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Publisher
TomPaberezny
June1993 Vol.21,No.6
CONTENTS
1 Straight& Level/
Espie"Butch"Joyce
2 AlC News/
compiledby H.G.Frautschy
4 PassittoBuck/
E.E."Buck"Hilbert
Vice-President,
MarketingandCommunications
DickMatt
Editor-in-Chief
JackCox
Editor
HenryG.Frautschy
ManagingEditor
GoldaCox
ArtDirector
MikeDrucks
ComputerGraphicSpecialists
OliviaL. Phillip
SaraHansen JenniferLarsen
Advertising
Mary Jones
AssociateEditor
NormPetersen
FeatureWriters
GeorgeHardie,Jr. DennisParks
StaffPhotographers
JimKoepnick MikeSteineke
CarlSchuppel DonnaBushman
EditorialAssistant
IsabelleWiske
EAAANTIQUE/ CLASSIC DIVISION,INC,
OFFICERS
President VicePresidenl
Espie"Butch"Joyce ArthurMorgan
604HighwaySt. 3744 North51st Blvd.
Madison,NC27025 Milwaukee,WI 53216
919/427-0216 414/442-3631
Secrelary Treasurer
SteveNesse E.E. "Buck"Hilbert
2009HighlandAve. P.O. Box424
AlbertLea,MN56007 Union,IL60180
507/373-1674 815/923-4591
DIRECTORS
JohnBerendt RobertC."Bob"Brauer
7645EchoPointRd. 9345S. Hoyne
CannonFalls, MN55009 Chicago,IL 60620
507/263-2414 312/779-2105
GeneChase JohnS.Copeland
2159CarltonRd. 28-3 WilliamsburgCI.
Oshkosh,WI 54904 Shrewsbury,MA01545
414/2315002 f/J8/842-7867
Phil Coulson GeorgeDaubner
28415SpringbrookDr. 2448 LoughLane
Lawton,M149065 Hartford,WI 53027
616/624-6490 414/673-5885
CharlesHarris StanGomoll
3933SouthPeoria 104290th Lane,NE
P.O. Box904038 Minneapolis,MN55434
Tulsa,OK74105 612/784-1172
918/7427311
DaleA.Gustafson JeannieHill
7724ShadyHill Dr. P.O. Box328
Indianapolis,IN 46278 Harvard,IL60033
317/293-4430 815/943-7205
RobertUckleig RobertD. "Bob"Lumley
1708BayOaksDr. 1265South 124thSt .
AlbertLea,MN 56007 Brookfield,WI 53005
507/373-2922 414/782-2633
GeneMorris GeorgeYork
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Roanoke,TX 76262 Mansfield,OH44906
817/491-9110 419/529-4378
S.H. OWesSchmid
2359LefeberAvenue
Wauwatosa,WI 53213
414/771-1545
DIRECTOR EMERITUS
S.J. WiHman
7200S.E. 85thLane
Ocala,FL 32672
904/245-7768
ADVISORS
JoeDickey JimmyRollison
511 Terrace LakeRd. 823CarrionCircle
Columbus,IN47201 Winters,CA95694- 1665
812/342-6878 916/7954334
DeanRichardson GeoffRobison
6701 ColonyDr. 1521 E. MacGregorDr.
Madison,WI 53717 NewHaven,IN 46774
608/833- 1291 219/493-4724
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5 MysteryPlane/
GeorgeHardie
6 VintageLiterature/
DennisParks
8 Sun 'nFun'93/
H.G.Frautschy
andNormPetersen
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20 Antique/Classic
PhotoContest
25 AlCCalendar
26 WelcomeNewMembers
27 NoticeofAnnualMeeting
30 VintageTrader
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FRONT COVER . Dr.Roy Wicker(A/C 103) pi lotstheSun 'n Fun '93 Grand
Champion Antique,the 1931 Davis D-1W looks splendid with its creamand
yellow color scheme. Dr. Wicker. from Quitman, GA, and his partner,
Barbara Kitchens, of Milner, GA have brought the special airplane back
from thebrinkwithanoutstandingrestoration. EAAphotobyJim Koepnick.
Shotwitha CanonEOS- 1equippedwithan80-2oommlens. 1/250 sec.atf5.6
onKodakKodachrome64. Cessna210photoplanepilotedbyBruceMoore.
REAR COVER ...Captain Dick Hill andowner Dwain Pittengerpilot Dwain's
Sun 'n Fun '93 Best Custom AntiqueCessnaT-50 Bobcatoverthemarshlands
north ofLakeland. EMphoto byJim Koepnick. Shot with a Canon EOS- 1
equippedwithan80-2oomm lens. 1/500 sec. atf8 onKodakEktachrome64.
Cessna210photoplanepilotedbyBruceMoore.
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STRAIGHT &LEVEL
by Espie "Butch" Joyce
As you will read in the A/C News
section this month, we welcome two
new Antique/Classic Chapters; the
first is Antique/Classic Chapter 25 of
Sacramento, California. Their presi-
dent is Jon Schmitt. I'd really like to
welcome this Chapter - there is quite
a bit of activity in California from the
Antique, Classic and Contemporary
standpoint, and I'm pleased to see a
new A/C Chapter forming there.
Also, a hearty welcome to Chapter 26
which has been formed in Lansing,
Illinois. Their president is Peter
Bayer. We're glad to see this Chapter
as there is also quite a bit of activity in
the Illinois area. H.G. has more
details on these two Chapters in our
Antique/Classic News.
We have just completed our spring
Antique/Classic Board of Directors
meeting in May. Quite a bit of business
was discussed there. One of the topics
was your VINTAGE AIRPLANE
magazine. Everyone has been very
complimentary about our magazine and
we continuously try to improve it. I
may have passed this along before but
this year six of the twelve magazines
published will be color editions. As the
membership grows, we will try to add
color for each month, but we have to
reach our goal of 10,000 members
before we can do that. We are now right
at 8,600, so we are moving right along
towards our goal. I can't emphasize
enough that if you know of someone
who is interested in our type of aviation
and our airplanes, please encourage
them to join our Division. The more
members we have, the stronger we will
be as a group.
The weekend that we had the Board
meeting at Oshkosh was the opening
weekend for Pioneer Airport. Saturday
was cold and windy but Sunday the
weather improved considerably - they
were able to fly quite a few more aircraft
on Sunday than they could on Saturday.
Wisconsin this time of year is either
very nice or very brutal, and the weather
gods chose for opening day of Pioneer
weekend to be cool and windy. Be-
cause my business involves mostly out-
side work, I have learned a long time
ago that the weather is something you
can't do anything about, so there's no
point in worrying about it. You just
have to go with the flow.
The Oshkosh Convention is really
approaching fast! It's only a month
and a half away. Everything is really
shaping up nicely for our area. We
may have some parking difficulties
from the standpoint of a new taxiway
that was put in the field, and the as-
sociated landscaping that had to be
done, but Headquarters is working
feverishly to minimize any impact it
may have on us. They are very con-
cerned that our parking is as con-
venient as possible. Also, as we
continue to go further south, it is our
intention to also add another tram for
the transportation of those people
from the south end of the field to a
more central point at the Fly-In, espe-
cially those people with baggage, etc.
who need assistance in getting back to
the central area of the Convention site.
Ifanyone has any comments or sugges-
tions along this line that can help us
improve, please let us know.
One subject that I hesitate to say any-
thing about is any thought that has to do
with politics, because a lot of people
have different opinions than I do, but
gi ven the current atmosphere in
Washington with the new government it
is most important that we all stand
together as a group. H.G. also has some
further information on this in the
magazine this month. As small as we
may be as a group, it is still impressive
if we can approach our Representatives
from a united front. I encourage
everyone to be aware and to keep up
with the happenings of the new govern-
ment so that we will be able to respond
in a positive manner to our Repre-
sentatives. These people are the ones
whom you elect in your home area and
your opinion does matter to them.
Please keep your head up on this situa-
tion.
Next month I will list all the Anti-
que/Classic activities that will be taking
place and the Chairpersons coordinat-
ing each area. Perhaps you can give a
bit of your time volunteering this year -
nowhere does the "many hands make
light work" philosophy work better than
at EAA OSHKOSH. We look forward
to seeing you here!
Let's all pull in the same direction for
the good of aviation. Remember, we
are better together. Join us and have it
all! ...
VINTAGE AIRPLANE 1
compiledbyH.G.Frautschy
f3I:W.I
NEWANTIQUE/CLASSIC
CHAPTERS
A new pair of Antique/Classic
Chapters have been formed and
chartered- theyare:
Antique/Classic Chapter 25,
Sacramento,CA. They meetevery 2nd
Saturday. For meeting location or
other Chapter information, contact
Chapter President 10n Schmitt (A/C
16274), 8245 Cedar Crest Way,
Sacramento,CA95826. Phone916/386-
2077. TheSacramentoChapteris called
the"DeltaGoldChapter."
The other recent addition to the
Chapterroster is Chapter26, the "Ford
Tri-Motor Chapter." Based in the
Lansing, IL area, you can contact
Chapter President Peter Bayer (A/C
12034),25957 Middle Point, Monee, IL
60449. Phone708/534-6240.
Welcome aboard! If you are
interested in A/C Chapter activities in
these areas, be sure to give these
gent le men a call. The entire A/C
Chapter roster was published in the
March 1993 issue of VINTAGE
AIRPLANE.
If you're interested in starting an
A/CChapterin yourlocal area,contact
the EAA Chapter Office, P.O. Box
3086, Oshkosh,WI 54903-3086orcall 1-
414-426-4800. If you have any
questions specifically related to A/C
Chapters, you can also contact A/C
Board me mber Bob Brauer at the
address on the inside front cover. Bob
is the Chapter coordinator for the
Antique/ClassicBoardofDirectors.
THERIGHTADDRESS
To clarify for all ofyou who send
mail to us here at VINTAGE
AIRPLANE (including Calendar of
Events items), please be sure to update
your address list with the current
address. The post office has been
stamping a large portion of our
incoming mail "Notify Sender ofNew
Address," andwe' d hate tosee any mail
returned tosender. Thecorrectaddress
is:
EAAAntique/ClassicDivision
P.O. Box3086
Oshkosh,WI 54903-3086
Again, please be sure and use only
this address for your mailings to
VINTAGE AIRPLANE or the A/C
Division - the " EAA, Wittman Field"
address is no longer valid, and may
resultin misdirected mail.
