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by Espie Butch Joyce

I would like to report to the membershyship some of the actions that were taken at your Board of Directors meeting held during this past May The meeting was very well attended During the meeting George York who is the Division Secretary and an Officer of the Division now wishes to resign as secretary and continue as a Director George has been with the AntiqueClasshysic Division since its beginning serving on the original Board of Directors when the Division was formed Steve Nesse who is a Director of the Division was appointed to serve out Georges term as Secretary George was elected to fill Steves term of Director Steve has been a Director for several years and has been a very active member during that period of time

The Membership Report was given and our membership stands close to the 7000 mark at this time We have 17 active AntiqueClassic Chapters Your Division is at this time on a financially sound basis The Board of Directors voted to financially support Pioneer Airport with a donation from the Divisions treasury this year which was done Also the Directors voted unanishymously to include the new category of 2 JUNE 1991

aircraft to be recognized by the AnshytiqueClassic Division of EAA The description of the Contemporary category is contained inside this issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE (See the Ale NEWS column for more information shyHGF) We are not prepared to park these aircraft in the show plane area for the 1991 Convention and will not be parking these planes in the show planes area this year Our plans are to have an area available for the 1992 convention Before the new Category was voted upon and approved most of the corshyrespondence I received from members concerning this category was positive

Norma Johnson President of AVA Inc and our insurance program agent gave a report on the insurance program I have been monitoring this program as well So far everyone participating is really pleased with the results I enshycourage members to contact AVA Inc As I said before the more people we have participating in this program the stronger it will be Their ad is in the magazine

Saturday May 10 was the EAA Board meeting which I also attended Saturday was a beautiful day with light winds and blue skies This was the big opening weekend for Pioneer Airport What a distraction They were flying great aircraft like the Ford Trimotor and Meyers OTW It was really hard for me to keep my attention on the Board meetshying Every time one of the airplanes would fly by I would be tempted to tum around and take a look There was an excellent turnout for opening day of Pioneer Airport Well have an article on the activities of opening weekend in the July issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE If anyone has a free weekend they should try to visit this airport while the activity is going on

They will be very proud of what they see

There is an article in this issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE that I think everyone will really enjoy Written by John Baker its the story of Pat Cargile making a dream come true for his Dad Lets just say the dream has something to do with a Piper Cub Youll enjoy it too

Well soon be at Oshkosh at our anshynual convention I am already becomshying excited about being there this year There is a lot of activity planned for this convention We are enlarging our AnshytiqueClassic Headquarters building and will also have a larger Type Club tent this year We anticipate as reported by Julia and Joe Dickey Type Club Tent Chairfolks a total of21 Type Clubs will be present this year Also at this time we are installing an asphalt pad for this tent to give these people a more level area to display their clubs Type Clubs area are a most welcome addition to our area The service they perform for the membership is invalushyable Speaking of Type Clubs I inshytended to visit the Swift Association Fly-In which was held in Athens Tenshynessee but duty called and I was not able to attend A gentleman stopped in Shiloh Airport with his Swift on his way back to Norfolk He had been in attenshydance there and reported that they had about 98 Swifts at this fly-in Charlie Nelson certainly has an active group of people

On a personal note I have really been enjoying my Cub this spring I dont even mind cleaning the bugs off I hope everyone is having as good a time with their aircraft Lets all remember that we should all pull in the same direction for the good of aviation Join us and have it all

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June 1991 bull Vol 19 No6

Copyright copy 1991 by the EAA AntiqueClassic Division Inc All rights reserved

Contents

2 Straight amp Level by Espie Butch Joyce

4 Aeromail

5 AC Newscompiled by HG Frautschy

6 Sun n Fun 1991 Award Winners

8 Vintage Literatureby Dennis Parks

11 Pretty Ladyby Marty Engler

14 Papa Gets His Cubby John Baker

17 Vintage Seaplanesjby Norm Petersen

18 Hints for Homebuilders 4

22 The National Waco Club A Biographyby Ray Brandly

24 Notice of Annual Meeting

27 Pass It To Buckby EE Buck Hilbert

30 Calendar

31 Vintage T rader Page 22

34 Mystery Pla neby George Hardie Jr

FRONT COVER A bit of Stinson heaven for all those who love the marque John Lawrence and his Lycoming powered 108-3 holding formation with the Great Grand Champion of Sun n Fun 91 Bob and Anne Lindleys 1936 Stinson SR-8E Photo by Jim Koepnick photo plane flown by Bruce Moore

BACK COVER Papa Cargiles Cub taxis in after an evening flight - what more can we say Photo by John Baker

The words EM ULTRALIGHT FLY WITH THE FIRST TEAM SPORT AVIATION and the logos of EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION INC EM INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION EM ANTIQUECLASSIC DIVISION INC INTERNATIONALAEROBATIC CLUB INC WARBIRDSOF AMERICA INC are registered trademarks THE EM SKY SHOPPE and logos of the EM AVIATION FOUNDATION INC and EM ULTRALIGHT CONVENTION are trademarks of the above associations and their use by any person other than the above associations is strictiy prohibited

Editori Policy Readers are encouraged to submit stories and photographs Policy ogtnions expressed in anieles are solely those of the authors Responsibility for accuracy in reponing rests entirely with the contributor Material should be sent to Editor The VINTAGE AIRPLANE PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903middot3086 Phone 4t4426middot48OO

The VINTAGE AIRPLANE (SSN 0091-6943) is published and owned exclusively by EM AntiqueClassic ~vision Inc of the Experiment Aircraft Association Inc and is published monthly at EM Aviation Center PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 549ltJ33086 Second Class Postage paid at Oshkosh WI 54901 and addition mailing officesThe membership rate for EM AntiqueClassic ~vision Inc is $2000 10r current EM members 10r 12 month period of which $t 200 is for the publication of The VINTAGE AIRPLANE Membership is open to all who are interested in aviation

ADVERTISINGmiddot AntiqueClassic ~vision does not guarantee or endorse any product offered through our advenising We invite constructive criticism and welcome any report of interior merchandise obtained through our advertising so that corrective measures can be taken

POSTMASTER Send address changes to EM AntiqueClasSIC ~vision Inc PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903middot3086

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COUPE NOTE Dear Sirs

Ref Dec 1990 VINTAGE AIRPLANE By Father Tom Roland on NC 28961 currently in museum Page 12 - the caption at the top of the page Father Tom and his Coupe cue up to join the AntiqueClassic Parade of Flight during EAA Oshkosh 83 The man in the right seat is Fred Weick Mr Fred rode with Father Tom in the Parade In case you hadnt noticed in the picture you might want to know

Thanks Mark Harden EAA 144314 AC

Thanksfor pointing that out Mark - I didnt know but knowing makes the picshyture that much better Im glad I got to meet Mr Fred during Sun n Fun this past spring Hes quite a gentleman and it was obvious why so many people hoth in and out of the Ercoupe comshymunity feel so strongly about the man and his accomplishments - he has done

a lot of great things for aviation in a long and distinguished career Here he is at Sun n Fun with John Wright Jr Ale 12734 and John s pretty 1946 Ershycoupe 41S-C

John Wright Jr and Ercoupe designer (among other aircraft) Fred Weick at Sun n Fun 91

YOUR OTHER ANNIVERSARY Dear Henry

On 10 May 1941 as a 24 year old Marine lieutenant home on leave I made my first solo flight in a J-3 Cub NC 32811 after 8 hours of dual in 9 days On 10 May 1991 to comshymemorate the 50th anniversary of this flight my friend Ray Plote generously loaned me his beautifully restored 1941 J-3 N 41001 for a few turns around the patch The original event was not recorded on film but the enclosed shows the latter It was a most nostalgic exshyperience

Sincerely Rowland L Hall EAA 146593 AC 12951

I too count the years that Ive been fortunate to be an aviator Many mileshystones occur during our lives but few match the feeling ofaccomplishment of your first solo or the day you get your private ticket Whatafeeling - HGFeRowland Hall with Ray Plotes J-3 on Rowlands 50th anniversary

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compiled by HG Frautschy

EAA ANTIQUECLASSIC DIVISION ADDS NEW

AIRCRAFT CLASSIFICATION The EAA AntiqueClassic Board of

Directors voted during their spring meeting to expand the AntiqueClasshysic Division of EAA to recognize aircraft manufactured between January 1 1956 and December 31 1960 This new aircraft classification will be known as the Contemporary class and will be in addition to the two classes that currently exist within the Division This addition will welcome the wide range of aircraft manufacshytured between those years that are now being lovingly restored to showplane quality by their owners

Contemporary Aircraft activities will conform to the following schedule

1991 - Effective immediately arshyticles and photos of Contemporary Aircraft can be submited for considerashytion to be used in the Division publicashytion VINTAGE AIRPLANE

There will be NO parking available for Contemporary aircraft during the 1991 Convention

1992 - For the first time parking will be available for showplane quality Conshytemporary aircraft During the 1992 Convention jUdging standards for the new classification will be finalized

1993 - Parking and judging of Conshytemporary showplanes will be done during the Convention

An announcement concerning the parking arrangements for Contemshyporary Aircraft at the 1992 Convention will be made following the Convention this summer The Antique and Classic classifications will not change as a result of this action by the board Antishyques remain those aircraft manufacshytured prior to January 1 1946 with the exceptions currently in force Classic aircraft will remain those aircraft manufactured between January 1 1946 and December 31 1955

Im certain that there are a number of questions that members of the division have concerning this major change in the direction of the AntiqueClassic di vision Please feel free to send in your questions and comments here to Headshyquarters and to your Board of Directors

The time between now and the 1992 Convention can be used to polish up all those showplane quality straight-tail Cessnas early model Mooneys Comshyanches and even later model Piper TrishyPacers we expect to be looking so good for their debut in the EAA An shytiqueClassic Division

OSHKOSH NOTES The clock is ticking and EAA Oshshy

kosh 91 is fast approaching Here are a couple of items from Bob and Phyllis Brauer

Chapter Membership and Informashytion Booth

The AntiqueClassic Membership and Information booth will be operating every day during EAA OSHKOSH 91 under the chairmanship of Bob Brauer Chicago Illinois and Dave Bennett Columbia City Indiana The booth will open on Thursday the day before the convention begins and continue to operate daily throughout the week from 800 am until the air show begins

Volunteers will be on hand enrolling new AntiqueClassic members or renewing current members handing out issues of AEROGRAMS - AnshytiqueClassics daily convention news sheets - providing starter kits for new chapters and taking reservations for the chapter lunch on July 27th Familiar faces volunteering at the booth in the past have been Jim Colburn Plant City Florida John Lachendro Butler Pennsylvania Anna Osborne North Barrington Illinois Bill Marcy Litshytleton Colordado and Lloyd Gates Norway Maine

