November 1989

STRAIGHT AND LEVEL

by Espie Butch Joyce

Mark Phelps our editor has been running me down by phone the last few days Im over on my deadline for this article again Ive really been having a hard time since Oshkosh getting these articles out Its an emotional letdown to go back to the quiet surroundings of our local airport and at the same time its a welcome relief As many may have figured out by now I reside in the Carolinas where Hugo paid us a much unwelcome visit This event has occupied most of my time I work on water tanks We have been quite busy trying to get a number of these tanks back in operation along the coast Most airplanes fared well except for the ones in hangars that fell on them I was in the Charleston South Carolina airport as soon as it was opened to general aviation Hawthorne Aviation suffered considerable damage to several of its hangars however the company was open for business with generators going to run the coffee machines and drop cords to light the restrooms (alshyways a necessary stop after a crossshycountry trip) They also had their well be back spirit

I had planned to be in Tulsa for AIC Chapter 10s fly-in but this weather cancelled that trip (next year everyone) Our local AIC Chapter 3 s Fly-in was rescheduled for October 20 21 and 22 at Camden South Carolina This was caused not directly by the weather but because motels were all full of displaced families and relief workers The weather in October in this section of the U S is just great for flying

Im writing this article after having just returned from the Staggerwing Convention at Tullahoma Tennessee Im happy to report that there were 31 Staggerwings present from all parts of North America including Alaska and Canada The Staggerwing Foundation has a fine museum that you should visit sometime The Foundation and the Staggerwing Club put this Convention together and do one great job I would like to thank John and Charlotte Parrish for their hospitality Tennessee style

The Beech 18 Club was invited to participate with the Staggerwings this year and there were 12 B-18s If theres one thing that sounds better than an R-985 its two R-985s That is what they told me this weekend I just told my Baron to swell up and act like it was an -18

Saturday morning there was a dawn patrol and we were all invited to Winshychester Tennessee for breakfast by

EAA Chapter 599 These guys were really set up to handle the crowd They had their own hangar and one of the cooks informed me that this was the hangar that pancakes built There must be SOME leadership in that Chapter I dont want anyone thinking that Ive been on Saturday Night Live or anyshything but going to this Convention reshyally pumped me up again

By the time you are reading this your Officers and Board of Directors will have held their fall meeting at Oshkosh We are now hard at work planning for Oshkosh 1990 Should you have any suggestions or concerns please let me know your feelings so that they can be reviewed and disshycussed at the winter board meeting which will be held in February 1990 Also these meetings are open and any member wishing to attend is welcome to do so

I constantly receive phone calls from individuals with a particular mechanishycal problem with their antique airplane wanting to know who they might contact to get help The AIC Dishyvision needs to compile a list of indishyviduals from different locations who could be of help to people stranded with mechanical problems I will adshydress this at the November meeting

Lets all pull together in one direcshytion for the good of aviation Join us and you have it all

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NOVEMBER 1989 Vol 17 No 11

Copyright copy 1989 by the EAA AntiqueClassic Division Inc All rights reserved

Contents

2 Straight and Levelby Espie Butch Joyce

4 Aerograms

7 Members Projectslby Norm Petersen

8 Vintage Literaturelby Dennis Parks Page 4

10 Welcome New Members

12 1989 Type Club Listing compiled by Mark Phelps

20 Grand Champion Antique by Mark Phelps

22 Grand Champion Classic by Norm Petersen

Page 12

24 Speedwinglby Mark Phelps

28 Pass It To Buckby EE Buck Hilbert

30 Chapter Capsulelby Bob Brauer

31 Vintage Trader

35 Mystery Planelby George Hardie Jr

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FRONT COVER Three Waco UPF-7s in formation over Oshkosh From front to rear Tom Flock Bob Poor and Dale Cunningham

(Photo by Carl Schuppel Photo plane flown by Carl Koeling)

REAR COVER Former VINTAGE AIRPLANE Edito r Gene Chase liffs off from Pioneer Airport Oshkosh in the EM Aviation Foundations Stanshydard J-1 The Standard is the 300th aircraff type listed in Genes logshybook Congratulations Gene and may there be 300 more to follow

(Photo by Mark Phelps)

The words EM ULTRALIGHT FLY WITH THE FIRST TEAM SPORT AVIATION and the kJgdS 01 EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION INC EAA INTERNAmiddot TIONAL CONVENTION EAA ANTIOUECLASSIC DIVISION INC INTERNATIONAL AEROBATIC CLUB INC WARBIRDS OF AMERICA INC ale regislered trademar1lts THE EAA SKY SHOPPE and kJgdS of the EAA AVIATION FOUNDATION INC and EAA ULTRALIGHT CONVENTION ale trademar1lts 01 the above associations -d their use by aIrf person other han the above associations is s1fdIy prohibited

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Metalplanes of Milwaukee Dear Editor and anchored offshore The planes

In the June installment of Vintage were then flight-tested Shortly after Seaplanes you had a photo of three tests the aircraft were turned over to Hamilton Metalplanes on floats and Canadian pilots and used for Canadian you requested more information about forest fire patrols A photo of the same the photo It was taken at McKinley three aircraft appeared in the MilshyBeach in Milwaukee around 1925 The waukee Journal and being an airplane aircraft were towed from the factory to nut I cut it out The newspaper listed the beach where they were assembled Jack Hagemeyer as providing the

photo and the Boeing archives as proshyviding the information

Sincerely Eric Whyte Brookfield Wisconsin

Norm Just to add confusion to the puzzle

Ill give you a couple of tidbits that I uncovered when I did the research for Jack Lysdale a few years back prior to his rebuild of the H-47 at St Paul Quite a lot of Hamiltons (maybe 10 or so) went to South America The insigshynia and tail markings could very well be those of Panama My best lead is on a letter and photo sent to me several years ago by Wes Fletcher who lives in North Freedom Wisconsin and worked at the Hamilton factory He writes on the back of the photo that the airplane pictured was sold and shipped to Italy and was painted yellow If you look at your photo closely you ll see that the center plane is indeed painted a different color than the two on the ends Somewhere in my notes I have listed the plane sent to Italy as having been registered there as I-ROMA Likely the registration was not painted on the aircraft at the time of the photo John Underwood took a guess at where the plane was going He guessed Peru Im not sure any ever went to Peru but ~ho knows Im betting on the Italy theory Tom Hamilton was still alive a few years ago living in California

Sincerely Noel Allard Chaska Minnesota

Solved Mystery Dear Editor RE August Vintage Seaplanes top photo page seven

Frank Elliss book Atlantic Conshyquest (1963- Kimber amp Co Ltd) carries an identical photo with the capshytion TAC Survey Plane Number One

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- a diesel-engined Bellanca seaplane in which Shorty (Parker D) Cramer (right) and Oliver Paquette were the first airmen ever to fly over the Greenshyland Ice-cap (July-Aug 1931)

The magazine is looking great shycontinued best wishes

Sincerely H Glenn Buffington EI Dorado Arkansas

Original Aussie Parasol Dear Sir

During the year 1936 Alan Mogg of Ashfield New South Wales Aushystralia commenced construction of a single-seat high-wing monoplane The fuselage structure was similar to a Pietenpol but material dimensions were increased to make the aircraft more robust The tail was from a Heath Parasol but the design of the wings was Moggs own creation The inshytended engine was a four-cylinder Menasco but because of import probshylems Mogg purchased two nine-cylinshyder 59 -hp Salmson engines from Enshygland modified for dual ignition Due to the Salmsons lighter weight the nose had to be extended for balance The airplane was named Miss Mogal (from Alan Mogg) and the aircraft was first flown at Morisset NSW in November 1939 Flight characteri stics were described as excellent with no vices Speeds were quoted as a maximum of 95 mph cruise of 75 mph and stall 30 mph The aircraft was damaged in the mid-1950s and rebuilt over several years at Manley NSW

Oliver Paquette (left) and Shorty Cramer

then sold to Ron Willis at Boggabri NSW in the 1960s It is now on display at the Tamworth Museum (a secondshyhand shop) where I took these photos Ive tried to phone Alan for the last three months with no success

Cheerio Alan Lewis (EAA 1634) Paddington NSW

Moths across New Zealand Dear Mark

The Tiger Club of New Zealand is organising a Vintage Air Rally from North Cape to Bluff the two exshytremities of New Zealand starting on

Monday 26 February 1990 and finishshying near Gore the following Friday The idea has been enthusiastically enshydorsed by the 1990 Commission as an Official Project to help celebrate the countrys sesquicentennial and we re commemorating the pioneering long distance flights in New Zealand which culminated in the December 1933 efshyfort of Ted Harvie and Miss Trevor

Hunter in Gipsy Moth ZK-APB when they were the first people to cover the full length of the country in one day Miss Hunter now Mrs Trevor Colshyway will be taking some part in our activities

There is also the likelihood of a lishymited number of our members having a go at doing the North Cape to Bluff flight in one day in Tiger Moths and a Gipsy Moth something nobody has tried in open-cockpit biplanes for 56 years

This whole event is gaining internashytional recognition The deHavilland Fox Moth that was used to start Bert Mercers Air Travel operations in South Westland in 1934 (and which re-

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sided in upstate New York for some years as N 83DH) will be coming out from England for the rally and a couple of airshows and with it in the same container will be a Gipsy Moth and possibly a Hornet Moth depending on available room Some of our members from the USA and Australia have also indicated they will be making the trip to New Zealand to take part

Our rally will be followed imshy

mediately by our annual fly-in at Manshydeville not far west of Gore and the Will Scotland Memorial Air Race for Tiger Moths from Invercargill to Gore commemorating the first cross-country flight in either New Zealand or Aushystralia using a Caudron in February 1914 All these three linked events are official 1990 projects

It promises to be a memorable event - provided the weather behaves itself But then open-cockpit biplane pilots always did tend to be an optimistic lot anyway

always enjoy reading your magazine Keep up the good work 6 NOVEMBER 1989

Yours sincerely John King (EAA 228003 AIC 8502) Secretary The Tiger Club of New Zeashyland

Hart to Heart Dear Mark Phelps

Thank you for your generous apshypreciation of my contribution to VINshyTAGE AIRPLANE It encourages me to continue sending a variety of vintage aero antics and serious articles Meetshying Buck Hilbert on a flight to Enshysenada Mexico (Pass It to Buck June) was something special because HE is Buck accumulates friendships wherever he goes sharing his wealth of knowledge and even PARTS with anyone dedicated to restoring or preshyserving our kind of flying machines

Just this second I turned pages to find the name of the author of Cats Meow (August) intending to write a paragraph about his outstanding attrishybutes - to you Shock Honestly the most enjoyable article Ive read in ages for a row of reasons First but not in order of importance my vast files on vintage aircraft yield but one shot of the Kitten and precious little data Now this explosion of intimate knowlshyedge and great pictures of the beautishyful animal

Best of all were your explanations of functional aerodynamic problems and their solutions I dont recall other fine articles with so much real-life finding and fixing problems pertaining to sound design guidance as valid

today as way back then The Kittens wingspan increased from 28 to 32 feet with no decrease in top speed noted sounds credible to me A lower angle of attack in level flight can be exshypected reducing drag enough to comshypensate for the extra span

Icing on the Kittens cake - By June 1943 Leroy Grumman had enough confidence in his litter of Navy fighters to turn his attention to another

breed of cat And That solved the problem of the Kittens recalcitrant paws once and for all Such a light touch turning up in a solid serious story turns people like me to adding another leaf to your fanmail tree

Sinceriously Ed Lockhart (aka Edlock Hart) Lakeside California

Thanks are due to Mort Kelman who provided most of the photos for that story from his archives Here s one more that didnt make it into print the first time - Ed

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MEMBERS PROTECTS VI

by Norm Petersen

Built in October of 1942 at Middletown Ohio this Aeronca 65-CA Chief NC39576 SIN CA18482 is the proud possession of Jeff Laver (EAA 330421 AlC 13739) of Lake Jackson Texas Jeff reports the Chief had been completely restored in 1973 prior to his buying the airplane in July of 1988 He is now in the process of making a new cowl new engine baffeling and rerigging the entire airplane with new control cables In additiof a set of wheel pants are being made Jeff is planning on re-doing the interior of the Chief and asks if anyone has any information on pre-war Chiefs please contact him at 203 Stanford Rd Lake Jacksof TX 77566

From West Germany comes this pretty picture of a Cessna 140 D-EHSC flown by Peter Lendle (EAA 316217 AlC 14403) of Erlenweg 11 D-7734 Brigachtal West Germany This type of aircraft is quite popular in Europe as it has the necessary electrical system for VHF radio (required in Europe) plus low fuel burn (at $3 to $4 per gallon) Note 3200 Scott tailwheel and original main gear hubcaps

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()uring the decade after World War I the science of aerodynamics was being expanded and deepened in the research laboratories and workshops of many nations

Some of the theory deve loped would be used to refine the shape of the airplane through streamlining (Vinshytage Literature July 1989) Much of the research which would be incorposhyrated in the new wing sections and shapes in the airplanes of the 1930s was on lift and drag

Of special importance among the inshyventions and improvements was the slotted wing The effect of the slot was discovered independently in Germany by G V Lachmann and in England by Handley Page Lechmann was to join the Handley Page company and the deshyvice became known throughout the world as the Handley Page Slot

The effectiveness of the slots was shown in wind tunnel and fli ght tests both in Germany and England with the tests showing a 60 percent increase in wing lift at high angles of attack

Though the results of the invention of the slotted wing aroused immense excitement it found little use in the 1920s This was possibly due to the low wing loading of the predominant biplane designs and their slow landing speeds With the advent of all-metal aircraft and higher wing loading slots became more useful An exception was the Royal Air Force which required all new aircraft to have them beginning in 1928

Thanks to Mr Clifford C Jackson of Davison Michigan the EAA Aviashytion Foundation Library recently reshyceived some examples of Handley Page company publications on the slotshyted wing

One titled The Automatic Slot which appears to have been published in 1930 was a 26-page brochure that gives a general history of the device and how it operates The brochure carshyries a very strong message on the slot s

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contribution to avia tion safety The booklet begins with a story

called The Parable of the Unselfish Husband which presents as much of a comment on the sensibility of the times as a message on flying safety

A certain husband was in the habit of denying himself things in order the better to provide for his beautiful wifes extensive needs and so to retain her affection he gave up smoking cigars and took to cigarettes he drank water instead of wine and he reduced the numher of clubs to which he beshylonged from eight to one so that a larger part of his income could be deshyvoted to the purchase of clothes hats perfumes and other articles for his wife

And when he came to buy an aeroplane he chose a cheap one and being told that the fitting of auto-slots would cost [extra] he refused to have slots fitted And in due course his aeroplane stalled and spun into the ground and he was killed

The Handley-Page Gugnunc slotted and flapped biplane was an entry in the 1929 Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition

According to the Handley Page comshypany the lesson of the story as stated in

I)the parable was z j

~The Jate oj this tunselfish and deshyJvoted husband

should be a warning to all who do not place a sufficient value on their own saJety The experishyences oj life may be unpleasant but inasshymuch as those oj death may be even more unpleasant it is advisable to fit slots and be secure

As you can tell - a rather strong message The rest of the brochure is more technical in nature covering air accidents the wing slot and controllashybility and a technical description of the slot in ac tion

Facts About Slots

The Handley Page automatic slot is now so widely used that the time is ripe Jor a recapitulation oj some oj the chieJJacts about it Its history is unique in aeronautics It has progressed and overcome ignorance and prejudice at an astonishing rate as will be seen if the course oj events is examined

First installed as a means oj inshycreasing the speed range oj an aeropshylane by decreasing its landing speed it was developed to provide at these lower 5peeds a method oj lateral conshytrol and stability then and now so woeJully lacking in aircraJt with ordishynary wings

It went on to report that tests of the slots by British government were so successful in the laboratory and on a Bristol fighter that all Bristol fighters in use with the RAF were ordered to have auto-slots

A similar rapid development took place in civil aviation It began when a Jamous make oj light aeroplane was fitted with auto-slots and tested The results were so conclusive that private aeroplane owners began immediately to stipulate that their machines must

Britain affirm that slots do what they are claimed to do and second that the validity oj the patent

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be Jitted with auto-slots Now almost every private aeroplane owner in Great Britain and the Dominions insists on the inclusion oj auto-slots in his machine

The British Government and slots Another section of the report dealt

with the fact that after testing the British Government bought the rights to the slots for 100000 Pounds

The agreement constitutes a public proclamation first that the best technishycal brains in Great

is unshakable

E In 1928 the Govshyernment began to fit some Service aircraft with slots Every Britstol fighter in the Service was slotted and steps were then

taken to equip D H 9s It was then decided to fit slots to all

Service aircraft

In order to check as quickly as posshysible the wastage oj lives and material that was going on owing to the Jreshyquency oj the stall-and-spin type ojair accident the Air Ministry was preshypared to interfere with the works proshygrammes oj the various aircraJt manushyJacturers to the extent oj insisting that all Royal Air Force machines were to be slotted beJore being put in service

The effects oj these decisions are already noticeable Up to the time oj writing no single Jatal stall-and-spin accident has happened to a British Service aircraJt Jitted with slots

It was noted that prior to the slot installations the RAF was experiencing 20 to 30 fatal stall-and-spin accidents per year

Safer Civil Flying After discussing the causes of fatal

civil accidents in private or club airshycraft (as in the U S stall-spins acshycounted for the largest number) the section concludes

The auto-slot is not a Gadget It is not that to say an unessential acshycessory It is part oJthe machine itself and it improves the machine by inshycreasing the pilots control over it Auto-slots no only increase the aeropshylanes saJety but also during certain manoeuvers improve the performance oj the machine bull

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS The following is a parliallisting of new members who have joined the EAA AntiqueClassic Division (through May 3 1989) We are honored to welcome them into the organization whose members common interest is vintage aircraft Succeeding issues of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE will contain additional listings of new members

Tom Sabata Scot ia New York

Robert B Sackmann Bloomington Indiana

William E Sadler Atlanta Georgia

David Sanderson III Sierra Vista Arizona

Donald M Sather Hayward Califorshynl a

Kenneth Sawusch Libertyv ille JI-Iinois

Cliff Schlender Clintonville WisconshySill

Walter Borns Scragg Sydney New South Wales Australia

Michael Sentell Maryville Tennessee

Cheryl Serviss Arroyo Grande Californi a

Robert J Severson Houston Texas

Bruce Shaeffer Jr Lititz Pennsylshyval1la

Thomas W Sharpe Reidsv ille North Carolina

Rodney Sheakley Pet ro li a Pennsylshyva l1la

Larry Sheiter Manchester Missouri

Short Wing Piper Club Halstead Kansas

Robert Wayne Simpson Norwood North Carolina

Lendon V Sink Lexington North Carolina

C Donald Sitta Farmington New Mex ico

Brian Smith Ripon California

Michael Smith Sioux Falls South Dakota

Richard C Smith Wichita Kansas

Lars Soe-Jensen Farum Denmark

Ronnie L Southard Milford Delashyware

Patricia B Sowell Statesboro Georshyg ia

George P Spolsdoff Law ndale California

Robert D Sponseller Shelby Ohio

Schuyler O Stackus Phoen ix Arizona

John I Stahly Nappanee Indiana

Roland Standring It asca Illinois

Peter Stanek San Rafae l California

John Roger Stark Fort Worth Texas

Ralph H Starr Daytona Beach Florida

Edward T Stettner Lake Alfred Florida

Mark F Stevens Biloxi Miss iss ippi

John H Stewart Needham Masshysachusetts

Charles A Stone Danbury Connecshyticut

Ernest R Streifthau Middletown Ohio

Harold Swanson North Branch Min shynesota

David N Switzer Cocoa Florida

Gagniere Sylvain Les Garrigues Mauguio France

Texas State Technical Institute Waco Texas

Bill Thibault Newport Beach Ca li forshyili a

Matthew J Thiele Nashua New Hampshire

James P Thomas Springfield Illinois

Walter O Thompson Columbus Ohio

Tony Tinsman Westphal ia Missouri

Larry Tippit Cumby Texas

Jeremy Tischendorf Green Bay Wisshyconsll1

Thomas B Traylor Jr Birmingham Alabama

Robert J Triplett Bruce Wisconsin

Mark Allen Turner Eufaula Alabama

Reuben D Tye Jr Arlington Texas

David Valaer Dallas Texas

Kevin Van Dyke Palm Beach Garshydens Florida

Jack Veach Reno Nevada

John W Veil Jr Wyomissing Pennsy lvania

Andrew J Volovar Mysti c Connecshyticut

Richard L Wagner San Bernardino California

Fred Walatka Anchorage Alaska

Rem Walker Regina Saskatchewan Canada

Randall J Wall Ava Illinois

William Walters Battle Creek Michi-Leonard C Smith EI Toro California Greg Teufel Seattle Washington gan 10 NOVEMBER 1989

Don Ward Green Bay Wisconsin

Herbert E Ware Muncie Indiana

William F Watson Tulsa Ok lahoma

David Welch Venice Florida

Lee C Whitehead Middleport New York

James B Williams Jr Ridgeway Virginia

Morgan Williams Jr Midland Onshytario Canada

George W Williams Portsmouth New Hampshire

Dallas Wise Hyattsville Maryland

Robert Wislocki Bethany Connecshyticut

Charles E Wolter Niles Michigan

William N Woodhouse Power Monshytana

Gregory D Wastrel Deephaven Minnesota

David F Wrench Mountain View California

George F Wright Sutton Coldfield West Midlands England

James Wunderlin Milwaukee Wisshyconsin

Frank Wustrack Oostburg WisconshySill

James Wutzen Kirkland Washington

Michael Yearout Breckenridge Colshyorado

Carlton C Young Bessemer Alabama

Robert A Zembinski Milwaukee Wisconsin

William J Zimmer Venice Florida

American Champion Aircraft Corp Rochester Wisconsin

Robert C Ansley Winchester Tenshynessee

Michael P Anthony Kerrville Texas

John Barnes East Doncaster Aushystra li a

Clyde E Barton Angleton Texas

Philip A Block Anchorage Alaska

Jose M Bouza Ewa Beach Hawaii

John D Bramsen Ch icago Illinois

Ralph E Brandon Newark Ohio

Bernard M Brill Sacramento Cal iforn ia

Herman B Brust Jr Frederick Maryland

James E Buchanan Phoenix Arizona

Edward G Cartwright Kansas City Missouri

Nick Charlemagne Libreville Gabon Africa

Phillip E Cline Lockhart Texas

Richard N Cochrane Clarks Sumshymit Pennsylvania

Giorgio Conti-Veccui Cagliari Italy

Elizabeth Ann Copland Ann Arbor Michigan

Mary Crawford Port SI Lucie Florida

Eugene Davidson Oldsmar Florida

A Robert Davies Troy Ohio

John Davis Cincinnati Ohio

Michael F Diem Minneapolis Minshynesota

Timothy R Dykman Quogue New York

Donald E Ellis Grass Valley Cali forshynia

George Elton Snohomish Washingshyton

Rocco J Farano Dobbs Ferry New York

Steven C Fisher Sim i Valley Californ ia

Robert Fox Arab Alabama

Kevin David Francis Great Dunmow Essex Eng land

Norris E Garvey New Albany In shydiana

Camile P Gaspard Blanks Louisiana

James F George Vineland New Jershysey

Robert A Gingell Sunn yva le California

Dan Grace Covington Georgia

Ralph S Graham SI Paul Minshynesota

Peter Groves Vancouver British Colshyumbi a Canada

Don W Guthrie Sr Forestville California

Robert D Halvorsen Van Nuys California

James R Hammond Bradenton Florida

George R Hartigan Spring Texas

William M Henderson Fargo North Dakota

G Hengeveld Sprang Capelle Netherlands

Robert L Hess Clarence New York

Carthel A Hole Pontotoc Mississ ippi

Ray L Hulce Niles Michigan

International Civil Aviation Organishyzation Montreal Quebec Canada

Paul M Jablonski Greenwood Inshydiana

Kenneth w Jerolaman Bernardsvi lle New Jersey

Cliff W Johnston Hawkes Bay New Zealand

F Ben Jones Katy Texas VINTAGE AIRPLANE 11

1989

LISTING

compil ed by Mark Phe lps

B irds of a feather do flock together and type clubs are the best way for owners of like mac hines to share inform ashyti on part s and soc ial camaraderie The Cessna 12011 40 cl ubs merged the ir effort s to produce a record assault on EAA Oshkosh 88 In 1989 The Ameri can Yankee Associshyati on heJd its national convention in Cable Wisconsin the week be fore EAA Oshkosh 89 and several members fl ew on down to Oshkosh the fo llow ing week to for m the G ru mshyman Corral in the north parking area

Bes ides owners of spec ific aircraft pil o ts with similar ex periences or interests can gather to share a li e or two The OX-5 Aviation Pioneers fo r instance include pilots bold enough to have fl own behind the Curti ss OX-5 eng ine before World War II

Officers and members of type clubs often are the fi rst point of contact for pilots considering a spec ific airplane type and that usuall y exc ites the prospecti ve owner abo ut getting the project started You might say that many of those who call with doubts about the type are clubbed into submiss ion

Aeronca Aviator s Club shyA Division of Pea Patch Airlines Julie amp Joe Dickey 51 1 Terrace Lake Road Columbus IN 47201 8 12342-6878 Newsletter 4 times as year Dues No dues - $ 12 subsc ripti on

National Aeronca Club Jim Thompson President 266 Lamp amp Lantern Vill age Chesterf ield MO 63017 12 NOVEMBER 1989

Most type clubs also di stribute newsletters that include stories maintenance information and schedul es of ac shyti viti es They also offer a chance to get a picture of a me mber s aircraft in print for everyone across the country to apprec iate An exce llent example of a type-c lu b news letshyter is the Short Wing Piper NI s published by the Short Wing Piper C lub

If you own an antique or class ic aircraft or even an orph aned spamcan such as the Grum man American airpl anes and you would like to network with others who share your enthusias m type c lu bs are the best way The fo ll owing is the AntiqueClass ic Di vis ion s most current li st o f ty pe clubs If we have le ft out your group or made an error in our li sting send in the in fo rmati on and we ll make it avail able to members nex t year The organi zations are li sted alphabeticall y by the name most commonl y assoc iated with the type i e Beech Stagge rwing clu bs are li sted under S and the Western Bonanza Assoc iation is li sted un der B

Newslette r 6 per year Dues $20 00 US $30 Canada $45 Foreign $40 Charter US $50 Charter Canada $65 Charter Foreign

Aeronca Lovers Club Buzz Wagner Box 3 40 1 1st SI East Clark SO 57225 605532-3862 Newsletter Quarte rl y Dues $ 15 per year

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Aeronca Sedan Club Mr Richard Welsh 2311 East Lake Sammamish Place SE Issaquah W A 98027 Newsletter 3 per year Dues $350 per year

American Air Racing Society Mr Rudy Profant President 4060 W 158th Street Cleveland OH

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American Aviation Historical Socishyety Mr Harry Gann President 2333 Otis SI Santa Ana CA 92704 714549-4818 Tuesday nights 7 00shy900 pm local Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 includes Journal and Newsshyletter

Flying Apache Assn John Lumley 1 S 300 Dillon Lane Villa Park IL 60181 312627-8027 Dues $25 per year

Artic Tern Newsletter David Neumeister 5630 S Washington Lansing MI 48910 517882-8433 Newsletter Dues $10 per year

Bellanca Champion Club Ms Pam Foard and Mr Larry DAtshytilio 1820 N 166th Street Brookfield WI 53005 4141784-03 18 Newsletter Quarterly - Bellanca Conshytact Dues $2500 per year

Bird Airplane Club Jeannie Hill P O Box 328 Harvard IL 60033 815943-7205 Newsletter 2-3 annually Dues Postage Donation

American Bonanza Society Cliff R Sones Administrator PO Box 12888 Wichita KS 67277 316945-6913

Newsletter Monthly Dues $3500 per year

Western Bonanza Society Alden C Barrios 1436 Muirlands Drive La Jolla CA 92037 619459-5901 Newsletter Dues $20 per year

Bucker Club John Bergeson SecretaryTreasurer 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 517561-2393 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year (US amp Canada) $ 15 per year (Foreign)

Bucker Club National Frank Price President RI 1 Box 419 Moody Texas 76557 817853-2008 Newsletter 12 per year Dues $2500 per year

Cessna Airmaster Club Gar Williams 9 So 135 Aero Drive Naperville IL 60565 312355-9416 Dues None

International Bird Dog Association (Cessna L-19) Phil Phillips President 3939 C-8 San Pedro NE Albuquerque NM 87110 50588 1-7555 Newsletter Quarterly Observer Dues $2500 per year

Cessna T -50 Flying Bobcats Jon Larson 3821 53rd Street SE Auburn WA 98002 206833-1068 Newsletter Quarterly Dues Donation

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West Coast Cessna 120140 Club Donna Christopherson Membership 451 Bellwood Drive Santa Clara CA 95054 408988-8906 or 5540474 Newsletter Bi-monthly Dues $ 10 per year

Cessna 150152 Club Skip Carden Executive Director P O Box 15388 Durham NC 27704 919471-9492 Newsletter Monthly Dues $2000 per year

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Intcrnational Cessna 1711 Associashytion Inc Vclvel Fadcldc) Exccutivc SCLTc tary PO Bo 1667 Lehanon MO 6556 New~lctlLT Fly Paper ( I I per year) The 170 New~ (Q uarterl y) Dul~ S 15 00 per year

International Cessna 180 185 Club (Cessna I XO-I X5 ownership req uired ) Charles Bombardier Pre~ iden t

45l) N 4l)th A ve nue Phoenix AZ X501 I Newsletter 9 or 10 per year Dues S 15 per year

Eastern 190195 Association Cliff Crabs 25575 Butternut North Olmsted OH 44070 2161777-4025 after 6 pm Easte rn Newsletter Irregular - Manual on Maintenance for Members Dues $10 initiation amp as required each year

International 195 Club Dwight M Ewing President P O Box 737 Merced CA 95344 2091722-6283 Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $2000 US annually

International Comanche Society Jaek Holaway P O Box 400 Grant NE 69140 308352-4275 Newsletter Dues $34 per year

Corben Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletters Quarterly Dues $800 for four issues

Cub Club (Piper) John Bergeson Chairman P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant MI 48804-2002 517561-2393 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year (US) $20 (Canada) $25 (Foreign)

L-4 Grasshopper Wing Publisher John Bergeson Cub Club 14 NOVEMBER 1989

P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant MI 48804-2002 517561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year (US) $ 15 (Canada - US Funds) $20 (Foreign) Note Must be a Cub Club member also

Culver Club Larry Low Chairman 60 Skywood Way Woodside CA 94062 415851-0204 Newsletter None Dues None

Culver PQ-14 Assoc Ted Heineman Editor 29621 Kensington Drive Laguna Niguel CA 92677 714831-0173 Newsletter Annually Dues Donation

Dart Club (Culver) Lloyd Washburn 3958 Washburn Drive PI Clinton OH 43452 Newsletter Now and Then Dues None

Curtiss Robin Club W Lane Tufts 4138 Santa Rosa Drive Moorpark CA 93021 805529-2359 Dues None

deHavilland Moth Club Gerry Schwam Chairman 1021 Serpentine Lane Wyncote PA 19095 215635-7000 or 215886-8283 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $ 12 US amp Canada $15 Overseas

deHavilland Moth Club of Canada R deHavilland Ted Leonard FoundershyDirector 305 Old Homestead Road Keswick Ontario Canada L4P I E6 416476-4225 Newsletter Periodicall y Dues $20 annually

American Tiger Club (deHavilland) Mr Frank Price President Rt I Box 419 Moody Texas 76557 817853-2008 Newsletter Monthly Dues $2500 per year

Ercoupe Owners Club Skip Carden Eecutivc Director Box 1505~

Durham NC 2770+ 91l11471-94l12 Newsletters Monthly with ~pecial

editions Dues S20 per year

Fairchild Club John W Berendt President 7645 Echo Point Road Cannon Falls MN 55009 507263-24 14 Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $5

Fairchild Fan Club Robert L Taylor Edi tor PO Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $800 per year

Flying Farmers International Kyle Ann Stream Executive Director PO Box 9124 2 120 Airport Road

W ichit a KS 67277 31619+3-4234 News lette r 10 issues per year Dues S35 per yea r US funds plus chapter dues

Fleet Club George G Gregory Pres ident 4~80 Duguid Road Manlius NY 13 104 3 15682-6380 Newsletter Approx two per year Dues Con tributions

Funk Aircraft Owners Association G Dale Beach Ed itor - Treasurer 1621 Dreher Street Sac ramento CA 958 14 916443-7604 Newsletter 10 per yea r Dues $ 12 00

Great Lakes Club Robert L Taylor Ed itor PO Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Quarte rl y Dues $ 10 per year

The American Yankee Assn (Grumshyman American) Steve Wilson 3232 Western Drivc Cameron Park C A t)56~2

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Hatz Club Robert L Taylor Ed itor PO Rox In Blakesburg IA 52536 515 938-2773 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $~ per year

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The Interstate Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 51593 8-2773 Newsletter Interstate Intercom

deHaviliand TIger Moth

Dues $8 for four issues

Little Round Engine Flyer Ken Williams Chairman 33 1 E Franklin Street Portage WI 53901 Contact Williams for further informashytion

Continental Luscombe Association Loren Bump Fearless Leader 5736 Esmar Road Ceres CA 95307 209537-9934 Newsletter Bi-monthly (6 per year) Dues $ 10 (US) $ 1250 (Canada or $10 US funds) $ 15 (Foreign)

Luscombe Association John Bergeson Chairman 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 517561-2393 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $ 15 per year (US) $20 per year (Canada) $25 per year (Foreign)

Meyers Aircraft Owners Association Wm E Gaffney Secretary 26 Rt 17K

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Newburgh NY 12550 914565-8005 Newsletter 5-6 per year Dues Postage Fund Donation

Minnesota Seaplane Pilots Associashytion Jack E Mathisen Box 385 Squaw Lake MN 56681 218659-4431 Newsletter 3-4 per year Dues $15 per year

Mooney Aircraft Pilots Assn Mark Harris 314 Stardust Dri ve San Antonio TX 78228 512434-5959 Newsletter Dues $30 per year

National Air Racing Group Frank Ronco President 1313 Los Arboles Sunnyvale CA 94087 4081733-7967 Newsletter Professional Air Racing (lOyear)

Dues $IOyear domestic

National Biplane Association Charles W Harris Board Chairman Mary R Jones Executive Director

Hangar 5 4-J Aviation Jones-Riverside Airport Tulsa OK 74132 918299-2532 Dues $1500 per year

National Championship Air Races Susan Audrain Marketing Director PO Box 1429 Reno NY 89505 702826-7500

Naval Aircraft Restorers Assn Gerald Miller 3320 Northridge Drive Grand Junction CO 81506 3031245-7899 Newsletter Dues $12 per year

American Navion Society Raleigh Morrow Chairman of Board Gerry Bright Executive Secretary Box 1175 Municipal Airport Banning CA 92220 714849-2213 Newsletter Monthly Dues $35 per year

The 99s Inc International Women Pilots Loretta Jean Gragg Executive Direcshytor PO Box 59965 Will Rogers Airport Oklahoma City OK 73159

405 685-7969 Newsletter The 99 News - monthly Dues $4000 annually

Norseman Club David E Neumeister 5630 S Washington Lansing MI 48911-4999 517882-8433 Newsletter Quarterly - Norseman Newsletter Dues $10 per year

North American Trainer Association (T6 T-28 NA64 NA50) Stoney and Kathy Stonich 2285 Oakvale Drive Shingle Springs CA 95682 916677 -2456 Newsletter Quarterly - Texans and Trojans Dues $25 US $35 Canada Foreign US Funds - In1 Money

OX-5 Aviation Pioneers Oliver Y Phillips National Secretary 10405 W 32 Avenue Wheat Ridge CO 80033 303233-5905 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year

Buckeye Pietenpol Association Frank S Pavliga Newsletter Editor

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2800 S Turner Road Canfield OH 44406 2161792-6973 days 2161792-6269 (evenings) Newsletter Buckeye Pietenpol Assn Newsletter - Quarterly Dues $750 per year

International Pietenpol Association Robert L Taylor Editor PO Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Quarterly or Semi-annushyally Dues $8 per year

Short Wing Piper Club Inc Lonnie McLaughlin Membership Chairman 32 East End A venue Brentwood NY 11717 516273-5072 Newsletter Bi-monthly Dues $25 per year

Porterfield Airplane Club Chuck Lebrecht 1019 Hickory Road Ocala FL 32672 904687-4859 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $5 per year

Rearwin Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $8 per year

Ryan Club National Bill J Hodges Chairman 811 Lydia Stephenville TX 76401 817968-4818 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Replica Fighters Association Frank G Weatherly President 22451 David Taylor MI 48180 313295-0590 Newsletters Bi-monthly Dues $15 per year

Seabee Club International Captain Richard W Sanders President 6761 NW 32 A venue Ft Lauderdale FL 33309 305979-5470 Newsletter Quarterly (plus phone conshysultation) amp directory Dues $15 (US amp Canada) $20 (Foreign)

Seaplane Pilots Association Robert A Richardson Executive Dishyrector 421 Aviation Way Frederick MD 21701 301695-2083 Newsletter Water Flying (Quarterly) Water Flying (Annual) 88 SPA Seapshylane Landing Directory - $12 - Memshybers$25 non-members Dues $28 per year

Silver Wings Fraternity Russ Brinkley President PO Box 11970 Harrisburg PA 17108 717232-9525 Newsletter Slipstream Tabloid Monthly Dues Initiation - $10 $5 per year

Spartan School of Aeronautics Alumni Association Vern Foltz Alumni Relations 8820 E Pine Street Tulsa OK 74115 918836-6886 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 annually

Staggerwing Club Jim Gorman President 1885 Millsboro Road

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Mansfie ld OH 44906 4 19529-3822 (home) 4 191755- 10 11 (office) Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $ 15 per year

Stampe Club Internationa Willi am R Baldwin P O Box 1408 Lebanon TN 37088 News letter Dues $20 per year

Stearman Restorers Association Tom Lowe President 823 Kingston Lane Crystal Lake IL 6001 4 8 15459-6873 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $ 15 per year

National Stinson Club Jonsey Pau l 144 18 Skinner Road Cypress TX 77429 Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $7 50

National Stinson Club (108 Section) George H Leamy Pres ident 108 Clu b I 15 Heinley Road

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Replica Sopwilh Camel

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Southwest Stinson Club Dick Goe rges Pres ident 36 19 Nortree Street San Jose CA 95 148 408274-9 179 Newsletter SWSC Newsletter 10 per year Dues $ 10 per year

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Super Cub Pilots Association Jim Richmond FounderlDirector PO Box 9823 Yakima WA 98909 509248-9491 Newsletter Monthly Dues $25 per year U S $35 per year (Canada) $40 per year (Foreign)

Swift Association International Charlie Nelson P O Box 644 Athens TN 37307 6151745-9547 Newsletter Monthly Dues $25 per year

Taylorcraft Owners Club Bruce M Bixler II President 12809 Greenblower Road Alliance OH 44601 216823-9748 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Tomahawk Pilots Association Skip Carden Editor P O Box 15388 Durham NC 27704 Newsletter Bi-monthly (6 per year) Dues $2000 per year

Travel Air Club Robert L Taylor Editor PO Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Travel Air Tales - Quarshyterly Dues $8 per year

Travel Air Division of Staggerwing Museum Dub Yarbrough P O Box 550 Tullahoma TN 37388 615455-1974 Newsletter Dues $25 per year

Twin Bonanza Association Richard L Ward Director 19684 Lakeshore Drive Three Rivers MI 49093 616279-2540 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 per year (U S amp Canada) $35 per year (Foreign)

Vintage Sailplane Association Jan Scott Secretary Rt I Box 239

Lovettsville V A 22080 703822-5504 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Waco Club National Ray Brandly President 700 Hill Avenue Hamilton OH 45015 513868-0084 Newsletter Bi-monthly Dues $800 per year

Waco Historical Society R E Hoefflin Treasurer 10 13 Westgate Road Troy OH 45373

Waco UPF-7s

513335-2621 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $4 per year Sept I - Aug 31

World War I Aeroplanes Inc Leonard E Opdycke DirectorPubshylisher 15 Crescent Road Poughkeepsie NY 1260 I 914473-3679 Journals WW I Aero (1900-1919) Skyways (1920-1940) Dues Minimum - $20 each for one year $25 foreign for WW I Aero

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1989 GRAND CHAMPION ANTIQUE

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Bill Halverson has been at least part owner of his Beech G 17S Staggerwing since 1967 A pilot really gets to know an airplane in that amount of timc especially if he spends 12 of those years on a total rebuild as Bill has done with NC 80316 The reward for that effort comes with recognition both on the ramps of airports along wherever his route may take him and in the judgshying ballots at EAA Oshkosh 89 where the airplane was voted Grand Chamshypion Antique

Bills G 17S was originally built at Beechs Wichita factory in February 1947 Walter Beech called the G 17S the best of all the Staggerwings Im shyprovements over the D Models inshycluded a redesigned engine installation with a longer sleeker cowling a new windshield with shalshy

greater with the V -tai l aluminum speedster as we ll The Staggerwing faded after 20 G Models were proshyduced and the Bonanza went on to a successful production run that persists to thi s day The sty le and luxury of the Staggerwing however will never be forgotten as long as there are people such as Bill Halverson who are devoted to preserving the history of the great airplanes of the Golden Age

Serial Number B 15 was the last Staggerwing built for a customer at the factory Four more were asse mbled from parts later on in Texas by Henry Seale Aviation Supply Inc And a facshytory demonstrator Serial Number B20 was later built in Wichita but NC 80316 was the last of the lU xury cabin biplanes Beech sold to a regular cusshy

tomer in this case an oil drilling outfit from Colorado The company flew the Staggerwing as a corporate transport until the late 1950s or early 1960s and sold it to Tomcat Overalls Inc in Tenshynessee In the early 1960s Robert Colshyeman bought the Staggerwing and reshycovered it in Razorback painted it white and changed the registration number to N 262C In 1967 a group of eight airline pilots bought the airplane and shared expenses and flyshying until 1972 when one of the eight Bill Halverson bought the airplane from the club which had since shrunk from eight to three members

As luck would have it an AD note on the Razorback ribstitching arrived shortly after Bill became sole owner He was left with the prospect of a total

rebuild and no one to lower slope a re-deshy share the expense He signed instrument panshy did have plenty of el different vertical help from many quarshystab ilizer and rudder ters but the bulk of the and a new set of fairshy rebuild was performed ings The company inshy by Bill himself tended to build 50 Stripping the skin G17s but at $29000 from the airplane reshythe price was too vealed a variety of much to pay even sub-projects that through the eyes of needed attention The post-war prosperity basic structure was The newfangled Boshy sound but the systems nanza was available at had taken a beating $7 975 and its perforshy from approximately mance was comparashy 2400 hours of use and ble to that of the 25 years of aging The Staggerwing Operatshy landing gear was comshy

Carl Schuppeling economy was far Bill Halverson pletely re-done as 20 NOVEMBER 1989

were the brakes The electrical system was overhauled and conshyverted to 24 volts to accommodate the King Gold Crown radio package The IFR setshyup includes dual navshycoms with glideslope ADF DME threeshylight marker beacon and a Mode C transshyponder Bill also inshycorporated a variety of warning systems for the gear cabin doors flaps low-fuel or oil and fire

The 450-hp Pratt amp Whitney R-985 engine had 50 hours on it when the eight pilots bought it in 1967 and has over 600 now Bill paid a conshysiderable amount of attention to it in the 12 years the airplane was grounded but points out that thc work performed was far short of a complete overhaul It conshytinues to purr like the PampW factory cat

The interior was totally re-worked by the upholstery shop at Flying Cloud Airport near Minneapolis This time however leather was used in places where mohair was used on the original The pleating and other design work is all up to factory spec including the headliner

Bill covered the Staggerwing in Ceconite 101 and laid on 30 coats of hand-rubbed butyrate dope sanding in

between every cross coat The final 12 layers of pigmented dope were applied with tender loving care and 600 wetshysand followed by an even finer grade preceeding the final polishing The rcshysuits are stunning

Bill already knew about the drudgery part of aviation first-hand He began his flying as a lineboy tradshying chores for flying time at Grand Forks North Dakota He entered the Army Air Corps at 18 years of age and flew PT-13s -17s AT-6s and B-25s in the service After that he signed on with Northwest Orient Airlines starting out on DC-3s and Martin 202s Ultishymately he flew almost everything they had including the Boeing 747 which he flew for the last 10 years of his

career retiring In

1986 Along the way he also cadged time in P-51 s with the Minshynesota Air National Guard

Bill is a founding member of the Staggerwing Museum in Tullahoma Tenshynessee and chairs the museums Scot Perry Memorial Scholarship Fund committee The museum is dedicated to the preservation of Staggerwing memorashybilia and houses paperwork plans and

other artifacts relating to the airplane and its designer Walter Beech The scholarship fund is an ongoing project that recognizes young people who have demonstrated a love for aviation and provides for their further education It is named for the son of another museum founding member Dick Perry and frequently calls on the EAA Air Academy for recipients

When Bill s group first bought the Staggerwing it was just another 20shyyear-old corporate luxury barge What they did would compare to a group today buying a used King Air for pershysonal transport It is the passing of time that makes his Staggerwing a piece of aviation history and Bill has been there through it all thick and thin bull

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On Monday evening of EAA Oshshykosh 89 with beautiful airplanes parked at all points of the compass it was still a revelation to discover two highly polished Globe Swifts parked in the first row of the AntiquelClassic aircraft camping area It was fun to watch people walk by stop and stare - the look on their faces giving away their thoughts It is called desire shyhunger if you will Each admiring glance at the two shiny aluminum airshycraft seemed to bring on more admiration Some shook their heads in amazement others quietly pointed out features to their friends Somehow I had the feeling we were looking at a couple of winners

By Wednesday afshyternoon both Swifts and their owners were gone from their tiedown spots and it was hoped the AIC judges had done their work in the short time provided The Thursshyday evening A wards Program soon brought 22 NOVEMBER 1989

a few convictions home Globe Swift NC78181 owned by Daryl Dressler of St Paul Minnesota won the Custom Class I (over ISO-hp) Award And when the Grand Champion Classic Award was announced Charles Hoover and his 8S-hp Globe Swift NC8090S ran off with all the marbles

It was my pleasant job the following week to inform Charles Hoover over the phone that he had garnered the Grand Champion Lindy Award

Charles Hoover

(One of lifes simple pleasures ) At first Charles had a You gotta be kidshyding apprehension about taking home the heavy hardware However my very persistent tone of voice must have hit home He finally realized what he had accomplished and the giggles and laughing told me he understood Later Charles admitted he didnt get much work done the rest of that day

A little detective work revealed that Charles had won six previous awards

at Oshkosh with his Swift with the AIC Grand Champion Lindy being Numshyber seven On top of this the beautifully polished machine has won any number of other awards over the past 16 years of Hoovers ownership

The original Swift named the GC-l was a steel tube and plywood airplane deshysigned by K H Bud Knox back in 1941 It looked very similar to the metal version which came after World War I in

1945 The original aircraft was powered with a Continental A-80 and would top out at 145 mph and cruise at 130 mph - figures that are remarkably similar to Charles Hoovers metal Swift with its 85-hp engine

The Swift was built by three differshyent companies following World War

II Globe Aircraft Corp of Fort Worth Texas started the line of all-metal Swifts and was followed by Texas Enshygineering amp Manufacturing Co (Temco) These in turn were followed by Universal Aircraft which built the last 16 GC-IA and 60 GC-IB Swifts The grand total manufactured is apshyproximately 1500 Swifts of which some 720 remain on the FAA Register today or these it is estimated that less than a half dozen are still flying with a C85-12 engine Now we can understand why Charles Hoovers 85shyhp Swift has caused so many raised eyebrows It is a rare bird

Built in July 1946 Charles GC-IA is Serial Number 308 and is one of the 47 GC-IA models built by Globe that are still on the FAA Register Nearly all of these have been re-engined with more horsepower The lowest number on the register is NC33336 SIN 2 which is owned by Louis Leftwich Jr of Orlando Florida This very aircraft was used in the photos for the company literature in 1946 Included in the opshytions for the 1946 Swift were floats and skis An airbrushed drawing shows NC33336 flying by with a set of rather pointed floats mounted on struts from the gear wells (Talk about Dreamshyers)

Some of the detailing on Charles Swift really caught the judges eye at EAA Oshkosh 89 The beautiful deshycals on the wheel hubs showing a map of the world with Swift across the face were done by fellow Swift owner Pat Moore of Minneapolis They were done about 10 years ago using the silkscreen process and are absolutely beautiful

Please bear in mind that this Swift has been continually upgraded for the 16 years that Charles has owned it Herein lies the secret Just because Charles didnt win Grand Champion in 1973 he didnt give up Each year more improvements were acshycomplished eventually culminating with the coveted Grand Champion A ward This is persistence at its very best For this we congratulate Charles Hoover and wish him the very best in future endeavors

And let us not forget the Lake Elmo bunch of Swift aficionados who work so well together in a mutual aid society Led by Mark Holliday Jim Montague and a host of others they have set the collective AntiqueClassic crowd on their ear with the huge amount of championship hardware that has found its way home to Lake Elmo We salute you bull

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SPEEDWING Vern Dallman flies the sole

remaining Curtiss-Wright B-14-B

If youve ever watched a kitten grow up you have an idea of how aviation spent its childhood A kitten doesnt know whats possible and what isn t It can t tell the difference between leaping up on a tall bookshelf which it will be ab le to do when it gets bigger and leaping up on the roof It will jump and fai l day after day until it finally makes the bookshelf Some time later it will find another way to get to the roof You have to wonder if along the way the kitten had any idea what its ultimate limitations were

In the 1930s aviation was like that kitten It hadnt yet figured out what it couldnt do Designers were finding 24 NOVEMBER 1989

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ways to coax more speed and capabilshyity out of airplanes on an almost daily basis Improved airframes alternated with more sophisticated engines playshying techno-leapfrog from one design to the next In June 1932 Curtiss-Wright leaped the field with its 8-14-8 Speedwing Only two were built and Vern Dallman most conspicuous at EAA Oshkosh 89 for his Little Looper replica has one of them at his Ala Doble Aerobatic Ranch in Esshyparto California

The Speedwing was essentially an A-14-D Sportsman with a nine-cyshylinder 330-hp Wright R-97S-E engine The Sportsman which itself was cershy

tified only 10 months earlier had thc seven-cylinder 240-hp R-760-E With 60 more horses up front the Speedshywing aimed its ample nose in the direcshytion of the wealthy sport-flyer market It had scating for thrce with two in a bench seat in front Thc front cockpit normally went around undcr covcr however in the quest for more speed at the expense of carrying passengers The metal cockpi t cover was standard equipment from the factory in St Louis Missouri

Other standard equipment included a metal propeller electric starter navishygation lights cockpit lights battery and a headrest for the rear cockpit Reshy

tractable landing lights would run the buyer an additional $200 and for $100 he could have the optional two-tone paint job The Speedwing carried 35 gallons of fuel in the fuselage tank and an additional 23 gallons in the centershysection tank In keeping with its image as a personal airplane for the disshycriminating owner-pilot two baggage compartments opened on the right side of the fuselage behind the rear cockpit The upper compartment allowed 48 pounds and the lower 100 pounds The shatter-proof windshield was adshyjustable as was the rear seat Top speed of the 8-14-8 was 177 mph with a cruise of 150 mph

Curtiss-Wright also built a 8-14-R with a 420-hp version of the same Rshy975 engine for Casey Lambert Vern Dallmans airplane has a rip-snorting 440-hp version of the same engine for even more neck-snapping perforshymance In fact Curtiss-Wright later developed its Osprey as a fightershybomber version of the Speedwing series for some governments that were re-arming on a tight budget

With the sorry state of owner-flown high-performance aircraft sales today it seems odd that an airplane such as

the Speedwing could survive in the midst of the Depression In fact it didnt Only two were built One went to the Department of Commerce and the other was a factory demonstrator Verns is the old factory airplane comshyplete with the wheel pants and faired N-struts that were added later in the quest for still more speed (Vern has the original metal pants at home but uses a set of fiberglass ones for crossshycountry work)

The progression of Curtiss-Wrights aircraft design trends went like this From the inexpensive training ships of the early 1920s to the speed demons of the early thirties to the potential milishytary contract ships of the mid- to lateshy1930s to the Condor series of transshyports that got the factory people so exshycited after that Its significant that in 1933 Curtiss-Wright still had a stockpile of OX-5 engines in like-new condition available for $45 each No one bought them The OX-5 was the engine of choice for most light aircraft as little as eight years before Contrast that with the Lycoming 0-235 that still powers most two-seat trainers of today yet first appeared almost half a century ago in 1940

Walter 8eech resigned as president of Curtiss-Wright in early 1932 With him went the last vestiges of the Travel Air influence Ralph Damon became president and George Page 1r became chief engineer Fred Landgraf was the project director on the - 14 Series and his previous employment with the Ken-Royce (Rearwin) factory and the Alexander Eaglerock design team shows up clearly in the Curtiss-Wright machines

Its interesting that you can break down the design influence and progshyress of a company virtually by the month based on who was designing the airplanes and what engines were available at what cost Also important was the management of the company who aimed the product at whichever market appeared the most pliable at the time In fact it s likely that the whole history may be over-analyzed The explanation for each new aircraft may be as simple as it appears

I n the case of the 8-14-8 that means lots of horsepower raw speed and one person on board Practical No but in those days aviation wasn t grown up enough to know what was impossible bull

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This spectacular photo was taken by Dollie Gheen noted aviation photographer from Fairborn Ohio Although taken in 1989 it could almost pass for 1937 with the beautiful 1937 Stinson SR-7B NC16130 SIN 9693 owned by James Solenberg of Shelbyville Indiana flanked by an immaculate 1937 Cord 812 Custom Beverly owned by Bob Gheen of Fairborn Ohio Both vehicles feature a Lycoming engine built in the same factory Lycoming and Stinson were owned by the Cord Company which in turn was part of the Auburn Automobile Company The only hint of 1989 is the tiny strobe on the belly of the Stinson and the reflection of a B-26 tail in the door of the Cord automobile

SENSENICH PROPELLER COMPANY SOLD The venerable Sensenich Propeller Comshy pitch propellers In recent years the firm has

pany has been sold to The Philadelphia been servicing and overhauling propellers of Bourse Inc and Warren A Wilbur III has been all types and that aspect of the business named president Wilbur was president of will also be continued For further information Bellanca Aircraft in the mid 1970s Under new contact Sensenich Propeller Company East management Sensenich will remain in its Airport Road PO Box 5100 Lancaster PA present facilities in Lancaster PA and will 17601-0100 Phone 717569-0435 continue to make wood and metal fixed

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PASS IT TO ---rJ An information exchange column with input from readers

Oh boy Here it is deadline time and I don t have anything down on paper Seems too that people are using the phone more and more I have onl y a few letters thi s month But I havc what seems li ke a million phone call s Alshymost a ll the call s are from people wantshying to ta lk to people who have written arti c les for thc magazine George Quast s se ri es of artic les o n the Aero nca C-2 rebuild has generated an inord inate number of call s all wanting hi s home address and phone number It was not in the article (Reach George (If PO Box 233 Hutchinson MinshylIesolil 55350-0233 Be sure to pass lI lollg your hest wishes to his dog Max - Ed )

I ve had ca ll s fro m Baron von Will er and the Glue Ange ls bunch out 28 NOVEMBER 1989

by Buck Hilbert (EAA 21 Ale 5) Po Box 424 Union IL 60180

San Diego way and another invite to do Mex ican Av iation Day at Ensenada There have been phone call s from San Anto nios Bill Stratton with more talk about his Liaison Pilots group from New York asking for info on Aeronca engines and call s from guys who just wanted to ta lk So me were after II 00 at night (Hey Buck A bunch of us are sitting around the bar and you ve got to settl e an argument What color was the headliner on a 1940 Champ) but in the main I ve enjoyed talking to everyone of them

I just fini shed another sojourn across the country taking in the fa ll colo rs and visiting av iatin fri ends along the way I vis ited George York in Mansfi e ld Ohio last month We di scussed aircraft judging and some o f the peculiarities

of that particul ar job at Oshkosh I ve said it often enough I hope that I really respect our j udges and their efforts during the Convention Both George and I ag ree that we could use a few more apprentices to work with the judges duri ng the Convention The program needs some new talent so guys and gals get in early and learn how the system works Let s have your input

I a lso visited Bill Doc Mitchell at Coudersport Pennsy lvania Bill s very ni ce PT- 19 is that all -s il ver one that you always see in the front row down at AIC Showplane Parking He was coerced into taking it down to the Warshybird Area a couple of times but he always seems to wind up back with us He is a lso one o f the best line boys

Ive ever encountered Along with Ray Olcott he shows up every year to do yeoman work around Pioneer Airport before the Convention I got to visit his hangar and you wouldnt believe the goodies he has That PT- 19 will be going for a good many yea rs with all the spares he has I just drooled over all that aeronautical candy

I had ideas about visiting all the people I could along the way to Boothshybay Maine but as usual my timedisshytance perception was way off base After all those years of jetting it on United Air Lines its hard to realize how long it takes to drive To me Bosshyton is about an hour and 50 minutes from O Hare We took five days I had intended to visit the Marlboro anshytiquers in Massachusetts but had to byshypass them because I flat ran out of time I also wanted to see Chuck Burtch and the gang around upstate New York but again I ran out of time Im going to change my ways and just plan localized expeditions from now on - concentrating on one area and

not tryi ng to spread it out too much I might mention that I did visit with

Father John MacGillivray in Antishygonish Nova Scotia Canada Father John as you may know donated his Tiger Moth and his rare Miles Hawk to the EAA Aviation Foundation over the years and is a mainstay of EAA He maintains his seat up at the inforshymation window at EAA Headquarters during the Convention and also conshyducts services at the Theatre In the Woods despite all the airplane noise Father John is also a real sparkplug on his home ground He keeps EAA memshybers in Canada aware and knowlegable of all that s going on He arranges chapter and dinner meetings and is the official greeter when it comes to outshyof-towners such as Dorothy and me We enjoyed our visit with him and are most apo logetic that we didnt take adshyvantage of the dinner invitation in conshycurrance with the chapter meeting

Ive also had some nice calls from donors who have their airplanes on disshyplay in the EAA Air Adventure

Museum The new arrangement of airshycraft and the display now that we have the Warbirds in the Eagle Hangar has made several of those people very happy Previous to thi s there just wasnt room and many of the airplanes were in storage Now we can all see them

I m somewhat more than dismayed to learn that one of our greatest of the Old Timers has gone Westmiddot Next time you look at the EAA Spirit of Saint Louis project or see that beautishyful SE 5 replica in the display area think of Gil Bodeen Gil goes way back Back to the beginning The Corn County Chapter of Dekalb Illinois was largely his He was a beautiful craftsman and did woodwork the likes of which youlI se ldom see 1 can walk through the museum and see his craftsmanship in many of the machines that are there Im gonna miss you Gill But your workmanship will live on right there in the museum displays and in the flying machines at Pioneer Airshyport bull

A view of the re-arranged museum floor - and the Ryan Sew

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CHAPTER CAPSULES by Bob Brauer

Chapter 15 has been meeting at Bob Rings private air strip Ring Internashytional in Berwick Maine since it was formed in 1985 Known as the New England Chapter it was the result of a group of 15 EAA members with a strong interest in antique and classic aircraft The chapter was founded by its first president Bob Ring of Bershywick Henry Van Cleef of Lawrence Massachusetts Jack Copeland of Westborough Massachusetts and Alice and Richard Gilchrest of Lynn Massachusetts Membership now numshybers around 25 and the participants live in an area that includes southern New Hampshire eastern Massachusetts and southwest Maine

Ring International is a busy place because of both the clubs as well as the individual members projects Bob Ring has been restoring a Waco 2 which he salvaged as a crop duster and returned to original configuration This project plus generously providing a meeting place for the chapter and space for chapter projects leave little time for dull moments

A group of members meet every other Saturday to work on restoring a Meyers OTW owned by Gerry Barg of South Easton Massachusetts When the airplane is complete Gerry and the main restoration crew will share flight duties Also under restoration by another chapter group is a Northrop Primary Glider Most of the members are avid restorers at heart and continushyally work on projects either their own or those of fellow members As a matshyter of fact getting together at each others projects for work sessions is an ongoing activity President Errol Dow sums it up best We are an aid to each other Most people need the support of a club because not everyone has all the expertise required for a complete proshyject It becomes a learning experience for all of us

Errol further explained that the chapter stresses work sessions as part of the monthly meetings rather than the customary structured or planned proshy30 NOVEMBER 1989

Left to right Bob Ring Jock Denison Harvey Wells Errol Dow Gerry Peterson Jock Copeshyland Dick Gilchrist Louis Furnos Maurice Lambert (guest) Paul Poulson and Charlie Pearshyson

grams These sessions involve member participation in working sheet metal fabric covering and general restorashytion He notes that everyone likes to teach or instruct

This group inspiration must work since 75 percent of the members fly antique or classic aircraft Errol is reshystoring an early model Piper Pacer and charter member Dick Jackson of Rochester New Hampahire has sevshyeral Wacos of different types in the process of detailed restoration Inshycluded in Dicks collection is a rare if not the only existing Waco Model D Included among members airplanes are a Luscombe Champ and a J-3 Two or three of these old airplanes fly in to each meeting so their efforts have paid off

As far as flight is concerned howshyever Chapter 15 is not preoccupied with the past For example Jack Copeshyland has been instrumental in enshycouraging members to write the FAA and their congressmen to support EAAs position on general aviation

and airplane issues In Errol Dow s opinion EAA is doing a pretty good job in the battle for the airmans right to fly

Errol also reminisced about past chapter president Don Mc Laughlin of Hampton New Hampshire who passed away last November At a time when chapter interest was at somewhat of an ebb he earned everyones respect for re-instilling enthusiasm in members to maintain and fly old airplanes Errol indicated that he felt it was a difficult task to step into Don s shoes but from the current interest shown by memshybers Errol has made his own shoes to walk in He believes in a sustained efshyfort to get new EAA and AIC members to expand the clubs base That base is sure to grow because of the chapters desire to teach Seems as though they cant wait to get someone who is new to old airplanes so that they can show him new techniques for restoring old planes This group of New Englanders are proving that something old has a bright future bull

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STRAIGHT AND LEVEL

by Espie Butch Joyce

Mark Phelps our editor has been running me down by phone the last few days Im over on my deadline for this article again Ive really been having a hard time since Oshkosh getting these articles out Its an emotional letdown to go back to the quiet surroundings of our local airport and at the same time its a welcome relief As many may have figured out by now I reside in the Carolinas where Hugo paid us a much unwelcome visit This event has occupied most of my time I work on water tanks We have been quite busy trying to get a number of these tanks back in operation along the coast Most airplanes fared well except for the ones in hangars that fell on them I was in the Charleston South Carolina airport as soon as it was opened to general aviation Hawthorne Aviation suffered considerable damage to several of its hangars however the company was open for business with generators going to run the coffee machines and drop cords to light the restrooms (alshyways a necessary stop after a crossshycountry trip) They also had their well be back spirit

I had planned to be in Tulsa for AIC Chapter 10s fly-in but this weather cancelled that trip (next year everyone) Our local AIC Chapter 3 s Fly-in was rescheduled for October 20 21 and 22 at Camden South Carolina This was caused not directly by the weather but because motels were all full of displaced families and relief workers The weather in October in this section of the U S is just great for flying

Im writing this article after having just returned from the Staggerwing Convention at Tullahoma Tennessee Im happy to report that there were 31 Staggerwings present from all parts of North America including Alaska and Canada The Staggerwing Foundation has a fine museum that you should visit sometime The Foundation and the Staggerwing Club put this Convention together and do one great job I would like to thank John and Charlotte Parrish for their hospitality Tennessee style

The Beech 18 Club was invited to participate with the Staggerwings this year and there were 12 B-18s If theres one thing that sounds better than an R-985 its two R-985s That is what they told me this weekend I just told my Baron to swell up and act like it was an -18

Saturday morning there was a dawn patrol and we were all invited to Winshychester Tennessee for breakfast by

EAA Chapter 599 These guys were really set up to handle the crowd They had their own hangar and one of the cooks informed me that this was the hangar that pancakes built There must be SOME leadership in that Chapter I dont want anyone thinking that Ive been on Saturday Night Live or anyshything but going to this Convention reshyally pumped me up again

By the time you are reading this your Officers and Board of Directors will have held their fall meeting at Oshkosh We are now hard at work planning for Oshkosh 1990 Should you have any suggestions or concerns please let me know your feelings so that they can be reviewed and disshycussed at the winter board meeting which will be held in February 1990 Also these meetings are open and any member wishing to attend is welcome to do so

I constantly receive phone calls from individuals with a particular mechanishycal problem with their antique airplane wanting to know who they might contact to get help The AIC Dishyvision needs to compile a list of indishyviduals from different locations who could be of help to people stranded with mechanical problems I will adshydress this at the November meeting

Lets all pull together in one direcshytion for the good of aviation Join us and you have it all

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Contents

2 Straight and Levelby Espie Butch Joyce

4 Aerograms

7 Members Projectslby Norm Petersen

8 Vintage Literaturelby Dennis Parks Page 4

10 Welcome New Members

12 1989 Type Club Listing compiled by Mark Phelps

20 Grand Champion Antique by Mark Phelps

22 Grand Champion Classic by Norm Petersen

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24 Speedwinglby Mark Phelps

28 Pass It To Buckby EE Buck Hilbert

30 Chapter Capsulelby Bob Brauer

31 Vintage Trader

35 Mystery Planelby George Hardie Jr

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FRONT COVER Three Waco UPF-7s in formation over Oshkosh From front to rear Tom Flock Bob Poor and Dale Cunningham

(Photo by Carl Schuppel Photo plane flown by Carl Koeling)

REAR COVER Former VINTAGE AIRPLANE Edito r Gene Chase liffs off from Pioneer Airport Oshkosh in the EM Aviation Foundations Stanshydard J-1 The Standard is the 300th aircraff type listed in Genes logshybook Congratulations Gene and may there be 300 more to follow

(Photo by Mark Phelps)

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Metalplanes of Milwaukee Dear Editor and anchored offshore The planes

In the June installment of Vintage were then flight-tested Shortly after Seaplanes you had a photo of three tests the aircraft were turned over to Hamilton Metalplanes on floats and Canadian pilots and used for Canadian you requested more information about forest fire patrols A photo of the same the photo It was taken at McKinley three aircraft appeared in the MilshyBeach in Milwaukee around 1925 The waukee Journal and being an airplane aircraft were towed from the factory to nut I cut it out The newspaper listed the beach where they were assembled Jack Hagemeyer as providing the

photo and the Boeing archives as proshyviding the information

Sincerely Eric Whyte Brookfield Wisconsin

Norm Just to add confusion to the puzzle

Ill give you a couple of tidbits that I uncovered when I did the research for Jack Lysdale a few years back prior to his rebuild of the H-47 at St Paul Quite a lot of Hamiltons (maybe 10 or so) went to South America The insigshynia and tail markings could very well be those of Panama My best lead is on a letter and photo sent to me several years ago by Wes Fletcher who lives in North Freedom Wisconsin and worked at the Hamilton factory He writes on the back of the photo that the airplane pictured was sold and shipped to Italy and was painted yellow If you look at your photo closely you ll see that the center plane is indeed painted a different color than the two on the ends Somewhere in my notes I have listed the plane sent to Italy as having been registered there as I-ROMA Likely the registration was not painted on the aircraft at the time of the photo John Underwood took a guess at where the plane was going He guessed Peru Im not sure any ever went to Peru but ~ho knows Im betting on the Italy theory Tom Hamilton was still alive a few years ago living in California

Sincerely Noel Allard Chaska Minnesota

Solved Mystery Dear Editor RE August Vintage Seaplanes top photo page seven

Frank Elliss book Atlantic Conshyquest (1963- Kimber amp Co Ltd) carries an identical photo with the capshytion TAC Survey Plane Number One

4 NOVEMBER 1989

- a diesel-engined Bellanca seaplane in which Shorty (Parker D) Cramer (right) and Oliver Paquette were the first airmen ever to fly over the Greenshyland Ice-cap (July-Aug 1931)

The magazine is looking great shycontinued best wishes

Sincerely H Glenn Buffington EI Dorado Arkansas

Original Aussie Parasol Dear Sir

During the year 1936 Alan Mogg of Ashfield New South Wales Aushystralia commenced construction of a single-seat high-wing monoplane The fuselage structure was similar to a Pietenpol but material dimensions were increased to make the aircraft more robust The tail was from a Heath Parasol but the design of the wings was Moggs own creation The inshytended engine was a four-cylinder Menasco but because of import probshylems Mogg purchased two nine-cylinshyder 59 -hp Salmson engines from Enshygland modified for dual ignition Due to the Salmsons lighter weight the nose had to be extended for balance The airplane was named Miss Mogal (from Alan Mogg) and the aircraft was first flown at Morisset NSW in November 1939 Flight characteri stics were described as excellent with no vices Speeds were quoted as a maximum of 95 mph cruise of 75 mph and stall 30 mph The aircraft was damaged in the mid-1950s and rebuilt over several years at Manley NSW

Oliver Paquette (left) and Shorty Cramer

then sold to Ron Willis at Boggabri NSW in the 1960s It is now on display at the Tamworth Museum (a secondshyhand shop) where I took these photos Ive tried to phone Alan for the last three months with no success

Cheerio Alan Lewis (EAA 1634) Paddington NSW

Moths across New Zealand Dear Mark

The Tiger Club of New Zealand is organising a Vintage Air Rally from North Cape to Bluff the two exshytremities of New Zealand starting on

Monday 26 February 1990 and finishshying near Gore the following Friday The idea has been enthusiastically enshydorsed by the 1990 Commission as an Official Project to help celebrate the countrys sesquicentennial and we re commemorating the pioneering long distance flights in New Zealand which culminated in the December 1933 efshyfort of Ted Harvie and Miss Trevor

Hunter in Gipsy Moth ZK-APB when they were the first people to cover the full length of the country in one day Miss Hunter now Mrs Trevor Colshyway will be taking some part in our activities

There is also the likelihood of a lishymited number of our members having a go at doing the North Cape to Bluff flight in one day in Tiger Moths and a Gipsy Moth something nobody has tried in open-cockpit biplanes for 56 years

This whole event is gaining internashytional recognition The deHavilland Fox Moth that was used to start Bert Mercers Air Travel operations in South Westland in 1934 (and which re-

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sided in upstate New York for some years as N 83DH) will be coming out from England for the rally and a couple of airshows and with it in the same container will be a Gipsy Moth and possibly a Hornet Moth depending on available room Some of our members from the USA and Australia have also indicated they will be making the trip to New Zealand to take part

Our rally will be followed imshy

mediately by our annual fly-in at Manshydeville not far west of Gore and the Will Scotland Memorial Air Race for Tiger Moths from Invercargill to Gore commemorating the first cross-country flight in either New Zealand or Aushystralia using a Caudron in February 1914 All these three linked events are official 1990 projects

It promises to be a memorable event - provided the weather behaves itself But then open-cockpit biplane pilots always did tend to be an optimistic lot anyway

always enjoy reading your magazine Keep up the good work 6 NOVEMBER 1989

Yours sincerely John King (EAA 228003 AIC 8502) Secretary The Tiger Club of New Zeashyland

Hart to Heart Dear Mark Phelps

Thank you for your generous apshypreciation of my contribution to VINshyTAGE AIRPLANE It encourages me to continue sending a variety of vintage aero antics and serious articles Meetshying Buck Hilbert on a flight to Enshysenada Mexico (Pass It to Buck June) was something special because HE is Buck accumulates friendships wherever he goes sharing his wealth of knowledge and even PARTS with anyone dedicated to restoring or preshyserving our kind of flying machines

Just this second I turned pages to find the name of the author of Cats Meow (August) intending to write a paragraph about his outstanding attrishybutes - to you Shock Honestly the most enjoyable article Ive read in ages for a row of reasons First but not in order of importance my vast files on vintage aircraft yield but one shot of the Kitten and precious little data Now this explosion of intimate knowlshyedge and great pictures of the beautishyful animal

Best of all were your explanations of functional aerodynamic problems and their solutions I dont recall other fine articles with so much real-life finding and fixing problems pertaining to sound design guidance as valid

today as way back then The Kittens wingspan increased from 28 to 32 feet with no decrease in top speed noted sounds credible to me A lower angle of attack in level flight can be exshypected reducing drag enough to comshypensate for the extra span

Icing on the Kittens cake - By June 1943 Leroy Grumman had enough confidence in his litter of Navy fighters to turn his attention to another

breed of cat And That solved the problem of the Kittens recalcitrant paws once and for all Such a light touch turning up in a solid serious story turns people like me to adding another leaf to your fanmail tree

Sinceriously Ed Lockhart (aka Edlock Hart) Lakeside California

Thanks are due to Mort Kelman who provided most of the photos for that story from his archives Here s one more that didnt make it into print the first time - Ed

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MEMBERS PROTECTS VI

by Norm Petersen

Built in October of 1942 at Middletown Ohio this Aeronca 65-CA Chief NC39576 SIN CA18482 is the proud possession of Jeff Laver (EAA 330421 AlC 13739) of Lake Jackson Texas Jeff reports the Chief had been completely restored in 1973 prior to his buying the airplane in July of 1988 He is now in the process of making a new cowl new engine baffeling and rerigging the entire airplane with new control cables In additiof a set of wheel pants are being made Jeff is planning on re-doing the interior of the Chief and asks if anyone has any information on pre-war Chiefs please contact him at 203 Stanford Rd Lake Jacksof TX 77566

From West Germany comes this pretty picture of a Cessna 140 D-EHSC flown by Peter Lendle (EAA 316217 AlC 14403) of Erlenweg 11 D-7734 Brigachtal West Germany This type of aircraft is quite popular in Europe as it has the necessary electrical system for VHF radio (required in Europe) plus low fuel burn (at $3 to $4 per gallon) Note 3200 Scott tailwheel and original main gear hubcaps

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()uring the decade after World War I the science of aerodynamics was being expanded and deepened in the research laboratories and workshops of many nations

Some of the theory deve loped would be used to refine the shape of the airplane through streamlining (Vinshytage Literature July 1989) Much of the research which would be incorposhyrated in the new wing sections and shapes in the airplanes of the 1930s was on lift and drag

Of special importance among the inshyventions and improvements was the slotted wing The effect of the slot was discovered independently in Germany by G V Lachmann and in England by Handley Page Lechmann was to join the Handley Page company and the deshyvice became known throughout the world as the Handley Page Slot

The effectiveness of the slots was shown in wind tunnel and fli ght tests both in Germany and England with the tests showing a 60 percent increase in wing lift at high angles of attack

Though the results of the invention of the slotted wing aroused immense excitement it found little use in the 1920s This was possibly due to the low wing loading of the predominant biplane designs and their slow landing speeds With the advent of all-metal aircraft and higher wing loading slots became more useful An exception was the Royal Air Force which required all new aircraft to have them beginning in 1928

Thanks to Mr Clifford C Jackson of Davison Michigan the EAA Aviashytion Foundation Library recently reshyceived some examples of Handley Page company publications on the slotshyted wing

One titled The Automatic Slot which appears to have been published in 1930 was a 26-page brochure that gives a general history of the device and how it operates The brochure carshyries a very strong message on the slot s

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contribution to avia tion safety The booklet begins with a story

called The Parable of the Unselfish Husband which presents as much of a comment on the sensibility of the times as a message on flying safety

A certain husband was in the habit of denying himself things in order the better to provide for his beautiful wifes extensive needs and so to retain her affection he gave up smoking cigars and took to cigarettes he drank water instead of wine and he reduced the numher of clubs to which he beshylonged from eight to one so that a larger part of his income could be deshyvoted to the purchase of clothes hats perfumes and other articles for his wife

And when he came to buy an aeroplane he chose a cheap one and being told that the fitting of auto-slots would cost [extra] he refused to have slots fitted And in due course his aeroplane stalled and spun into the ground and he was killed

The Handley-Page Gugnunc slotted and flapped biplane was an entry in the 1929 Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition

According to the Handley Page comshypany the lesson of the story as stated in

I)the parable was z j

~The Jate oj this tunselfish and deshyJvoted husband

should be a warning to all who do not place a sufficient value on their own saJety The experishyences oj life may be unpleasant but inasshymuch as those oj death may be even more unpleasant it is advisable to fit slots and be secure

As you can tell - a rather strong message The rest of the brochure is more technical in nature covering air accidents the wing slot and controllashybility and a technical description of the slot in ac tion

Facts About Slots

The Handley Page automatic slot is now so widely used that the time is ripe Jor a recapitulation oj some oj the chieJJacts about it Its history is unique in aeronautics It has progressed and overcome ignorance and prejudice at an astonishing rate as will be seen if the course oj events is examined

First installed as a means oj inshycreasing the speed range oj an aeropshylane by decreasing its landing speed it was developed to provide at these lower 5peeds a method oj lateral conshytrol and stability then and now so woeJully lacking in aircraJt with ordishynary wings

It went on to report that tests of the slots by British government were so successful in the laboratory and on a Bristol fighter that all Bristol fighters in use with the RAF were ordered to have auto-slots

A similar rapid development took place in civil aviation It began when a Jamous make oj light aeroplane was fitted with auto-slots and tested The results were so conclusive that private aeroplane owners began immediately to stipulate that their machines must

Britain affirm that slots do what they are claimed to do and second that the validity oj the patent

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be Jitted with auto-slots Now almost every private aeroplane owner in Great Britain and the Dominions insists on the inclusion oj auto-slots in his machine

The British Government and slots Another section of the report dealt

with the fact that after testing the British Government bought the rights to the slots for 100000 Pounds

The agreement constitutes a public proclamation first that the best technishycal brains in Great

is unshakable

E In 1928 the Govshyernment began to fit some Service aircraft with slots Every Britstol fighter in the Service was slotted and steps were then

taken to equip D H 9s It was then decided to fit slots to all

Service aircraft

In order to check as quickly as posshysible the wastage oj lives and material that was going on owing to the Jreshyquency oj the stall-and-spin type ojair accident the Air Ministry was preshypared to interfere with the works proshygrammes oj the various aircraJt manushyJacturers to the extent oj insisting that all Royal Air Force machines were to be slotted beJore being put in service

The effects oj these decisions are already noticeable Up to the time oj writing no single Jatal stall-and-spin accident has happened to a British Service aircraJt Jitted with slots

It was noted that prior to the slot installations the RAF was experiencing 20 to 30 fatal stall-and-spin accidents per year

Safer Civil Flying After discussing the causes of fatal

civil accidents in private or club airshycraft (as in the U S stall-spins acshycounted for the largest number) the section concludes

The auto-slot is not a Gadget It is not that to say an unessential acshycessory It is part oJthe machine itself and it improves the machine by inshycreasing the pilots control over it Auto-slots no only increase the aeropshylanes saJety but also during certain manoeuvers improve the performance oj the machine bull

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS The following is a parliallisting of new members who have joined the EAA AntiqueClassic Division (through May 3 1989) We are honored to welcome them into the organization whose members common interest is vintage aircraft Succeeding issues of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE will contain additional listings of new members

Tom Sabata Scot ia New York

Robert B Sackmann Bloomington Indiana

William E Sadler Atlanta Georgia

David Sanderson III Sierra Vista Arizona

Donald M Sather Hayward Califorshynl a

Kenneth Sawusch Libertyv ille JI-Iinois

Cliff Schlender Clintonville WisconshySill

Walter Borns Scragg Sydney New South Wales Australia

Michael Sentell Maryville Tennessee

Cheryl Serviss Arroyo Grande Californi a

Robert J Severson Houston Texas

Bruce Shaeffer Jr Lititz Pennsylshyval1la

Thomas W Sharpe Reidsv ille North Carolina

Rodney Sheakley Pet ro li a Pennsylshyva l1la

Larry Sheiter Manchester Missouri

Short Wing Piper Club Halstead Kansas

Robert Wayne Simpson Norwood North Carolina

Lendon V Sink Lexington North Carolina

C Donald Sitta Farmington New Mex ico

Brian Smith Ripon California

Michael Smith Sioux Falls South Dakota

Richard C Smith Wichita Kansas

Lars Soe-Jensen Farum Denmark

Ronnie L Southard Milford Delashyware

Patricia B Sowell Statesboro Georshyg ia

George P Spolsdoff Law ndale California

Robert D Sponseller Shelby Ohio

Schuyler O Stackus Phoen ix Arizona

John I Stahly Nappanee Indiana

Roland Standring It asca Illinois

Peter Stanek San Rafae l California

John Roger Stark Fort Worth Texas

Ralph H Starr Daytona Beach Florida

Edward T Stettner Lake Alfred Florida

Mark F Stevens Biloxi Miss iss ippi

John H Stewart Needham Masshysachusetts

Charles A Stone Danbury Connecshyticut

Ernest R Streifthau Middletown Ohio

Harold Swanson North Branch Min shynesota

David N Switzer Cocoa Florida

Gagniere Sylvain Les Garrigues Mauguio France

Texas State Technical Institute Waco Texas

Bill Thibault Newport Beach Ca li forshyili a

Matthew J Thiele Nashua New Hampshire

James P Thomas Springfield Illinois

Walter O Thompson Columbus Ohio

Tony Tinsman Westphal ia Missouri

Larry Tippit Cumby Texas

Jeremy Tischendorf Green Bay Wisshyconsll1

Thomas B Traylor Jr Birmingham Alabama

Robert J Triplett Bruce Wisconsin

Mark Allen Turner Eufaula Alabama

Reuben D Tye Jr Arlington Texas

David Valaer Dallas Texas

Kevin Van Dyke Palm Beach Garshydens Florida

Jack Veach Reno Nevada

John W Veil Jr Wyomissing Pennsy lvania

Andrew J Volovar Mysti c Connecshyticut

Richard L Wagner San Bernardino California

Fred Walatka Anchorage Alaska

Rem Walker Regina Saskatchewan Canada

Randall J Wall Ava Illinois

William Walters Battle Creek Michi-Leonard C Smith EI Toro California Greg Teufel Seattle Washington gan 10 NOVEMBER 1989

Don Ward Green Bay Wisconsin

Herbert E Ware Muncie Indiana

William F Watson Tulsa Ok lahoma

David Welch Venice Florida

Lee C Whitehead Middleport New York

James B Williams Jr Ridgeway Virginia

Morgan Williams Jr Midland Onshytario Canada

George W Williams Portsmouth New Hampshire

Dallas Wise Hyattsville Maryland

Robert Wislocki Bethany Connecshyticut

Charles E Wolter Niles Michigan

William N Woodhouse Power Monshytana

Gregory D Wastrel Deephaven Minnesota

David F Wrench Mountain View California

George F Wright Sutton Coldfield West Midlands England

James Wunderlin Milwaukee Wisshyconsin

Frank Wustrack Oostburg WisconshySill

James Wutzen Kirkland Washington

Michael Yearout Breckenridge Colshyorado

Carlton C Young Bessemer Alabama

Robert A Zembinski Milwaukee Wisconsin

William J Zimmer Venice Florida

American Champion Aircraft Corp Rochester Wisconsin

Robert C Ansley Winchester Tenshynessee

Michael P Anthony Kerrville Texas

John Barnes East Doncaster Aushystra li a

Clyde E Barton Angleton Texas

Philip A Block Anchorage Alaska

Jose M Bouza Ewa Beach Hawaii

John D Bramsen Ch icago Illinois

Ralph E Brandon Newark Ohio

Bernard M Brill Sacramento Cal iforn ia

Herman B Brust Jr Frederick Maryland

James E Buchanan Phoenix Arizona

Edward G Cartwright Kansas City Missouri

Nick Charlemagne Libreville Gabon Africa

Phillip E Cline Lockhart Texas

Richard N Cochrane Clarks Sumshymit Pennsylvania

Giorgio Conti-Veccui Cagliari Italy

Elizabeth Ann Copland Ann Arbor Michigan

Mary Crawford Port SI Lucie Florida

Eugene Davidson Oldsmar Florida

A Robert Davies Troy Ohio

John Davis Cincinnati Ohio

Michael F Diem Minneapolis Minshynesota

Timothy R Dykman Quogue New York

Donald E Ellis Grass Valley Cali forshynia

George Elton Snohomish Washingshyton

Rocco J Farano Dobbs Ferry New York

Steven C Fisher Sim i Valley Californ ia

Robert Fox Arab Alabama

Kevin David Francis Great Dunmow Essex Eng land

Norris E Garvey New Albany In shydiana

Camile P Gaspard Blanks Louisiana

James F George Vineland New Jershysey

Robert A Gingell Sunn yva le California

Dan Grace Covington Georgia

Ralph S Graham SI Paul Minshynesota

Peter Groves Vancouver British Colshyumbi a Canada

Don W Guthrie Sr Forestville California

Robert D Halvorsen Van Nuys California

James R Hammond Bradenton Florida

George R Hartigan Spring Texas

William M Henderson Fargo North Dakota

G Hengeveld Sprang Capelle Netherlands

Robert L Hess Clarence New York

Carthel A Hole Pontotoc Mississ ippi

Ray L Hulce Niles Michigan

International Civil Aviation Organishyzation Montreal Quebec Canada

Paul M Jablonski Greenwood Inshydiana

Kenneth w Jerolaman Bernardsvi lle New Jersey

Cliff W Johnston Hawkes Bay New Zealand

F Ben Jones Katy Texas VINTAGE AIRPLANE 11

1989

LISTING

compil ed by Mark Phe lps

B irds of a feather do flock together and type clubs are the best way for owners of like mac hines to share inform ashyti on part s and soc ial camaraderie The Cessna 12011 40 cl ubs merged the ir effort s to produce a record assault on EAA Oshkosh 88 In 1989 The Ameri can Yankee Associshyati on heJd its national convention in Cable Wisconsin the week be fore EAA Oshkosh 89 and several members fl ew on down to Oshkosh the fo llow ing week to for m the G ru mshyman Corral in the north parking area

Bes ides owners of spec ific aircraft pil o ts with similar ex periences or interests can gather to share a li e or two The OX-5 Aviation Pioneers fo r instance include pilots bold enough to have fl own behind the Curti ss OX-5 eng ine before World War II

Officers and members of type clubs often are the fi rst point of contact for pilots considering a spec ific airplane type and that usuall y exc ites the prospecti ve owner abo ut getting the project started You might say that many of those who call with doubts about the type are clubbed into submiss ion

Aeronca Aviator s Club shyA Division of Pea Patch Airlines Julie amp Joe Dickey 51 1 Terrace Lake Road Columbus IN 47201 8 12342-6878 Newsletter 4 times as year Dues No dues - $ 12 subsc ripti on

National Aeronca Club Jim Thompson President 266 Lamp amp Lantern Vill age Chesterf ield MO 63017 12 NOVEMBER 1989

Most type clubs also di stribute newsletters that include stories maintenance information and schedul es of ac shyti viti es They also offer a chance to get a picture of a me mber s aircraft in print for everyone across the country to apprec iate An exce llent example of a type-c lu b news letshyter is the Short Wing Piper NI s published by the Short Wing Piper C lub

If you own an antique or class ic aircraft or even an orph aned spamcan such as the Grum man American airpl anes and you would like to network with others who share your enthusias m type c lu bs are the best way The fo ll owing is the AntiqueClass ic Di vis ion s most current li st o f ty pe clubs If we have le ft out your group or made an error in our li sting send in the in fo rmati on and we ll make it avail able to members nex t year The organi zations are li sted alphabeticall y by the name most commonl y assoc iated with the type i e Beech Stagge rwing clu bs are li sted under S and the Western Bonanza Assoc iation is li sted un der B

Newslette r 6 per year Dues $20 00 US $30 Canada $45 Foreign $40 Charter US $50 Charter Canada $65 Charter Foreign

Aeronca Lovers Club Buzz Wagner Box 3 40 1 1st SI East Clark SO 57225 605532-3862 Newsletter Quarte rl y Dues $ 15 per year

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Aeronca Sedan Club Mr Richard Welsh 2311 East Lake Sammamish Place SE Issaquah W A 98027 Newsletter 3 per year Dues $350 per year

American Air Racing Society Mr Rudy Profant President 4060 W 158th Street Cleveland OH

216941-0089 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $1000 per year

American Aviation Historical Socishyety Mr Harry Gann President 2333 Otis SI Santa Ana CA 92704 714549-4818 Tuesday nights 7 00shy900 pm local Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 includes Journal and Newsshyletter

Flying Apache Assn John Lumley 1 S 300 Dillon Lane Villa Park IL 60181 312627-8027 Dues $25 per year

Artic Tern Newsletter David Neumeister 5630 S Washington Lansing MI 48910 517882-8433 Newsletter Dues $10 per year

Bellanca Champion Club Ms Pam Foard and Mr Larry DAtshytilio 1820 N 166th Street Brookfield WI 53005 4141784-03 18 Newsletter Quarterly - Bellanca Conshytact Dues $2500 per year

Bird Airplane Club Jeannie Hill P O Box 328 Harvard IL 60033 815943-7205 Newsletter 2-3 annually Dues Postage Donation

American Bonanza Society Cliff R Sones Administrator PO Box 12888 Wichita KS 67277 316945-6913

Newsletter Monthly Dues $3500 per year

Western Bonanza Society Alden C Barrios 1436 Muirlands Drive La Jolla CA 92037 619459-5901 Newsletter Dues $20 per year

Bucker Club John Bergeson SecretaryTreasurer 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 517561-2393 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year (US amp Canada) $ 15 per year (Foreign)

Bucker Club National Frank Price President RI 1 Box 419 Moody Texas 76557 817853-2008 Newsletter 12 per year Dues $2500 per year

Cessna Airmaster Club Gar Williams 9 So 135 Aero Drive Naperville IL 60565 312355-9416 Dues None

International Bird Dog Association (Cessna L-19) Phil Phillips President 3939 C-8 San Pedro NE Albuquerque NM 87110 50588 1-7555 Newsletter Quarterly Observer Dues $2500 per year

Cessna T -50 Flying Bobcats Jon Larson 3821 53rd Street SE Auburn WA 98002 206833-1068 Newsletter Quarterly Dues Donation

Cessna Pilots Association John Frank Executive Director MidshyContinent Airport P O Box 12948 Wichita KS 67277 316946-4777 Newsletter Monthly Dues $30 annually

International Cessna 120140 Associshyation Dorchen Forman Editor Box 830092 Richardson TX 75083-0092 817497-4757 (D Forman) Newsletter Monthly Dues $15 US year

West Coast Cessna 120140 Club Donna Christopherson Membership 451 Bellwood Drive Santa Clara CA 95054 408988-8906 or 5540474 Newsletter Bi-monthly Dues $ 10 per year

Cessna 150152 Club Skip Carden Executive Director P O Box 15388 Durham NC 27704 919471-9492 Newsletter Monthly Dues $2000 per year

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Intcrnational Cessna 1711 Associashytion Inc Vclvel Fadcldc) Exccutivc SCLTc tary PO Bo 1667 Lehanon MO 6556 New~lctlLT Fly Paper ( I I per year) The 170 New~ (Q uarterl y) Dul~ S 15 00 per year

International Cessna 180 185 Club (Cessna I XO-I X5 ownership req uired ) Charles Bombardier Pre~ iden t

45l) N 4l)th A ve nue Phoenix AZ X501 I Newsletter 9 or 10 per year Dues S 15 per year

Eastern 190195 Association Cliff Crabs 25575 Butternut North Olmsted OH 44070 2161777-4025 after 6 pm Easte rn Newsletter Irregular - Manual on Maintenance for Members Dues $10 initiation amp as required each year

International 195 Club Dwight M Ewing President P O Box 737 Merced CA 95344 2091722-6283 Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $2000 US annually

International Comanche Society Jaek Holaway P O Box 400 Grant NE 69140 308352-4275 Newsletter Dues $34 per year

Corben Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletters Quarterly Dues $800 for four issues

Cub Club (Piper) John Bergeson Chairman P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant MI 48804-2002 517561-2393 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year (US) $20 (Canada) $25 (Foreign)

L-4 Grasshopper Wing Publisher John Bergeson Cub Club 14 NOVEMBER 1989

P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant MI 48804-2002 517561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year (US) $ 15 (Canada - US Funds) $20 (Foreign) Note Must be a Cub Club member also

Culver Club Larry Low Chairman 60 Skywood Way Woodside CA 94062 415851-0204 Newsletter None Dues None

Culver PQ-14 Assoc Ted Heineman Editor 29621 Kensington Drive Laguna Niguel CA 92677 714831-0173 Newsletter Annually Dues Donation

Dart Club (Culver) Lloyd Washburn 3958 Washburn Drive PI Clinton OH 43452 Newsletter Now and Then Dues None

Curtiss Robin Club W Lane Tufts 4138 Santa Rosa Drive Moorpark CA 93021 805529-2359 Dues None

deHavilland Moth Club Gerry Schwam Chairman 1021 Serpentine Lane Wyncote PA 19095 215635-7000 or 215886-8283 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $ 12 US amp Canada $15 Overseas

deHavilland Moth Club of Canada R deHavilland Ted Leonard FoundershyDirector 305 Old Homestead Road Keswick Ontario Canada L4P I E6 416476-4225 Newsletter Periodicall y Dues $20 annually

American Tiger Club (deHavilland) Mr Frank Price President Rt I Box 419 Moody Texas 76557 817853-2008 Newsletter Monthly Dues $2500 per year

Ercoupe Owners Club Skip Carden Eecutivc Director Box 1505~

Durham NC 2770+ 91l11471-94l12 Newsletters Monthly with ~pecial

editions Dues S20 per year

Fairchild Club John W Berendt President 7645 Echo Point Road Cannon Falls MN 55009 507263-24 14 Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $5

Fairchild Fan Club Robert L Taylor Edi tor PO Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $800 per year

Flying Farmers International Kyle Ann Stream Executive Director PO Box 9124 2 120 Airport Road

W ichit a KS 67277 31619+3-4234 News lette r 10 issues per year Dues S35 per yea r US funds plus chapter dues

Fleet Club George G Gregory Pres ident 4~80 Duguid Road Manlius NY 13 104 3 15682-6380 Newsletter Approx two per year Dues Con tributions

Funk Aircraft Owners Association G Dale Beach Ed itor - Treasurer 1621 Dreher Street Sac ramento CA 958 14 916443-7604 Newsletter 10 per yea r Dues $ 12 00

Great Lakes Club Robert L Taylor Ed itor PO Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Quarte rl y Dues $ 10 per year

The American Yankee Assn (Grumshyman American) Steve Wilson 3232 Western Drivc Cameron Park C A t)56~2

Newsletter Dues S2750 per year (U S) $3000 (Fore ign)

Hatz Club Robert L Taylor Ed itor PO Rox In Blakesburg IA 52536 515 938-2773 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $~ per year

Heath Parasol Club William Schlapman 6431 Paul son Road Winneconne WI 54968 414582-4454 News le tte r Annually Dues Postage donation

The Interstate Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 51593 8-2773 Newsletter Interstate Intercom

deHaviliand TIger Moth

Dues $8 for four issues

Little Round Engine Flyer Ken Williams Chairman 33 1 E Franklin Street Portage WI 53901 Contact Williams for further informashytion

Continental Luscombe Association Loren Bump Fearless Leader 5736 Esmar Road Ceres CA 95307 209537-9934 Newsletter Bi-monthly (6 per year) Dues $ 10 (US) $ 1250 (Canada or $10 US funds) $ 15 (Foreign)

Luscombe Association John Bergeson Chairman 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 517561-2393 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $ 15 per year (US) $20 per year (Canada) $25 per year (Foreign)

Meyers Aircraft Owners Association Wm E Gaffney Secretary 26 Rt 17K

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Newburgh NY 12550 914565-8005 Newsletter 5-6 per year Dues Postage Fund Donation

Minnesota Seaplane Pilots Associashytion Jack E Mathisen Box 385 Squaw Lake MN 56681 218659-4431 Newsletter 3-4 per year Dues $15 per year

Mooney Aircraft Pilots Assn Mark Harris 314 Stardust Dri ve San Antonio TX 78228 512434-5959 Newsletter Dues $30 per year

National Air Racing Group Frank Ronco President 1313 Los Arboles Sunnyvale CA 94087 4081733-7967 Newsletter Professional Air Racing (lOyear)

Dues $IOyear domestic

National Biplane Association Charles W Harris Board Chairman Mary R Jones Executive Director

Hangar 5 4-J Aviation Jones-Riverside Airport Tulsa OK 74132 918299-2532 Dues $1500 per year

National Championship Air Races Susan Audrain Marketing Director PO Box 1429 Reno NY 89505 702826-7500

Naval Aircraft Restorers Assn Gerald Miller 3320 Northridge Drive Grand Junction CO 81506 3031245-7899 Newsletter Dues $12 per year

American Navion Society Raleigh Morrow Chairman of Board Gerry Bright Executive Secretary Box 1175 Municipal Airport Banning CA 92220 714849-2213 Newsletter Monthly Dues $35 per year

The 99s Inc International Women Pilots Loretta Jean Gragg Executive Direcshytor PO Box 59965 Will Rogers Airport Oklahoma City OK 73159

405 685-7969 Newsletter The 99 News - monthly Dues $4000 annually

Norseman Club David E Neumeister 5630 S Washington Lansing MI 48911-4999 517882-8433 Newsletter Quarterly - Norseman Newsletter Dues $10 per year

North American Trainer Association (T6 T-28 NA64 NA50) Stoney and Kathy Stonich 2285 Oakvale Drive Shingle Springs CA 95682 916677 -2456 Newsletter Quarterly - Texans and Trojans Dues $25 US $35 Canada Foreign US Funds - In1 Money

OX-5 Aviation Pioneers Oliver Y Phillips National Secretary 10405 W 32 Avenue Wheat Ridge CO 80033 303233-5905 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year

Buckeye Pietenpol Association Frank S Pavliga Newsletter Editor

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2800 S Turner Road Canfield OH 44406 2161792-6973 days 2161792-6269 (evenings) Newsletter Buckeye Pietenpol Assn Newsletter - Quarterly Dues $750 per year

International Pietenpol Association Robert L Taylor Editor PO Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Quarterly or Semi-annushyally Dues $8 per year

Short Wing Piper Club Inc Lonnie McLaughlin Membership Chairman 32 East End A venue Brentwood NY 11717 516273-5072 Newsletter Bi-monthly Dues $25 per year

Porterfield Airplane Club Chuck Lebrecht 1019 Hickory Road Ocala FL 32672 904687-4859 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $5 per year

Rearwin Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $8 per year

Ryan Club National Bill J Hodges Chairman 811 Lydia Stephenville TX 76401 817968-4818 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Replica Fighters Association Frank G Weatherly President 22451 David Taylor MI 48180 313295-0590 Newsletters Bi-monthly Dues $15 per year

Seabee Club International Captain Richard W Sanders President 6761 NW 32 A venue Ft Lauderdale FL 33309 305979-5470 Newsletter Quarterly (plus phone conshysultation) amp directory Dues $15 (US amp Canada) $20 (Foreign)

Seaplane Pilots Association Robert A Richardson Executive Dishyrector 421 Aviation Way Frederick MD 21701 301695-2083 Newsletter Water Flying (Quarterly) Water Flying (Annual) 88 SPA Seapshylane Landing Directory - $12 - Memshybers$25 non-members Dues $28 per year

Silver Wings Fraternity Russ Brinkley President PO Box 11970 Harrisburg PA 17108 717232-9525 Newsletter Slipstream Tabloid Monthly Dues Initiation - $10 $5 per year

Spartan School of Aeronautics Alumni Association Vern Foltz Alumni Relations 8820 E Pine Street Tulsa OK 74115 918836-6886 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 annually

Staggerwing Club Jim Gorman President 1885 Millsboro Road

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Mansfie ld OH 44906 4 19529-3822 (home) 4 191755- 10 11 (office) Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $ 15 per year

Stampe Club Internationa Willi am R Baldwin P O Box 1408 Lebanon TN 37088 News letter Dues $20 per year

Stearman Restorers Association Tom Lowe President 823 Kingston Lane Crystal Lake IL 6001 4 8 15459-6873 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $ 15 per year

National Stinson Club Jonsey Pau l 144 18 Skinner Road Cypress TX 77429 Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $7 50

National Stinson Club (108 Section) George H Leamy Pres ident 108 Clu b I 15 Heinley Road

Lake Plac id FL 33852 Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $ 15 per year

Northeast Stinson Flying Club Dick Bourque Founder 8 Grimes Brook Road Simsbury CT 06070 203658- 1566 Newsletter Bi-monthl y Dues $ 10 per year

Replica Sopwilh Camel

Note Membershi p limited to 100 members

Southwest Stinson Club Dick Goe rges Pres ident 36 19 Nortree Street San Jose CA 95 148 408274-9 179 Newsletter SWSC Newsletter 10 per year Dues $ 10 per year

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Super Cub Pilots Association Jim Richmond FounderlDirector PO Box 9823 Yakima WA 98909 509248-9491 Newsletter Monthly Dues $25 per year U S $35 per year (Canada) $40 per year (Foreign)

Swift Association International Charlie Nelson P O Box 644 Athens TN 37307 6151745-9547 Newsletter Monthly Dues $25 per year

Taylorcraft Owners Club Bruce M Bixler II President 12809 Greenblower Road Alliance OH 44601 216823-9748 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Tomahawk Pilots Association Skip Carden Editor P O Box 15388 Durham NC 27704 Newsletter Bi-monthly (6 per year) Dues $2000 per year

Travel Air Club Robert L Taylor Editor PO Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Travel Air Tales - Quarshyterly Dues $8 per year

Travel Air Division of Staggerwing Museum Dub Yarbrough P O Box 550 Tullahoma TN 37388 615455-1974 Newsletter Dues $25 per year

Twin Bonanza Association Richard L Ward Director 19684 Lakeshore Drive Three Rivers MI 49093 616279-2540 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 per year (U S amp Canada) $35 per year (Foreign)

Vintage Sailplane Association Jan Scott Secretary Rt I Box 239

Lovettsville V A 22080 703822-5504 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Waco Club National Ray Brandly President 700 Hill Avenue Hamilton OH 45015 513868-0084 Newsletter Bi-monthly Dues $800 per year

Waco Historical Society R E Hoefflin Treasurer 10 13 Westgate Road Troy OH 45373

Waco UPF-7s

513335-2621 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $4 per year Sept I - Aug 31

World War I Aeroplanes Inc Leonard E Opdycke DirectorPubshylisher 15 Crescent Road Poughkeepsie NY 1260 I 914473-3679 Journals WW I Aero (1900-1919) Skyways (1920-1940) Dues Minimum - $20 each for one year $25 foreign for WW I Aero

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1989 GRAND CHAMPION ANTIQUE

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Bill Halverson has been at least part owner of his Beech G 17S Staggerwing since 1967 A pilot really gets to know an airplane in that amount of timc especially if he spends 12 of those years on a total rebuild as Bill has done with NC 80316 The reward for that effort comes with recognition both on the ramps of airports along wherever his route may take him and in the judgshying ballots at EAA Oshkosh 89 where the airplane was voted Grand Chamshypion Antique

Bills G 17S was originally built at Beechs Wichita factory in February 1947 Walter Beech called the G 17S the best of all the Staggerwings Im shyprovements over the D Models inshycluded a redesigned engine installation with a longer sleeker cowling a new windshield with shalshy

greater with the V -tai l aluminum speedster as we ll The Staggerwing faded after 20 G Models were proshyduced and the Bonanza went on to a successful production run that persists to thi s day The sty le and luxury of the Staggerwing however will never be forgotten as long as there are people such as Bill Halverson who are devoted to preserving the history of the great airplanes of the Golden Age

Serial Number B 15 was the last Staggerwing built for a customer at the factory Four more were asse mbled from parts later on in Texas by Henry Seale Aviation Supply Inc And a facshytory demonstrator Serial Number B20 was later built in Wichita but NC 80316 was the last of the lU xury cabin biplanes Beech sold to a regular cusshy

tomer in this case an oil drilling outfit from Colorado The company flew the Staggerwing as a corporate transport until the late 1950s or early 1960s and sold it to Tomcat Overalls Inc in Tenshynessee In the early 1960s Robert Colshyeman bought the Staggerwing and reshycovered it in Razorback painted it white and changed the registration number to N 262C In 1967 a group of eight airline pilots bought the airplane and shared expenses and flyshying until 1972 when one of the eight Bill Halverson bought the airplane from the club which had since shrunk from eight to three members

As luck would have it an AD note on the Razorback ribstitching arrived shortly after Bill became sole owner He was left with the prospect of a total

rebuild and no one to lower slope a re-deshy share the expense He signed instrument panshy did have plenty of el different vertical help from many quarshystab ilizer and rudder ters but the bulk of the and a new set of fairshy rebuild was performed ings The company inshy by Bill himself tended to build 50 Stripping the skin G17s but at $29000 from the airplane reshythe price was too vealed a variety of much to pay even sub-projects that through the eyes of needed attention The post-war prosperity basic structure was The newfangled Boshy sound but the systems nanza was available at had taken a beating $7 975 and its perforshy from approximately mance was comparashy 2400 hours of use and ble to that of the 25 years of aging The Staggerwing Operatshy landing gear was comshy

Carl Schuppeling economy was far Bill Halverson pletely re-done as 20 NOVEMBER 1989

were the brakes The electrical system was overhauled and conshyverted to 24 volts to accommodate the King Gold Crown radio package The IFR setshyup includes dual navshycoms with glideslope ADF DME threeshylight marker beacon and a Mode C transshyponder Bill also inshycorporated a variety of warning systems for the gear cabin doors flaps low-fuel or oil and fire

The 450-hp Pratt amp Whitney R-985 engine had 50 hours on it when the eight pilots bought it in 1967 and has over 600 now Bill paid a conshysiderable amount of attention to it in the 12 years the airplane was grounded but points out that thc work performed was far short of a complete overhaul It conshytinues to purr like the PampW factory cat

The interior was totally re-worked by the upholstery shop at Flying Cloud Airport near Minneapolis This time however leather was used in places where mohair was used on the original The pleating and other design work is all up to factory spec including the headliner

Bill covered the Staggerwing in Ceconite 101 and laid on 30 coats of hand-rubbed butyrate dope sanding in

between every cross coat The final 12 layers of pigmented dope were applied with tender loving care and 600 wetshysand followed by an even finer grade preceeding the final polishing The rcshysuits are stunning

Bill already knew about the drudgery part of aviation first-hand He began his flying as a lineboy tradshying chores for flying time at Grand Forks North Dakota He entered the Army Air Corps at 18 years of age and flew PT-13s -17s AT-6s and B-25s in the service After that he signed on with Northwest Orient Airlines starting out on DC-3s and Martin 202s Ultishymately he flew almost everything they had including the Boeing 747 which he flew for the last 10 years of his

career retiring In

1986 Along the way he also cadged time in P-51 s with the Minshynesota Air National Guard

Bill is a founding member of the Staggerwing Museum in Tullahoma Tenshynessee and chairs the museums Scot Perry Memorial Scholarship Fund committee The museum is dedicated to the preservation of Staggerwing memorashybilia and houses paperwork plans and

other artifacts relating to the airplane and its designer Walter Beech The scholarship fund is an ongoing project that recognizes young people who have demonstrated a love for aviation and provides for their further education It is named for the son of another museum founding member Dick Perry and frequently calls on the EAA Air Academy for recipients

When Bill s group first bought the Staggerwing it was just another 20shyyear-old corporate luxury barge What they did would compare to a group today buying a used King Air for pershysonal transport It is the passing of time that makes his Staggerwing a piece of aviation history and Bill has been there through it all thick and thin bull

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21

On Monday evening of EAA Oshshykosh 89 with beautiful airplanes parked at all points of the compass it was still a revelation to discover two highly polished Globe Swifts parked in the first row of the AntiquelClassic aircraft camping area It was fun to watch people walk by stop and stare - the look on their faces giving away their thoughts It is called desire shyhunger if you will Each admiring glance at the two shiny aluminum airshycraft seemed to bring on more admiration Some shook their heads in amazement others quietly pointed out features to their friends Somehow I had the feeling we were looking at a couple of winners

By Wednesday afshyternoon both Swifts and their owners were gone from their tiedown spots and it was hoped the AIC judges had done their work in the short time provided The Thursshyday evening A wards Program soon brought 22 NOVEMBER 1989

a few convictions home Globe Swift NC78181 owned by Daryl Dressler of St Paul Minnesota won the Custom Class I (over ISO-hp) Award And when the Grand Champion Classic Award was announced Charles Hoover and his 8S-hp Globe Swift NC8090S ran off with all the marbles

It was my pleasant job the following week to inform Charles Hoover over the phone that he had garnered the Grand Champion Lindy Award

Charles Hoover

(One of lifes simple pleasures ) At first Charles had a You gotta be kidshyding apprehension about taking home the heavy hardware However my very persistent tone of voice must have hit home He finally realized what he had accomplished and the giggles and laughing told me he understood Later Charles admitted he didnt get much work done the rest of that day

A little detective work revealed that Charles had won six previous awards

at Oshkosh with his Swift with the AIC Grand Champion Lindy being Numshyber seven On top of this the beautifully polished machine has won any number of other awards over the past 16 years of Hoovers ownership

The original Swift named the GC-l was a steel tube and plywood airplane deshysigned by K H Bud Knox back in 1941 It looked very similar to the metal version which came after World War I in

1945 The original aircraft was powered with a Continental A-80 and would top out at 145 mph and cruise at 130 mph - figures that are remarkably similar to Charles Hoovers metal Swift with its 85-hp engine

The Swift was built by three differshyent companies following World War

II Globe Aircraft Corp of Fort Worth Texas started the line of all-metal Swifts and was followed by Texas Enshygineering amp Manufacturing Co (Temco) These in turn were followed by Universal Aircraft which built the last 16 GC-IA and 60 GC-IB Swifts The grand total manufactured is apshyproximately 1500 Swifts of which some 720 remain on the FAA Register today or these it is estimated that less than a half dozen are still flying with a C85-12 engine Now we can understand why Charles Hoovers 85shyhp Swift has caused so many raised eyebrows It is a rare bird

Built in July 1946 Charles GC-IA is Serial Number 308 and is one of the 47 GC-IA models built by Globe that are still on the FAA Register Nearly all of these have been re-engined with more horsepower The lowest number on the register is NC33336 SIN 2 which is owned by Louis Leftwich Jr of Orlando Florida This very aircraft was used in the photos for the company literature in 1946 Included in the opshytions for the 1946 Swift were floats and skis An airbrushed drawing shows NC33336 flying by with a set of rather pointed floats mounted on struts from the gear wells (Talk about Dreamshyers)

Some of the detailing on Charles Swift really caught the judges eye at EAA Oshkosh 89 The beautiful deshycals on the wheel hubs showing a map of the world with Swift across the face were done by fellow Swift owner Pat Moore of Minneapolis They were done about 10 years ago using the silkscreen process and are absolutely beautiful

Please bear in mind that this Swift has been continually upgraded for the 16 years that Charles has owned it Herein lies the secret Just because Charles didnt win Grand Champion in 1973 he didnt give up Each year more improvements were acshycomplished eventually culminating with the coveted Grand Champion A ward This is persistence at its very best For this we congratulate Charles Hoover and wish him the very best in future endeavors

And let us not forget the Lake Elmo bunch of Swift aficionados who work so well together in a mutual aid society Led by Mark Holliday Jim Montague and a host of others they have set the collective AntiqueClassic crowd on their ear with the huge amount of championship hardware that has found its way home to Lake Elmo We salute you bull

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23

SPEEDWING Vern Dallman flies the sole

remaining Curtiss-Wright B-14-B

If youve ever watched a kitten grow up you have an idea of how aviation spent its childhood A kitten doesnt know whats possible and what isn t It can t tell the difference between leaping up on a tall bookshelf which it will be ab le to do when it gets bigger and leaping up on the roof It will jump and fai l day after day until it finally makes the bookshelf Some time later it will find another way to get to the roof You have to wonder if along the way the kitten had any idea what its ultimate limitations were

In the 1930s aviation was like that kitten It hadnt yet figured out what it couldnt do Designers were finding 24 NOVEMBER 1989

by Mark Phelps

ways to coax more speed and capabilshyity out of airplanes on an almost daily basis Improved airframes alternated with more sophisticated engines playshying techno-leapfrog from one design to the next In June 1932 Curtiss-Wright leaped the field with its 8-14-8 Speedwing Only two were built and Vern Dallman most conspicuous at EAA Oshkosh 89 for his Little Looper replica has one of them at his Ala Doble Aerobatic Ranch in Esshyparto California

The Speedwing was essentially an A-14-D Sportsman with a nine-cyshylinder 330-hp Wright R-97S-E engine The Sportsman which itself was cershy

tified only 10 months earlier had thc seven-cylinder 240-hp R-760-E With 60 more horses up front the Speedshywing aimed its ample nose in the direcshytion of the wealthy sport-flyer market It had scating for thrce with two in a bench seat in front Thc front cockpit normally went around undcr covcr however in the quest for more speed at the expense of carrying passengers The metal cockpi t cover was standard equipment from the factory in St Louis Missouri

Other standard equipment included a metal propeller electric starter navishygation lights cockpit lights battery and a headrest for the rear cockpit Reshy

tractable landing lights would run the buyer an additional $200 and for $100 he could have the optional two-tone paint job The Speedwing carried 35 gallons of fuel in the fuselage tank and an additional 23 gallons in the centershysection tank In keeping with its image as a personal airplane for the disshycriminating owner-pilot two baggage compartments opened on the right side of the fuselage behind the rear cockpit The upper compartment allowed 48 pounds and the lower 100 pounds The shatter-proof windshield was adshyjustable as was the rear seat Top speed of the 8-14-8 was 177 mph with a cruise of 150 mph

Curtiss-Wright also built a 8-14-R with a 420-hp version of the same Rshy975 engine for Casey Lambert Vern Dallmans airplane has a rip-snorting 440-hp version of the same engine for even more neck-snapping perforshymance In fact Curtiss-Wright later developed its Osprey as a fightershybomber version of the Speedwing series for some governments that were re-arming on a tight budget

With the sorry state of owner-flown high-performance aircraft sales today it seems odd that an airplane such as

the Speedwing could survive in the midst of the Depression In fact it didnt Only two were built One went to the Department of Commerce and the other was a factory demonstrator Verns is the old factory airplane comshyplete with the wheel pants and faired N-struts that were added later in the quest for still more speed (Vern has the original metal pants at home but uses a set of fiberglass ones for crossshycountry work)

The progression of Curtiss-Wrights aircraft design trends went like this From the inexpensive training ships of the early 1920s to the speed demons of the early thirties to the potential milishytary contract ships of the mid- to lateshy1930s to the Condor series of transshyports that got the factory people so exshycited after that Its significant that in 1933 Curtiss-Wright still had a stockpile of OX-5 engines in like-new condition available for $45 each No one bought them The OX-5 was the engine of choice for most light aircraft as little as eight years before Contrast that with the Lycoming 0-235 that still powers most two-seat trainers of today yet first appeared almost half a century ago in 1940

Walter 8eech resigned as president of Curtiss-Wright in early 1932 With him went the last vestiges of the Travel Air influence Ralph Damon became president and George Page 1r became chief engineer Fred Landgraf was the project director on the - 14 Series and his previous employment with the Ken-Royce (Rearwin) factory and the Alexander Eaglerock design team shows up clearly in the Curtiss-Wright machines

Its interesting that you can break down the design influence and progshyress of a company virtually by the month based on who was designing the airplanes and what engines were available at what cost Also important was the management of the company who aimed the product at whichever market appeared the most pliable at the time In fact it s likely that the whole history may be over-analyzed The explanation for each new aircraft may be as simple as it appears

I n the case of the 8-14-8 that means lots of horsepower raw speed and one person on board Practical No but in those days aviation wasn t grown up enough to know what was impossible bull

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

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Prints is a series of seven pieces of excellent artwork Choose from the de Havilland D H4 Bleriot XI Albashytross D Ya Wright EX Yin Fiz Fokshyker T-2 Douglas World Cruiser Chishycago or Curtiss NC-4 Through an agreement with the Smithsonian Inshystitutions National Air and Space Museum each relic print includes a piece of the original fabric from these historic aircraft Also included is a certificate of authenticity and a brief DE HAlllAJ) D H -t

history of the aircraft The prints are available framed at $145 each or unshyframed at $55 each For the quality and historica l significance involved this represents a good value For a catalog or to order by telephone call to ll -free 1-800533-7763 or wri te to Aviation Relic Prints 8152 North

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Each aircraft depicted ill thisizistoric series lms restored by the Smithsonian Institutiol1lZl1d is pnrt Of its collectio11 The fabric removed durillg that restoration is certified to be the originnl fabric apiece ofwh ich is attached to this relic print

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This spectacular photo was taken by Dollie Gheen noted aviation photographer from Fairborn Ohio Although taken in 1989 it could almost pass for 1937 with the beautiful 1937 Stinson SR-7B NC16130 SIN 9693 owned by James Solenberg of Shelbyville Indiana flanked by an immaculate 1937 Cord 812 Custom Beverly owned by Bob Gheen of Fairborn Ohio Both vehicles feature a Lycoming engine built in the same factory Lycoming and Stinson were owned by the Cord Company which in turn was part of the Auburn Automobile Company The only hint of 1989 is the tiny strobe on the belly of the Stinson and the reflection of a B-26 tail in the door of the Cord automobile

SENSENICH PROPELLER COMPANY SOLD The venerable Sensenich Propeller Comshy pitch propellers In recent years the firm has

pany has been sold to The Philadelphia been servicing and overhauling propellers of Bourse Inc and Warren A Wilbur III has been all types and that aspect of the business named president Wilbur was president of will also be continued For further information Bellanca Aircraft in the mid 1970s Under new contact Sensenich Propeller Company East management Sensenich will remain in its Airport Road PO Box 5100 Lancaster PA present facilities in Lancaster PA and will 17601-0100 Phone 717569-0435 continue to make wood and metal fixed

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27

PASS IT TO ---rJ An information exchange column with input from readers

Oh boy Here it is deadline time and I don t have anything down on paper Seems too that people are using the phone more and more I have onl y a few letters thi s month But I havc what seems li ke a million phone call s Alshymost a ll the call s are from people wantshying to ta lk to people who have written arti c les for thc magazine George Quast s se ri es of artic les o n the Aero nca C-2 rebuild has generated an inord inate number of call s all wanting hi s home address and phone number It was not in the article (Reach George (If PO Box 233 Hutchinson MinshylIesolil 55350-0233 Be sure to pass lI lollg your hest wishes to his dog Max - Ed )

I ve had ca ll s fro m Baron von Will er and the Glue Ange ls bunch out 28 NOVEMBER 1989

by Buck Hilbert (EAA 21 Ale 5) Po Box 424 Union IL 60180

San Diego way and another invite to do Mex ican Av iation Day at Ensenada There have been phone call s from San Anto nios Bill Stratton with more talk about his Liaison Pilots group from New York asking for info on Aeronca engines and call s from guys who just wanted to ta lk So me were after II 00 at night (Hey Buck A bunch of us are sitting around the bar and you ve got to settl e an argument What color was the headliner on a 1940 Champ) but in the main I ve enjoyed talking to everyone of them

I just fini shed another sojourn across the country taking in the fa ll colo rs and visiting av iatin fri ends along the way I vis ited George York in Mansfi e ld Ohio last month We di scussed aircraft judging and some o f the peculiarities

of that particul ar job at Oshkosh I ve said it often enough I hope that I really respect our j udges and their efforts during the Convention Both George and I ag ree that we could use a few more apprentices to work with the judges duri ng the Convention The program needs some new talent so guys and gals get in early and learn how the system works Let s have your input

I a lso visited Bill Doc Mitchell at Coudersport Pennsy lvania Bill s very ni ce PT- 19 is that all -s il ver one that you always see in the front row down at AIC Showplane Parking He was coerced into taking it down to the Warshybird Area a couple of times but he always seems to wind up back with us He is a lso one o f the best line boys

Ive ever encountered Along with Ray Olcott he shows up every year to do yeoman work around Pioneer Airport before the Convention I got to visit his hangar and you wouldnt believe the goodies he has That PT- 19 will be going for a good many yea rs with all the spares he has I just drooled over all that aeronautical candy

I had ideas about visiting all the people I could along the way to Boothshybay Maine but as usual my timedisshytance perception was way off base After all those years of jetting it on United Air Lines its hard to realize how long it takes to drive To me Bosshyton is about an hour and 50 minutes from O Hare We took five days I had intended to visit the Marlboro anshytiquers in Massachusetts but had to byshypass them because I flat ran out of time I also wanted to see Chuck Burtch and the gang around upstate New York but again I ran out of time Im going to change my ways and just plan localized expeditions from now on - concentrating on one area and

not tryi ng to spread it out too much I might mention that I did visit with

Father John MacGillivray in Antishygonish Nova Scotia Canada Father John as you may know donated his Tiger Moth and his rare Miles Hawk to the EAA Aviation Foundation over the years and is a mainstay of EAA He maintains his seat up at the inforshymation window at EAA Headquarters during the Convention and also conshyducts services at the Theatre In the Woods despite all the airplane noise Father John is also a real sparkplug on his home ground He keeps EAA memshybers in Canada aware and knowlegable of all that s going on He arranges chapter and dinner meetings and is the official greeter when it comes to outshyof-towners such as Dorothy and me We enjoyed our visit with him and are most apo logetic that we didnt take adshyvantage of the dinner invitation in conshycurrance with the chapter meeting

