va-vol-10-no-4-april-1982

STRAIGHT AND LEVEL

The fly-in season is here and what a welcome sight Sun N Fun 82 is history and our season of weekend fly-ins is upon us Winter has been long for many of us and those not fortunate to have heated hangars are now getting back into the routine maintenance schedule for spring flying

If available the AM Weather daily reports are fascinating to watch in particular their presentations and forecasts of weather conditions We can probably obtain more accurate information from the AM Weather presentations than from some flight service reports

Weather itself has been a debatable subject throughshyout history We have been to the moon and back but still cannot forecast the weather for more than a short period of time with any accountable accuracy Our tax dollars have been used for years to bring weather inshyformation to us and advances have been made both by our government and private sources that now feed the various media outlets It is reassuring to know what the weather holds for us when we fly whether VFR or IFR To depend on the forecasts is often a gamble for accuracy but to use common sense is the accountable factor

Most of our antique and classic aircraft are basically VFR oriented if restored to the authentic original conshyfiguration and we should respect the fact they are VFR aircraft It happens all too often that when flying cross country conditions occur that appear undesirable and we return to our departure point or land at an airport that remains VFR A little bit of planning helps to preshyvent entering unknown circumstances

We fly our antiques and classics for pure pleasure and do not face demanding situations on a do-or-die basis To enjoy the flight we must respect and be ready to confront threatening weather and winds Sure it is fine to have an instrument ticket and be able to use it properly under conditions that meet the requireshyments of the pilot and aircraft It does eliminate that sudden delay enroute because of weather that was not forecast or a front that was not to move in for several days An instrument ticket will be invaluable when attempts are made to fly in instrument conditions with an aircraft that should be flown only under VFR situashytions The old familiar statement lets do a 3600 and get the heck out of here is often the result of frustrashytion andor lack of planning

Weather in its general sense is a tremendous facshytor in the maintenance of our antique and classic airshycraft How many times have we observed an unoccupied building literally come apart over a short period of time This situation becomes obvious due to its dorshymant condition and lack of use The loss of air circulashytion and ventilation hastily increases the deterioration of the wood contents Our antique and classic aircraft often have many wood and fabric parts These same temperature humidity and ventilating conditions caused by weather definitely apply and affect the life of our aircraft over a period of time Some aircraft of wood construction have been stored in the southwest for years without evidence of deterioration obviously due to low humidity and stable climate On the other

By Brad Thorn as President

A ntiquelClassic Division

hand some aircraft stored in a climate consisting of high moisture content and variable temperatures will show deterioration in a short time

We cannot always control where we live or where we hangar our antiques and classics but we can use preventive methods to eliminate the problems described above The first step is to make a concerted effort to fly the aircraft fairly often Let it breathe and flex in flight The trapped moist air within the wings and tail surfaces will be replaced with fresh air and as a result will give the wood structures a greater life Check the drain holes and be sure they are not clogged with dirt How often have we removed insPection plates and found evidence of rodents accumulating various items for bedding Not only is this condition found within the wings and tail surfaces but also in hidden engine compartments

The weather conditions affect our antique engines as much as our modern-day ones When in a static position most engines will have an exhaust or intake valve open providing a direct source for moisture to enter the cylinder area The results from lack of operashytion will be evidence of internal rust If we cannot actually fly our antique or classic during the winter months at least we must take it out of the hangar and run the engine frequently to clean out those critical areas

We all are familiar with Howard Hughes Spruce Goose Constructed entirely of wood this aircraft reshymains in serviceable condition today due to the planshyning and knowledge available to control the temperashyture and humidity in the storage facility in which it rested all those years Not only is the aircraft hull serviceable but the engines were maintained under ideal conditions that prevented corrosion and deteriorashytion

Probably only one of us in a hundred thousand have the facilities and funds to preserve and maintain our antiques and classics as did Howard Hughes but we can use common sense in approaching our individual maintenance programs by attempting to fly our antiques and classics on a regular basis and keep our engines clean with frequent operation and periodic oil changes After all our purpose is to maintain and keep our antiques flying for the enjoyment of ourselves and others Very few of the young aviation enthusiasts get an opportunity to see let alone get a buddy ride in the antiques flying today So remember that kid on the fence when you fly your bird into the sky bull

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COPYRIGHT copy 1982 EM ANTIQUE CLASSIC DIVISION INC ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

APRIL 1982 VOLUME10 NUMBER 4

OFFICERS President

W Brad Thomas Jr 301 Dodson Mill Road

Pilot Mountain NC 27041 919368-2875 Home 919368-2291 Office

Secretary M C Kelly Viets 7745 W 183rd St Stilwell KS 66085

913681-2303 Home 9131782-6720 Office

Vice-President Jack C Winthrop Route 1 Box 111 Allen TX 75002

2141727-5649

Treasurer E E Buck Hilbert

PO Box 145 Union IL 60180

815923-4591

DIRECTORS Ronald Fritz

15401 Sparta Avenue Kent City MI 49330

616678-5012

Claude L Gray Jr 9635 Sylvia Avenue

Northridge CA 91324 213349-1338

Dale A Gustafson 7724 Shady Hill Drive Indianapolis IN 46274

317293-4430

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Cedarburg WI 53012 414377-5886

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Rochester NY 14617 716342-3170

Morton W Lester PO Box 3747

Martinsville VA 2411 2 703632-4839

Arthur R Morgan 3744 North 51st Blvd Milwaukee WI 53216

414442-3631

John R Turgyan 1530 Kuser Road

Trenton NJ 08619 609585-2747

S J Wittman Box 2672

Oshkosh WI 54901 414235-1 265

George S York 181 Sloboda Ave

Mansfield OH 44906 419529-4378

ADVISORS Ed Burns Stan Gomoll Gene Morris

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PUBLICATION STAFF

PUBLISHER EDITOR Paul H Poberezny Gene R Chase

ASSOC EDITOR EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS George A Hardie Jr Norman Petersen Pat Etter

FRONT COVER bull Rare 1933 Fairchild 22 NC14768 SIN 922 owned by Jack Schnaubelt (EAA 36851 AlC 104) 1755 Country Knolls Lane Elgin IL 60120 Photographed at Oshkosh by Ted Koston

