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STRAIGHT AND LEVEL

With 1980 w e begin a new decade of anxiety susshypense intrigu e politi ca l events world crises inflashytion and sport aviation Where are we hea ded Wh at are our proj ections and how will we acco mplish our objectives Of course we do not attempt to be a prophet but we can plan and adjust to the man y facets that will affect our sport aviation for the nex t ten years

Let us look first at th e area ter med gen eral aviation that includ es the activiti es of sport aviation Corporate flying has continued to grow through necessity and has its own status As airline deregulation bega n many co rporate executives found th emselves unabl e to trav el via airlines to many of th e cities previously served Granted the formation of new feeder lin es has taken up some of this slack but more often th an not the schedules are not compatible with thos e of th e busy executive

Th e singl e engine and light twin busin ess aircraft th en enters th e pictur e Many are located at hub airshyports in the fringe areas of our larger citi es whil e others are based at many smaller airports and run by a fixed base operation consisting of from one emshyployee up through several Many of th ese airports are home base for sport aviation enthusiasts private airc raft as well as some corporate operations Withshyout th em ba sica lly w e could not exist or operate effectively but look what is fa c ing th ese faciliti es today

Fuel is becoming less and less available in many areas The pri ces are climbing upward by leaps and bounds resulting in student pilot starts becomin g few er in number It is not a pretty picture we are painting but th e probl ems will be so lved We Amerishycans have always solved our basic probl ems with exshyperti se and th e drive and knowl edge to formulate and plan an approach that is effectiv e

First we have to hav e fu el Without it we do not fly whether it be for business or pleasure Thi s is a hard fact that apparently many do not want to acshycept With no fuel th ere is no reason to manufacture new aircraft no need for FAA personnel to be emshyployed to operate our co mpli ca ted air traffi c control

bull system and so on down th e lin e It is doubtful th at th ese circumstances would actually come to pass shybut th ey could if w e do not take affirmative action at once

Paul Poberez ny has accepted th e chairmanship of th e General Aviation Energy Council (d etail s in th e March 80 issue of SPORT AVIA TlON) Th e need for such a group is obviou s and th ey are meeting fr eshyqu entl y and objectively to formul ate an approach to th e fu el problems whi ch apparently are of little conshycern to many Without fu el we do not oper ate our airshycraft and it has become obvious to many that a single all purpose fu el must be developed which will be compatible with ALL engines wh ether th ey be autoshymobile tru ck aircraft o r whatever There is no doubt that within th e 1980 d eca de a single fuel will be develshyoped for all users of gasoline

As we know EAA had previously taken th e initi ashytive by running its own tes ts by using auto gas in ce rshytain types of aircraft The results were p os itive Th e EAA Air Museum Foundation h as b een granted fund s along with matching funds from th e Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Foundati o n to beg in res ea rch toward adapting auto fu el to aircraft use This proj ec t has been started and th e result s will be forthcoming at th e completion of th e tes t Th e initiative has been taken by our EAA and w e should be proud to be a part of it EAA and its Divisions are not only a group of ho mebuilders for hobby flyin g but rath er a closely knit group of dedicated enthu siasts who see th e imshymed iat e need s of general aviation and are taking th e initi ative to develop and pursue ac tively not only th e cause but th e so lution

With th e cos t and availability of fu el being a promishynent factor th at governs our spor t flyin g habit s we mu st co nsid er the effective use of our available flyshying tim e for th e next few years Spec ifi ca ll y our anshytiqu e and classic aircraft are a basic category of spo rt fl yin g Our class ics ca n generall y be used more often and frequently for tran sportation wh ereas most of our antiques are limited to shorter travel distances

Of course o ne of o ur prim ary purposes is to be able to fly our aircraft to ily-in s in th e area where we

bas e our aircraft Undoubtedly if the cos ts and nonshyavailability o f fuel continues to ri se w e may evenshytuall y be able to plan o nly to attend our annual Intershynational Convention at Oshkosh In order to make o ur EAA Fly-Ins successful consid ering these co nditions we for esee th e value o f EAA Regional Fly-Ins an examshypl e being th e creation in 1979 o f th e fir st Regional EAA Fly-In at Tullahoma Tennessee

An important part of our Divi sion s purpose is th e restoration and maint enance of antiqu e and classic aircraft What a thrill we had during Oshkosh 79 when we first saw th e Stinson M odel A Trimotor of Gene Coppock and th e replica s such as Jim Younshykin s Travel Air Myst ery Ship and the Gee Bee Model Z of Bill Turn er In th e near future th e Laird Super Solution being co mpleted by th e EAA Air Museum Foundation will be ready Many other pro jec ts are in res toration shops throughout th e U SA and oth er countries

During th e nex t t en yea rs it is apparent that if coming generations are to see and enjoy th e antique aircraft of yes ter day w e restorers will have to conshytinu e the ambitious construction of repli cas of th ese fabulous ea rl y aircraft Only a few originals rem ain mostly in mu se ums and many of th ese are not serviceshyable nor permitt ed to be ex hibit ed or flown at special events Th e grea t desires and ambitions typical of some of our members are the driving forces whi ch res ult in th e crea tion of th ese rep li cas for all to enjoy Our prediction is that many of o ur early type aircraft will appea r in th e replica ca tego ry during th e 80s

Eve n th ough we have painted a rath er dej ec ted picture for th e 80s we firmly believe th at th e ambishytion and desire dedi ca tion and expertise among EAA ers and in particular our AntiqueClass ic Divishysion membership will continu e to prop el us toward our goa ls

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Si Meeks replica Star Cavalier in the traffic pattern at Osh kosh 79

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APRIL 1980 VOLUME 8 NUMBER 4 (On The Cover Phil Coulson flies his Waco INF over th e Michigan countryside)

(On The Back Cover Rare and beautiful Curtiss A-22 Falcon owned by Richard Durand Albuquerque New Mexico Photo by Ted Koston)

TABLE OF CONTENTS Straight and Level by Brad Thomas bull 2 AC Hot line by Gene Chase 4 The Restoration Of Waco INF NC644Y by Thomas A Gray PhD 5 Matty laird Honored By Embry-Riddle by Robert G Elliott 8 Claude Flagg PilotEngineer by Ted Businger 9 The Roy Russell Collection by George Hardie Jr 14 Who Brings The Royal Mail by lionel Salisbury 16 How To Build The longster by les long 20 Borden s Aeroplane Posters From The 1930s by lionel Salisbury 24 letters 26 Calendar Of Events 27

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TRUST FUND INCREASES A

4fe Il()T by Gene Chase

AVIATION FUEL SUPPLIES

As menti oned in recent reports th e fire and exshyplosion at the Phillips Petroleum Refinery at Borger Texas has seriously di srupted the supply of aviation gasoline Th e middle and southwest states are parshyticularly affected It will take about 6 month s to ge t the refinery back in full produ ction so gasoline stocks will be parti cularly low during th e height of the recreashytional flying season spring and ea rl y summer

GASOHOL

One of the arguments used against increased use of gasohol is that it takes more energy to produce a gallon of alcohol than the alcohol will give out when it is consumed The customary method of producing alcohol is to prepare a mash and then distill th e mash to get alcohol Both processes require heat

At the Ames Laboratory at Iowa State University two scientists have claimed a breakthrough in the economic production of alcohol Instead of a second distillation process the alcohol is extracted from th e mash without heat by absorbing th e alcohol with a silica based substance Th e alcohol can then be re~ moved from the silica and the latter recycled for addishytional use The developers of this process claim that alcohol ca n be produ ced at greatly reduced cos ts If these claims are accurate this could be a big boost for more gasohol production within th e reasonably near future

ATTENTION ALL SQUARE TAIL MODEL 8 LUSCOMBE OWNERS

Previous word about th e AD calling for th e in shyspection and possibl e replacem ent of th e front fin attach fitting implied that only the round tail mod els were affected THIS IS NOT SO Read th e following letter sent to us by Rob ert Strohecker EAA 59403

QUARTER BILLION DOllARS IN ONE MONTH

In December 1979 the Airport and Airways Trust Fund grew $2437 million bringing the fund total to $478 billion at years end Expenses during December were $851 million including $593 million in airshyport grants $184 million in facilities and equipment and $74 million for research and development FAA Administrator Langhorne Bond recently admitted to Congress that the great difference between fund inshycome and Administration spending is creating a disshytrust between FAA and user groups

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Phil and Ruth Coulson reliving Sport Aviation of th e 3 0s

Even in its noseless state with its engine spread out over several workbenches the old biplane in the repair hangar at Marks Field in Lawton Michigan looked good It had the unmistakable look of disshytinction that good design and quality construction gi~e any machine Even to the people who had not seen biplanes before (except those that masqueraded in films as Spads and Sopwith Camels of World War I fame) the plane communicated something of its idenshytity as a classic aircraft