Ive also had some nice calls from donors who have their airplanes on disshyplay in the EAA Air Adventure

Museum The new arrangement of airshycraft and the display now that we have the Warbirds in the Eagle Hangar has made several of those people very happy Previous to thi s there just wasnt room and many of the airplanes were in storage Now we can all see them

I m somewhat more than dismayed to learn that one of our greatest of the Old Timers has gone Westmiddot Next time you look at the EAA Spirit of Saint Louis project or see that beautishyful SE 5 replica in the display area think of Gil Bodeen Gil goes way back Back to the beginning The Corn County Chapter of Dekalb Illinois was largely his He was a beautiful craftsman and did woodwork the likes of which youlI se ldom see 1 can walk through the museum and see his craftsmanship in many of the machines that are there Im gonna miss you Gill But your workmanship will live on right there in the museum displays and in the flying machines at Pioneer Airshyport bull

A view of the re-arranged museum floor - and the Ryan Sew

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29

CHAPTER CAPSULES by Bob Brauer

Chapter 15 has been meeting at Bob Rings private air strip Ring Internashytional in Berwick Maine since it was formed in 1985 Known as the New England Chapter it was the result of a group of 15 EAA members with a strong interest in antique and classic aircraft The chapter was founded by its first president Bob Ring of Bershywick Henry Van Cleef of Lawrence Massachusetts Jack Copeland of Westborough Massachusetts and Alice and Richard Gilchrest of Lynn Massachusetts Membership now numshybers around 25 and the participants live in an area that includes southern New Hampshire eastern Massachusetts and southwest Maine

Ring International is a busy place because of both the clubs as well as the individual members projects Bob Ring has been restoring a Waco 2 which he salvaged as a crop duster and returned to original configuration This project plus generously providing a meeting place for the chapter and space for chapter projects leave little time for dull moments

A group of members meet every other Saturday to work on restoring a Meyers OTW owned by Gerry Barg of South Easton Massachusetts When the airplane is complete Gerry and the main restoration crew will share flight duties Also under restoration by another chapter group is a Northrop Primary Glider Most of the members are avid restorers at heart and continushyally work on projects either their own or those of fellow members As a matshyter of fact getting together at each others projects for work sessions is an ongoing activity President Errol Dow sums it up best We are an aid to each other Most people need the support of a club because not everyone has all the expertise required for a complete proshyject It becomes a learning experience for all of us

Errol further explained that the chapter stresses work sessions as part of the monthly meetings rather than the customary structured or planned proshy30 NOVEMBER 1989

Left to right Bob Ring Jock Denison Harvey Wells Errol Dow Gerry Peterson Jock Copeshyland Dick Gilchrist Louis Furnos Maurice Lambert (guest) Paul Poulson and Charlie Pearshyson

grams These sessions involve member participation in working sheet metal fabric covering and general restorashytion He notes that everyone likes to teach or instruct

This group inspiration must work since 75 percent of the members fly antique or classic aircraft Errol is reshystoring an early model Piper Pacer and charter member Dick Jackson of Rochester New Hampahire has sevshyeral Wacos of different types in the process of detailed restoration Inshycluded in Dicks collection is a rare if not the only existing Waco Model D Included among members airplanes are a Luscombe Champ and a J-3 Two or three of these old airplanes fly in to each meeting so their efforts have paid off

As far as flight is concerned howshyever Chapter 15 is not preoccupied with the past For example Jack Copeshyland has been instrumental in enshycouraging members to write the FAA and their congressmen to support EAAs position on general aviation

and airplane issues In Errol Dow s opinion EAA is doing a pretty good job in the battle for the airmans right to fly

Errol also reminisced about past chapter president Don Mc Laughlin of Hampton New Hampshire who passed away last November At a time when chapter interest was at somewhat of an ebb he earned everyones respect for re-instilling enthusiasm in members to maintain and fly old airplanes Errol indicated that he felt it was a difficult task to step into Don s shoes but from the current interest shown by memshybers Errol has made his own shoes to walk in He believes in a sustained efshyfort to get new EAA and AIC members to expand the clubs base That base is sure to grow because of the chapters desire to teach Seems as though they cant wait to get someone who is new to old airplanes so that they can show him new techniques for restoring old planes This group of New Englanders are proving that something old has a bright future bull

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Contents

2 Straight and Levelby Espie Butch Joyce

4 Aerograms

7 Members Projectslby Norm Petersen

8 Vintage Literaturelby Dennis Parks Page 4

10 Welcome New Members

12 1989 Type Club Listing compiled by Mark Phelps

20 Grand Champion Antique by Mark Phelps

22 Grand Champion Classic by Norm Petersen

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24 Speedwinglby Mark Phelps

28 Pass It To Buckby EE Buck Hilbert

30 Chapter Capsulelby Bob Brauer

31 Vintage Trader

35 Mystery Planelby George Hardie Jr

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FRONT COVER Three Waco UPF-7s in formation over Oshkosh From front to rear Tom Flock Bob Poor and Dale Cunningham

(Photo by Carl Schuppel Photo plane flown by Carl Koeling)

REAR COVER Former VINTAGE AIRPLANE Edito r Gene Chase liffs off from Pioneer Airport Oshkosh in the EM Aviation Foundations Stanshydard J-1 The Standard is the 300th aircraff type listed in Genes logshybook Congratulations Gene and may there be 300 more to follow

(Photo by Mark Phelps)

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Metalplanes of Milwaukee Dear Editor and anchored offshore The planes

In the June installment of Vintage were then flight-tested Shortly after Seaplanes you had a photo of three tests the aircraft were turned over to Hamilton Metalplanes on floats and Canadian pilots and used for Canadian you requested more information about forest fire patrols A photo of the same the photo It was taken at McKinley three aircraft appeared in the MilshyBeach in Milwaukee around 1925 The waukee Journal and being an airplane aircraft were towed from the factory to nut I cut it out The newspaper listed the beach where they were assembled Jack Hagemeyer as providing the

photo and the Boeing archives as proshyviding the information

Sincerely Eric Whyte Brookfield Wisconsin

Norm Just to add confusion to the puzzle

Ill give you a couple of tidbits that I uncovered when I did the research for Jack Lysdale a few years back prior to his rebuild of the H-47 at St Paul Quite a lot of Hamiltons (maybe 10 or so) went to South America The insigshynia and tail markings could very well be those of Panama My best lead is on a letter and photo sent to me several years ago by Wes Fletcher who lives in North Freedom Wisconsin and worked at the Hamilton factory He writes on the back of the photo that the airplane pictured was sold and shipped to Italy and was painted yellow If you look at your photo closely you ll see that the center plane is indeed painted a different color than the two on the ends Somewhere in my notes I have listed the plane sent to Italy as having been registered there as I-ROMA Likely the registration was not painted on the aircraft at the time of the photo John Underwood took a guess at where the plane was going He guessed Peru Im not sure any ever went to Peru but ~ho knows Im betting on the Italy theory Tom Hamilton was still alive a few years ago living in California

Sincerely Noel Allard Chaska Minnesota

Solved Mystery Dear Editor RE August Vintage Seaplanes top photo page seven

Frank Elliss book Atlantic Conshyquest (1963- Kimber amp Co Ltd) carries an identical photo with the capshytion TAC Survey Plane Number One

4 NOVEMBER 1989

- a diesel-engined Bellanca seaplane in which Shorty (Parker D) Cramer (right) and Oliver Paquette were the first airmen ever to fly over the Greenshyland Ice-cap (July-Aug 1931)

The magazine is looking great shycontinued best wishes

Sincerely H Glenn Buffington EI Dorado Arkansas

Original Aussie Parasol Dear Sir

During the year 1936 Alan Mogg of Ashfield New South Wales Aushystralia commenced construction of a single-seat high-wing monoplane The fuselage structure was similar to a Pietenpol but material dimensions were increased to make the aircraft more robust The tail was from a Heath Parasol but the design of the wings was Moggs own creation The inshytended engine was a four-cylinder Menasco but because of import probshylems Mogg purchased two nine-cylinshyder 59 -hp Salmson engines from Enshygland modified for dual ignition Due to the Salmsons lighter weight the nose had to be extended for balance The airplane was named Miss Mogal (from Alan Mogg) and the aircraft was first flown at Morisset NSW in November 1939 Flight characteri stics were described as excellent with no vices Speeds were quoted as a maximum of 95 mph cruise of 75 mph and stall 30 mph The aircraft was damaged in the mid-1950s and rebuilt over several years at Manley NSW

Oliver Paquette (left) and Shorty Cramer

then sold to Ron Willis at Boggabri NSW in the 1960s It is now on display at the Tamworth Museum (a secondshyhand shop) where I took these photos Ive tried to phone Alan for the last three months with no success

Cheerio Alan Lewis (EAA 1634) Paddington NSW

Moths across New Zealand Dear Mark

The Tiger Club of New Zealand is organising a Vintage Air Rally from North Cape to Bluff the two exshytremities of New Zealand starting on

Monday 26 February 1990 and finishshying near Gore the following Friday The idea has been enthusiastically enshydorsed by the 1990 Commission as an Official Project to help celebrate the countrys sesquicentennial and we re commemorating the pioneering long distance flights in New Zealand which culminated in the December 1933 efshyfort of Ted Harvie and Miss Trevor

Hunter in Gipsy Moth ZK-APB when they were the first people to cover the full length of the country in one day Miss Hunter now Mrs Trevor Colshyway will be taking some part in our activities

There is also the likelihood of a lishymited number of our members having a go at doing the North Cape to Bluff flight in one day in Tiger Moths and a Gipsy Moth something nobody has tried in open-cockpit biplanes for 56 years

This whole event is gaining internashytional recognition The deHavilland Fox Moth that was used to start Bert Mercers Air Travel operations in South Westland in 1934 (and which re-

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sided in upstate New York for some years as N 83DH) will be coming out from England for the rally and a couple of airshows and with it in the same container will be a Gipsy Moth and possibly a Hornet Moth depending on available room Some of our members from the USA and Australia have also indicated they will be making the trip to New Zealand to take part

Our rally will be followed imshy

mediately by our annual fly-in at Manshydeville not far west of Gore and the Will Scotland Memorial Air Race for Tiger Moths from Invercargill to Gore commemorating the first cross-country flight in either New Zealand or Aushystralia using a Caudron in February 1914 All these three linked events are official 1990 projects

It promises to be a memorable event - provided the weather behaves itself But then open-cockpit biplane pilots always did tend to be an optimistic lot anyway

always enjoy reading your magazine Keep up the good work 6 NOVEMBER 1989

Yours sincerely John King (EAA 228003 AIC 8502) Secretary The Tiger Club of New Zeashyland

Hart to Heart Dear Mark Phelps

Thank you for your generous apshypreciation of my contribution to VINshyTAGE AIRPLANE It encourages me to continue sending a variety of vintage aero antics and serious articles Meetshying Buck Hilbert on a flight to Enshysenada Mexico (Pass It to Buck June) was something special because HE is Buck accumulates friendships wherever he goes sharing his wealth of knowledge and even PARTS with anyone dedicated to restoring or preshyserving our kind of flying machines

Just this second I turned pages to find the name of the author of Cats Meow (August) intending to write a paragraph about his outstanding attrishybutes - to you Shock Honestly the most enjoyable article Ive read in ages for a row of reasons First but not in order of importance my vast files on vintage aircraft yield but one shot of the Kitten and precious little data Now this explosion of intimate knowlshyedge and great pictures of the beautishyful animal

Best of all were your explanations of functional aerodynamic problems and their solutions I dont recall other fine articles with so much real-life finding and fixing problems pertaining to sound design guidance as valid

today as way back then The Kittens wingspan increased from 28 to 32 feet with no decrease in top speed noted sounds credible to me A lower angle of attack in level flight can be exshypected reducing drag enough to comshypensate for the extra span

Icing on the Kittens cake - By June 1943 Leroy Grumman had enough confidence in his litter of Navy fighters to turn his attention to another

breed of cat And That solved the problem of the Kittens recalcitrant paws once and for all Such a light touch turning up in a solid serious story turns people like me to adding another leaf to your fanmail tree

Sinceriously Ed Lockhart (aka Edlock Hart) Lakeside California

Thanks are due to Mort Kelman who provided most of the photos for that story from his archives Here s one more that didnt make it into print the first time - Ed

I

MEMBERS PROTECTS VI

by Norm Petersen

Built in October of 1942 at Middletown Ohio this Aeronca 65-CA Chief NC39576 SIN CA18482 is the proud possession of Jeff Laver (EAA 330421 AlC 13739) of Lake Jackson Texas Jeff reports the Chief had been completely restored in 1973 prior to his buying the airplane in July of 1988 He is now in the process of making a new cowl new engine baffeling and rerigging the entire airplane with new control cables In additiof a set of wheel pants are being made Jeff is planning on re-doing the interior of the Chief and asks if anyone has any information on pre-war Chiefs please contact him at 203 Stanford Rd Lake Jacksof TX 77566

From West Germany comes this pretty picture of a Cessna 140 D-EHSC flown by Peter Lendle (EAA 316217 AlC 14403) of Erlenweg 11 D-7734 Brigachtal West Germany This type of aircraft is quite popular in Europe as it has the necessary electrical system for VHF radio (required in Europe) plus low fuel burn (at $3 to $4 per gallon) Note 3200 Scott tailwheel and original main gear hubcaps

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()uring the decade after World War I the science of aerodynamics was being expanded and deepened in the research laboratories and workshops of many nations

Some of the theory deve loped would be used to refine the shape of the airplane through streamlining (Vinshytage Literature July 1989) Much of the research which would be incorposhyrated in the new wing sections and shapes in the airplanes of the 1930s was on lift and drag

Of special importance among the inshyventions and improvements was the slotted wing The effect of the slot was discovered independently in Germany by G V Lachmann and in England by Handley Page Lechmann was to join the Handley Page company and the deshyvice became known throughout the world as the Handley Page Slot

The effectiveness of the slots was shown in wind tunnel and fli ght tests both in Germany and England with the tests showing a 60 percent increase in wing lift at high angles of attack

Though the results of the invention of the slotted wing aroused immense excitement it found little use in the 1920s This was possibly due to the low wing loading of the predominant biplane designs and their slow landing speeds With the advent of all-metal aircraft and higher wing loading slots became more useful An exception was the Royal Air Force which required all new aircraft to have them beginning in 1928

Thanks to Mr Clifford C Jackson of Davison Michigan the EAA Aviashytion Foundation Library recently reshyceived some examples of Handley Page company publications on the slotshyted wing

One titled The Automatic Slot which appears to have been published in 1930 was a 26-page brochure that gives a general history of the device and how it operates The brochure carshyries a very strong message on the slot s

8 NOVEMBER 1989

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contribution to avia tion safety The booklet begins with a story

called The Parable of the Unselfish Husband which presents as much of a comment on the sensibility of the times as a message on flying safety

A certain husband was in the habit of denying himself things in order the better to provide for his beautiful wifes extensive needs and so to retain her affection he gave up smoking cigars and took to cigarettes he drank water instead of wine and he reduced the numher of clubs to which he beshylonged from eight to one so that a larger part of his income could be deshyvoted to the purchase of clothes hats perfumes and other articles for his wife

And when he came to buy an aeroplane he chose a cheap one and being told that the fitting of auto-slots would cost [extra] he refused to have slots fitted And in due course his aeroplane stalled and spun into the ground and he was killed

The Handley-Page Gugnunc slotted and flapped biplane was an entry in the 1929 Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition

According to the Handley Page comshypany the lesson of the story as stated in

I)the parable was z j

~The Jate oj this tunselfish and deshyJvoted husband

should be a warning to all who do not place a sufficient value on their own saJety The experishyences oj life may be unpleasant but inasshymuch as those oj death may be even more unpleasant it is advisable to fit slots and be secure

As you can tell - a rather strong message The rest of the brochure is more technical in nature covering air accidents the wing slot and controllashybility and a technical description of the slot in ac tion

Facts About Slots

The Handley Page automatic slot is now so widely used that the time is ripe Jor a recapitulation oj some oj the chieJJacts about it Its history is unique in aeronautics It has progressed and overcome ignorance and prejudice at an astonishing rate as will be seen if the course oj events is examined

First installed as a means oj inshycreasing the speed range oj an aeropshylane by decreasing its landing speed it was developed to provide at these lower 5peeds a method oj lateral conshytrol and stability then and now so woeJully lacking in aircraJt with ordishynary wings

It went on to report that tests of the slots by British government were so successful in the laboratory and on a Bristol fighter that all Bristol fighters in use with the RAF were ordered to have auto-slots

A similar rapid development took place in civil aviation It began when a Jamous make oj light aeroplane was fitted with auto-slots and tested The results were so conclusive that private aeroplane owners began immediately to stipulate that their machines must

Britain affirm that slots do what they are claimed to do and second that the validity oj the patent

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ANCLE OF INCIDENCE

be Jitted with auto-slots Now almost every private aeroplane owner in Great Britain and the Dominions insists on the inclusion oj auto-slots in his machine

The British Government and slots Another section of the report dealt

with the fact that after testing the British Government bought the rights to the slots for 100000 Pounds

The agreement constitutes a public proclamation first that the best technishycal brains in Great

is unshakable

E In 1928 the Govshyernment began to fit some Service aircraft with slots Every Britstol fighter in the Service was slotted and steps were then

taken to equip D H 9s It was then decided to fit slots to all

Service aircraft

In order to check as quickly as posshysible the wastage oj lives and material that was going on owing to the Jreshyquency oj the stall-and-spin type ojair accident the Air Ministry was preshypared to interfere with the works proshygrammes oj the various aircraJt manushyJacturers to the extent oj insisting that all Royal Air Force machines were to be slotted beJore being put in service

The effects oj these decisions are already noticeable Up to the time oj writing no single Jatal stall-and-spin accident has happened to a British Service aircraJt Jitted with slots

It was noted that prior to the slot installations the RAF was experiencing 20 to 30 fatal stall-and-spin accidents per year

Safer Civil Flying After discussing the causes of fatal

civil accidents in private or club airshycraft (as in the U S stall-spins acshycounted for the largest number) the section concludes

The auto-slot is not a Gadget It is not that to say an unessential acshycessory It is part oJthe machine itself and it improves the machine by inshycreasing the pilots control over it Auto-slots no only increase the aeropshylanes saJety but also during certain manoeuvers improve the performance oj the machine bull

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS The following is a parliallisting of new members who have joined the EAA AntiqueClassic Division (through May 3 1989) We are honored to welcome them into the organization whose members common interest is vintage aircraft Succeeding issues of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE will contain additional listings of new members

Tom Sabata Scot ia New York

Robert B Sackmann Bloomington Indiana

William E Sadler Atlanta Georgia

David Sanderson III Sierra Vista Arizona

Donald M Sather Hayward Califorshynl a

Kenneth Sawusch Libertyv ille JI-Iinois

Cliff Schlender Clintonville WisconshySill

Walter Borns Scragg Sydney New South Wales Australia

Michael Sentell Maryville Tennessee

Cheryl Serviss Arroyo Grande Californi a

Robert J Severson Houston Texas

Bruce Shaeffer Jr Lititz Pennsylshyval1la

Thomas W Sharpe Reidsv ille North Carolina

Rodney Sheakley Pet ro li a Pennsylshyva l1la

Larry Sheiter Manchester Missouri

Short Wing Piper Club Halstead Kansas

Robert Wayne Simpson Norwood North Carolina

Lendon V Sink Lexington North Carolina

C Donald Sitta Farmington New Mex ico

Brian Smith Ripon California

Michael Smith Sioux Falls South Dakota

Richard C Smith Wichita Kansas

Lars Soe-Jensen Farum Denmark

Ronnie L Southard Milford Delashyware

Patricia B Sowell Statesboro Georshyg ia

George P Spolsdoff Law ndale California

Robert D Sponseller Shelby Ohio

Schuyler O Stackus Phoen ix Arizona

John I Stahly Nappanee Indiana

Roland Standring It asca Illinois

Peter Stanek San Rafae l California

John Roger Stark Fort Worth Texas

Ralph H Starr Daytona Beach Florida

Edward T Stettner Lake Alfred Florida

Mark F Stevens Biloxi Miss iss ippi

John H Stewart Needham Masshysachusetts

Charles A Stone Danbury Connecshyticut

Ernest R Streifthau Middletown Ohio

Harold Swanson North Branch Min shynesota

David N Switzer Cocoa Florida

Gagniere Sylvain Les Garrigues Mauguio France

Texas State Technical Institute Waco Texas

Bill Thibault Newport Beach Ca li forshyili a

Matthew J Thiele Nashua New Hampshire

James P Thomas Springfield Illinois

Walter O Thompson Columbus Ohio

Tony Tinsman Westphal ia Missouri

Larry Tippit Cumby Texas

Jeremy Tischendorf Green Bay Wisshyconsll1

Thomas B Traylor Jr Birmingham Alabama

Robert J Triplett Bruce Wisconsin

Mark Allen Turner Eufaula Alabama

Reuben D Tye Jr Arlington Texas

David Valaer Dallas Texas

Kevin Van Dyke Palm Beach Garshydens Florida

Jack Veach Reno Nevada

John W Veil Jr Wyomissing Pennsy lvania

Andrew J Volovar Mysti c Connecshyticut

Richard L Wagner San Bernardino California

Fred Walatka Anchorage Alaska

Rem Walker Regina Saskatchewan Canada

Randall J Wall Ava Illinois

William Walters Battle Creek Michi-Leonard C Smith EI Toro California Greg Teufel Seattle Washington gan 10 NOVEMBER 1989

Don Ward Green Bay Wisconsin

Herbert E Ware Muncie Indiana

William F Watson Tulsa Ok lahoma

David Welch Venice Florida

Lee C Whitehead Middleport New York

James B Williams Jr Ridgeway Virginia

Morgan Williams Jr Midland Onshytario Canada

George W Williams Portsmouth New Hampshire

Dallas Wise Hyattsville Maryland

Robert Wislocki Bethany Connecshyticut

Charles E Wolter Niles Michigan

William N Woodhouse Power Monshytana

Gregory D Wastrel Deephaven Minnesota

David F Wrench Mountain View California

George F Wright Sutton Coldfield West Midlands England

James Wunderlin Milwaukee Wisshyconsin

Frank Wustrack Oostburg WisconshySill

James Wutzen Kirkland Washington

Michael Yearout Breckenridge Colshyorado

Carlton C Young Bessemer Alabama

Robert A Zembinski Milwaukee Wisconsin

William J Zimmer Venice Florida

American Champion Aircraft Corp Rochester Wisconsin

Robert C Ansley Winchester Tenshynessee

Michael P Anthony Kerrville Texas

John Barnes East Doncaster Aushystra li a

Clyde E Barton Angleton Texas

Philip A Block Anchorage Alaska

Jose M Bouza Ewa Beach Hawaii

John D Bramsen Ch icago Illinois

Ralph E Brandon Newark Ohio

Bernard M Brill Sacramento Cal iforn ia

Herman B Brust Jr Frederick Maryland

James E Buchanan Phoenix Arizona

Edward G Cartwright Kansas City Missouri

Nick Charlemagne Libreville Gabon Africa

Phillip E Cline Lockhart Texas

Richard N Cochrane Clarks Sumshymit Pennsylvania

Giorgio Conti-Veccui Cagliari Italy

Elizabeth Ann Copland Ann Arbor Michigan

Mary Crawford Port SI Lucie Florida

Eugene Davidson Oldsmar Florida

A Robert Davies Troy Ohio

John Davis Cincinnati Ohio

Michael F Diem Minneapolis Minshynesota

Timothy R Dykman Quogue New York

Donald E Ellis Grass Valley Cali forshynia

George Elton Snohomish Washingshyton

Rocco J Farano Dobbs Ferry New York

Steven C Fisher Sim i Valley Californ ia

Robert Fox Arab Alabama

Kevin David Francis Great Dunmow Essex Eng land

Norris E Garvey New Albany In shydiana

Camile P Gaspard Blanks Louisiana

James F George Vineland New Jershysey

Robert A Gingell Sunn yva le California

Dan Grace Covington Georgia

Ralph S Graham SI Paul Minshynesota

Peter Groves Vancouver British Colshyumbi a Canada

Don W Guthrie Sr Forestville California

Robert D Halvorsen Van Nuys California

James R Hammond Bradenton Florida

George R Hartigan Spring Texas

William M Henderson Fargo North Dakota

G Hengeveld Sprang Capelle Netherlands

Robert L Hess Clarence New York

Carthel A Hole Pontotoc Mississ ippi

Ray L Hulce Niles Michigan

International Civil Aviation Organishyzation Montreal Quebec Canada

Paul M Jablonski Greenwood Inshydiana

Kenneth w Jerolaman Bernardsvi lle New Jersey

Cliff W Johnston Hawkes Bay New Zealand

F Ben Jones Katy Texas VINTAGE AIRPLANE 11

1989

LISTING

compil ed by Mark Phe lps

B irds of a feather do flock together and type clubs are the best way for owners of like mac hines to share inform ashyti on part s and soc ial camaraderie The Cessna 12011 40 cl ubs merged the ir effort s to produce a record assault on EAA Oshkosh 88 In 1989 The Ameri can Yankee Associshyati on heJd its national convention in Cable Wisconsin the week be fore EAA Oshkosh 89 and several members fl ew on down to Oshkosh the fo llow ing week to for m the G ru mshyman Corral in the north parking area

Bes ides owners of spec ific aircraft pil o ts with similar ex periences or interests can gather to share a li e or two The OX-5 Aviation Pioneers fo r instance include pilots bold enough to have fl own behind the Curti ss OX-5 eng ine before World War II

Officers and members of type clubs often are the fi rst point of contact for pilots considering a spec ific airplane type and that usuall y exc ites the prospecti ve owner abo ut getting the project started You might say that many of those who call with doubts about the type are clubbed into submiss ion

Aeronca Aviator s Club shyA Division of Pea Patch Airlines Julie amp Joe Dickey 51 1 Terrace Lake Road Columbus IN 47201 8 12342-6878 Newsletter 4 times as year Dues No dues - $ 12 subsc ripti on

National Aeronca Club Jim Thompson President 266 Lamp amp Lantern Vill age Chesterf ield MO 63017 12 NOVEMBER 1989

Most type clubs also di stribute newsletters that include stories maintenance information and schedul es of ac shyti viti es They also offer a chance to get a picture of a me mber s aircraft in print for everyone across the country to apprec iate An exce llent example of a type-c lu b news letshyter is the Short Wing Piper NI s published by the Short Wing Piper C lub

If you own an antique or class ic aircraft or even an orph aned spamcan such as the Grum man American airpl anes and you would like to network with others who share your enthusias m type c lu bs are the best way The fo ll owing is the AntiqueClass ic Di vis ion s most current li st o f ty pe clubs If we have le ft out your group or made an error in our li sting send in the in fo rmati on and we ll make it avail able to members nex t year The organi zations are li sted alphabeticall y by the name most commonl y assoc iated with the type i e Beech Stagge rwing clu bs are li sted under S and the Western Bonanza Assoc iation is li sted un der B

Newslette r 6 per year Dues $20 00 US $30 Canada $45 Foreign $40 Charter US $50 Charter Canada $65 Charter Foreign

Aeronca Lovers Club Buzz Wagner Box 3 40 1 1st SI East Clark SO 57225 605532-3862 Newsletter Quarte rl y Dues $ 15 per year

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Aeronca Sedan Club Mr Richard Welsh 2311 East Lake Sammamish Place SE Issaquah W A 98027 Newsletter 3 per year Dues $350 per year

American Air Racing Society Mr Rudy Profant President 4060 W 158th Street Cleveland OH

216941-0089 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $1000 per year

American Aviation Historical Socishyety Mr Harry Gann President 2333 Otis SI Santa Ana CA 92704 714549-4818 Tuesday nights 7 00shy900 pm local Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 includes Journal and Newsshyletter

Flying Apache Assn John Lumley 1 S 300 Dillon Lane Villa Park IL 60181 312627-8027 Dues $25 per year

Artic Tern Newsletter David Neumeister 5630 S Washington Lansing MI 48910 517882-8433 Newsletter Dues $10 per year

Bellanca Champion Club Ms Pam Foard and Mr Larry DAtshytilio 1820 N 166th Street Brookfield WI 53005 4141784-03 18 Newsletter Quarterly - Bellanca Conshytact Dues $2500 per year

Bird Airplane Club Jeannie Hill P O Box 328 Harvard IL 60033 815943-7205 Newsletter 2-3 annually Dues Postage Donation

American Bonanza Society Cliff R Sones Administrator PO Box 12888 Wichita KS 67277 316945-6913

Newsletter Monthly Dues $3500 per year

Western Bonanza Society Alden C Barrios 1436 Muirlands Drive La Jolla CA 92037 619459-5901 Newsletter Dues $20 per year

Bucker Club John Bergeson SecretaryTreasurer 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 517561-2393 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year (US amp Canada) $ 15 per year (Foreign)

Bucker Club National Frank Price President RI 1 Box 419 Moody Texas 76557 817853-2008 Newsletter 12 per year Dues $2500 per year

Cessna Airmaster Club Gar Williams 9 So 135 Aero Drive Naperville IL 60565 312355-9416 Dues None

International Bird Dog Association (Cessna L-19) Phil Phillips President 3939 C-8 San Pedro NE Albuquerque NM 87110 50588 1-7555 Newsletter Quarterly Observer Dues $2500 per year

Cessna T -50 Flying Bobcats Jon Larson 3821 53rd Street SE Auburn WA 98002 206833-1068 Newsletter Quarterly Dues Donation

Cessna Pilots Association John Frank Executive Director MidshyContinent Airport P O Box 12948 Wichita KS 67277 316946-4777 Newsletter Monthly Dues $30 annually

International Cessna 120140 Associshyation Dorchen Forman Editor Box 830092 Richardson TX 75083-0092 817497-4757 (D Forman) Newsletter Monthly Dues $15 US year

West Coast Cessna 120140 Club Donna Christopherson Membership 451 Bellwood Drive Santa Clara CA 95054 408988-8906 or 5540474 Newsletter Bi-monthly Dues $ 10 per year

Cessna 150152 Club Skip Carden Executive Director P O Box 15388 Durham NC 27704 919471-9492 Newsletter Monthly Dues $2000 per year

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Intcrnational Cessna 1711 Associashytion Inc Vclvel Fadcldc) Exccutivc SCLTc tary PO Bo 1667 Lehanon MO 6556 New~lctlLT Fly Paper ( I I per year) The 170 New~ (Q uarterl y) Dul~ S 15 00 per year

International Cessna 180 185 Club (Cessna I XO-I X5 ownership req uired ) Charles Bombardier Pre~ iden t

45l) N 4l)th A ve nue Phoenix AZ X501 I Newsletter 9 or 10 per year Dues S 15 per year

Eastern 190195 Association Cliff Crabs 25575 Butternut North Olmsted OH 44070 2161777-4025 after 6 pm Easte rn Newsletter Irregular - Manual on Maintenance for Members Dues $10 initiation amp as required each year

International 195 Club Dwight M Ewing President P O Box 737 Merced CA 95344 2091722-6283 Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $2000 US annually

International Comanche Society Jaek Holaway P O Box 400 Grant NE 69140 308352-4275 Newsletter Dues $34 per year

Corben Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletters Quarterly Dues $800 for four issues

Cub Club (Piper) John Bergeson Chairman P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant MI 48804-2002 517561-2393 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year (US) $20 (Canada) $25 (Foreign)

L-4 Grasshopper Wing Publisher John Bergeson Cub Club 14 NOVEMBER 1989

P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant MI 48804-2002 517561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year (US) $ 15 (Canada - US Funds) $20 (Foreign) Note Must be a Cub Club member also

Culver Club Larry Low Chairman 60 Skywood Way Woodside CA 94062 415851-0204 Newsletter None Dues None

Culver PQ-14 Assoc Ted Heineman Editor 29621 Kensington Drive Laguna Niguel CA 92677 714831-0173 Newsletter Annually Dues Donation

Dart Club (Culver) Lloyd Washburn 3958 Washburn Drive PI Clinton OH 43452 Newsletter Now and Then Dues None

Curtiss Robin Club W Lane Tufts 4138 Santa Rosa Drive Moorpark CA 93021 805529-2359 Dues None

deHavilland Moth Club Gerry Schwam Chairman 1021 Serpentine Lane Wyncote PA 19095 215635-7000 or 215886-8283 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $ 12 US amp Canada $15 Overseas

deHavilland Moth Club of Canada R deHavilland Ted Leonard FoundershyDirector 305 Old Homestead Road Keswick Ontario Canada L4P I E6 416476-4225 Newsletter Periodicall y Dues $20 annually

American Tiger Club (deHavilland) Mr Frank Price President Rt I Box 419 Moody Texas 76557 817853-2008 Newsletter Monthly Dues $2500 per year

Ercoupe Owners Club Skip Carden Eecutivc Director Box 1505~

Durham NC 2770+ 91l11471-94l12 Newsletters Monthly with ~pecial

editions Dues S20 per year

Fairchild Club John W Berendt President 7645 Echo Point Road Cannon Falls MN 55009 507263-24 14 Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $5

Fairchild Fan Club Robert L Taylor Edi tor PO Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $800 per year

Flying Farmers International Kyle Ann Stream Executive Director PO Box 9124 2 120 Airport Road

W ichit a KS 67277 31619+3-4234 News lette r 10 issues per year Dues S35 per yea r US funds plus chapter dues

Fleet Club George G Gregory Pres ident 4~80 Duguid Road Manlius NY 13 104 3 15682-6380 Newsletter Approx two per year Dues Con tributions

Funk Aircraft Owners Association G Dale Beach Ed itor - Treasurer 1621 Dreher Street Sac ramento CA 958 14 916443-7604 Newsletter 10 per yea r Dues $ 12 00

Great Lakes Club Robert L Taylor Ed itor PO Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Quarte rl y Dues $ 10 per year

The American Yankee Assn (Grumshyman American) Steve Wilson 3232 Western Drivc Cameron Park C A t)56~2

Newsletter Dues S2750 per year (U S) $3000 (Fore ign)

Hatz Club Robert L Taylor Ed itor PO Rox In Blakesburg IA 52536 515 938-2773 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $~ per year

Heath Parasol Club William Schlapman 6431 Paul son Road Winneconne WI 54968 414582-4454 News le tte r Annually Dues Postage donation

The Interstate Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 51593 8-2773 Newsletter Interstate Intercom

deHaviliand TIger Moth

Dues $8 for four issues

Little Round Engine Flyer Ken Williams Chairman 33 1 E Franklin Street Portage WI 53901 Contact Williams for further informashytion

Continental Luscombe Association Loren Bump Fearless Leader 5736 Esmar Road Ceres CA 95307 209537-9934 Newsletter Bi-monthly (6 per year) Dues $ 10 (US) $ 1250 (Canada or $10 US funds) $ 15 (Foreign)

Luscombe Association John Bergeson Chairman 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 517561-2393 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $ 15 per year (US) $20 per year (Canada) $25 per year (Foreign)

Meyers Aircraft Owners Association Wm E Gaffney Secretary 26 Rt 17K

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Newburgh NY 12550 914565-8005 Newsletter 5-6 per year Dues Postage Fund Donation

Minnesota Seaplane Pilots Associashytion Jack E Mathisen Box 385 Squaw Lake MN 56681 218659-4431 Newsletter 3-4 per year Dues $15 per year

Mooney Aircraft Pilots Assn Mark Harris 314 Stardust Dri ve San Antonio TX 78228 512434-5959 Newsletter Dues $30 per year

National Air Racing Group Frank Ronco President 1313 Los Arboles Sunnyvale CA 94087 4081733-7967 Newsletter Professional Air Racing (lOyear)

Dues $IOyear domestic

National Biplane Association Charles W Harris Board Chairman Mary R Jones Executive Director

Hangar 5 4-J Aviation Jones-Riverside Airport Tulsa OK 74132 918299-2532 Dues $1500 per year

National Championship Air Races Susan Audrain Marketing Director PO Box 1429 Reno NY 89505 702826-7500

Naval Aircraft Restorers Assn Gerald Miller 3320 Northridge Drive Grand Junction CO 81506 3031245-7899 Newsletter Dues $12 per year

American Navion Society Raleigh Morrow Chairman of Board Gerry Bright Executive Secretary Box 1175 Municipal Airport Banning CA 92220 714849-2213 Newsletter Monthly Dues $35 per year

The 99s Inc International Women Pilots Loretta Jean Gragg Executive Direcshytor PO Box 59965 Will Rogers Airport Oklahoma City OK 73159

405 685-7969 Newsletter The 99 News - monthly Dues $4000 annually

Norseman Club David E Neumeister 5630 S Washington Lansing MI 48911-4999 517882-8433 Newsletter Quarterly - Norseman Newsletter Dues $10 per year

North American Trainer Association (T6 T-28 NA64 NA50) Stoney and Kathy Stonich 2285 Oakvale Drive Shingle Springs CA 95682 916677 -2456 Newsletter Quarterly - Texans and Trojans Dues $25 US $35 Canada Foreign US Funds - In1 Money

OX-5 Aviation Pioneers Oliver Y Phillips National Secretary 10405 W 32 Avenue Wheat Ridge CO 80033 303233-5905 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year

Buckeye Pietenpol Association Frank S Pavliga Newsletter Editor

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2800 S Turner Road Canfield OH 44406 2161792-6973 days 2161792-6269 (evenings) Newsletter Buckeye Pietenpol Assn Newsletter - Quarterly Dues $750 per year

International Pietenpol Association Robert L Taylor Editor PO Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Quarterly or Semi-annushyally Dues $8 per year

Short Wing Piper Club Inc Lonnie McLaughlin Membership Chairman 32 East End A venue Brentwood NY 11717 516273-5072 Newsletter Bi-monthly Dues $25 per year

Porterfield Airplane Club Chuck Lebrecht 1019 Hickory Road Ocala FL 32672 904687-4859 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $5 per year

Rearwin Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $8 per year

Ryan Club National Bill J Hodges Chairman 811 Lydia Stephenville TX 76401 817968-4818 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Replica Fighters Association Frank G Weatherly President 22451 David Taylor MI 48180 313295-0590 Newsletters Bi-monthly Dues $15 per year

Seabee Club International Captain Richard W Sanders President 6761 NW 32 A venue Ft Lauderdale FL 33309 305979-5470 Newsletter Quarterly (plus phone conshysultation) amp directory Dues $15 (US amp Canada) $20 (Foreign)

Seaplane Pilots Association Robert A Richardson Executive Dishyrector 421 Aviation Way Frederick MD 21701 301695-2083 Newsletter Water Flying (Quarterly) Water Flying (Annual) 88 SPA Seapshylane Landing Directory - $12 - Memshybers$25 non-members Dues $28 per year

Silver Wings Fraternity Russ Brinkley President PO Box 11970 Harrisburg PA 17108 717232-9525 Newsletter Slipstream Tabloid Monthly Dues Initiation - $10 $5 per year

Spartan School of Aeronautics Alumni Association Vern Foltz Alumni Relations 8820 E Pine Street Tulsa OK 74115 918836-6886 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 annually

Staggerwing Club Jim Gorman President 1885 Millsboro Road

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Mansfie ld OH 44906 4 19529-3822 (home) 4 191755- 10 11 (office) Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $ 15 per year

Stampe Club Internationa Willi am R Baldwin P O Box 1408 Lebanon TN 37088 News letter Dues $20 per year

Stearman Restorers Association Tom Lowe President 823 Kingston Lane Crystal Lake IL 6001 4 8 15459-6873 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $ 15 per year

National Stinson Club Jonsey Pau l 144 18 Skinner Road Cypress TX 77429 Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $7 50

National Stinson Club (108 Section) George H Leamy Pres ident 108 Clu b I 15 Heinley Road

Lake Plac id FL 33852 Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $ 15 per year

Northeast Stinson Flying Club Dick Bourque Founder 8 Grimes Brook Road Simsbury CT 06070 203658- 1566 Newsletter Bi-monthl y Dues $ 10 per year

Replica Sopwilh Camel

Note Membershi p limited to 100 members

Southwest Stinson Club Dick Goe rges Pres ident 36 19 Nortree Street San Jose CA 95 148 408274-9 179 Newsletter SWSC Newsletter 10 per year Dues $ 10 per year

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Super Cub Pilots Association Jim Richmond FounderlDirector PO Box 9823 Yakima WA 98909 509248-9491 Newsletter Monthly Dues $25 per year U S $35 per year (Canada) $40 per year (Foreign)

Swift Association International Charlie Nelson P O Box 644 Athens TN 37307 6151745-9547 Newsletter Monthly Dues $25 per year

Taylorcraft Owners Club Bruce M Bixler II President 12809 Greenblower Road Alliance OH 44601 216823-9748 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Tomahawk Pilots Association Skip Carden Editor P O Box 15388 Durham NC 27704 Newsletter Bi-monthly (6 per year) Dues $2000 per year

Travel Air Club Robert L Taylor Editor PO Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Travel Air Tales - Quarshyterly Dues $8 per year

Travel Air Division of Staggerwing Museum Dub Yarbrough P O Box 550 Tullahoma TN 37388 615455-1974 Newsletter Dues $25 per year

Twin Bonanza Association Richard L Ward Director 19684 Lakeshore Drive Three Rivers MI 49093 616279-2540 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 per year (U S amp Canada) $35 per year (Foreign)

Vintage Sailplane Association Jan Scott Secretary Rt I Box 239

Lovettsville V A 22080 703822-5504 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Waco Club National Ray Brandly President 700 Hill Avenue Hamilton OH 45015 513868-0084 Newsletter Bi-monthly Dues $800 per year

Waco Historical Society R E Hoefflin Treasurer 10 13 Westgate Road Troy OH 45373

Waco UPF-7s

513335-2621 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $4 per year Sept I - Aug 31

World War I Aeroplanes Inc Leonard E Opdycke DirectorPubshylisher 15 Crescent Road Poughkeepsie NY 1260 I 914473-3679 Journals WW I Aero (1900-1919) Skyways (1920-1940) Dues Minimum - $20 each for one year $25 foreign for WW I Aero

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1989 GRAND CHAMPION ANTIQUE

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Bill Halverson has been at least part owner of his Beech G 17S Staggerwing since 1967 A pilot really gets to know an airplane in that amount of timc especially if he spends 12 of those years on a total rebuild as Bill has done with NC 80316 The reward for that effort comes with recognition both on the ramps of airports along wherever his route may take him and in the judgshying ballots at EAA Oshkosh 89 where the airplane was voted Grand Chamshypion Antique

Bills G 17S was originally built at Beechs Wichita factory in February 1947 Walter Beech called the G 17S the best of all the Staggerwings Im shyprovements over the D Models inshycluded a redesigned engine installation with a longer sleeker cowling a new windshield with shalshy

greater with the V -tai l aluminum speedster as we ll The Staggerwing faded after 20 G Models were proshyduced and the Bonanza went on to a successful production run that persists to thi s day The sty le and luxury of the Staggerwing however will never be forgotten as long as there are people such as Bill Halverson who are devoted to preserving the history of the great airplanes of the Golden Age

Serial Number B 15 was the last Staggerwing built for a customer at the factory Four more were asse mbled from parts later on in Texas by Henry Seale Aviation Supply Inc And a facshytory demonstrator Serial Number B20 was later built in Wichita but NC 80316 was the last of the lU xury cabin biplanes Beech sold to a regular cusshy

tomer in this case an oil drilling outfit from Colorado The company flew the Staggerwing as a corporate transport until the late 1950s or early 1960s and sold it to Tomcat Overalls Inc in Tenshynessee In the early 1960s Robert Colshyeman bought the Staggerwing and reshycovered it in Razorback painted it white and changed the registration number to N 262C In 1967 a group of eight airline pilots bought the airplane and shared expenses and flyshying until 1972 when one of the eight Bill Halverson bought the airplane from the club which had since shrunk from eight to three members

As luck would have it an AD note on the Razorback ribstitching arrived shortly after Bill became sole owner He was left with the prospect of a total

rebuild and no one to lower slope a re-deshy share the expense He signed instrument panshy did have plenty of el different vertical help from many quarshystab ilizer and rudder ters but the bulk of the and a new set of fairshy rebuild was performed ings The company inshy by Bill himself tended to build 50 Stripping the skin G17s but at $29000 from the airplane reshythe price was too vealed a variety of much to pay even sub-projects that through the eyes of needed attention The post-war prosperity basic structure was The newfangled Boshy sound but the systems nanza was available at had taken a beating $7 975 and its perforshy from approximately mance was comparashy 2400 hours of use and ble to that of the 25 years of aging The Staggerwing Operatshy landing gear was comshy

Carl Schuppeling economy was far Bill Halverson pletely re-done as 20 NOVEMBER 1989

were the brakes The electrical system was overhauled and conshyverted to 24 volts to accommodate the King Gold Crown radio package The IFR setshyup includes dual navshycoms with glideslope ADF DME threeshylight marker beacon and a Mode C transshyponder Bill also inshycorporated a variety of warning systems for the gear cabin doors flaps low-fuel or oil and fire

The 450-hp Pratt amp Whitney R-985 engine had 50 hours on it when the eight pilots bought it in 1967 and has over 600 now Bill paid a conshysiderable amount of attention to it in the 12 years the airplane was grounded but points out that thc work performed was far short of a complete overhaul It conshytinues to purr like the PampW factory cat

The interior was totally re-worked by the upholstery shop at Flying Cloud Airport near Minneapolis This time however leather was used in places where mohair was used on the original The pleating and other design work is all up to factory spec including the headliner

Bill covered the Staggerwing in Ceconite 101 and laid on 30 coats of hand-rubbed butyrate dope sanding in

between every cross coat The final 12 layers of pigmented dope were applied with tender loving care and 600 wetshysand followed by an even finer grade preceeding the final polishing The rcshysuits are stunning

Bill already knew about the drudgery part of aviation first-hand He began his flying as a lineboy tradshying chores for flying time at Grand Forks North Dakota He entered the Army Air Corps at 18 years of age and flew PT-13s -17s AT-6s and B-25s in the service After that he signed on with Northwest Orient Airlines starting out on DC-3s and Martin 202s Ultishymately he flew almost everything they had including the Boeing 747 which he flew for the last 10 years of his

career retiring In

1986 Along the way he also cadged time in P-51 s with the Minshynesota Air National Guard

Bill is a founding member of the Staggerwing Museum in Tullahoma Tenshynessee and chairs the museums Scot Perry Memorial Scholarship Fund committee The museum is dedicated to the preservation of Staggerwing memorashybilia and houses paperwork plans and

other artifacts relating to the airplane and its designer Walter Beech The scholarship fund is an ongoing project that recognizes young people who have demonstrated a love for aviation and provides for their further education It is named for the son of another museum founding member Dick Perry and frequently calls on the EAA Air Academy for recipients

When Bill s group first bought the Staggerwing it was just another 20shyyear-old corporate luxury barge What they did would compare to a group today buying a used King Air for pershysonal transport It is the passing of time that makes his Staggerwing a piece of aviation history and Bill has been there through it all thick and thin bull

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On Monday evening of EAA Oshshykosh 89 with beautiful airplanes parked at all points of the compass it was still a revelation to discover two highly polished Globe Swifts parked in the first row of the AntiquelClassic aircraft camping area It was fun to watch people walk by stop and stare - the look on their faces giving away their thoughts It is called desire shyhunger if you will Each admiring glance at the two shiny aluminum airshycraft seemed to bring on more admiration Some shook their heads in amazement others quietly pointed out features to their friends Somehow I had the feeling we were looking at a couple of winners

By Wednesday afshyternoon both Swifts and their owners were gone from their tiedown spots and it was hoped the AIC judges had done their work in the short time provided The Thursshyday evening A wards Program soon brought 22 NOVEMBER 1989

a few convictions home Globe Swift NC78181 owned by Daryl Dressler of St Paul Minnesota won the Custom Class I (over ISO-hp) Award And when the Grand Champion Classic Award was announced Charles Hoover and his 8S-hp Globe Swift NC8090S ran off with all the marbles

It was my pleasant job the following week to inform Charles Hoover over the phone that he had garnered the Grand Champion Lindy Award

Charles Hoover

(One of lifes simple pleasures ) At first Charles had a You gotta be kidshyding apprehension about taking home the heavy hardware However my very persistent tone of voice must have hit home He finally realized what he had accomplished and the giggles and laughing told me he understood Later Charles admitted he didnt get much work done the rest of that day

A little detective work revealed that Charles had won six previous awards

at Oshkosh with his Swift with the AIC Grand Champion Lindy being Numshyber seven On top of this the beautifully polished machine has won any number of other awards over the past 16 years of Hoovers ownership

The original Swift named the GC-l was a steel tube and plywood airplane deshysigned by K H Bud Knox back in 1941 It looked very similar to the metal version which came after World War I in

1945 The original aircraft was powered with a Continental A-80 and would top out at 145 mph and cruise at 130 mph - figures that are remarkably similar to Charles Hoovers metal Swift with its 85-hp engine

The Swift was built by three differshyent companies following World War

II Globe Aircraft Corp of Fort Worth Texas started the line of all-metal Swifts and was followed by Texas Enshygineering amp Manufacturing Co (Temco) These in turn were followed by Universal Aircraft which built the last 16 GC-IA and 60 GC-IB Swifts The grand total manufactured is apshyproximately 1500 Swifts of which some 720 remain on the FAA Register today or these it is estimated that less than a half dozen are still flying with a C85-12 engine Now we can understand why Charles Hoovers 85shyhp Swift has caused so many raised eyebrows It is a rare bird

Built in July 1946 Charles GC-IA is Serial Number 308 and is one of the 47 GC-IA models built by Globe that are still on the FAA Register Nearly all of these have been re-engined with more horsepower The lowest number on the register is NC33336 SIN 2 which is owned by Louis Leftwich Jr of Orlando Florida This very aircraft was used in the photos for the company literature in 1946 Included in the opshytions for the 1946 Swift were floats and skis An airbrushed drawing shows NC33336 flying by with a set of rather pointed floats mounted on struts from the gear wells (Talk about Dreamshyers)

Some of the detailing on Charles Swift really caught the judges eye at EAA Oshkosh 89 The beautiful deshycals on the wheel hubs showing a map of the world with Swift across the face were done by fellow Swift owner Pat Moore of Minneapolis They were done about 10 years ago using the silkscreen process and are absolutely beautiful

Please bear in mind that this Swift has been continually upgraded for the 16 years that Charles has owned it Herein lies the secret Just because Charles didnt win Grand Champion in 1973 he didnt give up Each year more improvements were acshycomplished eventually culminating with the coveted Grand Champion A ward This is persistence at its very best For this we congratulate Charles Hoover and wish him the very best in future endeavors

And let us not forget the Lake Elmo bunch of Swift aficionados who work so well together in a mutual aid society Led by Mark Holliday Jim Montague and a host of others they have set the collective AntiqueClassic crowd on their ear with the huge amount of championship hardware that has found its way home to Lake Elmo We salute you bull

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SPEEDWING Vern Dallman flies the sole

remaining Curtiss-Wright B-14-B

If youve ever watched a kitten grow up you have an idea of how aviation spent its childhood A kitten doesnt know whats possible and what isn t It can t tell the difference between leaping up on a tall bookshelf which it will be ab le to do when it gets bigger and leaping up on the roof It will jump and fai l day after day until it finally makes the bookshelf Some time later it will find another way to get to the roof You have to wonder if along the way the kitten had any idea what its ultimate limitations were

In the 1930s aviation was like that kitten It hadnt yet figured out what it couldnt do Designers were finding 24 NOVEMBER 1989

by Mark Phelps

ways to coax more speed and capabilshyity out of airplanes on an almost daily basis Improved airframes alternated with more sophisticated engines playshying techno-leapfrog from one design to the next In June 1932 Curtiss-Wright leaped the field with its 8-14-8 Speedwing Only two were built and Vern Dallman most conspicuous at EAA Oshkosh 89 for his Little Looper replica has one of them at his Ala Doble Aerobatic Ranch in Esshyparto California

The Speedwing was essentially an A-14-D Sportsman with a nine-cyshylinder 330-hp Wright R-97S-E engine The Sportsman which itself was cershy

tified only 10 months earlier had thc seven-cylinder 240-hp R-760-E With 60 more horses up front the Speedshywing aimed its ample nose in the direcshytion of the wealthy sport-flyer market It had scating for thrce with two in a bench seat in front Thc front cockpit normally went around undcr covcr however in the quest for more speed at the expense of carrying passengers The metal cockpi t cover was standard equipment from the factory in St Louis Missouri

Other standard equipment included a metal propeller electric starter navishygation lights cockpit lights battery and a headrest for the rear cockpit Reshy

tractable landing lights would run the buyer an additional $200 and for $100 he could have the optional two-tone paint job The Speedwing carried 35 gallons of fuel in the fuselage tank and an additional 23 gallons in the centershysection tank In keeping with its image as a personal airplane for the disshycriminating owner-pilot two baggage compartments opened on the right side of the fuselage behind the rear cockpit The upper compartment allowed 48 pounds and the lower 100 pounds The shatter-proof windshield was adshyjustable as was the rear seat Top speed of the 8-14-8 was 177 mph with a cruise of 150 mph

Curtiss-Wright also built a 8-14-R with a 420-hp version of the same Rshy975 engine for Casey Lambert Vern Dallmans airplane has a rip-snorting 440-hp version of the same engine for even more neck-snapping perforshymance In fact Curtiss-Wright later developed its Osprey as a fightershybomber version of the Speedwing series for some governments that were re-arming on a tight budget

With the sorry state of owner-flown high-performance aircraft sales today it seems odd that an airplane such as

the Speedwing could survive in the midst of the Depression In fact it didnt Only two were built One went to the Department of Commerce and the other was a factory demonstrator Verns is the old factory airplane comshyplete with the wheel pants and faired N-struts that were added later in the quest for still more speed (Vern has the original metal pants at home but uses a set of fiberglass ones for crossshycountry work)

The progression of Curtiss-Wrights aircraft design trends went like this From the inexpensive training ships of the early 1920s to the speed demons of the early thirties to the potential milishytary contract ships of the mid- to lateshy1930s to the Condor series of transshyports that got the factory people so exshycited after that Its significant that in 1933 Curtiss-Wright still had a stockpile of OX-5 engines in like-new condition available for $45 each No one bought them The OX-5 was the engine of choice for most light aircraft as little as eight years before Contrast that with the Lycoming 0-235 that still powers most two-seat trainers of today yet first appeared almost half a century ago in 1940

Walter 8eech resigned as president of Curtiss-Wright in early 1932 With him went the last vestiges of the Travel Air influence Ralph Damon became president and George Page 1r became chief engineer Fred Landgraf was the project director on the - 14 Series and his previous employment with the Ken-Royce (Rearwin) factory and the Alexander Eaglerock design team shows up clearly in the Curtiss-Wright machines

Its interesting that you can break down the design influence and progshyress of a company virtually by the month based on who was designing the airplanes and what engines were available at what cost Also important was the management of the company who aimed the product at whichever market appeared the most pliable at the time In fact it s likely that the whole history may be over-analyzed The explanation for each new aircraft may be as simple as it appears

I n the case of the 8-14-8 that means lots of horsepower raw speed and one person on board Practical No but in those days aviation wasn t grown up enough to know what was impossible bull

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AVIATION RELIC PRINTS AVAILABLE Now available from Aviation Relic

Prints is a series of seven pieces of excellent artwork Choose from the de Havilland D H4 Bleriot XI Albashytross D Ya Wright EX Yin Fiz Fokshyker T-2 Douglas World Cruiser Chishycago or Curtiss NC-4 Through an agreement with the Smithsonian Inshystitutions National Air and Space Museum each relic print includes a piece of the original fabric from these historic aircraft Also included is a certificate of authenticity and a brief DE HAlllAJ) D H -t

history of the aircraft The prints are available framed at $145 each or unshyframed at $55 each For the quality and historica l significance involved this represents a good value For a catalog or to order by telephone call to ll -free 1-800533-7763 or wri te to Aviation Relic Prints 8152 North

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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY This aviati01l relic print was issued in a limited quantity by the Smithsonian I11stitutioll Natio11nl Air and Space Museum Washington DC

Each aircraft depicted ill thisizistoric series lms restored by the Smithsonian Institutiol1lZl1d is pnrt Of its collectio11 The fabric removed durillg that restoration is certified to be the originnl fabric apiece ofwh ich is attached to this relic print

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This spectacular photo was taken by Dollie Gheen noted aviation photographer from Fairborn Ohio Although taken in 1989 it could almost pass for 1937 with the beautiful 1937 Stinson SR-7B NC16130 SIN 9693 owned by James Solenberg of Shelbyville Indiana flanked by an immaculate 1937 Cord 812 Custom Beverly owned by Bob Gheen of Fairborn Ohio Both vehicles feature a Lycoming engine built in the same factory Lycoming and Stinson were owned by the Cord Company which in turn was part of the Auburn Automobile Company The only hint of 1989 is the tiny strobe on the belly of the Stinson and the reflection of a B-26 tail in the door of the Cord automobile

SENSENICH PROPELLER COMPANY SOLD The venerable Sensenich Propeller Comshy pitch propellers In recent years the firm has

pany has been sold to The Philadelphia been servicing and overhauling propellers of Bourse Inc and Warren A Wilbur III has been all types and that aspect of the business named president Wilbur was president of will also be continued For further information Bellanca Aircraft in the mid 1970s Under new contact Sensenich Propeller Company East management Sensenich will remain in its Airport Road PO Box 5100 Lancaster PA present facilities in Lancaster PA and will 17601-0100 Phone 717569-0435 continue to make wood and metal fixed

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PASS IT TO ---rJ An information exchange column with input from readers

Oh boy Here it is deadline time and I don t have anything down on paper Seems too that people are using the phone more and more I have onl y a few letters thi s month But I havc what seems li ke a million phone call s Alshymost a ll the call s are from people wantshying to ta lk to people who have written arti c les for thc magazine George Quast s se ri es of artic les o n the Aero nca C-2 rebuild has generated an inord inate number of call s all wanting hi s home address and phone number It was not in the article (Reach George (If PO Box 233 Hutchinson MinshylIesolil 55350-0233 Be sure to pass lI lollg your hest wishes to his dog Max - Ed )

I ve had ca ll s fro m Baron von Will er and the Glue Ange ls bunch out 28 NOVEMBER 1989

by Buck Hilbert (EAA 21 Ale 5) Po Box 424 Union IL 60180

San Diego way and another invite to do Mex ican Av iation Day at Ensenada There have been phone call s from San Anto nios Bill Stratton with more talk about his Liaison Pilots group from New York asking for info on Aeronca engines and call s from guys who just wanted to ta lk So me were after II 00 at night (Hey Buck A bunch of us are sitting around the bar and you ve got to settl e an argument What color was the headliner on a 1940 Champ) but in the main I ve enjoyed talking to everyone of them

I just fini shed another sojourn across the country taking in the fa ll colo rs and visiting av iatin fri ends along the way I vis ited George York in Mansfi e ld Ohio last month We di scussed aircraft judging and some o f the peculiarities

of that particul ar job at Oshkosh I ve said it often enough I hope that I really respect our j udges and their efforts during the Convention Both George and I ag ree that we could use a few more apprentices to work with the judges duri ng the Convention The program needs some new talent so guys and gals get in early and learn how the system works Let s have your input

I a lso visited Bill Doc Mitchell at Coudersport Pennsy lvania Bill s very ni ce PT- 19 is that all -s il ver one that you always see in the front row down at AIC Showplane Parking He was coerced into taking it down to the Warshybird Area a couple of times but he always seems to wind up back with us He is a lso one o f the best line boys

Ive ever encountered Along with Ray Olcott he shows up every year to do yeoman work around Pioneer Airport before the Convention I got to visit his hangar and you wouldnt believe the goodies he has That PT- 19 will be going for a good many yea rs with all the spares he has I just drooled over all that aeronautical candy

I had ideas about visiting all the people I could along the way to Boothshybay Maine but as usual my timedisshytance perception was way off base After all those years of jetting it on United Air Lines its hard to realize how long it takes to drive To me Bosshyton is about an hour and 50 minutes from O Hare We took five days I had intended to visit the Marlboro anshytiquers in Massachusetts but had to byshypass them because I flat ran out of time I also wanted to see Chuck Burtch and the gang around upstate New York but again I ran out of time Im going to change my ways and just plan localized expeditions from now on - concentrating on one area and

not tryi ng to spread it out too much I might mention that I did visit with

Father John MacGillivray in Antishygonish Nova Scotia Canada Father John as you may know donated his Tiger Moth and his rare Miles Hawk to the EAA Aviation Foundation over the years and is a mainstay of EAA He maintains his seat up at the inforshymation window at EAA Headquarters during the Convention and also conshyducts services at the Theatre In the Woods despite all the airplane noise Father John is also a real sparkplug on his home ground He keeps EAA memshybers in Canada aware and knowlegable of all that s going on He arranges chapter and dinner meetings and is the official greeter when it comes to outshyof-towners such as Dorothy and me We enjoyed our visit with him and are most apo logetic that we didnt take adshyvantage of the dinner invitation in conshycurrance with the chapter meeting

Ive also had some nice calls from donors who have their airplanes on disshyplay in the EAA Air Adventure

Museum The new arrangement of airshycraft and the display now that we have the Warbirds in the Eagle Hangar has made several of those people very happy Previous to thi s there just wasnt room and many of the airplanes were in storage Now we can all see them

I m somewhat more than dismayed to learn that one of our greatest of the Old Timers has gone Westmiddot Next time you look at the EAA Spirit of Saint Louis project or see that beautishyful SE 5 replica in the display area think of Gil Bodeen Gil goes way back Back to the beginning The Corn County Chapter of Dekalb Illinois was largely his He was a beautiful craftsman and did woodwork the likes of which youlI se ldom see 1 can walk through the museum and see his craftsmanship in many of the machines that are there Im gonna miss you Gill But your workmanship will live on right there in the museum displays and in the flying machines at Pioneer Airshyport bull

A view of the re-arranged museum floor - and the Ryan Sew

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CHAPTER CAPSULES by Bob Brauer

Chapter 15 has been meeting at Bob Rings private air strip Ring Internashytional in Berwick Maine since it was formed in 1985 Known as the New England Chapter it was the result of a group of 15 EAA members with a strong interest in antique and classic aircraft The chapter was founded by its first president Bob Ring of Bershywick Henry Van Cleef of Lawrence Massachusetts Jack Copeland of Westborough Massachusetts and Alice and Richard Gilchrest of Lynn Massachusetts Membership now numshybers around 25 and the participants live in an area that includes southern New Hampshire eastern Massachusetts and southwest Maine

Ring International is a busy place because of both the clubs as well as the individual members projects Bob Ring has been restoring a Waco 2 which he salvaged as a crop duster and returned to original configuration This project plus generously providing a meeting place for the chapter and space for chapter projects leave little time for dull moments

A group of members meet every other Saturday to work on restoring a Meyers OTW owned by Gerry Barg of South Easton Massachusetts When the airplane is complete Gerry and the main restoration crew will share flight duties Also under restoration by another chapter group is a Northrop Primary Glider Most of the members are avid restorers at heart and continushyally work on projects either their own or those of fellow members As a matshyter of fact getting together at each others projects for work sessions is an ongoing activity President Errol Dow sums it up best We are an aid to each other Most people need the support of a club because not everyone has all the expertise required for a complete proshyject It becomes a learning experience for all of us

Errol further explained that the chapter stresses work sessions as part of the monthly meetings rather than the customary structured or planned proshy30 NOVEMBER 1989

Left to right Bob Ring Jock Denison Harvey Wells Errol Dow Gerry Peterson Jock Copeshyland Dick Gilchrist Louis Furnos Maurice Lambert (guest) Paul Poulson and Charlie Pearshyson

grams These sessions involve member participation in working sheet metal fabric covering and general restorashytion He notes that everyone likes to teach or instruct

This group inspiration must work since 75 percent of the members fly antique or classic aircraft Errol is reshystoring an early model Piper Pacer and charter member Dick Jackson of Rochester New Hampahire has sevshyeral Wacos of different types in the process of detailed restoration Inshycluded in Dicks collection is a rare if not the only existing Waco Model D Included among members airplanes are a Luscombe Champ and a J-3 Two or three of these old airplanes fly in to each meeting so their efforts have paid off

As far as flight is concerned howshyever Chapter 15 is not preoccupied with the past For example Jack Copeshyland has been instrumental in enshycouraging members to write the FAA and their congressmen to support EAAs position on general aviation

and airplane issues In Errol Dow s opinion EAA is doing a pretty good job in the battle for the airmans right to fly

Errol also reminisced about past chapter president Don Mc Laughlin of Hampton New Hampshire who passed away last November At a time when chapter interest was at somewhat of an ebb he earned everyones respect for re-instilling enthusiasm in members to maintain and fly old airplanes Errol indicated that he felt it was a difficult task to step into Don s shoes but from the current interest shown by memshybers Errol has made his own shoes to walk in He believes in a sustained efshyfort to get new EAA and AIC members to expand the clubs base That base is sure to grow because of the chapters desire to teach Seems as though they cant wait to get someone who is new to old airplanes so that they can show him new techniques for restoring old planes This group of New Englanders are proving that something old has a bright future bull

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Metalplanes of Milwaukee Dear Editor and anchored offshore The planes

In the June installment of Vintage were then flight-tested Shortly after Seaplanes you had a photo of three tests the aircraft were turned over to Hamilton Metalplanes on floats and Canadian pilots and used for Canadian you requested more information about forest fire patrols A photo of the same the photo It was taken at McKinley three aircraft appeared in the MilshyBeach in Milwaukee around 1925 The waukee Journal and being an airplane aircraft were towed from the factory to nut I cut it out The newspaper listed the beach where they were assembled Jack Hagemeyer as providing the

photo and the Boeing archives as proshyviding the information

Sincerely Eric Whyte Brookfield Wisconsin

Norm Just to add confusion to the puzzle

Ill give you a couple of tidbits that I uncovered when I did the research for Jack Lysdale a few years back prior to his rebuild of the H-47 at St Paul Quite a lot of Hamiltons (maybe 10 or so) went to South America The insigshynia and tail markings could very well be those of Panama My best lead is on a letter and photo sent to me several years ago by Wes Fletcher who lives in North Freedom Wisconsin and worked at the Hamilton factory He writes on the back of the photo that the airplane pictured was sold and shipped to Italy and was painted yellow If you look at your photo closely you ll see that the center plane is indeed painted a different color than the two on the ends Somewhere in my notes I have listed the plane sent to Italy as having been registered there as I-ROMA Likely the registration was not painted on the aircraft at the time of the photo John Underwood took a guess at where the plane was going He guessed Peru Im not sure any ever went to Peru but ~ho knows Im betting on the Italy theory Tom Hamilton was still alive a few years ago living in California

Sincerely Noel Allard Chaska Minnesota

Solved Mystery Dear Editor RE August Vintage Seaplanes top photo page seven

Frank Elliss book Atlantic Conshyquest (1963- Kimber amp Co Ltd) carries an identical photo with the capshytion TAC Survey Plane Number One

4 NOVEMBER 1989

- a diesel-engined Bellanca seaplane in which Shorty (Parker D) Cramer (right) and Oliver Paquette were the first airmen ever to fly over the Greenshyland Ice-cap (July-Aug 1931)

The magazine is looking great shycontinued best wishes

Sincerely H Glenn Buffington EI Dorado Arkansas

Original Aussie Parasol Dear Sir

During the year 1936 Alan Mogg of Ashfield New South Wales Aushystralia commenced construction of a single-seat high-wing monoplane The fuselage structure was similar to a Pietenpol but material dimensions were increased to make the aircraft more robust The tail was from a Heath Parasol but the design of the wings was Moggs own creation The inshytended engine was a four-cylinder Menasco but because of import probshylems Mogg purchased two nine-cylinshyder 59 -hp Salmson engines from Enshygland modified for dual ignition Due to the Salmsons lighter weight the nose had to be extended for balance The airplane was named Miss Mogal (from Alan Mogg) and the aircraft was first flown at Morisset NSW in November 1939 Flight characteri stics were described as excellent with no vices Speeds were quoted as a maximum of 95 mph cruise of 75 mph and stall 30 mph The aircraft was damaged in the mid-1950s and rebuilt over several years at Manley NSW

Oliver Paquette (left) and Shorty Cramer

then sold to Ron Willis at Boggabri NSW in the 1960s It is now on display at the Tamworth Museum (a secondshyhand shop) where I took these photos Ive tried to phone Alan for the last three months with no success

Cheerio Alan Lewis (EAA 1634) Paddington NSW

Moths across New Zealand Dear Mark

The Tiger Club of New Zealand is organising a Vintage Air Rally from North Cape to Bluff the two exshytremities of New Zealand starting on

Monday 26 February 1990 and finishshying near Gore the following Friday The idea has been enthusiastically enshydorsed by the 1990 Commission as an Official Project to help celebrate the countrys sesquicentennial and we re commemorating the pioneering long distance flights in New Zealand which culminated in the December 1933 efshyfort of Ted Harvie and Miss Trevor

Hunter in Gipsy Moth ZK-APB when they were the first people to cover the full length of the country in one day Miss Hunter now Mrs Trevor Colshyway will be taking some part in our activities

There is also the likelihood of a lishymited number of our members having a go at doing the North Cape to Bluff flight in one day in Tiger Moths and a Gipsy Moth something nobody has tried in open-cockpit biplanes for 56 years

This whole event is gaining internashytional recognition The deHavilland Fox Moth that was used to start Bert Mercers Air Travel operations in South Westland in 1934 (and which re-

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sided in upstate New York for some years as N 83DH) will be coming out from England for the rally and a couple of airshows and with it in the same container will be a Gipsy Moth and possibly a Hornet Moth depending on available room Some of our members from the USA and Australia have also indicated they will be making the trip to New Zealand to take part

Our rally will be followed imshy

mediately by our annual fly-in at Manshydeville not far west of Gore and the Will Scotland Memorial Air Race for Tiger Moths from Invercargill to Gore commemorating the first cross-country flight in either New Zealand or Aushystralia using a Caudron in February 1914 All these three linked events are official 1990 projects

It promises to be a memorable event - provided the weather behaves itself But then open-cockpit biplane pilots always did tend to be an optimistic lot anyway

always enjoy reading your magazine Keep up the good work 6 NOVEMBER 1989

Yours sincerely John King (EAA 228003 AIC 8502) Secretary The Tiger Club of New Zeashyland

Hart to Heart Dear Mark Phelps

Thank you for your generous apshypreciation of my contribution to VINshyTAGE AIRPLANE It encourages me to continue sending a variety of vintage aero antics and serious articles Meetshying Buck Hilbert on a flight to Enshysenada Mexico (Pass It to Buck June) was something special because HE is Buck accumulates friendships wherever he goes sharing his wealth of knowledge and even PARTS with anyone dedicated to restoring or preshyserving our kind of flying machines

Just this second I turned pages to find the name of the author of Cats Meow (August) intending to write a paragraph about his outstanding attrishybutes - to you Shock Honestly the most enjoyable article Ive read in ages for a row of reasons First but not in order of importance my vast files on vintage aircraft yield but one shot of the Kitten and precious little data Now this explosion of intimate knowlshyedge and great pictures of the beautishyful animal

Best of all were your explanations of functional aerodynamic problems and their solutions I dont recall other fine articles with so much real-life finding and fixing problems pertaining to sound design guidance as valid

today as way back then The Kittens wingspan increased from 28 to 32 feet with no decrease in top speed noted sounds credible to me A lower angle of attack in level flight can be exshypected reducing drag enough to comshypensate for the extra span

Icing on the Kittens cake - By June 1943 Leroy Grumman had enough confidence in his litter of Navy fighters to turn his attention to another

breed of cat And That solved the problem of the Kittens recalcitrant paws once and for all Such a light touch turning up in a solid serious story turns people like me to adding another leaf to your fanmail tree

Sinceriously Ed Lockhart (aka Edlock Hart) Lakeside California

Thanks are due to Mort Kelman who provided most of the photos for that story from his archives Here s one more that didnt make it into print the first time - Ed

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MEMBERS PROTECTS VI

by Norm Petersen

Built in October of 1942 at Middletown Ohio this Aeronca 65-CA Chief NC39576 SIN CA18482 is the proud possession of Jeff Laver (EAA 330421 AlC 13739) of Lake Jackson Texas Jeff reports the Chief had been completely restored in 1973 prior to his buying the airplane in July of 1988 He is now in the process of making a new cowl new engine baffeling and rerigging the entire airplane with new control cables In additiof a set of wheel pants are being made Jeff is planning on re-doing the interior of the Chief and asks if anyone has any information on pre-war Chiefs please contact him at 203 Stanford Rd Lake Jacksof TX 77566

From West Germany comes this pretty picture of a Cessna 140 D-EHSC flown by Peter Lendle (EAA 316217 AlC 14403) of Erlenweg 11 D-7734 Brigachtal West Germany This type of aircraft is quite popular in Europe as it has the necessary electrical system for VHF radio (required in Europe) plus low fuel burn (at $3 to $4 per gallon) Note 3200 Scott tailwheel and original main gear hubcaps

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()uring the decade after World War I the science of aerodynamics was being expanded and deepened in the research laboratories and workshops of many nations

Some of the theory deve loped would be used to refine the shape of the airplane through streamlining (Vinshytage Literature July 1989) Much of the research which would be incorposhyrated in the new wing sections and shapes in the airplanes of the 1930s was on lift and drag

Of special importance among the inshyventions and improvements was the slotted wing The effect of the slot was discovered independently in Germany by G V Lachmann and in England by Handley Page Lechmann was to join the Handley Page company and the deshyvice became known throughout the world as the Handley Page Slot

The effectiveness of the slots was shown in wind tunnel and fli ght tests both in Germany and England with the tests showing a 60 percent increase in wing lift at high angles of attack

Though the results of the invention of the slotted wing aroused immense excitement it found little use in the 1920s This was possibly due to the low wing loading of the predominant biplane designs and their slow landing speeds With the advent of all-metal aircraft and higher wing loading slots became more useful An exception was the Royal Air Force which required all new aircraft to have them beginning in 1928

Thanks to Mr Clifford C Jackson of Davison Michigan the EAA Aviashytion Foundation Library recently reshyceived some examples of Handley Page company publications on the slotshyted wing

One titled The Automatic Slot which appears to have been published in 1930 was a 26-page brochure that gives a general history of the device and how it operates The brochure carshyries a very strong message on the slot s

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contribution to avia tion safety The booklet begins with a story

called The Parable of the Unselfish Husband which presents as much of a comment on the sensibility of the times as a message on flying safety

A certain husband was in the habit of denying himself things in order the better to provide for his beautiful wifes extensive needs and so to retain her affection he gave up smoking cigars and took to cigarettes he drank water instead of wine and he reduced the numher of clubs to which he beshylonged from eight to one so that a larger part of his income could be deshyvoted to the purchase of clothes hats perfumes and other articles for his wife

And when he came to buy an aeroplane he chose a cheap one and being told that the fitting of auto-slots would cost [extra] he refused to have slots fitted And in due course his aeroplane stalled and spun into the ground and he was killed

The Handley-Page Gugnunc slotted and flapped biplane was an entry in the 1929 Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition

According to the Handley Page comshypany the lesson of the story as stated in

I)the parable was z j

~The Jate oj this tunselfish and deshyJvoted husband

should be a warning to all who do not place a sufficient value on their own saJety The experishyences oj life may be unpleasant but inasshymuch as those oj death may be even more unpleasant it is advisable to fit slots and be secure

As you can tell - a rather strong message The rest of the brochure is more technical in nature covering air accidents the wing slot and controllashybility and a technical description of the slot in ac tion

Facts About Slots

The Handley Page automatic slot is now so widely used that the time is ripe Jor a recapitulation oj some oj the chieJJacts about it Its history is unique in aeronautics It has progressed and overcome ignorance and prejudice at an astonishing rate as will be seen if the course oj events is examined

First installed as a means oj inshycreasing the speed range oj an aeropshylane by decreasing its landing speed it was developed to provide at these lower 5peeds a method oj lateral conshytrol and stability then and now so woeJully lacking in aircraJt with ordishynary wings

It went on to report that tests of the slots by British government were so successful in the laboratory and on a Bristol fighter that all Bristol fighters in use with the RAF were ordered to have auto-slots

A similar rapid development took place in civil aviation It began when a Jamous make oj light aeroplane was fitted with auto-slots and tested The results were so conclusive that private aeroplane owners began immediately to stipulate that their machines must

Britain affirm that slots do what they are claimed to do and second that the validity oj the patent

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be Jitted with auto-slots Now almost every private aeroplane owner in Great Britain and the Dominions insists on the inclusion oj auto-slots in his machine

The British Government and slots Another section of the report dealt

with the fact that after testing the British Government bought the rights to the slots for 100000 Pounds

The agreement constitutes a public proclamation first that the best technishycal brains in Great

is unshakable

E In 1928 the Govshyernment began to fit some Service aircraft with slots Every Britstol fighter in the Service was slotted and steps were then

taken to equip D H 9s It was then decided to fit slots to all

Service aircraft

In order to check as quickly as posshysible the wastage oj lives and material that was going on owing to the Jreshyquency oj the stall-and-spin type ojair accident the Air Ministry was preshypared to interfere with the works proshygrammes oj the various aircraJt manushyJacturers to the extent oj insisting that all Royal Air Force machines were to be slotted beJore being put in service

The effects oj these decisions are already noticeable Up to the time oj writing no single Jatal stall-and-spin accident has happened to a British Service aircraJt Jitted with slots

It was noted that prior to the slot installations the RAF was experiencing 20 to 30 fatal stall-and-spin accidents per year

Safer Civil Flying After discussing the causes of fatal

civil accidents in private or club airshycraft (as in the U S stall-spins acshycounted for the largest number) the section concludes

The auto-slot is not a Gadget It is not that to say an unessential acshycessory It is part oJthe machine itself and it improves the machine by inshycreasing the pilots control over it Auto-slots no only increase the aeropshylanes saJety but also during certain manoeuvers improve the performance oj the machine bull

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS The following is a parliallisting of new members who have joined the EAA AntiqueClassic Division (through May 3 1989) We are honored to welcome them into the organization whose members common interest is vintage aircraft Succeeding issues of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE will contain additional listings of new members

Tom Sabata Scot ia New York

Robert B Sackmann Bloomington Indiana

William E Sadler Atlanta Georgia

David Sanderson III Sierra Vista Arizona

Donald M Sather Hayward Califorshynl a

Kenneth Sawusch Libertyv ille JI-Iinois

Cliff Schlender Clintonville WisconshySill

Walter Borns Scragg Sydney New South Wales Australia

Michael Sentell Maryville Tennessee

Cheryl Serviss Arroyo Grande Californi a

Robert J Severson Houston Texas

Bruce Shaeffer Jr Lititz Pennsylshyval1la

Thomas W Sharpe Reidsv ille North Carolina

Rodney Sheakley Pet ro li a Pennsylshyva l1la

Larry Sheiter Manchester Missouri

Short Wing Piper Club Halstead Kansas

Robert Wayne Simpson Norwood North Carolina

Lendon V Sink Lexington North Carolina

C Donald Sitta Farmington New Mex ico

Brian Smith Ripon California

Michael Smith Sioux Falls South Dakota

Richard C Smith Wichita Kansas

Lars Soe-Jensen Farum Denmark

Ronnie L Southard Milford Delashyware

Patricia B Sowell Statesboro Georshyg ia

George P Spolsdoff Law ndale California

Robert D Sponseller Shelby Ohio

Schuyler O Stackus Phoen ix Arizona

John I Stahly Nappanee Indiana

Roland Standring It asca Illinois

Peter Stanek San Rafae l California

John Roger Stark Fort Worth Texas

Ralph H Starr Daytona Beach Florida

Edward T Stettner Lake Alfred Florida

Mark F Stevens Biloxi Miss iss ippi

John H Stewart Needham Masshysachusetts

Charles A Stone Danbury Connecshyticut

Ernest R Streifthau Middletown Ohio

Harold Swanson North Branch Min shynesota

David N Switzer Cocoa Florida

Gagniere Sylvain Les Garrigues Mauguio France

Texas State Technical Institute Waco Texas

Bill Thibault Newport Beach Ca li forshyili a

Matthew J Thiele Nashua New Hampshire

James P Thomas Springfield Illinois

Walter O Thompson Columbus Ohio

Tony Tinsman Westphal ia Missouri

Larry Tippit Cumby Texas

Jeremy Tischendorf Green Bay Wisshyconsll1

Thomas B Traylor Jr Birmingham Alabama

Robert J Triplett Bruce Wisconsin

Mark Allen Turner Eufaula Alabama

Reuben D Tye Jr Arlington Texas

David Valaer Dallas Texas

Kevin Van Dyke Palm Beach Garshydens Florida

Jack Veach Reno Nevada

John W Veil Jr Wyomissing Pennsy lvania

Andrew J Volovar Mysti c Connecshyticut

Richard L Wagner San Bernardino California

Fred Walatka Anchorage Alaska

Rem Walker Regina Saskatchewan Canada

Randall J Wall Ava Illinois

William Walters Battle Creek Michi-Leonard C Smith EI Toro California Greg Teufel Seattle Washington gan 10 NOVEMBER 1989

Don Ward Green Bay Wisconsin

Herbert E Ware Muncie Indiana

William F Watson Tulsa Ok lahoma

David Welch Venice Florida

Lee C Whitehead Middleport New York

James B Williams Jr Ridgeway Virginia

Morgan Williams Jr Midland Onshytario Canada

George W Williams Portsmouth New Hampshire

Dallas Wise Hyattsville Maryland

Robert Wislocki Bethany Connecshyticut

Charles E Wolter Niles Michigan

William N Woodhouse Power Monshytana

Gregory D Wastrel Deephaven Minnesota

David F Wrench Mountain View California

George F Wright Sutton Coldfield West Midlands England

James Wunderlin Milwaukee Wisshyconsin

Frank Wustrack Oostburg WisconshySill

James Wutzen Kirkland Washington

Michael Yearout Breckenridge Colshyorado

Carlton C Young Bessemer Alabama

Robert A Zembinski Milwaukee Wisconsin

William J Zimmer Venice Florida

American Champion Aircraft Corp Rochester Wisconsin

Robert C Ansley Winchester Tenshynessee

Michael P Anthony Kerrville Texas

John Barnes East Doncaster Aushystra li a

Clyde E Barton Angleton Texas

Philip A Block Anchorage Alaska

Jose M Bouza Ewa Beach Hawaii

John D Bramsen Ch icago Illinois

Ralph E Brandon Newark Ohio

Bernard M Brill Sacramento Cal iforn ia

Herman B Brust Jr Frederick Maryland

James E Buchanan Phoenix Arizona

Edward G Cartwright Kansas City Missouri

Nick Charlemagne Libreville Gabon Africa

Phillip E Cline Lockhart Texas

Richard N Cochrane Clarks Sumshymit Pennsylvania

Giorgio Conti-Veccui Cagliari Italy

Elizabeth Ann Copland Ann Arbor Michigan

Mary Crawford Port SI Lucie Florida

Eugene Davidson Oldsmar Florida

A Robert Davies Troy Ohio

John Davis Cincinnati Ohio

Michael F Diem Minneapolis Minshynesota

Timothy R Dykman Quogue New York

Donald E Ellis Grass Valley Cali forshynia

George Elton Snohomish Washingshyton

Rocco J Farano Dobbs Ferry New York

Steven C Fisher Sim i Valley Californ ia

Robert Fox Arab Alabama

Kevin David Francis Great Dunmow Essex Eng land

Norris E Garvey New Albany In shydiana

Camile P Gaspard Blanks Louisiana

James F George Vineland New Jershysey

Robert A Gingell Sunn yva le California

Dan Grace Covington Georgia

Ralph S Graham SI Paul Minshynesota

Peter Groves Vancouver British Colshyumbi a Canada

Don W Guthrie Sr Forestville California

Robert D Halvorsen Van Nuys California

James R Hammond Bradenton Florida

George R Hartigan Spring Texas

William M Henderson Fargo North Dakota

G Hengeveld Sprang Capelle Netherlands

Robert L Hess Clarence New York

Carthel A Hole Pontotoc Mississ ippi

Ray L Hulce Niles Michigan

International Civil Aviation Organishyzation Montreal Quebec Canada

Paul M Jablonski Greenwood Inshydiana

Kenneth w Jerolaman Bernardsvi lle New Jersey

Cliff W Johnston Hawkes Bay New Zealand

F Ben Jones Katy Texas VINTAGE AIRPLANE 11

1989

LISTING

compil ed by Mark Phe lps

B irds of a feather do flock together and type clubs are the best way for owners of like mac hines to share inform ashyti on part s and soc ial camaraderie The Cessna 12011 40 cl ubs merged the ir effort s to produce a record assault on EAA Oshkosh 88 In 1989 The Ameri can Yankee Associshyati on heJd its national convention in Cable Wisconsin the week be fore EAA Oshkosh 89 and several members fl ew on down to Oshkosh the fo llow ing week to for m the G ru mshyman Corral in the north parking area

Bes ides owners of spec ific aircraft pil o ts with similar ex periences or interests can gather to share a li e or two The OX-5 Aviation Pioneers fo r instance include pilots bold enough to have fl own behind the Curti ss OX-5 eng ine before World War II

Officers and members of type clubs often are the fi rst point of contact for pilots considering a spec ific airplane type and that usuall y exc ites the prospecti ve owner abo ut getting the project started You might say that many of those who call with doubts about the type are clubbed into submiss ion

Aeronca Aviator s Club shyA Division of Pea Patch Airlines Julie amp Joe Dickey 51 1 Terrace Lake Road Columbus IN 47201 8 12342-6878 Newsletter 4 times as year Dues No dues - $ 12 subsc ripti on

National Aeronca Club Jim Thompson President 266 Lamp amp Lantern Vill age Chesterf ield MO 63017 12 NOVEMBER 1989

Most type clubs also di stribute newsletters that include stories maintenance information and schedul es of ac shyti viti es They also offer a chance to get a picture of a me mber s aircraft in print for everyone across the country to apprec iate An exce llent example of a type-c lu b news letshyter is the Short Wing Piper NI s published by the Short Wing Piper C lub

If you own an antique or class ic aircraft or even an orph aned spamcan such as the Grum man American airpl anes and you would like to network with others who share your enthusias m type c lu bs are the best way The fo ll owing is the AntiqueClass ic Di vis ion s most current li st o f ty pe clubs If we have le ft out your group or made an error in our li sting send in the in fo rmati on and we ll make it avail able to members nex t year The organi zations are li sted alphabeticall y by the name most commonl y assoc iated with the type i e Beech Stagge rwing clu bs are li sted under S and the Western Bonanza Assoc iation is li sted un der B

Newslette r 6 per year Dues $20 00 US $30 Canada $45 Foreign $40 Charter US $50 Charter Canada $65 Charter Foreign

Aeronca Lovers Club Buzz Wagner Box 3 40 1 1st SI East Clark SO 57225 605532-3862 Newsletter Quarte rl y Dues $ 15 per year

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Aeronca Sedan Club Mr Richard Welsh 2311 East Lake Sammamish Place SE Issaquah W A 98027 Newsletter 3 per year Dues $350 per year

American Air Racing Society Mr Rudy Profant President 4060 W 158th Street Cleveland OH

216941-0089 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $1000 per year

American Aviation Historical Socishyety Mr Harry Gann President 2333 Otis SI Santa Ana CA 92704 714549-4818 Tuesday nights 7 00shy900 pm local Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 includes Journal and Newsshyletter

Flying Apache Assn John Lumley 1 S 300 Dillon Lane Villa Park IL 60181 312627-8027 Dues $25 per year

Artic Tern Newsletter David Neumeister 5630 S Washington Lansing MI 48910 517882-8433 Newsletter Dues $10 per year

Bellanca Champion Club Ms Pam Foard and Mr Larry DAtshytilio 1820 N 166th Street Brookfield WI 53005 4141784-03 18 Newsletter Quarterly - Bellanca Conshytact Dues $2500 per year

Bird Airplane Club Jeannie Hill P O Box 328 Harvard IL 60033 815943-7205 Newsletter 2-3 annually Dues Postage Donation

American Bonanza Society Cliff R Sones Administrator PO Box 12888 Wichita KS 67277 316945-6913

Newsletter Monthly Dues $3500 per year

Western Bonanza Society Alden C Barrios 1436 Muirlands Drive La Jolla CA 92037 619459-5901 Newsletter Dues $20 per year

Bucker Club John Bergeson SecretaryTreasurer 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 517561-2393 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year (US amp Canada) $ 15 per year (Foreign)

Bucker Club National Frank Price President RI 1 Box 419 Moody Texas 76557 817853-2008 Newsletter 12 per year Dues $2500 per year

Cessna Airmaster Club Gar Williams 9 So 135 Aero Drive Naperville IL 60565 312355-9416 Dues None

International Bird Dog Association (Cessna L-19) Phil Phillips President 3939 C-8 San Pedro NE Albuquerque NM 87110 50588 1-7555 Newsletter Quarterly Observer Dues $2500 per year

Cessna T -50 Flying Bobcats Jon Larson 3821 53rd Street SE Auburn WA 98002 206833-1068 Newsletter Quarterly Dues Donation

Cessna Pilots Association John Frank Executive Director MidshyContinent Airport P O Box 12948 Wichita KS 67277 316946-4777 Newsletter Monthly Dues $30 annually

International Cessna 120140 Associshyation Dorchen Forman Editor Box 830092 Richardson TX 75083-0092 817497-4757 (D Forman) Newsletter Monthly Dues $15 US year

West Coast Cessna 120140 Club Donna Christopherson Membership 451 Bellwood Drive Santa Clara CA 95054 408988-8906 or 5540474 Newsletter Bi-monthly Dues $ 10 per year

Cessna 150152 Club Skip Carden Executive Director P O Box 15388 Durham NC 27704 919471-9492 Newsletter Monthly Dues $2000 per year

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Intcrnational Cessna 1711 Associashytion Inc Vclvel Fadcldc) Exccutivc SCLTc tary PO Bo 1667 Lehanon MO 6556 New~lctlLT Fly Paper ( I I per year) The 170 New~ (Q uarterl y) Dul~ S 15 00 per year

International Cessna 180 185 Club (Cessna I XO-I X5 ownership req uired ) Charles Bombardier Pre~ iden t

45l) N 4l)th A ve nue Phoenix AZ X501 I Newsletter 9 or 10 per year Dues S 15 per year

Eastern 190195 Association Cliff Crabs 25575 Butternut North Olmsted OH 44070 2161777-4025 after 6 pm Easte rn Newsletter Irregular - Manual on Maintenance for Members Dues $10 initiation amp as required each year

International 195 Club Dwight M Ewing President P O Box 737 Merced CA 95344 2091722-6283 Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $2000 US annually

International Comanche Society Jaek Holaway P O Box 400 Grant NE 69140 308352-4275 Newsletter Dues $34 per year

Corben Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletters Quarterly Dues $800 for four issues

Cub Club (Piper) John Bergeson Chairman P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant MI 48804-2002 517561-2393 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year (US) $20 (Canada) $25 (Foreign)

L-4 Grasshopper Wing Publisher John Bergeson Cub Club 14 NOVEMBER 1989

P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant MI 48804-2002 517561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year (US) $ 15 (Canada - US Funds) $20 (Foreign) Note Must be a Cub Club member also

Culver Club Larry Low Chairman 60 Skywood Way Woodside CA 94062 415851-0204 Newsletter None Dues None

Culver PQ-14 Assoc Ted Heineman Editor 29621 Kensington Drive Laguna Niguel CA 92677 714831-0173 Newsletter Annually Dues Donation

Dart Club (Culver) Lloyd Washburn 3958 Washburn Drive PI Clinton OH 43452 Newsletter Now and Then Dues None

Curtiss Robin Club W Lane Tufts 4138 Santa Rosa Drive Moorpark CA 93021 805529-2359 Dues None

deHavilland Moth Club Gerry Schwam Chairman 1021 Serpentine Lane Wyncote PA 19095 215635-7000 or 215886-8283 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $ 12 US amp Canada $15 Overseas

deHavilland Moth Club of Canada R deHavilland Ted Leonard FoundershyDirector 305 Old Homestead Road Keswick Ontario Canada L4P I E6 416476-4225 Newsletter Periodicall y Dues $20 annually

American Tiger Club (deHavilland) Mr Frank Price President Rt I Box 419 Moody Texas 76557 817853-2008 Newsletter Monthly Dues $2500 per year

Ercoupe Owners Club Skip Carden Eecutivc Director Box 1505~

Durham NC 2770+ 91l11471-94l12 Newsletters Monthly with ~pecial

editions Dues S20 per year

Fairchild Club John W Berendt President 7645 Echo Point Road Cannon Falls MN 55009 507263-24 14 Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $5

Fairchild Fan Club Robert L Taylor Edi tor PO Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $800 per year

Flying Farmers International Kyle Ann Stream Executive Director PO Box 9124 2 120 Airport Road

W ichit a KS 67277 31619+3-4234 News lette r 10 issues per year Dues S35 per yea r US funds plus chapter dues

Fleet Club George G Gregory Pres ident 4~80 Duguid Road Manlius NY 13 104 3 15682-6380 Newsletter Approx two per year Dues Con tributions

Funk Aircraft Owners Association G Dale Beach Ed itor - Treasurer 1621 Dreher Street Sac ramento CA 958 14 916443-7604 Newsletter 10 per yea r Dues $ 12 00

Great Lakes Club Robert L Taylor Ed itor PO Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Quarte rl y Dues $ 10 per year

The American Yankee Assn (Grumshyman American) Steve Wilson 3232 Western Drivc Cameron Park C A t)56~2

Newsletter Dues S2750 per year (U S) $3000 (Fore ign)

Hatz Club Robert L Taylor Ed itor PO Rox In Blakesburg IA 52536 515 938-2773 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $~ per year

Heath Parasol Club William Schlapman 6431 Paul son Road Winneconne WI 54968 414582-4454 News le tte r Annually Dues Postage donation

The Interstate Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 51593 8-2773 Newsletter Interstate Intercom

deHaviliand TIger Moth

Dues $8 for four issues

Little Round Engine Flyer Ken Williams Chairman 33 1 E Franklin Street Portage WI 53901 Contact Williams for further informashytion

Continental Luscombe Association Loren Bump Fearless Leader 5736 Esmar Road Ceres CA 95307 209537-9934 Newsletter Bi-monthly (6 per year) Dues $ 10 (US) $ 1250 (Canada or $10 US funds) $ 15 (Foreign)

Luscombe Association John Bergeson Chairman 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 517561-2393 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $ 15 per year (US) $20 per year (Canada) $25 per year (Foreign)

Meyers Aircraft Owners Association Wm E Gaffney Secretary 26 Rt 17K

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Newburgh NY 12550 914565-8005 Newsletter 5-6 per year Dues Postage Fund Donation

Minnesota Seaplane Pilots Associashytion Jack E Mathisen Box 385 Squaw Lake MN 56681 218659-4431 Newsletter 3-4 per year Dues $15 per year

Mooney Aircraft Pilots Assn Mark Harris 314 Stardust Dri ve San Antonio TX 78228 512434-5959 Newsletter Dues $30 per year

National Air Racing Group Frank Ronco President 1313 Los Arboles Sunnyvale CA 94087 4081733-7967 Newsletter Professional Air Racing (lOyear)

Dues $IOyear domestic

National Biplane Association Charles W Harris Board Chairman Mary R Jones Executive Director

Hangar 5 4-J Aviation Jones-Riverside Airport Tulsa OK 74132 918299-2532 Dues $1500 per year

National Championship Air Races Susan Audrain Marketing Director PO Box 1429 Reno NY 89505 702826-7500

Naval Aircraft Restorers Assn Gerald Miller 3320 Northridge Drive Grand Junction CO 81506 3031245-7899 Newsletter Dues $12 per year

American Navion Society Raleigh Morrow Chairman of Board Gerry Bright Executive Secretary Box 1175 Municipal Airport Banning CA 92220 714849-2213 Newsletter Monthly Dues $35 per year

The 99s Inc International Women Pilots Loretta Jean Gragg Executive Direcshytor PO Box 59965 Will Rogers Airport Oklahoma City OK 73159

405 685-7969 Newsletter The 99 News - monthly Dues $4000 annually

Norseman Club David E Neumeister 5630 S Washington Lansing MI 48911-4999 517882-8433 Newsletter Quarterly - Norseman Newsletter Dues $10 per year

North American Trainer Association (T6 T-28 NA64 NA50) Stoney and Kathy Stonich 2285 Oakvale Drive Shingle Springs CA 95682 916677 -2456 Newsletter Quarterly - Texans and Trojans Dues $25 US $35 Canada Foreign US Funds - In1 Money

OX-5 Aviation Pioneers Oliver Y Phillips National Secretary 10405 W 32 Avenue Wheat Ridge CO 80033 303233-5905 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year

Buckeye Pietenpol Association Frank S Pavliga Newsletter Editor

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2800 S Turner Road Canfield OH 44406 2161792-6973 days 2161792-6269 (evenings) Newsletter Buckeye Pietenpol Assn Newsletter - Quarterly Dues $750 per year

International Pietenpol Association Robert L Taylor Editor PO Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Quarterly or Semi-annushyally Dues $8 per year

Short Wing Piper Club Inc Lonnie McLaughlin Membership Chairman 32 East End A venue Brentwood NY 11717 516273-5072 Newsletter Bi-monthly Dues $25 per year

Porterfield Airplane Club Chuck Lebrecht 1019 Hickory Road Ocala FL 32672 904687-4859 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $5 per year

Rearwin Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $8 per year

Ryan Club National Bill J Hodges Chairman 811 Lydia Stephenville TX 76401 817968-4818 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Replica Fighters Association Frank G Weatherly President 22451 David Taylor MI 48180 313295-0590 Newsletters Bi-monthly Dues $15 per year

Seabee Club International Captain Richard W Sanders President 6761 NW 32 A venue Ft Lauderdale FL 33309 305979-5470 Newsletter Quarterly (plus phone conshysultation) amp directory Dues $15 (US amp Canada) $20 (Foreign)

Seaplane Pilots Association Robert A Richardson Executive Dishyrector 421 Aviation Way Frederick MD 21701 301695-2083 Newsletter Water Flying (Quarterly) Water Flying (Annual) 88 SPA Seapshylane Landing Directory - $12 - Memshybers$25 non-members Dues $28 per year

Silver Wings Fraternity Russ Brinkley President PO Box 11970 Harrisburg PA 17108 717232-9525 Newsletter Slipstream Tabloid Monthly Dues Initiation - $10 $5 per year

Spartan School of Aeronautics Alumni Association Vern Foltz Alumni Relations 8820 E Pine Street Tulsa OK 74115 918836-6886 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 annually

Staggerwing Club Jim Gorman President 1885 Millsboro Road

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Mansfie ld OH 44906 4 19529-3822 (home) 4 191755- 10 11 (office) Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $ 15 per year

Stampe Club Internationa Willi am R Baldwin P O Box 1408 Lebanon TN 37088 News letter Dues $20 per year

Stearman Restorers Association Tom Lowe President 823 Kingston Lane Crystal Lake IL 6001 4 8 15459-6873 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $ 15 per year

National Stinson Club Jonsey Pau l 144 18 Skinner Road Cypress TX 77429 Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $7 50

National Stinson Club (108 Section) George H Leamy Pres ident 108 Clu b I 15 Heinley Road

Lake Plac id FL 33852 Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $ 15 per year

Northeast Stinson Flying Club Dick Bourque Founder 8 Grimes Brook Road Simsbury CT 06070 203658- 1566 Newsletter Bi-monthl y Dues $ 10 per year

Replica Sopwilh Camel

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Southwest Stinson Club Dick Goe rges Pres ident 36 19 Nortree Street San Jose CA 95 148 408274-9 179 Newsletter SWSC Newsletter 10 per year Dues $ 10 per year

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Super Cub Pilots Association Jim Richmond FounderlDirector PO Box 9823 Yakima WA 98909 509248-9491 Newsletter Monthly Dues $25 per year U S $35 per year (Canada) $40 per year (Foreign)

Swift Association International Charlie Nelson P O Box 644 Athens TN 37307 6151745-9547 Newsletter Monthly Dues $25 per year

Taylorcraft Owners Club Bruce M Bixler II President 12809 Greenblower Road Alliance OH 44601 216823-9748 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Tomahawk Pilots Association Skip Carden Editor P O Box 15388 Durham NC 27704 Newsletter Bi-monthly (6 per year) Dues $2000 per year

Travel Air Club Robert L Taylor Editor PO Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Travel Air Tales - Quarshyterly Dues $8 per year

Travel Air Division of Staggerwing Museum Dub Yarbrough P O Box 550 Tullahoma TN 37388 615455-1974 Newsletter Dues $25 per year

Twin Bonanza Association Richard L Ward Director 19684 Lakeshore Drive Three Rivers MI 49093 616279-2540 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 per year (U S amp Canada) $35 per year (Foreign)

Vintage Sailplane Association Jan Scott Secretary Rt I Box 239

Lovettsville V A 22080 703822-5504 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Waco Club National Ray Brandly President 700 Hill Avenue Hamilton OH 45015 513868-0084 Newsletter Bi-monthly Dues $800 per year

Waco Historical Society R E Hoefflin Treasurer 10 13 Westgate Road Troy OH 45373

Waco UPF-7s

513335-2621 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $4 per year Sept I - Aug 31

World War I Aeroplanes Inc Leonard E Opdycke DirectorPubshylisher 15 Crescent Road Poughkeepsie NY 1260 I 914473-3679 Journals WW I Aero (1900-1919) Skyways (1920-1940) Dues Minimum - $20 each for one year $25 foreign for WW I Aero

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1989 GRAND CHAMPION ANTIQUE

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Bill Halverson has been at least part owner of his Beech G 17S Staggerwing since 1967 A pilot really gets to know an airplane in that amount of timc especially if he spends 12 of those years on a total rebuild as Bill has done with NC 80316 The reward for that effort comes with recognition both on the ramps of airports along wherever his route may take him and in the judgshying ballots at EAA Oshkosh 89 where the airplane was voted Grand Chamshypion Antique

Bills G 17S was originally built at Beechs Wichita factory in February 1947 Walter Beech called the G 17S the best of all the Staggerwings Im shyprovements over the D Models inshycluded a redesigned engine installation with a longer sleeker cowling a new windshield with shalshy

greater with the V -tai l aluminum speedster as we ll The Staggerwing faded after 20 G Models were proshyduced and the Bonanza went on to a successful production run that persists to thi s day The sty le and luxury of the Staggerwing however will never be forgotten as long as there are people such as Bill Halverson who are devoted to preserving the history of the great airplanes of the Golden Age

Serial Number B 15 was the last Staggerwing built for a customer at the factory Four more were asse mbled from parts later on in Texas by Henry Seale Aviation Supply Inc And a facshytory demonstrator Serial Number B20 was later built in Wichita but NC 80316 was the last of the lU xury cabin biplanes Beech sold to a regular cusshy

tomer in this case an oil drilling outfit from Colorado The company flew the Staggerwing as a corporate transport until the late 1950s or early 1960s and sold it to Tomcat Overalls Inc in Tenshynessee In the early 1960s Robert Colshyeman bought the Staggerwing and reshycovered it in Razorback painted it white and changed the registration number to N 262C In 1967 a group of eight airline pilots bought the airplane and shared expenses and flyshying until 1972 when one of the eight Bill Halverson bought the airplane from the club which had since shrunk from eight to three members

As luck would have it an AD note on the Razorback ribstitching arrived shortly after Bill became sole owner He was left with the prospect of a total

rebuild and no one to lower slope a re-deshy share the expense He signed instrument panshy did have plenty of el different vertical help from many quarshystab ilizer and rudder ters but the bulk of the and a new set of fairshy rebuild was performed ings The company inshy by Bill himself tended to build 50 Stripping the skin G17s but at $29000 from the airplane reshythe price was too vealed a variety of much to pay even sub-projects that through the eyes of needed attention The post-war prosperity basic structure was The newfangled Boshy sound but the systems nanza was available at had taken a beating $7 975 and its perforshy from approximately mance was comparashy 2400 hours of use and ble to that of the 25 years of aging The Staggerwing Operatshy landing gear was comshy

Carl Schuppeling economy was far Bill Halverson pletely re-done as 20 NOVEMBER 1989

were the brakes The electrical system was overhauled and conshyverted to 24 volts to accommodate the King Gold Crown radio package The IFR setshyup includes dual navshycoms with glideslope ADF DME threeshylight marker beacon and a Mode C transshyponder Bill also inshycorporated a variety of warning systems for the gear cabin doors flaps low-fuel or oil and fire

The 450-hp Pratt amp Whitney R-985 engine had 50 hours on it when the eight pilots bought it in 1967 and has over 600 now Bill paid a conshysiderable amount of attention to it in the 12 years the airplane was grounded but points out that thc work performed was far short of a complete overhaul It conshytinues to purr like the PampW factory cat

The interior was totally re-worked by the upholstery shop at Flying Cloud Airport near Minneapolis This time however leather was used in places where mohair was used on the original The pleating and other design work is all up to factory spec including the headliner

Bill covered the Staggerwing in Ceconite 101 and laid on 30 coats of hand-rubbed butyrate dope sanding in

between every cross coat The final 12 layers of pigmented dope were applied with tender loving care and 600 wetshysand followed by an even finer grade preceeding the final polishing The rcshysuits are stunning

Bill already knew about the drudgery part of aviation first-hand He began his flying as a lineboy tradshying chores for flying time at Grand Forks North Dakota He entered the Army Air Corps at 18 years of age and flew PT-13s -17s AT-6s and B-25s in the service After that he signed on with Northwest Orient Airlines starting out on DC-3s and Martin 202s Ultishymately he flew almost everything they had including the Boeing 747 which he flew for the last 10 years of his

career retiring In

1986 Along the way he also cadged time in P-51 s with the Minshynesota Air National Guard

Bill is a founding member of the Staggerwing Museum in Tullahoma Tenshynessee and chairs the museums Scot Perry Memorial Scholarship Fund committee The museum is dedicated to the preservation of Staggerwing memorashybilia and houses paperwork plans and

other artifacts relating to the airplane and its designer Walter Beech The scholarship fund is an ongoing project that recognizes young people who have demonstrated a love for aviation and provides for their further education It is named for the son of another museum founding member Dick Perry and frequently calls on the EAA Air Academy for recipients

When Bill s group first bought the Staggerwing it was just another 20shyyear-old corporate luxury barge What they did would compare to a group today buying a used King Air for pershysonal transport It is the passing of time that makes his Staggerwing a piece of aviation history and Bill has been there through it all thick and thin bull

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On Monday evening of EAA Oshshykosh 89 with beautiful airplanes parked at all points of the compass it was still a revelation to discover two highly polished Globe Swifts parked in the first row of the AntiquelClassic aircraft camping area It was fun to watch people walk by stop and stare - the look on their faces giving away their thoughts It is called desire shyhunger if you will Each admiring glance at the two shiny aluminum airshycraft seemed to bring on more admiration Some shook their heads in amazement others quietly pointed out features to their friends Somehow I had the feeling we were looking at a couple of winners

By Wednesday afshyternoon both Swifts and their owners were gone from their tiedown spots and it was hoped the AIC judges had done their work in the short time provided The Thursshyday evening A wards Program soon brought 22 NOVEMBER 1989

a few convictions home Globe Swift NC78181 owned by Daryl Dressler of St Paul Minnesota won the Custom Class I (over ISO-hp) Award And when the Grand Champion Classic Award was announced Charles Hoover and his 8S-hp Globe Swift NC8090S ran off with all the marbles

It was my pleasant job the following week to inform Charles Hoover over the phone that he had garnered the Grand Champion Lindy Award

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(One of lifes simple pleasures ) At first Charles had a You gotta be kidshyding apprehension about taking home the heavy hardware However my very persistent tone of voice must have hit home He finally realized what he had accomplished and the giggles and laughing told me he understood Later Charles admitted he didnt get much work done the rest of that day

A little detective work revealed that Charles had won six previous awards

at Oshkosh with his Swift with the AIC Grand Champion Lindy being Numshyber seven On top of this the beautifully polished machine has won any number of other awards over the past 16 years of Hoovers ownership

The original Swift named the GC-l was a steel tube and plywood airplane deshysigned by K H Bud Knox back in 1941 It looked very similar to the metal version which came after World War I in

1945 The original aircraft was powered with a Continental A-80 and would top out at 145 mph and cruise at 130 mph - figures that are remarkably similar to Charles Hoovers metal Swift with its 85-hp engine

The Swift was built by three differshyent companies following World War

II Globe Aircraft Corp of Fort Worth Texas started the line of all-metal Swifts and was followed by Texas Enshygineering amp Manufacturing Co (Temco) These in turn were followed by Universal Aircraft which built the last 16 GC-IA and 60 GC-IB Swifts The grand total manufactured is apshyproximately 1500 Swifts of which some 720 remain on the FAA Register today or these it is estimated that less than a half dozen are still flying with a C85-12 engine Now we can understand why Charles Hoovers 85shyhp Swift has caused so many raised eyebrows It is a rare bird

Built in July 1946 Charles GC-IA is Serial Number 308 and is one of the 47 GC-IA models built by Globe that are still on the FAA Register Nearly all of these have been re-engined with more horsepower The lowest number on the register is NC33336 SIN 2 which is owned by Louis Leftwich Jr of Orlando Florida This very aircraft was used in the photos for the company literature in 1946 Included in the opshytions for the 1946 Swift were floats and skis An airbrushed drawing shows NC33336 flying by with a set of rather pointed floats mounted on struts from the gear wells (Talk about Dreamshyers)

Some of the detailing on Charles Swift really caught the judges eye at EAA Oshkosh 89 The beautiful deshycals on the wheel hubs showing a map of the world with Swift across the face were done by fellow Swift owner Pat Moore of Minneapolis They were done about 10 years ago using the silkscreen process and are absolutely beautiful

Please bear in mind that this Swift has been continually upgraded for the 16 years that Charles has owned it Herein lies the secret Just because Charles didnt win Grand Champion in 1973 he didnt give up Each year more improvements were acshycomplished eventually culminating with the coveted Grand Champion A ward This is persistence at its very best For this we congratulate Charles Hoover and wish him the very best in future endeavors

And let us not forget the Lake Elmo bunch of Swift aficionados who work so well together in a mutual aid society Led by Mark Holliday Jim Montague and a host of others they have set the collective AntiqueClassic crowd on their ear with the huge amount of championship hardware that has found its way home to Lake Elmo We salute you bull

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SPEEDWING Vern Dallman flies the sole

remaining Curtiss-Wright B-14-B

If youve ever watched a kitten grow up you have an idea of how aviation spent its childhood A kitten doesnt know whats possible and what isn t It can t tell the difference between leaping up on a tall bookshelf which it will be ab le to do when it gets bigger and leaping up on the roof It will jump and fai l day after day until it finally makes the bookshelf Some time later it will find another way to get to the roof You have to wonder if along the way the kitten had any idea what its ultimate limitations were

In the 1930s aviation was like that kitten It hadnt yet figured out what it couldnt do Designers were finding 24 NOVEMBER 1989

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ways to coax more speed and capabilshyity out of airplanes on an almost daily basis Improved airframes alternated with more sophisticated engines playshying techno-leapfrog from one design to the next In June 1932 Curtiss-Wright leaped the field with its 8-14-8 Speedwing Only two were built and Vern Dallman most conspicuous at EAA Oshkosh 89 for his Little Looper replica has one of them at his Ala Doble Aerobatic Ranch in Esshyparto California

The Speedwing was essentially an A-14-D Sportsman with a nine-cyshylinder 330-hp Wright R-97S-E engine The Sportsman which itself was cershy

tified only 10 months earlier had thc seven-cylinder 240-hp R-760-E With 60 more horses up front the Speedshywing aimed its ample nose in the direcshytion of the wealthy sport-flyer market It had scating for thrce with two in a bench seat in front Thc front cockpit normally went around undcr covcr however in the quest for more speed at the expense of carrying passengers The metal cockpi t cover was standard equipment from the factory in St Louis Missouri

Other standard equipment included a metal propeller electric starter navishygation lights cockpit lights battery and a headrest for the rear cockpit Reshy

tractable landing lights would run the buyer an additional $200 and for $100 he could have the optional two-tone paint job The Speedwing carried 35 gallons of fuel in the fuselage tank and an additional 23 gallons in the centershysection tank In keeping with its image as a personal airplane for the disshycriminating owner-pilot two baggage compartments opened on the right side of the fuselage behind the rear cockpit The upper compartment allowed 48 pounds and the lower 100 pounds The shatter-proof windshield was adshyjustable as was the rear seat Top speed of the 8-14-8 was 177 mph with a cruise of 150 mph

Curtiss-Wright also built a 8-14-R with a 420-hp version of the same Rshy975 engine for Casey Lambert Vern Dallmans airplane has a rip-snorting 440-hp version of the same engine for even more neck-snapping perforshymance In fact Curtiss-Wright later developed its Osprey as a fightershybomber version of the Speedwing series for some governments that were re-arming on a tight budget

With the sorry state of owner-flown high-performance aircraft sales today it seems odd that an airplane such as

the Speedwing could survive in the midst of the Depression In fact it didnt Only two were built One went to the Department of Commerce and the other was a factory demonstrator Verns is the old factory airplane comshyplete with the wheel pants and faired N-struts that were added later in the quest for still more speed (Vern has the original metal pants at home but uses a set of fiberglass ones for crossshycountry work)

The progression of Curtiss-Wrights aircraft design trends went like this From the inexpensive training ships of the early 1920s to the speed demons of the early thirties to the potential milishytary contract ships of the mid- to lateshy1930s to the Condor series of transshyports that got the factory people so exshycited after that Its significant that in 1933 Curtiss-Wright still had a stockpile of OX-5 engines in like-new condition available for $45 each No one bought them The OX-5 was the engine of choice for most light aircraft as little as eight years before Contrast that with the Lycoming 0-235 that still powers most two-seat trainers of today yet first appeared almost half a century ago in 1940

Walter 8eech resigned as president of Curtiss-Wright in early 1932 With him went the last vestiges of the Travel Air influence Ralph Damon became president and George Page 1r became chief engineer Fred Landgraf was the project director on the - 14 Series and his previous employment with the Ken-Royce (Rearwin) factory and the Alexander Eaglerock design team shows up clearly in the Curtiss-Wright machines

Its interesting that you can break down the design influence and progshyress of a company virtually by the month based on who was designing the airplanes and what engines were available at what cost Also important was the management of the company who aimed the product at whichever market appeared the most pliable at the time In fact it s likely that the whole history may be over-analyzed The explanation for each new aircraft may be as simple as it appears

I n the case of the 8-14-8 that means lots of horsepower raw speed and one person on board Practical No but in those days aviation wasn t grown up enough to know what was impossible bull

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Prints is a series of seven pieces of excellent artwork Choose from the de Havilland D H4 Bleriot XI Albashytross D Ya Wright EX Yin Fiz Fokshyker T-2 Douglas World Cruiser Chishycago or Curtiss NC-4 Through an agreement with the Smithsonian Inshystitutions National Air and Space Museum each relic print includes a piece of the original fabric from these historic aircraft Also included is a certificate of authenticity and a brief DE HAlllAJ) D H -t

history of the aircraft The prints are available framed at $145 each or unshyframed at $55 each For the quality and historica l significance involved this represents a good value For a catalog or to order by telephone call to ll -free 1-800533-7763 or wri te to Aviation Relic Prints 8152 North

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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY This aviati01l relic print was issued in a limited quantity by the Smithsonian I11stitutioll Natio11nl Air and Space Museum Washington DC

Each aircraft depicted ill thisizistoric series lms restored by the Smithsonian Institutiol1lZl1d is pnrt Of its collectio11 The fabric removed durillg that restoration is certified to be the originnl fabric apiece ofwh ich is attached to this relic print

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This spectacular photo was taken by Dollie Gheen noted aviation photographer from Fairborn Ohio Although taken in 1989 it could almost pass for 1937 with the beautiful 1937 Stinson SR-7B NC16130 SIN 9693 owned by James Solenberg of Shelbyville Indiana flanked by an immaculate 1937 Cord 812 Custom Beverly owned by Bob Gheen of Fairborn Ohio Both vehicles feature a Lycoming engine built in the same factory Lycoming and Stinson were owned by the Cord Company which in turn was part of the Auburn Automobile Company The only hint of 1989 is the tiny strobe on the belly of the Stinson and the reflection of a B-26 tail in the door of the Cord automobile

SENSENICH PROPELLER COMPANY SOLD The venerable Sensenich Propeller Comshy pitch propellers In recent years the firm has

pany has been sold to The Philadelphia been servicing and overhauling propellers of Bourse Inc and Warren A Wilbur III has been all types and that aspect of the business named president Wilbur was president of will also be continued For further information Bellanca Aircraft in the mid 1970s Under new contact Sensenich Propeller Company East management Sensenich will remain in its Airport Road PO Box 5100 Lancaster PA present facilities in Lancaster PA and will 17601-0100 Phone 717569-0435 continue to make wood and metal fixed

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PASS IT TO ---rJ An information exchange column with input from readers

Oh boy Here it is deadline time and I don t have anything down on paper Seems too that people are using the phone more and more I have onl y a few letters thi s month But I havc what seems li ke a million phone call s Alshymost a ll the call s are from people wantshying to ta lk to people who have written arti c les for thc magazine George Quast s se ri es of artic les o n the Aero nca C-2 rebuild has generated an inord inate number of call s all wanting hi s home address and phone number It was not in the article (Reach George (If PO Box 233 Hutchinson MinshylIesolil 55350-0233 Be sure to pass lI lollg your hest wishes to his dog Max - Ed )

I ve had ca ll s fro m Baron von Will er and the Glue Ange ls bunch out 28 NOVEMBER 1989

by Buck Hilbert (EAA 21 Ale 5) Po Box 424 Union IL 60180

San Diego way and another invite to do Mex ican Av iation Day at Ensenada There have been phone call s from San Anto nios Bill Stratton with more talk about his Liaison Pilots group from New York asking for info on Aeronca engines and call s from guys who just wanted to ta lk So me were after II 00 at night (Hey Buck A bunch of us are sitting around the bar and you ve got to settl e an argument What color was the headliner on a 1940 Champ) but in the main I ve enjoyed talking to everyone of them

I just fini shed another sojourn across the country taking in the fa ll colo rs and visiting av iatin fri ends along the way I vis ited George York in Mansfi e ld Ohio last month We di scussed aircraft judging and some o f the peculiarities

of that particul ar job at Oshkosh I ve said it often enough I hope that I really respect our j udges and their efforts during the Convention Both George and I ag ree that we could use a few more apprentices to work with the judges duri ng the Convention The program needs some new talent so guys and gals get in early and learn how the system works Let s have your input

I a lso visited Bill Doc Mitchell at Coudersport Pennsy lvania Bill s very ni ce PT- 19 is that all -s il ver one that you always see in the front row down at AIC Showplane Parking He was coerced into taking it down to the Warshybird Area a couple of times but he always seems to wind up back with us He is a lso one o f the best line boys

Ive ever encountered Along with Ray Olcott he shows up every year to do yeoman work around Pioneer Airport before the Convention I got to visit his hangar and you wouldnt believe the goodies he has That PT- 19 will be going for a good many yea rs with all the spares he has I just drooled over all that aeronautical candy

I had ideas about visiting all the people I could along the way to Boothshybay Maine but as usual my timedisshytance perception was way off base After all those years of jetting it on United Air Lines its hard to realize how long it takes to drive To me Bosshyton is about an hour and 50 minutes from O Hare We took five days I had intended to visit the Marlboro anshytiquers in Massachusetts but had to byshypass them because I flat ran out of time I also wanted to see Chuck Burtch and the gang around upstate New York but again I ran out of time Im going to change my ways and just plan localized expeditions from now on - concentrating on one area and

not tryi ng to spread it out too much I might mention that I did visit with

Father John MacGillivray in Antishygonish Nova Scotia Canada Father John as you may know donated his Tiger Moth and his rare Miles Hawk to the EAA Aviation Foundation over the years and is a mainstay of EAA He maintains his seat up at the inforshymation window at EAA Headquarters during the Convention and also conshyducts services at the Theatre In the Woods despite all the airplane noise Father John is also a real sparkplug on his home ground He keeps EAA memshybers in Canada aware and knowlegable of all that s going on He arranges chapter and dinner meetings and is the official greeter when it comes to outshyof-towners such as Dorothy and me We enjoyed our visit with him and are most apo logetic that we didnt take adshyvantage of the dinner invitation in conshycurrance with the chapter meeting

Ive also had some nice calls from donors who have their airplanes on disshyplay in the EAA Air Adventure

Museum The new arrangement of airshycraft and the display now that we have the Warbirds in the Eagle Hangar has made several of those people very happy Previous to thi s there just wasnt room and many of the airplanes were in storage Now we can all see them

I m somewhat more than dismayed to learn that one of our greatest of the Old Timers has gone Westmiddot Next time you look at the EAA Spirit of Saint Louis project or see that beautishyful SE 5 replica in the display area think of Gil Bodeen Gil goes way back Back to the beginning The Corn County Chapter of Dekalb Illinois was largely his He was a beautiful craftsman and did woodwork the likes of which youlI se ldom see 1 can walk through the museum and see his craftsmanship in many of the machines that are there Im gonna miss you Gill But your workmanship will live on right there in the museum displays and in the flying machines at Pioneer Airshyport bull