BACK COVER bull bullbull Activity is focused on the landing gear of the Crosby CR-4 racer in 1939 The man at right holds a Cleveland newspaper with headlines announcing the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany at the start of WWII Can anyone identify the men in the photo

(Photo from the Clarence B Kramer collection)

TABLE OF CONTENTS Straight and Level By Brad Thomas 2 AlC News Compiled by Gene Chase 4 Fuselage Scale Details Of Lincoln Biplane - Part III 5 Three-Time Grand Champion Winner

By Claude Gray 8 Golden Oldies 10 Members Projects 11 A Photo Album From Hungary By Bela Varga 12 Liaison Missions - Men and Machines

By E E Buck Hilbert 14 Mystery Plane 15 An Observer At The Wings amp Wheels Auction

By E E Buck Hilbert 16 A Brief Moment In Aviat ion History

By William H Parker _ 18 Letters To Editor 19 Calendar of Events 19

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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 Material should be sent to Gene R Chase Editor The VINTAGE AIRshyPLANE PO Box 229 Hales Corners WI 53130 Associate Editorships are assigned to those writers who submit five or more articles which are published in THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE during the current year Associates receive a bound volume of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE and a free one-year membership in the Division for their effort THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE (ISSN 0091-6943) is owned exclusively by EAA AntiqueClassic Division Inc and is published monthly at Hales Corners WisconSin 53130 Second Class Postage paid at Hales Corners Post Office Hales Corners Wisconsin 53130 and additional mailing offices Memshybership rates for EAA AntiqueClassic Division Inc are $1400 for current EAA members per 12 month period of which $1000 is for the publication of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE Membership is open to all who are interested in aviation

ADVERTISING - AntiqueClassic Division does not guarantee or endorse any product offered through our advertising We invite constructive criticism and welcome any report of inferior merchandise obtained through our advertising so that corrective measures can be taken

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FORD TRIMOTOR FOR SALE

Bob Baron recently sent word that Island Airlines Ford Trimotor is for sale He quoted from the February 24 1982 edition of the Toledo (Ohio) Blade

PORT CLINTON Ohio - The historic Tin Goose Ford Trimotor Aircraft may be leaving its Lake Erie Islands roost Island Airlines owner of the 14 passenger relic announced Monday that it will sell the 54-year-old aircraft as soon as possible because of economic factors

The asking price reportedly is to be about $1 million Island Airlines officials said that profits generated from daily Trimotor sight-seeing trips over the islands near here could not cover annual insurance payments of nearly $2700000

In addition the Tin Goose was severely hampered by its inability to provide regular passenger service to the Islands because of Federal Aviation Administration regulations prohibiting it from doing so

The Trimotor began its regular sight-seeing flights over the Islands in April 1980 after a $300000 restorashytion returned the aircraft to active service The expensive face-lift was needed after a crash in July 1977 damaged nearly 80 of the aircraft

The Island Airlines Mode14-AT is the oldest Ford Trishymotor still flying commercially

Ford built 198 Trimotors between 1926 to 1933 Only a handful remain

Bob Baron worked for Ford at the time the Trimotors were being built and he has offered invaluable technical assistance to EAA in the restoration of the Museums Ford NC8407 A progress report on this project will be presented in a forthcoming issue of The VINTAGE AIRshyPLANE

SALMSON MANUALS NEEDED The Museum is in dire need of both overhaul and

operating manuals for a Salmson Type 5AG engine This is the powerplant in the Museums 1931 Morane Saulnier Type 181 aircraft which is being restored by EAA Chapter 304 in Jackson MI Donations to the EAA Aviation Foundation are tax deductible or if a manual would be available for copying please contact Ralph Bufano Executive Director EAA Aviation Foundation Inc 11311 W Forest Home Avenue Franklin WI 53132

JOE MACKEY 01 ES

Col Joseph C Mackey Ft Lauderdale died on February 14 1982 in Florida He was 72 He founded Mackey International Airlines Mackey Airlines and Mackey Air Transport Of interest to EAA members Col Mackey was the last registered owner of the 1931 Laird Super Solution before it was donated to the National Air and Space Museum

In 1976 he signed a bill of sale which enabled the EAA Aviation Foundation to acquire the original registration number NR12048 for its replica of this historic aircraft

4 APRIL 1982

CHARLIE KLESSIG IS AT IT AGAIN From the EAA Chapter 81 Newsletter edited by Larry

Cowell Tucson AZ we learn that Charlie Klessig (EAA 40563 AlC 357) is building a replica of a 1911 Curtiss Pusher The plane is on the gear with wing center sections control column brake and engine mount installed The ailerons will be operated by the body yoke per the original Charlie is building the plane at Ryan Field Tucson and knowing how fast he works the Curtiss may be flying by the time this gets into print

NAAA MUSEUM SEEKS DONATIONS

The National Agricultural Association Museum PO Box 1609 Jackson MS 39205 is looking for donashytions of aircraft specifically a Jenny Huff-Dayland Travel Air 6000 or other similar historic planes They are non-profit and tax exempt

The 40000 square foot museum is located on a city tract of 395 acres along with other historical museums The State of Mississippi has given one and one half million dollars to support the NAAA facility

For further information contact Mr James Maxwell Benoit MS 39725 tel 6011742-3400 Operator 7 Mr Maxwell is founder of World Agricultural Aviation magazine and past president of the National Agricultural Aviation Association

ANOTHER AERONCA CLUB FORMED

Pea Patch Airlines has announced the formation of an all new club for Aeronca aircraft owners and enthusiasts called the AERONCA AVIATORS CLUB The group offers a variety of services including quarterly newsletter tour planning reference services by telephone or mail publications (including many of Charlie Lashers president of the former AERONCA OWNERS CLUB) patches tee shirts decals etc

Interested persons should contact Doe Dickey (EAA 62186 AlC 4169) PEA PATCH AIRLINES AERONCA AVIATORS CLUB 511 Terrace Lake Road Columbus IN 47201 Tel 812342-6878

