afford it why not

One of the first to reach Jean LaRene was her mother Mrs Sadie Ross of Olathe Kansas whom Jean visited often She also had a long chat with Larry Ruch former chief test pilot for the American Eagle Aircraft factory at Fairfax

The contestants attended a dinner in the evening sponsored by the Womens Chamber of Commerce of Kansas City Kansas The new Fairfax Airport term ishy

nal building the site for this occasion and Mayor Don McCombs welcomed the fliers

The Derby continued to Des Moines Iowa and Madison Wisconsin on Sunshyday and the last leg to Chicago was flown Monday August 25th The offical Long Beach-Chicago results were

Elapsed Prize Pilot Time Money Gladys ODonnell 151316 $3500 Mildred Morgan 21 0835 2100 Jean LaRene 21 4549 1400 Ruth Stewart 2638 06 Ruth Barron 383341 Margery DOig (Out at Olpe KS)

For their efforts in flying the 30 Derby Ruth Barron was awarded the Jr Women s Aeronautical Association of California Trophy and Gladys ODonnell won two trophies The Aerol Trophy by the Cleveland Pneumatic Tool Co and the Womens Aero Assn of Calif Trophy Gladys also won the Mrs Robert McCormick Trophy and the Womens Pioneer Aviation Club Trophy for winning two closed-course races at the National Air Races which were held at Curtiss-Reynolds Airport Chicago Aug 23 to Sept 1 1930

An AP release dated Aug 31 1930 carried the headline Another Victory Chalked up for Feminine Fliers and the sub-title Women pilots fly over long routes in air derbies in less time than men It favorably compared Gladys

Copy of picture Gladys ODonnell autoshygraphed for Louise Thaden

ODonnells performance with the two Class A Mens Derbies won by John Blum Seattle to Chicago and Art Kilshylips Miami-Chicago race It also praised Phoebe Omlies showing against the two Class B Mens Derbies won by John Livingston the race from Brownsville and the Derby from Hartford won by J Wesley Smith

In 1967 when I wrote Mrs ODonnell regarding the Taperwing she sent the front view and commented I feel a pang of guilt at not keeping myoid friend 21 M for thats the way I feel about that plane The enclosed photoshygraph is 21 M at her top best in the streamlined beauty of its heyday - 163 mph You will notice the special racing gear It was beautiful but a bit rugged on turf fields since it was a rigid gear It added about six miles per hour to the top speed The ODonnelis owned the Taperwing for a decade

In comparing this air race of over fifty years ago with some of the more curshyrent ones we need to mention some of the pros and cons When the race is of the on to type with noon and night control stops the contestants more or less stay together In that manner weather and flying conditions are practically the same for each entrant and the race officials have the opportushynity to release race standings to the media after each day of racing

More recently the race routes genershyally 2000 to 2500 statute miles in length are set up and the contestants are usually given four days flying VFR in daylight hours to reach the terminus before a specified deadline Each plane is assigned a par (handicap) speed and the object is to have a ground speed as far over the par speed as possible The

pilot is thus given the leeway to play the elements holding out for better weather conditions winds etc The faster planes with better performance are somewhat favored in this respect as sometimes the slower entries must forge ahead in order to beat the deadshyline at the terminus And in this type of race the official standings cannot be reshyleased until the final bird has crossed the finish line Actually the last arrival can be the winner

The earlier races flew shorter legs and made more stops than the current races More recently the legs are 280 to 350 statute miles and six or seven control stops are designated for either landing or fly-by and the races are open to all fixed-wing stock aircraft from 145 to 570 horsepower Early on the fastest airplane with no handicap was in a good position to win if it held toshygether over the long haul and there was no big navigational error committed

Now that a handicapping system is used - each plane flying against its own specified speed - supposedly any entry has an equal chance of victory depending on the accuracy of the handshyicapping

Gini Richardson Yakima Washingshyton who oft-times places in the top 10 gives some racing advice The handshyicap is vitally important - you have to have a good handicap thats essential After that if you want to finish in the top 10 you have to fly well have knowlshyedge of the weather and strong navigashy

tional skills Velda King Mapelli Las Vegas

Nevada President of the Air Race Classic for the past eight years (1977shy1984) wrote in the recent race proshygram The altruistic interest and efforts of many people offers ARC contestants a temporary respite from the normal routine - and opportunity to share the camaraderie of participating in an air race There are no secrets to racing Personal application of skills will detershymine the winner but each will be a betshyter pilot as a result of the experience

That is what it is all about

FOOTNOTES

(1) Subsequent last names are in parenthesis (2) Had Trout been on the East Coast she cou ld have entered the Kinnermiddotpowered Golden Eagle in the 1575 mi Dixie Derby This race was won by Phoebe Omlie in a Warner Monocoupe She was followed by Martie Bowman Kinner Fleet Laura Ingalls Gypsy DH Moth Nancy Hopkins (Tier) Kinmiddot ner Kitty Hawk and Charity Langdon Cirrus Avian Vera Dawn Walker flying a Warner Inland Sport had to withdraw because of a mechanical at Birminshygham AL and Mary Haizlip in another Warner Inshyland Sport failed to make the race start after her airplane was dinged in a forced landing near Greenwood SC enroute to the starting line Both Haizlip and Walker did get to Chicago after the delays and flew in some of the closedmiddotcourse events Ninety-Nines charter members in this group include HopkinsmiddotTier Omlie and Walker (3) Doig was able to have the Pitcairn engine reshypaired and she flew to Chicago on Aug 26th She placed second behind ODonnell in one 25 mile pylon race at 13536 mph and won $450 In the feature 50 mile race she placed 4th just out of the money behind ODonnell Mary Haizlip and Opal Kunz bull

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The Oldest Known Set of EDO Floats in Service The aircraft is a 1933 Waco UBF-2 biplane powered by a 220-horsepower Continental W670 engine The floats are EDO model M-2665s manufactured on August 2 1930 These particular floats had been damaged in a crash in 1950 and were kept in storage for 27 years prior to being restored and fitted to the Waco in 1977 This remarkable antique aircraft is the property of Mr Henry Stauch Junction City Oregon It is conshyverted to float operation in the summer and flown from Kenmore Air Harbor Kenmore Washington scene of this photograph Photo courtesy EDO Floats

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

My First Flight To Oshkosh

18 gallons each My partner and Ideveloping a small stomach problem Robert R Black watched in amazement as the boytoo much excitement I thought (EAA 220708)

4246 South 1060 East Lift off was normal and the Tri-Pacer pumped 181 into the right tank and 180 gallons into the left tank Instantly did pretty well at first But the night air Salt Lake City UT 83117 I felt terrible I had just flown in onwas hot and humid and I wasnt exshyfumes I had made a mistake middoton myperiencing the kind of lift that I was used Ever since seeing a Pitts Special in flight duration - I forgot that I had cirshyto I had to circle in the Salt Lake Valley FL YING magazine when I was sixteen cled for half an hour after take off and learning of a special event called for 30 minutes until I could get up to

Then a super bad case of cottonshyOshkosh I have had the desire to go altitude At 9000 I started through ParshyAfter all the years of putting it off due to leys Canyon and headed for Ft Bridger mouth hit me I figured it was just due

VOR in Wyoming What a bumpy ride lack of funds and not having anything to the close call so I took a drink of some fruit punch which went down like to fly I finally got the chance to go in We popped around inside the plane like

1984 a bowling ball I really didnt feel good two marbles in a can From Ft Bridger My father and mother and I had just but I told myself I was going to Oshkoshwe flew to Evanston then to Rock

Springs Wyoming completed a 15-month restoration proshy by gosh and that thought kept me going ject on my fathers 1956 Piper Trishy We piled back into the plane and tookI started to develop cotton-mouth but Pacer With the bird looking new and off We climbed slowly and headed for figured it was just the thrill of finally

Chadronpretty I had little trouble talking myself going to Oshkosh We called Rock Springs asking for into taking it to Oshkosh As soon as we cleared the remaining

I discussed this with my business mountains I started to descend when fuel accommodations and I changed my partner and somehow talked him into an overwhelming feeling came over meflight plan from Casper to Rock Springs going with me All right I could go at I was going to throw up and I couldn t When they told me it would cost an adshyhalf the cost Things were really picking ditional $3000 to get someone to fuel shake the feeling try as I may How up could I do that - Id never been sick inme I said no thanks and changed my

The date was set Saturday July 28 an airplane in my life - I couldn t do flight plan to Rawlins Wyoming Fuel 1984 at 300 am I figured if we left at that The sic-sacs were for my wife and was getting low but figuring the length

of the trip and the amount of fuel left I others who couldnt take the ups and300 in the morning I could climb up out of the Salt Lake Valley and fly to downsfigured I could make it

My honor was at stake - I couldnt Casper Wyoming From there I would On to Rawlins we went over the lowshyproceed to Winner South Dakota Fairshy do that What a statement typical hardshyering mountains With all the bumps mont Minnesota and then on to Oshshy head approach right Well thatand ups and downs my stomach told kosh thought helped me to fight off the inevitshyme I had a problem I just couldn t be

Hours of preparation and planning getting sick Id never been sick in an able Come on Chadron I kept saying were spent in getting ready for the trip Id never felt that badly on any flight but airplane I figured that I was just overly A tent was measured and stuffed into we pressed ontired and hungry and the stop at Rawshythe baggage compartment Vacation Chadron Radio this is Tri-Pacer lins would put me back in shape time was hastily arranged and all sysshy 4547A do you copy Tri-Pacer 47A Finally Rawlins appeared on the tems were go Little did I know how Chadron Radio copies loud and clearother side of two knolls I brought the much go there was coming plane around entering down wind and Chadron 47A whats your active run-

On Friday July 27 I went to work way slipped in to a nice friendly airport The What a total waste of time Its a good on-field FSS Operator was super nice 47A active is 20 thing Im a lead man in the machine Roger 20 and said the place would come to life in shop because I accomplished nothing a little while He told us the good places Then came the bad news Chadron and finally left at lunch time Working gave me the altimeter setting and saidto eat breakfast We decided to plan the swing shift has its advantages at times next phase of our flight since our origishy the winds were 25 gusting to 35 I asked and I went home to sleep and prepare nal flight plan was greatly altered by Chadron for the wind direction and he for the flight then told me again I just could not get with

What a wasted night - I couldnt the program whatever was making meWe flight planned to Chadron Nebshysleep and all I did was toss and turn raska for our next stop figuring it would sick was really getting to me Two am came awfully early and I left put us right back on course As soon as I entered the pattern but could not for my partners home We piled into the planning was finished the line boy keep the plane tracking straight It the jeep and went to the airport would not settle What was wrong For at Rawlins appeared and fueled us with

The preflight went well except I was 80 octane My tanks are placarded for those of you who are Tri-Pacer drivers

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you know the plane settles like a rock I felt better They were the greatest our trip home I spent the first hour and I looked at my airspeed indicator - I On the way into town the car winshy a half in the bathroom at the airport

was doing 120 mph and should have dows were open all the way At the Between the bathroom and the plane I been doing 80 Missed approach Super 8 Motel we met more super nice threw up four times We climbed into going around will try it again people The rooms were great and I the Tri-Pacer anyway and took off

Roger 47A no other traffic in the patshy crashed My partner was given a free 47A flew great I told my partner that tern ride back to the airport by the motel he would probably end up doing a lot of

Chadron this is 47A - downwind manager to pick up our gear the flying I did pretty well until we got for runway 20 We spent the day in town and I just west of Rock Springs Wyoming

I prayed Please God help me down stayed in bed trying to die I finally Ooops that was the only time I ever Dont let me kill my partner realized that my problem was a good used a sic-sac Bless those considerate

Okay Ive got to do this Line it up case of the flu people for making those wonderful leakshyThere thats right 80 mph okay flaps Chadron has a lot to see and some proof bags

day I shall go back I feel I must let those to slow us down right in we goooooo I had decided that if I couldnt finish good people know that I really do have What a crosswind touch down hold on the trip all the way back to Salt Lake color in my face Oh isnt pride terrible 47A you just landed on 26 That was City Airport No 2 that I would land at

a pretty good cross wind landing In the afternoon I felt a little better Ft Bridger Fortunately as Ft Bridger Thanks I just dont feel good I and thought maybe we might make it to passed below us I felt we could make it

Oshkosh anyway We went back to the A storm front was crossing from west guess I needed the practice Roger airport and planned the rest of the trip to east right in our path The clouds I thought to myself - you nut whats All of a sudden I made a mad dash to were closing in I dropped from 10500

the great white throne - the decision to 8500 and still I was going through wrong with you Cant you remember how to tell which runway is which To was made - head for home clouds Short little IFR trips in the mounshy

We took off for Riverton Wyoming Itbe honest I was so sick that I couldn t tains is not really my idea of fun and remember how to tell the correct runshy was a pretty good trip and at one point games What a trip Boy was I sick way I felt I might have made it to Oshkosh We made it through Parleys Canyon

but went on to Riverton What a good and I prayed Please Lord help meWe taxied to the ramp and I warned decision that was land this thing my partner to get out of the way I ran

In Riverton the Best Western Sunshy My prayers were answered weinto the bathroom and spent a good half downer motel sent their courtesy car for parked the plane got into the jeep andan hour seeing only a small porcelain us We spent the night and the next I said Get me home quickly Gary I hole - oops morning there and I was sick sick sick went straight to bed where I stayed The people at Chadron were super Everybody in Riverton took pity on me from Sunday to Wednesday LampD Aero Service tried all they could to

Next year there will be no flu I will They were really great Would those make me feel better They fueled the people ever see me in better condition fly crawl or whatever but Im absolutely plane and offered me a free ride into

When we finally decided to continue going to go to Oshkosh maybe bull town so I cou ld get a place to sleep until

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Reader Fran Wallace sent this photo of States NC10719 painted in Burgess Battery colors The Burgess factory was in nearby Freeport IL

by George A Hardie Jr took delivery 31533 The States contributed a great deal

Heres a snappy little biplane from the Golden Age era that is a rare one The engine appears to be an Anzani but thats open to question Note the cat inshysignia on the side of the fuselage Not much else is known about this neat little job The photo was submitted by R K Armstrong of Rawlings MD Answers will be published in the December 1985 issue of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE Deadline for that issue is October 10 1985

The Mystery Plane featured in the June 1985 issue was no mystery to many of our readers Retired Pan Am Captain Fran Wallace (EAA 35172 NC 309) P O Box 822 Stony Brook NY 11790 wrote

it is a States SE5F powered with a Kinner K-5 engine My father Lloyd Wallace and his flying partner Jack Neely of Freeport Illinois bought a States NC10719 from Ed Brazelton (I think) at the old Elmhurst Airport Elshymhurst IL Dad and I flew Dr Snyders (of Freeport) Waco QDC to Elmhurst 2 21 33 for a demonstration and they

Dear Gene

Please add my name to the list conshygratulating Ted Businger for the great job he did writing the Ed Morrow Story in the June and July 1985 issues of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE So far Ive read it twice and plan on reading it a few more times to make sure I didnt miss anything

Talk about being born twenty years too late What a fantastic thing it must have been to work with the great people Ted wrote about and to think all

The States was an excellent airplane good short field capability very stable and a very easy airplane to land Note the big Airwheels and the looong oleos - it was almost impossible to bounce It was not an acrobatic airplane but it did nice loops soft snap-rolls and good hammer-head stalls - spectacular when done close to the ground (I quit the hammer-heads - another story)

Correct answers also were received from Doug Rounds Zebulon GA Jim Barton Oshkosh WI George W Mojonnier Snohomish WA Mike Reshyzich Chicago IL MH Eisenmann Garrettsville OH Bob Whittier Duxshybury MA Norman S Orloff San Anshytonio TX LeRoy Falk Carpentersville IL Charley Hayes Park Forest IL J Max Freeman Wilkesboro NC Stan Piteau Holland MI and Ted Businger Willow Springs MO

It is interesting to note that many reshyspondents give credit to Joseph Juptshyners US Civil Aircraft series as the source of identification and additional data on the Mystery Planes And reshygarding the States several included copies of magazine ads for the plane as well as photos such as the one sent by Fran Wallace of the States painted in the Burgess Battery colors bull

to my learning to become a pilot - I flew it more than 200 hours before I went to work for United Air Lines It was sold in St Louis 10536 I should add that Dad taught me to fly and monitored my flying education until airline time

Letters To Editor those projects happened without the aid of computers To me they were the true aviation enthusiasts those who could take a good careful look at a heap of tubing some wire wood and an engine put it all together and make it fly

Please more stories like this one

Sincerely

Dale Glossenger (EAA 189173) 70185 Beach Drive Edwardsburg MI 49112

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 13

~ THE FULLER-HAMMOND FH-l I

Photo courtesy 01 Joseph Barry The Fuller-Hammond FH-1 NX14917 SIN 141 on display in a small park in California circa 1935

SUPER TWIN by Phil Michmerhuizen (EAA 33782 AlC 581) 186 Sunset Drive Holland MI 49423

(Photos courtesy of author except as noted)

It was after a talk and discussion on the history development and producshytion of Szekely engines and the Flying Dutchman aircraft at our local EAA Chaper meeting that Ron Fritz came to me and said he heard the remains of the Fuller-Hammond Skylark were in Ohio

He gave me the names and phone numbers of two men to contact This was in December of 1980

No I dont know anything about it but call so and so And so it went for a week Finally Yes I do have that airplane and yes I will sell it Bill Breshywer described what he had and what was missing There were no engines engine mounts gauges wheels or tires The condition of the parts ranged from good to fair to hardly there

-14 SEPTEMBER 1985

We agreed on a price and I sent half of the money Two weeks later my wife Donna and I were in our pickup with a trailer behind headed for Ohio

The basket case had been accurately described and as we loaded the rusty parts and bent aluminum I was really very happy yet could see years of work ahead

Arriving home we set the pieces toshygether for a few pictures I really wanted to start the restoration imshymediately but first had to finish our 1936 Taylor J-2 Cub and Waco UPF-7 Beshysides I wanted to have the paperwork straightened out first and research more history on the airplane if possible

After much telephoning and letter writing I located and talked to Mr E A Bill Perkins one of the builders and owners of the airplane He was also Vice-President of Skycraft Industries Inc in Venice California Bill Perkins told me that two boxes of drawings picshytures engineering data and letters were thrown away in 1949

I was also able to contact Mr Otis Dutton an 81-year-old gentleman in

Kansas who was the second owner of the plane but did not actually work on it He was good enough to sign a bill of sale and have it notorized to help clear up the paper work

I also located and talked with Mr Handly Jones a brother-in-law to EA Perkins He sent two pictures He had more papers and pictures until he built a new house and threw them away

In tracing the N number I found it was assigned to a Bell 47G helicopter in Florida being used on mosquito control The helicopter was destroyed in a crash several years ago and the N number was open Needless to say I quickly reshyserved it

According to the information I have the airplane was designed by Wilbur A Hammond and George B Fuller Conshystruction started in 1934 at the corner of Englewood Boulevard and Imperial Avenue in Venice California

Mr Ed Lund later a pilot for Howard Hughes Mr AI Nicely and Mr E A Pershykins all moonlighted to build the airshycraft Their regular jobs were at Timm Aircraft Company

The FH-1 was a two-place side-by-side light twin

April 9 1984 was a day to remember - the aircraft registration card arrived bearing the correct name original N number and correct serial number My thanks to the FAA personnel in Okshylahoma City for their cooperation

Before I fill my basement shop full of Fuller-Hammond pieces I plan to reshystore a 1935 Taylor E-2 Cub with a Zeke on the front That should only take a couple of years

In the meantime my good friend Bob Curtis a semi-retired aero-space enshygineer is lofting the ribs and making drawings for the Fuller-Hammond wings This is no small job in itself

The ailerons and flaps on the FullershyHammond are built up with 14 tubing and as I am not a welder my good friend Mike Brown who recently comshypleted his Acro II has agreed to do some work (build new ones) for me

The fellows around here have been chiding me to start the project - that is if I want to fly that airplane before my eyesight and hearing fail and before they have to push my wheelchair up to the wing

If any readers can supply information or pictures of this airplane I certainly would appreciate being contacted

Specifications Fuller-Hammond Monoplane

Top speed 117 mph Cruising speed 100 mph Landing speed 40 mph Climb 800 fpm Weight empty 927 Ibs Gross weight 1550 Ibs Span 34 ft 6 in Length 20 ft 6 in Wing area 142 sq ft Power loading 17 Ibs per hp

(Continued on Page 21)

Papers I receved from the FAA in Okshylahoma City indicated the Dept of Comshymerce Aeronautical Branch approved the Operation Inspection report dated pound--20-35

The airplane was test flown at Dycer Airport in Los Angeles by John M Slim Menefee I believe it was also flown by George C Adams a pilot for Lockheed

The airplane was licensed experishymental According to EA Perkins it flew about every weekend amassing from 50 to 75 hours until December 1935 when the application expired The tail skid shows quite a bit of wear Is that good or bad Who can check me out in a tail-skid equipped twin

The company Skycraft Industries

Inc 350 Washington Blvd Venice California could not pay E A Perkins for his work on the airplane so they gave it to him The two Szekely engines and mounts were removed the airplane disshyassembled crated and put on a train for Kansas

Handly Jones in Turon Kansas put the airplane in his barn then later outshyside under a tree Otis Dutton purshychased the plane in the mid-fifties but did no work on it

Bill Hogan and Bob Henkel brought the airplane to Ohio - again no restoshyration was started Bill Brewer was the next owner and now the remains of the Fuller-Hammond FH-1 Super Twin are resting in Michigan

Equipped with two motors thi tiny two-passenger plane recently te ted re embles a large trans~Ort

The FH-1 was powered with two 45 hp Szekely engines VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15

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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17

14thWest Coast

Ryan Reunion The winning five-Ryan formation team Sixth Ryan was the camera plane piloted by Eric Friedricksen of Wilton CT

by Bill J Hodges (EAA 58954 AlC 49) 811 Lydia Street Stephenville TX76401

Twenty-seven beautiful Ryans in the same place at the same time Shades of WW II contract primary flying training school Oh there are some type clubs that have more aircraft in attendance at their functions but looking at the number of Ryans there against the total built the West Coast Ryan Reunion is one of the biggest and one of the best

Arranged by the Santa Paula Califorshynia Ryaneers and hosted by Patroline Inc this popular low-key event was held at Patrolines Paso Robles facility Their president Sherm Smoot coopershyated beautifully with the visiting Ryaneers and Ryaneer Mike Sullivan Chairman of our event

I arrived at Paso Robles on Thursday afternoon courtesy of Bill Mette Campbell CA and his PT-22 Raunchy Bird (after jetting via airlines from Texas to San Jose the night before) We had stopped at Hollister California to rendezvous with other North California Ryans and to meet noted aviation hisshytorian William T Larkins but were were late so missed them

Bill Richards Santa Rosa CA was running late also due to a prop change at the last minute on his civilianized PT-21 So instead of the previous years 13-ship formation we had a twoshyship loose formation flight on to Paso Robles yhere 10 Ryans were already 18 SEPTEMBER 1985

on the ground with 15 on the ramp by nightfall Those present enjoyed a delishycious barbecue provided and prepared by local Ryaneer Mike Wing and a happy hour hosted by Patroline

Friday saw more arrivals with 27 Ryans on the ramp by nightfall 2 SCWs 1 PT-20 1 STM-2 2 PT-21 s 1 NR-1 and 20 PT-22s The morning feashytured an air rally where all entrants were timed for a cold-engine start where the timing is started with the contestant in the cockpit They had to get out and hand prop the engine (safety pilot aboard however) Patty Henderson

was the winner starting Bob Kellers Ranger-powered ST-3 in just 128 secshyonds

Having been assigned to a team preshyviously the pilots were handed a packet of directions and check list of the route to fly just as they were ready to taxi out for take-off All teams had to land at Leon Hermans International Airstrip before proceeding back to Paso Roshybles The team couldnt leave Leons until all team members had come to a full stop landing and turned off their enshygines Refreshments were ready for them as were the hot engine start

Bill Allen La Jolla CA is ownerpilot of this immaculate 1940 Ryan STM-S2 CN 466 N466WA This Ryan is in its original Dutch East Indies markings

Ron Chapel and his 1941 Ryan ST-3KR CN 1309 N56076 Ron who lives in Half Moon Bay CA has cleaned up his Ryan nicely

Well-known former mid-westerner Brad Larsons 1938 Ryan SC-W CN 206 N18912 Brad is now based at Santa Paula CA

Don Carters Ryan STA Special (1940 Ryan PT-20 CN 352) N14984 Don a recognized authority on STAs lives in Lafayette CA

judges Using the same procedures as the cold start contest Alan Buchner Fresno CA won with a fantastic time of 11 0 seconds Winners of the air rally at 1 07 hours was Team C Alan Buchshyner Chris Stimson and Bob Keller

The local Ninety-Nines including National Ryan Club members Shirley Moore and Christine Darbonne served a delicious barbecue sausage lunch (Thanks ladies) National Ryan Club members like Mike and Margaret Wilshyson of Cedar Rapids IA arrived via his and hers motorcycles by way of Florida no less

In the meantime Mike Wing and crew were busily trying to finish up a top overshyhaul on his Ryans Kinner engine Mike and Reb Stimson were able to fly the US Navy painted PT-22 later in the afshyternoon

That evening at the Paso Robles Inn Bill Allen LaJolla CA showed video tapes of the 84 Chino Fly-In and the tape just shot that day of the Paso Roshybles activities Some visited the local Polar Freeze before turning in including Alan Buchner AI Ball Dick Burgess Bill Mette and Bill Hodges

Also during the day John Gokchoff Santa Paula CA master Ryan rebuilshyder and crew had gone around the apron leak checking and calibrating all the Ryan airspeed indicators and AI Ball (Antique Aero Engines) conducted a KinnerRanger engine clinic (Our special thanks to John and AI) Those not participating in the air rally had the option of sightseeing and touring some of the local wineries

At 0800 on Saturday we saw the Dawn Patrol airborne Kinners clattershying away letting Paso Robles officially know the Ryans were back After proper briefing the formation flying contest got underway with four teams competing selected by drawing numbered slips from a hat After passing over the judges in both diamond and echelon formations Team no 1 comprised of Bill Richards Lee Graybill Santa Rosa CA and Jay HayesMontara CA Ron Chapel Half Moon Bay CA and Don Burkett Downey CA were declared the winners John Gokchoff busy and helpshyful again conducted a seminar on how to properly rig a PT-22 with most of the Ryaneers attending (Thanks John)

Most of the Ryans participated in the Saturday afternoon flying event which is a combination of short field take off flour bombing and power off spot landshying and is flown in one flight Due to the layout of the Archie Dean Memorial Airport this event can be flown without bothering the normal traffic flow Rich McDonald Vacaville CA took the short field take off honors of 340 feet with his Ryan SCW Shortest Ryan PT-22 take off was 343 feet by John Richards Venshytura CA

Spot landing winner was Bob Keller Carmel CA in his Ranger-Ryan Oh

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19

Returning from a flight Brad Larsen gives his Ryan SC-W a wipe-down in the parking area

Headed home Jay and Ellen Hayes fly formation on Bill Mettes wing in their 1942 Ryan PT-22 CN 1752 N56030 Jim and Ellen are from Montara CA

From Vacaville CA USAF pilot Rich McDonalds modified 1938 Ryan SC-W CN 205 N18911 This Ryan sports a Continental E-185 engine in addition to the changed landing gear and cabin 20 SEPTEMBER 1985

yes two people are required to be on board during the event The flour bombshying is always interesting in that two atshytempts are made one with a standard brown bag flour bomb and the other prejudged for originality prior to the event Closest to the target was Aleta PharrisReb Stimson The originality bomb went to Lee and Modie Graybi lls wedding bomb in celebration of their then recent wedding I Congratulations

After the flying activities most everyone retired to the Paso Robles Inn for the Bob Yates Champagne cork-flying conshytests The only rule for this contest is Dont shake the bottle but its rarely enforced John Gormley Sacramento CA showed his expertise by outdistancshying the other competitors by a substanshytial amount Tired but happy Ryaneers gathered at the local Elks Club for reshyfreshments and video tapes of the days activities (furnished by Bill Allen) while waiting for the awards banquet to begin

The Saturday night awaras banquet was a huge success with 131 Ryan enshythusiasts thats almost five people per airplane Mike Sullivan was an outshystanding master of ceremonies There was a lot to cover and Mike really kept things rolling Some things that stand out in my mind in addition to the regu lar awards were the awarding of the Ryan solo wings by Bill Richards to 27 Ryaneers (like the 63 last year) exact replicas of those presented by T Claude Ryan to his Ryan School of Aeronautics graduates then the preshysentation of the WW II King City Ryan Instructors Mickey Muzinich Neil Fershyryman Barney Cleg Elmore Brown Marvin Good and Joe Brown (Wow What stories they told) and the presenshytation of the Archie Dean Memorial (flyshying training) Scholarship to teenager Barry Bradshaw of Paso Robles by Sherm Smoot and certainly George Clayton a Ryaneer from Fairbanks Alaska who received the well-deserved Greatest Hangar Flyer award

George has quite a background in Alaskan aviation and given half an opshyportunity he will tell you all about it He entertained us with a very good harshymonica concert and told us how he purshychased his Ryan PT-22 Briefly while on a DC-3 heading for Alaska from California during a stop in Washington state he observed a PT-22 sitting on the ramp It needed some minor mainteshynance so George called the owner and bought the Ryan right then and there

The DC-3 was about to leave so George got his tool box off and proshyceeded to make the Ryan ferryable (oh yes this was in the late fall of the year) It seems George had never flown a Ryan before but managed with the help of a 5-gallon gas can to make it on in to Fairbanks experiencing only minor mechanical problems cold ice and snow along the way (Come back George we love you)

Ryaneers gather under Los Robles (the oaks) for an outdoor seminar

Among the 30-plus awards presented during the banquet the Best Kinner Powered Ryan went to Jay Hayes Montara CA for his PT-22 N56030 The Best Non-Kinner-Powered Ryan and Greatest Distance Flown went to Bill Allen La Jolla CA for his STM-2 N466WA The T Claude Ryan Memoshyrial Award went to Dennis and Susan Lyons the Air Rally hosts The National Ryan Club plaque for Oldest Ryan went to Rich McDonalds 1938 SCW N18911 and the National Ryan Club plaque for Most Distant Ryan went to Bob Laughlin La Jolla CA for his PTshy22 N53431

All in all the Ryan Reunion was quite successful with a lot of good company and a lot of good safe fun enjoyed by all We Ryaneers are looking forward to Ryan Reunion XV Plans are for a big blowout with a max effort for as many Ryans as possible to attend Already we are aware of plans for several east of the Mississippi Ryan s to attend I can hardly wait to get there How about you

Keep the Ryan flyin bull

THE FULLERmiddotHAMMOND FHmiddot1 SUPER TWIN (Continued from Page 15)

Three views of the FHmiddot1 as it looks today

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21

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Contestants in the 1930 Pacific Women s Air Derby (L to R) - Margery Doig Jean LaRene Ruth Stewart Ruth Barron Gladys ODonnell and Mildred Morgan

THE WOMENS CLASS A PACIFIC DERBY

by H Glenn Buffington (EAA 1234 AC 202) 134 West Walnut Avenue B San Diego CA 92103

In conjunction with the 1930 National Air Races there were two derbies for the women One was a 500 cu in or less piston displacement event from the East Coast Washington DC through Dixie and then up to Chicago and an 800 cu in race from the West Coast Long Beach California through the Southwest and Midwest to Chicago This is the story primarily about the latshyter race which covered a distance of 2245 statute miles

The contestants were

Ruth Barron (Nason) Hollywood Mildred Morgan Beverly Hills CA as the least experienced pilots TwentyshyCA Buhl Air Sedan J-5 Transport Travel Air J-5 Private License 15803 year-Old Barron came in with a brand License 13749 new Transport license having learned

Gladys Berry ODonnell Long Beach to fly only six months previously MorshyMargery Doig (Greenberg) Danbury CA Waco Taperwing J-6-7 Transport gan had a Private rating which was upshy

CT Pitcairn J-6 Lim Comm License License 6608 graded to a Transport after the Derby 10073 ODonnell and LaRene were the vetshy

Ruth Woerner Stewart St Louis MO erans of the group Gladys had flown Jean LaRene (Foote) Kansas City KS Curtiss RobinChallenger Transport the 29 Derby to a close second place

American Eagle J-6-7 Transport License 5375 behind Louise Thaden and Jean had License 5700 Barron and Morgan entered the race been associated with the Commandaire

22 SEPTEMBER 1985

NC21 M streamlined and ready for the 1930 competition

Co prior to joining American Eagle Of the six entries four had become

charter members of the Ninety-Nines when it was organized in November of 1929 Doig LaRene ODonnell and Stewart

Left at the starting line were three other pilots all of whom had entered the first Womens Air Derby of 1929 Santa Monica to Cleveland Pancho Barnes withdrew from the race when her three planes including the one she piloted at more than 196 mph all were declared ineligible Claire Fahy of Los Angeles widow of Herbert J Fahy Lockheed test pilot was ruled out beshycause her engine was excessively powshyered Bobbi Trout also of Los Angeles was disqualified for having an under powered craft 2 Bobbi is also another Ninety-Nines charterite

Carl Lienesch NAA governor for the state of California head of the aviation department for Union Oil of California and who served as manager of the 1930 Derby wrote It was left for the women to show really what could be done with ATC ships Phoebe Omlie in the East Coast Derby flew a Monocoupe of modern design and made one of those fine showings which the air racing world had come to expect from her Gladys ODonnell and Margery Doig in the Pacific Coast Derby both flew modern or rather modernized airplanes Margery Doigs Pitcairn was rounded out and fitted with a Townend ring at the Pitcairn factory It was a beautiful job and speedy

Gladys ODonnell flew a Taperwing Waco which it might be said was streamlined to the limit this limit being all possible under an A T C status Mrs ODonnell s ship had I-struts the fuselage rounded out and an effective NACA cowling It is probable that the top speed was around 170 mph Her time from Long Beach to Chicago indishycated an average speed in excess of 150 mph which shows that as far as derbies were concerned this year the women win the brown derby

James E Granger Swallow disshytributor on the West Coast President of the Pacific School of Aviation who served as official starter had this to say about the 30 derbies The splitting of the Womens Air Derby into two classes run from different places in my opinion was wrong The two classes should be run together next year and no attempt should be made to farm out the starting place of this very colorful race to the highest bidder It will not be necessary for the race officials to look further for a manager for next years event They have found him in C F Lienesch From start to finish of this years class A womens derby the absence of discord was conspicuous

The Derby actually started Sunday afternoon from Long Beach California August 17th with a short hop to

Gladys ODonnell with the victory garland at Chicago Aug 25 1930

LindberghRyan Field for the first night stop The planes were flagged away at one minute intervals numerically by racing number ie Doig - no 2 ODonshynell - no 7 LaRene - no 20 Stewart shyno 38 followed by Morgan and Barron The starting time from Long Beach arrishyval time in San Diego and the elapsed time follows (PST pm)

ODonnell - 332 - 40451 - 32 51 Doig - 331 - 405 03 - 3403 Barron - 336 - 422 36 - 4636 Morgan - 335 - 42529 - 50 29 Stewart - 334 - 431 09 - 57 09 LaRene - 333 - 430 16 - 5716

LaRene was delayed eight minutes at take off because of inability to start her engine with the other racers

On Monday the schedule called for a noon stop at Calexico and the night stop at Phoenix In accordance with air derby customs Mrs ODonnells craft was the first to taxi across the starting line on the departure for the second control point All the contestants arrived at Calexico within a span of 21 minutes Elapsed time from start ODonnell 1 1353 Doig 1 2248 Barron 1 3621 Morgan 1 4701 LaRene 1 4827 and Stewart 1 5952

ODonnell and DOig finished the third lap into Phoenix with less than five minshyutes separating them Ruth Barron was the last to get away from Calexico beshycause of some engine trouble and the fledgling s navigation caught up with her she became disoriented and flew an hour beyond Phoenix She landed 35 miles south of Holbrook Arizona reshymained overnight where she landed and then flew back to Phoenix to rejoin the others Tuesday morning

On August 19th the noon stop was Tucson and then to Douglas for the night where the total elapsed time talshylied ODonnell 356 29 Doig 41308 Morgan 52614 LaRene 53523 Stewart 625 25 Barron 21 3952 beshycause of the delay in reaching Phoenix after over-flying it

Wednesday it was on to Lordsburg and then Roswell New Mexico where ODonnell was officially 2640 ahead of Doig Others arrived in the following order Barron LaRene Morgan and Stewart

The 21 st scheduled a Lubbock noon stop and to Amarillo Texas for the night Gladys covered the Roswell-Lubshybock leg in 1 0041 and Margery in 1 0238 The other four pilots landed in the same sequence as at Roswell

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A frontal view of the racy Waco Taperwing NC21M in its heyday

Enid Oklahoma was scheduled for noon and Wichita Kansas for the night of the 22nd Thunderstorms and heavy rain gave the girls some of their most inclement weather during the AmarilloshyEnid leg of the race Ruth Stewart was forced down near Elk City but she set her plane down at Enid at 125630 Jean LaRene was forced down near Waukomis a few miles south of Enid she arrived at 125728 accounting for all the entries so they could take off on schedule for Wichita

More thrilling adventures entered the Wichita-Kansas City Kansas (Fairfax Airport) leg A little short of half-way to Kansas City Margery Doig 3 was forced down and out of the race near Olpe Kansas 10 miles south of Emshyporia in a farmers pasture when her engine caught fire She sideslipped to a landing and beat out the flames that threatened to destroy the Pitcairn It was a tough break for Doig after flying a good second to that point

Again Ruth Barrons navigation went awry She was visibly annoyed when she finally landed the Buhl at Fairfax at 541 pm with an elapsed time of 30457 from Wichita She reported I lost my bearings somewhere near Kanshysas City and landed in a field near a farm house I asked the farmer the dishyrections to Kansas City and he told me 50 miles north I said that he surely meant 50 miles east but he insisted he was right I flew the way he saidand 24 SEPTEMBER 1985

found myself over St Joseph and here I am back

The author had the pleasure of watching the girls bring em in at Fairshyfax on Saturday ODonnell crossed the finish line in her bright red and yellow Waco at 345 - 1 1420 out of Wichita LaRene in her yellow American Eagle arrived at 407 - 1 3415 from Wichita Morgan flying her dark blue Travel Air with silver wings finished at 410 shy1 3512 out of Wichita Stewart in her orange and cream colored Curtiss Robin came in at 437 - 20342 from Wichita

Shortly after these four arrivals the Derby starter Jim Granger and his wife Clema flew in with their Swallow and taxied up to the flight line Then a Ryan Brougham flew in with Gladys ODonnell painted across the fuselage It was flown by her husband Lloyd and served as the flagship for the ODonnell camp Some of the Fairfax pilots called it ritzy but I figured if one could afford it why not

One of the first to reach Jean LaRene was her mother Mrs Sadie Ross of Olathe Kansas whom Jean visited often She also had a long chat with Larry Ruch former chief test pilot for the American Eagle Aircraft factory at Fairfax

The contestants attended a dinner in the evening sponsored by the Womens Chamber of Commerce of Kansas City Kansas The new Fairfax Airport term ishy

nal building the site for this occasion and Mayor Don McCombs welcomed the fliers

The Derby continued to Des Moines Iowa and Madison Wisconsin on Sunshyday and the last leg to Chicago was flown Monday August 25th The offical Long Beach-Chicago results were

Elapsed Prize Pilot Time Money Gladys ODonnell 151316 $3500 Mildred Morgan 21 0835 2100 Jean LaRene 21 4549 1400 Ruth Stewart 2638 06 Ruth Barron 383341 Margery DOig (Out at Olpe KS)

For their efforts in flying the 30 Derby Ruth Barron was awarded the Jr Women s Aeronautical Association of California Trophy and Gladys ODonnell won two trophies The Aerol Trophy by the Cleveland Pneumatic Tool Co and the Womens Aero Assn of Calif Trophy Gladys also won the Mrs Robert McCormick Trophy and the Womens Pioneer Aviation Club Trophy for winning two closed-course races at the National Air Races which were held at Curtiss-Reynolds Airport Chicago Aug 23 to Sept 1 1930

An AP release dated Aug 31 1930 carried the headline Another Victory Chalked up for Feminine Fliers and the sub-title Women pilots fly over long routes in air derbies in less time than men It favorably compared Gladys

Copy of picture Gladys ODonnell autoshygraphed for Louise Thaden

ODonnells performance with the two Class A Mens Derbies won by John Blum Seattle to Chicago and Art Kilshylips Miami-Chicago race It also praised Phoebe Omlies showing against the two Class B Mens Derbies won by John Livingston the race from Brownsville and the Derby from Hartford won by J Wesley Smith

In 1967 when I wrote Mrs ODonnell regarding the Taperwing she sent the front view and commented I feel a pang of guilt at not keeping myoid friend 21 M for thats the way I feel about that plane The enclosed photoshygraph is 21 M at her top best in the streamlined beauty of its heyday - 163 mph You will notice the special racing gear It was beautiful but a bit rugged on turf fields since it was a rigid gear It added about six miles per hour to the top speed The ODonnelis owned the Taperwing for a decade

In comparing this air race of over fifty years ago with some of the more curshyrent ones we need to mention some of the pros and cons When the race is of the on to type with noon and night control stops the contestants more or less stay together In that manner weather and flying conditions are practically the same for each entrant and the race officials have the opportushynity to release race standings to the media after each day of racing

More recently the race routes genershyally 2000 to 2500 statute miles in length are set up and the contestants are usually given four days flying VFR in daylight hours to reach the terminus before a specified deadline Each plane is assigned a par (handicap) speed and the object is to have a ground speed as far over the par speed as possible The

pilot is thus given the leeway to play the elements holding out for better weather conditions winds etc The faster planes with better performance are somewhat favored in this respect as sometimes the slower entries must forge ahead in order to beat the deadshyline at the terminus And in this type of race the official standings cannot be reshyleased until the final bird has crossed the finish line Actually the last arrival can be the winner

The earlier races flew shorter legs and made more stops than the current races More recently the legs are 280 to 350 statute miles and six or seven control stops are designated for either landing or fly-by and the races are open to all fixed-wing stock aircraft from 145 to 570 horsepower Early on the fastest airplane with no handicap was in a good position to win if it held toshygether over the long haul and there was no big navigational error committed

Now that a handicapping system is used - each plane flying against its own specified speed - supposedly any entry has an equal chance of victory depending on the accuracy of the handshyicapping

Gini Richardson Yakima Washingshyton who oft-times places in the top 10 gives some racing advice The handshyicap is vitally important - you have to have a good handicap thats essential After that if you want to finish in the top 10 you have to fly well have knowlshyedge of the weather and strong navigashy

tional skills Velda King Mapelli Las Vegas

Nevada President of the Air Race Classic for the past eight years (1977shy1984) wrote in the recent race proshygram The altruistic interest and efforts of many people offers ARC contestants a temporary respite from the normal routine - and opportunity to share the camaraderie of participating in an air race There are no secrets to racing Personal application of skills will detershymine the winner but each will be a betshyter pilot as a result of the experience

That is what it is all about

FOOTNOTES

(1) Subsequent last names are in parenthesis (2) Had Trout been on the East Coast she cou ld have entered the Kinnermiddotpowered Golden Eagle in the 1575 mi Dixie Derby This race was won by Phoebe Omlie in a Warner Monocoupe She was followed by Martie Bowman Kinner Fleet Laura Ingalls Gypsy DH Moth Nancy Hopkins (Tier) Kinmiddot ner Kitty Hawk and Charity Langdon Cirrus Avian Vera Dawn Walker flying a Warner Inland Sport had to withdraw because of a mechanical at Birminshygham AL and Mary Haizlip in another Warner Inshyland Sport failed to make the race start after her airplane was dinged in a forced landing near Greenwood SC enroute to the starting line Both Haizlip and Walker did get to Chicago after the delays and flew in some of the closedmiddotcourse events Ninety-Nines charter members in this group include HopkinsmiddotTier Omlie and Walker (3) Doig was able to have the Pitcairn engine reshypaired and she flew to Chicago on Aug 26th She placed second behind ODonnell in one 25 mile pylon race at 13536 mph and won $450 In the feature 50 mile race she placed 4th just out of the money behind ODonnell Mary Haizlip and Opal Kunz bull

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The Oldest Known Set of EDO Floats in Service The aircraft is a 1933 Waco UBF-2 biplane powered by a 220-horsepower Continental W670 engine The floats are EDO model M-2665s manufactured on August 2 1930 These particular floats had been damaged in a crash in 1950 and were kept in storage for 27 years prior to being restored and fitted to the Waco in 1977 This remarkable antique aircraft is the property of Mr Henry Stauch Junction City Oregon It is conshyverted to float operation in the summer and flown from Kenmore Air Harbor Kenmore Washington scene of this photograph Photo courtesy EDO Floats

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

My First Flight To Oshkosh

18 gallons each My partner and Ideveloping a small stomach problem Robert R Black watched in amazement as the boytoo much excitement I thought (EAA 220708)

4246 South 1060 East Lift off was normal and the Tri-Pacer pumped 181 into the right tank and 180 gallons into the left tank Instantly did pretty well at first But the night air Salt Lake City UT 83117 I felt terrible I had just flown in onwas hot and humid and I wasnt exshyfumes I had made a mistake middoton myperiencing the kind of lift that I was used Ever since seeing a Pitts Special in flight duration - I forgot that I had cirshyto I had to circle in the Salt Lake Valley FL YING magazine when I was sixteen cled for half an hour after take off and learning of a special event called for 30 minutes until I could get up to

Then a super bad case of cottonshyOshkosh I have had the desire to go altitude At 9000 I started through ParshyAfter all the years of putting it off due to leys Canyon and headed for Ft Bridger mouth hit me I figured it was just due

VOR in Wyoming What a bumpy ride lack of funds and not having anything to the close call so I took a drink of some fruit punch which went down like to fly I finally got the chance to go in We popped around inside the plane like

1984 a bowling ball I really didnt feel good two marbles in a can From Ft Bridger My father and mother and I had just but I told myself I was going to Oshkoshwe flew to Evanston then to Rock

Springs Wyoming completed a 15-month restoration proshy by gosh and that thought kept me going ject on my fathers 1956 Piper Trishy We piled back into the plane and tookI started to develop cotton-mouth but Pacer With the bird looking new and off We climbed slowly and headed for figured it was just the thrill of finally

Chadronpretty I had little trouble talking myself going to Oshkosh We called Rock Springs asking for into taking it to Oshkosh As soon as we cleared the remaining

I discussed this with my business mountains I started to descend when fuel accommodations and I changed my partner and somehow talked him into an overwhelming feeling came over meflight plan from Casper to Rock Springs going with me All right I could go at I was going to throw up and I couldn t When they told me it would cost an adshyhalf the cost Things were really picking ditional $3000 to get someone to fuel shake the feeling try as I may How up could I do that - Id never been sick inme I said no thanks and changed my

The date was set Saturday July 28 an airplane in my life - I couldn t do flight plan to Rawlins Wyoming Fuel 1984 at 300 am I figured if we left at that The sic-sacs were for my wife and was getting low but figuring the length

of the trip and the amount of fuel left I others who couldnt take the ups and300 in the morning I could climb up out of the Salt Lake Valley and fly to downsfigured I could make it

My honor was at stake - I couldnt Casper Wyoming From there I would On to Rawlins we went over the lowshyproceed to Winner South Dakota Fairshy do that What a statement typical hardshyering mountains With all the bumps mont Minnesota and then on to Oshshy head approach right Well thatand ups and downs my stomach told kosh thought helped me to fight off the inevitshyme I had a problem I just couldn t be

Hours of preparation and planning getting sick Id never been sick in an able Come on Chadron I kept saying were spent in getting ready for the trip Id never felt that badly on any flight but airplane I figured that I was just overly A tent was measured and stuffed into we pressed ontired and hungry and the stop at Rawshythe baggage compartment Vacation Chadron Radio this is Tri-Pacer lins would put me back in shape time was hastily arranged and all sysshy 4547A do you copy Tri-Pacer 47A Finally Rawlins appeared on the tems were go Little did I know how Chadron Radio copies loud and clearother side of two knolls I brought the much go there was coming plane around entering down wind and Chadron 47A whats your active run-

On Friday July 27 I went to work way slipped in to a nice friendly airport The What a total waste of time Its a good on-field FSS Operator was super nice 47A active is 20 thing Im a lead man in the machine Roger 20 and said the place would come to life in shop because I accomplished nothing a little while He told us the good places Then came the bad news Chadron and finally left at lunch time Working gave me the altimeter setting and saidto eat breakfast We decided to plan the swing shift has its advantages at times next phase of our flight since our origishy the winds were 25 gusting to 35 I asked and I went home to sleep and prepare nal flight plan was greatly altered by Chadron for the wind direction and he for the flight then told me again I just could not get with

What a wasted night - I couldnt the program whatever was making meWe flight planned to Chadron Nebshysleep and all I did was toss and turn raska for our next stop figuring it would sick was really getting to me Two am came awfully early and I left put us right back on course As soon as I entered the pattern but could not for my partners home We piled into the planning was finished the line boy keep the plane tracking straight It the jeep and went to the airport would not settle What was wrong For at Rawlins appeared and fueled us with

The preflight went well except I was 80 octane My tanks are placarded for those of you who are Tri-Pacer drivers

26 SEPTEMBER 1985

you know the plane settles like a rock I felt better They were the greatest our trip home I spent the first hour and I looked at my airspeed indicator - I On the way into town the car winshy a half in the bathroom at the airport

was doing 120 mph and should have dows were open all the way At the Between the bathroom and the plane I been doing 80 Missed approach Super 8 Motel we met more super nice threw up four times We climbed into going around will try it again people The rooms were great and I the Tri-Pacer anyway and took off

Roger 47A no other traffic in the patshy crashed My partner was given a free 47A flew great I told my partner that tern ride back to the airport by the motel he would probably end up doing a lot of

Chadron this is 47A - downwind manager to pick up our gear the flying I did pretty well until we got for runway 20 We spent the day in town and I just west of Rock Springs Wyoming

