July 1996 Vol 24 No7

EDITORIAL STAFF

Publisher Tom Poberezny

Editor-in-Chief Jack Cox

Editor Henry G Frautschy

Managing Editor Golda Cox

Art Director Mike Drucks

Assistant Art Director Sara A Otto

Computer Graphic Specialists Olivia L Phillip Jennifer Larsen

Advertising Mary Jones

Associate Editor Norm Petersen

Feature Writer Dennis Parks

Staff Photographers Jim Koepnick Mike Steineke

Carl Schuppei Ken Lichtenburg

Editorial ASSistant isabelle Wiske

EAA ANTIQUECLASSIC DIVISION INC OFFICERS

President Vice-President Espie Butch Joyce George Daubner

PO Box 35584 2448 Lough Lone Greensboro NC 27425 Hartford WI 53027

910393-0344 414673-5885

Secretary Treasurer Steve Nesse EE Buck Hilbert

2009 Highland Ave PO Box 424 Albert Lea MN 56007 Union IL60180

507373-1674 815923-4591

DIRECTORS John Berendt Robert C Bob Brauer

7645 Echo Paint Rd 9345 S Hoyne Cannon Falls MN 55009 Chicago IL 60620

507263-2414 312779-2105

Gene Chase John S Copeland 2159 Carlton Rd 28-3 Williamsburg Ct

Oshkosh WI 54904 Shrewsbury MA 01545 414231-5002 508842-7867

Phil Coulson Stan Gomoll 28415 Springbrook Dr 1042 90th Lone NE

Lawton MI 49065 Minneapolis MN 55434 616624-6490 612784-1172

Charles Harris Jeannie Hili 7215 East 46th St PO Box 328 Tulsa OK 74145 Harvard IL 60033

918622-8400 815943-7205

Dale A Gustafson Robert D Bob Lumley 7724 Shady Hill Dr 1265Soulh I 24th St

Indianapolis IN 46278 Brooklield WI 53005 317293-4430 414782-2633

Robert Ucktelg Gene MorrIs 1708 Bay Oaks Dr 115C Steve Court RR 2

Albert Lea MN 56007 Rocnoke TX 76262 507373-2922 817491-9110

Geoff Robison George York 1521 E MacGregor Dr 181 Sloboda Av New Haven IN 46774 Mansfield OH 44906

219493-4724 419529-4378

SH Wes Schmid 2359 Lefeber Avenue Wauwatosa WI 53213

414771-1545

DIRECTOR EMERITUS SJ WHtrnan

1904-1995

ADVISORS

Joe DIckey Roger GomoIt 55 Oakey Av 3238 Vicoria SI N

Lawrenceburg IN 47025 St Paul MN 55126 812537-9354 612484-2303

Steve Krog Dean RIchardson 930 Tara HLE 6701 Colony Dr

Hartford WI 53027 Madison WI 53717 414966-7627 608833-1291

CONTENTS 1 Straight amp Levell

Espie Butch Joyce

2 AlC NewsHG Frautschy

3 AlC 25th Celebration

5 AlC 25th Anniversary shyPart IVGene Chase

10 The First Airplane at EAA Oshkosh 70 HG Frautschy

13 Aeronca 15AC Sedan HG Frautschy

17 Preisss Cessna 195 Norm Petersen

21 Type Club Notes Norm Petersen

23 Pass it to Buck EE Buck Hilbert

24 Vintage Seaplanes Norm Petersen

26 Calendar

28 Mystery Plane HG Frautschy

29 Welcome New Members

30 Vintage Trader

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FRONT COVER Vintage Airplane editor HG Frautschy enjoys a fall aftemoon flight with EE Buck Hilbertmiddots 1948 Aeronca 15AC Sedan NI048H SIN 15AC-59 The Sedan was the last model airplane to carry the Aeronca name before the factory tumed to subcontract work This porticular example was restored by Paul and Pam Workman of Zanesville OH EM photo by Jim Koepnick shot with a Canon EOS-In equipped with an 80-200 mm lens 1250 sec f90n 100 ASA slide film Piper Cub photo plane flown by Gene Chase

BACK COVER During EM OSHKOSH Captain John Preiss College Stafton TX and he new bride Beverly top the growing afternoon cumulus clouds with their award winning 1951 Cessna 195 The Preiss Cessna was selected as the Reserve Grand Champion Classic at EM OSHKOSH 94 and was also selected as the Best Restored Classic over 165 hp at Sun n Fun 96 EM photo by Phil High shot with a Canon EOS-In equipped with an 80-200 mm lens 11 25 sec fl60n 100 ASAsiide film Cessna 210 photo plane flown by Bruce Moore

