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EDITORIALSTAFFPublisher

Tom Poberezny

October 1993 Vol. 21, No. 10

CONTENTS1 Straight & Level /

Espie "Butch" Joyce

2 AlC News /compiled by H .G Frautschy

4 Type Club Notes /No rm P ete rsen

6 Vintage Aeromail

7 Hints For Restorers Page 9

8 From The EAA Archives

9 I t Happens Every Year

EAA OSHKOSH! /H.G. Frautschy

18 Sunderland Scrapbook /Norm Peterse n

19 Les Steen's Legacy -The Driggs Skylark/H .G. Frautschy

25 Pass it to Buck /E E . "B uck " Hilb ert

27 Welcome New Members

29 AlC Calendar

28 Mystery Plane /G eo rg e Hardie

30 Vintage Trader Page 19

FRONT COVER Jack Steen pilots his 1931 Driggs Skylark, winner of theAntique Grand Champion trophy at EAA OSHKOSH '93. Restoration of theDriggs was started by Jack 's late father, Les Steen. EAA photo by CarlSchuppel. Shot with a Canon EOS-1 equipped with an 80-200mm lens. 1/500sec, at f5.6 on Kodak Kodachrome 64. Cessna 210 photo plane piloted byBruce Moore .

BACK COVER Kermit Weeks wings the Short Sunderland S.25 he recentlyh d h l l d f f hi

Vice-President ,Marketing and Communications

Dick M at t

Editor -in-Ch ief

Jack CoxEditor

Henry G, Frautschy

Managing EditorGolda Cox

Art DirectorMike D rucks

Computer Graphic SpecialistsOlivia l. Phillip

Sara Hansen Jennifer Larsen

AdvertisingMary Jones

Associate EditorNorm Petersen

Feature WritersG e o rg e Hardie , Jr. Dennis Parks

Staff Photograp hersJim Koepnick Mike Steineke

Carl Schuppel Donna Bushman

Editor ial AssistantIsabelle Wiske

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by Espie "Butch" Joyce

I was in Atlanta, Georgia the 3rdweek of September at the NBAA (National Business Aircraft Association)Convention. I was curious to see howtheir convention was conducted . Theyhad a large display in the conventioncenter - the entire exhibit hall was filled.I was surprised to see the number of exhibitors they had there. A number oflarge aircraft were there including Learjet, Sikorsky, etc. Beechcraft had a display also, a mockup of their jet aircraft,and also had a full size King Air insidethe hall. I am sure this aircraft had to

have been disassembled and reassembled there. While there Beechcraft announced they had acquired the Hawkerbusiness jet line and would be manufacturing the jets under the Beechcraftname. Swearingen had their small sixplace jet there that they will be building- a real intriguing aircraft.

Also in the display area were theavionics people with all their video display instrumentation. There were alsoquite a few large fixed base operatorslooking for business , such as Millionaireand Eagle Aviation from Columbia,South Carolina-just to name a couple.I was surprised at the number of aircraftpainting, refurbishing and interior com

STRAIGHT LEVEL

craft take off and land. I arrived thereon Sunday and enjoyed their excellentSunday brunch which is served from11:30 to 2:30. We went there one nightfor dinner with some people who attended the show. I highly recommendthis place if you are in the area - the mu

sic and ambiance is just wonderful.I was very surprised to see severalpeople at the convention whom I havenot seen in quite a while . One of themwas Mr. Foye Owen who at one timedid some engine work for me on aWarner 185. Foye moved up to becomethe head of the ground power unit /turboengine department with Piedmont Aviation , now ca ll ed Piedmont Aviation Services. Piedmont has always enjoyed avery good reputation for engine rebui lds, especially radial engines, sincethat's what Piedmont was running whenthey operated DC-3 's. Because of livingin this area all my life , I have knownmost of the people who have workedthere. I also saw some other peoplewho had started out as ag pilots whom T

haven't seen in quite some time and arenow flying corporate aircraft. Theyhave moved more to the business side ofaviation, unlike me; I m still in the sportside.

Everything was very upbeat at thisconvention. The slogan that NBAAhad this year was " No Plane, No Gain."They were trying to start a campaign toconvince business and others aroundthe country that aviation is a benefit toindustry and to local areas near aviationbusinesses . Aviat ion as an industryhelps expand the tax base, and theNBAA would like to help others seethis benefit . I think this is a very goodidea.

you get this group together, you havequite a number of people , nearly 120 individuals who volunteer their time toserve EAA and the various EAA Divisions. T would like to report that yourmembership continues to grow at a veryhealthy rate and as it grows, your maga

zine will continue to improve as we havetalked about in the past. We will be instigating a new membership drive sometime around the first of the year to tryto increase our membership even more.The larger the group of people we have ,the more solid and better service we will

be able to give each individual member.I know that if your October calendar

looks like mine, you realize that it is going to be a busy fly-in mon th. t seemsthere will be four or five fly-ins for anygiven weekend for the month of October. I just want to caution everyoneagain to use good judgment when attending these fly-ins and exercise greatcare with yourself , your passenger andyour aircraft as we can ' t afford to loseanyone or have anyone hurt. Please ask

anyone you know who is interested inour type of aircraft, and is not a member, to join.

