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EDITORIAL STAFF Publisher

Tom Paberezny

June 1993 Vol 21 No6

CONTENTS

1 Straight amp Level Espie Butch Joyce

2 AlC News compiled by HG Frautschy

4 Pass it to Buck EE 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 ANTIQUECLASSIC DIVISION INC OFFICERS

President VicemiddotPresidenl Espie Butch Joyce Arthur Morgan

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Secrelary Treasurer Steve Nesse EE Buck Hilbert

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DIRECTORS John Berendt Robert C Bob Brauer

7645 Echo Point Rd 9345 S HoyneCannon Falls MN 55009 Chicago IL 60620

507263-2414 312779-2105 Gene Chase John S Copeland

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ADVISORS Joe Dickey Jimmy Rollison

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Dean Richardson Geoff Robison 6701 Colony Dr 1521 E MacGregor Dr

Madison WI 53717 New Haven IN 46774 608833-1291 219493-4724

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5 Mystery Plane George Hardie

6 Vintage Literature Dennis Parks

8 Sun n Fun 93 HG Frautschy and Norm Petersen PageS

20 AntiqueClassic Photo Contest

25 AlC Calendar

26 Welcome New Members

27 Notice of Annual Meeting

30 Vintage Trader Page 20

FRONT COVER Dr Roy Wicker (AC 103) pi lots the Sun n Fun 93 Grand Champion Antique the 1931 Davis D-1middotW 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 1250 sec at f56 on Kodak Kodachrome 64 Cessna 210 photo plane piloted by Bruce Moore REAR COVER Captain Dick Hill and owner Dwain Pittenger pilot Dwains 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 1500 sec at f8 on Kodak Ektachrome 64 Cessna 210 photo plane piloted by Bruce Moore

Copyright copy 1993 by the EAA AntiqueClassic Division Inc All rights reserved VINTAGE AIRPLANE (ISSN 0091middot6943) is published and owned exclusively by the EAA AntiqueClassic Division Inc of the Experimental Aircraft Association and is published monthly at EAA Aviation Center 3000 Poberezny Rd PO Box 3086 Oshkosh Wisconsin 54903-3086 Second Class Postage paid at Oshkosh Wisconsin 54901 and at addrtional mailing offices The membership rate for EAA AntiqueClassic Division Inc is $2000 for current EAA members for 12 month period of which $1200 is for the publication of VINTAGE AIRPLANE Membership is open to all who are interested in aviation POSTMASTER Send address changes to EAA AntiqueClassic Division Inc PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 FOREIGN AND APO ADDRESSES - Please allow at least two months for delivery of VINTAGE AIRPLANE to foreign and APO addresses via suriace mail ADVERTISING - AntiqueClassic Division does not guarantee or endorse any product offered through the advertising We invite constructive criticism and welcome any report of inferior merchandise obtained through our advertising so that corrective measures can be taken EDITORIAL POLICY Readers are encouraged to submit stories and photographs Policy opinions expressed in articles are solely those of the authors Responsibility for accuracy in reporting rests entirely with the contributor No renumeration is made Material should be sent to Editor VINTAGE AIRPLANE PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Phone 414426-4800 The words EAA ULTRALIGHT FLY WtTH THE FIRST TEAM SPORT AVIATION and the logos of EAA EAA INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION EAA ANTIQUECLASSIC DtVISION INTERNATIONAL AEROBATIC CLUBS WARBIRDS OF AMERICAo(e reg registered trademarks THE EAA SKY SHOPPE and logos of the EAA AVIATION FOUNDATION and EAA ULTRALIGHT CONVENTION are trademarks of the above associations and their use by any person other than the above association is strictly prohibited

STRAIGHT amp LEVEL

by Espie Butch Joyce

As you will read in the AC News section this month we welcome two new AntiqueClassic Chapters the first is AntiqueClassic Chapter 25 of Sacramento California Their presishydent is Jon Schmitt Id really like to welcome this Chapter - there is quite a bit of activity in California from the Antique Classic and Contemporary standpoint and Im pleased to see a new AC Chapter forming there Also a hearty welcome to Chapter 26 which has been formed in Lansing Illinois Their president is Peter Bayer Were glad to see this Chapter as there is also quite a bit of activity in the Illinois area HG has more details on these two Chapters in our AntiqueClassic News

We have just completed our spring AntiqueClassic 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 10000 members before we can do that We are now right at 8600 so we are moving right along towards our goal I cant 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 Beshycause my business involves mostly outshyside work I have learned a long time ago that the weather is something you cant do anything about so theres no point in worrying about it You just have to go with the flow

The Oshkosh Convention is really approaching fast Its 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 asshysociated landscaping that had to be done but Headquarters is working feverishly to minimize any impact it may have on us They are very conshycerned that our parking is as conshyvenient 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 espeshy

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 suggesshytions along this line that can help us improve please let us know

One subject that I hesitate to say anyshything 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 HG 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 from a united front I encourage everyone to be aware and to keep up with the happenings of the new governshyment so that we will be able to respond in a positive manner to our Represhysentatives These people are the ones whom you elect in your home area and your opinion does matter to them Please keep your head up on this situashytion

Next month I will list all the AntishyqueClassic activities that will be taking place and the Chairpersons coordinatshying each area Perhaps you can give a bit of your time volunteering this year shynowhere does the many hands make light work philosophy work better than at EAA OSHKOSH We look forward to seeing you here

Lets all pull in the same direction for the good of aviation Remember we are better together Join us and have it all

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 1

compiled by HG Frautschy f3IWI NEW ANTIQUECLASSIC

CHAPTERS

A new pair of AntiqueClassic Chapters have been formed and chartered - they are

AntiqueClassic Chapter 25 Sacramento CA They meet every 2nd Saturday For meeting location or other Chapter information contact Chapter President 10n Schmitt (AC 16274) 8245 Cedar Crest Way Sacramento CA 95826 Phone 916386shy2077 The Sacramento Chapter is called the Delta Gold Chapter

The other recen t addi tion to the Chapter roster is Chapter 26 the Ford Tri-Motor Chapter Based in the Lansing IL area you can contact Chapter President Pete r Bayer (AC 12034)25957 Middle Point Monee IL 60449 Phone 708534-6240

Welcome aboard If you are interested in AC Chapter activities in these areas be sure to give these gent le men a call The entire AC Chapter roster was published in the March 1993 issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE

If youre interested in starting an AC Chapter in your local area contact the EAA Chapter Office PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 or call 1shy414-426-4800 If you have any questions specifically related to AC Chapters you can also contact AC Board me mber Bob Brauer at the address on the inside front cover Bob is the Chapter coordinator for the AntiqueClassic Board of Directors

THE RIGHT ADDRESS

To clarify for all of yo u who send mail to us here at VINTAGE AIRPLANE (including Calendar of Events items) please be sure to update your address list with th e current address The post office has been stamping a large portion of our incoming mail Notify Sender of New Address and wed hate to see any mail returned to sender The correct address is

EAA AntiqueClassic Division PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086

Again please be sure and use only this address for your mailings to VINTAGE AIRPLANE or the A C Division - the EAA Wittman Field address is no longer valid and may result in misdirected mail

OTHER GOVERNMENT MATTERS

Once again we re all in this together and as a group we must once aga in make sure our elected representatives get the word that we are not happy about a number of issues that directly relate to how much it will cost us to continue flying our aircraft First the Clinton Administration has proposed that we all pay a Federal Registration fee for our aircraft How much How about $90 this coming October with the annual fee escalating to $278 (where did that number come from) by 1997 Many of us already pay a state fee and

to add this additional burden ($278) is simply too much The fee does not distinguish between aircraft types sizes or its use (A 1-3 would be required to pay the same fee as a 747) The argument used to justify this fee is the same old General Aviation does not pay its fair share premise that has been dragged out to be paraded in front of Congress in the past It simply is not true The erroneous fair share argument conveniently forgets that the majority of the airspace system (including air traffic control installations and airport faciliti es funded by the Federal Government) are for the benefit of commercial operations (eg airlines)

The much smaller portion of the Federally funded airspace system used by General Aviation is adequately paid for out of taxes paid by General Aviation users (the Federal Excise tax weve been paying on every gallon of gas each quart of aviation oil and every

ERCOUPE CLUB SHINES Through the efforts of the Ercoupe Club the EAA Air Adventure

Museums Ercoupe has been given a fresh polish job as you can see in this photo As an added bonus the Coupers also polished the Ryan SCW you see in the background Our thanks to Ercoupe Club president Syd Cohen for his coordination of this mission and we also wish to thank club members Orrin and Cliff Howard Wilbur Eck Hank Taxis and the Darrell Compton family for their hard work Thanks folks

tire and tube we buy is supposed to go towards airport both large and smalll improvements The excise taxes go into to infamous Aviation Trust Fund the black hole of aviation funding) There are a number of other related issues that also point out the fallacy of this particular argument For more on this issue and other important government proposals that could affect how you fly please be sure and read the Action Update section in the May issue of SPORT AVIATION Be sure you drop your elected representatives a note telling them how you feel The addresses are

(Your Senators name) US Senate Washington DC 20510

(Your Representatives name) US House of Representatives Washington D C 20515

You may also wish to send a note to the Department of Transportation

Secretary Federico Pena US Dept of Transportation 400 7th St SW Washington DC 20590

Tell the folks you elected how you will be effected personally Were not saying we want the FAA to run with no cost to us - we just wish to point out that we already pay our fair share and then some Let them know

CONTEMPORARY CLASS AWARDS

At EAA OSHKOSH 93 the Contemporary Class will have awards presented The Categories will be as follows

Grand Champion Reserve Grand Champion Outstanding Customized Custom Class I Single Engine (0-160 hp) Custom Class II Single Engine (161-230 hp) Custom Class III Single Engine (231- Up hp) Custom Multi-engine

Outstanding In Type awards will be given for the following categories

Champion Beech Single Engine Beech Multi Engine Bellanca Cessna 150 Cessna 170-172-175 Cessna 180-182-210 Cessna 310 Mooney Piper PA-18 Super Cub Piper PA-22 Tri-Pacer

Piper PA-24 Comanche Piper PA-23 Apache-Aztec Limited Production

We look forward to seeing your Contemporary class showplanes on the fljghtline during EAA OSHKOSH 93

A NEW TYPE CLUB

Dave Decker of Hereford AZ wrote us to spread the word that he is starting a Type Club for the Call air brand of airplane After buying a Callair A3 Dave found there was little information on the airplane available and he has taken it upon himself to head up the effort to put some of the information down on paper in the form of a newsletter Dave is primarily interested in information of any type concerning the Callair airplanes particularly the cabin airplanes He pointed out that less than 40 Callairs were built and fewer than 20 are shown on the FAA registry If you know of someone who has a Callair flying or a project let them know about this new Type Club and have them get in contact with Dave Decker Callair Type Club and Newsletter 3307 Astro Drive Hereford AZ 85615 Phone 602-378-3688

A NICE PLACE TO STOP

If you re inbound to OSH for the Convention you may wish to stop at Wautoma Airport (Y50) located just 33 nm west of Oshkosh They will be offering a 10 discount on all fuel oil and merchandise to EAA members going to the show Free camping is also available For more information contact Jeff or Dan at 414787-3030

NAVION DOCUMENTS THEFT

Sun n Fun 93 was a great success by any measure but for one of our members Hale Andrews of Berkley Springs WV the event was marred by the theft of some of the brochures included in his documentation book for hi s award winning Navion Super 260 Hales documentation considered by the judges as one of the best they had seen included a section in the back featuring 5 or 6 original factory brochures collected by Hales father Earl Hales Navion has been in the family since it was purchased new by his father in 1951

Unfortunately sometime during the last half of the week during Sun n Fun 93 someone apparently took the brochures from the book Hale was disappointed to say the least and would very much like to see the items returned

If they are returned to EAA HQ we will see they are forwarded to Hale with no questions asked The address is EAA AntiqueClassic Division PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Attn HG Frautschy Editor Vintage Airplane

SPEEDBIRD RESTORER PASSES AWAY

John Denny (EAA 40749 A C 15079) whose restoration of the last aircraft produced by the Bird Airplane Co the Speedbird died Friday April 30 Dennis Buck Dodson John s nephew and owner of the Speedbird which was featured in last months issue says that by an ironic coincidence he was flying the Speedbird from Chico CA to San Jose when John passed away in Albuquerque NM at the same time The Speedbird had last been flown at San Jose during August of 1937

In the photo above John (right) displays the documentation book on the Speedbird with (left to right) his nephew Dennis Buck Dodson Karl Klemm and his son Neil

Our condolences to Buck John s wife Jean son Neil and daughter Nancy as well as his circle of friends

CHARLES CONNIE BLOM

Via Glenn Otto Mittelstadt we learned of the passing of early aviator and airplane builder Charles Connie Blom of Landrum Sc In 1928 as a young man attending the Schenectady night school vocational training school he and his brother Harold designed and built a high wing parasol monoplane Connie attempted to fly it from his home in Schenectady NY to the West coast but was forced to return home after a fire damaged the airplane during repairs after a precautionary landing in Wisconsin Connie then repaired the airplane and flew home His journey took 17 days including 10 days for him to rebuild the wing and recover the airplane

Well-known by many in the Landrum SC area Connie passed away Dec 23 1992

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 3

by Buck Hilbert (EAA 21 Ale 5) PO Box 424

Union IL 60180

Here I sit in a perfect FUNK To those of you who need an exact descripshytion of FUNK there is no description reshyally Its the frame of mind that exists when spring finally arrives up here in the frozen North and all of a sudden the SAP starts to run And run and RUN and all true aviators begin to get sappy

I have had more phone calls in the past two weeks since I have been home from Sun n Fun than I can possibly keep track of Here I am trying to relicense the C-3 the Champ as well as get all the back burner chores done and I cant get away from the phone Trouble is I like talking to people and cant bring myself to shut them off

Had a nice conversation with a fella named Bob Green from Loveland CO the other day Bob called all in a dither because a neighbor was having a garage sale and in the lot were a pair of Je nny wheels Bob wanted to know how much to offer for them He had absolutely no use for them but he wanted to preserve them Know the feeling

Then Bob OConner called from Mil-

PASS IT 10--I] An information exchange column with input from our readers

waukee WI Not once but THR EE ti mes He is really going Sappy over an Aeronca C-3 ANY Aeronca C-3 Bob is a very early EAA member retired from Republic Airlines still flyi ng for fun and business after ten years of retirement He has a stable of airplanes including a Baby Ace he built way back in 53 a coushyple of other hangar queens a Bonanza and a King Air that he uses for going places He plans on dropping in here at the Funny Farm after I get back from my spring fishing trip to western Ontario Canada

Anyway I have had calls from just about everyone in the country this past week Even the San Diego Glue Angels checked in There is all sorts of good news from out-that way Bill Allen is building a new hangar complex at Gilleshyspie Field Addison Pemberton is taking that Bull Stearman everywhere and starting a new project and my Japanese friend Hiroshi Morita has his Fleet flying again after Bob Von Willer got it up and going

On the way home from Florida Dorothy and I stopped at the Army Aviashytion Museum at Fort Rucker AL Hey they have done wonders with organizing their displays in their NEW building They have a neat entrance display of Army Aviator Flight clothing in bronze and they have some really neat airplanes now on display

A Jenny a real SE SA a nice grouping of early L planes and some very realisshytic dioramas depicting Helicopter Comshy

bat Tactics I had to look up the director a nd shake his ha nd This man is a real PRO

From Ft R ucker we beat a path to Birmingham AL and there we invited ourselves to a personally conducted tour of the normally closed on Monday Birmshyingham Museum of Flight Sometimes I think this Museum is one of Birmingshyhams best kept secrets but it is coming into its own Dick Simpson one of the museum foundation officers and a conshystant volunteer gave us the tour They are on an expansion program right now and it was great to see how far they have corne since our last visit There are some really beautiful sport aviation airplanes on display and aT-6 that is so original and so free of the usual scratch and dents that it would take your breath away

We missed Glen Messer though Glen is well known as a pioneer in aviation One of the last five surviving Early Birds and a founding member of so many aviation organizations as well as a record setter of long reknown Glen still maintains an office in the Museum and acts as official Greeter Even though he is almost blind Glen will recognize a voice or a name and enthusiastically make a person welcome Id advise anyone visshyiting the Birmingham area to stop in and say hello to this wonderful person and shake hands with a REAL Aviator They dont make them like that anymore

And so Im off to Canada Watch out Walleyes here I come Unti l I get back hold the phone calls Over to you

In the Army Aviation Museum this Jenny is one of the featured aircraft on display

At the entrance to the Army Aviation Museum at Ft Rucker AL visitors are presented with this bronze display of the history of Army Aviation clothing

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MYSTERY PLANE This nifty sport plane was another

victim of the slow recovery after the Great Depression The photo was sent in by Owen Billman of Mayfield New York Answers will be published in the September 1993 issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE Deadline for that issue is July 20

The March Mystery evidently was a mystery to many readers for only five replies were received From far away Sweden came this answer from Lennart Johnsson of Eldsberga

The airplane shown is an American Eagle custom built in 1929 for Dr WaIshyter M Cross a chemist from Kansas City Its designation was Mode l 60

by George Hardie

Sedan according to the manufacturers advertising in A VIATION magazine Others say it was called A-529 or A-629 To add to this confusion it was first regshyistered under the name Model T-C

The airplane had two SiemensshyHalske radial engines (125 hp each) which were mounted remarkably close to the fuselage The pilot sat in an open cockpit in front of the wing Behind him was a closed cabin with room for five people Wingspan was 47 feet When the machine was test flown in Kansas City in early 1929 it took off in 200 feet and attained a cruising speed of 90 mph Landing speed was 45 mph

Dr Cross intended to use the new

American Eagle Model 60 Sedan

craft in traveling between his offices and laboratories in Kansas City New York and Los Angeles and he estishymates that he will save between $40000 and $50000 annually in time and travelshyling expenses I wonder if it worked out that way

Published pictures show the regisshytration number 10070 but as first regisshytered it was assigned number 364 My sources are A VIATION for February 2 February 23 March 2 May 41929 and AERO DIGEST for February 1929

Ralph Nortell of Spokane Washingshyton adds this

The March Mystery Plane is the one-off example of an American Eashygle design built in early 1929 Quite adshyvanced for its time it was powered by two Siemens-Halske engines It was reshyported to be a good load carrier having been test flown on one engine After a gross load test flight with Charles Toth at the controls the landing gear colshylapsed on landing resulting in severe damage

The plane was built for Dr Walter M Cross of Kansas City whose intenshytion was to apply to the Department of Commerce for an A TC But before the prototype could be rebuilt the 1929 stock market collapse devastated the market for airplanes

Other answers were received from Charley Hayes of Park Forest Illinois Robert Clark Oxnard CA and Marty Eisenmann of Garrettsville Ohio

JUNE 1993 5

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Projector a Low Priced Airplane

In November 1933 Eugene Vidal Dishyrector of Aeronautics of the US Departshyment of Commerce announced that the Department was taking the initiative in seeking a method whereby airplanes might be made available to the general public at a price low enough to make posshysible widespread private ownership Such a vehicle became known as the $700 airshyplane - the selling price of popular autoshymobiles of the time

Vidal conceived that such an airplane would be a two- or three-seat all metal airplane The plane would be cheap beshycause it would be mass-produced using automotive industry methods It would also be rugged and easy to repair with the costs of owning and operating the mashychine less than that of an average-priced automobile

A market survey was undertaken by the Aeronautics Branch with questionshynaires sent to licensed pilots student pishy

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lots and mechanics They were asked if they would be interested in such an airshyplane at a price of $700 About 18000 replies were received with 13000 saying they would purchase such an aircraft Not surprising as such an airplane would be $300 to $500 less than anything on the market About 5000 said they would not purchase With the results of the survey in hand Vidal believed there was a market for upwards of 10000 of the $700 airshyplanes

Assured that a substantial potential market existed for such a plane Vidal apshyproached the Public Works Administrashytion for funding The agency one of the numerous federal agencies established in the depression to battle unemployment allotted $500000 for the project Vidal felt that the funds channeled through a consortium of existing aircraft builders would be used to hire unemployed engishyneers draftsmen and craftsmen who

Shy handsome Gene and his tailless machine

6 JUNE 1993

would design and manufacture a cheap airplane

Problems arose from the very beginshyning Legal counsel for the Public Works Administration decided that the money could only go to public works and that there was nothing public about private airplanes for the masses So the funds were rescinded Some companies already manufacturing light aircraft claimed that the publicity already had caused potenshytial buyers to wait on the ephemeral poor-man s plane than purchase an existshying design Waldo Waterman in his book WALDO PIONEER AVIATOR stated Vidals quest for a $700 airplane all but destroyed what little aircraft industry there was still surviving the Depression

AERO DIGEST

The reaction in the aviation press of the time was not very favorable In an editorial in the December 1933 issue of AERO DIGEST Frank Tichenor stated It is no secret that the hard-working and hard-pressed Aeronautics Branch has been under pressure for some time to do for private flying something big spectacshyular and constructive

But it was indeed regrettable that Mr Vidals questionnaire which he must know caused a veritable storm upon many airports left the erroneous impresshysion that the Aeronautics Branch had a specific and definite plane in view when it presented its proposal to American fliers

We are not surprised that there are many private pilots who would like such a ship at $700 According to the figures of the Labor Department there are some 10000000 people who would like a fifshyteen-cent dinner but not only does such a dinner appear non-existent but often the necessary nickel and dime also is conspicuously absent

We commend the Aeronautics Branch for its efforts in attempting to

bring the light airplane manufacturer in touch with the current market but let no one who is at present in the market for any of the excellent low-priced airplanes now available hesitate in making his purshychase because of the Departments quesshytionnaire The prospects of an early fulshyfillment of the $700 airplane idea is too remote to let it be the means of curtailing the sales of tried and proven aircraft

AVIATION

In the December 1933 issue of AVIAshyTION the editor Edward P Warner asked $700 And How It is frequently a matter of some little difficulty to pick the particular story which deserves the preeminent position of our new pages but this month there could be no doubt The announcement from the Department of Commerce that Director Vidal has unshydertaken to solici t expressions of willingshyness to buy a new airplane of specified characteristics and that the characterisshytics include a price of $700 has set the high-water-mark in news excitement not only for November but for a much longer period

The idea is amusing in its very simshyplicity The industry may not sell 10000 airplanes or even any large part thereof but at least we shall have a lot of new inshyformation Aside from some temporary unsettlement of the market for existing types of aircraft we believe the results will be good But there is a word of caushytion that should be said and point that should be made

Extreme care must be used in intershypreting the results of the market survey There are plenty of people who will gaily write YES on a piece of paper but who will not be nearly so ready to write their names at the bottom of checks for $700 each

But there is another point We beshylieve that 10000 airplanes of quality could be built for $700 apiece by a single manufacturer who received a single order for 10000 machines They cannot be built for any such price under the conditions that existed in 1929 with about 180 manushyfacturers scrambling over each other afshyter every individual sale and with no sinshygle factory setting up production of more than a few hundred ships An essential condition precedent to the successful acshycomplishment of the Vidal plan is that the aircraft industry should cooperate as no industry has ever cooperated before

It would have to be turned out in many plants with wings built at A and landing gear at B and assembly taken care of at C and then it will have to be the subject of a concentrated sales camshypaign in which all effort is merged to get as many people as possible into the air We dont know that can be done

USED PLANES

And in the 99ER Clara Gilbert in her comments Are Air Flivvers Feasible raised the question of used aircraft There are available at the moment many used ships for sale at figures well under $1 000 Among them are to be found not only two place but three and four place ships cabin jobs as well as open cockpit models and the majority are capashyble of speeds well in excess of 100 miles an hour If there is no market for these airshyplanes how then does the Government propose to stimulate sufficient interest in private and sport flying to dispose of 10000 smaller slower planes which will only carry two passengers at a price apshyproximating that of these used ships

AERO DIGEST ON FUNDING

In the February 1934 issue of AERO DIGEST the editor Edward P Warner presented his views in Notes on a $700 Airplane He stated When Director of Aeronautics Vidal launched his famous private plane questionnaire a considerable segment of the aircraft industry thought it a joke - and not a particularly funny one When he persuaded the Public Works Adshyministration to make over $500000 to proshymote the realization of the project as a means of developing a new industry to proshyvide new employment the joke ended Half a million dollars are to be regarded seriously even in days when federal expenshyditures run to six billion and higher

In response to a request of A VIAshyTION Eugene Vidal Director of Aeroshynautics US Department of Commerce prepared an official view concerning the interest of the Department in the private airplane market His response was pubshylished in the February 1934 issue of A VIshyAnON under the title Low-Priced Airshyplane

Private flying measured in terms of active pilots planes and their use is on the decline After fifteen years or so of the building of planes for miscellaneous flying there are less than 7000 licensed airplanes in this country of 12000000 people

It might be well to assume that there may be something wrong with the product which we now are attempting to sell that the market exists for something diffe rent It also might be well to overlook entirely the attitude of the pilots who already have lea rned to fly (who would like to have a faster plane) and concentrate on the avershyage American citizen who may not be an aviation enthusiast Also it might be well to cease planning planes which the indusshytry feels that the future pilot should have and plan one which would appeal to the United States citizen even though it may not be as desirable to every pilot and deshysigner

The most important detail of an airshyplane as of any other manufactured prodshyuct is its price Granted an airplane should be safe no matter how safe it may be it cannot be sold in numbers if it is too exshypensive It is useless to make a plane safe if it wont be purchased and thus wont be flown The majority of Americans buy aushytomobiles which sell for less than $1 000 and are inexpensive to operate and mainshytain They are quite accustomed to the price range between $500 and $1000 and it goes without saying that an airplane for that price sold on the installment plan would have a popular appeal

Vidal felt that the automobile driver was the customer for the $700 plane and that this customer had become accusshytomed to details of an automobile its apshypearance material control etc He stated that a car made of fabric couldn t possibly sell As metal is durable and strong so the airplane should be

He believed metal construction was important from other viewpoints Producshytion methods used for the automotive inshydustry could be adopted to airplane manushyfacture such as the mass stamping of parts Techniques of assembly and of mainteshynance and repair would suggest methods for volume production of airplanes

The appearance of an airplane must be attractive and in its details and remind the car driver of his car He also felt that the popular plane should look like a modern passenger transport To the casual eye the small airplane would appear as a scaled-down reproduction of the airliners which now are flying Also the small airshyplane would require little professional training and skills necessary to fly it

Vidal concluded his comments with the following An airplane can be built for $700 and the Public Works allotment asshysures that difficulties in the way of initiatshying the program can be met Volume proshyduction will make the airplane possible and it also will react to the benefit of the entire industry stimulating employment in factories increasing the business of airshyports affording new opportunities for emshyployment of pilots and mechanics

Indirectly the renewed interest in flyshying undoubtedly will direct attention of more people upon the services offered by the scheduled ai rlines There should be a development analogous to that which has taken place in the automobile radio reshyfrigerator and other industries And just as the introduction of these articles has been a stimulus to business in general the low-priced airplane has an opportunity to add to the scope of commercial activities

A NEW COURSE FOR THE BUREAU

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ment of the low-priced airplane Under his direction the Bureau of Aeronautics created a development section to foster the design construction and developshyment of safer easier operated more comfortable and lower priced airplanes for private owners

The Bureau had no budget for develshyopment but it did have funds for purshychasing aircraft to be flown by its inspecshytors as they traveled around the country Later from a special appropriation of $1000000 which was to be used at the discretion of the President for the develshyopment of military and civil aviation $100000 was made available for the new Development Section

Under its authority and with its fundshying the first task of the new section was to investigate possible designs for a safer low-priced airplane for private use A committee was also formed representing both the Government and industry Among the members were Amelia Earhart Dr George Lewis NACA Robert Renfro editor THE SPORTSshyMAN PILOT Edward Warner SAE and Alford Williams American Petroleum Institute

The newly created Development Secshytion turned to the task of setting up deshysign criteria for what Vidal called a Safety Plane Once the specifications were drawn Vidal would solicit bids from the aircraft industry The plan was to purchase 25 airplanes from the firm submitting the best design He was no longer talking about a low-priced everyshymans airplane or planes at the cost of a car but envisioned the Safety Plane as a prototype for the massed produced inshyexpensive aircraft of tomorrow

LIGHT PLANE SPECIFICATIONS

The Bureau of Aeronautics (Bureau of Air Commerce as of July 1934) specishyfications were published in the July 1934 issue of AVIATION along with some edshyitorial comments There is a distinct reshysemblance to the requirements of the Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition

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of 1929 in the light airplane specifications issued recently by the Department of Commerce In sponsoring the developshyment of such a design by calling for bids for 25 planes for the use of his inspectors Aeronautics Director Eugene Vidal beshylieves that the simplicity and safety of opshyeration and low operating cost will attract many new private owners

The editor remarked that several aeroshynautical engineers had been thinking along the same lines and included in the same issue an article about the experishymental machine built by Fred Weick This machine the W-l was being tested at the time at Langley by the NACA

The specifications were broken down into four parts General Performance Safety Features Powerplant and Equipshyment In general they called for an airshyplane with an extreme amount of forward visibility and the ability to brake immeshydiately upon touchdown without nosing over The airplane had to be able to take off over a 35 foot obstacle after an 800 foot run and to land within 400 feet after passing over the same obstacle Addishytionally it had to be non-spinning nonshystalling with a top speed of at least 110 mph and a landing speed of under 35 mph All this to be accomplished with just a 100 horsepower engine Cost was no longer the determining factor in the competition

Aircraft manufacturers would have until August 17 1934 to submit their bids for the contract to build 25 aircraft Vidal opened the bids in the competition at a small Washington ceremony on August 271934 Only one bid came from an airshycraft manufacturer of any size and repushytation The others had been submitted by small firms Because the designs were all so untried Vidal decided against ordershying 25 from anyone bidder Instead the winner would get a contract for 15 and five different builders each a contract for a single prototype which the government would test and evaluate

Fourteen bids were received from the following Safety Air Transport of Indishyanapolis Campbell Aircraft of St Joseph MO Church Airplane Company

Chicago Waldo Waterman of Santa Monica CA Hartford Aircraft CurtissshyWright Robertson MO Hammond Airshycraft Ypsilanti MI Niagara Amphibions Buffalo NY St Louis Aircraft Corp St Louis Arrow Aircraft Lincoln NE Spartan Aircraft Tulsa Kreider-Reisner Hagerstown MD Cunningham-Hall Rochester NY Amphibions Roosevelt Field Long Island

BUREAU AWARDS LIGHTPLANE CONTRACTS

The Hammond Aircraft Company of Ypsilanti MI was the winner of the comshypetition sponsored by the Bureau of Air Commerce to procure airplanes for its inshyspectors and at the same time to encourshyage the development of an economical safe airplane for the private owner

On October 18 1934 the Bureau awarded a contract for 15 of the Hamshymond aircraft with the option of taking five more at $3190 apiece (So much for the $700 airplane) Delivery of the first plane was to have been made within five months and the delivery of the remainshyder within four months of the Bureaus acceptance of the first During the course of 1935 with the money saved by not ordering 25 copies of the winning deshysign the Bureau contracted for five other aircraft to be purchased These included Waldo Waterman for his tailless Arrowshyplane Ole Fahlin (not one of the original bidders) for the Plymacoupe a high wing design powered by a Plymouth automoshybile engine Kreider-Reisner was given an order to modify the Weick W-1 Pitshycairn for the his new road able autogiro Curtiss-Wright for its 90 hp Coupe and the Arrow Company for one of its Sports powered by a Ford V-8 automobile Enshygine

Over the next few years the Bureau would be busy testing these aircraft Three would be successful enough to be certificated for production More on the aircraft in the next installment

(To be continued in next months edishytion of VINTAGE AIRPLANE)

1993 saw many changes for the AnshytiqueClassic Division at Sun n Fun 93 shythe biggest was the relocation of the parkshying area for our airplanes to the east side of the Sun n Fun convention site AnshytiqueClassic Headquarters was also moved with the new location next to the woods on the east end of the main drag The new parking area will in the long run provide more parking for Antique Classic and Contemporary airplanes This year the huge amount of water dumped on the site during the weeks previous to the Conventions start made some areas a bit on the soupy side but Ray Olcott and his tireless group of aircraft parkers did

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their best to keep the airplanes out of the stickiest plots As improvements are made to the new parking area the drainage should improve according to Bill Eickshyhoff Sun n Fun president The rainy weather abated just in time for the Fly-In and the pleasant weather made everybody in the local Chamber of Commerce breathe a big sigh of relief

The second big change came about with the judging of the Contemporary class for the first time A number of good looking Contemporaries were on hand and its apparent that pilots are beginning to take notice of the hidden gems out there on the tiedown ramps across the

country Just as it took a few years for the Classic category to bring the airshyplanes up to Grand Champion status so it will be with the Contemporary class but we can all be encouraged by the efshyforts that have been expended so far shysome of these airplanes are just plain flat gorgeous

Antiques and Classics had their fair share of good looking airplanes too shyleading the pack was the Davis D-l W owned and restored by Dr Roy Wicker and Barbara Kitchens The handsome parasol monoplane was once the pershysonal aircraft of designer and company owner Walter Davis The Davis was judged the Grand Champion Antique of Sun n Fun 93

In the Classic arena there was no Grand Champion award this year - none of the aircraft judged had points above the threshold to be judged as such but a few came close A number of nice Cubs were on display as well as the latest restoration effort by Joe Fleeman the man who restored Delton Perry s TrishyPacer His latest work a BUcker Jungshymann for Ralph Lerch is a true beauty in black

All manner of flying machines came to roost in Lakeland for Sun n Fun - on the next few pages youll get a full color view of some of the neatest vintage airshyplanes in the skies today Delmar Benjamin and his Gee Bee R-1 replica drew admiring crowds again this year

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Grand Champion - Davis D-IW NC 13576 Dr Roy Wicker Quitman GAl Barshybara Kitchens Milner GA

Reserve Grand Champion - Travel Air 2000 NC8853 Gene Rambo Arlington VA

Silver Age (1928-1932) - Travel Air 4D N9917 Bill Plecenik Erwinna P A

Contemporary Age (1933-1945) - Stinson SR-9 NC17154 Jerry Stevens Boca Raton FL

Best Custom - Cessna UC-78 N78UC Dwain Pittenger Hereford TX

Best World War II Era - Stearman N2S N65101 Brian Becker Pompano Beach FL

Best Biplane - Beech Staggerwing N18575 Michael Greenblatt Midland GA

Best Monoplane - Piper J-3 N9499H Dan Foley Wichita KS

Best Open Cockpit - Stearman N1902M Russell Faller Farmingville NY

Best Cabin - Howard DGA-15P N22423 Fred Kirk Ft Lauderdale FL

Outstanding Aircraft - Monocoupe 90AL NC11760 Robert Eicher Daytona Beach FL

Outstanding Aircraft - Piper J-3 N35GM Gene McNeely Earle AR

Outstanding Aircraft - Stearman N2S N68238 Chris and Lyle Wheeler Boca Rashyton FL

Outstanding Aircraft - Stearman N555 Cliff Lowe Cadiz KY

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(Right) Joe Fleeman has done it again His restoration of Ralph Lerchs(AlC 16691) Bucker Jungmann is stunning and the workmanship is excellent as it was on his restoration of Delton Perrys Piper Tri-Pacer

(Below) This nice Stinson 10A has just been restored to the configuration it had when it was used by the CAP at Lanshytana FI during WW II It is registered to Florida Airmotive Inc in Lantana

(Below right) Jerry Stevens handsome Stinson SR-9 taxis out for departure at Lakeland Steve hails from Boca Raton FL and was awarded the Contemporary Age (1933-1945) Antique trophy

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(Left) Immaculately restored by Pete Jones Air Repair of Cleveland GA Brian Becker s (AIC 14784) Stearman is reshysplendent in its US Navy color scheme It was the winner of the Best WW II Era trophy

(Lower left) Bird Biplanes always look so pretty on the flight line Brian Thorpe Mt Dora FL brought his Bird CK up north from the Miami area It is powered by a Continental R-670

(Below) Dick Jackson (AIC 371) Rochester NH continues to fly the only Waco D The 0 sometimes referred to as the Waco Super Sport is the only one of its kind in existence Dick restored it over 20 years ago and it is still looking great

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Best Classic 101 to 165 hp - Cessna 170 N2727C Gene D Engelskirger Hinkley OH

Best Classic Over 165 hp - Ryan Navion N5437K H a le Andre ws Berkeley Springs WV

Best Custom Classic Under 100 hp - Cessna 120 N2460N Scott Cox Ft Lauderdale FL

Best Custom Classic 101 to 165 hp - Pipe r P A-16 N5796H Mitch Freshyitag Summerville SC

Best Custom Classic Over 165 hp shyGlobe Swift N80555 Scott Anderson Deerfield Beach FL

Best Of Type - Pipe r PA-17 Vaga bo nd N4686 H Tom Scott Okeechobee FL

Best Of Type - G lobe Swift N78068 Pete Johnson Faribault MN

Best Of Type - Piper PA-22 Tri Pacer N8740C Delto n Perry Lawrenceburg TN

Best Of Type - Luscombe 8A NC681A Rochard Hoyle Vince nt AL

Outst a nding A ircraft - B ticker Ju ngma nn N46925 Ralp h Lerch Lawrenceburg TN

(Above and above right) Now you can put a face with the plane - heres Delton Perry (AIC 18583) and his Piper TrishyPacer (The same one featured in the Deshycember 1992 issue of Vintage Airplane) Deltons PA-22 won the Best of Type award for the restoration done by Joe Fleeman

(Right) Mark Holliday (AiC 1316) of Lake Elmo MN shows off the racy lines of his stock Globe Swift Stock or modified the Swift is still one of the most beautiful airplanes ever made

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AntiqueClassic HQ has been moved to a spot next to the Ill bet you can guess which college football team Parnell Colas woods - here folks are enjoying the shade during the aftershy cheers for noon airshow

(Above) Hale Andrews (AIC 982) of Berkeley Springs WV cruises by with the pretty Navion Super 260 his father bought new in 1951 It has just been restored after a flood nearly deshystroyed it

(Left) Luke Walker is just starting to enjoy flyshying his newly-restored Piper Vagabond It was his first aircraft restoration effort

(Right) N7777K is the oldest Piper Tri-Pacer in existence - it is serial No2 the first production aircraft to survive (Serial number 1 was tested to destruction during the certificashy

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Outstanding Aircraft - Cessna 172 N6208E Jerry W Wharton Wise VA Ul

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(Above top) No tired old Apache here Verwayne (AIC 3987) and Leslie Owen Severna Park MD are just completing this nice restorashytion of their 1959 Piper PA-23 Apache

(Above right) Anthony Lamontia (AIC 20124) Bath OH is justifiably proud of his Cessna 182 he has been restoring for a number of years It was an Outstanding Airshycraft award winner

(Left) Another Outstanding Aircraft award winner was Jerry Whartons 1959 Cessna 172 Jerrys airplane was stored indoors for most of its life and as a consequence the airshyplane was we preserved The inshyterior fabric on the seats and side panels is original as is the instrushyment panel -erry (AIC 18564) is from Wise VA

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(Left) After their first attempt at flying the England - Australia trip in a Piper J-3() Bob and Diane Dempster are going to try it again in a brand spanking new Piper PA-18 Super Cub (The first time the density altitude high and the service ceiling of the Cub not as high stopped the flight in the 1250 heat of the Egyptian desert) The Dempsters arrived at Lakeshyland after picking up the airplane in Vero Beach with 98 hours on the tach They plan to sell their house get an instrushyment rating for Bob and make the necshyessary modifications to fly the North Atshylantic and beyond

This years AntiqueClassic and Contemporary judges at Sun n Fun 93 were (left to right) Jim Zantop Joe Sinnett Xen K Motsinger Jennie White George Hindall Bill Doty Jack Gilson Juan Blanco Bob Romanelli Leonard Kress Jack Gillespie Terny Brokaw Harris Wiese Wayne Anderson Bill Murry and Don Jacobs Thanks to all of them for their hard work chasing down the airplanes to be judged

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Best Metal Seaplane - Cessna 185E N5830J Joe Strazzula Ft Pierce FL Best Fabric Seaplane - Maule M-7 N61350 Mark Futch Boca Grande FL Best Ampbibian - Grumman Goose N121GL Chuck Greenhill Mettawa IL

Originally located in Louisiana this J-3 Cub on 1320 Edo floats N1353M SIN 9913 was brought to Florida by Steve Swails (EAA 377050) of Ft Myshyers and totally restored Although some corrosion was found necessary repairs were completed and the airframe was epoxy primed and powder coated for seaplane use A C85-12 engine was installed (without starter and generator) to replace the C65 and the floats were restored to new condition

Left - Steve Swails carefully negotiates alligator alley between the shore and open water at Lake Parker Pilots reported the gators were quite prevalent just outside the reeds and could easily be seen sunning themshyselves

Lower left - Unusual mint condition 1320 Edo floats on Steve Swails J-3 Cub looked brand new Note the cable between the float tips for moving to the other side of the airplane - often referred to as a Canadian Spreader Bar

Lower right - Nestled on the shore of Lake Parker is Steve Swails J-3 85 Cub His passenger was Alex Wopper (EAA 419315) of Valdivia Chile who is just starting seaplane training He has purchased a Murphy Regtel kit along with a float kit and will build them at his home in the south of Chile - below the 40th parallel A native of Germany Alex is excited about having the only seaplane in Chile and many many lakes to fly from

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Brilliant ear1y morning photo of Bill Rose (EAA 159635 AlC 6612) Grumman Goose N600ZE SIN B-100 with eleven hot air balloons lifting into the clear Florida sky

One of Jack Browns Seaplane Base Cubs on 1500 Aqua floats took a trip through the reeds cutting sileage The un-named pilot had to push and pull it out of the mess in waist deep water

Very nice photo of a Republic RC-3 Seabee N6659K SIN 936 as it powers onto the step for takeoff It is registered to Graham Sutherland of Port Orange FL Note how the spray rails move the water away from the hull and the proshypeller

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1fWIeIlashyGrand Champion - Nieuport 28

N6256 Replica Fighter Museum Gunshytersville AL

Outstanding Aircraft - Halberstadt D II N1388J Replica Fighter Museum Guntersville AL

Outstanding Aircraft - Sopwith Pup N1915K Replica Fighter Museum Gunshytersville AL

Outstanding Aircraft - Sopwith Trishyplane N543A Replica Fighter Museum Guntersville AL

3 years in a row Frank Ryders growing collection of WW I era replicas has again captured the Grand Champion Replica award at Sun n Fun This year the award was presented to the Nieuport 28 (above right) replica Chuck Brady (AIC 1920) constructed at his shop in Dwight IL

Frank and his Lake Gunterville Aero crew brought three other replicas to Sun n Fun 93 - from top to bottom they are Halberstadt DII Constructed by Carl Swanson Darien WI the airplane was on display at the EAA Air Adventure museum until being acquired by Frank Ryder for his museum Completely gone over by Gene Schwartz and the staff at Lake Gunshytersville Aero the Halberstadt was refinshyished in the spectacular longenze scheme you see here Its being flown here by Gene DeMarco

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The replica in the center of the page is the Sopwith Pup constructed by Ken Pruitt Belen NM and being flown by Frank Ryder He advises that it is one of the most demanding airplanes he has landed - even more so than the Fokker Triplane

Finally at the bottom of the facing page is the Sopwith Triplane built by Chad and Char Willie of Lake Oswego OR It is beshying flown for our camera by Joel Williams A Sopwith Dolphin project was also disshyplayed to give the public some sense of the work involved in constructing a replica WW I fighter WW I aviation will be the subject of a featured display at

EAA OSHKOSH 93 on the Convention taxiway - details are in this months AlC News

In the photo below the Douglas DC-3 of Alexander Aeroplane taxis out for deparshyture with a load of happy Sun n Fun volshyunteers Ron Alexander graciously agreed to give a ride to as many volunteers as he could with the Douglas and the smooth evening air was a treat for all who experishyenced it Our own Buck Hilbert was drafted as co-pilot (Im sure they had to drag him screaming and kicking to the airplane ) where he enjoyed refamiliarshyizing himself with the airplane he cut his teeth on as a neophyte airline pilot

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1ST PLACE GROUND TO AIR - Robert T Beecher (AIC 17924) Chicago IL captured this truly rare photo of a Parks P-2A in flight Since there are only a few of these airplanes left flying this is definitely one for the scrapbooks

2ND PLACE GROUND TO AIR - Myron Heimer (AIC 8190) 3RD PLACE GROUND TO AIR - LeRoy Falk (AIC 9411) CarshyRose Creek MN pentersville IL neatly frames this Fairchild 24W

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1ST PLACE GROUND TO GROUND - Myron Heimer gets his second award with this in your face shot of a Dwain Pittengers Cessna T -50 Bobcat

3RD PLACE GROUND TO GROUND - LeRoy Falk

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HONORABLE MENTION GROUND TO GROUND - L Vincent Hostetler (AIC 14206) Grand Junction CO Even rarer than the Parks P-2 this Parks P-1 now resides at Parks College of St Louis University in Cahokia IL

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1ST PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - LeRoy Falk receives top honors with this picture

of Chuck Spencer refueling Bill Roses Fairchild 22

2ND PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - Don Levandoski gets his second award with this shot of Allen Rudolph touching-up the aileron on the Pietenpol in the AlC tent at Oshkosh 92

3RD PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - (right) Jeri Mihalic (EAA 277478) Mammoth Cave KY shows The Oshkosh Experience in this picture of her husband Dave and his 1957 Bonanza

2ND PLACE - CHAIRMANS CHOICE - Myron Heimer shows us that not all TIger Moths are small

1ST PLACE CHAIRMANS CHOICE - James W Fowler (AIC 2293) Houston TX suitably titled this picture Young Eagle

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1ST PLACE WATER BIRDS - Pat Quinn (AIC 9207) of Ventura CA gives us a glimpse back in time with this photo titled Brennands Seaplane Base 1952 or 1992

2ND PLACE WATER BIRDS - Robert T Beecher

3RD PLACE WATER BIRDS - Myron Heimer brings back WATER BIRDS HONORABLE MENTION - William McCarrei all the memories of a calm summer day (AlC 4496) White Pigeon MI

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Judges Choice for 1992

This dazzling photo of a Lockheed 12-A Electra taken by Robert T Beecher receives the p restig ious honor of

Your judges for the 1992 Anshy man Lorraine Morris EE Tex tiqueClassic Photo Contest were Hilbert Chairman Jack McCarthy (left to right) Dan Hans Co-Chair- Bill Lombardi Lee Fray and Eric

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Lundahl Contest Chairman Jack McshyCarthy would like to thank all of the judges who helped out this year and he would also like to particularly thank Lorraine Morris who helped organize this year s event and did most of the record-keeping Lorraine is an active AC member and she flies a Boeing 737-400 for a living

The AC photo contest is on again for EAA Oshkosh 93 so get your cameras ready for the summer In next month s issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE the rules for the contest will be published and they will also be available when you register for the contest at the AC Red Barn during the Convention Remember the conshytest is for photos of Antique Classic or Contemporary aircraft shot either enroute at the EAA Convention or on the way home Our thanks to the over one hundred() AC members who entered this years contest and we look forward to seeing you again this year

The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a mailer of information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the information to EAA A(( Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903shy3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

JUNE 11-13 - DENTON TX - Denton Municipal Airport AAA (Texas Chapter) 30th Annual Fly-In Contact John or Nancy Whatley 214517-1981 or Bert Mashyhon817387-2620

JUNE 12 - GADSDEN AL - J-3 and Piper high wing Annual Fly-In Camping Bomb Drop Spot Landings Hangar dance Contact Faye Bryant Gadsden Pilots Asshysoc 196 Ira Gray Dr Gadsden AL 35901 205442-3313

JUNE 12 - NEWPORT NEWS V A shy21st Annual Colonial Fly-In Newport NewsWilliamsburg IntI Airport Sponshysored by EAA Chapter 156 Contact ofr inshyformation and NORDO entry Charles Colshylier 620 Hilton Rd Newport News V A 23605 804247-5844

JUNE 13 - AURORA IL - Aurora Mushynicipal Airport EAA Chapte r 579 FlyshyInlDrive -In breakfast and airport FBO open house 7am - 3pm Contact Alan Shackleton 708466-4193 or Bob Rieser Airport Manager 708466-7000

JUNE 19 - WILD ROSE WI - Idlewild Airport - Pancake BreakfastFly-In Idlewild-Wild Rose Airport Assoc PO Box 296 Wild Rose WI 54984 Call 414622-4020

JUNE 24-27 - MT VERNON OH shy34th Annual National Waco Reunion Greatest WACO Show On EARTH For more information call 513868-0084

JUNE 26-27 - ORANGE MA - Orshyange Municipal Airport 17th Annual New England Regional Fly-In sponsored by the Friends of the Orange Airport Contact Bob McKenney 508544-8762 or Len Beshydaw (Orange Airport) 508544-8189 or Fax 508249-5940

JUNE 26-27 - GREELEY CO - EAA Rocky Mountain Fly-In Antiques Classhysics homebuilts warbirds ultralights No registration fee free camping transportashytion to local motels 3031798-6086 or 353shy5514

JULY 4 - WISCONSIN RAPIDS WIshyWI Rapids Airport EAA Chapter 706 FlyshyInDrive In Pancake Breakfast 730shy1130am Call 715435-3644 for information

JULY 7-11 - ARLINGTON WA shyNorthwest EAA Fly-In 206435-5857

JULY 10 -11- DELAWARE OHshy12th Annual EAA Chapter 9 Fly-In

Delaware Airport Contact Alan Harding 614442-0024

JULY 10 -11- EMMETSBURG lA shy5th Annual Aeronca Fly-In sponsored by tbe Tail dragger Club Contact Keith Harnden Box 285 Emmetsburg IA 50536

JULY 11- MICHIGAN CITY IN - EAA Chapter 966 Pancake Breakfast Contacts The Dees - 219324-6060 or the Hugley s 219325-0133

JULY 16-18 - RED LAKE ONTARlOshyNorseman Festival and Fly-In at Red Lake Ontario Norseman Capita l of the World Floats and wheels Contact Ron Robinson Box 308 Red LakeOntario Canada POV 2MO Phone 807727-2809 or Fax 807727shy3980

JULY 23 -24 - COFFEYVILLE KS shyFunk Aircraft Owners Assoc Reunion Conshytact Gene Ventress 10215 S Monticello Shawnee Mission KS 66227 Phone 9131782shy1483

JULY 24 -27 - WAUSAU WI - Ercoupe Owners Club National Convention Contact Syd Cohen 715842-7814

JULY 24 AND 25 - SHIOCTON WI shyAnnual Fly-In Contact Joyce Baggot 414986-3547

JULY 27 - AUGUST 7 - VALshyPARAISO (VPZ) IN Food and Fuel booth Stop by and see us on your way to and from Oshkosh We are famous for our hospitality Sponsored by EAA Chapter 104 Contact 219884-1619

THURSDAY JULY 29 -WEDNESDA Y AUGUST 4 1993 - OSHKOSH WI- 41st Annual EAA Fly-In and Sport Aviation Convention Wittman Regional Airport Con tact John Burton PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54904-3086 Call 414426-4800 for more information ITS NEVER TOO EARLY TO MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND

AUGUST 6 - 8 - STILLWATER OKshyLake Elmo Airport Sesquicentennial Aviashytion Days Fly-In breakfast balloon rally other events 612430-1200 for more inforshymation

AUGUST 12-15 - LOCK HAVEN PAshyWilliam T Piper Memorial Airport Sentishymental Journey 93 Aerial Mail To Lock Haven is this years tbeme All makes and models welcome especially Antique and classic airplanes Call 717893-4200 (9am til 5 pm) Fax 717893-4218 or write PO Box Jshy3 Lock Haven PA 17745-0496

AUGUST 15 - BROOKFIELD WIshyCapitol Airport 8th Annual Vintage Airshycraft Display and Ice Cream Social Midwest Antique Airplane Club will also hold its monthly fly-In meeting For more informashytion call George Meade at 414962-2428

AUGUST 27-29 - SUSSEX NJ - Sussex Airport Sussex Airshow For more informashytion call 2011875-0783

SEPT 4-5 PROSSER W A - 10th Annual

EAA Chapter 391 Fly-IN Food flying tours raffle and more Camping on the field For more info call Thopson Aircraft at 5091786-1034

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Canyon Country CA James R Freese Ukiah CA Walter F Gall Bainbridge W A George Galpin Marton New Zealand Sidney Gehlert Pasadena MD Gary Gladd Fullerton CA Daniel H Gleason Coraopolis P A D Brad Gossen

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Notice is hereby given that an annual business meeting of the members of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division will be held on Wednesday August 4 1993 at 830 am (Central Daylight Time) at the 41st Annual Convention of the Experimental Aircraft Association Inc Wittman Regional Airport Oshkosh Wisconsin Notice is hereby further given that the annual election ofofficers and directors of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division will be conducted by ballot distributed to the members along with this June issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE Said ballot must be returned properly marked to the Ballot Tally Committee EAA AntiqueClassic Division P O Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 and received no later than July 31 1993 The Nominating Committee submits the following list of candidates Arthur R Morgan Vice-President EE Buck Hilbert Treasurer John S Jack Copeland Director Philip Coulson Director Stan GomoLL Director Dale A Gustafson Director Robert S Lickteig Director

ARTHUR R MORGAN Milwaukee Wisconsin

Art Morgan began fly ing in 1961 and received his private license in 1962 In 1965 he went on to get his commercial rating He has been a member of EAA since 1962 and began by parking airplanes at the EAA Conventions in Rockford Illinois Art was one of the first to start building a KR-l and although he did not complete his project he was instrumental in the completion of two of the litt le birds In 1974 he and his wife Kate purchased a 1939 Luscombe 8-C which he promptly rebuilt After two yea rs of fly ing the Luscombe Art and several friends orga nized the American Luscombe Club The Morgans also own a Bellanca 14-13 Art se rved the EAA as a Museum volunteer for several yea rs as Classic parking chairman at Oshkosh and also as AntiqueClassic Parki ng Chai rman Art has been a Director of the AntiqueClassic Division since 1978

E E BUCK HILBERT Union Illinois

Buck is a native of Chicago and a graduate of Lewis College He began learning the pilots point of view while work shying as a line boy at the old Elmhurst Airport near Chicago in 1938 The pay wasnt much but it was flying time and he soloed an Aeronca 65-LA Chief in October 1941 He enlisted in the Air Force shortly thereafter into the Training Command where he flew and instructed in many of the training aircraft of that era He flew gunnery training at Las Vegas Army Air Field in B-17s and finished up teaching Chinese Nationali st Pilots twin engine transition Recalled for the Korean war Buck qualified as an Army Aviator and flew with the HQ Company Air Section of the 24th Infant ry Division A most rewarding and memorable experience he reports Buck and Dorothy and their four children are at home at Hilbert s Funny Farm where he has an airstrip and keeps a stable of interesting and flyab le old airplanes Buck is a retired Un ited Airlines captain Buck is no stranger to the AntiqueClassic Division He is past president hav shying served from 1971 through 1975 He currently is Treasurer of the Division and is also a member of the EAA Aviation Foundation Board of Trustees

JOHN S JACK COPELAND Westborough Massachusetts

Jack received a degree in mechanical engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology in 1954 He served as an Aircraft Maintenance Officer on acti ve dut-y-in the middotUS Air Force from 1955- attaining the rank of captain in the USAF Rese rve Jack holds a co mmercial pilot license with a fli ght instructor rating He joined EAA in 1971 and the AntiqueClassic Division in 1975 shortly after purchasing his first aircraft a 1948 Cessna 140 At that time Jack lived in the Chicago area and participated in pre-Convention weekend work parties He has been an active volunteer at the last twelve annual Conventions serving at va rious times as Classic Parking Co-Chairman Manpower Co-Chairman and Manpower Chairman He was named an advisor to the AntiqueClassic Board of Directors in 1979 and served in that capacity until 1984 when he was elected to a Directorship Jack earns his living as a professional engineer and in addition to his EAA involvement is active as a Captain on the Massachusetts Wing Staff of the Civil Air Patrol

PHILIP COULSON Lawton Michigan

Phil was born on a fa rm in southwestern Michigan His first ride in an airplane was at the age of 16 in a Fairchild PT-23 owned and fl own by Horace Sackett a local pilot and AampP Twenty-years later Horace would be Phils guiding light in restoring his 1930 Waco INF Phil lea rned to fl y off a grass strip in Lawton Michigan in 1962 His original dual instrucshytion and solo fl ying was in a Piper J-5 Throughout the yea rs he has owned several aircraft including a J-3 Cub Taylorcraft TriPacer and Cessna 190 He and his wife Ruthie are lovers of Wacos and greatly enjoy flying their 1940 UPF-7 Waco Their Kinner powered 1930 INF Waco is currently on loan to the Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum in Kalamazoo MI They also own a Model G Bonanza Phil s military ca reer consisted of four yea rs in the US Air Force during the Korean War Phil is a li fe time EAA member and began attending EAA Conventions in Rockford Illinois He is a charter member of AntiqueClassic Chapter 8 and also a past president Phil is a past chairman of the annual Parade of Flight at Oshkosh and is currently the President of the newly formed American Waco Club Inc He was appointed advisor to the AntiqueClassic Board in 1985 The Coulsons live in Lawton Michigan

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STAN GOMOLL Blaine Minnesota

Stan soloed a J-3 Club on his 16th birthday on 11-30-42 In 1945 he served in the US Air Force as a ground crewman on B-29s based at Guam Stan received his AampE license in 1949 at Spartan School of Aeronautics then returned home to Minneapolis where he worked at a small airport In 1951 he was hired by Northwest Airlines as a mechanic progressing to Flight Engineer and Co-pilot Stan is now retired from Northwest Stans first airplane was a 193940 hp Taylorcraft Currently he owns and fli es a 1936 Waco Cabin and a 1946 J-3 Cub Over the years he has restored many airplanes Stan has been active in EAA working on various committees at the Annual Convention In 1976 he was named Advisor and elected to the Board of Directors in 1984 He is currently President of AntiqueClassic Chapter 4 in the Minneapolis area

RJ DOBBY LICKTEIG Albert Lea Minnesota

Dobby is a native of Minnesota and had his first ai rplane ride at the age of 13 in a Velie Monocoupe He earned a solo license in a J-2 Cub at the age of 16 working at the local ai rport for flying time and has been flying since then After completing college in Minnesota he entered Air Force pilot training and graduated in Class 421 and was assigned to a new P-47 fighter group His tour of combat was 2-112 years in the European Theater of Operations during World War 11 Dobby has owned a varied collection of aircraft including a Stinson V77 Stearman L-2M Aztec Citabria BT-13A and AT-6G In 1985 he completed the restoration of a KR-2l Kinner-powered biplane and donated it to the EAA Aviation Museum His airplanes are frequent visitors to all Upper Midwest fly-ins He has been active in EAA Antique Classic and Warbird activities since the Convention was moved to Oshkosh He served as president of the AntiqueClassic Division from 1984 until 1988 Dobby is retired and he and his wife Jeanne live in Albert Lea Minnesota Their son Scott is a licensed pilot and is active on the Warbirds parking committee at the Annual EAA Convention

DALE A GUSTAFSON Indianapolis IN

Dale has been interested in airplanes since he was a small child and took his first plane ride in 1939 at the age of 10 He started taking flying lessons in 1945 and soloed at 16 After high school he worked at the airport in South Bend Indiana servicing airliners handling cargo and doing field maintenance Dale attended Spartan School of Aeronaut ics in 1948 and 1949 to obtain additional pilot ratings After this he freelanced as a fli ght instructor and ran a small FBO at South Bend until he was hired as a co-pilot on Turner Airlines in Indianapolis in 1950 Through name changes and mergers the airline is now USAir He had been with the airline for more than 35 years when he retired His plans now are to spend his time between Indiana and Florida where he has property adjoining a private airstrip Through the years Dale has owned various aircraft including a Stinson V77 Piper Colt Fairchild 24 Cessna 150 and several modern airplanes He currently owns a Cessna 195 plus a Stearman PT-17 and Piper J-4 which are being restored Recently Dale and his wife operated a small ai rport northwest of Indianapolis He is a member of several organizations interested in antique classic and homebuilt aircraft He has been a member of EAA since 1960 and the AntiqueClassic Division since it was organized He has served as an Advisor to the Division and currently is se rving as a Director For several years Dale has judged antiques at Oshkosh and served as Program Chairman for the AntiqueClassic Division awards

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As you will read in the AC News section this month we welcome two new AntiqueClassic Chapters the first is AntiqueClassic Chapter 25 of Sacramento California Their presishydent is Jon Schmitt Id really like to welcome this Chapter - there is quite a bit of activity in California from the Antique Classic and Contemporary standpoint and Im pleased to see a new AC Chapter forming there Also a hearty welcome to Chapter 26 which has been formed in Lansing Illinois Their president is Peter Bayer Were glad to see this Chapter as there is also quite a bit of activity in the Illinois area HG has more details on these two Chapters in our AntiqueClassic News

We have just completed our spring AntiqueClassic 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 10000 members before we can do that We are now right at 8600 so we are moving right along towards our goal I cant 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 Beshycause my business involves mostly outshyside work I have learned a long time ago that the weather is something you cant do anything about so theres no point in worrying about it You just have to go with the flow

The Oshkosh Convention is really approaching fast Its 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 asshysociated landscaping that had to be done but Headquarters is working feverishly to minimize any impact it may have on us They are very conshycerned that our parking is as conshyvenient 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 espeshy

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 suggesshytions along this line that can help us improve please let us know

One subject that I hesitate to say anyshything 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 HG 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 from a united front I encourage everyone to be aware and to keep up with the happenings of the new governshyment so that we will be able to respond in a positive manner to our Represhysentatives These people are the ones whom you elect in your home area and your opinion does matter to them Please keep your head up on this situashytion

Next month I will list all the AntishyqueClassic activities that will be taking place and the Chairpersons coordinatshying each area Perhaps you can give a bit of your time volunteering this year shynowhere does the many hands make light work philosophy work better than at EAA OSHKOSH We look forward to seeing you here

Lets all pull in the same direction for the good of aviation Remember we are better together Join us and have it all

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AntiqueClassic Chapter 25 Sacramento CA They meet every 2nd Saturday For meeting location or other Chapter information contact Chapter President 10n Schmitt (AC 16274) 8245 Cedar Crest Way Sacramento CA 95826 Phone 916386shy2077 The Sacramento Chapter is called the Delta Gold Chapter

The other recen t addi tion to the Chapter roster is Chapter 26 the Ford Tri-Motor Chapter Based in the Lansing IL area you can contact Chapter President Pete r Bayer (AC 12034)25957 Middle Point Monee IL 60449 Phone 708534-6240

Welcome aboard If you are interested in AC Chapter activities in these areas be sure to give these gent le men a call The entire AC Chapter roster was published in the March 1993 issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE

If youre interested in starting an AC Chapter in your local area contact the EAA Chapter Office PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 or call 1shy414-426-4800 If you have any questions specifically related to AC Chapters you can also contact AC Board me mber Bob Brauer at the address on the inside front cover Bob is the Chapter coordinator for the AntiqueClassic Board of Directors

THE RIGHT ADDRESS

To clarify for all of yo u who send mail to us here at VINTAGE AIRPLANE (including Calendar of Events items) please be sure to update your address list with th e current address The post office has been stamping a large portion of our incoming mail Notify Sender of New Address and wed hate to see any mail returned to sender The correct address is

EAA AntiqueClassic Division PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086

Again please be sure and use only this address for your mailings to VINTAGE AIRPLANE or the A C Division - the EAA Wittman Field address is no longer valid and may result in misdirected mail

OTHER GOVERNMENT MATTERS

Once again we re all in this together and as a group we must once aga in make sure our elected representatives get the word that we are not happy about a number of issues that directly relate to how much it will cost us to continue flying our aircraft First the Clinton Administration has proposed that we all pay a Federal Registration fee for our aircraft How much How about $90 this coming October with the annual fee escalating to $278 (where did that number come from) by 1997 Many of us already pay a state fee and

to add this additional burden ($278) is simply too much The fee does not distinguish between aircraft types sizes or its use (A 1-3 would be required to pay the same fee as a 747) The argument used to justify this fee is the same old General Aviation does not pay its fair share premise that has been dragged out to be paraded in front of Congress in the past It simply is not true The erroneous fair share argument conveniently forgets that the majority of the airspace system (including air traffic control installations and airport faciliti es funded by the Federal Government) are for the benefit of commercial operations (eg airlines)

The much smaller portion of the Federally funded airspace system used by General Aviation is adequately paid for out of taxes paid by General Aviation users (the Federal Excise tax weve been paying on every gallon of gas each quart of aviation oil and every

ERCOUPE CLUB SHINES Through the efforts of the Ercoupe Club the EAA Air Adventure

Museums Ercoupe has been given a fresh polish job as you can see in this photo As an added bonus the Coupers also polished the Ryan SCW you see in the background Our thanks to Ercoupe Club president Syd Cohen for his coordination of this mission and we also wish to thank club members Orrin and Cliff Howard Wilbur Eck Hank Taxis and the Darrell Compton family for their hard work Thanks folks

tire and tube we buy is supposed to go towards airport both large and smalll improvements The excise taxes go into to infamous Aviation Trust Fund the black hole of aviation funding) There are a number of other related issues that also point out the fallacy of this particular argument For more on this issue and other important government proposals that could affect how you fly please be sure and read the Action Update section in the May issue of SPORT AVIATION Be sure you drop your elected representatives a note telling them how you feel The addresses are

(Your Senators name) US Senate Washington DC 20510

(Your Representatives name) US House of Representatives Washington D C 20515

You may also wish to send a note to the Department of Transportation

Secretary Federico Pena US Dept of Transportation 400 7th St SW Washington DC 20590

Tell the folks you elected how you will be effected personally Were not saying we want the FAA to run with no cost to us - we just wish to point out that we already pay our fair share and then some Let them know

CONTEMPORARY CLASS AWARDS

At EAA OSHKOSH 93 the Contemporary Class will have awards presented The Categories will be as follows

Grand Champion Reserve Grand Champion Outstanding Customized Custom Class I Single Engine (0-160 hp) Custom Class II Single Engine (161-230 hp) Custom Class III Single Engine (231- Up hp) Custom Multi-engine

Outstanding In Type awards will be given for the following categories

Champion Beech Single Engine Beech Multi Engine Bellanca Cessna 150 Cessna 170-172-175 Cessna 180-182-210 Cessna 310 Mooney Piper PA-18 Super Cub Piper PA-22 Tri-Pacer

Piper PA-24 Comanche Piper PA-23 Apache-Aztec Limited Production

We look forward to seeing your Contemporary class showplanes on the fljghtline during EAA OSHKOSH 93

A NEW TYPE CLUB

Dave Decker of Hereford AZ wrote us to spread the word that he is starting a Type Club for the Call air brand of airplane After buying a Callair A3 Dave found there was little information on the airplane available and he has taken it upon himself to head up the effort to put some of the information down on paper in the form of a newsletter Dave is primarily interested in information of any type concerning the Callair airplanes particularly the cabin airplanes He pointed out that less than 40 Callairs were built and fewer than 20 are shown on the FAA registry If you know of someone who has a Callair flying or a project let them know about this new Type Club and have them get in contact with Dave Decker Callair Type Club and Newsletter 3307 Astro Drive Hereford AZ 85615 Phone 602-378-3688

A NICE PLACE TO STOP

If you re inbound to OSH for the Convention you may wish to stop at Wautoma Airport (Y50) located just 33 nm west of Oshkosh They will be offering a 10 discount on all fuel oil and merchandise to EAA members going to the show Free camping is also available For more information contact Jeff or Dan at 414787-3030

NAVION DOCUMENTS THEFT

Sun n Fun 93 was a great success by any measure but for one of our members Hale Andrews of Berkley Springs WV the event was marred by the theft of some of the brochures included in his documentation book for hi s award winning Navion Super 260 Hales documentation considered by the judges as one of the best they had seen included a section in the back featuring 5 or 6 original factory brochures collected by Hales father Earl Hales Navion has been in the family since it was purchased new by his father in 1951

Unfortunately sometime during the last half of the week during Sun n Fun 93 someone apparently took the brochures from the book Hale was disappointed to say the least and would very much like to see the items returned

If they are returned to EAA HQ we will see they are forwarded to Hale with no questions asked The address is EAA AntiqueClassic Division PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Attn HG Frautschy Editor Vintage Airplane

SPEEDBIRD RESTORER PASSES AWAY

John Denny (EAA 40749 A C 15079) whose restoration of the last aircraft produced by the Bird Airplane Co the Speedbird died Friday April 30 Dennis Buck Dodson John s nephew and owner of the Speedbird which was featured in last months issue says that by an ironic coincidence he was flying the Speedbird from Chico CA to San Jose when John passed away in Albuquerque NM at the same time The Speedbird had last been flown at San Jose during August of 1937

In the photo above John (right) displays the documentation book on the Speedbird with (left to right) his nephew Dennis Buck Dodson Karl Klemm and his son Neil

Our condolences to Buck John s wife Jean son Neil and daughter Nancy as well as his circle of friends

CHARLES CONNIE BLOM

Via Glenn Otto Mittelstadt we learned of the passing of early aviator and airplane builder Charles Connie Blom of Landrum Sc In 1928 as a young man attending the Schenectady night school vocational training school he and his brother Harold designed and built a high wing parasol monoplane Connie attempted to fly it from his home in Schenectady NY to the West coast but was forced to return home after a fire damaged the airplane during repairs after a precautionary landing in Wisconsin Connie then repaired the airplane and flew home His journey took 17 days including 10 days for him to rebuild the wing and recover the airplane

Well-known by many in the Landrum SC area Connie passed away Dec 23 1992

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by Buck Hilbert (EAA 21 Ale 5) PO Box 424

Union IL 60180

Here I sit in a perfect FUNK To those of you who need an exact descripshytion of FUNK there is no description reshyally Its the frame of mind that exists when spring finally arrives up here in the frozen North and all of a sudden the SAP starts to run And run and RUN and all true aviators begin to get sappy

I have had more phone calls in the past two weeks since I have been home from Sun n Fun than I can possibly keep track of Here I am trying to relicense the C-3 the Champ as well as get all the back burner chores done and I cant get away from the phone Trouble is I like talking to people and cant bring myself to shut them off

Had a nice conversation with a fella named Bob Green from Loveland CO the other day Bob called all in a dither because a neighbor was having a garage sale and in the lot were a pair of Je nny wheels Bob wanted to know how much to offer for them He had absolutely no use for them but he wanted to preserve them Know the feeling

Then Bob OConner called from Mil-

PASS IT 10--I] An information exchange column with input from our readers

waukee WI Not once but THR EE ti mes He is really going Sappy over an Aeronca C-3 ANY Aeronca C-3 Bob is a very early EAA member retired from Republic Airlines still flyi ng for fun and business after ten years of retirement He has a stable of airplanes including a Baby Ace he built way back in 53 a coushyple of other hangar queens a Bonanza and a King Air that he uses for going places He plans on dropping in here at the Funny Farm after I get back from my spring fishing trip to western Ontario Canada

Anyway I have had calls from just about everyone in the country this past week Even the San Diego Glue Angels checked in There is all sorts of good news from out-that way Bill Allen is building a new hangar complex at Gilleshyspie Field Addison Pemberton is taking that Bull Stearman everywhere and starting a new project and my Japanese friend Hiroshi Morita has his Fleet flying again after Bob Von Willer got it up and going

On the way home from Florida Dorothy and I stopped at the Army Aviashytion Museum at Fort Rucker AL Hey they have done wonders with organizing their displays in their NEW building They have a neat entrance display of Army Aviator Flight clothing in bronze and they have some really neat airplanes now on display

A Jenny a real SE SA a nice grouping of early L planes and some very realisshytic dioramas depicting Helicopter Comshy

bat Tactics I had to look up the director a nd shake his ha nd This man is a real PRO

From Ft R ucker we beat a path to Birmingham AL and there we invited ourselves to a personally conducted tour of the normally closed on Monday Birmshyingham Museum of Flight Sometimes I think this Museum is one of Birmingshyhams best kept secrets but it is coming into its own Dick Simpson one of the museum foundation officers and a conshystant volunteer gave us the tour They are on an expansion program right now and it was great to see how far they have corne since our last visit There are some really beautiful sport aviation airplanes on display and aT-6 that is so original and so free of the usual scratch and dents that it would take your breath away

We missed Glen Messer though Glen is well known as a pioneer in aviation One of the last five surviving Early Birds and a founding member of so many aviation organizations as well as a record setter of long reknown Glen still maintains an office in the Museum and acts as official Greeter Even though he is almost blind Glen will recognize a voice or a name and enthusiastically make a person welcome Id advise anyone visshyiting the Birmingham area to stop in and say hello to this wonderful person and shake hands with a REAL Aviator They dont make them like that anymore

And so Im off to Canada Watch out Walleyes here I come Unti l I get back hold the phone calls Over to you

In the Army Aviation Museum this Jenny is one of the featured aircraft on display

At the entrance to the Army Aviation Museum at Ft Rucker AL visitors are presented with this bronze display of the history of Army Aviation clothing

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MYSTERY PLANE This nifty sport plane was another

victim of the slow recovery after the Great Depression The photo was sent in by Owen Billman of Mayfield New York Answers will be published in the September 1993 issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE Deadline for that issue is July 20

The March Mystery evidently was a mystery to many readers for only five replies were received From far away Sweden came this answer from Lennart Johnsson of Eldsberga

The airplane shown is an American Eagle custom built in 1929 for Dr WaIshyter M Cross a chemist from Kansas City Its designation was Mode l 60

by George Hardie

Sedan according to the manufacturers advertising in A VIATION magazine Others say it was called A-529 or A-629 To add to this confusion it was first regshyistered under the name Model T-C

The airplane had two SiemensshyHalske radial engines (125 hp each) which were mounted remarkably close to the fuselage The pilot sat in an open cockpit in front of the wing Behind him was a closed cabin with room for five people Wingspan was 47 feet When the machine was test flown in Kansas City in early 1929 it took off in 200 feet and attained a cruising speed of 90 mph Landing speed was 45 mph

Dr Cross intended to use the new

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craft in traveling between his offices and laboratories in Kansas City New York and Los Angeles and he estishymates that he will save between $40000 and $50000 annually in time and travelshyling expenses I wonder if it worked out that way

Published pictures show the regisshytration number 10070 but as first regisshytered it was assigned number 364 My sources are A VIATION for February 2 February 23 March 2 May 41929 and AERO DIGEST for February 1929

Ralph Nortell of Spokane Washingshyton adds this

The March Mystery Plane is the one-off example of an American Eashygle design built in early 1929 Quite adshyvanced for its time it was powered by two Siemens-Halske engines It was reshyported to be a good load carrier having been test flown on one engine After a gross load test flight with Charles Toth at the controls the landing gear colshylapsed on landing resulting in severe damage

The plane was built for Dr Walter M Cross of Kansas City whose intenshytion was to apply to the Department of Commerce for an A TC But before the prototype could be rebuilt the 1929 stock market collapse devastated the market for airplanes

Other answers were received from Charley Hayes of Park Forest Illinois Robert Clark Oxnard CA and Marty Eisenmann of Garrettsville Ohio

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Projector a Low Priced Airplane

In November 1933 Eugene Vidal Dishyrector of Aeronautics of the US Departshyment of Commerce announced that the Department was taking the initiative in seeking a method whereby airplanes might be made available to the general public at a price low enough to make posshysible widespread private ownership Such a vehicle became known as the $700 airshyplane - the selling price of popular autoshymobiles of the time

Vidal conceived that such an airplane would be a two- or three-seat all metal airplane The plane would be cheap beshycause it would be mass-produced using automotive industry methods It would also be rugged and easy to repair with the costs of owning and operating the mashychine less than that of an average-priced automobile

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lots and mechanics They were asked if they would be interested in such an airshyplane at a price of $700 About 18000 replies were received with 13000 saying they would purchase such an aircraft Not surprising as such an airplane would be $300 to $500 less than anything on the market About 5000 said they would not purchase With the results of the survey in hand Vidal believed there was a market for upwards of 10000 of the $700 airshyplanes

Assured that a substantial potential market existed for such a plane Vidal apshyproached the Public Works Administrashytion for funding The agency one of the numerous federal agencies established in the depression to battle unemployment allotted $500000 for the project Vidal felt that the funds channeled through a consortium of existing aircraft builders would be used to hire unemployed engishyneers draftsmen and craftsmen who

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would design and manufacture a cheap airplane

Problems arose from the very beginshyning Legal counsel for the Public Works Administration decided that the money could only go to public works and that there was nothing public about private airplanes for the masses So the funds were rescinded Some companies already manufacturing light aircraft claimed that the publicity already had caused potenshytial buyers to wait on the ephemeral poor-man s plane than purchase an existshying design Waldo Waterman in his book WALDO PIONEER AVIATOR stated Vidals quest for a $700 airplane all but destroyed what little aircraft industry there was still surviving the Depression

AERO DIGEST

The reaction in the aviation press of the time was not very favorable In an editorial in the December 1933 issue of AERO DIGEST Frank Tichenor stated It is no secret that the hard-working and hard-pressed Aeronautics Branch has been under pressure for some time to do for private flying something big spectacshyular and constructive

But it was indeed regrettable that Mr Vidals questionnaire which he must know caused a veritable storm upon many airports left the erroneous impresshysion that the Aeronautics Branch had a specific and definite plane in view when it presented its proposal to American fliers

We are not surprised that there are many private pilots who would like such a ship at $700 According to the figures of the Labor Department there are some 10000000 people who would like a fifshyteen-cent dinner but not only does such a dinner appear non-existent but often the necessary nickel and dime also is conspicuously absent

We commend the Aeronautics Branch for its efforts in attempting to

bring the light airplane manufacturer in touch with the current market but let no one who is at present in the market for any of the excellent low-priced airplanes now available hesitate in making his purshychase because of the Departments quesshytionnaire The prospects of an early fulshyfillment of the $700 airplane idea is too remote to let it be the means of curtailing the sales of tried and proven aircraft

AVIATION

In the December 1933 issue of AVIAshyTION the editor Edward P Warner asked $700 And How It is frequently a matter of some little difficulty to pick the particular story which deserves the preeminent position of our new pages but this month there could be no doubt The announcement from the Department of Commerce that Director Vidal has unshydertaken to solici t expressions of willingshyness to buy a new airplane of specified characteristics and that the characterisshytics include a price of $700 has set the high-water-mark in news excitement not only for November but for a much longer period

The idea is amusing in its very simshyplicity The industry may not sell 10000 airplanes or even any large part thereof but at least we shall have a lot of new inshyformation Aside from some temporary unsettlement of the market for existing types of aircraft we believe the results will be good But there is a word of caushytion that should be said and point that should be made

Extreme care must be used in intershypreting the results of the market survey There are plenty of people who will gaily write YES on a piece of paper but who will not be nearly so ready to write their names at the bottom of checks for $700 each

But there is another point We beshylieve that 10000 airplanes of quality could be built for $700 apiece by a single manufacturer who received a single order for 10000 machines They cannot be built for any such price under the conditions that existed in 1929 with about 180 manushyfacturers scrambling over each other afshyter every individual sale and with no sinshygle factory setting up production of more than a few hundred ships An essential condition precedent to the successful acshycomplishment of the Vidal plan is that the aircraft industry should cooperate as no industry has ever cooperated before

It would have to be turned out in many plants with wings built at A and landing gear at B and assembly taken care of at C and then it will have to be the subject of a concentrated sales camshypaign in which all effort is merged to get as many people as possible into the air We dont know that can be done

USED PLANES

And in the 99ER Clara Gilbert in her comments Are Air Flivvers Feasible raised the question of used aircraft There are available at the moment many used ships for sale at figures well under $1 000 Among them are to be found not only two place but three and four place ships cabin jobs as well as open cockpit models and the majority are capashyble of speeds well in excess of 100 miles an hour If there is no market for these airshyplanes how then does the Government propose to stimulate sufficient interest in private and sport flying to dispose of 10000 smaller slower planes which will only carry two passengers at a price apshyproximating that of these used ships

AERO DIGEST ON FUNDING

In the February 1934 issue of AERO DIGEST the editor Edward P Warner presented his views in Notes on a $700 Airplane He stated When Director of Aeronautics Vidal launched his famous private plane questionnaire a considerable segment of the aircraft industry thought it a joke - and not a particularly funny one When he persuaded the Public Works Adshyministration to make over $500000 to proshymote the realization of the project as a means of developing a new industry to proshyvide new employment the joke ended Half a million dollars are to be regarded seriously even in days when federal expenshyditures run to six billion and higher

In response to a request of A VIAshyTION Eugene Vidal Director of Aeroshynautics US Department of Commerce prepared an official view concerning the interest of the Department in the private airplane market His response was pubshylished in the February 1934 issue of A VIshyAnON under the title Low-Priced Airshyplane

Private flying measured in terms of active pilots planes and their use is on the decline After fifteen years or so of the building of planes for miscellaneous flying there are less than 7000 licensed airplanes in this country of 12000000 people

It might be well to assume that there may be something wrong with the product which we now are attempting to sell that the market exists for something diffe rent It also might be well to overlook entirely the attitude of the pilots who already have lea rned to fly (who would like to have a faster plane) and concentrate on the avershyage American citizen who may not be an aviation enthusiast Also it might be well to cease planning planes which the indusshytry feels that the future pilot should have and plan one which would appeal to the United States citizen even though it may not be as desirable to every pilot and deshysigner

The most important detail of an airshyplane as of any other manufactured prodshyuct is its price Granted an airplane should be safe no matter how safe it may be it cannot be sold in numbers if it is too exshypensive It is useless to make a plane safe if it wont be purchased and thus wont be flown The majority of Americans buy aushytomobiles which sell for less than $1 000 and are inexpensive to operate and mainshytain They are quite accustomed to the price range between $500 and $1000 and it goes without saying that an airplane for that price sold on the installment plan would have a popular appeal

Vidal felt that the automobile driver was the customer for the $700 plane and that this customer had become accusshytomed to details of an automobile its apshypearance material control etc He stated that a car made of fabric couldn t possibly sell As metal is durable and strong so the airplane should be

He believed metal construction was important from other viewpoints Producshytion methods used for the automotive inshydustry could be adopted to airplane manushyfacture such as the mass stamping of parts Techniques of assembly and of mainteshynance and repair would suggest methods for volume production of airplanes

The appearance of an airplane must be attractive and in its details and remind the car driver of his car He also felt that the popular plane should look like a modern passenger transport To the casual eye the small airplane would appear as a scaled-down reproduction of the airliners which now are flying Also the small airshyplane would require little professional training and skills necessary to fly it

Vidal concluded his comments with the following An airplane can be built for $700 and the Public Works allotment asshysures that difficulties in the way of initiatshying the program can be met Volume proshyduction will make the airplane possible and it also will react to the benefit of the entire industry stimulating employment in factories increasing the business of airshyports affording new opportunities for emshyployment of pilots and mechanics

Indirectly the renewed interest in flyshying undoubtedly will direct attention of more people upon the services offered by the scheduled ai rlines There should be a development analogous to that which has taken place in the automobile radio reshyfrigerator and other industries And just as the introduction of these articles has been a stimulus to business in general the low-priced airplane has an opportunity to add to the scope of commercial activities

A NEW COURSE FOR THE BUREAU

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ment of the low-priced airplane Under his direction the Bureau of Aeronautics created a development section to foster the design construction and developshyment of safer easier operated more comfortable and lower priced airplanes for private owners

The Bureau had no budget for develshyopment but it did have funds for purshychasing aircraft to be flown by its inspecshytors as they traveled around the country Later from a special appropriation of $1000000 which was to be used at the discretion of the President for the develshyopment of military and civil aviation $100000 was made available for the new Development Section

Under its authority and with its fundshying the first task of the new section was to investigate possible designs for a safer low-priced airplane for private use A committee was also formed representing both the Government and industry Among the members were Amelia Earhart Dr George Lewis NACA Robert Renfro editor THE SPORTSshyMAN PILOT Edward Warner SAE and Alford Williams American Petroleum Institute

The newly created Development Secshytion turned to the task of setting up deshysign criteria for what Vidal called a Safety Plane Once the specifications were drawn Vidal would solicit bids from the aircraft industry The plan was to purchase 25 airplanes from the firm submitting the best design He was no longer talking about a low-priced everyshymans airplane or planes at the cost of a car but envisioned the Safety Plane as a prototype for the massed produced inshyexpensive aircraft of tomorrow

LIGHT PLANE SPECIFICATIONS

The Bureau of Aeronautics (Bureau of Air Commerce as of July 1934) specishyfications were published in the July 1934 issue of AVIATION along with some edshyitorial comments There is a distinct reshysemblance to the requirements of the Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition

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of 1929 in the light airplane specifications issued recently by the Department of Commerce In sponsoring the developshyment of such a design by calling for bids for 25 planes for the use of his inspectors Aeronautics Director Eugene Vidal beshylieves that the simplicity and safety of opshyeration and low operating cost will attract many new private owners

The editor remarked that several aeroshynautical engineers had been thinking along the same lines and included in the same issue an article about the experishymental machine built by Fred Weick This machine the W-l was being tested at the time at Langley by the NACA

The specifications were broken down into four parts General Performance Safety Features Powerplant and Equipshyment In general they called for an airshyplane with an extreme amount of forward visibility and the ability to brake immeshydiately upon touchdown without nosing over The airplane had to be able to take off over a 35 foot obstacle after an 800 foot run and to land within 400 feet after passing over the same obstacle Addishytionally it had to be non-spinning nonshystalling with a top speed of at least 110 mph and a landing speed of under 35 mph All this to be accomplished with just a 100 horsepower engine Cost was no longer the determining factor in the competition

Aircraft manufacturers would have until August 17 1934 to submit their bids for the contract to build 25 aircraft Vidal opened the bids in the competition at a small Washington ceremony on August 271934 Only one bid came from an airshycraft manufacturer of any size and repushytation The others had been submitted by small firms Because the designs were all so untried Vidal decided against ordershying 25 from anyone bidder Instead the winner would get a contract for 15 and five different builders each a contract for a single prototype which the government would test and evaluate

Fourteen bids were received from the following Safety Air Transport of Indishyanapolis Campbell Aircraft of St Joseph MO Church Airplane Company

Chicago Waldo Waterman of Santa Monica CA Hartford Aircraft CurtissshyWright Robertson MO Hammond Airshycraft Ypsilanti MI Niagara Amphibions Buffalo NY St Louis Aircraft Corp St Louis Arrow Aircraft Lincoln NE Spartan Aircraft Tulsa Kreider-Reisner Hagerstown MD Cunningham-Hall Rochester NY Amphibions Roosevelt Field Long Island

BUREAU AWARDS LIGHTPLANE CONTRACTS

The Hammond Aircraft Company of Ypsilanti MI was the winner of the comshypetition sponsored by the Bureau of Air Commerce to procure airplanes for its inshyspectors and at the same time to encourshyage the development of an economical safe airplane for the private owner

On October 18 1934 the Bureau awarded a contract for 15 of the Hamshymond aircraft with the option of taking five more at $3190 apiece (So much for the $700 airplane) Delivery of the first plane was to have been made within five months and the delivery of the remainshyder within four months of the Bureaus acceptance of the first During the course of 1935 with the money saved by not ordering 25 copies of the winning deshysign the Bureau contracted for five other aircraft to be purchased These included Waldo Waterman for his tailless Arrowshyplane Ole Fahlin (not one of the original bidders) for the Plymacoupe a high wing design powered by a Plymouth automoshybile engine Kreider-Reisner was given an order to modify the Weick W-1 Pitshycairn for the his new road able autogiro Curtiss-Wright for its 90 hp Coupe and the Arrow Company for one of its Sports powered by a Ford V-8 automobile Enshygine

Over the next few years the Bureau would be busy testing these aircraft Three would be successful enough to be certificated for production More on the aircraft in the next installment

(To be continued in next months edishytion of VINTAGE AIRPLANE)

1993 saw many changes for the AnshytiqueClassic Division at Sun n Fun 93 shythe biggest was the relocation of the parkshying area for our airplanes to the east side of the Sun n Fun convention site AnshytiqueClassic Headquarters was also moved with the new location next to the woods on the east end of the main drag The new parking area will in the long run provide more parking for Antique Classic and Contemporary airplanes This year the huge amount of water dumped on the site during the weeks previous to the Conventions start made some areas a bit on the soupy side but Ray Olcott and his tireless group of aircraft parkers did

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their best to keep the airplanes out of the stickiest plots As improvements are made to the new parking area the drainage should improve according to Bill Eickshyhoff Sun n Fun president The rainy weather abated just in time for the Fly-In and the pleasant weather made everybody in the local Chamber of Commerce breathe a big sigh of relief

The second big change came about with the judging of the Contemporary class for the first time A number of good looking Contemporaries were on hand and its apparent that pilots are beginning to take notice of the hidden gems out there on the tiedown ramps across the

country Just as it took a few years for the Classic category to bring the airshyplanes up to Grand Champion status so it will be with the Contemporary class but we can all be encouraged by the efshyforts that have been expended so far shysome of these airplanes are just plain flat gorgeous

Antiques and Classics had their fair share of good looking airplanes too shyleading the pack was the Davis D-l W owned and restored by Dr Roy Wicker and Barbara Kitchens The handsome parasol monoplane was once the pershysonal aircraft of designer and company owner Walter Davis The Davis was judged the Grand Champion Antique of Sun n Fun 93

In the Classic arena there was no Grand Champion award this year - none of the aircraft judged had points above the threshold to be judged as such but a few came close A number of nice Cubs were on display as well as the latest restoration effort by Joe Fleeman the man who restored Delton Perry s TrishyPacer His latest work a BUcker Jungshymann for Ralph Lerch is a true beauty in black

All manner of flying machines came to roost in Lakeland for Sun n Fun - on the next few pages youll get a full color view of some of the neatest vintage airshyplanes in the skies today Delmar Benjamin and his Gee Bee R-1 replica drew admiring crowds again this year

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Grand Champion - Davis D-IW NC 13576 Dr Roy Wicker Quitman GAl Barshybara Kitchens Milner GA

Reserve Grand Champion - Travel Air 2000 NC8853 Gene Rambo Arlington VA

Silver Age (1928-1932) - Travel Air 4D N9917 Bill Plecenik Erwinna P A

Contemporary Age (1933-1945) - Stinson SR-9 NC17154 Jerry Stevens Boca Raton FL

Best Custom - Cessna UC-78 N78UC Dwain Pittenger Hereford TX

Best World War II Era - Stearman N2S N65101 Brian Becker Pompano Beach FL

Best Biplane - Beech Staggerwing N18575 Michael Greenblatt Midland GA

Best Monoplane - Piper J-3 N9499H Dan Foley Wichita KS

Best Open Cockpit - Stearman N1902M Russell Faller Farmingville NY

Best Cabin - Howard DGA-15P N22423 Fred Kirk Ft Lauderdale FL

Outstanding Aircraft - Monocoupe 90AL NC11760 Robert Eicher Daytona Beach FL

Outstanding Aircraft - Piper J-3 N35GM Gene McNeely Earle AR

Outstanding Aircraft - Stearman N2S N68238 Chris and Lyle Wheeler Boca Rashyton FL

Outstanding Aircraft - Stearman N555 Cliff Lowe Cadiz KY

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(Right) Joe Fleeman has done it again His restoration of Ralph Lerchs(AlC 16691) Bucker Jungmann is stunning and the workmanship is excellent as it was on his restoration of Delton Perrys Piper Tri-Pacer

(Below) This nice Stinson 10A has just been restored to the configuration it had when it was used by the CAP at Lanshytana FI during WW II It is registered to Florida Airmotive Inc in Lantana

(Below right) Jerry Stevens handsome Stinson SR-9 taxis out for departure at Lakeland Steve hails from Boca Raton FL and was awarded the Contemporary Age (1933-1945) Antique trophy

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(Lower left) Bird Biplanes always look so pretty on the flight line Brian Thorpe Mt Dora FL brought his Bird CK up north from the Miami area It is powered by a Continental R-670

(Below) Dick Jackson (AIC 371) Rochester NH continues to fly the only Waco D The 0 sometimes referred to as the Waco Super Sport is the only one of its kind in existence Dick restored it over 20 years ago and it is still looking great

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Best Classic 101 to 165 hp - Cessna 170 N2727C Gene D Engelskirger Hinkley OH

Best Classic Over 165 hp - Ryan Navion N5437K H a le Andre ws Berkeley Springs WV

Best Custom Classic Under 100 hp - Cessna 120 N2460N Scott Cox Ft Lauderdale FL

Best Custom Classic 101 to 165 hp - Pipe r P A-16 N5796H Mitch Freshyitag Summerville SC

Best Custom Classic Over 165 hp shyGlobe Swift N80555 Scott Anderson Deerfield Beach FL

Best Of Type - Pipe r PA-17 Vaga bo nd N4686 H Tom Scott Okeechobee FL

Best Of Type - G lobe Swift N78068 Pete Johnson Faribault MN

Best Of Type - Piper PA-22 Tri Pacer N8740C Delto n Perry Lawrenceburg TN

Best Of Type - Luscombe 8A NC681A Rochard Hoyle Vince nt AL

Outst a nding A ircraft - B ticker Ju ngma nn N46925 Ralp h Lerch Lawrenceburg TN

(Above and above right) Now you can put a face with the plane - heres Delton Perry (AIC 18583) and his Piper TrishyPacer (The same one featured in the Deshycember 1992 issue of Vintage Airplane) Deltons PA-22 won the Best of Type award for the restoration done by Joe Fleeman

(Right) Mark Holliday (AiC 1316) of Lake Elmo MN shows off the racy lines of his stock Globe Swift Stock or modified the Swift is still one of the most beautiful airplanes ever made

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AntiqueClassic HQ has been moved to a spot next to the Ill bet you can guess which college football team Parnell Colas woods - here folks are enjoying the shade during the aftershy cheers for noon airshow

(Above) Hale Andrews (AIC 982) of Berkeley Springs WV cruises by with the pretty Navion Super 260 his father bought new in 1951 It has just been restored after a flood nearly deshystroyed it

(Left) Luke Walker is just starting to enjoy flyshying his newly-restored Piper Vagabond It was his first aircraft restoration effort

(Right) N7777K is the oldest Piper Tri-Pacer in existence - it is serial No2 the first production aircraft to survive (Serial number 1 was tested to destruction during the certificashy

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(Above top) No tired old Apache here Verwayne (AIC 3987) and Leslie Owen Severna Park MD are just completing this nice restorashytion of their 1959 Piper PA-23 Apache

(Above right) Anthony Lamontia (AIC 20124) Bath OH is justifiably proud of his Cessna 182 he has been restoring for a number of years It was an Outstanding Airshycraft award winner

(Left) Another Outstanding Aircraft award winner was Jerry Whartons 1959 Cessna 172 Jerrys airplane was stored indoors for most of its life and as a consequence the airshyplane was we preserved The inshyterior fabric on the seats and side panels is original as is the instrushyment panel -erry (AIC 18564) is from Wise VA

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(Left) After their first attempt at flying the England - Australia trip in a Piper J-3() Bob and Diane Dempster are going to try it again in a brand spanking new Piper PA-18 Super Cub (The first time the density altitude high and the service ceiling of the Cub not as high stopped the flight in the 1250 heat of the Egyptian desert) The Dempsters arrived at Lakeshyland after picking up the airplane in Vero Beach with 98 hours on the tach They plan to sell their house get an instrushyment rating for Bob and make the necshyessary modifications to fly the North Atshylantic and beyond

This years AntiqueClassic and Contemporary judges at Sun n Fun 93 were (left to right) Jim Zantop Joe Sinnett Xen K Motsinger Jennie White George Hindall Bill Doty Jack Gilson Juan Blanco Bob Romanelli Leonard Kress Jack Gillespie Terny Brokaw Harris Wiese Wayne Anderson Bill Murry and Don Jacobs Thanks to all of them for their hard work chasing down the airplanes to be judged

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Best Metal Seaplane - Cessna 185E N5830J Joe Strazzula Ft Pierce FL Best Fabric Seaplane - Maule M-7 N61350 Mark Futch Boca Grande FL Best Ampbibian - Grumman Goose N121GL Chuck Greenhill Mettawa IL

Originally located in Louisiana this J-3 Cub on 1320 Edo floats N1353M SIN 9913 was brought to Florida by Steve Swails (EAA 377050) of Ft Myshyers and totally restored Although some corrosion was found necessary repairs were completed and the airframe was epoxy primed and powder coated for seaplane use A C85-12 engine was installed (without starter and generator) to replace the C65 and the floats were restored to new condition

Left - Steve Swails carefully negotiates alligator alley between the shore and open water at Lake Parker Pilots reported the gators were quite prevalent just outside the reeds and could easily be seen sunning themshyselves

Lower left - Unusual mint condition 1320 Edo floats on Steve Swails J-3 Cub looked brand new Note the cable between the float tips for moving to the other side of the airplane - often referred to as a Canadian Spreader Bar

Lower right - Nestled on the shore of Lake Parker is Steve Swails J-3 85 Cub His passenger was Alex Wopper (EAA 419315) of Valdivia Chile who is just starting seaplane training He has purchased a Murphy Regtel kit along with a float kit and will build them at his home in the south of Chile - below the 40th parallel A native of Germany Alex is excited about having the only seaplane in Chile and many many lakes to fly from

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Brilliant ear1y morning photo of Bill Rose (EAA 159635 AlC 6612) Grumman Goose N600ZE SIN B-100 with eleven hot air balloons lifting into the clear Florida sky

One of Jack Browns Seaplane Base Cubs on 1500 Aqua floats took a trip through the reeds cutting sileage The un-named pilot had to push and pull it out of the mess in waist deep water

Very nice photo of a Republic RC-3 Seabee N6659K SIN 936 as it powers onto the step for takeoff It is registered to Graham Sutherland of Port Orange FL Note how the spray rails move the water away from the hull and the proshypeller

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N6256 Replica Fighter Museum Gunshytersville AL

Outstanding Aircraft - Halberstadt D II N1388J Replica Fighter Museum Guntersville AL

Outstanding Aircraft - Sopwith Pup N1915K Replica Fighter Museum Gunshytersville AL

Outstanding Aircraft - Sopwith Trishyplane N543A Replica Fighter Museum Guntersville AL

3 years in a row Frank Ryders growing collection of WW I era replicas has again captured the Grand Champion Replica award at Sun n Fun This year the award was presented to the Nieuport 28 (above right) replica Chuck Brady (AIC 1920) constructed at his shop in Dwight IL

Frank and his Lake Gunterville Aero crew brought three other replicas to Sun n Fun 93 - from top to bottom they are Halberstadt DII Constructed by Carl Swanson Darien WI the airplane was on display at the EAA Air Adventure museum until being acquired by Frank Ryder for his museum Completely gone over by Gene Schwartz and the staff at Lake Gunshytersville Aero the Halberstadt was refinshyished in the spectacular longenze scheme you see here Its being flown here by Gene DeMarco

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The replica in the center of the page is the Sopwith Pup constructed by Ken Pruitt Belen NM and being flown by Frank Ryder He advises that it is one of the most demanding airplanes he has landed - even more so than the Fokker Triplane

Finally at the bottom of the facing page is the Sopwith Triplane built by Chad and Char Willie of Lake Oswego OR It is beshying flown for our camera by Joel Williams A Sopwith Dolphin project was also disshyplayed to give the public some sense of the work involved in constructing a replica WW I fighter WW I aviation will be the subject of a featured display at

EAA OSHKOSH 93 on the Convention taxiway - details are in this months AlC News

In the photo below the Douglas DC-3 of Alexander Aeroplane taxis out for deparshyture with a load of happy Sun n Fun volshyunteers Ron Alexander graciously agreed to give a ride to as many volunteers as he could with the Douglas and the smooth evening air was a treat for all who experishyenced it Our own Buck Hilbert was drafted as co-pilot (Im sure they had to drag him screaming and kicking to the airplane ) where he enjoyed refamiliarshyizing himself with the airplane he cut his teeth on as a neophyte airline pilot

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1ST PLACE GROUND TO AIR - Robert T Beecher (AIC 17924) Chicago IL captured this truly rare photo of a Parks P-2A in flight Since there are only a few of these airplanes left flying this is definitely one for the scrapbooks

2ND PLACE GROUND TO AIR - Myron Heimer (AIC 8190) 3RD PLACE GROUND TO AIR - LeRoy Falk (AIC 9411) CarshyRose Creek MN pentersville IL neatly frames this Fairchild 24W

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1ST PLACE GROUND TO GROUND - Myron Heimer gets his second award with this in your face shot of a Dwain Pittengers Cessna T -50 Bobcat

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HONORABLE MENTION GROUND TO GROUND - L Vincent Hostetler (AIC 14206) Grand Junction CO Even rarer than the Parks P-2 this Parks P-1 now resides at Parks College of St Louis University in Cahokia IL

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1ST PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - LeRoy Falk receives top honors with this picture

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2ND PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - Don Levandoski gets his second award with this shot of Allen Rudolph touching-up the aileron on the Pietenpol in the AlC tent at Oshkosh 92

3RD PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - (right) Jeri Mihalic (EAA 277478) Mammoth Cave KY shows The Oshkosh Experience in this picture of her husband Dave and his 1957 Bonanza

2ND PLACE - CHAIRMANS CHOICE - Myron Heimer shows us that not all TIger Moths are small

1ST PLACE CHAIRMANS CHOICE - James W Fowler (AIC 2293) Houston TX suitably titled this picture Young Eagle

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1ST PLACE WATER BIRDS - Pat Quinn (AIC 9207) of Ventura CA gives us a glimpse back in time with this photo titled Brennands Seaplane Base 1952 or 1992

2ND PLACE WATER BIRDS - Robert T Beecher

3RD PLACE WATER BIRDS - Myron Heimer brings back WATER BIRDS HONORABLE MENTION - William McCarrei all the memories of a calm summer day (AlC 4496) White Pigeon MI

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Judges Choice for 1992

This dazzling photo of a Lockheed 12-A Electra taken by Robert T Beecher receives the p restig ious honor of

Your judges for the 1992 Anshy man Lorraine Morris EE Tex tiqueClassic Photo Contest were Hilbert Chairman Jack McCarthy (left to right) Dan Hans Co-Chair- Bill Lombardi Lee Fray and Eric

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Lundahl Contest Chairman Jack McshyCarthy would like to thank all of the judges who helped out this year and he would also like to particularly thank Lorraine Morris who helped organize this year s event and did most of the record-keeping Lorraine is an active AC member and she flies a Boeing 737-400 for a living

The AC photo contest is on again for EAA Oshkosh 93 so get your cameras ready for the summer In next month s issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE the rules for the contest will be published and they will also be available when you register for the contest at the AC Red Barn during the Convention Remember the conshytest is for photos of Antique Classic or Contemporary aircraft shot either enroute at the EAA Convention or on the way home Our thanks to the over one hundred() AC members who entered this years contest and we look forward to seeing you again this year

The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a mailer of information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the information to EAA A(( Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903shy3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

JUNE 11-13 - DENTON TX - Denton Municipal Airport AAA (Texas Chapter) 30th Annual Fly-In Contact John or Nancy Whatley 214517-1981 or Bert Mashyhon817387-2620

JUNE 12 - GADSDEN AL - J-3 and Piper high wing Annual Fly-In Camping Bomb Drop Spot Landings Hangar dance Contact Faye Bryant Gadsden Pilots Asshysoc 196 Ira Gray Dr Gadsden AL 35901 205442-3313

JUNE 12 - NEWPORT NEWS V A shy21st Annual Colonial Fly-In Newport NewsWilliamsburg IntI Airport Sponshysored by EAA Chapter 156 Contact ofr inshyformation and NORDO entry Charles Colshylier 620 Hilton Rd Newport News V A 23605 804247-5844

JUNE 13 - AURORA IL - Aurora Mushynicipal Airport EAA Chapte r 579 FlyshyInlDrive -In breakfast and airport FBO open house 7am - 3pm Contact Alan Shackleton 708466-4193 or Bob Rieser Airport Manager 708466-7000

JUNE 19 - WILD ROSE WI - Idlewild Airport - Pancake BreakfastFly-In Idlewild-Wild Rose Airport Assoc PO Box 296 Wild Rose WI 54984 Call 414622-4020

JUNE 24-27 - MT VERNON OH shy34th Annual National Waco Reunion Greatest WACO Show On EARTH For more information call 513868-0084

JUNE 26-27 - ORANGE MA - Orshyange Municipal Airport 17th Annual New England Regional Fly-In sponsored by the Friends of the Orange Airport Contact Bob McKenney 508544-8762 or Len Beshydaw (Orange Airport) 508544-8189 or Fax 508249-5940

JUNE 26-27 - GREELEY CO - EAA Rocky Mountain Fly-In Antiques Classhysics homebuilts warbirds ultralights No registration fee free camping transportashytion to local motels 3031798-6086 or 353shy5514

JULY 4 - WISCONSIN RAPIDS WIshyWI Rapids Airport EAA Chapter 706 FlyshyInDrive In Pancake Breakfast 730shy1130am Call 715435-3644 for information

JULY 7-11 - ARLINGTON WA shyNorthwest EAA Fly-In 206435-5857

JULY 10 -11- DELAWARE OHshy12th Annual EAA Chapter 9 Fly-In

Delaware Airport Contact Alan Harding 614442-0024

JULY 10 -11- EMMETSBURG lA shy5th Annual Aeronca Fly-In sponsored by tbe Tail dragger Club Contact Keith Harnden Box 285 Emmetsburg IA 50536

JULY 11- MICHIGAN CITY IN - EAA Chapter 966 Pancake Breakfast Contacts The Dees - 219324-6060 or the Hugley s 219325-0133

JULY 16-18 - RED LAKE ONTARlOshyNorseman Festival and Fly-In at Red Lake Ontario Norseman Capita l of the World Floats and wheels Contact Ron Robinson Box 308 Red LakeOntario Canada POV 2MO Phone 807727-2809 or Fax 807727shy3980

JULY 23 -24 - COFFEYVILLE KS shyFunk Aircraft Owners Assoc Reunion Conshytact Gene Ventress 10215 S Monticello Shawnee Mission KS 66227 Phone 9131782shy1483

JULY 24 -27 - WAUSAU WI - Ercoupe Owners Club National Convention Contact Syd Cohen 715842-7814

JULY 24 AND 25 - SHIOCTON WI shyAnnual Fly-In Contact Joyce Baggot 414986-3547

JULY 27 - AUGUST 7 - VALshyPARAISO (VPZ) IN Food and Fuel booth Stop by and see us on your way to and from Oshkosh We are famous for our hospitality Sponsored by EAA Chapter 104 Contact 219884-1619

THURSDAY JULY 29 -WEDNESDA Y AUGUST 4 1993 - OSHKOSH WI- 41st Annual EAA Fly-In and Sport Aviation Convention Wittman Regional Airport Con tact John Burton PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54904-3086 Call 414426-4800 for more information ITS NEVER TOO EARLY TO MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND

AUGUST 6 - 8 - STILLWATER OKshyLake Elmo Airport Sesquicentennial Aviashytion Days Fly-In breakfast balloon rally other events 612430-1200 for more inforshymation

AUGUST 12-15 - LOCK HAVEN PAshyWilliam T Piper Memorial Airport Sentishymental Journey 93 Aerial Mail To Lock Haven is this years tbeme All makes and models welcome especially Antique and classic airplanes Call 717893-4200 (9am til 5 pm) Fax 717893-4218 or write PO Box Jshy3 Lock Haven PA 17745-0496

AUGUST 15 - BROOKFIELD WIshyCapitol Airport 8th Annual Vintage Airshycraft Display and Ice Cream Social Midwest Antique Airplane Club will also hold its monthly fly-In meeting For more informashytion call George Meade at 414962-2428

AUGUST 27-29 - SUSSEX NJ - Sussex Airport Sussex Airshow For more informashytion call 2011875-0783

SEPT 4-5 PROSSER W A - 10th Annual

EAA Chapter 391 Fly-IN Food flying tours raffle and more Camping on the field For more info call Thopson Aircraft at 5091786-1034

SEPT 8-12 - GALESBURG IL -Galesburg Municipal Airport 22nd Nashytional Stearman Fly-In Contact Tom Lowe 823 Kingston Ln Crystal Lake IL 60014 815459-6873 or Harold Canada 370 Hawkinson Av Galesburg IL 61401 309343-9850

SEPT 17-19 - KANKAKEE IL - Koshyerner Airport 9th Annual Midwest Stinshyson Fly-In Seminars on Stinson 108s and Franklin engi nes FAA Safety Seminars Sat night banquet Fly-outs rally and performance contests Camping on the field Contact Loran Nordgren 4 W Neshybraska Frankfort IL 60423 Phone 815469-9100

SEPT 11middot12 bull MARION OH - EAA Mid-Eastern Regional Fly-In (MERFI) 513849-9455

SEPT 18-19 -Hickory NC - 8th Annual EAA Chapter 731 Fly-In Contact Jean Smith days 704396-7032 or Norman Rainshywater evenings 704328-5807

SEPT 18middot19 - ROCK FALLS IL shyEAA Nortb Central Fly-In 708513-0642

SEPT 20 - ROCK FALLS IL - Panshycake Breakfast in Conjuction with the North Central Fly-ln

SEPT 24-25 - HEBER CITY UT shyUtah State EAA Sport Aviation 8tb Intershymountain Fly-In Seminars demonstrashytions aircraft judging camping food tours and fun Heber Valley Airport (36U) Conshytact Russ McDonald 801645-9543

SEPT 24middot26 - CAMDEN SC 52 nd reunion of Southern Aviation School pilot Primary Flight Training 1941-1944 For all Alumni employees and all personel Conshytact Bill Hawkins PO Box 789 Camden SC 29020 Phone 803432-9595

SEPT 25middot26 - WILMINGTON DE shyEAA East Coast Regional Fly-In 3011933shy0314

SEPT 30 bull OCT 3 bull OWENSBORO KY Owensboro Davies County Airport Annual Convention of International Cessna 120140 Assoc Contact David Lowe or Gil Pounds 502736-5392 or Fax 736-2403

OCT 1middot2middot BARTLESVILLE OK shy36th Annual Tulsa Fly-In Special Aircraft this year include the EAA replica Spirit of St Louis and the original Woolaroc winshyner of the 1927 Dole Pineapple race Conshytact Charlie Harris 3933 S Peoria Tulsa OK 74105 9181742-7311

OCT 1middot3middot PRESCOTT AZ - EAA Copperstate Fly-ln 6021750-5480

OCT 15-17 bull KERRVILLE TX shyEAA Southwest Regional Fly-In 915658shy4194 1Ir

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS On this page youll see the latest additions to the ranks of the EAA AnshytiqueClassic Division Whether youre joining for the first time or are coming back we welcome you and wed especially like to welcome those ofyou who are joining us with your interest in Contemporary class aircraft Welcome one and all

Randy Abegglen Lewisville ID Jose Abreu Miami FL Tracy A Ake Gainesville VA Roy B Allison Minneapolis MN Carson V Baker Crestwood KY James E Bean Northport NY Tom Beck Bethel AK George Beckerman Mt Carmel IL John F Benson Glendora CA Paul W Blackman Finksburg MD Don Blehm Green Mtn Falls CO Michael G Brown Roanoke VA Samuel W Bruce Eagle Rock VA Walter R Bullerwell Dickson TN David W Burns MarengoIL Tony Buttacavoli Waterford MI H Todd Clamp Newberry SC Troy P Coker III Dallas TX David M Collins Cornelius OR Douglas Conciatu Sterling Heights MI Mark Conover Houston TX James D Cooper Thonotosassa FL Gaetan Coulombe

Cloridorme Quebec Canada Marcella Dankow

Ft McMurray Alberta Canada James Dawson Vacaville CA Drew Detsch San Francisco CA Donald Dewey Sierra Madre CA Van G Dickens Fayetteville NC Charles Dobbins Abingdon V A Donald E Dorrell Santa Barbara CA William Doud USMM Sterling NY Jack C Faas Lake Geneva WI Bill Farrell Cincinnati OH Joel Fenger Chester MT Geoffrey M Fickling McAlpine FL J W Corkey Fornof

Canyon Country CA James R Freese Ukiah CA Walter F Gall Bainbridge W A George Galpin Marton New Zealand Sidney Gehlert Pasadena MD Gary Gladd Fullerton CA Daniel H Gleason Coraopolis P A D Brad Gossen

Downsville Ontario Canada Charles D Grady Tallulah LA Charles E Graves Waterloo IA Jeffrey W Gray

Calgary Alberta Canada Allen D Guth Mokena IL Merv Halliday Tanau New Zealand C Kay Hanshell Sabina OH John E Henderson Lancaster PA Stuart G Henderson Durham NC Arthur L Herr Memphis TN Charles A Hinkle

North Little Rock AR Stephen R Hosch Louisvi lle KY Norman Howard CoffeyviUe KS Don Johnson Los Molinos CA

Wayne Johnson Minneapolis MN Louis A Kirn Apex NC Edward Kling West Chicago IL Paul R Kube San Diego CA Robert E Lake

Hot Springs Village AR James F Landers Elden W Larson Jan Love Robert B Love Louis Lufker Richard L Lutes Waldo Magnuson Scott Mathews Gary K Mathiasen Daniel C Maurin Roger C McAlister James S McAllister George Medue