Copyright copy 1996 by the EM AntiqueClassic Division Inc All rights reserved VINTAGE AIRPLANE (ISSN 0091-6943) is published and owned exclusively by the EM AntiqueClassic Division Inc of the Experimental Aircraft Association and is published monthly at EM Aviation Center 3000 Poberezny Rdbull PO Box 3086 Oshkosh Wisconsin 54903-3086 Periodicals Postage paid at Oshkosh WlSCOI1Sin 5490t and at add~ional mailing offices The membership rate for EM AntiqueClassic Division Inc is $2700 for current EM members for 12 month period of which $1500 is for the publication of VINTAGEAIRPLANE Membership is open to all who are interested in aviation POSTMASTER Send address changes to EM AntiqueClassic Division Inc PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 FOREIGN AND lPO ADDRESSES - Please allow at least two months for delivY of VINTAGE AIRPlANE to foreign and lPO addresses via surface mail ADVERTISING - AntiqueClassic Division does not guarantee or endorse any product offered through the advertising We inv~e constructive criticism and welcome any report of inferior merchandise obtained through our advertising so that corrective measures can be taken EDITORIAl POUCY Readers are encouraged to subm~ stories and photographs Policy opinionS expressed in articles are solely those of the authors Responsibility for accuracy in reporting rests entirely with the contributor No renumeration is made Material should be sent to Ed~or VINTAGE AIRPlANE PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Phone 414426-4800

The words EAA ULTRALIGHT FLY WITH THE FIRST TEAM SPORT AVIATION and the logos of EAA EAA INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION EAA ANTIQUECLASSIC DMSlON INTERNATIONAL AEROBATIC CLUB WARBtRDS OF AMERICA are reg registered trademarks TlIE EAA SKY SHOPPE and logos of the EAA AVIATION FOUNDATION and EAA ULTRALIGHT CONVENTION are trademarks of the above associations and their use by any person other than the above association is strictly prohiMed

STRAIGHT amp LEVEL

I am already packing items to take with me to O shkosh 96 It is hard to be li eve th at I have been a vo lunteer fo r over 21 years I have to ld a number of fo lks th at o ne o f my first jo bs was to ma ke le mo nade for th e pa rking vo luntee rs I must have been good a t do ing this o r no t so good beca use they moved me to another area the next yea r as C lassic Judge Afshyter doing this for a number of yea rs I moved o n to othe r dushyti es I have served as the AntiqueClass ic Conve ntion Manshyage m e n t C ha irm a n a nd a gain thi s yea r will h a ve thi s res po nsibilit y a t O shkosh 96 the buck s to p s he re so to speak A s I have in the past I will aga in lis t th e Chairme n wh o come unde r my management a rea fo r your in formation These Chairmen are not listed in any order

Convention Management - Espie Butch Joyce 910393-0344

AeroGram - Bi ll Ma rcy 303798-6086

Computer Operations - Earl Nickoles 708381-11 62

Antique Awards - Dale Gustafson 317293-4430

Anniversary 25th - Bob Lickte ig 507373-2922

Classic Awards - George York 41 9529-4378

Construction and Maintenance - Sta n Gomoll 612784-1172

Contemporary Awards - Dan Knutson 608592-3712

Data Processing - Janet Ben nett 616684-8813

Flight Line Safety - Phil Coul son 616624-6490

Safe Flying Seminars - Steve Krog 414966-7627

Fly-Out - Bob Lumley 414784-2633

Forums - John Berendt 507263-2414

Hall of Fame - Dea n Richardson 608257-8801

AlC Headquarters - Ruth Coulson 616624-6490

Interview Circle - Charl ie Harris 918742-7311

Manpower - Anna Osborn

MembershipChapters - Bob Brauer 312779-2 105

OX-5 Pioneers - Bob Wa llace 301 686-9242

Parade ofFlight - Steve Nesse 507373-1674

Parking and Safety - George Daubner 414673-5885

by Espie Butch Joyce

Participant Plaque - John Copeland 508842-7867

Photo - Jack McCa rthy 317371-1290

AC Picnic - Jea nnie Hill 815943-7205

AIC Media-PR - jea nnie Hill 815943-7205

Security - Geoff Rob inson 219493-4724

Tour Tram - james LeFever 414434-1 656

Type Club Headquarters - joe Dickey 812537-9354

Volunteer Hostess - judi Wyrembeck 41423 1-4487

Workshop - George Meade 414926-2428

As yo u ca n see the re will be a numbe r of a reas tha t might be o f inte rest to you this year Should you have any inte rest in a ny o f th ese activities you might want to give one of these Chairme n a call We always try to make your stay with us enshyjoyable a nd sho uld you need any help o r have any good sugshygesti o ns for us co me by your AntiqueClass ic H eadquarte rs and look us up