T had an interesting visit with a potential member at the NBAA convention while at the Young Eagle booth. Ayoung gentleman and his wife walkedup. He was very inquisitive about theYoung Eagles program. The lady at thebooth asked if he was a member of theEAA and he said no, he was not. Iasked him what kind of airplane he flewand he said that he flew an Aeronca7AC Champ. Just the type of fellow weare looking for He is just having agood time flying a 7AC Champ and interested in sharing his interest in avia



compiled b y H.G. Frautschy and Norm Petersen

Matty Laird extends best wishes to Jimmy Doo little as immy prepares to leave withthe Super Solution to enter the 1931 Bendix Trophy Race

JIMMY DOOLITTLI

Just as this issue was going to press we learne d of the passing of the last remaining pre-WWII wi nn er of th e Thompson Trophy, Jimmy D oo littl e.H aving attained the experienced age of 96, he passed away at his son's hom e inPebble Beach , CA on Monday , September 27. With a career that literally spann edthe modern history of manned flight, the retire d Lt. General was known worldwide for his achievements in aviation. We'll have more in photos and wordson the remarkable life of James H. D oo little in next month 's editio n of VlNT AGE AIRPLANE.

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STOLEN CUB

Sadly we receiv ed the fo llowin g not efrom the Riley family in upstate NewYork:

Dear Fe llow EAA Members:On August 5, 1993 , our family's 1946

J-3 Cub was stolen from its han gar atStanton , Airport , New Paltz , NY. Theaircraft's registration number is N70879,S N 17899. The Cub has a ContinentalA-65-8F engine , Serial Number 4113968.

f anyone knows the location of theaircraft , please contact either the own

e r at 914-431-6263 (days) , or 914-6874384 (nights), or Investigator Nuzzo ofthe New York State Police at 914-6912922.

As you can imagine, this has been ater r ibl e e motion a l ex perie nce for ourfamily and any leads on finding our airplane would be sincere ly appreciated.

Robin and M arcy RileyDavid and Chrissy RileyEAA 261450We hope fellow memb ers can be on

the lookout for th e cu lpri ts or the Cub be sure and call the Police if you haveany information .

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ANYBODY BUY THE

TURNER GOODIES?We have been a lerted by Frank

Hashek (EAA 218178) of the unusualauction sa le of the contents of a warehouse in Noblesville, Indiana , on Jul y24,1993. Apparently a cache of old collectibles was found in the old beer dis-tributorship building and it had laid untouched for m any yea rs. A local e ntrepreneur had purchased the contentsof the building and put th e e ntir e lot o nsa le at a uction. What persuaded th eowner to se ll was the opening of a cardboard box revealing a host of personalitems from the aviat ion pion eer, Ro scoeTurner.

Includ ed were his flying goggles in asilver case, a pilot's lea th er cap, an in

sulated flying suit and boots, and do zensof meda ls and pins Turner rec eive d inflying co mp et i tion s and promotions.The box also contained Turner' s addressbook and a li on ' s claw be li ev e d tohave co me off Gilmore, a pe t lion th atTurner took along on some of his flightsas a gimmic k and later donat ed to th eLos Angeles Zoo.

Turner , a dashing figure with a waxedmustache, ran a flying school and ae rocompany in Indian apolis for many years.H e died in 1970. His personal effec tsprobably ended up in the warehouse because it was ow n ed by relative s ofTurner's wife .

All told , about 2,000 salab le it e ms

A rece nt discov ery disclosed that th eFranklin Engine Club, of Un derwood ,Indi a na, (which has no FAA cert ification to p erfo rm aircraft e ngine maint enance) overhau led a Franklin engin e anda ppro ved it for ret urn to service . Thesubjec t engine contained improperly inst a lled connecting rod caps, hardwaresto r e and automotiv e variety hardware,tractor and truck engine main rod bearings, a misa lign ed and loose propellershaf t , missing crankcase through boltsea ls, improper valve spr ing tension, improperly installed cylinder lin ers a ndva lve guid es, and an o il ga llery plug wasleft out. T he a ppro va l for return to ser

vice for this engine was signed with a fic-titious mec hani c name and numb er.The work m ans hip in this case ren

dered the engin e a hazard to operate.The engi ne would have s uffered catastrop hic failure if it had been put intose rvic e as receive d fro m the Fr a nklinEngine Club . t is believed that thisgroup of peo p le (who somet ime use theFranklin Engine Club as o ne of their

many names) has performed maintena nce o n, or man ufactur ed parts for ,Franklin engin es for a considerable number of years and may have opera ted under other individual andlor organizationnames in the past.