To those well-versed in aviation history the lean design of the biplane being overhauled in Harold Owens shop was unmistakably a Waco the name that dominated the world of flying for a quarter of a century It set standards of design and workmanship against which all other aircraft were judged Few obshyservers would have been able to identify the model and to grasp the final significance of the three-place open-cockpit ship bearing NC644Y When Phil Coulshyson EAA 71350 AIC 572 of Lawton Michigan dropped in one day in 1965 to visit his friend Harold and saw the plane he instantly knew what it was and what it meant in the history of American aviation The five-cylinder Kinner with its five-ported star-swirl shaped front collector ring propped up against a bench

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told him that the ship was an INF model one of a very few still around in flying condition

And right then Phil knew that it was the plane that he had always wanted to own That s mine he thought but I cant buy it now There before his eyes at last was a tangible form to fit the images that had flown through his night and day dreams for twenty years Ever since his young boyhood when his father would identify any aircraft passing over their farm as a Waco Phil had wanted to fly and own a Waco

Fueling his desire through his early boyhood and teenage years were the 1j10urs he spent after school and on weekends hanging around the local airports a fascinated spectator for every activity including his brothers flight lessons The climax to those years of anticipation came at last in 1946 when he had his first flight in a Fairchild PT-23 with a veteran pilot-mechanic named Horace Sackett

After that with the first thrill of flight still tingling in the seat of his pants Phil became an inveterate airport bum absorbing the lore of aircraft of flyshying and of Waco airplanes

It was at the air show put on by Art Davis at the local airport one day in 1948 that Phil remembers makshying his first positive identification of a Waco In the show Davis was flying a Waco ATO Taperwing noted then and now as the first production plane in the United States capable of performing an outside loop

More fuel for young Philips dreams Every day he was becoming more expert at disshy

tinguishing among various makes and models of airshyplanes But for Phil the term airplane and Waco were still synonymous

He had wanted to fly for a long time but now that wasnt all Now he knew that he wanted to fly one of those strong fast highly maneuverable and graceful biplanes like Art Davis Waco

Sixteen years were to pass before he could come close to realizing his dream but in 1962 Phil was at last able to start a foundation for it by beginning flyshying lessons The next year he soloed in a Piper )-5 But the soon-mastered )-5s and the Taylorcraft and the Piper Tri-Pacer into which he subsequently put

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early morning flighl Ruth guards th e th rottle while Phil swings the prop) _

many hours aloft were only way-stations to the Waco goal And that ex plains both Phil s excitement over findin g NC644Y at Marks Fi eld and hi s disappointm ent and frustration at th e owners refu sa l to se ll it then

But he had at least managed to meet th e owner Bob Beller of Marshall Michigan Ov er th e nex t three years Phil kept track of NC644Y through th e grapevine And he put in more hard work toward s th e dream of owning the Waco So that when in 1969 he heard th at Bob Beller had put the plane up for sale Phil was ready to talk to him with mo ney in hi s han d

O n a clear fall day he fl ew with Owen Marks and Harold Owen in Marks Tri-Pacer to Marshall came to term s with Mr Bell er and with Harold observing from the rear coc kpit Phil fl ew hi s Waco home through a beautiful September af tern oon to Marks Field in Lawt on

The 125 ho rses of th e 38-year-old Kinn er engine thrumm ed alo ng through the cl ear li ght of a beautiful autumn afternoon reliab ly and responsively The trip was uneventful except for the landing in which Phil co mpl etely unfamiliar with th e rap id dece lera tion o f biplanes dropped her in when he still had about ten feet of altitude

Flyable th e o ld ship ce rtainl y was th ough it was also far from certifi abl e in her present condition It was an ex traord in ary find far indeed from so me of th e basket cases th at so many antiqu e buffs have to start with The airframe would have to be co mshypletely recov ered Th at was obvious No n e of th e fabri c would pass punch tes tin g

But even with nea rl y forty years o f use in several different climates and despite hav ing been stored for ten years 1949 to 1959 in a vaca nt chi cken hou se NC644Y seem ed remarkably well-preserved Res torashytion Phil thought would be a relatively simple matshy

ter of applying new fabric and refinishing it - someshything that he could do at home in his garage

But afte r removin g the wings putting the ship under cover in the garage and strippin g off th e fabshyri c Phil discovered that making th e Waco airworth y would be a co nsiderably bigger and longer job than he had anticipated Checki ng over th e stripped airshyframe he had found rust damage in the rudder post and further close inspec tion and punch tes ting of th e low er longero ns at one-inch int ervals rev ea led addishytional rust damage in th e tubing Though like every o th er Waco ever prod uced thi s INF had undergone th e usual factory ru stproofing in which all tubing had had ho t lins eed oil run through it after it was welded the yea rs of use and storage in various climates and occasional exposure to the elements had given rust a head start on th e airframe Much of th e original tubshying would have to be cut out and repla ced and that wou ld r equ ir e both sp ec ial equ ipment and exp ert welding skill s

But in the meantime Phil did what h e cou ld in the ga ra ge so that by 1972 he had in hi s spare hours managed to di sassembl e the airplane completely and strip its fini sh down to th e bare metal a necessary first step for major airframe repairs

With th e INF res toration proj ect mushrooming int o something a lot bigger than hi s ga rage could conshytain and demanding th e high es t m echani ca l skills Phil began consulting with Horace Sackett a pilot mechani c aircraft designer and builder H e was also the man who had given Phil hi s first plan e ride back in 1946 H av ing served as a flight-line crew chi ef in th e US Army Air Corps and th en as a full time airshycraf t m echani c afte r leav in g th e military at th e end of Wo rld War II Sackett had gained a reputation as one of th e regions b es t and most re li ab le aircraf t mechani cs Sin ce 1949 he had opera ted a repair shop

beside hi s 1300 foot airs trip near Brandywine Lake in Gob les Michigan

If som ething ve ry fi ne and va lu ab le needs repair yo u look for an equ all y fi ne repairman So when Phil had accomp li shed as mu ch of the work as h e could by himsel f at h ome he loaded th e Wacos stripped fuselage wings eng ine land in g gear and other loos e parts onto a trailer and towed them over to Sacke tt s shop for th e next phase of the restorashytion project Waco I NF NC644Y that had held to shygeth er so well for so long w as temporarily a nea rshybasket case as it waited for repair and reassem bly

After Sackett cut out all th e ru st damaged segshyments o f th e longeron s and w elded in replacements he and Phil went on to renew th e wood formers o f th e fuselage and res toring th e wing rib curvature that had been warped by fabric shrinkage They inshystalled new coc kpit cowlings made new windshields from original W aco patterns and faired in th e landshying gear struts Inspection of th e gear had revea led that th e axles were deeply burl ed by th eir orig inal straight roller-bearings so the INF got a new set of ax les as well

Fro m th e Fall of 1972 when NC644Y went into th e shop Phil worked on it virtually everyon e of th e threeshyday weekends that hi s job then p ermitted Phil was fortunate in another way His wife Ruth had been from th e first ex tr em ely tolerant of th e tim e and spirit that h e put into thi s second love of his She was also grea t at forgiving the hou sehold space that th e plane monopo liz ed during the first month s of th e rebuild So i n addition to the direct help of Horace and other friends Phil could count on enormous inshydirect h elp fr om Ruth

Th ou gh Horace suffered an onslaught of arthritis and had to devote so me attention to other inspection work or repair jobs he was able to work on the Waco almost co ntinu ously After he had fini shed the reshypairs to the airframe he was always pres ent in th e role of chi ef superv iso r guiding spirit and insp ec tor

In th e Fall of 1974 th e Waco was cl ea rly showing th e hours that had been expend ed on it Its Kinn er 125 had had a major overhaul in 1964 and was preshysumably in good shape Th e final coa t of dope on th e new fabric signaled co mpl eti o n of the work Sitting th ere in th e shop th e INF looked as if it had ju st flown in from th e factory

A few days later wh en they fired up th e Kinn er it caught promptly and revved smoothly After a las t seri es o f m eticul ous inspections Horace signed th e ship o ff officially certifying it airworthy

Th ere it was The dream at last Tangible and flyshyable Nothing left to do but go prove how tan gibl e

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and flyable it was Sacketts ink on the certificate was still very fresh

on that October day that Phil had chosen for the testshyflight H e had w anted to do it by himself with just Horace there and nobody else

Phil s brother had wanted to see th e test flight Phil sa id No Ruth wanted to be there Th e answer was No Ju st himself and the Waco with Horace observing that was the way he wanted it

But Phil should have broad cas t hi s preference or made it a lot stronger beca use wh en he arrived at th e strip on the day for the test all those who either hadn t h eard of his wish to do it so lo or hadn t obeyed if th ey had heard had staged an impro mptu fly-in Many of th e people were friend s who had had a hand in th e restoration Theyd lined their planes up in an aero nauti ca l honor guard flanking both sides of the small lak es ide strip

