vintage airplane - feb 2005

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VAA News Reminiscing with Big Nick The Model 18 - continued by Nick Rezich

Pass It To Buck The best of Buck from 1988 by Buck Hilbert

What Our Members Are Restoring MB308 by HG Frautschy amp Alessandro Tonini

Magnificent Milkstool An ex~ghter pilotS interpretation of the mighty Tri-Pacer by Budd Davisson

Why Is CMX Where It Is Because thats what Caesar wanted by Marcelaine Wininger Lewis

Vintage Books

The Vintage Instructor Winter Ops Part II by Doug Stewart

Calendar

Classified Ads

Mystery Plane by HG Frautschy

COVERS FRONT COVER The three-legged Piper PA-22 TrimiddotPacer was built with a variety of factory color schemes including this Bahama blue and white version The winner of the 2003 Grand Champion Contemporary trophy at the Sun n Fun Fly-In in Lakeland Florida it was restored by Tim Baily EM photo by David Carlson of Canon USA EM Cessna 210 photo plane flown by Bruce Moore

BACK COVER William Marsalko of Westlake Ohio was designated many years ago as an EM Master Artist for his winning submissions to the EM Sport Aviation Art Competition Ever since then hes been kind enough to share a new piece of artwork This year the subject is the Ansaldo SVA 5 As Bill writes For this scout-reconnaisshysance aircraft its climb and speed characteristics were superior to both the SE 5a and the Fokker DVIII Flying No3 Captain Gino Allegri was one of the Italian aces who took part in the Vienna raid in August 191B

STAFF Publisher Tom Poberezny

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GEOFF ROB ISON PRESIDENT VINTAGE AIRC RAFT ASSOCIATION

Whats on your calendar

With the new year unshyderway its time to look forward to the upcoming flying seashy

son In fact I already attended my first fly -in event for 2005 Napshypanee Municipal Airport in northshyeast Indiana has been known for quite some time in this area as the place to be on New Year s Day for the seasons first fly-in event The weather was forecast as marginal VFR and the radar was painting some rain and snow showers with a slow-moving band of ice on the fringe But we decided that this ce ll was moving north about as fast as it was going east so we deshycided to stick our nose in it from the east and see if we cou ld get to Nappanee As it worked out we got only a small amount of rain on the windshield just as we got in the pattern at Nappanee (Yeah go figure the weatherperson was wrong again right) The food was great and despite the weather a large number of aircraft were presshyent for the festivities We kibitzed with friends from the Chicago area and several neighboring EAA Chapters in Indiana and Ohio But alas the weather started lookshying a little worse so we decided to head for the barn Nice job guys well see you again next year

If you are anything like me its now time to turn your attention to preparing you and your aircraft for the upcoming 2005 flying seashyson Are you prepared for it Have you even thought of what you

should be doing to get yourself prepared Again if youre like me you will probably procrastinate right up until the last minute beshyfore you begin the p lanning for the fi rst cross-count ry trek of the

time to turn your attention to preparing you and your

aircraft for the upcoming 2005 flying season

season As you are aware there are many checklist items to consider When is your biennial flight reshyview due Are you current in the aircraft to haul passengers Is the annual on the aircraft current Have you paid the insurance preshymi um Have you practiced some crosswind techniques Is your medical current

Remember your airplanes toshydo list Those annoying little squawkS with the airplane that you have put off until the winter downtime to address You know what Im talking about That door handle that wont open the door because its stripped and that broshyken window hinge thats a real bugger to fix Although those are

just the high points you get my drift We need to be prepared so each and every flight is conducted safely and within the guidelines of the Federal Aviation Regulations

I alluded to the pitfalls of the temporary flight restriction (TFR) issue in some earlier columns This process has not gotten any easier to comply with Even though EAA and some of the other alphabets have done an outstanding job of proViding specific information regarding TFRs they continue to suddenly pop up in the most unexshypected areas We still see the occashysional permanent TFR issued that can sneak up on you if you make a flawed assumption about it I reshycently read that every time a TFR is issued in the Denver area ofshyficials field at least two violations before noon the first day it beshycomes effective Thats a miserable statistic it speaks rather poorly of general aviation practices in matshyters of compliance with TFRs We all need to do our best to comply with these restrictions so we can continue to effectively argue that they are oftentimes unnecessary restrictions in the first place Lets launch our aircraft and ourselves into the 2005 season prepared inshyformed and safe Hope to see you out there

Lets all pull in the same direcshytion for the good of aviation

Remember we are better toshygether Join us and have it all

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EAA Helps FAA Collect Public Input on 1-34s

EAA and its affiliate organizashytions the Warbirds of America and Vintage Aircraft Association assisted the FAA in collecting important inshyformation from Beech T-34 ownshyersoperators in the wake of a fatal December 7 accident near Montshygomery Texas FAA grounded the type shortly after the crash which like several previous ones was atshytributed to a critical wing failure

FAA issued an Airworthiness Conshycern Sheet asking for assistance in finding a long-term airworthiness solution for the type FAA sought input from industry-type club orshyganizations ownersoperators and the manufacturer for all Raytheon Aircraft Co (Raytheon) Beech Modshyels 45 (YT-34) A45 (T-34A B-45) and D45 (T-348) airplanes as well as T-34 AMOC holders to help in the long-term airworthiness solushytion for the safety and continued airworthiness of these airplanes

2005 EAA Aviation Scholarships Available

EAA is opening the door for aviashytions next generation by offering 2005 scholarships grants and internship programs awards valued at more than $250000 Applications are being acshycepted through March 302005

Scholarships are offered to students studying or planning to study in varishyous aviation programs at accredited post-secondary schools Some scholshyarships are outright grants while othshyers include valuable flight-time and real-world aviation experience

A primary part of EAAs mission is preparing the future of aviation said EAA President Tom Poberezny One way to accomplish that is through EAAs scholarship program These awards are made possible through the generosity of many forward-looking aviation enthusiasts who have proshyvided EAA with the resources that al-

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EAA Working With Members to Repeal Ohio Fee Hike

is working with its Ohio members to reintroduce

legislation that would repeal a new aircraft regisshyEAA tration tax The 2003 Ohio Legislature established

a flat $100 license tax for all aircraft which works out to a 1600 percent

increase for two-place aircraft

Last year EAA members and GA aircraft owners throughout the state

worked with their local state representatives to introduce two bills (House

Bill 518 and Senate Bill 230) which called for a $15 per seat registrashy

tion tax but neither bill made it to the floor during the 2004 Ohio legislashy

tive year

When aircraft owners received $100 aircraft registration tax notices

over the holidays a new push to reintroduce both bills gained momenshy

tum EAA is currently working with EAA members Donald Peters EAA

Board Member Emeritus Jim Gorman Brian Matz Frank Castronovo and

many EAA Chapter preSidents to get the bills reintroduced Peters who

owns a Piper J-3 Cub and operates from a private grass strip wants to

mobilize plane owners and aviation enthusiasts to contact their elected

state officials and urge them to back the legislation

We need to get Ohios aviation people excited and calling their legshy

iSlators he said $100 for all airplanes is grossly unfair Light-sport

aircraft also are assessed a $100 annual registration tax he added

According to the Ohio Office of Aviation there are approximately

11000 licensed aircraft in the state using 164 public and 743 privately

owned airports General aviations total economic impact is estimated in

excess of $21 billion

FEBRUARY 2005 2

Harold Annstrong 1997 VAA Hall of Fame inductee

and retired US Air Force Lt Col Harold Armstrong passed away on December 21 2004 in Cumberland Maryland at the age of 87 A lifelong aviation enthusiast he served as an instructor pilot on the 8-17 and B-29 during World War II and continued a long and distinguished military career in the Air Force Reserves He flew many of the Air Force s large milishytary transport aircraft during his 32 years of military service including the C-130 and C-141 Like a number of other distinguished military pilots his career spanned the era from World War II into the Vietnam War

Harolds hobby interests are how most of us know him best His imshypeccable restorations of an Aeronca Champ Waco 10 Pitcairn Reetwings II and Schweitzer 2-33 glider were nothing short of perfect and they all gathered top awards at each fly-in to which they were flown Bob Armshystrong Harolds second son often assisted his father in the restorashytions and they were inseparable durshying the decades of restoration and flying that took place near their West Virginia home and later at their picshyturesque High Rock airfield near Rawshylings West Virginia

Harold is survived by his wife of 52 years Martha their son Bob a son and daughter from a previous marriage Richard Armstrong and Bonnie Coile plus many other family members After services that were held in December in Keyser West Virginia Harolds remains will be interred with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery on Febshyruary 9 at 100 pm

CALL FOR VAA HALL OF FAME NOMINATIONS

Nominate your favorite aviator for the EAA Vintage Aircraft Assoshyciation Hall of Fame A huge honor could be bestowed upon that man or woman working next to you on your airp lane sitting next to you in the Chapter meeting or walkshying next to you at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh Think about the people in your circle of aviation friends that mechanic that photographer that pilot who has shared innumerable tips with you and with many others They could be the next VAA Hall of Fame inductees-but only if they are nominated

The person you nominate can be a citizen of any country and may be living or deceased and his or her inshyvolvement in vintage aviation must have occurred between 1950 and the present day His or her contribushytion could be in the areas of flying design mechanical or aerodynamic developments administration writshying some other vital relevant field or any combination of fields that support aviation The person you nominate must be a member of the Vintage Aircraft ASSOCiation and preference is given to those whose actions have contributed to the VAA in some way perhaps as a volunteer a writer a photographer or a pilot sharing stories preserving aviation history and encouraging new pilots and enthusiasts

To nominate someone is easy It just takes a little time and a little reminiscing on your part

Think of a person think of his or her contributions

Write those contributions in the various categories of the form

Write a simple letter highlighting these attributes and contributions Make copies of newspaper or magashyzine articles that may substantiate your view

If you can have another person complete a form or write a letter about this person also confirming why the person is a good candidate for induction

Mail the form to Charles W Harris VAA Hall of Fame PO Box 470350 Tulsa OK 74147-0350

Remember your contemporary may be a candidate-nominate someshyone today

Call the VAA office for a form (920-426-6110) find it at www vintageaircraftorg or on your own sheet of paper simply include the following information

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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 3

REMINISCING WITH BIG NICK

THE MODEL 18 Reprinted from Vintage Airplane August 1974

The air show and the 18 develops a bad case of the spin shakes

Continued from last month Summer had arrived in Chicago

and the annual Howard Aircraft picnic was scheduled to be held in the Dan Ryan Woods Park located at 87th and Western Avenue This park is in the city and surrounded by homes on all four sides Part of the planned entertainment called for Walt Daiber to put on an aeroshybatic show over the picnic grounds in one of the I8s

Walt showed up at about 300 pm and at 3000 feet proceeded to loop roll and snap-roll the 18 for about 20 minutes before returning to Chicago Municipal (now Midway) airport As he was leaving the area little Don Dresshyselle who is now an aviation exshyecutive on the West Coast came

FEBRUARY 2005

Nick Rezich AU Photos Courtesy the Nick Rezich Collection

up to me and said That was a terrible show You couldnt see or hear him You can do better than that why dont I drive you out to Willie Howells and get your Travel Air and put on a real show I agreed it was terrible so we headed off to Howell airport where I rolled out NC-8115 a red and white sunburst Travel Air Speedwing that belonged to my brother Mike and headed for the picnic