A view of the re-arranged museum floor - and the Ryan Sew

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CHAPTER CAPSULES by Bob Brauer

Chapter 15 has been meeting at Bob Rings private air strip Ring Internashytional in Berwick Maine since it was formed in 1985 Known as the New England Chapter it was the result of a group of 15 EAA members with a strong interest in antique and classic aircraft The chapter was founded by its first president Bob Ring of Bershywick Henry Van Cleef of Lawrence Massachusetts Jack Copeland of Westborough Massachusetts and Alice and Richard Gilchrest of Lynn Massachusetts Membership now numshybers around 25 and the participants live in an area that includes southern New Hampshire eastern Massachusetts and southwest Maine

Ring International is a busy place because of both the clubs as well as the individual members projects Bob Ring has been restoring a Waco 2 which he salvaged as a crop duster and returned to original configuration This project plus generously providing a meeting place for the chapter and space for chapter projects leave little time for dull moments

A group of members meet every other Saturday to work on restoring a Meyers OTW owned by Gerry Barg of South Easton Massachusetts When the airplane is complete Gerry and the main restoration crew will share flight duties Also under restoration by another chapter group is a Northrop Primary Glider Most of the members are avid restorers at heart and continushyally work on projects either their own or those of fellow members As a matshyter of fact getting together at each others projects for work sessions is an ongoing activity President Errol Dow sums it up best We are an aid to each other Most people need the support of a club because not everyone has all the expertise required for a complete proshyject It becomes a learning experience for all of us

Errol further explained that the chapter stresses work sessions as part of the monthly meetings rather than the customary structured or planned proshy30 NOVEMBER 1989

Left to right Bob Ring Jock Denison Harvey Wells Errol Dow Gerry Peterson Jock Copeshyland Dick Gilchrist Louis Furnos Maurice Lambert (guest) Paul Poulson and Charlie Pearshyson

grams These sessions involve member participation in working sheet metal fabric covering and general restorashytion He notes that everyone likes to teach or instruct

This group inspiration must work since 75 percent of the members fly antique or classic aircraft Errol is reshystoring an early model Piper Pacer and charter member Dick Jackson of Rochester New Hampahire has sevshyeral Wacos of different types in the process of detailed restoration Inshycluded in Dicks collection is a rare if not the only existing Waco Model D Included among members airplanes are a Luscombe Champ and a J-3 Two or three of these old airplanes fly in to each meeting so their efforts have paid off

As far as flight is concerned howshyever Chapter 15 is not preoccupied with the past For example Jack Copeshyland has been instrumental in enshycouraging members to write the FAA and their congressmen to support EAAs position on general aviation

and airplane issues In Errol Dow s opinion EAA is doing a pretty good job in the battle for the airmans right to fly

Errol also reminisced about past chapter president Don Mc Laughlin of Hampton New Hampshire who passed away last November At a time when chapter interest was at somewhat of an ebb he earned everyones respect for re-instilling enthusiasm in members to maintain and fly old airplanes Errol indicated that he felt it was a difficult task to step into Don s shoes but from the current interest shown by memshybers Errol has made his own shoes to walk in He believes in a sustained efshyfort to get new EAA and AIC members to expand the clubs base That base is sure to grow because of the chapters desire to teach Seems as though they cant wait to get someone who is new to old airplanes so that they can show him new techniques for restoring old planes This group of New Englanders are proving that something old has a bright future bull

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- a diesel-engined Bellanca seaplane in which Shorty (Parker D) Cramer (right) and Oliver Paquette were the first airmen ever to fly over the Greenshyland Ice-cap (July-Aug 1931)

The magazine is looking great shycontinued best wishes

Sincerely H Glenn Buffington EI Dorado Arkansas

Original Aussie Parasol Dear Sir

During the year 1936 Alan Mogg of Ashfield New South Wales Aushystralia commenced construction of a single-seat high-wing monoplane The fuselage structure was similar to a Pietenpol but material dimensions were increased to make the aircraft more robust The tail was from a Heath Parasol but the design of the wings was Moggs own creation The inshytended engine was a four-cylinder Menasco but because of import probshylems Mogg purchased two nine-cylinshyder 59 -hp Salmson engines from Enshygland modified for dual ignition Due to the Salmsons lighter weight the nose had to be extended for balance The airplane was named Miss Mogal (from Alan Mogg) and the aircraft was first flown at Morisset NSW in November 1939 Flight characteri stics were described as excellent with no vices Speeds were quoted as a maximum of 95 mph cruise of 75 mph and stall 30 mph The aircraft was damaged in the mid-1950s and rebuilt over several years at Manley NSW

Oliver Paquette (left) and Shorty Cramer

then sold to Ron Willis at Boggabri NSW in the 1960s It is now on display at the Tamworth Museum (a secondshyhand shop) where I took these photos Ive tried to phone Alan for the last three months with no success

Cheerio Alan Lewis (EAA 1634) Paddington NSW

Moths across New Zealand Dear Mark

The Tiger Club of New Zealand is organising a Vintage Air Rally from North Cape to Bluff the two exshytremities of New Zealand starting on

Monday 26 February 1990 and finishshying near Gore the following Friday The idea has been enthusiastically enshydorsed by the 1990 Commission as an Official Project to help celebrate the countrys sesquicentennial and we re commemorating the pioneering long distance flights in New Zealand which culminated in the December 1933 efshyfort of Ted Harvie and Miss Trevor

Hunter in Gipsy Moth ZK-APB when they were the first people to cover the full length of the country in one day Miss Hunter now Mrs Trevor Colshyway will be taking some part in our activities

There is also the likelihood of a lishymited number of our members having a go at doing the North Cape to Bluff flight in one day in Tiger Moths and a Gipsy Moth something nobody has tried in open-cockpit biplanes for 56 years

This whole event is gaining internashytional recognition The deHavilland Fox Moth that was used to start Bert Mercers Air Travel operations in South Westland in 1934 (and which re-

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sided in upstate New York for some years as N 83DH) will be coming out from England for the rally and a couple of airshows and with it in the same container will be a Gipsy Moth and possibly a Hornet Moth depending on available room Some of our members from the USA and Australia have also indicated they will be making the trip to New Zealand to take part

Our rally will be followed imshy

mediately by our annual fly-in at Manshydeville not far west of Gore and the Will Scotland Memorial Air Race for Tiger Moths from Invercargill to Gore commemorating the first cross-country flight in either New Zealand or Aushystralia using a Caudron in February 1914 All these three linked events are official 1990 projects

It promises to be a memorable event - provided the weather behaves itself But then open-cockpit biplane pilots always did tend to be an optimistic lot anyway

always enjoy reading your magazine Keep up the good work 6 NOVEMBER 1989

Yours sincerely John King (EAA 228003 AIC 8502) Secretary The Tiger Club of New Zeashyland

Hart to Heart Dear Mark Phelps

Thank you for your generous apshypreciation of my contribution to VINshyTAGE AIRPLANE It encourages me to continue sending a variety of vintage aero antics and serious articles Meetshying Buck Hilbert on a flight to Enshysenada Mexico (Pass It to Buck June) was something special because HE is Buck accumulates friendships wherever he goes sharing his wealth of knowledge and even PARTS with anyone dedicated to restoring or preshyserving our kind of flying machines

Just this second I turned pages to find the name of the author of Cats Meow (August) intending to write a paragraph about his outstanding attrishybutes - to you Shock Honestly the most enjoyable article Ive read in ages for a row of reasons First but not in order of importance my vast files on vintage aircraft yield but one shot of the Kitten and precious little data Now this explosion of intimate knowlshyedge and great pictures of the beautishyful animal

Best of all were your explanations of functional aerodynamic problems and their solutions I dont recall other fine articles with so much real-life finding and fixing problems pertaining to sound design guidance as valid

today as way back then The Kittens wingspan increased from 28 to 32 feet with no decrease in top speed noted sounds credible to me A lower angle of attack in level flight can be exshypected reducing drag enough to comshypensate for the extra span

Icing on the Kittens cake - By June 1943 Leroy Grumman had enough confidence in his litter of Navy fighters to turn his attention to another

breed of cat And That solved the problem of the Kittens recalcitrant paws once and for all Such a light touch turning up in a solid serious story turns people like me to adding another leaf to your fanmail tree

Sinceriously Ed Lockhart (aka Edlock Hart) Lakeside California

Thanks are due to Mort Kelman who provided most of the photos for that story from his archives Here s one more that didnt make it into print the first time - Ed

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MEMBERS PROTECTS VI

by Norm Petersen

Built in October of 1942 at Middletown Ohio this Aeronca 65-CA Chief NC39576 SIN CA18482 is the proud possession of Jeff Laver (EAA 330421 AlC 13739) of Lake Jackson Texas Jeff reports the Chief had been completely restored in 1973 prior to his buying the airplane in July of 1988 He is now in the process of making a new cowl new engine baffeling and rerigging the entire airplane with new control cables In additiof a set of wheel pants are being made Jeff is planning on re-doing the interior of the Chief and asks if anyone has any information on pre-war Chiefs please contact him at 203 Stanford Rd Lake Jacksof TX 77566

From West Germany comes this pretty picture of a Cessna 140 D-EHSC flown by Peter Lendle (EAA 316217 AlC 14403) of Erlenweg 11 D-7734 Brigachtal West Germany This type of aircraft is quite popular in Europe as it has the necessary electrical system for VHF radio (required in Europe) plus low fuel burn (at $3 to $4 per gallon) Note 3200 Scott tailwheel and original main gear hubcaps

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()uring the decade after World War I the science of aerodynamics was being expanded and deepened in the research laboratories and workshops of many nations

Some of the theory deve loped would be used to refine the shape of the airplane through streamlining (Vinshytage Literature July 1989) Much of the research which would be incorposhyrated in the new wing sections and shapes in the airplanes of the 1930s was on lift and drag

Of special importance among the inshyventions and improvements was the slotted wing The effect of the slot was discovered independently in Germany by G V Lachmann and in England by Handley Page Lechmann was to join the Handley Page company and the deshyvice became known throughout the world as the Handley Page Slot

The effectiveness of the slots was shown in wind tunnel and fli ght tests both in Germany and England with the tests showing a 60 percent increase in wing lift at high angles of attack

Though the results of the invention of the slotted wing aroused immense excitement it found little use in the 1920s This was possibly due to the low wing loading of the predominant biplane designs and their slow landing speeds With the advent of all-metal aircraft and higher wing loading slots became more useful An exception was the Royal Air Force which required all new aircraft to have them beginning in 1928

Thanks to Mr Clifford C Jackson of Davison Michigan the EAA Aviashytion Foundation Library recently reshyceived some examples of Handley Page company publications on the slotshyted wing

One titled The Automatic Slot which appears to have been published in 1930 was a 26-page brochure that gives a general history of the device and how it operates The brochure carshyries a very strong message on the slot s

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contribution to avia tion safety The booklet begins with a story

called The Parable of the Unselfish Husband which presents as much of a comment on the sensibility of the times as a message on flying safety

A certain husband was in the habit of denying himself things in order the better to provide for his beautiful wifes extensive needs and so to retain her affection he gave up smoking cigars and took to cigarettes he drank water instead of wine and he reduced the numher of clubs to which he beshylonged from eight to one so that a larger part of his income could be deshyvoted to the purchase of clothes hats perfumes and other articles for his wife

And when he came to buy an aeroplane he chose a cheap one and being told that the fitting of auto-slots would cost [extra] he refused to have slots fitted And in due course his aeroplane stalled and spun into the ground and he was killed

The Handley-Page Gugnunc slotted and flapped biplane was an entry in the 1929 Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition

According to the Handley Page comshypany the lesson of the story as stated in

I)the parable was z j

~The Jate oj this tunselfish and deshyJvoted husband

should be a warning to all who do not place a sufficient value on their own saJety The experishyences oj life may be unpleasant but inasshymuch as those oj death may be even more unpleasant it is advisable to fit slots and be secure

As you can tell - a rather strong message The rest of the brochure is more technical in nature covering air accidents the wing slot and controllashybility and a technical description of the slot in ac tion

Facts About Slots

The Handley Page automatic slot is now so widely used that the time is ripe Jor a recapitulation oj some oj the chieJJacts about it Its history is unique in aeronautics It has progressed and overcome ignorance and prejudice at an astonishing rate as will be seen if the course oj events is examined

First installed as a means oj inshycreasing the speed range oj an aeropshylane by decreasing its landing speed it was developed to provide at these lower 5peeds a method oj lateral conshytrol and stability then and now so woeJully lacking in aircraJt with ordishynary wings

It went on to report that tests of the slots by British government were so successful in the laboratory and on a Bristol fighter that all Bristol fighters in use with the RAF were ordered to have auto-slots

A similar rapid development took place in civil aviation It began when a Jamous make oj light aeroplane was fitted with auto-slots and tested The results were so conclusive that private aeroplane owners began immediately to stipulate that their machines must

Britain affirm that slots do what they are claimed to do and second that the validity oj the patent

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be Jitted with auto-slots Now almost every private aeroplane owner in Great Britain and the Dominions insists on the inclusion oj auto-slots in his machine

The British Government and slots Another section of the report dealt

with the fact that after testing the British Government bought the rights to the slots for 100000 Pounds

The agreement constitutes a public proclamation first that the best technishycal brains in Great

is unshakable

E In 1928 the Govshyernment began to fit some Service aircraft with slots Every Britstol fighter in the Service was slotted and steps were then

taken to equip D H 9s It was then decided to fit slots to all

Service aircraft

In order to check as quickly as posshysible the wastage oj lives and material that was going on owing to the Jreshyquency oj the stall-and-spin type ojair accident the Air Ministry was preshypared to interfere with the works proshygrammes oj the various aircraJt manushyJacturers to the extent oj insisting that all Royal Air Force machines were to be slotted beJore being put in service

The effects oj these decisions are already noticeable Up to the time oj writing no single Jatal stall-and-spin accident has happened to a British Service aircraJt Jitted with slots

It was noted that prior to the slot installations the RAF was experiencing 20 to 30 fatal stall-and-spin accidents per year

Safer Civil Flying After discussing the causes of fatal

civil accidents in private or club airshycraft (as in the U S stall-spins acshycounted for the largest number) the section concludes

The auto-slot is not a Gadget It is not that to say an unessential acshycessory It is part oJthe machine itself and it improves the machine by inshycreasing the pilots control over it Auto-slots no only increase the aeropshylanes saJety but also during certain manoeuvers improve the performance oj the machine bull

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS The following is a parliallisting of new members who have joined the EAA AntiqueClassic Division (through May 3 1989) We are honored to welcome them into the organization whose members common interest is vintage aircraft Succeeding issues of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE will contain additional listings of new members

Tom Sabata Scot ia New York

Robert B Sackmann Bloomington Indiana

William E Sadler Atlanta Georgia

David Sanderson III Sierra Vista Arizona

Donald M Sather Hayward Califorshynl a

Kenneth Sawusch Libertyv ille JI-Iinois

Cliff Schlender Clintonville WisconshySill

Walter Borns Scragg Sydney New South Wales Australia

Michael Sentell Maryville Tennessee

Cheryl Serviss Arroyo Grande Californi a

Robert J Severson Houston Texas

Bruce Shaeffer Jr Lititz Pennsylshyval1la

Thomas W Sharpe Reidsv ille North Carolina

Rodney Sheakley Pet ro li a Pennsylshyva l1la

Larry Sheiter Manchester Missouri

Short Wing Piper Club Halstead Kansas

Robert Wayne Simpson Norwood North Carolina

Lendon V Sink Lexington North Carolina

C Donald Sitta Farmington New Mex ico

Brian Smith Ripon California

Michael Smith Sioux Falls South Dakota

Richard C Smith Wichita Kansas

Lars Soe-Jensen Farum Denmark

Ronnie L Southard Milford Delashyware

Patricia B Sowell Statesboro Georshyg ia

George P Spolsdoff Law ndale California

Robert D Sponseller Shelby Ohio

Schuyler O Stackus Phoen ix Arizona

John I Stahly Nappanee Indiana

Roland Standring It asca Illinois

Peter Stanek San Rafae l California

John Roger Stark Fort Worth Texas

Ralph H Starr Daytona Beach Florida

Edward T Stettner Lake Alfred Florida

Mark F Stevens Biloxi Miss iss ippi

John H Stewart Needham Masshysachusetts

Charles A Stone Danbury Connecshyticut

Ernest R Streifthau Middletown Ohio

Harold Swanson North Branch Min shynesota

David N Switzer Cocoa Florida

Gagniere Sylvain Les Garrigues Mauguio France

Texas State Technical Institute Waco Texas

Bill Thibault Newport Beach Ca li forshyili a

Matthew J Thiele Nashua New Hampshire

James P Thomas Springfield Illinois

Walter O Thompson Columbus Ohio

Tony Tinsman Westphal ia Missouri

Larry Tippit Cumby Texas

Jeremy Tischendorf Green Bay Wisshyconsll1

Thomas B Traylor Jr Birmingham Alabama

Robert J Triplett Bruce Wisconsin

Mark Allen Turner Eufaula Alabama

Reuben D Tye Jr Arlington Texas

David Valaer Dallas Texas

Kevin Van Dyke Palm Beach Garshydens Florida

Jack Veach Reno Nevada

John W Veil Jr Wyomissing Pennsy lvania

Andrew J Volovar Mysti c Connecshyticut

Richard L Wagner San Bernardino California

Fred Walatka Anchorage Alaska

Rem Walker Regina Saskatchewan Canada

Randall J Wall Ava Illinois

William Walters Battle Creek Michi-Leonard C Smith EI Toro California Greg Teufel Seattle Washington gan 10 NOVEMBER 1989

Don Ward Green Bay Wisconsin

Herbert E Ware Muncie Indiana

William F Watson Tulsa Ok lahoma

David Welch Venice Florida

Lee C Whitehead Middleport New York

James B Williams Jr Ridgeway Virginia

Morgan Williams Jr Midland Onshytario Canada

George W Williams Portsmouth New Hampshire

Dallas Wise Hyattsville Maryland

Robert Wislocki Bethany Connecshyticut

Charles E Wolter Niles Michigan

William N Woodhouse Power Monshytana

Gregory D Wastrel Deephaven Minnesota

David F Wrench Mountain View California

George F Wright Sutton Coldfield West Midlands England

James Wunderlin Milwaukee Wisshyconsin

Frank Wustrack Oostburg WisconshySill

James Wutzen Kirkland Washington

Michael Yearout Breckenridge Colshyorado

Carlton C Young Bessemer Alabama

Robert A Zembinski Milwaukee Wisconsin

William J Zimmer Venice Florida

American Champion Aircraft Corp Rochester Wisconsin

Robert C Ansley Winchester Tenshynessee

Michael P Anthony Kerrville Texas

John Barnes East Doncaster Aushystra li a

Clyde E Barton Angleton Texas

Philip A Block Anchorage Alaska

Jose M Bouza Ewa Beach Hawaii

John D Bramsen Ch icago Illinois

Ralph E Brandon Newark Ohio

Bernard M Brill Sacramento Cal iforn ia

Herman B Brust Jr Frederick Maryland

James E Buchanan Phoenix Arizona

Edward G Cartwright Kansas City Missouri

Nick Charlemagne Libreville Gabon Africa

Phillip E Cline Lockhart Texas

Richard N Cochrane Clarks Sumshymit Pennsylvania

Giorgio Conti-Veccui Cagliari Italy

Elizabeth Ann Copland Ann Arbor Michigan

Mary Crawford Port SI Lucie Florida

Eugene Davidson Oldsmar Florida

A Robert Davies Troy Ohio

John Davis Cincinnati Ohio

Michael F Diem Minneapolis Minshynesota

Timothy R Dykman Quogue New York

Donald E Ellis Grass Valley Cali forshynia

George Elton Snohomish Washingshyton

Rocco J Farano Dobbs Ferry New York

Steven C Fisher Sim i Valley Californ ia

Robert Fox Arab Alabama

Kevin David Francis Great Dunmow Essex Eng land

Norris E Garvey New Albany In shydiana

Camile P Gaspard Blanks Louisiana

James F George Vineland New Jershysey

Robert A Gingell Sunn yva le California

Dan Grace Covington Georgia

Ralph S Graham SI Paul Minshynesota

Peter Groves Vancouver British Colshyumbi a Canada

Don W Guthrie Sr Forestville California

Robert D Halvorsen Van Nuys California

James R Hammond Bradenton Florida

George R Hartigan Spring Texas

William M Henderson Fargo North Dakota

G Hengeveld Sprang Capelle Netherlands

Robert L Hess Clarence New York

Carthel A Hole Pontotoc Mississ ippi

Ray L Hulce Niles Michigan

International Civil Aviation Organishyzation Montreal Quebec Canada

Paul M Jablonski Greenwood Inshydiana

Kenneth w Jerolaman Bernardsvi lle New Jersey

Cliff W Johnston Hawkes Bay New Zealand

F Ben Jones Katy Texas VINTAGE AIRPLANE 11

1989

LISTING

compil ed by Mark Phe lps

B irds of a feather do flock together and type clubs are the best way for owners of like mac hines to share inform ashyti on part s and soc ial camaraderie The Cessna 12011 40 cl ubs merged the ir effort s to produce a record assault on EAA Oshkosh 88 In 1989 The Ameri can Yankee Associshyati on heJd its national convention in Cable Wisconsin the week be fore EAA Oshkosh 89 and several members fl ew on down to Oshkosh the fo llow ing week to for m the G ru mshyman Corral in the north parking area

Bes ides owners of spec ific aircraft pil o ts with similar ex periences or interests can gather to share a li e or two The OX-5 Aviation Pioneers fo r instance include pilots bold enough to have fl own behind the Curti ss OX-5 eng ine before World War II

Officers and members of type clubs often are the fi rst point of contact for pilots considering a spec ific airplane type and that usuall y exc ites the prospecti ve owner abo ut getting the project started You might say that many of those who call with doubts about the type are clubbed into submiss ion

Aeronca Aviator s Club shyA Division of Pea Patch Airlines Julie amp Joe Dickey 51 1 Terrace Lake Road Columbus IN 47201 8 12342-6878 Newsletter 4 times as year Dues No dues - $ 12 subsc ripti on

National Aeronca Club Jim Thompson President 266 Lamp amp Lantern Vill age Chesterf ield MO 63017 12 NOVEMBER 1989

Most type clubs also di stribute newsletters that include stories maintenance information and schedul es of ac shyti viti es They also offer a chance to get a picture of a me mber s aircraft in print for everyone across the country to apprec iate An exce llent example of a type-c lu b news letshyter is the Short Wing Piper NI s published by the Short Wing Piper C lub

If you own an antique or class ic aircraft or even an orph aned spamcan such as the Grum man American airpl anes and you would like to network with others who share your enthusias m type c lu bs are the best way The fo ll owing is the AntiqueClass ic Di vis ion s most current li st o f ty pe clubs If we have le ft out your group or made an error in our li sting send in the in fo rmati on and we ll make it avail able to members nex t year The organi zations are li sted alphabeticall y by the name most commonl y assoc iated with the type i e Beech Stagge rwing clu bs are li sted under S and the Western Bonanza Assoc iation is li sted un der B

Newslette r 6 per year Dues $20 00 US $30 Canada $45 Foreign $40 Charter US $50 Charter Canada $65 Charter Foreign

Aeronca Lovers Club Buzz Wagner Box 3 40 1 1st SI East Clark SO 57225 605532-3862 Newsletter Quarte rl y Dues $ 15 per year

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Aeronca Sedan Club Mr Richard Welsh 2311 East Lake Sammamish Place SE Issaquah W A 98027 Newsletter 3 per year Dues $350 per year

American Air Racing Society Mr Rudy Profant President 4060 W 158th Street Cleveland OH

216941-0089 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $1000 per year

American Aviation Historical Socishyety Mr Harry Gann President 2333 Otis SI Santa Ana CA 92704 714549-4818 Tuesday nights 7 00shy900 pm local Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 includes Journal and Newsshyletter

Flying Apache Assn John Lumley 1 S 300 Dillon Lane Villa Park IL 60181 312627-8027 Dues $25 per year

Artic Tern Newsletter David Neumeister 5630 S Washington Lansing MI 48910 517882-8433 Newsletter Dues $10 per year

Bellanca Champion Club Ms Pam Foard and Mr Larry DAtshytilio 1820 N 166th Street Brookfield WI 53005 4141784-03 18 Newsletter Quarterly - Bellanca Conshytact Dues $2500 per year

Bird Airplane Club Jeannie Hill P O Box 328 Harvard IL 60033 815943-7205 Newsletter 2-3 annually Dues Postage Donation

American Bonanza Society Cliff R Sones Administrator PO Box 12888 Wichita KS 67277 316945-6913

Newsletter Monthly Dues $3500 per year

Western Bonanza Society Alden C Barrios 1436 Muirlands Drive La Jolla CA 92037 619459-5901 Newsletter Dues $20 per year

Bucker Club John Bergeson SecretaryTreasurer 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 517561-2393 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year (US amp Canada) $ 15 per year (Foreign)

Bucker Club National Frank Price President RI 1 Box 419 Moody Texas 76557 817853-2008 Newsletter 12 per year Dues $2500 per year

Cessna Airmaster Club Gar Williams 9 So 135 Aero Drive Naperville IL 60565 312355-9416 Dues None

International Bird Dog Association (Cessna L-19) Phil Phillips President 3939 C-8 San Pedro NE Albuquerque NM 87110 50588 1-7555 Newsletter Quarterly Observer Dues $2500 per year

Cessna T -50 Flying Bobcats Jon Larson 3821 53rd Street SE Auburn WA 98002 206833-1068 Newsletter Quarterly Dues Donation

Cessna Pilots Association John Frank Executive Director MidshyContinent Airport P O Box 12948 Wichita KS 67277 316946-4777 Newsletter Monthly Dues $30 annually

International Cessna 120140 Associshyation Dorchen Forman Editor Box 830092 Richardson TX 75083-0092 817497-4757 (D Forman) Newsletter Monthly Dues $15 US year

West Coast Cessna 120140 Club Donna Christopherson Membership 451 Bellwood Drive Santa Clara CA 95054 408988-8906 or 5540474 Newsletter Bi-monthly Dues $ 10 per year

Cessna 150152 Club Skip Carden Executive Director P O Box 15388 Durham NC 27704 919471-9492 Newsletter Monthly Dues $2000 per year

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Intcrnational Cessna 1711 Associashytion Inc Vclvel Fadcldc) Exccutivc SCLTc tary PO Bo 1667 Lehanon MO 6556 New~lctlLT Fly Paper ( I I per year) The 170 New~ (Q uarterl y) Dul~ S 15 00 per year

International Cessna 180 185 Club (Cessna I XO-I X5 ownership req uired ) Charles Bombardier Pre~ iden t

45l) N 4l)th A ve nue Phoenix AZ X501 I Newsletter 9 or 10 per year Dues S 15 per year

Eastern 190195 Association Cliff Crabs 25575 Butternut North Olmsted OH 44070 2161777-4025 after 6 pm Easte rn Newsletter Irregular - Manual on Maintenance for Members Dues $10 initiation amp as required each year

International 195 Club Dwight M Ewing President P O Box 737 Merced CA 95344 2091722-6283 Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $2000 US annually

International Comanche Society Jaek Holaway P O Box 400 Grant NE 69140 308352-4275 Newsletter Dues $34 per year

Corben Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletters Quarterly Dues $800 for four issues

Cub Club (Piper) John Bergeson Chairman P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant MI 48804-2002 517561-2393 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year (US) $20 (Canada) $25 (Foreign)

L-4 Grasshopper Wing Publisher John Bergeson Cub Club 14 NOVEMBER 1989

P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant MI 48804-2002 517561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year (US) $ 15 (Canada - US Funds) $20 (Foreign) Note Must be a Cub Club member also

Culver Club Larry Low Chairman 60 Skywood Way Woodside CA 94062 415851-0204 Newsletter None Dues None

Culver PQ-14 Assoc Ted Heineman Editor 29621 Kensington Drive Laguna Niguel CA 92677 714831-0173 Newsletter Annually Dues Donation

Dart Club (Culver) Lloyd Washburn 3958 Washburn Drive PI Clinton OH 43452 Newsletter Now and Then Dues None

Curtiss Robin Club W Lane Tufts 4138 Santa Rosa Drive Moorpark CA 93021 805529-2359 Dues None

deHavilland Moth Club Gerry Schwam Chairman 1021 Serpentine Lane Wyncote PA 19095 215635-7000 or 215886-8283 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $ 12 US amp Canada $15 Overseas

deHavilland Moth Club of Canada R deHavilland Ted Leonard FoundershyDirector 305 Old Homestead Road Keswick Ontario Canada L4P I E6 416476-4225 Newsletter Periodicall y Dues $20 annually

American Tiger Club (deHavilland) Mr Frank Price President Rt I Box 419 Moody Texas 76557 817853-2008 Newsletter Monthly Dues $2500 per year

Ercoupe Owners Club Skip Carden Eecutivc Director Box 1505~

Durham NC 2770+ 91l11471-94l12 Newsletters Monthly with ~pecial

editions Dues S20 per year

Fairchild Club John W Berendt President 7645 Echo Point Road Cannon Falls MN 55009 507263-24 14 Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $5

Fairchild Fan Club Robert L Taylor Edi tor PO Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $800 per year

Flying Farmers International Kyle Ann Stream Executive Director PO Box 9124 2 120 Airport Road

W ichit a KS 67277 31619+3-4234 News lette r 10 issues per year Dues S35 per yea r US funds plus chapter dues

Fleet Club George G Gregory Pres ident 4~80 Duguid Road Manlius NY 13 104 3 15682-6380 Newsletter Approx two per year Dues Con tributions

Funk Aircraft Owners Association G Dale Beach Ed itor - Treasurer 1621 Dreher Street Sac ramento CA 958 14 916443-7604 Newsletter 10 per yea r Dues $ 12 00

Great Lakes Club Robert L Taylor Ed itor PO Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Quarte rl y Dues $ 10 per year

The American Yankee Assn (Grumshyman American) Steve Wilson 3232 Western Drivc Cameron Park C A t)56~2

Newsletter Dues S2750 per year (U S) $3000 (Fore ign)

Hatz Club Robert L Taylor Ed itor PO Rox In Blakesburg IA 52536 515 938-2773 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $~ per year

Heath Parasol Club William Schlapman 6431 Paul son Road Winneconne WI 54968 414582-4454 News le tte r Annually Dues Postage donation

The Interstate Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 51593 8-2773 Newsletter Interstate Intercom

deHaviliand TIger Moth

Dues $8 for four issues

Little Round Engine Flyer Ken Williams Chairman 33 1 E Franklin Street Portage WI 53901 Contact Williams for further informashytion

Continental Luscombe Association Loren Bump Fearless Leader 5736 Esmar Road Ceres CA 95307 209537-9934 Newsletter Bi-monthly (6 per year) Dues $ 10 (US) $ 1250 (Canada or $10 US funds) $ 15 (Foreign)

Luscombe Association John Bergeson Chairman 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 517561-2393 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $ 15 per year (US) $20 per year (Canada) $25 per year (Foreign)

Meyers Aircraft Owners Association Wm E Gaffney Secretary 26 Rt 17K

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Newburgh NY 12550 914565-8005 Newsletter 5-6 per year Dues Postage Fund Donation

Minnesota Seaplane Pilots Associashytion Jack E Mathisen Box 385 Squaw Lake MN 56681 218659-4431 Newsletter 3-4 per year Dues $15 per year

Mooney Aircraft Pilots Assn Mark Harris 314 Stardust Dri ve San Antonio TX 78228 512434-5959 Newsletter Dues $30 per year

National Air Racing Group Frank Ronco President 1313 Los Arboles Sunnyvale CA 94087 4081733-7967 Newsletter Professional Air Racing (lOyear)

Dues $IOyear domestic

National Biplane Association Charles W Harris Board Chairman Mary R Jones Executive Director

Hangar 5 4-J Aviation Jones-Riverside Airport Tulsa OK 74132 918299-2532 Dues $1500 per year

National Championship Air Races Susan Audrain Marketing Director PO Box 1429 Reno NY 89505 702826-7500

Naval Aircraft Restorers Assn Gerald Miller 3320 Northridge Drive Grand Junction CO 81506 3031245-7899 Newsletter Dues $12 per year

American Navion Society Raleigh Morrow Chairman of Board Gerry Bright Executive Secretary Box 1175 Municipal Airport Banning CA 92220 714849-2213 Newsletter Monthly Dues $35 per year

The 99s Inc International Women Pilots Loretta Jean Gragg Executive Direcshytor PO Box 59965 Will Rogers Airport Oklahoma City OK 73159

405 685-7969 Newsletter The 99 News - monthly Dues $4000 annually

Norseman Club David E Neumeister 5630 S Washington Lansing MI 48911-4999 517882-8433 Newsletter Quarterly - Norseman Newsletter Dues $10 per year

North American Trainer Association (T6 T-28 NA64 NA50) Stoney and Kathy Stonich 2285 Oakvale Drive Shingle Springs CA 95682 916677 -2456 Newsletter Quarterly - Texans and Trojans Dues $25 US $35 Canada Foreign US Funds - In1 Money

OX-5 Aviation Pioneers Oliver Y Phillips National Secretary 10405 W 32 Avenue Wheat Ridge CO 80033 303233-5905 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year

Buckeye Pietenpol Association Frank S Pavliga Newsletter Editor

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2800 S Turner Road Canfield OH 44406 2161792-6973 days 2161792-6269 (evenings) Newsletter Buckeye Pietenpol Assn Newsletter - Quarterly Dues $750 per year

International Pietenpol Association Robert L Taylor Editor PO Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Quarterly or Semi-annushyally Dues $8 per year

Short Wing Piper Club Inc Lonnie McLaughlin Membership Chairman 32 East End A venue Brentwood NY 11717 516273-5072 Newsletter Bi-monthly Dues $25 per year

Porterfield Airplane Club Chuck Lebrecht 1019 Hickory Road Ocala FL 32672 904687-4859 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $5 per year

Rearwin Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $8 per year

Ryan Club National Bill J Hodges Chairman 811 Lydia Stephenville TX 76401 817968-4818 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Replica Fighters Association Frank G Weatherly President 22451 David Taylor MI 48180 313295-0590 Newsletters Bi-monthly Dues $15 per year

Seabee Club International Captain Richard W Sanders President 6761 NW 32 A venue Ft Lauderdale FL 33309 305979-5470 Newsletter Quarterly (plus phone conshysultation) amp directory Dues $15 (US amp Canada) $20 (Foreign)

Seaplane Pilots Association Robert A Richardson Executive Dishyrector 421 Aviation Way Frederick MD 21701 301695-2083 Newsletter Water Flying (Quarterly) Water Flying (Annual) 88 SPA Seapshylane Landing Directory - $12 - Memshybers$25 non-members Dues $28 per year

Silver Wings Fraternity Russ Brinkley President PO Box 11970 Harrisburg PA 17108 717232-9525 Newsletter Slipstream Tabloid Monthly Dues Initiation - $10 $5 per year

Spartan School of Aeronautics Alumni Association Vern Foltz Alumni Relations 8820 E Pine Street Tulsa OK 74115 918836-6886 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 annually

Staggerwing Club Jim Gorman President 1885 Millsboro Road

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Mansfie ld OH 44906 4 19529-3822 (home) 4 191755- 10 11 (office) Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $ 15 per year

Stampe Club Internationa Willi am R Baldwin P O Box 1408 Lebanon TN 37088 News letter Dues $20 per year

Stearman Restorers Association Tom Lowe President 823 Kingston Lane Crystal Lake IL 6001 4 8 15459-6873 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $ 15 per year

National Stinson Club Jonsey Pau l 144 18 Skinner Road Cypress TX 77429 Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $7 50

National Stinson Club (108 Section) George H Leamy Pres ident 108 Clu b I 15 Heinley Road

Lake Plac id FL 33852 Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $ 15 per year

Northeast Stinson Flying Club Dick Bourque Founder 8 Grimes Brook Road Simsbury CT 06070 203658- 1566 Newsletter Bi-monthl y Dues $ 10 per year

Replica Sopwilh Camel

Note Membershi p limited to 100 members

Southwest Stinson Club Dick Goe rges Pres ident 36 19 Nortree Street San Jose CA 95 148 408274-9 179 Newsletter SWSC Newsletter 10 per year Dues $ 10 per year

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Super Cub Pilots Association Jim Richmond FounderlDirector PO Box 9823 Yakima WA 98909 509248-9491 Newsletter Monthly Dues $25 per year U S $35 per year (Canada) $40 per year (Foreign)

Swift Association International Charlie Nelson P O Box 644 Athens TN 37307 6151745-9547 Newsletter Monthly Dues $25 per year

Taylorcraft Owners Club Bruce M Bixler II President 12809 Greenblower Road Alliance OH 44601 216823-9748 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Tomahawk Pilots Association Skip Carden Editor P O Box 15388 Durham NC 27704 Newsletter Bi-monthly (6 per year) Dues $2000 per year

Travel Air Club Robert L Taylor Editor PO Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Travel Air Tales - Quarshyterly Dues $8 per year

Travel Air Division of Staggerwing Museum Dub Yarbrough P O Box 550 Tullahoma TN 37388 615455-1974 Newsletter Dues $25 per year

Twin Bonanza Association Richard L Ward Director 19684 Lakeshore Drive Three Rivers MI 49093 616279-2540 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 per year (U S amp Canada) $35 per year (Foreign)

Vintage Sailplane Association Jan Scott Secretary Rt I Box 239

Lovettsville V A 22080 703822-5504 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Waco Club National Ray Brandly President 700 Hill Avenue Hamilton OH 45015 513868-0084 Newsletter Bi-monthly Dues $800 per year

Waco Historical Society R E Hoefflin Treasurer 10 13 Westgate Road Troy OH 45373

Waco UPF-7s

513335-2621 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $4 per year Sept I - Aug 31

World War I Aeroplanes Inc Leonard E Opdycke DirectorPubshylisher 15 Crescent Road Poughkeepsie NY 1260 I 914473-3679 Journals WW I Aero (1900-1919) Skyways (1920-1940) Dues Minimum - $20 each for one year $25 foreign for WW I Aero

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19

1989 GRAND CHAMPION ANTIQUE

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Bill Halverson has been at least part owner of his Beech G 17S Staggerwing since 1967 A pilot really gets to know an airplane in that amount of timc especially if he spends 12 of those years on a total rebuild as Bill has done with NC 80316 The reward for that effort comes with recognition both on the ramps of airports along wherever his route may take him and in the judgshying ballots at EAA Oshkosh 89 where the airplane was voted Grand Chamshypion Antique

Bills G 17S was originally built at Beechs Wichita factory in February 1947 Walter Beech called the G 17S the best of all the Staggerwings Im shyprovements over the D Models inshycluded a redesigned engine installation with a longer sleeker cowling a new windshield with shalshy

greater with the V -tai l aluminum speedster as we ll The Staggerwing faded after 20 G Models were proshyduced and the Bonanza went on to a successful production run that persists to thi s day The sty le and luxury of the Staggerwing however will never be forgotten as long as there are people such as Bill Halverson who are devoted to preserving the history of the great airplanes of the Golden Age

Serial Number B 15 was the last Staggerwing built for a customer at the factory Four more were asse mbled from parts later on in Texas by Henry Seale Aviation Supply Inc And a facshytory demonstrator Serial Number B20 was later built in Wichita but NC 80316 was the last of the lU xury cabin biplanes Beech sold to a regular cusshy

tomer in this case an oil drilling outfit from Colorado The company flew the Staggerwing as a corporate transport until the late 1950s or early 1960s and sold it to Tomcat Overalls Inc in Tenshynessee In the early 1960s Robert Colshyeman bought the Staggerwing and reshycovered it in Razorback painted it white and changed the registration number to N 262C In 1967 a group of eight airline pilots bought the airplane and shared expenses and flyshying until 1972 when one of the eight Bill Halverson bought the airplane from the club which had since shrunk from eight to three members

As luck would have it an AD note on the Razorback ribstitching arrived shortly after Bill became sole owner He was left with the prospect of a total

rebuild and no one to lower slope a re-deshy share the expense He signed instrument panshy did have plenty of el different vertical help from many quarshystab ilizer and rudder ters but the bulk of the and a new set of fairshy rebuild was performed ings The company inshy by Bill himself tended to build 50 Stripping the skin G17s but at $29000 from the airplane reshythe price was too vealed a variety of much to pay even sub-projects that through the eyes of needed attention The post-war prosperity basic structure was The newfangled Boshy sound but the systems nanza was available at had taken a beating $7 975 and its perforshy from approximately mance was comparashy 2400 hours of use and ble to that of the 25 years of aging The Staggerwing Operatshy landing gear was comshy

Carl Schuppeling economy was far Bill Halverson pletely re-done as 20 NOVEMBER 1989

were the brakes The electrical system was overhauled and conshyverted to 24 volts to accommodate the King Gold Crown radio package The IFR setshyup includes dual navshycoms with glideslope ADF DME threeshylight marker beacon and a Mode C transshyponder Bill also inshycorporated a variety of warning systems for the gear cabin doors flaps low-fuel or oil and fire

The 450-hp Pratt amp Whitney R-985 engine had 50 hours on it when the eight pilots bought it in 1967 and has over 600 now Bill paid a conshysiderable amount of attention to it in the 12 years the airplane was grounded but points out that thc work performed was far short of a complete overhaul It conshytinues to purr like the PampW factory cat

The interior was totally re-worked by the upholstery shop at Flying Cloud Airport near Minneapolis This time however leather was used in places where mohair was used on the original The pleating and other design work is all up to factory spec including the headliner

Bill covered the Staggerwing in Ceconite 101 and laid on 30 coats of hand-rubbed butyrate dope sanding in

between every cross coat The final 12 layers of pigmented dope were applied with tender loving care and 600 wetshysand followed by an even finer grade preceeding the final polishing The rcshysuits are stunning

Bill already knew about the drudgery part of aviation first-hand He began his flying as a lineboy tradshying chores for flying time at Grand Forks North Dakota He entered the Army Air Corps at 18 years of age and flew PT-13s -17s AT-6s and B-25s in the service After that he signed on with Northwest Orient Airlines starting out on DC-3s and Martin 202s Ultishymately he flew almost everything they had including the Boeing 747 which he flew for the last 10 years of his

career retiring In

1986 Along the way he also cadged time in P-51 s with the Minshynesota Air National Guard

Bill is a founding member of the Staggerwing Museum in Tullahoma Tenshynessee and chairs the museums Scot Perry Memorial Scholarship Fund committee The museum is dedicated to the preservation of Staggerwing memorashybilia and houses paperwork plans and

other artifacts relating to the airplane and its designer Walter Beech The scholarship fund is an ongoing project that recognizes young people who have demonstrated a love for aviation and provides for their further education It is named for the son of another museum founding member Dick Perry and frequently calls on the EAA Air Academy for recipients

When Bill s group first bought the Staggerwing it was just another 20shyyear-old corporate luxury barge What they did would compare to a group today buying a used King Air for pershysonal transport It is the passing of time that makes his Staggerwing a piece of aviation history and Bill has been there through it all thick and thin bull

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21

On Monday evening of EAA Oshshykosh 89 with beautiful airplanes parked at all points of the compass it was still a revelation to discover two highly polished Globe Swifts parked in the first row of the AntiquelClassic aircraft camping area It was fun to watch people walk by stop and stare - the look on their faces giving away their thoughts It is called desire shyhunger if you will Each admiring glance at the two shiny aluminum airshycraft seemed to bring on more admiration Some shook their heads in amazement others quietly pointed out features to their friends Somehow I had the feeling we were looking at a couple of winners

By Wednesday afshyternoon both Swifts and their owners were gone from their tiedown spots and it was hoped the AIC judges had done their work in the short time provided The Thursshyday evening A wards Program soon brought 22 NOVEMBER 1989

a few convictions home Globe Swift NC78181 owned by Daryl Dressler of St Paul Minnesota won the Custom Class I (over ISO-hp) Award And when the Grand Champion Classic Award was announced Charles Hoover and his 8S-hp Globe Swift NC8090S ran off with all the marbles

It was my pleasant job the following week to inform Charles Hoover over the phone that he had garnered the Grand Champion Lindy Award

Charles Hoover

(One of lifes simple pleasures ) At first Charles had a You gotta be kidshyding apprehension about taking home the heavy hardware However my very persistent tone of voice must have hit home He finally realized what he had accomplished and the giggles and laughing told me he understood Later Charles admitted he didnt get much work done the rest of that day

A little detective work revealed that Charles had won six previous awards

at Oshkosh with his Swift with the AIC Grand Champion Lindy being Numshyber seven On top of this the beautifully polished machine has won any number of other awards over the past 16 years of Hoovers ownership

The original Swift named the GC-l was a steel tube and plywood airplane deshysigned by K H Bud Knox back in 1941 It looked very similar to the metal version which came after World War I in

1945 The original aircraft was powered with a Continental A-80 and would top out at 145 mph and cruise at 130 mph - figures that are remarkably similar to Charles Hoovers metal Swift with its 85-hp engine

The Swift was built by three differshyent companies following World War

II Globe Aircraft Corp of Fort Worth Texas started the line of all-metal Swifts and was followed by Texas Enshygineering amp Manufacturing Co (Temco) These in turn were followed by Universal Aircraft which built the last 16 GC-IA and 60 GC-IB Swifts The grand total manufactured is apshyproximately 1500 Swifts of which some 720 remain on the FAA Register today or these it is estimated that less than a half dozen are still flying with a C85-12 engine Now we can understand why Charles Hoovers 85shyhp Swift has caused so many raised eyebrows It is a rare bird

Built in July 1946 Charles GC-IA is Serial Number 308 and is one of the 47 GC-IA models built by Globe that are still on the FAA Register Nearly all of these have been re-engined with more horsepower The lowest number on the register is NC33336 SIN 2 which is owned by Louis Leftwich Jr of Orlando Florida This very aircraft was used in the photos for the company literature in 1946 Included in the opshytions for the 1946 Swift were floats and skis An airbrushed drawing shows NC33336 flying by with a set of rather pointed floats mounted on struts from the gear wells (Talk about Dreamshyers)

Some of the detailing on Charles Swift really caught the judges eye at EAA Oshkosh 89 The beautiful deshycals on the wheel hubs showing a map of the world with Swift across the face were done by fellow Swift owner Pat Moore of Minneapolis They were done about 10 years ago using the silkscreen process and are absolutely beautiful

Please bear in mind that this Swift has been continually upgraded for the 16 years that Charles has owned it Herein lies the secret Just because Charles didnt win Grand Champion in 1973 he didnt give up Each year more improvements were acshycomplished eventually culminating with the coveted Grand Champion A ward This is persistence at its very best For this we congratulate Charles Hoover and wish him the very best in future endeavors

And let us not forget the Lake Elmo bunch of Swift aficionados who work so well together in a mutual aid society Led by Mark Holliday Jim Montague and a host of others they have set the collective AntiqueClassic crowd on their ear with the huge amount of championship hardware that has found its way home to Lake Elmo We salute you bull

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SPEEDWING Vern Dallman flies the sole

remaining Curtiss-Wright B-14-B

If youve ever watched a kitten grow up you have an idea of how aviation spent its childhood A kitten doesnt know whats possible and what isn t It can t tell the difference between leaping up on a tall bookshelf which it will be ab le to do when it gets bigger and leaping up on the roof It will jump and fai l day after day until it finally makes the bookshelf Some time later it will find another way to get to the roof You have to wonder if along the way the kitten had any idea what its ultimate limitations were

In the 1930s aviation was like that kitten It hadnt yet figured out what it couldnt do Designers were finding 24 NOVEMBER 1989

by Mark Phelps

ways to coax more speed and capabilshyity out of airplanes on an almost daily basis Improved airframes alternated with more sophisticated engines playshying techno-leapfrog from one design to the next In June 1932 Curtiss-Wright leaped the field with its 8-14-8 Speedwing Only two were built and Vern Dallman most conspicuous at EAA Oshkosh 89 for his Little Looper replica has one of them at his Ala Doble Aerobatic Ranch in Esshyparto California

The Speedwing was essentially an A-14-D Sportsman with a nine-cyshylinder 330-hp Wright R-97S-E engine The Sportsman which itself was cershy

tified only 10 months earlier had thc seven-cylinder 240-hp R-760-E With 60 more horses up front the Speedshywing aimed its ample nose in the direcshytion of the wealthy sport-flyer market It had scating for thrce with two in a bench seat in front Thc front cockpit normally went around undcr covcr however in the quest for more speed at the expense of carrying passengers The metal cockpi t cover was standard equipment from the factory in St Louis Missouri

Other standard equipment included a metal propeller electric starter navishygation lights cockpit lights battery and a headrest for the rear cockpit Reshy

tractable landing lights would run the buyer an additional $200 and for $100 he could have the optional two-tone paint job The Speedwing carried 35 gallons of fuel in the fuselage tank and an additional 23 gallons in the centershysection tank In keeping with its image as a personal airplane for the disshycriminating owner-pilot two baggage compartments opened on the right side of the fuselage behind the rear cockpit The upper compartment allowed 48 pounds and the lower 100 pounds The shatter-proof windshield was adshyjustable as was the rear seat Top speed of the 8-14-8 was 177 mph with a cruise of 150 mph

Curtiss-Wright also built a 8-14-R with a 420-hp version of the same Rshy975 engine for Casey Lambert Vern Dallmans airplane has a rip-snorting 440-hp version of the same engine for even more neck-snapping perforshymance In fact Curtiss-Wright later developed its Osprey as a fightershybomber version of the Speedwing series for some governments that were re-arming on a tight budget

With the sorry state of owner-flown high-performance aircraft sales today it seems odd that an airplane such as

the Speedwing could survive in the midst of the Depression In fact it didnt Only two were built One went to the Department of Commerce and the other was a factory demonstrator Verns is the old factory airplane comshyplete with the wheel pants and faired N-struts that were added later in the quest for still more speed (Vern has the original metal pants at home but uses a set of fiberglass ones for crossshycountry work)

The progression of Curtiss-Wrights aircraft design trends went like this From the inexpensive training ships of the early 1920s to the speed demons of the early thirties to the potential milishytary contract ships of the mid- to lateshy1930s to the Condor series of transshyports that got the factory people so exshycited after that Its significant that in 1933 Curtiss-Wright still had a stockpile of OX-5 engines in like-new condition available for $45 each No one bought them The OX-5 was the engine of choice for most light aircraft as little as eight years before Contrast that with the Lycoming 0-235 that still powers most two-seat trainers of today yet first appeared almost half a century ago in 1940

Walter 8eech resigned as president of Curtiss-Wright in early 1932 With him went the last vestiges of the Travel Air influence Ralph Damon became president and George Page 1r became chief engineer Fred Landgraf was the project director on the - 14 Series and his previous employment with the Ken-Royce (Rearwin) factory and the Alexander Eaglerock design team shows up clearly in the Curtiss-Wright machines

Its interesting that you can break down the design influence and progshyress of a company virtually by the month based on who was designing the airplanes and what engines were available at what cost Also important was the management of the company who aimed the product at whichever market appeared the most pliable at the time In fact it s likely that the whole history may be over-analyzed The explanation for each new aircraft may be as simple as it appears

I n the case of the 8-14-8 that means lots of horsepower raw speed and one person on board Practical No but in those days aviation wasn t grown up enough to know what was impossible bull

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Prints is a series of seven pieces of excellent artwork Choose from the de Havilland D H4 Bleriot XI Albashytross D Ya Wright EX Yin Fiz Fokshyker T-2 Douglas World Cruiser Chishycago or Curtiss NC-4 Through an agreement with the Smithsonian Inshystitutions National Air and Space Museum each relic print includes a piece of the original fabric from these historic aircraft Also included is a certificate of authenticity and a brief DE HAlllAJ) D H -t

history of the aircraft The prints are available framed at $145 each or unshyframed at $55 each For the quality and historica l significance involved this represents a good value For a catalog or to order by telephone call to ll -free 1-800533-7763 or wri te to Aviation Relic Prints 8152 North

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This spectacular photo was taken by Dollie Gheen noted aviation photographer from Fairborn Ohio Although taken in 1989 it could almost pass for 1937 with the beautiful 1937 Stinson SR-7B NC16130 SIN 9693 owned by James Solenberg of Shelbyville Indiana flanked by an immaculate 1937 Cord 812 Custom Beverly owned by Bob Gheen of Fairborn Ohio Both vehicles feature a Lycoming engine built in the same factory Lycoming and Stinson were owned by the Cord Company which in turn was part of the Auburn Automobile Company The only hint of 1989 is the tiny strobe on the belly of the Stinson and the reflection of a B-26 tail in the door of the Cord automobile

SENSENICH PROPELLER COMPANY SOLD The venerable Sensenich Propeller Comshy pitch propellers In recent years the firm has

pany has been sold to The Philadelphia been servicing and overhauling propellers of Bourse Inc and Warren A Wilbur III has been all types and that aspect of the business named president Wilbur was president of will also be continued For further information Bellanca Aircraft in the mid 1970s Under new contact Sensenich Propeller Company East management Sensenich will remain in its Airport Road PO Box 5100 Lancaster PA present facilities in Lancaster PA and will 17601-0100 Phone 717569-0435 continue to make wood and metal fixed

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PASS IT TO ---rJ An information exchange column with input from readers

Oh boy Here it is deadline time and I don t have anything down on paper Seems too that people are using the phone more and more I have onl y a few letters thi s month But I havc what seems li ke a million phone call s Alshymost a ll the call s are from people wantshying to ta lk to people who have written arti c les for thc magazine George Quast s se ri es of artic les o n the Aero nca C-2 rebuild has generated an inord inate number of call s all wanting hi s home address and phone number It was not in the article (Reach George (If PO Box 233 Hutchinson MinshylIesolil 55350-0233 Be sure to pass lI lollg your hest wishes to his dog Max - Ed )

I ve had ca ll s fro m Baron von Will er and the Glue Ange ls bunch out 28 NOVEMBER 1989

by Buck Hilbert (EAA 21 Ale 5) Po Box 424 Union IL 60180

San Diego way and another invite to do Mex ican Av iation Day at Ensenada There have been phone call s from San Anto nios Bill Stratton with more talk about his Liaison Pilots group from New York asking for info on Aeronca engines and call s from guys who just wanted to ta lk So me were after II 00 at night (Hey Buck A bunch of us are sitting around the bar and you ve got to settl e an argument What color was the headliner on a 1940 Champ) but in the main I ve enjoyed talking to everyone of them

I just fini shed another sojourn across the country taking in the fa ll colo rs and visiting av iatin fri ends along the way I vis ited George York in Mansfi e ld Ohio last month We di scussed aircraft judging and some o f the peculiarities

of that particul ar job at Oshkosh I ve said it often enough I hope that I really respect our j udges and their efforts during the Convention Both George and I ag ree that we could use a few more apprentices to work with the judges duri ng the Convention The program needs some new talent so guys and gals get in early and learn how the system works Let s have your input

I a lso visited Bill Doc Mitchell at Coudersport Pennsy lvania Bill s very ni ce PT- 19 is that all -s il ver one that you always see in the front row down at AIC Showplane Parking He was coerced into taking it down to the Warshybird Area a couple of times but he always seems to wind up back with us He is a lso one o f the best line boys

Ive ever encountered Along with Ray Olcott he shows up every year to do yeoman work around Pioneer Airport before the Convention I got to visit his hangar and you wouldnt believe the goodies he has That PT- 19 will be going for a good many yea rs with all the spares he has I just drooled over all that aeronautical candy

I had ideas about visiting all the people I could along the way to Boothshybay Maine but as usual my timedisshytance perception was way off base After all those years of jetting it on United Air Lines its hard to realize how long it takes to drive To me Bosshyton is about an hour and 50 minutes from O Hare We took five days I had intended to visit the Marlboro anshytiquers in Massachusetts but had to byshypass them because I flat ran out of time I also wanted to see Chuck Burtch and the gang around upstate New York but again I ran out of time Im going to change my ways and just plan localized expeditions from now on - concentrating on one area and

not tryi ng to spread it out too much I might mention that I did visit with

Father John MacGillivray in Antishygonish Nova Scotia Canada Father John as you may know donated his Tiger Moth and his rare Miles Hawk to the EAA Aviation Foundation over the years and is a mainstay of EAA He maintains his seat up at the inforshymation window at EAA Headquarters during the Convention and also conshyducts services at the Theatre In the Woods despite all the airplane noise Father John is also a real sparkplug on his home ground He keeps EAA memshybers in Canada aware and knowlegable of all that s going on He arranges chapter and dinner meetings and is the official greeter when it comes to outshyof-towners such as Dorothy and me We enjoyed our visit with him and are most apo logetic that we didnt take adshyvantage of the dinner invitation in conshycurrance with the chapter meeting

Ive also had some nice calls from donors who have their airplanes on disshyplay in the EAA Air Adventure

Museum The new arrangement of airshycraft and the display now that we have the Warbirds in the Eagle Hangar has made several of those people very happy Previous to thi s there just wasnt room and many of the airplanes were in storage Now we can all see them

I m somewhat more than dismayed to learn that one of our greatest of the Old Timers has gone Westmiddot Next time you look at the EAA Spirit of Saint Louis project or see that beautishyful SE 5 replica in the display area think of Gil Bodeen Gil goes way back Back to the beginning The Corn County Chapter of Dekalb Illinois was largely his He was a beautiful craftsman and did woodwork the likes of which youlI se ldom see 1 can walk through the museum and see his craftsmanship in many of the machines that are there Im gonna miss you Gill But your workmanship will live on right there in the museum displays and in the flying machines at Pioneer Airshyport bull

A view of the re-arranged museum floor - and the Ryan Sew

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CHAPTER CAPSULES by Bob Brauer

Chapter 15 has been meeting at Bob Rings private air strip Ring Internashytional in Berwick Maine since it was formed in 1985 Known as the New England Chapter it was the result of a group of 15 EAA members with a strong interest in antique and classic aircraft The chapter was founded by its first president Bob Ring of Bershywick Henry Van Cleef of Lawrence Massachusetts Jack Copeland of Westborough Massachusetts and Alice and Richard Gilchrest of Lynn Massachusetts Membership now numshybers around 25 and the participants live in an area that includes southern New Hampshire eastern Massachusetts and southwest Maine

Ring International is a busy place because of both the clubs as well as the individual members projects Bob Ring has been restoring a Waco 2 which he salvaged as a crop duster and returned to original configuration This project plus generously providing a meeting place for the chapter and space for chapter projects leave little time for dull moments

A group of members meet every other Saturday to work on restoring a Meyers OTW owned by Gerry Barg of South Easton Massachusetts When the airplane is complete Gerry and the main restoration crew will share flight duties Also under restoration by another chapter group is a Northrop Primary Glider Most of the members are avid restorers at heart and continushyally work on projects either their own or those of fellow members As a matshyter of fact getting together at each others projects for work sessions is an ongoing activity President Errol Dow sums it up best We are an aid to each other Most people need the support of a club because not everyone has all the expertise required for a complete proshyject It becomes a learning experience for all of us

Errol further explained that the chapter stresses work sessions as part of the monthly meetings rather than the customary structured or planned proshy30 NOVEMBER 1989

Left to right Bob Ring Jock Denison Harvey Wells Errol Dow Gerry Peterson Jock Copeshyland Dick Gilchrist Louis Furnos Maurice Lambert (guest) Paul Poulson and Charlie Pearshyson

grams These sessions involve member participation in working sheet metal fabric covering and general restorashytion He notes that everyone likes to teach or instruct

This group inspiration must work since 75 percent of the members fly antique or classic aircraft Errol is reshystoring an early model Piper Pacer and charter member Dick Jackson of Rochester New Hampahire has sevshyeral Wacos of different types in the process of detailed restoration Inshycluded in Dicks collection is a rare if not the only existing Waco Model D Included among members airplanes are a Luscombe Champ and a J-3 Two or three of these old airplanes fly in to each meeting so their efforts have paid off

As far as flight is concerned howshyever Chapter 15 is not preoccupied with the past For example Jack Copeshyland has been instrumental in enshycouraging members to write the FAA and their congressmen to support EAAs position on general aviation

and airplane issues In Errol Dow s opinion EAA is doing a pretty good job in the battle for the airmans right to fly

Errol also reminisced about past chapter president Don Mc Laughlin of Hampton New Hampshire who passed away last November At a time when chapter interest was at somewhat of an ebb he earned everyones respect for re-instilling enthusiasm in members to maintain and fly old airplanes Errol indicated that he felt it was a difficult task to step into Don s shoes but from the current interest shown by memshybers Errol has made his own shoes to walk in He believes in a sustained efshyfort to get new EAA and AIC members to expand the clubs base That base is sure to grow because of the chapters desire to teach Seems as though they cant wait to get someone who is new to old airplanes so that they can show him new techniques for restoring old planes This group of New Englanders are proving that something old has a bright future bull

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sided in upstate New York for some years as N 83DH) will be coming out from England for the rally and a couple of airshows and with it in the same container will be a Gipsy Moth and possibly a Hornet Moth depending on available room Some of our members from the USA and Australia have also indicated they will be making the trip to New Zealand to take part

Our rally will be followed imshy

mediately by our annual fly-in at Manshydeville not far west of Gore and the Will Scotland Memorial Air Race for Tiger Moths from Invercargill to Gore commemorating the first cross-country flight in either New Zealand or Aushystralia using a Caudron in February 1914 All these three linked events are official 1990 projects

It promises to be a memorable event - provided the weather behaves itself But then open-cockpit biplane pilots always did tend to be an optimistic lot anyway

always enjoy reading your magazine Keep up the good work 6 NOVEMBER 1989

Yours sincerely John King (EAA 228003 AIC 8502) Secretary The Tiger Club of New Zeashyland

Hart to Heart Dear Mark Phelps

Thank you for your generous apshypreciation of my contribution to VINshyTAGE AIRPLANE It encourages me to continue sending a variety of vintage aero antics and serious articles Meetshying Buck Hilbert on a flight to Enshysenada Mexico (Pass It to Buck June) was something special because HE is Buck accumulates friendships wherever he goes sharing his wealth of knowledge and even PARTS with anyone dedicated to restoring or preshyserving our kind of flying machines

Just this second I turned pages to find the name of the author of Cats Meow (August) intending to write a paragraph about his outstanding attrishybutes - to you Shock Honestly the most enjoyable article Ive read in ages for a row of reasons First but not in order of importance my vast files on vintage aircraft yield but one shot of the Kitten and precious little data Now this explosion of intimate knowlshyedge and great pictures of the beautishyful animal

Best of all were your explanations of functional aerodynamic problems and their solutions I dont recall other fine articles with so much real-life finding and fixing problems pertaining to sound design guidance as valid

today as way back then The Kittens wingspan increased from 28 to 32 feet with no decrease in top speed noted sounds credible to me A lower angle of attack in level flight can be exshypected reducing drag enough to comshypensate for the extra span

Icing on the Kittens cake - By June 1943 Leroy Grumman had enough confidence in his litter of Navy fighters to turn his attention to another

breed of cat And That solved the problem of the Kittens recalcitrant paws once and for all Such a light touch turning up in a solid serious story turns people like me to adding another leaf to your fanmail tree

Sinceriously Ed Lockhart (aka Edlock Hart) Lakeside California

Thanks are due to Mort Kelman who provided most of the photos for that story from his archives Here s one more that didnt make it into print the first time - Ed

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MEMBERS PROTECTS VI

by Norm Petersen

Built in October of 1942 at Middletown Ohio this Aeronca 65-CA Chief NC39576 SIN CA18482 is the proud possession of Jeff Laver (EAA 330421 AlC 13739) of Lake Jackson Texas Jeff reports the Chief had been completely restored in 1973 prior to his buying the airplane in July of 1988 He is now in the process of making a new cowl new engine baffeling and rerigging the entire airplane with new control cables In additiof a set of wheel pants are being made Jeff is planning on re-doing the interior of the Chief and asks if anyone has any information on pre-war Chiefs please contact him at 203 Stanford Rd Lake Jacksof TX 77566

From West Germany comes this pretty picture of a Cessna 140 D-EHSC flown by Peter Lendle (EAA 316217 AlC 14403) of Erlenweg 11 D-7734 Brigachtal West Germany This type of aircraft is quite popular in Europe as it has the necessary electrical system for VHF radio (required in Europe) plus low fuel burn (at $3 to $4 per gallon) Note 3200 Scott tailwheel and original main gear hubcaps

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()uring the decade after World War I the science of aerodynamics was being expanded and deepened in the research laboratories and workshops of many nations

Some of the theory deve loped would be used to refine the shape of the airplane through streamlining (Vinshytage Literature July 1989) Much of the research which would be incorposhyrated in the new wing sections and shapes in the airplanes of the 1930s was on lift and drag

Of special importance among the inshyventions and improvements was the slotted wing The effect of the slot was discovered independently in Germany by G V Lachmann and in England by Handley Page Lechmann was to join the Handley Page company and the deshyvice became known throughout the world as the Handley Page Slot

The effectiveness of the slots was shown in wind tunnel and fli ght tests both in Germany and England with the tests showing a 60 percent increase in wing lift at high angles of attack

Though the results of the invention of the slotted wing aroused immense excitement it found little use in the 1920s This was possibly due to the low wing loading of the predominant biplane designs and their slow landing speeds With the advent of all-metal aircraft and higher wing loading slots became more useful An exception was the Royal Air Force which required all new aircraft to have them beginning in 1928

Thanks to Mr Clifford C Jackson of Davison Michigan the EAA Aviashytion Foundation Library recently reshyceived some examples of Handley Page company publications on the slotshyted wing

One titled The Automatic Slot which appears to have been published in 1930 was a 26-page brochure that gives a general history of the device and how it operates The brochure carshyries a very strong message on the slot s

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contribution to avia tion safety The booklet begins with a story

called The Parable of the Unselfish Husband which presents as much of a comment on the sensibility of the times as a message on flying safety

A certain husband was in the habit of denying himself things in order the better to provide for his beautiful wifes extensive needs and so to retain her affection he gave up smoking cigars and took to cigarettes he drank water instead of wine and he reduced the numher of clubs to which he beshylonged from eight to one so that a larger part of his income could be deshyvoted to the purchase of clothes hats perfumes and other articles for his wife

And when he came to buy an aeroplane he chose a cheap one and being told that the fitting of auto-slots would cost [extra] he refused to have slots fitted And in due course his aeroplane stalled and spun into the ground and he was killed

The Handley-Page Gugnunc slotted and flapped biplane was an entry in the 1929 Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition

According to the Handley Page comshypany the lesson of the story as stated in

I)the parable was z j

~The Jate oj this tunselfish and deshyJvoted husband

should be a warning to all who do not place a sufficient value on their own saJety The experishyences oj life may be unpleasant but inasshymuch as those oj death may be even more unpleasant it is advisable to fit slots and be secure

As you can tell - a rather strong message The rest of the brochure is more technical in nature covering air accidents the wing slot and controllashybility and a technical description of the slot in ac tion

Facts About Slots

The Handley Page automatic slot is now so widely used that the time is ripe Jor a recapitulation oj some oj the chieJJacts about it Its history is unique in aeronautics It has progressed and overcome ignorance and prejudice at an astonishing rate as will be seen if the course oj events is examined

First installed as a means oj inshycreasing the speed range oj an aeropshylane by decreasing its landing speed it was developed to provide at these lower 5peeds a method oj lateral conshytrol and stability then and now so woeJully lacking in aircraJt with ordishynary wings

It went on to report that tests of the slots by British government were so successful in the laboratory and on a Bristol fighter that all Bristol fighters in use with the RAF were ordered to have auto-slots

A similar rapid development took place in civil aviation It began when a Jamous make oj light aeroplane was fitted with auto-slots and tested The results were so conclusive that private aeroplane owners began immediately to stipulate that their machines must

Britain affirm that slots do what they are claimed to do and second that the validity oj the patent

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ANCLE OF INCIDENCE

be Jitted with auto-slots Now almost every private aeroplane owner in Great Britain and the Dominions insists on the inclusion oj auto-slots in his machine

The British Government and slots Another section of the report dealt

with the fact that after testing the British Government bought the rights to the slots for 100000 Pounds

The agreement constitutes a public proclamation first that the best technishycal brains in Great

is unshakable

E In 1928 the Govshyernment began to fit some Service aircraft with slots Every Britstol fighter in the Service was slotted and steps were then

taken to equip D H 9s It was then decided to fit slots to all

Service aircraft

In order to check as quickly as posshysible the wastage oj lives and material that was going on owing to the Jreshyquency oj the stall-and-spin type ojair accident the Air Ministry was preshypared to interfere with the works proshygrammes oj the various aircraJt manushyJacturers to the extent oj insisting that all Royal Air Force machines were to be slotted beJore being put in service

The effects oj these decisions are already noticeable Up to the time oj writing no single Jatal stall-and-spin accident has happened to a British Service aircraJt Jitted with slots

It was noted that prior to the slot installations the RAF was experiencing 20 to 30 fatal stall-and-spin accidents per year

Safer Civil Flying After discussing the causes of fatal

civil accidents in private or club airshycraft (as in the U S stall-spins acshycounted for the largest number) the section concludes

The auto-slot is not a Gadget It is not that to say an unessential acshycessory It is part oJthe machine itself and it improves the machine by inshycreasing the pilots control over it Auto-slots no only increase the aeropshylanes saJety but also during certain manoeuvers improve the performance oj the machine bull

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS The following is a parliallisting of new members who have joined the EAA AntiqueClassic Division (through May 3 1989) We are honored to welcome them into the organization whose members common interest is vintage aircraft Succeeding issues of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE will contain additional listings of new members

Tom Sabata Scot ia New York

Robert B Sackmann Bloomington Indiana

William E Sadler Atlanta Georgia

David Sanderson III Sierra Vista Arizona

Donald M Sather Hayward Califorshynl a

Kenneth Sawusch Libertyv ille JI-Iinois

Cliff Schlender Clintonville WisconshySill

Walter Borns Scragg Sydney New South Wales Australia

Michael Sentell Maryville Tennessee

Cheryl Serviss Arroyo Grande Californi a

Robert J Severson Houston Texas

Bruce Shaeffer Jr Lititz Pennsylshyval1la

Thomas W Sharpe Reidsv ille North Carolina

Rodney Sheakley Pet ro li a Pennsylshyva l1la

Larry Sheiter Manchester Missouri

Short Wing Piper Club Halstead Kansas

Robert Wayne Simpson Norwood North Carolina

Lendon V Sink Lexington North Carolina

C Donald Sitta Farmington New Mex ico

Brian Smith Ripon California

Michael Smith Sioux Falls South Dakota

Richard C Smith Wichita Kansas

Lars Soe-Jensen Farum Denmark

Ronnie L Southard Milford Delashyware

Patricia B Sowell Statesboro Georshyg ia

George P Spolsdoff Law ndale California

Robert D Sponseller Shelby Ohio

Schuyler O Stackus Phoen ix Arizona

John I Stahly Nappanee Indiana

Roland Standring It asca Illinois

Peter Stanek San Rafae l California

John Roger Stark Fort Worth Texas

Ralph H Starr Daytona Beach Florida

Edward T Stettner Lake Alfred Florida

Mark F Stevens Biloxi Miss iss ippi

John H Stewart Needham Masshysachusetts

Charles A Stone Danbury Connecshyticut

Ernest R Streifthau Middletown Ohio

Harold Swanson North Branch Min shynesota

David N Switzer Cocoa Florida

Gagniere Sylvain Les Garrigues Mauguio France

Texas State Technical Institute Waco Texas

Bill Thibault Newport Beach Ca li forshyili a

Matthew J Thiele Nashua New Hampshire

James P Thomas Springfield Illinois

Walter O Thompson Columbus Ohio

Tony Tinsman Westphal ia Missouri

Larry Tippit Cumby Texas

Jeremy Tischendorf Green Bay Wisshyconsll1

Thomas B Traylor Jr Birmingham Alabama

Robert J Triplett Bruce Wisconsin

Mark Allen Turner Eufaula Alabama

Reuben D Tye Jr Arlington Texas

David Valaer Dallas Texas

Kevin Van Dyke Palm Beach Garshydens Florida

Jack Veach Reno Nevada

John W Veil Jr Wyomissing Pennsy lvania

Andrew J Volovar Mysti c Connecshyticut

Richard L Wagner San Bernardino California

Fred Walatka Anchorage Alaska

Rem Walker Regina Saskatchewan Canada

Randall J Wall Ava Illinois

William Walters Battle Creek Michi-Leonard C Smith EI Toro California Greg Teufel Seattle Washington gan 10 NOVEMBER 1989

Don Ward Green Bay Wisconsin

Herbert E Ware Muncie Indiana

William F Watson Tulsa Ok lahoma

David Welch Venice Florida

Lee C Whitehead Middleport New York

James B Williams Jr Ridgeway Virginia

Morgan Williams Jr Midland Onshytario Canada

George W Williams Portsmouth New Hampshire

Dallas Wise Hyattsville Maryland

Robert Wislocki Bethany Connecshyticut

Charles E Wolter Niles Michigan

William N Woodhouse Power Monshytana

Gregory D Wastrel Deephaven Minnesota

David F Wrench Mountain View California

George F Wright Sutton Coldfield West Midlands England

James Wunderlin Milwaukee Wisshyconsin

Frank Wustrack Oostburg WisconshySill

James Wutzen Kirkland Washington

Michael Yearout Breckenridge Colshyorado

Carlton C Young Bessemer Alabama

Robert A Zembinski Milwaukee Wisconsin

William J Zimmer Venice Florida

American Champion Aircraft Corp Rochester Wisconsin

Robert C Ansley Winchester Tenshynessee

Michael P Anthony Kerrville Texas

John Barnes East Doncaster Aushystra li a

Clyde E Barton Angleton Texas

Philip A Block Anchorage Alaska

Jose M Bouza Ewa Beach Hawaii

John D Bramsen Ch icago Illinois

Ralph E Brandon Newark Ohio

Bernard M Brill Sacramento Cal iforn ia

Herman B Brust Jr Frederick Maryland

James E Buchanan Phoenix Arizona

Edward G Cartwright Kansas City Missouri

Nick Charlemagne Libreville Gabon Africa

Phillip E Cline Lockhart Texas

Richard N Cochrane Clarks Sumshymit Pennsylvania

Giorgio Conti-Veccui Cagliari Italy

Elizabeth Ann Copland Ann Arbor Michigan

Mary Crawford Port SI Lucie Florida

Eugene Davidson Oldsmar Florida

A Robert Davies Troy Ohio

John Davis Cincinnati Ohio

Michael F Diem Minneapolis Minshynesota

Timothy R Dykman Quogue New York

Donald E Ellis Grass Valley Cali forshynia

George Elton Snohomish Washingshyton

Rocco J Farano Dobbs Ferry New York

Steven C Fisher Sim i Valley Californ ia

Robert Fox Arab Alabama

Kevin David Francis Great Dunmow Essex Eng land

Norris E Garvey New Albany In shydiana

Camile P Gaspard Blanks Louisiana

James F George Vineland New Jershysey

Robert A Gingell Sunn yva le California

Dan Grace Covington Georgia

Ralph S Graham SI Paul Minshynesota

Peter Groves Vancouver British Colshyumbi a Canada

Don W Guthrie Sr Forestville California

Robert D Halvorsen Van Nuys California

James R Hammond Bradenton Florida

George R Hartigan Spring Texas

William M Henderson Fargo North Dakota

G Hengeveld Sprang Capelle Netherlands

Robert L Hess Clarence New York

Carthel A Hole Pontotoc Mississ ippi

Ray L Hulce Niles Michigan

International Civil Aviation Organishyzation Montreal Quebec Canada

Paul M Jablonski Greenwood Inshydiana

Kenneth w Jerolaman Bernardsvi lle New Jersey

Cliff W Johnston Hawkes Bay New Zealand

F Ben Jones Katy Texas VINTAGE AIRPLANE 11

1989

LISTING

compil ed by Mark Phe lps

B irds of a feather do flock together and type clubs are the best way for owners of like mac hines to share inform ashyti on part s and soc ial camaraderie The Cessna 12011 40 cl ubs merged the ir effort s to produce a record assault on EAA Oshkosh 88 In 1989 The Ameri can Yankee Associshyati on heJd its national convention in Cable Wisconsin the week be fore EAA Oshkosh 89 and several members fl ew on down to Oshkosh the fo llow ing week to for m the G ru mshyman Corral in the north parking area

Bes ides owners of spec ific aircraft pil o ts with similar ex periences or interests can gather to share a li e or two The OX-5 Aviation Pioneers fo r instance include pilots bold enough to have fl own behind the Curti ss OX-5 eng ine before World War II

Officers and members of type clubs often are the fi rst point of contact for pilots considering a spec ific airplane type and that usuall y exc ites the prospecti ve owner abo ut getting the project started You might say that many of those who call with doubts about the type are clubbed into submiss ion

Aeronca Aviator s Club shyA Division of Pea Patch Airlines Julie amp Joe Dickey 51 1 Terrace Lake Road Columbus IN 47201 8 12342-6878 Newsletter 4 times as year Dues No dues - $ 12 subsc ripti on

National Aeronca Club Jim Thompson President 266 Lamp amp Lantern Vill age Chesterf ield MO 63017 12 NOVEMBER 1989

Most type clubs also di stribute newsletters that include stories maintenance information and schedul es of ac shyti viti es They also offer a chance to get a picture of a me mber s aircraft in print for everyone across the country to apprec iate An exce llent example of a type-c lu b news letshyter is the Short Wing Piper NI s published by the Short Wing Piper C lub

If you own an antique or class ic aircraft or even an orph aned spamcan such as the Grum man American airpl anes and you would like to network with others who share your enthusias m type c lu bs are the best way The fo ll owing is the AntiqueClass ic Di vis ion s most current li st o f ty pe clubs If we have le ft out your group or made an error in our li sting send in the in fo rmati on and we ll make it avail able to members nex t year The organi zations are li sted alphabeticall y by the name most commonl y assoc iated with the type i e Beech Stagge rwing clu bs are li sted under S and the Western Bonanza Assoc iation is li sted un der B

Newslette r 6 per year Dues $20 00 US $30 Canada $45 Foreign $40 Charter US $50 Charter Canada $65 Charter Foreign

Aeronca Lovers Club Buzz Wagner Box 3 40 1 1st SI East Clark SO 57225 605532-3862 Newsletter Quarte rl y Dues $ 15 per year

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Aeronca Sedan Club Mr Richard Welsh 2311 East Lake Sammamish Place SE Issaquah W A 98027 Newsletter 3 per year Dues $350 per year

American Air Racing Society Mr Rudy Profant President 4060 W 158th Street Cleveland OH

216941-0089 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $1000 per year

American Aviation Historical Socishyety Mr Harry Gann President 2333 Otis SI Santa Ana CA 92704 714549-4818 Tuesday nights 7 00shy900 pm local Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 includes Journal and Newsshyletter

Flying Apache Assn John Lumley 1 S 300 Dillon Lane Villa Park IL 60181 312627-8027 Dues $25 per year

Artic Tern Newsletter David Neumeister 5630 S Washington Lansing MI 48910 517882-8433 Newsletter Dues $10 per year

Bellanca Champion Club Ms Pam Foard and Mr Larry DAtshytilio 1820 N 166th Street Brookfield WI 53005 4141784-03 18 Newsletter Quarterly - Bellanca Conshytact Dues $2500 per year

Bird Airplane Club Jeannie Hill P O Box 328 Harvard IL 60033 815943-7205 Newsletter 2-3 annually Dues Postage Donation

American Bonanza Society Cliff R Sones Administrator PO Box 12888 Wichita KS 67277 316945-6913

Newsletter Monthly Dues $3500 per year

Western Bonanza Society Alden C Barrios 1436 Muirlands Drive La Jolla CA 92037 619459-5901 Newsletter Dues $20 per year

Bucker Club John Bergeson SecretaryTreasurer 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 517561-2393 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year (US amp Canada) $ 15 per year (Foreign)

Bucker Club National Frank Price President RI 1 Box 419 Moody Texas 76557 817853-2008 Newsletter 12 per year Dues $2500 per year

Cessna Airmaster Club Gar Williams 9 So 135 Aero Drive Naperville IL 60565 312355-9416 Dues None

International Bird Dog Association (Cessna L-19) Phil Phillips President 3939 C-8 San Pedro NE Albuquerque NM 87110 50588 1-7555 Newsletter Quarterly Observer Dues $2500 per year

Cessna T -50 Flying Bobcats Jon Larson 3821 53rd Street SE Auburn WA 98002 206833-1068 Newsletter Quarterly Dues Donation

Cessna Pilots Association John Frank Executive Director MidshyContinent Airport P O Box 12948 Wichita KS 67277 316946-4777 Newsletter Monthly Dues $30 annually

International Cessna 120140 Associshyation Dorchen Forman Editor Box 830092 Richardson TX 75083-0092 817497-4757 (D Forman) Newsletter Monthly Dues $15 US year

West Coast Cessna 120140 Club Donna Christopherson Membership 451 Bellwood Drive Santa Clara CA 95054 408988-8906 or 5540474 Newsletter Bi-monthly Dues $ 10 per year

Cessna 150152 Club Skip Carden Executive Director P O Box 15388 Durham NC 27704 919471-9492 Newsletter Monthly Dues $2000 per year

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Intcrnational Cessna 1711 Associashytion Inc Vclvel Fadcldc) Exccutivc SCLTc tary PO Bo 1667 Lehanon MO 6556 New~lctlLT Fly Paper ( I I per year) The 170 New~ (Q uarterl y) Dul~ S 15 00 per year

International Cessna 180 185 Club (Cessna I XO-I X5 ownership req uired ) Charles Bombardier Pre~ iden t

45l) N 4l)th A ve nue Phoenix AZ X501 I Newsletter 9 or 10 per year Dues S 15 per year

Eastern 190195 Association Cliff Crabs 25575 Butternut North Olmsted OH 44070 2161777-4025 after 6 pm Easte rn Newsletter Irregular - Manual on Maintenance for Members Dues $10 initiation amp as required each year

International 195 Club Dwight M Ewing President P O Box 737 Merced CA 95344 2091722-6283 Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $2000 US annually

International Comanche Society Jaek Holaway P O Box 400 Grant NE 69140 308352-4275 Newsletter Dues $34 per year

Corben Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletters Quarterly Dues $800 for four issues

Cub Club (Piper) John Bergeson Chairman P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant MI 48804-2002 517561-2393 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year (US) $20 (Canada) $25 (Foreign)

L-4 Grasshopper Wing Publisher John Bergeson Cub Club 14 NOVEMBER 1989

P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant MI 48804-2002 517561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year (US) $ 15 (Canada - US Funds) $20 (Foreign) Note Must be a Cub Club member also

Culver Club Larry Low Chairman 60 Skywood Way Woodside CA 94062 415851-0204 Newsletter None Dues None

Culver PQ-14 Assoc Ted Heineman Editor 29621 Kensington Drive Laguna Niguel CA 92677 714831-0173 Newsletter Annually Dues Donation

Dart Club (Culver) Lloyd Washburn 3958 Washburn Drive PI Clinton OH 43452 Newsletter Now and Then Dues None

Curtiss Robin Club W Lane Tufts 4138 Santa Rosa Drive Moorpark CA 93021 805529-2359 Dues None

deHavilland Moth Club Gerry Schwam Chairman 1021 Serpentine Lane Wyncote PA 19095 215635-7000 or 215886-8283 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $ 12 US amp Canada $15 Overseas

deHavilland Moth Club of Canada R deHavilland Ted Leonard FoundershyDirector 305 Old Homestead Road Keswick Ontario Canada L4P I E6 416476-4225 Newsletter Periodicall y Dues $20 annually

American Tiger Club (deHavilland) Mr Frank Price President Rt I Box 419 Moody Texas 76557 817853-2008 Newsletter Monthly Dues $2500 per year

Ercoupe Owners Club Skip Carden Eecutivc Director Box 1505~

Durham NC 2770+ 91l11471-94l12 Newsletters Monthly with ~pecial

editions Dues S20 per year

Fairchild Club John W Berendt President 7645 Echo Point Road Cannon Falls MN 55009 507263-24 14 Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $5

Fairchild Fan Club Robert L Taylor Edi tor PO Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $800 per year

Flying Farmers International Kyle Ann Stream Executive Director PO Box 9124 2 120 Airport Road

W ichit a KS 67277 31619+3-4234 News lette r 10 issues per year Dues S35 per yea r US funds plus chapter dues

Fleet Club George G Gregory Pres ident 4~80 Duguid Road Manlius NY 13 104 3 15682-6380 Newsletter Approx two per year Dues Con tributions

Funk Aircraft Owners Association G Dale Beach Ed itor - Treasurer 1621 Dreher Street Sac ramento CA 958 14 916443-7604 Newsletter 10 per yea r Dues $ 12 00

Great Lakes Club Robert L Taylor Ed itor PO Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Quarte rl y Dues $ 10 per year

The American Yankee Assn (Grumshyman American) Steve Wilson 3232 Western Drivc Cameron Park C A t)56~2

Newsletter Dues S2750 per year (U S) $3000 (Fore ign)

Hatz Club Robert L Taylor Ed itor PO Rox In Blakesburg IA 52536 515 938-2773 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $~ per year

Heath Parasol Club William Schlapman 6431 Paul son Road Winneconne WI 54968 414582-4454 News le tte r Annually Dues Postage donation

The Interstate Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 51593 8-2773 Newsletter Interstate Intercom

deHaviliand TIger Moth

Dues $8 for four issues

Little Round Engine Flyer Ken Williams Chairman 33 1 E Franklin Street Portage WI 53901 Contact Williams for further informashytion

Continental Luscombe Association Loren Bump Fearless Leader 5736 Esmar Road Ceres CA 95307 209537-9934 Newsletter Bi-monthly (6 per year) Dues $ 10 (US) $ 1250 (Canada or $10 US funds) $ 15 (Foreign)

Luscombe Association John Bergeson Chairman 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 517561-2393 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $ 15 per year (US) $20 per year (Canada) $25 per year (Foreign)

Meyers Aircraft Owners Association Wm E Gaffney Secretary 26 Rt 17K

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Newburgh NY 12550 914565-8005 Newsletter 5-6 per year Dues Postage Fund Donation

Minnesota Seaplane Pilots Associashytion Jack E Mathisen Box 385 Squaw Lake MN 56681 218659-4431 Newsletter 3-4 per year Dues $15 per year

Mooney Aircraft Pilots Assn Mark Harris 314 Stardust Dri ve San Antonio TX 78228 512434-5959 Newsletter Dues $30 per year

National Air Racing Group Frank Ronco President 1313 Los Arboles Sunnyvale CA 94087 4081733-7967 Newsletter Professional Air Racing (lOyear)

Dues $IOyear domestic

National Biplane Association Charles W Harris Board Chairman Mary R Jones Executive Director

Hangar 5 4-J Aviation Jones-Riverside Airport Tulsa OK 74132 918299-2532 Dues $1500 per year

National Championship Air Races Susan Audrain Marketing Director PO Box 1429 Reno NY 89505 702826-7500

Naval Aircraft Restorers Assn Gerald Miller 3320 Northridge Drive Grand Junction CO 81506 3031245-7899 Newsletter Dues $12 per year

American Navion Society Raleigh Morrow Chairman of Board Gerry Bright Executive Secretary Box 1175 Municipal Airport Banning CA 92220 714849-2213 Newsletter Monthly Dues $35 per year

The 99s Inc International Women Pilots Loretta Jean Gragg Executive Direcshytor PO Box 59965 Will Rogers Airport Oklahoma City OK 73159

405 685-7969 Newsletter The 99 News - monthly Dues $4000 annually

Norseman Club David E Neumeister 5630 S Washington Lansing MI 48911-4999 517882-8433 Newsletter Quarterly - Norseman Newsletter Dues $10 per year

North American Trainer Association (T6 T-28 NA64 NA50) Stoney and Kathy Stonich 2285 Oakvale Drive Shingle Springs CA 95682 916677 -2456 Newsletter Quarterly - Texans and Trojans Dues $25 US $35 Canada Foreign US Funds - In1 Money

OX-5 Aviation Pioneers Oliver Y Phillips National Secretary 10405 W 32 Avenue Wheat Ridge CO 80033 303233-5905 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year

Buckeye Pietenpol Association Frank S Pavliga Newsletter Editor

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2800 S Turner Road Canfield OH 44406 2161792-6973 days 2161792-6269 (evenings) Newsletter Buckeye Pietenpol Assn Newsletter - Quarterly Dues $750 per year

International Pietenpol Association Robert L Taylor Editor PO Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Quarterly or Semi-annushyally Dues $8 per year

Short Wing Piper Club Inc Lonnie McLaughlin Membership Chairman 32 East End A venue Brentwood NY 11717 516273-5072 Newsletter Bi-monthly Dues $25 per year

Porterfield Airplane Club Chuck Lebrecht 1019 Hickory Road Ocala FL 32672 904687-4859 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $5 per year

Rearwin Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $8 per year

Ryan Club National Bill J Hodges Chairman 811 Lydia Stephenville TX 76401 817968-4818 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Replica Fighters Association Frank G Weatherly President 22451 David Taylor MI 48180 313295-0590 Newsletters Bi-monthly Dues $15 per year

Seabee Club International Captain Richard W Sanders President 6761 NW 32 A venue Ft Lauderdale FL 33309 305979-5470 Newsletter Quarterly (plus phone conshysultation) amp directory Dues $15 (US amp Canada) $20 (Foreign)

Seaplane Pilots Association Robert A Richardson Executive Dishyrector 421 Aviation Way Frederick MD 21701 301695-2083 Newsletter Water Flying (Quarterly) Water Flying (Annual) 88 SPA Seapshylane Landing Directory - $12 - Memshybers$25 non-members Dues $28 per year

Silver Wings Fraternity Russ Brinkley President PO Box 11970 Harrisburg PA 17108 717232-9525 Newsletter Slipstream Tabloid Monthly Dues Initiation - $10 $5 per year

Spartan School of Aeronautics Alumni Association Vern Foltz Alumni Relations 8820 E Pine Street Tulsa OK 74115 918836-6886 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 annually

Staggerwing Club Jim Gorman President 1885 Millsboro Road

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Mansfie ld OH 44906 4 19529-3822 (home) 4 191755- 10 11 (office) Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $ 15 per year

Stampe Club Internationa Willi am R Baldwin P O Box 1408 Lebanon TN 37088 News letter Dues $20 per year

Stearman Restorers Association Tom Lowe President 823 Kingston Lane Crystal Lake IL 6001 4 8 15459-6873 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $ 15 per year

National Stinson Club Jonsey Pau l 144 18 Skinner Road Cypress TX 77429 Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $7 50

National Stinson Club (108 Section) George H Leamy Pres ident 108 Clu b I 15 Heinley Road

Lake Plac id FL 33852 Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $ 15 per year

Northeast Stinson Flying Club Dick Bourque Founder 8 Grimes Brook Road Simsbury CT 06070 203658- 1566 Newsletter Bi-monthl y Dues $ 10 per year

Replica Sopwilh Camel

Note Membershi p limited to 100 members

Southwest Stinson Club Dick Goe rges Pres ident 36 19 Nortree Street San Jose CA 95 148 408274-9 179 Newsletter SWSC Newsletter 10 per year Dues $ 10 per year

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Super Cub Pilots Association Jim Richmond FounderlDirector PO Box 9823 Yakima WA 98909 509248-9491 Newsletter Monthly Dues $25 per year U S $35 per year (Canada) $40 per year (Foreign)

Swift Association International Charlie Nelson P O Box 644 Athens TN 37307 6151745-9547 Newsletter Monthly Dues $25 per year

Taylorcraft Owners Club Bruce M Bixler II President 12809 Greenblower Road Alliance OH 44601 216823-9748 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Tomahawk Pilots Association Skip Carden Editor P O Box 15388 Durham NC 27704 Newsletter Bi-monthly (6 per year) Dues $2000 per year

Travel Air Club Robert L Taylor Editor PO Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Travel Air Tales - Quarshyterly Dues $8 per year

Travel Air Division of Staggerwing Museum Dub Yarbrough P O Box 550 Tullahoma TN 37388 615455-1974 Newsletter Dues $25 per year

Twin Bonanza Association Richard L Ward Director 19684 Lakeshore Drive Three Rivers MI 49093 616279-2540 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 per year (U S amp Canada) $35 per year (Foreign)

Vintage Sailplane Association Jan Scott Secretary Rt I Box 239

Lovettsville V A 22080 703822-5504 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Waco Club National Ray Brandly President 700 Hill Avenue Hamilton OH 45015 513868-0084 Newsletter Bi-monthly Dues $800 per year

Waco Historical Society R E Hoefflin Treasurer 10 13 Westgate Road Troy OH 45373

Waco UPF-7s

513335-2621 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $4 per year Sept I - Aug 31

World War I Aeroplanes Inc Leonard E Opdycke DirectorPubshylisher 15 Crescent Road Poughkeepsie NY 1260 I 914473-3679 Journals WW I Aero (1900-1919) Skyways (1920-1940) Dues Minimum - $20 each for one year $25 foreign for WW I Aero

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19

1989 GRAND CHAMPION ANTIQUE

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Bill Halverson has been at least part owner of his Beech G 17S Staggerwing since 1967 A pilot really gets to know an airplane in that amount of timc especially if he spends 12 of those years on a total rebuild as Bill has done with NC 80316 The reward for that effort comes with recognition both on the ramps of airports along wherever his route may take him and in the judgshying ballots at EAA Oshkosh 89 where the airplane was voted Grand Chamshypion Antique

Bills G 17S was originally built at Beechs Wichita factory in February 1947 Walter Beech called the G 17S the best of all the Staggerwings Im shyprovements over the D Models inshycluded a redesigned engine installation with a longer sleeker cowling a new windshield with shalshy

greater with the V -tai l aluminum speedster as we ll The Staggerwing faded after 20 G Models were proshyduced and the Bonanza went on to a successful production run that persists to thi s day The sty le and luxury of the Staggerwing however will never be forgotten as long as there are people such as Bill Halverson who are devoted to preserving the history of the great airplanes of the Golden Age

Serial Number B 15 was the last Staggerwing built for a customer at the factory Four more were asse mbled from parts later on in Texas by Henry Seale Aviation Supply Inc And a facshytory demonstrator Serial Number B20 was later built in Wichita but NC 80316 was the last of the lU xury cabin biplanes Beech sold to a regular cusshy

tomer in this case an oil drilling outfit from Colorado The company flew the Staggerwing as a corporate transport until the late 1950s or early 1960s and sold it to Tomcat Overalls Inc in Tenshynessee In the early 1960s Robert Colshyeman bought the Staggerwing and reshycovered it in Razorback painted it white and changed the registration number to N 262C In 1967 a group of eight airline pilots bought the airplane and shared expenses and flyshying until 1972 when one of the eight Bill Halverson bought the airplane from the club which had since shrunk from eight to three members

As luck would have it an AD note on the Razorback ribstitching arrived shortly after Bill became sole owner He was left with the prospect of a total

rebuild and no one to lower slope a re-deshy share the expense He signed instrument panshy did have plenty of el different vertical help from many quarshystab ilizer and rudder ters but the bulk of the and a new set of fairshy rebuild was performed ings The company inshy by Bill himself tended to build 50 Stripping the skin G17s but at $29000 from the airplane reshythe price was too vealed a variety of much to pay even sub-projects that through the eyes of needed attention The post-war prosperity basic structure was The newfangled Boshy sound but the systems nanza was available at had taken a beating $7 975 and its perforshy from approximately mance was comparashy 2400 hours of use and ble to that of the 25 years of aging The Staggerwing Operatshy landing gear was comshy

Carl Schuppeling economy was far Bill Halverson pletely re-done as 20 NOVEMBER 1989

were the brakes The electrical system was overhauled and conshyverted to 24 volts to accommodate the King Gold Crown radio package The IFR setshyup includes dual navshycoms with glideslope ADF DME threeshylight marker beacon and a Mode C transshyponder Bill also inshycorporated a variety of warning systems for the gear cabin doors flaps low-fuel or oil and fire

The 450-hp Pratt amp Whitney R-985 engine had 50 hours on it when the eight pilots bought it in 1967 and has over 600 now Bill paid a conshysiderable amount of attention to it in the 12 years the airplane was grounded but points out that thc work performed was far short of a complete overhaul It conshytinues to purr like the PampW factory cat

The interior was totally re-worked by the upholstery shop at Flying Cloud Airport near Minneapolis This time however leather was used in places where mohair was used on the original The pleating and other design work is all up to factory spec including the headliner

Bill covered the Staggerwing in Ceconite 101 and laid on 30 coats of hand-rubbed butyrate dope sanding in

between every cross coat The final 12 layers of pigmented dope were applied with tender loving care and 600 wetshysand followed by an even finer grade preceeding the final polishing The rcshysuits are stunning

Bill already knew about the drudgery part of aviation first-hand He began his flying as a lineboy tradshying chores for flying time at Grand Forks North Dakota He entered the Army Air Corps at 18 years of age and flew PT-13s -17s AT-6s and B-25s in the service After that he signed on with Northwest Orient Airlines starting out on DC-3s and Martin 202s Ultishymately he flew almost everything they had including the Boeing 747 which he flew for the last 10 years of his

career retiring In

1986 Along the way he also cadged time in P-51 s with the Minshynesota Air National Guard

Bill is a founding member of the Staggerwing Museum in Tullahoma Tenshynessee and chairs the museums Scot Perry Memorial Scholarship Fund committee The museum is dedicated to the preservation of Staggerwing memorashybilia and houses paperwork plans and

other artifacts relating to the airplane and its designer Walter Beech The scholarship fund is an ongoing project that recognizes young people who have demonstrated a love for aviation and provides for their further education It is named for the son of another museum founding member Dick Perry and frequently calls on the EAA Air Academy for recipients

When Bill s group first bought the Staggerwing it was just another 20shyyear-old corporate luxury barge What they did would compare to a group today buying a used King Air for pershysonal transport It is the passing of time that makes his Staggerwing a piece of aviation history and Bill has been there through it all thick and thin bull

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21

On Monday evening of EAA Oshshykosh 89 with beautiful airplanes parked at all points of the compass it was still a revelation to discover two highly polished Globe Swifts parked in the first row of the AntiquelClassic aircraft camping area It was fun to watch people walk by stop and stare - the look on their faces giving away their thoughts It is called desire shyhunger if you will Each admiring glance at the two shiny aluminum airshycraft seemed to bring on more admiration Some shook their heads in amazement others quietly pointed out features to their friends Somehow I had the feeling we were looking at a couple of winners

By Wednesday afshyternoon both Swifts and their owners were gone from their tiedown spots and it was hoped the AIC judges had done their work in the short time provided The Thursshyday evening A wards Program soon brought 22 NOVEMBER 1989

a few convictions home Globe Swift NC78181 owned by Daryl Dressler of St Paul Minnesota won the Custom Class I (over ISO-hp) Award And when the Grand Champion Classic Award was announced Charles Hoover and his 8S-hp Globe Swift NC8090S ran off with all the marbles

It was my pleasant job the following week to inform Charles Hoover over the phone that he had garnered the Grand Champion Lindy Award

Charles Hoover

(One of lifes simple pleasures ) At first Charles had a You gotta be kidshyding apprehension about taking home the heavy hardware However my very persistent tone of voice must have hit home He finally realized what he had accomplished and the giggles and laughing told me he understood Later Charles admitted he didnt get much work done the rest of that day

A little detective work revealed that Charles had won six previous awards

at Oshkosh with his Swift with the AIC Grand Champion Lindy being Numshyber seven On top of this the beautifully polished machine has won any number of other awards over the past 16 years of Hoovers ownership

The original Swift named the GC-l was a steel tube and plywood airplane deshysigned by K H Bud Knox back in 1941 It looked very similar to the metal version which came after World War I in

1945 The original aircraft was powered with a Continental A-80 and would top out at 145 mph and cruise at 130 mph - figures that are remarkably similar to Charles Hoovers metal Swift with its 85-hp engine

The Swift was built by three differshyent companies following World War

II Globe Aircraft Corp of Fort Worth Texas started the line of all-metal Swifts and was followed by Texas Enshygineering amp Manufacturing Co (Temco) These in turn were followed by Universal Aircraft which built the last 16 GC-IA and 60 GC-IB Swifts The grand total manufactured is apshyproximately 1500 Swifts of which some 720 remain on the FAA Register today or these it is estimated that less than a half dozen are still flying with a C85-12 engine Now we can understand why Charles Hoovers 85shyhp Swift has caused so many raised eyebrows It is a rare bird

Built in July 1946 Charles GC-IA is Serial Number 308 and is one of the 47 GC-IA models built by Globe that are still on the FAA Register Nearly all of these have been re-engined with more horsepower The lowest number on the register is NC33336 SIN 2 which is owned by Louis Leftwich Jr of Orlando Florida This very aircraft was used in the photos for the company literature in 1946 Included in the opshytions for the 1946 Swift were floats and skis An airbrushed drawing shows NC33336 flying by with a set of rather pointed floats mounted on struts from the gear wells (Talk about Dreamshyers)

Some of the detailing on Charles Swift really caught the judges eye at EAA Oshkosh 89 The beautiful deshycals on the wheel hubs showing a map of the world with Swift across the face were done by fellow Swift owner Pat Moore of Minneapolis They were done about 10 years ago using the silkscreen process and are absolutely beautiful

Please bear in mind that this Swift has been continually upgraded for the 16 years that Charles has owned it Herein lies the secret Just because Charles didnt win Grand Champion in 1973 he didnt give up Each year more improvements were acshycomplished eventually culminating with the coveted Grand Champion A ward This is persistence at its very best For this we congratulate Charles Hoover and wish him the very best in future endeavors

And let us not forget the Lake Elmo bunch of Swift aficionados who work so well together in a mutual aid society Led by Mark Holliday Jim Montague and a host of others they have set the collective AntiqueClassic crowd on their ear with the huge amount of championship hardware that has found its way home to Lake Elmo We salute you bull

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SPEEDWING Vern Dallman flies the sole

remaining Curtiss-Wright B-14-B

If youve ever watched a kitten grow up you have an idea of how aviation spent its childhood A kitten doesnt know whats possible and what isn t It can t tell the difference between leaping up on a tall bookshelf which it will be ab le to do when it gets bigger and leaping up on the roof It will jump and fai l day after day until it finally makes the bookshelf Some time later it will find another way to get to the roof You have to wonder if along the way the kitten had any idea what its ultimate limitations were

In the 1930s aviation was like that kitten It hadnt yet figured out what it couldnt do Designers were finding 24 NOVEMBER 1989

by Mark Phelps

ways to coax more speed and capabilshyity out of airplanes on an almost daily basis Improved airframes alternated with more sophisticated engines playshying techno-leapfrog from one design to the next In June 1932 Curtiss-Wright leaped the field with its 8-14-8 Speedwing Only two were built and Vern Dallman most conspicuous at EAA Oshkosh 89 for his Little Looper replica has one of them at his Ala Doble Aerobatic Ranch in Esshyparto California

The Speedwing was essentially an A-14-D Sportsman with a nine-cyshylinder 330-hp Wright R-97S-E engine The Sportsman which itself was cershy

tified only 10 months earlier had thc seven-cylinder 240-hp R-760-E With 60 more horses up front the Speedshywing aimed its ample nose in the direcshytion of the wealthy sport-flyer market It had scating for thrce with two in a bench seat in front Thc front cockpit normally went around undcr covcr however in the quest for more speed at the expense of carrying passengers The metal cockpi t cover was standard equipment from the factory in St Louis Missouri

Other standard equipment included a metal propeller electric starter navishygation lights cockpit lights battery and a headrest for the rear cockpit Reshy

tractable landing lights would run the buyer an additional $200 and for $100 he could have the optional two-tone paint job The Speedwing carried 35 gallons of fuel in the fuselage tank and an additional 23 gallons in the centershysection tank In keeping with its image as a personal airplane for the disshycriminating owner-pilot two baggage compartments opened on the right side of the fuselage behind the rear cockpit The upper compartment allowed 48 pounds and the lower 100 pounds The shatter-proof windshield was adshyjustable as was the rear seat Top speed of the 8-14-8 was 177 mph with a cruise of 150 mph

Curtiss-Wright also built a 8-14-R with a 420-hp version of the same Rshy975 engine for Casey Lambert Vern Dallmans airplane has a rip-snorting 440-hp version of the same engine for even more neck-snapping perforshymance In fact Curtiss-Wright later developed its Osprey as a fightershybomber version of the Speedwing series for some governments that were re-arming on a tight budget

With the sorry state of owner-flown high-performance aircraft sales today it seems odd that an airplane such as

the Speedwing could survive in the midst of the Depression In fact it didnt Only two were built One went to the Department of Commerce and the other was a factory demonstrator Verns is the old factory airplane comshyplete with the wheel pants and faired N-struts that were added later in the quest for still more speed (Vern has the original metal pants at home but uses a set of fiberglass ones for crossshycountry work)

The progression of Curtiss-Wrights aircraft design trends went like this From the inexpensive training ships of the early 1920s to the speed demons of the early thirties to the potential milishytary contract ships of the mid- to lateshy1930s to the Condor series of transshyports that got the factory people so exshycited after that Its significant that in 1933 Curtiss-Wright still had a stockpile of OX-5 engines in like-new condition available for $45 each No one bought them The OX-5 was the engine of choice for most light aircraft as little as eight years before Contrast that with the Lycoming 0-235 that still powers most two-seat trainers of today yet first appeared almost half a century ago in 1940

Walter 8eech resigned as president of Curtiss-Wright in early 1932 With him went the last vestiges of the Travel Air influence Ralph Damon became president and George Page 1r became chief engineer Fred Landgraf was the project director on the - 14 Series and his previous employment with the Ken-Royce (Rearwin) factory and the Alexander Eaglerock design team shows up clearly in the Curtiss-Wright machines

Its interesting that you can break down the design influence and progshyress of a company virtually by the month based on who was designing the airplanes and what engines were available at what cost Also important was the management of the company who aimed the product at whichever market appeared the most pliable at the time In fact it s likely that the whole history may be over-analyzed The explanation for each new aircraft may be as simple as it appears

I n the case of the 8-14-8 that means lots of horsepower raw speed and one person on board Practical No but in those days aviation wasn t grown up enough to know what was impossible bull

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AVIATION RELIC PRINTS AVAILABLE Now available from Aviation Relic

Prints is a series of seven pieces of excellent artwork Choose from the de Havilland D H4 Bleriot XI Albashytross D Ya Wright EX Yin Fiz Fokshyker T-2 Douglas World Cruiser Chishycago or Curtiss NC-4 Through an agreement with the Smithsonian Inshystitutions National Air and Space Museum each relic print includes a piece of the original fabric from these historic aircraft Also included is a certificate of authenticity and a brief DE HAlllAJ) D H -t

history of the aircraft The prints are available framed at $145 each or unshyframed at $55 each For the quality and historica l significance involved this represents a good value For a catalog or to order by telephone call to ll -free 1-800533-7763 or wri te to Aviation Relic Prints 8152 North

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Each aircraft depicted ill thisizistoric series lms restored by the Smithsonian Institutiol1lZl1d is pnrt Of its collectio11 The fabric removed durillg that restoration is certified to be the originnl fabric apiece ofwh ich is attached to this relic print

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This spectacular photo was taken by Dollie Gheen noted aviation photographer from Fairborn Ohio Although taken in 1989 it could almost pass for 1937 with the beautiful 1937 Stinson SR-7B NC16130 SIN 9693 owned by James Solenberg of Shelbyville Indiana flanked by an immaculate 1937 Cord 812 Custom Beverly owned by Bob Gheen of Fairborn Ohio Both vehicles feature a Lycoming engine built in the same factory Lycoming and Stinson were owned by the Cord Company which in turn was part of the Auburn Automobile Company The only hint of 1989 is the tiny strobe on the belly of the Stinson and the reflection of a B-26 tail in the door of the Cord automobile

SENSENICH PROPELLER COMPANY SOLD The venerable Sensenich Propeller Comshy pitch propellers In recent years the firm has

pany has been sold to The Philadelphia been servicing and overhauling propellers of Bourse Inc and Warren A Wilbur III has been all types and that aspect of the business named president Wilbur was president of will also be continued For further information Bellanca Aircraft in the mid 1970s Under new contact Sensenich Propeller Company East management Sensenich will remain in its Airport Road PO Box 5100 Lancaster PA present facilities in Lancaster PA and will 17601-0100 Phone 717569-0435 continue to make wood and metal fixed

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PASS IT TO ---rJ An information exchange column with input from readers

Oh boy Here it is deadline time and I don t have anything down on paper Seems too that people are using the phone more and more I have onl y a few letters thi s month But I havc what seems li ke a million phone call s Alshymost a ll the call s are from people wantshying to ta lk to people who have written arti c les for thc magazine George Quast s se ri es of artic les o n the Aero nca C-2 rebuild has generated an inord inate number of call s all wanting hi s home address and phone number It was not in the article (Reach George (If PO Box 233 Hutchinson MinshylIesolil 55350-0233 Be sure to pass lI lollg your hest wishes to his dog Max - Ed )

I ve had ca ll s fro m Baron von Will er and the Glue Ange ls bunch out 28 NOVEMBER 1989

by Buck Hilbert (EAA 21 Ale 5) Po Box 424 Union IL 60180

San Diego way and another invite to do Mex ican Av iation Day at Ensenada There have been phone call s from San Anto nios Bill Stratton with more talk about his Liaison Pilots group from New York asking for info on Aeronca engines and call s from guys who just wanted to ta lk So me were after II 00 at night (Hey Buck A bunch of us are sitting around the bar and you ve got to settl e an argument What color was the headliner on a 1940 Champ) but in the main I ve enjoyed talking to everyone of them

I just fini shed another sojourn across the country taking in the fa ll colo rs and visiting av iatin fri ends along the way I vis ited George York in Mansfi e ld Ohio last month We di scussed aircraft judging and some o f the peculiarities

of that particul ar job at Oshkosh I ve said it often enough I hope that I really respect our j udges and their efforts during the Convention Both George and I ag ree that we could use a few more apprentices to work with the judges duri ng the Convention The program needs some new talent so guys and gals get in early and learn how the system works Let s have your input

I a lso visited Bill Doc Mitchell at Coudersport Pennsy lvania Bill s very ni ce PT- 19 is that all -s il ver one that you always see in the front row down at AIC Showplane Parking He was coerced into taking it down to the Warshybird Area a couple of times but he always seems to wind up back with us He is a lso one o f the best line boys

Ive ever encountered Along with Ray Olcott he shows up every year to do yeoman work around Pioneer Airport before the Convention I got to visit his hangar and you wouldnt believe the goodies he has That PT- 19 will be going for a good many yea rs with all the spares he has I just drooled over all that aeronautical candy

I had ideas about visiting all the people I could along the way to Boothshybay Maine but as usual my timedisshytance perception was way off base After all those years of jetting it on United Air Lines its hard to realize how long it takes to drive To me Bosshyton is about an hour and 50 minutes from O Hare We took five days I had intended to visit the Marlboro anshytiquers in Massachusetts but had to byshypass them because I flat ran out of time I also wanted to see Chuck Burtch and the gang around upstate New York but again I ran out of time Im going to change my ways and just plan localized expeditions from now on - concentrating on one area and

not tryi ng to spread it out too much I might mention that I did visit with

Father John MacGillivray in Antishygonish Nova Scotia Canada Father John as you may know donated his Tiger Moth and his rare Miles Hawk to the EAA Aviation Foundation over the years and is a mainstay of EAA He maintains his seat up at the inforshymation window at EAA Headquarters during the Convention and also conshyducts services at the Theatre In the Woods despite all the airplane noise Father John is also a real sparkplug on his home ground He keeps EAA memshybers in Canada aware and knowlegable of all that s going on He arranges chapter and dinner meetings and is the official greeter when it comes to outshyof-towners such as Dorothy and me We enjoyed our visit with him and are most apo logetic that we didnt take adshyvantage of the dinner invitation in conshycurrance with the chapter meeting

Ive also had some nice calls from donors who have their airplanes on disshyplay in the EAA Air Adventure

Museum The new arrangement of airshycraft and the display now that we have the Warbirds in the Eagle Hangar has made several of those people very happy Previous to thi s there just wasnt room and many of the airplanes were in storage Now we can all see them

I m somewhat more than dismayed to learn that one of our greatest of the Old Timers has gone Westmiddot Next time you look at the EAA Spirit of Saint Louis project or see that beautishyful SE 5 replica in the display area think of Gil Bodeen Gil goes way back Back to the beginning The Corn County Chapter of Dekalb Illinois was largely his He was a beautiful craftsman and did woodwork the likes of which youlI se ldom see 1 can walk through the museum and see his craftsmanship in many of the machines that are there Im gonna miss you Gill But your workmanship will live on right there in the museum displays and in the flying machines at Pioneer Airshyport bull

A view of the re-arranged museum floor - and the Ryan Sew

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CHAPTER CAPSULES by Bob Brauer

Chapter 15 has been meeting at Bob Rings private air strip Ring Internashytional in Berwick Maine since it was formed in 1985 Known as the New England Chapter it was the result of a group of 15 EAA members with a strong interest in antique and classic aircraft The chapter was founded by its first president Bob Ring of Bershywick Henry Van Cleef of Lawrence Massachusetts Jack Copeland of Westborough Massachusetts and Alice and Richard Gilchrest of Lynn Massachusetts Membership now numshybers around 25 and the participants live in an area that includes southern New Hampshire eastern Massachusetts and southwest Maine

Ring International is a busy place because of both the clubs as well as the individual members projects Bob Ring has been restoring a Waco 2 which he salvaged as a crop duster and returned to original configuration This project plus generously providing a meeting place for the chapter and space for chapter projects leave little time for dull moments

A group of members meet every other Saturday to work on restoring a Meyers OTW owned by Gerry Barg of South Easton Massachusetts When the airplane is complete Gerry and the main restoration crew will share flight duties Also under restoration by another chapter group is a Northrop Primary Glider Most of the members are avid restorers at heart and continushyally work on projects either their own or those of fellow members As a matshyter of fact getting together at each others projects for work sessions is an ongoing activity President Errol Dow sums it up best We are an aid to each other Most people need the support of a club because not everyone has all the expertise required for a complete proshyject It becomes a learning experience for all of us

Errol further explained that the chapter stresses work sessions as part of the monthly meetings rather than the customary structured or planned proshy30 NOVEMBER 1989

Left to right Bob Ring Jock Denison Harvey Wells Errol Dow Gerry Peterson Jock Copeshyland Dick Gilchrist Louis Furnos Maurice Lambert (guest) Paul Poulson and Charlie Pearshyson

grams These sessions involve member participation in working sheet metal fabric covering and general restorashytion He notes that everyone likes to teach or instruct

This group inspiration must work since 75 percent of the members fly antique or classic aircraft Errol is reshystoring an early model Piper Pacer and charter member Dick Jackson of Rochester New Hampahire has sevshyeral Wacos of different types in the process of detailed restoration Inshycluded in Dicks collection is a rare if not the only existing Waco Model D Included among members airplanes are a Luscombe Champ and a J-3 Two or three of these old airplanes fly in to each meeting so their efforts have paid off

As far as flight is concerned howshyever Chapter 15 is not preoccupied with the past For example Jack Copeshyland has been instrumental in enshycouraging members to write the FAA and their congressmen to support EAAs position on general aviation

and airplane issues In Errol Dow s opinion EAA is doing a pretty good job in the battle for the airmans right to fly

Errol also reminisced about past chapter president Don Mc Laughlin of Hampton New Hampshire who passed away last November At a time when chapter interest was at somewhat of an ebb he earned everyones respect for re-instilling enthusiasm in members to maintain and fly old airplanes Errol indicated that he felt it was a difficult task to step into Don s shoes but from the current interest shown by memshybers Errol has made his own shoes to walk in He believes in a sustained efshyfort to get new EAA and AIC members to expand the clubs base That base is sure to grow because of the chapters desire to teach Seems as though they cant wait to get someone who is new to old airplanes so that they can show him new techniques for restoring old planes This group of New Englanders are proving that something old has a bright future bull

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MEMBERS PROTECTS VI

by Norm Petersen

Built in October of 1942 at Middletown Ohio this Aeronca 65-CA Chief NC39576 SIN CA18482 is the proud possession of Jeff Laver (EAA 330421 AlC 13739) of Lake Jackson Texas Jeff reports the Chief had been completely restored in 1973 prior to his buying the airplane in July of 1988 He is now in the process of making a new cowl new engine baffeling and rerigging the entire airplane with new control cables In additiof a set of wheel pants are being made Jeff is planning on re-doing the interior of the Chief and asks if anyone has any information on pre-war Chiefs please contact him at 203 Stanford Rd Lake Jacksof TX 77566

From West Germany comes this pretty picture of a Cessna 140 D-EHSC flown by Peter Lendle (EAA 316217 AlC 14403) of Erlenweg 11 D-7734 Brigachtal West Germany This type of aircraft is quite popular in Europe as it has the necessary electrical system for VHF radio (required in Europe) plus low fuel burn (at $3 to $4 per gallon) Note 3200 Scott tailwheel and original main gear hubcaps

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()uring the decade after World War I the science of aerodynamics was being expanded and deepened in the research laboratories and workshops of many nations

Some of the theory deve loped would be used to refine the shape of the airplane through streamlining (Vinshytage Literature July 1989) Much of the research which would be incorposhyrated in the new wing sections and shapes in the airplanes of the 1930s was on lift and drag

Of special importance among the inshyventions and improvements was the slotted wing The effect of the slot was discovered independently in Germany by G V Lachmann and in England by Handley Page Lechmann was to join the Handley Page company and the deshyvice became known throughout the world as the Handley Page Slot

The effectiveness of the slots was shown in wind tunnel and fli ght tests both in Germany and England with the tests showing a 60 percent increase in wing lift at high angles of attack

Though the results of the invention of the slotted wing aroused immense excitement it found little use in the 1920s This was possibly due to the low wing loading of the predominant biplane designs and their slow landing speeds With the advent of all-metal aircraft and higher wing loading slots became more useful An exception was the Royal Air Force which required all new aircraft to have them beginning in 1928

Thanks to Mr Clifford C Jackson of Davison Michigan the EAA Aviashytion Foundation Library recently reshyceived some examples of Handley Page company publications on the slotshyted wing

One titled The Automatic Slot which appears to have been published in 1930 was a 26-page brochure that gives a general history of the device and how it operates The brochure carshyries a very strong message on the slot s

8 NOVEMBER 1989

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contribution to avia tion safety The booklet begins with a story

called The Parable of the Unselfish Husband which presents as much of a comment on the sensibility of the times as a message on flying safety

A certain husband was in the habit of denying himself things in order the better to provide for his beautiful wifes extensive needs and so to retain her affection he gave up smoking cigars and took to cigarettes he drank water instead of wine and he reduced the numher of clubs to which he beshylonged from eight to one so that a larger part of his income could be deshyvoted to the purchase of clothes hats perfumes and other articles for his wife

And when he came to buy an aeroplane he chose a cheap one and being told that the fitting of auto-slots would cost [extra] he refused to have slots fitted And in due course his aeroplane stalled and spun into the ground and he was killed

The Handley-Page Gugnunc slotted and flapped biplane was an entry in the 1929 Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition

According to the Handley Page comshypany the lesson of the story as stated in

I)the parable was z j

~The Jate oj this tunselfish and deshyJvoted husband

should be a warning to all who do not place a sufficient value on their own saJety The experishyences oj life may be unpleasant but inasshymuch as those oj death may be even more unpleasant it is advisable to fit slots and be secure

As you can tell - a rather strong message The rest of the brochure is more technical in nature covering air accidents the wing slot and controllashybility and a technical description of the slot in ac tion

Facts About Slots

The Handley Page automatic slot is now so widely used that the time is ripe Jor a recapitulation oj some oj the chieJJacts about it Its history is unique in aeronautics It has progressed and overcome ignorance and prejudice at an astonishing rate as will be seen if the course oj events is examined

First installed as a means oj inshycreasing the speed range oj an aeropshylane by decreasing its landing speed it was developed to provide at these lower 5peeds a method oj lateral conshytrol and stability then and now so woeJully lacking in aircraJt with ordishynary wings

It went on to report that tests of the slots by British government were so successful in the laboratory and on a Bristol fighter that all Bristol fighters in use with the RAF were ordered to have auto-slots

A similar rapid development took place in civil aviation It began when a Jamous make oj light aeroplane was fitted with auto-slots and tested The results were so conclusive that private aeroplane owners began immediately to stipulate that their machines must

Britain affirm that slots do what they are claimed to do and second that the validity oj the patent

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ANCLE OF INCIDENCE

be Jitted with auto-slots Now almost every private aeroplane owner in Great Britain and the Dominions insists on the inclusion oj auto-slots in his machine

The British Government and slots Another section of the report dealt

with the fact that after testing the British Government bought the rights to the slots for 100000 Pounds

The agreement constitutes a public proclamation first that the best technishycal brains in Great

is unshakable

E In 1928 the Govshyernment began to fit some Service aircraft with slots Every Britstol fighter in the Service was slotted and steps were then

taken to equip D H 9s It was then decided to fit slots to all

Service aircraft

In order to check as quickly as posshysible the wastage oj lives and material that was going on owing to the Jreshyquency oj the stall-and-spin type ojair accident the Air Ministry was preshypared to interfere with the works proshygrammes oj the various aircraJt manushyJacturers to the extent oj insisting that all Royal Air Force machines were to be slotted beJore being put in service