To da t e, five FAA violations agains tthe gro up hav e failed to curtail their activity. The organization continu es to ad

ve rt i se in aviation-trade m agazinesand continues to conduct hazardo us aircraf t e ngi ne maint e nanc e. This appeared in the General Aviation Airworthin ess Alert, Marc h 1993. Prepared bythe U. S. D ept. of Transportation - FAAAC No 43-16.

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P E C L U B

Emhe Bu c k New,[e . theofficial newsletter o f the Bucker Club,edited by Chris Arvanites and pub-lished by John Bergeson (Tel. 517-5612393 eves weekends):

Dave Gauth ier of Auburn, W Awrote to say that he found somethingwhen he took off the undercarriage toclean and paint and he would like totell our members about it. He sandblasted three or four coats of old Spanish Air Force paint off the unit andfound it to be clean, shiny metal withno sign of rust except for some 23 smallpin holes rusted through the tubingnear the bot tom fit t ings where thethree tubes come together. Theseholes varied from pin size to 1116 and

had not broken through the paint yet.They appeared to have rusted from theinside out.

Dave then took out his Maule testeras per FAA AD 77-03-08 and Piperservice bulletin 528 instructions andpunched it clear to the top of the scalewith no distortion anywhere on theunit. After tapping vigorously with ahammer, he was able to knock enoughrust scales loose on the inside to hearthem rattle. So it appears, he says, thatunless we slosh the inside of the tubingwith linseed oil before we seal it, thatin another 30 years or so, we are goingto have more strut failures and theMaule test will probably work best just

NOTEScompiled by Norm Petersen

From the Luscombe Associat ionNewsletter edited by John Bergeson(Tel. 517-561-2393) under Restora-tion/Maintenance/Modification Suggestions:

More on wing spars: We contactedJack Norris (11613 Seminole Cir.,Northridge, CA 91326, 818-360-1105)and sent him $2 for his complete analysis of the Luscombe wing spar problemand how to inspect it. Wow, was i tcomplete I was impressed with whatJack had to say (he's an aeronauticalengineer) . For example, he tells usthat the spar material for the spars thatare giving the problems is 17-ST (ormore recently designated 2017-T4).He points out that this s now an obso

lete alloy. (Note: Univair uses 2024-T3for their new Luscombe spars.) Jackalso presented a stress analysis of theentire wing. He also points out that its a bad idea to lift a wing by the wing

tip in order to raise a wheel off theground - as if to put blocks under theaxle so that a t ire could be changed.This s because the tip spars are essentially sheet metal and lifting a wing bythe tip puts over 7 g's on this sheetmetal . Clearly not a good idea. Amuch bet ter way to lift the wing iswhere the struts attach - however, thismay take two people to do the liftinginstead of one.

during manufacture? Boiled linseedoil was used on many aircraft to coatthe inside of the tubing, but was thisprocess used on the PT's?

While we re on the subject o f corrosion lets talk a little bit about preventingwood rot in wings. The July issue oEAA's EXPERIMENTER magazinehas a very good article by Bob Whittieron understanding wood rot. In the article is a photo o f a PT-19 wing with seaplane grommets on it. Not only do thegrommets allow water to drain out, theyare part o the wing's vital ventilationsystem . We ve used seaplane grommetson all o our rebuilds. Remember tokeep the holes clear so that water canrun out .

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From the International Swift Association, Inc. newsletter edited by CharlieNelson, Box 644, Athens, TN 373710644:

Swift Maintenance: We constantlystay on the alert for items of interestper the maintenance of the Swift. TheSwift Works shop here frequently reveals items of interest. At present, Joe"Spitfire" Wynen's Swift is in for anextensive annual inspection. Lots ofdescrepancies but nothing that has notbeen covered in detail For example;



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Be sure your inspector knows what heis looking for when he looks. f hedoesn't know, you may be paying toomuch for nothing.

