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DOPE SHEET
FOR 60 YEARS — THE NEWSLETTER OF
CHAPTER 13 OF THE EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION
SERVING SPORT AVIATION IN THE DETROIT AREA
Volume 60 Number 2 website: EAACHAPTER13.ORG February 2015
REGULAR MEETINGS
1ST
Thursday of Each Month.
Our regular meeting place is Ray Community Airport, in the Chapter #13 hangar (#304) located on the Northeast corner of the field. Meeting time is 7:30pm to 10pm. Burgers and dogs are available for a donation between 6:30 and 7:30pm
Together, Ed and I travelled for years, on a budget. We made eleven trips to Europe, four trips to South America, also to Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Thailand, Hong Kong, and we flew over the penin-sula of Antarctica. After Ed Passed away in 2008, I had to adjust to life with no remaining loved ones. But I refused to give up what I’ve always loved, travel and photography. Hence my recent Arctic adventure on the National Geographic ship, the Explorer. I hope you will en-joy seeing some of the many photos taken on that voyage.
Marlene “Marz” Stoll
February Speaker
Marlene Stoll, Arctic Traveler
I was born and grew up south of Kalamazoo Airport on a lake. There were no neighbor kids so the lake was my world, swimming & fishing summers, and skating in the winters. Growing up I enjoyed reading adventure books and National Geo-g raph ic Maga-
zines. I graduated from Portage H.S. in 1954, then won a four-year scholarship to Kalamazoo College. Later I earned a Masters Degree at Oak-land University in counseling. I taught Jr. Hi Geog-raphy and American History for 31 years in Mt. Clemens. I Married Ed Stoll in 1967 which brought me into the ranks of EAA Chapter #13. For 40 years we shared a love of aviation, travel, and photography. I had my first flight ever with Ed in his club’s Cessna 140, took lessons at City Air-port, and finished at St. Clair County. I have also soloed in a Schliecher ASK 13, two seat glider.
Schliecher ASK 13
National Geographic Ship Explorer
“Marz” in the Arctic
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EAA Chapter Officers
President Rex Phelps
586 918 3838 [email protected]
Vice President Mike Fisher
810 392 2020 [email protected]
Treasurer Steve Greene
586 864 2815 [email protected]
Secretary Cliff Durand
248 853 0232 [email protected]
Newsletter Editor Tom Vukonich
248 236 0951 [email protected]
Tech Counselor Bob Hunt
248 563 0927 [email protected]
Tech Counselor Ron Walters
248 435 0441 [email protected]
Young Eagles Coord Dennis Glaeser
248 953 0374 [email protected]
Building and Grounds Pete Dugdale
586 463 6906 [email protected]
Chapter Calendar
Feb 5 Regular Meeting* 7:30-10 pm
12 Officers’ Meeting** 7:30 pm
Mar 5 Regular Meeting* 7:30-10 pm
12 Officers’ Meeting** 7:30 pm
Apr 2 Regular Meeting* 7:30-10 pm
9 Officers’ Meeting** 7:30 pm
*All Regular Meetings (not all are listed) will have a pre-meeting Bar-B-Q/Setup get-together that starts at 6:30 pm. **Officer Meetings are normally held the 2nd Thursday of each month, in President Rex Phelps’s hangar, 420C.
January Speaker’s Review
Keith Kaniut, Naval Aviator
Submitted by Bill Appleberry
Keith Kaniut was the featured speaker for Chapter 13’s January meeting. His presenta-tion "Aircraft I have flown..... And lessons they've taught me." was excellent. His talk was a collection of impressions and stories of
a n d a b o u t the air-craft that he flew d u r i n g his ca-reer as a N a v a l Aviator. His first f l y i n g lessons were in the T28
B & C Trojan. The T28 is a piston-powered R 1800 / 1400 Hp trainer. This aircraft was in-tended to prepare students for flying jet-powered aircraft. Its cockpit mimicked the F-86. As such, the flying qualities and engine re-sponse is tailored to provide the feel of a jet-powered craft.