OTHERGOVERNMENT
MATTERS...
Onceagain,we' reall in this together,
and as a group we must once aga in
make sure our elected representatives
get the word that we are not happy
about a number of issues that directly
relate to how much it will cost us to
continue flying our aircraft. First, the
Clinton Administration has proposed
that we all pay a Federal Registration
fee for our aircraft. How much? How
about$90 thiscomingOctober,with the
annualfee escalatingto$278 (wheredid
that number come from?) by 1997.
Many ofus already pay a statefee, and
to add this additional burden ($278!) is
simply too much . The fee does not
distinguish between aircraft types,sizes
orits use. (A1-3 would be required to
pay the same fee as a 747!) The
argumentusedto"justify"this fee is the
same old "General Aviation does not
payitsfairshare"premisethat hasbeen
dragged out to be paraded in front of
Congress in the past. It simply is not
true. The erroneous "fair share"
argument conveniently forgets that the
majority of the airspace system
(including air traffic control
installations and airport facilities
funded by theFederalGovernment)are
for the benefit of commercial
operations(e.g. airlines).
The much smaller portion of the
Federally funded airspace system used
by General Aviation is adequately paid
for out of taxes paid by General
Aviation users (the Federal Excise tax
we've been paying on every gallon of
gas,eachquartofaviation oil andevery
ERCOUPECLUBSHINES
Through the efforts of the Ercoupe Club, the EAA Air Adventure
Museum's Ercoupe has been given a fresh polish job, as you can see in this
photo. Asan addedbonus,the 'Coupersalso polished the RyanSCWyou see
in the background. Ourthanks to Ercoupe Club presidentSyd Cohen for his
coordination of this mission, and we also wish to thank club members Orrin
and Cliff Howard, Wilbur Eck, Hank Taxis, and the Darrell Compton family
for theirhardwork. Thanksfolks!
tire and tube we buy is supposed to go
towards airport {both large and smalll
improvements. Theexcisetaxesgointo
to infamous"AviationTrustFund,"the
" black hole" of aviation funding.).
There are a number ofother related
issues that also point out the fallacy of
this particular argument. For more on
this issue and other important
government proposals that could affect
howyou fly, pleasebesureandread the
Action Updatesection in theMayissue
ofSPORT AVIATION. Be sure you
drop your elected representatives a
note telling them how you feel! The
addressesare:
(YourSenator' sname)
U.S.Senate
Washington,DC20510
(YourRepresentative'sname)
U.S. HouseofRepresentatives
Washington,D.C. 20515
You may also wish to send a note to
theDepartmentofTransportation:
SecretaryFedericoPena
U.S. Dept.ofTransportation
4007thSt. SW
Washington,DC20590
Tell the folks you elected how you
will be effected personally. We're not
sayingwe want the FAAtorun with no
costtous - wejustwish topointoutthat
we already pay ourfair share, and then
some. Letthemknow!
CONTEMPORARYCLASS
AWARDS
At EAA OSHKOSH '93, the
Contemporary Class will have awards
presented. The Categories will be as
follows:
GrandChampion
ReserveGrandChampion
OutstandingCustomized
CustomClass ISingleEngine(0-160 hp)
Custom ClassIISingleEngine(161-230 hp)
CustomClassIIISingleEngine(231- Uphp)
Custom Multi-engine
Outstanding In Type awards will be
givenfor thefollowingcategories:
Champion
BeechSingle Engine
BeechMultiEngine
Bellanca
Cessna150
Cessna 170-172-175
Cessna 180-182-210
Cessna310
Mooney
PiperPA-18SuperCub
PiperPA-22Tri-Pacer
PiperPA-24Comanche
PiperPA-23Apache-Aztec
LimitedProduction
We look forward to seeing your
Contemporary class showplanes on the
fljghtline duringEAAOSHKOSH'93!
A NEWTYPECLUB
Dave Decker,ofHereford, AZ,wrote
us tospreadtheword that he is startinga
Type Club for the Callair brand of
airplane. After buying a Callair A3,
Dave found there was little information
on the airplane available, and he has
taken it upon himselfto head up the
effort to put some of the information
down on paper in the form of a
newsletter. Dave is primarily interested
in information ofany type concerning
the Callair airplanes, particularly the
cabin airplanes. Hepointed outthat less
than 40 Callairs were built, and fewer
than 20 are shown on the FAA registry.
If you know of someone who has a
Callair flying ora project,let them know
about this new Type Club, and have
them get in contact with Dave Decker,
CallairType Club and Newsletter, 3307
Astro Drive, Hereford, AZ 85615.
Phone602-378-3688.
A NICEPLACETOSTOP
If you' re inbound to OSH for the
Convention, you may wish to stop at
Wautoma Airport (Y50), locatedjust 33
nm west of Oshkosh. They will be
offering a 10% discount on all fuel, oi l
and merchandise to EAA members
going to the show. Free camping is also
available. Formoreinformationcontact
JefforDanat414/787-3030.
NAVIONDOCUMENTSTHEFT
Sun ' nFun '93 was a greatsuccess by
any measure, but for one of our
members, Hale Andrews, of Berkley
Springs, WV, the event was marred by
the theft of some of the brochures
included in his documentation book for
hi s award winning Navion Super 260.
Hale'sdocumentation,consideredby the
judges as one ofthe best they had seen,
includedasectionin theback featuring5
or6original factory brochures,collected
by Hale's father Earl. Hale'sNavion has
beenin thefamily sinceitwas purchased
newbyhisfatherin 1951.
Unfortunately, sometime during the
last half of the week during Sun ' n Fun
'93, someone apparently took the
brochures from the book. Hale was
disappointed,tosaythe least,andwould
very muchlike toseetheitemsreturned.
Iftheyarereturned to EAAHQwe will
see they are forwarded to Hale, with no
questions asked. The address is EAA
Antique/Classic Division P.O.Box 3086,
Oshkosh, WI 54903-3086, Attn: H.G.
Frautschy,Editor,VintageAirplane.
SPEEDBIRDRESTORER
PASSESAWAY
John Denny (EAA 40749, A/ C
15079) whose restoration of the last
aircraft produced by the Bird Airplane
Co. ,the "Speedbird," died Friday, April
30. Dennis "Buck" Dodson, John ' s
nephew and owner of the Speedbird,
which was featured in last month'sissue,
says that by an ironic coincidence, he
was flying the Speedbird from Chico,
CA to San Jose when John passed away
in Albuquerque, NM at the same time.
The Speedbird had last been flown at
SanJoseduringAugustof1937.
In the photo above, John (right)
displays the documentation book on the
Speedbirdwith (left to right) his nephew
Dennis "Buck" Dodson, Karl Klemm,
andhisson,Neil.
OurcondolencestoBuck,John' swife
Jean, son Neil , and daughter Nancy, as
wellas hiscircleoffriends.
CHARLES"CONNIE"BLOM
Via Glenn Otto Mittelstadt we
learned of the passing ofearly aviator
and airplane builder Charles "Connie"
Blom, ofLandrum, Sc. In 1928, as a
young man attending the Schenectady
night school vocational training school,
he and his brother Harold designed and
built a high wing parasol monoplane.
Connieattempted to fly it from his home
in Schenectady, NY to the West coast,
butwasforced to returnhomeafterafire
damaged the airplane during repairs
after a precautionary landing in
Wisconsin. Connie then repaired the
airplane and flew home. His journey
took17days, including10days for him to
rebuild the wing and recover the
airplane!
Well-known by manyin theLandrum,
SC area, Connie passed away Dec 23,
1992. ...
VINTAGE AIRPLANE 3
by Buck Hilbert
(EAA 21 , Ale 5)
P.O. Box 424
Union, IL 60180
Here I sit in a perfect FUNK! To
those of you who need an exact descrip-
tion of FUNK, there is no description, re-
ally. It's the frame of mind that exists
when spring finally arrives up here in the
frozen North, and all of a sudden the SAP
starts to run! And run and RUN and all
true aviators begin to get sappy.
I have had more phone calls in the
past two weeks since I have been home
from Sun 'n Fun, than I can possibly keep
track of. Here I am trying to relicense the
C-3, the Champ, as well as get all the back
burner chores done, and I can't get away
from the phone. Trouble is, I like talking
to people and can't bring myself to shut
them off.
Had a nice conversation with a fella
named Bob Green from Loveland, CO
the other day. Bob called all in a dither
because a neighbor was having a garage
sale and in the lot were a pair of Jenny
wheels. Bob wanted to know how much
to offer for them. He had absolutely no
use for them, but he wanted to preserve
them. Know the feeling?
Then Bob O'Conner call ed from Mil-
PASS IT 10
--I]
An information exchange column with input from our readers.
waukee, WI. Not once but THREE
ti mes. He is really going" Sappy" over
an Aeronca C-3. ANY Aeronca C-3.
Bob is a very early EAA member, retired
from Republic Airlines, still flyi ng for fun
and business after ten years of retirement.
He has a stable of airplanes incl uding a
Baby Ace he built way back in '53, a cou-
ple of other hangar queens, a Bonanza
and a King Air that he uses for going
places. He plans on dropping in here at
the Funny Farm after I get back from my
spring fishing trip to western Ontario,
Canada.
Anyway, I have had calls from just
about everyone in the country this past
week. Even the San Diego Glue Angels
checked in . There is all sorts of good
news from out-that way. Bill Allen is
building a new hangar complex at Gille-
spie Field. Addison Pemberton is taking
that "Bull" Stearman everywhere and
starting a new project , and my Japanese
friend Hiroshi Morita has his Fleet flying
again after Bob Von Willer got it up and
going.
On the way home from Florida,
Dorothy and I stopped at the Army Avia-
tion Museum at Fort Rucker, AL. Hey,
they have done wonders with organizing
their displays in their NEW building.
They have a neat entrance display of
Army Aviator Flight clothing in bronze,
and they have some really neat airplanes
now on display.
A Jenny, a real SE SA, a nice grouping
of early "L" planes and some very realis-
tic dioramas depicting Helicopter Com-
bat Tactics. I had to look up the director
and shake his hand. This man is a real
PRO.