On the next page youll meet some of the volunteers of your AntiqueClassic Membership and Information booth

CHAPTER LUNCH AntiqueClassic Chapter officers

and newsletter editors will be getting their just desserts at the chapter lunch July 31st at 11 00 am at the Nature Center Pavilion The cost of the lunch is $600 for chapter members but free for officers newsletter editors and their spouses This event provides an opportunity for the Division to say thank you for providing the leadership necessary to maintain an Anshyt i queClassic chapter and for attendshying EAA OSHKOSH 91

RESERVATION FORM FOR ANTIQUECLASSIC CHAPTER LUNCH

Name (s) _____________

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Chapter No ___based at_______

Signature

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Bill Marcy Volunteer Dave Bennett Co-Chairman of Membershyship and Information Booth

Bob Brauer AIC Director and Chairman

Reservations are required and may be made by completing the form on page 5 and bringing it to the Chapter Membershyship and Information booth at the conshyvention no later than July 29 More forms will be available at the convenshytion but when making reservations in person be sure to present evidence of chapter membership such as a membershyship card dues receipt club number newsletter or stationery badge etc

ANTIQUE PARKING Art Morgan AC Vice President and

Parking Chairman for the EAA Conshyvention would like to invite Antiquers to come to EAA Oshkosh 91 This year the north half of what has in the past been Showplane Camping will be used for Antique parking NO camping will be allowed in this half of the area and extra security will be provided in the evening This will be a permanent change to the parking and camping areas Antique aircraft owners are enshycouraged to rope off their aircraft (nose to wingtip to tail to wingtip to nose) for an added level of security

SECRETARY CHANGE At the spring Board of Directors

meeting of the AntiqueClassic Division of EAA George York resigned his position of Secretary AC Director Steve Nesse was elected by the board to serve out the remainder of Georges term George was then elected to Steves Board of Directors position Confused Dont be George is detershymined to get just one more Staggershywing done and feels he just cannot devote the additional time needed to serve as an officer Best of luck on your project George We all know it will be spectacular bull

Jim Colburn and John lachendro man the booth during Oshkosh 90

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Cirrus powered Wittman Chief Oshkosh sweepstakes winner in Los Angeles ond third place in the Chicago sweepstakes

THE NATIONAL AIR RACES THE GOLDEN AGE (Pt 5) 1933 The 1932 National Air Races at

Cleveland proved a classic of air racing with many new aircraft appearing and many records broken many which would last the course of half a decade The winning Bendix Trophy speed of 245 mph set by Jimmy Hazlip would not be broken until 1937 Similarly Jimmy Doolittles Thompson Trophy speed a closed course of 253 mph would hold until 1936

The air racing scene for 1933 was one of confusion The National Air Races normally over Labor Day would be held in Los Angeles on the 4th of July weekend Chicago which also had apshyplied for the same July dates to the Nashytional Aeronautic Association (NAA) for the same period but hadnt received sanctioning held its own maverick races named the American Air Races on that same weekend sponsored by the Chicago Tribune To make matters even more confusing Chicago was also the site of the International Air Races as part of the Century of Progress Exshyposition and held over the traditional

Labor Day period These races were sanctioned by the NAA

NAA The June 1933 issue of AERO

DIGEST reported the discontent over the NAA decision not to sanction the July Chicago races a decision which also inshycluded a three year ban on pilots for taking part in unsanctioned meets The conshytempt in which the NAA is held by the majority of pilots is due solely to the policies of Hiram Bingham (president of NAA) whose latest intolerable ruling vioshylates every consideration of justice The governors and members of the NAA should oust the old politician from the presidency of their association which through his mal-administration has fallen into disrepute

For the 1933 races there were two conflicting groups of air race promoters Corpening and Schroder group in Chicago who applied for July dates and the Henderson Brothers of Cleveland who asked for both July and September dates Lack of impartiality was leveled against the Contest Committee as Clifshyford Henderson one of the competing

race promoters was a member of the Contest Committee and in the words of AERO DIGEST was placed in the peculiar position of being able to sancshytion his own air races and to condem his competitors races

NATIONAL AIR RACES The 1933 races held July 1-4 at the

Los Angeles Municipal Airport were a shortened version of the normal meet and were restricted to free-for-all races for purely racing aircraft These races were organized into groups by cubicshyinch displacement except for the Bendix and Thompson which were unlimited events Derbies and races for type cershytificated aircraft were elmininated

There were still air show and aerobatic displays Among the crowd favorites were Ernst Udet the German war ace performing three dead-stick loops in his Flamingo and Lt Tito Falshyconi of Italy performing inverted aerobatics in his Caproni biplane From Hollywood came the Hollywood Trio consisting of Frank Clarke Paul Mantz and Jack Rand who put on an amazing display of aerobatics

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Though there were few new aircraft there were new racing pilots two who did consistently well were George Hague flying the Keith Rider Special and Roy Minor in the Howard Mike Hague flew and placed in every freeshyfor-all event from the daily 375 cubic inch events up to the unlimited Thompson Trophy classic Roy Minor was sent to race in the Natioinals while Harold Neumann was racing Ike in Chicago at the American Air Races Minor and Mike were very successful at Los Angles winning four firsts two seconds two thirds and one fourth

Los Angles also saw a Sweepstakes Award for the best overall performance in the 550 cubic inch and the 375 cubic inch class Minor took the 550 class sweepstakes with three wins and Steve Wittman in Chief Oshkosh took the 375 inch award with two seconds and two thirds

BENDIX TROPHY The only major speed record to be

broken in the 1933 Nationals was in the Bendix transcontinnental race from New York to Los Angeles which opened the 1933 event Roscoe Turner flying a Wasp Senior powered WedellshyWilliams racer set a new coast to coast record of 11 hours and 30 minutes Jimmy Wedell finished second in his Wasp Junior powered Model 44

Turner and Wedell were the only two finishers out of five starters in New York Amelia Earhart flew in a Lockshyheed Vega but put down in Wichita The Gee Bee Super Sportsters suffered a worse fate Russ Thaw ground looped

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his racer at the first fuel stop in Inshydianapolis and damaged a wing Russhysell Boardmen half-rolled into the ground on takeoff at Indianpolis and was fatally injured The last entrant Lee Gehlbach experienced a fuel probshylem in his Wedell-Williams and was forced down in Indiana

T HOMPSON TROPHY The July 4th Thompson free-for-all

drew six aircraft all of which had flown in the 1932 Nationals and three in the 1932 Thompson The pilots were Rosshycoe Turner Lee Gehlbach and Jimmy Wedell in the Wedell-Williams racers Roy Minor in Mike Granny Granshyville in a Gee Bee Model Y and George Hague in the Keith Rider Bumble Bee This was quite a mix of aircraft running from the 650 hp in Turners Wedell-Williams to the 125 hp in the Rider Bumble Bee

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The race consisted of six laps around the 10 mile course shortened from the cusshytomary 10 laps After a racehorse start Turner took the lead but lost it after cutting a pylon which he had to circle again He regained his lead from Jimmy Wedell and finished first However Turner was disshyqualified for not reflying the skipped pylon while on the same lap as when he cut it thus making Jimmy Wedell the winner at a speed of 2249 mph

Lee Gehlbach was second in another Wedell- Williams and Roy Minor finished third at 1999 mph in the 225 hp Mike Hague was next in the Rider Bumble Bee and Granville fifth in the Gee Bee Y Even after reflying the pylon Turner in his fourth attempt at the Thompson had averaged 241 mph which would have been good for third place in 1932

AMERICAN AIR RACES The American Air Race held 10

Chicago at the same time as the Nationshyals in Los Angeles July 1-4 were adshyvertised as The Only Air Events This Summer Featuring A TC Races In adshydition to the races for the type certifishycated aircraft there were also free-for-all races organized by engine displacement There were a total of 10 races for a purse of$20000 all under the direction of the Chicago Air Race Corp the same group that conducted the 1930 air races in Chicago

In the face of possible suspension from air racing by NAA there was a good turnout of pilots These courageous pilots included John Livingston Art Davis Art Carnahan Harold Neuman Doug Davis and Roger Don Rae Aircraft flown included the Cessna CR-3A Tilbury-Fundy Flash Heath Center-wing the Howard Ike and the Folkerts SK-l

JOHNNY LIVINGSTON The Operations Manager for the

show and races was Johnny Livingston He was also very active in the races being one of the star pilots In a speed dash on the closing day he beat the worlds speed record for aircraft with less than 500 cubic inches in displaceshyment making an average speed of2374 mph in his small Cessna racer powered by a 145 hp Warner engine

Livingston also won both $5000 feashyture events of the American Air Races the Baby Ruth trophy race and the AERO DIGEST trophy race collecting total first prize money of $4500

Another winner was Harold Neuman winning all three 350 cu in races using two different aircraft - a Lambert powered Monocoupe and a Cirrus powered Folkets

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This air show and competition was held under the auspices of the Century of Progress Exposition and sponsored by the Chicago Daily News and sancshytioned by the NAA It was held at the Curtiss-Reynolds airport also site of the 1930 National Air Races on September 1-41933

There were 17 events at Chicago which were organized by engine disshyplacement except for the Frank Phillips Trophy Race which was for unlimited racers Displacement limits ranged from 200 cubic inches to 1000 cubic inches There were three 200 cu in

Art Chester with his Chester Special won all four of the 375 cubic inch events at the Chicago international Air Races

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Hansen Baby Bullet flown by Art Davis to first and second place in the 115 cubic inch events at the American Air Races in Chicago

The Caproni biplane flown in aerobatic displays by Italian pilot Lt Tito Falconi

Jimmy Wedell in number 44 set a speed Lee Miles in the Miles and Atwood Speshyrecord of 30533 mph at the International cial Air Races in Chicago

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events all of which were won by Steve Wittman in the Pobjoy Special All four 375 cu in races (Menasco and Cirrus engines) were won by Art Chester in the Chester Special and Roy Minor who did so well in Los Angeles won all four of the 550 cu in events in the Howard Ike Minor also took a third with Ike in the unlimited race

The big race was the unlimited race for the Frank Phillips Trophy and $10000 This race was very similar to the Thompson Trophy race held in July It was run over 12 laps of an 8 13 mile course for a total of 100 miles Jimmy Wedell won the Phillips Trophy just as he had the earlier Thompson Trophy and at a faster speed this time at nearly 246 mph versus 238 at Los Angeles With both Gee Bee Super Sportsters missing it was a Wedell-Williams benefit with all three Model 44s starting the race On the eighth lap Roscoe Turners engine gave him problems and he landed leaving second place to Lee Gehlbach in the third Model 44 Third place went to Roy Minor in the Menasco powered Ike at a credible speed of215 mph just a few miles per hour short of Lee Gehlbach