INDIANA SPORT AVIATION ASSN ELECTS OFFICERS

The Indiana Sport Aviation Association has announced the election of five Columbus residents as its 1982 officers Julia Dickey 511 Terrace Lake will serve as President Kimberley Singleton 3420 Deerfield Place as Vice-President Joseph E Dickey 511 Terrace Lake as Secretary Eileen Shanks 11832 West 50 South as Treasurer and Eric Stark 4320 North Washington as Youth Representative The Indiana Sport Aviation Association is a state chapter of the International Experimental Aircraft Association and serves eighteen local Indiana Chapters and 2000 Hoosier EAA members

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An excellent idea of the size and appearance of the Linshycoln Sport Biplane may be had from the above view of a pilot getting ready to start the Anzani 3-cylinder 35 hp 4-cycle motor Such a ship is ideal for the amateur and will perform just as capabshyly as a larger plane Many of these marvelshyous light airplanes have already been built

FUSELAGE SCALE DETAILS OF

LINCOLN BIPLANE Details for the immensely popular little biplane are concluded here This will put the reader in possession of a complete set Of detailed plans for one oj the best planes oj the day

PART III (From the EAA R eprint of the 1930 FLYING and GLIDER MANUAL)

As we glide into the last deshy parts and wing fittings This isshy of attachment about the engine tails for the building of the Linshy sue completes the set of drawshy such as bolts etc The mounts coln Sport plane let us take a sumshy ings Anyone at all familiar with for the old Penguin planes in mary of the plans which we have the building of an airplane will which the Lawrence engines were laid before us and from which be able to construct the Lincoln used were merely U-bolts attachshythe ship is to be built Biplane from the set of details ed to the lower ends of the cylshy

The last part contained the first provided through these pages of inder barrels Use is made of this of the plans and carried all the Modern Mechanics Flying Manshydope about the performance and ual - - ~~ -

~the main layout The fuselage fitshy Should the reader wish he may tings the plan view of the fuseshy secure a set of blueprints for the i

lage and the wings the USA construction of this ship from the 27 wing section (which by the designers the Lincoln Standard way is obtainable upon applicashy Airplane Co of Lincoln Nebr tion from the National Advisory The price of these prints is five Committee for Aviation Navy dollars and though no more comshyBuilding Washington DC) and plete than the set of plans which the interplane strut and landing the magazine has presented they carriage details were shown with are shown to somewhat largerexplanations in that issue The scale and possibly might be a bit following part took up the engine easier to work from mounting wing mounting fuseshy The Lawrence mounting is peshylage strut fittings stabilizer culiar in that there are no points

The size of the Lincoln Sport Biplane is vividly shown in comparison with the height of a five and a half foot man

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feature in the Lincoln Sportplane if one wants to use the Lawrence

The wing may be covered with Grade A cotton cloth The loadshying per square foot is not 51 Vgt lbs per square foot as was at first printed but only 5 ~ lbs For such a loading well doped cotton cloth is ample as to strength and lasting qualities The wing is covered in the usual way by making the covering a tight fitting sack putting it onto the wing like a stocking and then sewing it to the ri bs The sewing stitch is merely a tightly made loop about every four inchshyes along the wing ribs

Start the stitch on one side of the rib poke the needle through to the under side of the wing and then bring the thread up through the top again on the other side of the wing

The blueprint on an accomshypanying page shows several deshytails worth mentioning at length Among these is the splice in the wing spars

As previously mentioned the dihedral in this design is built in the wing The spars are spliced at the centers where the cabane strut is mounted and are glued with Curtis cold water glue The method of joining the spars is shown in the drawing at the lowshyer portion of the page In the view which may be identified by the dimension 4 in showing the length of the splice it will be noticed that there are ostensishybly three holes for bolts The outshyer ones are used for the fittings the center one is a dowel pin

The aileron control horn is a complicated piece of cutting and should be laid out flat cut and

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6 APRIL 1982

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then bent and drilled the last thing so that the holes will be in line

The method of making the censhyter section N-strut or cabane is shown The welding had best be done by a man used to the work or much tubing will be wasted before a satisfactory job results The welding of tubing is in itshyself an art and all welder4 are not tubing welders by a long way The application of the oxy-acetyshylene welding flame to light tubshying such as this is very apt to thin the metal on each side of the weld and nine times out of ten if failshyure occurs it is at this point and

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for the above reason In all points the skill of a welder will be found well worth while

The accompanying blueprint also shows the Lincoln method of building the trailing edge of their wings as will be seen from the cross section of the aileron Quarter-inch by 22 gauge steel tubing is used for this and is seshycured to the wing ribs by copper strips The copper is soldered to the tubing nailed to the rib and the nail heads soldered to preshyvent their coming loose

The aileron hinges are simple and are readily made out from the drawings The method of

fastening them together is shown The clevis pin a standard 316 item is used and anchored with a cotter pin

It is recommended that the builder of this plane should he wish to fly it take time from some accredited instructor It will be the cheapest in the long run and will enable the student to keep his plane intact until he has acquired enough air sense to instinctively do the right thing when an emergency arises

Modern Mechanics does not adshyvocate the student teaching himshyself to fly If however he wishes to try it and risk a faul~y move which may endanger hIS ShIP here is the way to go about it

On the take-off after the motor is warmed so that giving her the gun will not load her up and kill it the ship is lined directly mto the wind Choose the early mornshying or the evening before the sun goes down The air is then heavy lifts well and is not bumpy as a general rule

The throttle is gunned WIde out The stick is shoved way forshyward so as to lift the tail off the ground When the nose Of the ship is on a line with the hOrIz~n the stick is eased back as the ShIp gains enough speed to keep the nose there and finally a slight nudge back will lift the ship off the ground and you are in flight

Care must be taken not to climb too fast and stall the ship As a stall approaches the aileron controls become soft Nose the ship down to regain control

When about 400 ft of altitude have been gained head the ship back into the wind for a landing and cut the motor when flying straight along in normal flight the air field under you forms a line of vision which approxishymates the gliding angle of the ship Cut the gun nose the ship over into this line and gently dive for the field About 10 ft or so off the ground level off and wait for the ship to begin to setshytle Just at the moment you feel the ship begin to settle keep pullshying the stick back settling the tail until the ship lands on all three points - tail skid and two wheels bull bullbull

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(Ted Koston photo) The three time Grand Champion Classic winner In flight near Wittman Field Oshkosh WI during the 1980 EAA Convention