Th e ir well-wishing presen ce brought good luck The res tored ship s performan ce in running up takeshyoff and climb-out was perfect Th e on ly flaw was a slight wing heaviness that beca m e no ti ceabl e as Phil c ircl ed the strip buzzed it and touched down Phil relat es that was hi s only anxiety Som e of th ese Wacos get a littl e owly on roll-out and I was worried about making it straight into th e cor ridor crea ted by th e planes parked up and d own th e runway Phil re m embe rs but dropping in sof tl y and smoothl y proved no problem at all and wh en he climed down

FOOTNOTE

Manufactured in the Spring of 1931 (4116131) in Troy Ohio and bearing Waco Seria l 3382 NC644Y is one of onl y seven INF models now in existence out of the original 46 turned out by the Waco Aircraft Company Besides his own Phil knows of two other INF s currently licensed and flying one in Texas and one in Canada A third one in Nebraska is now being restored

His knowledge of his own planes history of ownershyship is incomplete but he knows that the first owner was Paul Garde of 734 East 17th Street San Francisco Ca lishyfornia who purchased the ship from Mayse Air Servi ce of Tucson Arizona for $446000 The second owner was Marshall A Woos ter of 504 South Bonnie Brae Los Angeles and th e third was Aircraft Associates Inc of Long Beach California Besides these the plane has had owners all unknown to Phil in Ohio West Vi rginia and Colorado

For other Waco lovers the fo llowing INF specificashytions may be of interest

from the cockpit it was nice to be able to shake hands with all hi s friends and to pose with them for the news photographer

As soon as they could Phil and Horace rolled the Waco back into the shop to correct th e wing heavishyn ess By washing out th e left wing slightly they easi ly eliminated th e problem and Phil found himshyself with a highly responsive yet stabl e aircraft that ca n be flown hands off at practi ca lly any throttle setting By th e time they completed th e ad ju stments and the re tes ting the Mi chigan open-cockpit flying season was ending It was Spring 1975 before Phil could give Ruth her first flight in the rebuilt Waco He had tak en her up just after h ed brought the plane ho me from Marshall with its weathered fabric but now with th e original stre ngth and lin es res tored and a g lossy new orang e and blu e finish the exci teshyment of flying in a vintage ai rcraft was renewed and transformed for both of th em

Fly-ins in which they had regularly participated ever sin ce Phil had obtained his li cense also became a new kind of experi ence Th e early morning flights theyd made in the )-5 the Taylorcraft and the TrishyPacer had always been mu ch mor e than ju st m er e trashyverses of distance and now they took o n an even ri cher sign ifi cance These days with Ruth manning the throtshytle anltl Phil swi nging the lo ng metal prop of th e Kinshyner they begin passage into anoth er time where they enjoy a freedom not accessible to most of us

WACO INF NC644Y

3-p lace open cockpit land biplane Power Kinn er B5 125 hp Top Speed 105 mph Cru ise Speed 90 mph Landing Speed 41 mph Landing Run 265 ft (no braking) Climb 950 ft first minute Servi ce Ceiling 14000 ft Fuel Co nsumption 8 gal per h our Fuel Capacity 32 gal O il Capacity 3 gal Leng th Overall 20 ft 9Y2 in H eight 8 ft 9 in Span 29 ft 6 in Landing Gear Tread 72 in Empty Weight 1167 Ibs G ross Weight 1938 Ibs Pri ce $445000 Color Vermilion or Insig nia Blue

Silver wings and tail surfaces

Their 1931 Waco INF biplane completely res tored and in mint condition owners Phil and Ruth Coulson enjoy an entirel y new dimension in sport flying

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MATTY LAIRD HONORED BY EMBRY-RIDDLE

by Robert C Elliott EA A 85145 A IC 3296

1227 Oakwood Avenue Daytona Beach FL 32014

A ll Photographs Courtesy of Robert C Elliott Daytona Beach Florida - FSAACA

At their December 15 1979 com mencem ent exershycises Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University honored E M Matty Laird EAA 10118 for his pioneering work in the development of outstanding aircraft durshying th e 1920s and 30s

Matty was the second aviation pioneer to have his name inscribed on the Eagles of Aviation trophy Max Conrad havi ng been the first

Before th e assembled graduating class and many friends from the Florida Sport Aviation Antique and Classic Association Matty was presented the trophy by Rob ert L Han sen Reg ional Manager of Eastern Airlines Daytona Beach Florida

Matty and Elsie w ere guests of Embry-Riddle beshyfore th e ceremony at th e beachside Presidents resishydence in Ormond Beach

The perman ent trophy will remain at Embry-Riddle whil e a smaller engraved copy now occupies a place of honor in the Laird home at Boca Raton Florida

Matty accepts th e applause of Hansen and th e graduates moments after having been presented the trophy

FSAACA friends pose with the Lairds shortly after th e awards ceremony Left to right are Ed Escallon John and Judy Shinn Pat Q uinn Lyle Flagg Robert L Hansen Matty and Elsie Laird Fred Quinn Mrs Frank Balcar Billy Henderson Betty Jones Don and Donna Morris and Frank Balcar

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~Illi poundJl C Claude Flagg f AA 19904

(Photo from Ray Cocking Collection)

EDITORS NOTE When author Ted Businger lived in California before moving recently to Missouri he had the opportunity to meet Mr C Claude Flagg and his wife Dorothy A close friendship developed and Ted was to learn that Claude Flagg had a colorful and noteworthy career in aviation Flagg was one of those quiet achievers whose accomplishments have been partially documented over the years in various publishycations but never summarized The following account is the first installment of a two part documentary preshysented by Ted

- Gene Chase

The initial contact with Claude Flagg was intended solely to document the various racing planes he had built As the discussion progressed it became evishydent that there was a great deal more to this man s list of accomplishments which had never been reshycorded and should have been Flagg had an EAA attitude in the late 1920s

Let us meet the gentleman then proceed to his work Claude was a small man in both stature and weight a giant in mental process with a keen pershyceptive ability to get to the root of a problem withshyout fanfare He was also very kind and gentle to all of us who knew him There were those who caused mental anguish by taking credit for his work yet not once did he complain or even mention the fact Friend Ray Cocking said it best He could explain the most complicated theories so that even I could understand them

His introduction to flight came in 1920 with his entry into the U S Air Service with an assignment to McCook Field Dayton Ohio as part of the engine test section He was in intimate contact with most of the pioneers of aviation and working with all of the leading exponents of powerplant design He was imshypressed with the theories and reasoning used to reshysolve the complex issues of that era He made lifeshy

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long friends with Walter Barling and jimmy jamieson two men we will hear about later Late in 1923 Flagg was reassigned to Kelly Field Texas for advanced flight training completing his tour of military duty in 1926 as an instructor

The next eight years were difficult times for all aviation businesses All employers in the industry were hard pressed to meet even the meager payrolls involved Factory backlogs of two to twelve ships were all that existed The best selling products were those made by Travel Air Waco and Eaglerock who had to compete with the glut of war surplus jennies Canshynucks and Standards The lesser known builders had to lure potential customers away from the leaders by providing some feature or gimmick to catch the eye long enough to loosen the purse strings The great Lindbergh boom soon fizzled out aided in no small part by the great depression starting in November 1929 Against this backdrop Claude made his entry into the world of commercial aviation

In the year 1926 American Eagle under the able direction of Ed Porterfield was doing reasonably well and looking forward to improving its position in the aviation world The Flagg family journeyed to Kansas City with high hopes and Claude was doing his share of getting the Eagles out of their nest

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In time Flagg sold Mr Porterfield on the idea of producing a ship much smaller in siz e with a lower horsepower engine The design was completed and some assembly work had commenced by that day in May 1927 when Charles Lindbergh made his epic flight The spiralling backlog of orders due to this event forced the shelving of this new project It was to surface at a later date in modified form to be marshyketed as the Flyabout Another lifelong friendship evolved here between Flagg and the company test pilot Danny Fowlie a dynamo in the air and no slouch on the ground

At this time Flagg thought that he could produce a superior airc raft to those currently on the marshyket He formed the Flaggship Company in December 1927 by the prevailing method at that tim e of comshypleting a design and then securing finan cial backing This usually meant selling the machine (and aviation) to non-flying but well-to-do people

The prototype Flaggship was a three-place open biplane with a welded tube fuselage with double spar wings Wing span was 29 with a 60 chord resulting in 290 sq ft of area Length was 21 empty weight 1135 Ibs gross weight 1825 Ibs power was a 90 hp Curtiss OX-5 Top speed 97 mph landing speed apshyproximately 40 mph The upper wing teatured an aeroshymarine 2-A airfoil while the lower was a Clark Y This mixed airfoil set-up gave the same results we now get with wash-out

Everything should have been smooth sailing exshycept that the backers were in complete dissension over the marketing methods to be used October 1928 marked the end of Claude s contract period so the plant was closed due to the old axiom of too many cooks The one and only Flaggship was in Keokuk Iowa as late as 1955

