vintage airplane - aug 1992

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EDITORIAL STAFF Publisher

Tom Poberezny

August 1992 Vol 20 No8

CONTENTS

1 Straight amp LevelEspie Butch Joyce

2 AeroMail

3 AlC Newscompiled by H G Frautschy

5 Luscombe Sedan - Unusual Landings Andy Brennan

6 Vintage LiteratureD ennis Parks

9 The First Night SoloRichard Stevens

10 Sun n Fun Best 120140 Lee A lexander

12 Gordy Lofschults PA -12 Super CruiserNorm Petersen

16 Richard H oyle s Luscombe SA H G Frautschy

20 Vintage SeaplanesNorm Petersen 6

22 6th Annual Aeronca Convention HG Frautschy

25 Pass It To BuckEE Buck H ilbert

26 Mystery PlaneGeorge H ardie

27 Calendar

28 Welcome New Members

31 Vintage Trader

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FRONT COVER This Luscombe SA is a recent restoration by Richard Hoyle Vincent AL Richard had the great looking two-placer at EAA Sun n Fun 92 Photo by Jim Koepnick shot with a Canon EOS-1

t~==3 equipped with an SO-200mm lens 1500 f56 on Kodachrome 64 Photo plane flown by Bruce Moore BACK COVER Densel Wililiams and his friend Wilbur Hostetler fly his delux model of the Aeronca 11CC Super Chief powered by a Continental CS5-S Densel finished his restoration just in time to bring it to the 6th Annual Aeronca Convention Photo by HG Frautschy shot with a Canon EOS-lOs equipped with an 7Q-21Omm lens 1250 f56 on Kodachrome 64 Aeronca Chief photo plane flown by Ray Johnson

Copyright copy 1992 by the EAA AntiqueClassic Division Inc All rights reserved VINTAGE AtRPLANE (ISSN 0091middot6943) is published and owned exclusively by the EAA AntiqueClassic Division Inc of the Experimental Aircraft Association and is published monthly at EAA Avialion Center 3000 Poberezny Rdbull PO Box 3086 Oshkosh Wisconsin 54903middot3086 Second Class Poslage paid at Oshkosh Wisconsin 54901 and al addilional mailing offices The membership rate lor EAA AntiqueClassic Division Inc is $2000 for current EAA members lor 12 monlh period 01 which $1200 is for the publication 01 VINTAGE AIRPLANE Membership is open to all who are interested in aviation POSTMASTER Send address changes to EAA AntiqueClassic Division Inc PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903middot3086 FOREIGN AND APO ADDRESSES - Please allow at least two months lor delivery of VINTAGE AIRPLANE to loreign and APO addresses via surtace mail ADVERTISING - AntiqueClassic Division does not guarantee or endorse any product offered Ihrough the advertising We invite constructive crilicism and welcome any report 01 inferior merchandise obtained through our advertising so that corrective measures can be taken EDITORIAL POLICY Readers are encouraged to submit slories and photographs Policy opinions expressed in articles are solely Ihose of the authors Responsibility for accuracy in reporting resls entirety wilh Ihe contributor No renumeration is made Malerial should be sent 10 Editor VINTAGE AIRPLANE PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-30B6 Phone 41 41426-4800

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Dick Matt

Editor-in-Chief Jack Cox

Editor Henry G Frautschy

Managing Editor Golda Cox

Art Director Mike Drucks

Computer Graphic Specialist Olivia l Phillip

ASSistant Computer Graphic Specialist Sara Hansen

Advertising Mary Jones

ASSOCiate Editor Norm Petersen

Feature Writers George Hardie Jr Dennis Parks

Staff Photographers Jim Koepnick Mike Stein eke

Carl Schuppel Donna Bushman

Editorial Assistant Isabelle Wiske

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STRAIGHT amp LEVEL

by Espie Butch II Joyce

While many of you are receiving this issue ofVINTAGE AIRPLANE the EAA Oshkosh Convention will be underway An amazing thing happens during the conshyvention - in addition to all the tasks your division officers board of directors and advisors perform for the division during the entire year they each pick up one more function As the EAA Convention gets underway they take on a dual role workshying as Convention Chairmen Separate from the duties performed during the rest of the year these responsibilities are asshysumed by these people to help make your convention run smoothly For example my duties at the Convention reside in the AntiqueClassic area Convention management That encompasses the oversight of all the other Chairmen in the AntiqueClassic area Being president of the division does not automatically make this my responsibility but it has been asshysumed by the president

Your officers and directors put in quite a bit of time before and after the convenshytion to make the AntiqueClassic area run smoothly All of this volunteer work is done by these people at their own expense For example I have spent approximately 35 days in Oshkosh during the past year and my effort is a reflection of the time dedicated by other officers and directors shyin fact a number of the volunteers are able to spend even more time preparing for the Convention at Oshkosh simply due to the fact that they have the desire to help and they live reasonably close to Oshkosh and can travel to there for a weekend of work We all have them to thank for all the outstanding work they accomplish

Its hard to believe the amount of traffic that is handled during the convention Art Morgan the Parking Committee chairshyman along with his able-bodied group park approximately 140 antiques 900 classics and 700 Contemporary aircraft that we estimate will show up this year They also have the added responsibility for parking the aircraft in the showplane camping area encompassing both the AnshytiqueClassic division and homebuilts We also recognize special aircraft in our area each year Quite a few of these aircraft move in and out of the site each day to participate in many of the flying activities that take place including the daily flight showcase and the annual flyshyout to Shawano

Dale Gustafson the chief judge for the Antique category really has had his hands full as the quality of antiques has been increasing each year Last year there were several aircraft in the running for the Grand Champion award They were very well done restorations

George York heads up the Classic judgshying and he has his hands full as well as the quality of the restorations we have seen on the classics is getting better each year Dean Richardson will be busy this year coordinating the rules set up for the new Contemporary category

During the Convention it is the goal of the AntiqueClassic division to make it as pleasant as possible for all the members and the people when they visit the AntishyqueClassic area by providing a number ofservices Ifsomeone has a problem and needs some help they can check by the AntiqueClassic Headquarters and see if we can be of any assistance This year we also have instigated a Directors Booth inshyside the headquarters where there will be a Director Officer or Advisor available to talk to the membership about any problems or any concems they may have They will be there from 900am until 300pm each day of the Convention

Another service for the membership is headed by the husband and wife team of Julie and Joe Dickey They spend a large portion of their Convention time setting up an managing the Type Club Tent Set up free of charge to the organizations this service allows members who are intershyested in a particular type of airplane to meet and talk with organizations who share their interest

Another service is extended to each

member who flies a showplane into the Convention When they register their aircraft they receive a Participant plaque complete with a photo of their airplane and the year they flew into EAA OSHshyKOSH This particular idea was the result of a brainstorm by Director and fonner AC president Bob Lickteig During the year he has these plaques prepared and makes all of the arrangements

Each morning of the Convention the AntiqueClassic division provides a tram that will depart the headquarters building and tour up and down the rows of aircraft with an individual describing the aircraft and another knowledgeable person to answer any questions the riders may have This is a great way to view the aircraft and become better informed Use the tour tram as a way to get an overview of the entire area and then if you have a parshyticular area of interest you can walk back and view those aircraft in more detail I might add that there will be no boarding or disembarking this particular tram while the tour is in progress We also have purchased two trams that are being used to transport people from the south end of our area back up to the north end As the Convention has grown and expanded our area to the south we felt that this tram was necessary for those who could not comforshytably walk the distance This is also provided free ofcharge to the membership and individuals

Be sure to visit our headquarters buildshying as we have quite a bit of AntiqueClasshysic merchandise that you can purchase and enjoy all year long Another very popular feature ofour Red Bam AC Headquarters building has been the porch added a numshyber of years ago It has become a favorite spot for the membership to relax

There are so many things I could write about that happen during the convention I could go on and on but I just wanted to cover a few of the highlights to give you an idea of the magnitude of volunteer work that goes into each convention by your AntiqueClassic Directors Officers Advisors and an absolute anny of other volunteers Id also like to take a moment and ask that everyone be careful flying into and out of the Convention - we want to enjoy your friendship again next year

Lets all pull together in the same direcshytion for the good of all aviation Ask a friend to join us We are all better together Join us and have it all

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MAIL

GETIING KIDS MOTIVATED

Dear Buck

Just read your column in the May 1992 issue of VINTAGE AIRshyPLANE Hurray for you its high time we get folks heads out of the sand as regards kids Our EAA Chapter is finally waking up to this fact Maybe its time has come eh If you ever get to shake the fellows hand do it for all of us Super Im going to photo copy your column and have it at our next chapter meeting

Best regards Cliff Tomas Madison WI

TEDWELDshyAT FOUR SCORE AND TEN

by Norm Petersen

An interesting article entitled A Visit With Ted Weld former viceshypresident of Piper Aircraft was pubshylished in the JuneJuly 1992 issue of the L-4 Grasshopper Wing Newsletshyter (Editor John Stahly publisher John Bergeson) Excerpts from the article are as follows

Ted graduated from a New York High School and later sold radios While opening a store in Bradford P A Ted took flying lessons and soloed in the Taylor Brothers Chummy that he bought Mr Piper then asked Ted to be a company salesman One of the first Cubs Ted sold went to Santo Brazil where it was traded for coffee

In 1939 Piper Cubs were assemshybled in the Copenhagen Denmark plant with (the firm of) BohnstedtshyPetersen in charge Ted traveled by ship and taxi to settle questions about a contract at the Denmark plant Later a pilot flew him to Berlin (Gershymany) and kept his camera while Ted traveled in a new Mercedes Ted Noshyticed field after field of German warshy

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planes and even talked to the pilot who taught Herman Goering to fly

The Cubs were shipped with no fabric applied and tires and wheels packaged separately to avoid the exshytra duty costs In the early days props were $28 (in carload lots) and fish eye Carwell compasses were $20 each Ted found out the hard way that the sale price of the Cub did not include the compass as he let a Cub go with one and had to make up the $20 difshyference

Ted resigned from Piper as Vice President when Mr Shriver was reshyducing the staff to save the Piper Company He then cast his lot with Equitable Life Insurance Company where he was a District Manager (Ted is still active in the insurance business to this day)

An active 90 years young Ted lives with his lovely wife Bonnie in Sarashysota FL Both are accomplished mushysicians playing the violin in the West Coast Symphony orchestra and both are well known photographers in the Sarasota area

Having toured the very building in 1977 in which Piper Cubs were asshysembled in Gentofte a suburb on the north side of Copenhagen I was esshypecially interested in Ted Welds acshytivities in 1939 In addition I have been a member of the Danish Anshytique Airplane Club called KZ amp Veteranfly Klubben for seven years This organization has published nushymerous photos from the Piper Cub assembly line during the 1938-1939 time frame (Denmark was occupied by the German Army in April of 1940 and aviation activity came to a screeching halt)