From Ft. R ucker we beat a path to
Birmingham, AL and there we invited
ourselves to a personally conducted tour
of the normally closed on Monday Birm-
ingham Museum of Flight. Sometimes I
think this Museum is one of Birming-
ham's best kept secrets, but it is coming
into its own. Dick Simpson, one of the
museum foundation officers and a con-
stant volunteer, gave us the tour. They
are on an expansion program right now,
and it was great to see how far they have
corne since our last visit. There are some
really beautiful sport aviation airplanes
on display, and aT-6 that is so original
and so free of the usual scratch and dents,
that it would take your breath away.
We missed Glen Messer, though. Glen
is well known as a pioneer in aviation.
One of the last five surviving " Early
Birds" and a founding member of so
many aviation organizations, as well as a
record setter of long reknown, Glen still
maintains an office in the Museum, and
acts as official "Greeter." Even though
he is almost blind, Glen will recognize a
voice or a name and enthusiastically make
a person welcome. I'd advise anyone vis-
iti ng the Birmingham area to stop in and
say hello to this wonderful person and
shake hands with a REAL Aviator. They
don't make them li ke that anymore.
And so I'm off to Canada! Watch out
Walleyes, here I come! Unti l I get back,
hold the phone calls! Over to you! ...
In the Army Aviation Museum this Jenny is one of the featured
aircraft on display.
At the entrance to the Army Aviation Museum at Ft. Rucker, AL,
visitors are presented with this "bronze" display of the history
of Army Aviation clothing.
4 JUNE 1993
MYSTERY PLANE
This nifty sport plane was another
victim of the slow recovery after the
Great Depression. The photo was sent
in by Owen Billman of Mayfield, New
York. Answers will be published in the
September 1993 issue of VINTAGE
AIRPLANE. Deadline for that issue is
July 20.
The March Mystery evidently was a
mystery to many readers, for only five
replies were received. From far away
Sweden came this answer from Lennart
Johnsson of Eldsberga:
"The airplane shown is an American
Eagle, custom built in 1929 for Dr. WaI-
ter M. Cross , a chemist from Kansas
City. Its designation was ' Model 60
byGeorgeHardie
Sedan' according to the manufacturer's
advertising in A VIATION magazine.
Others say it was called A-529 or A-629.
To add to this confusion, it was first reg-
istered under the name 'Model T-C.'
"The airplane had two Siemens-
Halske radial engines (125 hp each)
which were mounted remarkably close
to the fuselage. The pilot sat in an open
cockpit in front of the wing. Behind
him was a closed cabin with room for
five people. Wingspan was 47 feet.
When the machine was test flown in
Kansas City in early 1929, it took off in
200 feet and attained a cruising speed of
90 mph. Landing speed was 45 mph.
"Dr. Cross intended to use the new
American Eagle Model 60 Sedan
craft in traveling between his offices
and laboratories in Kansas City, New
York and Los Angeles, and he esti-
mates that he will save between $40,000
and $50,000 annually in time and travel-
ling expenses. I wonder if it worked out
that way.
"Published pictures show the regis-
tration number 10070, but as first regis-
tered it was assigned number 364. My
sources are AVIATION for February
2, February 23, March 2, May 4,1929
and AERO DIGEST for February
1929."
Ralph Nortell of Spokane, Washing-
ton adds this:
"The March Mystery Plane is the
' one-off' example of an American Ea-
gle design built in early 1929. Quite ad-
vanced for its time, it was powered by
two Siemens-Halske engines. It was re-
ported to be a good load carrier having
been test flown on one engine. After a
gross load test flight with Charles Toth
at the controls, the landing gear col-
lapsed on landing, resulting in severe
damage.
"The plane was built for Dr. Walter
M. Cross of Kansas City whose inten-
tion was to apply to the Department of
Commerce for an A TC. But before the
prototype could be rebuilt , the 1929
stock market collapse devastated the
market for airplanes. "
Other answers were received from
Charley Hayes of Park Forest, Illinois,
Robert Clark, Oxnard, CA and Marty
Eisenmann of Garrettsville, Ohio. ..
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In November, 1933 Eugene Vidal, Di-
rector of Aeronautics of the U.S. Depart-
ment of Commerce, announced that the
Department was taking the initiative in
seeking a method whereby airplanes
might be made available to the general
public at a price low enough to make pos-
sible widespread private ownership. Such
a vehicle became known as the $700 air-
plane - the selling price of popular auto-
mobiles of the time.
Vidal conceived that such an airplane
would be a two- or three-seat all metal
airplane. The plane would be cheap be-
cause it would be mass-produced using
automotive industry methods. It would
also be rugged and easy to repair with the
costs of owning and operating the ma-
chine less than that of an average-priced
automobile.
A market survey was undertaken by
the Aeronautics Branch with question-
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they would be interested in such an air-
plane at a price of $700. About 18,000
replies were received, with 13,000 saying
they would purchase such an aircraft. Not
surprising as such an airplane would be
$300 to $500 less than anything on the
market. About 5,000 said they would not
purchase. With the results of the survey in
hand, Vidal believed there was a market
for upwards of 10,000 of the $700 air-
planes.
Assured that a substantial potential
market existed for such a plane, Vidal ap-
proached the Public Works Administra-
tion for funding. The agency, one of the
numerous federal agencies established in
the depression to battle unemployment,
allotted $500,000 for the project. Vidal
felt that the funds channeled through a
consortium of existing aircraft builders
would be used to hire unemployed engi-
neers, draftsmen, and craftsmen who
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would design and manufacture a cheap
airplane.
Problems arose from the very begin-
ning. Legal counsel for the Public Works
Administration decided that the money
could only go to public works and that
there was nothing "public" about private
airplanes for the masses. So the funds
were rescinded. Some companies already
manufacturing light aircraft claimed that
the publicity already had caused poten-
tial buyers to wait on the ephemeral
poor-man's plane than purchase an exist-
ing design. Waldo Waterman in his book,
WALDO: PIONEER AVIATOR stated,
"Vidal's quest for a '$700 airplane' all but
destroyed what little aircraft industry
there was still surviving the Depression."
AERO DIGEST
The reaction in the aviation press of
the time was not very favorable. In an
editorial in the December 1933 issue of
AERO DIGEST Frank Tichenor stated,
"It is no secret that the hard-working and
hard-pressed Aeronautics Branch has
been under pressure for some time to do
for private flying something big, spectac-
ular, and constructive.
"But it was indeed regrettable that
Mr. Vidal's questionnaire, which he must
know caused a veritable storm upon
many airports, left the erroneous impres-
sion that the Aeronautics Branch had a
specific and definite plane in view when
it presented its proposal to American
fliers.
"We are not surprised that there are
many private pilots who would like such
a ship at $700. According to the figures
of the Labor Department there are some
10,000,000 people who would like a fif-
teen-cent dinner; but not only does such
a dinner appear non-existent, but often
the necessary nickel and dime also is
conspicuously absent.
"We commend the Aeronautics
Branch for its efforts in attempting to
bring the light airplane manufacturer in
touch with the current market but let no
one who is at present in the market for
any of the excellent low-priced airplanes
now available hesitate in making his pur-
chase because of the Department's ques-
tionnaire. The prospects of an early ful-
fillment of the $700 airplane idea is too
remote to let it be the means of curtailing
the sales of tried and proven aircraft."
AVIATION
In the December 1933 issue of AVIA-
TION the editor, Edward P. Warner,
asked "$700? And How? It is frequently
a matter of some little difficulty to pick
the particular story which deserves the
preeminent position of our new pages,
but this month there could be no doubt.
The announcement from the Department
of Commerce that Director Vidal has un-
dertaken to solici t expressions of willing-
ness to buy a new airplane of specified
characteristics, and that the characteris-
tics include a price of $700, has set the
high-water-mark in news excitement not
only for November but for a much longer
period.
"The idea is amusing in its very sim-
plicity. The industry may not sell 10,000
airplanes, or even any large part thereof,
but at least we shall have a lot of new in-
formation. Aside from some temporary
unsettlement of the market for existing
types of aircraft , we believe the results
will be good. But there is a word of cau-
tion that should be said and point that
should be made.
"Extreme care must be used in inter-
preting the results of the market survey.
There are plenty of people who will gaily
write 'YES' on a piece of paper, but who
will not be nearly so ready to write their
names at the bottom of checks for $700
each.
"But there is anot her point. We be-
lieve that 10,000 airplanes of quality
could be built for $700 apiece by a single
manufacturer who received a single order
for 10,000 machines. They cannot be built
for any such price under the conditions
that existed in 1929 with about 180 manu-
facturers scrambling over each other af-
ter every individual sale and with no sin-
gle factory setting up production of more
than a few hundred ships. An essential
condition precedent to the successful ac-
complishment of the Vidal plan is that
the aircraft industry should cooperate as
no industry has ever cooperated before.
" It would have to be turned out in
many plants, with wings built at A and
landing gear at B and assembly taken
care of at C, and then it will have to be
the subject of a concentrated sales cam-
paign in which all effort is merged to get
as many peopl e as possibl e into the air.
We don' t know that can be done. "
USED PLANES
And in the 99'ER, Clara Gilbert in her
comments " Are Air Flivvers Feasible?"
raised the question of used aircraft.
"There are available , at the moment ,
many used ships for sale at figures well
under $1 ,000. Among them are to be
found not only two place, but three and
four place ships, cabin jobs as well as open
cockpit models, and the majority are capa-
ble of speeds well in excess of 100 miles an
hour. If there is no market for these air-
planes, how then does the Government
propose to stimulate sufficient interest in
private and sport flying to dispose of
10,000 smaller slower planes which will
only carry two passengers, at a price ap-
proximating that of these used ships?"
AERO DIGEST ON FUNDING
In the February 1934 issue of AERO
DIGEST, the editor, Edward P. Warner,
presented his views in "Notes on a $700
Airplane. " He stated, "When Director of
Aeronautics Vidal launched his famous
private plane questionnaire, a considerable
segment of the aircraft industry thought it a
joke - and not a particularly funny one.
When he persuaded the Public Works Ad-
ministration to make over $500,000 to pro-
mote the realization of the project as a
means of developing a new industry to pro-
vide new employment , the joke ended.
Half a million dollars are to be regarded
seriously, even in days when federal expen-
ditures run to six billion and higher.