Tempe AZ Bellevue WA

Saginaw MI Vienna VA

East Moriches NY Hampshire IL Spokane WA

Anchorage AK Dublin CA

San Francisco CA Blue River OR

Lake Monroe FL Medway OH

Bruce L Moore St Augustine FL Mark A Morrison Staley NC Michel Normandin

Longueuil Quebec Canada John L Northey Port Moody British Columbia Canada

Thomas R OHanlon Fort Ogden FL Richard L Oreair Jr Jacksonville FL Ronald J Parese Bridgewater CT Marlin Parrott Jefferson City MO Bryan C Pender Victor G Plumbo Timothy L Popp Jimmy Powers H L Richards John Robinson Robert Santolla David Sarge William A Shain Jeff Simmons

Millington TN Millville NJ

Fennville MI Greensboro NC

Springville AL Cape Coral FL Coraopolis P A Pine Grove P A

Liberty SC Houston TX

C Mahlon Skinnel Jr Lynchburg VA Ari Slitonen Jarvenpaa Finland Colin F Smith Half Moon Bay CA Robert J Smith Billings MT Stephen W Smith Anchorage AK Alan Sparks Joshua TX Cosmo St John Colchester VT Don Stearns Portsmouth NH Peter Strannemar Blairstown NJ Susan J Thompson Natick MA Gary Vassbotn

Calgary Alberta Canada Robert R Wallace Champaign IL Lynn Warren Shelby MI Homer R Weathers ColumbusOH Thomas A Whisnant

Granite Falls NC Julie A White Arizona City AZ Chuck Williams Bellflower CA Steven T Williamson

West Redding cr Kenneth B Woodard Greensboro NC Ronald C Wright Gatesville TX

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EAA Membership in the Experimental Aircraft Association Inc is $3500 for one year including 12 issues of Sport Aviation Junior Membership (under 19 years of age) is available at $2000 annually Family membership is available for an additional $1000 annually All major credit cards accepted for membership FAX (414) 426-4873

ANTIQUECLASSIC

EAA Member- $2000 Includes one year membership in EAA AntiqueClassic Division 12 monthly issues of Vintage Airplane and membership card Applicant must be a current EAA member and must give EAA membership number Non-EAA Member- $3000 Includes one year membership in the EAA Antique Classic Division 12 monthly issues of Vintage Airplane one year membership in the EAA and separate membership cards Sport Aviation not included

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Membership in the Warbirds of America Inc is $3000 per year which includes a subscription to Warbirds Warbird members are required to be members of EAA

EAA EXPERIMENTER

EAA membership and EAA EXPERIshyMENTER magazine is available for $2800 per year (Sport Aviation not included) Current EAA members may receive EAA EXPERIMENTER for $1800 per year

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Notice is hereby given that an annual business meeting of the members of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division will be held on Wednesday August 4 1993 at 830 am (Central Daylight Time) at the 41st Annual Convention of the Experimental Aircraft Association Inc Wittman Regional Airport Oshkosh Wisconsin Notice is hereby further given that the annual election ofofficers and directors of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division will be conducted by ballot distributed to the members along with this June issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE Said ballot must be returned properly marked to the Ballot Tally Committee EAA AntiqueClassic Division P O Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 and received no later than July 31 1993 The Nominating Committee submits the following list of candidates Arthur R Morgan Vice-President EE Buck Hilbert Treasurer John S Jack Copeland Director Philip Coulson Director Stan GomoLL Director Dale A Gustafson Director Robert S Lickteig Director

ARTHUR R MORGAN Milwaukee Wisconsin

Art Morgan began fly ing in 1961 and received his private license in 1962 In 1965 he went on to get his commercial rating He has been a member of EAA since 1962 and began by parking airplanes at the EAA Conventions in Rockford Illinois Art was one of the first to start building a KR-l and although he did not complete his project he was instrumental in the completion of two of the litt le birds In 1974 he and his wife Kate purchased a 1939 Luscombe 8-C which he promptly rebuilt After two yea rs of fly ing the Luscombe Art and several friends orga nized the American Luscombe Club The Morgans also own a Bellanca 14-13 Art se rved the EAA as a Museum volunteer for several yea rs as Classic parking chairman at Oshkosh and also as AntiqueClassic Parki ng Chai rman Art has been a Director of the AntiqueClassic Division since 1978

E E BUCK HILBERT Union Illinois

Buck is a native of Chicago and a graduate of Lewis College He began learning the pilots point of view while work shying as a line boy at the old Elmhurst Airport near Chicago in 1938 The pay wasnt much but it was flying time and he soloed an Aeronca 65-LA Chief in October 1941 He enlisted in the Air Force shortly thereafter into the Training Command where he flew and instructed in many of the training aircraft of that era He flew gunnery training at Las Vegas Army Air Field in B-17s and finished up teaching Chinese Nationali st Pilots twin engine transition Recalled for the Korean war Buck qualified as an Army Aviator and flew with the HQ Company Air Section of the 24th Infant ry Division A most rewarding and memorable experience he reports Buck and Dorothy and their four children are at home at Hilbert s Funny Farm where he has an airstrip and keeps a stable of interesting and flyab le old airplanes Buck is a retired Un ited Airlines captain Buck is no stranger to the AntiqueClassic Division He is past president hav shying served from 1971 through 1975 He currently is Treasurer of the Division and is also a member of the EAA Aviation Foundation Board of Trustees

JOHN S JACK COPELAND Westborough Massachusetts

Jack received a degree in mechanical engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology in 1954 He served as an Aircraft Maintenance Officer on acti ve dut-y-in the middotUS Air Force from 1955- attaining the rank of captain in the USAF Rese rve Jack holds a co mmercial pilot license with a fli ght instructor rating He joined EAA in 1971 and the AntiqueClassic Division in 1975 shortly after purchasing his first aircraft a 1948 Cessna 140 At that time Jack lived in the Chicago area and participated in pre-Convention weekend work parties He has been an active volunteer at the last twelve annual Conventions serving at va rious times as Classic Parking Co-Chairman Manpower Co-Chairman and Manpower Chairman He was named an advisor to the AntiqueClassic Board of Directors in 1979 and served in that capacity until 1984 when he was elected to a Directorship Jack earns his living as a professional engineer and in addition to his EAA involvement is active as a Captain on the Massachusetts Wing Staff of the Civil Air Patrol

PHILIP COULSON Lawton Michigan

Phil was born on a fa rm in southwestern Michigan His first ride in an airplane was at the age of 16 in a Fairchild PT-23 owned and fl own by Horace Sackett a local pilot and AampP Twenty-years later Horace would be Phils guiding light in restoring his 1930 Waco INF Phil lea rned to fl y off a grass strip in Lawton Michigan in 1962 His original dual instrucshytion and solo fl ying was in a Piper J-5 Throughout the yea rs he has owned several aircraft including a J-3 Cub Taylorcraft TriPacer and Cessna 190 He and his wife Ruthie are lovers of Wacos and greatly enjoy flying their 1940 UPF-7 Waco Their Kinner powered 1930 INF Waco is currently on loan to the Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum in Kalamazoo MI They also own a Model G Bonanza Phil s military ca reer consisted of four yea rs in the US Air Force during the Korean War Phil is a li fe time EAA member and began attending EAA Conventions in Rockford Illinois He is a charter member of AntiqueClassic Chapter 8 and also a past president Phil is a past chairman of the annual Parade of Flight at Oshkosh and is currently the President of the newly formed American Waco Club Inc He was appointed advisor to the AntiqueClassic Board in 1985 The Coulsons live in Lawton Michigan

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STAN GOMOLL Blaine Minnesota

Stan soloed a J-3 Club on his 16th birthday on 11-30-42 In 1945 he served in the US Air Force as a ground crewman on B-29s based at Guam Stan received his AampE license in 1949 at Spartan School of Aeronautics then returned home to Minneapolis where he worked at a small airport In 1951 he was hired by Northwest Airlines as a mechanic progressing to Flight Engineer and Co-pilot Stan is now retired from Northwest Stans first airplane was a 193940 hp Taylorcraft Currently he owns and fli es a 1936 Waco Cabin and a 1946 J-3 Cub Over the years he has restored many airplanes Stan has been active in EAA working on various committees at the Annual Convention In 1976 he was named Advisor and elected to the Board of Directors in 1984 He is currently President of AntiqueClassic Chapter 4 in the Minneapolis area

RJ DOBBY LICKTEIG Albert Lea Minnesota

Dobby is a native of Minnesota and had his first ai rplane ride at the age of 13 in a Velie Monocoupe He earned a solo license in a J-2 Cub at the age of 16 working at the local ai rport for flying time and has been flying since then After completing college in Minnesota he entered Air Force pilot training and graduated in Class 421 and was assigned to a new P-47 fighter group His tour of combat was 2-112 years in the European Theater of Operations during World War 11 Dobby has owned a varied collection of aircraft including a Stinson V77 Stearman L-2M Aztec Citabria BT-13A and AT-6G In 1985 he completed the restoration of a KR-2l Kinner-powered biplane and donated it to the EAA Aviation Museum His airplanes are frequent visitors to all Upper Midwest fly-ins He has been active in EAA Antique Classic and Warbird activities since the Convention was moved to Oshkosh He served as president of the AntiqueClassic Division from 1984 until 1988 Dobby is retired and he and his wife Jeanne live in Albert Lea Minnesota Their son Scott is a licensed pilot and is active on the Warbirds parking committee at the Annual EAA Convention

DALE A GUSTAFSON Indianapolis IN

Dale has been interested in airplanes since he was a small child and took his first plane ride in 1939 at the age of 10 He started taking flying lessons in 1945 and soloed at 16 After high school he worked at the airport in South Bend Indiana servicing airliners handling cargo and doing field maintenance Dale attended Spartan School of Aeronaut ics in 1948 and 1949 to obtain additional pilot ratings After this he freelanced as a fli ght instructor and ran a small FBO at South Bend until he was hired as a co-pilot on Turner Airlines in Indianapolis in 1950 Through name changes and mergers the airline is now USAir He had been with the airline for more than 35 years when he retired His plans now are to spend his time between Indiana and Florida where he has property adjoining a private airstrip Through the years Dale has owned various aircraft including a Stinson V77 Piper Colt Fairchild 24 Cessna 150 and several modern airplanes He currently owns a Cessna 195 plus a Stearman PT-17 and Piper J-4 which are being restored Recently Dale and his wife operated a small ai rport northwest of Indianapolis He is a member of several organizations interested in antique classic and homebuilt aircraft He has been a member of EAA since 1960 and the AntiqueClassic Division since it was organized He has served as an Advisor to the Division and currently is se rving as a Director For several years Dale has judged antiques at Oshkosh and served as Program Chairman for the AntiqueClassic Division awards

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A new pair of AntiqueClassic Chapters have been formed and chartered - they are

AntiqueClassic Chapter 25 Sacramento CA They meet every 2nd Saturday For meeting location or other Chapter information contact Chapter President 10n Schmitt (AC 16274) 8245 Cedar Crest Way Sacramento CA 95826 Phone 916386shy2077 The Sacramento Chapter is called the Delta Gold Chapter

The other recen t addi tion to the Chapter roster is Chapter 26 the Ford Tri-Motor Chapter Based in the Lansing IL area you can contact Chapter President Pete r Bayer (AC 12034)25957 Middle Point Monee IL 60449 Phone 708534-6240

Welcome aboard If you are interested in AC Chapter activities in these areas be sure to give these gent le men a call The entire AC Chapter roster was published in the March 1993 issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE

If youre interested in starting an AC Chapter in your local area contact the EAA Chapter Office PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 or call 1shy414-426-4800 If you have any questions specifically related to AC Chapters you can also contact AC Board me mber Bob Brauer at the address on the inside front cover Bob is the Chapter coordinator for the AntiqueClassic Board of Directors

THE RIGHT ADDRESS

To clarify for all of yo u who send mail to us here at VINTAGE AIRPLANE (including Calendar of Events items) please be sure to update your address list with th e current address The post office has been stamping a large portion of our incoming mail Notify Sender of New Address and wed hate to see any mail returned to sender The correct address is

EAA AntiqueClassic Division PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086

Again please be sure and use only this address for your mailings to VINTAGE AIRPLANE or the A C Division - the EAA Wittman Field address is no longer valid and may result in misdirected mail

OTHER GOVERNMENT MATTERS

Once again we re all in this together and as a group we must once aga in make sure our elected representatives get the word that we are not happy about a number of issues that directly relate to how much it will cost us to continue flying our aircraft First the Clinton Administration has proposed that we all pay a Federal Registration fee for our aircraft How much How about $90 this coming October with the annual fee escalating to $278 (where did that number come from) by 1997 Many of us already pay a state fee and

to add this additional burden ($278) is simply too much The fee does not distinguish between aircraft types sizes or its use (A 1-3 would be required to pay the same fee as a 747) The argument used to justify this fee is the same old General Aviation does not pay its fair share premise that has been dragged out to be paraded in front of Congress in the past It simply is not true The erroneous fair share argument conveniently forgets that the majority of the airspace system (including air traffic control installations and airport faciliti es funded by the Federal Government) are for the benefit of commercial operations (eg airlines)

The much smaller portion of the Federally funded airspace system used by General Aviation is adequately paid for out of taxes paid by General Aviation users (the Federal Excise tax weve been paying on every gallon of gas each quart of aviation oil and every

ERCOUPE CLUB SHINES Through the efforts of the Ercoupe Club the EAA Air Adventure

Museums Ercoupe has been given a fresh polish job as you can see in this photo As an added bonus the Coupers also polished the Ryan SCW you see in the background Our thanks to Ercoupe Club president Syd Cohen for his coordination of this mission and we also wish to thank club members Orrin and Cliff Howard Wilbur Eck Hank Taxis and the Darrell Compton family for their hard work Thanks folks

tire and tube we buy is supposed to go towards airport both large and smalll improvements The excise taxes go into to infamous Aviation Trust Fund the black hole of aviation funding) There are a number of other related issues that also point out the fallacy of this particular argument For more on this issue and other important government proposals that could affect how you fly please be sure and read the Action Update section in the May issue of SPORT AVIATION Be sure you drop your elected representatives a note telling them how you feel The addresses are

(Your Senators name) US Senate Washington DC 20510

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Secretary Federico Pena US Dept of Transportation 400 7th St SW Washington DC 20590

Tell the folks you elected how you will be effected personally Were not saying we want the FAA to run with no cost to us - we just wish to point out that we already pay our fair share and then some Let them know

CONTEMPORARY CLASS AWARDS

At EAA OSHKOSH 93 the Contemporary Class will have awards presented The Categories will be as follows

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Outstanding In Type awards will be given for the following categories

Champion Beech Single Engine Beech Multi Engine Bellanca Cessna 150 Cessna 170-172-175 Cessna 180-182-210 Cessna 310 Mooney Piper PA-18 Super Cub Piper PA-22 Tri-Pacer

Piper PA-24 Comanche Piper PA-23 Apache-Aztec Limited Production

We look forward to seeing your Contemporary class showplanes on the fljghtline during EAA OSHKOSH 93

A NEW TYPE CLUB

Dave Decker of Hereford AZ wrote us to spread the word that he is starting a Type Club for the Call air brand of airplane After buying a Callair A3 Dave found there was little information on the airplane available and he has taken it upon himself to head up the effort to put some of the information down on paper in the form of a newsletter Dave is primarily interested in information of any type concerning the Callair airplanes particularly the cabin airplanes He pointed out that less than 40 Callairs were built and fewer than 20 are shown on the FAA registry If you know of someone who has a Callair flying or a project let them know about this new Type Club and have them get in contact with Dave Decker Callair Type Club and Newsletter 3307 Astro Drive Hereford AZ 85615 Phone 602-378-3688

A NICE PLACE TO STOP

If you re inbound to OSH for the Convention you may wish to stop at Wautoma Airport (Y50) located just 33 nm west of Oshkosh They will be offering a 10 discount on all fuel oil and merchandise to EAA members going to the show Free camping is also available For more information contact Jeff or Dan at 414787-3030

NAVION DOCUMENTS THEFT

Sun n Fun 93 was a great success by any measure but for one of our members Hale Andrews of Berkley Springs WV the event was marred by the theft of some of the brochures included in his documentation book for hi s award winning Navion Super 260 Hales documentation considered by the judges as one of the best they had seen included a section in the back featuring 5 or 6 original factory brochures collected by Hales father Earl Hales Navion has been in the family since it was purchased new by his father in 1951

Unfortunately sometime during the last half of the week during Sun n Fun 93 someone apparently took the brochures from the book Hale was disappointed to say the least and would very much like to see the items returned

If they are returned to EAA HQ we will see they are forwarded to Hale with no questions asked The address is EAA AntiqueClassic Division PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Attn HG Frautschy Editor Vintage Airplane

SPEEDBIRD RESTORER PASSES AWAY

John Denny (EAA 40749 A C 15079) whose restoration of the last aircraft produced by the Bird Airplane Co the Speedbird died Friday April 30 Dennis Buck Dodson John s nephew and owner of the Speedbird which was featured in last months issue says that by an ironic coincidence he was flying the Speedbird from Chico CA to San Jose when John passed away in Albuquerque NM at the same time The Speedbird had last been flown at San Jose during August of 1937

In the photo above John (right) displays the documentation book on the Speedbird with (left to right) his nephew Dennis Buck Dodson Karl Klemm and his son Neil

Our condolences to Buck John s wife Jean son Neil and daughter Nancy as well as his circle of friends

CHARLES CONNIE BLOM

Via Glenn Otto Mittelstadt we learned of the passing of early aviator and airplane builder Charles Connie Blom of Landrum Sc In 1928 as a young man attending the Schenectady night school vocational training school he and his brother Harold designed and built a high wing parasol monoplane Connie attempted to fly it from his home in Schenectady NY to the West coast but was forced to return home after a fire damaged the airplane during repairs after a precautionary landing in Wisconsin Connie then repaired the airplane and flew home His journey took 17 days including 10 days for him to rebuild the wing and recover the airplane

Well-known by many in the Landrum SC area Connie passed away Dec 23 1992

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by Buck Hilbert (EAA 21 Ale 5) PO Box 424

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Here I sit in a perfect FUNK To those of you who need an exact descripshytion of FUNK there is no description reshyally Its the frame of mind that exists when spring finally arrives up here in the frozen North and all of a sudden the SAP starts to run And run and RUN and all true aviators begin to get sappy

I have had more phone calls in the past two weeks since I have been home from Sun n Fun than I can possibly keep track of Here I am trying to relicense the C-3 the Champ as well as get all the back burner chores done and I cant get away from the phone Trouble is I like talking to people and cant bring myself to shut them off

Had a nice conversation with a fella named Bob Green from Loveland CO the other day Bob called all in a dither because a neighbor was having a garage sale and in the lot were a pair of Je nny wheels Bob wanted to know how much to offer for them He had absolutely no use for them but he wanted to preserve them Know the feeling

Then Bob OConner called from Mil-

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waukee WI Not once but THR EE ti mes He is really going Sappy over an Aeronca C-3 ANY Aeronca C-3 Bob is a very early EAA member retired from Republic Airlines still flyi ng for fun and business after ten years of retirement He has a stable of airplanes including a Baby Ace he built way back in 53 a coushyple of other hangar queens a Bonanza and a King Air that he uses for going places He plans on dropping in here at the Funny Farm after I get back from my spring fishing trip to western Ontario Canada

Anyway I have had calls from just about everyone in the country this past week Even the San Diego Glue Angels checked in There is all sorts of good news from out-that way Bill Allen is building a new hangar complex at Gilleshyspie Field Addison Pemberton is taking that Bull Stearman everywhere and starting a new project and my Japanese friend Hiroshi Morita has his Fleet flying again after Bob Von Willer got it up and going

On the way home from Florida Dorothy and I stopped at the Army Aviashytion Museum at Fort Rucker AL Hey they have done wonders with organizing their displays in their NEW building They have a neat entrance display of Army Aviator Flight clothing in bronze and they have some really neat airplanes now on display

A Jenny a real SE SA a nice grouping of early L planes and some very realisshytic dioramas depicting Helicopter Comshy

bat Tactics I had to look up the director a nd shake his ha nd This man is a real PRO

From Ft R ucker we beat a path to Birmingham AL and there we invited ourselves to a personally conducted tour of the normally closed on Monday Birmshyingham Museum of Flight Sometimes I think this Museum is one of Birmingshyhams best kept secrets but it is coming into its own Dick Simpson one of the museum foundation officers and a conshystant volunteer gave us the tour They are on an expansion program right now and it was great to see how far they have corne since our last visit There are some really beautiful sport aviation airplanes on display and aT-6 that is so original and so free of the usual scratch and dents that it would take your breath away

We missed Glen Messer though Glen is well known as a pioneer in aviation One of the last five surviving Early Birds and a founding member of so many aviation organizations as well as a record setter of long reknown Glen still maintains an office in the Museum and acts as official Greeter Even though he is almost blind Glen will recognize a voice or a name and enthusiastically make a person welcome Id advise anyone visshyiting the Birmingham area to stop in and say hello to this wonderful person and shake hands with a REAL Aviator They dont make them like that anymore

And so Im off to Canada Watch out Walleyes here I come Unti l I get back hold the phone calls Over to you

In the Army Aviation Museum this Jenny is one of the featured aircraft on display

At the entrance to the Army Aviation Museum at Ft Rucker AL visitors are presented with this bronze display of the history of Army Aviation clothing

4 JUNE 1993

MYSTERY PLANE This nifty sport plane was another

victim of the slow recovery after the Great Depression The photo was sent in by Owen Billman of Mayfield New York Answers will be published in the September 1993 issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE Deadline for that issue is July 20

The March Mystery evidently was a mystery to many readers for only five replies were received From far away Sweden came this answer from Lennart Johnsson of Eldsberga

The airplane shown is an American Eagle custom built in 1929 for Dr WaIshyter M Cross a chemist from Kansas City Its designation was Mode l 60

by George Hardie

Sedan according to the manufacturers advertising in A VIATION magazine Others say it was called A-529 or A-629 To add to this confusion it was first regshyistered under the name Model T-C

The airplane had two SiemensshyHalske radial engines (125 hp each) which were mounted remarkably close to the fuselage The pilot sat in an open cockpit in front of the wing Behind him was a closed cabin with room for five people Wingspan was 47 feet When the machine was test flown in Kansas City in early 1929 it took off in 200 feet and attained a cruising speed of 90 mph Landing speed was 45 mph

Dr Cross intended to use the new

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craft in traveling between his offices and laboratories in Kansas City New York and Los Angeles and he estishymates that he will save between $40000 and $50000 annually in time and travelshyling expenses I wonder if it worked out that way

Published pictures show the regisshytration number 10070 but as first regisshytered it was assigned number 364 My sources are A VIATION for February 2 February 23 March 2 May 41929 and AERO DIGEST for February 1929

Ralph Nortell of Spokane Washingshyton adds this

The March Mystery Plane is the one-off example of an American Eashygle design built in early 1929 Quite adshyvanced for its time it was powered by two Siemens-Halske engines It was reshyported to be a good load carrier having been test flown on one engine After a gross load test flight with Charles Toth at the controls the landing gear colshylapsed on landing resulting in severe damage

The plane was built for Dr Walter M Cross of Kansas City whose intenshytion was to apply to the Department of Commerce for an A TC But before the prototype could be rebuilt the 1929 stock market collapse devastated the market for airplanes

Other answers were received from Charley Hayes of Park Forest Illinois Robert Clark Oxnard CA and Marty Eisenmann of Garrettsville Ohio

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Projector a Low Priced Airplane

In November 1933 Eugene Vidal Dishyrector of Aeronautics of the US Departshyment of Commerce announced that the Department was taking the initiative in seeking a method whereby airplanes might be made available to the general public at a price low enough to make posshysible widespread private ownership Such a vehicle became known as the $700 airshyplane - the selling price of popular autoshymobiles of the time

Vidal conceived that such an airplane would be a two- or three-seat all metal airplane The plane would be cheap beshycause it would be mass-produced using automotive industry methods It would also be rugged and easy to repair with the costs of owning and operating the mashychine less than that of an average-priced automobile

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lots and mechanics They were asked if they would be interested in such an airshyplane at a price of $700 About 18000 replies were received with 13000 saying they would purchase such an aircraft Not surprising as such an airplane would be $300 to $500 less than anything on the market About 5000 said they would not purchase With the results of the survey in hand Vidal believed there was a market for upwards of 10000 of the $700 airshyplanes

Assured that a substantial potential market existed for such a plane Vidal apshyproached the Public Works Administrashytion for funding The agency one of the numerous federal agencies established in the depression to battle unemployment allotted $500000 for the project Vidal felt that the funds channeled through a consortium of existing aircraft builders would be used to hire unemployed engishyneers draftsmen and craftsmen who

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would design and manufacture a cheap airplane

Problems arose from the very beginshyning Legal counsel for the Public Works Administration decided that the money could only go to public works and that there was nothing public about private airplanes for the masses So the funds were rescinded Some companies already manufacturing light aircraft claimed that the publicity already had caused potenshytial buyers to wait on the ephemeral poor-man s plane than purchase an existshying design Waldo Waterman in his book WALDO PIONEER AVIATOR stated Vidals quest for a $700 airplane all but destroyed what little aircraft industry there was still surviving the Depression

AERO DIGEST

The reaction in the aviation press of the time was not very favorable In an editorial in the December 1933 issue of AERO DIGEST Frank Tichenor stated It is no secret that the hard-working and hard-pressed Aeronautics Branch has been under pressure for some time to do for private flying something big spectacshyular and constructive

But it was indeed regrettable that Mr Vidals questionnaire which he must know caused a veritable storm upon many airports left the erroneous impresshysion that the Aeronautics Branch had a specific and definite plane in view when it presented its proposal to American fliers

We are not surprised that there are many private pilots who would like such a ship at $700 According to the figures of the Labor Department there are some 10000000 people who would like a fifshyteen-cent dinner but not only does such a dinner appear non-existent but often the necessary nickel and dime also is conspicuously absent

We commend the Aeronautics Branch for its efforts in attempting to

bring the light airplane manufacturer in touch with the current market but let no one who is at present in the market for any of the excellent low-priced airplanes now available hesitate in making his purshychase because of the Departments quesshytionnaire The prospects of an early fulshyfillment of the $700 airplane idea is too remote to let it be the means of curtailing the sales of tried and proven aircraft

AVIATION

In the December 1933 issue of AVIAshyTION the editor Edward P Warner asked $700 And How It is frequently a matter of some little difficulty to pick the particular story which deserves the preeminent position of our new pages but this month there could be no doubt The announcement from the Department of Commerce that Director Vidal has unshydertaken to solici t expressions of willingshyness to buy a new airplane of specified characteristics and that the characterisshytics include a price of $700 has set the high-water-mark in news excitement not only for November but for a much longer period

The idea is amusing in its very simshyplicity The industry may not sell 10000 airplanes or even any large part thereof but at least we shall have a lot of new inshyformation Aside from some temporary unsettlement of the market for existing types of aircraft we believe the results will be good But there is a word of caushytion that should be said and point that should be made

Extreme care must be used in intershypreting the results of the market survey There are plenty of people who will gaily write YES on a piece of paper but who will not be nearly so ready to write their names at the bottom of checks for $700 each

But there is another point We beshylieve that 10000 airplanes of quality could be built for $700 apiece by a single manufacturer who received a single order for 10000 machines They cannot be built for any such price under the conditions that existed in 1929 with about 180 manushyfacturers scrambling over each other afshyter every individual sale and with no sinshygle factory setting up production of more than a few hundred ships An essential condition precedent to the successful acshycomplishment of the Vidal plan is that the aircraft industry should cooperate as no industry has ever cooperated before

It would have to be turned out in many plants with wings built at A and landing gear at B and assembly taken care of at C and then it will have to be the subject of a concentrated sales camshypaign in which all effort is merged to get as many people as possible into the air We dont know that can be done

USED PLANES

And in the 99ER Clara Gilbert in her comments Are Air Flivvers Feasible raised the question of used aircraft There are available at the moment many used ships for sale at figures well under $1 000 Among them are to be found not only two place but three and four place ships cabin jobs as well as open cockpit models and the majority are capashyble of speeds well in excess of 100 miles an hour If there is no market for these airshyplanes how then does the Government propose to stimulate sufficient interest in private and sport flying to dispose of 10000 smaller slower planes which will only carry two passengers at a price apshyproximating that of these used ships

AERO DIGEST ON FUNDING

In the February 1934 issue of AERO DIGEST the editor Edward P Warner presented his views in Notes on a $700 Airplane He stated When Director of Aeronautics Vidal launched his famous private plane questionnaire a considerable segment of the aircraft industry thought it a joke - and not a particularly funny one When he persuaded the Public Works Adshyministration to make over $500000 to proshymote the realization of the project as a means of developing a new industry to proshyvide new employment the joke ended Half a million dollars are to be regarded seriously even in days when federal expenshyditures run to six billion and higher

In response to a request of A VIAshyTION Eugene Vidal Director of Aeroshynautics US Department of Commerce prepared an official view concerning the interest of the Department in the private airplane market His response was pubshylished in the February 1934 issue of A VIshyAnON under the title Low-Priced Airshyplane

Private flying measured in terms of active pilots planes and their use is on the decline After fifteen years or so of the building of planes for miscellaneous flying there are less than 7000 licensed airplanes in this country of 12000000 people

It might be well to assume that there may be something wrong with the product which we now are attempting to sell that the market exists for something diffe rent It also might be well to overlook entirely the attitude of the pilots who already have lea rned to fly (who would like to have a faster plane) and concentrate on the avershyage American citizen who may not be an aviation enthusiast Also it might be well to cease planning planes which the indusshytry feels that the future pilot should have and plan one which would appeal to the United States citizen even though it may not be as desirable to every pilot and deshysigner

The most important detail of an airshyplane as of any other manufactured prodshyuct is its price Granted an airplane should be safe no matter how safe it may be it cannot be sold in numbers if it is too exshypensive It is useless to make a plane safe if it wont be purchased and thus wont be flown The majority of Americans buy aushytomobiles which sell for less than $1 000 and are inexpensive to operate and mainshytain They are quite accustomed to the price range between $500 and $1000 and it goes without saying that an airplane for that price sold on the installment plan would have a popular appeal

Vidal felt that the automobile driver was the customer for the $700 plane and that this customer had become accusshytomed to details of an automobile its apshypearance material control etc He stated that a car made of fabric couldn t possibly sell As metal is durable and strong so the airplane should be

He believed metal construction was important from other viewpoints Producshytion methods used for the automotive inshydustry could be adopted to airplane manushyfacture such as the mass stamping of parts Techniques of assembly and of mainteshynance and repair would suggest methods for volume production of airplanes

The appearance of an airplane must be attractive and in its details and remind the car driver of his car He also felt that the popular plane should look like a modern passenger transport To the casual eye the small airplane would appear as a scaled-down reproduction of the airliners which now are flying Also the small airshyplane would require little professional training and skills necessary to fly it

Vidal concluded his comments with the following An airplane can be built for $700 and the Public Works allotment asshysures that difficulties in the way of initiatshying the program can be met Volume proshyduction will make the airplane possible and it also will react to the benefit of the entire industry stimulating employment in factories increasing the business of airshyports affording new opportunities for emshyployment of pilots and mechanics

Indirectly the renewed interest in flyshying undoubtedly will direct attention of more people upon the services offered by the scheduled ai rlines There should be a development analogous to that which has taken place in the automobile radio reshyfrigerator and other industries And just as the introduction of these articles has been a stimulus to business in general the low-priced airplane has an opportunity to add to the scope of commercial activities

A NEW COURSE FOR THE BUREAU

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ment of the low-priced airplane Under his direction the Bureau of Aeronautics created a development section to foster the design construction and developshyment of safer easier operated more comfortable and lower priced airplanes for private owners

The Bureau had no budget for develshyopment but it did have funds for purshychasing aircraft to be flown by its inspecshytors as they traveled around the country Later from a special appropriation of $1000000 which was to be used at the discretion of the President for the develshyopment of military and civil aviation $100000 was made available for the new Development Section

Under its authority and with its fundshying the first task of the new section was to investigate possible designs for a safer low-priced airplane for private use A committee was also formed representing both the Government and industry Among the members were Amelia Earhart Dr George Lewis NACA Robert Renfro editor THE SPORTSshyMAN PILOT Edward Warner SAE and Alford Williams American Petroleum Institute

The newly created Development Secshytion turned to the task of setting up deshysign criteria for what Vidal called a Safety Plane Once the specifications were drawn Vidal would solicit bids from the aircraft industry The plan was to purchase 25 airplanes from the firm submitting the best design He was no longer talking about a low-priced everyshymans airplane or planes at the cost of a car but envisioned the Safety Plane as a prototype for the massed produced inshyexpensive aircraft of tomorrow

LIGHT PLANE SPECIFICATIONS

The Bureau of Aeronautics (Bureau of Air Commerce as of July 1934) specishyfications were published in the July 1934 issue of AVIATION along with some edshyitorial comments There is a distinct reshysemblance to the requirements of the Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition

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of 1929 in the light airplane specifications issued recently by the Department of Commerce In sponsoring the developshyment of such a design by calling for bids for 25 planes for the use of his inspectors Aeronautics Director Eugene Vidal beshylieves that the simplicity and safety of opshyeration and low operating cost will attract many new private owners

The editor remarked that several aeroshynautical engineers had been thinking along the same lines and included in the same issue an article about the experishymental machine built by Fred Weick This machine the W-l was being tested at the time at Langley by the NACA

The specifications were broken down into four parts General Performance Safety Features Powerplant and Equipshyment In general they called for an airshyplane with an extreme amount of forward visibility and the ability to brake immeshydiately upon touchdown without nosing over The airplane had to be able to take off over a 35 foot obstacle after an 800 foot run and to land within 400 feet after passing over the same obstacle Addishytionally it had to be non-spinning nonshystalling with a top speed of at least 110 mph and a landing speed of under 35 mph All this to be accomplished with just a 100 horsepower engine Cost was no longer the determining factor in the competition

Aircraft manufacturers would have until August 17 1934 to submit their bids for the contract to build 25 aircraft Vidal opened the bids in the competition at a small Washington ceremony on August 271934 Only one bid came from an airshycraft manufacturer of any size and repushytation The others had been submitted by small firms Because the designs were all so untried Vidal decided against ordershying 25 from anyone bidder Instead the winner would get a contract for 15 and five different builders each a contract for a single prototype which the government would test and evaluate

Fourteen bids were received from the following Safety Air Transport of Indishyanapolis Campbell Aircraft of St Joseph MO Church Airplane Company

Chicago Waldo Waterman of Santa Monica CA Hartford Aircraft CurtissshyWright Robertson MO Hammond Airshycraft Ypsilanti MI Niagara Amphibions Buffalo NY St Louis Aircraft Corp St Louis Arrow Aircraft Lincoln NE Spartan Aircraft Tulsa Kreider-Reisner Hagerstown MD Cunningham-Hall Rochester NY Amphibions Roosevelt Field Long Island

BUREAU AWARDS LIGHTPLANE CONTRACTS

The Hammond Aircraft Company of Ypsilanti MI was the winner of the comshypetition sponsored by the Bureau of Air Commerce to procure airplanes for its inshyspectors and at the same time to encourshyage the development of an economical safe airplane for the private owner

On October 18 1934 the Bureau awarded a contract for 15 of the Hamshymond aircraft with the option of taking five more at $3190 apiece (So much for the $700 airplane) Delivery of the first plane was to have been made within five months and the delivery of the remainshyder within four months of the Bureaus acceptance of the first During the course of 1935 with the money saved by not ordering 25 copies of the winning deshysign the Bureau contracted for five other aircraft to be purchased These included Waldo Waterman for his tailless Arrowshyplane Ole Fahlin (not one of the original bidders) for the Plymacoupe a high wing design powered by a Plymouth automoshybile engine Kreider-Reisner was given an order to modify the Weick W-1 Pitshycairn for the his new road able autogiro Curtiss-Wright for its 90 hp Coupe and the Arrow Company for one of its Sports powered by a Ford V-8 automobile Enshygine

Over the next few years the Bureau would be busy testing these aircraft Three would be successful enough to be certificated for production More on the aircraft in the next installment

(To be continued in next months edishytion of VINTAGE AIRPLANE)

1993 saw many changes for the AnshytiqueClassic Division at Sun n Fun 93 shythe biggest was the relocation of the parkshying area for our airplanes to the east side of the Sun n Fun convention site AnshytiqueClassic Headquarters was also moved with the new location next to the woods on the east end of the main drag The new parking area will in the long run provide more parking for Antique Classic and Contemporary airplanes This year the huge amount of water dumped on the site during the weeks previous to the Conventions start made some areas a bit on the soupy side but Ray Olcott and his tireless group of aircraft parkers did

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their best to keep the airplanes out of the stickiest plots As improvements are made to the new parking area the drainage should improve according to Bill Eickshyhoff Sun n Fun president The rainy weather abated just in time for the Fly-In and the pleasant weather made everybody in the local Chamber of Commerce breathe a big sigh of relief

The second big change came about with the judging of the Contemporary class for the first time A number of good looking Contemporaries were on hand and its apparent that pilots are beginning to take notice of the hidden gems out there on the tiedown ramps across the

country Just as it took a few years for the Classic category to bring the airshyplanes up to Grand Champion status so it will be with the Contemporary class but we can all be encouraged by the efshyforts that have been expended so far shysome of these airplanes are just plain flat gorgeous

Antiques and Classics had their fair share of good looking airplanes too shyleading the pack was the Davis D-l W owned and restored by Dr Roy Wicker and Barbara Kitchens The handsome parasol monoplane was once the pershysonal aircraft of designer and company owner Walter Davis The Davis was judged the Grand Champion Antique of Sun n Fun 93

In the Classic arena there was no Grand Champion award this year - none of the aircraft judged had points above the threshold to be judged as such but a few came close A number of nice Cubs were on display as well as the latest restoration effort by Joe Fleeman the man who restored Delton Perry s TrishyPacer His latest work a BUcker Jungshymann for Ralph Lerch is a true beauty in black

All manner of flying machines came to roost in Lakeland for Sun n Fun - on the next few pages youll get a full color view of some of the neatest vintage airshyplanes in the skies today Delmar Benjamin and his Gee Bee R-1 replica drew admiring crowds again this year

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Grand Champion - Davis D-IW NC 13576 Dr Roy Wicker Quitman GAl Barshybara Kitchens Milner GA

Reserve Grand Champion - Travel Air 2000 NC8853 Gene Rambo Arlington VA

Silver Age (1928-1932) - Travel Air 4D N9917 Bill Plecenik Erwinna P A

Contemporary Age (1933-1945) - Stinson SR-9 NC17154 Jerry Stevens Boca Raton FL

Best Custom - Cessna UC-78 N78UC Dwain Pittenger Hereford TX

Best World War II Era - Stearman N2S N65101 Brian Becker Pompano Beach FL

Best Biplane - Beech Staggerwing N18575 Michael Greenblatt Midland GA

Best Monoplane - Piper J-3 N9499H Dan Foley Wichita KS

Best Open Cockpit - Stearman N1902M Russell Faller Farmingville NY

Best Cabin - Howard DGA-15P N22423 Fred Kirk Ft Lauderdale FL

Outstanding Aircraft - Monocoupe 90AL NC11760 Robert Eicher Daytona Beach FL

Outstanding Aircraft - Piper J-3 N35GM Gene McNeely Earle AR

Outstanding Aircraft - Stearman N2S N68238 Chris and Lyle Wheeler Boca Rashyton FL

Outstanding Aircraft - Stearman N555 Cliff Lowe Cadiz KY

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(Right) Joe Fleeman has done it again His restoration of Ralph Lerchs(AlC 16691) Bucker Jungmann is stunning and the workmanship is excellent as it was on his restoration of Delton Perrys Piper Tri-Pacer

(Below) This nice Stinson 10A has just been restored to the configuration it had when it was used by the CAP at Lanshytana FI during WW II It is registered to Florida Airmotive Inc in Lantana

(Below right) Jerry Stevens handsome Stinson SR-9 taxis out for departure at Lakeland Steve hails from Boca Raton FL and was awarded the Contemporary Age (1933-1945) Antique trophy

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(Left) Immaculately restored by Pete Jones Air Repair of Cleveland GA Brian Becker s (AIC 14784) Stearman is reshysplendent in its US Navy color scheme It was the winner of the Best WW II Era trophy

(Lower left) Bird Biplanes always look so pretty on the flight line Brian Thorpe Mt Dora FL brought his Bird CK up north from the Miami area It is powered by a Continental R-670

(Below) Dick Jackson (AIC 371) Rochester NH continues to fly the only Waco D The 0 sometimes referred to as the Waco Super Sport is the only one of its kind in existence Dick restored it over 20 years ago and it is still looking great

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Best Classic 101 to 165 hp - Cessna 170 N2727C Gene D Engelskirger Hinkley OH

Best Classic Over 165 hp - Ryan Navion N5437K H a le Andre ws Berkeley Springs WV

Best Custom Classic Under 100 hp - Cessna 120 N2460N Scott Cox Ft Lauderdale FL

Best Custom Classic 101 to 165 hp - Pipe r P A-16 N5796H Mitch Freshyitag Summerville SC

Best Custom Classic Over 165 hp shyGlobe Swift N80555 Scott Anderson Deerfield Beach FL

Best Of Type - Pipe r PA-17 Vaga bo nd N4686 H Tom Scott Okeechobee FL

Best Of Type - G lobe Swift N78068 Pete Johnson Faribault MN

Best Of Type - Piper PA-22 Tri Pacer N8740C Delto n Perry Lawrenceburg TN

Best Of Type - Luscombe 8A NC681A Rochard Hoyle Vince nt AL

Outst a nding A ircraft - B ticker Ju ngma nn N46925 Ralp h Lerch Lawrenceburg TN

(Above and above right) Now you can put a face with the plane - heres Delton Perry (AIC 18583) and his Piper TrishyPacer (The same one featured in the Deshycember 1992 issue of Vintage Airplane) Deltons PA-22 won the Best of Type award for the restoration done by Joe Fleeman

(Right) Mark Holliday (AiC 1316) of Lake Elmo MN shows off the racy lines of his stock Globe Swift Stock or modified the Swift is still one of the most beautiful airplanes ever made

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AntiqueClassic HQ has been moved to a spot next to the Ill bet you can guess which college football team Parnell Colas woods - here folks are enjoying the shade during the aftershy cheers for noon airshow

(Above) Hale Andrews (AIC 982) of Berkeley Springs WV cruises by with the pretty Navion Super 260 his father bought new in 1951 It has just been restored after a flood nearly deshystroyed it

(Left) Luke Walker is just starting to enjoy flyshying his newly-restored Piper Vagabond It was his first aircraft restoration effort

(Right) N7777K is the oldest Piper Tri-Pacer in existence - it is serial No2 the first production aircraft to survive (Serial number 1 was tested to destruction during the certificashy

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Outstanding Aircraft - Cessna 172 N6208E Jerry W Wharton Wise VA Ul

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(Above top) No tired old Apache here Verwayne (AIC 3987) and Leslie Owen Severna Park MD are just completing this nice restorashytion of their 1959 Piper PA-23 Apache

(Above right) Anthony Lamontia (AIC 20124) Bath OH is justifiably proud of his Cessna 182 he has been restoring for a number of years It was an Outstanding Airshycraft award winner

(Left) Another Outstanding Aircraft award winner was Jerry Whartons 1959 Cessna 172 Jerrys airplane was stored indoors for most of its life and as a consequence the airshyplane was we preserved The inshyterior fabric on the seats and side panels is original as is the instrushyment panel -erry (AIC 18564) is from Wise VA

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(Left) After their first attempt at flying the England - Australia trip in a Piper J-3() Bob and Diane Dempster are going to try it again in a brand spanking new Piper PA-18 Super Cub (The first time the density altitude high and the service ceiling of the Cub not as high stopped the flight in the 1250 heat of the Egyptian desert) The Dempsters arrived at Lakeshyland after picking up the airplane in Vero Beach with 98 hours on the tach They plan to sell their house get an instrushyment rating for Bob and make the necshyessary modifications to fly the North Atshylantic and beyond

This years AntiqueClassic and Contemporary judges at Sun n Fun 93 were (left to right) Jim Zantop Joe Sinnett Xen K Motsinger Jennie White George Hindall Bill Doty Jack Gilson Juan Blanco Bob Romanelli Leonard Kress Jack Gillespie Terny Brokaw Harris Wiese Wayne Anderson Bill Murry and Don Jacobs Thanks to all of them for their hard work chasing down the airplanes to be judged

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Best Metal Seaplane - Cessna 185E N5830J Joe Strazzula Ft Pierce FL Best Fabric Seaplane - Maule M-7 N61350 Mark Futch Boca Grande FL Best Ampbibian - Grumman Goose N121GL Chuck Greenhill Mettawa IL

Originally located in Louisiana this J-3 Cub on 1320 Edo floats N1353M SIN 9913 was brought to Florida by Steve Swails (EAA 377050) of Ft Myshyers and totally restored Although some corrosion was found necessary repairs were completed and the airframe was epoxy primed and powder coated for seaplane use A C85-12 engine was installed (without starter and generator) to replace the C65 and the floats were restored to new condition

Left - Steve Swails carefully negotiates alligator alley between the shore and open water at Lake Parker Pilots reported the gators were quite prevalent just outside the reeds and could easily be seen sunning themshyselves

Lower left - Unusual mint condition 1320 Edo floats on Steve Swails J-3 Cub looked brand new Note the cable between the float tips for moving to the other side of the airplane - often referred to as a Canadian Spreader Bar

Lower right - Nestled on the shore of Lake Parker is Steve Swails J-3 85 Cub His passenger was Alex Wopper (EAA 419315) of Valdivia Chile who is just starting seaplane training He has purchased a Murphy Regtel kit along with a float kit and will build them at his home in the south of Chile - below the 40th parallel A native of Germany Alex is excited about having the only seaplane in Chile and many many lakes to fly from

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Brilliant ear1y morning photo of Bill Rose (EAA 159635 AlC 6612) Grumman Goose N600ZE SIN B-100 with eleven hot air balloons lifting into the clear Florida sky

One of Jack Browns Seaplane Base Cubs on 1500 Aqua floats took a trip through the reeds cutting sileage The un-named pilot had to push and pull it out of the mess in waist deep water

Very nice photo of a Republic RC-3 Seabee N6659K SIN 936 as it powers onto the step for takeoff It is registered to Graham Sutherland of Port Orange FL Note how the spray rails move the water away from the hull and the proshypeller

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N6256 Replica Fighter Museum Gunshytersville AL

Outstanding Aircraft - Halberstadt D II N1388J Replica Fighter Museum Guntersville AL

Outstanding Aircraft - Sopwith Pup N1915K Replica Fighter Museum Gunshytersville AL

Outstanding Aircraft - Sopwith Trishyplane N543A Replica Fighter Museum Guntersville AL

3 years in a row Frank Ryders growing collection of WW I era replicas has again captured the Grand Champion Replica award at Sun n Fun This year the award was presented to the Nieuport 28 (above right) replica Chuck Brady (AIC 1920) constructed at his shop in Dwight IL

Frank and his Lake Gunterville Aero crew brought three other replicas to Sun n Fun 93 - from top to bottom they are Halberstadt DII Constructed by Carl Swanson Darien WI the airplane was on display at the EAA Air Adventure museum until being acquired by Frank Ryder for his museum Completely gone over by Gene Schwartz and the staff at Lake Gunshytersville Aero the Halberstadt was refinshyished in the spectacular longenze scheme you see here Its being flown here by Gene DeMarco

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The replica in the center of the page is the Sopwith Pup constructed by Ken Pruitt Belen NM and being flown by Frank Ryder He advises that it is one of the most demanding airplanes he has landed - even more so than the Fokker Triplane

Finally at the bottom of the facing page is the Sopwith Triplane built by Chad and Char Willie of Lake Oswego OR It is beshying flown for our camera by Joel Williams A Sopwith Dolphin project was also disshyplayed to give the public some sense of the work involved in constructing a replica WW I fighter WW I aviation will be the subject of a featured display at

EAA OSHKOSH 93 on the Convention taxiway - details are in this months AlC News

In the photo below the Douglas DC-3 of Alexander Aeroplane taxis out for deparshyture with a load of happy Sun n Fun volshyunteers Ron Alexander graciously agreed to give a ride to as many volunteers as he could with the Douglas and the smooth evening air was a treat for all who experishyenced it Our own Buck Hilbert was drafted as co-pilot (Im sure they had to drag him screaming and kicking to the airplane ) where he enjoyed refamiliarshyizing himself with the airplane he cut his teeth on as a neophyte airline pilot

Sun n Fun was once again an enjoyable

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1ST PLACE GROUND TO AIR - Robert T Beecher (AIC 17924) Chicago IL captured this truly rare photo of a Parks P-2A in flight Since there are only a few of these airplanes left flying this is definitely one for the scrapbooks

2ND PLACE GROUND TO AIR - Myron Heimer (AIC 8190) 3RD PLACE GROUND TO AIR - LeRoy Falk (AIC 9411) CarshyRose Creek MN pentersville IL neatly frames this Fairchild 24W

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1ST PLACE GROUND TO GROUND - Myron Heimer gets his second award with this in your face shot of a Dwain Pittengers Cessna T -50 Bobcat

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HONORABLE MENTION GROUND TO GROUND - L Vincent Hostetler (AIC 14206) Grand Junction CO Even rarer than the Parks P-2 this Parks P-1 now resides at Parks College of St Louis University in Cahokia IL

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1ST PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - LeRoy Falk receives top honors with this picture

of Chuck Spencer refueling Bill Roses Fairchild 22

2ND PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - Don Levandoski gets his second award with this shot of Allen Rudolph touching-up the aileron on the Pietenpol in the AlC tent at Oshkosh 92

3RD PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - (right) Jeri Mihalic (EAA 277478) Mammoth Cave KY shows The Oshkosh Experience in this picture of her husband Dave and his 1957 Bonanza

2ND PLACE - CHAIRMANS CHOICE - Myron Heimer shows us that not all TIger Moths are small

1ST PLACE CHAIRMANS CHOICE - James W Fowler (AIC 2293) Houston TX suitably titled this picture Young Eagle

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1ST PLACE WATER BIRDS - Pat Quinn (AIC 9207) of Ventura CA gives us a glimpse back in time with this photo titled Brennands Seaplane Base 1952 or 1992

2ND PLACE WATER BIRDS - Robert T Beecher

3RD PLACE WATER BIRDS - Myron Heimer brings back WATER BIRDS HONORABLE MENTION - William McCarrei all the memories of a calm summer day (AlC 4496) White Pigeon MI

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Judges Choice for 1992

This dazzling photo of a Lockheed 12-A Electra taken by Robert T Beecher receives the p restig ious honor of

Your judges for the 1992 Anshy man Lorraine Morris EE Tex tiqueClassic Photo Contest were Hilbert Chairman Jack McCarthy (left to right) Dan Hans Co-Chair- Bill Lombardi Lee Fray and Eric

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Lundahl Contest Chairman Jack McshyCarthy would like to thank all of the judges who helped out this year and he would also like to particularly thank Lorraine Morris who helped organize this year s event and did most of the record-keeping Lorraine is an active AC member and she flies a Boeing 737-400 for a living

The AC photo contest is on again for EAA Oshkosh 93 so get your cameras ready for the summer In next month s issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE the rules for the contest will be published and they will also be available when you register for the contest at the AC Red Barn during the Convention Remember the conshytest is for photos of Antique Classic or Contemporary aircraft shot either enroute at the EAA Convention or on the way home Our thanks to the over one hundred() AC members who entered this years contest and we look forward to seeing you again this year

The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a mailer of information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the information to EAA A(( Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903shy3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

JUNE 11-13 - DENTON TX - Denton Municipal Airport AAA (Texas Chapter) 30th Annual Fly-In Contact John or Nancy Whatley 214517-1981 or Bert Mashyhon817387-2620

JUNE 12 - GADSDEN AL - J-3 and Piper high wing Annual Fly-In Camping Bomb Drop Spot Landings Hangar dance Contact Faye Bryant Gadsden Pilots Asshysoc 196 Ira Gray Dr Gadsden AL 35901 205442-3313

JUNE 12 - NEWPORT NEWS V A shy21st Annual Colonial Fly-In Newport NewsWilliamsburg IntI Airport Sponshysored by EAA Chapter 156 Contact ofr inshyformation and NORDO entry Charles Colshylier 620 Hilton Rd Newport News V A 23605 804247-5844

JUNE 13 - AURORA IL - Aurora Mushynicipal Airport EAA Chapte r 579 FlyshyInlDrive -In breakfast and airport FBO open house 7am - 3pm Contact Alan Shackleton 708466-4193 or Bob Rieser Airport Manager 708466-7000

JUNE 19 - WILD ROSE WI - Idlewild Airport - Pancake BreakfastFly-In Idlewild-Wild Rose Airport Assoc PO Box 296 Wild Rose WI 54984 Call 414622-4020

JUNE 24-27 - MT VERNON OH shy34th Annual National Waco Reunion Greatest WACO Show On EARTH For more information call 513868-0084

JUNE 26-27 - ORANGE MA - Orshyange Municipal Airport 17th Annual New England Regional Fly-In sponsored by the Friends of the Orange Airport Contact Bob McKenney 508544-8762 or Len Beshydaw (Orange Airport) 508544-8189 or Fax 508249-5940

JUNE 26-27 - GREELEY CO - EAA Rocky Mountain Fly-In Antiques Classhysics homebuilts warbirds ultralights No registration fee free camping transportashytion to local motels 3031798-6086 or 353shy5514

JULY 4 - WISCONSIN RAPIDS WIshyWI Rapids Airport EAA Chapter 706 FlyshyInDrive In Pancake Breakfast 730shy1130am Call 715435-3644 for information

JULY 7-11 - ARLINGTON WA shyNorthwest EAA Fly-In 206435-5857

JULY 10 -11- DELAWARE OHshy12th Annual EAA Chapter 9 Fly-In

Delaware Airport Contact Alan Harding 614442-0024

JULY 10 -11- EMMETSBURG lA shy5th Annual Aeronca Fly-In sponsored by tbe Tail dragger Club Contact Keith Harnden Box 285 Emmetsburg IA 50536

JULY 11- MICHIGAN CITY IN - EAA Chapter 966 Pancake Breakfast Contacts The Dees - 219324-6060 or the Hugley s 219325-0133

JULY 16-18 - RED LAKE ONTARlOshyNorseman Festival and Fly-In at Red Lake Ontario Norseman Capita l of the World Floats and wheels Contact Ron Robinson Box 308 Red LakeOntario Canada POV 2MO Phone 807727-2809 or Fax 807727shy3980

JULY 23 -24 - COFFEYVILLE KS shyFunk Aircraft Owners Assoc Reunion Conshytact Gene Ventress 10215 S Monticello Shawnee Mission KS 66227 Phone 9131782shy1483

JULY 24 -27 - WAUSAU WI - Ercoupe Owners Club National Convention Contact Syd Cohen 715842-7814

JULY 24 AND 25 - SHIOCTON WI shyAnnual Fly-In Contact Joyce Baggot 414986-3547

JULY 27 - AUGUST 7 - VALshyPARAISO (VPZ) IN Food and Fuel booth Stop by and see us on your way to and from Oshkosh We are famous for our hospitality Sponsored by EAA Chapter 104 Contact 219884-1619

THURSDAY JULY 29 -WEDNESDA Y AUGUST 4 1993 - OSHKOSH WI- 41st Annual EAA Fly-In and Sport Aviation Convention Wittman Regional Airport Con tact John Burton PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54904-3086 Call 414426-4800 for more information ITS NEVER TOO EARLY TO MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND

AUGUST 6 - 8 - STILLWATER OKshyLake Elmo Airport Sesquicentennial Aviashytion Days Fly-In breakfast balloon rally other events 612430-1200 for more inforshymation

AUGUST 12-15 - LOCK HAVEN PAshyWilliam T Piper Memorial Airport Sentishymental Journey 93 Aerial Mail To Lock Haven is this years tbeme All makes and models welcome especially Antique and classic airplanes Call 717893-4200 (9am til 5 pm) Fax 717893-4218 or write PO Box Jshy3 Lock Haven PA 17745-0496

AUGUST 15 - BROOKFIELD WIshyCapitol Airport 8th Annual Vintage Airshycraft Display and Ice Cream Social Midwest Antique Airplane Club will also hold its monthly fly-In meeting For more informashytion call George Meade at 414962-2428

AUGUST 27-29 - SUSSEX NJ - Sussex Airport Sussex Airshow For more informashytion call 2011875-0783

SEPT 4-5 PROSSER W A - 10th Annual

EAA Chapter 391 Fly-IN Food flying tours raffle and more Camping on the field For more info call Thopson Aircraft at 5091786-1034

SEPT 8-12 - GALESBURG IL -Galesburg Municipal Airport 22nd Nashytional Stearman Fly-In Contact Tom Lowe 823 Kingston Ln Crystal Lake IL 60014 815459-6873 or Harold Canada 370 Hawkinson Av Galesburg IL 61401 309343-9850

SEPT 17-19 - KANKAKEE IL - Koshyerner Airport 9th Annual Midwest Stinshyson Fly-In Seminars on Stinson 108s and Franklin engi nes FAA Safety Seminars Sat night banquet Fly-outs rally and performance contests Camping on the field Contact Loran Nordgren 4 W Neshybraska Frankfort IL 60423 Phone 815469-9100

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SEPT 18-19 -Hickory NC - 8th Annual EAA Chapter 731 Fly-In Contact Jean Smith days 704396-7032 or Norman Rainshywater evenings 704328-5807

SEPT 18middot19 - ROCK FALLS IL shyEAA Nortb Central Fly-In 708513-0642

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SEPT 24-25 - HEBER CITY UT shyUtah State EAA Sport Aviation 8tb Intershymountain Fly-In Seminars demonstrashytions aircraft judging camping food tours and fun Heber Valley Airport (36U) Conshytact Russ McDonald 801645-9543

SEPT 24middot26 - CAMDEN SC 52 nd reunion of Southern Aviation School pilot Primary Flight Training 1941-1944 For all Alumni employees and all personel Conshytact Bill Hawkins PO Box 789 Camden SC 29020 Phone 803432-9595

SEPT 25middot26 - WILMINGTON DE shyEAA East Coast Regional Fly-In 3011933shy0314

SEPT 30 bull OCT 3 bull OWENSBORO KY Owensboro Davies County Airport Annual Convention of International Cessna 120140 Assoc Contact David Lowe or Gil Pounds 502736-5392 or Fax 736-2403

OCT 1middot2middot BARTLESVILLE OK shy36th Annual Tulsa Fly-In Special Aircraft this year include the EAA replica Spirit of St Louis and the original Woolaroc winshyner of the 1927 Dole Pineapple race Conshytact Charlie Harris 3933 S Peoria Tulsa OK 74105 9181742-7311

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS On this page youll see the latest additions to the ranks of the EAA AnshytiqueClassic Division Whether youre joining for the first time or are coming back we welcome you and wed especially like to welcome those ofyou who are joining us with your interest in Contemporary class aircraft Welcome one and all

Randy Abegglen Lewisville ID Jose Abreu Miami FL Tracy A Ake Gainesville VA Roy B Allison Minneapolis MN Carson V Baker Crestwood KY James E Bean Northport NY Tom Beck Bethel AK George Beckerman Mt Carmel IL John F Benson Glendora CA Paul W Blackman Finksburg MD Don Blehm Green Mtn Falls CO Michael G Brown Roanoke VA Samuel W Bruce Eagle Rock VA Walter R Bullerwell Dickson TN David W Burns MarengoIL Tony Buttacavoli Waterford MI H Todd Clamp Newberry SC Troy P Coker III Dallas TX David M Collins Cornelius OR Douglas Conciatu Sterling Heights MI Mark Conover Houston TX James D Cooper Thonotosassa FL Gaetan Coulombe

Cloridorme Quebec Canada Marcella Dankow

Ft McMurray Alberta Canada James Dawson Vacaville CA Drew Detsch San Francisco CA Donald Dewey Sierra Madre CA Van G Dickens Fayetteville NC Charles Dobbins Abingdon V A Donald E Dorrell Santa Barbara CA William Doud USMM Sterling NY Jack C Faas Lake Geneva WI Bill Farrell Cincinnati OH Joel Fenger Chester MT Geoffrey M Fickling McAlpine FL J W Corkey Fornof

Canyon Country CA James R Freese Ukiah CA Walter F Gall Bainbridge W A George Galpin Marton New Zealand Sidney Gehlert Pasadena MD Gary Gladd Fullerton CA Daniel H Gleason Coraopolis P A D Brad Gossen

Downsville Ontario Canada Charles D Grady Tallulah LA Charles E Graves Waterloo IA Jeffrey W Gray

Calgary Alberta Canada Allen D Guth Mokena IL Merv Halliday Tanau New Zealand C Kay Hanshell Sabina OH John E Henderson Lancaster PA Stuart G Henderson Durham NC Arthur L Herr Memphis TN Charles A Hinkle

North Little Rock AR Stephen R Hosch Louisvi lle KY Norman Howard CoffeyviUe KS Don Johnson Los Molinos CA

Wayne Johnson Minneapolis MN Louis A Kirn Apex NC Edward Kling West Chicago IL Paul R Kube San Diego CA Robert E Lake

Hot Springs Village AR James F Landers Elden W Larson Jan Love Robert B Love Louis Lufker Richard L Lutes Waldo Magnuson Scott Mathews Gary K Mathiasen Daniel C Maurin Roger C McAlister James S McAllister George Medue

Tempe AZ Bellevue WA

Saginaw MI Vienna VA

East Moriches NY Hampshire IL Spokane WA

Anchorage AK Dublin CA

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Lake Monroe FL Medway OH

Bruce L Moore St Augustine FL Mark A Morrison Staley NC Michel Normandin

Longueuil Quebec Canada John L Northey Port Moody British Columbia Canada

Thomas R OHanlon Fort Ogden FL Richard L Oreair Jr Jacksonville FL Ronald J Parese Bridgewater CT Marlin Parrott Jefferson City MO Bryan C Pender Victor G Plumbo Timothy L Popp Jimmy Powers H L Richards John Robinson Robert Santolla David Sarge William A Shain Jeff Simmons

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C Mahlon Skinnel Jr Lynchburg VA Ari Slitonen Jarvenpaa Finland Colin F Smith Half Moon Bay CA Robert J Smith Billings MT Stephen W Smith Anchorage AK Alan Sparks Joshua TX Cosmo St John Colchester VT Don Stearns Portsmouth NH Peter Strannemar Blairstown NJ Susan J Thompson Natick MA Gary Vassbotn

Calgary Alberta Canada Robert R Wallace Champaign IL Lynn Warren Shelby MI Homer R Weathers ColumbusOH Thomas A Whisnant

Granite Falls NC Julie A White Arizona City AZ Chuck Williams Bellflower CA Steven T Williamson

West Redding cr Kenneth B Woodard Greensboro NC Ronald C Wright Gatesville TX

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Notice is hereby given that an annual business meeting of the members of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division will be held on Wednesday August 4 1993 at 830 am (Central Daylight Time) at the 41st Annual Convention of the Experimental Aircraft Association Inc Wittman Regional Airport Oshkosh Wisconsin Notice is hereby further given that the annual election ofofficers and directors of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division will be conducted by ballot distributed to the members along with this June issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE Said ballot must be returned properly marked to the Ballot Tally Committee EAA AntiqueClassic Division P O Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 and received no later than July 31 1993 The Nominating Committee submits the following list of candidates Arthur R Morgan Vice-President EE Buck Hilbert Treasurer John S Jack Copeland Director Philip Coulson Director Stan GomoLL Director Dale A Gustafson Director Robert S Lickteig Director

ARTHUR R MORGAN Milwaukee Wisconsin

Art Morgan began fly ing in 1961 and received his private license in 1962 In 1965 he went on to get his commercial rating He has been a member of EAA since 1962 and began by parking airplanes at the EAA Conventions in Rockford Illinois Art was one of the first to start building a KR-l and although he did not complete his project he was instrumental in the completion of two of the litt le birds In 1974 he and his wife Kate purchased a 1939 Luscombe 8-C which he promptly rebuilt After two yea rs of fly ing the Luscombe Art and several friends orga nized the American Luscombe Club The Morgans also own a Bellanca 14-13 Art se rved the EAA as a Museum volunteer for several yea rs as Classic parking chairman at Oshkosh and also as AntiqueClassic Parki ng Chai rman Art has been a Director of the AntiqueClassic Division since 1978

E E BUCK HILBERT Union Illinois

Buck is a native of Chicago and a graduate of Lewis College He began learning the pilots point of view while work shying as a line boy at the old Elmhurst Airport near Chicago in 1938 The pay wasnt much but it was flying time and he soloed an Aeronca 65-LA Chief in October 1941 He enlisted in the Air Force shortly thereafter into the Training Command where he flew and instructed in many of the training aircraft of that era He flew gunnery training at Las Vegas Army Air Field in B-17s and finished up teaching Chinese Nationali st Pilots twin engine transition Recalled for the Korean war Buck qualified as an Army Aviator and flew with the HQ Company Air Section of the 24th Infant ry Division A most rewarding and memorable experience he reports Buck and Dorothy and their four children are at home at Hilbert s Funny Farm where he has an airstrip and keeps a stable of interesting and flyab le old airplanes Buck is a retired Un ited Airlines captain Buck is no stranger to the AntiqueClassic Division He is past president hav shying served from 1971 through 1975 He currently is Treasurer of the Division and is also a member of the EAA Aviation Foundation Board of Trustees

JOHN S JACK COPELAND Westborough Massachusetts

Jack received a degree in mechanical engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology in 1954 He served as an Aircraft Maintenance Officer on acti ve dut-y-in the middotUS Air Force from 1955- attaining the rank of captain in the USAF Rese rve Jack holds a co mmercial pilot license with a fli ght instructor rating He joined EAA in 1971 and the AntiqueClassic Division in 1975 shortly after purchasing his first aircraft a 1948 Cessna 140 At that time Jack lived in the Chicago area and participated in pre-Convention weekend work parties He has been an active volunteer at the last twelve annual Conventions serving at va rious times as Classic Parking Co-Chairman Manpower Co-Chairman and Manpower Chairman He was named an advisor to the AntiqueClassic Board of Directors in 1979 and served in that capacity until 1984 when he was elected to a Directorship Jack earns his living as a professional engineer and in addition to his EAA involvement is active as a Captain on the Massachusetts Wing Staff of the Civil Air Patrol

PHILIP COULSON Lawton Michigan

Phil was born on a fa rm in southwestern Michigan His first ride in an airplane was at the age of 16 in a Fairchild PT-23 owned and fl own by Horace Sackett a local pilot and AampP Twenty-years later Horace would be Phils guiding light in restoring his 1930 Waco INF Phil lea rned to fl y off a grass strip in Lawton Michigan in 1962 His original dual instrucshytion and solo fl ying was in a Piper J-5 Throughout the yea rs he has owned several aircraft including a J-3 Cub Taylorcraft TriPacer and Cessna 190 He and his wife Ruthie are lovers of Wacos and greatly enjoy flying their 1940 UPF-7 Waco Their Kinner powered 1930 INF Waco is currently on loan to the Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum in Kalamazoo MI They also own a Model G Bonanza Phil s military ca reer consisted of four yea rs in the US Air Force during the Korean War Phil is a li fe time EAA member and began attending EAA Conventions in Rockford Illinois He is a charter member of AntiqueClassic Chapter 8 and also a past president Phil is a past chairman of the annual Parade of Flight at Oshkosh and is currently the President of the newly formed American Waco Club Inc He was appointed advisor to the AntiqueClassic Board in 1985 The Coulsons live in Lawton Michigan

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STAN GOMOLL Blaine Minnesota

Stan soloed a J-3 Club on his 16th birthday on 11-30-42 In 1945 he served in the US Air Force as a ground crewman on B-29s based at Guam Stan received his AampE license in 1949 at Spartan School of Aeronautics then returned home to Minneapolis where he worked at a small airport In 1951 he was hired by Northwest Airlines as a mechanic progressing to Flight Engineer and Co-pilot Stan is now retired from Northwest Stans first airplane was a 193940 hp Taylorcraft Currently he owns and fli es a 1936 Waco Cabin and a 1946 J-3 Cub Over the years he has restored many airplanes Stan has been active in EAA working on various committees at the Annual Convention In 1976 he was named Advisor and elected to the Board of Directors in 1984 He is currently President of AntiqueClassic Chapter 4 in the Minneapolis area

RJ DOBBY LICKTEIG Albert Lea Minnesota

Dobby is a native of Minnesota and had his first ai rplane ride at the age of 13 in a Velie Monocoupe He earned a solo license in a J-2 Cub at the age of 16 working at the local ai rport for flying time and has been flying since then After completing college in Minnesota he entered Air Force pilot training and graduated in Class 421 and was assigned to a new P-47 fighter group His tour of combat was 2-112 years in the European Theater of Operations during World War 11 Dobby has owned a varied collection of aircraft including a Stinson V77 Stearman L-2M Aztec Citabria BT-13A and AT-6G In 1985 he completed the restoration of a KR-2l Kinner-powered biplane and donated it to the EAA Aviation Museum His airplanes are frequent visitors to all Upper Midwest fly-ins He has been active in EAA Antique Classic and Warbird activities since the Convention was moved to Oshkosh He served as president of the AntiqueClassic Division from 1984 until 1988 Dobby is retired and he and his wife Jeanne live in Albert Lea Minnesota Their son Scott is a licensed pilot and is active on the Warbirds parking committee at the Annual EAA Convention

DALE A GUSTAFSON Indianapolis IN

Dale has been interested in airplanes since he was a small child and took his first plane ride in 1939 at the age of 10 He started taking flying lessons in 1945 and soloed at 16 After high school he worked at the airport in South Bend Indiana servicing airliners handling cargo and doing field maintenance Dale attended Spartan School of Aeronaut ics in 1948 and 1949 to obtain additional pilot ratings After this he freelanced as a fli ght instructor and ran a small FBO at South Bend until he was hired as a co-pilot on Turner Airlines in Indianapolis in 1950 Through name changes and mergers the airline is now USAir He had been with the airline for more than 35 years when he retired His plans now are to spend his time between Indiana and Florida where he has property adjoining a private airstrip Through the years Dale has owned various aircraft including a Stinson V77 Piper Colt Fairchild 24 Cessna 150 and several modern airplanes He currently owns a Cessna 195 plus a Stearman PT-17 and Piper J-4 which are being restored Recently Dale and his wife operated a small ai rport northwest of Indianapolis He is a member of several organizations interested in antique classic and homebuilt aircraft He has been a member of EAA since 1960 and the AntiqueClassic Division since it was organized He has served as an Advisor to the Division and currently is se rving as a Director For several years Dale has judged antiques at Oshkosh and served as Program Chairman for the AntiqueClassic Division awards

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tire and tube we buy is supposed to go towards airport both large and smalll improvements The excise taxes go into to infamous Aviation Trust Fund the black hole of aviation funding) There are a number of other related issues that also point out the fallacy of this particular argument For more on this issue and other important government proposals that could affect how you fly please be sure and read the Action Update section in the May issue of SPORT AVIATION Be sure you drop your elected representatives a note telling them how you feel The addresses are

(Your Senators name) US Senate Washington DC 20510

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You may also wish to send a note to the Department of Transportation

Secretary Federico Pena US Dept of Transportation 400 7th St SW Washington DC 20590

Tell the folks you elected how you will be effected personally Were not saying we want the FAA to run with no cost to us - we just wish to point out that we already pay our fair share and then some Let them know

CONTEMPORARY CLASS AWARDS

At EAA OSHKOSH 93 the Contemporary Class will have awards presented The Categories will be as follows

Grand Champion Reserve Grand Champion Outstanding Customized Custom Class I Single Engine (0-160 hp) Custom Class II Single Engine (161-230 hp) Custom Class III Single Engine (231- Up hp) Custom Multi-engine

Outstanding In Type awards will be given for the following categories

Champion Beech Single Engine Beech Multi Engine Bellanca Cessna 150 Cessna 170-172-175 Cessna 180-182-210 Cessna 310 Mooney Piper PA-18 Super Cub Piper PA-22 Tri-Pacer

Piper PA-24 Comanche Piper PA-23 Apache-Aztec Limited Production

We look forward to seeing your Contemporary class showplanes on the fljghtline during EAA OSHKOSH 93

A NEW TYPE CLUB

Dave Decker of Hereford AZ wrote us to spread the word that he is starting a Type Club for the Call air brand of airplane After buying a Callair A3 Dave found there was little information on the airplane available and he has taken it upon himself to head up the effort to put some of the information down on paper in the form of a newsletter Dave is primarily interested in information of any type concerning the Callair airplanes particularly the cabin airplanes He pointed out that less than 40 Callairs were built and fewer than 20 are shown on the FAA registry If you know of someone who has a Callair flying or a project let them know about this new Type Club and have them get in contact with Dave Decker Callair Type Club and Newsletter 3307 Astro Drive Hereford AZ 85615 Phone 602-378-3688

A NICE PLACE TO STOP

If you re inbound to OSH for the Convention you may wish to stop at Wautoma Airport (Y50) located just 33 nm west of Oshkosh They will be offering a 10 discount on all fuel oil and merchandise to EAA members going to the show Free camping is also available For more information contact Jeff or Dan at 414787-3030

NAVION DOCUMENTS THEFT

Sun n Fun 93 was a great success by any measure but for one of our members Hale Andrews of Berkley Springs WV the event was marred by the theft of some of the brochures included in his documentation book for hi s award winning Navion Super 260 Hales documentation considered by the judges as one of the best they had seen included a section in the back featuring 5 or 6 original factory brochures collected by Hales father Earl Hales Navion has been in the family since it was purchased new by his father in 1951

Unfortunately sometime during the last half of the week during Sun n Fun 93 someone apparently took the brochures from the book Hale was disappointed to say the least and would very much like to see the items returned

If they are returned to EAA HQ we will see they are forwarded to Hale with no questions asked The address is EAA AntiqueClassic Division PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Attn HG Frautschy Editor Vintage Airplane

SPEEDBIRD RESTORER PASSES AWAY

John Denny (EAA 40749 A C 15079) whose restoration of the last aircraft produced by the Bird Airplane Co the Speedbird died Friday April 30 Dennis Buck Dodson John s nephew and owner of the Speedbird which was featured in last months issue says that by an ironic coincidence he was flying the Speedbird from Chico CA to San Jose when John passed away in Albuquerque NM at the same time The Speedbird had last been flown at San Jose during August of 1937

In the photo above John (right) displays the documentation book on the Speedbird with (left to right) his nephew Dennis Buck Dodson Karl Klemm and his son Neil

Our condolences to Buck John s wife Jean son Neil and daughter Nancy as well as his circle of friends

CHARLES CONNIE BLOM

Via Glenn Otto Mittelstadt we learned of the passing of early aviator and airplane builder Charles Connie Blom of Landrum Sc In 1928 as a young man attending the Schenectady night school vocational training school he and his brother Harold designed and built a high wing parasol monoplane Connie attempted to fly it from his home in Schenectady NY to the West coast but was forced to return home after a fire damaged the airplane during repairs after a precautionary landing in Wisconsin Connie then repaired the airplane and flew home His journey took 17 days including 10 days for him to rebuild the wing and recover the airplane

Well-known by many in the Landrum SC area Connie passed away Dec 23 1992

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by Buck Hilbert (EAA 21 Ale 5) PO Box 424

Union IL 60180

Here I sit in a perfect FUNK To those of you who need an exact descripshytion of FUNK there is no description reshyally Its the frame of mind that exists when spring finally arrives up here in the frozen North and all of a sudden the SAP starts to run And run and RUN and all true aviators begin to get sappy

I have had more phone calls in the past two weeks since I have been home from Sun n Fun than I can possibly keep track of Here I am trying to relicense the C-3 the Champ as well as get all the back burner chores done and I cant get away from the phone Trouble is I like talking to people and cant bring myself to shut them off

Had a nice conversation with a fella named Bob Green from Loveland CO the other day Bob called all in a dither because a neighbor was having a garage sale and in the lot were a pair of Je nny wheels Bob wanted to know how much to offer for them He had absolutely no use for them but he wanted to preserve them Know the feeling

Then Bob OConner called from Mil-

PASS IT 10--I] An information exchange column with input from our readers

waukee WI Not once but THR EE ti mes He is really going Sappy over an Aeronca C-3 ANY Aeronca C-3 Bob is a very early EAA member retired from Republic Airlines still flyi ng for fun and business after ten years of retirement He has a stable of airplanes including a Baby Ace he built way back in 53 a coushyple of other hangar queens a Bonanza and a King Air that he uses for going places He plans on dropping in here at the Funny Farm after I get back from my spring fishing trip to western Ontario Canada

Anyway I have had calls from just about everyone in the country this past week Even the San Diego Glue Angels checked in There is all sorts of good news from out-that way Bill Allen is building a new hangar complex at Gilleshyspie Field Addison Pemberton is taking that Bull Stearman everywhere and starting a new project and my Japanese friend Hiroshi Morita has his Fleet flying again after Bob Von Willer got it up and going

On the way home from Florida Dorothy and I stopped at the Army Aviashytion Museum at Fort Rucker AL Hey they have done wonders with organizing their displays in their NEW building They have a neat entrance display of Army Aviator Flight clothing in bronze and they have some really neat airplanes now on display

A Jenny a real SE SA a nice grouping of early L planes and some very realisshytic dioramas depicting Helicopter Comshy

bat Tactics I had to look up the director a nd shake his ha nd This man is a real PRO

From Ft R ucker we beat a path to Birmingham AL and there we invited ourselves to a personally conducted tour of the normally closed on Monday Birmshyingham Museum of Flight Sometimes I think this Museum is one of Birmingshyhams best kept secrets but it is coming into its own Dick Simpson one of the museum foundation officers and a conshystant volunteer gave us the tour They are on an expansion program right now and it was great to see how far they have corne since our last visit There are some really beautiful sport aviation airplanes on display and aT-6 that is so original and so free of the usual scratch and dents that it would take your breath away

We missed Glen Messer though Glen is well known as a pioneer in aviation One of the last five surviving Early Birds and a founding member of so many aviation organizations as well as a record setter of long reknown Glen still maintains an office in the Museum and acts as official Greeter Even though he is almost blind Glen will recognize a voice or a name and enthusiastically make a person welcome Id advise anyone visshyiting the Birmingham area to stop in and say hello to this wonderful person and shake hands with a REAL Aviator They dont make them like that anymore

And so Im off to Canada Watch out Walleyes here I come Unti l I get back hold the phone calls Over to you

In the Army Aviation Museum this Jenny is one of the featured aircraft on display

At the entrance to the Army Aviation Museum at Ft Rucker AL visitors are presented with this bronze display of the history of Army Aviation clothing

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MYSTERY PLANE This nifty sport plane was another

victim of the slow recovery after the Great Depression The photo was sent in by Owen Billman of Mayfield New York Answers will be published in the September 1993 issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE Deadline for that issue is July 20

The March Mystery evidently was a mystery to many readers for only five replies were received From far away Sweden came this answer from Lennart Johnsson of Eldsberga

The airplane shown is an American Eagle custom built in 1929 for Dr WaIshyter M Cross a chemist from Kansas City Its designation was Mode l 60

by George Hardie

Sedan according to the manufacturers advertising in A VIATION magazine Others say it was called A-529 or A-629 To add to this confusion it was first regshyistered under the name Model T-C

The airplane had two SiemensshyHalske radial engines (125 hp each) which were mounted remarkably close to the fuselage The pilot sat in an open cockpit in front of the wing Behind him was a closed cabin with room for five people Wingspan was 47 feet When the machine was test flown in Kansas City in early 1929 it took off in 200 feet and attained a cruising speed of 90 mph Landing speed was 45 mph

Dr Cross intended to use the new

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craft in traveling between his offices and laboratories in Kansas City New York and Los Angeles and he estishymates that he will save between $40000 and $50000 annually in time and travelshyling expenses I wonder if it worked out that way

Published pictures show the regisshytration number 10070 but as first regisshytered it was assigned number 364 My sources are A VIATION for February 2 February 23 March 2 May 41929 and AERO DIGEST for February 1929

Ralph Nortell of Spokane Washingshyton adds this

The March Mystery Plane is the one-off example of an American Eashygle design built in early 1929 Quite adshyvanced for its time it was powered by two Siemens-Halske engines It was reshyported to be a good load carrier having been test flown on one engine After a gross load test flight with Charles Toth at the controls the landing gear colshylapsed on landing resulting in severe damage

The plane was built for Dr Walter M Cross of Kansas City whose intenshytion was to apply to the Department of Commerce for an A TC But before the prototype could be rebuilt the 1929 stock market collapse devastated the market for airplanes

Other answers were received from Charley Hayes of Park Forest Illinois Robert Clark Oxnard CA and Marty Eisenmann of Garrettsville Ohio

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Projector a Low Priced Airplane

In November 1933 Eugene Vidal Dishyrector of Aeronautics of the US Departshyment of Commerce announced that the Department was taking the initiative in seeking a method whereby airplanes might be made available to the general public at a price low enough to make posshysible widespread private ownership Such a vehicle became known as the $700 airshyplane - the selling price of popular autoshymobiles of the time

Vidal conceived that such an airplane would be a two- or three-seat all metal airplane The plane would be cheap beshycause it would be mass-produced using automotive industry methods It would also be rugged and easy to repair with the costs of owning and operating the mashychine less than that of an average-priced automobile

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lots and mechanics They were asked if they would be interested in such an airshyplane at a price of $700 About 18000 replies were received with 13000 saying they would purchase such an aircraft Not surprising as such an airplane would be $300 to $500 less than anything on the market About 5000 said they would not purchase With the results of the survey in hand Vidal believed there was a market for upwards of 10000 of the $700 airshyplanes

Assured that a substantial potential market existed for such a plane Vidal apshyproached the Public Works Administrashytion for funding The agency one of the numerous federal agencies established in the depression to battle unemployment allotted $500000 for the project Vidal felt that the funds channeled through a consortium of existing aircraft builders would be used to hire unemployed engishyneers draftsmen and craftsmen who

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would design and manufacture a cheap airplane

Problems arose from the very beginshyning Legal counsel for the Public Works Administration decided that the money could only go to public works and that there was nothing public about private airplanes for the masses So the funds were rescinded Some companies already manufacturing light aircraft claimed that the publicity already had caused potenshytial buyers to wait on the ephemeral poor-man s plane than purchase an existshying design Waldo Waterman in his book WALDO PIONEER AVIATOR stated Vidals quest for a $700 airplane all but destroyed what little aircraft industry there was still surviving the Depression

AERO DIGEST

The reaction in the aviation press of the time was not very favorable In an editorial in the December 1933 issue of AERO DIGEST Frank Tichenor stated It is no secret that the hard-working and hard-pressed Aeronautics Branch has been under pressure for some time to do for private flying something big spectacshyular and constructive

But it was indeed regrettable that Mr Vidals questionnaire which he must know caused a veritable storm upon many airports left the erroneous impresshysion that the Aeronautics Branch had a specific and definite plane in view when it presented its proposal to American fliers

We are not surprised that there are many private pilots who would like such a ship at $700 According to the figures of the Labor Department there are some 10000000 people who would like a fifshyteen-cent dinner but not only does such a dinner appear non-existent but often the necessary nickel and dime also is conspicuously absent

We commend the Aeronautics Branch for its efforts in attempting to

bring the light airplane manufacturer in touch with the current market but let no one who is at present in the market for any of the excellent low-priced airplanes now available hesitate in making his purshychase because of the Departments quesshytionnaire The prospects of an early fulshyfillment of the $700 airplane idea is too remote to let it be the means of curtailing the sales of tried and proven aircraft

AVIATION

In the December 1933 issue of AVIAshyTION the editor Edward P Warner asked $700 And How It is frequently a matter of some little difficulty to pick the particular story which deserves the preeminent position of our new pages but this month there could be no doubt The announcement from the Department of Commerce that Director Vidal has unshydertaken to solici t expressions of willingshyness to buy a new airplane of specified characteristics and that the characterisshytics include a price of $700 has set the high-water-mark in news excitement not only for November but for a much longer period

The idea is amusing in its very simshyplicity The industry may not sell 10000 airplanes or even any large part thereof but at least we shall have a lot of new inshyformation Aside from some temporary unsettlement of the market for existing types of aircraft we believe the results will be good But there is a word of caushytion that should be said and point that should be made

Extreme care must be used in intershypreting the results of the market survey There are plenty of people who will gaily write YES on a piece of paper but who will not be nearly so ready to write their names at the bottom of checks for $700 each

But there is another point We beshylieve that 10000 airplanes of quality could be built for $700 apiece by a single manufacturer who received a single order for 10000 machines They cannot be built for any such price under the conditions that existed in 1929 with about 180 manushyfacturers scrambling over each other afshyter every individual sale and with no sinshygle factory setting up production of more than a few hundred ships An essential condition precedent to the successful acshycomplishment of the Vidal plan is that the aircraft industry should cooperate as no industry has ever cooperated before

It would have to be turned out in many plants with wings built at A and landing gear at B and assembly taken care of at C and then it will have to be the subject of a concentrated sales camshypaign in which all effort is merged to get as many people as possible into the air We dont know that can be done

USED PLANES

And in the 99ER Clara Gilbert in her comments Are Air Flivvers Feasible raised the question of used aircraft There are available at the moment many used ships for sale at figures well under $1 000 Among them are to be found not only two place but three and four place ships cabin jobs as well as open cockpit models and the majority are capashyble of speeds well in excess of 100 miles an hour If there is no market for these airshyplanes how then does the Government propose to stimulate sufficient interest in private and sport flying to dispose of 10000 smaller slower planes which will only carry two passengers at a price apshyproximating that of these used ships

AERO DIGEST ON FUNDING

In the February 1934 issue of AERO DIGEST the editor Edward P Warner presented his views in Notes on a $700 Airplane He stated When Director of Aeronautics Vidal launched his famous private plane questionnaire a considerable segment of the aircraft industry thought it a joke - and not a particularly funny one When he persuaded the Public Works Adshyministration to make over $500000 to proshymote the realization of the project as a means of developing a new industry to proshyvide new employment the joke ended Half a million dollars are to be regarded seriously even in days when federal expenshyditures run to six billion and higher

In response to a request of A VIAshyTION Eugene Vidal Director of Aeroshynautics US Department of Commerce prepared an official view concerning the interest of the Department in the private airplane market His response was pubshylished in the February 1934 issue of A VIshyAnON under the title Low-Priced Airshyplane

Private flying measured in terms of active pilots planes and their use is on the decline After fifteen years or so of the building of planes for miscellaneous flying there are less than 7000 licensed airplanes in this country of 12000000 people

It might be well to assume that there may be something wrong with the product which we now are attempting to sell that the market exists for something diffe rent It also might be well to overlook entirely the attitude of the pilots who already have lea rned to fly (who would like to have a faster plane) and concentrate on the avershyage American citizen who may not be an aviation enthusiast Also it might be well to cease planning planes which the indusshytry feels that the future pilot should have and plan one which would appeal to the United States citizen even though it may not be as desirable to every pilot and deshysigner

The most important detail of an airshyplane as of any other manufactured prodshyuct is its price Granted an airplane should be safe no matter how safe it may be it cannot be sold in numbers if it is too exshypensive It is useless to make a plane safe if it wont be purchased and thus wont be flown The majority of Americans buy aushytomobiles which sell for less than $1 000 and are inexpensive to operate and mainshytain They are quite accustomed to the price range between $500 and $1000 and it goes without saying that an airplane for that price sold on the installment plan would have a popular appeal

Vidal felt that the automobile driver was the customer for the $700 plane and that this customer had become accusshytomed to details of an automobile its apshypearance material control etc He stated that a car made of fabric couldn t possibly sell As metal is durable and strong so the airplane should be

He believed metal construction was important from other viewpoints Producshytion methods used for the automotive inshydustry could be adopted to airplane manushyfacture such as the mass stamping of parts Techniques of assembly and of mainteshynance and repair would suggest methods for volume production of airplanes

The appearance of an airplane must be attractive and in its details and remind the car driver of his car He also felt that the popular plane should look like a modern passenger transport To the casual eye the small airplane would appear as a scaled-down reproduction of the airliners which now are flying Also the small airshyplane would require little professional training and skills necessary to fly it

Vidal concluded his comments with the following An airplane can be built for $700 and the Public Works allotment asshysures that difficulties in the way of initiatshying the program can be met Volume proshyduction will make the airplane possible and it also will react to the benefit of the entire industry stimulating employment in factories increasing the business of airshyports affording new opportunities for emshyployment of pilots and mechanics

Indirectly the renewed interest in flyshying undoubtedly will direct attention of more people upon the services offered by the scheduled ai rlines There should be a development analogous to that which has taken place in the automobile radio reshyfrigerator and other industries And just as the introduction of these articles has been a stimulus to business in general the low-priced airplane has an opportunity to add to the scope of commercial activities

A NEW COURSE FOR THE BUREAU

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ment of the low-priced airplane Under his direction the Bureau of Aeronautics created a development section to foster the design construction and developshyment of safer easier operated more comfortable and lower priced airplanes for private owners

The Bureau had no budget for develshyopment but it did have funds for purshychasing aircraft to be flown by its inspecshytors as they traveled around the country Later from a special appropriation of $1000000 which was to be used at the discretion of the President for the develshyopment of military and civil aviation $100000 was made available for the new Development Section

Under its authority and with its fundshying the first task of the new section was to investigate possible designs for a safer low-priced airplane for private use A committee was also formed representing both the Government and industry Among the members were Amelia Earhart Dr George Lewis NACA Robert Renfro editor THE SPORTSshyMAN PILOT Edward Warner SAE and Alford Williams American Petroleum Institute

The newly created Development Secshytion turned to the task of setting up deshysign criteria for what Vidal called a Safety Plane Once the specifications were drawn Vidal would solicit bids from the aircraft industry The plan was to purchase 25 airplanes from the firm submitting the best design He was no longer talking about a low-priced everyshymans airplane or planes at the cost of a car but envisioned the Safety Plane as a prototype for the massed produced inshyexpensive aircraft of tomorrow

LIGHT PLANE SPECIFICATIONS

The Bureau of Aeronautics (Bureau of Air Commerce as of July 1934) specishyfications were published in the July 1934 issue of AVIATION along with some edshyitorial comments There is a distinct reshysemblance to the requirements of the Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition

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of 1929 in the light airplane specifications issued recently by the Department of Commerce In sponsoring the developshyment of such a design by calling for bids for 25 planes for the use of his inspectors Aeronautics Director Eugene Vidal beshylieves that the simplicity and safety of opshyeration and low operating cost will attract many new private owners

The editor remarked that several aeroshynautical engineers had been thinking along the same lines and included in the same issue an article about the experishymental machine built by Fred Weick This machine the W-l was being tested at the time at Langley by the NACA

The specifications were broken down into four parts General Performance Safety Features Powerplant and Equipshyment In general they called for an airshyplane with an extreme amount of forward visibility and the ability to brake immeshydiately upon touchdown without nosing over The airplane had to be able to take off over a 35 foot obstacle after an 800 foot run and to land within 400 feet after passing over the same obstacle Addishytionally it had to be non-spinning nonshystalling with a top speed of at least 110 mph and a landing speed of under 35 mph All this to be accomplished with just a 100 horsepower engine Cost was no longer the determining factor in the competition

Aircraft manufacturers would have until August 17 1934 to submit their bids for the contract to build 25 aircraft Vidal opened the bids in the competition at a small Washington ceremony on August 271934 Only one bid came from an airshycraft manufacturer of any size and repushytation The others had been submitted by small firms Because the designs were all so untried Vidal decided against ordershying 25 from anyone bidder Instead the winner would get a contract for 15 and five different builders each a contract for a single prototype which the government would test and evaluate

Fourteen bids were received from the following Safety Air Transport of Indishyanapolis Campbell Aircraft of St Joseph MO Church Airplane Company

Chicago Waldo Waterman of Santa Monica CA Hartford Aircraft CurtissshyWright Robertson MO Hammond Airshycraft Ypsilanti MI Niagara Amphibions Buffalo NY St Louis Aircraft Corp St Louis Arrow Aircraft Lincoln NE Spartan Aircraft Tulsa Kreider-Reisner Hagerstown MD Cunningham-Hall Rochester NY Amphibions Roosevelt Field Long Island

BUREAU AWARDS LIGHTPLANE CONTRACTS

The Hammond Aircraft Company of Ypsilanti MI was the winner of the comshypetition sponsored by the Bureau of Air Commerce to procure airplanes for its inshyspectors and at the same time to encourshyage the development of an economical safe airplane for the private owner

On October 18 1934 the Bureau awarded a contract for 15 of the Hamshymond aircraft with the option of taking five more at $3190 apiece (So much for the $700 airplane) Delivery of the first plane was to have been made within five months and the delivery of the remainshyder within four months of the Bureaus acceptance of the first During the course of 1935 with the money saved by not ordering 25 copies of the winning deshysign the Bureau contracted for five other aircraft to be purchased These included Waldo Waterman for his tailless Arrowshyplane Ole Fahlin (not one of the original bidders) for the Plymacoupe a high wing design powered by a Plymouth automoshybile engine Kreider-Reisner was given an order to modify the Weick W-1 Pitshycairn for the his new road able autogiro Curtiss-Wright for its 90 hp Coupe and the Arrow Company for one of its Sports powered by a Ford V-8 automobile Enshygine

Over the next few years the Bureau would be busy testing these aircraft Three would be successful enough to be certificated for production More on the aircraft in the next installment

(To be continued in next months edishytion of VINTAGE AIRPLANE)

1993 saw many changes for the AnshytiqueClassic Division at Sun n Fun 93 shythe biggest was the relocation of the parkshying area for our airplanes to the east side of the Sun n Fun convention site AnshytiqueClassic Headquarters was also moved with the new location next to the woods on the east end of the main drag The new parking area will in the long run provide more parking for Antique Classic and Contemporary airplanes This year the huge amount of water dumped on the site during the weeks previous to the Conventions start made some areas a bit on the soupy side but Ray Olcott and his tireless group of aircraft parkers did

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their best to keep the airplanes out of the stickiest plots As improvements are made to the new parking area the drainage should improve according to Bill Eickshyhoff Sun n Fun president The rainy weather abated just in time for the Fly-In and the pleasant weather made everybody in the local Chamber of Commerce breathe a big sigh of relief

The second big change came about with the judging of the Contemporary class for the first time A number of good looking Contemporaries were on hand and its apparent that pilots are beginning to take notice of the hidden gems out there on the tiedown ramps across the

country Just as it took a few years for the Classic category to bring the airshyplanes up to Grand Champion status so it will be with the Contemporary class but we can all be encouraged by the efshyforts that have been expended so far shysome of these airplanes are just plain flat gorgeous

Antiques and Classics had their fair share of good looking airplanes too shyleading the pack was the Davis D-l W owned and restored by Dr Roy Wicker and Barbara Kitchens The handsome parasol monoplane was once the pershysonal aircraft of designer and company owner Walter Davis The Davis was judged the Grand Champion Antique of Sun n Fun 93

In the Classic arena there was no Grand Champion award this year - none of the aircraft judged had points above the threshold to be judged as such but a few came close A number of nice Cubs were on display as well as the latest restoration effort by Joe Fleeman the man who restored Delton Perry s TrishyPacer His latest work a BUcker Jungshymann for Ralph Lerch is a true beauty in black

All manner of flying machines came to roost in Lakeland for Sun n Fun - on the next few pages youll get a full color view of some of the neatest vintage airshyplanes in the skies today Delmar Benjamin and his Gee Bee R-1 replica drew admiring crowds again this year

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Grand Champion - Davis D-IW NC 13576 Dr Roy Wicker Quitman GAl Barshybara Kitchens Milner GA

Reserve Grand Champion - Travel Air 2000 NC8853 Gene Rambo Arlington VA

Silver Age (1928-1932) - Travel Air 4D N9917 Bill Plecenik Erwinna P A

Contemporary Age (1933-1945) - Stinson SR-9 NC17154 Jerry Stevens Boca Raton FL

Best Custom - Cessna UC-78 N78UC Dwain Pittenger Hereford TX

Best World War II Era - Stearman N2S N65101 Brian Becker Pompano Beach FL

Best Biplane - Beech Staggerwing N18575 Michael Greenblatt Midland GA

Best Monoplane - Piper J-3 N9499H Dan Foley Wichita KS

Best Open Cockpit - Stearman N1902M Russell Faller Farmingville NY

Best Cabin - Howard DGA-15P N22423 Fred Kirk Ft Lauderdale FL

Outstanding Aircraft - Monocoupe 90AL NC11760 Robert Eicher Daytona Beach FL

Outstanding Aircraft - Piper J-3 N35GM Gene McNeely Earle AR

Outstanding Aircraft - Stearman N2S N68238 Chris and Lyle Wheeler Boca Rashyton FL

Outstanding Aircraft - Stearman N555 Cliff Lowe Cadiz KY

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(Right) Joe Fleeman has done it again His restoration of Ralph Lerchs(AlC 16691) Bucker Jungmann is stunning and the workmanship is excellent as it was on his restoration of Delton Perrys Piper Tri-Pacer

(Below) This nice Stinson 10A has just been restored to the configuration it had when it was used by the CAP at Lanshytana FI during WW II It is registered to Florida Airmotive Inc in Lantana

(Below right) Jerry Stevens handsome Stinson SR-9 taxis out for departure at Lakeland Steve hails from Boca Raton FL and was awarded the Contemporary Age (1933-1945) Antique trophy

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(Lower left) Bird Biplanes always look so pretty on the flight line Brian Thorpe Mt Dora FL brought his Bird CK up north from the Miami area It is powered by a Continental R-670

(Below) Dick Jackson (AIC 371) Rochester NH continues to fly the only Waco D The 0 sometimes referred to as the Waco Super Sport is the only one of its kind in existence Dick restored it over 20 years ago and it is still looking great

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Best Classic 101 to 165 hp - Cessna 170 N2727C Gene D Engelskirger Hinkley OH

Best Classic Over 165 hp - Ryan Navion N5437K H a le Andre ws Berkeley Springs WV

Best Custom Classic Under 100 hp - Cessna 120 N2460N Scott Cox Ft Lauderdale FL

Best Custom Classic 101 to 165 hp - Pipe r P A-16 N5796H Mitch Freshyitag Summerville SC

Best Custom Classic Over 165 hp shyGlobe Swift N80555 Scott Anderson Deerfield Beach FL

Best Of Type - Pipe r PA-17 Vaga bo nd N4686 H Tom Scott Okeechobee FL

Best Of Type - G lobe Swift N78068 Pete Johnson Faribault MN

Best Of Type - Piper PA-22 Tri Pacer N8740C Delto n Perry Lawrenceburg TN

Best Of Type - Luscombe 8A NC681A Rochard Hoyle Vince nt AL

Outst a nding A ircraft - B ticker Ju ngma nn N46925 Ralp h Lerch Lawrenceburg TN

(Above and above right) Now you can put a face with the plane - heres Delton Perry (AIC 18583) and his Piper TrishyPacer (The same one featured in the Deshycember 1992 issue of Vintage Airplane) Deltons PA-22 won the Best of Type award for the restoration done by Joe Fleeman

(Right) Mark Holliday (AiC 1316) of Lake Elmo MN shows off the racy lines of his stock Globe Swift Stock or modified the Swift is still one of the most beautiful airplanes ever made

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AntiqueClassic HQ has been moved to a spot next to the Ill bet you can guess which college football team Parnell Colas woods - here folks are enjoying the shade during the aftershy cheers for noon airshow

(Above) Hale Andrews (AIC 982) of Berkeley Springs WV cruises by with the pretty Navion Super 260 his father bought new in 1951 It has just been restored after a flood nearly deshystroyed it

(Left) Luke Walker is just starting to enjoy flyshying his newly-restored Piper Vagabond It was his first aircraft restoration effort

(Right) N7777K is the oldest Piper Tri-Pacer in existence - it is serial No2 the first production aircraft to survive (Serial number 1 was tested to destruction during the certificashy

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(Above top) No tired old Apache here Verwayne (AIC 3987) and Leslie Owen Severna Park MD are just completing this nice restorashytion of their 1959 Piper PA-23 Apache

(Above right) Anthony Lamontia (AIC 20124) Bath OH is justifiably proud of his Cessna 182 he has been restoring for a number of years It was an Outstanding Airshycraft award winner

(Left) Another Outstanding Aircraft award winner was Jerry Whartons 1959 Cessna 172 Jerrys airplane was stored indoors for most of its life and as a consequence the airshyplane was we preserved The inshyterior fabric on the seats and side panels is original as is the instrushyment panel -erry (AIC 18564) is from Wise VA

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(Left) After their first attempt at flying the England - Australia trip in a Piper J-3() Bob and Diane Dempster are going to try it again in a brand spanking new Piper PA-18 Super Cub (The first time the density altitude high and the service ceiling of the Cub not as high stopped the flight in the 1250 heat of the Egyptian desert) The Dempsters arrived at Lakeshyland after picking up the airplane in Vero Beach with 98 hours on the tach They plan to sell their house get an instrushyment rating for Bob and make the necshyessary modifications to fly the North Atshylantic and beyond

This years AntiqueClassic and Contemporary judges at Sun n Fun 93 were (left to right) Jim Zantop Joe Sinnett Xen K Motsinger Jennie White George Hindall Bill Doty Jack Gilson Juan Blanco Bob Romanelli Leonard Kress Jack Gillespie Terny Brokaw Harris Wiese Wayne Anderson Bill Murry and Don Jacobs Thanks to all of them for their hard work chasing down the airplanes to be judged

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Best Metal Seaplane - Cessna 185E N5830J Joe Strazzula Ft Pierce FL Best Fabric Seaplane - Maule M-7 N61350 Mark Futch Boca Grande FL Best Ampbibian - Grumman Goose N121GL Chuck Greenhill Mettawa IL

Originally located in Louisiana this J-3 Cub on 1320 Edo floats N1353M SIN 9913 was brought to Florida by Steve Swails (EAA 377050) of Ft Myshyers and totally restored Although some corrosion was found necessary repairs were completed and the airframe was epoxy primed and powder coated for seaplane use A C85-12 engine was installed (without starter and generator) to replace the C65 and the floats were restored to new condition

Left - Steve Swails carefully negotiates alligator alley between the shore and open water at Lake Parker Pilots reported the gators were quite prevalent just outside the reeds and could easily be seen sunning themshyselves

Lower left - Unusual mint condition 1320 Edo floats on Steve Swails J-3 Cub looked brand new Note the cable between the float tips for moving to the other side of the airplane - often referred to as a Canadian Spreader Bar

Lower right - Nestled on the shore of Lake Parker is Steve Swails J-3 85 Cub His passenger was Alex Wopper (EAA 419315) of Valdivia Chile who is just starting seaplane training He has purchased a Murphy Regtel kit along with a float kit and will build them at his home in the south of Chile - below the 40th parallel A native of Germany Alex is excited about having the only seaplane in Chile and many many lakes to fly from

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Brilliant ear1y morning photo of Bill Rose (EAA 159635 AlC 6612) Grumman Goose N600ZE SIN B-100 with eleven hot air balloons lifting into the clear Florida sky

One of Jack Browns Seaplane Base Cubs on 1500 Aqua floats took a trip through the reeds cutting sileage The un-named pilot had to push and pull it out of the mess in waist deep water

Very nice photo of a Republic RC-3 Seabee N6659K SIN 936 as it powers onto the step for takeoff It is registered to Graham Sutherland of Port Orange FL Note how the spray rails move the water away from the hull and the proshypeller

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N6256 Replica Fighter Museum Gunshytersville AL

Outstanding Aircraft - Halberstadt D II N1388J Replica Fighter Museum Guntersville AL

Outstanding Aircraft - Sopwith Pup N1915K Replica Fighter Museum Gunshytersville AL

Outstanding Aircraft - Sopwith Trishyplane N543A Replica Fighter Museum Guntersville AL

3 years in a row Frank Ryders growing collection of WW I era replicas has again captured the Grand Champion Replica award at Sun n Fun This year the award was presented to the Nieuport 28 (above right) replica Chuck Brady (AIC 1920) constructed at his shop in Dwight IL

Frank and his Lake Gunterville Aero crew brought three other replicas to Sun n Fun 93 - from top to bottom they are Halberstadt DII Constructed by Carl Swanson Darien WI the airplane was on display at the EAA Air Adventure museum until being acquired by Frank Ryder for his museum Completely gone over by Gene Schwartz and the staff at Lake Gunshytersville Aero the Halberstadt was refinshyished in the spectacular longenze scheme you see here Its being flown here by Gene DeMarco

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The replica in the center of the page is the Sopwith Pup constructed by Ken Pruitt Belen NM and being flown by Frank Ryder He advises that it is one of the most demanding airplanes he has landed - even more so than the Fokker Triplane

Finally at the bottom of the facing page is the Sopwith Triplane built by Chad and Char Willie of Lake Oswego OR It is beshying flown for our camera by Joel Williams A Sopwith Dolphin project was also disshyplayed to give the public some sense of the work involved in constructing a replica WW I fighter WW I aviation will be the subject of a featured display at

EAA OSHKOSH 93 on the Convention taxiway - details are in this months AlC News

In the photo below the Douglas DC-3 of Alexander Aeroplane taxis out for deparshyture with a load of happy Sun n Fun volshyunteers Ron Alexander graciously agreed to give a ride to as many volunteers as he could with the Douglas and the smooth evening air was a treat for all who experishyenced it Our own Buck Hilbert was drafted as co-pilot (Im sure they had to drag him screaming and kicking to the airplane ) where he enjoyed refamiliarshyizing himself with the airplane he cut his teeth on as a neophyte airline pilot

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1ST PLACE GROUND TO AIR - Robert T Beecher (AIC 17924) Chicago IL captured this truly rare photo of a Parks P-2A in flight Since there are only a few of these airplanes left flying this is definitely one for the scrapbooks

2ND PLACE GROUND TO AIR - Myron Heimer (AIC 8190) 3RD PLACE GROUND TO AIR - LeRoy Falk (AIC 9411) CarshyRose Creek MN pentersville IL neatly frames this Fairchild 24W

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1ST PLACE GROUND TO GROUND - Myron Heimer gets his second award with this in your face shot of a Dwain Pittengers Cessna T -50 Bobcat

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HONORABLE MENTION GROUND TO GROUND - L Vincent Hostetler (AIC 14206) Grand Junction CO Even rarer than the Parks P-2 this Parks P-1 now resides at Parks College of St Louis University in Cahokia IL

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1ST PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - LeRoy Falk receives top honors with this picture

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2ND PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - Don Levandoski gets his second award with this shot of Allen Rudolph touching-up the aileron on the Pietenpol in the AlC tent at Oshkosh 92

3RD PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - (right) Jeri Mihalic (EAA 277478) Mammoth Cave KY shows The Oshkosh Experience in this picture of her husband Dave and his 1957 Bonanza

2ND PLACE - CHAIRMANS CHOICE - Myron Heimer shows us that not all TIger Moths are small

1ST PLACE CHAIRMANS CHOICE - James W Fowler (AIC 2293) Houston TX suitably titled this picture Young Eagle

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1ST PLACE WATER BIRDS - Pat Quinn (AIC 9207) of Ventura CA gives us a glimpse back in time with this photo titled Brennands Seaplane Base 1952 or 1992

2ND PLACE WATER BIRDS - Robert T Beecher

3RD PLACE WATER BIRDS - Myron Heimer brings back WATER BIRDS HONORABLE MENTION - William McCarrei all the memories of a calm summer day (AlC 4496) White Pigeon MI

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Judges Choice for 1992

This dazzling photo of a Lockheed 12-A Electra taken by Robert T Beecher receives the p restig ious honor of

Your judges for the 1992 Anshy man Lorraine Morris EE Tex tiqueClassic Photo Contest were Hilbert Chairman Jack McCarthy (left to right) Dan Hans Co-Chair- Bill Lombardi Lee Fray and Eric

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Lundahl Contest Chairman Jack McshyCarthy would like to thank all of the judges who helped out this year and he would also like to particularly thank Lorraine Morris who helped organize this year s event and did most of the record-keeping Lorraine is an active AC member and she flies a Boeing 737-400 for a living

The AC photo contest is on again for EAA Oshkosh 93 so get your cameras ready for the summer In next month s issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE the rules for the contest will be published and they will also be available when you register for the contest at the AC Red Barn during the Convention Remember the conshytest is for photos of Antique Classic or Contemporary aircraft shot either enroute at the EAA Convention or on the way home Our thanks to the over one hundred() AC members who entered this years contest and we look forward to seeing you again this year

The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a mailer of information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the information to EAA A(( Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903shy3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

JUNE 11-13 - DENTON TX - Denton Municipal Airport AAA (Texas Chapter) 30th Annual Fly-In Contact John or Nancy Whatley 214517-1981 or Bert Mashyhon817387-2620

JUNE 12 - GADSDEN AL - J-3 and Piper high wing Annual Fly-In Camping Bomb Drop Spot Landings Hangar dance Contact Faye Bryant Gadsden Pilots Asshysoc 196 Ira Gray Dr Gadsden AL 35901 205442-3313

JUNE 12 - NEWPORT NEWS V A shy21st Annual Colonial Fly-In Newport NewsWilliamsburg IntI Airport Sponshysored by EAA Chapter 156 Contact ofr inshyformation and NORDO entry Charles Colshylier 620 Hilton Rd Newport News V A 23605 804247-5844

JUNE 13 - AURORA IL - Aurora Mushynicipal Airport EAA Chapte r 579 FlyshyInlDrive -In breakfast and airport FBO open house 7am - 3pm Contact Alan Shackleton 708466-4193 or Bob Rieser Airport Manager 708466-7000

JUNE 19 - WILD ROSE WI - Idlewild Airport - Pancake BreakfastFly-In Idlewild-Wild Rose Airport Assoc PO Box 296 Wild Rose WI 54984 Call 414622-4020

JUNE 24-27 - MT VERNON OH shy34th Annual National Waco Reunion Greatest WACO Show On EARTH For more information call 513868-0084

JUNE 26-27 - ORANGE MA - Orshyange Municipal Airport 17th Annual New England Regional Fly-In sponsored by the Friends of the Orange Airport Contact Bob McKenney 508544-8762 or Len Beshydaw (Orange Airport) 508544-8189 or Fax 508249-5940

JUNE 26-27 - GREELEY CO - EAA Rocky Mountain Fly-In Antiques Classhysics homebuilts warbirds ultralights No registration fee free camping transportashytion to local motels 3031798-6086 or 353shy5514

JULY 4 - WISCONSIN RAPIDS WIshyWI Rapids Airport EAA Chapter 706 FlyshyInDrive In Pancake Breakfast 730shy1130am Call 715435-3644 for information

JULY 7-11 - ARLINGTON WA shyNorthwest EAA Fly-In 206435-5857

JULY 10 -11- DELAWARE OHshy12th Annual EAA Chapter 9 Fly-In

Delaware Airport Contact Alan Harding 614442-0024

JULY 10 -11- EMMETSBURG lA shy5th Annual Aeronca Fly-In sponsored by tbe Tail dragger Club Contact Keith Harnden Box 285 Emmetsburg IA 50536

JULY 11- MICHIGAN CITY IN - EAA Chapter 966 Pancake Breakfast Contacts The Dees - 219324-6060 or the Hugley s 219325-0133

JULY 16-18 - RED LAKE ONTARlOshyNorseman Festival and Fly-In at Red Lake Ontario Norseman Capita l of the World Floats and wheels Contact Ron Robinson Box 308 Red LakeOntario Canada POV 2MO Phone 807727-2809 or Fax 807727shy3980

JULY 23 -24 - COFFEYVILLE KS shyFunk Aircraft Owners Assoc Reunion Conshytact Gene Ventress 10215 S Monticello Shawnee Mission KS 66227 Phone 9131782shy1483

JULY 24 -27 - WAUSAU WI - Ercoupe Owners Club National Convention Contact Syd Cohen 715842-7814

JULY 24 AND 25 - SHIOCTON WI shyAnnual Fly-In Contact Joyce Baggot 414986-3547

JULY 27 - AUGUST 7 - VALshyPARAISO (VPZ) IN Food and Fuel booth Stop by and see us on your way to and from Oshkosh We are famous for our hospitality Sponsored by EAA Chapter 104 Contact 219884-1619

THURSDAY JULY 29 -WEDNESDA Y AUGUST 4 1993 - OSHKOSH WI- 41st Annual EAA Fly-In and Sport Aviation Convention Wittman Regional Airport Con tact John Burton PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54904-3086 Call 414426-4800 for more information ITS NEVER TOO EARLY TO MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND

AUGUST 6 - 8 - STILLWATER OKshyLake Elmo Airport Sesquicentennial Aviashytion Days Fly-In breakfast balloon rally other events 612430-1200 for more inforshymation

AUGUST 12-15 - LOCK HAVEN PAshyWilliam T Piper Memorial Airport Sentishymental Journey 93 Aerial Mail To Lock Haven is this years tbeme All makes and models welcome especially Antique and classic airplanes Call 717893-4200 (9am til 5 pm) Fax 717893-4218 or write PO Box Jshy3 Lock Haven PA 17745-0496