On June 3 1992 I wrote to Ted Weld regarding his 1939 travels for the Piper Aircraft Company and the reason for my interest I enclosed a copy of the 1939 Janes All The Worlds Aircraft listing the officers of Piper Aircraft Corporation Presishydent W T Piper Vice-President T V Weld and Chief Engineer Walter Jamouneau

The following letter was received from Ted Weld in answer to my inquiry

Dear Norman

I am very pleased to have your letter I appreciated the CUB picture and write up I was unaware of the Janes write up

Yes I remember my visit to Mr Bohnstedt-Petersen and visiting the asshysembly plant The trip was a visit to see if all was well We originally shipped two fuselages in one crate then later four All the other parts could be placed within the fuselages I recall that we had to leave the tires off the wheels beshycause wheels with tires mounted reshyquired a higher duty The freight charge was for cubic feet of crate

While there Mr Bohnstedt-Petersen had his son drive me over to a Castle near the Swedish border I have wonshydered if it is the son who now operates the business especially the MercedesshyBenz dealership

I remember we went to Sweden and I spoke to the Flying Club I was surshyprised they seemed to understand Engshylish as I dont speak their language

Mr Petersen was a most gracious host and had his Vice Pres Mr Erlichshyman () fly (us) to Berlin where we were met with a Mercedes and driven around to Potsdam etc I remember seeing many planes at the airports we flew over I had to give my camera to the Pilot until we reached Berlin As I recall I believe the War broke out just as my ship reached N Y

I was interested in your flying activishyties especially to know you own a float job We used floats on occasion at the factory (We) often took off from the river and landed on the grass at the airshyport Then with a wheeled platform you could fly from the airport and land on the water

Sorry to be so long answering your letter but was out of town most of June After Piper I went into Life Insurance where I still operate as a retired agent

Sincerely Ted Weld

compiled by HG Frautschy

MAmiddot3 and middot4 CARB PROPOSED AD

As published in the Federal Register dated June 2 1992 the FAA has issued an Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) applicable to the Precision Airmotive (formerly the Facet Aeroshyspace Products and Marvel-Schebler) carburetor models MA-3A MA-3PA MA-3SPA and MA-4SPA The proshyposed AD would require the removal of the two-piece venturi assembly from the affected carburetors and replacing it with a one piece venturi The FAA has received reports of 9 accidents 5 incidents and 26 service difficulty reports involving loose or missing components of two-piece venturis on the carbs The two-piece units have been known to be damaged during an engine intake stack fire or an engine backfire The damaged components can disrupt airflow through the carband possibly coming loose from the throttle body

They can then be drawn upstream into the throttle boremixing chamber or nozzle outlet lodge against the throttle valve or become inserted into the engine intake manifoldcylinder asshysembly The failure of these components could cause an engine power loss or engine failure The replacement of the two-piece venturi with a single piece unit is currently addressed by Precision Airmotive Corp Service Bulletin No MSA-2 Rev 1 dated Nov 11 1991

The AD would require the following a) At the next removal of the

carburetor for overhaul or repair but not later than 48 months after the effective date of the AD whichever occurs first inspect the carburetor to determine if a two piece venturi is installed Carburetors with the letter V stamped or etched on the lower portion of the data plate or with a black Precision Airmotive data plate already contain the one-piece venturi and are

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not affected by the AD The proposed AD goes on to relate

the rest of the details to comply with the AD As you can see the FAA is planning on giving a 4 year window for compliance The FAA estimates the cost for parts to comply with the AD is $32500 but a review of the ads in the current Trade-A-Plane reshyvealed the parts could be had for approximately $12500 It is estimashyted that 100000 MA-3 and MA-4 carburetors would be affected by this proposed AD since the majority of these carbs were installed on Continental A-65 A-75 C-75 C-85 C-90 C-115 C-125 C-145 and 0-200 and 0-300 engines as well as Lycoming 0-235 0-290 and 0-320 engines Comments regarding the proposed AD submitted in triplicate must be received by August 31 1992 Send them to FAA New England Region Office of the Assistant Chief

The mammoth Hughes HK-1 flying boat wiJl be moved from its location in Long Beach harbor after being released by the Disney corporation Del Smith the owner of Evergreen International the McMinnville OR based cargo and charter airline has leased the eight-engined airplane from the Aero Club of Southern California after Disney had made it clear that the flying boat was no longer part of its plans for development of the Long Beach CA site that the airplane has been resting on since 1982 Plans are being made to start dismantling the leviathan of the air on September 20th in preparation for a barge trip up the Pacific coast to the Portland area At press time the plans regarding storage of the rather large fuselage and wing (the fuselage alone is almost 219 feet long and 79 feet tall with the wing a whopping 320 feet long) were not yet firm The Hughes flying boat will be the centerpiece of an aviation education museum to be built in that area Well keep you posted on any further developments

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THE WRIGHT PLACE

During the return trip from the Aeronca Convention I was intrigued by a road sign pointing the way to a Wilbur Wright Memorial As I got nearer a little bell went off in my head that said something about this town sounded familiar and indeed when I passed south of the town of Mooreland I came upon the small farm just east of Millville IN that was owned by bishop Milton Wright and was the place where his wife Susan bore him a son named Wilbur The farm was purchased by the bishop in 1864 for the sum of $550 with an additional $200 to be paid within two years as detailed in the terrific book The Bishops Boys written by Tom Crouch For a time the family did not live on the farm but after the end of the Civil War the family moved there where they resided until 1868 The farmhouse still stands with a covered picnic area and small parking area just to the south A battered F-86 sits atop three short pillars placed there in the mid-70s as a tribute to one of the worlds aviation pioneers The home has in the past been open and has been overseen by a local historical society Well off the beaten path the farmhouse and the surrounding area show some signs of neglect no doubt due to the limited resources available to a small rural historical society I understand that a different historical society has taken over administration of the site so perhaps the area will be better taken care of in the future If you care to visit the Wilbur Wright state historical site is located 8 miles east of New Castle IN just north of state route 38 Well marked signs will direct you to the Wright farmhouse and the odds are very good that you will be the only visitor there - probably the loudest sound you will hear is the trilling of the red-winged blackbirds

Counsel Attn Rules Docket No 92shyANE-07 12 New England Executive Park Burlington MA 01803-5299

AIR-DRIVEN POWER Just as this issue was going to press

we received a letter from Ron Cox whose company Basic Aircraft Proshyducts Evans GA manufactures the airshydriven alternator mentioned in the article on Richard Hoyles Luscombe 8A starting on page 16 Ron wanted us to pass along that he has now received STC approval for the Piper J-3 Aeronca 7 and 11 series and Taylorcraft BC-12D in addition to the Luscombe 8 You can reach Basic Aircraft at the address listed in the ad on page 32

WRONG PROP Jim Gorman was kind enough to

point out a typographical error in the story on Mike Araldis Lockheed 12A restoration in the May 1992 issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE The Hamshyilton-Standard prop used on the PampW R-985 is the 2D-30 not the 2B-30 Thanks for keeping us honest Jim

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MONOCOUPE HEAVEN No its not a place where old Monoshy

coupes retire after having led an exciting life - its Creve Coeur airport during the weekend of September 24-27 1992 If you are a Monocoupe fan this promises to be one of the highlights of the decade Over twenty Monocoupes have comshymitted to being there (in-cluding the 10 Monocoupes belonging to the Creve Coeur Gang) as well as many members of the Monocoupe community who help keep the fast little two-placers still active in the skies Make your plans to attend the Mono-coupe Club Reunion and FlyshyIn September 24 - 27 1992 at Creve Coeur airport (just west of St Louis MO) Activities will include flying filming restoration and maintenance round tables Hotel discoun ts are available Camping breakfast and lunch on the field and a Golden Age dinner Saturday night For more information call or write Bob Coolbaugh 6154 River Forest Drive Manassas VA 22111 If you wish to phone leave a name and address for an information and sign-up kit - 703590-2375

DON LUSCOMBE AVIATION mSTORY FOUNDATION

Member Doug Combs has advised us of the formation of the Don Luscombe Aviation History Foundation by a group of enthusiasts intended to preserve Don Luscombes many significant conshytributions to aviation development from the Monocoupe to the Model 8 Silva ire and Sprite They hope to establish educational programs and add to the work being done by the Luscombe Association and Continental Luscombe Association They are also planning on developing a comprehensive maintenance guide for the Model 8 and eventually member training and insurance programs In an effort to preserve the valuable data the Model 8 type certificate represents the Foundation also hopes to acquire the FAA Type Certificate and hopes to stimulate the production of parts for the aircraft If you would like more inshyformation on the Don Luscombe A viashytion History Foundation you can write them at PO Box 63581 Phoenix AZ 85082-3581 or phone 602540-7848 or 1shy800-678-9900 tone extension 4522

Luscombe Sedan Unusual Landings

------------by Andy Brennan------------shyEditors note While this article deals

with a C G puzzle on a fairly rare airshyplane the problems that this airplane exshyhibited can be seen on any other airplane if it is improperly loaded If your airshyplane shows some of the tendencies that this Luscombe Sedan had you and your mechanic may wish to carefully follow the procedures Andy used to get his airshyplane in compliance with the aircraft specifications Make sure any changes you make to the aircraft configuration are documented in accordance with the FARs and are done with your meshychanics concurrence - HGF

This rare bird is a wonderful airplane but has a reputation of unusual landshyings The trouble reported is that this conventional geared tailwheel airplane cannot be three-pointed When atshytempted many unusual landings have occurred some of them with disastrous results

I had my Sedan NC1630B for eight years 1957 through 1965

It was bought in the Midwest and as I had not flown in the last five years I had a friend fly it home to Hawthorne Airport California When he picked it up the previous owner told him not LBS to attempt any three point landings but to 2200 make main gear landings tail high (wheel landings)

This was just not for me All such tailshy 2000 wheel airplanes were designed and built to land three-point with that beautiful sound of three wheels rolling on touchdown 1700

I was determined I was going to land this one three point or else It was just about or else as 1500

in flying an unfamiliar aircraft is to check its stall characteristics Thereshyfore after a normal climb to altitude a power off stall was initiated The nose was brought up and the power reduced to idle As the control wheel came back against the stop the nose slowly dropped and the airplane would not stall

This condition appeared to me to be either insufficient elevator up travel or a Center of Gravity (eG) that was too far forward Without any further testshying I returned to the field making a wheel landing

First the elevator travel was checked out in accordance with the CAA Type Certificate Aircraft Specification No A-804 and found to be perfect