I prayed Please God help me down stayed in bed trying to die I finally Ooops that was the only time I ever Dont let me kill my partner realized that my problem was a good used a sic-sac Bless those considerate

Okay Ive got to do this Line it up case of the flu people for making those wonderful leakshyThere thats right 80 mph okay flaps Chadron has a lot to see and some proof bags

day I shall go back I feel I must let those to slow us down right in we goooooo I had decided that if I couldnt finish good people know that I really do have What a crosswind touch down hold on the trip all the way back to Salt Lake color in my face Oh isnt pride terrible 47A you just landed on 26 That was City Airport No 2 that I would land at

a pretty good cross wind landing In the afternoon I felt a little better Ft Bridger Fortunately as Ft Bridger Thanks I just dont feel good I and thought maybe we might make it to passed below us I felt we could make it

Oshkosh anyway We went back to the A storm front was crossing from west guess I needed the practice Roger airport and planned the rest of the trip to east right in our path The clouds I thought to myself - you nut whats All of a sudden I made a mad dash to were closing in I dropped from 10500

the great white throne - the decision to 8500 and still I was going through wrong with you Cant you remember how to tell which runway is which To was made - head for home clouds Short little IFR trips in the mounshy

We took off for Riverton Wyoming Itbe honest I was so sick that I couldn t tains is not really my idea of fun and remember how to tell the correct runshy was a pretty good trip and at one point games What a trip Boy was I sick way I felt I might have made it to Oshkosh We made it through Parleys Canyon

but went on to Riverton What a good and I prayed Please Lord help meWe taxied to the ramp and I warned decision that was land this thing my partner to get out of the way I ran

In Riverton the Best Western Sunshy My prayers were answered weinto the bathroom and spent a good half downer motel sent their courtesy car for parked the plane got into the jeep andan hour seeing only a small porcelain us We spent the night and the next I said Get me home quickly Gary I hole - oops morning there and I was sick sick sick went straight to bed where I stayed The people at Chadron were super Everybody in Riverton took pity on me from Sunday to Wednesday LampD Aero Service tried all they could to

Next year there will be no flu I will They were really great Would those make me feel better They fueled the people ever see me in better condition fly crawl or whatever but Im absolutely plane and offered me a free ride into

When we finally decided to continue going to go to Oshkosh maybe bull town so I cou ld get a place to sleep until

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~ THE FULLER-HAMMOND FH-l I

Photo courtesy 01 Joseph Barry The Fuller-Hammond FH-1 NX14917 SIN 141 on display in a small park in California circa 1935

SUPER TWIN by Phil Michmerhuizen (EAA 33782 AlC 581) 186 Sunset Drive Holland MI 49423

(Photos courtesy of author except as noted)

It was after a talk and discussion on the history development and producshytion of Szekely engines and the Flying Dutchman aircraft at our local EAA Chaper meeting that Ron Fritz came to me and said he heard the remains of the Fuller-Hammond Skylark were in Ohio

He gave me the names and phone numbers of two men to contact This was in December of 1980

No I dont know anything about it but call so and so And so it went for a week Finally Yes I do have that airplane and yes I will sell it Bill Breshywer described what he had and what was missing There were no engines engine mounts gauges wheels or tires The condition of the parts ranged from good to fair to hardly there

-14 SEPTEMBER 1985

We agreed on a price and I sent half of the money Two weeks later my wife Donna and I were in our pickup with a trailer behind headed for Ohio

The basket case had been accurately described and as we loaded the rusty parts and bent aluminum I was really very happy yet could see years of work ahead

Arriving home we set the pieces toshygether for a few pictures I really wanted to start the restoration imshymediately but first had to finish our 1936 Taylor J-2 Cub and Waco UPF-7 Beshysides I wanted to have the paperwork straightened out first and research more history on the airplane if possible

After much telephoning and letter writing I located and talked to Mr E A Bill Perkins one of the builders and owners of the airplane He was also Vice-President of Skycraft Industries Inc in Venice California Bill Perkins told me that two boxes of drawings picshytures engineering data and letters were thrown away in 1949

I was also able to contact Mr Otis Dutton an 81-year-old gentleman in

Kansas who was the second owner of the plane but did not actually work on it He was good enough to sign a bill of sale and have it notorized to help clear up the paper work

I also located and talked with Mr Handly Jones a brother-in-law to EA Perkins He sent two pictures He had more papers and pictures until he built a new house and threw them away

In tracing the N number I found it was assigned to a Bell 47G helicopter in Florida being used on mosquito control The helicopter was destroyed in a crash several years ago and the N number was open Needless to say I quickly reshyserved it

According to the information I have the airplane was designed by Wilbur A Hammond and George B Fuller Conshystruction started in 1934 at the corner of Englewood Boulevard and Imperial Avenue in Venice California

Mr Ed Lund later a pilot for Howard Hughes Mr AI Nicely and Mr E A Pershykins all moonlighted to build the airshycraft Their regular jobs were at Timm Aircraft Company

The FH-1 was a two-place side-by-side light twin

April 9 1984 was a day to remember - the aircraft registration card arrived bearing the correct name original N number and correct serial number My thanks to the FAA personnel in Okshylahoma City for their cooperation

Before I fill my basement shop full of Fuller-Hammond pieces I plan to reshystore a 1935 Taylor E-2 Cub with a Zeke on the front That should only take a couple of years

In the meantime my good friend Bob Curtis a semi-retired aero-space enshygineer is lofting the ribs and making drawings for the Fuller-Hammond wings This is no small job in itself

The ailerons and flaps on the FullershyHammond are built up with 14 tubing and as I am not a welder my good friend Mike Brown who recently comshypleted his Acro II has agreed to do some work (build new ones) for me

The fellows around here have been chiding me to start the project - that is if I want to fly that airplane before my eyesight and hearing fail and before they have to push my wheelchair up to the wing

If any readers can supply information or pictures of this airplane I certainly would appreciate being contacted

Specifications Fuller-Hammond Monoplane

Top speed 117 mph Cruising speed 100 mph Landing speed 40 mph Climb 800 fpm Weight empty 927 Ibs Gross weight 1550 Ibs Span 34 ft 6 in Length 20 ft 6 in Wing area 142 sq ft Power loading 17 Ibs per hp

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Papers I receved from the FAA in Okshylahoma City indicated the Dept of Comshymerce Aeronautical Branch approved the Operation Inspection report dated pound--20-35

The airplane was test flown at Dycer Airport in Los Angeles by John M Slim Menefee I believe it was also flown by George C Adams a pilot for Lockheed

The airplane was licensed experishymental According to EA Perkins it flew about every weekend amassing from 50 to 75 hours until December 1935 when the application expired The tail skid shows quite a bit of wear Is that good or bad Who can check me out in a tail-skid equipped twin

The company Skycraft Industries

Inc 350 Washington Blvd Venice California could not pay E A Perkins for his work on the airplane so they gave it to him The two Szekely engines and mounts were removed the airplane disshyassembled crated and put on a train for Kansas

Handly Jones in Turon Kansas put the airplane in his barn then later outshyside under a tree Otis Dutton purshychased the plane in the mid-fifties but did no work on it

Bill Hogan and Bob Henkel brought the airplane to Ohio - again no restoshyration was started Bill Brewer was the next owner and now the remains of the Fuller-Hammond FH-1 Super Twin are resting in Michigan

Equipped with two motors thi tiny two-passenger plane recently te ted re embles a large trans~Ort

The FH-1 was powered with two 45 hp Szekely engines VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15

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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17

14thWest Coast

Ryan Reunion The winning five-Ryan formation team Sixth Ryan was the camera plane piloted by Eric Friedricksen of Wilton CT

by Bill J Hodges (EAA 58954 AlC 49) 811 Lydia Street Stephenville TX76401

Twenty-seven beautiful Ryans in the same place at the same time Shades of WW II contract primary flying training school Oh there are some type clubs that have more aircraft in attendance at their functions but looking at the number of Ryans there against the total built the West Coast Ryan Reunion is one of the biggest and one of the best

Arranged by the Santa Paula Califorshynia Ryaneers and hosted by Patroline Inc this popular low-key event was held at Patrolines Paso Robles facility Their president Sherm Smoot coopershyated beautifully with the visiting Ryaneers and Ryaneer Mike Sullivan Chairman of our event

I arrived at Paso Robles on Thursday afternoon courtesy of Bill Mette Campbell CA and his PT-22 Raunchy Bird (after jetting via airlines from Texas to San Jose the night before) We had stopped at Hollister California to rendezvous with other North California Ryans and to meet noted aviation hisshytorian William T Larkins but were were late so missed them

Bill Richards Santa Rosa CA was running late also due to a prop change at the last minute on his civilianized PT-21 So instead of the previous years 13-ship formation we had a twoshyship loose formation flight on to Paso Robles yhere 10 Ryans were already 18 SEPTEMBER 1985

on the ground with 15 on the ramp by nightfall Those present enjoyed a delishycious barbecue provided and prepared by local Ryaneer Mike Wing and a happy hour hosted by Patroline

Friday saw more arrivals with 27 Ryans on the ramp by nightfall 2 SCWs 1 PT-20 1 STM-2 2 PT-21 s 1 NR-1 and 20 PT-22s The morning feashytured an air rally where all entrants were timed for a cold-engine start where the timing is started with the contestant in the cockpit They had to get out and hand prop the engine (safety pilot aboard however) Patty Henderson

was the winner starting Bob Kellers Ranger-powered ST-3 in just 128 secshyonds

Having been assigned to a team preshyviously the pilots were handed a packet of directions and check list of the route to fly just as they were ready to taxi out for take-off All teams had to land at Leon Hermans International Airstrip before proceeding back to Paso Roshybles The team couldnt leave Leons until all team members had come to a full stop landing and turned off their enshygines Refreshments were ready for them as were the hot engine start

Bill Allen La Jolla CA is ownerpilot of this immaculate 1940 Ryan STM-S2 CN 466 N466WA This Ryan is in its original Dutch East Indies markings

Ron Chapel and his 1941 Ryan ST-3KR CN 1309 N56076 Ron who lives in Half Moon Bay CA has cleaned up his Ryan nicely

Well-known former mid-westerner Brad Larsons 1938 Ryan SC-W CN 206 N18912 Brad is now based at Santa Paula CA

Don Carters Ryan STA Special (1940 Ryan PT-20 CN 352) N14984 Don a recognized authority on STAs lives in Lafayette CA

judges Using the same procedures as the cold start contest Alan Buchner Fresno CA won with a fantastic time of 11 0 seconds Winners of the air rally at 1 07 hours was Team C Alan Buchshyner Chris Stimson and Bob Keller

The local Ninety-Nines including National Ryan Club members Shirley Moore and Christine Darbonne served a delicious barbecue sausage lunch (Thanks ladies) National Ryan Club members like Mike and Margaret Wilshyson of Cedar Rapids IA arrived via his and hers motorcycles by way of Florida no less

In the meantime Mike Wing and crew were busily trying to finish up a top overshyhaul on his Ryans Kinner engine Mike and Reb Stimson were able to fly the US Navy painted PT-22 later in the afshyternoon

That evening at the Paso Robles Inn Bill Allen LaJolla CA showed video tapes of the 84 Chino Fly-In and the tape just shot that day of the Paso Roshybles activities Some visited the local Polar Freeze before turning in including Alan Buchner AI Ball Dick Burgess Bill Mette and Bill Hodges

Also during the day John Gokchoff Santa Paula CA master Ryan rebuilshyder and crew had gone around the apron leak checking and calibrating all the Ryan airspeed indicators and AI Ball (Antique Aero Engines) conducted a KinnerRanger engine clinic (Our special thanks to John and AI) Those not participating in the air rally had the option of sightseeing and touring some of the local wineries

At 0800 on Saturday we saw the Dawn Patrol airborne Kinners clattershying away letting Paso Robles officially know the Ryans were back After proper briefing the formation flying contest got underway with four teams competing selected by drawing numbered slips from a hat After passing over the judges in both diamond and echelon formations Team no 1 comprised of Bill Richards Lee Graybill Santa Rosa CA and Jay HayesMontara CA Ron Chapel Half Moon Bay CA and Don Burkett Downey CA were declared the winners John Gokchoff busy and helpshyful again conducted a seminar on how to properly rig a PT-22 with most of the Ryaneers attending (Thanks John)

Most of the Ryans participated in the Saturday afternoon flying event which is a combination of short field take off flour bombing and power off spot landshying and is flown in one flight Due to the layout of the Archie Dean Memorial Airport this event can be flown without bothering the normal traffic flow Rich McDonald Vacaville CA took the short field take off honors of 340 feet with his Ryan SCW Shortest Ryan PT-22 take off was 343 feet by John Richards Venshytura CA

Spot landing winner was Bob Keller Carmel CA in his Ranger-Ryan Oh

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Returning from a flight Brad Larsen gives his Ryan SC-W a wipe-down in the parking area

Headed home Jay and Ellen Hayes fly formation on Bill Mettes wing in their 1942 Ryan PT-22 CN 1752 N56030 Jim and Ellen are from Montara CA

From Vacaville CA USAF pilot Rich McDonalds modified 1938 Ryan SC-W CN 205 N18911 This Ryan sports a Continental E-185 engine in addition to the changed landing gear and cabin 20 SEPTEMBER 1985

yes two people are required to be on board during the event The flour bombshying is always interesting in that two atshytempts are made one with a standard brown bag flour bomb and the other prejudged for originality prior to the event Closest to the target was Aleta PharrisReb Stimson The originality bomb went to Lee and Modie Graybi lls wedding bomb in celebration of their then recent wedding I Congratulations

After the flying activities most everyone retired to the Paso Robles Inn for the Bob Yates Champagne cork-flying conshytests The only rule for this contest is Dont shake the bottle but its rarely enforced John Gormley Sacramento CA showed his expertise by outdistancshying the other competitors by a substanshytial amount Tired but happy Ryaneers gathered at the local Elks Club for reshyfreshments and video tapes of the days activities (furnished by Bill Allen) while waiting for the awards banquet to begin

The Saturday night awaras banquet was a huge success with 131 Ryan enshythusiasts thats almost five people per airplane Mike Sullivan was an outshystanding master of ceremonies There was a lot to cover and Mike really kept things rolling Some things that stand out in my mind in addition to the regu lar awards were the awarding of the Ryan solo wings by Bill Richards to 27 Ryaneers (like the 63 last year) exact replicas of those presented by T Claude Ryan to his Ryan School of Aeronautics graduates then the preshysentation of the WW II King City Ryan Instructors Mickey Muzinich Neil Fershyryman Barney Cleg Elmore Brown Marvin Good and Joe Brown (Wow What stories they told) and the presenshytation of the Archie Dean Memorial (flyshying training) Scholarship to teenager Barry Bradshaw of Paso Robles by Sherm Smoot and certainly George Clayton a Ryaneer from Fairbanks Alaska who received the well-deserved Greatest Hangar Flyer award

George has quite a background in Alaskan aviation and given half an opshyportunity he will tell you all about it He entertained us with a very good harshymonica concert and told us how he purshychased his Ryan PT-22 Briefly while on a DC-3 heading for Alaska from California during a stop in Washington state he observed a PT-22 sitting on the ramp It needed some minor mainteshynance so George called the owner and bought the Ryan right then and there

The DC-3 was about to leave so George got his tool box off and proshyceeded to make the Ryan ferryable (oh yes this was in the late fall of the year) It seems George had never flown a Ryan before but managed with the help of a 5-gallon gas can to make it on in to Fairbanks experiencing only minor mechanical problems cold ice and snow along the way (Come back George we love you)

Ryaneers gather under Los Robles (the oaks) for an outdoor seminar

Among the 30-plus awards presented during the banquet the Best Kinner Powered Ryan went to Jay Hayes Montara CA for his PT-22 N56030 The Best Non-Kinner-Powered Ryan and Greatest Distance Flown went to Bill Allen La Jolla CA for his STM-2 N466WA The T Claude Ryan Memoshyrial Award went to Dennis and Susan Lyons the Air Rally hosts The National Ryan Club plaque for Oldest Ryan went to Rich McDonalds 1938 SCW N18911 and the National Ryan Club plaque for Most Distant Ryan went to Bob Laughlin La Jolla CA for his PTshy22 N53431

All in all the Ryan Reunion was quite successful with a lot of good company and a lot of good safe fun enjoyed by all We Ryaneers are looking forward to Ryan Reunion XV Plans are for a big blowout with a max effort for as many Ryans as possible to attend Already we are aware of plans for several east of the Mississippi Ryan s to attend I can hardly wait to get there How about you

Keep the Ryan flyin bull

THE FULLERmiddotHAMMOND FHmiddot1 SUPER TWIN (Continued from Page 15)

Three views of the FHmiddot1 as it looks today

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Contestants in the 1930 Pacific Women s Air Derby (L to R) - Margery Doig Jean LaRene Ruth Stewart Ruth Barron Gladys ODonnell and Mildred Morgan

THE WOMENS CLASS A PACIFIC DERBY

by H Glenn Buffington (EAA 1234 AC 202) 134 West Walnut Avenue B San Diego CA 92103

In conjunction with the 1930 National Air Races there were two derbies for the women One was a 500 cu in or less piston displacement event from the East Coast Washington DC through Dixie and then up to Chicago and an 800 cu in race from the West Coast Long Beach California through the Southwest and Midwest to Chicago This is the story primarily about the latshyter race which covered a distance of 2245 statute miles

The contestants were

Ruth Barron (Nason) Hollywood Mildred Morgan Beverly Hills CA as the least experienced pilots TwentyshyCA Buhl Air Sedan J-5 Transport Travel Air J-5 Private License 15803 year-Old Barron came in with a brand License 13749 new Transport license having learned

Gladys Berry ODonnell Long Beach to fly only six months previously MorshyMargery Doig (Greenberg) Danbury CA Waco Taperwing J-6-7 Transport gan had a Private rating which was upshy

CT Pitcairn J-6 Lim Comm License License 6608 graded to a Transport after the Derby 10073 ODonnell and LaRene were the vetshy

Ruth Woerner Stewart St Louis MO erans of the group Gladys had flown Jean LaRene (Foote) Kansas City KS Curtiss RobinChallenger Transport the 29 Derby to a close second place

American Eagle J-6-7 Transport License 5375 behind Louise Thaden and Jean had License 5700 Barron and Morgan entered the race been associated with the Commandaire

22 SEPTEMBER 1985

NC21 M streamlined and ready for the 1930 competition

Co prior to joining American Eagle Of the six entries four had become

charter members of the Ninety-Nines when it was organized in November of 1929 Doig LaRene ODonnell and Stewart

Left at the starting line were three other pilots all of whom had entered the first Womens Air Derby of 1929 Santa Monica to Cleveland Pancho Barnes withdrew from the race when her three planes including the one she piloted at more than 196 mph all were declared ineligible Claire Fahy of Los Angeles widow of Herbert J Fahy Lockheed test pilot was ruled out beshycause her engine was excessively powshyered Bobbi Trout also of Los Angeles was disqualified for having an under powered craft 2 Bobbi is also another Ninety-Nines charterite

Carl Lienesch NAA governor for the state of California head of the aviation department for Union Oil of California and who served as manager of the 1930 Derby wrote It was left for the women to show really what could be done with ATC ships Phoebe Omlie in the East Coast Derby flew a Monocoupe of modern design and made one of those fine showings which the air racing world had come to expect from her Gladys ODonnell and Margery Doig in the Pacific Coast Derby both flew modern or rather modernized airplanes Margery Doigs Pitcairn was rounded out and fitted with a Townend ring at the Pitcairn factory It was a beautiful job and speedy

Gladys ODonnell flew a Taperwing Waco which it might be said was streamlined to the limit this limit being all possible under an A T C status Mrs ODonnell s ship had I-struts the fuselage rounded out and an effective NACA cowling It is probable that the top speed was around 170 mph Her time from Long Beach to Chicago indishycated an average speed in excess of 150 mph which shows that as far as derbies were concerned this year the women win the brown derby

James E Granger Swallow disshytributor on the West Coast President of the Pacific School of Aviation who served as official starter had this to say about the 30 derbies The splitting of the Womens Air Derby into two classes run from different places in my opinion was wrong The two classes should be run together next year and no attempt should be made to farm out the starting place of this very colorful race to the highest bidder It will not be necessary for the race officials to look further for a manager for next years event They have found him in C F Lienesch From start to finish of this years class A womens derby the absence of discord was conspicuous

The Derby actually started Sunday afternoon from Long Beach California August 17th with a short hop to

Gladys ODonnell with the victory garland at Chicago Aug 25 1930

LindberghRyan Field for the first night stop The planes were flagged away at one minute intervals numerically by racing number ie Doig - no 2 ODonshynell - no 7 LaRene - no 20 Stewart shyno 38 followed by Morgan and Barron The starting time from Long Beach arrishyval time in San Diego and the elapsed time follows (PST pm)

ODonnell - 332 - 40451 - 32 51 Doig - 331 - 405 03 - 3403 Barron - 336 - 422 36 - 4636 Morgan - 335 - 42529 - 50 29 Stewart - 334 - 431 09 - 57 09 LaRene - 333 - 430 16 - 5716

LaRene was delayed eight minutes at take off because of inability to start her engine with the other racers

On Monday the schedule called for a noon stop at Calexico and the night stop at Phoenix In accordance with air derby customs Mrs ODonnells craft was the first to taxi across the starting line on the departure for the second control point All the contestants arrived at Calexico within a span of 21 minutes Elapsed time from start ODonnell 1 1353 Doig 1 2248 Barron 1 3621 Morgan 1 4701 LaRene 1 4827 and Stewart 1 5952

ODonnell and DOig finished the third lap into Phoenix with less than five minshyutes separating them Ruth Barron was the last to get away from Calexico beshycause of some engine trouble and the fledgling s navigation caught up with her she became disoriented and flew an hour beyond Phoenix She landed 35 miles south of Holbrook Arizona reshymained overnight where she landed and then flew back to Phoenix to rejoin the others Tuesday morning

On August 19th the noon stop was Tucson and then to Douglas for the night where the total elapsed time talshylied ODonnell 356 29 Doig 41308 Morgan 52614 LaRene 53523 Stewart 625 25 Barron 21 3952 beshycause of the delay in reaching Phoenix after over-flying it

Wednesday it was on to Lordsburg and then Roswell New Mexico where ODonnell was officially 2640 ahead of Doig Others arrived in the following order Barron LaRene Morgan and Stewart

The 21 st scheduled a Lubbock noon stop and to Amarillo Texas for the night Gladys covered the Roswell-Lubshybock leg in 1 0041 and Margery in 1 0238 The other four pilots landed in the same sequence as at Roswell

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A frontal view of the racy Waco Taperwing NC21M in its heyday

Enid Oklahoma was scheduled for noon and Wichita Kansas for the night of the 22nd Thunderstorms and heavy rain gave the girls some of their most inclement weather during the AmarilloshyEnid leg of the race Ruth Stewart was forced down near Elk City but she set her plane down at Enid at 125630 Jean LaRene was forced down near Waukomis a few miles south of Enid she arrived at 125728 accounting for all the entries so they could take off on schedule for Wichita

More thrilling adventures entered the Wichita-Kansas City Kansas (Fairfax Airport) leg A little short of half-way to Kansas City Margery Doig 3 was forced down and out of the race near Olpe Kansas 10 miles south of Emshyporia in a farmers pasture when her engine caught fire She sideslipped to a landing and beat out the flames that threatened to destroy the Pitcairn It was a tough break for Doig after flying a good second to that point

Again Ruth Barrons navigation went awry She was visibly annoyed when she finally landed the Buhl at Fairfax at 541 pm with an elapsed time of 30457 from Wichita She reported I lost my bearings somewhere near Kanshysas City and landed in a field near a farm house I asked the farmer the dishyrections to Kansas City and he told me 50 miles north I said that he surely meant 50 miles east but he insisted he was right I flew the way he saidand 24 SEPTEMBER 1985

found myself over St Joseph and here I am back

The author had the pleasure of watching the girls bring em in at Fairshyfax on Saturday ODonnell crossed the finish line in her bright red and yellow Waco at 345 - 1 1420 out of Wichita LaRene in her yellow American Eagle arrived at 407 - 1 3415 from Wichita Morgan flying her dark blue Travel Air with silver wings finished at 410 shy1 3512 out of Wichita Stewart in her orange and cream colored Curtiss Robin came in at 437 - 20342 from Wichita

Shortly after these four arrivals the Derby starter Jim Granger and his wife Clema flew in with their Swallow and taxied up to the flight line Then a Ryan Brougham flew in with Gladys ODonnell painted across the fuselage It was flown by her husband Lloyd and served as the flagship for the ODonnell camp Some of the Fairfax pilots called it ritzy but I figured if one could afford it why not

One of the first to reach Jean LaRene was her mother Mrs Sadie Ross of Olathe Kansas whom Jean visited often She also had a long chat with Larry Ruch former chief test pilot for the American Eagle Aircraft factory at Fairfax

The contestants attended a dinner in the evening sponsored by the Womens Chamber of Commerce of Kansas City Kansas The new Fairfax Airport term ishy

nal building the site for this occasion and Mayor Don McCombs welcomed the fliers

The Derby continued to Des Moines Iowa and Madison Wisconsin on Sunshyday and the last leg to Chicago was flown Monday August 25th The offical Long Beach-Chicago results were

Elapsed Prize Pilot Time Money Gladys ODonnell 151316 $3500 Mildred Morgan 21 0835 2100 Jean LaRene 21 4549 1400 Ruth Stewart 2638 06 Ruth Barron 383341 Margery DOig (Out at Olpe KS)

For their efforts in flying the 30 Derby Ruth Barron was awarded the Jr Women s Aeronautical Association of California Trophy and Gladys ODonnell won two trophies The Aerol Trophy by the Cleveland Pneumatic Tool Co and the Womens Aero Assn of Calif Trophy Gladys also won the Mrs Robert McCormick Trophy and the Womens Pioneer Aviation Club Trophy for winning two closed-course races at the National Air Races which were held at Curtiss-Reynolds Airport Chicago Aug 23 to Sept 1 1930

An AP release dated Aug 31 1930 carried the headline Another Victory Chalked up for Feminine Fliers and the sub-title Women pilots fly over long routes in air derbies in less time than men It favorably compared Gladys

Copy of picture Gladys ODonnell autoshygraphed for Louise Thaden

ODonnells performance with the two Class A Mens Derbies won by John Blum Seattle to Chicago and Art Kilshylips Miami-Chicago race It also praised Phoebe Omlies showing against the two Class B Mens Derbies won by John Livingston the race from Brownsville and the Derby from Hartford won by J Wesley Smith

In 1967 when I wrote Mrs ODonnell regarding the Taperwing she sent the front view and commented I feel a pang of guilt at not keeping myoid friend 21 M for thats the way I feel about that plane The enclosed photoshygraph is 21 M at her top best in the streamlined beauty of its heyday - 163 mph You will notice the special racing gear It was beautiful but a bit rugged on turf fields since it was a rigid gear It added about six miles per hour to the top speed The ODonnelis owned the Taperwing for a decade

In comparing this air race of over fifty years ago with some of the more curshyrent ones we need to mention some of the pros and cons When the race is of the on to type with noon and night control stops the contestants more or less stay together In that manner weather and flying conditions are practically the same for each entrant and the race officials have the opportushynity to release race standings to the media after each day of racing

More recently the race routes genershyally 2000 to 2500 statute miles in length are set up and the contestants are usually given four days flying VFR in daylight hours to reach the terminus before a specified deadline Each plane is assigned a par (handicap) speed and the object is to have a ground speed as far over the par speed as possible The

pilot is thus given the leeway to play the elements holding out for better weather conditions winds etc The faster planes with better performance are somewhat favored in this respect as sometimes the slower entries must forge ahead in order to beat the deadshyline at the terminus And in this type of race the official standings cannot be reshyleased until the final bird has crossed the finish line Actually the last arrival can be the winner

The earlier races flew shorter legs and made more stops than the current races More recently the legs are 280 to 350 statute miles and six or seven control stops are designated for either landing or fly-by and the races are open to all fixed-wing stock aircraft from 145 to 570 horsepower Early on the fastest airplane with no handicap was in a good position to win if it held toshygether over the long haul and there was no big navigational error committed

Now that a handicapping system is used - each plane flying against its own specified speed - supposedly any entry has an equal chance of victory depending on the accuracy of the handshyicapping

Gini Richardson Yakima Washingshyton who oft-times places in the top 10 gives some racing advice The handshyicap is vitally important - you have to have a good handicap thats essential After that if you want to finish in the top 10 you have to fly well have knowlshyedge of the weather and strong navigashy

tional skills Velda King Mapelli Las Vegas

Nevada President of the Air Race Classic for the past eight years (1977shy1984) wrote in the recent race proshygram The altruistic interest and efforts of many people offers ARC contestants a temporary respite from the normal routine - and opportunity to share the camaraderie of participating in an air race There are no secrets to racing Personal application of skills will detershymine the winner but each will be a betshyter pilot as a result of the experience

That is what it is all about

FOOTNOTES

(1) Subsequent last names are in parenthesis (2) Had Trout been on the East Coast she cou ld have entered the Kinnermiddotpowered Golden Eagle in the 1575 mi Dixie Derby This race was won by Phoebe Omlie in a Warner Monocoupe She was followed by Martie Bowman Kinner Fleet Laura Ingalls Gypsy DH Moth Nancy Hopkins (Tier) Kinmiddot ner Kitty Hawk and Charity Langdon Cirrus Avian Vera Dawn Walker flying a Warner Inland Sport had to withdraw because of a mechanical at Birminshygham AL and Mary Haizlip in another Warner Inshyland Sport failed to make the race start after her airplane was dinged in a forced landing near Greenwood SC enroute to the starting line Both Haizlip and Walker did get to Chicago after the delays and flew in some of the closedmiddotcourse events Ninety-Nines charter members in this group include HopkinsmiddotTier Omlie and Walker (3) Doig was able to have the Pitcairn engine reshypaired and she flew to Chicago on Aug 26th She placed second behind ODonnell in one 25 mile pylon race at 13536 mph and won $450 In the feature 50 mile race she placed 4th just out of the money behind ODonnell Mary Haizlip and Opal Kunz bull

VINTAGE SEAPLANES

The Oldest Known Set of EDO Floats in Service The aircraft is a 1933 Waco UBF-2 biplane powered by a 220-horsepower Continental W670 engine The floats are EDO model M-2665s manufactured on August 2 1930 These particular floats had been damaged in a crash in 1950 and were kept in storage for 27 years prior to being restored and fitted to the Waco in 1977 This remarkable antique aircraft is the property of Mr Henry Stauch Junction City Oregon It is conshyverted to float operation in the summer and flown from Kenmore Air Harbor Kenmore Washington scene of this photograph Photo courtesy EDO Floats

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

My First Flight To Oshkosh

18 gallons each My partner and Ideveloping a small stomach problem Robert R Black watched in amazement as the boytoo much excitement I thought (EAA 220708)

4246 South 1060 East Lift off was normal and the Tri-Pacer pumped 181 into the right tank and 180 gallons into the left tank Instantly did pretty well at first But the night air Salt Lake City UT 83117 I felt terrible I had just flown in onwas hot and humid and I wasnt exshyfumes I had made a mistake middoton myperiencing the kind of lift that I was used Ever since seeing a Pitts Special in flight duration - I forgot that I had cirshyto I had to circle in the Salt Lake Valley FL YING magazine when I was sixteen cled for half an hour after take off and learning of a special event called for 30 minutes until I could get up to

Then a super bad case of cottonshyOshkosh I have had the desire to go altitude At 9000 I started through ParshyAfter all the years of putting it off due to leys Canyon and headed for Ft Bridger mouth hit me I figured it was just due

VOR in Wyoming What a bumpy ride lack of funds and not having anything to the close call so I took a drink of some fruit punch which went down like to fly I finally got the chance to go in We popped around inside the plane like

1984 a bowling ball I really didnt feel good two marbles in a can From Ft Bridger My father and mother and I had just but I told myself I was going to Oshkoshwe flew to Evanston then to Rock

Springs Wyoming completed a 15-month restoration proshy by gosh and that thought kept me going ject on my fathers 1956 Piper Trishy We piled back into the plane and tookI started to develop cotton-mouth but Pacer With the bird looking new and off We climbed slowly and headed for figured it was just the thrill of finally

Chadronpretty I had little trouble talking myself going to Oshkosh We called Rock Springs asking for into taking it to Oshkosh As soon as we cleared the remaining

I discussed this with my business mountains I started to descend when fuel accommodations and I changed my partner and somehow talked him into an overwhelming feeling came over meflight plan from Casper to Rock Springs going with me All right I could go at I was going to throw up and I couldn t When they told me it would cost an adshyhalf the cost Things were really picking ditional $3000 to get someone to fuel shake the feeling try as I may How up could I do that - Id never been sick inme I said no thanks and changed my

The date was set Saturday July 28 an airplane in my life - I couldn t do flight plan to Rawlins Wyoming Fuel 1984 at 300 am I figured if we left at that The sic-sacs were for my wife and was getting low but figuring the length

of the trip and the amount of fuel left I others who couldnt take the ups and300 in the morning I could climb up out of the Salt Lake Valley and fly to downsfigured I could make it

My honor was at stake - I couldnt Casper Wyoming From there I would On to Rawlins we went over the lowshyproceed to Winner South Dakota Fairshy do that What a statement typical hardshyering mountains With all the bumps mont Minnesota and then on to Oshshy head approach right Well thatand ups and downs my stomach told kosh thought helped me to fight off the inevitshyme I had a problem I just couldn t be

Hours of preparation and planning getting sick Id never been sick in an able Come on Chadron I kept saying were spent in getting ready for the trip Id never felt that badly on any flight but airplane I figured that I was just overly A tent was measured and stuffed into we pressed ontired and hungry and the stop at Rawshythe baggage compartment Vacation Chadron Radio this is Tri-Pacer lins would put me back in shape time was hastily arranged and all sysshy 4547A do you copy Tri-Pacer 47A Finally Rawlins appeared on the tems were go Little did I know how Chadron Radio copies loud and clearother side of two knolls I brought the much go there was coming plane around entering down wind and Chadron 47A whats your active run-

On Friday July 27 I went to work way slipped in to a nice friendly airport The What a total waste of time Its a good on-field FSS Operator was super nice 47A active is 20 thing Im a lead man in the machine Roger 20 and said the place would come to life in shop because I accomplished nothing a little while He told us the good places Then came the bad news Chadron and finally left at lunch time Working gave me the altimeter setting and saidto eat breakfast We decided to plan the swing shift has its advantages at times next phase of our flight since our origishy the winds were 25 gusting to 35 I asked and I went home to sleep and prepare nal flight plan was greatly altered by Chadron for the wind direction and he for the flight then told me again I just could not get with

What a wasted night - I couldnt the program whatever was making meWe flight planned to Chadron Nebshysleep and all I did was toss and turn raska for our next stop figuring it would sick was really getting to me Two am came awfully early and I left put us right back on course As soon as I entered the pattern but could not for my partners home We piled into the planning was finished the line boy keep the plane tracking straight It the jeep and went to the airport would not settle What was wrong For at Rawlins appeared and fueled us with

The preflight went well except I was 80 octane My tanks are placarded for those of you who are Tri-Pacer drivers

26 SEPTEMBER 1985

you know the plane settles like a rock I felt better They were the greatest our trip home I spent the first hour and I looked at my airspeed indicator - I On the way into town the car winshy a half in the bathroom at the airport

was doing 120 mph and should have dows were open all the way At the Between the bathroom and the plane I been doing 80 Missed approach Super 8 Motel we met more super nice threw up four times We climbed into going around will try it again people The rooms were great and I the Tri-Pacer anyway and took off

Roger 47A no other traffic in the patshy crashed My partner was given a free 47A flew great I told my partner that tern ride back to the airport by the motel he would probably end up doing a lot of

Chadron this is 47A - downwind manager to pick up our gear the flying I did pretty well until we got for runway 20 We spent the day in town and I just west of Rock Springs Wyoming

I prayed Please God help me down stayed in bed trying to die I finally Ooops that was the only time I ever Dont let me kill my partner realized that my problem was a good used a sic-sac Bless those considerate

Okay Ive got to do this Line it up case of the flu people for making those wonderful leakshyThere thats right 80 mph okay flaps Chadron has a lot to see and some proof bags

day I shall go back I feel I must let those to slow us down right in we goooooo I had decided that if I couldnt finish good people know that I really do have What a crosswind touch down hold on the trip all the way back to Salt Lake color in my face Oh isnt pride terrible 47A you just landed on 26 That was City Airport No 2 that I would land at

a pretty good cross wind landing In the afternoon I felt a little better Ft Bridger Fortunately as Ft Bridger Thanks I just dont feel good I and thought maybe we might make it to passed below us I felt we could make it

Oshkosh anyway We went back to the A storm front was crossing from west guess I needed the practice Roger airport and planned the rest of the trip to east right in our path The clouds I thought to myself - you nut whats All of a sudden I made a mad dash to were closing in I dropped from 10500

the great white throne - the decision to 8500 and still I was going through wrong with you Cant you remember how to tell which runway is which To was made - head for home clouds Short little IFR trips in the mounshy

We took off for Riverton Wyoming Itbe honest I was so sick that I couldn t tains is not really my idea of fun and remember how to tell the correct runshy was a pretty good trip and at one point games What a trip Boy was I sick way I felt I might have made it to Oshkosh We made it through Parleys Canyon

but went on to Riverton What a good and I prayed Please Lord help meWe taxied to the ramp and I warned decision that was land this thing my partner to get out of the way I ran

In Riverton the Best Western Sunshy My prayers were answered weinto the bathroom and spent a good half downer motel sent their courtesy car for parked the plane got into the jeep andan hour seeing only a small porcelain us We spent the night and the next I said Get me home quickly Gary I hole - oops morning there and I was sick sick sick went straight to bed where I stayed The people at Chadron were super Everybody in Riverton took pity on me from Sunday to Wednesday LampD Aero Service tried all they could to

Next year there will be no flu I will They were really great Would those make me feel better They fueled the people ever see me in better condition fly crawl or whatever but Im absolutely plane and offered me a free ride into

When we finally decided to continue going to go to Oshkosh maybe bull town so I cou ld get a place to sleep until

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The FH-1 was a two-place side-by-side light twin

April 9 1984 was a day to remember - the aircraft registration card arrived bearing the correct name original N number and correct serial number My thanks to the FAA personnel in Okshylahoma City for their cooperation

Before I fill my basement shop full of Fuller-Hammond pieces I plan to reshystore a 1935 Taylor E-2 Cub with a Zeke on the front That should only take a couple of years

In the meantime my good friend Bob Curtis a semi-retired aero-space enshygineer is lofting the ribs and making drawings for the Fuller-Hammond wings This is no small job in itself

The ailerons and flaps on the FullershyHammond are built up with 14 tubing and as I am not a welder my good friend Mike Brown who recently comshypleted his Acro II has agreed to do some work (build new ones) for me

The fellows around here have been chiding me to start the project - that is if I want to fly that airplane before my eyesight and hearing fail and before they have to push my wheelchair up to the wing

If any readers can supply information or pictures of this airplane I certainly would appreciate being contacted

Specifications Fuller-Hammond Monoplane

Top speed 117 mph Cruising speed 100 mph Landing speed 40 mph Climb 800 fpm Weight empty 927 Ibs Gross weight 1550 Ibs Span 34 ft 6 in Length 20 ft 6 in Wing area 142 sq ft Power loading 17 Ibs per hp

(Continued on Page 21)

Papers I receved from the FAA in Okshylahoma City indicated the Dept of Comshymerce Aeronautical Branch approved the Operation Inspection report dated pound--20-35

The airplane was test flown at Dycer Airport in Los Angeles by John M Slim Menefee I believe it was also flown by George C Adams a pilot for Lockheed

The airplane was licensed experishymental According to EA Perkins it flew about every weekend amassing from 50 to 75 hours until December 1935 when the application expired The tail skid shows quite a bit of wear Is that good or bad Who can check me out in a tail-skid equipped twin

The company Skycraft Industries

Inc 350 Washington Blvd Venice California could not pay E A Perkins for his work on the airplane so they gave it to him The two Szekely engines and mounts were removed the airplane disshyassembled crated and put on a train for Kansas

Handly Jones in Turon Kansas put the airplane in his barn then later outshyside under a tree Otis Dutton purshychased the plane in the mid-fifties but did no work on it

Bill Hogan and Bob Henkel brought the airplane to Ohio - again no restoshyration was started Bill Brewer was the next owner and now the remains of the Fuller-Hammond FH-1 Super Twin are resting in Michigan

Equipped with two motors thi tiny two-passenger plane recently te ted re embles a large trans~Ort

The FH-1 was powered with two 45 hp Szekely engines VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15

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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17

14thWest Coast

Ryan Reunion The winning five-Ryan formation team Sixth Ryan was the camera plane piloted by Eric Friedricksen of Wilton CT

by Bill J Hodges (EAA 58954 AlC 49) 811 Lydia Street Stephenville TX76401

Twenty-seven beautiful Ryans in the same place at the same time Shades of WW II contract primary flying training school Oh there are some type clubs that have more aircraft in attendance at their functions but looking at the number of Ryans there against the total built the West Coast Ryan Reunion is one of the biggest and one of the best

Arranged by the Santa Paula Califorshynia Ryaneers and hosted by Patroline Inc this popular low-key event was held at Patrolines Paso Robles facility Their president Sherm Smoot coopershyated beautifully with the visiting Ryaneers and Ryaneer Mike Sullivan Chairman of our event

I arrived at Paso Robles on Thursday afternoon courtesy of Bill Mette Campbell CA and his PT-22 Raunchy Bird (after jetting via airlines from Texas to San Jose the night before) We had stopped at Hollister California to rendezvous with other North California Ryans and to meet noted aviation hisshytorian William T Larkins but were were late so missed them

Bill Richards Santa Rosa CA was running late also due to a prop change at the last minute on his civilianized PT-21 So instead of the previous years 13-ship formation we had a twoshyship loose formation flight on to Paso Robles yhere 10 Ryans were already 18 SEPTEMBER 1985

on the ground with 15 on the ramp by nightfall Those present enjoyed a delishycious barbecue provided and prepared by local Ryaneer Mike Wing and a happy hour hosted by Patroline

Friday saw more arrivals with 27 Ryans on the ramp by nightfall 2 SCWs 1 PT-20 1 STM-2 2 PT-21 s 1 NR-1 and 20 PT-22s The morning feashytured an air rally where all entrants were timed for a cold-engine start where the timing is started with the contestant in the cockpit They had to get out and hand prop the engine (safety pilot aboard however) Patty Henderson

was the winner starting Bob Kellers Ranger-powered ST-3 in just 128 secshyonds

Having been assigned to a team preshyviously the pilots were handed a packet of directions and check list of the route to fly just as they were ready to taxi out for take-off All teams had to land at Leon Hermans International Airstrip before proceeding back to Paso Roshybles The team couldnt leave Leons until all team members had come to a full stop landing and turned off their enshygines Refreshments were ready for them as were the hot engine start

Bill Allen La Jolla CA is ownerpilot of this immaculate 1940 Ryan STM-S2 CN 466 N466WA This Ryan is in its original Dutch East Indies markings

Ron Chapel and his 1941 Ryan ST-3KR CN 1309 N56076 Ron who lives in Half Moon Bay CA has cleaned up his Ryan nicely

Well-known former mid-westerner Brad Larsons 1938 Ryan SC-W CN 206 N18912 Brad is now based at Santa Paula CA

Don Carters Ryan STA Special (1940 Ryan PT-20 CN 352) N14984 Don a recognized authority on STAs lives in Lafayette CA

judges Using the same procedures as the cold start contest Alan Buchner Fresno CA won with a fantastic time of 11 0 seconds Winners of the air rally at 1 07 hours was Team C Alan Buchshyner Chris Stimson and Bob Keller

The local Ninety-Nines including National Ryan Club members Shirley Moore and Christine Darbonne served a delicious barbecue sausage lunch (Thanks ladies) National Ryan Club members like Mike and Margaret Wilshyson of Cedar Rapids IA arrived via his and hers motorcycles by way of Florida no less

In the meantime Mike Wing and crew were busily trying to finish up a top overshyhaul on his Ryans Kinner engine Mike and Reb Stimson were able to fly the US Navy painted PT-22 later in the afshyternoon

That evening at the Paso Robles Inn Bill Allen LaJolla CA showed video tapes of the 84 Chino Fly-In and the tape just shot that day of the Paso Roshybles activities Some visited the local Polar Freeze before turning in including Alan Buchner AI Ball Dick Burgess Bill Mette and Bill Hodges

Also during the day John Gokchoff Santa Paula CA master Ryan rebuilshyder and crew had gone around the apron leak checking and calibrating all the Ryan airspeed indicators and AI Ball (Antique Aero Engines) conducted a KinnerRanger engine clinic (Our special thanks to John and AI) Those not participating in the air rally had the option of sightseeing and touring some of the local wineries

At 0800 on Saturday we saw the Dawn Patrol airborne Kinners clattershying away letting Paso Robles officially know the Ryans were back After proper briefing the formation flying contest got underway with four teams competing selected by drawing numbered slips from a hat After passing over the judges in both diamond and echelon formations Team no 1 comprised of Bill Richards Lee Graybill Santa Rosa CA and Jay HayesMontara CA Ron Chapel Half Moon Bay CA and Don Burkett Downey CA were declared the winners John Gokchoff busy and helpshyful again conducted a seminar on how to properly rig a PT-22 with most of the Ryaneers attending (Thanks John)

Most of the Ryans participated in the Saturday afternoon flying event which is a combination of short field take off flour bombing and power off spot landshying and is flown in one flight Due to the layout of the Archie Dean Memorial Airport this event can be flown without bothering the normal traffic flow Rich McDonald Vacaville CA took the short field take off honors of 340 feet with his Ryan SCW Shortest Ryan PT-22 take off was 343 feet by John Richards Venshytura CA

Spot landing winner was Bob Keller Carmel CA in his Ranger-Ryan Oh

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Returning from a flight Brad Larsen gives his Ryan SC-W a wipe-down in the parking area

Headed home Jay and Ellen Hayes fly formation on Bill Mettes wing in their 1942 Ryan PT-22 CN 1752 N56030 Jim and Ellen are from Montara CA

From Vacaville CA USAF pilot Rich McDonalds modified 1938 Ryan SC-W CN 205 N18911 This Ryan sports a Continental E-185 engine in addition to the changed landing gear and cabin 20 SEPTEMBER 1985

yes two people are required to be on board during the event The flour bombshying is always interesting in that two atshytempts are made one with a standard brown bag flour bomb and the other prejudged for originality prior to the event Closest to the target was Aleta PharrisReb Stimson The originality bomb went to Lee and Modie Graybi lls wedding bomb in celebration of their then recent wedding I Congratulations

After the flying activities most everyone retired to the Paso Robles Inn for the Bob Yates Champagne cork-flying conshytests The only rule for this contest is Dont shake the bottle but its rarely enforced John Gormley Sacramento CA showed his expertise by outdistancshying the other competitors by a substanshytial amount Tired but happy Ryaneers gathered at the local Elks Club for reshyfreshments and video tapes of the days activities (furnished by Bill Allen) while waiting for the awards banquet to begin

The Saturday night awaras banquet was a huge success with 131 Ryan enshythusiasts thats almost five people per airplane Mike Sullivan was an outshystanding master of ceremonies There was a lot to cover and Mike really kept things rolling Some things that stand out in my mind in addition to the regu lar awards were the awarding of the Ryan solo wings by Bill Richards to 27 Ryaneers (like the 63 last year) exact replicas of those presented by T Claude Ryan to his Ryan School of Aeronautics graduates then the preshysentation of the WW II King City Ryan Instructors Mickey Muzinich Neil Fershyryman Barney Cleg Elmore Brown Marvin Good and Joe Brown (Wow What stories they told) and the presenshytation of the Archie Dean Memorial (flyshying training) Scholarship to teenager Barry Bradshaw of Paso Robles by Sherm Smoot and certainly George Clayton a Ryaneer from Fairbanks Alaska who received the well-deserved Greatest Hangar Flyer award

George has quite a background in Alaskan aviation and given half an opshyportunity he will tell you all about it He entertained us with a very good harshymonica concert and told us how he purshychased his Ryan PT-22 Briefly while on a DC-3 heading for Alaska from California during a stop in Washington state he observed a PT-22 sitting on the ramp It needed some minor mainteshynance so George called the owner and bought the Ryan right then and there

The DC-3 was about to leave so George got his tool box off and proshyceeded to make the Ryan ferryable (oh yes this was in the late fall of the year) It seems George had never flown a Ryan before but managed with the help of a 5-gallon gas can to make it on in to Fairbanks experiencing only minor mechanical problems cold ice and snow along the way (Come back George we love you)

Ryaneers gather under Los Robles (the oaks) for an outdoor seminar

Among the 30-plus awards presented during the banquet the Best Kinner Powered Ryan went to Jay Hayes Montara CA for his PT-22 N56030 The Best Non-Kinner-Powered Ryan and Greatest Distance Flown went to Bill Allen La Jolla CA for his STM-2 N466WA The T Claude Ryan Memoshyrial Award went to Dennis and Susan Lyons the Air Rally hosts The National Ryan Club plaque for Oldest Ryan went to Rich McDonalds 1938 SCW N18911 and the National Ryan Club plaque for Most Distant Ryan went to Bob Laughlin La Jolla CA for his PTshy22 N53431

All in all the Ryan Reunion was quite successful with a lot of good company and a lot of good safe fun enjoyed by all We Ryaneers are looking forward to Ryan Reunion XV Plans are for a big blowout with a max effort for as many Ryans as possible to attend Already we are aware of plans for several east of the Mississippi Ryan s to attend I can hardly wait to get there How about you

Keep the Ryan flyin bull

THE FULLERmiddotHAMMOND FHmiddot1 SUPER TWIN (Continued from Page 15)

Three views of the FHmiddot1 as it looks today

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Contestants in the 1930 Pacific Women s Air Derby (L to R) - Margery Doig Jean LaRene Ruth Stewart Ruth Barron Gladys ODonnell and Mildred Morgan