In response to a request of A VIA-
TION, Eugene Vidal, Director of Aero-
nautics, U.S. Department of Commerce,
prepared an official view concerning the
interest of the Department in the private
airplane market. His response was pub-
lished in the February 1934 issue of A VI-
AnON under the title "Low-Priced Air-
plane."
" Private flying, measured in terms of
active pilots, planes, and their use is on the
decline. After fifteen years or so of the
building of planes for miscellaneous flying,
there are less than 7,000 licensed airplanes
in this country of 120,000,00 people.
" It might be well to assume that there
may be something wrong with the product
which we now are attempting to sell , that
the market exists for something different.
It also might be well to overlook entirely
the attitude of the pilots who already have
learned to fly (who would like to have a
faster plane) and concentrate on the aver-
age American citizen who may not be an
aviation enthusiast. Also it might be well
to cease planning planes which the indus-
try feels that the future pilot should have
and plan one which would appeal to the
United States citizen even though it may
not be as desirable to every pilot and de-
signer.
"The most important detail of an air-
plane, as of any other manufactured prod-
uct, is its price. Granted an airplane should
be safe, no matter how safe it may be, it
cannot be sold in numbers if it is too ex-
pensive. It is useless to make a plane safe
if it won't be purchased, and thus won't be
flown. The majority of Americans buy au-
tomobiles which sell for less than $1 ,000
and are inexpensive to operate and main-
tain. They are quite accustomed to the
price range between $500 and $1,000, and
it goes without saying that an airplane for
that price, sold on the installment plan,
would have a popular appeal. "
Vidal felt that the automobile driver
was the customer for the $700 plane and
that this customer had become accus-
tomed to details of an automobile, its ap-
pearance, material , control, etc. He stated
that a car made of fabric couldn' t possibly
sell. As metal is durable and strong, so the
airplane should be.
He believed metal construction was
important from other viewpoints. Produc-
tion methods used for the automotive in-
dustry could be adopted to airplane manu-
facture such as the mass stamping of parts.
Techniques of assembly and of mainte-
nance and repair would suggest methods
for volume production of airplanes.
The appearance of an airplane must be
attractive and in its details and remind the
car driver of his car. He also felt that the
popular plane should look like a modern
passenger transport. "To the casual eye
the small airplane would appear as a
scaled-down reproduction of the airliners
which now are flying." Also, the small air-
plane would require little professional
training and skills necessary to fly it.
Vidal concluded his comments with the
following: "An airplane can be built for
$700, and the Public Works allotment as-
sures that difficulties in the way of initiat-
ing the program can be met. Volume pro-
duction will make the airplane possible,
and it also will react to the benefit of the
entire industry, stimulating employment
in factories, increasing the business of air-
ports, affording new opportunities for em-
ployment of pilots and mechanics.
"Indirectly, the renewed interest in fly-
ing undoubt edl y will direct attention of
more people upon the services offered by
the scheduled ai rlines. There should be a
development analogous to that which has
taken place in the automobile, radio, re-
frigerator and other industries. And just
as the introduction of these articles has
been a stimulus to business in general, the
low-priced airplane has an opportunity to
add to the scope of commercial activities."
A NEW COURSE FOR THE BUREAU
The withdrawal of funds by the Public
Works Administration did not thwart Vi-
dal in his efforts in pursuing the deveJop-
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Air Commerce. A low wing two-place cabin pusher, it will be powered by the four-cylinder inverted Menasco. From its three-
wheel undercarriage it expects many unorthodox abilities designed to simplify the task of the amateur, promote general safety.
mentofthelow-pricedairplane.Under
hisdirectiontheBureauofAeronautics
createdadevelopmentsectiontofoster
thedesign,construction,anddevelop-
mentofsafer,easieroperated,more
comfortableandlowerpricedairplanes
for privateowners.
TheBureauhadnobudgetfordevel-
opment,butitdid have funds for pur-
chasingaircrafttobeflown byitsinspec-
torsas theytraveledaroundthecountry.
Laterfrom a specialappropriationof
$1,000,000which wastobeusedatthe
discretionofthePresidentfor thedevel-
opmentofmilitaryandcivil aviation,
$100,000was madeavailablefor thenew
DevelopmentSection.
Underitsauthorityandwithitsfund-
ing, the first taskofthenewsectionwas
toinvestigatepossibledesignsforasafer
low-priced airplanefor privateuse. A
committeewas alsoformed representing
both the Government and industry.
Among the members were: Amelia
Earhart; Dr. George Lewis, NACA;
RobertRenfro,editorTHESPORTS-
MANPILOT;EdwardWarner,SAE;
and Alford Williams, American
PetroleumInstitute.
ThenewlycreatedDevelopmentSec-
tion turnedtothetaskofsettingupde-
sign criteria for what Vidal called a
"SafetyPlane."Oncethespecifications
weredrawn, Vidalwouldsolicitbids
from theaircraftindustry.Theplanwas
topurchase25 airplanesfrom thefirm
submittingthebestdesign. Hewas no
longertalkingaboutalow-pricedevery-
man'sairplaneorplanesatthecostofa
carbutenvisionedthe"SafetyPlane"as
aprototypeforthemassed produced,in-
expensiveaircraftoftomorrow.
LIGHTPLANESPECIFICATIONS
TheBureauofAeronautics(Bureau
ofAirCommerceas ofJuly,1934) speci-
ficationswerepublishedin theJuly,1934
issueofAVIATIONalongwithsomeed-
itorialcomments,"Thereis adistinctre-
semblanceto therequirementsofthe
GuggenheimSafe AircraftCompetition
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of1929in thelight airplanespecifications
issued recentlybytheDepartmentof
Commerce.Insponsoringthedevelop-
mentofsuchadesignbycallingforbids
for25 planesfortheuseofhis inspectors,
AeronauticsDirectorEugeneVidalbe-
lievesthatthesimplicityandsafetyofop-
erationandlowoperatingcostwill attract
manynewprivateowners."
Theeditorremarkedthatseveralaero-
nauticalengineershad beenthinking
alongthesamelinesandincludedin the
sameissueanarticleabouttheexperi-
mentalmachinebuiltbyFredWeick.
Thismachine,theW-l,was beingtested
at thetimeatLangleybytheNACA.
Thespecificationswerebrokendown
intofour parts: General;Performance;
SafetyFeatures;PowerplantandEquip-
ment.Ingeneraltheycalled for anair-
planewithanextremeamountofforward
visibility,andtheabilityto brakeimme-
diatelyupontouchdownwithoutnosing
over.Theairplanehadto beabletotake
offovera35 footobstacleafteran800
foot run, and tolandwithin400feetafter
passingoverthesameobstacle. Addi-
tionally,ithadto be non-spinning,non-
stalling,witha topspeedofat least110
mph anda landingspeedofunder35
mph. All this tobeaccomplishedwith
justa100horsepowerengine.Costwas
nolongerthedeterminingfactorin the
competition.
Aircraftmanufacturerswouldhave
until August17,1934tosubmittheirbids
for thecontractto build25 aircraft. Vidal
openedthebidsin thecompetitionata
smallWashingtonceremonyonAugust
27,1934. Onlyonebidcamefrom anair-
craftmanufacturerofanysizeandrepu-
tation.Theothershadbeensubmittedby
smallfirms. Becausethedesignswereall
sountried,Vidaldecidedagainstorder-
ing25 from anyonebidder.Instead,the
winnerwouldgetacontractfor15 and
five differentbuilderseachacontractfor
asingleprototypewhichthegovernment
wouldtestandevaluate.
Fourteenbidswerereceivedfrom the
following: SafetyAirTransportofIndi-
anapolis;CampbellAircraftofSt.Joseph,
MO; Church Airplane Company,
Chicago; Waldo Waterman ofSanta
Monica, CA;HartfordAircraft;Curtiss-
Wright,Robertson,MO;HammondAir-
craft,Ypsilanti,MI;NiagaraAmphibions,
Buffalo,NY;St.LouisAircraftCorp. ,St.
Louis;Arrow Aircraft,Lincoln,NE;
SpartanAircraft,Tulsa;Kreider-Reisner,
Hagerstown,MD;Cunningham-Hall,
Rochester,NY; Amphibions,Roosevelt
Field,LongIsland.
BUREAUAWARDS
LIGHTPLANECONTRACTS
TheHammondAircraftCompanyof
Ypsilanti,MI was thewinnerofthecom-
petitionsponsoredbytheBureauofAir
Commercetoprocureairplanesfor itsin-
spectors,andatthesametime toencour-
agethedevelopmentofan economical,
safeairplanefor theprivateowner.
On October 18, 1934 the Bureau
awardedacontractfor15 oftheHam-
mondaircraft,with theoptionoftaking
five more,at$3,190apiece.(Somuchfor
the$700airplane). Deliveryofthefirst
planewastohavebeenmadewithinfive
months,and thedeliveryoftheremain-
derwithin fourmonthsoftheBureau's
acceptance ofthe first. During the
courseof1935,withthemoneysavedby
notordering25 copiesofthewinningde-
sign, theBureaucontractedfor five other
aircrafttobepurchased.Theseincluded:
WaldoWatermanfor histaillessArrow-
plane;OleFahlin(notoneoftheoriginal
bidders)for thePlymacoupe,ahighwing
designpoweredby aPlymouthautomo-
bileengine;Kreider-Reisnerwasgiven
anordertomodifytheWeickW-1; Pit-
cairnforthehis new roadableautogiro;
Curtiss-Wrightforits90 hpCoupe;and
theArrowCompanyforoneofitsSports
poweredbya FordV-8automobileEn-
gine.
Overthenextfew yearstheBureau
wouldbebusytestingthese aircraft.
Threewouldbesuccessfulenoughtobe
certificatedforproduction.Moreonthe
aircraftin thenextinstallment.
(Tobecontinuedin nextmonth' sedi-
tionofVINTAGEAIRPLANE.) ...
1993 saw many changes for the An-
tique/Classic Division at Sun 'n Fun '93 -
the biggest was the relocation of the park-
ing area for our airplanes to the east side
of the Sun ' n Fun convention site. An-
tique/Classic Headquarters was also
moved, with the new location next to the
woods on the east end of the "main drag."