The effects oj these decisions are already noticeable Up to the time oj writing no single Jatal stall-and-spin accident has happened to a British Service aircraJt Jitted with slots

It was noted that prior to the slot installations the RAF was experiencing 20 to 30 fatal stall-and-spin accidents per year

Safer Civil Flying After discussing the causes of fatal

civil accidents in private or club airshycraft (as in the U S stall-spins acshycounted for the largest number) the section concludes

The auto-slot is not a Gadget It is not that to say an unessential acshycessory It is part oJthe machine itself and it improves the machine by inshycreasing the pilots control over it Auto-slots no only increase the aeropshylanes saJety but also during certain manoeuvers improve the performance oj the machine bull

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS The following is a parliallisting of new members who have joined the EAA AntiqueClassic Division (through May 3 1989) We are honored to welcome them into the organization whose members common interest is vintage aircraft Succeeding issues of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE will contain additional listings of new members

Tom Sabata Scot ia New York

Robert B Sackmann Bloomington Indiana

William E Sadler Atlanta Georgia

David Sanderson III Sierra Vista Arizona

Donald M Sather Hayward Califorshynl a

Kenneth Sawusch Libertyv ille JI-Iinois

Cliff Schlender Clintonville WisconshySill

Walter Borns Scragg Sydney New South Wales Australia

Michael Sentell Maryville Tennessee

Cheryl Serviss Arroyo Grande Californi a

Robert J Severson Houston Texas

Bruce Shaeffer Jr Lititz Pennsylshyval1la

Thomas W Sharpe Reidsv ille North Carolina

Rodney Sheakley Pet ro li a Pennsylshyva l1la

Larry Sheiter Manchester Missouri

Short Wing Piper Club Halstead Kansas

Robert Wayne Simpson Norwood North Carolina

Lendon V Sink Lexington North Carolina

C Donald Sitta Farmington New Mex ico

Brian Smith Ripon California

Michael Smith Sioux Falls South Dakota

Richard C Smith Wichita Kansas

Lars Soe-Jensen Farum Denmark

Ronnie L Southard Milford Delashyware

Patricia B Sowell Statesboro Georshyg ia

George P Spolsdoff Law ndale California

Robert D Sponseller Shelby Ohio

Schuyler O Stackus Phoen ix Arizona

John I Stahly Nappanee Indiana

Roland Standring It asca Illinois

Peter Stanek San Rafae l California

John Roger Stark Fort Worth Texas

Ralph H Starr Daytona Beach Florida

Edward T Stettner Lake Alfred Florida

Mark F Stevens Biloxi Miss iss ippi

John H Stewart Needham Masshysachusetts

Charles A Stone Danbury Connecshyticut

Ernest R Streifthau Middletown Ohio

Harold Swanson North Branch Min shynesota

David N Switzer Cocoa Florida

Gagniere Sylvain Les Garrigues Mauguio France

Texas State Technical Institute Waco Texas

Bill Thibault Newport Beach Ca li forshyili a

Matthew J Thiele Nashua New Hampshire

James P Thomas Springfield Illinois

Walter O Thompson Columbus Ohio

Tony Tinsman Westphal ia Missouri

Larry Tippit Cumby Texas

Jeremy Tischendorf Green Bay Wisshyconsll1

Thomas B Traylor Jr Birmingham Alabama

Robert J Triplett Bruce Wisconsin

Mark Allen Turner Eufaula Alabama

Reuben D Tye Jr Arlington Texas

David Valaer Dallas Texas

Kevin Van Dyke Palm Beach Garshydens Florida

Jack Veach Reno Nevada

John W Veil Jr Wyomissing Pennsy lvania

Andrew J Volovar Mysti c Connecshyticut

Richard L Wagner San Bernardino California

Fred Walatka Anchorage Alaska

Rem Walker Regina Saskatchewan Canada

Randall J Wall Ava Illinois

William Walters Battle Creek Michi-Leonard C Smith EI Toro California Greg Teufel Seattle Washington gan 10 NOVEMBER 1989

Don Ward Green Bay Wisconsin

Herbert E Ware Muncie Indiana

William F Watson Tulsa Ok lahoma

David Welch Venice Florida

Lee C Whitehead Middleport New York

James B Williams Jr Ridgeway Virginia

Morgan Williams Jr Midland Onshytario Canada

George W Williams Portsmouth New Hampshire

Dallas Wise Hyattsville Maryland

Robert Wislocki Bethany Connecshyticut

Charles E Wolter Niles Michigan

William N Woodhouse Power Monshytana

Gregory D Wastrel Deephaven Minnesota

David F Wrench Mountain View California

George F Wright Sutton Coldfield West Midlands England

James Wunderlin Milwaukee Wisshyconsin

Frank Wustrack Oostburg WisconshySill

James Wutzen Kirkland Washington

Michael Yearout Breckenridge Colshyorado

Carlton C Young Bessemer Alabama

Robert A Zembinski Milwaukee Wisconsin

William J Zimmer Venice Florida

American Champion Aircraft Corp Rochester Wisconsin

Robert C Ansley Winchester Tenshynessee

Michael P Anthony Kerrville Texas

John Barnes East Doncaster Aushystra li a

Clyde E Barton Angleton Texas

Philip A Block Anchorage Alaska

Jose M Bouza Ewa Beach Hawaii

John D Bramsen Ch icago Illinois

Ralph E Brandon Newark Ohio

Bernard M Brill Sacramento Cal iforn ia

Herman B Brust Jr Frederick Maryland

James E Buchanan Phoenix Arizona

Edward G Cartwright Kansas City Missouri

Nick Charlemagne Libreville Gabon Africa

Phillip E Cline Lockhart Texas

Richard N Cochrane Clarks Sumshymit Pennsylvania

Giorgio Conti-Veccui Cagliari Italy

Elizabeth Ann Copland Ann Arbor Michigan

Mary Crawford Port SI Lucie Florida

Eugene Davidson Oldsmar Florida

A Robert Davies Troy Ohio

John Davis Cincinnati Ohio

Michael F Diem Minneapolis Minshynesota

Timothy R Dykman Quogue New York

Donald E Ellis Grass Valley Cali forshynia

George Elton Snohomish Washingshyton

Rocco J Farano Dobbs Ferry New York

Steven C Fisher Sim i Valley Californ ia

Robert Fox Arab Alabama

Kevin David Francis Great Dunmow Essex Eng land

Norris E Garvey New Albany In shydiana

Camile P Gaspard Blanks Louisiana

James F George Vineland New Jershysey

Robert A Gingell Sunn yva le California

Dan Grace Covington Georgia

Ralph S Graham SI Paul Minshynesota

Peter Groves Vancouver British Colshyumbi a Canada

Don W Guthrie Sr Forestville California

Robert D Halvorsen Van Nuys California

James R Hammond Bradenton Florida

George R Hartigan Spring Texas

William M Henderson Fargo North Dakota

G Hengeveld Sprang Capelle Netherlands

Robert L Hess Clarence New York

Carthel A Hole Pontotoc Mississ ippi

Ray L Hulce Niles Michigan

International Civil Aviation Organishyzation Montreal Quebec Canada

Paul M Jablonski Greenwood Inshydiana

Kenneth w Jerolaman Bernardsvi lle New Jersey

Cliff W Johnston Hawkes Bay New Zealand

F Ben Jones Katy Texas VINTAGE AIRPLANE 11

1989

LISTING

compil ed by Mark Phe lps

B irds of a feather do flock together and type clubs are the best way for owners of like mac hines to share inform ashyti on part s and soc ial camaraderie The Cessna 12011 40 cl ubs merged the ir effort s to produce a record assault on EAA Oshkosh 88 In 1989 The Ameri can Yankee Associshyati on heJd its national convention in Cable Wisconsin the week be fore EAA Oshkosh 89 and several members fl ew on down to Oshkosh the fo llow ing week to for m the G ru mshyman Corral in the north parking area

Bes ides owners of spec ific aircraft pil o ts with similar ex periences or interests can gather to share a li e or two The OX-5 Aviation Pioneers fo r instance include pilots bold enough to have fl own behind the Curti ss OX-5 eng ine before World War II

Officers and members of type clubs often are the fi rst point of contact for pilots considering a spec ific airplane type and that usuall y exc ites the prospecti ve owner abo ut getting the project started You might say that many of those who call with doubts about the type are clubbed into submiss ion

Aeronca Aviator s Club shyA Division of Pea Patch Airlines Julie amp Joe Dickey 51 1 Terrace Lake Road Columbus IN 47201 8 12342-6878 Newsletter 4 times as year Dues No dues - $ 12 subsc ripti on

National Aeronca Club Jim Thompson President 266 Lamp amp Lantern Vill age Chesterf ield MO 63017 12 NOVEMBER 1989

Most type clubs also di stribute newsletters that include stories maintenance information and schedul es of ac shyti viti es They also offer a chance to get a picture of a me mber s aircraft in print for everyone across the country to apprec iate An exce llent example of a type-c lu b news letshyter is the Short Wing Piper NI s published by the Short Wing Piper C lub

If you own an antique or class ic aircraft or even an orph aned spamcan such as the Grum man American airpl anes and you would like to network with others who share your enthusias m type c lu bs are the best way The fo ll owing is the AntiqueClass ic Di vis ion s most current li st o f ty pe clubs If we have le ft out your group or made an error in our li sting send in the in fo rmati on and we ll make it avail able to members nex t year The organi zations are li sted alphabeticall y by the name most commonl y assoc iated with the type i e Beech Stagge rwing clu bs are li sted under S and the Western Bonanza Assoc iation is li sted un der B

Newslette r 6 per year Dues $20 00 US $30 Canada $45 Foreign $40 Charter US $50 Charter Canada $65 Charter Foreign

Aeronca Lovers Club Buzz Wagner Box 3 40 1 1st SI East Clark SO 57225 605532-3862 Newsletter Quarte rl y Dues $ 15 per year

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Aeronca Sedan Club Mr Richard Welsh 2311 East Lake Sammamish Place SE Issaquah W A 98027 Newsletter 3 per year Dues $350 per year

American Air Racing Society Mr Rudy Profant President 4060 W 158th Street Cleveland OH

216941-0089 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $1000 per year

American Aviation Historical Socishyety Mr Harry Gann President 2333 Otis SI Santa Ana CA 92704 714549-4818 Tuesday nights 7 00shy900 pm local Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 includes Journal and Newsshyletter

Flying Apache Assn John Lumley 1 S 300 Dillon Lane Villa Park IL 60181 312627-8027 Dues $25 per year

Artic Tern Newsletter David Neumeister 5630 S Washington Lansing MI 48910 517882-8433 Newsletter Dues $10 per year

Bellanca Champion Club Ms Pam Foard and Mr Larry DAtshytilio 1820 N 166th Street Brookfield WI 53005 4141784-03 18 Newsletter Quarterly - Bellanca Conshytact Dues $2500 per year

Bird Airplane Club Jeannie Hill P O Box 328 Harvard IL 60033 815943-7205 Newsletter 2-3 annually Dues Postage Donation

American Bonanza Society Cliff R Sones Administrator PO Box 12888 Wichita KS 67277 316945-6913

Newsletter Monthly Dues $3500 per year

Western Bonanza Society Alden C Barrios 1436 Muirlands Drive La Jolla CA 92037 619459-5901 Newsletter Dues $20 per year

Bucker Club John Bergeson SecretaryTreasurer 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 517561-2393 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year (US amp Canada) $ 15 per year (Foreign)

Bucker Club National Frank Price President RI 1 Box 419 Moody Texas 76557 817853-2008 Newsletter 12 per year Dues $2500 per year

Cessna Airmaster Club Gar Williams 9 So 135 Aero Drive Naperville IL 60565 312355-9416 Dues None

International Bird Dog Association (Cessna L-19) Phil Phillips President 3939 C-8 San Pedro NE Albuquerque NM 87110 50588 1-7555 Newsletter Quarterly Observer Dues $2500 per year

Cessna T -50 Flying Bobcats Jon Larson 3821 53rd Street SE Auburn WA 98002 206833-1068 Newsletter Quarterly Dues Donation

Cessna Pilots Association John Frank Executive Director MidshyContinent Airport P O Box 12948 Wichita KS 67277 316946-4777 Newsletter Monthly Dues $30 annually

International Cessna 120140 Associshyation Dorchen Forman Editor Box 830092 Richardson TX 75083-0092 817497-4757 (D Forman) Newsletter Monthly Dues $15 US year

West Coast Cessna 120140 Club Donna Christopherson Membership 451 Bellwood Drive Santa Clara CA 95054 408988-8906 or 5540474 Newsletter Bi-monthly Dues $ 10 per year

Cessna 150152 Club Skip Carden Executive Director P O Box 15388 Durham NC 27704 919471-9492 Newsletter Monthly Dues $2000 per year

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Intcrnational Cessna 1711 Associashytion Inc Vclvel Fadcldc) Exccutivc SCLTc tary PO Bo 1667 Lehanon MO 6556 New~lctlLT Fly Paper ( I I per year) The 170 New~ (Q uarterl y) Dul~ S 15 00 per year

International Cessna 180 185 Club (Cessna I XO-I X5 ownership req uired ) Charles Bombardier Pre~ iden t

45l) N 4l)th A ve nue Phoenix AZ X501 I Newsletter 9 or 10 per year Dues S 15 per year

Eastern 190195 Association Cliff Crabs 25575 Butternut North Olmsted OH 44070 2161777-4025 after 6 pm Easte rn Newsletter Irregular - Manual on Maintenance for Members Dues $10 initiation amp as required each year

International 195 Club Dwight M Ewing President P O Box 737 Merced CA 95344 2091722-6283 Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $2000 US annually

International Comanche Society Jaek Holaway P O Box 400 Grant NE 69140 308352-4275 Newsletter Dues $34 per year

Corben Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletters Quarterly Dues $800 for four issues

Cub Club (Piper) John Bergeson Chairman P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant MI 48804-2002 517561-2393 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year (US) $20 (Canada) $25 (Foreign)

L-4 Grasshopper Wing Publisher John Bergeson Cub Club 14 NOVEMBER 1989

P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant MI 48804-2002 517561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year (US) $ 15 (Canada - US Funds) $20 (Foreign) Note Must be a Cub Club member also

Culver Club Larry Low Chairman 60 Skywood Way Woodside CA 94062 415851-0204 Newsletter None Dues None

Culver PQ-14 Assoc Ted Heineman Editor 29621 Kensington Drive Laguna Niguel CA 92677 714831-0173 Newsletter Annually Dues Donation

Dart Club (Culver) Lloyd Washburn 3958 Washburn Drive PI Clinton OH 43452 Newsletter Now and Then Dues None

Curtiss Robin Club W Lane Tufts 4138 Santa Rosa Drive Moorpark CA 93021 805529-2359 Dues None

deHavilland Moth Club Gerry Schwam Chairman 1021 Serpentine Lane Wyncote PA 19095 215635-7000 or 215886-8283 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $ 12 US amp Canada $15 Overseas

deHavilland Moth Club of Canada R deHavilland Ted Leonard FoundershyDirector 305 Old Homestead Road Keswick Ontario Canada L4P I E6 416476-4225 Newsletter Periodicall y Dues $20 annually

American Tiger Club (deHavilland) Mr Frank Price President Rt I Box 419 Moody Texas 76557 817853-2008 Newsletter Monthly Dues $2500 per year

Ercoupe Owners Club Skip Carden Eecutivc Director Box 1505~

Durham NC 2770+ 91l11471-94l12 Newsletters Monthly with ~pecial

editions Dues S20 per year

Fairchild Club John W Berendt President 7645 Echo Point Road Cannon Falls MN 55009 507263-24 14 Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $5

Fairchild Fan Club Robert L Taylor Edi tor PO Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $800 per year

Flying Farmers International Kyle Ann Stream Executive Director PO Box 9124 2 120 Airport Road

W ichit a KS 67277 31619+3-4234 News lette r 10 issues per year Dues S35 per yea r US funds plus chapter dues

Fleet Club George G Gregory Pres ident 4~80 Duguid Road Manlius NY 13 104 3 15682-6380 Newsletter Approx two per year Dues Con tributions

Funk Aircraft Owners Association G Dale Beach Ed itor - Treasurer 1621 Dreher Street Sac ramento CA 958 14 916443-7604 Newsletter 10 per yea r Dues $ 12 00

Great Lakes Club Robert L Taylor Ed itor PO Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Quarte rl y Dues $ 10 per year

The American Yankee Assn (Grumshyman American) Steve Wilson 3232 Western Drivc Cameron Park C A t)56~2

Newsletter Dues S2750 per year (U S) $3000 (Fore ign)

Hatz Club Robert L Taylor Ed itor PO Rox In Blakesburg IA 52536 515 938-2773 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $~ per year

Heath Parasol Club William Schlapman 6431 Paul son Road Winneconne WI 54968 414582-4454 News le tte r Annually Dues Postage donation

The Interstate Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 51593 8-2773 Newsletter Interstate Intercom

deHaviliand TIger Moth

Dues $8 for four issues

Little Round Engine Flyer Ken Williams Chairman 33 1 E Franklin Street Portage WI 53901 Contact Williams for further informashytion

Continental Luscombe Association Loren Bump Fearless Leader 5736 Esmar Road Ceres CA 95307 209537-9934 Newsletter Bi-monthly (6 per year) Dues $ 10 (US) $ 1250 (Canada or $10 US funds) $ 15 (Foreign)

Luscombe Association John Bergeson Chairman 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 517561-2393 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $ 15 per year (US) $20 per year (Canada) $25 per year (Foreign)

Meyers Aircraft Owners Association Wm E Gaffney Secretary 26 Rt 17K

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Newburgh NY 12550 914565-8005 Newsletter 5-6 per year Dues Postage Fund Donation

Minnesota Seaplane Pilots Associashytion Jack E Mathisen Box 385 Squaw Lake MN 56681 218659-4431 Newsletter 3-4 per year Dues $15 per year

Mooney Aircraft Pilots Assn Mark Harris 314 Stardust Dri ve San Antonio TX 78228 512434-5959 Newsletter Dues $30 per year

National Air Racing Group Frank Ronco President 1313 Los Arboles Sunnyvale CA 94087 4081733-7967 Newsletter Professional Air Racing (lOyear)

Dues $IOyear domestic

National Biplane Association Charles W Harris Board Chairman Mary R Jones Executive Director

Hangar 5 4-J Aviation Jones-Riverside Airport Tulsa OK 74132 918299-2532 Dues $1500 per year

National Championship Air Races Susan Audrain Marketing Director PO Box 1429 Reno NY 89505 702826-7500

Naval Aircraft Restorers Assn Gerald Miller 3320 Northridge Drive Grand Junction CO 81506 3031245-7899 Newsletter Dues $12 per year

American Navion Society Raleigh Morrow Chairman of Board Gerry Bright Executive Secretary Box 1175 Municipal Airport Banning CA 92220 714849-2213 Newsletter Monthly Dues $35 per year

The 99s Inc International Women Pilots Loretta Jean Gragg Executive Direcshytor PO Box 59965 Will Rogers Airport Oklahoma City OK 73159

405 685-7969 Newsletter The 99 News - monthly Dues $4000 annually

Norseman Club David E Neumeister 5630 S Washington Lansing MI 48911-4999 517882-8433 Newsletter Quarterly - Norseman Newsletter Dues $10 per year

North American Trainer Association (T6 T-28 NA64 NA50) Stoney and Kathy Stonich 2285 Oakvale Drive Shingle Springs CA 95682 916677 -2456 Newsletter Quarterly - Texans and Trojans Dues $25 US $35 Canada Foreign US Funds - In1 Money

OX-5 Aviation Pioneers Oliver Y Phillips National Secretary 10405 W 32 Avenue Wheat Ridge CO 80033 303233-5905 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year

Buckeye Pietenpol Association Frank S Pavliga Newsletter Editor

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2800 S Turner Road Canfield OH 44406 2161792-6973 days 2161792-6269 (evenings) Newsletter Buckeye Pietenpol Assn Newsletter - Quarterly Dues $750 per year

International Pietenpol Association Robert L Taylor Editor PO Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Quarterly or Semi-annushyally Dues $8 per year

Short Wing Piper Club Inc Lonnie McLaughlin Membership Chairman 32 East End A venue Brentwood NY 11717 516273-5072 Newsletter Bi-monthly Dues $25 per year

Porterfield Airplane Club Chuck Lebrecht 1019 Hickory Road Ocala FL 32672 904687-4859 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $5 per year

Rearwin Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $8 per year

Ryan Club National Bill J Hodges Chairman 811 Lydia Stephenville TX 76401 817968-4818 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Replica Fighters Association Frank G Weatherly President 22451 David Taylor MI 48180 313295-0590 Newsletters Bi-monthly Dues $15 per year

Seabee Club International Captain Richard W Sanders President 6761 NW 32 A venue Ft Lauderdale FL 33309 305979-5470 Newsletter Quarterly (plus phone conshysultation) amp directory Dues $15 (US amp Canada) $20 (Foreign)

Seaplane Pilots Association Robert A Richardson Executive Dishyrector 421 Aviation Way Frederick MD 21701 301695-2083 Newsletter Water Flying (Quarterly) Water Flying (Annual) 88 SPA Seapshylane Landing Directory - $12 - Memshybers$25 non-members Dues $28 per year

Silver Wings Fraternity Russ Brinkley President PO Box 11970 Harrisburg PA 17108 717232-9525 Newsletter Slipstream Tabloid Monthly Dues Initiation - $10 $5 per year

Spartan School of Aeronautics Alumni Association Vern Foltz Alumni Relations 8820 E Pine Street Tulsa OK 74115 918836-6886 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 annually

Staggerwing Club Jim Gorman President 1885 Millsboro Road

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17

Mansfie ld OH 44906 4 19529-3822 (home) 4 191755- 10 11 (office) Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $ 15 per year

Stampe Club Internationa Willi am R Baldwin P O Box 1408 Lebanon TN 37088 News letter Dues $20 per year

Stearman Restorers Association Tom Lowe President 823 Kingston Lane Crystal Lake IL 6001 4 8 15459-6873 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $ 15 per year

National Stinson Club Jonsey Pau l 144 18 Skinner Road Cypress TX 77429 Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $7 50

National Stinson Club (108 Section) George H Leamy Pres ident 108 Clu b I 15 Heinley Road

Lake Plac id FL 33852 Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $ 15 per year

Northeast Stinson Flying Club Dick Bourque Founder 8 Grimes Brook Road Simsbury CT 06070 203658- 1566 Newsletter Bi-monthl y Dues $ 10 per year

Replica Sopwilh Camel

Note Membershi p limited to 100 members

Southwest Stinson Club Dick Goe rges Pres ident 36 19 Nortree Street San Jose CA 95 148 408274-9 179 Newsletter SWSC Newsletter 10 per year Dues $ 10 per year

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Super Cub Pilots Association Jim Richmond FounderlDirector PO Box 9823 Yakima WA 98909 509248-9491 Newsletter Monthly Dues $25 per year U S $35 per year (Canada) $40 per year (Foreign)

Swift Association International Charlie Nelson P O Box 644 Athens TN 37307 6151745-9547 Newsletter Monthly Dues $25 per year

Taylorcraft Owners Club Bruce M Bixler II President 12809 Greenblower Road Alliance OH 44601 216823-9748 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Tomahawk Pilots Association Skip Carden Editor P O Box 15388 Durham NC 27704 Newsletter Bi-monthly (6 per year) Dues $2000 per year

Travel Air Club Robert L Taylor Editor PO Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Travel Air Tales - Quarshyterly Dues $8 per year

Travel Air Division of Staggerwing Museum Dub Yarbrough P O Box 550 Tullahoma TN 37388 615455-1974 Newsletter Dues $25 per year

Twin Bonanza Association Richard L Ward Director 19684 Lakeshore Drive Three Rivers MI 49093 616279-2540 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 per year (U S amp Canada) $35 per year (Foreign)

Vintage Sailplane Association Jan Scott Secretary Rt I Box 239

Lovettsville V A 22080 703822-5504 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Waco Club National Ray Brandly President 700 Hill Avenue Hamilton OH 45015 513868-0084 Newsletter Bi-monthly Dues $800 per year

Waco Historical Society R E Hoefflin Treasurer 10 13 Westgate Road Troy OH 45373

Waco UPF-7s

513335-2621 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $4 per year Sept I - Aug 31

World War I Aeroplanes Inc Leonard E Opdycke DirectorPubshylisher 15 Crescent Road Poughkeepsie NY 1260 I 914473-3679 Journals WW I Aero (1900-1919) Skyways (1920-1940) Dues Minimum - $20 each for one year $25 foreign for WW I Aero

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19

1989 GRAND CHAMPION ANTIQUE

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Bill Halverson has been at least part owner of his Beech G 17S Staggerwing since 1967 A pilot really gets to know an airplane in that amount of timc especially if he spends 12 of those years on a total rebuild as Bill has done with NC 80316 The reward for that effort comes with recognition both on the ramps of airports along wherever his route may take him and in the judgshying ballots at EAA Oshkosh 89 where the airplane was voted Grand Chamshypion Antique

Bills G 17S was originally built at Beechs Wichita factory in February 1947 Walter Beech called the G 17S the best of all the Staggerwings Im shyprovements over the D Models inshycluded a redesigned engine installation with a longer sleeker cowling a new windshield with shalshy

greater with the V -tai l aluminum speedster as we ll The Staggerwing faded after 20 G Models were proshyduced and the Bonanza went on to a successful production run that persists to thi s day The sty le and luxury of the Staggerwing however will never be forgotten as long as there are people such as Bill Halverson who are devoted to preserving the history of the great airplanes of the Golden Age

Serial Number B 15 was the last Staggerwing built for a customer at the factory Four more were asse mbled from parts later on in Texas by Henry Seale Aviation Supply Inc And a facshytory demonstrator Serial Number B20 was later built in Wichita but NC 80316 was the last of the lU xury cabin biplanes Beech sold to a regular cusshy

tomer in this case an oil drilling outfit from Colorado The company flew the Staggerwing as a corporate transport until the late 1950s or early 1960s and sold it to Tomcat Overalls Inc in Tenshynessee In the early 1960s Robert Colshyeman bought the Staggerwing and reshycovered it in Razorback painted it white and changed the registration number to N 262C In 1967 a group of eight airline pilots bought the airplane and shared expenses and flyshying until 1972 when one of the eight Bill Halverson bought the airplane from the club which had since shrunk from eight to three members

As luck would have it an AD note on the Razorback ribstitching arrived shortly after Bill became sole owner He was left with the prospect of a total

rebuild and no one to lower slope a re-deshy share the expense He signed instrument panshy did have plenty of el different vertical help from many quarshystab ilizer and rudder ters but the bulk of the and a new set of fairshy rebuild was performed ings The company inshy by Bill himself tended to build 50 Stripping the skin G17s but at $29000 from the airplane reshythe price was too vealed a variety of much to pay even sub-projects that through the eyes of needed attention The post-war prosperity basic structure was The newfangled Boshy sound but the systems nanza was available at had taken a beating $7 975 and its perforshy from approximately mance was comparashy 2400 hours of use and ble to that of the 25 years of aging The Staggerwing Operatshy landing gear was comshy

Carl Schuppeling economy was far Bill Halverson pletely re-done as 20 NOVEMBER 1989

were the brakes The electrical system was overhauled and conshyverted to 24 volts to accommodate the King Gold Crown radio package The IFR setshyup includes dual navshycoms with glideslope ADF DME threeshylight marker beacon and a Mode C transshyponder Bill also inshycorporated a variety of warning systems for the gear cabin doors flaps low-fuel or oil and fire

The 450-hp Pratt amp Whitney R-985 engine had 50 hours on it when the eight pilots bought it in 1967 and has over 600 now Bill paid a conshysiderable amount of attention to it in the 12 years the airplane was grounded but points out that thc work performed was far short of a complete overhaul It conshytinues to purr like the PampW factory cat

The interior was totally re-worked by the upholstery shop at Flying Cloud Airport near Minneapolis This time however leather was used in places where mohair was used on the original The pleating and other design work is all up to factory spec including the headliner

Bill covered the Staggerwing in Ceconite 101 and laid on 30 coats of hand-rubbed butyrate dope sanding in

between every cross coat The final 12 layers of pigmented dope were applied with tender loving care and 600 wetshysand followed by an even finer grade preceeding the final polishing The rcshysuits are stunning

Bill already knew about the drudgery part of aviation first-hand He began his flying as a lineboy tradshying chores for flying time at Grand Forks North Dakota He entered the Army Air Corps at 18 years of age and flew PT-13s -17s AT-6s and B-25s in the service After that he signed on with Northwest Orient Airlines starting out on DC-3s and Martin 202s Ultishymately he flew almost everything they had including the Boeing 747 which he flew for the last 10 years of his

career retiring In

1986 Along the way he also cadged time in P-51 s with the Minshynesota Air National Guard

Bill is a founding member of the Staggerwing Museum in Tullahoma Tenshynessee and chairs the museums Scot Perry Memorial Scholarship Fund committee The museum is dedicated to the preservation of Staggerwing memorashybilia and houses paperwork plans and

other artifacts relating to the airplane and its designer Walter Beech The scholarship fund is an ongoing project that recognizes young people who have demonstrated a love for aviation and provides for their further education It is named for the son of another museum founding member Dick Perry and frequently calls on the EAA Air Academy for recipients

When Bill s group first bought the Staggerwing it was just another 20shyyear-old corporate luxury barge What they did would compare to a group today buying a used King Air for pershysonal transport It is the passing of time that makes his Staggerwing a piece of aviation history and Bill has been there through it all thick and thin bull

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21

On Monday evening of EAA Oshshykosh 89 with beautiful airplanes parked at all points of the compass it was still a revelation to discover two highly polished Globe Swifts parked in the first row of the AntiquelClassic aircraft camping area It was fun to watch people walk by stop and stare - the look on their faces giving away their thoughts It is called desire shyhunger if you will Each admiring glance at the two shiny aluminum airshycraft seemed to bring on more admiration Some shook their heads in amazement others quietly pointed out features to their friends Somehow I had the feeling we were looking at a couple of winners

By Wednesday afshyternoon both Swifts and their owners were gone from their tiedown spots and it was hoped the AIC judges had done their work in the short time provided The Thursshyday evening A wards Program soon brought 22 NOVEMBER 1989

a few convictions home Globe Swift NC78181 owned by Daryl Dressler of St Paul Minnesota won the Custom Class I (over ISO-hp) Award And when the Grand Champion Classic Award was announced Charles Hoover and his 8S-hp Globe Swift NC8090S ran off with all the marbles

It was my pleasant job the following week to inform Charles Hoover over the phone that he had garnered the Grand Champion Lindy Award

Charles Hoover

(One of lifes simple pleasures ) At first Charles had a You gotta be kidshyding apprehension about taking home the heavy hardware However my very persistent tone of voice must have hit home He finally realized what he had accomplished and the giggles and laughing told me he understood Later Charles admitted he didnt get much work done the rest of that day

A little detective work revealed that Charles had won six previous awards

at Oshkosh with his Swift with the AIC Grand Champion Lindy being Numshyber seven On top of this the beautifully polished machine has won any number of other awards over the past 16 years of Hoovers ownership

The original Swift named the GC-l was a steel tube and plywood airplane deshysigned by K H Bud Knox back in 1941 It looked very similar to the metal version which came after World War I in

1945 The original aircraft was powered with a Continental A-80 and would top out at 145 mph and cruise at 130 mph - figures that are remarkably similar to Charles Hoovers metal Swift with its 85-hp engine

The Swift was built by three differshyent companies following World War

II Globe Aircraft Corp of Fort Worth Texas started the line of all-metal Swifts and was followed by Texas Enshygineering amp Manufacturing Co (Temco) These in turn were followed by Universal Aircraft which built the last 16 GC-IA and 60 GC-IB Swifts The grand total manufactured is apshyproximately 1500 Swifts of which some 720 remain on the FAA Register today or these it is estimated that less than a half dozen are still flying with a C85-12 engine Now we can understand why Charles Hoovers 85shyhp Swift has caused so many raised eyebrows It is a rare bird

Built in July 1946 Charles GC-IA is Serial Number 308 and is one of the 47 GC-IA models built by Globe that are still on the FAA Register Nearly all of these have been re-engined with more horsepower The lowest number on the register is NC33336 SIN 2 which is owned by Louis Leftwich Jr of Orlando Florida This very aircraft was used in the photos for the company literature in 1946 Included in the opshytions for the 1946 Swift were floats and skis An airbrushed drawing shows NC33336 flying by with a set of rather pointed floats mounted on struts from the gear wells (Talk about Dreamshyers)

Some of the detailing on Charles Swift really caught the judges eye at EAA Oshkosh 89 The beautiful deshycals on the wheel hubs showing a map of the world with Swift across the face were done by fellow Swift owner Pat Moore of Minneapolis They were done about 10 years ago using the silkscreen process and are absolutely beautiful

Please bear in mind that this Swift has been continually upgraded for the 16 years that Charles has owned it Herein lies the secret Just because Charles didnt win Grand Champion in 1973 he didnt give up Each year more improvements were acshycomplished eventually culminating with the coveted Grand Champion A ward This is persistence at its very best For this we congratulate Charles Hoover and wish him the very best in future endeavors

And let us not forget the Lake Elmo bunch of Swift aficionados who work so well together in a mutual aid society Led by Mark Holliday Jim Montague and a host of others they have set the collective AntiqueClassic crowd on their ear with the huge amount of championship hardware that has found its way home to Lake Elmo We salute you bull

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23

SPEEDWING Vern Dallman flies the sole

remaining Curtiss-Wright B-14-B

If youve ever watched a kitten grow up you have an idea of how aviation spent its childhood A kitten doesnt know whats possible and what isn t It can t tell the difference between leaping up on a tall bookshelf which it will be ab le to do when it gets bigger and leaping up on the roof It will jump and fai l day after day until it finally makes the bookshelf Some time later it will find another way to get to the roof You have to wonder if along the way the kitten had any idea what its ultimate limitations were

In the 1930s aviation was like that kitten It hadnt yet figured out what it couldnt do Designers were finding 24 NOVEMBER 1989

by Mark Phelps

ways to coax more speed and capabilshyity out of airplanes on an almost daily basis Improved airframes alternated with more sophisticated engines playshying techno-leapfrog from one design to the next In June 1932 Curtiss-Wright leaped the field with its 8-14-8 Speedwing Only two were built and Vern Dallman most conspicuous at EAA Oshkosh 89 for his Little Looper replica has one of them at his Ala Doble Aerobatic Ranch in Esshyparto California

The Speedwing was essentially an A-14-D Sportsman with a nine-cyshylinder 330-hp Wright R-97S-E engine The Sportsman which itself was cershy

tified only 10 months earlier had thc seven-cylinder 240-hp R-760-E With 60 more horses up front the Speedshywing aimed its ample nose in the direcshytion of the wealthy sport-flyer market It had scating for thrce with two in a bench seat in front Thc front cockpit normally went around undcr covcr however in the quest for more speed at the expense of carrying passengers The metal cockpi t cover was standard equipment from the factory in St Louis Missouri

Other standard equipment included a metal propeller electric starter navishygation lights cockpit lights battery and a headrest for the rear cockpit Reshy

tractable landing lights would run the buyer an additional $200 and for $100 he could have the optional two-tone paint job The Speedwing carried 35 gallons of fuel in the fuselage tank and an additional 23 gallons in the centershysection tank In keeping with its image as a personal airplane for the disshycriminating owner-pilot two baggage compartments opened on the right side of the fuselage behind the rear cockpit The upper compartment allowed 48 pounds and the lower 100 pounds The shatter-proof windshield was adshyjustable as was the rear seat Top speed of the 8-14-8 was 177 mph with a cruise of 150 mph

Curtiss-Wright also built a 8-14-R with a 420-hp version of the same Rshy975 engine for Casey Lambert Vern Dallmans airplane has a rip-snorting 440-hp version of the same engine for even more neck-snapping perforshymance In fact Curtiss-Wright later developed its Osprey as a fightershybomber version of the Speedwing series for some governments that were re-arming on a tight budget

With the sorry state of owner-flown high-performance aircraft sales today it seems odd that an airplane such as

the Speedwing could survive in the midst of the Depression In fact it didnt Only two were built One went to the Department of Commerce and the other was a factory demonstrator Verns is the old factory airplane comshyplete with the wheel pants and faired N-struts that were added later in the quest for still more speed (Vern has the original metal pants at home but uses a set of fiberglass ones for crossshycountry work)

The progression of Curtiss-Wrights aircraft design trends went like this From the inexpensive training ships of the early 1920s to the speed demons of the early thirties to the potential milishytary contract ships of the mid- to lateshy1930s to the Condor series of transshyports that got the factory people so exshycited after that Its significant that in 1933 Curtiss-Wright still had a stockpile of OX-5 engines in like-new condition available for $45 each No one bought them The OX-5 was the engine of choice for most light aircraft as little as eight years before Contrast that with the Lycoming 0-235 that still powers most two-seat trainers of today yet first appeared almost half a century ago in 1940

Walter 8eech resigned as president of Curtiss-Wright in early 1932 With him went the last vestiges of the Travel Air influence Ralph Damon became president and George Page 1r became chief engineer Fred Landgraf was the project director on the - 14 Series and his previous employment with the Ken-Royce (Rearwin) factory and the Alexander Eaglerock design team shows up clearly in the Curtiss-Wright machines

Its interesting that you can break down the design influence and progshyress of a company virtually by the month based on who was designing the airplanes and what engines were available at what cost Also important was the management of the company who aimed the product at whichever market appeared the most pliable at the time In fact it s likely that the whole history may be over-analyzed The explanation for each new aircraft may be as simple as it appears

I n the case of the 8-14-8 that means lots of horsepower raw speed and one person on board Practical No but in those days aviation wasn t grown up enough to know what was impossible bull

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AVIATION RELIC PRINTS AVAILABLE Now available from Aviation Relic

Prints is a series of seven pieces of excellent artwork Choose from the de Havilland D H4 Bleriot XI Albashytross D Ya Wright EX Yin Fiz Fokshyker T-2 Douglas World Cruiser Chishycago or Curtiss NC-4 Through an agreement with the Smithsonian Inshystitutions National Air and Space Museum each relic print includes a piece of the original fabric from these historic aircraft Also included is a certificate of authenticity and a brief DE HAlllAJ) D H -t

history of the aircraft The prints are available framed at $145 each or unshyframed at $55 each For the quality and historica l significance involved this represents a good value For a catalog or to order by telephone call to ll -free 1-800533-7763 or wri te to Aviation Relic Prints 8152 North

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Each aircraft depicted ill thisizistoric series lms restored by the Smithsonian Institutiol1lZl1d is pnrt Of its collectio11 The fabric removed durillg that restoration is certified to be the originnl fabric apiece ofwh ich is attached to this relic print

~~ Donald S Lopez Deputy Director

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This spectacular photo was taken by Dollie Gheen noted aviation photographer from Fairborn Ohio Although taken in 1989 it could almost pass for 1937 with the beautiful 1937 Stinson SR-7B NC16130 SIN 9693 owned by James Solenberg of Shelbyville Indiana flanked by an immaculate 1937 Cord 812 Custom Beverly owned by Bob Gheen of Fairborn Ohio Both vehicles feature a Lycoming engine built in the same factory Lycoming and Stinson were owned by the Cord Company which in turn was part of the Auburn Automobile Company The only hint of 1989 is the tiny strobe on the belly of the Stinson and the reflection of a B-26 tail in the door of the Cord automobile

SENSENICH PROPELLER COMPANY SOLD The venerable Sensenich Propeller Comshy pitch propellers In recent years the firm has

pany has been sold to The Philadelphia been servicing and overhauling propellers of Bourse Inc and Warren A Wilbur III has been all types and that aspect of the business named president Wilbur was president of will also be continued For further information Bellanca Aircraft in the mid 1970s Under new contact Sensenich Propeller Company East management Sensenich will remain in its Airport Road PO Box 5100 Lancaster PA present facilities in Lancaster PA and will 17601-0100 Phone 717569-0435 continue to make wood and metal fixed

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PASS IT TO ---rJ An information exchange column with input from readers

Oh boy Here it is deadline time and I don t have anything down on paper Seems too that people are using the phone more and more I have onl y a few letters thi s month But I havc what seems li ke a million phone call s Alshymost a ll the call s are from people wantshying to ta lk to people who have written arti c les for thc magazine George Quast s se ri es of artic les o n the Aero nca C-2 rebuild has generated an inord inate number of call s all wanting hi s home address and phone number It was not in the article (Reach George (If PO Box 233 Hutchinson MinshylIesolil 55350-0233 Be sure to pass lI lollg your hest wishes to his dog Max - Ed )

I ve had ca ll s fro m Baron von Will er and the Glue Ange ls bunch out 28 NOVEMBER 1989

by Buck Hilbert (EAA 21 Ale 5) Po Box 424 Union IL 60180

San Diego way and another invite to do Mex ican Av iation Day at Ensenada There have been phone call s from San Anto nios Bill Stratton with more talk about his Liaison Pilots group from New York asking for info on Aeronca engines and call s from guys who just wanted to ta lk So me were after II 00 at night (Hey Buck A bunch of us are sitting around the bar and you ve got to settl e an argument What color was the headliner on a 1940 Champ) but in the main I ve enjoyed talking to everyone of them

I just fini shed another sojourn across the country taking in the fa ll colo rs and visiting av iatin fri ends along the way I vis ited George York in Mansfi e ld Ohio last month We di scussed aircraft judging and some o f the peculiarities

of that particul ar job at Oshkosh I ve said it often enough I hope that I really respect our j udges and their efforts during the Convention Both George and I ag ree that we could use a few more apprentices to work with the judges duri ng the Convention The program needs some new talent so guys and gals get in early and learn how the system works Let s have your input

I a lso visited Bill Doc Mitchell at Coudersport Pennsy lvania Bill s very ni ce PT- 19 is that all -s il ver one that you always see in the front row down at AIC Showplane Parking He was coerced into taking it down to the Warshybird Area a couple of times but he always seems to wind up back with us He is a lso one o f the best line boys

Ive ever encountered Along with Ray Olcott he shows up every year to do yeoman work around Pioneer Airport before the Convention I got to visit his hangar and you wouldnt believe the goodies he has That PT- 19 will be going for a good many yea rs with all the spares he has I just drooled over all that aeronautical candy

I had ideas about visiting all the people I could along the way to Boothshybay Maine but as usual my timedisshytance perception was way off base After all those years of jetting it on United Air Lines its hard to realize how long it takes to drive To me Bosshyton is about an hour and 50 minutes from O Hare We took five days I had intended to visit the Marlboro anshytiquers in Massachusetts but had to byshypass them because I flat ran out of time I also wanted to see Chuck Burtch and the gang around upstate New York but again I ran out of time Im going to change my ways and just plan localized expeditions from now on - concentrating on one area and

not tryi ng to spread it out too much I might mention that I did visit with

Father John MacGillivray in Antishygonish Nova Scotia Canada Father John as you may know donated his Tiger Moth and his rare Miles Hawk to the EAA Aviation Foundation over the years and is a mainstay of EAA He maintains his seat up at the inforshymation window at EAA Headquarters during the Convention and also conshyducts services at the Theatre In the Woods despite all the airplane noise Father John is also a real sparkplug on his home ground He keeps EAA memshybers in Canada aware and knowlegable of all that s going on He arranges chapter and dinner meetings and is the official greeter when it comes to outshyof-towners such as Dorothy and me We enjoyed our visit with him and are most apo logetic that we didnt take adshyvantage of the dinner invitation in conshycurrance with the chapter meeting

Ive also had some nice calls from donors who have their airplanes on disshyplay in the EAA Air Adventure

Museum The new arrangement of airshycraft and the display now that we have the Warbirds in the Eagle Hangar has made several of those people very happy Previous to thi s there just wasnt room and many of the airplanes were in storage Now we can all see them

I m somewhat more than dismayed to learn that one of our greatest of the Old Timers has gone Westmiddot Next time you look at the EAA Spirit of Saint Louis project or see that beautishyful SE 5 replica in the display area think of Gil Bodeen Gil goes way back Back to the beginning The Corn County Chapter of Dekalb Illinois was largely his He was a beautiful craftsman and did woodwork the likes of which youlI se ldom see 1 can walk through the museum and see his craftsmanship in many of the machines that are there Im gonna miss you Gill But your workmanship will live on right there in the museum displays and in the flying machines at Pioneer Airshyport bull

A view of the re-arranged museum floor - and the Ryan Sew

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CHAPTER CAPSULES by Bob Brauer

Chapter 15 has been meeting at Bob Rings private air strip Ring Internashytional in Berwick Maine since it was formed in 1985 Known as the New England Chapter it was the result of a group of 15 EAA members with a strong interest in antique and classic aircraft The chapter was founded by its first president Bob Ring of Bershywick Henry Van Cleef of Lawrence Massachusetts Jack Copeland of Westborough Massachusetts and Alice and Richard Gilchrest of Lynn Massachusetts Membership now numshybers around 25 and the participants live in an area that includes southern New Hampshire eastern Massachusetts and southwest Maine

Ring International is a busy place because of both the clubs as well as the individual members projects Bob Ring has been restoring a Waco 2 which he salvaged as a crop duster and returned to original configuration This project plus generously providing a meeting place for the chapter and space for chapter projects leave little time for dull moments

A group of members meet every other Saturday to work on restoring a Meyers OTW owned by Gerry Barg of South Easton Massachusetts When the airplane is complete Gerry and the main restoration crew will share flight duties Also under restoration by another chapter group is a Northrop Primary Glider Most of the members are avid restorers at heart and continushyally work on projects either their own or those of fellow members As a matshyter of fact getting together at each others projects for work sessions is an ongoing activity President Errol Dow sums it up best We are an aid to each other Most people need the support of a club because not everyone has all the expertise required for a complete proshyject It becomes a learning experience for all of us

Errol further explained that the chapter stresses work sessions as part of the monthly meetings rather than the customary structured or planned proshy30 NOVEMBER 1989

Left to right Bob Ring Jock Denison Harvey Wells Errol Dow Gerry Peterson Jock Copeshyland Dick Gilchrist Louis Furnos Maurice Lambert (guest) Paul Poulson and Charlie Pearshyson

grams These sessions involve member participation in working sheet metal fabric covering and general restorashytion He notes that everyone likes to teach or instruct

This group inspiration must work since 75 percent of the members fly antique or classic aircraft Errol is reshystoring an early model Piper Pacer and charter member Dick Jackson of Rochester New Hampahire has sevshyeral Wacos of different types in the process of detailed restoration Inshycluded in Dicks collection is a rare if not the only existing Waco Model D Included among members airplanes are a Luscombe Champ and a J-3 Two or three of these old airplanes fly in to each meeting so their efforts have paid off

As far as flight is concerned howshyever Chapter 15 is not preoccupied with the past For example Jack Copeshyland has been instrumental in enshycouraging members to write the FAA and their congressmen to support EAAs position on general aviation

and airplane issues In Errol Dow s opinion EAA is doing a pretty good job in the battle for the airmans right to fly

Errol also reminisced about past chapter president Don Mc Laughlin of Hampton New Hampshire who passed away last November At a time when chapter interest was at somewhat of an ebb he earned everyones respect for re-instilling enthusiasm in members to maintain and fly old airplanes Errol indicated that he felt it was a difficult task to step into Don s shoes but from the current interest shown by memshybers Errol has made his own shoes to walk in He believes in a sustained efshyfort to get new EAA and AIC members to expand the clubs base That base is sure to grow because of the chapters desire to teach Seems as though they cant wait to get someone who is new to old airplanes so that they can show him new techniques for restoring old planes This group of New Englanders are proving that something old has a bright future bull

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()uring the decade after World War I the science of aerodynamics was being expanded and deepened in the research laboratories and workshops of many nations

Some of the theory deve loped would be used to refine the shape of the airplane through streamlining (Vinshytage Literature July 1989) Much of the research which would be incorposhyrated in the new wing sections and shapes in the airplanes of the 1930s was on lift and drag

Of special importance among the inshyventions and improvements was the slotted wing The effect of the slot was discovered independently in Germany by G V Lachmann and in England by Handley Page Lechmann was to join the Handley Page company and the deshyvice became known throughout the world as the Handley Page Slot

The effectiveness of the slots was shown in wind tunnel and fli ght tests both in Germany and England with the tests showing a 60 percent increase in wing lift at high angles of attack

Though the results of the invention of the slotted wing aroused immense excitement it found little use in the 1920s This was possibly due to the low wing loading of the predominant biplane designs and their slow landing speeds With the advent of all-metal aircraft and higher wing loading slots became more useful An exception was the Royal Air Force which required all new aircraft to have them beginning in 1928

Thanks to Mr Clifford C Jackson of Davison Michigan the EAA Aviashytion Foundation Library recently reshyceived some examples of Handley Page company publications on the slotshyted wing

One titled The Automatic Slot which appears to have been published in 1930 was a 26-page brochure that gives a general history of the device and how it operates The brochure carshyries a very strong message on the slot s

8 NOVEMBER 1989

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contribution to avia tion safety The booklet begins with a story

called The Parable of the Unselfish Husband which presents as much of a comment on the sensibility of the times as a message on flying safety

A certain husband was in the habit of denying himself things in order the better to provide for his beautiful wifes extensive needs and so to retain her affection he gave up smoking cigars and took to cigarettes he drank water instead of wine and he reduced the numher of clubs to which he beshylonged from eight to one so that a larger part of his income could be deshyvoted to the purchase of clothes hats perfumes and other articles for his wife

And when he came to buy an aeroplane he chose a cheap one and being told that the fitting of auto-slots would cost [extra] he refused to have slots fitted And in due course his aeroplane stalled and spun into the ground and he was killed

The Handley-Page Gugnunc slotted and flapped biplane was an entry in the 1929 Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition

According to the Handley Page comshypany the lesson of the story as stated in

I)the parable was z j

~The Jate oj this tunselfish and deshyJvoted husband

should be a warning to all who do not place a sufficient value on their own saJety The experishyences oj life may be unpleasant but inasshymuch as those oj death may be even more unpleasant it is advisable to fit slots and be secure

As you can tell - a rather strong message The rest of the brochure is more technical in nature covering air accidents the wing slot and controllashybility and a technical description of the slot in ac tion

Facts About Slots

The Handley Page automatic slot is now so widely used that the time is ripe Jor a recapitulation oj some oj the chieJJacts about it Its history is unique in aeronautics It has progressed and overcome ignorance and prejudice at an astonishing rate as will be seen if the course oj events is examined

First installed as a means oj inshycreasing the speed range oj an aeropshylane by decreasing its landing speed it was developed to provide at these lower 5peeds a method oj lateral conshytrol and stability then and now so woeJully lacking in aircraJt with ordishynary wings

It went on to report that tests of the slots by British government were so successful in the laboratory and on a Bristol fighter that all Bristol fighters in use with the RAF were ordered to have auto-slots

A similar rapid development took place in civil aviation It began when a Jamous make oj light aeroplane was fitted with auto-slots and tested The results were so conclusive that private aeroplane owners began immediately to stipulate that their machines must

Britain affirm that slots do what they are claimed to do and second that the validity oj the patent

ANCilE BETWEEN A IlFLDw l WlNC

ANCLE OF INCIDENCE

be Jitted with auto-slots Now almost every private aeroplane owner in Great Britain and the Dominions insists on the inclusion oj auto-slots in his machine

The British Government and slots Another section of the report dealt

with the fact that after testing the British Government bought the rights to the slots for 100000 Pounds

The agreement constitutes a public proclamation first that the best technishycal brains in Great

is unshakable

E In 1928 the Govshyernment began to fit some Service aircraft with slots Every Britstol fighter in the Service was slotted and steps were then

taken to equip D H 9s It was then decided to fit slots to all

Service aircraft

In order to check as quickly as posshysible the wastage oj lives and material that was going on owing to the Jreshyquency oj the stall-and-spin type ojair accident the Air Ministry was preshypared to interfere with the works proshygrammes oj the various aircraJt manushyJacturers to the extent oj insisting that all Royal Air Force machines were to be slotted beJore being put in service

The effects oj these decisions are already noticeable Up to the time oj writing no single Jatal stall-and-spin accident has happened to a British Service aircraJt Jitted with slots

It was noted that prior to the slot installations the RAF was experiencing 20 to 30 fatal stall-and-spin accidents per year

Safer Civil Flying After discussing the causes of fatal

civil accidents in private or club airshycraft (as in the U S stall-spins acshycounted for the largest number) the section concludes

The auto-slot is not a Gadget It is not that to say an unessential acshycessory It is part oJthe machine itself and it improves the machine by inshycreasing the pilots control over it Auto-slots no only increase the aeropshylanes saJety but also during certain manoeuvers improve the performance oj the machine bull

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS The following is a parliallisting of new members who have joined the EAA AntiqueClassic Division (through May 3 1989) We are honored to welcome them into the organization whose members common interest is vintage aircraft Succeeding issues of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE will contain additional listings of new members

Tom Sabata Scot ia New York

Robert B Sackmann Bloomington Indiana

William E Sadler Atlanta Georgia

David Sanderson III Sierra Vista Arizona

Donald M Sather Hayward Califorshynl a

Kenneth Sawusch Libertyv ille JI-Iinois

Cliff Schlender Clintonville WisconshySill

Walter Borns Scragg Sydney New South Wales Australia

Michael Sentell Maryville Tennessee

Cheryl Serviss Arroyo Grande Californi a

Robert J Severson Houston Texas

Bruce Shaeffer Jr Lititz Pennsylshyval1la

Thomas W Sharpe Reidsv ille North Carolina

Rodney Sheakley Pet ro li a Pennsylshyva l1la

Larry Sheiter Manchester Missouri

Short Wing Piper Club Halstead Kansas

Robert Wayne Simpson Norwood North Carolina

Lendon V Sink Lexington North Carolina

C Donald Sitta Farmington New Mex ico

Brian Smith Ripon California

Michael Smith Sioux Falls South Dakota

Richard C Smith Wichita Kansas

Lars Soe-Jensen Farum Denmark

Ronnie L Southard Milford Delashyware

Patricia B Sowell Statesboro Georshyg ia

George P Spolsdoff Law ndale California

Robert D Sponseller Shelby Ohio

Schuyler O Stackus Phoen ix Arizona

John I Stahly Nappanee Indiana

Roland Standring It asca Illinois

Peter Stanek San Rafae l California

John Roger Stark Fort Worth Texas

Ralph H Starr Daytona Beach Florida

Edward T Stettner Lake Alfred Florida

Mark F Stevens Biloxi Miss iss ippi

John H Stewart Needham Masshysachusetts

Charles A Stone Danbury Connecshyticut

Ernest R Streifthau Middletown Ohio

Harold Swanson North Branch Min shynesota

David N Switzer Cocoa Florida

Gagniere Sylvain Les Garrigues Mauguio France

Texas State Technical Institute Waco Texas

Bill Thibault Newport Beach Ca li forshyili a

Matthew J Thiele Nashua New Hampshire

James P Thomas Springfield Illinois

Walter O Thompson Columbus Ohio

Tony Tinsman Westphal ia Missouri

Larry Tippit Cumby Texas

Jeremy Tischendorf Green Bay Wisshyconsll1

Thomas B Traylor Jr Birmingham Alabama

Robert J Triplett Bruce Wisconsin

Mark Allen Turner Eufaula Alabama

Reuben D Tye Jr Arlington Texas

David Valaer Dallas Texas

Kevin Van Dyke Palm Beach Garshydens Florida

Jack Veach Reno Nevada

John W Veil Jr Wyomissing Pennsy lvania

Andrew J Volovar Mysti c Connecshyticut

Richard L Wagner San Bernardino California

Fred Walatka Anchorage Alaska

Rem Walker Regina Saskatchewan Canada

Randall J Wall Ava Illinois

William Walters Battle Creek Michi-Leonard C Smith EI Toro California Greg Teufel Seattle Washington gan 10 NOVEMBER 1989

Don Ward Green Bay Wisconsin

Herbert E Ware Muncie Indiana

William F Watson Tulsa Ok lahoma

David Welch Venice Florida

Lee C Whitehead Middleport New York

James B Williams Jr Ridgeway Virginia

Morgan Williams Jr Midland Onshytario Canada

George W Williams Portsmouth New Hampshire

Dallas Wise Hyattsville Maryland

Robert Wislocki Bethany Connecshyticut

Charles E Wolter Niles Michigan

William N Woodhouse Power Monshytana

Gregory D Wastrel Deephaven Minnesota

David F Wrench Mountain View California

George F Wright Sutton Coldfield West Midlands England

James Wunderlin Milwaukee Wisshyconsin

Frank Wustrack Oostburg WisconshySill

James Wutzen Kirkland Washington

Michael Yearout Breckenridge Colshyorado

Carlton C Young Bessemer Alabama

Robert A Zembinski Milwaukee Wisconsin

William J Zimmer Venice Florida

American Champion Aircraft Corp Rochester Wisconsin

Robert C Ansley Winchester Tenshynessee

Michael P Anthony Kerrville Texas

John Barnes East Doncaster Aushystra li a

Clyde E Barton Angleton Texas

Philip A Block Anchorage Alaska

Jose M Bouza Ewa Beach Hawaii

John D Bramsen Ch icago Illinois

Ralph E Brandon Newark Ohio

Bernard M Brill Sacramento Cal iforn ia

Herman B Brust Jr Frederick Maryland

James E Buchanan Phoenix Arizona

Edward G Cartwright Kansas City Missouri

Nick Charlemagne Libreville Gabon Africa

Phillip E Cline Lockhart Texas

Richard N Cochrane Clarks Sumshymit Pennsylvania

Giorgio Conti-Veccui Cagliari Italy

Elizabeth Ann Copland Ann Arbor Michigan

Mary Crawford Port SI Lucie Florida

Eugene Davidson Oldsmar Florida

A Robert Davies Troy Ohio

John Davis Cincinnati Ohio

Michael F Diem Minneapolis Minshynesota

Timothy R Dykman Quogue New York

Donald E Ellis Grass Valley Cali forshynia

George Elton Snohomish Washingshyton

Rocco J Farano Dobbs Ferry New York

Steven C Fisher Sim i Valley Californ ia

Robert Fox Arab Alabama

Kevin David Francis Great Dunmow Essex Eng land

Norris E Garvey New Albany In shydiana

Camile P Gaspard Blanks Louisiana

James F George Vineland New Jershysey

Robert A Gingell Sunn yva le California

Dan Grace Covington Georgia

Ralph S Graham SI Paul Minshynesota

Peter Groves Vancouver British Colshyumbi a Canada

Don W Guthrie Sr Forestville California

Robert D Halvorsen Van Nuys California

James R Hammond Bradenton Florida

George R Hartigan Spring Texas

William M Henderson Fargo North Dakota

G Hengeveld Sprang Capelle Netherlands

Robert L Hess Clarence New York

Carthel A Hole Pontotoc Mississ ippi

Ray L Hulce Niles Michigan

International Civil Aviation Organishyzation Montreal Quebec Canada

Paul M Jablonski Greenwood Inshydiana

Kenneth w Jerolaman Bernardsvi lle New Jersey

Cliff W Johnston Hawkes Bay New Zealand

F Ben Jones Katy Texas VINTAGE AIRPLANE 11

1989

LISTING

compil ed by Mark Phe lps

B irds of a feather do flock together and type clubs are the best way for owners of like mac hines to share inform ashyti on part s and soc ial camaraderie The Cessna 12011 40 cl ubs merged the ir effort s to produce a record assault on EAA Oshkosh 88 In 1989 The Ameri can Yankee Associshyati on heJd its national convention in Cable Wisconsin the week be fore EAA Oshkosh 89 and several members fl ew on down to Oshkosh the fo llow ing week to for m the G ru mshyman Corral in the north parking area

Bes ides owners of spec ific aircraft pil o ts with similar ex periences or interests can gather to share a li e or two The OX-5 Aviation Pioneers fo r instance include pilots bold enough to have fl own behind the Curti ss OX-5 eng ine before World War II

Officers and members of type clubs often are the fi rst point of contact for pilots considering a spec ific airplane type and that usuall y exc ites the prospecti ve owner abo ut getting the project started You might say that many of those who call with doubts about the type are clubbed into submiss ion

Aeronca Aviator s Club shyA Division of Pea Patch Airlines Julie amp Joe Dickey 51 1 Terrace Lake Road Columbus IN 47201 8 12342-6878 Newsletter 4 times as year Dues No dues - $ 12 subsc ripti on

National Aeronca Club Jim Thompson President 266 Lamp amp Lantern Vill age Chesterf ield MO 63017 12 NOVEMBER 1989

Most type clubs also di stribute newsletters that include stories maintenance information and schedul es of ac shyti viti es They also offer a chance to get a picture of a me mber s aircraft in print for everyone across the country to apprec iate An exce llent example of a type-c lu b news letshyter is the Short Wing Piper NI s published by the Short Wing Piper C lub

If you own an antique or class ic aircraft or even an orph aned spamcan such as the Grum man American airpl anes and you would like to network with others who share your enthusias m type c lu bs are the best way The fo ll owing is the AntiqueClass ic Di vis ion s most current li st o f ty pe clubs If we have le ft out your group or made an error in our li sting send in the in fo rmati on and we ll make it avail able to members nex t year The organi zations are li sted alphabeticall y by the name most commonl y assoc iated with the type i e Beech Stagge rwing clu bs are li sted under S and the Western Bonanza Assoc iation is li sted un der B

Newslette r 6 per year Dues $20 00 US $30 Canada $45 Foreign $40 Charter US $50 Charter Canada $65 Charter Foreign

Aeronca Lovers Club Buzz Wagner Box 3 40 1 1st SI East Clark SO 57225 605532-3862 Newsletter Quarte rl y Dues $ 15 per year

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American Air Racing Society Mr Rudy Profant President 4060 W 158th Street Cleveland OH

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American Aviation Historical Socishyety Mr Harry Gann President 2333 Otis SI Santa Ana CA 92704 714549-4818 Tuesday nights 7 00shy900 pm local Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 includes Journal and Newsshyletter

Flying Apache Assn John Lumley 1 S 300 Dillon Lane Villa Park IL 60181 312627-8027 Dues $25 per year

Artic Tern Newsletter David Neumeister 5630 S Washington Lansing MI 48910 517882-8433 Newsletter Dues $10 per year

Bellanca Champion Club Ms Pam Foard and Mr Larry DAtshytilio 1820 N 166th Street Brookfield WI 53005 4141784-03 18 Newsletter Quarterly - Bellanca Conshytact Dues $2500 per year

Bird Airplane Club Jeannie Hill P O Box 328 Harvard IL 60033 815943-7205 Newsletter 2-3 annually Dues Postage Donation

American Bonanza Society Cliff R Sones Administrator PO Box 12888 Wichita KS 67277 316945-6913

Newsletter Monthly Dues $3500 per year

Western Bonanza Society Alden C Barrios 1436 Muirlands Drive La Jolla CA 92037 619459-5901 Newsletter Dues $20 per year

Bucker Club John Bergeson SecretaryTreasurer 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 517561-2393 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year (US amp Canada) $ 15 per year (Foreign)

Bucker Club National Frank Price President RI 1 Box 419 Moody Texas 76557 817853-2008 Newsletter 12 per year Dues $2500 per year

Cessna Airmaster Club Gar Williams 9 So 135 Aero Drive Naperville IL 60565 312355-9416 Dues None

International Bird Dog Association (Cessna L-19) Phil Phillips President 3939 C-8 San Pedro NE Albuquerque NM 87110 50588 1-7555 Newsletter Quarterly Observer Dues $2500 per year

Cessna T -50 Flying Bobcats Jon Larson 3821 53rd Street SE Auburn WA 98002 206833-1068 Newsletter Quarterly Dues Donation

Cessna Pilots Association John Frank Executive Director MidshyContinent Airport P O Box 12948 Wichita KS 67277 316946-4777 Newsletter Monthly Dues $30 annually

International Cessna 120140 Associshyation Dorchen Forman Editor Box 830092 Richardson TX 75083-0092 817497-4757 (D Forman) Newsletter Monthly Dues $15 US year

West Coast Cessna 120140 Club Donna Christopherson Membership 451 Bellwood Drive Santa Clara CA 95054 408988-8906 or 5540474 Newsletter Bi-monthly Dues $ 10 per year

Cessna 150152 Club Skip Carden Executive Director P O Box 15388 Durham NC 27704 919471-9492 Newsletter Monthly Dues $2000 per year

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Intcrnational Cessna 1711 Associashytion Inc Vclvel Fadcldc) Exccutivc SCLTc tary PO Bo 1667 Lehanon MO 6556 New~lctlLT Fly Paper ( I I per year) The 170 New~ (Q uarterl y) Dul~ S 15 00 per year

International Cessna 180 185 Club (Cessna I XO-I X5 ownership req uired ) Charles Bombardier Pre~ iden t

45l) N 4l)th A ve nue Phoenix AZ X501 I Newsletter 9 or 10 per year Dues S 15 per year

Eastern 190195 Association Cliff Crabs 25575 Butternut North Olmsted OH 44070 2161777-4025 after 6 pm Easte rn Newsletter Irregular - Manual on Maintenance for Members Dues $10 initiation amp as required each year

International 195 Club Dwight M Ewing President P O Box 737 Merced CA 95344 2091722-6283 Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $2000 US annually

International Comanche Society Jaek Holaway P O Box 400 Grant NE 69140 308352-4275 Newsletter Dues $34 per year

Corben Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletters Quarterly Dues $800 for four issues

Cub Club (Piper) John Bergeson Chairman P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant MI 48804-2002 517561-2393 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year (US) $20 (Canada) $25 (Foreign)

L-4 Grasshopper Wing Publisher John Bergeson Cub Club 14 NOVEMBER 1989

P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant MI 48804-2002 517561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year (US) $ 15 (Canada - US Funds) $20 (Foreign) Note Must be a Cub Club member also

Culver Club Larry Low Chairman 60 Skywood Way Woodside CA 94062 415851-0204 Newsletter None Dues None

Culver PQ-14 Assoc Ted Heineman Editor 29621 Kensington Drive Laguna Niguel CA 92677 714831-0173 Newsletter Annually Dues Donation

Dart Club (Culver) Lloyd Washburn 3958 Washburn Drive PI Clinton OH 43452 Newsletter Now and Then Dues None

Curtiss Robin Club W Lane Tufts 4138 Santa Rosa Drive Moorpark CA 93021 805529-2359 Dues None

deHavilland Moth Club Gerry Schwam Chairman 1021 Serpentine Lane Wyncote PA 19095 215635-7000 or 215886-8283 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $ 12 US amp Canada $15 Overseas

deHavilland Moth Club of Canada R deHavilland Ted Leonard FoundershyDirector 305 Old Homestead Road Keswick Ontario Canada L4P I E6 416476-4225 Newsletter Periodicall y Dues $20 annually

American Tiger Club (deHavilland) Mr Frank Price President Rt I Box 419 Moody Texas 76557 817853-2008 Newsletter Monthly Dues $2500 per year

Ercoupe Owners Club Skip Carden Eecutivc Director Box 1505~

Durham NC 2770+ 91l11471-94l12 Newsletters Monthly with ~pecial

editions Dues S20 per year

Fairchild Club John W Berendt President 7645 Echo Point Road Cannon Falls MN 55009 507263-24 14 Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $5

Fairchild Fan Club Robert L Taylor Edi tor PO Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $800 per year

Flying Farmers International Kyle Ann Stream Executive Director PO Box 9124 2 120 Airport Road

W ichit a KS 67277 31619+3-4234 News lette r 10 issues per year Dues S35 per yea r US funds plus chapter dues

Fleet Club George G Gregory Pres ident 4~80 Duguid Road Manlius NY 13 104 3 15682-6380 Newsletter Approx two per year Dues Con tributions

Funk Aircraft Owners Association G Dale Beach Ed itor - Treasurer 1621 Dreher Street Sac ramento CA 958 14 916443-7604 Newsletter 10 per yea r Dues $ 12 00

Great Lakes Club Robert L Taylor Ed itor PO Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Quarte rl y Dues $ 10 per year

The American Yankee Assn (Grumshyman American) Steve Wilson 3232 Western Drivc Cameron Park C A t)56~2

Newsletter Dues S2750 per year (U S) $3000 (Fore ign)

Hatz Club Robert L Taylor Ed itor PO Rox In Blakesburg IA 52536 515 938-2773 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $~ per year

Heath Parasol Club William Schlapman 6431 Paul son Road Winneconne WI 54968 414582-4454 News le tte r Annually Dues Postage donation

The Interstate Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 51593 8-2773 Newsletter Interstate Intercom

deHaviliand TIger Moth

Dues $8 for four issues

Little Round Engine Flyer Ken Williams Chairman 33 1 E Franklin Street Portage WI 53901 Contact Williams for further informashytion

Continental Luscombe Association Loren Bump Fearless Leader 5736 Esmar Road Ceres CA 95307 209537-9934 Newsletter Bi-monthly (6 per year) Dues $ 10 (US) $ 1250 (Canada or $10 US funds) $ 15 (Foreign)

Luscombe Association John Bergeson Chairman 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 517561-2393 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $ 15 per year (US) $20 per year (Canada) $25 per year (Foreign)

Meyers Aircraft Owners Association Wm E Gaffney Secretary 26 Rt 17K

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Newburgh NY 12550 914565-8005 Newsletter 5-6 per year Dues Postage Fund Donation

Minnesota Seaplane Pilots Associashytion Jack E Mathisen Box 385 Squaw Lake MN 56681 218659-4431 Newsletter 3-4 per year Dues $15 per year

Mooney Aircraft Pilots Assn Mark Harris 314 Stardust Dri ve San Antonio TX 78228 512434-5959 Newsletter Dues $30 per year

National Air Racing Group Frank Ronco President 1313 Los Arboles Sunnyvale CA 94087 4081733-7967 Newsletter Professional Air Racing (lOyear)

Dues $IOyear domestic

National Biplane Association Charles W Harris Board Chairman Mary R Jones Executive Director

Hangar 5 4-J Aviation Jones-Riverside Airport Tulsa OK 74132 918299-2532 Dues $1500 per year

National Championship Air Races Susan Audrain Marketing Director PO Box 1429 Reno NY 89505 702826-7500

Naval Aircraft Restorers Assn Gerald Miller 3320 Northridge Drive Grand Junction CO 81506 3031245-7899 Newsletter Dues $12 per year

American Navion Society Raleigh Morrow Chairman of Board Gerry Bright Executive Secretary Box 1175 Municipal Airport Banning CA 92220 714849-2213 Newsletter Monthly Dues $35 per year

The 99s Inc International Women Pilots Loretta Jean Gragg Executive Direcshytor PO Box 59965 Will Rogers Airport Oklahoma City OK 73159

405 685-7969 Newsletter The 99 News - monthly Dues $4000 annually

Norseman Club David E Neumeister 5630 S Washington Lansing MI 48911-4999 517882-8433 Newsletter Quarterly - Norseman Newsletter Dues $10 per year

North American Trainer Association (T6 T-28 NA64 NA50) Stoney and Kathy Stonich 2285 Oakvale Drive Shingle Springs CA 95682 916677 -2456 Newsletter Quarterly - Texans and Trojans Dues $25 US $35 Canada Foreign US Funds - In1 Money

OX-5 Aviation Pioneers Oliver Y Phillips National Secretary 10405 W 32 Avenue Wheat Ridge CO 80033 303233-5905 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year

Buckeye Pietenpol Association Frank S Pavliga Newsletter Editor

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2800 S Turner Road Canfield OH 44406 2161792-6973 days 2161792-6269 (evenings) Newsletter Buckeye Pietenpol Assn Newsletter - Quarterly Dues $750 per year

International Pietenpol Association Robert L Taylor Editor PO Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Quarterly or Semi-annushyally Dues $8 per year

Short Wing Piper Club Inc Lonnie McLaughlin Membership Chairman 32 East End A venue Brentwood NY 11717 516273-5072 Newsletter Bi-monthly Dues $25 per year

Porterfield Airplane Club Chuck Lebrecht 1019 Hickory Road Ocala FL 32672 904687-4859 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $5 per year

Rearwin Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $8 per year

Ryan Club National Bill J Hodges Chairman 811 Lydia Stephenville TX 76401 817968-4818 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Replica Fighters Association Frank G Weatherly President 22451 David Taylor MI 48180 313295-0590 Newsletters Bi-monthly Dues $15 per year

Seabee Club International Captain Richard W Sanders President 6761 NW 32 A venue Ft Lauderdale FL 33309 305979-5470 Newsletter Quarterly (plus phone conshysultation) amp directory Dues $15 (US amp Canada) $20 (Foreign)

Seaplane Pilots Association Robert A Richardson Executive Dishyrector 421 Aviation Way Frederick MD 21701 301695-2083 Newsletter Water Flying (Quarterly) Water Flying (Annual) 88 SPA Seapshylane Landing Directory - $12 - Memshybers$25 non-members Dues $28 per year

Silver Wings Fraternity Russ Brinkley President PO Box 11970 Harrisburg PA 17108 717232-9525 Newsletter Slipstream Tabloid Monthly Dues Initiation - $10 $5 per year

Spartan School of Aeronautics Alumni Association Vern Foltz Alumni Relations 8820 E Pine Street Tulsa OK 74115 918836-6886 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 annually

Staggerwing Club Jim Gorman President 1885 Millsboro Road

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Mansfie ld OH 44906 4 19529-3822 (home) 4 191755- 10 11 (office) Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $ 15 per year

Stampe Club Internationa Willi am R Baldwin P O Box 1408 Lebanon TN 37088 News letter Dues $20 per year

Stearman Restorers Association Tom Lowe President 823 Kingston Lane Crystal Lake IL 6001 4 8 15459-6873 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $ 15 per year

National Stinson Club Jonsey Pau l 144 18 Skinner Road Cypress TX 77429 Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $7 50

National Stinson Club (108 Section) George H Leamy Pres ident 108 Clu b I 15 Heinley Road

Lake Plac id FL 33852 Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $ 15 per year

Northeast Stinson Flying Club Dick Bourque Founder 8 Grimes Brook Road Simsbury CT 06070 203658- 1566 Newsletter Bi-monthl y Dues $ 10 per year

Replica Sopwilh Camel

Note Membershi p limited to 100 members

Southwest Stinson Club Dick Goe rges Pres ident 36 19 Nortree Street San Jose CA 95 148 408274-9 179 Newsletter SWSC Newsletter 10 per year Dues $ 10 per year

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Super Cub Pilots Association Jim Richmond FounderlDirector PO Box 9823 Yakima WA 98909 509248-9491 Newsletter Monthly Dues $25 per year U S $35 per year (Canada) $40 per year (Foreign)

Swift Association International Charlie Nelson P O Box 644 Athens TN 37307 6151745-9547 Newsletter Monthly Dues $25 per year

Taylorcraft Owners Club Bruce M Bixler II President 12809 Greenblower Road Alliance OH 44601 216823-9748 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Tomahawk Pilots Association Skip Carden Editor P O Box 15388 Durham NC 27704 Newsletter Bi-monthly (6 per year) Dues $2000 per year

Travel Air Club Robert L Taylor Editor PO Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Travel Air Tales - Quarshyterly Dues $8 per year

Travel Air Division of Staggerwing Museum Dub Yarbrough P O Box 550 Tullahoma TN 37388 615455-1974 Newsletter Dues $25 per year

Twin Bonanza Association Richard L Ward Director 19684 Lakeshore Drive Three Rivers MI 49093 616279-2540 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 per year (U S amp Canada) $35 per year (Foreign)

Vintage Sailplane Association Jan Scott Secretary Rt I Box 239

Lovettsville V A 22080 703822-5504 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Waco Club National Ray Brandly President 700 Hill Avenue Hamilton OH 45015 513868-0084 Newsletter Bi-monthly Dues $800 per year

Waco Historical Society R E Hoefflin Treasurer 10 13 Westgate Road Troy OH 45373

Waco UPF-7s

513335-2621 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $4 per year Sept I - Aug 31

World War I Aeroplanes Inc Leonard E Opdycke DirectorPubshylisher 15 Crescent Road Poughkeepsie NY 1260 I 914473-3679 Journals WW I Aero (1900-1919) Skyways (1920-1940) Dues Minimum - $20 each for one year $25 foreign for WW I Aero

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1989 GRAND CHAMPION ANTIQUE

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Bill Halverson has been at least part owner of his Beech G 17S Staggerwing since 1967 A pilot really gets to know an airplane in that amount of timc especially if he spends 12 of those years on a total rebuild as Bill has done with NC 80316 The reward for that effort comes with recognition both on the ramps of airports along wherever his route may take him and in the judgshying ballots at EAA Oshkosh 89 where the airplane was voted Grand Chamshypion Antique

Bills G 17S was originally built at Beechs Wichita factory in February 1947 Walter Beech called the G 17S the best of all the Staggerwings Im shyprovements over the D Models inshycluded a redesigned engine installation with a longer sleeker cowling a new windshield with shalshy

greater with the V -tai l aluminum speedster as we ll The Staggerwing faded after 20 G Models were proshyduced and the Bonanza went on to a successful production run that persists to thi s day The sty le and luxury of the Staggerwing however will never be forgotten as long as there are people such as Bill Halverson who are devoted to preserving the history of the great airplanes of the Golden Age

Serial Number B 15 was the last Staggerwing built for a customer at the factory Four more were asse mbled from parts later on in Texas by Henry Seale Aviation Supply Inc And a facshytory demonstrator Serial Number B20 was later built in Wichita but NC 80316 was the last of the lU xury cabin biplanes Beech sold to a regular cusshy

tomer in this case an oil drilling outfit from Colorado The company flew the Staggerwing as a corporate transport until the late 1950s or early 1960s and sold it to Tomcat Overalls Inc in Tenshynessee In the early 1960s Robert Colshyeman bought the Staggerwing and reshycovered it in Razorback painted it white and changed the registration number to N 262C In 1967 a group of eight airline pilots bought the airplane and shared expenses and flyshying until 1972 when one of the eight Bill Halverson bought the airplane from the club which had since shrunk from eight to three members

As luck would have it an AD note on the Razorback ribstitching arrived shortly after Bill became sole owner He was left with the prospect of a total

rebuild and no one to lower slope a re-deshy share the expense He signed instrument panshy did have plenty of el different vertical help from many quarshystab ilizer and rudder ters but the bulk of the and a new set of fairshy rebuild was performed ings The company inshy by Bill himself tended to build 50 Stripping the skin G17s but at $29000 from the airplane reshythe price was too vealed a variety of much to pay even sub-projects that through the eyes of needed attention The post-war prosperity basic structure was The newfangled Boshy sound but the systems nanza was available at had taken a beating $7 975 and its perforshy from approximately mance was comparashy 2400 hours of use and ble to that of the 25 years of aging The Staggerwing Operatshy landing gear was comshy

Carl Schuppeling economy was far Bill Halverson pletely re-done as 20 NOVEMBER 1989

were the brakes The electrical system was overhauled and conshyverted to 24 volts to accommodate the King Gold Crown radio package The IFR setshyup includes dual navshycoms with glideslope ADF DME threeshylight marker beacon and a Mode C transshyponder Bill also inshycorporated a variety of warning systems for the gear cabin doors flaps low-fuel or oil and fire

The 450-hp Pratt amp Whitney R-985 engine had 50 hours on it when the eight pilots bought it in 1967 and has over 600 now Bill paid a conshysiderable amount of attention to it in the 12 years the airplane was grounded but points out that thc work performed was far short of a complete overhaul It conshytinues to purr like the PampW factory cat

The interior was totally re-worked by the upholstery shop at Flying Cloud Airport near Minneapolis This time however leather was used in places where mohair was used on the original The pleating and other design work is all up to factory spec including the headliner

Bill covered the Staggerwing in Ceconite 101 and laid on 30 coats of hand-rubbed butyrate dope sanding in

between every cross coat The final 12 layers of pigmented dope were applied with tender loving care and 600 wetshysand followed by an even finer grade preceeding the final polishing The rcshysuits are stunning

Bill already knew about the drudgery part of aviation first-hand He began his flying as a lineboy tradshying chores for flying time at Grand Forks North Dakota He entered the Army Air Corps at 18 years of age and flew PT-13s -17s AT-6s and B-25s in the service After that he signed on with Northwest Orient Airlines starting out on DC-3s and Martin 202s Ultishymately he flew almost everything they had including the Boeing 747 which he flew for the last 10 years of his

career retiring In

1986 Along the way he also cadged time in P-51 s with the Minshynesota Air National Guard

Bill is a founding member of the Staggerwing Museum in Tullahoma Tenshynessee and chairs the museums Scot Perry Memorial Scholarship Fund committee The museum is dedicated to the preservation of Staggerwing memorashybilia and houses paperwork plans and

other artifacts relating to the airplane and its designer Walter Beech The scholarship fund is an ongoing project that recognizes young people who have demonstrated a love for aviation and provides for their further education It is named for the son of another museum founding member Dick Perry and frequently calls on the EAA Air Academy for recipients

When Bill s group first bought the Staggerwing it was just another 20shyyear-old corporate luxury barge What they did would compare to a group today buying a used King Air for pershysonal transport It is the passing of time that makes his Staggerwing a piece of aviation history and Bill has been there through it all thick and thin bull

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On Monday evening of EAA Oshshykosh 89 with beautiful airplanes parked at all points of the compass it was still a revelation to discover two highly polished Globe Swifts parked in the first row of the AntiquelClassic aircraft camping area It was fun to watch people walk by stop and stare - the look on their faces giving away their thoughts It is called desire shyhunger if you will Each admiring glance at the two shiny aluminum airshycraft seemed to bring on more admiration Some shook their heads in amazement others quietly pointed out features to their friends Somehow I had the feeling we were looking at a couple of winners

By Wednesday afshyternoon both Swifts and their owners were gone from their tiedown spots and it was hoped the AIC judges had done their work in the short time provided The Thursshyday evening A wards Program soon brought 22 NOVEMBER 1989

a few convictions home Globe Swift NC78181 owned by Daryl Dressler of St Paul Minnesota won the Custom Class I (over ISO-hp) Award And when the Grand Champion Classic Award was announced Charles Hoover and his 8S-hp Globe Swift NC8090S ran off with all the marbles

It was my pleasant job the following week to inform Charles Hoover over the phone that he had garnered the Grand Champion Lindy Award

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(One of lifes simple pleasures ) At first Charles had a You gotta be kidshyding apprehension about taking home the heavy hardware However my very persistent tone of voice must have hit home He finally realized what he had accomplished and the giggles and laughing told me he understood Later Charles admitted he didnt get much work done the rest of that day

A little detective work revealed that Charles had won six previous awards

at Oshkosh with his Swift with the AIC Grand Champion Lindy being Numshyber seven On top of this the beautifully polished machine has won any number of other awards over the past 16 years of Hoovers ownership

The original Swift named the GC-l was a steel tube and plywood airplane deshysigned by K H Bud Knox back in 1941 It looked very similar to the metal version which came after World War I in

1945 The original aircraft was powered with a Continental A-80 and would top out at 145 mph and cruise at 130 mph - figures that are remarkably similar to Charles Hoovers metal Swift with its 85-hp engine

The Swift was built by three differshyent companies following World War

II Globe Aircraft Corp of Fort Worth Texas started the line of all-metal Swifts and was followed by Texas Enshygineering amp Manufacturing Co (Temco) These in turn were followed by Universal Aircraft which built the last 16 GC-IA and 60 GC-IB Swifts The grand total manufactured is apshyproximately 1500 Swifts of which some 720 remain on the FAA Register today or these it is estimated that less than a half dozen are still flying with a C85-12 engine Now we can understand why Charles Hoovers 85shyhp Swift has caused so many raised eyebrows It is a rare bird

Built in July 1946 Charles GC-IA is Serial Number 308 and is one of the 47 GC-IA models built by Globe that are still on the FAA Register Nearly all of these have been re-engined with more horsepower The lowest number on the register is NC33336 SIN 2 which is owned by Louis Leftwich Jr of Orlando Florida This very aircraft was used in the photos for the company literature in 1946 Included in the opshytions for the 1946 Swift were floats and skis An airbrushed drawing shows NC33336 flying by with a set of rather pointed floats mounted on struts from the gear wells (Talk about Dreamshyers)

Some of the detailing on Charles Swift really caught the judges eye at EAA Oshkosh 89 The beautiful deshycals on the wheel hubs showing a map of the world with Swift across the face were done by fellow Swift owner Pat Moore of Minneapolis They were done about 10 years ago using the silkscreen process and are absolutely beautiful

Please bear in mind that this Swift has been continually upgraded for the 16 years that Charles has owned it Herein lies the secret Just because Charles didnt win Grand Champion in 1973 he didnt give up Each year more improvements were acshycomplished eventually culminating with the coveted Grand Champion A ward This is persistence at its very best For this we congratulate Charles Hoover and wish him the very best in future endeavors

And let us not forget the Lake Elmo bunch of Swift aficionados who work so well together in a mutual aid society Led by Mark Holliday Jim Montague and a host of others they have set the collective AntiqueClassic crowd on their ear with the huge amount of championship hardware that has found its way home to Lake Elmo We salute you bull

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SPEEDWING Vern Dallman flies the sole

remaining Curtiss-Wright B-14-B

If youve ever watched a kitten grow up you have an idea of how aviation spent its childhood A kitten doesnt know whats possible and what isn t It can t tell the difference between leaping up on a tall bookshelf which it will be ab le to do when it gets bigger and leaping up on the roof It will jump and fai l day after day until it finally makes the bookshelf Some time later it will find another way to get to the roof You have to wonder if along the way the kitten had any idea what its ultimate limitations were

In the 1930s aviation was like that kitten It hadnt yet figured out what it couldnt do Designers were finding 24 NOVEMBER 1989

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ways to coax more speed and capabilshyity out of airplanes on an almost daily basis Improved airframes alternated with more sophisticated engines playshying techno-leapfrog from one design to the next In June 1932 Curtiss-Wright leaped the field with its 8-14-8 Speedwing Only two were built and Vern Dallman most conspicuous at EAA Oshkosh 89 for his Little Looper replica has one of them at his Ala Doble Aerobatic Ranch in Esshyparto California

The Speedwing was essentially an A-14-D Sportsman with a nine-cyshylinder 330-hp Wright R-97S-E engine The Sportsman which itself was cershy

tified only 10 months earlier had thc seven-cylinder 240-hp R-760-E With 60 more horses up front the Speedshywing aimed its ample nose in the direcshytion of the wealthy sport-flyer market It had scating for thrce with two in a bench seat in front Thc front cockpit normally went around undcr covcr however in the quest for more speed at the expense of carrying passengers The metal cockpi t cover was standard equipment from the factory in St Louis Missouri

Other standard equipment included a metal propeller electric starter navishygation lights cockpit lights battery and a headrest for the rear cockpit Reshy

tractable landing lights would run the buyer an additional $200 and for $100 he could have the optional two-tone paint job The Speedwing carried 35 gallons of fuel in the fuselage tank and an additional 23 gallons in the centershysection tank In keeping with its image as a personal airplane for the disshycriminating owner-pilot two baggage compartments opened on the right side of the fuselage behind the rear cockpit The upper compartment allowed 48 pounds and the lower 100 pounds The shatter-proof windshield was adshyjustable as was the rear seat Top speed of the 8-14-8 was 177 mph with a cruise of 150 mph

Curtiss-Wright also built a 8-14-R with a 420-hp version of the same Rshy975 engine for Casey Lambert Vern Dallmans airplane has a rip-snorting 440-hp version of the same engine for even more neck-snapping perforshymance In fact Curtiss-Wright later developed its Osprey as a fightershybomber version of the Speedwing series for some governments that were re-arming on a tight budget

With the sorry state of owner-flown high-performance aircraft sales today it seems odd that an airplane such as

the Speedwing could survive in the midst of the Depression In fact it didnt Only two were built One went to the Department of Commerce and the other was a factory demonstrator Verns is the old factory airplane comshyplete with the wheel pants and faired N-struts that were added later in the quest for still more speed (Vern has the original metal pants at home but uses a set of fiberglass ones for crossshycountry work)

The progression of Curtiss-Wrights aircraft design trends went like this From the inexpensive training ships of the early 1920s to the speed demons of the early thirties to the potential milishytary contract ships of the mid- to lateshy1930s to the Condor series of transshyports that got the factory people so exshycited after that Its significant that in 1933 Curtiss-Wright still had a stockpile of OX-5 engines in like-new condition available for $45 each No one bought them The OX-5 was the engine of choice for most light aircraft as little as eight years before Contrast that with the Lycoming 0-235 that still powers most two-seat trainers of today yet first appeared almost half a century ago in 1940

Walter 8eech resigned as president of Curtiss-Wright in early 1932 With him went the last vestiges of the Travel Air influence Ralph Damon became president and George Page 1r became chief engineer Fred Landgraf was the project director on the - 14 Series and his previous employment with the Ken-Royce (Rearwin) factory and the Alexander Eaglerock design team shows up clearly in the Curtiss-Wright machines

Its interesting that you can break down the design influence and progshyress of a company virtually by the month based on who was designing the airplanes and what engines were available at what cost Also important was the management of the company who aimed the product at whichever market appeared the most pliable at the time In fact it s likely that the whole history may be over-analyzed The explanation for each new aircraft may be as simple as it appears

I n the case of the 8-14-8 that means lots of horsepower raw speed and one person on board Practical No but in those days aviation wasn t grown up enough to know what was impossible bull

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AVIATION RELIC PRINTS AVAILABLE Now available from Aviation Relic

Prints is a series of seven pieces of excellent artwork Choose from the de Havilland D H4 Bleriot XI Albashytross D Ya Wright EX Yin Fiz Fokshyker T-2 Douglas World Cruiser Chishycago or Curtiss NC-4 Through an agreement with the Smithsonian Inshystitutions National Air and Space Museum each relic print includes a piece of the original fabric from these historic aircraft Also included is a certificate of authenticity and a brief DE HAlllAJ) D H -t

history of the aircraft The prints are available framed at $145 each or unshyframed at $55 each For the quality and historica l significance involved this represents a good value For a catalog or to order by telephone call to ll -free 1-800533-7763 or wri te to Aviation Relic Prints 8152 North

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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY This aviati01l relic print was issued in a limited quantity by the Smithsonian I11stitutioll Natio11nl Air and Space Museum Washington DC

Each aircraft depicted ill thisizistoric series lms restored by the Smithsonian Institutiol1lZl1d is pnrt Of its collectio11 The fabric removed durillg that restoration is certified to be the originnl fabric apiece ofwh ich is attached to this relic print

~~ Donald S Lopez Deputy Director

National Air and Space Museu ~ ~~i~(atiii(rSa7~~~iirii~7)1i~~t ~)1~~~i~ ~il~~~ ~i

26 NOVEMBER 1989

This spectacular photo was taken by Dollie Gheen noted aviation photographer from Fairborn Ohio Although taken in 1989 it could almost pass for 1937 with the beautiful 1937 Stinson SR-7B NC16130 SIN 9693 owned by James Solenberg of Shelbyville Indiana flanked by an immaculate 1937 Cord 812 Custom Beverly owned by Bob Gheen of Fairborn Ohio Both vehicles feature a Lycoming engine built in the same factory Lycoming and Stinson were owned by the Cord Company which in turn was part of the Auburn Automobile Company The only hint of 1989 is the tiny strobe on the belly of the Stinson and the reflection of a B-26 tail in the door of the Cord automobile

SENSENICH PROPELLER COMPANY SOLD The venerable Sensenich Propeller Comshy pitch propellers In recent years the firm has

pany has been sold to The Philadelphia been servicing and overhauling propellers of Bourse Inc and Warren A Wilbur III has been all types and that aspect of the business named president Wilbur was president of will also be continued For further information Bellanca Aircraft in the mid 1970s Under new contact Sensenich Propeller Company East management Sensenich will remain in its Airport Road PO Box 5100 Lancaster PA present facilities in Lancaster PA and will 17601-0100 Phone 717569-0435 continue to make wood and metal fixed

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27

PASS IT TO ---rJ An information exchange column with input from readers

Oh boy Here it is deadline time and I don t have anything down on paper Seems too that people are using the phone more and more I have onl y a few letters thi s month But I havc what seems li ke a million phone call s Alshymost a ll the call s are from people wantshying to ta lk to people who have written arti c les for thc magazine George Quast s se ri es of artic les o n the Aero nca C-2 rebuild has generated an inord inate number of call s all wanting hi s home address and phone number It was not in the article (Reach George (If PO Box 233 Hutchinson MinshylIesolil 55350-0233 Be sure to pass lI lollg your hest wishes to his dog Max - Ed )

I ve had ca ll s fro m Baron von Will er and the Glue Ange ls bunch out 28 NOVEMBER 1989

by Buck Hilbert (EAA 21 Ale 5) Po Box 424 Union IL 60180

San Diego way and another invite to do Mex ican Av iation Day at Ensenada There have been phone call s from San Anto nios Bill Stratton with more talk about his Liaison Pilots group from New York asking for info on Aeronca engines and call s from guys who just wanted to ta lk So me were after II 00 at night (Hey Buck A bunch of us are sitting around the bar and you ve got to settl e an argument What color was the headliner on a 1940 Champ) but in the main I ve enjoyed talking to everyone of them

I just fini shed another sojourn across the country taking in the fa ll colo rs and visiting av iatin fri ends along the way I vis ited George York in Mansfi e ld Ohio last month We di scussed aircraft judging and some o f the peculiarities

of that particul ar job at Oshkosh I ve said it often enough I hope that I really respect our j udges and their efforts during the Convention Both George and I ag ree that we could use a few more apprentices to work with the judges duri ng the Convention The program needs some new talent so guys and gals get in early and learn how the system works Let s have your input

I a lso visited Bill Doc Mitchell at Coudersport Pennsy lvania Bill s very ni ce PT- 19 is that all -s il ver one that you always see in the front row down at AIC Showplane Parking He was coerced into taking it down to the Warshybird Area a couple of times but he always seems to wind up back with us He is a lso one o f the best line boys

Ive ever encountered Along with Ray Olcott he shows up every year to do yeoman work around Pioneer Airport before the Convention I got to visit his hangar and you wouldnt believe the goodies he has That PT- 19 will be going for a good many yea rs with all the spares he has I just drooled over all that aeronautical candy

I had ideas about visiting all the people I could along the way to Boothshybay Maine but as usual my timedisshytance perception was way off base After all those years of jetting it on United Air Lines its hard to realize how long it takes to drive To me Bosshyton is about an hour and 50 minutes from O Hare We took five days I had intended to visit the Marlboro anshytiquers in Massachusetts but had to byshypass them because I flat ran out of time I also wanted to see Chuck Burtch and the gang around upstate New York but again I ran out of time Im going to change my ways and just plan localized expeditions from now on - concentrating on one area and

not tryi ng to spread it out too much I might mention that I did visit with

Father John MacGillivray in Antishygonish Nova Scotia Canada Father John as you may know donated his Tiger Moth and his rare Miles Hawk to the EAA Aviation Foundation over the years and is a mainstay of EAA He maintains his seat up at the inforshymation window at EAA Headquarters during the Convention and also conshyducts services at the Theatre In the Woods despite all the airplane noise Father John is also a real sparkplug on his home ground He keeps EAA memshybers in Canada aware and knowlegable of all that s going on He arranges chapter and dinner meetings and is the official greeter when it comes to outshyof-towners such as Dorothy and me We enjoyed our visit with him and are most apo logetic that we didnt take adshyvantage of the dinner invitation in conshycurrance with the chapter meeting

Ive also had some nice calls from donors who have their airplanes on disshyplay in the EAA Air Adventure

Museum The new arrangement of airshycraft and the display now that we have the Warbirds in the Eagle Hangar has made several of those people very happy Previous to thi s there just wasnt room and many of the airplanes were in storage Now we can all see them

I m somewhat more than dismayed to learn that one of our greatest of the Old Timers has gone Westmiddot Next time you look at the EAA Spirit of Saint Louis project or see that beautishyful SE 5 replica in the display area think of Gil Bodeen Gil goes way back Back to the beginning The Corn County Chapter of Dekalb Illinois was largely his He was a beautiful craftsman and did woodwork the likes of which youlI se ldom see 1 can walk through the museum and see his craftsmanship in many of the machines that are there Im gonna miss you Gill But your workmanship will live on right there in the museum displays and in the flying machines at Pioneer Airshyport bull

A view of the re-arranged museum floor - and the Ryan Sew

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29

CHAPTER CAPSULES by Bob Brauer

Chapter 15 has been meeting at Bob Rings private air strip Ring Internashytional in Berwick Maine since it was formed in 1985 Known as the New England Chapter it was the result of a group of 15 EAA members with a strong interest in antique and classic aircraft The chapter was founded by its first president Bob Ring of Bershywick Henry Van Cleef of Lawrence Massachusetts Jack Copeland of Westborough Massachusetts and Alice and Richard Gilchrest of Lynn Massachusetts Membership now numshybers around 25 and the participants live in an area that includes southern New Hampshire eastern Massachusetts and southwest Maine

Ring International is a busy place because of both the clubs as well as the individual members projects Bob Ring has been restoring a Waco 2 which he salvaged as a crop duster and returned to original configuration This project plus generously providing a meeting place for the chapter and space for chapter projects leave little time for dull moments

A group of members meet every other Saturday to work on restoring a Meyers OTW owned by Gerry Barg of South Easton Massachusetts When the airplane is complete Gerry and the main restoration crew will share flight duties Also under restoration by another chapter group is a Northrop Primary Glider Most of the members are avid restorers at heart and continushyally work on projects either their own or those of fellow members As a matshyter of fact getting together at each others projects for work sessions is an ongoing activity President Errol Dow sums it up best We are an aid to each other Most people need the support of a club because not everyone has all the expertise required for a complete proshyject It becomes a learning experience for all of us

Errol further explained that the chapter stresses work sessions as part of the monthly meetings rather than the customary structured or planned proshy30 NOVEMBER 1989

Left to right Bob Ring Jock Denison Harvey Wells Errol Dow Gerry Peterson Jock Copeshyland Dick Gilchrist Louis Furnos Maurice Lambert (guest) Paul Poulson and Charlie Pearshyson

grams These sessions involve member participation in working sheet metal fabric covering and general restorashytion He notes that everyone likes to teach or instruct

This group inspiration must work since 75 percent of the members fly antique or classic aircraft Errol is reshystoring an early model Piper Pacer and charter member Dick Jackson of Rochester New Hampahire has sevshyeral Wacos of different types in the process of detailed restoration Inshycluded in Dicks collection is a rare if not the only existing Waco Model D Included among members airplanes are a Luscombe Champ and a J-3 Two or three of these old airplanes fly in to each meeting so their efforts have paid off

As far as flight is concerned howshyever Chapter 15 is not preoccupied with the past For example Jack Copeshyland has been instrumental in enshycouraging members to write the FAA and their congressmen to support EAAs position on general aviation

and airplane issues In Errol Dow s opinion EAA is doing a pretty good job in the battle for the airmans right to fly

Errol also reminisced about past chapter president Don Mc Laughlin of Hampton New Hampshire who passed away last November At a time when chapter interest was at somewhat of an ebb he earned everyones respect for re-instilling enthusiasm in members to maintain and fly old airplanes Errol indicated that he felt it was a difficult task to step into Don s shoes but from the current interest shown by memshybers Errol has made his own shoes to walk in He believes in a sustained efshyfort to get new EAA and AIC members to expand the clubs base That base is sure to grow because of the chapters desire to teach Seems as though they cant wait to get someone who is new to old airplanes so that they can show him new techniques for restoring old planes This group of New Englanders are proving that something old has a bright future bull

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32 NOVEMBER 1989

According to the Handley Page comshypany the lesson of the story as stated in

I)the parable was z j

~The Jate oj this tunselfish and deshyJvoted husband

should be a warning to all who do not place a sufficient value on their own saJety The experishyences oj life may be unpleasant but inasshymuch as those oj death may be even more unpleasant it is advisable to fit slots and be secure

As you can tell - a rather strong message The rest of the brochure is more technical in nature covering air accidents the wing slot and controllashybility and a technical description of the slot in ac tion

Facts About Slots

The Handley Page automatic slot is now so widely used that the time is ripe Jor a recapitulation oj some oj the chieJJacts about it Its history is unique in aeronautics It has progressed and overcome ignorance and prejudice at an astonishing rate as will be seen if the course oj events is examined

First installed as a means oj inshycreasing the speed range oj an aeropshylane by decreasing its landing speed it was developed to provide at these lower 5peeds a method oj lateral conshytrol and stability then and now so woeJully lacking in aircraJt with ordishynary wings

It went on to report that tests of the slots by British government were so successful in the laboratory and on a Bristol fighter that all Bristol fighters in use with the RAF were ordered to have auto-slots

A similar rapid development took place in civil aviation It began when a Jamous make oj light aeroplane was fitted with auto-slots and tested The results were so conclusive that private aeroplane owners began immediately to stipulate that their machines must

Britain affirm that slots do what they are claimed to do and second that the validity oj the patent

ANCilE BETWEEN A IlFLDw l WlNC

ANCLE OF INCIDENCE

be Jitted with auto-slots Now almost every private aeroplane owner in Great Britain and the Dominions insists on the inclusion oj auto-slots in his machine

The British Government and slots Another section of the report dealt

with the fact that after testing the British Government bought the rights to the slots for 100000 Pounds

The agreement constitutes a public proclamation first that the best technishycal brains in Great

is unshakable

E In 1928 the Govshyernment began to fit some Service aircraft with slots Every Britstol fighter in the Service was slotted and steps were then

taken to equip D H 9s It was then decided to fit slots to all

Service aircraft

In order to check as quickly as posshysible the wastage oj lives and material that was going on owing to the Jreshyquency oj the stall-and-spin type ojair accident the Air Ministry was preshypared to interfere with the works proshygrammes oj the various aircraJt manushyJacturers to the extent oj insisting that all Royal Air Force machines were to be slotted beJore being put in service

The effects oj these decisions are already noticeable Up to the time oj writing no single Jatal stall-and-spin accident has happened to a British Service aircraJt Jitted with slots

It was noted that prior to the slot installations the RAF was experiencing 20 to 30 fatal stall-and-spin accidents per year

Safer Civil Flying After discussing the causes of fatal

civil accidents in private or club airshycraft (as in the U S stall-spins acshycounted for the largest number) the section concludes

The auto-slot is not a Gadget It is not that to say an unessential acshycessory It is part oJthe machine itself and it improves the machine by inshycreasing the pilots control over it Auto-slots no only increase the aeropshylanes saJety but also during certain manoeuvers improve the performance oj the machine bull

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 9

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS The following is a parliallisting of new members who have joined the EAA AntiqueClassic Division (through May 3 1989) We are honored to welcome them into the organization whose members common interest is vintage aircraft Succeeding issues of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE will contain additional listings of new members

Tom Sabata Scot ia New York

Robert B Sackmann Bloomington Indiana

William E Sadler Atlanta Georgia

David Sanderson III Sierra Vista Arizona

Donald M Sather Hayward Califorshynl a

Kenneth Sawusch Libertyv ille JI-Iinois

Cliff Schlender Clintonville WisconshySill

Walter Borns Scragg Sydney New South Wales Australia

Michael Sentell Maryville Tennessee

Cheryl Serviss Arroyo Grande Californi a

Robert J Severson Houston Texas

Bruce Shaeffer Jr Lititz Pennsylshyval1la

Thomas W Sharpe Reidsv ille North Carolina

Rodney Sheakley Pet ro li a Pennsylshyva l1la

Larry Sheiter Manchester Missouri

Short Wing Piper Club Halstead Kansas

Robert Wayne Simpson Norwood North Carolina

Lendon V Sink Lexington North Carolina

C Donald Sitta Farmington New Mex ico

Brian Smith Ripon California

Michael Smith Sioux Falls South Dakota

Richard C Smith Wichita Kansas

Lars Soe-Jensen Farum Denmark

Ronnie L Southard Milford Delashyware

Patricia B Sowell Statesboro Georshyg ia

George P Spolsdoff Law ndale California

Robert D Sponseller Shelby Ohio

Schuyler O Stackus Phoen ix Arizona

John I Stahly Nappanee Indiana

Roland Standring It asca Illinois

Peter Stanek San Rafae l California

John Roger Stark Fort Worth Texas

Ralph H Starr Daytona Beach Florida

Edward T Stettner Lake Alfred Florida

Mark F Stevens Biloxi Miss iss ippi

John H Stewart Needham Masshysachusetts

Charles A Stone Danbury Connecshyticut

Ernest R Streifthau Middletown Ohio

Harold Swanson North Branch Min shynesota

David N Switzer Cocoa Florida

Gagniere Sylvain Les Garrigues Mauguio France

Texas State Technical Institute Waco Texas

Bill Thibault Newport Beach Ca li forshyili a

Matthew J Thiele Nashua New Hampshire

James P Thomas Springfield Illinois

Walter O Thompson Columbus Ohio

Tony Tinsman Westphal ia Missouri

Larry Tippit Cumby Texas

Jeremy Tischendorf Green Bay Wisshyconsll1

Thomas B Traylor Jr Birmingham Alabama

Robert J Triplett Bruce Wisconsin

Mark Allen Turner Eufaula Alabama

Reuben D Tye Jr Arlington Texas

David Valaer Dallas Texas

Kevin Van Dyke Palm Beach Garshydens Florida

Jack Veach Reno Nevada

John W Veil Jr Wyomissing Pennsy lvania

Andrew J Volovar Mysti c Connecshyticut

Richard L Wagner San Bernardino California

Fred Walatka Anchorage Alaska

Rem Walker Regina Saskatchewan Canada

Randall J Wall Ava Illinois

William Walters Battle Creek Michi-Leonard C Smith EI Toro California Greg Teufel Seattle Washington gan 10 NOVEMBER 1989

Don Ward Green Bay Wisconsin

Herbert E Ware Muncie Indiana

William F Watson Tulsa Ok lahoma

David Welch Venice Florida

Lee C Whitehead Middleport New York

James B Williams Jr Ridgeway Virginia

Morgan Williams Jr Midland Onshytario Canada

George W Williams Portsmouth New Hampshire

Dallas Wise Hyattsville Maryland

Robert Wislocki Bethany Connecshyticut

Charles E Wolter Niles Michigan

William N Woodhouse Power Monshytana

Gregory D Wastrel Deephaven Minnesota

David F Wrench Mountain View California

George F Wright Sutton Coldfield West Midlands England

James Wunderlin Milwaukee Wisshyconsin

Frank Wustrack Oostburg WisconshySill

James Wutzen Kirkland Washington

Michael Yearout Breckenridge Colshyorado

Carlton C Young Bessemer Alabama

Robert A Zembinski Milwaukee Wisconsin

William J Zimmer Venice Florida

American Champion Aircraft Corp Rochester Wisconsin

Robert C Ansley Winchester Tenshynessee

Michael P Anthony Kerrville Texas

John Barnes East Doncaster Aushystra li a

Clyde E Barton Angleton Texas

Philip A Block Anchorage Alaska

Jose M Bouza Ewa Beach Hawaii

John D Bramsen Ch icago Illinois

Ralph E Brandon Newark Ohio

Bernard M Brill Sacramento Cal iforn ia

Herman B Brust Jr Frederick Maryland

James E Buchanan Phoenix Arizona

Edward G Cartwright Kansas City Missouri

Nick Charlemagne Libreville Gabon Africa

Phillip E Cline Lockhart Texas

Richard N Cochrane Clarks Sumshymit Pennsylvania

Giorgio Conti-Veccui Cagliari Italy

Elizabeth Ann Copland Ann Arbor Michigan

Mary Crawford Port SI Lucie Florida

Eugene Davidson Oldsmar Florida

A Robert Davies Troy Ohio

John Davis Cincinnati Ohio

Michael F Diem Minneapolis Minshynesota

Timothy R Dykman Quogue New York

Donald E Ellis Grass Valley Cali forshynia

George Elton Snohomish Washingshyton

Rocco J Farano Dobbs Ferry New York

Steven C Fisher Sim i Valley Californ ia

Robert Fox Arab Alabama

Kevin David Francis Great Dunmow Essex Eng land

Norris E Garvey New Albany In shydiana

Camile P Gaspard Blanks Louisiana

James F George Vineland New Jershysey

Robert A Gingell Sunn yva le California

Dan Grace Covington Georgia

Ralph S Graham SI Paul Minshynesota

Peter Groves Vancouver British Colshyumbi a Canada

Don W Guthrie Sr Forestville California

Robert D Halvorsen Van Nuys California

James R Hammond Bradenton Florida

George R Hartigan Spring Texas

William M Henderson Fargo North Dakota

G Hengeveld Sprang Capelle Netherlands

Robert L Hess Clarence New York

Carthel A Hole Pontotoc Mississ ippi

Ray L Hulce Niles Michigan

International Civil Aviation Organishyzation Montreal Quebec Canada

Paul M Jablonski Greenwood Inshydiana

Kenneth w Jerolaman Bernardsvi lle New Jersey

Cliff W Johnston Hawkes Bay New Zealand

F Ben Jones Katy Texas VINTAGE AIRPLANE 11

1989

LISTING

compil ed by Mark Phe lps

B irds of a feather do flock together and type clubs are the best way for owners of like mac hines to share inform ashyti on part s and soc ial camaraderie The Cessna 12011 40 cl ubs merged the ir effort s to produce a record assault on EAA Oshkosh 88 In 1989 The Ameri can Yankee Associshyati on heJd its national convention in Cable Wisconsin the week be fore EAA Oshkosh 89 and several members fl ew on down to Oshkosh the fo llow ing week to for m the G ru mshyman Corral in the north parking area

Bes ides owners of spec ific aircraft pil o ts with similar ex periences or interests can gather to share a li e or two The OX-5 Aviation Pioneers fo r instance include pilots bold enough to have fl own behind the Curti ss OX-5 eng ine before World War II

Officers and members of type clubs often are the fi rst point of contact for pilots considering a spec ific airplane type and that usuall y exc ites the prospecti ve owner abo ut getting the project started You might say that many of those who call with doubts about the type are clubbed into submiss ion

Aeronca Aviator s Club shyA Division of Pea Patch Airlines Julie amp Joe Dickey 51 1 Terrace Lake Road Columbus IN 47201 8 12342-6878 Newsletter 4 times as year Dues No dues - $ 12 subsc ripti on

National Aeronca Club Jim Thompson President 266 Lamp amp Lantern Vill age Chesterf ield MO 63017 12 NOVEMBER 1989

Most type clubs also di stribute newsletters that include stories maintenance information and schedul es of ac shyti viti es They also offer a chance to get a picture of a me mber s aircraft in print for everyone across the country to apprec iate An exce llent example of a type-c lu b news letshyter is the Short Wing Piper NI s published by the Short Wing Piper C lub

If you own an antique or class ic aircraft or even an orph aned spamcan such as the Grum man American airpl anes and you would like to network with others who share your enthusias m type c lu bs are the best way The fo ll owing is the AntiqueClass ic Di vis ion s most current li st o f ty pe clubs If we have le ft out your group or made an error in our li sting send in the in fo rmati on and we ll make it avail able to members nex t year The organi zations are li sted alphabeticall y by the name most commonl y assoc iated with the type i e Beech Stagge rwing clu bs are li sted under S and the Western Bonanza Assoc iation is li sted un der B

Newslette r 6 per year Dues $20 00 US $30 Canada $45 Foreign $40 Charter US $50 Charter Canada $65 Charter Foreign

Aeronca Lovers Club Buzz Wagner Box 3 40 1 1st SI East Clark SO 57225 605532-3862 Newsletter Quarte rl y Dues $ 15 per year

44135

Aeronca Sedan Club Mr Richard Welsh 2311 East Lake Sammamish Place SE Issaquah W A 98027 Newsletter 3 per year Dues $350 per year

American Air Racing Society Mr Rudy Profant President 4060 W 158th Street Cleveland OH

216941-0089 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $1000 per year

American Aviation Historical Socishyety Mr Harry Gann President 2333 Otis SI Santa Ana CA 92704 714549-4818 Tuesday nights 7 00shy900 pm local Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 includes Journal and Newsshyletter

Flying Apache Assn John Lumley 1 S 300 Dillon Lane Villa Park IL 60181 312627-8027 Dues $25 per year

Artic Tern Newsletter David Neumeister 5630 S Washington Lansing MI 48910 517882-8433 Newsletter Dues $10 per year

Bellanca Champion Club Ms Pam Foard and Mr Larry DAtshytilio 1820 N 166th Street Brookfield WI 53005 4141784-03 18 Newsletter Quarterly - Bellanca Conshytact Dues $2500 per year

Bird Airplane Club Jeannie Hill P O Box 328 Harvard IL 60033 815943-7205 Newsletter 2-3 annually Dues Postage Donation

American Bonanza Society Cliff R Sones Administrator PO Box 12888 Wichita KS 67277 316945-6913

Newsletter Monthly Dues $3500 per year

Western Bonanza Society Alden C Barrios 1436 Muirlands Drive La Jolla CA 92037 619459-5901 Newsletter Dues $20 per year

Bucker Club John Bergeson SecretaryTreasurer 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 517561-2393 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year (US amp Canada) $ 15 per year (Foreign)

Bucker Club National Frank Price President RI 1 Box 419 Moody Texas 76557 817853-2008 Newsletter 12 per year Dues $2500 per year

Cessna Airmaster Club Gar Williams 9 So 135 Aero Drive Naperville IL 60565 312355-9416 Dues None

International Bird Dog Association (Cessna L-19) Phil Phillips President 3939 C-8 San Pedro NE Albuquerque NM 87110 50588 1-7555 Newsletter Quarterly Observer Dues $2500 per year

Cessna T -50 Flying Bobcats Jon Larson 3821 53rd Street SE Auburn WA 98002 206833-1068 Newsletter Quarterly Dues Donation

Cessna Pilots Association John Frank Executive Director MidshyContinent Airport P O Box 12948 Wichita KS 67277 316946-4777 Newsletter Monthly Dues $30 annually

International Cessna 120140 Associshyation Dorchen Forman Editor Box 830092 Richardson TX 75083-0092 817497-4757 (D Forman) Newsletter Monthly Dues $15 US year

West Coast Cessna 120140 Club Donna Christopherson Membership 451 Bellwood Drive Santa Clara CA 95054 408988-8906 or 5540474 Newsletter Bi-monthly Dues $ 10 per year

Cessna 150152 Club Skip Carden Executive Director P O Box 15388 Durham NC 27704 919471-9492 Newsletter Monthly Dues $2000 per year

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Intcrnational Cessna 1711 Associashytion Inc Vclvel Fadcldc) Exccutivc SCLTc tary PO Bo 1667 Lehanon MO 6556 New~lctlLT Fly Paper ( I I per year) The 170 New~ (Q uarterl y) Dul~ S 15 00 per year

International Cessna 180 185 Club (Cessna I XO-I X5 ownership req uired ) Charles Bombardier Pre~ iden t

45l) N 4l)th A ve nue Phoenix AZ X501 I Newsletter 9 or 10 per year Dues S 15 per year

Eastern 190195 Association Cliff Crabs 25575 Butternut North Olmsted OH 44070 2161777-4025 after 6 pm Easte rn Newsletter Irregular - Manual on Maintenance for Members Dues $10 initiation amp as required each year

International 195 Club Dwight M Ewing President P O Box 737 Merced CA 95344 2091722-6283 Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $2000 US annually

International Comanche Society Jaek Holaway P O Box 400 Grant NE 69140 308352-4275 Newsletter Dues $34 per year

Corben Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletters Quarterly Dues $800 for four issues

Cub Club (Piper) John Bergeson Chairman P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant MI 48804-2002 517561-2393 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year (US) $20 (Canada) $25 (Foreign)

L-4 Grasshopper Wing Publisher John Bergeson Cub Club 14 NOVEMBER 1989

P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant MI 48804-2002 517561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year (US) $ 15 (Canada - US Funds) $20 (Foreign) Note Must be a Cub Club member also

Culver Club Larry Low Chairman 60 Skywood Way Woodside CA 94062 415851-0204 Newsletter None Dues None

Culver PQ-14 Assoc Ted Heineman Editor 29621 Kensington Drive Laguna Niguel CA 92677 714831-0173 Newsletter Annually Dues Donation

Dart Club (Culver) Lloyd Washburn 3958 Washburn Drive PI Clinton OH 43452 Newsletter Now and Then Dues None

Curtiss Robin Club W Lane Tufts 4138 Santa Rosa Drive Moorpark CA 93021 805529-2359 Dues None

deHavilland Moth Club Gerry Schwam Chairman 1021 Serpentine Lane Wyncote PA 19095 215635-7000 or 215886-8283 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $ 12 US amp Canada $15 Overseas

deHavilland Moth Club of Canada R deHavilland Ted Leonard FoundershyDirector 305 Old Homestead Road Keswick Ontario Canada L4P I E6 416476-4225 Newsletter Periodicall y Dues $20 annually

American Tiger Club (deHavilland) Mr Frank Price President Rt I Box 419 Moody Texas 76557 817853-2008 Newsletter Monthly Dues $2500 per year

Ercoupe Owners Club Skip Carden Eecutivc Director Box 1505~

Durham NC 2770+ 91l11471-94l12 Newsletters Monthly with ~pecial

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1989 GRAND CHAMPION ANTIQUE

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Bill Halverson has been at least part owner of his Beech G 17S Staggerwing since 1967 A pilot really gets to know an airplane in that amount of timc especially if he spends 12 of those years on a total rebuild as Bill has done with NC 80316 The reward for that effort comes with recognition both on the ramps of airports along wherever his route may take him and in the judgshying ballots at EAA Oshkosh 89 where the airplane was voted Grand Chamshypion Antique

Bills G 17S was originally built at Beechs Wichita factory in February 1947 Walter Beech called the G 17S the best of all the Staggerwings Im shyprovements over the D Models inshycluded a redesigned engine installation with a longer sleeker cowling a new windshield with shalshy

greater with the V -tai l aluminum speedster as we ll The Staggerwing faded after 20 G Models were proshyduced and the Bonanza went on to a successful production run that persists to thi s day The sty le and luxury of the Staggerwing however will never be forgotten as long as there are people such as Bill Halverson who are devoted to preserving the history of the great airplanes of the Golden Age

Serial Number B 15 was the last Staggerwing built for a customer at the factory Four more were asse mbled from parts later on in Texas by Henry Seale Aviation Supply Inc And a facshytory demonstrator Serial Number B20 was later built in Wichita but NC 80316 was the last of the lU xury cabin biplanes Beech sold to a regular cusshy

tomer in this case an oil drilling outfit from Colorado The company flew the Staggerwing as a corporate transport until the late 1950s or early 1960s and sold it to Tomcat Overalls Inc in Tenshynessee In the early 1960s Robert Colshyeman bought the Staggerwing and reshycovered it in Razorback painted it white and changed the registration number to N 262C In 1967 a group of eight airline pilots bought the airplane and shared expenses and flyshying until 1972 when one of the eight Bill Halverson bought the airplane from the club which had since shrunk from eight to three members

As luck would have it an AD note on the Razorback ribstitching arrived shortly after Bill became sole owner He was left with the prospect of a total

rebuild and no one to lower slope a re-deshy share the expense He signed instrument panshy did have plenty of el different vertical help from many quarshystab ilizer and rudder ters but the bulk of the and a new set of fairshy rebuild was performed ings The company inshy by Bill himself tended to build 50 Stripping the skin G17s but at $29000 from the airplane reshythe price was too vealed a variety of much to pay even sub-projects that through the eyes of needed attention The post-war prosperity basic structure was The newfangled Boshy sound but the systems nanza was available at had taken a beating $7 975 and its perforshy from approximately mance was comparashy 2400 hours of use and ble to that of the 25 years of aging The Staggerwing Operatshy landing gear was comshy

Carl Schuppeling economy was far Bill Halverson pletely re-done as 20 NOVEMBER 1989

were the brakes The electrical system was overhauled and conshyverted to 24 volts to accommodate the King Gold Crown radio package The IFR setshyup includes dual navshycoms with glideslope ADF DME threeshylight marker beacon and a Mode C transshyponder Bill also inshycorporated a variety of warning systems for the gear cabin doors flaps low-fuel or oil and fire

The 450-hp Pratt amp Whitney R-985 engine had 50 hours on it when the eight pilots bought it in 1967 and has over 600 now Bill paid a conshysiderable amount of attention to it in the 12 years the airplane was grounded but points out that thc work performed was far short of a complete overhaul It conshytinues to purr like the PampW factory cat

The interior was totally re-worked by the upholstery shop at Flying Cloud Airport near Minneapolis This time however leather was used in places where mohair was used on the original The pleating and other design work is all up to factory spec including the headliner

Bill covered the Staggerwing in Ceconite 101 and laid on 30 coats of hand-rubbed butyrate dope sanding in

between every cross coat The final 12 layers of pigmented dope were applied with tender loving care and 600 wetshysand followed by an even finer grade preceeding the final polishing The rcshysuits are stunning

Bill already knew about the drudgery part of aviation first-hand He began his flying as a lineboy tradshying chores for flying time at Grand Forks North Dakota He entered the Army Air Corps at 18 years of age and flew PT-13s -17s AT-6s and B-25s in the service After that he signed on with Northwest Orient Airlines starting out on DC-3s and Martin 202s Ultishymately he flew almost everything they had including the Boeing 747 which he flew for the last 10 years of his

career retiring In

1986 Along the way he also cadged time in P-51 s with the Minshynesota Air National Guard

Bill is a founding member of the Staggerwing Museum in Tullahoma Tenshynessee and chairs the museums Scot Perry Memorial Scholarship Fund committee The museum is dedicated to the preservation of Staggerwing memorashybilia and houses paperwork plans and

other artifacts relating to the airplane and its designer Walter Beech The scholarship fund is an ongoing project that recognizes young people who have demonstrated a love for aviation and provides for their further education It is named for the son of another museum founding member Dick Perry and frequently calls on the EAA Air Academy for recipients