THE WOMENS CLASS A PACIFIC DERBY

by H Glenn Buffington (EAA 1234 AC 202) 134 West Walnut Avenue B San Diego CA 92103

In conjunction with the 1930 National Air Races there were two derbies for the women One was a 500 cu in or less piston displacement event from the East Coast Washington DC through Dixie and then up to Chicago and an 800 cu in race from the West Coast Long Beach California through the Southwest and Midwest to Chicago This is the story primarily about the latshyter race which covered a distance of 2245 statute miles

The contestants were

Ruth Barron (Nason) Hollywood Mildred Morgan Beverly Hills CA as the least experienced pilots TwentyshyCA Buhl Air Sedan J-5 Transport Travel Air J-5 Private License 15803 year-Old Barron came in with a brand License 13749 new Transport license having learned

Gladys Berry ODonnell Long Beach to fly only six months previously MorshyMargery Doig (Greenberg) Danbury CA Waco Taperwing J-6-7 Transport gan had a Private rating which was upshy

CT Pitcairn J-6 Lim Comm License License 6608 graded to a Transport after the Derby 10073 ODonnell and LaRene were the vetshy

Ruth Woerner Stewart St Louis MO erans of the group Gladys had flown Jean LaRene (Foote) Kansas City KS Curtiss RobinChallenger Transport the 29 Derby to a close second place

American Eagle J-6-7 Transport License 5375 behind Louise Thaden and Jean had License 5700 Barron and Morgan entered the race been associated with the Commandaire

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NC21 M streamlined and ready for the 1930 competition

Co prior to joining American Eagle Of the six entries four had become

charter members of the Ninety-Nines when it was organized in November of 1929 Doig LaRene ODonnell and Stewart

Left at the starting line were three other pilots all of whom had entered the first Womens Air Derby of 1929 Santa Monica to Cleveland Pancho Barnes withdrew from the race when her three planes including the one she piloted at more than 196 mph all were declared ineligible Claire Fahy of Los Angeles widow of Herbert J Fahy Lockheed test pilot was ruled out beshycause her engine was excessively powshyered Bobbi Trout also of Los Angeles was disqualified for having an under powered craft 2 Bobbi is also another Ninety-Nines charterite

Carl Lienesch NAA governor for the state of California head of the aviation department for Union Oil of California and who served as manager of the 1930 Derby wrote It was left for the women to show really what could be done with ATC ships Phoebe Omlie in the East Coast Derby flew a Monocoupe of modern design and made one of those fine showings which the air racing world had come to expect from her Gladys ODonnell and Margery Doig in the Pacific Coast Derby both flew modern or rather modernized airplanes Margery Doigs Pitcairn was rounded out and fitted with a Townend ring at the Pitcairn factory It was a beautiful job and speedy

Gladys ODonnell flew a Taperwing Waco which it might be said was streamlined to the limit this limit being all possible under an A T C status Mrs ODonnell s ship had I-struts the fuselage rounded out and an effective NACA cowling It is probable that the top speed was around 170 mph Her time from Long Beach to Chicago indishycated an average speed in excess of 150 mph which shows that as far as derbies were concerned this year the women win the brown derby

James E Granger Swallow disshytributor on the West Coast President of the Pacific School of Aviation who served as official starter had this to say about the 30 derbies The splitting of the Womens Air Derby into two classes run from different places in my opinion was wrong The two classes should be run together next year and no attempt should be made to farm out the starting place of this very colorful race to the highest bidder It will not be necessary for the race officials to look further for a manager for next years event They have found him in C F Lienesch From start to finish of this years class A womens derby the absence of discord was conspicuous

The Derby actually started Sunday afternoon from Long Beach California August 17th with a short hop to

Gladys ODonnell with the victory garland at Chicago Aug 25 1930

LindberghRyan Field for the first night stop The planes were flagged away at one minute intervals numerically by racing number ie Doig - no 2 ODonshynell - no 7 LaRene - no 20 Stewart shyno 38 followed by Morgan and Barron The starting time from Long Beach arrishyval time in San Diego and the elapsed time follows (PST pm)

ODonnell - 332 - 40451 - 32 51 Doig - 331 - 405 03 - 3403 Barron - 336 - 422 36 - 4636 Morgan - 335 - 42529 - 50 29 Stewart - 334 - 431 09 - 57 09 LaRene - 333 - 430 16 - 5716

LaRene was delayed eight minutes at take off because of inability to start her engine with the other racers

On Monday the schedule called for a noon stop at Calexico and the night stop at Phoenix In accordance with air derby customs Mrs ODonnells craft was the first to taxi across the starting line on the departure for the second control point All the contestants arrived at Calexico within a span of 21 minutes Elapsed time from start ODonnell 1 1353 Doig 1 2248 Barron 1 3621 Morgan 1 4701 LaRene 1 4827 and Stewart 1 5952

ODonnell and DOig finished the third lap into Phoenix with less than five minshyutes separating them Ruth Barron was the last to get away from Calexico beshycause of some engine trouble and the fledgling s navigation caught up with her she became disoriented and flew an hour beyond Phoenix She landed 35 miles south of Holbrook Arizona reshymained overnight where she landed and then flew back to Phoenix to rejoin the others Tuesday morning

On August 19th the noon stop was Tucson and then to Douglas for the night where the total elapsed time talshylied ODonnell 356 29 Doig 41308 Morgan 52614 LaRene 53523 Stewart 625 25 Barron 21 3952 beshycause of the delay in reaching Phoenix after over-flying it

Wednesday it was on to Lordsburg and then Roswell New Mexico where ODonnell was officially 2640 ahead of Doig Others arrived in the following order Barron LaRene Morgan and Stewart

The 21 st scheduled a Lubbock noon stop and to Amarillo Texas for the night Gladys covered the Roswell-Lubshybock leg in 1 0041 and Margery in 1 0238 The other four pilots landed in the same sequence as at Roswell

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A frontal view of the racy Waco Taperwing NC21M in its heyday

Enid Oklahoma was scheduled for noon and Wichita Kansas for the night of the 22nd Thunderstorms and heavy rain gave the girls some of their most inclement weather during the AmarilloshyEnid leg of the race Ruth Stewart was forced down near Elk City but she set her plane down at Enid at 125630 Jean LaRene was forced down near Waukomis a few miles south of Enid she arrived at 125728 accounting for all the entries so they could take off on schedule for Wichita

More thrilling adventures entered the Wichita-Kansas City Kansas (Fairfax Airport) leg A little short of half-way to Kansas City Margery Doig 3 was forced down and out of the race near Olpe Kansas 10 miles south of Emshyporia in a farmers pasture when her engine caught fire She sideslipped to a landing and beat out the flames that threatened to destroy the Pitcairn It was a tough break for Doig after flying a good second to that point

Again Ruth Barrons navigation went awry She was visibly annoyed when she finally landed the Buhl at Fairfax at 541 pm with an elapsed time of 30457 from Wichita She reported I lost my bearings somewhere near Kanshysas City and landed in a field near a farm house I asked the farmer the dishyrections to Kansas City and he told me 50 miles north I said that he surely meant 50 miles east but he insisted he was right I flew the way he saidand 24 SEPTEMBER 1985

found myself over St Joseph and here I am back

The author had the pleasure of watching the girls bring em in at Fairshyfax on Saturday ODonnell crossed the finish line in her bright red and yellow Waco at 345 - 1 1420 out of Wichita LaRene in her yellow American Eagle arrived at 407 - 1 3415 from Wichita Morgan flying her dark blue Travel Air with silver wings finished at 410 shy1 3512 out of Wichita Stewart in her orange and cream colored Curtiss Robin came in at 437 - 20342 from Wichita

Shortly after these four arrivals the Derby starter Jim Granger and his wife Clema flew in with their Swallow and taxied up to the flight line Then a Ryan Brougham flew in with Gladys ODonnell painted across the fuselage It was flown by her husband Lloyd and served as the flagship for the ODonnell camp Some of the Fairfax pilots called it ritzy but I figured if one could afford it why not

One of the first to reach Jean LaRene was her mother Mrs Sadie Ross of Olathe Kansas whom Jean visited often She also had a long chat with Larry Ruch former chief test pilot for the American Eagle Aircraft factory at Fairfax

The contestants attended a dinner in the evening sponsored by the Womens Chamber of Commerce of Kansas City Kansas The new Fairfax Airport term ishy

nal building the site for this occasion and Mayor Don McCombs welcomed the fliers

The Derby continued to Des Moines Iowa and Madison Wisconsin on Sunshyday and the last leg to Chicago was flown Monday August 25th The offical Long Beach-Chicago results were

Elapsed Prize Pilot Time Money Gladys ODonnell 151316 $3500 Mildred Morgan 21 0835 2100 Jean LaRene 21 4549 1400 Ruth Stewart 2638 06 Ruth Barron 383341 Margery DOig (Out at Olpe KS)

For their efforts in flying the 30 Derby Ruth Barron was awarded the Jr Women s Aeronautical Association of California Trophy and Gladys ODonnell won two trophies The Aerol Trophy by the Cleveland Pneumatic Tool Co and the Womens Aero Assn of Calif Trophy Gladys also won the Mrs Robert McCormick Trophy and the Womens Pioneer Aviation Club Trophy for winning two closed-course races at the National Air Races which were held at Curtiss-Reynolds Airport Chicago Aug 23 to Sept 1 1930

An AP release dated Aug 31 1930 carried the headline Another Victory Chalked up for Feminine Fliers and the sub-title Women pilots fly over long routes in air derbies in less time than men It favorably compared Gladys

Copy of picture Gladys ODonnell autoshygraphed for Louise Thaden

ODonnells performance with the two Class A Mens Derbies won by John Blum Seattle to Chicago and Art Kilshylips Miami-Chicago race It also praised Phoebe Omlies showing against the two Class B Mens Derbies won by John Livingston the race from Brownsville and the Derby from Hartford won by J Wesley Smith

In 1967 when I wrote Mrs ODonnell regarding the Taperwing she sent the front view and commented I feel a pang of guilt at not keeping myoid friend 21 M for thats the way I feel about that plane The enclosed photoshygraph is 21 M at her top best in the streamlined beauty of its heyday - 163 mph You will notice the special racing gear It was beautiful but a bit rugged on turf fields since it was a rigid gear It added about six miles per hour to the top speed The ODonnelis owned the Taperwing for a decade

In comparing this air race of over fifty years ago with some of the more curshyrent ones we need to mention some of the pros and cons When the race is of the on to type with noon and night control stops the contestants more or less stay together In that manner weather and flying conditions are practically the same for each entrant and the race officials have the opportushynity to release race standings to the media after each day of racing

More recently the race routes genershyally 2000 to 2500 statute miles in length are set up and the contestants are usually given four days flying VFR in daylight hours to reach the terminus before a specified deadline Each plane is assigned a par (handicap) speed and the object is to have a ground speed as far over the par speed as possible The

pilot is thus given the leeway to play the elements holding out for better weather conditions winds etc The faster planes with better performance are somewhat favored in this respect as sometimes the slower entries must forge ahead in order to beat the deadshyline at the terminus And in this type of race the official standings cannot be reshyleased until the final bird has crossed the finish line Actually the last arrival can be the winner

The earlier races flew shorter legs and made more stops than the current races More recently the legs are 280 to 350 statute miles and six or seven control stops are designated for either landing or fly-by and the races are open to all fixed-wing stock aircraft from 145 to 570 horsepower Early on the fastest airplane with no handicap was in a good position to win if it held toshygether over the long haul and there was no big navigational error committed

Now that a handicapping system is used - each plane flying against its own specified speed - supposedly any entry has an equal chance of victory depending on the accuracy of the handshyicapping

Gini Richardson Yakima Washingshyton who oft-times places in the top 10 gives some racing advice The handshyicap is vitally important - you have to have a good handicap thats essential After that if you want to finish in the top 10 you have to fly well have knowlshyedge of the weather and strong navigashy

tional skills Velda King Mapelli Las Vegas

Nevada President of the Air Race Classic for the past eight years (1977shy1984) wrote in the recent race proshygram The altruistic interest and efforts of many people offers ARC contestants a temporary respite from the normal routine - and opportunity to share the camaraderie of participating in an air race There are no secrets to racing Personal application of skills will detershymine the winner but each will be a betshyter pilot as a result of the experience

That is what it is all about

FOOTNOTES

(1) Subsequent last names are in parenthesis (2) Had Trout been on the East Coast she cou ld have entered the Kinnermiddotpowered Golden Eagle in the 1575 mi Dixie Derby This race was won by Phoebe Omlie in a Warner Monocoupe She was followed by Martie Bowman Kinner Fleet Laura Ingalls Gypsy DH Moth Nancy Hopkins (Tier) Kinmiddot ner Kitty Hawk and Charity Langdon Cirrus Avian Vera Dawn Walker flying a Warner Inland Sport had to withdraw because of a mechanical at Birminshygham AL and Mary Haizlip in another Warner Inshyland Sport failed to make the race start after her airplane was dinged in a forced landing near Greenwood SC enroute to the starting line Both Haizlip and Walker did get to Chicago after the delays and flew in some of the closedmiddotcourse events Ninety-Nines charter members in this group include HopkinsmiddotTier Omlie and Walker (3) Doig was able to have the Pitcairn engine reshypaired and she flew to Chicago on Aug 26th She placed second behind ODonnell in one 25 mile pylon race at 13536 mph and won $450 In the feature 50 mile race she placed 4th just out of the money behind ODonnell Mary Haizlip and Opal Kunz bull

VINTAGE SEAPLANES

The Oldest Known Set of EDO Floats in Service The aircraft is a 1933 Waco UBF-2 biplane powered by a 220-horsepower Continental W670 engine The floats are EDO model M-2665s manufactured on August 2 1930 These particular floats had been damaged in a crash in 1950 and were kept in storage for 27 years prior to being restored and fitted to the Waco in 1977 This remarkable antique aircraft is the property of Mr Henry Stauch Junction City Oregon It is conshyverted to float operation in the summer and flown from Kenmore Air Harbor Kenmore Washington scene of this photograph Photo courtesy EDO Floats

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

My First Flight To Oshkosh

18 gallons each My partner and Ideveloping a small stomach problem Robert R Black watched in amazement as the boytoo much excitement I thought (EAA 220708)

4246 South 1060 East Lift off was normal and the Tri-Pacer pumped 181 into the right tank and 180 gallons into the left tank Instantly did pretty well at first But the night air Salt Lake City UT 83117 I felt terrible I had just flown in onwas hot and humid and I wasnt exshyfumes I had made a mistake middoton myperiencing the kind of lift that I was used Ever since seeing a Pitts Special in flight duration - I forgot that I had cirshyto I had to circle in the Salt Lake Valley FL YING magazine when I was sixteen cled for half an hour after take off and learning of a special event called for 30 minutes until I could get up to

Then a super bad case of cottonshyOshkosh I have had the desire to go altitude At 9000 I started through ParshyAfter all the years of putting it off due to leys Canyon and headed for Ft Bridger mouth hit me I figured it was just due

VOR in Wyoming What a bumpy ride lack of funds and not having anything to the close call so I took a drink of some fruit punch which went down like to fly I finally got the chance to go in We popped around inside the plane like

1984 a bowling ball I really didnt feel good two marbles in a can From Ft Bridger My father and mother and I had just but I told myself I was going to Oshkoshwe flew to Evanston then to Rock

Springs Wyoming completed a 15-month restoration proshy by gosh and that thought kept me going ject on my fathers 1956 Piper Trishy We piled back into the plane and tookI started to develop cotton-mouth but Pacer With the bird looking new and off We climbed slowly and headed for figured it was just the thrill of finally

Chadronpretty I had little trouble talking myself going to Oshkosh We called Rock Springs asking for into taking it to Oshkosh As soon as we cleared the remaining

I discussed this with my business mountains I started to descend when fuel accommodations and I changed my partner and somehow talked him into an overwhelming feeling came over meflight plan from Casper to Rock Springs going with me All right I could go at I was going to throw up and I couldn t When they told me it would cost an adshyhalf the cost Things were really picking ditional $3000 to get someone to fuel shake the feeling try as I may How up could I do that - Id never been sick inme I said no thanks and changed my

The date was set Saturday July 28 an airplane in my life - I couldn t do flight plan to Rawlins Wyoming Fuel 1984 at 300 am I figured if we left at that The sic-sacs were for my wife and was getting low but figuring the length

of the trip and the amount of fuel left I others who couldnt take the ups and300 in the morning I could climb up out of the Salt Lake Valley and fly to downsfigured I could make it

My honor was at stake - I couldnt Casper Wyoming From there I would On to Rawlins we went over the lowshyproceed to Winner South Dakota Fairshy do that What a statement typical hardshyering mountains With all the bumps mont Minnesota and then on to Oshshy head approach right Well thatand ups and downs my stomach told kosh thought helped me to fight off the inevitshyme I had a problem I just couldn t be

Hours of preparation and planning getting sick Id never been sick in an able Come on Chadron I kept saying were spent in getting ready for the trip Id never felt that badly on any flight but airplane I figured that I was just overly A tent was measured and stuffed into we pressed ontired and hungry and the stop at Rawshythe baggage compartment Vacation Chadron Radio this is Tri-Pacer lins would put me back in shape time was hastily arranged and all sysshy 4547A do you copy Tri-Pacer 47A Finally Rawlins appeared on the tems were go Little did I know how Chadron Radio copies loud and clearother side of two knolls I brought the much go there was coming plane around entering down wind and Chadron 47A whats your active run-

On Friday July 27 I went to work way slipped in to a nice friendly airport The What a total waste of time Its a good on-field FSS Operator was super nice 47A active is 20 thing Im a lead man in the machine Roger 20 and said the place would come to life in shop because I accomplished nothing a little while He told us the good places Then came the bad news Chadron and finally left at lunch time Working gave me the altimeter setting and saidto eat breakfast We decided to plan the swing shift has its advantages at times next phase of our flight since our origishy the winds were 25 gusting to 35 I asked and I went home to sleep and prepare nal flight plan was greatly altered by Chadron for the wind direction and he for the flight then told me again I just could not get with

What a wasted night - I couldnt the program whatever was making meWe flight planned to Chadron Nebshysleep and all I did was toss and turn raska for our next stop figuring it would sick was really getting to me Two am came awfully early and I left put us right back on course As soon as I entered the pattern but could not for my partners home We piled into the planning was finished the line boy keep the plane tracking straight It the jeep and went to the airport would not settle What was wrong For at Rawlins appeared and fueled us with

The preflight went well except I was 80 octane My tanks are placarded for those of you who are Tri-Pacer drivers

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you know the plane settles like a rock I felt better They were the greatest our trip home I spent the first hour and I looked at my airspeed indicator - I On the way into town the car winshy a half in the bathroom at the airport

was doing 120 mph and should have dows were open all the way At the Between the bathroom and the plane I been doing 80 Missed approach Super 8 Motel we met more super nice threw up four times We climbed into going around will try it again people The rooms were great and I the Tri-Pacer anyway and took off

Roger 47A no other traffic in the patshy crashed My partner was given a free 47A flew great I told my partner that tern ride back to the airport by the motel he would probably end up doing a lot of

Chadron this is 47A - downwind manager to pick up our gear the flying I did pretty well until we got for runway 20 We spent the day in town and I just west of Rock Springs Wyoming

I prayed Please God help me down stayed in bed trying to die I finally Ooops that was the only time I ever Dont let me kill my partner realized that my problem was a good used a sic-sac Bless those considerate

Okay Ive got to do this Line it up case of the flu people for making those wonderful leakshyThere thats right 80 mph okay flaps Chadron has a lot to see and some proof bags

day I shall go back I feel I must let those to slow us down right in we goooooo I had decided that if I couldnt finish good people know that I really do have What a crosswind touch down hold on the trip all the way back to Salt Lake color in my face Oh isnt pride terrible 47A you just landed on 26 That was City Airport No 2 that I would land at

a pretty good cross wind landing In the afternoon I felt a little better Ft Bridger Fortunately as Ft Bridger Thanks I just dont feel good I and thought maybe we might make it to passed below us I felt we could make it

Oshkosh anyway We went back to the A storm front was crossing from west guess I needed the practice Roger airport and planned the rest of the trip to east right in our path The clouds I thought to myself - you nut whats All of a sudden I made a mad dash to were closing in I dropped from 10500

the great white throne - the decision to 8500 and still I was going through wrong with you Cant you remember how to tell which runway is which To was made - head for home clouds Short little IFR trips in the mounshy

We took off for Riverton Wyoming Itbe honest I was so sick that I couldn t tains is not really my idea of fun and remember how to tell the correct runshy was a pretty good trip and at one point games What a trip Boy was I sick way I felt I might have made it to Oshkosh We made it through Parleys Canyon

but went on to Riverton What a good and I prayed Please Lord help meWe taxied to the ramp and I warned decision that was land this thing my partner to get out of the way I ran

In Riverton the Best Western Sunshy My prayers were answered weinto the bathroom and spent a good half downer motel sent their courtesy car for parked the plane got into the jeep andan hour seeing only a small porcelain us We spent the night and the next I said Get me home quickly Gary I hole - oops morning there and I was sick sick sick went straight to bed where I stayed The people at Chadron were super Everybody in Riverton took pity on me from Sunday to Wednesday LampD Aero Service tried all they could to

Next year there will be no flu I will They were really great Would those make me feel better They fueled the people ever see me in better condition fly crawl or whatever but Im absolutely plane and offered me a free ride into

When we finally decided to continue going to go to Oshkosh maybe bull town so I cou ld get a place to sleep until

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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17

14thWest Coast

Ryan Reunion The winning five-Ryan formation team Sixth Ryan was the camera plane piloted by Eric Friedricksen of Wilton CT

by Bill J Hodges (EAA 58954 AlC 49) 811 Lydia Street Stephenville TX76401

Twenty-seven beautiful Ryans in the same place at the same time Shades of WW II contract primary flying training school Oh there are some type clubs that have more aircraft in attendance at their functions but looking at the number of Ryans there against the total built the West Coast Ryan Reunion is one of the biggest and one of the best

Arranged by the Santa Paula Califorshynia Ryaneers and hosted by Patroline Inc this popular low-key event was held at Patrolines Paso Robles facility Their president Sherm Smoot coopershyated beautifully with the visiting Ryaneers and Ryaneer Mike Sullivan Chairman of our event

I arrived at Paso Robles on Thursday afternoon courtesy of Bill Mette Campbell CA and his PT-22 Raunchy Bird (after jetting via airlines from Texas to San Jose the night before) We had stopped at Hollister California to rendezvous with other North California Ryans and to meet noted aviation hisshytorian William T Larkins but were were late so missed them

Bill Richards Santa Rosa CA was running late also due to a prop change at the last minute on his civilianized PT-21 So instead of the previous years 13-ship formation we had a twoshyship loose formation flight on to Paso Robles yhere 10 Ryans were already 18 SEPTEMBER 1985

on the ground with 15 on the ramp by nightfall Those present enjoyed a delishycious barbecue provided and prepared by local Ryaneer Mike Wing and a happy hour hosted by Patroline

Friday saw more arrivals with 27 Ryans on the ramp by nightfall 2 SCWs 1 PT-20 1 STM-2 2 PT-21 s 1 NR-1 and 20 PT-22s The morning feashytured an air rally where all entrants were timed for a cold-engine start where the timing is started with the contestant in the cockpit They had to get out and hand prop the engine (safety pilot aboard however) Patty Henderson

was the winner starting Bob Kellers Ranger-powered ST-3 in just 128 secshyonds

Having been assigned to a team preshyviously the pilots were handed a packet of directions and check list of the route to fly just as they were ready to taxi out for take-off All teams had to land at Leon Hermans International Airstrip before proceeding back to Paso Roshybles The team couldnt leave Leons until all team members had come to a full stop landing and turned off their enshygines Refreshments were ready for them as were the hot engine start

Bill Allen La Jolla CA is ownerpilot of this immaculate 1940 Ryan STM-S2 CN 466 N466WA This Ryan is in its original Dutch East Indies markings

Ron Chapel and his 1941 Ryan ST-3KR CN 1309 N56076 Ron who lives in Half Moon Bay CA has cleaned up his Ryan nicely

Well-known former mid-westerner Brad Larsons 1938 Ryan SC-W CN 206 N18912 Brad is now based at Santa Paula CA

Don Carters Ryan STA Special (1940 Ryan PT-20 CN 352) N14984 Don a recognized authority on STAs lives in Lafayette CA

judges Using the same procedures as the cold start contest Alan Buchner Fresno CA won with a fantastic time of 11 0 seconds Winners of the air rally at 1 07 hours was Team C Alan Buchshyner Chris Stimson and Bob Keller

The local Ninety-Nines including National Ryan Club members Shirley Moore and Christine Darbonne served a delicious barbecue sausage lunch (Thanks ladies) National Ryan Club members like Mike and Margaret Wilshyson of Cedar Rapids IA arrived via his and hers motorcycles by way of Florida no less

In the meantime Mike Wing and crew were busily trying to finish up a top overshyhaul on his Ryans Kinner engine Mike and Reb Stimson were able to fly the US Navy painted PT-22 later in the afshyternoon

That evening at the Paso Robles Inn Bill Allen LaJolla CA showed video tapes of the 84 Chino Fly-In and the tape just shot that day of the Paso Roshybles activities Some visited the local Polar Freeze before turning in including Alan Buchner AI Ball Dick Burgess Bill Mette and Bill Hodges

Also during the day John Gokchoff Santa Paula CA master Ryan rebuilshyder and crew had gone around the apron leak checking and calibrating all the Ryan airspeed indicators and AI Ball (Antique Aero Engines) conducted a KinnerRanger engine clinic (Our special thanks to John and AI) Those not participating in the air rally had the option of sightseeing and touring some of the local wineries

At 0800 on Saturday we saw the Dawn Patrol airborne Kinners clattershying away letting Paso Robles officially know the Ryans were back After proper briefing the formation flying contest got underway with four teams competing selected by drawing numbered slips from a hat After passing over the judges in both diamond and echelon formations Team no 1 comprised of Bill Richards Lee Graybill Santa Rosa CA and Jay HayesMontara CA Ron Chapel Half Moon Bay CA and Don Burkett Downey CA were declared the winners John Gokchoff busy and helpshyful again conducted a seminar on how to properly rig a PT-22 with most of the Ryaneers attending (Thanks John)

Most of the Ryans participated in the Saturday afternoon flying event which is a combination of short field take off flour bombing and power off spot landshying and is flown in one flight Due to the layout of the Archie Dean Memorial Airport this event can be flown without bothering the normal traffic flow Rich McDonald Vacaville CA took the short field take off honors of 340 feet with his Ryan SCW Shortest Ryan PT-22 take off was 343 feet by John Richards Venshytura CA

Spot landing winner was Bob Keller Carmel CA in his Ranger-Ryan Oh

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Returning from a flight Brad Larsen gives his Ryan SC-W a wipe-down in the parking area

Headed home Jay and Ellen Hayes fly formation on Bill Mettes wing in their 1942 Ryan PT-22 CN 1752 N56030 Jim and Ellen are from Montara CA

From Vacaville CA USAF pilot Rich McDonalds modified 1938 Ryan SC-W CN 205 N18911 This Ryan sports a Continental E-185 engine in addition to the changed landing gear and cabin 20 SEPTEMBER 1985

yes two people are required to be on board during the event The flour bombshying is always interesting in that two atshytempts are made one with a standard brown bag flour bomb and the other prejudged for originality prior to the event Closest to the target was Aleta PharrisReb Stimson The originality bomb went to Lee and Modie Graybi lls wedding bomb in celebration of their then recent wedding I Congratulations

After the flying activities most everyone retired to the Paso Robles Inn for the Bob Yates Champagne cork-flying conshytests The only rule for this contest is Dont shake the bottle but its rarely enforced John Gormley Sacramento CA showed his expertise by outdistancshying the other competitors by a substanshytial amount Tired but happy Ryaneers gathered at the local Elks Club for reshyfreshments and video tapes of the days activities (furnished by Bill Allen) while waiting for the awards banquet to begin

The Saturday night awaras banquet was a huge success with 131 Ryan enshythusiasts thats almost five people per airplane Mike Sullivan was an outshystanding master of ceremonies There was a lot to cover and Mike really kept things rolling Some things that stand out in my mind in addition to the regu lar awards were the awarding of the Ryan solo wings by Bill Richards to 27 Ryaneers (like the 63 last year) exact replicas of those presented by T Claude Ryan to his Ryan School of Aeronautics graduates then the preshysentation of the WW II King City Ryan Instructors Mickey Muzinich Neil Fershyryman Barney Cleg Elmore Brown Marvin Good and Joe Brown (Wow What stories they told) and the presenshytation of the Archie Dean Memorial (flyshying training) Scholarship to teenager Barry Bradshaw of Paso Robles by Sherm Smoot and certainly George Clayton a Ryaneer from Fairbanks Alaska who received the well-deserved Greatest Hangar Flyer award

George has quite a background in Alaskan aviation and given half an opshyportunity he will tell you all about it He entertained us with a very good harshymonica concert and told us how he purshychased his Ryan PT-22 Briefly while on a DC-3 heading for Alaska from California during a stop in Washington state he observed a PT-22 sitting on the ramp It needed some minor mainteshynance so George called the owner and bought the Ryan right then and there

The DC-3 was about to leave so George got his tool box off and proshyceeded to make the Ryan ferryable (oh yes this was in the late fall of the year) It seems George had never flown a Ryan before but managed with the help of a 5-gallon gas can to make it on in to Fairbanks experiencing only minor mechanical problems cold ice and snow along the way (Come back George we love you)

Ryaneers gather under Los Robles (the oaks) for an outdoor seminar

Among the 30-plus awards presented during the banquet the Best Kinner Powered Ryan went to Jay Hayes Montara CA for his PT-22 N56030 The Best Non-Kinner-Powered Ryan and Greatest Distance Flown went to Bill Allen La Jolla CA for his STM-2 N466WA The T Claude Ryan Memoshyrial Award went to Dennis and Susan Lyons the Air Rally hosts The National Ryan Club plaque for Oldest Ryan went to Rich McDonalds 1938 SCW N18911 and the National Ryan Club plaque for Most Distant Ryan went to Bob Laughlin La Jolla CA for his PTshy22 N53431

All in all the Ryan Reunion was quite successful with a lot of good company and a lot of good safe fun enjoyed by all We Ryaneers are looking forward to Ryan Reunion XV Plans are for a big blowout with a max effort for as many Ryans as possible to attend Already we are aware of plans for several east of the Mississippi Ryan s to attend I can hardly wait to get there How about you

Keep the Ryan flyin bull

THE FULLERmiddotHAMMOND FHmiddot1 SUPER TWIN (Continued from Page 15)

Three views of the FHmiddot1 as it looks today

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Contestants in the 1930 Pacific Women s Air Derby (L to R) - Margery Doig Jean LaRene Ruth Stewart Ruth Barron Gladys ODonnell and Mildred Morgan

THE WOMENS CLASS A PACIFIC DERBY

by H Glenn Buffington (EAA 1234 AC 202) 134 West Walnut Avenue B San Diego CA 92103

In conjunction with the 1930 National Air Races there were two derbies for the women One was a 500 cu in or less piston displacement event from the East Coast Washington DC through Dixie and then up to Chicago and an 800 cu in race from the West Coast Long Beach California through the Southwest and Midwest to Chicago This is the story primarily about the latshyter race which covered a distance of 2245 statute miles

The contestants were

Ruth Barron (Nason) Hollywood Mildred Morgan Beverly Hills CA as the least experienced pilots TwentyshyCA Buhl Air Sedan J-5 Transport Travel Air J-5 Private License 15803 year-Old Barron came in with a brand License 13749 new Transport license having learned

Gladys Berry ODonnell Long Beach to fly only six months previously MorshyMargery Doig (Greenberg) Danbury CA Waco Taperwing J-6-7 Transport gan had a Private rating which was upshy

CT Pitcairn J-6 Lim Comm License License 6608 graded to a Transport after the Derby 10073 ODonnell and LaRene were the vetshy

Ruth Woerner Stewart St Louis MO erans of the group Gladys had flown Jean LaRene (Foote) Kansas City KS Curtiss RobinChallenger Transport the 29 Derby to a close second place

American Eagle J-6-7 Transport License 5375 behind Louise Thaden and Jean had License 5700 Barron and Morgan entered the race been associated with the Commandaire

22 SEPTEMBER 1985

NC21 M streamlined and ready for the 1930 competition

Co prior to joining American Eagle Of the six entries four had become

charter members of the Ninety-Nines when it was organized in November of 1929 Doig LaRene ODonnell and Stewart

Left at the starting line were three other pilots all of whom had entered the first Womens Air Derby of 1929 Santa Monica to Cleveland Pancho Barnes withdrew from the race when her three planes including the one she piloted at more than 196 mph all were declared ineligible Claire Fahy of Los Angeles widow of Herbert J Fahy Lockheed test pilot was ruled out beshycause her engine was excessively powshyered Bobbi Trout also of Los Angeles was disqualified for having an under powered craft 2 Bobbi is also another Ninety-Nines charterite

Carl Lienesch NAA governor for the state of California head of the aviation department for Union Oil of California and who served as manager of the 1930 Derby wrote It was left for the women to show really what could be done with ATC ships Phoebe Omlie in the East Coast Derby flew a Monocoupe of modern design and made one of those fine showings which the air racing world had come to expect from her Gladys ODonnell and Margery Doig in the Pacific Coast Derby both flew modern or rather modernized airplanes Margery Doigs Pitcairn was rounded out and fitted with a Townend ring at the Pitcairn factory It was a beautiful job and speedy

Gladys ODonnell flew a Taperwing Waco which it might be said was streamlined to the limit this limit being all possible under an A T C status Mrs ODonnell s ship had I-struts the fuselage rounded out and an effective NACA cowling It is probable that the top speed was around 170 mph Her time from Long Beach to Chicago indishycated an average speed in excess of 150 mph which shows that as far as derbies were concerned this year the women win the brown derby

James E Granger Swallow disshytributor on the West Coast President of the Pacific School of Aviation who served as official starter had this to say about the 30 derbies The splitting of the Womens Air Derby into two classes run from different places in my opinion was wrong The two classes should be run together next year and no attempt should be made to farm out the starting place of this very colorful race to the highest bidder It will not be necessary for the race officials to look further for a manager for next years event They have found him in C F Lienesch From start to finish of this years class A womens derby the absence of discord was conspicuous

The Derby actually started Sunday afternoon from Long Beach California August 17th with a short hop to

Gladys ODonnell with the victory garland at Chicago Aug 25 1930

LindberghRyan Field for the first night stop The planes were flagged away at one minute intervals numerically by racing number ie Doig - no 2 ODonshynell - no 7 LaRene - no 20 Stewart shyno 38 followed by Morgan and Barron The starting time from Long Beach arrishyval time in San Diego and the elapsed time follows (PST pm)

ODonnell - 332 - 40451 - 32 51 Doig - 331 - 405 03 - 3403 Barron - 336 - 422 36 - 4636 Morgan - 335 - 42529 - 50 29 Stewart - 334 - 431 09 - 57 09 LaRene - 333 - 430 16 - 5716

LaRene was delayed eight minutes at take off because of inability to start her engine with the other racers

On Monday the schedule called for a noon stop at Calexico and the night stop at Phoenix In accordance with air derby customs Mrs ODonnells craft was the first to taxi across the starting line on the departure for the second control point All the contestants arrived at Calexico within a span of 21 minutes Elapsed time from start ODonnell 1 1353 Doig 1 2248 Barron 1 3621 Morgan 1 4701 LaRene 1 4827 and Stewart 1 5952

ODonnell and DOig finished the third lap into Phoenix with less than five minshyutes separating them Ruth Barron was the last to get away from Calexico beshycause of some engine trouble and the fledgling s navigation caught up with her she became disoriented and flew an hour beyond Phoenix She landed 35 miles south of Holbrook Arizona reshymained overnight where she landed and then flew back to Phoenix to rejoin the others Tuesday morning

On August 19th the noon stop was Tucson and then to Douglas for the night where the total elapsed time talshylied ODonnell 356 29 Doig 41308 Morgan 52614 LaRene 53523 Stewart 625 25 Barron 21 3952 beshycause of the delay in reaching Phoenix after over-flying it

Wednesday it was on to Lordsburg and then Roswell New Mexico where ODonnell was officially 2640 ahead of Doig Others arrived in the following order Barron LaRene Morgan and Stewart

The 21 st scheduled a Lubbock noon stop and to Amarillo Texas for the night Gladys covered the Roswell-Lubshybock leg in 1 0041 and Margery in 1 0238 The other four pilots landed in the same sequence as at Roswell

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23

A frontal view of the racy Waco Taperwing NC21M in its heyday

Enid Oklahoma was scheduled for noon and Wichita Kansas for the night of the 22nd Thunderstorms and heavy rain gave the girls some of their most inclement weather during the AmarilloshyEnid leg of the race Ruth Stewart was forced down near Elk City but she set her plane down at Enid at 125630 Jean LaRene was forced down near Waukomis a few miles south of Enid she arrived at 125728 accounting for all the entries so they could take off on schedule for Wichita

More thrilling adventures entered the Wichita-Kansas City Kansas (Fairfax Airport) leg A little short of half-way to Kansas City Margery Doig 3 was forced down and out of the race near Olpe Kansas 10 miles south of Emshyporia in a farmers pasture when her engine caught fire She sideslipped to a landing and beat out the flames that threatened to destroy the Pitcairn It was a tough break for Doig after flying a good second to that point

Again Ruth Barrons navigation went awry She was visibly annoyed when she finally landed the Buhl at Fairfax at 541 pm with an elapsed time of 30457 from Wichita She reported I lost my bearings somewhere near Kanshysas City and landed in a field near a farm house I asked the farmer the dishyrections to Kansas City and he told me 50 miles north I said that he surely meant 50 miles east but he insisted he was right I flew the way he saidand 24 SEPTEMBER 1985

found myself over St Joseph and here I am back

The author had the pleasure of watching the girls bring em in at Fairshyfax on Saturday ODonnell crossed the finish line in her bright red and yellow Waco at 345 - 1 1420 out of Wichita LaRene in her yellow American Eagle arrived at 407 - 1 3415 from Wichita Morgan flying her dark blue Travel Air with silver wings finished at 410 shy1 3512 out of Wichita Stewart in her orange and cream colored Curtiss Robin came in at 437 - 20342 from Wichita

Shortly after these four arrivals the Derby starter Jim Granger and his wife Clema flew in with their Swallow and taxied up to the flight line Then a Ryan Brougham flew in with Gladys ODonnell painted across the fuselage It was flown by her husband Lloyd and served as the flagship for the ODonnell camp Some of the Fairfax pilots called it ritzy but I figured if one could afford it why not

One of the first to reach Jean LaRene was her mother Mrs Sadie Ross of Olathe Kansas whom Jean visited often She also had a long chat with Larry Ruch former chief test pilot for the American Eagle Aircraft factory at Fairfax

The contestants attended a dinner in the evening sponsored by the Womens Chamber of Commerce of Kansas City Kansas The new Fairfax Airport term ishy

nal building the site for this occasion and Mayor Don McCombs welcomed the fliers

The Derby continued to Des Moines Iowa and Madison Wisconsin on Sunshyday and the last leg to Chicago was flown Monday August 25th The offical Long Beach-Chicago results were

Elapsed Prize Pilot Time Money Gladys ODonnell 151316 $3500 Mildred Morgan 21 0835 2100 Jean LaRene 21 4549 1400 Ruth Stewart 2638 06 Ruth Barron 383341 Margery DOig (Out at Olpe KS)

For their efforts in flying the 30 Derby Ruth Barron was awarded the Jr Women s Aeronautical Association of California Trophy and Gladys ODonnell won two trophies The Aerol Trophy by the Cleveland Pneumatic Tool Co and the Womens Aero Assn of Calif Trophy Gladys also won the Mrs Robert McCormick Trophy and the Womens Pioneer Aviation Club Trophy for winning two closed-course races at the National Air Races which were held at Curtiss-Reynolds Airport Chicago Aug 23 to Sept 1 1930

An AP release dated Aug 31 1930 carried the headline Another Victory Chalked up for Feminine Fliers and the sub-title Women pilots fly over long routes in air derbies in less time than men It favorably compared Gladys

Copy of picture Gladys ODonnell autoshygraphed for Louise Thaden

ODonnells performance with the two Class A Mens Derbies won by John Blum Seattle to Chicago and Art Kilshylips Miami-Chicago race It also praised Phoebe Omlies showing against the two Class B Mens Derbies won by John Livingston the race from Brownsville and the Derby from Hartford won by J Wesley Smith

In 1967 when I wrote Mrs ODonnell regarding the Taperwing she sent the front view and commented I feel a pang of guilt at not keeping myoid friend 21 M for thats the way I feel about that plane The enclosed photoshygraph is 21 M at her top best in the streamlined beauty of its heyday - 163 mph You will notice the special racing gear It was beautiful but a bit rugged on turf fields since it was a rigid gear It added about six miles per hour to the top speed The ODonnelis owned the Taperwing for a decade

In comparing this air race of over fifty years ago with some of the more curshyrent ones we need to mention some of the pros and cons When the race is of the on to type with noon and night control stops the contestants more or less stay together In that manner weather and flying conditions are practically the same for each entrant and the race officials have the opportushynity to release race standings to the media after each day of racing

More recently the race routes genershyally 2000 to 2500 statute miles in length are set up and the contestants are usually given four days flying VFR in daylight hours to reach the terminus before a specified deadline Each plane is assigned a par (handicap) speed and the object is to have a ground speed as far over the par speed as possible The

pilot is thus given the leeway to play the elements holding out for better weather conditions winds etc The faster planes with better performance are somewhat favored in this respect as sometimes the slower entries must forge ahead in order to beat the deadshyline at the terminus And in this type of race the official standings cannot be reshyleased until the final bird has crossed the finish line Actually the last arrival can be the winner

The earlier races flew shorter legs and made more stops than the current races More recently the legs are 280 to 350 statute miles and six or seven control stops are designated for either landing or fly-by and the races are open to all fixed-wing stock aircraft from 145 to 570 horsepower Early on the fastest airplane with no handicap was in a good position to win if it held toshygether over the long haul and there was no big navigational error committed

Now that a handicapping system is used - each plane flying against its own specified speed - supposedly any entry has an equal chance of victory depending on the accuracy of the handshyicapping

Gini Richardson Yakima Washingshyton who oft-times places in the top 10 gives some racing advice The handshyicap is vitally important - you have to have a good handicap thats essential After that if you want to finish in the top 10 you have to fly well have knowlshyedge of the weather and strong navigashy

tional skills Velda King Mapelli Las Vegas

Nevada President of the Air Race Classic for the past eight years (1977shy1984) wrote in the recent race proshygram The altruistic interest and efforts of many people offers ARC contestants a temporary respite from the normal routine - and opportunity to share the camaraderie of participating in an air race There are no secrets to racing Personal application of skills will detershymine the winner but each will be a betshyter pilot as a result of the experience

That is what it is all about

FOOTNOTES

(1) Subsequent last names are in parenthesis (2) Had Trout been on the East Coast she cou ld have entered the Kinnermiddotpowered Golden Eagle in the 1575 mi Dixie Derby This race was won by Phoebe Omlie in a Warner Monocoupe She was followed by Martie Bowman Kinner Fleet Laura Ingalls Gypsy DH Moth Nancy Hopkins (Tier) Kinmiddot ner Kitty Hawk and Charity Langdon Cirrus Avian Vera Dawn Walker flying a Warner Inland Sport had to withdraw because of a mechanical at Birminshygham AL and Mary Haizlip in another Warner Inshyland Sport failed to make the race start after her airplane was dinged in a forced landing near Greenwood SC enroute to the starting line Both Haizlip and Walker did get to Chicago after the delays and flew in some of the closedmiddotcourse events Ninety-Nines charter members in this group include HopkinsmiddotTier Omlie and Walker (3) Doig was able to have the Pitcairn engine reshypaired and she flew to Chicago on Aug 26th She placed second behind ODonnell in one 25 mile pylon race at 13536 mph and won $450 In the feature 50 mile race she placed 4th just out of the money behind ODonnell Mary Haizlip and Opal Kunz bull

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The Oldest Known Set of EDO Floats in Service The aircraft is a 1933 Waco UBF-2 biplane powered by a 220-horsepower Continental W670 engine The floats are EDO model M-2665s manufactured on August 2 1930 These particular floats had been damaged in a crash in 1950 and were kept in storage for 27 years prior to being restored and fitted to the Waco in 1977 This remarkable antique aircraft is the property of Mr Henry Stauch Junction City Oregon It is conshyverted to float operation in the summer and flown from Kenmore Air Harbor Kenmore Washington scene of this photograph Photo courtesy EDO Floats

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

My First Flight To Oshkosh

18 gallons each My partner and Ideveloping a small stomach problem Robert R Black watched in amazement as the boytoo much excitement I thought (EAA 220708)

4246 South 1060 East Lift off was normal and the Tri-Pacer pumped 181 into the right tank and 180 gallons into the left tank Instantly did pretty well at first But the night air Salt Lake City UT 83117 I felt terrible I had just flown in onwas hot and humid and I wasnt exshyfumes I had made a mistake middoton myperiencing the kind of lift that I was used Ever since seeing a Pitts Special in flight duration - I forgot that I had cirshyto I had to circle in the Salt Lake Valley FL YING magazine when I was sixteen cled for half an hour after take off and learning of a special event called for 30 minutes until I could get up to

Then a super bad case of cottonshyOshkosh I have had the desire to go altitude At 9000 I started through ParshyAfter all the years of putting it off due to leys Canyon and headed for Ft Bridger mouth hit me I figured it was just due

VOR in Wyoming What a bumpy ride lack of funds and not having anything to the close call so I took a drink of some fruit punch which went down like to fly I finally got the chance to go in We popped around inside the plane like

1984 a bowling ball I really didnt feel good two marbles in a can From Ft Bridger My father and mother and I had just but I told myself I was going to Oshkoshwe flew to Evanston then to Rock

Springs Wyoming completed a 15-month restoration proshy by gosh and that thought kept me going ject on my fathers 1956 Piper Trishy We piled back into the plane and tookI started to develop cotton-mouth but Pacer With the bird looking new and off We climbed slowly and headed for figured it was just the thrill of finally

Chadronpretty I had little trouble talking myself going to Oshkosh We called Rock Springs asking for into taking it to Oshkosh As soon as we cleared the remaining

I discussed this with my business mountains I started to descend when fuel accommodations and I changed my partner and somehow talked him into an overwhelming feeling came over meflight plan from Casper to Rock Springs going with me All right I could go at I was going to throw up and I couldn t When they told me it would cost an adshyhalf the cost Things were really picking ditional $3000 to get someone to fuel shake the feeling try as I may How up could I do that - Id never been sick inme I said no thanks and changed my

The date was set Saturday July 28 an airplane in my life - I couldn t do flight plan to Rawlins Wyoming Fuel 1984 at 300 am I figured if we left at that The sic-sacs were for my wife and was getting low but figuring the length

of the trip and the amount of fuel left I others who couldnt take the ups and300 in the morning I could climb up out of the Salt Lake Valley and fly to downsfigured I could make it

My honor was at stake - I couldnt Casper Wyoming From there I would On to Rawlins we went over the lowshyproceed to Winner South Dakota Fairshy do that What a statement typical hardshyering mountains With all the bumps mont Minnesota and then on to Oshshy head approach right Well thatand ups and downs my stomach told kosh thought helped me to fight off the inevitshyme I had a problem I just couldn t be

Hours of preparation and planning getting sick Id never been sick in an able Come on Chadron I kept saying were spent in getting ready for the trip Id never felt that badly on any flight but airplane I figured that I was just overly A tent was measured and stuffed into we pressed ontired and hungry and the stop at Rawshythe baggage compartment Vacation Chadron Radio this is Tri-Pacer lins would put me back in shape time was hastily arranged and all sysshy 4547A do you copy Tri-Pacer 47A Finally Rawlins appeared on the tems were go Little did I know how Chadron Radio copies loud and clearother side of two knolls I brought the much go there was coming plane around entering down wind and Chadron 47A whats your active run-

On Friday July 27 I went to work way slipped in to a nice friendly airport The What a total waste of time Its a good on-field FSS Operator was super nice 47A active is 20 thing Im a lead man in the machine Roger 20 and said the place would come to life in shop because I accomplished nothing a little while He told us the good places Then came the bad news Chadron and finally left at lunch time Working gave me the altimeter setting and saidto eat breakfast We decided to plan the swing shift has its advantages at times next phase of our flight since our origishy the winds were 25 gusting to 35 I asked and I went home to sleep and prepare nal flight plan was greatly altered by Chadron for the wind direction and he for the flight then told me again I just could not get with

What a wasted night - I couldnt the program whatever was making meWe flight planned to Chadron Nebshysleep and all I did was toss and turn raska for our next stop figuring it would sick was really getting to me Two am came awfully early and I left put us right back on course As soon as I entered the pattern but could not for my partners home We piled into the planning was finished the line boy keep the plane tracking straight It the jeep and went to the airport would not settle What was wrong For at Rawlins appeared and fueled us with

The preflight went well except I was 80 octane My tanks are placarded for those of you who are Tri-Pacer drivers

26 SEPTEMBER 1985

you know the plane settles like a rock I felt better They were the greatest our trip home I spent the first hour and I looked at my airspeed indicator - I On the way into town the car winshy a half in the bathroom at the airport

was doing 120 mph and should have dows were open all the way At the Between the bathroom and the plane I been doing 80 Missed approach Super 8 Motel we met more super nice threw up four times We climbed into going around will try it again people The rooms were great and I the Tri-Pacer anyway and took off

Roger 47A no other traffic in the patshy crashed My partner was given a free 47A flew great I told my partner that tern ride back to the airport by the motel he would probably end up doing a lot of

Chadron this is 47A - downwind manager to pick up our gear the flying I did pretty well until we got for runway 20 We spent the day in town and I just west of Rock Springs Wyoming

I prayed Please God help me down stayed in bed trying to die I finally Ooops that was the only time I ever Dont let me kill my partner realized that my problem was a good used a sic-sac Bless those considerate