Unfortunately it was this event that saw the fatal accident of Florence Klinshygensmith She was flying a Gee Bee Model Y in which an uprated Whirlwind of some 450 hp had been installed when the fabric covering on the wing tore away and the craft crashed After the race Jimmy Wedell in his Model 44 set a new world speed record at an average speed of 30598 mph Before the Chicago races Wedell had installed an 800 hp Wasp Senior engme

There were complaints in both AERO DIGEST and AVIATION about the dependence upon large engines for performance The August 1933 issue of AVIATION stated that The only noticeable trend in the design of racing planes is the increase of speed by brute force and that most racing plane designers have concentrated their efshyforts on getting additional power and have left credit for improvement in pershyformance to the engine manufacturers This would change in 1934 with the creation of the Greve Trophy This competition was limited to aircraft with engines of 550 cubic inches or less With this engine limit the emphasis was on total design and a new series of mid-powered racers would emerge in the last half of the decade bull

PRETTYLADY by Marty Engler

(EAA 246952 Ale 12582)

Ever have the itch to do something really special Well I did - and I did As long as I can remember I have wanted to have a Fairchild type aircraft I used to draw pictures of airplanes during those hundreds of boring busishyness meetings I attended during my working career and the pictures were always of the same aircraft I thought I was drawing a Stinson Reliant but as I look back on them I now realize they were of a Fairchild I had a Fairchild in the back of my mind and heart for a long time

Finally the day came to hang up the spurs and I entered the marvelous world of retirement I had always wanted to get an AampP license for like so many I had worked on my own airplanes for many years - so I did Then I attended the Smithsonians Antique Airplane Restoration Seminar to learn about res- Upon closer inspection the wings needed a bit more than just a couple of coats of new toring old flying machines It was a lot varnish

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The left wing is prepared for its new spar

of fun and most educational I learned that even if you didnt have all the marshyvelous facilities they have with a little ingenuity and a lot of patience the amateur could also duplicate a lot of the things the early airplane builders did to make their airplanes the works of art which they were At the Smithsonian I learned the three key words to aircraft restoration - patience - patience shypatience

I then began my search for a Fairchild in earnest I read Trade-A-Plane religiously joined the Fairchild clubs and did everything else you are supshyposed to do to carry out such a search Most importantly I contacted some of the leading people in the Fairchild group like Charlie Bell Ed Wegner and John Berendt All were most generous with their time and suggestions It was Charshylie Bell who directed me to the Fairchild of my dreams and I am much indebted to him for that and the other many helpshyful things he has contributed to my airplanes rebirth

I looked at several Fairchilds around the country and finally decided that if I wanted an airplane I felt comfortable in and I knew was going to be safe to fly for the rest of my career I had better find one which was way down and rebuild it as I wanted it to be rebuilt It wasnt that I am anything special as a builder but I at least wanted to know what the spars looked like what the longerons were like and those kinds of things Looking at several of the machines on the market left doubts in my mind as to their longshy

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term longevity and soundness Too many had the good old Du Point overshyhaul where the outside paint job looked fine but little if anything had been done to the underpinnings Thats where Charlie Bell came into the picture

I had found a prospective purchase down in Malden Missouri and before going down there to look at the airplane I called Charlie Bell to ask if he knew anything about that particular bird Charlie said he thought he knew the airplane and told me of several things to pay particular attention to I checked it over and decided not to buy it I called Charlie to thank him for the help and advised him I had not purchased that particular machine Charlie said he didnt think I would buy it but then asked if was interested in a project I said I really was and he told me of a Fairchild C8C in Green Bay Wisconshysin Charlie went on to say he had been interested in buying that airplane from the owner for the last several years but was unsuccessful Charlie had just bought a Fairchild F-22 to restore and no sooner had he bought the F-22 than the owner of the C8C called and asked ifhe was still interested Happily I was talking to Charlie at this point in time and he directed me to Gary Athey the C8C owner

Gary had purchased the C8C in 1981 and had worked on it for about three years He had done a beautiful job of restoring the fuselage and had overshyhauled the Warner Super Scarab engine Gary is a professional mechanic by

trade and spends many a wintry hour overhauling aircraft engines when he isnt rebuilding someones automobile engine or transmission For one reason or another Gary decided to sell the Fairshychild and I was lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time I talked to Gary on the phone and we made a date for me to visit Green Bay and look at the bird I fell in love with the Fairshychild when I saw it and Gary and I both knew I was destined to become the next owner We concluded our business transactions in short order and the Fairshychild was mine - all mine

A couple of weeks later I arrived in Green Bay with a Hertz-Penske truck and Gary Graham Abbott (a young friend of mine from EI Paso) and I spent a day and a half loading all of the bits and pieces into the truck Following a delightful lunch prepared by Ginny Garys wife Graham and I boarded the truck and were off for Texas It was a fun two and a half day trip and I sweated out every bump in the road fearful something might damage my new found treasure

Upon arrival in EI Paso we meticulously unloaded the treasure and inspected things very carefully This was the first chance I had had to really see the wings and they were not in too hot a condition Cursory inspection had led several of us to believe they only needed a coat of varnish and then recovering - not true The wings were

With the new spar slipped in place the left wing ribs are reattached with new gussets

With the new bulkheads and stringers installed the fuselage is ready for the next step

badly rotted from the rear spar to the trailing edge The right wing had a cracked spar right at the wing brace attach fitting and the root ribs were out of the picture It was obvious the place to start was on the rebuild of the wings and that is what I did

Lots of splicing replacing of gussets and rebuilding of aileron and flap supshyports was in order I was lucky for I had one wing to look at while I tore the other apart for rebuild Several local exshyperienced mechanics with inspection authorizations examined the structure and counseled that if I rebuilt from the rear spar back I would be in good shape The wing with the damanged spar was another story The spar had to be replaced in its entirety and such a

project was more than a walk in the park To find a piece of aircraft spruce one and a half inches by seven inches by sixteen feet was unbelievably complishycated I tried every source any of us has ever heard of but they all said there was no such animal in existence today I finally made contact with Harrison Bemis of Air Repair in Santa Paula and Harrison found me a spar Not only did he find the spar blank but he told me he could rout it out to factory dimensions as he had access to a set of C8C spars there at Santa Paula

I was delighted and in about two weeks I had a beautiful spar with every drilled hole and routed section done pershyfectly I slipped the old spar out of the wing and inserted the new one - regusshy

setted the ribs and reinstalled the plywood leading edge Sounds so simple as I write about it now but believe me it was a challenging task for a first time rebuilder - even with that beautiful spar in hand

I will always be grateful to Ray Stits for producing the wonderful video he made of recovering an airplane I must have looked at it 20 times but it was time well spent I also visited Rays tent at EAA OSHKOSH 88 to observe the covering process before I undertook my task Everything Ray claimed and demonstrated in the video was accurate and the covering went on as advertised I really enjoyed the covering operation It took me a week to rib stitch each wing but Ray demonstrated the rib stitching so well in the video that what I had anticipated as being a most onerous task was really quite fun

I was unable to find an envelope for my Fairchild so I bought a commercial sewing machine and sewed it myself After a lot of practicing I finally got up enough nerve to actually sew on that pretty Stits fabric and surprisingly it came out pretty darn well There are a lot of people in this city who could have sewn my fabric for me but I really tried to do everything I could myself I will be the first to admit however I had help from many friends during all phases of the project since there are just so many things you cant do all by yourself Friends and willing workers are a wonderful asset and I was blessed to have lots of help when it was needed

After covering the bird it was time to paint I was not allowed to do any spray painting in my aircraft hangar so I moved the airplane over to a large hanshygar belonging to the company I used to work for El Paso Gas and Electric They have a great painting area in the hangar and gave me full access its great to have worked for a fine company and I certainly did

Now that I had the airplane in the comshypany hangar I also had access to five of the fmest mechanics I have known The AI that inspected my work throughout the project was one of those mechanics and it was really great to have him so close by during the fmal phases of the project I selected the paint scheme from a model of a C8C residing in a model case at the San Diego Aerospace Museum I conshytacted the model builder and he graciously sent me several photographs of his model and some information about the paint job

The Stits covering finished up to Poly-Brush with the tapes in place (Continued on Page 21)

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Every child wants to do something special for their Mom or Dad shyHeres how to make a Dads lifelong dream come true

When you see Gordon Papa Carshygile of Columbia South Carolina these days it will often be at the airport and he will be wearing this really big grin Why Because after many many years of waiting he finally has the Cub of his dreams But to get to the rest of the story (as Paul Harvey would say) we need to go back a few years say 50 or so

The place was Thorsby Alabama the year was 1941 Being located within a mile of the exact center of the state Gordons home town was surrounded by military training fields Gunter and Maxwell at Montgomery Craig in Selma and of course Tuskegee And like a lot of us 15 year olds Gordon loved anything to do with aviation and would stop and look skyward whenever an airplane flew over And believe me 14JUNE 1991

-- by John T Baker -shy(EAA 244915 Ale 10233)

there were tons of aluminum passing overhead in the early war years 1943 came and Gordon was able to join the Navy and learn to direct artillery as a fire controlman Then after the war he learned to fly thanks to the GI Bill in J-3 Cubs These could be rented for $600 an hour or you could rent the 50 hp Franklin powered Cub for $400 and hour but it was for solo only To keep the cost down youd get a buddy to split the cost and fly for $300 This sounds wonderful today but remember that the average pay back then was around $2800 a week

Time progressed with Gordon flying Cubs most of the time but also an Aeronca or two and a 75 hp Funk Then in July 1948 Gordon decided that his growing family needed his time and

resources more than his flying did so he closed his logbook and hung up his wings and did not solo again for the next 42 years Dont get me wrong the love was still there and he shared it with his boys Jeff and Pat by taking them to the airport to watch planes come and go to air shows even getting them acshyquainted with the legendary Bevo Howard Many visits were made to the Wings amp Wheels Museum at Santee South Carolina in the late 1960s

The seed that Gordon planted sprouted and grew until Pat decided that aviation was the field for him and went off to AampP school in Florence South Carolina While studying to become a mechanic some of the guys decided to get their private so that they could have a better chance at getting a job This

Tony Brunson applies the final Cub Yellow to the Fuselage

sounded good to Pat so he went along with it After working at local FBOs in Florence and Columbia Pat got a flying job and worked his way up to twins and then kerosene burners Today he flys left seat in Saberliner jets owns half interest in a Pitts S2-A and is recovering his 1949 Piper Clipper

Now I know you are wondering what all this is leading Well here it is For the past 30 years the top item on Gorshydon Cargiles wish list had been Piper Cub And we all know that you dont