Second the weight and balance reshyport was reviewed and appeared in good order The airplane at that time was unshypainted had a Continental E-165-2 enshygine and a two-position Hartzell SnapshyO-Matic propeller The empty weight was 1448 lbs just 2 lbs under the maxishymum weight of the empty weight eG envelope

Whenever an Aircraft Specification

f--shy

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REAR LIMIT

every attempt to land 76 78 80 82three-point was the equivalent of a sur- INCHES vived crash

The first thing I do

or the superseding Aircraft Type Data Sheet has an empty weight envelope it is not necessary to compute the loaded weight eG to make sure it is within the CG limits as long as the loaded airshyplane does not exceed the gross weight and each seat is limited to 170 lbs and the baggage carried does not exceed the placarded limits

In this case I was looking at one pishylot full fuel no other passengers or crew and no baggage It appeared that the airplane was well within the CG and gross weight limits so the first atshytempts at three-point landings were started

Everything seemed normal until the flareout As the control wheel was moved aft the aircraft remained level with its tail high The control wheel was continued aft until it hit the stop This was followed by a rapid nose drop with hard contact on the main gear followed immediately with the tailwheel coming down with a bang

As the wing rapidly changed its angle of attack it pulled the main gear six to

(Continued on page 29)

84 86 88

This CG Range chart is copied from CAA Aircraft Specification A-804 for the Luscombe 11 A Sedan

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VI~TA(3~ LIT~lATUl~ by ()ennis f)ar-ks ~

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Daniel Guggenheim International Safe Airplane Competition

Part 6 Cunningham-Hall Model X

The Cunningham-Hall entry in the Safe Aircraft Competition was conshystructed by the company in Rochester New York The company had been formed in 1928 with Francis Cunningham as President and Ranshydolph Hall as Chief Engineer Hall had previously worked for the Thomas Morse Aircraft Corporation Their first aircraft was the PT-6 a sixshyplace cabin biplane

The Model X safe plane entry was a single engine two-place single bay tractor biplane having an upper wing of unusually high aspect ratio and a lower wing of normal proportions Aile rons were located only on the upper wing and spanned the entire

trailing edge The landing gear was a split axle type with oleo shocks and an exceptionally wide tread of over eight feet

The aircraft featured a novel wing cellule in the lower wing making use of the Hall convertible wing It conshysisted of an airfoil whose basic secshytion was a Clark Y Built into this section and forming a portion of the lower surface was a second airfoil whose leading edge was one-quarter chord length back of the leading edge of the basic airfoil

The rear portion of the auxiliary airfoil was hinged so that it can be lowered as a flap to increase the camshyber markedly As the flap was lowshyered an opening formed between it and the upper surface of the wing which extended aft of the flap hinge

Under the surface of the main secshy

tion forward of the secondary airfoil and covering the same span as the flap was located a shutter interconshynected with the flap When the flap lowered the shutter opened permitshyting flow of air through the main wing itself Movement and position of the flap and shutter were controlled from the pilots cockpit

The upper wing of M-6 airfoil secshytion served as a position for mountshying the ailerons and as an important member in the wing truss The ailerons were interconnected with the flap gear in the main wing and were lowered with the flap although to a lesser extent

Brakes were supplied on the landshying wheels and long throw oleo struts were used to reduce the shock reshyquired for the high vertical velocity landing tests

The Cunningham-Hall Model X used a Fairchild 21 fuselage as the basis for its frame as is evident in this view

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WING-FLAP-VANE OPERATING MECHANISM CUNNINGHAM-HALL

HALL CONVERTIBLE WING

Wings The wing cellule was of a single

bay design of modified Pratt Truss type with outer and inboard A struts of streamlined tubing supshyported with streamlined wire bracing Two sets of lift and load wires were used one each in the planes of the front and rear members of the outshyboard A struts A single set of cross brace wires were used in the center section A short strut from the fuselage to the wing at the point of

attachment of the landing gear also carried part of the lift load as the forshyward lift wire attached at its base

The wing panels consisted of comshybined wood and metal construction The upper wing and aileron were of metal both aluminum alloy and steel being used The upper wing was fabshyric covered The lower wing was built in two sections The forward spar of the wing was made of wood to which was attached the aluminum alloy sheet leading edge A single large di-

An excellent view of the lower wing on the Cunningham-Hall as well as the full span ailerons on the upper wing

ameter tube served as the rear spar for both lower and upper wings Wood beams were used in the forshyward and moveable sections of the auxiliary airfoil Ribs in the auxiliary section were of wood screwed and riveted to the spars The wings were fabric covered

Due to the fact that the air flow took place through the wing when the flap was lowered the fabric was very carefully secured to the top chords of the ribs The outer rib at the tip was sheet metal while the tip itself consisted of a formed aluminum alloy tube There were four drag bays with aluminum alloy compresshysion ribs and steel tie rods

Provision for the flap operating mechanism was made inside the wing although the operating rods and masts projected outside Ailerons were opshyerated by interplane struts interconshynected with the flap gear in such a way that the ailerons were lowered sishymultaneously with the flaps Landing loads were carried through the inner end of the wing structure

Tail All tail surfaces were made of

welded steel tubing and fabric covshyered Neither the stabilizer or the fin were adjustable The stabilizer was attached to the fuselage at the front spar by streamlined struts while flying wires in the plane of the rear spar provided the bracing beshytween the fuselage horizontal and

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The large wheel pants and Walter Vega 1 engine show well in this view of the Cunningham-Hall The Hall Convertible Wing was designed to exhibit good low speed handling characteristics

vertical surfaces The rudder was balanced

Fuselage The fuselage of the Cunninghamshy

Hall was from a Fairchild Model 21 It had a Warren type truss conshystructed of welded chrome moly steel tubing The engine mount was inteshygral with the rest of the structure with a firewall installed behind the engine There was seating for the pishylot and for an observer in a tandem

arrangement The fuselage was fabric covered behind the firewall with the exception of the metal top cowling back to the rear of the pilots cockpit

The landing gear consisted of a conventional split axle with an oleo strut having 10 112 inches of vertical travel There was also a swiveling tail wheel The wheels were constructed of wire spokes and equipped with brakes In addition to the gear fairshyings an aluminum alloy streamlined

The Cunningham-Hall shows off its sesquiplane congiguration in this shot Notethe wide stance of the landing gear which had a stroke of 10 12 inches

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boot was installed over each wheel including the tail wheel

Powerplant The aircraft was powered by a five

cylinder radial air-cooled Vega I enshygine manufactured by the Walter Company of Czechoslovakia The enshygine produced 90 horsepower at 1840 rpm The compression ratio was 515 to 1 and the displacement was 317 cushybic inches The weight was listed at 226 pounds Scintilla magnetos were used as well as a Zenith carburetor A two-bladed Hamilton metal proshypeller was used during the tests

A 21 gallon gravity feed fuel tank was installed forward of the cockpits in the fuselage A 3 14 gallon oil tank was installed under the cowling forward of the firewall

Competition Apparently the aircraft was a good

flyer but it fai led to pass the prelimishynary qualification tests for the Safe Aircraft Competition Afterwards the Cunningham-Hall company reshyturned to building the PT-6 cabin bishyplane the second one being comshypleted in 1930

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the Taylor C-2

by Lee Alexander (AIC 14400)

In 1989 I camped out at Sun n Fun for the first time Besides getting a contact high from so many happy people I got to remember how beautifully crafted these older airplanes were I even had a few brief fantasies about the mummy coming back to life

Fantasy became reality when I was inshytroduced to Ray Eaton Jr He was a young pilot working as a mechanic for Chalks who was looking for something nice to fly He and dad agreed to get Three Eight Bravo flying if I agreed to pay for anything they agreed to buy It soon became apparent we were into a restoration Even though she went into storage a perfectly good airplane there

was literally no good place to stop taking her apart

By the time Sun n Fun 1990 rolled around dad and I found ourselves at the show buying radios from an exhibitor and I thought Am I reshyally spending perfectly good American green money on avionics for the pile of shiny alushyminum that Ray has made out of the mummy of myoid

yes I knew that somehow this mess was going to turn into an airplane again

By Sun n Fun 1991 the mess had beshycome a beautiful airplane Rays attention to detail in preparation and painting paid off big time But we had no interior and no direction toward one Once again the show came through The Alabama wonshyder provided 150 seats and tracks Just as the Narco equipment we got at the 1990 show solidified the panel design the 150 seats from the 1991 show gave us the inteshyrior

I call her Three Eight Bravo My dad introduced me to her 18 years ago when she was 23 She was good looking a lot of fun easy to get along with neither deshymanding nor temperamental just about perfect

She didnt have much to say about her past I know she was taken south at an early age and grew up in Guatemala I think she fell upon hard times down there and may even have gone to pieces How she got back to the States I have no idea

When she showed up at Ft Lauderdale Executive in 1974 she definitely had hershy

All cleaned up and ready to have the sub-panel and instrushy sweetheart When I self back together again My father Tom ments installed answered myself Smoke Alexander liked her so much

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that he brought her up to Charleston South Carolina to meet me She ended up staying We had a couple of great years hanging out at the Johns Island Airport flying the Carolina coast Everybody reshyally liked her

But soon the time came to return to Ft Lauderdale Thats when things got rough for me and Miss Bravo I started practicshying dentistry and my human wife Gail continued practicing childbirth

My dad tried to take up the slack as my visits to the airport became rare But he was pretty involved with another 140 he had been with since 1960 So one sad day we amputated Three Eight Bravos wings and put her in the on hold side of dads hangar She became a piece of hangar sculpture to some To me she was the lifeshyless mummy of her old self She stayed that way for 13 years

Writing this I realize how much Sun n Fun influenced the rebirth of this sweet airplane The award we got this year as Best Cessna 120140 is really a testimonial to how this organization can inspire enshycourage and help people to bring these great old planes back to life Finished out and completely equipped for VFR flight Lee Alexanders Cessna 140 is

ready for the southern Florida skies

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by Norm Petersen

A fleeting glance of a red and cream colored airplane skirting the grove around the farm caused the 10 year-old boy to run for all he was worth to the far side of the grove to see just where it went Enchanted by the sound of the purring engine and the way the pilot seemed to effortlessly handle the aircraft the young farm lad quietly said to himse lf Someday I will have an airplane just like that one

The time was December 1946 and the place was a farm just outside the small rural town of Sloan Iowa (Pop 935) about 17 miles southeast of Sioux City The excited young farm lad was Gordy Lofschult who unwittingly startshyed a chain of events that particular day that would change his life

The red and cream a irplan e was a 1946 Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser N7781H SIN 12-689 which made its first IS-minute test flight at the Piper