Next came Primary Jet training in the T2C Buckeye jet-powered trainer. As a student in the T2C, Keith became carrier qualified in the craft with 133 hours in his logbook. Next he re-ceived his advanced jet training in the TA-4J Skyhawk. He carrier qualified in the TA-4J at 230 total hours. At that point he received his Naval Aviator “Wings” and had the choice of orders to the F‑14 Tomcat or a tour in training squadron VT-22 flying the TA-4J as an instruc-tor with guaranteed orders to fly the A-7E Cor-sair II after fifteen months.
He chose the instructor tour and after 1-1/2 years instructing, received orders to fly the A7E out of Jacksonville, Florida. He carrier qualified in the A7-E and spent three years with the Golden Warriors of VA-87 flying from the USS Independence (CV-62). The Navy must have liked his teaching skills because he was again offered a tour as an instructor in the T-2C. He headed to VT-23 in Meridian, Mississippi where
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Speaker Review (Continued)
he completed another 52 months instructing Navy student pilots, including over 200 inverted spin flights, was promoted to O-4 (LDCR) and was then ordered to join VA-22 in Lemoore California as a department head. After what became his final de-ployment flying the A-7E off the USS Enterprise (CVN-65), his entire squadron transitioned to the F/A-18 Hornet. (I’m thinking Keith knew they were likely getting this aircraft soon).
As you can see, Keith had the pleasure of flying some really neat aircraft. The simplest one of all was probably the T28C Trojan. The most complex was probably the F/A-18. While the A-7E instru-ments were all analog steam gages, the Hornet had multi-function digital displays – an early “glass” cockpit. The A7 Corsair’s weapons sys-tems were advanced for its day with an inertial navigation and weapons delivery system/computer for improved accuracy of delivering dumb iron bombs, plus it had a terrific Heads-Up-Display that made flying the airplane much easier. It was a complex aircraft to fly. Keith likened flying the A7 to playing the piano because his hands and fingers were in constant motion.
The F/A‑18 with its afterburner was by far the most exhilarating, he said. Keith’s instincts as an instructor came through during his talk. Nearly half of his career was as an instructor. His talk empha-sized being a little conservative, pay attention; try not to be caught by surprise.
As an aside, while flying the air mail in the early part of the last century, Keith’s grandfather was forced to bail out of a Curtis Jenny. This occurred when his upper wing failed while flying through a thunderstorm. Many years later Keith was forced by a flame-out to eject from an A7E, over the ocean, at night. Being prepared ahead of time al-lowed each of them to continue their flying careers. If you missed the meeting, you missed a good talk. Thanks Keith.
The Inverted Jenny Stamp, Ever
Hear of It?
The Inverted Jenny (also known as an Upside
Down Jenny, Jenny Invert, or simply the stamp
with the upside-down airplane is a United
States postage stamp first issued on May 10,
1918 in which the image of the Curtiss JN-4 air-
plane in the center
of the design ap-
pears upside-down;
it is probably the
most famous error in
American philately.
Only one pane of
100 of the invert
stamps was ever
found, making this error one of the most prized in
all philately. A single inverted Jenny was sold at a
Robert A. Siegel auction in November 2007 for
US $977,500. In December 2007 a mint never
hinged example was sold for $825,000. The bro-
ker of the sale said the buyer was a Wall Street
executive who lost the auction the previous
month. A block of four inverted Jennys was sold
at a Robert A. Siegel auction in October 2005 for
US $2,970,000, In the wake of the 2008 financial
meltdown.
In all probability you or I will never even see one
of the “real/original” stamps. But if stamps are of
interest to you, the US Post Office has recreated
the stamp for us common mortals. The stamp
differs only in the printed price, $0.24 on the origi-
nal and $2.00 on the re-issue as shown below. I
got mine. Ed
Kieth’s Corsair A7E
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Speakers’ Plaque Presentation Photo Submitted by Bill Appleberry
When Lori Beth Bradner and Mark Fullmer made their presentation at the November meeting we didn’t think we had a good photo to accompany the Speaker’s review article. However, since then this one has surfaced. It’s a little late, but it’s a good shot. Sorry about the delay.