AUGUST 15 - BROOKFIELD WIshyCapitol Airport 8th Annual Vintage Airshycraft Display and Ice Cream Social Midwest Antique Airplane Club will also hold its monthly fly-In meeting For more informashytion call George Meade at 414962-2428

AUGUST 27-29 - SUSSEX NJ - Sussex Airport Sussex Airshow For more informashytion call 2011875-0783

SEPT 4-5 PROSSER W A - 10th Annual

EAA Chapter 391 Fly-IN Food flying tours raffle and more Camping on the field For more info call Thopson Aircraft at 5091786-1034

SEPT 8-12 - GALESBURG IL -Galesburg Municipal Airport 22nd Nashytional Stearman Fly-In Contact Tom Lowe 823 Kingston Ln Crystal Lake IL 60014 815459-6873 or Harold Canada 370 Hawkinson Av Galesburg IL 61401 309343-9850

SEPT 17-19 - KANKAKEE IL - Koshyerner Airport 9th Annual Midwest Stinshyson Fly-In Seminars on Stinson 108s and Franklin engi nes FAA Safety Seminars Sat night banquet Fly-outs rally and performance contests Camping on the field Contact Loran Nordgren 4 W Neshybraska Frankfort IL 60423 Phone 815469-9100

SEPT 11middot12 bull MARION OH - EAA Mid-Eastern Regional Fly-In (MERFI) 513849-9455

SEPT 18-19 -Hickory NC - 8th Annual EAA Chapter 731 Fly-In Contact Jean Smith days 704396-7032 or Norman Rainshywater evenings 704328-5807

SEPT 18middot19 - ROCK FALLS IL shyEAA Nortb Central Fly-In 708513-0642

SEPT 20 - ROCK FALLS IL - Panshycake Breakfast in Conjuction with the North Central Fly-ln

SEPT 24-25 - HEBER CITY UT shyUtah State EAA Sport Aviation 8tb Intershymountain Fly-In Seminars demonstrashytions aircraft judging camping food tours and fun Heber Valley Airport (36U) Conshytact Russ McDonald 801645-9543

SEPT 24middot26 - CAMDEN SC 52 nd reunion of Southern Aviation School pilot Primary Flight Training 1941-1944 For all Alumni employees and all personel Conshytact Bill Hawkins PO Box 789 Camden SC 29020 Phone 803432-9595

SEPT 25middot26 - WILMINGTON DE shyEAA East Coast Regional Fly-In 3011933shy0314

SEPT 30 bull OCT 3 bull OWENSBORO KY Owensboro Davies County Airport Annual Convention of International Cessna 120140 Assoc Contact David Lowe or Gil Pounds 502736-5392 or Fax 736-2403

OCT 1middot2middot BARTLESVILLE OK shy36th Annual Tulsa Fly-In Special Aircraft this year include the EAA replica Spirit of St Louis and the original Woolaroc winshyner of the 1927 Dole Pineapple race Conshytact Charlie Harris 3933 S Peoria Tulsa OK 74105 9181742-7311

OCT 1middot3middot PRESCOTT AZ - EAA Copperstate Fly-ln 6021750-5480

OCT 15-17 bull KERRVILLE TX shyEAA Southwest Regional Fly-In 915658shy4194 1Ir

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS On this page youll see the latest additions to the ranks of the EAA AnshytiqueClassic Division Whether youre joining for the first time or are coming back we welcome you and wed especially like to welcome those ofyou who are joining us with your interest in Contemporary class aircraft Welcome one and all

Randy Abegglen Lewisville ID Jose Abreu Miami FL Tracy A Ake Gainesville VA Roy B Allison Minneapolis MN Carson V Baker Crestwood KY James E Bean Northport NY Tom Beck Bethel AK George Beckerman Mt Carmel IL John F Benson Glendora CA Paul W Blackman Finksburg MD Don Blehm Green Mtn Falls CO Michael G Brown Roanoke VA Samuel W Bruce Eagle Rock VA Walter R Bullerwell Dickson TN David W Burns MarengoIL Tony Buttacavoli Waterford MI H Todd Clamp Newberry SC Troy P Coker III Dallas TX David M Collins Cornelius OR Douglas Conciatu Sterling Heights MI Mark Conover Houston TX James D Cooper Thonotosassa FL Gaetan Coulombe

Cloridorme Quebec Canada Marcella Dankow

Ft McMurray Alberta Canada James Dawson Vacaville CA Drew Detsch San Francisco CA Donald Dewey Sierra Madre CA Van G Dickens Fayetteville NC Charles Dobbins Abingdon V A Donald E Dorrell Santa Barbara CA William Doud USMM Sterling NY Jack C Faas Lake Geneva WI Bill Farrell Cincinnati OH Joel Fenger Chester MT Geoffrey M Fickling McAlpine FL J W Corkey Fornof

Canyon Country CA James R Freese Ukiah CA Walter F Gall Bainbridge W A George Galpin Marton New Zealand Sidney Gehlert Pasadena MD Gary Gladd Fullerton CA Daniel H Gleason Coraopolis P A D Brad Gossen

Downsville Ontario Canada Charles D Grady Tallulah LA Charles E Graves Waterloo IA Jeffrey W Gray

Calgary Alberta Canada Allen D Guth Mokena IL Merv Halliday Tanau New Zealand C Kay Hanshell Sabina OH John E Henderson Lancaster PA Stuart G Henderson Durham NC Arthur L Herr Memphis TN Charles A Hinkle

North Little Rock AR Stephen R Hosch Louisvi lle KY Norman Howard CoffeyviUe KS Don Johnson Los Molinos CA

Wayne Johnson Minneapolis MN Louis A Kirn Apex NC Edward Kling West Chicago IL Paul R Kube San Diego CA Robert E Lake

Hot Springs Village AR James F Landers Elden W Larson Jan Love Robert B Love Louis Lufker Richard L Lutes Waldo Magnuson Scott Mathews Gary K Mathiasen Daniel C Maurin Roger C McAlister James S McAllister George Medue

Tempe AZ Bellevue WA

Saginaw MI Vienna VA

East Moriches NY Hampshire IL Spokane WA

Anchorage AK Dublin CA

San Francisco CA Blue River OR

Lake Monroe FL Medway OH

Bruce L Moore St Augustine FL Mark A Morrison Staley NC Michel Normandin

Longueuil Quebec Canada John L Northey Port Moody British Columbia Canada

Thomas R OHanlon Fort Ogden FL Richard L Oreair Jr Jacksonville FL Ronald J Parese Bridgewater CT Marlin Parrott Jefferson City MO Bryan C Pender Victor G Plumbo Timothy L Popp Jimmy Powers H L Richards John Robinson Robert Santolla David Sarge William A Shain Jeff Simmons

Millington TN Millville NJ

Fennville MI Greensboro NC

Springville AL Cape Coral FL Coraopolis P A Pine Grove P A

Liberty SC Houston TX

C Mahlon Skinnel Jr Lynchburg VA Ari Slitonen Jarvenpaa Finland Colin F Smith Half Moon Bay CA Robert J Smith Billings MT Stephen W Smith Anchorage AK Alan Sparks Joshua TX Cosmo St John Colchester VT Don Stearns Portsmouth NH Peter Strannemar Blairstown NJ Susan J Thompson Natick MA Gary Vassbotn

Calgary Alberta Canada Robert R Wallace Champaign IL Lynn Warren Shelby MI Homer R Weathers ColumbusOH Thomas A Whisnant

Granite Falls NC Julie A White Arizona City AZ Chuck Williams Bellflower CA Steven T Williamson

West Redding cr Kenneth B Woodard Greensboro NC Ronald C Wright Gatesville TX

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EAA Membership in the Experimental Aircraft Association Inc is $3500 for one year including 12 issues of Sport Aviation Junior Membership (under 19 years of age) is available at $2000 annually Family membership is available for an additional $1000 annually All major credit cards accepted for membership FAX (414) 426-4873

ANTIQUECLASSIC

EAA Member- $2000 Includes one year membership in EAA AntiqueClassic Division 12 monthly issues of Vintage Airplane and membership card Applicant must be a current EAA member and must give EAA membership number Non-EAA Member- $3000 Includes one year membership in the EAA Antique Classic Division 12 monthly issues of Vintage Airplane one year membership in the EAA and separate membership cards Sport Aviation not included

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Membership in the Warbirds of America Inc is $3000 per year which includes a subscription to Warbirds Warbird members are required to be members of EAA

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EAA membership and EAA EXPERIshyMENTER magazine is available for $2800 per year (Sport Aviation not included) Current EAA members may receive EAA EXPERIMENTER for $1800 per year

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Notice is hereby given that an annual business meeting of the members of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division will be held on Wednesday August 4 1993 at 830 am (Central Daylight Time) at the 41st Annual Convention of the Experimental Aircraft Association Inc Wittman Regional Airport Oshkosh Wisconsin Notice is hereby further given that the annual election ofofficers and directors of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division will be conducted by ballot distributed to the members along with this June issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE Said ballot must be returned properly marked to the Ballot Tally Committee EAA AntiqueClassic Division P O Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 and received no later than July 31 1993 The Nominating Committee submits the following list of candidates Arthur R Morgan Vice-President EE Buck Hilbert Treasurer John S Jack Copeland Director Philip Coulson Director Stan GomoLL Director Dale A Gustafson Director Robert S Lickteig Director

ARTHUR R MORGAN Milwaukee Wisconsin

Art Morgan began fly ing in 1961 and received his private license in 1962 In 1965 he went on to get his commercial rating He has been a member of EAA since 1962 and began by parking airplanes at the EAA Conventions in Rockford Illinois Art was one of the first to start building a KR-l and although he did not complete his project he was instrumental in the completion of two of the litt le birds In 1974 he and his wife Kate purchased a 1939 Luscombe 8-C which he promptly rebuilt After two yea rs of fly ing the Luscombe Art and several friends orga nized the American Luscombe Club The Morgans also own a Bellanca 14-13 Art se rved the EAA as a Museum volunteer for several yea rs as Classic parking chairman at Oshkosh and also as AntiqueClassic Parki ng Chai rman Art has been a Director of the AntiqueClassic Division since 1978

E E BUCK HILBERT Union Illinois

Buck is a native of Chicago and a graduate of Lewis College He began learning the pilots point of view while work shying as a line boy at the old Elmhurst Airport near Chicago in 1938 The pay wasnt much but it was flying time and he soloed an Aeronca 65-LA Chief in October 1941 He enlisted in the Air Force shortly thereafter into the Training Command where he flew and instructed in many of the training aircraft of that era He flew gunnery training at Las Vegas Army Air Field in B-17s and finished up teaching Chinese Nationali st Pilots twin engine transition Recalled for the Korean war Buck qualified as an Army Aviator and flew with the HQ Company Air Section of the 24th Infant ry Division A most rewarding and memorable experience he reports Buck and Dorothy and their four children are at home at Hilbert s Funny Farm where he has an airstrip and keeps a stable of interesting and flyab le old airplanes Buck is a retired Un ited Airlines captain Buck is no stranger to the AntiqueClassic Division He is past president hav shying served from 1971 through 1975 He currently is Treasurer of the Division and is also a member of the EAA Aviation Foundation Board of Trustees

JOHN S JACK COPELAND Westborough Massachusetts

Jack received a degree in mechanical engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology in 1954 He served as an Aircraft Maintenance Officer on acti ve dut-y-in the middotUS Air Force from 1955- attaining the rank of captain in the USAF Rese rve Jack holds a co mmercial pilot license with a fli ght instructor rating He joined EAA in 1971 and the AntiqueClassic Division in 1975 shortly after purchasing his first aircraft a 1948 Cessna 140 At that time Jack lived in the Chicago area and participated in pre-Convention weekend work parties He has been an active volunteer at the last twelve annual Conventions serving at va rious times as Classic Parking Co-Chairman Manpower Co-Chairman and Manpower Chairman He was named an advisor to the AntiqueClassic Board of Directors in 1979 and served in that capacity until 1984 when he was elected to a Directorship Jack earns his living as a professional engineer and in addition to his EAA involvement is active as a Captain on the Massachusetts Wing Staff of the Civil Air Patrol

PHILIP COULSON Lawton Michigan

Phil was born on a fa rm in southwestern Michigan His first ride in an airplane was at the age of 16 in a Fairchild PT-23 owned and fl own by Horace Sackett a local pilot and AampP Twenty-years later Horace would be Phils guiding light in restoring his 1930 Waco INF Phil lea rned to fl y off a grass strip in Lawton Michigan in 1962 His original dual instrucshytion and solo fl ying was in a Piper J-5 Throughout the yea rs he has owned several aircraft including a J-3 Cub Taylorcraft TriPacer and Cessna 190 He and his wife Ruthie are lovers of Wacos and greatly enjoy flying their 1940 UPF-7 Waco Their Kinner powered 1930 INF Waco is currently on loan to the Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum in Kalamazoo MI They also own a Model G Bonanza Phil s military ca reer consisted of four yea rs in the US Air Force during the Korean War Phil is a li fe time EAA member and began attending EAA Conventions in Rockford Illinois He is a charter member of AntiqueClassic Chapter 8 and also a past president Phil is a past chairman of the annual Parade of Flight at Oshkosh and is currently the President of the newly formed American Waco Club Inc He was appointed advisor to the AntiqueClassic Board in 1985 The Coulsons live in Lawton Michigan

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STAN GOMOLL Blaine Minnesota

Stan soloed a J-3 Club on his 16th birthday on 11-30-42 In 1945 he served in the US Air Force as a ground crewman on B-29s based at Guam Stan received his AampE license in 1949 at Spartan School of Aeronautics then returned home to Minneapolis where he worked at a small airport In 1951 he was hired by Northwest Airlines as a mechanic progressing to Flight Engineer and Co-pilot Stan is now retired from Northwest Stans first airplane was a 193940 hp Taylorcraft Currently he owns and fli es a 1936 Waco Cabin and a 1946 J-3 Cub Over the years he has restored many airplanes Stan has been active in EAA working on various committees at the Annual Convention In 1976 he was named Advisor and elected to the Board of Directors in 1984 He is currently President of AntiqueClassic Chapter 4 in the Minneapolis area

RJ DOBBY LICKTEIG Albert Lea Minnesota

Dobby is a native of Minnesota and had his first ai rplane ride at the age of 13 in a Velie Monocoupe He earned a solo license in a J-2 Cub at the age of 16 working at the local ai rport for flying time and has been flying since then After completing college in Minnesota he entered Air Force pilot training and graduated in Class 421 and was assigned to a new P-47 fighter group His tour of combat was 2-112 years in the European Theater of Operations during World War 11 Dobby has owned a varied collection of aircraft including a Stinson V77 Stearman L-2M Aztec Citabria BT-13A and AT-6G In 1985 he completed the restoration of a KR-2l Kinner-powered biplane and donated it to the EAA Aviation Museum His airplanes are frequent visitors to all Upper Midwest fly-ins He has been active in EAA Antique Classic and Warbird activities since the Convention was moved to Oshkosh He served as president of the AntiqueClassic Division from 1984 until 1988 Dobby is retired and he and his wife Jeanne live in Albert Lea Minnesota Their son Scott is a licensed pilot and is active on the Warbirds parking committee at the Annual EAA Convention

DALE A GUSTAFSON Indianapolis IN

Dale has been interested in airplanes since he was a small child and took his first plane ride in 1939 at the age of 10 He started taking flying lessons in 1945 and soloed at 16 After high school he worked at the airport in South Bend Indiana servicing airliners handling cargo and doing field maintenance Dale attended Spartan School of Aeronaut ics in 1948 and 1949 to obtain additional pilot ratings After this he freelanced as a fli ght instructor and ran a small FBO at South Bend until he was hired as a co-pilot on Turner Airlines in Indianapolis in 1950 Through name changes and mergers the airline is now USAir He had been with the airline for more than 35 years when he retired His plans now are to spend his time between Indiana and Florida where he has property adjoining a private airstrip Through the years Dale has owned various aircraft including a Stinson V77 Piper Colt Fairchild 24 Cessna 150 and several modern airplanes He currently owns a Cessna 195 plus a Stearman PT-17 and Piper J-4 which are being restored Recently Dale and his wife operated a small ai rport northwest of Indianapolis He is a member of several organizations interested in antique classic and homebuilt aircraft He has been a member of EAA since 1960 and the AntiqueClassic Division since it was organized He has served as an Advisor to the Division and currently is se rving as a Director For several years Dale has judged antiques at Oshkosh and served as Program Chairman for the AntiqueClassic Division awards

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by Buck Hilbert (EAA 21 Ale 5) PO Box 424

Union IL 60180

Here I sit in a perfect FUNK To those of you who need an exact descripshytion of FUNK there is no description reshyally Its the frame of mind that exists when spring finally arrives up here in the frozen North and all of a sudden the SAP starts to run And run and RUN and all true aviators begin to get sappy

I have had more phone calls in the past two weeks since I have been home from Sun n Fun than I can possibly keep track of Here I am trying to relicense the C-3 the Champ as well as get all the back burner chores done and I cant get away from the phone Trouble is I like talking to people and cant bring myself to shut them off

Had a nice conversation with a fella named Bob Green from Loveland CO the other day Bob called all in a dither because a neighbor was having a garage sale and in the lot were a pair of Je nny wheels Bob wanted to know how much to offer for them He had absolutely no use for them but he wanted to preserve them Know the feeling

Then Bob OConner called from Mil-

PASS IT 10--I] An information exchange column with input from our readers

waukee WI Not once but THR EE ti mes He is really going Sappy over an Aeronca C-3 ANY Aeronca C-3 Bob is a very early EAA member retired from Republic Airlines still flyi ng for fun and business after ten years of retirement He has a stable of airplanes including a Baby Ace he built way back in 53 a coushyple of other hangar queens a Bonanza and a King Air that he uses for going places He plans on dropping in here at the Funny Farm after I get back from my spring fishing trip to western Ontario Canada

Anyway I have had calls from just about everyone in the country this past week Even the San Diego Glue Angels checked in There is all sorts of good news from out-that way Bill Allen is building a new hangar complex at Gilleshyspie Field Addison Pemberton is taking that Bull Stearman everywhere and starting a new project and my Japanese friend Hiroshi Morita has his Fleet flying again after Bob Von Willer got it up and going

On the way home from Florida Dorothy and I stopped at the Army Aviashytion Museum at Fort Rucker AL Hey they have done wonders with organizing their displays in their NEW building They have a neat entrance display of Army Aviator Flight clothing in bronze and they have some really neat airplanes now on display

A Jenny a real SE SA a nice grouping of early L planes and some very realisshytic dioramas depicting Helicopter Comshy

bat Tactics I had to look up the director a nd shake his ha nd This man is a real PRO

From Ft R ucker we beat a path to Birmingham AL and there we invited ourselves to a personally conducted tour of the normally closed on Monday Birmshyingham Museum of Flight Sometimes I think this Museum is one of Birmingshyhams best kept secrets but it is coming into its own Dick Simpson one of the museum foundation officers and a conshystant volunteer gave us the tour They are on an expansion program right now and it was great to see how far they have corne since our last visit There are some really beautiful sport aviation airplanes on display and aT-6 that is so original and so free of the usual scratch and dents that it would take your breath away

We missed Glen Messer though Glen is well known as a pioneer in aviation One of the last five surviving Early Birds and a founding member of so many aviation organizations as well as a record setter of long reknown Glen still maintains an office in the Museum and acts as official Greeter Even though he is almost blind Glen will recognize a voice or a name and enthusiastically make a person welcome Id advise anyone visshyiting the Birmingham area to stop in and say hello to this wonderful person and shake hands with a REAL Aviator They dont make them like that anymore

And so Im off to Canada Watch out Walleyes here I come Unti l I get back hold the phone calls Over to you

In the Army Aviation Museum this Jenny is one of the featured aircraft on display

At the entrance to the Army Aviation Museum at Ft Rucker AL visitors are presented with this bronze display of the history of Army Aviation clothing

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MYSTERY PLANE This nifty sport plane was another

victim of the slow recovery after the Great Depression The photo was sent in by Owen Billman of Mayfield New York Answers will be published in the September 1993 issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE Deadline for that issue is July 20

The March Mystery evidently was a mystery to many readers for only five replies were received From far away Sweden came this answer from Lennart Johnsson of Eldsberga

The airplane shown is an American Eagle custom built in 1929 for Dr WaIshyter M Cross a chemist from Kansas City Its designation was Mode l 60

by George Hardie

Sedan according to the manufacturers advertising in A VIATION magazine Others say it was called A-529 or A-629 To add to this confusion it was first regshyistered under the name Model T-C

The airplane had two SiemensshyHalske radial engines (125 hp each) which were mounted remarkably close to the fuselage The pilot sat in an open cockpit in front of the wing Behind him was a closed cabin with room for five people Wingspan was 47 feet When the machine was test flown in Kansas City in early 1929 it took off in 200 feet and attained a cruising speed of 90 mph Landing speed was 45 mph

Dr Cross intended to use the new

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craft in traveling between his offices and laboratories in Kansas City New York and Los Angeles and he estishymates that he will save between $40000 and $50000 annually in time and travelshyling expenses I wonder if it worked out that way

Published pictures show the regisshytration number 10070 but as first regisshytered it was assigned number 364 My sources are A VIATION for February 2 February 23 March 2 May 41929 and AERO DIGEST for February 1929

Ralph Nortell of Spokane Washingshyton adds this

The March Mystery Plane is the one-off example of an American Eashygle design built in early 1929 Quite adshyvanced for its time it was powered by two Siemens-Halske engines It was reshyported to be a good load carrier having been test flown on one engine After a gross load test flight with Charles Toth at the controls the landing gear colshylapsed on landing resulting in severe damage

The plane was built for Dr Walter M Cross of Kansas City whose intenshytion was to apply to the Department of Commerce for an A TC But before the prototype could be rebuilt the 1929 stock market collapse devastated the market for airplanes

Other answers were received from Charley Hayes of Park Forest Illinois Robert Clark Oxnard CA and Marty Eisenmann of Garrettsville Ohio

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In November 1933 Eugene Vidal Dishyrector of Aeronautics of the US Departshyment of Commerce announced that the Department was taking the initiative in seeking a method whereby airplanes might be made available to the general public at a price low enough to make posshysible widespread private ownership Such a vehicle became known as the $700 airshyplane - the selling price of popular autoshymobiles of the time

Vidal conceived that such an airplane would be a two- or three-seat all metal airplane The plane would be cheap beshycause it would be mass-produced using automotive industry methods It would also be rugged and easy to repair with the costs of owning and operating the mashychine less than that of an average-priced automobile

A market survey was undertaken by the Aeronautics Branch with questionshynaires sent to licensed pilots student pishy

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lots and mechanics They were asked if they would be interested in such an airshyplane at a price of $700 About 18000 replies were received with 13000 saying they would purchase such an aircraft Not surprising as such an airplane would be $300 to $500 less than anything on the market About 5000 said they would not purchase With the results of the survey in hand Vidal believed there was a market for upwards of 10000 of the $700 airshyplanes

Assured that a substantial potential market existed for such a plane Vidal apshyproached the Public Works Administrashytion for funding The agency one of the numerous federal agencies established in the depression to battle unemployment allotted $500000 for the project Vidal felt that the funds channeled through a consortium of existing aircraft builders would be used to hire unemployed engishyneers draftsmen and craftsmen who

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would design and manufacture a cheap airplane

Problems arose from the very beginshyning Legal counsel for the Public Works Administration decided that the money could only go to public works and that there was nothing public about private airplanes for the masses So the funds were rescinded Some companies already manufacturing light aircraft claimed that the publicity already had caused potenshytial buyers to wait on the ephemeral poor-man s plane than purchase an existshying design Waldo Waterman in his book WALDO PIONEER AVIATOR stated Vidals quest for a $700 airplane all but destroyed what little aircraft industry there was still surviving the Depression

AERO DIGEST

The reaction in the aviation press of the time was not very favorable In an editorial in the December 1933 issue of AERO DIGEST Frank Tichenor stated It is no secret that the hard-working and hard-pressed Aeronautics Branch has been under pressure for some time to do for private flying something big spectacshyular and constructive

But it was indeed regrettable that Mr Vidals questionnaire which he must know caused a veritable storm upon many airports left the erroneous impresshysion that the Aeronautics Branch had a specific and definite plane in view when it presented its proposal to American fliers

We are not surprised that there are many private pilots who would like such a ship at $700 According to the figures of the Labor Department there are some 10000000 people who would like a fifshyteen-cent dinner but not only does such a dinner appear non-existent but often the necessary nickel and dime also is conspicuously absent

We commend the Aeronautics Branch for its efforts in attempting to

bring the light airplane manufacturer in touch with the current market but let no one who is at present in the market for any of the excellent low-priced airplanes now available hesitate in making his purshychase because of the Departments quesshytionnaire The prospects of an early fulshyfillment of the $700 airplane idea is too remote to let it be the means of curtailing the sales of tried and proven aircraft

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In the December 1933 issue of AVIAshyTION the editor Edward P Warner asked $700 And How It is frequently a matter of some little difficulty to pick the particular story which deserves the preeminent position of our new pages but this month there could be no doubt The announcement from the Department of Commerce that Director Vidal has unshydertaken to solici t expressions of willingshyness to buy a new airplane of specified characteristics and that the characterisshytics include a price of $700 has set the high-water-mark in news excitement not only for November but for a much longer period

The idea is amusing in its very simshyplicity The industry may not sell 10000 airplanes or even any large part thereof but at least we shall have a lot of new inshyformation Aside from some temporary unsettlement of the market for existing types of aircraft we believe the results will be good But there is a word of caushytion that should be said and point that should be made

Extreme care must be used in intershypreting the results of the market survey There are plenty of people who will gaily write YES on a piece of paper but who will not be nearly so ready to write their names at the bottom of checks for $700 each

But there is another point We beshylieve that 10000 airplanes of quality could be built for $700 apiece by a single manufacturer who received a single order for 10000 machines They cannot be built for any such price under the conditions that existed in 1929 with about 180 manushyfacturers scrambling over each other afshyter every individual sale and with no sinshygle factory setting up production of more than a few hundred ships An essential condition precedent to the successful acshycomplishment of the Vidal plan is that the aircraft industry should cooperate as no industry has ever cooperated before

It would have to be turned out in many plants with wings built at A and landing gear at B and assembly taken care of at C and then it will have to be the subject of a concentrated sales camshypaign in which all effort is merged to get as many people as possible into the air We dont know that can be done

USED PLANES

And in the 99ER Clara Gilbert in her comments Are Air Flivvers Feasible raised the question of used aircraft There are available at the moment many used ships for sale at figures well under $1 000 Among them are to be found not only two place but three and four place ships cabin jobs as well as open cockpit models and the majority are capashyble of speeds well in excess of 100 miles an hour If there is no market for these airshyplanes how then does the Government propose to stimulate sufficient interest in private and sport flying to dispose of 10000 smaller slower planes which will only carry two passengers at a price apshyproximating that of these used ships

AERO DIGEST ON FUNDING

In the February 1934 issue of AERO DIGEST the editor Edward P Warner presented his views in Notes on a $700 Airplane He stated When Director of Aeronautics Vidal launched his famous private plane questionnaire a considerable segment of the aircraft industry thought it a joke - and not a particularly funny one When he persuaded the Public Works Adshyministration to make over $500000 to proshymote the realization of the project as a means of developing a new industry to proshyvide new employment the joke ended Half a million dollars are to be regarded seriously even in days when federal expenshyditures run to six billion and higher

In response to a request of A VIAshyTION Eugene Vidal Director of Aeroshynautics US Department of Commerce prepared an official view concerning the interest of the Department in the private airplane market His response was pubshylished in the February 1934 issue of A VIshyAnON under the title Low-Priced Airshyplane

Private flying measured in terms of active pilots planes and their use is on the decline After fifteen years or so of the building of planes for miscellaneous flying there are less than 7000 licensed airplanes in this country of 12000000 people

It might be well to assume that there may be something wrong with the product which we now are attempting to sell that the market exists for something diffe rent It also might be well to overlook entirely the attitude of the pilots who already have lea rned to fly (who would like to have a faster plane) and concentrate on the avershyage American citizen who may not be an aviation enthusiast Also it might be well to cease planning planes which the indusshytry feels that the future pilot should have and plan one which would appeal to the United States citizen even though it may not be as desirable to every pilot and deshysigner

The most important detail of an airshyplane as of any other manufactured prodshyuct is its price Granted an airplane should be safe no matter how safe it may be it cannot be sold in numbers if it is too exshypensive It is useless to make a plane safe if it wont be purchased and thus wont be flown The majority of Americans buy aushytomobiles which sell for less than $1 000 and are inexpensive to operate and mainshytain They are quite accustomed to the price range between $500 and $1000 and it goes without saying that an airplane for that price sold on the installment plan would have a popular appeal

Vidal felt that the automobile driver was the customer for the $700 plane and that this customer had become accusshytomed to details of an automobile its apshypearance material control etc He stated that a car made of fabric couldn t possibly sell As metal is durable and strong so the airplane should be

He believed metal construction was important from other viewpoints Producshytion methods used for the automotive inshydustry could be adopted to airplane manushyfacture such as the mass stamping of parts Techniques of assembly and of mainteshynance and repair would suggest methods for volume production of airplanes

The appearance of an airplane must be attractive and in its details and remind the car driver of his car He also felt that the popular plane should look like a modern passenger transport To the casual eye the small airplane would appear as a scaled-down reproduction of the airliners which now are flying Also the small airshyplane would require little professional training and skills necessary to fly it

Vidal concluded his comments with the following An airplane can be built for $700 and the Public Works allotment asshysures that difficulties in the way of initiatshying the program can be met Volume proshyduction will make the airplane possible and it also will react to the benefit of the entire industry stimulating employment in factories increasing the business of airshyports affording new opportunities for emshyployment of pilots and mechanics

Indirectly the renewed interest in flyshying undoubtedly will direct attention of more people upon the services offered by the scheduled ai rlines There should be a development analogous to that which has taken place in the automobile radio reshyfrigerator and other industries And just as the introduction of these articles has been a stimulus to business in general the low-priced airplane has an opportunity to add to the scope of commercial activities

A NEW COURSE FOR THE BUREAU

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ment of the low-priced airplane Under his direction the Bureau of Aeronautics created a development section to foster the design construction and developshyment of safer easier operated more comfortable and lower priced airplanes for private owners

The Bureau had no budget for develshyopment but it did have funds for purshychasing aircraft to be flown by its inspecshytors as they traveled around the country Later from a special appropriation of $1000000 which was to be used at the discretion of the President for the develshyopment of military and civil aviation $100000 was made available for the new Development Section

Under its authority and with its fundshying the first task of the new section was to investigate possible designs for a safer low-priced airplane for private use A committee was also formed representing both the Government and industry Among the members were Amelia Earhart Dr George Lewis NACA Robert Renfro editor THE SPORTSshyMAN PILOT Edward Warner SAE and Alford Williams American Petroleum Institute

The newly created Development Secshytion turned to the task of setting up deshysign criteria for what Vidal called a Safety Plane Once the specifications were drawn Vidal would solicit bids from the aircraft industry The plan was to purchase 25 airplanes from the firm submitting the best design He was no longer talking about a low-priced everyshymans airplane or planes at the cost of a car but envisioned the Safety Plane as a prototype for the massed produced inshyexpensive aircraft of tomorrow

LIGHT PLANE SPECIFICATIONS

The Bureau of Aeronautics (Bureau of Air Commerce as of July 1934) specishyfications were published in the July 1934 issue of AVIATION along with some edshyitorial comments There is a distinct reshysemblance to the requirements of the Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition

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of 1929 in the light airplane specifications issued recently by the Department of Commerce In sponsoring the developshyment of such a design by calling for bids for 25 planes for the use of his inspectors Aeronautics Director Eugene Vidal beshylieves that the simplicity and safety of opshyeration and low operating cost will attract many new private owners

The editor remarked that several aeroshynautical engineers had been thinking along the same lines and included in the same issue an article about the experishymental machine built by Fred Weick This machine the W-l was being tested at the time at Langley by the NACA

The specifications were broken down into four parts General Performance Safety Features Powerplant and Equipshyment In general they called for an airshyplane with an extreme amount of forward visibility and the ability to brake immeshydiately upon touchdown without nosing over The airplane had to be able to take off over a 35 foot obstacle after an 800 foot run and to land within 400 feet after passing over the same obstacle Addishytionally it had to be non-spinning nonshystalling with a top speed of at least 110 mph and a landing speed of under 35 mph All this to be accomplished with just a 100 horsepower engine Cost was no longer the determining factor in the competition

Aircraft manufacturers would have until August 17 1934 to submit their bids for the contract to build 25 aircraft Vidal opened the bids in the competition at a small Washington ceremony on August 271934 Only one bid came from an airshycraft manufacturer of any size and repushytation The others had been submitted by small firms Because the designs were all so untried Vidal decided against ordershying 25 from anyone bidder Instead the winner would get a contract for 15 and five different builders each a contract for a single prototype which the government would test and evaluate

Fourteen bids were received from the following Safety Air Transport of Indishyanapolis Campbell Aircraft of St Joseph MO Church Airplane Company

Chicago Waldo Waterman of Santa Monica CA Hartford Aircraft CurtissshyWright Robertson MO Hammond Airshycraft Ypsilanti MI Niagara Amphibions Buffalo NY St Louis Aircraft Corp St Louis Arrow Aircraft Lincoln NE Spartan Aircraft Tulsa Kreider-Reisner Hagerstown MD Cunningham-Hall Rochester NY Amphibions Roosevelt Field Long Island

BUREAU AWARDS LIGHTPLANE CONTRACTS

The Hammond Aircraft Company of Ypsilanti MI was the winner of the comshypetition sponsored by the Bureau of Air Commerce to procure airplanes for its inshyspectors and at the same time to encourshyage the development of an economical safe airplane for the private owner

On October 18 1934 the Bureau awarded a contract for 15 of the Hamshymond aircraft with the option of taking five more at $3190 apiece (So much for the $700 airplane) Delivery of the first plane was to have been made within five months and the delivery of the remainshyder within four months of the Bureaus acceptance of the first During the course of 1935 with the money saved by not ordering 25 copies of the winning deshysign the Bureau contracted for five other aircraft to be purchased These included Waldo Waterman for his tailless Arrowshyplane Ole Fahlin (not one of the original bidders) for the Plymacoupe a high wing design powered by a Plymouth automoshybile engine Kreider-Reisner was given an order to modify the Weick W-1 Pitshycairn for the his new road able autogiro Curtiss-Wright for its 90 hp Coupe and the Arrow Company for one of its Sports powered by a Ford V-8 automobile Enshygine

Over the next few years the Bureau would be busy testing these aircraft Three would be successful enough to be certificated for production More on the aircraft in the next installment

(To be continued in next months edishytion of VINTAGE AIRPLANE)

1993 saw many changes for the AnshytiqueClassic Division at Sun n Fun 93 shythe biggest was the relocation of the parkshying area for our airplanes to the east side of the Sun n Fun convention site AnshytiqueClassic Headquarters was also moved with the new location next to the woods on the east end of the main drag The new parking area will in the long run provide more parking for Antique Classic and Contemporary airplanes This year the huge amount of water dumped on the site during the weeks previous to the Conventions start made some areas a bit on the soupy side but Ray Olcott and his tireless group of aircraft parkers did

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their best to keep the airplanes out of the stickiest plots As improvements are made to the new parking area the drainage should improve according to Bill Eickshyhoff Sun n Fun president The rainy weather abated just in time for the Fly-In and the pleasant weather made everybody in the local Chamber of Commerce breathe a big sigh of relief

The second big change came about with the judging of the Contemporary class for the first time A number of good looking Contemporaries were on hand and its apparent that pilots are beginning to take notice of the hidden gems out there on the tiedown ramps across the

country Just as it took a few years for the Classic category to bring the airshyplanes up to Grand Champion status so it will be with the Contemporary class but we can all be encouraged by the efshyforts that have been expended so far shysome of these airplanes are just plain flat gorgeous

Antiques and Classics had their fair share of good looking airplanes too shyleading the pack was the Davis D-l W owned and restored by Dr Roy Wicker and Barbara Kitchens The handsome parasol monoplane was once the pershysonal aircraft of designer and company owner Walter Davis The Davis was judged the Grand Champion Antique of Sun n Fun 93

In the Classic arena there was no Grand Champion award this year - none of the aircraft judged had points above the threshold to be judged as such but a few came close A number of nice Cubs were on display as well as the latest restoration effort by Joe Fleeman the man who restored Delton Perry s TrishyPacer His latest work a BUcker Jungshymann for Ralph Lerch is a true beauty in black

All manner of flying machines came to roost in Lakeland for Sun n Fun - on the next few pages youll get a full color view of some of the neatest vintage airshyplanes in the skies today Delmar Benjamin and his Gee Bee R-1 replica drew admiring crowds again this year

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Grand Champion - Davis D-IW NC 13576 Dr Roy Wicker Quitman GAl Barshybara Kitchens Milner GA

Reserve Grand Champion - Travel Air 2000 NC8853 Gene Rambo Arlington VA

Silver Age (1928-1932) - Travel Air 4D N9917 Bill Plecenik Erwinna P A

Contemporary Age (1933-1945) - Stinson SR-9 NC17154 Jerry Stevens Boca Raton FL

Best Custom - Cessna UC-78 N78UC Dwain Pittenger Hereford TX

Best World War II Era - Stearman N2S N65101 Brian Becker Pompano Beach FL

Best Biplane - Beech Staggerwing N18575 Michael Greenblatt Midland GA

Best Monoplane - Piper J-3 N9499H Dan Foley Wichita KS

Best Open Cockpit - Stearman N1902M Russell Faller Farmingville NY

Best Cabin - Howard DGA-15P N22423 Fred Kirk Ft Lauderdale FL

Outstanding Aircraft - Monocoupe 90AL NC11760 Robert Eicher Daytona Beach FL

Outstanding Aircraft - Piper J-3 N35GM Gene McNeely Earle AR

Outstanding Aircraft - Stearman N2S N68238 Chris and Lyle Wheeler Boca Rashyton FL

Outstanding Aircraft - Stearman N555 Cliff Lowe Cadiz KY

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(Right) Joe Fleeman has done it again His restoration of Ralph Lerchs(AlC 16691) Bucker Jungmann is stunning and the workmanship is excellent as it was on his restoration of Delton Perrys Piper Tri-Pacer

(Below) This nice Stinson 10A has just been restored to the configuration it had when it was used by the CAP at Lanshytana FI during WW II It is registered to Florida Airmotive Inc in Lantana

(Below right) Jerry Stevens handsome Stinson SR-9 taxis out for departure at Lakeland Steve hails from Boca Raton FL and was awarded the Contemporary Age (1933-1945) Antique trophy

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(Left) Immaculately restored by Pete Jones Air Repair of Cleveland GA Brian Becker s (AIC 14784) Stearman is reshysplendent in its US Navy color scheme It was the winner of the Best WW II Era trophy

(Lower left) Bird Biplanes always look so pretty on the flight line Brian Thorpe Mt Dora FL brought his Bird CK up north from the Miami area It is powered by a Continental R-670

(Below) Dick Jackson (AIC 371) Rochester NH continues to fly the only Waco D The 0 sometimes referred to as the Waco Super Sport is the only one of its kind in existence Dick restored it over 20 years ago and it is still looking great

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Best Classic 101 to 165 hp - Cessna 170 N2727C Gene D Engelskirger Hinkley OH

Best Classic Over 165 hp - Ryan Navion N5437K H a le Andre ws Berkeley Springs WV

Best Custom Classic Under 100 hp - Cessna 120 N2460N Scott Cox Ft Lauderdale FL

Best Custom Classic 101 to 165 hp - Pipe r P A-16 N5796H Mitch Freshyitag Summerville SC

Best Custom Classic Over 165 hp shyGlobe Swift N80555 Scott Anderson Deerfield Beach FL

Best Of Type - Pipe r PA-17 Vaga bo nd N4686 H Tom Scott Okeechobee FL

Best Of Type - G lobe Swift N78068 Pete Johnson Faribault MN

Best Of Type - Piper PA-22 Tri Pacer N8740C Delto n Perry Lawrenceburg TN

Best Of Type - Luscombe 8A NC681A Rochard Hoyle Vince nt AL

Outst a nding A ircraft - B ticker Ju ngma nn N46925 Ralp h Lerch Lawrenceburg TN

(Above and above right) Now you can put a face with the plane - heres Delton Perry (AIC 18583) and his Piper TrishyPacer (The same one featured in the Deshycember 1992 issue of Vintage Airplane) Deltons PA-22 won the Best of Type award for the restoration done by Joe Fleeman

(Right) Mark Holliday (AiC 1316) of Lake Elmo MN shows off the racy lines of his stock Globe Swift Stock or modified the Swift is still one of the most beautiful airplanes ever made

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AntiqueClassic HQ has been moved to a spot next to the Ill bet you can guess which college football team Parnell Colas woods - here folks are enjoying the shade during the aftershy cheers for noon airshow

(Above) Hale Andrews (AIC 982) of Berkeley Springs WV cruises by with the pretty Navion Super 260 his father bought new in 1951 It has just been restored after a flood nearly deshystroyed it

(Left) Luke Walker is just starting to enjoy flyshying his newly-restored Piper Vagabond It was his first aircraft restoration effort

(Right) N7777K is the oldest Piper Tri-Pacer in existence - it is serial No2 the first production aircraft to survive (Serial number 1 was tested to destruction during the certificashy

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Outstanding Aircraft - Cessna 172 N6208E Jerry W Wharton Wise VA Ul

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(Above top) No tired old Apache here Verwayne (AIC 3987) and Leslie Owen Severna Park MD are just completing this nice restorashytion of their 1959 Piper PA-23 Apache

(Above right) Anthony Lamontia (AIC 20124) Bath OH is justifiably proud of his Cessna 182 he has been restoring for a number of years It was an Outstanding Airshycraft award winner

(Left) Another Outstanding Aircraft award winner was Jerry Whartons 1959 Cessna 172 Jerrys airplane was stored indoors for most of its life and as a consequence the airshyplane was we preserved The inshyterior fabric on the seats and side panels is original as is the instrushyment panel -erry (AIC 18564) is from Wise VA

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(Left) After their first attempt at flying the England - Australia trip in a Piper J-3() Bob and Diane Dempster are going to try it again in a brand spanking new Piper PA-18 Super Cub (The first time the density altitude high and the service ceiling of the Cub not as high stopped the flight in the 1250 heat of the Egyptian desert) The Dempsters arrived at Lakeshyland after picking up the airplane in Vero Beach with 98 hours on the tach They plan to sell their house get an instrushyment rating for Bob and make the necshyessary modifications to fly the North Atshylantic and beyond

This years AntiqueClassic and Contemporary judges at Sun n Fun 93 were (left to right) Jim Zantop Joe Sinnett Xen K Motsinger Jennie White George Hindall Bill Doty Jack Gilson Juan Blanco Bob Romanelli Leonard Kress Jack Gillespie Terny Brokaw Harris Wiese Wayne Anderson Bill Murry and Don Jacobs Thanks to all of them for their hard work chasing down the airplanes to be judged

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Best Metal Seaplane - Cessna 185E N5830J Joe Strazzula Ft Pierce FL Best Fabric Seaplane - Maule M-7 N61350 Mark Futch Boca Grande FL Best Ampbibian - Grumman Goose N121GL Chuck Greenhill Mettawa IL

Originally located in Louisiana this J-3 Cub on 1320 Edo floats N1353M SIN 9913 was brought to Florida by Steve Swails (EAA 377050) of Ft Myshyers and totally restored Although some corrosion was found necessary repairs were completed and the airframe was epoxy primed and powder coated for seaplane use A C85-12 engine was installed (without starter and generator) to replace the C65 and the floats were restored to new condition

Left - Steve Swails carefully negotiates alligator alley between the shore and open water at Lake Parker Pilots reported the gators were quite prevalent just outside the reeds and could easily be seen sunning themshyselves

Lower left - Unusual mint condition 1320 Edo floats on Steve Swails J-3 Cub looked brand new Note the cable between the float tips for moving to the other side of the airplane - often referred to as a Canadian Spreader Bar

Lower right - Nestled on the shore of Lake Parker is Steve Swails J-3 85 Cub His passenger was Alex Wopper (EAA 419315) of Valdivia Chile who is just starting seaplane training He has purchased a Murphy Regtel kit along with a float kit and will build them at his home in the south of Chile - below the 40th parallel A native of Germany Alex is excited about having the only seaplane in Chile and many many lakes to fly from

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Brilliant ear1y morning photo of Bill Rose (EAA 159635 AlC 6612) Grumman Goose N600ZE SIN B-100 with eleven hot air balloons lifting into the clear Florida sky

One of Jack Browns Seaplane Base Cubs on 1500 Aqua floats took a trip through the reeds cutting sileage The un-named pilot had to push and pull it out of the mess in waist deep water

Very nice photo of a Republic RC-3 Seabee N6659K SIN 936 as it powers onto the step for takeoff It is registered to Graham Sutherland of Port Orange FL Note how the spray rails move the water away from the hull and the proshypeller

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1fWIeIlashyGrand Champion - Nieuport 28

N6256 Replica Fighter Museum Gunshytersville AL

Outstanding Aircraft - Halberstadt D II N1388J Replica Fighter Museum Guntersville AL

Outstanding Aircraft - Sopwith Pup N1915K Replica Fighter Museum Gunshytersville AL

Outstanding Aircraft - Sopwith Trishyplane N543A Replica Fighter Museum Guntersville AL

3 years in a row Frank Ryders growing collection of WW I era replicas has again captured the Grand Champion Replica award at Sun n Fun This year the award was presented to the Nieuport 28 (above right) replica Chuck Brady (AIC 1920) constructed at his shop in Dwight IL

Frank and his Lake Gunterville Aero crew brought three other replicas to Sun n Fun 93 - from top to bottom they are Halberstadt DII Constructed by Carl Swanson Darien WI the airplane was on display at the EAA Air Adventure museum until being acquired by Frank Ryder for his museum Completely gone over by Gene Schwartz and the staff at Lake Gunshytersville Aero the Halberstadt was refinshyished in the spectacular longenze scheme you see here Its being flown here by Gene DeMarco

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The replica in the center of the page is the Sopwith Pup constructed by Ken Pruitt Belen NM and being flown by Frank Ryder He advises that it is one of the most demanding airplanes he has landed - even more so than the Fokker Triplane

Finally at the bottom of the facing page is the Sopwith Triplane built by Chad and Char Willie of Lake Oswego OR It is beshying flown for our camera by Joel Williams A Sopwith Dolphin project was also disshyplayed to give the public some sense of the work involved in constructing a replica WW I fighter WW I aviation will be the subject of a featured display at

EAA OSHKOSH 93 on the Convention taxiway - details are in this months AlC News

In the photo below the Douglas DC-3 of Alexander Aeroplane taxis out for deparshyture with a load of happy Sun n Fun volshyunteers Ron Alexander graciously agreed to give a ride to as many volunteers as he could with the Douglas and the smooth evening air was a treat for all who experishyenced it Our own Buck Hilbert was drafted as co-pilot (Im sure they had to drag him screaming and kicking to the airplane ) where he enjoyed refamiliarshyizing himself with the airplane he cut his teeth on as a neophyte airline pilot

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1ST PLACE GROUND TO AIR - Robert T Beecher (AIC 17924) Chicago IL captured this truly rare photo of a Parks P-2A in flight Since there are only a few of these airplanes left flying this is definitely one for the scrapbooks

2ND PLACE GROUND TO AIR - Myron Heimer (AIC 8190) 3RD PLACE GROUND TO AIR - LeRoy Falk (AIC 9411) CarshyRose Creek MN pentersville IL neatly frames this Fairchild 24W

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1ST PLACE GROUND TO GROUND - Myron Heimer gets his second award with this in your face shot of a Dwain Pittengers Cessna T -50 Bobcat

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HONORABLE MENTION GROUND TO GROUND - L Vincent Hostetler (AIC 14206) Grand Junction CO Even rarer than the Parks P-2 this Parks P-1 now resides at Parks College of St Louis University in Cahokia IL

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1ST PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - LeRoy Falk receives top honors with this picture

of Chuck Spencer refueling Bill Roses Fairchild 22

2ND PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - Don Levandoski gets his second award with this shot of Allen Rudolph touching-up the aileron on the Pietenpol in the AlC tent at Oshkosh 92

3RD PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - (right) Jeri Mihalic (EAA 277478) Mammoth Cave KY shows The Oshkosh Experience in this picture of her husband Dave and his 1957 Bonanza

2ND PLACE - CHAIRMANS CHOICE - Myron Heimer shows us that not all TIger Moths are small

1ST PLACE CHAIRMANS CHOICE - James W Fowler (AIC 2293) Houston TX suitably titled this picture Young Eagle

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1ST PLACE WATER BIRDS - Pat Quinn (AIC 9207) of Ventura CA gives us a glimpse back in time with this photo titled Brennands Seaplane Base 1952 or 1992

2ND PLACE WATER BIRDS - Robert T Beecher

3RD PLACE WATER BIRDS - Myron Heimer brings back WATER BIRDS HONORABLE MENTION - William McCarrei all the memories of a calm summer day (AlC 4496) White Pigeon MI

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Judges Choice for 1992

This dazzling photo of a Lockheed 12-A Electra taken by Robert T Beecher receives the p restig ious honor of

Your judges for the 1992 Anshy man Lorraine Morris EE Tex tiqueClassic Photo Contest were Hilbert Chairman Jack McCarthy (left to right) Dan Hans Co-Chair- Bill Lombardi Lee Fray and Eric

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Lundahl Contest Chairman Jack McshyCarthy would like to thank all of the judges who helped out this year and he would also like to particularly thank Lorraine Morris who helped organize this year s event and did most of the record-keeping Lorraine is an active AC member and she flies a Boeing 737-400 for a living

The AC photo contest is on again for EAA Oshkosh 93 so get your cameras ready for the summer In next month s issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE the rules for the contest will be published and they will also be available when you register for the contest at the AC Red Barn during the Convention Remember the conshytest is for photos of Antique Classic or Contemporary aircraft shot either enroute at the EAA Convention or on the way home Our thanks to the over one hundred() AC members who entered this years contest and we look forward to seeing you again this year

The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a mailer of information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the information to EAA A(( Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903shy3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

JUNE 11-13 - DENTON TX - Denton Municipal Airport AAA (Texas Chapter) 30th Annual Fly-In Contact John or Nancy Whatley 214517-1981 or Bert Mashyhon817387-2620

JUNE 12 - GADSDEN AL - J-3 and Piper high wing Annual Fly-In Camping Bomb Drop Spot Landings Hangar dance Contact Faye Bryant Gadsden Pilots Asshysoc 196 Ira Gray Dr Gadsden AL 35901 205442-3313

JUNE 12 - NEWPORT NEWS V A shy21st Annual Colonial Fly-In Newport NewsWilliamsburg IntI Airport Sponshysored by EAA Chapter 156 Contact ofr inshyformation and NORDO entry Charles Colshylier 620 Hilton Rd Newport News V A 23605 804247-5844

JUNE 13 - AURORA IL - Aurora Mushynicipal Airport EAA Chapte r 579 FlyshyInlDrive -In breakfast and airport FBO open house 7am - 3pm Contact Alan Shackleton 708466-4193 or Bob Rieser Airport Manager 708466-7000

JUNE 19 - WILD ROSE WI - Idlewild Airport - Pancake BreakfastFly-In Idlewild-Wild Rose Airport Assoc PO Box 296 Wild Rose WI 54984 Call 414622-4020

JUNE 24-27 - MT VERNON OH shy34th Annual National Waco Reunion Greatest WACO Show On EARTH For more information call 513868-0084

JUNE 26-27 - ORANGE MA - Orshyange Municipal Airport 17th Annual New England Regional Fly-In sponsored by the Friends of the Orange Airport Contact Bob McKenney 508544-8762 or Len Beshydaw (Orange Airport) 508544-8189 or Fax 508249-5940

JUNE 26-27 - GREELEY CO - EAA Rocky Mountain Fly-In Antiques Classhysics homebuilts warbirds ultralights No registration fee free camping transportashytion to local motels 3031798-6086 or 353shy5514

JULY 4 - WISCONSIN RAPIDS WIshyWI Rapids Airport EAA Chapter 706 FlyshyInDrive In Pancake Breakfast 730shy1130am Call 715435-3644 for information

JULY 7-11 - ARLINGTON WA shyNorthwest EAA Fly-In 206435-5857

JULY 10 -11- DELAWARE OHshy12th Annual EAA Chapter 9 Fly-In

Delaware Airport Contact Alan Harding 614442-0024

JULY 10 -11- EMMETSBURG lA shy5th Annual Aeronca Fly-In sponsored by tbe Tail dragger Club Contact Keith Harnden Box 285 Emmetsburg IA 50536

JULY 11- MICHIGAN CITY IN - EAA Chapter 966 Pancake Breakfast Contacts The Dees - 219324-6060 or the Hugley s 219325-0133

JULY 16-18 - RED LAKE ONTARlOshyNorseman Festival and Fly-In at Red Lake Ontario Norseman Capita l of the World Floats and wheels Contact Ron Robinson Box 308 Red LakeOntario Canada POV 2MO Phone 807727-2809 or Fax 807727shy3980

JULY 23 -24 - COFFEYVILLE KS shyFunk Aircraft Owners Assoc Reunion Conshytact Gene Ventress 10215 S Monticello Shawnee Mission KS 66227 Phone 9131782shy1483

JULY 24 -27 - WAUSAU WI - Ercoupe Owners Club National Convention Contact Syd Cohen 715842-7814

JULY 24 AND 25 - SHIOCTON WI shyAnnual Fly-In Contact Joyce Baggot 414986-3547

JULY 27 - AUGUST 7 - VALshyPARAISO (VPZ) IN Food and Fuel booth Stop by and see us on your way to and from Oshkosh We are famous for our hospitality Sponsored by EAA Chapter 104 Contact 219884-1619

THURSDAY JULY 29 -WEDNESDA Y AUGUST 4 1993 - OSHKOSH WI- 41st Annual EAA Fly-In and Sport Aviation Convention Wittman Regional Airport Con tact John Burton PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54904-3086 Call 414426-4800 for more information ITS NEVER TOO EARLY TO MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND

AUGUST 6 - 8 - STILLWATER OKshyLake Elmo Airport Sesquicentennial Aviashytion Days Fly-In breakfast balloon rally other events 612430-1200 for more inforshymation

AUGUST 12-15 - LOCK HAVEN PAshyWilliam T Piper Memorial Airport Sentishymental Journey 93 Aerial Mail To Lock Haven is this years tbeme All makes and models welcome especially Antique and classic airplanes Call 717893-4200 (9am til 5 pm) Fax 717893-4218 or write PO Box Jshy3 Lock Haven PA 17745-0496

AUGUST 15 - BROOKFIELD WIshyCapitol Airport 8th Annual Vintage Airshycraft Display and Ice Cream Social Midwest Antique Airplane Club will also hold its monthly fly-In meeting For more informashytion call George Meade at 414962-2428

AUGUST 27-29 - SUSSEX NJ - Sussex Airport Sussex Airshow For more informashytion call 2011875-0783

SEPT 4-5 PROSSER W A - 10th Annual

EAA Chapter 391 Fly-IN Food flying tours raffle and more Camping on the field For more info call Thopson Aircraft at 5091786-1034

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Randy Abegglen Lewisville ID Jose Abreu Miami FL Tracy A Ake Gainesville VA Roy B Allison Minneapolis MN Carson V Baker Crestwood KY James E Bean Northport NY Tom Beck Bethel AK George Beckerman Mt Carmel IL John F Benson Glendora CA Paul W Blackman Finksburg MD Don Blehm Green Mtn Falls CO Michael G Brown Roanoke VA Samuel W Bruce Eagle Rock VA Walter R Bullerwell Dickson TN David W Burns MarengoIL Tony Buttacavoli Waterford MI H Todd Clamp Newberry SC Troy P Coker III Dallas TX David M Collins Cornelius OR Douglas Conciatu Sterling Heights MI Mark Conover Houston TX James D Cooper Thonotosassa FL Gaetan Coulombe

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ARTHUR R MORGAN Milwaukee Wisconsin

Art Morgan began fly ing in 1961 and received his private license in 1962 In 1965 he went on to get his commercial rating He has been a member of EAA since 1962 and began by parking airplanes at the EAA Conventions in Rockford Illinois Art was one of the first to start building a KR-l and although he did not complete his project he was instrumental in the completion of two of the litt le birds In 1974 he and his wife Kate purchased a 1939 Luscombe 8-C which he promptly rebuilt After two yea rs of fly ing the Luscombe Art and several friends orga nized the American Luscombe Club The Morgans also own a Bellanca 14-13 Art se rved the EAA as a Museum volunteer for several yea rs as Classic parking chairman at Oshkosh and also as AntiqueClassic Parki ng Chai rman Art has been a Director of the AntiqueClassic Division since 1978

E E BUCK HILBERT Union Illinois

Buck is a native of Chicago and a graduate of Lewis College He began learning the pilots point of view while work shying as a line boy at the old Elmhurst Airport near Chicago in 1938 The pay wasnt much but it was flying time and he soloed an Aeronca 65-LA Chief in October 1941 He enlisted in the Air Force shortly thereafter into the Training Command where he flew and instructed in many of the training aircraft of that era He flew gunnery training at Las Vegas Army Air Field in B-17s and finished up teaching Chinese Nationali st Pilots twin engine transition Recalled for the Korean war Buck qualified as an Army Aviator and flew with the HQ Company Air Section of the 24th Infant ry Division A most rewarding and memorable experience he reports Buck and Dorothy and their four children are at home at Hilbert s Funny Farm where he has an airstrip and keeps a stable of interesting and flyab le old airplanes Buck is a retired Un ited Airlines captain Buck is no stranger to the AntiqueClassic Division He is past president hav shying served from 1971 through 1975 He currently is Treasurer of the Division and is also a member of the EAA Aviation Foundation Board of Trustees

JOHN S JACK COPELAND Westborough Massachusetts

Jack received a degree in mechanical engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology in 1954 He served as an Aircraft Maintenance Officer on acti ve dut-y-in the middotUS Air Force from 1955- attaining the rank of captain in the USAF Rese rve Jack holds a co mmercial pilot license with a fli ght instructor rating He joined EAA in 1971 and the AntiqueClassic Division in 1975 shortly after purchasing his first aircraft a 1948 Cessna 140 At that time Jack lived in the Chicago area and participated in pre-Convention weekend work parties He has been an active volunteer at the last twelve annual Conventions serving at va rious times as Classic Parking Co-Chairman Manpower Co-Chairman and Manpower Chairman He was named an advisor to the AntiqueClassic Board of Directors in 1979 and served in that capacity until 1984 when he was elected to a Directorship Jack earns his living as a professional engineer and in addition to his EAA involvement is active as a Captain on the Massachusetts Wing Staff of the Civil Air Patrol

PHILIP COULSON Lawton Michigan

Phil was born on a fa rm in southwestern Michigan His first ride in an airplane was at the age of 16 in a Fairchild PT-23 owned and fl own by Horace Sackett a local pilot and AampP Twenty-years later Horace would be Phils guiding light in restoring his 1930 Waco INF Phil lea rned to fl y off a grass strip in Lawton Michigan in 1962 His original dual instrucshytion and solo fl ying was in a Piper J-5 Throughout the yea rs he has owned several aircraft including a J-3 Cub Taylorcraft TriPacer and Cessna 190 He and his wife Ruthie are lovers of Wacos and greatly enjoy flying their 1940 UPF-7 Waco Their Kinner powered 1930 INF Waco is currently on loan to the Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum in Kalamazoo MI They also own a Model G Bonanza Phil s military ca reer consisted of four yea rs in the US Air Force during the Korean War Phil is a li fe time EAA member and began attending EAA Conventions in Rockford Illinois He is a charter member of AntiqueClassic Chapter 8 and also a past president Phil is a past chairman of the annual Parade of Flight at Oshkosh and is currently the President of the newly formed American Waco Club Inc He was appointed advisor to the AntiqueClassic Board in 1985 The Coulsons live in Lawton Michigan

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STAN GOMOLL Blaine Minnesota

Stan soloed a J-3 Club on his 16th birthday on 11-30-42 In 1945 he served in the US Air Force as a ground crewman on B-29s based at Guam Stan received his AampE license in 1949 at Spartan School of Aeronautics then returned home to Minneapolis where he worked at a small airport In 1951 he was hired by Northwest Airlines as a mechanic progressing to Flight Engineer and Co-pilot Stan is now retired from Northwest Stans first airplane was a 193940 hp Taylorcraft Currently he owns and fli es a 1936 Waco Cabin and a 1946 J-3 Cub Over the years he has restored many airplanes Stan has been active in EAA working on various committees at the Annual Convention In 1976 he was named Advisor and elected to the Board of Directors in 1984 He is currently President of AntiqueClassic Chapter 4 in the Minneapolis area

RJ DOBBY LICKTEIG Albert Lea Minnesota

Dobby is a native of Minnesota and had his first ai rplane ride at the age of 13 in a Velie Monocoupe He earned a solo license in a J-2 Cub at the age of 16 working at the local ai rport for flying time and has been flying since then After completing college in Minnesota he entered Air Force pilot training and graduated in Class 421 and was assigned to a new P-47 fighter group His tour of combat was 2-112 years in the European Theater of Operations during World War 11 Dobby has owned a varied collection of aircraft including a Stinson V77 Stearman L-2M Aztec Citabria BT-13A and AT-6G In 1985 he completed the restoration of a KR-2l Kinner-powered biplane and donated it to the EAA Aviation Museum His airplanes are frequent visitors to all Upper Midwest fly-ins He has been active in EAA Antique Classic and Warbird activities since the Convention was moved to Oshkosh He served as president of the AntiqueClassic Division from 1984 until 1988 Dobby is retired and he and his wife Jeanne live in Albert Lea Minnesota Their son Scott is a licensed pilot and is active on the Warbirds parking committee at the Annual EAA Convention

DALE A GUSTAFSON Indianapolis IN

Dale has been interested in airplanes since he was a small child and took his first plane ride in 1939 at the age of 10 He started taking flying lessons in 1945 and soloed at 16 After high school he worked at the airport in South Bend Indiana servicing airliners handling cargo and doing field maintenance Dale attended Spartan School of Aeronaut ics in 1948 and 1949 to obtain additional pilot ratings After this he freelanced as a fli ght instructor and ran a small FBO at South Bend until he was hired as a co-pilot on Turner Airlines in Indianapolis in 1950 Through name changes and mergers the airline is now USAir He had been with the airline for more than 35 years when he retired His plans now are to spend his time between Indiana and Florida where he has property adjoining a private airstrip Through the years Dale has owned various aircraft including a Stinson V77 Piper Colt Fairchild 24 Cessna 150 and several modern airplanes He currently owns a Cessna 195 plus a Stearman PT-17 and Piper J-4 which are being restored Recently Dale and his wife operated a small ai rport northwest of Indianapolis He is a member of several organizations interested in antique classic and homebuilt aircraft He has been a member of EAA since 1960 and the AntiqueClassic Division since it was organized He has served as an Advisor to the Division and currently is se rving as a Director For several years Dale has judged antiques at Oshkosh and served as Program Chairman for the AntiqueClassic Division awards

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MYSTERY PLANE This nifty sport plane was another

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The March Mystery evidently was a mystery to many readers for only five replies were received From far away Sweden came this answer from Lennart Johnsson of Eldsberga

The airplane shown is an American Eagle custom built in 1929 for Dr WaIshyter M Cross a chemist from Kansas City Its designation was Mode l 60

by George Hardie

Sedan according to the manufacturers advertising in A VIATION magazine Others say it was called A-529 or A-629 To add to this confusion it was first regshyistered under the name Model T-C

The airplane had two SiemensshyHalske radial engines (125 hp each) which were mounted remarkably close to the fuselage The pilot sat in an open cockpit in front of the wing Behind him was a closed cabin with room for five people Wingspan was 47 feet When the machine was test flown in Kansas City in early 1929 it took off in 200 feet and attained a cruising speed of 90 mph Landing speed was 45 mph

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craft in traveling between his offices and laboratories in Kansas City New York and Los Angeles and he estishymates that he will save between $40000 and $50000 annually in time and travelshyling expenses I wonder if it worked out that way

Published pictures show the regisshytration number 10070 but as first regisshytered it was assigned number 364 My sources are A VIATION for February 2 February 23 March 2 May 41929 and AERO DIGEST for February 1929

Ralph Nortell of Spokane Washingshyton adds this

The March Mystery Plane is the one-off example of an American Eashygle design built in early 1929 Quite adshyvanced for its time it was powered by two Siemens-Halske engines It was reshyported to be a good load carrier having been test flown on one engine After a gross load test flight with Charles Toth at the controls the landing gear colshylapsed on landing resulting in severe damage

The plane was built for Dr Walter M Cross of Kansas City whose intenshytion was to apply to the Department of Commerce for an A TC But before the prototype could be rebuilt the 1929 stock market collapse devastated the market for airplanes

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Assured that a substantial potential market existed for such a plane Vidal apshyproached the Public Works Administrashytion for funding The agency one of the numerous federal agencies established in the depression to battle unemployment allotted $500000 for the project Vidal felt that the funds channeled through a consortium of existing aircraft builders would be used to hire unemployed engishyneers draftsmen and craftsmen who

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would design and manufacture a cheap airplane

Problems arose from the very beginshyning Legal counsel for the Public Works Administration decided that the money could only go to public works and that there was nothing public about private airplanes for the masses So the funds were rescinded Some companies already manufacturing light aircraft claimed that the publicity already had caused potenshytial buyers to wait on the ephemeral poor-man s plane than purchase an existshying design Waldo Waterman in his book WALDO PIONEER AVIATOR stated Vidals quest for a $700 airplane all but destroyed what little aircraft industry there was still surviving the Depression

AERO DIGEST

The reaction in the aviation press of the time was not very favorable In an editorial in the December 1933 issue of AERO DIGEST Frank Tichenor stated It is no secret that the hard-working and hard-pressed Aeronautics Branch has been under pressure for some time to do for private flying something big spectacshyular and constructive

But it was indeed regrettable that Mr Vidals questionnaire which he must know caused a veritable storm upon many airports left the erroneous impresshysion that the Aeronautics Branch had a specific and definite plane in view when it presented its proposal to American fliers

We are not surprised that there are many private pilots who would like such a ship at $700 According to the figures of the Labor Department there are some 10000000 people who would like a fifshyteen-cent dinner but not only does such a dinner appear non-existent but often the necessary nickel and dime also is conspicuously absent

We commend the Aeronautics Branch for its efforts in attempting to

bring the light airplane manufacturer in touch with the current market but let no one who is at present in the market for any of the excellent low-priced airplanes now available hesitate in making his purshychase because of the Departments quesshytionnaire The prospects of an early fulshyfillment of the $700 airplane idea is too remote to let it be the means of curtailing the sales of tried and proven aircraft

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In the December 1933 issue of AVIAshyTION the editor Edward P Warner asked $700 And How It is frequently a matter of some little difficulty to pick the particular story which deserves the preeminent position of our new pages but this month there could be no doubt The announcement from the Department of Commerce that Director Vidal has unshydertaken to solici t expressions of willingshyness to buy a new airplane of specified characteristics and that the characterisshytics include a price of $700 has set the high-water-mark in news excitement not only for November but for a much longer period

The idea is amusing in its very simshyplicity The industry may not sell 10000 airplanes or even any large part thereof but at least we shall have a lot of new inshyformation Aside from some temporary unsettlement of the market for existing types of aircraft we believe the results will be good But there is a word of caushytion that should be said and point that should be made

Extreme care must be used in intershypreting the results of the market survey There are plenty of people who will gaily write YES on a piece of paper but who will not be nearly so ready to write their names at the bottom of checks for $700 each

But there is another point We beshylieve that 10000 airplanes of quality could be built for $700 apiece by a single manufacturer who received a single order for 10000 machines They cannot be built for any such price under the conditions that existed in 1929 with about 180 manushyfacturers scrambling over each other afshyter every individual sale and with no sinshygle factory setting up production of more than a few hundred ships An essential condition precedent to the successful acshycomplishment of the Vidal plan is that the aircraft industry should cooperate as no industry has ever cooperated before

It would have to be turned out in many plants with wings built at A and landing gear at B and assembly taken care of at C and then it will have to be the subject of a concentrated sales camshypaign in which all effort is merged to get as many people as possible into the air We dont know that can be done

USED PLANES

And in the 99ER Clara Gilbert in her comments Are Air Flivvers Feasible raised the question of used aircraft There are available at the moment many used ships for sale at figures well under $1 000 Among them are to be found not only two place but three and four place ships cabin jobs as well as open cockpit models and the majority are capashyble of speeds well in excess of 100 miles an hour If there is no market for these airshyplanes how then does the Government propose to stimulate sufficient interest in private and sport flying to dispose of 10000 smaller slower planes which will only carry two passengers at a price apshyproximating that of these used ships

AERO DIGEST ON FUNDING

In the February 1934 issue of AERO DIGEST the editor Edward P Warner presented his views in Notes on a $700 Airplane He stated When Director of Aeronautics Vidal launched his famous private plane questionnaire a considerable segment of the aircraft industry thought it a joke - and not a particularly funny one When he persuaded the Public Works Adshyministration to make over $500000 to proshymote the realization of the project as a means of developing a new industry to proshyvide new employment the joke ended Half a million dollars are to be regarded seriously even in days when federal expenshyditures run to six billion and higher

In response to a request of A VIAshyTION Eugene Vidal Director of Aeroshynautics US Department of Commerce prepared an official view concerning the interest of the Department in the private airplane market His response was pubshylished in the February 1934 issue of A VIshyAnON under the title Low-Priced Airshyplane

Private flying measured in terms of active pilots planes and their use is on the decline After fifteen years or so of the building of planes for miscellaneous flying there are less than 7000 licensed airplanes in this country of 12000000 people

It might be well to assume that there may be something wrong with the product which we now are attempting to sell that the market exists for something diffe rent It also might be well to overlook entirely the attitude of the pilots who already have lea rned to fly (who would like to have a faster plane) and concentrate on the avershyage American citizen who may not be an aviation enthusiast Also it might be well to cease planning planes which the indusshytry feels that the future pilot should have and plan one which would appeal to the United States citizen even though it may not be as desirable to every pilot and deshysigner

The most important detail of an airshyplane as of any other manufactured prodshyuct is its price Granted an airplane should be safe no matter how safe it may be it cannot be sold in numbers if it is too exshypensive It is useless to make a plane safe if it wont be purchased and thus wont be flown The majority of Americans buy aushytomobiles which sell for less than $1 000 and are inexpensive to operate and mainshytain They are quite accustomed to the price range between $500 and $1000 and it goes without saying that an airplane for that price sold on the installment plan would have a popular appeal

Vidal felt that the automobile driver was the customer for the $700 plane and that this customer had become accusshytomed to details of an automobile its apshypearance material control etc He stated that a car made of fabric couldn t possibly sell As metal is durable and strong so the airplane should be

He believed metal construction was important from other viewpoints Producshytion methods used for the automotive inshydustry could be adopted to airplane manushyfacture such as the mass stamping of parts Techniques of assembly and of mainteshynance and repair would suggest methods for volume production of airplanes

The appearance of an airplane must be attractive and in its details and remind the car driver of his car He also felt that the popular plane should look like a modern passenger transport To the casual eye the small airplane would appear as a scaled-down reproduction of the airliners which now are flying Also the small airshyplane would require little professional training and skills necessary to fly it

Vidal concluded his comments with the following An airplane can be built for $700 and the Public Works allotment asshysures that difficulties in the way of initiatshying the program can be met Volume proshyduction will make the airplane possible and it also will react to the benefit of the entire industry stimulating employment in factories increasing the business of airshyports affording new opportunities for emshyployment of pilots and mechanics

Indirectly the renewed interest in flyshying undoubtedly will direct attention of more people upon the services offered by the scheduled ai rlines There should be a development analogous to that which has taken place in the automobile radio reshyfrigerator and other industries And just as the introduction of these articles has been a stimulus to business in general the low-priced airplane has an opportunity to add to the scope of commercial activities

A NEW COURSE FOR THE BUREAU

The withdrawal of funds by the Public Works Administration did not thwart Vishydal in his efforts in pursuing the deveJop-

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ment of the low-priced airplane Under his direction the Bureau of Aeronautics created a development section to foster the design construction and developshyment of safer easier operated more comfortable and lower priced airplanes for private owners

The Bureau had no budget for develshyopment but it did have funds for purshychasing aircraft to be flown by its inspecshytors as they traveled around the country Later from a special appropriation of $1000000 which was to be used at the discretion of the President for the develshyopment of military and civil aviation $100000 was made available for the new Development Section

Under its authority and with its fundshying the first task of the new section was to investigate possible designs for a safer low-priced airplane for private use A committee was also formed representing both the Government and industry Among the members were Amelia Earhart Dr George Lewis NACA Robert Renfro editor THE SPORTSshyMAN PILOT Edward Warner SAE and Alford Williams American Petroleum Institute

The newly created Development Secshytion turned to the task of setting up deshysign criteria for what Vidal called a Safety Plane Once the specifications were drawn Vidal would solicit bids from the aircraft industry The plan was to purchase 25 airplanes from the firm submitting the best design He was no longer talking about a low-priced everyshymans airplane or planes at the cost of a car but envisioned the Safety Plane as a prototype for the massed produced inshyexpensive aircraft of tomorrow

LIGHT PLANE SPECIFICATIONS

The Bureau of Aeronautics (Bureau of Air Commerce as of July 1934) specishyfications were published in the July 1934 issue of AVIATION along with some edshyitorial comments There is a distinct reshysemblance to the requirements of the Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition

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of 1929 in the light airplane specifications issued recently by the Department of Commerce In sponsoring the developshyment of such a design by calling for bids for 25 planes for the use of his inspectors Aeronautics Director Eugene Vidal beshylieves that the simplicity and safety of opshyeration and low operating cost will attract many new private owners

The editor remarked that several aeroshynautical engineers had been thinking along the same lines and included in the same issue an article about the experishymental machine built by Fred Weick This machine the W-l was being tested at the time at Langley by the NACA

The specifications were broken down into four parts General Performance Safety Features Powerplant and Equipshyment In general they called for an airshyplane with an extreme amount of forward visibility and the ability to brake immeshydiately upon touchdown without nosing over The airplane had to be able to take off over a 35 foot obstacle after an 800 foot run and to land within 400 feet after passing over the same obstacle Addishytionally it had to be non-spinning nonshystalling with a top speed of at least 110 mph and a landing speed of under 35 mph All this to be accomplished with just a 100 horsepower engine Cost was no longer the determining factor in the competition

Aircraft manufacturers would have until August 17 1934 to submit their bids for the contract to build 25 aircraft Vidal opened the bids in the competition at a small Washington ceremony on August 271934 Only one bid came from an airshycraft manufacturer of any size and repushytation The others had been submitted by small firms Because the designs were all so untried Vidal decided against ordershying 25 from anyone bidder Instead the winner would get a contract for 15 and five different builders each a contract for a single prototype which the government would test and evaluate

Fourteen bids were received from the following Safety Air Transport of Indishyanapolis Campbell Aircraft of St Joseph MO Church Airplane Company

Chicago Waldo Waterman of Santa Monica CA Hartford Aircraft CurtissshyWright Robertson MO Hammond Airshycraft Ypsilanti MI Niagara Amphibions Buffalo NY St Louis Aircraft Corp St Louis Arrow Aircraft Lincoln NE Spartan Aircraft Tulsa Kreider-Reisner Hagerstown MD Cunningham-Hall Rochester NY Amphibions Roosevelt Field Long Island

BUREAU AWARDS LIGHTPLANE CONTRACTS

The Hammond Aircraft Company of Ypsilanti MI was the winner of the comshypetition sponsored by the Bureau of Air Commerce to procure airplanes for its inshyspectors and at the same time to encourshyage the development of an economical safe airplane for the private owner

On October 18 1934 the Bureau awarded a contract for 15 of the Hamshymond aircraft with the option of taking five more at $3190 apiece (So much for the $700 airplane) Delivery of the first plane was to have been made within five months and the delivery of the remainshyder within four months of the Bureaus acceptance of the first During the course of 1935 with the money saved by not ordering 25 copies of the winning deshysign the Bureau contracted for five other aircraft to be purchased These included Waldo Waterman for his tailless Arrowshyplane Ole Fahlin (not one of the original bidders) for the Plymacoupe a high wing design powered by a Plymouth automoshybile engine Kreider-Reisner was given an order to modify the Weick W-1 Pitshycairn for the his new road able autogiro Curtiss-Wright for its 90 hp Coupe and the Arrow Company for one of its Sports powered by a Ford V-8 automobile Enshygine

Over the next few years the Bureau would be busy testing these aircraft Three would be successful enough to be certificated for production More on the aircraft in the next installment

(To be continued in next months edishytion of VINTAGE AIRPLANE)

1993 saw many changes for the AnshytiqueClassic Division at Sun n Fun 93 shythe biggest was the relocation of the parkshying area for our airplanes to the east side of the Sun n Fun convention site AnshytiqueClassic Headquarters was also moved with the new location next to the woods on the east end of the main drag The new parking area will in the long run provide more parking for Antique Classic and Contemporary airplanes This year the huge amount of water dumped on the site during the weeks previous to the Conventions start made some areas a bit on the soupy side but Ray Olcott and his tireless group of aircraft parkers did

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their best to keep the airplanes out of the stickiest plots As improvements are made to the new parking area the drainage should improve according to Bill Eickshyhoff Sun n Fun president The rainy weather abated just in time for the Fly-In and the pleasant weather made everybody in the local Chamber of Commerce breathe a big sigh of relief

The second big change came about with the judging of the Contemporary class for the first time A number of good looking Contemporaries were on hand and its apparent that pilots are beginning to take notice of the hidden gems out there on the tiedown ramps across the

country Just as it took a few years for the Classic category to bring the airshyplanes up to Grand Champion status so it will be with the Contemporary class but we can all be encouraged by the efshyforts that have been expended so far shysome of these airplanes are just plain flat gorgeous

Antiques and Classics had their fair share of good looking airplanes too shyleading the pack was the Davis D-l W owned and restored by Dr Roy Wicker and Barbara Kitchens The handsome parasol monoplane was once the pershysonal aircraft of designer and company owner Walter Davis The Davis was judged the Grand Champion Antique of Sun n Fun 93

In the Classic arena there was no Grand Champion award this year - none of the aircraft judged had points above the threshold to be judged as such but a few came close A number of nice Cubs were on display as well as the latest restoration effort by Joe Fleeman the man who restored Delton Perry s TrishyPacer His latest work a BUcker Jungshymann for Ralph Lerch is a true beauty in black

All manner of flying machines came to roost in Lakeland for Sun n Fun - on the next few pages youll get a full color view of some of the neatest vintage airshyplanes in the skies today Delmar Benjamin and his Gee Bee R-1 replica drew admiring crowds again this year

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Grand Champion - Davis D-IW NC 13576 Dr Roy Wicker Quitman GAl Barshybara Kitchens Milner GA

Reserve Grand Champion - Travel Air 2000 NC8853 Gene Rambo Arlington VA

Silver Age (1928-1932) - Travel Air 4D N9917 Bill Plecenik Erwinna P A

Contemporary Age (1933-1945) - Stinson SR-9 NC17154 Jerry Stevens Boca Raton FL

Best Custom - Cessna UC-78 N78UC Dwain Pittenger Hereford TX

Best World War II Era - Stearman N2S N65101 Brian Becker Pompano Beach FL

Best Biplane - Beech Staggerwing N18575 Michael Greenblatt Midland GA

Best Monoplane - Piper J-3 N9499H Dan Foley Wichita KS

Best Open Cockpit - Stearman N1902M Russell Faller Farmingville NY

Best Cabin - Howard DGA-15P N22423 Fred Kirk Ft Lauderdale FL

Outstanding Aircraft - Monocoupe 90AL NC11760 Robert Eicher Daytona Beach FL

Outstanding Aircraft - Piper J-3 N35GM Gene McNeely Earle AR

Outstanding Aircraft - Stearman N2S N68238 Chris and Lyle Wheeler Boca Rashyton FL

Outstanding Aircraft - Stearman N555 Cliff Lowe Cadiz KY

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(Right) Joe Fleeman has done it again His restoration of Ralph Lerchs(AlC 16691) Bucker Jungmann is stunning and the workmanship is excellent as it was on his restoration of Delton Perrys Piper Tri-Pacer

(Below) This nice Stinson 10A has just been restored to the configuration it had when it was used by the CAP at Lanshytana FI during WW II It is registered to Florida Airmotive Inc in Lantana

(Below right) Jerry Stevens handsome Stinson SR-9 taxis out for departure at Lakeland Steve hails from Boca Raton FL and was awarded the Contemporary Age (1933-1945) Antique trophy

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(Left) Immaculately restored by Pete Jones Air Repair of Cleveland GA Brian Becker s (AIC 14784) Stearman is reshysplendent in its US Navy color scheme It was the winner of the Best WW II Era trophy

(Lower left) Bird Biplanes always look so pretty on the flight line Brian Thorpe Mt Dora FL brought his Bird CK up north from the Miami area It is powered by a Continental R-670

(Below) Dick Jackson (AIC 371) Rochester NH continues to fly the only Waco D The 0 sometimes referred to as the Waco Super Sport is the only one of its kind in existence Dick restored it over 20 years ago and it is still looking great

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Best Classic 101 to 165 hp - Cessna 170 N2727C Gene D Engelskirger Hinkley OH

Best Classic Over 165 hp - Ryan Navion N5437K H a le Andre ws Berkeley Springs WV

Best Custom Classic Under 100 hp - Cessna 120 N2460N Scott Cox Ft Lauderdale FL

Best Custom Classic 101 to 165 hp - Pipe r P A-16 N5796H Mitch Freshyitag Summerville SC

Best Custom Classic Over 165 hp shyGlobe Swift N80555 Scott Anderson Deerfield Beach FL

Best Of Type - Pipe r PA-17 Vaga bo nd N4686 H Tom Scott Okeechobee FL

Best Of Type - G lobe Swift N78068 Pete Johnson Faribault MN

Best Of Type - Piper PA-22 Tri Pacer N8740C Delto n Perry Lawrenceburg TN

Best Of Type - Luscombe 8A NC681A Rochard Hoyle Vince nt AL

Outst a nding A ircraft - B ticker Ju ngma nn N46925 Ralp h Lerch Lawrenceburg TN

(Above and above right) Now you can put a face with the plane - heres Delton Perry (AIC 18583) and his Piper TrishyPacer (The same one featured in the Deshycember 1992 issue of Vintage Airplane) Deltons PA-22 won the Best of Type award for the restoration done by Joe Fleeman

(Right) Mark Holliday (AiC 1316) of Lake Elmo MN shows off the racy lines of his stock Globe Swift Stock or modified the Swift is still one of the most beautiful airplanes ever made

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AntiqueClassic HQ has been moved to a spot next to the Ill bet you can guess which college football team Parnell Colas woods - here folks are enjoying the shade during the aftershy cheers for noon airshow

(Above) Hale Andrews (AIC 982) of Berkeley Springs WV cruises by with the pretty Navion Super 260 his father bought new in 1951 It has just been restored after a flood nearly deshystroyed it

(Left) Luke Walker is just starting to enjoy flyshying his newly-restored Piper Vagabond It was his first aircraft restoration effort

(Right) N7777K is the oldest Piper Tri-Pacer in existence - it is serial No2 the first production aircraft to survive (Serial number 1 was tested to destruction during the certificashy

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Outstanding Aircraft - Cessna 172 N6208E Jerry W Wharton Wise VA Ul

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(Above top) No tired old Apache here Verwayne (AIC 3987) and Leslie Owen Severna Park MD are just completing this nice restorashytion of their 1959 Piper PA-23 Apache

(Above right) Anthony Lamontia (AIC 20124) Bath OH is justifiably proud of his Cessna 182 he has been restoring for a number of years It was an Outstanding Airshycraft award winner

(Left) Another Outstanding Aircraft award winner was Jerry Whartons 1959 Cessna 172 Jerrys airplane was stored indoors for most of its life and as a consequence the airshyplane was we preserved The inshyterior fabric on the seats and side panels is original as is the instrushyment panel -erry (AIC 18564) is from Wise VA

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(Left) After their first attempt at flying the England - Australia trip in a Piper J-3() Bob and Diane Dempster are going to try it again in a brand spanking new Piper PA-18 Super Cub (The first time the density altitude high and the service ceiling of the Cub not as high stopped the flight in the 1250 heat of the Egyptian desert) The Dempsters arrived at Lakeshyland after picking up the airplane in Vero Beach with 98 hours on the tach They plan to sell their house get an instrushyment rating for Bob and make the necshyessary modifications to fly the North Atshylantic and beyond

This years AntiqueClassic and Contemporary judges at Sun n Fun 93 were (left to right) Jim Zantop Joe Sinnett Xen K Motsinger Jennie White George Hindall Bill Doty Jack Gilson Juan Blanco Bob Romanelli Leonard Kress Jack Gillespie Terny Brokaw Harris Wiese Wayne Anderson Bill Murry and Don Jacobs Thanks to all of them for their hard work chasing down the airplanes to be judged

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Best Metal Seaplane - Cessna 185E N5830J Joe Strazzula Ft Pierce FL Best Fabric Seaplane - Maule M-7 N61350 Mark Futch Boca Grande FL Best Ampbibian - Grumman Goose N121GL Chuck Greenhill Mettawa IL

Originally located in Louisiana this J-3 Cub on 1320 Edo floats N1353M SIN 9913 was brought to Florida by Steve Swails (EAA 377050) of Ft Myshyers and totally restored Although some corrosion was found necessary repairs were completed and the airframe was epoxy primed and powder coated for seaplane use A C85-12 engine was installed (without starter and generator) to replace the C65 and the floats were restored to new condition

Left - Steve Swails carefully negotiates alligator alley between the shore and open water at Lake Parker Pilots reported the gators were quite prevalent just outside the reeds and could easily be seen sunning themshyselves

Lower left - Unusual mint condition 1320 Edo floats on Steve Swails J-3 Cub looked brand new Note the cable between the float tips for moving to the other side of the airplane - often referred to as a Canadian Spreader Bar

Lower right - Nestled on the shore of Lake Parker is Steve Swails J-3 85 Cub His passenger was Alex Wopper (EAA 419315) of Valdivia Chile who is just starting seaplane training He has purchased a Murphy Regtel kit along with a float kit and will build them at his home in the south of Chile - below the 40th parallel A native of Germany Alex is excited about having the only seaplane in Chile and many many lakes to fly from

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Brilliant ear1y morning photo of Bill Rose (EAA 159635 AlC 6612) Grumman Goose N600ZE SIN B-100 with eleven hot air balloons lifting into the clear Florida sky

One of Jack Browns Seaplane Base Cubs on 1500 Aqua floats took a trip through the reeds cutting sileage The un-named pilot had to push and pull it out of the mess in waist deep water

Very nice photo of a Republic RC-3 Seabee N6659K SIN 936 as it powers onto the step for takeoff It is registered to Graham Sutherland of Port Orange FL Note how the spray rails move the water away from the hull and the proshypeller

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N6256 Replica Fighter Museum Gunshytersville AL

Outstanding Aircraft - Halberstadt D II N1388J Replica Fighter Museum Guntersville AL

Outstanding Aircraft - Sopwith Pup N1915K Replica Fighter Museum Gunshytersville AL

Outstanding Aircraft - Sopwith Trishyplane N543A Replica Fighter Museum Guntersville AL

3 years in a row Frank Ryders growing collection of WW I era replicas has again captured the Grand Champion Replica award at Sun n Fun This year the award was presented to the Nieuport 28 (above right) replica Chuck Brady (AIC 1920) constructed at his shop in Dwight IL

Frank and his Lake Gunterville Aero crew brought three other replicas to Sun n Fun 93 - from top to bottom they are Halberstadt DII Constructed by Carl Swanson Darien WI the airplane was on display at the EAA Air Adventure museum until being acquired by Frank Ryder for his museum Completely gone over by Gene Schwartz and the staff at Lake Gunshytersville Aero the Halberstadt was refinshyished in the spectacular longenze scheme you see here Its being flown here by Gene DeMarco

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The replica in the center of the page is the Sopwith Pup constructed by Ken Pruitt Belen NM and being flown by Frank Ryder He advises that it is one of the most demanding airplanes he has landed - even more so than the Fokker Triplane

Finally at the bottom of the facing page is the Sopwith Triplane built by Chad and Char Willie of Lake Oswego OR It is beshying flown for our camera by Joel Williams A Sopwith Dolphin project was also disshyplayed to give the public some sense of the work involved in constructing a replica WW I fighter WW I aviation will be the subject of a featured display at

EAA OSHKOSH 93 on the Convention taxiway - details are in this months AlC News

In the photo below the Douglas DC-3 of Alexander Aeroplane taxis out for deparshyture with a load of happy Sun n Fun volshyunteers Ron Alexander graciously agreed to give a ride to as many volunteers as he could with the Douglas and the smooth evening air was a treat for all who experishyenced it Our own Buck Hilbert was drafted as co-pilot (Im sure they had to drag him screaming and kicking to the airplane ) where he enjoyed refamiliarshyizing himself with the airplane he cut his teeth on as a neophyte airline pilot

Sun n Fun was once again an enjoyable

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1ST PLACE GROUND TO AIR - Robert T Beecher (AIC 17924) Chicago IL captured this truly rare photo of a Parks P-2A in flight Since there are only a few of these airplanes left flying this is definitely one for the scrapbooks

2ND PLACE GROUND TO AIR - Myron Heimer (AIC 8190) 3RD PLACE GROUND TO AIR - LeRoy Falk (AIC 9411) CarshyRose Creek MN pentersville IL neatly frames this Fairchild 24W

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1ST PLACE GROUND TO GROUND - Myron Heimer gets his second award with this in your face shot of a Dwain Pittengers Cessna T -50 Bobcat

3RD PLACE GROUND TO GROUND - LeRoy Falk

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HONORABLE MENTION GROUND TO GROUND - L Vincent Hostetler (AIC 14206) Grand Junction CO Even rarer than the Parks P-2 this Parks P-1 now resides at Parks College of St Louis University in Cahokia IL

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1ST PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - LeRoy Falk receives top honors with this picture

of Chuck Spencer refueling Bill Roses Fairchild 22

2ND PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - Don Levandoski gets his second award with this shot of Allen Rudolph touching-up the aileron on the Pietenpol in the AlC tent at Oshkosh 92

3RD PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - (right) Jeri Mihalic (EAA 277478) Mammoth Cave KY shows The Oshkosh Experience in this picture of her husband Dave and his 1957 Bonanza

2ND PLACE - CHAIRMANS CHOICE - Myron Heimer shows us that not all TIger Moths are small

1ST PLACE CHAIRMANS CHOICE - James W Fowler (AIC 2293) Houston TX suitably titled this picture Young Eagle

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1ST PLACE WATER BIRDS - Pat Quinn (AIC 9207) of Ventura CA gives us a glimpse back in time with this photo titled Brennands Seaplane Base 1952 or 1992

2ND PLACE WATER BIRDS - Robert T Beecher

3RD PLACE WATER BIRDS - Myron Heimer brings back WATER BIRDS HONORABLE MENTION - William McCarrei all the memories of a calm summer day (AlC 4496) White Pigeon MI

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This dazzling photo of a Lockheed 12-A Electra taken by Robert T Beecher receives the p restig ious honor of

Your judges for the 1992 Anshy man Lorraine Morris EE Tex tiqueClassic Photo Contest were Hilbert Chairman Jack McCarthy (left to right) Dan Hans Co-Chair- Bill Lombardi Lee Fray and Eric

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Lundahl Contest Chairman Jack McshyCarthy would like to thank all of the judges who helped out this year and he would also like to particularly thank Lorraine Morris who helped organize this year s event and did most of the record-keeping Lorraine is an active AC member and she flies a Boeing 737-400 for a living

The AC photo contest is on again for EAA Oshkosh 93 so get your cameras ready for the summer In next month s issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE the rules for the contest will be published and they will also be available when you register for the contest at the AC Red Barn during the Convention Remember the conshytest is for photos of Antique Classic or Contemporary aircraft shot either enroute at the EAA Convention or on the way home Our thanks to the over one hundred() AC members who entered this years contest and we look forward to seeing you again this year

The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a mailer of information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the information to EAA A(( Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903shy3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

JUNE 11-13 - DENTON TX - Denton Municipal Airport AAA (Texas Chapter) 30th Annual Fly-In Contact John or Nancy Whatley 214517-1981 or Bert Mashyhon817387-2620

JUNE 12 - GADSDEN AL - J-3 and Piper high wing Annual Fly-In Camping Bomb Drop Spot Landings Hangar dance Contact Faye Bryant Gadsden Pilots Asshysoc 196 Ira Gray Dr Gadsden AL 35901 205442-3313

JUNE 12 - NEWPORT NEWS V A shy21st Annual Colonial Fly-In Newport NewsWilliamsburg IntI Airport Sponshysored by EAA Chapter 156 Contact ofr inshyformation and NORDO entry Charles Colshylier 620 Hilton Rd Newport News V A 23605 804247-5844

JUNE 13 - AURORA IL - Aurora Mushynicipal Airport EAA Chapte r 579 FlyshyInlDrive -In breakfast and airport FBO open house 7am - 3pm Contact Alan Shackleton 708466-4193 or Bob Rieser Airport Manager 708466-7000

JUNE 19 - WILD ROSE WI - Idlewild Airport - Pancake BreakfastFly-In Idlewild-Wild Rose Airport Assoc PO Box 296 Wild Rose WI 54984 Call 414622-4020

JUNE 24-27 - MT VERNON OH shy34th Annual National Waco Reunion Greatest WACO Show On EARTH For more information call 513868-0084

JUNE 26-27 - ORANGE MA - Orshyange Municipal Airport 17th Annual New England Regional Fly-In sponsored by the Friends of the Orange Airport Contact Bob McKenney 508544-8762 or Len Beshydaw (Orange Airport) 508544-8189 or Fax 508249-5940

JUNE 26-27 - GREELEY CO - EAA Rocky Mountain Fly-In Antiques Classhysics homebuilts warbirds ultralights No registration fee free camping transportashytion to local motels 3031798-6086 or 353shy5514

JULY 4 - WISCONSIN RAPIDS WIshyWI Rapids Airport EAA Chapter 706 FlyshyInDrive In Pancake Breakfast 730shy1130am Call 715435-3644 for information

JULY 7-11 - ARLINGTON WA shyNorthwest EAA Fly-In 206435-5857

JULY 10 -11- DELAWARE OHshy12th Annual EAA Chapter 9 Fly-In

Delaware Airport Contact Alan Harding 614442-0024

JULY 10 -11- EMMETSBURG lA shy5th Annual Aeronca Fly-In sponsored by tbe Tail dragger Club Contact Keith Harnden Box 285 Emmetsburg IA 50536

JULY 11- MICHIGAN CITY IN - EAA Chapter 966 Pancake Breakfast Contacts The Dees - 219324-6060 or the Hugley s 219325-0133

JULY 16-18 - RED LAKE ONTARlOshyNorseman Festival and Fly-In at Red Lake Ontario Norseman Capita l of the World Floats and wheels Contact Ron Robinson Box 308 Red LakeOntario Canada POV 2MO Phone 807727-2809 or Fax 807727shy3980

JULY 23 -24 - COFFEYVILLE KS shyFunk Aircraft Owners Assoc Reunion Conshytact Gene Ventress 10215 S Monticello Shawnee Mission KS 66227 Phone 9131782shy1483

JULY 24 -27 - WAUSAU WI - Ercoupe Owners Club National Convention Contact Syd Cohen 715842-7814

JULY 24 AND 25 - SHIOCTON WI shyAnnual Fly-In Contact Joyce Baggot 414986-3547

JULY 27 - AUGUST 7 - VALshyPARAISO (VPZ) IN Food and Fuel booth Stop by and see us on your way to and from Oshkosh We are famous for our hospitality Sponsored by EAA Chapter 104 Contact 219884-1619

THURSDAY JULY 29 -WEDNESDA Y AUGUST 4 1993 - OSHKOSH WI- 41st Annual EAA Fly-In and Sport Aviation Convention Wittman Regional Airport Con tact John Burton PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54904-3086 Call 414426-4800 for more information ITS NEVER TOO EARLY TO MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND

AUGUST 6 - 8 - STILLWATER OKshyLake Elmo Airport Sesquicentennial Aviashytion Days Fly-In breakfast balloon rally other events 612430-1200 for more inforshymation

AUGUST 12-15 - LOCK HAVEN PAshyWilliam T Piper Memorial Airport Sentishymental Journey 93 Aerial Mail To Lock Haven is this years tbeme All makes and models welcome especially Antique and classic airplanes Call 717893-4200 (9am til 5 pm) Fax 717893-4218 or write PO Box Jshy3 Lock Haven PA 17745-0496

AUGUST 15 - BROOKFIELD WIshyCapitol Airport 8th Annual Vintage Airshycraft Display and Ice Cream Social Midwest Antique Airplane Club will also hold its monthly fly-In meeting For more informashytion call George Meade at 414962-2428

AUGUST 27-29 - SUSSEX NJ - Sussex Airport Sussex Airshow For more informashytion call 2011875-0783

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EAA Chapter 391 Fly-IN Food flying tours raffle and more Camping on the field For more info call Thopson Aircraft at 5091786-1034

SEPT 8-12 - GALESBURG IL -Galesburg Municipal Airport 22nd Nashytional Stearman Fly-In Contact Tom Lowe 823 Kingston Ln Crystal Lake IL 60014 815459-6873 or Harold Canada 370 Hawkinson Av Galesburg IL 61401 309343-9850

SEPT 17-19 - KANKAKEE IL - Koshyerner Airport 9th Annual Midwest Stinshyson Fly-In Seminars on Stinson 108s and Franklin engi nes FAA Safety Seminars Sat night banquet Fly-outs rally and performance contests Camping on the field Contact Loran Nordgren 4 W Neshybraska Frankfort IL 60423 Phone 815469-9100

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SEPT 18-19 -Hickory NC - 8th Annual EAA Chapter 731 Fly-In Contact Jean Smith days 704396-7032 or Norman Rainshywater evenings 704328-5807

SEPT 18middot19 - ROCK FALLS IL shyEAA Nortb Central Fly-In 708513-0642

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SEPT 24-25 - HEBER CITY UT shyUtah State EAA Sport Aviation 8tb Intershymountain Fly-In Seminars demonstrashytions aircraft judging camping food tours and fun Heber Valley Airport (36U) Conshytact Russ McDonald 801645-9543

SEPT 24middot26 - CAMDEN SC 52 nd reunion of Southern Aviation School pilot Primary Flight Training 1941-1944 For all Alumni employees and all personel Conshytact Bill Hawkins PO Box 789 Camden SC 29020 Phone 803432-9595

SEPT 25middot26 - WILMINGTON DE shyEAA East Coast Regional Fly-In 3011933shy0314

SEPT 30 bull OCT 3 bull OWENSBORO KY Owensboro Davies County Airport Annual Convention of International Cessna 120140 Assoc Contact David Lowe or Gil Pounds 502736-5392 or Fax 736-2403

OCT 1middot2middot BARTLESVILLE OK shy36th Annual Tulsa Fly-In Special Aircraft this year include the EAA replica Spirit of St Louis and the original Woolaroc winshyner of the 1927 Dole Pineapple race Conshytact Charlie Harris 3933 S Peoria Tulsa OK 74105 9181742-7311

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS On this page youll see the latest additions to the ranks of the EAA AnshytiqueClassic Division Whether youre joining for the first time or are coming back we welcome you and wed especially like to welcome those ofyou who are joining us with your interest in Contemporary class aircraft Welcome one and all

Randy Abegglen Lewisville ID Jose Abreu Miami FL Tracy A Ake Gainesville VA Roy B Allison Minneapolis MN Carson V Baker Crestwood KY James E Bean Northport NY Tom Beck Bethel AK George Beckerman Mt Carmel IL John F Benson Glendora CA Paul W Blackman Finksburg MD Don Blehm Green Mtn Falls CO Michael G Brown Roanoke VA Samuel W Bruce Eagle Rock VA Walter R Bullerwell Dickson TN David W Burns MarengoIL Tony Buttacavoli Waterford MI H Todd Clamp Newberry SC Troy P Coker III Dallas TX David M Collins Cornelius OR Douglas Conciatu Sterling Heights MI Mark Conover Houston TX James D Cooper Thonotosassa FL Gaetan Coulombe

Cloridorme Quebec Canada Marcella Dankow

Ft McMurray Alberta Canada James Dawson Vacaville CA Drew Detsch San Francisco CA Donald Dewey Sierra Madre CA Van G Dickens Fayetteville NC Charles Dobbins Abingdon V A Donald E Dorrell Santa Barbara CA William Doud USMM Sterling NY Jack C Faas Lake Geneva WI Bill Farrell Cincinnati OH Joel Fenger Chester MT Geoffrey M Fickling McAlpine FL J W Corkey Fornof

Canyon Country CA James R Freese Ukiah CA Walter F Gall Bainbridge W A George Galpin Marton New Zealand Sidney Gehlert Pasadena MD Gary Gladd Fullerton CA Daniel H Gleason Coraopolis P A D Brad Gossen

Downsville Ontario Canada Charles D Grady Tallulah LA Charles E Graves Waterloo IA Jeffrey W Gray

Calgary Alberta Canada Allen D Guth Mokena IL Merv Halliday Tanau New Zealand C Kay Hanshell Sabina OH John E Henderson Lancaster PA Stuart G Henderson Durham NC Arthur L Herr Memphis TN Charles A Hinkle

North Little Rock AR Stephen R Hosch Louisvi lle KY Norman Howard CoffeyviUe KS Don Johnson Los Molinos CA

Wayne Johnson Minneapolis MN Louis A Kirn Apex NC Edward Kling West Chicago IL Paul R Kube San Diego CA Robert E Lake

Hot Springs Village AR James F Landers Elden W Larson Jan Love Robert B Love Louis Lufker Richard L Lutes Waldo Magnuson Scott Mathews Gary K Mathiasen Daniel C Maurin Roger C McAlister James S McAllister George Medue

Tempe AZ Bellevue WA

Saginaw MI Vienna VA

East Moriches NY Hampshire IL Spokane WA

Anchorage AK Dublin CA

San Francisco CA Blue River OR

Lake Monroe FL Medway OH

Bruce L Moore St Augustine FL Mark A Morrison Staley NC Michel Normandin

Longueuil Quebec Canada John L Northey Port Moody British Columbia Canada

Thomas R OHanlon Fort Ogden FL Richard L Oreair Jr Jacksonville FL Ronald J Parese Bridgewater CT Marlin Parrott Jefferson City MO Bryan C Pender Victor G Plumbo Timothy L Popp Jimmy Powers H L Richards John Robinson Robert Santolla David Sarge William A Shain Jeff Simmons

Millington TN Millville NJ

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C Mahlon Skinnel Jr Lynchburg VA Ari Slitonen Jarvenpaa Finland Colin F Smith Half Moon Bay CA Robert J Smith Billings MT Stephen W Smith Anchorage AK Alan Sparks Joshua TX Cosmo St John Colchester VT Don Stearns Portsmouth NH Peter Strannemar Blairstown NJ Susan J Thompson Natick MA Gary Vassbotn

Calgary Alberta Canada Robert R Wallace Champaign IL Lynn Warren Shelby MI Homer R Weathers ColumbusOH Thomas A Whisnant

Granite Falls NC Julie A White Arizona City AZ Chuck Williams Bellflower CA Steven T Williamson

West Redding cr Kenneth B Woodard Greensboro NC Ronald C Wright Gatesville TX

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Notice is hereby given that an annual business meeting of the members of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division will be held on Wednesday August 4 1993 at 830 am (Central Daylight Time) at the 41st Annual Convention of the Experimental Aircraft Association Inc Wittman Regional Airport Oshkosh Wisconsin Notice is hereby further given that the annual election ofofficers and directors of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division will be conducted by ballot distributed to the members along with this June issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE Said ballot must be returned properly marked to the Ballot Tally Committee EAA AntiqueClassic Division P O Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 and received no later than July 31 1993 The Nominating Committee submits the following list of candidates Arthur R Morgan Vice-President EE Buck Hilbert Treasurer John S Jack Copeland Director Philip Coulson Director Stan GomoLL Director Dale A Gustafson Director Robert S Lickteig Director

ARTHUR R MORGAN Milwaukee Wisconsin

Art Morgan began fly ing in 1961 and received his private license in 1962 In 1965 he went on to get his commercial rating He has been a member of EAA since 1962 and began by parking airplanes at the EAA Conventions in Rockford Illinois Art was one of the first to start building a KR-l and although he did not complete his project he was instrumental in the completion of two of the litt le birds In 1974 he and his wife Kate purchased a 1939 Luscombe 8-C which he promptly rebuilt After two yea rs of fly ing the Luscombe Art and several friends orga nized the American Luscombe Club The Morgans also own a Bellanca 14-13 Art se rved the EAA as a Museum volunteer for several yea rs as Classic parking chairman at Oshkosh and also as AntiqueClassic Parki ng Chai rman Art has been a Director of the AntiqueClassic Division since 1978

E E BUCK HILBERT Union Illinois

Buck is a native of Chicago and a graduate of Lewis College He began learning the pilots point of view while work shying as a line boy at the old Elmhurst Airport near Chicago in 1938 The pay wasnt much but it was flying time and he soloed an Aeronca 65-LA Chief in October 1941 He enlisted in the Air Force shortly thereafter into the Training Command where he flew and instructed in many of the training aircraft of that era He flew gunnery training at Las Vegas Army Air Field in B-17s and finished up teaching Chinese Nationali st Pilots twin engine transition Recalled for the Korean war Buck qualified as an Army Aviator and flew with the HQ Company Air Section of the 24th Infant ry Division A most rewarding and memorable experience he reports Buck and Dorothy and their four children are at home at Hilbert s Funny Farm where he has an airstrip and keeps a stable of interesting and flyab le old airplanes Buck is a retired Un ited Airlines captain Buck is no stranger to the AntiqueClassic Division He is past president hav shying served from 1971 through 1975 He currently is Treasurer of the Division and is also a member of the EAA Aviation Foundation Board of Trustees

JOHN S JACK COPELAND Westborough Massachusetts

Jack received a degree in mechanical engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology in 1954 He served as an Aircraft Maintenance Officer on acti ve dut-y-in the middotUS Air Force from 1955- attaining the rank of captain in the USAF Rese rve Jack holds a co mmercial pilot license with a fli ght instructor rating He joined EAA in 1971 and the AntiqueClassic Division in 1975 shortly after purchasing his first aircraft a 1948 Cessna 140 At that time Jack lived in the Chicago area and participated in pre-Convention weekend work parties He has been an active volunteer at the last twelve annual Conventions serving at va rious times as Classic Parking Co-Chairman Manpower Co-Chairman and Manpower Chairman He was named an advisor to the AntiqueClassic Board of Directors in 1979 and served in that capacity until 1984 when he was elected to a Directorship Jack earns his living as a professional engineer and in addition to his EAA involvement is active as a Captain on the Massachusetts Wing Staff of the Civil Air Patrol

PHILIP COULSON Lawton Michigan

Phil was born on a fa rm in southwestern Michigan His first ride in an airplane was at the age of 16 in a Fairchild PT-23 owned and fl own by Horace Sackett a local pilot and AampP Twenty-years later Horace would be Phils guiding light in restoring his 1930 Waco INF Phil lea rned to fl y off a grass strip in Lawton Michigan in 1962 His original dual instrucshytion and solo fl ying was in a Piper J-5 Throughout the yea rs he has owned several aircraft including a J-3 Cub Taylorcraft TriPacer and Cessna 190 He and his wife Ruthie are lovers of Wacos and greatly enjoy flying their 1940 UPF-7 Waco Their Kinner powered 1930 INF Waco is currently on loan to the Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum in Kalamazoo MI They also own a Model G Bonanza Phil s military ca reer consisted of four yea rs in the US Air Force during the Korean War Phil is a li fe time EAA member and began attending EAA Conventions in Rockford Illinois He is a charter member of AntiqueClassic Chapter 8 and also a past president Phil is a past chairman of the annual Parade of Flight at Oshkosh and is currently the President of the newly formed American Waco Club Inc He was appointed advisor to the AntiqueClassic Board in 1985 The Coulsons live in Lawton Michigan

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STAN GOMOLL Blaine Minnesota

Stan soloed a J-3 Club on his 16th birthday on 11-30-42 In 1945 he served in the US Air Force as a ground crewman on B-29s based at Guam Stan received his AampE license in 1949 at Spartan School of Aeronautics then returned home to Minneapolis where he worked at a small airport In 1951 he was hired by Northwest Airlines as a mechanic progressing to Flight Engineer and Co-pilot Stan is now retired from Northwest Stans first airplane was a 193940 hp Taylorcraft Currently he owns and fli es a 1936 Waco Cabin and a 1946 J-3 Cub Over the years he has restored many airplanes Stan has been active in EAA working on various committees at the Annual Convention In 1976 he was named Advisor and elected to the Board of Directors in 1984 He is currently President of AntiqueClassic Chapter 4 in the Minneapolis area

RJ DOBBY LICKTEIG Albert Lea Minnesota

Dobby is a native of Minnesota and had his first ai rplane ride at the age of 13 in a Velie Monocoupe He earned a solo license in a J-2 Cub at the age of 16 working at the local ai rport for flying time and has been flying since then After completing college in Minnesota he entered Air Force pilot training and graduated in Class 421 and was assigned to a new P-47 fighter group His tour of combat was 2-112 years in the European Theater of Operations during World War 11 Dobby has owned a varied collection of aircraft including a Stinson V77 Stearman L-2M Aztec Citabria BT-13A and AT-6G In 1985 he completed the restoration of a KR-2l Kinner-powered biplane and donated it to the EAA Aviation Museum His airplanes are frequent visitors to all Upper Midwest fly-ins He has been active in EAA Antique Classic and Warbird activities since the Convention was moved to Oshkosh He served as president of the AntiqueClassic Division from 1984 until 1988 Dobby is retired and he and his wife Jeanne live in Albert Lea Minnesota Their son Scott is a licensed pilot and is active on the Warbirds parking committee at the Annual EAA Convention

DALE A GUSTAFSON Indianapolis IN

Dale has been interested in airplanes since he was a small child and took his first plane ride in 1939 at the age of 10 He started taking flying lessons in 1945 and soloed at 16 After high school he worked at the airport in South Bend Indiana servicing airliners handling cargo and doing field maintenance Dale attended Spartan School of Aeronaut ics in 1948 and 1949 to obtain additional pilot ratings After this he freelanced as a fli ght instructor and ran a small FBO at South Bend until he was hired as a co-pilot on Turner Airlines in Indianapolis in 1950 Through name changes and mergers the airline is now USAir He had been with the airline for more than 35 years when he retired His plans now are to spend his time between Indiana and Florida where he has property adjoining a private airstrip Through the years Dale has owned various aircraft including a Stinson V77 Piper Colt Fairchild 24 Cessna 150 and several modern airplanes He currently owns a Cessna 195 plus a Stearman PT-17 and Piper J-4 which are being restored Recently Dale and his wife operated a small ai rport northwest of Indianapolis He is a member of several organizations interested in antique classic and homebuilt aircraft He has been a member of EAA since 1960 and the AntiqueClassic Division since it was organized He has served as an Advisor to the Division and currently is se rving as a Director For several years Dale has judged antiques at Oshkosh and served as Program Chairman for the AntiqueClassic Division awards

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Projector a Low Priced Airplane

In November 1933 Eugene Vidal Dishyrector of Aeronautics of the US Departshyment of Commerce announced that the Department was taking the initiative in seeking a method whereby airplanes might be made available to the general public at a price low enough to make posshysible widespread private ownership Such a vehicle became known as the $700 airshyplane - the selling price of popular autoshymobiles of the time

Vidal conceived that such an airplane would be a two- or three-seat all metal airplane The plane would be cheap beshycause it would be mass-produced using automotive industry methods It would also be rugged and easy to repair with the costs of owning and operating the mashychine less than that of an average-priced automobile

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lots and mechanics They were asked if they would be interested in such an airshyplane at a price of $700 About 18000 replies were received with 13000 saying they would purchase such an aircraft Not surprising as such an airplane would be $300 to $500 less than anything on the market About 5000 said they would not purchase With the results of the survey in hand Vidal believed there was a market for upwards of 10000 of the $700 airshyplanes

Assured that a substantial potential market existed for such a plane Vidal apshyproached the Public Works Administrashytion for funding The agency one of the numerous federal agencies established in the depression to battle unemployment allotted $500000 for the project Vidal felt that the funds channeled through a consortium of existing aircraft builders would be used to hire unemployed engishyneers draftsmen and craftsmen who

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would design and manufacture a cheap airplane

Problems arose from the very beginshyning Legal counsel for the Public Works Administration decided that the money could only go to public works and that there was nothing public about private airplanes for the masses So the funds were rescinded Some companies already manufacturing light aircraft claimed that the publicity already had caused potenshytial buyers to wait on the ephemeral poor-man s plane than purchase an existshying design Waldo Waterman in his book WALDO PIONEER AVIATOR stated Vidals quest for a $700 airplane all but destroyed what little aircraft industry there was still surviving the Depression