The new parking area will , in the long
run, provide more parking for Antique,
Classic and Contemporary airplanes. This
year, the huge amount of water dumped
on the site during the weeks previous to
the Convention's start made some areas a
bit on the soupy side, but Ray Olcott and
his tireless group of aircraft parkers did
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stickiest plots. As improvements are made
to the new parking area, the drainage
should improve, according to Bill Eick-
hoff, Sun ' n Fun president. The rainy
weather abated just in time for the Fly-In,
and the pleasant weather made everybody
in the local Chamber of Commerce
breathe a big sigh of relief!
The second big change came about
with the judging of the Contemporary
class for the first time. A number of good
looking Contemporaries were on hand,
and it's apparent that pilots are beginning
to take notice of the hidden gems out
there on the tiedown ramps across the
country. Just as it took a few years for
the Classic category to bring the air-
planes up to Grand Champion status, so
it will be with the Contemporary class,
but we can all be encouraged by the ef-
forts that have been expended so far -
some of these airplanes are just plain flat
gorgeous!
Antiques and Classics had their fair
share of good looking airplanes too -
leading the pack was the Davis D-l W
owned and restored by Dr. Roy Wicker
and Barbara Kitchens. The handsome
parasol monoplane was once the per-
sonal aircraft of designer and company
owner Walter Davis. The Davis was
judged the Grand Champion Antique of
Sun 'n Fun '93.
In the Classic arena, there was no
Grand Champion award this year - none
of the aircraft judged had points above
the threshold to be judged as such, but a
few came close. A number of nice Cubs
were on display, as well as the latest
restoration effort by Joe Fleeman, the
man who restored Delton Perry's Tri-
Pacer. Hi s latest work, a BUcker Jung-
mann for Ralph Lerch, is a true beauty
in black.
All manner of flying machines came
to roost in Lakeland for Sun ' n Fun - on
the next few pages, you'll get a full color
view of some of the neatest vintage air-
planes in the skies today. Delmar Benjamin and his Gee Bee R-1 replica drew admiring crowds again this year.
VINTAGE AIRPLANE 9
Grand Champion - Davis D-IW, NC
13576, Dr. Roy Wicker, Quitman, GAl Bar-
bara Kitchens, Milner, GA
Reserve Grand Champion - Travel Air
2000, NC8853, Gene Rambo, Arlington, VA
Silver Age (1928-1932) - Travel Air 4D,
N9917, Bill Plecenik, Erwinna, P A
Contemporary Age (1933-1945) - Stinson
SR-9, NC17154, Jerry Stevens, Boca Raton,
FL
Best Custom - Cessna UC-78, N78UC,
Dwain Pittenger, Hereford, TX
Best World War II Era - Stearman N2S,
N65101, Brian Becker, Pompano, Beach, FL
Best Biplane - Beech Staggerwing,
N18575, Michael Greenblatt, Midland, GA
Best Monoplane - Piper J-3 , N9499H,
Dan Foley, Wichita, KS
Best Open Cockpit - Stearman, N1902M,
Russell Faller, Farmingville, NY
Best Cabin - Howard DGA-15P, N22423,
Fred Kirk, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Outstanding Aircraft - Monocoupe
90AL, NC11760, Robert Eicher, Daytona
Beach, FL
Outstanding Aircraft - Piper J-3,
N35GM, Gene McNeely, Earle, AR
Outstanding Aircraft - Stearman N2S,
N68238, Chris and Lyle Wheeler, Boca Ra-
ton, FL
Outstanding Aircraft - Stearman, N555,
Cliff Lowe, Cadiz, KY
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(Right) Joe Fleeman has done it again!
His restoration of Ralph Lerch's(AlC
16691) Bucker Jungmann is stunning,
and the workmanship i s excellent, as it
was on his restoration of Delton Perry's
Piper Tri-Pacer.
(Below) This nice Stinson 10A has just
been restored to the configuration it had
when it was used by the C.A.P. at Lan-
tana, FI during WW II. It is registered to
Florida Airmotive, Inc. in Lantana.
(Below, right) Jerry Stevens' handsome
Stinson SR-9 taxis out for departure at
Lakeland. Steve hails from Boca Raton,
FL and was awarded the Contemporary
Age (1933-1945) Antique trophy.
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(Left) Immaculately restored by Pete
Jones' Air Repair of Cleveland, GA, Brian
Becker ' s (AIC 14784) Stearman is re-
splendent in its U.S. Navy color scheme.
It was the winner of the Best WW II Era
trophy.
(Lower left) Bird Biplanes always look so
pretty on the flight line. Brian Thorpe,
Mt. Dora, FL brought his Bird CK up
north from the Miami area. It is powered
by a Continental R-670.
(Below) Dick Jackson (AIC 371) ,
Rochester, NH continues to fly the only
Waco D. The "0," sometimes referred to
as the Waco Super Sport, is the only one
of its kind in existence. Dick restored it
over 20 years ago, and it is still looking
great!
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aassics
Best Classic Under 100 hp - Piper
J-3, NC7386H, 1. W. Evans, Hamilton,
AL
Best Classic, 101 to 165 hp - Cessna
170, N2727C, Gene D. Engelskirger,
Hinkley, OH
Best Classic, Over 165 hp - Ryan
Navion , N5437K, Hale Andrews,
Berkeley Springs, WV
Best Custom Classic Under 100 hp
- Cessna 120, N2460N, Scott Cox, Ft.
Lauderdale, FL
Best Custom Classic, 101 to 165 hp
- Piper P A-16, N5796H, Mit ch Fre-
itag, Summerville, SC
Best Custom Classic, Over 165 hp -
Globe Swi ft, N80555, Scott Anderson,
Deerfield Beach, FL
Best Of Type - Piper PA-17
Vagabond, N4686H, Tom Scott ,
Okeechobee, FL
Best Of Type - Globe Swift ,
N78068, Pete Johnson, Faribault , MN
Best Of Type - Piper PA-22 Tri
Pacer, N8740C, Delton Perry,
Lawrenceburg, TN
Best Of Type - Luscombe 8A,
NC681A, Rochard Hoyle, Vincent ,
AL
Outst anding A ircraft - Bticker
Jungma nn, N46925, Ralp h Lerch ,
Lawrenceburg, TN
(Above and above right) Now you can
put a face with the plane - here's Delton
Perry (AIC 18583), and his Piper Tri-
Pacer. (The same one featured in the De-
cember 1992 issue of Vintage Airplane.)
Delton's PA-22 won the Best of Type
award for the restoration done by Joe
Fleeman.
(Right) Mark Holliday (AiC 1316) of Lake
Elmo, MN shows off the racy lines of his
stock Globe Swift. Stock or modified,
the Swift is still one of the most beautiful
airplanes ever made.
12 JUNE 1993
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woods- here,folksareenjoyingtheshadeduringtheafter-
cheersfor!
noonairshow.
(Above)HaleAndrews(AIC982)ofBerkeley
Springs,WVcruisesbywiththeprettyNavion
Super260hisfatherboughtnewin1951. Ithas
justbeenrestoredaftera floodnearlyde-
stroyedit.
(Left) LukeWalkerisjuststartingtoenjoyfly-
inghisnewly-restoredPiperVagabond. Itwas
hisfirstaircraftrestorationeffort!
(Right) N7777KistheoldestPiper
Tri-Pacerinexistence- itisserial
No.2,thefirstproductionaircraftto
survive.(Serialnumber1wastested
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(Above, top) No tired old Apache
here! Verwayne (AIC 3987) and
Leslie Owen, Severna Park, MD are
just completing this nice restora-
tion of their 1959 Piper PA-23
Apache.
(Above, right) Anthony Lamontia
(AIC 20124), Bath, OH is justifiably
proud of his Cessna 182 he has
been restoring for a number of
years. It was an Outstanding Air-
craft award winner.
(Left) Another Outstanding Aircraft
award winner was Jerry Wharton's
1959 Cessna 172. Jerry's airplane
was stored indoors for most of its
life, and as a consequence, the air-
plane was we" preserved. The in-
terior fabric on the seats and side
panels is original, as is the instru-
ment panel. -!erry (AIC 18564) is
from Wise, VA.
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(Left) After their first attempt at flying the
England - Australia trip in a Piper J-3(!),
Bob and Diane Dempster are going to try
it again in a brand spanking new Piper
PA-18 Super Cub. (The first time, the
density altitude {high} and the service
ceiling of the Cub {not as high!} stopped
the flight in the 125
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heat of the Egyptian
desert.) The Dempsters arrived at Lake-
land after picking up the airplane in Vero
Beach with 9.8 hours on the tach. They
plan to sell their house, get an instru-
ment rating for Bob and make the nec-
essary modifications to fly the North At-
lantic and beyond.
This year's Antique/Classic and Contemporary judges at Sun 'n Fun '93 were: (left to right) Jim Zantop, Joe Sinnett, Xen K.
Motsinger, Jennie White, George Hindall, Bill Doty, Jack Gilson, Juan Blanco, Bob Romanelli, Leonard Kress, Jack Gillespie, Terny
Brokaw, Harris Wiese, Wayne Anderson, Bill Murry and Don Jacobs. Thanks to all of them for their hard work chasing down the
airplanes to be judged.
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Best Metal Seaplane - Cessna 185E, N5830J, Joe Strazzula, Ft. Pierce, FL
Best Fabric Seaplane - Maule M-7, N61350, Mark Futch, Boca Grande, FL
Best Ampbibian - Grumman Goose, N121GL, Chuck Greenhill, Mettawa, IL
Originally located in Louisiana, this J-3 Cub on 1320 Edo floats, N1353M,
SIN 9913, was brought to Florida by Steve Swails (EAA 377050) of Ft. My-
ers and totally restored. Although some corrosion was found, necessary
repairs were completed and the airframe was epoxy primed and powder
coated for seaplane use. A C85-12 engine was installed (without starter
and generator) to replace the C65 and the floats were restored to new
condition.
Left - Steve Swails carefully negotiates "alligator alley" between the shore
and open water at Lake Parker. Pilots reported the "gators" were quite
prevalent just outside the reeds and could easily be seen sunning them-
selves.
Lower left - Unusual "mint condition" 1320 Edo floats on Steve Swails' J-3
Cub looked brand new. Note the cable between the float tips for moving
to the other side of the airplane - often referred to as a "Canadian
Spreader Bar."