When Bill s group first bought the Staggerwing it was just another 20shyyear-old corporate luxury barge What they did would compare to a group today buying a used King Air for pershysonal transport It is the passing of time that makes his Staggerwing a piece of aviation history and Bill has been there through it all thick and thin bull

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On Monday evening of EAA Oshshykosh 89 with beautiful airplanes parked at all points of the compass it was still a revelation to discover two highly polished Globe Swifts parked in the first row of the AntiquelClassic aircraft camping area It was fun to watch people walk by stop and stare - the look on their faces giving away their thoughts It is called desire shyhunger if you will Each admiring glance at the two shiny aluminum airshycraft seemed to bring on more admiration Some shook their heads in amazement others quietly pointed out features to their friends Somehow I had the feeling we were looking at a couple of winners

By Wednesday afshyternoon both Swifts and their owners were gone from their tiedown spots and it was hoped the AIC judges had done their work in the short time provided The Thursshyday evening A wards Program soon brought 22 NOVEMBER 1989

a few convictions home Globe Swift NC78181 owned by Daryl Dressler of St Paul Minnesota won the Custom Class I (over ISO-hp) Award And when the Grand Champion Classic Award was announced Charles Hoover and his 8S-hp Globe Swift NC8090S ran off with all the marbles

It was my pleasant job the following week to inform Charles Hoover over the phone that he had garnered the Grand Champion Lindy Award

Charles Hoover

(One of lifes simple pleasures ) At first Charles had a You gotta be kidshyding apprehension about taking home the heavy hardware However my very persistent tone of voice must have hit home He finally realized what he had accomplished and the giggles and laughing told me he understood Later Charles admitted he didnt get much work done the rest of that day

A little detective work revealed that Charles had won six previous awards

at Oshkosh with his Swift with the AIC Grand Champion Lindy being Numshyber seven On top of this the beautifully polished machine has won any number of other awards over the past 16 years of Hoovers ownership

The original Swift named the GC-l was a steel tube and plywood airplane deshysigned by K H Bud Knox back in 1941 It looked very similar to the metal version which came after World War I in

1945 The original aircraft was powered with a Continental A-80 and would top out at 145 mph and cruise at 130 mph - figures that are remarkably similar to Charles Hoovers metal Swift with its 85-hp engine

The Swift was built by three differshyent companies following World War

II Globe Aircraft Corp of Fort Worth Texas started the line of all-metal Swifts and was followed by Texas Enshygineering amp Manufacturing Co (Temco) These in turn were followed by Universal Aircraft which built the last 16 GC-IA and 60 GC-IB Swifts The grand total manufactured is apshyproximately 1500 Swifts of which some 720 remain on the FAA Register today or these it is estimated that less than a half dozen are still flying with a C85-12 engine Now we can understand why Charles Hoovers 85shyhp Swift has caused so many raised eyebrows It is a rare bird

Built in July 1946 Charles GC-IA is Serial Number 308 and is one of the 47 GC-IA models built by Globe that are still on the FAA Register Nearly all of these have been re-engined with more horsepower The lowest number on the register is NC33336 SIN 2 which is owned by Louis Leftwich Jr of Orlando Florida This very aircraft was used in the photos for the company literature in 1946 Included in the opshytions for the 1946 Swift were floats and skis An airbrushed drawing shows NC33336 flying by with a set of rather pointed floats mounted on struts from the gear wells (Talk about Dreamshyers)

Some of the detailing on Charles Swift really caught the judges eye at EAA Oshkosh 89 The beautiful deshycals on the wheel hubs showing a map of the world with Swift across the face were done by fellow Swift owner Pat Moore of Minneapolis They were done about 10 years ago using the silkscreen process and are absolutely beautiful

Please bear in mind that this Swift has been continually upgraded for the 16 years that Charles has owned it Herein lies the secret Just because Charles didnt win Grand Champion in 1973 he didnt give up Each year more improvements were acshycomplished eventually culminating with the coveted Grand Champion A ward This is persistence at its very best For this we congratulate Charles Hoover and wish him the very best in future endeavors

And let us not forget the Lake Elmo bunch of Swift aficionados who work so well together in a mutual aid society Led by Mark Holliday Jim Montague and a host of others they have set the collective AntiqueClassic crowd on their ear with the huge amount of championship hardware that has found its way home to Lake Elmo We salute you bull

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SPEEDWING Vern Dallman flies the sole

remaining Curtiss-Wright B-14-B

If youve ever watched a kitten grow up you have an idea of how aviation spent its childhood A kitten doesnt know whats possible and what isn t It can t tell the difference between leaping up on a tall bookshelf which it will be ab le to do when it gets bigger and leaping up on the roof It will jump and fai l day after day until it finally makes the bookshelf Some time later it will find another way to get to the roof You have to wonder if along the way the kitten had any idea what its ultimate limitations were

In the 1930s aviation was like that kitten It hadnt yet figured out what it couldnt do Designers were finding 24 NOVEMBER 1989

by Mark Phelps

ways to coax more speed and capabilshyity out of airplanes on an almost daily basis Improved airframes alternated with more sophisticated engines playshying techno-leapfrog from one design to the next In June 1932 Curtiss-Wright leaped the field with its 8-14-8 Speedwing Only two were built and Vern Dallman most conspicuous at EAA Oshkosh 89 for his Little Looper replica has one of them at his Ala Doble Aerobatic Ranch in Esshyparto California

The Speedwing was essentially an A-14-D Sportsman with a nine-cyshylinder 330-hp Wright R-97S-E engine The Sportsman which itself was cershy

tified only 10 months earlier had thc seven-cylinder 240-hp R-760-E With 60 more horses up front the Speedshywing aimed its ample nose in the direcshytion of the wealthy sport-flyer market It had scating for thrce with two in a bench seat in front Thc front cockpit normally went around undcr covcr however in the quest for more speed at the expense of carrying passengers The metal cockpi t cover was standard equipment from the factory in St Louis Missouri

Other standard equipment included a metal propeller electric starter navishygation lights cockpit lights battery and a headrest for the rear cockpit Reshy

tractable landing lights would run the buyer an additional $200 and for $100 he could have the optional two-tone paint job The Speedwing carried 35 gallons of fuel in the fuselage tank and an additional 23 gallons in the centershysection tank In keeping with its image as a personal airplane for the disshycriminating owner-pilot two baggage compartments opened on the right side of the fuselage behind the rear cockpit The upper compartment allowed 48 pounds and the lower 100 pounds The shatter-proof windshield was adshyjustable as was the rear seat Top speed of the 8-14-8 was 177 mph with a cruise of 150 mph

Curtiss-Wright also built a 8-14-R with a 420-hp version of the same Rshy975 engine for Casey Lambert Vern Dallmans airplane has a rip-snorting 440-hp version of the same engine for even more neck-snapping perforshymance In fact Curtiss-Wright later developed its Osprey as a fightershybomber version of the Speedwing series for some governments that were re-arming on a tight budget

With the sorry state of owner-flown high-performance aircraft sales today it seems odd that an airplane such as

the Speedwing could survive in the midst of the Depression In fact it didnt Only two were built One went to the Department of Commerce and the other was a factory demonstrator Verns is the old factory airplane comshyplete with the wheel pants and faired N-struts that were added later in the quest for still more speed (Vern has the original metal pants at home but uses a set of fiberglass ones for crossshycountry work)

The progression of Curtiss-Wrights aircraft design trends went like this From the inexpensive training ships of the early 1920s to the speed demons of the early thirties to the potential milishytary contract ships of the mid- to lateshy1930s to the Condor series of transshyports that got the factory people so exshycited after that Its significant that in 1933 Curtiss-Wright still had a stockpile of OX-5 engines in like-new condition available for $45 each No one bought them The OX-5 was the engine of choice for most light aircraft as little as eight years before Contrast that with the Lycoming 0-235 that still powers most two-seat trainers of today yet first appeared almost half a century ago in 1940

Walter 8eech resigned as president of Curtiss-Wright in early 1932 With him went the last vestiges of the Travel Air influence Ralph Damon became president and George Page 1r became chief engineer Fred Landgraf was the project director on the - 14 Series and his previous employment with the Ken-Royce (Rearwin) factory and the Alexander Eaglerock design team shows up clearly in the Curtiss-Wright machines

Its interesting that you can break down the design influence and progshyress of a company virtually by the month based on who was designing the airplanes and what engines were available at what cost Also important was the management of the company who aimed the product at whichever market appeared the most pliable at the time In fact it s likely that the whole history may be over-analyzed The explanation for each new aircraft may be as simple as it appears

I n the case of the 8-14-8 that means lots of horsepower raw speed and one person on board Practical No but in those days aviation wasn t grown up enough to know what was impossible bull

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AVIATION RELIC PRINTS AVAILABLE Now available from Aviation Relic

Prints is a series of seven pieces of excellent artwork Choose from the de Havilland D H4 Bleriot XI Albashytross D Ya Wright EX Yin Fiz Fokshyker T-2 Douglas World Cruiser Chishycago or Curtiss NC-4 Through an agreement with the Smithsonian Inshystitutions National Air and Space Museum each relic print includes a piece of the original fabric from these historic aircraft Also included is a certificate of authenticity and a brief DE HAlllAJ) D H -t

history of the aircraft The prints are available framed at $145 each or unshyframed at $55 each For the quality and historica l significance involved this represents a good value For a catalog or to order by telephone call to ll -free 1-800533-7763 or wri te to Aviation Relic Prints 8152 North

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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY This aviati01l relic print was issued in a limited quantity by the Smithsonian I11stitutioll Natio11nl Air and Space Museum Washington DC

Each aircraft depicted ill thisizistoric series lms restored by the Smithsonian Institutiol1lZl1d is pnrt Of its collectio11 The fabric removed durillg that restoration is certified to be the originnl fabric apiece ofwh ich is attached to this relic print

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This spectacular photo was taken by Dollie Gheen noted aviation photographer from Fairborn Ohio Although taken in 1989 it could almost pass for 1937 with the beautiful 1937 Stinson SR-7B NC16130 SIN 9693 owned by James Solenberg of Shelbyville Indiana flanked by an immaculate 1937 Cord 812 Custom Beverly owned by Bob Gheen of Fairborn Ohio Both vehicles feature a Lycoming engine built in the same factory Lycoming and Stinson were owned by the Cord Company which in turn was part of the Auburn Automobile Company The only hint of 1989 is the tiny strobe on the belly of the Stinson and the reflection of a B-26 tail in the door of the Cord automobile

SENSENICH PROPELLER COMPANY SOLD The venerable Sensenich Propeller Comshy pitch propellers In recent years the firm has

pany has been sold to The Philadelphia been servicing and overhauling propellers of Bourse Inc and Warren A Wilbur III has been all types and that aspect of the business named president Wilbur was president of will also be continued For further information Bellanca Aircraft in the mid 1970s Under new contact Sensenich Propeller Company East management Sensenich will remain in its Airport Road PO Box 5100 Lancaster PA present facilities in Lancaster PA and will 17601-0100 Phone 717569-0435 continue to make wood and metal fixed

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PASS IT TO ---rJ An information exchange column with input from readers

Oh boy Here it is deadline time and I don t have anything down on paper Seems too that people are using the phone more and more I have onl y a few letters thi s month But I havc what seems li ke a million phone call s Alshymost a ll the call s are from people wantshying to ta lk to people who have written arti c les for thc magazine George Quast s se ri es of artic les o n the Aero nca C-2 rebuild has generated an inord inate number of call s all wanting hi s home address and phone number It was not in the article (Reach George (If PO Box 233 Hutchinson MinshylIesolil 55350-0233 Be sure to pass lI lollg your hest wishes to his dog Max - Ed )

I ve had ca ll s fro m Baron von Will er and the Glue Ange ls bunch out 28 NOVEMBER 1989

by Buck Hilbert (EAA 21 Ale 5) Po Box 424 Union IL 60180

San Diego way and another invite to do Mex ican Av iation Day at Ensenada There have been phone call s from San Anto nios Bill Stratton with more talk about his Liaison Pilots group from New York asking for info on Aeronca engines and call s from guys who just wanted to ta lk So me were after II 00 at night (Hey Buck A bunch of us are sitting around the bar and you ve got to settl e an argument What color was the headliner on a 1940 Champ) but in the main I ve enjoyed talking to everyone of them

I just fini shed another sojourn across the country taking in the fa ll colo rs and visiting av iatin fri ends along the way I vis ited George York in Mansfi e ld Ohio last month We di scussed aircraft judging and some o f the peculiarities

of that particul ar job at Oshkosh I ve said it often enough I hope that I really respect our j udges and their efforts during the Convention Both George and I ag ree that we could use a few more apprentices to work with the judges duri ng the Convention The program needs some new talent so guys and gals get in early and learn how the system works Let s have your input

I a lso visited Bill Doc Mitchell at Coudersport Pennsy lvania Bill s very ni ce PT- 19 is that all -s il ver one that you always see in the front row down at AIC Showplane Parking He was coerced into taking it down to the Warshybird Area a couple of times but he always seems to wind up back with us He is a lso one o f the best line boys

Ive ever encountered Along with Ray Olcott he shows up every year to do yeoman work around Pioneer Airport before the Convention I got to visit his hangar and you wouldnt believe the goodies he has That PT- 19 will be going for a good many yea rs with all the spares he has I just drooled over all that aeronautical candy

I had ideas about visiting all the people I could along the way to Boothshybay Maine but as usual my timedisshytance perception was way off base After all those years of jetting it on United Air Lines its hard to realize how long it takes to drive To me Bosshyton is about an hour and 50 minutes from O Hare We took five days I had intended to visit the Marlboro anshytiquers in Massachusetts but had to byshypass them because I flat ran out of time I also wanted to see Chuck Burtch and the gang around upstate New York but again I ran out of time Im going to change my ways and just plan localized expeditions from now on - concentrating on one area and

not tryi ng to spread it out too much I might mention that I did visit with

Father John MacGillivray in Antishygonish Nova Scotia Canada Father John as you may know donated his Tiger Moth and his rare Miles Hawk to the EAA Aviation Foundation over the years and is a mainstay of EAA He maintains his seat up at the inforshymation window at EAA Headquarters during the Convention and also conshyducts services at the Theatre In the Woods despite all the airplane noise Father John is also a real sparkplug on his home ground He keeps EAA memshybers in Canada aware and knowlegable of all that s going on He arranges chapter and dinner meetings and is the official greeter when it comes to outshyof-towners such as Dorothy and me We enjoyed our visit with him and are most apo logetic that we didnt take adshyvantage of the dinner invitation in conshycurrance with the chapter meeting

Ive also had some nice calls from donors who have their airplanes on disshyplay in the EAA Air Adventure

Museum The new arrangement of airshycraft and the display now that we have the Warbirds in the Eagle Hangar has made several of those people very happy Previous to thi s there just wasnt room and many of the airplanes were in storage Now we can all see them

I m somewhat more than dismayed to learn that one of our greatest of the Old Timers has gone Westmiddot Next time you look at the EAA Spirit of Saint Louis project or see that beautishyful SE 5 replica in the display area think of Gil Bodeen Gil goes way back Back to the beginning The Corn County Chapter of Dekalb Illinois was largely his He was a beautiful craftsman and did woodwork the likes of which youlI se ldom see 1 can walk through the museum and see his craftsmanship in many of the machines that are there Im gonna miss you Gill But your workmanship will live on right there in the museum displays and in the flying machines at Pioneer Airshyport bull

A view of the re-arranged museum floor - and the Ryan Sew

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CHAPTER CAPSULES by Bob Brauer

Chapter 15 has been meeting at Bob Rings private air strip Ring Internashytional in Berwick Maine since it was formed in 1985 Known as the New England Chapter it was the result of a group of 15 EAA members with a strong interest in antique and classic aircraft The chapter was founded by its first president Bob Ring of Bershywick Henry Van Cleef of Lawrence Massachusetts Jack Copeland of Westborough Massachusetts and Alice and Richard Gilchrest of Lynn Massachusetts Membership now numshybers around 25 and the participants live in an area that includes southern New Hampshire eastern Massachusetts and southwest Maine

Ring International is a busy place because of both the clubs as well as the individual members projects Bob Ring has been restoring a Waco 2 which he salvaged as a crop duster and returned to original configuration This project plus generously providing a meeting place for the chapter and space for chapter projects leave little time for dull moments

A group of members meet every other Saturday to work on restoring a Meyers OTW owned by Gerry Barg of South Easton Massachusetts When the airplane is complete Gerry and the main restoration crew will share flight duties Also under restoration by another chapter group is a Northrop Primary Glider Most of the members are avid restorers at heart and continushyally work on projects either their own or those of fellow members As a matshyter of fact getting together at each others projects for work sessions is an ongoing activity President Errol Dow sums it up best We are an aid to each other Most people need the support of a club because not everyone has all the expertise required for a complete proshyject It becomes a learning experience for all of us

Errol further explained that the chapter stresses work sessions as part of the monthly meetings rather than the customary structured or planned proshy30 NOVEMBER 1989

Left to right Bob Ring Jock Denison Harvey Wells Errol Dow Gerry Peterson Jock Copeshyland Dick Gilchrist Louis Furnos Maurice Lambert (guest) Paul Poulson and Charlie Pearshyson

grams These sessions involve member participation in working sheet metal fabric covering and general restorashytion He notes that everyone likes to teach or instruct

This group inspiration must work since 75 percent of the members fly antique or classic aircraft Errol is reshystoring an early model Piper Pacer and charter member Dick Jackson of Rochester New Hampahire has sevshyeral Wacos of different types in the process of detailed restoration Inshycluded in Dicks collection is a rare if not the only existing Waco Model D Included among members airplanes are a Luscombe Champ and a J-3 Two or three of these old airplanes fly in to each meeting so their efforts have paid off

As far as flight is concerned howshyever Chapter 15 is not preoccupied with the past For example Jack Copeshyland has been instrumental in enshycouraging members to write the FAA and their congressmen to support EAAs position on general aviation

and airplane issues In Errol Dow s opinion EAA is doing a pretty good job in the battle for the airmans right to fly

Errol also reminisced about past chapter president Don Mc Laughlin of Hampton New Hampshire who passed away last November At a time when chapter interest was at somewhat of an ebb he earned everyones respect for re-instilling enthusiasm in members to maintain and fly old airplanes Errol indicated that he felt it was a difficult task to step into Don s shoes but from the current interest shown by memshybers Errol has made his own shoes to walk in He believes in a sustained efshyfort to get new EAA and AIC members to expand the clubs base That base is sure to grow because of the chapters desire to teach Seems as though they cant wait to get someone who is new to old airplanes so that they can show him new techniques for restoring old planes This group of New Englanders are proving that something old has a bright future bull

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS The following is a parliallisting of new members who have joined the EAA AntiqueClassic Division (through May 3 1989) We are honored to welcome them into the organization whose members common interest is vintage aircraft Succeeding issues of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE will contain additional listings of new members

Tom Sabata Scot ia New York

Robert B Sackmann Bloomington Indiana

William E Sadler Atlanta Georgia

David Sanderson III Sierra Vista Arizona

Donald M Sather Hayward Califorshynl a

Kenneth Sawusch Libertyv ille JI-Iinois

Cliff Schlender Clintonville WisconshySill

Walter Borns Scragg Sydney New South Wales Australia

Michael Sentell Maryville Tennessee

Cheryl Serviss Arroyo Grande Californi a

Robert J Severson Houston Texas

Bruce Shaeffer Jr Lititz Pennsylshyval1la

Thomas W Sharpe Reidsv ille North Carolina

Rodney Sheakley Pet ro li a Pennsylshyva l1la

Larry Sheiter Manchester Missouri

Short Wing Piper Club Halstead Kansas

Robert Wayne Simpson Norwood North Carolina

Lendon V Sink Lexington North Carolina

C Donald Sitta Farmington New Mex ico

Brian Smith Ripon California

Michael Smith Sioux Falls South Dakota

Richard C Smith Wichita Kansas

Lars Soe-Jensen Farum Denmark

Ronnie L Southard Milford Delashyware

Patricia B Sowell Statesboro Georshyg ia

George P Spolsdoff Law ndale California

Robert D Sponseller Shelby Ohio

Schuyler O Stackus Phoen ix Arizona

John I Stahly Nappanee Indiana

Roland Standring It asca Illinois

Peter Stanek San Rafae l California

John Roger Stark Fort Worth Texas

Ralph H Starr Daytona Beach Florida

Edward T Stettner Lake Alfred Florida

Mark F Stevens Biloxi Miss iss ippi

John H Stewart Needham Masshysachusetts

Charles A Stone Danbury Connecshyticut

Ernest R Streifthau Middletown Ohio

Harold Swanson North Branch Min shynesota

David N Switzer Cocoa Florida

Gagniere Sylvain Les Garrigues Mauguio France

Texas State Technical Institute Waco Texas

Bill Thibault Newport Beach Ca li forshyili a

Matthew J Thiele Nashua New Hampshire

James P Thomas Springfield Illinois

Walter O Thompson Columbus Ohio

Tony Tinsman Westphal ia Missouri

Larry Tippit Cumby Texas

Jeremy Tischendorf Green Bay Wisshyconsll1

Thomas B Traylor Jr Birmingham Alabama

Robert J Triplett Bruce Wisconsin

Mark Allen Turner Eufaula Alabama

Reuben D Tye Jr Arlington Texas

David Valaer Dallas Texas

Kevin Van Dyke Palm Beach Garshydens Florida

Jack Veach Reno Nevada

John W Veil Jr Wyomissing Pennsy lvania

Andrew J Volovar Mysti c Connecshyticut

Richard L Wagner San Bernardino California

Fred Walatka Anchorage Alaska

Rem Walker Regina Saskatchewan Canada

Randall J Wall Ava Illinois

William Walters Battle Creek Michi-Leonard C Smith EI Toro California Greg Teufel Seattle Washington gan 10 NOVEMBER 1989

Don Ward Green Bay Wisconsin

Herbert E Ware Muncie Indiana

William F Watson Tulsa Ok lahoma

David Welch Venice Florida

Lee C Whitehead Middleport New York

James B Williams Jr Ridgeway Virginia

Morgan Williams Jr Midland Onshytario Canada

George W Williams Portsmouth New Hampshire

Dallas Wise Hyattsville Maryland

Robert Wislocki Bethany Connecshyticut

Charles E Wolter Niles Michigan

William N Woodhouse Power Monshytana

Gregory D Wastrel Deephaven Minnesota

David F Wrench Mountain View California

George F Wright Sutton Coldfield West Midlands England

James Wunderlin Milwaukee Wisshyconsin

Frank Wustrack Oostburg WisconshySill

James Wutzen Kirkland Washington

Michael Yearout Breckenridge Colshyorado

Carlton C Young Bessemer Alabama

Robert A Zembinski Milwaukee Wisconsin

William J Zimmer Venice Florida

American Champion Aircraft Corp Rochester Wisconsin

Robert C Ansley Winchester Tenshynessee

Michael P Anthony Kerrville Texas

John Barnes East Doncaster Aushystra li a

Clyde E Barton Angleton Texas

Philip A Block Anchorage Alaska

Jose M Bouza Ewa Beach Hawaii

John D Bramsen Ch icago Illinois

Ralph E Brandon Newark Ohio

Bernard M Brill Sacramento Cal iforn ia

Herman B Brust Jr Frederick Maryland

James E Buchanan Phoenix Arizona

Edward G Cartwright Kansas City Missouri

Nick Charlemagne Libreville Gabon Africa

Phillip E Cline Lockhart Texas

Richard N Cochrane Clarks Sumshymit Pennsylvania

Giorgio Conti-Veccui Cagliari Italy

Elizabeth Ann Copland Ann Arbor Michigan

Mary Crawford Port SI Lucie Florida

Eugene Davidson Oldsmar Florida

A Robert Davies Troy Ohio

John Davis Cincinnati Ohio

Michael F Diem Minneapolis Minshynesota

Timothy R Dykman Quogue New York

Donald E Ellis Grass Valley Cali forshynia

George Elton Snohomish Washingshyton

Rocco J Farano Dobbs Ferry New York

Steven C Fisher Sim i Valley Californ ia

Robert Fox Arab Alabama

Kevin David Francis Great Dunmow Essex Eng land

Norris E Garvey New Albany In shydiana

Camile P Gaspard Blanks Louisiana

James F George Vineland New Jershysey

Robert A Gingell Sunn yva le California

Dan Grace Covington Georgia

Ralph S Graham SI Paul Minshynesota

Peter Groves Vancouver British Colshyumbi a Canada

Don W Guthrie Sr Forestville California

Robert D Halvorsen Van Nuys California

James R Hammond Bradenton Florida

George R Hartigan Spring Texas

William M Henderson Fargo North Dakota

G Hengeveld Sprang Capelle Netherlands

Robert L Hess Clarence New York

Carthel A Hole Pontotoc Mississ ippi

Ray L Hulce Niles Michigan

International Civil Aviation Organishyzation Montreal Quebec Canada

Paul M Jablonski Greenwood Inshydiana

Kenneth w Jerolaman Bernardsvi lle New Jersey

Cliff W Johnston Hawkes Bay New Zealand

F Ben Jones Katy Texas VINTAGE AIRPLANE 11

1989

LISTING

compil ed by Mark Phe lps

B irds of a feather do flock together and type clubs are the best way for owners of like mac hines to share inform ashyti on part s and soc ial camaraderie The Cessna 12011 40 cl ubs merged the ir effort s to produce a record assault on EAA Oshkosh 88 In 1989 The Ameri can Yankee Associshyati on heJd its national convention in Cable Wisconsin the week be fore EAA Oshkosh 89 and several members fl ew on down to Oshkosh the fo llow ing week to for m the G ru mshyman Corral in the north parking area

Bes ides owners of spec ific aircraft pil o ts with similar ex periences or interests can gather to share a li e or two The OX-5 Aviation Pioneers fo r instance include pilots bold enough to have fl own behind the Curti ss OX-5 eng ine before World War II

Officers and members of type clubs often are the fi rst point of contact for pilots considering a spec ific airplane type and that usuall y exc ites the prospecti ve owner abo ut getting the project started You might say that many of those who call with doubts about the type are clubbed into submiss ion

Aeronca Aviator s Club shyA Division of Pea Patch Airlines Julie amp Joe Dickey 51 1 Terrace Lake Road Columbus IN 47201 8 12342-6878 Newsletter 4 times as year Dues No dues - $ 12 subsc ripti on

National Aeronca Club Jim Thompson President 266 Lamp amp Lantern Vill age Chesterf ield MO 63017 12 NOVEMBER 1989

Most type clubs also di stribute newsletters that include stories maintenance information and schedul es of ac shyti viti es They also offer a chance to get a picture of a me mber s aircraft in print for everyone across the country to apprec iate An exce llent example of a type-c lu b news letshyter is the Short Wing Piper NI s published by the Short Wing Piper C lub

If you own an antique or class ic aircraft or even an orph aned spamcan such as the Grum man American airpl anes and you would like to network with others who share your enthusias m type c lu bs are the best way The fo ll owing is the AntiqueClass ic Di vis ion s most current li st o f ty pe clubs If we have le ft out your group or made an error in our li sting send in the in fo rmati on and we ll make it avail able to members nex t year The organi zations are li sted alphabeticall y by the name most commonl y assoc iated with the type i e Beech Stagge rwing clu bs are li sted under S and the Western Bonanza Assoc iation is li sted un der B

Newslette r 6 per year Dues $20 00 US $30 Canada $45 Foreign $40 Charter US $50 Charter Canada $65 Charter Foreign

Aeronca Lovers Club Buzz Wagner Box 3 40 1 1st SI East Clark SO 57225 605532-3862 Newsletter Quarte rl y Dues $ 15 per year

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Aeronca Sedan Club Mr Richard Welsh 2311 East Lake Sammamish Place SE Issaquah W A 98027 Newsletter 3 per year Dues $350 per year

American Air Racing Society Mr Rudy Profant President 4060 W 158th Street Cleveland OH

216941-0089 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $1000 per year

American Aviation Historical Socishyety Mr Harry Gann President 2333 Otis SI Santa Ana CA 92704 714549-4818 Tuesday nights 7 00shy900 pm local Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 includes Journal and Newsshyletter

Flying Apache Assn John Lumley 1 S 300 Dillon Lane Villa Park IL 60181 312627-8027 Dues $25 per year

Artic Tern Newsletter David Neumeister 5630 S Washington Lansing MI 48910 517882-8433 Newsletter Dues $10 per year

Bellanca Champion Club Ms Pam Foard and Mr Larry DAtshytilio 1820 N 166th Street Brookfield WI 53005 4141784-03 18 Newsletter Quarterly - Bellanca Conshytact Dues $2500 per year

Bird Airplane Club Jeannie Hill P O Box 328 Harvard IL 60033 815943-7205 Newsletter 2-3 annually Dues Postage Donation

American Bonanza Society Cliff R Sones Administrator PO Box 12888 Wichita KS 67277 316945-6913

Newsletter Monthly Dues $3500 per year

Western Bonanza Society Alden C Barrios 1436 Muirlands Drive La Jolla CA 92037 619459-5901 Newsletter Dues $20 per year

Bucker Club John Bergeson SecretaryTreasurer 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 517561-2393 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year (US amp Canada) $ 15 per year (Foreign)

Bucker Club National Frank Price President RI 1 Box 419 Moody Texas 76557 817853-2008 Newsletter 12 per year Dues $2500 per year

Cessna Airmaster Club Gar Williams 9 So 135 Aero Drive Naperville IL 60565 312355-9416 Dues None

International Bird Dog Association (Cessna L-19) Phil Phillips President 3939 C-8 San Pedro NE Albuquerque NM 87110 50588 1-7555 Newsletter Quarterly Observer Dues $2500 per year

Cessna T -50 Flying Bobcats Jon Larson 3821 53rd Street SE Auburn WA 98002 206833-1068 Newsletter Quarterly Dues Donation

Cessna Pilots Association John Frank Executive Director MidshyContinent Airport P O Box 12948 Wichita KS 67277 316946-4777 Newsletter Monthly Dues $30 annually

International Cessna 120140 Associshyation Dorchen Forman Editor Box 830092 Richardson TX 75083-0092 817497-4757 (D Forman) Newsletter Monthly Dues $15 US year

West Coast Cessna 120140 Club Donna Christopherson Membership 451 Bellwood Drive Santa Clara CA 95054 408988-8906 or 5540474 Newsletter Bi-monthly Dues $ 10 per year

Cessna 150152 Club Skip Carden Executive Director P O Box 15388 Durham NC 27704 919471-9492 Newsletter Monthly Dues $2000 per year

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Intcrnational Cessna 1711 Associashytion Inc Vclvel Fadcldc) Exccutivc SCLTc tary PO Bo 1667 Lehanon MO 6556 New~lctlLT Fly Paper ( I I per year) The 170 New~ (Q uarterl y) Dul~ S 15 00 per year

International Cessna 180 185 Club (Cessna I XO-I X5 ownership req uired ) Charles Bombardier Pre~ iden t

45l) N 4l)th A ve nue Phoenix AZ X501 I Newsletter 9 or 10 per year Dues S 15 per year

Eastern 190195 Association Cliff Crabs 25575 Butternut North Olmsted OH 44070 2161777-4025 after 6 pm Easte rn Newsletter Irregular - Manual on Maintenance for Members Dues $10 initiation amp as required each year

International 195 Club Dwight M Ewing President P O Box 737 Merced CA 95344 2091722-6283 Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $2000 US annually

International Comanche Society Jaek Holaway P O Box 400 Grant NE 69140 308352-4275 Newsletter Dues $34 per year

Corben Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletters Quarterly Dues $800 for four issues

Cub Club (Piper) John Bergeson Chairman P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant MI 48804-2002 517561-2393 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year (US) $20 (Canada) $25 (Foreign)

L-4 Grasshopper Wing Publisher John Bergeson Cub Club 14 NOVEMBER 1989

P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant MI 48804-2002 517561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year (US) $ 15 (Canada - US Funds) $20 (Foreign) Note Must be a Cub Club member also

Culver Club Larry Low Chairman 60 Skywood Way Woodside CA 94062 415851-0204 Newsletter None Dues None

Culver PQ-14 Assoc Ted Heineman Editor 29621 Kensington Drive Laguna Niguel CA 92677 714831-0173 Newsletter Annually Dues Donation

Dart Club (Culver) Lloyd Washburn 3958 Washburn Drive PI Clinton OH 43452 Newsletter Now and Then Dues None

Curtiss Robin Club W Lane Tufts 4138 Santa Rosa Drive Moorpark CA 93021 805529-2359 Dues None

deHavilland Moth Club Gerry Schwam Chairman 1021 Serpentine Lane Wyncote PA 19095 215635-7000 or 215886-8283 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $ 12 US amp Canada $15 Overseas

deHavilland Moth Club of Canada R deHavilland Ted Leonard FoundershyDirector 305 Old Homestead Road Keswick Ontario Canada L4P I E6 416476-4225 Newsletter Periodicall y Dues $20 annually

American Tiger Club (deHavilland) Mr Frank Price President Rt I Box 419 Moody Texas 76557 817853-2008 Newsletter Monthly Dues $2500 per year

Ercoupe Owners Club Skip Carden Eecutivc Director Box 1505~

Durham NC 2770+ 91l11471-94l12 Newsletters Monthly with ~pecial

editions Dues S20 per year

Fairchild Club John W Berendt President 7645 Echo Point Road Cannon Falls MN 55009 507263-24 14 Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $5

Fairchild Fan Club Robert L Taylor Edi tor PO Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $800 per year

Flying Farmers International Kyle Ann Stream Executive Director PO Box 9124 2 120 Airport Road

W ichit a KS 67277 31619+3-4234 News lette r 10 issues per year Dues S35 per yea r US funds plus chapter dues

Fleet Club George G Gregory Pres ident 4~80 Duguid Road Manlius NY 13 104 3 15682-6380 Newsletter Approx two per year Dues Con tributions

Funk Aircraft Owners Association G Dale Beach Ed itor - Treasurer 1621 Dreher Street Sac ramento CA 958 14 916443-7604 Newsletter 10 per yea r Dues $ 12 00

Great Lakes Club Robert L Taylor Ed itor PO Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Quarte rl y Dues $ 10 per year

The American Yankee Assn (Grumshyman American) Steve Wilson 3232 Western Drivc Cameron Park C A t)56~2

Newsletter Dues S2750 per year (U S) $3000 (Fore ign)

Hatz Club Robert L Taylor Ed itor PO Rox In Blakesburg IA 52536 515 938-2773 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $~ per year

Heath Parasol Club William Schlapman 6431 Paul son Road Winneconne WI 54968 414582-4454 News le tte r Annually Dues Postage donation

The Interstate Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 51593 8-2773 Newsletter Interstate Intercom

deHaviliand TIger Moth

Dues $8 for four issues

Little Round Engine Flyer Ken Williams Chairman 33 1 E Franklin Street Portage WI 53901 Contact Williams for further informashytion

Continental Luscombe Association Loren Bump Fearless Leader 5736 Esmar Road Ceres CA 95307 209537-9934 Newsletter Bi-monthly (6 per year) Dues $ 10 (US) $ 1250 (Canada or $10 US funds) $ 15 (Foreign)

Luscombe Association John Bergeson Chairman 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 517561-2393 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $ 15 per year (US) $20 per year (Canada) $25 per year (Foreign)

Meyers Aircraft Owners Association Wm E Gaffney Secretary 26 Rt 17K

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Newburgh NY 12550 914565-8005 Newsletter 5-6 per year Dues Postage Fund Donation

Minnesota Seaplane Pilots Associashytion Jack E Mathisen Box 385 Squaw Lake MN 56681 218659-4431 Newsletter 3-4 per year Dues $15 per year

Mooney Aircraft Pilots Assn Mark Harris 314 Stardust Dri ve San Antonio TX 78228 512434-5959 Newsletter Dues $30 per year

National Air Racing Group Frank Ronco President 1313 Los Arboles Sunnyvale CA 94087 4081733-7967 Newsletter Professional Air Racing (lOyear)

Dues $IOyear domestic

National Biplane Association Charles W Harris Board Chairman Mary R Jones Executive Director

Hangar 5 4-J Aviation Jones-Riverside Airport Tulsa OK 74132 918299-2532 Dues $1500 per year

National Championship Air Races Susan Audrain Marketing Director PO Box 1429 Reno NY 89505 702826-7500

Naval Aircraft Restorers Assn Gerald Miller 3320 Northridge Drive Grand Junction CO 81506 3031245-7899 Newsletter Dues $12 per year

American Navion Society Raleigh Morrow Chairman of Board Gerry Bright Executive Secretary Box 1175 Municipal Airport Banning CA 92220 714849-2213 Newsletter Monthly Dues $35 per year

The 99s Inc International Women Pilots Loretta Jean Gragg Executive Direcshytor PO Box 59965 Will Rogers Airport Oklahoma City OK 73159

405 685-7969 Newsletter The 99 News - monthly Dues $4000 annually

Norseman Club David E Neumeister 5630 S Washington Lansing MI 48911-4999 517882-8433 Newsletter Quarterly - Norseman Newsletter Dues $10 per year

North American Trainer Association (T6 T-28 NA64 NA50) Stoney and Kathy Stonich 2285 Oakvale Drive Shingle Springs CA 95682 916677 -2456 Newsletter Quarterly - Texans and Trojans Dues $25 US $35 Canada Foreign US Funds - In1 Money

OX-5 Aviation Pioneers Oliver Y Phillips National Secretary 10405 W 32 Avenue Wheat Ridge CO 80033 303233-5905 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year

Buckeye Pietenpol Association Frank S Pavliga Newsletter Editor

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2800 S Turner Road Canfield OH 44406 2161792-6973 days 2161792-6269 (evenings) Newsletter Buckeye Pietenpol Assn Newsletter - Quarterly Dues $750 per year

International Pietenpol Association Robert L Taylor Editor PO Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Quarterly or Semi-annushyally Dues $8 per year

Short Wing Piper Club Inc Lonnie McLaughlin Membership Chairman 32 East End A venue Brentwood NY 11717 516273-5072 Newsletter Bi-monthly Dues $25 per year

Porterfield Airplane Club Chuck Lebrecht 1019 Hickory Road Ocala FL 32672 904687-4859 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $5 per year

Rearwin Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $8 per year

Ryan Club National Bill J Hodges Chairman 811 Lydia Stephenville TX 76401 817968-4818 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Replica Fighters Association Frank G Weatherly President 22451 David Taylor MI 48180 313295-0590 Newsletters Bi-monthly Dues $15 per year

Seabee Club International Captain Richard W Sanders President 6761 NW 32 A venue Ft Lauderdale FL 33309 305979-5470 Newsletter Quarterly (plus phone conshysultation) amp directory Dues $15 (US amp Canada) $20 (Foreign)

Seaplane Pilots Association Robert A Richardson Executive Dishyrector 421 Aviation Way Frederick MD 21701 301695-2083 Newsletter Water Flying (Quarterly) Water Flying (Annual) 88 SPA Seapshylane Landing Directory - $12 - Memshybers$25 non-members Dues $28 per year

Silver Wings Fraternity Russ Brinkley President PO Box 11970 Harrisburg PA 17108 717232-9525 Newsletter Slipstream Tabloid Monthly Dues Initiation - $10 $5 per year

Spartan School of Aeronautics Alumni Association Vern Foltz Alumni Relations 8820 E Pine Street Tulsa OK 74115 918836-6886 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 annually

Staggerwing Club Jim Gorman President 1885 Millsboro Road

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Mansfie ld OH 44906 4 19529-3822 (home) 4 191755- 10 11 (office) Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $ 15 per year

Stampe Club Internationa Willi am R Baldwin P O Box 1408 Lebanon TN 37088 News letter Dues $20 per year

Stearman Restorers Association Tom Lowe President 823 Kingston Lane Crystal Lake IL 6001 4 8 15459-6873 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $ 15 per year

National Stinson Club Jonsey Pau l 144 18 Skinner Road Cypress TX 77429 Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $7 50

National Stinson Club (108 Section) George H Leamy Pres ident 108 Clu b I 15 Heinley Road

Lake Plac id FL 33852 Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $ 15 per year

Northeast Stinson Flying Club Dick Bourque Founder 8 Grimes Brook Road Simsbury CT 06070 203658- 1566 Newsletter Bi-monthl y Dues $ 10 per year

Replica Sopwilh Camel

Note Membershi p limited to 100 members

Southwest Stinson Club Dick Goe rges Pres ident 36 19 Nortree Street San Jose CA 95 148 408274-9 179 Newsletter SWSC Newsletter 10 per year Dues $ 10 per year

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Super Cub Pilots Association Jim Richmond FounderlDirector PO Box 9823 Yakima WA 98909 509248-9491 Newsletter Monthly Dues $25 per year U S $35 per year (Canada) $40 per year (Foreign)

Swift Association International Charlie Nelson P O Box 644 Athens TN 37307 6151745-9547 Newsletter Monthly Dues $25 per year

Taylorcraft Owners Club Bruce M Bixler II President 12809 Greenblower Road Alliance OH 44601 216823-9748 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Tomahawk Pilots Association Skip Carden Editor P O Box 15388 Durham NC 27704 Newsletter Bi-monthly (6 per year) Dues $2000 per year

Travel Air Club Robert L Taylor Editor PO Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Travel Air Tales - Quarshyterly Dues $8 per year

Travel Air Division of Staggerwing Museum Dub Yarbrough P O Box 550 Tullahoma TN 37388 615455-1974 Newsletter Dues $25 per year

Twin Bonanza Association Richard L Ward Director 19684 Lakeshore Drive Three Rivers MI 49093 616279-2540 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 per year (U S amp Canada) $35 per year (Foreign)

Vintage Sailplane Association Jan Scott Secretary Rt I Box 239

Lovettsville V A 22080 703822-5504 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19

1989 GRAND CHAMPION ANTIQUE

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Bill Halverson has been at least part owner of his Beech G 17S Staggerwing since 1967 A pilot really gets to know an airplane in that amount of timc especially if he spends 12 of those years on a total rebuild as Bill has done with NC 80316 The reward for that effort comes with recognition both on the ramps of airports along wherever his route may take him and in the judgshying ballots at EAA Oshkosh 89 where the airplane was voted Grand Chamshypion Antique

Bills G 17S was originally built at Beechs Wichita factory in February 1947 Walter Beech called the G 17S the best of all the Staggerwings Im shyprovements over the D Models inshycluded a redesigned engine installation with a longer sleeker cowling a new windshield with shalshy

greater with the V -tai l aluminum speedster as we ll The Staggerwing faded after 20 G Models were proshyduced and the Bonanza went on to a successful production run that persists to thi s day The sty le and luxury of the Staggerwing however will never be forgotten as long as there are people such as Bill Halverson who are devoted to preserving the history of the great airplanes of the Golden Age

Serial Number B 15 was the last Staggerwing built for a customer at the factory Four more were asse mbled from parts later on in Texas by Henry Seale Aviation Supply Inc And a facshytory demonstrator Serial Number B20 was later built in Wichita but NC 80316 was the last of the lU xury cabin biplanes Beech sold to a regular cusshy

tomer in this case an oil drilling outfit from Colorado The company flew the Staggerwing as a corporate transport until the late 1950s or early 1960s and sold it to Tomcat Overalls Inc in Tenshynessee In the early 1960s Robert Colshyeman bought the Staggerwing and reshycovered it in Razorback painted it white and changed the registration number to N 262C In 1967 a group of eight airline pilots bought the airplane and shared expenses and flyshying until 1972 when one of the eight Bill Halverson bought the airplane from the club which had since shrunk from eight to three members

As luck would have it an AD note on the Razorback ribstitching arrived shortly after Bill became sole owner He was left with the prospect of a total

rebuild and no one to lower slope a re-deshy share the expense He signed instrument panshy did have plenty of el different vertical help from many quarshystab ilizer and rudder ters but the bulk of the and a new set of fairshy rebuild was performed ings The company inshy by Bill himself tended to build 50 Stripping the skin G17s but at $29000 from the airplane reshythe price was too vealed a variety of much to pay even sub-projects that through the eyes of needed attention The post-war prosperity basic structure was The newfangled Boshy sound but the systems nanza was available at had taken a beating $7 975 and its perforshy from approximately mance was comparashy 2400 hours of use and ble to that of the 25 years of aging The Staggerwing Operatshy landing gear was comshy

Carl Schuppeling economy was far Bill Halverson pletely re-done as 20 NOVEMBER 1989

were the brakes The electrical system was overhauled and conshyverted to 24 volts to accommodate the King Gold Crown radio package The IFR setshyup includes dual navshycoms with glideslope ADF DME threeshylight marker beacon and a Mode C transshyponder Bill also inshycorporated a variety of warning systems for the gear cabin doors flaps low-fuel or oil and fire

The 450-hp Pratt amp Whitney R-985 engine had 50 hours on it when the eight pilots bought it in 1967 and has over 600 now Bill paid a conshysiderable amount of attention to it in the 12 years the airplane was grounded but points out that thc work performed was far short of a complete overhaul It conshytinues to purr like the PampW factory cat

The interior was totally re-worked by the upholstery shop at Flying Cloud Airport near Minneapolis This time however leather was used in places where mohair was used on the original The pleating and other design work is all up to factory spec including the headliner

Bill covered the Staggerwing in Ceconite 101 and laid on 30 coats of hand-rubbed butyrate dope sanding in

between every cross coat The final 12 layers of pigmented dope were applied with tender loving care and 600 wetshysand followed by an even finer grade preceeding the final polishing The rcshysuits are stunning

Bill already knew about the drudgery part of aviation first-hand He began his flying as a lineboy tradshying chores for flying time at Grand Forks North Dakota He entered the Army Air Corps at 18 years of age and flew PT-13s -17s AT-6s and B-25s in the service After that he signed on with Northwest Orient Airlines starting out on DC-3s and Martin 202s Ultishymately he flew almost everything they had including the Boeing 747 which he flew for the last 10 years of his

career retiring In

1986 Along the way he also cadged time in P-51 s with the Minshynesota Air National Guard

Bill is a founding member of the Staggerwing Museum in Tullahoma Tenshynessee and chairs the museums Scot Perry Memorial Scholarship Fund committee The museum is dedicated to the preservation of Staggerwing memorashybilia and houses paperwork plans and

other artifacts relating to the airplane and its designer Walter Beech The scholarship fund is an ongoing project that recognizes young people who have demonstrated a love for aviation and provides for their further education It is named for the son of another museum founding member Dick Perry and frequently calls on the EAA Air Academy for recipients

When Bill s group first bought the Staggerwing it was just another 20shyyear-old corporate luxury barge What they did would compare to a group today buying a used King Air for pershysonal transport It is the passing of time that makes his Staggerwing a piece of aviation history and Bill has been there through it all thick and thin bull

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21

On Monday evening of EAA Oshshykosh 89 with beautiful airplanes parked at all points of the compass it was still a revelation to discover two highly polished Globe Swifts parked in the first row of the AntiquelClassic aircraft camping area It was fun to watch people walk by stop and stare - the look on their faces giving away their thoughts It is called desire shyhunger if you will Each admiring glance at the two shiny aluminum airshycraft seemed to bring on more admiration Some shook their heads in amazement others quietly pointed out features to their friends Somehow I had the feeling we were looking at a couple of winners

By Wednesday afshyternoon both Swifts and their owners were gone from their tiedown spots and it was hoped the AIC judges had done their work in the short time provided The Thursshyday evening A wards Program soon brought 22 NOVEMBER 1989

a few convictions home Globe Swift NC78181 owned by Daryl Dressler of St Paul Minnesota won the Custom Class I (over ISO-hp) Award And when the Grand Champion Classic Award was announced Charles Hoover and his 8S-hp Globe Swift NC8090S ran off with all the marbles

It was my pleasant job the following week to inform Charles Hoover over the phone that he had garnered the Grand Champion Lindy Award

Charles Hoover

(One of lifes simple pleasures ) At first Charles had a You gotta be kidshyding apprehension about taking home the heavy hardware However my very persistent tone of voice must have hit home He finally realized what he had accomplished and the giggles and laughing told me he understood Later Charles admitted he didnt get much work done the rest of that day

A little detective work revealed that Charles had won six previous awards

at Oshkosh with his Swift with the AIC Grand Champion Lindy being Numshyber seven On top of this the beautifully polished machine has won any number of other awards over the past 16 years of Hoovers ownership

The original Swift named the GC-l was a steel tube and plywood airplane deshysigned by K H Bud Knox back in 1941 It looked very similar to the metal version which came after World War I in

1945 The original aircraft was powered with a Continental A-80 and would top out at 145 mph and cruise at 130 mph - figures that are remarkably similar to Charles Hoovers metal Swift with its 85-hp engine

The Swift was built by three differshyent companies following World War

II Globe Aircraft Corp of Fort Worth Texas started the line of all-metal Swifts and was followed by Texas Enshygineering amp Manufacturing Co (Temco) These in turn were followed by Universal Aircraft which built the last 16 GC-IA and 60 GC-IB Swifts The grand total manufactured is apshyproximately 1500 Swifts of which some 720 remain on the FAA Register today or these it is estimated that less than a half dozen are still flying with a C85-12 engine Now we can understand why Charles Hoovers 85shyhp Swift has caused so many raised eyebrows It is a rare bird

Built in July 1946 Charles GC-IA is Serial Number 308 and is one of the 47 GC-IA models built by Globe that are still on the FAA Register Nearly all of these have been re-engined with more horsepower The lowest number on the register is NC33336 SIN 2 which is owned by Louis Leftwich Jr of Orlando Florida This very aircraft was used in the photos for the company literature in 1946 Included in the opshytions for the 1946 Swift were floats and skis An airbrushed drawing shows NC33336 flying by with a set of rather pointed floats mounted on struts from the gear wells (Talk about Dreamshyers)

Some of the detailing on Charles Swift really caught the judges eye at EAA Oshkosh 89 The beautiful deshycals on the wheel hubs showing a map of the world with Swift across the face were done by fellow Swift owner Pat Moore of Minneapolis They were done about 10 years ago using the silkscreen process and are absolutely beautiful

Please bear in mind that this Swift has been continually upgraded for the 16 years that Charles has owned it Herein lies the secret Just because Charles didnt win Grand Champion in 1973 he didnt give up Each year more improvements were acshycomplished eventually culminating with the coveted Grand Champion A ward This is persistence at its very best For this we congratulate Charles Hoover and wish him the very best in future endeavors

And let us not forget the Lake Elmo bunch of Swift aficionados who work so well together in a mutual aid society Led by Mark Holliday Jim Montague and a host of others they have set the collective AntiqueClassic crowd on their ear with the huge amount of championship hardware that has found its way home to Lake Elmo We salute you bull

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23

SPEEDWING Vern Dallman flies the sole

remaining Curtiss-Wright B-14-B

If youve ever watched a kitten grow up you have an idea of how aviation spent its childhood A kitten doesnt know whats possible and what isn t It can t tell the difference between leaping up on a tall bookshelf which it will be ab le to do when it gets bigger and leaping up on the roof It will jump and fai l day after day until it finally makes the bookshelf Some time later it will find another way to get to the roof You have to wonder if along the way the kitten had any idea what its ultimate limitations were

In the 1930s aviation was like that kitten It hadnt yet figured out what it couldnt do Designers were finding 24 NOVEMBER 1989

by Mark Phelps

ways to coax more speed and capabilshyity out of airplanes on an almost daily basis Improved airframes alternated with more sophisticated engines playshying techno-leapfrog from one design to the next In June 1932 Curtiss-Wright leaped the field with its 8-14-8 Speedwing Only two were built and Vern Dallman most conspicuous at EAA Oshkosh 89 for his Little Looper replica has one of them at his Ala Doble Aerobatic Ranch in Esshyparto California

The Speedwing was essentially an A-14-D Sportsman with a nine-cyshylinder 330-hp Wright R-97S-E engine The Sportsman which itself was cershy

tified only 10 months earlier had thc seven-cylinder 240-hp R-760-E With 60 more horses up front the Speedshywing aimed its ample nose in the direcshytion of the wealthy sport-flyer market It had scating for thrce with two in a bench seat in front Thc front cockpit normally went around undcr covcr however in the quest for more speed at the expense of carrying passengers The metal cockpi t cover was standard equipment from the factory in St Louis Missouri

Other standard equipment included a metal propeller electric starter navishygation lights cockpit lights battery and a headrest for the rear cockpit Reshy

tractable landing lights would run the buyer an additional $200 and for $100 he could have the optional two-tone paint job The Speedwing carried 35 gallons of fuel in the fuselage tank and an additional 23 gallons in the centershysection tank In keeping with its image as a personal airplane for the disshycriminating owner-pilot two baggage compartments opened on the right side of the fuselage behind the rear cockpit The upper compartment allowed 48 pounds and the lower 100 pounds The shatter-proof windshield was adshyjustable as was the rear seat Top speed of the 8-14-8 was 177 mph with a cruise of 150 mph

Curtiss-Wright also built a 8-14-R with a 420-hp version of the same Rshy975 engine for Casey Lambert Vern Dallmans airplane has a rip-snorting 440-hp version of the same engine for even more neck-snapping perforshymance In fact Curtiss-Wright later developed its Osprey as a fightershybomber version of the Speedwing series for some governments that were re-arming on a tight budget

With the sorry state of owner-flown high-performance aircraft sales today it seems odd that an airplane such as

the Speedwing could survive in the midst of the Depression In fact it didnt Only two were built One went to the Department of Commerce and the other was a factory demonstrator Verns is the old factory airplane comshyplete with the wheel pants and faired N-struts that were added later in the quest for still more speed (Vern has the original metal pants at home but uses a set of fiberglass ones for crossshycountry work)

The progression of Curtiss-Wrights aircraft design trends went like this From the inexpensive training ships of the early 1920s to the speed demons of the early thirties to the potential milishytary contract ships of the mid- to lateshy1930s to the Condor series of transshyports that got the factory people so exshycited after that Its significant that in 1933 Curtiss-Wright still had a stockpile of OX-5 engines in like-new condition available for $45 each No one bought them The OX-5 was the engine of choice for most light aircraft as little as eight years before Contrast that with the Lycoming 0-235 that still powers most two-seat trainers of today yet first appeared almost half a century ago in 1940

Walter 8eech resigned as president of Curtiss-Wright in early 1932 With him went the last vestiges of the Travel Air influence Ralph Damon became president and George Page 1r became chief engineer Fred Landgraf was the project director on the - 14 Series and his previous employment with the Ken-Royce (Rearwin) factory and the Alexander Eaglerock design team shows up clearly in the Curtiss-Wright machines

Its interesting that you can break down the design influence and progshyress of a company virtually by the month based on who was designing the airplanes and what engines were available at what cost Also important was the management of the company who aimed the product at whichever market appeared the most pliable at the time In fact it s likely that the whole history may be over-analyzed The explanation for each new aircraft may be as simple as it appears

I n the case of the 8-14-8 that means lots of horsepower raw speed and one person on board Practical No but in those days aviation wasn t grown up enough to know what was impossible bull

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

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history of the aircraft The prints are available framed at $145 each or unshyframed at $55 each For the quality and historica l significance involved this represents a good value For a catalog or to order by telephone call to ll -free 1-800533-7763 or wri te to Aviation Relic Prints 8152 North

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This spectacular photo was taken by Dollie Gheen noted aviation photographer from Fairborn Ohio Although taken in 1989 it could almost pass for 1937 with the beautiful 1937 Stinson SR-7B NC16130 SIN 9693 owned by James Solenberg of Shelbyville Indiana flanked by an immaculate 1937 Cord 812 Custom Beverly owned by Bob Gheen of Fairborn Ohio Both vehicles feature a Lycoming engine built in the same factory Lycoming and Stinson were owned by the Cord Company which in turn was part of the Auburn Automobile Company The only hint of 1989 is the tiny strobe on the belly of the Stinson and the reflection of a B-26 tail in the door of the Cord automobile

SENSENICH PROPELLER COMPANY SOLD The venerable Sensenich Propeller Comshy pitch propellers In recent years the firm has

pany has been sold to The Philadelphia been servicing and overhauling propellers of Bourse Inc and Warren A Wilbur III has been all types and that aspect of the business named president Wilbur was president of will also be continued For further information Bellanca Aircraft in the mid 1970s Under new contact Sensenich Propeller Company East management Sensenich will remain in its Airport Road PO Box 5100 Lancaster PA present facilities in Lancaster PA and will 17601-0100 Phone 717569-0435 continue to make wood and metal fixed

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27

PASS IT TO ---rJ An information exchange column with input from readers

Oh boy Here it is deadline time and I don t have anything down on paper Seems too that people are using the phone more and more I have onl y a few letters thi s month But I havc what seems li ke a million phone call s Alshymost a ll the call s are from people wantshying to ta lk to people who have written arti c les for thc magazine George Quast s se ri es of artic les o n the Aero nca C-2 rebuild has generated an inord inate number of call s all wanting hi s home address and phone number It was not in the article (Reach George (If PO Box 233 Hutchinson MinshylIesolil 55350-0233 Be sure to pass lI lollg your hest wishes to his dog Max - Ed )

I ve had ca ll s fro m Baron von Will er and the Glue Ange ls bunch out 28 NOVEMBER 1989

by Buck Hilbert (EAA 21 Ale 5) Po Box 424 Union IL 60180

San Diego way and another invite to do Mex ican Av iation Day at Ensenada There have been phone call s from San Anto nios Bill Stratton with more talk about his Liaison Pilots group from New York asking for info on Aeronca engines and call s from guys who just wanted to ta lk So me were after II 00 at night (Hey Buck A bunch of us are sitting around the bar and you ve got to settl e an argument What color was the headliner on a 1940 Champ) but in the main I ve enjoyed talking to everyone of them

I just fini shed another sojourn across the country taking in the fa ll colo rs and visiting av iatin fri ends along the way I vis ited George York in Mansfi e ld Ohio last month We di scussed aircraft judging and some o f the peculiarities

of that particul ar job at Oshkosh I ve said it often enough I hope that I really respect our j udges and their efforts during the Convention Both George and I ag ree that we could use a few more apprentices to work with the judges duri ng the Convention The program needs some new talent so guys and gals get in early and learn how the system works Let s have your input

I a lso visited Bill Doc Mitchell at Coudersport Pennsy lvania Bill s very ni ce PT- 19 is that all -s il ver one that you always see in the front row down at AIC Showplane Parking He was coerced into taking it down to the Warshybird Area a couple of times but he always seems to wind up back with us He is a lso one o f the best line boys

Ive ever encountered Along with Ray Olcott he shows up every year to do yeoman work around Pioneer Airport before the Convention I got to visit his hangar and you wouldnt believe the goodies he has That PT- 19 will be going for a good many yea rs with all the spares he has I just drooled over all that aeronautical candy

I had ideas about visiting all the people I could along the way to Boothshybay Maine but as usual my timedisshytance perception was way off base After all those years of jetting it on United Air Lines its hard to realize how long it takes to drive To me Bosshyton is about an hour and 50 minutes from O Hare We took five days I had intended to visit the Marlboro anshytiquers in Massachusetts but had to byshypass them because I flat ran out of time I also wanted to see Chuck Burtch and the gang around upstate New York but again I ran out of time Im going to change my ways and just plan localized expeditions from now on - concentrating on one area and

not tryi ng to spread it out too much I might mention that I did visit with

Father John MacGillivray in Antishygonish Nova Scotia Canada Father John as you may know donated his Tiger Moth and his rare Miles Hawk to the EAA Aviation Foundation over the years and is a mainstay of EAA He maintains his seat up at the inforshymation window at EAA Headquarters during the Convention and also conshyducts services at the Theatre In the Woods despite all the airplane noise Father John is also a real sparkplug on his home ground He keeps EAA memshybers in Canada aware and knowlegable of all that s going on He arranges chapter and dinner meetings and is the official greeter when it comes to outshyof-towners such as Dorothy and me We enjoyed our visit with him and are most apo logetic that we didnt take adshyvantage of the dinner invitation in conshycurrance with the chapter meeting

Ive also had some nice calls from donors who have their airplanes on disshyplay in the EAA Air Adventure

Museum The new arrangement of airshycraft and the display now that we have the Warbirds in the Eagle Hangar has made several of those people very happy Previous to thi s there just wasnt room and many of the airplanes were in storage Now we can all see them

I m somewhat more than dismayed to learn that one of our greatest of the Old Timers has gone Westmiddot Next time you look at the EAA Spirit of Saint Louis project or see that beautishyful SE 5 replica in the display area think of Gil Bodeen Gil goes way back Back to the beginning The Corn County Chapter of Dekalb Illinois was largely his He was a beautiful craftsman and did woodwork the likes of which youlI se ldom see 1 can walk through the museum and see his craftsmanship in many of the machines that are there Im gonna miss you Gill But your workmanship will live on right there in the museum displays and in the flying machines at Pioneer Airshyport bull

A view of the re-arranged museum floor - and the Ryan Sew

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CHAPTER CAPSULES by Bob Brauer

Chapter 15 has been meeting at Bob Rings private air strip Ring Internashytional in Berwick Maine since it was formed in 1985 Known as the New England Chapter it was the result of a group of 15 EAA members with a strong interest in antique and classic aircraft The chapter was founded by its first president Bob Ring of Bershywick Henry Van Cleef of Lawrence Massachusetts Jack Copeland of Westborough Massachusetts and Alice and Richard Gilchrest of Lynn Massachusetts Membership now numshybers around 25 and the participants live in an area that includes southern New Hampshire eastern Massachusetts and southwest Maine

Ring International is a busy place because of both the clubs as well as the individual members projects Bob Ring has been restoring a Waco 2 which he salvaged as a crop duster and returned to original configuration This project plus generously providing a meeting place for the chapter and space for chapter projects leave little time for dull moments

A group of members meet every other Saturday to work on restoring a Meyers OTW owned by Gerry Barg of South Easton Massachusetts When the airplane is complete Gerry and the main restoration crew will share flight duties Also under restoration by another chapter group is a Northrop Primary Glider Most of the members are avid restorers at heart and continushyally work on projects either their own or those of fellow members As a matshyter of fact getting together at each others projects for work sessions is an ongoing activity President Errol Dow sums it up best We are an aid to each other Most people need the support of a club because not everyone has all the expertise required for a complete proshyject It becomes a learning experience for all of us

Errol further explained that the chapter stresses work sessions as part of the monthly meetings rather than the customary structured or planned proshy30 NOVEMBER 1989

Left to right Bob Ring Jock Denison Harvey Wells Errol Dow Gerry Peterson Jock Copeshyland Dick Gilchrist Louis Furnos Maurice Lambert (guest) Paul Poulson and Charlie Pearshyson

grams These sessions involve member participation in working sheet metal fabric covering and general restorashytion He notes that everyone likes to teach or instruct

This group inspiration must work since 75 percent of the members fly antique or classic aircraft Errol is reshystoring an early model Piper Pacer and charter member Dick Jackson of Rochester New Hampahire has sevshyeral Wacos of different types in the process of detailed restoration Inshycluded in Dicks collection is a rare if not the only existing Waco Model D Included among members airplanes are a Luscombe Champ and a J-3 Two or three of these old airplanes fly in to each meeting so their efforts have paid off

As far as flight is concerned howshyever Chapter 15 is not preoccupied with the past For example Jack Copeshyland has been instrumental in enshycouraging members to write the FAA and their congressmen to support EAAs position on general aviation

and airplane issues In Errol Dow s opinion EAA is doing a pretty good job in the battle for the airmans right to fly

Errol also reminisced about past chapter president Don Mc Laughlin of Hampton New Hampshire who passed away last November At a time when chapter interest was at somewhat of an ebb he earned everyones respect for re-instilling enthusiasm in members to maintain and fly old airplanes Errol indicated that he felt it was a difficult task to step into Don s shoes but from the current interest shown by memshybers Errol has made his own shoes to walk in He believes in a sustained efshyfort to get new EAA and AIC members to expand the clubs base That base is sure to grow because of the chapters desire to teach Seems as though they cant wait to get someone who is new to old airplanes so that they can show him new techniques for restoring old planes This group of New Englanders are proving that something old has a bright future bull

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Kevin David Francis Great Dunmow Essex Eng land

Norris E Garvey New Albany In shydiana

Camile P Gaspard Blanks Louisiana

James F George Vineland New Jershysey

Robert A Gingell Sunn yva le California

Dan Grace Covington Georgia

Ralph S Graham SI Paul Minshynesota

Peter Groves Vancouver British Colshyumbi a Canada

Don W Guthrie Sr Forestville California

Robert D Halvorsen Van Nuys California

James R Hammond Bradenton Florida

George R Hartigan Spring Texas

William M Henderson Fargo North Dakota

G Hengeveld Sprang Capelle Netherlands

Robert L Hess Clarence New York

Carthel A Hole Pontotoc Mississ ippi

Ray L Hulce Niles Michigan

International Civil Aviation Organishyzation Montreal Quebec Canada

Paul M Jablonski Greenwood Inshydiana

Kenneth w Jerolaman Bernardsvi lle New Jersey

Cliff W Johnston Hawkes Bay New Zealand

F Ben Jones Katy Texas VINTAGE AIRPLANE 11

1989

LISTING

compil ed by Mark Phe lps

B irds of a feather do flock together and type clubs are the best way for owners of like mac hines to share inform ashyti on part s and soc ial camaraderie The Cessna 12011 40 cl ubs merged the ir effort s to produce a record assault on EAA Oshkosh 88 In 1989 The Ameri can Yankee Associshyati on heJd its national convention in Cable Wisconsin the week be fore EAA Oshkosh 89 and several members fl ew on down to Oshkosh the fo llow ing week to for m the G ru mshyman Corral in the north parking area

Bes ides owners of spec ific aircraft pil o ts with similar ex periences or interests can gather to share a li e or two The OX-5 Aviation Pioneers fo r instance include pilots bold enough to have fl own behind the Curti ss OX-5 eng ine before World War II

Officers and members of type clubs often are the fi rst point of contact for pilots considering a spec ific airplane type and that usuall y exc ites the prospecti ve owner abo ut getting the project started You might say that many of those who call with doubts about the type are clubbed into submiss ion

Aeronca Aviator s Club shyA Division of Pea Patch Airlines Julie amp Joe Dickey 51 1 Terrace Lake Road Columbus IN 47201 8 12342-6878 Newsletter 4 times as year Dues No dues - $ 12 subsc ripti on

National Aeronca Club Jim Thompson President 266 Lamp amp Lantern Vill age Chesterf ield MO 63017 12 NOVEMBER 1989

Most type clubs also di stribute newsletters that include stories maintenance information and schedul es of ac shyti viti es They also offer a chance to get a picture of a me mber s aircraft in print for everyone across the country to apprec iate An exce llent example of a type-c lu b news letshyter is the Short Wing Piper NI s published by the Short Wing Piper C lub

If you own an antique or class ic aircraft or even an orph aned spamcan such as the Grum man American airpl anes and you would like to network with others who share your enthusias m type c lu bs are the best way The fo ll owing is the AntiqueClass ic Di vis ion s most current li st o f ty pe clubs If we have le ft out your group or made an error in our li sting send in the in fo rmati on and we ll make it avail able to members nex t year The organi zations are li sted alphabeticall y by the name most commonl y assoc iated with the type i e Beech Stagge rwing clu bs are li sted under S and the Western Bonanza Assoc iation is li sted un der B

Newslette r 6 per year Dues $20 00 US $30 Canada $45 Foreign $40 Charter US $50 Charter Canada $65 Charter Foreign

Aeronca Lovers Club Buzz Wagner Box 3 40 1 1st SI East Clark SO 57225 605532-3862 Newsletter Quarte rl y Dues $ 15 per year

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Aeronca Sedan Club Mr Richard Welsh 2311 East Lake Sammamish Place SE Issaquah W A 98027 Newsletter 3 per year Dues $350 per year

American Air Racing Society Mr Rudy Profant President 4060 W 158th Street Cleveland OH

216941-0089 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $1000 per year

American Aviation Historical Socishyety Mr Harry Gann President 2333 Otis SI Santa Ana CA 92704 714549-4818 Tuesday nights 7 00shy900 pm local Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 includes Journal and Newsshyletter

Flying Apache Assn John Lumley 1 S 300 Dillon Lane Villa Park IL 60181 312627-8027 Dues $25 per year

Artic Tern Newsletter David Neumeister 5630 S Washington Lansing MI 48910 517882-8433 Newsletter Dues $10 per year

Bellanca Champion Club Ms Pam Foard and Mr Larry DAtshytilio 1820 N 166th Street Brookfield WI 53005 4141784-03 18 Newsletter Quarterly - Bellanca Conshytact Dues $2500 per year

Bird Airplane Club Jeannie Hill P O Box 328 Harvard IL 60033 815943-7205 Newsletter 2-3 annually Dues Postage Donation

American Bonanza Society Cliff R Sones Administrator PO Box 12888 Wichita KS 67277 316945-6913

Newsletter Monthly Dues $3500 per year

Western Bonanza Society Alden C Barrios 1436 Muirlands Drive La Jolla CA 92037 619459-5901 Newsletter Dues $20 per year

Bucker Club John Bergeson SecretaryTreasurer 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 517561-2393 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year (US amp Canada) $ 15 per year (Foreign)

Bucker Club National Frank Price President RI 1 Box 419 Moody Texas 76557 817853-2008 Newsletter 12 per year Dues $2500 per year

Cessna Airmaster Club Gar Williams 9 So 135 Aero Drive Naperville IL 60565 312355-9416 Dues None

International Bird Dog Association (Cessna L-19) Phil Phillips President 3939 C-8 San Pedro NE Albuquerque NM 87110 50588 1-7555 Newsletter Quarterly Observer Dues $2500 per year

Cessna T -50 Flying Bobcats Jon Larson 3821 53rd Street SE Auburn WA 98002 206833-1068 Newsletter Quarterly Dues Donation

Cessna Pilots Association John Frank Executive Director MidshyContinent Airport P O Box 12948 Wichita KS 67277 316946-4777 Newsletter Monthly Dues $30 annually

International Cessna 120140 Associshyation Dorchen Forman Editor Box 830092 Richardson TX 75083-0092 817497-4757 (D Forman) Newsletter Monthly Dues $15 US year

West Coast Cessna 120140 Club Donna Christopherson Membership 451 Bellwood Drive Santa Clara CA 95054 408988-8906 or 5540474 Newsletter Bi-monthly Dues $ 10 per year

Cessna 150152 Club Skip Carden Executive Director P O Box 15388 Durham NC 27704 919471-9492 Newsletter Monthly Dues $2000 per year

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Intcrnational Cessna 1711 Associashytion Inc Vclvel Fadcldc) Exccutivc SCLTc tary PO Bo 1667 Lehanon MO 6556 New~lctlLT Fly Paper ( I I per year) The 170 New~ (Q uarterl y) Dul~ S 15 00 per year

International Cessna 180 185 Club (Cessna I XO-I X5 ownership req uired ) Charles Bombardier Pre~ iden t

45l) N 4l)th A ve nue Phoenix AZ X501 I Newsletter 9 or 10 per year Dues S 15 per year

Eastern 190195 Association Cliff Crabs 25575 Butternut North Olmsted OH 44070 2161777-4025 after 6 pm Easte rn Newsletter Irregular - Manual on Maintenance for Members Dues $10 initiation amp as required each year

International 195 Club Dwight M Ewing President P O Box 737 Merced CA 95344 2091722-6283 Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $2000 US annually

International Comanche Society Jaek Holaway P O Box 400 Grant NE 69140 308352-4275 Newsletter Dues $34 per year

Corben Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletters Quarterly Dues $800 for four issues

Cub Club (Piper) John Bergeson Chairman P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant MI 48804-2002 517561-2393 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year (US) $20 (Canada) $25 (Foreign)

L-4 Grasshopper Wing Publisher John Bergeson Cub Club 14 NOVEMBER 1989

P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant MI 48804-2002 517561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year (US) $ 15 (Canada - US Funds) $20 (Foreign) Note Must be a Cub Club member also

Culver Club Larry Low Chairman 60 Skywood Way Woodside CA 94062 415851-0204 Newsletter None Dues None

Culver PQ-14 Assoc Ted Heineman Editor 29621 Kensington Drive Laguna Niguel CA 92677 714831-0173 Newsletter Annually Dues Donation

Dart Club (Culver) Lloyd Washburn 3958 Washburn Drive PI Clinton OH 43452 Newsletter Now and Then Dues None

Curtiss Robin Club W Lane Tufts 4138 Santa Rosa Drive Moorpark CA 93021 805529-2359 Dues None

deHavilland Moth Club Gerry Schwam Chairman 1021 Serpentine Lane Wyncote PA 19095 215635-7000 or 215886-8283 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $ 12 US amp Canada $15 Overseas

deHavilland Moth Club of Canada R deHavilland Ted Leonard FoundershyDirector 305 Old Homestead Road Keswick Ontario Canada L4P I E6 416476-4225 Newsletter Periodicall y Dues $20 annually

American Tiger Club (deHavilland) Mr Frank Price President Rt I Box 419 Moody Texas 76557 817853-2008 Newsletter Monthly Dues $2500 per year

Ercoupe Owners Club Skip Carden Eecutivc Director Box 1505~

Durham NC 2770+ 91l11471-94l12 Newsletters Monthly with ~pecial

editions Dues S20 per year

Fairchild Club John W Berendt President 7645 Echo Point Road Cannon Falls MN 55009 507263-24 14 Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $5

Fairchild Fan Club Robert L Taylor Edi tor PO Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $800 per year

Flying Farmers International Kyle Ann Stream Executive Director PO Box 9124 2 120 Airport Road

W ichit a KS 67277 31619+3-4234 News lette r 10 issues per year Dues S35 per yea r US funds plus chapter dues

Fleet Club George G Gregory Pres ident 4~80 Duguid Road Manlius NY 13 104 3 15682-6380 Newsletter Approx two per year Dues Con tributions

Funk Aircraft Owners Association G Dale Beach Ed itor - Treasurer 1621 Dreher Street Sac ramento CA 958 14 916443-7604 Newsletter 10 per yea r Dues $ 12 00

Great Lakes Club Robert L Taylor Ed itor PO Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Quarte rl y Dues $ 10 per year

The American Yankee Assn (Grumshyman American) Steve Wilson 3232 Western Drivc Cameron Park C A t)56~2

Newsletter Dues S2750 per year (U S) $3000 (Fore ign)

Hatz Club Robert L Taylor Ed itor PO Rox In Blakesburg IA 52536 515 938-2773 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $~ per year

Heath Parasol Club William Schlapman 6431 Paul son Road Winneconne WI 54968 414582-4454 News le tte r Annually Dues Postage donation

The Interstate Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 51593 8-2773 Newsletter Interstate Intercom

deHaviliand TIger Moth

Dues $8 for four issues

Little Round Engine Flyer Ken Williams Chairman 33 1 E Franklin Street Portage WI 53901 Contact Williams for further informashytion

Continental Luscombe Association Loren Bump Fearless Leader 5736 Esmar Road Ceres CA 95307 209537-9934 Newsletter Bi-monthly (6 per year) Dues $ 10 (US) $ 1250 (Canada or $10 US funds) $ 15 (Foreign)

Luscombe Association John Bergeson Chairman 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 517561-2393 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $ 15 per year (US) $20 per year (Canada) $25 per year (Foreign)

Meyers Aircraft Owners Association Wm E Gaffney Secretary 26 Rt 17K

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Newburgh NY 12550 914565-8005 Newsletter 5-6 per year Dues Postage Fund Donation

Minnesota Seaplane Pilots Associashytion Jack E Mathisen Box 385 Squaw Lake MN 56681 218659-4431 Newsletter 3-4 per year Dues $15 per year

Mooney Aircraft Pilots Assn Mark Harris 314 Stardust Dri ve San Antonio TX 78228 512434-5959 Newsletter Dues $30 per year

National Air Racing Group Frank Ronco President 1313 Los Arboles Sunnyvale CA 94087 4081733-7967 Newsletter Professional Air Racing (lOyear)

Dues $IOyear domestic

National Biplane Association Charles W Harris Board Chairman Mary R Jones Executive Director

Hangar 5 4-J Aviation Jones-Riverside Airport Tulsa OK 74132 918299-2532 Dues $1500 per year

National Championship Air Races Susan Audrain Marketing Director PO Box 1429 Reno NY 89505 702826-7500

Naval Aircraft Restorers Assn Gerald Miller 3320 Northridge Drive Grand Junction CO 81506 3031245-7899 Newsletter Dues $12 per year

American Navion Society Raleigh Morrow Chairman of Board Gerry Bright Executive Secretary Box 1175 Municipal Airport Banning CA 92220 714849-2213 Newsletter Monthly Dues $35 per year

The 99s Inc International Women Pilots Loretta Jean Gragg Executive Direcshytor PO Box 59965 Will Rogers Airport Oklahoma City OK 73159

405 685-7969 Newsletter The 99 News - monthly Dues $4000 annually

Norseman Club David E Neumeister 5630 S Washington Lansing MI 48911-4999 517882-8433 Newsletter Quarterly - Norseman Newsletter Dues $10 per year

North American Trainer Association (T6 T-28 NA64 NA50) Stoney and Kathy Stonich 2285 Oakvale Drive Shingle Springs CA 95682 916677 -2456 Newsletter Quarterly - Texans and Trojans Dues $25 US $35 Canada Foreign US Funds - In1 Money

OX-5 Aviation Pioneers Oliver Y Phillips National Secretary 10405 W 32 Avenue Wheat Ridge CO 80033 303233-5905 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year

Buckeye Pietenpol Association Frank S Pavliga Newsletter Editor

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2800 S Turner Road Canfield OH 44406 2161792-6973 days 2161792-6269 (evenings) Newsletter Buckeye Pietenpol Assn Newsletter - Quarterly Dues $750 per year

International Pietenpol Association Robert L Taylor Editor PO Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Quarterly or Semi-annushyally Dues $8 per year

Short Wing Piper Club Inc Lonnie McLaughlin Membership Chairman 32 East End A venue Brentwood NY 11717 516273-5072 Newsletter Bi-monthly Dues $25 per year

Porterfield Airplane Club Chuck Lebrecht 1019 Hickory Road Ocala FL 32672 904687-4859 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $5 per year

Rearwin Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $8 per year

Ryan Club National Bill J Hodges Chairman 811 Lydia Stephenville TX 76401 817968-4818 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Replica Fighters Association Frank G Weatherly President 22451 David Taylor MI 48180 313295-0590 Newsletters Bi-monthly Dues $15 per year

Seabee Club International Captain Richard W Sanders President 6761 NW 32 A venue Ft Lauderdale FL 33309 305979-5470 Newsletter Quarterly (plus phone conshysultation) amp directory Dues $15 (US amp Canada) $20 (Foreign)

Seaplane Pilots Association Robert A Richardson Executive Dishyrector 421 Aviation Way Frederick MD 21701 301695-2083 Newsletter Water Flying (Quarterly) Water Flying (Annual) 88 SPA Seapshylane Landing Directory - $12 - Memshybers$25 non-members Dues $28 per year

Silver Wings Fraternity Russ Brinkley President PO Box 11970 Harrisburg PA 17108 717232-9525 Newsletter Slipstream Tabloid Monthly Dues Initiation - $10 $5 per year

Spartan School of Aeronautics Alumni Association Vern Foltz Alumni Relations 8820 E Pine Street Tulsa OK 74115 918836-6886 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 annually

Staggerwing Club Jim Gorman President 1885 Millsboro Road

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Mansfie ld OH 44906 4 19529-3822 (home) 4 191755- 10 11 (office) Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $ 15 per year

Stampe Club Internationa Willi am R Baldwin P O Box 1408 Lebanon TN 37088 News letter Dues $20 per year

Stearman Restorers Association Tom Lowe President 823 Kingston Lane Crystal Lake IL 6001 4 8 15459-6873 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $ 15 per year

National Stinson Club Jonsey Pau l 144 18 Skinner Road Cypress TX 77429 Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $7 50

National Stinson Club (108 Section) George H Leamy Pres ident 108 Clu b I 15 Heinley Road

Lake Plac id FL 33852 Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $ 15 per year

Northeast Stinson Flying Club Dick Bourque Founder 8 Grimes Brook Road Simsbury CT 06070 203658- 1566 Newsletter Bi-monthl y Dues $ 10 per year

Replica Sopwilh Camel

Note Membershi p limited to 100 members

Southwest Stinson Club Dick Goe rges Pres ident 36 19 Nortree Street San Jose CA 95 148 408274-9 179 Newsletter SWSC Newsletter 10 per year Dues $ 10 per year

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Super Cub Pilots Association Jim Richmond FounderlDirector PO Box 9823 Yakima WA 98909 509248-9491 Newsletter Monthly Dues $25 per year U S $35 per year (Canada) $40 per year (Foreign)

Swift Association International Charlie Nelson P O Box 644 Athens TN 37307 6151745-9547 Newsletter Monthly Dues $25 per year

Taylorcraft Owners Club Bruce M Bixler II President 12809 Greenblower Road Alliance OH 44601 216823-9748 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Tomahawk Pilots Association Skip Carden Editor P O Box 15388 Durham NC 27704 Newsletter Bi-monthly (6 per year) Dues $2000 per year

Travel Air Club Robert L Taylor Editor PO Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Travel Air Tales - Quarshyterly Dues $8 per year

Travel Air Division of Staggerwing Museum Dub Yarbrough P O Box 550 Tullahoma TN 37388 615455-1974 Newsletter Dues $25 per year

Twin Bonanza Association Richard L Ward Director 19684 Lakeshore Drive Three Rivers MI 49093 616279-2540 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 per year (U S amp Canada) $35 per year (Foreign)

Vintage Sailplane Association Jan Scott Secretary Rt I Box 239

Lovettsville V A 22080 703822-5504 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Waco Club National Ray Brandly President 700 Hill Avenue Hamilton OH 45015 513868-0084 Newsletter Bi-monthly Dues $800 per year

Waco Historical Society R E Hoefflin Treasurer 10 13 Westgate Road Troy OH 45373

Waco UPF-7s

513335-2621 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $4 per year Sept I - Aug 31

World War I Aeroplanes Inc Leonard E Opdycke DirectorPubshylisher 15 Crescent Road Poughkeepsie NY 1260 I 914473-3679 Journals WW I Aero (1900-1919) Skyways (1920-1940) Dues Minimum - $20 each for one year $25 foreign for WW I Aero

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19

1989 GRAND CHAMPION ANTIQUE

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Bill Halverson has been at least part owner of his Beech G 17S Staggerwing since 1967 A pilot really gets to know an airplane in that amount of timc especially if he spends 12 of those years on a total rebuild as Bill has done with NC 80316 The reward for that effort comes with recognition both on the ramps of airports along wherever his route may take him and in the judgshying ballots at EAA Oshkosh 89 where the airplane was voted Grand Chamshypion Antique

Bills G 17S was originally built at Beechs Wichita factory in February 1947 Walter Beech called the G 17S the best of all the Staggerwings Im shyprovements over the D Models inshycluded a redesigned engine installation with a longer sleeker cowling a new windshield with shalshy

greater with the V -tai l aluminum speedster as we ll The Staggerwing faded after 20 G Models were proshyduced and the Bonanza went on to a successful production run that persists to thi s day The sty le and luxury of the Staggerwing however will never be forgotten as long as there are people such as Bill Halverson who are devoted to preserving the history of the great airplanes of the Golden Age

Serial Number B 15 was the last Staggerwing built for a customer at the factory Four more were asse mbled from parts later on in Texas by Henry Seale Aviation Supply Inc And a facshytory demonstrator Serial Number B20 was later built in Wichita but NC 80316 was the last of the lU xury cabin biplanes Beech sold to a regular cusshy

tomer in this case an oil drilling outfit from Colorado The company flew the Staggerwing as a corporate transport until the late 1950s or early 1960s and sold it to Tomcat Overalls Inc in Tenshynessee In the early 1960s Robert Colshyeman bought the Staggerwing and reshycovered it in Razorback painted it white and changed the registration number to N 262C In 1967 a group of eight airline pilots bought the airplane and shared expenses and flyshying until 1972 when one of the eight Bill Halverson bought the airplane from the club which had since shrunk from eight to three members

As luck would have it an AD note on the Razorback ribstitching arrived shortly after Bill became sole owner He was left with the prospect of a total

rebuild and no one to lower slope a re-deshy share the expense He signed instrument panshy did have plenty of el different vertical help from many quarshystab ilizer and rudder ters but the bulk of the and a new set of fairshy rebuild was performed ings The company inshy by Bill himself tended to build 50 Stripping the skin G17s but at $29000 from the airplane reshythe price was too vealed a variety of much to pay even sub-projects that through the eyes of needed attention The post-war prosperity basic structure was The newfangled Boshy sound but the systems nanza was available at had taken a beating $7 975 and its perforshy from approximately mance was comparashy 2400 hours of use and ble to that of the 25 years of aging The Staggerwing Operatshy landing gear was comshy

Carl Schuppeling economy was far Bill Halverson pletely re-done as 20 NOVEMBER 1989

were the brakes The electrical system was overhauled and conshyverted to 24 volts to accommodate the King Gold Crown radio package The IFR setshyup includes dual navshycoms with glideslope ADF DME threeshylight marker beacon and a Mode C transshyponder Bill also inshycorporated a variety of warning systems for the gear cabin doors flaps low-fuel or oil and fire

The 450-hp Pratt amp Whitney R-985 engine had 50 hours on it when the eight pilots bought it in 1967 and has over 600 now Bill paid a conshysiderable amount of attention to it in the 12 years the airplane was grounded but points out that thc work performed was far short of a complete overhaul It conshytinues to purr like the PampW factory cat

The interior was totally re-worked by the upholstery shop at Flying Cloud Airport near Minneapolis This time however leather was used in places where mohair was used on the original The pleating and other design work is all up to factory spec including the headliner

Bill covered the Staggerwing in Ceconite 101 and laid on 30 coats of hand-rubbed butyrate dope sanding in

between every cross coat The final 12 layers of pigmented dope were applied with tender loving care and 600 wetshysand followed by an even finer grade preceeding the final polishing The rcshysuits are stunning

Bill already knew about the drudgery part of aviation first-hand He began his flying as a lineboy tradshying chores for flying time at Grand Forks North Dakota He entered the Army Air Corps at 18 years of age and flew PT-13s -17s AT-6s and B-25s in the service After that he signed on with Northwest Orient Airlines starting out on DC-3s and Martin 202s Ultishymately he flew almost everything they had including the Boeing 747 which he flew for the last 10 years of his

career retiring In

1986 Along the way he also cadged time in P-51 s with the Minshynesota Air National Guard

Bill is a founding member of the Staggerwing Museum in Tullahoma Tenshynessee and chairs the museums Scot Perry Memorial Scholarship Fund committee The museum is dedicated to the preservation of Staggerwing memorashybilia and houses paperwork plans and

other artifacts relating to the airplane and its designer Walter Beech The scholarship fund is an ongoing project that recognizes young people who have demonstrated a love for aviation and provides for their further education It is named for the son of another museum founding member Dick Perry and frequently calls on the EAA Air Academy for recipients

When Bill s group first bought the Staggerwing it was just another 20shyyear-old corporate luxury barge What they did would compare to a group today buying a used King Air for pershysonal transport It is the passing of time that makes his Staggerwing a piece of aviation history and Bill has been there through it all thick and thin bull

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21

On Monday evening of EAA Oshshykosh 89 with beautiful airplanes parked at all points of the compass it was still a revelation to discover two highly polished Globe Swifts parked in the first row of the AntiquelClassic aircraft camping area It was fun to watch people walk by stop and stare - the look on their faces giving away their thoughts It is called desire shyhunger if you will Each admiring glance at the two shiny aluminum airshycraft seemed to bring on more admiration Some shook their heads in amazement others quietly pointed out features to their friends Somehow I had the feeling we were looking at a couple of winners

By Wednesday afshyternoon both Swifts and their owners were gone from their tiedown spots and it was hoped the AIC judges had done their work in the short time provided The Thursshyday evening A wards Program soon brought 22 NOVEMBER 1989

a few convictions home Globe Swift NC78181 owned by Daryl Dressler of St Paul Minnesota won the Custom Class I (over ISO-hp) Award And when the Grand Champion Classic Award was announced Charles Hoover and his 8S-hp Globe Swift NC8090S ran off with all the marbles

It was my pleasant job the following week to inform Charles Hoover over the phone that he had garnered the Grand Champion Lindy Award

Charles Hoover

(One of lifes simple pleasures ) At first Charles had a You gotta be kidshyding apprehension about taking home the heavy hardware However my very persistent tone of voice must have hit home He finally realized what he had accomplished and the giggles and laughing told me he understood Later Charles admitted he didnt get much work done the rest of that day

A little detective work revealed that Charles had won six previous awards

at Oshkosh with his Swift with the AIC Grand Champion Lindy being Numshyber seven On top of this the beautifully polished machine has won any number of other awards over the past 16 years of Hoovers ownership

The original Swift named the GC-l was a steel tube and plywood airplane deshysigned by K H Bud Knox back in 1941 It looked very similar to the metal version which came after World War I in

1945 The original aircraft was powered with a Continental A-80 and would top out at 145 mph and cruise at 130 mph - figures that are remarkably similar to Charles Hoovers metal Swift with its 85-hp engine

The Swift was built by three differshyent companies following World War

II Globe Aircraft Corp of Fort Worth Texas started the line of all-metal Swifts and was followed by Texas Enshygineering amp Manufacturing Co (Temco) These in turn were followed by Universal Aircraft which built the last 16 GC-IA and 60 GC-IB Swifts The grand total manufactured is apshyproximately 1500 Swifts of which some 720 remain on the FAA Register today or these it is estimated that less than a half dozen are still flying with a C85-12 engine Now we can understand why Charles Hoovers 85shyhp Swift has caused so many raised eyebrows It is a rare bird

Built in July 1946 Charles GC-IA is Serial Number 308 and is one of the 47 GC-IA models built by Globe that are still on the FAA Register Nearly all of these have been re-engined with more horsepower The lowest number on the register is NC33336 SIN 2 which is owned by Louis Leftwich Jr of Orlando Florida This very aircraft was used in the photos for the company literature in 1946 Included in the opshytions for the 1946 Swift were floats and skis An airbrushed drawing shows NC33336 flying by with a set of rather pointed floats mounted on struts from the gear wells (Talk about Dreamshyers)

Some of the detailing on Charles Swift really caught the judges eye at EAA Oshkosh 89 The beautiful deshycals on the wheel hubs showing a map of the world with Swift across the face were done by fellow Swift owner Pat Moore of Minneapolis They were done about 10 years ago using the silkscreen process and are absolutely beautiful

Please bear in mind that this Swift has been continually upgraded for the 16 years that Charles has owned it Herein lies the secret Just because Charles didnt win Grand Champion in 1973 he didnt give up Each year more improvements were acshycomplished eventually culminating with the coveted Grand Champion A ward This is persistence at its very best For this we congratulate Charles Hoover and wish him the very best in future endeavors

And let us not forget the Lake Elmo bunch of Swift aficionados who work so well together in a mutual aid society Led by Mark Holliday Jim Montague and a host of others they have set the collective AntiqueClassic crowd on their ear with the huge amount of championship hardware that has found its way home to Lake Elmo We salute you bull

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SPEEDWING Vern Dallman flies the sole

remaining Curtiss-Wright B-14-B

If youve ever watched a kitten grow up you have an idea of how aviation spent its childhood A kitten doesnt know whats possible and what isn t It can t tell the difference between leaping up on a tall bookshelf which it will be ab le to do when it gets bigger and leaping up on the roof It will jump and fai l day after day until it finally makes the bookshelf Some time later it will find another way to get to the roof You have to wonder if along the way the kitten had any idea what its ultimate limitations were

In the 1930s aviation was like that kitten It hadnt yet figured out what it couldnt do Designers were finding 24 NOVEMBER 1989

by Mark Phelps

ways to coax more speed and capabilshyity out of airplanes on an almost daily basis Improved airframes alternated with more sophisticated engines playshying techno-leapfrog from one design to the next In June 1932 Curtiss-Wright leaped the field with its 8-14-8 Speedwing Only two were built and Vern Dallman most conspicuous at EAA Oshkosh 89 for his Little Looper replica has one of them at his Ala Doble Aerobatic Ranch in Esshyparto California

The Speedwing was essentially an A-14-D Sportsman with a nine-cyshylinder 330-hp Wright R-97S-E engine The Sportsman which itself was cershy

tified only 10 months earlier had thc seven-cylinder 240-hp R-760-E With 60 more horses up front the Speedshywing aimed its ample nose in the direcshytion of the wealthy sport-flyer market It had scating for thrce with two in a bench seat in front Thc front cockpit normally went around undcr covcr however in the quest for more speed at the expense of carrying passengers The metal cockpi t cover was standard equipment from the factory in St Louis Missouri

Other standard equipment included a metal propeller electric starter navishygation lights cockpit lights battery and a headrest for the rear cockpit Reshy

tractable landing lights would run the buyer an additional $200 and for $100 he could have the optional two-tone paint job The Speedwing carried 35 gallons of fuel in the fuselage tank and an additional 23 gallons in the centershysection tank In keeping with its image as a personal airplane for the disshycriminating owner-pilot two baggage compartments opened on the right side of the fuselage behind the rear cockpit The upper compartment allowed 48 pounds and the lower 100 pounds The shatter-proof windshield was adshyjustable as was the rear seat Top speed of the 8-14-8 was 177 mph with a cruise of 150 mph

Curtiss-Wright also built a 8-14-R with a 420-hp version of the same Rshy975 engine for Casey Lambert Vern Dallmans airplane has a rip-snorting 440-hp version of the same engine for even more neck-snapping perforshymance In fact Curtiss-Wright later developed its Osprey as a fightershybomber version of the Speedwing series for some governments that were re-arming on a tight budget

With the sorry state of owner-flown high-performance aircraft sales today it seems odd that an airplane such as

the Speedwing could survive in the midst of the Depression In fact it didnt Only two were built One went to the Department of Commerce and the other was a factory demonstrator Verns is the old factory airplane comshyplete with the wheel pants and faired N-struts that were added later in the quest for still more speed (Vern has the original metal pants at home but uses a set of fiberglass ones for crossshycountry work)

The progression of Curtiss-Wrights aircraft design trends went like this From the inexpensive training ships of the early 1920s to the speed demons of the early thirties to the potential milishytary contract ships of the mid- to lateshy1930s to the Condor series of transshyports that got the factory people so exshycited after that Its significant that in 1933 Curtiss-Wright still had a stockpile of OX-5 engines in like-new condition available for $45 each No one bought them The OX-5 was the engine of choice for most light aircraft as little as eight years before Contrast that with the Lycoming 0-235 that still powers most two-seat trainers of today yet first appeared almost half a century ago in 1940

Walter 8eech resigned as president of Curtiss-Wright in early 1932 With him went the last vestiges of the Travel Air influence Ralph Damon became president and George Page 1r became chief engineer Fred Landgraf was the project director on the - 14 Series and his previous employment with the Ken-Royce (Rearwin) factory and the Alexander Eaglerock design team shows up clearly in the Curtiss-Wright machines

Its interesting that you can break down the design influence and progshyress of a company virtually by the month based on who was designing the airplanes and what engines were available at what cost Also important was the management of the company who aimed the product at whichever market appeared the most pliable at the time In fact it s likely that the whole history may be over-analyzed The explanation for each new aircraft may be as simple as it appears

I n the case of the 8-14-8 that means lots of horsepower raw speed and one person on board Practical No but in those days aviation wasn t grown up enough to know what was impossible bull

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AVIATION RELIC PRINTS AVAILABLE Now available from Aviation Relic

Prints is a series of seven pieces of excellent artwork Choose from the de Havilland D H4 Bleriot XI Albashytross D Ya Wright EX Yin Fiz Fokshyker T-2 Douglas World Cruiser Chishycago or Curtiss NC-4 Through an agreement with the Smithsonian Inshystitutions National Air and Space Museum each relic print includes a piece of the original fabric from these historic aircraft Also included is a certificate of authenticity and a brief DE HAlllAJ) D H -t

history of the aircraft The prints are available framed at $145 each or unshyframed at $55 each For the quality and historica l significance involved this represents a good value For a catalog or to order by telephone call to ll -free 1-800533-7763 or wri te to Aviation Relic Prints 8152 North

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Each aircraft depicted ill thisizistoric series lms restored by the Smithsonian Institutiol1lZl1d is pnrt Of its collectio11 The fabric removed durillg that restoration is certified to be the originnl fabric apiece ofwh ich is attached to this relic print

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This spectacular photo was taken by Dollie Gheen noted aviation photographer from Fairborn Ohio Although taken in 1989 it could almost pass for 1937 with the beautiful 1937 Stinson SR-7B NC16130 SIN 9693 owned by James Solenberg of Shelbyville Indiana flanked by an immaculate 1937 Cord 812 Custom Beverly owned by Bob Gheen of Fairborn Ohio Both vehicles feature a Lycoming engine built in the same factory Lycoming and Stinson were owned by the Cord Company which in turn was part of the Auburn Automobile Company The only hint of 1989 is the tiny strobe on the belly of the Stinson and the reflection of a B-26 tail in the door of the Cord automobile

SENSENICH PROPELLER COMPANY SOLD The venerable Sensenich Propeller Comshy pitch propellers In recent years the firm has

pany has been sold to The Philadelphia been servicing and overhauling propellers of Bourse Inc and Warren A Wilbur III has been all types and that aspect of the business named president Wilbur was president of will also be continued For further information Bellanca Aircraft in the mid 1970s Under new contact Sensenich Propeller Company East management Sensenich will remain in its Airport Road PO Box 5100 Lancaster PA present facilities in Lancaster PA and will 17601-0100 Phone 717569-0435 continue to make wood and metal fixed

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PASS IT TO ---rJ An information exchange column with input from readers

Oh boy Here it is deadline time and I don t have anything down on paper Seems too that people are using the phone more and more I have onl y a few letters thi s month But I havc what seems li ke a million phone call s Alshymost a ll the call s are from people wantshying to ta lk to people who have written arti c les for thc magazine George Quast s se ri es of artic les o n the Aero nca C-2 rebuild has generated an inord inate number of call s all wanting hi s home address and phone number It was not in the article (Reach George (If PO Box 233 Hutchinson MinshylIesolil 55350-0233 Be sure to pass lI lollg your hest wishes to his dog Max - Ed )

I ve had ca ll s fro m Baron von Will er and the Glue Ange ls bunch out 28 NOVEMBER 1989

by Buck Hilbert (EAA 21 Ale 5) Po Box 424 Union IL 60180

San Diego way and another invite to do Mex ican Av iation Day at Ensenada There have been phone call s from San Anto nios Bill Stratton with more talk about his Liaison Pilots group from New York asking for info on Aeronca engines and call s from guys who just wanted to ta lk So me were after II 00 at night (Hey Buck A bunch of us are sitting around the bar and you ve got to settl e an argument What color was the headliner on a 1940 Champ) but in the main I ve enjoyed talking to everyone of them

I just fini shed another sojourn across the country taking in the fa ll colo rs and visiting av iatin fri ends along the way I vis ited George York in Mansfi e ld Ohio last month We di scussed aircraft judging and some o f the peculiarities

of that particul ar job at Oshkosh I ve said it often enough I hope that I really respect our j udges and their efforts during the Convention Both George and I ag ree that we could use a few more apprentices to work with the judges duri ng the Convention The program needs some new talent so guys and gals get in early and learn how the system works Let s have your input

I a lso visited Bill Doc Mitchell at Coudersport Pennsy lvania Bill s very ni ce PT- 19 is that all -s il ver one that you always see in the front row down at AIC Showplane Parking He was coerced into taking it down to the Warshybird Area a couple of times but he always seems to wind up back with us He is a lso one o f the best line boys

Ive ever encountered Along with Ray Olcott he shows up every year to do yeoman work around Pioneer Airport before the Convention I got to visit his hangar and you wouldnt believe the goodies he has That PT- 19 will be going for a good many yea rs with all the spares he has I just drooled over all that aeronautical candy

I had ideas about visiting all the people I could along the way to Boothshybay Maine but as usual my timedisshytance perception was way off base After all those years of jetting it on United Air Lines its hard to realize how long it takes to drive To me Bosshyton is about an hour and 50 minutes from O Hare We took five days I had intended to visit the Marlboro anshytiquers in Massachusetts but had to byshypass them because I flat ran out of time I also wanted to see Chuck Burtch and the gang around upstate New York but again I ran out of time Im going to change my ways and just plan localized expeditions from now on - concentrating on one area and

not tryi ng to spread it out too much I might mention that I did visit with

Father John MacGillivray in Antishygonish Nova Scotia Canada Father John as you may know donated his Tiger Moth and his rare Miles Hawk to the EAA Aviation Foundation over the years and is a mainstay of EAA He maintains his seat up at the inforshymation window at EAA Headquarters during the Convention and also conshyducts services at the Theatre In the Woods despite all the airplane noise Father John is also a real sparkplug on his home ground He keeps EAA memshybers in Canada aware and knowlegable of all that s going on He arranges chapter and dinner meetings and is the official greeter when it comes to outshyof-towners such as Dorothy and me We enjoyed our visit with him and are most apo logetic that we didnt take adshyvantage of the dinner invitation in conshycurrance with the chapter meeting

Ive also had some nice calls from donors who have their airplanes on disshyplay in the EAA Air Adventure

Museum The new arrangement of airshycraft and the display now that we have the Warbirds in the Eagle Hangar has made several of those people very happy Previous to thi s there just wasnt room and many of the airplanes were in storage Now we can all see them

I m somewhat more than dismayed to learn that one of our greatest of the Old Timers has gone Westmiddot Next time you look at the EAA Spirit of Saint Louis project or see that beautishyful SE 5 replica in the display area think of Gil Bodeen Gil goes way back Back to the beginning The Corn County Chapter of Dekalb Illinois was largely his He was a beautiful craftsman and did woodwork the likes of which youlI se ldom see 1 can walk through the museum and see his craftsmanship in many of the machines that are there Im gonna miss you Gill But your workmanship will live on right there in the museum displays and in the flying machines at Pioneer Airshyport bull

A view of the re-arranged museum floor - and the Ryan Sew

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CHAPTER CAPSULES by Bob Brauer

Chapter 15 has been meeting at Bob Rings private air strip Ring Internashytional in Berwick Maine since it was formed in 1985 Known as the New England Chapter it was the result of a group of 15 EAA members with a strong interest in antique and classic aircraft The chapter was founded by its first president Bob Ring of Bershywick Henry Van Cleef of Lawrence Massachusetts Jack Copeland of Westborough Massachusetts and Alice and Richard Gilchrest of Lynn Massachusetts Membership now numshybers around 25 and the participants live in an area that includes southern New Hampshire eastern Massachusetts and southwest Maine

Ring International is a busy place because of both the clubs as well as the individual members projects Bob Ring has been restoring a Waco 2 which he salvaged as a crop duster and returned to original configuration This project plus generously providing a meeting place for the chapter and space for chapter projects leave little time for dull moments

A group of members meet every other Saturday to work on restoring a Meyers OTW owned by Gerry Barg of South Easton Massachusetts When the airplane is complete Gerry and the main restoration crew will share flight duties Also under restoration by another chapter group is a Northrop Primary Glider Most of the members are avid restorers at heart and continushyally work on projects either their own or those of fellow members As a matshyter of fact getting together at each others projects for work sessions is an ongoing activity President Errol Dow sums it up best We are an aid to each other Most people need the support of a club because not everyone has all the expertise required for a complete proshyject It becomes a learning experience for all of us

Errol further explained that the chapter stresses work sessions as part of the monthly meetings rather than the customary structured or planned proshy30 NOVEMBER 1989

Left to right Bob Ring Jock Denison Harvey Wells Errol Dow Gerry Peterson Jock Copeshyland Dick Gilchrist Louis Furnos Maurice Lambert (guest) Paul Poulson and Charlie Pearshyson

grams These sessions involve member participation in working sheet metal fabric covering and general restorashytion He notes that everyone likes to teach or instruct

This group inspiration must work since 75 percent of the members fly antique or classic aircraft Errol is reshystoring an early model Piper Pacer and charter member Dick Jackson of Rochester New Hampahire has sevshyeral Wacos of different types in the process of detailed restoration Inshycluded in Dicks collection is a rare if not the only existing Waco Model D Included among members airplanes are a Luscombe Champ and a J-3 Two or three of these old airplanes fly in to each meeting so their efforts have paid off

As far as flight is concerned howshyever Chapter 15 is not preoccupied with the past For example Jack Copeshyland has been instrumental in enshycouraging members to write the FAA and their congressmen to support EAAs position on general aviation

and airplane issues In Errol Dow s opinion EAA is doing a pretty good job in the battle for the airmans right to fly

Errol also reminisced about past chapter president Don Mc Laughlin of Hampton New Hampshire who passed away last November At a time when chapter interest was at somewhat of an ebb he earned everyones respect for re-instilling enthusiasm in members to maintain and fly old airplanes Errol indicated that he felt it was a difficult task to step into Don s shoes but from the current interest shown by memshybers Errol has made his own shoes to walk in He believes in a sustained efshyfort to get new EAA and AIC members to expand the clubs base That base is sure to grow because of the chapters desire to teach Seems as though they cant wait to get someone who is new to old airplanes so that they can show him new techniques for restoring old planes This group of New Englanders are proving that something old has a bright future bull

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LISTING

compil ed by Mark Phe lps

B irds of a feather do flock together and type clubs are the best way for owners of like mac hines to share inform ashyti on part s and soc ial camaraderie The Cessna 12011 40 cl ubs merged the ir effort s to produce a record assault on EAA Oshkosh 88 In 1989 The Ameri can Yankee Associshyati on heJd its national convention in Cable Wisconsin the week be fore EAA Oshkosh 89 and several members fl ew on down to Oshkosh the fo llow ing week to for m the G ru mshyman Corral in the north parking area

Bes ides owners of spec ific aircraft pil o ts with similar ex periences or interests can gather to share a li e or two The OX-5 Aviation Pioneers fo r instance include pilots bold enough to have fl own behind the Curti ss OX-5 eng ine before World War II

Officers and members of type clubs often are the fi rst point of contact for pilots considering a spec ific airplane type and that usuall y exc ites the prospecti ve owner abo ut getting the project started You might say that many of those who call with doubts about the type are clubbed into submiss ion

Aeronca Aviator s Club shyA Division of Pea Patch Airlines Julie amp Joe Dickey 51 1 Terrace Lake Road Columbus IN 47201 8 12342-6878 Newsletter 4 times as year Dues No dues - $ 12 subsc ripti on

National Aeronca Club Jim Thompson President 266 Lamp amp Lantern Vill age Chesterf ield MO 63017 12 NOVEMBER 1989

Most type clubs also di stribute newsletters that include stories maintenance information and schedul es of ac shyti viti es They also offer a chance to get a picture of a me mber s aircraft in print for everyone across the country to apprec iate An exce llent example of a type-c lu b news letshyter is the Short Wing Piper NI s published by the Short Wing Piper C lub

If you own an antique or class ic aircraft or even an orph aned spamcan such as the Grum man American airpl anes and you would like to network with others who share your enthusias m type c lu bs are the best way The fo ll owing is the AntiqueClass ic Di vis ion s most current li st o f ty pe clubs If we have le ft out your group or made an error in our li sting send in the in fo rmati on and we ll make it avail able to members nex t year The organi zations are li sted alphabeticall y by the name most commonl y assoc iated with the type i e Beech Stagge rwing clu bs are li sted under S and the Western Bonanza Assoc iation is li sted un der B

Newslette r 6 per year Dues $20 00 US $30 Canada $45 Foreign $40 Charter US $50 Charter Canada $65 Charter Foreign

Aeronca Lovers Club Buzz Wagner Box 3 40 1 1st SI East Clark SO 57225 605532-3862 Newsletter Quarte rl y Dues $ 15 per year

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Aeronca Sedan Club Mr Richard Welsh 2311 East Lake Sammamish Place SE Issaquah W A 98027 Newsletter 3 per year Dues $350 per year

American Air Racing Society Mr Rudy Profant President 4060 W 158th Street Cleveland OH

216941-0089 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $1000 per year

American Aviation Historical Socishyety Mr Harry Gann President 2333 Otis SI Santa Ana CA 92704 714549-4818 Tuesday nights 7 00shy900 pm local Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 includes Journal and Newsshyletter

Flying Apache Assn John Lumley 1 S 300 Dillon Lane Villa Park IL 60181 312627-8027 Dues $25 per year

Artic Tern Newsletter David Neumeister 5630 S Washington Lansing MI 48910 517882-8433 Newsletter Dues $10 per year

Bellanca Champion Club Ms Pam Foard and Mr Larry DAtshytilio 1820 N 166th Street Brookfield WI 53005 4141784-03 18 Newsletter Quarterly - Bellanca Conshytact Dues $2500 per year

Bird Airplane Club Jeannie Hill P O Box 328 Harvard IL 60033 815943-7205 Newsletter 2-3 annually Dues Postage Donation

American Bonanza Society Cliff R Sones Administrator PO Box 12888 Wichita KS 67277 316945-6913

Newsletter Monthly Dues $3500 per year

Western Bonanza Society Alden C Barrios 1436 Muirlands Drive La Jolla CA 92037 619459-5901 Newsletter Dues $20 per year

Bucker Club John Bergeson SecretaryTreasurer 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 517561-2393 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year (US amp Canada) $ 15 per year (Foreign)

Bucker Club National Frank Price President RI 1 Box 419 Moody Texas 76557 817853-2008 Newsletter 12 per year Dues $2500 per year

Cessna Airmaster Club Gar Williams 9 So 135 Aero Drive Naperville IL 60565 312355-9416 Dues None

International Bird Dog Association (Cessna L-19) Phil Phillips President 3939 C-8 San Pedro NE Albuquerque NM 87110 50588 1-7555 Newsletter Quarterly Observer Dues $2500 per year

Cessna T -50 Flying Bobcats Jon Larson 3821 53rd Street SE Auburn WA 98002 206833-1068 Newsletter Quarterly Dues Donation

Cessna Pilots Association John Frank Executive Director MidshyContinent Airport P O Box 12948 Wichita KS 67277 316946-4777 Newsletter Monthly Dues $30 annually

International Cessna 120140 Associshyation Dorchen Forman Editor Box 830092 Richardson TX 75083-0092 817497-4757 (D Forman) Newsletter Monthly Dues $15 US year

West Coast Cessna 120140 Club Donna Christopherson Membership 451 Bellwood Drive Santa Clara CA 95054 408988-8906 or 5540474 Newsletter Bi-monthly Dues $ 10 per year

Cessna 150152 Club Skip Carden Executive Director P O Box 15388 Durham NC 27704 919471-9492 Newsletter Monthly Dues $2000 per year

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Intcrnational Cessna 1711 Associashytion Inc Vclvel Fadcldc) Exccutivc SCLTc tary PO Bo 1667 Lehanon MO 6556 New~lctlLT Fly Paper ( I I per year) The 170 New~ (Q uarterl y) Dul~ S 15 00 per year

International Cessna 180 185 Club (Cessna I XO-I X5 ownership req uired ) Charles Bombardier Pre~ iden t

45l) N 4l)th A ve nue Phoenix AZ X501 I Newsletter 9 or 10 per year Dues S 15 per year

Eastern 190195 Association Cliff Crabs 25575 Butternut North Olmsted OH 44070 2161777-4025 after 6 pm Easte rn Newsletter Irregular - Manual on Maintenance for Members Dues $10 initiation amp as required each year

International 195 Club Dwight M Ewing President P O Box 737 Merced CA 95344 2091722-6283 Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $2000 US annually

International Comanche Society Jaek Holaway P O Box 400 Grant NE 69140 308352-4275 Newsletter Dues $34 per year

Corben Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletters Quarterly Dues $800 for four issues

Cub Club (Piper) John Bergeson Chairman P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant MI 48804-2002 517561-2393 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year (US) $20 (Canada) $25 (Foreign)

L-4 Grasshopper Wing Publisher John Bergeson Cub Club 14 NOVEMBER 1989

P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant MI 48804-2002 517561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year (US) $ 15 (Canada - US Funds) $20 (Foreign) Note Must be a Cub Club member also

Culver Club Larry Low Chairman 60 Skywood Way Woodside CA 94062 415851-0204 Newsletter None Dues None

Culver PQ-14 Assoc Ted Heineman Editor 29621 Kensington Drive Laguna Niguel CA 92677 714831-0173 Newsletter Annually Dues Donation

Dart Club (Culver) Lloyd Washburn 3958 Washburn Drive PI Clinton OH 43452 Newsletter Now and Then Dues None

Curtiss Robin Club W Lane Tufts 4138 Santa Rosa Drive Moorpark CA 93021 805529-2359 Dues None

deHavilland Moth Club Gerry Schwam Chairman 1021 Serpentine Lane Wyncote PA 19095 215635-7000 or 215886-8283 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $ 12 US amp Canada $15 Overseas

deHavilland Moth Club of Canada R deHavilland Ted Leonard FoundershyDirector 305 Old Homestead Road Keswick Ontario Canada L4P I E6 416476-4225 Newsletter Periodicall y Dues $20 annually

American Tiger Club (deHavilland) Mr Frank Price President Rt I Box 419 Moody Texas 76557 817853-2008 Newsletter Monthly Dues $2500 per year

Ercoupe Owners Club Skip Carden Eecutivc Director Box 1505~

Durham NC 2770+ 91l11471-94l12 Newsletters Monthly with ~pecial

editions Dues S20 per year

Fairchild Club John W Berendt President 7645 Echo Point Road Cannon Falls MN 55009 507263-24 14 Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $5

Fairchild Fan Club Robert L Taylor Edi tor PO Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $800 per year

Flying Farmers International Kyle Ann Stream Executive Director PO Box 9124 2 120 Airport Road

W ichit a KS 67277 31619+3-4234 News lette r 10 issues per year Dues S35 per yea r US funds plus chapter dues

Fleet Club George G Gregory Pres ident 4~80 Duguid Road Manlius NY 13 104 3 15682-6380 Newsletter Approx two per year Dues Con tributions

Funk Aircraft Owners Association G Dale Beach Ed itor - Treasurer 1621 Dreher Street Sac ramento CA 958 14 916443-7604 Newsletter 10 per yea r Dues $ 12 00

Great Lakes Club Robert L Taylor Ed itor PO Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Quarte rl y Dues $ 10 per year

The American Yankee Assn (Grumshyman American) Steve Wilson 3232 Western Drivc Cameron Park C A t)56~2

Newsletter Dues S2750 per year (U S) $3000 (Fore ign)

Hatz Club Robert L Taylor Ed itor PO Rox In Blakesburg IA 52536 515 938-2773 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $~ per year

Heath Parasol Club William Schlapman 6431 Paul son Road Winneconne WI 54968 414582-4454 News le tte r Annually Dues Postage donation

The Interstate Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 51593 8-2773 Newsletter Interstate Intercom

deHaviliand TIger Moth

Dues $8 for four issues

Little Round Engine Flyer Ken Williams Chairman 33 1 E Franklin Street Portage WI 53901 Contact Williams for further informashytion

Continental Luscombe Association Loren Bump Fearless Leader 5736 Esmar Road Ceres CA 95307 209537-9934 Newsletter Bi-monthly (6 per year) Dues $ 10 (US) $ 1250 (Canada or $10 US funds) $ 15 (Foreign)

Luscombe Association John Bergeson Chairman 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 517561-2393 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $ 15 per year (US) $20 per year (Canada) $25 per year (Foreign)

Meyers Aircraft Owners Association Wm E Gaffney Secretary 26 Rt 17K

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Newburgh NY 12550 914565-8005 Newsletter 5-6 per year Dues Postage Fund Donation

Minnesota Seaplane Pilots Associashytion Jack E Mathisen Box 385 Squaw Lake MN 56681 218659-4431 Newsletter 3-4 per year Dues $15 per year

Mooney Aircraft Pilots Assn Mark Harris 314 Stardust Dri ve San Antonio TX 78228 512434-5959 Newsletter Dues $30 per year

National Air Racing Group Frank Ronco President 1313 Los Arboles Sunnyvale CA 94087 4081733-7967 Newsletter Professional Air Racing (lOyear)

Dues $IOyear domestic

National Biplane Association Charles W Harris Board Chairman Mary R Jones Executive Director

Hangar 5 4-J Aviation Jones-Riverside Airport Tulsa OK 74132 918299-2532 Dues $1500 per year

National Championship Air Races Susan Audrain Marketing Director PO Box 1429 Reno NY 89505 702826-7500

Naval Aircraft Restorers Assn Gerald Miller 3320 Northridge Drive Grand Junction CO 81506 3031245-7899 Newsletter Dues $12 per year

American Navion Society Raleigh Morrow Chairman of Board Gerry Bright Executive Secretary Box 1175 Municipal Airport Banning CA 92220 714849-2213 Newsletter Monthly Dues $35 per year

The 99s Inc International Women Pilots Loretta Jean Gragg Executive Direcshytor PO Box 59965 Will Rogers Airport Oklahoma City OK 73159

405 685-7969 Newsletter The 99 News - monthly Dues $4000 annually

Norseman Club David E Neumeister 5630 S Washington Lansing MI 48911-4999 517882-8433 Newsletter Quarterly - Norseman Newsletter Dues $10 per year

North American Trainer Association (T6 T-28 NA64 NA50) Stoney and Kathy Stonich 2285 Oakvale Drive Shingle Springs CA 95682 916677 -2456 Newsletter Quarterly - Texans and Trojans Dues $25 US $35 Canada Foreign US Funds - In1 Money

OX-5 Aviation Pioneers Oliver Y Phillips National Secretary 10405 W 32 Avenue Wheat Ridge CO 80033 303233-5905 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year

Buckeye Pietenpol Association Frank S Pavliga Newsletter Editor

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2800 S Turner Road Canfield OH 44406 2161792-6973 days 2161792-6269 (evenings) Newsletter Buckeye Pietenpol Assn Newsletter - Quarterly Dues $750 per year

International Pietenpol Association Robert L Taylor Editor PO Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Quarterly or Semi-annushyally Dues $8 per year

Short Wing Piper Club Inc Lonnie McLaughlin Membership Chairman 32 East End A venue Brentwood NY 11717 516273-5072 Newsletter Bi-monthly Dues $25 per year

Porterfield Airplane Club Chuck Lebrecht 1019 Hickory Road Ocala FL 32672 904687-4859 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $5 per year

Rearwin Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $8 per year

Ryan Club National Bill J Hodges Chairman 811 Lydia Stephenville TX 76401 817968-4818 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Replica Fighters Association Frank G Weatherly President 22451 David Taylor MI 48180 313295-0590 Newsletters Bi-monthly Dues $15 per year

Seabee Club International Captain Richard W Sanders President 6761 NW 32 A venue Ft Lauderdale FL 33309 305979-5470 Newsletter Quarterly (plus phone conshysultation) amp directory Dues $15 (US amp Canada) $20 (Foreign)

Seaplane Pilots Association Robert A Richardson Executive Dishyrector 421 Aviation Way Frederick MD 21701 301695-2083 Newsletter Water Flying (Quarterly) Water Flying (Annual) 88 SPA Seapshylane Landing Directory - $12 - Memshybers$25 non-members Dues $28 per year

Silver Wings Fraternity Russ Brinkley President PO Box 11970 Harrisburg PA 17108 717232-9525 Newsletter Slipstream Tabloid Monthly Dues Initiation - $10 $5 per year

Spartan School of Aeronautics Alumni Association Vern Foltz Alumni Relations 8820 E Pine Street Tulsa OK 74115 918836-6886 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 annually

Staggerwing Club Jim Gorman President 1885 Millsboro Road

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Mansfie ld OH 44906 4 19529-3822 (home) 4 191755- 10 11 (office) Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $ 15 per year

Stampe Club Internationa Willi am R Baldwin P O Box 1408 Lebanon TN 37088 News letter Dues $20 per year

Stearman Restorers Association Tom Lowe President 823 Kingston Lane Crystal Lake IL 6001 4 8 15459-6873 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $ 15 per year

National Stinson Club Jonsey Pau l 144 18 Skinner Road Cypress TX 77429 Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $7 50

National Stinson Club (108 Section) George H Leamy Pres ident 108 Clu b I 15 Heinley Road

Lake Plac id FL 33852 Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $ 15 per year

Northeast Stinson Flying Club Dick Bourque Founder 8 Grimes Brook Road Simsbury CT 06070 203658- 1566 Newsletter Bi-monthl y Dues $ 10 per year

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Note Membershi p limited to 100 members

Southwest Stinson Club Dick Goe rges Pres ident 36 19 Nortree Street San Jose CA 95 148 408274-9 179 Newsletter SWSC Newsletter 10 per year Dues $ 10 per year

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Super Cub Pilots Association Jim Richmond FounderlDirector PO Box 9823 Yakima WA 98909 509248-9491 Newsletter Monthly Dues $25 per year U S $35 per year (Canada) $40 per year (Foreign)

Swift Association International Charlie Nelson P O Box 644 Athens TN 37307 6151745-9547 Newsletter Monthly Dues $25 per year

Taylorcraft Owners Club Bruce M Bixler II President 12809 Greenblower Road Alliance OH 44601 216823-9748 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Tomahawk Pilots Association Skip Carden Editor P O Box 15388 Durham NC 27704 Newsletter Bi-monthly (6 per year) Dues $2000 per year