The Flagg family made a trek to Joliet Illinois to start a new organization called LaSalle Aircraft Comshy

pany This time only two backers were soli cited to preclude a repetition of the Flaggship fias co This deshysign was a high wing closed cabin job with side-byshyside seating for two people and titled LaSalle Coupe The powerplant could be either a 55 hp Velie or a LeBlond Five airframes were completed when astute Mr Alexander the group banker noticed the signs of the country s impending financial crisis The ships were hurriedly sold at a near cost figure and the plant closed in October 1929 One month later the deshypression began

The American Cirrus Derby was announced in late 1929 to promote the sale of American Cirrus enshygines over the venerable and plentiful OX-5s and Hispano-Suiza s that were war surplus and could be bought for extremely low prices The lengthy entry list was a formidable array of the most talented deshysigners and pilots on the American scene

(Ph oto by Claude Flagg)

Th e prototype Fl aggs hip built in 7927 and powered with a Curtiss OX-5

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(Photo from loseph luptner Collection)

Claude Flaggs LaSa lle Coupe featured side by side sea tshying for two and choice of a Velie or LeB lond for power Five of th ese machines were built in Joliet Illinois

Charles Snyder of Lockport Illinois contracted with Flagg to build a mount that would primarily be a single-place sportster but was also to be competishytive in the grueling derby The race deadlin e posed a problem to the builder and many long days were reshyquired to be ready on time The little speedster was painted light yellow and dubbed Pretor en Parvo (little leader) by Mr Snyder Flight tests were more than satisfying to both men

The sportster racer shared hangar space with a Waco whose owner was repainting his ship A broken extension light started a fire that destroyed both the Waco and the hangar Little Leader was quickly pushed to safety but was badly singed along the right side The lengthy time for repairs eliminated th e ship from the Ci rrus race

Mr Snyder like many others was in poor finanshycial straits so the ship was sold to Clyde Butz Mr Butz replaced th e Cirrus with a Menasco Pirate Th e inverted engine also allowed shorter landing gear legs Butz used it as a sport plan e for many years ocshycasionally racing her when the spirit moved him

The Flagg family s next move was to Lomax illishynois with Claude bei ng the factory manager for Orshyville Hickman and his Air-King organization (see Orshyville Hickman by AI Kelch in December 1977 The VINTAGE AIRPLANE) A reassociation with Jimmi e Jamieshyson who was the company test pilot took som e of th e sting out of the depression-shortened life of AirshyKing Claude and Orville built a racer around the Cirshyru s engine Th e plane was acquired in th e sa le of AirshyKing It was flown by Dave Bi shop as th e Chilleen-

Fitton Special (see Chicagos Maverick Air Ra cer by Truman Weaver in SPORT AVIATION September 1976)

A new job awaited Flagg in Marshall Mi ssouri with th e Nicholas-Beaz ley Airplan e Company Russ Nichoshylas and Howard Beazley had formed this company in 1919 to dispose of surplus aviation material The passshying of ten years had seen th em become th e nation s largest aviation supply house As this surplus material was dwindling it was necessary to turn to other sources of revenue if th e company was to survive

Flaggs fri end Walter Barling had preceeded him to Missouri and was designingdeveloping a series of light planes that were a study in rugged simplicity Barney Zimm erl ey the co mpan y test pilot broke r ecords for di stance altitude and efficiency with a Barling NB- 3

Let us tak e a short look at Mr Barling through Flaggs eyes Walter was born and educated in England During WW I he gained acclaim for red es igning Curshytis s Flying Boats to very eff i c ient patrol bombers Later in that war his talents were used in designing heavy bombers for th e RA F

This distinction was duly noted by General Billy Mitchell who personally saw to Walter s employment at McCook Field When the criteria for this countrys first heavy bomb er was drawn up all manufacturers d ecl ined to bid as thi s was beyond th eir experi ence Waiter S bid thus won the co ntract for building thi s goliath

The acceptance of the Barling Bomber by the U S Air Service was assured wh en th e plan e exceeded all

sp ec ifi ed p erforman ce figur es by a substantial marshygin Todays writers are fond o f jeering at thi s particu lar aircraft witho ut checking th e facts Cl aude sa id Barling was th e grea test math emati cian I ever met and ju stifiabl y proud of the plan e that put th e U S into th e heavy bomber field

Returnin g to Fl agg hi s off ic ial titl e was factory superintendent but included with th e job w as the task of ground school instru cto r for two hou rs out of each ten hour work day

Ru ss Nicholas had toured Europe throu gh much of 1928 searching th e co ntin ent for new produ cts and ideas that would bolster hi s organization at home One i tem th at ga in ed his attention was th e Pobjoy rad ial engine a 7-cylinder unit rated at 675 hp with 151 cubi c inch displa cement Thi s engine was to have a m arked effect on th e American air racing scene for years I t was t es ted in a variety of plan es by Barney Zimmerley

Engineer Tom Kirkup was impressed with th e Pobshyjoy s potential and offered to promote it by building a racer for the po w erplant thu s demon strating its sup eriority Mr Nicholas approved the id ea with one stipulation no modification to the prototype engin e

Tom mad e drawings while Ernie Landi s and Flagg fabricated and assembled the ra cer When thi s diminushytive craft was completed it sported a 21 9 wing span was 12 9 long and weigh ed 355 Ibs It was painted black and gold with th e nam e PHANTOM I emblazed o n its flanks

Friend Dann y Fowlie was brought in to tes t and race her at th e upco ming 1930 National Air Ra ces in Chicago With the engine m o dification res triction imposed by Mr Nicholas plu s an acutely sensitive control sys tem the best Danny could get was a third pl ace finish in th e 275 cu in event If the ship were to be a winner so me alteration was required No matter who owned or flew thi s ship it was always reshyferred to as th e Nicholas-Beazley Pobjoy

Steve Wittman was its next owner and he brought th e racer to full bloom A 23 in ch center section was added to the fuselage necess itated in part by Steves greater height Further t es ting showed a need for greater lateral stability so a fairing was added between th e turtledeck and fin This solved the instability and th e porpoising that had pl agued it earlier The ship was completed by painting it in the traditional dark red used by Mr Wittman Incidentally this is th e only racer Steve flew regularl y that he did not d es ign and build himself

H e then entered her in th e American Legion Races competing in th e 200 cubic in ch event and ran away from the fi eld at ju st over 120 mph

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The nex t stop was New Orleans and the Pan-Pac ifi c Races in which Steve broke th e record for pl anes of I ess than 441 Ibs se tti ng a 13757 mph mark that stood for many years The next competition was th e National Air Races for 1934 bein g held in Cleveland Th e res ults were th e sa m e with Steve leading th e class ho me at 12944 mph

Mr Wittman was at thi s tim e working to fini sh his mighty D-12 powered Bonzo (now in th e EAA Museum at Franklin Wisco nsin ) and three temperashymental ra cing plan es was one too many even for th e tal ented Steve W i ttm an Per cy Chaffee beca m e its new owner and he dominated the class at th e 1935 Nationals again held in Cleveland Apparently thi s dominan ce kill ed the class as the 200 CID was dropped from th e schedule

Frank Allen was th e next owner with Henry Dougshylas doin g th e flying at th e 1936 Nati o nals in Los Anshygeles Flagg recall ed see ing th e ship unattend ed at thi s meet We can only draw th e co nclu sion that th e owner was disenchanted with th e 375 cu bi c inch class or possibly that engi ne troubl e developed as there was no evidence of its participation Its whereabouts for the next twelve years are unknown

(To Be Continu ed)

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Flagg-Snyder Racer bui lt for the American Cirrus D erby Plane was dubbed Pretor en Parvo It later wa s badly burned in J hangar fire which eliminated it from competishytion in th e Derby

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Steve Willman in his Pobioy Specia l circa 7934 al Curtiss- Wright Airport Milwaukee Wisconsin

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(Phillip-Yeager PholO)

Th e Butz Sp ecial form erly known as the Flagg-Snyder Ra cer New o wner Cl yde Butz repla ced th e Cirrus with a M enasco Pirate and installeel a shorter landing gear

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Th e Nicholas-Beaz ley Poboy Phantom I which placed third in the 175 cu in event at th e 1930 National Air Ra ces Pilot Dann y Fowli e is seated to left of plane

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b y George Hardie Jr EAA 500THE ROY RUSSELL COLLECTION EAA Historian

The study of aviation history is a fascinating exshyperience To live again in fantasy those exciting adshyventurous days when flying was a mystery to be exshyplor ed brings a clearer understanding of the courage and sacrifice required of the pioneers How fortunate we are that many had the foresight to record in photoshygraphs and writings the details of these early aircraft and their operation Through them we can trace the development of ideas which led to the sophisticated craft of the present day

One such individual was the late Roy Russell of Palm City California Roy entered aviation as a line boy and general flunky at the Curtiss Aviation School in Miami Florida in 1917 For nearly 50 years he worked as a mechanic and craftsman in the industry taking photos of whatever interested him as a hobby After retiring from the Douglas Company in 1964 he conshytinued to take photos at air shows and EAA events The result is a collection of photo negatives which represents a slice of aviation history of rare value Through the cooperation of Ted Businger formerly of EAA Chapter 1 Riverside California who are the custodians of the collection we are privileged to preshysent these samples