Lower right - Nestled on the shore of Lake Parker is Steve Swails' J-3 85
Cub. His passenger was Alex Wopper (EAA 419315) of Valdivia, Chile,
who is just starting seaplane training. He has purchased a Murphy Re!>el
kit along with a float kit and will build them at his home in the south of
Chile - below the 40th parallel. A native of Germany, Alex is excited about
having the only seaplane in Chile and many, many lakes to fly from.
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(EAA 159635, AlC 6612) Grumman
"Goose," N600ZE, SIN B-100, with eleven
hot air balloons lifting into the clear
Florida sky.
One of Jack Brown's Seaplane Base
Cubs on 1500 Aqua floats took a trip
through the reeds "cutting sileage!" The
"un-named" pilot had to push and pull it
out of the mess in waist deep water!
Very nice photo of a Republic RC-3
Seabee, N6659K, SIN 936, as it powers
onto the step for takeoff. It is registered
to Graham Sutherland of Port Orange,
FL. Note how the spray rails move the
water away from the hull and the pro-
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Grand Champion - Nieuport 28,
N6256, Replica Fighter Museum, Gun-
tersville, AL
Outstanding Aircraft - Halberstadt
D.II , N1388J, Replica Fighter Museum,
Guntersville, AL
Outstanding Aircraft - Sopwith Pup,
N1915K, Replica Fighter Museum, Gun-
tersville, AL
Outstanding Aircraft - Sopwith Tri-
plane, N543A, Replica Fighter Museum,
Guntersville, AL
3 years in a row! Frank Ryder's growing
collection of WW I era replicas has again
captured the Grand Champion Replica
award at Sun 'n Fun. This year, the award
was presented to the Nieuport 28 (above,
right) replica Chuck Brady (AIC 1920)
constructed at his shop in Dwight, IL.
Frank and his Lake Gunterville Aero crew
brought three other replicas to Sun 'n Fun
'93 - from top to bottom they are:
Halberstadt D.II. Constructed by Carl
Swanson, Darien, WI the airplane was on
display at the EAA Air Adventure museum
until being acquired by Frank Ryder for
his museum. Completely gone over by
Gene Schwartz and the staff at Lake Gun-
tersville Aero, the Halberstadt was refin-
ished in the spectacular longenze scheme
you see here. It's being flown here by
Gene DeMarco.
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The replica in the center of the page is
the Sopwith Pup constructed by Ken
Pruitt, Belen, NM, and being flown by
Frank Ryder. He advises that it is one of
the most demanding airplanes he has
landed - even more so than the Fokker
Triplane!
Finally, at the bottom of the facing page
is the Sopwith Triplane built by Chad and
Char Willie of Lake Oswego, OR. It is be-
ing flown for our camera by Joel Williams.
A Sopwith Dolphin project was also dis-
played, to give the public some sense of
the work i nvolved i n constructing a
r eplica WW I fighter. WW I aviation will
be the subject of a featured display at
EAA OSHKOSH '93 on the Convention
taxiway - details are in this month's AlC
News.
In the photo below, the Douglas DC-3 of
Alexander Aeroplane taxis out for depar-
ture with a load of happy Sun 'n Fun vol-
unteers. Ron Alexander graciously agreed
to give a ride to as many volunteers as he
could with the Douglas, and the smooth
evening air was a treat for all who experi -
enced it. Our own Buck Hilbert was
drafted as co-pilot, (I'm sure they had to
drag him screaming and kicking to the
airplane . . . ) where he enjoyed refamiliar-
izing himself with the airplane he cut his
teeth on as a neophyte airline pilot.
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Antique/Classic Ph4
1ST PLACE GROUND TO AIR - Robert T. Beecher (AIC
17924) Chicago, IL, captured this truly rare photo of a
Parks P-2A in flight. Since there are only a few of these
airplanes left flying this is definitely one for the scrapbooks.
2ND PLACE GROUND TO AIR - Myron Heimer (AIC 8190), 3RD PLACE GROUND TO AIR - LeRoy Falk (AIC 9411), Car-
Rose Creek, MN. pentersville, IL neatly frames this Fairchild 24W.
20 JUNE 1993
1ST PLACE GROUND TO GROUND - Myron
Heimer gets his second award with this "in
your face" shot of a Dwain Pittenger's
Cessna T -50 Bobcat.
3RD PLACE GROUND TO GROUND - LeRoy Falk
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HONORABLE MENTION GROUND TO GROUND - L. Vincent
Hostetler (AIC 14206), Grand Junction, CO. Even rarer than the
Parks P-2, this Parks P-1 now resides at Parks College of St. Louis
University in Cahokia, IL.
VINTA E AIRPlANE 21
1ST PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - LeRoy
Falk receives top honors with this picture
of Chuck Spencer refueling Bill Rose's
Fairchild 22.
2ND PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - Don
Levandoski gets his second award with this
shot of Allen Rudolph touching-up the
aileron on the Pietenpol i n the AlC tent at
Oshkosh '92.
3RD PLACE HUMAN INTEREST - (right) Jeri Mihalic
(EAA 277478), Mammoth Cave, KY shows " The
Oshkosh Experience" in this picture of her husband
Dave and his 1957 Bonanza.
2ND PLACE - CHAIRMAN'S CHOICE - Myron Heimer
shows us that not all TIger Moths are small!
1ST PLACE CHAIRMAN'S CHOICE - James W. Fowler (AIC 2293),
Houston TX suitably titled this picture "Young Eagle."
22 JUNE 1993
1ST PLACE WATER BIRDS - Pat
Quinn (AIC 9207) of Ventura, CA. gives
us a glimpse back in time with this
photo titled "Brennands Seaplane Base
1952 or 1992?"
2ND PLACE WATER BIRDS - Robert T. Beecher
3RD PLACE WATER BIRDS - Myron Heimer brings back WATER BIRDS HONORABLE MENTION - William McCarrei
all the memories of a calm summer day. (AlC 4496), White Pigeon, MI.
VINTAGE AIRPlANE 23
JudgesChoicefor1992.
ThisdazzlingphotoofaLockheed12-AElectratakenby
RobertT. Beecherreceivesthepr estigi oushonorof
Your judges for the 1992 An- man Lorraine Morris, E.E. "Tex"
tique/Classic Photo Contest were, Hilbert, Chairman Jack McCarthy,
(left to right) Dan Hans, Co-Chair- Bill Lombardi, Lee Fray, and Eric
24JUNE1993
Lundahl. Contest Chairman Jack Mc-
Carthy would like to thank all of the
judges who helped out this year, and
he would also like to particularly
thank Lorraine Morris, who helped
organize this year 's event, and did
most of the record-keeping. Lorraine
is an active A/C member, and she flies
a Boeing 737-400 for a living!
The A/C photo contest is on again
for EAA Oshkosh '93, so get your
cameras ready for the summer. In
next month's issue of VINTAGE
AIRPLANE the rules for the contest
will be published, and they will also
be available when you register for the
contest at the A/C Red Barn during
the Convention. Remember, the con-
test is for photos of Antique, Classic
or Contemporary aircraft shot either
enroute, at the EAA Convention or
on the way home. Our thanks to the
over one hundred(!) A/C members
who entered this year's contest, and
we look forward to seeing you again
this year. ...
The following list of coming events is
furnished to our readers as a mailer of
information only and does not constitute
approval, sponsorship, involvement,
control or direction of any event (fly-in,
seminars, fly market, etc.) listed. Please
send the information to EAA, A((: Golda
Cox, P.O. Box 3086, Oshkosh, WI 54903-
3086. Information should be received four
months prior to the event date.
JUNE 11-13 - DENTON, TX - Denton
Municipal Airport. AAA (Texas Chapter)
30th Annual Fly-In . Contact : John or
Nancy Whatley 214/517-1981 or Bert Ma-
hon,817/387-2620.
JUNE 12 - GADSDEN, AL - J-3 and
Piper high wing Annual Fly-In. Camping,
Bomb Drop, Spot Landings, Hangar dance.
Contact: Faye Bryant, Gadsden Pilot's As-
soc., 196 Ira Gray Dr., Gadsden, AL 35901
205/442-3313.
JUNE 12 - NEWPORT NEWS, V A -
21st Annual Colonial Fly-In, Newport
News/Williamsburg IntI. Airport. Spon-
sored by EAA Chapter 156. Contact ofr in-
formation and NORDO entry: Charles Col-
lier, 620 Hilton Rd. , Newport News, V A
23605 804/247-5844.
JUNE 13 - AURORA, IL - Aurora Mu-
nicipal Airport. EAA Chapt e r 579 Fly-
InlDrive-In breakfast and airport /FBO
open house. 7am - 3pm. Contact Alan
Shackleton, 708/466-4193 or Bob Rieser,
Airport Manager, 708/466-7000.
JUNE 19 - WILD ROSE, WI - Idlewild
Airport - Pancake Breakfast/Fly-In.
Idlewild-Wild Rose Airport Assoc. , P.O.
Box 296, Wild Rose, WI 54984. Call
414/622-4020
JUNE 24-27 - MT. VERNON, OH -
34th Annual National Waco Reunion.
" Greatest WACO Show On EARTH. "
For more information, call 513/868-0084.
JUNE 26-27 - ORANGE, MA - Or-
ange Municipal Airport. 17th Annual New
England Regional Fly-In, sponsored by the
Friends of the Orange Airport. Contact:
Bob McKenney, 508/544-8762 or Len Be-
daw (Orange Airport) 508/544-8189 or Fax
508/249-5940.
JUNE 26-27 - GREELEY, CO - EAA
Rocky Mountain Fly-In. Antiques, Clas-
sics, homebuilts, warbirds, ultralights. No
registration fee, free camping, transporta-
tion to local motels. 3031798-6086 or 353-
5514.
JULY 4 - WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WI-
WI Rapids Airport. EAA Chapter 706 Fly-
In/Drive In Pancake Breakfast. 7:30-
1130am. Call 715/435-3644 for information.
JULY 7-11 - ARLINGTON, WA -
Northwest EAA Fly-In. 206/435-5857.
JULY 10 -11- DELAWARE, OH-
12th Annual EAA Chapter 9 Fly-In .
Delaware Airport. Contact Alan Harding,
614/442-0024.