I am getting calls e ve ry day almost now from people who have some ve ry inte resting aircraft who will be bringing the m to O shkosh this year This Conve ntio n looks as if it is shaping up to be be tte r tha n e ve r I get e xcited a bo ut a lmost eve ryshythin g th a t goes o n during th e Conve nti o n but o ne activity tha t I a m looking fo rwa rd to this yea r is th e Sa fe Flying sesshysio ns th at the A ntiqueClass ic Divisio n will be conducting o n F rid ay mo rning fro m 800 am until 1100 a m and again o n Mo nday mo rning same time same place I wo uld like to e nshycourage yo u to a tte nd these sessio ns to he lp yo u beco me a safe r av ia to r These sessio ns will be directed at o ur kin d of airpla nes a nd our kind of flyin g I think you will find all of the a ircra ft judges having their ha nds full trying to figure ou t which o ne of the a ircraft will rece ive the best awa rd

I am sure that all o f you have been made awa re of some of the accidents that have happe ned this year a t d iffe re nt eve nts I wa nt to as k each o f yo u to be extra ca uti o us th is yea r a nd keep yo ur trip to yo ur s tay a t a nd yo ur trip fro m O shkos h 96 a safe o ne I look fo rwa rd to see ing each of you this year and in the future

T hi s year will be o ur 25 th A nniversary co nve nti o n ask a frie nd to join us Le ts a ll pull in the same directio n fo r the good of avia ti o n R emember we a re better together Join us a nd have it all

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 1

TYPE CLUB LISTINGS

Here are two updates to our TypeAC NEWS Club list under the Organizations cateshy______________________________________________________ gory

compiled by HG Frautschy

JOHN HALTERMAN AND BILL WATSO N PERISH IN MIDAIR COLLISION

The antique aircraft world lost two of its most knowledgeable men during the National Biplane Associations Convenshytion at Bartlesville OK June 1 1996 While in the left hand traffic pattern for the north runway Johns 1931 Waco QCF-2 collided with Bills 1928 KreidershyReisner KR-31 In the ensuing crashes both John and Bill were killed along with two passengers Riding with John was Annette Delahay of Bartlesville a local pilot and cable television personalshyity An active volunteer during the Bishyplane Convention Annette was an aviashytion booster in the fullest sense

Bills passenger Rod Bogan was the Safety and Environmental Dept manshyager for Phillips Petroleum Company and the husband of Jill Bogan manager of Phillips Aviation Sales Dept Rod a private pilot was getting his second bishyplane ride when the accident occurred

John Halterman (EAA 241635) of Creve Coeur MO has long been acshyknowledged as one of the finest antique aircraft restorers in the world His hangar at Creve Coeur airport held the

(Above right) Accomplished aircraft restorer John Halterman and his Waco QCF-2 It was the biplane he was flying when he and his passenger were involved in the mid-air collision

(Right) Bill Watson retired corporate pilot and restorer of this extraordinary Kreider-Reisner KR-31

Both John Bill and their two passenshygers perished in the ensuing crashes

2 JULY 1996

most wonderful of projects but among his favorite works were the Wacos and Monocoupes he rebuilt As mentioned in last months news John had only reshycently acquired the Type Certificate and drawings for the Monocoupe 90 AAFAL series of airplanes and planned on building approved parts for those airplanes

Bill Watson (EAA 837) of Collinsshyville OK was a past president of AIC Chapter 10 and a retired corporate pilot who learned his craft in the Aeronca C-3 and progressed all the way up to the transoceanic Falcon 50 bizjet Bill was most widely known in antique circles for his restoration of a KR-31 he found in a barn in Pennsylvania in the early 1970s Selected as the AAAs Grand Champion at Blakesburg in 1979 tied with the Younkin Travel Air Mystery Ship it was one of the most authentic restorations seen in many years

To the families and friends of Bill Watson John Halterman Rod Bogan and Annette Delahay we extend our sympathies