Looking just the way Papa Cargile remembered it

give Cubs as gifts But this didnt keep Pat from looking around for a good deal and if you have been watching Cub prices lately you realize that even ratty Cubs go for over $10000 In January 1990 Pat had narrowed the field down to a couple and in February he bought a local Cub and started a cleanup for presentation on March 23rd Like a lot of fabric airplanes this one had a few spots of hangar rash chipped enamel on the cowl etc along with a set of wings that were covered at a different time than the fuselage This and a right aileron that had been recovered at yet another time made for an airplane with four or five different colors of Cub yellow

A decision was made to repaint the cowl and try rejuvinating the fuselage

Pat Cargile finishing up the Continental A-65 installation

hoping to bring it up to the newer color of the wings No dice We tried for a color match of the wings - the fuselage was sprayed and it looked OK when we left for the night but when it was dry the next morning we still had different color wings The final fix to the problem came about when the entire plane got a fresh coat of paint And wouldnt 24 inch numbers look good on the wings How about we take all the instruments out to be refurbished and the faces redone The quick cleanup snow-

Pat John and Tony

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balled until we had people of all sorts roped into helping get this thing finished in about 30 days An artist friend painted the cub caps for the wheels a local auto trim shop made vinyl N-numshybers for the tail along with lettering for the baggage compartment and no step signs for the struts Thanks are due to a lot of folks who were assigned large and small tasks that makes Papas Cub one of the best looking ones around

Well the last job was finished 30 minutes before sundown two days before the 23rd so the main crew - Pat Tony Brunson and myself - had just enough time for a couple of trips around the pattern before dark Then the next day was spent giving rides to all the rest of the helpers and a photo shoot at a grass strip located in a peach orchard that was in full bloom at the time Then on Friday the 23rd Pat flew the Cub up to Columbia and placed it into a borshyrowed hangar for the surprise party Its not unusual for Pat to fly in to Columbia and have Papa pick him up for a weekend visit so when Pat called and said to be there at 730 pm that didnt arouse any suspicion but the instrucshytions were to bring Mom along Then when Jeff his wife Ann and daughter Claudia also showed up to pick up Pat Papa thought something might be up As soon as they got to the airport Pat jumped into the drivers seat and instead of driving back home he drove them around to a hangar that had two lawn chairs sitting facing the hangar door Papa and Helen were invited to have a seat and the music began shy2001 A Space Odyssey Then the door

started to rise slowly Inside was a smoke machine churnshy

ing out clouds of smoke a strobe light flashing spotlights shining from the rear of the hangar onto the sides of the Cub and balloons rising from the wing tips Because there was nothing close enough to judge scale by Papa told me he couldnt tell if it was a real big scale model radio control plane or the real thing When the reality sunk in Papa was just speechless By this time quite a crowd of friends had gathered and there was your typical aviation party with all the southern fixins All the while Papa just kept muttering I cant believe it So when Pat showed him that it was registered to Gordon Cargile Papa wanted to know what he needed to do Pat told him to find a tail wheel instructor get current find somewhere

to keep it its yours enjoy So thats what transpired and in the

past year Papa has put over 100 hours on the Cub has acquired one of the new hangars built at Owens Field in Columshybia and has furnished it with a couple of chairs a fridge and another gift from son Jeff - this time a brand new Huffy bike with balloon tires that was disasshysembled painted with the same Cub paint as the cowl along with a black lightning bolt on the chain guard Gorshydon now has the time to enjoy his Cub having retired from the Telephone Company He hasnt just been sitting around though - he had a big hand in Hurricane Hugo relief using his pickshyup truck to make runs to disaster areas with food water and supplies

All in all this story has been about an out-of-the-ordinary man and his out-ofshythe-ordinary son But the Cub that Papa flys is also out of the ordinary Cub NC29043 was built 7 January 1941 and was flown little if any until 1943 Then it was flown until July 1946 when it was put into long-term storage Long term How aboutaurty years long Its almost like these two were waiting for each other dont you think bull

16JUNE 1991

by Norm Petersen

AntiqueClassic member W R Helverson of Sparks Nevada has been using his trusty camera on a trip across Canada in the fall of 1990 and shot these two Beech 18 seaplanes The first one is registered C-FNKL and was photographed at Intershynational Falls Minnesota Mounted on Edo 7850 floats the Beech has the words Northwestern Flying on the side of the fuselage

The second photo was taken at Thunder Bay Ontario where the twin Beech was sitting on solid ground No registration was obtained but the nose of the 18 carries the name Bashful Bob Note the threeshybladed props and neat spinners on the P amp W R-985s

This photo of a Curtis Wright Travel Air 16E NC 12380 SIN 3520 mounted on Edo 2425 floats were sent in by owner Weldon Wil_ lie Ropp (EAA 12331 AC 787) of Delray Beach Florida Willie reports the 16E pershyforms very nicely on floats getting off the water quickly The Wright R-540 J6-5 is equipped with an electric starter that is operated from a charged battery Willie says he has made up to seven starts from one charge

This particular Travel Air 16E was donated to the EAA Aviation Foundation in 1975 by Willie Ropp and it was on display in the old Hales Corners museum for a numbers of years In 1985 Willie purchased the 16E back from the Foundation for a considershyable outlay and then restored the aircraft in its present colors With a little good luck Willie hopes to have the Travel Air at Brennands Seaplane Base during Oshshykosh 91

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by Cy Galley (EAA 71015 AIC 11805)

As an added bonus we are happy to present this Hints For Homshybuilders normally a regular feature in SPORT A VIA TlON and EM EXPERIMENTER This article still qualifies for the normal prizes awarded by Snap-On Tools each month for a published entry as well as qualifying for the Grand Prize to be awarded at the 1991 EM Convention Aircraft restorers are a pretty clever bunch so send in your ideas shyremember it does not have to just be for a homebuilder

With my Bellanca 14-13-2 I needed a set for the gear check I also needed them just to fill the oleos $9900 each plus shipping seemed a little high So I made a pair for $8 - for both Of course I dug into all that junk (When are you ever going to clean up the garage and throw all that junk away Sound familiar) Well I had a bumper jack from my 1968 Dodge I thought I had another but I couldnt find it in all that junk So I went to the real junk yard and bought a newer one from a 1976 Aspen SW These were both the semi-tube type I also bought a section of used pipe that is a sliding fit on the jack columns

You will notice from the drawing that I did not put vertical or over-all dimenshysions The total size depends on the minimum clearance with the gear colshylapsed I made one stand about 21 inshyches high and the other about 24 inches The short one will pick up the plane if I have a flat The ratchet tube of each jack was cut off flush with the top of the stand Because of clearance problems the ratchet column and jacking mechanism has to be placed in the stand before the base is screwed on I know as I had to take the plywood base back off on the first attempt The pipe teleshyscopes on the ratchet tube and just rests

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LOW COST JACK STANDS

on the jacking mechanism The pipe was cut so it stuck above the stand about an inch with the jack at its lowest posishytion There is a small second plywood pad on the center of the base A hole was drilled through center of this pad the same size as the ratchet tube This holds the bottom of the ratchet tube centered The lift of the jack depends on its over-all height The taller you can make it up the greater the lift range Even so my smaller jack will lift better than 10 inches The interference of the braces keeps the pipe-ratchet tube overshylap to a minimum of seven inches I could get an inch or two more lift by removing the bottom stop on the ratchet tube

My original idea was to use the cheap hydraulic jacks on a braced stand But they only had a lift range of 6 inches and I needed about 75 inches plus a little for clearance when placing them under the wings

To cut the four braces of2 by 4 I used a table saw I used 60 degrees as the brace angle as that is the maximum angle that I can set on my miter gage The second cut on the top must be comshyplimentary to make a right angle to the first Being cut at 60 degrees makes the stand a little less stable than 45 degrees but the base of my small stand is still

almost 26 inches across the diagonal I made a full size layout for the brace which is very similar to a roof rafter Instead of subtracting half the thickness of the ridge I added half the diameter of the pipe OD (78 inch) to provide the wrap for the pipe hole To increase the height of the stand leave the top dimensions alone lengthen the braces and increase the size of the square base The length of a brace is approximately 115 times the height desired Small increases in height can also be obtained by using a longer pipe but the farther the pipe sticks out the overlap between the pipe and the jack column becomes more critical and should be increased

Three inch drywall screws were used to fasten the top which should be plenty If you nail or are worried about the side loads glue and nail a plywood piece on the top with a round hole to fit the OD of the pipe The outside of this top piece can be round or square as long as it gives enough coverage of the top of the braces This would be a good idea for a high wing airplane

Finally cross-drill the pipe in its exshytended position for insertion of a 38 inch bolt just above the top of the stand This will act as a safety stop after lifting the plane If the up-down lever gets bumped the jack wont collapsebull

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Readers are invited to submit entries to EAA Hints For Homebuilders Att Golda Cox EM Aviation Center PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Entries will be reviewed by a panel of EAA judges Readers whose hints are published in any EM magazine will be awarded one of three monthly prizes shya 38 Drive Socket Wrench Set a 14 Drive Socket Wrench Set or a Nineshypiece Long-Handle Combination Wrench Set The contest will run from August through July of each year with a Grand Prize of a Snap-on Tools KR657 Roll Cab and KR637 Top Chest being awarded the best entry for the year This award will be presented during the EM Convention Our thanks go to Snap-on Tools for providing the awards

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by John Young (EAA 18004 AIC 4516)

We have all heard the stories many times a desirable old airplane found in a bam where it had been stored for years I always had a dream that some day I would stumble on an old airplane forgotten in an old bam or hangar But as the stories were heard less and less in recent years I began to think all the old forgotten airplanes had been found or scrapped and I gave up hope of ever finding my own Then it happened just like all the other stories

It was the first week of December 1989 a cold and windy winter day in Rhode Island where nearly a foot of snow had fallen overnight As an acshycident investigator with the National Transportation Safety Board I was looking for a relatively secure storage area for an airplane wreckage we hoped to recover from Block Island Sound The Rhode Island State Airshyports Department had offered space at Quonset State Airport the old Quonshyset Point Naval Air Station and I was to meet Tom McDonald the airport manager that Saturday morning at eight oclock

When I arrived Tom and his mainshytenance crew were just completing their snow removal operations After warming up with a cup of coffee Tom took me around to an old Navy hangar partially occupied by an FBO and some privately owned airplanes but it did not quite suit our purposes for wreckage storage Next was a large seldom used old metal storage buildshying Plodding through the snow all I expected to see was an empty buildshying but when I stepped through the door I saw two large snowplows parshytially disassembled a collection of old office furniture miscellaneous aircraft service stands and jacks and there behind one of the snowplows a Stinson Voyager 108-I