JULY 10 -11- EMMETSBURG, lA -
5th Annual Aeronca Fly-In sponsored by
tbe "Tail dragger Club" . Contact: Keith
Harnden, Box 285, Emmetsburg, IA 50536.
JULY 11- MICHIGAN CITY, IN - EAA
Chapter 966 Pancake Breakfast. Contacts:
The Dees - 219/324-6060 or the Hugley' s
219/325-0133.
JULY 16-18 - RED LAKE, ONTARlO-
Norseman Festival and Fly-In at Red Lake,
Ontario, Norseman Capital of the World.
Floats and wheels. Contact Ron Robinson,
Box 308, Red Lake,Ontario, Canada POV
2MO. Phone 807/727-2809 or Fax 807/727-
3980.
JULY 23 -24 - COFFEYVILLE, KS -
Funk Aircraft Owners Assoc. Reunion. Con-
tact : Gene Ventress, 10215 S. Monticello,
Shawnee Mission, KS 66227. Phone 9131782-
1483.
JULY 24 -27 - WAUSAU, WI - Ercoupe
Owners Club National Convention. Contact:
Syd Cohen, 715/842-7814.
JULY 24 AND 25 - SHIOCTON, WI -
Annual Fly-In. Contact: Joyce Baggot,
414/986-3547.
JULY 27 - AUGUST 7 - VAL-
PARAISO, (VPZ) IN Food and Fuel booth.
Stop by and see us on your way to and from
Oshkosh. We are famous for our hospitality!
Sponsored by EAA Chapter 104. Contact:
219/884-1619.
THURSDAY JULY 29 -WEDNESDA Y
AUGUST 4, 1993 - OSHKOSH, WI- 41st
Annual EAA Fly-In and Sport Aviation
Convention. Wittman Regional Airport.
Con tact John Burton, P.O. Box 3086,
Oshkosh, WI 54904-3086. Call 414/426-4800
for more information. ITS NEVER TOO
EARLY TO MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND!
AUGUST 6 - 8 - STILLWATER, OK-
Lake Elmo Airport. Sesquicentennial Avia-
tion Days. Fly-In breakfast, balloon rally,
other events. 612/430-1200 for more infor-
mation.
AUGUST 12-15 - LOCK HAVEN, PA-
William T. Piper Memorial Airport. Senti-
mental Journey '93. "Aerial Mail To Lock
Haven" is this years tbeme. All makes and
models welcome, especially Antique and
classic airplanes. Call 717/893-4200 (9am ' til
5 pm), Fax 717/893-4218 or write P.O. Box J-
3, Lock Haven, PA 17745-0496.
AUGUST 15 - BROOKFIELD, WI-
Capitol Airport. 8th Annual Vintage Air-
craft Display and Ice Cream Social. Midwest
Antique Airplane Club will also hold its
monthly fly-In meeting. For more informa-
tion, call George Meade at 414/962-2428.
AUGUST 27-29 - SUSSEX, NJ - Sussex
Airport. Sussex Airshow. For more informa-
tion call 2011875-0783.
SEPT. 4-5 PROSSER, W A - 10th Annual
EAA Chapter 391 Fly-IN. Food, flying,
tours, raffle and more. Camping on the
field. For more info, call Thopson Aircraft
at 5091786-1034.
SEPT. 8-12 - GALESBURG, IL -
Galesburg Municipal Airport. 22nd Na-
tional Stearman Fly-In . Contact Tom
Lowe, 823 Kingston Ln. , Crystal Lake, IL
60014, 815/459-6873 or Harold Canada, 370
Hawkinson, Av. , Galesburg, IL 61401 ,
309/343-9850.
SEPT. 17-19 - KANKAKEE, IL - Ko-
erner Airport. 9th Annual Midwest Stin-
son Fly-In. Seminars on Stinson 108's and
Franklin engi nes. FAA Safety Seminars,
Sat. night banquet , Fly-outs, rally and
performance contests. Camping on the
field. Contact: Loran Nordgren, 4 W. Ne-
braska, Frankfort , IL 60423 . Phone
815/469-9100.
SEPT. 1112 MARION, OH - EAA
Mid-Eastern Regional Fly-In (MERFI).
513/849-9455.
SEPT. 18-19 -Hickory, NC - 8th Annual
EAA Chapter 731 Fly-In. Contact: Jean
Smith, days, 704/396-7032 or Norman Rain-
water, evenings 704/328-5807.
SEPT. 1819 - ROCK FALLS, IL -
EAA Nortb Central Fly-In. 708/513-0642
SEPT. 20 - ROCK FALLS, IL - Pan-
cake Breakfast in Conjuction with the
North Central Fly-ln.
SEPT 24-25 - HEBER CITY, UT -
Utah State EAA Sport Aviation 8tb Inter-
mountain Fly-In. Seminars, demonstra-
tions, aircraft judging, camping, food, tours
and fun. Heber Valley Airport (36U) Con-
tact Russ McDonald, 801/645-9543.
SEPT. 2426 - CAMDEN, SC. 52 nd
reunion of Southern Aviation School, pilot,
Primary Flight Training 1941-1944. For all
Alumni , employees and all personel. Con-
tact: Bill Hawkins, P.O. Box 789, Camden,
SC 29020. Phone 803/432-9595.
SEPT. 2526 - WILMINGTON, DE -
EAA East Coast Regional Fly-In. 3011933-
0314.
SEPT. 30 OCT. 3 OWENSBORO,
KY. Owensboro Davies County Airport.
Annual Convention of International
Cessna 120/ 140 Assoc. Contact: David
Lowe or Gil Pounds. 502/736-5392 or Fax
736-2403.
OCT. 12 BARTLESVILLE, OK -
36th Annual Tulsa Fly-In. Special Aircraft
this year include the EAA replica Spirit of
St. Louis, and the original Woolaroc, win-
ner of the 1927 Dol e Pineapple race. Con-
tact: Charlie Harris, 3933 S. Peoria, Tulsa,
OK 74105 9181742-7311
OCT. 13 PRESCOTT, AZ - EAA
Copperstate Fly-ln. 6021750-5480.
OCT. 15-17 KERRVILLE, TX -
EAA Southwest Regional Fly-In. 915/658-
4194. 1Ir
VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25
WELCOME NEWMEMBERS
On this page you'll see the latest additions to the ranks of the EAA An-
tique/Classic Division. Whether you're joining for the first time, or are
coming back, we welcome you, and we'd especially like to welcome
those of you who are joining us with your interest in Contemporary class
aircraft. Welcome one and all!
RandyAbegglen Lewisville,ID
JoseAbreu Miami ,FL
TracyA. Ake Gainesville,VA
Roy B. Allison Minneapolis,MN
CarsonV. Baker Crestwood,KY
JamesE.Bean Northport,NY
TomBeck Bethel,AK
GeorgeBeckerman Mt Carmel,IL
JohnF. Benson Glendora,CA
PaulW. Blackman Finksburg,MD
DonBlehm GreenMtn Falls,CO
Michael G.Brown Roanoke,VA
SamuelW. Bruce Eagle Rock,VA
WalterR. Bullerwell Dickson,TN
David W. Burns Marengo,IL
TonyButtacavoli Waterford,MI
H. ToddClamp Newberry,SC
TroyP. CokerIII Dallas,TX
DavidM. Collins Cornelius,OR
DouglasConciatu SterlingHeights,MI
MarkConover Houston,TX
JamesD.Cooper Thonotosassa,FL
GaetanCoulombe
Cloridorme,Quebec,Canada
Marcella Dankow
Ft. McMurray,Alberta,Canada
JamesDawson Vacaville,CA
DrewDetsch SanFrancisco,CA
Donald Dewey Sierra Madre,CA
VanG. Dickens Fayetteville,NC
CharlesDobbins Abingdon,VA
Donald E. Dorrell SantaBarbara,CA
William Doud,USMM Sterling,NY
JackC. Faas LakeGeneva,WI
BillFarrell Cincinnati,OH
JoelFenger Chester,MT
GeoffreyM.Fickling McAlpine,FL
J. W.CorkeyFornof
CanyonCountry,CA
JamesR. Freese Ukiah,CA
WalterF.Gall Bainbridge,WA
GeorgeGalpin Marton,New Zealand
SidneyGehlert Pasadena,MD
GaryGladd Fullerton,CA
DanielH.Gleason Coraopolis,PA
D.BradGossen
Downsville,Ontario,Canada
CharlesD. Grady Tallulah,LA
CharlesE Graves Waterloo,IA
JeffreyW.Gray
Calgary,Alberta,Canada
AllenD.Guth Mokena,IL
MervHalliday Tanau,NewZealand
C. KayHanshell Sabina,OH
JohnE.Henderson Lancaster,PA
StuartG.Henderson Durham,NC
ArthurL. Herr Memphis,TN
CharlesA. Hinkle
NorthLittleRock,AR
StephenR.Hosch Louisvi lle,KY
NormanHoward CoffeyviUe,KS
DonJohnson LosMolinos, CA
WayneJohnson Minneapolis,MN
LouisA.Kirn Apex,NC
Edward Kling WestChicago,IL
PaulR. Kube SanDiego,CA
RobertE. Lake
HotSpringsVillage,AR
JamesF. Landers
EldenW. Larson
Jan Love
RobertB. Love
Louis Lufker
RichardL. Lutes
WaldoMagnuson
ScottMathews
GaryK. Mathiasen
DanielC. Maurin
RogerC. McAlister
JamesS. McAllister
GeorgeMedue
Tempe,AZ
Bellevue,WA
Saginaw,MI
Vienna,VA
EastMoriches, NY
Hampshire,IL
Spokane,WA
Anchorage,AK
Dublin,CA
SanFrancisco,CA
BlueRiver,OR
LakeMonroe,FL
Medway,OH
BruceL. Moore St. Augustine,FL
MarkA Morrison Staley,NC
MichelNormandin
Longueuil,Quebec,Canada
John L. Northey
PortMoody,BritishColumbia,Canada
ThomasR. O'Hanlon FortOgden,FL
Richard L. Oreair,Jr. Jacksonville,FL
RonaldJ.Parese Bridgewater,CT
Marlin Parrott JeffersonCity,MO
BryanC. Pender
VictorG. Plumbo
TimothyL. Popp
JimmyPowers
H.L. Richards
John Robinson
RobertSantolla
DavidSarge
William A.Shain
JeffSimmons
Millington,TN
Millville,NJ
Fennville,MI
Greensboro,NC
Springville,AL
CapeCoral,FL
Coraopolis,PA
PineGrove,PA
Liberty,SC
Houston,TX
C. MahlonSkinnel,Jr. Lynchburg,VA
AriSlitonen Jarvenpaa,Finland
ColinF. Smith HalfMoonBay,CA
RobertJ.Smith Billings, MT
StephenW.Smith Anchorage,AK
AlanSparks Joshua,TX
CosmoSt.John Colchester,VT
DonStearns Portsmouth,NH
PeterStrannemar Bl airstown,NJ
SusanJ.Thompson Natick,MA
GaryVassbotn
Calgary,Alberta, Canada
Robert R. Wallace Champaign,IL
Lynn Warren Shelby,MI
Homer R. Weathers Columbus,OH
ThomasA.Whisnant
GraniteFalls,NC
JulieA.White ArizonaCity,AZ
ChuckWilliams Bellflower,CA
StevenT.Williamson
West Redding,cr
KennethB. Woodard Greensboro,NC
RonaldC. Wright Gatesville,TX
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Noticeisherebygiven thatanannualbusinessmeetingof themembersof theEAAAntique/ClassicDivision willbeheld
on Wednesday, August4, 1993at8:30a.m. (CentralDaylightTime) atthe41stAnnualConvention of theExperimental
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WI54903-3086, andreceivednolaterthanJuly31, 1993.