I was in my prime then and I gave them one heck of a good show I capped it off with a simushylated ribbon pickup using a baseshyball diamond backstop for the target I went back to the airport for some more tricks before putshyting 8115 in the hangar Don and I headed back to the picnic where all but two were buzzing about the flying the late George Vest

chief of t he Chicago CAA and Fritz Long our resident CAA inshyspector George didnt ask me if I was flying that airplane he knew He walked me over to a tree and said I should hang you here He then proceeded to read the riot act to me in no uncertain terms He made one sta tement that I shall never forget which was I dont give a damn if you kill yourself but you have no right to kill anyshyone on the ground He ended his speech by telling me the airplane and I were grounded and I was to be in his office Monday promptly at 900 am

Now dont get any goofy ideas here Sure it was a picniC with beer hot dogs etc but in those days I didnt drink beer or booze I was just a hotshot show-off who thought he could fly better than the next guy Well that session in Mr Vests

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office cooled me down for a long time afterward And that wasnt the end of the burro chewing either my brother got in on the act since it was his airplane We went through the whole scene again Oh well it was a good show InCidentally I now own NC-8115 and will be back on the air show circuit with it in 1975 NC-606K belongs to my brother Mike and his son is now flying it (Editors Note 2005 Nicks brother Frank is now the registered owner of the family Travel Air)

Enough ego priming back to that shaking Kinner The Kinner installation opened a whole new can of worms that worsened by the day Everything went fine unshytil we started the spin tests The spin test for certification called for a six-turn spin with a handsshyoff recovery within a turn and a half Walt had been running the tests and found that after three turns the tail would shake but this did not affect the recovery Satisshyfied that it met the requirements Walt turned the machine over to the CAA for acceptance The CAA

inspector who was going to do the flying had just recovered from a broken back that he received while doing spin tests at the Waco facshytory I dont remember his name but he was a nice fellow and

I ROLLED

OUT NC-8115 A RED

AND WHITE

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TRAVEL AIR

SPEEDWING had the cure for shaking tails He started the spin tests with the usual caution one turn two turns etc When he started the four-turn tests and that tail got to shaking he brought everything to a grindshying halt and instructed us to fix it

His exact words were One broken back is enough

For the next six months Howshyard Aircraft the 18 and the CAA went through hell We modified we changed and the more we spun the 18 the more it shook Again we were back to working all night and all day designing building and asshysembling new fixes About the time we thought we had the problem licked the CAA would fly it and say No its still there

We shifted the shake from the fourth turn to the fifth turn and this was not acceptable it was six turns and no shake or no certificate Gordon took over the job as test pilot just so he could get firsthand information Ted Linnert spun it to get firsthand information Ted had earlier bailed out of a Waco 10 while running spin tests after conshyverting the Waco from an OX-5 to a Tank engine so he was current on spins Still no fix

After an all-night session at the drawing board Gordon suggested we mount a camera on the ship and photograph the tail during

the spins We found that we could not mount the camera on the ship and still photograph the tail and aU the tufts Gordon however would not acshycept defeat He told us to remove the rear conshytrols and seat so that he could stand up in the rear cockpit and photograph the tail while holding the camera in his hands Evshyeryone thought he was crazy Nevertheless they rigged up a safety belt to fit around his midsection and all the while Walt kept shaking his head and saying IUlose him sure as hell With camshyera in hand and standing in the cockpit facing the rear Gordon and Walt

The Howard experimental crew during the development of the Model 18 Left to right Frank roared off About a halfshyRezich assistant foreman assembly Mike Molberg foreman assembly Gordon Israel chief en- hour later they returned gineer Eli Newberger engineer Ted Linnert engineer and Walter French engineer with Gordon and his cam-

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This is Ne-SUS the Travel Air Speedwing in which I almost ended my air show career before it really started It belonged to my brother Mike I purchased it last year and am in the process of rebuilding it It is about 9S percent complete at this writing But for storms that damaged my house and property recently I would have had it flying for Oshkosh I should have it completed by Septemshyber The name Earl Sting is on the cowl This was a pilot who worked for Mike Murphy and who owned the airplane before Mike bought it

era still in the back seat and Walt still shaking his head It must have been a wild ride because when they lifted Gordon out of the cockshypit he could not stand by himself for about 10 minutes Well Gordon got his pictures and a ride he will never forget

By now 01 BD DeWeese was imshypossible to live with BD kept pushshying Gordon until he quit and went to work for Grumman Aircraft To replace Gordon as chief engineer BD hired Bill Peerfield from Stinshyson Bill knew BD from his Stinshyson days and could get along with him He walked into a real mess however and by the time he got all the loose ends tied together and sifted out what had been done and what had to be finished another month had slipped by

After reviewing all the data and motion pictures it was decided that the airplane needed a larger stabilizer flipper and fin Also the tail had to be raised to keep it out of the wings downwash A new tail group was built and a new fuseshylage from the rear cockpit aft was built Believe-you-me the rest of this is true as well The new tail was covered and painted in the factory

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The bare aft fuselage was primed and all was trucked to the airport for the switch At 700 am Mike Babco cut the old fuselage off at the cockpit and welded the new section in place using sawhorses for a jig By 900 am I squirted the welds with zinc chromate and my brother Frank and Sludge Doyle started hanging stringers cables etc in place

Now BD was on the scene all the while as well as Bill Peerfield BD kept handing the tail wheel to Sludge and kept telling him to install it After about the fifth atshytempt Sludge went over and got a big chunk of wood and set it on end He then grabbed BD by the lapels and sat him on it and told him to keep his hands off the parts and sit there and be quiet until the work was finished You could have heard a pin drop Work now proceeded on the new fuselage and by 300 pm I was slipping the cover on and while I was dopshying it the others hung the tail group I put the fuselage through silver and we were ready to roll it out for test flight when BD said his first words since Sludge sat him on the wood He asked that

we paint the fuselage in color so it wouldnt look like a repair job Rather than argue I sprayed two cross coats of blue dope on it and we pushed it out at 600 p m

They cranked it up and Walt was in the air 20 minutes later He landed at dark taxied in slowly parked and just sat in the cockshypit We didnt have to ask we all knew the new tail had not solved the problem

By now everybody had become an expert in tail shake theory includshying yours truly I remembered readshying a paper published by Lockheed about wing-to-fuselage junctures and thought maybe I had someshything It was a Sunday morning when I called Walt and explained my theory and asked him to fly the airplane I went out to the airshyport and removed the two wing walks which consisted of 14 inch thick rough cork runners about 12 inches wide This improved the stall considerably and eliminated the buffet in steep turns but it did not stop the shake We then reshyplaced the cork wing walks on the production airplanes with smooth Carborundum walks BD didnt like this because the cork had

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been his idea I cant recall who it was but someshy

one suggested running the spin tests with the engine stopped We tried it and it worked-eureka Now we had to figure out a way to make it work with the engine running

Howard Aircraft was an airplane factory that employed many talshyented men other than airframe and engine (AampE) mechanics Some of this outside talent was in the form of race car builders and mechanics Sludge Doyle hired a whole slew of race mechanics to work for him in the machine shop After hours and on weekends they built steel tube race car chassis long before Frank Kurtis ever thought of it I saw a lot of fancy Offies come out of Howard Aircraft Thats how I got involved in AAA racing

Let me break away from the 18 to tell you a story about Sludge Doyle Sludge was the master mechanic on about five different race cars and he would be in the pits at Soldier Field the amphitheater or Raceway Park setting up the engines for the drivshyers every race night that he wasnt working at Howard 01 Sludge liked his libation and I mean reshyally liked it He would get the cars running then walk across the track to the bar fill up walk back and sit on a hay bale listening to the enshygines as they ran When he would hear a sick alto he would give em two fingers up or one finger down then head for that bar across the track Well the first couple of trips across he would look for traffic but after that he would just walk right through the traffic One night at Raceway Park he was sitting on a bale of hay in the first corner when the whole bunch came charging through missing Sludge and the bale by inches Going down the backstretch Wally Zale and Tony Flipper Bettenhausen shortened the track in the number three turn by knocking the bales over and as they came down into the number one turn Sludge got off the bale just as Wally sawed off Flipper who

went through the bale As they all passed Sludge walked across the track again and into the bar This guy used to do this all the time and never received a scratch He was a legend around the Chicago tracks

BY NOW

EVERYBODY HAD

BECOME AN

EXPERT IN TAIL

SHAKE THEORY

INCLUDING

YOURS TRULY

My boss George Lyons was also a car builder In fact they called him I build em Lyons He suggested we use the same kind of vibration damper for the Kinner installation on the 18 as used on the Offies Sludge George and Bill Burns built a mount with an Offy damper and we hung the Kinner in it and tried it It worked The new 18 passed the spin tests with flying colors and reshyceived its CAA certificate

I dont recall how many we built before the war broke out but it wasnt many When the war came along the Army and Navy didnt want the airplane so we shut down the production of the 18 and built the Fairchild PT-23 on subcontract

The Model 18 was a good sport aircraft but a poor aerobatic airshyplane It had bunches of dihedral which made it almost impossible to slow roll and for a low winger the 18 was very stable Snap rolls turned out to be snatch roUs All the 18s were painted with blue fuselages and yellow wings I think it would have been a great airplane with a 220 Continental and a flatter wing Structurally it was the best in the industry It was truly a DGA

I dont know of any 18s left flyshying today Don Gardner of the EAA Aviation Museum staff has the only one still carried on the FAA registrashytion list-a DGA-18K N39672 Seshyrial Number 672 It will be restored and flying one of these days There is rumor that an FAA inspector in Georgia or northern Florida also has one [Editors Note 2005 The FAA shows 11 DGA-18 or DGA-18Ks registered with one (sin 672) regisshytered just this past May Nicks son James Rezich also owns a DGA-18

Benny Howard designed two airshyplanes that were never built under the Howard name Benny was 20 years ahead of the industry in ideas and design

Benny designed a freighter with a swing tail aft-loading door and front-loading door that was never built He also designed a freighter with a detachable pod much the same as a semi His idea was to build hundreds of pods (trailers) and a few pod carriers The scheme was to fly in with a loaded pod drop it off pick up a new loaded one and continue the flight much as the trucking industry operates No one would finance such a wild venture then but later some of the designs were stolen or copied and Bennys freighters never got off the ground which is too bad because the airfreight business is still 20 years behind

Till next month watch that botshytom rudder in the turn It will kill you Its better to bank and yank than to stomp and yank

Big Nick ~ VINTAGE AIRPLANE 7

The 200S Friends of the Red Barn Campaign Many services are provided to vintage aircraft enshy

thusiasts at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh From parking airplanes to feeding people at the Tall Pines Cafe and Red Barn more than 400 volunteers do it all Some may ask If volunteers are providing the services where is the expense

Glad you asked The scooters for the flightline crew need repair and batteries and the Red Barn needs paint new windowsills updated wiring and other sundry repairs plus we love to care for our volunteers with special recognition caps and a pizza party The list really could go on and on but no matter how many expenses we can point out the need remains constant The Friends of the Red Barn fund helps pay for the VAA expenses at EAA AirVenture and is a crushycial part of the Vintage Aircraft Association budget