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The wings were off and stacked aginst the other snowplow the lift struts shoved back in the fuselage along with a flap and one door Both tires were flat and cracked missing were cowling elevator rudder and propeller and it was covered with several years accumulation of dust and grime The cat paw prints across the windshield and fuselage only added to the derelict image I took only ten minutes to assess the space for wreckage storage and over an hour to assess the Stinson

I had owned a Stinson 108 briefly in 1960 and had fond memories of flying it from the old grass airport at Troy New York So when I saw N8303K deteriorating in Rhode Island I knew I had to save it Tom McDonald menshytioned it had been abandoned on the airport for several years and a few years earlier was moved by his people into the storage building to get it out of the worst of the weather The State Police were after it to sink in Naragansett Bay for use in their scuba team training but the Airports Department could not just give it away without at least an attempt to find the owner Rumor had it that the owner was deceased yet no one had made an attempt to track down surshyvivors or heirs

From the hotel that night I called home to tell my wife Diane what I had found Her first remark was Well we can get car covers park the cars in the driveway and make room for it in the garage That was all the push I needed

and when I returned to the office I began a search for the owner First to the FAA aircraft registry microfiche which yielded the name of the last registered owner with an address in California which was no longer valid Drawing a blank on that lead I tried the FAA airmans records section in Oklahoma City Since the name was somewhat uncommon there were only six on the register and one matched the name on the registration with an address in Rhode Island Not only that the file also included a death certificate which named a brother on the west coast as next of kin The owner had died in an airplane accident nearly eight years earshylier and the Stinson languished ever since

When I finally contacted the owners brother he was quite surprised to hear from someone about the airplane He admitted he had just never gotten around to doing anything about it and I sensed a certain saddness at being reminded of it and a certain reluctance to let it go He was the administrator of his late brothers estate so after a few phone calls two letters and some careshyful negotiating he agreed to sell the airplane

With a bill of sale and the registration pink sheet in hand I contacted Tom McDonald to arrange retrieval of the airplane On the first weekend in May Diane and I drove to Rhode Island from our home in northern Virginia loaded down with tools ropes and padding

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(Continued from Page 13) Pretty Lady

The Fairchilds panel has a large right side glove box Just right for hiding all the modern conveniences

It is basically a factory paint scheme with some added trim I am advised the Fairchild factory would paint your airplane any way you wanted it in the good old days but this paint scheme is a modification of the original I like it and therefore I used it I had some great help with the painting One of those five mechanics I mentioned earlier Henry Daranque is an excellent painter and he asked me if I would like him to put on the first coat I was delighted and when it went on so well Henry and I struck up a deal - I would mask the airplane mix the paint and he would use his magic with the gun I think it came out well

The original fairings on the airplane were badly distressed and I had new landing gear fairings made They did not fit worth a dam and again Henry came to my aid and performed some sheet metal magic as he pounded them into shape The same situation prevailed with the wheel pants and they too came out beautifully

A local upholsterer did the interior for me He had no patterns - he just told me where he wanted something to tack or glue to and I installed it We upholstered in leather and cloth and I was pleased at how well everything fit

The airplane has a communications radio a navigation radio a transponderencoder and intercom have an ELT strobe light landing light and navigation lights To power this electrical apparatus I installed a 35 amp alternator on the Warner engine in lieu of the original generator

Marty Engler stops for just a moment before taking his PreHy Lady out for a flight

Instrumentation is very basic I have installed an altimeter airspeed rate of climb and electric tum and bank inshydicator There is a tachometer a cylinder head temperature oil pressure and oil temperature gauge as well as an ammeter in the panel All of the avionics the fuses and the modem device switches are located in the panel glove compartment When disshyplayed on the ground that gear does not

show but when flying the compartment door is removed and the pilot has full access to the now necessary modem apparatus

How does she fly On November 2 1990 the Pretty Lady took to the air for the first time since the late 1970s To say it was an exciting and thrilling day would the understatement of the year I did a high speed taxi run down the runway at El Paso International Airport then turned around and went down the runway about 10 feet off the ground It felt wonderful so on the next pass down the runway I lifted her off and flew around the pattern for our first landing It was a greaser - not because I am such a hot pilot but because it was such a lovely airplane to fly I shot two more landings and then brought her in to check things over Had a little oil leak here and there but what round engine doesnt Incidentally the engine in this bird is the original a Warner Super Scarab Model 50 and the propeller is a ground adjustable Hamilton Standard

I wish everyone could have as much fun and enjoyment as I have had rebuilding this airplane As a result of the project I have met so many great people all over the country - antiquing seems to attract great folks I have to conclude this piece by saying I could not have undertaken this project without the support of two people - Mary my wife and Casey Bourland my mentor and AI I am really lucky to have Mary for a wife Casey for a friend and the Pretty Lady for an airplane bull

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The National Waco Club shyA Biography

by Ray Brandly President

Now that the National Waco Club has completed 32 years of interesting Waco activities it may be interesting to reflect back to how it all began

Late in the summer of 1957 I was told that the Waco Aircraft Company in Troy Ohio was contemplating the disshyposal of all replacement parts for Waco airplanes This sounded very exciting and after wondering for several days just what this would involve I decided to go to Troy to investigate this interestshying offer

I was introduced to Charles M Mofshyfitt Parts and Service Manager whose office was still in the final assembly area at that time Mr Moffitt conducted me on a tour of the Waco factory pointing out to me the many parts still in stock for the many different models of Waco airplanes The factory in many respects still had the appearance of just recently having ceased aircraft producshytion It was an experience I will never forget I began wondering how much this huge inventory of parts would cost and where would a person store so many parts I was then told that this oneshyhundred fifty thousand dollar inventory was available at four cents on the dollar or $750000

There were 77 beautiful new wing panels 32 complete landing gear legs with many associated parts for these gears 14 new bump engine cowls there were 93 fuel tanks of various sizes 35 oil tanks many rudders fins elevators stabilizers ailerons interplane struts landing gear struts wheels complete brake units flying wires spars and spar patterns etc It involved 35 truckloads by the time I had moved it all to two barns and three garages

The entire purchase also involved manuals brochures photos amp negashytives sales records of each airplane sold etc Many hours were spent with Charlie Moffitt during the ensuing years identifying and inventorying these parts

The following summer of 1958 at Ottumwa Iowa a group of Waco

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December 1939 - Duke Krantz admires the beautiful ARE Custom Waco on Waco Airport prior to delivery to the New York Daily News

February 1940 - Travel-Air Brown and Wally Holbrook take delivery of two ZKS-7 Wacos for Socony-Vacuum Oil Company of New York

April 1938 - (left to right) Test Pilot Slim Campell and Monty Chumbley Waco Sales Representative in front of an armed WHD purchased by the government of Nicaragua Mr Chumbley is expected to attend the National Waco Reunion

May 1933 - British aviatrix Lady Grace Hay spent many days witnessing the completion of her new Waco UIC at the Waco Aircraft Company of Troy Ohio

owners and myself held a meeting They decided that I should head up a National Waco Club and be the central clearing-house for the purpose of disshytributing parts and information in order to properly restore the many Wacos that were badly in need As a result there are now more than 300 Wacos flying

that have benefited from this parts suppshyly Wing panels were sold at $16000 each ailerons at $2000 each a rudder went for $2500 a new wing spar for $700 etc Many photos rigging inforshymation and maintenance information were supplied to Waco owners at no cost

The Waco factory as it appeared in 1934 and the runway where such notable persons as Freddie Lund Johnny Livingston Art Davis Joe Mackey Gladys ODonnell Tex Rankin and many more flew Wacos off the grass in Troy Ohio

We are still supplying history of each individual Waco airplane including the name of the original owner the original colors and equipment at no cost to the present owners We have kept a fairly accurate record of all existing Wacos as to proper maintenance and restoration and will assist anyone who may desire to purchase a Waco

I continued to meet occasionally with Charlie Moffitt and sometime later I received a letter from Clayton J Brukner He wanted me to meet with him at his home and during this meeting he asked me to record the history of WACO He stated that he could not trust most writers to write what he told them I spent many interesting meetshyings with Mr Brukner during those last 20 years of his life As a result five books have since been published middot thoroughly covering Waco airplanes and Waco history

Yes just 33 years ago I was fortunate to have the opportunity and an exshyperience that probably could only hapshypen once in a persons lifetime

Dont forget the 32nd Annual Nationshyal Waco Reunion Fly-In June 27 - 30 in Mt Vernon Ohio (See the listing in the Calendar section on page 30) bull

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NOTICE OF ANNUAL

BUSINESS MEETING

Notice is hereby given that an annual business meeting of the members of the EAA Antique Classic Division will be held on Thursday August 1 1991 at 930 am (Central Daylight Time) at the 39th Annual Convention of the Experimental Aircraft Associshyation Inc Wittman Regional Airshyport Oshkosh Wisconsin

Notice is hereby further given that the annual election of officers and directors of the EAA Antique Classic Division will be conducted by ballot distributed to the memshybers along with this June issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE Said ballot must be returned properly marked to the Ballot Tally Committee EAA AntiqueClassic Division PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 and received no later than July 28 1991

The Nominating Committee submits the following list of candishydates 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 flying 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 buildshying a KR-I and although he did not complete his project he was instrushymental in the completion of two of the little birds

In 1974 he and his wife Kate purshychased a 1939 Luscombe 8-C which he promptly rebuilt After two years of flying the Luscombe Art and several friends organized the American Lusshycombe Club The Morgans also own a Bellanca 14-13

Art served the EAA as a Museum volunteer for several years as Classic parking chairman at Oshkosh and also as AntiqueClassic parking chairman

Art has been a Director of the AnshytiqueClassic 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 working 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 65LA Chief in October 1941

He enlisted in the Air Force shortly thereafter into the Training Comshymand where he flew and instructed in many of the training aircraft of that era He flew gunnery training at Las Vegas Arrny Air Field in B-17s and finished up teaching Chinese Nationalist 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 Infantry Division A most rewarding and memorable exshyperience he reports

Buck and Dorothy and their four children are at home at Hilberts

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Funny Farm where he has an airstrip and keeps a stable of interesting and flyable old airplanes Buck is a reshytired United Airlines captain

Buck is no stranger to the Antique Classic Division He is past president having 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 mechanishycal engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology in 1954 He served as an Aircraft Maintenance Officer on acshytive duty in the US Air Force from 1955-58 attaining the rank of captain in the USAF reserve

Jack holds a commercial pilot license with a flight instructor rating He joined EAA in 1971 and the AnshytiqueClassic Division in 1975 shortly after purchasing his first aircraft a 1948 Cessna 140 At that time Jack lived in the Chicago area and particishypated in pre-Convention weekend work parties