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From the Cessna 150-152 News, theofficial newsletter o f the Cessna 150-152Club, edited by Skip Carden Tel. 919471-9492), comes a bit o f very practicaladvice:

Some years ago I parked my planewhile I went into the airport to pay formy fuel. With parking brake on, Iknew it would be safe until I returned .. . it wasn't. A passing plane 's propwash against the side of the fuselagemade it weathervane - just missing another. From then on, I never trustedthe parking brakes in any airplane

When I bought N9225L with its freecastering nosewheel, I once again became aware that I needed some cheapchocks . There are several companies

that se ll sm a ll li gh tweig h t a lu m inu mchoc ks ma de fro m angle stock. Somehow, I just did not th in k t hey wo uld dothe job that I wante d . In loo k ing for asuitab le type of a lum in um extrusion , Icame across wh at I t h ink is t h e idea llightweig ht chock materia l

Last Sat u r d ay, I we n t to t h e loca lhardware store to b uy some a lu minumangle to make a set of li g h tweightchocks . Whi le looking through the doit-yourself a lu min um display, I foundwhat I had been looking for in an extrusion. t was a " R andal l A-1600Stair Nosing that covers the edges ofstairs. The 3-foot length was priced at$5.29, well within my budget.

Well let's see, a 3-foot piece of material can be cut into six 6-inch pieceswhich will give you chocks for ALLwhee ls (3). f you only want chocks forthe mains , then of course you can cutfour 9-inch pieces. With that full swivelnosewheel on '92L, I decided that Iwanted a set for ALL wheels.

This material is s t rong but light

weight . Its sha pe wi ll dig in when pressu re is a p plie d t o the a ngled su rface.This grip is important when o n a hards u rface. I have seen the an g le onesslide as press ure was app lied. T hey alsostack in a nice (compact) bunch whichcan be sec u red in a heavy duty grip

tight freezer bag, or as I d id, w i th theuse of a large rubber band. My 6-inchlong chocks ta k e up very little spaceand the length is s lightly wider than thetire tread.

Prepare the material for cutt ing bymarking off 6 or 9-inch lengths.marked the extrusion with a MagicMarker and rechecked my marks before cutting. Use a good hacksaw witha sharp blade and take your time andyou will be rewarded with a nice looking set of chocks.

You can drill small holes and use 1/8inch ny lon cord to tie the chocks inpairs, but they will not store as wellthis way. You can also use the permanent marker to put your name or Nnumber on them if you like.

RANDALL A-1600 " STAIR NOS A FINISHED SET OF CHOCKS CHOCKS STACKED

ING " ALUMINUM EXTENSION FOR STORAGE

MORE TECHNICALINFORMATION .

Editors Note: In response to my plea to

the membership for technical informationfor the pages of VINTAGE AIRPLANE

ing• All landing gear struts were corroded

similar to the lift struts, requiring replacement.

• Cracks were found in almost everyspar cap flange in the fixed tail surfaces

Luscombe . Intergranular aluminum corrosion is terribly serious when it does occur, but it has been limited to a few postwar metal wing aircraft. The most widespread problems seem to be corrosion inthe steel lift and landing gear struts and



MAIL

Dear Editor,

The following excerpt is from a letterwritten by my father s friend, Rober tReifstahl. It is about my father and hisfriend and their first experience with anA IN-4 airplane in 1926 . I thought thatyou might like to hear about this story .

In the summer o f 1926, I was residingin Northbrook, Illinois. As has been themajority o f my life, I spent my time fixingthings (at that time it was the local bicycles).

I was riding back and forth fromNorthbrook to the church school in Glenview, Illinois. Your father was in the sameclass.

One day I was out riding my bike whenI saw an airplane circling and comingdown . It disappear ed behind a rise in theground, so I had to invest igate. It had

landed in a farmer's field about a mileaway. I met a couple o f barnstormersnamed Jack Faulkner and Art Wages .From then on I spent all o f my spare timethere. I carried gas and etc . for the Jennyand hung around .

One day your dad came up to see meand we went to see the plane . Art asked usto help him push the plane out onto thefield. We did and put the chocks underthe wheels. Art asked me how much gashe ha d . I climbed on the wing andchecked . He had about 20 minutes. Artsaid "O.K., Bob; get in , " and I did. Artwent around by the prop. He hollered"Switch of Give me full choke and halfthrottle " He ll d the th gh a

afraid that my mother would recognizeme and I hadn't gotten permission to go

up.Art took us up about 5000 feet so that

we could see across Lake Michigan anddown through the Chicago Loop. It wasabout the clearest day o f the summer .

On the light side, I also remember mydad s tale of his episode. He said that after his first flight he couldn t ride his bikefast enough to get home and tell his parents about his ride in the Jenny. This oneincident altered his life because he laterbecame a fighter pilot during World WarII. The planes he flew were PT-19, AT-6,PAO, P-39, Spitfire and his favorite, P-51Mustang. He served in the 12th AirAorce Panama , 15th Air Force England,North Africa and Corsica .