Please help the VAA and our 400-plus dedicated volunteers make this an unforgettable experience for our many EAA AirVenture guests Weve made it even more fun to give this year with more giving levels to fit each persons budget and more interesting activishyties for donors to be a part of

Your contribution now really does make a differshyence There are six levels of gifts and gift recognition Thank you for whatever you can do

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EE BUCK HILBERT

The best of Buck from 1988 Reprinted from articles published in 1988

Oshkosh 88 We survived and saw one of the greatshyest conventions yet It was a safe one and the orshy

ganization the volunteers and the people were great Despite the many changes we had in parking and crowd control and the more-thanshyexpected increase in attendance all went smoothly

My only regret is that I didnt get as much time to stand around and yak as much as Id like Every time I went rushing past the AntiqueClasshysic Barn Id hardly have time to say hello to a few people before I was off on another photo mission I did get down there right after the big storm and therein lies my reason for writshying this

Along about Thursday when the convention was starting to swing I noticed a Taylor J-2 Cub painted yellow with a For Sale sign on it Im always looking and this time I took a good look I didnt get the guys name but it was a pretty Cub at a good price I made a note that Id get in touch with him later in the week when things slowed down Well as things happen at Oshkosh I was too busy to follow through Then after the storm I saw this neat little mashychine sitting cattywampus down by the Red Barn Seems the tiedowns the man put in the sod were only little tent stakes Talk about doing something dumb Here a guy spends all kinds of money on a pristine little airplane and then doesnt take the time and effort to protect it What a tough way to learn

Reams of articles FAA circulars

and military tech orders have been written on the proper methods of securing airplanes Even DC-3s and B-17s are tied down and some of those were taxpayers airplanes that the average guy thinks don t cost anything And theyre made of iron so how can they blow away Well they do I just saw some pictures of the Condor DC-3 that blew away in Sherman Texas so what chance did this little high-lift Cub have in SS mph winds Heres my point take the time effort and the little bit of money necessary to assure yourself that youll have an airplane to come back to if the wind blows a little Also if youre tied down in a row as at Oshkosh or any other airport in the world other airplanes are close by If not properly secured your airshyplane could wind up crashing into the airplane next to it or on top of the ones behind it Make sure your airplane is secure And please with tandem-seat stick airplanes dont tie the stick back Tie the rear stick forshyward against the front seat with the seat belt If youve got an airplane with control wheels get a bungee and lash the two wheels together to secure the ailerons and then someshyhow jam the wheels forward so the wind doesnt get under the tail

While Im here Ive got another point I can touch on You taildragshyger pilots with years of experience cover your ears because Ill just be singing to the choir Its you neoshyphytes Im aiming at I looked at a brand new Christen Eagle at Oshshykosh The guy had just flown it in I walked around it and it was beaushy

tiful I had no doubt this was a lashybor of love We talked a bit and as I was looking at the tail wheel I saw the tire was loose on the rim It was a Scott 6-incher and it must have been an old-new stock tire that had been lying around quite a while It was hard as bakeolite (you know the stuff from which old telephones used to be made) Anyway the tire was so loose on the rim that I was afra id it was going to roll off and jam between the arm and the wheel and cause a loss of control I called his attention to it and expressed my fears but the guy just shrugged it off and went on his way

All I could think of was how foolshyish this seemed Here is a guy who has a tremendous investment in just the kits without mentioning all of his labor and he wouldnt take the time and a few bucks to maintain control of the situation That little 6-incher constitutes one-third of his landing gear and almost all of his control on the ground Goof that litt le wheel up and you chance losing the whole ballgame A word to the wise

Heck as long as Ive got the typeshywriter warmed up I have one more caution for you This one is about those blue poly tarps that are such a bargain from some of the local supshyply houses This is one we learned the hard way Number one-and-ashyhalf son had a Luscombe and blew the engine He parked it here at the Funny Farm took the engine off and then decided to cover the whole airp lane cabin with one of those blue poly tarps I thought it was a good idea

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Several months later we uncovshyered it and all the Plexiglas had turned brown and was fuzzier than a foggy morning I couldnt believe it but it happened I called a friend of mine in the plastics business for an explanation The polymers put in the tarps to keep them flexible are the culprits They keep the plastic pliable but they gradually evaposhyrate over the years Meanwhile they re hell on Plexiglas Lesson dont cover your airplane with one of those plastic tarps It ll destroy the Plexiglas

Mark and I are still waiting for comments and questions from you (Nearly 20 years later its still an issue for Buck and I - Editor) Some of you must be tongue-tied but you can write can t you Or maybe you can get someone else to tell you his or her story and write it down Just get it to us and well get it in print

For example a recent visit to the nations capital included a visit with Roger Theil (Ryan SeW) Roger has had his machine for several years now and has a job on his hands trying to undo the mods that the enterprising former owner installed either for convenience or whimsishycal reasons I must admit that some of them were neat and functional but they are not in keeping with the originality that Roger wants Pay atshytention now because this is really cool Roger wanted to remove the engine and firewall so he could get at the fuel tank and the wiring and the back of the instrument panel as well as the brake system and everyshything else down by the floorboards

Roger like most of us was a little afraid of the maze of wires tubes lines and cables If youve seen a wiring diagram all at once it looks complicated and not at all invit shying Know what this guy did He constructed a mock-up of the fireshywall attached a broomstick engine mount and then mocked up all the wires cables and controls on the model in the same positions as the original he was dismantling How about that

I dont advocate this for everyshyone If you are patient and did this to teach yourself like Roger thats fine but a camera will preserve a lot of this stuff for future reference and sketches and notes will do the same But its a great idea And Roger has a working model right there he can refer to anytime he has doubts

VFR direct Does anyone fly that way anymore You know draw a line on a sectional measure it off in 30-mile segments and then mark prominent landmarks hazardous towers and big towns

I do I do it all the time even when I have an airplane with radios and navigation equipment Flying down around 1200 to 1500 feet above ground level is anything but boring The time seems to flit by as you see and learn more about this great country we live in Interstates railroads rivers coastlines-theyre all great NAVAIDs Its fascinating to watch golfers fishermen and washyter-skiers sailboats and cruisers and semis on the freeway and the state cops lurking in unusual places tryshying to trap motorists

The scenery is ever changing and much more fun than looking at your needles on the instrument panel Comshypare what you see on that five-dollar sectional with what is on the ground Wow look at all the new mega buck homes being built down there

Look for suitable emergency landshying fields like the open-cockpit guys used to do when engine reliability was always a question How would I make my approach to that one down there if my engine went out to lunch Look for animals not just horses and cows but deer and fox and maybe badgers Dont forget to look for peoshyple too Theyre there and this is the only time in your life when you can look down on people and not offend them one bit Hey its fun

Dont cage the gyros and shut down the VORs and the LORAN Use them for insurance but look out the window and enjoy

Over to you

-mail is a wonderful thing-or the worst thing that ever happened Some days I cant decide which way to lean on that issue but today Im bowing toshyward wonderful

When it comes to communicatshying with our international memshybers (a little less than 10 percent of VAAers live outside of North Amershyica) its truly a great invention

During this past EAA AirVenture Oshkosh while I was out on the convention grounds one useful eshymail fell in amongst the crowded pile of junk messages promising everything from instant riches to cheap access to new pharmaceutishycals Thankfully in the hectic reshyorganize the computer messages activity that follows each convenshytion I found it and was pleased to hear from one of our Italian members Alessandro Tonini who wanted to tell us about a restorashytion being completed by his boss at

GT-Propellers which is located in the Adriatic seaside resort town of Riccione Italy Ive edited his note to us and in Alessandros words here is his description of the projshyect

Our boss Mr Gian Carlo Tonini has just finished a three-year resshytoration project of the all-wooden Aermacchi MB-308 designed by professor Bazzocchi the wellshyknown military jet designer of such models as the MB-326 and MB-339 currently in service with several air forces and the Frecce Tricolori Aershymacchi built Toninis MB-308 in 1947 with serial number N18 It served as a basic air force trainer (powered by a Continental C-85) It was designed between 1937 and 1939 just before the beginning of World War II In the early 1950s Aermacchi sold Toninis example to the Italian Aero Club It was regshyistered as I-LAGA and was based at the Aero Club of Pescara Toninis plane I-LAGA was in service until

Paul Nann whose web site wwwpaulnanncom contains a variety of military aircraft photoshygraphs took this nice snapshot of the MB-308 when it was displayed in 2004 in the Museo Storico dellAeronautica Militare Vigna di Valle Lazio Italy

1972 Then it was dismantled Forshytunately all hardware instruments and the engine were kept in various buildings and never left exposed outside in bad weather

In December 2001 Mr Tonini found it dismantled in the hangars of the Ferrara Gliding Club The wings were in one hangar and the fuselage in another The followshying weekend he borrowed a glider trailer and towed it from Ferrara to Riccione where the GT-Propeller Co is based He made the journey in the cold early-morning hours to avoid traffic jams At last the aircraft found itself in a warm and friendly environment where all Tonini staff members had the opportunity to

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The young lady on the right is Maria Teresa Cassini a well-known Italian aviashytrix who flew an Aennacchi 308 supplied by the factory on a series of air tour events Rosa Fiorentino (left) served as her navigator The globe on the side of the airplane shows the route flown by the crew during an African sojourn

The MB-308 as it appeared in 1952 in the Italian military color scheme The young mans identity is unknown

This MB-308 is serial number 18 and was built in 1947 Dont let the silver fool you the airplane is built completely out of wood

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The basic VFR panel of the MB-308 hints at its purpose It served as a basic trainer for a few air forces including the Italian air force

Gian Carlo Tonini works on the finishshying touches to the cabin area on the MBshy308 Professor Bazzocchi deshysigned the 308 just prior to the outbreak of WWII

The original C-8S engine was replaced with the more powerful 100shyhp Continental 0-200 and a new GT propelshyler is mounted on the engine

Out of a production run of 200 aircraft about 10 examples still exist in France Italy Germany Argentina Australia and New Zealand

SPEC SHEET Wingspan 10 meters length 6527 meters Height 2175 meters Wing area 1372 square meters Empty weight 415 kilograms Max speed with original C-85 190 kilometershour (max speed with 0-200 230 kilometershour) Never exceed speed (VNd 290 kilometershour Cruise speed with original C-85 150 kilometershour (cruise speed with 0-200 at 2200 rpm 180 kilometershour) Stall speed 68 kilometershour Takeoff distance with original C-85 130 meters (takeoff distance with 0-200 100 meters) landing distance bullbullbullbullbull bull bull bull bull bull 60 meters Climb rate with original c-85 213 metersminute (climb rate with 0-200 335 metelspaInute)

take a close look and make their contributions of help and advice

After three years of loving resshytoration work mainly by Tonini himself but assisted by keen helpshyers the Macchino as it has always been known in Italy was reasshysembled with all original approved hardware similar instruments and an upgraded Continenta l 0 -200 instead of the C-8S The company made a Vintage-style prop type GTshy2 182-113 with the latest airfoils available The final plane paintshying replicates the original military paint scheme silver with some blue clouds on the fuselage sides with trishycolor roundels on the rear fuselage