AERO DIGEST

The reaction in the aviation press of the time was not very favorable In an editorial in the December 1933 issue of AERO DIGEST Frank Tichenor stated It is no secret that the hard-working and hard-pressed Aeronautics Branch has been under pressure for some time to do for private flying something big spectacshyular and constructive

But it was indeed regrettable that Mr Vidals questionnaire which he must know caused a veritable storm upon many airports left the erroneous impresshysion that the Aeronautics Branch had a specific and definite plane in view when it presented its proposal to American fliers

We are not surprised that there are many private pilots who would like such a ship at $700 According to the figures of the Labor Department there are some 10000000 people who would like a fifshyteen-cent dinner but not only does such a dinner appear non-existent but often the necessary nickel and dime also is conspicuously absent

We commend the Aeronautics Branch for its efforts in attempting to

bring the light airplane manufacturer in touch with the current market but let no one who is at present in the market for any of the excellent low-priced airplanes now available hesitate in making his purshychase because of the Departments quesshytionnaire The prospects of an early fulshyfillment of the $700 airplane idea is too remote to let it be the means of curtailing the sales of tried and proven aircraft

AVIATION

In the December 1933 issue of AVIAshyTION the editor Edward P Warner asked $700 And How It is frequently a matter of some little difficulty to pick the particular story which deserves the preeminent position of our new pages but this month there could be no doubt The announcement from the Department of Commerce that Director Vidal has unshydertaken to solici t expressions of willingshyness to buy a new airplane of specified characteristics and that the characterisshytics include a price of $700 has set the high-water-mark in news excitement not only for November but for a much longer period

The idea is amusing in its very simshyplicity The industry may not sell 10000 airplanes or even any large part thereof but at least we shall have a lot of new inshyformation Aside from some temporary unsettlement of the market for existing types of aircraft we believe the results will be good But there is a word of caushytion that should be said and point that should be made

Extreme care must be used in intershypreting the results of the market survey There are plenty of people who will gaily write YES on a piece of paper but who will not be nearly so ready to write their names at the bottom of checks for $700 each

But there is another point We beshylieve that 10000 airplanes of quality could be built for $700 apiece by a single manufacturer who received a single order for 10000 machines They cannot be built for any such price under the conditions that existed in 1929 with about 180 manushyfacturers scrambling over each other afshyter every individual sale and with no sinshygle factory setting up production of more than a few hundred ships An essential condition precedent to the successful acshycomplishment of the Vidal plan is that the aircraft industry should cooperate as no industry has ever cooperated before

It would have to be turned out in many plants with wings built at A and landing gear at B and assembly taken care of at C and then it will have to be the subject of a concentrated sales camshypaign in which all effort is merged to get as many people as possible into the air We dont know that can be done

USED PLANES

And in the 99ER Clara Gilbert in her comments Are Air Flivvers Feasible raised the question of used aircraft There are available at the moment many used ships for sale at figures well under $1 000 Among them are to be found not only two place but three and four place ships cabin jobs as well as open cockpit models and the majority are capashyble of speeds well in excess of 100 miles an hour If there is no market for these airshyplanes how then does the Government propose to stimulate sufficient interest in private and sport flying to dispose of 10000 smaller slower planes which will only carry two passengers at a price apshyproximating that of these used ships

AERO DIGEST ON FUNDING

In the February 1934 issue of AERO DIGEST the editor Edward P Warner presented his views in Notes on a $700 Airplane He stated When Director of Aeronautics Vidal launched his famous private plane questionnaire a considerable segment of the aircraft industry thought it a joke - and not a particularly funny one When he persuaded the Public Works Adshyministration to make over $500000 to proshymote the realization of the project as a means of developing a new industry to proshyvide new employment the joke ended Half a million dollars are to be regarded seriously even in days when federal expenshyditures run to six billion and higher

In response to a request of A VIAshyTION Eugene Vidal Director of Aeroshynautics US Department of Commerce prepared an official view concerning the interest of the Department in the private airplane market His response was pubshylished in the February 1934 issue of A VIshyAnON under the title Low-Priced Airshyplane

Private flying measured in terms of active pilots planes and their use is on the decline After fifteen years or so of the building of planes for miscellaneous flying there are less than 7000 licensed airplanes in this country of 12000000 people

It might be well to assume that there may be something wrong with the product which we now are attempting to sell that the market exists for something diffe rent It also might be well to overlook entirely the attitude of the pilots who already have lea rned to fly (who would like to have a faster plane) and concentrate on the avershyage American citizen who may not be an aviation enthusiast Also it might be well to cease planning planes which the indusshytry feels that the future pilot should have and plan one which would appeal to the United States citizen even though it may not be as desirable to every pilot and deshysigner

The most important detail of an airshyplane as of any other manufactured prodshyuct is its price Granted an airplane should be safe no matter how safe it may be it cannot be sold in numbers if it is too exshypensive It is useless to make a plane safe if it wont be purchased and thus wont be flown The majority of Americans buy aushytomobiles which sell for less than $1 000 and are inexpensive to operate and mainshytain They are quite accustomed to the price range between $500 and $1000 and it goes without saying that an airplane for that price sold on the installment plan would have a popular appeal

Vidal felt that the automobile driver was the customer for the $700 plane and that this customer had become accusshytomed to details of an automobile its apshypearance material control etc He stated that a car made of fabric couldn t possibly sell As metal is durable and strong so the airplane should be

He believed metal construction was important from other viewpoints Producshytion methods used for the automotive inshydustry could be adopted to airplane manushyfacture such as the mass stamping of parts Techniques of assembly and of mainteshynance and repair would suggest methods for volume production of airplanes

The appearance of an airplane must be attractive and in its details and remind the car driver of his car He also felt that the popular plane should look like a modern passenger transport To the casual eye the small airplane would appear as a scaled-down reproduction of the airliners which now are flying Also the small airshyplane would require little professional training and skills necessary to fly it

Vidal concluded his comments with the following An airplane can be built for $700 and the Public Works allotment asshysures that difficulties in the way of initiatshying the program can be met Volume proshyduction will make the airplane possible and it also will react to the benefit of the entire industry stimulating employment in factories increasing the business of airshyports affording new opportunities for emshyployment of pilots and mechanics

Indirectly the renewed interest in flyshying undoubtedly will direct attention of more people upon the services offered by the scheduled ai rlines There should be a development analogous to that which has taken place in the automobile radio reshyfrigerator and other industries And just as the introduction of these articles has been a stimulus to business in general the low-priced airplane has an opportunity to add to the scope of commercial activities

A NEW COURSE FOR THE BUREAU

The withdrawal of funds by the Public Works Administration did not thwart Vishydal in his efforts in pursuing the deveJop-

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ment of the low-priced airplane Under his direction the Bureau of Aeronautics created a development section to foster the design construction and developshyment of safer easier operated more comfortable and lower priced airplanes for private owners

The Bureau had no budget for develshyopment but it did have funds for purshychasing aircraft to be flown by its inspecshytors as they traveled around the country Later from a special appropriation of $1000000 which was to be used at the discretion of the President for the develshyopment of military and civil aviation $100000 was made available for the new Development Section

Under its authority and with its fundshying the first task of the new section was to investigate possible designs for a safer low-priced airplane for private use A committee was also formed representing both the Government and industry Among the members were Amelia Earhart Dr George Lewis NACA Robert Renfro editor THE SPORTSshyMAN PILOT Edward Warner SAE and Alford Williams American Petroleum Institute

The newly created Development Secshytion turned to the task of setting up deshysign criteria for what Vidal called a Safety Plane Once the specifications were drawn Vidal would solicit bids from the aircraft industry The plan was to purchase 25 airplanes from the firm submitting the best design He was no longer talking about a low-priced everyshymans airplane or planes at the cost of a car but envisioned the Safety Plane as a prototype for the massed produced inshyexpensive aircraft of tomorrow

LIGHT PLANE SPECIFICATIONS

The Bureau of Aeronautics (Bureau of Air Commerce as of July 1934) specishyfications were published in the July 1934 issue of AVIATION along with some edshyitorial comments There is a distinct reshysemblance to the requirements of the Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition

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of 1929 in the light airplane specifications issued recently by the Department of Commerce In sponsoring the developshyment of such a design by calling for bids for 25 planes for the use of his inspectors Aeronautics Director Eugene Vidal beshylieves that the simplicity and safety of opshyeration and low operating cost will attract many new private owners

The editor remarked that several aeroshynautical engineers had been thinking along the same lines and included in the same issue an article about the experishymental machine built by Fred Weick This machine the W-l was being tested at the time at Langley by the NACA

The specifications were broken down into four parts General Performance Safety Features Powerplant and Equipshyment In general they called for an airshyplane with an extreme amount of forward visibility and the ability to brake immeshydiately upon touchdown without nosing over The airplane had to be able to take off over a 35 foot obstacle after an 800 foot run and to land within 400 feet after passing over the same obstacle Addishytionally it had to be non-spinning nonshystalling with a top speed of at least 110 mph and a landing speed of under 35 mph All this to be accomplished with just a 100 horsepower engine Cost was no longer the determining factor in the competition

Aircraft manufacturers would have until August 17 1934 to submit their bids for the contract to build 25 aircraft Vidal opened the bids in the competition at a small Washington ceremony on August 271934 Only one bid came from an airshycraft manufacturer of any size and repushytation The others had been submitted by small firms Because the designs were all so untried Vidal decided against ordershying 25 from anyone bidder Instead the winner would get a contract for 15 and five different builders each a contract for a single prototype which the government would test and evaluate

Fourteen bids were received from the following Safety Air Transport of Indishyanapolis Campbell Aircraft of St Joseph MO Church Airplane Company

Chicago Waldo Waterman of Santa Monica CA Hartford Aircraft CurtissshyWright Robertson MO Hammond Airshycraft Ypsilanti MI Niagara Amphibions Buffalo NY St Louis Aircraft Corp St Louis Arrow Aircraft Lincoln NE Spartan Aircraft Tulsa Kreider-Reisner Hagerstown MD Cunningham-Hall Rochester NY Amphibions Roosevelt Field Long Island

BUREAU AWARDS LIGHTPLANE CONTRACTS

The Hammond Aircraft Company of Ypsilanti MI was the winner of the comshypetition sponsored by the Bureau of Air Commerce to procure airplanes for its inshyspectors and at the same time to encourshyage the development of an economical safe airplane for the private owner

On October 18 1934 the Bureau awarded a contract for 15 of the Hamshymond aircraft with the option of taking five more at $3190 apiece (So much for the $700 airplane) Delivery of the first plane was to have been made within five months and the delivery of the remainshyder within four months of the Bureaus acceptance of the first During the course of 1935 with the money saved by not ordering 25 copies of the winning deshysign the Bureau contracted for five other aircraft to be purchased These included Waldo Waterman for his tailless Arrowshyplane Ole Fahlin (not one of the original bidders) for the Plymacoupe a high wing design powered by a Plymouth automoshybile engine Kreider-Reisner was given an order to modify the Weick W-1 Pitshycairn for the his new road able autogiro Curtiss-Wright for its 90 hp Coupe and the Arrow Company for one of its Sports powered by a Ford V-8 automobile Enshygine

Over the next few years the Bureau would be busy testing these aircraft Three would be successful enough to be certificated for production More on the aircraft in the next installment

(To be continued in next months edishytion of VINTAGE AIRPLANE)

1993 saw many changes for the AnshytiqueClassic Division at Sun n Fun 93 shythe biggest was the relocation of the parkshying area for our airplanes to the east side of the Sun n Fun convention site AnshytiqueClassic Headquarters was also moved with the new location next to the woods on the east end of the main drag The new parking area will in the long run provide more parking for Antique Classic and Contemporary airplanes This year the huge amount of water dumped on the site during the weeks previous to the Conventions start made some areas a bit on the soupy side but Ray Olcott and his tireless group of aircraft parkers did

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their best to keep the airplanes out of the stickiest plots As improvements are made to the new parking area the drainage should improve according to Bill Eickshyhoff Sun n Fun president The rainy weather abated just in time for the Fly-In and the pleasant weather made everybody in the local Chamber of Commerce breathe a big sigh of relief

The second big change came about with the judging of the Contemporary class for the first time A number of good looking Contemporaries were on hand and its apparent that pilots are beginning to take notice of the hidden gems out there on the tiedown ramps across the

country Just as it took a few years for the Classic category to bring the airshyplanes up to Grand Champion status so it will be with the Contemporary class but we can all be encouraged by the efshyforts that have been expended so far shysome of these airplanes are just plain flat gorgeous

Antiques and Classics had their fair share of good looking airplanes too shyleading the pack was the Davis D-l W owned and restored by Dr Roy Wicker and Barbara Kitchens The handsome parasol monoplane was once the pershysonal aircraft of designer and company owner Walter Davis The Davis was judged the Grand Champion Antique of Sun n Fun 93

In the Classic arena there was no Grand Champion award this year - none of the aircraft judged had points above the threshold to be judged as such but a few came close A number of nice Cubs were on display as well as the latest restoration effort by Joe Fleeman the man who restored Delton Perry s TrishyPacer His latest work a BUcker Jungshymann for Ralph Lerch is a true beauty in black

All manner of flying machines came to roost in Lakeland for Sun n Fun - on the next few pages youll get a full color view of some of the neatest vintage airshyplanes in the skies today Delmar Benjamin and his Gee Bee R-1 replica drew admiring crowds again this year

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Grand Champion - Davis D-IW NC 13576 Dr Roy Wicker Quitman GAl Barshybara Kitchens Milner GA

Reserve Grand Champion - Travel Air 2000 NC8853 Gene Rambo Arlington VA

Silver Age (1928-1932) - Travel Air 4D N9917 Bill Plecenik Erwinna P A

Contemporary Age (1933-1945) - Stinson SR-9 NC17154 Jerry Stevens Boca Raton FL

Best Custom - Cessna UC-78 N78UC Dwain Pittenger Hereford TX

Best World War II Era - Stearman N2S N65101 Brian Becker Pompano Beach FL

Best Biplane - Beech Staggerwing N18575 Michael Greenblatt Midland GA

Best Monoplane - Piper J-3 N9499H Dan Foley Wichita KS

Best Open Cockpit - Stearman N1902M Russell Faller Farmingville NY

Best Cabin - Howard DGA-15P N22423 Fred Kirk Ft Lauderdale FL

Outstanding Aircraft - Monocoupe 90AL NC11760 Robert Eicher Daytona Beach FL

Outstanding Aircraft - Piper J-3 N35GM Gene McNeely Earle AR

Outstanding Aircraft - Stearman N2S N68238 Chris and Lyle Wheeler Boca Rashyton FL

Outstanding Aircraft - Stearman N555 Cliff Lowe Cadiz KY

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(Right) Joe Fleeman has done it again His restoration of Ralph Lerchs(AlC 16691) Bucker Jungmann is stunning and the workmanship is excellent as it was on his restoration of Delton Perrys Piper Tri-Pacer

(Below) This nice Stinson 10A has just been restored to the configuration it had when it was used by the CAP at Lanshytana FI during WW II It is registered to Florida Airmotive Inc in Lantana

(Below right) Jerry Stevens handsome Stinson SR-9 taxis out for departure at Lakeland Steve hails from Boca Raton FL and was awarded the Contemporary Age (1933-1945) Antique trophy

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(Left) Immaculately restored by Pete Jones Air Repair of Cleveland GA Brian Becker s (AIC 14784) Stearman is reshysplendent in its US Navy color scheme It was the winner of the Best WW II Era trophy

(Lower left) Bird Biplanes always look so pretty on the flight line Brian Thorpe Mt Dora FL brought his Bird CK up north from the Miami area It is powered by a Continental R-670

(Below) Dick Jackson (AIC 371) Rochester NH continues to fly the only Waco D The 0 sometimes referred to as the Waco Super Sport is the only one of its kind in existence Dick restored it over 20 years ago and it is still looking great

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Best Classic 101 to 165 hp - Cessna 170 N2727C Gene D Engelskirger Hinkley OH

Best Classic Over 165 hp - Ryan Navion N5437K H a le Andre ws Berkeley Springs WV

Best Custom Classic Under 100 hp - Cessna 120 N2460N Scott Cox Ft Lauderdale FL

Best Custom Classic 101 to 165 hp - Pipe r P A-16 N5796H Mitch Freshyitag Summerville SC

Best Custom Classic Over 165 hp shyGlobe Swift N80555 Scott Anderson Deerfield Beach FL

Best Of Type - Pipe r PA-17 Vaga bo nd N4686 H Tom Scott Okeechobee FL

Best Of Type - G lobe Swift N78068 Pete Johnson Faribault MN

Best Of Type - Piper PA-22 Tri Pacer N8740C Delto n Perry Lawrenceburg TN

Best Of Type - Luscombe 8A NC681A Rochard Hoyle Vince nt AL

Outst a nding A ircraft - B ticker Ju ngma nn N46925 Ralp h Lerch Lawrenceburg TN

(Above and above right) Now you can put a face with the plane - heres Delton Perry (AIC 18583) and his Piper TrishyPacer (The same one featured in the Deshycember 1992 issue of Vintage Airplane) Deltons PA-22 won the Best of Type award for the restoration done by Joe Fleeman

(Right) Mark Holliday (AiC 1316) of Lake Elmo MN shows off the racy lines of his stock Globe Swift Stock or modified the Swift is still one of the most beautiful airplanes ever made

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AntiqueClassic HQ has been moved to a spot next to the Ill bet you can guess which college football team Parnell Colas woods - here folks are enjoying the shade during the aftershy cheers for noon airshow

(Above) Hale Andrews (AIC 982) of Berkeley Springs WV cruises by with the pretty Navion Super 260 his father bought new in 1951 It has just been restored after a flood nearly deshystroyed it

(Left) Luke Walker is just starting to enjoy flyshying his newly-restored Piper Vagabond It was his first aircraft restoration effort

(Right) N7777K is the oldest Piper Tri-Pacer in existence - it is serial No2 the first production aircraft to survive (Serial number 1 was tested to destruction during the certificashy

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Outstanding Aircraft - Cessna 172 N6208E Jerry W Wharton Wise VA Ul

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(Above top) No tired old Apache here Verwayne (AIC 3987) and Leslie Owen Severna Park MD are just completing this nice restorashytion of their 1959 Piper PA-23 Apache

(Above right) Anthony Lamontia (AIC 20124) Bath OH is justifiably proud of his Cessna 182 he has been restoring for a number of years It was an Outstanding Airshycraft award winner

(Left) Another Outstanding Aircraft award winner was Jerry Whartons 1959 Cessna 172 Jerrys airplane was stored indoors for most of its life and as a consequence the airshyplane was we preserved The inshyterior fabric on the seats and side panels is original as is the instrushyment panel -erry (AIC 18564) is from Wise VA

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(Left) After their first attempt at flying the England - Australia trip in a Piper J-3() Bob and Diane Dempster are going to try it again in a brand spanking new Piper PA-18 Super Cub (The first time the density altitude high and the service ceiling of the Cub not as high stopped the flight in the 1250 heat of the Egyptian desert) The Dempsters arrived at Lakeshyland after picking up the airplane in Vero Beach with 98 hours on the tach They plan to sell their house get an instrushyment rating for Bob and make the necshyessary modifications to fly the North Atshylantic and beyond

This years AntiqueClassic and Contemporary judges at Sun n Fun 93 were (left to right) Jim Zantop Joe Sinnett Xen K Motsinger Jennie White George Hindall Bill Doty Jack Gilson Juan Blanco Bob Romanelli Leonard Kress Jack Gillespie Terny Brokaw Harris Wiese Wayne Anderson Bill Murry and Don Jacobs Thanks to all of them for their hard work chasing down the airplanes to be judged

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Best Metal Seaplane - Cessna 185E N5830J Joe Strazzula Ft Pierce FL Best Fabric Seaplane - Maule M-7 N61350 Mark Futch Boca Grande FL Best Ampbibian - Grumman Goose N121GL Chuck Greenhill Mettawa IL

Originally located in Louisiana this J-3 Cub on 1320 Edo floats N1353M SIN 9913 was brought to Florida by Steve Swails (EAA 377050) of Ft Myshyers and totally restored Although some corrosion was found necessary repairs were completed and the airframe was epoxy primed and powder coated for seaplane use A C85-12 engine was installed (without starter and generator) to replace the C65 and the floats were restored to new condition

Left - Steve Swails carefully negotiates alligator alley between the shore and open water at Lake Parker Pilots reported the gators were quite prevalent just outside the reeds and could easily be seen sunning themshyselves

Lower left - Unusual mint condition 1320 Edo floats on Steve Swails J-3 Cub looked brand new Note the cable between the float tips for moving to the other side of the airplane - often referred to as a Canadian Spreader Bar

Lower right - Nestled on the shore of Lake Parker is Steve Swails J-3 85 Cub His passenger was Alex Wopper (EAA 419315) of Valdivia Chile who is just starting seaplane training He has purchased a Murphy Regtel kit along with a float kit and will build them at his home in the south of Chile - below the 40th parallel A native of Germany Alex is excited about having the only seaplane in Chile and many many lakes to fly from

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Brilliant ear1y morning photo of Bill Rose (EAA 159635 AlC 6612) Grumman Goose N600ZE SIN B-100 with eleven hot air balloons lifting into the clear Florida sky

One of Jack Browns Seaplane Base Cubs on 1500 Aqua floats took a trip through the reeds cutting sileage The un-named pilot had to push and pull it out of the mess in waist deep water

Very nice photo of a Republic RC-3 Seabee N6659K SIN 936 as it powers onto the step for takeoff It is registered to Graham Sutherland of Port Orange FL Note how the spray rails move the water away from the hull and the proshypeller

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1fWIeIlashyGrand Champion - Nieuport 28

N6256 Replica Fighter Museum Gunshytersville AL

Outstanding Aircraft - Halberstadt D II N1388J Replica Fighter Museum Guntersville AL

Outstanding Aircraft - Sopwith Pup N1915K Replica Fighter Museum Gunshytersville AL

Outstanding Aircraft - Sopwith Trishyplane N543A Replica Fighter Museum Guntersville AL

3 years in a row Frank Ryders growing collection of WW I era replicas has again captured the Grand Champion Replica award at Sun n Fun This year the award was presented to the Nieuport 28 (above right) replica Chuck Brady (AIC 1920) constructed at his shop in Dwight IL

Frank and his Lake Gunterville Aero crew brought three other replicas to Sun n Fun 93 - from top to bottom they are Halberstadt DII Constructed by Carl Swanson Darien WI the airplane was on display at the EAA Air Adventure museum until being acquired by Frank Ryder for his museum Completely gone over by Gene Schwartz and the staff at Lake Gunshytersville Aero the Halberstadt was refinshyished in the spectacular longenze scheme you see here Its being flown here by Gene DeMarco

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The replica in the center of the page is the Sopwith Pup constructed by Ken Pruitt Belen NM and being flown by Frank Ryder He advises that it is one of the most demanding airplanes he has landed - even more so than the Fokker Triplane

Finally at the bottom of the facing page is the Sopwith Triplane built by Chad and Char Willie of Lake Oswego OR It is beshying flown for our camera by Joel Williams A Sopwith Dolphin project was also disshyplayed to give the public some sense of the work involved in constructing a replica WW I fighter WW I aviation will be the subject of a featured display at

EAA OSHKOSH 93 on the Convention taxiway - details are in this months AlC News

In the photo below the Douglas DC-3 of Alexander Aeroplane taxis out for deparshyture with a load of happy Sun n Fun volshyunteers Ron Alexander graciously agreed to give a ride to as many volunteers as he could with the Douglas and the smooth evening air was a treat for all who experishyenced it Our own Buck Hilbert was drafted as co-pilot (Im sure they had to drag him screaming and kicking to the airplane ) where he enjoyed refamiliarshyizing himself with the airplane he cut his teeth on as a neophyte airline pilot

Sun n Fun was once again an enjoyable

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1ST PLACE GROUND TO AIR - Robert T Beecher (AIC 17924) Chicago IL captured this truly rare photo of a Parks P-2A in flight Since there are only a few of these airplanes left flying this is definitely one for the scrapbooks

2ND PLACE GROUND TO AIR - Myron Heimer (AIC 8190) 3RD PLACE GROUND TO AIR - LeRoy Falk (AIC 9411) CarshyRose Creek MN pentersville IL neatly frames this Fairchild 24W

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1ST PLACE GROUND TO GROUND - Myron Heimer gets his second award with this in your face shot of a Dwain Pittengers Cessna T -50 Bobcat

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HONORABLE MENTION GROUND TO GROUND - L Vincent Hostetler (AIC 14206) Grand Junction CO Even rarer than the Parks P-2 this Parks P-1 now resides at Parks College of St Louis University in Cahokia IL

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1ST PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - LeRoy Falk receives top honors with this picture

of Chuck Spencer refueling Bill Roses Fairchild 22

2ND PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - Don Levandoski gets his second award with this shot of Allen Rudolph touching-up the aileron on the Pietenpol in the AlC tent at Oshkosh 92

3RD PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - (right) Jeri Mihalic (EAA 277478) Mammoth Cave KY shows The Oshkosh Experience in this picture of her husband Dave and his 1957 Bonanza

2ND PLACE - CHAIRMANS CHOICE - Myron Heimer shows us that not all TIger Moths are small

1ST PLACE CHAIRMANS CHOICE - James W Fowler (AIC 2293) Houston TX suitably titled this picture Young Eagle

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1ST PLACE WATER BIRDS - Pat Quinn (AIC 9207) of Ventura CA gives us a glimpse back in time with this photo titled Brennands Seaplane Base 1952 or 1992

2ND PLACE WATER BIRDS - Robert T Beecher

3RD PLACE WATER BIRDS - Myron Heimer brings back WATER BIRDS HONORABLE MENTION - William McCarrei all the memories of a calm summer day (AlC 4496) White Pigeon MI

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Judges Choice for 1992

This dazzling photo of a Lockheed 12-A Electra taken by Robert T Beecher receives the p restig ious honor of

Your judges for the 1992 Anshy man Lorraine Morris EE Tex tiqueClassic Photo Contest were Hilbert Chairman Jack McCarthy (left to right) Dan Hans Co-Chair- Bill Lombardi Lee Fray and Eric

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Lundahl Contest Chairman Jack McshyCarthy would like to thank all of the judges who helped out this year and he would also like to particularly thank Lorraine Morris who helped organize this year s event and did most of the record-keeping Lorraine is an active AC member and she flies a Boeing 737-400 for a living

The AC photo contest is on again for EAA Oshkosh 93 so get your cameras ready for the summer In next month s issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE the rules for the contest will be published and they will also be available when you register for the contest at the AC Red Barn during the Convention Remember the conshytest is for photos of Antique Classic or Contemporary aircraft shot either enroute at the EAA Convention or on the way home Our thanks to the over one hundred() AC members who entered this years contest and we look forward to seeing you again this year

The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a mailer of information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the information to EAA A(( Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903shy3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

JUNE 11-13 - DENTON TX - Denton Municipal Airport AAA (Texas Chapter) 30th Annual Fly-In Contact John or Nancy Whatley 214517-1981 or Bert Mashyhon817387-2620

JUNE 12 - GADSDEN AL - J-3 and Piper high wing Annual Fly-In Camping Bomb Drop Spot Landings Hangar dance Contact Faye Bryant Gadsden Pilots Asshysoc 196 Ira Gray Dr Gadsden AL 35901 205442-3313

JUNE 12 - NEWPORT NEWS V A shy21st Annual Colonial Fly-In Newport NewsWilliamsburg IntI Airport Sponshysored by EAA Chapter 156 Contact ofr inshyformation and NORDO entry Charles Colshylier 620 Hilton Rd Newport News V A 23605 804247-5844

JUNE 13 - AURORA IL - Aurora Mushynicipal Airport EAA Chapte r 579 FlyshyInlDrive -In breakfast and airport FBO open house 7am - 3pm Contact Alan Shackleton 708466-4193 or Bob Rieser Airport Manager 708466-7000

JUNE 19 - WILD ROSE WI - Idlewild Airport - Pancake BreakfastFly-In Idlewild-Wild Rose Airport Assoc PO Box 296 Wild Rose WI 54984 Call 414622-4020

JUNE 24-27 - MT VERNON OH shy34th Annual National Waco Reunion Greatest WACO Show On EARTH For more information call 513868-0084

JUNE 26-27 - ORANGE MA - Orshyange Municipal Airport 17th Annual New England Regional Fly-In sponsored by the Friends of the Orange Airport Contact Bob McKenney 508544-8762 or Len Beshydaw (Orange Airport) 508544-8189 or Fax 508249-5940

JUNE 26-27 - GREELEY CO - EAA Rocky Mountain Fly-In Antiques Classhysics homebuilts warbirds ultralights No registration fee free camping transportashytion to local motels 3031798-6086 or 353shy5514

JULY 4 - WISCONSIN RAPIDS WIshyWI Rapids Airport EAA Chapter 706 FlyshyInDrive In Pancake Breakfast 730shy1130am Call 715435-3644 for information

JULY 7-11 - ARLINGTON WA shyNorthwest EAA Fly-In 206435-5857

JULY 10 -11- DELAWARE OHshy12th Annual EAA Chapter 9 Fly-In

Delaware Airport Contact Alan Harding 614442-0024

JULY 10 -11- EMMETSBURG lA shy5th Annual Aeronca Fly-In sponsored by tbe Tail dragger Club Contact Keith Harnden Box 285 Emmetsburg IA 50536

JULY 11- MICHIGAN CITY IN - EAA Chapter 966 Pancake Breakfast Contacts The Dees - 219324-6060 or the Hugley s 219325-0133

JULY 16-18 - RED LAKE ONTARlOshyNorseman Festival and Fly-In at Red Lake Ontario Norseman Capita l of the World Floats and wheels Contact Ron Robinson Box 308 Red LakeOntario Canada POV 2MO Phone 807727-2809 or Fax 807727shy3980

JULY 23 -24 - COFFEYVILLE KS shyFunk Aircraft Owners Assoc Reunion Conshytact Gene Ventress 10215 S Monticello Shawnee Mission KS 66227 Phone 9131782shy1483

JULY 24 -27 - WAUSAU WI - Ercoupe Owners Club National Convention Contact Syd Cohen 715842-7814

JULY 24 AND 25 - SHIOCTON WI shyAnnual Fly-In Contact Joyce Baggot 414986-3547

JULY 27 - AUGUST 7 - VALshyPARAISO (VPZ) IN Food and Fuel booth Stop by and see us on your way to and from Oshkosh We are famous for our hospitality Sponsored by EAA Chapter 104 Contact 219884-1619

THURSDAY JULY 29 -WEDNESDA Y AUGUST 4 1993 - OSHKOSH WI- 41st Annual EAA Fly-In and Sport Aviation Convention Wittman Regional Airport Con tact John Burton PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54904-3086 Call 414426-4800 for more information ITS NEVER TOO EARLY TO MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND

AUGUST 6 - 8 - STILLWATER OKshyLake Elmo Airport Sesquicentennial Aviashytion Days Fly-In breakfast balloon rally other events 612430-1200 for more inforshymation

AUGUST 12-15 - LOCK HAVEN PAshyWilliam T Piper Memorial Airport Sentishymental Journey 93 Aerial Mail To Lock Haven is this years tbeme All makes and models welcome especially Antique and classic airplanes Call 717893-4200 (9am til 5 pm) Fax 717893-4218 or write PO Box Jshy3 Lock Haven PA 17745-0496

AUGUST 15 - BROOKFIELD WIshyCapitol Airport 8th Annual Vintage Airshycraft Display and Ice Cream Social Midwest Antique Airplane Club will also hold its monthly fly-In meeting For more informashytion call George Meade at 414962-2428

AUGUST 27-29 - SUSSEX NJ - Sussex Airport Sussex Airshow For more informashytion call 2011875-0783

SEPT 4-5 PROSSER W A - 10th Annual

EAA Chapter 391 Fly-IN Food flying tours raffle and more Camping on the field For more info call Thopson Aircraft at 5091786-1034

SEPT 8-12 - GALESBURG IL -Galesburg Municipal Airport 22nd Nashytional Stearman Fly-In Contact Tom Lowe 823 Kingston Ln Crystal Lake IL 60014 815459-6873 or Harold Canada 370 Hawkinson Av Galesburg IL 61401 309343-9850

SEPT 17-19 - KANKAKEE IL - Koshyerner Airport 9th Annual Midwest Stinshyson Fly-In Seminars on Stinson 108s and Franklin engi nes FAA Safety Seminars Sat night banquet Fly-outs rally and performance contests Camping on the field Contact Loran Nordgren 4 W Neshybraska Frankfort IL 60423 Phone 815469-9100

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SEPT 18-19 -Hickory NC - 8th Annual EAA Chapter 731 Fly-In Contact Jean Smith days 704396-7032 or Norman Rainshywater evenings 704328-5807

SEPT 18middot19 - ROCK FALLS IL shyEAA Nortb Central Fly-In 708513-0642

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SEPT 24-25 - HEBER CITY UT shyUtah State EAA Sport Aviation 8tb Intershymountain Fly-In Seminars demonstrashytions aircraft judging camping food tours and fun Heber Valley Airport (36U) Conshytact Russ McDonald 801645-9543

SEPT 24middot26 - CAMDEN SC 52 nd reunion of Southern Aviation School pilot Primary Flight Training 1941-1944 For all Alumni employees and all personel Conshytact Bill Hawkins PO Box 789 Camden SC 29020 Phone 803432-9595

SEPT 25middot26 - WILMINGTON DE shyEAA East Coast Regional Fly-In 3011933shy0314

SEPT 30 bull OCT 3 bull OWENSBORO KY Owensboro Davies County Airport Annual Convention of International Cessna 120140 Assoc Contact David Lowe or Gil Pounds 502736-5392 or Fax 736-2403

OCT 1middot2middot BARTLESVILLE OK shy36th Annual Tulsa Fly-In Special Aircraft this year include the EAA replica Spirit of St Louis and the original Woolaroc winshyner of the 1927 Dole Pineapple race Conshytact Charlie Harris 3933 S Peoria Tulsa OK 74105 9181742-7311

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS On this page youll see the latest additions to the ranks of the EAA AnshytiqueClassic Division Whether youre joining for the first time or are coming back we welcome you and wed especially like to welcome those ofyou who are joining us with your interest in Contemporary class aircraft Welcome one and all

Randy Abegglen Lewisville ID Jose Abreu Miami FL Tracy A Ake Gainesville VA Roy B Allison Minneapolis MN Carson V Baker Crestwood KY James E Bean Northport NY Tom Beck Bethel AK George Beckerman Mt Carmel IL John F Benson Glendora CA Paul W Blackman Finksburg MD Don Blehm Green Mtn Falls CO Michael G Brown Roanoke VA Samuel W Bruce Eagle Rock VA Walter R Bullerwell Dickson TN David W Burns MarengoIL Tony Buttacavoli Waterford MI H Todd Clamp Newberry SC Troy P Coker III Dallas TX David M Collins Cornelius OR Douglas Conciatu Sterling Heights MI Mark Conover Houston TX James D Cooper Thonotosassa FL Gaetan Coulombe

Cloridorme Quebec Canada Marcella Dankow

Ft McMurray Alberta Canada James Dawson Vacaville CA Drew Detsch San Francisco CA Donald Dewey Sierra Madre CA Van G Dickens Fayetteville NC Charles Dobbins Abingdon V A Donald E Dorrell Santa Barbara CA William Doud USMM Sterling NY Jack C Faas Lake Geneva WI Bill Farrell Cincinnati OH Joel Fenger Chester MT Geoffrey M Fickling McAlpine FL J W Corkey Fornof

Canyon Country CA James R Freese Ukiah CA Walter F Gall Bainbridge W A George Galpin Marton New Zealand Sidney Gehlert Pasadena MD Gary Gladd Fullerton CA Daniel H Gleason Coraopolis P A D Brad Gossen

Downsville Ontario Canada Charles D Grady Tallulah LA Charles E Graves Waterloo IA Jeffrey W Gray

Calgary Alberta Canada Allen D Guth Mokena IL Merv Halliday Tanau New Zealand C Kay Hanshell Sabina OH John E Henderson Lancaster PA Stuart G Henderson Durham NC Arthur L Herr Memphis TN Charles A Hinkle

North Little Rock AR Stephen R Hosch Louisvi lle KY Norman Howard CoffeyviUe KS Don Johnson Los Molinos CA

Wayne Johnson Minneapolis MN Louis A Kirn Apex NC Edward Kling West Chicago IL Paul R Kube San Diego CA Robert E Lake

Hot Springs Village AR James F Landers Elden W Larson Jan Love Robert B Love Louis Lufker Richard L Lutes Waldo Magnuson Scott Mathews Gary K Mathiasen Daniel C Maurin Roger C McAlister James S McAllister George Medue

Tempe AZ Bellevue WA

Saginaw MI Vienna VA

East Moriches NY Hampshire IL Spokane WA

Anchorage AK Dublin CA

San Francisco CA Blue River OR

Lake Monroe FL Medway OH

Bruce L Moore St Augustine FL Mark A Morrison Staley NC Michel Normandin

Longueuil Quebec Canada John L Northey Port Moody British Columbia Canada

Thomas R OHanlon Fort Ogden FL Richard L Oreair Jr Jacksonville FL Ronald J Parese Bridgewater CT Marlin Parrott Jefferson City MO Bryan C Pender Victor G Plumbo Timothy L Popp Jimmy Powers H L Richards John Robinson Robert Santolla David Sarge William A Shain Jeff Simmons

Millington TN Millville NJ

Fennville MI Greensboro NC

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C Mahlon Skinnel Jr Lynchburg VA Ari Slitonen Jarvenpaa Finland Colin F Smith Half Moon Bay CA Robert J Smith Billings MT Stephen W Smith Anchorage AK Alan Sparks Joshua TX Cosmo St John Colchester VT Don Stearns Portsmouth NH Peter Strannemar Blairstown NJ Susan J Thompson Natick MA Gary Vassbotn

Calgary Alberta Canada Robert R Wallace Champaign IL Lynn Warren Shelby MI Homer R Weathers ColumbusOH Thomas A Whisnant

Granite Falls NC Julie A White Arizona City AZ Chuck Williams Bellflower CA Steven T Williamson

West Redding cr Kenneth B Woodard Greensboro NC Ronald C Wright Gatesville TX

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Notice is hereby given that an annual business meeting of the members of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division will be held on Wednesday August 4 1993 at 830 am (Central Daylight Time) at the 41st Annual Convention of the Experimental Aircraft Association Inc Wittman Regional Airport Oshkosh Wisconsin Notice is hereby further given that the annual election ofofficers and directors of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division will be conducted by ballot distributed to the members along with this June issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE Said ballot must be returned properly marked to the Ballot Tally Committee EAA AntiqueClassic Division P O Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 and received no later than July 31 1993 The Nominating Committee submits the following list of candidates Arthur R Morgan Vice-President EE Buck Hilbert Treasurer John S Jack Copeland Director Philip Coulson Director Stan GomoLL Director Dale A Gustafson Director Robert S Lickteig Director

ARTHUR R MORGAN Milwaukee Wisconsin

Art Morgan began fly ing in 1961 and received his private license in 1962 In 1965 he went on to get his commercial rating He has been a member of EAA since 1962 and began by parking airplanes at the EAA Conventions in Rockford Illinois Art was one of the first to start building a KR-l and although he did not complete his project he was instrumental in the completion of two of the litt le birds In 1974 he and his wife Kate purchased a 1939 Luscombe 8-C which he promptly rebuilt After two yea rs of fly ing the Luscombe Art and several friends orga nized the American Luscombe Club The Morgans also own a Bellanca 14-13 Art se rved the EAA as a Museum volunteer for several yea rs as Classic parking chairman at Oshkosh and also as AntiqueClassic Parki ng Chai rman Art has been a Director of the AntiqueClassic Division since 1978

E E BUCK HILBERT Union Illinois

Buck is a native of Chicago and a graduate of Lewis College He began learning the pilots point of view while work shying as a line boy at the old Elmhurst Airport near Chicago in 1938 The pay wasnt much but it was flying time and he soloed an Aeronca 65-LA Chief in October 1941 He enlisted in the Air Force shortly thereafter into the Training Command where he flew and instructed in many of the training aircraft of that era He flew gunnery training at Las Vegas Army Air Field in B-17s and finished up teaching Chinese Nationali st Pilots twin engine transition Recalled for the Korean war Buck qualified as an Army Aviator and flew with the HQ Company Air Section of the 24th Infant ry Division A most rewarding and memorable experience he reports Buck and Dorothy and their four children are at home at Hilbert s Funny Farm where he has an airstrip and keeps a stable of interesting and flyab le old airplanes Buck is a retired Un ited Airlines captain Buck is no stranger to the AntiqueClassic Division He is past president hav shying served from 1971 through 1975 He currently is Treasurer of the Division and is also a member of the EAA Aviation Foundation Board of Trustees

JOHN S JACK COPELAND Westborough Massachusetts

Jack received a degree in mechanical engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology in 1954 He served as an Aircraft Maintenance Officer on acti ve dut-y-in the middotUS Air Force from 1955- attaining the rank of captain in the USAF Rese rve Jack holds a co mmercial pilot license with a fli ght instructor rating He joined EAA in 1971 and the AntiqueClassic Division in 1975 shortly after purchasing his first aircraft a 1948 Cessna 140 At that time Jack lived in the Chicago area and participated in pre-Convention weekend work parties He has been an active volunteer at the last twelve annual Conventions serving at va rious times as Classic Parking Co-Chairman Manpower Co-Chairman and Manpower Chairman He was named an advisor to the AntiqueClassic Board of Directors in 1979 and served in that capacity until 1984 when he was elected to a Directorship Jack earns his living as a professional engineer and in addition to his EAA involvement is active as a Captain on the Massachusetts Wing Staff of the Civil Air Patrol

PHILIP COULSON Lawton Michigan

Phil was born on a fa rm in southwestern Michigan His first ride in an airplane was at the age of 16 in a Fairchild PT-23 owned and fl own by Horace Sackett a local pilot and AampP Twenty-years later Horace would be Phils guiding light in restoring his 1930 Waco INF Phil lea rned to fl y off a grass strip in Lawton Michigan in 1962 His original dual instrucshytion and solo fl ying was in a Piper J-5 Throughout the yea rs he has owned several aircraft including a J-3 Cub Taylorcraft TriPacer and Cessna 190 He and his wife Ruthie are lovers of Wacos and greatly enjoy flying their 1940 UPF-7 Waco Their Kinner powered 1930 INF Waco is currently on loan to the Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum in Kalamazoo MI They also own a Model G Bonanza Phil s military ca reer consisted of four yea rs in the US Air Force during the Korean War Phil is a li fe time EAA member and began attending EAA Conventions in Rockford Illinois He is a charter member of AntiqueClassic Chapter 8 and also a past president Phil is a past chairman of the annual Parade of Flight at Oshkosh and is currently the President of the newly formed American Waco Club Inc He was appointed advisor to the AntiqueClassic Board in 1985 The Coulsons live in Lawton Michigan

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STAN GOMOLL Blaine Minnesota

Stan soloed a J-3 Club on his 16th birthday on 11-30-42 In 1945 he served in the US Air Force as a ground crewman on B-29s based at Guam Stan received his AampE license in 1949 at Spartan School of Aeronautics then returned home to Minneapolis where he worked at a small airport In 1951 he was hired by Northwest Airlines as a mechanic progressing to Flight Engineer and Co-pilot Stan is now retired from Northwest Stans first airplane was a 193940 hp Taylorcraft Currently he owns and fli es a 1936 Waco Cabin and a 1946 J-3 Cub Over the years he has restored many airplanes Stan has been active in EAA working on various committees at the Annual Convention In 1976 he was named Advisor and elected to the Board of Directors in 1984 He is currently President of AntiqueClassic Chapter 4 in the Minneapolis area

RJ DOBBY LICKTEIG Albert Lea Minnesota

Dobby is a native of Minnesota and had his first ai rplane ride at the age of 13 in a Velie Monocoupe He earned a solo license in a J-2 Cub at the age of 16 working at the local ai rport for flying time and has been flying since then After completing college in Minnesota he entered Air Force pilot training and graduated in Class 421 and was assigned to a new P-47 fighter group His tour of combat was 2-112 years in the European Theater of Operations during World War 11 Dobby has owned a varied collection of aircraft including a Stinson V77 Stearman L-2M Aztec Citabria BT-13A and AT-6G In 1985 he completed the restoration of a KR-2l Kinner-powered biplane and donated it to the EAA Aviation Museum His airplanes are frequent visitors to all Upper Midwest fly-ins He has been active in EAA Antique Classic and Warbird activities since the Convention was moved to Oshkosh He served as president of the AntiqueClassic Division from 1984 until 1988 Dobby is retired and he and his wife Jeanne live in Albert Lea Minnesota Their son Scott is a licensed pilot and is active on the Warbirds parking committee at the Annual EAA Convention

DALE A GUSTAFSON Indianapolis IN

Dale has been interested in airplanes since he was a small child and took his first plane ride in 1939 at the age of 10 He started taking flying lessons in 1945 and soloed at 16 After high school he worked at the airport in South Bend Indiana servicing airliners handling cargo and doing field maintenance Dale attended Spartan School of Aeronaut ics in 1948 and 1949 to obtain additional pilot ratings After this he freelanced as a fli ght instructor and ran a small FBO at South Bend until he was hired as a co-pilot on Turner Airlines in Indianapolis in 1950 Through name changes and mergers the airline is now USAir He had been with the airline for more than 35 years when he retired His plans now are to spend his time between Indiana and Florida where he has property adjoining a private airstrip Through the years Dale has owned various aircraft including a Stinson V77 Piper Colt Fairchild 24 Cessna 150 and several modern airplanes He currently owns a Cessna 195 plus a Stearman PT-17 and Piper J-4 which are being restored Recently Dale and his wife operated a small ai rport northwest of Indianapolis He is a member of several organizations interested in antique classic and homebuilt aircraft He has been a member of EAA since 1960 and the AntiqueClassic Division since it was organized He has served as an Advisor to the Division and currently is se rving as a Director For several years Dale has judged antiques at Oshkosh and served as Program Chairman for the AntiqueClassic Division awards

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bring the light airplane manufacturer in touch with the current market but let no one who is at present in the market for any of the excellent low-priced airplanes now available hesitate in making his purshychase because of the Departments quesshytionnaire The prospects of an early fulshyfillment of the $700 airplane idea is too remote to let it be the means of curtailing the sales of tried and proven aircraft

AVIATION

In the December 1933 issue of AVIAshyTION the editor Edward P Warner asked $700 And How It is frequently a matter of some little difficulty to pick the particular story which deserves the preeminent position of our new pages but this month there could be no doubt The announcement from the Department of Commerce that Director Vidal has unshydertaken to solici t expressions of willingshyness to buy a new airplane of specified characteristics and that the characterisshytics include a price of $700 has set the high-water-mark in news excitement not only for November but for a much longer period

The idea is amusing in its very simshyplicity The industry may not sell 10000 airplanes or even any large part thereof but at least we shall have a lot of new inshyformation Aside from some temporary unsettlement of the market for existing types of aircraft we believe the results will be good But there is a word of caushytion that should be said and point that should be made

Extreme care must be used in intershypreting the results of the market survey There are plenty of people who will gaily write YES on a piece of paper but who will not be nearly so ready to write their names at the bottom of checks for $700 each

But there is another point We beshylieve that 10000 airplanes of quality could be built for $700 apiece by a single manufacturer who received a single order for 10000 machines They cannot be built for any such price under the conditions that existed in 1929 with about 180 manushyfacturers scrambling over each other afshyter every individual sale and with no sinshygle factory setting up production of more than a few hundred ships An essential condition precedent to the successful acshycomplishment of the Vidal plan is that the aircraft industry should cooperate as no industry has ever cooperated before

It would have to be turned out in many plants with wings built at A and landing gear at B and assembly taken care of at C and then it will have to be the subject of a concentrated sales camshypaign in which all effort is merged to get as many people as possible into the air We dont know that can be done

USED PLANES

And in the 99ER Clara Gilbert in her comments Are Air Flivvers Feasible raised the question of used aircraft There are available at the moment many used ships for sale at figures well under $1 000 Among them are to be found not only two place but three and four place ships cabin jobs as well as open cockpit models and the majority are capashyble of speeds well in excess of 100 miles an hour If there is no market for these airshyplanes how then does the Government propose to stimulate sufficient interest in private and sport flying to dispose of 10000 smaller slower planes which will only carry two passengers at a price apshyproximating that of these used ships

AERO DIGEST ON FUNDING

In the February 1934 issue of AERO DIGEST the editor Edward P Warner presented his views in Notes on a $700 Airplane He stated When Director of Aeronautics Vidal launched his famous private plane questionnaire a considerable segment of the aircraft industry thought it a joke - and not a particularly funny one When he persuaded the Public Works Adshyministration to make over $500000 to proshymote the realization of the project as a means of developing a new industry to proshyvide new employment the joke ended Half a million dollars are to be regarded seriously even in days when federal expenshyditures run to six billion and higher

In response to a request of A VIAshyTION Eugene Vidal Director of Aeroshynautics US Department of Commerce prepared an official view concerning the interest of the Department in the private airplane market His response was pubshylished in the February 1934 issue of A VIshyAnON under the title Low-Priced Airshyplane

Private flying measured in terms of active pilots planes and their use is on the decline After fifteen years or so of the building of planes for miscellaneous flying there are less than 7000 licensed airplanes in this country of 12000000 people

It might be well to assume that there may be something wrong with the product which we now are attempting to sell that the market exists for something diffe rent It also might be well to overlook entirely the attitude of the pilots who already have lea rned to fly (who would like to have a faster plane) and concentrate on the avershyage American citizen who may not be an aviation enthusiast Also it might be well to cease planning planes which the indusshytry feels that the future pilot should have and plan one which would appeal to the United States citizen even though it may not be as desirable to every pilot and deshysigner

The most important detail of an airshyplane as of any other manufactured prodshyuct is its price Granted an airplane should be safe no matter how safe it may be it cannot be sold in numbers if it is too exshypensive It is useless to make a plane safe if it wont be purchased and thus wont be flown The majority of Americans buy aushytomobiles which sell for less than $1 000 and are inexpensive to operate and mainshytain They are quite accustomed to the price range between $500 and $1000 and it goes without saying that an airplane for that price sold on the installment plan would have a popular appeal

Vidal felt that the automobile driver was the customer for the $700 plane and that this customer had become accusshytomed to details of an automobile its apshypearance material control etc He stated that a car made of fabric couldn t possibly sell As metal is durable and strong so the airplane should be

He believed metal construction was important from other viewpoints Producshytion methods used for the automotive inshydustry could be adopted to airplane manushyfacture such as the mass stamping of parts Techniques of assembly and of mainteshynance and repair would suggest methods for volume production of airplanes

The appearance of an airplane must be attractive and in its details and remind the car driver of his car He also felt that the popular plane should look like a modern passenger transport To the casual eye the small airplane would appear as a scaled-down reproduction of the airliners which now are flying Also the small airshyplane would require little professional training and skills necessary to fly it

Vidal concluded his comments with the following An airplane can be built for $700 and the Public Works allotment asshysures that difficulties in the way of initiatshying the program can be met Volume proshyduction will make the airplane possible and it also will react to the benefit of the entire industry stimulating employment in factories increasing the business of airshyports affording new opportunities for emshyployment of pilots and mechanics

Indirectly the renewed interest in flyshying undoubtedly will direct attention of more people upon the services offered by the scheduled ai rlines There should be a development analogous to that which has taken place in the automobile radio reshyfrigerator and other industries And just as the introduction of these articles has been a stimulus to business in general the low-priced airplane has an opportunity to add to the scope of commercial activities

A NEW COURSE FOR THE BUREAU

The withdrawal of funds by the Public Works Administration did not thwart Vishydal in his efforts in pursuing the deveJop-

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ment of the low-priced airplane Under his direction the Bureau of Aeronautics created a development section to foster the design construction and developshyment of safer easier operated more comfortable and lower priced airplanes for private owners

The Bureau had no budget for develshyopment but it did have funds for purshychasing aircraft to be flown by its inspecshytors as they traveled around the country Later from a special appropriation of $1000000 which was to be used at the discretion of the President for the develshyopment of military and civil aviation $100000 was made available for the new Development Section

Under its authority and with its fundshying the first task of the new section was to investigate possible designs for a safer low-priced airplane for private use A committee was also formed representing both the Government and industry Among the members were Amelia Earhart Dr George Lewis NACA Robert Renfro editor THE SPORTSshyMAN PILOT Edward Warner SAE and Alford Williams American Petroleum Institute

The newly created Development Secshytion turned to the task of setting up deshysign criteria for what Vidal called a Safety Plane Once the specifications were drawn Vidal would solicit bids from the aircraft industry The plan was to purchase 25 airplanes from the firm submitting the best design He was no longer talking about a low-priced everyshymans airplane or planes at the cost of a car but envisioned the Safety Plane as a prototype for the massed produced inshyexpensive aircraft of tomorrow

LIGHT PLANE SPECIFICATIONS

The Bureau of Aeronautics (Bureau of Air Commerce as of July 1934) specishyfications were published in the July 1934 issue of AVIATION along with some edshyitorial comments There is a distinct reshysemblance to the requirements of the Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition

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of 1929 in the light airplane specifications issued recently by the Department of Commerce In sponsoring the developshyment of such a design by calling for bids for 25 planes for the use of his inspectors Aeronautics Director Eugene Vidal beshylieves that the simplicity and safety of opshyeration and low operating cost will attract many new private owners

The editor remarked that several aeroshynautical engineers had been thinking along the same lines and included in the same issue an article about the experishymental machine built by Fred Weick This machine the W-l was being tested at the time at Langley by the NACA

The specifications were broken down into four parts General Performance Safety Features Powerplant and Equipshyment In general they called for an airshyplane with an extreme amount of forward visibility and the ability to brake immeshydiately upon touchdown without nosing over The airplane had to be able to take off over a 35 foot obstacle after an 800 foot run and to land within 400 feet after passing over the same obstacle Addishytionally it had to be non-spinning nonshystalling with a top speed of at least 110 mph and a landing speed of under 35 mph All this to be accomplished with just a 100 horsepower engine Cost was no longer the determining factor in the competition

Aircraft manufacturers would have until August 17 1934 to submit their bids for the contract to build 25 aircraft Vidal opened the bids in the competition at a small Washington ceremony on August 271934 Only one bid came from an airshycraft manufacturer of any size and repushytation The others had been submitted by small firms Because the designs were all so untried Vidal decided against ordershying 25 from anyone bidder Instead the winner would get a contract for 15 and five different builders each a contract for a single prototype which the government would test and evaluate

Fourteen bids were received from the following Safety Air Transport of Indishyanapolis Campbell Aircraft of St Joseph MO Church Airplane Company

Chicago Waldo Waterman of Santa Monica CA Hartford Aircraft CurtissshyWright Robertson MO Hammond Airshycraft Ypsilanti MI Niagara Amphibions Buffalo NY St Louis Aircraft Corp St Louis Arrow Aircraft Lincoln NE Spartan Aircraft Tulsa Kreider-Reisner Hagerstown MD Cunningham-Hall Rochester NY Amphibions Roosevelt Field Long Island

BUREAU AWARDS LIGHTPLANE CONTRACTS

The Hammond Aircraft Company of Ypsilanti MI was the winner of the comshypetition sponsored by the Bureau of Air Commerce to procure airplanes for its inshyspectors and at the same time to encourshyage the development of an economical safe airplane for the private owner

On October 18 1934 the Bureau awarded a contract for 15 of the Hamshymond aircraft with the option of taking five more at $3190 apiece (So much for the $700 airplane) Delivery of the first plane was to have been made within five months and the delivery of the remainshyder within four months of the Bureaus acceptance of the first During the course of 1935 with the money saved by not ordering 25 copies of the winning deshysign the Bureau contracted for five other aircraft to be purchased These included Waldo Waterman for his tailless Arrowshyplane Ole Fahlin (not one of the original bidders) for the Plymacoupe a high wing design powered by a Plymouth automoshybile engine Kreider-Reisner was given an order to modify the Weick W-1 Pitshycairn for the his new road able autogiro Curtiss-Wright for its 90 hp Coupe and the Arrow Company for one of its Sports powered by a Ford V-8 automobile Enshygine

Over the next few years the Bureau would be busy testing these aircraft Three would be successful enough to be certificated for production More on the aircraft in the next installment

(To be continued in next months edishytion of VINTAGE AIRPLANE)

1993 saw many changes for the AnshytiqueClassic Division at Sun n Fun 93 shythe biggest was the relocation of the parkshying area for our airplanes to the east side of the Sun n Fun convention site AnshytiqueClassic Headquarters was also moved with the new location next to the woods on the east end of the main drag The new parking area will in the long run provide more parking for Antique Classic and Contemporary airplanes This year the huge amount of water dumped on the site during the weeks previous to the Conventions start made some areas a bit on the soupy side but Ray Olcott and his tireless group of aircraft parkers did

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their best to keep the airplanes out of the stickiest plots As improvements are made to the new parking area the drainage should improve according to Bill Eickshyhoff Sun n Fun president The rainy weather abated just in time for the Fly-In and the pleasant weather made everybody in the local Chamber of Commerce breathe a big sigh of relief

The second big change came about with the judging of the Contemporary class for the first time A number of good looking Contemporaries were on hand and its apparent that pilots are beginning to take notice of the hidden gems out there on the tiedown ramps across the

country Just as it took a few years for the Classic category to bring the airshyplanes up to Grand Champion status so it will be with the Contemporary class but we can all be encouraged by the efshyforts that have been expended so far shysome of these airplanes are just plain flat gorgeous

Antiques and Classics had their fair share of good looking airplanes too shyleading the pack was the Davis D-l W owned and restored by Dr Roy Wicker and Barbara Kitchens The handsome parasol monoplane was once the pershysonal aircraft of designer and company owner Walter Davis The Davis was judged the Grand Champion Antique of Sun n Fun 93

In the Classic arena there was no Grand Champion award this year - none of the aircraft judged had points above the threshold to be judged as such but a few came close A number of nice Cubs were on display as well as the latest restoration effort by Joe Fleeman the man who restored Delton Perry s TrishyPacer His latest work a BUcker Jungshymann for Ralph Lerch is a true beauty in black

All manner of flying machines came to roost in Lakeland for Sun n Fun - on the next few pages youll get a full color view of some of the neatest vintage airshyplanes in the skies today Delmar Benjamin and his Gee Bee R-1 replica drew admiring crowds again this year

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Grand Champion - Davis D-IW NC 13576 Dr Roy Wicker Quitman GAl Barshybara Kitchens Milner GA

Reserve Grand Champion - Travel Air 2000 NC8853 Gene Rambo Arlington VA

Silver Age (1928-1932) - Travel Air 4D N9917 Bill Plecenik Erwinna P A

Contemporary Age (1933-1945) - Stinson SR-9 NC17154 Jerry Stevens Boca Raton FL

Best Custom - Cessna UC-78 N78UC Dwain Pittenger Hereford TX

Best World War II Era - Stearman N2S N65101 Brian Becker Pompano Beach FL

Best Biplane - Beech Staggerwing N18575 Michael Greenblatt Midland GA

Best Monoplane - Piper J-3 N9499H Dan Foley Wichita KS

Best Open Cockpit - Stearman N1902M Russell Faller Farmingville NY

Best Cabin - Howard DGA-15P N22423 Fred Kirk Ft Lauderdale FL

Outstanding Aircraft - Monocoupe 90AL NC11760 Robert Eicher Daytona Beach FL

Outstanding Aircraft - Piper J-3 N35GM Gene McNeely Earle AR

Outstanding Aircraft - Stearman N2S N68238 Chris and Lyle Wheeler Boca Rashyton FL

Outstanding Aircraft - Stearman N555 Cliff Lowe Cadiz KY

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(Right) Joe Fleeman has done it again His restoration of Ralph Lerchs(AlC 16691) Bucker Jungmann is stunning and the workmanship is excellent as it was on his restoration of Delton Perrys Piper Tri-Pacer

(Below) This nice Stinson 10A has just been restored to the configuration it had when it was used by the CAP at Lanshytana FI during WW II It is registered to Florida Airmotive Inc in Lantana

(Below right) Jerry Stevens handsome Stinson SR-9 taxis out for departure at Lakeland Steve hails from Boca Raton FL and was awarded the Contemporary Age (1933-1945) Antique trophy

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(Left) Immaculately restored by Pete Jones Air Repair of Cleveland GA Brian Becker s (AIC 14784) Stearman is reshysplendent in its US Navy color scheme It was the winner of the Best WW II Era trophy

(Lower left) Bird Biplanes always look so pretty on the flight line Brian Thorpe Mt Dora FL brought his Bird CK up north from the Miami area It is powered by a Continental R-670

(Below) Dick Jackson (AIC 371) Rochester NH continues to fly the only Waco D The 0 sometimes referred to as the Waco Super Sport is the only one of its kind in existence Dick restored it over 20 years ago and it is still looking great

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aassics Best Classic Under 100 hp - Piper

J-3 NC7386H 1 W Evans Hamilton AL

Best Classic 101 to 165 hp - Cessna 170 N2727C Gene D Engelskirger Hinkley OH

Best Classic Over 165 hp - Ryan Navion N5437K H a le Andre ws Berkeley Springs WV

Best Custom Classic Under 100 hp - Cessna 120 N2460N Scott Cox Ft Lauderdale FL

Best Custom Classic 101 to 165 hp - Pipe r P A-16 N5796H Mitch Freshyitag Summerville SC

Best Custom Classic Over 165 hp shyGlobe Swift N80555 Scott Anderson Deerfield Beach FL

Best Of Type - Pipe r PA-17 Vaga bo nd N4686 H Tom Scott Okeechobee FL

Best Of Type - G lobe Swift N78068 Pete Johnson Faribault MN

Best Of Type - Piper PA-22 Tri Pacer N8740C Delto n Perry Lawrenceburg TN

Best Of Type - Luscombe 8A NC681A Rochard Hoyle Vince nt AL

Outst a nding A ircraft - B ticker Ju ngma nn N46925 Ralp h Lerch Lawrenceburg TN

(Above and above right) Now you can put a face with the plane - heres Delton Perry (AIC 18583) and his Piper TrishyPacer (The same one featured in the Deshycember 1992 issue of Vintage Airplane) Deltons PA-22 won the Best of Type award for the restoration done by Joe Fleeman

(Right) Mark Holliday (AiC 1316) of Lake Elmo MN shows off the racy lines of his stock Globe Swift Stock or modified the Swift is still one of the most beautiful airplanes ever made

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AntiqueClassic HQ has been moved to a spot next to the Ill bet you can guess which college football team Parnell Colas woods - here folks are enjoying the shade during the aftershy cheers for noon airshow

(Above) Hale Andrews (AIC 982) of Berkeley Springs WV cruises by with the pretty Navion Super 260 his father bought new in 1951 It has just been restored after a flood nearly deshystroyed it

(Left) Luke Walker is just starting to enjoy flyshying his newly-restored Piper Vagabond It was his first aircraft restoration effort

(Right) N7777K is the oldest Piper Tri-Pacer in existence - it is serial No2 the first production aircraft to survive (Serial number 1 was tested to destruction during the certificashy

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Outstanding Aircraft - Cessna 172 N6208E Jerry W Wharton Wise VA Ul

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(Above top) No tired old Apache here Verwayne (AIC 3987) and Leslie Owen Severna Park MD are just completing this nice restorashytion of their 1959 Piper PA-23 Apache

(Above right) Anthony Lamontia (AIC 20124) Bath OH is justifiably proud of his Cessna 182 he has been restoring for a number of years It was an Outstanding Airshycraft award winner

(Left) Another Outstanding Aircraft award winner was Jerry Whartons 1959 Cessna 172 Jerrys airplane was stored indoors for most of its life and as a consequence the airshyplane was we preserved The inshyterior fabric on the seats and side panels is original as is the instrushyment panel -erry (AIC 18564) is from Wise VA

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(Left) After their first attempt at flying the England - Australia trip in a Piper J-3() Bob and Diane Dempster are going to try it again in a brand spanking new Piper PA-18 Super Cub (The first time the density altitude high and the service ceiling of the Cub not as high stopped the flight in the 1250 heat of the Egyptian desert) The Dempsters arrived at Lakeshyland after picking up the airplane in Vero Beach with 98 hours on the tach They plan to sell their house get an instrushyment rating for Bob and make the necshyessary modifications to fly the North Atshylantic and beyond

This years AntiqueClassic and Contemporary judges at Sun n Fun 93 were (left to right) Jim Zantop Joe Sinnett Xen K Motsinger Jennie White George Hindall Bill Doty Jack Gilson Juan Blanco Bob Romanelli Leonard Kress Jack Gillespie Terny Brokaw Harris Wiese Wayne Anderson Bill Murry and Don Jacobs Thanks to all of them for their hard work chasing down the airplanes to be judged

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gtshyWinnerof the Best Amphibian award at Sun n Fun was this immaculate Grumman G-21A -GIOO_ iiiiitiiliiicJ ~ ftoWiihii Chuck GreenhiH (EAA 113991) of Mettawa IL Tastefully done in a red J~ ~

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Best Metal Seaplane - Cessna 185E N5830J Joe Strazzula Ft Pierce FL Best Fabric Seaplane - Maule M-7 N61350 Mark Futch Boca Grande FL Best Ampbibian - Grumman Goose N121GL Chuck Greenhill Mettawa IL

Originally located in Louisiana this J-3 Cub on 1320 Edo floats N1353M SIN 9913 was brought to Florida by Steve Swails (EAA 377050) of Ft Myshyers and totally restored Although some corrosion was found necessary repairs were completed and the airframe was epoxy primed and powder coated for seaplane use A C85-12 engine was installed (without starter and generator) to replace the C65 and the floats were restored to new condition

Left - Steve Swails carefully negotiates alligator alley between the shore and open water at Lake Parker Pilots reported the gators were quite prevalent just outside the reeds and could easily be seen sunning themshyselves

Lower left - Unusual mint condition 1320 Edo floats on Steve Swails J-3 Cub looked brand new Note the cable between the float tips for moving to the other side of the airplane - often referred to as a Canadian Spreader Bar

Lower right - Nestled on the shore of Lake Parker is Steve Swails J-3 85 Cub His passenger was Alex Wopper (EAA 419315) of Valdivia Chile who is just starting seaplane training He has purchased a Murphy Regtel kit along with a float kit and will build them at his home in the south of Chile - below the 40th parallel A native of Germany Alex is excited about having the only seaplane in Chile and many many lakes to fly from

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Brilliant ear1y morning photo of Bill Rose (EAA 159635 AlC 6612) Grumman Goose N600ZE SIN B-100 with eleven hot air balloons lifting into the clear Florida sky

One of Jack Browns Seaplane Base Cubs on 1500 Aqua floats took a trip through the reeds cutting sileage The un-named pilot had to push and pull it out of the mess in waist deep water

Very nice photo of a Republic RC-3 Seabee N6659K SIN 936 as it powers onto the step for takeoff It is registered to Graham Sutherland of Port Orange FL Note how the spray rails move the water away from the hull and the proshypeller

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1fWIeIlashyGrand Champion - Nieuport 28

N6256 Replica Fighter Museum Gunshytersville AL

Outstanding Aircraft - Halberstadt D II N1388J Replica Fighter Museum Guntersville AL

Outstanding Aircraft - Sopwith Pup N1915K Replica Fighter Museum Gunshytersville AL

Outstanding Aircraft - Sopwith Trishyplane N543A Replica Fighter Museum Guntersville AL

3 years in a row Frank Ryders growing collection of WW I era replicas has again captured the Grand Champion Replica award at Sun n Fun This year the award was presented to the Nieuport 28 (above right) replica Chuck Brady (AIC 1920) constructed at his shop in Dwight IL

Frank and his Lake Gunterville Aero crew brought three other replicas to Sun n Fun 93 - from top to bottom they are Halberstadt DII Constructed by Carl Swanson Darien WI the airplane was on display at the EAA Air Adventure museum until being acquired by Frank Ryder for his museum Completely gone over by Gene Schwartz and the staff at Lake Gunshytersville Aero the Halberstadt was refinshyished in the spectacular longenze scheme you see here Its being flown here by Gene DeMarco

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The replica in the center of the page is the Sopwith Pup constructed by Ken Pruitt Belen NM and being flown by Frank Ryder He advises that it is one of the most demanding airplanes he has landed - even more so than the Fokker Triplane

Finally at the bottom of the facing page is the Sopwith Triplane built by Chad and Char Willie of Lake Oswego OR It is beshying flown for our camera by Joel Williams A Sopwith Dolphin project was also disshyplayed to give the public some sense of the work involved in constructing a replica WW I fighter WW I aviation will be the subject of a featured display at

EAA OSHKOSH 93 on the Convention taxiway - details are in this months AlC News

In the photo below the Douglas DC-3 of Alexander Aeroplane taxis out for deparshyture with a load of happy Sun n Fun volshyunteers Ron Alexander graciously agreed to give a ride to as many volunteers as he could with the Douglas and the smooth evening air was a treat for all who experishyenced it Our own Buck Hilbert was drafted as co-pilot (Im sure they had to drag him screaming and kicking to the airplane ) where he enjoyed refamiliarshyizing himself with the airplane he cut his teeth on as a neophyte airline pilot

Sun n Fun was once again an enjoyable

experience with good f riends to visit with and great airplanes to

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1ST PLACE GROUND TO AIR - Robert T Beecher (AIC 17924) Chicago IL captured this truly rare photo of a Parks P-2A in flight Since there are only a few of these airplanes left flying this is definitely one for the scrapbooks

2ND PLACE GROUND TO AIR - Myron Heimer (AIC 8190) 3RD PLACE GROUND TO AIR - LeRoy Falk (AIC 9411) CarshyRose Creek MN pentersville IL neatly frames this Fairchild 24W

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1ST PLACE GROUND TO GROUND - Myron Heimer gets his second award with this in your face shot of a Dwain Pittengers Cessna T -50 Bobcat

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HONORABLE MENTION GROUND TO GROUND - L Vincent Hostetler (AIC 14206) Grand Junction CO Even rarer than the Parks P-2 this Parks P-1 now resides at Parks College of St Louis University in Cahokia IL

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1ST PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - LeRoy Falk receives top honors with this picture

of Chuck Spencer refueling Bill Roses Fairchild 22

2ND PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - Don Levandoski gets his second award with this shot of Allen Rudolph touching-up the aileron on the Pietenpol in the AlC tent at Oshkosh 92

3RD PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - (right) Jeri Mihalic (EAA 277478) Mammoth Cave KY shows The Oshkosh Experience in this picture of her husband Dave and his 1957 Bonanza

2ND PLACE - CHAIRMANS CHOICE - Myron Heimer shows us that not all TIger Moths are small

1ST PLACE CHAIRMANS CHOICE - James W Fowler (AIC 2293) Houston TX suitably titled this picture Young Eagle

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1ST PLACE WATER BIRDS - Pat Quinn (AIC 9207) of Ventura CA gives us a glimpse back in time with this photo titled Brennands Seaplane Base 1952 or 1992

2ND PLACE WATER BIRDS - Robert T Beecher

3RD PLACE WATER BIRDS - Myron Heimer brings back WATER BIRDS HONORABLE MENTION - William McCarrei all the memories of a calm summer day (AlC 4496) White Pigeon MI

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Judges Choice for 1992

This dazzling photo of a Lockheed 12-A Electra taken by Robert T Beecher receives the p restig ious honor of

Your judges for the 1992 Anshy man Lorraine Morris EE Tex tiqueClassic Photo Contest were Hilbert Chairman Jack McCarthy (left to right) Dan Hans Co-Chair- Bill Lombardi Lee Fray and Eric

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Lundahl Contest Chairman Jack McshyCarthy would like to thank all of the judges who helped out this year and he would also like to particularly thank Lorraine Morris who helped organize this year s event and did most of the record-keeping Lorraine is an active AC member and she flies a Boeing 737-400 for a living

The AC photo contest is on again for EAA Oshkosh 93 so get your cameras ready for the summer In next month s issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE the rules for the contest will be published and they will also be available when you register for the contest at the AC Red Barn during the Convention Remember the conshytest is for photos of Antique Classic or Contemporary aircraft shot either enroute at the EAA Convention or on the way home Our thanks to the over one hundred() AC members who entered this years contest and we look forward to seeing you again this year

The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a mailer of information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the information to EAA A(( Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903shy3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

JUNE 11-13 - DENTON TX - Denton Municipal Airport AAA (Texas Chapter) 30th Annual Fly-In Contact John or Nancy Whatley 214517-1981 or Bert Mashyhon817387-2620

JUNE 12 - GADSDEN AL - J-3 and Piper high wing Annual Fly-In Camping Bomb Drop Spot Landings Hangar dance Contact Faye Bryant Gadsden Pilots Asshysoc 196 Ira Gray Dr Gadsden AL 35901 205442-3313

JUNE 12 - NEWPORT NEWS V A shy21st Annual Colonial Fly-In Newport NewsWilliamsburg IntI Airport Sponshysored by EAA Chapter 156 Contact ofr inshyformation and NORDO entry Charles Colshylier 620 Hilton Rd Newport News V A 23605 804247-5844

JUNE 13 - AURORA IL - Aurora Mushynicipal Airport EAA Chapte r 579 FlyshyInlDrive -In breakfast and airport FBO open house 7am - 3pm Contact Alan Shackleton 708466-4193 or Bob Rieser Airport Manager 708466-7000

JUNE 19 - WILD ROSE WI - Idlewild Airport - Pancake BreakfastFly-In Idlewild-Wild Rose Airport Assoc PO Box 296 Wild Rose WI 54984 Call 414622-4020

JUNE 24-27 - MT VERNON OH shy34th Annual National Waco Reunion Greatest WACO Show On EARTH For more information call 513868-0084

JUNE 26-27 - ORANGE MA - Orshyange Municipal Airport 17th Annual New England Regional Fly-In sponsored by the Friends of the Orange Airport Contact Bob McKenney 508544-8762 or Len Beshydaw (Orange Airport) 508544-8189 or Fax 508249-5940

JUNE 26-27 - GREELEY CO - EAA Rocky Mountain Fly-In Antiques Classhysics homebuilts warbirds ultralights No registration fee free camping transportashytion to local motels 3031798-6086 or 353shy5514

JULY 4 - WISCONSIN RAPIDS WIshyWI Rapids Airport EAA Chapter 706 FlyshyInDrive In Pancake Breakfast 730shy1130am Call 715435-3644 for information

JULY 7-11 - ARLINGTON WA shyNorthwest EAA Fly-In 206435-5857

JULY 10 -11- DELAWARE OHshy12th Annual EAA Chapter 9 Fly-In

Delaware Airport Contact Alan Harding 614442-0024

JULY 10 -11- EMMETSBURG lA shy5th Annual Aeronca Fly-In sponsored by tbe Tail dragger Club Contact Keith Harnden Box 285 Emmetsburg IA 50536

JULY 11- MICHIGAN CITY IN - EAA Chapter 966 Pancake Breakfast Contacts The Dees - 219324-6060 or the Hugley s 219325-0133

JULY 16-18 - RED LAKE ONTARlOshyNorseman Festival and Fly-In at Red Lake Ontario Norseman Capita l of the World Floats and wheels Contact Ron Robinson Box 308 Red LakeOntario Canada POV 2MO Phone 807727-2809 or Fax 807727shy3980

JULY 23 -24 - COFFEYVILLE KS shyFunk Aircraft Owners Assoc Reunion Conshytact Gene Ventress 10215 S Monticello Shawnee Mission KS 66227 Phone 9131782shy1483

JULY 24 -27 - WAUSAU WI - Ercoupe Owners Club National Convention Contact Syd Cohen 715842-7814

JULY 24 AND 25 - SHIOCTON WI shyAnnual Fly-In Contact Joyce Baggot 414986-3547

JULY 27 - AUGUST 7 - VALshyPARAISO (VPZ) IN Food and Fuel booth Stop by and see us on your way to and from Oshkosh We are famous for our hospitality Sponsored by EAA Chapter 104 Contact 219884-1619

THURSDAY JULY 29 -WEDNESDA Y AUGUST 4 1993 - OSHKOSH WI- 41st Annual EAA Fly-In and Sport Aviation Convention Wittman Regional Airport Con tact John Burton PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54904-3086 Call 414426-4800 for more information ITS NEVER TOO EARLY TO MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND

AUGUST 6 - 8 - STILLWATER OKshyLake Elmo Airport Sesquicentennial Aviashytion Days Fly-In breakfast balloon rally other events 612430-1200 for more inforshymation

AUGUST 12-15 - LOCK HAVEN PAshyWilliam T Piper Memorial Airport Sentishymental Journey 93 Aerial Mail To Lock Haven is this years tbeme All makes and models welcome especially Antique and classic airplanes Call 717893-4200 (9am til 5 pm) Fax 717893-4218 or write PO Box Jshy3 Lock Haven PA 17745-0496

AUGUST 15 - BROOKFIELD WIshyCapitol Airport 8th Annual Vintage Airshycraft Display and Ice Cream Social Midwest Antique Airplane Club will also hold its monthly fly-In meeting For more informashytion call George Meade at 414962-2428

AUGUST 27-29 - SUSSEX NJ - Sussex Airport Sussex Airshow For more informashytion call 2011875-0783

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EAA Chapter 391 Fly-IN Food flying tours raffle and more Camping on the field For more info call Thopson Aircraft at 5091786-1034

SEPT 8-12 - GALESBURG IL -Galesburg Municipal Airport 22nd Nashytional Stearman Fly-In Contact Tom Lowe 823 Kingston Ln Crystal Lake IL 60014 815459-6873 or Harold Canada 370 Hawkinson Av Galesburg IL 61401 309343-9850

SEPT 17-19 - KANKAKEE IL - Koshyerner Airport 9th Annual Midwest Stinshyson Fly-In Seminars on Stinson 108s and Franklin engi nes FAA Safety Seminars Sat night banquet Fly-outs rally and performance contests Camping on the field Contact Loran Nordgren 4 W Neshybraska Frankfort IL 60423 Phone 815469-9100

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SEPT 18-19 -Hickory NC - 8th Annual EAA Chapter 731 Fly-In Contact Jean Smith days 704396-7032 or Norman Rainshywater evenings 704328-5807

SEPT 18middot19 - ROCK FALLS IL shyEAA Nortb Central Fly-In 708513-0642

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SEPT 24-25 - HEBER CITY UT shyUtah State EAA Sport Aviation 8tb Intershymountain Fly-In Seminars demonstrashytions aircraft judging camping food tours and fun Heber Valley Airport (36U) Conshytact Russ McDonald 801645-9543

SEPT 24middot26 - CAMDEN SC 52 nd reunion of Southern Aviation School pilot Primary Flight Training 1941-1944 For all Alumni employees and all personel Conshytact Bill Hawkins PO Box 789 Camden SC 29020 Phone 803432-9595

SEPT 25middot26 - WILMINGTON DE shyEAA East Coast Regional Fly-In 3011933shy0314

SEPT 30 bull OCT 3 bull OWENSBORO KY Owensboro Davies County Airport Annual Convention of International Cessna 120140 Assoc Contact David Lowe or Gil Pounds 502736-5392 or Fax 736-2403

OCT 1middot2middot BARTLESVILLE OK shy36th Annual Tulsa Fly-In Special Aircraft this year include the EAA replica Spirit of St Louis and the original Woolaroc winshyner of the 1927 Dole Pineapple race Conshytact Charlie Harris 3933 S Peoria Tulsa OK 74105 9181742-7311

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS On this page youll see the latest additions to the ranks of the EAA AnshytiqueClassic Division Whether youre joining for the first time or are coming back we welcome you and wed especially like to welcome those ofyou who are joining us with your interest in Contemporary class aircraft Welcome one and all

Randy Abegglen Lewisville ID Jose Abreu Miami FL Tracy A Ake Gainesville VA Roy B Allison Minneapolis MN Carson V Baker Crestwood KY James E Bean Northport NY Tom Beck Bethel AK George Beckerman Mt Carmel IL John F Benson Glendora CA Paul W Blackman Finksburg MD Don Blehm Green Mtn Falls CO Michael G Brown Roanoke VA Samuel W Bruce Eagle Rock VA Walter R Bullerwell Dickson TN David W Burns MarengoIL Tony Buttacavoli Waterford MI H Todd Clamp Newberry SC Troy P Coker III Dallas TX David M Collins Cornelius OR Douglas Conciatu Sterling Heights MI Mark Conover Houston TX James D Cooper Thonotosassa FL Gaetan Coulombe

Cloridorme Quebec Canada Marcella Dankow

Ft McMurray Alberta Canada James Dawson Vacaville CA Drew Detsch San Francisco CA Donald Dewey Sierra Madre CA Van G Dickens Fayetteville NC Charles Dobbins Abingdon V A Donald E Dorrell Santa Barbara CA William Doud USMM Sterling NY Jack C Faas Lake Geneva WI Bill Farrell Cincinnati OH Joel Fenger Chester MT Geoffrey M Fickling McAlpine FL J W Corkey Fornof

Canyon Country CA James R Freese Ukiah CA Walter F Gall Bainbridge W A George Galpin Marton New Zealand Sidney Gehlert Pasadena MD Gary Gladd Fullerton CA Daniel H Gleason Coraopolis P A D Brad Gossen

Downsville Ontario Canada Charles D Grady Tallulah LA Charles E Graves Waterloo IA Jeffrey W Gray

Calgary Alberta Canada Allen D Guth Mokena IL Merv Halliday Tanau New Zealand C Kay Hanshell Sabina OH John E Henderson Lancaster PA Stuart G Henderson Durham NC Arthur L Herr Memphis TN Charles A Hinkle

North Little Rock AR Stephen R Hosch Louisvi lle KY Norman Howard CoffeyviUe KS Don Johnson Los Molinos CA

Wayne Johnson Minneapolis MN Louis A Kirn Apex NC Edward Kling West Chicago IL Paul R Kube San Diego CA Robert E Lake

Hot Springs Village AR James F Landers Elden W Larson Jan Love Robert B Love Louis Lufker Richard L Lutes Waldo Magnuson Scott Mathews Gary K Mathiasen Daniel C Maurin Roger C McAlister James S McAllister George Medue

Tempe AZ Bellevue WA

Saginaw MI Vienna VA

East Moriches NY Hampshire IL Spokane WA

Anchorage AK Dublin CA

San Francisco CA Blue River OR

Lake Monroe FL Medway OH

Bruce L Moore St Augustine FL Mark A Morrison Staley NC Michel Normandin

Longueuil Quebec Canada John L Northey Port Moody British Columbia Canada

Thomas R OHanlon Fort Ogden FL Richard L Oreair Jr Jacksonville FL Ronald J Parese Bridgewater CT Marlin Parrott Jefferson City MO Bryan C Pender Victor G Plumbo Timothy L Popp Jimmy Powers H L Richards John Robinson Robert Santolla David Sarge William A Shain Jeff Simmons

Millington TN Millville NJ

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C Mahlon Skinnel Jr Lynchburg VA Ari Slitonen Jarvenpaa Finland Colin F Smith Half Moon Bay CA Robert J Smith Billings MT Stephen W Smith Anchorage AK Alan Sparks Joshua TX Cosmo St John Colchester VT Don Stearns Portsmouth NH Peter Strannemar Blairstown NJ Susan J Thompson Natick MA Gary Vassbotn

Calgary Alberta Canada Robert R Wallace Champaign IL Lynn Warren Shelby MI Homer R Weathers ColumbusOH Thomas A Whisnant

Granite Falls NC Julie A White Arizona City AZ Chuck Williams Bellflower CA Steven T Williamson

West Redding cr Kenneth B Woodard Greensboro NC Ronald C Wright Gatesville TX

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Notice is hereby given that an annual business meeting of the members of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division will be held on Wednesday August 4 1993 at 830 am (Central Daylight Time) at the 41st Annual Convention of the Experimental Aircraft Association Inc Wittman Regional Airport Oshkosh Wisconsin Notice is hereby further given that the annual election ofofficers and directors of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division will be conducted by ballot distributed to the members along with this June issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE Said ballot must be returned properly marked to the Ballot Tally Committee EAA AntiqueClassic Division P O Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 and received no later than July 31 1993 The Nominating Committee submits the following list of candidates Arthur R Morgan Vice-President EE Buck Hilbert Treasurer John S Jack Copeland Director Philip Coulson Director Stan GomoLL Director Dale A Gustafson Director Robert S Lickteig Director

ARTHUR R MORGAN Milwaukee Wisconsin

Art Morgan began fly ing in 1961 and received his private license in 1962 In 1965 he went on to get his commercial rating He has been a member of EAA since 1962 and began by parking airplanes at the EAA Conventions in Rockford Illinois Art was one of the first to start building a KR-l and although he did not complete his project he was instrumental in the completion of two of the litt le birds In 1974 he and his wife Kate purchased a 1939 Luscombe 8-C which he promptly rebuilt After two yea rs of fly ing the Luscombe Art and several friends orga nized the American Luscombe Club The Morgans also own a Bellanca 14-13 Art se rved the EAA as a Museum volunteer for several yea rs as Classic parking chairman at Oshkosh and also as AntiqueClassic Parki ng Chai rman Art has been a Director of the AntiqueClassic Division since 1978

E E BUCK HILBERT Union Illinois

Buck is a native of Chicago and a graduate of Lewis College He began learning the pilots point of view while work shying as a line boy at the old Elmhurst Airport near Chicago in 1938 The pay wasnt much but it was flying time and he soloed an Aeronca 65-LA Chief in October 1941 He enlisted in the Air Force shortly thereafter into the Training Command where he flew and instructed in many of the training aircraft of that era He flew gunnery training at Las Vegas Army Air Field in B-17s and finished up teaching Chinese Nationali st Pilots twin engine transition Recalled for the Korean war Buck qualified as an Army Aviator and flew with the HQ Company Air Section of the 24th Infant ry Division A most rewarding and memorable experience he reports Buck and Dorothy and their four children are at home at Hilbert s Funny Farm where he has an airstrip and keeps a stable of interesting and flyab le old airplanes Buck is a retired Un ited Airlines captain Buck is no stranger to the AntiqueClassic Division He is past president hav shying served from 1971 through 1975 He currently is Treasurer of the Division and is also a member of the EAA Aviation Foundation Board of Trustees

JOHN S JACK COPELAND Westborough Massachusetts

Jack received a degree in mechanical engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology in 1954 He served as an Aircraft Maintenance Officer on acti ve dut-y-in the middotUS Air Force from 1955- attaining the rank of captain in the USAF Rese rve Jack holds a co mmercial pilot license with a fli ght instructor rating He joined EAA in 1971 and the AntiqueClassic Division in 1975 shortly after purchasing his first aircraft a 1948 Cessna 140 At that time Jack lived in the Chicago area and participated in pre-Convention weekend work parties He has been an active volunteer at the last twelve annual Conventions serving at va rious times as Classic Parking Co-Chairman Manpower Co-Chairman and Manpower Chairman He was named an advisor to the AntiqueClassic Board of Directors in 1979 and served in that capacity until 1984 when he was elected to a Directorship Jack earns his living as a professional engineer and in addition to his EAA involvement is active as a Captain on the Massachusetts Wing Staff of the Civil Air Patrol

PHILIP COULSON Lawton Michigan

Phil was born on a fa rm in southwestern Michigan His first ride in an airplane was at the age of 16 in a Fairchild PT-23 owned and fl own by Horace Sackett a local pilot and AampP Twenty-years later Horace would be Phils guiding light in restoring his 1930 Waco INF Phil lea rned to fl y off a grass strip in Lawton Michigan in 1962 His original dual instrucshytion and solo fl ying was in a Piper J-5 Throughout the yea rs he has owned several aircraft including a J-3 Cub Taylorcraft TriPacer and Cessna 190 He and his wife Ruthie are lovers of Wacos and greatly enjoy flying their 1940 UPF-7 Waco Their Kinner powered 1930 INF Waco is currently on loan to the Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum in Kalamazoo MI They also own a Model G Bonanza Phil s military ca reer consisted of four yea rs in the US Air Force during the Korean War Phil is a li fe time EAA member and began attending EAA Conventions in Rockford Illinois He is a charter member of AntiqueClassic Chapter 8 and also a past president Phil is a past chairman of the annual Parade of Flight at Oshkosh and is currently the President of the newly formed American Waco Club Inc He was appointed advisor to the AntiqueClassic Board in 1985 The Coulsons live in Lawton Michigan

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STAN GOMOLL Blaine Minnesota

Stan soloed a J-3 Club on his 16th birthday on 11-30-42 In 1945 he served in the US Air Force as a ground crewman on B-29s based at Guam Stan received his AampE license in 1949 at Spartan School of Aeronautics then returned home to Minneapolis where he worked at a small airport In 1951 he was hired by Northwest Airlines as a mechanic progressing to Flight Engineer and Co-pilot Stan is now retired from Northwest Stans first airplane was a 193940 hp Taylorcraft Currently he owns and fli es a 1936 Waco Cabin and a 1946 J-3 Cub Over the years he has restored many airplanes Stan has been active in EAA working on various committees at the Annual Convention In 1976 he was named Advisor and elected to the Board of Directors in 1984 He is currently President of AntiqueClassic Chapter 4 in the Minneapolis area

RJ DOBBY LICKTEIG Albert Lea Minnesota

Dobby is a native of Minnesota and had his first ai rplane ride at the age of 13 in a Velie Monocoupe He earned a solo license in a J-2 Cub at the age of 16 working at the local ai rport for flying time and has been flying since then After completing college in Minnesota he entered Air Force pilot training and graduated in Class 421 and was assigned to a new P-47 fighter group His tour of combat was 2-112 years in the European Theater of Operations during World War 11 Dobby has owned a varied collection of aircraft including a Stinson V77 Stearman L-2M Aztec Citabria BT-13A and AT-6G In 1985 he completed the restoration of a KR-2l Kinner-powered biplane and donated it to the EAA Aviation Museum His airplanes are frequent visitors to all Upper Midwest fly-ins He has been active in EAA Antique Classic and Warbird activities since the Convention was moved to Oshkosh He served as president of the AntiqueClassic Division from 1984 until 1988 Dobby is retired and he and his wife Jeanne live in Albert Lea Minnesota Their son Scott is a licensed pilot and is active on the Warbirds parking committee at the Annual EAA Convention

DALE A GUSTAFSON Indianapolis IN

Dale has been interested in airplanes since he was a small child and took his first plane ride in 1939 at the age of 10 He started taking flying lessons in 1945 and soloed at 16 After high school he worked at the airport in South Bend Indiana servicing airliners handling cargo and doing field maintenance Dale attended Spartan School of Aeronaut ics in 1948 and 1949 to obtain additional pilot ratings After this he freelanced as a fli ght instructor and ran a small FBO at South Bend until he was hired as a co-pilot on Turner Airlines in Indianapolis in 1950 Through name changes and mergers the airline is now USAir He had been with the airline for more than 35 years when he retired His plans now are to spend his time between Indiana and Florida where he has property adjoining a private airstrip Through the years Dale has owned various aircraft including a Stinson V77 Piper Colt Fairchild 24 Cessna 150 and several modern airplanes He currently owns a Cessna 195 plus a Stearman PT-17 and Piper J-4 which are being restored Recently Dale and his wife operated a small ai rport northwest of Indianapolis He is a member of several organizations interested in antique classic and homebuilt aircraft He has been a member of EAA since 1960 and the AntiqueClassic Division since it was organized He has served as an Advisor to the Division and currently is se rving as a Director For several years Dale has judged antiques at Oshkosh and served as Program Chairman for the AntiqueClassic Division awards

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ment of the low-priced airplane Under his direction the Bureau of Aeronautics created a development section to foster the design construction and developshyment of safer easier operated more comfortable and lower priced airplanes for private owners

The Bureau had no budget for develshyopment but it did have funds for purshychasing aircraft to be flown by its inspecshytors as they traveled around the country Later from a special appropriation of $1000000 which was to be used at the discretion of the President for the develshyopment of military and civil aviation $100000 was made available for the new Development Section

Under its authority and with its fundshying the first task of the new section was to investigate possible designs for a safer low-priced airplane for private use A committee was also formed representing both the Government and industry Among the members were Amelia Earhart Dr George Lewis NACA Robert Renfro editor THE SPORTSshyMAN PILOT Edward Warner SAE and Alford Williams American Petroleum Institute

The newly created Development Secshytion turned to the task of setting up deshysign criteria for what Vidal called a Safety Plane Once the specifications were drawn Vidal would solicit bids from the aircraft industry The plan was to purchase 25 airplanes from the firm submitting the best design He was no longer talking about a low-priced everyshymans airplane or planes at the cost of a car but envisioned the Safety Plane as a prototype for the massed produced inshyexpensive aircraft of tomorrow

LIGHT PLANE SPECIFICATIONS

The Bureau of Aeronautics (Bureau of Air Commerce as of July 1934) specishyfications were published in the July 1934 issue of AVIATION along with some edshyitorial comments There is a distinct reshysemblance to the requirements of the Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition

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of 1929 in the light airplane specifications issued recently by the Department of Commerce In sponsoring the developshyment of such a design by calling for bids for 25 planes for the use of his inspectors Aeronautics Director Eugene Vidal beshylieves that the simplicity and safety of opshyeration and low operating cost will attract many new private owners

The editor remarked that several aeroshynautical engineers had been thinking along the same lines and included in the same issue an article about the experishymental machine built by Fred Weick This machine the W-l was being tested at the time at Langley by the NACA

The specifications were broken down into four parts General Performance Safety Features Powerplant and Equipshyment In general they called for an airshyplane with an extreme amount of forward visibility and the ability to brake immeshydiately upon touchdown without nosing over The airplane had to be able to take off over a 35 foot obstacle after an 800 foot run and to land within 400 feet after passing over the same obstacle Addishytionally it had to be non-spinning nonshystalling with a top speed of at least 110 mph and a landing speed of under 35 mph All this to be accomplished with just a 100 horsepower engine Cost was no longer the determining factor in the competition

Aircraft manufacturers would have until August 17 1934 to submit their bids for the contract to build 25 aircraft Vidal opened the bids in the competition at a small Washington ceremony on August 271934 Only one bid came from an airshycraft manufacturer of any size and repushytation The others had been submitted by small firms Because the designs were all so untried Vidal decided against ordershying 25 from anyone bidder Instead the winner would get a contract for 15 and five different builders each a contract for a single prototype which the government would test and evaluate

Fourteen bids were received from the following Safety Air Transport of Indishyanapolis Campbell Aircraft of St Joseph MO Church Airplane Company

Chicago Waldo Waterman of Santa Monica CA Hartford Aircraft CurtissshyWright Robertson MO Hammond Airshycraft Ypsilanti MI Niagara Amphibions Buffalo NY St Louis Aircraft Corp St Louis Arrow Aircraft Lincoln NE Spartan Aircraft Tulsa Kreider-Reisner Hagerstown MD Cunningham-Hall Rochester NY Amphibions Roosevelt Field Long Island

BUREAU AWARDS LIGHTPLANE CONTRACTS

The Hammond Aircraft Company of Ypsilanti MI was the winner of the comshypetition sponsored by the Bureau of Air Commerce to procure airplanes for its inshyspectors and at the same time to encourshyage the development of an economical safe airplane for the private owner

On October 18 1934 the Bureau awarded a contract for 15 of the Hamshymond aircraft with the option of taking five more at $3190 apiece (So much for the $700 airplane) Delivery of the first plane was to have been made within five months and the delivery of the remainshyder within four months of the Bureaus acceptance of the first During the course of 1935 with the money saved by not ordering 25 copies of the winning deshysign the Bureau contracted for five other aircraft to be purchased These included Waldo Waterman for his tailless Arrowshyplane Ole Fahlin (not one of the original bidders) for the Plymacoupe a high wing design powered by a Plymouth automoshybile engine Kreider-Reisner was given an order to modify the Weick W-1 Pitshycairn for the his new road able autogiro Curtiss-Wright for its 90 hp Coupe and the Arrow Company for one of its Sports powered by a Ford V-8 automobile Enshygine

Over the next few years the Bureau would be busy testing these aircraft Three would be successful enough to be certificated for production More on the aircraft in the next installment

(To be continued in next months edishytion of VINTAGE AIRPLANE)

1993 saw many changes for the AnshytiqueClassic Division at Sun n Fun 93 shythe biggest was the relocation of the parkshying area for our airplanes to the east side of the Sun n Fun convention site AnshytiqueClassic Headquarters was also moved with the new location next to the woods on the east end of the main drag The new parking area will in the long run provide more parking for Antique Classic and Contemporary airplanes This year the huge amount of water dumped on the site during the weeks previous to the Conventions start made some areas a bit on the soupy side but Ray Olcott and his tireless group of aircraft parkers did

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their best to keep the airplanes out of the stickiest plots As improvements are made to the new parking area the drainage should improve according to Bill Eickshyhoff Sun n Fun president The rainy weather abated just in time for the Fly-In and the pleasant weather made everybody in the local Chamber of Commerce breathe a big sigh of relief

The second big change came about with the judging of the Contemporary class for the first time A number of good looking Contemporaries were on hand and its apparent that pilots are beginning to take notice of the hidden gems out there on the tiedown ramps across the

country Just as it took a few years for the Classic category to bring the airshyplanes up to Grand Champion status so it will be with the Contemporary class but we can all be encouraged by the efshyforts that have been expended so far shysome of these airplanes are just plain flat gorgeous

Antiques and Classics had their fair share of good looking airplanes too shyleading the pack was the Davis D-l W owned and restored by Dr Roy Wicker and Barbara Kitchens The handsome parasol monoplane was once the pershysonal aircraft of designer and company owner Walter Davis The Davis was judged the Grand Champion Antique of Sun n Fun 93

In the Classic arena there was no Grand Champion award this year - none of the aircraft judged had points above the threshold to be judged as such but a few came close A number of nice Cubs were on display as well as the latest restoration effort by Joe Fleeman the man who restored Delton Perry s TrishyPacer His latest work a BUcker Jungshymann for Ralph Lerch is a true beauty in black

All manner of flying machines came to roost in Lakeland for Sun n Fun - on the next few pages youll get a full color view of some of the neatest vintage airshyplanes in the skies today Delmar Benjamin and his Gee Bee R-1 replica drew admiring crowds again this year

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Grand Champion - Davis D-IW NC 13576 Dr Roy Wicker Quitman GAl Barshybara Kitchens Milner GA

Reserve Grand Champion - Travel Air 2000 NC8853 Gene Rambo Arlington VA

Silver Age (1928-1932) - Travel Air 4D N9917 Bill Plecenik Erwinna P A

Contemporary Age (1933-1945) - Stinson SR-9 NC17154 Jerry Stevens Boca Raton FL

Best Custom - Cessna UC-78 N78UC Dwain Pittenger Hereford TX

Best World War II Era - Stearman N2S N65101 Brian Becker Pompano Beach FL

Best Biplane - Beech Staggerwing N18575 Michael Greenblatt Midland GA

Best Monoplane - Piper J-3 N9499H Dan Foley Wichita KS

Best Open Cockpit - Stearman N1902M Russell Faller Farmingville NY

Best Cabin - Howard DGA-15P N22423 Fred Kirk Ft Lauderdale FL

Outstanding Aircraft - Monocoupe 90AL NC11760 Robert Eicher Daytona Beach FL

Outstanding Aircraft - Piper J-3 N35GM Gene McNeely Earle AR

Outstanding Aircraft - Stearman N2S N68238 Chris and Lyle Wheeler Boca Rashyton FL

Outstanding Aircraft - Stearman N555 Cliff Lowe Cadiz KY

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(Right) Joe Fleeman has done it again His restoration of Ralph Lerchs(AlC 16691) Bucker Jungmann is stunning and the workmanship is excellent as it was on his restoration of Delton Perrys Piper Tri-Pacer

(Below) This nice Stinson 10A has just been restored to the configuration it had when it was used by the CAP at Lanshytana FI during WW II It is registered to Florida Airmotive Inc in Lantana

(Below right) Jerry Stevens handsome Stinson SR-9 taxis out for departure at Lakeland Steve hails from Boca Raton FL and was awarded the Contemporary Age (1933-1945) Antique trophy

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(Left) Immaculately restored by Pete Jones Air Repair of Cleveland GA Brian Becker s (AIC 14784) Stearman is reshysplendent in its US Navy color scheme It was the winner of the Best WW II Era trophy

(Lower left) Bird Biplanes always look so pretty on the flight line Brian Thorpe Mt Dora FL brought his Bird CK up north from the Miami area It is powered by a Continental R-670

(Below) Dick Jackson (AIC 371) Rochester NH continues to fly the only Waco D The 0 sometimes referred to as the Waco Super Sport is the only one of its kind in existence Dick restored it over 20 years ago and it is still looking great

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Best Classic 101 to 165 hp - Cessna 170 N2727C Gene D Engelskirger Hinkley OH

Best Classic Over 165 hp - Ryan Navion N5437K H a le Andre ws Berkeley Springs WV

Best Custom Classic Under 100 hp - Cessna 120 N2460N Scott Cox Ft Lauderdale FL

Best Custom Classic 101 to 165 hp - Pipe r P A-16 N5796H Mitch Freshyitag Summerville SC

Best Custom Classic Over 165 hp shyGlobe Swift N80555 Scott Anderson Deerfield Beach FL

Best Of Type - Pipe r PA-17 Vaga bo nd N4686 H Tom Scott Okeechobee FL

Best Of Type - G lobe Swift N78068 Pete Johnson Faribault MN

Best Of Type - Piper PA-22 Tri Pacer N8740C Delto n Perry Lawrenceburg TN

Best Of Type - Luscombe 8A NC681A Rochard Hoyle Vince nt AL

Outst a nding A ircraft - B ticker Ju ngma nn N46925 Ralp h Lerch Lawrenceburg TN

(Above and above right) Now you can put a face with the plane - heres Delton Perry (AIC 18583) and his Piper TrishyPacer (The same one featured in the Deshycember 1992 issue of Vintage Airplane) Deltons PA-22 won the Best of Type award for the restoration done by Joe Fleeman

(Right) Mark Holliday (AiC 1316) of Lake Elmo MN shows off the racy lines of his stock Globe Swift Stock or modified the Swift is still one of the most beautiful airplanes ever made

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AntiqueClassic HQ has been moved to a spot next to the Ill bet you can guess which college football team Parnell Colas woods - here folks are enjoying the shade during the aftershy cheers for noon airshow

(Above) Hale Andrews (AIC 982) of Berkeley Springs WV cruises by with the pretty Navion Super 260 his father bought new in 1951 It has just been restored after a flood nearly deshystroyed it

(Left) Luke Walker is just starting to enjoy flyshying his newly-restored Piper Vagabond It was his first aircraft restoration effort

(Right) N7777K is the oldest Piper Tri-Pacer in existence - it is serial No2 the first production aircraft to survive (Serial number 1 was tested to destruction during the certificashy

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Outstanding Aircraft - Cessna 172 N6208E Jerry W Wharton Wise VA Ul

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(Above top) No tired old Apache here Verwayne (AIC 3987) and Leslie Owen Severna Park MD are just completing this nice restorashytion of their 1959 Piper PA-23 Apache

(Above right) Anthony Lamontia (AIC 20124) Bath OH is justifiably proud of his Cessna 182 he has been restoring for a number of years It was an Outstanding Airshycraft award winner

(Left) Another Outstanding Aircraft award winner was Jerry Whartons 1959 Cessna 172 Jerrys airplane was stored indoors for most of its life and as a consequence the airshyplane was we preserved The inshyterior fabric on the seats and side panels is original as is the instrushyment panel -erry (AIC 18564) is from Wise VA

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(Left) After their first attempt at flying the England - Australia trip in a Piper J-3() Bob and Diane Dempster are going to try it again in a brand spanking new Piper PA-18 Super Cub (The first time the density altitude high and the service ceiling of the Cub not as high stopped the flight in the 1250 heat of the Egyptian desert) The Dempsters arrived at Lakeshyland after picking up the airplane in Vero Beach with 98 hours on the tach They plan to sell their house get an instrushyment rating for Bob and make the necshyessary modifications to fly the North Atshylantic and beyond

This years AntiqueClassic and Contemporary judges at Sun n Fun 93 were (left to right) Jim Zantop Joe Sinnett Xen K Motsinger Jennie White George Hindall Bill Doty Jack Gilson Juan Blanco Bob Romanelli Leonard Kress Jack Gillespie Terny Brokaw Harris Wiese Wayne Anderson Bill Murry and Don Jacobs Thanks to all of them for their hard work chasing down the airplanes to be judged

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Best Metal Seaplane - Cessna 185E N5830J Joe Strazzula Ft Pierce FL Best Fabric Seaplane - Maule M-7 N61350 Mark Futch Boca Grande FL Best Ampbibian - Grumman Goose N121GL Chuck Greenhill Mettawa IL

Originally located in Louisiana this J-3 Cub on 1320 Edo floats N1353M SIN 9913 was brought to Florida by Steve Swails (EAA 377050) of Ft Myshyers and totally restored Although some corrosion was found necessary repairs were completed and the airframe was epoxy primed and powder coated for seaplane use A C85-12 engine was installed (without starter and generator) to replace the C65 and the floats were restored to new condition

Left - Steve Swails carefully negotiates alligator alley between the shore and open water at Lake Parker Pilots reported the gators were quite prevalent just outside the reeds and could easily be seen sunning themshyselves

Lower left - Unusual mint condition 1320 Edo floats on Steve Swails J-3 Cub looked brand new Note the cable between the float tips for moving to the other side of the airplane - often referred to as a Canadian Spreader Bar

Lower right - Nestled on the shore of Lake Parker is Steve Swails J-3 85 Cub His passenger was Alex Wopper (EAA 419315) of Valdivia Chile who is just starting seaplane training He has purchased a Murphy Regtel kit along with a float kit and will build them at his home in the south of Chile - below the 40th parallel A native of Germany Alex is excited about having the only seaplane in Chile and many many lakes to fly from

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Brilliant ear1y morning photo of Bill Rose (EAA 159635 AlC 6612) Grumman Goose N600ZE SIN B-100 with eleven hot air balloons lifting into the clear Florida sky

One of Jack Browns Seaplane Base Cubs on 1500 Aqua floats took a trip through the reeds cutting sileage The un-named pilot had to push and pull it out of the mess in waist deep water

Very nice photo of a Republic RC-3 Seabee N6659K SIN 936 as it powers onto the step for takeoff It is registered to Graham Sutherland of Port Orange FL Note how the spray rails move the water away from the hull and the proshypeller

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N6256 Replica Fighter Museum Gunshytersville AL

Outstanding Aircraft - Halberstadt D II N1388J Replica Fighter Museum Guntersville AL

Outstanding Aircraft - Sopwith Pup N1915K Replica Fighter Museum Gunshytersville AL

Outstanding Aircraft - Sopwith Trishyplane N543A Replica Fighter Museum Guntersville AL

3 years in a row Frank Ryders growing collection of WW I era replicas has again captured the Grand Champion Replica award at Sun n Fun This year the award was presented to the Nieuport 28 (above right) replica Chuck Brady (AIC 1920) constructed at his shop in Dwight IL

Frank and his Lake Gunterville Aero crew brought three other replicas to Sun n Fun 93 - from top to bottom they are Halberstadt DII Constructed by Carl Swanson Darien WI the airplane was on display at the EAA Air Adventure museum until being acquired by Frank Ryder for his museum Completely gone over by Gene Schwartz and the staff at Lake Gunshytersville Aero the Halberstadt was refinshyished in the spectacular longenze scheme you see here Its being flown here by Gene DeMarco

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The replica in the center of the page is the Sopwith Pup constructed by Ken Pruitt Belen NM and being flown by Frank Ryder He advises that it is one of the most demanding airplanes he has landed - even more so than the Fokker Triplane

Finally at the bottom of the facing page is the Sopwith Triplane built by Chad and Char Willie of Lake Oswego OR It is beshying flown for our camera by Joel Williams A Sopwith Dolphin project was also disshyplayed to give the public some sense of the work involved in constructing a replica WW I fighter WW I aviation will be the subject of a featured display at

EAA OSHKOSH 93 on the Convention taxiway - details are in this months AlC News

In the photo below the Douglas DC-3 of Alexander Aeroplane taxis out for deparshyture with a load of happy Sun n Fun volshyunteers Ron Alexander graciously agreed to give a ride to as many volunteers as he could with the Douglas and the smooth evening air was a treat for all who experishyenced it Our own Buck Hilbert was drafted as co-pilot (Im sure they had to drag him screaming and kicking to the airplane ) where he enjoyed refamiliarshyizing himself with the airplane he cut his teeth on as a neophyte airline pilot

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1ST PLACE GROUND TO AIR - Robert T Beecher (AIC 17924) Chicago IL captured this truly rare photo of a Parks P-2A in flight Since there are only a few of these airplanes left flying this is definitely one for the scrapbooks

2ND PLACE GROUND TO AIR - Myron Heimer (AIC 8190) 3RD PLACE GROUND TO AIR - LeRoy Falk (AIC 9411) CarshyRose Creek MN pentersville IL neatly frames this Fairchild 24W

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1ST PLACE GROUND TO GROUND - Myron Heimer gets his second award with this in your face shot of a Dwain Pittengers Cessna T -50 Bobcat

3RD PLACE GROUND TO GROUND - LeRoy Falk

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HONORABLE MENTION GROUND TO GROUND - L Vincent Hostetler (AIC 14206) Grand Junction CO Even rarer than the Parks P-2 this Parks P-1 now resides at Parks College of St Louis University in Cahokia IL

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1ST PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - LeRoy Falk receives top honors with this picture

of Chuck Spencer refueling Bill Roses Fairchild 22

2ND PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - Don Levandoski gets his second award with this shot of Allen Rudolph touching-up the aileron on the Pietenpol in the AlC tent at Oshkosh 92

3RD PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - (right) Jeri Mihalic (EAA 277478) Mammoth Cave KY shows The Oshkosh Experience in this picture of her husband Dave and his 1957 Bonanza

2ND PLACE - CHAIRMANS CHOICE - Myron Heimer shows us that not all TIger Moths are small

1ST PLACE CHAIRMANS CHOICE - James W Fowler (AIC 2293) Houston TX suitably titled this picture Young Eagle

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1ST PLACE WATER BIRDS - Pat Quinn (AIC 9207) of Ventura CA gives us a glimpse back in time with this photo titled Brennands Seaplane Base 1952 or 1992

2ND PLACE WATER BIRDS - Robert T Beecher

3RD PLACE WATER BIRDS - Myron Heimer brings back WATER BIRDS HONORABLE MENTION - William McCarrei all the memories of a calm summer day (AlC 4496) White Pigeon MI

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Judges Choice for 1992

This dazzling photo of a Lockheed 12-A Electra taken by Robert T Beecher receives the p restig ious honor of

Your judges for the 1992 Anshy man Lorraine Morris EE Tex tiqueClassic Photo Contest were Hilbert Chairman Jack McCarthy (left to right) Dan Hans Co-Chair- Bill Lombardi Lee Fray and Eric

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Lundahl Contest Chairman Jack McshyCarthy would like to thank all of the judges who helped out this year and he would also like to particularly thank Lorraine Morris who helped organize this year s event and did most of the record-keeping Lorraine is an active AC member and she flies a Boeing 737-400 for a living

The AC photo contest is on again for EAA Oshkosh 93 so get your cameras ready for the summer In next month s issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE the rules for the contest will be published and they will also be available when you register for the contest at the AC Red Barn during the Convention Remember the conshytest is for photos of Antique Classic or Contemporary aircraft shot either enroute at the EAA Convention or on the way home Our thanks to the over one hundred() AC members who entered this years contest and we look forward to seeing you again this year

The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a mailer of information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the information to EAA A(( Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903shy3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

JUNE 11-13 - DENTON TX - Denton Municipal Airport AAA (Texas Chapter) 30th Annual Fly-In Contact John or Nancy Whatley 214517-1981 or Bert Mashyhon817387-2620

JUNE 12 - GADSDEN AL - J-3 and Piper high wing Annual Fly-In Camping Bomb Drop Spot Landings Hangar dance Contact Faye Bryant Gadsden Pilots Asshysoc 196 Ira Gray Dr Gadsden AL 35901 205442-3313

JUNE 12 - NEWPORT NEWS V A shy21st Annual Colonial Fly-In Newport NewsWilliamsburg IntI Airport Sponshysored by EAA Chapter 156 Contact ofr inshyformation and NORDO entry Charles Colshylier 620 Hilton Rd Newport News V A 23605 804247-5844

JUNE 13 - AURORA IL - Aurora Mushynicipal Airport EAA Chapte r 579 FlyshyInlDrive -In breakfast and airport FBO open house 7am - 3pm Contact Alan Shackleton 708466-4193 or Bob Rieser Airport Manager 708466-7000

JUNE 19 - WILD ROSE WI - Idlewild Airport - Pancake BreakfastFly-In Idlewild-Wild Rose Airport Assoc PO Box 296 Wild Rose WI 54984 Call 414622-4020

JUNE 24-27 - MT VERNON OH shy34th Annual National Waco Reunion Greatest WACO Show On EARTH For more information call 513868-0084