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Two of aviations finest Phyllis and Gordy Lofschult are pictured in front of their nicely restored 1946 Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser at their hangar in Winsted MN

factory in Lock Haven P A on October 27 1946 Three days later ferry pilot George Phipps flew the -12 from Lock Haven to the dealer in Sioux City IA Shortly thereafter the Super Cruiser was sold to a partnership of Maurice Ames farmer and Norbert Juneman John Deere dealer both of Sloan IA The airplane was hangared at Maurice Ames farm strip not far from Gordy Lofschults home farm where it would faithfully serve its two owners for the next 26 years

Meanwhile young Gordy Lofschult was busy growing up and still dreaming of having his own airplane He took his first airplane ride with (the same) George Phipps in a blue Stinson and eventually took three flying lessons in a tri-geared J-3 Cub before giving it up for lack of money When he was a senior in high school Maurice Ames took Gordy and his girl friend for a ride in the P Ashy12 - an experience that confirmed his earlier suspicions - the Super Cruiser was indeed high on his want list

By 1967 the aviation bug had

(severely) bitten Gordy and he was off to Tulsa OK to attend Spartan School of Aeronautics where he earned an A amp P license In addition he earned the coveted Commercial Pi lots license along with an Instrument Rating doing most of his flying from Harvey Young Airport (In those days it was out in the country Now it has moved into town)

Going to work for H ughes Air West Airlines as a mechanic Gordy comshymenced the dual jobs of earning a living and raising a family (three daughters) In the summer of 1972 the family returned to Sloan IA on vacation and Gordy was invited to fly the Super Cruiser Happy as a lark Gordy says he flew the airplane over eight hours that week giving rides to many folks and doing solo work up and down the picshyturesque Missouri River valley For the first time in his life he felt free as a bird He loved the feeling The urge to make a really long cross-country flight using a map and a wet compass for navigation was almost overwhelming The two elderly owners of the PA-12 cou ld see the spark of interest in Gordys eye They had flown the airplane for 26 years and perhaps with a tinge of sadness realized the time was near for a new caretaker for the faithful old Piper

In October of 1972 a deal was struck and the Piper Super Cruiser N7781 H SIN 12-689 with 916 hours tota l ti me since new was purchased by Gordon Lofschult (EAA 258545 AIC 9779) The logbooks were complete from the factory test flight to the present day Gordy carefully examined his new flying machine wi th the eye of a somewhat experienced A amp P mechanic Back by the tail he removed an inspection cover and looked inside He was surprised to see a pair of beady looking eyes glaring back at him It was the resident mouse Gordy set mouse traps all to no avail shyregardless of bait He then started up the engine in front of the hangar and proceeded to make three tight circles with the left wheel brake locked Then three tight circles to the right with the right brake locked He then shut off the engine and waited Two witnesses observed a rather wobbly mouse run down the tailwheel spring jump to the ground and run headlong into the nearshyby cornfield Thus ended the problems with Mr Mouse

As Gordy was now based in Phoenix AZ arrangements were made to fly the PA-12 from Sloan IA to Arizona in December A cold ten below zero greeted Gordy as he bundled up with long johns and mi ttens and after a fond farewell to the origin al owners Ma urice Ames and Norbert Juneman he lifted into the cold air from the grass strip and headed southwest After two

In the summer of 1972 Gordy Lofschult was invited to fly this PA-12 from the farm strip of Maurice Ames near Sloan IA This was several months before he purchased the airplane and became the second owner of record

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and a half hours a snowstorm forced him down at Abilene Kansas Gordy looked for tiedown rings only to discovshyer both the fittings and tiedown ropes were in the wings behind inspection covshyers - completely hidden and out of the flight stream

The old hotel in town was the only chance for a room the lady behind the counter informed Gordy it was $150 per night - in advance There were no room keys and the bath was at the end of the hall The restaurant across the street was called the Crippled Rooster and served very good low cost meals The next morning Gordy caught a tailwind out of town and made 450 miles in three hours to Jacksboro TX where he stayed with friends before flying on to Phoenix in 105 hours - all without radio and using a map and a compass As Gordy says This was seat-of-the-pants flying at its best

The next twelve years brought deregshyulation to the airlines and Gordy was

All instruments were overhauled with new cream redone while the instrumentsfaced dials installed The instrument panel was were sent out for overhaul and returned to original condition

Pete Miller on the left shakes hands with Gordy Lofschult following completion of the restorat ion in November 1985 Photo was taken just before Gordy took off for Memphis TN

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transferred from one place to another The PA-12 got pushed on the back burner and languished in the Arizona desert sun The paint began to fade and the original fabric with Razorback over the top went downhill fast Once in while Gordy would start up the engine to keep it somewhat lubricated Parts began to disappear as the old girl sufshyfered from visitors who couldn t resist a souvenir On several occasions Gordy almost sold the Cub to eliminate the problem however something always made him think twice A divorce in 1981 didn t help the situation either

By 1984 Gordy was working in Minneapolis MN had married a lovely lady named Phyllis and was trying to figure out a way to reclaim the PA-12 from behind the hangar in Arizona The old girl looked pretty tough and was in need of a total rebuild His wife sugshygested they have it professionally restored despite the cost because it may otherwise never get done After some

checking around in the Phoenix area the Lofschults decided to have Pete Miller of Chandler AZ do the total rebuild and keep it as original as possible The PA-12 was moved to Pete Miller s shop and totally disassembled Several mouse skeletons were found and one landing gear was cracked half way through However Pete was able to repair the parts as necessary and cover the entire airplane with Stits The original instrushyment panel was carefully

new cream colored faces A new interior including new seat

covers and headliner really made the inside of the PA-12 look like a factory original Pete Miller was especially careful with the small details - so necesshysary with a good restoration The streamlined tailbrace wires were Magnafluxed before being reinstalled with the official Piper marked bolt on the fin

Although the engine had never been apart it was decided to do a top overshyhaul and chrome the cylinders to make the airplane perform like a new Super Cruiser The engine accessories were overhauled before installation and the engine compartment was redone to new condition The metal prop which had been on the PA-12 since 1949 when it replaced the original wood propeller was sent out for overhaul (Gordy still has the original wood prop with the Sensenich decals and the Piper Bear on the blades)

About the time Pete Miller finished the restoration Gordy was transfered to Memphis TN so the problem was to locate a hangar in that area A search turned up a hangar at the Wolf River Airport at Colliersville TN After getshyting his biennial updated in a J-3 Cub at Memphis Gordy traveled to Pete Millers shop in Arizona to have a look at the new PA-12 It was nice Pete had done his work well and Gordy was really happy with the outstanding condishytion of the restored Cub Pleased as punch he flew the Cruiser to Memphis via Texas where he again visited friends in Jacksboro

In February of 85 Gordy was transshyfered to Minneapolis again so leaving Memphis with maps in hand he navigatshyed up the Mississippi River all the way to Minneapolis where he had luckily found a hangar at Winsted MN on the west side of town He was beginning to learn that everywhere he landed a crowd would gather to look at the strictshyly original Super Cruiser Gordy admits it was quite a thrill - and a pleasure The old free-as-a-bird feeling was alive and well as he followed the comshypass and the finger-on-the-map while getting a birdseye view of this great country

Later in the summer of 1986 the PA-12 was flown back to its home in Sloan IA where Gordy had the pleasure of taking one of the original owners Maurice Ames for a ride For these two people it was the best of times Morris readily admitted he was pleased to see Gordy and the flight brought back many many memories of days gone by Gordy was both excited and proud to be able to give a ride to this eighty plus gentleman who had literally fanned the tiny spark that got him started in the

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aviation field The following year Gordy returned

to Sloan IA to take the other owner Norbert Juneman for a ride in the Super Cruiser and like the first time it was an emotional experience for both people Norbert who was 87 related how he once flew into Kansas City Municipal using light signals to land and well remembered how the tower people were getting owly about non-radio airshyplanes He taxied to a tiedown area when a man walked up inspected the Cub closely and remarked about the fine condition of the PA-12 When the man was gone the lineboy asked Norbert if he knew who the man was The negative answer brought forth That was Howard Hughes

Many central US fly-ins have been graced with the colorful Super Cruiser during the past five or six years includshying the Nebraska Regional at Gothenburg NE where N7781 H garshynered the Grand Champion award for its owner Gordy Lofschult At Blakesburg lA the Cruiser took the Best Chapter Choice Award and people from Air Progress magazine were droolshying over the restoration In addition author Richard Bachs son made a speshycial effort at Blakesburg to seek out Gordy and congratulate him on a fine PA-12

Besides enjoying the sights and sounds from the front seat of a Piper Super Cruiser Gordy Lofschult has conshysidered trying the original wood prop on the airplane just to see how it felt on the way to Iowa from Lock Haven In addition he has considered installing a shielded ignition harness along with a radio to help with modern navigation

There is something about a PA-12 and farmland that seems to go together Note the handsome detailing on the tail number the original paint scheme and the standard Grimes position lights With 38 gallons of fuel this is a great cross-country airplane

There are two items missing that Gordy would like to locate for the 1946 airplane At one time it had a Grimes plug-in landing light that Maurice Ames once tried using for a night flight After scaring himself half to death and landing on the far end of the landing strip in a hairy night-time landing the plug-in light kind of disappeared and hasnt been seen since The PA-12 also had a set of Consolidaire wheel fenders that fit just over the main wheels and clamped on the landing gear These have never been located and Gordy would like to find a pair Any help is always appreciated (612-941-4293)

Original PA-12 Super Cruisers are becoming very difficult to find any more because most of these fine machines have been converted to bush airshyplanes with big engines flaps PA-18

gear and tail feathers Over half of the remaining 1475 PA-12s still registered are now in Alaska

Gordy Lofshult has flown the PA-12 over 220 hours since the rebuild by Pete Miller He has attended fly-ins in all directions from Minneapolis where he and his wife Phyllis live in the suburb of Bloomington This story had its beginning when the author discovered the pretty Super Cruiser at a Hector MN flight breakfast along with a subseshyquent visit to Gordy s hangar at Winsted MN The PA-12 is maintained in pristine condition and the annual inspections are done by Wade Lowry (EAA138970 AIC 6253) of Lakeville MN

As Gordy Lofshult says these past two years have been the very best of his life We couldnt agree more

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Open your thesaurus and look up the word snappy and the synonyms you will find include lively zesty brisk and quick All of these words apply to the delightful Luscombe 8A newly rebuilt by Richard Hoyle (EAA 118624) of Vinshycent AL With its comely gray and red color scheme and the care take n by Richard during the extensive rebuild the 1946 two-placer is a lovely sight indeed