Okay Ive got to do this Line it up case of the flu people for making those wonderful leakshyThere thats right 80 mph okay flaps Chadron has a lot to see and some proof bags

day I shall go back I feel I must let those to slow us down right in we goooooo I had decided that if I couldnt finish good people know that I really do have What a crosswind touch down hold on the trip all the way back to Salt Lake color in my face Oh isnt pride terrible 47A you just landed on 26 That was City Airport No 2 that I would land at

a pretty good cross wind landing In the afternoon I felt a little better Ft Bridger Fortunately as Ft Bridger Thanks I just dont feel good I and thought maybe we might make it to passed below us I felt we could make it

Oshkosh anyway We went back to the A storm front was crossing from west guess I needed the practice Roger airport and planned the rest of the trip to east right in our path The clouds I thought to myself - you nut whats All of a sudden I made a mad dash to were closing in I dropped from 10500

the great white throne - the decision to 8500 and still I was going through wrong with you Cant you remember how to tell which runway is which To was made - head for home clouds Short little IFR trips in the mounshy

We took off for Riverton Wyoming Itbe honest I was so sick that I couldn t tains is not really my idea of fun and remember how to tell the correct runshy was a pretty good trip and at one point games What a trip Boy was I sick way I felt I might have made it to Oshkosh We made it through Parleys Canyon

but went on to Riverton What a good and I prayed Please Lord help meWe taxied to the ramp and I warned decision that was land this thing my partner to get out of the way I ran

In Riverton the Best Western Sunshy My prayers were answered weinto the bathroom and spent a good half downer motel sent their courtesy car for parked the plane got into the jeep andan hour seeing only a small porcelain us We spent the night and the next I said Get me home quickly Gary I hole - oops morning there and I was sick sick sick went straight to bed where I stayed The people at Chadron were super Everybody in Riverton took pity on me from Sunday to Wednesday LampD Aero Service tried all they could to

Next year there will be no flu I will They were really great Would those make me feel better They fueled the people ever see me in better condition fly crawl or whatever but Im absolutely plane and offered me a free ride into

When we finally decided to continue going to go to Oshkosh maybe bull town so I cou ld get a place to sleep until

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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17

14thWest Coast

Ryan Reunion The winning five-Ryan formation team Sixth Ryan was the camera plane piloted by Eric Friedricksen of Wilton CT

by Bill J Hodges (EAA 58954 AlC 49) 811 Lydia Street Stephenville TX76401

Twenty-seven beautiful Ryans in the same place at the same time Shades of WW II contract primary flying training school Oh there are some type clubs that have more aircraft in attendance at their functions but looking at the number of Ryans there against the total built the West Coast Ryan Reunion is one of the biggest and one of the best

Arranged by the Santa Paula Califorshynia Ryaneers and hosted by Patroline Inc this popular low-key event was held at Patrolines Paso Robles facility Their president Sherm Smoot coopershyated beautifully with the visiting Ryaneers and Ryaneer Mike Sullivan Chairman of our event

I arrived at Paso Robles on Thursday afternoon courtesy of Bill Mette Campbell CA and his PT-22 Raunchy Bird (after jetting via airlines from Texas to San Jose the night before) We had stopped at Hollister California to rendezvous with other North California Ryans and to meet noted aviation hisshytorian William T Larkins but were were late so missed them

Bill Richards Santa Rosa CA was running late also due to a prop change at the last minute on his civilianized PT-21 So instead of the previous years 13-ship formation we had a twoshyship loose formation flight on to Paso Robles yhere 10 Ryans were already 18 SEPTEMBER 1985

on the ground with 15 on the ramp by nightfall Those present enjoyed a delishycious barbecue provided and prepared by local Ryaneer Mike Wing and a happy hour hosted by Patroline

Friday saw more arrivals with 27 Ryans on the ramp by nightfall 2 SCWs 1 PT-20 1 STM-2 2 PT-21 s 1 NR-1 and 20 PT-22s The morning feashytured an air rally where all entrants were timed for a cold-engine start where the timing is started with the contestant in the cockpit They had to get out and hand prop the engine (safety pilot aboard however) Patty Henderson

was the winner starting Bob Kellers Ranger-powered ST-3 in just 128 secshyonds

Having been assigned to a team preshyviously the pilots were handed a packet of directions and check list of the route to fly just as they were ready to taxi out for take-off All teams had to land at Leon Hermans International Airstrip before proceeding back to Paso Roshybles The team couldnt leave Leons until all team members had come to a full stop landing and turned off their enshygines Refreshments were ready for them as were the hot engine start

Bill Allen La Jolla CA is ownerpilot of this immaculate 1940 Ryan STM-S2 CN 466 N466WA This Ryan is in its original Dutch East Indies markings

Ron Chapel and his 1941 Ryan ST-3KR CN 1309 N56076 Ron who lives in Half Moon Bay CA has cleaned up his Ryan nicely

Well-known former mid-westerner Brad Larsons 1938 Ryan SC-W CN 206 N18912 Brad is now based at Santa Paula CA

Don Carters Ryan STA Special (1940 Ryan PT-20 CN 352) N14984 Don a recognized authority on STAs lives in Lafayette CA

judges Using the same procedures as the cold start contest Alan Buchner Fresno CA won with a fantastic time of 11 0 seconds Winners of the air rally at 1 07 hours was Team C Alan Buchshyner Chris Stimson and Bob Keller

The local Ninety-Nines including National Ryan Club members Shirley Moore and Christine Darbonne served a delicious barbecue sausage lunch (Thanks ladies) National Ryan Club members like Mike and Margaret Wilshyson of Cedar Rapids IA arrived via his and hers motorcycles by way of Florida no less

In the meantime Mike Wing and crew were busily trying to finish up a top overshyhaul on his Ryans Kinner engine Mike and Reb Stimson were able to fly the US Navy painted PT-22 later in the afshyternoon

That evening at the Paso Robles Inn Bill Allen LaJolla CA showed video tapes of the 84 Chino Fly-In and the tape just shot that day of the Paso Roshybles activities Some visited the local Polar Freeze before turning in including Alan Buchner AI Ball Dick Burgess Bill Mette and Bill Hodges

Also during the day John Gokchoff Santa Paula CA master Ryan rebuilshyder and crew had gone around the apron leak checking and calibrating all the Ryan airspeed indicators and AI Ball (Antique Aero Engines) conducted a KinnerRanger engine clinic (Our special thanks to John and AI) Those not participating in the air rally had the option of sightseeing and touring some of the local wineries

At 0800 on Saturday we saw the Dawn Patrol airborne Kinners clattershying away letting Paso Robles officially know the Ryans were back After proper briefing the formation flying contest got underway with four teams competing selected by drawing numbered slips from a hat After passing over the judges in both diamond and echelon formations Team no 1 comprised of Bill Richards Lee Graybill Santa Rosa CA and Jay HayesMontara CA Ron Chapel Half Moon Bay CA and Don Burkett Downey CA were declared the winners John Gokchoff busy and helpshyful again conducted a seminar on how to properly rig a PT-22 with most of the Ryaneers attending (Thanks John)

Most of the Ryans participated in the Saturday afternoon flying event which is a combination of short field take off flour bombing and power off spot landshying and is flown in one flight Due to the layout of the Archie Dean Memorial Airport this event can be flown without bothering the normal traffic flow Rich McDonald Vacaville CA took the short field take off honors of 340 feet with his Ryan SCW Shortest Ryan PT-22 take off was 343 feet by John Richards Venshytura CA

Spot landing winner was Bob Keller Carmel CA in his Ranger-Ryan Oh

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Returning from a flight Brad Larsen gives his Ryan SC-W a wipe-down in the parking area

Headed home Jay and Ellen Hayes fly formation on Bill Mettes wing in their 1942 Ryan PT-22 CN 1752 N56030 Jim and Ellen are from Montara CA

From Vacaville CA USAF pilot Rich McDonalds modified 1938 Ryan SC-W CN 205 N18911 This Ryan sports a Continental E-185 engine in addition to the changed landing gear and cabin 20 SEPTEMBER 1985

yes two people are required to be on board during the event The flour bombshying is always interesting in that two atshytempts are made one with a standard brown bag flour bomb and the other prejudged for originality prior to the event Closest to the target was Aleta PharrisReb Stimson The originality bomb went to Lee and Modie Graybi lls wedding bomb in celebration of their then recent wedding I Congratulations

After the flying activities most everyone retired to the Paso Robles Inn for the Bob Yates Champagne cork-flying conshytests The only rule for this contest is Dont shake the bottle but its rarely enforced John Gormley Sacramento CA showed his expertise by outdistancshying the other competitors by a substanshytial amount Tired but happy Ryaneers gathered at the local Elks Club for reshyfreshments and video tapes of the days activities (furnished by Bill Allen) while waiting for the awards banquet to begin

The Saturday night awaras banquet was a huge success with 131 Ryan enshythusiasts thats almost five people per airplane Mike Sullivan was an outshystanding master of ceremonies There was a lot to cover and Mike really kept things rolling Some things that stand out in my mind in addition to the regu lar awards were the awarding of the Ryan solo wings by Bill Richards to 27 Ryaneers (like the 63 last year) exact replicas of those presented by T Claude Ryan to his Ryan School of Aeronautics graduates then the preshysentation of the WW II King City Ryan Instructors Mickey Muzinich Neil Fershyryman Barney Cleg Elmore Brown Marvin Good and Joe Brown (Wow What stories they told) and the presenshytation of the Archie Dean Memorial (flyshying training) Scholarship to teenager Barry Bradshaw of Paso Robles by Sherm Smoot and certainly George Clayton a Ryaneer from Fairbanks Alaska who received the well-deserved Greatest Hangar Flyer award

George has quite a background in Alaskan aviation and given half an opshyportunity he will tell you all about it He entertained us with a very good harshymonica concert and told us how he purshychased his Ryan PT-22 Briefly while on a DC-3 heading for Alaska from California during a stop in Washington state he observed a PT-22 sitting on the ramp It needed some minor mainteshynance so George called the owner and bought the Ryan right then and there

The DC-3 was about to leave so George got his tool box off and proshyceeded to make the Ryan ferryable (oh yes this was in the late fall of the year) It seems George had never flown a Ryan before but managed with the help of a 5-gallon gas can to make it on in to Fairbanks experiencing only minor mechanical problems cold ice and snow along the way (Come back George we love you)

Ryaneers gather under Los Robles (the oaks) for an outdoor seminar

Among the 30-plus awards presented during the banquet the Best Kinner Powered Ryan went to Jay Hayes Montara CA for his PT-22 N56030 The Best Non-Kinner-Powered Ryan and Greatest Distance Flown went to Bill Allen La Jolla CA for his STM-2 N466WA The T Claude Ryan Memoshyrial Award went to Dennis and Susan Lyons the Air Rally hosts The National Ryan Club plaque for Oldest Ryan went to Rich McDonalds 1938 SCW N18911 and the National Ryan Club plaque for Most Distant Ryan went to Bob Laughlin La Jolla CA for his PTshy22 N53431

All in all the Ryan Reunion was quite successful with a lot of good company and a lot of good safe fun enjoyed by all We Ryaneers are looking forward to Ryan Reunion XV Plans are for a big blowout with a max effort for as many Ryans as possible to attend Already we are aware of plans for several east of the Mississippi Ryan s to attend I can hardly wait to get there How about you

Keep the Ryan flyin bull

THE FULLERmiddotHAMMOND FHmiddot1 SUPER TWIN (Continued from Page 15)

Three views of the FHmiddot1 as it looks today

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Contestants in the 1930 Pacific Women s Air Derby (L to R) - Margery Doig Jean LaRene Ruth Stewart Ruth Barron Gladys ODonnell and Mildred Morgan

THE WOMENS CLASS A PACIFIC DERBY

by H Glenn Buffington (EAA 1234 AC 202) 134 West Walnut Avenue B San Diego CA 92103

In conjunction with the 1930 National Air Races there were two derbies for the women One was a 500 cu in or less piston displacement event from the East Coast Washington DC through Dixie and then up to Chicago and an 800 cu in race from the West Coast Long Beach California through the Southwest and Midwest to Chicago This is the story primarily about the latshyter race which covered a distance of 2245 statute miles

The contestants were

Ruth Barron (Nason) Hollywood Mildred Morgan Beverly Hills CA as the least experienced pilots TwentyshyCA Buhl Air Sedan J-5 Transport Travel Air J-5 Private License 15803 year-Old Barron came in with a brand License 13749 new Transport license having learned

Gladys Berry ODonnell Long Beach to fly only six months previously MorshyMargery Doig (Greenberg) Danbury CA Waco Taperwing J-6-7 Transport gan had a Private rating which was upshy

CT Pitcairn J-6 Lim Comm License License 6608 graded to a Transport after the Derby 10073 ODonnell and LaRene were the vetshy

Ruth Woerner Stewart St Louis MO erans of the group Gladys had flown Jean LaRene (Foote) Kansas City KS Curtiss RobinChallenger Transport the 29 Derby to a close second place

American Eagle J-6-7 Transport License 5375 behind Louise Thaden and Jean had License 5700 Barron and Morgan entered the race been associated with the Commandaire

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NC21 M streamlined and ready for the 1930 competition

Co prior to joining American Eagle Of the six entries four had become

charter members of the Ninety-Nines when it was organized in November of 1929 Doig LaRene ODonnell and Stewart

Left at the starting line were three other pilots all of whom had entered the first Womens Air Derby of 1929 Santa Monica to Cleveland Pancho Barnes withdrew from the race when her three planes including the one she piloted at more than 196 mph all were declared ineligible Claire Fahy of Los Angeles widow of Herbert J Fahy Lockheed test pilot was ruled out beshycause her engine was excessively powshyered Bobbi Trout also of Los Angeles was disqualified for having an under powered craft 2 Bobbi is also another Ninety-Nines charterite

Carl Lienesch NAA governor for the state of California head of the aviation department for Union Oil of California and who served as manager of the 1930 Derby wrote It was left for the women to show really what could be done with ATC ships Phoebe Omlie in the East Coast Derby flew a Monocoupe of modern design and made one of those fine showings which the air racing world had come to expect from her Gladys ODonnell and Margery Doig in the Pacific Coast Derby both flew modern or rather modernized airplanes Margery Doigs Pitcairn was rounded out and fitted with a Townend ring at the Pitcairn factory It was a beautiful job and speedy

Gladys ODonnell flew a Taperwing Waco which it might be said was streamlined to the limit this limit being all possible under an A T C status Mrs ODonnell s ship had I-struts the fuselage rounded out and an effective NACA cowling It is probable that the top speed was around 170 mph Her time from Long Beach to Chicago indishycated an average speed in excess of 150 mph which shows that as far as derbies were concerned this year the women win the brown derby

James E Granger Swallow disshytributor on the West Coast President of the Pacific School of Aviation who served as official starter had this to say about the 30 derbies The splitting of the Womens Air Derby into two classes run from different places in my opinion was wrong The two classes should be run together next year and no attempt should be made to farm out the starting place of this very colorful race to the highest bidder It will not be necessary for the race officials to look further for a manager for next years event They have found him in C F Lienesch From start to finish of this years class A womens derby the absence of discord was conspicuous

The Derby actually started Sunday afternoon from Long Beach California August 17th with a short hop to

Gladys ODonnell with the victory garland at Chicago Aug 25 1930

LindberghRyan Field for the first night stop The planes were flagged away at one minute intervals numerically by racing number ie Doig - no 2 ODonshynell - no 7 LaRene - no 20 Stewart shyno 38 followed by Morgan and Barron The starting time from Long Beach arrishyval time in San Diego and the elapsed time follows (PST pm)

ODonnell - 332 - 40451 - 32 51 Doig - 331 - 405 03 - 3403 Barron - 336 - 422 36 - 4636 Morgan - 335 - 42529 - 50 29 Stewart - 334 - 431 09 - 57 09 LaRene - 333 - 430 16 - 5716

LaRene was delayed eight minutes at take off because of inability to start her engine with the other racers

On Monday the schedule called for a noon stop at Calexico and the night stop at Phoenix In accordance with air derby customs Mrs ODonnells craft was the first to taxi across the starting line on the departure for the second control point All the contestants arrived at Calexico within a span of 21 minutes Elapsed time from start ODonnell 1 1353 Doig 1 2248 Barron 1 3621 Morgan 1 4701 LaRene 1 4827 and Stewart 1 5952

ODonnell and DOig finished the third lap into Phoenix with less than five minshyutes separating them Ruth Barron was the last to get away from Calexico beshycause of some engine trouble and the fledgling s navigation caught up with her she became disoriented and flew an hour beyond Phoenix She landed 35 miles south of Holbrook Arizona reshymained overnight where she landed and then flew back to Phoenix to rejoin the others Tuesday morning

On August 19th the noon stop was Tucson and then to Douglas for the night where the total elapsed time talshylied ODonnell 356 29 Doig 41308 Morgan 52614 LaRene 53523 Stewart 625 25 Barron 21 3952 beshycause of the delay in reaching Phoenix after over-flying it

Wednesday it was on to Lordsburg and then Roswell New Mexico where ODonnell was officially 2640 ahead of Doig Others arrived in the following order Barron LaRene Morgan and Stewart

The 21 st scheduled a Lubbock noon stop and to Amarillo Texas for the night Gladys covered the Roswell-Lubshybock leg in 1 0041 and Margery in 1 0238 The other four pilots landed in the same sequence as at Roswell

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A frontal view of the racy Waco Taperwing NC21M in its heyday

Enid Oklahoma was scheduled for noon and Wichita Kansas for the night of the 22nd Thunderstorms and heavy rain gave the girls some of their most inclement weather during the AmarilloshyEnid leg of the race Ruth Stewart was forced down near Elk City but she set her plane down at Enid at 125630 Jean LaRene was forced down near Waukomis a few miles south of Enid she arrived at 125728 accounting for all the entries so they could take off on schedule for Wichita

More thrilling adventures entered the Wichita-Kansas City Kansas (Fairfax Airport) leg A little short of half-way to Kansas City Margery Doig 3 was forced down and out of the race near Olpe Kansas 10 miles south of Emshyporia in a farmers pasture when her engine caught fire She sideslipped to a landing and beat out the flames that threatened to destroy the Pitcairn It was a tough break for Doig after flying a good second to that point

Again Ruth Barrons navigation went awry She was visibly annoyed when she finally landed the Buhl at Fairfax at 541 pm with an elapsed time of 30457 from Wichita She reported I lost my bearings somewhere near Kanshysas City and landed in a field near a farm house I asked the farmer the dishyrections to Kansas City and he told me 50 miles north I said that he surely meant 50 miles east but he insisted he was right I flew the way he saidand 24 SEPTEMBER 1985

found myself over St Joseph and here I am back

The author had the pleasure of watching the girls bring em in at Fairshyfax on Saturday ODonnell crossed the finish line in her bright red and yellow Waco at 345 - 1 1420 out of Wichita LaRene in her yellow American Eagle arrived at 407 - 1 3415 from Wichita Morgan flying her dark blue Travel Air with silver wings finished at 410 shy1 3512 out of Wichita Stewart in her orange and cream colored Curtiss Robin came in at 437 - 20342 from Wichita

Shortly after these four arrivals the Derby starter Jim Granger and his wife Clema flew in with their Swallow and taxied up to the flight line Then a Ryan Brougham flew in with Gladys ODonnell painted across the fuselage It was flown by her husband Lloyd and served as the flagship for the ODonnell camp Some of the Fairfax pilots called it ritzy but I figured if one could afford it why not

One of the first to reach Jean LaRene was her mother Mrs Sadie Ross of Olathe Kansas whom Jean visited often She also had a long chat with Larry Ruch former chief test pilot for the American Eagle Aircraft factory at Fairfax

The contestants attended a dinner in the evening sponsored by the Womens Chamber of Commerce of Kansas City Kansas The new Fairfax Airport term ishy

nal building the site for this occasion and Mayor Don McCombs welcomed the fliers

The Derby continued to Des Moines Iowa and Madison Wisconsin on Sunshyday and the last leg to Chicago was flown Monday August 25th The offical Long Beach-Chicago results were

Elapsed Prize Pilot Time Money Gladys ODonnell 151316 $3500 Mildred Morgan 21 0835 2100 Jean LaRene 21 4549 1400 Ruth Stewart 2638 06 Ruth Barron 383341 Margery DOig (Out at Olpe KS)

For their efforts in flying the 30 Derby Ruth Barron was awarded the Jr Women s Aeronautical Association of California Trophy and Gladys ODonnell won two trophies The Aerol Trophy by the Cleveland Pneumatic Tool Co and the Womens Aero Assn of Calif Trophy Gladys also won the Mrs Robert McCormick Trophy and the Womens Pioneer Aviation Club Trophy for winning two closed-course races at the National Air Races which were held at Curtiss-Reynolds Airport Chicago Aug 23 to Sept 1 1930

An AP release dated Aug 31 1930 carried the headline Another Victory Chalked up for Feminine Fliers and the sub-title Women pilots fly over long routes in air derbies in less time than men It favorably compared Gladys

Copy of picture Gladys ODonnell autoshygraphed for Louise Thaden

ODonnells performance with the two Class A Mens Derbies won by John Blum Seattle to Chicago and Art Kilshylips Miami-Chicago race It also praised Phoebe Omlies showing against the two Class B Mens Derbies won by John Livingston the race from Brownsville and the Derby from Hartford won by J Wesley Smith

In 1967 when I wrote Mrs ODonnell regarding the Taperwing she sent the front view and commented I feel a pang of guilt at not keeping myoid friend 21 M for thats the way I feel about that plane The enclosed photoshygraph is 21 M at her top best in the streamlined beauty of its heyday - 163 mph You will notice the special racing gear It was beautiful but a bit rugged on turf fields since it was a rigid gear It added about six miles per hour to the top speed The ODonnelis owned the Taperwing for a decade

In comparing this air race of over fifty years ago with some of the more curshyrent ones we need to mention some of the pros and cons When the race is of the on to type with noon and night control stops the contestants more or less stay together In that manner weather and flying conditions are practically the same for each entrant and the race officials have the opportushynity to release race standings to the media after each day of racing

More recently the race routes genershyally 2000 to 2500 statute miles in length are set up and the contestants are usually given four days flying VFR in daylight hours to reach the terminus before a specified deadline Each plane is assigned a par (handicap) speed and the object is to have a ground speed as far over the par speed as possible The

pilot is thus given the leeway to play the elements holding out for better weather conditions winds etc The faster planes with better performance are somewhat favored in this respect as sometimes the slower entries must forge ahead in order to beat the deadshyline at the terminus And in this type of race the official standings cannot be reshyleased until the final bird has crossed the finish line Actually the last arrival can be the winner

The earlier races flew shorter legs and made more stops than the current races More recently the legs are 280 to 350 statute miles and six or seven control stops are designated for either landing or fly-by and the races are open to all fixed-wing stock aircraft from 145 to 570 horsepower Early on the fastest airplane with no handicap was in a good position to win if it held toshygether over the long haul and there was no big navigational error committed

Now that a handicapping system is used - each plane flying against its own specified speed - supposedly any entry has an equal chance of victory depending on the accuracy of the handshyicapping

Gini Richardson Yakima Washingshyton who oft-times places in the top 10 gives some racing advice The handshyicap is vitally important - you have to have a good handicap thats essential After that if you want to finish in the top 10 you have to fly well have knowlshyedge of the weather and strong navigashy

tional skills Velda King Mapelli Las Vegas

Nevada President of the Air Race Classic for the past eight years (1977shy1984) wrote in the recent race proshygram The altruistic interest and efforts of many people offers ARC contestants a temporary respite from the normal routine - and opportunity to share the camaraderie of participating in an air race There are no secrets to racing Personal application of skills will detershymine the winner but each will be a betshyter pilot as a result of the experience

That is what it is all about

FOOTNOTES

(1) Subsequent last names are in parenthesis (2) Had Trout been on the East Coast she cou ld have entered the Kinnermiddotpowered Golden Eagle in the 1575 mi Dixie Derby This race was won by Phoebe Omlie in a Warner Monocoupe She was followed by Martie Bowman Kinner Fleet Laura Ingalls Gypsy DH Moth Nancy Hopkins (Tier) Kinmiddot ner Kitty Hawk and Charity Langdon Cirrus Avian Vera Dawn Walker flying a Warner Inland Sport had to withdraw because of a mechanical at Birminshygham AL and Mary Haizlip in another Warner Inshyland Sport failed to make the race start after her airplane was dinged in a forced landing near Greenwood SC enroute to the starting line Both Haizlip and Walker did get to Chicago after the delays and flew in some of the closedmiddotcourse events Ninety-Nines charter members in this group include HopkinsmiddotTier Omlie and Walker (3) Doig was able to have the Pitcairn engine reshypaired and she flew to Chicago on Aug 26th She placed second behind ODonnell in one 25 mile pylon race at 13536 mph and won $450 In the feature 50 mile race she placed 4th just out of the money behind ODonnell Mary Haizlip and Opal Kunz bull

VINTAGE SEAPLANES

The Oldest Known Set of EDO Floats in Service The aircraft is a 1933 Waco UBF-2 biplane powered by a 220-horsepower Continental W670 engine The floats are EDO model M-2665s manufactured on August 2 1930 These particular floats had been damaged in a crash in 1950 and were kept in storage for 27 years prior to being restored and fitted to the Waco in 1977 This remarkable antique aircraft is the property of Mr Henry Stauch Junction City Oregon It is conshyverted to float operation in the summer and flown from Kenmore Air Harbor Kenmore Washington scene of this photograph Photo courtesy EDO Floats

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

My First Flight To Oshkosh

18 gallons each My partner and Ideveloping a small stomach problem Robert R Black watched in amazement as the boytoo much excitement I thought (EAA 220708)

4246 South 1060 East Lift off was normal and the Tri-Pacer pumped 181 into the right tank and 180 gallons into the left tank Instantly did pretty well at first But the night air Salt Lake City UT 83117 I felt terrible I had just flown in onwas hot and humid and I wasnt exshyfumes I had made a mistake middoton myperiencing the kind of lift that I was used Ever since seeing a Pitts Special in flight duration - I forgot that I had cirshyto I had to circle in the Salt Lake Valley FL YING magazine when I was sixteen cled for half an hour after take off and learning of a special event called for 30 minutes until I could get up to

Then a super bad case of cottonshyOshkosh I have had the desire to go altitude At 9000 I started through ParshyAfter all the years of putting it off due to leys Canyon and headed for Ft Bridger mouth hit me I figured it was just due

VOR in Wyoming What a bumpy ride lack of funds and not having anything to the close call so I took a drink of some fruit punch which went down like to fly I finally got the chance to go in We popped around inside the plane like

1984 a bowling ball I really didnt feel good two marbles in a can From Ft Bridger My father and mother and I had just but I told myself I was going to Oshkoshwe flew to Evanston then to Rock

Springs Wyoming completed a 15-month restoration proshy by gosh and that thought kept me going ject on my fathers 1956 Piper Trishy We piled back into the plane and tookI started to develop cotton-mouth but Pacer With the bird looking new and off We climbed slowly and headed for figured it was just the thrill of finally

Chadronpretty I had little trouble talking myself going to Oshkosh We called Rock Springs asking for into taking it to Oshkosh As soon as we cleared the remaining

I discussed this with my business mountains I started to descend when fuel accommodations and I changed my partner and somehow talked him into an overwhelming feeling came over meflight plan from Casper to Rock Springs going with me All right I could go at I was going to throw up and I couldn t When they told me it would cost an adshyhalf the cost Things were really picking ditional $3000 to get someone to fuel shake the feeling try as I may How up could I do that - Id never been sick inme I said no thanks and changed my

The date was set Saturday July 28 an airplane in my life - I couldn t do flight plan to Rawlins Wyoming Fuel 1984 at 300 am I figured if we left at that The sic-sacs were for my wife and was getting low but figuring the length

of the trip and the amount of fuel left I others who couldnt take the ups and300 in the morning I could climb up out of the Salt Lake Valley and fly to downsfigured I could make it

My honor was at stake - I couldnt Casper Wyoming From there I would On to Rawlins we went over the lowshyproceed to Winner South Dakota Fairshy do that What a statement typical hardshyering mountains With all the bumps mont Minnesota and then on to Oshshy head approach right Well thatand ups and downs my stomach told kosh thought helped me to fight off the inevitshyme I had a problem I just couldn t be

Hours of preparation and planning getting sick Id never been sick in an able Come on Chadron I kept saying were spent in getting ready for the trip Id never felt that badly on any flight but airplane I figured that I was just overly A tent was measured and stuffed into we pressed ontired and hungry and the stop at Rawshythe baggage compartment Vacation Chadron Radio this is Tri-Pacer lins would put me back in shape time was hastily arranged and all sysshy 4547A do you copy Tri-Pacer 47A Finally Rawlins appeared on the tems were go Little did I know how Chadron Radio copies loud and clearother side of two knolls I brought the much go there was coming plane around entering down wind and Chadron 47A whats your active run-

On Friday July 27 I went to work way slipped in to a nice friendly airport The What a total waste of time Its a good on-field FSS Operator was super nice 47A active is 20 thing Im a lead man in the machine Roger 20 and said the place would come to life in shop because I accomplished nothing a little while He told us the good places Then came the bad news Chadron and finally left at lunch time Working gave me the altimeter setting and saidto eat breakfast We decided to plan the swing shift has its advantages at times next phase of our flight since our origishy the winds were 25 gusting to 35 I asked and I went home to sleep and prepare nal flight plan was greatly altered by Chadron for the wind direction and he for the flight then told me again I just could not get with

What a wasted night - I couldnt the program whatever was making meWe flight planned to Chadron Nebshysleep and all I did was toss and turn raska for our next stop figuring it would sick was really getting to me Two am came awfully early and I left put us right back on course As soon as I entered the pattern but could not for my partners home We piled into the planning was finished the line boy keep the plane tracking straight It the jeep and went to the airport would not settle What was wrong For at Rawlins appeared and fueled us with

The preflight went well except I was 80 octane My tanks are placarded for those of you who are Tri-Pacer drivers

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you know the plane settles like a rock I felt better They were the greatest our trip home I spent the first hour and I looked at my airspeed indicator - I On the way into town the car winshy a half in the bathroom at the airport

was doing 120 mph and should have dows were open all the way At the Between the bathroom and the plane I been doing 80 Missed approach Super 8 Motel we met more super nice threw up four times We climbed into going around will try it again people The rooms were great and I the Tri-Pacer anyway and took off

Roger 47A no other traffic in the patshy crashed My partner was given a free 47A flew great I told my partner that tern ride back to the airport by the motel he would probably end up doing a lot of

Chadron this is 47A - downwind manager to pick up our gear the flying I did pretty well until we got for runway 20 We spent the day in town and I just west of Rock Springs Wyoming

I prayed Please God help me down stayed in bed trying to die I finally Ooops that was the only time I ever Dont let me kill my partner realized that my problem was a good used a sic-sac Bless those considerate

Okay Ive got to do this Line it up case of the flu people for making those wonderful leakshyThere thats right 80 mph okay flaps Chadron has a lot to see and some proof bags

day I shall go back I feel I must let those to slow us down right in we goooooo I had decided that if I couldnt finish good people know that I really do have What a crosswind touch down hold on the trip all the way back to Salt Lake color in my face Oh isnt pride terrible 47A you just landed on 26 That was City Airport No 2 that I would land at

a pretty good cross wind landing In the afternoon I felt a little better Ft Bridger Fortunately as Ft Bridger Thanks I just dont feel good I and thought maybe we might make it to passed below us I felt we could make it

Oshkosh anyway We went back to the A storm front was crossing from west guess I needed the practice Roger airport and planned the rest of the trip to east right in our path The clouds I thought to myself - you nut whats All of a sudden I made a mad dash to were closing in I dropped from 10500

the great white throne - the decision to 8500 and still I was going through wrong with you Cant you remember how to tell which runway is which To was made - head for home clouds Short little IFR trips in the mounshy

We took off for Riverton Wyoming Itbe honest I was so sick that I couldn t tains is not really my idea of fun and remember how to tell the correct runshy was a pretty good trip and at one point games What a trip Boy was I sick way I felt I might have made it to Oshkosh We made it through Parleys Canyon

but went on to Riverton What a good and I prayed Please Lord help meWe taxied to the ramp and I warned decision that was land this thing my partner to get out of the way I ran

In Riverton the Best Western Sunshy My prayers were answered weinto the bathroom and spent a good half downer motel sent their courtesy car for parked the plane got into the jeep andan hour seeing only a small porcelain us We spent the night and the next I said Get me home quickly Gary I hole - oops morning there and I was sick sick sick went straight to bed where I stayed The people at Chadron were super Everybody in Riverton took pity on me from Sunday to Wednesday LampD Aero Service tried all they could to

Next year there will be no flu I will They were really great Would those make me feel better They fueled the people ever see me in better condition fly crawl or whatever but Im absolutely plane and offered me a free ride into

When we finally decided to continue going to go to Oshkosh maybe bull town so I cou ld get a place to sleep until

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14thWest Coast

Ryan Reunion The winning five-Ryan formation team Sixth Ryan was the camera plane piloted by Eric Friedricksen of Wilton CT

by Bill J Hodges (EAA 58954 AlC 49) 811 Lydia Street Stephenville TX76401

Twenty-seven beautiful Ryans in the same place at the same time Shades of WW II contract primary flying training school Oh there are some type clubs that have more aircraft in attendance at their functions but looking at the number of Ryans there against the total built the West Coast Ryan Reunion is one of the biggest and one of the best

Arranged by the Santa Paula Califorshynia Ryaneers and hosted by Patroline Inc this popular low-key event was held at Patrolines Paso Robles facility Their president Sherm Smoot coopershyated beautifully with the visiting Ryaneers and Ryaneer Mike Sullivan Chairman of our event

I arrived at Paso Robles on Thursday afternoon courtesy of Bill Mette Campbell CA and his PT-22 Raunchy Bird (after jetting via airlines from Texas to San Jose the night before) We had stopped at Hollister California to rendezvous with other North California Ryans and to meet noted aviation hisshytorian William T Larkins but were were late so missed them

Bill Richards Santa Rosa CA was running late also due to a prop change at the last minute on his civilianized PT-21 So instead of the previous years 13-ship formation we had a twoshyship loose formation flight on to Paso Robles yhere 10 Ryans were already 18 SEPTEMBER 1985

on the ground with 15 on the ramp by nightfall Those present enjoyed a delishycious barbecue provided and prepared by local Ryaneer Mike Wing and a happy hour hosted by Patroline

Friday saw more arrivals with 27 Ryans on the ramp by nightfall 2 SCWs 1 PT-20 1 STM-2 2 PT-21 s 1 NR-1 and 20 PT-22s The morning feashytured an air rally where all entrants were timed for a cold-engine start where the timing is started with the contestant in the cockpit They had to get out and hand prop the engine (safety pilot aboard however) Patty Henderson

was the winner starting Bob Kellers Ranger-powered ST-3 in just 128 secshyonds

Having been assigned to a team preshyviously the pilots were handed a packet of directions and check list of the route to fly just as they were ready to taxi out for take-off All teams had to land at Leon Hermans International Airstrip before proceeding back to Paso Roshybles The team couldnt leave Leons until all team members had come to a full stop landing and turned off their enshygines Refreshments were ready for them as were the hot engine start

Bill Allen La Jolla CA is ownerpilot of this immaculate 1940 Ryan STM-S2 CN 466 N466WA This Ryan is in its original Dutch East Indies markings

Ron Chapel and his 1941 Ryan ST-3KR CN 1309 N56076 Ron who lives in Half Moon Bay CA has cleaned up his Ryan nicely

Well-known former mid-westerner Brad Larsons 1938 Ryan SC-W CN 206 N18912 Brad is now based at Santa Paula CA

Don Carters Ryan STA Special (1940 Ryan PT-20 CN 352) N14984 Don a recognized authority on STAs lives in Lafayette CA

judges Using the same procedures as the cold start contest Alan Buchner Fresno CA won with a fantastic time of 11 0 seconds Winners of the air rally at 1 07 hours was Team C Alan Buchshyner Chris Stimson and Bob Keller

The local Ninety-Nines including National Ryan Club members Shirley Moore and Christine Darbonne served a delicious barbecue sausage lunch (Thanks ladies) National Ryan Club members like Mike and Margaret Wilshyson of Cedar Rapids IA arrived via his and hers motorcycles by way of Florida no less

In the meantime Mike Wing and crew were busily trying to finish up a top overshyhaul on his Ryans Kinner engine Mike and Reb Stimson were able to fly the US Navy painted PT-22 later in the afshyternoon

That evening at the Paso Robles Inn Bill Allen LaJolla CA showed video tapes of the 84 Chino Fly-In and the tape just shot that day of the Paso Roshybles activities Some visited the local Polar Freeze before turning in including Alan Buchner AI Ball Dick Burgess Bill Mette and Bill Hodges

Also during the day John Gokchoff Santa Paula CA master Ryan rebuilshyder and crew had gone around the apron leak checking and calibrating all the Ryan airspeed indicators and AI Ball (Antique Aero Engines) conducted a KinnerRanger engine clinic (Our special thanks to John and AI) Those not participating in the air rally had the option of sightseeing and touring some of the local wineries

At 0800 on Saturday we saw the Dawn Patrol airborne Kinners clattershying away letting Paso Robles officially know the Ryans were back After proper briefing the formation flying contest got underway with four teams competing selected by drawing numbered slips from a hat After passing over the judges in both diamond and echelon formations Team no 1 comprised of Bill Richards Lee Graybill Santa Rosa CA and Jay HayesMontara CA Ron Chapel Half Moon Bay CA and Don Burkett Downey CA were declared the winners John Gokchoff busy and helpshyful again conducted a seminar on how to properly rig a PT-22 with most of the Ryaneers attending (Thanks John)

Most of the Ryans participated in the Saturday afternoon flying event which is a combination of short field take off flour bombing and power off spot landshying and is flown in one flight Due to the layout of the Archie Dean Memorial Airport this event can be flown without bothering the normal traffic flow Rich McDonald Vacaville CA took the short field take off honors of 340 feet with his Ryan SCW Shortest Ryan PT-22 take off was 343 feet by John Richards Venshytura CA

Spot landing winner was Bob Keller Carmel CA in his Ranger-Ryan Oh

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Returning from a flight Brad Larsen gives his Ryan SC-W a wipe-down in the parking area

Headed home Jay and Ellen Hayes fly formation on Bill Mettes wing in their 1942 Ryan PT-22 CN 1752 N56030 Jim and Ellen are from Montara CA

From Vacaville CA USAF pilot Rich McDonalds modified 1938 Ryan SC-W CN 205 N18911 This Ryan sports a Continental E-185 engine in addition to the changed landing gear and cabin 20 SEPTEMBER 1985

yes two people are required to be on board during the event The flour bombshying is always interesting in that two atshytempts are made one with a standard brown bag flour bomb and the other prejudged for originality prior to the event Closest to the target was Aleta PharrisReb Stimson The originality bomb went to Lee and Modie Graybi lls wedding bomb in celebration of their then recent wedding I Congratulations

After the flying activities most everyone retired to the Paso Robles Inn for the Bob Yates Champagne cork-flying conshytests The only rule for this contest is Dont shake the bottle but its rarely enforced John Gormley Sacramento CA showed his expertise by outdistancshying the other competitors by a substanshytial amount Tired but happy Ryaneers gathered at the local Elks Club for reshyfreshments and video tapes of the days activities (furnished by Bill Allen) while waiting for the awards banquet to begin

The Saturday night awaras banquet was a huge success with 131 Ryan enshythusiasts thats almost five people per airplane Mike Sullivan was an outshystanding master of ceremonies There was a lot to cover and Mike really kept things rolling Some things that stand out in my mind in addition to the regu lar awards were the awarding of the Ryan solo wings by Bill Richards to 27 Ryaneers (like the 63 last year) exact replicas of those presented by T Claude Ryan to his Ryan School of Aeronautics graduates then the preshysentation of the WW II King City Ryan Instructors Mickey Muzinich Neil Fershyryman Barney Cleg Elmore Brown Marvin Good and Joe Brown (Wow What stories they told) and the presenshytation of the Archie Dean Memorial (flyshying training) Scholarship to teenager Barry Bradshaw of Paso Robles by Sherm Smoot and certainly George Clayton a Ryaneer from Fairbanks Alaska who received the well-deserved Greatest Hangar Flyer award

George has quite a background in Alaskan aviation and given half an opshyportunity he will tell you all about it He entertained us with a very good harshymonica concert and told us how he purshychased his Ryan PT-22 Briefly while on a DC-3 heading for Alaska from California during a stop in Washington state he observed a PT-22 sitting on the ramp It needed some minor mainteshynance so George called the owner and bought the Ryan right then and there

The DC-3 was about to leave so George got his tool box off and proshyceeded to make the Ryan ferryable (oh yes this was in the late fall of the year) It seems George had never flown a Ryan before but managed with the help of a 5-gallon gas can to make it on in to Fairbanks experiencing only minor mechanical problems cold ice and snow along the way (Come back George we love you)

Ryaneers gather under Los Robles (the oaks) for an outdoor seminar

Among the 30-plus awards presented during the banquet the Best Kinner Powered Ryan went to Jay Hayes Montara CA for his PT-22 N56030 The Best Non-Kinner-Powered Ryan and Greatest Distance Flown went to Bill Allen La Jolla CA for his STM-2 N466WA The T Claude Ryan Memoshyrial Award went to Dennis and Susan Lyons the Air Rally hosts The National Ryan Club plaque for Oldest Ryan went to Rich McDonalds 1938 SCW N18911 and the National Ryan Club plaque for Most Distant Ryan went to Bob Laughlin La Jolla CA for his PTshy22 N53431

All in all the Ryan Reunion was quite successful with a lot of good company and a lot of good safe fun enjoyed by all We Ryaneers are looking forward to Ryan Reunion XV Plans are for a big blowout with a max effort for as many Ryans as possible to attend Already we are aware of plans for several east of the Mississippi Ryan s to attend I can hardly wait to get there How about you

Keep the Ryan flyin bull

THE FULLERmiddotHAMMOND FHmiddot1 SUPER TWIN (Continued from Page 15)

Three views of the FHmiddot1 as it looks today

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Contestants in the 1930 Pacific Women s Air Derby (L to R) - Margery Doig Jean LaRene Ruth Stewart Ruth Barron Gladys ODonnell and Mildred Morgan

THE WOMENS CLASS A PACIFIC DERBY

by H Glenn Buffington (EAA 1234 AC 202) 134 West Walnut Avenue B San Diego CA 92103

In conjunction with the 1930 National Air Races there were two derbies for the women One was a 500 cu in or less piston displacement event from the East Coast Washington DC through Dixie and then up to Chicago and an 800 cu in race from the West Coast Long Beach California through the Southwest and Midwest to Chicago This is the story primarily about the latshyter race which covered a distance of 2245 statute miles

The contestants were

Ruth Barron (Nason) Hollywood Mildred Morgan Beverly Hills CA as the least experienced pilots TwentyshyCA Buhl Air Sedan J-5 Transport Travel Air J-5 Private License 15803 year-Old Barron came in with a brand License 13749 new Transport license having learned

Gladys Berry ODonnell Long Beach to fly only six months previously MorshyMargery Doig (Greenberg) Danbury CA Waco Taperwing J-6-7 Transport gan had a Private rating which was upshy

CT Pitcairn J-6 Lim Comm License License 6608 graded to a Transport after the Derby 10073 ODonnell and LaRene were the vetshy

Ruth Woerner Stewart St Louis MO erans of the group Gladys had flown Jean LaRene (Foote) Kansas City KS Curtiss RobinChallenger Transport the 29 Derby to a close second place

American Eagle J-6-7 Transport License 5375 behind Louise Thaden and Jean had License 5700 Barron and Morgan entered the race been associated with the Commandaire

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NC21 M streamlined and ready for the 1930 competition

Co prior to joining American Eagle Of the six entries four had become

charter members of the Ninety-Nines when it was organized in November of 1929 Doig LaRene ODonnell and Stewart

Left at the starting line were three other pilots all of whom had entered the first Womens Air Derby of 1929 Santa Monica to Cleveland Pancho Barnes withdrew from the race when her three planes including the one she piloted at more than 196 mph all were declared ineligible Claire Fahy of Los Angeles widow of Herbert J Fahy Lockheed test pilot was ruled out beshycause her engine was excessively powshyered Bobbi Trout also of Los Angeles was disqualified for having an under powered craft 2 Bobbi is also another Ninety-Nines charterite

Carl Lienesch NAA governor for the state of California head of the aviation department for Union Oil of California and who served as manager of the 1930 Derby wrote It was left for the women to show really what could be done with ATC ships Phoebe Omlie in the East Coast Derby flew a Monocoupe of modern design and made one of those fine showings which the air racing world had come to expect from her Gladys ODonnell and Margery Doig in the Pacific Coast Derby both flew modern or rather modernized airplanes Margery Doigs Pitcairn was rounded out and fitted with a Townend ring at the Pitcairn factory It was a beautiful job and speedy

Gladys ODonnell flew a Taperwing Waco which it might be said was streamlined to the limit this limit being all possible under an A T C status Mrs ODonnell s ship had I-struts the fuselage rounded out and an effective NACA cowling It is probable that the top speed was around 170 mph Her time from Long Beach to Chicago indishycated an average speed in excess of 150 mph which shows that as far as derbies were concerned this year the women win the brown derby

James E Granger Swallow disshytributor on the West Coast President of the Pacific School of Aviation who served as official starter had this to say about the 30 derbies The splitting of the Womens Air Derby into two classes run from different places in my opinion was wrong The two classes should be run together next year and no attempt should be made to farm out the starting place of this very colorful race to the highest bidder It will not be necessary for the race officials to look further for a manager for next years event They have found him in C F Lienesch From start to finish of this years class A womens derby the absence of discord was conspicuous

The Derby actually started Sunday afternoon from Long Beach California August 17th with a short hop to

Gladys ODonnell with the victory garland at Chicago Aug 25 1930

LindberghRyan Field for the first night stop The planes were flagged away at one minute intervals numerically by racing number ie Doig - no 2 ODonshynell - no 7 LaRene - no 20 Stewart shyno 38 followed by Morgan and Barron The starting time from Long Beach arrishyval time in San Diego and the elapsed time follows (PST pm)

ODonnell - 332 - 40451 - 32 51 Doig - 331 - 405 03 - 3403 Barron - 336 - 422 36 - 4636 Morgan - 335 - 42529 - 50 29 Stewart - 334 - 431 09 - 57 09 LaRene - 333 - 430 16 - 5716

LaRene was delayed eight minutes at take off because of inability to start her engine with the other racers

On Monday the schedule called for a noon stop at Calexico and the night stop at Phoenix In accordance with air derby customs Mrs ODonnells craft was the first to taxi across the starting line on the departure for the second control point All the contestants arrived at Calexico within a span of 21 minutes Elapsed time from start ODonnell 1 1353 Doig 1 2248 Barron 1 3621 Morgan 1 4701 LaRene 1 4827 and Stewart 1 5952

ODonnell and DOig finished the third lap into Phoenix with less than five minshyutes separating them Ruth Barron was the last to get away from Calexico beshycause of some engine trouble and the fledgling s navigation caught up with her she became disoriented and flew an hour beyond Phoenix She landed 35 miles south of Holbrook Arizona reshymained overnight where she landed and then flew back to Phoenix to rejoin the others Tuesday morning

On August 19th the noon stop was Tucson and then to Douglas for the night where the total elapsed time talshylied ODonnell 356 29 Doig 41308 Morgan 52614 LaRene 53523 Stewart 625 25 Barron 21 3952 beshycause of the delay in reaching Phoenix after over-flying it

Wednesday it was on to Lordsburg and then Roswell New Mexico where ODonnell was officially 2640 ahead of Doig Others arrived in the following order Barron LaRene Morgan and Stewart

The 21 st scheduled a Lubbock noon stop and to Amarillo Texas for the night Gladys covered the Roswell-Lubshybock leg in 1 0041 and Margery in 1 0238 The other four pilots landed in the same sequence as at Roswell

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A frontal view of the racy Waco Taperwing NC21M in its heyday

Enid Oklahoma was scheduled for noon and Wichita Kansas for the night of the 22nd Thunderstorms and heavy rain gave the girls some of their most inclement weather during the AmarilloshyEnid leg of the race Ruth Stewart was forced down near Elk City but she set her plane down at Enid at 125630 Jean LaRene was forced down near Waukomis a few miles south of Enid she arrived at 125728 accounting for all the entries so they could take off on schedule for Wichita

More thrilling adventures entered the Wichita-Kansas City Kansas (Fairfax Airport) leg A little short of half-way to Kansas City Margery Doig 3 was forced down and out of the race near Olpe Kansas 10 miles south of Emshyporia in a farmers pasture when her engine caught fire She sideslipped to a landing and beat out the flames that threatened to destroy the Pitcairn It was a tough break for Doig after flying a good second to that point

Again Ruth Barrons navigation went awry She was visibly annoyed when she finally landed the Buhl at Fairfax at 541 pm with an elapsed time of 30457 from Wichita She reported I lost my bearings somewhere near Kanshysas City and landed in a field near a farm house I asked the farmer the dishyrections to Kansas City and he told me 50 miles north I said that he surely meant 50 miles east but he insisted he was right I flew the way he saidand 24 SEPTEMBER 1985

found myself over St Joseph and here I am back

The author had the pleasure of watching the girls bring em in at Fairshyfax on Saturday ODonnell crossed the finish line in her bright red and yellow Waco at 345 - 1 1420 out of Wichita LaRene in her yellow American Eagle arrived at 407 - 1 3415 from Wichita Morgan flying her dark blue Travel Air with silver wings finished at 410 shy1 3512 out of Wichita Stewart in her orange and cream colored Curtiss Robin came in at 437 - 20342 from Wichita

Shortly after these four arrivals the Derby starter Jim Granger and his wife Clema flew in with their Swallow and taxied up to the flight line Then a Ryan Brougham flew in with Gladys ODonnell painted across the fuselage It was flown by her husband Lloyd and served as the flagship for the ODonnell camp Some of the Fairfax pilots called it ritzy but I figured if one could afford it why not