JUNE 26-27 - ORANGE MA - Orshyange Municipal Airport 17th Annual New England Regional Fly-In sponsored by the Friends of the Orange Airport Contact Bob McKenney 508544-8762 or Len Beshydaw (Orange Airport) 508544-8189 or Fax 508249-5940

JUNE 26-27 - GREELEY CO - EAA Rocky Mountain Fly-In Antiques Classhysics homebuilts warbirds ultralights No registration fee free camping transportashytion to local motels 3031798-6086 or 353shy5514

JULY 4 - WISCONSIN RAPIDS WIshyWI Rapids Airport EAA Chapter 706 FlyshyInDrive In Pancake Breakfast 730shy1130am Call 715435-3644 for information

JULY 7-11 - ARLINGTON WA shyNorthwest EAA Fly-In 206435-5857

JULY 10 -11- DELAWARE OHshy12th Annual EAA Chapter 9 Fly-In

Delaware Airport Contact Alan Harding 614442-0024

JULY 10 -11- EMMETSBURG lA shy5th Annual Aeronca Fly-In sponsored by tbe Tail dragger Club Contact Keith Harnden Box 285 Emmetsburg IA 50536

JULY 11- MICHIGAN CITY IN - EAA Chapter 966 Pancake Breakfast Contacts The Dees - 219324-6060 or the Hugley s 219325-0133

JULY 16-18 - RED LAKE ONTARlOshyNorseman Festival and Fly-In at Red Lake Ontario Norseman Capita l of the World Floats and wheels Contact Ron Robinson Box 308 Red LakeOntario Canada POV 2MO Phone 807727-2809 or Fax 807727shy3980

JULY 23 -24 - COFFEYVILLE KS shyFunk Aircraft Owners Assoc Reunion Conshytact Gene Ventress 10215 S Monticello Shawnee Mission KS 66227 Phone 9131782shy1483

JULY 24 -27 - WAUSAU WI - Ercoupe Owners Club National Convention Contact Syd Cohen 715842-7814

JULY 24 AND 25 - SHIOCTON WI shyAnnual Fly-In Contact Joyce Baggot 414986-3547

JULY 27 - AUGUST 7 - VALshyPARAISO (VPZ) IN Food and Fuel booth Stop by and see us on your way to and from Oshkosh We are famous for our hospitality Sponsored by EAA Chapter 104 Contact 219884-1619

THURSDAY JULY 29 -WEDNESDA Y AUGUST 4 1993 - OSHKOSH WI- 41st Annual EAA Fly-In and Sport Aviation Convention Wittman Regional Airport Con tact John Burton PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54904-3086 Call 414426-4800 for more information ITS NEVER TOO EARLY TO MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND

AUGUST 6 - 8 - STILLWATER OKshyLake Elmo Airport Sesquicentennial Aviashytion Days Fly-In breakfast balloon rally other events 612430-1200 for more inforshymation

AUGUST 12-15 - LOCK HAVEN PAshyWilliam T Piper Memorial Airport Sentishymental Journey 93 Aerial Mail To Lock Haven is this years tbeme All makes and models welcome especially Antique and classic airplanes Call 717893-4200 (9am til 5 pm) Fax 717893-4218 or write PO Box Jshy3 Lock Haven PA 17745-0496

AUGUST 15 - BROOKFIELD WIshyCapitol Airport 8th Annual Vintage Airshycraft Display and Ice Cream Social Midwest Antique Airplane Club will also hold its monthly fly-In meeting For more informashytion call George Meade at 414962-2428

AUGUST 27-29 - SUSSEX NJ - Sussex Airport Sussex Airshow For more informashytion call 2011875-0783

SEPT 4-5 PROSSER W A - 10th Annual

EAA Chapter 391 Fly-IN Food flying tours raffle and more Camping on the field For more info call Thopson Aircraft at 5091786-1034

SEPT 8-12 - GALESBURG IL -Galesburg Municipal Airport 22nd Nashytional Stearman Fly-In Contact Tom Lowe 823 Kingston Ln Crystal Lake IL 60014 815459-6873 or Harold Canada 370 Hawkinson Av Galesburg IL 61401 309343-9850

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Notice is hereby given that an annual business meeting of the members of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division will be held on Wednesday August 4 1993 at 830 am (Central Daylight Time) at the 41st Annual Convention of the Experimental Aircraft Association Inc Wittman Regional Airport Oshkosh Wisconsin Notice is hereby further given that the annual election ofofficers and directors of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division will be conducted by ballot distributed to the members along with this June issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE Said ballot must be returned properly marked to the Ballot Tally Committee EAA AntiqueClassic Division P O Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 and received no later than July 31 1993 The Nominating Committee submits the following list of candidates Arthur R Morgan Vice-President EE Buck Hilbert Treasurer John S Jack Copeland Director Philip Coulson Director Stan GomoLL Director Dale A Gustafson Director Robert S Lickteig Director

ARTHUR R MORGAN Milwaukee Wisconsin

Art Morgan began fly ing in 1961 and received his private license in 1962 In 1965 he went on to get his commercial rating He has been a member of EAA since 1962 and began by parking airplanes at the EAA Conventions in Rockford Illinois Art was one of the first to start building a KR-l and although he did not complete his project he was instrumental in the completion of two of the litt le birds In 1974 he and his wife Kate purchased a 1939 Luscombe 8-C which he promptly rebuilt After two yea rs of fly ing the Luscombe Art and several friends orga nized the American Luscombe Club The Morgans also own a Bellanca 14-13 Art se rved the EAA as a Museum volunteer for several yea rs as Classic parking chairman at Oshkosh and also as AntiqueClassic Parki ng Chai rman Art has been a Director of the AntiqueClassic Division since 1978

E E BUCK HILBERT Union Illinois

Buck is a native of Chicago and a graduate of Lewis College He began learning the pilots point of view while work shying as a line boy at the old Elmhurst Airport near Chicago in 1938 The pay wasnt much but it was flying time and he soloed an Aeronca 65-LA Chief in October 1941 He enlisted in the Air Force shortly thereafter into the Training Command where he flew and instructed in many of the training aircraft of that era He flew gunnery training at Las Vegas Army Air Field in B-17s and finished up teaching Chinese Nationali st Pilots twin engine transition Recalled for the Korean war Buck qualified as an Army Aviator and flew with the HQ Company Air Section of the 24th Infant ry Division A most rewarding and memorable experience he reports Buck and Dorothy and their four children are at home at Hilbert s Funny Farm where he has an airstrip and keeps a stable of interesting and flyab le old airplanes Buck is a retired Un ited Airlines captain Buck is no stranger to the AntiqueClassic Division He is past president hav shying served from 1971 through 1975 He currently is Treasurer of the Division and is also a member of the EAA Aviation Foundation Board of Trustees

JOHN S JACK COPELAND Westborough Massachusetts

Jack received a degree in mechanical engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology in 1954 He served as an Aircraft Maintenance Officer on acti ve dut-y-in the middotUS Air Force from 1955- attaining the rank of captain in the USAF Rese rve Jack holds a co mmercial pilot license with a fli ght instructor rating He joined EAA in 1971 and the AntiqueClassic Division in 1975 shortly after purchasing his first aircraft a 1948 Cessna 140 At that time Jack lived in the Chicago area and participated in pre-Convention weekend work parties He has been an active volunteer at the last twelve annual Conventions serving at va rious times as Classic Parking Co-Chairman Manpower Co-Chairman and Manpower Chairman He was named an advisor to the AntiqueClassic Board of Directors in 1979 and served in that capacity until 1984 when he was elected to a Directorship Jack earns his living as a professional engineer and in addition to his EAA involvement is active as a Captain on the Massachusetts Wing Staff of the Civil Air Patrol

PHILIP COULSON Lawton Michigan

Phil was born on a fa rm in southwestern Michigan His first ride in an airplane was at the age of 16 in a Fairchild PT-23 owned and fl own by Horace Sackett a local pilot and AampP Twenty-years later Horace would be Phils guiding light in restoring his 1930 Waco INF Phil lea rned to fl y off a grass strip in Lawton Michigan in 1962 His original dual instrucshytion and solo fl ying was in a Piper J-5 Throughout the yea rs he has owned several aircraft including a J-3 Cub Taylorcraft TriPacer and Cessna 190 He and his wife Ruthie are lovers of Wacos and greatly enjoy flying their 1940 UPF-7 Waco Their Kinner powered 1930 INF Waco is currently on loan to the Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum in Kalamazoo MI They also own a Model G Bonanza Phil s military ca reer consisted of four yea rs in the US Air Force during the Korean War Phil is a li fe time EAA member and began attending EAA Conventions in Rockford Illinois He is a charter member of AntiqueClassic Chapter 8 and also a past president Phil is a past chairman of the annual Parade of Flight at Oshkosh and is currently the President of the newly formed American Waco Club Inc He was appointed advisor to the AntiqueClassic Board in 1985 The Coulsons live in Lawton Michigan

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STAN GOMOLL Blaine Minnesota

Stan soloed a J-3 Club on his 16th birthday on 11-30-42 In 1945 he served in the US Air Force as a ground crewman on B-29s based at Guam Stan received his AampE license in 1949 at Spartan School of Aeronautics then returned home to Minneapolis where he worked at a small airport In 1951 he was hired by Northwest Airlines as a mechanic progressing to Flight Engineer and Co-pilot Stan is now retired from Northwest Stans first airplane was a 193940 hp Taylorcraft Currently he owns and fli es a 1936 Waco Cabin and a 1946 J-3 Cub Over the years he has restored many airplanes Stan has been active in EAA working on various committees at the Annual Convention In 1976 he was named Advisor and elected to the Board of Directors in 1984 He is currently President of AntiqueClassic Chapter 4 in the Minneapolis area

RJ DOBBY LICKTEIG Albert Lea Minnesota

Dobby is a native of Minnesota and had his first ai rplane ride at the age of 13 in a Velie Monocoupe He earned a solo license in a J-2 Cub at the age of 16 working at the local ai rport for flying time and has been flying since then After completing college in Minnesota he entered Air Force pilot training and graduated in Class 421 and was assigned to a new P-47 fighter group His tour of combat was 2-112 years in the European Theater of Operations during World War 11 Dobby has owned a varied collection of aircraft including a Stinson V77 Stearman L-2M Aztec Citabria BT-13A and AT-6G In 1985 he completed the restoration of a KR-2l Kinner-powered biplane and donated it to the EAA Aviation Museum His airplanes are frequent visitors to all Upper Midwest fly-ins He has been active in EAA Antique Classic and Warbird activities since the Convention was moved to Oshkosh He served as president of the AntiqueClassic Division from 1984 until 1988 Dobby is retired and he and his wife Jeanne live in Albert Lea Minnesota Their son Scott is a licensed pilot and is active on the Warbirds parking committee at the Annual EAA Convention

DALE A GUSTAFSON Indianapolis IN

Dale has been interested in airplanes since he was a small child and took his first plane ride in 1939 at the age of 10 He started taking flying lessons in 1945 and soloed at 16 After high school he worked at the airport in South Bend Indiana servicing airliners handling cargo and doing field maintenance Dale attended Spartan School of Aeronaut ics in 1948 and 1949 to obtain additional pilot ratings After this he freelanced as a fli ght instructor and ran a small FBO at South Bend until he was hired as a co-pilot on Turner Airlines in Indianapolis in 1950 Through name changes and mergers the airline is now USAir He had been with the airline for more than 35 years when he retired His plans now are to spend his time between Indiana and Florida where he has property adjoining a private airstrip Through the years Dale has owned various aircraft including a Stinson V77 Piper Colt Fairchild 24 Cessna 150 and several modern airplanes He currently owns a Cessna 195 plus a Stearman PT-17 and Piper J-4 which are being restored Recently Dale and his wife operated a small ai rport northwest of Indianapolis He is a member of several organizations interested in antique classic and homebuilt aircraft He has been a member of EAA since 1960 and the AntiqueClassic Division since it was organized He has served as an Advisor to the Division and currently is se rving as a Director For several years Dale has judged antiques at Oshkosh and served as Program Chairman for the AntiqueClassic Division awards

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1993 saw many changes for the AnshytiqueClassic Division at Sun n Fun 93 shythe biggest was the relocation of the parkshying area for our airplanes to the east side of the Sun n Fun convention site AnshytiqueClassic Headquarters was also moved with the new location next to the woods on the east end of the main drag The new parking area will in the long run provide more parking for Antique Classic and Contemporary airplanes This year the huge amount of water dumped on the site during the weeks previous to the Conventions start made some areas a bit on the soupy side but Ray Olcott and his tireless group of aircraft parkers did

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their best to keep the airplanes out of the stickiest plots As improvements are made to the new parking area the drainage should improve according to Bill Eickshyhoff Sun n Fun president The rainy weather abated just in time for the Fly-In and the pleasant weather made everybody in the local Chamber of Commerce breathe a big sigh of relief

The second big change came about with the judging of the Contemporary class for the first time A number of good looking Contemporaries were on hand and its apparent that pilots are beginning to take notice of the hidden gems out there on the tiedown ramps across the

country Just as it took a few years for the Classic category to bring the airshyplanes up to Grand Champion status so it will be with the Contemporary class but we can all be encouraged by the efshyforts that have been expended so far shysome of these airplanes are just plain flat gorgeous

Antiques and Classics had their fair share of good looking airplanes too shyleading the pack was the Davis D-l W owned and restored by Dr Roy Wicker and Barbara Kitchens The handsome parasol monoplane was once the pershysonal aircraft of designer and company owner Walter Davis The Davis was judged the Grand Champion Antique of Sun n Fun 93

In the Classic arena there was no Grand Champion award this year - none of the aircraft judged had points above the threshold to be judged as such but a few came close A number of nice Cubs were on display as well as the latest restoration effort by Joe Fleeman the man who restored Delton Perry s TrishyPacer His latest work a BUcker Jungshymann for Ralph Lerch is a true beauty in black

All manner of flying machines came to roost in Lakeland for Sun n Fun - on the next few pages youll get a full color view of some of the neatest vintage airshyplanes in the skies today Delmar Benjamin and his Gee Bee R-1 replica drew admiring crowds again this year

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Grand Champion - Davis D-IW NC 13576 Dr Roy Wicker Quitman GAl Barshybara Kitchens Milner GA

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Silver Age (1928-1932) - Travel Air 4D N9917 Bill Plecenik Erwinna P A

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(Right) Joe Fleeman has done it again His restoration of Ralph Lerchs(AlC 16691) Bucker Jungmann is stunning and the workmanship is excellent as it was on his restoration of Delton Perrys Piper Tri-Pacer

(Below) This nice Stinson 10A has just been restored to the configuration it had when it was used by the CAP at Lanshytana FI during WW II It is registered to Florida Airmotive Inc in Lantana

(Below right) Jerry Stevens handsome Stinson SR-9 taxis out for departure at Lakeland Steve hails from Boca Raton FL and was awarded the Contemporary Age (1933-1945) Antique trophy

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(Left) Immaculately restored by Pete Jones Air Repair of Cleveland GA Brian Becker s (AIC 14784) Stearman is reshysplendent in its US Navy color scheme It was the winner of the Best WW II Era trophy

(Lower left) Bird Biplanes always look so pretty on the flight line Brian Thorpe Mt Dora FL brought his Bird CK up north from the Miami area It is powered by a Continental R-670

(Below) Dick Jackson (AIC 371) Rochester NH continues to fly the only Waco D The 0 sometimes referred to as the Waco Super Sport is the only one of its kind in existence Dick restored it over 20 years ago and it is still looking great

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Best Classic 101 to 165 hp - Cessna 170 N2727C Gene D Engelskirger Hinkley OH

Best Classic Over 165 hp - Ryan Navion N5437K H a le Andre ws Berkeley Springs WV

Best Custom Classic Under 100 hp - Cessna 120 N2460N Scott Cox Ft Lauderdale FL

Best Custom Classic 101 to 165 hp - Pipe r P A-16 N5796H Mitch Freshyitag Summerville SC

Best Custom Classic Over 165 hp shyGlobe Swift N80555 Scott Anderson Deerfield Beach FL

Best Of Type - Pipe r PA-17 Vaga bo nd N4686 H Tom Scott Okeechobee FL

Best Of Type - G lobe Swift N78068 Pete Johnson Faribault MN

Best Of Type - Piper PA-22 Tri Pacer N8740C Delto n Perry Lawrenceburg TN

Best Of Type - Luscombe 8A NC681A Rochard Hoyle Vince nt AL

Outst a nding A ircraft - B ticker Ju ngma nn N46925 Ralp h Lerch Lawrenceburg TN

(Above and above right) Now you can put a face with the plane - heres Delton Perry (AIC 18583) and his Piper TrishyPacer (The same one featured in the Deshycember 1992 issue of Vintage Airplane) Deltons PA-22 won the Best of Type award for the restoration done by Joe Fleeman

(Right) Mark Holliday (AiC 1316) of Lake Elmo MN shows off the racy lines of his stock Globe Swift Stock or modified the Swift is still one of the most beautiful airplanes ever made

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AntiqueClassic HQ has been moved to a spot next to the Ill bet you can guess which college football team Parnell Colas woods - here folks are enjoying the shade during the aftershy cheers for noon airshow

(Above) Hale Andrews (AIC 982) of Berkeley Springs WV cruises by with the pretty Navion Super 260 his father bought new in 1951 It has just been restored after a flood nearly deshystroyed it

(Left) Luke Walker is just starting to enjoy flyshying his newly-restored Piper Vagabond It was his first aircraft restoration effort

(Right) N7777K is the oldest Piper Tri-Pacer in existence - it is serial No2 the first production aircraft to survive (Serial number 1 was tested to destruction during the certificashy

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(Above top) No tired old Apache here Verwayne (AIC 3987) and Leslie Owen Severna Park MD are just completing this nice restorashytion of their 1959 Piper PA-23 Apache

(Above right) Anthony Lamontia (AIC 20124) Bath OH is justifiably proud of his Cessna 182 he has been restoring for a number of years It was an Outstanding Airshycraft award winner

(Left) Another Outstanding Aircraft award winner was Jerry Whartons 1959 Cessna 172 Jerrys airplane was stored indoors for most of its life and as a consequence the airshyplane was we preserved The inshyterior fabric on the seats and side panels is original as is the instrushyment panel -erry (AIC 18564) is from Wise VA

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(Left) After their first attempt at flying the England - Australia trip in a Piper J-3() Bob and Diane Dempster are going to try it again in a brand spanking new Piper PA-18 Super Cub (The first time the density altitude high and the service ceiling of the Cub not as high stopped the flight in the 1250 heat of the Egyptian desert) The Dempsters arrived at Lakeshyland after picking up the airplane in Vero Beach with 98 hours on the tach They plan to sell their house get an instrushyment rating for Bob and make the necshyessary modifications to fly the North Atshylantic and beyond

This years AntiqueClassic and Contemporary judges at Sun n Fun 93 were (left to right) Jim Zantop Joe Sinnett Xen K Motsinger Jennie White George Hindall Bill Doty Jack Gilson Juan Blanco Bob Romanelli Leonard Kress Jack Gillespie Terny Brokaw Harris Wiese Wayne Anderson Bill Murry and Don Jacobs Thanks to all of them for their hard work chasing down the airplanes to be judged

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Best Metal Seaplane - Cessna 185E N5830J Joe Strazzula Ft Pierce FL Best Fabric Seaplane - Maule M-7 N61350 Mark Futch Boca Grande FL Best Ampbibian - Grumman Goose N121GL Chuck Greenhill Mettawa IL

Originally located in Louisiana this J-3 Cub on 1320 Edo floats N1353M SIN 9913 was brought to Florida by Steve Swails (EAA 377050) of Ft Myshyers and totally restored Although some corrosion was found necessary repairs were completed and the airframe was epoxy primed and powder coated for seaplane use A C85-12 engine was installed (without starter and generator) to replace the C65 and the floats were restored to new condition

Left - Steve Swails carefully negotiates alligator alley between the shore and open water at Lake Parker Pilots reported the gators were quite prevalent just outside the reeds and could easily be seen sunning themshyselves

Lower left - Unusual mint condition 1320 Edo floats on Steve Swails J-3 Cub looked brand new Note the cable between the float tips for moving to the other side of the airplane - often referred to as a Canadian Spreader Bar

Lower right - Nestled on the shore of Lake Parker is Steve Swails J-3 85 Cub His passenger was Alex Wopper (EAA 419315) of Valdivia Chile who is just starting seaplane training He has purchased a Murphy Regtel kit along with a float kit and will build them at his home in the south of Chile - below the 40th parallel A native of Germany Alex is excited about having the only seaplane in Chile and many many lakes to fly from

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Brilliant ear1y morning photo of Bill Rose (EAA 159635 AlC 6612) Grumman Goose N600ZE SIN B-100 with eleven hot air balloons lifting into the clear Florida sky

One of Jack Browns Seaplane Base Cubs on 1500 Aqua floats took a trip through the reeds cutting sileage The un-named pilot had to push and pull it out of the mess in waist deep water

Very nice photo of a Republic RC-3 Seabee N6659K SIN 936 as it powers onto the step for takeoff It is registered to Graham Sutherland of Port Orange FL Note how the spray rails move the water away from the hull and the proshypeller

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N6256 Replica Fighter Museum Gunshytersville AL

Outstanding Aircraft - Halberstadt D II N1388J Replica Fighter Museum Guntersville AL

Outstanding Aircraft - Sopwith Pup N1915K Replica Fighter Museum Gunshytersville AL

Outstanding Aircraft - Sopwith Trishyplane N543A Replica Fighter Museum Guntersville AL

3 years in a row Frank Ryders growing collection of WW I era replicas has again captured the Grand Champion Replica award at Sun n Fun This year the award was presented to the Nieuport 28 (above right) replica Chuck Brady (AIC 1920) constructed at his shop in Dwight IL

Frank and his Lake Gunterville Aero crew brought three other replicas to Sun n Fun 93 - from top to bottom they are Halberstadt DII Constructed by Carl Swanson Darien WI the airplane was on display at the EAA Air Adventure museum until being acquired by Frank Ryder for his museum Completely gone over by Gene Schwartz and the staff at Lake Gunshytersville Aero the Halberstadt was refinshyished in the spectacular longenze scheme you see here Its being flown here by Gene DeMarco

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The replica in the center of the page is the Sopwith Pup constructed by Ken Pruitt Belen NM and being flown by Frank Ryder He advises that it is one of the most demanding airplanes he has landed - even more so than the Fokker Triplane

Finally at the bottom of the facing page is the Sopwith Triplane built by Chad and Char Willie of Lake Oswego OR It is beshying flown for our camera by Joel Williams A Sopwith Dolphin project was also disshyplayed to give the public some sense of the work involved in constructing a replica WW I fighter WW I aviation will be the subject of a featured display at

EAA OSHKOSH 93 on the Convention taxiway - details are in this months AlC News

In the photo below the Douglas DC-3 of Alexander Aeroplane taxis out for deparshyture with a load of happy Sun n Fun volshyunteers Ron Alexander graciously agreed to give a ride to as many volunteers as he could with the Douglas and the smooth evening air was a treat for all who experishyenced it Our own Buck Hilbert was drafted as co-pilot (Im sure they had to drag him screaming and kicking to the airplane ) where he enjoyed refamiliarshyizing himself with the airplane he cut his teeth on as a neophyte airline pilot

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1ST PLACE GROUND TO AIR - Robert T Beecher (AIC 17924) Chicago IL captured this truly rare photo of a Parks P-2A in flight Since there are only a few of these airplanes left flying this is definitely one for the scrapbooks

2ND PLACE GROUND TO AIR - Myron Heimer (AIC 8190) 3RD PLACE GROUND TO AIR - LeRoy Falk (AIC 9411) CarshyRose Creek MN pentersville IL neatly frames this Fairchild 24W

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1ST PLACE GROUND TO GROUND - Myron Heimer gets his second award with this in your face shot of a Dwain Pittengers Cessna T -50 Bobcat

3RD PLACE GROUND TO GROUND - LeRoy Falk

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HONORABLE MENTION GROUND TO GROUND - L Vincent Hostetler (AIC 14206) Grand Junction CO Even rarer than the Parks P-2 this Parks P-1 now resides at Parks College of St Louis University in Cahokia IL

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1ST PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - LeRoy Falk receives top honors with this picture

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2ND PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - Don Levandoski gets his second award with this shot of Allen Rudolph touching-up the aileron on the Pietenpol in the AlC tent at Oshkosh 92

3RD PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - (right) Jeri Mihalic (EAA 277478) Mammoth Cave KY shows The Oshkosh Experience in this picture of her husband Dave and his 1957 Bonanza

2ND PLACE - CHAIRMANS CHOICE - Myron Heimer shows us that not all TIger Moths are small

1ST PLACE CHAIRMANS CHOICE - James W Fowler (AIC 2293) Houston TX suitably titled this picture Young Eagle

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1ST PLACE WATER BIRDS - Pat Quinn (AIC 9207) of Ventura CA gives us a glimpse back in time with this photo titled Brennands Seaplane Base 1952 or 1992

2ND PLACE WATER BIRDS - Robert T Beecher

3RD PLACE WATER BIRDS - Myron Heimer brings back WATER BIRDS HONORABLE MENTION - William McCarrei all the memories of a calm summer day (AlC 4496) White Pigeon MI

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Judges Choice for 1992

This dazzling photo of a Lockheed 12-A Electra taken by Robert T Beecher receives the p restig ious honor of

Your judges for the 1992 Anshy man Lorraine Morris EE Tex tiqueClassic Photo Contest were Hilbert Chairman Jack McCarthy (left to right) Dan Hans Co-Chair- Bill Lombardi Lee Fray and Eric

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Lundahl Contest Chairman Jack McshyCarthy would like to thank all of the judges who helped out this year and he would also like to particularly thank Lorraine Morris who helped organize this year s event and did most of the record-keeping Lorraine is an active AC member and she flies a Boeing 737-400 for a living

The AC photo contest is on again for EAA Oshkosh 93 so get your cameras ready for the summer In next month s issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE the rules for the contest will be published and they will also be available when you register for the contest at the AC Red Barn during the Convention Remember the conshytest is for photos of Antique Classic or Contemporary aircraft shot either enroute at the EAA Convention or on the way home Our thanks to the over one hundred() AC members who entered this years contest and we look forward to seeing you again this year

The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a mailer of information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the information to EAA A(( Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903shy3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

JUNE 11-13 - DENTON TX - Denton Municipal Airport AAA (Texas Chapter) 30th Annual Fly-In Contact John or Nancy Whatley 214517-1981 or Bert Mashyhon817387-2620

JUNE 12 - GADSDEN AL - J-3 and Piper high wing Annual Fly-In Camping Bomb Drop Spot Landings Hangar dance Contact Faye Bryant Gadsden Pilots Asshysoc 196 Ira Gray Dr Gadsden AL 35901 205442-3313

JUNE 12 - NEWPORT NEWS V A shy21st Annual Colonial Fly-In Newport NewsWilliamsburg IntI Airport Sponshysored by EAA Chapter 156 Contact ofr inshyformation and NORDO entry Charles Colshylier 620 Hilton Rd Newport News V A 23605 804247-5844

JUNE 13 - AURORA IL - Aurora Mushynicipal Airport EAA Chapte r 579 FlyshyInlDrive -In breakfast and airport FBO open house 7am - 3pm Contact Alan Shackleton 708466-4193 or Bob Rieser Airport Manager 708466-7000

JUNE 19 - WILD ROSE WI - Idlewild Airport - Pancake BreakfastFly-In Idlewild-Wild Rose Airport Assoc PO Box 296 Wild Rose WI 54984 Call 414622-4020

JUNE 24-27 - MT VERNON OH shy34th Annual National Waco Reunion Greatest WACO Show On EARTH For more information call 513868-0084

JUNE 26-27 - ORANGE MA - Orshyange Municipal Airport 17th Annual New England Regional Fly-In sponsored by the Friends of the Orange Airport Contact Bob McKenney 508544-8762 or Len Beshydaw (Orange Airport) 508544-8189 or Fax 508249-5940

JUNE 26-27 - GREELEY CO - EAA Rocky Mountain Fly-In Antiques Classhysics homebuilts warbirds ultralights No registration fee free camping transportashytion to local motels 3031798-6086 or 353shy5514

JULY 4 - WISCONSIN RAPIDS WIshyWI Rapids Airport EAA Chapter 706 FlyshyInDrive In Pancake Breakfast 730shy1130am Call 715435-3644 for information

JULY 7-11 - ARLINGTON WA shyNorthwest EAA Fly-In 206435-5857

JULY 10 -11- DELAWARE OHshy12th Annual EAA Chapter 9 Fly-In

Delaware Airport Contact Alan Harding 614442-0024

JULY 10 -11- EMMETSBURG lA shy5th Annual Aeronca Fly-In sponsored by tbe Tail dragger Club Contact Keith Harnden Box 285 Emmetsburg IA 50536

JULY 11- MICHIGAN CITY IN - EAA Chapter 966 Pancake Breakfast Contacts The Dees - 219324-6060 or the Hugley s 219325-0133

JULY 16-18 - RED LAKE ONTARlOshyNorseman Festival and Fly-In at Red Lake Ontario Norseman Capita l of the World Floats and wheels Contact Ron Robinson Box 308 Red LakeOntario Canada POV 2MO Phone 807727-2809 or Fax 807727shy3980

JULY 23 -24 - COFFEYVILLE KS shyFunk Aircraft Owners Assoc Reunion Conshytact Gene Ventress 10215 S Monticello Shawnee Mission KS 66227 Phone 9131782shy1483

JULY 24 -27 - WAUSAU WI - Ercoupe Owners Club National Convention Contact Syd Cohen 715842-7814

JULY 24 AND 25 - SHIOCTON WI shyAnnual Fly-In Contact Joyce Baggot 414986-3547

JULY 27 - AUGUST 7 - VALshyPARAISO (VPZ) IN Food and Fuel booth Stop by and see us on your way to and from Oshkosh We are famous for our hospitality Sponsored by EAA Chapter 104 Contact 219884-1619

THURSDAY JULY 29 -WEDNESDA Y AUGUST 4 1993 - OSHKOSH WI- 41st Annual EAA Fly-In and Sport Aviation Convention Wittman Regional Airport Con tact John Burton PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54904-3086 Call 414426-4800 for more information ITS NEVER TOO EARLY TO MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND

AUGUST 6 - 8 - STILLWATER OKshyLake Elmo Airport Sesquicentennial Aviashytion Days Fly-In breakfast balloon rally other events 612430-1200 for more inforshymation

AUGUST 12-15 - LOCK HAVEN PAshyWilliam T Piper Memorial Airport Sentishymental Journey 93 Aerial Mail To Lock Haven is this years tbeme All makes and models welcome especially Antique and classic airplanes Call 717893-4200 (9am til 5 pm) Fax 717893-4218 or write PO Box Jshy3 Lock Haven PA 17745-0496

AUGUST 15 - BROOKFIELD WIshyCapitol Airport 8th Annual Vintage Airshycraft Display and Ice Cream Social Midwest Antique Airplane Club will also hold its monthly fly-In meeting For more informashytion call George Meade at 414962-2428

AUGUST 27-29 - SUSSEX NJ - Sussex Airport Sussex Airshow For more informashytion call 2011875-0783

SEPT 4-5 PROSSER W A - 10th Annual

EAA Chapter 391 Fly-IN Food flying tours raffle and more Camping on the field For more info call Thopson Aircraft at 5091786-1034

SEPT 8-12 - GALESBURG IL -Galesburg Municipal Airport 22nd Nashytional Stearman Fly-In Contact Tom Lowe 823 Kingston Ln Crystal Lake IL 60014 815459-6873 or Harold Canada 370 Hawkinson Av Galesburg IL 61401 309343-9850

SEPT 17-19 - KANKAKEE IL - Koshyerner Airport 9th Annual Midwest Stinshyson Fly-In Seminars on Stinson 108s and Franklin engi nes FAA Safety Seminars Sat night banquet Fly-outs rally and performance contests Camping on the field Contact Loran Nordgren 4 W Neshybraska Frankfort IL 60423 Phone 815469-9100

SEPT 11middot12 bull MARION OH - EAA Mid-Eastern Regional Fly-In (MERFI) 513849-9455

SEPT 18-19 -Hickory NC - 8th Annual EAA Chapter 731 Fly-In Contact Jean Smith days 704396-7032 or Norman Rainshywater evenings 704328-5807

SEPT 18middot19 - ROCK FALLS IL shyEAA Nortb Central Fly-In 708513-0642

SEPT 20 - ROCK FALLS IL - Panshycake Breakfast in Conjuction with the North Central Fly-ln

SEPT 24-25 - HEBER CITY UT shyUtah State EAA Sport Aviation 8tb Intershymountain Fly-In Seminars demonstrashytions aircraft judging camping food tours and fun Heber Valley Airport (36U) Conshytact Russ McDonald 801645-9543

SEPT 24middot26 - CAMDEN SC 52 nd reunion of Southern Aviation School pilot Primary Flight Training 1941-1944 For all Alumni employees and all personel Conshytact Bill Hawkins PO Box 789 Camden SC 29020 Phone 803432-9595

SEPT 25middot26 - WILMINGTON DE shyEAA East Coast Regional Fly-In 3011933shy0314

SEPT 30 bull OCT 3 bull OWENSBORO KY Owensboro Davies County Airport Annual Convention of International Cessna 120140 Assoc Contact David Lowe or Gil Pounds 502736-5392 or Fax 736-2403

OCT 1middot2middot BARTLESVILLE OK shy36th Annual Tulsa Fly-In Special Aircraft this year include the EAA replica Spirit of St Louis and the original Woolaroc winshyner of the 1927 Dole Pineapple race Conshytact Charlie Harris 3933 S Peoria Tulsa OK 74105 9181742-7311

OCT 1middot3middot PRESCOTT AZ - EAA Copperstate Fly-ln 6021750-5480

OCT 15-17 bull KERRVILLE TX shyEAA Southwest Regional Fly-In 915658shy4194 1Ir

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS On this page youll see the latest additions to the ranks of the EAA AnshytiqueClassic Division Whether youre joining for the first time or are coming back we welcome you and wed especially like to welcome those ofyou who are joining us with your interest in Contemporary class aircraft Welcome one and all

Randy Abegglen Lewisville ID Jose Abreu Miami FL Tracy A Ake Gainesville VA Roy B Allison Minneapolis MN Carson V Baker Crestwood KY James E Bean Northport NY Tom Beck Bethel AK George Beckerman Mt Carmel IL John F Benson Glendora CA Paul W Blackman Finksburg MD Don Blehm Green Mtn Falls CO Michael G Brown Roanoke VA Samuel W Bruce Eagle Rock VA Walter R Bullerwell Dickson TN David W Burns MarengoIL Tony Buttacavoli Waterford MI H Todd Clamp Newberry SC Troy P Coker III Dallas TX David M Collins Cornelius OR Douglas Conciatu Sterling Heights MI Mark Conover Houston TX James D Cooper Thonotosassa FL Gaetan Coulombe

Cloridorme Quebec Canada Marcella Dankow

Ft McMurray Alberta Canada James Dawson Vacaville CA Drew Detsch San Francisco CA Donald Dewey Sierra Madre CA Van G Dickens Fayetteville NC Charles Dobbins Abingdon V A Donald E Dorrell Santa Barbara CA William Doud USMM Sterling NY Jack C Faas Lake Geneva WI Bill Farrell Cincinnati OH Joel Fenger Chester MT Geoffrey M Fickling McAlpine FL J W Corkey Fornof

Canyon Country CA James R Freese Ukiah CA Walter F Gall Bainbridge W A George Galpin Marton New Zealand Sidney Gehlert Pasadena MD Gary Gladd Fullerton CA Daniel H Gleason Coraopolis P A D Brad Gossen

Downsville Ontario Canada Charles D Grady Tallulah LA Charles E Graves Waterloo IA Jeffrey W Gray

Calgary Alberta Canada Allen D Guth Mokena IL Merv Halliday Tanau New Zealand C Kay Hanshell Sabina OH John E Henderson Lancaster PA Stuart G Henderson Durham NC Arthur L Herr Memphis TN Charles A Hinkle

North Little Rock AR Stephen R Hosch Louisvi lle KY Norman Howard CoffeyviUe KS Don Johnson Los Molinos CA

Wayne Johnson Minneapolis MN Louis A Kirn Apex NC Edward Kling West Chicago IL Paul R Kube San Diego CA Robert E Lake

Hot Springs Village AR James F Landers Elden W Larson Jan Love Robert B Love Louis Lufker Richard L Lutes Waldo Magnuson Scott Mathews Gary K Mathiasen Daniel C Maurin Roger C McAlister James S McAllister George Medue

Tempe AZ Bellevue WA

Saginaw MI Vienna VA

East Moriches NY Hampshire IL Spokane WA

Anchorage AK Dublin CA

San Francisco CA Blue River OR

Lake Monroe FL Medway OH

Bruce L Moore St Augustine FL Mark A Morrison Staley NC Michel Normandin

Longueuil Quebec Canada John L Northey Port Moody British Columbia Canada

Thomas R OHanlon Fort Ogden FL Richard L Oreair Jr Jacksonville FL Ronald J Parese Bridgewater CT Marlin Parrott Jefferson City MO Bryan C Pender Victor G Plumbo Timothy L Popp Jimmy Powers H L Richards John Robinson Robert Santolla David Sarge William A Shain Jeff Simmons

Millington TN Millville NJ

Fennville MI Greensboro NC

Springville AL Cape Coral FL Coraopolis P A Pine Grove P A

Liberty SC Houston TX

C Mahlon Skinnel Jr Lynchburg VA Ari Slitonen Jarvenpaa Finland Colin F Smith Half Moon Bay CA Robert J Smith Billings MT Stephen W Smith Anchorage AK Alan Sparks Joshua TX Cosmo St John Colchester VT Don Stearns Portsmouth NH Peter Strannemar Blairstown NJ Susan J Thompson Natick MA Gary Vassbotn

Calgary Alberta Canada Robert R Wallace Champaign IL Lynn Warren Shelby MI Homer R Weathers ColumbusOH Thomas A Whisnant

Granite Falls NC Julie A White Arizona City AZ Chuck Williams Bellflower CA Steven T Williamson

West Redding cr Kenneth B Woodard Greensboro NC Ronald C Wright Gatesville TX

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EAA Membership in the Experimental Aircraft Association Inc is $3500 for one year including 12 issues of Sport Aviation Junior Membership (under 19 years of age) is available at $2000 annually Family membership is available for an additional $1000 annually All major credit cards accepted for membership FAX (414) 426-4873

ANTIQUECLASSIC

EAA Member- $2000 Includes one year membership in EAA AntiqueClassic Division 12 monthly issues of Vintage Airplane and membership card Applicant must be a current EAA member and must give EAA membership number Non-EAA Member- $3000 Includes one year membership in the EAA Antique Classic Division 12 monthly issues of Vintage Airplane one year membership in the EAA and separate membership cards Sport Aviation not included

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Membership in the Warbirds of America Inc is $3000 per year which includes a subscription to Warbirds Warbird members are required to be members of EAA

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EAA membership and EAA EXPERIshyMENTER magazine is available for $2800 per year (Sport Aviation not included) Current EAA members may receive EAA EXPERIMENTER for $1800 per year

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Notice is hereby given that an annual business meeting of the members of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division will be held on Wednesday August 4 1993 at 830 am (Central Daylight Time) at the 41st Annual Convention of the Experimental Aircraft Association Inc Wittman Regional Airport Oshkosh Wisconsin Notice is hereby further given that the annual election ofofficers and directors of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division will be conducted by ballot distributed to the members along with this June issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE Said ballot must be returned properly marked to the Ballot Tally Committee EAA AntiqueClassic Division P O Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 and received no later than July 31 1993 The Nominating Committee submits the following list of candidates Arthur R Morgan Vice-President EE Buck Hilbert Treasurer John S Jack Copeland Director Philip Coulson Director Stan GomoLL Director Dale A Gustafson Director Robert S Lickteig Director

ARTHUR R MORGAN Milwaukee Wisconsin

Art Morgan began fly ing in 1961 and received his private license in 1962 In 1965 he went on to get his commercial rating He has been a member of EAA since 1962 and began by parking airplanes at the EAA Conventions in Rockford Illinois Art was one of the first to start building a KR-l and although he did not complete his project he was instrumental in the completion of two of the litt le birds In 1974 he and his wife Kate purchased a 1939 Luscombe 8-C which he promptly rebuilt After two yea rs of fly ing the Luscombe Art and several friends orga nized the American Luscombe Club The Morgans also own a Bellanca 14-13 Art se rved the EAA as a Museum volunteer for several yea rs as Classic parking chairman at Oshkosh and also as AntiqueClassic Parki ng Chai rman Art has been a Director of the AntiqueClassic Division since 1978

E E BUCK HILBERT Union Illinois

Buck is a native of Chicago and a graduate of Lewis College He began learning the pilots point of view while work shying as a line boy at the old Elmhurst Airport near Chicago in 1938 The pay wasnt much but it was flying time and he soloed an Aeronca 65-LA Chief in October 1941 He enlisted in the Air Force shortly thereafter into the Training Command where he flew and instructed in many of the training aircraft of that era He flew gunnery training at Las Vegas Army Air Field in B-17s and finished up teaching Chinese Nationali st Pilots twin engine transition Recalled for the Korean war Buck qualified as an Army Aviator and flew with the HQ Company Air Section of the 24th Infant ry Division A most rewarding and memorable experience he reports Buck and Dorothy and their four children are at home at Hilbert s Funny Farm where he has an airstrip and keeps a stable of interesting and flyab le old airplanes Buck is a retired Un ited Airlines captain Buck is no stranger to the AntiqueClassic Division He is past president hav shying served from 1971 through 1975 He currently is Treasurer of the Division and is also a member of the EAA Aviation Foundation Board of Trustees

JOHN S JACK COPELAND Westborough Massachusetts

Jack received a degree in mechanical engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology in 1954 He served as an Aircraft Maintenance Officer on acti ve dut-y-in the middotUS Air Force from 1955- attaining the rank of captain in the USAF Rese rve Jack holds a co mmercial pilot license with a fli ght instructor rating He joined EAA in 1971 and the AntiqueClassic Division in 1975 shortly after purchasing his first aircraft a 1948 Cessna 140 At that time Jack lived in the Chicago area and participated in pre-Convention weekend work parties He has been an active volunteer at the last twelve annual Conventions serving at va rious times as Classic Parking Co-Chairman Manpower Co-Chairman and Manpower Chairman He was named an advisor to the AntiqueClassic Board of Directors in 1979 and served in that capacity until 1984 when he was elected to a Directorship Jack earns his living as a professional engineer and in addition to his EAA involvement is active as a Captain on the Massachusetts Wing Staff of the Civil Air Patrol

PHILIP COULSON Lawton Michigan

Phil was born on a fa rm in southwestern Michigan His first ride in an airplane was at the age of 16 in a Fairchild PT-23 owned and fl own by Horace Sackett a local pilot and AampP Twenty-years later Horace would be Phils guiding light in restoring his 1930 Waco INF Phil lea rned to fl y off a grass strip in Lawton Michigan in 1962 His original dual instrucshytion and solo fl ying was in a Piper J-5 Throughout the yea rs he has owned several aircraft including a J-3 Cub Taylorcraft TriPacer and Cessna 190 He and his wife Ruthie are lovers of Wacos and greatly enjoy flying their 1940 UPF-7 Waco Their Kinner powered 1930 INF Waco is currently on loan to the Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum in Kalamazoo MI They also own a Model G Bonanza Phil s military ca reer consisted of four yea rs in the US Air Force during the Korean War Phil is a li fe time EAA member and began attending EAA Conventions in Rockford Illinois He is a charter member of AntiqueClassic Chapter 8 and also a past president Phil is a past chairman of the annual Parade of Flight at Oshkosh and is currently the President of the newly formed American Waco Club Inc He was appointed advisor to the AntiqueClassic Board in 1985 The Coulsons live in Lawton Michigan

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STAN GOMOLL Blaine Minnesota

Stan soloed a J-3 Club on his 16th birthday on 11-30-42 In 1945 he served in the US Air Force as a ground crewman on B-29s based at Guam Stan received his AampE license in 1949 at Spartan School of Aeronautics then returned home to Minneapolis where he worked at a small airport In 1951 he was hired by Northwest Airlines as a mechanic progressing to Flight Engineer and Co-pilot Stan is now retired from Northwest Stans first airplane was a 193940 hp Taylorcraft Currently he owns and fli es a 1936 Waco Cabin and a 1946 J-3 Cub Over the years he has restored many airplanes Stan has been active in EAA working on various committees at the Annual Convention In 1976 he was named Advisor and elected to the Board of Directors in 1984 He is currently President of AntiqueClassic Chapter 4 in the Minneapolis area

RJ DOBBY LICKTEIG Albert Lea Minnesota

Dobby is a native of Minnesota and had his first ai rplane ride at the age of 13 in a Velie Monocoupe He earned a solo license in a J-2 Cub at the age of 16 working at the local ai rport for flying time and has been flying since then After completing college in Minnesota he entered Air Force pilot training and graduated in Class 421 and was assigned to a new P-47 fighter group His tour of combat was 2-112 years in the European Theater of Operations during World War 11 Dobby has owned a varied collection of aircraft including a Stinson V77 Stearman L-2M Aztec Citabria BT-13A and AT-6G In 1985 he completed the restoration of a KR-2l Kinner-powered biplane and donated it to the EAA Aviation Museum His airplanes are frequent visitors to all Upper Midwest fly-ins He has been active in EAA Antique Classic and Warbird activities since the Convention was moved to Oshkosh He served as president of the AntiqueClassic Division from 1984 until 1988 Dobby is retired and he and his wife Jeanne live in Albert Lea Minnesota Their son Scott is a licensed pilot and is active on the Warbirds parking committee at the Annual EAA Convention

DALE A GUSTAFSON Indianapolis IN

Dale has been interested in airplanes since he was a small child and took his first plane ride in 1939 at the age of 10 He started taking flying lessons in 1945 and soloed at 16 After high school he worked at the airport in South Bend Indiana servicing airliners handling cargo and doing field maintenance Dale attended Spartan School of Aeronaut ics in 1948 and 1949 to obtain additional pilot ratings After this he freelanced as a fli ght instructor and ran a small FBO at South Bend until he was hired as a co-pilot on Turner Airlines in Indianapolis in 1950 Through name changes and mergers the airline is now USAir He had been with the airline for more than 35 years when he retired His plans now are to spend his time between Indiana and Florida where he has property adjoining a private airstrip Through the years Dale has owned various aircraft including a Stinson V77 Piper Colt Fairchild 24 Cessna 150 and several modern airplanes He currently owns a Cessna 195 plus a Stearman PT-17 and Piper J-4 which are being restored Recently Dale and his wife operated a small ai rport northwest of Indianapolis He is a member of several organizations interested in antique classic and homebuilt aircraft He has been a member of EAA since 1960 and the AntiqueClassic Division since it was organized He has served as an Advisor to the Division and currently is se rving as a Director For several years Dale has judged antiques at Oshkosh and served as Program Chairman for the AntiqueClassic Division awards

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Grand Champion - Davis D-IW NC 13576 Dr Roy Wicker Quitman GAl Barshybara Kitchens Milner GA

Reserve Grand Champion - Travel Air 2000 NC8853 Gene Rambo Arlington VA

Silver Age (1928-1932) - Travel Air 4D N9917 Bill Plecenik Erwinna P A

Contemporary Age (1933-1945) - Stinson SR-9 NC17154 Jerry Stevens Boca Raton FL

Best Custom - Cessna UC-78 N78UC Dwain Pittenger Hereford TX

Best World War II Era - Stearman N2S N65101 Brian Becker Pompano Beach FL

Best Biplane - Beech Staggerwing N18575 Michael Greenblatt Midland GA

Best Monoplane - Piper J-3 N9499H Dan Foley Wichita KS

Best Open Cockpit - Stearman N1902M Russell Faller Farmingville NY

Best Cabin - Howard DGA-15P N22423 Fred Kirk Ft Lauderdale FL

Outstanding Aircraft - Monocoupe 90AL NC11760 Robert Eicher Daytona Beach FL

Outstanding Aircraft - Piper J-3 N35GM Gene McNeely Earle AR

Outstanding Aircraft - Stearman N2S N68238 Chris and Lyle Wheeler Boca Rashyton FL

Outstanding Aircraft - Stearman N555 Cliff Lowe Cadiz KY

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(Right) Joe Fleeman has done it again His restoration of Ralph Lerchs(AlC 16691) Bucker Jungmann is stunning and the workmanship is excellent as it was on his restoration of Delton Perrys Piper Tri-Pacer

(Below) This nice Stinson 10A has just been restored to the configuration it had when it was used by the CAP at Lanshytana FI during WW II It is registered to Florida Airmotive Inc in Lantana

(Below right) Jerry Stevens handsome Stinson SR-9 taxis out for departure at Lakeland Steve hails from Boca Raton FL and was awarded the Contemporary Age (1933-1945) Antique trophy

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(Lower left) Bird Biplanes always look so pretty on the flight line Brian Thorpe Mt Dora FL brought his Bird CK up north from the Miami area It is powered by a Continental R-670

(Below) Dick Jackson (AIC 371) Rochester NH continues to fly the only Waco D The 0 sometimes referred to as the Waco Super Sport is the only one of its kind in existence Dick restored it over 20 years ago and it is still looking great

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J-3 NC7386H 1 W Evans Hamilton AL

Best Classic 101 to 165 hp - Cessna 170 N2727C Gene D Engelskirger Hinkley OH

Best Classic Over 165 hp - Ryan Navion N5437K H a le Andre ws Berkeley Springs WV

Best Custom Classic Under 100 hp - Cessna 120 N2460N Scott Cox Ft Lauderdale FL

Best Custom Classic 101 to 165 hp - Pipe r P A-16 N5796H Mitch Freshyitag Summerville SC

Best Custom Classic Over 165 hp shyGlobe Swift N80555 Scott Anderson Deerfield Beach FL

Best Of Type - Pipe r PA-17 Vaga bo nd N4686 H Tom Scott Okeechobee FL

Best Of Type - G lobe Swift N78068 Pete Johnson Faribault MN

Best Of Type - Piper PA-22 Tri Pacer N8740C Delto n Perry Lawrenceburg TN

Best Of Type - Luscombe 8A NC681A Rochard Hoyle Vince nt AL

Outst a nding A ircraft - B ticker Ju ngma nn N46925 Ralp h Lerch Lawrenceburg TN

(Above and above right) Now you can put a face with the plane - heres Delton Perry (AIC 18583) and his Piper TrishyPacer (The same one featured in the Deshycember 1992 issue of Vintage Airplane) Deltons PA-22 won the Best of Type award for the restoration done by Joe Fleeman

(Right) Mark Holliday (AiC 1316) of Lake Elmo MN shows off the racy lines of his stock Globe Swift Stock or modified the Swift is still one of the most beautiful airplanes ever made

12 JUNE 1993

AntiqueClassic HQ has been moved to a spot next to the Ill bet you can guess which college football team Parnell Colas woods - here folks are enjoying the shade during the aftershy cheers for noon airshow

(Above) Hale Andrews (AIC 982) of Berkeley Springs WV cruises by with the pretty Navion Super 260 his father bought new in 1951 It has just been restored after a flood nearly deshystroyed it

(Left) Luke Walker is just starting to enjoy flyshying his newly-restored Piper Vagabond It was his first aircraft restoration effort

(Right) N7777K is the oldest Piper Tri-Pacer in existence - it is serial No2 the first production aircraft to survive (Serial number 1 was tested to destruction during the certificashy

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(Above top) No tired old Apache here Verwayne (AIC 3987) and Leslie Owen Severna Park MD are just completing this nice restorashytion of their 1959 Piper PA-23 Apache

(Above right) Anthony Lamontia (AIC 20124) Bath OH is justifiably proud of his Cessna 182 he has been restoring for a number of years It was an Outstanding Airshycraft award winner

(Left) Another Outstanding Aircraft award winner was Jerry Whartons 1959 Cessna 172 Jerrys airplane was stored indoors for most of its life and as a consequence the airshyplane was we preserved The inshyterior fabric on the seats and side panels is original as is the instrushyment panel -erry (AIC 18564) is from Wise VA

14 JUNE 1993

(Left) After their first attempt at flying the England - Australia trip in a Piper J-3() Bob and Diane Dempster are going to try it again in a brand spanking new Piper PA-18 Super Cub (The first time the density altitude high and the service ceiling of the Cub not as high stopped the flight in the 1250 heat of the Egyptian desert) The Dempsters arrived at Lakeshyland after picking up the airplane in Vero Beach with 98 hours on the tach They plan to sell their house get an instrushyment rating for Bob and make the necshyessary modifications to fly the North Atshylantic and beyond

This years AntiqueClassic and Contemporary judges at Sun n Fun 93 were (left to right) Jim Zantop Joe Sinnett Xen K Motsinger Jennie White George Hindall Bill Doty Jack Gilson Juan Blanco Bob Romanelli Leonard Kress Jack Gillespie Terny Brokaw Harris Wiese Wayne Anderson Bill Murry and Don Jacobs Thanks to all of them for their hard work chasing down the airplanes to be judged

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Best Metal Seaplane - Cessna 185E N5830J Joe Strazzula Ft Pierce FL Best Fabric Seaplane - Maule M-7 N61350 Mark Futch Boca Grande FL Best Ampbibian - Grumman Goose N121GL Chuck Greenhill Mettawa IL

Originally located in Louisiana this J-3 Cub on 1320 Edo floats N1353M SIN 9913 was brought to Florida by Steve Swails (EAA 377050) of Ft Myshyers and totally restored Although some corrosion was found necessary repairs were completed and the airframe was epoxy primed and powder coated for seaplane use A C85-12 engine was installed (without starter and generator) to replace the C65 and the floats were restored to new condition

Left - Steve Swails carefully negotiates alligator alley between the shore and open water at Lake Parker Pilots reported the gators were quite prevalent just outside the reeds and could easily be seen sunning themshyselves

Lower left - Unusual mint condition 1320 Edo floats on Steve Swails J-3 Cub looked brand new Note the cable between the float tips for moving to the other side of the airplane - often referred to as a Canadian Spreader Bar

Lower right - Nestled on the shore of Lake Parker is Steve Swails J-3 85 Cub His passenger was Alex Wopper (EAA 419315) of Valdivia Chile who is just starting seaplane training He has purchased a Murphy Regtel kit along with a float kit and will build them at his home in the south of Chile - below the 40th parallel A native of Germany Alex is excited about having the only seaplane in Chile and many many lakes to fly from

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Brilliant ear1y morning photo of Bill Rose (EAA 159635 AlC 6612) Grumman Goose N600ZE SIN B-100 with eleven hot air balloons lifting into the clear Florida sky

One of Jack Browns Seaplane Base Cubs on 1500 Aqua floats took a trip through the reeds cutting sileage The un-named pilot had to push and pull it out of the mess in waist deep water

Very nice photo of a Republic RC-3 Seabee N6659K SIN 936 as it powers onto the step for takeoff It is registered to Graham Sutherland of Port Orange FL Note how the spray rails move the water away from the hull and the proshypeller

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N6256 Replica Fighter Museum Gunshytersville AL

Outstanding Aircraft - Halberstadt D II N1388J Replica Fighter Museum Guntersville AL

Outstanding Aircraft - Sopwith Pup N1915K Replica Fighter Museum Gunshytersville AL

Outstanding Aircraft - Sopwith Trishyplane N543A Replica Fighter Museum Guntersville AL

3 years in a row Frank Ryders growing collection of WW I era replicas has again captured the Grand Champion Replica award at Sun n Fun This year the award was presented to the Nieuport 28 (above right) replica Chuck Brady (AIC 1920) constructed at his shop in Dwight IL

Frank and his Lake Gunterville Aero crew brought three other replicas to Sun n Fun 93 - from top to bottom they are Halberstadt DII Constructed by Carl Swanson Darien WI the airplane was on display at the EAA Air Adventure museum until being acquired by Frank Ryder for his museum Completely gone over by Gene Schwartz and the staff at Lake Gunshytersville Aero the Halberstadt was refinshyished in the spectacular longenze scheme you see here Its being flown here by Gene DeMarco

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The replica in the center of the page is the Sopwith Pup constructed by Ken Pruitt Belen NM and being flown by Frank Ryder He advises that it is one of the most demanding airplanes he has landed - even more so than the Fokker Triplane

Finally at the bottom of the facing page is the Sopwith Triplane built by Chad and Char Willie of Lake Oswego OR It is beshying flown for our camera by Joel Williams A Sopwith Dolphin project was also disshyplayed to give the public some sense of the work involved in constructing a replica WW I fighter WW I aviation will be the subject of a featured display at

EAA OSHKOSH 93 on the Convention taxiway - details are in this months AlC News

In the photo below the Douglas DC-3 of Alexander Aeroplane taxis out for deparshyture with a load of happy Sun n Fun volshyunteers Ron Alexander graciously agreed to give a ride to as many volunteers as he could with the Douglas and the smooth evening air was a treat for all who experishyenced it Our own Buck Hilbert was drafted as co-pilot (Im sure they had to drag him screaming and kicking to the airplane ) where he enjoyed refamiliarshyizing himself with the airplane he cut his teeth on as a neophyte airline pilot

Sun n Fun was once again an enjoyable

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1ST PLACE GROUND TO AIR - Robert T Beecher (AIC 17924) Chicago IL captured this truly rare photo of a Parks P-2A in flight Since there are only a few of these airplanes left flying this is definitely one for the scrapbooks

2ND PLACE GROUND TO AIR - Myron Heimer (AIC 8190) 3RD PLACE GROUND TO AIR - LeRoy Falk (AIC 9411) CarshyRose Creek MN pentersville IL neatly frames this Fairchild 24W

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1ST PLACE GROUND TO GROUND - Myron Heimer gets his second award with this in your face shot of a Dwain Pittengers Cessna T -50 Bobcat

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1ST PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - LeRoy Falk receives top honors with this picture

of Chuck Spencer refueling Bill Roses Fairchild 22

2ND PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - Don Levandoski gets his second award with this shot of Allen Rudolph touching-up the aileron on the Pietenpol in the AlC tent at Oshkosh 92

3RD PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - (right) Jeri Mihalic (EAA 277478) Mammoth Cave KY shows The Oshkosh Experience in this picture of her husband Dave and his 1957 Bonanza

2ND PLACE - CHAIRMANS CHOICE - Myron Heimer shows us that not all TIger Moths are small

1ST PLACE CHAIRMANS CHOICE - James W Fowler (AIC 2293) Houston TX suitably titled this picture Young Eagle

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1ST PLACE WATER BIRDS - Pat Quinn (AIC 9207) of Ventura CA gives us a glimpse back in time with this photo titled Brennands Seaplane Base 1952 or 1992

2ND PLACE WATER BIRDS - Robert T Beecher

3RD PLACE WATER BIRDS - Myron Heimer brings back WATER BIRDS HONORABLE MENTION - William McCarrei all the memories of a calm summer day (AlC 4496) White Pigeon MI

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Judges Choice for 1992

This dazzling photo of a Lockheed 12-A Electra taken by Robert T Beecher receives the p restig ious honor of

Your judges for the 1992 Anshy man Lorraine Morris EE Tex tiqueClassic Photo Contest were Hilbert Chairman Jack McCarthy (left to right) Dan Hans Co-Chair- Bill Lombardi Lee Fray and Eric

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Lundahl Contest Chairman Jack McshyCarthy would like to thank all of the judges who helped out this year and he would also like to particularly thank Lorraine Morris who helped organize this year s event and did most of the record-keeping Lorraine is an active AC member and she flies a Boeing 737-400 for a living

The AC photo contest is on again for EAA Oshkosh 93 so get your cameras ready for the summer In next month s issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE the rules for the contest will be published and they will also be available when you register for the contest at the AC Red Barn during the Convention Remember the conshytest is for photos of Antique Classic or Contemporary aircraft shot either enroute at the EAA Convention or on the way home Our thanks to the over one hundred() AC members who entered this years contest and we look forward to seeing you again this year

The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a mailer of information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the information to EAA A(( Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903shy3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

JUNE 11-13 - DENTON TX - Denton Municipal Airport AAA (Texas Chapter) 30th Annual Fly-In Contact John or Nancy Whatley 214517-1981 or Bert Mashyhon817387-2620

JUNE 12 - GADSDEN AL - J-3 and Piper high wing Annual Fly-In Camping Bomb Drop Spot Landings Hangar dance Contact Faye Bryant Gadsden Pilots Asshysoc 196 Ira Gray Dr Gadsden AL 35901 205442-3313

JUNE 12 - NEWPORT NEWS V A shy21st Annual Colonial Fly-In Newport NewsWilliamsburg IntI Airport Sponshysored by EAA Chapter 156 Contact ofr inshyformation and NORDO entry Charles Colshylier 620 Hilton Rd Newport News V A 23605 804247-5844

JUNE 13 - AURORA IL - Aurora Mushynicipal Airport EAA Chapte r 579 FlyshyInlDrive -In breakfast and airport FBO open house 7am - 3pm Contact Alan Shackleton 708466-4193 or Bob Rieser Airport Manager 708466-7000

JUNE 19 - WILD ROSE WI - Idlewild Airport - Pancake BreakfastFly-In Idlewild-Wild Rose Airport Assoc PO Box 296 Wild Rose WI 54984 Call 414622-4020

JUNE 24-27 - MT VERNON OH shy34th Annual National Waco Reunion Greatest WACO Show On EARTH For more information call 513868-0084

JUNE 26-27 - ORANGE MA - Orshyange Municipal Airport 17th Annual New England Regional Fly-In sponsored by the Friends of the Orange Airport Contact Bob McKenney 508544-8762 or Len Beshydaw (Orange Airport) 508544-8189 or Fax 508249-5940

JUNE 26-27 - GREELEY CO - EAA Rocky Mountain Fly-In Antiques Classhysics homebuilts warbirds ultralights No registration fee free camping transportashytion to local motels 3031798-6086 or 353shy5514

JULY 4 - WISCONSIN RAPIDS WIshyWI Rapids Airport EAA Chapter 706 FlyshyInDrive In Pancake Breakfast 730shy1130am Call 715435-3644 for information

JULY 7-11 - ARLINGTON WA shyNorthwest EAA Fly-In 206435-5857

JULY 10 -11- DELAWARE OHshy12th Annual EAA Chapter 9 Fly-In

Delaware Airport Contact Alan Harding 614442-0024

JULY 10 -11- EMMETSBURG lA shy5th Annual Aeronca Fly-In sponsored by tbe Tail dragger Club Contact Keith Harnden Box 285 Emmetsburg IA 50536

JULY 11- MICHIGAN CITY IN - EAA Chapter 966 Pancake Breakfast Contacts The Dees - 219324-6060 or the Hugley s 219325-0133

JULY 16-18 - RED LAKE ONTARlOshyNorseman Festival and Fly-In at Red Lake Ontario Norseman Capita l of the World Floats and wheels Contact Ron Robinson Box 308 Red LakeOntario Canada POV 2MO Phone 807727-2809 or Fax 807727shy3980

JULY 23 -24 - COFFEYVILLE KS shyFunk Aircraft Owners Assoc Reunion Conshytact Gene Ventress 10215 S Monticello Shawnee Mission KS 66227 Phone 9131782shy1483

JULY 24 -27 - WAUSAU WI - Ercoupe Owners Club National Convention Contact Syd Cohen 715842-7814

JULY 24 AND 25 - SHIOCTON WI shyAnnual Fly-In Contact Joyce Baggot 414986-3547

JULY 27 - AUGUST 7 - VALshyPARAISO (VPZ) IN Food and Fuel booth Stop by and see us on your way to and from Oshkosh We are famous for our hospitality Sponsored by EAA Chapter 104 Contact 219884-1619

THURSDAY JULY 29 -WEDNESDA Y AUGUST 4 1993 - OSHKOSH WI- 41st Annual EAA Fly-In and Sport Aviation Convention Wittman Regional Airport Con tact John Burton PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54904-3086 Call 414426-4800 for more information ITS NEVER TOO EARLY TO MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND

AUGUST 6 - 8 - STILLWATER OKshyLake Elmo Airport Sesquicentennial Aviashytion Days Fly-In breakfast balloon rally other events 612430-1200 for more inforshymation

AUGUST 12-15 - LOCK HAVEN PAshyWilliam T Piper Memorial Airport Sentishymental Journey 93 Aerial Mail To Lock Haven is this years tbeme All makes and models welcome especially Antique and classic airplanes Call 717893-4200 (9am til 5 pm) Fax 717893-4218 or write PO Box Jshy3 Lock Haven PA 17745-0496

AUGUST 15 - BROOKFIELD WIshyCapitol Airport 8th Annual Vintage Airshycraft Display and Ice Cream Social Midwest Antique Airplane Club will also hold its monthly fly-In meeting For more informashytion call George Meade at 414962-2428

AUGUST 27-29 - SUSSEX NJ - Sussex Airport Sussex Airshow For more informashytion call 2011875-0783

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EAA Chapter 391 Fly-IN Food flying tours raffle and more Camping on the field For more info call Thopson Aircraft at 5091786-1034

SEPT 8-12 - GALESBURG IL -Galesburg Municipal Airport 22nd Nashytional Stearman Fly-In Contact Tom Lowe 823 Kingston Ln Crystal Lake IL 60014 815459-6873 or Harold Canada 370 Hawkinson Av Galesburg IL 61401 309343-9850

SEPT 17-19 - KANKAKEE IL - Koshyerner Airport 9th Annual Midwest Stinshyson Fly-In Seminars on Stinson 108s and Franklin engi nes FAA Safety Seminars Sat night banquet Fly-outs rally and performance contests Camping on the field Contact Loran Nordgren 4 W Neshybraska Frankfort IL 60423 Phone 815469-9100

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SEPT 18-19 -Hickory NC - 8th Annual EAA Chapter 731 Fly-In Contact Jean Smith days 704396-7032 or Norman Rainshywater evenings 704328-5807

SEPT 18middot19 - ROCK FALLS IL shyEAA Nortb Central Fly-In 708513-0642

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SEPT 24-25 - HEBER CITY UT shyUtah State EAA Sport Aviation 8tb Intershymountain Fly-In Seminars demonstrashytions aircraft judging camping food tours and fun Heber Valley Airport (36U) Conshytact Russ McDonald 801645-9543

SEPT 24middot26 - CAMDEN SC 52 nd reunion of Southern Aviation School pilot Primary Flight Training 1941-1944 For all Alumni employees and all personel Conshytact Bill Hawkins PO Box 789 Camden SC 29020 Phone 803432-9595

SEPT 25middot26 - WILMINGTON DE shyEAA East Coast Regional Fly-In 3011933shy0314

SEPT 30 bull OCT 3 bull OWENSBORO KY Owensboro Davies County Airport Annual Convention of International Cessna 120140 Assoc Contact David Lowe or Gil Pounds 502736-5392 or Fax 736-2403

OCT 1middot2middot BARTLESVILLE OK shy36th Annual Tulsa Fly-In Special Aircraft this year include the EAA replica Spirit of St Louis and the original Woolaroc winshyner of the 1927 Dole Pineapple race Conshytact Charlie Harris 3933 S Peoria Tulsa OK 74105 9181742-7311

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS On this page youll see the latest additions to the ranks of the EAA AnshytiqueClassic Division Whether youre joining for the first time or are coming back we welcome you and wed especially like to welcome those ofyou who are joining us with your interest in Contemporary class aircraft Welcome one and all

Randy Abegglen Lewisville ID Jose Abreu Miami FL Tracy A Ake Gainesville VA Roy B Allison Minneapolis MN Carson V Baker Crestwood KY James E Bean Northport NY Tom Beck Bethel AK George Beckerman Mt Carmel IL John F Benson Glendora CA Paul W Blackman Finksburg MD Don Blehm Green Mtn Falls CO Michael G Brown Roanoke VA Samuel W Bruce Eagle Rock VA Walter R Bullerwell Dickson TN David W Burns MarengoIL Tony Buttacavoli Waterford MI H Todd Clamp Newberry SC Troy P Coker III Dallas TX David M Collins Cornelius OR Douglas Conciatu Sterling Heights MI Mark Conover Houston TX James D Cooper Thonotosassa FL Gaetan Coulombe

Cloridorme Quebec Canada Marcella Dankow

Ft McMurray Alberta Canada James Dawson Vacaville CA Drew Detsch San Francisco CA Donald Dewey Sierra Madre CA Van G Dickens Fayetteville NC Charles Dobbins Abingdon V A Donald E Dorrell Santa Barbara CA William Doud USMM Sterling NY Jack C Faas Lake Geneva WI Bill Farrell Cincinnati OH Joel Fenger Chester MT Geoffrey M Fickling McAlpine FL J W Corkey Fornof

Canyon Country CA James R Freese Ukiah CA Walter F Gall Bainbridge W A George Galpin Marton New Zealand Sidney Gehlert Pasadena MD Gary Gladd Fullerton CA Daniel H Gleason Coraopolis P A D Brad Gossen

Downsville Ontario Canada Charles D Grady Tallulah LA Charles E Graves Waterloo IA Jeffrey W Gray

Calgary Alberta Canada Allen D Guth Mokena IL Merv Halliday Tanau New Zealand C Kay Hanshell Sabina OH John E Henderson Lancaster PA Stuart G Henderson Durham NC Arthur L Herr Memphis TN Charles A Hinkle

North Little Rock AR Stephen R Hosch Louisvi lle KY Norman Howard CoffeyviUe KS Don Johnson Los Molinos CA

Wayne Johnson Minneapolis MN Louis A Kirn Apex NC Edward Kling West Chicago IL Paul R Kube San Diego CA Robert E Lake

Hot Springs Village AR James F Landers Elden W Larson Jan Love Robert B Love Louis Lufker Richard L Lutes Waldo Magnuson Scott Mathews Gary K Mathiasen Daniel C Maurin Roger C McAlister James S McAllister George Medue

Tempe AZ Bellevue WA

Saginaw MI Vienna VA

East Moriches NY Hampshire IL Spokane WA

Anchorage AK Dublin CA

San Francisco CA Blue River OR

Lake Monroe FL Medway OH

Bruce L Moore St Augustine FL Mark A Morrison Staley NC Michel Normandin

Longueuil Quebec Canada John L Northey Port Moody British Columbia Canada

Thomas R OHanlon Fort Ogden FL Richard L Oreair Jr Jacksonville FL Ronald J Parese Bridgewater CT Marlin Parrott Jefferson City MO Bryan C Pender Victor G Plumbo Timothy L Popp Jimmy Powers H L Richards John Robinson Robert Santolla David Sarge William A Shain Jeff Simmons

Millington TN Millville NJ

Fennville MI Greensboro NC

Springville AL Cape Coral FL Coraopolis P A Pine Grove P A

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C Mahlon Skinnel Jr Lynchburg VA Ari Slitonen Jarvenpaa Finland Colin F Smith Half Moon Bay CA Robert J Smith Billings MT Stephen W Smith Anchorage AK Alan Sparks Joshua TX Cosmo St John Colchester VT Don Stearns Portsmouth NH Peter Strannemar Blairstown NJ Susan J Thompson Natick MA Gary Vassbotn

Calgary Alberta Canada Robert R Wallace Champaign IL Lynn Warren Shelby MI Homer R Weathers ColumbusOH Thomas A Whisnant

Granite Falls NC Julie A White Arizona City AZ Chuck Williams Bellflower CA Steven T Williamson

West Redding cr Kenneth B Woodard Greensboro NC Ronald C Wright Gatesville TX

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Notice is hereby given that an annual business meeting of the members of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division will be held on Wednesday August 4 1993 at 830 am (Central Daylight Time) at the 41st Annual Convention of the Experimental Aircraft Association Inc Wittman Regional Airport Oshkosh Wisconsin Notice is hereby further given that the annual election ofofficers and directors of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division will be conducted by ballot distributed to the members along with this June issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE Said ballot must be returned properly marked to the Ballot Tally Committee EAA AntiqueClassic Division P O Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 and received no later than July 31 1993 The Nominating Committee submits the following list of candidates Arthur R Morgan Vice-President EE Buck Hilbert Treasurer John S Jack Copeland Director Philip Coulson Director Stan GomoLL Director Dale A Gustafson Director Robert S Lickteig Director

ARTHUR R MORGAN Milwaukee Wisconsin

Art Morgan began fly ing in 1961 and received his private license in 1962 In 1965 he went on to get his commercial rating He has been a member of EAA since 1962 and began by parking airplanes at the EAA Conventions in Rockford Illinois Art was one of the first to start building a KR-l and although he did not complete his project he was instrumental in the completion of two of the litt le birds In 1974 he and his wife Kate purchased a 1939 Luscombe 8-C which he promptly rebuilt After two yea rs of fly ing the Luscombe Art and several friends orga nized the American Luscombe Club The Morgans also own a Bellanca 14-13 Art se rved the EAA as a Museum volunteer for several yea rs as Classic parking chairman at Oshkosh and also as AntiqueClassic Parki ng Chai rman Art has been a Director of the AntiqueClassic Division since 1978

E E BUCK HILBERT Union Illinois

Buck is a native of Chicago and a graduate of Lewis College He began learning the pilots point of view while work shying as a line boy at the old Elmhurst Airport near Chicago in 1938 The pay wasnt much but it was flying time and he soloed an Aeronca 65-LA Chief in October 1941 He enlisted in the Air Force shortly thereafter into the Training Command where he flew and instructed in many of the training aircraft of that era He flew gunnery training at Las Vegas Army Air Field in B-17s and finished up teaching Chinese Nationali st Pilots twin engine transition Recalled for the Korean war Buck qualified as an Army Aviator and flew with the HQ Company Air Section of the 24th Infant ry Division A most rewarding and memorable experience he reports Buck and Dorothy and their four children are at home at Hilbert s Funny Farm where he has an airstrip and keeps a stable of interesting and flyab le old airplanes Buck is a retired Un ited Airlines captain Buck is no stranger to the AntiqueClassic Division He is past president hav shying served from 1971 through 1975 He currently is Treasurer of the Division and is also a member of the EAA Aviation Foundation Board of Trustees

JOHN S JACK COPELAND Westborough Massachusetts

Jack received a degree in mechanical engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology in 1954 He served as an Aircraft Maintenance Officer on acti ve dut-y-in the middotUS Air Force from 1955- attaining the rank of captain in the USAF Rese rve Jack holds a co mmercial pilot license with a fli ght instructor rating He joined EAA in 1971 and the AntiqueClassic Division in 1975 shortly after purchasing his first aircraft a 1948 Cessna 140 At that time Jack lived in the Chicago area and participated in pre-Convention weekend work parties He has been an active volunteer at the last twelve annual Conventions serving at va rious times as Classic Parking Co-Chairman Manpower Co-Chairman and Manpower Chairman He was named an advisor to the AntiqueClassic Board of Directors in 1979 and served in that capacity until 1984 when he was elected to a Directorship Jack earns his living as a professional engineer and in addition to his EAA involvement is active as a Captain on the Massachusetts Wing Staff of the Civil Air Patrol

PHILIP COULSON Lawton Michigan

Phil was born on a fa rm in southwestern Michigan His first ride in an airplane was at the age of 16 in a Fairchild PT-23 owned and fl own by Horace Sackett a local pilot and AampP Twenty-years later Horace would be Phils guiding light in restoring his 1930 Waco INF Phil lea rned to fl y off a grass strip in Lawton Michigan in 1962 His original dual instrucshytion and solo fl ying was in a Piper J-5 Throughout the yea rs he has owned several aircraft including a J-3 Cub Taylorcraft TriPacer and Cessna 190 He and his wife Ruthie are lovers of Wacos and greatly enjoy flying their 1940 UPF-7 Waco Their Kinner powered 1930 INF Waco is currently on loan to the Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum in Kalamazoo MI They also own a Model G Bonanza Phil s military ca reer consisted of four yea rs in the US Air Force during the Korean War Phil is a li fe time EAA member and began attending EAA Conventions in Rockford Illinois He is a charter member of AntiqueClassic Chapter 8 and also a past president Phil is a past chairman of the annual Parade of Flight at Oshkosh and is currently the President of the newly formed American Waco Club Inc He was appointed advisor to the AntiqueClassic Board in 1985 The Coulsons live in Lawton Michigan

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STAN GOMOLL Blaine Minnesota

Stan soloed a J-3 Club on his 16th birthday on 11-30-42 In 1945 he served in the US Air Force as a ground crewman on B-29s based at Guam Stan received his AampE license in 1949 at Spartan School of Aeronautics then returned home to Minneapolis where he worked at a small airport In 1951 he was hired by Northwest Airlines as a mechanic progressing to Flight Engineer and Co-pilot Stan is now retired from Northwest Stans first airplane was a 193940 hp Taylorcraft Currently he owns and fli es a 1936 Waco Cabin and a 1946 J-3 Cub Over the years he has restored many airplanes Stan has been active in EAA working on various committees at the Annual Convention In 1976 he was named Advisor and elected to the Board of Directors in 1984 He is currently President of AntiqueClassic Chapter 4 in the Minneapolis area

RJ DOBBY LICKTEIG Albert Lea Minnesota

Dobby is a native of Minnesota and had his first ai rplane ride at the age of 13 in a Velie Monocoupe He earned a solo license in a J-2 Cub at the age of 16 working at the local ai rport for flying time and has been flying since then After completing college in Minnesota he entered Air Force pilot training and graduated in Class 421 and was assigned to a new P-47 fighter group His tour of combat was 2-112 years in the European Theater of Operations during World War 11 Dobby has owned a varied collection of aircraft including a Stinson V77 Stearman L-2M Aztec Citabria BT-13A and AT-6G In 1985 he completed the restoration of a KR-2l Kinner-powered biplane and donated it to the EAA Aviation Museum His airplanes are frequent visitors to all Upper Midwest fly-ins He has been active in EAA Antique Classic and Warbird activities since the Convention was moved to Oshkosh He served as president of the AntiqueClassic Division from 1984 until 1988 Dobby is retired and he and his wife Jeanne live in Albert Lea Minnesota Their son Scott is a licensed pilot and is active on the Warbirds parking committee at the Annual EAA Convention

DALE A GUSTAFSON Indianapolis IN

Dale has been interested in airplanes since he was a small child and took his first plane ride in 1939 at the age of 10 He started taking flying lessons in 1945 and soloed at 16 After high school he worked at the airport in South Bend Indiana servicing airliners handling cargo and doing field maintenance Dale attended Spartan School of Aeronaut ics in 1948 and 1949 to obtain additional pilot ratings After this he freelanced as a fli ght instructor and ran a small FBO at South Bend until he was hired as a co-pilot on Turner Airlines in Indianapolis in 1950 Through name changes and mergers the airline is now USAir He had been with the airline for more than 35 years when he retired His plans now are to spend his time between Indiana and Florida where he has property adjoining a private airstrip Through the years Dale has owned various aircraft including a Stinson V77 Piper Colt Fairchild 24 Cessna 150 and several modern airplanes He currently owns a Cessna 195 plus a Stearman PT-17 and Piper J-4 which are being restored Recently Dale and his wife operated a small ai rport northwest of Indianapolis He is a member of several organizations interested in antique classic and homebuilt aircraft He has been a member of EAA since 1960 and the AntiqueClassic Division since it was organized He has served as an Advisor to the Division and currently is se rving as a Director For several years Dale has judged antiques at Oshkosh and served as Program Chairman for the AntiqueClassic Division awards

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(Right) Joe Fleeman has done it again His restoration of Ralph Lerchs(AlC 16691) Bucker Jungmann is stunning and the workmanship is excellent as it was on his restoration of Delton Perrys Piper Tri-Pacer

(Below) This nice Stinson 10A has just been restored to the configuration it had when it was used by the CAP at Lanshytana FI during WW II It is registered to Florida Airmotive Inc in Lantana

(Below right) Jerry Stevens handsome Stinson SR-9 taxis out for departure at Lakeland Steve hails from Boca Raton FL and was awarded the Contemporary Age (1933-1945) Antique trophy

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(Left) Immaculately restored by Pete Jones Air Repair of Cleveland GA Brian Becker s (AIC 14784) Stearman is reshysplendent in its US Navy color scheme It was the winner of the Best WW II Era trophy

(Lower left) Bird Biplanes always look so pretty on the flight line Brian Thorpe Mt Dora FL brought his Bird CK up north from the Miami area It is powered by a Continental R-670

(Below) Dick Jackson (AIC 371) Rochester NH continues to fly the only Waco D The 0 sometimes referred to as the Waco Super Sport is the only one of its kind in existence Dick restored it over 20 years ago and it is still looking great

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aassics Best Classic Under 100 hp - Piper

J-3 NC7386H 1 W Evans Hamilton AL

Best Classic 101 to 165 hp - Cessna 170 N2727C Gene D Engelskirger Hinkley OH

Best Classic Over 165 hp - Ryan Navion N5437K H a le Andre ws Berkeley Springs WV

Best Custom Classic Under 100 hp - Cessna 120 N2460N Scott Cox Ft Lauderdale FL

Best Custom Classic 101 to 165 hp - Pipe r P A-16 N5796H Mitch Freshyitag Summerville SC

Best Custom Classic Over 165 hp shyGlobe Swift N80555 Scott Anderson Deerfield Beach FL

Best Of Type - Pipe r PA-17 Vaga bo nd N4686 H Tom Scott Okeechobee FL

Best Of Type - G lobe Swift N78068 Pete Johnson Faribault MN

Best Of Type - Piper PA-22 Tri Pacer N8740C Delto n Perry Lawrenceburg TN

Best Of Type - Luscombe 8A NC681A Rochard Hoyle Vince nt AL

Outst a nding A ircraft - B ticker Ju ngma nn N46925 Ralp h Lerch Lawrenceburg TN

(Above and above right) Now you can put a face with the plane - heres Delton Perry (AIC 18583) and his Piper TrishyPacer (The same one featured in the Deshycember 1992 issue of Vintage Airplane) Deltons PA-22 won the Best of Type award for the restoration done by Joe Fleeman

(Right) Mark Holliday (AiC 1316) of Lake Elmo MN shows off the racy lines of his stock Globe Swift Stock or modified the Swift is still one of the most beautiful airplanes ever made

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AntiqueClassic HQ has been moved to a spot next to the Ill bet you can guess which college football team Parnell Colas woods - here folks are enjoying the shade during the aftershy cheers for noon airshow

(Above) Hale Andrews (AIC 982) of Berkeley Springs WV cruises by with the pretty Navion Super 260 his father bought new in 1951 It has just been restored after a flood nearly deshystroyed it

(Left) Luke Walker is just starting to enjoy flyshying his newly-restored Piper Vagabond It was his first aircraft restoration effort

(Right) N7777K is the oldest Piper Tri-Pacer in existence - it is serial No2 the first production aircraft to survive (Serial number 1 was tested to destruction during the certificashy

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Outstanding Aircraft - Cessna 172 N6208E Jerry W Wharton Wise VA Ul

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(Above top) No tired old Apache here Verwayne (AIC 3987) and Leslie Owen Severna Park MD are just completing this nice restorashytion of their 1959 Piper PA-23 Apache

(Above right) Anthony Lamontia (AIC 20124) Bath OH is justifiably proud of his Cessna 182 he has been restoring for a number of years It was an Outstanding Airshycraft award winner

(Left) Another Outstanding Aircraft award winner was Jerry Whartons 1959 Cessna 172 Jerrys airplane was stored indoors for most of its life and as a consequence the airshyplane was we preserved The inshyterior fabric on the seats and side panels is original as is the instrushyment panel -erry (AIC 18564) is from Wise VA

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(Left) After their first attempt at flying the England - Australia trip in a Piper J-3() Bob and Diane Dempster are going to try it again in a brand spanking new Piper PA-18 Super Cub (The first time the density altitude high and the service ceiling of the Cub not as high stopped the flight in the 1250 heat of the Egyptian desert) The Dempsters arrived at Lakeshyland after picking up the airplane in Vero Beach with 98 hours on the tach They plan to sell their house get an instrushyment rating for Bob and make the necshyessary modifications to fly the North Atshylantic and beyond

This years AntiqueClassic and Contemporary judges at Sun n Fun 93 were (left to right) Jim Zantop Joe Sinnett Xen K Motsinger Jennie White George Hindall Bill Doty Jack Gilson Juan Blanco Bob Romanelli Leonard Kress Jack Gillespie Terny Brokaw Harris Wiese Wayne Anderson Bill Murry and Don Jacobs Thanks to all of them for their hard work chasing down the airplanes to be judged

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Best Metal Seaplane - Cessna 185E N5830J Joe Strazzula Ft Pierce FL Best Fabric Seaplane - Maule M-7 N61350 Mark Futch Boca Grande FL Best Ampbibian - Grumman Goose N121GL Chuck Greenhill Mettawa IL

Originally located in Louisiana this J-3 Cub on 1320 Edo floats N1353M SIN 9913 was brought to Florida by Steve Swails (EAA 377050) of Ft Myshyers and totally restored Although some corrosion was found necessary repairs were completed and the airframe was epoxy primed and powder coated for seaplane use A C85-12 engine was installed (without starter and generator) to replace the C65 and the floats were restored to new condition

Left - Steve Swails carefully negotiates alligator alley between the shore and open water at Lake Parker Pilots reported the gators were quite prevalent just outside the reeds and could easily be seen sunning themshyselves

Lower left - Unusual mint condition 1320 Edo floats on Steve Swails J-3 Cub looked brand new Note the cable between the float tips for moving to the other side of the airplane - often referred to as a Canadian Spreader Bar

Lower right - Nestled on the shore of Lake Parker is Steve Swails J-3 85 Cub His passenger was Alex Wopper (EAA 419315) of Valdivia Chile who is just starting seaplane training He has purchased a Murphy Regtel kit along with a float kit and will build them at his home in the south of Chile - below the 40th parallel A native of Germany Alex is excited about having the only seaplane in Chile and many many lakes to fly from

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Brilliant ear1y morning photo of Bill Rose (EAA 159635 AlC 6612) Grumman Goose N600ZE SIN B-100 with eleven hot air balloons lifting into the clear Florida sky

One of Jack Browns Seaplane Base Cubs on 1500 Aqua floats took a trip through the reeds cutting sileage The un-named pilot had to push and pull it out of the mess in waist deep water

Very nice photo of a Republic RC-3 Seabee N6659K SIN 936 as it powers onto the step for takeoff It is registered to Graham Sutherland of Port Orange FL Note how the spray rails move the water away from the hull and the proshypeller

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1fWIeIlashyGrand Champion - Nieuport 28

N6256 Replica Fighter Museum Gunshytersville AL

Outstanding Aircraft - Halberstadt D II N1388J Replica Fighter Museum Guntersville AL

Outstanding Aircraft - Sopwith Pup N1915K Replica Fighter Museum Gunshytersville AL

Outstanding Aircraft - Sopwith Trishyplane N543A Replica Fighter Museum Guntersville AL

3 years in a row Frank Ryders growing collection of WW I era replicas has again captured the Grand Champion Replica award at Sun n Fun This year the award was presented to the Nieuport 28 (above right) replica Chuck Brady (AIC 1920) constructed at his shop in Dwight IL

Frank and his Lake Gunterville Aero crew brought three other replicas to Sun n Fun 93 - from top to bottom they are Halberstadt DII Constructed by Carl Swanson Darien WI the airplane was on display at the EAA Air Adventure museum until being acquired by Frank Ryder for his museum Completely gone over by Gene Schwartz and the staff at Lake Gunshytersville Aero the Halberstadt was refinshyished in the spectacular longenze scheme you see here Its being flown here by Gene DeMarco

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The replica in the center of the page is the Sopwith Pup constructed by Ken Pruitt Belen NM and being flown by Frank Ryder He advises that it is one of the most demanding airplanes he has landed - even more so than the Fokker Triplane

Finally at the bottom of the facing page is the Sopwith Triplane built by Chad and Char Willie of Lake Oswego OR It is beshying flown for our camera by Joel Williams A Sopwith Dolphin project was also disshyplayed to give the public some sense of the work involved in constructing a replica WW I fighter WW I aviation will be the subject of a featured display at

EAA OSHKOSH 93 on the Convention taxiway - details are in this months AlC News

In the photo below the Douglas DC-3 of Alexander Aeroplane taxis out for deparshyture with a load of happy Sun n Fun volshyunteers Ron Alexander graciously agreed to give a ride to as many volunteers as he could with the Douglas and the smooth evening air was a treat for all who experishyenced it Our own Buck Hilbert was drafted as co-pilot (Im sure they had to drag him screaming and kicking to the airplane ) where he enjoyed refamiliarshyizing himself with the airplane he cut his teeth on as a neophyte airline pilot

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1ST PLACE GROUND TO AIR - Robert T Beecher (AIC 17924) Chicago IL captured this truly rare photo of a Parks P-2A in flight Since there are only a few of these airplanes left flying this is definitely one for the scrapbooks

2ND PLACE GROUND TO AIR - Myron Heimer (AIC 8190) 3RD PLACE GROUND TO AIR - LeRoy Falk (AIC 9411) CarshyRose Creek MN pentersville IL neatly frames this Fairchild 24W

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1ST PLACE GROUND TO GROUND - Myron Heimer gets his second award with this in your face shot of a Dwain Pittengers Cessna T -50 Bobcat

3RD PLACE GROUND TO GROUND - LeRoy Falk

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HONORABLE MENTION GROUND TO GROUND - L Vincent Hostetler (AIC 14206) Grand Junction CO Even rarer than the Parks P-2 this Parks P-1 now resides at Parks College of St Louis University in Cahokia IL

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1ST PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - LeRoy Falk receives top honors with this picture

of Chuck Spencer refueling Bill Roses Fairchild 22

2ND PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - Don Levandoski gets his second award with this shot of Allen Rudolph touching-up the aileron on the Pietenpol in the AlC tent at Oshkosh 92

3RD PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - (right) Jeri Mihalic (EAA 277478) Mammoth Cave KY shows The Oshkosh Experience in this picture of her husband Dave and his 1957 Bonanza

2ND PLACE - CHAIRMANS CHOICE - Myron Heimer shows us that not all TIger Moths are small

1ST PLACE CHAIRMANS CHOICE - James W Fowler (AIC 2293) Houston TX suitably titled this picture Young Eagle

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1ST PLACE WATER BIRDS - Pat Quinn (AIC 9207) of Ventura CA gives us a glimpse back in time with this photo titled Brennands Seaplane Base 1952 or 1992

2ND PLACE WATER BIRDS - Robert T Beecher

3RD PLACE WATER BIRDS - Myron Heimer brings back WATER BIRDS HONORABLE MENTION - William McCarrei all the memories of a calm summer day (AlC 4496) White Pigeon MI

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Judges Choice for 1992

This dazzling photo of a Lockheed 12-A Electra taken by Robert T Beecher receives the p restig ious honor of

Your judges for the 1992 Anshy man Lorraine Morris EE Tex tiqueClassic Photo Contest were Hilbert Chairman Jack McCarthy (left to right) Dan Hans Co-Chair- Bill Lombardi Lee Fray and Eric

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Lundahl Contest Chairman Jack McshyCarthy would like to thank all of the judges who helped out this year and he would also like to particularly thank Lorraine Morris who helped organize this year s event and did most of the record-keeping Lorraine is an active AC member and she flies a Boeing 737-400 for a living

The AC photo contest is on again for EAA Oshkosh 93 so get your cameras ready for the summer In next month s issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE the rules for the contest will be published and they will also be available when you register for the contest at the AC Red Barn during the Convention Remember the conshytest is for photos of Antique Classic or Contemporary aircraft shot either enroute at the EAA Convention or on the way home Our thanks to the over one hundred() AC members who entered this years contest and we look forward to seeing you again this year

The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a mailer of information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the information to EAA A(( Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903shy3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

JUNE 11-13 - DENTON TX - Denton Municipal Airport AAA (Texas Chapter) 30th Annual Fly-In Contact John or Nancy Whatley 214517-1981 or Bert Mashyhon817387-2620

JUNE 12 - GADSDEN AL - J-3 and Piper high wing Annual Fly-In Camping Bomb Drop Spot Landings Hangar dance Contact Faye Bryant Gadsden Pilots Asshysoc 196 Ira Gray Dr Gadsden AL 35901 205442-3313

JUNE 12 - NEWPORT NEWS V A shy21st Annual Colonial Fly-In Newport NewsWilliamsburg IntI Airport Sponshysored by EAA Chapter 156 Contact ofr inshyformation and NORDO entry Charles Colshylier 620 Hilton Rd Newport News V A 23605 804247-5844

JUNE 13 - AURORA IL - Aurora Mushynicipal Airport EAA Chapte r 579 FlyshyInlDrive -In breakfast and airport FBO open house 7am - 3pm Contact Alan Shackleton 708466-4193 or Bob Rieser Airport Manager 708466-7000

JUNE 19 - WILD ROSE WI - Idlewild Airport - Pancake BreakfastFly-In Idlewild-Wild Rose Airport Assoc PO Box 296 Wild Rose WI 54984 Call 414622-4020

JUNE 24-27 - MT VERNON OH shy34th Annual National Waco Reunion Greatest WACO Show On EARTH For more information call 513868-0084

JUNE 26-27 - ORANGE MA - Orshyange Municipal Airport 17th Annual New England Regional Fly-In sponsored by the Friends of the Orange Airport Contact Bob McKenney 508544-8762 or Len Beshydaw (Orange Airport) 508544-8189 or Fax 508249-5940

JUNE 26-27 - GREELEY CO - EAA Rocky Mountain Fly-In Antiques Classhysics homebuilts warbirds ultralights No registration fee free camping transportashytion to local motels 3031798-6086 or 353shy5514

JULY 4 - WISCONSIN RAPIDS WIshyWI Rapids Airport EAA Chapter 706 FlyshyInDrive In Pancake Breakfast 730shy1130am Call 715435-3644 for information

JULY 7-11 - ARLINGTON WA shyNorthwest EAA Fly-In 206435-5857

JULY 10 -11- DELAWARE OHshy12th Annual EAA Chapter 9 Fly-In

Delaware Airport Contact Alan Harding 614442-0024

JULY 10 -11- EMMETSBURG lA shy5th Annual Aeronca Fly-In sponsored by tbe Tail dragger Club Contact Keith Harnden Box 285 Emmetsburg IA 50536

JULY 11- MICHIGAN CITY IN - EAA Chapter 966 Pancake Breakfast Contacts The Dees - 219324-6060 or the Hugley s 219325-0133

JULY 16-18 - RED LAKE ONTARlOshyNorseman Festival and Fly-In at Red Lake Ontario Norseman Capita l of the World Floats and wheels Contact Ron Robinson Box 308 Red LakeOntario Canada POV 2MO Phone 807727-2809 or Fax 807727shy3980

JULY 23 -24 - COFFEYVILLE KS shyFunk Aircraft Owners Assoc Reunion Conshytact Gene Ventress 10215 S Monticello Shawnee Mission KS 66227 Phone 9131782shy1483

JULY 24 -27 - WAUSAU WI - Ercoupe Owners Club National Convention Contact Syd Cohen 715842-7814

JULY 24 AND 25 - SHIOCTON WI shyAnnual Fly-In Contact Joyce Baggot 414986-3547

JULY 27 - AUGUST 7 - VALshyPARAISO (VPZ) IN Food and Fuel booth Stop by and see us on your way to and from Oshkosh We are famous for our hospitality Sponsored by EAA Chapter 104 Contact 219884-1619

THURSDAY JULY 29 -WEDNESDA Y AUGUST 4 1993 - OSHKOSH WI- 41st Annual EAA Fly-In and Sport Aviation Convention Wittman Regional Airport Con tact John Burton PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54904-3086 Call 414426-4800 for more information ITS NEVER TOO EARLY TO MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND

AUGUST 6 - 8 - STILLWATER OKshyLake Elmo Airport Sesquicentennial Aviashytion Days Fly-In breakfast balloon rally other events 612430-1200 for more inforshymation

AUGUST 12-15 - LOCK HAVEN PAshyWilliam T Piper Memorial Airport Sentishymental Journey 93 Aerial Mail To Lock Haven is this years tbeme All makes and models welcome especially Antique and classic airplanes Call 717893-4200 (9am til 5 pm) Fax 717893-4218 or write PO Box Jshy3 Lock Haven PA 17745-0496

AUGUST 15 - BROOKFIELD WIshyCapitol Airport 8th Annual Vintage Airshycraft Display and Ice Cream Social Midwest Antique Airplane Club will also hold its monthly fly-In meeting For more informashytion call George Meade at 414962-2428

AUGUST 27-29 - SUSSEX NJ - Sussex Airport Sussex Airshow For more informashytion call 2011875-0783

SEPT 4-5 PROSSER W A - 10th Annual

EAA Chapter 391 Fly-IN Food flying tours raffle and more Camping on the field For more info call Thopson Aircraft at 5091786-1034

SEPT 8-12 - GALESBURG IL -Galesburg Municipal Airport 22nd Nashytional Stearman Fly-In Contact Tom Lowe 823 Kingston Ln Crystal Lake IL 60014 815459-6873 or Harold Canada 370 Hawkinson Av Galesburg IL 61401 309343-9850

SEPT 17-19 - KANKAKEE IL - Koshyerner Airport 9th Annual Midwest Stinshyson Fly-In Seminars on Stinson 108s and Franklin engi nes FAA Safety Seminars Sat night banquet Fly-outs rally and performance contests Camping on the field Contact Loran Nordgren 4 W Neshybraska Frankfort IL 60423 Phone 815469-9100

SEPT 11middot12 bull MARION OH - EAA Mid-Eastern Regional Fly-In (MERFI) 513849-9455

SEPT 18-19 -Hickory NC - 8th Annual EAA Chapter 731 Fly-In Contact Jean Smith days 704396-7032 or Norman Rainshywater evenings 704328-5807

SEPT 18middot19 - ROCK FALLS IL shyEAA Nortb Central Fly-In 708513-0642

SEPT 20 - ROCK FALLS IL - Panshycake Breakfast in Conjuction with the North Central Fly-ln

SEPT 24-25 - HEBER CITY UT shyUtah State EAA Sport Aviation 8tb Intershymountain Fly-In Seminars demonstrashytions aircraft judging camping food tours and fun Heber Valley Airport (36U) Conshytact Russ McDonald 801645-9543

SEPT 24middot26 - CAMDEN SC 52 nd reunion of Southern Aviation School pilot Primary Flight Training 1941-1944 For all Alumni employees and all personel Conshytact Bill Hawkins PO Box 789 Camden SC 29020 Phone 803432-9595

SEPT 25middot26 - WILMINGTON DE shyEAA East Coast Regional Fly-In 3011933shy0314

SEPT 30 bull OCT 3 bull OWENSBORO KY Owensboro Davies County Airport Annual Convention of International Cessna 120140 Assoc Contact David Lowe or Gil Pounds 502736-5392 or Fax 736-2403

OCT 1middot2middot BARTLESVILLE OK shy36th Annual Tulsa Fly-In Special Aircraft this year include the EAA replica Spirit of St Louis and the original Woolaroc winshyner of the 1927 Dole Pineapple race Conshytact Charlie Harris 3933 S Peoria Tulsa OK 74105 9181742-7311

OCT 1middot3middot PRESCOTT AZ - EAA Copperstate Fly-ln 6021750-5480

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS On this page youll see the latest additions to the ranks of the EAA AnshytiqueClassic Division Whether youre joining for the first time or are coming back we welcome you and wed especially like to welcome those ofyou who are joining us with your interest in Contemporary class aircraft Welcome one and all

Randy Abegglen Lewisville ID Jose Abreu Miami FL Tracy A Ake Gainesville VA Roy B Allison Minneapolis MN Carson V Baker Crestwood KY James E Bean Northport NY Tom Beck Bethel AK George Beckerman Mt Carmel IL John F Benson Glendora CA Paul W Blackman Finksburg MD Don Blehm Green Mtn Falls CO Michael G Brown Roanoke VA Samuel W Bruce Eagle Rock VA Walter R Bullerwell Dickson TN David W Burns MarengoIL Tony Buttacavoli Waterford MI H Todd Clamp Newberry SC Troy P Coker III Dallas TX David M Collins Cornelius OR Douglas Conciatu Sterling Heights MI Mark Conover Houston TX James D Cooper Thonotosassa FL Gaetan Coulombe

Cloridorme Quebec Canada Marcella Dankow

Ft McMurray Alberta Canada James Dawson Vacaville CA Drew Detsch San Francisco CA Donald Dewey Sierra Madre CA Van G Dickens Fayetteville NC Charles Dobbins Abingdon V A Donald E Dorrell Santa Barbara CA William Doud USMM Sterling NY Jack C Faas Lake Geneva WI Bill Farrell Cincinnati OH Joel Fenger Chester MT Geoffrey M Fickling McAlpine FL J W Corkey Fornof

Canyon Country CA James R Freese Ukiah CA Walter F Gall Bainbridge W A George Galpin Marton New Zealand Sidney Gehlert Pasadena MD Gary Gladd Fullerton CA Daniel H Gleason Coraopolis P A D Brad Gossen

Downsville Ontario Canada Charles D Grady Tallulah LA Charles E Graves Waterloo IA Jeffrey W Gray

Calgary Alberta Canada Allen D Guth Mokena IL Merv Halliday Tanau New Zealand C Kay Hanshell Sabina OH John E Henderson Lancaster PA Stuart G Henderson Durham NC Arthur L Herr Memphis TN Charles A Hinkle

North Little Rock AR Stephen R Hosch Louisvi lle KY Norman Howard CoffeyviUe KS Don Johnson Los Molinos CA

Wayne Johnson Minneapolis MN Louis A Kirn Apex NC Edward Kling West Chicago IL Paul R Kube San Diego CA Robert E Lake

Hot Springs Village AR James F Landers Elden W Larson Jan Love Robert B Love Louis Lufker Richard L Lutes Waldo Magnuson Scott Mathews Gary K Mathiasen Daniel C Maurin Roger C McAlister James S McAllister George Medue

Tempe AZ Bellevue WA

Saginaw MI Vienna VA

East Moriches NY Hampshire IL Spokane WA

Anchorage AK Dublin CA

San Francisco CA Blue River OR

Lake Monroe FL Medway OH

Bruce L Moore St Augustine FL Mark A Morrison Staley NC Michel Normandin

Longueuil Quebec Canada John L Northey Port Moody British Columbia Canada

Thomas R OHanlon Fort Ogden FL Richard L Oreair Jr Jacksonville FL Ronald J Parese Bridgewater CT Marlin Parrott Jefferson City MO Bryan C Pender Victor G Plumbo Timothy L Popp Jimmy Powers H L Richards John Robinson Robert Santolla David Sarge William A Shain Jeff Simmons

Millington TN Millville NJ

Fennville MI Greensboro NC

Springville AL Cape Coral FL Coraopolis P A Pine Grove P A

Liberty SC Houston TX

C Mahlon Skinnel Jr Lynchburg VA Ari Slitonen Jarvenpaa Finland Colin F Smith Half Moon Bay CA Robert J Smith Billings MT Stephen W Smith Anchorage AK Alan Sparks Joshua TX Cosmo St John Colchester VT Don Stearns Portsmouth NH Peter Strannemar Blairstown NJ Susan J Thompson Natick MA Gary Vassbotn

Calgary Alberta Canada Robert R Wallace Champaign IL Lynn Warren Shelby MI Homer R Weathers ColumbusOH Thomas A Whisnant

Granite Falls NC Julie A White Arizona City AZ Chuck Williams Bellflower CA Steven T Williamson

West Redding cr Kenneth B Woodard Greensboro NC Ronald C Wright Gatesville TX

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Notice is hereby given that an annual business meeting of the members of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division will be held on Wednesday August 4 1993 at 830 am (Central Daylight Time) at the 41st Annual Convention of the Experimental Aircraft Association Inc Wittman Regional Airport Oshkosh Wisconsin Notice is hereby further given that the annual election ofofficers and directors of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division will be conducted by ballot distributed to the members along with this June issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE Said ballot must be returned properly marked to the Ballot Tally Committee EAA AntiqueClassic Division P O Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 and received no later than July 31 1993 The Nominating Committee submits the following list of candidates Arthur R Morgan Vice-President EE Buck Hilbert Treasurer John S Jack Copeland Director Philip Coulson Director Stan GomoLL Director Dale A Gustafson Director Robert S Lickteig Director

ARTHUR R MORGAN Milwaukee Wisconsin

Art Morgan began fly ing in 1961 and received his private license in 1962 In 1965 he went on to get his commercial rating He has been a member of EAA since 1962 and began by parking airplanes at the EAA Conventions in Rockford Illinois Art was one of the first to start building a KR-l and although he did not complete his project he was instrumental in the completion of two of the litt le birds In 1974 he and his wife Kate purchased a 1939 Luscombe 8-C which he promptly rebuilt After two yea rs of fly ing the Luscombe Art and several friends orga nized the American Luscombe Club The Morgans also own a Bellanca 14-13 Art se rved the EAA as a Museum volunteer for several yea rs as Classic parking chairman at Oshkosh and also as AntiqueClassic Parki ng Chai rman Art has been a Director of the AntiqueClassic Division since 1978

E E BUCK HILBERT Union Illinois

Buck is a native of Chicago and a graduate of Lewis College He began learning the pilots point of view while work shying as a line boy at the old Elmhurst Airport near Chicago in 1938 The pay wasnt much but it was flying time and he soloed an Aeronca 65-LA Chief in October 1941 He enlisted in the Air Force shortly thereafter into the Training Command where he flew and instructed in many of the training aircraft of that era He flew gunnery training at Las Vegas Army Air Field in B-17s and finished up teaching Chinese Nationali st Pilots twin engine transition Recalled for the Korean war Buck qualified as an Army Aviator and flew with the HQ Company Air Section of the 24th Infant ry Division A most rewarding and memorable experience he reports Buck and Dorothy and their four children are at home at Hilbert s Funny Farm where he has an airstrip and keeps a stable of interesting and flyab le old airplanes Buck is a retired Un ited Airlines captain Buck is no stranger to the AntiqueClassic Division He is past president hav shying served from 1971 through 1975 He currently is Treasurer of the Division and is also a member of the EAA Aviation Foundation Board of Trustees

JOHN S JACK COPELAND Westborough Massachusetts

Jack received a degree in mechanical engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology in 1954 He served as an Aircraft Maintenance Officer on acti ve dut-y-in the middotUS Air Force from 1955- attaining the rank of captain in the USAF Rese rve Jack holds a co mmercial pilot license with a fli ght instructor rating He joined EAA in 1971 and the AntiqueClassic Division in 1975 shortly after purchasing his first aircraft a 1948 Cessna 140 At that time Jack lived in the Chicago area and participated in pre-Convention weekend work parties He has been an active volunteer at the last twelve annual Conventions serving at va rious times as Classic Parking Co-Chairman Manpower Co-Chairman and Manpower Chairman He was named an advisor to the AntiqueClassic Board of Directors in 1979 and served in that capacity until 1984 when he was elected to a Directorship Jack earns his living as a professional engineer and in addition to his EAA involvement is active as a Captain on the Massachusetts Wing Staff of the Civil Air Patrol

PHILIP COULSON Lawton Michigan

Phil was born on a fa rm in southwestern Michigan His first ride in an airplane was at the age of 16 in a Fairchild PT-23 owned and fl own by Horace Sackett a local pilot and AampP Twenty-years later Horace would be Phils guiding light in restoring his 1930 Waco INF Phil lea rned to fl y off a grass strip in Lawton Michigan in 1962 His original dual instrucshytion and solo fl ying was in a Piper J-5 Throughout the yea rs he has owned several aircraft including a J-3 Cub Taylorcraft TriPacer and Cessna 190 He and his wife Ruthie are lovers of Wacos and greatly enjoy flying their 1940 UPF-7 Waco Their Kinner powered 1930 INF Waco is currently on loan to the Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum in Kalamazoo MI They also own a Model G Bonanza Phil s military ca reer consisted of four yea rs in the US Air Force during the Korean War Phil is a li fe time EAA member and began attending EAA Conventions in Rockford Illinois He is a charter member of AntiqueClassic Chapter 8 and also a past president Phil is a past chairman of the annual Parade of Flight at Oshkosh and is currently the President of the newly formed American Waco Club Inc He was appointed advisor to the AntiqueClassic Board in 1985 The Coulsons live in Lawton Michigan

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STAN GOMOLL Blaine Minnesota

Stan soloed a J-3 Club on his 16th birthday on 11-30-42 In 1945 he served in the US Air Force as a ground crewman on B-29s based at Guam Stan received his AampE license in 1949 at Spartan School of Aeronautics then returned home to Minneapolis where he worked at a small airport In 1951 he was hired by Northwest Airlines as a mechanic progressing to Flight Engineer and Co-pilot Stan is now retired from Northwest Stans first airplane was a 193940 hp Taylorcraft Currently he owns and fli es a 1936 Waco Cabin and a 1946 J-3 Cub Over the years he has restored many airplanes Stan has been active in EAA working on various committees at the Annual Convention In 1976 he was named Advisor and elected to the Board of Directors in 1984 He is currently President of AntiqueClassic Chapter 4 in the Minneapolis area

RJ DOBBY LICKTEIG Albert Lea Minnesota

Dobby is a native of Minnesota and had his first ai rplane ride at the age of 13 in a Velie Monocoupe He earned a solo license in a J-2 Cub at the age of 16 working at the local ai rport for flying time and has been flying since then After completing college in Minnesota he entered Air Force pilot training and graduated in Class 421 and was assigned to a new P-47 fighter group His tour of combat was 2-112 years in the European Theater of Operations during World War 11 Dobby has owned a varied collection of aircraft including a Stinson V77 Stearman L-2M Aztec Citabria BT-13A and AT-6G In 1985 he completed the restoration of a KR-2l Kinner-powered biplane and donated it to the EAA Aviation Museum His airplanes are frequent visitors to all Upper Midwest fly-ins He has been active in EAA Antique Classic and Warbird activities since the Convention was moved to Oshkosh He served as president of the AntiqueClassic Division from 1984 until 1988 Dobby is retired and he and his wife Jeanne live in Albert Lea Minnesota Their son Scott is a licensed pilot and is active on the Warbirds parking committee at the Annual EAA Convention

DALE A GUSTAFSON Indianapolis IN

Dale has been interested in airplanes since he was a small child and took his first plane ride in 1939 at the age of 10 He started taking flying lessons in 1945 and soloed at 16 After high school he worked at the airport in South Bend Indiana servicing airliners handling cargo and doing field maintenance Dale attended Spartan School of Aeronaut ics in 1948 and 1949 to obtain additional pilot ratings After this he freelanced as a fli ght instructor and ran a small FBO at South Bend until he was hired as a co-pilot on Turner Airlines in Indianapolis in 1950 Through name changes and mergers the airline is now USAir He had been with the airline for more than 35 years when he retired His plans now are to spend his time between Indiana and Florida where he has property adjoining a private airstrip Through the years Dale has owned various aircraft including a Stinson V77 Piper Colt Fairchild 24 Cessna 150 and several modern airplanes He currently owns a Cessna 195 plus a Stearman PT-17 and Piper J-4 which are being restored Recently Dale and his wife operated a small ai rport northwest of Indianapolis He is a member of several organizations interested in antique classic and homebuilt aircraft He has been a member of EAA since 1960 and the AntiqueClassic Division since it was organized He has served as an Advisor to the Division and currently is se rving as a Director For several years Dale has judged antiques at Oshkosh and served as Program Chairman for the AntiqueClassic Division awards

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J-3 NC7386H 1 W Evans Hamilton AL

Best Classic 101 to 165 hp - Cessna 170 N2727C Gene D Engelskirger Hinkley OH

Best Classic Over 165 hp - Ryan Navion N5437K H a le Andre ws Berkeley Springs WV

Best Custom Classic Under 100 hp - Cessna 120 N2460N Scott Cox Ft Lauderdale FL

Best Custom Classic 101 to 165 hp - Pipe r P A-16 N5796H Mitch Freshyitag Summerville SC

Best Custom Classic Over 165 hp shyGlobe Swift N80555 Scott Anderson Deerfield Beach FL

Best Of Type - Pipe r PA-17 Vaga bo nd N4686 H Tom Scott Okeechobee FL

Best Of Type - G lobe Swift N78068 Pete Johnson Faribault MN

Best Of Type - Piper PA-22 Tri Pacer N8740C Delto n Perry Lawrenceburg TN

Best Of Type - Luscombe 8A NC681A Rochard Hoyle Vince nt AL

Outst a nding A ircraft - B ticker Ju ngma nn N46925 Ralp h Lerch Lawrenceburg TN

(Above and above right) Now you can put a face with the plane - heres Delton Perry (AIC 18583) and his Piper TrishyPacer (The same one featured in the Deshycember 1992 issue of Vintage Airplane) Deltons PA-22 won the Best of Type award for the restoration done by Joe Fleeman

(Right) Mark Holliday (AiC 1316) of Lake Elmo MN shows off the racy lines of his stock Globe Swift Stock or modified the Swift is still one of the most beautiful airplanes ever made

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AntiqueClassic HQ has been moved to a spot next to the Ill bet you can guess which college football team Parnell Colas woods - here folks are enjoying the shade during the aftershy cheers for noon airshow

(Above) Hale Andrews (AIC 982) of Berkeley Springs WV cruises by with the pretty Navion Super 260 his father bought new in 1951 It has just been restored after a flood nearly deshystroyed it