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By HG Frautschy

Strolling the line at EAA Sun n Fun 92 I came upon a couple of fellows reshylaxing under the metal wing of the Lusshycombe so I introduced myself and sat down to talk to Richard Hoyle about his project What I heard in the next few minutes was stirring - during the course of the restoration Richard replaced the majority of the rivets in the entire airshyframe as various parts needed to be disshy

assembled to repair corrosion Richard had heard that the airplane

was in a barn and looked for it for three years before a friend discovered the loshycation it had been stored at for the preshyvious 15 years It was so corroded Richards friend refused to buy the rough looking Luscombe Richard loshycated the owner in Florida and yes the tired old rotted airplane was still for

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sale After locating and inspecting the Luscombe he bought it knowing that he had a long struggle ahead of him to resurrect the 8A His search for a Lusshycombe was not born out of a burning desire - in fact he had never really seen a Luscombe 8A up close prior to his purchase Armed with his goal of reshybuilding the Luscombe into a personal traveling machine he started work on

the project in 1987 He first tackled the tail surfaces The

skins were replaced after corrosion was found on both surfaces The tail section aft of the cabin was corroded extenshysively as Richard and a friend found out in an unusual way - while stripping the paint from the aft fuselage a friend

of his dropped the tail from a height of about 18 inches While spraying water

on the skin to clean off the stripper Richard noticed that a line of rivets in the skin had no more heads left on them The rivet shanks were so corshyroded the impact with the ground had sheared off the heads clean off After getting thefuselage back to the hangar he started drilling and would find few sound rivets until he reached the forshyward end of the tailcone The f1oorshy

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(Below) The instrument panel has everyshything you need for basic VFR flight plus a few added gadgets that let you knock on the door of a TCA and ask Can I come in

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The landing gear would also not esshycape scrutiny either and it was removed refinished and reinstalled The landing gear shock absorber was rebuilt with new seals

An inspection of the wing skins was not encouraging either - the upper skins showed corrosion on both surfaces while the lower skins showed damage inside the wing Fortunately the spars showed little damage but both wings would have all of their skins replaced It is fortunate that Richard enjoys sheet metal work for on this project he and his friends got plenty of rivet bucking and shooting experience

The engine was a pleasant surprise shywith only 740 or so hours on it since new the engine and airframe had been together since the beginning and the Continental A-65-S powerplant reshyquired few new parts during its major

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overhaul Being a -S series engine meant that there was no electrical genshyerator originally installed but since Richard wanted an airplane he could travel VFR anyplace he wanted to he added the attractive and functional alshyternator unit available from Basic Airshycraft Products of Evans GA Richard s is the first to be approved under an STC for the installation on a Luscombe SA When it was first installed the wind drishyven alternator was charging at S amps and then settled down to a steady 15shy16 amps with all of the electrical equipshyment on the airplane turned on A batshytery box relay digital ammeter Ivoltmeter and full circuit breaker panel was also added to distribute the current He reports that the unit is vibration free (an old bugaboo of the older wind-drishyven generators of 50 years ago) and was well made For an added bonus he was happy that it does not appear to cost anything in the speed department The

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airplane has an Apollo 612C loran Benshydix-King KY 76A transponder with Mode C encoder and a Bendix-King KY 97A communications radio As far as lighting goes it has navigation lights as well as interior floods to illuminate the cabin With almost 40 hours on the airplane Richard reports no problems with the electrical installation

A pair of venturis supply the vacuum to power a turn and bank directional gyro The rest of the instruments are geared towards VFR flying including a Hamilton vertical card compass To help clean up what was a ragged looking hole on the panel he made the wooden overlay and installed the radios the loshyran on the left side of the panel and the transponder and com radio on the right

The wheel pants have been on the airplane since the 1960s and are fibershyglass A cleanup and refinishing was all that was necessary to put them back in service As each part were removed

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These two views show the wind-driven alternator produced by Basic Aircraft Products Evans GA The FAAIPMAd unit was painted by Richard Hoyle to match the rest of the aircraft and he also made the neat fairing between the fuselage and the turbine shroud The unit is self-contained with the charging circuitry built into the bracket as you can see in the photo on the right

and replaced throughout the restorashy painted Richard was recuperating from taking He started flying in 1977 buying tion every piece of AN hardware was surgery so he asked Ray Lett of Cusshy a Cessna 172 as his first aircraft He replaced with a new piece tom Aircraft in Sylacauga AL to do the progressed to a Cub and learned to fly

When you get around to the nose of final paint Richard laid out a color tailwheel airplanes and started looking the custom airplane you will find a scheme that was reminiscent of the origshy for a project a search that would bring spinner that is not your regular piece of inal design put on the airplanes but him to the Luscombe He flew the Luscombe hardware Richard felt the with a few personal custom twists The newly restored Luscombe on January 1 airplane looked a bit too blunt at the result is a scheme that looks very apshy 1991 and has put on over 35 hours on it nose and so he embarked on a search pealing and Richard is quite pleased since its restoration He says it is a very for a spinner that would blend nicely with the way his Luscious Luscombe well mannered airplane and is very with the lines of the cowling A spinner looks pleased with its handling from Wag-Aero was decided upon and When he set out to restore his Lusshy By all indications and judging by it was installed after being brightly polshy combe Richard Hoyle set out to make a the smile on his face when he says No ished personal airplane that he would enjoy its not for sale Id say he attained his

FinaHy after all of the prep work was cruising in He had owned a few airshy goal of producing a comfortable pershydone and the plane was ready to be planes prior to diving into this under- sonal flying machine

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Robert Rings Cessna 140

Quietly sitting on a seaplane hoist is this very pretty 1946 Cessna 140 N72475 SIN 9643 mounted on a set of Edo 1650 floats all painted in a matching trim scheme of white with red and tan accent The 140s original C85 Continental has been replaced with a Lycoming 0-290shy02 of 135 hp for quicker performance off the water Purchased by Robert Hing (EAA 2540) of Manassas VA for the express purpose of retracing Alexander Mackenzies epic 1792-1793 canoe trip from the Atlantic to the Pacific the Cessna started the long trip in good fashshyion by up-ending at East Haddam CT However Robert Hing pressed on navishygating by maps and terrain eventually reaching the Pacific Ocean His trip enshytailed over 5000 miles and 578 hours of flying time Robert has written a book about his adventures named Tracking Mackenzie to the Sea Coast to Coast in Eighteen Splashdowns which will be available at the 92 EAA Convention The Cessna 140 was sold to Hans Mu-

Bob LaPointes Piper PA-12

With the best of all worlds at his finshygertips Bob LaPointe of Iron Mounshy

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nich of Orcas W A following the long trip and Hans reports he has put over 200 hours on the Cessna since acquiring the aircraft and floats He did change the propeller from a 74 X 50 to an 80 X

tain MI takes pride in this very nice Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser N3009M SIN 12-1708 which he has owned since 1970 Bob converted the PA-12 for seashyplane use with a 150 hp Lycoming balshy

40 seaplane prop which really makes the pretty little two-placer get up and go The Lycoming is full electric so a turn of the key is all that is necessary to start the seaplane

anced PA-18 eleshyvators stainless control cables and a set of Edo 89-2000 floats He also installed oversize rudders on the floats Usshying a McCauley 80 X 41 seaplane prop the PA-12 performs very well according to Bob The floatshyplane is kept in a hangar next to his home being transported to the water on a small hydraulic dolly pulled (or pushed) by a tractor When not being used the PA-12 is safely tucked

away in the hangar where the sun and hail cant reach it The instrument panel includes an Alpha 200 radio for commushynication and a Loran 612D for pinpoint navigation Happiness is

Bill Knanz Luscombe SA

These photos of Luscombe 8A N65353 SIN 2723 mounted on a set of mint Edo 60-1320 floats were sent in by William (Bill) Knauz of Lake Forest IL Bill purshychased the Luscombe from the estate of a longtime friend who had owned the airshyplane since the early 1960s The friend had a factory new Continental C90-8 enshygine installed along with dual wing tanks (no fuselage tank) and 8E deck windows During the 1980s the Luscombe was in storage and the original N number of N71296 was lost The fabric covered wings were redone in the 1970s with Razorback and the overall paint scheme of orange and white trim was applied The Lusshycombe is a straight seaplane with no landshying gear - at least no one seems to know where the gear went Several new instrushyments and a nicely done instrument panel contribute to a pleasant interior in the airshyplane The total time on the C90-8 engine is approximately 500 hours

Peter Annis Cessna T-50

Nestled close to the dock is this working antique a Cessna T-50 N45P SIN 6294 mounted on a set of Edo Y d-6470 floats and flown by North River Aviation of Halifax MA the aviation firm of longshytime EAA member Peter Annis (EAA 7477 AC 2997) of the same address Built during W II as a twin engine trainer the T-50 (often called the Bamboo Bomber) was a natural for float convershysion with its steel tube fuselage and wood wings This particular T-50 has been upshygraded from 245 Jacobs engines to 300 hp Lycoming R-680 engines and threeshybladed controllable props In addition a one-piece windshield and a large outside baggage door have been added Although somewhat rare on floats in the U S there are a total of 101 Cessna T-50 and UC-78 aircraft remaining on the U S Register This photo was sent in by Dick Hill of Harvard IL who received it from Chester Lizak of New Bedford MA

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6th Annual National Aeronca Association

Convention

If you were an air traffic controller and you worked near Cincinnati Ohio you may have been a bit puzzled by some of the slow moving VFR traffic north of the city near Middletown While the speed of the targets was faster than a flock of migratory waterfowl the objects all seemed to be heading for one spot - Hook Field the scene of the 6th Annual Aeronca Convention hosted by the National Aeronca Association Held every other year during the second weekend in June the gathering of Aeroncas takes place on the airport where most of the planes were built in the Aeronca factory adjacent to the field

On Friday pilots and Aeronca aficionados were treated to a tour of the Air Force museum in Dayton a steak fry and a banquet Saturday night as well as a field covered with 160 preshywar and post-war training and personal airplanes

Aeronca still in business after so many years is currently in the parts subcontractor business and is a pioneer in the fabrication of brazed metal structural parts One of the interesting surprises of the plant tour was learning what company made the outer structure for the Apollo spacecraft - it was Aeronca

At the banquet Saturday evening a number of awards were given including the David and Phyllis Powell Memorial Award which was presented to Bill Pancake of Keyser WV for his work conducting Aeronca forums and giving technical help to any Aeronca owners who asked for his assistance Pilots and aircraft were also given awards and many of them are pictured on these pages Those not pictured include

Best In Class - Military Aeronca shy1947 L-16A NC6286C Lloyd Thompson Jasper GA

Best In Class - Pre-War Aeronca Tandem - 1940 65-TC Tandem Trainer NC27384 Michelle Bailey Gurley AL

Best In Class - Pre-War Aeronca Side-by-Side - 1937 Aeronca K NC18896 Dudley Kelly Versailles KY