Travel Air Club Robert L Taylor Editor PO Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Travel Air Tales - Quarshyterly Dues $8 per year

Travel Air Division of Staggerwing Museum Dub Yarbrough P O Box 550 Tullahoma TN 37388 615455-1974 Newsletter Dues $25 per year

Twin Bonanza Association Richard L Ward Director 19684 Lakeshore Drive Three Rivers MI 49093 616279-2540 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 per year (U S amp Canada) $35 per year (Foreign)

Vintage Sailplane Association Jan Scott Secretary Rt I Box 239

Lovettsville V A 22080 703822-5504 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Waco Club National Ray Brandly President 700 Hill Avenue Hamilton OH 45015 513868-0084 Newsletter Bi-monthly Dues $800 per year

Waco Historical Society R E Hoefflin Treasurer 10 13 Westgate Road Troy OH 45373

Waco UPF-7s

513335-2621 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $4 per year Sept I - Aug 31

World War I Aeroplanes Inc Leonard E Opdycke DirectorPubshylisher 15 Crescent Road Poughkeepsie NY 1260 I 914473-3679 Journals WW I Aero (1900-1919) Skyways (1920-1940) Dues Minimum - $20 each for one year $25 foreign for WW I Aero

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1989 GRAND CHAMPION ANTIQUE

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Bill Halverson has been at least part owner of his Beech G 17S Staggerwing since 1967 A pilot really gets to know an airplane in that amount of timc especially if he spends 12 of those years on a total rebuild as Bill has done with NC 80316 The reward for that effort comes with recognition both on the ramps of airports along wherever his route may take him and in the judgshying ballots at EAA Oshkosh 89 where the airplane was voted Grand Chamshypion Antique

Bills G 17S was originally built at Beechs Wichita factory in February 1947 Walter Beech called the G 17S the best of all the Staggerwings Im shyprovements over the D Models inshycluded a redesigned engine installation with a longer sleeker cowling a new windshield with shalshy

greater with the V -tai l aluminum speedster as we ll The Staggerwing faded after 20 G Models were proshyduced and the Bonanza went on to a successful production run that persists to thi s day The sty le and luxury of the Staggerwing however will never be forgotten as long as there are people such as Bill Halverson who are devoted to preserving the history of the great airplanes of the Golden Age

Serial Number B 15 was the last Staggerwing built for a customer at the factory Four more were asse mbled from parts later on in Texas by Henry Seale Aviation Supply Inc And a facshytory demonstrator Serial Number B20 was later built in Wichita but NC 80316 was the last of the lU xury cabin biplanes Beech sold to a regular cusshy

tomer in this case an oil drilling outfit from Colorado The company flew the Staggerwing as a corporate transport until the late 1950s or early 1960s and sold it to Tomcat Overalls Inc in Tenshynessee In the early 1960s Robert Colshyeman bought the Staggerwing and reshycovered it in Razorback painted it white and changed the registration number to N 262C In 1967 a group of eight airline pilots bought the airplane and shared expenses and flyshying until 1972 when one of the eight Bill Halverson bought the airplane from the club which had since shrunk from eight to three members

As luck would have it an AD note on the Razorback ribstitching arrived shortly after Bill became sole owner He was left with the prospect of a total

rebuild and no one to lower slope a re-deshy share the expense He signed instrument panshy did have plenty of el different vertical help from many quarshystab ilizer and rudder ters but the bulk of the and a new set of fairshy rebuild was performed ings The company inshy by Bill himself tended to build 50 Stripping the skin G17s but at $29000 from the airplane reshythe price was too vealed a variety of much to pay even sub-projects that through the eyes of needed attention The post-war prosperity basic structure was The newfangled Boshy sound but the systems nanza was available at had taken a beating $7 975 and its perforshy from approximately mance was comparashy 2400 hours of use and ble to that of the 25 years of aging The Staggerwing Operatshy landing gear was comshy

Carl Schuppeling economy was far Bill Halverson pletely re-done as 20 NOVEMBER 1989

were the brakes The electrical system was overhauled and conshyverted to 24 volts to accommodate the King Gold Crown radio package The IFR setshyup includes dual navshycoms with glideslope ADF DME threeshylight marker beacon and a Mode C transshyponder Bill also inshycorporated a variety of warning systems for the gear cabin doors flaps low-fuel or oil and fire

The 450-hp Pratt amp Whitney R-985 engine had 50 hours on it when the eight pilots bought it in 1967 and has over 600 now Bill paid a conshysiderable amount of attention to it in the 12 years the airplane was grounded but points out that thc work performed was far short of a complete overhaul It conshytinues to purr like the PampW factory cat

The interior was totally re-worked by the upholstery shop at Flying Cloud Airport near Minneapolis This time however leather was used in places where mohair was used on the original The pleating and other design work is all up to factory spec including the headliner

Bill covered the Staggerwing in Ceconite 101 and laid on 30 coats of hand-rubbed butyrate dope sanding in

between every cross coat The final 12 layers of pigmented dope were applied with tender loving care and 600 wetshysand followed by an even finer grade preceeding the final polishing The rcshysuits are stunning

Bill already knew about the drudgery part of aviation first-hand He began his flying as a lineboy tradshying chores for flying time at Grand Forks North Dakota He entered the Army Air Corps at 18 years of age and flew PT-13s -17s AT-6s and B-25s in the service After that he signed on with Northwest Orient Airlines starting out on DC-3s and Martin 202s Ultishymately he flew almost everything they had including the Boeing 747 which he flew for the last 10 years of his

career retiring In

1986 Along the way he also cadged time in P-51 s with the Minshynesota Air National Guard

Bill is a founding member of the Staggerwing Museum in Tullahoma Tenshynessee and chairs the museums Scot Perry Memorial Scholarship Fund committee The museum is dedicated to the preservation of Staggerwing memorashybilia and houses paperwork plans and

other artifacts relating to the airplane and its designer Walter Beech The scholarship fund is an ongoing project that recognizes young people who have demonstrated a love for aviation and provides for their further education It is named for the son of another museum founding member Dick Perry and frequently calls on the EAA Air Academy for recipients

When Bill s group first bought the Staggerwing it was just another 20shyyear-old corporate luxury barge What they did would compare to a group today buying a used King Air for pershysonal transport It is the passing of time that makes his Staggerwing a piece of aviation history and Bill has been there through it all thick and thin bull

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On Monday evening of EAA Oshshykosh 89 with beautiful airplanes parked at all points of the compass it was still a revelation to discover two highly polished Globe Swifts parked in the first row of the AntiquelClassic aircraft camping area It was fun to watch people walk by stop and stare - the look on their faces giving away their thoughts It is called desire shyhunger if you will Each admiring glance at the two shiny aluminum airshycraft seemed to bring on more admiration Some shook their heads in amazement others quietly pointed out features to their friends Somehow I had the feeling we were looking at a couple of winners

By Wednesday afshyternoon both Swifts and their owners were gone from their tiedown spots and it was hoped the AIC judges had done their work in the short time provided The Thursshyday evening A wards Program soon brought 22 NOVEMBER 1989

a few convictions home Globe Swift NC78181 owned by Daryl Dressler of St Paul Minnesota won the Custom Class I (over ISO-hp) Award And when the Grand Champion Classic Award was announced Charles Hoover and his 8S-hp Globe Swift NC8090S ran off with all the marbles

It was my pleasant job the following week to inform Charles Hoover over the phone that he had garnered the Grand Champion Lindy Award

Charles Hoover

(One of lifes simple pleasures ) At first Charles had a You gotta be kidshyding apprehension about taking home the heavy hardware However my very persistent tone of voice must have hit home He finally realized what he had accomplished and the giggles and laughing told me he understood Later Charles admitted he didnt get much work done the rest of that day

A little detective work revealed that Charles had won six previous awards

at Oshkosh with his Swift with the AIC Grand Champion Lindy being Numshyber seven On top of this the beautifully polished machine has won any number of other awards over the past 16 years of Hoovers ownership

The original Swift named the GC-l was a steel tube and plywood airplane deshysigned by K H Bud Knox back in 1941 It looked very similar to the metal version which came after World War I in

1945 The original aircraft was powered with a Continental A-80 and would top out at 145 mph and cruise at 130 mph - figures that are remarkably similar to Charles Hoovers metal Swift with its 85-hp engine

The Swift was built by three differshyent companies following World War

II Globe Aircraft Corp of Fort Worth Texas started the line of all-metal Swifts and was followed by Texas Enshygineering amp Manufacturing Co (Temco) These in turn were followed by Universal Aircraft which built the last 16 GC-IA and 60 GC-IB Swifts The grand total manufactured is apshyproximately 1500 Swifts of which some 720 remain on the FAA Register today or these it is estimated that less than a half dozen are still flying with a C85-12 engine Now we can understand why Charles Hoovers 85shyhp Swift has caused so many raised eyebrows It is a rare bird

Built in July 1946 Charles GC-IA is Serial Number 308 and is one of the 47 GC-IA models built by Globe that are still on the FAA Register Nearly all of these have been re-engined with more horsepower The lowest number on the register is NC33336 SIN 2 which is owned by Louis Leftwich Jr of Orlando Florida This very aircraft was used in the photos for the company literature in 1946 Included in the opshytions for the 1946 Swift were floats and skis An airbrushed drawing shows NC33336 flying by with a set of rather pointed floats mounted on struts from the gear wells (Talk about Dreamshyers)

Some of the detailing on Charles Swift really caught the judges eye at EAA Oshkosh 89 The beautiful deshycals on the wheel hubs showing a map of the world with Swift across the face were done by fellow Swift owner Pat Moore of Minneapolis They were done about 10 years ago using the silkscreen process and are absolutely beautiful

Please bear in mind that this Swift has been continually upgraded for the 16 years that Charles has owned it Herein lies the secret Just because Charles didnt win Grand Champion in 1973 he didnt give up Each year more improvements were acshycomplished eventually culminating with the coveted Grand Champion A ward This is persistence at its very best For this we congratulate Charles Hoover and wish him the very best in future endeavors

And let us not forget the Lake Elmo bunch of Swift aficionados who work so well together in a mutual aid society Led by Mark Holliday Jim Montague and a host of others they have set the collective AntiqueClassic crowd on their ear with the huge amount of championship hardware that has found its way home to Lake Elmo We salute you bull

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SPEEDWING Vern Dallman flies the sole

remaining Curtiss-Wright B-14-B

If youve ever watched a kitten grow up you have an idea of how aviation spent its childhood A kitten doesnt know whats possible and what isn t It can t tell the difference between leaping up on a tall bookshelf which it will be ab le to do when it gets bigger and leaping up on the roof It will jump and fai l day after day until it finally makes the bookshelf Some time later it will find another way to get to the roof You have to wonder if along the way the kitten had any idea what its ultimate limitations were

In the 1930s aviation was like that kitten It hadnt yet figured out what it couldnt do Designers were finding 24 NOVEMBER 1989

by Mark Phelps

ways to coax more speed and capabilshyity out of airplanes on an almost daily basis Improved airframes alternated with more sophisticated engines playshying techno-leapfrog from one design to the next In June 1932 Curtiss-Wright leaped the field with its 8-14-8 Speedwing Only two were built and Vern Dallman most conspicuous at EAA Oshkosh 89 for his Little Looper replica has one of them at his Ala Doble Aerobatic Ranch in Esshyparto California

The Speedwing was essentially an A-14-D Sportsman with a nine-cyshylinder 330-hp Wright R-97S-E engine The Sportsman which itself was cershy

tified only 10 months earlier had thc seven-cylinder 240-hp R-760-E With 60 more horses up front the Speedshywing aimed its ample nose in the direcshytion of the wealthy sport-flyer market It had scating for thrce with two in a bench seat in front Thc front cockpit normally went around undcr covcr however in the quest for more speed at the expense of carrying passengers The metal cockpi t cover was standard equipment from the factory in St Louis Missouri

Other standard equipment included a metal propeller electric starter navishygation lights cockpit lights battery and a headrest for the rear cockpit Reshy

tractable landing lights would run the buyer an additional $200 and for $100 he could have the optional two-tone paint job The Speedwing carried 35 gallons of fuel in the fuselage tank and an additional 23 gallons in the centershysection tank In keeping with its image as a personal airplane for the disshycriminating owner-pilot two baggage compartments opened on the right side of the fuselage behind the rear cockpit The upper compartment allowed 48 pounds and the lower 100 pounds The shatter-proof windshield was adshyjustable as was the rear seat Top speed of the 8-14-8 was 177 mph with a cruise of 150 mph

Curtiss-Wright also built a 8-14-R with a 420-hp version of the same Rshy975 engine for Casey Lambert Vern Dallmans airplane has a rip-snorting 440-hp version of the same engine for even more neck-snapping perforshymance In fact Curtiss-Wright later developed its Osprey as a fightershybomber version of the Speedwing series for some governments that were re-arming on a tight budget

With the sorry state of owner-flown high-performance aircraft sales today it seems odd that an airplane such as

the Speedwing could survive in the midst of the Depression In fact it didnt Only two were built One went to the Department of Commerce and the other was a factory demonstrator Verns is the old factory airplane comshyplete with the wheel pants and faired N-struts that were added later in the quest for still more speed (Vern has the original metal pants at home but uses a set of fiberglass ones for crossshycountry work)

The progression of Curtiss-Wrights aircraft design trends went like this From the inexpensive training ships of the early 1920s to the speed demons of the early thirties to the potential milishytary contract ships of the mid- to lateshy1930s to the Condor series of transshyports that got the factory people so exshycited after that Its significant that in 1933 Curtiss-Wright still had a stockpile of OX-5 engines in like-new condition available for $45 each No one bought them The OX-5 was the engine of choice for most light aircraft as little as eight years before Contrast that with the Lycoming 0-235 that still powers most two-seat trainers of today yet first appeared almost half a century ago in 1940

Walter 8eech resigned as president of Curtiss-Wright in early 1932 With him went the last vestiges of the Travel Air influence Ralph Damon became president and George Page 1r became chief engineer Fred Landgraf was the project director on the - 14 Series and his previous employment with the Ken-Royce (Rearwin) factory and the Alexander Eaglerock design team shows up clearly in the Curtiss-Wright machines

Its interesting that you can break down the design influence and progshyress of a company virtually by the month based on who was designing the airplanes and what engines were available at what cost Also important was the management of the company who aimed the product at whichever market appeared the most pliable at the time In fact it s likely that the whole history may be over-analyzed The explanation for each new aircraft may be as simple as it appears

I n the case of the 8-14-8 that means lots of horsepower raw speed and one person on board Practical No but in those days aviation wasn t grown up enough to know what was impossible bull

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

AVIATION RELIC PRINTS AVAILABLE Now available from Aviation Relic

Prints is a series of seven pieces of excellent artwork Choose from the de Havilland D H4 Bleriot XI Albashytross D Ya Wright EX Yin Fiz Fokshyker T-2 Douglas World Cruiser Chishycago or Curtiss NC-4 Through an agreement with the Smithsonian Inshystitutions National Air and Space Museum each relic print includes a piece of the original fabric from these historic aircraft Also included is a certificate of authenticity and a brief DE HAlllAJ) D H -t

history of the aircraft The prints are available framed at $145 each or unshyframed at $55 each For the quality and historica l significance involved this represents a good value For a catalog or to order by telephone call to ll -free 1-800533-7763 or wri te to Aviation Relic Prints 8152 North

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Each aircraft depicted ill thisizistoric series lms restored by the Smithsonian Institutiol1lZl1d is pnrt Of its collectio11 The fabric removed durillg that restoration is certified to be the originnl fabric apiece ofwh ich is attached to this relic print

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This spectacular photo was taken by Dollie Gheen noted aviation photographer from Fairborn Ohio Although taken in 1989 it could almost pass for 1937 with the beautiful 1937 Stinson SR-7B NC16130 SIN 9693 owned by James Solenberg of Shelbyville Indiana flanked by an immaculate 1937 Cord 812 Custom Beverly owned by Bob Gheen of Fairborn Ohio Both vehicles feature a Lycoming engine built in the same factory Lycoming and Stinson were owned by the Cord Company which in turn was part of the Auburn Automobile Company The only hint of 1989 is the tiny strobe on the belly of the Stinson and the reflection of a B-26 tail in the door of the Cord automobile

SENSENICH PROPELLER COMPANY SOLD The venerable Sensenich Propeller Comshy pitch propellers In recent years the firm has

pany has been sold to The Philadelphia been servicing and overhauling propellers of Bourse Inc and Warren A Wilbur III has been all types and that aspect of the business named president Wilbur was president of will also be continued For further information Bellanca Aircraft in the mid 1970s Under new contact Sensenich Propeller Company East management Sensenich will remain in its Airport Road PO Box 5100 Lancaster PA present facilities in Lancaster PA and will 17601-0100 Phone 717569-0435 continue to make wood and metal fixed

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PASS IT TO ---rJ An information exchange column with input from readers

Oh boy Here it is deadline time and I don t have anything down on paper Seems too that people are using the phone more and more I have onl y a few letters thi s month But I havc what seems li ke a million phone call s Alshymost a ll the call s are from people wantshying to ta lk to people who have written arti c les for thc magazine George Quast s se ri es of artic les o n the Aero nca C-2 rebuild has generated an inord inate number of call s all wanting hi s home address and phone number It was not in the article (Reach George (If PO Box 233 Hutchinson MinshylIesolil 55350-0233 Be sure to pass lI lollg your hest wishes to his dog Max - Ed )

I ve had ca ll s fro m Baron von Will er and the Glue Ange ls bunch out 28 NOVEMBER 1989

by Buck Hilbert (EAA 21 Ale 5) Po Box 424 Union IL 60180

San Diego way and another invite to do Mex ican Av iation Day at Ensenada There have been phone call s from San Anto nios Bill Stratton with more talk about his Liaison Pilots group from New York asking for info on Aeronca engines and call s from guys who just wanted to ta lk So me were after II 00 at night (Hey Buck A bunch of us are sitting around the bar and you ve got to settl e an argument What color was the headliner on a 1940 Champ) but in the main I ve enjoyed talking to everyone of them

I just fini shed another sojourn across the country taking in the fa ll colo rs and visiting av iatin fri ends along the way I vis ited George York in Mansfi e ld Ohio last month We di scussed aircraft judging and some o f the peculiarities

of that particul ar job at Oshkosh I ve said it often enough I hope that I really respect our j udges and their efforts during the Convention Both George and I ag ree that we could use a few more apprentices to work with the judges duri ng the Convention The program needs some new talent so guys and gals get in early and learn how the system works Let s have your input

I a lso visited Bill Doc Mitchell at Coudersport Pennsy lvania Bill s very ni ce PT- 19 is that all -s il ver one that you always see in the front row down at AIC Showplane Parking He was coerced into taking it down to the Warshybird Area a couple of times but he always seems to wind up back with us He is a lso one o f the best line boys

Ive ever encountered Along with Ray Olcott he shows up every year to do yeoman work around Pioneer Airport before the Convention I got to visit his hangar and you wouldnt believe the goodies he has That PT- 19 will be going for a good many yea rs with all the spares he has I just drooled over all that aeronautical candy

I had ideas about visiting all the people I could along the way to Boothshybay Maine but as usual my timedisshytance perception was way off base After all those years of jetting it on United Air Lines its hard to realize how long it takes to drive To me Bosshyton is about an hour and 50 minutes from O Hare We took five days I had intended to visit the Marlboro anshytiquers in Massachusetts but had to byshypass them because I flat ran out of time I also wanted to see Chuck Burtch and the gang around upstate New York but again I ran out of time Im going to change my ways and just plan localized expeditions from now on - concentrating on one area and

not tryi ng to spread it out too much I might mention that I did visit with

Father John MacGillivray in Antishygonish Nova Scotia Canada Father John as you may know donated his Tiger Moth and his rare Miles Hawk to the EAA Aviation Foundation over the years and is a mainstay of EAA He maintains his seat up at the inforshymation window at EAA Headquarters during the Convention and also conshyducts services at the Theatre In the Woods despite all the airplane noise Father John is also a real sparkplug on his home ground He keeps EAA memshybers in Canada aware and knowlegable of all that s going on He arranges chapter and dinner meetings and is the official greeter when it comes to outshyof-towners such as Dorothy and me We enjoyed our visit with him and are most apo logetic that we didnt take adshyvantage of the dinner invitation in conshycurrance with the chapter meeting

Ive also had some nice calls from donors who have their airplanes on disshyplay in the EAA Air Adventure

Museum The new arrangement of airshycraft and the display now that we have the Warbirds in the Eagle Hangar has made several of those people very happy Previous to thi s there just wasnt room and many of the airplanes were in storage Now we can all see them

I m somewhat more than dismayed to learn that one of our greatest of the Old Timers has gone Westmiddot Next time you look at the EAA Spirit of Saint Louis project or see that beautishyful SE 5 replica in the display area think of Gil Bodeen Gil goes way back Back to the beginning The Corn County Chapter of Dekalb Illinois was largely his He was a beautiful craftsman and did woodwork the likes of which youlI se ldom see 1 can walk through the museum and see his craftsmanship in many of the machines that are there Im gonna miss you Gill But your workmanship will live on right there in the museum displays and in the flying machines at Pioneer Airshyport bull

A view of the re-arranged museum floor - and the Ryan Sew

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CHAPTER CAPSULES by Bob Brauer

Chapter 15 has been meeting at Bob Rings private air strip Ring Internashytional in Berwick Maine since it was formed in 1985 Known as the New England Chapter it was the result of a group of 15 EAA members with a strong interest in antique and classic aircraft The chapter was founded by its first president Bob Ring of Bershywick Henry Van Cleef of Lawrence Massachusetts Jack Copeland of Westborough Massachusetts and Alice and Richard Gilchrest of Lynn Massachusetts Membership now numshybers around 25 and the participants live in an area that includes southern New Hampshire eastern Massachusetts and southwest Maine

Ring International is a busy place because of both the clubs as well as the individual members projects Bob Ring has been restoring a Waco 2 which he salvaged as a crop duster and returned to original configuration This project plus generously providing a meeting place for the chapter and space for chapter projects leave little time for dull moments

A group of members meet every other Saturday to work on restoring a Meyers OTW owned by Gerry Barg of South Easton Massachusetts When the airplane is complete Gerry and the main restoration crew will share flight duties Also under restoration by another chapter group is a Northrop Primary Glider Most of the members are avid restorers at heart and continushyally work on projects either their own or those of fellow members As a matshyter of fact getting together at each others projects for work sessions is an ongoing activity President Errol Dow sums it up best We are an aid to each other Most people need the support of a club because not everyone has all the expertise required for a complete proshyject It becomes a learning experience for all of us

Errol further explained that the chapter stresses work sessions as part of the monthly meetings rather than the customary structured or planned proshy30 NOVEMBER 1989

Left to right Bob Ring Jock Denison Harvey Wells Errol Dow Gerry Peterson Jock Copeshyland Dick Gilchrist Louis Furnos Maurice Lambert (guest) Paul Poulson and Charlie Pearshyson

grams These sessions involve member participation in working sheet metal fabric covering and general restorashytion He notes that everyone likes to teach or instruct

This group inspiration must work since 75 percent of the members fly antique or classic aircraft Errol is reshystoring an early model Piper Pacer and charter member Dick Jackson of Rochester New Hampahire has sevshyeral Wacos of different types in the process of detailed restoration Inshycluded in Dicks collection is a rare if not the only existing Waco Model D Included among members airplanes are a Luscombe Champ and a J-3 Two or three of these old airplanes fly in to each meeting so their efforts have paid off

As far as flight is concerned howshyever Chapter 15 is not preoccupied with the past For example Jack Copeshyland has been instrumental in enshycouraging members to write the FAA and their congressmen to support EAAs position on general aviation

and airplane issues In Errol Dow s opinion EAA is doing a pretty good job in the battle for the airmans right to fly

Errol also reminisced about past chapter president Don Mc Laughlin of Hampton New Hampshire who passed away last November At a time when chapter interest was at somewhat of an ebb he earned everyones respect for re-instilling enthusiasm in members to maintain and fly old airplanes Errol indicated that he felt it was a difficult task to step into Don s shoes but from the current interest shown by memshybers Errol has made his own shoes to walk in He believes in a sustained efshyfort to get new EAA and AIC members to expand the clubs base That base is sure to grow because of the chapters desire to teach Seems as though they cant wait to get someone who is new to old airplanes so that they can show him new techniques for restoring old planes This group of New Englanders are proving that something old has a bright future bull

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1989 GRAND CHAMPION ANTIQUE

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Bill Halverson has been at least part owner of his Beech G 17S Staggerwing since 1967 A pilot really gets to know an airplane in that amount of timc especially if he spends 12 of those years on a total rebuild as Bill has done with NC 80316 The reward for that effort comes with recognition both on the ramps of airports along wherever his route may take him and in the judgshying ballots at EAA Oshkosh 89 where the airplane was voted Grand Chamshypion Antique

Bills G 17S was originally built at Beechs Wichita factory in February 1947 Walter Beech called the G 17S the best of all the Staggerwings Im shyprovements over the D Models inshycluded a redesigned engine installation with a longer sleeker cowling a new windshield with shalshy

greater with the V -tai l aluminum speedster as we ll The Staggerwing faded after 20 G Models were proshyduced and the Bonanza went on to a successful production run that persists to thi s day The sty le and luxury of the Staggerwing however will never be forgotten as long as there are people such as Bill Halverson who are devoted to preserving the history of the great airplanes of the Golden Age

Serial Number B 15 was the last Staggerwing built for a customer at the factory Four more were asse mbled from parts later on in Texas by Henry Seale Aviation Supply Inc And a facshytory demonstrator Serial Number B20 was later built in Wichita but NC 80316 was the last of the lU xury cabin biplanes Beech sold to a regular cusshy

tomer in this case an oil drilling outfit from Colorado The company flew the Staggerwing as a corporate transport until the late 1950s or early 1960s and sold it to Tomcat Overalls Inc in Tenshynessee In the early 1960s Robert Colshyeman bought the Staggerwing and reshycovered it in Razorback painted it white and changed the registration number to N 262C In 1967 a group of eight airline pilots bought the airplane and shared expenses and flyshying until 1972 when one of the eight Bill Halverson bought the airplane from the club which had since shrunk from eight to three members

As luck would have it an AD note on the Razorback ribstitching arrived shortly after Bill became sole owner He was left with the prospect of a total

rebuild and no one to lower slope a re-deshy share the expense He signed instrument panshy did have plenty of el different vertical help from many quarshystab ilizer and rudder ters but the bulk of the and a new set of fairshy rebuild was performed ings The company inshy by Bill himself tended to build 50 Stripping the skin G17s but at $29000 from the airplane reshythe price was too vealed a variety of much to pay even sub-projects that through the eyes of needed attention The post-war prosperity basic structure was The newfangled Boshy sound but the systems nanza was available at had taken a beating $7 975 and its perforshy from approximately mance was comparashy 2400 hours of use and ble to that of the 25 years of aging The Staggerwing Operatshy landing gear was comshy

Carl Schuppeling economy was far Bill Halverson pletely re-done as 20 NOVEMBER 1989

were the brakes The electrical system was overhauled and conshyverted to 24 volts to accommodate the King Gold Crown radio package The IFR setshyup includes dual navshycoms with glideslope ADF DME threeshylight marker beacon and a Mode C transshyponder Bill also inshycorporated a variety of warning systems for the gear cabin doors flaps low-fuel or oil and fire

The 450-hp Pratt amp Whitney R-985 engine had 50 hours on it when the eight pilots bought it in 1967 and has over 600 now Bill paid a conshysiderable amount of attention to it in the 12 years the airplane was grounded but points out that thc work performed was far short of a complete overhaul It conshytinues to purr like the PampW factory cat

The interior was totally re-worked by the upholstery shop at Flying Cloud Airport near Minneapolis This time however leather was used in places where mohair was used on the original The pleating and other design work is all up to factory spec including the headliner

Bill covered the Staggerwing in Ceconite 101 and laid on 30 coats of hand-rubbed butyrate dope sanding in

between every cross coat The final 12 layers of pigmented dope were applied with tender loving care and 600 wetshysand followed by an even finer grade preceeding the final polishing The rcshysuits are stunning

Bill already knew about the drudgery part of aviation first-hand He began his flying as a lineboy tradshying chores for flying time at Grand Forks North Dakota He entered the Army Air Corps at 18 years of age and flew PT-13s -17s AT-6s and B-25s in the service After that he signed on with Northwest Orient Airlines starting out on DC-3s and Martin 202s Ultishymately he flew almost everything they had including the Boeing 747 which he flew for the last 10 years of his

career retiring In

1986 Along the way he also cadged time in P-51 s with the Minshynesota Air National Guard

Bill is a founding member of the Staggerwing Museum in Tullahoma Tenshynessee and chairs the museums Scot Perry Memorial Scholarship Fund committee The museum is dedicated to the preservation of Staggerwing memorashybilia and houses paperwork plans and

other artifacts relating to the airplane and its designer Walter Beech The scholarship fund is an ongoing project that recognizes young people who have demonstrated a love for aviation and provides for their further education It is named for the son of another museum founding member Dick Perry and frequently calls on the EAA Air Academy for recipients

When Bill s group first bought the Staggerwing it was just another 20shyyear-old corporate luxury barge What they did would compare to a group today buying a used King Air for pershysonal transport It is the passing of time that makes his Staggerwing a piece of aviation history and Bill has been there through it all thick and thin bull

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On Monday evening of EAA Oshshykosh 89 with beautiful airplanes parked at all points of the compass it was still a revelation to discover two highly polished Globe Swifts parked in the first row of the AntiquelClassic aircraft camping area It was fun to watch people walk by stop and stare - the look on their faces giving away their thoughts It is called desire shyhunger if you will Each admiring glance at the two shiny aluminum airshycraft seemed to bring on more admiration Some shook their heads in amazement others quietly pointed out features to their friends Somehow I had the feeling we were looking at a couple of winners

By Wednesday afshyternoon both Swifts and their owners were gone from their tiedown spots and it was hoped the AIC judges had done their work in the short time provided The Thursshyday evening A wards Program soon brought 22 NOVEMBER 1989

a few convictions home Globe Swift NC78181 owned by Daryl Dressler of St Paul Minnesota won the Custom Class I (over ISO-hp) Award And when the Grand Champion Classic Award was announced Charles Hoover and his 8S-hp Globe Swift NC8090S ran off with all the marbles

It was my pleasant job the following week to inform Charles Hoover over the phone that he had garnered the Grand Champion Lindy Award

Charles Hoover

(One of lifes simple pleasures ) At first Charles had a You gotta be kidshyding apprehension about taking home the heavy hardware However my very persistent tone of voice must have hit home He finally realized what he had accomplished and the giggles and laughing told me he understood Later Charles admitted he didnt get much work done the rest of that day

A little detective work revealed that Charles had won six previous awards

at Oshkosh with his Swift with the AIC Grand Champion Lindy being Numshyber seven On top of this the beautifully polished machine has won any number of other awards over the past 16 years of Hoovers ownership

The original Swift named the GC-l was a steel tube and plywood airplane deshysigned by K H Bud Knox back in 1941 It looked very similar to the metal version which came after World War I in

1945 The original aircraft was powered with a Continental A-80 and would top out at 145 mph and cruise at 130 mph - figures that are remarkably similar to Charles Hoovers metal Swift with its 85-hp engine

The Swift was built by three differshyent companies following World War

II Globe Aircraft Corp of Fort Worth Texas started the line of all-metal Swifts and was followed by Texas Enshygineering amp Manufacturing Co (Temco) These in turn were followed by Universal Aircraft which built the last 16 GC-IA and 60 GC-IB Swifts The grand total manufactured is apshyproximately 1500 Swifts of which some 720 remain on the FAA Register today or these it is estimated that less than a half dozen are still flying with a C85-12 engine Now we can understand why Charles Hoovers 85shyhp Swift has caused so many raised eyebrows It is a rare bird

Built in July 1946 Charles GC-IA is Serial Number 308 and is one of the 47 GC-IA models built by Globe that are still on the FAA Register Nearly all of these have been re-engined with more horsepower The lowest number on the register is NC33336 SIN 2 which is owned by Louis Leftwich Jr of Orlando Florida This very aircraft was used in the photos for the company literature in 1946 Included in the opshytions for the 1946 Swift were floats and skis An airbrushed drawing shows NC33336 flying by with a set of rather pointed floats mounted on struts from the gear wells (Talk about Dreamshyers)

Some of the detailing on Charles Swift really caught the judges eye at EAA Oshkosh 89 The beautiful deshycals on the wheel hubs showing a map of the world with Swift across the face were done by fellow Swift owner Pat Moore of Minneapolis They were done about 10 years ago using the silkscreen process and are absolutely beautiful

Please bear in mind that this Swift has been continually upgraded for the 16 years that Charles has owned it Herein lies the secret Just because Charles didnt win Grand Champion in 1973 he didnt give up Each year more improvements were acshycomplished eventually culminating with the coveted Grand Champion A ward This is persistence at its very best For this we congratulate Charles Hoover and wish him the very best in future endeavors

And let us not forget the Lake Elmo bunch of Swift aficionados who work so well together in a mutual aid society Led by Mark Holliday Jim Montague and a host of others they have set the collective AntiqueClassic crowd on their ear with the huge amount of championship hardware that has found its way home to Lake Elmo We salute you bull

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SPEEDWING Vern Dallman flies the sole

remaining Curtiss-Wright B-14-B

If youve ever watched a kitten grow up you have an idea of how aviation spent its childhood A kitten doesnt know whats possible and what isn t It can t tell the difference between leaping up on a tall bookshelf which it will be ab le to do when it gets bigger and leaping up on the roof It will jump and fai l day after day until it finally makes the bookshelf Some time later it will find another way to get to the roof You have to wonder if along the way the kitten had any idea what its ultimate limitations were

In the 1930s aviation was like that kitten It hadnt yet figured out what it couldnt do Designers were finding 24 NOVEMBER 1989

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ways to coax more speed and capabilshyity out of airplanes on an almost daily basis Improved airframes alternated with more sophisticated engines playshying techno-leapfrog from one design to the next In June 1932 Curtiss-Wright leaped the field with its 8-14-8 Speedwing Only two were built and Vern Dallman most conspicuous at EAA Oshkosh 89 for his Little Looper replica has one of them at his Ala Doble Aerobatic Ranch in Esshyparto California

The Speedwing was essentially an A-14-D Sportsman with a nine-cyshylinder 330-hp Wright R-97S-E engine The Sportsman which itself was cershy

tified only 10 months earlier had thc seven-cylinder 240-hp R-760-E With 60 more horses up front the Speedshywing aimed its ample nose in the direcshytion of the wealthy sport-flyer market It had scating for thrce with two in a bench seat in front Thc front cockpit normally went around undcr covcr however in the quest for more speed at the expense of carrying passengers The metal cockpi t cover was standard equipment from the factory in St Louis Missouri

Other standard equipment included a metal propeller electric starter navishygation lights cockpit lights battery and a headrest for the rear cockpit Reshy

tractable landing lights would run the buyer an additional $200 and for $100 he could have the optional two-tone paint job The Speedwing carried 35 gallons of fuel in the fuselage tank and an additional 23 gallons in the centershysection tank In keeping with its image as a personal airplane for the disshycriminating owner-pilot two baggage compartments opened on the right side of the fuselage behind the rear cockpit The upper compartment allowed 48 pounds and the lower 100 pounds The shatter-proof windshield was adshyjustable as was the rear seat Top speed of the 8-14-8 was 177 mph with a cruise of 150 mph

Curtiss-Wright also built a 8-14-R with a 420-hp version of the same Rshy975 engine for Casey Lambert Vern Dallmans airplane has a rip-snorting 440-hp version of the same engine for even more neck-snapping perforshymance In fact Curtiss-Wright later developed its Osprey as a fightershybomber version of the Speedwing series for some governments that were re-arming on a tight budget

With the sorry state of owner-flown high-performance aircraft sales today it seems odd that an airplane such as

the Speedwing could survive in the midst of the Depression In fact it didnt Only two were built One went to the Department of Commerce and the other was a factory demonstrator Verns is the old factory airplane comshyplete with the wheel pants and faired N-struts that were added later in the quest for still more speed (Vern has the original metal pants at home but uses a set of fiberglass ones for crossshycountry work)

The progression of Curtiss-Wrights aircraft design trends went like this From the inexpensive training ships of the early 1920s to the speed demons of the early thirties to the potential milishytary contract ships of the mid- to lateshy1930s to the Condor series of transshyports that got the factory people so exshycited after that Its significant that in 1933 Curtiss-Wright still had a stockpile of OX-5 engines in like-new condition available for $45 each No one bought them The OX-5 was the engine of choice for most light aircraft as little as eight years before Contrast that with the Lycoming 0-235 that still powers most two-seat trainers of today yet first appeared almost half a century ago in 1940

Walter 8eech resigned as president of Curtiss-Wright in early 1932 With him went the last vestiges of the Travel Air influence Ralph Damon became president and George Page 1r became chief engineer Fred Landgraf was the project director on the - 14 Series and his previous employment with the Ken-Royce (Rearwin) factory and the Alexander Eaglerock design team shows up clearly in the Curtiss-Wright machines

Its interesting that you can break down the design influence and progshyress of a company virtually by the month based on who was designing the airplanes and what engines were available at what cost Also important was the management of the company who aimed the product at whichever market appeared the most pliable at the time In fact it s likely that the whole history may be over-analyzed The explanation for each new aircraft may be as simple as it appears

I n the case of the 8-14-8 that means lots of horsepower raw speed and one person on board Practical No but in those days aviation wasn t grown up enough to know what was impossible bull

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history of the aircraft The prints are available framed at $145 each or unshyframed at $55 each For the quality and historica l significance involved this represents a good value For a catalog or to order by telephone call to ll -free 1-800533-7763 or wri te to Aviation Relic Prints 8152 North

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This spectacular photo was taken by Dollie Gheen noted aviation photographer from Fairborn Ohio Although taken in 1989 it could almost pass for 1937 with the beautiful 1937 Stinson SR-7B NC16130 SIN 9693 owned by James Solenberg of Shelbyville Indiana flanked by an immaculate 1937 Cord 812 Custom Beverly owned by Bob Gheen of Fairborn Ohio Both vehicles feature a Lycoming engine built in the same factory Lycoming and Stinson were owned by the Cord Company which in turn was part of the Auburn Automobile Company The only hint of 1989 is the tiny strobe on the belly of the Stinson and the reflection of a B-26 tail in the door of the Cord automobile

SENSENICH PROPELLER COMPANY SOLD The venerable Sensenich Propeller Comshy pitch propellers In recent years the firm has

pany has been sold to The Philadelphia been servicing and overhauling propellers of Bourse Inc and Warren A Wilbur III has been all types and that aspect of the business named president Wilbur was president of will also be continued For further information Bellanca Aircraft in the mid 1970s Under new contact Sensenich Propeller Company East management Sensenich will remain in its Airport Road PO Box 5100 Lancaster PA present facilities in Lancaster PA and will 17601-0100 Phone 717569-0435 continue to make wood and metal fixed

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PASS IT TO ---rJ An information exchange column with input from readers

Oh boy Here it is deadline time and I don t have anything down on paper Seems too that people are using the phone more and more I have onl y a few letters thi s month But I havc what seems li ke a million phone call s Alshymost a ll the call s are from people wantshying to ta lk to people who have written arti c les for thc magazine George Quast s se ri es of artic les o n the Aero nca C-2 rebuild has generated an inord inate number of call s all wanting hi s home address and phone number It was not in the article (Reach George (If PO Box 233 Hutchinson MinshylIesolil 55350-0233 Be sure to pass lI lollg your hest wishes to his dog Max - Ed )

I ve had ca ll s fro m Baron von Will er and the Glue Ange ls bunch out 28 NOVEMBER 1989

by Buck Hilbert (EAA 21 Ale 5) Po Box 424 Union IL 60180

San Diego way and another invite to do Mex ican Av iation Day at Ensenada There have been phone call s from San Anto nios Bill Stratton with more talk about his Liaison Pilots group from New York asking for info on Aeronca engines and call s from guys who just wanted to ta lk So me were after II 00 at night (Hey Buck A bunch of us are sitting around the bar and you ve got to settl e an argument What color was the headliner on a 1940 Champ) but in the main I ve enjoyed talking to everyone of them

I just fini shed another sojourn across the country taking in the fa ll colo rs and visiting av iatin fri ends along the way I vis ited George York in Mansfi e ld Ohio last month We di scussed aircraft judging and some o f the peculiarities

of that particul ar job at Oshkosh I ve said it often enough I hope that I really respect our j udges and their efforts during the Convention Both George and I ag ree that we could use a few more apprentices to work with the judges duri ng the Convention The program needs some new talent so guys and gals get in early and learn how the system works Let s have your input

I a lso visited Bill Doc Mitchell at Coudersport Pennsy lvania Bill s very ni ce PT- 19 is that all -s il ver one that you always see in the front row down at AIC Showplane Parking He was coerced into taking it down to the Warshybird Area a couple of times but he always seems to wind up back with us He is a lso one o f the best line boys

Ive ever encountered Along with Ray Olcott he shows up every year to do yeoman work around Pioneer Airport before the Convention I got to visit his hangar and you wouldnt believe the goodies he has That PT- 19 will be going for a good many yea rs with all the spares he has I just drooled over all that aeronautical candy

I had ideas about visiting all the people I could along the way to Boothshybay Maine but as usual my timedisshytance perception was way off base After all those years of jetting it on United Air Lines its hard to realize how long it takes to drive To me Bosshyton is about an hour and 50 minutes from O Hare We took five days I had intended to visit the Marlboro anshytiquers in Massachusetts but had to byshypass them because I flat ran out of time I also wanted to see Chuck Burtch and the gang around upstate New York but again I ran out of time Im going to change my ways and just plan localized expeditions from now on - concentrating on one area and

not tryi ng to spread it out too much I might mention that I did visit with

Father John MacGillivray in Antishygonish Nova Scotia Canada Father John as you may know donated his Tiger Moth and his rare Miles Hawk to the EAA Aviation Foundation over the years and is a mainstay of EAA He maintains his seat up at the inforshymation window at EAA Headquarters during the Convention and also conshyducts services at the Theatre In the Woods despite all the airplane noise Father John is also a real sparkplug on his home ground He keeps EAA memshybers in Canada aware and knowlegable of all that s going on He arranges chapter and dinner meetings and is the official greeter when it comes to outshyof-towners such as Dorothy and me We enjoyed our visit with him and are most apo logetic that we didnt take adshyvantage of the dinner invitation in conshycurrance with the chapter meeting

Ive also had some nice calls from donors who have their airplanes on disshyplay in the EAA Air Adventure

Museum The new arrangement of airshycraft and the display now that we have the Warbirds in the Eagle Hangar has made several of those people very happy Previous to thi s there just wasnt room and many of the airplanes were in storage Now we can all see them

I m somewhat more than dismayed to learn that one of our greatest of the Old Timers has gone Westmiddot Next time you look at the EAA Spirit of Saint Louis project or see that beautishyful SE 5 replica in the display area think of Gil Bodeen Gil goes way back Back to the beginning The Corn County Chapter of Dekalb Illinois was largely his He was a beautiful craftsman and did woodwork the likes of which youlI se ldom see 1 can walk through the museum and see his craftsmanship in many of the machines that are there Im gonna miss you Gill But your workmanship will live on right there in the museum displays and in the flying machines at Pioneer Airshyport bull

A view of the re-arranged museum floor - and the Ryan Sew

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CHAPTER CAPSULES by Bob Brauer

Chapter 15 has been meeting at Bob Rings private air strip Ring Internashytional in Berwick Maine since it was formed in 1985 Known as the New England Chapter it was the result of a group of 15 EAA members with a strong interest in antique and classic aircraft The chapter was founded by its first president Bob Ring of Bershywick Henry Van Cleef of Lawrence Massachusetts Jack Copeland of Westborough Massachusetts and Alice and Richard Gilchrest of Lynn Massachusetts Membership now numshybers around 25 and the participants live in an area that includes southern New Hampshire eastern Massachusetts and southwest Maine

Ring International is a busy place because of both the clubs as well as the individual members projects Bob Ring has been restoring a Waco 2 which he salvaged as a crop duster and returned to original configuration This project plus generously providing a meeting place for the chapter and space for chapter projects leave little time for dull moments

A group of members meet every other Saturday to work on restoring a Meyers OTW owned by Gerry Barg of South Easton Massachusetts When the airplane is complete Gerry and the main restoration crew will share flight duties Also under restoration by another chapter group is a Northrop Primary Glider Most of the members are avid restorers at heart and continushyally work on projects either their own or those of fellow members As a matshyter of fact getting together at each others projects for work sessions is an ongoing activity President Errol Dow sums it up best We are an aid to each other Most people need the support of a club because not everyone has all the expertise required for a complete proshyject It becomes a learning experience for all of us

Errol further explained that the chapter stresses work sessions as part of the monthly meetings rather than the customary structured or planned proshy30 NOVEMBER 1989

Left to right Bob Ring Jock Denison Harvey Wells Errol Dow Gerry Peterson Jock Copeshyland Dick Gilchrist Louis Furnos Maurice Lambert (guest) Paul Poulson and Charlie Pearshyson

grams These sessions involve member participation in working sheet metal fabric covering and general restorashytion He notes that everyone likes to teach or instruct

This group inspiration must work since 75 percent of the members fly antique or classic aircraft Errol is reshystoring an early model Piper Pacer and charter member Dick Jackson of Rochester New Hampahire has sevshyeral Wacos of different types in the process of detailed restoration Inshycluded in Dicks collection is a rare if not the only existing Waco Model D Included among members airplanes are a Luscombe Champ and a J-3 Two or three of these old airplanes fly in to each meeting so their efforts have paid off

As far as flight is concerned howshyever Chapter 15 is not preoccupied with the past For example Jack Copeshyland has been instrumental in enshycouraging members to write the FAA and their congressmen to support EAAs position on general aviation

and airplane issues In Errol Dow s opinion EAA is doing a pretty good job in the battle for the airmans right to fly

Errol also reminisced about past chapter president Don Mc Laughlin of Hampton New Hampshire who passed away last November At a time when chapter interest was at somewhat of an ebb he earned everyones respect for re-instilling enthusiasm in members to maintain and fly old airplanes Errol indicated that he felt it was a difficult task to step into Don s shoes but from the current interest shown by memshybers Errol has made his own shoes to walk in He believes in a sustained efshyfort to get new EAA and AIC members to expand the clubs base That base is sure to grow because of the chapters desire to teach Seems as though they cant wait to get someone who is new to old airplanes so that they can show him new techniques for restoring old planes This group of New Englanders are proving that something old has a bright future bull

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45l) N 4l)th A ve nue Phoenix AZ X501 I Newsletter 9 or 10 per year Dues S 15 per year

Eastern 190195 Association Cliff Crabs 25575 Butternut North Olmsted OH 44070 2161777-4025 after 6 pm Easte rn Newsletter Irregular - Manual on Maintenance for Members Dues $10 initiation amp as required each year

International 195 Club Dwight M Ewing President P O Box 737 Merced CA 95344 2091722-6283 Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $2000 US annually

International Comanche Society Jaek Holaway P O Box 400 Grant NE 69140 308352-4275 Newsletter Dues $34 per year

Corben Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletters Quarterly Dues $800 for four issues

Cub Club (Piper) John Bergeson Chairman P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant MI 48804-2002 517561-2393 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $15 per year (US) $20 (Canada) $25 (Foreign)

L-4 Grasshopper Wing Publisher John Bergeson Cub Club 14 NOVEMBER 1989

P O Box 2002 Mt Pleasant MI 48804-2002 517561-2392 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year (US) $ 15 (Canada - US Funds) $20 (Foreign) Note Must be a Cub Club member also

Culver Club Larry Low Chairman 60 Skywood Way Woodside CA 94062 415851-0204 Newsletter None Dues None

Culver PQ-14 Assoc Ted Heineman Editor 29621 Kensington Drive Laguna Niguel CA 92677 714831-0173 Newsletter Annually Dues Donation

Dart Club (Culver) Lloyd Washburn 3958 Washburn Drive PI Clinton OH 43452 Newsletter Now and Then Dues None

Curtiss Robin Club W Lane Tufts 4138 Santa Rosa Drive Moorpark CA 93021 805529-2359 Dues None

deHavilland Moth Club Gerry Schwam Chairman 1021 Serpentine Lane Wyncote PA 19095 215635-7000 or 215886-8283 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $ 12 US amp Canada $15 Overseas

deHavilland Moth Club of Canada R deHavilland Ted Leonard FoundershyDirector 305 Old Homestead Road Keswick Ontario Canada L4P I E6 416476-4225 Newsletter Periodicall y Dues $20 annually

American Tiger Club (deHavilland) Mr Frank Price President Rt I Box 419 Moody Texas 76557 817853-2008 Newsletter Monthly Dues $2500 per year

Ercoupe Owners Club Skip Carden Eecutivc Director Box 1505~

Durham NC 2770+ 91l11471-94l12 Newsletters Monthly with ~pecial

editions Dues S20 per year

Fairchild Club John W Berendt President 7645 Echo Point Road Cannon Falls MN 55009 507263-24 14 Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $5

Fairchild Fan Club Robert L Taylor Edi tor PO Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $800 per year

Flying Farmers International Kyle Ann Stream Executive Director PO Box 9124 2 120 Airport Road

W ichit a KS 67277 31619+3-4234 News lette r 10 issues per year Dues S35 per yea r US funds plus chapter dues

Fleet Club George G Gregory Pres ident 4~80 Duguid Road Manlius NY 13 104 3 15682-6380 Newsletter Approx two per year Dues Con tributions

Funk Aircraft Owners Association G Dale Beach Ed itor - Treasurer 1621 Dreher Street Sac ramento CA 958 14 916443-7604 Newsletter 10 per yea r Dues $ 12 00

Great Lakes Club Robert L Taylor Ed itor PO Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Quarte rl y Dues $ 10 per year

The American Yankee Assn (Grumshyman American) Steve Wilson 3232 Western Drivc Cameron Park C A t)56~2

Newsletter Dues S2750 per year (U S) $3000 (Fore ign)

Hatz Club Robert L Taylor Ed itor PO Rox In Blakesburg IA 52536 515 938-2773 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $~ per year

Heath Parasol Club William Schlapman 6431 Paul son Road Winneconne WI 54968 414582-4454 News le tte r Annually Dues Postage donation

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Little Round Engine Flyer Ken Williams Chairman 33 1 E Franklin Street Portage WI 53901 Contact Williams for further informashytion

Continental Luscombe Association Loren Bump Fearless Leader 5736 Esmar Road Ceres CA 95307 209537-9934 Newsletter Bi-monthly (6 per year) Dues $ 10 (US) $ 1250 (Canada or $10 US funds) $ 15 (Foreign)

Luscombe Association John Bergeson Chairman 6438 W Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 517561-2393 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $ 15 per year (US) $20 per year (Canada) $25 per year (Foreign)

Meyers Aircraft Owners Association Wm E Gaffney Secretary 26 Rt 17K

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Minnesota Seaplane Pilots Associashytion Jack E Mathisen Box 385 Squaw Lake MN 56681 218659-4431 Newsletter 3-4 per year Dues $15 per year

Mooney Aircraft Pilots Assn Mark Harris 314 Stardust Dri ve San Antonio TX 78228 512434-5959 Newsletter Dues $30 per year

National Air Racing Group Frank Ronco President 1313 Los Arboles Sunnyvale CA 94087 4081733-7967 Newsletter Professional Air Racing (lOyear)

Dues $IOyear domestic

National Biplane Association Charles W Harris Board Chairman Mary R Jones Executive Director

Hangar 5 4-J Aviation Jones-Riverside Airport Tulsa OK 74132 918299-2532 Dues $1500 per year

National Championship Air Races Susan Audrain Marketing Director PO Box 1429 Reno NY 89505 702826-7500

Naval Aircraft Restorers Assn Gerald Miller 3320 Northridge Drive Grand Junction CO 81506 3031245-7899 Newsletter Dues $12 per year

American Navion Society Raleigh Morrow Chairman of Board Gerry Bright Executive Secretary Box 1175 Municipal Airport Banning CA 92220 714849-2213 Newsletter Monthly Dues $35 per year

The 99s Inc International Women Pilots Loretta Jean Gragg Executive Direcshytor PO Box 59965 Will Rogers Airport Oklahoma City OK 73159

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Norseman Club David E Neumeister 5630 S Washington Lansing MI 48911-4999 517882-8433 Newsletter Quarterly - Norseman Newsletter Dues $10 per year

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OX-5 Aviation Pioneers Oliver Y Phillips National Secretary 10405 W 32 Avenue Wheat Ridge CO 80033 303233-5905 Newsletter 6 per year Dues $10 per year

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International Pietenpol Association Robert L Taylor Editor PO Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Quarterly or Semi-annushyally Dues $8 per year

Short Wing Piper Club Inc Lonnie McLaughlin Membership Chairman 32 East End A venue Brentwood NY 11717 516273-5072 Newsletter Bi-monthly Dues $25 per year

Porterfield Airplane Club Chuck Lebrecht 1019 Hickory Road Ocala FL 32672 904687-4859 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $5 per year

Rearwin Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $8 per year

Ryan Club National Bill J Hodges Chairman 811 Lydia Stephenville TX 76401 817968-4818 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Replica Fighters Association Frank G Weatherly President 22451 David Taylor MI 48180 313295-0590 Newsletters Bi-monthly Dues $15 per year

Seabee Club International Captain Richard W Sanders President 6761 NW 32 A venue Ft Lauderdale FL 33309 305979-5470 Newsletter Quarterly (plus phone conshysultation) amp directory Dues $15 (US amp Canada) $20 (Foreign)

Seaplane Pilots Association Robert A Richardson Executive Dishyrector 421 Aviation Way Frederick MD 21701 301695-2083 Newsletter Water Flying (Quarterly) Water Flying (Annual) 88 SPA Seapshylane Landing Directory - $12 - Memshybers$25 non-members Dues $28 per year

Silver Wings Fraternity Russ Brinkley President PO Box 11970 Harrisburg PA 17108 717232-9525 Newsletter Slipstream Tabloid Monthly Dues Initiation - $10 $5 per year

Spartan School of Aeronautics Alumni Association Vern Foltz Alumni Relations 8820 E Pine Street Tulsa OK 74115 918836-6886 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 annually

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Mansfie ld OH 44906 4 19529-3822 (home) 4 191755- 10 11 (office) Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $ 15 per year

Stampe Club Internationa Willi am R Baldwin P O Box 1408 Lebanon TN 37088 News letter Dues $20 per year

Stearman Restorers Association Tom Lowe President 823 Kingston Lane Crystal Lake IL 6001 4 8 15459-6873 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $ 15 per year

National Stinson Club Jonsey Pau l 144 18 Skinner Road Cypress TX 77429 Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $7 50

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Super Cub Pilots Association Jim Richmond FounderlDirector PO Box 9823 Yakima WA 98909 509248-9491 Newsletter Monthly Dues $25 per year U S $35 per year (Canada) $40 per year (Foreign)

Swift Association International Charlie Nelson P O Box 644 Athens TN 37307 6151745-9547 Newsletter Monthly Dues $25 per year

Taylorcraft Owners Club Bruce M Bixler II President 12809 Greenblower Road Alliance OH 44601 216823-9748 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Tomahawk Pilots Association Skip Carden Editor P O Box 15388 Durham NC 27704 Newsletter Bi-monthly (6 per year) Dues $2000 per year

Travel Air Club Robert L Taylor Editor PO Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Travel Air Tales - Quarshyterly Dues $8 per year

Travel Air Division of Staggerwing Museum Dub Yarbrough P O Box 550 Tullahoma TN 37388 615455-1974 Newsletter Dues $25 per year

Twin Bonanza Association Richard L Ward Director 19684 Lakeshore Drive Three Rivers MI 49093 616279-2540 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 per year (U S amp Canada) $35 per year (Foreign)

Vintage Sailplane Association Jan Scott Secretary Rt I Box 239

Lovettsville V A 22080 703822-5504 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Waco Club National Ray Brandly President 700 Hill Avenue Hamilton OH 45015 513868-0084 Newsletter Bi-monthly Dues $800 per year

Waco Historical Society R E Hoefflin Treasurer 10 13 Westgate Road Troy OH 45373

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Bill Halverson has been at least part owner of his Beech G 17S Staggerwing since 1967 A pilot really gets to know an airplane in that amount of timc especially if he spends 12 of those years on a total rebuild as Bill has done with NC 80316 The reward for that effort comes with recognition both on the ramps of airports along wherever his route may take him and in the judgshying ballots at EAA Oshkosh 89 where the airplane was voted Grand Chamshypion Antique

Bills G 17S was originally built at Beechs Wichita factory in February 1947 Walter Beech called the G 17S the best of all the Staggerwings Im shyprovements over the D Models inshycluded a redesigned engine installation with a longer sleeker cowling a new windshield with shalshy

greater with the V -tai l aluminum speedster as we ll The Staggerwing faded after 20 G Models were proshyduced and the Bonanza went on to a successful production run that persists to thi s day The sty le and luxury of the Staggerwing however will never be forgotten as long as there are people such as Bill Halverson who are devoted to preserving the history of the great airplanes of the Golden Age

Serial Number B 15 was the last Staggerwing built for a customer at the factory Four more were asse mbled from parts later on in Texas by Henry Seale Aviation Supply Inc And a facshytory demonstrator Serial Number B20 was later built in Wichita but NC 80316 was the last of the lU xury cabin biplanes Beech sold to a regular cusshy

tomer in this case an oil drilling outfit from Colorado The company flew the Staggerwing as a corporate transport until the late 1950s or early 1960s and sold it to Tomcat Overalls Inc in Tenshynessee In the early 1960s Robert Colshyeman bought the Staggerwing and reshycovered it in Razorback painted it white and changed the registration number to N 262C In 1967 a group of eight airline pilots bought the airplane and shared expenses and flyshying until 1972 when one of the eight Bill Halverson bought the airplane from the club which had since shrunk from eight to three members

As luck would have it an AD note on the Razorback ribstitching arrived shortly after Bill became sole owner He was left with the prospect of a total

rebuild and no one to lower slope a re-deshy share the expense He signed instrument panshy did have plenty of el different vertical help from many quarshystab ilizer and rudder ters but the bulk of the and a new set of fairshy rebuild was performed ings The company inshy by Bill himself tended to build 50 Stripping the skin G17s but at $29000 from the airplane reshythe price was too vealed a variety of much to pay even sub-projects that through the eyes of needed attention The post-war prosperity basic structure was The newfangled Boshy sound but the systems nanza was available at had taken a beating $7 975 and its perforshy from approximately mance was comparashy 2400 hours of use and ble to that of the 25 years of aging The Staggerwing Operatshy landing gear was comshy

Carl Schuppeling economy was far Bill Halverson pletely re-done as 20 NOVEMBER 1989

were the brakes The electrical system was overhauled and conshyverted to 24 volts to accommodate the King Gold Crown radio package The IFR setshyup includes dual navshycoms with glideslope ADF DME threeshylight marker beacon and a Mode C transshyponder Bill also inshycorporated a variety of warning systems for the gear cabin doors flaps low-fuel or oil and fire

The 450-hp Pratt amp Whitney R-985 engine had 50 hours on it when the eight pilots bought it in 1967 and has over 600 now Bill paid a conshysiderable amount of attention to it in the 12 years the airplane was grounded but points out that thc work performed was far short of a complete overhaul It conshytinues to purr like the PampW factory cat

The interior was totally re-worked by the upholstery shop at Flying Cloud Airport near Minneapolis This time however leather was used in places where mohair was used on the original The pleating and other design work is all up to factory spec including the headliner

Bill covered the Staggerwing in Ceconite 101 and laid on 30 coats of hand-rubbed butyrate dope sanding in

between every cross coat The final 12 layers of pigmented dope were applied with tender loving care and 600 wetshysand followed by an even finer grade preceeding the final polishing The rcshysuits are stunning

Bill already knew about the drudgery part of aviation first-hand He began his flying as a lineboy tradshying chores for flying time at Grand Forks North Dakota He entered the Army Air Corps at 18 years of age and flew PT-13s -17s AT-6s and B-25s in the service After that he signed on with Northwest Orient Airlines starting out on DC-3s and Martin 202s Ultishymately he flew almost everything they had including the Boeing 747 which he flew for the last 10 years of his

career retiring In

1986 Along the way he also cadged time in P-51 s with the Minshynesota Air National Guard

Bill is a founding member of the Staggerwing Museum in Tullahoma Tenshynessee and chairs the museums Scot Perry Memorial Scholarship Fund committee The museum is dedicated to the preservation of Staggerwing memorashybilia and houses paperwork plans and

other artifacts relating to the airplane and its designer Walter Beech The scholarship fund is an ongoing project that recognizes young people who have demonstrated a love for aviation and provides for their further education It is named for the son of another museum founding member Dick Perry and frequently calls on the EAA Air Academy for recipients

When Bill s group first bought the Staggerwing it was just another 20shyyear-old corporate luxury barge What they did would compare to a group today buying a used King Air for pershysonal transport It is the passing of time that makes his Staggerwing a piece of aviation history and Bill has been there through it all thick and thin bull

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On Monday evening of EAA Oshshykosh 89 with beautiful airplanes parked at all points of the compass it was still a revelation to discover two highly polished Globe Swifts parked in the first row of the AntiquelClassic aircraft camping area It was fun to watch people walk by stop and stare - the look on their faces giving away their thoughts It is called desire shyhunger if you will Each admiring glance at the two shiny aluminum airshycraft seemed to bring on more admiration Some shook their heads in amazement others quietly pointed out features to their friends Somehow I had the feeling we were looking at a couple of winners

By Wednesday afshyternoon both Swifts and their owners were gone from their tiedown spots and it was hoped the AIC judges had done their work in the short time provided The Thursshyday evening A wards Program soon brought 22 NOVEMBER 1989

a few convictions home Globe Swift NC78181 owned by Daryl Dressler of St Paul Minnesota won the Custom Class I (over ISO-hp) Award And when the Grand Champion Classic Award was announced Charles Hoover and his 8S-hp Globe Swift NC8090S ran off with all the marbles

It was my pleasant job the following week to inform Charles Hoover over the phone that he had garnered the Grand Champion Lindy Award

Charles Hoover

(One of lifes simple pleasures ) At first Charles had a You gotta be kidshyding apprehension about taking home the heavy hardware However my very persistent tone of voice must have hit home He finally realized what he had accomplished and the giggles and laughing told me he understood Later Charles admitted he didnt get much work done the rest of that day

A little detective work revealed that Charles had won six previous awards

at Oshkosh with his Swift with the AIC Grand Champion Lindy being Numshyber seven On top of this the beautifully polished machine has won any number of other awards over the past 16 years of Hoovers ownership

The original Swift named the GC-l was a steel tube and plywood airplane deshysigned by K H Bud Knox back in 1941 It looked very similar to the metal version which came after World War I in

1945 The original aircraft was powered with a Continental A-80 and would top out at 145 mph and cruise at 130 mph - figures that are remarkably similar to Charles Hoovers metal Swift with its 85-hp engine

The Swift was built by three differshyent companies following World War

II Globe Aircraft Corp of Fort Worth Texas started the line of all-metal Swifts and was followed by Texas Enshygineering amp Manufacturing Co (Temco) These in turn were followed by Universal Aircraft which built the last 16 GC-IA and 60 GC-IB Swifts The grand total manufactured is apshyproximately 1500 Swifts of which some 720 remain on the FAA Register today or these it is estimated that less than a half dozen are still flying with a C85-12 engine Now we can understand why Charles Hoovers 85shyhp Swift has caused so many raised eyebrows It is a rare bird

Built in July 1946 Charles GC-IA is Serial Number 308 and is one of the 47 GC-IA models built by Globe that are still on the FAA Register Nearly all of these have been re-engined with more horsepower The lowest number on the register is NC33336 SIN 2 which is owned by Louis Leftwich Jr of Orlando Florida This very aircraft was used in the photos for the company literature in 1946 Included in the opshytions for the 1946 Swift were floats and skis An airbrushed drawing shows NC33336 flying by with a set of rather pointed floats mounted on struts from the gear wells (Talk about Dreamshyers)

Some of the detailing on Charles Swift really caught the judges eye at EAA Oshkosh 89 The beautiful deshycals on the wheel hubs showing a map of the world with Swift across the face were done by fellow Swift owner Pat Moore of Minneapolis They were done about 10 years ago using the silkscreen process and are absolutely beautiful

Please bear in mind that this Swift has been continually upgraded for the 16 years that Charles has owned it Herein lies the secret Just because Charles didnt win Grand Champion in 1973 he didnt give up Each year more improvements were acshycomplished eventually culminating with the coveted Grand Champion A ward This is persistence at its very best For this we congratulate Charles Hoover and wish him the very best in future endeavors

And let us not forget the Lake Elmo bunch of Swift aficionados who work so well together in a mutual aid society Led by Mark Holliday Jim Montague and a host of others they have set the collective AntiqueClassic crowd on their ear with the huge amount of championship hardware that has found its way home to Lake Elmo We salute you bull

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SPEEDWING Vern Dallman flies the sole

remaining Curtiss-Wright B-14-B

If youve ever watched a kitten grow up you have an idea of how aviation spent its childhood A kitten doesnt know whats possible and what isn t It can t tell the difference between leaping up on a tall bookshelf which it will be ab le to do when it gets bigger and leaping up on the roof It will jump and fai l day after day until it finally makes the bookshelf Some time later it will find another way to get to the roof You have to wonder if along the way the kitten had any idea what its ultimate limitations were

In the 1930s aviation was like that kitten It hadnt yet figured out what it couldnt do Designers were finding 24 NOVEMBER 1989

by Mark Phelps

ways to coax more speed and capabilshyity out of airplanes on an almost daily basis Improved airframes alternated with more sophisticated engines playshying techno-leapfrog from one design to the next In June 1932 Curtiss-Wright leaped the field with its 8-14-8 Speedwing Only two were built and Vern Dallman most conspicuous at EAA Oshkosh 89 for his Little Looper replica has one of them at his Ala Doble Aerobatic Ranch in Esshyparto California

The Speedwing was essentially an A-14-D Sportsman with a nine-cyshylinder 330-hp Wright R-97S-E engine The Sportsman which itself was cershy

tified only 10 months earlier had thc seven-cylinder 240-hp R-760-E With 60 more horses up front the Speedshywing aimed its ample nose in the direcshytion of the wealthy sport-flyer market It had scating for thrce with two in a bench seat in front Thc front cockpit normally went around undcr covcr however in the quest for more speed at the expense of carrying passengers The metal cockpi t cover was standard equipment from the factory in St Louis Missouri

Other standard equipment included a metal propeller electric starter navishygation lights cockpit lights battery and a headrest for the rear cockpit Reshy

tractable landing lights would run the buyer an additional $200 and for $100 he could have the optional two-tone paint job The Speedwing carried 35 gallons of fuel in the fuselage tank and an additional 23 gallons in the centershysection tank In keeping with its image as a personal airplane for the disshycriminating owner-pilot two baggage compartments opened on the right side of the fuselage behind the rear cockpit The upper compartment allowed 48 pounds and the lower 100 pounds The shatter-proof windshield was adshyjustable as was the rear seat Top speed of the 8-14-8 was 177 mph with a cruise of 150 mph

Curtiss-Wright also built a 8-14-R with a 420-hp version of the same Rshy975 engine for Casey Lambert Vern Dallmans airplane has a rip-snorting 440-hp version of the same engine for even more neck-snapping perforshymance In fact Curtiss-Wright later developed its Osprey as a fightershybomber version of the Speedwing series for some governments that were re-arming on a tight budget

With the sorry state of owner-flown high-performance aircraft sales today it seems odd that an airplane such as

the Speedwing could survive in the midst of the Depression In fact it didnt Only two were built One went to the Department of Commerce and the other was a factory demonstrator Verns is the old factory airplane comshyplete with the wheel pants and faired N-struts that were added later in the quest for still more speed (Vern has the original metal pants at home but uses a set of fiberglass ones for crossshycountry work)

The progression of Curtiss-Wrights aircraft design trends went like this From the inexpensive training ships of the early 1920s to the speed demons of the early thirties to the potential milishytary contract ships of the mid- to lateshy1930s to the Condor series of transshyports that got the factory people so exshycited after that Its significant that in 1933 Curtiss-Wright still had a stockpile of OX-5 engines in like-new condition available for $45 each No one bought them The OX-5 was the engine of choice for most light aircraft as little as eight years before Contrast that with the Lycoming 0-235 that still powers most two-seat trainers of today yet first appeared almost half a century ago in 1940

Walter 8eech resigned as president of Curtiss-Wright in early 1932 With him went the last vestiges of the Travel Air influence Ralph Damon became president and George Page 1r became chief engineer Fred Landgraf was the project director on the - 14 Series and his previous employment with the Ken-Royce (Rearwin) factory and the Alexander Eaglerock design team shows up clearly in the Curtiss-Wright machines

Its interesting that you can break down the design influence and progshyress of a company virtually by the month based on who was designing the airplanes and what engines were available at what cost Also important was the management of the company who aimed the product at whichever market appeared the most pliable at the time In fact it s likely that the whole history may be over-analyzed The explanation for each new aircraft may be as simple as it appears

I n the case of the 8-14-8 that means lots of horsepower raw speed and one person on board Practical No but in those days aviation wasn t grown up enough to know what was impossible bull

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This spectacular photo was taken by Dollie Gheen noted aviation photographer from Fairborn Ohio Although taken in 1989 it could almost pass for 1937 with the beautiful 1937 Stinson SR-7B NC16130 SIN 9693 owned by James Solenberg of Shelbyville Indiana flanked by an immaculate 1937 Cord 812 Custom Beverly owned by Bob Gheen of Fairborn Ohio Both vehicles feature a Lycoming engine built in the same factory Lycoming and Stinson were owned by the Cord Company which in turn was part of the Auburn Automobile Company The only hint of 1989 is the tiny strobe on the belly of the Stinson and the reflection of a B-26 tail in the door of the Cord automobile

SENSENICH PROPELLER COMPANY SOLD The venerable Sensenich Propeller Comshy pitch propellers In recent years the firm has

pany has been sold to The Philadelphia been servicing and overhauling propellers of Bourse Inc and Warren A Wilbur III has been all types and that aspect of the business named president Wilbur was president of will also be continued For further information Bellanca Aircraft in the mid 1970s Under new contact Sensenich Propeller Company East management Sensenich will remain in its Airport Road PO Box 5100 Lancaster PA present facilities in Lancaster PA and will 17601-0100 Phone 717569-0435 continue to make wood and metal fixed

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PASS IT TO ---rJ An information exchange column with input from readers

Oh boy Here it is deadline time and I don t have anything down on paper Seems too that people are using the phone more and more I have onl y a few letters thi s month But I havc what seems li ke a million phone call s Alshymost a ll the call s are from people wantshying to ta lk to people who have written arti c les for thc magazine George Quast s se ri es of artic les o n the Aero nca C-2 rebuild has generated an inord inate number of call s all wanting hi s home address and phone number It was not in the article (Reach George (If PO Box 233 Hutchinson MinshylIesolil 55350-0233 Be sure to pass lI lollg your hest wishes to his dog Max - Ed )

I ve had ca ll s fro m Baron von Will er and the Glue Ange ls bunch out 28 NOVEMBER 1989

by Buck Hilbert (EAA 21 Ale 5) Po Box 424 Union IL 60180

San Diego way and another invite to do Mex ican Av iation Day at Ensenada There have been phone call s from San Anto nios Bill Stratton with more talk about his Liaison Pilots group from New York asking for info on Aeronca engines and call s from guys who just wanted to ta lk So me were after II 00 at night (Hey Buck A bunch of us are sitting around the bar and you ve got to settl e an argument What color was the headliner on a 1940 Champ) but in the main I ve enjoyed talking to everyone of them

I just fini shed another sojourn across the country taking in the fa ll colo rs and visiting av iatin fri ends along the way I vis ited George York in Mansfi e ld Ohio last month We di scussed aircraft judging and some o f the peculiarities

of that particul ar job at Oshkosh I ve said it often enough I hope that I really respect our j udges and their efforts during the Convention Both George and I ag ree that we could use a few more apprentices to work with the judges duri ng the Convention The program needs some new talent so guys and gals get in early and learn how the system works Let s have your input

I a lso visited Bill Doc Mitchell at Coudersport Pennsy lvania Bill s very ni ce PT- 19 is that all -s il ver one that you always see in the front row down at AIC Showplane Parking He was coerced into taking it down to the Warshybird Area a couple of times but he always seems to wind up back with us He is a lso one o f the best line boys

Ive ever encountered Along with Ray Olcott he shows up every year to do yeoman work around Pioneer Airport before the Convention I got to visit his hangar and you wouldnt believe the goodies he has That PT- 19 will be going for a good many yea rs with all the spares he has I just drooled over all that aeronautical candy

I had ideas about visiting all the people I could along the way to Boothshybay Maine but as usual my timedisshytance perception was way off base After all those years of jetting it on United Air Lines its hard to realize how long it takes to drive To me Bosshyton is about an hour and 50 minutes from O Hare We took five days I had intended to visit the Marlboro anshytiquers in Massachusetts but had to byshypass them because I flat ran out of time I also wanted to see Chuck Burtch and the gang around upstate New York but again I ran out of time Im going to change my ways and just plan localized expeditions from now on - concentrating on one area and

not tryi ng to spread it out too much I might mention that I did visit with

Father John MacGillivray in Antishygonish Nova Scotia Canada Father John as you may know donated his Tiger Moth and his rare Miles Hawk to the EAA Aviation Foundation over the years and is a mainstay of EAA He maintains his seat up at the inforshymation window at EAA Headquarters during the Convention and also conshyducts services at the Theatre In the Woods despite all the airplane noise Father John is also a real sparkplug on his home ground He keeps EAA memshybers in Canada aware and knowlegable of all that s going on He arranges chapter and dinner meetings and is the official greeter when it comes to outshyof-towners such as Dorothy and me We enjoyed our visit with him and are most apo logetic that we didnt take adshyvantage of the dinner invitation in conshycurrance with the chapter meeting

Ive also had some nice calls from donors who have their airplanes on disshyplay in the EAA Air Adventure

Museum The new arrangement of airshycraft and the display now that we have the Warbirds in the Eagle Hangar has made several of those people very happy Previous to thi s there just wasnt room and many of the airplanes were in storage Now we can all see them

I m somewhat more than dismayed to learn that one of our greatest of the Old Timers has gone Westmiddot Next time you look at the EAA Spirit of Saint Louis project or see that beautishyful SE 5 replica in the display area think of Gil Bodeen Gil goes way back Back to the beginning The Corn County Chapter of Dekalb Illinois was largely his He was a beautiful craftsman and did woodwork the likes of which youlI se ldom see 1 can walk through the museum and see his craftsmanship in many of the machines that are there Im gonna miss you Gill But your workmanship will live on right there in the museum displays and in the flying machines at Pioneer Airshyport bull

A view of the re-arranged museum floor - and the Ryan Sew

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CHAPTER CAPSULES by Bob Brauer

Chapter 15 has been meeting at Bob Rings private air strip Ring Internashytional in Berwick Maine since it was formed in 1985 Known as the New England Chapter it was the result of a group of 15 EAA members with a strong interest in antique and classic aircraft The chapter was founded by its first president Bob Ring of Bershywick Henry Van Cleef of Lawrence Massachusetts Jack Copeland of Westborough Massachusetts and Alice and Richard Gilchrest of Lynn Massachusetts Membership now numshybers around 25 and the participants live in an area that includes southern New Hampshire eastern Massachusetts and southwest Maine

Ring International is a busy place because of both the clubs as well as the individual members projects Bob Ring has been restoring a Waco 2 which he salvaged as a crop duster and returned to original configuration This project plus generously providing a meeting place for the chapter and space for chapter projects leave little time for dull moments

A group of members meet every other Saturday to work on restoring a Meyers OTW owned by Gerry Barg of South Easton Massachusetts When the airplane is complete Gerry and the main restoration crew will share flight duties Also under restoration by another chapter group is a Northrop Primary Glider Most of the members are avid restorers at heart and continushyally work on projects either their own or those of fellow members As a matshyter of fact getting together at each others projects for work sessions is an ongoing activity President Errol Dow sums it up best We are an aid to each other Most people need the support of a club because not everyone has all the expertise required for a complete proshyject It becomes a learning experience for all of us

Errol further explained that the chapter stresses work sessions as part of the monthly meetings rather than the customary structured or planned proshy30 NOVEMBER 1989

Left to right Bob Ring Jock Denison Harvey Wells Errol Dow Gerry Peterson Jock Copeshyland Dick Gilchrist Louis Furnos Maurice Lambert (guest) Paul Poulson and Charlie Pearshyson

grams These sessions involve member participation in working sheet metal fabric covering and general restorashytion He notes that everyone likes to teach or instruct

This group inspiration must work since 75 percent of the members fly antique or classic aircraft Errol is reshystoring an early model Piper Pacer and charter member Dick Jackson of Rochester New Hampahire has sevshyeral Wacos of different types in the process of detailed restoration Inshycluded in Dicks collection is a rare if not the only existing Waco Model D Included among members airplanes are a Luscombe Champ and a J-3 Two or three of these old airplanes fly in to each meeting so their efforts have paid off

As far as flight is concerned howshyever Chapter 15 is not preoccupied with the past For example Jack Copeshyland has been instrumental in enshycouraging members to write the FAA and their congressmen to support EAAs position on general aviation

and airplane issues In Errol Dow s opinion EAA is doing a pretty good job in the battle for the airmans right to fly

Errol also reminisced about past chapter president Don Mc Laughlin of Hampton New Hampshire who passed away last November At a time when chapter interest was at somewhat of an ebb he earned everyones respect for re-instilling enthusiasm in members to maintain and fly old airplanes Errol indicated that he felt it was a difficult task to step into Don s shoes but from the current interest shown by memshybers Errol has made his own shoes to walk in He believes in a sustained efshyfort to get new EAA and AIC members to expand the clubs base That base is sure to grow because of the chapters desire to teach Seems as though they cant wait to get someone who is new to old airplanes so that they can show him new techniques for restoring old planes This group of New Englanders are proving that something old has a bright future bull

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International Pietenpol Association Robert L Taylor Editor PO Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Quarterly or Semi-annushyally Dues $8 per year

Short Wing Piper Club Inc Lonnie McLaughlin Membership Chairman 32 East End A venue Brentwood NY 11717 516273-5072 Newsletter Bi-monthly Dues $25 per year

Porterfield Airplane Club Chuck Lebrecht 1019 Hickory Road Ocala FL 32672 904687-4859 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $5 per year

Rearwin Club Robert L Taylor Editor P O Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $8 per year

Ryan Club National Bill J Hodges Chairman 811 Lydia Stephenville TX 76401 817968-4818 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Replica Fighters Association Frank G Weatherly President 22451 David Taylor MI 48180 313295-0590 Newsletters Bi-monthly Dues $15 per year

Seabee Club International Captain Richard W Sanders President 6761 NW 32 A venue Ft Lauderdale FL 33309 305979-5470 Newsletter Quarterly (plus phone conshysultation) amp directory Dues $15 (US amp Canada) $20 (Foreign)

Seaplane Pilots Association Robert A Richardson Executive Dishyrector 421 Aviation Way Frederick MD 21701 301695-2083 Newsletter Water Flying (Quarterly) Water Flying (Annual) 88 SPA Seapshylane Landing Directory - $12 - Memshybers$25 non-members Dues $28 per year

Silver Wings Fraternity Russ Brinkley President PO Box 11970 Harrisburg PA 17108 717232-9525 Newsletter Slipstream Tabloid Monthly Dues Initiation - $10 $5 per year

Spartan School of Aeronautics Alumni Association Vern Foltz Alumni Relations 8820 E Pine Street Tulsa OK 74115 918836-6886 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 annually

Staggerwing Club Jim Gorman President 1885 Millsboro Road

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Mansfie ld OH 44906 4 19529-3822 (home) 4 191755- 10 11 (office) Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $ 15 per year

Stampe Club Internationa Willi am R Baldwin P O Box 1408 Lebanon TN 37088 News letter Dues $20 per year

Stearman Restorers Association Tom Lowe President 823 Kingston Lane Crystal Lake IL 6001 4 8 15459-6873 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $ 15 per year

National Stinson Club Jonsey Pau l 144 18 Skinner Road Cypress TX 77429 Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $7 50

National Stinson Club (108 Section) George H Leamy Pres ident 108 Clu b I 15 Heinley Road

Lake Plac id FL 33852 Newsletter Quarterl y Dues $ 15 per year

Northeast Stinson Flying Club Dick Bourque Founder 8 Grimes Brook Road Simsbury CT 06070 203658- 1566 Newsletter Bi-monthl y Dues $ 10 per year

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Southwest Stinson Club Dick Goe rges Pres ident 36 19 Nortree Street San Jose CA 95 148 408274-9 179 Newsletter SWSC Newsletter 10 per year Dues $ 10 per year

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Super Cub Pilots Association Jim Richmond FounderlDirector PO Box 9823 Yakima WA 98909 509248-9491 Newsletter Monthly Dues $25 per year U S $35 per year (Canada) $40 per year (Foreign)

Swift Association International Charlie Nelson P O Box 644 Athens TN 37307 6151745-9547 Newsletter Monthly Dues $25 per year

Taylorcraft Owners Club Bruce M Bixler II President 12809 Greenblower Road Alliance OH 44601 216823-9748 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Tomahawk Pilots Association Skip Carden Editor P O Box 15388 Durham NC 27704 Newsletter Bi-monthly (6 per year) Dues $2000 per year

Travel Air Club Robert L Taylor Editor PO Box 127 Blakesburg IA 52536 515938-2773 Newsletter Travel Air Tales - Quarshyterly Dues $8 per year

Travel Air Division of Staggerwing Museum Dub Yarbrough P O Box 550 Tullahoma TN 37388 615455-1974 Newsletter Dues $25 per year

Twin Bonanza Association Richard L Ward Director 19684 Lakeshore Drive Three Rivers MI 49093 616279-2540 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $25 per year (U S amp Canada) $35 per year (Foreign)

Vintage Sailplane Association Jan Scott Secretary Rt I Box 239

Lovettsville V A 22080 703822-5504 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $10 per year

Waco Club National Ray Brandly President 700 Hill Avenue Hamilton OH 45015 513868-0084 Newsletter Bi-monthly Dues $800 per year

Waco Historical Society R E Hoefflin Treasurer 10 13 Westgate Road Troy OH 45373

Waco UPF-7s

513335-2621 Newsletter 4 per year Dues $4 per year Sept I - Aug 31

World War I Aeroplanes Inc Leonard E Opdycke DirectorPubshylisher 15 Crescent Road Poughkeepsie NY 1260 I 914473-3679 Journals WW I Aero (1900-1919) Skyways (1920-1940) Dues Minimum - $20 each for one year $25 foreign for WW I Aero

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1989 GRAND CHAMPION ANTIQUE

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Bill Halverson has been at least part owner of his Beech G 17S Staggerwing since 1967 A pilot really gets to know an airplane in that amount of timc especially if he spends 12 of those years on a total rebuild as Bill has done with NC 80316 The reward for that effort comes with recognition both on the ramps of airports along wherever his route may take him and in the judgshying ballots at EAA Oshkosh 89 where the airplane was voted Grand Chamshypion Antique

Bills G 17S was originally built at Beechs Wichita factory in February 1947 Walter Beech called the G 17S the best of all the Staggerwings Im shyprovements over the D Models inshycluded a redesigned engine installation with a longer sleeker cowling a new windshield with shalshy

greater with the V -tai l aluminum speedster as we ll The Staggerwing faded after 20 G Models were proshyduced and the Bonanza went on to a successful production run that persists to thi s day The sty le and luxury of the Staggerwing however will never be forgotten as long as there are people such as Bill Halverson who are devoted to preserving the history of the great airplanes of the Golden Age

Serial Number B 15 was the last Staggerwing built for a customer at the factory Four more were asse mbled from parts later on in Texas by Henry Seale Aviation Supply Inc And a facshytory demonstrator Serial Number B20 was later built in Wichita but NC 80316 was the last of the lU xury cabin biplanes Beech sold to a regular cusshy

tomer in this case an oil drilling outfit from Colorado The company flew the Staggerwing as a corporate transport until the late 1950s or early 1960s and sold it to Tomcat Overalls Inc in Tenshynessee In the early 1960s Robert Colshyeman bought the Staggerwing and reshycovered it in Razorback painted it white and changed the registration number to N 262C In 1967 a group of eight airline pilots bought the airplane and shared expenses and flyshying until 1972 when one of the eight Bill Halverson bought the airplane from the club which had since shrunk from eight to three members

As luck would have it an AD note on the Razorback ribstitching arrived shortly after Bill became sole owner He was left with the prospect of a total

rebuild and no one to lower slope a re-deshy share the expense He signed instrument panshy did have plenty of el different vertical help from many quarshystab ilizer and rudder ters but the bulk of the and a new set of fairshy rebuild was performed ings The company inshy by Bill himself tended to build 50 Stripping the skin G17s but at $29000 from the airplane reshythe price was too vealed a variety of much to pay even sub-projects that through the eyes of needed attention The post-war prosperity basic structure was The newfangled Boshy sound but the systems nanza was available at had taken a beating $7 975 and its perforshy from approximately mance was comparashy 2400 hours of use and ble to that of the 25 years of aging The Staggerwing Operatshy landing gear was comshy

Carl Schuppeling economy was far Bill Halverson pletely re-done as 20 NOVEMBER 1989

were the brakes The electrical system was overhauled and conshyverted to 24 volts to accommodate the King Gold Crown radio package The IFR setshyup includes dual navshycoms with glideslope ADF DME threeshylight marker beacon and a Mode C transshyponder Bill also inshycorporated a variety of warning systems for the gear cabin doors flaps low-fuel or oil and fire

The 450-hp Pratt amp Whitney R-985 engine had 50 hours on it when the eight pilots bought it in 1967 and has over 600 now Bill paid a conshysiderable amount of attention to it in the 12 years the airplane was grounded but points out that thc work performed was far short of a complete overhaul It conshytinues to purr like the PampW factory cat

The interior was totally re-worked by the upholstery shop at Flying Cloud Airport near Minneapolis This time however leather was used in places where mohair was used on the original The pleating and other design work is all up to factory spec including the headliner

Bill covered the Staggerwing in Ceconite 101 and laid on 30 coats of hand-rubbed butyrate dope sanding in

between every cross coat The final 12 layers of pigmented dope were applied with tender loving care and 600 wetshysand followed by an even finer grade preceeding the final polishing The rcshysuits are stunning

Bill already knew about the drudgery part of aviation first-hand He began his flying as a lineboy tradshying chores for flying time at Grand Forks North Dakota He entered the Army Air Corps at 18 years of age and flew PT-13s -17s AT-6s and B-25s in the service After that he signed on with Northwest Orient Airlines starting out on DC-3s and Martin 202s Ultishymately he flew almost everything they had including the Boeing 747 which he flew for the last 10 years of his

career retiring In

1986 Along the way he also cadged time in P-51 s with the Minshynesota Air National Guard

Bill is a founding member of the Staggerwing Museum in Tullahoma Tenshynessee and chairs the museums Scot Perry Memorial Scholarship Fund committee The museum is dedicated to the preservation of Staggerwing memorashybilia and houses paperwork plans and

other artifacts relating to the airplane and its designer Walter Beech The scholarship fund is an ongoing project that recognizes young people who have demonstrated a love for aviation and provides for their further education It is named for the son of another museum founding member Dick Perry and frequently calls on the EAA Air Academy for recipients

When Bill s group first bought the Staggerwing it was just another 20shyyear-old corporate luxury barge What they did would compare to a group today buying a used King Air for pershysonal transport It is the passing of time that makes his Staggerwing a piece of aviation history and Bill has been there through it all thick and thin bull

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On Monday evening of EAA Oshshykosh 89 with beautiful airplanes parked at all points of the compass it was still a revelation to discover two highly polished Globe Swifts parked in the first row of the AntiquelClassic aircraft camping area It was fun to watch people walk by stop and stare - the look on their faces giving away their thoughts It is called desire shyhunger if you will Each admiring glance at the two shiny aluminum airshycraft seemed to bring on more admiration Some shook their heads in amazement others quietly pointed out features to their friends Somehow I had the feeling we were looking at a couple of winners

By Wednesday afshyternoon both Swifts and their owners were gone from their tiedown spots and it was hoped the AIC judges had done their work in the short time provided The Thursshyday evening A wards Program soon brought 22 NOVEMBER 1989

a few convictions home Globe Swift NC78181 owned by Daryl Dressler of St Paul Minnesota won the Custom Class I (over ISO-hp) Award And when the Grand Champion Classic Award was announced Charles Hoover and his 8S-hp Globe Swift NC8090S ran off with all the marbles

It was my pleasant job the following week to inform Charles Hoover over the phone that he had garnered the Grand Champion Lindy Award

Charles Hoover

(One of lifes simple pleasures ) At first Charles had a You gotta be kidshyding apprehension about taking home the heavy hardware However my very persistent tone of voice must have hit home He finally realized what he had accomplished and the giggles and laughing told me he understood Later Charles admitted he didnt get much work done the rest of that day

A little detective work revealed that Charles had won six previous awards

at Oshkosh with his Swift with the AIC Grand Champion Lindy being Numshyber seven On top of this the beautifully polished machine has won any number of other awards over the past 16 years of Hoovers ownership

The original Swift named the GC-l was a steel tube and plywood airplane deshysigned by K H Bud Knox back in 1941 It looked very similar to the metal version which came after World War I in

1945 The original aircraft was powered with a Continental A-80 and would top out at 145 mph and cruise at 130 mph - figures that are remarkably similar to Charles Hoovers metal Swift with its 85-hp engine

The Swift was built by three differshyent companies following World War

II Globe Aircraft Corp of Fort Worth Texas started the line of all-metal Swifts and was followed by Texas Enshygineering amp Manufacturing Co (Temco) These in turn were followed by Universal Aircraft which built the last 16 GC-IA and 60 GC-IB Swifts The grand total manufactured is apshyproximately 1500 Swifts of which some 720 remain on the FAA Register today or these it is estimated that less than a half dozen are still flying with a C85-12 engine Now we can understand why Charles Hoovers 85shyhp Swift has caused so many raised eyebrows It is a rare bird

Built in July 1946 Charles GC-IA is Serial Number 308 and is one of the 47 GC-IA models built by Globe that are still on the FAA Register Nearly all of these have been re-engined with more horsepower The lowest number on the register is NC33336 SIN 2 which is owned by Louis Leftwich Jr of Orlando Florida This very aircraft was used in the photos for the company literature in 1946 Included in the opshytions for the 1946 Swift were floats and skis An airbrushed drawing shows NC33336 flying by with a set of rather pointed floats mounted on struts from the gear wells (Talk about Dreamshyers)

Some of the detailing on Charles Swift really caught the judges eye at EAA Oshkosh 89 The beautiful deshycals on the wheel hubs showing a map of the world with Swift across the face were done by fellow Swift owner Pat Moore of Minneapolis They were done about 10 years ago using the silkscreen process and are absolutely beautiful

Please bear in mind that this Swift has been continually upgraded for the 16 years that Charles has owned it Herein lies the secret Just because Charles didnt win Grand Champion in 1973 he didnt give up Each year more improvements were acshycomplished eventually culminating with the coveted Grand Champion A ward This is persistence at its very best For this we congratulate Charles Hoover and wish him the very best in future endeavors

And let us not forget the Lake Elmo bunch of Swift aficionados who work so well together in a mutual aid society Led by Mark Holliday Jim Montague and a host of others they have set the collective AntiqueClassic crowd on their ear with the huge amount of championship hardware that has found its way home to Lake Elmo We salute you bull

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SPEEDWING Vern Dallman flies the sole

remaining Curtiss-Wright B-14-B

If youve ever watched a kitten grow up you have an idea of how aviation spent its childhood A kitten doesnt know whats possible and what isn t It can t tell the difference between leaping up on a tall bookshelf which it will be ab le to do when it gets bigger and leaping up on the roof It will jump and fai l day after day until it finally makes the bookshelf Some time later it will find another way to get to the roof You have to wonder if along the way the kitten had any idea what its ultimate limitations were

In the 1930s aviation was like that kitten It hadnt yet figured out what it couldnt do Designers were finding 24 NOVEMBER 1989

by Mark Phelps

ways to coax more speed and capabilshyity out of airplanes on an almost daily basis Improved airframes alternated with more sophisticated engines playshying techno-leapfrog from one design to the next In June 1932 Curtiss-Wright leaped the field with its 8-14-8 Speedwing Only two were built and Vern Dallman most conspicuous at EAA Oshkosh 89 for his Little Looper replica has one of them at his Ala Doble Aerobatic Ranch in Esshyparto California

The Speedwing was essentially an A-14-D Sportsman with a nine-cyshylinder 330-hp Wright R-97S-E engine The Sportsman which itself was cershy

tified only 10 months earlier had thc seven-cylinder 240-hp R-760-E With 60 more horses up front the Speedshywing aimed its ample nose in the direcshytion of the wealthy sport-flyer market It had scating for thrce with two in a bench seat in front Thc front cockpit normally went around undcr covcr however in the quest for more speed at the expense of carrying passengers The metal cockpi t cover was standard equipment from the factory in St Louis Missouri

Other standard equipment included a metal propeller electric starter navishygation lights cockpit lights battery and a headrest for the rear cockpit Reshy

tractable landing lights would run the buyer an additional $200 and for $100 he could have the optional two-tone paint job The Speedwing carried 35 gallons of fuel in the fuselage tank and an additional 23 gallons in the centershysection tank In keeping with its image as a personal airplane for the disshycriminating owner-pilot two baggage compartments opened on the right side of the fuselage behind the rear cockpit The upper compartment allowed 48 pounds and the lower 100 pounds The shatter-proof windshield was adshyjustable as was the rear seat Top speed of the 8-14-8 was 177 mph with a cruise of 150 mph

Curtiss-Wright also built a 8-14-R with a 420-hp version of the same Rshy975 engine for Casey Lambert Vern Dallmans airplane has a rip-snorting 440-hp version of the same engine for even more neck-snapping perforshymance In fact Curtiss-Wright later developed its Osprey as a fightershybomber version of the Speedwing series for some governments that were re-arming on a tight budget

With the sorry state of owner-flown high-performance aircraft sales today it seems odd that an airplane such as

the Speedwing could survive in the midst of the Depression In fact it didnt Only two were built One went to the Department of Commerce and the other was a factory demonstrator Verns is the old factory airplane comshyplete with the wheel pants and faired N-struts that were added later in the quest for still more speed (Vern has the original metal pants at home but uses a set of fiberglass ones for crossshycountry work)

The progression of Curtiss-Wrights aircraft design trends went like this From the inexpensive training ships of the early 1920s to the speed demons of the early thirties to the potential milishytary contract ships of the mid- to lateshy1930s to the Condor series of transshyports that got the factory people so exshycited after that Its significant that in 1933 Curtiss-Wright still had a stockpile of OX-5 engines in like-new condition available for $45 each No one bought them The OX-5 was the engine of choice for most light aircraft as little as eight years before Contrast that with the Lycoming 0-235 that still powers most two-seat trainers of today yet first appeared almost half a century ago in 1940

Walter 8eech resigned as president of Curtiss-Wright in early 1932 With him went the last vestiges of the Travel Air influence Ralph Damon became president and George Page 1r became chief engineer Fred Landgraf was the project director on the - 14 Series and his previous employment with the Ken-Royce (Rearwin) factory and the Alexander Eaglerock design team shows up clearly in the Curtiss-Wright machines

Its interesting that you can break down the design influence and progshyress of a company virtually by the month based on who was designing the airplanes and what engines were available at what cost Also important was the management of the company who aimed the product at whichever market appeared the most pliable at the time In fact it s likely that the whole history may be over-analyzed The explanation for each new aircraft may be as simple as it appears

I n the case of the 8-14-8 that means lots of horsepower raw speed and one person on board Practical No but in those days aviation wasn t grown up enough to know what was impossible bull

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history of the aircraft The prints are available framed at $145 each or unshyframed at $55 each For the quality and historica l significance involved this represents a good value For a catalog or to order by telephone call to ll -free 1-800533-7763 or wri te to Aviation Relic Prints 8152 North

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Each aircraft depicted ill thisizistoric series lms restored by the Smithsonian Institutiol1lZl1d is pnrt Of its collectio11 The fabric removed durillg that restoration is certified to be the originnl fabric apiece ofwh ich is attached to this relic print

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This spectacular photo was taken by Dollie Gheen noted aviation photographer from Fairborn Ohio Although taken in 1989 it could almost pass for 1937 with the beautiful 1937 Stinson SR-7B NC16130 SIN 9693 owned by James Solenberg of Shelbyville Indiana flanked by an immaculate 1937 Cord 812 Custom Beverly owned by Bob Gheen of Fairborn Ohio Both vehicles feature a Lycoming engine built in the same factory Lycoming and Stinson were owned by the Cord Company which in turn was part of the Auburn Automobile Company The only hint of 1989 is the tiny strobe on the belly of the Stinson and the reflection of a B-26 tail in the door of the Cord automobile

SENSENICH PROPELLER COMPANY SOLD The venerable Sensenich Propeller Comshy pitch propellers In recent years the firm has

pany has been sold to The Philadelphia been servicing and overhauling propellers of Bourse Inc and Warren A Wilbur III has been all types and that aspect of the business named president Wilbur was president of will also be continued For further information Bellanca Aircraft in the mid 1970s Under new contact Sensenich Propeller Company East management Sensenich will remain in its Airport Road PO Box 5100 Lancaster PA present facilities in Lancaster PA and will 17601-0100 Phone 717569-0435 continue to make wood and metal fixed

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PASS IT TO ---rJ An information exchange column with input from readers

Oh boy Here it is deadline time and I don t have anything down on paper Seems too that people are using the phone more and more I have onl y a few letters thi s month But I havc what seems li ke a million phone call s Alshymost a ll the call s are from people wantshying to ta lk to people who have written arti c les for thc magazine George Quast s se ri es of artic les o n the Aero nca C-2 rebuild has generated an inord inate number of call s all wanting hi s home address and phone number It was not in the article (Reach George (If PO Box 233 Hutchinson MinshylIesolil 55350-0233 Be sure to pass lI lollg your hest wishes to his dog Max - Ed )

I ve had ca ll s fro m Baron von Will er and the Glue Ange ls bunch out 28 NOVEMBER 1989

by Buck Hilbert (EAA 21 Ale 5) Po Box 424 Union IL 60180

San Diego way and another invite to do Mex ican Av iation Day at Ensenada There have been phone call s from San Anto nios Bill Stratton with more talk about his Liaison Pilots group from New York asking for info on Aeronca engines and call s from guys who just wanted to ta lk So me were after II 00 at night (Hey Buck A bunch of us are sitting around the bar and you ve got to settl e an argument What color was the headliner on a 1940 Champ) but in the main I ve enjoyed talking to everyone of them

I just fini shed another sojourn across the country taking in the fa ll colo rs and visiting av iatin fri ends along the way I vis ited George York in Mansfi e ld Ohio last month We di scussed aircraft judging and some o f the peculiarities

of that particul ar job at Oshkosh I ve said it often enough I hope that I really respect our j udges and their efforts during the Convention Both George and I ag ree that we could use a few more apprentices to work with the judges duri ng the Convention The program needs some new talent so guys and gals get in early and learn how the system works Let s have your input

I a lso visited Bill Doc Mitchell at Coudersport Pennsy lvania Bill s very ni ce PT- 19 is that all -s il ver one that you always see in the front row down at AIC Showplane Parking He was coerced into taking it down to the Warshybird Area a couple of times but he always seems to wind up back with us He is a lso one o f the best line boys

Ive ever encountered Along with Ray Olcott he shows up every year to do yeoman work around Pioneer Airport before the Convention I got to visit his hangar and you wouldnt believe the goodies he has That PT- 19 will be going for a good many yea rs with all the spares he has I just drooled over all that aeronautical candy

I had ideas about visiting all the people I could along the way to Boothshybay Maine but as usual my timedisshytance perception was way off base After all those years of jetting it on United Air Lines its hard to realize how long it takes to drive To me Bosshyton is about an hour and 50 minutes from O Hare We took five days I had intended to visit the Marlboro anshytiquers in Massachusetts but had to byshypass them because I flat ran out of time I also wanted to see Chuck Burtch and the gang around upstate New York but again I ran out of time Im going to change my ways and just plan localized expeditions from now on - concentrating on one area and

not tryi ng to spread it out too much I might mention that I did visit with

Father John MacGillivray in Antishygonish Nova Scotia Canada Father John as you may know donated his Tiger Moth and his rare Miles Hawk to the EAA Aviation Foundation over the years and is a mainstay of EAA He maintains his seat up at the inforshymation window at EAA Headquarters during the Convention and also conshyducts services at the Theatre In the Woods despite all the airplane noise Father John is also a real sparkplug on his home ground He keeps EAA memshybers in Canada aware and knowlegable of all that s going on He arranges chapter and dinner meetings and is the official greeter when it comes to outshyof-towners such as Dorothy and me We enjoyed our visit with him and are most apo logetic that we didnt take adshyvantage of the dinner invitation in conshycurrance with the chapter meeting

Ive also had some nice calls from donors who have their airplanes on disshyplay in the EAA Air Adventure

Museum The new arrangement of airshycraft and the display now that we have the Warbirds in the Eagle Hangar has made several of those people very happy Previous to thi s there just wasnt room and many of the airplanes were in storage Now we can all see them

I m somewhat more than dismayed to learn that one of our greatest of the Old Timers has gone Westmiddot Next time you look at the EAA Spirit of Saint Louis project or see that beautishyful SE 5 replica in the display area think of Gil Bodeen Gil goes way back Back to the beginning The Corn County Chapter of Dekalb Illinois was largely his He was a beautiful craftsman and did woodwork the likes of which youlI se ldom see 1 can walk through the museum and see his craftsmanship in many of the machines that are there Im gonna miss you Gill But your workmanship will live on right there in the museum displays and in the flying machines at Pioneer Airshyport bull

A view of the re-arranged museum floor - and the Ryan Sew

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CHAPTER CAPSULES by Bob Brauer

Chapter 15 has been meeting at Bob Rings private air strip Ring Internashytional in Berwick Maine since it was formed in 1985 Known as the New England Chapter it was the result of a group of 15 EAA members with a strong interest in antique and classic aircraft The chapter was founded by its first president Bob Ring of Bershywick Henry Van Cleef of Lawrence Massachusetts Jack Copeland of Westborough Massachusetts and Alice and Richard Gilchrest of Lynn Massachusetts Membership now numshybers around 25 and the participants live in an area that includes southern New Hampshire eastern Massachusetts and southwest Maine

Ring International is a busy place because of both the clubs as well as the individual members projects Bob Ring has been restoring a Waco 2 which he salvaged as a crop duster and returned to original configuration This project plus generously providing a meeting place for the chapter and space for chapter projects leave little time for dull moments

A group of members meet every other Saturday to work on restoring a Meyers OTW owned by Gerry Barg of South Easton Massachusetts When the airplane is complete Gerry and the main restoration crew will share flight duties Also under restoration by another chapter group is a Northrop Primary Glider Most of the members are avid restorers at heart and continushyally work on projects either their own or those of fellow members As a matshyter of fact getting together at each others projects for work sessions is an ongoing activity President Errol Dow sums it up best We are an aid to each other Most people need the support of a club because not everyone has all the expertise required for a complete proshyject It becomes a learning experience for all of us

Errol further explained that the chapter stresses work sessions as part of the monthly meetings rather than the customary structured or planned proshy30 NOVEMBER 1989

Left to right Bob Ring Jock Denison Harvey Wells Errol Dow Gerry Peterson Jock Copeshyland Dick Gilchrist Louis Furnos Maurice Lambert (guest) Paul Poulson and Charlie Pearshyson

grams These sessions involve member participation in working sheet metal fabric covering and general restorashytion He notes that everyone likes to teach or instruct

This group inspiration must work since 75 percent of the members fly antique or classic aircraft Errol is reshystoring an early model Piper Pacer and charter member Dick Jackson of Rochester New Hampahire has sevshyeral Wacos of different types in the process of detailed restoration Inshycluded in Dicks collection is a rare if not the only existing Waco Model D Included among members airplanes are a Luscombe Champ and a J-3 Two or three of these old airplanes fly in to each meeting so their efforts have paid off

As far as flight is concerned howshyever Chapter 15 is not preoccupied with the past For example Jack Copeshyland has been instrumental in enshycouraging members to write the FAA and their congressmen to support EAAs position on general aviation

and airplane issues In Errol Dow s opinion EAA is doing a pretty good job in the battle for the airmans right to fly

Errol also reminisced about past chapter president Don Mc Laughlin of Hampton New Hampshire who passed away last November At a time when chapter interest was at somewhat of an ebb he earned everyones respect for re-instilling enthusiasm in members to maintain and fly old airplanes Errol indicated that he felt it was a difficult task to step into Don s shoes but from the current interest shown by memshybers Errol has made his own shoes to walk in He believes in a sustained efshyfort to get new EAA and AIC members to expand the clubs base That base is sure to grow because of the chapters desire to teach Seems as though they cant wait to get someone who is new to old airplanes so that they can show him new techniques for restoring old planes This group of New Englanders are proving that something old has a bright future bull

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1989 GRAND CHAMPION ANTIQUE

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Bill Halverson has been at least part owner of his Beech G 17S Staggerwing since 1967 A pilot really gets to know an airplane in that amount of timc especially if he spends 12 of those years on a total rebuild as Bill has done with NC 80316 The reward for that effort comes with recognition both on the ramps of airports along wherever his route may take him and in the judgshying ballots at EAA Oshkosh 89 where the airplane was voted Grand Chamshypion Antique

Bills G 17S was originally built at Beechs Wichita factory in February 1947 Walter Beech called the G 17S the best of all the Staggerwings Im shyprovements over the D Models inshycluded a redesigned engine installation with a longer sleeker cowling a new windshield with shalshy

greater with the V -tai l aluminum speedster as we ll The Staggerwing faded after 20 G Models were proshyduced and the Bonanza went on to a successful production run that persists to thi s day The sty le and luxury of the Staggerwing however will never be forgotten as long as there are people such as Bill Halverson who are devoted to preserving the history of the great airplanes of the Golden Age

Serial Number B 15 was the last Staggerwing built for a customer at the factory Four more were asse mbled from parts later on in Texas by Henry Seale Aviation Supply Inc And a facshytory demonstrator Serial Number B20 was later built in Wichita but NC 80316 was the last of the lU xury cabin biplanes Beech sold to a regular cusshy

tomer in this case an oil drilling outfit from Colorado The company flew the Staggerwing as a corporate transport until the late 1950s or early 1960s and sold it to Tomcat Overalls Inc in Tenshynessee In the early 1960s Robert Colshyeman bought the Staggerwing and reshycovered it in Razorback painted it white and changed the registration number to N 262C In 1967 a group of eight airline pilots bought the airplane and shared expenses and flyshying until 1972 when one of the eight Bill Halverson bought the airplane from the club which had since shrunk from eight to three members

As luck would have it an AD note on the Razorback ribstitching arrived shortly after Bill became sole owner He was left with the prospect of a total

rebuild and no one to lower slope a re-deshy share the expense He signed instrument panshy did have plenty of el different vertical help from many quarshystab ilizer and rudder ters but the bulk of the and a new set of fairshy rebuild was performed ings The company inshy by Bill himself tended to build 50 Stripping the skin G17s but at $29000 from the airplane reshythe price was too vealed a variety of much to pay even sub-projects that through the eyes of needed attention The post-war prosperity basic structure was The newfangled Boshy sound but the systems nanza was available at had taken a beating $7 975 and its perforshy from approximately mance was comparashy 2400 hours of use and ble to that of the 25 years of aging The Staggerwing Operatshy landing gear was comshy

Carl Schuppeling economy was far Bill Halverson pletely re-done as 20 NOVEMBER 1989

were the brakes The electrical system was overhauled and conshyverted to 24 volts to accommodate the King Gold Crown radio package The IFR setshyup includes dual navshycoms with glideslope ADF DME threeshylight marker beacon and a Mode C transshyponder Bill also inshycorporated a variety of warning systems for the gear cabin doors flaps low-fuel or oil and fire

The 450-hp Pratt amp Whitney R-985 engine had 50 hours on it when the eight pilots bought it in 1967 and has over 600 now Bill paid a conshysiderable amount of attention to it in the 12 years the airplane was grounded but points out that thc work performed was far short of a complete overhaul It conshytinues to purr like the PampW factory cat

The interior was totally re-worked by the upholstery shop at Flying Cloud Airport near Minneapolis This time however leather was used in places where mohair was used on the original The pleating and other design work is all up to factory spec including the headliner

Bill covered the Staggerwing in Ceconite 101 and laid on 30 coats of hand-rubbed butyrate dope sanding in

between every cross coat The final 12 layers of pigmented dope were applied with tender loving care and 600 wetshysand followed by an even finer grade preceeding the final polishing The rcshysuits are stunning

Bill already knew about the drudgery part of aviation first-hand He began his flying as a lineboy tradshying chores for flying time at Grand Forks North Dakota He entered the Army Air Corps at 18 years of age and flew PT-13s -17s AT-6s and B-25s in the service After that he signed on with Northwest Orient Airlines starting out on DC-3s and Martin 202s Ultishymately he flew almost everything they had including the Boeing 747 which he flew for the last 10 years of his

career retiring In

1986 Along the way he also cadged time in P-51 s with the Minshynesota Air National Guard

Bill is a founding member of the Staggerwing Museum in Tullahoma Tenshynessee and chairs the museums Scot Perry Memorial Scholarship Fund committee The museum is dedicated to the preservation of Staggerwing memorashybilia and houses paperwork plans and

other artifacts relating to the airplane and its designer Walter Beech The scholarship fund is an ongoing project that recognizes young people who have demonstrated a love for aviation and provides for their further education It is named for the son of another museum founding member Dick Perry and frequently calls on the EAA Air Academy for recipients

When Bill s group first bought the Staggerwing it was just another 20shyyear-old corporate luxury barge What they did would compare to a group today buying a used King Air for pershysonal transport It is the passing of time that makes his Staggerwing a piece of aviation history and Bill has been there through it all thick and thin bull

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On Monday evening of EAA Oshshykosh 89 with beautiful airplanes parked at all points of the compass it was still a revelation to discover two highly polished Globe Swifts parked in the first row of the AntiquelClassic aircraft camping area It was fun to watch people walk by stop and stare - the look on their faces giving away their thoughts It is called desire shyhunger if you will Each admiring glance at the two shiny aluminum airshycraft seemed to bring on more admiration Some shook their heads in amazement others quietly pointed out features to their friends Somehow I had the feeling we were looking at a couple of winners

By Wednesday afshyternoon both Swifts and their owners were gone from their tiedown spots and it was hoped the AIC judges had done their work in the short time provided The Thursshyday evening A wards Program soon brought 22 NOVEMBER 1989

a few convictions home Globe Swift NC78181 owned by Daryl Dressler of St Paul Minnesota won the Custom Class I (over ISO-hp) Award And when the Grand Champion Classic Award was announced Charles Hoover and his 8S-hp Globe Swift NC8090S ran off with all the marbles

It was my pleasant job the following week to inform Charles Hoover over the phone that he had garnered the Grand Champion Lindy Award

Charles Hoover

(One of lifes simple pleasures ) At first Charles had a You gotta be kidshyding apprehension about taking home the heavy hardware However my very persistent tone of voice must have hit home He finally realized what he had accomplished and the giggles and laughing told me he understood Later Charles admitted he didnt get much work done the rest of that day

A little detective work revealed that Charles had won six previous awards

at Oshkosh with his Swift with the AIC Grand Champion Lindy being Numshyber seven On top of this the beautifully polished machine has won any number of other awards over the past 16 years of Hoovers ownership

The original Swift named the GC-l was a steel tube and plywood airplane deshysigned by K H Bud Knox back in 1941 It looked very similar to the metal version which came after World War I in

1945 The original aircraft was powered with a Continental A-80 and would top out at 145 mph and cruise at 130 mph - figures that are remarkably similar to Charles Hoovers metal Swift with its 85-hp engine

The Swift was built by three differshyent companies following World War

II Globe Aircraft Corp of Fort Worth Texas started the line of all-metal Swifts and was followed by Texas Enshygineering amp Manufacturing Co (Temco) These in turn were followed by Universal Aircraft which built the last 16 GC-IA and 60 GC-IB Swifts The grand total manufactured is apshyproximately 1500 Swifts of which some 720 remain on the FAA Register today or these it is estimated that less than a half dozen are still flying with a C85-12 engine Now we can understand why Charles Hoovers 85shyhp Swift has caused so many raised eyebrows It is a rare bird

Built in July 1946 Charles GC-IA is Serial Number 308 and is one of the 47 GC-IA models built by Globe that are still on the FAA Register Nearly all of these have been re-engined with more horsepower The lowest number on the register is NC33336 SIN 2 which is owned by Louis Leftwich Jr of Orlando Florida This very aircraft was used in the photos for the company literature in 1946 Included in the opshytions for the 1946 Swift were floats and skis An airbrushed drawing shows NC33336 flying by with a set of rather pointed floats mounted on struts from the gear wells (Talk about Dreamshyers)

Some of the detailing on Charles Swift really caught the judges eye at EAA Oshkosh 89 The beautiful deshycals on the wheel hubs showing a map of the world with Swift across the face were done by fellow Swift owner Pat Moore of Minneapolis They were done about 10 years ago using the silkscreen process and are absolutely beautiful

Please bear in mind that this Swift has been continually upgraded for the 16 years that Charles has owned it Herein lies the secret Just because Charles didnt win Grand Champion in 1973 he didnt give up Each year more improvements were acshycomplished eventually culminating with the coveted Grand Champion A ward This is persistence at its very best For this we congratulate Charles Hoover and wish him the very best in future endeavors

And let us not forget the Lake Elmo bunch of Swift aficionados who work so well together in a mutual aid society Led by Mark Holliday Jim Montague and a host of others they have set the collective AntiqueClassic crowd on their ear with the huge amount of championship hardware that has found its way home to Lake Elmo We salute you bull

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SPEEDWING Vern Dallman flies the sole

remaining Curtiss-Wright B-14-B

If youve ever watched a kitten grow up you have an idea of how aviation spent its childhood A kitten doesnt know whats possible and what isn t It can t tell the difference between leaping up on a tall bookshelf which it will be ab le to do when it gets bigger and leaping up on the roof It will jump and fai l day after day until it finally makes the bookshelf Some time later it will find another way to get to the roof You have to wonder if along the way the kitten had any idea what its ultimate limitations were

In the 1930s aviation was like that kitten It hadnt yet figured out what it couldnt do Designers were finding 24 NOVEMBER 1989

by Mark Phelps

ways to coax more speed and capabilshyity out of airplanes on an almost daily basis Improved airframes alternated with more sophisticated engines playshying techno-leapfrog from one design to the next In June 1932 Curtiss-Wright leaped the field with its 8-14-8 Speedwing Only two were built and Vern Dallman most conspicuous at EAA Oshkosh 89 for his Little Looper replica has one of them at his Ala Doble Aerobatic Ranch in Esshyparto California

The Speedwing was essentially an A-14-D Sportsman with a nine-cyshylinder 330-hp Wright R-97S-E engine The Sportsman which itself was cershy

tified only 10 months earlier had thc seven-cylinder 240-hp R-760-E With 60 more horses up front the Speedshywing aimed its ample nose in the direcshytion of the wealthy sport-flyer market It had scating for thrce with two in a bench seat in front Thc front cockpit normally went around undcr covcr however in the quest for more speed at the expense of carrying passengers The metal cockpi t cover was standard equipment from the factory in St Louis Missouri

Other standard equipment included a metal propeller electric starter navishygation lights cockpit lights battery and a headrest for the rear cockpit Reshy

tractable landing lights would run the buyer an additional $200 and for $100 he could have the optional two-tone paint job The Speedwing carried 35 gallons of fuel in the fuselage tank and an additional 23 gallons in the centershysection tank In keeping with its image as a personal airplane for the disshycriminating owner-pilot two baggage compartments opened on the right side of the fuselage behind the rear cockpit The upper compartment allowed 48 pounds and the lower 100 pounds The shatter-proof windshield was adshyjustable as was the rear seat Top speed of the 8-14-8 was 177 mph with a cruise of 150 mph

Curtiss-Wright also built a 8-14-R with a 420-hp version of the same Rshy975 engine for Casey Lambert Vern Dallmans airplane has a rip-snorting 440-hp version of the same engine for even more neck-snapping perforshymance In fact Curtiss-Wright later developed its Osprey as a fightershybomber version of the Speedwing series for some governments that were re-arming on a tight budget

With the sorry state of owner-flown high-performance aircraft sales today it seems odd that an airplane such as

the Speedwing could survive in the midst of the Depression In fact it didnt Only two were built One went to the Department of Commerce and the other was a factory demonstrator Verns is the old factory airplane comshyplete with the wheel pants and faired N-struts that were added later in the quest for still more speed (Vern has the original metal pants at home but uses a set of fiberglass ones for crossshycountry work)

The progression of Curtiss-Wrights aircraft design trends went like this From the inexpensive training ships of the early 1920s to the speed demons of the early thirties to the potential milishytary contract ships of the mid- to lateshy1930s to the Condor series of transshyports that got the factory people so exshycited after that Its significant that in 1933 Curtiss-Wright still had a stockpile of OX-5 engines in like-new condition available for $45 each No one bought them The OX-5 was the engine of choice for most light aircraft as little as eight years before Contrast that with the Lycoming 0-235 that still powers most two-seat trainers of today yet first appeared almost half a century ago in 1940

Walter 8eech resigned as president of Curtiss-Wright in early 1932 With him went the last vestiges of the Travel Air influence Ralph Damon became president and George Page 1r became chief engineer Fred Landgraf was the project director on the - 14 Series and his previous employment with the Ken-Royce (Rearwin) factory and the Alexander Eaglerock design team shows up clearly in the Curtiss-Wright machines

Its interesting that you can break down the design influence and progshyress of a company virtually by the month based on who was designing the airplanes and what engines were available at what cost Also important was the management of the company who aimed the product at whichever market appeared the most pliable at the time In fact it s likely that the whole history may be over-analyzed The explanation for each new aircraft may be as simple as it appears

I n the case of the 8-14-8 that means lots of horsepower raw speed and one person on board Practical No but in those days aviation wasn t grown up enough to know what was impossible bull

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Prints is a series of seven pieces of excellent artwork Choose from the de Havilland D H4 Bleriot XI Albashytross D Ya Wright EX Yin Fiz Fokshyker T-2 Douglas World Cruiser Chishycago or Curtiss NC-4 Through an agreement with the Smithsonian Inshystitutions National Air and Space Museum each relic print includes a piece of the original fabric from these historic aircraft Also included is a certificate of authenticity and a brief DE HAlllAJ) D H -t

history of the aircraft The prints are available framed at $145 each or unshyframed at $55 each For the quality and historica l significance involved this represents a good value For a catalog or to order by telephone call to ll -free 1-800533-7763 or wri te to Aviation Relic Prints 8152 North

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Each aircraft depicted ill thisizistoric series lms restored by the Smithsonian Institutiol1lZl1d is pnrt Of its collectio11 The fabric removed durillg that restoration is certified to be the originnl fabric apiece ofwh ich is attached to this relic print

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This spectacular photo was taken by Dollie Gheen noted aviation photographer from Fairborn Ohio Although taken in 1989 it could almost pass for 1937 with the beautiful 1937 Stinson SR-7B NC16130 SIN 9693 owned by James Solenberg of Shelbyville Indiana flanked by an immaculate 1937 Cord 812 Custom Beverly owned by Bob Gheen of Fairborn Ohio Both vehicles feature a Lycoming engine built in the same factory Lycoming and Stinson were owned by the Cord Company which in turn was part of the Auburn Automobile Company The only hint of 1989 is the tiny strobe on the belly of the Stinson and the reflection of a B-26 tail in the door of the Cord automobile

SENSENICH PROPELLER COMPANY SOLD The venerable Sensenich Propeller Comshy pitch propellers In recent years the firm has

pany has been sold to The Philadelphia been servicing and overhauling propellers of Bourse Inc and Warren A Wilbur III has been all types and that aspect of the business named president Wilbur was president of will also be continued For further information Bellanca Aircraft in the mid 1970s Under new contact Sensenich Propeller Company East management Sensenich will remain in its Airport Road PO Box 5100 Lancaster PA present facilities in Lancaster PA and will 17601-0100 Phone 717569-0435 continue to make wood and metal fixed

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PASS IT TO ---rJ An information exchange column with input from readers

Oh boy Here it is deadline time and I don t have anything down on paper Seems too that people are using the phone more and more I have onl y a few letters thi s month But I havc what seems li ke a million phone call s Alshymost a ll the call s are from people wantshying to ta lk to people who have written arti c les for thc magazine George Quast s se ri es of artic les o n the Aero nca C-2 rebuild has generated an inord inate number of call s all wanting hi s home address and phone number It was not in the article (Reach George (If PO Box 233 Hutchinson MinshylIesolil 55350-0233 Be sure to pass lI lollg your hest wishes to his dog Max - Ed )