Thanks for maintaining such a greatorganization

Sincerely,Jonathan R. SmithGlenview,ILEAA 265687, A/C 3699

Dear Mr. Petersen,

Please refer to your article on Pages16/17 of the July, 1993 issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE. Among others youhave a photograph of a Great Lakes withseveral automobiles in the background.Now I hate to nitpick-no, that isn't true,I love to nitpick but hate to admit it. You

th t g th t in th b k

Yours truly,Robert Wynne

Mercer Island, W AEAA 111545, A/C 3722

Dear Robert,

Reference is drawn t your kind lettero f July 17 regarding my identification o f a1935 Ford convertible in VINTAGE AIRPLANE.

Needless t say, I knew I had that onecorrect, so I showed your letter to " Buck "Hilbert- the expert He suggested wewalk out to Pioneer Airport and look inthe Pitcairn Hangar which just happens todisplay a '34 Ford roadster and a '35 FordPhaeton. We did .

Nuts The '34 has flat headlights, vertical grills on the sides o f the hood and no

horizontal chrome pieces in the grill . Thisis exactly as you suspected The photo inthe magazine shows a 1934 Ford roadster.

The '35 has bullet-shaped headlights, asquare pattern in the hood louvers andhorizontal chrome strips on the grill .

I congratulate you on having an extremely sharp eye and the wealth oknowledge to go with it Blessings on you,Robert. - Norm

Dear Mr. Frautschy,

With regard to the photo of the GreatLakes 2T-1A on page 17 of the July VINTAGE A IRPLA N E it was t k t th



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Quicker than a wink the summerarrives and before we know it, many o us head off to Wisconsin for what becomes the centero the sport aviation world and for those o us in the EAA Antique/Classic Division, that means a week o older

airplanes andfriends, all mixed togetherfor an enjoyable time. On the following pages you ll see many o thefolks and airplanes that make EAA OSHKOSH like no other place on Earthfor one week each summer!

Suzie Kading (left) helps a member while AlC Di rector Jeannie The indomitable Jessie Woods (left) autographs copies of On the

Hill and Nancy Pickard help staff the AlC Hospitality Center on Wing. n the book written by Ann Cooper (right) about Jessie's lifethe porch of the Red Bam. as p rt of the Flying Aces Air Circus during the 1930's.



(Above) Fred Price and his wife Becky andtheir two sons, Ryan and Darren, stand by the7AC Aeronca Champ that won them the BestClassic Aeronca Champ trophy. The neatcockpit of the Price s Champ is shown below.



David Wogernese , o fChippewa Falls, WI, wasawarded the Runner-UpWW II Military Trainer/Liaison trophy for his neat1943 Fairchild PT -23,powered by a 220 hp Con-tinental. I t is finished inthe silver markings of theU.S. Army Air Corps.

Dave Brodfoot s Cessna 170 was used by theAirtex staff to put on a demonstration installinga headliner. Left) Don Stretch from Airtex de

scribes the steps being taken by Shane and Joeas they work on the 170.

Below) Shane Kanasa, in the str ipe shirt, andJoe Richards worked on Dave s airplane infront of the Antique/Classic workshop t n t nextto AlC Headquarters. Here they fit foil backedinsulation into the cabin roof for soundproofing.



(Above left) Ray Hansllckand his son, Ray Jr. flewout from California intheir newly restoredAeronca 15AC Sedan.

(Above) Brenda Fullmerand Dana Parker relaxnext to the sh rp Cessna170 they flew in fromColumbus IN

(Left) The only Mono-coupe present at theConvention this year wasJack McCarthy s 110Special. Thanks forbringing I t all the wayfrom Stevensville. MD.

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For the first time ever the 1993 Oshkosh Splash-In at

the Brennand Seaplane Base on Lake Winnebago had toshare some of its excitement, beauty and good times with afour-engined flying boat that flew all the way to Oshkoshfrom jolly olde Ellgland and was based near the PioneerInn, just a couple of miles north of Brennand's.The tally at Brennand's was 107 seaplanes registered,which compares to 103 last year and 115 in 1991.Miserable flying weather in Canada during the early partof the EAA Convention contributed to the slightly lowernumbers. However, as is so often the case, the overallquality of the fine group of seaplanes and their pilots wasexceptional.Although Kermit Weeks' four-ellgined Short Sunderlandmade daily fly-bys over Wittmall Field during the entireweek the in trail fly-by for seaplanes was successfully

flown on Sunday and Tuesday with a fine respresentation of

seaplanes taking part - all without incident - primarilybecause of the excellent planning and pre-flight meetingsdone beforehandMany thousands of visitors came to the Brennand SeaplaneBase to observe the activity and enjoy excellent opportunitiesfor pictures. On the busy weekend, three buses were keptbusy from morning 'til night transporting visitors.The 1993 seaplane awards included Best Fabric CoveredSeaplane , which was garnered by John Eckert with hisbright yellow J-3 Cub N35431, SIN 6337, mOUllted on a seto f Aqua 1500 floats; Best Metal Seaplane which wasawarded to Ken Rudisel and his Cessna 120, N3161N, SIN13419, mounted on a set o f Edo 1650 floats and BestAmphibian Award which was given to Bill Dasilva and hisGrumman Goose , N37487, SIN B-52 . _ Norm Petersen