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by HG Frautschy

Best In Class - Post-War Custom Aeronca - 1946 7AC Champion NC83933 James Sobralske Graham NC (Featured in the April 92 issue of

VINTAGE AIRPLANE) Other award winners and a few

selected aircraft and people are featured on the following pages

Grand Champion Classic - 1948 15AC Sedan NC1048H Paul and Pam Workman Zanesville OH

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Best In Class - Post-War Aeronca Chief shy1947 11CC Super Chief NC4128E Densel Williams Jackson MI

Best In Class - Post-War Aeronca Champion - 1946 7AC Champion NC84690 Hubert Lowenhardt Stonington CT

Best In Class - Pre-War Custom Aeronca - 1941 65-CA Chief NC36654 Larry Fox Clyde NY

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Where does an 800 pound gorilla fly Best In Class - Post War Aeronca Sedan Anywhere he wants to (Captain Don - 1950 15AC Sedan N6665K Ben Champagnes flying companion in his Workman Zanesville OH 7AC Champ)

Peoples Choice Award - 1946 Aeronca 7AC Champ NC83710 Bob Ellis Dana IN

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Fun Awards were

Greatest distance flown to the Convention in an Aeronca - Bob Pasley Springtown TX in his 7AC Champ

Most recently licensed female pilot flying an Aeronca to Middletown shyDonna Loretto LOriginal Ontario Canada

Longest licensed female pilot flying an Aeronca to Middletown - Betty Debaun Terre Haute IN

Youngest pilot flying an Aeronca to Middletown - Doug Smith Thawville IL

Oldest pilot flying an Aeronca to Middletown - Lou Parker Southgate MI

Type Club fly-ins are a lot of fun and present a wonderful opportunity to learn a lot about a particular model If your favorite airplane has a type club get involved and attend their fly-in Its amazing what knowledge other owners will enthusiastically impart given the chance Bill Pancakes Aeronca forum was well attended and a number of technical issues were covered including spar replacement covering methods window replacement and structural repairs Hats off the Jim and Betty Thompson of the N AA for their efforts in organizing the convention and to the many volunteers without whose help there simp ly would be no way the Aeronca Convention would happen

If you like Aeroncas this is the place to be - mark your calendar for the year after next Youre bound to see something that triggers a few memories

An information exchange column with input from our readers

bv Buck Hilbert (EM 21 Ale 5)

PO Box 424 Union IL 60180

Dear Buck

You had a reference to Marvel Mysshytery Oil in your column in the February issue My experience with it may intershyest you We had three 2-ton Chevy trucks the 292 cI 6 cylinder engines hauling cream and butter products in the late 60s and early 70s The engines would last approximately 30-50 000 miles before having to be overhauled because of excessive oil use On disasshysembly we would find that the top 2 inches of cylinder bore would be worn excessively and the rings would fail The rest of the engine would be within limits The trucks were used hard and to the limit on weight etc but this still did not in my opinion warrant such a low mileage potential before overhaul A conversation with the service manshyager at a local garage said that it looked like it was way too dry at the top part of the engine So we added one of the Marvel Mystery Inverse Oilers to one of the trucks at about 18000 mi les That unit was still running good at 112000 miles when it was traded - over twice the mileage After that we added Marshyvel Mystery oil to o u r 500 gallon gas tank and have been using it ever since

We did find that using more than recshyommended will cause a build up on the spark plugs I hope this may be of help to someone

Rowland Olm AlC 9202 Manitowoc WI

Dear Buck

As a long time member of EAA I look forward to and enjoy reading your most appreciated advice I must say you are a God-send to we members with your vast wealth of advice in VINTAGE AIRshyPLANE magazine

Now I myself need some information shyin the February 1992 issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE magazine you mentioned about using among the other ingredients besides gasoline a small amount of synshythetic 50 to 1 outboard engine motor oil

I cannot finds any of this synthetic 50 to 1 outboard engine motor oil down here and I have tried in a radius of 40 miles from here

Can you please send me the address of the company that you get yours from I only want to try one or two cans at first in my 10 gallons of gas as you mentioned I have a Continental A-40-4 engine as well as a HAPI-1835CE engine that I want to try it in too

Respectfully yours Burly R Page AIC 6684 Durham NC

Burly

Thanks for the very complimentary letshyter Sounds like you are very active with the older airplane engines

The oil is the same as any good 2-cycle chain saw weed-wacker outboard mashyrine engine or even a 2 cycle-lawn mower oil You can get it at any of the places that sell garden and tractor supplies or many of the National discount chains

I use a mix of 5050 Marvel Mystery Oil and the 2-cycle oil Add 7 ounces of the oil mix to 10 gallons of gasoline (No more than that) The 2-cycle oil will stay on the valves and guides and wont burn off like regular oil

This oil is usually dyed green or blue so you can see it has been added to the fuel IT will turn the fuel a darker color

Over to you Buck

Ive had a few requests from some of our members requesting information for modifications or STCs If any of our memshybers can help them with these problems please drop both of us a line so we can get them some help and I will pass it along to others who may be interested

From Ralph Driscoll (AC 668)1115 Blairs Ferry Rd Marion IA 52302 came the request for information on an engine change for an airplane that has always held a soft spot in Ralphs heart - the Aeronca Sedan Ralph would like to install an 0shy300-D engine in the Sedan he recently purshychased and would be interested in hearing from anyone who can supply a copy of a form 337 to document the change

Bill Loweth of 65 Little Bull In Mystic CT is interested in a few items for a Piper PA-12-150 First he would like to hear from anybody who can help with a 337 for a shoulder harness or 5-point belt installashytion for the pilot He would prefer a form 337 field approval Second Bill would like to install a 10-12 diameter tube 7 ft long from the bulkhead above the battery to a poi nt just forward of the stabilizer bellshycrank Again Bill is interested in a form 337 that has been approved by the FAA

If you can help either of these fellows drop them a line at the addresses shown and send me a copy so I can pass the inforshymation along to everyone else via this colshyumn

Over to you Buck

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MYSTERY PLANE

Heres an unusual design that will chalshylenge the experts The photo was sent in by Pete Bowers of Seattle W A who says its a mystery to him Answers will be published in the November issue of VINshyTAGE AIRPLANE Deadline for that issue is September 20 1992

The airplane shown in the May 1992 issue was submitted by Earl Stahl of Yorkshytown V A who writes

It is the Morrow I-L Victory trainer completed around November 1941 at San Bernardino CA It was all-wood construction many of the exterior surshyfaces being plastic covshyered plywood formed in molds Only the landing gear engine mount and small fittings were metal The landing gear was hyshydraulically retractable Some specifications Wingspan - 30 ft 4 in overall length 25 ft 4 in height 7 ft 9 in empty weight 1655 Ibs A maxishymum speed of 165 mph was claimed cruising speed 145 mph and landshying speed 55 mph A horshyizontally-opposed Ly shycoming engine of 175 hp was installed

Full scale production was targeted for both military and civilian marshykets I have no informashytion about the fate of the prototype I acquired photos drawings etc from the company as tests commenced in anshy

26 AUGUST 1992

by George Hardie

ticipation that it would be a good subject for a flying scale model Trooping off to war interrupted the plan Earl later wrote that when he left to go off to war he passed the drawings and other informashytion on to another modeler in his neighshyborhood so he never did get a chance to draw up the model He no longer has any of the material except for the photos we have published

Wayne Eleazer of Alexandria VA adds this

Howard B Spud Morrow was the prosperous owner of a candy business in the early 1940s He became interested in aircraft and started the Morrow Aircraft Corporation in San Bernardino in Februshyary 1941 at the site of what is now Norton AFB The first Morrow design was the Victory trainer

The most interesting thing about the Victory is the close relationship to anshyother somewhat less obscure airplane deshysigned at the same time by the same man Edgar Schmued the kinship between the two designs can be seen in the shape of the tail surfaces and squared -off wings as well as the overall lines of the fuselage The Morrows cousin went on to fame and glory as the immortal P-51 Mustang The story is told in Ray Wagners fine biograshyphy of Edgar Schmued titled Mustang Designer

Other answers were received from Charley Hayes Park Forest IL Tom Fey Arlington Heights IL Leon Perry Atshylanta GA Jack OCallaghan Wilmette IL Emil Cassanello Huntington Station NY Wayne Van Valkenburgh Jasper GA 1r

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August 16 - Brookfield WI shyEAA AntiqueClassic Chapter 11 Old-fashioned Ice Cream Social Noon until 5 pm Vintage and amateur-built aircraft on display as well as a display of radio-controlled model planes Contact George Meade AC Chapter 11 Pres 414962-2428

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September 5-7 Lake Guntersville AL - Aerodrome 92 Worlds largest WW I Aviation Fly-In Convention Contact Ryder internashytional Corp 205586-1580

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haven Calabro airport No entry fee trophies awarded (Rain date Sept 19shy20) Call 516921-5447 for more inshyformation

September 12 -13 Marion OH shyMid-Eastern Regional Fly-In (MERFI) Call 513849-9455 (h) or 255-8047 (w) for more information

September 18-20 Jacksonville IL - 8th Annual Stinson Reunion Flyshyouts Contests Camping on field Banshyquet with guest speaker Phil Richardson (winnerofthe World Vintage Air Rally) on Sat night (reservations required) Contact Loran F Nordgren 815469shy9100 or write 4 W Nebraska Frankfort IL60423

September 19-20 - Rock Falls IL - 6th Annual North Central EAA Old-Fashioned Fly-In Workshops forums exhibits swap meet and awards Pancake breakfast on Sunshyday Contact Gregg Erikson 708513shy0642 or Dave Christianson 815625-6556

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Continued on Page 29 28 AUGUST 1992

NEW MEMBERS (Continued from Page 28) Kenneth Thede Wayland MI David M Thompson Bricktown NJ Conrad A Trottier Wiscasset ME

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Luscombe Sedan shyUnusual Landings

(Continuedfrom page 5)

eight feet off the runway In this atshytitude fully stalled it required immedishyate full power and full rudder to recover After three such attempts I quit before losing the a irplane Following those gyrations I gave the airplane a detailed inspection The aft landing gear bulkhead was found with an old crack running through the left landing gear trunnion fitting

At this time an actual loaded CG and gross weight evaluation was made With only myself as pilot weighing 230 Ibs not 170 Ibs maximum fuel and no other person or baggage aboard the aircraft gross weight was 1937Ibs with a eG of 78 0 The loaded weight eG envelope shows a forward limit at that weight as 797 Therefore as I had flown it the airplane was l7 inches forward of the limit

With another 170 lb pilot aboard the gross weight would be 21071bs and the eG at 786 or 31 inches forward of the limit