Mr Tonini said that with the new engine and the same empty weight the takeoff distance will be reduced and the cruise speed inshy

creased The flying tests will start soon after the last ENAC (Ente Nashyzionale per I Aviazione Civile-the Italian Civil Aviation Authority) inspection

Some 200 MB -308s were built in Italy About 180 examples were licensed and manufactured in Arshygentina and used as primary trainshyers in service with the Argentine air force

At present no more than 10 reshystored examples are offiCially flyshying worldwide in Italy France Germany Argentina Australia and New Zealand

During the restoration Mr Tonini remarked that the smell of the wood the fabric and the lacquer reminded him of his 1969 days as a student pilot on the MB-308 at Rimini International Airport

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A flying airplane is a flying airplane and unless it is purshychased with the intent of rebuildshying it theres always a resistance to take of out of the air because its a well-known law that an airplane taken in the garage for a months worth of work wont be seen again for several years

I was just trying to keep this thing flying Its paint was peeling the carpets smelled like a wet dog Everyshything had dents rust or both It was not an airplane you could be proud of It was just an airplane In fact it wasnt a lot of fun to take to fly-ins because one of my friends would alshyways make some comment like Are you sure that thing will fly

Still Tim soldiered on detershymined to keep it flying

I flew it like that for about three long years and it kept getting proshygressively worse I knew Id have to either get rid of it or rebuilt it sooner or later but I was hoping it would be later

Fate often has a way of sneaking up and tweaking a pilots nose forcshying the inevitable and thats what happened to the Baily Tripe

One day the right main tank fuel line split and dumped over ten gallons of gas into the cockpit The carpet was soaked The seats were soaked Everything was ruined It was a terrific mess Then a friend walked up and said Where s a match when you really need one

That was it I had reached my limit and was tired of constantly working on it I was putting in two 16 FEBRUARY 2005

hours of work for every hour in

the air So I took the wings off right

then and towed it to a friends place where in my frustration I made a huge tactical error

I was in a frenzy and wanted to get this project underway and the way you start rebuilding an airplane is to take it apart Major mistake Big mistake In less than a week I had this thing stark naked I took it apart down to the last nut and bolt but not once did I give a thought to putting it back together I was just ripping stuff off and gave no thought to the future when Id have to know what went where

I made a lot of mistakes on this airplane but not proceeding slowly and bagging and tagging parts was by far the biggest It cost me a solid year of head scratching and parts chasing Dumb Really dumb Toshyday I could do the same airplane in a third of the time and most of the time saved would be in the disasshysembly process

It was some time before he realshyized his error because he was busy trying to determine exactly how much damage existed in the airshyframe and how much repair work had to be done before he could start refinishing it

I had set a goal to have a comshypletely reliable airplane that Id never have to work on again This meant Id research every single facshytory Service Bulletin and AD and

make sure theyd all been complied

with I wasnt going to cut any corners and

anything that has proven to increase the airplanes reliabilshy

ity and utility was going to be done Someday my son is going to be flying this airshyplane and I kept him in my mind

throughout the enshytire process

liThe good news was that my ratty old

airplane was really fairly sound underneath If it had been the same on the

inside that it was on the outshyside this would have been a much longer project The fuselage for instance was really in great shape with very little rust I didnt have to do any structural welding at all

I borrowed a sand blaster from a body shop and did the fuselage myshyself which was a messy but strangely satisfying job Then I used military epoxy primer and paint on it

Any airplane of that age that has been allowed to deteriorate even a litshytle has inevitably accumulated more than its share of dents and scraps and this airplane was no exception

Virtually none of the sheet metal was useable for anything more than patterns The sheet metal took a fair amount of trimming and tweaking to get it right but with the excepshytion of the back door it all worked out I messed with that door forever and it became obvious I wasnt goshying to make it so I took it to a pro It took him all of four hours to proshyduce a perfect job I love fabric work but I hate sheet metal

The airplane was intended for lots of cross-country cruising and that meant taking care of the amenities

The insulation was gas soaked and mildewed so I replaced all of that being careful to make everyshything tight The interior that was in the airplane when I got it was the remnants of the original factory

interior so I used that as a pattern and duplicated it I had bought an interior kit that ostensibly was for a Tri-Pacer but you couldnt prove that by me I dont know what it was for but it wasnt a Tri-Pacer so I cut material to my own patterns and had a friend stitch it

When it came time to put the headliner in I sat and looked at it for a long time because as projects go it was pretty scary I was actually afraid to make the first cut But by movshying slowly a lesson I had learned by that time it came out okay

Although Tim had grown up watching fabric airplanes being reshycovered he hadnt done any himshyself in something like 20 years and still had some lessons to be learned

In reality I covered the airplane twice-partially because of holes

in my own skill and partially beshycause of some bad luck while doing the wings The wings were really in good shape and all I had to do was replace the bu tt ribs the strut atshytach points and the tip bows I used Airtech and covered them at an A amp P school which included shooting my own paint

I had a wing painted and hangshying on the ceiling when the ceiling gave away and dropped the wing I got under it and was holding up a wet wing but it had already beat up the leading edge and a rib or two There was no alternative but to start over So out came the razor blades

Tim said he covered the fuselage in Stits twice

I had the fuselage completely covered and taped but there was some looseness in the fabric around

the base of the fin Id walk in the shop to work on the airplane and would find myself continually glancing at that loose fabric Plus the fact that I hadnt glued the envelope seam to a longeron kept driving me nuts Every single time I looked at the fuselage all I saw was the slightly loose fabric and that seam Finally I was standing there and suddenly found my hand racshying down the fuselage holding my pocket knife At least I dont have to keep looking at that loose fabric anymore

As he closed in on the final deshytails he began to believe that the light he was seeing at the end of the tunnel actually wasnt a train coming He really was getting the airplane finished

Fitting the windshield was a pain and if I had it to do again I wouldnt use 316 Its too hard to flex into position and requires too much grinding

I did the instrument panel in black crinkle paint because thats the way my dad always did it I gave some thought to putting in new inshystruments or refinishing these but decided against it because I kind of like the lived in look of the old ones although I did have to replace the airspeed I tried to do it 100 original and didnt do like so many others do and put in toe brakes It still has the original central handle

I also went through the comshyplete control system and replaced eighty percent of the pulleys and

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replaced all the cables with new stainless steel ones

The engine in the airplane was runshyning fine when he purchased it but had 2500 hours total time and 1000 since overhaul A year after doing the airframe Tim tackled the engine

lilt had a cracked cylinder when I bought the airplane so I topped it at that time and welded the bad cylinder This time however we did it right and replaced them all with ECI jugs The cam was also replaced because as soon as I could see it it was obvious the back lobe was bad 18 FEBRUARY 2005

but the bad news didnt stop there When I sent the crank in they said it was cracked which fortunately turned out to be a bad diagnosis but it had me going for a while

Now that Im flying it I m pleased with how smooth it runs but I wish Id had it balanced while I was doing it

Now that hes finished with the airplane is he enjoying it

Ive p ut 600 hours on it since buying it originally and 260 since rebuilding it and the last hours have been so much more enjoyable

because I dont have to worry that somethings going to finally break or wear out The peace of mind is tremendous Plus the airplane smells a lot better

Now Im proud to take people flying and instead of people pokshying fun at it they compliment me on it which is really a change

The airplane has won Grand Champion awards at the Sun n Fun Darlington and Thomasville fly-ins so as Tim put it WOW I guess four years of work has really paid off

We certainly think so

Because thats what Caesar wanted

Every story has a beginning This story began one Sunday afternoon in the Upper Peninsu la as I was driving my pickup truck by the old Isle Royal Sands Airport in Houghshyton Michigan Recently the once barren stamp sand along the Porshytage Canal shores from the turnshyof-the-last-century copper mines had been developed into a watershyfront marina with lovely homes My mind wandered as it has a tenshydency to do more frequently these days to Houghton native Nancy Harkness Love Despite being a sky chick myself I had never heard

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of her until I was standing at the catalog order pickup counter at the Copper Country Mall Je Penny I was wearing one of my Women Fly T-shirts It features a sepia-tone photo of an angel-faced aviatrix in an open cockpit staring into the camera lens with doe eyes

The clerk atPennys said Thatphoto is on my mothers piano thats Nancy Harkness My mom was their maid She knew Nancy when she was learning to fly off the Isle Royal Sands

Isle Royal Sands Isle Royal Sands Isle Royal Sands My friend Nancy Klingbeil the Houghton High school

librarian her dad-Leo Lucchesishywas a cool old dude still handsome still a flirt a pilot He always gave me an a tta girl whenever I clawed my way through a new rating I looked at the big expensive homes on the shoreline and wondered ifhe had ever flown from the Isle Royal Sands I wondered if he knew Nancy Harkness

Later I asked Nancy to ask him for me just out of curiosity

I was surprised at the answer to that question and to other quesshytions that I hadnt asked Later that week [ arranged to meet with Leo after one ofmy flight lessons

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Caesars son Leo who followed his fashyther into the skies After WWII he ofshyten flew clients from Michigans Upper Peninsula to Meigs Field in Chicago

Leo as he appeared in 1939 on a trip to Key West Florida

When I entered the Lucchesi porch the fragrance of garlic and Italshyian herbs made my nose smile Marys (Federighe) Italian cooking wafted through the open doorway She had been married to Leo for 61 years

The Lucchesis are an affectionate noisy enthusiastic passion-filled famshyily Multi-generations of them were present for my interview with Leo Grandson Chuck Klingbeil retired Miami Dolphins nose tackle was yellshying about light bulbs over the kitchen table that he was changing for his grandparents Was he yelling or was everyone just deaf Or were they deaf from all the yelling Somebody poured coffee for me It was strong enough for a tow bar to stand upright in I was a little over-stimulated by all the energy in the house

Nancy and Mary greeted me There was loud laughter Teasing Chuck and his wife Doreen excused themshyselves and left Three little white Malshytese dogs-Pete Lou and Jake-were jumping up and down walking on hind legs and vying for my attention Somehow amidst all the exuberance 86-year-young Leo told his story with his loved ones chiming in intershyrupting him arguing with him and reminding him of parts of the Lucchesi oral tradition that he omitted Nancy and Mary supplemented his saga with family albums and keepsakes

Leo sometimes had trouble rememshybering the types of airplanes that he flew for his dad more than half a censhytury ago But many of us have trouble remembering what we flew a halfshydecade ago Nevertheless Houghton

Since these interviews were conducted in May 2003 the author was able to assist Leo in having his lost airman certificate reissued The FAA also sent him a copy of his complete airman file that included photos of him as a swashshybuckling young airman Special thanks must be offered to Oklahoma City FAA staffers who despite being short-handed (a number of FAA employees who are reservists have been called up for active duty to serve in Operation Iraqi Freedom) made the time to honor my request to assist the ageing airman They searched their archives and found Leos file that had been lost for half a censhytury Leo was touched and proud to receive his records shortly before he made his home flight in August 2003 Blue skies tailwinds and soft landings to you leo Thanks for sharing your stories

Leo Lucchesi May 18 1917-August 18 2003

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County pilot Leo Lucchesi vividly reshycalled his first solo