He has been an active volunteer at the last twelve annual Conventions servshying at various times as Classic Parking Co-Chairman Manpower Co-Chairman and Manpower Chairman He was named an advisor to the Antique Classic 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 professhysional engineer and in addition to his EAA involvement is active as a Capshytain on the Massachusetts Wing Staff of the Civil Air Patrol

PHILIP COULSON Lawton Michigan

Phil was born on a farm in southshywestern Michigan His first ride in an airplane was at the age of 16 in a Fairshychild PT-23 owned and flown by Horace Sackett a local pilot and AampP Twenty-years later Horace would be Phil s guiding light in restoring his 1930 Waco INF

Phil learned to fly off a grass strip in Lawton Michigan in 1962 His original dual instruction and solo flyshying was in a Piper J-5 Throughout the years he has owned several aircraft inshycluding a J-3 Cub Taylorcraft TrishyPacer and Cessna 190 He and his wife Ruthie are lovers of Wacos and greatly enjoy flying their Kinner-powshyered 1930 INF They also own a Model G Bonanza

Phils military career consisted of four years in the US Air Force during the Korean War

Phil is a lifetime 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 has been chairman of the annual Parade of Flight at Oshkosh for the past nine years He was appointed advisor to the Antique Classic Board in 1985 The Coulsons live in Lawton Michigan

STAN GOMOLL Blaine Minnesota

Stan soloed a J-3 Cub 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 Aeronaushytics then returned home to Minshyneapolis where he worked at a small airport

[n 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 1939 40 hp Taylorcraft Currently he owns and flies a 1936 Waco Cabin and a 1946 J-3 Cub Over the years he has restored many airplanes

Stan has been active in EAA workshying on various committees at the Anshynual Convention [n 1976 he was named Advisor and elected to the Board of Directors in 1984 He is curshyrently President of AntiqueClassic Chapter 4 in the Minneapolis area

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NOTICE OF ANNUAL

BUSINESS MEETING

RJ DOBBY LICKTEIG Albert Lea Minnesota

Dobby is a native of Minnesota and had his first airplane 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 airport for flying time and has been flying since then After completing college in Minshynesota he entered Air Force pilot trainshying and graduated in Class 42J and was assigned to a new P-47 fighter group His tour of combat was 21f2 years in the European Theater of Operations during World War II

Dobby has owned a various collecshytion of aircraft including a Stinson Vshy77 Stearman L-2M Aztec Citabria BT-13A and AT-6G In 1985 he comshypleted the restoration of a KR-21 Kinshyner-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

Dobby is retired and he and his wife Jeanne live in Port St Lucie Florida Their son Scott is a licensed pilot and is active on the Warbirds parking comshymittee at the Annual EAA Convention

DALE A GUSTAFSON Indianapolis Indiana

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 airpol1 in South Bend Indiana servicing airlinshyers handling cargo and doing field maintenance

Dale attended Spartan School of Aeronautics in 1948 and 1949 to obtain additional pilot ratings After this he freelanced as a flight instructor and ran a small FBO at South Bend until he was hired as a co-pilot on Turner Airshylines 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 prishyvate airstrip

Through the years Dale has owned various aircraft including a Stinson Vshy77 Piper Colt Fairchild 24 Cessna 150 and several modern airplanes He currently owns a Cessna 195 plus a Stearman PT-17 and Piper 1-4 which are being restored Recently Dale and his wife operated a small airport northshywest 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 curshyrently is serving as a Director For sevshyeral years Dale has judged antiques at Oshkosh and served as Program Chairshyman for the AntiqueClassic Division awards

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS The following is a partial listing of new

members who recently joined the EM AntiqueClassic Division We are honored to welcome them into the orshyganization whose common interest is vintage aircraft Succeeding issues of VINTAGE AIRPLANE will contain additionshyal listings of new members

Donaldson NormanJ Grosse lie MI Mathers John R Denton TX Perreault AndreJ Quebec Canada Adams Patrick M Louisville KY Rikc StcvcnJ TitonkaIA Perscls Lylc D Osceola IA Davcnport Erncst E North Canton OH Damm Fred A Fort Collins CO Sizer Gcorge Saskatchewan Canada Gay Georgc M Cordele GA Brandon Lcc Lake Montezuma AZ Garverick ThomasJ Ringgold GA Hall Thomas E Palm Springs CA Swirc Gcorgc K Houghton Lake Heights MI Johnston Charles R Newport Beach CA OKecfe John T Grand Forks NO Gillaspie Jr Wade Huntsville TX Brzeski Diane Dix Hills NY Caputo Michael Sterling PA Wcdell Larry Ontario Canada Cox William C Taber City NC Geiger William G Campbellsburg KY Austin Andrew Santa Cruz CA Roux Joseph E Gaincsvillc FL Duglc Jr Roy E HoopestonIL Fink Jeffrey William Loves Park IL Griffin Fred W Weatherford TX McGee R C Kernersville NC Eicrman Rosemaric Greenfield WI Tironc Christopher J Albany NY Hampton Bill Saint Paul MN Ruhl Edwin W Memphis TN Stephcnson John W Gilford NH Bowser Joseph Middletown NY Horton Charles Buras LA Root Franklin L Staunton VA Ferrelli Bruno C Pine Island NY Wink WilliamJ Bloomtield Hills MI Leet Norman Enon OH Jamcs John Dallas TX Farina Richard H Washington DC Maddox EverettJ Cinnaminson NJ Imfcld Mark A FranklilnOH Bryan Lcs Evansville IN Kirkhan John Del Ray Beach FL Global Aviation Insurance Service

Richardson TX Ebling H Neil Ft Lauderdale FL Fockc III John H WilUlSboro TX Tonelli Jim D R Jonesboro GA Williams Georgc A Chipley FL Maser Fred Schwenksville PA Schwab Gcorgc Fort Worth TX Balazs Tom Irvington NJ Bilck Arthur P NortonOH naylor Wcsley Tenmiddotan Huntington Beach CA Sorenson Glcnn Chicago IL Lockbaum James G Chippewa Falls WI Hegy Thomas R Hartford WI Schultz Charles J Diamond Springs CA Radieux Julien FRANCE Devers Richard E Gladstone MO Shorler Wcndall S Melbourne FL Owen Kerry L Eureka MO Ogilvie Peter K Milford OH Wall ROJcr L Martinsburg WY Cleary Patrick T Brightwaters NY

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

I cant believe it I was looking at the EAA Technical Counselor News awhile back - this is the little communications document that Ben Owen from EAA Headquarters uses to keep all his Techshynical Counselors in touch - and I remarked to Ben about what a wondershyful source of information it presented I also asked him where he got ALL the information he and Debra Michels the Assistant Editor write about His reply was something to the effect that he reads all the newsletters and publications put out by the Type Clubs Chapters and whatever I remarked that it sure would be nice to have those sources of inforshymation Well I now have them

Ben wrote to all his sources and asked that I be included in their mailings MAN 0 MAN am I getting the mail John Bergeson who puts out a beautiful Reference Guide for SPORT A VIAshyTION and Vintage Airplane has al ways put me on his list but what I didnt know was that John also does the Cub Clues Luscombe Association News and the L-4 Grasshopper Wing Newsletter John can be reached at his home adshydress 6348 West Millbrook Road Remus MI 49340 (517561-2393) If you ever feel the need to look up a particular article on any subject in SPORT A VIA TION or VINTAGE then by all means get Johns Reference Guide

Also Leonard Opdycke is sending me WWI Aero and Skyways again Leonard and I go way back and he still continues to amaze me at the wonderful WWI coverage he puts out its great Im also on the list for the Cessna Pilots Association The 170 120-140 the Super Cub Pilots Association The Aeronca Club The International Liaison Pilots Association and several Chapter newsletters as well With all these sources I cant lose and neither can you cause now we have almost unshylimited coverages Ill be including the

names and addresses of all these newsletters and publications as time and space are available

Boy the phone has been ringing off the wall the past couple weeks People with all sorts of needs Norman Leet from Enen Ohio was rebuilding a Wobshyble Pump and needed some seals He really didnt need help he just wanted to talk about it Hope our conversation did some good Norm call again Also Carmen Perotti a legend among the early antiquers came back to life and wrote me about his Fleet experiences It seems he had a Fleet much the same as my Model 10 Gave me some precedence to fall back on in getting mine licensed in the Standard Category I also heard from Mike Vance again his project is getting well along I have maybe 20 other notes and references here from calls and letters which I will answer when time permits With my new job as Chairman of the Contest and Reco rds Board for the National Aeronautics Association Im pretty busy You read about the two Records in the May issue of SPORT AVIAshyTION maybe youll see some more later

Larry Steenstry a Captain for United Airlines set a time to climb record in a Boeing 737-300 last month That was FUN Well thats all for now Im going fishing up at Ear Falls Ontario Canada See you next month

Hi Buck Just a note to thank you for your help

in regards to my Fleet magneto switch setup I think I have it set up correctly now Bob Van Willer was also a big help

If the money holds out I should be flying by the end of summer Ill also be at the National Biplane Fly-in in June

Thanks again Mike Vance

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

Dear Buck I was somewhat surprised to open

my December 1990 issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE to see a photo of a 1917 Sturtevant 5A aircraft enshygine in the Vintage Literature column A few years ago I was fortunate enough to be able to obtain a model5A engine here in Australia Since that time I have been taking a keen interest in anything Sturtevant Not many people seem to even know the name and there is effectively nothing in print on Sturtevant engines

My model 5A was apparently purshychased in the US after WWI and brought to Australia to be put in a speedboat For this purpose the geared crankshaft had the last few inshyches removed but the lack of corrosion seems to indicate that the engine did not get used in a boat My intention is to restore this unique and historic enshygine to running condition It will not be used for flying The engine is basishycally complete but has had the prop shaft cut down and is missing the pair of Splitdorf Dixie model 81 magentos that gave it dual ignit ion Also missshying is the makers plate

Do you know of anyone who might be able to help me with the above items I am of course well aware that it is some 74 years since the engine rolled off the production line I would also like to obtain a service parts and overshyhaul manual or similar if such a thing was put out by Sturtevant way back in 1917 Can any AntiqueClassic memshyber help I would also like to make contact with other Sturtevant owners and historians with knowledge of the make