In 1917 Roy Russell was an eager young lad of 15 when he got his job with the Curtiss Aviation School at Miami Florida He fueled seven jennies cleaned the airplanes and worked in the shop as a helper One of the students was Neta Snook later to gain fame as Amelia Earharts instructor When the government took over the school for military training Roy lost his job

His next move was to Long Island with his parents where the family got jobs at the Curtiss plant Mom worked in the fabric covering department and Dad on the control cables and brace wires Roy worked on final assembly of the twin-engined H-16 flying boats While there the first of the NC boats for the Navy was completed and tested

Followi ng th e end of th e war Roy had a two-month stint in barnstorming in Western New York with joe Bennett whose plane was a surplus Standard trainer powered with a Curtiss OXX-6 of 100 hp Roys job was to follow joe from town to town in his Essex truck carrying tools gas cans etc for maintenance of the airplane Roy writes I wanted to try parachuting but joe wouldnt let me

ALL PHOTOS FROM THE ROY RUSS ELL COLLECTION

After a variety of jobs in various parts of the counshytry Roy joined a group with Joe York in Glendale California in 1928 to build a biplane for passenger business The venture was a modest success but the plane had to be sold to pay the bills Another venture with York in Aberdeen Washington also ended in failure so back to Glendale where he worked on the Golden Eagle airplane made famous by Bobbi Trout in an endurance flight

By this time it becomes apparent that the life of an airplane tradesman in those days was that of a nomad moving about to grasp the job opportunities wherever they arose Roy spent 1929 with the Story Propeller Company in Glendale Next he was with Northrop until June 1930 working on the famous Alpha and Beta models Back again at Northrop from March to August 1931 when the company moved to Kansas leaving Roy behind After a two-month job with Western Air Express recovering the plywood wings of their Fokker Tri-Motors Roy moved over to Lockheed until he was laid off in December

Finally on February 1 1932 Roy landed a job at Douglas Aircraft where he was to stay for 32 years Assigned to th e experimental department because of his metal working experience he worked on many famous prototypes including the DC-1 DC-2 DST (which became the DC-3) the DC-4E experimental predecessor to the production DC-4 The high point in his career was the B-19 bomber on which he was lead man on the fuselage section

From 1943 to 1945 Roy spent at the Chicago plant where DC-4s were produced for the Army Air Force After the war it was back to Santa Monica and a variety of jobs A heart attack in 1957 brought a change in assignment to a desk job Finally ill health forced his retirement on May 30 1964

This brief biography of one of aviation s pioneers reveals the dedication and perseverance they brought to their jobs Supported by devoted wives and famishylies these are the men who created and advanced the aviation industry to its present position The record of their work serves as an inspiration to all who are involved in aviation today Our goal should be to collect and preserve this record for posterity

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Who brings the Royal Mail Well W estern Canada Airways uSed to in the ea rly 1930s and they brought it in lt1 l aird LCB 200 They also carried freight in th e Laird The freight charge was seventy cents a pound to ship a parce l from Sev en Islands in the Provid ence of Quebec to the site of the Iron Ore Company deshyvelopment Cost on th e sa me route and di stance toshyday would be about $20 a pound according to John

Dart present owner of th e Laird CF-APY which shows how aircraft capability has changed in fifty years Photos by Steve Szarvas

In February 1931 Western Canada Airways purshy Brampton O ntario chased four Laird LCB 200s from th e Laird factory in Chi cago and put them into service to the west Historic Photos from th e Collection of John Dart and north parts of Canada They actually ordered five Woodstock On tario but took d elivery of only four Times w ere hard and they begged off delivery of th e fifth airplane

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W es tern Ca nada Airways later beca m e known as third is believed to be in a Winnipeg mu seum and Ca nadian Airways and in due course Ca nad ian Airshy th e fourth CF-APY is now under res torati o n by its ways wer e to becom e a part of Ca nad ian Pacific Airshy owner John Dart of Woodstock Ontario lin es whi ch is now a worldwide ai r servi ce Why did Western Ca nada Airways selec t th e Laird

Unfortunately two of th e Laird s sa w servi ce for aircraf t W as it superior des ign Was it grea ter capashyonly a short while Air craft CF-APQ and CF-APX were bility in capacity and endurance Possibly it was so me destroyed in a hangar fir e shortly after delivery The of th ese but mostly it was th e fa ct that th e Laird

This a ircraf CF-APW and its sister ship CF-A PX burned in cl hangar fire shortl y after it was received by Wes tern Ca naela A irways

John Dart examin es th e fram e of CF-APY in th e shop at his home in Woodstock Ontario

ca m e equipped with Wright J- 5 engines Western Canada had several J-5s in stock and wanted to use th em Th e machines were ordered therefore and W es tern s engines were installed on the new airshyframes

The four machin es of Western Canada Airways were received in early 1931 The aircraft which John Dart now owns CF-APY was certified as airworthy on th e 14th of March 1931 and rece ived Canadian airworthiness certificate 968 It flew in commercial servi ce until retirem ent in 1940 and was purchased by Jo hn in 1943 just shortly after he had joined Canadishyan Pacifi c Airlines as a pilot in March of that year He ferri ed th e aircraft from Winnipeg Manitoba to Hamilshyton Ontario for storage

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A group of Laird Commercial LC-8s and Speedw I1g LC-Rs read y for d elivery Ashburn Fi eld Chicago Illishy

John Dart has many hours of flying time to his credit He learned to fly in 1939 innois home of th e E M Laird Airplane Compan y a J-2 Cub CF-AZL at the London Ontario Flying Club which at that time operated out of the old London Airport at Lambeth Ontario He joined Canadian Pacific Airlines in 1943 to fly what are now considered to be exotic ships such as the Dragon Rapide the Lockheed Lodestar the Lockheed 14 and the Boeing 247 He retired in July 1973 to his home in Woodstock Ontario where he is very active in the Retired Division of the Canadian Airline Pilots Association He still has his license in force and flies regularly with the local flying club

John has also been interested in antique automobiles for many years and has a very respectable collection This collection includes a 1956 Lincoln Premiere in mint condition He also has under restoration a 1936 Cord and a 1929 Duesenberg If you were to examine the quality of the latter you would understand why the exshypression doozy originated with that automobile Some collectors owners and admirers refer to them as Duesies or Duesys for short

The photos on this page were supplied to John Dart by E M Matty Laird and illustrate the Laird plant in Chicago in the early 1930s The upper picture shows a group of Laird aircraft ready for delivery at Ashburn Field Chicago Illinois the home of the E M Laird factory Those craft fitted with the I struts between the upper and lower wing as on the aircraft in the foreground were called Speedwings and were deSignated LC-4s Some of the aircraft in the photo have standard struts as does Johns APY and were deSignated LC-Bs Whether they were 200s or 300s depended on the horsepower ratings of the Wright engines supplied with the machine The Laird factory is in the background

The second photo illustrates the inside of the Laird plant In the foreground from left to right are fuselages for the LCRs and LCBs in various stages of compleshytion

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Most of these aircraft were supplied with Wright J-5 engines of 220 horsepower or J-6s or 330 horseshypower A speed ring was optional equ ipment and acshycording to John Dart was well worth th e ex p ense since it gave several knots of in creased airsp eed

Th e photo above showing CF-APY was tak en outshyside the Konni e Johannesso n hanga r for v isiting ships in 1943 By that tim e Canadian Airways had become part of Canadian Pacifi c Airlines M anag ement had decid ed to update its aircraft and trad ed the Laird to Johann esson for a Stinson Reliant Johannesshysons base of operations was Winnipeg Manitoba The log book indicates that th e trade took place on January 10 1940

John Dart purchased the aircraft from Johannesso n in 1943 for th e sum of $95000 sight unseen He sent along hi s box ca mera complete with film and asked that a picture be taken of th e craft so he could see what he had purchased Thi s is the photo that was returned H e took delivery on October 8 of that year H owever th ose were th e war yea rs and gaso lin e for pl easure flying was simply not ava il ab le It was

poss ibl e to get gasoline and oil for ferry purposes though so John took his new treasure and departed for eas tern Ca nada He left Winnipeg on October 8 and made stops at Sioux Lookout Armstrong Kapusshykas ing and No rth Bay Ontario H e arrived at his desshytination Hamilton Ontario on October 11 There the Laird was sto red for two years awaiting th e grea t day when fuel would again be available By 1945 it still looked as if it would be a while before fuel would be ava ilab le so th e ship was dismantled for storage on May 12 of that year and has not been flown sin ce

Th e photo upper right shows th e fu se lag e as it is today in John Dart s shop in hi s hom e in Woodshystoc k O ntario Th e auto fender and ax le that can be seen behind th e airframe belongs to th e 1929 Duesenshyberg also under restoration The photo to the right illustrates a Laird cas ting The tubing was a friction fit sea led with spar varnish and fixed in place by th e diagonals Th e wing detail sh ows th e sk in peeled back to reveal a rib and a diagonal brace