2015 Young Eagle Schedule by
Dennis Glaeser, YE Coordinator
Heads up! Here is the Young Eagle Flying Days Schedule for the Year 2015
Please take this opportunity to mark these dates into your lap-top, or EAA World of Flight Cal-endar. Of course we will keep you posted as the season pro-gresses.
Sunday May 17, 2015
Saturday June 6, 2015
Sunday July 12, 2015
Saturday August 15, 2015
Sunday September 13, 2015
Saturday October 3, 2015
Young Eagle Academy Candidates
On a related issue, it appears we will be sending two Young Eagle Candidates to the EAA Academy this year. What is more, they have already been identified, have made their applications to EAA and have been accepted. They are Brendan Rice and Maggie Bohm. As of this date we do not have any further information or photos. But we will publish them once they become available.
Chapter Name Tags
We had a number of new members join our ranks in the recent past. And several of them have asked about how to go about ordering name tags. So here’s the an-swer. You will have to contact Joe Haas at one of our regular meetings. He will be happy to place the order for you. You can usually find him seated near the Library table. The fee for a name tag is $10.00.
The tags are useful in helping to learn and remem-ber members’ names. A good idea for new mem-bers and old.
Ed
2015 Chapter # 13 Fly-In Breakfast
Ray Community Airport
Last summer we sponsored our first Breakfast Fly-In since the Chapter was based at Romeo Airport back in 90 or 91. The program was coordinated by volunteers Pete Dugdale and Bob Hunt. Despite very poor weather early on that day, the program was a notable success, and so we hope to repeat it this season.
Sunday, August 9, 2015 has been selected as the date for this year’s event. So, you can mark that date down on your calendar along with the Young Eagle flight dates. Updates on this event will
be published in future issues. Ed
Joe Haas
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Celebrating Women in Aviation
History Month Actually, this year, March is Women in Avia-tion month. But we decided to run this article on Betty Skelton, because she visited Chapter #13 fifty years ago on February 6, 1965 to tell us her story in per-
son. And what a story.
Betty Skelton (June 28, 1926 – August 31, 2011 was a land speed record holder and aerobatics pilot who set 17 aviation and automobile re-cords. She was known as The First Lady of Firsts, and helped create opportunities for women in aviation, auto racing, astronautics and advertising.
Early years: She was born Betty Skelton
in Pensacola, Florida. Her parents were teen-agers and Betty was their only child. As a tod-dler, she was fascinated by the airplanes that flew over her home near the Naval Air Station and preferred model airplanes over dolls. When she turned eight, she started reading books on aviation and made her parents realize that she was serious about flying. Whenever they could, the family spent time at the municipal airport. She would talk pilots into letting her ride on local flights.
Kenneth Wright, a Navy Ensign, took a special interest in the Skeltons and provided instruction to Betty and her parents. Wright allowed her to solo in his Taylorcraft airplane when she was 12 years old, which was not permitted. After receiv-ing her Civil Aviation Authority private pilot’s li-cense at age 16, she qualified for the Women Air Force Service Pilots (WASP) program, but the minimum age was 18½, so she was forced to wait. WASP participants ferried Air Force pi-lots and aircraft to their duty stations, and it was the only flying program that accepted women. Sadly for Betty, it was discontinued four months before she reached the required age.
While she was a teenager, Betty flew whenever she could. She graduated from high school in
1944 and wanted a career in aviation, so she claimed to be 18 to get a job with Eastern Air-lines as a clerk, working at night. The job al-lowed her to rent planes and fly during the day. She earned ratings for single and multi-engine on land and sea. At age 18, she received her Commercial Pilot License and was certified as a flight instructor the following year, so she began teaching at Tampa's Peter O. Knight Airport. Betty joined the Civil Air Patrol a few years after it was formed in late 1941.