Piper Aviation Museum Foundation Ginny Edmonston Exec Dir One Piper Way Lock Haven PA 17745-0052 717748-8283 Fax 717748-3790 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $3000 annually internet httpoakkcsdk12pauspam Emai l pamoakkcsdk12paus

Sentimental Journey to Cub Haven Inc EJ Doc Conway Fly-In Director PO Box J-3 Lock Haven PA 17745-0496 717893-4218 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $1000 annually

National Air Racing Group Betty Sherman NAG Treasurer 5508 7th Av NW Seattle WA 98107 Newsletter Professional Air Racing Dues $15 ($20 outside USA) payable to NAG Inc

NEW W X STANDARD REPORTS

Just when you thought you nailed down the revised airspace classificashytions the FAA has continued their reshywork of many rules and standards Both the airspace reclassification and the new standards for aviation weather reporting have been mandated by the International Civil Aviation Organizashytion (ICAO) and are part of a worldshywide effort to make the reporting of avishyation weather consistent all over the globe Canada has already adopted the new standards this past June 3 and the National Weather Service and Departshyment of Defense will also revise their reporting methods

The changes will be most noticeable

TYPE CLUB LISTINGS

Here are two updates to our TypeAC NEWS Club list under the Organizations cateshy______________________________________________________ gory

compiled by HG Frautschy

JOHN HALTERMAN AND BILL WATSO N PERISH IN MIDAIR COLLISION

The antique aircraft world lost two of its most knowledgeable men during the National Biplane Associations Convenshytion at Bartlesville OK June 1 1996 While in the left hand traffic pattern for the north runway Johns 1931 Waco QCF-2 collided with Bills 1928 KreidershyReisner KR-31 In the ensuing crashes both John and Bill were killed along with two passengers Riding with John was Annette Delahay of Bartlesville a local pilot and cable television personalshyity An active volunteer during the Bishyplane Convention Annette was an aviashytion booster in the fullest sense

Bills passenger Rod Bogan was the Safety and Environmental Dept manshyager for Phillips Petroleum Company and the husband of Jill Bogan manager of Phillips Aviation Sales Dept Rod a private pilot was getting his second bishyplane ride when the accident occurred

John Halterman (EAA 241635) of Creve Coeur MO has long been acshyknowledged as one of the finest antique aircraft restorers in the world His hangar at Creve Coeur airport held the

(Above right) Accomplished aircraft restorer John Halterman and his Waco QCF-2 It was the biplane he was flying when he and his passenger were involved in the mid-air collision

(Right) Bill Watson retired corporate pilot and restorer of this extraordinary Kreider-Reisner KR-31

Both John Bill and their two passenshygers perished in the ensuing crashes

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most wonderful of projects but among his favorite works were the Wacos and Monocoupes he rebuilt As mentioned in last months news John had only reshycently acquired the Type Certificate and drawings for the Monocoupe 90 AAFAL series of airplanes and planned on building approved parts for those airplanes

Bill Watson (EAA 837) of Collinsshyville OK was a past president of AIC Chapter 10 and a retired corporate pilot who learned his craft in the Aeronca C-3 and progressed all the way up to the transoceanic Falcon 50 bizjet Bill was most widely known in antique circles for his restoration of a KR-31 he found in a barn in Pennsylvania in the early 1970s Selected as the AAAs Grand Champion at Blakesburg in 1979 tied with the Younkin Travel Air Mystery Ship it was one of the most authentic restorations seen in many years

To the families and friends of Bill Watson John Halterman Rod Bogan and Annette Delahay we extend our sympathies

Piper Aviation Museum Foundation Ginny Edmonston Exec Dir One Piper Way Lock Haven PA 17745-0052 717748-8283 Fax 717748-3790 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $3000 annually internet httpoakkcsdk12pauspam Emai l pamoakkcsdk12paus

Sentimental Journey to Cub Haven Inc EJ Doc Conway Fly-In Director PO Box J-3 Lock Haven PA 17745-0496 717893-4218 Newsletter Quarterly Dues $1000 annually

National Air Racing Group Betty Sherman NAG Treasurer 5508 7th Av NW Seattle WA 98107 Newsletter Professional Air Racing Dues $15 ($20 outside USA) payable to NAG Inc

NEW W X STANDARD REPORTS

Just when you thought you nailed down the revised airspace classificashytions the FAA has continued their reshywork of many rules and standards Both the airspace reclassification and the new standards for aviation weather reporting have been mandated by the International Civil Aviation Organizashytion (ICAO) and are part of a worldshywide effort to make the reporting of avishyation weather consistent all over the globe Canada has already adopted the new standards this past June 3 and the National Weather Service and Departshyment of Defense will also revise their reporting methods