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HOW TO BUILD THE LONGSTER

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Th e little ship described in this article is the reshy arranged to do this and we find it the most interesting sult of no small amount of planning and hard work hobby one could hope to have My brother and I are the proprietors of a small radio This Anzani Longs ler is the second ship built The factory and during the past ten years have had a first on e flew very well but had some irritating habits hank ering to experim ent with lightplanes We finally and was finally dismantled In designing the Longs ler

EDITORS NOTE In the 20s and 30s the homeshybuilding of light planes was popular because of the high cost of buying new or used factory machines Things being relative that reasoning is still valid today Those light planes of fifty-some years ago were simple to build and easy to fly With the spiralshyling costs of buying andor restoring antique planes today building an aircraft like the Longster might be just the answer for some old plane buffs

Even by using modern materials and engines and updating certain things such as adding brakes and a tailwhee l acceptable copies of these antique light planes can be produced Several different aircraft are featured in the EAA reproductions of the 1929 through 1933 Flying and Glider Manuals which are available at EAA Headquarters (see ad on page 22)

The following article has been extracted from the 1931 Flying and Glider Manual and will be presented in 2 installments

- Gene Chase

much thought was given to planning a ship that would be easily quickly and cheaply built There are several details of construction that we believe will be of great help to sport plane builders and which so far as we know are original with us

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Here are the balance of the very unusual details of this most unusual little airshyplane It should prove easy to bu i ld and if carefully mad e will fly very well Note the rudder control

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th e tes t pilot wh o fir st fl ew had never even seen it befo re H e got in it ran it up and down th e fi eld twi ce and th en took it off and fl ew completely out of sight before bringing it back and landing it

But li sten to thi s - on its very next fli ght it was taken up by a stud ent wh o had been soloed at 112 hours who had had but two hours in th e air in hi s life and who hadn t flown for a year He took it off stayed up half an hour and landed perfectly and th en fl ew it nearl y every day for th e fo llowing six w ee ks with out th e slightes t troubl e After three month s of fl ying it hasn t even a bu sted shock cord alth ough it has had two forced landin gs

In looking around for a moto r we d ecided o n th e 35 hp An zani beca use they are fairly low pri ced and easy to work on The propeller was made by th e Storey Company and is 6 ft d iam eter by 4 f t p i t ch Th e m o to r requires abo ut 230 ga ll o ns of gas p er hour whi ch m eans about 30 miles per ga ll on

In proceeding with th e description w e are goin g to assume that you have some kn owl edge o f lightshyplane building No attempt will be made to go into minute deta i ls Back issues of th e Fl ying Manual have had many articl es that may be tu rned to if in doubt Thi s plane w eighs but 425 pound s empty and pracshyti ca ll y any proven sport plane material or constru cshyti on will be sati sfactory

Wh en yo u begin actu al co nstru ction our advi ce is th at you begin with th e ta il surfaces By so do in g you will get an idea of what th e wo rk is like and if you spoil anythin g th ere isn t mu ch loss No te th e drawin gs car efull y The stabili zer and e levato r ar e practi cally id enti cal All beam s and bra ces are th e sa m e size stock 30 by 1 in airplane spru ce Th e ribs are 3116 by 30 spru ce Th e trailin g and leading edges are all V by 22 gauge steel eith er 1025 or chro m eshymo lybdenum

In making eith er part layout th e two bea ms o n a level fl o or mark o ff th e rib p os iti o ns and put togeth er with 20 gao by on e inch nail s and casei n glu e Be sure th at i t is all squ are and th en put in th e diagonal braces usin g beveled bl ocks at th e jo ints Bring th e tips o f th e ribs togeth er and nail and glu e Bend th e stee l outline to shap e and fa sten it on with 22 ga o t in or copp er straps at each rib and beam end Nail th e straps well and th en so lder th em to th e tubing

Th e hinges are eyebolts size 3116 whi ch may be had of airplane suppl y houses such as th e H ea lth Airshyp lane Comp any Use large washers to keep th e b olts fro m cutting into th e wood Th e bl oc ks fo r th e bo lts in th e stabili zer are simply pi eces of th e bea m stoc k g lu ed and nailed o n Th e center rib o f th e elevator takes th e contro l horn an d is fill ed so lid w ith a pi ece

As to performance th e plane has grea tl y exceeded our hopes Its m easured sp eed over a fiv e-mile course fou r tim es each w ay is 91 mph and th e landing speed appears to be about 32 mph The take-o ff run in an o rdinary stubbl e f ield is never over 150 fee t in still

air and in over 75 f lights it has never boun ced two feet off th e ground in landing However its stability is its main fea ture Th ree experi enced tes t pil o ts fl ew it and each o f th em pronounced it th e mos t stabl e ship he w as eve r in To sh ow you ho w it behaves

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of beam stock as far back as the rear beam Make up the horn as shown and bolt it securely and coller or ri vet th e nu ts Dont fai l to do this with every nut in the ship Don t take chances

The tubing in these surfaces as we ll as all tubing in the ship should be soused on the inside with hot linseed oil to rpevent rusting Al l bolts should be zinc or cadmium plated aircraft bolts Where the bolts go through the stabi lizer pieces of 3116 plywood are to be flued and nailed to raise the blocks to the level of the ribs Give the completed frames a coat of good oil paint or spar varn ish and they are ready for covering

The rudder and fin are made exactly the same exshycept that the leading edge of the fin is 516 by 20 gao tubing reinforced and flattened at the bottom for the bol t hole All bolts are 4 in except the two that hold the elevator horn which are 316

When you get this far try your hand at covering Use regular airplane fabric or you can use the cloth known as Pequot muslin Pu l l the cloth over the beams and stitch clear around the edges Stitch the ribs with a qui lt stitch three inches apart with rib cord Put on one coat of clear dope and then apply tape on al l edges and over the ribs Put on a total of four coats of clear dope and two coats of any color you fancy of pigmented dope The surfaces should now be drum tight and ready to go

You should now know whether you want to build an airplane or not If so the next thing will be the wings We think you wil l be surprised at the ease with which they can be bui lt This is mostly due to the novel rib construction As you will note the rib has many advantages In the first place it can be made comp lete in ten minutes which is much less time d I h Ithan require on the usua rib Next t ere IS on y

one size stock to buy 4 by 4 spruce and there is no waste as all scraps can be used for braCing There are many other advantages such as ease of repair and fitting in or re inforcement pieces where required

The rib is the regular Clark Y of 4V2 foot chord

and With the beams at 15 percent and 65 percent Make up the comp lete set and save the jig for future use This jig is simply a flat board with the rib outshyline drawn on it and with headless nails driven around the outline to hold the strips Steam the front end of the by 14 strips and put in two at the top and two at the bottom Separate each pair slightly so that the brac ing struts may be sl ipped between Take a piece of stock and note where it is going to strike the cap str ips Apply glue there and then slip it between and put one 1 in 20 gao brad square through both halves

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250 ea or 6 for $1250 outlin e leaving th e v in width slots for the beams joint that is very strong and light Fill in th e whol e

SEND CHECK OR MONEY ORDER TO Let the rough end s of th e bra cing pieces stick through EAA Air Museum Foundation Inc until th e rib is compl eted and removed from the ji g

Box 469 Hales Corners WI 53130when they may be trimmed with a sharp knife or saw Th e compl eted rib will weight 3 V2 oun ces and

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The proportions of this little ship show standard aeronautical monop la ne practice Trend today is toward narrower ailerons with greater aspect ratio

Th e bea m s are se lected spruce Y in thi ck The f ront o ne is 12 ft 4 in and th e rear o ne 12 f t 2 in long Th ey are tapered at th e ou ter end from th e las t rib to a wi d th o f 12 in and th e end s fitted to th e wing t ip tubing whi ch is 112 by 20 ga o bent as shown Th e bea m s are fi tt ed and beveled until th ey ju st f i t the slo ts in th e ri bs Th e ri bs are th en slipp ed on and spaced one foot apart Before nailing th em on th e d rag brac in g is to b e put in Th e drag struts are doushybl ed a 34 by 3 strut bein g placed at th e tops and botshyto ms of th e spars and fas tened w ith 16 gaostee l angles and scr ew s Th e w ire pull s are p laced at th e cent er of th e spars b etween th e drag struts A pi ece of J

spruce 112 in w ide and th e h eigh t of th e spar is p laced on th e backs of th e spars and th e bolts th at ho ld th e pull s are run through Th e b locks are to keep th e spa rs fro m bu ck lin g The pull s are th e usu al type 16 gao by 1 in w ide stock