Aerobatics: David Skelton organized an
amateur air show in 1945 to raise funds for the local Jaycees. The airport manager in Tampa suggested that Betty perform some basic stunts, but she had never done aerobatics. She borrowed a Fairchild PT-19 and Clem Whit-teneck, a famous aerobatic pilot from the 1930s, taught Betty to loop and roll. Within two weeks she had honed her skills and mastered simple aerobatic maneuvers, which she re-peated for the air show. Because neither the military or commercial airlines would accept a female pilot, air shows provided the only oppor-tunity for her to work as a pilot, other than in-structing. In 1946, she purchased a 1929 Great Lakes 2T-1A Sport Trainer biplane and per-formed at the Southeastern Air Exposition, held in Jacksonville, Florida. That was the start of her professional aerobatic career, and also that of the Blue Angels, a new US Navy precision flying exhibition team. Betty's repertoire in-cluded dozens of acrobatic tricks, but her most impressive maneuver involved cutting a ribbon strung between two fishing poles with her pro-peller, while flying upside down 10 feet o f f t h e ground. She held the rank of Major in the CAP and be-came a test pilot. Besides piston-driven a i r p l a n e s , Skelton also flew blimps, gliders, helicopters and jets. After winning the championship in 1948, she bought a rare Pitts Special — a lightweight, open cockpit 544 pound biplane designed and
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hand built by Curtis Pitts for aerobatics. The plane was repainted a dramatic red and white, and Betty's Chihuahua, Little Tinker, outfitted with a custom made working parachute, flew in her lap.
Skelton was US Female Aerobatic Champion in 1948, 1949 and 1950. Her last two championships made Betty and her plane, L'il Stinker, famous. Af-ter her third championship, she was frustrated be-cause there were no other challenges in aerobatics, plus she was mentally and physically exhausted from the hectic, non-stop air show circuit. She re-tired from aerobatics and sold the plane in 1951, but she and first husband Don Frankman reac-quired the airplane and donated it to the Smith-sonian in 1985. Li'l Stinker is now on inverted dis-play at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center at Wash-ington Dulles International Airport, part of the Na-tional Air and Space Museum. In 1949 she set the world light-plane altitude re-cord of 25,763 feet in a Piper Cub. Two years later, she broke her own altitude record with a flight of 29,050 feet, also in a Piper Cub. She held the world speed record for pis-ton engine aircraft: 421.6 mph over a 3-km course in a P-51 Mustang racing plane She also became hostess of "Van Wilson's Greet-ing Time", a radio show in 1950.
Land racing: Skelton moved to Raleigh,
North Carolina in 1951 and piloted charter flights. In 1953, the founder of NASCAR asked Skelton to fly auto racers from Pennsylvania to N. Carolina. A friend, Bill France, invited her to Daytona Beach,
Florida during speed week in February, 1954 where she drove the pace car at Daytona, then climbed into a Dodge sedan and was clocked at 105.88 mph on the beach sand, setting a stock car speed record for women. Skelton had discov-ered her sec-ond passion. She was granted an A u t om o b i l e Association of America auto race driver's license, the first woman with that dis-tinction, then became the first female test driver in the auto industry in 1954 with Chrysler's Dodge division. She drove the jump boat, “L’il Miss Dodge,” in a movie stunt above a 1955 Custom Royal Lancer at Cypress Gardens in Florida. Dur-ing that time, she also tried skydiving. The National Aviation Hall of Fame reports that "Betty earned a total of four Feminine World Land Speed Records and set a transcontinental speed record." She competed in races across the Andes mountains in South America and drove the length of the Baja Peninsula in Mexico. She set records at the Chelsea Proving Grounds and was the first woman to drive a jet car over 300 mph at the Bonneville Salt Flats. She also set three women’s land speed records at the Daytona Beach Road Course, the last one being 156.99 mph in 1956. That same year, she broke Cannonball Baker's 40-year record for the Transcontinental Auto Race from New York to Los Angeles.
GM: In 1956, she became an advertising ex-
ecutive with Campbell-Ewald and worked with General Motors on and in their TV and print ads. She was GM's first woman technical narrator at major auto shows, later becoming official spokes-woman for Chevrolet. While Skelton was working with Chevrolet, she set numerous records with Corvettes, and owned a total of 10 models. Be-tween 1956 and 1957, Harley Earl and Bill Mitchell designed a special, translucent gold Cor-vette for her, which she drove to Daytona in 1957 to serve as the NASCAR pace car. She helped launch Corvette News, the company's internal employee magazine and served as editor for many years. She became a Vice President at Campbell-Ewald in 1969. She retired form GM after 20 years service. Look Betty up on the net—There’s so much more.