Best regards Dave Prossor 4 Coram Court Keysborough Victoria 3173 AUSTRALIA

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Dear Buck formity you just may be able to get big tored the model 8 prior to selling it I This may possibly be of assistance brother to certify your 263 a lso fl ew the mode l 1 W arner

to you in getting your Fleet certified Incidently Serial 262 still has a powered on floats Ive had extensive Back in the 1950s I owned Fleet detachable motor mount Could your Fleet fun in my years Model 10 Serial 262 N20699 263 actually be a 16F rather than a Sincerely Th is was ma nufactured by Fl ee t 10FT I have records of Serial numshy C D Perrotti Aircraft Company Ltd Ft Erie Onshy bers of every Fleet manufactured and tario Canada as a Fleet I6F Warner type of engine when it left the factory in PS Contact Fleet Aircraft Ltd 145 hp Mfg date 1938 and sold to Canada a rare piece of Canadian Fleet Canada and see if your Serial 263 was Brewster Aero Co in New York who hi s to ry but i t s ho m e in N e w an F and if so you will get it certified removed the 145 Warner installed a Hampshire and Im wintering in with Franks papers 165 Warner and called it a Brewster Florida I owned an F with 125 Kinshy PPS I own a Globe GC- IB with B-1 and used it to compete for the ner 16B with 160 Kinner Model 9 0300B and all mods including sticks AAF WWII trainer competition but Model 10 and also owned a model 8 and just sold my L-19 Birddog - FANshylost out to Stearman It was later cershy three place Fleet but only partially res- TASTIC MACHINE bull tified as a Fleet 10 by installation of a Kinner B-5 and covering the gap between the stabilizer and rudder with fabric (for spin recovery)

I had all the papers on certification and they went with the Fleet when I sold it The original nameplate was still atshytached to metal bulkhead at rear and above pilots seat (front cockpit) and stated Fleet 16F Warner 145 N20699 is owned by Frank Delmar Retired 11 J Air (Mohawk) Captain an old friend of mine a real gem of a person Im sure your Fleet is identical to Serial 262 and who knows if you can prove con-

The Sturtevant SA owned by AntiqueClassic member Dave Prossor in Australia

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We picked up a one-way rental 24 foot van and met Tom at the airport at eight oclock Saturday morning Because the tires were flat our first chore was to find a source of air Tom prevailed on one of his airport tenants who loaned us a portable air tank

We had our doubts about the old tires and tubes after being flat in one position for so long with the sidewalls split and cracked But we got one inflated and it seemed to hold the air On the other side the valve stem had disappeard inshyside the wheel Fortunately an old yelshylow Navy hand crank axle jack was stored in the building so we jacked the airplane and removed the wheel After splitting the wheel rearranging the tube and reassembling the wheel we inflated it It too held the air I would have been satisfied if the tires stayed inflated just long enough to get the airplane on the truck but six months later they were still inflated

While I removed the stabilizer Tom used his scrounging talents again and soon we had two oak planks on loan to use as a ramp Diane Tom and I managed to get everything loaded and secured by late afternoon The trip back to Virginia is a story in itself what with two truck breakdowns a heavy downpour in Connecticut and the rush hour traffic in the New YorkNew Jersey area By the time we made it home the unloading seemed an anticlimax

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This month we present a real antique Mystery Plane The sign on the side of the airplane may help in its identificashytion The photo is from the EAA Arshychives and supposedly was taken in the early 1920s

First to reply to the March Mystery Plane was Charley Hayes of Park Forest Illinois followed by Jack McRae of Huntington Station New York and John Underwood of Glendale California who wrote The Mystery Plane this month is going to stump 99 percent of the experts for sure That has to be the prototype Kentucky Cardinal possibly in its original form with 80 hp Le Rhone radial which was a Quick of Tips amp Smith conversion of the rotary The gent in the cockpit might be Frank P Sheehan president of the Kentucky Aircraft Corp This airplane appeared to have a promising future and producshytion was underway in February 1927 when Sheehan was killed due to the failure of the wing cellule Six Carshy

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Jim McCormick of Philpot Kenshytucky provides a complete answer He writes The aircraft you have pictured as the Mystery Airplane in the March issue of Vintage Airplane is the Kenshytucky Cardinal Serial Number 2 manufactured by the Kentucky Aircraft Corporation of Owensboro Kentucky in June and July of 1926 This is the first Cardinal that flew as Serial Number 1 was a parasol monoplane that proved unsuccessful Both SIN 1 and 2 were powered with a Super Rhone radial enshygine which was a converted La Rhone rotary The initial test flight occured on August 9 1926 and the picture shows the test pilot C D Can Do Boyer in

the cockpit The left wing is being held by another company employee Jim Arshynold (just passed away December 2 1990 at the age of 86) and the vertical stabilizer is held by Hunter Bell (the farmer and landowner who was also employed by the aircraft company and from whom the 30 acres of land was purchased to build the factory and Owensboros first airfield) The next three aircraft built incorporated some design change improvements and were powered by Curtiss OX-5s_ The paint scheme on Serial Number 2 was Carshydinal Red and Dove Gray while the later airplanes were all solid red Franshycis Peter Frank Sheehan the designer founder and President of the Corporashytion was killed in the tragic crash of Serial Number 5 February 14 1927 less than 48 hours after his marriage to his 18 year old secretary Ruby Beal The crash occurred at the intersection of 9th and Frederica Streets in downtown Owensboro

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The corporate Vice-President Mattingly Sr father of astronaut Kenshy Aircraft of St Louis Missouri who in Irvin Friend is presently 86 years old neth Mattingly Jf Upon Sheehans turn sold these assets to the St Louis and is living in Florida and the demise the factory was closed and the Car Company the builder of the St Secretary and Treasurer was Kenneth inventory was sold to Robertson Louis Cardinal bull

The two versions of the Kentucky Cardinal The top photo shows test pilot CD Boyer in the cockpit with company employee Jim Arnold holding the left wing Hunter Bell the landowner who sold the 30 acres the factory was built on stands holding the vertical stabilizer Besides the difference in engines the OX-5 powered version shown below sports a change in the landing gear The first Cardinal had a straight axle type gear

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Contents

2 Straight amp Level by Espie Butch Joyce

4 Aeromail

5 AC Newscompiled by HG Frautschy

6 Sun n Fun 1991 Award Winners

8 Vintage Literatureby Dennis Parks

11 Pretty Ladyby Marty Engler

14 Papa Gets His Cubby John Baker

17 Vintage Seaplanesjby Norm Petersen

18 Hints for Homebuilders Page 14

22 The National Waco Club A Biographyby Ray Brandly

24 Notice of Annual Meeting

27 Pass It To Buckby EE Buck Hilbert

30 Calendar

31 Vintage T rader 2

34 Mystery Pla neby George Hardie Jr

FRONT COVER A bit of Stinson heaven for all those who love the marque John Lawrence and his Lycoming powered 108-3 holding formation with the Great Grand Champion of Sun n Fun 91 Bob and Anne Lindleys 1936 Stinson SR-8E Photo by Jim Koepnick photo plane flown by Bruce Moore

BACK COVER Papa Cargiles Cub taxis in after an evening flight - what more can we say Photo by John Baker