Even with one 170 lb aft passenger added it was 17 inches forward of the limit This is the problem

Many of us fail to use the loaded weight eG envelope and many of us will not accept the fact that we are over the 170 lb FAA standard weight Even with two standard 170 lb pilots this ai rcraft would be 25 inches forward of the limits

To correct this eG problem the 14 lb battery located in the engine comshypartment at station 42 was removed and a larger 26 lb battery installed in the aft fuselage at station 1855

Two months were spent trying to find spare landing gear bulkheads without success As I had experience as a sheet metal tooling engineering for Sikorsky I fmally made the tooling and the parts

As the airplane was really tom down for this repa ir a complete restoration was also accomplished The fuselage

Murrell E Wald Tom Watson Samuel D Weaver Tom Weaver Ronald E Werchan Charles H Wilbur Russ Williams Cliff Wolff Phillip E Zeidner Don J Zordan

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wings and tail surfaces were thoroughly etched and primed inside and out and the airplane painted

This paint along with the addition of full IFR instruments and other equipshyment increased the weight to a new empty weight of 1583 lbs with a eG of 820

With this new weight and eG a 230 lb pilot and full fuel the same as the airplane was originally flown wound up with a gross weight of 2072 lbs and a eG located at 825 inches This resulted in the eG being l25 inches aft of the forward limit instead of l7 inches forward of those limits This was well within the loaded weight eG limits as shown on the Aircraft Specification sheet

Flight tests were made at Torrance Airport and as planned I climbed to altitude after takeoff and performed stalls The aircraft performed perfectly with clean well pre-indicated stalls with normal recoveries

On the first landing the tailwheel was rolling before complete touchdown of the mains In all the subsequent operashytions over the following six years the airplane flew like a lady

Subsequently I rebuilt another Sedan because of the same landing gear bulkhead damage We also modified it to bring the CG within the loaded weight eG envelope with identical results

My recommendations to Luscombe Sedan owners with the Three Wheel Syndrome is to

l Weigh the aircraft 2 Make out a weight and balance

report 3 Using the CG range chart

shown on the first page of Aircraft Specification A-804 evaluate the CG as you fly it and make sure it is within the limits

4 If it is not within limits ballast the airplane until it is and test fly

Following this Im sure youll have that wonderful airplane properly loaded so shell fly like the lady she is

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EDITORIAL STAFF Publisher

Tom Poberezny

August 1992 Vol 20 No8

CONTENTS

1 Straight amp LevelEspie Butch Joyce

2 AeroMail

3 AlC Newscompiled by H G Frautschy

5 Luscombe Sedan - Unusual Landings Andy Brennan

6 Vintage LiteratureD ennis Parks

9 The First Night SoloRichard Stevens

10 Sun n Fun Best 120140 Lee A lexander

12 Gordy Lofschults PA -12 Super CruiserNorm Petersen

16 Richard H oyle s Luscombe SA H G Frautschy

20 Vintage SeaplanesNorm Petersen Page 16

22 6th Annual Aeronca Convention HG Frautschy

25 Pass It To BuckEE Buck H ilbert

26 Mystery PlaneGeorge H ardie

27 Calendar

28 Welcome New Members

31 Vintage Trader

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FRONT COVER This Luscombe SA is a recent restoration by Richard Hoyle Vincent AL Richard had the great looking two-placer at EAA Sun n Fun 92 Photo by Jim Koepnick shot with a Canon EOS-1

t~==3 equipped with an SO-200mm lens 1500 f56 on Kodachrome 64 Photo plane flown by Bruce Moore BACK COVER Densel Wililiams and his friend Wilbur Hostetler fly his delux model of the Aeronca 11CC Super Chief powered by a Continental CS5-S Densel finished his restoration just in time to bring it to the 6th Annual Aeronca Convention Photo by HG Frautschy shot with a Canon EOS-lOs equipped with an 7Q-21Omm lens 1250 f56 on Kodachrome 64 Aeronca Chief photo plane flown by Ray Johnson

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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31






















(706 863-4474

POLY-FIBER COVERING







32 AUGUST 1992










AVEMCO



In Canada Call



















tual obligations


obligation quote

INSURANCE COMPANY


VINTAGE AIRPLANE 33






VINTAGE AIRPLANE 11

by Norm Petersen




12 AUGUST 1992










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14 AUGUST 1992










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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15


16 AUGUST 1992

By HG Frautschy




SA

Jim Koepnick






VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17



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18 AUGUST 1992


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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19





20 AUGUST 1992










VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21


Convention








22 AUGUST 1992

by HG Frautschy





() middotc 0 Q)

~ E 5





VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23



24 AUGUST 1992

Fun Awards were











Dear Buck




Dear Buck






Burly





Over to you Buck





Over to you Buck

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

MYSTERY PLANE





26 AUGUST 1992

by George Hardie

































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27




































LombardIL














EAA


ANTIQUECLASSIC



lAC


WARBIRDS


EAA EXPERIMENTER


FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS




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


815-500 MON-FRI 1-800-322-2412

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29







APPROVED



PAGES INCL TAX SHPG


















catalog











VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31






















(706 863-4474

POLY-FIBER COVERING







32 AUGUST 1992










AVEMCO



In Canada Call



















tual obligations


obligation quote

INSURANCE COMPANY


VINTAGE AIRPLANE 33

by Norm Petersen




12 AUGUST 1992










~ OJ t J o u


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S c

M


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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 13






14 AUGUST 1992










S c


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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15


16 AUGUST 1992

By HG Frautschy




SA

Jim Koepnick






VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17



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18 AUGUST 1992


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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19





20 AUGUST 1992










VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21


Convention








22 AUGUST 1992

by HG Frautschy





() middotc 0 Q)

~ E 5





VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23



24 AUGUST 1992

Fun Awards were











Dear Buck




Dear Buck






Burly





Over to you Buck





Over to you Buck

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

MYSTERY PLANE





26 AUGUST 1992

by George Hardie

































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27




































LombardIL














EAA


ANTIQUECLASSIC



lAC


WARBIRDS


EAA EXPERIMENTER


FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS




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


815-500 MON-FRI 1-800-322-2412

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29







APPROVED



PAGES INCL TAX SHPG


















catalog











VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31






















(706 863-4474

POLY-FIBER COVERING







32 AUGUST 1992










AVEMCO



In Canada Call



















tual obligations


obligation quote

INSURANCE COMPANY


VINTAGE AIRPLANE 33






~ OJ t J o u


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S c

M


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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 13






14 AUGUST 1992










S c


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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15


16 AUGUST 1992

By HG Frautschy




SA

Jim Koepnick






VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17



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18 AUGUST 1992


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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19





20 AUGUST 1992










VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21


Convention








22 AUGUST 1992

by HG Frautschy





() middotc 0 Q)

~ E 5





VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23



24 AUGUST 1992

Fun Awards were











Dear Buck




Dear Buck






Burly





Over to you Buck





Over to you Buck

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

MYSTERY PLANE





26 AUGUST 1992

by George Hardie

































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27




































LombardIL














EAA


ANTIQUECLASSIC



lAC


WARBIRDS


EAA EXPERIMENTER


FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS




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


815-500 MON-FRI 1-800-322-2412

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29







APPROVED



PAGES INCL TAX SHPG


















catalog











VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31






















(706 863-4474

POLY-FIBER COVERING







32 AUGUST 1992










AVEMCO



In Canada Call



















tual obligations


obligation quote

INSURANCE COMPANY


VINTAGE AIRPLANE 33






14 AUGUST 1992










S c


o o ~ ~~J~~[~[j~~~~~~~~~~~~~iJ~~~~~~f~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~












VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15


16 AUGUST 1992

By HG Frautschy




SA

Jim Koepnick






VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17



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18 AUGUST 1992


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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19





20 AUGUST 1992










VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21


Convention








22 AUGUST 1992

by HG Frautschy





() middotc 0 Q)

~ E 5





VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23



24 AUGUST 1992

Fun Awards were











Dear Buck




Dear Buck






Burly





Over to you Buck





Over to you Buck

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

MYSTERY PLANE





26 AUGUST 1992

by George Hardie

































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27




































LombardIL














EAA


ANTIQUECLASSIC



lAC


WARBIRDS


EAA EXPERIMENTER


FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS




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


815-500 MON-FRI 1-800-322-2412

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29







APPROVED



PAGES INCL TAX SHPG


















catalog











VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31






















(706 863-4474

POLY-FIBER COVERING







32 AUGUST 1992










AVEMCO



In Canada Call



















tual obligations


obligation quote

INSURANCE COMPANY


VINTAGE AIRPLANE 33

S c


o o ~ ~~J~~[~[j~~~~~~~~~~~~~iJ~~~~~~f~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~












VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15


16 AUGUST 1992

By HG Frautschy




SA

Jim Koepnick






VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17



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18 AUGUST 1992


gtshys ()

()

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~----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~~

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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19





20 AUGUST 1992










VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21


Convention








22 AUGUST 1992

by HG Frautschy





() middotc 0 Q)

~ E 5





VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23



24 AUGUST 1992

Fun Awards were











Dear Buck




Dear Buck






Burly





Over to you Buck





Over to you Buck

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

MYSTERY PLANE





26 AUGUST 1992

by George Hardie

































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27




































LombardIL














EAA


ANTIQUECLASSIC



lAC


WARBIRDS


EAA EXPERIMENTER


FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS




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


815-500 MON-FRI 1-800-322-2412

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29







APPROVED



PAGES INCL TAX SHPG


















catalog











VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31






















(706 863-4474

POLY-FIBER COVERING







32 AUGUST 1992










AVEMCO



In Canada Call



















tual obligations


obligation quote

INSURANCE COMPANY


VINTAGE AIRPLANE 33


16 AUGUST 1992

By HG Frautschy




SA

Jim Koepnick






VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17



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18 AUGUST 1992


gtshys ()

()

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~----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~~

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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19





20 AUGUST 1992










VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21


Convention








22 AUGUST 1992

by HG Frautschy





() middotc 0 Q)

~ E 5





VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23



24 AUGUST 1992

Fun Awards were











Dear Buck




Dear Buck






Burly





Over to you Buck





Over to you Buck

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

MYSTERY PLANE





26 AUGUST 1992

by George Hardie

































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27




































LombardIL














EAA


ANTIQUECLASSIC



lAC


WARBIRDS


EAA EXPERIMENTER


FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS




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


815-500 MON-FRI 1-800-322-2412

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29







APPROVED



PAGES INCL TAX SHPG


















catalog











VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31






















(706 863-4474

POLY-FIBER COVERING







32 AUGUST 1992










AVEMCO



In Canada Call



















tual obligations


obligation quote

INSURANCE COMPANY


VINTAGE AIRPLANE 33

SA

Jim Koepnick






VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17



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c a Q) o ~

E )