Years earlier in 1921 Caesar (proshynounced Che-zah-ray) a visionary interested in transportation recogshynized that air travel would one day replace livery and automobiles So he obtained permission from the Isle Royal Mining Co to fly off the Isle Royal Sands where he had built two airplane hangars

According to Leo I worked at the Sands when I was 10-12 years old polshyishing airplanes or painting hangars Dad had me drive a truck dragging a railroad rail to smooth the sands for the runway

But Caesar loved the sky and he often took young Leo on aerial adshyventures over the scenic Keweenaw Peninsula

Leo continued As wed fly hed say Leo take the stick or wheel Hed say Stick back or stick forward When you turn use the rudder

One day we were flying the Cub Coupe (Caesars fourth airplane) Afshyter he landed he said Pull over next to the hangar Get into my seat Take off Circle and land My heart was in my mouth When I took off1 was singing I was so happy I flew toward Dollar Bay I flew circles Then I levshyeled off at 600 feet on the east side of the Sands I cut the engine came in and landed and taxied to the hangar and shut the motor off

But even on a special day like the day of a first solo flight Caesar was a father who demanded a strong work ethic from his children My dad said You know what to do Fuel Wipe off the oil Wipe down the plane

Leo was 16 years old in the midshy1930s and he had about 500 hours flying around the Upper Peninsula wilderness with his dad Caesar Lucshychesi The plane was a Cub Coupeshytwo-place side -by-side Leo had worked hard as a youngster growing up around the family business South Range Oil and Gas Co Perhaps he had to work even harder to earn his wings than many of us have

Leo continued with his story of his early days as a student pilot My

Caesar also owned a Monocoupe which must have been plenty of fun to land in the crosswinds blasting across the runway at Isle Royal Sands Airport on the Keshyweenaw Peninsula of Michigans Upper Peninsula

dad let me use the planes anytime I wanted with his permission But soshyloing is not a license I took ground school at Michigan Tech (at that time it was known as the Michigan Colshylege of Engineering) and passed the knowledge exam But I had to fly a cross-country solo to Escanaba for the practical test with a federal examiner

IINo radios were reqUired at that time To navigate I followed the lake-shore to LAnse and used a highway map to find my way to Escanaba

IIFor my practical test the federal man put me through a series of mashyneuvers I passed the test and flew home all in one day I got my license from the federal government It was about 1937-38

With sadness Leo added III had about 4000 hours when my logbook and license disappeared I believe it was in 1951 when I was recalled to active duty My airman materials disshyappeared then (See the accompanyshying box)

I asked Leo to explain to me how his dad an Italian immigrant with little formal education was able to become a pilot and own eight airplanes at a time in America when most Americans did not even own a car

He responded IIIn Italy the Lucshychesis had lived in the mountains They were loggers Caesar had come to America in 1899 to work in the

Quincy Mine There he became a foreman and went to work in the Balshytic Mine

Leos parents Caesar and Gelshysomina Oenny) Andreini married in 1904 He had 50 cents she had $5 She was about 15 years old They took a streetcar and honeymooned in Calumet Jenny had come to America from Italy to help her brother who had been hurt in the Baltic Mine Her brother had written to his family askshying her to come and do laundry and take in miners Caesar met her there

Caesar was an enterprising man He was deputized as a sheriff in 1906 He maintained his deputy sheriff status until he died He and Jenny opened a store in Hancock Then they moved to South Range and opened a livery stable for horses

In 1917 Caesar bought a bus for $6000 from the White Motor Co in Minneapolis He paid in cash and sacks of half-dollars that he and Jenny had saved from the livery Another cusshytomer bought a bus that same day Caeshysar named his bus line Range Bus Line the other customer named his bus line Greyhound And so he began a bus sershyvice but the hostile Upper Peninsula winters threatened to close the bus line in the winter Nevertheless that didnt stop him At his own expense as a sershyvice to the citizens he hired 50 people to shovel the road from Painesdale to

the bridge in Houghton and he kept the buses running

Meanwhile he went away to Chishycago and Minneapolis to learn to fly in 1917-1918 In 1921 he bought his first airplane a biplane Leo emphasized liMy dad was very interested in transshyportation He knew that in the long run airplanes would be a big thing

Then in 1921 he read that the Army had a tractor with a plow blade for clearing snow-he hired the foundry in Ripley to cast blades all summer and he made a snow plow

Leos brother Geno became an FAA-certificated flight instructor and opened a flight school In 1930 a 16shyyear-old native Houghton daughter the child of a wealthy local phYSiCian started carving out her niche in aviashytion history with her first solo flight in one of Caesars planes off his little Isle Royal Sands Airport where the runway was kept smooth by dragshyging a railroad tie across the surface Within a month she had earned her pilot certificate and then went on to become an early member of the Ninety-Nines the International Orgashynization of Women Pilots Ten years later she would write to Col Robert Olds to tell him that she knew 49 women pilots-maybe even another IS-who could ferry aircraft for the war effort The wing of female fliers would become the WAFS Womens Auxiliary Ferry Squadron That teenshyage girl was Nancy Harkness (Love) Caesar Lucchesis little airstrip in the geographically remote forests of the Upper Peninsula launched into the sky a kid who helped win a war and change the free world forever

But what became of the bus line IIMr Bill Schot superintendent of

the Painesdale Mine came to our home once in a while He asked Leos dad Caesar how much he had invested in the bus line At that time the line had grown to about 10 buses

IISchot put a spotter on the bus line He observed at one pOint 72 passengers on a 12-passenger bus from Painesdale to Houghton He arranged for the State Highway Commission to prohibit Caesar from plowing the

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A Stinson 105 was also one of the airplanes owned by Caesar owned eight airplanes during his lifetime including this Caesar

roads and pressured him into selling his business for the price that he had quoted as his original investment

Caesar was upset but he negotishyated with the mines and got them to agree to buy fuel only from him Because of his bus lines he had alshyready established filling stations in Painesdale Laurium Houghton Hancock Lake Linden Calumet Baraga Pequaming Toivola Copper Harbor and Mohawk

To promote his filling stations big red Texaco Johnson Wings were painted on the cotton skins of his airshyplanes He became a charter member of the Civilian Air Patrol

He had a wholesale company in South Range and Ripley The train brought in tankers-made big money for him From 1927-1940 the bus line had prospered He sold the tractors and plow for more than he paid for them It was good Buses soon went out of business

Caesars flying adventures pershySisted but not without mishap Dad crashed a Stinson in Iron Mountain because of fuel starvation He called me and said Come and get Ma and me Ma has a broken leg Come and get us Leo refused encouraging his dad instead to hire an ambulance for his mothers comfort It was ironic that a pilot who accumulated his wealth through fuel sales would run out of gas But wait theres more

Frequently his dad would have young Leo fly business associates from Houghton to Meigs Field in Chishycago for lunch

For instruments he had only a compass ball and bank indicator tach and gas gauge Leo used a road map and followed the Lake Superior 22 FEBRUARY 2005

Cessna UC-78 Bobcat

shoreline to LAnse US Highway 41 to Green Bay and the Lake Michigan shoreline to Meigs A man met them there with a Chevy station wagon to take them to and from The Bergshyhoff a downtown German restaushyrant Most of the time however Leo would fly Caesars business associates to Land OLakes Wisconsin so that they could gamble

Leo recalled the challenges of crossshywind landings on his dads Isle Royal Sands Airport there was only an east west runway and no radio communishycation was required

Despite his success Caesar was reshymarkably generous in sharing his love of flying and he gave everybody airshyplane rides for free In his lifetime he had an astonishing eight airplanes

Because of the interest that Caesars aviation entrepreneurship on the Isle Royal Sands had generated Houghshyton County decided to build a county public-use airport It was placed in Laurium Caesar hangared a plane there a Stinson lOS In addition Caesar had the FBO at the Houghton County Memorial Airport (CMX) where he sold 80-octane fuel

Caesar needed an airframe and powerplant (AampP) mechanic so he sent his son Fred to AampP school to learn the trade

One cold winter day Leo pulled one of his dads planes out of the brick hangar at the Laurium airport and took off to enjoy the crisp Copshyper Country sky Because of the cold dense air the engine performance was excellent that day But suddenly something wasnt right The engine would idle but wouldnt run Finally it quit altogether There was no sound except the quiet swish of the wind-

milling prop Fortunately the airshyplane was on skis and Leo was able to barely clear a fence and safely land the plane in a clearing Shaken but okay Leo again examined the sightshyglass fuel gauges to check for fuel contamination No dirt or water and plenty of fuel It turned out that the hangar roof had been leaking Ice colshylected and froze in the gas cap vent With no vent to the atmosphere the fuel flow dribbled to nearly zero and the engine quit

Now every pilot who has ever stood on the CMX ramp-gazing at the sky or circled overhead in a holding pattern waiting for the Lake Superior generated weather to clear has wonshydered Why in the world did they build the airport here We are keenly aware that 90 percent of the time the sky is clear a short 30 miles south of Houghton in the LAnse-Baraga area Wonder no longer

Harry Co hod as the owner of a prominent Upper Peninsula wholeshysale produce supply business was a huge fuel customer of Caesars beshycause of all the produce trucks that he had on the road Through the years they became good friends

Now this is how business was conshyducted back in those days-in a time where a handshake sealed a deal and airports were not positioned by enshygineers or feasibility studies instead they were positioned by friends a Catholic and a Jew who trusted each other and conducted business with each other

Leo was at the airport with his dad that fateful day the day that would affect future generations of pilots and passengers He recalled Two men traveled to the Laurium Houghton

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Caesar suggested instead that they build it at its present location in Oneco halfway between Laurium and Hancock He arranged for them to get together with his friend Harry Cohodas who donated most of the land for the project

The Canadians invested $ISOOOOOO in the construction of a 6000-foot concrete runway After the CMX construction was complete Caesar built the first hangar there and moved his FBO and airplanes to the Houghton CountyOneco Airport He installed a SOO-gallon tank and sold avgas He flew around in the north country skies until the age of 76

I asked Leo Why did your dad want the airport at its present locashytion in Oneco rather than on the Baraga Plains

He looked at me with genuine surshyprise at my lack of insight into the obvious answer to my silly question Nevertheless Leo always the perfect gentleman politely answered Well Marcelaine it was only a five-minute drive from my dads house to his airshyplanes at Oneco It would have been over a half-hour for him to drive to his planes if they had been in Baraga The Houghton County airport was built at its present location because thats what Caesar wanted

Although author Marcelaine Winshyinger Lewis has been designated a Master Instructor by the National Association of Flight Instructors she refers to herself as a student pilot with commercial instrument and flight and ground instructor instrument (land and sea) certifishycates She is also a sky diver and holds USPA master license number D-24581 Shes a teacher of at-risk youth in the Upper Peni nsula and every day she gets an education from her students on the ground and in the sky

Hs been an active fall and winter for aviashytion-related book and video production and here are a few selections from those that have anived at EAA headquarters

First a review by member Bill Schlapman who also runs the Heath Club

Chet Peeks newest book The Heath Story to my knowledge is the first and only book available on the life of Ed Heath the pioneer deshyveloper of homebuilt airplane kits Thousands of his kits were bought many of which were built and flown during the late 1920s and on into the 1930s In those early years it was not unusual for the builder to beshycome a self-taught pilot-one of the motivating incentives of building your own aircraft Such an achieveshyment is chronicled in the book