The changes will be most noticeable

EAA ANTIQUE CLASSIC DIVISION

25th ANNIVERSARY AlC DIVISION 25th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION shyPARADE OF FLIGHT

To help us celebrate the milestone of our 25th Anniversary we are planning two Parade of Flight events at EAA OSHKOSH 96 The first wi ll be on Thursday aftershynoon August 1 the opening day of the Convention The second will be on Monday afternoon August 5 We are looking for volunteers who wish to fly their airplanes in one of these events Those participating in the event will be given a Parade of Flight patch a Parade of Flight plaque and a baseball cap

Wed like advance registration for this event - if you have a nice example of an Antique Classic or Contemporary aircraft and would like to participate please conshytact Steve Nesse 2009 Highland Albert Lea MN 56007 phone 507373-1674

fach year at fAA OSHKOSH the largest contingent of showplanes come from the AntiqueClassic area headquarshytered at the AC Red Barn just south of the showcase West Ramp The growth of this area is a compliment to the members of the AntiqueClassic Division who have encouraged education and presershyvation for 25 years The Divisions hisshytory mirrors that of fAAs presence in Oshkosh

Antique airplanes had always been elshyigible for awards at fAA Conventions By the late 1960s those who owned such airplanes were requesting an area to park them together during the fly-in The emergence of that idea neatly coincided with the move of the Convention from Rockford IL to Oshkosh in 1970 Anshytique airplane owners organized to park the aircraft at that first fAA Oshkosh That organization of vintage airplane enshythusiasts grew until in November 1971 the first bylaws of the fAA AntiqueClasshysic Division were established

Since that time the AntiqueClassic

Division has been a major organizer of fAA activities Division members have donated their time ta lents and aircraft to many fAA initiatives including the curshyrent Young fagles program That inshyvolvement shows how aviations heritage is also creating the interest in its future

As the AntiqueClassic Division celeshybrates its 25th anniversary it has schedshyuled a number of unique activities many of them open to all aviation enthusiasts Special guests and aviation pioneers have also been invited to participate in this celebration The OX-5 Pioneers Tent located just behind the Red Barn is a great place to learn more about the hisshytory of early flight You never know who you might meet - perhaps a living legend may be your guide to aviations grand past

The Type Club tent just south of the Red Barn will be open throughout the Convention to welcome those interested in a particu lar type of airplane The neighboring AntiqueClassic Workshop offers Fly-In participants the chance to

see actua l restoration taking place In honor the Division 25th anshy

niversary even the Red Barn is getshyting a face lift Youll see many avishyation artifacts and displays creating a panorama of the Division past present and future This year a new video corner features films

The AlC Divisions many members are of interest to many including FAA administrator David Hinson (center) shown visiting with AlC ofshyficers EE Buck Hilbert (left) and Espie Butch Joyce

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

(Be sure to check on the scheduling of all events at the NC Red Barn)

Thursday August 1 12 30 pm Parade of Flight Part I

Friday August 2 1000 am 25th Anniversary news conference Red Barn

Saturday August 3 7 am Briefing for AntiqueClassic f ly-out to Shawano W I 800 am-11 00 am Safety Seminar Theater in the Woods

Sunday August 4 600 pm Division BanquetPicnic Nature Censhyter (tickets available at the Red Barn)

Monday August 5 800-11 30 am Safety Seminar Theshyater in the Woods 1230 pm Parade of Flight Part II Theater in the Woods even i ng proshygram Charter Member Reunion

Multi-day activities August 1-7 Special participant plaques Workshop tent Type Club Tent AntiqueClassic Forums (Forum tent area near the Fly-Market) August 2-4 25th Anniversary Banner Tow

and interviews recorded during past Conshyventions Many aviation pioneers will be featured

AntiqueClassic members are again participating in the popular forums schedule throughout Convention week Check the schedule near the forum tents or at the Red Barn Also there are speshycial AntiqueClassic Safety Seminars See the special notice in this article concernshying this new enhancement to the AnshytiqueClassic area

An occasion such as this for vintage airplane enthusiasts comes along only once every 25 years so join in the celeshybration Complete details are available at the Red Barn along with many comshymemorative items marking the Divisions silver anniversary

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 3

by Walter Dorlac bull (NC 22270)

Every year at thi s time my

The AntiqueClassic area at EAA OSHKOSH has a lot to offer For starters you can learn how to cover with fabric in the AlC Workshop or you can learn more about the Curtiss OX-5 engine from someone who knows them intimately