(Above) One of the duties of aseaplane pilot is pumping thefloats before each flight. HereBill Westman of Dexter, MIpumps the Edo 2000 floats on hisAeronca Sedan, N1097H, S N

15AC-117. Note the matchingpaint scheme on the airplane andthe floats.

(Left) John Eckert, in the rearseat, brings his award winning85 hp J-3 Cub on 1500 Aquafloats into the dock a t Brennand's. The new paint job thispast winter really made the Cuband floats) shine and the judges

awarded the Best Fabric Sea-plane to John who hails fromMcHenry, L



by H.G . Frautschy

Airplanes become obscure for a number of reasons, some arejustifiable, and others it's hard to see why. The Driggs Skylark isone of those that is hard to see just why more were not sold.There really was only one reason, and it certainly was no fault ofIvan Driggs or his small company in Lansing, ML He , like somany others in the late '20s and early '30s fell victim to the GreatDepression, when it was tough enough trying to sell a pencil,

Driggs , a engineering graduate of Michigan Agricultural College,and first employed by the Burgess Company. Driggs had alreadybecome famous for an earlier design, the Driggs Dart I whichwas flown to second place finishes in two races at the 1926 National Air Races in Philadelphia . The engine on that airplane, a28 hp Wright-Morehouse, would have later implications for the

powerplant for the future Skylark . Harold E. Morehou se,let alone an airplane. Ivan had his Skylark in pro- the brilliant engine designer at Wright Aeronautiduction just a short time . The first flight of cal, had designed the l i t t le engine, and



ra t ed at 55 hp , although it showed 60 hpon the dynamometer at McCook Field)and weighed 210 Ib s

Even with the Rover , the Driggs DartII was not a commercial success. Its configuration, with one cockpit forward of the

top wing and the pilot's cockpit aft of thewing contributed to poor spin recoverycharacteristics. Only 10 of the Dart II ' swere built.

B a ck at the drawing board , Driggssketched out a conventional looking biplane with fairly standard cockpit arrange

owcroft of Jackson , MI who detailed theengines development in an article pub-lished in the Fe bruary 1982 issue of VINT AGE AIRPLANE.

Even with the 75 hp, the Skylark wasstill a bit underpowered , so buyers of later

examples had the option of having the 95hp American Cirrus Ensign (also knownas the Hi-Drive ) engine installed. Another trim inline four-cylinder , the Cirrusweighed 274 Ibs , and was being built under a British license in the U.S. by theAmerican Cirrus Engines , Inc. of Bell

he was willing, and so he embarked on aresearch odyssey. With FAA records andother leads , Les thought he had it madewhen he heard there was a Driggs to behad not too far away, in Fort Wayne, IN.Les zipped off in his car, and as so often

happens, found the story was, well, kind oftrue - it seemed that the sad rusting re -mains of a fuselage Les found resting behind the owner s garage had been a Skylark at one time. But after the ownercrashed the airplane for his second time ,his wife took a match to the airplane to



ning to get under his skin, and Les was bit- he wanted to restore a Skylark

The last one on his list of known airplanes was up in the wine country of California, in the town of Sonoma. A manwith a slight interest in aviation , the owner

of the Skylark had disassembled the airplane a number of years ago as a project.The wings were complete ly apar t, as wasmost of the rest of the airframe. Althoughit had been stored for nearly 25 years, theowner was not willing to sell at that time,and it took a year of gentle negotiations

the small details needed for an authenticrestoration. He'd also have to call uponhis instincts when it came to assemblingthe Skylark , since no blueprints existed,nor was there any manual , either for theengine or the airframe. Photos, personal

recollections from George Meadowcroft,who was there at Driggs when his airplanewas built, and Ed Marquart 's Skylarkwere all he had to work from.

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fuselage, and for some other parts he wasable to supply Les with patterns .

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only local man they knew who had one ofthe engines - the owner of the Skylark. Inexchange for his services, they gave himengine parts for his airplane. He eventually co llected enough parts to build up twoor three examples of his engine, which Lesfound during his visit with the minister.They struck a deal , the minister fortunatein finding one of the few people in theworld who needed parts for his Cirrus ,and the restorer who could hardly believehis luck . Fixing up the Hi-Drive to new



pitched in. George Meadowcroft continued being a resource for the restorers.