One of the first to reach Jean LaRene was her mother Mrs Sadie Ross of Olathe Kansas whom Jean visited often She also had a long chat with Larry Ruch former chief test pilot for the American Eagle Aircraft factory at Fairfax

The contestants attended a dinner in the evening sponsored by the Womens Chamber of Commerce of Kansas City Kansas The new Fairfax Airport term ishy

nal building the site for this occasion and Mayor Don McCombs welcomed the fliers

The Derby continued to Des Moines Iowa and Madison Wisconsin on Sunshyday and the last leg to Chicago was flown Monday August 25th The offical Long Beach-Chicago results were

Elapsed Prize Pilot Time Money Gladys ODonnell 151316 $3500 Mildred Morgan 21 0835 2100 Jean LaRene 21 4549 1400 Ruth Stewart 2638 06 Ruth Barron 383341 Margery DOig (Out at Olpe KS)

For their efforts in flying the 30 Derby Ruth Barron was awarded the Jr Women s Aeronautical Association of California Trophy and Gladys ODonnell won two trophies The Aerol Trophy by the Cleveland Pneumatic Tool Co and the Womens Aero Assn of Calif Trophy Gladys also won the Mrs Robert McCormick Trophy and the Womens Pioneer Aviation Club Trophy for winning two closed-course races at the National Air Races which were held at Curtiss-Reynolds Airport Chicago Aug 23 to Sept 1 1930

An AP release dated Aug 31 1930 carried the headline Another Victory Chalked up for Feminine Fliers and the sub-title Women pilots fly over long routes in air derbies in less time than men It favorably compared Gladys

Copy of picture Gladys ODonnell autoshygraphed for Louise Thaden

ODonnells performance with the two Class A Mens Derbies won by John Blum Seattle to Chicago and Art Kilshylips Miami-Chicago race It also praised Phoebe Omlies showing against the two Class B Mens Derbies won by John Livingston the race from Brownsville and the Derby from Hartford won by J Wesley Smith

In 1967 when I wrote Mrs ODonnell regarding the Taperwing she sent the front view and commented I feel a pang of guilt at not keeping myoid friend 21 M for thats the way I feel about that plane The enclosed photoshygraph is 21 M at her top best in the streamlined beauty of its heyday - 163 mph You will notice the special racing gear It was beautiful but a bit rugged on turf fields since it was a rigid gear It added about six miles per hour to the top speed The ODonnelis owned the Taperwing for a decade

In comparing this air race of over fifty years ago with some of the more curshyrent ones we need to mention some of the pros and cons When the race is of the on to type with noon and night control stops the contestants more or less stay together In that manner weather and flying conditions are practically the same for each entrant and the race officials have the opportushynity to release race standings to the media after each day of racing

More recently the race routes genershyally 2000 to 2500 statute miles in length are set up and the contestants are usually given four days flying VFR in daylight hours to reach the terminus before a specified deadline Each plane is assigned a par (handicap) speed and the object is to have a ground speed as far over the par speed as possible The

pilot is thus given the leeway to play the elements holding out for better weather conditions winds etc The faster planes with better performance are somewhat favored in this respect as sometimes the slower entries must forge ahead in order to beat the deadshyline at the terminus And in this type of race the official standings cannot be reshyleased until the final bird has crossed the finish line Actually the last arrival can be the winner

The earlier races flew shorter legs and made more stops than the current races More recently the legs are 280 to 350 statute miles and six or seven control stops are designated for either landing or fly-by and the races are open to all fixed-wing stock aircraft from 145 to 570 horsepower Early on the fastest airplane with no handicap was in a good position to win if it held toshygether over the long haul and there was no big navigational error committed

Now that a handicapping system is used - each plane flying against its own specified speed - supposedly any entry has an equal chance of victory depending on the accuracy of the handshyicapping

Gini Richardson Yakima Washingshyton who oft-times places in the top 10 gives some racing advice The handshyicap is vitally important - you have to have a good handicap thats essential After that if you want to finish in the top 10 you have to fly well have knowlshyedge of the weather and strong navigashy

tional skills Velda King Mapelli Las Vegas

Nevada President of the Air Race Classic for the past eight years (1977shy1984) wrote in the recent race proshygram The altruistic interest and efforts of many people offers ARC contestants a temporary respite from the normal routine - and opportunity to share the camaraderie of participating in an air race There are no secrets to racing Personal application of skills will detershymine the winner but each will be a betshyter pilot as a result of the experience

That is what it is all about

FOOTNOTES

(1) Subsequent last names are in parenthesis (2) Had Trout been on the East Coast she cou ld have entered the Kinnermiddotpowered Golden Eagle in the 1575 mi Dixie Derby This race was won by Phoebe Omlie in a Warner Monocoupe She was followed by Martie Bowman Kinner Fleet Laura Ingalls Gypsy DH Moth Nancy Hopkins (Tier) Kinmiddot ner Kitty Hawk and Charity Langdon Cirrus Avian Vera Dawn Walker flying a Warner Inland Sport had to withdraw because of a mechanical at Birminshygham AL and Mary Haizlip in another Warner Inshyland Sport failed to make the race start after her airplane was dinged in a forced landing near Greenwood SC enroute to the starting line Both Haizlip and Walker did get to Chicago after the delays and flew in some of the closedmiddotcourse events Ninety-Nines charter members in this group include HopkinsmiddotTier Omlie and Walker (3) Doig was able to have the Pitcairn engine reshypaired and she flew to Chicago on Aug 26th She placed second behind ODonnell in one 25 mile pylon race at 13536 mph and won $450 In the feature 50 mile race she placed 4th just out of the money behind ODonnell Mary Haizlip and Opal Kunz bull

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The Oldest Known Set of EDO Floats in Service The aircraft is a 1933 Waco UBF-2 biplane powered by a 220-horsepower Continental W670 engine The floats are EDO model M-2665s manufactured on August 2 1930 These particular floats had been damaged in a crash in 1950 and were kept in storage for 27 years prior to being restored and fitted to the Waco in 1977 This remarkable antique aircraft is the property of Mr Henry Stauch Junction City Oregon It is conshyverted to float operation in the summer and flown from Kenmore Air Harbor Kenmore Washington scene of this photograph Photo courtesy EDO Floats

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

My First Flight To Oshkosh

18 gallons each My partner and Ideveloping a small stomach problem Robert R Black watched in amazement as the boytoo much excitement I thought (EAA 220708)

4246 South 1060 East Lift off was normal and the Tri-Pacer pumped 181 into the right tank and 180 gallons into the left tank Instantly did pretty well at first But the night air Salt Lake City UT 83117 I felt terrible I had just flown in onwas hot and humid and I wasnt exshyfumes I had made a mistake middoton myperiencing the kind of lift that I was used Ever since seeing a Pitts Special in flight duration - I forgot that I had cirshyto I had to circle in the Salt Lake Valley FL YING magazine when I was sixteen cled for half an hour after take off and learning of a special event called for 30 minutes until I could get up to

Then a super bad case of cottonshyOshkosh I have had the desire to go altitude At 9000 I started through ParshyAfter all the years of putting it off due to leys Canyon and headed for Ft Bridger mouth hit me I figured it was just due

VOR in Wyoming What a bumpy ride lack of funds and not having anything to the close call so I took a drink of some fruit punch which went down like to fly I finally got the chance to go in We popped around inside the plane like

1984 a bowling ball I really didnt feel good two marbles in a can From Ft Bridger My father and mother and I had just but I told myself I was going to Oshkoshwe flew to Evanston then to Rock

Springs Wyoming completed a 15-month restoration proshy by gosh and that thought kept me going ject on my fathers 1956 Piper Trishy We piled back into the plane and tookI started to develop cotton-mouth but Pacer With the bird looking new and off We climbed slowly and headed for figured it was just the thrill of finally

Chadronpretty I had little trouble talking myself going to Oshkosh We called Rock Springs asking for into taking it to Oshkosh As soon as we cleared the remaining

I discussed this with my business mountains I started to descend when fuel accommodations and I changed my partner and somehow talked him into an overwhelming feeling came over meflight plan from Casper to Rock Springs going with me All right I could go at I was going to throw up and I couldn t When they told me it would cost an adshyhalf the cost Things were really picking ditional $3000 to get someone to fuel shake the feeling try as I may How up could I do that - Id never been sick inme I said no thanks and changed my

The date was set Saturday July 28 an airplane in my life - I couldn t do flight plan to Rawlins Wyoming Fuel 1984 at 300 am I figured if we left at that The sic-sacs were for my wife and was getting low but figuring the length

of the trip and the amount of fuel left I others who couldnt take the ups and300 in the morning I could climb up out of the Salt Lake Valley and fly to downsfigured I could make it

My honor was at stake - I couldnt Casper Wyoming From there I would On to Rawlins we went over the lowshyproceed to Winner South Dakota Fairshy do that What a statement typical hardshyering mountains With all the bumps mont Minnesota and then on to Oshshy head approach right Well thatand ups and downs my stomach told kosh thought helped me to fight off the inevitshyme I had a problem I just couldn t be

Hours of preparation and planning getting sick Id never been sick in an able Come on Chadron I kept saying were spent in getting ready for the trip Id never felt that badly on any flight but airplane I figured that I was just overly A tent was measured and stuffed into we pressed ontired and hungry and the stop at Rawshythe baggage compartment Vacation Chadron Radio this is Tri-Pacer lins would put me back in shape time was hastily arranged and all sysshy 4547A do you copy Tri-Pacer 47A Finally Rawlins appeared on the tems were go Little did I know how Chadron Radio copies loud and clearother side of two knolls I brought the much go there was coming plane around entering down wind and Chadron 47A whats your active run-

On Friday July 27 I went to work way slipped in to a nice friendly airport The What a total waste of time Its a good on-field FSS Operator was super nice 47A active is 20 thing Im a lead man in the machine Roger 20 and said the place would come to life in shop because I accomplished nothing a little while He told us the good places Then came the bad news Chadron and finally left at lunch time Working gave me the altimeter setting and saidto eat breakfast We decided to plan the swing shift has its advantages at times next phase of our flight since our origishy the winds were 25 gusting to 35 I asked and I went home to sleep and prepare nal flight plan was greatly altered by Chadron for the wind direction and he for the flight then told me again I just could not get with

What a wasted night - I couldnt the program whatever was making meWe flight planned to Chadron Nebshysleep and all I did was toss and turn raska for our next stop figuring it would sick was really getting to me Two am came awfully early and I left put us right back on course As soon as I entered the pattern but could not for my partners home We piled into the planning was finished the line boy keep the plane tracking straight It the jeep and went to the airport would not settle What was wrong For at Rawlins appeared and fueled us with

The preflight went well except I was 80 octane My tanks are placarded for those of you who are Tri-Pacer drivers

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you know the plane settles like a rock I felt better They were the greatest our trip home I spent the first hour and I looked at my airspeed indicator - I On the way into town the car winshy a half in the bathroom at the airport

was doing 120 mph and should have dows were open all the way At the Between the bathroom and the plane I been doing 80 Missed approach Super 8 Motel we met more super nice threw up four times We climbed into going around will try it again people The rooms were great and I the Tri-Pacer anyway and took off

Roger 47A no other traffic in the patshy crashed My partner was given a free 47A flew great I told my partner that tern ride back to the airport by the motel he would probably end up doing a lot of

Chadron this is 47A - downwind manager to pick up our gear the flying I did pretty well until we got for runway 20 We spent the day in town and I just west of Rock Springs Wyoming

I prayed Please God help me down stayed in bed trying to die I finally Ooops that was the only time I ever Dont let me kill my partner realized that my problem was a good used a sic-sac Bless those considerate

Okay Ive got to do this Line it up case of the flu people for making those wonderful leakshyThere thats right 80 mph okay flaps Chadron has a lot to see and some proof bags

day I shall go back I feel I must let those to slow us down right in we goooooo I had decided that if I couldnt finish good people know that I really do have What a crosswind touch down hold on the trip all the way back to Salt Lake color in my face Oh isnt pride terrible 47A you just landed on 26 That was City Airport No 2 that I would land at

a pretty good cross wind landing In the afternoon I felt a little better Ft Bridger Fortunately as Ft Bridger Thanks I just dont feel good I and thought maybe we might make it to passed below us I felt we could make it

Oshkosh anyway We went back to the A storm front was crossing from west guess I needed the practice Roger airport and planned the rest of the trip to east right in our path The clouds I thought to myself - you nut whats All of a sudden I made a mad dash to were closing in I dropped from 10500

the great white throne - the decision to 8500 and still I was going through wrong with you Cant you remember how to tell which runway is which To was made - head for home clouds Short little IFR trips in the mounshy

We took off for Riverton Wyoming Itbe honest I was so sick that I couldn t tains is not really my idea of fun and remember how to tell the correct runshy was a pretty good trip and at one point games What a trip Boy was I sick way I felt I might have made it to Oshkosh We made it through Parleys Canyon

but went on to Riverton What a good and I prayed Please Lord help meWe taxied to the ramp and I warned decision that was land this thing my partner to get out of the way I ran

In Riverton the Best Western Sunshy My prayers were answered weinto the bathroom and spent a good half downer motel sent their courtesy car for parked the plane got into the jeep andan hour seeing only a small porcelain us We spent the night and the next I said Get me home quickly Gary I hole - oops morning there and I was sick sick sick went straight to bed where I stayed The people at Chadron were super Everybody in Riverton took pity on me from Sunday to Wednesday LampD Aero Service tried all they could to

Next year there will be no flu I will They were really great Would those make me feel better They fueled the people ever see me in better condition fly crawl or whatever but Im absolutely plane and offered me a free ride into

When we finally decided to continue going to go to Oshkosh maybe bull town so I cou ld get a place to sleep until

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Ron Chapel and his 1941 Ryan ST-3KR CN 1309 N56076 Ron who lives in Half Moon Bay CA has cleaned up his Ryan nicely

Well-known former mid-westerner Brad Larsons 1938 Ryan SC-W CN 206 N18912 Brad is now based at Santa Paula CA

Don Carters Ryan STA Special (1940 Ryan PT-20 CN 352) N14984 Don a recognized authority on STAs lives in Lafayette CA

judges Using the same procedures as the cold start contest Alan Buchner Fresno CA won with a fantastic time of 11 0 seconds Winners of the air rally at 1 07 hours was Team C Alan Buchshyner Chris Stimson and Bob Keller

The local Ninety-Nines including National Ryan Club members Shirley Moore and Christine Darbonne served a delicious barbecue sausage lunch (Thanks ladies) National Ryan Club members like Mike and Margaret Wilshyson of Cedar Rapids IA arrived via his and hers motorcycles by way of Florida no less

In the meantime Mike Wing and crew were busily trying to finish up a top overshyhaul on his Ryans Kinner engine Mike and Reb Stimson were able to fly the US Navy painted PT-22 later in the afshyternoon

That evening at the Paso Robles Inn Bill Allen LaJolla CA showed video tapes of the 84 Chino Fly-In and the tape just shot that day of the Paso Roshybles activities Some visited the local Polar Freeze before turning in including Alan Buchner AI Ball Dick Burgess Bill Mette and Bill Hodges

Also during the day John Gokchoff Santa Paula CA master Ryan rebuilshyder and crew had gone around the apron leak checking and calibrating all the Ryan airspeed indicators and AI Ball (Antique Aero Engines) conducted a KinnerRanger engine clinic (Our special thanks to John and AI) Those not participating in the air rally had the option of sightseeing and touring some of the local wineries

At 0800 on Saturday we saw the Dawn Patrol airborne Kinners clattershying away letting Paso Robles officially know the Ryans were back After proper briefing the formation flying contest got underway with four teams competing selected by drawing numbered slips from a hat After passing over the judges in both diamond and echelon formations Team no 1 comprised of Bill Richards Lee Graybill Santa Rosa CA and Jay HayesMontara CA Ron Chapel Half Moon Bay CA and Don Burkett Downey CA were declared the winners John Gokchoff busy and helpshyful again conducted a seminar on how to properly rig a PT-22 with most of the Ryaneers attending (Thanks John)

Most of the Ryans participated in the Saturday afternoon flying event which is a combination of short field take off flour bombing and power off spot landshying and is flown in one flight Due to the layout of the Archie Dean Memorial Airport this event can be flown without bothering the normal traffic flow Rich McDonald Vacaville CA took the short field take off honors of 340 feet with his Ryan SCW Shortest Ryan PT-22 take off was 343 feet by John Richards Venshytura CA

Spot landing winner was Bob Keller Carmel CA in his Ranger-Ryan Oh

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Returning from a flight Brad Larsen gives his Ryan SC-W a wipe-down in the parking area

Headed home Jay and Ellen Hayes fly formation on Bill Mettes wing in their 1942 Ryan PT-22 CN 1752 N56030 Jim and Ellen are from Montara CA

From Vacaville CA USAF pilot Rich McDonalds modified 1938 Ryan SC-W CN 205 N18911 This Ryan sports a Continental E-185 engine in addition to the changed landing gear and cabin 20 SEPTEMBER 1985

yes two people are required to be on board during the event The flour bombshying is always interesting in that two atshytempts are made one with a standard brown bag flour bomb and the other prejudged for originality prior to the event Closest to the target was Aleta PharrisReb Stimson The originality bomb went to Lee and Modie Graybi lls wedding bomb in celebration of their then recent wedding I Congratulations

After the flying activities most everyone retired to the Paso Robles Inn for the Bob Yates Champagne cork-flying conshytests The only rule for this contest is Dont shake the bottle but its rarely enforced John Gormley Sacramento CA showed his expertise by outdistancshying the other competitors by a substanshytial amount Tired but happy Ryaneers gathered at the local Elks Club for reshyfreshments and video tapes of the days activities (furnished by Bill Allen) while waiting for the awards banquet to begin

The Saturday night awaras banquet was a huge success with 131 Ryan enshythusiasts thats almost five people per airplane Mike Sullivan was an outshystanding master of ceremonies There was a lot to cover and Mike really kept things rolling Some things that stand out in my mind in addition to the regu lar awards were the awarding of the Ryan solo wings by Bill Richards to 27 Ryaneers (like the 63 last year) exact replicas of those presented by T Claude Ryan to his Ryan School of Aeronautics graduates then the preshysentation of the WW II King City Ryan Instructors Mickey Muzinich Neil Fershyryman Barney Cleg Elmore Brown Marvin Good and Joe Brown (Wow What stories they told) and the presenshytation of the Archie Dean Memorial (flyshying training) Scholarship to teenager Barry Bradshaw of Paso Robles by Sherm Smoot and certainly George Clayton a Ryaneer from Fairbanks Alaska who received the well-deserved Greatest Hangar Flyer award

George has quite a background in Alaskan aviation and given half an opshyportunity he will tell you all about it He entertained us with a very good harshymonica concert and told us how he purshychased his Ryan PT-22 Briefly while on a DC-3 heading for Alaska from California during a stop in Washington state he observed a PT-22 sitting on the ramp It needed some minor mainteshynance so George called the owner and bought the Ryan right then and there

The DC-3 was about to leave so George got his tool box off and proshyceeded to make the Ryan ferryable (oh yes this was in the late fall of the year) It seems George had never flown a Ryan before but managed with the help of a 5-gallon gas can to make it on in to Fairbanks experiencing only minor mechanical problems cold ice and snow along the way (Come back George we love you)

Ryaneers gather under Los Robles (the oaks) for an outdoor seminar

Among the 30-plus awards presented during the banquet the Best Kinner Powered Ryan went to Jay Hayes Montara CA for his PT-22 N56030 The Best Non-Kinner-Powered Ryan and Greatest Distance Flown went to Bill Allen La Jolla CA for his STM-2 N466WA The T Claude Ryan Memoshyrial Award went to Dennis and Susan Lyons the Air Rally hosts The National Ryan Club plaque for Oldest Ryan went to Rich McDonalds 1938 SCW N18911 and the National Ryan Club plaque for Most Distant Ryan went to Bob Laughlin La Jolla CA for his PTshy22 N53431

All in all the Ryan Reunion was quite successful with a lot of good company and a lot of good safe fun enjoyed by all We Ryaneers are looking forward to Ryan Reunion XV Plans are for a big blowout with a max effort for as many Ryans as possible to attend Already we are aware of plans for several east of the Mississippi Ryan s to attend I can hardly wait to get there How about you

Keep the Ryan flyin bull

THE FULLERmiddotHAMMOND FHmiddot1 SUPER TWIN (Continued from Page 15)

Three views of the FHmiddot1 as it looks today

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Contestants in the 1930 Pacific Women s Air Derby (L to R) - Margery Doig Jean LaRene Ruth Stewart Ruth Barron Gladys ODonnell and Mildred Morgan

THE WOMENS CLASS A PACIFIC DERBY

by H Glenn Buffington (EAA 1234 AC 202) 134 West Walnut Avenue B San Diego CA 92103

In conjunction with the 1930 National Air Races there were two derbies for the women One was a 500 cu in or less piston displacement event from the East Coast Washington DC through Dixie and then up to Chicago and an 800 cu in race from the West Coast Long Beach California through the Southwest and Midwest to Chicago This is the story primarily about the latshyter race which covered a distance of 2245 statute miles

The contestants were

Ruth Barron (Nason) Hollywood Mildred Morgan Beverly Hills CA as the least experienced pilots TwentyshyCA Buhl Air Sedan J-5 Transport Travel Air J-5 Private License 15803 year-Old Barron came in with a brand License 13749 new Transport license having learned

Gladys Berry ODonnell Long Beach to fly only six months previously MorshyMargery Doig (Greenberg) Danbury CA Waco Taperwing J-6-7 Transport gan had a Private rating which was upshy

CT Pitcairn J-6 Lim Comm License License 6608 graded to a Transport after the Derby 10073 ODonnell and LaRene were the vetshy

Ruth Woerner Stewart St Louis MO erans of the group Gladys had flown Jean LaRene (Foote) Kansas City KS Curtiss RobinChallenger Transport the 29 Derby to a close second place

American Eagle J-6-7 Transport License 5375 behind Louise Thaden and Jean had License 5700 Barron and Morgan entered the race been associated with the Commandaire

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NC21 M streamlined and ready for the 1930 competition

Co prior to joining American Eagle Of the six entries four had become

charter members of the Ninety-Nines when it was organized in November of 1929 Doig LaRene ODonnell and Stewart

Left at the starting line were three other pilots all of whom had entered the first Womens Air Derby of 1929 Santa Monica to Cleveland Pancho Barnes withdrew from the race when her three planes including the one she piloted at more than 196 mph all were declared ineligible Claire Fahy of Los Angeles widow of Herbert J Fahy Lockheed test pilot was ruled out beshycause her engine was excessively powshyered Bobbi Trout also of Los Angeles was disqualified for having an under powered craft 2 Bobbi is also another Ninety-Nines charterite

Carl Lienesch NAA governor for the state of California head of the aviation department for Union Oil of California and who served as manager of the 1930 Derby wrote It was left for the women to show really what could be done with ATC ships Phoebe Omlie in the East Coast Derby flew a Monocoupe of modern design and made one of those fine showings which the air racing world had come to expect from her Gladys ODonnell and Margery Doig in the Pacific Coast Derby both flew modern or rather modernized airplanes Margery Doigs Pitcairn was rounded out and fitted with a Townend ring at the Pitcairn factory It was a beautiful job and speedy

Gladys ODonnell flew a Taperwing Waco which it might be said was streamlined to the limit this limit being all possible under an A T C status Mrs ODonnell s ship had I-struts the fuselage rounded out and an effective NACA cowling It is probable that the top speed was around 170 mph Her time from Long Beach to Chicago indishycated an average speed in excess of 150 mph which shows that as far as derbies were concerned this year the women win the brown derby

James E Granger Swallow disshytributor on the West Coast President of the Pacific School of Aviation who served as official starter had this to say about the 30 derbies The splitting of the Womens Air Derby into two classes run from different places in my opinion was wrong The two classes should be run together next year and no attempt should be made to farm out the starting place of this very colorful race to the highest bidder It will not be necessary for the race officials to look further for a manager for next years event They have found him in C F Lienesch From start to finish of this years class A womens derby the absence of discord was conspicuous

The Derby actually started Sunday afternoon from Long Beach California August 17th with a short hop to

Gladys ODonnell with the victory garland at Chicago Aug 25 1930

LindberghRyan Field for the first night stop The planes were flagged away at one minute intervals numerically by racing number ie Doig - no 2 ODonshynell - no 7 LaRene - no 20 Stewart shyno 38 followed by Morgan and Barron The starting time from Long Beach arrishyval time in San Diego and the elapsed time follows (PST pm)

ODonnell - 332 - 40451 - 32 51 Doig - 331 - 405 03 - 3403 Barron - 336 - 422 36 - 4636 Morgan - 335 - 42529 - 50 29 Stewart - 334 - 431 09 - 57 09 LaRene - 333 - 430 16 - 5716

LaRene was delayed eight minutes at take off because of inability to start her engine with the other racers

On Monday the schedule called for a noon stop at Calexico and the night stop at Phoenix In accordance with air derby customs Mrs ODonnells craft was the first to taxi across the starting line on the departure for the second control point All the contestants arrived at Calexico within a span of 21 minutes Elapsed time from start ODonnell 1 1353 Doig 1 2248 Barron 1 3621 Morgan 1 4701 LaRene 1 4827 and Stewart 1 5952

ODonnell and DOig finished the third lap into Phoenix with less than five minshyutes separating them Ruth Barron was the last to get away from Calexico beshycause of some engine trouble and the fledgling s navigation caught up with her she became disoriented and flew an hour beyond Phoenix She landed 35 miles south of Holbrook Arizona reshymained overnight where she landed and then flew back to Phoenix to rejoin the others Tuesday morning

On August 19th the noon stop was Tucson and then to Douglas for the night where the total elapsed time talshylied ODonnell 356 29 Doig 41308 Morgan 52614 LaRene 53523 Stewart 625 25 Barron 21 3952 beshycause of the delay in reaching Phoenix after over-flying it

Wednesday it was on to Lordsburg and then Roswell New Mexico where ODonnell was officially 2640 ahead of Doig Others arrived in the following order Barron LaRene Morgan and Stewart

The 21 st scheduled a Lubbock noon stop and to Amarillo Texas for the night Gladys covered the Roswell-Lubshybock leg in 1 0041 and Margery in 1 0238 The other four pilots landed in the same sequence as at Roswell

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A frontal view of the racy Waco Taperwing NC21M in its heyday

Enid Oklahoma was scheduled for noon and Wichita Kansas for the night of the 22nd Thunderstorms and heavy rain gave the girls some of their most inclement weather during the AmarilloshyEnid leg of the race Ruth Stewart was forced down near Elk City but she set her plane down at Enid at 125630 Jean LaRene was forced down near Waukomis a few miles south of Enid she arrived at 125728 accounting for all the entries so they could take off on schedule for Wichita

More thrilling adventures entered the Wichita-Kansas City Kansas (Fairfax Airport) leg A little short of half-way to Kansas City Margery Doig 3 was forced down and out of the race near Olpe Kansas 10 miles south of Emshyporia in a farmers pasture when her engine caught fire She sideslipped to a landing and beat out the flames that threatened to destroy the Pitcairn It was a tough break for Doig after flying a good second to that point

Again Ruth Barrons navigation went awry She was visibly annoyed when she finally landed the Buhl at Fairfax at 541 pm with an elapsed time of 30457 from Wichita She reported I lost my bearings somewhere near Kanshysas City and landed in a field near a farm house I asked the farmer the dishyrections to Kansas City and he told me 50 miles north I said that he surely meant 50 miles east but he insisted he was right I flew the way he saidand 24 SEPTEMBER 1985

found myself over St Joseph and here I am back

The author had the pleasure of watching the girls bring em in at Fairshyfax on Saturday ODonnell crossed the finish line in her bright red and yellow Waco at 345 - 1 1420 out of Wichita LaRene in her yellow American Eagle arrived at 407 - 1 3415 from Wichita Morgan flying her dark blue Travel Air with silver wings finished at 410 shy1 3512 out of Wichita Stewart in her orange and cream colored Curtiss Robin came in at 437 - 20342 from Wichita

Shortly after these four arrivals the Derby starter Jim Granger and his wife Clema flew in with their Swallow and taxied up to the flight line Then a Ryan Brougham flew in with Gladys ODonnell painted across the fuselage It was flown by her husband Lloyd and served as the flagship for the ODonnell camp Some of the Fairfax pilots called it ritzy but I figured if one could afford it why not

One of the first to reach Jean LaRene was her mother Mrs Sadie Ross of Olathe Kansas whom Jean visited often She also had a long chat with Larry Ruch former chief test pilot for the American Eagle Aircraft factory at Fairfax

The contestants attended a dinner in the evening sponsored by the Womens Chamber of Commerce of Kansas City Kansas The new Fairfax Airport term ishy

nal building the site for this occasion and Mayor Don McCombs welcomed the fliers

The Derby continued to Des Moines Iowa and Madison Wisconsin on Sunshyday and the last leg to Chicago was flown Monday August 25th The offical Long Beach-Chicago results were

Elapsed Prize Pilot Time Money Gladys ODonnell 151316 $3500 Mildred Morgan 21 0835 2100 Jean LaRene 21 4549 1400 Ruth Stewart 2638 06 Ruth Barron 383341 Margery DOig (Out at Olpe KS)

For their efforts in flying the 30 Derby Ruth Barron was awarded the Jr Women s Aeronautical Association of California Trophy and Gladys ODonnell won two trophies The Aerol Trophy by the Cleveland Pneumatic Tool Co and the Womens Aero Assn of Calif Trophy Gladys also won the Mrs Robert McCormick Trophy and the Womens Pioneer Aviation Club Trophy for winning two closed-course races at the National Air Races which were held at Curtiss-Reynolds Airport Chicago Aug 23 to Sept 1 1930

An AP release dated Aug 31 1930 carried the headline Another Victory Chalked up for Feminine Fliers and the sub-title Women pilots fly over long routes in air derbies in less time than men It favorably compared Gladys

Copy of picture Gladys ODonnell autoshygraphed for Louise Thaden

ODonnells performance with the two Class A Mens Derbies won by John Blum Seattle to Chicago and Art Kilshylips Miami-Chicago race It also praised Phoebe Omlies showing against the two Class B Mens Derbies won by John Livingston the race from Brownsville and the Derby from Hartford won by J Wesley Smith

In 1967 when I wrote Mrs ODonnell regarding the Taperwing she sent the front view and commented I feel a pang of guilt at not keeping myoid friend 21 M for thats the way I feel about that plane The enclosed photoshygraph is 21 M at her top best in the streamlined beauty of its heyday - 163 mph You will notice the special racing gear It was beautiful but a bit rugged on turf fields since it was a rigid gear It added about six miles per hour to the top speed The ODonnelis owned the Taperwing for a decade

In comparing this air race of over fifty years ago with some of the more curshyrent ones we need to mention some of the pros and cons When the race is of the on to type with noon and night control stops the contestants more or less stay together In that manner weather and flying conditions are practically the same for each entrant and the race officials have the opportushynity to release race standings to the media after each day of racing

More recently the race routes genershyally 2000 to 2500 statute miles in length are set up and the contestants are usually given four days flying VFR in daylight hours to reach the terminus before a specified deadline Each plane is assigned a par (handicap) speed and the object is to have a ground speed as far over the par speed as possible The

pilot is thus given the leeway to play the elements holding out for better weather conditions winds etc The faster planes with better performance are somewhat favored in this respect as sometimes the slower entries must forge ahead in order to beat the deadshyline at the terminus And in this type of race the official standings cannot be reshyleased until the final bird has crossed the finish line Actually the last arrival can be the winner

The earlier races flew shorter legs and made more stops than the current races More recently the legs are 280 to 350 statute miles and six or seven control stops are designated for either landing or fly-by and the races are open to all fixed-wing stock aircraft from 145 to 570 horsepower Early on the fastest airplane with no handicap was in a good position to win if it held toshygether over the long haul and there was no big navigational error committed

Now that a handicapping system is used - each plane flying against its own specified speed - supposedly any entry has an equal chance of victory depending on the accuracy of the handshyicapping

Gini Richardson Yakima Washingshyton who oft-times places in the top 10 gives some racing advice The handshyicap is vitally important - you have to have a good handicap thats essential After that if you want to finish in the top 10 you have to fly well have knowlshyedge of the weather and strong navigashy

tional skills Velda King Mapelli Las Vegas

Nevada President of the Air Race Classic for the past eight years (1977shy1984) wrote in the recent race proshygram The altruistic interest and efforts of many people offers ARC contestants a temporary respite from the normal routine - and opportunity to share the camaraderie of participating in an air race There are no secrets to racing Personal application of skills will detershymine the winner but each will be a betshyter pilot as a result of the experience

That is what it is all about

FOOTNOTES

(1) Subsequent last names are in parenthesis (2) Had Trout been on the East Coast she cou ld have entered the Kinnermiddotpowered Golden Eagle in the 1575 mi Dixie Derby This race was won by Phoebe Omlie in a Warner Monocoupe She was followed by Martie Bowman Kinner Fleet Laura Ingalls Gypsy DH Moth Nancy Hopkins (Tier) Kinmiddot ner Kitty Hawk and Charity Langdon Cirrus Avian Vera Dawn Walker flying a Warner Inland Sport had to withdraw because of a mechanical at Birminshygham AL and Mary Haizlip in another Warner Inshyland Sport failed to make the race start after her airplane was dinged in a forced landing near Greenwood SC enroute to the starting line Both Haizlip and Walker did get to Chicago after the delays and flew in some of the closedmiddotcourse events Ninety-Nines charter members in this group include HopkinsmiddotTier Omlie and Walker (3) Doig was able to have the Pitcairn engine reshypaired and she flew to Chicago on Aug 26th She placed second behind ODonnell in one 25 mile pylon race at 13536 mph and won $450 In the feature 50 mile race she placed 4th just out of the money behind ODonnell Mary Haizlip and Opal Kunz bull

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The Oldest Known Set of EDO Floats in Service The aircraft is a 1933 Waco UBF-2 biplane powered by a 220-horsepower Continental W670 engine The floats are EDO model M-2665s manufactured on August 2 1930 These particular floats had been damaged in a crash in 1950 and were kept in storage for 27 years prior to being restored and fitted to the Waco in 1977 This remarkable antique aircraft is the property of Mr Henry Stauch Junction City Oregon It is conshyverted to float operation in the summer and flown from Kenmore Air Harbor Kenmore Washington scene of this photograph Photo courtesy EDO Floats

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My First Flight To Oshkosh

18 gallons each My partner and Ideveloping a small stomach problem Robert R Black watched in amazement as the boytoo much excitement I thought (EAA 220708)

4246 South 1060 East Lift off was normal and the Tri-Pacer pumped 181 into the right tank and 180 gallons into the left tank Instantly did pretty well at first But the night air Salt Lake City UT 83117 I felt terrible I had just flown in onwas hot and humid and I wasnt exshyfumes I had made a mistake middoton myperiencing the kind of lift that I was used Ever since seeing a Pitts Special in flight duration - I forgot that I had cirshyto I had to circle in the Salt Lake Valley FL YING magazine when I was sixteen cled for half an hour after take off and learning of a special event called for 30 minutes until I could get up to

Then a super bad case of cottonshyOshkosh I have had the desire to go altitude At 9000 I started through ParshyAfter all the years of putting it off due to leys Canyon and headed for Ft Bridger mouth hit me I figured it was just due

VOR in Wyoming What a bumpy ride lack of funds and not having anything to the close call so I took a drink of some fruit punch which went down like to fly I finally got the chance to go in We popped around inside the plane like

1984 a bowling ball I really didnt feel good two marbles in a can From Ft Bridger My father and mother and I had just but I told myself I was going to Oshkoshwe flew to Evanston then to Rock

Springs Wyoming completed a 15-month restoration proshy by gosh and that thought kept me going ject on my fathers 1956 Piper Trishy We piled back into the plane and tookI started to develop cotton-mouth but Pacer With the bird looking new and off We climbed slowly and headed for figured it was just the thrill of finally

Chadronpretty I had little trouble talking myself going to Oshkosh We called Rock Springs asking for into taking it to Oshkosh As soon as we cleared the remaining

I discussed this with my business mountains I started to descend when fuel accommodations and I changed my partner and somehow talked him into an overwhelming feeling came over meflight plan from Casper to Rock Springs going with me All right I could go at I was going to throw up and I couldn t When they told me it would cost an adshyhalf the cost Things were really picking ditional $3000 to get someone to fuel shake the feeling try as I may How up could I do that - Id never been sick inme I said no thanks and changed my

The date was set Saturday July 28 an airplane in my life - I couldn t do flight plan to Rawlins Wyoming Fuel 1984 at 300 am I figured if we left at that The sic-sacs were for my wife and was getting low but figuring the length

of the trip and the amount of fuel left I others who couldnt take the ups and300 in the morning I could climb up out of the Salt Lake Valley and fly to downsfigured I could make it

My honor was at stake - I couldnt Casper Wyoming From there I would On to Rawlins we went over the lowshyproceed to Winner South Dakota Fairshy do that What a statement typical hardshyering mountains With all the bumps mont Minnesota and then on to Oshshy head approach right Well thatand ups and downs my stomach told kosh thought helped me to fight off the inevitshyme I had a problem I just couldn t be

Hours of preparation and planning getting sick Id never been sick in an able Come on Chadron I kept saying were spent in getting ready for the trip Id never felt that badly on any flight but airplane I figured that I was just overly A tent was measured and stuffed into we pressed ontired and hungry and the stop at Rawshythe baggage compartment Vacation Chadron Radio this is Tri-Pacer lins would put me back in shape time was hastily arranged and all sysshy 4547A do you copy Tri-Pacer 47A Finally Rawlins appeared on the tems were go Little did I know how Chadron Radio copies loud and clearother side of two knolls I brought the much go there was coming plane around entering down wind and Chadron 47A whats your active run-

On Friday July 27 I went to work way slipped in to a nice friendly airport The What a total waste of time Its a good on-field FSS Operator was super nice 47A active is 20 thing Im a lead man in the machine Roger 20 and said the place would come to life in shop because I accomplished nothing a little while He told us the good places Then came the bad news Chadron and finally left at lunch time Working gave me the altimeter setting and saidto eat breakfast We decided to plan the swing shift has its advantages at times next phase of our flight since our origishy the winds were 25 gusting to 35 I asked and I went home to sleep and prepare nal flight plan was greatly altered by Chadron for the wind direction and he for the flight then told me again I just could not get with

What a wasted night - I couldnt the program whatever was making meWe flight planned to Chadron Nebshysleep and all I did was toss and turn raska for our next stop figuring it would sick was really getting to me Two am came awfully early and I left put us right back on course As soon as I entered the pattern but could not for my partners home We piled into the planning was finished the line boy keep the plane tracking straight It the jeep and went to the airport would not settle What was wrong For at Rawlins appeared and fueled us with

The preflight went well except I was 80 octane My tanks are placarded for those of you who are Tri-Pacer drivers

26 SEPTEMBER 1985

you know the plane settles like a rock I felt better They were the greatest our trip home I spent the first hour and I looked at my airspeed indicator - I On the way into town the car winshy a half in the bathroom at the airport

was doing 120 mph and should have dows were open all the way At the Between the bathroom and the plane I been doing 80 Missed approach Super 8 Motel we met more super nice threw up four times We climbed into going around will try it again people The rooms were great and I the Tri-Pacer anyway and took off

Roger 47A no other traffic in the patshy crashed My partner was given a free 47A flew great I told my partner that tern ride back to the airport by the motel he would probably end up doing a lot of

Chadron this is 47A - downwind manager to pick up our gear the flying I did pretty well until we got for runway 20 We spent the day in town and I just west of Rock Springs Wyoming

I prayed Please God help me down stayed in bed trying to die I finally Ooops that was the only time I ever Dont let me kill my partner realized that my problem was a good used a sic-sac Bless those considerate

Okay Ive got to do this Line it up case of the flu people for making those wonderful leakshyThere thats right 80 mph okay flaps Chadron has a lot to see and some proof bags

day I shall go back I feel I must let those to slow us down right in we goooooo I had decided that if I couldnt finish good people know that I really do have What a crosswind touch down hold on the trip all the way back to Salt Lake color in my face Oh isnt pride terrible 47A you just landed on 26 That was City Airport No 2 that I would land at

a pretty good cross wind landing In the afternoon I felt a little better Ft Bridger Fortunately as Ft Bridger Thanks I just dont feel good I and thought maybe we might make it to passed below us I felt we could make it

Oshkosh anyway We went back to the A storm front was crossing from west guess I needed the practice Roger airport and planned the rest of the trip to east right in our path The clouds I thought to myself - you nut whats All of a sudden I made a mad dash to were closing in I dropped from 10500

the great white throne - the decision to 8500 and still I was going through wrong with you Cant you remember how to tell which runway is which To was made - head for home clouds Short little IFR trips in the mounshy

We took off for Riverton Wyoming Itbe honest I was so sick that I couldn t tains is not really my idea of fun and remember how to tell the correct runshy was a pretty good trip and at one point games What a trip Boy was I sick way I felt I might have made it to Oshkosh We made it through Parleys Canyon

but went on to Riverton What a good and I prayed Please Lord help meWe taxied to the ramp and I warned decision that was land this thing my partner to get out of the way I ran

In Riverton the Best Western Sunshy My prayers were answered weinto the bathroom and spent a good half downer motel sent their courtesy car for parked the plane got into the jeep andan hour seeing only a small porcelain us We spent the night and the next I said Get me home quickly Gary I hole - oops morning there and I was sick sick sick went straight to bed where I stayed The people at Chadron were super Everybody in Riverton took pity on me from Sunday to Wednesday LampD Aero Service tried all they could to

Next year there will be no flu I will They were really great Would those make me feel better They fueled the people ever see me in better condition fly crawl or whatever but Im absolutely plane and offered me a free ride into

When we finally decided to continue going to go to Oshkosh maybe bull town so I cou ld get a place to sleep until

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Returning from a flight Brad Larsen gives his Ryan SC-W a wipe-down in the parking area

Headed home Jay and Ellen Hayes fly formation on Bill Mettes wing in their 1942 Ryan PT-22 CN 1752 N56030 Jim and Ellen are from Montara CA

From Vacaville CA USAF pilot Rich McDonalds modified 1938 Ryan SC-W CN 205 N18911 This Ryan sports a Continental E-185 engine in addition to the changed landing gear and cabin 20 SEPTEMBER 1985

yes two people are required to be on board during the event The flour bombshying is always interesting in that two atshytempts are made one with a standard brown bag flour bomb and the other prejudged for originality prior to the event Closest to the target was Aleta PharrisReb Stimson The originality bomb went to Lee and Modie Graybi lls wedding bomb in celebration of their then recent wedding I Congratulations

After the flying activities most everyone retired to the Paso Robles Inn for the Bob Yates Champagne cork-flying conshytests The only rule for this contest is Dont shake the bottle but its rarely enforced John Gormley Sacramento CA showed his expertise by outdistancshying the other competitors by a substanshytial amount Tired but happy Ryaneers gathered at the local Elks Club for reshyfreshments and video tapes of the days activities (furnished by Bill Allen) while waiting for the awards banquet to begin

The Saturday night awaras banquet was a huge success with 131 Ryan enshythusiasts thats almost five people per airplane Mike Sullivan was an outshystanding master of ceremonies There was a lot to cover and Mike really kept things rolling Some things that stand out in my mind in addition to the regu lar awards were the awarding of the Ryan solo wings by Bill Richards to 27 Ryaneers (like the 63 last year) exact replicas of those presented by T Claude Ryan to his Ryan School of Aeronautics graduates then the preshysentation of the WW II King City Ryan Instructors Mickey Muzinich Neil Fershyryman Barney Cleg Elmore Brown Marvin Good and Joe Brown (Wow What stories they told) and the presenshytation of the Archie Dean Memorial (flyshying training) Scholarship to teenager Barry Bradshaw of Paso Robles by Sherm Smoot and certainly George Clayton a Ryaneer from Fairbanks Alaska who received the well-deserved Greatest Hangar Flyer award

George has quite a background in Alaskan aviation and given half an opshyportunity he will tell you all about it He entertained us with a very good harshymonica concert and told us how he purshychased his Ryan PT-22 Briefly while on a DC-3 heading for Alaska from California during a stop in Washington state he observed a PT-22 sitting on the ramp It needed some minor mainteshynance so George called the owner and bought the Ryan right then and there

The DC-3 was about to leave so George got his tool box off and proshyceeded to make the Ryan ferryable (oh yes this was in the late fall of the year) It seems George had never flown a Ryan before but managed with the help of a 5-gallon gas can to make it on in to Fairbanks experiencing only minor mechanical problems cold ice and snow along the way (Come back George we love you)

Ryaneers gather under Los Robles (the oaks) for an outdoor seminar

Among the 30-plus awards presented during the banquet the Best Kinner Powered Ryan went to Jay Hayes Montara CA for his PT-22 N56030 The Best Non-Kinner-Powered Ryan and Greatest Distance Flown went to Bill Allen La Jolla CA for his STM-2 N466WA The T Claude Ryan Memoshyrial Award went to Dennis and Susan Lyons the Air Rally hosts The National Ryan Club plaque for Oldest Ryan went to Rich McDonalds 1938 SCW N18911 and the National Ryan Club plaque for Most Distant Ryan went to Bob Laughlin La Jolla CA for his PTshy22 N53431

All in all the Ryan Reunion was quite successful with a lot of good company and a lot of good safe fun enjoyed by all We Ryaneers are looking forward to Ryan Reunion XV Plans are for a big blowout with a max effort for as many Ryans as possible to attend Already we are aware of plans for several east of the Mississippi Ryan s to attend I can hardly wait to get there How about you

Keep the Ryan flyin bull

THE FULLERmiddotHAMMOND FHmiddot1 SUPER TWIN (Continued from Page 15)

Three views of the FHmiddot1 as it looks today

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Contestants in the 1930 Pacific Women s Air Derby (L to R) - Margery Doig Jean LaRene Ruth Stewart Ruth Barron Gladys ODonnell and Mildred Morgan

THE WOMENS CLASS A PACIFIC DERBY

by H Glenn Buffington (EAA 1234 AC 202) 134 West Walnut Avenue B San Diego CA 92103

In conjunction with the 1930 National Air Races there were two derbies for the women One was a 500 cu in or less piston displacement event from the East Coast Washington DC through Dixie and then up to Chicago and an 800 cu in race from the West Coast Long Beach California through the Southwest and Midwest to Chicago This is the story primarily about the latshyter race which covered a distance of 2245 statute miles

The contestants were

Ruth Barron (Nason) Hollywood Mildred Morgan Beverly Hills CA as the least experienced pilots TwentyshyCA Buhl Air Sedan J-5 Transport Travel Air J-5 Private License 15803 year-Old Barron came in with a brand License 13749 new Transport license having learned

Gladys Berry ODonnell Long Beach to fly only six months previously MorshyMargery Doig (Greenberg) Danbury CA Waco Taperwing J-6-7 Transport gan had a Private rating which was upshy

CT Pitcairn J-6 Lim Comm License License 6608 graded to a Transport after the Derby 10073 ODonnell and LaRene were the vetshy

Ruth Woerner Stewart St Louis MO erans of the group Gladys had flown Jean LaRene (Foote) Kansas City KS Curtiss RobinChallenger Transport the 29 Derby to a close second place

American Eagle J-6-7 Transport License 5375 behind Louise Thaden and Jean had License 5700 Barron and Morgan entered the race been associated with the Commandaire

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NC21 M streamlined and ready for the 1930 competition

Co prior to joining American Eagle Of the six entries four had become

charter members of the Ninety-Nines when it was organized in November of 1929 Doig LaRene ODonnell and Stewart

Left at the starting line were three other pilots all of whom had entered the first Womens Air Derby of 1929 Santa Monica to Cleveland Pancho Barnes withdrew from the race when her three planes including the one she piloted at more than 196 mph all were declared ineligible Claire Fahy of Los Angeles widow of Herbert J Fahy Lockheed test pilot was ruled out beshycause her engine was excessively powshyered Bobbi Trout also of Los Angeles was disqualified for having an under powered craft 2 Bobbi is also another Ninety-Nines charterite

Carl Lienesch NAA governor for the state of California head of the aviation department for Union Oil of California and who served as manager of the 1930 Derby wrote It was left for the women to show really what could be done with ATC ships Phoebe Omlie in the East Coast Derby flew a Monocoupe of modern design and made one of those fine showings which the air racing world had come to expect from her Gladys ODonnell and Margery Doig in the Pacific Coast Derby both flew modern or rather modernized airplanes Margery Doigs Pitcairn was rounded out and fitted with a Townend ring at the Pitcairn factory It was a beautiful job and speedy

Gladys ODonnell flew a Taperwing Waco which it might be said was streamlined to the limit this limit being all possible under an A T C status Mrs ODonnell s ship had I-struts the fuselage rounded out and an effective NACA cowling It is probable that the top speed was around 170 mph Her time from Long Beach to Chicago indishycated an average speed in excess of 150 mph which shows that as far as derbies were concerned this year the women win the brown derby

James E Granger Swallow disshytributor on the West Coast President of the Pacific School of Aviation who served as official starter had this to say about the 30 derbies The splitting of the Womens Air Derby into two classes run from different places in my opinion was wrong The two classes should be run together next year and no attempt should be made to farm out the starting place of this very colorful race to the highest bidder It will not be necessary for the race officials to look further for a manager for next years event They have found him in C F Lienesch From start to finish of this years class A womens derby the absence of discord was conspicuous

The Derby actually started Sunday afternoon from Long Beach California August 17th with a short hop to

Gladys ODonnell with the victory garland at Chicago Aug 25 1930

LindberghRyan Field for the first night stop The planes were flagged away at one minute intervals numerically by racing number ie Doig - no 2 ODonshynell - no 7 LaRene - no 20 Stewart shyno 38 followed by Morgan and Barron The starting time from Long Beach arrishyval time in San Diego and the elapsed time follows (PST pm)

ODonnell - 332 - 40451 - 32 51 Doig - 331 - 405 03 - 3403 Barron - 336 - 422 36 - 4636 Morgan - 335 - 42529 - 50 29 Stewart - 334 - 431 09 - 57 09 LaRene - 333 - 430 16 - 5716