18 AUGUST 1992


gtshys ()

()

I LL

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~----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~~

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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19





20 AUGUST 1992










VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21


Convention








22 AUGUST 1992

by HG Frautschy





() middotc 0 Q)

~ E 5





VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23



24 AUGUST 1992

Fun Awards were











Dear Buck




Dear Buck






Burly





Over to you Buck





Over to you Buck

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

MYSTERY PLANE





26 AUGUST 1992

by George Hardie

































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27




































LombardIL














EAA


ANTIQUECLASSIC



lAC


WARBIRDS


EAA EXPERIMENTER


FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS




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


815-500 MON-FRI 1-800-322-2412

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29







APPROVED



PAGES INCL TAX SHPG


















catalog











VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31






















(706 863-4474

POLY-FIBER COVERING







32 AUGUST 1992










AVEMCO



In Canada Call



















tual obligations


obligation quote

INSURANCE COMPANY


VINTAGE AIRPLANE 33



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c a Q) o ~

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18 AUGUST 1992


gtshys ()

()

I LL

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~----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~~

gt lt u 2 l ~ U

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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19





20 AUGUST 1992










VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21


Convention








22 AUGUST 1992

by HG Frautschy





() middotc 0 Q)

~ E 5





VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23



24 AUGUST 1992

Fun Awards were











Dear Buck




Dear Buck






Burly





Over to you Buck





Over to you Buck

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

MYSTERY PLANE





26 AUGUST 1992

by George Hardie

































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27




































LombardIL














EAA


ANTIQUECLASSIC



lAC


WARBIRDS


EAA EXPERIMENTER


FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS




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


815-500 MON-FRI 1-800-322-2412

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29







APPROVED



PAGES INCL TAX SHPG


















catalog











VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31






















(706 863-4474

POLY-FIBER COVERING







32 AUGUST 1992










AVEMCO



In Canada Call



















tual obligations


obligation quote

INSURANCE COMPANY


VINTAGE AIRPLANE 33

- uc a w ~ E

~----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~~

gt lt u 2 l ~ U

o ~____________________________-JI





VINTAGE AIRPLANE 19





20 AUGUST 1992










VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21


Convention








22 AUGUST 1992

by HG Frautschy





() middotc 0 Q)

~ E 5





VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23



24 AUGUST 1992

Fun Awards were











Dear Buck




Dear Buck






Burly





Over to you Buck





Over to you Buck

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

MYSTERY PLANE





26 AUGUST 1992

by George Hardie

































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27




































LombardIL














EAA


ANTIQUECLASSIC



lAC


WARBIRDS


EAA EXPERIMENTER


FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS




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


815-500 MON-FRI 1-800-322-2412

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29







APPROVED



PAGES INCL TAX SHPG


















catalog











VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31






















(706 863-4474

POLY-FIBER COVERING







32 AUGUST 1992










AVEMCO



In Canada Call



















tual obligations


obligation quote

INSURANCE COMPANY


VINTAGE AIRPLANE 33





20 AUGUST 1992










VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21


Convention








22 AUGUST 1992

by HG Frautschy





() middotc 0 Q)

~ E 5





VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23



24 AUGUST 1992

Fun Awards were











Dear Buck




Dear Buck






Burly





Over to you Buck





Over to you Buck

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

MYSTERY PLANE





26 AUGUST 1992

by George Hardie

































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27




































LombardIL














EAA


ANTIQUECLASSIC



lAC


WARBIRDS


EAA EXPERIMENTER


FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS




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


815-500 MON-FRI 1-800-322-2412

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29







APPROVED



PAGES INCL TAX SHPG


















catalog











VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31






















(706 863-4474

POLY-FIBER COVERING







32 AUGUST 1992










AVEMCO



In Canada Call



















tual obligations


obligation quote

INSURANCE COMPANY


VINTAGE AIRPLANE 33





VINTAGE AIRPLANE 21


Convention








22 AUGUST 1992

by HG Frautschy





() middotc 0 Q)

~ E 5





VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23



24 AUGUST 1992

Fun Awards were











Dear Buck




Dear Buck






Burly





Over to you Buck





Over to you Buck

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

MYSTERY PLANE





26 AUGUST 1992

by George Hardie

































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27




































LombardIL














EAA


ANTIQUECLASSIC



lAC


WARBIRDS


EAA EXPERIMENTER


FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS




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


815-500 MON-FRI 1-800-322-2412

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29







APPROVED



PAGES INCL TAX SHPG


















catalog











VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31






















(706 863-4474

POLY-FIBER COVERING







32 AUGUST 1992










AVEMCO



In Canada Call



















tual obligations


obligation quote

INSURANCE COMPANY


VINTAGE AIRPLANE 33


Convention








22 AUGUST 1992

by HG Frautschy





() middotc 0 Q)

~ E 5





VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23



24 AUGUST 1992

Fun Awards were











Dear Buck




Dear Buck






Burly





Over to you Buck





Over to you Buck

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

MYSTERY PLANE





26 AUGUST 1992

by George Hardie

































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27




































LombardIL














EAA


ANTIQUECLASSIC



lAC


WARBIRDS


EAA EXPERIMENTER


FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS




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


815-500 MON-FRI 1-800-322-2412

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29







APPROVED



PAGES INCL TAX SHPG


















catalog











VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31






















(706 863-4474

POLY-FIBER COVERING







32 AUGUST 1992










AVEMCO



In Canada Call



















tual obligations


obligation quote

INSURANCE COMPANY


VINTAGE AIRPLANE 33





VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23



24 AUGUST 1992

Fun Awards were











Dear Buck




Dear Buck






Burly





Over to you Buck





Over to you Buck

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

MYSTERY PLANE





26 AUGUST 1992

by George Hardie

































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27




































LombardIL














EAA


ANTIQUECLASSIC



lAC


WARBIRDS


EAA EXPERIMENTER


FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS




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


815-500 MON-FRI 1-800-322-2412

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29







APPROVED



PAGES INCL TAX SHPG


















catalog











VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31






















(706 863-4474

POLY-FIBER COVERING







32 AUGUST 1992










AVEMCO



In Canada Call



















tual obligations


obligation quote

INSURANCE COMPANY


VINTAGE AIRPLANE 33



24 AUGUST 1992

Fun Awards were











Dear Buck




Dear Buck






Burly





Over to you Buck





Over to you Buck

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

MYSTERY PLANE





26 AUGUST 1992

by George Hardie

































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27




































LombardIL














EAA


ANTIQUECLASSIC



lAC


WARBIRDS


EAA EXPERIMENTER


FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS




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


815-500 MON-FRI 1-800-322-2412

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29







APPROVED



PAGES INCL TAX SHPG


















catalog











VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31






















(706 863-4474

POLY-FIBER COVERING







32 AUGUST 1992










AVEMCO



In Canada Call



















tual obligations


obligation quote

INSURANCE COMPANY


VINTAGE AIRPLANE 33




Dear Buck




Dear Buck






Burly





Over to you Buck





Over to you Buck

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

MYSTERY PLANE





26 AUGUST 1992

by George Hardie

































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27




































LombardIL














EAA


ANTIQUECLASSIC



lAC


WARBIRDS


EAA EXPERIMENTER


FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS




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


815-500 MON-FRI 1-800-322-2412

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29







APPROVED



PAGES INCL TAX SHPG


















catalog











VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31






















(706 863-4474

POLY-FIBER COVERING







32 AUGUST 1992










AVEMCO



In Canada Call



















tual obligations


obligation quote

INSURANCE COMPANY


VINTAGE AIRPLANE 33

MYSTERY PLANE





26 AUGUST 1992

by George Hardie

































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27




































LombardIL














EAA


ANTIQUECLASSIC



lAC


WARBIRDS


EAA EXPERIMENTER


FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS




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


815-500 MON-FRI 1-800-322-2412

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29







APPROVED



PAGES INCL TAX SHPG


















catalog











VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31






















(706 863-4474

POLY-FIBER COVERING







32 AUGUST 1992










AVEMCO



In Canada Call



















tual obligations


obligation quote

INSURANCE COMPANY


VINTAGE AIRPLANE 33




























VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27


















NEW MEMBERS (Continued from ) Kenneth Thede Wayland MI David M Thompson Bricktown NJ Conrad A Trottier Wiscasset ME


















LombardIL














EAA


ANTIQUECLASSIC



lAC


WARBIRDS


EAA EXPERIMENTER


FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS




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


815-500 MON-FRI 1-800-322-2412

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29







APPROVED



PAGES INCL TAX SHPG


















catalog











VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31






















(706 863-4474

POLY-FIBER COVERING







32 AUGUST 1992










AVEMCO



In Canada Call



















tual obligations


obligation quote

INSURANCE COMPANY


VINTAGE AIRPLANE 33

















Continued on 28 AUGUST 1992



















LombardIL














EAA


ANTIQUECLASSIC



lAC


WARBIRDS


EAA EXPERIMENTER


FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS




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


815-500 MON-FRI 1-800-322-2412

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29







APPROVED



PAGES INCL TAX SHPG


















catalog











VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31






















(706 863-4474

POLY-FIBER COVERING







32 AUGUST 1992










AVEMCO



In Canada Call



















tual obligations


obligation quote

INSURANCE COMPANY


VINTAGE AIRPLANE 33



















LombardIL














EAA


ANTIQUECLASSIC



lAC


WARBIRDS


EAA EXPERIMENTER


FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS




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


815-500 MON-FRI 1-800-322-2412

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29







APPROVED



PAGES INCL TAX SHPG


















catalog











VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31






















(706 863-4474

POLY-FIBER COVERING







32 AUGUST 1992










AVEMCO



In Canada Call



















tual obligations


obligation quote

INSURANCE COMPANY


VINTAGE AIRPLANE 33







APPROVED



PAGES INCL TAX SHPG


















catalog











VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31






















(706 863-4474

POLY-FIBER COVERING







32 AUGUST 1992










AVEMCO



In Canada Call



















tual obligations


obligation quote

INSURANCE COMPANY


VINTAGE AIRPLANE 33



PAGES INCL TAX SHPG


















catalog











VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31






















(706 863-4474

POLY-FIBER COVERING







32 AUGUST 1992










AVEMCO



In Canada Call



















tual obligations


obligation quote

INSURANCE COMPANY


VINTAGE AIRPLANE 33






















(706 863-4474

POLY-FIBER COVERING







32 AUGUST 1992










AVEMCO



In Canada Call



















tual obligations


obligation quote

INSURANCE COMPANY


VINTAGE AIRPLANE 33










AVEMCO



In Canada Call



















tual obligations


obligation quote

INSURANCE COMPANY


VINTAGE AIRPLANE 33

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