8 APRIL 1982

GRAND CHAMPION

WINNER By Claude GrayJim Thompson)vlth his well-deserved Grand Champion

ChairmanAward (Betty Thompson photo) EAA National Judging Committee

(Photos by Jim Thompson except as noted)

By carefully planning ahead on the restoration of his 1951 Aeronca Sedan N1491H Jim Thompson of Roberts Illinois was able to win the Classic Aircraft Grand Champion Award three times Oshkosh 1980 Tullahoma 1980 and Sun n Fun 1981 This aircraft was judged at each of these Fly-Ins by a completely different set of judges but all using the same rules set forth by the AntiqueClassic Division of the EAA

Jim started his restoration project by first getting a copy of the AntiqueClassic Division Judging Guide Book for restorers This showed him what is looked for in an authentic restoration and also gave him a grade sheet as used by the judges in grading each aircraft By studying this information he knew what was expected and looked for His next goal then was to keep his restoration authentic and also maintain a high standard of quality and workmanship

Attention to every detail Is a must for a Grand Champion contender

Jim Thompson removes the bugs after arrival at Oshkosh SO (Betty Thompson photo)

The following quotation from Jim to me is an excellent example of how both pre-planning and effort are necessary to produce a winner Its an easy booklet to understand telling everything one needs to know about restoring An example is Item J General Appearance which tells things like color scheme finishes nuts bolts and screws which should all be as they were originally If you deviate from this you will be penalized

From a judges viewpoint his aircraft was not overshyrestored It has original type fabric and dope finish well put on but not over-done with regards to shine and gloss Jims Aeronca strictly represented new quality for the price range of an airplane of that era

When it came to authenticity of various items he wrote to and received answers from such companies as Aeronca Inc verifying that his aircraft N1491H was their last production aircraft They gave him complete

The Instrument panel is restored to original configuration A modern radio is concealed behind the left glove box door The unique control wheels were handcrafted at the factory especially for the last two Sedans produced

(Betty Thompson photo)

The judging crew inspecting Jims 1951 Aeronca 15AC Sedan at Oshkosh 80

Bill started with this complete but non-authentic Aeronca Sedan

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-Jims wife Betty installed the beautiful Interior using original type materials

details on the color scheme wheels and brakes used on this particular plane a change on a firewall mounted battery box and other details Continental Motors supplied Jim with the exact color scheme on the C-145 at that time which was black cylinders with a grey case McCauley Accessory Division of Cessna Aircraft sent him complete details color and all of the decal used on the propeller in 1951

Jim had to make such things as the flush type windshyshield nuts from 716 hex stock because none are available now He states in his letter to me that certain new manufacture Phillips head screws could not be used because they have a small flat spot on the head that the original did not have From a parts book he had obtained a complete list of the hardware used and made sure that all nuts and bolts were of original size and length

All of this research is a lot of work but those of us involved with judging are well aware that a Grand Champion doesnt just happen It is planned If you do want to deviate some from original you must try to pick up the penalty points on the plus side of the grade sheet by top workmanship and quality It can be done bull

Bill Pancake (EAA 118244) Keyser WV Installs the Continental 145hp engine which he overhauled for Jim

The fuselage was stripped to bare metal and all questionable tubing replaced before coating with two part epoxy The wood formers and stringers are new

GOLDEN OLDIES In 1936 Benny Howard introduced the first of here was the 4th DGA-8 manufactured It was regisshy

his commercial line of Howard DGA series patshy tered NC14870 SIN 75 and powered with a Wright terned after his famous Mr Mulligan racing airshy R-760-E2 of320 hp It cruised at a respectable 191 craft The prototype of this series was the DGA-7 mph at 12000 feet at 66 power (Photos from the later modified to a DGA-8 The example pictured George Hardie Collection)

10 APRIL 1982

This section of The VINTAGE AIRPLANE is dedshyicated to members and their aircraft projects We welshycome photos along with descriptions and the projects can be either completed or underway Send material to the editor at the address shown on page 3 of this issue

Dear Gene Enclosed is a before picture of my basket case Piper

PA-12 I found the plane in a Hammond IN garage covered with trash It is by no means a hopeless project but one that will require much work and patience I have two teenage sons to help We are all looking forward to camping under the wing at Oshkosh

Sincerely Doug Campbell (EAA 87558 AlC 6486) 895 Skyline Drive Niles MI 49120

This Stearman N60562 SIN 75-1492 powered by a Lycoming Rmiddot680 Is owned by John C Hooper (EAA 134504) PO Box 354 Harvey LA 70059 It was photographed In flight by Bob Moore (EAA 113726 AC 3808) during a Stearman flymiddotln at Jennings LA In November 1981

Ray Fow (EAA 122494 AlC 6952) 9630 SW 148 Place Miami FL 33196 a brand new member of the AntlqueClassic Division sent this photo of his handsome Waco UPF-7 NC30199 SIN 5630

This 1952 Piper PAmiddot22middot135 Trlpacer N2390A SIN 756 Is owned by Dr Craig A Rose (EAA 161387 AC 6053) 2445 Knob Hill Drive Dubuque IA 52001 Purchased In June 1980 the plane has been restored to nearly new condition despite having nearly 3350 hours TTAampE The Trlpacer Is white with a red stripe covered with ceconlte and finished with Imron

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A PHOTO ALBUM FROM HUNGARY

By Bela Va rga (EAA 164715) B udapest VIII

Levdi Oszkar 38 1 084 H ungary

Editors Note Over the years EAA member Bela Varga has been sending aviation magazines photos and other aviation memorabilia from his native Hungary to EAA Headquarters These are welcome additions to the R esearch Library and photo files Included here are examples of material received from Mr Varga

Mr Bela Varga (EAA 164715) Budapest Hungary and a European sailplane

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MEN AND MACHINES By E E Buck Hilbert

(EAA 21 Ale 5) 8102 Leech Road Union IL 60180

(Photos by the author)

Looking at my library shelf I see a preponderance of titles that deal with WWII and the exploits of the bombers the fighters and the pilots who flew them all pictured with their raunchy fifty mission crush caps But what of the guys who flew in support of the ground pounders and helped with their efforts including those in the L planes the guys who had to revert to infantry when they crash landed with a load of troops in Normandy in a combat glider or those who ditched alongside a ship in the North Atlantic after a one-way trip to spot German U boats harassing a convoy