You have been to Oshkosh for 20 years and never volunteered We all know that without the ground crew the plane will not get off the ground Well without the thousands of volunshyteers who put in countless hours of their time Oshkosh might not be the grand occasion we all enjoy

thoughts turn to Oshkosh and what great events will be taking place this year Most of what happens I have no control over and just enjoy The daily air shows the stroll through the Fly Mart the countless opportunities to take advantage of hands-on learnshying and listening to experts in all areas share their experience in the forums There are always wonderful programs in the Theater in the Woods after a fulfilling day soaking in row after row of great airplanes

There is an aspect of Oshkosh however that I do have control over and we all know it is NOT the weather The enjoyment I get out of Oshkosh is

directly related to what I do to he lp I have been volunteering for seven years at Oshkosh the last five with the AntiqueClasshysic Division working with the greatest people I have found that by being a participant my enjoym en t ha s increased tre mendou sly Since Gene Soucy has not called me to train for wing-walking yet helping to park planes seemed like a great opportunity to be involved as much or as little as I want Not only have I enjoyed admiring count less airplanes up close I have gotten to know many peoshyple whom I would neve r have met had I not volunteered

Our Volunteer Center is loshycated by the road in front of the Red Barn and the fine folks

there can match you up to the work you d esi re We have husband and wife teams father and son teams and even whole families who return annushyally to help There are many opportushynities during the Convention crowd control crossing guards wing walkers bikers Red Barn staff writers for the Aerogram and much more For only 15 hours of work during the Convenshytion you can earn the AntiqueClassic patch and a year patch to add each year you return

There is something for everyone to do Stop by our volunteer booth in front of the Red Barn and join us for a few hours You will be glad you did

Past Champion Activities by Dean Richardson NC Director

The EAA OSHKOSH AntiqueClasshysic Grand and Reserve Grand Champishyons from past years will be honore d with various activ ities Returning airshyplanes will have special display parking across from AC Headquarters A Sunshyday breakfast will further honor the reshyturning champions as well as a special award for those ab le to bring back the winning aircraft We look forward to a large number of returning aircraft for this special 25th anniversary celebrashytion

AIC Flying Safety Seminars

by Steve Krog AC Division Advisor No pilot ever wants to deliberately

be unsafe or have an accident Howshyever after obtaining our pilot certifishycate we sometimes develop habits and behaviors that if unchecked could someshyday result in an accident

Everyone agrees that maintaining

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proficiency at basic stick-and-rudder skills is important But flying is more than be ing proficient at manipulating the controls of an airplane its also our planning skills and thought processes that guide us to a safe landing--)r not

The Federa l Aviation Administrashytion (FAA) has spearheaded the effort to raise pilots awareness of the characshyteristics of both good and bad decision making in everyday flying activit ies This effort has included the publication of training manuals Back-to-Basics training materials and an Advisory Cirshycular (60-22) entitled Aeronautical Deshycision Making

The FAA is currently developing new training materials in advanced aeroshynautical decision making to enable less experienced pilots to solve problems more like seasoned pilots Both EAA and NAFI endorse this important work At Oshkosh 96 the EAA Antique Classic Division will conduct two safety seminars on the latest FAA effort in adshyvanced pilot decision making and how to avoid pilot error accidents

The seminars will foc us on how to define success in our flying and how to guide your thought process to lead every flight to a safe outcome Learn to SOAR a new decision mak in g process used by experts that will help you avoid th e seven deadly sins of poor decision making

Youll learn to recognize the differshyence between novice and seasoned pilot decision making You ll also gain inshysight into the awareness and vigilance used by expert decision makers to hanshydle everyday situations

Our decision making is also affected by the attitude we bring to flying The seminars will discuss the five hazardous attitudes and how they affect decisions Youll have the opportunity to rate yourself on the attitude scale

Whether you have 50 hours or 50000 hours youll find these programs inforshymative The two seminars will be held on Saturday August 3 and on Monday August 5 at the Theater In The Woods Each seminar will begin at 800 am and conclude at 1100 am

1982

fAA AntiqueClassic Division

25th Anniversary PART IV

by Gene Chase

Since many of our current members may not be aware of the extraordinary efforts that went into the formation of the largest of fAA s Divisions were pleased to present a 25th Anniversary reprint of the history of the

fAA AntiqueClassic Division as first published in the July 1985 edition of the magazine In next months issue we will conclude the series with a retrospective covering the past 10 years - HG Frautschy