The first Heath Parasol a singleshyplace parasol wing very lightplane was conceived by Ed Heath using surplus lower wing panels from the World War I Thomas Morse fighter and a converted motorcycle engine Another appealing innovation was an all-steel-tubing fuselage-no weldshying required-that could be easily fabricated at home Developments and improvements were readily inshycorporated thereby stimulating acshyceptance and growth of the market Lindberghs famous Atlantic flight in 1927 was another major stimulation

Conversion instructions and key components were offered to facilshyitate rebuilding used Henderson four-cylinder motorcycle engines into propeller-turning airplane engines The concept matured quickly developing into the offershying of a complete factory-produced Heath (Henderson) engine

In the early 1930s with rapid deshyvelopment of the airplane and the engine in addition to planes comshyponents kits and subassemblies complete flyaway airplanes were ofshyfered Ed Heath catered to the airshyplane and flying dreams of young America at the time Near the end of the period certificated Parasols and mid-wing models were also offered

To earn prize money and for pubshylic relations value Ed Heath was active in airplane racing It was a successful endeavor fully recognized in the book These endeavors also invited competition and one of Heaths most significant competishytors Jim Church and his Church Mid-Wing are included in a full chapter Jim Church and Ed Heath were friends and collaborators as well as competitors in this period of American aviation history

The certificated Heaths offered a choice of the Heath B-4 engine or the new Continental A-40 engine The A-40 with its higher horsepower rating and relatively reliable operashytion became the starting pOint of the flat-opposed fours which came to dominate the lightplane engine industry It is covered beautifully in an earlier Chet Peek book Flying With Forty Horses which is delightful reading for any lIantiquer

The Heath book includes a recent IItest flight report offering a contemshyporary rating of the parasols flying characteristics and reviews of recent restorations by active antiquers One Heath Parasol restoration just comshypleted became an award winner at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2003

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engineer multiple airplane restorer (including an original World War I Curtiss Jenny that was displayed in the EAA AirVenture Museum for sevshyeral years) pilot and now airplane builder (a Pietenpol)-is uniquely qualified and successful as an aushythor In addition to The Heath Story and Flying With Forty Horses his other books include The First Cub Resurrection ofa Jenny The Taylorcraft Story and The Spartan Story All are available at EAA and from aviation booksellers such as Historic Aviation and Zenith Books Chet Peeks books are entertaining reference quality historically educational and well worth having Order them

The Heath Story (ISBN 1-886196shy03-6) 150 pages with photos retails for $1995 and is published by Wind Canyon Books

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Alaskas Bush Plan es by Ned Rozell is a beautifully rendered hardbound mini coffee table book that presents a full-color history of the wide variety of airplanes that have been used in Alaska since aviations golden age Outstandshying pictures by photographers such as Jim Oltersdorf Jeff Schultz and Eberhard Brunner among many other accomplished shooters fill each page of the book with wellshywritten introductions to each chapter and captions provided by Rozell Alaskas Bush Planes (ISBN 0-88240-586-1) contains 80 pages retails for $1495 and is published by Alaska Northwest Books

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DOU G STEWART

Winter Ops Part II In last months article I addressed

some special considerations for those of us pilots who choose to remain in cold climates (What do I mean choose I wasnt aware of the fact that I had a choice) So let me rephrase that For those of us pilots who find ourselves in cold clishymates and choose to continue flying throughout the year we have special considerations that pilots in warmer climes do not have to deal with I discussed the issues of airframe contamination from ice snow and frost I also talked about the need for preheating our airplanes I ended the article by promising to write about the issues of engine starting in the wintertime in this article so here goes

Another problem with winter operations is that of getting the enshygine started If the engine has been sufficiently preheated starting should rarely if ever be a problem But there will be times when a preshyheat might not be possible I know that I have a hard time getting goshying when I am cold and stiff and the engines and instruments in our airplanes are no different

The technology of our aircraft ignition and induction systems is certainly a vintage technology It often seems that it takes a certain combination of magic metaphysics and luck to get a reluctant airplane engine running (And this is probshyably just as true when it is hot as it is when cold) It sure is satisfying when one can find a technique that works I am well aware that there are numerous techniques out there for

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getting a cold engine running The one Id like to describe has worked for me virtually all the time

As a flight instructor at the Great Barrington Airport in southwest Massachusetts we taught the folshylowing technique for cold-weather starting of the entire line of Piper Cherokees that we flew We would use this technique in temperatures as low as 8degF without preheating

Below 8deg we would preheat prior to using this technique (I personshyally recommend preheating anyshytime the temperature is below 28degF but these were not my airplanes and thats the way the owner of the FBO wanted it) With one pilot in the aircraft to ensure that the brake was set and that the ignition was ofe with the key out of the switch another person would pull the prop through (anywhere from 10-16 blades) while the pilot inshyside the aircraft stroked the primer anywhere from six to 10 times The primer was left in the full out pOSition Then the carburetor was primed with the accelerator pump about four times with the throttle left open about 14-inch After enshysuring that the prop was clear the engine was started As the engine fired the primer was then pushed all the way in and then locked It never failed

There are however some caushytions 1 Anytime you are going to touch a propeller treat it as if the magnetos were on There is alshyways the possibility that a p-lead might be broken and thus the enshygine could fire If you are doing

this alone (priming then pulling the prop then priming some more then pulling the prop some more) b e absolutely s u re that the brake is set And even then treat the prop as if the mags were hot Remember that you will have an inshyduction system filled with fueC and if a mag is hot due to a broken p-Iead or switch left on then someshyone could get very seriously injured or worse 2 If you do not push the primer in when the engine fires but leave it out the engine will be running way too rich as it sucks fuel through the primer sysshytem It will typically quit and if it is cold enough you will probably frost a spark plug If that happens youre done with the start attempt and youll have to pull the frosted plug 3 (And this applies any time you are priming with the primer system) If you prime too much the excess fuel will be washing the cylinder walls with fuel There might not be sufficient lubrication left on the cylinder wall as the enshygine fires and it will cause premashyture wear on rings and cylinders 4 If you overprime the carburetor with the accelerator pump you run a great risk of an induction-system fire Most of the engine fires I have witnessed were in the wintertime and a direct result of overpriming the carburetor

How will you know that you have a fire You probably wont unless you notice people running across the ramp wildly waving their arms and shouting If you are good at lipreadshying you might understand that they

are shouting FIRE Some might be pointing at the front of the cowling There might even be someone runshyning with a fire extinguisher in his or her hands If you suspect a fire then continue to crank the engine with the hope of sucking the fire into the induction system however be preshypared to exit the aircraft in a hurry (As testament to the fact that you Be aware that Now I am not might not know saying that one has of a fire I didnt there are probably to wear enough realize I had had clothes so that he a fire in my PA-12 about as many or she is confused until the postflight with the Michelin inspection when techniques to Man Im not sayshyI noticed that the ing that you necesshyfoam pre-cleaner engine starting sarily have to wear element was toast knee-high felt boots I had been oblivishy hot or cold (unless of course ous to the fire that youre in the back had occurred on as there are pilots seat of my Super

survive There have been cases of pilots who did a fantastic job of landing an airplane in a forced landing where no one was signifishycantly injured in the landing but then did not survive the walk out of the woods or the wait in the wildershyness for help to arrive because they did not have the proper clothing to

protect them

start-up) Be aware that there are probably

about as many techniques to enshygine starting hot or cold as there are pilots What works for one might not work for another One thing that has to work for all of us is the recognition of the inherent safety issues involved So whatever technique you find works for you be sure it is safe

The last thing Id like to discuss about winter operations is how we dress for winter flight I see many pilots who show up at an FBO to go flying dressed in not much more than what is required for a cursory walk around the airplane They have come from a warm home to a prestarted car that has warmed up its interior At the airport the preshyflight is conducted (sometimes in a heated hangar) in a rather quick fashion and then just as quickly they get in the cockpit fire up the engine and begin to warm up the cockpit as the engine warms up

The clothes they have on are sufficient for everything that they have done so far And if the flight is uneventful their clothing is still adequate But in the worst-case scenario of a forced landing in inshyhospitable terrain they might not

Cruiser) while sitshyting at the controls of your airplane But I am saying that you should have the proper types of clothing onshyboard the aircraft Then if the worstshycase scenario does happen you will be prepared

As we can see winter flying cershytainly does have its special considshyerations For some pilots the effort is too great and they sadly put their pride and joy away in winter hibernation not to come out until the sounds of geese flying north is heard Other pilots head south with those same geese when they are seen in their southerly migration

And then there are those of us who choose to deal with the extra work and effort of flying in a cold northern climate We are aware of the joys and exhilaration that come from the increased perforshymance gained in the frigid air we are astounded by the breathtaking vistas that are now seen no lonshyger hidden by the summers haze We just have to be cognizant of the increased risk of winter flight and with that awareness we are able to safely fly throughout the winter Wherever you may be whether in a warm or a cold climate may your winter be GREAT

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Building on the tremendous sucshycess from the first EAA SportAir Workshyshop conducted in Canada last year EAA SportAir Workshops will offer a full session of aircraft-building classes in Calgary Alberta on April 2 and 3

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I recently fielded a complaint from a memshyber who was annoyed at the small amount of information that had recently been pubshylished about a previous Mystery Plane Unforshytunately the name of the airplane was all that was provided to us and unless there happens to be additional uncataloged inforshy to it our resources are not limitless mation buried in the EAA library Please keep that in mind when you archives (a distinct possibility) respond and please do not assume we dont always have more inforshy that we have the same informashymation than the data submitted tion that you may have uncovered by those who answer the Mystery in your research Obvious sources Plane While we do our best to add such as the US Civil Aircraft 9-volshy

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Anna Penningtons photograph from her early aviation days elicited a number of responses from members Heres Thomas Lymburns response

The November Mystery Plane is the Davis (Vulcan) V-3 of 1929 The V-3 which appeared in early 1929 was derived from the Vulcan Amershyican Moth This later became the Davis monoplane A single-place open-cockpit job it was powered by a 60-hp LeBlond 5D and turned in a credible 95 mph with a range of 400 miles According to Aerofiles com its early purchase price was $2695 later climbing to $3285

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32 F EB RUAR Y 2005

GEOFF ROB ISON PRESIDENT VINTAGE AIRC RAFT ASSOCIATION

Whats on your calendar

With the new year unshyderway its time to look forward to the upcoming flying seashy

son In fact I already attended my first fly -in event for 2005 Napshypanee Municipal Airport in northshyeast Indiana has been known for quite some time in this area as the place to be on New Year s Day for the seasons first fly-in event The weather was forecast as marginal VFR and the radar was painting some rain and snow showers with a slow-moving band of ice on the fringe But we decided that this ce ll was moving north about as fast as it was going east so we deshycided to stick our nose in it from the east and see if we cou ld get to Nappanee As it worked out we got only a small amount of rain on the windshield just as we got in the pattern at Nappanee (Yeah go figure the weatherperson was wrong again right) The food was great and despite the weather a large number of aircraft were presshyent for the festivities We kibitzed with friends from the Chicago area and several neighboring EAA Chapters in Indiana and Ohio But alas the weather started lookshying a little worse so we decided to head for the barn Nice job guys well see you again next year