TheNominating Committeesubmitsthefollowing listof candidates:ArthurR. Morgan, Vice-President; E.E. "Buck"
Hilbert, Treasurer;JohnS. "Jack"Copeland, Director;PhilipCoulson, Director;StanGomoLL, Director;DaleA.
Gustafson, Director;RobertS. Lickteig, Director.
ARTHURR. MORGAN, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Art Morganbeganflying in 1961 and received hisprivatelicense in 1962. In 1965 hewent ontogethi scommercial rating.
Hehas beenamemberofEAAsince 1962 andbeganbyparkingairplanes attheEAAConventionsin Rockford,Illinois.
Art was oneofthefirst tostart buildinga KR-l and althoughhedi dnotcompletehis project ,hewas instrumentalin the
completionoftwoofthe litt le birds. In 1974heand hiswife. Kate, purchaseda 1939 Luscombe 8-C,whi chhepromptly
rebuilt. After two yearsof flying the Luscombe, Art and severalfri endsorgani zed the American Luscombe Club. The
Morgansalso owna Bell anca 14-13. Art served the EAA as a Museum volunteer for severalyears; as Classic parking
chairmanat Oshkosh and also as Antique/Classic Parki ng Chai rman. Art has been a Director of the Antique/Classic
Divisionsince 1978.
E. E. "BUCK"HILBERT, Union, Illinois
"Buck"isanati veofChi cagoand agraduateofLewis Coll ege. Hebeganlearningthe"pilot'spointofview"whilework-
ing as alineboy attheoldElmhurstAi rportnearChicagoin1938. Thepay wasn' tmuch,but it was "flying"timeand he
soloed an Aeronca 65- LA Chi efin October, 1941. He enlisted in the Air Force shortl y thereaft er, into the Training
Command,where he flewand instructed in many of the trainingaircraft of that era. He fl ewgunnerytrainingat Las
Vegas ArmyAir Field in B-17sand fini shed up teachingChinese Nationali st Pilotstwin engine transition. Recalled for
the Koreanwar,"Buck" qualifiedas anArmyAvi ator and fl ew with the HQ.CompanyAir Sectionofthe24th Infantry
Division. "Amostrewardingand memorableexperi ence," he report s. "Buck"and Dorothyand theirfour childrenare
athomeat"Hilbert 's FunnyFarm"where hehas an airstripandkeepsastableofinterestingand flyable"old"airplanes.
Buck isaretiredUnit edAirlinescaptain. Buckis nostrangertotheAntique/ClassicDivision. Heispastpresident ,hav-
ingservedfrom1971through1975. Hecurrently isTreasureroftheDivision and is also amemberofthe EAA Aviation
Foundati onBoardofTrustees.
JOHNS. "JACK"COPELAND, Westborough, Massachusetts
Jack receivedadegree in mechanicalengi neeringfromIllinoisInstituteofTechnology in 1954. Heservedas anAircraft
Maintenance Officer on acti ve dut-y-in theU.S. Air Force from 1955-%, attaining the rank ofcaptainin the USAF
Rese rve. Jack holds a commerci al pilot license with a fli ght instructor rating. He joined EAA in 1971and the
Antique/Classic Divisionin 1975 shortl yafterpurchasinghi sfirstaircraft ,a1948Cessna 140. At thattimeJack lived in
theChicago area and parti cipated in pre-Conventionweekend work parties. He has beenanactive volunteeratthe last
twelve annual Conventionsserving at vari ous times as Cl assic Parking Co-Chairman, Manpower Co-Chairman,and
Manpower Chairman. He was named an advisor to the Antique/Classic Board ofDirectorsin 1979 and served in that
capacit yuntil 1984whenhewas electedtoaDirectorship. Jack earnshi slivingas aprofessionalengineerandin addition
tohi sEAAinvolvement isactive asaCaptain ontheMassachusettsWingStaff oftheCivil AirPatrol.
PHILIPCOULSON, Lawton, Michigan
Philwas born onafarm in southwestern Michigan. Hisfirstridein anairplanewas attheageof16inaFairchild PT-23,
owned andfl ownbyHorace Sackett ,a localpilotand A&P. Twenty-yearslaterHorace would be Phil'sguidingli ght in
restoringhi s1930 Waco INF. Phil learned tofl yoff agrass strip in Lawt on,Michi ganin 1962. His originaldualinstruc-
ti on and solo fl ying was in a Piper J-5. Throughout the years he has owned several aircraft , including a J-3 Cub,
Taylorcraft,TriPacer and Cessna 190. Heand his wife,Ruthie, are loversofWacos and greatlyenj oy flyingtheir 1940
UPF-7 Waco. Their Kinnerpowered1930 INFWacoiscurrentl yonloan to theKalamazooAvi ati onHistory Museum,in
Kalamazoo, MI. They also ownaModelG Bonanza. Phil 's militarycareerconsistedoffouryearsin the U.S. Air Force
duringthe Korean War. Phil isa li fe time EAA memberand beganatt ending EAA Conventions in Rockford,Illinois.
He isa charter memberofAntique/ClassicChapter8and also a past president. Phil isa past chairmanofthe annual
Parade of Flight at Oshkosh and iscurrentl ythe President ofthe newl yformed American Waco Club, Inc.He was
appointedadvisortotheAntique/Classic Board in 1985.TheCoul sons livein Lawton,Mi chigan.
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STAN GOMOLL, Blaine, Minnesota
Stan soloed a J-3 Club on his 16th birthday on 11-30-42. In 1945 he served in the U.S. Air Force as a ground crewman on
B-29s based at Guam. Stan received his A&E license in 1949 at Spartan School of Aeronautics, then returned home to
Minneapolis where he worked at a small airport. In 1951 he was hired by Northwest Airlines as a mechanic, progressing
to Flight Engineer and Co-pilot. Stan is now retired from Northwest. Stan's first airplane was a 193940 hp Taylorcraft.
Currently he owns and fli es a 1936 Waco Cabin and a 1946 J-3 Cub. Over the years he has restored many airplanes. Stan
has been active in EAA working on various committees at the Annual Convention. In 1976 he was named Advisor and
elected to the Board of Directors in 1984. He is currently President of Antique/Classic Chapter 4 in the Minneapolis
area.
R.J. "DOBBY" LICKTEIG, Albert Lea, Minnesota
Dobby is a native of Minnesota and had his first ai rplane ride at the age of 13 in a Velie Monocoupe. He earned a solo
license in a J-2 Cub at the age of 16 working at the local ai rport for flying time, and has been flying since then. After
completing college in Minnesota, he entered Air Force pilot training and graduated in Class 421 and was assigned to a
new P-47 fi ght er group. His tour of combat was 2-112 years in the European Theat er of Operations during World War 11.
Dobby has owned a varied collection of aircraft, including a Stinson V77, Stearman, L-2M, Aztec, Citabria, BT-13A and
AT-6G. In 1985 he completed the restoration of a KR-2l Kinner-powered biplane and donated it to the EAA Aviation
Museum. His airplanes are frequent visitors to all Upper Midwest fly-ins. He has been active in EAA Antique/ Classic
and Warbird activities si nce the Convention was moved to Oshkosh. He served as president of the Antique/Classic
Di vision from 1984 until 1988. Dobby is retired and he and his wife Jeanne li ve in Albert Lea, Minnesota. Their son
Scott is a licensed pilot and is active on the Warbirds parking committee at the Annual EAA Convention.
DALE A. GUSTAFSON, Indianapolis, IN
Dale has been interested in airplanes since he was a small child and took his first plane ride in 1939 at the age of 10. He
started taking flying lessons in 1945 and soloed at 16. After hi gh school, he worked at the airport in South Bend, Indiana
servicing ai rliners, handling cargo and doing fi eld maintenance. Dale attended Spartan School of Aeronaut ics in 1948
and 1949 to obtain additional pilot ratings. After this he freelanced as a fli ght instructor and ran a small FBO at South
Bend until he was hired as a co-pilot on Turner Airlines in Indianapolis in 1950. Through name changes and mergers,
the ai rline is now USAir. He had been with the airline for more than 35 years when he retired. His plans now are to
spend hi s time bet ween Indiana and Florida, where he has property adjoining a private airstrip. Through the years, Dale
has owned various aircraft including a Stinson V77, Piper Colt. Fairchild 24, Cessna 150 and several modern airplanes.
He currentl y owns a Cessna 195 plus a Stearman PT-17 and Piper J-4 which are being restored. Recently Dale and his
wife operated a small ai rport northwest of Indianapolis. He is a member of several organi zations interested in antique,
classic and homebuilt ai rcraft. He has been a member of EAA si nce 1960 and the Antique/Classic Di vision since it was
organized. He has served as an Advisor to the Division and currently is serving as a Director. For several years, Dale
has judged antiques at Oshkosh and served as Program Chairman for the Antique/Classic Division awards.
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