Although the airplane was just aboutready for covering, there were still whatseemed like a zillion details to be finished. The engine still needed to be overhauled. The original engine would be retained and built up with the new partsLes had found. Jack had Frank Voshellat Shell Aviation in Sunfield, MI do theengine work. His son Todd did the covering through silver. Frank s shop be -came the headquarters for the finish ofthe restoration, and Frank added direction to the restoration effort.

The cockpit coaming was done by alocal upholsterer, Connie Warren ofWoodland, Michigan. This was her first

Dakota Black were done by Doug Dodgeof Acro Specialties in Bay City , MI did

the final paint work. Wayne Bishophelped in the final push to get the air-plane done. Finally, the airplane wascomplete just before Convention, andpreparat ions were made to head offaround the bottom of Lake Michigan.

Jack started on his journey only to discover that after a bit of time on the en-gine, it began to throw oil. Not burn itmind you, but the oil was pumped outaround the bottom of the push rod tubes.The amount of oil was disconcerting toJack, and he really didn't feel comfortablein pushing the flight, so he landed in Valparaiso, IN. John Kos iara put Jack up inhis hangar complete with a new , never

the EAA Convention to be eligible foran award, so two tasks were accomplished

at the same time - the airplane was flownfor the photos you see here. Engine temperature and oil pressure were normalthroughout the flight, it just continued tothrow some of it overboard, making amess to be cleaned up after the flight.Jack talked to a couple of PT-22 ownerswith Menasco engines, and they men-tioned that they had had similar experiences, and had solved them with sealsplaced at the junction of the pushrodtube and cylinder head. Jack put it onthe list of things to do after he and hisfamily returne d home to Ada, MI.

Jack had another guest with him atEAA OSHKOSH, someone who was

know you have serious doubts as to your ings wit h the FBOs. Pa ul Poberez ny's reb l f ll l



writing ability, but let 's try After all, cent petition to extend annual inspectionYOU are the temporary custodian of a interval to TWO years is a bone of con~ P ~ S S ~ I T ~ T O ~ I J ~

n information exchange column with input from our readers

by Buck HilbertEAA 21 , le 5

P.O. Box 424Union, L 60180

Last month I touched on the members'need for restoration information. Thatneed is very real. I get calls from peopleall the time asking for break-in procedures for newly overhauled engines. Whatkind of fabric shall I use? Is there a STCfor installing a different engine in my

Cub? Will the value of my airplane andthe originality of it be compromised if Iuse modern hardware, install modernbrakes?

All these questions are GOOD questions. The re are times when I wish [ couldanswer all of them with authority. [ t ry torefer them to other Antique and Classicmembers who have gone through theseexperiences, and this usually does help .Trying to get our members to share theirexperiences and their know-how is noteasy. Most of us are so busy using ourhands and brains to get our projects finished that we are all washed out and at aloss for words wben it comes to explaining

potential museum piece. It's hard to thinkof your airp lane project as a museumpiece, I know, but it's true. And we havea responsibility to keep that artifact in asgood a condition as possible while enjoying it to the utmost. Then when we pass it

on to the next custodian, we want them tobenefit from our experience. Take pictures of your project. Write down yourthoughts and then send them to our Editor H .G . or myself and we'll put it together and make an article out of itC'mon , Guys and Gals, let's share

Representing EAA to the Illinois A viation Forum is an enlightening experience. To share problems of mutual interest with all the other aviation interests in

the state, we meet quarterly and commiserate. Everyone used to have their ownturf: the balloonist , the soaring people ,the parachutists, the grass roots guys , thebusiness types, the airlines . But now weare beginning to realize more than everwhat Fritz Wolfe, one time Wisconsin Director of Aeronautics , used to preach. Hestrongly advocated cooperation because ,as he stated , We aren ' t going to get anyNEW airports, so we had all better learnto share and cooperate ."

Illinois has a new State Director ofAeronautics. Bill Blake is a ray of hopefor aviation in Illinois and may be tbeleader in an attempt to find a solution to

stop the decline in aviation and airports inIllinois. Since taking office , he has surveyed the 124 public use airports in Illinois. Only 77 have full service FBOs.Only 89 have some degree of flight training activity.

Conclusions drawn at the most recentmeeting were like this:

The situation is that the pilot /ownersare self-focusing and not really interestedin the bigger issue of keeping the airportalive and profitable.

The public officials DO NOT understand the airport operation and its contributions to th e community.

The airport should be operated and

tention to some FBOs even if it is a goodexample of the EAAers desire to makeflying less costly and more within reason.