In his February editorial in SPORT AVIATION Paul Poberezny touched briefly on the possibility of pursuing the availability of a Repairmans Certificate for the ownersrestorers of vintage airshycraft This had been on Pauls mind for a number of years He felt that a certifishycate similar to the one which allowed homebuilders to do the maintenance on and re-certifying their aircraft could be a fitting recognition by the FAA of the excellent effort put forth by many reshystorers of vintage aircraft He asked for reader s comments and said he would pursue the matter only if there was enough interest

The responses were numerous and positive including remarks by AampPs and lAs These encouraged the formashytion of a committee to evaluate the comshyments and present a proposal to the OSHKOSH82-SALUTETO Oshkosh 81 groundbreaking cereshy

monies for the EAA Aviation CenterFAA Composed of leadership from NASA AERONAUTICS Flanked by the Spirit of St Louis Dickboth EAA and AntiqueClassic DivishyStouffer leads the dedication cereshysion the committee members were Paul EAAs 30th Annual Convention monies for the future home of EAA and

Poberezny Charles Schuck Brad July 31 - August 7 seemingly had everyshy the AntiqueClassic Division Thomas AI Kelch Morton Lester and thing the good the bad and about Claude Gray everything in between It began and

The Board of Advisors was increased ended in good weather but mid-week On the brighter side FAA Adminisshyto eight when the AntiqueClassic Offishy brought thunderstorms low ceilings trator J Lynn Helms presented Paul cers and Directors named Roy Redman damaging winds and high water An asshy Poberezny STCs for the use of unleaded Kilkenny MN and Robert G Herman tounding number of people and airshy auto fuel in the Continental 0-200 enshyMenomonee Falls WI to fill vacancies planes converged on Wittman Field for gine and the Cessna 150 then he became

In the June issue of THE VINTAGE opening day and did so safely But on the first person to legally fly a US regisshyAIRPLANE the Division Officers and the fourth day whi le traffic was relashy tered aircraft on auto fuel EAAs Chief Directors announced a dues increase tively light a mid-air collision occurred Pilot Jim Barton accompanied him from $1400 to $1800 per year effective in the fly-by pattern taking the lives of NASA was at Oshkosh 82 in force September 1 1982 In the same issue three persons Rick Demond of Whitshy with four aircraft several displays and President Brad Thomas in his editorial more Lake MI in his 1932 Corben Baby over 30 forums of interest to sport and listed each of the Division Officers Dishy Ace plus the pilot and passenger of a general aviation pilots The total count rectors and Advisors along with their Starduster Too Rick and his family of registered show planes was 1818 Of duties at the Annual EAA Convention were ardent supporters of EAA and the that number 176 were Antiques 585 and where they could be found during AntiqueClassic Division and his abshy were Classics and the Replicas numshythe event sence would be deeply felt bered 5

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 5

The top awards went to ANTIQUE Grand Champion - Stinshy

son SR-8C NC17116 Roy and Judi Redman Faribault MN

Reserve Grand Champion - Stinson SM6000B Tri-Motor NCl1170 Chuck Andreas Bill Brennand and Byron Fredericksen

CLASSIC Grand Champion - Lusshycombe 8A NC71454 Tom Stoia Manshyning Sc

Rese rve Grand Champion - Aeronca l1AC Chief NC85829 Elymus L Nace Rehoboth Beach DE

REPLICA Champion - Howard DGA-6 Mr Mulligan NR273Y Bob and Jim Younkin Springdale AR

At the annual business meetin g of the AntiqueClassic Division on August 71982 it was reported the Division was experiencing a steady growth The offishycers and directors up for re- e lec tion were unanimously elected for their twoshyyear te rms of office Following th e membership meeting a Board of Direcshytors mee tin g was conducted and the Board unanimously voted to donate $1000 per year for five years to th e EAA Capital Campaign Drive It was noted that none of the donated funds came from membership dues but from several projects promoted during th e Conventions which bring income to the Division

On October 201982 EAA on behalf of its AntiqueClassic Division wrote to the FAA proposing that FAR 43 be

amended to allow the restorer of an anshytique or classic aircraft at hisher opshytion to conduct inspections (including annual inspections) repairs and altershyations to hisher aircraft so long as the restoration work was accomplished by the res torer under supervision of an AampP

The proposal was published in the Federal Registe r in November with the request for comments to be received no later than December 8 1982 The year ended awaiting FAAs decision