(Left) Luke Walker is just starting to enjoy flyshying his newly-restored Piper Vagabond It was his first aircraft restoration effort

(Right) N7777K is the oldest Piper Tri-Pacer in existence - it is serial No2 the first production aircraft to survive (Serial number 1 was tested to destruction during the certificashy

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(Above top) No tired old Apache here Verwayne (AIC 3987) and Leslie Owen Severna Park MD are just completing this nice restorashytion of their 1959 Piper PA-23 Apache

(Above right) Anthony Lamontia (AIC 20124) Bath OH is justifiably proud of his Cessna 182 he has been restoring for a number of years It was an Outstanding Airshycraft award winner

(Left) Another Outstanding Aircraft award winner was Jerry Whartons 1959 Cessna 172 Jerrys airplane was stored indoors for most of its life and as a consequence the airshyplane was we preserved The inshyterior fabric on the seats and side panels is original as is the instrushyment panel -erry (AIC 18564) is from Wise VA

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(Left) After their first attempt at flying the England - Australia trip in a Piper J-3() Bob and Diane Dempster are going to try it again in a brand spanking new Piper PA-18 Super Cub (The first time the density altitude high and the service ceiling of the Cub not as high stopped the flight in the 1250 heat of the Egyptian desert) The Dempsters arrived at Lakeshyland after picking up the airplane in Vero Beach with 98 hours on the tach They plan to sell their house get an instrushyment rating for Bob and make the necshyessary modifications to fly the North Atshylantic and beyond

This years AntiqueClassic and Contemporary judges at Sun n Fun 93 were (left to right) Jim Zantop Joe Sinnett Xen K Motsinger Jennie White George Hindall Bill Doty Jack Gilson Juan Blanco Bob Romanelli Leonard Kress Jack Gillespie Terny Brokaw Harris Wiese Wayne Anderson Bill Murry and Don Jacobs Thanks to all of them for their hard work chasing down the airplanes to be judged

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Best Metal Seaplane - Cessna 185E N5830J Joe Strazzula Ft Pierce FL Best Fabric Seaplane - Maule M-7 N61350 Mark Futch Boca Grande FL Best Ampbibian - Grumman Goose N121GL Chuck Greenhill Mettawa IL

Originally located in Louisiana this J-3 Cub on 1320 Edo floats N1353M SIN 9913 was brought to Florida by Steve Swails (EAA 377050) of Ft Myshyers and totally restored Although some corrosion was found necessary repairs were completed and the airframe was epoxy primed and powder coated for seaplane use A C85-12 engine was installed (without starter and generator) to replace the C65 and the floats were restored to new condition

Left - Steve Swails carefully negotiates alligator alley between the shore and open water at Lake Parker Pilots reported the gators were quite prevalent just outside the reeds and could easily be seen sunning themshyselves

Lower left - Unusual mint condition 1320 Edo floats on Steve Swails J-3 Cub looked brand new Note the cable between the float tips for moving to the other side of the airplane - often referred to as a Canadian Spreader Bar

Lower right - Nestled on the shore of Lake Parker is Steve Swails J-3 85 Cub His passenger was Alex Wopper (EAA 419315) of Valdivia Chile who is just starting seaplane training He has purchased a Murphy Regtel kit along with a float kit and will build them at his home in the south of Chile - below the 40th parallel A native of Germany Alex is excited about having the only seaplane in Chile and many many lakes to fly from

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Brilliant ear1y morning photo of Bill Rose (EAA 159635 AlC 6612) Grumman Goose N600ZE SIN B-100 with eleven hot air balloons lifting into the clear Florida sky

One of Jack Browns Seaplane Base Cubs on 1500 Aqua floats took a trip through the reeds cutting sileage The un-named pilot had to push and pull it out of the mess in waist deep water

Very nice photo of a Republic RC-3 Seabee N6659K SIN 936 as it powers onto the step for takeoff It is registered to Graham Sutherland of Port Orange FL Note how the spray rails move the water away from the hull and the proshypeller

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N6256 Replica Fighter Museum Gunshytersville AL

Outstanding Aircraft - Halberstadt D II N1388J Replica Fighter Museum Guntersville AL

Outstanding Aircraft - Sopwith Pup N1915K Replica Fighter Museum Gunshytersville AL

Outstanding Aircraft - Sopwith Trishyplane N543A Replica Fighter Museum Guntersville AL

3 years in a row Frank Ryders growing collection of WW I era replicas has again captured the Grand Champion Replica award at Sun n Fun This year the award was presented to the Nieuport 28 (above right) replica Chuck Brady (AIC 1920) constructed at his shop in Dwight IL

Frank and his Lake Gunterville Aero crew brought three other replicas to Sun n Fun 93 - from top to bottom they are Halberstadt DII Constructed by Carl Swanson Darien WI the airplane was on display at the EAA Air Adventure museum until being acquired by Frank Ryder for his museum Completely gone over by Gene Schwartz and the staff at Lake Gunshytersville Aero the Halberstadt was refinshyished in the spectacular longenze scheme you see here Its being flown here by Gene DeMarco

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The replica in the center of the page is the Sopwith Pup constructed by Ken Pruitt Belen NM and being flown by Frank Ryder He advises that it is one of the most demanding airplanes he has landed - even more so than the Fokker Triplane

Finally at the bottom of the facing page is the Sopwith Triplane built by Chad and Char Willie of Lake Oswego OR It is beshying flown for our camera by Joel Williams A Sopwith Dolphin project was also disshyplayed to give the public some sense of the work involved in constructing a replica WW I fighter WW I aviation will be the subject of a featured display at

EAA OSHKOSH 93 on the Convention taxiway - details are in this months AlC News

In the photo below the Douglas DC-3 of Alexander Aeroplane taxis out for deparshyture with a load of happy Sun n Fun volshyunteers Ron Alexander graciously agreed to give a ride to as many volunteers as he could with the Douglas and the smooth evening air was a treat for all who experishyenced it Our own Buck Hilbert was drafted as co-pilot (Im sure they had to drag him screaming and kicking to the airplane ) where he enjoyed refamiliarshyizing himself with the airplane he cut his teeth on as a neophyte airline pilot

Sun n Fun was once again an enjoyable

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1ST PLACE GROUND TO AIR - Robert T Beecher (AIC 17924) Chicago IL captured this truly rare photo of a Parks P-2A in flight Since there are only a few of these airplanes left flying this is definitely one for the scrapbooks

2ND PLACE GROUND TO AIR - Myron Heimer (AIC 8190) 3RD PLACE GROUND TO AIR - LeRoy Falk (AIC 9411) CarshyRose Creek MN pentersville IL neatly frames this Fairchild 24W

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1ST PLACE GROUND TO GROUND - Myron Heimer gets his second award with this in your face shot of a Dwain Pittengers Cessna T -50 Bobcat

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HONORABLE MENTION GROUND TO GROUND - L Vincent Hostetler (AIC 14206) Grand Junction CO Even rarer than the Parks P-2 this Parks P-1 now resides at Parks College of St Louis University in Cahokia IL

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1ST PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - LeRoy Falk receives top honors with this picture

of Chuck Spencer refueling Bill Roses Fairchild 22

2ND PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - Don Levandoski gets his second award with this shot of Allen Rudolph touching-up the aileron on the Pietenpol in the AlC tent at Oshkosh 92

3RD PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - (right) Jeri Mihalic (EAA 277478) Mammoth Cave KY shows The Oshkosh Experience in this picture of her husband Dave and his 1957 Bonanza

2ND PLACE - CHAIRMANS CHOICE - Myron Heimer shows us that not all TIger Moths are small

1ST PLACE CHAIRMANS CHOICE - James W Fowler (AIC 2293) Houston TX suitably titled this picture Young Eagle

22 JUNE 1993

1ST PLACE WATER BIRDS - Pat Quinn (AIC 9207) of Ventura CA gives us a glimpse back in time with this photo titled Brennands Seaplane Base 1952 or 1992

2ND PLACE WATER BIRDS - Robert T Beecher

3RD PLACE WATER BIRDS - Myron Heimer brings back WATER BIRDS HONORABLE MENTION - William McCarrei all the memories of a calm summer day (AlC 4496) White Pigeon MI

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This dazzling photo of a Lockheed 12-A Electra taken by Robert T Beecher receives the p restig ious honor of

Your judges for the 1992 Anshy man Lorraine Morris EE Tex tiqueClassic Photo Contest were Hilbert Chairman Jack McCarthy (left to right) Dan Hans Co-Chair- Bill Lombardi Lee Fray and Eric

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Lundahl Contest Chairman Jack McshyCarthy would like to thank all of the judges who helped out this year and he would also like to particularly thank Lorraine Morris who helped organize this year s event and did most of the record-keeping Lorraine is an active AC member and she flies a Boeing 737-400 for a living

The AC photo contest is on again for EAA Oshkosh 93 so get your cameras ready for the summer In next month s issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE the rules for the contest will be published and they will also be available when you register for the contest at the AC Red Barn during the Convention Remember the conshytest is for photos of Antique Classic or Contemporary aircraft shot either enroute at the EAA Convention or on the way home Our thanks to the over one hundred() AC members who entered this years contest and we look forward to seeing you again this year

The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a mailer of information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the information to EAA A(( Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903shy3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

JUNE 11-13 - DENTON TX - Denton Municipal Airport AAA (Texas Chapter) 30th Annual Fly-In Contact John or Nancy Whatley 214517-1981 or Bert Mashyhon817387-2620

JUNE 12 - GADSDEN AL - J-3 and Piper high wing Annual Fly-In Camping Bomb Drop Spot Landings Hangar dance Contact Faye Bryant Gadsden Pilots Asshysoc 196 Ira Gray Dr Gadsden AL 35901 205442-3313

JUNE 12 - NEWPORT NEWS V A shy21st Annual Colonial Fly-In Newport NewsWilliamsburg IntI Airport Sponshysored by EAA Chapter 156 Contact ofr inshyformation and NORDO entry Charles Colshylier 620 Hilton Rd Newport News V A 23605 804247-5844

JUNE 13 - AURORA IL - Aurora Mushynicipal Airport EAA Chapte r 579 FlyshyInlDrive -In breakfast and airport FBO open house 7am - 3pm Contact Alan Shackleton 708466-4193 or Bob Rieser Airport Manager 708466-7000

JUNE 19 - WILD ROSE WI - Idlewild Airport - Pancake BreakfastFly-In Idlewild-Wild Rose Airport Assoc PO Box 296 Wild Rose WI 54984 Call 414622-4020

JUNE 24-27 - MT VERNON OH shy34th Annual National Waco Reunion Greatest WACO Show On EARTH For more information call 513868-0084

JUNE 26-27 - ORANGE MA - Orshyange Municipal Airport 17th Annual New England Regional Fly-In sponsored by the Friends of the Orange Airport Contact Bob McKenney 508544-8762 or Len Beshydaw (Orange Airport) 508544-8189 or Fax 508249-5940

JUNE 26-27 - GREELEY CO - EAA Rocky Mountain Fly-In Antiques Classhysics homebuilts warbirds ultralights No registration fee free camping transportashytion to local motels 3031798-6086 or 353shy5514

JULY 4 - WISCONSIN RAPIDS WIshyWI Rapids Airport EAA Chapter 706 FlyshyInDrive In Pancake Breakfast 730shy1130am Call 715435-3644 for information

JULY 7-11 - ARLINGTON WA shyNorthwest EAA Fly-In 206435-5857

JULY 10 -11- DELAWARE OHshy12th Annual EAA Chapter 9 Fly-In

Delaware Airport Contact Alan Harding 614442-0024

JULY 10 -11- EMMETSBURG lA shy5th Annual Aeronca Fly-In sponsored by tbe Tail dragger Club Contact Keith Harnden Box 285 Emmetsburg IA 50536

JULY 11- MICHIGAN CITY IN - EAA Chapter 966 Pancake Breakfast Contacts The Dees - 219324-6060 or the Hugley s 219325-0133

JULY 16-18 - RED LAKE ONTARlOshyNorseman Festival and Fly-In at Red Lake Ontario Norseman Capita l of the World Floats and wheels Contact Ron Robinson Box 308 Red LakeOntario Canada POV 2MO Phone 807727-2809 or Fax 807727shy3980

JULY 23 -24 - COFFEYVILLE KS shyFunk Aircraft Owners Assoc Reunion Conshytact Gene Ventress 10215 S Monticello Shawnee Mission KS 66227 Phone 9131782shy1483

JULY 24 -27 - WAUSAU WI - Ercoupe Owners Club National Convention Contact Syd Cohen 715842-7814

JULY 24 AND 25 - SHIOCTON WI shyAnnual Fly-In Contact Joyce Baggot 414986-3547

JULY 27 - AUGUST 7 - VALshyPARAISO (VPZ) IN Food and Fuel booth Stop by and see us on your way to and from Oshkosh We are famous for our hospitality Sponsored by EAA Chapter 104 Contact 219884-1619

THURSDAY JULY 29 -WEDNESDA Y AUGUST 4 1993 - OSHKOSH WI- 41st Annual EAA Fly-In and Sport Aviation Convention Wittman Regional Airport Con tact John Burton PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54904-3086 Call 414426-4800 for more information ITS NEVER TOO EARLY TO MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND

AUGUST 6 - 8 - STILLWATER OKshyLake Elmo Airport Sesquicentennial Aviashytion Days Fly-In breakfast balloon rally other events 612430-1200 for more inforshymation

AUGUST 12-15 - LOCK HAVEN PAshyWilliam T Piper Memorial Airport Sentishymental Journey 93 Aerial Mail To Lock Haven is this years tbeme All makes and models welcome especially Antique and classic airplanes Call 717893-4200 (9am til 5 pm) Fax 717893-4218 or write PO Box Jshy3 Lock Haven PA 17745-0496

AUGUST 15 - BROOKFIELD WIshyCapitol Airport 8th Annual Vintage Airshycraft Display and Ice Cream Social Midwest Antique Airplane Club will also hold its monthly fly-In meeting For more informashytion call George Meade at 414962-2428

AUGUST 27-29 - SUSSEX NJ - Sussex Airport Sussex Airshow For more informashytion call 2011875-0783

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SEPT 8-12 - GALESBURG IL -Galesburg Municipal Airport 22nd Nashytional Stearman Fly-In Contact Tom Lowe 823 Kingston Ln Crystal Lake IL 60014 815459-6873 or Harold Canada 370 Hawkinson Av Galesburg IL 61401 309343-9850

SEPT 17-19 - KANKAKEE IL - Koshyerner Airport 9th Annual Midwest Stinshyson Fly-In Seminars on Stinson 108s and Franklin engi nes FAA Safety Seminars Sat night banquet Fly-outs rally and performance contests Camping on the field Contact Loran Nordgren 4 W Neshybraska Frankfort IL 60423 Phone 815469-9100

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SEPT 18-19 -Hickory NC - 8th Annual EAA Chapter 731 Fly-In Contact Jean Smith days 704396-7032 or Norman Rainshywater evenings 704328-5807

SEPT 18middot19 - ROCK FALLS IL shyEAA Nortb Central Fly-In 708513-0642

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SEPT 24middot26 - CAMDEN SC 52 nd reunion of Southern Aviation School pilot Primary Flight Training 1941-1944 For all Alumni employees and all personel Conshytact Bill Hawkins PO Box 789 Camden SC 29020 Phone 803432-9595

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS On this page youll see the latest additions to the ranks of the EAA AnshytiqueClassic Division Whether youre joining for the first time or are coming back we welcome you and wed especially like to welcome those ofyou who are joining us with your interest in Contemporary class aircraft Welcome one and all

Randy Abegglen Lewisville ID Jose Abreu Miami FL Tracy A Ake Gainesville VA Roy B Allison Minneapolis MN Carson V Baker Crestwood KY James E Bean Northport NY Tom Beck Bethel AK George Beckerman Mt Carmel IL John F Benson Glendora CA Paul W Blackman Finksburg MD Don Blehm Green Mtn Falls CO Michael G Brown Roanoke VA Samuel W Bruce Eagle Rock VA Walter R Bullerwell Dickson TN David W Burns MarengoIL Tony Buttacavoli Waterford MI H Todd Clamp Newberry SC Troy P Coker III Dallas TX David M Collins Cornelius OR Douglas Conciatu Sterling Heights MI Mark Conover Houston TX James D Cooper Thonotosassa FL Gaetan Coulombe

Cloridorme Quebec Canada Marcella Dankow

Ft McMurray Alberta Canada James Dawson Vacaville CA Drew Detsch San Francisco CA Donald Dewey Sierra Madre CA Van G Dickens Fayetteville NC Charles Dobbins Abingdon V A Donald E Dorrell Santa Barbara CA William Doud USMM Sterling NY Jack C Faas Lake Geneva WI Bill Farrell Cincinnati OH Joel Fenger Chester MT Geoffrey M Fickling McAlpine FL J W Corkey Fornof

Canyon Country CA James R Freese Ukiah CA Walter F Gall Bainbridge W A George Galpin Marton New Zealand Sidney Gehlert Pasadena MD Gary Gladd Fullerton CA Daniel H Gleason Coraopolis P A D Brad Gossen

Downsville Ontario Canada Charles D Grady Tallulah LA Charles E Graves Waterloo IA Jeffrey W Gray

Calgary Alberta Canada Allen D Guth Mokena IL Merv Halliday Tanau New Zealand C Kay Hanshell Sabina OH John E Henderson Lancaster PA Stuart G Henderson Durham NC Arthur L Herr Memphis TN Charles A Hinkle

North Little Rock AR Stephen R Hosch Louisvi lle KY Norman Howard CoffeyviUe KS Don Johnson Los Molinos CA

Wayne Johnson Minneapolis MN Louis A Kirn Apex NC Edward Kling West Chicago IL Paul R Kube San Diego CA Robert E Lake

Hot Springs Village AR James F Landers Elden W Larson Jan Love Robert B Love Louis Lufker Richard L Lutes Waldo Magnuson Scott Mathews Gary K Mathiasen Daniel C Maurin Roger C McAlister James S McAllister George Medue

Tempe AZ Bellevue WA

Saginaw MI Vienna VA

East Moriches NY Hampshire IL Spokane WA

Anchorage AK Dublin CA

San Francisco CA Blue River OR

Lake Monroe FL Medway OH

Bruce L Moore St Augustine FL Mark A Morrison Staley NC Michel Normandin

Longueuil Quebec Canada John L Northey Port Moody British Columbia Canada

Thomas R OHanlon Fort Ogden FL Richard L Oreair Jr Jacksonville FL Ronald J Parese Bridgewater CT Marlin Parrott Jefferson City MO Bryan C Pender Victor G Plumbo Timothy L Popp Jimmy Powers H L Richards John Robinson Robert Santolla David Sarge William A Shain Jeff Simmons

Millington TN Millville NJ

Fennville MI Greensboro NC

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C Mahlon Skinnel Jr Lynchburg VA Ari Slitonen Jarvenpaa Finland Colin F Smith Half Moon Bay CA Robert J Smith Billings MT Stephen W Smith Anchorage AK Alan Sparks Joshua TX Cosmo St John Colchester VT Don Stearns Portsmouth NH Peter Strannemar Blairstown NJ Susan J Thompson Natick MA Gary Vassbotn

Calgary Alberta Canada Robert R Wallace Champaign IL Lynn Warren Shelby MI Homer R Weathers ColumbusOH Thomas A Whisnant

Granite Falls NC Julie A White Arizona City AZ Chuck Williams Bellflower CA Steven T Williamson

West Redding cr Kenneth B Woodard Greensboro NC Ronald C Wright Gatesville TX

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Notice is hereby given that an annual business meeting of the members of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division will be held on Wednesday August 4 1993 at 830 am (Central Daylight Time) at the 41st Annual Convention of the Experimental Aircraft Association Inc Wittman Regional Airport Oshkosh Wisconsin Notice is hereby further given that the annual election ofofficers and directors of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division will be conducted by ballot distributed to the members along with this June issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE Said ballot must be returned properly marked to the Ballot Tally Committee EAA AntiqueClassic Division P O Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 and received no later than July 31 1993 The Nominating Committee submits the following list of candidates Arthur R Morgan Vice-President EE Buck Hilbert Treasurer John S Jack Copeland Director Philip Coulson Director Stan GomoLL Director Dale A Gustafson Director Robert S Lickteig Director

ARTHUR R MORGAN Milwaukee Wisconsin

Art Morgan began fly ing in 1961 and received his private license in 1962 In 1965 he went on to get his commercial rating He has been a member of EAA since 1962 and began by parking airplanes at the EAA Conventions in Rockford Illinois Art was one of the first to start building a KR-l and although he did not complete his project he was instrumental in the completion of two of the litt le birds In 1974 he and his wife Kate purchased a 1939 Luscombe 8-C which he promptly rebuilt After two yea rs of fly ing the Luscombe Art and several friends orga nized the American Luscombe Club The Morgans also own a Bellanca 14-13 Art se rved the EAA as a Museum volunteer for several yea rs as Classic parking chairman at Oshkosh and also as AntiqueClassic Parki ng Chai rman Art has been a Director of the AntiqueClassic Division since 1978

E E BUCK HILBERT Union Illinois

Buck is a native of Chicago and a graduate of Lewis College He began learning the pilots point of view while work shying as a line boy at the old Elmhurst Airport near Chicago in 1938 The pay wasnt much but it was flying time and he soloed an Aeronca 65-LA Chief in October 1941 He enlisted in the Air Force shortly thereafter into the Training Command where he flew and instructed in many of the training aircraft of that era He flew gunnery training at Las Vegas Army Air Field in B-17s and finished up teaching Chinese Nationali st Pilots twin engine transition Recalled for the Korean war Buck qualified as an Army Aviator and flew with the HQ Company Air Section of the 24th Infant ry Division A most rewarding and memorable experience he reports Buck and Dorothy and their four children are at home at Hilbert s Funny Farm where he has an airstrip and keeps a stable of interesting and flyab le old airplanes Buck is a retired Un ited Airlines captain Buck is no stranger to the AntiqueClassic Division He is past president hav shying served from 1971 through 1975 He currently is Treasurer of the Division and is also a member of the EAA Aviation Foundation Board of Trustees

JOHN S JACK COPELAND Westborough Massachusetts

Jack received a degree in mechanical engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology in 1954 He served as an Aircraft Maintenance Officer on acti ve dut-y-in the middotUS Air Force from 1955- attaining the rank of captain in the USAF Rese rve Jack holds a co mmercial pilot license with a fli ght instructor rating He joined EAA in 1971 and the AntiqueClassic Division in 1975 shortly after purchasing his first aircraft a 1948 Cessna 140 At that time Jack lived in the Chicago area and participated in pre-Convention weekend work parties He has been an active volunteer at the last twelve annual Conventions serving at va rious times as Classic Parking Co-Chairman Manpower Co-Chairman and Manpower Chairman He was named an advisor to the AntiqueClassic Board of Directors in 1979 and served in that capacity until 1984 when he was elected to a Directorship Jack earns his living as a professional engineer and in addition to his EAA involvement is active as a Captain on the Massachusetts Wing Staff of the Civil Air Patrol

PHILIP COULSON Lawton Michigan

Phil was born on a fa rm in southwestern Michigan His first ride in an airplane was at the age of 16 in a Fairchild PT-23 owned and fl own by Horace Sackett a local pilot and AampP Twenty-years later Horace would be Phils guiding light in restoring his 1930 Waco INF Phil lea rned to fl y off a grass strip in Lawton Michigan in 1962 His original dual instrucshytion and solo fl ying was in a Piper J-5 Throughout the yea rs he has owned several aircraft including a J-3 Cub Taylorcraft TriPacer and Cessna 190 He and his wife Ruthie are lovers of Wacos and greatly enjoy flying their 1940 UPF-7 Waco Their Kinner powered 1930 INF Waco is currently on loan to the Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum in Kalamazoo MI They also own a Model G Bonanza Phil s military ca reer consisted of four yea rs in the US Air Force during the Korean War Phil is a li fe time EAA member and began attending EAA Conventions in Rockford Illinois He is a charter member of AntiqueClassic Chapter 8 and also a past president Phil is a past chairman of the annual Parade of Flight at Oshkosh and is currently the President of the newly formed American Waco Club Inc He was appointed advisor to the AntiqueClassic Board in 1985 The Coulsons live in Lawton Michigan

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STAN GOMOLL Blaine Minnesota

Stan soloed a J-3 Club on his 16th birthday on 11-30-42 In 1945 he served in the US Air Force as a ground crewman on B-29s based at Guam Stan received his AampE license in 1949 at Spartan School of Aeronautics then returned home to Minneapolis where he worked at a small airport In 1951 he was hired by Northwest Airlines as a mechanic progressing to Flight Engineer and Co-pilot Stan is now retired from Northwest Stans first airplane was a 193940 hp Taylorcraft Currently he owns and fli es a 1936 Waco Cabin and a 1946 J-3 Cub Over the years he has restored many airplanes Stan has been active in EAA working on various committees at the Annual Convention In 1976 he was named Advisor and elected to the Board of Directors in 1984 He is currently President of AntiqueClassic Chapter 4 in the Minneapolis area

RJ DOBBY LICKTEIG Albert Lea Minnesota

Dobby is a native of Minnesota and had his first ai rplane ride at the age of 13 in a Velie Monocoupe He earned a solo license in a J-2 Cub at the age of 16 working at the local ai rport for flying time and has been flying since then After completing college in Minnesota he entered Air Force pilot training and graduated in Class 421 and was assigned to a new P-47 fighter group His tour of combat was 2-112 years in the European Theater of Operations during World War 11 Dobby has owned a varied collection of aircraft including a Stinson V77 Stearman L-2M Aztec Citabria BT-13A and AT-6G In 1985 he completed the restoration of a KR-2l Kinner-powered biplane and donated it to the EAA Aviation Museum His airplanes are frequent visitors to all Upper Midwest fly-ins He has been active in EAA Antique Classic and Warbird activities since the Convention was moved to Oshkosh He served as president of the AntiqueClassic Division from 1984 until 1988 Dobby is retired and he and his wife Jeanne live in Albert Lea Minnesota Their son Scott is a licensed pilot and is active on the Warbirds parking committee at the Annual EAA Convention

DALE A GUSTAFSON Indianapolis IN

Dale has been interested in airplanes since he was a small child and took his first plane ride in 1939 at the age of 10 He started taking flying lessons in 1945 and soloed at 16 After high school he worked at the airport in South Bend Indiana servicing airliners handling cargo and doing field maintenance Dale attended Spartan School of Aeronaut ics in 1948 and 1949 to obtain additional pilot ratings After this he freelanced as a fli ght instructor and ran a small FBO at South Bend until he was hired as a co-pilot on Turner Airlines in Indianapolis in 1950 Through name changes and mergers the airline is now USAir He had been with the airline for more than 35 years when he retired His plans now are to spend his time between Indiana and Florida where he has property adjoining a private airstrip Through the years Dale has owned various aircraft including a Stinson V77 Piper Colt Fairchild 24 Cessna 150 and several modern airplanes He currently owns a Cessna 195 plus a Stearman PT-17 and Piper J-4 which are being restored Recently Dale and his wife operated a small ai rport northwest of Indianapolis He is a member of several organizations interested in antique classic and homebuilt aircraft He has been a member of EAA since 1960 and the AntiqueClassic Division since it was organized He has served as an Advisor to the Division and currently is se rving as a Director For several years Dale has judged antiques at Oshkosh and served as Program Chairman for the AntiqueClassic Division awards

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AntiqueClassic HQ has been moved to a spot next to the Ill bet you can guess which college football team Parnell Colas woods - here folks are enjoying the shade during the aftershy cheers for noon airshow

(Above) Hale Andrews (AIC 982) of Berkeley Springs WV cruises by with the pretty Navion Super 260 his father bought new in 1951 It has just been restored after a flood nearly deshystroyed it

(Left) Luke Walker is just starting to enjoy flyshying his newly-restored Piper Vagabond It was his first aircraft restoration effort

(Right) N7777K is the oldest Piper Tri-Pacer in existence - it is serial No2 the first production aircraft to survive (Serial number 1 was tested to destruction during the certificashy

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(Above top) No tired old Apache here Verwayne (AIC 3987) and Leslie Owen Severna Park MD are just completing this nice restorashytion of their 1959 Piper PA-23 Apache

(Above right) Anthony Lamontia (AIC 20124) Bath OH is justifiably proud of his Cessna 182 he has been restoring for a number of years It was an Outstanding Airshycraft award winner

(Left) Another Outstanding Aircraft award winner was Jerry Whartons 1959 Cessna 172 Jerrys airplane was stored indoors for most of its life and as a consequence the airshyplane was we preserved The inshyterior fabric on the seats and side panels is original as is the instrushyment panel -erry (AIC 18564) is from Wise VA

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(Left) After their first attempt at flying the England - Australia trip in a Piper J-3() Bob and Diane Dempster are going to try it again in a brand spanking new Piper PA-18 Super Cub (The first time the density altitude high and the service ceiling of the Cub not as high stopped the flight in the 1250 heat of the Egyptian desert) The Dempsters arrived at Lakeshyland after picking up the airplane in Vero Beach with 98 hours on the tach They plan to sell their house get an instrushyment rating for Bob and make the necshyessary modifications to fly the North Atshylantic and beyond

This years AntiqueClassic and Contemporary judges at Sun n Fun 93 were (left to right) Jim Zantop Joe Sinnett Xen K Motsinger Jennie White George Hindall Bill Doty Jack Gilson Juan Blanco Bob Romanelli Leonard Kress Jack Gillespie Terny Brokaw Harris Wiese Wayne Anderson Bill Murry and Don Jacobs Thanks to all of them for their hard work chasing down the airplanes to be judged

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Best Metal Seaplane - Cessna 185E N5830J Joe Strazzula Ft Pierce FL Best Fabric Seaplane - Maule M-7 N61350 Mark Futch Boca Grande FL Best Ampbibian - Grumman Goose N121GL Chuck Greenhill Mettawa IL

Originally located in Louisiana this J-3 Cub on 1320 Edo floats N1353M SIN 9913 was brought to Florida by Steve Swails (EAA 377050) of Ft Myshyers and totally restored Although some corrosion was found necessary repairs were completed and the airframe was epoxy primed and powder coated for seaplane use A C85-12 engine was installed (without starter and generator) to replace the C65 and the floats were restored to new condition

Left - Steve Swails carefully negotiates alligator alley between the shore and open water at Lake Parker Pilots reported the gators were quite prevalent just outside the reeds and could easily be seen sunning themshyselves

Lower left - Unusual mint condition 1320 Edo floats on Steve Swails J-3 Cub looked brand new Note the cable between the float tips for moving to the other side of the airplane - often referred to as a Canadian Spreader Bar

Lower right - Nestled on the shore of Lake Parker is Steve Swails J-3 85 Cub His passenger was Alex Wopper (EAA 419315) of Valdivia Chile who is just starting seaplane training He has purchased a Murphy Regtel kit along with a float kit and will build them at his home in the south of Chile - below the 40th parallel A native of Germany Alex is excited about having the only seaplane in Chile and many many lakes to fly from

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Brilliant ear1y morning photo of Bill Rose (EAA 159635 AlC 6612) Grumman Goose N600ZE SIN B-100 with eleven hot air balloons lifting into the clear Florida sky

One of Jack Browns Seaplane Base Cubs on 1500 Aqua floats took a trip through the reeds cutting sileage The un-named pilot had to push and pull it out of the mess in waist deep water

Very nice photo of a Republic RC-3 Seabee N6659K SIN 936 as it powers onto the step for takeoff It is registered to Graham Sutherland of Port Orange FL Note how the spray rails move the water away from the hull and the proshypeller

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Outstanding Aircraft - Halberstadt D II N1388J Replica Fighter Museum Guntersville AL

Outstanding Aircraft - Sopwith Pup N1915K Replica Fighter Museum Gunshytersville AL

Outstanding Aircraft - Sopwith Trishyplane N543A Replica Fighter Museum Guntersville AL

3 years in a row Frank Ryders growing collection of WW I era replicas has again captured the Grand Champion Replica award at Sun n Fun This year the award was presented to the Nieuport 28 (above right) replica Chuck Brady (AIC 1920) constructed at his shop in Dwight IL

Frank and his Lake Gunterville Aero crew brought three other replicas to Sun n Fun 93 - from top to bottom they are Halberstadt DII Constructed by Carl Swanson Darien WI the airplane was on display at the EAA Air Adventure museum until being acquired by Frank Ryder for his museum Completely gone over by Gene Schwartz and the staff at Lake Gunshytersville Aero the Halberstadt was refinshyished in the spectacular longenze scheme you see here Its being flown here by Gene DeMarco

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The replica in the center of the page is the Sopwith Pup constructed by Ken Pruitt Belen NM and being flown by Frank Ryder He advises that it is one of the most demanding airplanes he has landed - even more so than the Fokker Triplane

Finally at the bottom of the facing page is the Sopwith Triplane built by Chad and Char Willie of Lake Oswego OR It is beshying flown for our camera by Joel Williams A Sopwith Dolphin project was also disshyplayed to give the public some sense of the work involved in constructing a replica WW I fighter WW I aviation will be the subject of a featured display at

EAA OSHKOSH 93 on the Convention taxiway - details are in this months AlC News

In the photo below the Douglas DC-3 of Alexander Aeroplane taxis out for deparshyture with a load of happy Sun n Fun volshyunteers Ron Alexander graciously agreed to give a ride to as many volunteers as he could with the Douglas and the smooth evening air was a treat for all who experishyenced it Our own Buck Hilbert was drafted as co-pilot (Im sure they had to drag him screaming and kicking to the airplane ) where he enjoyed refamiliarshyizing himself with the airplane he cut his teeth on as a neophyte airline pilot

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1ST PLACE GROUND TO AIR - Robert T Beecher (AIC 17924) Chicago IL captured this truly rare photo of a Parks P-2A in flight Since there are only a few of these airplanes left flying this is definitely one for the scrapbooks

2ND PLACE GROUND TO AIR - Myron Heimer (AIC 8190) 3RD PLACE GROUND TO AIR - LeRoy Falk (AIC 9411) CarshyRose Creek MN pentersville IL neatly frames this Fairchild 24W

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1ST PLACE GROUND TO GROUND - Myron Heimer gets his second award with this in your face shot of a Dwain Pittengers Cessna T -50 Bobcat

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HONORABLE MENTION GROUND TO GROUND - L Vincent Hostetler (AIC 14206) Grand Junction CO Even rarer than the Parks P-2 this Parks P-1 now resides at Parks College of St Louis University in Cahokia IL

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1ST PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - LeRoy Falk receives top honors with this picture

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2ND PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - Don Levandoski gets his second award with this shot of Allen Rudolph touching-up the aileron on the Pietenpol in the AlC tent at Oshkosh 92

3RD PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - (right) Jeri Mihalic (EAA 277478) Mammoth Cave KY shows The Oshkosh Experience in this picture of her husband Dave and his 1957 Bonanza

2ND PLACE - CHAIRMANS CHOICE - Myron Heimer shows us that not all TIger Moths are small

1ST PLACE CHAIRMANS CHOICE - James W Fowler (AIC 2293) Houston TX suitably titled this picture Young Eagle

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1ST PLACE WATER BIRDS - Pat Quinn (AIC 9207) of Ventura CA gives us a glimpse back in time with this photo titled Brennands Seaplane Base 1952 or 1992

2ND PLACE WATER BIRDS - Robert T Beecher

3RD PLACE WATER BIRDS - Myron Heimer brings back WATER BIRDS HONORABLE MENTION - William McCarrei all the memories of a calm summer day (AlC 4496) White Pigeon MI

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This dazzling photo of a Lockheed 12-A Electra taken by Robert T Beecher receives the p restig ious honor of

Your judges for the 1992 Anshy man Lorraine Morris EE Tex tiqueClassic Photo Contest were Hilbert Chairman Jack McCarthy (left to right) Dan Hans Co-Chair- Bill Lombardi Lee Fray and Eric

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Lundahl Contest Chairman Jack McshyCarthy would like to thank all of the judges who helped out this year and he would also like to particularly thank Lorraine Morris who helped organize this year s event and did most of the record-keeping Lorraine is an active AC member and she flies a Boeing 737-400 for a living

The AC photo contest is on again for EAA Oshkosh 93 so get your cameras ready for the summer In next month s issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE the rules for the contest will be published and they will also be available when you register for the contest at the AC Red Barn during the Convention Remember the conshytest is for photos of Antique Classic or Contemporary aircraft shot either enroute at the EAA Convention or on the way home Our thanks to the over one hundred() AC members who entered this years contest and we look forward to seeing you again this year

The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a mailer of information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the information to EAA A(( Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903shy3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

JUNE 11-13 - DENTON TX - Denton Municipal Airport AAA (Texas Chapter) 30th Annual Fly-In Contact John or Nancy Whatley 214517-1981 or Bert Mashyhon817387-2620

JUNE 12 - GADSDEN AL - J-3 and Piper high wing Annual Fly-In Camping Bomb Drop Spot Landings Hangar dance Contact Faye Bryant Gadsden Pilots Asshysoc 196 Ira Gray Dr Gadsden AL 35901 205442-3313

JUNE 12 - NEWPORT NEWS V A shy21st Annual Colonial Fly-In Newport NewsWilliamsburg IntI Airport Sponshysored by EAA Chapter 156 Contact ofr inshyformation and NORDO entry Charles Colshylier 620 Hilton Rd Newport News V A 23605 804247-5844

JUNE 13 - AURORA IL - Aurora Mushynicipal Airport EAA Chapte r 579 FlyshyInlDrive -In breakfast and airport FBO open house 7am - 3pm Contact Alan Shackleton 708466-4193 or Bob Rieser Airport Manager 708466-7000

JUNE 19 - WILD ROSE WI - Idlewild Airport - Pancake BreakfastFly-In Idlewild-Wild Rose Airport Assoc PO Box 296 Wild Rose WI 54984 Call 414622-4020

JUNE 24-27 - MT VERNON OH shy34th Annual National Waco Reunion Greatest WACO Show On EARTH For more information call 513868-0084

JUNE 26-27 - ORANGE MA - Orshyange Municipal Airport 17th Annual New England Regional Fly-In sponsored by the Friends of the Orange Airport Contact Bob McKenney 508544-8762 or Len Beshydaw (Orange Airport) 508544-8189 or Fax 508249-5940

JUNE 26-27 - GREELEY CO - EAA Rocky Mountain Fly-In Antiques Classhysics homebuilts warbirds ultralights No registration fee free camping transportashytion to local motels 3031798-6086 or 353shy5514

JULY 4 - WISCONSIN RAPIDS WIshyWI Rapids Airport EAA Chapter 706 FlyshyInDrive In Pancake Breakfast 730shy1130am Call 715435-3644 for information

JULY 7-11 - ARLINGTON WA shyNorthwest EAA Fly-In 206435-5857

JULY 10 -11- DELAWARE OHshy12th Annual EAA Chapter 9 Fly-In

Delaware Airport Contact Alan Harding 614442-0024

JULY 10 -11- EMMETSBURG lA shy5th Annual Aeronca Fly-In sponsored by tbe Tail dragger Club Contact Keith Harnden Box 285 Emmetsburg IA 50536

JULY 11- MICHIGAN CITY IN - EAA Chapter 966 Pancake Breakfast Contacts The Dees - 219324-6060 or the Hugley s 219325-0133

JULY 16-18 - RED LAKE ONTARlOshyNorseman Festival and Fly-In at Red Lake Ontario Norseman Capita l of the World Floats and wheels Contact Ron Robinson Box 308 Red LakeOntario Canada POV 2MO Phone 807727-2809 or Fax 807727shy3980

JULY 23 -24 - COFFEYVILLE KS shyFunk Aircraft Owners Assoc Reunion Conshytact Gene Ventress 10215 S Monticello Shawnee Mission KS 66227 Phone 9131782shy1483

JULY 24 -27 - WAUSAU WI - Ercoupe Owners Club National Convention Contact Syd Cohen 715842-7814

JULY 24 AND 25 - SHIOCTON WI shyAnnual Fly-In Contact Joyce Baggot 414986-3547

JULY 27 - AUGUST 7 - VALshyPARAISO (VPZ) IN Food and Fuel booth Stop by and see us on your way to and from Oshkosh We are famous for our hospitality Sponsored by EAA Chapter 104 Contact 219884-1619

THURSDAY JULY 29 -WEDNESDA Y AUGUST 4 1993 - OSHKOSH WI- 41st Annual EAA Fly-In and Sport Aviation Convention Wittman Regional Airport Con tact John Burton PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54904-3086 Call 414426-4800 for more information ITS NEVER TOO EARLY TO MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND

AUGUST 6 - 8 - STILLWATER OKshyLake Elmo Airport Sesquicentennial Aviashytion Days Fly-In breakfast balloon rally other events 612430-1200 for more inforshymation

AUGUST 12-15 - LOCK HAVEN PAshyWilliam T Piper Memorial Airport Sentishymental Journey 93 Aerial Mail To Lock Haven is this years tbeme All makes and models welcome especially Antique and classic airplanes Call 717893-4200 (9am til 5 pm) Fax 717893-4218 or write PO Box Jshy3 Lock Haven PA 17745-0496

AUGUST 15 - BROOKFIELD WIshyCapitol Airport 8th Annual Vintage Airshycraft Display and Ice Cream Social Midwest Antique Airplane Club will also hold its monthly fly-In meeting For more informashytion call George Meade at 414962-2428

AUGUST 27-29 - SUSSEX NJ - Sussex Airport Sussex Airshow For more informashytion call 2011875-0783

SEPT 4-5 PROSSER W A - 10th Annual

EAA Chapter 391 Fly-IN Food flying tours raffle and more Camping on the field For more info call Thopson Aircraft at 5091786-1034

SEPT 8-12 - GALESBURG IL -Galesburg Municipal Airport 22nd Nashytional Stearman Fly-In Contact Tom Lowe 823 Kingston Ln Crystal Lake IL 60014 815459-6873 or Harold Canada 370 Hawkinson Av Galesburg IL 61401 309343-9850

SEPT 17-19 - KANKAKEE IL - Koshyerner Airport 9th Annual Midwest Stinshyson Fly-In Seminars on Stinson 108s and Franklin engi nes FAA Safety Seminars Sat night banquet Fly-outs rally and performance contests Camping on the field Contact Loran Nordgren 4 W Neshybraska Frankfort IL 60423 Phone 815469-9100

SEPT 11middot12 bull MARION OH - EAA Mid-Eastern Regional Fly-In (MERFI) 513849-9455

SEPT 18-19 -Hickory NC - 8th Annual EAA Chapter 731 Fly-In Contact Jean Smith days 704396-7032 or Norman Rainshywater evenings 704328-5807

SEPT 18middot19 - ROCK FALLS IL shyEAA Nortb Central Fly-In 708513-0642

SEPT 20 - ROCK FALLS IL - Panshycake Breakfast in Conjuction with the North Central Fly-ln

SEPT 24-25 - HEBER CITY UT shyUtah State EAA Sport Aviation 8tb Intershymountain Fly-In Seminars demonstrashytions aircraft judging camping food tours and fun Heber Valley Airport (36U) Conshytact Russ McDonald 801645-9543

SEPT 24middot26 - CAMDEN SC 52 nd reunion of Southern Aviation School pilot Primary Flight Training 1941-1944 For all Alumni employees and all personel Conshytact Bill Hawkins PO Box 789 Camden SC 29020 Phone 803432-9595

SEPT 25middot26 - WILMINGTON DE shyEAA East Coast Regional Fly-In 3011933shy0314

SEPT 30 bull OCT 3 bull OWENSBORO KY Owensboro Davies County Airport Annual Convention of International Cessna 120140 Assoc Contact David Lowe or Gil Pounds 502736-5392 or Fax 736-2403

OCT 1middot2middot BARTLESVILLE OK shy36th Annual Tulsa Fly-In Special Aircraft this year include the EAA replica Spirit of St Louis and the original Woolaroc winshyner of the 1927 Dole Pineapple race Conshytact Charlie Harris 3933 S Peoria Tulsa OK 74105 9181742-7311

OCT 1middot3middot PRESCOTT AZ - EAA Copperstate Fly-ln 6021750-5480

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS On this page youll see the latest additions to the ranks of the EAA AnshytiqueClassic Division Whether youre joining for the first time or are coming back we welcome you and wed especially like to welcome those ofyou who are joining us with your interest in Contemporary class aircraft Welcome one and all

Randy Abegglen Lewisville ID Jose Abreu Miami FL Tracy A Ake Gainesville VA Roy B Allison Minneapolis MN Carson V Baker Crestwood KY James E Bean Northport NY Tom Beck Bethel AK George Beckerman Mt Carmel IL John F Benson Glendora CA Paul W Blackman Finksburg MD Don Blehm Green Mtn Falls CO Michael G Brown Roanoke VA Samuel W Bruce Eagle Rock VA Walter R Bullerwell Dickson TN David W Burns MarengoIL Tony Buttacavoli Waterford MI H Todd Clamp Newberry SC Troy P Coker III Dallas TX David M Collins Cornelius OR Douglas Conciatu Sterling Heights MI Mark Conover Houston TX James D Cooper Thonotosassa FL Gaetan Coulombe

Cloridorme Quebec Canada Marcella Dankow

Ft McMurray Alberta Canada James Dawson Vacaville CA Drew Detsch San Francisco CA Donald Dewey Sierra Madre CA Van G Dickens Fayetteville NC Charles Dobbins Abingdon V A Donald E Dorrell Santa Barbara CA William Doud USMM Sterling NY Jack C Faas Lake Geneva WI Bill Farrell Cincinnati OH Joel Fenger Chester MT Geoffrey M Fickling McAlpine FL J W Corkey Fornof

Canyon Country CA James R Freese Ukiah CA Walter F Gall Bainbridge W A George Galpin Marton New Zealand Sidney Gehlert Pasadena MD Gary Gladd Fullerton CA Daniel H Gleason Coraopolis P A D Brad Gossen

Downsville Ontario Canada Charles D Grady Tallulah LA Charles E Graves Waterloo IA Jeffrey W Gray

Calgary Alberta Canada Allen D Guth Mokena IL Merv Halliday Tanau New Zealand C Kay Hanshell Sabina OH John E Henderson Lancaster PA Stuart G Henderson Durham NC Arthur L Herr Memphis TN Charles A Hinkle

North Little Rock AR Stephen R Hosch Louisvi lle KY Norman Howard CoffeyviUe KS Don Johnson Los Molinos CA

Wayne Johnson Minneapolis MN Louis A Kirn Apex NC Edward Kling West Chicago IL Paul R Kube San Diego CA Robert E Lake

Hot Springs Village AR James F Landers Elden W Larson Jan Love Robert B Love Louis Lufker Richard L Lutes Waldo Magnuson Scott Mathews Gary K Mathiasen Daniel C Maurin Roger C McAlister James S McAllister George Medue

Tempe AZ Bellevue WA

Saginaw MI Vienna VA

East Moriches NY Hampshire IL Spokane WA

Anchorage AK Dublin CA

San Francisco CA Blue River OR

Lake Monroe FL Medway OH

Bruce L Moore St Augustine FL Mark A Morrison Staley NC Michel Normandin

Longueuil Quebec Canada John L Northey Port Moody British Columbia Canada

Thomas R OHanlon Fort Ogden FL Richard L Oreair Jr Jacksonville FL Ronald J Parese Bridgewater CT Marlin Parrott Jefferson City MO Bryan C Pender Victor G Plumbo Timothy L Popp Jimmy Powers H L Richards John Robinson Robert Santolla David Sarge William A Shain Jeff Simmons

Millington TN Millville NJ

Fennville MI Greensboro NC

Springville AL Cape Coral FL Coraopolis P A Pine Grove P A

Liberty SC Houston TX

C Mahlon Skinnel Jr Lynchburg VA Ari Slitonen Jarvenpaa Finland Colin F Smith Half Moon Bay CA Robert J Smith Billings MT Stephen W Smith Anchorage AK Alan Sparks Joshua TX Cosmo St John Colchester VT Don Stearns Portsmouth NH Peter Strannemar Blairstown NJ Susan J Thompson Natick MA Gary Vassbotn

Calgary Alberta Canada Robert R Wallace Champaign IL Lynn Warren Shelby MI Homer R Weathers ColumbusOH Thomas A Whisnant

Granite Falls NC Julie A White Arizona City AZ Chuck Williams Bellflower CA Steven T Williamson

West Redding cr Kenneth B Woodard Greensboro NC Ronald C Wright Gatesville TX

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Notice is hereby given that an annual business meeting of the members of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division will be held on Wednesday August 4 1993 at 830 am (Central Daylight Time) at the 41st Annual Convention of the Experimental Aircraft Association Inc Wittman Regional Airport Oshkosh Wisconsin Notice is hereby further given that the annual election ofofficers and directors of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division will be conducted by ballot distributed to the members along with this June issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE Said ballot must be returned properly marked to the Ballot Tally Committee EAA AntiqueClassic Division P O Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 and received no later than July 31 1993 The Nominating Committee submits the following list of candidates Arthur R Morgan Vice-President EE Buck Hilbert Treasurer John S Jack Copeland Director Philip Coulson Director Stan GomoLL Director Dale A Gustafson Director Robert S Lickteig Director

ARTHUR R MORGAN Milwaukee Wisconsin

Art Morgan began fly ing in 1961 and received his private license in 1962 In 1965 he went on to get his commercial rating He has been a member of EAA since 1962 and began by parking airplanes at the EAA Conventions in Rockford Illinois Art was one of the first to start building a KR-l and although he did not complete his project he was instrumental in the completion of two of the litt le birds In 1974 he and his wife Kate purchased a 1939 Luscombe 8-C which he promptly rebuilt After two yea rs of fly ing the Luscombe Art and several friends orga nized the American Luscombe Club The Morgans also own a Bellanca 14-13 Art se rved the EAA as a Museum volunteer for several yea rs as Classic parking chairman at Oshkosh and also as AntiqueClassic Parki ng Chai rman Art has been a Director of the AntiqueClassic Division since 1978

E E BUCK HILBERT Union Illinois

Buck is a native of Chicago and a graduate of Lewis College He began learning the pilots point of view while work shying as a line boy at the old Elmhurst Airport near Chicago in 1938 The pay wasnt much but it was flying time and he soloed an Aeronca 65-LA Chief in October 1941 He enlisted in the Air Force shortly thereafter into the Training Command where he flew and instructed in many of the training aircraft of that era He flew gunnery training at Las Vegas Army Air Field in B-17s and finished up teaching Chinese Nationali st Pilots twin engine transition Recalled for the Korean war Buck qualified as an Army Aviator and flew with the HQ Company Air Section of the 24th Infant ry Division A most rewarding and memorable experience he reports Buck and Dorothy and their four children are at home at Hilbert s Funny Farm where he has an airstrip and keeps a stable of interesting and flyab le old airplanes Buck is a retired Un ited Airlines captain Buck is no stranger to the AntiqueClassic Division He is past president hav shying served from 1971 through 1975 He currently is Treasurer of the Division and is also a member of the EAA Aviation Foundation Board of Trustees

JOHN S JACK COPELAND Westborough Massachusetts

Jack received a degree in mechanical engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology in 1954 He served as an Aircraft Maintenance Officer on acti ve dut-y-in the middotUS Air Force from 1955- attaining the rank of captain in the USAF Rese rve Jack holds a co mmercial pilot license with a fli ght instructor rating He joined EAA in 1971 and the AntiqueClassic Division in 1975 shortly after purchasing his first aircraft a 1948 Cessna 140 At that time Jack lived in the Chicago area and participated in pre-Convention weekend work parties He has been an active volunteer at the last twelve annual Conventions serving at va rious times as Classic Parking Co-Chairman Manpower Co-Chairman and Manpower Chairman He was named an advisor to the AntiqueClassic Board of Directors in 1979 and served in that capacity until 1984 when he was elected to a Directorship Jack earns his living as a professional engineer and in addition to his EAA involvement is active as a Captain on the Massachusetts Wing Staff of the Civil Air Patrol

PHILIP COULSON Lawton Michigan

Phil was born on a fa rm in southwestern Michigan His first ride in an airplane was at the age of 16 in a Fairchild PT-23 owned and fl own by Horace Sackett a local pilot and AampP Twenty-years later Horace would be Phils guiding light in restoring his 1930 Waco INF Phil lea rned to fl y off a grass strip in Lawton Michigan in 1962 His original dual instrucshytion and solo fl ying was in a Piper J-5 Throughout the yea rs he has owned several aircraft including a J-3 Cub Taylorcraft TriPacer and Cessna 190 He and his wife Ruthie are lovers of Wacos and greatly enjoy flying their 1940 UPF-7 Waco Their Kinner powered 1930 INF Waco is currently on loan to the Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum in Kalamazoo MI They also own a Model G Bonanza Phil s military ca reer consisted of four yea rs in the US Air Force during the Korean War Phil is a li fe time EAA member and began attending EAA Conventions in Rockford Illinois He is a charter member of AntiqueClassic Chapter 8 and also a past president Phil is a past chairman of the annual Parade of Flight at Oshkosh and is currently the President of the newly formed American Waco Club Inc He was appointed advisor to the AntiqueClassic Board in 1985 The Coulsons live in Lawton Michigan

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STAN GOMOLL Blaine Minnesota

Stan soloed a J-3 Club on his 16th birthday on 11-30-42 In 1945 he served in the US Air Force as a ground crewman on B-29s based at Guam Stan received his AampE license in 1949 at Spartan School of Aeronautics then returned home to Minneapolis where he worked at a small airport In 1951 he was hired by Northwest Airlines as a mechanic progressing to Flight Engineer and Co-pilot Stan is now retired from Northwest Stans first airplane was a 193940 hp Taylorcraft Currently he owns and fli es a 1936 Waco Cabin and a 1946 J-3 Cub Over the years he has restored many airplanes Stan has been active in EAA working on various committees at the Annual Convention In 1976 he was named Advisor and elected to the Board of Directors in 1984 He is currently President of AntiqueClassic Chapter 4 in the Minneapolis area

RJ DOBBY LICKTEIG Albert Lea Minnesota

Dobby is a native of Minnesota and had his first ai rplane ride at the age of 13 in a Velie Monocoupe He earned a solo license in a J-2 Cub at the age of 16 working at the local ai rport for flying time and has been flying since then After completing college in Minnesota he entered Air Force pilot training and graduated in Class 421 and was assigned to a new P-47 fighter group His tour of combat was 2-112 years in the European Theater of Operations during World War 11 Dobby has owned a varied collection of aircraft including a Stinson V77 Stearman L-2M Aztec Citabria BT-13A and AT-6G In 1985 he completed the restoration of a KR-2l Kinner-powered biplane and donated it to the EAA Aviation Museum His airplanes are frequent visitors to all Upper Midwest fly-ins He has been active in EAA Antique Classic and Warbird activities since the Convention was moved to Oshkosh He served as president of the AntiqueClassic Division from 1984 until 1988 Dobby is retired and he and his wife Jeanne live in Albert Lea Minnesota Their son Scott is a licensed pilot and is active on the Warbirds parking committee at the Annual EAA Convention

DALE A GUSTAFSON Indianapolis IN

Dale has been interested in airplanes since he was a small child and took his first plane ride in 1939 at the age of 10 He started taking flying lessons in 1945 and soloed at 16 After high school he worked at the airport in South Bend Indiana servicing airliners handling cargo and doing field maintenance Dale attended Spartan School of Aeronaut ics in 1948 and 1949 to obtain additional pilot ratings After this he freelanced as a fli ght instructor and ran a small FBO at South Bend until he was hired as a co-pilot on Turner Airlines in Indianapolis in 1950 Through name changes and mergers the airline is now USAir He had been with the airline for more than 35 years when he retired His plans now are to spend his time between Indiana and Florida where he has property adjoining a private airstrip Through the years Dale has owned various aircraft including a Stinson V77 Piper Colt Fairchild 24 Cessna 150 and several modern airplanes He currently owns a Cessna 195 plus a Stearman PT-17 and Piper J-4 which are being restored Recently Dale and his wife operated a small ai rport northwest of Indianapolis He is a member of several organizations interested in antique classic and homebuilt aircraft He has been a member of EAA since 1960 and the AntiqueClassic Division since it was organized He has served as an Advisor to the Division and currently is se rving as a Director For several years Dale has judged antiques at Oshkosh and served as Program Chairman for the AntiqueClassic Division awards

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(Above top) No tired old Apache here Verwayne (AIC 3987) and Leslie Owen Severna Park MD are just completing this nice restorashytion of their 1959 Piper PA-23 Apache

(Above right) Anthony Lamontia (AIC 20124) Bath OH is justifiably proud of his Cessna 182 he has been restoring for a number of years It was an Outstanding Airshycraft award winner

(Left) Another Outstanding Aircraft award winner was Jerry Whartons 1959 Cessna 172 Jerrys airplane was stored indoors for most of its life and as a consequence the airshyplane was we preserved The inshyterior fabric on the seats and side panels is original as is the instrushyment panel -erry (AIC 18564) is from Wise VA

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(Left) After their first attempt at flying the England - Australia trip in a Piper J-3() Bob and Diane Dempster are going to try it again in a brand spanking new Piper PA-18 Super Cub (The first time the density altitude high and the service ceiling of the Cub not as high stopped the flight in the 1250 heat of the Egyptian desert) The Dempsters arrived at Lakeshyland after picking up the airplane in Vero Beach with 98 hours on the tach They plan to sell their house get an instrushyment rating for Bob and make the necshyessary modifications to fly the North Atshylantic and beyond

This years AntiqueClassic and Contemporary judges at Sun n Fun 93 were (left to right) Jim Zantop Joe Sinnett Xen K Motsinger Jennie White George Hindall Bill Doty Jack Gilson Juan Blanco Bob Romanelli Leonard Kress Jack Gillespie Terny Brokaw Harris Wiese Wayne Anderson Bill Murry and Don Jacobs Thanks to all of them for their hard work chasing down the airplanes to be judged

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gtshyWinnerof the Best Amphibian award at Sun n Fun was this immaculate Grumman G-21A -GIOO_ iiiiitiiliiicJ ~ ftoWiihii Chuck GreenhiH (EAA 113991) of Mettawa IL Tastefully done in a red J~ ~

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Originally located in Louisiana this J-3 Cub on 1320 Edo floats N1353M SIN 9913 was brought to Florida by Steve Swails (EAA 377050) of Ft Myshyers and totally restored Although some corrosion was found necessary repairs were completed and the airframe was epoxy primed and powder coated for seaplane use A C85-12 engine was installed (without starter and generator) to replace the C65 and the floats were restored to new condition

Left - Steve Swails carefully negotiates alligator alley between the shore and open water at Lake Parker Pilots reported the gators were quite prevalent just outside the reeds and could easily be seen sunning themshyselves

Lower left - Unusual mint condition 1320 Edo floats on Steve Swails J-3 Cub looked brand new Note the cable between the float tips for moving to the other side of the airplane - often referred to as a Canadian Spreader Bar

Lower right - Nestled on the shore of Lake Parker is Steve Swails J-3 85 Cub His passenger was Alex Wopper (EAA 419315) of Valdivia Chile who is just starting seaplane training He has purchased a Murphy Regtel kit along with a float kit and will build them at his home in the south of Chile - below the 40th parallel A native of Germany Alex is excited about having the only seaplane in Chile and many many lakes to fly from

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One of Jack Browns Seaplane Base Cubs on 1500 Aqua floats took a trip through the reeds cutting sileage The un-named pilot had to push and pull it out of the mess in waist deep water

Very nice photo of a Republic RC-3 Seabee N6659K SIN 936 as it powers onto the step for takeoff It is registered to Graham Sutherland of Port Orange FL Note how the spray rails move the water away from the hull and the proshypeller

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Outstanding Aircraft - Halberstadt D II N1388J Replica Fighter Museum Guntersville AL

Outstanding Aircraft - Sopwith Pup N1915K Replica Fighter Museum Gunshytersville AL

Outstanding Aircraft - Sopwith Trishyplane N543A Replica Fighter Museum Guntersville AL

3 years in a row Frank Ryders growing collection of WW I era replicas has again captured the Grand Champion Replica award at Sun n Fun This year the award was presented to the Nieuport 28 (above right) replica Chuck Brady (AIC 1920) constructed at his shop in Dwight IL

Frank and his Lake Gunterville Aero crew brought three other replicas to Sun n Fun 93 - from top to bottom they are Halberstadt DII Constructed by Carl Swanson Darien WI the airplane was on display at the EAA Air Adventure museum until being acquired by Frank Ryder for his museum Completely gone over by Gene Schwartz and the staff at Lake Gunshytersville Aero the Halberstadt was refinshyished in the spectacular longenze scheme you see here Its being flown here by Gene DeMarco

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The replica in the center of the page is the Sopwith Pup constructed by Ken Pruitt Belen NM and being flown by Frank Ryder He advises that it is one of the most demanding airplanes he has landed - even more so than the Fokker Triplane

Finally at the bottom of the facing page is the Sopwith Triplane built by Chad and Char Willie of Lake Oswego OR It is beshying flown for our camera by Joel Williams A Sopwith Dolphin project was also disshyplayed to give the public some sense of the work involved in constructing a replica WW I fighter WW I aviation will be the subject of a featured display at

EAA OSHKOSH 93 on the Convention taxiway - details are in this months AlC News

In the photo below the Douglas DC-3 of Alexander Aeroplane taxis out for deparshyture with a load of happy Sun n Fun volshyunteers Ron Alexander graciously agreed to give a ride to as many volunteers as he could with the Douglas and the smooth evening air was a treat for all who experishyenced it Our own Buck Hilbert was drafted as co-pilot (Im sure they had to drag him screaming and kicking to the airplane ) where he enjoyed refamiliarshyizing himself with the airplane he cut his teeth on as a neophyte airline pilot

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1ST PLACE GROUND TO AIR - Robert T Beecher (AIC 17924) Chicago IL captured this truly rare photo of a Parks P-2A in flight Since there are only a few of these airplanes left flying this is definitely one for the scrapbooks

2ND PLACE GROUND TO AIR - Myron Heimer (AIC 8190) 3RD PLACE GROUND TO AIR - LeRoy Falk (AIC 9411) CarshyRose Creek MN pentersville IL neatly frames this Fairchild 24W

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1ST PLACE GROUND TO GROUND - Myron Heimer gets his second award with this in your face shot of a Dwain Pittengers Cessna T -50 Bobcat

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HONORABLE MENTION GROUND TO GROUND - L Vincent Hostetler (AIC 14206) Grand Junction CO Even rarer than the Parks P-2 this Parks P-1 now resides at Parks College of St Louis University in Cahokia IL

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1ST PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - LeRoy Falk receives top honors with this picture

of Chuck Spencer refueling Bill Roses Fairchild 22

2ND PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - Don Levandoski gets his second award with this shot of Allen Rudolph touching-up the aileron on the Pietenpol in the AlC tent at Oshkosh 92

3RD PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - (right) Jeri Mihalic (EAA 277478) Mammoth Cave KY shows The Oshkosh Experience in this picture of her husband Dave and his 1957 Bonanza

2ND PLACE - CHAIRMANS CHOICE - Myron Heimer shows us that not all TIger Moths are small

1ST PLACE CHAIRMANS CHOICE - James W Fowler (AIC 2293) Houston TX suitably titled this picture Young Eagle

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1ST PLACE WATER BIRDS - Pat Quinn (AIC 9207) of Ventura CA gives us a glimpse back in time with this photo titled Brennands Seaplane Base 1952 or 1992

2ND PLACE WATER BIRDS - Robert T Beecher

3RD PLACE WATER BIRDS - Myron Heimer brings back WATER BIRDS HONORABLE MENTION - William McCarrei all the memories of a calm summer day (AlC 4496) White Pigeon MI

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Judges Choice for 1992

This dazzling photo of a Lockheed 12-A Electra taken by Robert T Beecher receives the p restig ious honor of

Your judges for the 1992 Anshy man Lorraine Morris EE Tex tiqueClassic Photo Contest were Hilbert Chairman Jack McCarthy (left to right) Dan Hans Co-Chair- Bill Lombardi Lee Fray and Eric

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Lundahl Contest Chairman Jack McshyCarthy would like to thank all of the judges who helped out this year and he would also like to particularly thank Lorraine Morris who helped organize this year s event and did most of the record-keeping Lorraine is an active AC member and she flies a Boeing 737-400 for a living

The AC photo contest is on again for EAA Oshkosh 93 so get your cameras ready for the summer In next month s issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE the rules for the contest will be published and they will also be available when you register for the contest at the AC Red Barn during the Convention Remember the conshytest is for photos of Antique Classic or Contemporary aircraft shot either enroute at the EAA Convention or on the way home Our thanks to the over one hundred() AC members who entered this years contest and we look forward to seeing you again this year

The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a mailer of information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the information to EAA A(( Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903shy3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

JUNE 11-13 - DENTON TX - Denton Municipal Airport AAA (Texas Chapter) 30th Annual Fly-In Contact John or Nancy Whatley 214517-1981 or Bert Mashyhon817387-2620

JUNE 12 - GADSDEN AL - J-3 and Piper high wing Annual Fly-In Camping Bomb Drop Spot Landings Hangar dance Contact Faye Bryant Gadsden Pilots Asshysoc 196 Ira Gray Dr Gadsden AL 35901 205442-3313

JUNE 12 - NEWPORT NEWS V A shy21st Annual Colonial Fly-In Newport NewsWilliamsburg IntI Airport Sponshysored by EAA Chapter 156 Contact ofr inshyformation and NORDO entry Charles Colshylier 620 Hilton Rd Newport News V A 23605 804247-5844

JUNE 13 - AURORA IL - Aurora Mushynicipal Airport EAA Chapte r 579 FlyshyInlDrive -In breakfast and airport FBO open house 7am - 3pm Contact Alan Shackleton 708466-4193 or Bob Rieser Airport Manager 708466-7000

JUNE 19 - WILD ROSE WI - Idlewild Airport - Pancake BreakfastFly-In Idlewild-Wild Rose Airport Assoc PO Box 296 Wild Rose WI 54984 Call 414622-4020

JUNE 24-27 - MT VERNON OH shy34th Annual National Waco Reunion Greatest WACO Show On EARTH For more information call 513868-0084

JUNE 26-27 - ORANGE MA - Orshyange Municipal Airport 17th Annual New England Regional Fly-In sponsored by the Friends of the Orange Airport Contact Bob McKenney 508544-8762 or Len Beshydaw (Orange Airport) 508544-8189 or Fax 508249-5940

JUNE 26-27 - GREELEY CO - EAA Rocky Mountain Fly-In Antiques Classhysics homebuilts warbirds ultralights No registration fee free camping transportashytion to local motels 3031798-6086 or 353shy5514

JULY 4 - WISCONSIN RAPIDS WIshyWI Rapids Airport EAA Chapter 706 FlyshyInDrive In Pancake Breakfast 730shy1130am Call 715435-3644 for information

JULY 7-11 - ARLINGTON WA shyNorthwest EAA Fly-In 206435-5857

JULY 10 -11- DELAWARE OHshy12th Annual EAA Chapter 9 Fly-In

Delaware Airport Contact Alan Harding 614442-0024

JULY 10 -11- EMMETSBURG lA shy5th Annual Aeronca Fly-In sponsored by tbe Tail dragger Club Contact Keith Harnden Box 285 Emmetsburg IA 50536

JULY 11- MICHIGAN CITY IN - EAA Chapter 966 Pancake Breakfast Contacts The Dees - 219324-6060 or the Hugley s 219325-0133

JULY 16-18 - RED LAKE ONTARlOshyNorseman Festival and Fly-In at Red Lake Ontario Norseman Capita l of the World Floats and wheels Contact Ron Robinson Box 308 Red LakeOntario Canada POV 2MO Phone 807727-2809 or Fax 807727shy3980

JULY 23 -24 - COFFEYVILLE KS shyFunk Aircraft Owners Assoc Reunion Conshytact Gene Ventress 10215 S Monticello Shawnee Mission KS 66227 Phone 9131782shy1483

JULY 24 -27 - WAUSAU WI - Ercoupe Owners Club National Convention Contact Syd Cohen 715842-7814

JULY 24 AND 25 - SHIOCTON WI shyAnnual Fly-In Contact Joyce Baggot 414986-3547

JULY 27 - AUGUST 7 - VALshyPARAISO (VPZ) IN Food and Fuel booth Stop by and see us on your way to and from Oshkosh We are famous for our hospitality Sponsored by EAA Chapter 104 Contact 219884-1619

THURSDAY JULY 29 -WEDNESDA Y AUGUST 4 1993 - OSHKOSH WI- 41st Annual EAA Fly-In and Sport Aviation Convention Wittman Regional Airport Con tact John Burton PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54904-3086 Call 414426-4800 for more information ITS NEVER TOO EARLY TO MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND

AUGUST 6 - 8 - STILLWATER OKshyLake Elmo Airport Sesquicentennial Aviashytion Days Fly-In breakfast balloon rally other events 612430-1200 for more inforshymation

AUGUST 12-15 - LOCK HAVEN PAshyWilliam T Piper Memorial Airport Sentishymental Journey 93 Aerial Mail To Lock Haven is this years tbeme All makes and models welcome especially Antique and classic airplanes Call 717893-4200 (9am til 5 pm) Fax 717893-4218 or write PO Box Jshy3 Lock Haven PA 17745-0496

AUGUST 15 - BROOKFIELD WIshyCapitol Airport 8th Annual Vintage Airshycraft Display and Ice Cream Social Midwest Antique Airplane Club will also hold its monthly fly-In meeting For more informashytion call George Meade at 414962-2428

AUGUST 27-29 - SUSSEX NJ - Sussex Airport Sussex Airshow For more informashytion call 2011875-0783

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SEPT 8-12 - GALESBURG IL -Galesburg Municipal Airport 22nd Nashytional Stearman Fly-In Contact Tom Lowe 823 Kingston Ln Crystal Lake IL 60014 815459-6873 or Harold Canada 370 Hawkinson Av Galesburg IL 61401 309343-9850

SEPT 17-19 - KANKAKEE IL - Koshyerner Airport 9th Annual Midwest Stinshyson Fly-In Seminars on Stinson 108s and Franklin engi nes FAA Safety Seminars Sat night banquet Fly-outs rally and performance contests Camping on the field Contact Loran Nordgren 4 W Neshybraska Frankfort IL 60423 Phone 815469-9100

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Notice is hereby given that an annual business meeting of the members of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division will be held on Wednesday August 4 1993 at 830 am (Central Daylight Time) at the 41st Annual Convention of the Experimental Aircraft Association Inc Wittman Regional Airport Oshkosh Wisconsin Notice is hereby further given that the annual election ofofficers and directors of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division will be conducted by ballot distributed to the members along with this June issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE Said ballot must be returned properly marked to the Ballot Tally Committee EAA AntiqueClassic Division P O Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 and received no later than July 31 1993 The Nominating Committee submits the following list of candidates Arthur R Morgan Vice-President EE Buck Hilbert Treasurer John S Jack Copeland Director Philip Coulson Director Stan GomoLL Director Dale A Gustafson Director Robert S Lickteig Director

ARTHUR R MORGAN Milwaukee Wisconsin

Art Morgan began fly ing in 1961 and received his private license in 1962 In 1965 he went on to get his commercial rating He has been a member of EAA since 1962 and began by parking airplanes at the EAA Conventions in Rockford Illinois Art was one of the first to start building a KR-l and although he did not complete his project he was instrumental in the completion of two of the litt le birds In 1974 he and his wife Kate purchased a 1939 Luscombe 8-C which he promptly rebuilt After two yea rs of fly ing the Luscombe Art and several friends orga nized the American Luscombe Club The Morgans also own a Bellanca 14-13 Art se rved the EAA as a Museum volunteer for several yea rs as Classic parking chairman at Oshkosh and also as AntiqueClassic Parki ng Chai rman Art has been a Director of the AntiqueClassic Division since 1978

E E BUCK HILBERT Union Illinois

Buck is a native of Chicago and a graduate of Lewis College He began learning the pilots point of view while work shying as a line boy at the old Elmhurst Airport near Chicago in 1938 The pay wasnt much but it was flying time and he soloed an Aeronca 65-LA Chief in October 1941 He enlisted in the Air Force shortly thereafter into the Training Command where he flew and instructed in many of the training aircraft of that era He flew gunnery training at Las Vegas Army Air Field in B-17s and finished up teaching Chinese Nationali st Pilots twin engine transition Recalled for the Korean war Buck qualified as an Army Aviator and flew with the HQ Company Air Section of the 24th Infant ry Division A most rewarding and memorable experience he reports Buck and Dorothy and their four children are at home at Hilbert s Funny Farm where he has an airstrip and keeps a stable of interesting and flyab le old airplanes Buck is a retired Un ited Airlines captain Buck is no stranger to the AntiqueClassic Division He is past president hav shying served from 1971 through 1975 He currently is Treasurer of the Division and is also a member of the EAA Aviation Foundation Board of Trustees

JOHN S JACK COPELAND Westborough Massachusetts

Jack received a degree in mechanical engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology in 1954 He served as an Aircraft Maintenance Officer on acti ve dut-y-in the middotUS Air Force from 1955- attaining the rank of captain in the USAF Rese rve Jack holds a co mmercial pilot license with a fli ght instructor rating He joined EAA in 1971 and the AntiqueClassic Division in 1975 shortly after purchasing his first aircraft a 1948 Cessna 140 At that time Jack lived in the Chicago area and participated in pre-Convention weekend work parties He has been an active volunteer at the last twelve annual Conventions serving at va rious times as Classic Parking Co-Chairman Manpower Co-Chairman and Manpower Chairman He was named an advisor to the AntiqueClassic Board of Directors in 1979 and served in that capacity until 1984 when he was elected to a Directorship Jack earns his living as a professional engineer and in addition to his EAA involvement is active as a Captain on the Massachusetts Wing Staff of the Civil Air Patrol

PHILIP COULSON Lawton Michigan

Phil was born on a fa rm in southwestern Michigan His first ride in an airplane was at the age of 16 in a Fairchild PT-23 owned and fl own by Horace Sackett a local pilot and AampP Twenty-years later Horace would be Phils guiding light in restoring his 1930 Waco INF Phil lea rned to fl y off a grass strip in Lawton Michigan in 1962 His original dual instrucshytion and solo fl ying was in a Piper J-5 Throughout the yea rs he has owned several aircraft including a J-3 Cub Taylorcraft TriPacer and Cessna 190 He and his wife Ruthie are lovers of Wacos and greatly enjoy flying their 1940 UPF-7 Waco Their Kinner powered 1930 INF Waco is currently on loan to the Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum in Kalamazoo MI They also own a Model G Bonanza Phil s military ca reer consisted of four yea rs in the US Air Force during the Korean War Phil is a li fe time EAA member and began attending EAA Conventions in Rockford Illinois He is a charter member of AntiqueClassic Chapter 8 and also a past president Phil is a past chairman of the annual Parade of Flight at Oshkosh and is currently the President of the newly formed American Waco Club Inc He was appointed advisor to the AntiqueClassic Board in 1985 The Coulsons live in Lawton Michigan

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STAN GOMOLL Blaine Minnesota

Stan soloed a J-3 Club on his 16th birthday on 11-30-42 In 1945 he served in the US Air Force as a ground crewman on B-29s based at Guam Stan received his AampE license in 1949 at Spartan School of Aeronautics then returned home to Minneapolis where he worked at a small airport In 1951 he was hired by Northwest Airlines as a mechanic progressing to Flight Engineer and Co-pilot Stan is now retired from Northwest Stans first airplane was a 193940 hp Taylorcraft Currently he owns and fli es a 1936 Waco Cabin and a 1946 J-3 Cub Over the years he has restored many airplanes Stan has been active in EAA working on various committees at the Annual Convention In 1976 he was named Advisor and elected to the Board of Directors in 1984 He is currently President of AntiqueClassic Chapter 4 in the Minneapolis area

RJ DOBBY LICKTEIG Albert Lea Minnesota

Dobby is a native of Minnesota and had his first ai rplane ride at the age of 13 in a Velie Monocoupe He earned a solo license in a J-2 Cub at the age of 16 working at the local ai rport for flying time and has been flying since then After completing college in Minnesota he entered Air Force pilot training and graduated in Class 421 and was assigned to a new P-47 fighter group His tour of combat was 2-112 years in the European Theater of Operations during World War 11 Dobby has owned a varied collection of aircraft including a Stinson V77 Stearman L-2M Aztec Citabria BT-13A and AT-6G In 1985 he completed the restoration of a KR-2l Kinner-powered biplane and donated it to the EAA Aviation Museum His airplanes are frequent visitors to all Upper Midwest fly-ins He has been active in EAA Antique Classic and Warbird activities since the Convention was moved to Oshkosh He served as president of the AntiqueClassic Division from 1984 until 1988 Dobby is retired and he and his wife Jeanne live in Albert Lea Minnesota Their son Scott is a licensed pilot and is active on the Warbirds parking committee at the Annual EAA Convention

DALE A GUSTAFSON Indianapolis IN

Dale has been interested in airplanes since he was a small child and took his first plane ride in 1939 at the age of 10 He started taking flying lessons in 1945 and soloed at 16 After high school he worked at the airport in South Bend Indiana servicing airliners handling cargo and doing field maintenance Dale attended Spartan School of Aeronaut ics in 1948 and 1949 to obtain additional pilot ratings After this he freelanced as a fli ght instructor and ran a small FBO at South Bend until he was hired as a co-pilot on Turner Airlines in Indianapolis in 1950 Through name changes and mergers the airline is now USAir He had been with the airline for more than 35 years when he retired His plans now are to spend his time between Indiana and Florida where he has property adjoining a private airstrip Through the years Dale has owned various aircraft including a Stinson V77 Piper Colt Fairchild 24 Cessna 150 and several modern airplanes He currently owns a Cessna 195 plus a Stearman PT-17 and Piper J-4 which are being restored Recently Dale and his wife operated a small ai rport northwest of Indianapolis He is a member of several organizations interested in antique classic and homebuilt aircraft He has been a member of EAA since 1960 and the AntiqueClassic Division since it was organized He has served as an Advisor to the Division and currently is se rving as a Director For several years Dale has judged antiques at Oshkosh and served as Program Chairman for the AntiqueClassic Division awards

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(Left) After their first attempt at flying the England - Australia trip in a Piper J-3() Bob and Diane Dempster are going to try it again in a brand spanking new Piper PA-18 Super Cub (The first time the density altitude high and the service ceiling of the Cub not as high stopped the flight in the 1250 heat of the Egyptian desert) The Dempsters arrived at Lakeshyland after picking up the airplane in Vero Beach with 98 hours on the tach They plan to sell their house get an instrushyment rating for Bob and make the necshyessary modifications to fly the North Atshylantic and beyond

This years AntiqueClassic and Contemporary judges at Sun n Fun 93 were (left to right) Jim Zantop Joe Sinnett Xen K Motsinger Jennie White George Hindall Bill Doty Jack Gilson Juan Blanco Bob Romanelli Leonard Kress Jack Gillespie Terny Brokaw Harris Wiese Wayne Anderson Bill Murry and Don Jacobs Thanks to all of them for their hard work chasing down the airplanes to be judged

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Originally located in Louisiana this J-3 Cub on 1320 Edo floats N1353M SIN 9913 was brought to Florida by Steve Swails (EAA 377050) of Ft Myshyers and totally restored Although some corrosion was found necessary repairs were completed and the airframe was epoxy primed and powder coated for seaplane use A C85-12 engine was installed (without starter and generator) to replace the C65 and the floats were restored to new condition

Left - Steve Swails carefully negotiates alligator alley between the shore and open water at Lake Parker Pilots reported the gators were quite prevalent just outside the reeds and could easily be seen sunning themshyselves

Lower left - Unusual mint condition 1320 Edo floats on Steve Swails J-3 Cub looked brand new Note the cable between the float tips for moving to the other side of the airplane - often referred to as a Canadian Spreader Bar

Lower right - Nestled on the shore of Lake Parker is Steve Swails J-3 85 Cub His passenger was Alex Wopper (EAA 419315) of Valdivia Chile who is just starting seaplane training He has purchased a Murphy Regtel kit along with a float kit and will build them at his home in the south of Chile - below the 40th parallel A native of Germany Alex is excited about having the only seaplane in Chile and many many lakes to fly from

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One of Jack Browns Seaplane Base Cubs on 1500 Aqua floats took a trip through the reeds cutting sileage The un-named pilot had to push and pull it out of the mess in waist deep water

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3 years in a row Frank Ryders growing collection of WW I era replicas has again captured the Grand Champion Replica award at Sun n Fun This year the award was presented to the Nieuport 28 (above right) replica Chuck Brady (AIC 1920) constructed at his shop in Dwight IL

Frank and his Lake Gunterville Aero crew brought three other replicas to Sun n Fun 93 - from top to bottom they are Halberstadt DII Constructed by Carl Swanson Darien WI the airplane was on display at the EAA Air Adventure museum until being acquired by Frank Ryder for his museum Completely gone over by Gene Schwartz and the staff at Lake Gunshytersville Aero the Halberstadt was refinshyished in the spectacular longenze scheme you see here Its being flown here by Gene DeMarco

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The replica in the center of the page is the Sopwith Pup constructed by Ken Pruitt Belen NM and being flown by Frank Ryder He advises that it is one of the most demanding airplanes he has landed - even more so than the Fokker Triplane

Finally at the bottom of the facing page is the Sopwith Triplane built by Chad and Char Willie of Lake Oswego OR It is beshying flown for our camera by Joel Williams A Sopwith Dolphin project was also disshyplayed to give the public some sense of the work involved in constructing a replica WW I fighter WW I aviation will be the subject of a featured display at

EAA OSHKOSH 93 on the Convention taxiway - details are in this months AlC News

In the photo below the Douglas DC-3 of Alexander Aeroplane taxis out for deparshyture with a load of happy Sun n Fun volshyunteers Ron Alexander graciously agreed to give a ride to as many volunteers as he could with the Douglas and the smooth evening air was a treat for all who experishyenced it Our own Buck Hilbert was drafted as co-pilot (Im sure they had to drag him screaming and kicking to the airplane ) where he enjoyed refamiliarshyizing himself with the airplane he cut his teeth on as a neophyte airline pilot

Sun n Fun was once again an enjoyable

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1ST PLACE GROUND TO AIR - Robert T Beecher (AIC 17924) Chicago IL captured this truly rare photo of a Parks P-2A in flight Since there are only a few of these airplanes left flying this is definitely one for the scrapbooks

2ND PLACE GROUND TO AIR - Myron Heimer (AIC 8190) 3RD PLACE GROUND TO AIR - LeRoy Falk (AIC 9411) CarshyRose Creek MN pentersville IL neatly frames this Fairchild 24W

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1ST PLACE GROUND TO GROUND - Myron Heimer gets his second award with this in your face shot of a Dwain Pittengers Cessna T -50 Bobcat

3RD PLACE GROUND TO GROUND - LeRoy Falk

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HONORABLE MENTION GROUND TO GROUND - L Vincent Hostetler (AIC 14206) Grand Junction CO Even rarer than the Parks P-2 this Parks P-1 now resides at Parks College of St Louis University in Cahokia IL

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1ST PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - LeRoy Falk receives top honors with this picture

of Chuck Spencer refueling Bill Roses Fairchild 22

2ND PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - Don Levandoski gets his second award with this shot of Allen Rudolph touching-up the aileron on the Pietenpol in the AlC tent at Oshkosh 92

3RD PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - (right) Jeri Mihalic (EAA 277478) Mammoth Cave KY shows The Oshkosh Experience in this picture of her husband Dave and his 1957 Bonanza

2ND PLACE - CHAIRMANS CHOICE - Myron Heimer shows us that not all TIger Moths are small

1ST PLACE CHAIRMANS CHOICE - James W Fowler (AIC 2293) Houston TX suitably titled this picture Young Eagle

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1ST PLACE WATER BIRDS - Pat Quinn (AIC 9207) of Ventura CA gives us a glimpse back in time with this photo titled Brennands Seaplane Base 1952 or 1992

2ND PLACE WATER BIRDS - Robert T Beecher

3RD PLACE WATER BIRDS - Myron Heimer brings back WATER BIRDS HONORABLE MENTION - William McCarrei all the memories of a calm summer day (AlC 4496) White Pigeon MI

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Judges Choice for 1992

This dazzling photo of a Lockheed 12-A Electra taken by Robert T Beecher receives the p restig ious honor of

Your judges for the 1992 Anshy man Lorraine Morris EE Tex tiqueClassic Photo Contest were Hilbert Chairman Jack McCarthy (left to right) Dan Hans Co-Chair- Bill Lombardi Lee Fray and Eric

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Lundahl Contest Chairman Jack McshyCarthy would like to thank all of the judges who helped out this year and he would also like to particularly thank Lorraine Morris who helped organize this year s event and did most of the record-keeping Lorraine is an active AC member and she flies a Boeing 737-400 for a living

The AC photo contest is on again for EAA Oshkosh 93 so get your cameras ready for the summer In next month s issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE the rules for the contest will be published and they will also be available when you register for the contest at the AC Red Barn during the Convention Remember the conshytest is for photos of Antique Classic or Contemporary aircraft shot either enroute at the EAA Convention or on the way home Our thanks to the over one hundred() AC members who entered this years contest and we look forward to seeing you again this year

The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a mailer of information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the information to EAA A(( Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903shy3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

JUNE 11-13 - DENTON TX - Denton Municipal Airport AAA (Texas Chapter) 30th Annual Fly-In Contact John or Nancy Whatley 214517-1981 or Bert Mashyhon817387-2620

JUNE 12 - GADSDEN AL - J-3 and Piper high wing Annual Fly-In Camping Bomb Drop Spot Landings Hangar dance Contact Faye Bryant Gadsden Pilots Asshysoc 196 Ira Gray Dr Gadsden AL 35901 205442-3313

JUNE 12 - NEWPORT NEWS V A shy21st Annual Colonial Fly-In Newport NewsWilliamsburg IntI Airport Sponshysored by EAA Chapter 156 Contact ofr inshyformation and NORDO entry Charles Colshylier 620 Hilton Rd Newport News V A 23605 804247-5844

JUNE 13 - AURORA IL - Aurora Mushynicipal Airport EAA Chapte r 579 FlyshyInlDrive -In breakfast and airport FBO open house 7am - 3pm Contact Alan Shackleton 708466-4193 or Bob Rieser Airport Manager 708466-7000

JUNE 19 - WILD ROSE WI - Idlewild Airport - Pancake BreakfastFly-In Idlewild-Wild Rose Airport Assoc PO Box 296 Wild Rose WI 54984 Call 414622-4020

JUNE 24-27 - MT VERNON OH shy34th Annual National Waco Reunion Greatest WACO Show On EARTH For more information call 513868-0084

JUNE 26-27 - ORANGE MA - Orshyange Municipal Airport 17th Annual New England Regional Fly-In sponsored by the Friends of the Orange Airport Contact Bob McKenney 508544-8762 or Len Beshydaw (Orange Airport) 508544-8189 or Fax 508249-5940

JUNE 26-27 - GREELEY CO - EAA Rocky Mountain Fly-In Antiques Classhysics homebuilts warbirds ultralights No registration fee free camping transportashytion to local motels 3031798-6086 or 353shy5514

JULY 4 - WISCONSIN RAPIDS WIshyWI Rapids Airport EAA Chapter 706 FlyshyInDrive In Pancake Breakfast 730shy1130am Call 715435-3644 for information

JULY 7-11 - ARLINGTON WA shyNorthwest EAA Fly-In 206435-5857

JULY 10 -11- DELAWARE OHshy12th Annual EAA Chapter 9 Fly-In

Delaware Airport Contact Alan Harding 614442-0024

JULY 10 -11- EMMETSBURG lA shy5th Annual Aeronca Fly-In sponsored by tbe Tail dragger Club Contact Keith Harnden Box 285 Emmetsburg IA 50536

JULY 11- MICHIGAN CITY IN - EAA Chapter 966 Pancake Breakfast Contacts The Dees - 219324-6060 or the Hugley s 219325-0133

JULY 16-18 - RED LAKE ONTARlOshyNorseman Festival and Fly-In at Red Lake Ontario Norseman Capita l of the World Floats and wheels Contact Ron Robinson Box 308 Red LakeOntario Canada POV 2MO Phone 807727-2809 or Fax 807727shy3980

JULY 23 -24 - COFFEYVILLE KS shyFunk Aircraft Owners Assoc Reunion Conshytact Gene Ventress 10215 S Monticello Shawnee Mission KS 66227 Phone 9131782shy1483

JULY 24 -27 - WAUSAU WI - Ercoupe Owners Club National Convention Contact Syd Cohen 715842-7814

JULY 24 AND 25 - SHIOCTON WI shyAnnual Fly-In Contact Joyce Baggot 414986-3547

JULY 27 - AUGUST 7 - VALshyPARAISO (VPZ) IN Food and Fuel booth Stop by and see us on your way to and from Oshkosh We are famous for our hospitality Sponsored by EAA Chapter 104 Contact 219884-1619

THURSDAY JULY 29 -WEDNESDA Y AUGUST 4 1993 - OSHKOSH WI- 41st Annual EAA Fly-In and Sport Aviation Convention Wittman Regional Airport Con tact John Burton PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54904-3086 Call 414426-4800 for more information ITS NEVER TOO EARLY TO MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND

AUGUST 6 - 8 - STILLWATER OKshyLake Elmo Airport Sesquicentennial Aviashytion Days Fly-In breakfast balloon rally other events 612430-1200 for more inforshymation

AUGUST 12-15 - LOCK HAVEN PAshyWilliam T Piper Memorial Airport Sentishymental Journey 93 Aerial Mail To Lock Haven is this years tbeme All makes and models welcome especially Antique and classic airplanes Call 717893-4200 (9am til 5 pm) Fax 717893-4218 or write PO Box Jshy3 Lock Haven PA 17745-0496

AUGUST 15 - BROOKFIELD WIshyCapitol Airport 8th Annual Vintage Airshycraft Display and Ice Cream Social Midwest Antique Airplane Club will also hold its monthly fly-In meeting For more informashytion call George Meade at 414962-2428

AUGUST 27-29 - SUSSEX NJ - Sussex Airport Sussex Airshow For more informashytion call 2011875-0783

SEPT 4-5 PROSSER W A - 10th Annual

EAA Chapter 391 Fly-IN Food flying tours raffle and more Camping on the field For more info call Thopson Aircraft at 5091786-1034

SEPT 8-12 - GALESBURG IL -Galesburg Municipal Airport 22nd Nashytional Stearman Fly-In Contact Tom Lowe 823 Kingston Ln Crystal Lake IL 60014 815459-6873 or Harold Canada 370 Hawkinson Av Galesburg IL 61401 309343-9850

SEPT 17-19 - KANKAKEE IL - Koshyerner Airport 9th Annual Midwest Stinshyson Fly-In Seminars on Stinson 108s and Franklin engi nes FAA Safety Seminars Sat night banquet Fly-outs rally and performance contests Camping on the field Contact Loran Nordgren 4 W Neshybraska Frankfort IL 60423 Phone 815469-9100

SEPT 11middot12 bull MARION OH - EAA Mid-Eastern Regional Fly-In (MERFI) 513849-9455

SEPT 18-19 -Hickory NC - 8th Annual EAA Chapter 731 Fly-In Contact Jean Smith days 704396-7032 or Norman Rainshywater evenings 704328-5807

SEPT 18middot19 - ROCK FALLS IL shyEAA Nortb Central Fly-In 708513-0642

SEPT 20 - ROCK FALLS IL - Panshycake Breakfast in Conjuction with the North Central Fly-ln

SEPT 24-25 - HEBER CITY UT shyUtah State EAA Sport Aviation 8tb Intershymountain Fly-In Seminars demonstrashytions aircraft judging camping food tours and fun Heber Valley Airport (36U) Conshytact Russ McDonald 801645-9543

SEPT 24middot26 - CAMDEN SC 52 nd reunion of Southern Aviation School pilot Primary Flight Training 1941-1944 For all Alumni employees and all personel Conshytact Bill Hawkins PO Box 789 Camden SC 29020 Phone 803432-9595

SEPT 25middot26 - WILMINGTON DE shyEAA East Coast Regional Fly-In 3011933shy0314

SEPT 30 bull OCT 3 bull OWENSBORO KY Owensboro Davies County Airport Annual Convention of International Cessna 120140 Assoc Contact David Lowe or Gil Pounds 502736-5392 or Fax 736-2403

OCT 1middot2middot BARTLESVILLE OK shy36th Annual Tulsa Fly-In Special Aircraft this year include the EAA replica Spirit of St Louis and the original Woolaroc winshyner of the 1927 Dole Pineapple race Conshytact Charlie Harris 3933 S Peoria Tulsa OK 74105 9181742-7311

OCT 1middot3middot PRESCOTT AZ - EAA Copperstate Fly-ln 6021750-5480

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS On this page youll see the latest additions to the ranks of the EAA AnshytiqueClassic Division Whether youre joining for the first time or are coming back we welcome you and wed especially like to welcome those ofyou who are joining us with your interest in Contemporary class aircraft Welcome one and all

Randy Abegglen Lewisville ID Jose Abreu Miami FL Tracy A Ake Gainesville VA Roy B Allison Minneapolis MN Carson V Baker Crestwood KY James E Bean Northport NY Tom Beck Bethel AK George Beckerman Mt Carmel IL John F Benson Glendora CA Paul W Blackman Finksburg MD Don Blehm Green Mtn Falls CO Michael G Brown Roanoke VA Samuel W Bruce Eagle Rock VA Walter R Bullerwell Dickson TN David W Burns MarengoIL Tony Buttacavoli Waterford MI H Todd Clamp Newberry SC Troy P Coker III Dallas TX David M Collins Cornelius OR Douglas Conciatu Sterling Heights MI Mark Conover Houston TX James D Cooper Thonotosassa FL Gaetan Coulombe

Cloridorme Quebec Canada Marcella Dankow

Ft McMurray Alberta Canada James Dawson Vacaville CA Drew Detsch San Francisco CA Donald Dewey Sierra Madre CA Van G Dickens Fayetteville NC Charles Dobbins Abingdon V A Donald E Dorrell Santa Barbara CA William Doud USMM Sterling NY Jack C Faas Lake Geneva WI Bill Farrell Cincinnati OH Joel Fenger Chester MT Geoffrey M Fickling McAlpine FL J W Corkey Fornof

Canyon Country CA James R Freese Ukiah CA Walter F Gall Bainbridge W A George Galpin Marton New Zealand Sidney Gehlert Pasadena MD Gary Gladd Fullerton CA Daniel H Gleason Coraopolis P A D Brad Gossen

Downsville Ontario Canada Charles D Grady Tallulah LA Charles E Graves Waterloo IA Jeffrey W Gray

Calgary Alberta Canada Allen D Guth Mokena IL Merv Halliday Tanau New Zealand C Kay Hanshell Sabina OH John E Henderson Lancaster PA Stuart G Henderson Durham NC Arthur L Herr Memphis TN Charles A Hinkle

North Little Rock AR Stephen R Hosch Louisvi lle KY Norman Howard CoffeyviUe KS Don Johnson Los Molinos CA

Wayne Johnson Minneapolis MN Louis A Kirn Apex NC Edward Kling West Chicago IL Paul R Kube San Diego CA Robert E Lake

Hot Springs Village AR James F Landers Elden W Larson Jan Love Robert B Love Louis Lufker Richard L Lutes Waldo Magnuson Scott Mathews Gary K Mathiasen Daniel C Maurin Roger C McAlister James S McAllister George Medue

Tempe AZ Bellevue WA

Saginaw MI Vienna VA

East Moriches NY Hampshire IL Spokane WA

Anchorage AK Dublin CA

San Francisco CA Blue River OR

Lake Monroe FL Medway OH

Bruce L Moore St Augustine FL Mark A Morrison Staley NC Michel Normandin

Longueuil Quebec Canada John L Northey Port Moody British Columbia Canada

Thomas R OHanlon Fort Ogden FL Richard L Oreair Jr Jacksonville FL Ronald J Parese Bridgewater CT Marlin Parrott Jefferson City MO Bryan C Pender Victor G Plumbo Timothy L Popp Jimmy Powers H L Richards John Robinson Robert Santolla David Sarge William A Shain Jeff Simmons

Millington TN Millville NJ

Fennville MI Greensboro NC

Springville AL Cape Coral FL Coraopolis P A Pine Grove P A

Liberty SC Houston TX

C Mahlon Skinnel Jr Lynchburg VA Ari Slitonen Jarvenpaa Finland Colin F Smith Half Moon Bay CA Robert J Smith Billings MT Stephen W Smith Anchorage AK Alan Sparks Joshua TX Cosmo St John Colchester VT Don Stearns Portsmouth NH Peter Strannemar Blairstown NJ Susan J Thompson Natick MA Gary Vassbotn

Calgary Alberta Canada Robert R Wallace Champaign IL Lynn Warren Shelby MI Homer R Weathers ColumbusOH Thomas A Whisnant

Granite Falls NC Julie A White Arizona City AZ Chuck Williams Bellflower CA Steven T Williamson

West Redding cr Kenneth B Woodard Greensboro NC Ronald C Wright Gatesville TX

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Notice is hereby given that an annual business meeting of the members of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division will be held on Wednesday August 4 1993 at 830 am (Central Daylight Time) at the 41st Annual Convention of the Experimental Aircraft Association Inc Wittman Regional Airport Oshkosh Wisconsin Notice is hereby further given that the annual election ofofficers and directors of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division will be conducted by ballot distributed to the members along with this June issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE Said ballot must be returned properly marked to the Ballot Tally Committee EAA AntiqueClassic Division P O Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 and received no later than July 31 1993 The Nominating Committee submits the following list of candidates Arthur R Morgan Vice-President EE Buck Hilbert Treasurer John S Jack Copeland Director Philip Coulson Director Stan GomoLL Director Dale A Gustafson Director Robert S Lickteig Director

ARTHUR R MORGAN Milwaukee Wisconsin

Art Morgan began fly ing in 1961 and received his private license in 1962 In 1965 he went on to get his commercial rating He has been a member of EAA since 1962 and began by parking airplanes at the EAA Conventions in Rockford Illinois Art was one of the first to start building a KR-l and although he did not complete his project he was instrumental in the completion of two of the litt le birds In 1974 he and his wife Kate purchased a 1939 Luscombe 8-C which he promptly rebuilt After two yea rs of fly ing the Luscombe Art and several friends orga nized the American Luscombe Club The Morgans also own a Bellanca 14-13 Art se rved the EAA as a Museum volunteer for several yea rs as Classic parking chairman at Oshkosh and also as AntiqueClassic Parki ng Chai rman Art has been a Director of the AntiqueClassic Division since 1978

E E BUCK HILBERT Union Illinois

Buck is a native of Chicago and a graduate of Lewis College He began learning the pilots point of view while work shying as a line boy at the old Elmhurst Airport near Chicago in 1938 The pay wasnt much but it was flying time and he soloed an Aeronca 65-LA Chief in October 1941 He enlisted in the Air Force shortly thereafter into the Training Command where he flew and instructed in many of the training aircraft of that era He flew gunnery training at Las Vegas Army Air Field in B-17s and finished up teaching Chinese Nationali st Pilots twin engine transition Recalled for the Korean war Buck qualified as an Army Aviator and flew with the HQ Company Air Section of the 24th Infant ry Division A most rewarding and memorable experience he reports Buck and Dorothy and their four children are at home at Hilbert s Funny Farm where he has an airstrip and keeps a stable of interesting and flyab le old airplanes Buck is a retired Un ited Airlines captain Buck is no stranger to the AntiqueClassic Division He is past president hav shying served from 1971 through 1975 He currently is Treasurer of the Division and is also a member of the EAA Aviation Foundation Board of Trustees

JOHN S JACK COPELAND Westborough Massachusetts

Jack received a degree in mechanical engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology in 1954 He served as an Aircraft Maintenance Officer on acti ve dut-y-in the middotUS Air Force from 1955- attaining the rank of captain in the USAF Rese rve Jack holds a co mmercial pilot license with a fli ght instructor rating He joined EAA in 1971 and the AntiqueClassic Division in 1975 shortly after purchasing his first aircraft a 1948 Cessna 140 At that time Jack lived in the Chicago area and participated in pre-Convention weekend work parties He has been an active volunteer at the last twelve annual Conventions serving at va rious times as Classic Parking Co-Chairman Manpower Co-Chairman and Manpower Chairman He was named an advisor to the AntiqueClassic Board of Directors in 1979 and served in that capacity until 1984 when he was elected to a Directorship Jack earns his living as a professional engineer and in addition to his EAA involvement is active as a Captain on the Massachusetts Wing Staff of the Civil Air Patrol

PHILIP COULSON Lawton Michigan

Phil was born on a fa rm in southwestern Michigan His first ride in an airplane was at the age of 16 in a Fairchild PT-23 owned and fl own by Horace Sackett a local pilot and AampP Twenty-years later Horace would be Phils guiding light in restoring his 1930 Waco INF Phil lea rned to fl y off a grass strip in Lawton Michigan in 1962 His original dual instrucshytion and solo fl ying was in a Piper J-5 Throughout the yea rs he has owned several aircraft including a J-3 Cub Taylorcraft TriPacer and Cessna 190 He and his wife Ruthie are lovers of Wacos and greatly enjoy flying their 1940 UPF-7 Waco Their Kinner powered 1930 INF Waco is currently on loan to the Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum in Kalamazoo MI They also own a Model G Bonanza Phil s military ca reer consisted of four yea rs in the US Air Force during the Korean War Phil is a li fe time EAA member and began attending EAA Conventions in Rockford Illinois He is a charter member of AntiqueClassic Chapter 8 and also a past president Phil is a past chairman of the annual Parade of Flight at Oshkosh and is currently the President of the newly formed American Waco Club Inc He was appointed advisor to the AntiqueClassic Board in 1985 The Coulsons live in Lawton Michigan

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STAN GOMOLL Blaine Minnesota

Stan soloed a J-3 Club on his 16th birthday on 11-30-42 In 1945 he served in the US Air Force as a ground crewman on B-29s based at Guam Stan received his AampE license in 1949 at Spartan School of Aeronautics then returned home to Minneapolis where he worked at a small airport In 1951 he was hired by Northwest Airlines as a mechanic progressing to Flight Engineer and Co-pilot Stan is now retired from Northwest Stans first airplane was a 193940 hp Taylorcraft Currently he owns and fli es a 1936 Waco Cabin and a 1946 J-3 Cub Over the years he has restored many airplanes Stan has been active in EAA working on various committees at the Annual Convention In 1976 he was named Advisor and elected to the Board of Directors in 1984 He is currently President of AntiqueClassic Chapter 4 in the Minneapolis area

RJ DOBBY LICKTEIG Albert Lea Minnesota

Dobby is a native of Minnesota and had his first ai rplane ride at the age of 13 in a Velie Monocoupe He earned a solo license in a J-2 Cub at the age of 16 working at the local ai rport for flying time and has been flying since then After completing college in Minnesota he entered Air Force pilot training and graduated in Class 421 and was assigned to a new P-47 fighter group His tour of combat was 2-112 years in the European Theater of Operations during World War 11 Dobby has owned a varied collection of aircraft including a Stinson V77 Stearman L-2M Aztec Citabria BT-13A and AT-6G In 1985 he completed the restoration of a KR-2l Kinner-powered biplane and donated it to the EAA Aviation Museum His airplanes are frequent visitors to all Upper Midwest fly-ins He has been active in EAA Antique Classic and Warbird activities since the Convention was moved to Oshkosh He served as president of the AntiqueClassic Division from 1984 until 1988 Dobby is retired and he and his wife Jeanne live in Albert Lea Minnesota Their son Scott is a licensed pilot and is active on the Warbirds parking committee at the Annual EAA Convention

DALE A GUSTAFSON Indianapolis IN

Dale has been interested in airplanes since he was a small child and took his first plane ride in 1939 at the age of 10 He started taking flying lessons in 1945 and soloed at 16 After high school he worked at the airport in South Bend Indiana servicing airliners handling cargo and doing field maintenance Dale attended Spartan School of Aeronaut ics in 1948 and 1949 to obtain additional pilot ratings After this he freelanced as a fli ght instructor and ran a small FBO at South Bend until he was hired as a co-pilot on Turner Airlines in Indianapolis in 1950 Through name changes and mergers the airline is now USAir He had been with the airline for more than 35 years when he retired His plans now are to spend his time between Indiana and Florida where he has property adjoining a private airstrip Through the years Dale has owned various aircraft including a Stinson V77 Piper Colt Fairchild 24 Cessna 150 and several modern airplanes He currently owns a Cessna 195 plus a Stearman PT-17 and Piper J-4 which are being restored Recently Dale and his wife operated a small ai rport northwest of Indianapolis He is a member of several organizations interested in antique classic and homebuilt aircraft He has been a member of EAA since 1960 and the AntiqueClassic Division since it was organized He has served as an Advisor to the Division and currently is se rving as a Director For several years Dale has judged antiques at Oshkosh and served as Program Chairman for the AntiqueClassic Division awards

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gtshyWinnerof the Best Amphibian award at Sun n Fun was this immaculate Grumman G-21A -GIOO_ iiiiitiiliiicJ ~ ftoWiihii Chuck GreenhiH (EAA 113991) of Mettawa IL Tastefully done in a red J~ ~

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Best Metal Seaplane - Cessna 185E N5830J Joe Strazzula Ft Pierce FL Best Fabric Seaplane - Maule M-7 N61350 Mark Futch Boca Grande FL Best Ampbibian - Grumman Goose N121GL Chuck Greenhill Mettawa IL

Originally located in Louisiana this J-3 Cub on 1320 Edo floats N1353M SIN 9913 was brought to Florida by Steve Swails (EAA 377050) of Ft Myshyers and totally restored Although some corrosion was found necessary repairs were completed and the airframe was epoxy primed and powder coated for seaplane use A C85-12 engine was installed (without starter and generator) to replace the C65 and the floats were restored to new condition

Left - Steve Swails carefully negotiates alligator alley between the shore and open water at Lake Parker Pilots reported the gators were quite prevalent just outside the reeds and could easily be seen sunning themshyselves

Lower left - Unusual mint condition 1320 Edo floats on Steve Swails J-3 Cub looked brand new Note the cable between the float tips for moving to the other side of the airplane - often referred to as a Canadian Spreader Bar

Lower right - Nestled on the shore of Lake Parker is Steve Swails J-3 85 Cub His passenger was Alex Wopper (EAA 419315) of Valdivia Chile who is just starting seaplane training He has purchased a Murphy Regtel kit along with a float kit and will build them at his home in the south of Chile - below the 40th parallel A native of Germany Alex is excited about having the only seaplane in Chile and many many lakes to fly from

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One of Jack Browns Seaplane Base Cubs on 1500 Aqua floats took a trip through the reeds cutting sileage The un-named pilot had to push and pull it out of the mess in waist deep water

Very nice photo of a Republic RC-3 Seabee N6659K SIN 936 as it powers onto the step for takeoff It is registered to Graham Sutherland of Port Orange FL Note how the spray rails move the water away from the hull and the proshypeller

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Outstanding Aircraft - Halberstadt D II N1388J Replica Fighter Museum Guntersville AL

Outstanding Aircraft - Sopwith Pup N1915K Replica Fighter Museum Gunshytersville AL

Outstanding Aircraft - Sopwith Trishyplane N543A Replica Fighter Museum Guntersville AL

3 years in a row Frank Ryders growing collection of WW I era replicas has again captured the Grand Champion Replica award at Sun n Fun This year the award was presented to the Nieuport 28 (above right) replica Chuck Brady (AIC 1920) constructed at his shop in Dwight IL

Frank and his Lake Gunterville Aero crew brought three other replicas to Sun n Fun 93 - from top to bottom they are Halberstadt DII Constructed by Carl Swanson Darien WI the airplane was on display at the EAA Air Adventure museum until being acquired by Frank Ryder for his museum Completely gone over by Gene Schwartz and the staff at Lake Gunshytersville Aero the Halberstadt was refinshyished in the spectacular longenze scheme you see here Its being flown here by Gene DeMarco

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The replica in the center of the page is the Sopwith Pup constructed by Ken Pruitt Belen NM and being flown by Frank Ryder He advises that it is one of the most demanding airplanes he has landed - even more so than the Fokker Triplane

Finally at the bottom of the facing page is the Sopwith Triplane built by Chad and Char Willie of Lake Oswego OR It is beshying flown for our camera by Joel Williams A Sopwith Dolphin project was also disshyplayed to give the public some sense of the work involved in constructing a replica WW I fighter WW I aviation will be the subject of a featured display at

EAA OSHKOSH 93 on the Convention taxiway - details are in this months AlC News

In the photo below the Douglas DC-3 of Alexander Aeroplane taxis out for deparshyture with a load of happy Sun n Fun volshyunteers Ron Alexander graciously agreed to give a ride to as many volunteers as he could with the Douglas and the smooth evening air was a treat for all who experishyenced it Our own Buck Hilbert was drafted as co-pilot (Im sure they had to drag him screaming and kicking to the airplane ) where he enjoyed refamiliarshyizing himself with the airplane he cut his teeth on as a neophyte airline pilot

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1ST PLACE GROUND TO AIR - Robert T Beecher (AIC 17924) Chicago IL captured this truly rare photo of a Parks P-2A in flight Since there are only a few of these airplanes left flying this is definitely one for the scrapbooks

2ND PLACE GROUND TO AIR - Myron Heimer (AIC 8190) 3RD PLACE GROUND TO AIR - LeRoy Falk (AIC 9411) CarshyRose Creek MN pentersville IL neatly frames this Fairchild 24W

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1ST PLACE GROUND TO GROUND - Myron Heimer gets his second award with this in your face shot of a Dwain Pittengers Cessna T -50 Bobcat

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HONORABLE MENTION GROUND TO GROUND - L Vincent Hostetler (AIC 14206) Grand Junction CO Even rarer than the Parks P-2 this Parks P-1 now resides at Parks College of St Louis University in Cahokia IL

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1ST PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - LeRoy Falk receives top honors with this picture

of Chuck Spencer refueling Bill Roses Fairchild 22

2ND PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - Don Levandoski gets his second award with this shot of Allen Rudolph touching-up the aileron on the Pietenpol in the AlC tent at Oshkosh 92

3RD PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - (right) Jeri Mihalic (EAA 277478) Mammoth Cave KY shows The Oshkosh Experience in this picture of her husband Dave and his 1957 Bonanza

2ND PLACE - CHAIRMANS CHOICE - Myron Heimer shows us that not all TIger Moths are small

1ST PLACE CHAIRMANS CHOICE - James W Fowler (AIC 2293) Houston TX suitably titled this picture Young Eagle

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1ST PLACE WATER BIRDS - Pat Quinn (AIC 9207) of Ventura CA gives us a glimpse back in time with this photo titled Brennands Seaplane Base 1952 or 1992

2ND PLACE WATER BIRDS - Robert T Beecher

3RD PLACE WATER BIRDS - Myron Heimer brings back WATER BIRDS HONORABLE MENTION - William McCarrei all the memories of a calm summer day (AlC 4496) White Pigeon MI

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This dazzling photo of a Lockheed 12-A Electra taken by Robert T Beecher receives the p restig ious honor of

Your judges for the 1992 Anshy man Lorraine Morris EE Tex tiqueClassic Photo Contest were Hilbert Chairman Jack McCarthy (left to right) Dan Hans Co-Chair- Bill Lombardi Lee Fray and Eric

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Lundahl Contest Chairman Jack McshyCarthy would like to thank all of the judges who helped out this year and he would also like to particularly thank Lorraine Morris who helped organize this year s event and did most of the record-keeping Lorraine is an active AC member and she flies a Boeing 737-400 for a living

The AC photo contest is on again for EAA Oshkosh 93 so get your cameras ready for the summer In next month s issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE the rules for the contest will be published and they will also be available when you register for the contest at the AC Red Barn during the Convention Remember the conshytest is for photos of Antique Classic or Contemporary aircraft shot either enroute at the EAA Convention or on the way home Our thanks to the over one hundred() AC members who entered this years contest and we look forward to seeing you again this year

The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a mailer of information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the information to EAA A(( Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903shy3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

JUNE 11-13 - DENTON TX - Denton Municipal Airport AAA (Texas Chapter) 30th Annual Fly-In Contact John or Nancy Whatley 214517-1981 or Bert Mashyhon817387-2620

JUNE 12 - GADSDEN AL - J-3 and Piper high wing Annual Fly-In Camping Bomb Drop Spot Landings Hangar dance Contact Faye Bryant Gadsden Pilots Asshysoc 196 Ira Gray Dr Gadsden AL 35901 205442-3313

JUNE 12 - NEWPORT NEWS V A shy21st Annual Colonial Fly-In Newport NewsWilliamsburg IntI Airport Sponshysored by EAA Chapter 156 Contact ofr inshyformation and NORDO entry Charles Colshylier 620 Hilton Rd Newport News V A 23605 804247-5844

JUNE 13 - AURORA IL - Aurora Mushynicipal Airport EAA Chapte r 579 FlyshyInlDrive -In breakfast and airport FBO open house 7am - 3pm Contact Alan Shackleton 708466-4193 or Bob Rieser Airport Manager 708466-7000

JUNE 19 - WILD ROSE WI - Idlewild Airport - Pancake BreakfastFly-In Idlewild-Wild Rose Airport Assoc PO Box 296 Wild Rose WI 54984 Call 414622-4020