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Meeting Minutes for the January
15, 2015 Officers’ Meeting
Submitted by Secretary Cliff Durand
The meeting was opened at 7:30 p.m. Those present at the meeting were: Rex Phelps, Mike Fisher, Steve Greene, Tom Vukonich, Dennis Glaeser, Pete Dug-dale, Dick Green, Bob Mahieu, Lau-relle White, Rex Phelps Sr., and Cliff
Durand.
. The Secretary Report from the December 12, 2014 meeting was read and approved.
. Steve Greene gave the Treasurers Report as follows: Beginning Checking Balance: $19,419.38, Receipts: $3,779.18, Expenses: $1,309.18, Petty Cash: $200.00, Membership paid to date: 84, New Members: 1, the Adjusted Checking Balance is: $21,889.38.
New Business
. Speakers for February, March etc.: Marlene Stoll will be our guest speaker for February. She will present about her trip to the Arctic. Look for the article on Marlene in this issue of the “Dope Sheet”. We are thinking of streaming a video in March, more to come on that subject.
. Chris Cole has approached the board about the purchase of a new barbecue grill to replace our aging equipment. The board has notified Chris to make the purchase.
. Pete Dugdale has set up a tower/radar visita-tion at Selfridge ANG base. He reports that we have 21 chapter members signed up, they will be meeting at 10:00 a.m. at the base.
. Dennis Glaeser reports that we now have two air campers to attend Air Academy at Oshkosh. Brandon Rice and Maggie Bohm will be partici-pating in the experiences and opportunities of-fered through EAA. The points earned through those who fly Young Eagles will for the most part, cover the cost.
. Pete Dugdale gave the hangar report. Pete mentioned that outside work has been suspended
until better weather. There has been some work going on inside, look around at the next meeting and see if you can spot the improvements. Pete and his volunteers are a valuable asset to our or-ganization.
. In the Newsletter report Tom Vukonich says that he will be reporting on the new IFR approach approval for Ray Airport. Look for information on obtaining a name badge if you would like to have one for meetings and events. They are also handy to wear at Oshkosh so when you meet up with the likes of Chuck Yeager or Scott Skiles they can call you by your first name! Other features in the news-letter this month will include events around the area as well as an informative website called fun-placestofly.com.
. In the Other category Pete and the board have set the date for our Second Annual Fly In Break-fast, aka. “Dawn Patrol”. The date is set for Au-gust 9, 2015. Look for upcoming information from Pete Dugdale and Bob Hunt in the months to come. Dick Green reports that the Website is up to date and running well. Thank you Dick and the real
brains behind the operation; his wife Carol Green.
The next board meeting is scheduled for February 13, 2015
Respectfully submitted by Cliff Durand – EAA Chapter 13 Secretary Ray Airport
Chapter Annual Dues At last count the Treasurer reported that 84 members had paid their 2015 Chap-ter dues. That’s about 2/3s of us paid up. Your next, right? See Treasurer Steve Greene at the next meeting. Or, send him a check in the mail. The cost re-mains only $25.00.
Steve’s address is:
EAA Chapter 13 Treasurer
Steve Greene
23844 Settlers Dr
Macomb Twp, MI 48042
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www.FunPlacesToFly.com
Check out this Web Address, as suggested in the Chapter #113 posting above. It is a great site. The site provides information an all of the starred locations on the Michigan map at the right. Furthermore, the suggested locations are not limited to Michigan alone, but cover the lower 48 states. You can thumb thru the five pages of specific sites, or go to the map and click on any star to bring up the details on that loca-tion. Refer to the map for an individual location if planning a day trip. Or use the site as a reference to identified airports and their facilities, if
you are going on a trip anywhere in the country. Take a look. Ed
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IFR Approach Approved and Published for Ray Community Airport Further improvement to the status of Ray Community Airport comes in the form of an In-strument Flight Rules approach recently approved by the Federal Aviation Administration. We are given to understand that the effort to acquire this approval began six years ago, ap-parently, no small task. Once again our thanks to Doug Conciatu for staying on top of this and helping to bring it about. A large scale copy of the document is available for viewing in the airport office.