I ve had ca ll s fro m Baron von Will er and the Glue Ange ls bunch out 28 NOVEMBER 1989

by Buck Hilbert (EAA 21 Ale 5) Po Box 424 Union IL 60180

San Diego way and another invite to do Mex ican Av iation Day at Ensenada There have been phone call s from San Anto nios Bill Stratton with more talk about his Liaison Pilots group from New York asking for info on Aeronca engines and call s from guys who just wanted to ta lk So me were after II 00 at night (Hey Buck A bunch of us are sitting around the bar and you ve got to settl e an argument What color was the headliner on a 1940 Champ) but in the main I ve enjoyed talking to everyone of them

I just fini shed another sojourn across the country taking in the fa ll colo rs and visiting av iatin fri ends along the way I vis ited George York in Mansfi e ld Ohio last month We di scussed aircraft judging and some o f the peculiarities

of that particul ar job at Oshkosh I ve said it often enough I hope that I really respect our j udges and their efforts during the Convention Both George and I ag ree that we could use a few more apprentices to work with the judges duri ng the Convention The program needs some new talent so guys and gals get in early and learn how the system works Let s have your input

I a lso visited Bill Doc Mitchell at Coudersport Pennsy lvania Bill s very ni ce PT- 19 is that all -s il ver one that you always see in the front row down at AIC Showplane Parking He was coerced into taking it down to the Warshybird Area a couple of times but he always seems to wind up back with us He is a lso one o f the best line boys

Ive ever encountered Along with Ray Olcott he shows up every year to do yeoman work around Pioneer Airport before the Convention I got to visit his hangar and you wouldnt believe the goodies he has That PT- 19 will be going for a good many yea rs with all the spares he has I just drooled over all that aeronautical candy

I had ideas about visiting all the people I could along the way to Boothshybay Maine but as usual my timedisshytance perception was way off base After all those years of jetting it on United Air Lines its hard to realize how long it takes to drive To me Bosshyton is about an hour and 50 minutes from O Hare We took five days I had intended to visit the Marlboro anshytiquers in Massachusetts but had to byshypass them because I flat ran out of time I also wanted to see Chuck Burtch and the gang around upstate New York but again I ran out of time Im going to change my ways and just plan localized expeditions from now on - concentrating on one area and

not tryi ng to spread it out too much I might mention that I did visit with

Father John MacGillivray in Antishygonish Nova Scotia Canada Father John as you may know donated his Tiger Moth and his rare Miles Hawk to the EAA Aviation Foundation over the years and is a mainstay of EAA He maintains his seat up at the inforshymation window at EAA Headquarters during the Convention and also conshyducts services at the Theatre In the Woods despite all the airplane noise Father John is also a real sparkplug on his home ground He keeps EAA memshybers in Canada aware and knowlegable of all that s going on He arranges chapter and dinner meetings and is the official greeter when it comes to outshyof-towners such as Dorothy and me We enjoyed our visit with him and are most apo logetic that we didnt take adshyvantage of the dinner invitation in conshycurrance with the chapter meeting

Ive also had some nice calls from donors who have their airplanes on disshyplay in the EAA Air Adventure

Museum The new arrangement of airshycraft and the display now that we have the Warbirds in the Eagle Hangar has made several of those people very happy Previous to thi s there just wasnt room and many of the airplanes were in storage Now we can all see them

I m somewhat more than dismayed to learn that one of our greatest of the Old Timers has gone Westmiddot Next time you look at the EAA Spirit of Saint Louis project or see that beautishyful SE 5 replica in the display area think of Gil Bodeen Gil goes way back Back to the beginning The Corn County Chapter of Dekalb Illinois was largely his He was a beautiful craftsman and did woodwork the likes of which youlI se ldom see 1 can walk through the museum and see his craftsmanship in many of the machines that are there Im gonna miss you Gill But your workmanship will live on right there in the museum displays and in the flying machines at Pioneer Airshyport bull

A view of the re-arranged museum floor - and the Ryan Sew

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CHAPTER CAPSULES by Bob Brauer

Chapter 15 has been meeting at Bob Rings private air strip Ring Internashytional in Berwick Maine since it was formed in 1985 Known as the New England Chapter it was the result of a group of 15 EAA members with a strong interest in antique and classic aircraft The chapter was founded by its first president Bob Ring of Bershywick Henry Van Cleef of Lawrence Massachusetts Jack Copeland of Westborough Massachusetts and Alice and Richard Gilchrest of Lynn Massachusetts Membership now numshybers around 25 and the participants live in an area that includes southern New Hampshire eastern Massachusetts and southwest Maine

Ring International is a busy place because of both the clubs as well as the individual members projects Bob Ring has been restoring a Waco 2 which he salvaged as a crop duster and returned to original configuration This project plus generously providing a meeting place for the chapter and space for chapter projects leave little time for dull moments

A group of members meet every other Saturday to work on restoring a Meyers OTW owned by Gerry Barg of South Easton Massachusetts When the airplane is complete Gerry and the main restoration crew will share flight duties Also under restoration by another chapter group is a Northrop Primary Glider Most of the members are avid restorers at heart and continushyally work on projects either their own or those of fellow members As a matshyter of fact getting together at each others projects for work sessions is an ongoing activity President Errol Dow sums it up best We are an aid to each other Most people need the support of a club because not everyone has all the expertise required for a complete proshyject It becomes a learning experience for all of us

Errol further explained that the chapter stresses work sessions as part of the monthly meetings rather than the customary structured or planned proshy30 NOVEMBER 1989

Left to right Bob Ring Jock Denison Harvey Wells Errol Dow Gerry Peterson Jock Copeshyland Dick Gilchrist Louis Furnos Maurice Lambert (guest) Paul Poulson and Charlie Pearshyson

grams These sessions involve member participation in working sheet metal fabric covering and general restorashytion He notes that everyone likes to teach or instruct

This group inspiration must work since 75 percent of the members fly antique or classic aircraft Errol is reshystoring an early model Piper Pacer and charter member Dick Jackson of Rochester New Hampahire has sevshyeral Wacos of different types in the process of detailed restoration Inshycluded in Dicks collection is a rare if not the only existing Waco Model D Included among members airplanes are a Luscombe Champ and a J-3 Two or three of these old airplanes fly in to each meeting so their efforts have paid off

As far as flight is concerned howshyever Chapter 15 is not preoccupied with the past For example Jack Copeshyland has been instrumental in enshycouraging members to write the FAA and their congressmen to support EAAs position on general aviation

and airplane issues In Errol Dow s opinion EAA is doing a pretty good job in the battle for the airmans right to fly

Errol also reminisced about past chapter president Don Mc Laughlin of Hampton New Hampshire who passed away last November At a time when chapter interest was at somewhat of an ebb he earned everyones respect for re-instilling enthusiasm in members to maintain and fly old airplanes Errol indicated that he felt it was a difficult task to step into Don s shoes but from the current interest shown by memshybers Errol has made his own shoes to walk in He believes in a sustained efshyfort to get new EAA and AIC members to expand the clubs base That base is sure to grow because of the chapters desire to teach Seems as though they cant wait to get someone who is new to old airplanes so that they can show him new techniques for restoring old planes This group of New Englanders are proving that something old has a bright future bull

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1989 GRAND CHAMPION ANTIQUE

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Bill Halverson has been at least part owner of his Beech G 17S Staggerwing since 1967 A pilot really gets to know an airplane in that amount of timc especially if he spends 12 of those years on a total rebuild as Bill has done with NC 80316 The reward for that effort comes with recognition both on the ramps of airports along wherever his route may take him and in the judgshying ballots at EAA Oshkosh 89 where the airplane was voted Grand Chamshypion Antique

Bills G 17S was originally built at Beechs Wichita factory in February 1947 Walter Beech called the G 17S the best of all the Staggerwings Im shyprovements over the D Models inshycluded a redesigned engine installation with a longer sleeker cowling a new windshield with shalshy

greater with the V -tai l aluminum speedster as we ll The Staggerwing faded after 20 G Models were proshyduced and the Bonanza went on to a successful production run that persists to thi s day The sty le and luxury of the Staggerwing however will never be forgotten as long as there are people such as Bill Halverson who are devoted to preserving the history of the great airplanes of the Golden Age

Serial Number B 15 was the last Staggerwing built for a customer at the factory Four more were asse mbled from parts later on in Texas by Henry Seale Aviation Supply Inc And a facshytory demonstrator Serial Number B20 was later built in Wichita but NC 80316 was the last of the lU xury cabin biplanes Beech sold to a regular cusshy

tomer in this case an oil drilling outfit from Colorado The company flew the Staggerwing as a corporate transport until the late 1950s or early 1960s and sold it to Tomcat Overalls Inc in Tenshynessee In the early 1960s Robert Colshyeman bought the Staggerwing and reshycovered it in Razorback painted it white and changed the registration number to N 262C In 1967 a group of eight airline pilots bought the airplane and shared expenses and flyshying until 1972 when one of the eight Bill Halverson bought the airplane from the club which had since shrunk from eight to three members

As luck would have it an AD note on the Razorback ribstitching arrived shortly after Bill became sole owner He was left with the prospect of a total

rebuild and no one to lower slope a re-deshy share the expense He signed instrument panshy did have plenty of el different vertical help from many quarshystab ilizer and rudder ters but the bulk of the and a new set of fairshy rebuild was performed ings The company inshy by Bill himself tended to build 50 Stripping the skin G17s but at $29000 from the airplane reshythe price was too vealed a variety of much to pay even sub-projects that through the eyes of needed attention The post-war prosperity basic structure was The newfangled Boshy sound but the systems nanza was available at had taken a beating $7 975 and its perforshy from approximately mance was comparashy 2400 hours of use and ble to that of the 25 years of aging The Staggerwing Operatshy landing gear was comshy

Carl Schuppeling economy was far Bill Halverson pletely re-done as 20 NOVEMBER 1989

were the brakes The electrical system was overhauled and conshyverted to 24 volts to accommodate the King Gold Crown radio package The IFR setshyup includes dual navshycoms with glideslope ADF DME threeshylight marker beacon and a Mode C transshyponder Bill also inshycorporated a variety of warning systems for the gear cabin doors flaps low-fuel or oil and fire

The 450-hp Pratt amp Whitney R-985 engine had 50 hours on it when the eight pilots bought it in 1967 and has over 600 now Bill paid a conshysiderable amount of attention to it in the 12 years the airplane was grounded but points out that thc work performed was far short of a complete overhaul It conshytinues to purr like the PampW factory cat

The interior was totally re-worked by the upholstery shop at Flying Cloud Airport near Minneapolis This time however leather was used in places where mohair was used on the original The pleating and other design work is all up to factory spec including the headliner

Bill covered the Staggerwing in Ceconite 101 and laid on 30 coats of hand-rubbed butyrate dope sanding in

between every cross coat The final 12 layers of pigmented dope were applied with tender loving care and 600 wetshysand followed by an even finer grade preceeding the final polishing The rcshysuits are stunning

Bill already knew about the drudgery part of aviation first-hand He began his flying as a lineboy tradshying chores for flying time at Grand Forks North Dakota He entered the Army Air Corps at 18 years of age and flew PT-13s -17s AT-6s and B-25s in the service After that he signed on with Northwest Orient Airlines starting out on DC-3s and Martin 202s Ultishymately he flew almost everything they had including the Boeing 747 which he flew for the last 10 years of his

career retiring In

1986 Along the way he also cadged time in P-51 s with the Minshynesota Air National Guard

Bill is a founding member of the Staggerwing Museum in Tullahoma Tenshynessee and chairs the museums Scot Perry Memorial Scholarship Fund committee The museum is dedicated to the preservation of Staggerwing memorashybilia and houses paperwork plans and

other artifacts relating to the airplane and its designer Walter Beech The scholarship fund is an ongoing project that recognizes young people who have demonstrated a love for aviation and provides for their further education It is named for the son of another museum founding member Dick Perry and frequently calls on the EAA Air Academy for recipients

When Bill s group first bought the Staggerwing it was just another 20shyyear-old corporate luxury barge What they did would compare to a group today buying a used King Air for pershysonal transport It is the passing of time that makes his Staggerwing a piece of aviation history and Bill has been there through it all thick and thin bull

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On Monday evening of EAA Oshshykosh 89 with beautiful airplanes parked at all points of the compass it was still a revelation to discover two highly polished Globe Swifts parked in the first row of the AntiquelClassic aircraft camping area It was fun to watch people walk by stop and stare - the look on their faces giving away their thoughts It is called desire shyhunger if you will Each admiring glance at the two shiny aluminum airshycraft seemed to bring on more admiration Some shook their heads in amazement others quietly pointed out features to their friends Somehow I had the feeling we were looking at a couple of winners

By Wednesday afshyternoon both Swifts and their owners were gone from their tiedown spots and it was hoped the AIC judges had done their work in the short time provided The Thursshyday evening A wards Program soon brought 22 NOVEMBER 1989

a few convictions home Globe Swift NC78181 owned by Daryl Dressler of St Paul Minnesota won the Custom Class I (over ISO-hp) Award And when the Grand Champion Classic Award was announced Charles Hoover and his 8S-hp Globe Swift NC8090S ran off with all the marbles

It was my pleasant job the following week to inform Charles Hoover over the phone that he had garnered the Grand Champion Lindy Award

Charles Hoover

(One of lifes simple pleasures ) At first Charles had a You gotta be kidshyding apprehension about taking home the heavy hardware However my very persistent tone of voice must have hit home He finally realized what he had accomplished and the giggles and laughing told me he understood Later Charles admitted he didnt get much work done the rest of that day

A little detective work revealed that Charles had won six previous awards

at Oshkosh with his Swift with the AIC Grand Champion Lindy being Numshyber seven On top of this the beautifully polished machine has won any number of other awards over the past 16 years of Hoovers ownership

The original Swift named the GC-l was a steel tube and plywood airplane deshysigned by K H Bud Knox back in 1941 It looked very similar to the metal version which came after World War I in

1945 The original aircraft was powered with a Continental A-80 and would top out at 145 mph and cruise at 130 mph - figures that are remarkably similar to Charles Hoovers metal Swift with its 85-hp engine

The Swift was built by three differshyent companies following World War

II Globe Aircraft Corp of Fort Worth Texas started the line of all-metal Swifts and was followed by Texas Enshygineering amp Manufacturing Co (Temco) These in turn were followed by Universal Aircraft which built the last 16 GC-IA and 60 GC-IB Swifts The grand total manufactured is apshyproximately 1500 Swifts of which some 720 remain on the FAA Register today or these it is estimated that less than a half dozen are still flying with a C85-12 engine Now we can understand why Charles Hoovers 85shyhp Swift has caused so many raised eyebrows It is a rare bird

Built in July 1946 Charles GC-IA is Serial Number 308 and is one of the 47 GC-IA models built by Globe that are still on the FAA Register Nearly all of these have been re-engined with more horsepower The lowest number on the register is NC33336 SIN 2 which is owned by Louis Leftwich Jr of Orlando Florida This very aircraft was used in the photos for the company literature in 1946 Included in the opshytions for the 1946 Swift were floats and skis An airbrushed drawing shows NC33336 flying by with a set of rather pointed floats mounted on struts from the gear wells (Talk about Dreamshyers)

Some of the detailing on Charles Swift really caught the judges eye at EAA Oshkosh 89 The beautiful deshycals on the wheel hubs showing a map of the world with Swift across the face were done by fellow Swift owner Pat Moore of Minneapolis They were done about 10 years ago using the silkscreen process and are absolutely beautiful

Please bear in mind that this Swift has been continually upgraded for the 16 years that Charles has owned it Herein lies the secret Just because Charles didnt win Grand Champion in 1973 he didnt give up Each year more improvements were acshycomplished eventually culminating with the coveted Grand Champion A ward This is persistence at its very best For this we congratulate Charles Hoover and wish him the very best in future endeavors

And let us not forget the Lake Elmo bunch of Swift aficionados who work so well together in a mutual aid society Led by Mark Holliday Jim Montague and a host of others they have set the collective AntiqueClassic crowd on their ear with the huge amount of championship hardware that has found its way home to Lake Elmo We salute you bull

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SPEEDWING Vern Dallman flies the sole

remaining Curtiss-Wright B-14-B

If youve ever watched a kitten grow up you have an idea of how aviation spent its childhood A kitten doesnt know whats possible and what isn t It can t tell the difference between leaping up on a tall bookshelf which it will be ab le to do when it gets bigger and leaping up on the roof It will jump and fai l day after day until it finally makes the bookshelf Some time later it will find another way to get to the roof You have to wonder if along the way the kitten had any idea what its ultimate limitations were

In the 1930s aviation was like that kitten It hadnt yet figured out what it couldnt do Designers were finding 24 NOVEMBER 1989

by Mark Phelps

ways to coax more speed and capabilshyity out of airplanes on an almost daily basis Improved airframes alternated with more sophisticated engines playshying techno-leapfrog from one design to the next In June 1932 Curtiss-Wright leaped the field with its 8-14-8 Speedwing Only two were built and Vern Dallman most conspicuous at EAA Oshkosh 89 for his Little Looper replica has one of them at his Ala Doble Aerobatic Ranch in Esshyparto California

The Speedwing was essentially an A-14-D Sportsman with a nine-cyshylinder 330-hp Wright R-97S-E engine The Sportsman which itself was cershy

tified only 10 months earlier had thc seven-cylinder 240-hp R-760-E With 60 more horses up front the Speedshywing aimed its ample nose in the direcshytion of the wealthy sport-flyer market It had scating for thrce with two in a bench seat in front Thc front cockpit normally went around undcr covcr however in the quest for more speed at the expense of carrying passengers The metal cockpi t cover was standard equipment from the factory in St Louis Missouri

Other standard equipment included a metal propeller electric starter navishygation lights cockpit lights battery and a headrest for the rear cockpit Reshy

tractable landing lights would run the buyer an additional $200 and for $100 he could have the optional two-tone paint job The Speedwing carried 35 gallons of fuel in the fuselage tank and an additional 23 gallons in the centershysection tank In keeping with its image as a personal airplane for the disshycriminating owner-pilot two baggage compartments opened on the right side of the fuselage behind the rear cockpit The upper compartment allowed 48 pounds and the lower 100 pounds The shatter-proof windshield was adshyjustable as was the rear seat Top speed of the 8-14-8 was 177 mph with a cruise of 150 mph

Curtiss-Wright also built a 8-14-R with a 420-hp version of the same Rshy975 engine for Casey Lambert Vern Dallmans airplane has a rip-snorting 440-hp version of the same engine for even more neck-snapping perforshymance In fact Curtiss-Wright later developed its Osprey as a fightershybomber version of the Speedwing series for some governments that were re-arming on a tight budget

With the sorry state of owner-flown high-performance aircraft sales today it seems odd that an airplane such as

the Speedwing could survive in the midst of the Depression In fact it didnt Only two were built One went to the Department of Commerce and the other was a factory demonstrator Verns is the old factory airplane comshyplete with the wheel pants and faired N-struts that were added later in the quest for still more speed (Vern has the original metal pants at home but uses a set of fiberglass ones for crossshycountry work)

The progression of Curtiss-Wrights aircraft design trends went like this From the inexpensive training ships of the early 1920s to the speed demons of the early thirties to the potential milishytary contract ships of the mid- to lateshy1930s to the Condor series of transshyports that got the factory people so exshycited after that Its significant that in 1933 Curtiss-Wright still had a stockpile of OX-5 engines in like-new condition available for $45 each No one bought them The OX-5 was the engine of choice for most light aircraft as little as eight years before Contrast that with the Lycoming 0-235 that still powers most two-seat trainers of today yet first appeared almost half a century ago in 1940

Walter 8eech resigned as president of Curtiss-Wright in early 1932 With him went the last vestiges of the Travel Air influence Ralph Damon became president and George Page 1r became chief engineer Fred Landgraf was the project director on the - 14 Series and his previous employment with the Ken-Royce (Rearwin) factory and the Alexander Eaglerock design team shows up clearly in the Curtiss-Wright machines

Its interesting that you can break down the design influence and progshyress of a company virtually by the month based on who was designing the airplanes and what engines were available at what cost Also important was the management of the company who aimed the product at whichever market appeared the most pliable at the time In fact it s likely that the whole history may be over-analyzed The explanation for each new aircraft may be as simple as it appears

I n the case of the 8-14-8 that means lots of horsepower raw speed and one person on board Practical No but in those days aviation wasn t grown up enough to know what was impossible bull

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This spectacular photo was taken by Dollie Gheen noted aviation photographer from Fairborn Ohio Although taken in 1989 it could almost pass for 1937 with the beautiful 1937 Stinson SR-7B NC16130 SIN 9693 owned by James Solenberg of Shelbyville Indiana flanked by an immaculate 1937 Cord 812 Custom Beverly owned by Bob Gheen of Fairborn Ohio Both vehicles feature a Lycoming engine built in the same factory Lycoming and Stinson were owned by the Cord Company which in turn was part of the Auburn Automobile Company The only hint of 1989 is the tiny strobe on the belly of the Stinson and the reflection of a B-26 tail in the door of the Cord automobile

SENSENICH PROPELLER COMPANY SOLD The venerable Sensenich Propeller Comshy pitch propellers In recent years the firm has

pany has been sold to The Philadelphia been servicing and overhauling propellers of Bourse Inc and Warren A Wilbur III has been all types and that aspect of the business named president Wilbur was president of will also be continued For further information Bellanca Aircraft in the mid 1970s Under new contact Sensenich Propeller Company East management Sensenich will remain in its Airport Road PO Box 5100 Lancaster PA present facilities in Lancaster PA and will 17601-0100 Phone 717569-0435 continue to make wood and metal fixed

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PASS IT TO ---rJ An information exchange column with input from readers

Oh boy Here it is deadline time and I don t have anything down on paper Seems too that people are using the phone more and more I have onl y a few letters thi s month But I havc what seems li ke a million phone call s Alshymost a ll the call s are from people wantshying to ta lk to people who have written arti c les for thc magazine George Quast s se ri es of artic les o n the Aero nca C-2 rebuild has generated an inord inate number of call s all wanting hi s home address and phone number It was not in the article (Reach George (If PO Box 233 Hutchinson MinshylIesolil 55350-0233 Be sure to pass lI lollg your hest wishes to his dog Max - Ed )

I ve had ca ll s fro m Baron von Will er and the Glue Ange ls bunch out 28 NOVEMBER 1989

by Buck Hilbert (EAA 21 Ale 5) Po Box 424 Union IL 60180

San Diego way and another invite to do Mex ican Av iation Day at Ensenada There have been phone call s from San Anto nios Bill Stratton with more talk about his Liaison Pilots group from New York asking for info on Aeronca engines and call s from guys who just wanted to ta lk So me were after II 00 at night (Hey Buck A bunch of us are sitting around the bar and you ve got to settl e an argument What color was the headliner on a 1940 Champ) but in the main I ve enjoyed talking to everyone of them

I just fini shed another sojourn across the country taking in the fa ll colo rs and visiting av iatin fri ends along the way I vis ited George York in Mansfi e ld Ohio last month We di scussed aircraft judging and some o f the peculiarities

of that particul ar job at Oshkosh I ve said it often enough I hope that I really respect our j udges and their efforts during the Convention Both George and I ag ree that we could use a few more apprentices to work with the judges duri ng the Convention The program needs some new talent so guys and gals get in early and learn how the system works Let s have your input

I a lso visited Bill Doc Mitchell at Coudersport Pennsy lvania Bill s very ni ce PT- 19 is that all -s il ver one that you always see in the front row down at AIC Showplane Parking He was coerced into taking it down to the Warshybird Area a couple of times but he always seems to wind up back with us He is a lso one o f the best line boys

Ive ever encountered Along with Ray Olcott he shows up every year to do yeoman work around Pioneer Airport before the Convention I got to visit his hangar and you wouldnt believe the goodies he has That PT- 19 will be going for a good many yea rs with all the spares he has I just drooled over all that aeronautical candy

I had ideas about visiting all the people I could along the way to Boothshybay Maine but as usual my timedisshytance perception was way off base After all those years of jetting it on United Air Lines its hard to realize how long it takes to drive To me Bosshyton is about an hour and 50 minutes from O Hare We took five days I had intended to visit the Marlboro anshytiquers in Massachusetts but had to byshypass them because I flat ran out of time I also wanted to see Chuck Burtch and the gang around upstate New York but again I ran out of time Im going to change my ways and just plan localized expeditions from now on - concentrating on one area and

not tryi ng to spread it out too much I might mention that I did visit with

Father John MacGillivray in Antishygonish Nova Scotia Canada Father John as you may know donated his Tiger Moth and his rare Miles Hawk to the EAA Aviation Foundation over the years and is a mainstay of EAA He maintains his seat up at the inforshymation window at EAA Headquarters during the Convention and also conshyducts services at the Theatre In the Woods despite all the airplane noise Father John is also a real sparkplug on his home ground He keeps EAA memshybers in Canada aware and knowlegable of all that s going on He arranges chapter and dinner meetings and is the official greeter when it comes to outshyof-towners such as Dorothy and me We enjoyed our visit with him and are most apo logetic that we didnt take adshyvantage of the dinner invitation in conshycurrance with the chapter meeting

Ive also had some nice calls from donors who have their airplanes on disshyplay in the EAA Air Adventure

Museum The new arrangement of airshycraft and the display now that we have the Warbirds in the Eagle Hangar has made several of those people very happy Previous to thi s there just wasnt room and many of the airplanes were in storage Now we can all see them

I m somewhat more than dismayed to learn that one of our greatest of the Old Timers has gone Westmiddot Next time you look at the EAA Spirit of Saint Louis project or see that beautishyful SE 5 replica in the display area think of Gil Bodeen Gil goes way back Back to the beginning The Corn County Chapter of Dekalb Illinois was largely his He was a beautiful craftsman and did woodwork the likes of which youlI se ldom see 1 can walk through the museum and see his craftsmanship in many of the machines that are there Im gonna miss you Gill But your workmanship will live on right there in the museum displays and in the flying machines at Pioneer Airshyport bull

A view of the re-arranged museum floor - and the Ryan Sew

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CHAPTER CAPSULES by Bob Brauer

Chapter 15 has been meeting at Bob Rings private air strip Ring Internashytional in Berwick Maine since it was formed in 1985 Known as the New England Chapter it was the result of a group of 15 EAA members with a strong interest in antique and classic aircraft The chapter was founded by its first president Bob Ring of Bershywick Henry Van Cleef of Lawrence Massachusetts Jack Copeland of Westborough Massachusetts and Alice and Richard Gilchrest of Lynn Massachusetts Membership now numshybers around 25 and the participants live in an area that includes southern New Hampshire eastern Massachusetts and southwest Maine

Ring International is a busy place because of both the clubs as well as the individual members projects Bob Ring has been restoring a Waco 2 which he salvaged as a crop duster and returned to original configuration This project plus generously providing a meeting place for the chapter and space for chapter projects leave little time for dull moments

A group of members meet every other Saturday to work on restoring a Meyers OTW owned by Gerry Barg of South Easton Massachusetts When the airplane is complete Gerry and the main restoration crew will share flight duties Also under restoration by another chapter group is a Northrop Primary Glider Most of the members are avid restorers at heart and continushyally work on projects either their own or those of fellow members As a matshyter of fact getting together at each others projects for work sessions is an ongoing activity President Errol Dow sums it up best We are an aid to each other Most people need the support of a club because not everyone has all the expertise required for a complete proshyject It becomes a learning experience for all of us

Errol further explained that the chapter stresses work sessions as part of the monthly meetings rather than the customary structured or planned proshy30 NOVEMBER 1989

Left to right Bob Ring Jock Denison Harvey Wells Errol Dow Gerry Peterson Jock Copeshyland Dick Gilchrist Louis Furnos Maurice Lambert (guest) Paul Poulson and Charlie Pearshyson

grams These sessions involve member participation in working sheet metal fabric covering and general restorashytion He notes that everyone likes to teach or instruct

This group inspiration must work since 75 percent of the members fly antique or classic aircraft Errol is reshystoring an early model Piper Pacer and charter member Dick Jackson of Rochester New Hampahire has sevshyeral Wacos of different types in the process of detailed restoration Inshycluded in Dicks collection is a rare if not the only existing Waco Model D Included among members airplanes are a Luscombe Champ and a J-3 Two or three of these old airplanes fly in to each meeting so their efforts have paid off

As far as flight is concerned howshyever Chapter 15 is not preoccupied with the past For example Jack Copeshyland has been instrumental in enshycouraging members to write the FAA and their congressmen to support EAAs position on general aviation

and airplane issues In Errol Dow s opinion EAA is doing a pretty good job in the battle for the airmans right to fly

Errol also reminisced about past chapter president Don Mc Laughlin of Hampton New Hampshire who passed away last November At a time when chapter interest was at somewhat of an ebb he earned everyones respect for re-instilling enthusiasm in members to maintain and fly old airplanes Errol indicated that he felt it was a difficult task to step into Don s shoes but from the current interest shown by memshybers Errol has made his own shoes to walk in He believes in a sustained efshyfort to get new EAA and AIC members to expand the clubs base That base is sure to grow because of the chapters desire to teach Seems as though they cant wait to get someone who is new to old airplanes so that they can show him new techniques for restoring old planes This group of New Englanders are proving that something old has a bright future bull

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1989 GRAND CHAMPION ANTIQUE

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Bill Halverson has been at least part owner of his Beech G 17S Staggerwing since 1967 A pilot really gets to know an airplane in that amount of timc especially if he spends 12 of those years on a total rebuild as Bill has done with NC 80316 The reward for that effort comes with recognition both on the ramps of airports along wherever his route may take him and in the judgshying ballots at EAA Oshkosh 89 where the airplane was voted Grand Chamshypion Antique

Bills G 17S was originally built at Beechs Wichita factory in February 1947 Walter Beech called the G 17S the best of all the Staggerwings Im shyprovements over the D Models inshycluded a redesigned engine installation with a longer sleeker cowling a new windshield with shalshy

greater with the V -tai l aluminum speedster as we ll The Staggerwing faded after 20 G Models were proshyduced and the Bonanza went on to a successful production run that persists to thi s day The sty le and luxury of the Staggerwing however will never be forgotten as long as there are people such as Bill Halverson who are devoted to preserving the history of the great airplanes of the Golden Age

Serial Number B 15 was the last Staggerwing built for a customer at the factory Four more were asse mbled from parts later on in Texas by Henry Seale Aviation Supply Inc And a facshytory demonstrator Serial Number B20 was later built in Wichita but NC 80316 was the last of the lU xury cabin biplanes Beech sold to a regular cusshy

tomer in this case an oil drilling outfit from Colorado The company flew the Staggerwing as a corporate transport until the late 1950s or early 1960s and sold it to Tomcat Overalls Inc in Tenshynessee In the early 1960s Robert Colshyeman bought the Staggerwing and reshycovered it in Razorback painted it white and changed the registration number to N 262C In 1967 a group of eight airline pilots bought the airplane and shared expenses and flyshying until 1972 when one of the eight Bill Halverson bought the airplane from the club which had since shrunk from eight to three members

As luck would have it an AD note on the Razorback ribstitching arrived shortly after Bill became sole owner He was left with the prospect of a total

rebuild and no one to lower slope a re-deshy share the expense He signed instrument panshy did have plenty of el different vertical help from many quarshystab ilizer and rudder ters but the bulk of the and a new set of fairshy rebuild was performed ings The company inshy by Bill himself tended to build 50 Stripping the skin G17s but at $29000 from the airplane reshythe price was too vealed a variety of much to pay even sub-projects that through the eyes of needed attention The post-war prosperity basic structure was The newfangled Boshy sound but the systems nanza was available at had taken a beating $7 975 and its perforshy from approximately mance was comparashy 2400 hours of use and ble to that of the 25 years of aging The Staggerwing Operatshy landing gear was comshy

Carl Schuppeling economy was far Bill Halverson pletely re-done as 20 NOVEMBER 1989

were the brakes The electrical system was overhauled and conshyverted to 24 volts to accommodate the King Gold Crown radio package The IFR setshyup includes dual navshycoms with glideslope ADF DME threeshylight marker beacon and a Mode C transshyponder Bill also inshycorporated a variety of warning systems for the gear cabin doors flaps low-fuel or oil and fire

The 450-hp Pratt amp Whitney R-985 engine had 50 hours on it when the eight pilots bought it in 1967 and has over 600 now Bill paid a conshysiderable amount of attention to it in the 12 years the airplane was grounded but points out that thc work performed was far short of a complete overhaul It conshytinues to purr like the PampW factory cat

The interior was totally re-worked by the upholstery shop at Flying Cloud Airport near Minneapolis This time however leather was used in places where mohair was used on the original The pleating and other design work is all up to factory spec including the headliner

Bill covered the Staggerwing in Ceconite 101 and laid on 30 coats of hand-rubbed butyrate dope sanding in

between every cross coat The final 12 layers of pigmented dope were applied with tender loving care and 600 wetshysand followed by an even finer grade preceeding the final polishing The rcshysuits are stunning

Bill already knew about the drudgery part of aviation first-hand He began his flying as a lineboy tradshying chores for flying time at Grand Forks North Dakota He entered the Army Air Corps at 18 years of age and flew PT-13s -17s AT-6s and B-25s in the service After that he signed on with Northwest Orient Airlines starting out on DC-3s and Martin 202s Ultishymately he flew almost everything they had including the Boeing 747 which he flew for the last 10 years of his

career retiring In

1986 Along the way he also cadged time in P-51 s with the Minshynesota Air National Guard

Bill is a founding member of the Staggerwing Museum in Tullahoma Tenshynessee and chairs the museums Scot Perry Memorial Scholarship Fund committee The museum is dedicated to the preservation of Staggerwing memorashybilia and houses paperwork plans and

other artifacts relating to the airplane and its designer Walter Beech The scholarship fund is an ongoing project that recognizes young people who have demonstrated a love for aviation and provides for their further education It is named for the son of another museum founding member Dick Perry and frequently calls on the EAA Air Academy for recipients

When Bill s group first bought the Staggerwing it was just another 20shyyear-old corporate luxury barge What they did would compare to a group today buying a used King Air for pershysonal transport It is the passing of time that makes his Staggerwing a piece of aviation history and Bill has been there through it all thick and thin bull

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On Monday evening of EAA Oshshykosh 89 with beautiful airplanes parked at all points of the compass it was still a revelation to discover two highly polished Globe Swifts parked in the first row of the AntiquelClassic aircraft camping area It was fun to watch people walk by stop and stare - the look on their faces giving away their thoughts It is called desire shyhunger if you will Each admiring glance at the two shiny aluminum airshycraft seemed to bring on more admiration Some shook their heads in amazement others quietly pointed out features to their friends Somehow I had the feeling we were looking at a couple of winners

By Wednesday afshyternoon both Swifts and their owners were gone from their tiedown spots and it was hoped the AIC judges had done their work in the short time provided The Thursshyday evening A wards Program soon brought 22 NOVEMBER 1989

a few convictions home Globe Swift NC78181 owned by Daryl Dressler of St Paul Minnesota won the Custom Class I (over ISO-hp) Award And when the Grand Champion Classic Award was announced Charles Hoover and his 8S-hp Globe Swift NC8090S ran off with all the marbles

It was my pleasant job the following week to inform Charles Hoover over the phone that he had garnered the Grand Champion Lindy Award

Charles Hoover

(One of lifes simple pleasures ) At first Charles had a You gotta be kidshyding apprehension about taking home the heavy hardware However my very persistent tone of voice must have hit home He finally realized what he had accomplished and the giggles and laughing told me he understood Later Charles admitted he didnt get much work done the rest of that day

A little detective work revealed that Charles had won six previous awards

at Oshkosh with his Swift with the AIC Grand Champion Lindy being Numshyber seven On top of this the beautifully polished machine has won any number of other awards over the past 16 years of Hoovers ownership

The original Swift named the GC-l was a steel tube and plywood airplane deshysigned by K H Bud Knox back in 1941 It looked very similar to the metal version which came after World War I in

1945 The original aircraft was powered with a Continental A-80 and would top out at 145 mph and cruise at 130 mph - figures that are remarkably similar to Charles Hoovers metal Swift with its 85-hp engine

The Swift was built by three differshyent companies following World War

II Globe Aircraft Corp of Fort Worth Texas started the line of all-metal Swifts and was followed by Texas Enshygineering amp Manufacturing Co (Temco) These in turn were followed by Universal Aircraft which built the last 16 GC-IA and 60 GC-IB Swifts The grand total manufactured is apshyproximately 1500 Swifts of which some 720 remain on the FAA Register today or these it is estimated that less than a half dozen are still flying with a C85-12 engine Now we can understand why Charles Hoovers 85shyhp Swift has caused so many raised eyebrows It is a rare bird

Built in July 1946 Charles GC-IA is Serial Number 308 and is one of the 47 GC-IA models built by Globe that are still on the FAA Register Nearly all of these have been re-engined with more horsepower The lowest number on the register is NC33336 SIN 2 which is owned by Louis Leftwich Jr of Orlando Florida This very aircraft was used in the photos for the company literature in 1946 Included in the opshytions for the 1946 Swift were floats and skis An airbrushed drawing shows NC33336 flying by with a set of rather pointed floats mounted on struts from the gear wells (Talk about Dreamshyers)

Some of the detailing on Charles Swift really caught the judges eye at EAA Oshkosh 89 The beautiful deshycals on the wheel hubs showing a map of the world with Swift across the face were done by fellow Swift owner Pat Moore of Minneapolis They were done about 10 years ago using the silkscreen process and are absolutely beautiful

Please bear in mind that this Swift has been continually upgraded for the 16 years that Charles has owned it Herein lies the secret Just because Charles didnt win Grand Champion in 1973 he didnt give up Each year more improvements were acshycomplished eventually culminating with the coveted Grand Champion A ward This is persistence at its very best For this we congratulate Charles Hoover and wish him the very best in future endeavors

And let us not forget the Lake Elmo bunch of Swift aficionados who work so well together in a mutual aid society Led by Mark Holliday Jim Montague and a host of others they have set the collective AntiqueClassic crowd on their ear with the huge amount of championship hardware that has found its way home to Lake Elmo We salute you bull

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SPEEDWING Vern Dallman flies the sole

remaining Curtiss-Wright B-14-B

If youve ever watched a kitten grow up you have an idea of how aviation spent its childhood A kitten doesnt know whats possible and what isn t It can t tell the difference between leaping up on a tall bookshelf which it will be ab le to do when it gets bigger and leaping up on the roof It will jump and fai l day after day until it finally makes the bookshelf Some time later it will find another way to get to the roof You have to wonder if along the way the kitten had any idea what its ultimate limitations were

In the 1930s aviation was like that kitten It hadnt yet figured out what it couldnt do Designers were finding 24 NOVEMBER 1989

by Mark Phelps

ways to coax more speed and capabilshyity out of airplanes on an almost daily basis Improved airframes alternated with more sophisticated engines playshying techno-leapfrog from one design to the next In June 1932 Curtiss-Wright leaped the field with its 8-14-8 Speedwing Only two were built and Vern Dallman most conspicuous at EAA Oshkosh 89 for his Little Looper replica has one of them at his Ala Doble Aerobatic Ranch in Esshyparto California

The Speedwing was essentially an A-14-D Sportsman with a nine-cyshylinder 330-hp Wright R-97S-E engine The Sportsman which itself was cershy

tified only 10 months earlier had thc seven-cylinder 240-hp R-760-E With 60 more horses up front the Speedshywing aimed its ample nose in the direcshytion of the wealthy sport-flyer market It had scating for thrce with two in a bench seat in front Thc front cockpit normally went around undcr covcr however in the quest for more speed at the expense of carrying passengers The metal cockpi t cover was standard equipment from the factory in St Louis Missouri

Other standard equipment included a metal propeller electric starter navishygation lights cockpit lights battery and a headrest for the rear cockpit Reshy

tractable landing lights would run the buyer an additional $200 and for $100 he could have the optional two-tone paint job The Speedwing carried 35 gallons of fuel in the fuselage tank and an additional 23 gallons in the centershysection tank In keeping with its image as a personal airplane for the disshycriminating owner-pilot two baggage compartments opened on the right side of the fuselage behind the rear cockpit The upper compartment allowed 48 pounds and the lower 100 pounds The shatter-proof windshield was adshyjustable as was the rear seat Top speed of the 8-14-8 was 177 mph with a cruise of 150 mph

Curtiss-Wright also built a 8-14-R with a 420-hp version of the same Rshy975 engine for Casey Lambert Vern Dallmans airplane has a rip-snorting 440-hp version of the same engine for even more neck-snapping perforshymance In fact Curtiss-Wright later developed its Osprey as a fightershybomber version of the Speedwing series for some governments that were re-arming on a tight budget

With the sorry state of owner-flown high-performance aircraft sales today it seems odd that an airplane such as

the Speedwing could survive in the midst of the Depression In fact it didnt Only two were built One went to the Department of Commerce and the other was a factory demonstrator Verns is the old factory airplane comshyplete with the wheel pants and faired N-struts that were added later in the quest for still more speed (Vern has the original metal pants at home but uses a set of fiberglass ones for crossshycountry work)

The progression of Curtiss-Wrights aircraft design trends went like this From the inexpensive training ships of the early 1920s to the speed demons of the early thirties to the potential milishytary contract ships of the mid- to lateshy1930s to the Condor series of transshyports that got the factory people so exshycited after that Its significant that in 1933 Curtiss-Wright still had a stockpile of OX-5 engines in like-new condition available for $45 each No one bought them The OX-5 was the engine of choice for most light aircraft as little as eight years before Contrast that with the Lycoming 0-235 that still powers most two-seat trainers of today yet first appeared almost half a century ago in 1940

Walter 8eech resigned as president of Curtiss-Wright in early 1932 With him went the last vestiges of the Travel Air influence Ralph Damon became president and George Page 1r became chief engineer Fred Landgraf was the project director on the - 14 Series and his previous employment with the Ken-Royce (Rearwin) factory and the Alexander Eaglerock design team shows up clearly in the Curtiss-Wright machines

Its interesting that you can break down the design influence and progshyress of a company virtually by the month based on who was designing the airplanes and what engines were available at what cost Also important was the management of the company who aimed the product at whichever market appeared the most pliable at the time In fact it s likely that the whole history may be over-analyzed The explanation for each new aircraft may be as simple as it appears

I n the case of the 8-14-8 that means lots of horsepower raw speed and one person on board Practical No but in those days aviation wasn t grown up enough to know what was impossible bull

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This spectacular photo was taken by Dollie Gheen noted aviation photographer from Fairborn Ohio Although taken in 1989 it could almost pass for 1937 with the beautiful 1937 Stinson SR-7B NC16130 SIN 9693 owned by James Solenberg of Shelbyville Indiana flanked by an immaculate 1937 Cord 812 Custom Beverly owned by Bob Gheen of Fairborn Ohio Both vehicles feature a Lycoming engine built in the same factory Lycoming and Stinson were owned by the Cord Company which in turn was part of the Auburn Automobile Company The only hint of 1989 is the tiny strobe on the belly of the Stinson and the reflection of a B-26 tail in the door of the Cord automobile

SENSENICH PROPELLER COMPANY SOLD The venerable Sensenich Propeller Comshy pitch propellers In recent years the firm has

pany has been sold to The Philadelphia been servicing and overhauling propellers of Bourse Inc and Warren A Wilbur III has been all types and that aspect of the business named president Wilbur was president of will also be continued For further information Bellanca Aircraft in the mid 1970s Under new contact Sensenich Propeller Company East management Sensenich will remain in its Airport Road PO Box 5100 Lancaster PA present facilities in Lancaster PA and will 17601-0100 Phone 717569-0435 continue to make wood and metal fixed

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PASS IT TO ---rJ An information exchange column with input from readers

Oh boy Here it is deadline time and I don t have anything down on paper Seems too that people are using the phone more and more I have onl y a few letters thi s month But I havc what seems li ke a million phone call s Alshymost a ll the call s are from people wantshying to ta lk to people who have written arti c les for thc magazine George Quast s se ri es of artic les o n the Aero nca C-2 rebuild has generated an inord inate number of call s all wanting hi s home address and phone number It was not in the article (Reach George (If PO Box 233 Hutchinson MinshylIesolil 55350-0233 Be sure to pass lI lollg your hest wishes to his dog Max - Ed )

I ve had ca ll s fro m Baron von Will er and the Glue Ange ls bunch out 28 NOVEMBER 1989

by Buck Hilbert (EAA 21 Ale 5) Po Box 424 Union IL 60180

San Diego way and another invite to do Mex ican Av iation Day at Ensenada There have been phone call s from San Anto nios Bill Stratton with more talk about his Liaison Pilots group from New York asking for info on Aeronca engines and call s from guys who just wanted to ta lk So me were after II 00 at night (Hey Buck A bunch of us are sitting around the bar and you ve got to settl e an argument What color was the headliner on a 1940 Champ) but in the main I ve enjoyed talking to everyone of them

I just fini shed another sojourn across the country taking in the fa ll colo rs and visiting av iatin fri ends along the way I vis ited George York in Mansfi e ld Ohio last month We di scussed aircraft judging and some o f the peculiarities

of that particul ar job at Oshkosh I ve said it often enough I hope that I really respect our j udges and their efforts during the Convention Both George and I ag ree that we could use a few more apprentices to work with the judges duri ng the Convention The program needs some new talent so guys and gals get in early and learn how the system works Let s have your input

I a lso visited Bill Doc Mitchell at Coudersport Pennsy lvania Bill s very ni ce PT- 19 is that all -s il ver one that you always see in the front row down at AIC Showplane Parking He was coerced into taking it down to the Warshybird Area a couple of times but he always seems to wind up back with us He is a lso one o f the best line boys

Ive ever encountered Along with Ray Olcott he shows up every year to do yeoman work around Pioneer Airport before the Convention I got to visit his hangar and you wouldnt believe the goodies he has That PT- 19 will be going for a good many yea rs with all the spares he has I just drooled over all that aeronautical candy

I had ideas about visiting all the people I could along the way to Boothshybay Maine but as usual my timedisshytance perception was way off base After all those years of jetting it on United Air Lines its hard to realize how long it takes to drive To me Bosshyton is about an hour and 50 minutes from O Hare We took five days I had intended to visit the Marlboro anshytiquers in Massachusetts but had to byshypass them because I flat ran out of time I also wanted to see Chuck Burtch and the gang around upstate New York but again I ran out of time Im going to change my ways and just plan localized expeditions from now on - concentrating on one area and

not tryi ng to spread it out too much I might mention that I did visit with

Father John MacGillivray in Antishygonish Nova Scotia Canada Father John as you may know donated his Tiger Moth and his rare Miles Hawk to the EAA Aviation Foundation over the years and is a mainstay of EAA He maintains his seat up at the inforshymation window at EAA Headquarters during the Convention and also conshyducts services at the Theatre In the Woods despite all the airplane noise Father John is also a real sparkplug on his home ground He keeps EAA memshybers in Canada aware and knowlegable of all that s going on He arranges chapter and dinner meetings and is the official greeter when it comes to outshyof-towners such as Dorothy and me We enjoyed our visit with him and are most apo logetic that we didnt take adshyvantage of the dinner invitation in conshycurrance with the chapter meeting

Ive also had some nice calls from donors who have their airplanes on disshyplay in the EAA Air Adventure

Museum The new arrangement of airshycraft and the display now that we have the Warbirds in the Eagle Hangar has made several of those people very happy Previous to thi s there just wasnt room and many of the airplanes were in storage Now we can all see them

I m somewhat more than dismayed to learn that one of our greatest of the Old Timers has gone Westmiddot Next time you look at the EAA Spirit of Saint Louis project or see that beautishyful SE 5 replica in the display area think of Gil Bodeen Gil goes way back Back to the beginning The Corn County Chapter of Dekalb Illinois was largely his He was a beautiful craftsman and did woodwork the likes of which youlI se ldom see 1 can walk through the museum and see his craftsmanship in many of the machines that are there Im gonna miss you Gill But your workmanship will live on right there in the museum displays and in the flying machines at Pioneer Airshyport bull

A view of the re-arranged museum floor - and the Ryan Sew

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CHAPTER CAPSULES by Bob Brauer

Chapter 15 has been meeting at Bob Rings private air strip Ring Internashytional in Berwick Maine since it was formed in 1985 Known as the New England Chapter it was the result of a group of 15 EAA members with a strong interest in antique and classic aircraft The chapter was founded by its first president Bob Ring of Bershywick Henry Van Cleef of Lawrence Massachusetts Jack Copeland of Westborough Massachusetts and Alice and Richard Gilchrest of Lynn Massachusetts Membership now numshybers around 25 and the participants live in an area that includes southern New Hampshire eastern Massachusetts and southwest Maine

Ring International is a busy place because of both the clubs as well as the individual members projects Bob Ring has been restoring a Waco 2 which he salvaged as a crop duster and returned to original configuration This project plus generously providing a meeting place for the chapter and space for chapter projects leave little time for dull moments

A group of members meet every other Saturday to work on restoring a Meyers OTW owned by Gerry Barg of South Easton Massachusetts When the airplane is complete Gerry and the main restoration crew will share flight duties Also under restoration by another chapter group is a Northrop Primary Glider Most of the members are avid restorers at heart and continushyally work on projects either their own or those of fellow members As a matshyter of fact getting together at each others projects for work sessions is an ongoing activity President Errol Dow sums it up best We are an aid to each other Most people need the support of a club because not everyone has all the expertise required for a complete proshyject It becomes a learning experience for all of us

Errol further explained that the chapter stresses work sessions as part of the monthly meetings rather than the customary structured or planned proshy30 NOVEMBER 1989

Left to right Bob Ring Jock Denison Harvey Wells Errol Dow Gerry Peterson Jock Copeshyland Dick Gilchrist Louis Furnos Maurice Lambert (guest) Paul Poulson and Charlie Pearshyson

grams These sessions involve member participation in working sheet metal fabric covering and general restorashytion He notes that everyone likes to teach or instruct

This group inspiration must work since 75 percent of the members fly antique or classic aircraft Errol is reshystoring an early model Piper Pacer and charter member Dick Jackson of Rochester New Hampahire has sevshyeral Wacos of different types in the process of detailed restoration Inshycluded in Dicks collection is a rare if not the only existing Waco Model D Included among members airplanes are a Luscombe Champ and a J-3 Two or three of these old airplanes fly in to each meeting so their efforts have paid off

As far as flight is concerned howshyever Chapter 15 is not preoccupied with the past For example Jack Copeshyland has been instrumental in enshycouraging members to write the FAA and their congressmen to support EAAs position on general aviation

and airplane issues In Errol Dow s opinion EAA is doing a pretty good job in the battle for the airmans right to fly

Errol also reminisced about past chapter president Don Mc Laughlin of Hampton New Hampshire who passed away last November At a time when chapter interest was at somewhat of an ebb he earned everyones respect for re-instilling enthusiasm in members to maintain and fly old airplanes Errol indicated that he felt it was a difficult task to step into Don s shoes but from the current interest shown by memshybers Errol has made his own shoes to walk in He believes in a sustained efshyfort to get new EAA and AIC members to expand the clubs base That base is sure to grow because of the chapters desire to teach Seems as though they cant wait to get someone who is new to old airplanes so that they can show him new techniques for restoring old planes This group of New Englanders are proving that something old has a bright future bull

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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19

1989 GRAND CHAMPION ANTIQUE

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Bill Halverson has been at least part owner of his Beech G 17S Staggerwing since 1967 A pilot really gets to know an airplane in that amount of timc especially if he spends 12 of those years on a total rebuild as Bill has done with NC 80316 The reward for that effort comes with recognition both on the ramps of airports along wherever his route may take him and in the judgshying ballots at EAA Oshkosh 89 where the airplane was voted Grand Chamshypion Antique

Bills G 17S was originally built at Beechs Wichita factory in February 1947 Walter Beech called the G 17S the best of all the Staggerwings Im shyprovements over the D Models inshycluded a redesigned engine installation with a longer sleeker cowling a new windshield with shalshy

greater with the V -tai l aluminum speedster as we ll The Staggerwing faded after 20 G Models were proshyduced and the Bonanza went on to a successful production run that persists to thi s day The sty le and luxury of the Staggerwing however will never be forgotten as long as there are people such as Bill Halverson who are devoted to preserving the history of the great airplanes of the Golden Age

Serial Number B 15 was the last Staggerwing built for a customer at the factory Four more were asse mbled from parts later on in Texas by Henry Seale Aviation Supply Inc And a facshytory demonstrator Serial Number B20 was later built in Wichita but NC 80316 was the last of the lU xury cabin biplanes Beech sold to a regular cusshy

tomer in this case an oil drilling outfit from Colorado The company flew the Staggerwing as a corporate transport until the late 1950s or early 1960s and sold it to Tomcat Overalls Inc in Tenshynessee In the early 1960s Robert Colshyeman bought the Staggerwing and reshycovered it in Razorback painted it white and changed the registration number to N 262C In 1967 a group of eight airline pilots bought the airplane and shared expenses and flyshying until 1972 when one of the eight Bill Halverson bought the airplane from the club which had since shrunk from eight to three members

As luck would have it an AD note on the Razorback ribstitching arrived shortly after Bill became sole owner He was left with the prospect of a total

rebuild and no one to lower slope a re-deshy share the expense He signed instrument panshy did have plenty of el different vertical help from many quarshystab ilizer and rudder ters but the bulk of the and a new set of fairshy rebuild was performed ings The company inshy by Bill himself tended to build 50 Stripping the skin G17s but at $29000 from the airplane reshythe price was too vealed a variety of much to pay even sub-projects that through the eyes of needed attention The post-war prosperity basic structure was The newfangled Boshy sound but the systems nanza was available at had taken a beating $7 975 and its perforshy from approximately mance was comparashy 2400 hours of use and ble to that of the 25 years of aging The Staggerwing Operatshy landing gear was comshy

Carl Schuppeling economy was far Bill Halverson pletely re-done as 20 NOVEMBER 1989

were the brakes The electrical system was overhauled and conshyverted to 24 volts to accommodate the King Gold Crown radio package The IFR setshyup includes dual navshycoms with glideslope ADF DME threeshylight marker beacon and a Mode C transshyponder Bill also inshycorporated a variety of warning systems for the gear cabin doors flaps low-fuel or oil and fire

The 450-hp Pratt amp Whitney R-985 engine had 50 hours on it when the eight pilots bought it in 1967 and has over 600 now Bill paid a conshysiderable amount of attention to it in the 12 years the airplane was grounded but points out that thc work performed was far short of a complete overhaul It conshytinues to purr like the PampW factory cat

The interior was totally re-worked by the upholstery shop at Flying Cloud Airport near Minneapolis This time however leather was used in places where mohair was used on the original The pleating and other design work is all up to factory spec including the headliner

Bill covered the Staggerwing in Ceconite 101 and laid on 30 coats of hand-rubbed butyrate dope sanding in

between every cross coat The final 12 layers of pigmented dope were applied with tender loving care and 600 wetshysand followed by an even finer grade preceeding the final polishing The rcshysuits are stunning

Bill already knew about the drudgery part of aviation first-hand He began his flying as a lineboy tradshying chores for flying time at Grand Forks North Dakota He entered the Army Air Corps at 18 years of age and flew PT-13s -17s AT-6s and B-25s in the service After that he signed on with Northwest Orient Airlines starting out on DC-3s and Martin 202s Ultishymately he flew almost everything they had including the Boeing 747 which he flew for the last 10 years of his

career retiring In

1986 Along the way he also cadged time in P-51 s with the Minshynesota Air National Guard

Bill is a founding member of the Staggerwing Museum in Tullahoma Tenshynessee and chairs the museums Scot Perry Memorial Scholarship Fund committee The museum is dedicated to the preservation of Staggerwing memorashybilia and houses paperwork plans and

other artifacts relating to the airplane and its designer Walter Beech The scholarship fund is an ongoing project that recognizes young people who have demonstrated a love for aviation and provides for their further education It is named for the son of another museum founding member Dick Perry and frequently calls on the EAA Air Academy for recipients

When Bill s group first bought the Staggerwing it was just another 20shyyear-old corporate luxury barge What they did would compare to a group today buying a used King Air for pershysonal transport It is the passing of time that makes his Staggerwing a piece of aviation history and Bill has been there through it all thick and thin bull

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21

On Monday evening of EAA Oshshykosh 89 with beautiful airplanes parked at all points of the compass it was still a revelation to discover two highly polished Globe Swifts parked in the first row of the AntiquelClassic aircraft camping area It was fun to watch people walk by stop and stare - the look on their faces giving away their thoughts It is called desire shyhunger if you will Each admiring glance at the two shiny aluminum airshycraft seemed to bring on more admiration Some shook their heads in amazement others quietly pointed out features to their friends Somehow I had the feeling we were looking at a couple of winners

By Wednesday afshyternoon both Swifts and their owners were gone from their tiedown spots and it was hoped the AIC judges had done their work in the short time provided The Thursshyday evening A wards Program soon brought 22 NOVEMBER 1989

a few convictions home Globe Swift NC78181 owned by Daryl Dressler of St Paul Minnesota won the Custom Class I (over ISO-hp) Award And when the Grand Champion Classic Award was announced Charles Hoover and his 8S-hp Globe Swift NC8090S ran off with all the marbles

It was my pleasant job the following week to inform Charles Hoover over the phone that he had garnered the Grand Champion Lindy Award

Charles Hoover

(One of lifes simple pleasures ) At first Charles had a You gotta be kidshyding apprehension about taking home the heavy hardware However my very persistent tone of voice must have hit home He finally realized what he had accomplished and the giggles and laughing told me he understood Later Charles admitted he didnt get much work done the rest of that day

A little detective work revealed that Charles had won six previous awards

at Oshkosh with his Swift with the AIC Grand Champion Lindy being Numshyber seven On top of this the beautifully polished machine has won any number of other awards over the past 16 years of Hoovers ownership

The original Swift named the GC-l was a steel tube and plywood airplane deshysigned by K H Bud Knox back in 1941 It looked very similar to the metal version which came after World War I in

1945 The original aircraft was powered with a Continental A-80 and would top out at 145 mph and cruise at 130 mph - figures that are remarkably similar to Charles Hoovers metal Swift with its 85-hp engine

The Swift was built by three differshyent companies following World War

II Globe Aircraft Corp of Fort Worth Texas started the line of all-metal Swifts and was followed by Texas Enshygineering amp Manufacturing Co (Temco) These in turn were followed by Universal Aircraft which built the last 16 GC-IA and 60 GC-IB Swifts The grand total manufactured is apshyproximately 1500 Swifts of which some 720 remain on the FAA Register today or these it is estimated that less than a half dozen are still flying with a C85-12 engine Now we can understand why Charles Hoovers 85shyhp Swift has caused so many raised eyebrows It is a rare bird

Built in July 1946 Charles GC-IA is Serial Number 308 and is one of the 47 GC-IA models built by Globe that are still on the FAA Register Nearly all of these have been re-engined with more horsepower The lowest number on the register is NC33336 SIN 2 which is owned by Louis Leftwich Jr of Orlando Florida This very aircraft was used in the photos for the company literature in 1946 Included in the opshytions for the 1946 Swift were floats and skis An airbrushed drawing shows NC33336 flying by with a set of rather pointed floats mounted on struts from the gear wells (Talk about Dreamshyers)

Some of the detailing on Charles Swift really caught the judges eye at EAA Oshkosh 89 The beautiful deshycals on the wheel hubs showing a map of the world with Swift across the face were done by fellow Swift owner Pat Moore of Minneapolis They were done about 10 years ago using the silkscreen process and are absolutely beautiful

Please bear in mind that this Swift has been continually upgraded for the 16 years that Charles has owned it Herein lies the secret Just because Charles didnt win Grand Champion in 1973 he didnt give up Each year more improvements were acshycomplished eventually culminating with the coveted Grand Champion A ward This is persistence at its very best For this we congratulate Charles Hoover and wish him the very best in future endeavors

And let us not forget the Lake Elmo bunch of Swift aficionados who work so well together in a mutual aid society Led by Mark Holliday Jim Montague and a host of others they have set the collective AntiqueClassic crowd on their ear with the huge amount of championship hardware that has found its way home to Lake Elmo We salute you bull

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23

SPEEDWING Vern Dallman flies the sole

remaining Curtiss-Wright B-14-B

If youve ever watched a kitten grow up you have an idea of how aviation spent its childhood A kitten doesnt know whats possible and what isn t It can t tell the difference between leaping up on a tall bookshelf which it will be ab le to do when it gets bigger and leaping up on the roof It will jump and fai l day after day until it finally makes the bookshelf Some time later it will find another way to get to the roof You have to wonder if along the way the kitten had any idea what its ultimate limitations were

In the 1930s aviation was like that kitten It hadnt yet figured out what it couldnt do Designers were finding 24 NOVEMBER 1989

by Mark Phelps

ways to coax more speed and capabilshyity out of airplanes on an almost daily basis Improved airframes alternated with more sophisticated engines playshying techno-leapfrog from one design to the next In June 1932 Curtiss-Wright leaped the field with its 8-14-8 Speedwing Only two were built and Vern Dallman most conspicuous at EAA Oshkosh 89 for his Little Looper replica has one of them at his Ala Doble Aerobatic Ranch in Esshyparto California

The Speedwing was essentially an A-14-D Sportsman with a nine-cyshylinder 330-hp Wright R-97S-E engine The Sportsman which itself was cershy

tified only 10 months earlier had thc seven-cylinder 240-hp R-760-E With 60 more horses up front the Speedshywing aimed its ample nose in the direcshytion of the wealthy sport-flyer market It had scating for thrce with two in a bench seat in front Thc front cockpit normally went around undcr covcr however in the quest for more speed at the expense of carrying passengers The metal cockpi t cover was standard equipment from the factory in St Louis Missouri

Other standard equipment included a metal propeller electric starter navishygation lights cockpit lights battery and a headrest for the rear cockpit Reshy

tractable landing lights would run the buyer an additional $200 and for $100 he could have the optional two-tone paint job The Speedwing carried 35 gallons of fuel in the fuselage tank and an additional 23 gallons in the centershysection tank In keeping with its image as a personal airplane for the disshycriminating owner-pilot two baggage compartments opened on the right side of the fuselage behind the rear cockpit The upper compartment allowed 48 pounds and the lower 100 pounds The shatter-proof windshield was adshyjustable as was the rear seat Top speed of the 8-14-8 was 177 mph with a cruise of 150 mph

Curtiss-Wright also built a 8-14-R with a 420-hp version of the same Rshy975 engine for Casey Lambert Vern Dallmans airplane has a rip-snorting 440-hp version of the same engine for even more neck-snapping perforshymance In fact Curtiss-Wright later developed its Osprey as a fightershybomber version of the Speedwing series for some governments that were re-arming on a tight budget

With the sorry state of owner-flown high-performance aircraft sales today it seems odd that an airplane such as

the Speedwing could survive in the midst of the Depression In fact it didnt Only two were built One went to the Department of Commerce and the other was a factory demonstrator Verns is the old factory airplane comshyplete with the wheel pants and faired N-struts that were added later in the quest for still more speed (Vern has the original metal pants at home but uses a set of fiberglass ones for crossshycountry work)

The progression of Curtiss-Wrights aircraft design trends went like this From the inexpensive training ships of the early 1920s to the speed demons of the early thirties to the potential milishytary contract ships of the mid- to lateshy1930s to the Condor series of transshyports that got the factory people so exshycited after that Its significant that in 1933 Curtiss-Wright still had a stockpile of OX-5 engines in like-new condition available for $45 each No one bought them The OX-5 was the engine of choice for most light aircraft as little as eight years before Contrast that with the Lycoming 0-235 that still powers most two-seat trainers of today yet first appeared almost half a century ago in 1940

Walter 8eech resigned as president of Curtiss-Wright in early 1932 With him went the last vestiges of the Travel Air influence Ralph Damon became president and George Page 1r became chief engineer Fred Landgraf was the project director on the - 14 Series and his previous employment with the Ken-Royce (Rearwin) factory and the Alexander Eaglerock design team shows up clearly in the Curtiss-Wright machines

Its interesting that you can break down the design influence and progshyress of a company virtually by the month based on who was designing the airplanes and what engines were available at what cost Also important was the management of the company who aimed the product at whichever market appeared the most pliable at the time In fact it s likely that the whole history may be over-analyzed The explanation for each new aircraft may be as simple as it appears

I n the case of the 8-14-8 that means lots of horsepower raw speed and one person on board Practical No but in those days aviation wasn t grown up enough to know what was impossible bull

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This spectacular photo was taken by Dollie Gheen noted aviation photographer from Fairborn Ohio Although taken in 1989 it could almost pass for 1937 with the beautiful 1937 Stinson SR-7B NC16130 SIN 9693 owned by James Solenberg of Shelbyville Indiana flanked by an immaculate 1937 Cord 812 Custom Beverly owned by Bob Gheen of Fairborn Ohio Both vehicles feature a Lycoming engine built in the same factory Lycoming and Stinson were owned by the Cord Company which in turn was part of the Auburn Automobile Company The only hint of 1989 is the tiny strobe on the belly of the Stinson and the reflection of a B-26 tail in the door of the Cord automobile

SENSENICH PROPELLER COMPANY SOLD The venerable Sensenich Propeller Comshy pitch propellers In recent years the firm has

pany has been sold to The Philadelphia been servicing and overhauling propellers of Bourse Inc and Warren A Wilbur III has been all types and that aspect of the business named president Wilbur was president of will also be continued For further information Bellanca Aircraft in the mid 1970s Under new contact Sensenich Propeller Company East management Sensenich will remain in its Airport Road PO Box 5100 Lancaster PA present facilities in Lancaster PA and will 17601-0100 Phone 717569-0435 continue to make wood and metal fixed

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PASS IT TO ---rJ An information exchange column with input from readers

Oh boy Here it is deadline time and I don t have anything down on paper Seems too that people are using the phone more and more I have onl y a few letters thi s month But I havc what seems li ke a million phone call s Alshymost a ll the call s are from people wantshying to ta lk to people who have written arti c les for thc magazine George Quast s se ri es of artic les o n the Aero nca C-2 rebuild has generated an inord inate number of call s all wanting hi s home address and phone number It was not in the article (Reach George (If PO Box 233 Hutchinson MinshylIesolil 55350-0233 Be sure to pass lI lollg your hest wishes to his dog Max - Ed )

I ve had ca ll s fro m Baron von Will er and the Glue Ange ls bunch out 28 NOVEMBER 1989

by Buck Hilbert (EAA 21 Ale 5) Po Box 424 Union IL 60180

San Diego way and another invite to do Mex ican Av iation Day at Ensenada There have been phone call s from San Anto nios Bill Stratton with more talk about his Liaison Pilots group from New York asking for info on Aeronca engines and call s from guys who just wanted to ta lk So me were after II 00 at night (Hey Buck A bunch of us are sitting around the bar and you ve got to settl e an argument What color was the headliner on a 1940 Champ) but in the main I ve enjoyed talking to everyone of them

I just fini shed another sojourn across the country taking in the fa ll colo rs and visiting av iatin fri ends along the way I vis ited George York in Mansfi e ld Ohio last month We di scussed aircraft judging and some o f the peculiarities

of that particul ar job at Oshkosh I ve said it often enough I hope that I really respect our j udges and their efforts during the Convention Both George and I ag ree that we could use a few more apprentices to work with the judges duri ng the Convention The program needs some new talent so guys and gals get in early and learn how the system works Let s have your input

I a lso visited Bill Doc Mitchell at Coudersport Pennsy lvania Bill s very ni ce PT- 19 is that all -s il ver one that you always see in the front row down at AIC Showplane Parking He was coerced into taking it down to the Warshybird Area a couple of times but he always seems to wind up back with us He is a lso one o f the best line boys

Ive ever encountered Along with Ray Olcott he shows up every year to do yeoman work around Pioneer Airport before the Convention I got to visit his hangar and you wouldnt believe the goodies he has That PT- 19 will be going for a good many yea rs with all the spares he has I just drooled over all that aeronautical candy

I had ideas about visiting all the people I could along the way to Boothshybay Maine but as usual my timedisshytance perception was way off base After all those years of jetting it on United Air Lines its hard to realize how long it takes to drive To me Bosshyton is about an hour and 50 minutes from O Hare We took five days I had intended to visit the Marlboro anshytiquers in Massachusetts but had to byshypass them because I flat ran out of time I also wanted to see Chuck Burtch and the gang around upstate New York but again I ran out of time Im going to change my ways and just plan localized expeditions from now on - concentrating on one area and

not tryi ng to spread it out too much I might mention that I did visit with

Father John MacGillivray in Antishygonish Nova Scotia Canada Father John as you may know donated his Tiger Moth and his rare Miles Hawk to the EAA Aviation Foundation over the years and is a mainstay of EAA He maintains his seat up at the inforshymation window at EAA Headquarters during the Convention and also conshyducts services at the Theatre In the Woods despite all the airplane noise Father John is also a real sparkplug on his home ground He keeps EAA memshybers in Canada aware and knowlegable of all that s going on He arranges chapter and dinner meetings and is the official greeter when it comes to outshyof-towners such as Dorothy and me We enjoyed our visit with him and are most apo logetic that we didnt take adshyvantage of the dinner invitation in conshycurrance with the chapter meeting

Ive also had some nice calls from donors who have their airplanes on disshyplay in the EAA Air Adventure

Museum The new arrangement of airshycraft and the display now that we have the Warbirds in the Eagle Hangar has made several of those people very happy Previous to thi s there just wasnt room and many of the airplanes were in storage Now we can all see them

I m somewhat more than dismayed to learn that one of our greatest of the Old Timers has gone Westmiddot Next time you look at the EAA Spirit of Saint Louis project or see that beautishyful SE 5 replica in the display area think of Gil Bodeen Gil goes way back Back to the beginning The Corn County Chapter of Dekalb Illinois was largely his He was a beautiful craftsman and did woodwork the likes of which youlI se ldom see 1 can walk through the museum and see his craftsmanship in many of the machines that are there Im gonna miss you Gill But your workmanship will live on right there in the museum displays and in the flying machines at Pioneer Airshyport bull

A view of the re-arranged museum floor - and the Ryan Sew

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CHAPTER CAPSULES by Bob Brauer

Chapter 15 has been meeting at Bob Rings private air strip Ring Internashytional in Berwick Maine since it was formed in 1985 Known as the New England Chapter it was the result of a group of 15 EAA members with a strong interest in antique and classic aircraft The chapter was founded by its first president Bob Ring of Bershywick Henry Van Cleef of Lawrence Massachusetts Jack Copeland of Westborough Massachusetts and Alice and Richard Gilchrest of Lynn Massachusetts Membership now numshybers around 25 and the participants live in an area that includes southern New Hampshire eastern Massachusetts and southwest Maine

Ring International is a busy place because of both the clubs as well as the individual members projects Bob Ring has been restoring a Waco 2 which he salvaged as a crop duster and returned to original configuration This project plus generously providing a meeting place for the chapter and space for chapter projects leave little time for dull moments

A group of members meet every other Saturday to work on restoring a Meyers OTW owned by Gerry Barg of South Easton Massachusetts When the airplane is complete Gerry and the main restoration crew will share flight duties Also under restoration by another chapter group is a Northrop Primary Glider Most of the members are avid restorers at heart and continushyally work on projects either their own or those of fellow members As a matshyter of fact getting together at each others projects for work sessions is an ongoing activity President Errol Dow sums it up best We are an aid to each other Most people need the support of a club because not everyone has all the expertise required for a complete proshyject It becomes a learning experience for all of us

Errol further explained that the chapter stresses work sessions as part of the monthly meetings rather than the customary structured or planned proshy30 NOVEMBER 1989

Left to right Bob Ring Jock Denison Harvey Wells Errol Dow Gerry Peterson Jock Copeshyland Dick Gilchrist Louis Furnos Maurice Lambert (guest) Paul Poulson and Charlie Pearshyson

grams These sessions involve member participation in working sheet metal fabric covering and general restorashytion He notes that everyone likes to teach or instruct

This group inspiration must work since 75 percent of the members fly antique or classic aircraft Errol is reshystoring an early model Piper Pacer and charter member Dick Jackson of Rochester New Hampahire has sevshyeral Wacos of different types in the process of detailed restoration Inshycluded in Dicks collection is a rare if not the only existing Waco Model D Included among members airplanes are a Luscombe Champ and a J-3 Two or three of these old airplanes fly in to each meeting so their efforts have paid off

As far as flight is concerned howshyever Chapter 15 is not preoccupied with the past For example Jack Copeshyland has been instrumental in enshycouraging members to write the FAA and their congressmen to support EAAs position on general aviation

and airplane issues In Errol Dow s opinion EAA is doing a pretty good job in the battle for the airmans right to fly

Errol also reminisced about past chapter president Don Mc Laughlin of Hampton New Hampshire who passed away last November At a time when chapter interest was at somewhat of an ebb he earned everyones respect for re-instilling enthusiasm in members to maintain and fly old airplanes Errol indicated that he felt it was a difficult task to step into Don s shoes but from the current interest shown by memshybers Errol has made his own shoes to walk in He believes in a sustained efshyfort to get new EAA and AIC members to expand the clubs base That base is sure to grow because of the chapters desire to teach Seems as though they cant wait to get someone who is new to old airplanes so that they can show him new techniques for restoring old planes This group of New Englanders are proving that something old has a bright future bull

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Bill Halverson has been at least part owner of his Beech G 17S Staggerwing since 1967 A pilot really gets to know an airplane in that amount of timc especially if he spends 12 of those years on a total rebuild as Bill has done with NC 80316 The reward for that effort comes with recognition both on the ramps of airports along wherever his route may take him and in the judgshying ballots at EAA Oshkosh 89 where the airplane was voted Grand Chamshypion Antique

Bills G 17S was originally built at Beechs Wichita factory in February 1947 Walter Beech called the G 17S the best of all the Staggerwings Im shyprovements over the D Models inshycluded a redesigned engine installation with a longer sleeker cowling a new windshield with shalshy

greater with the V -tai l aluminum speedster as we ll The Staggerwing faded after 20 G Models were proshyduced and the Bonanza went on to a successful production run that persists to thi s day The sty le and luxury of the Staggerwing however will never be forgotten as long as there are people such as Bill Halverson who are devoted to preserving the history of the great airplanes of the Golden Age

Serial Number B 15 was the last Staggerwing built for a customer at the factory Four more were asse mbled from parts later on in Texas by Henry Seale Aviation Supply Inc And a facshytory demonstrator Serial Number B20 was later built in Wichita but NC 80316 was the last of the lU xury cabin biplanes Beech sold to a regular cusshy

tomer in this case an oil drilling outfit from Colorado The company flew the Staggerwing as a corporate transport until the late 1950s or early 1960s and sold it to Tomcat Overalls Inc in Tenshynessee In the early 1960s Robert Colshyeman bought the Staggerwing and reshycovered it in Razorback painted it white and changed the registration number to N 262C In 1967 a group of eight airline pilots bought the airplane and shared expenses and flyshying until 1972 when one of the eight Bill Halverson bought the airplane from the club which had since shrunk from eight to three members

As luck would have it an AD note on the Razorback ribstitching arrived shortly after Bill became sole owner He was left with the prospect of a total

rebuild and no one to lower slope a re-deshy share the expense He signed instrument panshy did have plenty of el different vertical help from many quarshystab ilizer and rudder ters but the bulk of the and a new set of fairshy rebuild was performed ings The company inshy by Bill himself tended to build 50 Stripping the skin G17s but at $29000 from the airplane reshythe price was too vealed a variety of much to pay even sub-projects that through the eyes of needed attention The post-war prosperity basic structure was The newfangled Boshy sound but the systems nanza was available at had taken a beating $7 975 and its perforshy from approximately mance was comparashy 2400 hours of use and ble to that of the 25 years of aging The Staggerwing Operatshy landing gear was comshy

Carl Schuppeling economy was far Bill Halverson pletely re-done as 20 NOVEMBER 1989

were the brakes The electrical system was overhauled and conshyverted to 24 volts to accommodate the King Gold Crown radio package The IFR setshyup includes dual navshycoms with glideslope ADF DME threeshylight marker beacon and a Mode C transshyponder Bill also inshycorporated a variety of warning systems for the gear cabin doors flaps low-fuel or oil and fire

The 450-hp Pratt amp Whitney R-985 engine had 50 hours on it when the eight pilots bought it in 1967 and has over 600 now Bill paid a conshysiderable amount of attention to it in the 12 years the airplane was grounded but points out that thc work performed was far short of a complete overhaul It conshytinues to purr like the PampW factory cat

The interior was totally re-worked by the upholstery shop at Flying Cloud Airport near Minneapolis This time however leather was used in places where mohair was used on the original The pleating and other design work is all up to factory spec including the headliner

Bill covered the Staggerwing in Ceconite 101 and laid on 30 coats of hand-rubbed butyrate dope sanding in

between every cross coat The final 12 layers of pigmented dope were applied with tender loving care and 600 wetshysand followed by an even finer grade preceeding the final polishing The rcshysuits are stunning

Bill already knew about the drudgery part of aviation first-hand He began his flying as a lineboy tradshying chores for flying time at Grand Forks North Dakota He entered the Army Air Corps at 18 years of age and flew PT-13s -17s AT-6s and B-25s in the service After that he signed on with Northwest Orient Airlines starting out on DC-3s and Martin 202s Ultishymately he flew almost everything they had including the Boeing 747 which he flew for the last 10 years of his

career retiring In

1986 Along the way he also cadged time in P-51 s with the Minshynesota Air National Guard

Bill is a founding member of the Staggerwing Museum in Tullahoma Tenshynessee and chairs the museums Scot Perry Memorial Scholarship Fund committee The museum is dedicated to the preservation of Staggerwing memorashybilia and houses paperwork plans and

other artifacts relating to the airplane and its designer Walter Beech The scholarship fund is an ongoing project that recognizes young people who have demonstrated a love for aviation and provides for their further education It is named for the son of another museum founding member Dick Perry and frequently calls on the EAA Air Academy for recipients

When Bill s group first bought the Staggerwing it was just another 20shyyear-old corporate luxury barge What they did would compare to a group today buying a used King Air for pershysonal transport It is the passing of time that makes his Staggerwing a piece of aviation history and Bill has been there through it all thick and thin bull

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On Monday evening of EAA Oshshykosh 89 with beautiful airplanes parked at all points of the compass it was still a revelation to discover two highly polished Globe Swifts parked in the first row of the AntiquelClassic aircraft camping area It was fun to watch people walk by stop and stare - the look on their faces giving away their thoughts It is called desire shyhunger if you will Each admiring glance at the two shiny aluminum airshycraft seemed to bring on more admiration Some shook their heads in amazement others quietly pointed out features to their friends Somehow I had the feeling we were looking at a couple of winners

By Wednesday afshyternoon both Swifts and their owners were gone from their tiedown spots and it was hoped the AIC judges had done their work in the short time provided The Thursshyday evening A wards Program soon brought 22 NOVEMBER 1989

a few convictions home Globe Swift NC78181 owned by Daryl Dressler of St Paul Minnesota won the Custom Class I (over ISO-hp) Award And when the Grand Champion Classic Award was announced Charles Hoover and his 8S-hp Globe Swift NC8090S ran off with all the marbles

It was my pleasant job the following week to inform Charles Hoover over the phone that he had garnered the Grand Champion Lindy Award

Charles Hoover

(One of lifes simple pleasures ) At first Charles had a You gotta be kidshyding apprehension about taking home the heavy hardware However my very persistent tone of voice must have hit home He finally realized what he had accomplished and the giggles and laughing told me he understood Later Charles admitted he didnt get much work done the rest of that day

A little detective work revealed that Charles had won six previous awards

at Oshkosh with his Swift with the AIC Grand Champion Lindy being Numshyber seven On top of this the beautifully polished machine has won any number of other awards over the past 16 years of Hoovers ownership

The original Swift named the GC-l was a steel tube and plywood airplane deshysigned by K H Bud Knox back in 1941 It looked very similar to the metal version which came after World War I in

1945 The original aircraft was powered with a Continental A-80 and would top out at 145 mph and cruise at 130 mph - figures that are remarkably similar to Charles Hoovers metal Swift with its 85-hp engine

The Swift was built by three differshyent companies following World War

II Globe Aircraft Corp of Fort Worth Texas started the line of all-metal Swifts and was followed by Texas Enshygineering amp Manufacturing Co (Temco) These in turn were followed by Universal Aircraft which built the last 16 GC-IA and 60 GC-IB Swifts The grand total manufactured is apshyproximately 1500 Swifts of which some 720 remain on the FAA Register today or these it is estimated that less than a half dozen are still flying with a C85-12 engine Now we can understand why Charles Hoovers 85shyhp Swift has caused so many raised eyebrows It is a rare bird

Built in July 1946 Charles GC-IA is Serial Number 308 and is one of the 47 GC-IA models built by Globe that are still on the FAA Register Nearly all of these have been re-engined with more horsepower The lowest number on the register is NC33336 SIN 2 which is owned by Louis Leftwich Jr of Orlando Florida This very aircraft was used in the photos for the company literature in 1946 Included in the opshytions for the 1946 Swift were floats and skis An airbrushed drawing shows NC33336 flying by with a set of rather pointed floats mounted on struts from the gear wells (Talk about Dreamshyers)

Some of the detailing on Charles Swift really caught the judges eye at EAA Oshkosh 89 The beautiful deshycals on the wheel hubs showing a map of the world with Swift across the face were done by fellow Swift owner Pat Moore of Minneapolis They were done about 10 years ago using the silkscreen process and are absolutely beautiful

Please bear in mind that this Swift has been continually upgraded for the 16 years that Charles has owned it Herein lies the secret Just because Charles didnt win Grand Champion in 1973 he didnt give up Each year more improvements were acshycomplished eventually culminating with the coveted Grand Champion A ward This is persistence at its very best For this we congratulate Charles Hoover and wish him the very best in future endeavors

And let us not forget the Lake Elmo bunch of Swift aficionados who work so well together in a mutual aid society Led by Mark Holliday Jim Montague and a host of others they have set the collective AntiqueClassic crowd on their ear with the huge amount of championship hardware that has found its way home to Lake Elmo We salute you bull

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23

SPEEDWING Vern Dallman flies the sole

remaining Curtiss-Wright B-14-B

If youve ever watched a kitten grow up you have an idea of how aviation spent its childhood A kitten doesnt know whats possible and what isn t It can t tell the difference between leaping up on a tall bookshelf which it will be ab le to do when it gets bigger and leaping up on the roof It will jump and fai l day after day until it finally makes the bookshelf Some time later it will find another way to get to the roof You have to wonder if along the way the kitten had any idea what its ultimate limitations were

In the 1930s aviation was like that kitten It hadnt yet figured out what it couldnt do Designers were finding 24 NOVEMBER 1989

by Mark Phelps

ways to coax more speed and capabilshyity out of airplanes on an almost daily basis Improved airframes alternated with more sophisticated engines playshying techno-leapfrog from one design to the next In June 1932 Curtiss-Wright leaped the field with its 8-14-8 Speedwing Only two were built and Vern Dallman most conspicuous at EAA Oshkosh 89 for his Little Looper replica has one of them at his Ala Doble Aerobatic Ranch in Esshyparto California

The Speedwing was essentially an A-14-D Sportsman with a nine-cyshylinder 330-hp Wright R-97S-E engine The Sportsman which itself was cershy

tified only 10 months earlier had thc seven-cylinder 240-hp R-760-E With 60 more horses up front the Speedshywing aimed its ample nose in the direcshytion of the wealthy sport-flyer market It had scating for thrce with two in a bench seat in front Thc front cockpit normally went around undcr covcr however in the quest for more speed at the expense of carrying passengers The metal cockpi t cover was standard equipment from the factory in St Louis Missouri

Other standard equipment included a metal propeller electric starter navishygation lights cockpit lights battery and a headrest for the rear cockpit Reshy

tractable landing lights would run the buyer an additional $200 and for $100 he could have the optional two-tone paint job The Speedwing carried 35 gallons of fuel in the fuselage tank and an additional 23 gallons in the centershysection tank In keeping with its image as a personal airplane for the disshycriminating owner-pilot two baggage compartments opened on the right side of the fuselage behind the rear cockpit The upper compartment allowed 48 pounds and the lower 100 pounds The shatter-proof windshield was adshyjustable as was the rear seat Top speed of the 8-14-8 was 177 mph with a cruise of 150 mph

Curtiss-Wright also built a 8-14-R with a 420-hp version of the same Rshy975 engine for Casey Lambert Vern Dallmans airplane has a rip-snorting 440-hp version of the same engine for even more neck-snapping perforshymance In fact Curtiss-Wright later developed its Osprey as a fightershybomber version of the Speedwing series for some governments that were re-arming on a tight budget

With the sorry state of owner-flown high-performance aircraft sales today it seems odd that an airplane such as

the Speedwing could survive in the midst of the Depression In fact it didnt Only two were built One went to the Department of Commerce and the other was a factory demonstrator Verns is the old factory airplane comshyplete with the wheel pants and faired N-struts that were added later in the quest for still more speed (Vern has the original metal pants at home but uses a set of fiberglass ones for crossshycountry work)

The progression of Curtiss-Wrights aircraft design trends went like this From the inexpensive training ships of the early 1920s to the speed demons of the early thirties to the potential milishytary contract ships of the mid- to lateshy1930s to the Condor series of transshyports that got the factory people so exshycited after that Its significant that in 1933 Curtiss-Wright still had a stockpile of OX-5 engines in like-new condition available for $45 each No one bought them The OX-5 was the engine of choice for most light aircraft as little as eight years before Contrast that with the Lycoming 0-235 that still powers most two-seat trainers of today yet first appeared almost half a century ago in 1940

Walter 8eech resigned as president of Curtiss-Wright in early 1932 With him went the last vestiges of the Travel Air influence Ralph Damon became president and George Page 1r became chief engineer Fred Landgraf was the project director on the - 14 Series and his previous employment with the Ken-Royce (Rearwin) factory and the Alexander Eaglerock design team shows up clearly in the Curtiss-Wright machines

Its interesting that you can break down the design influence and progshyress of a company virtually by the month based on who was designing the airplanes and what engines were available at what cost Also important was the management of the company who aimed the product at whichever market appeared the most pliable at the time In fact it s likely that the whole history may be over-analyzed The explanation for each new aircraft may be as simple as it appears

I n the case of the 8-14-8 that means lots of horsepower raw speed and one person on board Practical No but in those days aviation wasn t grown up enough to know what was impossible bull

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This spectacular photo was taken by Dollie Gheen noted aviation photographer from Fairborn Ohio Although taken in 1989 it could almost pass for 1937 with the beautiful 1937 Stinson SR-7B NC16130 SIN 9693 owned by James Solenberg of Shelbyville Indiana flanked by an immaculate 1937 Cord 812 Custom Beverly owned by Bob Gheen of Fairborn Ohio Both vehicles feature a Lycoming engine built in the same factory Lycoming and Stinson were owned by the Cord Company which in turn was part of the Auburn Automobile Company The only hint of 1989 is the tiny strobe on the belly of the Stinson and the reflection of a B-26 tail in the door of the Cord automobile

SENSENICH PROPELLER COMPANY SOLD The venerable Sensenich Propeller Comshy pitch propellers In recent years the firm has

pany has been sold to The Philadelphia been servicing and overhauling propellers of Bourse Inc and Warren A Wilbur III has been all types and that aspect of the business named president Wilbur was president of will also be continued For further information Bellanca Aircraft in the mid 1970s Under new contact Sensenich Propeller Company East management Sensenich will remain in its Airport Road PO Box 5100 Lancaster PA present facilities in Lancaster PA and will 17601-0100 Phone 717569-0435 continue to make wood and metal fixed

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PASS IT TO ---rJ An information exchange column with input from readers

Oh boy Here it is deadline time and I don t have anything down on paper Seems too that people are using the phone more and more I have onl y a few letters thi s month But I havc what seems li ke a million phone call s Alshymost a ll the call s are from people wantshying to ta lk to people who have written arti c les for thc magazine George Quast s se ri es of artic les o n the Aero nca C-2 rebuild has generated an inord inate number of call s all wanting hi s home address and phone number It was not in the article (Reach George (If PO Box 233 Hutchinson MinshylIesolil 55350-0233 Be sure to pass lI lollg your hest wishes to his dog Max - Ed )

I ve had ca ll s fro m Baron von Will er and the Glue Ange ls bunch out 28 NOVEMBER 1989

by Buck Hilbert (EAA 21 Ale 5) Po Box 424 Union IL 60180

San Diego way and another invite to do Mex ican Av iation Day at Ensenada There have been phone call s from San Anto nios Bill Stratton with more talk about his Liaison Pilots group from New York asking for info on Aeronca engines and call s from guys who just wanted to ta lk So me were after II 00 at night (Hey Buck A bunch of us are sitting around the bar and you ve got to settl e an argument What color was the headliner on a 1940 Champ) but in the main I ve enjoyed talking to everyone of them

I just fini shed another sojourn across the country taking in the fa ll colo rs and visiting av iatin fri ends along the way I vis ited George York in Mansfi e ld Ohio last month We di scussed aircraft judging and some o f the peculiarities

of that particul ar job at Oshkosh I ve said it often enough I hope that I really respect our j udges and their efforts during the Convention Both George and I ag ree that we could use a few more apprentices to work with the judges duri ng the Convention The program needs some new talent so guys and gals get in early and learn how the system works Let s have your input

I a lso visited Bill Doc Mitchell at Coudersport Pennsy lvania Bill s very ni ce PT- 19 is that all -s il ver one that you always see in the front row down at AIC Showplane Parking He was coerced into taking it down to the Warshybird Area a couple of times but he always seems to wind up back with us He is a lso one o f the best line boys

Ive ever encountered Along with Ray Olcott he shows up every year to do yeoman work around Pioneer Airport before the Convention I got to visit his hangar and you wouldnt believe the goodies he has That PT- 19 will be going for a good many yea rs with all the spares he has I just drooled over all that aeronautical candy

I had ideas about visiting all the people I could along the way to Boothshybay Maine but as usual my timedisshytance perception was way off base After all those years of jetting it on United Air Lines its hard to realize how long it takes to drive To me Bosshyton is about an hour and 50 minutes from O Hare We took five days I had intended to visit the Marlboro anshytiquers in Massachusetts but had to byshypass them because I flat ran out of time I also wanted to see Chuck Burtch and the gang around upstate New York but again I ran out of time Im going to change my ways and just plan localized expeditions from now on - concentrating on one area and

not tryi ng to spread it out too much I might mention that I did visit with

Father John MacGillivray in Antishygonish Nova Scotia Canada Father John as you may know donated his Tiger Moth and his rare Miles Hawk to the EAA Aviation Foundation over the years and is a mainstay of EAA He maintains his seat up at the inforshymation window at EAA Headquarters during the Convention and also conshyducts services at the Theatre In the Woods despite all the airplane noise Father John is also a real sparkplug on his home ground He keeps EAA memshybers in Canada aware and knowlegable of all that s going on He arranges chapter and dinner meetings and is the official greeter when it comes to outshyof-towners such as Dorothy and me We enjoyed our visit with him and are most apo logetic that we didnt take adshyvantage of the dinner invitation in conshycurrance with the chapter meeting

Ive also had some nice calls from donors who have their airplanes on disshyplay in the EAA Air Adventure

Museum The new arrangement of airshycraft and the display now that we have the Warbirds in the Eagle Hangar has made several of those people very happy Previous to thi s there just wasnt room and many of the airplanes were in storage Now we can all see them

I m somewhat more than dismayed to learn that one of our greatest of the Old Timers has gone Westmiddot Next time you look at the EAA Spirit of Saint Louis project or see that beautishyful SE 5 replica in the display area think of Gil Bodeen Gil goes way back Back to the beginning The Corn County Chapter of Dekalb Illinois was largely his He was a beautiful craftsman and did woodwork the likes of which youlI se ldom see 1 can walk through the museum and see his craftsmanship in many of the machines that are there Im gonna miss you Gill But your workmanship will live on right there in the museum displays and in the flying machines at Pioneer Airshyport bull

A view of the re-arranged museum floor - and the Ryan Sew

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CHAPTER CAPSULES by Bob Brauer

Chapter 15 has been meeting at Bob Rings private air strip Ring Internashytional in Berwick Maine since it was formed in 1985 Known as the New England Chapter it was the result of a group of 15 EAA members with a strong interest in antique and classic aircraft The chapter was founded by its first president Bob Ring of Bershywick Henry Van Cleef of Lawrence Massachusetts Jack Copeland of Westborough Massachusetts and Alice and Richard Gilchrest of Lynn Massachusetts Membership now numshybers around 25 and the participants live in an area that includes southern New Hampshire eastern Massachusetts and southwest Maine

Ring International is a busy place because of both the clubs as well as the individual members projects Bob Ring has been restoring a Waco 2 which he salvaged as a crop duster and returned to original configuration This project plus generously providing a meeting place for the chapter and space for chapter projects leave little time for dull moments

A group of members meet every other Saturday to work on restoring a Meyers OTW owned by Gerry Barg of South Easton Massachusetts When the airplane is complete Gerry and the main restoration crew will share flight duties Also under restoration by another chapter group is a Northrop Primary Glider Most of the members are avid restorers at heart and continushyally work on projects either their own or those of fellow members As a matshyter of fact getting together at each others projects for work sessions is an ongoing activity President Errol Dow sums it up best We are an aid to each other Most people need the support of a club because not everyone has all the expertise required for a complete proshyject It becomes a learning experience for all of us

Errol further explained that the chapter stresses work sessions as part of the monthly meetings rather than the customary structured or planned proshy30 NOVEMBER 1989

Left to right Bob Ring Jock Denison Harvey Wells Errol Dow Gerry Peterson Jock Copeshyland Dick Gilchrist Louis Furnos Maurice Lambert (guest) Paul Poulson and Charlie Pearshyson

grams These sessions involve member participation in working sheet metal fabric covering and general restorashytion He notes that everyone likes to teach or instruct

This group inspiration must work since 75 percent of the members fly antique or classic aircraft Errol is reshystoring an early model Piper Pacer and charter member Dick Jackson of Rochester New Hampahire has sevshyeral Wacos of different types in the process of detailed restoration Inshycluded in Dicks collection is a rare if not the only existing Waco Model D Included among members airplanes are a Luscombe Champ and a J-3 Two or three of these old airplanes fly in to each meeting so their efforts have paid off

As far as flight is concerned howshyever Chapter 15 is not preoccupied with the past For example Jack Copeshyland has been instrumental in enshycouraging members to write the FAA and their congressmen to support EAAs position on general aviation

and airplane issues In Errol Dow s opinion EAA is doing a pretty good job in the battle for the airmans right to fly

Errol also reminisced about past chapter president Don Mc Laughlin of Hampton New Hampshire who passed away last November At a time when chapter interest was at somewhat of an ebb he earned everyones respect for re-instilling enthusiasm in members to maintain and fly old airplanes Errol indicated that he felt it was a difficult task to step into Don s shoes but from the current interest shown by memshybers Errol has made his own shoes to walk in He believes in a sustained efshyfort to get new EAA and AIC members to expand the clubs base That base is sure to grow because of the chapters desire to teach Seems as though they cant wait to get someone who is new to old airplanes so that they can show him new techniques for restoring old planes This group of New Englanders are proving that something old has a bright future bull

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were the brakes The electrical system was overhauled and conshyverted to 24 volts to accommodate the King Gold Crown radio package The IFR setshyup includes dual navshycoms with glideslope ADF DME threeshylight marker beacon and a Mode C transshyponder Bill also inshycorporated a variety of warning systems for the gear cabin doors flaps low-fuel or oil and fire

The 450-hp Pratt amp Whitney R-985 engine had 50 hours on it when the eight pilots bought it in 1967 and has over 600 now Bill paid a conshysiderable amount of attention to it in the 12 years the airplane was grounded but points out that thc work performed was far short of a complete overhaul It conshytinues to purr like the PampW factory cat

The interior was totally re-worked by the upholstery shop at Flying Cloud Airport near Minneapolis This time however leather was used in places where mohair was used on the original The pleating and other design work is all up to factory spec including the headliner

Bill covered the Staggerwing in Ceconite 101 and laid on 30 coats of hand-rubbed butyrate dope sanding in

between every cross coat The final 12 layers of pigmented dope were applied with tender loving care and 600 wetshysand followed by an even finer grade preceeding the final polishing The rcshysuits are stunning

Bill already knew about the drudgery part of aviation first-hand He began his flying as a lineboy tradshying chores for flying time at Grand Forks North Dakota He entered the Army Air Corps at 18 years of age and flew PT-13s -17s AT-6s and B-25s in the service After that he signed on with Northwest Orient Airlines starting out on DC-3s and Martin 202s Ultishymately he flew almost everything they had including the Boeing 747 which he flew for the last 10 years of his

career retiring In

1986 Along the way he also cadged time in P-51 s with the Minshynesota Air National Guard

Bill is a founding member of the Staggerwing Museum in Tullahoma Tenshynessee and chairs the museums Scot Perry Memorial Scholarship Fund committee The museum is dedicated to the preservation of Staggerwing memorashybilia and houses paperwork plans and

other artifacts relating to the airplane and its designer Walter Beech The scholarship fund is an ongoing project that recognizes young people who have demonstrated a love for aviation and provides for their further education It is named for the son of another museum founding member Dick Perry and frequently calls on the EAA Air Academy for recipients

When Bill s group first bought the Staggerwing it was just another 20shyyear-old corporate luxury barge What they did would compare to a group today buying a used King Air for pershysonal transport It is the passing of time that makes his Staggerwing a piece of aviation history and Bill has been there through it all thick and thin bull

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On Monday evening of EAA Oshshykosh 89 with beautiful airplanes parked at all points of the compass it was still a revelation to discover two highly polished Globe Swifts parked in the first row of the AntiquelClassic aircraft camping area It was fun to watch people walk by stop and stare - the look on their faces giving away their thoughts It is called desire shyhunger if you will Each admiring glance at the two shiny aluminum airshycraft seemed to bring on more admiration Some shook their heads in amazement others quietly pointed out features to their friends Somehow I had the feeling we were looking at a couple of winners

By Wednesday afshyternoon both Swifts and their owners were gone from their tiedown spots and it was hoped the AIC judges had done their work in the short time provided The Thursshyday evening A wards Program soon brought 22 NOVEMBER 1989

a few convictions home Globe Swift NC78181 owned by Daryl Dressler of St Paul Minnesota won the Custom Class I (over ISO-hp) Award And when the Grand Champion Classic Award was announced Charles Hoover and his 8S-hp Globe Swift NC8090S ran off with all the marbles

It was my pleasant job the following week to inform Charles Hoover over the phone that he had garnered the Grand Champion Lindy Award

Charles Hoover

(One of lifes simple pleasures ) At first Charles had a You gotta be kidshyding apprehension about taking home the heavy hardware However my very persistent tone of voice must have hit home He finally realized what he had accomplished and the giggles and laughing told me he understood Later Charles admitted he didnt get much work done the rest of that day

A little detective work revealed that Charles had won six previous awards

at Oshkosh with his Swift with the AIC Grand Champion Lindy being Numshyber seven On top of this the beautifully polished machine has won any number of other awards over the past 16 years of Hoovers ownership

The original Swift named the GC-l was a steel tube and plywood airplane deshysigned by K H Bud Knox back in 1941 It looked very similar to the metal version which came after World War I in

1945 The original aircraft was powered with a Continental A-80 and would top out at 145 mph and cruise at 130 mph - figures that are remarkably similar to Charles Hoovers metal Swift with its 85-hp engine

The Swift was built by three differshyent companies following World War

II Globe Aircraft Corp of Fort Worth Texas started the line of all-metal Swifts and was followed by Texas Enshygineering amp Manufacturing Co (Temco) These in turn were followed by Universal Aircraft which built the last 16 GC-IA and 60 GC-IB Swifts The grand total manufactured is apshyproximately 1500 Swifts of which some 720 remain on the FAA Register today or these it is estimated that less than a half dozen are still flying with a C85-12 engine Now we can understand why Charles Hoovers 85shyhp Swift has caused so many raised eyebrows It is a rare bird

Built in July 1946 Charles GC-IA is Serial Number 308 and is one of the 47 GC-IA models built by Globe that are still on the FAA Register Nearly all of these have been re-engined with more horsepower The lowest number on the register is NC33336 SIN 2 which is owned by Louis Leftwich Jr of Orlando Florida This very aircraft was used in the photos for the company literature in 1946 Included in the opshytions for the 1946 Swift were floats and skis An airbrushed drawing shows NC33336 flying by with a set of rather pointed floats mounted on struts from the gear wells (Talk about Dreamshyers)

Some of the detailing on Charles Swift really caught the judges eye at EAA Oshkosh 89 The beautiful deshycals on the wheel hubs showing a map of the world with Swift across the face were done by fellow Swift owner Pat Moore of Minneapolis They were done about 10 years ago using the silkscreen process and are absolutely beautiful

Please bear in mind that this Swift has been continually upgraded for the 16 years that Charles has owned it Herein lies the secret Just because Charles didnt win Grand Champion in 1973 he didnt give up Each year more improvements were acshycomplished eventually culminating with the coveted Grand Champion A ward This is persistence at its very best For this we congratulate Charles Hoover and wish him the very best in future endeavors

And let us not forget the Lake Elmo bunch of Swift aficionados who work so well together in a mutual aid society Led by Mark Holliday Jim Montague and a host of others they have set the collective AntiqueClassic crowd on their ear with the huge amount of championship hardware that has found its way home to Lake Elmo We salute you bull

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SPEEDWING Vern Dallman flies the sole

remaining Curtiss-Wright B-14-B

If youve ever watched a kitten grow up you have an idea of how aviation spent its childhood A kitten doesnt know whats possible and what isn t It can t tell the difference between leaping up on a tall bookshelf which it will be ab le to do when it gets bigger and leaping up on the roof It will jump and fai l day after day until it finally makes the bookshelf Some time later it will find another way to get to the roof You have to wonder if along the way the kitten had any idea what its ultimate limitations were

In the 1930s aviation was like that kitten It hadnt yet figured out what it couldnt do Designers were finding 24 NOVEMBER 1989

by Mark Phelps

ways to coax more speed and capabilshyity out of airplanes on an almost daily basis Improved airframes alternated with more sophisticated engines playshying techno-leapfrog from one design to the next In June 1932 Curtiss-Wright leaped the field with its 8-14-8 Speedwing Only two were built and Vern Dallman most conspicuous at EAA Oshkosh 89 for his Little Looper replica has one of them at his Ala Doble Aerobatic Ranch in Esshyparto California

The Speedwing was essentially an A-14-D Sportsman with a nine-cyshylinder 330-hp Wright R-97S-E engine The Sportsman which itself was cershy

tified only 10 months earlier had thc seven-cylinder 240-hp R-760-E With 60 more horses up front the Speedshywing aimed its ample nose in the direcshytion of the wealthy sport-flyer market It had scating for thrce with two in a bench seat in front Thc front cockpit normally went around undcr covcr however in the quest for more speed at the expense of carrying passengers The metal cockpi t cover was standard equipment from the factory in St Louis Missouri

Other standard equipment included a metal propeller electric starter navishygation lights cockpit lights battery and a headrest for the rear cockpit Reshy

tractable landing lights would run the buyer an additional $200 and for $100 he could have the optional two-tone paint job The Speedwing carried 35 gallons of fuel in the fuselage tank and an additional 23 gallons in the centershysection tank In keeping with its image as a personal airplane for the disshycriminating owner-pilot two baggage compartments opened on the right side of the fuselage behind the rear cockpit The upper compartment allowed 48 pounds and the lower 100 pounds The shatter-proof windshield was adshyjustable as was the rear seat Top speed of the 8-14-8 was 177 mph with a cruise of 150 mph

Curtiss-Wright also built a 8-14-R with a 420-hp version of the same Rshy975 engine for Casey Lambert Vern Dallmans airplane has a rip-snorting 440-hp version of the same engine for even more neck-snapping perforshymance In fact Curtiss-Wright later developed its Osprey as a fightershybomber version of the Speedwing series for some governments that were re-arming on a tight budget

With the sorry state of owner-flown high-performance aircraft sales today it seems odd that an airplane such as

the Speedwing could survive in the midst of the Depression In fact it didnt Only two were built One went to the Department of Commerce and the other was a factory demonstrator Verns is the old factory airplane comshyplete with the wheel pants and faired N-struts that were added later in the quest for still more speed (Vern has the original metal pants at home but uses a set of fiberglass ones for crossshycountry work)

The progression of Curtiss-Wrights aircraft design trends went like this From the inexpensive training ships of the early 1920s to the speed demons of the early thirties to the potential milishytary contract ships of the mid- to lateshy1930s to the Condor series of transshyports that got the factory people so exshycited after that Its significant that in 1933 Curtiss-Wright still had a stockpile of OX-5 engines in like-new condition available for $45 each No one bought them The OX-5 was the engine of choice for most light aircraft as little as eight years before Contrast that with the Lycoming 0-235 that still powers most two-seat trainers of today yet first appeared almost half a century ago in 1940

Walter 8eech resigned as president of Curtiss-Wright in early 1932 With him went the last vestiges of the Travel Air influence Ralph Damon became president and George Page 1r became chief engineer Fred Landgraf was the project director on the - 14 Series and his previous employment with the Ken-Royce (Rearwin) factory and the Alexander Eaglerock design team shows up clearly in the Curtiss-Wright machines

Its interesting that you can break down the design influence and progshyress of a company virtually by the month based on who was designing the airplanes and what engines were available at what cost Also important was the management of the company who aimed the product at whichever market appeared the most pliable at the time In fact it s likely that the whole history may be over-analyzed The explanation for each new aircraft may be as simple as it appears

I n the case of the 8-14-8 that means lots of horsepower raw speed and one person on board Practical No but in those days aviation wasn t grown up enough to know what was impossible bull

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SENSENICH PROPELLER COMPANY SOLD The venerable Sensenich Propeller Comshy pitch propellers In recent years the firm has

pany has been sold to The Philadelphia been servicing and overhauling propellers of Bourse Inc and Warren A Wilbur III has been all types and that aspect of the business named president Wilbur was president of will also be continued For further information Bellanca Aircraft in the mid 1970s Under new contact Sensenich Propeller Company East management Sensenich will remain in its Airport Road PO Box 5100 Lancaster PA present facilities in Lancaster PA and will 17601-0100 Phone 717569-0435 continue to make wood and metal fixed

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PASS IT TO ---rJ An information exchange column with input from readers

Oh boy Here it is deadline time and I don t have anything down on paper Seems too that people are using the phone more and more I have onl y a few letters thi s month But I havc what seems li ke a million phone call s Alshymost a ll the call s are from people wantshying to ta lk to people who have written arti c les for thc magazine George Quast s se ri es of artic les o n the Aero nca C-2 rebuild has generated an inord inate number of call s all wanting hi s home address and phone number It was not in the article (Reach George (If PO Box 233 Hutchinson MinshylIesolil 55350-0233 Be sure to pass lI lollg your hest wishes to his dog Max - Ed )

I ve had ca ll s fro m Baron von Will er and the Glue Ange ls bunch out 28 NOVEMBER 1989

by Buck Hilbert (EAA 21 Ale 5) Po Box 424 Union IL 60180

San Diego way and another invite to do Mex ican Av iation Day at Ensenada There have been phone call s from San Anto nios Bill Stratton with more talk about his Liaison Pilots group from New York asking for info on Aeronca engines and call s from guys who just wanted to ta lk So me were after II 00 at night (Hey Buck A bunch of us are sitting around the bar and you ve got to settl e an argument What color was the headliner on a 1940 Champ) but in the main I ve enjoyed talking to everyone of them

I just fini shed another sojourn across the country taking in the fa ll colo rs and visiting av iatin fri ends along the way I vis ited George York in Mansfi e ld Ohio last month We di scussed aircraft judging and some o f the peculiarities

of that particul ar job at Oshkosh I ve said it often enough I hope that I really respect our j udges and their efforts during the Convention Both George and I ag ree that we could use a few more apprentices to work with the judges duri ng the Convention The program needs some new talent so guys and gals get in early and learn how the system works Let s have your input

I a lso visited Bill Doc Mitchell at Coudersport Pennsy lvania Bill s very ni ce PT- 19 is that all -s il ver one that you always see in the front row down at AIC Showplane Parking He was coerced into taking it down to the Warshybird Area a couple of times but he always seems to wind up back with us He is a lso one o f the best line boys

Ive ever encountered Along with Ray Olcott he shows up every year to do yeoman work around Pioneer Airport before the Convention I got to visit his hangar and you wouldnt believe the goodies he has That PT- 19 will be going for a good many yea rs with all the spares he has I just drooled over all that aeronautical candy

I had ideas about visiting all the people I could along the way to Boothshybay Maine but as usual my timedisshytance perception was way off base After all those years of jetting it on United Air Lines its hard to realize how long it takes to drive To me Bosshyton is about an hour and 50 minutes from O Hare We took five days I had intended to visit the Marlboro anshytiquers in Massachusetts but had to byshypass them because I flat ran out of time I also wanted to see Chuck Burtch and the gang around upstate New York but again I ran out of time Im going to change my ways and just plan localized expeditions from now on - concentrating on one area and

not tryi ng to spread it out too much I might mention that I did visit with

Father John MacGillivray in Antishygonish Nova Scotia Canada Father John as you may know donated his Tiger Moth and his rare Miles Hawk to the EAA Aviation Foundation over the years and is a mainstay of EAA He maintains his seat up at the inforshymation window at EAA Headquarters during the Convention and also conshyducts services at the Theatre In the Woods despite all the airplane noise Father John is also a real sparkplug on his home ground He keeps EAA memshybers in Canada aware and knowlegable of all that s going on He arranges chapter and dinner meetings and is the official greeter when it comes to outshyof-towners such as Dorothy and me We enjoyed our visit with him and are most apo logetic that we didnt take adshyvantage of the dinner invitation in conshycurrance with the chapter meeting

Ive also had some nice calls from donors who have their airplanes on disshyplay in the EAA Air Adventure

Museum The new arrangement of airshycraft and the display now that we have the Warbirds in the Eagle Hangar has made several of those people very happy Previous to thi s there just wasnt room and many of the airplanes were in storage Now we can all see them

I m somewhat more than dismayed to learn that one of our greatest of the Old Timers has gone Westmiddot Next time you look at the EAA Spirit of Saint Louis project or see that beautishyful SE 5 replica in the display area think of Gil Bodeen Gil goes way back Back to the beginning The Corn County Chapter of Dekalb Illinois was largely his He was a beautiful craftsman and did woodwork the likes of which youlI se ldom see 1 can walk through the museum and see his craftsmanship in many of the machines that are there Im gonna miss you Gill But your workmanship will live on right there in the museum displays and in the flying machines at Pioneer Airshyport bull

A view of the re-arranged museum floor - and the Ryan Sew

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CHAPTER CAPSULES by Bob Brauer

Chapter 15 has been meeting at Bob Rings private air strip Ring Internashytional in Berwick Maine since it was formed in 1985 Known as the New England Chapter it was the result of a group of 15 EAA members with a strong interest in antique and classic aircraft The chapter was founded by its first president Bob Ring of Bershywick Henry Van Cleef of Lawrence Massachusetts Jack Copeland of Westborough Massachusetts and Alice and Richard Gilchrest of Lynn Massachusetts Membership now numshybers around 25 and the participants live in an area that includes southern New Hampshire eastern Massachusetts and southwest Maine

Ring International is a busy place because of both the clubs as well as the individual members projects Bob Ring has been restoring a Waco 2 which he salvaged as a crop duster and returned to original configuration This project plus generously providing a meeting place for the chapter and space for chapter projects leave little time for dull moments

A group of members meet every other Saturday to work on restoring a Meyers OTW owned by Gerry Barg of South Easton Massachusetts When the airplane is complete Gerry and the main restoration crew will share flight duties Also under restoration by another chapter group is a Northrop Primary Glider Most of the members are avid restorers at heart and continushyally work on projects either their own or those of fellow members As a matshyter of fact getting together at each others projects for work sessions is an ongoing activity President Errol Dow sums it up best We are an aid to each other Most people need the support of a club because not everyone has all the expertise required for a complete proshyject It becomes a learning experience for all of us

Errol further explained that the chapter stresses work sessions as part of the monthly meetings rather than the customary structured or planned proshy30 NOVEMBER 1989

Left to right Bob Ring Jock Denison Harvey Wells Errol Dow Gerry Peterson Jock Copeshyland Dick Gilchrist Louis Furnos Maurice Lambert (guest) Paul Poulson and Charlie Pearshyson

grams These sessions involve member participation in working sheet metal fabric covering and general restorashytion He notes that everyone likes to teach or instruct

This group inspiration must work since 75 percent of the members fly antique or classic aircraft Errol is reshystoring an early model Piper Pacer and charter member Dick Jackson of Rochester New Hampahire has sevshyeral Wacos of different types in the process of detailed restoration Inshycluded in Dicks collection is a rare if not the only existing Waco Model D Included among members airplanes are a Luscombe Champ and a J-3 Two or three of these old airplanes fly in to each meeting so their efforts have paid off

As far as flight is concerned howshyever Chapter 15 is not preoccupied with the past For example Jack Copeshyland has been instrumental in enshycouraging members to write the FAA and their congressmen to support EAAs position on general aviation

and airplane issues In Errol Dow s opinion EAA is doing a pretty good job in the battle for the airmans right to fly

Errol also reminisced about past chapter president Don Mc Laughlin of Hampton New Hampshire who passed away last November At a time when chapter interest was at somewhat of an ebb he earned everyones respect for re-instilling enthusiasm in members to maintain and fly old airplanes Errol indicated that he felt it was a difficult task to step into Don s shoes but from the current interest shown by memshybers Errol has made his own shoes to walk in He believes in a sustained efshyfort to get new EAA and AIC members to expand the clubs base That base is sure to grow because of the chapters desire to teach Seems as though they cant wait to get someone who is new to old airplanes so that they can show him new techniques for restoring old planes This group of New Englanders are proving that something old has a bright future bull

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MISCELLANEOUS Super Cub PA18 fuselages repaired or rebuilt - in precision master fixtures All makes of tube assemblies or fuselages repaired or fabricated new J E Soares Inc 7093 Dry Creek Road Belshygrade Montana 59714406388-6069 Repair Stashytion 065-21 (c12-89)

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Will Share my treasure of aircraft parts - 24shyyear collection with continuous additions and still buying for all types of aircraft Tell me what you need Air Salvage of Arkansas Rt 1 Box 8020 Mena Arkansas 71953 phone 501 394shy1022 anytime (c-390)

Monocoupe Rearwin Culver - Gee Bees Hall Chester etc CatalogNews - $300 Refundable Meticulous model PLANS by Vern Clements 308 Palo Allo Caldwell 1083605 (12-3)

PLANS POBER PIXIE - VW powered parasol - unlimited in low-cost pleasure flying Big roomy cockpit for the over six foot pilot VW power insures hard to beat 3 2 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 W153130 414529-2609

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$1200 plus $250 postage Send check or money order to ACRO SPORT INC Box 462 Hales Corners WI 53130 414529-2609

The Golden Age of AirRacing-Pre-1940

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The Legendary Pre-War Races The days of heroes-names such as Doolittle Turner Wedell Wittman Chester Howard-immortalized as the worlds premier race pilots during the 1930s_ Its all here Relive these great events as they unfold in this incredible 600-page two-volume series Included are official race results 1927 through 1939-more than 1000 photos and 3-view drawshyings that recapture the drama excitement and glory of air racing during the golden years Never before such complete in-depth coverage Printed on high-grade paper for sharp clear photo reproductions Major credit cards accepted-write or call

1-800-843-3612 (WI residents call 414-426-4800)

32 NOVEMBER 1989

On Monday evening of EAA Oshshykosh 89 with beautiful airplanes parked at all points of the compass it was still a revelation to discover two highly polished Globe Swifts parked in the first row of the AntiquelClassic aircraft camping area It was fun to watch people walk by stop and stare - the look on their faces giving away their thoughts It is called desire shyhunger if you will Each admiring glance at the two shiny aluminum airshycraft seemed to bring on more admiration Some shook their heads in amazement others quietly pointed out features to their friends Somehow I had the feeling we were looking at a couple of winners

By Wednesday afshyternoon both Swifts and their owners were gone from their tiedown spots and it was hoped the AIC judges had done their work in the short time provided The Thursshyday evening A wards Program soon brought 22 NOVEMBER 1989

a few convictions home Globe Swift NC78181 owned by Daryl Dressler of St Paul Minnesota won the Custom Class I (over ISO-hp) Award And when the Grand Champion Classic Award was announced Charles Hoover and his 8S-hp Globe Swift NC8090S ran off with all the marbles

It was my pleasant job the following week to inform Charles Hoover over the phone that he had garnered the Grand Champion Lindy Award

Charles Hoover

(One of lifes simple pleasures ) At first Charles had a You gotta be kidshyding apprehension about taking home the heavy hardware However my very persistent tone of voice must have hit home He finally realized what he had accomplished and the giggles and laughing told me he understood Later Charles admitted he didnt get much work done the rest of that day

A little detective work revealed that Charles had won six previous awards

at Oshkosh with his Swift with the AIC Grand Champion Lindy being Numshyber seven On top of this the beautifully polished machine has won any number of other awards over the past 16 years of Hoovers ownership

The original Swift named the GC-l was a steel tube and plywood airplane deshysigned by K H Bud Knox back in 1941 It looked very similar to the metal version which came after World War I in

1945 The original aircraft was powered with a Continental A-80 and would top out at 145 mph and cruise at 130 mph - figures that are remarkably similar to Charles Hoovers metal Swift with its 85-hp engine

The Swift was built by three differshyent companies following World War

II Globe Aircraft Corp of Fort Worth Texas started the line of all-metal Swifts and was followed by Texas Enshygineering amp Manufacturing Co (Temco) These in turn were followed by Universal Aircraft which built the last 16 GC-IA and 60 GC-IB Swifts The grand total manufactured is apshyproximately 1500 Swifts of which some 720 remain on the FAA Register today or these it is estimated that less than a half dozen are still flying with a C85-12 engine Now we can understand why Charles Hoovers 85shyhp Swift has caused so many raised eyebrows It is a rare bird

Built in July 1946 Charles GC-IA is Serial Number 308 and is one of the 47 GC-IA models built by Globe that are still on the FAA Register Nearly all of these have been re-engined with more horsepower The lowest number on the register is NC33336 SIN 2 which is owned by Louis Leftwich Jr of Orlando Florida This very aircraft was used in the photos for the company literature in 1946 Included in the opshytions for the 1946 Swift were floats and skis An airbrushed drawing shows NC33336 flying by with a set of rather pointed floats mounted on struts from the gear wells (Talk about Dreamshyers)

Some of the detailing on Charles Swift really caught the judges eye at EAA Oshkosh 89 The beautiful deshycals on the wheel hubs showing a map of the world with Swift across the face were done by fellow Swift owner Pat Moore of Minneapolis They were done about 10 years ago using the silkscreen process and are absolutely beautiful

Please bear in mind that this Swift has been continually upgraded for the 16 years that Charles has owned it Herein lies the secret Just because Charles didnt win Grand Champion in 1973 he didnt give up Each year more improvements were acshycomplished eventually culminating with the coveted Grand Champion A ward This is persistence at its very best For this we congratulate Charles Hoover and wish him the very best in future endeavors

And let us not forget the Lake Elmo bunch of Swift aficionados who work so well together in a mutual aid society Led by Mark Holliday Jim Montague and a host of others they have set the collective AntiqueClassic crowd on their ear with the huge amount of championship hardware that has found its way home to Lake Elmo We salute you bull

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23

SPEEDWING Vern Dallman flies the sole

remaining Curtiss-Wright B-14-B

If youve ever watched a kitten grow up you have an idea of how aviation spent its childhood A kitten doesnt know whats possible and what isn t It can t tell the difference between leaping up on a tall bookshelf which it will be ab le to do when it gets bigger and leaping up on the roof It will jump and fai l day after day until it finally makes the bookshelf Some time later it will find another way to get to the roof You have to wonder if along the way the kitten had any idea what its ultimate limitations were

In the 1930s aviation was like that kitten It hadnt yet figured out what it couldnt do Designers were finding 24 NOVEMBER 1989

by Mark Phelps

ways to coax more speed and capabilshyity out of airplanes on an almost daily basis Improved airframes alternated with more sophisticated engines playshying techno-leapfrog from one design to the next In June 1932 Curtiss-Wright leaped the field with its 8-14-8 Speedwing Only two were built and Vern Dallman most conspicuous at EAA Oshkosh 89 for his Little Looper replica has one of them at his Ala Doble Aerobatic Ranch in Esshyparto California

The Speedwing was essentially an A-14-D Sportsman with a nine-cyshylinder 330-hp Wright R-97S-E engine The Sportsman which itself was cershy

tified only 10 months earlier had thc seven-cylinder 240-hp R-760-E With 60 more horses up front the Speedshywing aimed its ample nose in the direcshytion of the wealthy sport-flyer market It had scating for thrce with two in a bench seat in front Thc front cockpit normally went around undcr covcr however in the quest for more speed at the expense of carrying passengers The metal cockpi t cover was standard equipment from the factory in St Louis Missouri

Other standard equipment included a metal propeller electric starter navishygation lights cockpit lights battery and a headrest for the rear cockpit Reshy

tractable landing lights would run the buyer an additional $200 and for $100 he could have the optional two-tone paint job The Speedwing carried 35 gallons of fuel in the fuselage tank and an additional 23 gallons in the centershysection tank In keeping with its image as a personal airplane for the disshycriminating owner-pilot two baggage compartments opened on the right side of the fuselage behind the rear cockpit The upper compartment allowed 48 pounds and the lower 100 pounds The shatter-proof windshield was adshyjustable as was the rear seat Top speed of the 8-14-8 was 177 mph with a cruise of 150 mph

