EDITORIAL STAFF Publisher

Tom Paberezny

June 1993 Vol. 21, No.6

CONTENTS

1 Straight & Level/ Espie "Butch" Joyce

2 AlC News/ compiled by H.G. Frautschy

4 Pass it to Buck/ E.E. "Buck" Hilbert

Vice-President,

Marketing and Communications

Dick Matt

Editor-in-Chief

Jack Cox

Editor

Henry G. Frautschy

Managing Editor

Golda Cox

Art Director

Mike Drucks

Computer Graphic Specialists

Olivia L. Phillip

Sara Hansen Jennifer Larsen

Advertising

Mary Jones

Associate Editor

Norm Petersen

Feature Writers

George Hardie, Jr. Dennis Parks

Staff Photographers

Jim Koepnick Mike Steineke

Carl Schuppel Donna Bushman

Editorial Assistant

Isabelle Wiske

EAA ANTIQUE/CLASSIC DIVISION, INC,

OFFICERS

President Vice·Presidenl Espie "Butch" Joyce Arthur Morgan

604 Highway St. 3744 North 51st Blvd. Madison, NC 27025 Milwaukee, WI 53216

919/427-0216 414/442-3631

Secrelary Treasurer Steve Nesse E.E. "Buck" Hilbert

2009 Highland Ave. P.O. Box 424 Albert Lea, MN 56007 Union, IL 60180

507/373-1674 815/923-4591

DIRECTORS John Berendt Robert C. "Bob" Brauer

7645 Echo Point Rd. 9345 S. Hoyne

Cannon Falls, MN 55009 Chicago, IL 60620

507/263-2414 312/779-2105

Gene Chase John S. Copeland

2159 Carlton Rd. 28-3 Williamsburg CI. Oshkosh, WI 54904 Shrewsbury, MA 01545

414/231·5002 f/J8/842-7867 Phil Coulson George Daubner

28415 Springbrook Dr. 2448 Lough Lane Lawton, M149065 Hartford, WI 53027

616/624-6490 414/673-5885 Charles Harris Stan Gomoll

3933 South Peoria 1042 90th Lane, NE P.O. Box 904038 Minneapolis, MN 55434 Tulsa, OK 74105 612/784-1172 918/742·7311

Dale A. Gustafson Jeannie Hill

7724 Shady Hill Dr. P.O. Box 328

Indianapolis, IN 46278 Harvard, IL 60033

317/293-4430 815/943-7205

Robert Uckleig Robert D. "Bob" Lumley 1708 Bay Oaks Dr. 1265 South 124th St.

Albert Lea, MN 56007 Brookfield, WI 53005 507/373-2922 414/782-2633 Gene Morris George York

115C Steve Court, R.R. 2 181 Sloboda Av.

Roanoke, TX 76262 Mansfield, OH 44906

817/491-9110 419/529-4378

S.H. OWes· Schmid 2359 Lefeber Avenue Wauwatosa, WI 53213

414/771-1545

DIRECTOR EMERITUS S.J. WiHman

7200 S.E. 85th Lane

Ocala, FL 32672

904/245-7768

ADVISORS Joe Dickey Jimmy Rollison

511 Terrace Lake Rd. 823 Carrion Circle Columbus, IN 47201 Winters, CA 95694-1665

812/342-6878 916/795·4334

Dean Richardson Geoff Robison 6701 Colony Dr. 1521 E. MacGregor Dr.

Madison, WI 53717 New Haven, IN 46774 608/833-1291 219/493-4724

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5 Mystery Plane/ George Hardie

6 Vintage Literature/ Dennis Parks

8 Sun 'n Fun '93/ H.G. Frautschy and Norm Petersen PageS

20 Antique/Classic Photo Contest

25 AlC Calendar

26 Welcome New Members

27 Notice of Annual Meeting

30 Vintage Trader Page 20

FRONT COVER . Dr. Roy Wicker (A/C 103) pi lots the Sun 'n Fun '93 Grand Champion Antique, the 1931 Davis D-1·W looks splendid with its cream and yellow color scheme. Dr. Wicker. from Quitman, GA, and his partner, Barbara Kitchens, of Milner, GA have brought the special a irplane back from the brink with an outstanding restoration . EAA photo by Jim Koepnick. Shot with a Canon EOS-1 equipped with an 80-2oomm lens. 1/250 sec. at f5.6 on Kodak Kodachrome 64. Cessna 210 photo plane piloted by Bruce Moore. REAR COVER .. . Captain Dick Hill and owner Dwain Pittenger pilot Dwain's Sun 'n Fun '93 Best Custom Antique Cessna T-50 Bobcat over the marshlands north of Lakeland. EM photo by Jim Koepnick. Shot with a Canon EOS-1 equipped with an 80-2oomm lens. 1/500 sec. at f8 on Kodak Ektachrome 64. Cessna 210 photo plane piloted by Bruce Moore.

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STRAIGHT & LEVEL

by Espie "Butch" Joyce

As you will read in the A/C News section this month, we welcome two new Antique/Classic Chapters; the first is Antique/Classic Chapter 25 of Sacramento, California. Their presi­ dent is Jon Schmitt. I'd really like to welcome this Chapter - there is quite a bit of activity in California from the Antique, Classic and Contemporary standpoint, and I'm pleased to see a new A/C Chapter forming there . Also, a hearty welcome to Chapter 26 which has been formed in Lansing, Illinois . Their president is Peter Bayer. We're glad to see this Chapter as there is also quite a bit of activity in the Illinois area . H.G. has more details on these two Chapters in our Antique/Classic News.

We have just completed our spring Antique/Classic Board of Directors meeting in May. Quite a bit of business was discussed there. One of the topics was your VINTAGE AIRPLANE magazine. Everyone has been very complimentary about our magazine and we continuously try to improve it. I may have passed this along before but this year six of the twelve magazines published will be color editions. As the membership grows, we will try to add color for each month, but we have to reach our goal of 10,000 members before we can do that. We are now right at 8,600, so we are moving right along towards our goal. I can't emphasize

enough that if you know of someone who is interested in our type of aviation and our airplanes, please encourage them to join our Division. The more members we have, the stronger we will be as a group.

The weekend that we had the Board meeting at Oshkosh was the opening weekend for Pioneer Airport. Saturday was cold and windy but Sunday the weather improved considerably - they were able to fly quite a few more aircraft on Sunday than they could on Saturday. Wisconsin this time of year is either very nice or very brutal, and the weather gods chose for opening day of Pioneer weekend to be cool and windy. Be­ cause my business involves mostly out­ side work, I have learned a long time ago that the weather is something you can't do anything about, so there's no point in worrying about it. You just have to go with the flow.

The Oshkosh Convention is really approaching fast! It's only a month and a half away. Everything is really shaping up nicely for our area. We may have some parking difficulties from the standpoint of a new taxiway that was put in the field, and the as­ sociated landscaping that had to be done, but Headquarters is working feverishly to minimize any impact it may have on us. They are very con­ cerned that our parking is as con­ venient as possible. Also, as we continue to go further south, it is our intention to also add another tram for the transportation of those people from the south end of the field to a more central point at the Fly-In, espe­

cially those people with baggage, etc. who need assistance in getting back to the central area of the Convention site. Ifanyone has any comments or sugges­ tions along this line that can help us improve, please let us know.

One subject that I hesitate to say any­ thing about is any thought that has to do with politics, because a lot of people have different opinions than I do, but gi ven the current atmosphere in Washington with the new government it is most important that we all stand together as a group. H.G. also has some further information on this in the magazine this month. As small as we may be as a group, it is still impressive if we can approach our Representatives