LaRene was delayed eight minutes at take off because of inability to start her engine with the other racers

On Monday the schedule called for a noon stop at Calexico and the night stop at Phoenix In accordance with air derby customs Mrs ODonnells craft was the first to taxi across the starting line on the departure for the second control point All the contestants arrived at Calexico within a span of 21 minutes Elapsed time from start ODonnell 1 1353 Doig 1 2248 Barron 1 3621 Morgan 1 4701 LaRene 1 4827 and Stewart 1 5952

ODonnell and DOig finished the third lap into Phoenix with less than five minshyutes separating them Ruth Barron was the last to get away from Calexico beshycause of some engine trouble and the fledgling s navigation caught up with her she became disoriented and flew an hour beyond Phoenix She landed 35 miles south of Holbrook Arizona reshymained overnight where she landed and then flew back to Phoenix to rejoin the others Tuesday morning

On August 19th the noon stop was Tucson and then to Douglas for the night where the total elapsed time talshylied ODonnell 356 29 Doig 41308 Morgan 52614 LaRene 53523 Stewart 625 25 Barron 21 3952 beshycause of the delay in reaching Phoenix after over-flying it

Wednesday it was on to Lordsburg and then Roswell New Mexico where ODonnell was officially 2640 ahead of Doig Others arrived in the following order Barron LaRene Morgan and Stewart

The 21 st scheduled a Lubbock noon stop and to Amarillo Texas for the night Gladys covered the Roswell-Lubshybock leg in 1 0041 and Margery in 1 0238 The other four pilots landed in the same sequence as at Roswell

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A frontal view of the racy Waco Taperwing NC21M in its heyday

Enid Oklahoma was scheduled for noon and Wichita Kansas for the night of the 22nd Thunderstorms and heavy rain gave the girls some of their most inclement weather during the AmarilloshyEnid leg of the race Ruth Stewart was forced down near Elk City but she set her plane down at Enid at 125630 Jean LaRene was forced down near Waukomis a few miles south of Enid she arrived at 125728 accounting for all the entries so they could take off on schedule for Wichita

More thrilling adventures entered the Wichita-Kansas City Kansas (Fairfax Airport) leg A little short of half-way to Kansas City Margery Doig 3 was forced down and out of the race near Olpe Kansas 10 miles south of Emshyporia in a farmers pasture when her engine caught fire She sideslipped to a landing and beat out the flames that threatened to destroy the Pitcairn It was a tough break for Doig after flying a good second to that point

Again Ruth Barrons navigation went awry She was visibly annoyed when she finally landed the Buhl at Fairfax at 541 pm with an elapsed time of 30457 from Wichita She reported I lost my bearings somewhere near Kanshysas City and landed in a field near a farm house I asked the farmer the dishyrections to Kansas City and he told me 50 miles north I said that he surely meant 50 miles east but he insisted he was right I flew the way he saidand 24 SEPTEMBER 1985

found myself over St Joseph and here I am back

The author had the pleasure of watching the girls bring em in at Fairshyfax on Saturday ODonnell crossed the finish line in her bright red and yellow Waco at 345 - 1 1420 out of Wichita LaRene in her yellow American Eagle arrived at 407 - 1 3415 from Wichita Morgan flying her dark blue Travel Air with silver wings finished at 410 shy1 3512 out of Wichita Stewart in her orange and cream colored Curtiss Robin came in at 437 - 20342 from Wichita

Shortly after these four arrivals the Derby starter Jim Granger and his wife Clema flew in with their Swallow and taxied up to the flight line Then a Ryan Brougham flew in with Gladys ODonnell painted across the fuselage It was flown by her husband Lloyd and served as the flagship for the ODonnell camp Some of the Fairfax pilots called it ritzy but I figured if one could afford it why not

One of the first to reach Jean LaRene was her mother Mrs Sadie Ross of Olathe Kansas whom Jean visited often She also had a long chat with Larry Ruch former chief test pilot for the American Eagle Aircraft factory at Fairfax

The contestants attended a dinner in the evening sponsored by the Womens Chamber of Commerce of Kansas City Kansas The new Fairfax Airport term ishy

nal building the site for this occasion and Mayor Don McCombs welcomed the fliers

The Derby continued to Des Moines Iowa and Madison Wisconsin on Sunshyday and the last leg to Chicago was flown Monday August 25th The offical Long Beach-Chicago results were

Elapsed Prize Pilot Time Money Gladys ODonnell 151316 $3500 Mildred Morgan 21 0835 2100 Jean LaRene 21 4549 1400 Ruth Stewart 2638 06 Ruth Barron 383341 Margery DOig (Out at Olpe KS)

For their efforts in flying the 30 Derby Ruth Barron was awarded the Jr Women s Aeronautical Association of California Trophy and Gladys ODonnell won two trophies The Aerol Trophy by the Cleveland Pneumatic Tool Co and the Womens Aero Assn of Calif Trophy Gladys also won the Mrs Robert McCormick Trophy and the Womens Pioneer Aviation Club Trophy for winning two closed-course races at the National Air Races which were held at Curtiss-Reynolds Airport Chicago Aug 23 to Sept 1 1930

An AP release dated Aug 31 1930 carried the headline Another Victory Chalked up for Feminine Fliers and the sub-title Women pilots fly over long routes in air derbies in less time than men It favorably compared Gladys

Copy of picture Gladys ODonnell autoshygraphed for Louise Thaden

ODonnells performance with the two Class A Mens Derbies won by John Blum Seattle to Chicago and Art Kilshylips Miami-Chicago race It also praised Phoebe Omlies showing against the two Class B Mens Derbies won by John Livingston the race from Brownsville and the Derby from Hartford won by J Wesley Smith

In 1967 when I wrote Mrs ODonnell regarding the Taperwing she sent the front view and commented I feel a pang of guilt at not keeping myoid friend 21 M for thats the way I feel about that plane The enclosed photoshygraph is 21 M at her top best in the streamlined beauty of its heyday - 163 mph You will notice the special racing gear It was beautiful but a bit rugged on turf fields since it was a rigid gear It added about six miles per hour to the top speed The ODonnelis owned the Taperwing for a decade

In comparing this air race of over fifty years ago with some of the more curshyrent ones we need to mention some of the pros and cons When the race is of the on to type with noon and night control stops the contestants more or less stay together In that manner weather and flying conditions are practically the same for each entrant and the race officials have the opportushynity to release race standings to the media after each day of racing

More recently the race routes genershyally 2000 to 2500 statute miles in length are set up and the contestants are usually given four days flying VFR in daylight hours to reach the terminus before a specified deadline Each plane is assigned a par (handicap) speed and the object is to have a ground speed as far over the par speed as possible The

pilot is thus given the leeway to play the elements holding out for better weather conditions winds etc The faster planes with better performance are somewhat favored in this respect as sometimes the slower entries must forge ahead in order to beat the deadshyline at the terminus And in this type of race the official standings cannot be reshyleased until the final bird has crossed the finish line Actually the last arrival can be the winner

The earlier races flew shorter legs and made more stops than the current races More recently the legs are 280 to 350 statute miles and six or seven control stops are designated for either landing or fly-by and the races are open to all fixed-wing stock aircraft from 145 to 570 horsepower Early on the fastest airplane with no handicap was in a good position to win if it held toshygether over the long haul and there was no big navigational error committed

Now that a handicapping system is used - each plane flying against its own specified speed - supposedly any entry has an equal chance of victory depending on the accuracy of the handshyicapping

Gini Richardson Yakima Washingshyton who oft-times places in the top 10 gives some racing advice The handshyicap is vitally important - you have to have a good handicap thats essential After that if you want to finish in the top 10 you have to fly well have knowlshyedge of the weather and strong navigashy

tional skills Velda King Mapelli Las Vegas

Nevada President of the Air Race Classic for the past eight years (1977shy1984) wrote in the recent race proshygram The altruistic interest and efforts of many people offers ARC contestants a temporary respite from the normal routine - and opportunity to share the camaraderie of participating in an air race There are no secrets to racing Personal application of skills will detershymine the winner but each will be a betshyter pilot as a result of the experience

That is what it is all about

FOOTNOTES

(1) Subsequent last names are in parenthesis (2) Had Trout been on the East Coast she cou ld have entered the Kinnermiddotpowered Golden Eagle in the 1575 mi Dixie Derby This race was won by Phoebe Omlie in a Warner Monocoupe She was followed by Martie Bowman Kinner Fleet Laura Ingalls Gypsy DH Moth Nancy Hopkins (Tier) Kinmiddot ner Kitty Hawk and Charity Langdon Cirrus Avian Vera Dawn Walker flying a Warner Inland Sport had to withdraw because of a mechanical at Birminshygham AL and Mary Haizlip in another Warner Inshyland Sport failed to make the race start after her airplane was dinged in a forced landing near Greenwood SC enroute to the starting line Both Haizlip and Walker did get to Chicago after the delays and flew in some of the closedmiddotcourse events Ninety-Nines charter members in this group include HopkinsmiddotTier Omlie and Walker (3) Doig was able to have the Pitcairn engine reshypaired and she flew to Chicago on Aug 26th She placed second behind ODonnell in one 25 mile pylon race at 13536 mph and won $450 In the feature 50 mile race she placed 4th just out of the money behind ODonnell Mary Haizlip and Opal Kunz bull

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The Oldest Known Set of EDO Floats in Service The aircraft is a 1933 Waco UBF-2 biplane powered by a 220-horsepower Continental W670 engine The floats are EDO model M-2665s manufactured on August 2 1930 These particular floats had been damaged in a crash in 1950 and were kept in storage for 27 years prior to being restored and fitted to the Waco in 1977 This remarkable antique aircraft is the property of Mr Henry Stauch Junction City Oregon It is conshyverted to float operation in the summer and flown from Kenmore Air Harbor Kenmore Washington scene of this photograph Photo courtesy EDO Floats

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

My First Flight To Oshkosh

18 gallons each My partner and Ideveloping a small stomach problem Robert R Black watched in amazement as the boytoo much excitement I thought (EAA 220708)

4246 South 1060 East Lift off was normal and the Tri-Pacer pumped 181 into the right tank and 180 gallons into the left tank Instantly did pretty well at first But the night air Salt Lake City UT 83117 I felt terrible I had just flown in onwas hot and humid and I wasnt exshyfumes I had made a mistake middoton myperiencing the kind of lift that I was used Ever since seeing a Pitts Special in flight duration - I forgot that I had cirshyto I had to circle in the Salt Lake Valley FL YING magazine when I was sixteen cled for half an hour after take off and learning of a special event called for 30 minutes until I could get up to

Then a super bad case of cottonshyOshkosh I have had the desire to go altitude At 9000 I started through ParshyAfter all the years of putting it off due to leys Canyon and headed for Ft Bridger mouth hit me I figured it was just due

VOR in Wyoming What a bumpy ride lack of funds and not having anything to the close call so I took a drink of some fruit punch which went down like to fly I finally got the chance to go in We popped around inside the plane like

1984 a bowling ball I really didnt feel good two marbles in a can From Ft Bridger My father and mother and I had just but I told myself I was going to Oshkoshwe flew to Evanston then to Rock

Springs Wyoming completed a 15-month restoration proshy by gosh and that thought kept me going ject on my fathers 1956 Piper Trishy We piled back into the plane and tookI started to develop cotton-mouth but Pacer With the bird looking new and off We climbed slowly and headed for figured it was just the thrill of finally

Chadronpretty I had little trouble talking myself going to Oshkosh We called Rock Springs asking for into taking it to Oshkosh As soon as we cleared the remaining

I discussed this with my business mountains I started to descend when fuel accommodations and I changed my partner and somehow talked him into an overwhelming feeling came over meflight plan from Casper to Rock Springs going with me All right I could go at I was going to throw up and I couldn t When they told me it would cost an adshyhalf the cost Things were really picking ditional $3000 to get someone to fuel shake the feeling try as I may How up could I do that - Id never been sick inme I said no thanks and changed my

The date was set Saturday July 28 an airplane in my life - I couldn t do flight plan to Rawlins Wyoming Fuel 1984 at 300 am I figured if we left at that The sic-sacs were for my wife and was getting low but figuring the length

of the trip and the amount of fuel left I others who couldnt take the ups and300 in the morning I could climb up out of the Salt Lake Valley and fly to downsfigured I could make it

My honor was at stake - I couldnt Casper Wyoming From there I would On to Rawlins we went over the lowshyproceed to Winner South Dakota Fairshy do that What a statement typical hardshyering mountains With all the bumps mont Minnesota and then on to Oshshy head approach right Well thatand ups and downs my stomach told kosh thought helped me to fight off the inevitshyme I had a problem I just couldn t be

Hours of preparation and planning getting sick Id never been sick in an able Come on Chadron I kept saying were spent in getting ready for the trip Id never felt that badly on any flight but airplane I figured that I was just overly A tent was measured and stuffed into we pressed ontired and hungry and the stop at Rawshythe baggage compartment Vacation Chadron Radio this is Tri-Pacer lins would put me back in shape time was hastily arranged and all sysshy 4547A do you copy Tri-Pacer 47A Finally Rawlins appeared on the tems were go Little did I know how Chadron Radio copies loud and clearother side of two knolls I brought the much go there was coming plane around entering down wind and Chadron 47A whats your active run-

On Friday July 27 I went to work way slipped in to a nice friendly airport The What a total waste of time Its a good on-field FSS Operator was super nice 47A active is 20 thing Im a lead man in the machine Roger 20 and said the place would come to life in shop because I accomplished nothing a little while He told us the good places Then came the bad news Chadron and finally left at lunch time Working gave me the altimeter setting and saidto eat breakfast We decided to plan the swing shift has its advantages at times next phase of our flight since our origishy the winds were 25 gusting to 35 I asked and I went home to sleep and prepare nal flight plan was greatly altered by Chadron for the wind direction and he for the flight then told me again I just could not get with

What a wasted night - I couldnt the program whatever was making meWe flight planned to Chadron Nebshysleep and all I did was toss and turn raska for our next stop figuring it would sick was really getting to me Two am came awfully early and I left put us right back on course As soon as I entered the pattern but could not for my partners home We piled into the planning was finished the line boy keep the plane tracking straight It the jeep and went to the airport would not settle What was wrong For at Rawlins appeared and fueled us with

The preflight went well except I was 80 octane My tanks are placarded for those of you who are Tri-Pacer drivers

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you know the plane settles like a rock I felt better They were the greatest our trip home I spent the first hour and I looked at my airspeed indicator - I On the way into town the car winshy a half in the bathroom at the airport

was doing 120 mph and should have dows were open all the way At the Between the bathroom and the plane I been doing 80 Missed approach Super 8 Motel we met more super nice threw up four times We climbed into going around will try it again people The rooms were great and I the Tri-Pacer anyway and took off

Roger 47A no other traffic in the patshy crashed My partner was given a free 47A flew great I told my partner that tern ride back to the airport by the motel he would probably end up doing a lot of

Chadron this is 47A - downwind manager to pick up our gear the flying I did pretty well until we got for runway 20 We spent the day in town and I just west of Rock Springs Wyoming

I prayed Please God help me down stayed in bed trying to die I finally Ooops that was the only time I ever Dont let me kill my partner realized that my problem was a good used a sic-sac Bless those considerate

Okay Ive got to do this Line it up case of the flu people for making those wonderful leakshyThere thats right 80 mph okay flaps Chadron has a lot to see and some proof bags

day I shall go back I feel I must let those to slow us down right in we goooooo I had decided that if I couldnt finish good people know that I really do have What a crosswind touch down hold on the trip all the way back to Salt Lake color in my face Oh isnt pride terrible 47A you just landed on 26 That was City Airport No 2 that I would land at

a pretty good cross wind landing In the afternoon I felt a little better Ft Bridger Fortunately as Ft Bridger Thanks I just dont feel good I and thought maybe we might make it to passed below us I felt we could make it

Oshkosh anyway We went back to the A storm front was crossing from west guess I needed the practice Roger airport and planned the rest of the trip to east right in our path The clouds I thought to myself - you nut whats All of a sudden I made a mad dash to were closing in I dropped from 10500

the great white throne - the decision to 8500 and still I was going through wrong with you Cant you remember how to tell which runway is which To was made - head for home clouds Short little IFR trips in the mounshy

We took off for Riverton Wyoming Itbe honest I was so sick that I couldn t tains is not really my idea of fun and remember how to tell the correct runshy was a pretty good trip and at one point games What a trip Boy was I sick way I felt I might have made it to Oshkosh We made it through Parleys Canyon

but went on to Riverton What a good and I prayed Please Lord help meWe taxied to the ramp and I warned decision that was land this thing my partner to get out of the way I ran

In Riverton the Best Western Sunshy My prayers were answered weinto the bathroom and spent a good half downer motel sent their courtesy car for parked the plane got into the jeep andan hour seeing only a small porcelain us We spent the night and the next I said Get me home quickly Gary I hole - oops morning there and I was sick sick sick went straight to bed where I stayed The people at Chadron were super Everybody in Riverton took pity on me from Sunday to Wednesday LampD Aero Service tried all they could to

Next year there will be no flu I will They were really great Would those make me feel better They fueled the people ever see me in better condition fly crawl or whatever but Im absolutely plane and offered me a free ride into

When we finally decided to continue going to go to Oshkosh maybe bull town so I cou ld get a place to sleep until

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Ryaneers gather under Los Robles (the oaks) for an outdoor seminar

Among the 30-plus awards presented during the banquet the Best Kinner Powered Ryan went to Jay Hayes Montara CA for his PT-22 N56030 The Best Non-Kinner-Powered Ryan and Greatest Distance Flown went to Bill Allen La Jolla CA for his STM-2 N466WA The T Claude Ryan Memoshyrial Award went to Dennis and Susan Lyons the Air Rally hosts The National Ryan Club plaque for Oldest Ryan went to Rich McDonalds 1938 SCW N18911 and the National Ryan Club plaque for Most Distant Ryan went to Bob Laughlin La Jolla CA for his PTshy22 N53431

All in all the Ryan Reunion was quite successful with a lot of good company and a lot of good safe fun enjoyed by all We Ryaneers are looking forward to Ryan Reunion XV Plans are for a big blowout with a max effort for as many Ryans as possible to attend Already we are aware of plans for several east of the Mississippi Ryan s to attend I can hardly wait to get there How about you

Keep the Ryan flyin bull

THE FULLERmiddotHAMMOND FHmiddot1 SUPER TWIN (Continued from Page 15)

Three views of the FHmiddot1 as it looks today

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Contestants in the 1930 Pacific Women s Air Derby (L to R) - Margery Doig Jean LaRene Ruth Stewart Ruth Barron Gladys ODonnell and Mildred Morgan

THE WOMENS CLASS A PACIFIC DERBY

by H Glenn Buffington (EAA 1234 AC 202) 134 West Walnut Avenue B San Diego CA 92103

In conjunction with the 1930 National Air Races there were two derbies for the women One was a 500 cu in or less piston displacement event from the East Coast Washington DC through Dixie and then up to Chicago and an 800 cu in race from the West Coast Long Beach California through the Southwest and Midwest to Chicago This is the story primarily about the latshyter race which covered a distance of 2245 statute miles

The contestants were

Ruth Barron (Nason) Hollywood Mildred Morgan Beverly Hills CA as the least experienced pilots TwentyshyCA Buhl Air Sedan J-5 Transport Travel Air J-5 Private License 15803 year-Old Barron came in with a brand License 13749 new Transport license having learned

Gladys Berry ODonnell Long Beach to fly only six months previously MorshyMargery Doig (Greenberg) Danbury CA Waco Taperwing J-6-7 Transport gan had a Private rating which was upshy

CT Pitcairn J-6 Lim Comm License License 6608 graded to a Transport after the Derby 10073 ODonnell and LaRene were the vetshy

Ruth Woerner Stewart St Louis MO erans of the group Gladys had flown Jean LaRene (Foote) Kansas City KS Curtiss RobinChallenger Transport the 29 Derby to a close second place

American Eagle J-6-7 Transport License 5375 behind Louise Thaden and Jean had License 5700 Barron and Morgan entered the race been associated with the Commandaire

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NC21 M streamlined and ready for the 1930 competition

Co prior to joining American Eagle Of the six entries four had become

charter members of the Ninety-Nines when it was organized in November of 1929 Doig LaRene ODonnell and Stewart

Left at the starting line were three other pilots all of whom had entered the first Womens Air Derby of 1929 Santa Monica to Cleveland Pancho Barnes withdrew from the race when her three planes including the one she piloted at more than 196 mph all were declared ineligible Claire Fahy of Los Angeles widow of Herbert J Fahy Lockheed test pilot was ruled out beshycause her engine was excessively powshyered Bobbi Trout also of Los Angeles was disqualified for having an under powered craft 2 Bobbi is also another Ninety-Nines charterite

Carl Lienesch NAA governor for the state of California head of the aviation department for Union Oil of California and who served as manager of the 1930 Derby wrote It was left for the women to show really what could be done with ATC ships Phoebe Omlie in the East Coast Derby flew a Monocoupe of modern design and made one of those fine showings which the air racing world had come to expect from her Gladys ODonnell and Margery Doig in the Pacific Coast Derby both flew modern or rather modernized airplanes Margery Doigs Pitcairn was rounded out and fitted with a Townend ring at the Pitcairn factory It was a beautiful job and speedy

Gladys ODonnell flew a Taperwing Waco which it might be said was streamlined to the limit this limit being all possible under an A T C status Mrs ODonnell s ship had I-struts the fuselage rounded out and an effective NACA cowling It is probable that the top speed was around 170 mph Her time from Long Beach to Chicago indishycated an average speed in excess of 150 mph which shows that as far as derbies were concerned this year the women win the brown derby

James E Granger Swallow disshytributor on the West Coast President of the Pacific School of Aviation who served as official starter had this to say about the 30 derbies The splitting of the Womens Air Derby into two classes run from different places in my opinion was wrong The two classes should be run together next year and no attempt should be made to farm out the starting place of this very colorful race to the highest bidder It will not be necessary for the race officials to look further for a manager for next years event They have found him in C F Lienesch From start to finish of this years class A womens derby the absence of discord was conspicuous

The Derby actually started Sunday afternoon from Long Beach California August 17th with a short hop to

Gladys ODonnell with the victory garland at Chicago Aug 25 1930

LindberghRyan Field for the first night stop The planes were flagged away at one minute intervals numerically by racing number ie Doig - no 2 ODonshynell - no 7 LaRene - no 20 Stewart shyno 38 followed by Morgan and Barron The starting time from Long Beach arrishyval time in San Diego and the elapsed time follows (PST pm)

ODonnell - 332 - 40451 - 32 51 Doig - 331 - 405 03 - 3403 Barron - 336 - 422 36 - 4636 Morgan - 335 - 42529 - 50 29 Stewart - 334 - 431 09 - 57 09 LaRene - 333 - 430 16 - 5716

LaRene was delayed eight minutes at take off because of inability to start her engine with the other racers

On Monday the schedule called for a noon stop at Calexico and the night stop at Phoenix In accordance with air derby customs Mrs ODonnells craft was the first to taxi across the starting line on the departure for the second control point All the contestants arrived at Calexico within a span of 21 minutes Elapsed time from start ODonnell 1 1353 Doig 1 2248 Barron 1 3621 Morgan 1 4701 LaRene 1 4827 and Stewart 1 5952

ODonnell and DOig finished the third lap into Phoenix with less than five minshyutes separating them Ruth Barron was the last to get away from Calexico beshycause of some engine trouble and the fledgling s navigation caught up with her she became disoriented and flew an hour beyond Phoenix She landed 35 miles south of Holbrook Arizona reshymained overnight where she landed and then flew back to Phoenix to rejoin the others Tuesday morning

On August 19th the noon stop was Tucson and then to Douglas for the night where the total elapsed time talshylied ODonnell 356 29 Doig 41308 Morgan 52614 LaRene 53523 Stewart 625 25 Barron 21 3952 beshycause of the delay in reaching Phoenix after over-flying it

Wednesday it was on to Lordsburg and then Roswell New Mexico where ODonnell was officially 2640 ahead of Doig Others arrived in the following order Barron LaRene Morgan and Stewart

The 21 st scheduled a Lubbock noon stop and to Amarillo Texas for the night Gladys covered the Roswell-Lubshybock leg in 1 0041 and Margery in 1 0238 The other four pilots landed in the same sequence as at Roswell

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A frontal view of the racy Waco Taperwing NC21M in its heyday

Enid Oklahoma was scheduled for noon and Wichita Kansas for the night of the 22nd Thunderstorms and heavy rain gave the girls some of their most inclement weather during the AmarilloshyEnid leg of the race Ruth Stewart was forced down near Elk City but she set her plane down at Enid at 125630 Jean LaRene was forced down near Waukomis a few miles south of Enid she arrived at 125728 accounting for all the entries so they could take off on schedule for Wichita

More thrilling adventures entered the Wichita-Kansas City Kansas (Fairfax Airport) leg A little short of half-way to Kansas City Margery Doig 3 was forced down and out of the race near Olpe Kansas 10 miles south of Emshyporia in a farmers pasture when her engine caught fire She sideslipped to a landing and beat out the flames that threatened to destroy the Pitcairn It was a tough break for Doig after flying a good second to that point

Again Ruth Barrons navigation went awry She was visibly annoyed when she finally landed the Buhl at Fairfax at 541 pm with an elapsed time of 30457 from Wichita She reported I lost my bearings somewhere near Kanshysas City and landed in a field near a farm house I asked the farmer the dishyrections to Kansas City and he told me 50 miles north I said that he surely meant 50 miles east but he insisted he was right I flew the way he saidand 24 SEPTEMBER 1985

found myself over St Joseph and here I am back

The author had the pleasure of watching the girls bring em in at Fairshyfax on Saturday ODonnell crossed the finish line in her bright red and yellow Waco at 345 - 1 1420 out of Wichita LaRene in her yellow American Eagle arrived at 407 - 1 3415 from Wichita Morgan flying her dark blue Travel Air with silver wings finished at 410 shy1 3512 out of Wichita Stewart in her orange and cream colored Curtiss Robin came in at 437 - 20342 from Wichita

Shortly after these four arrivals the Derby starter Jim Granger and his wife Clema flew in with their Swallow and taxied up to the flight line Then a Ryan Brougham flew in with Gladys ODonnell painted across the fuselage It was flown by her husband Lloyd and served as the flagship for the ODonnell camp Some of the Fairfax pilots called it ritzy but I figured if one could afford it why not

One of the first to reach Jean LaRene was her mother Mrs Sadie Ross of Olathe Kansas whom Jean visited often She also had a long chat with Larry Ruch former chief test pilot for the American Eagle Aircraft factory at Fairfax

The contestants attended a dinner in the evening sponsored by the Womens Chamber of Commerce of Kansas City Kansas The new Fairfax Airport term ishy

nal building the site for this occasion and Mayor Don McCombs welcomed the fliers

The Derby continued to Des Moines Iowa and Madison Wisconsin on Sunshyday and the last leg to Chicago was flown Monday August 25th The offical Long Beach-Chicago results were

Elapsed Prize Pilot Time Money Gladys ODonnell 151316 $3500 Mildred Morgan 21 0835 2100 Jean LaRene 21 4549 1400 Ruth Stewart 2638 06 Ruth Barron 383341 Margery DOig (Out at Olpe KS)

For their efforts in flying the 30 Derby Ruth Barron was awarded the Jr Women s Aeronautical Association of California Trophy and Gladys ODonnell won two trophies The Aerol Trophy by the Cleveland Pneumatic Tool Co and the Womens Aero Assn of Calif Trophy Gladys also won the Mrs Robert McCormick Trophy and the Womens Pioneer Aviation Club Trophy for winning two closed-course races at the National Air Races which were held at Curtiss-Reynolds Airport Chicago Aug 23 to Sept 1 1930

An AP release dated Aug 31 1930 carried the headline Another Victory Chalked up for Feminine Fliers and the sub-title Women pilots fly over long routes in air derbies in less time than men It favorably compared Gladys

Copy of picture Gladys ODonnell autoshygraphed for Louise Thaden

ODonnells performance with the two Class A Mens Derbies won by John Blum Seattle to Chicago and Art Kilshylips Miami-Chicago race It also praised Phoebe Omlies showing against the two Class B Mens Derbies won by John Livingston the race from Brownsville and the Derby from Hartford won by J Wesley Smith

In 1967 when I wrote Mrs ODonnell regarding the Taperwing she sent the front view and commented I feel a pang of guilt at not keeping myoid friend 21 M for thats the way I feel about that plane The enclosed photoshygraph is 21 M at her top best in the streamlined beauty of its heyday - 163 mph You will notice the special racing gear It was beautiful but a bit rugged on turf fields since it was a rigid gear It added about six miles per hour to the top speed The ODonnelis owned the Taperwing for a decade

In comparing this air race of over fifty years ago with some of the more curshyrent ones we need to mention some of the pros and cons When the race is of the on to type with noon and night control stops the contestants more or less stay together In that manner weather and flying conditions are practically the same for each entrant and the race officials have the opportushynity to release race standings to the media after each day of racing

More recently the race routes genershyally 2000 to 2500 statute miles in length are set up and the contestants are usually given four days flying VFR in daylight hours to reach the terminus before a specified deadline Each plane is assigned a par (handicap) speed and the object is to have a ground speed as far over the par speed as possible The

pilot is thus given the leeway to play the elements holding out for better weather conditions winds etc The faster planes with better performance are somewhat favored in this respect as sometimes the slower entries must forge ahead in order to beat the deadshyline at the terminus And in this type of race the official standings cannot be reshyleased until the final bird has crossed the finish line Actually the last arrival can be the winner

The earlier races flew shorter legs and made more stops than the current races More recently the legs are 280 to 350 statute miles and six or seven control stops are designated for either landing or fly-by and the races are open to all fixed-wing stock aircraft from 145 to 570 horsepower Early on the fastest airplane with no handicap was in a good position to win if it held toshygether over the long haul and there was no big navigational error committed

Now that a handicapping system is used - each plane flying against its own specified speed - supposedly any entry has an equal chance of victory depending on the accuracy of the handshyicapping

Gini Richardson Yakima Washingshyton who oft-times places in the top 10 gives some racing advice The handshyicap is vitally important - you have to have a good handicap thats essential After that if you want to finish in the top 10 you have to fly well have knowlshyedge of the weather and strong navigashy

tional skills Velda King Mapelli Las Vegas

Nevada President of the Air Race Classic for the past eight years (1977shy1984) wrote in the recent race proshygram The altruistic interest and efforts of many people offers ARC contestants a temporary respite from the normal routine - and opportunity to share the camaraderie of participating in an air race There are no secrets to racing Personal application of skills will detershymine the winner but each will be a betshyter pilot as a result of the experience

That is what it is all about

FOOTNOTES

(1) Subsequent last names are in parenthesis (2) Had Trout been on the East Coast she cou ld have entered the Kinnermiddotpowered Golden Eagle in the 1575 mi Dixie Derby This race was won by Phoebe Omlie in a Warner Monocoupe She was followed by Martie Bowman Kinner Fleet Laura Ingalls Gypsy DH Moth Nancy Hopkins (Tier) Kinmiddot ner Kitty Hawk and Charity Langdon Cirrus Avian Vera Dawn Walker flying a Warner Inland Sport had to withdraw because of a mechanical at Birminshygham AL and Mary Haizlip in another Warner Inshyland Sport failed to make the race start after her airplane was dinged in a forced landing near Greenwood SC enroute to the starting line Both Haizlip and Walker did get to Chicago after the delays and flew in some of the closedmiddotcourse events Ninety-Nines charter members in this group include HopkinsmiddotTier Omlie and Walker (3) Doig was able to have the Pitcairn engine reshypaired and she flew to Chicago on Aug 26th She placed second behind ODonnell in one 25 mile pylon race at 13536 mph and won $450 In the feature 50 mile race she placed 4th just out of the money behind ODonnell Mary Haizlip and Opal Kunz bull

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My First Flight To Oshkosh

18 gallons each My partner and Ideveloping a small stomach problem Robert R Black watched in amazement as the boytoo much excitement I thought (EAA 220708)

4246 South 1060 East Lift off was normal and the Tri-Pacer pumped 181 into the right tank and 180 gallons into the left tank Instantly did pretty well at first But the night air Salt Lake City UT 83117 I felt terrible I had just flown in onwas hot and humid and I wasnt exshyfumes I had made a mistake middoton myperiencing the kind of lift that I was used Ever since seeing a Pitts Special in flight duration - I forgot that I had cirshyto I had to circle in the Salt Lake Valley FL YING magazine when I was sixteen cled for half an hour after take off and learning of a special event called for 30 minutes until I could get up to

Then a super bad case of cottonshyOshkosh I have had the desire to go altitude At 9000 I started through ParshyAfter all the years of putting it off due to leys Canyon and headed for Ft Bridger mouth hit me I figured it was just due

VOR in Wyoming What a bumpy ride lack of funds and not having anything to the close call so I took a drink of some fruit punch which went down like to fly I finally got the chance to go in We popped around inside the plane like

1984 a bowling ball I really didnt feel good two marbles in a can From Ft Bridger My father and mother and I had just but I told myself I was going to Oshkoshwe flew to Evanston then to Rock

Springs Wyoming completed a 15-month restoration proshy by gosh and that thought kept me going ject on my fathers 1956 Piper Trishy We piled back into the plane and tookI started to develop cotton-mouth but Pacer With the bird looking new and off We climbed slowly and headed for figured it was just the thrill of finally

Chadronpretty I had little trouble talking myself going to Oshkosh We called Rock Springs asking for into taking it to Oshkosh As soon as we cleared the remaining

I discussed this with my business mountains I started to descend when fuel accommodations and I changed my partner and somehow talked him into an overwhelming feeling came over meflight plan from Casper to Rock Springs going with me All right I could go at I was going to throw up and I couldn t When they told me it would cost an adshyhalf the cost Things were really picking ditional $3000 to get someone to fuel shake the feeling try as I may How up could I do that - Id never been sick inme I said no thanks and changed my

The date was set Saturday July 28 an airplane in my life - I couldn t do flight plan to Rawlins Wyoming Fuel 1984 at 300 am I figured if we left at that The sic-sacs were for my wife and was getting low but figuring the length

of the trip and the amount of fuel left I others who couldnt take the ups and300 in the morning I could climb up out of the Salt Lake Valley and fly to downsfigured I could make it

My honor was at stake - I couldnt Casper Wyoming From there I would On to Rawlins we went over the lowshyproceed to Winner South Dakota Fairshy do that What a statement typical hardshyering mountains With all the bumps mont Minnesota and then on to Oshshy head approach right Well thatand ups and downs my stomach told kosh thought helped me to fight off the inevitshyme I had a problem I just couldn t be

Hours of preparation and planning getting sick Id never been sick in an able Come on Chadron I kept saying were spent in getting ready for the trip Id never felt that badly on any flight but airplane I figured that I was just overly A tent was measured and stuffed into we pressed ontired and hungry and the stop at Rawshythe baggage compartment Vacation Chadron Radio this is Tri-Pacer lins would put me back in shape time was hastily arranged and all sysshy 4547A do you copy Tri-Pacer 47A Finally Rawlins appeared on the tems were go Little did I know how Chadron Radio copies loud and clearother side of two knolls I brought the much go there was coming plane around entering down wind and Chadron 47A whats your active run-

On Friday July 27 I went to work way slipped in to a nice friendly airport The What a total waste of time Its a good on-field FSS Operator was super nice 47A active is 20 thing Im a lead man in the machine Roger 20 and said the place would come to life in shop because I accomplished nothing a little while He told us the good places Then came the bad news Chadron and finally left at lunch time Working gave me the altimeter setting and saidto eat breakfast We decided to plan the swing shift has its advantages at times next phase of our flight since our origishy the winds were 25 gusting to 35 I asked and I went home to sleep and prepare nal flight plan was greatly altered by Chadron for the wind direction and he for the flight then told me again I just could not get with

What a wasted night - I couldnt the program whatever was making meWe flight planned to Chadron Nebshysleep and all I did was toss and turn raska for our next stop figuring it would sick was really getting to me Two am came awfully early and I left put us right back on course As soon as I entered the pattern but could not for my partners home We piled into the planning was finished the line boy keep the plane tracking straight It the jeep and went to the airport would not settle What was wrong For at Rawlins appeared and fueled us with

The preflight went well except I was 80 octane My tanks are placarded for those of you who are Tri-Pacer drivers

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you know the plane settles like a rock I felt better They were the greatest our trip home I spent the first hour and I looked at my airspeed indicator - I On the way into town the car winshy a half in the bathroom at the airport

was doing 120 mph and should have dows were open all the way At the Between the bathroom and the plane I been doing 80 Missed approach Super 8 Motel we met more super nice threw up four times We climbed into going around will try it again people The rooms were great and I the Tri-Pacer anyway and took off

Roger 47A no other traffic in the patshy crashed My partner was given a free 47A flew great I told my partner that tern ride back to the airport by the motel he would probably end up doing a lot of

Chadron this is 47A - downwind manager to pick up our gear the flying I did pretty well until we got for runway 20 We spent the day in town and I just west of Rock Springs Wyoming

I prayed Please God help me down stayed in bed trying to die I finally Ooops that was the only time I ever Dont let me kill my partner realized that my problem was a good used a sic-sac Bless those considerate

Okay Ive got to do this Line it up case of the flu people for making those wonderful leakshyThere thats right 80 mph okay flaps Chadron has a lot to see and some proof bags

day I shall go back I feel I must let those to slow us down right in we goooooo I had decided that if I couldnt finish good people know that I really do have What a crosswind touch down hold on the trip all the way back to Salt Lake color in my face Oh isnt pride terrible 47A you just landed on 26 That was City Airport No 2 that I would land at

a pretty good cross wind landing In the afternoon I felt a little better Ft Bridger Fortunately as Ft Bridger Thanks I just dont feel good I and thought maybe we might make it to passed below us I felt we could make it

Oshkosh anyway We went back to the A storm front was crossing from west guess I needed the practice Roger airport and planned the rest of the trip to east right in our path The clouds I thought to myself - you nut whats All of a sudden I made a mad dash to were closing in I dropped from 10500

the great white throne - the decision to 8500 and still I was going through wrong with you Cant you remember how to tell which runway is which To was made - head for home clouds Short little IFR trips in the mounshy

We took off for Riverton Wyoming Itbe honest I was so sick that I couldn t tains is not really my idea of fun and remember how to tell the correct runshy was a pretty good trip and at one point games What a trip Boy was I sick way I felt I might have made it to Oshkosh We made it through Parleys Canyon

but went on to Riverton What a good and I prayed Please Lord help meWe taxied to the ramp and I warned decision that was land this thing my partner to get out of the way I ran

In Riverton the Best Western Sunshy My prayers were answered weinto the bathroom and spent a good half downer motel sent their courtesy car for parked the plane got into the jeep andan hour seeing only a small porcelain us We spent the night and the next I said Get me home quickly Gary I hole - oops morning there and I was sick sick sick went straight to bed where I stayed The people at Chadron were super Everybody in Riverton took pity on me from Sunday to Wednesday LampD Aero Service tried all they could to

Next year there will be no flu I will They were really great Would those make me feel better They fueled the people ever see me in better condition fly crawl or whatever but Im absolutely plane and offered me a free ride into

When we finally decided to continue going to go to Oshkosh maybe bull town so I cou ld get a place to sleep until

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Contestants in the 1930 Pacific Women s Air Derby (L to R) - Margery Doig Jean LaRene Ruth Stewart Ruth Barron Gladys ODonnell and Mildred Morgan

THE WOMENS CLASS A PACIFIC DERBY

by H Glenn Buffington (EAA 1234 AC 202) 134 West Walnut Avenue B San Diego CA 92103

In conjunction with the 1930 National Air Races there were two derbies for the women One was a 500 cu in or less piston displacement event from the East Coast Washington DC through Dixie and then up to Chicago and an 800 cu in race from the West Coast Long Beach California through the Southwest and Midwest to Chicago This is the story primarily about the latshyter race which covered a distance of 2245 statute miles

The contestants were

Ruth Barron (Nason) Hollywood Mildred Morgan Beverly Hills CA as the least experienced pilots TwentyshyCA Buhl Air Sedan J-5 Transport Travel Air J-5 Private License 15803 year-Old Barron came in with a brand License 13749 new Transport license having learned

Gladys Berry ODonnell Long Beach to fly only six months previously MorshyMargery Doig (Greenberg) Danbury CA Waco Taperwing J-6-7 Transport gan had a Private rating which was upshy

CT Pitcairn J-6 Lim Comm License License 6608 graded to a Transport after the Derby 10073 ODonnell and LaRene were the vetshy

Ruth Woerner Stewart St Louis MO erans of the group Gladys had flown Jean LaRene (Foote) Kansas City KS Curtiss RobinChallenger Transport the 29 Derby to a close second place

American Eagle J-6-7 Transport License 5375 behind Louise Thaden and Jean had License 5700 Barron and Morgan entered the race been associated with the Commandaire

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NC21 M streamlined and ready for the 1930 competition

Co prior to joining American Eagle Of the six entries four had become

charter members of the Ninety-Nines when it was organized in November of 1929 Doig LaRene ODonnell and Stewart

Left at the starting line were three other pilots all of whom had entered the first Womens Air Derby of 1929 Santa Monica to Cleveland Pancho Barnes withdrew from the race when her three planes including the one she piloted at more than 196 mph all were declared ineligible Claire Fahy of Los Angeles widow of Herbert J Fahy Lockheed test pilot was ruled out beshycause her engine was excessively powshyered Bobbi Trout also of Los Angeles was disqualified for having an under powered craft 2 Bobbi is also another Ninety-Nines charterite

Carl Lienesch NAA governor for the state of California head of the aviation department for Union Oil of California and who served as manager of the 1930 Derby wrote It was left for the women to show really what could be done with ATC ships Phoebe Omlie in the East Coast Derby flew a Monocoupe of modern design and made one of those fine showings which the air racing world had come to expect from her Gladys ODonnell and Margery Doig in the Pacific Coast Derby both flew modern or rather modernized airplanes Margery Doigs Pitcairn was rounded out and fitted with a Townend ring at the Pitcairn factory It was a beautiful job and speedy

Gladys ODonnell flew a Taperwing Waco which it might be said was streamlined to the limit this limit being all possible under an A T C status Mrs ODonnell s ship had I-struts the fuselage rounded out and an effective NACA cowling It is probable that the top speed was around 170 mph Her time from Long Beach to Chicago indishycated an average speed in excess of 150 mph which shows that as far as derbies were concerned this year the women win the brown derby

James E Granger Swallow disshytributor on the West Coast President of the Pacific School of Aviation who served as official starter had this to say about the 30 derbies The splitting of the Womens Air Derby into two classes run from different places in my opinion was wrong The two classes should be run together next year and no attempt should be made to farm out the starting place of this very colorful race to the highest bidder It will not be necessary for the race officials to look further for a manager for next years event They have found him in C F Lienesch From start to finish of this years class A womens derby the absence of discord was conspicuous

The Derby actually started Sunday afternoon from Long Beach California August 17th with a short hop to

Gladys ODonnell with the victory garland at Chicago Aug 25 1930

LindberghRyan Field for the first night stop The planes were flagged away at one minute intervals numerically by racing number ie Doig - no 2 ODonshynell - no 7 LaRene - no 20 Stewart shyno 38 followed by Morgan and Barron The starting time from Long Beach arrishyval time in San Diego and the elapsed time follows (PST pm)

ODonnell - 332 - 40451 - 32 51 Doig - 331 - 405 03 - 3403 Barron - 336 - 422 36 - 4636 Morgan - 335 - 42529 - 50 29 Stewart - 334 - 431 09 - 57 09 LaRene - 333 - 430 16 - 5716

LaRene was delayed eight minutes at take off because of inability to start her engine with the other racers

On Monday the schedule called for a noon stop at Calexico and the night stop at Phoenix In accordance with air derby customs Mrs ODonnells craft was the first to taxi across the starting line on the departure for the second control point All the contestants arrived at Calexico within a span of 21 minutes Elapsed time from start ODonnell 1 1353 Doig 1 2248 Barron 1 3621 Morgan 1 4701 LaRene 1 4827 and Stewart 1 5952

ODonnell and DOig finished the third lap into Phoenix with less than five minshyutes separating them Ruth Barron was the last to get away from Calexico beshycause of some engine trouble and the fledgling s navigation caught up with her she became disoriented and flew an hour beyond Phoenix She landed 35 miles south of Holbrook Arizona reshymained overnight where she landed and then flew back to Phoenix to rejoin the others Tuesday morning

On August 19th the noon stop was Tucson and then to Douglas for the night where the total elapsed time talshylied ODonnell 356 29 Doig 41308 Morgan 52614 LaRene 53523 Stewart 625 25 Barron 21 3952 beshycause of the delay in reaching Phoenix after over-flying it

Wednesday it was on to Lordsburg and then Roswell New Mexico where ODonnell was officially 2640 ahead of Doig Others arrived in the following order Barron LaRene Morgan and Stewart

The 21 st scheduled a Lubbock noon stop and to Amarillo Texas for the night Gladys covered the Roswell-Lubshybock leg in 1 0041 and Margery in 1 0238 The other four pilots landed in the same sequence as at Roswell

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A frontal view of the racy Waco Taperwing NC21M in its heyday

Enid Oklahoma was scheduled for noon and Wichita Kansas for the night of the 22nd Thunderstorms and heavy rain gave the girls some of their most inclement weather during the AmarilloshyEnid leg of the race Ruth Stewart was forced down near Elk City but she set her plane down at Enid at 125630 Jean LaRene was forced down near Waukomis a few miles south of Enid she arrived at 125728 accounting for all the entries so they could take off on schedule for Wichita

More thrilling adventures entered the Wichita-Kansas City Kansas (Fairfax Airport) leg A little short of half-way to Kansas City Margery Doig 3 was forced down and out of the race near Olpe Kansas 10 miles south of Emshyporia in a farmers pasture when her engine caught fire She sideslipped to a landing and beat out the flames that threatened to destroy the Pitcairn It was a tough break for Doig after flying a good second to that point

Again Ruth Barrons navigation went awry She was visibly annoyed when she finally landed the Buhl at Fairfax at 541 pm with an elapsed time of 30457 from Wichita She reported I lost my bearings somewhere near Kanshysas City and landed in a field near a farm house I asked the farmer the dishyrections to Kansas City and he told me 50 miles north I said that he surely meant 50 miles east but he insisted he was right I flew the way he saidand 24 SEPTEMBER 1985

found myself over St Joseph and here I am back

The author had the pleasure of watching the girls bring em in at Fairshyfax on Saturday ODonnell crossed the finish line in her bright red and yellow Waco at 345 - 1 1420 out of Wichita LaRene in her yellow American Eagle arrived at 407 - 1 3415 from Wichita Morgan flying her dark blue Travel Air with silver wings finished at 410 shy1 3512 out of Wichita Stewart in her orange and cream colored Curtiss Robin came in at 437 - 20342 from Wichita

Shortly after these four arrivals the Derby starter Jim Granger and his wife Clema flew in with their Swallow and taxied up to the flight line Then a Ryan Brougham flew in with Gladys ODonnell painted across the fuselage It was flown by her husband Lloyd and served as the flagship for the ODonnell camp Some of the Fairfax pilots called it ritzy but I figured if one could afford it why not

One of the first to reach Jean LaRene was her mother Mrs Sadie Ross of Olathe Kansas whom Jean visited often She also had a long chat with Larry Ruch former chief test pilot for the American Eagle Aircraft factory at Fairfax

The contestants attended a dinner in the evening sponsored by the Womens Chamber of Commerce of Kansas City Kansas The new Fairfax Airport term ishy

nal building the site for this occasion and Mayor Don McCombs welcomed the fliers

The Derby continued to Des Moines Iowa and Madison Wisconsin on Sunshyday and the last leg to Chicago was flown Monday August 25th The offical Long Beach-Chicago results were

Elapsed Prize Pilot Time Money Gladys ODonnell 151316 $3500 Mildred Morgan 21 0835 2100 Jean LaRene 21 4549 1400 Ruth Stewart 2638 06 Ruth Barron 383341 Margery DOig (Out at Olpe KS)

For their efforts in flying the 30 Derby Ruth Barron was awarded the Jr Women s Aeronautical Association of California Trophy and Gladys ODonnell won two trophies The Aerol Trophy by the Cleveland Pneumatic Tool Co and the Womens Aero Assn of Calif Trophy Gladys also won the Mrs Robert McCormick Trophy and the Womens Pioneer Aviation Club Trophy for winning two closed-course races at the National Air Races which were held at Curtiss-Reynolds Airport Chicago Aug 23 to Sept 1 1930

An AP release dated Aug 31 1930 carried the headline Another Victory Chalked up for Feminine Fliers and the sub-title Women pilots fly over long routes in air derbies in less time than men It favorably compared Gladys

Copy of picture Gladys ODonnell autoshygraphed for Louise Thaden

ODonnells performance with the two Class A Mens Derbies won by John Blum Seattle to Chicago and Art Kilshylips Miami-Chicago race It also praised Phoebe Omlies showing against the two Class B Mens Derbies won by John Livingston the race from Brownsville and the Derby from Hartford won by J Wesley Smith

In 1967 when I wrote Mrs ODonnell regarding the Taperwing she sent the front view and commented I feel a pang of guilt at not keeping myoid friend 21 M for thats the way I feel about that plane The enclosed photoshygraph is 21 M at her top best in the streamlined beauty of its heyday - 163 mph You will notice the special racing gear It was beautiful but a bit rugged on turf fields since it was a rigid gear It added about six miles per hour to the top speed The ODonnelis owned the Taperwing for a decade

In comparing this air race of over fifty years ago with some of the more curshyrent ones we need to mention some of the pros and cons When the race is of the on to type with noon and night control stops the contestants more or less stay together In that manner weather and flying conditions are practically the same for each entrant and the race officials have the opportushynity to release race standings to the media after each day of racing