I was on the fringes of this kind of flying and I witnessed deeds that were done with these airplanes that bordered on lunacy Those guys did things with those little airplanes that were normally associated with jeeps and armored personnel carriers Somehow they never seemed to have a PR man around to tell them and the world that they did a heck of a job They did what had to be done and it was all in a days work

First thing that comes to mind is what are L planes Well lets see if we can remember some of the highlights of their development and how it all started

Prior to 1940 there werent any When President Franklin D Roosevelt began the defense buildup that year the experts in military strategy both naval and

Instrument panel of the 1950 Cessna L-19 No 01677

1 Lt E E Hilbert pilot Hq Co Air Section 24th Inf Div Sendai Japan with General Smythes L-17B March 1951

ground could see no practical use for the light plane in military operations

Then came the war game maneuvers in Tennessee and Louisiana in 1941 The Army asked Aeronca Taylorcraft and Piper management to furnish about a dozen or so of their off-the-shelf airplanes to be used in the maneuvers as an experiment to see if they might be useful in some capacity Piper sent eight J-3s Aeronca a couple of Defenders (TCs I think) and Taylor sent a couple of his new tandems

First Cavalry Division Commander Major General Ennis P Smith gets the credit for affixing the name Grasshoppers to these airplanes a monicker that stuck all through WWII These little Grasshoppers proved extremely valuable Now the troop commanders had eyes The artillery could see where their rounds were going The tank units could avoid the traps ahead The generals could assess the situation much more readily The Grasshopper came into its own

There are those of us who remember those mashyneuvers We wandered around the swamps and hills carrying broomsticks for weapons and wearing armbands of red or green and sometimes driving vehicles with TANK written on the side of them so the enemy would know they were supposed to be afraid It may have seemed ridiculous to the participants at the time but preparashytions were under way for some very serious REAL WAR in the not-too-distant future

When war was declared the aircraft manufacturers were flooded with orders for Grasshoppers By the end of hostilities the government had bought about nine thousand of them These were the L planes The L didnt mean little it meant LIAISON and they saw action in every theatre of the war in every branch of the service Even the Navy had them and the Marines too These are the planes I want to write about and tell the world about the guys who flew them

Surprisingly very few of them were shot down They flew too slowly to be engaged by enemy fighters and they could fly just high enough to be out of range of small arms fire If things got real hot and there was no artillery they could calIon to knock out the hot spot they could always hi-tail it for the trees or land quickly in some available field and hot-foot it for cover

14 APRIL 1982

The L-19 assigned to 1 Lt Hilbert at Camp Fuji Japan Mount Fuji Is obscured by the cloud in the background

The antics and exploits of the L planes are many and varied and range from the North Atlantic convoy duty mentioned earlier to being the eyes for all the invasions including North Africa Sicily Italy Normandy and Pattons advance There are many stories to be told about these L planes and their enlisted pilots Hopefully Im going to smoke out some of the stories Im researching now and in future issues of The VINTAGE AIRPLANE maybe youll be reading some of them

Cessna L-19 at Camp McNair Japan on the north side of Mt Fuji seen In the background The sign on the post contains the phone number for Camp McNair

I hope to do a series about the L planes from the L-1 through the L-20 which was just coming on the scene when I left Army Aviation and started life with United Airlines I wonder just how many of you readers can help with these articles If youve got a story or a picture or a friend who was one of the original four hundred pilots Id sure like to hear about it I know that some of the guys are out there Lets shake em up and get them talkin bull

MYSTERY PLANE

This months Mystery Plane photo was provided by Mike Rezich 6424 So LaPorte Ave Chicago IL 60638 The plane originated in the Chicago area and it is not a one-of-a-kind Identification will appear in the June issue of The VINTAGE AIRPLANE

The February 1982 Mystery Plane was the Continental GR-1 SIN 1 designed by Michael Gregor in 1930 It was also known as the Gregor Sportplane The plane was powered by a 95hp American Cirrus engine

Among those who correctly identified the GR-1 was publisher Jay Miller Austin TX who authored an eight

page article with photos and drawings in AEROPHILE Vol 2 No1 about Gregors FDB-1 and the GR-l

Others who identified the plane were Jack McRae Huntington Station NY Jack said the photo was taken at Roosevelt Field about 1934 Robert C Mosher Royal Oak MI included a three-view drawing taken from a 1937 issue of AVIATION with his letter identifying the plane

J Reid Patterson Whitewater WI named the GR-1 as did Dick Geist Wichita KS

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AN OBSERVER AT THE WINGS amp WHEELS AUCTION

By E E Buck Hilbert (EAA 21 Ale 5) 8102 Leech Road Union IL 60180

(Photos by Gene Chase)

Wings amp Wheels Museum Cars and planes from another time proclaim the billboards placed along the beeline highway and other prominent places in and around Orlando Florida What a shame Wings amp Wheels is no longer it has passed from the scene

The name itself caught the imagination How could we help but be curious with a name such as that Id heard the name originally came from an exasperated school teachers comment about a certain student of her time who had nothing but wings and wheels on his mind He drove her to distraction because he was forever daydreaming about wings and wheels He never studied and was bound to be an absolute failure From this distracted teacher came the theme that stuck for the rest of his life

The facility itself was almost too good to be true It was a B-52 hangar located at the old McCoy Air Force installation and about 160000 square feet of support buildings including machine shop auto shop paint shop carpenter shop hangar workshop administrative offices and various other buildings that could be used for library and storage purposes Ideal Hardly the word for it

These facilities fell under control of the newly-formed Orlando Airport Authority and in addition to being used for Museum purposes there was a CAP unit an EAA Chapter and one Airline also embedded within these walls at the invitation of the Museum As a matter of fact the entire facility was always available for any aviation activity The intent was to make the facility into an aviation activities center an all encompassing headquarters just for aviation and aviators and their activities

Many times the admission fee was waived with the presentation of his credentials at the door and the aviator was given the royal treatment Maybe this was part of the undoing I would like to have access to the guest registers that were in the lobby Each visitor was asked to add his name to the list and any comments he chose to make were also duly noted There are some great names in those registers some of whom came back to witness the finale