JUNE 24-27 - MT VERNON OH shy34th Annual National Waco Reunion Greatest WACO Show On EARTH For more information call 513868-0084

JUNE 26-27 - ORANGE MA - Orshyange Municipal Airport 17th Annual New England Regional Fly-In sponsored by the Friends of the Orange Airport Contact Bob McKenney 508544-8762 or Len Beshydaw (Orange Airport) 508544-8189 or Fax 508249-5940

JUNE 26-27 - GREELEY CO - EAA Rocky Mountain Fly-In Antiques Classhysics homebuilts warbirds ultralights No registration fee free camping transportashytion to local motels 3031798-6086 or 353shy5514

JULY 4 - WISCONSIN RAPIDS WIshyWI Rapids Airport EAA Chapter 706 FlyshyInDrive In Pancake Breakfast 730shy1130am Call 715435-3644 for information

JULY 7-11 - ARLINGTON WA shyNorthwest EAA Fly-In 206435-5857

JULY 10 -11- DELAWARE OHshy12th Annual EAA Chapter 9 Fly-In

Delaware Airport Contact Alan Harding 614442-0024

JULY 10 -11- EMMETSBURG lA shy5th Annual Aeronca Fly-In sponsored by tbe Tail dragger Club Contact Keith Harnden Box 285 Emmetsburg IA 50536

JULY 11- MICHIGAN CITY IN - EAA Chapter 966 Pancake Breakfast Contacts The Dees - 219324-6060 or the Hugley s 219325-0133

JULY 16-18 - RED LAKE ONTARlOshyNorseman Festival and Fly-In at Red Lake Ontario Norseman Capita l of the World Floats and wheels Contact Ron Robinson Box 308 Red LakeOntario Canada POV 2MO Phone 807727-2809 or Fax 807727shy3980

JULY 23 -24 - COFFEYVILLE KS shyFunk Aircraft Owners Assoc Reunion Conshytact Gene Ventress 10215 S Monticello Shawnee Mission KS 66227 Phone 9131782shy1483

JULY 24 -27 - WAUSAU WI - Ercoupe Owners Club National Convention Contact Syd Cohen 715842-7814

JULY 24 AND 25 - SHIOCTON WI shyAnnual Fly-In Contact Joyce Baggot 414986-3547

JULY 27 - AUGUST 7 - VALshyPARAISO (VPZ) IN Food and Fuel booth Stop by and see us on your way to and from Oshkosh We are famous for our hospitality Sponsored by EAA Chapter 104 Contact 219884-1619

THURSDAY JULY 29 -WEDNESDA Y AUGUST 4 1993 - OSHKOSH WI- 41st Annual EAA Fly-In and Sport Aviation Convention Wittman Regional Airport Con tact John Burton PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54904-3086 Call 414426-4800 for more information ITS NEVER TOO EARLY TO MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND

AUGUST 6 - 8 - STILLWATER OKshyLake Elmo Airport Sesquicentennial Aviashytion Days Fly-In breakfast balloon rally other events 612430-1200 for more inforshymation

AUGUST 12-15 - LOCK HAVEN PAshyWilliam T Piper Memorial Airport Sentishymental Journey 93 Aerial Mail To Lock Haven is this years tbeme All makes and models welcome especially Antique and classic airplanes Call 717893-4200 (9am til 5 pm) Fax 717893-4218 or write PO Box Jshy3 Lock Haven PA 17745-0496

AUGUST 15 - BROOKFIELD WIshyCapitol Airport 8th Annual Vintage Airshycraft Display and Ice Cream Social Midwest Antique Airplane Club will also hold its monthly fly-In meeting For more informashytion call George Meade at 414962-2428

AUGUST 27-29 - SUSSEX NJ - Sussex Airport Sussex Airshow For more informashytion call 2011875-0783

SEPT 4-5 PROSSER W A - 10th Annual

EAA Chapter 391 Fly-IN Food flying tours raffle and more Camping on the field For more info call Thopson Aircraft at 5091786-1034

SEPT 8-12 - GALESBURG IL -Galesburg Municipal Airport 22nd Nashytional Stearman Fly-In Contact Tom Lowe 823 Kingston Ln Crystal Lake IL 60014 815459-6873 or Harold Canada 370 Hawkinson Av Galesburg IL 61401 309343-9850

SEPT 17-19 - KANKAKEE IL - Koshyerner Airport 9th Annual Midwest Stinshyson Fly-In Seminars on Stinson 108s and Franklin engi nes FAA Safety Seminars Sat night banquet Fly-outs rally and performance contests Camping on the field Contact Loran Nordgren 4 W Neshybraska Frankfort IL 60423 Phone 815469-9100

SEPT 11middot12 bull MARION OH - EAA Mid-Eastern Regional Fly-In (MERFI) 513849-9455

SEPT 18-19 -Hickory NC - 8th Annual EAA Chapter 731 Fly-In Contact Jean Smith days 704396-7032 or Norman Rainshywater evenings 704328-5807

SEPT 18middot19 - ROCK FALLS IL shyEAA Nortb Central Fly-In 708513-0642

SEPT 20 - ROCK FALLS IL - Panshycake Breakfast in Conjuction with the North Central Fly-ln

SEPT 24-25 - HEBER CITY UT shyUtah State EAA Sport Aviation 8tb Intershymountain Fly-In Seminars demonstrashytions aircraft judging camping food tours and fun Heber Valley Airport (36U) Conshytact Russ McDonald 801645-9543

SEPT 24middot26 - CAMDEN SC 52 nd reunion of Southern Aviation School pilot Primary Flight Training 1941-1944 For all Alumni employees and all personel Conshytact Bill Hawkins PO Box 789 Camden SC 29020 Phone 803432-9595

SEPT 25middot26 - WILMINGTON DE shyEAA East Coast Regional Fly-In 3011933shy0314

SEPT 30 bull OCT 3 bull OWENSBORO KY Owensboro Davies County Airport Annual Convention of International Cessna 120140 Assoc Contact David Lowe or Gil Pounds 502736-5392 or Fax 736-2403

OCT 1middot2middot BARTLESVILLE OK shy36th Annual Tulsa Fly-In Special Aircraft this year include the EAA replica Spirit of St Louis and the original Woolaroc winshyner of the 1927 Dole Pineapple race Conshytact Charlie Harris 3933 S Peoria Tulsa OK 74105 9181742-7311

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS On this page youll see the latest additions to the ranks of the EAA AnshytiqueClassic Division Whether youre joining for the first time or are coming back we welcome you and wed especially like to welcome those ofyou who are joining us with your interest in Contemporary class aircraft Welcome one and all

Randy Abegglen Lewisville ID Jose Abreu Miami FL Tracy A Ake Gainesville VA Roy B Allison Minneapolis MN Carson V Baker Crestwood KY James E Bean Northport NY Tom Beck Bethel AK George Beckerman Mt Carmel IL John F Benson Glendora CA Paul W Blackman Finksburg MD Don Blehm Green Mtn Falls CO Michael G Brown Roanoke VA Samuel W Bruce Eagle Rock VA Walter R Bullerwell Dickson TN David W Burns MarengoIL Tony Buttacavoli Waterford MI H Todd Clamp Newberry SC Troy P Coker III Dallas TX David M Collins Cornelius OR Douglas Conciatu Sterling Heights MI Mark Conover Houston TX James D Cooper Thonotosassa FL Gaetan Coulombe

Cloridorme Quebec Canada Marcella Dankow

Ft McMurray Alberta Canada James Dawson Vacaville CA Drew Detsch San Francisco CA Donald Dewey Sierra Madre CA Van G Dickens Fayetteville NC Charles Dobbins Abingdon V A Donald E Dorrell Santa Barbara CA William Doud USMM Sterling NY Jack C Faas Lake Geneva WI Bill Farrell Cincinnati OH Joel Fenger Chester MT Geoffrey M Fickling McAlpine FL J W Corkey Fornof

Canyon Country CA James R Freese Ukiah CA Walter F Gall Bainbridge W A George Galpin Marton New Zealand Sidney Gehlert Pasadena MD Gary Gladd Fullerton CA Daniel H Gleason Coraopolis P A D Brad Gossen

Downsville Ontario Canada Charles D Grady Tallulah LA Charles E Graves Waterloo IA Jeffrey W Gray

Calgary Alberta Canada Allen D Guth Mokena IL Merv Halliday Tanau New Zealand C Kay Hanshell Sabina OH John E Henderson Lancaster PA Stuart G Henderson Durham NC Arthur L Herr Memphis TN Charles A Hinkle

North Little Rock AR Stephen R Hosch Louisvi lle KY Norman Howard CoffeyviUe KS Don Johnson Los Molinos CA

Wayne Johnson Minneapolis MN Louis A Kirn Apex NC Edward Kling West Chicago IL Paul R Kube San Diego CA Robert E Lake

Hot Springs Village AR James F Landers Elden W Larson Jan Love Robert B Love Louis Lufker Richard L Lutes Waldo Magnuson Scott Mathews Gary K Mathiasen Daniel C Maurin Roger C McAlister James S McAllister George Medue

Tempe AZ Bellevue WA

Saginaw MI Vienna VA

East Moriches NY Hampshire IL Spokane WA

Anchorage AK Dublin CA

San Francisco CA Blue River OR

Lake Monroe FL Medway OH

Bruce L Moore St Augustine FL Mark A Morrison Staley NC Michel Normandin

Longueuil Quebec Canada John L Northey Port Moody British Columbia Canada

Thomas R OHanlon Fort Ogden FL Richard L Oreair Jr Jacksonville FL Ronald J Parese Bridgewater CT Marlin Parrott Jefferson City MO Bryan C Pender Victor G Plumbo Timothy L Popp Jimmy Powers H L Richards John Robinson Robert Santolla David Sarge William A Shain Jeff Simmons

Millington TN Millville NJ

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Springville AL Cape Coral FL Coraopolis P A Pine Grove P A

Liberty SC Houston TX

C Mahlon Skinnel Jr Lynchburg VA Ari Slitonen Jarvenpaa Finland Colin F Smith Half Moon Bay CA Robert J Smith Billings MT Stephen W Smith Anchorage AK Alan Sparks Joshua TX Cosmo St John Colchester VT Don Stearns Portsmouth NH Peter Strannemar Blairstown NJ Susan J Thompson Natick MA Gary Vassbotn

Calgary Alberta Canada Robert R Wallace Champaign IL Lynn Warren Shelby MI Homer R Weathers ColumbusOH Thomas A Whisnant

Granite Falls NC Julie A White Arizona City AZ Chuck Williams Bellflower CA Steven T Williamson

West Redding cr Kenneth B Woodard Greensboro NC Ronald C Wright Gatesville TX

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Notice is hereby given that an annual business meeting of the members of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division will be held on Wednesday August 4 1993 at 830 am (Central Daylight Time) at the 41st Annual Convention of the Experimental Aircraft Association Inc Wittman Regional Airport Oshkosh Wisconsin Notice is hereby further given that the annual election ofofficers and directors of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division will be conducted by ballot distributed to the members along with this June issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE Said ballot must be returned properly marked to the Ballot Tally Committee EAA AntiqueClassic Division P O Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 and received no later than July 31 1993 The Nominating Committee submits the following list of candidates Arthur R Morgan Vice-President EE Buck Hilbert Treasurer John S Jack Copeland Director Philip Coulson Director Stan GomoLL Director Dale A Gustafson Director Robert S Lickteig Director

ARTHUR R MORGAN Milwaukee Wisconsin

Art Morgan began fly ing in 1961 and received his private license in 1962 In 1965 he went on to get his commercial rating He has been a member of EAA since 1962 and began by parking airplanes at the EAA Conventions in Rockford Illinois Art was one of the first to start building a KR-l and although he did not complete his project he was instrumental in the completion of two of the litt le birds In 1974 he and his wife Kate purchased a 1939 Luscombe 8-C which he promptly rebuilt After two yea rs of fly ing the Luscombe Art and several friends orga nized the American Luscombe Club The Morgans also own a Bellanca 14-13 Art se rved the EAA as a Museum volunteer for several yea rs as Classic parking chairman at Oshkosh and also as AntiqueClassic Parki ng Chai rman Art has been a Director of the AntiqueClassic Division since 1978

E E BUCK HILBERT Union Illinois

Buck is a native of Chicago and a graduate of Lewis College He began learning the pilots point of view while work shying as a line boy at the old Elmhurst Airport near Chicago in 1938 The pay wasnt much but it was flying time and he soloed an Aeronca 65-LA Chief in October 1941 He enlisted in the Air Force shortly thereafter into the Training Command where he flew and instructed in many of the training aircraft of that era He flew gunnery training at Las Vegas Army Air Field in B-17s and finished up teaching Chinese Nationali st Pilots twin engine transition Recalled for the Korean war Buck qualified as an Army Aviator and flew with the HQ Company Air Section of the 24th Infant ry Division A most rewarding and memorable experience he reports Buck and Dorothy and their four children are at home at Hilbert s Funny Farm where he has an airstrip and keeps a stable of interesting and flyab le old airplanes Buck is a retired Un ited Airlines captain Buck is no stranger to the AntiqueClassic Division He is past president hav shying served from 1971 through 1975 He currently is Treasurer of the Division and is also a member of the EAA Aviation Foundation Board of Trustees

JOHN S JACK COPELAND Westborough Massachusetts

Jack received a degree in mechanical engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology in 1954 He served as an Aircraft Maintenance Officer on acti ve dut-y-in the middotUS Air Force from 1955- attaining the rank of captain in the USAF Rese rve Jack holds a co mmercial pilot license with a fli ght instructor rating He joined EAA in 1971 and the AntiqueClassic Division in 1975 shortly after purchasing his first aircraft a 1948 Cessna 140 At that time Jack lived in the Chicago area and participated in pre-Convention weekend work parties He has been an active volunteer at the last twelve annual Conventions serving at va rious times as Classic Parking Co-Chairman Manpower Co-Chairman and Manpower Chairman He was named an advisor to the AntiqueClassic Board of Directors in 1979 and served in that capacity until 1984 when he was elected to a Directorship Jack earns his living as a professional engineer and in addition to his EAA involvement is active as a Captain on the Massachusetts Wing Staff of the Civil Air Patrol

PHILIP COULSON Lawton Michigan

Phil was born on a fa rm in southwestern Michigan His first ride in an airplane was at the age of 16 in a Fairchild PT-23 owned and fl own by Horace Sackett a local pilot and AampP Twenty-years later Horace would be Phils guiding light in restoring his 1930 Waco INF Phil lea rned to fl y off a grass strip in Lawton Michigan in 1962 His original dual instrucshytion and solo fl ying was in a Piper J-5 Throughout the yea rs he has owned several aircraft including a J-3 Cub Taylorcraft TriPacer and Cessna 190 He and his wife Ruthie are lovers of Wacos and greatly enjoy flying their 1940 UPF-7 Waco Their Kinner powered 1930 INF Waco is currently on loan to the Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum in Kalamazoo MI They also own a Model G Bonanza Phil s military ca reer consisted of four yea rs in the US Air Force during the Korean War Phil is a li fe time EAA member and began attending EAA Conventions in Rockford Illinois He is a charter member of AntiqueClassic Chapter 8 and also a past president Phil is a past chairman of the annual Parade of Flight at Oshkosh and is currently the President of the newly formed American Waco Club Inc He was appointed advisor to the AntiqueClassic Board in 1985 The Coulsons live in Lawton Michigan

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STAN GOMOLL Blaine Minnesota

Stan soloed a J-3 Club on his 16th birthday on 11-30-42 In 1945 he served in the US Air Force as a ground crewman on B-29s based at Guam Stan received his AampE license in 1949 at Spartan School of Aeronautics then returned home to Minneapolis where he worked at a small airport In 1951 he was hired by Northwest Airlines as a mechanic progressing to Flight Engineer and Co-pilot Stan is now retired from Northwest Stans first airplane was a 193940 hp Taylorcraft Currently he owns and fli es a 1936 Waco Cabin and a 1946 J-3 Cub Over the years he has restored many airplanes Stan has been active in EAA working on various committees at the Annual Convention In 1976 he was named Advisor and elected to the Board of Directors in 1984 He is currently President of AntiqueClassic Chapter 4 in the Minneapolis area

RJ DOBBY LICKTEIG Albert Lea Minnesota

Dobby is a native of Minnesota and had his first ai rplane ride at the age of 13 in a Velie Monocoupe He earned a solo license in a J-2 Cub at the age of 16 working at the local ai rport for flying time and has been flying since then After completing college in Minnesota he entered Air Force pilot training and graduated in Class 421 and was assigned to a new P-47 fighter group His tour of combat was 2-112 years in the European Theater of Operations during World War 11 Dobby has owned a varied collection of aircraft including a Stinson V77 Stearman L-2M Aztec Citabria BT-13A and AT-6G In 1985 he completed the restoration of a KR-2l Kinner-powered biplane and donated it to the EAA Aviation Museum His airplanes are frequent visitors to all Upper Midwest fly-ins He has been active in EAA Antique Classic and Warbird activities since the Convention was moved to Oshkosh He served as president of the AntiqueClassic Division from 1984 until 1988 Dobby is retired and he and his wife Jeanne live in Albert Lea Minnesota Their son Scott is a licensed pilot and is active on the Warbirds parking committee at the Annual EAA Convention

DALE A GUSTAFSON Indianapolis IN

Dale has been interested in airplanes since he was a small child and took his first plane ride in 1939 at the age of 10 He started taking flying lessons in 1945 and soloed at 16 After high school he worked at the airport in South Bend Indiana servicing airliners handling cargo and doing field maintenance Dale attended Spartan School of Aeronaut ics in 1948 and 1949 to obtain additional pilot ratings After this he freelanced as a fli ght instructor and ran a small FBO at South Bend until he was hired as a co-pilot on Turner Airlines in Indianapolis in 1950 Through name changes and mergers the airline is now USAir He had been with the airline for more than 35 years when he retired His plans now are to spend his time between Indiana and Florida where he has property adjoining a private airstrip Through the years Dale has owned various aircraft including a Stinson V77 Piper Colt Fairchild 24 Cessna 150 and several modern airplanes He currently owns a Cessna 195 plus a Stearman PT-17 and Piper J-4 which are being restored Recently Dale and his wife operated a small ai rport northwest of Indianapolis He is a member of several organizations interested in antique classic and homebuilt aircraft He has been a member of EAA since 1960 and the AntiqueClassic Division since it was organized He has served as an Advisor to the Division and currently is se rving as a Director For several years Dale has judged antiques at Oshkosh and served as Program Chairman for the AntiqueClassic Division awards

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Brilliant ear1y morning photo of Bill Rose (EAA 159635 AlC 6612) Grumman Goose N600ZE SIN B-100 with eleven hot air balloons lifting into the clear Florida sky

One of Jack Browns Seaplane Base Cubs on 1500 Aqua floats took a trip through the reeds cutting sileage The un-named pilot had to push and pull it out of the mess in waist deep water

Very nice photo of a Republic RC-3 Seabee N6659K SIN 936 as it powers onto the step for takeoff It is registered to Graham Sutherland of Port Orange FL Note how the spray rails move the water away from the hull and the proshypeller

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N6256 Replica Fighter Museum Gunshytersville AL

Outstanding Aircraft - Halberstadt D II N1388J Replica Fighter Museum Guntersville AL

Outstanding Aircraft - Sopwith Pup N1915K Replica Fighter Museum Gunshytersville AL

Outstanding Aircraft - Sopwith Trishyplane N543A Replica Fighter Museum Guntersville AL

3 years in a row Frank Ryders growing collection of WW I era replicas has again captured the Grand Champion Replica award at Sun n Fun This year the award was presented to the Nieuport 28 (above right) replica Chuck Brady (AIC 1920) constructed at his shop in Dwight IL

Frank and his Lake Gunterville Aero crew brought three other replicas to Sun n Fun 93 - from top to bottom they are Halberstadt DII Constructed by Carl Swanson Darien WI the airplane was on display at the EAA Air Adventure museum until being acquired by Frank Ryder for his museum Completely gone over by Gene Schwartz and the staff at Lake Gunshytersville Aero the Halberstadt was refinshyished in the spectacular longenze scheme you see here Its being flown here by Gene DeMarco

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The replica in the center of the page is the Sopwith Pup constructed by Ken Pruitt Belen NM and being flown by Frank Ryder He advises that it is one of the most demanding airplanes he has landed - even more so than the Fokker Triplane

Finally at the bottom of the facing page is the Sopwith Triplane built by Chad and Char Willie of Lake Oswego OR It is beshying flown for our camera by Joel Williams A Sopwith Dolphin project was also disshyplayed to give the public some sense of the work involved in constructing a replica WW I fighter WW I aviation will be the subject of a featured display at

EAA OSHKOSH 93 on the Convention taxiway - details are in this months AlC News

In the photo below the Douglas DC-3 of Alexander Aeroplane taxis out for deparshyture with a load of happy Sun n Fun volshyunteers Ron Alexander graciously agreed to give a ride to as many volunteers as he could with the Douglas and the smooth evening air was a treat for all who experishyenced it Our own Buck Hilbert was drafted as co-pilot (Im sure they had to drag him screaming and kicking to the airplane ) where he enjoyed refamiliarshyizing himself with the airplane he cut his teeth on as a neophyte airline pilot

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1ST PLACE GROUND TO AIR - Robert T Beecher (AIC 17924) Chicago IL captured this truly rare photo of a Parks P-2A in flight Since there are only a few of these airplanes left flying this is definitely one for the scrapbooks

2ND PLACE GROUND TO AIR - Myron Heimer (AIC 8190) 3RD PLACE GROUND TO AIR - LeRoy Falk (AIC 9411) CarshyRose Creek MN pentersville IL neatly frames this Fairchild 24W

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1ST PLACE GROUND TO GROUND - Myron Heimer gets his second award with this in your face shot of a Dwain Pittengers Cessna T -50 Bobcat

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1ST PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - LeRoy Falk receives top honors with this picture

of Chuck Spencer refueling Bill Roses Fairchild 22

2ND PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - Don Levandoski gets his second award with this shot of Allen Rudolph touching-up the aileron on the Pietenpol in the AlC tent at Oshkosh 92

3RD PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - (right) Jeri Mihalic (EAA 277478) Mammoth Cave KY shows The Oshkosh Experience in this picture of her husband Dave and his 1957 Bonanza

2ND PLACE - CHAIRMANS CHOICE - Myron Heimer shows us that not all TIger Moths are small

1ST PLACE CHAIRMANS CHOICE - James W Fowler (AIC 2293) Houston TX suitably titled this picture Young Eagle

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1ST PLACE WATER BIRDS - Pat Quinn (AIC 9207) of Ventura CA gives us a glimpse back in time with this photo titled Brennands Seaplane Base 1952 or 1992

2ND PLACE WATER BIRDS - Robert T Beecher

3RD PLACE WATER BIRDS - Myron Heimer brings back WATER BIRDS HONORABLE MENTION - William McCarrei all the memories of a calm summer day (AlC 4496) White Pigeon MI

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Judges Choice for 1992

This dazzling photo of a Lockheed 12-A Electra taken by Robert T Beecher receives the p restig ious honor of

Your judges for the 1992 Anshy man Lorraine Morris EE Tex tiqueClassic Photo Contest were Hilbert Chairman Jack McCarthy (left to right) Dan Hans Co-Chair- Bill Lombardi Lee Fray and Eric

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Lundahl Contest Chairman Jack McshyCarthy would like to thank all of the judges who helped out this year and he would also like to particularly thank Lorraine Morris who helped organize this year s event and did most of the record-keeping Lorraine is an active AC member and she flies a Boeing 737-400 for a living

The AC photo contest is on again for EAA Oshkosh 93 so get your cameras ready for the summer In next month s issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE the rules for the contest will be published and they will also be available when you register for the contest at the AC Red Barn during the Convention Remember the conshytest is for photos of Antique Classic or Contemporary aircraft shot either enroute at the EAA Convention or on the way home Our thanks to the over one hundred() AC members who entered this years contest and we look forward to seeing you again this year

The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a mailer of information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the information to EAA A(( Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903shy3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

JUNE 11-13 - DENTON TX - Denton Municipal Airport AAA (Texas Chapter) 30th Annual Fly-In Contact John or Nancy Whatley 214517-1981 or Bert Mashyhon817387-2620

JUNE 12 - GADSDEN AL - J-3 and Piper high wing Annual Fly-In Camping Bomb Drop Spot Landings Hangar dance Contact Faye Bryant Gadsden Pilots Asshysoc 196 Ira Gray Dr Gadsden AL 35901 205442-3313

JUNE 12 - NEWPORT NEWS V A shy21st Annual Colonial Fly-In Newport NewsWilliamsburg IntI Airport Sponshysored by EAA Chapter 156 Contact ofr inshyformation and NORDO entry Charles Colshylier 620 Hilton Rd Newport News V A 23605 804247-5844

JUNE 13 - AURORA IL - Aurora Mushynicipal Airport EAA Chapte r 579 FlyshyInlDrive -In breakfast and airport FBO open house 7am - 3pm Contact Alan Shackleton 708466-4193 or Bob Rieser Airport Manager 708466-7000

JUNE 19 - WILD ROSE WI - Idlewild Airport - Pancake BreakfastFly-In Idlewild-Wild Rose Airport Assoc PO Box 296 Wild Rose WI 54984 Call 414622-4020

JUNE 24-27 - MT VERNON OH shy34th Annual National Waco Reunion Greatest WACO Show On EARTH For more information call 513868-0084

JUNE 26-27 - ORANGE MA - Orshyange Municipal Airport 17th Annual New England Regional Fly-In sponsored by the Friends of the Orange Airport Contact Bob McKenney 508544-8762 or Len Beshydaw (Orange Airport) 508544-8189 or Fax 508249-5940

JUNE 26-27 - GREELEY CO - EAA Rocky Mountain Fly-In Antiques Classhysics homebuilts warbirds ultralights No registration fee free camping transportashytion to local motels 3031798-6086 or 353shy5514

JULY 4 - WISCONSIN RAPIDS WIshyWI Rapids Airport EAA Chapter 706 FlyshyInDrive In Pancake Breakfast 730shy1130am Call 715435-3644 for information

JULY 7-11 - ARLINGTON WA shyNorthwest EAA Fly-In 206435-5857

JULY 10 -11- DELAWARE OHshy12th Annual EAA Chapter 9 Fly-In

Delaware Airport Contact Alan Harding 614442-0024

JULY 10 -11- EMMETSBURG lA shy5th Annual Aeronca Fly-In sponsored by tbe Tail dragger Club Contact Keith Harnden Box 285 Emmetsburg IA 50536

JULY 11- MICHIGAN CITY IN - EAA Chapter 966 Pancake Breakfast Contacts The Dees - 219324-6060 or the Hugley s 219325-0133

JULY 16-18 - RED LAKE ONTARlOshyNorseman Festival and Fly-In at Red Lake Ontario Norseman Capita l of the World Floats and wheels Contact Ron Robinson Box 308 Red LakeOntario Canada POV 2MO Phone 807727-2809 or Fax 807727shy3980

JULY 23 -24 - COFFEYVILLE KS shyFunk Aircraft Owners Assoc Reunion Conshytact Gene Ventress 10215 S Monticello Shawnee Mission KS 66227 Phone 9131782shy1483

JULY 24 -27 - WAUSAU WI - Ercoupe Owners Club National Convention Contact Syd Cohen 715842-7814

JULY 24 AND 25 - SHIOCTON WI shyAnnual Fly-In Contact Joyce Baggot 414986-3547

JULY 27 - AUGUST 7 - VALshyPARAISO (VPZ) IN Food and Fuel booth Stop by and see us on your way to and from Oshkosh We are famous for our hospitality Sponsored by EAA Chapter 104 Contact 219884-1619

THURSDAY JULY 29 -WEDNESDA Y AUGUST 4 1993 - OSHKOSH WI- 41st Annual EAA Fly-In and Sport Aviation Convention Wittman Regional Airport Con tact John Burton PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54904-3086 Call 414426-4800 for more information ITS NEVER TOO EARLY TO MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND

AUGUST 6 - 8 - STILLWATER OKshyLake Elmo Airport Sesquicentennial Aviashytion Days Fly-In breakfast balloon rally other events 612430-1200 for more inforshymation

AUGUST 12-15 - LOCK HAVEN PAshyWilliam T Piper Memorial Airport Sentishymental Journey 93 Aerial Mail To Lock Haven is this years tbeme All makes and models welcome especially Antique and classic airplanes Call 717893-4200 (9am til 5 pm) Fax 717893-4218 or write PO Box Jshy3 Lock Haven PA 17745-0496

AUGUST 15 - BROOKFIELD WIshyCapitol Airport 8th Annual Vintage Airshycraft Display and Ice Cream Social Midwest Antique Airplane Club will also hold its monthly fly-In meeting For more informashytion call George Meade at 414962-2428

AUGUST 27-29 - SUSSEX NJ - Sussex Airport Sussex Airshow For more informashytion call 2011875-0783

SEPT 4-5 PROSSER W A - 10th Annual

EAA Chapter 391 Fly-IN Food flying tours raffle and more Camping on the field For more info call Thopson Aircraft at 5091786-1034

SEPT 8-12 - GALESBURG IL -Galesburg Municipal Airport 22nd Nashytional Stearman Fly-In Contact Tom Lowe 823 Kingston Ln Crystal Lake IL 60014 815459-6873 or Harold Canada 370 Hawkinson Av Galesburg IL 61401 309343-9850

SEPT 17-19 - KANKAKEE IL - Koshyerner Airport 9th Annual Midwest Stinshyson Fly-In Seminars on Stinson 108s and Franklin engi nes FAA Safety Seminars Sat night banquet Fly-outs rally and performance contests Camping on the field Contact Loran Nordgren 4 W Neshybraska Frankfort IL 60423 Phone 815469-9100

SEPT 11middot12 bull MARION OH - EAA Mid-Eastern Regional Fly-In (MERFI) 513849-9455

SEPT 18-19 -Hickory NC - 8th Annual EAA Chapter 731 Fly-In Contact Jean Smith days 704396-7032 or Norman Rainshywater evenings 704328-5807

SEPT 18middot19 - ROCK FALLS IL shyEAA Nortb Central Fly-In 708513-0642

SEPT 20 - ROCK FALLS IL - Panshycake Breakfast in Conjuction with the North Central Fly-ln

SEPT 24-25 - HEBER CITY UT shyUtah State EAA Sport Aviation 8tb Intershymountain Fly-In Seminars demonstrashytions aircraft judging camping food tours and fun Heber Valley Airport (36U) Conshytact Russ McDonald 801645-9543

SEPT 24middot26 - CAMDEN SC 52 nd reunion of Southern Aviation School pilot Primary Flight Training 1941-1944 For all Alumni employees and all personel Conshytact Bill Hawkins PO Box 789 Camden SC 29020 Phone 803432-9595

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OCT 1middot2middot BARTLESVILLE OK shy36th Annual Tulsa Fly-In Special Aircraft this year include the EAA replica Spirit of St Louis and the original Woolaroc winshyner of the 1927 Dole Pineapple race Conshytact Charlie Harris 3933 S Peoria Tulsa OK 74105 9181742-7311

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS On this page youll see the latest additions to the ranks of the EAA AnshytiqueClassic Division Whether youre joining for the first time or are coming back we welcome you and wed especially like to welcome those ofyou who are joining us with your interest in Contemporary class aircraft Welcome one and all

Randy Abegglen Lewisville ID Jose Abreu Miami FL Tracy A Ake Gainesville VA Roy B Allison Minneapolis MN Carson V Baker Crestwood KY James E Bean Northport NY Tom Beck Bethel AK George Beckerman Mt Carmel IL John F Benson Glendora CA Paul W Blackman Finksburg MD Don Blehm Green Mtn Falls CO Michael G Brown Roanoke VA Samuel W Bruce Eagle Rock VA Walter R Bullerwell Dickson TN David W Burns MarengoIL Tony Buttacavoli Waterford MI H Todd Clamp Newberry SC Troy P Coker III Dallas TX David M Collins Cornelius OR Douglas Conciatu Sterling Heights MI Mark Conover Houston TX James D Cooper Thonotosassa FL Gaetan Coulombe

Cloridorme Quebec Canada Marcella Dankow

Ft McMurray Alberta Canada James Dawson Vacaville CA Drew Detsch San Francisco CA Donald Dewey Sierra Madre CA Van G Dickens Fayetteville NC Charles Dobbins Abingdon V A Donald E Dorrell Santa Barbara CA William Doud USMM Sterling NY Jack C Faas Lake Geneva WI Bill Farrell Cincinnati OH Joel Fenger Chester MT Geoffrey M Fickling McAlpine FL J W Corkey Fornof

Canyon Country CA James R Freese Ukiah CA Walter F Gall Bainbridge W A George Galpin Marton New Zealand Sidney Gehlert Pasadena MD Gary Gladd Fullerton CA Daniel H Gleason Coraopolis P A D Brad Gossen

Downsville Ontario Canada Charles D Grady Tallulah LA Charles E Graves Waterloo IA Jeffrey W Gray

Calgary Alberta Canada Allen D Guth Mokena IL Merv Halliday Tanau New Zealand C Kay Hanshell Sabina OH John E Henderson Lancaster PA Stuart G Henderson Durham NC Arthur L Herr Memphis TN Charles A Hinkle

North Little Rock AR Stephen R Hosch Louisvi lle KY Norman Howard CoffeyviUe KS Don Johnson Los Molinos CA

Wayne Johnson Minneapolis MN Louis A Kirn Apex NC Edward Kling West Chicago IL Paul R Kube San Diego CA Robert E Lake

Hot Springs Village AR James F Landers Elden W Larson Jan Love Robert B Love Louis Lufker Richard L Lutes Waldo Magnuson Scott Mathews Gary K Mathiasen Daniel C Maurin Roger C McAlister James S McAllister George Medue

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Longueuil Quebec Canada John L Northey Port Moody British Columbia Canada

Thomas R OHanlon Fort Ogden FL Richard L Oreair Jr Jacksonville FL Ronald J Parese Bridgewater CT Marlin Parrott Jefferson City MO Bryan C Pender Victor G Plumbo Timothy L Popp Jimmy Powers H L Richards John Robinson Robert Santolla David Sarge William A Shain Jeff Simmons

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Notice is hereby given that an annual business meeting of the members of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division will be held on Wednesday August 4 1993 at 830 am (Central Daylight Time) at the 41st Annual Convention of the Experimental Aircraft Association Inc Wittman Regional Airport Oshkosh Wisconsin Notice is hereby further given that the annual election ofofficers and directors of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division will be conducted by ballot distributed to the members along with this June issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE Said ballot must be returned properly marked to the Ballot Tally Committee EAA AntiqueClassic Division P O Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 and received no later than July 31 1993 The Nominating Committee submits the following list of candidates Arthur R Morgan Vice-President EE Buck Hilbert Treasurer John S Jack Copeland Director Philip Coulson Director Stan GomoLL Director Dale A Gustafson Director Robert S Lickteig Director

ARTHUR R MORGAN Milwaukee Wisconsin

Art Morgan began fly ing in 1961 and received his private license in 1962 In 1965 he went on to get his commercial rating He has been a member of EAA since 1962 and began by parking airplanes at the EAA Conventions in Rockford Illinois Art was one of the first to start building a KR-l and although he did not complete his project he was instrumental in the completion of two of the litt le birds In 1974 he and his wife Kate purchased a 1939 Luscombe 8-C which he promptly rebuilt After two yea rs of fly ing the Luscombe Art and several friends orga nized the American Luscombe Club The Morgans also own a Bellanca 14-13 Art se rved the EAA as a Museum volunteer for several yea rs as Classic parking chairman at Oshkosh and also as AntiqueClassic Parki ng Chai rman Art has been a Director of the AntiqueClassic Division since 1978

E E BUCK HILBERT Union Illinois

Buck is a native of Chicago and a graduate of Lewis College He began learning the pilots point of view while work shying as a line boy at the old Elmhurst Airport near Chicago in 1938 The pay wasnt much but it was flying time and he soloed an Aeronca 65-LA Chief in October 1941 He enlisted in the Air Force shortly thereafter into the Training Command where he flew and instructed in many of the training aircraft of that era He flew gunnery training at Las Vegas Army Air Field in B-17s and finished up teaching Chinese Nationali st Pilots twin engine transition Recalled for the Korean war Buck qualified as an Army Aviator and flew with the HQ Company Air Section of the 24th Infant ry Division A most rewarding and memorable experience he reports Buck and Dorothy and their four children are at home at Hilbert s Funny Farm where he has an airstrip and keeps a stable of interesting and flyab le old airplanes Buck is a retired Un ited Airlines captain Buck is no stranger to the AntiqueClassic Division He is past president hav shying served from 1971 through 1975 He currently is Treasurer of the Division and is also a member of the EAA Aviation Foundation Board of Trustees

JOHN S JACK COPELAND Westborough Massachusetts

Jack received a degree in mechanical engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology in 1954 He served as an Aircraft Maintenance Officer on acti ve dut-y-in the middotUS Air Force from 1955- attaining the rank of captain in the USAF Rese rve Jack holds a co mmercial pilot license with a fli ght instructor rating He joined EAA in 1971 and the AntiqueClassic Division in 1975 shortly after purchasing his first aircraft a 1948 Cessna 140 At that time Jack lived in the Chicago area and participated in pre-Convention weekend work parties He has been an active volunteer at the last twelve annual Conventions serving at va rious times as Classic Parking Co-Chairman Manpower Co-Chairman and Manpower Chairman He was named an advisor to the AntiqueClassic Board of Directors in 1979 and served in that capacity until 1984 when he was elected to a Directorship Jack earns his living as a professional engineer and in addition to his EAA involvement is active as a Captain on the Massachusetts Wing Staff of the Civil Air Patrol

PHILIP COULSON Lawton Michigan

Phil was born on a fa rm in southwestern Michigan His first ride in an airplane was at the age of 16 in a Fairchild PT-23 owned and fl own by Horace Sackett a local pilot and AampP Twenty-years later Horace would be Phils guiding light in restoring his 1930 Waco INF Phil lea rned to fl y off a grass strip in Lawton Michigan in 1962 His original dual instrucshytion and solo fl ying was in a Piper J-5 Throughout the yea rs he has owned several aircraft including a J-3 Cub Taylorcraft TriPacer and Cessna 190 He and his wife Ruthie are lovers of Wacos and greatly enjoy flying their 1940 UPF-7 Waco Their Kinner powered 1930 INF Waco is currently on loan to the Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum in Kalamazoo MI They also own a Model G Bonanza Phil s military ca reer consisted of four yea rs in the US Air Force during the Korean War Phil is a li fe time EAA member and began attending EAA Conventions in Rockford Illinois He is a charter member of AntiqueClassic Chapter 8 and also a past president Phil is a past chairman of the annual Parade of Flight at Oshkosh and is currently the President of the newly formed American Waco Club Inc He was appointed advisor to the AntiqueClassic Board in 1985 The Coulsons live in Lawton Michigan

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STAN GOMOLL Blaine Minnesota

Stan soloed a J-3 Club on his 16th birthday on 11-30-42 In 1945 he served in the US Air Force as a ground crewman on B-29s based at Guam Stan received his AampE license in 1949 at Spartan School of Aeronautics then returned home to Minneapolis where he worked at a small airport In 1951 he was hired by Northwest Airlines as a mechanic progressing to Flight Engineer and Co-pilot Stan is now retired from Northwest Stans first airplane was a 193940 hp Taylorcraft Currently he owns and fli es a 1936 Waco Cabin and a 1946 J-3 Cub Over the years he has restored many airplanes Stan has been active in EAA working on various committees at the Annual Convention In 1976 he was named Advisor and elected to the Board of Directors in 1984 He is currently President of AntiqueClassic Chapter 4 in the Minneapolis area

RJ DOBBY LICKTEIG Albert Lea Minnesota

Dobby is a native of Minnesota and had his first ai rplane ride at the age of 13 in a Velie Monocoupe He earned a solo license in a J-2 Cub at the age of 16 working at the local ai rport for flying time and has been flying since then After completing college in Minnesota he entered Air Force pilot training and graduated in Class 421 and was assigned to a new P-47 fighter group His tour of combat was 2-112 years in the European Theater of Operations during World War 11 Dobby has owned a varied collection of aircraft including a Stinson V77 Stearman L-2M Aztec Citabria BT-13A and AT-6G In 1985 he completed the restoration of a KR-2l Kinner-powered biplane and donated it to the EAA Aviation Museum His airplanes are frequent visitors to all Upper Midwest fly-ins He has been active in EAA Antique Classic and Warbird activities since the Convention was moved to Oshkosh He served as president of the AntiqueClassic Division from 1984 until 1988 Dobby is retired and he and his wife Jeanne live in Albert Lea Minnesota Their son Scott is a licensed pilot and is active on the Warbirds parking committee at the Annual EAA Convention

DALE A GUSTAFSON Indianapolis IN

Dale has been interested in airplanes since he was a small child and took his first plane ride in 1939 at the age of 10 He started taking flying lessons in 1945 and soloed at 16 After high school he worked at the airport in South Bend Indiana servicing airliners handling cargo and doing field maintenance Dale attended Spartan School of Aeronaut ics in 1948 and 1949 to obtain additional pilot ratings After this he freelanced as a fli ght instructor and ran a small FBO at South Bend until he was hired as a co-pilot on Turner Airlines in Indianapolis in 1950 Through name changes and mergers the airline is now USAir He had been with the airline for more than 35 years when he retired His plans now are to spend his time between Indiana and Florida where he has property adjoining a private airstrip Through the years Dale has owned various aircraft including a Stinson V77 Piper Colt Fairchild 24 Cessna 150 and several modern airplanes He currently owns a Cessna 195 plus a Stearman PT-17 and Piper J-4 which are being restored Recently Dale and his wife operated a small ai rport northwest of Indianapolis He is a member of several organizations interested in antique classic and homebuilt aircraft He has been a member of EAA since 1960 and the AntiqueClassic Division since it was organized He has served as an Advisor to the Division and currently is se rving as a Director For several years Dale has judged antiques at Oshkosh and served as Program Chairman for the AntiqueClassic Division awards

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Outstanding Aircraft - Halberstadt D II N1388J Replica Fighter Museum Guntersville AL

Outstanding Aircraft - Sopwith Pup N1915K Replica Fighter Museum Gunshytersville AL

Outstanding Aircraft - Sopwith Trishyplane N543A Replica Fighter Museum Guntersville AL

3 years in a row Frank Ryders growing collection of WW I era replicas has again captured the Grand Champion Replica award at Sun n Fun This year the award was presented to the Nieuport 28 (above right) replica Chuck Brady (AIC 1920) constructed at his shop in Dwight IL

Frank and his Lake Gunterville Aero crew brought three other replicas to Sun n Fun 93 - from top to bottom they are Halberstadt DII Constructed by Carl Swanson Darien WI the airplane was on display at the EAA Air Adventure museum until being acquired by Frank Ryder for his museum Completely gone over by Gene Schwartz and the staff at Lake Gunshytersville Aero the Halberstadt was refinshyished in the spectacular longenze scheme you see here Its being flown here by Gene DeMarco

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The replica in the center of the page is the Sopwith Pup constructed by Ken Pruitt Belen NM and being flown by Frank Ryder He advises that it is one of the most demanding airplanes he has landed - even more so than the Fokker Triplane

Finally at the bottom of the facing page is the Sopwith Triplane built by Chad and Char Willie of Lake Oswego OR It is beshying flown for our camera by Joel Williams A Sopwith Dolphin project was also disshyplayed to give the public some sense of the work involved in constructing a replica WW I fighter WW I aviation will be the subject of a featured display at

EAA OSHKOSH 93 on the Convention taxiway - details are in this months AlC News

In the photo below the Douglas DC-3 of Alexander Aeroplane taxis out for deparshyture with a load of happy Sun n Fun volshyunteers Ron Alexander graciously agreed to give a ride to as many volunteers as he could with the Douglas and the smooth evening air was a treat for all who experishyenced it Our own Buck Hilbert was drafted as co-pilot (Im sure they had to drag him screaming and kicking to the airplane ) where he enjoyed refamiliarshyizing himself with the airplane he cut his teeth on as a neophyte airline pilot

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1ST PLACE GROUND TO AIR - Robert T Beecher (AIC 17924) Chicago IL captured this truly rare photo of a Parks P-2A in flight Since there are only a few of these airplanes left flying this is definitely one for the scrapbooks

2ND PLACE GROUND TO AIR - Myron Heimer (AIC 8190) 3RD PLACE GROUND TO AIR - LeRoy Falk (AIC 9411) CarshyRose Creek MN pentersville IL neatly frames this Fairchild 24W

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1ST PLACE GROUND TO GROUND - Myron Heimer gets his second award with this in your face shot of a Dwain Pittengers Cessna T -50 Bobcat

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HONORABLE MENTION GROUND TO GROUND - L Vincent Hostetler (AIC 14206) Grand Junction CO Even rarer than the Parks P-2 this Parks P-1 now resides at Parks College of St Louis University in Cahokia IL

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1ST PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - LeRoy Falk receives top honors with this picture

of Chuck Spencer refueling Bill Roses Fairchild 22

2ND PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - Don Levandoski gets his second award with this shot of Allen Rudolph touching-up the aileron on the Pietenpol in the AlC tent at Oshkosh 92

3RD PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - (right) Jeri Mihalic (EAA 277478) Mammoth Cave KY shows The Oshkosh Experience in this picture of her husband Dave and his 1957 Bonanza

2ND PLACE - CHAIRMANS CHOICE - Myron Heimer shows us that not all TIger Moths are small

1ST PLACE CHAIRMANS CHOICE - James W Fowler (AIC 2293) Houston TX suitably titled this picture Young Eagle

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1ST PLACE WATER BIRDS - Pat Quinn (AIC 9207) of Ventura CA gives us a glimpse back in time with this photo titled Brennands Seaplane Base 1952 or 1992

2ND PLACE WATER BIRDS - Robert T Beecher

3RD PLACE WATER BIRDS - Myron Heimer brings back WATER BIRDS HONORABLE MENTION - William McCarrei all the memories of a calm summer day (AlC 4496) White Pigeon MI

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Judges Choice for 1992

This dazzling photo of a Lockheed 12-A Electra taken by Robert T Beecher receives the p restig ious honor of

Your judges for the 1992 Anshy man Lorraine Morris EE Tex tiqueClassic Photo Contest were Hilbert Chairman Jack McCarthy (left to right) Dan Hans Co-Chair- Bill Lombardi Lee Fray and Eric

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Lundahl Contest Chairman Jack McshyCarthy would like to thank all of the judges who helped out this year and he would also like to particularly thank Lorraine Morris who helped organize this year s event and did most of the record-keeping Lorraine is an active AC member and she flies a Boeing 737-400 for a living

The AC photo contest is on again for EAA Oshkosh 93 so get your cameras ready for the summer In next month s issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE the rules for the contest will be published and they will also be available when you register for the contest at the AC Red Barn during the Convention Remember the conshytest is for photos of Antique Classic or Contemporary aircraft shot either enroute at the EAA Convention or on the way home Our thanks to the over one hundred() AC members who entered this years contest and we look forward to seeing you again this year

The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a mailer of information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the information to EAA A(( Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903shy3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

JUNE 11-13 - DENTON TX - Denton Municipal Airport AAA (Texas Chapter) 30th Annual Fly-In Contact John or Nancy Whatley 214517-1981 or Bert Mashyhon817387-2620

JUNE 12 - GADSDEN AL - J-3 and Piper high wing Annual Fly-In Camping Bomb Drop Spot Landings Hangar dance Contact Faye Bryant Gadsden Pilots Asshysoc 196 Ira Gray Dr Gadsden AL 35901 205442-3313

JUNE 12 - NEWPORT NEWS V A shy21st Annual Colonial Fly-In Newport NewsWilliamsburg IntI Airport Sponshysored by EAA Chapter 156 Contact ofr inshyformation and NORDO entry Charles Colshylier 620 Hilton Rd Newport News V A 23605 804247-5844

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS On this page youll see the latest additions to the ranks of the EAA AnshytiqueClassic Division Whether youre joining for the first time or are coming back we welcome you and wed especially like to welcome those ofyou who are joining us with your interest in Contemporary class aircraft Welcome one and all

Randy Abegglen Lewisville ID Jose Abreu Miami FL Tracy A Ake Gainesville VA Roy B Allison Minneapolis MN Carson V Baker Crestwood KY James E Bean Northport NY Tom Beck Bethel AK George Beckerman Mt Carmel IL John F Benson Glendora CA Paul W Blackman Finksburg MD Don Blehm Green Mtn Falls CO Michael G Brown Roanoke VA Samuel W Bruce Eagle Rock VA Walter R Bullerwell Dickson TN David W Burns MarengoIL Tony Buttacavoli Waterford MI H Todd Clamp Newberry SC Troy P Coker III Dallas TX David M Collins Cornelius OR Douglas Conciatu Sterling Heights MI Mark Conover Houston TX James D Cooper Thonotosassa FL Gaetan Coulombe

Cloridorme Quebec Canada Marcella Dankow

Ft McMurray Alberta Canada James Dawson Vacaville CA Drew Detsch San Francisco CA Donald Dewey Sierra Madre CA Van G Dickens Fayetteville NC Charles Dobbins Abingdon V A Donald E Dorrell Santa Barbara CA William Doud USMM Sterling NY Jack C Faas Lake Geneva WI Bill Farrell Cincinnati OH Joel Fenger Chester MT Geoffrey M Fickling McAlpine FL J W Corkey Fornof

Canyon Country CA James R Freese Ukiah CA Walter F Gall Bainbridge W A George Galpin Marton New Zealand Sidney Gehlert Pasadena MD Gary Gladd Fullerton CA Daniel H Gleason Coraopolis P A D Brad Gossen

Downsville Ontario Canada Charles D Grady Tallulah LA Charles E Graves Waterloo IA Jeffrey W Gray

Calgary Alberta Canada Allen D Guth Mokena IL Merv Halliday Tanau New Zealand C Kay Hanshell Sabina OH John E Henderson Lancaster PA Stuart G Henderson Durham NC Arthur L Herr Memphis TN Charles A Hinkle

North Little Rock AR Stephen R Hosch Louisvi lle KY Norman Howard CoffeyviUe KS Don Johnson Los Molinos CA

Wayne Johnson Minneapolis MN Louis A Kirn Apex NC Edward Kling West Chicago IL Paul R Kube San Diego CA Robert E Lake

Hot Springs Village AR James F Landers Elden W Larson Jan Love Robert B Love Louis Lufker Richard L Lutes Waldo Magnuson Scott Mathews Gary K Mathiasen Daniel C Maurin Roger C McAlister James S McAllister George Medue

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Thomas R OHanlon Fort Ogden FL Richard L Oreair Jr Jacksonville FL Ronald J Parese Bridgewater CT Marlin Parrott Jefferson City MO Bryan C Pender Victor G Plumbo Timothy L Popp Jimmy Powers H L Richards John Robinson Robert Santolla David Sarge William A Shain Jeff Simmons

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Notice is hereby given that an annual business meeting of the members of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division will be held on Wednesday August 4 1993 at 830 am (Central Daylight Time) at the 41st Annual Convention of the Experimental Aircraft Association Inc Wittman Regional Airport Oshkosh Wisconsin Notice is hereby further given that the annual election ofofficers and directors of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division will be conducted by ballot distributed to the members along with this June issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE Said ballot must be returned properly marked to the Ballot Tally Committee EAA AntiqueClassic Division P O Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 and received no later than July 31 1993 The Nominating Committee submits the following list of candidates Arthur R Morgan Vice-President EE Buck Hilbert Treasurer John S Jack Copeland Director Philip Coulson Director Stan GomoLL Director Dale A Gustafson Director Robert S Lickteig Director

ARTHUR R MORGAN Milwaukee Wisconsin

Art Morgan began fly ing in 1961 and received his private license in 1962 In 1965 he went on to get his commercial rating He has been a member of EAA since 1962 and began by parking airplanes at the EAA Conventions in Rockford Illinois Art was one of the first to start building a KR-l and although he did not complete his project he was instrumental in the completion of two of the litt le birds In 1974 he and his wife Kate purchased a 1939 Luscombe 8-C which he promptly rebuilt After two yea rs of fly ing the Luscombe Art and several friends orga nized the American Luscombe Club The Morgans also own a Bellanca 14-13 Art se rved the EAA as a Museum volunteer for several yea rs as Classic parking chairman at Oshkosh and also as AntiqueClassic Parki ng Chai rman Art has been a Director of the AntiqueClassic Division since 1978

E E BUCK HILBERT Union Illinois

Buck is a native of Chicago and a graduate of Lewis College He began learning the pilots point of view while work shying as a line boy at the old Elmhurst Airport near Chicago in 1938 The pay wasnt much but it was flying time and he soloed an Aeronca 65-LA Chief in October 1941 He enlisted in the Air Force shortly thereafter into the Training Command where he flew and instructed in many of the training aircraft of that era He flew gunnery training at Las Vegas Army Air Field in B-17s and finished up teaching Chinese Nationali st Pilots twin engine transition Recalled for the Korean war Buck qualified as an Army Aviator and flew with the HQ Company Air Section of the 24th Infant ry Division A most rewarding and memorable experience he reports Buck and Dorothy and their four children are at home at Hilbert s Funny Farm where he has an airstrip and keeps a stable of interesting and flyab le old airplanes Buck is a retired Un ited Airlines captain Buck is no stranger to the AntiqueClassic Division He is past president hav shying served from 1971 through 1975 He currently is Treasurer of the Division and is also a member of the EAA Aviation Foundation Board of Trustees

JOHN S JACK COPELAND Westborough Massachusetts

Jack received a degree in mechanical engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology in 1954 He served as an Aircraft Maintenance Officer on acti ve dut-y-in the middotUS Air Force from 1955- attaining the rank of captain in the USAF Rese rve Jack holds a co mmercial pilot license with a fli ght instructor rating He joined EAA in 1971 and the AntiqueClassic Division in 1975 shortly after purchasing his first aircraft a 1948 Cessna 140 At that time Jack lived in the Chicago area and participated in pre-Convention weekend work parties He has been an active volunteer at the last twelve annual Conventions serving at va rious times as Classic Parking Co-Chairman Manpower Co-Chairman and Manpower Chairman He was named an advisor to the AntiqueClassic Board of Directors in 1979 and served in that capacity until 1984 when he was elected to a Directorship Jack earns his living as a professional engineer and in addition to his EAA involvement is active as a Captain on the Massachusetts Wing Staff of the Civil Air Patrol

PHILIP COULSON Lawton Michigan

Phil was born on a fa rm in southwestern Michigan His first ride in an airplane was at the age of 16 in a Fairchild PT-23 owned and fl own by Horace Sackett a local pilot and AampP Twenty-years later Horace would be Phils guiding light in restoring his 1930 Waco INF Phil lea rned to fl y off a grass strip in Lawton Michigan in 1962 His original dual instrucshytion and solo fl ying was in a Piper J-5 Throughout the yea rs he has owned several aircraft including a J-3 Cub Taylorcraft TriPacer and Cessna 190 He and his wife Ruthie are lovers of Wacos and greatly enjoy flying their 1940 UPF-7 Waco Their Kinner powered 1930 INF Waco is currently on loan to the Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum in Kalamazoo MI They also own a Model G Bonanza Phil s military ca reer consisted of four yea rs in the US Air Force during the Korean War Phil is a li fe time EAA member and began attending EAA Conventions in Rockford Illinois He is a charter member of AntiqueClassic Chapter 8 and also a past president Phil is a past chairman of the annual Parade of Flight at Oshkosh and is currently the President of the newly formed American Waco Club Inc He was appointed advisor to the AntiqueClassic Board in 1985 The Coulsons live in Lawton Michigan

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STAN GOMOLL Blaine Minnesota

Stan soloed a J-3 Club on his 16th birthday on 11-30-42 In 1945 he served in the US Air Force as a ground crewman on B-29s based at Guam Stan received his AampE license in 1949 at Spartan School of Aeronautics then returned home to Minneapolis where he worked at a small airport In 1951 he was hired by Northwest Airlines as a mechanic progressing to Flight Engineer and Co-pilot Stan is now retired from Northwest Stans first airplane was a 193940 hp Taylorcraft Currently he owns and fli es a 1936 Waco Cabin and a 1946 J-3 Cub Over the years he has restored many airplanes Stan has been active in EAA working on various committees at the Annual Convention In 1976 he was named Advisor and elected to the Board of Directors in 1984 He is currently President of AntiqueClassic Chapter 4 in the Minneapolis area

RJ DOBBY LICKTEIG Albert Lea Minnesota

Dobby is a native of Minnesota and had his first ai rplane ride at the age of 13 in a Velie Monocoupe He earned a solo license in a J-2 Cub at the age of 16 working at the local ai rport for flying time and has been flying since then After completing college in Minnesota he entered Air Force pilot training and graduated in Class 421 and was assigned to a new P-47 fighter group His tour of combat was 2-112 years in the European Theater of Operations during World War 11 Dobby has owned a varied collection of aircraft including a Stinson V77 Stearman L-2M Aztec Citabria BT-13A and AT-6G In 1985 he completed the restoration of a KR-2l Kinner-powered biplane and donated it to the EAA Aviation Museum His airplanes are frequent visitors to all Upper Midwest fly-ins He has been active in EAA Antique Classic and Warbird activities since the Convention was moved to Oshkosh He served as president of the AntiqueClassic Division from 1984 until 1988 Dobby is retired and he and his wife Jeanne live in Albert Lea Minnesota Their son Scott is a licensed pilot and is active on the Warbirds parking committee at the Annual EAA Convention

DALE A GUSTAFSON Indianapolis IN

Dale has been interested in airplanes since he was a small child and took his first plane ride in 1939 at the age of 10 He started taking flying lessons in 1945 and soloed at 16 After high school he worked at the airport in South Bend Indiana servicing airliners handling cargo and doing field maintenance Dale attended Spartan School of Aeronaut ics in 1948 and 1949 to obtain additional pilot ratings After this he freelanced as a fli ght instructor and ran a small FBO at South Bend until he was hired as a co-pilot on Turner Airlines in Indianapolis in 1950 Through name changes and mergers the airline is now USAir He had been with the airline for more than 35 years when he retired His plans now are to spend his time between Indiana and Florida where he has property adjoining a private airstrip Through the years Dale has owned various aircraft including a Stinson V77 Piper Colt Fairchild 24 Cessna 150 and several modern airplanes He currently owns a Cessna 195 plus a Stearman PT-17 and Piper J-4 which are being restored Recently Dale and his wife operated a small ai rport northwest of Indianapolis He is a member of several organizations interested in antique classic and homebuilt aircraft He has been a member of EAA since 1960 and the AntiqueClassic Division since it was organized He has served as an Advisor to the Division and currently is se rving as a Director For several years Dale has judged antiques at Oshkosh and served as Program Chairman for the AntiqueClassic Division awards

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The replica in the center of the page is the Sopwith Pup constructed by Ken Pruitt Belen NM and being flown by Frank Ryder He advises that it is one of the most demanding airplanes he has landed - even more so than the Fokker Triplane

Finally at the bottom of the facing page is the Sopwith Triplane built by Chad and Char Willie of Lake Oswego OR It is beshying flown for our camera by Joel Williams A Sopwith Dolphin project was also disshyplayed to give the public some sense of the work involved in constructing a replica WW I fighter WW I aviation will be the subject of a featured display at

EAA OSHKOSH 93 on the Convention taxiway - details are in this months AlC News

In the photo below the Douglas DC-3 of Alexander Aeroplane taxis out for deparshyture with a load of happy Sun n Fun volshyunteers Ron Alexander graciously agreed to give a ride to as many volunteers as he could with the Douglas and the smooth evening air was a treat for all who experishyenced it Our own Buck Hilbert was drafted as co-pilot (Im sure they had to drag him screaming and kicking to the airplane ) where he enjoyed refamiliarshyizing himself with the airplane he cut his teeth on as a neophyte airline pilot

Sun n Fun was once again an enjoyable

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1ST PLACE GROUND TO AIR - Robert T Beecher (AIC 17924) Chicago IL captured this truly rare photo of a Parks P-2A in flight Since there are only a few of these airplanes left flying this is definitely one for the scrapbooks

2ND PLACE GROUND TO AIR - Myron Heimer (AIC 8190) 3RD PLACE GROUND TO AIR - LeRoy Falk (AIC 9411) CarshyRose Creek MN pentersville IL neatly frames this Fairchild 24W

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1ST PLACE GROUND TO GROUND - Myron Heimer gets his second award with this in your face shot of a Dwain Pittengers Cessna T -50 Bobcat

3RD PLACE GROUND TO GROUND - LeRoy Falk

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HONORABLE MENTION GROUND TO GROUND - L Vincent Hostetler (AIC 14206) Grand Junction CO Even rarer than the Parks P-2 this Parks P-1 now resides at Parks College of St Louis University in Cahokia IL

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1ST PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - LeRoy Falk receives top honors with this picture

of Chuck Spencer refueling Bill Roses Fairchild 22

2ND PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - Don Levandoski gets his second award with this shot of Allen Rudolph touching-up the aileron on the Pietenpol in the AlC tent at Oshkosh 92

3RD PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - (right) Jeri Mihalic (EAA 277478) Mammoth Cave KY shows The Oshkosh Experience in this picture of her husband Dave and his 1957 Bonanza

2ND PLACE - CHAIRMANS CHOICE - Myron Heimer shows us that not all TIger Moths are small

1ST PLACE CHAIRMANS CHOICE - James W Fowler (AIC 2293) Houston TX suitably titled this picture Young Eagle

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1ST PLACE WATER BIRDS - Pat Quinn (AIC 9207) of Ventura CA gives us a glimpse back in time with this photo titled Brennands Seaplane Base 1952 or 1992

2ND PLACE WATER BIRDS - Robert T Beecher

3RD PLACE WATER BIRDS - Myron Heimer brings back WATER BIRDS HONORABLE MENTION - William McCarrei all the memories of a calm summer day (AlC 4496) White Pigeon MI

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Judges Choice for 1992

This dazzling photo of a Lockheed 12-A Electra taken by Robert T Beecher receives the p restig ious honor of

Your judges for the 1992 Anshy man Lorraine Morris EE Tex tiqueClassic Photo Contest were Hilbert Chairman Jack McCarthy (left to right) Dan Hans Co-Chair- Bill Lombardi Lee Fray and Eric

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Lundahl Contest Chairman Jack McshyCarthy would like to thank all of the judges who helped out this year and he would also like to particularly thank Lorraine Morris who helped organize this year s event and did most of the record-keeping Lorraine is an active AC member and she flies a Boeing 737-400 for a living

The AC photo contest is on again for EAA Oshkosh 93 so get your cameras ready for the summer In next month s issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE the rules for the contest will be published and they will also be available when you register for the contest at the AC Red Barn during the Convention Remember the conshytest is for photos of Antique Classic or Contemporary aircraft shot either enroute at the EAA Convention or on the way home Our thanks to the over one hundred() AC members who entered this years contest and we look forward to seeing you again this year

The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a mailer of information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the information to EAA A(( Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903shy3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

JUNE 11-13 - DENTON TX - Denton Municipal Airport AAA (Texas Chapter) 30th Annual Fly-In Contact John or Nancy Whatley 214517-1981 or Bert Mashyhon817387-2620

JUNE 12 - GADSDEN AL - J-3 and Piper high wing Annual Fly-In Camping Bomb Drop Spot Landings Hangar dance Contact Faye Bryant Gadsden Pilots Asshysoc 196 Ira Gray Dr Gadsden AL 35901 205442-3313

JUNE 12 - NEWPORT NEWS V A shy21st Annual Colonial Fly-In Newport NewsWilliamsburg IntI Airport Sponshysored by EAA Chapter 156 Contact ofr inshyformation and NORDO entry Charles Colshylier 620 Hilton Rd Newport News V A 23605 804247-5844

JUNE 13 - AURORA IL - Aurora Mushynicipal Airport EAA Chapte r 579 FlyshyInlDrive -In breakfast and airport FBO open house 7am - 3pm Contact Alan Shackleton 708466-4193 or Bob Rieser Airport Manager 708466-7000

JUNE 19 - WILD ROSE WI - Idlewild Airport - Pancake BreakfastFly-In Idlewild-Wild Rose Airport Assoc PO Box 296 Wild Rose WI 54984 Call 414622-4020

JUNE 24-27 - MT VERNON OH shy34th Annual National Waco Reunion Greatest WACO Show On EARTH For more information call 513868-0084

JUNE 26-27 - ORANGE MA - Orshyange Municipal Airport 17th Annual New England Regional Fly-In sponsored by the Friends of the Orange Airport Contact Bob McKenney 508544-8762 or Len Beshydaw (Orange Airport) 508544-8189 or Fax 508249-5940

JUNE 26-27 - GREELEY CO - EAA Rocky Mountain Fly-In Antiques Classhysics homebuilts warbirds ultralights No registration fee free camping transportashytion to local motels 3031798-6086 or 353shy5514

JULY 4 - WISCONSIN RAPIDS WIshyWI Rapids Airport EAA Chapter 706 FlyshyInDrive In Pancake Breakfast 730shy1130am Call 715435-3644 for information

JULY 7-11 - ARLINGTON WA shyNorthwest EAA Fly-In 206435-5857

JULY 10 -11- DELAWARE OHshy12th Annual EAA Chapter 9 Fly-In

Delaware Airport Contact Alan Harding 614442-0024

JULY 10 -11- EMMETSBURG lA shy5th Annual Aeronca Fly-In sponsored by tbe Tail dragger Club Contact Keith Harnden Box 285 Emmetsburg IA 50536

JULY 11- MICHIGAN CITY IN - EAA Chapter 966 Pancake Breakfast Contacts The Dees - 219324-6060 or the Hugley s 219325-0133

JULY 16-18 - RED LAKE ONTARlOshyNorseman Festival and Fly-In at Red Lake Ontario Norseman Capita l of the World Floats and wheels Contact Ron Robinson Box 308 Red LakeOntario Canada POV 2MO Phone 807727-2809 or Fax 807727shy3980

JULY 23 -24 - COFFEYVILLE KS shyFunk Aircraft Owners Assoc Reunion Conshytact Gene Ventress 10215 S Monticello Shawnee Mission KS 66227 Phone 9131782shy1483

JULY 24 -27 - WAUSAU WI - Ercoupe Owners Club National Convention Contact Syd Cohen 715842-7814

JULY 24 AND 25 - SHIOCTON WI shyAnnual Fly-In Contact Joyce Baggot 414986-3547

JULY 27 - AUGUST 7 - VALshyPARAISO (VPZ) IN Food and Fuel booth Stop by and see us on your way to and from Oshkosh We are famous for our hospitality Sponsored by EAA Chapter 104 Contact 219884-1619

THURSDAY JULY 29 -WEDNESDA Y AUGUST 4 1993 - OSHKOSH WI- 41st Annual EAA Fly-In and Sport Aviation Convention Wittman Regional Airport Con tact John Burton PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54904-3086 Call 414426-4800 for more information ITS NEVER TOO EARLY TO MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND

AUGUST 6 - 8 - STILLWATER OKshyLake Elmo Airport Sesquicentennial Aviashytion Days Fly-In breakfast balloon rally other events 612430-1200 for more inforshymation

AUGUST 12-15 - LOCK HAVEN PAshyWilliam T Piper Memorial Airport Sentishymental Journey 93 Aerial Mail To Lock Haven is this years tbeme All makes and models welcome especially Antique and classic airplanes Call 717893-4200 (9am til 5 pm) Fax 717893-4218 or write PO Box Jshy3 Lock Haven PA 17745-0496

AUGUST 15 - BROOKFIELD WIshyCapitol Airport 8th Annual Vintage Airshycraft Display and Ice Cream Social Midwest Antique Airplane Club will also hold its monthly fly-In meeting For more informashytion call George Meade at 414962-2428

AUGUST 27-29 - SUSSEX NJ - Sussex Airport Sussex Airshow For more informashytion call 2011875-0783

SEPT 4-5 PROSSER W A - 10th Annual

EAA Chapter 391 Fly-IN Food flying tours raffle and more Camping on the field For more info call Thopson Aircraft at 5091786-1034

SEPT 8-12 - GALESBURG IL -Galesburg Municipal Airport 22nd Nashytional Stearman Fly-In Contact Tom Lowe 823 Kingston Ln Crystal Lake IL 60014 815459-6873 or Harold Canada 370 Hawkinson Av Galesburg IL 61401 309343-9850

SEPT 17-19 - KANKAKEE IL - Koshyerner Airport 9th Annual Midwest Stinshyson Fly-In Seminars on Stinson 108s and Franklin engi nes FAA Safety Seminars Sat night banquet Fly-outs rally and performance contests Camping on the field Contact Loran Nordgren 4 W Neshybraska Frankfort IL 60423 Phone 815469-9100

SEPT 11middot12 bull MARION OH - EAA Mid-Eastern Regional Fly-In (MERFI) 513849-9455

SEPT 18-19 -Hickory NC - 8th Annual EAA Chapter 731 Fly-In Contact Jean Smith days 704396-7032 or Norman Rainshywater evenings 704328-5807

SEPT 18middot19 - ROCK FALLS IL shyEAA Nortb Central Fly-In 708513-0642

SEPT 20 - ROCK FALLS IL - Panshycake Breakfast in Conjuction with the North Central Fly-ln

SEPT 24-25 - HEBER CITY UT shyUtah State EAA Sport Aviation 8tb Intershymountain Fly-In Seminars demonstrashytions aircraft judging camping food tours and fun Heber Valley Airport (36U) Conshytact Russ McDonald 801645-9543

SEPT 24middot26 - CAMDEN SC 52 nd reunion of Southern Aviation School pilot Primary Flight Training 1941-1944 For all Alumni employees and all personel Conshytact Bill Hawkins PO Box 789 Camden SC 29020 Phone 803432-9595

SEPT 25middot26 - WILMINGTON DE shyEAA East Coast Regional Fly-In 3011933shy0314

SEPT 30 bull OCT 3 bull OWENSBORO KY Owensboro Davies County Airport Annual Convention of International Cessna 120140 Assoc Contact David Lowe or Gil Pounds 502736-5392 or Fax 736-2403

OCT 1middot2middot BARTLESVILLE OK shy36th Annual Tulsa Fly-In Special Aircraft this year include the EAA replica Spirit of St Louis and the original Woolaroc winshyner of the 1927 Dole Pineapple race Conshytact Charlie Harris 3933 S Peoria Tulsa OK 74105 9181742-7311

OCT 1middot3middot PRESCOTT AZ - EAA Copperstate Fly-ln 6021750-5480

OCT 15-17 bull KERRVILLE TX shyEAA Southwest Regional Fly-In 915658shy4194 1Ir

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS On this page youll see the latest additions to the ranks of the EAA AnshytiqueClassic Division Whether youre joining for the first time or are coming back we welcome you and wed especially like to welcome those ofyou who are joining us with your interest in Contemporary class aircraft Welcome one and all

Randy Abegglen Lewisville ID Jose Abreu Miami FL Tracy A Ake Gainesville VA Roy B Allison Minneapolis MN Carson V Baker Crestwood KY James E Bean Northport NY Tom Beck Bethel AK George Beckerman Mt Carmel IL John F Benson Glendora CA Paul W Blackman Finksburg MD Don Blehm Green Mtn Falls CO Michael G Brown Roanoke VA Samuel W Bruce Eagle Rock VA Walter R Bullerwell Dickson TN David W Burns MarengoIL Tony Buttacavoli Waterford MI H Todd Clamp Newberry SC Troy P Coker III Dallas TX David M Collins Cornelius OR Douglas Conciatu Sterling Heights MI Mark Conover Houston TX James D Cooper Thonotosassa FL Gaetan Coulombe

Cloridorme Quebec Canada Marcella Dankow

Ft McMurray Alberta Canada James Dawson Vacaville CA Drew Detsch San Francisco CA Donald Dewey Sierra Madre CA Van G Dickens Fayetteville NC Charles Dobbins Abingdon V A Donald E Dorrell Santa Barbara CA William Doud USMM Sterling NY Jack C Faas Lake Geneva WI Bill Farrell Cincinnati OH Joel Fenger Chester MT Geoffrey M Fickling McAlpine FL J W Corkey Fornof

Canyon Country CA James R Freese Ukiah CA Walter F Gall Bainbridge W A George Galpin Marton New Zealand Sidney Gehlert Pasadena MD Gary Gladd Fullerton CA Daniel H Gleason Coraopolis P A D Brad Gossen

Downsville Ontario Canada Charles D Grady Tallulah LA Charles E Graves Waterloo IA Jeffrey W Gray

Calgary Alberta Canada Allen D Guth Mokena IL Merv Halliday Tanau New Zealand C Kay Hanshell Sabina OH John E Henderson Lancaster PA Stuart G Henderson Durham NC Arthur L Herr Memphis TN Charles A Hinkle

North Little Rock AR Stephen R Hosch Louisvi lle KY Norman Howard CoffeyviUe KS Don Johnson Los Molinos CA

Wayne Johnson Minneapolis MN Louis A Kirn Apex NC Edward Kling West Chicago IL Paul R Kube San Diego CA Robert E Lake

Hot Springs Village AR James F Landers Elden W Larson Jan Love Robert B Love Louis Lufker Richard L Lutes Waldo Magnuson Scott Mathews Gary K Mathiasen Daniel C Maurin Roger C McAlister James S McAllister George Medue

Tempe AZ Bellevue WA

Saginaw MI Vienna VA

East Moriches NY Hampshire IL Spokane WA

Anchorage AK Dublin CA

San Francisco CA Blue River OR

Lake Monroe FL Medway OH

Bruce L Moore St Augustine FL Mark A Morrison Staley NC Michel Normandin

Longueuil Quebec Canada John L Northey Port Moody British Columbia Canada

Thomas R OHanlon Fort Ogden FL Richard L Oreair Jr Jacksonville FL Ronald J Parese Bridgewater CT Marlin Parrott Jefferson City MO Bryan C Pender Victor G Plumbo Timothy L Popp Jimmy Powers H L Richards John Robinson Robert Santolla David Sarge William A Shain Jeff Simmons

Millington TN Millville NJ

Fennville MI Greensboro NC

Springville AL Cape Coral FL Coraopolis P A Pine Grove P A

Liberty SC Houston TX

C Mahlon Skinnel Jr Lynchburg VA Ari Slitonen Jarvenpaa Finland Colin F Smith Half Moon Bay CA Robert J Smith Billings MT Stephen W Smith Anchorage AK Alan Sparks Joshua TX Cosmo St John Colchester VT Don Stearns Portsmouth NH Peter Strannemar Blairstown NJ Susan J Thompson Natick MA Gary Vassbotn

Calgary Alberta Canada Robert R Wallace Champaign IL Lynn Warren Shelby MI Homer R Weathers ColumbusOH Thomas A Whisnant

Granite Falls NC Julie A White Arizona City AZ Chuck Williams Bellflower CA Steven T Williamson

West Redding cr Kenneth B Woodard Greensboro NC Ronald C Wright Gatesville TX

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Notice is hereby given that an annual business meeting of the members of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division will be held on Wednesday August 4 1993 at 830 am (Central Daylight Time) at the 41st Annual Convention of the Experimental Aircraft Association Inc Wittman Regional Airport Oshkosh Wisconsin Notice is hereby further given that the annual election ofofficers and directors of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division will be conducted by ballot distributed to the members along with this June issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE Said ballot must be returned properly marked to the Ballot Tally Committee EAA AntiqueClassic Division P O Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 and received no later than July 31 1993 The Nominating Committee submits the following list of candidates Arthur R Morgan Vice-President EE Buck Hilbert Treasurer John S Jack Copeland Director Philip Coulson Director Stan GomoLL Director Dale A Gustafson Director Robert S Lickteig Director

ARTHUR R MORGAN Milwaukee Wisconsin

Art Morgan began fly ing in 1961 and received his private license in 1962 In 1965 he went on to get his commercial rating He has been a member of EAA since 1962 and began by parking airplanes at the EAA Conventions in Rockford Illinois Art was one of the first to start building a KR-l and although he did not complete his project he was instrumental in the completion of two of the litt le birds In 1974 he and his wife Kate purchased a 1939 Luscombe 8-C which he promptly rebuilt After two yea rs of fly ing the Luscombe Art and several friends orga nized the American Luscombe Club The Morgans also own a Bellanca 14-13 Art se rved the EAA as a Museum volunteer for several yea rs as Classic parking chairman at Oshkosh and also as AntiqueClassic Parki ng Chai rman Art has been a Director of the AntiqueClassic Division since 1978

E E BUCK HILBERT Union Illinois

Buck is a native of Chicago and a graduate of Lewis College He began learning the pilots point of view while work shying as a line boy at the old Elmhurst Airport near Chicago in 1938 The pay wasnt much but it was flying time and he soloed an Aeronca 65-LA Chief in October 1941 He enlisted in the Air Force shortly thereafter into the Training Command where he flew and instructed in many of the training aircraft of that era He flew gunnery training at Las Vegas Army Air Field in B-17s and finished up teaching Chinese Nationali st Pilots twin engine transition Recalled for the Korean war Buck qualified as an Army Aviator and flew with the HQ Company Air Section of the 24th Infant ry Division A most rewarding and memorable experience he reports Buck and Dorothy and their four children are at home at Hilbert s Funny Farm where he has an airstrip and keeps a stable of interesting and flyab le old airplanes Buck is a retired Un ited Airlines captain Buck is no stranger to the AntiqueClassic Division He is past president hav shying served from 1971 through 1975 He currently is Treasurer of the Division and is also a member of the EAA Aviation Foundation Board of Trustees

JOHN S JACK COPELAND Westborough Massachusetts

Jack received a degree in mechanical engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology in 1954 He served as an Aircraft Maintenance Officer on acti ve dut-y-in the middotUS Air Force from 1955- attaining the rank of captain in the USAF Rese rve Jack holds a co mmercial pilot license with a fli ght instructor rating He joined EAA in 1971 and the AntiqueClassic Division in 1975 shortly after purchasing his first aircraft a 1948 Cessna 140 At that time Jack lived in the Chicago area and participated in pre-Convention weekend work parties He has been an active volunteer at the last twelve annual Conventions serving at va rious times as Classic Parking Co-Chairman Manpower Co-Chairman and Manpower Chairman He was named an advisor to the AntiqueClassic Board of Directors in 1979 and served in that capacity until 1984 when he was elected to a Directorship Jack earns his living as a professional engineer and in addition to his EAA involvement is active as a Captain on the Massachusetts Wing Staff of the Civil Air Patrol

PHILIP COULSON Lawton Michigan

Phil was born on a fa rm in southwestern Michigan His first ride in an airplane was at the age of 16 in a Fairchild PT-23 owned and fl own by Horace Sackett a local pilot and AampP Twenty-years later Horace would be Phils guiding light in restoring his 1930 Waco INF Phil lea rned to fl y off a grass strip in Lawton Michigan in 1962 His original dual instrucshytion and solo fl ying was in a Piper J-5 Throughout the yea rs he has owned several aircraft including a J-3 Cub Taylorcraft TriPacer and Cessna 190 He and his wife Ruthie are lovers of Wacos and greatly enjoy flying their 1940 UPF-7 Waco Their Kinner powered 1930 INF Waco is currently on loan to the Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum in Kalamazoo MI They also own a Model G Bonanza Phil s military ca reer consisted of four yea rs in the US Air Force during the Korean War Phil is a li fe time EAA member and began attending EAA Conventions in Rockford Illinois He is a charter member of AntiqueClassic Chapter 8 and also a past president Phil is a past chairman of the annual Parade of Flight at Oshkosh and is currently the President of the newly formed American Waco Club Inc He was appointed advisor to the AntiqueClassic Board in 1985 The Coulsons live in Lawton Michigan

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STAN GOMOLL Blaine Minnesota

Stan soloed a J-3 Club on his 16th birthday on 11-30-42 In 1945 he served in the US Air Force as a ground crewman on B-29s based at Guam Stan received his AampE license in 1949 at Spartan School of Aeronautics then returned home to Minneapolis where he worked at a small airport In 1951 he was hired by Northwest Airlines as a mechanic progressing to Flight Engineer and Co-pilot Stan is now retired from Northwest Stans first airplane was a 193940 hp Taylorcraft Currently he owns and fli es a 1936 Waco Cabin and a 1946 J-3 Cub Over the years he has restored many airplanes Stan has been active in EAA working on various committees at the Annual Convention In 1976 he was named Advisor and elected to the Board of Directors in 1984 He is currently President of AntiqueClassic Chapter 4 in the Minneapolis area

RJ DOBBY LICKTEIG Albert Lea Minnesota

Dobby is a native of Minnesota and had his first ai rplane ride at the age of 13 in a Velie Monocoupe He earned a solo license in a J-2 Cub at the age of 16 working at the local ai rport for flying time and has been flying since then After completing college in Minnesota he entered Air Force pilot training and graduated in Class 421 and was assigned to a new P-47 fighter group His tour of combat was 2-112 years in the European Theater of Operations during World War 11 Dobby has owned a varied collection of aircraft including a Stinson V77 Stearman L-2M Aztec Citabria BT-13A and AT-6G In 1985 he completed the restoration of a KR-2l Kinner-powered biplane and donated it to the EAA Aviation Museum His airplanes are frequent visitors to all Upper Midwest fly-ins He has been active in EAA Antique Classic and Warbird activities since the Convention was moved to Oshkosh He served as president of the AntiqueClassic Division from 1984 until 1988 Dobby is retired and he and his wife Jeanne live in Albert Lea Minnesota Their son Scott is a licensed pilot and is active on the Warbirds parking committee at the Annual EAA Convention

DALE A GUSTAFSON Indianapolis IN

Dale has been interested in airplanes since he was a small child and took his first plane ride in 1939 at the age of 10 He started taking flying lessons in 1945 and soloed at 16 After high school he worked at the airport in South Bend Indiana servicing airliners handling cargo and doing field maintenance Dale attended Spartan School of Aeronaut ics in 1948 and 1949 to obtain additional pilot ratings After this he freelanced as a fli ght instructor and ran a small FBO at South Bend until he was hired as a co-pilot on Turner Airlines in Indianapolis in 1950 Through name changes and mergers the airline is now USAir He had been with the airline for more than 35 years when he retired His plans now are to spend his time between Indiana and Florida where he has property adjoining a private airstrip Through the years Dale has owned various aircraft including a Stinson V77 Piper Colt Fairchild 24 Cessna 150 and several modern airplanes He currently owns a Cessna 195 plus a Stearman PT-17 and Piper J-4 which are being restored Recently Dale and his wife operated a small ai rport northwest of Indianapolis He is a member of several organizations interested in antique classic and homebuilt aircraft He has been a member of EAA since 1960 and the AntiqueClassic Division since it was organized He has served as an Advisor to the Division and currently is se rving as a Director For several years Dale has judged antiques at Oshkosh and served as Program Chairman for the AntiqueClassic Division awards

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1ST PLACE GROUND TO AIR - Robert T Beecher (AIC 17924) Chicago IL captured this truly rare photo of a Parks P-2A in flight Since there are only a few of these airplanes left flying this is definitely one for the scrapbooks

2ND PLACE GROUND TO AIR - Myron Heimer (AIC 8190) 3RD PLACE GROUND TO AIR - LeRoy Falk (AIC 9411) CarshyRose Creek MN pentersville IL neatly frames this Fairchild 24W

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1ST PLACE GROUND TO GROUND - Myron Heimer gets his second award with this in your face shot of a Dwain Pittengers Cessna T -50 Bobcat

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HONORABLE MENTION GROUND TO GROUND - L Vincent Hostetler (AIC 14206) Grand Junction CO Even rarer than the Parks P-2 this Parks P-1 now resides at Parks College of St Louis University in Cahokia IL

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1ST PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - LeRoy Falk receives top honors with this picture

of Chuck Spencer refueling Bill Roses Fairchild 22

2ND PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - Don Levandoski gets his second award with this shot of Allen Rudolph touching-up the aileron on the Pietenpol in the AlC tent at Oshkosh 92

3RD PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - (right) Jeri Mihalic (EAA 277478) Mammoth Cave KY shows The Oshkosh Experience in this picture of her husband Dave and his 1957 Bonanza

2ND PLACE - CHAIRMANS CHOICE - Myron Heimer shows us that not all TIger Moths are small

1ST PLACE CHAIRMANS CHOICE - James W Fowler (AIC 2293) Houston TX suitably titled this picture Young Eagle

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1ST PLACE WATER BIRDS - Pat Quinn (AIC 9207) of Ventura CA gives us a glimpse back in time with this photo titled Brennands Seaplane Base 1952 or 1992

2ND PLACE WATER BIRDS - Robert T Beecher

3RD PLACE WATER BIRDS - Myron Heimer brings back WATER BIRDS HONORABLE MENTION - William McCarrei all the memories of a calm summer day (AlC 4496) White Pigeon MI

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Judges Choice for 1992

This dazzling photo of a Lockheed 12-A Electra taken by Robert T Beecher receives the p restig ious honor of

Your judges for the 1992 Anshy man Lorraine Morris EE Tex tiqueClassic Photo Contest were Hilbert Chairman Jack McCarthy (left to right) Dan Hans Co-Chair- Bill Lombardi Lee Fray and Eric

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Lundahl Contest Chairman Jack McshyCarthy would like to thank all of the judges who helped out this year and he would also like to particularly thank Lorraine Morris who helped organize this year s event and did most of the record-keeping Lorraine is an active AC member and she flies a Boeing 737-400 for a living

The AC photo contest is on again for EAA Oshkosh 93 so get your cameras ready for the summer In next month s issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE the rules for the contest will be published and they will also be available when you register for the contest at the AC Red Barn during the Convention Remember the conshytest is for photos of Antique Classic or Contemporary aircraft shot either enroute at the EAA Convention or on the way home Our thanks to the over one hundred() AC members who entered this years contest and we look forward to seeing you again this year

The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a mailer of information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the information to EAA A(( Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903shy3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

JUNE 11-13 - DENTON TX - Denton Municipal Airport AAA (Texas Chapter) 30th Annual Fly-In Contact John or Nancy Whatley 214517-1981 or Bert Mashyhon817387-2620

JUNE 12 - GADSDEN AL - J-3 and Piper high wing Annual Fly-In Camping Bomb Drop Spot Landings Hangar dance Contact Faye Bryant Gadsden Pilots Asshysoc 196 Ira Gray Dr Gadsden AL 35901 205442-3313

JUNE 12 - NEWPORT NEWS V A shy21st Annual Colonial Fly-In Newport NewsWilliamsburg IntI Airport Sponshysored by EAA Chapter 156 Contact ofr inshyformation and NORDO entry Charles Colshylier 620 Hilton Rd Newport News V A 23605 804247-5844

JUNE 13 - AURORA IL - Aurora Mushynicipal Airport EAA Chapte r 579 FlyshyInlDrive -In breakfast and airport FBO open house 7am - 3pm Contact Alan Shackleton 708466-4193 or Bob Rieser Airport Manager 708466-7000

JUNE 19 - WILD ROSE WI - Idlewild Airport - Pancake BreakfastFly-In Idlewild-Wild Rose Airport Assoc PO Box 296 Wild Rose WI 54984 Call 414622-4020

JUNE 24-27 - MT VERNON OH shy34th Annual National Waco Reunion Greatest WACO Show On EARTH For more information call 513868-0084

JUNE 26-27 - ORANGE MA - Orshyange Municipal Airport 17th Annual New England Regional Fly-In sponsored by the Friends of the Orange Airport Contact Bob McKenney 508544-8762 or Len Beshydaw (Orange Airport) 508544-8189 or Fax 508249-5940

JUNE 26-27 - GREELEY CO - EAA Rocky Mountain Fly-In Antiques Classhysics homebuilts warbirds ultralights No registration fee free camping transportashytion to local motels 3031798-6086 or 353shy5514

JULY 4 - WISCONSIN RAPIDS WIshyWI Rapids Airport EAA Chapter 706 FlyshyInDrive In Pancake Breakfast 730shy1130am Call 715435-3644 for information

JULY 7-11 - ARLINGTON WA shyNorthwest EAA Fly-In 206435-5857

JULY 10 -11- DELAWARE OHshy12th Annual EAA Chapter 9 Fly-In

Delaware Airport Contact Alan Harding 614442-0024

JULY 10 -11- EMMETSBURG lA shy5th Annual Aeronca Fly-In sponsored by tbe Tail dragger Club Contact Keith Harnden Box 285 Emmetsburg IA 50536

JULY 11- MICHIGAN CITY IN - EAA Chapter 966 Pancake Breakfast Contacts The Dees - 219324-6060 or the Hugley s 219325-0133

JULY 16-18 - RED LAKE ONTARlOshyNorseman Festival and Fly-In at Red Lake Ontario Norseman Capita l of the World Floats and wheels Contact Ron Robinson Box 308 Red LakeOntario Canada POV 2MO Phone 807727-2809 or Fax 807727shy3980

JULY 23 -24 - COFFEYVILLE KS shyFunk Aircraft Owners Assoc Reunion Conshytact Gene Ventress 10215 S Monticello Shawnee Mission KS 66227 Phone 9131782shy1483

JULY 24 -27 - WAUSAU WI - Ercoupe Owners Club National Convention Contact Syd Cohen 715842-7814

JULY 24 AND 25 - SHIOCTON WI shyAnnual Fly-In Contact Joyce Baggot 414986-3547

JULY 27 - AUGUST 7 - VALshyPARAISO (VPZ) IN Food and Fuel booth Stop by and see us on your way to and from Oshkosh We are famous for our hospitality Sponsored by EAA Chapter 104 Contact 219884-1619

THURSDAY JULY 29 -WEDNESDA Y AUGUST 4 1993 - OSHKOSH WI- 41st Annual EAA Fly-In and Sport Aviation Convention Wittman Regional Airport Con tact John Burton PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54904-3086 Call 414426-4800 for more information ITS NEVER TOO EARLY TO MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND

AUGUST 6 - 8 - STILLWATER OKshyLake Elmo Airport Sesquicentennial Aviashytion Days Fly-In breakfast balloon rally other events 612430-1200 for more inforshymation

AUGUST 12-15 - LOCK HAVEN PAshyWilliam T Piper Memorial Airport Sentishymental Journey 93 Aerial Mail To Lock Haven is this years tbeme All makes and models welcome especially Antique and classic airplanes Call 717893-4200 (9am til 5 pm) Fax 717893-4218 or write PO Box Jshy3 Lock Haven PA 17745-0496

AUGUST 15 - BROOKFIELD WIshyCapitol Airport 8th Annual Vintage Airshycraft Display and Ice Cream Social Midwest Antique Airplane Club will also hold its monthly fly-In meeting For more informashytion call George Meade at 414962-2428

AUGUST 27-29 - SUSSEX NJ - Sussex Airport Sussex Airshow For more informashytion call 2011875-0783

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EAA Chapter 391 Fly-IN Food flying tours raffle and more Camping on the field For more info call Thopson Aircraft at 5091786-1034

SEPT 8-12 - GALESBURG IL -Galesburg Municipal Airport 22nd Nashytional Stearman Fly-In Contact Tom Lowe 823 Kingston Ln Crystal Lake IL 60014 815459-6873 or Harold Canada 370 Hawkinson Av Galesburg IL 61401 309343-9850

SEPT 17-19 - KANKAKEE IL - Koshyerner Airport 9th Annual Midwest Stinshyson Fly-In Seminars on Stinson 108s and Franklin engi nes FAA Safety Seminars Sat night banquet Fly-outs rally and performance contests Camping on the field Contact Loran Nordgren 4 W Neshybraska Frankfort IL 60423 Phone 815469-9100

SEPT 11middot12 bull MARION OH - EAA Mid-Eastern Regional Fly-In (MERFI) 513849-9455

SEPT 18-19 -Hickory NC - 8th Annual EAA Chapter 731 Fly-In Contact Jean Smith days 704396-7032 or Norman Rainshywater evenings 704328-5807

SEPT 18middot19 - ROCK FALLS IL shyEAA Nortb Central Fly-In 708513-0642

SEPT 20 - ROCK FALLS IL - Panshycake Breakfast in Conjuction with the North Central Fly-ln

SEPT 24-25 - HEBER CITY UT shyUtah State EAA Sport Aviation 8tb Intershymountain Fly-In Seminars demonstrashytions aircraft judging camping food tours and fun Heber Valley Airport (36U) Conshytact Russ McDonald 801645-9543

SEPT 24middot26 - CAMDEN SC 52 nd reunion of Southern Aviation School pilot Primary Flight Training 1941-1944 For all Alumni employees and all personel Conshytact Bill Hawkins PO Box 789 Camden SC 29020 Phone 803432-9595

SEPT 25middot26 - WILMINGTON DE shyEAA East Coast Regional Fly-In 3011933shy0314

SEPT 30 bull OCT 3 bull OWENSBORO KY Owensboro Davies County Airport Annual Convention of International Cessna 120140 Assoc Contact David Lowe or Gil Pounds 502736-5392 or Fax 736-2403

OCT 1middot2middot BARTLESVILLE OK shy36th Annual Tulsa Fly-In Special Aircraft this year include the EAA replica Spirit of St Louis and the original Woolaroc winshyner of the 1927 Dole Pineapple race Conshytact Charlie Harris 3933 S Peoria Tulsa OK 74105 9181742-7311

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS On this page youll see the latest additions to the ranks of the EAA AnshytiqueClassic Division Whether youre joining for the first time or are coming back we welcome you and wed especially like to welcome those ofyou who are joining us with your interest in Contemporary class aircraft Welcome one and all

Randy Abegglen Lewisville ID Jose Abreu Miami FL Tracy A Ake Gainesville VA Roy B Allison Minneapolis MN Carson V Baker Crestwood KY James E Bean Northport NY Tom Beck Bethel AK George Beckerman Mt Carmel IL John F Benson Glendora CA Paul W Blackman Finksburg MD Don Blehm Green Mtn Falls CO Michael G Brown Roanoke VA Samuel W Bruce Eagle Rock VA Walter R Bullerwell Dickson TN David W Burns MarengoIL Tony Buttacavoli Waterford MI H Todd Clamp Newberry SC Troy P Coker III Dallas TX David M Collins Cornelius OR Douglas Conciatu Sterling Heights MI Mark Conover Houston TX James D Cooper Thonotosassa FL Gaetan Coulombe

Cloridorme Quebec Canada Marcella Dankow

Ft McMurray Alberta Canada James Dawson Vacaville CA Drew Detsch San Francisco CA Donald Dewey Sierra Madre CA Van G Dickens Fayetteville NC Charles Dobbins Abingdon V A Donald E Dorrell Santa Barbara CA William Doud USMM Sterling NY Jack C Faas Lake Geneva WI Bill Farrell Cincinnati OH Joel Fenger Chester MT Geoffrey M Fickling McAlpine FL J W Corkey Fornof

Canyon Country CA James R Freese Ukiah CA Walter F Gall Bainbridge W A George Galpin Marton New Zealand Sidney Gehlert Pasadena MD Gary Gladd Fullerton CA Daniel H Gleason Coraopolis P A D Brad Gossen

Downsville Ontario Canada Charles D Grady Tallulah LA Charles E Graves Waterloo IA Jeffrey W Gray

Calgary Alberta Canada Allen D Guth Mokena IL Merv Halliday Tanau New Zealand C Kay Hanshell Sabina OH John E Henderson Lancaster PA Stuart G Henderson Durham NC Arthur L Herr Memphis TN Charles A Hinkle

North Little Rock AR Stephen R Hosch Louisvi lle KY Norman Howard CoffeyviUe KS Don Johnson Los Molinos CA

Wayne Johnson Minneapolis MN Louis A Kirn Apex NC Edward Kling West Chicago IL Paul R Kube San Diego CA Robert E Lake

Hot Springs Village AR James F Landers Elden W Larson Jan Love Robert B Love Louis Lufker Richard L Lutes Waldo Magnuson Scott Mathews Gary K Mathiasen Daniel C Maurin Roger C McAlister James S McAllister George Medue

Tempe AZ Bellevue WA

Saginaw MI Vienna VA

East Moriches NY Hampshire IL Spokane WA

Anchorage AK Dublin CA

San Francisco CA Blue River OR

Lake Monroe FL Medway OH

Bruce L Moore St Augustine FL Mark A Morrison Staley NC Michel Normandin

Longueuil Quebec Canada John L Northey Port Moody British Columbia Canada

Thomas R OHanlon Fort Ogden FL Richard L Oreair Jr Jacksonville FL Ronald J Parese Bridgewater CT Marlin Parrott Jefferson City MO Bryan C Pender Victor G Plumbo Timothy L Popp Jimmy Powers H L Richards John Robinson Robert Santolla David Sarge William A Shain Jeff Simmons

Millington TN Millville NJ

Fennville MI Greensboro NC

Springville AL Cape Coral FL Coraopolis P A Pine Grove P A

Liberty SC Houston TX

C Mahlon Skinnel Jr Lynchburg VA Ari Slitonen Jarvenpaa Finland Colin F Smith Half Moon Bay CA Robert J Smith Billings MT Stephen W Smith Anchorage AK Alan Sparks Joshua TX Cosmo St John Colchester VT Don Stearns Portsmouth NH Peter Strannemar Blairstown NJ Susan J Thompson Natick MA Gary Vassbotn

Calgary Alberta Canada Robert R Wallace Champaign IL Lynn Warren Shelby MI Homer R Weathers ColumbusOH Thomas A Whisnant

Granite Falls NC Julie A White Arizona City AZ Chuck Williams Bellflower CA Steven T Williamson

West Redding cr Kenneth B Woodard Greensboro NC Ronald C Wright Gatesville TX

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Notice is hereby given that an annual business meeting of the members of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division will be held on Wednesday August 4 1993 at 830 am (Central Daylight Time) at the 41st Annual Convention of the Experimental Aircraft Association Inc Wittman Regional Airport Oshkosh Wisconsin Notice is hereby further given that the annual election ofofficers and directors of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division will be conducted by ballot distributed to the members along with this June issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE Said ballot must be returned properly marked to the Ballot Tally Committee EAA AntiqueClassic Division P O Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 and received no later than July 31 1993 The Nominating Committee submits the following list of candidates Arthur R Morgan Vice-President EE Buck Hilbert Treasurer John S Jack Copeland Director Philip Coulson Director Stan GomoLL Director Dale A Gustafson Director Robert S Lickteig Director

ARTHUR R MORGAN Milwaukee Wisconsin

Art Morgan began fly ing in 1961 and received his private license in 1962 In 1965 he went on to get his commercial rating He has been a member of EAA since 1962 and began by parking airplanes at the EAA Conventions in Rockford Illinois Art was one of the first to start building a KR-l and although he did not complete his project he was instrumental in the completion of two of the litt le birds In 1974 he and his wife Kate purchased a 1939 Luscombe 8-C which he promptly rebuilt After two yea rs of fly ing the Luscombe Art and several friends orga nized the American Luscombe Club The Morgans also own a Bellanca 14-13 Art se rved the EAA as a Museum volunteer for several yea rs as Classic parking chairman at Oshkosh and also as AntiqueClassic Parki ng Chai rman Art has been a Director of the AntiqueClassic Division since 1978

E E BUCK HILBERT Union Illinois

Buck is a native of Chicago and a graduate of Lewis College He began learning the pilots point of view while work shying as a line boy at the old Elmhurst Airport near Chicago in 1938 The pay wasnt much but it was flying time and he soloed an Aeronca 65-LA Chief in October 1941 He enlisted in the Air Force shortly thereafter into the Training Command where he flew and instructed in many of the training aircraft of that era He flew gunnery training at Las Vegas Army Air Field in B-17s and finished up teaching Chinese Nationali st Pilots twin engine transition Recalled for the Korean war Buck qualified as an Army Aviator and flew with the HQ Company Air Section of the 24th Infant ry Division A most rewarding and memorable experience he reports Buck and Dorothy and their four children are at home at Hilbert s Funny Farm where he has an airstrip and keeps a stable of interesting and flyab le old airplanes Buck is a retired Un ited Airlines captain Buck is no stranger to the AntiqueClassic Division He is past president hav shying served from 1971 through 1975 He currently is Treasurer of the Division and is also a member of the EAA Aviation Foundation Board of Trustees

JOHN S JACK COPELAND Westborough Massachusetts

Jack received a degree in mechanical engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology in 1954 He served as an Aircraft Maintenance Officer on acti ve dut-y-in the middotUS Air Force from 1955- attaining the rank of captain in the USAF Rese rve Jack holds a co mmercial pilot license with a fli ght instructor rating He joined EAA in 1971 and the AntiqueClassic Division in 1975 shortly after purchasing his first aircraft a 1948 Cessna 140 At that time Jack lived in the Chicago area and participated in pre-Convention weekend work parties He has been an active volunteer at the last twelve annual Conventions serving at va rious times as Classic Parking Co-Chairman Manpower Co-Chairman and Manpower Chairman He was named an advisor to the AntiqueClassic Board of Directors in 1979 and served in that capacity until 1984 when he was elected to a Directorship Jack earns his living as a professional engineer and in addition to his EAA involvement is active as a Captain on the Massachusetts Wing Staff of the Civil Air Patrol

PHILIP COULSON Lawton Michigan

Phil was born on a fa rm in southwestern Michigan His first ride in an airplane was at the age of 16 in a Fairchild PT-23 owned and fl own by Horace Sackett a local pilot and AampP Twenty-years later Horace would be Phils guiding light in restoring his 1930 Waco INF Phil lea rned to fl y off a grass strip in Lawton Michigan in 1962 His original dual instrucshytion and solo fl ying was in a Piper J-5 Throughout the yea rs he has owned several aircraft including a J-3 Cub Taylorcraft TriPacer and Cessna 190 He and his wife Ruthie are lovers of Wacos and greatly enjoy flying their 1940 UPF-7 Waco Their Kinner powered 1930 INF Waco is currently on loan to the Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum in Kalamazoo MI They also own a Model G Bonanza Phil s military ca reer consisted of four yea rs in the US Air Force during the Korean War Phil is a li fe time EAA member and began attending EAA Conventions in Rockford Illinois He is a charter member of AntiqueClassic Chapter 8 and also a past president Phil is a past chairman of the annual Parade of Flight at Oshkosh and is currently the President of the newly formed American Waco Club Inc He was appointed advisor to the AntiqueClassic Board in 1985 The Coulsons live in Lawton Michigan

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STAN GOMOLL Blaine Minnesota

Stan soloed a J-3 Club on his 16th birthday on 11-30-42 In 1945 he served in the US Air Force as a ground crewman on B-29s based at Guam Stan received his AampE license in 1949 at Spartan School of Aeronautics then returned home to Minneapolis where he worked at a small airport In 1951 he was hired by Northwest Airlines as a mechanic progressing to Flight Engineer and Co-pilot Stan is now retired from Northwest Stans first airplane was a 193940 hp Taylorcraft Currently he owns and fli es a 1936 Waco Cabin and a 1946 J-3 Cub Over the years he has restored many airplanes Stan has been active in EAA working on various committees at the Annual Convention In 1976 he was named Advisor and elected to the Board of Directors in 1984 He is currently President of AntiqueClassic Chapter 4 in the Minneapolis area

RJ DOBBY LICKTEIG Albert Lea Minnesota

Dobby is a native of Minnesota and had his first ai rplane ride at the age of 13 in a Velie Monocoupe He earned a solo license in a J-2 Cub at the age of 16 working at the local ai rport for flying time and has been flying since then After completing college in Minnesota he entered Air Force pilot training and graduated in Class 421 and was assigned to a new P-47 fighter group His tour of combat was 2-112 years in the European Theater of Operations during World War 11 Dobby has owned a varied collection of aircraft including a Stinson V77 Stearman L-2M Aztec Citabria BT-13A and AT-6G In 1985 he completed the restoration of a KR-2l Kinner-powered biplane and donated it to the EAA Aviation Museum His airplanes are frequent visitors to all Upper Midwest fly-ins He has been active in EAA Antique Classic and Warbird activities since the Convention was moved to Oshkosh He served as president of the AntiqueClassic Division from 1984 until 1988 Dobby is retired and he and his wife Jeanne live in Albert Lea Minnesota Their son Scott is a licensed pilot and is active on the Warbirds parking committee at the Annual EAA Convention

DALE A GUSTAFSON Indianapolis IN

Dale has been interested in airplanes since he was a small child and took his first plane ride in 1939 at the age of 10 He started taking flying lessons in 1945 and soloed at 16 After high school he worked at the airport in South Bend Indiana servicing airliners handling cargo and doing field maintenance Dale attended Spartan School of Aeronaut ics in 1948 and 1949 to obtain additional pilot ratings After this he freelanced as a fli ght instructor and ran a small FBO at South Bend until he was hired as a co-pilot on Turner Airlines in Indianapolis in 1950 Through name changes and mergers the airline is now USAir He had been with the airline for more than 35 years when he retired His plans now are to spend his time between Indiana and Florida where he has property adjoining a private airstrip Through the years Dale has owned various aircraft including a Stinson V77 Piper Colt Fairchild 24 Cessna 150 and several modern airplanes He currently owns a Cessna 195 plus a Stearman PT-17 and Piper J-4 which are being restored Recently Dale and his wife operated a small ai rport northwest of Indianapolis He is a member of several organizations interested in antique classic and homebuilt aircraft He has been a member of EAA since 1960 and the AntiqueClassic Division since it was organized He has served as an Advisor to the Division and currently is se rving as a Director For several years Dale has judged antiques at Oshkosh and served as Program Chairman for the AntiqueClassic Division awards

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1ST PLACE GROUND TO GROUND - Myron Heimer gets his second award with this in your face shot of a Dwain Pittengers Cessna T -50 Bobcat

3RD PLACE GROUND TO GROUND - LeRoy Falk

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HONORABLE MENTION GROUND TO GROUND - L Vincent Hostetler (AIC 14206) Grand Junction CO Even rarer than the Parks P-2 this Parks P-1 now resides at Parks College of St Louis University in Cahokia IL

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1ST PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - LeRoy Falk receives top honors with this picture

of Chuck Spencer refueling Bill Roses Fairchild 22

2ND PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - Don Levandoski gets his second award with this shot of Allen Rudolph touching-up the aileron on the Pietenpol in the AlC tent at Oshkosh 92

3RD PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - (right) Jeri Mihalic (EAA 277478) Mammoth Cave KY shows The Oshkosh Experience in this picture of her husband Dave and his 1957 Bonanza

2ND PLACE - CHAIRMANS CHOICE - Myron Heimer shows us that not all TIger Moths are small

1ST PLACE CHAIRMANS CHOICE - James W Fowler (AIC 2293) Houston TX suitably titled this picture Young Eagle

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1ST PLACE WATER BIRDS - Pat Quinn (AIC 9207) of Ventura CA gives us a glimpse back in time with this photo titled Brennands Seaplane Base 1952 or 1992

2ND PLACE WATER BIRDS - Robert T Beecher

3RD PLACE WATER BIRDS - Myron Heimer brings back WATER BIRDS HONORABLE MENTION - William McCarrei all the memories of a calm summer day (AlC 4496) White Pigeon MI

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Judges Choice for 1992

This dazzling photo of a Lockheed 12-A Electra taken by Robert T Beecher receives the p restig ious honor of

Your judges for the 1992 Anshy man Lorraine Morris EE Tex tiqueClassic Photo Contest were Hilbert Chairman Jack McCarthy (left to right) Dan Hans Co-Chair- Bill Lombardi Lee Fray and Eric

24 JUNE 1993

Lundahl Contest Chairman Jack McshyCarthy would like to thank all of the judges who helped out this year and he would also like to particularly thank Lorraine Morris who helped organize this year s event and did most of the record-keeping Lorraine is an active AC member and she flies a Boeing 737-400 for a living

The AC photo contest is on again for EAA Oshkosh 93 so get your cameras ready for the summer In next month s issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE the rules for the contest will be published and they will also be available when you register for the contest at the AC Red Barn during the Convention Remember the conshytest is for photos of Antique Classic or Contemporary aircraft shot either enroute at the EAA Convention or on the way home Our thanks to the over one hundred() AC members who entered this years contest and we look forward to seeing you again this year

The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a mailer of information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the information to EAA A(( Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903shy3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

JUNE 11-13 - DENTON TX - Denton Municipal Airport AAA (Texas Chapter) 30th Annual Fly-In Contact John or Nancy Whatley 214517-1981 or Bert Mashyhon817387-2620

JUNE 12 - GADSDEN AL - J-3 and Piper high wing Annual Fly-In Camping Bomb Drop Spot Landings Hangar dance Contact Faye Bryant Gadsden Pilots Asshysoc 196 Ira Gray Dr Gadsden AL 35901 205442-3313

JUNE 12 - NEWPORT NEWS V A shy21st Annual Colonial Fly-In Newport NewsWilliamsburg IntI Airport Sponshysored by EAA Chapter 156 Contact ofr inshyformation and NORDO entry Charles Colshylier 620 Hilton Rd Newport News V A 23605 804247-5844

JUNE 13 - AURORA IL - Aurora Mushynicipal Airport EAA Chapte r 579 FlyshyInlDrive -In breakfast and airport FBO open house 7am - 3pm Contact Alan Shackleton 708466-4193 or Bob Rieser Airport Manager 708466-7000

JUNE 19 - WILD ROSE WI - Idlewild Airport - Pancake BreakfastFly-In Idlewild-Wild Rose Airport Assoc PO Box 296 Wild Rose WI 54984 Call 414622-4020

JUNE 24-27 - MT VERNON OH shy34th Annual National Waco Reunion Greatest WACO Show On EARTH For more information call 513868-0084

JUNE 26-27 - ORANGE MA - Orshyange Municipal Airport 17th Annual New England Regional Fly-In sponsored by the Friends of the Orange Airport Contact Bob McKenney 508544-8762 or Len Beshydaw (Orange Airport) 508544-8189 or Fax 508249-5940

JUNE 26-27 - GREELEY CO - EAA Rocky Mountain Fly-In Antiques Classhysics homebuilts warbirds ultralights No registration fee free camping transportashytion to local motels 3031798-6086 or 353shy5514

JULY 4 - WISCONSIN RAPIDS WIshyWI Rapids Airport EAA Chapter 706 FlyshyInDrive In Pancake Breakfast 730shy1130am Call 715435-3644 for information

JULY 7-11 - ARLINGTON WA shyNorthwest EAA Fly-In 206435-5857

JULY 10 -11- DELAWARE OHshy12th Annual EAA Chapter 9 Fly-In

Delaware Airport Contact Alan Harding 614442-0024

JULY 10 -11- EMMETSBURG lA shy5th Annual Aeronca Fly-In sponsored by tbe Tail dragger Club Contact Keith Harnden Box 285 Emmetsburg IA 50536

JULY 11- MICHIGAN CITY IN - EAA Chapter 966 Pancake Breakfast Contacts The Dees - 219324-6060 or the Hugley s 219325-0133

JULY 16-18 - RED LAKE ONTARlOshyNorseman Festival and Fly-In at Red Lake Ontario Norseman Capita l of the World Floats and wheels Contact Ron Robinson Box 308 Red LakeOntario Canada POV 2MO Phone 807727-2809 or Fax 807727shy3980

JULY 23 -24 - COFFEYVILLE KS shyFunk Aircraft Owners Assoc Reunion Conshytact Gene Ventress 10215 S Monticello Shawnee Mission KS 66227 Phone 9131782shy1483

JULY 24 -27 - WAUSAU WI - Ercoupe Owners Club National Convention Contact Syd Cohen 715842-7814

JULY 24 AND 25 - SHIOCTON WI shyAnnual Fly-In Contact Joyce Baggot 414986-3547

JULY 27 - AUGUST 7 - VALshyPARAISO (VPZ) IN Food and Fuel booth Stop by and see us on your way to and from Oshkosh We are famous for our hospitality Sponsored by EAA Chapter 104 Contact 219884-1619

THURSDAY JULY 29 -WEDNESDA Y AUGUST 4 1993 - OSHKOSH WI- 41st Annual EAA Fly-In and Sport Aviation Convention Wittman Regional Airport Con tact John Burton PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54904-3086 Call 414426-4800 for more information ITS NEVER TOO EARLY TO MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND

AUGUST 6 - 8 - STILLWATER OKshyLake Elmo Airport Sesquicentennial Aviashytion Days Fly-In breakfast balloon rally other events 612430-1200 for more inforshymation

AUGUST 12-15 - LOCK HAVEN PAshyWilliam T Piper Memorial Airport Sentishymental Journey 93 Aerial Mail To Lock Haven is this years tbeme All makes and models welcome especially Antique and classic airplanes Call 717893-4200 (9am til 5 pm) Fax 717893-4218 or write PO Box Jshy3 Lock Haven PA 17745-0496

AUGUST 15 - BROOKFIELD WIshyCapitol Airport 8th Annual Vintage Airshycraft Display and Ice Cream Social Midwest Antique Airplane Club will also hold its monthly fly-In meeting For more informashytion call George Meade at 414962-2428

AUGUST 27-29 - SUSSEX NJ - Sussex Airport Sussex Airshow For more informashytion call 2011875-0783

SEPT 4-5 PROSSER W A - 10th Annual

EAA Chapter 391 Fly-IN Food flying tours raffle and more Camping on the field For more info call Thopson Aircraft at 5091786-1034