U se 12 gao hard w ire fo r bracing w ith standa rd turnbu ckles Tru e th e wing up accurately and fas ten th e ribs with g lu e and brad s It will be no ted th at w h ere th e w ing struts com e th e spars are rein fo rced w ith Yr plywood plates th e full width of th e spars and 11 in lo ng The fl y ing strut bolts are 5116 di am eter and go straight through th e center of th e spars Pieces of oak or ash no t shown are placed on top and botshyto m of th e spars to take th e strain off th e bolts These pieces are V thi ck Glu e and nail th ese p lates and cap pi eces securely

A t th e butts of th e bea ms a pi ece of 116 plywood is g lu ed and nai led on bo th sides and on th ese th e wi ng attachment plates are bo lted The plates are simple p ieces of 13 ga o stee l Th ey slip over th e fu se lage struts and bolt to th e wood crosspi eces at th e f ront and rear of the cockpi t Th e nosepi ece trailin g edge and ai lero n pu l leys are all standard type The nose ribs are m ad e in th e rib ji g th e sam e as a rib but stoppin g at th e rea r of th e fr ont spar Th e end rib of th e w ing is about half as hi gh as th e o th ers made of V plywood with lightenin g holes Th is is to give a neat slope to th e fabri c

Th e ail er ons are mad e up ri ght w ith th e w in g In maki ng th e ribs fou r o f th em fo r each w ing are mad e with th e verti ca l strut that com es ju st bac k o f th e rea r bea m se t back V in Thi s all ow s fo r a space of 1 in between rear spar and ai leron after th e I in th ick fr ont ail eron spar is slipped in likewise to th e rea r of th e final verti ca l rib strut and g lued and nai led The rib that supports th e contro l ho rn is fill ed in w ith V pl ywood to w hi ch th e ho rn is bo l ted Th e horn is 16 gao sh eet cut as shown Hinges are standa rd eyebo l t Cover and dope th e w ings th e sam e as th e ta il group and thats that

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Th ey w er e print ed in bla ck and whit e on stiff paper about 19 x 11 in size and w ere issued fr ee

to p eop le wh o sent in a p roof o f purchase of one of th ei r pr odu cts

Alth ough th e second seri es in cl uded ten pos ters o nly fou r new photos w ere issu ed Th e ba lance were rep ea ts and renumbered pho tos fro m th e f irst seri es

Th e f irst new pos ter w as g ive n th e number one in th e new seri es and was li sted as th e Douglas DST Sleepe r

The specifi ca ti ons and three-vi ew are rep rodu ced fr o m th e back of th e pos ter

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Wing span 95 feet Length overall 65 feet Height overall 16 feet 4 inches Wing area 987 square feet Gross weight 24000 pounds Pay load 8250 pounds Optional power plants two G series Wright Cyclones or two Pratt amp Whitney twin-row SBG Wasps

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High speed 212 to 219 miles per hour at 4300 feet Landing speed 65 miles per hour Cruising speed 181 to 184 miles per hour at 10000 feet Service ceilshying 19900 feet to 23300 feet Absolute ceiling 22100 to 25200 feet Take off run 1000 feet Landing run 950 feet Cruising range at 10000 feet 2150 miles Fuel capacity 820 gallons

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The Douglas Sleeper is of all metal construcshytion The passenger cabin divided into eight secshytions four on each side of a wide aisle measures 26 feet in length seven feet eight inches wide and six feet six inches high In each of the eight sections are deeply upholstered seats 36 inches wide facing each other making up into a lower berth at night while an upper berth 32 inches wide is let down from the ceiling Each passenger in both lower and upper berths is provided with individual window ventilator readshying light call button and other conveniences Air ducts in each compartment provide warm air mainshytaining a constant temperature of 70 degrees even with outside air 20 degrees below zero Behind the sleeper cabin are two comfortable dressing rooms with adjoining lavatories

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hEttERS Dear Gene

Thanks for your publishing the story of my F-2 Waco in the November issue of SPORT AVIATION

One interesting fact not mentioned in the story was that the Continental Company purchased th e airplane (NX-11241) pretty much off of the drawing board with the specific intention of using it as the flying test bed for the new W-670 engine As you might expect this really made a hot performing airshyplane somewhat spectacular in its day Waco advershytised the ship to be able to take off and land within a 100 foot circle in the hands of a SKILLED pilot

The QCF was very light for this engine and proshyduction models with the 210 hp W-670 were beefed up and incorporated a larger rudder and fin

The second QCF was lost in an emergency landshying in a cornfield and resulted in the third aircraft to become the first factory demonstrator NX-11241 is plain jane and lacked the refinements that followed in the production of the series Enclosed find a photo of a late F-2 (UBF) in full dress uniform - a truly beautiful aircraft indeed

Yes I am busy on the restoration of three addishytional F-2s but do also spend time on research on the history of this series Waco

If anyone of your readers may wish to share memshyories photos data or whatever I wish to prepare a future story on the Waco F-2 for SPORT AVIATION

Kindest regards M H Curly Havelaar EAA 47909 A IC 223 RR 1 Box 133A Rapid City SD 57701

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Dear Paul I m finally getting around to writing concerning

your editorial comments in The VIN TACI ARPLANI about the relicensing of antiques

Needless to say Im all for it inasmuch as I finally hope to have one flying this year It goes without sayshying that the person who restor es an antique or some of the older classics knows more about the airplane than any of our current generation of A amp Ps And as Father Time has his inevitable way its getting harder and harder to find any of the old-timers who know anything about these old birds

A friend of mine with a Waco 10 got stabbed so badly on his first annual paying th e shop while it learned about Wacos and OX5s that from then on he took vacation and would only take it to a shop that would let him do the work on it under their supershyvision So for all practical purposes he was doing pretty much what you propose

What with prices constantly going up like an overshycharged balloon this would also b e one way w e who like old airplanes can afford to have them for at least a little while longer anyway

I would like to see the aircraft retain their standard airworthiness certificate but would accept having it changed to an exper imental category for those who want to go that route if that is the only way the Feds will accept the proposal

We are looking forward to your visit here on the 29th See you then

Sincerely yours Dick Walling EAA Century Club No 20 A IC No 353 1930 Stewart Road Muscatine IA 52761

Dea r Paul Recently I came across an articl e in the aviation

column of a Newsweek circa 1941 Apparently two men Mr jam es I Sorena and Mr William H Fletner came up with a design called the Hammer Head Prop and claimed its d es ign cut down on vibration and was more efficient than a conventional blade

My question Did the design have a direct conshynect ion with todays clipped prop tips and if so when was this modification impleme nt ed

I hope this lett er finds you in good hea lth Sincerely C M j Menard 5 110 Sherbrooke Street West Suite 9 Montreal qu ebec H4A HI Canada

For Sal e ACRO II PLANS

The new 2-p la ce aerobatic trainer and spo rt bishyplane 20 pages of easy to follow detailed plans Com plete with isometric drawings photos exp loded views Plans - $8500 Info pack - $400 Send check or money order to ACRO SPORT INC Box 462 Hales Corners WI 53 130414 42 )-4860

ENGINES

1930s Vintage Franklin 4AC-1 50A 60 hp No logs no mags no carb one bad cy l - rusted Everything else in exce ll en t condition Make offer or will trad e for avionics or Rev illaster 2100 or Box 444 Mabshyton WA 98935 or 1- 509894-4493 2000Z - 2200Z weekshydays only Also have spruce kit for Coot A Cheap

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS APRIL 25-27 - BAY CITY TEXAS - Hou ston Sport

Aviation Spr ing Fling Fly- In sp onso red by Anshytiqu eClassic Chapter 2 For furth er information please contact Rocky H ow ard 1262 Hu ckl eberry Housto n TX 77056 Telep hon e 71362 1-2510

APRIL 26-27 - CH INO CA LIF O RNIA - hth Annual South ern Ca li fornia EAA Fly- In For further inshyformation pl ease co ntac t Ken Over ly 714h30shy3513 or write Chino EAA Fly- In 7000 Merrill Aveshynu e Chino CA 91710

APRIL 27 - BARKSDALE LOUI SIANA - Barksdale AFB is hostin g an Open Hou se and Ai r Show For further information pl ease con tac t Lt Co l Larry L Schushyler or Major Thomas E Flodstrom Fly-In Project Officers 2 CSGOT Barksda le AFB LA 71110 Teleshyph o n e Lt Co l Schu ler 318456-4204 or Major Flodstom 318456-3484

MAY 2-4 - BURLINGTON NORTH CA RO LINA - FlyshyIn For further informati on please co ntact Geneve McKiernan 5301 Fin sb ury Place Ch ar lo tt e NC 2821 1

MAY 3-4 - MOREHEAD KENTUCKY - 1st Annua l Vintage amp Class ic Fly- In Rowa n County Airport Sponsored by Gateway Avia ti on Association For fu r th er information p lease con tact Den Owen Star Route Box 95-A Clearfield KY 401 11 Teleshyphone 606783-3358

MAY 10-11 - MARTINSBUR G PENNSYLVAN IA - Keyshyston e Country Fly-In sp o nsored by a Federation of Pennsylvania EAA Chapt ers Blair County Airshyport For further informati on please co ntac t Paul Nuss 1004 Fourth Avenue lu niata A lt oo na PA 1660 1 Telephone 814943-1 185