The make-up of the Museum with its cars the pictures the lobby and lounge the tram that carried visitors on a tour throughout the facility with a narration about each

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of the significant displays was prelude to the movie presentation To Fly Then one could walk about or sit quietly and ponder the joys of perhaps owning one or more of the machines or dream of days past when he did own one like it The atmosphere was one of restful contemplation of our aviation heritage and the tribute we owe to those pioneers who made aviation what it is today It was great

Wings amp Wheels closed on the Tuesday after Labor Day 1981 The reason was simple The lease on these wondrous facilities was to expire December 31 1981 The airport authority threw the facility open for bids A larger more lucrative business name bid a figure some 300 higher than the existing lease There was no recourse The struggle to keep the doors open was over The writing was not only written on the wall it was embrazoned in large green letters $$$

And so Sunday December 6 1981 was set as the day when the greatest collection of WWI and sport aircraft of the 30s was to be auctioned The event was advertised almost to the extreme Virtually every name in aviation was there Just think of a name Ernie Gann Yep he was there Cole Palen Louis Casey you put in the names they were all there Practically every museum in the world was represented Canada Brazil England our National Air amp Space Museum the Marine Corps Museum the Crawford Auto amp Aviation Museum of Cleveland - they were all there as well as the private individuals hoping against hope that a cherished item

might sell in a price bracket within their means This was not to be a cheapie nor mediocre auction

This affair had class Admission was by catalog only and that cost And the successful bidder had to be up front with the money and arrange transport of the purchased item within three days There also had to be paid in addition to the bid price a 1000 premium to the auction house as well as the Florida state sales tax of 5 This mind you would add considerably to the bid price

The first items to go were the odd lots Items that came mainly from the storage areas of the museum that hadnt been suitable for display or were not yet made ready for display Items like unidentified antique wooden propellers a Westinghouse J-34 jet engine an R-3350 run-out a couple of unfinished homebuilt projects that had not progressed much beyond the dream stage the photo displays of new clippings and data that an individual had collected over a lifetime It was all neatly indexed and arranged in cardboard files A ready reference except for one thing there were no dates or authentificashytion no hint as to where or when the stuff was collected

All these items as well as the WWI engine collection went in very short order bringing prices that were a hint of what was to come

Next came the automobiles The collection of Model As went like wildfire All I could think of was leaking water pumps and leaking rear main bearings that made the clutch chatter These things were selling for thousands more than I ever paid for one in my day I couldnt help

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17

Famed aviator Frank Hawks slldes Into the cockpit of his landing near Vega Texas This plane Is currently on display Travel Air Mystery Ship before departing the site of his forced In Chicagos Museum of Science and Industry

(Photo by Walter L Mitchell)

but feel Id lost touch completely when a 37 Ford stakeshybed pick-up went for TEN thousand dollars And then the Duesenberg Model J went for an astronomical price followed by the Packard Dual Cowl Phaetons price that went into orbit The man who purchased the Packard was hopping around like a cat on a hot tin roofprodaiming what a bargain hed gotten and that he had expected to pay much more than he did

And then came the airplanes I looked at my watch Wed been there less than two hours and that bloody English auctioneer had already disposed of sixty-five lots

The airplane bidding started slowly just below mach one I had hoped that none of them would go but they were snapped up in very short order The WWI machines went at what Id consider bargain prices Imagine a Spad VII no TWO Spad VIIs suitable for display only but invaluable and irreplaceable A Jenny an original Deperdussin a DH-4 the prototype Thomas Morse Scout SE5A Fokker DVII Caudron Pfalz Farman a Camel Fokker Triplane replicas a Neuport Replica The bidders knew what they wanted and the bidding was crisp and deliberate

Then the Waco 9 and lOs the Robin the Aeronca C-3 Commandaire the lone Porterfield LP-65 American Eaglet Heath Parasol Arrow Sport Bucker Jungman

Staggerwing B17 Travel Aire 6000 Curtiss Junior Fleet 7 Fairchild 24 and 19 Stinson SM8A and AT-19 Travel Aire 12Q Inland Sport and an assortment of basket cases and projects all of them gone forever This pilot had flown some of the planes in the past couple of years to events around the Florida area If Id had even the slightest inkling that the Travel Aire 6000 would be worth 100 big ones I would have been afraid to fly it let alone do the dawn patrol at Sun n Fun 81

And so it went until the last machine was sold The big sale was over and done I was sad knowing that there would never again be a collection like this Even our EAA Museum extensive as it is will never have the WWI craft like this I was also acutely aware of what this auction had done to the value of antique airplanes My one hope is that the realist would prevail and the almighty dollar wouldnt taint the real enthusiasts among us but Im afraid it will Could it be that some of the vintage planes weve had so much fun with have become such valuable objects that they can never be entrusted to flight again Editors Note This auction was conducted by Christies of London England and it attracted world-wide attention The February 1982 issue of The VINTAGE AIRPLANE contained a fairly complete listing of the aircraft and prices bidbull

A BRIEF MOMENT IN AVIATION HISTORY

By William H Parker (EAA 163092 AIC 6458)

3105 Austin Street Corpus Christi TX 78404

The year was 1933 in Amarillo Texas where Walter L Mitchell in his early twenties was working for Fred Smith and Harold Carter owners of the Willard Battery distributorship in Amarillo The two owners were both fliers and they hangared at the old Amarillo Airport which was operated by Thornton Oxnard One afternoon about 500 pm Fred Smith came out to the shop where Walter Mitchell was working and told him to pick up fifteen gallons of gasoline in three five gallon cans and

put them in the trunk of his Ford When Walter arrived with the gasoline Fred and

Harold got in the car and headed toward the vicinity of Vega Texas 17 miles west of Amarillo The next morning they told Walter about Frank Hawks and his out of gas landing in a pasture near Vega with his Travel Air Mystery Ship They were astounded because this little racing aircraft was not meant for off-airport landings

At Fred and Harolds invitation Walter Mitchell went out to the airport to see the famed aviator and his Mystery Ship Walter had his camera and took a picture possibly the only record of this event as Frank Hawks did not consider a dead stick landing in a cow pasture such a great occurance and did not want any publicity concerning it

After checking the plane over and filling up with fuel Frank Hawks took off in a thunderous run and was out of sight very shortlybull