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Aircraft Engines for Sale
LYCOMING 0-435 FOR O.H. AT 1186 HOURS. LOGS WITH ENGINE. LESS ACCESSORIES DISASSEM-BLED. $650 OR MAKE AN OFFER. BMW ENGINE N E W / A G E D WITH NEW CAR-B O U R AT O R S . I N S T A L L E D , NEVER RUN OTHER THAN F A C T O R Y BREAK-IN. TWO C Y L I N D E R . $650.00 OR MAKE AN OFFER. CONTACT JOHN BEATTIE EAA CHAPTER #13 CELL: 586 206 6909 (MICHIGAN)
Aircraft for Sale CARLSON SPARROW • $8,500 • GREAT OPPORTUNITY • Due to health
issues I'm grounded so I'm offering my 2010
total restoration Carlson Sparrow at a reduced price. It's a great looking & flying plane pow-ered by a strong running plenty of power half VW with dual ignition. 60-65 mph on less than 2.5 g/h. Has baggage area, flaps, elevator trim, power port, ext antenna, PTT, wind generator and extra fuel tank. Have build logs, photos, engine & airframe logs, and a clean/legal paper trail. Airframe is aircraft grade tube and fabric with extruded I-beam aluminum spars. Regis-tered experimental. This plane will make some-one a great buy. •
Contact Jim B. Steere, Owner - located Niles, MI USA • Telephone: 269-684-6799 • Posted No-vember 1, 2014 •
ReLiteration Used Books
Janis (and Bill) Grant
610 S. Main
Almont, Michigan 48003
810-706-0220
Editor’s note: The catalog listing of publica-tions provided by Janis was too lengthy to publish in the Newsletter. We have made a copy of the listing and placed it on file in the Chapter library. Those interested in review-ing the list of publications can stop by the library desk at any regular meeting. Or in the alternative, if you contact Janis by phone or email, she will email you a copy of the cata-
log.
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AIRCRAFT FOR SALE
Piper PA28-140 This ad posted on the Ray Community No-tice Board on January 1, 2015. Details as
follows:
3190 TT 1223 SMOH
King KMA-12B Marker Beacon
Narco MK-12D Nav/Com w/Glide Slope
Narco MK-12A Nav/Com w/VOR
Narco AT 150 TXP—VFR CERT 04’
Terra TF-100 ADF 4 Place Panel Mount In-
tercom
Annual—October 2014
METCO Aire Wing Tips
Slick Mags
New Dry Air Pump
Auto Fuel STC.
All ADS.
Asking $27,000 or best offer.
Contact Phone # 586-405-3749
AIRCRAFT KIT FOR SALE
The Legal Eagle The Milholland Legal Eagle is an American high wing, strut-braced, single engine, tractor con-figuration, conventional landing gear-equipped ultralight aircraft that is available as plans from Better Half VW of Brookshire, Texas and also produced in kit form by J&N Bolding Enterprises of Baytown, Texas and intended for amateur construction.
The Legal Eagle is capable of being built in le-gal compliance with the United States FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles regulations, even when equipped with a four stroke engine.
The design features a fuselage of welded 4130 steel tubing, mated to an all-wood wing made from spruce. The struts and tail surfaces are made from 6061 T6 aluminum tubing.
Several variants have been developed including a two seat ultralight trainer and Light-sport air-craft. The Double Eagle Model with two seats in side-by-side configuration with a 385 lb empty weight and a 900 lb gross weight. Designed as an ultralight trainer and Light Sport Aircraft. Powered by a 60 hp (45 kW) Volkswagen air-cooled engine giving a 70 mph cruise speed.
Things you never want to see on the other side of the
wind screen
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Do you remember when you used to fly these? I do. It’s a Guillow’s Starfire Model #35. They were great fun. For just a dime you could stay busy for a long time. I just looked them up on Ebay, they now sell for $3-8.00 each. Buy a box of 24 from Guillow’s direct for only
$2.50 each. My, how times have changed.