There was speculation about subsidizing FBOs with Airport User Charges using business oriented interns to do allsorts of research and promotion of the airports and FBOs. There was talk aboutmentoring, about bo[ding down the "war "stories that make hangar flying so muchfun but scary to innocent bystanders whodon't know aviation is 90 % hot air and10% truth. There were a lot of randomideas on the floor.

Everybody went home and will puttbeir thoughts in order , a nd at the nextmeeting we ' ll sort it all out. I ' ll be rightthere and ['II pass it on to you.

I t 's Flight Instructor renewal t imeagain. The Wisconsin Department ofAeronautics has scheduled another FlightInstructor Refresher Course for the firstweek in November. It will again be at theEAA Aviation Center in Oshkosh and I'llbe right in the front row. These coursesalways have something for everyone , andthis time we have new and different instructors , new airspace designations andsome changes that I'm anxious to see andhear about. Meanwhile I'm off to Seattlefor the NAA Awards presentations, andthen after that a Fall Color Tour. We aregoing to do the Finger Lakes and visit

some of the people in Pennsylvania andupper New York state . I'll have a report.

Recently there was a serious meetingin Kansas City wbere representatives ofthe various general aviation groups metwith the FAA in an attempt to come upwith a course of action to SA VE generalaviation. The diminishing nu mbers of airplanes and pilots, the loss of Fixed BaseOperators, the anti-airplane attitude ofthe general public and the anti-FAA attitudes have finally gotten some attention.Our new FAA Administrator has begunto chart his course to make it ALL right.Personally I 'm a little cynical about it.I've seen the "white hat" approach before



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MYSTERY PLANEHere's another What's it? It 's evi-

dently designed for speed. The photowas sent in by Pete Bowers o f Seattle,Washington. Answers will be publishedin the January , 1994 issue o f VJNTAGEAIRPLANE . Deadline for that issue is

November20 1993.

Ralph Nortell o f Spokane W A hadthe answer to the July Mystery Plane.He writes:

The airplane is the Sierra S-1 ,Sierra Sue. This fast experimental

single seater was designed by Walt

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mation. In the AO P A section of FLY-1NG for February, 1954, R on Beattiestated that h is company was planningtwo-place and four-place versions of thedesign. In AIR PROGRESS for Octo-ber, 1968, a photo of the aircraft ap -

peared labeled Nort h rop TurboPusher when Northrop was testing it in

connection with a military experimentalattack design. And an extensive articleon the airplane appeared in the Octo-be r , 1985 issue of KITPLANES in whichit was stated it was moved to the Cali-fornia Museum for viewing at Exposi-

tion Park, Los Ange les.Fina ll y, Earl Lock , of Tal lmadge ,

OH , believes he may have provided the inspiration for Fellersand Beattie in a design he submitted to the Prof ess ional R ace



gPilots Association 's Tec hn ical Com mitt ee. In 1948, whi le attending th e Northrop Aeronautica l In stitute, Lock was directed to design an airplane for his Aero De s ign class. Hechose to desig n a racer for the Goodyear Troph y class .

Even though he had no intention s of bui ld ing th e airp lane ,he did submit the design of his LR-1 to the PRP A , where itwas accepted with some minor changes. In a le tter datedApri l 28 , 1948, Willis Hawkins of the PRPA mentioned thatLock's dr aw ings would be maintain e d in the PRPA files .Earl is pr etty sure that the design of S ierra Sue was insp ired by th e three-view drawing and other material be submitted to th e PRPA . In 1953 , he saw a photo of a racer(Sierra Sue) in th e Cleve land Plain Dealer with a configuration that certain ly surprised him - it look ed just like his LR-l.Earl 's lett er ha s no trace of anger in it - he seems tickled that

the airplane was built, since he neve r intend ed to build ithimself , but he is pretty sure that the race r built by C.R.Keen ey and the rest of the Acme Aircraft Corp. started as anide a in a s tudents head at the Northrop Aerona utical In stitute in 1948.

Other answers were received from Mal colm Muir, Quincy,CA; Dav e Kingman , Ft. Walton B eac h, FL ; Ralph Nortell,Spokan e WA ; Gary Fink, Lomita , CA; Tom Fey , ArlingtonH eight s IL; Lynn Towns, Brooklyn , MI ; H. Glenn Buffington , El D orado, AR ; R . G Bee ler , Lakeland , FL; Char leyHa yes, Park Forest IL ; and Herb Mill er, Milwaukie , OR.

By th e way , yo u ca n still see th e Sierra S- I , otherwiseknown as Sierra Sue . It is on display at the Ca lifornia Museum of Science and Industry Aerospa ce Mu seu m in Los An -geles. . . .

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