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LETTERS TO EDITOR Dear Gene

I can identify the Mystery Plane on page 17 of the February 1982 issue of The VINTAGE AIRPLANE It is a Continental GR-1

I wonder if Mike Rezich will get this one We used to exchange pictures in the 30s After seeing his name in VINTAGE I made contact with him for the first time in almost 50 years

Best wishes J Reid Patterson (EAA 117339 NC 5041 ) PO Box 163 Whitewater WI 53190

Dear Sir The February 82 Mystery Plane is a Continental

GR This particular plane is CNSN 1 It was built by the Continental Aircraft Corp 3231 53rd Place Woodshyside LL NY

Referring to the enclosed flyer there was a Continental Aircraft Corp at 704 E Douglas Wichita KS Were these companies separate entities

Yours truly Dick Geist (EAA 79109 NC 6070) 4905 E Harry Apt 115 Wichita KS 67218

Editors Note Can anyone answer Dicks question conshycerning the two Continental Aircraft Corporations

Dear Sir I read with interest your suggestion that some type of

certificate might be in order to legally maintain our old aircraft

I have owned my 1941 Bellanca Model 14-12-F3 with a 150 hp Franklin in place of the original 120hp engine for 28 years I do 9000 of the work on it as local FBOs are not interested in older aircraft nor could I afford to pay for the amount of time they would have to spend in research to learn what to do to the plane

Fortunately for me I became well acquainted with a Bellanca specialist when I first bought the ship He was very generous in teaching me everything he knew about Bellancas Over the years I have learned how and where to find parts for the plane

I have often thought that we who maintain old airshycraft should have some type of certificate Many of the younger generation of AIls and FAA personnel cannot even identify antique aircraft It seems to me that those of us who own them and keep them flying safely have proven that we can properly maintain them

I hope enough people will be interested in and will support a move to obtain Repairman Certificates for owners of vintage aircraft

Thanks Lt Col (Ret) Jack N Niland (EAA 108590) 3353 Tanglewood Drive Augusta GA 30909

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Fly-In EM AntiqueClassic Chapter 3 Antiques Classics Homeshybuilts Warbirds and Ultralights invited Awards and banquet Saturday night Contact Geneva McKiernan 5301 Finsbury Place Charlotte NC 27211

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JUNE 19 - TOMS RIVER NEW JERSEY - EM Chapter 315 6th Annual Antique amp Homebuilt Fly-In 1100 at R J Miller Airport Refreshshyments plane rides flour bombing contest aviation flea market (Rain date Sunday June 20) For information call Lew Levison 201367-4907

JUNE 19-20 - FREDERICKSBURG VIRGINIA - 15th Annual Antique Aircraft Fly-In and Air Show at Shannon Airport A Tribute to Sidney

1111 L Shannon Jr Antique Aircraft Fly-In Saturday Air show Sunday shywing walker aerobatics clown act sky diving and more For information call 703373-4431

JUNE 20 - ANSONIA CONNECTICUT - 4th Annual Piper Vagabond Fly-In Ansonia Airport 80 oct fuel available Contact Jim Jenkins 8 Hemlock Drive Huntington CT 06484203929-9814

JUNE 25-27 - HAMILTON OHIO- 23rd Annual National Waco Reunion Fly-in National Waco Club 700 Hill Avenue Hamilton OH 45015

JULY 3-4 - SUSSEX NEW JERSEY - Flanders Valley EM Antiquel Classic Chapter 7 and EM Chapter 238 Annual Fly-In Antiques warbirds homebuilts and factory machines welcome Food hangar square dance and much more Camping and lodging upon request Contact Dave Sylvernal President One Cayuga Trail Oak Ridge NJ 07981 or call 201697-7248

JULY 10-11 - ALLIANCE OHIO - Annual Taylorcraft FlyllnlReunion sponsored by Taylorcraft Owners Club and the Taylorcraft Old Timers Factory tours many activities Contact Bruce Bixler at 216823-9748

JULY 18-18 - ORILLIA CANADA - Annual Orillia Convention by EM of Canada Orillia Airport 80 miles north of ]oronto Land and sea plane facilities camping and motels Convention UNICOM 1234 Contact Bill Tee 46 Porterfield Road Rexdale Ontario M9W 3J5 416fl42-8939

JULY 18-18 - MINDEN NEBRASKA - National Stinson Club Fly-In For information contact George Leamy 117 Lanford Road Spartenshyburg SC 29301 803576-9698 or Mike Emerson 3309 Overton Park E Fort Worth TX 76109 817924-8647

JULY 18-18 - LEWISTOWN MONTANA- 5th Annual Montana Chapter AM Fly-In at Beacon Star Antique Airfield For further information please contact Frank or Billie Bess Beacon Star Antique Airfield Star Route Moore MT 59464 406538-7816

JULY 30 - AUGUST 1 - COFFEYVILLE KANSAS - Funk Fly-In Antiques Classics Homebuilts invited Contests trophies dinner Contact Ray Pahls 454 Summittawn Wichita KS 67209 316943-6920 evenings

JULY 31 - AUGUST 7 - OSHKOSH WISCONSIN - 30th Annual EM Fly-In Convention Its never too early to start making plans for the worlds GREATEST AVIATION EVENT

AUGUST 8-8 - SHELTON WASHINGTON - Sanderson Field Second Annual Antique ClaSSic and Warbird Fly-In sponsored by the Puget Sound Antique Airplane Club EM AntiquelClassic Division 9 Arrive on Friday Public Display Saturday dinner Saturday evening Fly-a-way breakfast on Sunday For information contact Fred C Ellsworth 17639 SE 293rd Place Kent WA 98031206631-9117

AUGUST 8-14 - SAN ANTONIO TEXAS - International Cassna 170 Association Annual Convention Contact John D Benham 12834 Dovetail San AntoniO TX 78253

AUGUST 9-14 - FOND DU LAC WISCONSIN - Annual International Aerobatic Club Championships and Convention Contact lAC PO Box 229 Hales Corners WI 53130

AUGUST 22 - WEEDSPORT NEW YORK - AntiquelClassic and Homeshybuilt fly-in sponsored by Chapter 486 Whitfords Airport Pancake breakfast airshow Field closed 1-5 Intermission for early deshypartures Contact Herb Livingston 1257 Gallagher Road Baldwinsshyville NY 13027