More recently the race routes genershyally 2000 to 2500 statute miles in length are set up and the contestants are usually given four days flying VFR in daylight hours to reach the terminus before a specified deadline Each plane is assigned a par (handicap) speed and the object is to have a ground speed as far over the par speed as possible The

pilot is thus given the leeway to play the elements holding out for better weather conditions winds etc The faster planes with better performance are somewhat favored in this respect as sometimes the slower entries must forge ahead in order to beat the deadshyline at the terminus And in this type of race the official standings cannot be reshyleased until the final bird has crossed the finish line Actually the last arrival can be the winner

The earlier races flew shorter legs and made more stops than the current races More recently the legs are 280 to 350 statute miles and six or seven control stops are designated for either landing or fly-by and the races are open to all fixed-wing stock aircraft from 145 to 570 horsepower Early on the fastest airplane with no handicap was in a good position to win if it held toshygether over the long haul and there was no big navigational error committed

Now that a handicapping system is used - each plane flying against its own specified speed - supposedly any entry has an equal chance of victory depending on the accuracy of the handshyicapping

Gini Richardson Yakima Washingshyton who oft-times places in the top 10 gives some racing advice The handshyicap is vitally important - you have to have a good handicap thats essential After that if you want to finish in the top 10 you have to fly well have knowlshyedge of the weather and strong navigashy

tional skills Velda King Mapelli Las Vegas

Nevada President of the Air Race Classic for the past eight years (1977shy1984) wrote in the recent race proshygram The altruistic interest and efforts of many people offers ARC contestants a temporary respite from the normal routine - and opportunity to share the camaraderie of participating in an air race There are no secrets to racing Personal application of skills will detershymine the winner but each will be a betshyter pilot as a result of the experience

That is what it is all about

FOOTNOTES

(1) Subsequent last names are in parenthesis (2) Had Trout been on the East Coast she cou ld have entered the Kinnermiddotpowered Golden Eagle in the 1575 mi Dixie Derby This race was won by Phoebe Omlie in a Warner Monocoupe She was followed by Martie Bowman Kinner Fleet Laura Ingalls Gypsy DH Moth Nancy Hopkins (Tier) Kinmiddot ner Kitty Hawk and Charity Langdon Cirrus Avian Vera Dawn Walker flying a Warner Inland Sport had to withdraw because of a mechanical at Birminshygham AL and Mary Haizlip in another Warner Inshyland Sport failed to make the race start after her airplane was dinged in a forced landing near Greenwood SC enroute to the starting line Both Haizlip and Walker did get to Chicago after the delays and flew in some of the closedmiddotcourse events Ninety-Nines charter members in this group include HopkinsmiddotTier Omlie and Walker (3) Doig was able to have the Pitcairn engine reshypaired and she flew to Chicago on Aug 26th She placed second behind ODonnell in one 25 mile pylon race at 13536 mph and won $450 In the feature 50 mile race she placed 4th just out of the money behind ODonnell Mary Haizlip and Opal Kunz bull

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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

My First Flight To Oshkosh

18 gallons each My partner and Ideveloping a small stomach problem Robert R Black watched in amazement as the boytoo much excitement I thought (EAA 220708)

4246 South 1060 East Lift off was normal and the Tri-Pacer pumped 181 into the right tank and 180 gallons into the left tank Instantly did pretty well at first But the night air Salt Lake City UT 83117 I felt terrible I had just flown in onwas hot and humid and I wasnt exshyfumes I had made a mistake middoton myperiencing the kind of lift that I was used Ever since seeing a Pitts Special in flight duration - I forgot that I had cirshyto I had to circle in the Salt Lake Valley FL YING magazine when I was sixteen cled for half an hour after take off and learning of a special event called for 30 minutes until I could get up to

Then a super bad case of cottonshyOshkosh I have had the desire to go altitude At 9000 I started through ParshyAfter all the years of putting it off due to leys Canyon and headed for Ft Bridger mouth hit me I figured it was just due

VOR in Wyoming What a bumpy ride lack of funds and not having anything to the close call so I took a drink of some fruit punch which went down like to fly I finally got the chance to go in We popped around inside the plane like

1984 a bowling ball I really didnt feel good two marbles in a can From Ft Bridger My father and mother and I had just but I told myself I was going to Oshkoshwe flew to Evanston then to Rock

Springs Wyoming completed a 15-month restoration proshy by gosh and that thought kept me going ject on my fathers 1956 Piper Trishy We piled back into the plane and tookI started to develop cotton-mouth but Pacer With the bird looking new and off We climbed slowly and headed for figured it was just the thrill of finally

Chadronpretty I had little trouble talking myself going to Oshkosh We called Rock Springs asking for into taking it to Oshkosh As soon as we cleared the remaining

I discussed this with my business mountains I started to descend when fuel accommodations and I changed my partner and somehow talked him into an overwhelming feeling came over meflight plan from Casper to Rock Springs going with me All right I could go at I was going to throw up and I couldn t When they told me it would cost an adshyhalf the cost Things were really picking ditional $3000 to get someone to fuel shake the feeling try as I may How up could I do that - Id never been sick inme I said no thanks and changed my

The date was set Saturday July 28 an airplane in my life - I couldn t do flight plan to Rawlins Wyoming Fuel 1984 at 300 am I figured if we left at that The sic-sacs were for my wife and was getting low but figuring the length

of the trip and the amount of fuel left I others who couldnt take the ups and300 in the morning I could climb up out of the Salt Lake Valley and fly to downsfigured I could make it

My honor was at stake - I couldnt Casper Wyoming From there I would On to Rawlins we went over the lowshyproceed to Winner South Dakota Fairshy do that What a statement typical hardshyering mountains With all the bumps mont Minnesota and then on to Oshshy head approach right Well thatand ups and downs my stomach told kosh thought helped me to fight off the inevitshyme I had a problem I just couldn t be

Hours of preparation and planning getting sick Id never been sick in an able Come on Chadron I kept saying were spent in getting ready for the trip Id never felt that badly on any flight but airplane I figured that I was just overly A tent was measured and stuffed into we pressed ontired and hungry and the stop at Rawshythe baggage compartment Vacation Chadron Radio this is Tri-Pacer lins would put me back in shape time was hastily arranged and all sysshy 4547A do you copy Tri-Pacer 47A Finally Rawlins appeared on the tems were go Little did I know how Chadron Radio copies loud and clearother side of two knolls I brought the much go there was coming plane around entering down wind and Chadron 47A whats your active run-

On Friday July 27 I went to work way slipped in to a nice friendly airport The What a total waste of time Its a good on-field FSS Operator was super nice 47A active is 20 thing Im a lead man in the machine Roger 20 and said the place would come to life in shop because I accomplished nothing a little while He told us the good places Then came the bad news Chadron and finally left at lunch time Working gave me the altimeter setting and saidto eat breakfast We decided to plan the swing shift has its advantages at times next phase of our flight since our origishy the winds were 25 gusting to 35 I asked and I went home to sleep and prepare nal flight plan was greatly altered by Chadron for the wind direction and he for the flight then told me again I just could not get with

What a wasted night - I couldnt the program whatever was making meWe flight planned to Chadron Nebshysleep and all I did was toss and turn raska for our next stop figuring it would sick was really getting to me Two am came awfully early and I left put us right back on course As soon as I entered the pattern but could not for my partners home We piled into the planning was finished the line boy keep the plane tracking straight It the jeep and went to the airport would not settle What was wrong For at Rawlins appeared and fueled us with

The preflight went well except I was 80 octane My tanks are placarded for those of you who are Tri-Pacer drivers

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you know the plane settles like a rock I felt better They were the greatest our trip home I spent the first hour and I looked at my airspeed indicator - I On the way into town the car winshy a half in the bathroom at the airport

was doing 120 mph and should have dows were open all the way At the Between the bathroom and the plane I been doing 80 Missed approach Super 8 Motel we met more super nice threw up four times We climbed into going around will try it again people The rooms were great and I the Tri-Pacer anyway and took off

Roger 47A no other traffic in the patshy crashed My partner was given a free 47A flew great I told my partner that tern ride back to the airport by the motel he would probably end up doing a lot of

Chadron this is 47A - downwind manager to pick up our gear the flying I did pretty well until we got for runway 20 We spent the day in town and I just west of Rock Springs Wyoming

I prayed Please God help me down stayed in bed trying to die I finally Ooops that was the only time I ever Dont let me kill my partner realized that my problem was a good used a sic-sac Bless those considerate

Okay Ive got to do this Line it up case of the flu people for making those wonderful leakshyThere thats right 80 mph okay flaps Chadron has a lot to see and some proof bags

day I shall go back I feel I must let those to slow us down right in we goooooo I had decided that if I couldnt finish good people know that I really do have What a crosswind touch down hold on the trip all the way back to Salt Lake color in my face Oh isnt pride terrible 47A you just landed on 26 That was City Airport No 2 that I would land at

a pretty good cross wind landing In the afternoon I felt a little better Ft Bridger Fortunately as Ft Bridger Thanks I just dont feel good I and thought maybe we might make it to passed below us I felt we could make it

Oshkosh anyway We went back to the A storm front was crossing from west guess I needed the practice Roger airport and planned the rest of the trip to east right in our path The clouds I thought to myself - you nut whats All of a sudden I made a mad dash to were closing in I dropped from 10500

the great white throne - the decision to 8500 and still I was going through wrong with you Cant you remember how to tell which runway is which To was made - head for home clouds Short little IFR trips in the mounshy

We took off for Riverton Wyoming Itbe honest I was so sick that I couldn t tains is not really my idea of fun and remember how to tell the correct runshy was a pretty good trip and at one point games What a trip Boy was I sick way I felt I might have made it to Oshkosh We made it through Parleys Canyon

but went on to Riverton What a good and I prayed Please Lord help meWe taxied to the ramp and I warned decision that was land this thing my partner to get out of the way I ran

In Riverton the Best Western Sunshy My prayers were answered weinto the bathroom and spent a good half downer motel sent their courtesy car for parked the plane got into the jeep andan hour seeing only a small porcelain us We spent the night and the next I said Get me home quickly Gary I hole - oops morning there and I was sick sick sick went straight to bed where I stayed The people at Chadron were super Everybody in Riverton took pity on me from Sunday to Wednesday LampD Aero Service tried all they could to

Next year there will be no flu I will They were really great Would those make me feel better They fueled the people ever see me in better condition fly crawl or whatever but Im absolutely plane and offered me a free ride into

When we finally decided to continue going to go to Oshkosh maybe bull town so I cou ld get a place to sleep until

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Co prior to joining American Eagle Of the six entries four had become

charter members of the Ninety-Nines when it was organized in November of 1929 Doig LaRene ODonnell and Stewart

Left at the starting line were three other pilots all of whom had entered the first Womens Air Derby of 1929 Santa Monica to Cleveland Pancho Barnes withdrew from the race when her three planes including the one she piloted at more than 196 mph all were declared ineligible Claire Fahy of Los Angeles widow of Herbert J Fahy Lockheed test pilot was ruled out beshycause her engine was excessively powshyered Bobbi Trout also of Los Angeles was disqualified for having an under powered craft 2 Bobbi is also another Ninety-Nines charterite

Carl Lienesch NAA governor for the state of California head of the aviation department for Union Oil of California and who served as manager of the 1930 Derby wrote It was left for the women to show really what could be done with ATC ships Phoebe Omlie in the East Coast Derby flew a Monocoupe of modern design and made one of those fine showings which the air racing world had come to expect from her Gladys ODonnell and Margery Doig in the Pacific Coast Derby both flew modern or rather modernized airplanes Margery Doigs Pitcairn was rounded out and fitted with a Townend ring at the Pitcairn factory It was a beautiful job and speedy

Gladys ODonnell flew a Taperwing Waco which it might be said was streamlined to the limit this limit being all possible under an A T C status Mrs ODonnell s ship had I-struts the fuselage rounded out and an effective NACA cowling It is probable that the top speed was around 170 mph Her time from Long Beach to Chicago indishycated an average speed in excess of 150 mph which shows that as far as derbies were concerned this year the women win the brown derby

James E Granger Swallow disshytributor on the West Coast President of the Pacific School of Aviation who served as official starter had this to say about the 30 derbies The splitting of the Womens Air Derby into two classes run from different places in my opinion was wrong The two classes should be run together next year and no attempt should be made to farm out the starting place of this very colorful race to the highest bidder It will not be necessary for the race officials to look further for a manager for next years event They have found him in C F Lienesch From start to finish of this years class A womens derby the absence of discord was conspicuous

The Derby actually started Sunday afternoon from Long Beach California August 17th with a short hop to

Gladys ODonnell with the victory garland at Chicago Aug 25 1930

LindberghRyan Field for the first night stop The planes were flagged away at one minute intervals numerically by racing number ie Doig - no 2 ODonshynell - no 7 LaRene - no 20 Stewart shyno 38 followed by Morgan and Barron The starting time from Long Beach arrishyval time in San Diego and the elapsed time follows (PST pm)

ODonnell - 332 - 40451 - 32 51 Doig - 331 - 405 03 - 3403 Barron - 336 - 422 36 - 4636 Morgan - 335 - 42529 - 50 29 Stewart - 334 - 431 09 - 57 09 LaRene - 333 - 430 16 - 5716

LaRene was delayed eight minutes at take off because of inability to start her engine with the other racers

On Monday the schedule called for a noon stop at Calexico and the night stop at Phoenix In accordance with air derby customs Mrs ODonnells craft was the first to taxi across the starting line on the departure for the second control point All the contestants arrived at Calexico within a span of 21 minutes Elapsed time from start ODonnell 1 1353 Doig 1 2248 Barron 1 3621 Morgan 1 4701 LaRene 1 4827 and Stewart 1 5952

ODonnell and DOig finished the third lap into Phoenix with less than five minshyutes separating them Ruth Barron was the last to get away from Calexico beshycause of some engine trouble and the fledgling s navigation caught up with her she became disoriented and flew an hour beyond Phoenix She landed 35 miles south of Holbrook Arizona reshymained overnight where she landed and then flew back to Phoenix to rejoin the others Tuesday morning

On August 19th the noon stop was Tucson and then to Douglas for the night where the total elapsed time talshylied ODonnell 356 29 Doig 41308 Morgan 52614 LaRene 53523 Stewart 625 25 Barron 21 3952 beshycause of the delay in reaching Phoenix after over-flying it

Wednesday it was on to Lordsburg and then Roswell New Mexico where ODonnell was officially 2640 ahead of Doig Others arrived in the following order Barron LaRene Morgan and Stewart

The 21 st scheduled a Lubbock noon stop and to Amarillo Texas for the night Gladys covered the Roswell-Lubshybock leg in 1 0041 and Margery in 1 0238 The other four pilots landed in the same sequence as at Roswell

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A frontal view of the racy Waco Taperwing NC21M in its heyday

Enid Oklahoma was scheduled for noon and Wichita Kansas for the night of the 22nd Thunderstorms and heavy rain gave the girls some of their most inclement weather during the AmarilloshyEnid leg of the race Ruth Stewart was forced down near Elk City but she set her plane down at Enid at 125630 Jean LaRene was forced down near Waukomis a few miles south of Enid she arrived at 125728 accounting for all the entries so they could take off on schedule for Wichita

More thrilling adventures entered the Wichita-Kansas City Kansas (Fairfax Airport) leg A little short of half-way to Kansas City Margery Doig 3 was forced down and out of the race near Olpe Kansas 10 miles south of Emshyporia in a farmers pasture when her engine caught fire She sideslipped to a landing and beat out the flames that threatened to destroy the Pitcairn It was a tough break for Doig after flying a good second to that point

Again Ruth Barrons navigation went awry She was visibly annoyed when she finally landed the Buhl at Fairfax at 541 pm with an elapsed time of 30457 from Wichita She reported I lost my bearings somewhere near Kanshysas City and landed in a field near a farm house I asked the farmer the dishyrections to Kansas City and he told me 50 miles north I said that he surely meant 50 miles east but he insisted he was right I flew the way he saidand 24 SEPTEMBER 1985

found myself over St Joseph and here I am back

The author had the pleasure of watching the girls bring em in at Fairshyfax on Saturday ODonnell crossed the finish line in her bright red and yellow Waco at 345 - 1 1420 out of Wichita LaRene in her yellow American Eagle arrived at 407 - 1 3415 from Wichita Morgan flying her dark blue Travel Air with silver wings finished at 410 shy1 3512 out of Wichita Stewart in her orange and cream colored Curtiss Robin came in at 437 - 20342 from Wichita

Shortly after these four arrivals the Derby starter Jim Granger and his wife Clema flew in with their Swallow and taxied up to the flight line Then a Ryan Brougham flew in with Gladys ODonnell painted across the fuselage It was flown by her husband Lloyd and served as the flagship for the ODonnell camp Some of the Fairfax pilots called it ritzy but I figured if one could afford it why not

One of the first to reach Jean LaRene was her mother Mrs Sadie Ross of Olathe Kansas whom Jean visited often She also had a long chat with Larry Ruch former chief test pilot for the American Eagle Aircraft factory at Fairfax

The contestants attended a dinner in the evening sponsored by the Womens Chamber of Commerce of Kansas City Kansas The new Fairfax Airport term ishy

nal building the site for this occasion and Mayor Don McCombs welcomed the fliers

The Derby continued to Des Moines Iowa and Madison Wisconsin on Sunshyday and the last leg to Chicago was flown Monday August 25th The offical Long Beach-Chicago results were

Elapsed Prize Pilot Time Money Gladys ODonnell 151316 $3500 Mildred Morgan 21 0835 2100 Jean LaRene 21 4549 1400 Ruth Stewart 2638 06 Ruth Barron 383341 Margery DOig (Out at Olpe KS)

For their efforts in flying the 30 Derby Ruth Barron was awarded the Jr Women s Aeronautical Association of California Trophy and Gladys ODonnell won two trophies The Aerol Trophy by the Cleveland Pneumatic Tool Co and the Womens Aero Assn of Calif Trophy Gladys also won the Mrs Robert McCormick Trophy and the Womens Pioneer Aviation Club Trophy for winning two closed-course races at the National Air Races which were held at Curtiss-Reynolds Airport Chicago Aug 23 to Sept 1 1930

An AP release dated Aug 31 1930 carried the headline Another Victory Chalked up for Feminine Fliers and the sub-title Women pilots fly over long routes in air derbies in less time than men It favorably compared Gladys

Copy of picture Gladys ODonnell autoshygraphed for Louise Thaden

ODonnells performance with the two Class A Mens Derbies won by John Blum Seattle to Chicago and Art Kilshylips Miami-Chicago race It also praised Phoebe Omlies showing against the two Class B Mens Derbies won by John Livingston the race from Brownsville and the Derby from Hartford won by J Wesley Smith

In 1967 when I wrote Mrs ODonnell regarding the Taperwing she sent the front view and commented I feel a pang of guilt at not keeping myoid friend 21 M for thats the way I feel about that plane The enclosed photoshygraph is 21 M at her top best in the streamlined beauty of its heyday - 163 mph You will notice the special racing gear It was beautiful but a bit rugged on turf fields since it was a rigid gear It added about six miles per hour to the top speed The ODonnelis owned the Taperwing for a decade

In comparing this air race of over fifty years ago with some of the more curshyrent ones we need to mention some of the pros and cons When the race is of the on to type with noon and night control stops the contestants more or less stay together In that manner weather and flying conditions are practically the same for each entrant and the race officials have the opportushynity to release race standings to the media after each day of racing

More recently the race routes genershyally 2000 to 2500 statute miles in length are set up and the contestants are usually given four days flying VFR in daylight hours to reach the terminus before a specified deadline Each plane is assigned a par (handicap) speed and the object is to have a ground speed as far over the par speed as possible The

pilot is thus given the leeway to play the elements holding out for better weather conditions winds etc The faster planes with better performance are somewhat favored in this respect as sometimes the slower entries must forge ahead in order to beat the deadshyline at the terminus And in this type of race the official standings cannot be reshyleased until the final bird has crossed the finish line Actually the last arrival can be the winner

The earlier races flew shorter legs and made more stops than the current races More recently the legs are 280 to 350 statute miles and six or seven control stops are designated for either landing or fly-by and the races are open to all fixed-wing stock aircraft from 145 to 570 horsepower Early on the fastest airplane with no handicap was in a good position to win if it held toshygether over the long haul and there was no big navigational error committed

Now that a handicapping system is used - each plane flying against its own specified speed - supposedly any entry has an equal chance of victory depending on the accuracy of the handshyicapping

Gini Richardson Yakima Washingshyton who oft-times places in the top 10 gives some racing advice The handshyicap is vitally important - you have to have a good handicap thats essential After that if you want to finish in the top 10 you have to fly well have knowlshyedge of the weather and strong navigashy

tional skills Velda King Mapelli Las Vegas

Nevada President of the Air Race Classic for the past eight years (1977shy1984) wrote in the recent race proshygram The altruistic interest and efforts of many people offers ARC contestants a temporary respite from the normal routine - and opportunity to share the camaraderie of participating in an air race There are no secrets to racing Personal application of skills will detershymine the winner but each will be a betshyter pilot as a result of the experience

That is what it is all about

FOOTNOTES

(1) Subsequent last names are in parenthesis (2) Had Trout been on the East Coast she cou ld have entered the Kinnermiddotpowered Golden Eagle in the 1575 mi Dixie Derby This race was won by Phoebe Omlie in a Warner Monocoupe She was followed by Martie Bowman Kinner Fleet Laura Ingalls Gypsy DH Moth Nancy Hopkins (Tier) Kinmiddot ner Kitty Hawk and Charity Langdon Cirrus Avian Vera Dawn Walker flying a Warner Inland Sport had to withdraw because of a mechanical at Birminshygham AL and Mary Haizlip in another Warner Inshyland Sport failed to make the race start after her airplane was dinged in a forced landing near Greenwood SC enroute to the starting line Both Haizlip and Walker did get to Chicago after the delays and flew in some of the closedmiddotcourse events Ninety-Nines charter members in this group include HopkinsmiddotTier Omlie and Walker (3) Doig was able to have the Pitcairn engine reshypaired and she flew to Chicago on Aug 26th She placed second behind ODonnell in one 25 mile pylon race at 13536 mph and won $450 In the feature 50 mile race she placed 4th just out of the money behind ODonnell Mary Haizlip and Opal Kunz bull

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The Oldest Known Set of EDO Floats in Service The aircraft is a 1933 Waco UBF-2 biplane powered by a 220-horsepower Continental W670 engine The floats are EDO model M-2665s manufactured on August 2 1930 These particular floats had been damaged in a crash in 1950 and were kept in storage for 27 years prior to being restored and fitted to the Waco in 1977 This remarkable antique aircraft is the property of Mr Henry Stauch Junction City Oregon It is conshyverted to float operation in the summer and flown from Kenmore Air Harbor Kenmore Washington scene of this photograph Photo courtesy EDO Floats

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

My First Flight To Oshkosh

18 gallons each My partner and Ideveloping a small stomach problem Robert R Black watched in amazement as the boytoo much excitement I thought (EAA 220708)

4246 South 1060 East Lift off was normal and the Tri-Pacer pumped 181 into the right tank and 180 gallons into the left tank Instantly did pretty well at first But the night air Salt Lake City UT 83117 I felt terrible I had just flown in onwas hot and humid and I wasnt exshyfumes I had made a mistake middoton myperiencing the kind of lift that I was used Ever since seeing a Pitts Special in flight duration - I forgot that I had cirshyto I had to circle in the Salt Lake Valley FL YING magazine when I was sixteen cled for half an hour after take off and learning of a special event called for 30 minutes until I could get up to

Then a super bad case of cottonshyOshkosh I have had the desire to go altitude At 9000 I started through ParshyAfter all the years of putting it off due to leys Canyon and headed for Ft Bridger mouth hit me I figured it was just due

VOR in Wyoming What a bumpy ride lack of funds and not having anything to the close call so I took a drink of some fruit punch which went down like to fly I finally got the chance to go in We popped around inside the plane like

1984 a bowling ball I really didnt feel good two marbles in a can From Ft Bridger My father and mother and I had just but I told myself I was going to Oshkoshwe flew to Evanston then to Rock

Springs Wyoming completed a 15-month restoration proshy by gosh and that thought kept me going ject on my fathers 1956 Piper Trishy We piled back into the plane and tookI started to develop cotton-mouth but Pacer With the bird looking new and off We climbed slowly and headed for figured it was just the thrill of finally

Chadronpretty I had little trouble talking myself going to Oshkosh We called Rock Springs asking for into taking it to Oshkosh As soon as we cleared the remaining

I discussed this with my business mountains I started to descend when fuel accommodations and I changed my partner and somehow talked him into an overwhelming feeling came over meflight plan from Casper to Rock Springs going with me All right I could go at I was going to throw up and I couldn t When they told me it would cost an adshyhalf the cost Things were really picking ditional $3000 to get someone to fuel shake the feeling try as I may How up could I do that - Id never been sick inme I said no thanks and changed my

The date was set Saturday July 28 an airplane in my life - I couldn t do flight plan to Rawlins Wyoming Fuel 1984 at 300 am I figured if we left at that The sic-sacs were for my wife and was getting low but figuring the length

of the trip and the amount of fuel left I others who couldnt take the ups and300 in the morning I could climb up out of the Salt Lake Valley and fly to downsfigured I could make it

My honor was at stake - I couldnt Casper Wyoming From there I would On to Rawlins we went over the lowshyproceed to Winner South Dakota Fairshy do that What a statement typical hardshyering mountains With all the bumps mont Minnesota and then on to Oshshy head approach right Well thatand ups and downs my stomach told kosh thought helped me to fight off the inevitshyme I had a problem I just couldn t be

Hours of preparation and planning getting sick Id never been sick in an able Come on Chadron I kept saying were spent in getting ready for the trip Id never felt that badly on any flight but airplane I figured that I was just overly A tent was measured and stuffed into we pressed ontired and hungry and the stop at Rawshythe baggage compartment Vacation Chadron Radio this is Tri-Pacer lins would put me back in shape time was hastily arranged and all sysshy 4547A do you copy Tri-Pacer 47A Finally Rawlins appeared on the tems were go Little did I know how Chadron Radio copies loud and clearother side of two knolls I brought the much go there was coming plane around entering down wind and Chadron 47A whats your active run-

On Friday July 27 I went to work way slipped in to a nice friendly airport The What a total waste of time Its a good on-field FSS Operator was super nice 47A active is 20 thing Im a lead man in the machine Roger 20 and said the place would come to life in shop because I accomplished nothing a little while He told us the good places Then came the bad news Chadron and finally left at lunch time Working gave me the altimeter setting and saidto eat breakfast We decided to plan the swing shift has its advantages at times next phase of our flight since our origishy the winds were 25 gusting to 35 I asked and I went home to sleep and prepare nal flight plan was greatly altered by Chadron for the wind direction and he for the flight then told me again I just could not get with

What a wasted night - I couldnt the program whatever was making meWe flight planned to Chadron Nebshysleep and all I did was toss and turn raska for our next stop figuring it would sick was really getting to me Two am came awfully early and I left put us right back on course As soon as I entered the pattern but could not for my partners home We piled into the planning was finished the line boy keep the plane tracking straight It the jeep and went to the airport would not settle What was wrong For at Rawlins appeared and fueled us with

The preflight went well except I was 80 octane My tanks are placarded for those of you who are Tri-Pacer drivers

26 SEPTEMBER 1985

you know the plane settles like a rock I felt better They were the greatest our trip home I spent the first hour and I looked at my airspeed indicator - I On the way into town the car winshy a half in the bathroom at the airport

was doing 120 mph and should have dows were open all the way At the Between the bathroom and the plane I been doing 80 Missed approach Super 8 Motel we met more super nice threw up four times We climbed into going around will try it again people The rooms were great and I the Tri-Pacer anyway and took off

Roger 47A no other traffic in the patshy crashed My partner was given a free 47A flew great I told my partner that tern ride back to the airport by the motel he would probably end up doing a lot of

Chadron this is 47A - downwind manager to pick up our gear the flying I did pretty well until we got for runway 20 We spent the day in town and I just west of Rock Springs Wyoming

I prayed Please God help me down stayed in bed trying to die I finally Ooops that was the only time I ever Dont let me kill my partner realized that my problem was a good used a sic-sac Bless those considerate

Okay Ive got to do this Line it up case of the flu people for making those wonderful leakshyThere thats right 80 mph okay flaps Chadron has a lot to see and some proof bags

day I shall go back I feel I must let those to slow us down right in we goooooo I had decided that if I couldnt finish good people know that I really do have What a crosswind touch down hold on the trip all the way back to Salt Lake color in my face Oh isnt pride terrible 47A you just landed on 26 That was City Airport No 2 that I would land at

a pretty good cross wind landing In the afternoon I felt a little better Ft Bridger Fortunately as Ft Bridger Thanks I just dont feel good I and thought maybe we might make it to passed below us I felt we could make it

Oshkosh anyway We went back to the A storm front was crossing from west guess I needed the practice Roger airport and planned the rest of the trip to east right in our path The clouds I thought to myself - you nut whats All of a sudden I made a mad dash to were closing in I dropped from 10500

the great white throne - the decision to 8500 and still I was going through wrong with you Cant you remember how to tell which runway is which To was made - head for home clouds Short little IFR trips in the mounshy

We took off for Riverton Wyoming Itbe honest I was so sick that I couldn t tains is not really my idea of fun and remember how to tell the correct runshy was a pretty good trip and at one point games What a trip Boy was I sick way I felt I might have made it to Oshkosh We made it through Parleys Canyon

but went on to Riverton What a good and I prayed Please Lord help meWe taxied to the ramp and I warned decision that was land this thing my partner to get out of the way I ran

In Riverton the Best Western Sunshy My prayers were answered weinto the bathroom and spent a good half downer motel sent their courtesy car for parked the plane got into the jeep andan hour seeing only a small porcelain us We spent the night and the next I said Get me home quickly Gary I hole - oops morning there and I was sick sick sick went straight to bed where I stayed The people at Chadron were super Everybody in Riverton took pity on me from Sunday to Wednesday LampD Aero Service tried all they could to

Next year there will be no flu I will They were really great Would those make me feel better They fueled the people ever see me in better condition fly crawl or whatever but Im absolutely plane and offered me a free ride into

When we finally decided to continue going to go to Oshkosh maybe bull town so I cou ld get a place to sleep until

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A frontal view of the racy Waco Taperwing NC21M in its heyday

Enid Oklahoma was scheduled for noon and Wichita Kansas for the night of the 22nd Thunderstorms and heavy rain gave the girls some of their most inclement weather during the AmarilloshyEnid leg of the race Ruth Stewart was forced down near Elk City but she set her plane down at Enid at 125630 Jean LaRene was forced down near Waukomis a few miles south of Enid she arrived at 125728 accounting for all the entries so they could take off on schedule for Wichita

More thrilling adventures entered the Wichita-Kansas City Kansas (Fairfax Airport) leg A little short of half-way to Kansas City Margery Doig 3 was forced down and out of the race near Olpe Kansas 10 miles south of Emshyporia in a farmers pasture when her engine caught fire She sideslipped to a landing and beat out the flames that threatened to destroy the Pitcairn It was a tough break for Doig after flying a good second to that point

Again Ruth Barrons navigation went awry She was visibly annoyed when she finally landed the Buhl at Fairfax at 541 pm with an elapsed time of 30457 from Wichita She reported I lost my bearings somewhere near Kanshysas City and landed in a field near a farm house I asked the farmer the dishyrections to Kansas City and he told me 50 miles north I said that he surely meant 50 miles east but he insisted he was right I flew the way he saidand 24 SEPTEMBER 1985

found myself over St Joseph and here I am back

The author had the pleasure of watching the girls bring em in at Fairshyfax on Saturday ODonnell crossed the finish line in her bright red and yellow Waco at 345 - 1 1420 out of Wichita LaRene in her yellow American Eagle arrived at 407 - 1 3415 from Wichita Morgan flying her dark blue Travel Air with silver wings finished at 410 shy1 3512 out of Wichita Stewart in her orange and cream colored Curtiss Robin came in at 437 - 20342 from Wichita

Shortly after these four arrivals the Derby starter Jim Granger and his wife Clema flew in with their Swallow and taxied up to the flight line Then a Ryan Brougham flew in with Gladys ODonnell painted across the fuselage It was flown by her husband Lloyd and served as the flagship for the ODonnell camp Some of the Fairfax pilots called it ritzy but I figured if one could afford it why not

One of the first to reach Jean LaRene was her mother Mrs Sadie Ross of Olathe Kansas whom Jean visited often She also had a long chat with Larry Ruch former chief test pilot for the American Eagle Aircraft factory at Fairfax

The contestants attended a dinner in the evening sponsored by the Womens Chamber of Commerce of Kansas City Kansas The new Fairfax Airport term ishy

nal building the site for this occasion and Mayor Don McCombs welcomed the fliers

The Derby continued to Des Moines Iowa and Madison Wisconsin on Sunshyday and the last leg to Chicago was flown Monday August 25th The offical Long Beach-Chicago results were

Elapsed Prize Pilot Time Money Gladys ODonnell 151316 $3500 Mildred Morgan 21 0835 2100 Jean LaRene 21 4549 1400 Ruth Stewart 2638 06 Ruth Barron 383341 Margery DOig (Out at Olpe KS)

For their efforts in flying the 30 Derby Ruth Barron was awarded the Jr Women s Aeronautical Association of California Trophy and Gladys ODonnell won two trophies The Aerol Trophy by the Cleveland Pneumatic Tool Co and the Womens Aero Assn of Calif Trophy Gladys also won the Mrs Robert McCormick Trophy and the Womens Pioneer Aviation Club Trophy for winning two closed-course races at the National Air Races which were held at Curtiss-Reynolds Airport Chicago Aug 23 to Sept 1 1930

An AP release dated Aug 31 1930 carried the headline Another Victory Chalked up for Feminine Fliers and the sub-title Women pilots fly over long routes in air derbies in less time than men It favorably compared Gladys

Copy of picture Gladys ODonnell autoshygraphed for Louise Thaden

ODonnells performance with the two Class A Mens Derbies won by John Blum Seattle to Chicago and Art Kilshylips Miami-Chicago race It also praised Phoebe Omlies showing against the two Class B Mens Derbies won by John Livingston the race from Brownsville and the Derby from Hartford won by J Wesley Smith

In 1967 when I wrote Mrs ODonnell regarding the Taperwing she sent the front view and commented I feel a pang of guilt at not keeping myoid friend 21 M for thats the way I feel about that plane The enclosed photoshygraph is 21 M at her top best in the streamlined beauty of its heyday - 163 mph You will notice the special racing gear It was beautiful but a bit rugged on turf fields since it was a rigid gear It added about six miles per hour to the top speed The ODonnelis owned the Taperwing for a decade

In comparing this air race of over fifty years ago with some of the more curshyrent ones we need to mention some of the pros and cons When the race is of the on to type with noon and night control stops the contestants more or less stay together In that manner weather and flying conditions are practically the same for each entrant and the race officials have the opportushynity to release race standings to the media after each day of racing

More recently the race routes genershyally 2000 to 2500 statute miles in length are set up and the contestants are usually given four days flying VFR in daylight hours to reach the terminus before a specified deadline Each plane is assigned a par (handicap) speed and the object is to have a ground speed as far over the par speed as possible The

pilot is thus given the leeway to play the elements holding out for better weather conditions winds etc The faster planes with better performance are somewhat favored in this respect as sometimes the slower entries must forge ahead in order to beat the deadshyline at the terminus And in this type of race the official standings cannot be reshyleased until the final bird has crossed the finish line Actually the last arrival can be the winner

The earlier races flew shorter legs and made more stops than the current races More recently the legs are 280 to 350 statute miles and six or seven control stops are designated for either landing or fly-by and the races are open to all fixed-wing stock aircraft from 145 to 570 horsepower Early on the fastest airplane with no handicap was in a good position to win if it held toshygether over the long haul and there was no big navigational error committed

Now that a handicapping system is used - each plane flying against its own specified speed - supposedly any entry has an equal chance of victory depending on the accuracy of the handshyicapping

Gini Richardson Yakima Washingshyton who oft-times places in the top 10 gives some racing advice The handshyicap is vitally important - you have to have a good handicap thats essential After that if you want to finish in the top 10 you have to fly well have knowlshyedge of the weather and strong navigashy

tional skills Velda King Mapelli Las Vegas

Nevada President of the Air Race Classic for the past eight years (1977shy1984) wrote in the recent race proshygram The altruistic interest and efforts of many people offers ARC contestants a temporary respite from the normal routine - and opportunity to share the camaraderie of participating in an air race There are no secrets to racing Personal application of skills will detershymine the winner but each will be a betshyter pilot as a result of the experience

That is what it is all about

FOOTNOTES

(1) Subsequent last names are in parenthesis (2) Had Trout been on the East Coast she cou ld have entered the Kinnermiddotpowered Golden Eagle in the 1575 mi Dixie Derby This race was won by Phoebe Omlie in a Warner Monocoupe She was followed by Martie Bowman Kinner Fleet Laura Ingalls Gypsy DH Moth Nancy Hopkins (Tier) Kinmiddot ner Kitty Hawk and Charity Langdon Cirrus Avian Vera Dawn Walker flying a Warner Inland Sport had to withdraw because of a mechanical at Birminshygham AL and Mary Haizlip in another Warner Inshyland Sport failed to make the race start after her airplane was dinged in a forced landing near Greenwood SC enroute to the starting line Both Haizlip and Walker did get to Chicago after the delays and flew in some of the closedmiddotcourse events Ninety-Nines charter members in this group include HopkinsmiddotTier Omlie and Walker (3) Doig was able to have the Pitcairn engine reshypaired and she flew to Chicago on Aug 26th She placed second behind ODonnell in one 25 mile pylon race at 13536 mph and won $450 In the feature 50 mile race she placed 4th just out of the money behind ODonnell Mary Haizlip and Opal Kunz bull

VINTAGE SEAPLANES

The Oldest Known Set of EDO Floats in Service The aircraft is a 1933 Waco UBF-2 biplane powered by a 220-horsepower Continental W670 engine The floats are EDO model M-2665s manufactured on August 2 1930 These particular floats had been damaged in a crash in 1950 and were kept in storage for 27 years prior to being restored and fitted to the Waco in 1977 This remarkable antique aircraft is the property of Mr Henry Stauch Junction City Oregon It is conshyverted to float operation in the summer and flown from Kenmore Air Harbor Kenmore Washington scene of this photograph Photo courtesy EDO Floats

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

My First Flight To Oshkosh

18 gallons each My partner and Ideveloping a small stomach problem Robert R Black watched in amazement as the boytoo much excitement I thought (EAA 220708)

4246 South 1060 East Lift off was normal and the Tri-Pacer pumped 181 into the right tank and 180 gallons into the left tank Instantly did pretty well at first But the night air Salt Lake City UT 83117 I felt terrible I had just flown in onwas hot and humid and I wasnt exshyfumes I had made a mistake middoton myperiencing the kind of lift that I was used Ever since seeing a Pitts Special in flight duration - I forgot that I had cirshyto I had to circle in the Salt Lake Valley FL YING magazine when I was sixteen cled for half an hour after take off and learning of a special event called for 30 minutes until I could get up to

Then a super bad case of cottonshyOshkosh I have had the desire to go altitude At 9000 I started through ParshyAfter all the years of putting it off due to leys Canyon and headed for Ft Bridger mouth hit me I figured it was just due

VOR in Wyoming What a bumpy ride lack of funds and not having anything to the close call so I took a drink of some fruit punch which went down like to fly I finally got the chance to go in We popped around inside the plane like

1984 a bowling ball I really didnt feel good two marbles in a can From Ft Bridger My father and mother and I had just but I told myself I was going to Oshkoshwe flew to Evanston then to Rock

Springs Wyoming completed a 15-month restoration proshy by gosh and that thought kept me going ject on my fathers 1956 Piper Trishy We piled back into the plane and tookI started to develop cotton-mouth but Pacer With the bird looking new and off We climbed slowly and headed for figured it was just the thrill of finally

Chadronpretty I had little trouble talking myself going to Oshkosh We called Rock Springs asking for into taking it to Oshkosh As soon as we cleared the remaining

I discussed this with my business mountains I started to descend when fuel accommodations and I changed my partner and somehow talked him into an overwhelming feeling came over meflight plan from Casper to Rock Springs going with me All right I could go at I was going to throw up and I couldn t When they told me it would cost an adshyhalf the cost Things were really picking ditional $3000 to get someone to fuel shake the feeling try as I may How up could I do that - Id never been sick inme I said no thanks and changed my

The date was set Saturday July 28 an airplane in my life - I couldn t do flight plan to Rawlins Wyoming Fuel 1984 at 300 am I figured if we left at that The sic-sacs were for my wife and was getting low but figuring the length

of the trip and the amount of fuel left I others who couldnt take the ups and300 in the morning I could climb up out of the Salt Lake Valley and fly to downsfigured I could make it

My honor was at stake - I couldnt Casper Wyoming From there I would On to Rawlins we went over the lowshyproceed to Winner South Dakota Fairshy do that What a statement typical hardshyering mountains With all the bumps mont Minnesota and then on to Oshshy head approach right Well thatand ups and downs my stomach told kosh thought helped me to fight off the inevitshyme I had a problem I just couldn t be

Hours of preparation and planning getting sick Id never been sick in an able Come on Chadron I kept saying were spent in getting ready for the trip Id never felt that badly on any flight but airplane I figured that I was just overly A tent was measured and stuffed into we pressed ontired and hungry and the stop at Rawshythe baggage compartment Vacation Chadron Radio this is Tri-Pacer lins would put me back in shape time was hastily arranged and all sysshy 4547A do you copy Tri-Pacer 47A Finally Rawlins appeared on the tems were go Little did I know how Chadron Radio copies loud and clearother side of two knolls I brought the much go there was coming plane around entering down wind and Chadron 47A whats your active run-

On Friday July 27 I went to work way slipped in to a nice friendly airport The What a total waste of time Its a good on-field FSS Operator was super nice 47A active is 20 thing Im a lead man in the machine Roger 20 and said the place would come to life in shop because I accomplished nothing a little while He told us the good places Then came the bad news Chadron and finally left at lunch time Working gave me the altimeter setting and saidto eat breakfast We decided to plan the swing shift has its advantages at times next phase of our flight since our origishy the winds were 25 gusting to 35 I asked and I went home to sleep and prepare nal flight plan was greatly altered by Chadron for the wind direction and he for the flight then told me again I just could not get with

What a wasted night - I couldnt the program whatever was making meWe flight planned to Chadron Nebshysleep and all I did was toss and turn raska for our next stop figuring it would sick was really getting to me Two am came awfully early and I left put us right back on course As soon as I entered the pattern but could not for my partners home We piled into the planning was finished the line boy keep the plane tracking straight It the jeep and went to the airport would not settle What was wrong For at Rawlins appeared and fueled us with

The preflight went well except I was 80 octane My tanks are placarded for those of you who are Tri-Pacer drivers

26 SEPTEMBER 1985

you know the plane settles like a rock I felt better They were the greatest our trip home I spent the first hour and I looked at my airspeed indicator - I On the way into town the car winshy a half in the bathroom at the airport

was doing 120 mph and should have dows were open all the way At the Between the bathroom and the plane I been doing 80 Missed approach Super 8 Motel we met more super nice threw up four times We climbed into going around will try it again people The rooms were great and I the Tri-Pacer anyway and took off

Roger 47A no other traffic in the patshy crashed My partner was given a free 47A flew great I told my partner that tern ride back to the airport by the motel he would probably end up doing a lot of

Chadron this is 47A - downwind manager to pick up our gear the flying I did pretty well until we got for runway 20 We spent the day in town and I just west of Rock Springs Wyoming

I prayed Please God help me down stayed in bed trying to die I finally Ooops that was the only time I ever Dont let me kill my partner realized that my problem was a good used a sic-sac Bless those considerate

Okay Ive got to do this Line it up case of the flu people for making those wonderful leakshyThere thats right 80 mph okay flaps Chadron has a lot to see and some proof bags

day I shall go back I feel I must let those to slow us down right in we goooooo I had decided that if I couldnt finish good people know that I really do have What a crosswind touch down hold on the trip all the way back to Salt Lake color in my face Oh isnt pride terrible 47A you just landed on 26 That was City Airport No 2 that I would land at

a pretty good cross wind landing In the afternoon I felt a little better Ft Bridger Fortunately as Ft Bridger Thanks I just dont feel good I and thought maybe we might make it to passed below us I felt we could make it

Oshkosh anyway We went back to the A storm front was crossing from west guess I needed the practice Roger airport and planned the rest of the trip to east right in our path The clouds I thought to myself - you nut whats All of a sudden I made a mad dash to were closing in I dropped from 10500

the great white throne - the decision to 8500 and still I was going through wrong with you Cant you remember how to tell which runway is which To was made - head for home clouds Short little IFR trips in the mounshy

We took off for Riverton Wyoming Itbe honest I was so sick that I couldn t tains is not really my idea of fun and remember how to tell the correct runshy was a pretty good trip and at one point games What a trip Boy was I sick way I felt I might have made it to Oshkosh We made it through Parleys Canyon

but went on to Riverton What a good and I prayed Please Lord help meWe taxied to the ramp and I warned decision that was land this thing my partner to get out of the way I ran

In Riverton the Best Western Sunshy My prayers were answered weinto the bathroom and spent a good half downer motel sent their courtesy car for parked the plane got into the jeep andan hour seeing only a small porcelain us We spent the night and the next I said Get me home quickly Gary I hole - oops morning there and I was sick sick sick went straight to bed where I stayed The people at Chadron were super Everybody in Riverton took pity on me from Sunday to Wednesday LampD Aero Service tried all they could to

Next year there will be no flu I will They were really great Would those make me feel better They fueled the people ever see me in better condition fly crawl or whatever but Im absolutely plane and offered me a free ride into

When we finally decided to continue going to go to Oshkosh maybe bull town so I cou ld get a place to sleep until

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Copy of picture Gladys ODonnell autoshygraphed for Louise Thaden

ODonnells performance with the two Class A Mens Derbies won by John Blum Seattle to Chicago and Art Kilshylips Miami-Chicago race It also praised Phoebe Omlies showing against the two Class B Mens Derbies won by John Livingston the race from Brownsville and the Derby from Hartford won by J Wesley Smith

In 1967 when I wrote Mrs ODonnell regarding the Taperwing she sent the front view and commented I feel a pang of guilt at not keeping myoid friend 21 M for thats the way I feel about that plane The enclosed photoshygraph is 21 M at her top best in the streamlined beauty of its heyday - 163 mph You will notice the special racing gear It was beautiful but a bit rugged on turf fields since it was a rigid gear It added about six miles per hour to the top speed The ODonnelis owned the Taperwing for a decade

In comparing this air race of over fifty years ago with some of the more curshyrent ones we need to mention some of the pros and cons When the race is of the on to type with noon and night control stops the contestants more or less stay together In that manner weather and flying conditions are practically the same for each entrant and the race officials have the opportushynity to release race standings to the media after each day of racing

More recently the race routes genershyally 2000 to 2500 statute miles in length are set up and the contestants are usually given four days flying VFR in daylight hours to reach the terminus before a specified deadline Each plane is assigned a par (handicap) speed and the object is to have a ground speed as far over the par speed as possible The

pilot is thus given the leeway to play the elements holding out for better weather conditions winds etc The faster planes with better performance are somewhat favored in this respect as sometimes the slower entries must forge ahead in order to beat the deadshyline at the terminus And in this type of race the official standings cannot be reshyleased until the final bird has crossed the finish line Actually the last arrival can be the winner

The earlier races flew shorter legs and made more stops than the current races More recently the legs are 280 to 350 statute miles and six or seven control stops are designated for either landing or fly-by and the races are open to all fixed-wing stock aircraft from 145 to 570 horsepower Early on the fastest airplane with no handicap was in a good position to win if it held toshygether over the long haul and there was no big navigational error committed

Now that a handicapping system is used - each plane flying against its own specified speed - supposedly any entry has an equal chance of victory depending on the accuracy of the handshyicapping

Gini Richardson Yakima Washingshyton who oft-times places in the top 10 gives some racing advice The handshyicap is vitally important - you have to have a good handicap thats essential After that if you want to finish in the top 10 you have to fly well have knowlshyedge of the weather and strong navigashy

tional skills Velda King Mapelli Las Vegas

Nevada President of the Air Race Classic for the past eight years (1977shy1984) wrote in the recent race proshygram The altruistic interest and efforts of many people offers ARC contestants a temporary respite from the normal routine - and opportunity to share the camaraderie of participating in an air race There are no secrets to racing Personal application of skills will detershymine the winner but each will be a betshyter pilot as a result of the experience

That is what it is all about

FOOTNOTES

(1) Subsequent last names are in parenthesis (2) Had Trout been on the East Coast she cou ld have entered the Kinnermiddotpowered Golden Eagle in the 1575 mi Dixie Derby This race was won by Phoebe Omlie in a Warner Monocoupe She was followed by Martie Bowman Kinner Fleet Laura Ingalls Gypsy DH Moth Nancy Hopkins (Tier) Kinmiddot ner Kitty Hawk and Charity Langdon Cirrus Avian Vera Dawn Walker flying a Warner Inland Sport had to withdraw because of a mechanical at Birminshygham AL and Mary Haizlip in another Warner Inshyland Sport failed to make the race start after her airplane was dinged in a forced landing near Greenwood SC enroute to the starting line Both Haizlip and Walker did get to Chicago after the delays and flew in some of the closedmiddotcourse events Ninety-Nines charter members in this group include HopkinsmiddotTier Omlie and Walker (3) Doig was able to have the Pitcairn engine reshypaired and she flew to Chicago on Aug 26th She placed second behind ODonnell in one 25 mile pylon race at 13536 mph and won $450 In the feature 50 mile race she placed 4th just out of the money behind ODonnell Mary Haizlip and Opal Kunz bull

VINTAGE SEAPLANES

The Oldest Known Set of EDO Floats in Service The aircraft is a 1933 Waco UBF-2 biplane powered by a 220-horsepower Continental W670 engine The floats are EDO model M-2665s manufactured on August 2 1930 These particular floats had been damaged in a crash in 1950 and were kept in storage for 27 years prior to being restored and fitted to the Waco in 1977 This remarkable antique aircraft is the property of Mr Henry Stauch Junction City Oregon It is conshyverted to float operation in the summer and flown from Kenmore Air Harbor Kenmore Washington scene of this photograph Photo courtesy EDO Floats