If you are anything like me its now time to turn your attention to preparing you and your aircraft for the upcoming 2005 flying seashyson Are you prepared for it Have you even thought of what you

should be doing to get yourself prepared Again if youre like me you will probably procrastinate right up until the last minute beshyfore you begin the p lanning for the fi rst cross-count ry trek of the

time to turn your attention to preparing you and your

aircraft for the upcoming 2005 flying season

season As you are aware there are many checklist items to consider When is your biennial flight reshyview due Are you current in the aircraft to haul passengers Is the annual on the aircraft current Have you paid the insurance preshymi um Have you practiced some crosswind techniques Is your medical current

Remember your airplanes toshydo list Those annoying little squawkS with the airplane that you have put off until the winter downtime to address You know what Im talking about That door handle that wont open the door because its stripped and that broshyken window hinge thats a real bugger to fix Although those are

just the high points you get my drift We need to be prepared so each and every flight is conducted safely and within the guidelines of the Federal Aviation Regulations

I alluded to the pitfalls of the temporary flight restriction (TFR) issue in some earlier columns This process has not gotten any easier to comply with Even though EAA and some of the other alphabets have done an outstanding job of proViding specific information regarding TFRs they continue to suddenly pop up in the most unexshypected areas We still see the occashysional permanent TFR issued that can sneak up on you if you make a flawed assumption about it I reshycently read that every time a TFR is issued in the Denver area ofshyficials field at least two violations before noon the first day it beshycomes effective Thats a miserable statistic it speaks rather poorly of general aviation practices in matshyters of compliance with TFRs We all need to do our best to comply with these restrictions so we can continue to effectively argue that they are oftentimes unnecessary restrictions in the first place Lets launch our aircraft and ourselves into the 2005 season prepared inshyformed and safe Hope to see you out there

Lets all pull in the same direcshytion for the good of aviation

Remember we are better toshygether Join us and have it all

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Roseville CA 95678 916-645-8370



Cannon Falls MN 55009 507-263-2414


Robert C Bob Brauer

c~~c~i 1~degto~O773-779-2105

photopilotaolcom


Plainfield IN 46168 317-839-4500

davecpdquesllIel



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lawton MI 49065 269-624-6490

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Harva rd IL 60033-0328 815-943-7205

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Greensboro NC 27409 336-668-3650

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Hartford WI 53027 262-966-7627

ssk rogaolcom




Roanoke TX 76262 817-491-9110



Stoughton WI 53589 608-877-8485

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32 F EB RUAR Y 2005

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10 FEBRUARY 2005



Quick Delivery

Reasonable Prices


amp MIL-C-5688A

116 to 1 4





Baldwin City KS 66006 800-544-8594













Over to you













12 FEBRUARY 2005






















































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17

DAVID CARLSON






























20 FEBRUARY 2005





































Cessna UC-78 Bobcat













OUT OF HOMEBUILDING

Feb 26-27

March 5-6 DallasTX




bull TIG Welding


1-800-WORKSHOP 1-800-967-5746























DOU G STEWART





26 FEBRUARY 2005









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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31

VINTAGE AIRCRAFT












Roseville CA 95678 916-645-8370



Cannon Falls MN 55009 507-263-2414


Robert C Bob Brauer

c~~c~i 1~degto~O773-779-2105

photopilotaolcom


Plainfield IN 46168 317-839-4500

davecpdquesllIel



copeiandljllllocom


lawton MI 49065 269-624-6490

rcoufsonS16cscom


Blaine MN 55449 763-786-3342

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Harva rd IL 60033-0328 815-943-7205

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Greensboro NC 27409 336-668-3650

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Hartford WI 53027 262-966-7627

ssk rogaolcom




Roanoke TX 76262 817-491-9110



Stoughton WI 53589 608-877-8485

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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17