AUGUST 27middot29 - ARLINGTON WASHINGTON - Northwest EM Fly-In Homebuilts classics and antiques Camping meals forums exhibits awards and fun For information contact Dave Woodcock 206fl47-2748

(ConUnued on Page 20

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AIC NEWS (Continued from Page 4)

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Joe Brancik (EAA 78069) is not from Addison MI as ment ioned on page 7 of the January 1982 issue of The VIN TA GE AIRPLANES Hes from Milford MI and we apologize for having inadvertently moved him some 75 miles J oe is one of the talented artists whose works have appeared on the back covers of EAAs SPORT A VIA TWN

TYPE CLUB LISTING Each year we publish a current list ing of Type Clubs

and other a viation organiza tion s in a Fall issue of The VINTAGE AIRPLANE During April we will be sending out forms to be updated and returned to us for organizations who wish to be listed again Newly formed groups who would like to be listed should contact us providing the following information Name address and phone number of the organization and the contact person frequency of newsletter if provided and amount of dues if required Send information to Pat Etter The VIN TAGE AIRPLANE PO Box 229 Hales Corners WI 53130 bull

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SEPTEMBER 2-8 - TULLAHOMA TENNESSEE - 2nd Annual Ole South Fly-In Parish Aerodrome Soesbe-Martin Field Saturday Parade of Flight Sunday Air Show Camping Contact Jimmy Snyder President Tennessee Valley Sport Aviation Association Inc 5315 Ringgold Road Chattanooga TN 37412 615894-7957

OCTOBER 1-3 - CALLAWAY GARDENS GEORGIA - International Cessna 120 140 Association Inc Annual convention and fly-i n For info contact Charles Wilson 567 Forrest Ave Fayettevi lle GA 30214404 461 -6279

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1932 Travel Air 0 middot4000 Serial 11 1323 Needs some repair on two wing panels and landing gear Lycoming engine

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VISIONS OF AGOLDEN AGE The launch of the Space Shuttle was a sight beyond any superlatives It is todays gesture that will eventually lead mankind to literally reach out and touch the stars There was a time not long ago that helped point the way to Launch Pad 39 The genius and daring of the builders and pilots of the 1930s exemplifies mans eternal desire for discovery and adventure

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Great effort has been taken to produce the highest quality photographic enlargements from rather old negatives Each print is uniquely mounted and placed on a neutral fabric background and put in a (934 X 14W) pewter finish frame ready to hang The professional manner in which these prints are presented gives them the look befitting a fine piece of artwork

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ALL PHOTOGRAPHS ARE BLACK AND WHITE MOUNTED FRAMED PACKAGED AND DELIVERED $4600 EACH OPTIONAL SEPIA TONE PRINT $300 EXTRA WE DELIVER UPS ONLY bullbull bull ALLOW 30 DAYS INCLUDE YOUR STREET ADDRESS FOR DELIVERY

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COPYRIGHT copy 1982 EM ANTIQUE CLASSIC DIVISION INC ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

APRIL 1982 VOLUME10 NUMBER 4

OFFICERS President

W Brad Thomas Jr 301 Dodson Mill Road

Pilot Mountain NC 27041 919368-2875 Home 919368-2291 Office

Secretary M C Kelly Viets 7745 W 183rd St Stilwell KS 66085

913681-2303 Home 9131782-6720 Office

Vice-President Jack C Winthrop Route 1 Box 111 Allen TX 75002

2141727-5649

Treasurer E E Buck Hilbert

PO Box 145 Union IL 60180

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DIRECTORS Ronald Fritz

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Morton W Lester PO Box 3747

Martinsville VA 2411 2 703632-4839

Arthur R Morgan 3744 North 51st Blvd Milwaukee WI 53216

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S J Wittman Box 2672

Oshkosh WI 54901 414235-1 265

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ADVISORS Ed Burns Stan Gomoll Gene Morris

550 Mt Prospect Road 1042 90th Lane NE 27 Chandelle Drive Des Plaines IL 60018 Minneapolis MN 55434 Hampshire IL 60140

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PUBLISHER EDITOR Paul H Poberezny Gene R Chase

ASSOC EDITOR EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS George A Hardie Jr Norman Petersen Pat Etter

FRONT COVER bull Rare 1933 Fairchild 22 NC14768 SIN 922 owned by Jack Schnaubelt (EAA 36851 AlC 104) 1755 Country Knolls Lane Elgin IL 60120 Photographed at Oshkosh by Ted Koston

BACK COVER bull bullbull Activity is focused on the landing gear of the Crosby CR-4 racer in 1939 The man at right holds a Cleveland newspaper with headlines announcing the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany at the start of WWII Can anyone identify the men in the photo

(Photo from the Clarence B Kramer collection)

TABLE OF CONTENTS Straight and Level By Brad Thomas 2 AlC News Compiled by Gene Chase 4 Fuselage Scale Details Of Lincoln Biplane - Part III 5 Three-Time Grand Champion Winner

By Claude Gray 8 Golden Oldies 10 Members Projects 11 A Photo Album From Hungary By Bela Varga 12 Liaison Missions - Men and Machines

By E E Buck Hilbert 14 Mystery Plane 15 An Observer At The Wings amp Wheels Auction

By E E Buck Hilbert 16 A Brief Moment In Aviat ion History

By William H Parker _ 18 Letters To Editor 19 Calendar of Events 19

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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 Material should be sent to Gene R Chase Editor The VINTAGE AIRshyPLANE PO Box 229 Hales Corners WI 53130 Associate Editorships are assigned to those writers who submit five or more articles which are published in THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE during the current year Associates receive a bound volume of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE and a free one-year membership in the Division for their effort THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE (ISSN 0091-6943) is owned exclusively by EAA AntiqueClassic Division Inc and is published monthly at Hales Corners WisconSin 53130 Second Class Postage paid at Hales Corners Post Office Hales Corners Wisconsin 53130 and additional mailing offices Memshybership rates for EAA AntiqueClassic Division Inc are $1400 for current EAA members per 12 month period of which $1000 is for the publication of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE Membership is open to all who are interested in aviation

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