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

My First Flight To Oshkosh

18 gallons each My partner and Ideveloping a small stomach problem Robert R Black watched in amazement as the boytoo much excitement I thought (EAA 220708)

4246 South 1060 East Lift off was normal and the Tri-Pacer pumped 181 into the right tank and 180 gallons into the left tank Instantly did pretty well at first But the night air Salt Lake City UT 83117 I felt terrible I had just flown in onwas hot and humid and I wasnt exshyfumes I had made a mistake middoton myperiencing the kind of lift that I was used Ever since seeing a Pitts Special in flight duration - I forgot that I had cirshyto I had to circle in the Salt Lake Valley FL YING magazine when I was sixteen cled for half an hour after take off and learning of a special event called for 30 minutes until I could get up to

Then a super bad case of cottonshyOshkosh I have had the desire to go altitude At 9000 I started through ParshyAfter all the years of putting it off due to leys Canyon and headed for Ft Bridger mouth hit me I figured it was just due

VOR in Wyoming What a bumpy ride lack of funds and not having anything to the close call so I took a drink of some fruit punch which went down like to fly I finally got the chance to go in We popped around inside the plane like

1984 a bowling ball I really didnt feel good two marbles in a can From Ft Bridger My father and mother and I had just but I told myself I was going to Oshkoshwe flew to Evanston then to Rock

Springs Wyoming completed a 15-month restoration proshy by gosh and that thought kept me going ject on my fathers 1956 Piper Trishy We piled back into the plane and tookI started to develop cotton-mouth but Pacer With the bird looking new and off We climbed slowly and headed for figured it was just the thrill of finally

Chadronpretty I had little trouble talking myself going to Oshkosh We called Rock Springs asking for into taking it to Oshkosh As soon as we cleared the remaining

I discussed this with my business mountains I started to descend when fuel accommodations and I changed my partner and somehow talked him into an overwhelming feeling came over meflight plan from Casper to Rock Springs going with me All right I could go at I was going to throw up and I couldn t When they told me it would cost an adshyhalf the cost Things were really picking ditional $3000 to get someone to fuel shake the feeling try as I may How up could I do that - Id never been sick inme I said no thanks and changed my

The date was set Saturday July 28 an airplane in my life - I couldn t do flight plan to Rawlins Wyoming Fuel 1984 at 300 am I figured if we left at that The sic-sacs were for my wife and was getting low but figuring the length

of the trip and the amount of fuel left I others who couldnt take the ups and300 in the morning I could climb up out of the Salt Lake Valley and fly to downsfigured I could make it

My honor was at stake - I couldnt Casper Wyoming From there I would On to Rawlins we went over the lowshyproceed to Winner South Dakota Fairshy do that What a statement typical hardshyering mountains With all the bumps mont Minnesota and then on to Oshshy head approach right Well thatand ups and downs my stomach told kosh thought helped me to fight off the inevitshyme I had a problem I just couldn t be

Hours of preparation and planning getting sick Id never been sick in an able Come on Chadron I kept saying were spent in getting ready for the trip Id never felt that badly on any flight but airplane I figured that I was just overly A tent was measured and stuffed into we pressed ontired and hungry and the stop at Rawshythe baggage compartment Vacation Chadron Radio this is Tri-Pacer lins would put me back in shape time was hastily arranged and all sysshy 4547A do you copy Tri-Pacer 47A Finally Rawlins appeared on the tems were go Little did I know how Chadron Radio copies loud and clearother side of two knolls I brought the much go there was coming plane around entering down wind and Chadron 47A whats your active run-

On Friday July 27 I went to work way slipped in to a nice friendly airport The What a total waste of time Its a good on-field FSS Operator was super nice 47A active is 20 thing Im a lead man in the machine Roger 20 and said the place would come to life in shop because I accomplished nothing a little while He told us the good places Then came the bad news Chadron and finally left at lunch time Working gave me the altimeter setting and saidto eat breakfast We decided to plan the swing shift has its advantages at times next phase of our flight since our origishy the winds were 25 gusting to 35 I asked and I went home to sleep and prepare nal flight plan was greatly altered by Chadron for the wind direction and he for the flight then told me again I just could not get with

What a wasted night - I couldnt the program whatever was making meWe flight planned to Chadron Nebshysleep and all I did was toss and turn raska for our next stop figuring it would sick was really getting to me Two am came awfully early and I left put us right back on course As soon as I entered the pattern but could not for my partners home We piled into the planning was finished the line boy keep the plane tracking straight It the jeep and went to the airport would not settle What was wrong For at Rawlins appeared and fueled us with

The preflight went well except I was 80 octane My tanks are placarded for those of you who are Tri-Pacer drivers

26 SEPTEMBER 1985

you know the plane settles like a rock I felt better They were the greatest our trip home I spent the first hour and I looked at my airspeed indicator - I On the way into town the car winshy a half in the bathroom at the airport

was doing 120 mph and should have dows were open all the way At the Between the bathroom and the plane I been doing 80 Missed approach Super 8 Motel we met more super nice threw up four times We climbed into going around will try it again people The rooms were great and I the Tri-Pacer anyway and took off

Roger 47A no other traffic in the patshy crashed My partner was given a free 47A flew great I told my partner that tern ride back to the airport by the motel he would probably end up doing a lot of

Chadron this is 47A - downwind manager to pick up our gear the flying I did pretty well until we got for runway 20 We spent the day in town and I just west of Rock Springs Wyoming

I prayed Please God help me down stayed in bed trying to die I finally Ooops that was the only time I ever Dont let me kill my partner realized that my problem was a good used a sic-sac Bless those considerate

Okay Ive got to do this Line it up case of the flu people for making those wonderful leakshyThere thats right 80 mph okay flaps Chadron has a lot to see and some proof bags

day I shall go back I feel I must let those to slow us down right in we goooooo I had decided that if I couldnt finish good people know that I really do have What a crosswind touch down hold on the trip all the way back to Salt Lake color in my face Oh isnt pride terrible 47A you just landed on 26 That was City Airport No 2 that I would land at

a pretty good cross wind landing In the afternoon I felt a little better Ft Bridger Fortunately as Ft Bridger Thanks I just dont feel good I and thought maybe we might make it to passed below us I felt we could make it

Oshkosh anyway We went back to the A storm front was crossing from west guess I needed the practice Roger airport and planned the rest of the trip to east right in our path The clouds I thought to myself - you nut whats All of a sudden I made a mad dash to were closing in I dropped from 10500

the great white throne - the decision to 8500 and still I was going through wrong with you Cant you remember how to tell which runway is which To was made - head for home clouds Short little IFR trips in the mounshy

We took off for Riverton Wyoming Itbe honest I was so sick that I couldn t tains is not really my idea of fun and remember how to tell the correct runshy was a pretty good trip and at one point games What a trip Boy was I sick way I felt I might have made it to Oshkosh We made it through Parleys Canyon

but went on to Riverton What a good and I prayed Please Lord help meWe taxied to the ramp and I warned decision that was land this thing my partner to get out of the way I ran

In Riverton the Best Western Sunshy My prayers were answered weinto the bathroom and spent a good half downer motel sent their courtesy car for parked the plane got into the jeep andan hour seeing only a small porcelain us We spent the night and the next I said Get me home quickly Gary I hole - oops morning there and I was sick sick sick went straight to bed where I stayed The people at Chadron were super Everybody in Riverton took pity on me from Sunday to Wednesday LampD Aero Service tried all they could to

Next year there will be no flu I will They were really great Would those make me feel better They fueled the people ever see me in better condition fly crawl or whatever but Im absolutely plane and offered me a free ride into

When we finally decided to continue going to go to Oshkosh maybe bull town so I cou ld get a place to sleep until

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SEPTEMBER 4-8 - GALESBURG ILLINOIS shyNational Stearman Fly-In Contact Tom Lowe 823 Kingston Lane Crystal Lake IL 60014

SEPTEMBER 6-8 - GIG HARBOR WASHINGshyTON - Puget Sound Antique Airplane Clubs 5th Annual Fly-In at Tacoma Narrows Airport AntiquelClassic judging and awards Contact Floyd Tuckness 29528 - 179th Place SE Kent WA 98031 phone 206631 -7454

SEPTEMBER 7-8 - MARION OHIO - Annual Mid-Eastern Regional EAA Fly-In at Marion Municipal Airport Contact Lou Lindeman after 5 pm 513849-9455

SEPTEMBER 7-8 - SUSSEX NEW JERSEY shyTri-Chapter Fly-In - EAA Chapters 73 and 238 and AlC Chapter 7 Sussex Airport Awards vendors and much more Contact Vearl Lack 201 584-9553 or Anne Fennimore 201 584-4154

SEPTEMBER 7-8 - SPEARFISH SOUTH DAKOTA - Cub Club of America Fly-In Black Hills Airport Awards and prizes Co-sponsored by EAA Chapter 806 Contact Chapter 806 P O Box 670 Speartish SD 57783 phone 6051 642-4100

SEPTEMBER 8 - WISCONSIN RAPIDS WISshyCONSIN - 5th Annual Antique Transportation Show amp Fly-In Sponsored by EAA Chapter 706 and local Model T Chapter Contact Joe 715886-3261

SEPTEMBER 12-15 - RENO NEVADA - Reno National Championship Air Races Reno Stead Airport Contact Reno Air Races P O Box 1429 Reno NV 89505

SEPTEMBER 13-14 - AMSTERDAM NEW YORK - Ed Heath Days Commemoration of Heaths First Flight September 13 1910 Disshyplays of Heath aircraft radio control models fly-ins forums Saturday evening dinner and guest speakers Contact Adirondack Chapter 602 EAA 45 Spring Avenue Gloversville NY 12078

SEPTEMBER 13-15 - KERRVILLE TEXAS shy21 st Annual Kerrville Fly-In Sponsored by the 43 EAA Chapters in Texas Contact Kerrville Convention and Visitors Bureau PO Box 790 Kerrville TX 78029 51 21896-1155

SEPTEMBER 13-15 - GREENVILLE MAINE shySeaplane Pilots Assoc Meeting Contact SPA 421 Aviation Way Frederick MD 21701

SEPTEMBER 14-15 - JACKSONVILLE ILshyLINOIS - Regional Fly-In for Stinsons and all Franklin powered aircraft Camping available at the field Seminars on Franklin engines and re-covering techniques Contact L Nordgren P O Box L Frankfort IL 60423 phone 8151 469-9100

SEPTEMBER 20-22 - TULSA OKLAHOMA shy28th Annual Tulsa Fly-In - Tahlequah Municshyipal Airport Contact Charles W Harris 9181 585-1 591

SEPTEMBER 28-29 - BINGHAM MAINE - 16th Annual Gadabout Gaddis Fly-In Family Fun Days Gadabout Gaddis Airport Route 201 Bingham Fly-in camp drive-in Contact David Vincent Chairman Upper Kennebec Valley Chamber of Commerce Bingham ME 04920

OCTOBER 3-6 - FOUNTAINHEAD OKLAHOMA - 10th Annual Convention of the International Cessna 120140 Association Contact Carl Atshykinson McAlister Oklahoma

OCTOBER 3-6 - EUFALA OKLAHOMA - 10th Annual Convention of the International Cessna 120140 Association at Fountainhead Lodge Lake Eufala 55 miles SSE of Tulsa Contact Carl Atkinson 918426-1897

OCTOBER 11-13 - CAMDEN SOUTH CAROLINA - EAA Chapter 3 Fall Fly-In Conshytact Henry or Pat Miller 919548-9293

OCTOBER 17-19 - LOS ANGELES CALIFORshyNIA - OX-5 Aviation Pioneers National Reunshyion Governors Conferences National Awards and Hall of Fame Induction Ceremonies at Airshyport Hilton Hotel Contact Oliver Phillips 10405 West 32nd Avenue Wheat Ridge CO 80033 phone 303233-5905

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AIRCRAFT FAIRCHILD 24W-41A - with Warner 185 and Aeromatic propeller New restoration with very low time 1943 Navy colors and configuration Make cash offer William Ross Enterprise Inc 1800 Touhy Avenue Elk Grove Villake IL 60007 312 640-1700 (9-2)

ACRO SPORT - Single place biplane capable of unlimited aerobatics 23 sheets of clear easy to follow plans includes nearly 100 isometrical drawshyings photos and exploded views Complete parts and materials list Full size wing drawings Plans plus 139 page Builders Manual - $6000 Info Pack - $500 Super Acro Sport Wing Drawing shy$1500 The Technique of Aircraft Building shy$1000 plus $200 postage Send check or money order to ACRO SPORT INC Box 462 Hales Corners WI 53130 414529-2609

POBER PfXIE - VW powered parasol- unlimited in low-cost pleasure flying Big roomy cockpit for the over six foot pilot VW power insures hard to beat 32 gph at cruise setting 15 large instruction sheets Plans - $6000 Info Pack - $500 Send check or money order to ACRO SPORT INC Box 462 Hales Corners WI 53130 414529-2609

ACRO II - The new 2-place aerobatic trainer and sport biplane 20 pages of easy to follow detailed plans Complete with isometric drawings photos

exploded views Plans - $8500 Info Pac shy$500 Send check or rnoney order to ACRO SPORT INC PO Box 462 Hales Corners WI 53130 414529-2609

1933 FAIRCHILD 22 Menasco D-4 Super Pirate Engine About 285 hours airframe 1030 hours Very clean some engine spares $30000 Spare engine available 3121358-4035 or 742-2041

FAIRCHILD 24W46 complete with good Warner 165 presently disassembled for restoration Spare fuselage wings etc included Price $13500 Wil shyliam Ross - 3121640-1700 (9-2)

WACO RNF 1931 model complete with speed ring and wheel pants - 125 Warner - ready to fly shya classic antique biplane Price $32500 William Ross - 312640-1700 (9-2)

CESSNA UC-7BB (T-50) Bamboo Bomber with like-new wing ready for re-cover Complete airplane disassembled for restoration Price shy$14000 Will iam Ross - 312640-1700 (9-2)

CESSNA UC-78C (T-50) Bamboo Bomber with 300 hp Lycoming engines Wing needs some work Complete airplane disassembled for restoration Make cash offer William Ross - 3121640-1700 (9-2)

C-37 Airmaster completely restored to original All new wood Best restoration at Watsonville $2900000 Phone 805769-8380 6-7 pm PDT (11-3)

Waco RNF 1930 145 hp Warner 30 SMOH Ham Std Grnd Adj Prop 40 hours since balance and polish 1977 Ceconite 135 hours since recover always hangared May 1985 annual only 7 still flying Jim Course days 609888-0496 nights 215493-9385 (10-2)

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WANTED Seeking anything about Amelia Earhart Want pic tures articles etc Especially want personal stories and unpublished pictures Also what do you know about Irene OCrowley-Craigmile-Helier-Bolam Dean Magley 5210 Village Court Rockford IL 61108 phone 815399-8407 (9-1)

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My First Flight To Oshkosh

18 gallons each My partner and Ideveloping a small stomach problem Robert R Black watched in amazement as the boytoo much excitement I thought (EAA 220708)

4246 South 1060 East Lift off was normal and the Tri-Pacer pumped 181 into the right tank and 180 gallons into the left tank Instantly did pretty well at first But the night air Salt Lake City UT 83117 I felt terrible I had just flown in onwas hot and humid and I wasnt exshyfumes I had made a mistake middoton myperiencing the kind of lift that I was used Ever since seeing a Pitts Special in flight duration - I forgot that I had cirshyto I had to circle in the Salt Lake Valley FL YING magazine when I was sixteen cled for half an hour after take off and learning of a special event called for 30 minutes until I could get up to

Then a super bad case of cottonshyOshkosh I have had the desire to go altitude At 9000 I started through ParshyAfter all the years of putting it off due to leys Canyon and headed for Ft Bridger mouth hit me I figured it was just due

VOR in Wyoming What a bumpy ride lack of funds and not having anything to the close call so I took a drink of some fruit punch which went down like to fly I finally got the chance to go in We popped around inside the plane like

1984 a bowling ball I really didnt feel good two marbles in a can From Ft Bridger My father and mother and I had just but I told myself I was going to Oshkoshwe flew to Evanston then to Rock

Springs Wyoming completed a 15-month restoration proshy by gosh and that thought kept me going ject on my fathers 1956 Piper Trishy We piled back into the plane and tookI started to develop cotton-mouth but Pacer With the bird looking new and off We climbed slowly and headed for figured it was just the thrill of finally

Chadronpretty I had little trouble talking myself going to Oshkosh We called Rock Springs asking for into taking it to Oshkosh As soon as we cleared the remaining

I discussed this with my business mountains I started to descend when fuel accommodations and I changed my partner and somehow talked him into an overwhelming feeling came over meflight plan from Casper to Rock Springs going with me All right I could go at I was going to throw up and I couldn t When they told me it would cost an adshyhalf the cost Things were really picking ditional $3000 to get someone to fuel shake the feeling try as I may How up could I do that - Id never been sick inme I said no thanks and changed my

The date was set Saturday July 28 an airplane in my life - I couldn t do flight plan to Rawlins Wyoming Fuel 1984 at 300 am I figured if we left at that The sic-sacs were for my wife and was getting low but figuring the length

of the trip and the amount of fuel left I others who couldnt take the ups and300 in the morning I could climb up out of the Salt Lake Valley and fly to downsfigured I could make it

My honor was at stake - I couldnt Casper Wyoming From there I would On to Rawlins we went over the lowshyproceed to Winner South Dakota Fairshy do that What a statement typical hardshyering mountains With all the bumps mont Minnesota and then on to Oshshy head approach right Well thatand ups and downs my stomach told kosh thought helped me to fight off the inevitshyme I had a problem I just couldn t be

Hours of preparation and planning getting sick Id never been sick in an able Come on Chadron I kept saying were spent in getting ready for the trip Id never felt that badly on any flight but airplane I figured that I was just overly A tent was measured and stuffed into we pressed ontired and hungry and the stop at Rawshythe baggage compartment Vacation Chadron Radio this is Tri-Pacer lins would put me back in shape time was hastily arranged and all sysshy 4547A do you copy Tri-Pacer 47A Finally Rawlins appeared on the tems were go Little did I know how Chadron Radio copies loud and clearother side of two knolls I brought the much go there was coming plane around entering down wind and Chadron 47A whats your active run-

On Friday July 27 I went to work way slipped in to a nice friendly airport The What a total waste of time Its a good on-field FSS Operator was super nice 47A active is 20 thing Im a lead man in the machine Roger 20 and said the place would come to life in shop because I accomplished nothing a little while He told us the good places Then came the bad news Chadron and finally left at lunch time Working gave me the altimeter setting and saidto eat breakfast We decided to plan the swing shift has its advantages at times next phase of our flight since our origishy the winds were 25 gusting to 35 I asked and I went home to sleep and prepare nal flight plan was greatly altered by Chadron for the wind direction and he for the flight then told me again I just could not get with

What a wasted night - I couldnt the program whatever was making meWe flight planned to Chadron Nebshysleep and all I did was toss and turn raska for our next stop figuring it would sick was really getting to me Two am came awfully early and I left put us right back on course As soon as I entered the pattern but could not for my partners home We piled into the planning was finished the line boy keep the plane tracking straight It the jeep and went to the airport would not settle What was wrong For at Rawlins appeared and fueled us with

The preflight went well except I was 80 octane My tanks are placarded for those of you who are Tri-Pacer drivers

26 SEPTEMBER 1985

you know the plane settles like a rock I felt better They were the greatest our trip home I spent the first hour and I looked at my airspeed indicator - I On the way into town the car winshy a half in the bathroom at the airport

was doing 120 mph and should have dows were open all the way At the Between the bathroom and the plane I been doing 80 Missed approach Super 8 Motel we met more super nice threw up four times We climbed into going around will try it again people The rooms were great and I the Tri-Pacer anyway and took off

Roger 47A no other traffic in the patshy crashed My partner was given a free 47A flew great I told my partner that tern ride back to the airport by the motel he would probably end up doing a lot of

Chadron this is 47A - downwind manager to pick up our gear the flying I did pretty well until we got for runway 20 We spent the day in town and I just west of Rock Springs Wyoming

I prayed Please God help me down stayed in bed trying to die I finally Ooops that was the only time I ever Dont let me kill my partner realized that my problem was a good used a sic-sac Bless those considerate

Okay Ive got to do this Line it up case of the flu people for making those wonderful leakshyThere thats right 80 mph okay flaps Chadron has a lot to see and some proof bags

day I shall go back I feel I must let those to slow us down right in we goooooo I had decided that if I couldnt finish good people know that I really do have What a crosswind touch down hold on the trip all the way back to Salt Lake color in my face Oh isnt pride terrible 47A you just landed on 26 That was City Airport No 2 that I would land at

a pretty good cross wind landing In the afternoon I felt a little better Ft Bridger Fortunately as Ft Bridger Thanks I just dont feel good I and thought maybe we might make it to passed below us I felt we could make it

Oshkosh anyway We went back to the A storm front was crossing from west guess I needed the practice Roger airport and planned the rest of the trip to east right in our path The clouds I thought to myself - you nut whats All of a sudden I made a mad dash to were closing in I dropped from 10500

the great white throne - the decision to 8500 and still I was going through wrong with you Cant you remember how to tell which runway is which To was made - head for home clouds Short little IFR trips in the mounshy

We took off for Riverton Wyoming Itbe honest I was so sick that I couldn t tains is not really my idea of fun and remember how to tell the correct runshy was a pretty good trip and at one point games What a trip Boy was I sick way I felt I might have made it to Oshkosh We made it through Parleys Canyon

but went on to Riverton What a good and I prayed Please Lord help meWe taxied to the ramp and I warned decision that was land this thing my partner to get out of the way I ran

In Riverton the Best Western Sunshy My prayers were answered weinto the bathroom and spent a good half downer motel sent their courtesy car for parked the plane got into the jeep andan hour seeing only a small porcelain us We spent the night and the next I said Get me home quickly Gary I hole - oops morning there and I was sick sick sick went straight to bed where I stayed The people at Chadron were super Everybody in Riverton took pity on me from Sunday to Wednesday LampD Aero Service tried all they could to

Next year there will be no flu I will They were really great Would those make me feel better They fueled the people ever see me in better condition fly crawl or whatever but Im absolutely plane and offered me a free ride into

When we finally decided to continue going to go to Oshkosh maybe bull town so I cou ld get a place to sleep until

CALENDAR OF EVENTS We would like to list your aviation event in our calendar Please send information to the Editor The VINTAGE AIRPLANE Wittman Airfield Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Information must be received at least two months in advance of the issue in which it will appear

SEPTEMBER 4-8 - GALESBURG ILLINOIS shyNational Stearman Fly-In Contact Tom Lowe 823 Kingston Lane Crystal Lake IL 60014

SEPTEMBER 6-8 - GIG HARBOR WASHINGshyTON - Puget Sound Antique Airplane Clubs 5th Annual Fly-In at Tacoma Narrows Airport AntiquelClassic judging and awards Contact Floyd Tuckness 29528 - 179th Place SE Kent WA 98031 phone 206631 -7454

SEPTEMBER 7-8 - MARION OHIO - Annual Mid-Eastern Regional EAA Fly-In at Marion Municipal Airport Contact Lou Lindeman after 5 pm 513849-9455

SEPTEMBER 7-8 - SUSSEX NEW JERSEY shyTri-Chapter Fly-In - EAA Chapters 73 and 238 and AlC Chapter 7 Sussex Airport Awards vendors and much more Contact Vearl Lack 201 584-9553 or Anne Fennimore 201 584-4154

SEPTEMBER 7-8 - SPEARFISH SOUTH DAKOTA - Cub Club of America Fly-In Black Hills Airport Awards and prizes Co-sponsored by EAA Chapter 806 Contact Chapter 806 P O Box 670 Speartish SD 57783 phone 6051 642-4100

SEPTEMBER 8 - WISCONSIN RAPIDS WISshyCONSIN - 5th Annual Antique Transportation Show amp Fly-In Sponsored by EAA Chapter 706 and local Model T Chapter Contact Joe 715886-3261

SEPTEMBER 12-15 - RENO NEVADA - Reno National Championship Air Races Reno Stead Airport Contact Reno Air Races P O Box 1429 Reno NV 89505

SEPTEMBER 13-14 - AMSTERDAM NEW YORK - Ed Heath Days Commemoration of Heaths First Flight September 13 1910 Disshyplays of Heath aircraft radio control models fly-ins forums Saturday evening dinner and guest speakers Contact Adirondack Chapter 602 EAA 45 Spring Avenue Gloversville NY 12078

SEPTEMBER 13-15 - KERRVILLE TEXAS shy21 st Annual Kerrville Fly-In Sponsored by the 43 EAA Chapters in Texas Contact Kerrville Convention and Visitors Bureau PO Box 790 Kerrville TX 78029 51 21896-1155

SEPTEMBER 13-15 - GREENVILLE MAINE shySeaplane Pilots Assoc Meeting Contact SPA 421 Aviation Way Frederick MD 21701

SEPTEMBER 14-15 - JACKSONVILLE ILshyLINOIS - Regional Fly-In for Stinsons and all Franklin powered aircraft Camping available at the field Seminars on Franklin engines and re-covering techniques Contact L Nordgren P O Box L Frankfort IL 60423 phone 8151 469-9100

SEPTEMBER 20-22 - TULSA OKLAHOMA shy28th Annual Tulsa Fly-In - Tahlequah Municshyipal Airport Contact Charles W Harris 9181 585-1 591

SEPTEMBER 28-29 - BINGHAM MAINE - 16th Annual Gadabout Gaddis Fly-In Family Fun Days Gadabout Gaddis Airport Route 201 Bingham Fly-in camp drive-in Contact David Vincent Chairman Upper Kennebec Valley Chamber of Commerce Bingham ME 04920

OCTOBER 3-6 - FOUNTAINHEAD OKLAHOMA - 10th Annual Convention of the International Cessna 120140 Association Contact Carl Atshykinson McAlister Oklahoma

OCTOBER 3-6 - EUFALA OKLAHOMA - 10th Annual Convention of the International Cessna 120140 Association at Fountainhead Lodge Lake Eufala 55 miles SSE of Tulsa Contact Carl Atkinson 918426-1897

OCTOBER 11-13 - CAMDEN SOUTH CAROLINA - EAA Chapter 3 Fall Fly-In Conshytact Henry or Pat Miller 919548-9293

OCTOBER 17-19 - LOS ANGELES CALIFORshyNIA - OX-5 Aviation Pioneers National Reunshyion Governors Conferences National Awards and Hall of Fame Induction Ceremonies at Airshyport Hilton Hotel Contact Oliver Phillips 10405 West 32nd Avenue Wheat Ridge CO 80033 phone 303233-5905

MARCH 16-22 - LAKELAND FLORIDA - Sun n Fun 86 Contact Sun n Fun Headquarters 813644-2431

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27

Where The Sellers and Buyers Meet 25cent per word 20 word minimum Send your ad 10

The Vintage Trader Willman Airfield Oshkosh WI 54903-2591

AIRCRAFT FAIRCHILD 24W-41A - with Warner 185 and Aeromatic propeller New restoration with very low time 1943 Navy colors and configuration Make cash offer William Ross Enterprise Inc 1800 Touhy Avenue Elk Grove Villake IL 60007 312 640-1700 (9-2)

ACRO SPORT - Single place biplane capable of unlimited aerobatics 23 sheets of clear easy to follow plans includes nearly 100 isometrical drawshyings photos and exploded views Complete parts and materials list Full size wing drawings Plans plus 139 page Builders Manual - $6000 Info Pack - $500 Super Acro Sport Wing Drawing shy$1500 The Technique of Aircraft Building shy$1000 plus $200 postage Send check or money order to ACRO SPORT INC Box 462 Hales Corners WI 53130 414529-2609

POBER PfXIE - VW powered parasol- unlimited in low-cost pleasure flying Big roomy cockpit for the over six foot pilot VW power insures hard to beat 32 gph at cruise setting 15 large instruction sheets Plans - $6000 Info Pack - $500 Send check or money order to ACRO SPORT INC Box 462 Hales Corners WI 53130 414529-2609

ACRO II - The new 2-place aerobatic trainer and sport biplane 20 pages of easy to follow detailed plans Complete with isometric drawings photos

exploded views Plans - $8500 Info Pac shy$500 Send check or rnoney order to ACRO SPORT INC PO Box 462 Hales Corners WI 53130 414529-2609

1933 FAIRCHILD 22 Menasco D-4 Super Pirate Engine About 285 hours airframe 1030 hours Very clean some engine spares $30000 Spare engine available 3121358-4035 or 742-2041

FAIRCHILD 24W46 complete with good Warner 165 presently disassembled for restoration Spare fuselage wings etc included Price $13500 Wil shyliam Ross - 3121640-1700 (9-2)

WACO RNF 1931 model complete with speed ring and wheel pants - 125 Warner - ready to fly shya classic antique biplane Price $32500 William Ross - 312640-1700 (9-2)

CESSNA UC-7BB (T-50) Bamboo Bomber with like-new wing ready for re-cover Complete airplane disassembled for restoration Price shy$14000 Will iam Ross - 312640-1700 (9-2)

CESSNA UC-78C (T-50) Bamboo Bomber with 300 hp Lycoming engines Wing needs some work Complete airplane disassembled for restoration Make cash offer William Ross - 3121640-1700 (9-2)

C-37 Airmaster completely restored to original All new wood Best restoration at Watsonville $2900000 Phone 805769-8380 6-7 pm PDT (11-3)

Waco RNF 1930 145 hp Warner 30 SMOH Ham Std Grnd Adj Prop 40 hours since balance and polish 1977 Ceconite 135 hours since recover always hangared May 1985 annual only 7 still flying Jim Course days 609888-0496 nights 215493-9385 (10-2)

MISCELLANEOUS BACK ISSUES Back issues of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE (and other EAA Division publications) are available at $1 25 per issue Send your list of issues desired along with payment to Back Issues EAA-Wittman Airfield Oshkosh WI 54903-2591

Badfy Needed Cessna 140-A cowl parts - parted or assembled - full cowl or nose bowl and lower cowl assembly Please call Angelo Fraboni 5801 Monona Drive Monona WI 53716-3599 608222shy1464 or 608222-8517

WANTED Seeking anything about Amelia Earhart Want pic tures articles etc Especially want personal stories and unpublished pictures Also what do you know about Irene OCrowley-Craigmile-Helier-Bolam Dean Magley 5210 Village Court Rockford IL 61108 phone 815399-8407 (9-1)

Wanted Salmson AD-9 parts Prop flange cylinshyders pistons push rods rockers bushings etc Jerry Vilendrer 3060 E Emelita Mesa AZ 85204 phone 6021832-6910 (9-1)

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you know the plane settles like a rock I felt better They were the greatest our trip home I spent the first hour and I looked at my airspeed indicator - I On the way into town the car winshy a half in the bathroom at the airport

was doing 120 mph and should have dows were open all the way At the Between the bathroom and the plane I been doing 80 Missed approach Super 8 Motel we met more super nice threw up four times We climbed into going around will try it again people The rooms were great and I the Tri-Pacer anyway and took off

Roger 47A no other traffic in the patshy crashed My partner was given a free 47A flew great I told my partner that tern ride back to the airport by the motel he would probably end up doing a lot of

Chadron this is 47A - downwind manager to pick up our gear the flying I did pretty well until we got for runway 20 We spent the day in town and I just west of Rock Springs Wyoming

I prayed Please God help me down stayed in bed trying to die I finally Ooops that was the only time I ever Dont let me kill my partner realized that my problem was a good used a sic-sac Bless those considerate

Okay Ive got to do this Line it up case of the flu people for making those wonderful leakshyThere thats right 80 mph okay flaps Chadron has a lot to see and some proof bags

day I shall go back I feel I must let those to slow us down right in we goooooo I had decided that if I couldnt finish good people know that I really do have What a crosswind touch down hold on the trip all the way back to Salt Lake color in my face Oh isnt pride terrible 47A you just landed on 26 That was City Airport No 2 that I would land at

a pretty good cross wind landing In the afternoon I felt a little better Ft Bridger Fortunately as Ft Bridger Thanks I just dont feel good I and thought maybe we might make it to passed below us I felt we could make it

Oshkosh anyway We went back to the A storm front was crossing from west guess I needed the practice Roger airport and planned the rest of the trip to east right in our path The clouds I thought to myself - you nut whats All of a sudden I made a mad dash to were closing in I dropped from 10500

the great white throne - the decision to 8500 and still I was going through wrong with you Cant you remember how to tell which runway is which To was made - head for home clouds Short little IFR trips in the mounshy

We took off for Riverton Wyoming Itbe honest I was so sick that I couldn t tains is not really my idea of fun and remember how to tell the correct runshy was a pretty good trip and at one point games What a trip Boy was I sick way I felt I might have made it to Oshkosh We made it through Parleys Canyon

but went on to Riverton What a good and I prayed Please Lord help meWe taxied to the ramp and I warned decision that was land this thing my partner to get out of the way I ran

In Riverton the Best Western Sunshy My prayers were answered weinto the bathroom and spent a good half downer motel sent their courtesy car for parked the plane got into the jeep andan hour seeing only a small porcelain us We spent the night and the next I said Get me home quickly Gary I hole - oops morning there and I was sick sick sick went straight to bed where I stayed The people at Chadron were super Everybody in Riverton took pity on me from Sunday to Wednesday LampD Aero Service tried all they could to

Next year there will be no flu I will They were really great Would those make me feel better They fueled the people ever see me in better condition fly crawl or whatever but Im absolutely plane and offered me a free ride into

When we finally decided to continue going to go to Oshkosh maybe bull town so I cou ld get a place to sleep until

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SEPTEMBER 4-8 - GALESBURG ILLINOIS shyNational Stearman Fly-In Contact Tom Lowe 823 Kingston Lane Crystal Lake IL 60014

SEPTEMBER 6-8 - GIG HARBOR WASHINGshyTON - Puget Sound Antique Airplane Clubs 5th Annual Fly-In at Tacoma Narrows Airport AntiquelClassic judging and awards Contact Floyd Tuckness 29528 - 179th Place SE Kent WA 98031 phone 206631 -7454

SEPTEMBER 7-8 - MARION OHIO - Annual Mid-Eastern Regional EAA Fly-In at Marion Municipal Airport Contact Lou Lindeman after 5 pm 513849-9455

SEPTEMBER 7-8 - SUSSEX NEW JERSEY shyTri-Chapter Fly-In - EAA Chapters 73 and 238 and AlC Chapter 7 Sussex Airport Awards vendors and much more Contact Vearl Lack 201 584-9553 or Anne Fennimore 201 584-4154

SEPTEMBER 7-8 - SPEARFISH SOUTH DAKOTA - Cub Club of America Fly-In Black Hills Airport Awards and prizes Co-sponsored by EAA Chapter 806 Contact Chapter 806 P O Box 670 Speartish SD 57783 phone 6051 642-4100

SEPTEMBER 8 - WISCONSIN RAPIDS WISshyCONSIN - 5th Annual Antique Transportation Show amp Fly-In Sponsored by EAA Chapter 706 and local Model T Chapter Contact Joe 715886-3261

SEPTEMBER 12-15 - RENO NEVADA - Reno National Championship Air Races Reno Stead Airport Contact Reno Air Races P O Box 1429 Reno NV 89505

SEPTEMBER 13-14 - AMSTERDAM NEW YORK - Ed Heath Days Commemoration of Heaths First Flight September 13 1910 Disshyplays of Heath aircraft radio control models fly-ins forums Saturday evening dinner and guest speakers Contact Adirondack Chapter 602 EAA 45 Spring Avenue Gloversville NY 12078

SEPTEMBER 13-15 - KERRVILLE TEXAS shy21 st Annual Kerrville Fly-In Sponsored by the 43 EAA Chapters in Texas Contact Kerrville Convention and Visitors Bureau PO Box 790 Kerrville TX 78029 51 21896-1155

SEPTEMBER 13-15 - GREENVILLE MAINE shySeaplane Pilots Assoc Meeting Contact SPA 421 Aviation Way Frederick MD 21701

SEPTEMBER 14-15 - JACKSONVILLE ILshyLINOIS - Regional Fly-In for Stinsons and all Franklin powered aircraft Camping available at the field Seminars on Franklin engines and re-covering techniques Contact L Nordgren P O Box L Frankfort IL 60423 phone 8151 469-9100

SEPTEMBER 20-22 - TULSA OKLAHOMA shy28th Annual Tulsa Fly-In - Tahlequah Municshyipal Airport Contact Charles W Harris 9181 585-1 591

SEPTEMBER 28-29 - BINGHAM MAINE - 16th Annual Gadabout Gaddis Fly-In Family Fun Days Gadabout Gaddis Airport Route 201 Bingham Fly-in camp drive-in Contact David Vincent Chairman Upper Kennebec Valley Chamber of Commerce Bingham ME 04920

OCTOBER 3-6 - FOUNTAINHEAD OKLAHOMA - 10th Annual Convention of the International Cessna 120140 Association Contact Carl Atshykinson McAlister Oklahoma

OCTOBER 3-6 - EUFALA OKLAHOMA - 10th Annual Convention of the International Cessna 120140 Association at Fountainhead Lodge Lake Eufala 55 miles SSE of Tulsa Contact Carl Atkinson 918426-1897

OCTOBER 11-13 - CAMDEN SOUTH CAROLINA - EAA Chapter 3 Fall Fly-In Conshytact Henry or Pat Miller 919548-9293

OCTOBER 17-19 - LOS ANGELES CALIFORshyNIA - OX-5 Aviation Pioneers National Reunshyion Governors Conferences National Awards and Hall of Fame Induction Ceremonies at Airshyport Hilton Hotel Contact Oliver Phillips 10405 West 32nd Avenue Wheat Ridge CO 80033 phone 303233-5905

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Waco RNF 1930 145 hp Warner 30 SMOH Ham Std Grnd Adj Prop 40 hours since balance and polish 1977 Ceconite 135 hours since recover always hangared May 1985 annual only 7 still flying Jim Course days 609888-0496 nights 215493-9385 (10-2)

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1933 FAIRCHILD 22 Menasco D-4 Super Pirate Engine About 285 hours airframe 1030 hours Very clean some engine spares $30000 Spare engine available 3121358-4035 or 742-2041

FAIRCHILD 24W46 complete with good Warner 165 presently disassembled for restoration Spare fuselage wings etc included Price $13500 Wil shyliam Ross - 3121640-1700 (9-2)

WACO RNF 1931 model complete with speed ring and wheel pants - 125 Warner - ready to fly shya classic antique biplane Price $32500 William Ross - 312640-1700 (9-2)

CESSNA UC-7BB (T-50) Bamboo Bomber with like-new wing ready for re-cover Complete airplane disassembled for restoration Price shy$14000 Will iam Ross - 312640-1700 (9-2)

CESSNA UC-78C (T-50) Bamboo Bomber with 300 hp Lycoming engines Wing needs some work Complete airplane disassembled for restoration Make cash offer William Ross - 3121640-1700 (9-2)

C-37 Airmaster completely restored to original All new wood Best restoration at Watsonville $2900000 Phone 805769-8380 6-7 pm PDT (11-3)

Waco RNF 1930 145 hp Warner 30 SMOH Ham Std Grnd Adj Prop 40 hours since balance and polish 1977 Ceconite 135 hours since recover always hangared May 1985 annual only 7 still flying Jim Course days 609888-0496 nights 215493-9385 (10-2)

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Wisconsin Residents Include 5 Sales Tax

ASP TI~ RE-UVE IT

The fabulous times of Tumer Doolittle Wedell and Wittman recreated as never before in this 6OO-page two-volume series Printed on high grade paper with sharp clear photo reproduction Offical race results 1927 through 1939 - more than 1000 photos-3-view draWings - scores of articles about people and planes that recapture the glory the drama the excitement of air racing during the golden years

Volume 1 and 2 $1495 each - add $150 for postage and handling Special shyboth volumes $2850 postage free Send check or money order to EAA Aviation Foundation Wittman Airfield Oshkosh WI 54903-3065

30 SEPTEMBER 1985

EAA OFFICIAL

VIDEO VHS amp BETA

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Release Woodworking knowledge is essential to any homebuilder project This tape covers the basics of wood construction techniques $3995

Add $250 for postage and handling Wisconsin residents add 5 sales tax

Guaranteed Immediate Delivery

Watch for New Releases

If your plane is on this list You could be wasting money

NOW AVAILABLE STCs for Lycoming 0-235 and 0-290 engines Also you can convert your Cessna 152 to auto gas by modifying the Lycoming 0-235-L2C to use 80 octane fuel - STCs now available exclusively from EAA

Over 10000 aircraft owners get more flying for the dollar with EAAs AUTO FUEL STCs

As a result of EAAs leadership in alternative fuels research and development FAA has fully approved the use of unleaded auto gas for 317 different aircraft models and engine combinashytions Auto gas STCs (Supplemental Type Certificates) are availshyable from the non-profit EAA Aviation Foundation at 50cent per engine horsepower Example - 85 hp Cessna 140-(50cent x 85) = $42_50 (Non-EAA members add $1500 surcharge to total) Send check with aircraft N number aircraft and engine model and serial numbers and EAA member number AERONCA AERO COMMANOER GRUMMAN AMERICAN PA-28-151

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CESSNA M-18L

BC 7CCM (L-168)

Mmiddot18LA 7BCM (L-I 6A) BC-65120 140 140A MORRISEY BC12-65 (L-2H)150 150A-H 15OJ- M AI50K-M

70C ~ 8C12middot0 BC120-857EC

152Amiddot152 P1PER7FC BC12D-4-85170 170A 8 J-3C-407JC 172 172A-E 172F BCSJ-3C-507ECA BCS-65(T-4IA) 172G H J3C-50SS7AC BCS12-651721 K L M J3C-65 (L-4)S70C 8CS-120175 175A B C P1720 J3C-65SS7CCM BCSI2-0-85177 J4S7EC 8CSI20-4-85180 180A-H 180J J4AI I AC 182 182A-P 19J4A-SIIBC 305A (O-IA) F19J4E (L-4F)IICC OC-65 (L-2 L-2C)305B 305E (TO-IO J5A (L-4F)SIIAC OCO-65 (L-2A B M) 0-10 O-IF) J-2SIIBC BC12-D1305C (O-lE) 3050 J-3SllCC BCS12-01(P-IG) 305F J5Amiddot80 50-C KCA

L-4A ERCOUPE VARGA 65-C L-48 (NE-l) ii50Including AireD Forney

L-4H65-CA 2150A S-50-C

Alon Mooney L-4J (NU) 2180

S-65-CA 415C 4150 E G

PA-ll 7GCA

415-CO PAllS

7GCB F-I F-IA PA-17 Nolo Only Ihose J3F

7KC A-2 A-2A PA-18 and J3l models pre-M-IO viously modified to use

7GCAA PA-197GCBA

FUNK Teledyne Continental 7GCBC

E-2 Molars engines are

15AC PA-28140lnCiUding McClish PA-28-150 approvedB85C

Since 1980 over 2700 engineering flight test hours have been conducted by EAA in the Cessna 150 Cessna 182 Cessna 172 Piper Cherokee Beechcraft Bonanza and Ercoupe Additional aircraft were approved by FAA based on fuel system similarities All approved aircraft are powered by 80 Octane Continental engines (not fuel injected) and Lycoming 0-320-A C and E engines STCs are only approved and sold for the engineairframe combinations listed above

Complete low cost protection including auto gas coverage is available through EAAs approved insurance program EAAs Auto Gas Airport Directory which lists over 300 FBOs that provide auto fuel service is now available at $300

EAA LEADS TH E WAY Join EAA - Be a part of the Aviation Association that is actively engaged in making flying safer more enjoyable and more affordable for you Annual membership $2500 includes monthly magazine SPORT AVIATION and many other benefits Join today and get your STC at the special EAA member rate

Write Attention STC - EAA Aviation Foundation EA~ Wittman Airfield

~ FOUNDATION Oshkosh WI 54903-3065 ~T TM

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31

EAA OFFICIAL

VIDEO VHS amp BETA

rThe official EAA Foundashytion video collection ofshyfers these great tapes for your viewing pleasure EAA 84 55 minutes of Fly-In excitement from pre-Conshyvention preparation to the arrival of Voyager Includes great Warbirds show scenes

$52t)(T $3900 EAA OSHKOSH 83 A 26 minute fi lm covering the complete 83 Convention and the dedication of the EAA Aviation Center $3900 EAA OSHKOSH 77 The 77 Convention plus excellent excerpts of the Spirit of St Louis Commemorative Tour $3900 AERONAUTICAL ODDITIES 17 minutes of fun featuring the oddities and comedies of the early flight as seen in newsshyreels of the day A great addition to your personal library $2995 WE SAW IT HAPPEN 60 minutes covering the history of flight as seen in rare early footage and interviews with many aviation pioneers

$e9OO $4995 WtNGS ON DREAMS (1981) This famous John Denver film is an in-depth look at EAA Oshkosh 81 and features ground breaking ceremonies for the Aviation Center $2900 BASIC AIRCRAFT WELDING Learn the intricacies of welding with practical demonstrations on the subject An excellent film for the builder $3995 IN PURSUIT OF DREAMS - New Release EAA member actorpilot Cliff Robertson is narrator host of a film that features Founder Paul Poberezny and tells of EAAs early days philosophy and accomplishments $2900 (16 minutes) BASIC AIRCRAFT WOODWORKING - New

Release Woodworking knowledge is essential to any homebuilder project This tape covers the basics of wood construction techniques $3995

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If your plane is on this list You could be wasting money

NOW AVAILABLE STCs for Lycoming 0-235 and 0-290 engines Also you can convert your Cessna 152 to auto gas by modifying the Lycoming 0-235-L2C to use 80 octane fuel - STCs now available exclusively from EAA

Over 10000 aircraft owners get more flying for the dollar with EAAs AUTO FUEL STCs

As a result of EAAs leadership in alternative fuels research and development FAA has fully approved the use of unleaded auto gas for 317 different aircraft models and engine combinashytions Auto gas STCs (Supplemental Type Certificates) are availshyable from the non-profit EAA Aviation Foundation at 50cent per engine horsepower Example - 85 hp Cessna 140-(50cent x 85) = $42_50 (Non-EAA members add $1500 surcharge to total) Send check with aircraft N number aircraft and engine model and serial numbers and EAA member number AERONCA AERO COMMANOER GRUMMAN AMERICAN PA-28-151

Including S l PA-22-150AA-5 AA-5AIncluding Bellanca PA-22S-150Industries AAmiddot5BChampion TfylSk bullJ3F-50 middot50S middot60100 AAmiddotI

Wagner B amp B -60S -65 -65SAA-IA ARCTIC AIRCRAFTAviation Inc bullJ31 -So -65 -65S CO INC

AA-IB AA-IC PORTERFIELD50-TC S-IA LUSCDM8E65-TC (L-3J) Including Rankin

BEECHCRAFT65-TAC (L-3E) 8 8A C O E F T-8F Nonhwest YO-58 Including Bonanza CP-55MOONEY0-588 35 A-35 B-35 C-35 CP-65 50-588 M-18C CS-65 0-58A (L-3A)

0-35 E-35 F-35 Mmiddot18C55

7AC G-35 35R TAYLORCRAFT

CESSNA M-18L

BC 7CCM (L-168)

Mmiddot18LA 7BCM (L-I 6A) BC-65120 140 140A MORRISEY BC12-65 (L-2H)150 150A-H 15OJ- M AI50K-M

70C ~ 8C12middot0 BC120-857EC

152Amiddot152 P1PER7FC BC12D-4-85170 170A 8 J-3C-407JC 172 172A-E 172F BCSJ-3C-507ECA BCS-65(T-4IA) 172G H J3C-50SS7AC BCS12-651721 K L M J3C-65 (L-4)S70C 8CS-120175 175A B C P1720 J3C-65SS7CCM BCSI2-0-85177 J4S7EC 8CSI20-4-85180 180A-H 180J J4AI I AC 182 182A-P 19J4A-SIIBC 305A (O-IA) F19J4E (L-4F)IICC OC-65 (L-2 L-2C)305B 305E (TO-IO J5A (L-4F)SIIAC OCO-65 (L-2A B M) 0-10 O-IF) J-2SIIBC BC12-D1305C (O-lE) 3050 J-3SllCC BCS12-01(P-IG) 305F J5Amiddot80 50-C KCA

L-4A ERCOUPE VARGA 65-C L-48 (NE-l) ii50Including AireD Forney

L-4H65-CA 2150A S-50-C

Alon Mooney L-4J (NU) 2180

S-65-CA 415C 4150 E G

PA-ll 7GCA

415-CO PAllS

7GCB F-I F-IA PA-17 Nolo Only Ihose J3F

7KC A-2 A-2A PA-18 and J3l models pre-M-IO viously modified to use

7GCAA PA-197GCBA

FUNK Teledyne Continental 7GCBC

E-2 Molars engines are

15AC PA-28140lnCiUding McClish PA-28-150 approvedB85C

Since 1980 over 2700 engineering flight test hours have been conducted by EAA in the Cessna 150 Cessna 182 Cessna 172 Piper Cherokee Beechcraft Bonanza and Ercoupe Additional aircraft were approved by FAA based on fuel system similarities All approved aircraft are powered by 80 Octane Continental engines (not fuel injected) and Lycoming 0-320-A C and E engines STCs are only approved and sold for the engineairframe combinations listed above

Complete low cost protection including auto gas coverage is available through EAAs approved insurance program EAAs Auto Gas Airport Directory which lists over 300 FBOs that provide auto fuel service is now available at $300

EAA LEADS TH E WAY Join EAA - Be a part of the Aviation Association that is actively engaged in making flying safer more enjoyable and more affordable for you Annual membership $2500 includes monthly magazine SPORT AVIATION and many other benefits Join today and get your STC at the special EAA member rate

Write Attention STC - EAA Aviation Foundation EA~ Wittman Airfield

~ FOUNDATION Oshkosh WI 54903-3065 ~T TM

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31