MAY 16-19 - WILLIAMSBUR G VIRGIN IA - Eastern Cessna 190195 Club Meeting For further informashyti o n please co nta ct Cliff Crabs 25575 Butternut Ridge Road North Olmsted OH 44070

MAY 18 - LINCOLN CALI FORNI A - Lin coln A irshyport Fo r further info rm ati on p lease con ta ct Ken H eidger Manager PO Box 426 Lincoln CA 95648

MAY 31 - HOLLAND MICH IGAN - AntiqueClassic Chapt er 8 is spon so rin g a Sp rin g Happ ening at th e Park Town ship Airport For furth er informashyti o n pl ease contact Gary Van Farowe 1460 Otshytawa Beach Road Hol land MI 49413 Telephone 616399-4623

JUNE 1 - DEKALB ILLI NOIS - DeKalb Cou nty Corn EAA Chapt er 241 and MST Aviation co-s po nso r th e Annual EAA Fl y-In Drive-In Breakfast at th e Municishypa l Airport about 30 mil es SE of Ro ckford For further informati o n p lease contac t Marlin Crown 159 Thomas Syca m ore IL 60178 Tel ephone 8151 875-6856

JUNE 1 - OCEAN CITY MARYLAND - Chapter 532 is sponso rin g th e annual Ocean Ci ty Fly-In and Antique Car Show Ocean City Airport For furth er informati on pl ease contact Bill M ackey Chapter 532 Pr es ident 2301 M eadow Drive Sa li sb ury MD 21801

JUNE 6-8 - M ERCED CALIFORNIA - 23 rd Annual M erce d W es t Coast Antiqu e Fly-In spo nso red by th e M er ced Pilots Asso ciation For furth er inshyformati o n pl ease co ntact M erced Pil o ts Associashyti on PO Box 2313 Merced CA 95340

JUNE 7-8 - FLANDERS NEW IERSEY - 2nd Annua l Antiqu eClass ic Chapt er 7 Fly- In Flanders Vall ey Airport For furth er information please contact Wa lt Ahlers AC Chapter 7 Pr es id ent 60 Main 5 tr ee t Fland e rs NI 07836 Te lep h on e 20 1584shy7983

JUNE 7-14 - FORT WAYNE INDIANA - 3rd Annual 70 Kn o tt e rs Fly-Out and Goodwil l Tour sponshysored by EAA Chapter 2 For furth er information pleas e co nt ac t Jo e Dickey 5 11 Terrance Lk Roa d Co lumbu s IN 47201 Teleph o ne 812342-6878

JUNE 11-16 - TUL LAH OMA TENNESSEE - 1980 Stagshygerwingr rrave l A ir Int ernati o nal Conven ti o n Fo r furth er inform ati o n pl ease contact Staggerwin g M useum Foundation Box i50 Tullah o ma TN 37388

JUN E 13-15 - DENTON TEXAS - Texas Chap ter AAA Southwest Reg iona l Fly- In at th e Municipal Airshyport 25 miles N o f DFW Regiona l Airpor t outside th e TCA For furth er information pl ease co nt ac t l ane M cCracken RR 4 Box IhB Ro anoke TX 7h2(2 Telephone 8 17430-0163

JUNE 14-15 - FREDER ICKSBURG VIR GIN IA - Antique Aircraf t Fl y- In Air Show Shannon Airport For furth er info rmation please co ntac t Sidney L Shanshynon Ir clo Shan non Airport P O Box 109 Fredshyer icksburg VA 22401

JUNE 21-22 - ANSON IA CONNECTICUT - 2nd Anshynu al PI PER VAGABON D FLY-IN Anso nia Air p or t 80 oct fuel For further information p lease conshyta ct lim lenkins 569 Moose Hill Road Monroe CT 06468 Telep ho ne 20326 1-5586

JUN E 27-29- HAMILTON OHIO - 20 th Annu al Wa co Reuni o n Fly- In For furth er info rm ati on pl ease co ntact Ray Brandly 7000 Hill Avenu e Hamilton O H 4501 5 Telephone 5 13868-0084

JUNE 28-29 - ROMEOVILL E ILLI NO IS - EAA Chapshyter IS amp Ilh are co-spon so ring th e 20th Annual Midshywest Regio nal Air Show at th e Lewis University Ai rpo rt Th eme is The Barnstorming Days o f Av iashyti o n Hopin g to have suffi cient antiqu e air craf t to stage a parade of fli ght For further info rmashyti o n please contac t Frank Goebe l Field Direcshytor Midwest Regional Air Show Inc P O Box 71 Loc kport IL 60441

JULY 3-6- BOWLING GRE EN OHIO - Ercoup e Ownshyers Club Na ti o nal Fl y- In Wood County Airpo rt For furth er info rm ation please co ntac t Ca rl Hall Bowlin g G r een Stat e University School of Art Division o f Design Bowling Green O H 43403 Teleshyphon e 419372 -2640

JULY 4-6 - GAIN ESVILL E GEORG IA - Lith Annual C ra c ker Fly- In AAA North Georgia Ch ap ter For furth er info rmation please co ntact Jim Clarkshyso n 1649 Avon Avenu e Tu cker GA 30084

JULY 4-6 - ALLIANCE O HIO - Internati ona l Tayshylo r craft Own er s Club Reunion at Barber Field For further infor m ati o n pl ease co ntac t Tay lo rshycraf t Own er s Club 12809 Greenbower Road A lshyli ance O H 44601

JULY 12 - TECUMSEH MICH IGAN - M eyers OTW Reuni on - Back to Facto ry For furth er in for mashytion please contac t Dick Martin Rt 3 Aerodrome Road G reen Bay WI 54301 or Harold Losser 41 5 Eighth Street Plac e Des Moines IA 50313

JULY 13 - EASTON PENNSYLVAN IA - 4th Annual Aeron ca Fly- In Eas to n Airport For furth er inforshymation p lease cont ac t Jim Poll es 2 151759-3713 ni ght s and weekends

JULY 19-20 - LEWISTOWN MONTANA - 3rd Annu al Montana Chap ter AAA Fl y- In at Beacon Sta r A nshytiqu e Airfie ld For furth er in fo rm ation pl ease co nshytltle t Frank Bas s Star Rout e Moor e M T 59464 Telep hone 406538-76 16

AUGUST 2-9 - OSHKO SH WISCONSIN - 28 th Anshynual EAA Co nve nti o n and Sport Aviation Exh ibi shyti on - th e world s larges t and most exc iting av iashytion event For further information pleas e co nshytact Ex perim ental Aircraft Association (EAA) P O Box 229 Hales Cor ners WI )3130 Telep ho ne 4141 45-48(()

AUGUST 10-16 - FOND DU LAC WISCONSIN - The In ternational Ac r oba ti c Club s annual aeroba ti c co mp etiti on Biggest fi eld anywhere for an aeroshybatic co nt es t p lus grea tes t va ri ety of aerobat ic airshycra ft For furth er info rmati o n please co ntac t H erb Cox Cont es t Chairman 11 12 Ta y lor Ave nu e M t Vern o n IL 62864

AUGUST 17-30 - OSHKOSH WISCONS IN - World Aeroba ti cs 80 For th e first tim e ever th e U S will host th e Worlds Aerobatic Champi o nships Fourt ee n countri es will participate Dont miss thi s hi stor ic even t For furth er inform ation pl ease co ntac t W or ld Aerob ati cs 80 P O Box 229 H ales Corn ers WI 53130 Telephone 414 425-4 860

OCTOBER 1-5 - TULLAHOMA TENNESSEE - 2nd Annultll EAA Na ti o nal Fall Fly-In D on t miss thi s one For further information pl ease co ntac t EAA Fall Fl y- In P O Box n9 Hales Corn ers W I 53130 Telephon e 414 45-4860

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(Photo by Ted Kos ton)

Si Meeks replica Star Cavalier in the traffic pattern at Osh kosh 79

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APRIL 1980 VOLUME 8 NUMBER 4 (On The Cover Phil Coulson flies his Waco INF over th e Michigan countryside)

(On The Back Cover Rare and beautiful Curtiss A-22 Falcon owned by Richard Durand Albuquerque New Mexico Photo by Ted Koston)

TABLE OF CONTENTS Straight and Level by Brad Thomas bull 2 AC Hot line by Gene Chase 4 The Restoration Of Waco INF NC644Y by Thomas A Gray PhD 5 Matty laird Honored By Embry-Riddle by Robert G Elliott 8 Claude Flagg PilotEngineer by Ted Businger 9 The Roy Russell Collection by George Hardie Jr 14 Who Brings The Royal Mail by lionel Salisbury 16 How To Build The longster by les long 20 Borden s Aeroplane Posters From The 1930s by lionel Salisbury 24 letters 26 Calendar Of Events 27

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hEttERS Dear Gene








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