SEPT 8-12 - GALESBURG IL -Galesburg Municipal Airport 22nd Nashytional Stearman Fly-In Contact Tom Lowe 823 Kingston Ln Crystal Lake IL 60014 815459-6873 or Harold Canada 370 Hawkinson Av Galesburg IL 61401 309343-9850

SEPT 17-19 - KANKAKEE IL - Koshyerner Airport 9th Annual Midwest Stinshyson Fly-In Seminars on Stinson 108s and Franklin engi nes FAA Safety Seminars Sat night banquet Fly-outs rally and performance contests Camping on the field Contact Loran Nordgren 4 W Neshybraska Frankfort IL 60423 Phone 815469-9100

SEPT 11middot12 bull MARION OH - EAA Mid-Eastern Regional Fly-In (MERFI) 513849-9455

SEPT 18-19 -Hickory NC - 8th Annual EAA Chapter 731 Fly-In Contact Jean Smith days 704396-7032 or Norman Rainshywater evenings 704328-5807

SEPT 18middot19 - ROCK FALLS IL shyEAA Nortb Central Fly-In 708513-0642

SEPT 20 - ROCK FALLS IL - Panshycake Breakfast in Conjuction with the North Central Fly-ln

SEPT 24-25 - HEBER CITY UT shyUtah State EAA Sport Aviation 8tb Intershymountain Fly-In Seminars demonstrashytions aircraft judging camping food tours and fun Heber Valley Airport (36U) Conshytact Russ McDonald 801645-9543

SEPT 24middot26 - CAMDEN SC 52 nd reunion of Southern Aviation School pilot Primary Flight Training 1941-1944 For all Alumni employees and all personel Conshytact Bill Hawkins PO Box 789 Camden SC 29020 Phone 803432-9595

SEPT 25middot26 - WILMINGTON DE shyEAA East Coast Regional Fly-In 3011933shy0314

SEPT 30 bull OCT 3 bull OWENSBORO KY Owensboro Davies County Airport Annual Convention of International Cessna 120140 Assoc Contact David Lowe or Gil Pounds 502736-5392 or Fax 736-2403

OCT 1middot2middot BARTLESVILLE OK shy36th Annual Tulsa Fly-In Special Aircraft this year include the EAA replica Spirit of St Louis and the original Woolaroc winshyner of the 1927 Dole Pineapple race Conshytact Charlie Harris 3933 S Peoria Tulsa OK 74105 9181742-7311

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS On this page youll see the latest additions to the ranks of the EAA AnshytiqueClassic Division Whether youre joining for the first time or are coming back we welcome you and wed especially like to welcome those ofyou who are joining us with your interest in Contemporary class aircraft Welcome one and all

Randy Abegglen Lewisville ID Jose Abreu Miami FL Tracy A Ake Gainesville VA Roy B Allison Minneapolis MN Carson V Baker Crestwood KY James E Bean Northport NY Tom Beck Bethel AK George Beckerman Mt Carmel IL John F Benson Glendora CA Paul W Blackman Finksburg MD Don Blehm Green Mtn Falls CO Michael G Brown Roanoke VA Samuel W Bruce Eagle Rock VA Walter R Bullerwell Dickson TN David W Burns MarengoIL Tony Buttacavoli Waterford MI H Todd Clamp Newberry SC Troy P Coker III Dallas TX David M Collins Cornelius OR Douglas Conciatu Sterling Heights MI Mark Conover Houston TX James D Cooper Thonotosassa FL Gaetan Coulombe

Cloridorme Quebec Canada Marcella Dankow

Ft McMurray Alberta Canada James Dawson Vacaville CA Drew Detsch San Francisco CA Donald Dewey Sierra Madre CA Van G Dickens Fayetteville NC Charles Dobbins Abingdon V A Donald E Dorrell Santa Barbara CA William Doud USMM Sterling NY Jack C Faas Lake Geneva WI Bill Farrell Cincinnati OH Joel Fenger Chester MT Geoffrey M Fickling McAlpine FL J W Corkey Fornof

Canyon Country CA James R Freese Ukiah CA Walter F Gall Bainbridge W A George Galpin Marton New Zealand Sidney Gehlert Pasadena MD Gary Gladd Fullerton CA Daniel H Gleason Coraopolis P A D Brad Gossen

Downsville Ontario Canada Charles D Grady Tallulah LA Charles E Graves Waterloo IA Jeffrey W Gray

Calgary Alberta Canada Allen D Guth Mokena IL Merv Halliday Tanau New Zealand C Kay Hanshell Sabina OH John E Henderson Lancaster PA Stuart G Henderson Durham NC Arthur L Herr Memphis TN Charles A Hinkle

North Little Rock AR Stephen R Hosch Louisvi lle KY Norman Howard CoffeyviUe KS Don Johnson Los Molinos CA

Wayne Johnson Minneapolis MN Louis A Kirn Apex NC Edward Kling West Chicago IL Paul R Kube San Diego CA Robert E Lake

Hot Springs Village AR James F Landers Elden W Larson Jan Love Robert B Love Louis Lufker Richard L Lutes Waldo Magnuson Scott Mathews Gary K Mathiasen Daniel C Maurin Roger C McAlister James S McAllister George Medue

Tempe AZ Bellevue WA

Saginaw MI Vienna VA

East Moriches NY Hampshire IL Spokane WA

Anchorage AK Dublin CA

San Francisco CA Blue River OR

Lake Monroe FL Medway OH

Bruce L Moore St Augustine FL Mark A Morrison Staley NC Michel Normandin

Longueuil Quebec Canada John L Northey Port Moody British Columbia Canada

Thomas R OHanlon Fort Ogden FL Richard L Oreair Jr Jacksonville FL Ronald J Parese Bridgewater CT Marlin Parrott Jefferson City MO Bryan C Pender Victor G Plumbo Timothy L Popp Jimmy Powers H L Richards John Robinson Robert Santolla David Sarge William A Shain Jeff Simmons

Millington TN Millville NJ

Fennville MI Greensboro NC

Springville AL Cape Coral FL Coraopolis P A Pine Grove P A

Liberty SC Houston TX

C Mahlon Skinnel Jr Lynchburg VA Ari Slitonen Jarvenpaa Finland Colin F Smith Half Moon Bay CA Robert J Smith Billings MT Stephen W Smith Anchorage AK Alan Sparks Joshua TX Cosmo St John Colchester VT Don Stearns Portsmouth NH Peter Strannemar Blairstown NJ Susan J Thompson Natick MA Gary Vassbotn

Calgary Alberta Canada Robert R Wallace Champaign IL Lynn Warren Shelby MI Homer R Weathers ColumbusOH Thomas A Whisnant

Granite Falls NC Julie A White Arizona City AZ Chuck Williams Bellflower CA Steven T Williamson

West Redding cr Kenneth B Woodard Greensboro NC Ronald C Wright Gatesville TX

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Notice is hereby given that an annual business meeting of the members of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division will be held on Wednesday August 4 1993 at 830 am (Central Daylight Time) at the 41st Annual Convention of the Experimental Aircraft Association Inc Wittman Regional Airport Oshkosh Wisconsin Notice is hereby further given that the annual election ofofficers and directors of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division will be conducted by ballot distributed to the members along with this June issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE Said ballot must be returned properly marked to the Ballot Tally Committee EAA AntiqueClassic Division P O Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 and received no later than July 31 1993 The Nominating Committee submits the following list of candidates Arthur R Morgan Vice-President EE Buck Hilbert Treasurer John S Jack Copeland Director Philip Coulson Director Stan GomoLL Director Dale A Gustafson Director Robert S Lickteig Director

ARTHUR R MORGAN Milwaukee Wisconsin

Art Morgan began fly ing in 1961 and received his private license in 1962 In 1965 he went on to get his commercial rating He has been a member of EAA since 1962 and began by parking airplanes at the EAA Conventions in Rockford Illinois Art was one of the first to start building a KR-l and although he did not complete his project he was instrumental in the completion of two of the litt le birds In 1974 he and his wife Kate purchased a 1939 Luscombe 8-C which he promptly rebuilt After two yea rs of fly ing the Luscombe Art and several friends orga nized the American Luscombe Club The Morgans also own a Bellanca 14-13 Art se rved the EAA as a Museum volunteer for several yea rs as Classic parking chairman at Oshkosh and also as AntiqueClassic Parki ng Chai rman Art has been a Director of the AntiqueClassic Division since 1978

E E BUCK HILBERT Union Illinois

Buck is a native of Chicago and a graduate of Lewis College He began learning the pilots point of view while work shying as a line boy at the old Elmhurst Airport near Chicago in 1938 The pay wasnt much but it was flying time and he soloed an Aeronca 65-LA Chief in October 1941 He enlisted in the Air Force shortly thereafter into the Training Command where he flew and instructed in many of the training aircraft of that era He flew gunnery training at Las Vegas Army Air Field in B-17s and finished up teaching Chinese Nationali st Pilots twin engine transition Recalled for the Korean war Buck qualified as an Army Aviator and flew with the HQ Company Air Section of the 24th Infant ry Division A most rewarding and memorable experience he reports Buck and Dorothy and their four children are at home at Hilbert s Funny Farm where he has an airstrip and keeps a stable of interesting and flyab le old airplanes Buck is a retired Un ited Airlines captain Buck is no stranger to the AntiqueClassic Division He is past president hav shying served from 1971 through 1975 He currently is Treasurer of the Division and is also a member of the EAA Aviation Foundation Board of Trustees

JOHN S JACK COPELAND Westborough Massachusetts

Jack received a degree in mechanical engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology in 1954 He served as an Aircraft Maintenance Officer on acti ve dut-y-in the middotUS Air Force from 1955- attaining the rank of captain in the USAF Rese rve Jack holds a co mmercial pilot license with a fli ght instructor rating He joined EAA in 1971 and the AntiqueClassic Division in 1975 shortly after purchasing his first aircraft a 1948 Cessna 140 At that time Jack lived in the Chicago area and participated in pre-Convention weekend work parties He has been an active volunteer at the last twelve annual Conventions serving at va rious times as Classic Parking Co-Chairman Manpower Co-Chairman and Manpower Chairman He was named an advisor to the AntiqueClassic Board of Directors in 1979 and served in that capacity until 1984 when he was elected to a Directorship Jack earns his living as a professional engineer and in addition to his EAA involvement is active as a Captain on the Massachusetts Wing Staff of the Civil Air Patrol

PHILIP COULSON Lawton Michigan

Phil was born on a fa rm in southwestern Michigan His first ride in an airplane was at the age of 16 in a Fairchild PT-23 owned and fl own by Horace Sackett a local pilot and AampP Twenty-years later Horace would be Phils guiding light in restoring his 1930 Waco INF Phil lea rned to fl y off a grass strip in Lawton Michigan in 1962 His original dual instrucshytion and solo fl ying was in a Piper J-5 Throughout the yea rs he has owned several aircraft including a J-3 Cub Taylorcraft TriPacer and Cessna 190 He and his wife Ruthie are lovers of Wacos and greatly enjoy flying their 1940 UPF-7 Waco Their Kinner powered 1930 INF Waco is currently on loan to the Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum in Kalamazoo MI They also own a Model G Bonanza Phil s military ca reer consisted of four yea rs in the US Air Force during the Korean War Phil is a li fe time EAA member and began attending EAA Conventions in Rockford Illinois He is a charter member of AntiqueClassic Chapter 8 and also a past president Phil is a past chairman of the annual Parade of Flight at Oshkosh and is currently the President of the newly formed American Waco Club Inc He was appointed advisor to the AntiqueClassic Board in 1985 The Coulsons live in Lawton Michigan

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STAN GOMOLL Blaine Minnesota

Stan soloed a J-3 Club on his 16th birthday on 11-30-42 In 1945 he served in the US Air Force as a ground crewman on B-29s based at Guam Stan received his AampE license in 1949 at Spartan School of Aeronautics then returned home to Minneapolis where he worked at a small airport In 1951 he was hired by Northwest Airlines as a mechanic progressing to Flight Engineer and Co-pilot Stan is now retired from Northwest Stans first airplane was a 193940 hp Taylorcraft Currently he owns and fli es a 1936 Waco Cabin and a 1946 J-3 Cub Over the years he has restored many airplanes Stan has been active in EAA working on various committees at the Annual Convention In 1976 he was named Advisor and elected to the Board of Directors in 1984 He is currently President of AntiqueClassic Chapter 4 in the Minneapolis area

RJ DOBBY LICKTEIG Albert Lea Minnesota

Dobby is a native of Minnesota and had his first ai rplane ride at the age of 13 in a Velie Monocoupe He earned a solo license in a J-2 Cub at the age of 16 working at the local ai rport for flying time and has been flying since then After completing college in Minnesota he entered Air Force pilot training and graduated in Class 421 and was assigned to a new P-47 fighter group His tour of combat was 2-112 years in the European Theater of Operations during World War 11 Dobby has owned a varied collection of aircraft including a Stinson V77 Stearman L-2M Aztec Citabria BT-13A and AT-6G In 1985 he completed the restoration of a KR-2l Kinner-powered biplane and donated it to the EAA Aviation Museum His airplanes are frequent visitors to all Upper Midwest fly-ins He has been active in EAA Antique Classic and Warbird activities since the Convention was moved to Oshkosh He served as president of the AntiqueClassic Division from 1984 until 1988 Dobby is retired and he and his wife Jeanne live in Albert Lea Minnesota Their son Scott is a licensed pilot and is active on the Warbirds parking committee at the Annual EAA Convention

DALE A GUSTAFSON Indianapolis IN

Dale has been interested in airplanes since he was a small child and took his first plane ride in 1939 at the age of 10 He started taking flying lessons in 1945 and soloed at 16 After high school he worked at the airport in South Bend Indiana servicing airliners handling cargo and doing field maintenance Dale attended Spartan School of Aeronaut ics in 1948 and 1949 to obtain additional pilot ratings After this he freelanced as a fli ght instructor and ran a small FBO at South Bend until he was hired as a co-pilot on Turner Airlines in Indianapolis in 1950 Through name changes and mergers the airline is now USAir He had been with the airline for more than 35 years when he retired His plans now are to spend his time between Indiana and Florida where he has property adjoining a private airstrip Through the years Dale has owned various aircraft including a Stinson V77 Piper Colt Fairchild 24 Cessna 150 and several modern airplanes He currently owns a Cessna 195 plus a Stearman PT-17 and Piper J-4 which are being restored Recently Dale and his wife operated a small ai rport northwest of Indianapolis He is a member of several organizations interested in antique classic and homebuilt aircraft He has been a member of EAA since 1960 and the AntiqueClassic Division since it was organized He has served as an Advisor to the Division and currently is se rving as a Director For several years Dale has judged antiques at Oshkosh and served as Program Chairman for the AntiqueClassic Division awards

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2ND PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - Don Levandoski gets his second award with this shot of Allen Rudolph touching-up the aileron on the Pietenpol in the AlC tent at Oshkosh 92

3RD PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - (right) Jeri Mihalic (EAA 277478) Mammoth Cave KY shows The Oshkosh Experience in this picture of her husband Dave and his 1957 Bonanza

2ND PLACE - CHAIRMANS CHOICE - Myron Heimer shows us that not all TIger Moths are small

1ST PLACE CHAIRMANS CHOICE - James W Fowler (AIC 2293) Houston TX suitably titled this picture Young Eagle

22 JUNE 1993

1ST PLACE WATER BIRDS - Pat Quinn (AIC 9207) of Ventura CA gives us a glimpse back in time with this photo titled Brennands Seaplane Base 1952 or 1992

2ND PLACE WATER BIRDS - Robert T Beecher

3RD PLACE WATER BIRDS - Myron Heimer brings back WATER BIRDS HONORABLE MENTION - William McCarrei all the memories of a calm summer day (AlC 4496) White Pigeon MI

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Judges Choice for 1992

This dazzling photo of a Lockheed 12-A Electra taken by Robert T Beecher receives the p restig ious honor of

Your judges for the 1992 Anshy man Lorraine Morris EE Tex tiqueClassic Photo Contest were Hilbert Chairman Jack McCarthy (left to right) Dan Hans Co-Chair- Bill Lombardi Lee Fray and Eric

24 JUNE 1993

Lundahl Contest Chairman Jack McshyCarthy would like to thank all of the judges who helped out this year and he would also like to particularly thank Lorraine Morris who helped organize this year s event and did most of the record-keeping Lorraine is an active AC member and she flies a Boeing 737-400 for a living

The AC photo contest is on again for EAA Oshkosh 93 so get your cameras ready for the summer In next month s issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE the rules for the contest will be published and they will also be available when you register for the contest at the AC Red Barn during the Convention Remember the conshytest is for photos of Antique Classic or Contemporary aircraft shot either enroute at the EAA Convention or on the way home Our thanks to the over one hundred() AC members who entered this years contest and we look forward to seeing you again this year

The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a mailer of information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the information to EAA A(( Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903shy3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

JUNE 11-13 - DENTON TX - Denton Municipal Airport AAA (Texas Chapter) 30th Annual Fly-In Contact John or Nancy Whatley 214517-1981 or Bert Mashyhon817387-2620

JUNE 12 - GADSDEN AL - J-3 and Piper high wing Annual Fly-In Camping Bomb Drop Spot Landings Hangar dance Contact Faye Bryant Gadsden Pilots Asshysoc 196 Ira Gray Dr Gadsden AL 35901 205442-3313

JUNE 12 - NEWPORT NEWS V A shy21st Annual Colonial Fly-In Newport NewsWilliamsburg IntI Airport Sponshysored by EAA Chapter 156 Contact ofr inshyformation and NORDO entry Charles Colshylier 620 Hilton Rd Newport News V A 23605 804247-5844

JUNE 13 - AURORA IL - Aurora Mushynicipal Airport EAA Chapte r 579 FlyshyInlDrive -In breakfast and airport FBO open house 7am - 3pm Contact Alan Shackleton 708466-4193 or Bob Rieser Airport Manager 708466-7000

JUNE 19 - WILD ROSE WI - Idlewild Airport - Pancake BreakfastFly-In Idlewild-Wild Rose Airport Assoc PO Box 296 Wild Rose WI 54984 Call 414622-4020

JUNE 24-27 - MT VERNON OH shy34th Annual National Waco Reunion Greatest WACO Show On EARTH For more information call 513868-0084

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JUNE 26-27 - GREELEY CO - EAA Rocky Mountain Fly-In Antiques Classhysics homebuilts warbirds ultralights No registration fee free camping transportashytion to local motels 3031798-6086 or 353shy5514

JULY 4 - WISCONSIN RAPIDS WIshyWI Rapids Airport EAA Chapter 706 FlyshyInDrive In Pancake Breakfast 730shy1130am Call 715435-3644 for information

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JULY 11- MICHIGAN CITY IN - EAA Chapter 966 Pancake Breakfast Contacts The Dees - 219324-6060 or the Hugley s 219325-0133

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JULY 23 -24 - COFFEYVILLE KS shyFunk Aircraft Owners Assoc Reunion Conshytact Gene Ventress 10215 S Monticello Shawnee Mission KS 66227 Phone 9131782shy1483

JULY 24 -27 - WAUSAU WI - Ercoupe Owners Club National Convention Contact Syd Cohen 715842-7814

JULY 24 AND 25 - SHIOCTON WI shyAnnual Fly-In Contact Joyce Baggot 414986-3547

JULY 27 - AUGUST 7 - VALshyPARAISO (VPZ) IN Food and Fuel booth Stop by and see us on your way to and from Oshkosh We are famous for our hospitality Sponsored by EAA Chapter 104 Contact 219884-1619

THURSDAY JULY 29 -WEDNESDA Y AUGUST 4 1993 - OSHKOSH WI- 41st Annual EAA Fly-In and Sport Aviation Convention Wittman Regional Airport Con tact John Burton PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54904-3086 Call 414426-4800 for more information ITS NEVER TOO EARLY TO MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND

AUGUST 6 - 8 - STILLWATER OKshyLake Elmo Airport Sesquicentennial Aviashytion Days Fly-In breakfast balloon rally other events 612430-1200 for more inforshymation

AUGUST 12-15 - LOCK HAVEN PAshyWilliam T Piper Memorial Airport Sentishymental Journey 93 Aerial Mail To Lock Haven is this years tbeme All makes and models welcome especially Antique and classic airplanes Call 717893-4200 (9am til 5 pm) Fax 717893-4218 or write PO Box Jshy3 Lock Haven PA 17745-0496

AUGUST 15 - BROOKFIELD WIshyCapitol Airport 8th Annual Vintage Airshycraft Display and Ice Cream Social Midwest Antique Airplane Club will also hold its monthly fly-In meeting For more informashytion call George Meade at 414962-2428

AUGUST 27-29 - SUSSEX NJ - Sussex Airport Sussex Airshow For more informashytion call 2011875-0783

SEPT 4-5 PROSSER W A - 10th Annual

EAA Chapter 391 Fly-IN Food flying tours raffle and more Camping on the field For more info call Thopson Aircraft at 5091786-1034

SEPT 8-12 - GALESBURG IL -Galesburg Municipal Airport 22nd Nashytional Stearman Fly-In Contact Tom Lowe 823 Kingston Ln Crystal Lake IL 60014 815459-6873 or Harold Canada 370 Hawkinson Av Galesburg IL 61401 309343-9850

SEPT 17-19 - KANKAKEE IL - Koshyerner Airport 9th Annual Midwest Stinshyson Fly-In Seminars on Stinson 108s and Franklin engi nes FAA Safety Seminars Sat night banquet Fly-outs rally and performance contests Camping on the field Contact Loran Nordgren 4 W Neshybraska Frankfort IL 60423 Phone 815469-9100

SEPT 11middot12 bull MARION OH - EAA Mid-Eastern Regional Fly-In (MERFI) 513849-9455

SEPT 18-19 -Hickory NC - 8th Annual EAA Chapter 731 Fly-In Contact Jean Smith days 704396-7032 or Norman Rainshywater evenings 704328-5807

SEPT 18middot19 - ROCK FALLS IL shyEAA Nortb Central Fly-In 708513-0642

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SEPT 24-25 - HEBER CITY UT shyUtah State EAA Sport Aviation 8tb Intershymountain Fly-In Seminars demonstrashytions aircraft judging camping food tours and fun Heber Valley Airport (36U) Conshytact Russ McDonald 801645-9543

SEPT 24middot26 - CAMDEN SC 52 nd reunion of Southern Aviation School pilot Primary Flight Training 1941-1944 For all Alumni employees and all personel Conshytact Bill Hawkins PO Box 789 Camden SC 29020 Phone 803432-9595

SEPT 25middot26 - WILMINGTON DE shyEAA East Coast Regional Fly-In 3011933shy0314

SEPT 30 bull OCT 3 bull OWENSBORO KY Owensboro Davies County Airport Annual Convention of International Cessna 120140 Assoc Contact David Lowe or Gil Pounds 502736-5392 or Fax 736-2403

OCT 1middot2middot BARTLESVILLE OK shy36th Annual Tulsa Fly-In Special Aircraft this year include the EAA replica Spirit of St Louis and the original Woolaroc winshyner of the 1927 Dole Pineapple race Conshytact Charlie Harris 3933 S Peoria Tulsa OK 74105 9181742-7311

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS On this page youll see the latest additions to the ranks of the EAA AnshytiqueClassic Division Whether youre joining for the first time or are coming back we welcome you and wed especially like to welcome those ofyou who are joining us with your interest in Contemporary class aircraft Welcome one and all

Randy Abegglen Lewisville ID Jose Abreu Miami FL Tracy A Ake Gainesville VA Roy B Allison Minneapolis MN Carson V Baker Crestwood KY James E Bean Northport NY Tom Beck Bethel AK George Beckerman Mt Carmel IL John F Benson Glendora CA Paul W Blackman Finksburg MD Don Blehm Green Mtn Falls CO Michael G Brown Roanoke VA Samuel W Bruce Eagle Rock VA Walter R Bullerwell Dickson TN David W Burns MarengoIL Tony Buttacavoli Waterford MI H Todd Clamp Newberry SC Troy P Coker III Dallas TX David M Collins Cornelius OR Douglas Conciatu Sterling Heights MI Mark Conover Houston TX James D Cooper Thonotosassa FL Gaetan Coulombe

Cloridorme Quebec Canada Marcella Dankow

Ft McMurray Alberta Canada James Dawson Vacaville CA Drew Detsch San Francisco CA Donald Dewey Sierra Madre CA Van G Dickens Fayetteville NC Charles Dobbins Abingdon V A Donald E Dorrell Santa Barbara CA William Doud USMM Sterling NY Jack C Faas Lake Geneva WI Bill Farrell Cincinnati OH Joel Fenger Chester MT Geoffrey M Fickling McAlpine FL J W Corkey Fornof

Canyon Country CA James R Freese Ukiah CA Walter F Gall Bainbridge W A George Galpin Marton New Zealand Sidney Gehlert Pasadena MD Gary Gladd Fullerton CA Daniel H Gleason Coraopolis P A D Brad Gossen

Downsville Ontario Canada Charles D Grady Tallulah LA Charles E Graves Waterloo IA Jeffrey W Gray

Calgary Alberta Canada Allen D Guth Mokena IL Merv Halliday Tanau New Zealand C Kay Hanshell Sabina OH John E Henderson Lancaster PA Stuart G Henderson Durham NC Arthur L Herr Memphis TN Charles A Hinkle

North Little Rock AR Stephen R Hosch Louisvi lle KY Norman Howard CoffeyviUe KS Don Johnson Los Molinos CA

Wayne Johnson Minneapolis MN Louis A Kirn Apex NC Edward Kling West Chicago IL Paul R Kube San Diego CA Robert E Lake

Hot Springs Village AR James F Landers Elden W Larson Jan Love Robert B Love Louis Lufker Richard L Lutes Waldo Magnuson Scott Mathews Gary K Mathiasen Daniel C Maurin Roger C McAlister James S McAllister George Medue

Tempe AZ Bellevue WA

Saginaw MI Vienna VA

East Moriches NY Hampshire IL Spokane WA

Anchorage AK Dublin CA

San Francisco CA Blue River OR

Lake Monroe FL Medway OH

Bruce L Moore St Augustine FL Mark A Morrison Staley NC Michel Normandin

Longueuil Quebec Canada John L Northey Port Moody British Columbia Canada

Thomas R OHanlon Fort Ogden FL Richard L Oreair Jr Jacksonville FL Ronald J Parese Bridgewater CT Marlin Parrott Jefferson City MO Bryan C Pender Victor G Plumbo Timothy L Popp Jimmy Powers H L Richards John Robinson Robert Santolla David Sarge William A Shain Jeff Simmons

Millington TN Millville NJ

Fennville MI Greensboro NC

Springville AL Cape Coral FL Coraopolis P A Pine Grove P A

Liberty SC Houston TX

C Mahlon Skinnel Jr Lynchburg VA Ari Slitonen Jarvenpaa Finland Colin F Smith Half Moon Bay CA Robert J Smith Billings MT Stephen W Smith Anchorage AK Alan Sparks Joshua TX Cosmo St John Colchester VT Don Stearns Portsmouth NH Peter Strannemar Blairstown NJ Susan J Thompson Natick MA Gary Vassbotn

Calgary Alberta Canada Robert R Wallace Champaign IL Lynn Warren Shelby MI Homer R Weathers ColumbusOH Thomas A Whisnant

Granite Falls NC Julie A White Arizona City AZ Chuck Williams Bellflower CA Steven T Williamson

West Redding cr Kenneth B Woodard Greensboro NC Ronald C Wright Gatesville TX

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Notice is hereby given that an annual business meeting of the members of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division will be held on Wednesday August 4 1993 at 830 am (Central Daylight Time) at the 41st Annual Convention of the Experimental Aircraft Association Inc Wittman Regional Airport Oshkosh Wisconsin Notice is hereby further given that the annual election ofofficers and directors of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division will be conducted by ballot distributed to the members along with this June issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE Said ballot must be returned properly marked to the Ballot Tally Committee EAA AntiqueClassic Division P O Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 and received no later than July 31 1993 The Nominating Committee submits the following list of candidates Arthur R Morgan Vice-President EE Buck Hilbert Treasurer John S Jack Copeland Director Philip Coulson Director Stan GomoLL Director Dale A Gustafson Director Robert S Lickteig Director

ARTHUR R MORGAN Milwaukee Wisconsin

Art Morgan began fly ing in 1961 and received his private license in 1962 In 1965 he went on to get his commercial rating He has been a member of EAA since 1962 and began by parking airplanes at the EAA Conventions in Rockford Illinois Art was one of the first to start building a KR-l and although he did not complete his project he was instrumental in the completion of two of the litt le birds In 1974 he and his wife Kate purchased a 1939 Luscombe 8-C which he promptly rebuilt After two yea rs of fly ing the Luscombe Art and several friends orga nized the American Luscombe Club The Morgans also own a Bellanca 14-13 Art se rved the EAA as a Museum volunteer for several yea rs as Classic parking chairman at Oshkosh and also as AntiqueClassic Parki ng Chai rman Art has been a Director of the AntiqueClassic Division since 1978

E E BUCK HILBERT Union Illinois

Buck is a native of Chicago and a graduate of Lewis College He began learning the pilots point of view while work shying as a line boy at the old Elmhurst Airport near Chicago in 1938 The pay wasnt much but it was flying time and he soloed an Aeronca 65-LA Chief in October 1941 He enlisted in the Air Force shortly thereafter into the Training Command where he flew and instructed in many of the training aircraft of that era He flew gunnery training at Las Vegas Army Air Field in B-17s and finished up teaching Chinese Nationali st Pilots twin engine transition Recalled for the Korean war Buck qualified as an Army Aviator and flew with the HQ Company Air Section of the 24th Infant ry Division A most rewarding and memorable experience he reports Buck and Dorothy and their four children are at home at Hilbert s Funny Farm where he has an airstrip and keeps a stable of interesting and flyab le old airplanes Buck is a retired Un ited Airlines captain Buck is no stranger to the AntiqueClassic Division He is past president hav shying served from 1971 through 1975 He currently is Treasurer of the Division and is also a member of the EAA Aviation Foundation Board of Trustees

JOHN S JACK COPELAND Westborough Massachusetts

Jack received a degree in mechanical engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology in 1954 He served as an Aircraft Maintenance Officer on acti ve dut-y-in the middotUS Air Force from 1955- attaining the rank of captain in the USAF Rese rve Jack holds a co mmercial pilot license with a fli ght instructor rating He joined EAA in 1971 and the AntiqueClassic Division in 1975 shortly after purchasing his first aircraft a 1948 Cessna 140 At that time Jack lived in the Chicago area and participated in pre-Convention weekend work parties He has been an active volunteer at the last twelve annual Conventions serving at va rious times as Classic Parking Co-Chairman Manpower Co-Chairman and Manpower Chairman He was named an advisor to the AntiqueClassic Board of Directors in 1979 and served in that capacity until 1984 when he was elected to a Directorship Jack earns his living as a professional engineer and in addition to his EAA involvement is active as a Captain on the Massachusetts Wing Staff of the Civil Air Patrol

PHILIP COULSON Lawton Michigan

Phil was born on a fa rm in southwestern Michigan His first ride in an airplane was at the age of 16 in a Fairchild PT-23 owned and fl own by Horace Sackett a local pilot and AampP Twenty-years later Horace would be Phils guiding light in restoring his 1930 Waco INF Phil lea rned to fl y off a grass strip in Lawton Michigan in 1962 His original dual instrucshytion and solo fl ying was in a Piper J-5 Throughout the yea rs he has owned several aircraft including a J-3 Cub Taylorcraft TriPacer and Cessna 190 He and his wife Ruthie are lovers of Wacos and greatly enjoy flying their 1940 UPF-7 Waco Their Kinner powered 1930 INF Waco is currently on loan to the Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum in Kalamazoo MI They also own a Model G Bonanza Phil s military ca reer consisted of four yea rs in the US Air Force during the Korean War Phil is a li fe time EAA member and began attending EAA Conventions in Rockford Illinois He is a charter member of AntiqueClassic Chapter 8 and also a past president Phil is a past chairman of the annual Parade of Flight at Oshkosh and is currently the President of the newly formed American Waco Club Inc He was appointed advisor to the AntiqueClassic Board in 1985 The Coulsons live in Lawton Michigan

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STAN GOMOLL Blaine Minnesota

Stan soloed a J-3 Club on his 16th birthday on 11-30-42 In 1945 he served in the US Air Force as a ground crewman on B-29s based at Guam Stan received his AampE license in 1949 at Spartan School of Aeronautics then returned home to Minneapolis where he worked at a small airport In 1951 he was hired by Northwest Airlines as a mechanic progressing to Flight Engineer and Co-pilot Stan is now retired from Northwest Stans first airplane was a 193940 hp Taylorcraft Currently he owns and fli es a 1936 Waco Cabin and a 1946 J-3 Cub Over the years he has restored many airplanes Stan has been active in EAA working on various committees at the Annual Convention In 1976 he was named Advisor and elected to the Board of Directors in 1984 He is currently President of AntiqueClassic Chapter 4 in the Minneapolis area

RJ DOBBY LICKTEIG Albert Lea Minnesota

Dobby is a native of Minnesota and had his first ai rplane ride at the age of 13 in a Velie Monocoupe He earned a solo license in a J-2 Cub at the age of 16 working at the local ai rport for flying time and has been flying since then After completing college in Minnesota he entered Air Force pilot training and graduated in Class 421 and was assigned to a new P-47 fighter group His tour of combat was 2-112 years in the European Theater of Operations during World War 11 Dobby has owned a varied collection of aircraft including a Stinson V77 Stearman L-2M Aztec Citabria BT-13A and AT-6G In 1985 he completed the restoration of a KR-2l Kinner-powered biplane and donated it to the EAA Aviation Museum His airplanes are frequent visitors to all Upper Midwest fly-ins He has been active in EAA Antique Classic and Warbird activities since the Convention was moved to Oshkosh He served as president of the AntiqueClassic Division from 1984 until 1988 Dobby is retired and he and his wife Jeanne live in Albert Lea Minnesota Their son Scott is a licensed pilot and is active on the Warbirds parking committee at the Annual EAA Convention

DALE A GUSTAFSON Indianapolis IN

Dale has been interested in airplanes since he was a small child and took his first plane ride in 1939 at the age of 10 He started taking flying lessons in 1945 and soloed at 16 After high school he worked at the airport in South Bend Indiana servicing airliners handling cargo and doing field maintenance Dale attended Spartan School of Aeronaut ics in 1948 and 1949 to obtain additional pilot ratings After this he freelanced as a fli ght instructor and ran a small FBO at South Bend until he was hired as a co-pilot on Turner Airlines in Indianapolis in 1950 Through name changes and mergers the airline is now USAir He had been with the airline for more than 35 years when he retired His plans now are to spend his time between Indiana and Florida where he has property adjoining a private airstrip Through the years Dale has owned various aircraft including a Stinson V77 Piper Colt Fairchild 24 Cessna 150 and several modern airplanes He currently owns a Cessna 195 plus a Stearman PT-17 and Piper J-4 which are being restored Recently Dale and his wife operated a small ai rport northwest of Indianapolis He is a member of several organizations interested in antique classic and homebuilt aircraft He has been a member of EAA since 1960 and the AntiqueClassic Division since it was organized He has served as an Advisor to the Division and currently is se rving as a Director For several years Dale has judged antiques at Oshkosh and served as Program Chairman for the AntiqueClassic Division awards

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1ST PLACE WATER BIRDS - Pat Quinn (AIC 9207) of Ventura CA gives us a glimpse back in time with this photo titled Brennands Seaplane Base 1952 or 1992

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This dazzling photo of a Lockheed 12-A Electra taken by Robert T Beecher receives the p restig ious honor of

Your judges for the 1992 Anshy man Lorraine Morris EE Tex tiqueClassic Photo Contest were Hilbert Chairman Jack McCarthy (left to right) Dan Hans Co-Chair- Bill Lombardi Lee Fray and Eric

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Lundahl Contest Chairman Jack McshyCarthy would like to thank all of the judges who helped out this year and he would also like to particularly thank Lorraine Morris who helped organize this year s event and did most of the record-keeping Lorraine is an active AC member and she flies a Boeing 737-400 for a living

The AC photo contest is on again for EAA Oshkosh 93 so get your cameras ready for the summer In next month s issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE the rules for the contest will be published and they will also be available when you register for the contest at the AC Red Barn during the Convention Remember the conshytest is for photos of Antique Classic or Contemporary aircraft shot either enroute at the EAA Convention or on the way home Our thanks to the over one hundred() AC members who entered this years contest and we look forward to seeing you again this year

The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a mailer of information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the information to EAA A(( Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903shy3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

JUNE 11-13 - DENTON TX - Denton Municipal Airport AAA (Texas Chapter) 30th Annual Fly-In Contact John or Nancy Whatley 214517-1981 or Bert Mashyhon817387-2620

JUNE 12 - GADSDEN AL - J-3 and Piper high wing Annual Fly-In Camping Bomb Drop Spot Landings Hangar dance Contact Faye Bryant Gadsden Pilots Asshysoc 196 Ira Gray Dr Gadsden AL 35901 205442-3313

JUNE 12 - NEWPORT NEWS V A shy21st Annual Colonial Fly-In Newport NewsWilliamsburg IntI Airport Sponshysored by EAA Chapter 156 Contact ofr inshyformation and NORDO entry Charles Colshylier 620 Hilton Rd Newport News V A 23605 804247-5844

JUNE 13 - AURORA IL - Aurora Mushynicipal Airport EAA Chapte r 579 FlyshyInlDrive -In breakfast and airport FBO open house 7am - 3pm Contact Alan Shackleton 708466-4193 or Bob Rieser Airport Manager 708466-7000

JUNE 19 - WILD ROSE WI - Idlewild Airport - Pancake BreakfastFly-In Idlewild-Wild Rose Airport Assoc PO Box 296 Wild Rose WI 54984 Call 414622-4020

JUNE 24-27 - MT VERNON OH shy34th Annual National Waco Reunion Greatest WACO Show On EARTH For more information call 513868-0084

JUNE 26-27 - ORANGE MA - Orshyange Municipal Airport 17th Annual New England Regional Fly-In sponsored by the Friends of the Orange Airport Contact Bob McKenney 508544-8762 or Len Beshydaw (Orange Airport) 508544-8189 or Fax 508249-5940

JUNE 26-27 - GREELEY CO - EAA Rocky Mountain Fly-In Antiques Classhysics homebuilts warbirds ultralights No registration fee free camping transportashytion to local motels 3031798-6086 or 353shy5514

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JULY 24 AND 25 - SHIOCTON WI shyAnnual Fly-In Contact Joyce Baggot 414986-3547

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THURSDAY JULY 29 -WEDNESDA Y AUGUST 4 1993 - OSHKOSH WI- 41st Annual EAA Fly-In and Sport Aviation Convention Wittman Regional Airport Con tact John Burton PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54904-3086 Call 414426-4800 for more information ITS NEVER TOO EARLY TO MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND

AUGUST 6 - 8 - STILLWATER OKshyLake Elmo Airport Sesquicentennial Aviashytion Days Fly-In breakfast balloon rally other events 612430-1200 for more inforshymation

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AUGUST 15 - BROOKFIELD WIshyCapitol Airport 8th Annual Vintage Airshycraft Display and Ice Cream Social Midwest Antique Airplane Club will also hold its monthly fly-In meeting For more informashytion call George Meade at 414962-2428

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SEPT 17-19 - KANKAKEE IL - Koshyerner Airport 9th Annual Midwest Stinshyson Fly-In Seminars on Stinson 108s and Franklin engi nes FAA Safety Seminars Sat night banquet Fly-outs rally and performance contests Camping on the field Contact Loran Nordgren 4 W Neshybraska Frankfort IL 60423 Phone 815469-9100

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SEPT 18-19 -Hickory NC - 8th Annual EAA Chapter 731 Fly-In Contact Jean Smith days 704396-7032 or Norman Rainshywater evenings 704328-5807

SEPT 18middot19 - ROCK FALLS IL shyEAA Nortb Central Fly-In 708513-0642

SEPT 20 - ROCK FALLS IL - Panshycake Breakfast in Conjuction with the North Central Fly-ln

SEPT 24-25 - HEBER CITY UT shyUtah State EAA Sport Aviation 8tb Intershymountain Fly-In Seminars demonstrashytions aircraft judging camping food tours and fun Heber Valley Airport (36U) Conshytact Russ McDonald 801645-9543

SEPT 24middot26 - CAMDEN SC 52 nd reunion of Southern Aviation School pilot Primary Flight Training 1941-1944 For all Alumni employees and all personel Conshytact Bill Hawkins PO Box 789 Camden SC 29020 Phone 803432-9595

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Randy Abegglen Lewisville ID Jose Abreu Miami FL Tracy A Ake Gainesville VA Roy B Allison Minneapolis MN Carson V Baker Crestwood KY James E Bean Northport NY Tom Beck Bethel AK George Beckerman Mt Carmel IL John F Benson Glendora CA Paul W Blackman Finksburg MD Don Blehm Green Mtn Falls CO Michael G Brown Roanoke VA Samuel W Bruce Eagle Rock VA Walter R Bullerwell Dickson TN David W Burns MarengoIL Tony Buttacavoli Waterford MI H Todd Clamp Newberry SC Troy P Coker III Dallas TX David M Collins Cornelius OR Douglas Conciatu Sterling Heights MI Mark Conover Houston TX James D Cooper Thonotosassa FL Gaetan Coulombe

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Thomas R OHanlon Fort Ogden FL Richard L Oreair Jr Jacksonville FL Ronald J Parese Bridgewater CT Marlin Parrott Jefferson City MO Bryan C Pender Victor G Plumbo Timothy L Popp Jimmy Powers H L Richards John Robinson Robert Santolla David Sarge William A Shain Jeff Simmons

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Calgary Alberta Canada Robert R Wallace Champaign IL Lynn Warren Shelby MI Homer R Weathers ColumbusOH Thomas A Whisnant

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Notice is hereby given that an annual business meeting of the members of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division will be held on Wednesday August 4 1993 at 830 am (Central Daylight Time) at the 41st Annual Convention of the Experimental Aircraft Association Inc Wittman Regional Airport Oshkosh Wisconsin Notice is hereby further given that the annual election ofofficers and directors of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division will be conducted by ballot distributed to the members along with this June issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE Said ballot must be returned properly marked to the Ballot Tally Committee EAA AntiqueClassic Division P O Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 and received no later than July 31 1993 The Nominating Committee submits the following list of candidates Arthur R Morgan Vice-President EE Buck Hilbert Treasurer John S Jack Copeland Director Philip Coulson Director Stan GomoLL Director Dale A Gustafson Director Robert S Lickteig Director

ARTHUR R MORGAN Milwaukee Wisconsin

Art Morgan began fly ing in 1961 and received his private license in 1962 In 1965 he went on to get his commercial rating He has been a member of EAA since 1962 and began by parking airplanes at the EAA Conventions in Rockford Illinois Art was one of the first to start building a KR-l and although he did not complete his project he was instrumental in the completion of two of the litt le birds In 1974 he and his wife Kate purchased a 1939 Luscombe 8-C which he promptly rebuilt After two yea rs of fly ing the Luscombe Art and several friends orga nized the American Luscombe Club The Morgans also own a Bellanca 14-13 Art se rved the EAA as a Museum volunteer for several yea rs as Classic parking chairman at Oshkosh and also as AntiqueClassic Parki ng Chai rman Art has been a Director of the AntiqueClassic Division since 1978

E E BUCK HILBERT Union Illinois

Buck is a native of Chicago and a graduate of Lewis College He began learning the pilots point of view while work shying as a line boy at the old Elmhurst Airport near Chicago in 1938 The pay wasnt much but it was flying time and he soloed an Aeronca 65-LA Chief in October 1941 He enlisted in the Air Force shortly thereafter into the Training Command where he flew and instructed in many of the training aircraft of that era He flew gunnery training at Las Vegas Army Air Field in B-17s and finished up teaching Chinese Nationali st Pilots twin engine transition Recalled for the Korean war Buck qualified as an Army Aviator and flew with the HQ Company Air Section of the 24th Infant ry Division A most rewarding and memorable experience he reports Buck and Dorothy and their four children are at home at Hilbert s Funny Farm where he has an airstrip and keeps a stable of interesting and flyab le old airplanes Buck is a retired Un ited Airlines captain Buck is no stranger to the AntiqueClassic Division He is past president hav shying served from 1971 through 1975 He currently is Treasurer of the Division and is also a member of the EAA Aviation Foundation Board of Trustees

JOHN S JACK COPELAND Westborough Massachusetts

Jack received a degree in mechanical engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology in 1954 He served as an Aircraft Maintenance Officer on acti ve dut-y-in the middotUS Air Force from 1955- attaining the rank of captain in the USAF Rese rve Jack holds a co mmercial pilot license with a fli ght instructor rating He joined EAA in 1971 and the AntiqueClassic Division in 1975 shortly after purchasing his first aircraft a 1948 Cessna 140 At that time Jack lived in the Chicago area and participated in pre-Convention weekend work parties He has been an active volunteer at the last twelve annual Conventions serving at va rious times as Classic Parking Co-Chairman Manpower Co-Chairman and Manpower Chairman He was named an advisor to the AntiqueClassic Board of Directors in 1979 and served in that capacity until 1984 when he was elected to a Directorship Jack earns his living as a professional engineer and in addition to his EAA involvement is active as a Captain on the Massachusetts Wing Staff of the Civil Air Patrol

PHILIP COULSON Lawton Michigan

Phil was born on a fa rm in southwestern Michigan His first ride in an airplane was at the age of 16 in a Fairchild PT-23 owned and fl own by Horace Sackett a local pilot and AampP Twenty-years later Horace would be Phils guiding light in restoring his 1930 Waco INF Phil lea rned to fl y off a grass strip in Lawton Michigan in 1962 His original dual instrucshytion and solo fl ying was in a Piper J-5 Throughout the yea rs he has owned several aircraft including a J-3 Cub Taylorcraft TriPacer and Cessna 190 He and his wife Ruthie are lovers of Wacos and greatly enjoy flying their 1940 UPF-7 Waco Their Kinner powered 1930 INF Waco is currently on loan to the Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum in Kalamazoo MI They also own a Model G Bonanza Phil s military ca reer consisted of four yea rs in the US Air Force during the Korean War Phil is a li fe time EAA member and began attending EAA Conventions in Rockford Illinois He is a charter member of AntiqueClassic Chapter 8 and also a past president Phil is a past chairman of the annual Parade of Flight at Oshkosh and is currently the President of the newly formed American Waco Club Inc He was appointed advisor to the AntiqueClassic Board in 1985 The Coulsons live in Lawton Michigan

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STAN GOMOLL Blaine Minnesota

Stan soloed a J-3 Club on his 16th birthday on 11-30-42 In 1945 he served in the US Air Force as a ground crewman on B-29s based at Guam Stan received his AampE license in 1949 at Spartan School of Aeronautics then returned home to Minneapolis where he worked at a small airport In 1951 he was hired by Northwest Airlines as a mechanic progressing to Flight Engineer and Co-pilot Stan is now retired from Northwest Stans first airplane was a 193940 hp Taylorcraft Currently he owns and fli es a 1936 Waco Cabin and a 1946 J-3 Cub Over the years he has restored many airplanes Stan has been active in EAA working on various committees at the Annual Convention In 1976 he was named Advisor and elected to the Board of Directors in 1984 He is currently President of AntiqueClassic Chapter 4 in the Minneapolis area

RJ DOBBY LICKTEIG Albert Lea Minnesota

Dobby is a native of Minnesota and had his first ai rplane ride at the age of 13 in a Velie Monocoupe He earned a solo license in a J-2 Cub at the age of 16 working at the local ai rport for flying time and has been flying since then After completing college in Minnesota he entered Air Force pilot training and graduated in Class 421 and was assigned to a new P-47 fighter group His tour of combat was 2-112 years in the European Theater of Operations during World War 11 Dobby has owned a varied collection of aircraft including a Stinson V77 Stearman L-2M Aztec Citabria BT-13A and AT-6G In 1985 he completed the restoration of a KR-2l Kinner-powered biplane and donated it to the EAA Aviation Museum His airplanes are frequent visitors to all Upper Midwest fly-ins He has been active in EAA Antique Classic and Warbird activities since the Convention was moved to Oshkosh He served as president of the AntiqueClassic Division from 1984 until 1988 Dobby is retired and he and his wife Jeanne live in Albert Lea Minnesota Their son Scott is a licensed pilot and is active on the Warbirds parking committee at the Annual EAA Convention

DALE A GUSTAFSON Indianapolis IN

Dale has been interested in airplanes since he was a small child and took his first plane ride in 1939 at the age of 10 He started taking flying lessons in 1945 and soloed at 16 After high school he worked at the airport in South Bend Indiana servicing airliners handling cargo and doing field maintenance Dale attended Spartan School of Aeronaut ics in 1948 and 1949 to obtain additional pilot ratings After this he freelanced as a fli ght instructor and ran a small FBO at South Bend until he was hired as a co-pilot on Turner Airlines in Indianapolis in 1950 Through name changes and mergers the airline is now USAir He had been with the airline for more than 35 years when he retired His plans now are to spend his time between Indiana and Florida where he has property adjoining a private airstrip Through the years Dale has owned various aircraft including a Stinson V77 Piper Colt Fairchild 24 Cessna 150 and several modern airplanes He currently owns a Cessna 195 plus a Stearman PT-17 and Piper J-4 which are being restored Recently Dale and his wife operated a small ai rport northwest of Indianapolis He is a member of several organizations interested in antique classic and homebuilt aircraft He has been a member of EAA since 1960 and the AntiqueClassic Division since it was organized He has served as an Advisor to the Division and currently is se rving as a Director For several years Dale has judged antiques at Oshkosh and served as Program Chairman for the AntiqueClassic Division awards

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Your judges for the 1992 Anshy man Lorraine Morris EE Tex tiqueClassic Photo Contest were Hilbert Chairman Jack McCarthy (left to right) Dan Hans Co-Chair- Bill Lombardi Lee Fray and Eric

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Lundahl Contest Chairman Jack McshyCarthy would like to thank all of the judges who helped out this year and he would also like to particularly thank Lorraine Morris who helped organize this year s event and did most of the record-keeping Lorraine is an active AC member and she flies a Boeing 737-400 for a living

The AC photo contest is on again for EAA Oshkosh 93 so get your cameras ready for the summer In next month s issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE the rules for the contest will be published and they will also be available when you register for the contest at the AC Red Barn during the Convention Remember the conshytest is for photos of Antique Classic or Contemporary aircraft shot either enroute at the EAA Convention or on the way home Our thanks to the over one hundred() AC members who entered this years contest and we look forward to seeing you again this year

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JUNE 11-13 - DENTON TX - Denton Municipal Airport AAA (Texas Chapter) 30th Annual Fly-In Contact John or Nancy Whatley 214517-1981 or Bert Mashyhon817387-2620

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Notice is hereby given that an annual business meeting of the members of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division will be held on Wednesday August 4 1993 at 830 am (Central Daylight Time) at the 41st Annual Convention of the Experimental Aircraft Association Inc Wittman Regional Airport Oshkosh Wisconsin Notice is hereby further given that the annual election ofofficers and directors of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division will be conducted by ballot distributed to the members along with this June issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE Said ballot must be returned properly marked to the Ballot Tally Committee EAA AntiqueClassic Division P O Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 and received no later than July 31 1993 The Nominating Committee submits the following list of candidates Arthur R Morgan Vice-President EE Buck Hilbert Treasurer John S Jack Copeland Director Philip Coulson Director Stan GomoLL Director Dale A Gustafson Director Robert S Lickteig Director

ARTHUR R MORGAN Milwaukee Wisconsin

Art Morgan began fly ing in 1961 and received his private license in 1962 In 1965 he went on to get his commercial rating He has been a member of EAA since 1962 and began by parking airplanes at the EAA Conventions in Rockford Illinois Art was one of the first to start building a KR-l and although he did not complete his project he was instrumental in the completion of two of the litt le birds In 1974 he and his wife Kate purchased a 1939 Luscombe 8-C which he promptly rebuilt After two yea rs of fly ing the Luscombe Art and several friends orga nized the American Luscombe Club The Morgans also own a Bellanca 14-13 Art se rved the EAA as a Museum volunteer for several yea rs as Classic parking chairman at Oshkosh and also as AntiqueClassic Parki ng Chai rman Art has been a Director of the AntiqueClassic Division since 1978

E E BUCK HILBERT Union Illinois

Buck is a native of Chicago and a graduate of Lewis College He began learning the pilots point of view while work shying as a line boy at the old Elmhurst Airport near Chicago in 1938 The pay wasnt much but it was flying time and he soloed an Aeronca 65-LA Chief in October 1941 He enlisted in the Air Force shortly thereafter into the Training Command where he flew and instructed in many of the training aircraft of that era He flew gunnery training at Las Vegas Army Air Field in B-17s and finished up teaching Chinese Nationali st Pilots twin engine transition Recalled for the Korean war Buck qualified as an Army Aviator and flew with the HQ Company Air Section of the 24th Infant ry Division A most rewarding and memorable experience he reports Buck and Dorothy and their four children are at home at Hilbert s Funny Farm where he has an airstrip and keeps a stable of interesting and flyab le old airplanes Buck is a retired Un ited Airlines captain Buck is no stranger to the AntiqueClassic Division He is past president hav shying served from 1971 through 1975 He currently is Treasurer of the Division and is also a member of the EAA Aviation Foundation Board of Trustees

JOHN S JACK COPELAND Westborough Massachusetts

Jack received a degree in mechanical engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology in 1954 He served as an Aircraft Maintenance Officer on acti ve dut-y-in the middotUS Air Force from 1955- attaining the rank of captain in the USAF Rese rve Jack holds a co mmercial pilot license with a fli ght instructor rating He joined EAA in 1971 and the AntiqueClassic Division in 1975 shortly after purchasing his first aircraft a 1948 Cessna 140 At that time Jack lived in the Chicago area and participated in pre-Convention weekend work parties He has been an active volunteer at the last twelve annual Conventions serving at va rious times as Classic Parking Co-Chairman Manpower Co-Chairman and Manpower Chairman He was named an advisor to the AntiqueClassic Board of Directors in 1979 and served in that capacity until 1984 when he was elected to a Directorship Jack earns his living as a professional engineer and in addition to his EAA involvement is active as a Captain on the Massachusetts Wing Staff of the Civil Air Patrol

PHILIP COULSON Lawton Michigan

Phil was born on a fa rm in southwestern Michigan His first ride in an airplane was at the age of 16 in a Fairchild PT-23 owned and fl own by Horace Sackett a local pilot and AampP Twenty-years later Horace would be Phils guiding light in restoring his 1930 Waco INF Phil lea rned to fl y off a grass strip in Lawton Michigan in 1962 His original dual instrucshytion and solo fl ying was in a Piper J-5 Throughout the yea rs he has owned several aircraft including a J-3 Cub Taylorcraft TriPacer and Cessna 190 He and his wife Ruthie are lovers of Wacos and greatly enjoy flying their 1940 UPF-7 Waco Their Kinner powered 1930 INF Waco is currently on loan to the Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum in Kalamazoo MI They also own a Model G Bonanza Phil s military ca reer consisted of four yea rs in the US Air Force during the Korean War Phil is a li fe time EAA member and began attending EAA Conventions in Rockford Illinois He is a charter member of AntiqueClassic Chapter 8 and also a past president Phil is a past chairman of the annual Parade of Flight at Oshkosh and is currently the President of the newly formed American Waco Club Inc He was appointed advisor to the AntiqueClassic Board in 1985 The Coulsons live in Lawton Michigan

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STAN GOMOLL Blaine Minnesota

Stan soloed a J-3 Club on his 16th birthday on 11-30-42 In 1945 he served in the US Air Force as a ground crewman on B-29s based at Guam Stan received his AampE license in 1949 at Spartan School of Aeronautics then returned home to Minneapolis where he worked at a small airport In 1951 he was hired by Northwest Airlines as a mechanic progressing to Flight Engineer and Co-pilot Stan is now retired from Northwest Stans first airplane was a 193940 hp Taylorcraft Currently he owns and fli es a 1936 Waco Cabin and a 1946 J-3 Cub Over the years he has restored many airplanes Stan has been active in EAA working on various committees at the Annual Convention In 1976 he was named Advisor and elected to the Board of Directors in 1984 He is currently President of AntiqueClassic Chapter 4 in the Minneapolis area

RJ DOBBY LICKTEIG Albert Lea Minnesota

Dobby is a native of Minnesota and had his first ai rplane ride at the age of 13 in a Velie Monocoupe He earned a solo license in a J-2 Cub at the age of 16 working at the local ai rport for flying time and has been flying since then After completing college in Minnesota he entered Air Force pilot training and graduated in Class 421 and was assigned to a new P-47 fighter group His tour of combat was 2-112 years in the European Theater of Operations during World War 11 Dobby has owned a varied collection of aircraft including a Stinson V77 Stearman L-2M Aztec Citabria BT-13A and AT-6G In 1985 he completed the restoration of a KR-2l Kinner-powered biplane and donated it to the EAA Aviation Museum His airplanes are frequent visitors to all Upper Midwest fly-ins He has been active in EAA Antique Classic and Warbird activities since the Convention was moved to Oshkosh He served as president of the AntiqueClassic Division from 1984 until 1988 Dobby is retired and he and his wife Jeanne live in Albert Lea Minnesota Their son Scott is a licensed pilot and is active on the Warbirds parking committee at the Annual EAA Convention

DALE A GUSTAFSON Indianapolis IN

Dale has been interested in airplanes since he was a small child and took his first plane ride in 1939 at the age of 10 He started taking flying lessons in 1945 and soloed at 16 After high school he worked at the airport in South Bend Indiana servicing airliners handling cargo and doing field maintenance Dale attended Spartan School of Aeronaut ics in 1948 and 1949 to obtain additional pilot ratings After this he freelanced as a fli ght instructor and ran a small FBO at South Bend until he was hired as a co-pilot on Turner Airlines in Indianapolis in 1950 Through name changes and mergers the airline is now USAir He had been with the airline for more than 35 years when he retired His plans now are to spend his time between Indiana and Florida where he has property adjoining a private airstrip Through the years Dale has owned various aircraft including a Stinson V77 Piper Colt Fairchild 24 Cessna 150 and several modern airplanes He currently owns a Cessna 195 plus a Stearman PT-17 and Piper J-4 which are being restored Recently Dale and his wife operated a small ai rport northwest of Indianapolis He is a member of several organizations interested in antique classic and homebuilt aircraft He has been a member of EAA since 1960 and the AntiqueClassic Division since it was organized He has served as an Advisor to the Division and currently is se rving as a Director For several years Dale has judged antiques at Oshkosh and served as Program Chairman for the AntiqueClassic Division awards

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JUNE 11-13 - DENTON TX - Denton Municipal Airport AAA (Texas Chapter) 30th Annual Fly-In Contact John or Nancy Whatley 214517-1981 or Bert Mashyhon817387-2620

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JUNE 12 - NEWPORT NEWS V A shy21st Annual Colonial Fly-In Newport NewsWilliamsburg IntI Airport Sponshysored by EAA Chapter 156 Contact ofr inshyformation and NORDO entry Charles Colshylier 620 Hilton Rd Newport News V A 23605 804247-5844

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Randy Abegglen Lewisville ID Jose Abreu Miami FL Tracy A Ake Gainesville VA Roy B Allison Minneapolis MN Carson V Baker Crestwood KY James E Bean Northport NY Tom Beck Bethel AK George Beckerman Mt Carmel IL John F Benson Glendora CA Paul W Blackman Finksburg MD Don Blehm Green Mtn Falls CO Michael G Brown Roanoke VA Samuel W Bruce Eagle Rock VA Walter R Bullerwell Dickson TN David W Burns MarengoIL Tony Buttacavoli Waterford MI H Todd Clamp Newberry SC Troy P Coker III Dallas TX David M Collins Cornelius OR Douglas Conciatu Sterling Heights MI Mark Conover Houston TX James D Cooper Thonotosassa FL Gaetan Coulombe

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Notice is hereby given that an annual business meeting of the members of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division will be held on Wednesday August 4 1993 at 830 am (Central Daylight Time) at the 41st Annual Convention of the Experimental Aircraft Association Inc Wittman Regional Airport Oshkosh Wisconsin Notice is hereby further given that the annual election ofofficers and directors of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division will be conducted by ballot distributed to the members along with this June issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE Said ballot must be returned properly marked to the Ballot Tally Committee EAA AntiqueClassic Division P O Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 and received no later than July 31 1993 The Nominating Committee submits the following list of candidates Arthur R Morgan Vice-President EE Buck Hilbert Treasurer John S Jack Copeland Director Philip Coulson Director Stan GomoLL Director Dale A Gustafson Director Robert S Lickteig Director

ARTHUR R MORGAN Milwaukee Wisconsin

Art Morgan began fly ing in 1961 and received his private license in 1962 In 1965 he went on to get his commercial rating He has been a member of EAA since 1962 and began by parking airplanes at the EAA Conventions in Rockford Illinois Art was one of the first to start building a KR-l and although he did not complete his project he was instrumental in the completion of two of the litt le birds In 1974 he and his wife Kate purchased a 1939 Luscombe 8-C which he promptly rebuilt After two yea rs of fly ing the Luscombe Art and several friends orga nized the American Luscombe Club The Morgans also own a Bellanca 14-13 Art se rved the EAA as a Museum volunteer for several yea rs as Classic parking chairman at Oshkosh and also as AntiqueClassic Parki ng Chai rman Art has been a Director of the AntiqueClassic Division since 1978

E E BUCK HILBERT Union Illinois

Buck is a native of Chicago and a graduate of Lewis College He began learning the pilots point of view while work shying as a line boy at the old Elmhurst Airport near Chicago in 1938 The pay wasnt much but it was flying time and he soloed an Aeronca 65-LA Chief in October 1941 He enlisted in the Air Force shortly thereafter into the Training Command where he flew and instructed in many of the training aircraft of that era He flew gunnery training at Las Vegas Army Air Field in B-17s and finished up teaching Chinese Nationali st Pilots twin engine transition Recalled for the Korean war Buck qualified as an Army Aviator and flew with the HQ Company Air Section of the 24th Infant ry Division A most rewarding and memorable experience he reports Buck and Dorothy and their four children are at home at Hilbert s Funny Farm where he has an airstrip and keeps a stable of interesting and flyab le old airplanes Buck is a retired Un ited Airlines captain Buck is no stranger to the AntiqueClassic Division He is past president hav shying served from 1971 through 1975 He currently is Treasurer of the Division and is also a member of the EAA Aviation Foundation Board of Trustees

JOHN S JACK COPELAND Westborough Massachusetts

Jack received a degree in mechanical engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology in 1954 He served as an Aircraft Maintenance Officer on acti ve dut-y-in the middotUS Air Force from 1955- attaining the rank of captain in the USAF Rese rve Jack holds a co mmercial pilot license with a fli ght instructor rating He joined EAA in 1971 and the AntiqueClassic Division in 1975 shortly after purchasing his first aircraft a 1948 Cessna 140 At that time Jack lived in the Chicago area and participated in pre-Convention weekend work parties He has been an active volunteer at the last twelve annual Conventions serving at va rious times as Classic Parking Co-Chairman Manpower Co-Chairman and Manpower Chairman He was named an advisor to the AntiqueClassic Board of Directors in 1979 and served in that capacity until 1984 when he was elected to a Directorship Jack earns his living as a professional engineer and in addition to his EAA involvement is active as a Captain on the Massachusetts Wing Staff of the Civil Air Patrol

PHILIP COULSON Lawton Michigan

Phil was born on a fa rm in southwestern Michigan His first ride in an airplane was at the age of 16 in a Fairchild PT-23 owned and fl own by Horace Sackett a local pilot and AampP Twenty-years later Horace would be Phils guiding light in restoring his 1930 Waco INF Phil lea rned to fl y off a grass strip in Lawton Michigan in 1962 His original dual instrucshytion and solo fl ying was in a Piper J-5 Throughout the yea rs he has owned several aircraft including a J-3 Cub Taylorcraft TriPacer and Cessna 190 He and his wife Ruthie are lovers of Wacos and greatly enjoy flying their 1940 UPF-7 Waco Their Kinner powered 1930 INF Waco is currently on loan to the Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum in Kalamazoo MI They also own a Model G Bonanza Phil s military ca reer consisted of four yea rs in the US Air Force during the Korean War Phil is a li fe time EAA member and began attending EAA Conventions in Rockford Illinois He is a charter member of AntiqueClassic Chapter 8 and also a past president Phil is a past chairman of the annual Parade of Flight at Oshkosh and is currently the President of the newly formed American Waco Club Inc He was appointed advisor to the AntiqueClassic Board in 1985 The Coulsons live in Lawton Michigan

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STAN GOMOLL Blaine Minnesota

Stan soloed a J-3 Club on his 16th birthday on 11-30-42 In 1945 he served in the US Air Force as a ground crewman on B-29s based at Guam Stan received his AampE license in 1949 at Spartan School of Aeronautics then returned home to Minneapolis where he worked at a small airport In 1951 he was hired by Northwest Airlines as a mechanic progressing to Flight Engineer and Co-pilot Stan is now retired from Northwest Stans first airplane was a 193940 hp Taylorcraft Currently he owns and fli es a 1936 Waco Cabin and a 1946 J-3 Cub Over the years he has restored many airplanes Stan has been active in EAA working on various committees at the Annual Convention In 1976 he was named Advisor and elected to the Board of Directors in 1984 He is currently President of AntiqueClassic Chapter 4 in the Minneapolis area

RJ DOBBY LICKTEIG Albert Lea Minnesota

Dobby is a native of Minnesota and had his first ai rplane ride at the age of 13 in a Velie Monocoupe He earned a solo license in a J-2 Cub at the age of 16 working at the local ai rport for flying time and has been flying since then After completing college in Minnesota he entered Air Force pilot training and graduated in Class 421 and was assigned to a new P-47 fighter group His tour of combat was 2-112 years in the European Theater of Operations during World War 11 Dobby has owned a varied collection of aircraft including a Stinson V77 Stearman L-2M Aztec Citabria BT-13A and AT-6G In 1985 he completed the restoration of a KR-2l Kinner-powered biplane and donated it to the EAA Aviation Museum His airplanes are frequent visitors to all Upper Midwest fly-ins He has been active in EAA Antique Classic and Warbird activities since the Convention was moved to Oshkosh He served as president of the AntiqueClassic Division from 1984 until 1988 Dobby is retired and he and his wife Jeanne live in Albert Lea Minnesota Their son Scott is a licensed pilot and is active on the Warbirds parking committee at the Annual EAA Convention

DALE A GUSTAFSON Indianapolis IN

Dale has been interested in airplanes since he was a small child and took his first plane ride in 1939 at the age of 10 He started taking flying lessons in 1945 and soloed at 16 After high school he worked at the airport in South Bend Indiana servicing airliners handling cargo and doing field maintenance Dale attended Spartan School of Aeronaut ics in 1948 and 1949 to obtain additional pilot ratings After this he freelanced as a fli ght instructor and ran a small FBO at South Bend until he was hired as a co-pilot on Turner Airlines in Indianapolis in 1950 Through name changes and mergers the airline is now USAir He had been with the airline for more than 35 years when he retired His plans now are to spend his time between Indiana and Florida where he has property adjoining a private airstrip Through the years Dale has owned various aircraft including a Stinson V77 Piper Colt Fairchild 24 Cessna 150 and several modern airplanes He currently owns a Cessna 195 plus a Stearman PT-17 and Piper J-4 which are being restored Recently Dale and his wife operated a small ai rport northwest of Indianapolis He is a member of several organizations interested in antique classic and homebuilt aircraft He has been a member of EAA since 1960 and the AntiqueClassic Division since it was organized He has served as an Advisor to the Division and currently is se rving as a Director For several years Dale has judged antiques at Oshkosh and served as Program Chairman for the AntiqueClassic Division awards

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS On this page youll see the latest additions to the ranks of the EAA AnshytiqueClassic Division Whether youre joining for the first time or are coming back we welcome you and wed especially like to welcome those ofyou who are joining us with your interest in Contemporary class aircraft Welcome one and all

Randy Abegglen Lewisville ID Jose Abreu Miami FL Tracy A Ake Gainesville VA Roy B Allison Minneapolis MN Carson V Baker Crestwood KY James E Bean Northport NY Tom Beck Bethel AK George Beckerman Mt Carmel IL John F Benson Glendora CA Paul W Blackman Finksburg MD Don Blehm Green Mtn Falls CO Michael G Brown Roanoke VA Samuel W Bruce Eagle Rock VA Walter R Bullerwell Dickson TN David W Burns MarengoIL Tony Buttacavoli Waterford MI H Todd Clamp Newberry SC Troy P Coker III Dallas TX David M Collins Cornelius OR Douglas Conciatu Sterling Heights MI Mark Conover Houston TX James D Cooper Thonotosassa FL Gaetan Coulombe

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Notice is hereby given that an annual business meeting of the members of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division will be held on Wednesday August 4 1993 at 830 am (Central Daylight Time) at the 41st Annual Convention of the Experimental Aircraft Association Inc Wittman Regional Airport Oshkosh Wisconsin Notice is hereby further given that the annual election ofofficers and directors of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division will be conducted by ballot distributed to the members along with this June issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE Said ballot must be returned properly marked to the Ballot Tally Committee EAA AntiqueClassic Division P O Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 and received no later than July 31 1993 The Nominating Committee submits the following list of candidates Arthur R Morgan Vice-President EE Buck Hilbert Treasurer John S Jack Copeland Director Philip Coulson Director Stan GomoLL Director Dale A Gustafson Director Robert S Lickteig Director

ARTHUR R MORGAN Milwaukee Wisconsin

Art Morgan began fly ing in 1961 and received his private license in 1962 In 1965 he went on to get his commercial rating He has been a member of EAA since 1962 and began by parking airplanes at the EAA Conventions in Rockford Illinois Art was one of the first to start building a KR-l and although he did not complete his project he was instrumental in the completion of two of the litt le birds In 1974 he and his wife Kate purchased a 1939 Luscombe 8-C which he promptly rebuilt After two yea rs of fly ing the Luscombe Art and several friends orga nized the American Luscombe Club The Morgans also own a Bellanca 14-13 Art se rved the EAA as a Museum volunteer for several yea rs as Classic parking chairman at Oshkosh and also as AntiqueClassic Parki ng Chai rman Art has been a Director of the AntiqueClassic Division since 1978

E E BUCK HILBERT Union Illinois

Buck is a native of Chicago and a graduate of Lewis College He began learning the pilots point of view while work shying as a line boy at the old Elmhurst Airport near Chicago in 1938 The pay wasnt much but it was flying time and he soloed an Aeronca 65-LA Chief in October 1941 He enlisted in the Air Force shortly thereafter into the Training Command where he flew and instructed in many of the training aircraft of that era He flew gunnery training at Las Vegas Army Air Field in B-17s and finished up teaching Chinese Nationali st Pilots twin engine transition Recalled for the Korean war Buck qualified as an Army Aviator and flew with the HQ Company Air Section of the 24th Infant ry Division A most rewarding and memorable experience he reports Buck and Dorothy and their four children are at home at Hilbert s Funny Farm where he has an airstrip and keeps a stable of interesting and flyab le old airplanes Buck is a retired Un ited Airlines captain Buck is no stranger to the AntiqueClassic Division He is past president hav shying served from 1971 through 1975 He currently is Treasurer of the Division and is also a member of the EAA Aviation Foundation Board of Trustees

JOHN S JACK COPELAND Westborough Massachusetts

Jack received a degree in mechanical engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology in 1954 He served as an Aircraft Maintenance Officer on acti ve dut-y-in the middotUS Air Force from 1955- attaining the rank of captain in the USAF Rese rve Jack holds a co mmercial pilot license with a fli ght instructor rating He joined EAA in 1971 and the AntiqueClassic Division in 1975 shortly after purchasing his first aircraft a 1948 Cessna 140 At that time Jack lived in the Chicago area and participated in pre-Convention weekend work parties He has been an active volunteer at the last twelve annual Conventions serving at va rious times as Classic Parking Co-Chairman Manpower Co-Chairman and Manpower Chairman He was named an advisor to the AntiqueClassic Board of Directors in 1979 and served in that capacity until 1984 when he was elected to a Directorship Jack earns his living as a professional engineer and in addition to his EAA involvement is active as a Captain on the Massachusetts Wing Staff of the Civil Air Patrol

PHILIP COULSON Lawton Michigan

Phil was born on a fa rm in southwestern Michigan His first ride in an airplane was at the age of 16 in a Fairchild PT-23 owned and fl own by Horace Sackett a local pilot and AampP Twenty-years later Horace would be Phils guiding light in restoring his 1930 Waco INF Phil lea rned to fl y off a grass strip in Lawton Michigan in 1962 His original dual instrucshytion and solo fl ying was in a Piper J-5 Throughout the yea rs he has owned several aircraft including a J-3 Cub Taylorcraft TriPacer and Cessna 190 He and his wife Ruthie are lovers of Wacos and greatly enjoy flying their 1940 UPF-7 Waco Their Kinner powered 1930 INF Waco is currently on loan to the Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum in Kalamazoo MI They also own a Model G Bonanza Phil s military ca reer consisted of four yea rs in the US Air Force during the Korean War Phil is a li fe time EAA member and began attending EAA Conventions in Rockford Illinois He is a charter member of AntiqueClassic Chapter 8 and also a past president Phil is a past chairman of the annual Parade of Flight at Oshkosh and is currently the President of the newly formed American Waco Club Inc He was appointed advisor to the AntiqueClassic Board in 1985 The Coulsons live in Lawton Michigan

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STAN GOMOLL Blaine Minnesota

Stan soloed a J-3 Club on his 16th birthday on 11-30-42 In 1945 he served in the US Air Force as a ground crewman on B-29s based at Guam Stan received his AampE license in 1949 at Spartan School of Aeronautics then returned home to Minneapolis where he worked at a small airport In 1951 he was hired by Northwest Airlines as a mechanic progressing to Flight Engineer and Co-pilot Stan is now retired from Northwest Stans first airplane was a 193940 hp Taylorcraft Currently he owns and fli es a 1936 Waco Cabin and a 1946 J-3 Cub Over the years he has restored many airplanes Stan has been active in EAA working on various committees at the Annual Convention In 1976 he was named Advisor and elected to the Board of Directors in 1984 He is currently President of AntiqueClassic Chapter 4 in the Minneapolis area

RJ DOBBY LICKTEIG Albert Lea Minnesota

Dobby is a native of Minnesota and had his first ai rplane ride at the age of 13 in a Velie Monocoupe He earned a solo license in a J-2 Cub at the age of 16 working at the local ai rport for flying time and has been flying since then After completing college in Minnesota he entered Air Force pilot training and graduated in Class 421 and was assigned to a new P-47 fighter group His tour of combat was 2-112 years in the European Theater of Operations during World War 11 Dobby has owned a varied collection of aircraft including a Stinson V77 Stearman L-2M Aztec Citabria BT-13A and AT-6G In 1985 he completed the restoration of a KR-2l Kinner-powered biplane and donated it to the EAA Aviation Museum His airplanes are frequent visitors to all Upper Midwest fly-ins He has been active in EAA Antique Classic and Warbird activities since the Convention was moved to Oshkosh He served as president of the AntiqueClassic Division from 1984 until 1988 Dobby is retired and he and his wife Jeanne live in Albert Lea Minnesota Their son Scott is a licensed pilot and is active on the Warbirds parking committee at the Annual EAA Convention

DALE A GUSTAFSON Indianapolis IN

Dale has been interested in airplanes since he was a small child and took his first plane ride in 1939 at the age of 10 He started taking flying lessons in 1945 and soloed at 16 After high school he worked at the airport in South Bend Indiana servicing airliners handling cargo and doing field maintenance Dale attended Spartan School of Aeronaut ics in 1948 and 1949 to obtain additional pilot ratings After this he freelanced as a fli ght instructor and ran a small FBO at South Bend until he was hired as a co-pilot on Turner Airlines in Indianapolis in 1950 Through name changes and mergers the airline is now USAir He had been with the airline for more than 35 years when he retired His plans now are to spend his time between Indiana and Florida where he has property adjoining a private airstrip Through the years Dale has owned various aircraft including a Stinson V77 Piper Colt Fairchild 24 Cessna 150 and several modern airplanes He currently owns a Cessna 195 plus a Stearman PT-17 and Piper J-4 which are being restored Recently Dale and his wife operated a small ai rport northwest of Indianapolis He is a member of several organizations interested in antique classic and homebuilt aircraft He has been a member of EAA since 1960 and the AntiqueClassic Division since it was organized He has served as an Advisor to the Division and currently is se rving as a Director For several years Dale has judged antiques at Oshkosh and served as Program Chairman for the AntiqueClassic Division awards

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Notice is hereby given that an annual business meeting of the members of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division will be held on Wednesday August 4 1993 at 830 am (Central Daylight Time) at the 41st Annual Convention of the Experimental Aircraft Association Inc Wittman Regional Airport Oshkosh Wisconsin Notice is hereby further given that the annual election ofofficers and directors of the EAA AntiqueClassic Division will be conducted by ballot distributed to the members along with this June issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE Said ballot must be returned properly marked to the Ballot Tally Committee EAA AntiqueClassic Division P O Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 and received no later than July 31 1993 The Nominating Committee submits the following list of candidates Arthur R Morgan Vice-President EE Buck Hilbert Treasurer John S Jack Copeland Director Philip Coulson Director Stan GomoLL Director Dale A Gustafson Director Robert S Lickteig Director

ARTHUR R MORGAN Milwaukee Wisconsin

Art Morgan began fly ing in 1961 and received his private license in 1962 In 1965 he went on to get his commercial rating He has been a member of EAA since 1962 and began by parking airplanes at the EAA Conventions in Rockford Illinois Art was one of the first to start building a KR-l and although he did not complete his project he was instrumental in the completion of two of the litt le birds In 1974 he and his wife Kate purchased a 1939 Luscombe 8-C which he promptly rebuilt After two yea rs of fly ing the Luscombe Art and several friends orga nized the American Luscombe Club The Morgans also own a Bellanca 14-13 Art se rved the EAA as a Museum volunteer for several yea rs as Classic parking chairman at Oshkosh and also as AntiqueClassic Parki ng Chai rman Art has been a Director of the AntiqueClassic Division since 1978

E E BUCK HILBERT Union Illinois

Buck is a native of Chicago and a graduate of Lewis College He began learning the pilots point of view while work shying as a line boy at the old Elmhurst Airport near Chicago in 1938 The pay wasnt much but it was flying time and he soloed an Aeronca 65-LA Chief in October 1941 He enlisted in the Air Force shortly thereafter into the Training Command where he flew and instructed in many of the training aircraft of that era He flew gunnery training at Las Vegas Army Air Field in B-17s and finished up teaching Chinese Nationali st Pilots twin engine transition Recalled for the Korean war Buck qualified as an Army Aviator and flew with the HQ Company Air Section of the 24th Infant ry Division A most rewarding and memorable experience he reports Buck and Dorothy and their four children are at home at Hilbert s Funny Farm where he has an airstrip and keeps a stable of interesting and flyab le old airplanes Buck is a retired Un ited Airlines captain Buck is no stranger to the AntiqueClassic Division He is past president hav shying served from 1971 through 1975 He currently is Treasurer of the Division and is also a member of the EAA Aviation Foundation Board of Trustees

JOHN S JACK COPELAND Westborough Massachusetts

Jack received a degree in mechanical engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology in 1954 He served as an Aircraft Maintenance Officer on acti ve dut-y-in the middotUS Air Force from 1955- attaining the rank of captain in the USAF Rese rve Jack holds a co mmercial pilot license with a fli ght instructor rating He joined EAA in 1971 and the AntiqueClassic Division in 1975 shortly after purchasing his first aircraft a 1948 Cessna 140 At that time Jack lived in the Chicago area and participated in pre-Convention weekend work parties He has been an active volunteer at the last twelve annual Conventions serving at va rious times as Classic Parking Co-Chairman Manpower Co-Chairman and Manpower Chairman He was named an advisor to the AntiqueClassic Board of Directors in 1979 and served in that capacity until 1984 when he was elected to a Directorship Jack earns his living as a professional engineer and in addition to his EAA involvement is active as a Captain on the Massachusetts Wing Staff of the Civil Air Patrol

PHILIP COULSON Lawton Michigan

Phil was born on a fa rm in southwestern Michigan His first ride in an airplane was at the age of 16 in a Fairchild PT-23 owned and fl own by Horace Sackett a local pilot and AampP Twenty-years later Horace would be Phils guiding light in restoring his 1930 Waco INF Phil lea rned to fl y off a grass strip in Lawton Michigan in 1962 His original dual instrucshytion and solo fl ying was in a Piper J-5 Throughout the yea rs he has owned several aircraft including a J-3 Cub Taylorcraft TriPacer and Cessna 190 He and his wife Ruthie are lovers of Wacos and greatly enjoy flying their 1940 UPF-7 Waco Their Kinner powered 1930 INF Waco is currently on loan to the Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum in Kalamazoo MI They also own a Model G Bonanza Phil s military ca reer consisted of four yea rs in the US Air Force during the Korean War Phil is a li fe time EAA member and began attending EAA Conventions in Rockford Illinois He is a charter member of AntiqueClassic Chapter 8 and also a past president Phil is a past chairman of the annual Parade of Flight at Oshkosh and is currently the President of the newly formed American Waco Club Inc He was appointed advisor to the AntiqueClassic Board in 1985 The Coulsons live in Lawton Michigan

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STAN GOMOLL Blaine Minnesota

Stan soloed a J-3 Club on his 16th birthday on 11-30-42 In 1945 he served in the US Air Force as a ground crewman on B-29s based at Guam Stan received his AampE license in 1949 at Spartan School of Aeronautics then returned home to Minneapolis where he worked at a small airport In 1951 he was hired by Northwest Airlines as a mechanic progressing to Flight Engineer and Co-pilot Stan is now retired from Northwest Stans first airplane was a 193940 hp Taylorcraft Currently he owns and fli es a 1936 Waco Cabin and a 1946 J-3 Cub Over the years he has restored many airplanes Stan has been active in EAA working on various committees at the Annual Convention In 1976 he was named Advisor and elected to the Board of Directors in 1984 He is currently President of AntiqueClassic Chapter 4 in the Minneapolis area

RJ DOBBY LICKTEIG Albert Lea Minnesota

Dobby is a native of Minnesota and had his first ai rplane ride at the age of 13 in a Velie Monocoupe He earned a solo license in a J-2 Cub at the age of 16 working at the local ai rport for flying time and has been flying since then After completing college in Minnesota he entered Air Force pilot training and graduated in Class 421 and was assigned to a new P-47 fighter group His tour of combat was 2-112 years in the European Theater of Operations during World War 11 Dobby has owned a varied collection of aircraft including a Stinson V77 Stearman L-2M Aztec Citabria BT-13A and AT-6G In 1985 he completed the restoration of a KR-2l Kinner-powered biplane and donated it to the EAA Aviation Museum His airplanes are frequent visitors to all Upper Midwest fly-ins He has been active in EAA Antique Classic and Warbird activities since the Convention was moved to Oshkosh He served as president of the AntiqueClassic Division from 1984 until 1988 Dobby is retired and he and his wife Jeanne live in Albert Lea Minnesota Their son Scott is a licensed pilot and is active on the Warbirds parking committee at the Annual EAA Convention

DALE A GUSTAFSON Indianapolis IN

Dale has been interested in airplanes since he was a small child and took his first plane ride in 1939 at the age of 10 He started taking flying lessons in 1945 and soloed at 16 After high school he worked at the airport in South Bend Indiana servicing airliners handling cargo and doing field maintenance Dale attended Spartan School of Aeronaut ics in 1948 and 1949 to obtain additional pilot ratings After this he freelanced as a fli ght instructor and ran a small FBO at South Bend until he was hired as a co-pilot on Turner Airlines in Indianapolis in 1950 Through name changes and mergers the airline is now USAir He had been with the airline for more than 35 years when he retired His plans now are to spend his time between Indiana and Florida where he has property adjoining a private airstrip Through the years Dale has owned various aircraft including a Stinson V77 Piper Colt Fairchild 24 Cessna 150 and several modern airplanes He currently owns a Cessna 195 plus a Stearman PT-17 and Piper J-4 which are being restored Recently Dale and his wife operated a small ai rport northwest of Indianapolis He is a member of several organizations interested in antique classic and homebuilt aircraft He has been a member of EAA since 1960 and the AntiqueClassic Division since it was organized He has served as an Advisor to the Division and currently is se rving as a Director For several years Dale has judged antiques at Oshkosh and served as Program Chairman for the AntiqueClassic Division awards

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And Stits Is Now Poly-Fiber Over the decadamptieThirty years of this little biplan trouble-free use identified Stits made Poly-Fiber Poly-Fiber aircraft the clear choice of covering products champions and firstshyToday those products time builders alike have a new name Now its coupled with and logo but they still a level of service and come with the best support all too rare manual and how-to these days Give us a video in the business call 8 to 5 Pacific time

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Come back to the days of the barnstormers the first air mail the earliest airlines and daring

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us CIVIL AIRCRAF SERIES C ome back to the exciting early days of civilian aviation

when flying was a real adventure with this definitive series about classic aircraft Now whether you enjoy flying or restoring historical aircraft reminiscing about the early piloting days building scale model planes or being an armchair aviator or historian you can take a special journey in flight

Included are rare photographs historical and production notes technical data and little-known anecdotes You get the stories names places and times that played key roles in the growth and success of civil aviation Jim Thompson pilot and restorer says There is no set of books that can equal the quality and authenticity of the U S Civil Aircraft Series

And if you act right now you can examine Volume 1 at no cost or obligation for a full 15 days in your own home Keep the first volume and you ll pay only $1995 (A savings of $10) Each subsequent volume will arrive in your home about every 6 weeks at the regular price of $2995 You can collect the entire series or

cancel your subscription whenever you wish

bull Relive the days of the Ford Tri-Motor Fokker Fairchild Challenger the Monocoupe and hundreds of other aviation firsts

bull See how the dreams of inventors and designers like Cummings Stinson and Williams changed the course of civil aviation history

bull Share the experiences of fearless recordbreakers like Lindbergh Earhart and others who flew across continents and oceans or against time to go farther Jaster and higher than ever before

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STAN GOMOLL Blaine Minnesota

Stan soloed a J-3 Club on his 16th birthday on 11-30-42 In 1945 he served in the US Air Force as a ground crewman on B-29s based at Guam Stan received his AampE license in 1949 at Spartan School of Aeronautics then returned home to Minneapolis where he worked at a small airport In 1951 he was hired by Northwest Airlines as a mechanic progressing to Flight Engineer and Co-pilot Stan is now retired from Northwest Stans first airplane was a 193940 hp Taylorcraft Currently he owns and fli es a 1936 Waco Cabin and a 1946 J-3 Cub Over the years he has restored many airplanes Stan has been active in EAA working on various committees at the Annual Convention In 1976 he was named Advisor and elected to the Board of Directors in 1984 He is currently President of AntiqueClassic Chapter 4 in the Minneapolis area

RJ DOBBY LICKTEIG Albert Lea Minnesota

Dobby is a native of Minnesota and had his first ai rplane ride at the age of 13 in a Velie Monocoupe He earned a solo license in a J-2 Cub at the age of 16 working at the local ai rport for flying time and has been flying since then After completing college in Minnesota he entered Air Force pilot training and graduated in Class 421 and was assigned to a new P-47 fighter group His tour of combat was 2-112 years in the European Theater of Operations during World War 11 Dobby has owned a varied collection of aircraft including a Stinson V77 Stearman L-2M Aztec Citabria BT-13A and AT-6G In 1985 he completed the restoration of a KR-2l Kinner-powered biplane and donated it to the EAA Aviation Museum His airplanes are frequent visitors to all Upper Midwest fly-ins He has been active in EAA Antique Classic and Warbird activities since the Convention was moved to Oshkosh He served as president of the AntiqueClassic Division from 1984 until 1988 Dobby is retired and he and his wife Jeanne live in Albert Lea Minnesota Their son Scott is a licensed pilot and is active on the Warbirds parking committee at the Annual EAA Convention

DALE A GUSTAFSON Indianapolis IN

Dale has been interested in airplanes since he was a small child and took his first plane ride in 1939 at the age of 10 He started taking flying lessons in 1945 and soloed at 16 After high school he worked at the airport in South Bend Indiana servicing airliners handling cargo and doing field maintenance Dale attended Spartan School of Aeronaut ics in 1948 and 1949 to obtain additional pilot ratings After this he freelanced as a fli ght instructor and ran a small FBO at South Bend until he was hired as a co-pilot on Turner Airlines in Indianapolis in 1950 Through name changes and mergers the airline is now USAir He had been with the airline for more than 35 years when he retired His plans now are to spend his time between Indiana and Florida where he has property adjoining a private airstrip Through the years Dale has owned various aircraft including a Stinson V77 Piper Colt Fairchild 24 Cessna 150 and several modern airplanes He currently owns a Cessna 195 plus a Stearman PT-17 and Piper J-4 which are being restored Recently Dale and his wife operated a small ai rport northwest of Indianapolis He is a member of several organizations interested in antique classic and homebuilt aircraft He has been a member of EAA since 1960 and the AntiqueClassic Division since it was organized He has served as an Advisor to the Division and currently is se rving as a Director For several years Dale has judged antiques at Oshkosh and served as Program Chairman for the AntiqueClassic Division awards

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CURTISS JN4-D MEMORABILIA - You can now own memorabilia from the famous Jennymiddot as seen on TREASURES FROM THE PAST We have posters postcards videos pins airmail cachets etc We also have RC documentation exclusive to this historic aircraft Sale of these items support operating expense to keep this Jennymiddot flying for the aviation public We appreciate your help Write for your free price List Virginia Aviation Co RDv-8 Box 294 Warrenton VA 22186 (c592)

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GEE BEE etc - Scale model plans (used for Benjamins R-2) Catalog $325 Vern Clements 308 Palo Alto Caldwell 1083605 (c-893))

Antique and Classic wheel pants - Will custom build in fiberglass from original drawings blueprints or photographs Har- bor Ultralights Products Co 1326 Batey Place Harbor City CA 90710310326-5609 FAX 310530-2124 (c-1093)

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GAS WELD ALUMINUM - Just like the old timers We guarantee excellence Tools Supplies Instructional video tapes TM Techshynologies POB 762 NSJ CA 95960916292-3506 (7-3)

Peaceful Vermont Taildragger Heaven - Cozy lakefront house $175000 Rights to use airfield in back 802796-3235 (6-2)

Sea Knight Helicopter C-46 Reunion - (HC Support Squadron) pilots and crews all hands reunion USS Sylvania (AFS-2) John Pierce 6631 Halloway Lane Lansing M148917 (6-1)

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FABRIC ENVELOPES -stits - Pl03 and HD2X2 AN HARDWARE -Ceconite-10l andl02 - Bolts Q==- -Rivets

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Oshkosh 92 Grand Champion

Custom Built From Plans

And Stits Is Now Poly-Fiber Over the decadamptieThirty years of this little biplan trouble-free use identified Stits made Poly-Fiber Poly-Fiber aircraft the clear choice of covering products champions and firstshyToday those products time builders alike have a new name Now its coupled with and logo but they still a level of service and come with the best support all too rare manual and how-to these days Give us a video in the business call 8 to 5 Pacific time

Customer Service 8003623490

Other Stuff 9096844280

FAX 9096840518 Box 3084-5

Riverside California 92519-3084

Fly high with a quality Classic interior Complete interior assemblies for dO-it-yourself installation

Custom quality at economical prices bull Cushion upholstery sets bull Wall panel sets bull Headliners bull Carpet sets bull Baggage compartment sets - Firewall covers bull Seat slings bull Recover envelopes and dopes

Free catalog of complete product line

Fabric Selection Guide showing actual sample colors and styles of materials $300

I Iail1ex1RODUCTS INC 259 Lower Morrisville Rd Dept VA Falisington PA 19054 (215) 295-4115 ~

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31

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INTRODUCING DIRECT APPROACHreg 2000

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2 Paid legal services for certificate violations arising from an accident

3 Liability coverage even after the sale of your aircraft

4 Non-owner hull damage coverage at no additional charge

5 Medical payments in addition to those provided by any other policy

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Come back to the days of the barnstormers the first air mail the earliest airlines and daring

transoceanic flights as TABAero presents

us CIVIL AIRCRAF SERIES C ome back to the exciting early days of civilian aviation

when flying was a real adventure with this definitive series about classic aircraft Now whether you enjoy flying or restoring historical aircraft reminiscing about the early piloting days building scale model planes or being an armchair aviator or historian you can take a special journey in flight

Included are rare photographs historical and production notes technical data and little-known anecdotes You get the stories names places and times that played key roles in the growth and success of civil aviation Jim Thompson pilot and restorer says There is no set of books that can equal the quality and authenticity of the U S Civil Aircraft Series

And if you act right now you can examine Volume 1 at no cost or obligation for a full 15 days in your own home Keep the first volume and you ll pay only $1995 (A savings of $10) Each subsequent volume will arrive in your home about every 6 weeks at the regular price of $2995 You can collect the entire series or

cancel your subscription whenever you wish

bull Relive the days of the Ford Tri-Motor Fokker Fairchild Challenger the Monocoupe and hundreds of other aviation firsts

bull See how the dreams of inventors and designers like Cummings Stinson and Williams changed the course of civil aviation history

bull Share the experiences of fearless recordbreakers like Lindbergh Earhart and others who flew across continents and oceans or against time to go farther Jaster and higher than ever before

Mail Coupon to TABIAero Press

Blue Ridge Summit PA 17294-0840

DYES Please send me the US CIVIL AIRCRAFT SERIES Volume 1 for my FREE 15-day examinations at the introductory price of $1995 (A savings of $10 off the regular price of $2995) Please reserve future volumes for me Send no money at this time

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BeCOllle A Menlber Of The BAA AntiqueClassic Insurance Progralll

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bull Lower Uability amp Hull Premiums Call Today bull Fleet Discounts bull No Age penalty 800-727-3823 bull No Hand Propping Exclusions bull No Component Parts Endorsements bull A+ Company with In-House Claims ~~

Service bull Option to Repair Your Own Aircraft

1 year subscription $25 Sample issues $4 each Overseas $30

WW1 AERO (1900-1919) and SKYWAYS (1920-1940) Two Journals for the restorer builder amp serious modeller of earty aircraN

bull information on current projects bull historical research

bull news of museums and airshows bull workshop notes bull technical drawings and data bull information on paintcolor

bull photographs bull aeroplanes engines parts

bull scale modelling material for sale

bull news of current publications bull your wants and disposals

Sole distributors for P3V a computer program to generate a 3-view from a photograph

Published by WORLD WAR 1 ~ INC 15 Crescent Road Poughkeepsie NY 12601 USA (914) 473-3679

35cent per word $500 minimum charge Send your ad to The Vintage Trader EAA Aviation Center PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-2591

Payment must accompany ad VISAMasterCard accepted_

AIRCRAFT

1923 Stearman NS-1 - Model 73 SN9688 fuselage landing gear complete blueprints Glenn 817389-2196 after 8 pm (8-3)

1948 Luscombe 8E - 1390 TT AF 300 SCMOH King Silver Crown comm and one TXP Cessna 150 seats dual landing lights Scott tailwheel extensive data sheetphotos available $20500 618624shy2648 (6-2)

MISCELLANEOUS

CURTISS JN4-D MEMORABILIA - You can now own memorabilia from the famous Jennymiddot as seen on TREASURES FROM THE PAST We have posters postcards videos pins airmail cachets etc We also have RC documentation exclusive to this historic aircraft Sale of these items support operating expense to keep this Jennymiddot flying for the aviation public We appreciate your help Write for your free price List Virginia Aviation Co RDv-8 Box 294 Warrenton VA 22186 (c592)

Fly-About Adventures and the Ercoupe - Full color 130 pages $1795 Fly-About PO Box 51144 Denton TX 76206 (ufn)

SUPER CUB PA-18 FUSELAGES - New manufacture STC-PMA-d 4130 chrome-moly tubing throughout also complete fuselage repair ROCKY MOUNTAIN AIRFRAME INC (J E Soares Pres) 7093 Dry Creek Rd Belgrade Montana 406-388-6069 FAX 406388-0170 Repair station No QK5R148N

GEE BEE etc - Scale model plans (used for Benjamins R-2) Catalog $325 Vern Clements 308 Palo Alto Caldwell 1083605 (c-893))

Antique and Classic wheel pants - Will custom build in fiberglass from original drawings blueprints or photographs Har- bor Ultralights Products Co 1326 Batey Place Harbor City CA 90710310326-5609 FAX 310530-2124 (c-1093)

WINDSHIELDS - WINDOWS - CANOPIES - for all unpressurized certified custom or experimental aircraft Unmatched 12 price reshyplacement warranty covers damage during installation and service for 6 months after purchase AIRPLANE PLASTICS CO 8300k DAYTON ROAD FAIRBORN OH 45324 513864-5607 (C-194)

Antique Aero Engines - formerly OX-5 parts and service Subshyscriptions $1800 per year ads free to subscribers PO Box 134 Troy OH 45373 (6-893)

GAS WELD ALUMINUM - Just like the old timers We guarantee excellence Tools Supplies Instructional video tapes TM Techshynologies POB 762 NSJ CA 95960916292-3506 (7-3)

Peaceful Vermont Taildragger Heaven - Cozy lakefront house $175000 Rights to use airfield in back 802796-3235 (6-2)

Sea Knight Helicopter C-46 Reunion - (HC Support Squadron) pilots and crews all hands reunion USS Sylvania (AFS-2) John Pierce 6631 Halloway Lane Lansing M148917 (6-1)

30 JUNE 1993

i COVERING SYSTEMS INTERIOR ITEMS ~ -stlts -Randolph -Cushion Sets

-Ceconite -Air-Tech -Headliners -Seat Dopes Fabrics Tapes -Carpeting Slings

Primers amp Accessories -canopy amp Windshield Covers -Baggage Compartments

FABRIC ENVELOPES -stits - Pl03 and HD2X2 AN HARDWARE -Ceconite-10l andl02 - Bolts Q==- -Rivets

-Nuts -Washers -PinsDROP-IN INTERIOR KITS -Rttings -Screws ~-Antique amp Classic Aircraft -Fasteners

Call for Subscribe your to

FREE copy JlEROPLANEof our ~WS1992

catalog

CoIl1-800-831-2949 To order

ACCESSORIES 8 DECAlS STENCIlS -Windshields -Rlters i CUB ampPLACARDS -Shock Cords -Tires -Tallwheels -Spark Plugs AIRFRAME PARTS -Tubes bull Instruments -Spruce Rr -Plywood -Wheel Brakes amp Axles -Adhesives bull Nails - Propeliers -Tail Draggers -steel Sheet amp Tubing

-Master Cylinders -Aluminum Sheet ampTubing

pO box 468 madison north carolina 27025 (919) 427-0216

AWWA

MEMBER

Icwt MEMBER

I ANI( PAINTlNb AND REPAIRING

SANOILASTING lANK LINERS AND COATINGS PREVENTIvE TANK MAINHNANCt INSPECTION StRVICt LADDta SAftTy tOUIPM(NI

UStRvOIR lIN(RS AND ROOfS

DISMANTlING AND MOVING TANKS

NtW UStD AND RECONDtllONtD TANKS

Champions Know Stits ~~~~~i=l Steve LundsImiddot Kinner Hatz

Oshkosh 92 Grand Champion

Custom Built From Plans

And Stits Is Now Poly-Fiber Over the decadamptieThirty years of this little biplan trouble-free use identified Stits made Poly-Fiber Poly-Fiber aircraft the clear choice of covering products champions and firstshyToday those products time builders alike have a new name Now its coupled with and logo but they still a level of service and come with the best support all too rare manual and how-to these days Give us a video in the business call 8 to 5 Pacific time

Customer Service 8003623490

Other Stuff 9096844280

FAX 9096840518 Box 3084-5

Riverside California 92519-3084

Fly high with a quality Classic interior Complete interior assemblies for dO-it-yourself installation

Custom quality at economical prices bull Cushion upholstery sets bull Wall panel sets bull Headliners bull Carpet sets bull Baggage compartment sets - Firewall covers bull Seat slings bull Recover envelopes and dopes

Free catalog of complete product line

Fabric Selection Guide showing actual sample colors and styles of materials $300

I Iail1ex1RODUCTS INC 259 Lower Morrisville Rd Dept VA Falisington PA 19054 (215) 295-4115 ~

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31

BREAK OUT ON TOP

INTRODUCING DIRECT APPROACHreg 2000

SETTING A NEW STANDARD IN AIRCRAFT INSURANCE

1 Limited rental coverage

2 Paid legal services for certificate violations arising from an accident

3 Liability coverage even after the sale of your aircraft

4 Non-owner hull damage coverage at no additional charge

5 Medical payments in addition to those provided by any other policy

Plus more than 30 additional coverage features unsurpassed in the industry

Call us today for a no-obligation quote

CttiMCOreg INSURANCE COMPANY

1-800-638-8440 _ In Canada Call 1-800-263-1631

This is only a general description of coverage Exclusions and limitations apply The examples shown assume purchase of full coverage Well be happy to send you a sample policy prior to purchase

AAA20-0 (3-93)

Come back to the days of the barnstormers the first air mail the earliest airlines and daring

transoceanic flights as TABAero presents

us CIVIL AIRCRAF SERIES C ome back to the exciting early days of civilian aviation

when flying was a real adventure with this definitive series about classic aircraft Now whether you enjoy flying or restoring historical aircraft reminiscing about the early piloting days building scale model planes or being an armchair aviator or historian you can take a special journey in flight

Included are rare photographs historical and production notes technical data and little-known anecdotes You get the stories names places and times that played key roles in the growth and success of civil aviation Jim Thompson pilot and restorer says There is no set of books that can equal the quality and authenticity of the U S Civil Aircraft Series

And if you act right now you can examine Volume 1 at no cost or obligation for a full 15 days in your own home Keep the first volume and you ll pay only $1995 (A savings of $10) Each subsequent volume will arrive in your home about every 6 weeks at the regular price of $2995 You can collect the entire series or

cancel your subscription whenever you wish

bull Relive the days of the Ford Tri-Motor Fokker Fairchild Challenger the Monocoupe and hundreds of other aviation firsts

bull See how the dreams of inventors and designers like Cummings Stinson and Williams changed the course of civil aviation history

bull Share the experiences of fearless recordbreakers like Lindbergh Earhart and others who flew across continents and oceans or against time to go farther Jaster and higher than ever before

Mail Coupon to TABIAero Press

Blue Ridge Summit PA 17294-0840

DYES Please send me the US CIVIL AIRCRAFT SERIES Volume 1 for my FREE 15-day examinations at the introductory price of $1995 (A savings of $10 off the regular price of $2995) Please reserve future volumes for me Send no money at this time

Name __________________________________

Address _______________________________

City _________________________________

State ___________________ Zip ______

Sig natu re c--------------------------------- shyOrder invalid without signature Atl orders subject to credit approval No orders accepted without signature You may send your order on a photo copy 01 this lorm

FOR FASTEST SERVICE CALL TOLL-FREE 1-800-822-8158 CAVN693

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1 year subscription $25 Sample issues $4 each Overseas $30

WW1 AERO (1900-1919) and SKYWAYS (1920-1940) Two Journals for the restorer builder amp serious modeller of earty aircraN

bull information on current projects bull historical research

bull news of museums and airshows bull workshop notes bull technical drawings and data bull information on paintcolor

bull photographs bull aeroplanes engines parts

bull scale modelling material for sale

bull news of current publications bull your wants and disposals

Sole distributors for P3V a computer program to generate a 3-view from a photograph

Published by WORLD WAR 1 ~ INC 15 Crescent Road Poughkeepsie NY 12601 USA (914) 473-3679

35cent per word $500 minimum charge Send your ad to The Vintage Trader EAA Aviation Center PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-2591

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AIRCRAFT

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i COVERING SYSTEMS INTERIOR ITEMS ~ -stlts -Randolph -Cushion Sets

-Ceconite -Air-Tech -Headliners -Seat Dopes Fabrics Tapes -Carpeting Slings

Primers amp Accessories -canopy amp Windshield Covers -Baggage Compartments

FABRIC ENVELOPES -stits - Pl03 and HD2X2 AN HARDWARE -Ceconite-10l andl02 - Bolts Q==- -Rivets

-Nuts -Washers -PinsDROP-IN INTERIOR KITS -Rttings -Screws ~-Antique amp Classic Aircraft -Fasteners

Call for Subscribe your to

FREE copy JlEROPLANEof our ~WS1992

catalog

CoIl1-800-831-2949 To order

ACCESSORIES 8 DECAlS STENCIlS -Windshields -Rlters i CUB ampPLACARDS -Shock Cords -Tires -Tallwheels -Spark Plugs AIRFRAME PARTS -Tubes bull Instruments -Spruce Rr -Plywood -Wheel Brakes amp Axles -Adhesives bull Nails - Propeliers -Tail Draggers -steel Sheet amp Tubing

-Master Cylinders -Aluminum Sheet ampTubing

pO box 468 madison north carolina 27025 (919) 427-0216

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I ANI( PAINTlNb AND REPAIRING

SANOILASTING lANK LINERS AND COATINGS PREVENTIvE TANK MAINHNANCt INSPECTION StRVICt LADDta SAftTy tOUIPM(NI

UStRvOIR lIN(RS AND ROOfS

DISMANTlING AND MOVING TANKS

NtW UStD AND RECONDtllONtD TANKS

Champions Know Stits ~~~~~i=l Steve LundsImiddot Kinner Hatz

Oshkosh 92 Grand Champion

Custom Built From Plans

And Stits Is Now Poly-Fiber Over the decadamptieThirty years of this little biplan trouble-free use identified Stits made Poly-Fiber Poly-Fiber aircraft the clear choice of covering products champions and firstshyToday those products time builders alike have a new name Now its coupled with and logo but they still a level of service and come with the best support all too rare manual and how-to these days Give us a video in the business call 8 to 5 Pacific time

Customer Service 8003623490

Other Stuff 9096844280

FAX 9096840518 Box 3084-5

Riverside California 92519-3084

Fly high with a quality Classic interior Complete interior assemblies for dO-it-yourself installation

Custom quality at economical prices bull Cushion upholstery sets bull Wall panel sets bull Headliners bull Carpet sets bull Baggage compartment sets - Firewall covers bull Seat slings bull Recover envelopes and dopes

Free catalog of complete product line

Fabric Selection Guide showing actual sample colors and styles of materials $300

I Iail1ex1RODUCTS INC 259 Lower Morrisville Rd Dept VA Falisington PA 19054 (215) 295-4115 ~

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31

BREAK OUT ON TOP

INTRODUCING DIRECT APPROACHreg 2000

SETTING A NEW STANDARD IN AIRCRAFT INSURANCE

1 Limited rental coverage

2 Paid legal services for certificate violations arising from an accident

3 Liability coverage even after the sale of your aircraft

4 Non-owner hull damage coverage at no additional charge

5 Medical payments in addition to those provided by any other policy

Plus more than 30 additional coverage features unsurpassed in the industry

Call us today for a no-obligation quote

CttiMCOreg INSURANCE COMPANY

1-800-638-8440 _ In Canada Call 1-800-263-1631

This is only a general description of coverage Exclusions and limitations apply The examples shown assume purchase of full coverage Well be happy to send you a sample policy prior to purchase

AAA20-0 (3-93)

Come back to the days of the barnstormers the first air mail the earliest airlines and daring

transoceanic flights as TABAero presents

us CIVIL AIRCRAF SERIES C ome back to the exciting early days of civilian aviation

when flying was a real adventure with this definitive series about classic aircraft Now whether you enjoy flying or restoring historical aircraft reminiscing about the early piloting days building scale model planes or being an armchair aviator or historian you can take a special journey in flight

Included are rare photographs historical and production notes technical data and little-known anecdotes You get the stories names places and times that played key roles in the growth and success of civil aviation Jim Thompson pilot and restorer says There is no set of books that can equal the quality and authenticity of the U S Civil Aircraft Series

And if you act right now you can examine Volume 1 at no cost or obligation for a full 15 days in your own home Keep the first volume and you ll pay only $1995 (A savings of $10) Each subsequent volume will arrive in your home about every 6 weeks at the regular price of $2995 You can collect the entire series or

cancel your subscription whenever you wish

bull Relive the days of the Ford Tri-Motor Fokker Fairchild Challenger the Monocoupe and hundreds of other aviation firsts

bull See how the dreams of inventors and designers like Cummings Stinson and Williams changed the course of civil aviation history

bull Share the experiences of fearless recordbreakers like Lindbergh Earhart and others who flew across continents and oceans or against time to go farther Jaster and higher than ever before

Mail Coupon to TABIAero Press

Blue Ridge Summit PA 17294-0840

DYES Please send me the US CIVIL AIRCRAFT SERIES Volume 1 for my FREE 15-day examinations at the introductory price of $1995 (A savings of $10 off the regular price of $2995) Please reserve future volumes for me Send no money at this time

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BREAK OUT ON TOP

INTRODUCING DIRECT APPROACHreg 2000

SETTING A NEW STANDARD IN AIRCRAFT INSURANCE

1 Limited rental coverage

2 Paid legal services for certificate violations arising from an accident

3 Liability coverage even after the sale of your aircraft

4 Non-owner hull damage coverage at no additional charge

5 Medical payments in addition to those provided by any other policy

Plus more than 30 additional coverage features unsurpassed in the industry

Call us today for a no-obligation quote

CttiMCOreg INSURANCE COMPANY

1-800-638-8440 _ In Canada Call 1-800-263-1631

This is only a general description of coverage Exclusions and limitations apply The examples shown assume purchase of full coverage Well be happy to send you a sample policy prior to purchase

AAA20-0 (3-93)

Come back to the days of the barnstormers the first air mail the earliest airlines and daring

transoceanic flights as TABAero presents

us CIVIL AIRCRAF SERIES C ome back to the exciting early days of civilian aviation

when flying was a real adventure with this definitive series about classic aircraft Now whether you enjoy flying or restoring historical aircraft reminiscing about the early piloting days building scale model planes or being an armchair aviator or historian you can take a special journey in flight

Included are rare photographs historical and production notes technical data and little-known anecdotes You get the stories names places and times that played key roles in the growth and success of civil aviation Jim Thompson pilot and restorer says There is no set of books that can equal the quality and authenticity of the U S Civil Aircraft Series

And if you act right now you can examine Volume 1 at no cost or obligation for a full 15 days in your own home Keep the first volume and you ll pay only $1995 (A savings of $10) Each subsequent volume will arrive in your home about every 6 weeks at the regular price of $2995 You can collect the entire series or

cancel your subscription whenever you wish

bull Relive the days of the Ford Tri-Motor Fokker Fairchild Challenger the Monocoupe and hundreds of other aviation firsts

bull See how the dreams of inventors and designers like Cummings Stinson and Williams changed the course of civil aviation history

bull Share the experiences of fearless recordbreakers like Lindbergh Earhart and others who flew across continents and oceans or against time to go farther Jaster and higher than ever before

Mail Coupon to TABIAero Press

Blue Ridge Summit PA 17294-0840

DYES Please send me the US CIVIL AIRCRAFT SERIES Volume 1 for my FREE 15-day examinations at the introductory price of $1995 (A savings of $10 off the regular price of $2995) Please reserve future volumes for me Send no money at this time

Name __________________________________

Address _______________________________

City _________________________________

State ___________________ Zip ______

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Come back to the days of the barnstormers the first air mail the earliest airlines and daring

transoceanic flights as TABAero presents

us CIVIL AIRCRAF SERIES C ome back to the exciting early days of civilian aviation

when flying was a real adventure with this definitive series about classic aircraft Now whether you enjoy flying or restoring historical aircraft reminiscing about the early piloting days building scale model planes or being an armchair aviator or historian you can take a special journey in flight

Included are rare photographs historical and production notes technical data and little-known anecdotes You get the stories names places and times that played key roles in the growth and success of civil aviation Jim Thompson pilot and restorer says There is no set of books that can equal the quality and authenticity of the U S Civil Aircraft Series

And if you act right now you can examine Volume 1 at no cost or obligation for a full 15 days in your own home Keep the first volume and you ll pay only $1995 (A savings of $10) Each subsequent volume will arrive in your home about every 6 weeks at the regular price of $2995 You can collect the entire series or

cancel your subscription whenever you wish

bull Relive the days of the Ford Tri-Motor Fokker Fairchild Challenger the Monocoupe and hundreds of other aviation firsts

bull See how the dreams of inventors and designers like Cummings Stinson and Williams changed the course of civil aviation history

bull Share the experiences of fearless recordbreakers like Lindbergh Earhart and others who flew across continents and oceans or against time to go farther Jaster and higher than ever before

Mail Coupon to TABIAero Press

Blue Ridge Summit PA 17294-0840

DYES Please send me the US CIVIL AIRCRAFT SERIES Volume 1 for my FREE 15-day examinations at the introductory price of $1995 (A savings of $10 off the regular price of $2995) Please reserve future volumes for me Send no money at this time

Name __________________________________

Address _______________________________

City _________________________________

State ___________________ Zip ______

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FOR FASTEST SERVICE CALL TOLL-FREE 1-800-822-8158 CAVN693

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