Curtiss-Wright also built a 8-14-R with a 420-hp version of the same Rshy975 engine for Casey Lambert Vern Dallmans airplane has a rip-snorting 440-hp version of the same engine for even more neck-snapping perforshymance In fact Curtiss-Wright later developed its Osprey as a fightershybomber version of the Speedwing series for some governments that were re-arming on a tight budget

With the sorry state of owner-flown high-performance aircraft sales today it seems odd that an airplane such as

the Speedwing could survive in the midst of the Depression In fact it didnt Only two were built One went to the Department of Commerce and the other was a factory demonstrator Verns is the old factory airplane comshyplete with the wheel pants and faired N-struts that were added later in the quest for still more speed (Vern has the original metal pants at home but uses a set of fiberglass ones for crossshycountry work)

The progression of Curtiss-Wrights aircraft design trends went like this From the inexpensive training ships of the early 1920s to the speed demons of the early thirties to the potential milishytary contract ships of the mid- to lateshy1930s to the Condor series of transshyports that got the factory people so exshycited after that Its significant that in 1933 Curtiss-Wright still had a stockpile of OX-5 engines in like-new condition available for $45 each No one bought them The OX-5 was the engine of choice for most light aircraft as little as eight years before Contrast that with the Lycoming 0-235 that still powers most two-seat trainers of today yet first appeared almost half a century ago in 1940

Walter 8eech resigned as president of Curtiss-Wright in early 1932 With him went the last vestiges of the Travel Air influence Ralph Damon became president and George Page 1r became chief engineer Fred Landgraf was the project director on the - 14 Series and his previous employment with the Ken-Royce (Rearwin) factory and the Alexander Eaglerock design team shows up clearly in the Curtiss-Wright machines

Its interesting that you can break down the design influence and progshyress of a company virtually by the month based on who was designing the airplanes and what engines were available at what cost Also important was the management of the company who aimed the product at whichever market appeared the most pliable at the time In fact it s likely that the whole history may be over-analyzed The explanation for each new aircraft may be as simple as it appears

I n the case of the 8-14-8 that means lots of horsepower raw speed and one person on board Practical No but in those days aviation wasn t grown up enough to know what was impossible bull

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

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history of the aircraft The prints are available framed at $145 each or unshyframed at $55 each For the quality and historica l significance involved this represents a good value For a catalog or to order by telephone call to ll -free 1-800533-7763 or wri te to Aviation Relic Prints 8152 North

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This spectacular photo was taken by Dollie Gheen noted aviation photographer from Fairborn Ohio Although taken in 1989 it could almost pass for 1937 with the beautiful 1937 Stinson SR-7B NC16130 SIN 9693 owned by James Solenberg of Shelbyville Indiana flanked by an immaculate 1937 Cord 812 Custom Beverly owned by Bob Gheen of Fairborn Ohio Both vehicles feature a Lycoming engine built in the same factory Lycoming and Stinson were owned by the Cord Company which in turn was part of the Auburn Automobile Company The only hint of 1989 is the tiny strobe on the belly of the Stinson and the reflection of a B-26 tail in the door of the Cord automobile

SENSENICH PROPELLER COMPANY SOLD The venerable Sensenich Propeller Comshy pitch propellers In recent years the firm has

pany has been sold to The Philadelphia been servicing and overhauling propellers of Bourse Inc and Warren A Wilbur III has been all types and that aspect of the business named president Wilbur was president of will also be continued For further information Bellanca Aircraft in the mid 1970s Under new contact Sensenich Propeller Company East management Sensenich will remain in its Airport Road PO Box 5100 Lancaster PA present facilities in Lancaster PA and will 17601-0100 Phone 717569-0435 continue to make wood and metal fixed

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27

PASS IT TO ---rJ An information exchange column with input from readers

Oh boy Here it is deadline time and I don t have anything down on paper Seems too that people are using the phone more and more I have onl y a few letters thi s month But I havc what seems li ke a million phone call s Alshymost a ll the call s are from people wantshying to ta lk to people who have written arti c les for thc magazine George Quast s se ri es of artic les o n the Aero nca C-2 rebuild has generated an inord inate number of call s all wanting hi s home address and phone number It was not in the article (Reach George (If PO Box 233 Hutchinson MinshylIesolil 55350-0233 Be sure to pass lI lollg your hest wishes to his dog Max - Ed )

I ve had ca ll s fro m Baron von Will er and the Glue Ange ls bunch out 28 NOVEMBER 1989

by Buck Hilbert (EAA 21 Ale 5) Po Box 424 Union IL 60180

San Diego way and another invite to do Mex ican Av iation Day at Ensenada There have been phone call s from San Anto nios Bill Stratton with more talk about his Liaison Pilots group from New York asking for info on Aeronca engines and call s from guys who just wanted to ta lk So me were after II 00 at night (Hey Buck A bunch of us are sitting around the bar and you ve got to settl e an argument What color was the headliner on a 1940 Champ) but in the main I ve enjoyed talking to everyone of them

I just fini shed another sojourn across the country taking in the fa ll colo rs and visiting av iatin fri ends along the way I vis ited George York in Mansfi e ld Ohio last month We di scussed aircraft judging and some o f the peculiarities

of that particul ar job at Oshkosh I ve said it often enough I hope that I really respect our j udges and their efforts during the Convention Both George and I ag ree that we could use a few more apprentices to work with the judges duri ng the Convention The program needs some new talent so guys and gals get in early and learn how the system works Let s have your input

I a lso visited Bill Doc Mitchell at Coudersport Pennsy lvania Bill s very ni ce PT- 19 is that all -s il ver one that you always see in the front row down at AIC Showplane Parking He was coerced into taking it down to the Warshybird Area a couple of times but he always seems to wind up back with us He is a lso one o f the best line boys

Ive ever encountered Along with Ray Olcott he shows up every year to do yeoman work around Pioneer Airport before the Convention I got to visit his hangar and you wouldnt believe the goodies he has That PT- 19 will be going for a good many yea rs with all the spares he has I just drooled over all that aeronautical candy

I had ideas about visiting all the people I could along the way to Boothshybay Maine but as usual my timedisshytance perception was way off base After all those years of jetting it on United Air Lines its hard to realize how long it takes to drive To me Bosshyton is about an hour and 50 minutes from O Hare We took five days I had intended to visit the Marlboro anshytiquers in Massachusetts but had to byshypass them because I flat ran out of time I also wanted to see Chuck Burtch and the gang around upstate New York but again I ran out of time Im going to change my ways and just plan localized expeditions from now on - concentrating on one area and

not tryi ng to spread it out too much I might mention that I did visit with

Father John MacGillivray in Antishygonish Nova Scotia Canada Father John as you may know donated his Tiger Moth and his rare Miles Hawk to the EAA Aviation Foundation over the years and is a mainstay of EAA He maintains his seat up at the inforshymation window at EAA Headquarters during the Convention and also conshyducts services at the Theatre In the Woods despite all the airplane noise Father John is also a real sparkplug on his home ground He keeps EAA memshybers in Canada aware and knowlegable of all that s going on He arranges chapter and dinner meetings and is the official greeter when it comes to outshyof-towners such as Dorothy and me We enjoyed our visit with him and are most apo logetic that we didnt take adshyvantage of the dinner invitation in conshycurrance with the chapter meeting

Ive also had some nice calls from donors who have their airplanes on disshyplay in the EAA Air Adventure

Museum The new arrangement of airshycraft and the display now that we have the Warbirds in the Eagle Hangar has made several of those people very happy Previous to thi s there just wasnt room and many of the airplanes were in storage Now we can all see them

I m somewhat more than dismayed to learn that one of our greatest of the Old Timers has gone Westmiddot Next time you look at the EAA Spirit of Saint Louis project or see that beautishyful SE 5 replica in the display area think of Gil Bodeen Gil goes way back Back to the beginning The Corn County Chapter of Dekalb Illinois was largely his He was a beautiful craftsman and did woodwork the likes of which youlI se ldom see 1 can walk through the museum and see his craftsmanship in many of the machines that are there Im gonna miss you Gill But your workmanship will live on right there in the museum displays and in the flying machines at Pioneer Airshyport bull

A view of the re-arranged museum floor - and the Ryan Sew

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29

CHAPTER CAPSULES by Bob Brauer

Chapter 15 has been meeting at Bob Rings private air strip Ring Internashytional in Berwick Maine since it was formed in 1985 Known as the New England Chapter it was the result of a group of 15 EAA members with a strong interest in antique and classic aircraft The chapter was founded by its first president Bob Ring of Bershywick Henry Van Cleef of Lawrence Massachusetts Jack Copeland of Westborough Massachusetts and Alice and Richard Gilchrest of Lynn Massachusetts Membership now numshybers around 25 and the participants live in an area that includes southern New Hampshire eastern Massachusetts and southwest Maine

Ring International is a busy place because of both the clubs as well as the individual members projects Bob Ring has been restoring a Waco 2 which he salvaged as a crop duster and returned to original configuration This project plus generously providing a meeting place for the chapter and space for chapter projects leave little time for dull moments

A group of members meet every other Saturday to work on restoring a Meyers OTW owned by Gerry Barg of South Easton Massachusetts When the airplane is complete Gerry and the main restoration crew will share flight duties Also under restoration by another chapter group is a Northrop Primary Glider Most of the members are avid restorers at heart and continushyally work on projects either their own or those of fellow members As a matshyter of fact getting together at each others projects for work sessions is an ongoing activity President Errol Dow sums it up best We are an aid to each other Most people need the support of a club because not everyone has all the expertise required for a complete proshyject It becomes a learning experience for all of us

Errol further explained that the chapter stresses work sessions as part of the monthly meetings rather than the customary structured or planned proshy30 NOVEMBER 1989

Left to right Bob Ring Jock Denison Harvey Wells Errol Dow Gerry Peterson Jock Copeshyland Dick Gilchrist Louis Furnos Maurice Lambert (guest) Paul Poulson and Charlie Pearshyson

grams These sessions involve member participation in working sheet metal fabric covering and general restorashytion He notes that everyone likes to teach or instruct

This group inspiration must work since 75 percent of the members fly antique or classic aircraft Errol is reshystoring an early model Piper Pacer and charter member Dick Jackson of Rochester New Hampahire has sevshyeral Wacos of different types in the process of detailed restoration Inshycluded in Dicks collection is a rare if not the only existing Waco Model D Included among members airplanes are a Luscombe Champ and a J-3 Two or three of these old airplanes fly in to each meeting so their efforts have paid off

As far as flight is concerned howshyever Chapter 15 is not preoccupied with the past For example Jack Copeshyland has been instrumental in enshycouraging members to write the FAA and their congressmen to support EAAs position on general aviation

and airplane issues In Errol Dow s opinion EAA is doing a pretty good job in the battle for the airmans right to fly

Errol also reminisced about past chapter president Don Mc Laughlin of Hampton New Hampshire who passed away last November At a time when chapter interest was at somewhat of an ebb he earned everyones respect for re-instilling enthusiasm in members to maintain and fly old airplanes Errol indicated that he felt it was a difficult task to step into Don s shoes but from the current interest shown by memshybers Errol has made his own shoes to walk in He believes in a sustained efshyfort to get new EAA and AIC members to expand the clubs base That base is sure to grow because of the chapters desire to teach Seems as though they cant wait to get someone who is new to old airplanes so that they can show him new techniques for restoring old planes This group of New Englanders are proving that something old has a bright future bull

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AIRCRAFT Replica 213 scale Jenny - 2 place 4130 Outpershyforms the original Inexpensive and fast to build shyflown to Oshkosh twice Plans - $7500 video shy$2500 info - $1 00 Wiley PO Box 6366 Longmont CO 80502 (12-3)

Cessna Airmaster - C-34 Project Warner 145 Scarab Curtiss-Reed prop Factory drawings needs new wing $12000 201 832-2009 (11-2)

Rearwin - 1940 Skyranger Good original condishytion ferryable but needs annual $6500 OBO 319 679-2324 (12-2)

MISCELLANEOUS Super Cub PA18 fuselages repaired or rebuilt - in precision master fixtures All makes of tube assemblies or fuselages repaired or fabricated new J E Soares Inc 7093 Dry Creek Road Belshygrade Montana 59714406388-6069 Repair Stashytion 065-21 (c12-89)

1910-1950 Original aviation items for sale - inshystruments wood propellers helmets goggles manuals 44-page catalog airmailed $500 Jon Alshydrich Box 706 Airport Groveland CA 95321 209 962-6121 (c-290)

Will Share my treasure of aircraft parts - 24shyyear collection with continuous additions and still buying for all types of aircraft Tell me what you need Air Salvage of Arkansas Rt 1 Box 8020 Mena Arkansas 71953 phone 501 394shy1022 anytime (c-390)

Monocoupe Rearwin Culver - Gee Bees Hall Chester etc CatalogNews - $300 Refundable Meticulous model PLANS by Vern Clements 308 Palo Allo Caldwell 1083605 (12-3)

PLANS POBER PIXIE - VW powered parasol - unlimited in low-cost pleasure flying Big roomy cockpit for the over six foot pilot VW power insures hard to beat 3 2 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 W153130 414529-2609

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$1200 plus $250 postage Send check or money order to ACRO SPORT INC Box 462 Hales Corners WI 53130 414529-2609

The Golden Age of AirRacing-Pre-1940

Vol 1 (No2 1-144 52 ) $14_95 Vol 2 (NO 21-144511 $14_95

Include postage and handling $240 for one volume - $365 both volumes

EAA AVIATION FOUNDATIONWrite Dept_ MO

EAA Aviation Center Oshkosh WI 54903-3086

The Legendary Pre-War Races The days of heroes-names such as Doolittle Turner Wedell Wittman Chester Howard-immortalized as the worlds premier race pilots during the 1930s_ Its all here Relive these great events as they unfold in this incredible 600-page two-volume series Included are official race results 1927 through 1939-more than 1000 photos and 3-view drawshyings that recapture the drama excitement and glory of air racing during the golden years Never before such complete in-depth coverage Printed on high-grade paper for sharp clear photo reproductions Major credit cards accepted-write or call

1-800-843-3612 (WI residents call 414-426-4800)

32 NOVEMBER 1989

1945 The original aircraft was powered with a Continental A-80 and would top out at 145 mph and cruise at 130 mph - figures that are remarkably similar to Charles Hoovers metal Swift with its 85-hp engine

The Swift was built by three differshyent companies following World War

II Globe Aircraft Corp of Fort Worth Texas started the line of all-metal Swifts and was followed by Texas Enshygineering amp Manufacturing Co (Temco) These in turn were followed by Universal Aircraft which built the last 16 GC-IA and 60 GC-IB Swifts The grand total manufactured is apshyproximately 1500 Swifts of which some 720 remain on the FAA Register today or these it is estimated that less than a half dozen are still flying with a C85-12 engine Now we can understand why Charles Hoovers 85shyhp Swift has caused so many raised eyebrows It is a rare bird

Built in July 1946 Charles GC-IA is Serial Number 308 and is one of the 47 GC-IA models built by Globe that are still on the FAA Register Nearly all of these have been re-engined with more horsepower The lowest number on the register is NC33336 SIN 2 which is owned by Louis Leftwich Jr of Orlando Florida This very aircraft was used in the photos for the company literature in 1946 Included in the opshytions for the 1946 Swift were floats and skis An airbrushed drawing shows NC33336 flying by with a set of rather pointed floats mounted on struts from the gear wells (Talk about Dreamshyers)

Some of the detailing on Charles Swift really caught the judges eye at EAA Oshkosh 89 The beautiful deshycals on the wheel hubs showing a map of the world with Swift across the face were done by fellow Swift owner Pat Moore of Minneapolis They were done about 10 years ago using the silkscreen process and are absolutely beautiful

Please bear in mind that this Swift has been continually upgraded for the 16 years that Charles has owned it Herein lies the secret Just because Charles didnt win Grand Champion in 1973 he didnt give up Each year more improvements were acshycomplished eventually culminating with the coveted Grand Champion A ward This is persistence at its very best For this we congratulate Charles Hoover and wish him the very best in future endeavors

And let us not forget the Lake Elmo bunch of Swift aficionados who work so well together in a mutual aid society Led by Mark Holliday Jim Montague and a host of others they have set the collective AntiqueClassic crowd on their ear with the huge amount of championship hardware that has found its way home to Lake Elmo We salute you bull

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23

SPEEDWING Vern Dallman flies the sole

remaining Curtiss-Wright B-14-B

If youve ever watched a kitten grow up you have an idea of how aviation spent its childhood A kitten doesnt know whats possible and what isn t It can t tell the difference between leaping up on a tall bookshelf which it will be ab le to do when it gets bigger and leaping up on the roof It will jump and fai l day after day until it finally makes the bookshelf Some time later it will find another way to get to the roof You have to wonder if along the way the kitten had any idea what its ultimate limitations were

In the 1930s aviation was like that kitten It hadnt yet figured out what it couldnt do Designers were finding 24 NOVEMBER 1989

by Mark Phelps

ways to coax more speed and capabilshyity out of airplanes on an almost daily basis Improved airframes alternated with more sophisticated engines playshying techno-leapfrog from one design to the next In June 1932 Curtiss-Wright leaped the field with its 8-14-8 Speedwing Only two were built and Vern Dallman most conspicuous at EAA Oshkosh 89 for his Little Looper replica has one of them at his Ala Doble Aerobatic Ranch in Esshyparto California

The Speedwing was essentially an A-14-D Sportsman with a nine-cyshylinder 330-hp Wright R-97S-E engine The Sportsman which itself was cershy

tified only 10 months earlier had thc seven-cylinder 240-hp R-760-E With 60 more horses up front the Speedshywing aimed its ample nose in the direcshytion of the wealthy sport-flyer market It had scating for thrce with two in a bench seat in front Thc front cockpit normally went around undcr covcr however in the quest for more speed at the expense of carrying passengers The metal cockpi t cover was standard equipment from the factory in St Louis Missouri

Other standard equipment included a metal propeller electric starter navishygation lights cockpit lights battery and a headrest for the rear cockpit Reshy

tractable landing lights would run the buyer an additional $200 and for $100 he could have the optional two-tone paint job The Speedwing carried 35 gallons of fuel in the fuselage tank and an additional 23 gallons in the centershysection tank In keeping with its image as a personal airplane for the disshycriminating owner-pilot two baggage compartments opened on the right side of the fuselage behind the rear cockpit The upper compartment allowed 48 pounds and the lower 100 pounds The shatter-proof windshield was adshyjustable as was the rear seat Top speed of the 8-14-8 was 177 mph with a cruise of 150 mph

Curtiss-Wright also built a 8-14-R with a 420-hp version of the same Rshy975 engine for Casey Lambert Vern Dallmans airplane has a rip-snorting 440-hp version of the same engine for even more neck-snapping perforshymance In fact Curtiss-Wright later developed its Osprey as a fightershybomber version of the Speedwing series for some governments that were re-arming on a tight budget

With the sorry state of owner-flown high-performance aircraft sales today it seems odd that an airplane such as

the Speedwing could survive in the midst of the Depression In fact it didnt Only two were built One went to the Department of Commerce and the other was a factory demonstrator Verns is the old factory airplane comshyplete with the wheel pants and faired N-struts that were added later in the quest for still more speed (Vern has the original metal pants at home but uses a set of fiberglass ones for crossshycountry work)

The progression of Curtiss-Wrights aircraft design trends went like this From the inexpensive training ships of the early 1920s to the speed demons of the early thirties to the potential milishytary contract ships of the mid- to lateshy1930s to the Condor series of transshyports that got the factory people so exshycited after that Its significant that in 1933 Curtiss-Wright still had a stockpile of OX-5 engines in like-new condition available for $45 each No one bought them The OX-5 was the engine of choice for most light aircraft as little as eight years before Contrast that with the Lycoming 0-235 that still powers most two-seat trainers of today yet first appeared almost half a century ago in 1940

Walter 8eech resigned as president of Curtiss-Wright in early 1932 With him went the last vestiges of the Travel Air influence Ralph Damon became president and George Page 1r became chief engineer Fred Landgraf was the project director on the - 14 Series and his previous employment with the Ken-Royce (Rearwin) factory and the Alexander Eaglerock design team shows up clearly in the Curtiss-Wright machines

Its interesting that you can break down the design influence and progshyress of a company virtually by the month based on who was designing the airplanes and what engines were available at what cost Also important was the management of the company who aimed the product at whichever market appeared the most pliable at the time In fact it s likely that the whole history may be over-analyzed The explanation for each new aircraft may be as simple as it appears

I n the case of the 8-14-8 that means lots of horsepower raw speed and one person on board Practical No but in those days aviation wasn t grown up enough to know what was impossible bull

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

AVIATION RELIC PRINTS AVAILABLE Now available from Aviation Relic

Prints is a series of seven pieces of excellent artwork Choose from the de Havilland D H4 Bleriot XI Albashytross D Ya Wright EX Yin Fiz Fokshyker T-2 Douglas World Cruiser Chishycago or Curtiss NC-4 Through an agreement with the Smithsonian Inshystitutions National Air and Space Museum each relic print includes a piece of the original fabric from these historic aircraft Also included is a certificate of authenticity and a brief DE HAlllAJ) D H -t

history of the aircraft The prints are available framed at $145 each or unshyframed at $55 each For the quality and historica l significance involved this represents a good value For a catalog or to order by telephone call to ll -free 1-800533-7763 or wri te to Aviation Relic Prints 8152 North

32nd Street Richland Michigan 49083-0576

~

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

Washington DC 20560 U5A

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY This aviati01l relic print was issued in a limited quantity by the Smithsonian I11stitutioll Natio11nl Air and Space Museum Washington DC

Each aircraft depicted ill thisizistoric series lms restored by the Smithsonian Institutiol1lZl1d is pnrt Of its collectio11 The fabric removed durillg that restoration is certified to be the originnl fabric apiece ofwh ich is attached to this relic print

~~ Donald S Lopez Deputy Director

National Air and Space Museu ~ ~~i~(atiii(rSa7~~~iirii~7)1i~~t ~)1~~~i~ ~il~~~ ~i

26 NOVEMBER 1989

This spectacular photo was taken by Dollie Gheen noted aviation photographer from Fairborn Ohio Although taken in 1989 it could almost pass for 1937 with the beautiful 1937 Stinson SR-7B NC16130 SIN 9693 owned by James Solenberg of Shelbyville Indiana flanked by an immaculate 1937 Cord 812 Custom Beverly owned by Bob Gheen of Fairborn Ohio Both vehicles feature a Lycoming engine built in the same factory Lycoming and Stinson were owned by the Cord Company which in turn was part of the Auburn Automobile Company The only hint of 1989 is the tiny strobe on the belly of the Stinson and the reflection of a B-26 tail in the door of the Cord automobile

SENSENICH PROPELLER COMPANY SOLD The venerable Sensenich Propeller Comshy pitch propellers In recent years the firm has

pany has been sold to The Philadelphia been servicing and overhauling propellers of Bourse Inc and Warren A Wilbur III has been all types and that aspect of the business named president Wilbur was president of will also be continued For further information Bellanca Aircraft in the mid 1970s Under new contact Sensenich Propeller Company East management Sensenich will remain in its Airport Road PO Box 5100 Lancaster PA present facilities in Lancaster PA and will 17601-0100 Phone 717569-0435 continue to make wood and metal fixed

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27

PASS IT TO ---rJ An information exchange column with input from readers

Oh boy Here it is deadline time and I don t have anything down on paper Seems too that people are using the phone more and more I have onl y a few letters thi s month But I havc what seems li ke a million phone call s Alshymost a ll the call s are from people wantshying to ta lk to people who have written arti c les for thc magazine George Quast s se ri es of artic les o n the Aero nca C-2 rebuild has generated an inord inate number of call s all wanting hi s home address and phone number It was not in the article (Reach George (If PO Box 233 Hutchinson MinshylIesolil 55350-0233 Be sure to pass lI lollg your hest wishes to his dog Max - Ed )

I ve had ca ll s fro m Baron von Will er and the Glue Ange ls bunch out 28 NOVEMBER 1989

by Buck Hilbert (EAA 21 Ale 5) Po Box 424 Union IL 60180

San Diego way and another invite to do Mex ican Av iation Day at Ensenada There have been phone call s from San Anto nios Bill Stratton with more talk about his Liaison Pilots group from New York asking for info on Aeronca engines and call s from guys who just wanted to ta lk So me were after II 00 at night (Hey Buck A bunch of us are sitting around the bar and you ve got to settl e an argument What color was the headliner on a 1940 Champ) but in the main I ve enjoyed talking to everyone of them

I just fini shed another sojourn across the country taking in the fa ll colo rs and visiting av iatin fri ends along the way I vis ited George York in Mansfi e ld Ohio last month We di scussed aircraft judging and some o f the peculiarities

of that particul ar job at Oshkosh I ve said it often enough I hope that I really respect our j udges and their efforts during the Convention Both George and I ag ree that we could use a few more apprentices to work with the judges duri ng the Convention The program needs some new talent so guys and gals get in early and learn how the system works Let s have your input

I a lso visited Bill Doc Mitchell at Coudersport Pennsy lvania Bill s very ni ce PT- 19 is that all -s il ver one that you always see in the front row down at AIC Showplane Parking He was coerced into taking it down to the Warshybird Area a couple of times but he always seems to wind up back with us He is a lso one o f the best line boys

Ive ever encountered Along with Ray Olcott he shows up every year to do yeoman work around Pioneer Airport before the Convention I got to visit his hangar and you wouldnt believe the goodies he has That PT- 19 will be going for a good many yea rs with all the spares he has I just drooled over all that aeronautical candy

I had ideas about visiting all the people I could along the way to Boothshybay Maine but as usual my timedisshytance perception was way off base After all those years of jetting it on United Air Lines its hard to realize how long it takes to drive To me Bosshyton is about an hour and 50 minutes from O Hare We took five days I had intended to visit the Marlboro anshytiquers in Massachusetts but had to byshypass them because I flat ran out of time I also wanted to see Chuck Burtch and the gang around upstate New York but again I ran out of time Im going to change my ways and just plan localized expeditions from now on - concentrating on one area and

not tryi ng to spread it out too much I might mention that I did visit with

Father John MacGillivray in Antishygonish Nova Scotia Canada Father John as you may know donated his Tiger Moth and his rare Miles Hawk to the EAA Aviation Foundation over the years and is a mainstay of EAA He maintains his seat up at the inforshymation window at EAA Headquarters during the Convention and also conshyducts services at the Theatre In the Woods despite all the airplane noise Father John is also a real sparkplug on his home ground He keeps EAA memshybers in Canada aware and knowlegable of all that s going on He arranges chapter and dinner meetings and is the official greeter when it comes to outshyof-towners such as Dorothy and me We enjoyed our visit with him and are most apo logetic that we didnt take adshyvantage of the dinner invitation in conshycurrance with the chapter meeting

Ive also had some nice calls from donors who have their airplanes on disshyplay in the EAA Air Adventure

Museum The new arrangement of airshycraft and the display now that we have the Warbirds in the Eagle Hangar has made several of those people very happy Previous to thi s there just wasnt room and many of the airplanes were in storage Now we can all see them

I m somewhat more than dismayed to learn that one of our greatest of the Old Timers has gone Westmiddot Next time you look at the EAA Spirit of Saint Louis project or see that beautishyful SE 5 replica in the display area think of Gil Bodeen Gil goes way back Back to the beginning The Corn County Chapter of Dekalb Illinois was largely his He was a beautiful craftsman and did woodwork the likes of which youlI se ldom see 1 can walk through the museum and see his craftsmanship in many of the machines that are there Im gonna miss you Gill But your workmanship will live on right there in the museum displays and in the flying machines at Pioneer Airshyport bull

A view of the re-arranged museum floor - and the Ryan Sew

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29

CHAPTER CAPSULES by Bob Brauer

Chapter 15 has been meeting at Bob Rings private air strip Ring Internashytional in Berwick Maine since it was formed in 1985 Known as the New England Chapter it was the result of a group of 15 EAA members with a strong interest in antique and classic aircraft The chapter was founded by its first president Bob Ring of Bershywick Henry Van Cleef of Lawrence Massachusetts Jack Copeland of Westborough Massachusetts and Alice and Richard Gilchrest of Lynn Massachusetts Membership now numshybers around 25 and the participants live in an area that includes southern New Hampshire eastern Massachusetts and southwest Maine

Ring International is a busy place because of both the clubs as well as the individual members projects Bob Ring has been restoring a Waco 2 which he salvaged as a crop duster and returned to original configuration This project plus generously providing a meeting place for the chapter and space for chapter projects leave little time for dull moments

A group of members meet every other Saturday to work on restoring a Meyers OTW owned by Gerry Barg of South Easton Massachusetts When the airplane is complete Gerry and the main restoration crew will share flight duties Also under restoration by another chapter group is a Northrop Primary Glider Most of the members are avid restorers at heart and continushyally work on projects either their own or those of fellow members As a matshyter of fact getting together at each others projects for work sessions is an ongoing activity President Errol Dow sums it up best We are an aid to each other Most people need the support of a club because not everyone has all the expertise required for a complete proshyject It becomes a learning experience for all of us

Errol further explained that the chapter stresses work sessions as part of the monthly meetings rather than the customary structured or planned proshy30 NOVEMBER 1989

Left to right Bob Ring Jock Denison Harvey Wells Errol Dow Gerry Peterson Jock Copeshyland Dick Gilchrist Louis Furnos Maurice Lambert (guest) Paul Poulson and Charlie Pearshyson

grams These sessions involve member participation in working sheet metal fabric covering and general restorashytion He notes that everyone likes to teach or instruct

This group inspiration must work since 75 percent of the members fly antique or classic aircraft Errol is reshystoring an early model Piper Pacer and charter member Dick Jackson of Rochester New Hampahire has sevshyeral Wacos of different types in the process of detailed restoration Inshycluded in Dicks collection is a rare if not the only existing Waco Model D Included among members airplanes are a Luscombe Champ and a J-3 Two or three of these old airplanes fly in to each meeting so their efforts have paid off

As far as flight is concerned howshyever Chapter 15 is not preoccupied with the past For example Jack Copeshyland has been instrumental in enshycouraging members to write the FAA and their congressmen to support EAAs position on general aviation

and airplane issues In Errol Dow s opinion EAA is doing a pretty good job in the battle for the airmans right to fly

Errol also reminisced about past chapter president Don Mc Laughlin of Hampton New Hampshire who passed away last November At a time when chapter interest was at somewhat of an ebb he earned everyones respect for re-instilling enthusiasm in members to maintain and fly old airplanes Errol indicated that he felt it was a difficult task to step into Don s shoes but from the current interest shown by memshybers Errol has made his own shoes to walk in He believes in a sustained efshyfort to get new EAA and AIC members to expand the clubs base That base is sure to grow because of the chapters desire to teach Seems as though they cant wait to get someone who is new to old airplanes so that they can show him new techniques for restoring old planes This group of New Englanders are proving that something old has a bright future bull

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32 NOVEMBER 1989

SPEEDWING Vern Dallman flies the sole

remaining Curtiss-Wright B-14-B

If youve ever watched a kitten grow up you have an idea of how aviation spent its childhood A kitten doesnt know whats possible and what isn t It can t tell the difference between leaping up on a tall bookshelf which it will be ab le to do when it gets bigger and leaping up on the roof It will jump and fai l day after day until it finally makes the bookshelf Some time later it will find another way to get to the roof You have to wonder if along the way the kitten had any idea what its ultimate limitations were

In the 1930s aviation was like that kitten It hadnt yet figured out what it couldnt do Designers were finding 24 NOVEMBER 1989

by Mark Phelps

ways to coax more speed and capabilshyity out of airplanes on an almost daily basis Improved airframes alternated with more sophisticated engines playshying techno-leapfrog from one design to the next In June 1932 Curtiss-Wright leaped the field with its 8-14-8 Speedwing Only two were built and Vern Dallman most conspicuous at EAA Oshkosh 89 for his Little Looper replica has one of them at his Ala Doble Aerobatic Ranch in Esshyparto California

The Speedwing was essentially an A-14-D Sportsman with a nine-cyshylinder 330-hp Wright R-97S-E engine The Sportsman which itself was cershy

tified only 10 months earlier had thc seven-cylinder 240-hp R-760-E With 60 more horses up front the Speedshywing aimed its ample nose in the direcshytion of the wealthy sport-flyer market It had scating for thrce with two in a bench seat in front Thc front cockpit normally went around undcr covcr however in the quest for more speed at the expense of carrying passengers The metal cockpi t cover was standard equipment from the factory in St Louis Missouri

Other standard equipment included a metal propeller electric starter navishygation lights cockpit lights battery and a headrest for the rear cockpit Reshy

tractable landing lights would run the buyer an additional $200 and for $100 he could have the optional two-tone paint job The Speedwing carried 35 gallons of fuel in the fuselage tank and an additional 23 gallons in the centershysection tank In keeping with its image as a personal airplane for the disshycriminating owner-pilot two baggage compartments opened on the right side of the fuselage behind the rear cockpit The upper compartment allowed 48 pounds and the lower 100 pounds The shatter-proof windshield was adshyjustable as was the rear seat Top speed of the 8-14-8 was 177 mph with a cruise of 150 mph

Curtiss-Wright also built a 8-14-R with a 420-hp version of the same Rshy975 engine for Casey Lambert Vern Dallmans airplane has a rip-snorting 440-hp version of the same engine for even more neck-snapping perforshymance In fact Curtiss-Wright later developed its Osprey as a fightershybomber version of the Speedwing series for some governments that were re-arming on a tight budget

With the sorry state of owner-flown high-performance aircraft sales today it seems odd that an airplane such as

the Speedwing could survive in the midst of the Depression In fact it didnt Only two were built One went to the Department of Commerce and the other was a factory demonstrator Verns is the old factory airplane comshyplete with the wheel pants and faired N-struts that were added later in the quest for still more speed (Vern has the original metal pants at home but uses a set of fiberglass ones for crossshycountry work)

The progression of Curtiss-Wrights aircraft design trends went like this From the inexpensive training ships of the early 1920s to the speed demons of the early thirties to the potential milishytary contract ships of the mid- to lateshy1930s to the Condor series of transshyports that got the factory people so exshycited after that Its significant that in 1933 Curtiss-Wright still had a stockpile of OX-5 engines in like-new condition available for $45 each No one bought them The OX-5 was the engine of choice for most light aircraft as little as eight years before Contrast that with the Lycoming 0-235 that still powers most two-seat trainers of today yet first appeared almost half a century ago in 1940

Walter 8eech resigned as president of Curtiss-Wright in early 1932 With him went the last vestiges of the Travel Air influence Ralph Damon became president and George Page 1r became chief engineer Fred Landgraf was the project director on the - 14 Series and his previous employment with the Ken-Royce (Rearwin) factory and the Alexander Eaglerock design team shows up clearly in the Curtiss-Wright machines

Its interesting that you can break down the design influence and progshyress of a company virtually by the month based on who was designing the airplanes and what engines were available at what cost Also important was the management of the company who aimed the product at whichever market appeared the most pliable at the time In fact it s likely that the whole history may be over-analyzed The explanation for each new aircraft may be as simple as it appears

I n the case of the 8-14-8 that means lots of horsepower raw speed and one person on board Practical No but in those days aviation wasn t grown up enough to know what was impossible bull

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

AVIATION RELIC PRINTS AVAILABLE Now available from Aviation Relic

Prints is a series of seven pieces of excellent artwork Choose from the de Havilland D H4 Bleriot XI Albashytross D Ya Wright EX Yin Fiz Fokshyker T-2 Douglas World Cruiser Chishycago or Curtiss NC-4 Through an agreement with the Smithsonian Inshystitutions National Air and Space Museum each relic print includes a piece of the original fabric from these historic aircraft Also included is a certificate of authenticity and a brief DE HAlllAJ) D H -t

history of the aircraft The prints are available framed at $145 each or unshyframed at $55 each For the quality and historica l significance involved this represents a good value For a catalog or to order by telephone call to ll -free 1-800533-7763 or wri te to Aviation Relic Prints 8152 North

32nd Street Richland Michigan 49083-0576

~

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

Washington DC 20560 U5A

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY This aviati01l relic print was issued in a limited quantity by the Smithsonian I11stitutioll Natio11nl Air and Space Museum Washington DC

Each aircraft depicted ill thisizistoric series lms restored by the Smithsonian Institutiol1lZl1d is pnrt Of its collectio11 The fabric removed durillg that restoration is certified to be the originnl fabric apiece ofwh ich is attached to this relic print

~~ Donald S Lopez Deputy Director

National Air and Space Museu ~ ~~i~(atiii(rSa7~~~iirii~7)1i~~t ~)1~~~i~ ~il~~~ ~i

26 NOVEMBER 1989

This spectacular photo was taken by Dollie Gheen noted aviation photographer from Fairborn Ohio Although taken in 1989 it could almost pass for 1937 with the beautiful 1937 Stinson SR-7B NC16130 SIN 9693 owned by James Solenberg of Shelbyville Indiana flanked by an immaculate 1937 Cord 812 Custom Beverly owned by Bob Gheen of Fairborn Ohio Both vehicles feature a Lycoming engine built in the same factory Lycoming and Stinson were owned by the Cord Company which in turn was part of the Auburn Automobile Company The only hint of 1989 is the tiny strobe on the belly of the Stinson and the reflection of a B-26 tail in the door of the Cord automobile

SENSENICH PROPELLER COMPANY SOLD The venerable Sensenich Propeller Comshy pitch propellers In recent years the firm has

pany has been sold to The Philadelphia been servicing and overhauling propellers of Bourse Inc and Warren A Wilbur III has been all types and that aspect of the business named president Wilbur was president of will also be continued For further information Bellanca Aircraft in the mid 1970s Under new contact Sensenich Propeller Company East management Sensenich will remain in its Airport Road PO Box 5100 Lancaster PA present facilities in Lancaster PA and will 17601-0100 Phone 717569-0435 continue to make wood and metal fixed

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27

PASS IT TO ---rJ An information exchange column with input from readers

Oh boy Here it is deadline time and I don t have anything down on paper Seems too that people are using the phone more and more I have onl y a few letters thi s month But I havc what seems li ke a million phone call s Alshymost a ll the call s are from people wantshying to ta lk to people who have written arti c les for thc magazine George Quast s se ri es of artic les o n the Aero nca C-2 rebuild has generated an inord inate number of call s all wanting hi s home address and phone number It was not in the article (Reach George (If PO Box 233 Hutchinson MinshylIesolil 55350-0233 Be sure to pass lI lollg your hest wishes to his dog Max - Ed )

I ve had ca ll s fro m Baron von Will er and the Glue Ange ls bunch out 28 NOVEMBER 1989

by Buck Hilbert (EAA 21 Ale 5) Po Box 424 Union IL 60180

San Diego way and another invite to do Mex ican Av iation Day at Ensenada There have been phone call s from San Anto nios Bill Stratton with more talk about his Liaison Pilots group from New York asking for info on Aeronca engines and call s from guys who just wanted to ta lk So me were after II 00 at night (Hey Buck A bunch of us are sitting around the bar and you ve got to settl e an argument What color was the headliner on a 1940 Champ) but in the main I ve enjoyed talking to everyone of them

I just fini shed another sojourn across the country taking in the fa ll colo rs and visiting av iatin fri ends along the way I vis ited George York in Mansfi e ld Ohio last month We di scussed aircraft judging and some o f the peculiarities

of that particul ar job at Oshkosh I ve said it often enough I hope that I really respect our j udges and their efforts during the Convention Both George and I ag ree that we could use a few more apprentices to work with the judges duri ng the Convention The program needs some new talent so guys and gals get in early and learn how the system works Let s have your input

I a lso visited Bill Doc Mitchell at Coudersport Pennsy lvania Bill s very ni ce PT- 19 is that all -s il ver one that you always see in the front row down at AIC Showplane Parking He was coerced into taking it down to the Warshybird Area a couple of times but he always seems to wind up back with us He is a lso one o f the best line boys

Ive ever encountered Along with Ray Olcott he shows up every year to do yeoman work around Pioneer Airport before the Convention I got to visit his hangar and you wouldnt believe the goodies he has That PT- 19 will be going for a good many yea rs with all the spares he has I just drooled over all that aeronautical candy

I had ideas about visiting all the people I could along the way to Boothshybay Maine but as usual my timedisshytance perception was way off base After all those years of jetting it on United Air Lines its hard to realize how long it takes to drive To me Bosshyton is about an hour and 50 minutes from O Hare We took five days I had intended to visit the Marlboro anshytiquers in Massachusetts but had to byshypass them because I flat ran out of time I also wanted to see Chuck Burtch and the gang around upstate New York but again I ran out of time Im going to change my ways and just plan localized expeditions from now on - concentrating on one area and

not tryi ng to spread it out too much I might mention that I did visit with

Father John MacGillivray in Antishygonish Nova Scotia Canada Father John as you may know donated his Tiger Moth and his rare Miles Hawk to the EAA Aviation Foundation over the years and is a mainstay of EAA He maintains his seat up at the inforshymation window at EAA Headquarters during the Convention and also conshyducts services at the Theatre In the Woods despite all the airplane noise Father John is also a real sparkplug on his home ground He keeps EAA memshybers in Canada aware and knowlegable of all that s going on He arranges chapter and dinner meetings and is the official greeter when it comes to outshyof-towners such as Dorothy and me We enjoyed our visit with him and are most apo logetic that we didnt take adshyvantage of the dinner invitation in conshycurrance with the chapter meeting

Ive also had some nice calls from donors who have their airplanes on disshyplay in the EAA Air Adventure

Museum The new arrangement of airshycraft and the display now that we have the Warbirds in the Eagle Hangar has made several of those people very happy Previous to thi s there just wasnt room and many of the airplanes were in storage Now we can all see them

I m somewhat more than dismayed to learn that one of our greatest of the Old Timers has gone Westmiddot Next time you look at the EAA Spirit of Saint Louis project or see that beautishyful SE 5 replica in the display area think of Gil Bodeen Gil goes way back Back to the beginning The Corn County Chapter of Dekalb Illinois was largely his He was a beautiful craftsman and did woodwork the likes of which youlI se ldom see 1 can walk through the museum and see his craftsmanship in many of the machines that are there Im gonna miss you Gill But your workmanship will live on right there in the museum displays and in the flying machines at Pioneer Airshyport bull

A view of the re-arranged museum floor - and the Ryan Sew

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29

CHAPTER CAPSULES by Bob Brauer

Chapter 15 has been meeting at Bob Rings private air strip Ring Internashytional in Berwick Maine since it was formed in 1985 Known as the New England Chapter it was the result of a group of 15 EAA members with a strong interest in antique and classic aircraft The chapter was founded by its first president Bob Ring of Bershywick Henry Van Cleef of Lawrence Massachusetts Jack Copeland of Westborough Massachusetts and Alice and Richard Gilchrest of Lynn Massachusetts Membership now numshybers around 25 and the participants live in an area that includes southern New Hampshire eastern Massachusetts and southwest Maine

Ring International is a busy place because of both the clubs as well as the individual members projects Bob Ring has been restoring a Waco 2 which he salvaged as a crop duster and returned to original configuration This project plus generously providing a meeting place for the chapter and space for chapter projects leave little time for dull moments

A group of members meet every other Saturday to work on restoring a Meyers OTW owned by Gerry Barg of South Easton Massachusetts When the airplane is complete Gerry and the main restoration crew will share flight duties Also under restoration by another chapter group is a Northrop Primary Glider Most of the members are avid restorers at heart and continushyally work on projects either their own or those of fellow members As a matshyter of fact getting together at each others projects for work sessions is an ongoing activity President Errol Dow sums it up best We are an aid to each other Most people need the support of a club because not everyone has all the expertise required for a complete proshyject It becomes a learning experience for all of us

Errol further explained that the chapter stresses work sessions as part of the monthly meetings rather than the customary structured or planned proshy30 NOVEMBER 1989

Left to right Bob Ring Jock Denison Harvey Wells Errol Dow Gerry Peterson Jock Copeshyland Dick Gilchrist Louis Furnos Maurice Lambert (guest) Paul Poulson and Charlie Pearshyson

grams These sessions involve member participation in working sheet metal fabric covering and general restorashytion He notes that everyone likes to teach or instruct

This group inspiration must work since 75 percent of the members fly antique or classic aircraft Errol is reshystoring an early model Piper Pacer and charter member Dick Jackson of Rochester New Hampahire has sevshyeral Wacos of different types in the process of detailed restoration Inshycluded in Dicks collection is a rare if not the only existing Waco Model D Included among members airplanes are a Luscombe Champ and a J-3 Two or three of these old airplanes fly in to each meeting so their efforts have paid off

As far as flight is concerned howshyever Chapter 15 is not preoccupied with the past For example Jack Copeshyland has been instrumental in enshycouraging members to write the FAA and their congressmen to support EAAs position on general aviation

and airplane issues In Errol Dow s opinion EAA is doing a pretty good job in the battle for the airmans right to fly

Errol also reminisced about past chapter president Don Mc Laughlin of Hampton New Hampshire who passed away last November At a time when chapter interest was at somewhat of an ebb he earned everyones respect for re-instilling enthusiasm in members to maintain and fly old airplanes Errol indicated that he felt it was a difficult task to step into Don s shoes but from the current interest shown by memshybers Errol has made his own shoes to walk in He believes in a sustained efshyfort to get new EAA and AIC members to expand the clubs base That base is sure to grow because of the chapters desire to teach Seems as though they cant wait to get someone who is new to old airplanes so that they can show him new techniques for restoring old planes This group of New Englanders are proving that something old has a bright future bull

~~ere The Selles and Buyers lIILeet

25cent per word SSOO minimum charge Send your ad to The Vintage Trader EAA Aviation Center

Oshkosh WI 54903-2591

AIRCRAFT Replica 213 scale Jenny - 2 place 4130 Outpershyforms the original Inexpensive and fast to build shyflown to Oshkosh twice Plans - $7500 video shy$2500 info - $1 00 Wiley PO Box 6366 Longmont CO 80502 (12-3)

Cessna Airmaster - C-34 Project Warner 145 Scarab Curtiss-Reed prop Factory drawings needs new wing $12000 201 832-2009 (11-2)

Rearwin - 1940 Skyranger Good original condishytion ferryable but needs annual $6500 OBO 319 679-2324 (12-2)

MISCELLANEOUS Super Cub PA18 fuselages repaired or rebuilt - in precision master fixtures All makes of tube assemblies or fuselages repaired or fabricated new J E Soares Inc 7093 Dry Creek Road Belshygrade Montana 59714406388-6069 Repair Stashytion 065-21 (c12-89)

1910-1950 Original aviation items for sale - inshystruments wood propellers helmets goggles manuals 44-page catalog airmailed $500 Jon Alshydrich Box 706 Airport Groveland CA 95321 209 962-6121 (c-290)

Will Share my treasure of aircraft parts - 24shyyear collection with continuous additions and still buying for all types of aircraft Tell me what you need Air Salvage of Arkansas Rt 1 Box 8020 Mena Arkansas 71953 phone 501 394shy1022 anytime (c-390)

Monocoupe Rearwin Culver - Gee Bees Hall Chester etc CatalogNews - $300 Refundable Meticulous model PLANS by Vern Clements 308 Palo Allo Caldwell 1083605 (12-3)

PLANS POBER PIXIE - VW powered parasol - unlimited in low-cost pleasure flying Big roomy cockpit for the over six foot pilot VW power insures hard to beat 3 2 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 W153130 414529-2609

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$1200 plus $250 postage Send check or money order to ACRO SPORT INC Box 462 Hales Corners WI 53130 414529-2609

The Golden Age of AirRacing-Pre-1940

Vol 1 (No2 1-144 52 ) $14_95 Vol 2 (NO 21-144511 $14_95

Include postage and handling $240 for one volume - $365 both volumes

EAA AVIATION FOUNDATIONWrite Dept_ MO

EAA Aviation Center Oshkosh WI 54903-3086

The Legendary Pre-War Races The days of heroes-names such as Doolittle Turner Wedell Wittman Chester Howard-immortalized as the worlds premier race pilots during the 1930s_ Its all here Relive these great events as they unfold in this incredible 600-page two-volume series Included are official race results 1927 through 1939-more than 1000 photos and 3-view drawshyings that recapture the drama excitement and glory of air racing during the golden years Never before such complete in-depth coverage Printed on high-grade paper for sharp clear photo reproductions Major credit cards accepted-write or call

1-800-843-3612 (WI residents call 414-426-4800)

32 NOVEMBER 1989

tractable landing lights would run the buyer an additional $200 and for $100 he could have the optional two-tone paint job The Speedwing carried 35 gallons of fuel in the fuselage tank and an additional 23 gallons in the centershysection tank In keeping with its image as a personal airplane for the disshycriminating owner-pilot two baggage compartments opened on the right side of the fuselage behind the rear cockpit The upper compartment allowed 48 pounds and the lower 100 pounds The shatter-proof windshield was adshyjustable as was the rear seat Top speed of the 8-14-8 was 177 mph with a cruise of 150 mph

Curtiss-Wright also built a 8-14-R with a 420-hp version of the same Rshy975 engine for Casey Lambert Vern Dallmans airplane has a rip-snorting 440-hp version of the same engine for even more neck-snapping perforshymance In fact Curtiss-Wright later developed its Osprey as a fightershybomber version of the Speedwing series for some governments that were re-arming on a tight budget

With the sorry state of owner-flown high-performance aircraft sales today it seems odd that an airplane such as

the Speedwing could survive in the midst of the Depression In fact it didnt Only two were built One went to the Department of Commerce and the other was a factory demonstrator Verns is the old factory airplane comshyplete with the wheel pants and faired N-struts that were added later in the quest for still more speed (Vern has the original metal pants at home but uses a set of fiberglass ones for crossshycountry work)

The progression of Curtiss-Wrights aircraft design trends went like this From the inexpensive training ships of the early 1920s to the speed demons of the early thirties to the potential milishytary contract ships of the mid- to lateshy1930s to the Condor series of transshyports that got the factory people so exshycited after that Its significant that in 1933 Curtiss-Wright still had a stockpile of OX-5 engines in like-new condition available for $45 each No one bought them The OX-5 was the engine of choice for most light aircraft as little as eight years before Contrast that with the Lycoming 0-235 that still powers most two-seat trainers of today yet first appeared almost half a century ago in 1940

Walter 8eech resigned as president of Curtiss-Wright in early 1932 With him went the last vestiges of the Travel Air influence Ralph Damon became president and George Page 1r became chief engineer Fred Landgraf was the project director on the - 14 Series and his previous employment with the Ken-Royce (Rearwin) factory and the Alexander Eaglerock design team shows up clearly in the Curtiss-Wright machines

Its interesting that you can break down the design influence and progshyress of a company virtually by the month based on who was designing the airplanes and what engines were available at what cost Also important was the management of the company who aimed the product at whichever market appeared the most pliable at the time In fact it s likely that the whole history may be over-analyzed The explanation for each new aircraft may be as simple as it appears

I n the case of the 8-14-8 that means lots of horsepower raw speed and one person on board Practical No but in those days aviation wasn t grown up enough to know what was impossible bull

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

AVIATION RELIC PRINTS AVAILABLE Now available from Aviation Relic

Prints is a series of seven pieces of excellent artwork Choose from the de Havilland D H4 Bleriot XI Albashytross D Ya Wright EX Yin Fiz Fokshyker T-2 Douglas World Cruiser Chishycago or Curtiss NC-4 Through an agreement with the Smithsonian Inshystitutions National Air and Space Museum each relic print includes a piece of the original fabric from these historic aircraft Also included is a certificate of authenticity and a brief DE HAlllAJ) D H -t

history of the aircraft The prints are available framed at $145 each or unshyframed at $55 each For the quality and historica l significance involved this represents a good value For a catalog or to order by telephone call to ll -free 1-800533-7763 or wri te to Aviation Relic Prints 8152 North

32nd Street Richland Michigan 49083-0576

~

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

Washington DC 20560 U5A

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY This aviati01l relic print was issued in a limited quantity by the Smithsonian I11stitutioll Natio11nl Air and Space Museum Washington DC

Each aircraft depicted ill thisizistoric series lms restored by the Smithsonian Institutiol1lZl1d is pnrt Of its collectio11 The fabric removed durillg that restoration is certified to be the originnl fabric apiece ofwh ich is attached to this relic print

~~ Donald S Lopez Deputy Director

National Air and Space Museu ~ ~~i~(atiii(rSa7~~~iirii~7)1i~~t ~)1~~~i~ ~il~~~ ~i

26 NOVEMBER 1989

This spectacular photo was taken by Dollie Gheen noted aviation photographer from Fairborn Ohio Although taken in 1989 it could almost pass for 1937 with the beautiful 1937 Stinson SR-7B NC16130 SIN 9693 owned by James Solenberg of Shelbyville Indiana flanked by an immaculate 1937 Cord 812 Custom Beverly owned by Bob Gheen of Fairborn Ohio Both vehicles feature a Lycoming engine built in the same factory Lycoming and Stinson were owned by the Cord Company which in turn was part of the Auburn Automobile Company The only hint of 1989 is the tiny strobe on the belly of the Stinson and the reflection of a B-26 tail in the door of the Cord automobile

SENSENICH PROPELLER COMPANY SOLD The venerable Sensenich Propeller Comshy pitch propellers In recent years the firm has

pany has been sold to The Philadelphia been servicing and overhauling propellers of Bourse Inc and Warren A Wilbur III has been all types and that aspect of the business named president Wilbur was president of will also be continued For further information Bellanca Aircraft in the mid 1970s Under new contact Sensenich Propeller Company East management Sensenich will remain in its Airport Road PO Box 5100 Lancaster PA present facilities in Lancaster PA and will 17601-0100 Phone 717569-0435 continue to make wood and metal fixed

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27

PASS IT TO ---rJ An information exchange column with input from readers

Oh boy Here it is deadline time and I don t have anything down on paper Seems too that people are using the phone more and more I have onl y a few letters thi s month But I havc what seems li ke a million phone call s Alshymost a ll the call s are from people wantshying to ta lk to people who have written arti c les for thc magazine George Quast s se ri es of artic les o n the Aero nca C-2 rebuild has generated an inord inate number of call s all wanting hi s home address and phone number It was not in the article (Reach George (If PO Box 233 Hutchinson MinshylIesolil 55350-0233 Be sure to pass lI lollg your hest wishes to his dog Max - Ed )

I ve had ca ll s fro m Baron von Will er and the Glue Ange ls bunch out 28 NOVEMBER 1989

by Buck Hilbert (EAA 21 Ale 5) Po Box 424 Union IL 60180

San Diego way and another invite to do Mex ican Av iation Day at Ensenada There have been phone call s from San Anto nios Bill Stratton with more talk about his Liaison Pilots group from New York asking for info on Aeronca engines and call s from guys who just wanted to ta lk So me were after II 00 at night (Hey Buck A bunch of us are sitting around the bar and you ve got to settl e an argument What color was the headliner on a 1940 Champ) but in the main I ve enjoyed talking to everyone of them

I just fini shed another sojourn across the country taking in the fa ll colo rs and visiting av iatin fri ends along the way I vis ited George York in Mansfi e ld Ohio last month We di scussed aircraft judging and some o f the peculiarities

of that particul ar job at Oshkosh I ve said it often enough I hope that I really respect our j udges and their efforts during the Convention Both George and I ag ree that we could use a few more apprentices to work with the judges duri ng the Convention The program needs some new talent so guys and gals get in early and learn how the system works Let s have your input

I a lso visited Bill Doc Mitchell at Coudersport Pennsy lvania Bill s very ni ce PT- 19 is that all -s il ver one that you always see in the front row down at AIC Showplane Parking He was coerced into taking it down to the Warshybird Area a couple of times but he always seems to wind up back with us He is a lso one o f the best line boys

Ive ever encountered Along with Ray Olcott he shows up every year to do yeoman work around Pioneer Airport before the Convention I got to visit his hangar and you wouldnt believe the goodies he has That PT- 19 will be going for a good many yea rs with all the spares he has I just drooled over all that aeronautical candy

I had ideas about visiting all the people I could along the way to Boothshybay Maine but as usual my timedisshytance perception was way off base After all those years of jetting it on United Air Lines its hard to realize how long it takes to drive To me Bosshyton is about an hour and 50 minutes from O Hare We took five days I had intended to visit the Marlboro anshytiquers in Massachusetts but had to byshypass them because I flat ran out of time I also wanted to see Chuck Burtch and the gang around upstate New York but again I ran out of time Im going to change my ways and just plan localized expeditions from now on - concentrating on one area and

not tryi ng to spread it out too much I might mention that I did visit with

Father John MacGillivray in Antishygonish Nova Scotia Canada Father John as you may know donated his Tiger Moth and his rare Miles Hawk to the EAA Aviation Foundation over the years and is a mainstay of EAA He maintains his seat up at the inforshymation window at EAA Headquarters during the Convention and also conshyducts services at the Theatre In the Woods despite all the airplane noise Father John is also a real sparkplug on his home ground He keeps EAA memshybers in Canada aware and knowlegable of all that s going on He arranges chapter and dinner meetings and is the official greeter when it comes to outshyof-towners such as Dorothy and me We enjoyed our visit with him and are most apo logetic that we didnt take adshyvantage of the dinner invitation in conshycurrance with the chapter meeting

Ive also had some nice calls from donors who have their airplanes on disshyplay in the EAA Air Adventure

Museum The new arrangement of airshycraft and the display now that we have the Warbirds in the Eagle Hangar has made several of those people very happy Previous to thi s there just wasnt room and many of the airplanes were in storage Now we can all see them

I m somewhat more than dismayed to learn that one of our greatest of the Old Timers has gone Westmiddot Next time you look at the EAA Spirit of Saint Louis project or see that beautishyful SE 5 replica in the display area think of Gil Bodeen Gil goes way back Back to the beginning The Corn County Chapter of Dekalb Illinois was largely his He was a beautiful craftsman and did woodwork the likes of which youlI se ldom see 1 can walk through the museum and see his craftsmanship in many of the machines that are there Im gonna miss you Gill But your workmanship will live on right there in the museum displays and in the flying machines at Pioneer Airshyport bull

A view of the re-arranged museum floor - and the Ryan Sew

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29

CHAPTER CAPSULES by Bob Brauer

Chapter 15 has been meeting at Bob Rings private air strip Ring Internashytional in Berwick Maine since it was formed in 1985 Known as the New England Chapter it was the result of a group of 15 EAA members with a strong interest in antique and classic aircraft The chapter was founded by its first president Bob Ring of Bershywick Henry Van Cleef of Lawrence Massachusetts Jack Copeland of Westborough Massachusetts and Alice and Richard Gilchrest of Lynn Massachusetts Membership now numshybers around 25 and the participants live in an area that includes southern New Hampshire eastern Massachusetts and southwest Maine

Ring International is a busy place because of both the clubs as well as the individual members projects Bob Ring has been restoring a Waco 2 which he salvaged as a crop duster and returned to original configuration This project plus generously providing a meeting place for the chapter and space for chapter projects leave little time for dull moments

A group of members meet every other Saturday to work on restoring a Meyers OTW owned by Gerry Barg of South Easton Massachusetts When the airplane is complete Gerry and the main restoration crew will share flight duties Also under restoration by another chapter group is a Northrop Primary Glider Most of the members are avid restorers at heart and continushyally work on projects either their own or those of fellow members As a matshyter of fact getting together at each others projects for work sessions is an ongoing activity President Errol Dow sums it up best We are an aid to each other Most people need the support of a club because not everyone has all the expertise required for a complete proshyject It becomes a learning experience for all of us

Errol further explained that the chapter stresses work sessions as part of the monthly meetings rather than the customary structured or planned proshy30 NOVEMBER 1989

Left to right Bob Ring Jock Denison Harvey Wells Errol Dow Gerry Peterson Jock Copeshyland Dick Gilchrist Louis Furnos Maurice Lambert (guest) Paul Poulson and Charlie Pearshyson

grams These sessions involve member participation in working sheet metal fabric covering and general restorashytion He notes that everyone likes to teach or instruct

This group inspiration must work since 75 percent of the members fly antique or classic aircraft Errol is reshystoring an early model Piper Pacer and charter member Dick Jackson of Rochester New Hampahire has sevshyeral Wacos of different types in the process of detailed restoration Inshycluded in Dicks collection is a rare if not the only existing Waco Model D Included among members airplanes are a Luscombe Champ and a J-3 Two or three of these old airplanes fly in to each meeting so their efforts have paid off

As far as flight is concerned howshyever Chapter 15 is not preoccupied with the past For example Jack Copeshyland has been instrumental in enshycouraging members to write the FAA and their congressmen to support EAAs position on general aviation

and airplane issues In Errol Dow s opinion EAA is doing a pretty good job in the battle for the airmans right to fly

Errol also reminisced about past chapter president Don Mc Laughlin of Hampton New Hampshire who passed away last November At a time when chapter interest was at somewhat of an ebb he earned everyones respect for re-instilling enthusiasm in members to maintain and fly old airplanes Errol indicated that he felt it was a difficult task to step into Don s shoes but from the current interest shown by memshybers Errol has made his own shoes to walk in He believes in a sustained efshyfort to get new EAA and AIC members to expand the clubs base That base is sure to grow because of the chapters desire to teach Seems as though they cant wait to get someone who is new to old airplanes so that they can show him new techniques for restoring old planes This group of New Englanders are proving that something old has a bright future bull

~~ere The Selles and Buyers lIILeet

25cent per word SSOO minimum charge Send your ad to The Vintage Trader EAA Aviation Center

Oshkosh WI 54903-2591

AIRCRAFT Replica 213 scale Jenny - 2 place 4130 Outpershyforms the original Inexpensive and fast to build shyflown to Oshkosh twice Plans - $7500 video shy$2500 info - $1 00 Wiley PO Box 6366 Longmont CO 80502 (12-3)

Cessna Airmaster - C-34 Project Warner 145 Scarab Curtiss-Reed prop Factory drawings needs new wing $12000 201 832-2009 (11-2)

Rearwin - 1940 Skyranger Good original condishytion ferryable but needs annual $6500 OBO 319 679-2324 (12-2)

MISCELLANEOUS Super Cub PA18 fuselages repaired or rebuilt - in precision master fixtures All makes of tube assemblies or fuselages repaired or fabricated new J E Soares Inc 7093 Dry Creek Road Belshygrade Montana 59714406388-6069 Repair Stashytion 065-21 (c12-89)

1910-1950 Original aviation items for sale - inshystruments wood propellers helmets goggles manuals 44-page catalog airmailed $500 Jon Alshydrich Box 706 Airport Groveland CA 95321 209 962-6121 (c-290)

Will Share my treasure of aircraft parts - 24shyyear collection with continuous additions and still buying for all types of aircraft Tell me what you need Air Salvage of Arkansas Rt 1 Box 8020 Mena Arkansas 71953 phone 501 394shy1022 anytime (c-390)

Monocoupe Rearwin Culver - Gee Bees Hall Chester etc CatalogNews - $300 Refundable Meticulous model PLANS by Vern Clements 308 Palo Allo Caldwell 1083605 (12-3)

PLANS POBER PIXIE - VW powered parasol - unlimited in low-cost pleasure flying Big roomy cockpit for the over six foot pilot VW power insures hard to beat 3 2 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 W153130 414529-2609

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$1200 plus $250 postage Send check or money order to ACRO SPORT INC Box 462 Hales Corners WI 53130 414529-2609

The Golden Age of AirRacing-Pre-1940

Vol 1 (No2 1-144 52 ) $14_95 Vol 2 (NO 21-144511 $14_95

Include postage and handling $240 for one volume - $365 both volumes

EAA AVIATION FOUNDATIONWrite Dept_ MO

EAA Aviation Center Oshkosh WI 54903-3086

The Legendary Pre-War Races The days of heroes-names such as Doolittle Turner Wedell Wittman Chester Howard-immortalized as the worlds premier race pilots during the 1930s_ Its all here Relive these great events as they unfold in this incredible 600-page two-volume series Included are official race results 1927 through 1939-more than 1000 photos and 3-view drawshyings that recapture the drama excitement and glory of air racing during the golden years Never before such complete in-depth coverage Printed on high-grade paper for sharp clear photo reproductions Major credit cards accepted-write or call

1-800-843-3612 (WI residents call 414-426-4800)

32 NOVEMBER 1989

AVIATION RELIC PRINTS AVAILABLE Now available from Aviation Relic

Prints is a series of seven pieces of excellent artwork Choose from the de Havilland D H4 Bleriot XI Albashytross D Ya Wright EX Yin Fiz Fokshyker T-2 Douglas World Cruiser Chishycago or Curtiss NC-4 Through an agreement with the Smithsonian Inshystitutions National Air and Space Museum each relic print includes a piece of the original fabric from these historic aircraft Also included is a certificate of authenticity and a brief DE HAlllAJ) D H -t

history of the aircraft The prints are available framed at $145 each or unshyframed at $55 each For the quality and historica l significance involved this represents a good value For a catalog or to order by telephone call to ll -free 1-800533-7763 or wri te to Aviation Relic Prints 8152 North

32nd Street Richland Michigan 49083-0576

~

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

Washington DC 20560 U5A

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY This aviati01l relic print was issued in a limited quantity by the Smithsonian I11stitutioll Natio11nl Air and Space Museum Washington DC

Each aircraft depicted ill thisizistoric series lms restored by the Smithsonian Institutiol1lZl1d is pnrt Of its collectio11 The fabric removed durillg that restoration is certified to be the originnl fabric apiece ofwh ich is attached to this relic print

~~ Donald S Lopez Deputy Director

National Air and Space Museu ~ ~~i~(atiii(rSa7~~~iirii~7)1i~~t ~)1~~~i~ ~il~~~ ~i

26 NOVEMBER 1989

This spectacular photo was taken by Dollie Gheen noted aviation photographer from Fairborn Ohio Although taken in 1989 it could almost pass for 1937 with the beautiful 1937 Stinson SR-7B NC16130 SIN 9693 owned by James Solenberg of Shelbyville Indiana flanked by an immaculate 1937 Cord 812 Custom Beverly owned by Bob Gheen of Fairborn Ohio Both vehicles feature a Lycoming engine built in the same factory Lycoming and Stinson were owned by the Cord Company which in turn was part of the Auburn Automobile Company The only hint of 1989 is the tiny strobe on the belly of the Stinson and the reflection of a B-26 tail in the door of the Cord automobile

SENSENICH PROPELLER COMPANY SOLD The venerable Sensenich Propeller Comshy pitch propellers In recent years the firm has

pany has been sold to The Philadelphia been servicing and overhauling propellers of Bourse Inc and Warren A Wilbur III has been all types and that aspect of the business named president Wilbur was president of will also be continued For further information Bellanca Aircraft in the mid 1970s Under new contact Sensenich Propeller Company East management Sensenich will remain in its Airport Road PO Box 5100 Lancaster PA present facilities in Lancaster PA and will 17601-0100 Phone 717569-0435 continue to make wood and metal fixed

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27

PASS IT TO ---rJ An information exchange column with input from readers

Oh boy Here it is deadline time and I don t have anything down on paper Seems too that people are using the phone more and more I have onl y a few letters thi s month But I havc what seems li ke a million phone call s Alshymost a ll the call s are from people wantshying to ta lk to people who have written arti c les for thc magazine George Quast s se ri es of artic les o n the Aero nca C-2 rebuild has generated an inord inate number of call s all wanting hi s home address and phone number It was not in the article (Reach George (If PO Box 233 Hutchinson MinshylIesolil 55350-0233 Be sure to pass lI lollg your hest wishes to his dog Max - Ed )

I ve had ca ll s fro m Baron von Will er and the Glue Ange ls bunch out 28 NOVEMBER 1989

by Buck Hilbert (EAA 21 Ale 5) Po Box 424 Union IL 60180

San Diego way and another invite to do Mex ican Av iation Day at Ensenada There have been phone call s from San Anto nios Bill Stratton with more talk about his Liaison Pilots group from New York asking for info on Aeronca engines and call s from guys who just wanted to ta lk So me were after II 00 at night (Hey Buck A bunch of us are sitting around the bar and you ve got to settl e an argument What color was the headliner on a 1940 Champ) but in the main I ve enjoyed talking to everyone of them

I just fini shed another sojourn across the country taking in the fa ll colo rs and visiting av iatin fri ends along the way I vis ited George York in Mansfi e ld Ohio last month We di scussed aircraft judging and some o f the peculiarities

of that particul ar job at Oshkosh I ve said it often enough I hope that I really respect our j udges and their efforts during the Convention Both George and I ag ree that we could use a few more apprentices to work with the judges duri ng the Convention The program needs some new talent so guys and gals get in early and learn how the system works Let s have your input

I a lso visited Bill Doc Mitchell at Coudersport Pennsy lvania Bill s very ni ce PT- 19 is that all -s il ver one that you always see in the front row down at AIC Showplane Parking He was coerced into taking it down to the Warshybird Area a couple of times but he always seems to wind up back with us He is a lso one o f the best line boys

Ive ever encountered Along with Ray Olcott he shows up every year to do yeoman work around Pioneer Airport before the Convention I got to visit his hangar and you wouldnt believe the goodies he has That PT- 19 will be going for a good many yea rs with all the spares he has I just drooled over all that aeronautical candy

I had ideas about visiting all the people I could along the way to Boothshybay Maine but as usual my timedisshytance perception was way off base After all those years of jetting it on United Air Lines its hard to realize how long it takes to drive To me Bosshyton is about an hour and 50 minutes from O Hare We took five days I had intended to visit the Marlboro anshytiquers in Massachusetts but had to byshypass them because I flat ran out of time I also wanted to see Chuck Burtch and the gang around upstate New York but again I ran out of time Im going to change my ways and just plan localized expeditions from now on - concentrating on one area and

not tryi ng to spread it out too much I might mention that I did visit with

Father John MacGillivray in Antishygonish Nova Scotia Canada Father John as you may know donated his Tiger Moth and his rare Miles Hawk to the EAA Aviation Foundation over the years and is a mainstay of EAA He maintains his seat up at the inforshymation window at EAA Headquarters during the Convention and also conshyducts services at the Theatre In the Woods despite all the airplane noise Father John is also a real sparkplug on his home ground He keeps EAA memshybers in Canada aware and knowlegable of all that s going on He arranges chapter and dinner meetings and is the official greeter when it comes to outshyof-towners such as Dorothy and me We enjoyed our visit with him and are most apo logetic that we didnt take adshyvantage of the dinner invitation in conshycurrance with the chapter meeting

Ive also had some nice calls from donors who have their airplanes on disshyplay in the EAA Air Adventure

Museum The new arrangement of airshycraft and the display now that we have the Warbirds in the Eagle Hangar has made several of those people very happy Previous to thi s there just wasnt room and many of the airplanes were in storage Now we can all see them

I m somewhat more than dismayed to learn that one of our greatest of the Old Timers has gone Westmiddot Next time you look at the EAA Spirit of Saint Louis project or see that beautishyful SE 5 replica in the display area think of Gil Bodeen Gil goes way back Back to the beginning The Corn County Chapter of Dekalb Illinois was largely his He was a beautiful craftsman and did woodwork the likes of which youlI se ldom see 1 can walk through the museum and see his craftsmanship in many of the machines that are there Im gonna miss you Gill But your workmanship will live on right there in the museum displays and in the flying machines at Pioneer Airshyport bull

A view of the re-arranged museum floor - and the Ryan Sew

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29

CHAPTER CAPSULES by Bob Brauer

Chapter 15 has been meeting at Bob Rings private air strip Ring Internashytional in Berwick Maine since it was formed in 1985 Known as the New England Chapter it was the result of a group of 15 EAA members with a strong interest in antique and classic aircraft The chapter was founded by its first president Bob Ring of Bershywick Henry Van Cleef of Lawrence Massachusetts Jack Copeland of Westborough Massachusetts and Alice and Richard Gilchrest of Lynn Massachusetts Membership now numshybers around 25 and the participants live in an area that includes southern New Hampshire eastern Massachusetts and southwest Maine

Ring International is a busy place because of both the clubs as well as the individual members projects Bob Ring has been restoring a Waco 2 which he salvaged as a crop duster and returned to original configuration This project plus generously providing a meeting place for the chapter and space for chapter projects leave little time for dull moments

A group of members meet every other Saturday to work on restoring a Meyers OTW owned by Gerry Barg of South Easton Massachusetts When the airplane is complete Gerry and the main restoration crew will share flight duties Also under restoration by another chapter group is a Northrop Primary Glider Most of the members are avid restorers at heart and continushyally work on projects either their own or those of fellow members As a matshyter of fact getting together at each others projects for work sessions is an ongoing activity President Errol Dow sums it up best We are an aid to each other Most people need the support of a club because not everyone has all the expertise required for a complete proshyject It becomes a learning experience for all of us

Errol further explained that the chapter stresses work sessions as part of the monthly meetings rather than the customary structured or planned proshy30 NOVEMBER 1989

Left to right Bob Ring Jock Denison Harvey Wells Errol Dow Gerry Peterson Jock Copeshyland Dick Gilchrist Louis Furnos Maurice Lambert (guest) Paul Poulson and Charlie Pearshyson

grams These sessions involve member participation in working sheet metal fabric covering and general restorashytion He notes that everyone likes to teach or instruct

This group inspiration must work since 75 percent of the members fly antique or classic aircraft Errol is reshystoring an early model Piper Pacer and charter member Dick Jackson of Rochester New Hampahire has sevshyeral Wacos of different types in the process of detailed restoration Inshycluded in Dicks collection is a rare if not the only existing Waco Model D Included among members airplanes are a Luscombe Champ and a J-3 Two or three of these old airplanes fly in to each meeting so their efforts have paid off

As far as flight is concerned howshyever Chapter 15 is not preoccupied with the past For example Jack Copeshyland has been instrumental in enshycouraging members to write the FAA and their congressmen to support EAAs position on general aviation

and airplane issues In Errol Dow s opinion EAA is doing a pretty good job in the battle for the airmans right to fly

Errol also reminisced about past chapter president Don Mc Laughlin of Hampton New Hampshire who passed away last November At a time when chapter interest was at somewhat of an ebb he earned everyones respect for re-instilling enthusiasm in members to maintain and fly old airplanes Errol indicated that he felt it was a difficult task to step into Don s shoes but from the current interest shown by memshybers Errol has made his own shoes to walk in He believes in a sustained efshyfort to get new EAA and AIC members to expand the clubs base That base is sure to grow because of the chapters desire to teach Seems as though they cant wait to get someone who is new to old airplanes so that they can show him new techniques for restoring old planes This group of New Englanders are proving that something old has a bright future bull

~~ere The Selles and Buyers lIILeet

25cent per word SSOO minimum charge Send your ad to The Vintage Trader EAA Aviation Center

Oshkosh WI 54903-2591

AIRCRAFT Replica 213 scale Jenny - 2 place 4130 Outpershyforms the original Inexpensive and fast to build shyflown to Oshkosh twice Plans - $7500 video shy$2500 info - $1 00 Wiley PO Box 6366 Longmont CO 80502 (12-3)

Cessna Airmaster - C-34 Project Warner 145 Scarab Curtiss-Reed prop Factory drawings needs new wing $12000 201 832-2009 (11-2)

Rearwin - 1940 Skyranger Good original condishytion ferryable but needs annual $6500 OBO 319 679-2324 (12-2)

MISCELLANEOUS Super Cub PA18 fuselages repaired or rebuilt - in precision master fixtures All makes of tube assemblies or fuselages repaired or fabricated new J E Soares Inc 7093 Dry Creek Road Belshygrade Montana 59714406388-6069 Repair Stashytion 065-21 (c12-89)

1910-1950 Original aviation items for sale - inshystruments wood propellers helmets goggles manuals 44-page catalog airmailed $500 Jon Alshydrich Box 706 Airport Groveland CA 95321 209 962-6121 (c-290)

Will Share my treasure of aircraft parts - 24shyyear collection with continuous additions and still buying for all types of aircraft Tell me what you need Air Salvage of Arkansas Rt 1 Box 8020 Mena Arkansas 71953 phone 501 394shy1022 anytime (c-390)

Monocoupe Rearwin Culver - Gee Bees Hall Chester etc CatalogNews - $300 Refundable Meticulous model PLANS by Vern Clements 308 Palo Allo Caldwell 1083605 (12-3)

PLANS POBER PIXIE - VW powered parasol - unlimited in low-cost pleasure flying Big roomy cockpit for the over six foot pilot VW power insures hard to beat 3 2 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 W153130 414529-2609

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$1200 plus $250 postage Send check or money order to ACRO SPORT INC Box 462 Hales Corners WI 53130 414529-2609

The Golden Age of AirRacing-Pre-1940

Vol 1 (No2 1-144 52 ) $14_95 Vol 2 (NO 21-144511 $14_95

Include postage and handling $240 for one volume - $365 both volumes

EAA AVIATION FOUNDATIONWrite Dept_ MO

EAA Aviation Center Oshkosh WI 54903-3086

The Legendary Pre-War Races The days of heroes-names such as Doolittle Turner Wedell Wittman Chester Howard-immortalized as the worlds premier race pilots during the 1930s_ Its all here Relive these great events as they unfold in this incredible 600-page two-volume series Included are official race results 1927 through 1939-more than 1000 photos and 3-view drawshyings that recapture the drama excitement and glory of air racing during the golden years Never before such complete in-depth coverage Printed on high-grade paper for sharp clear photo reproductions Major credit cards accepted-write or call

1-800-843-3612 (WI residents call 414-426-4800)

32 NOVEMBER 1989

This spectacular photo was taken by Dollie Gheen noted aviation photographer from Fairborn Ohio Although taken in 1989 it could almost pass for 1937 with the beautiful 1937 Stinson SR-7B NC16130 SIN 9693 owned by James Solenberg of Shelbyville Indiana flanked by an immaculate 1937 Cord 812 Custom Beverly owned by Bob Gheen of Fairborn Ohio Both vehicles feature a Lycoming engine built in the same factory Lycoming and Stinson were owned by the Cord Company which in turn was part of the Auburn Automobile Company The only hint of 1989 is the tiny strobe on the belly of the Stinson and the reflection of a B-26 tail in the door of the Cord automobile

SENSENICH PROPELLER COMPANY SOLD The venerable Sensenich Propeller Comshy pitch propellers In recent years the firm has

pany has been sold to The Philadelphia been servicing and overhauling propellers of Bourse Inc and Warren A Wilbur III has been all types and that aspect of the business named president Wilbur was president of will also be continued For further information Bellanca Aircraft in the mid 1970s Under new contact Sensenich Propeller Company East management Sensenich will remain in its Airport Road PO Box 5100 Lancaster PA present facilities in Lancaster PA and will 17601-0100 Phone 717569-0435 continue to make wood and metal fixed

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27

PASS IT TO ---rJ An information exchange column with input from readers

Oh boy Here it is deadline time and I don t have anything down on paper Seems too that people are using the phone more and more I have onl y a few letters thi s month But I havc what seems li ke a million phone call s Alshymost a ll the call s are from people wantshying to ta lk to people who have written arti c les for thc magazine George Quast s se ri es of artic les o n the Aero nca C-2 rebuild has generated an inord inate number of call s all wanting hi s home address and phone number It was not in the article (Reach George (If PO Box 233 Hutchinson MinshylIesolil 55350-0233 Be sure to pass lI lollg your hest wishes to his dog Max - Ed )

I ve had ca ll s fro m Baron von Will er and the Glue Ange ls bunch out 28 NOVEMBER 1989

by Buck Hilbert (EAA 21 Ale 5) Po Box 424 Union IL 60180

San Diego way and another invite to do Mex ican Av iation Day at Ensenada There have been phone call s from San Anto nios Bill Stratton with more talk about his Liaison Pilots group from New York asking for info on Aeronca engines and call s from guys who just wanted to ta lk So me were after II 00 at night (Hey Buck A bunch of us are sitting around the bar and you ve got to settl e an argument What color was the headliner on a 1940 Champ) but in the main I ve enjoyed talking to everyone of them

I just fini shed another sojourn across the country taking in the fa ll colo rs and visiting av iatin fri ends along the way I vis ited George York in Mansfi e ld Ohio last month We di scussed aircraft judging and some o f the peculiarities

of that particul ar job at Oshkosh I ve said it often enough I hope that I really respect our j udges and their efforts during the Convention Both George and I ag ree that we could use a few more apprentices to work with the judges duri ng the Convention The program needs some new talent so guys and gals get in early and learn how the system works Let s have your input

I a lso visited Bill Doc Mitchell at Coudersport Pennsy lvania Bill s very ni ce PT- 19 is that all -s il ver one that you always see in the front row down at AIC Showplane Parking He was coerced into taking it down to the Warshybird Area a couple of times but he always seems to wind up back with us He is a lso one o f the best line boys

Ive ever encountered Along with Ray Olcott he shows up every year to do yeoman work around Pioneer Airport before the Convention I got to visit his hangar and you wouldnt believe the goodies he has That PT- 19 will be going for a good many yea rs with all the spares he has I just drooled over all that aeronautical candy

I had ideas about visiting all the people I could along the way to Boothshybay Maine but as usual my timedisshytance perception was way off base After all those years of jetting it on United Air Lines its hard to realize how long it takes to drive To me Bosshyton is about an hour and 50 minutes from O Hare We took five days I had intended to visit the Marlboro anshytiquers in Massachusetts but had to byshypass them because I flat ran out of time I also wanted to see Chuck Burtch and the gang around upstate New York but again I ran out of time Im going to change my ways and just plan localized expeditions from now on - concentrating on one area and

not tryi ng to spread it out too much I might mention that I did visit with

Father John MacGillivray in Antishygonish Nova Scotia Canada Father John as you may know donated his Tiger Moth and his rare Miles Hawk to the EAA Aviation Foundation over the years and is a mainstay of EAA He maintains his seat up at the inforshymation window at EAA Headquarters during the Convention and also conshyducts services at the Theatre In the Woods despite all the airplane noise Father John is also a real sparkplug on his home ground He keeps EAA memshybers in Canada aware and knowlegable of all that s going on He arranges chapter and dinner meetings and is the official greeter when it comes to outshyof-towners such as Dorothy and me We enjoyed our visit with him and are most apo logetic that we didnt take adshyvantage of the dinner invitation in conshycurrance with the chapter meeting

Ive also had some nice calls from donors who have their airplanes on disshyplay in the EAA Air Adventure

Museum The new arrangement of airshycraft and the display now that we have the Warbirds in the Eagle Hangar has made several of those people very happy Previous to thi s there just wasnt room and many of the airplanes were in storage Now we can all see them

I m somewhat more than dismayed to learn that one of our greatest of the Old Timers has gone Westmiddot Next time you look at the EAA Spirit of Saint Louis project or see that beautishyful SE 5 replica in the display area think of Gil Bodeen Gil goes way back Back to the beginning The Corn County Chapter of Dekalb Illinois was largely his He was a beautiful craftsman and did woodwork the likes of which youlI se ldom see 1 can walk through the museum and see his craftsmanship in many of the machines that are there Im gonna miss you Gill But your workmanship will live on right there in the museum displays and in the flying machines at Pioneer Airshyport bull

A view of the re-arranged museum floor - and the Ryan Sew

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29

CHAPTER CAPSULES by Bob Brauer

Chapter 15 has been meeting at Bob Rings private air strip Ring Internashytional in Berwick Maine since it was formed in 1985 Known as the New England Chapter it was the result of a group of 15 EAA members with a strong interest in antique and classic aircraft The chapter was founded by its first president Bob Ring of Bershywick Henry Van Cleef of Lawrence Massachusetts Jack Copeland of Westborough Massachusetts and Alice and Richard Gilchrest of Lynn Massachusetts Membership now numshybers around 25 and the participants live in an area that includes southern New Hampshire eastern Massachusetts and southwest Maine

Ring International is a busy place because of both the clubs as well as the individual members projects Bob Ring has been restoring a Waco 2 which he salvaged as a crop duster and returned to original configuration This project plus generously providing a meeting place for the chapter and space for chapter projects leave little time for dull moments

A group of members meet every other Saturday to work on restoring a Meyers OTW owned by Gerry Barg of South Easton Massachusetts When the airplane is complete Gerry and the main restoration crew will share flight duties Also under restoration by another chapter group is a Northrop Primary Glider Most of the members are avid restorers at heart and continushyally work on projects either their own or those of fellow members As a matshyter of fact getting together at each others projects for work sessions is an ongoing activity President Errol Dow sums it up best We are an aid to each other Most people need the support of a club because not everyone has all the expertise required for a complete proshyject It becomes a learning experience for all of us

Errol further explained that the chapter stresses work sessions as part of the monthly meetings rather than the customary structured or planned proshy30 NOVEMBER 1989

Left to right Bob Ring Jock Denison Harvey Wells Errol Dow Gerry Peterson Jock Copeshyland Dick Gilchrist Louis Furnos Maurice Lambert (guest) Paul Poulson and Charlie Pearshyson

grams These sessions involve member participation in working sheet metal fabric covering and general restorashytion He notes that everyone likes to teach or instruct

This group inspiration must work since 75 percent of the members fly antique or classic aircraft Errol is reshystoring an early model Piper Pacer and charter member Dick Jackson of Rochester New Hampahire has sevshyeral Wacos of different types in the process of detailed restoration Inshycluded in Dicks collection is a rare if not the only existing Waco Model D Included among members airplanes are a Luscombe Champ and a J-3 Two or three of these old airplanes fly in to each meeting so their efforts have paid off

As far as flight is concerned howshyever Chapter 15 is not preoccupied with the past For example Jack Copeshyland has been instrumental in enshycouraging members to write the FAA and their congressmen to support EAAs position on general aviation

and airplane issues In Errol Dow s opinion EAA is doing a pretty good job in the battle for the airmans right to fly

Errol also reminisced about past chapter president Don Mc Laughlin of Hampton New Hampshire who passed away last November At a time when chapter interest was at somewhat of an ebb he earned everyones respect for re-instilling enthusiasm in members to maintain and fly old airplanes Errol indicated that he felt it was a difficult task to step into Don s shoes but from the current interest shown by memshybers Errol has made his own shoes to walk in He believes in a sustained efshyfort to get new EAA and AIC members to expand the clubs base That base is sure to grow because of the chapters desire to teach Seems as though they cant wait to get someone who is new to old airplanes so that they can show him new techniques for restoring old planes This group of New Englanders are proving that something old has a bright future bull

~~ere The Selles and Buyers lIILeet

25cent per word SSOO minimum charge Send your ad to The Vintage Trader EAA Aviation Center

Oshkosh WI 54903-2591

AIRCRAFT Replica 213 scale Jenny - 2 place 4130 Outpershyforms the original Inexpensive and fast to build shyflown to Oshkosh twice Plans - $7500 video shy$2500 info - $1 00 Wiley PO Box 6366 Longmont CO 80502 (12-3)

Cessna Airmaster - C-34 Project Warner 145 Scarab Curtiss-Reed prop Factory drawings needs new wing $12000 201 832-2009 (11-2)

Rearwin - 1940 Skyranger Good original condishytion ferryable but needs annual $6500 OBO 319 679-2324 (12-2)

MISCELLANEOUS Super Cub PA18 fuselages repaired or rebuilt - in precision master fixtures All makes of tube assemblies or fuselages repaired or fabricated new J E Soares Inc 7093 Dry Creek Road Belshygrade Montana 59714406388-6069 Repair Stashytion 065-21 (c12-89)

1910-1950 Original aviation items for sale - inshystruments wood propellers helmets goggles manuals 44-page catalog airmailed $500 Jon Alshydrich Box 706 Airport Groveland CA 95321 209 962-6121 (c-290)

Will Share my treasure of aircraft parts - 24shyyear collection with continuous additions and still buying for all types of aircraft Tell me what you need Air Salvage of Arkansas Rt 1 Box 8020 Mena Arkansas 71953 phone 501 394shy1022 anytime (c-390)

Monocoupe Rearwin Culver - Gee Bees Hall Chester etc CatalogNews - $300 Refundable Meticulous model PLANS by Vern Clements 308 Palo Allo Caldwell 1083605 (12-3)

PLANS POBER PIXIE - VW powered parasol - unlimited in low-cost pleasure flying Big roomy cockpit for the over six foot pilot VW power insures hard to beat 3 2 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 W153130 414529-2609

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$1200 plus $250 postage Send check or money order to ACRO SPORT INC Box 462 Hales Corners WI 53130 414529-2609

The Golden Age of AirRacing-Pre-1940

Vol 1 (No2 1-144 52 ) $14_95 Vol 2 (NO 21-144511 $14_95

Include postage and handling $240 for one volume - $365 both volumes

EAA AVIATION FOUNDATIONWrite Dept_ MO

EAA Aviation Center Oshkosh WI 54903-3086

The Legendary Pre-War Races The days of heroes-names such as Doolittle Turner Wedell Wittman Chester Howard-immortalized as the worlds premier race pilots during the 1930s_ Its all here Relive these great events as they unfold in this incredible 600-page two-volume series Included are official race results 1927 through 1939-more than 1000 photos and 3-view drawshyings that recapture the drama excitement and glory of air racing during the golden years Never before such complete in-depth coverage Printed on high-grade paper for sharp clear photo reproductions Major credit cards accepted-write or call

1-800-843-3612 (WI residents call 414-426-4800)

32 NOVEMBER 1989

PASS IT TO ---rJ An information exchange column with input from readers

Oh boy Here it is deadline time and I don t have anything down on paper Seems too that people are using the phone more and more I have onl y a few letters thi s month But I havc what seems li ke a million phone call s Alshymost a ll the call s are from people wantshying to ta lk to people who have written arti c les for thc magazine George Quast s se ri es of artic les o n the Aero nca C-2 rebuild has generated an inord inate number of call s all wanting hi s home address and phone number It was not in the article (Reach George (If PO Box 233 Hutchinson MinshylIesolil 55350-0233 Be sure to pass lI lollg your hest wishes to his dog Max - Ed )

I ve had ca ll s fro m Baron von Will er and the Glue Ange ls bunch out 28 NOVEMBER 1989

by Buck Hilbert (EAA 21 Ale 5) Po Box 424 Union IL 60180

San Diego way and another invite to do Mex ican Av iation Day at Ensenada There have been phone call s from San Anto nios Bill Stratton with more talk about his Liaison Pilots group from New York asking for info on Aeronca engines and call s from guys who just wanted to ta lk So me were after II 00 at night (Hey Buck A bunch of us are sitting around the bar and you ve got to settl e an argument What color was the headliner on a 1940 Champ) but in the main I ve enjoyed talking to everyone of them

I just fini shed another sojourn across the country taking in the fa ll colo rs and visiting av iatin fri ends along the way I vis ited George York in Mansfi e ld Ohio last month We di scussed aircraft judging and some o f the peculiarities

of that particul ar job at Oshkosh I ve said it often enough I hope that I really respect our j udges and their efforts during the Convention Both George and I ag ree that we could use a few more apprentices to work with the judges duri ng the Convention The program needs some new talent so guys and gals get in early and learn how the system works Let s have your input

I a lso visited Bill Doc Mitchell at Coudersport Pennsy lvania Bill s very ni ce PT- 19 is that all -s il ver one that you always see in the front row down at AIC Showplane Parking He was coerced into taking it down to the Warshybird Area a couple of times but he always seems to wind up back with us He is a lso one o f the best line boys

Ive ever encountered Along with Ray Olcott he shows up every year to do yeoman work around Pioneer Airport before the Convention I got to visit his hangar and you wouldnt believe the goodies he has That PT- 19 will be going for a good many yea rs with all the spares he has I just drooled over all that aeronautical candy

I had ideas about visiting all the people I could along the way to Boothshybay Maine but as usual my timedisshytance perception was way off base After all those years of jetting it on United Air Lines its hard to realize how long it takes to drive To me Bosshyton is about an hour and 50 minutes from O Hare We took five days I had intended to visit the Marlboro anshytiquers in Massachusetts but had to byshypass them because I flat ran out of time I also wanted to see Chuck Burtch and the gang around upstate New York but again I ran out of time Im going to change my ways and just plan localized expeditions from now on - concentrating on one area and

not tryi ng to spread it out too much I might mention that I did visit with

Father John MacGillivray in Antishygonish Nova Scotia Canada Father John as you may know donated his Tiger Moth and his rare Miles Hawk to the EAA Aviation Foundation over the years and is a mainstay of EAA He maintains his seat up at the inforshymation window at EAA Headquarters during the Convention and also conshyducts services at the Theatre In the Woods despite all the airplane noise Father John is also a real sparkplug on his home ground He keeps EAA memshybers in Canada aware and knowlegable of all that s going on He arranges chapter and dinner meetings and is the official greeter when it comes to outshyof-towners such as Dorothy and me We enjoyed our visit with him and are most apo logetic that we didnt take adshyvantage of the dinner invitation in conshycurrance with the chapter meeting

Ive also had some nice calls from donors who have their airplanes on disshyplay in the EAA Air Adventure

Museum The new arrangement of airshycraft and the display now that we have the Warbirds in the Eagle Hangar has made several of those people very happy Previous to thi s there just wasnt room and many of the airplanes were in storage Now we can all see them

I m somewhat more than dismayed to learn that one of our greatest of the Old Timers has gone Westmiddot Next time you look at the EAA Spirit of Saint Louis project or see that beautishyful SE 5 replica in the display area think of Gil Bodeen Gil goes way back Back to the beginning The Corn County Chapter of Dekalb Illinois was largely his He was a beautiful craftsman and did woodwork the likes of which youlI se ldom see 1 can walk through the museum and see his craftsmanship in many of the machines that are there Im gonna miss you Gill But your workmanship will live on right there in the museum displays and in the flying machines at Pioneer Airshyport bull

A view of the re-arranged museum floor - and the Ryan Sew

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29

CHAPTER CAPSULES by Bob Brauer

Chapter 15 has been meeting at Bob Rings private air strip Ring Internashytional in Berwick Maine since it was formed in 1985 Known as the New England Chapter it was the result of a group of 15 EAA members with a strong interest in antique and classic aircraft The chapter was founded by its first president Bob Ring of Bershywick Henry Van Cleef of Lawrence Massachusetts Jack Copeland of Westborough Massachusetts and Alice and Richard Gilchrest of Lynn Massachusetts Membership now numshybers around 25 and the participants live in an area that includes southern New Hampshire eastern Massachusetts and southwest Maine

Ring International is a busy place because of both the clubs as well as the individual members projects Bob Ring has been restoring a Waco 2 which he salvaged as a crop duster and returned to original configuration This project plus generously providing a meeting place for the chapter and space for chapter projects leave little time for dull moments

A group of members meet every other Saturday to work on restoring a Meyers OTW owned by Gerry Barg of South Easton Massachusetts When the airplane is complete Gerry and the main restoration crew will share flight duties Also under restoration by another chapter group is a Northrop Primary Glider Most of the members are avid restorers at heart and continushyally work on projects either their own or those of fellow members As a matshyter of fact getting together at each others projects for work sessions is an ongoing activity President Errol Dow sums it up best We are an aid to each other Most people need the support of a club because not everyone has all the expertise required for a complete proshyject It becomes a learning experience for all of us

Errol further explained that the chapter stresses work sessions as part of the monthly meetings rather than the customary structured or planned proshy30 NOVEMBER 1989

Left to right Bob Ring Jock Denison Harvey Wells Errol Dow Gerry Peterson Jock Copeshyland Dick Gilchrist Louis Furnos Maurice Lambert (guest) Paul Poulson and Charlie Pearshyson

grams These sessions involve member participation in working sheet metal fabric covering and general restorashytion He notes that everyone likes to teach or instruct

This group inspiration must work since 75 percent of the members fly antique or classic aircraft Errol is reshystoring an early model Piper Pacer and charter member Dick Jackson of Rochester New Hampahire has sevshyeral Wacos of different types in the process of detailed restoration Inshycluded in Dicks collection is a rare if not the only existing Waco Model D Included among members airplanes are a Luscombe Champ and a J-3 Two or three of these old airplanes fly in to each meeting so their efforts have paid off

As far as flight is concerned howshyever Chapter 15 is not preoccupied with the past For example Jack Copeshyland has been instrumental in enshycouraging members to write the FAA and their congressmen to support EAAs position on general aviation

and airplane issues In Errol Dow s opinion EAA is doing a pretty good job in the battle for the airmans right to fly

Errol also reminisced about past chapter president Don Mc Laughlin of Hampton New Hampshire who passed away last November At a time when chapter interest was at somewhat of an ebb he earned everyones respect for re-instilling enthusiasm in members to maintain and fly old airplanes Errol indicated that he felt it was a difficult task to step into Don s shoes but from the current interest shown by memshybers Errol has made his own shoes to walk in He believes in a sustained efshyfort to get new EAA and AIC members to expand the clubs base That base is sure to grow because of the chapters desire to teach Seems as though they cant wait to get someone who is new to old airplanes so that they can show him new techniques for restoring old planes This group of New Englanders are proving that something old has a bright future bull

~~ere The Selles and Buyers lIILeet

25cent per word SSOO minimum charge Send your ad to The Vintage Trader EAA Aviation Center

Oshkosh WI 54903-2591

AIRCRAFT Replica 213 scale Jenny - 2 place 4130 Outpershyforms the original Inexpensive and fast to build shyflown to Oshkosh twice Plans - $7500 video shy$2500 info - $1 00 Wiley PO Box 6366 Longmont CO 80502 (12-3)

Cessna Airmaster - C-34 Project Warner 145 Scarab Curtiss-Reed prop Factory drawings needs new wing $12000 201 832-2009 (11-2)

Rearwin - 1940 Skyranger Good original condishytion ferryable but needs annual $6500 OBO 319 679-2324 (12-2)

MISCELLANEOUS Super Cub PA18 fuselages repaired or rebuilt - in precision master fixtures All makes of tube assemblies or fuselages repaired or fabricated new J E Soares Inc 7093 Dry Creek Road Belshygrade Montana 59714406388-6069 Repair Stashytion 065-21 (c12-89)

1910-1950 Original aviation items for sale - inshystruments wood propellers helmets goggles manuals 44-page catalog airmailed $500 Jon Alshydrich Box 706 Airport Groveland CA 95321 209 962-6121 (c-290)

Will Share my treasure of aircraft parts - 24shyyear collection with continuous additions and still buying for all types of aircraft Tell me what you need Air Salvage of Arkansas Rt 1 Box 8020 Mena Arkansas 71953 phone 501 394shy1022 anytime (c-390)

Monocoupe Rearwin Culver - Gee Bees Hall Chester etc CatalogNews - $300 Refundable Meticulous model PLANS by Vern Clements 308 Palo Allo Caldwell 1083605 (12-3)

PLANS POBER PIXIE - VW powered parasol - unlimited in low-cost pleasure flying Big roomy cockpit for the over six foot pilot VW power insures hard to beat 3 2 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 W153130 414529-2609

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$1200 plus $250 postage Send check or money order to ACRO SPORT INC Box 462 Hales Corners WI 53130 414529-2609

The Golden Age of AirRacing-Pre-1940

Vol 1 (No2 1-144 52 ) $14_95 Vol 2 (NO 21-144511 $14_95

Include postage and handling $240 for one volume - $365 both volumes

EAA AVIATION FOUNDATIONWrite Dept_ MO

EAA Aviation Center Oshkosh WI 54903-3086

The Legendary Pre-War Races The days of heroes-names such as Doolittle Turner Wedell Wittman Chester Howard-immortalized as the worlds premier race pilots during the 1930s_ Its all here Relive these great events as they unfold in this incredible 600-page two-volume series Included are official race results 1927 through 1939-more than 1000 photos and 3-view drawshyings that recapture the drama excitement and glory of air racing during the golden years Never before such complete in-depth coverage Printed on high-grade paper for sharp clear photo reproductions Major credit cards accepted-write or call

1-800-843-3612 (WI residents call 414-426-4800)

32 NOVEMBER 1989

Ive ever encountered Along with Ray Olcott he shows up every year to do yeoman work around Pioneer Airport before the Convention I got to visit his hangar and you wouldnt believe the goodies he has That PT- 19 will be going for a good many yea rs with all the spares he has I just drooled over all that aeronautical candy

I had ideas about visiting all the people I could along the way to Boothshybay Maine but as usual my timedisshytance perception was way off base After all those years of jetting it on United Air Lines its hard to realize how long it takes to drive To me Bosshyton is about an hour and 50 minutes from O Hare We took five days I had intended to visit the Marlboro anshytiquers in Massachusetts but had to byshypass them because I flat ran out of time I also wanted to see Chuck Burtch and the gang around upstate New York but again I ran out of time Im going to change my ways and just plan localized expeditions from now on - concentrating on one area and

not tryi ng to spread it out too much I might mention that I did visit with

Father John MacGillivray in Antishygonish Nova Scotia Canada Father John as you may know donated his Tiger Moth and his rare Miles Hawk to the EAA Aviation Foundation over the years and is a mainstay of EAA He maintains his seat up at the inforshymation window at EAA Headquarters during the Convention and also conshyducts services at the Theatre In the Woods despite all the airplane noise Father John is also a real sparkplug on his home ground He keeps EAA memshybers in Canada aware and knowlegable of all that s going on He arranges chapter and dinner meetings and is the official greeter when it comes to outshyof-towners such as Dorothy and me We enjoyed our visit with him and are most apo logetic that we didnt take adshyvantage of the dinner invitation in conshycurrance with the chapter meeting

Ive also had some nice calls from donors who have their airplanes on disshyplay in the EAA Air Adventure

Museum The new arrangement of airshycraft and the display now that we have the Warbirds in the Eagle Hangar has made several of those people very happy Previous to thi s there just wasnt room and many of the airplanes were in storage Now we can all see them

I m somewhat more than dismayed to learn that one of our greatest of the Old Timers has gone Westmiddot Next time you look at the EAA Spirit of Saint Louis project or see that beautishyful SE 5 replica in the display area think of Gil Bodeen Gil goes way back Back to the beginning The Corn County Chapter of Dekalb Illinois was largely his He was a beautiful craftsman and did woodwork the likes of which youlI se ldom see 1 can walk through the museum and see his craftsmanship in many of the machines that are there Im gonna miss you Gill But your workmanship will live on right there in the museum displays and in the flying machines at Pioneer Airshyport bull

A view of the re-arranged museum floor - and the Ryan Sew

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29

CHAPTER CAPSULES by Bob Brauer

Chapter 15 has been meeting at Bob Rings private air strip Ring Internashytional in Berwick Maine since it was formed in 1985 Known as the New England Chapter it was the result of a group of 15 EAA members with a strong interest in antique and classic aircraft The chapter was founded by its first president Bob Ring of Bershywick Henry Van Cleef of Lawrence Massachusetts Jack Copeland of Westborough Massachusetts and Alice and Richard Gilchrest of Lynn Massachusetts Membership now numshybers around 25 and the participants live in an area that includes southern New Hampshire eastern Massachusetts and southwest Maine

Ring International is a busy place because of both the clubs as well as the individual members projects Bob Ring has been restoring a Waco 2 which he salvaged as a crop duster and returned to original configuration This project plus generously providing a meeting place for the chapter and space for chapter projects leave little time for dull moments

A group of members meet every other Saturday to work on restoring a Meyers OTW owned by Gerry Barg of South Easton Massachusetts When the airplane is complete Gerry and the main restoration crew will share flight duties Also under restoration by another chapter group is a Northrop Primary Glider Most of the members are avid restorers at heart and continushyally work on projects either their own or those of fellow members As a matshyter of fact getting together at each others projects for work sessions is an ongoing activity President Errol Dow sums it up best We are an aid to each other Most people need the support of a club because not everyone has all the expertise required for a complete proshyject It becomes a learning experience for all of us

Errol further explained that the chapter stresses work sessions as part of the monthly meetings rather than the customary structured or planned proshy30 NOVEMBER 1989

Left to right Bob Ring Jock Denison Harvey Wells Errol Dow Gerry Peterson Jock Copeshyland Dick Gilchrist Louis Furnos Maurice Lambert (guest) Paul Poulson and Charlie Pearshyson

grams These sessions involve member participation in working sheet metal fabric covering and general restorashytion He notes that everyone likes to teach or instruct

This group inspiration must work since 75 percent of the members fly antique or classic aircraft Errol is reshystoring an early model Piper Pacer and charter member Dick Jackson of Rochester New Hampahire has sevshyeral Wacos of different types in the process of detailed restoration Inshycluded in Dicks collection is a rare if not the only existing Waco Model D Included among members airplanes are a Luscombe Champ and a J-3 Two or three of these old airplanes fly in to each meeting so their efforts have paid off

As far as flight is concerned howshyever Chapter 15 is not preoccupied with the past For example Jack Copeshyland has been instrumental in enshycouraging members to write the FAA and their congressmen to support EAAs position on general aviation

and airplane issues In Errol Dow s opinion EAA is doing a pretty good job in the battle for the airmans right to fly

Errol also reminisced about past chapter president Don Mc Laughlin of Hampton New Hampshire who passed away last November At a time when chapter interest was at somewhat of an ebb he earned everyones respect for re-instilling enthusiasm in members to maintain and fly old airplanes Errol indicated that he felt it was a difficult task to step into Don s shoes but from the current interest shown by memshybers Errol has made his own shoes to walk in He believes in a sustained efshyfort to get new EAA and AIC members to expand the clubs base That base is sure to grow because of the chapters desire to teach Seems as though they cant wait to get someone who is new to old airplanes so that they can show him new techniques for restoring old planes This group of New Englanders are proving that something old has a bright future bull

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Cessna Airmaster - C-34 Project Warner 145 Scarab Curtiss-Reed prop Factory drawings needs new wing $12000 201 832-2009 (11-2)

Rearwin - 1940 Skyranger Good original condishytion ferryable but needs annual $6500 OBO 319 679-2324 (12-2)

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1910-1950 Original aviation items for sale - inshystruments wood propellers helmets goggles manuals 44-page catalog airmailed $500 Jon Alshydrich Box 706 Airport Groveland CA 95321 209 962-6121 (c-290)

Will Share my treasure of aircraft parts - 24shyyear collection with continuous additions and still buying for all types of aircraft Tell me what you need Air Salvage of Arkansas Rt 1 Box 8020 Mena Arkansas 71953 phone 501 394shy1022 anytime (c-390)

Monocoupe Rearwin Culver - Gee Bees Hall Chester etc CatalogNews - $300 Refundable Meticulous model PLANS by Vern Clements 308 Palo Allo Caldwell 1083605 (12-3)

PLANS POBER PIXIE - VW powered parasol - unlimited in low-cost pleasure flying Big roomy cockpit for the over six foot pilot VW power insures hard to beat 3 2 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 W153130 414529-2609

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$1200 plus $250 postage Send check or money order to ACRO SPORT INC Box 462 Hales Corners WI 53130 414529-2609

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The Legendary Pre-War Races The days of heroes-names such as Doolittle Turner Wedell Wittman Chester Howard-immortalized as the worlds premier race pilots during the 1930s_ Its all here Relive these great events as they unfold in this incredible 600-page two-volume series Included are official race results 1927 through 1939-more than 1000 photos and 3-view drawshyings that recapture the drama excitement and glory of air racing during the golden years Never before such complete in-depth coverage Printed on high-grade paper for sharp clear photo reproductions Major credit cards accepted-write or call

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CHAPTER CAPSULES by Bob Brauer

Chapter 15 has been meeting at Bob Rings private air strip Ring Internashytional in Berwick Maine since it was formed in 1985 Known as the New England Chapter it was the result of a group of 15 EAA members with a strong interest in antique and classic aircraft The chapter was founded by its first president Bob Ring of Bershywick Henry Van Cleef of Lawrence Massachusetts Jack Copeland of Westborough Massachusetts and Alice and Richard Gilchrest of Lynn Massachusetts Membership now numshybers around 25 and the participants live in an area that includes southern New Hampshire eastern Massachusetts and southwest Maine

Ring International is a busy place because of both the clubs as well as the individual members projects Bob Ring has been restoring a Waco 2 which he salvaged as a crop duster and returned to original configuration This project plus generously providing a meeting place for the chapter and space for chapter projects leave little time for dull moments

A group of members meet every other Saturday to work on restoring a Meyers OTW owned by Gerry Barg of South Easton Massachusetts When the airplane is complete Gerry and the main restoration crew will share flight duties Also under restoration by another chapter group is a Northrop Primary Glider Most of the members are avid restorers at heart and continushyally work on projects either their own or those of fellow members As a matshyter of fact getting together at each others projects for work sessions is an ongoing activity President Errol Dow sums it up best We are an aid to each other Most people need the support of a club because not everyone has all the expertise required for a complete proshyject It becomes a learning experience for all of us

Errol further explained that the chapter stresses work sessions as part of the monthly meetings rather than the customary structured or planned proshy30 NOVEMBER 1989

Left to right Bob Ring Jock Denison Harvey Wells Errol Dow Gerry Peterson Jock Copeshyland Dick Gilchrist Louis Furnos Maurice Lambert (guest) Paul Poulson and Charlie Pearshyson

grams These sessions involve member participation in working sheet metal fabric covering and general restorashytion He notes that everyone likes to teach or instruct

This group inspiration must work since 75 percent of the members fly antique or classic aircraft Errol is reshystoring an early model Piper Pacer and charter member Dick Jackson of Rochester New Hampahire has sevshyeral Wacos of different types in the process of detailed restoration Inshycluded in Dicks collection is a rare if not the only existing Waco Model D Included among members airplanes are a Luscombe Champ and a J-3 Two or three of these old airplanes fly in to each meeting so their efforts have paid off

As far as flight is concerned howshyever Chapter 15 is not preoccupied with the past For example Jack Copeshyland has been instrumental in enshycouraging members to write the FAA and their congressmen to support EAAs position on general aviation

and airplane issues In Errol Dow s opinion EAA is doing a pretty good job in the battle for the airmans right to fly

Errol also reminisced about past chapter president Don Mc Laughlin of Hampton New Hampshire who passed away last November At a time when chapter interest was at somewhat of an ebb he earned everyones respect for re-instilling enthusiasm in members to maintain and fly old airplanes Errol indicated that he felt it was a difficult task to step into Don s shoes but from the current interest shown by memshybers Errol has made his own shoes to walk in He believes in a sustained efshyfort to get new EAA and AIC members to expand the clubs base That base is sure to grow because of the chapters desire to teach Seems as though they cant wait to get someone who is new to old airplanes so that they can show him new techniques for restoring old planes This group of New Englanders are proving that something old has a bright future bull

~~ere The Selles and Buyers lIILeet

25cent per word SSOO minimum charge Send your ad to The Vintage Trader EAA Aviation Center

Oshkosh WI 54903-2591

AIRCRAFT Replica 213 scale Jenny - 2 place 4130 Outpershyforms the original Inexpensive and fast to build shyflown to Oshkosh twice Plans - $7500 video shy$2500 info - $1 00 Wiley PO Box 6366 Longmont CO 80502 (12-3)

Cessna Airmaster - C-34 Project Warner 145 Scarab Curtiss-Reed prop Factory drawings needs new wing $12000 201 832-2009 (11-2)

Rearwin - 1940 Skyranger Good original condishytion ferryable but needs annual $6500 OBO 319 679-2324 (12-2)

MISCELLANEOUS Super Cub PA18 fuselages repaired or rebuilt - in precision master fixtures All makes of tube assemblies or fuselages repaired or fabricated new J E Soares Inc 7093 Dry Creek Road Belshygrade Montana 59714406388-6069 Repair Stashytion 065-21 (c12-89)

1910-1950 Original aviation items for sale - inshystruments wood propellers helmets goggles manuals 44-page catalog airmailed $500 Jon Alshydrich Box 706 Airport Groveland CA 95321 209 962-6121 (c-290)

Will Share my treasure of aircraft parts - 24shyyear collection with continuous additions and still buying for all types of aircraft Tell me what you need Air Salvage of Arkansas Rt 1 Box 8020 Mena Arkansas 71953 phone 501 394shy1022 anytime (c-390)

Monocoupe Rearwin Culver - Gee Bees Hall Chester etc CatalogNews - $300 Refundable Meticulous model PLANS by Vern Clements 308 Palo Allo Caldwell 1083605 (12-3)

PLANS POBER PIXIE - VW powered parasol - unlimited in low-cost pleasure flying Big roomy cockpit for the over six foot pilot VW power insures hard to beat 3 2 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 W153130 414529-2609

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$1200 plus $250 postage Send check or money order to ACRO SPORT INC Box 462 Hales Corners WI 53130 414529-2609

The Golden Age of AirRacing-Pre-1940

Vol 1 (No2 1-144 52 ) $14_95 Vol 2 (NO 21-144511 $14_95

Include postage and handling $240 for one volume - $365 both volumes

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EAA Aviation Center Oshkosh WI 54903-3086

The Legendary Pre-War Races The days of heroes-names such as Doolittle Turner Wedell Wittman Chester Howard-immortalized as the worlds premier race pilots during the 1930s_ Its all here Relive these great events as they unfold in this incredible 600-page two-volume series Included are official race results 1927 through 1939-more than 1000 photos and 3-view drawshyings that recapture the drama excitement and glory of air racing during the golden years Never before such complete in-depth coverage Printed on high-grade paper for sharp clear photo reproductions Major credit cards accepted-write or call

1-800-843-3612 (WI residents call 414-426-4800)

32 NOVEMBER 1989

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25cent per word SSOO minimum charge Send your ad to The Vintage Trader EAA Aviation Center

Oshkosh WI 54903-2591

AIRCRAFT Replica 213 scale Jenny - 2 place 4130 Outpershyforms the original Inexpensive and fast to build shyflown to Oshkosh twice Plans - $7500 video shy$2500 info - $1 00 Wiley PO Box 6366 Longmont CO 80502 (12-3)

Cessna Airmaster - C-34 Project Warner 145 Scarab Curtiss-Reed prop Factory drawings needs new wing $12000 201 832-2009 (11-2)

Rearwin - 1940 Skyranger Good original condishytion ferryable but needs annual $6500 OBO 319 679-2324 (12-2)

MISCELLANEOUS Super Cub PA18 fuselages repaired or rebuilt - in precision master fixtures All makes of tube assemblies or fuselages repaired or fabricated new J E Soares Inc 7093 Dry Creek Road Belshygrade Montana 59714406388-6069 Repair Stashytion 065-21 (c12-89)

1910-1950 Original aviation items for sale - inshystruments wood propellers helmets goggles manuals 44-page catalog airmailed $500 Jon Alshydrich Box 706 Airport Groveland CA 95321 209 962-6121 (c-290)

Will Share my treasure of aircraft parts - 24shyyear collection with continuous additions and still buying for all types of aircraft Tell me what you need Air Salvage of Arkansas Rt 1 Box 8020 Mena Arkansas 71953 phone 501 394shy1022 anytime (c-390)

Monocoupe Rearwin Culver - Gee Bees Hall Chester etc CatalogNews - $300 Refundable Meticulous model PLANS by Vern Clements 308 Palo Allo Caldwell 1083605 (12-3)

PLANS POBER PIXIE - VW powered parasol - unlimited in low-cost pleasure flying Big roomy cockpit for the over six foot pilot VW power insures hard to beat 3 2 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 W153130 414529-2609

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$1200 plus $250 postage Send check or money order to ACRO SPORT INC Box 462 Hales Corners WI 53130 414529-2609

The Golden Age of AirRacing-Pre-1940

Vol 1 (No2 1-144 52 ) $14_95 Vol 2 (NO 21-144511 $14_95

Include postage and handling $240 for one volume - $365 both volumes

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The Legendary Pre-War Races The days of heroes-names such as Doolittle Turner Wedell Wittman Chester Howard-immortalized as the worlds premier race pilots during the 1930s_ Its all here Relive these great events as they unfold in this incredible 600-page two-volume series Included are official race results 1927 through 1939-more than 1000 photos and 3-view drawshyings that recapture the drama excitement and glory of air racing during the golden years Never before such complete in-depth coverage Printed on high-grade paper for sharp clear photo reproductions Major credit cards accepted-write or call

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Airplanes come in a variety of shapes and sizes This one can be conshysidered an extreme in shape at least The photo was submitted by Pete Bowshyers of Seattle Washington date and location unknown Answers will be published in the February 1990 issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE Deadline for that issue is December 10 1989

John Underwood of Glendale California gave an extensive answer to the Mystery Plane for August 1989 He writes

It is the prototype Cycloplane built in Los Angeles in 1930 by O L Woodson and Dick Myhers The comshypany marketed a low cost flight trainshying program which consisted of a grass cutter and solo trainer both motivated by the 22-hp Cyclomotor two-stroke twin Only eight or 10 outshyfits were sold before the company went belly up Woodson the designer (Woodson Express Simplex Red Arrow etc) went on to a distinguished career with Northrop and Bell which included the first American jet fighter

skills ($250hr wet) on Cycloplanes were A W (Tony) Le Vier Jim Dewey of Screaming EagleSanta Paula fame Ruth Reinhold (Barry Goldwater campaign pilot and Arizona aviation pioneer) and Mary Wiggins motion picture stunt flier and among the first to throw in with Cochrans WASP X-144W survived well into war years long after the Cyclomotor had pooped out as a primary glider

Other answers were received from Charley Hayes of Park Forest Illinois

H G Buffington of EI Dorado Arkanshysas George W Friess of Lakewood California Bob Armstrong of Rawlshyings Maryland William O Williams Jr of Bryan Ohio Lynn Towns of Baton Rapids Michigan Ed Garber of Fayetteville North Carolina and Frank H Abar Jr of Livonia Michishygan Hal Swanson of Shoreview Minshynesota and Marty Eisenmann of Garshyrettsville Ohio

Reference U S Civil Aircraft Vol 5 by Joseph Juptner p 132 bull

Among those who sharpened their Cycloplane VINTAGE AIRPLANE 35

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WRIGHT EX VIN F1Z lSI trans-US flight 1911

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ALBAlROS DVA German WWI fi ghter

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CURTISS NC4 ISl trans-Atlantic flight 1919

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by George Hardie Jr

Airplanes come in a variety of shapes and sizes This one can be conshysidered an extreme in shape at least The photo was submitted by Pete Bowshyers of Seattle Washington date and location unknown Answers will be published in the February 1990 issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE Deadline for that issue is December 10 1989

John Underwood of Glendale California gave an extensive answer to the Mystery Plane for August 1989 He writes

It is the prototype Cycloplane built in Los Angeles in 1930 by O L Woodson and Dick Myhers The comshypany marketed a low cost flight trainshying program which consisted of a grass cutter and solo trainer both motivated by the 22-hp Cyclomotor two-stroke twin Only eight or 10 outshyfits were sold before the company went belly up Woodson the designer (Woodson Express Simplex Red Arrow etc) went on to a distinguished career with Northrop and Bell which included the first American jet fighter

skills ($250hr wet) on Cycloplanes were A W (Tony) Le Vier Jim Dewey of Screaming EagleSanta Paula fame Ruth Reinhold (Barry Goldwater campaign pilot and Arizona aviation pioneer) and Mary Wiggins motion picture stunt flier and among the first to throw in with Cochrans WASP X-144W survived well into war years long after the Cyclomotor had pooped out as a primary glider

Other answers were received from Charley Hayes of Park Forest Illinois

H G Buffington of EI Dorado Arkanshysas George W Friess of Lakewood California Bob Armstrong of Rawlshyings Maryland William O Williams Jr of Bryan Ohio Lynn Towns of Baton Rapids Michigan Ed Garber of Fayetteville North Carolina and Frank H Abar Jr of Livonia Michishygan Hal Swanson of Shoreview Minshynesota and Marty Eisenmann of Garshyrettsville Ohio

Reference U S Civil Aircraft Vol 5 by Joseph Juptner p 132 bull

Among those who sharpened their Cycloplane VINTAGE AIRPLANE 35

by George Hardie Jr

Airplanes come in a variety of shapes and sizes This one can be conshysidered an extreme in shape at least The photo was submitted by Pete Bowshyers of Seattle Washington date and location unknown Answers will be published in the February 1990 issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE Deadline for that issue is December 10 1989

John Underwood of Glendale California gave an extensive answer to the Mystery Plane for August 1989 He writes

It is the prototype Cycloplane built in Los Angeles in 1930 by O L Woodson and Dick Myhers The comshypany marketed a low cost flight trainshying program which consisted of a grass cutter and solo trainer both motivated by the 22-hp Cyclomotor two-stroke twin Only eight or 10 outshyfits were sold before the company went belly up Woodson the designer (Woodson Express Simplex Red Arrow etc) went on to a distinguished career with Northrop and Bell which included the first American jet fighter

skills ($250hr wet) on Cycloplanes were A W (Tony) Le Vier Jim Dewey of Screaming EagleSanta Paula fame Ruth Reinhold (Barry Goldwater campaign pilot and Arizona aviation pioneer) and Mary Wiggins motion picture stunt flier and among the first to throw in with Cochrans WASP X-144W survived well into war years long after the Cyclomotor had pooped out as a primary glider

Other answers were received from Charley Hayes of Park Forest Illinois

H G Buffington of EI Dorado Arkanshysas George W Friess of Lakewood California Bob Armstrong of Rawlshyings Maryland William O Williams Jr of Bryan Ohio Lynn Towns of Baton Rapids Michigan Ed Garber of Fayetteville North Carolina and Frank H Abar Jr of Livonia Michishygan Hal Swanson of Shoreview Minshynesota and Marty Eisenmann of Garshyrettsville Ohio

Reference U S Civil Aircraft Vol 5 by Joseph Juptner p 132 bull

Among those who sharpened their Cycloplane VINTAGE AIRPLANE 35