DAVID CARLSON






























20 FEBRUARY 2005





































Cessna UC-78 Bobcat













OUT OF HOMEBUILDING

Feb 26-27

March 5-6 DallasTX




bull TIG Welding


1-800-WORKSHOP 1-800-967-5746























DOU G STEWART





26 FEBRUARY 2005









protect them



















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27








WIII

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30 FEBRUARY 2005

BY HG FRAUTSCHY














VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31

VINTAGE AIRCRAFT












Roseville CA 95678 916-645-8370



Cannon Falls MN 55009 507-263-2414


Robert C Bob Brauer

c~~c~i 1~degto~O773-779-2105

photopilotaolcom


Plainfield IN 46168 317-839-4500

davecpdquesllIel



copeiandljllllocom


lawton MI 49065 269-624-6490

rcoufsonS16cscom


Blaine MN 55449 763-786-3342

pledgedrivemsncom



daiefayemsncoIII


Harva rd IL 60033-0328 815-943-7205

dinghaoowc net


Greensboro NC 27409 336-668-3650

wndsockaolcom


Hartford WI 53027 262-966-7627

ssk rogaolcom




Roanoke TX 76262 817-491-9110



Stoughton WI 53589 608-877-8485

da rapriairecom


Wauwatosa WI 532 13 414-771-1545

slscilmidmilwpccom

DIRECTORS EMERITUS





Kent City MI 49330 616-678-5012

rFritlpathwapletcom




































32 F EB RUAR Y 2005






















































VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17

DAVID CARLSON






























20 FEBRUARY 2005





































Cessna UC-78 Bobcat













OUT OF HOMEBUILDING

Feb 26-27

March 5-6 DallasTX




bull TIG Welding


1-800-WORKSHOP 1-800-967-5746























DOU G STEWART





26 FEBRUARY 2005









protect them



















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27








WIII

~






28 FEBRUARY 2005











its FREE

www ntlC10nlioA cnm









- Joe Rostron

Ii JsectV ~














trade















500 x 5 600 x 6 700 x 8



DESSERIj 323-72 1-4900 FAX 323-721-7888



30 FEBRUARY 2005

BY HG FRAUTSCHY














VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31

VINTAGE AIRCRAFT












Roseville CA 95678 916-645-8370



Cannon Falls MN 55009 507-263-2414


Robert C Bob Brauer

c~~c~i 1~degto~O773-779-2105

photopilotaolcom


Plainfield IN 46168 317-839-4500

davecpdquesllIel



copeiandljllllocom


lawton MI 49065 269-624-6490

rcoufsonS16cscom


Blaine MN 55449 763-786-3342

pledgedrivemsncom



daiefayemsncoIII


Harva rd IL 60033-0328 815-943-7205

dinghaoowc net


Greensboro NC 27409 336-668-3650

wndsockaolcom


Hartford WI 53027 262-966-7627

ssk rogaolcom




Roanoke TX 76262 817-491-9110



Stoughton WI 53589 608-877-8485

da rapriairecom


Wauwatosa WI 532 13 414-771-1545

slscilmidmilwpccom

DIRECTORS EMERITUS





Kent City MI 49330 616-678-5012

rFritlpathwapletcom




































32 F EB RUAR Y 2005

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20 FEBRUARY 2005





































Cessna UC-78 Bobcat













OUT OF HOMEBUILDING

Feb 26-27

March 5-6 DallasTX




bull TIG Welding


1-800-WORKSHOP 1-800-967-5746























DOU G STEWART





26 FEBRUARY 2005









protect them



















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27








WIII

~






28 FEBRUARY 2005











its FREE

www ntlC10nlioA cnm









- Joe Rostron

Ii JsectV ~














trade















500 x 5 600 x 6 700 x 8



DESSERIj 323-72 1-4900 FAX 323-721-7888



30 FEBRUARY 2005

BY HG FRAUTSCHY














VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31

VINTAGE AIRCRAFT












Roseville CA 95678 916-645-8370



Cannon Falls MN 55009 507-263-2414


Robert C Bob Brauer

c~~c~i 1~degto~O773-779-2105

photopilotaolcom


Plainfield IN 46168 317-839-4500

davecpdquesllIel



copeiandljllllocom


lawton MI 49065 269-624-6490

rcoufsonS16cscom


Blaine MN 55449 763-786-3342

pledgedrivemsncom



daiefayemsncoIII


Harva rd IL 60033-0328 815-943-7205

dinghaoowc net


Greensboro NC 27409 336-668-3650

wndsockaolcom


Hartford WI 53027 262-966-7627

ssk rogaolcom




Roanoke TX 76262 817-491-9110



Stoughton WI 53589 608-877-8485

da rapriairecom


Wauwatosa WI 532 13 414-771-1545

slscilmidmilwpccom

DIRECTORS EMERITUS





Kent City MI 49330 616-678-5012

rFritlpathwapletcom




































32 F EB RUAR Y 2005



















20 FEBRUARY 2005





































Cessna UC-78 Bobcat













OUT OF HOMEBUILDING

Feb 26-27

March 5-6 DallasTX




bull TIG Welding


1-800-WORKSHOP 1-800-967-5746























DOU G STEWART





26 FEBRUARY 2005









protect them



















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27








WIII

~






28 FEBRUARY 2005











its FREE

www ntlC10nlioA cnm









- Joe Rostron

Ii JsectV ~














trade















500 x 5 600 x 6 700 x 8



DESSERIj 323-72 1-4900 FAX 323-721-7888



30 FEBRUARY 2005

BY HG FRAUTSCHY














VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31

VINTAGE AIRCRAFT












Roseville CA 95678 916-645-8370



Cannon Falls MN 55009 507-263-2414


Robert C Bob Brauer

c~~c~i 1~degto~O773-779-2105

photopilotaolcom


Plainfield IN 46168 317-839-4500

davecpdquesllIel



copeiandljllllocom


lawton MI 49065 269-624-6490

rcoufsonS16cscom


Blaine MN 55449 763-786-3342

pledgedrivemsncom



daiefayemsncoIII


Harva rd IL 60033-0328 815-943-7205

dinghaoowc net


Greensboro NC 27409 336-668-3650

wndsockaolcom


Hartford WI 53027 262-966-7627

ssk rogaolcom




Roanoke TX 76262 817-491-9110



Stoughton WI 53589 608-877-8485

da rapriairecom


Wauwatosa WI 532 13 414-771-1545

slscilmidmilwpccom

DIRECTORS EMERITUS





Kent City MI 49330 616-678-5012

rFritlpathwapletcom




































32 F EB RUAR Y 2005




























Cessna UC-78 Bobcat













OUT OF HOMEBUILDING

Feb 26-27

March 5-6 DallasTX




bull TIG Welding


1-800-WORKSHOP 1-800-967-5746























DOU G STEWART





26 FEBRUARY 2005









protect them



















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27








WIII

~






28 FEBRUARY 2005











its FREE

www ntlC10nlioA cnm









- Joe Rostron

Ii JsectV ~














trade















500 x 5 600 x 6 700 x 8



DESSERIj 323-72 1-4900 FAX 323-721-7888



30 FEBRUARY 2005

BY HG FRAUTSCHY














VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31

VINTAGE AIRCRAFT












Roseville CA 95678 916-645-8370



Cannon Falls MN 55009 507-263-2414


Robert C Bob Brauer

c~~c~i 1~degto~O773-779-2105

photopilotaolcom


Plainfield IN 46168 317-839-4500

davecpdquesllIel



copeiandljllllocom


lawton MI 49065 269-624-6490

rcoufsonS16cscom


Blaine MN 55449 763-786-3342

pledgedrivemsncom



daiefayemsncoIII


Harva rd IL 60033-0328 815-943-7205

dinghaoowc net


Greensboro NC 27409 336-668-3650

wndsockaolcom


Hartford WI 53027 262-966-7627

ssk rogaolcom




Roanoke TX 76262 817-491-9110



Stoughton WI 53589 608-877-8485

da rapriairecom


Wauwatosa WI 532 13 414-771-1545

slscilmidmilwpccom

DIRECTORS EMERITUS





Kent City MI 49330 616-678-5012

rFritlpathwapletcom




































32 F EB RUAR Y 2005


OUT OF HOMEBUILDING

Feb 26-27

March 5-6 DallasTX




bull TIG Welding


1-800-WORKSHOP 1-800-967-5746























DOU G STEWART





26 FEBRUARY 2005









protect them



















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27








WIII

~






28 FEBRUARY 2005











its FREE

www ntlC10nlioA cnm









- Joe Rostron

Ii JsectV ~














trade















500 x 5 600 x 6 700 x 8



DESSERIj 323-72 1-4900 FAX 323-721-7888



30 FEBRUARY 2005

BY HG FRAUTSCHY














VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31

VINTAGE AIRCRAFT












Roseville CA 95678 916-645-8370



Cannon Falls MN 55009 507-263-2414


Robert C Bob Brauer

c~~c~i 1~degto~O773-779-2105

photopilotaolcom


Plainfield IN 46168 317-839-4500

davecpdquesllIel



copeiandljllllocom


lawton MI 49065 269-624-6490

rcoufsonS16cscom


Blaine MN 55449 763-786-3342

pledgedrivemsncom



daiefayemsncoIII


Harva rd IL 60033-0328 815-943-7205

dinghaoowc net


Greensboro NC 27409 336-668-3650

wndsockaolcom


Hartford WI 53027 262-966-7627

ssk rogaolcom




Roanoke TX 76262 817-491-9110



Stoughton WI 53589 608-877-8485

da rapriairecom


Wauwatosa WI 532 13 414-771-1545

slscilmidmilwpccom

DIRECTORS EMERITUS





Kent City MI 49330 616-678-5012

rFritlpathwapletcom




































32 F EB RUAR Y 2005
















DOU G STEWART





26 FEBRUARY 2005









protect them



















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27








WIII

~






28 FEBRUARY 2005











its FREE

www ntlC10nlioA cnm









- Joe Rostron

Ii JsectV ~














trade















500 x 5 600 x 6 700 x 8



DESSERIj 323-72 1-4900 FAX 323-721-7888



30 FEBRUARY 2005

BY HG FRAUTSCHY














VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31

VINTAGE AIRCRAFT












Roseville CA 95678 916-645-8370



Cannon Falls MN 55009 507-263-2414


Robert C Bob Brauer

c~~c~i 1~degto~O773-779-2105

photopilotaolcom


Plainfield IN 46168 317-839-4500

davecpdquesllIel



copeiandljllllocom


lawton MI 49065 269-624-6490

rcoufsonS16cscom


Blaine MN 55449 763-786-3342

pledgedrivemsncom



daiefayemsncoIII


Harva rd IL 60033-0328 815-943-7205

dinghaoowc net


Greensboro NC 27409 336-668-3650

wndsockaolcom


Hartford WI 53027 262-966-7627

ssk rogaolcom




Roanoke TX 76262 817-491-9110



Stoughton WI 53589 608-877-8485

da rapriairecom


Wauwatosa WI 532 13 414-771-1545

slscilmidmilwpccom

DIRECTORS EMERITUS





Kent City MI 49330 616-678-5012

rFritlpathwapletcom




































32 F EB RUAR Y 2005



protect them



















VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27








WIII

~






28 FEBRUARY 2005











its FREE

www ntlC10nlioA cnm









- Joe Rostron

Ii JsectV ~














trade















500 x 5 600 x 6 700 x 8



DESSERIj 323-72 1-4900 FAX 323-721-7888



30 FEBRUARY 2005

BY HG FRAUTSCHY














VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31

VINTAGE AIRCRAFT












Roseville CA 95678 916-645-8370



Cannon Falls MN 55009 507-263-2414


Robert C Bob Brauer

c~~c~i 1~degto~O773-779-2105

photopilotaolcom


Plainfield IN 46168 317-839-4500

davecpdquesllIel



copeiandljllllocom


lawton MI 49065 269-624-6490

rcoufsonS16cscom


Blaine MN 55449 763-786-3342

pledgedrivemsncom



daiefayemsncoIII


Harva rd IL 60033-0328 815-943-7205

dinghaoowc net


Greensboro NC 27409 336-668-3650

wndsockaolcom


Hartford WI 53027 262-966-7627

ssk rogaolcom




Roanoke TX 76262 817-491-9110



Stoughton WI 53589 608-877-8485

da rapriairecom


Wauwatosa WI 532 13 414-771-1545

slscilmidmilwpccom

DIRECTORS EMERITUS





Kent City MI 49330 616-678-5012

rFritlpathwapletcom




































32 F EB RUAR Y 2005








WIII

~






28 FEBRUARY 2005











its FREE

www ntlC10nlioA cnm









- Joe Rostron

Ii JsectV ~














trade















500 x 5 600 x 6 700 x 8



DESSERIj 323-72 1-4900 FAX 323-721-7888



30 FEBRUARY 2005

BY HG FRAUTSCHY














VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31

VINTAGE AIRCRAFT












Roseville CA 95678 916-645-8370



Cannon Falls MN 55009 507-263-2414


Robert C Bob Brauer

c~~c~i 1~degto~O773-779-2105

photopilotaolcom


Plainfield IN 46168 317-839-4500

davecpdquesllIel



copeiandljllllocom


lawton MI 49065 269-624-6490

rcoufsonS16cscom


Blaine MN 55449 763-786-3342

pledgedrivemsncom



daiefayemsncoIII


Harva rd IL 60033-0328 815-943-7205

dinghaoowc net


Greensboro NC 27409 336-668-3650

wndsockaolcom


Hartford WI 53027 262-966-7627

ssk rogaolcom




Roanoke TX 76262 817-491-9110



Stoughton WI 53589 608-877-8485

da rapriairecom


Wauwatosa WI 532 13 414-771-1545

slscilmidmilwpccom

DIRECTORS EMERITUS





Kent City MI 49330 616-678-5012

rFritlpathwapletcom




































32 F EB RUAR Y 2005

its FREE

www ntlC10nlioA cnm









- Joe Rostron

Ii JsectV ~














trade















500 x 5 600 x 6 700 x 8



DESSERIj 323-72 1-4900 FAX 323-721-7888



30 FEBRUARY 2005

BY HG FRAUTSCHY














VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31

VINTAGE AIRCRAFT












Roseville CA 95678 916-645-8370



Cannon Falls MN 55009 507-263-2414


Robert C Bob Brauer

c~~c~i 1~degto~O773-779-2105

photopilotaolcom


Plainfield IN 46168 317-839-4500

davecpdquesllIel



copeiandljllllocom


lawton MI 49065 269-624-6490

rcoufsonS16cscom


Blaine MN 55449 763-786-3342

pledgedrivemsncom



daiefayemsncoIII


Harva rd IL 60033-0328 815-943-7205

dinghaoowc net


Greensboro NC 27409 336-668-3650

wndsockaolcom


Hartford WI 53027 262-966-7627

ssk rogaolcom




Roanoke TX 76262 817-491-9110



Stoughton WI 53589 608-877-8485

da rapriairecom


Wauwatosa WI 532 13 414-771-1545

slscilmidmilwpccom

DIRECTORS EMERITUS





Kent City MI 49330 616-678-5012

rFritlpathwapletcom




































32 F EB RUAR Y 2005








trade















500 x 5 600 x 6 700 x 8



DESSERIj 323-72 1-4900 FAX 323-721-7888



30 FEBRUARY 2005

BY HG FRAUTSCHY














VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31

VINTAGE AIRCRAFT












Roseville CA 95678 916-645-8370



Cannon Falls MN 55009 507-263-2414


Robert C Bob Brauer

c~~c~i 1~degto~O773-779-2105

photopilotaolcom


Plainfield IN 46168 317-839-4500

davecpdquesllIel



copeiandljllllocom


lawton MI 49065 269-624-6490

rcoufsonS16cscom


Blaine MN 55449 763-786-3342

pledgedrivemsncom



daiefayemsncoIII


Harva rd IL 60033-0328 815-943-7205

dinghaoowc net


Greensboro NC 27409 336-668-3650

wndsockaolcom


Hartford WI 53027 262-966-7627

ssk rogaolcom




Roanoke TX 76262 817-491-9110



Stoughton WI 53589 608-877-8485

da rapriairecom


Wauwatosa WI 532 13 414-771-1545

slscilmidmilwpccom

DIRECTORS EMERITUS





Kent City MI 49330 616-678-5012

rFritlpathwapletcom




































32 F EB RUAR Y 2005

BY HG FRAUTSCHY














VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31

VINTAGE AIRCRAFT












Roseville CA 95678 916-645-8370



Cannon Falls MN 55009 507-263-2414


Robert C Bob Brauer

c~~c~i 1~degto~O773-779-2105

photopilotaolcom


Plainfield IN 46168 317-839-4500

davecpdquesllIel



copeiandljllllocom


lawton MI 49065 269-624-6490

rcoufsonS16cscom


Blaine MN 55449 763-786-3342

pledgedrivemsncom



daiefayemsncoIII


Harva rd IL 60033-0328 815-943-7205

dinghaoowc net


Greensboro NC 27409 336-668-3650

wndsockaolcom


Hartford WI 53027 262-966-7627

ssk rogaolcom




Roanoke TX 76262 817-491-9110



Stoughton WI 53589 608-877-8485

da rapriairecom


Wauwatosa WI 532 13 414-771-1545

slscilmidmilwpccom

DIRECTORS EMERITUS





Kent City MI 49330 616-678-5012

rFritlpathwapletcom




































32 F EB RUAR Y 2005

VINTAGE AIRCRAFT












Roseville CA 95678 916-645-8370



Cannon Falls MN 55009 507-263-2414


Robert C Bob Brauer

c~~c~i 1~degto~O773-779-2105

photopilotaolcom


Plainfield IN 46168 317-839-4500

davecpdquesllIel



copeiandljllllocom


lawton MI 49065 269-624-6490

rcoufsonS16cscom


Blaine MN 55449 763-786-3342

pledgedrivemsncom



daiefayemsncoIII


Harva rd IL 60033-0328 815-943-7205

dinghaoowc net


Greensboro NC 27409 336-668-3650

wndsockaolcom


Hartford WI 53027 262-966-7627

ssk rogaolcom




Roanoke TX 76262 817-491-9110



Stoughton WI 53589 608-877-8485

da rapriairecom


Wauwatosa WI 532 13 414-771-1545

slscilmidmilwpccom

DIRECTORS EMERITUS





Kent City MI 49330 616-678-5012

rFritlpathwapletcom




































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