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20 JUNE 1991



















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21









22 JUNE 1991












VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23

NOTICE OF ANNUAL

BUSINESS MEETING


















24 JUNE 1991


















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

NOTICE OF ANNUAL

BUSINESS MEETING














26 JUNE 1991


















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27















Magazines amp Books


4021 S92 1933






APPROVED



























30 JUNE 1991














AWWA

MEMBER

MEMBER












VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS




OSHKOSH WI 54903-3086 PHONE (414) 426-4800


815-500 MON-FRI

32 JUNE 1991













LIVERMORE CA 94550








- ~ - bull ---f~~ ~


lt bull



~--




VINTAGE AIRPLANE 33




34 JUNE 1991





1-800-638-8440















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 13

















Pat John and Tony

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15








16JUNE 1991

by Norm Petersen





VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17





18 JUNE 1991








Drywall

screws~

ltt(lX=~

Bumper Jack

Jack Foot

Block

2 x4 Block


34 Plywood Disc

2 x4 Legs

34 Plywood Base

1 34 00 Pipe

TOP VIEW


VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19





20 JUNE 1991



















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21









22 JUNE 1991












VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23

NOTICE OF ANNUAL

BUSINESS MEETING


















24 JUNE 1991


















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

NOTICE OF ANNUAL

BUSINESS MEETING














26 JUNE 1991


















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27















Magazines amp Books


4021 S92 1933






APPROVED



























30 JUNE 1991














AWWA

MEMBER

MEMBER












VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS




OSHKOSH WI 54903-3086 PHONE (414) 426-4800


815-500 MON-FRI

32 JUNE 1991













LIVERMORE CA 94550








- ~ - bull ---f~~ ~


lt bull



~--




VINTAGE AIRPLANE 33




34 JUNE 1991





1-800-638-8440




















Pat John and Tony

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15








16JUNE 1991

by Norm Petersen





VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17





18 JUNE 1991








Drywall

screws~

ltt(lX=~

Bumper Jack

Jack Foot

Block

2 x4 Block


34 Plywood Disc

2 x4 Legs

34 Plywood Base

1 34 00 Pipe

TOP VIEW


VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19





20 JUNE 1991








(Continued from ) Pretty Lady











VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21









22 JUNE 1991












VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23

NOTICE OF ANNUAL

BUSINESS MEETING


















24 JUNE 1991


















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

NOTICE OF ANNUAL

BUSINESS MEETING














26 JUNE 1991


















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27















Magazines amp Books


4021 S92 1933






APPROVED



























30 JUNE 1991














AWWA

MEMBER

MEMBER












VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS




OSHKOSH WI 54903-3086 PHONE (414) 426-4800


815-500 MON-FRI

32 JUNE 1991













LIVERMORE CA 94550








- ~ - bull ---f~~ ~


lt bull



~--




VINTAGE AIRPLANE 33




34 JUNE 1991





1-800-638-8440












Pat John and Tony

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15








16JUNE 1991

by Norm Petersen





VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17





18 JUNE 1991








Drywall

screws~

ltt(lX=~

Bumper Jack

Jack Foot

Block

2 x4 Block


34 Plywood Disc

2 x4 Legs

34 Plywood Base

1 34 00 Pipe

TOP VIEW


VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19





20 JUNE 1991



















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21









22 JUNE 1991












VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23

NOTICE OF ANNUAL

BUSINESS MEETING


















24 JUNE 1991


















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

NOTICE OF ANNUAL

BUSINESS MEETING














26 JUNE 1991


















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27















Magazines amp Books


4021 S92 1933






APPROVED



























30 JUNE 1991














AWWA

MEMBER

MEMBER












VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS




OSHKOSH WI 54903-3086 PHONE (414) 426-4800


815-500 MON-FRI

32 JUNE 1991













LIVERMORE CA 94550








- ~ - bull ---f~~ ~


lt bull



~--




VINTAGE AIRPLANE 33




34 JUNE 1991





1-800-638-8440











16JUNE 1991

by Norm Petersen





VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17





18 JUNE 1991








Drywall

screws~

ltt(lX=~

Bumper Jack

Jack Foot

Block

2 x4 Block


34 Plywood Disc

2 x4 Legs

34 Plywood Base

1 34 00 Pipe

TOP VIEW


VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19





20 JUNE 1991



















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21









22 JUNE 1991












VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23

NOTICE OF ANNUAL

BUSINESS MEETING


















24 JUNE 1991


















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

NOTICE OF ANNUAL

BUSINESS MEETING














26 JUNE 1991


















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27















Magazines amp Books


4021 S92 1933






APPROVED



























30 JUNE 1991














AWWA

MEMBER

MEMBER












VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS




OSHKOSH WI 54903-3086 PHONE (414) 426-4800


815-500 MON-FRI

32 JUNE 1991













LIVERMORE CA 94550








- ~ - bull ---f~~ ~


lt bull



~--




VINTAGE AIRPLANE 33




34 JUNE 1991





1-800-638-8440




by Norm Petersen





VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17





18 JUNE 1991








Drywall

screws~

ltt(lX=~

Bumper Jack

Jack Foot

Block

2 x4 Block


34 Plywood Disc

2 x4 Legs

34 Plywood Base

1 34 00 Pipe

TOP VIEW


VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19





20 JUNE 1991



















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21









22 JUNE 1991












VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23

NOTICE OF ANNUAL

BUSINESS MEETING


















24 JUNE 1991


















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

NOTICE OF ANNUAL

BUSINESS MEETING














26 JUNE 1991


















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27















Magazines amp Books


4021 S92 1933






APPROVED



























30 JUNE 1991














AWWA

MEMBER

MEMBER












VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS




OSHKOSH WI 54903-3086 PHONE (414) 426-4800


815-500 MON-FRI

32 JUNE 1991













LIVERMORE CA 94550








- ~ - bull ---f~~ ~


lt bull



~--




VINTAGE AIRPLANE 33




34 JUNE 1991





1-800-638-8440








18 JUNE 1991








Drywall

screws~

ltt(lX=~

Bumper Jack

Jack Foot

Block

2 x4 Block


34 Plywood Disc

2 x4 Legs

34 Plywood Base

1 34 00 Pipe

TOP VIEW


VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19





20 JUNE 1991



















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21









22 JUNE 1991












VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23

NOTICE OF ANNUAL

BUSINESS MEETING


















24 JUNE 1991


















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

NOTICE OF ANNUAL

BUSINESS MEETING














26 JUNE 1991


















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27















Magazines amp Books


4021 S92 1933






APPROVED



























30 JUNE 1991














AWWA

MEMBER

MEMBER












VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS




OSHKOSH WI 54903-3086 PHONE (414) 426-4800


815-500 MON-FRI

32 JUNE 1991













LIVERMORE CA 94550








- ~ - bull ---f~~ ~


lt bull



~--




VINTAGE AIRPLANE 33




34 JUNE 1991





1-800-638-8440




Drywall

screws~

ltt(lX=~

Bumper Jack

Jack Foot

Block

2 x4 Block


34 Plywood Disc

2 x4 Legs

34 Plywood Base

1 34 00 Pipe

TOP VIEW


VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19





20 JUNE 1991



















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21









22 JUNE 1991












VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23

NOTICE OF ANNUAL

BUSINESS MEETING


















24 JUNE 1991


















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

NOTICE OF ANNUAL

BUSINESS MEETING














26 JUNE 1991


















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27















Magazines amp Books


4021 S92 1933






APPROVED



























30 JUNE 1991














AWWA

MEMBER

MEMBER












VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS




OSHKOSH WI 54903-3086 PHONE (414) 426-4800


815-500 MON-FRI

32 JUNE 1991













LIVERMORE CA 94550








- ~ - bull ---f~~ ~


lt bull



~--




VINTAGE AIRPLANE 33




34 JUNE 1991





1-800-638-8440








20 JUNE 1991



















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21









22 JUNE 1991












VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23

NOTICE OF ANNUAL

BUSINESS MEETING


















24 JUNE 1991


















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

NOTICE OF ANNUAL

BUSINESS MEETING














26 JUNE 1991


















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27















Magazines amp Books


4021 S92 1933






APPROVED



























30 JUNE 1991














AWWA

MEMBER

MEMBER












VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS




OSHKOSH WI 54903-3086 PHONE (414) 426-4800


815-500 MON-FRI

32 JUNE 1991













LIVERMORE CA 94550








- ~ - bull ---f~~ ~


lt bull



~--




VINTAGE AIRPLANE 33




34 JUNE 1991





1-800-638-8440















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21









22 JUNE 1991












VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23

NOTICE OF ANNUAL

BUSINESS MEETING


















24 JUNE 1991


















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

NOTICE OF ANNUAL

BUSINESS MEETING














26 JUNE 1991


















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27















Magazines amp Books


4021 S92 1933






APPROVED






















Continued from





30 JUNE 1991














AWWA

MEMBER

MEMBER












VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS




OSHKOSH WI 54903-3086 PHONE (414) 426-4800


815-500 MON-FRI

32 JUNE 1991













LIVERMORE CA 94550








- ~ - bull ---f~~ ~


lt bull



~--




VINTAGE AIRPLANE 33




34 JUNE 1991





1-800-638-8440












22 JUNE 1991












VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23

NOTICE OF ANNUAL

BUSINESS MEETING


















24 JUNE 1991


















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

NOTICE OF ANNUAL

BUSINESS MEETING














26 JUNE 1991


















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27















Magazines amp Books


4021 S92 1933






APPROVED



























30 JUNE 1991














AWWA

MEMBER

MEMBER












VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS




OSHKOSH WI 54903-3086 PHONE (414) 426-4800


815-500 MON-FRI

32 JUNE 1991













LIVERMORE CA 94550








- ~ - bull ---f~~ ~


lt bull



~--




VINTAGE AIRPLANE 33




34 JUNE 1991





1-800-638-8440












VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23

NOTICE OF ANNUAL

BUSINESS MEETING


















24 JUNE 1991


















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

NOTICE OF ANNUAL

BUSINESS MEETING














26 JUNE 1991


















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27















Magazines amp Books


4021 S92 1933






APPROVED



























30 JUNE 1991














AWWA

MEMBER

MEMBER












VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS




OSHKOSH WI 54903-3086 PHONE (414) 426-4800


815-500 MON-FRI

32 JUNE 1991













LIVERMORE CA 94550








- ~ - bull ---f~~ ~


lt bull



~--




VINTAGE AIRPLANE 33




34 JUNE 1991





1-800-638-8440




NOTICE OF ANNUAL

BUSINESS MEETING


















24 JUNE 1991


















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

NOTICE OF ANNUAL

BUSINESS MEETING














26 JUNE 1991


















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27















Magazines amp Books


4021 S92 1933






APPROVED



























30 JUNE 1991














AWWA

MEMBER

MEMBER












VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS




OSHKOSH WI 54903-3086 PHONE (414) 426-4800


815-500 MON-FRI

32 JUNE 1991













LIVERMORE CA 94550








- ~ - bull ---f~~ ~


lt bull



~--




VINTAGE AIRPLANE 33




34 JUNE 1991





1-800-638-8440





















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

NOTICE OF ANNUAL

BUSINESS MEETING














26 JUNE 1991


















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27















Magazines amp Books


4021 S92 1933






APPROVED



























30 JUNE 1991














AWWA

MEMBER

MEMBER












VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS




OSHKOSH WI 54903-3086 PHONE (414) 426-4800


815-500 MON-FRI

32 JUNE 1991













LIVERMORE CA 94550








- ~ - bull ---f~~ ~


lt bull



~--




VINTAGE AIRPLANE 33




34 JUNE 1991





1-800-638-8440




NOTICE OF ANNUAL

BUSINESS MEETING














26 JUNE 1991


















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27















Magazines amp Books


4021 S92 1933






APPROVED



























30 JUNE 1991














AWWA

MEMBER

MEMBER












VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS




OSHKOSH WI 54903-3086 PHONE (414) 426-4800


815-500 MON-FRI

32 JUNE 1991













LIVERMORE CA 94550








- ~ - bull ---f~~ ~


lt bull



~--




VINTAGE AIRPLANE 33




34 JUNE 1991





1-800-638-8440





















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27















Magazines amp Books


4021 S92 1933






APPROVED



























30 JUNE 1991














AWWA

MEMBER

MEMBER












VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS




OSHKOSH WI 54903-3086 PHONE (414) 426-4800


815-500 MON-FRI

32 JUNE 1991













LIVERMORE CA 94550








- ~ - bull ---f~~ ~


lt bull



~--




VINTAGE AIRPLANE 33




34 JUNE 1991





1-800-638-8440


















Magazines amp Books


4021 S92 1933






APPROVED



























30 JUNE 1991














AWWA

MEMBER

MEMBER












VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS




OSHKOSH WI 54903-3086 PHONE (414) 426-4800


815-500 MON-FRI

32 JUNE 1991













LIVERMORE CA 94550








- ~ - bull ---f~~ ~


lt bull



~--




VINTAGE AIRPLANE 33




34 JUNE 1991





1-800-638-8440









APPROVED



























30 JUNE 1991














AWWA

MEMBER

MEMBER












VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS




OSHKOSH WI 54903-3086 PHONE (414) 426-4800


815-500 MON-FRI

32 JUNE 1991













LIVERMORE CA 94550








- ~ - bull ---f~~ ~


lt bull



~--




VINTAGE AIRPLANE 33




34 JUNE 1991





1-800-638-8440






























30 JUNE 1991














AWWA

MEMBER

MEMBER












VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS




OSHKOSH WI 54903-3086 PHONE (414) 426-4800


815-500 MON-FRI

32 JUNE 1991













LIVERMORE CA 94550








- ~ - bull ---f~~ ~


lt bull



~--




VINTAGE AIRPLANE 33




34 JUNE 1991





1-800-638-8440

















AWWA

MEMBER

MEMBER












VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31








FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS




OSHKOSH WI 54903-3086 PHONE (414) 426-4800


815-500 MON-FRI

32 JUNE 1991













LIVERMORE CA 94550








- ~ - bull ---f~~ ~


lt bull



~--




VINTAGE AIRPLANE 33




34 JUNE 1991





1-800-638-8440











FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS




OSHKOSH WI 54903-3086 PHONE (414) 426-4800


815-500 MON-FRI

32 JUNE 1991













LIVERMORE CA 94550








- ~ - bull ---f~~ ~


lt bull



~--




VINTAGE AIRPLANE 33




34 JUNE 1991





1-800-638-8440





- ~ - bull ---f~~ ~


lt bull



~--




VINTAGE AIRPLANE 33




34 JUNE 1991





1-800-638-8440







34 JUNE 1991





1-800-638-8440








1-800-638-8440




va-vol-19-no-6-june-1991

Documents

division secretary

board of directors meeting

antiqueclassic division

eaa board meeting

original board of directors

opening day of pioneer

issue of vintage airplane

membership report