1983 - NEW EAA AVIATION CENTER DEDICATED

Just two years after Paul Poberezny turned that first spade of dirt the magshynificent new EAA Aviation Center was dedicated on July 301983 The keynote speaker was Barron Hilton Chairman of the Board and President of Hilton Hotels Corporation and an active EAA member

Special guests included actor Cliff Robertson who acted as Master of Cershyemonies Sam Johnson Chief Executive Officer of Johnson Wax Company Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Thayer Aviation Great Steve Wittman FAA Administrator J Lynn Helms plus many more

EAA President Paul Poberezny and EAA Aviation Foundation President Tom Poberezny both addressed the asshysembly Just as the ribbon was cut the

EAA Foundations replica Spirit of St Louis made a low pass over the cereshymony and the new EAA Aviation Censhyter was officially open This historic event took place on the first day of the 31st Annual EAA Fly-In Convention and was the highlight of the week

Early in the year the AntiqueClassic Board of Directors named Daniel Neushyman of Minneapolis MN to the Board of Advisors to replace Ed Burns who reshysigned Th e Board also voted to have THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE delivshyered in a protective wrapper because of members complaints of receiving mutishylated copies in the mail

On March 7 1983 AntiqueClass ic Division Chapter 11 received its charter at a ceremony at Milwaukee WI The groups first president was John Kalas

The 9th Annual EAA Sun n Fun Fly-In at Lakeland FL March 13-19 esshytablished new attendance records in spite of one of the areas worst winters and three days of IFR weather during the popular event In spite of these adshyversities th e Fly-In recorded 25000 people 5100 aircraft and over 800 show planes AntiqueClassic Division Chapshyter One has been a vital element in this Fly-In since its inception

In his June 1983 editorial Division President Brad Thomas reported on the Board meeting held on May 6 at th e Kermit Weeks Flight Research Center in Oshkosh WI They discussed the problem of pilots parking in the Anshy

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tiqueClassic area at Oshkosh and not registering their aircraft

As a possible solution each arrival at Oshkosh 83 would be given a sheet exshyplaining the registration procedure and listing the advantages of registering no fee complimentary Convention pilot mug and a more complete and accurate count of show planes in attendance

Before adjourning the gro up was given a tour through the soon-to-be completed EAA Aviation Center and all were thoroughly impressed

The July 1983 issue of VINTAGE contained a guest editorial by Division Director Claude Gray who also served as Chairman of the EAA National Judgshying Committee He discussed the intent of the rules in the Judging Guidebook and gave some valuable tips for restorshyers who plan to have their aircraft judged

Paul Poberezny a nnounced in his July edi torial in SPORT AVIATION that The EAA petition for an AnshytiqueClassic Repairman Certificate for those who would have qualified has been denied by the FAA even though 208 agreed 82 disagreed and some 153 letters were irrelevant However FAA has agreed to a feasibility study with the possibility of receiving a petition for a rule change The denial was based upon many of the comments submitted by the president of the Antique Airplane Asshysociation of Blakesburg Iowa

The October 1983 issue of THE VINshyTAGE AIRPLANE contained EAAs petition the FAAs letter of denial and a sampling of letters both pro and con from respondents

OSHKOSH 83

As always the AntiqueClassic Divishysion played an important part in this the 31st Annual EAA Fly-In Convenshytion Each year the operation ran more smoothly thanks to the many dedicated volunteers who made it all happen

The new venture in 83 of making space available in the Hospitality Tent for the Type Clubs was an outstanding success Advisor Butch Joyce through input from the Type Club members would plan a larger program for the groups in 1984

The AntiqueClassic Divisions hour of glory was their ever-popular Parade of Flight on Wednesday August 3 With incredible organization and hard work by 60 flight line volunteers 96 aircraft were flagged off for exhibition flights before the huge throng of spectators and parked after landing in only 60 minshyutes The entire operation was conshyducted without a hitch

First to take off was Dale Crites of Waukesha WI in his 1911 Curtiss Pusher followed by a steady flow of vinshy

tage aircraft representing the years from 1911 through 1955 The Parade of Flight continues to be one of the highlights of the Annual EAA Convention

Included in the 1521 show planes were 119 Antiques 514 Classics and 5 Replicas

ANTIQUE Grand Champion -Fairchild 24W NC77655 Charles W Bell Sheboygan WI

Reserve Grand Champion -Beechcraft B17L Staggerwing

NC270Y Dick Hansen and Dick Perry Batavia IL

CLASSIC Grand Champion -Aeronca 7AC NC84998 Robert K Armstrong Rawlings MD

Reserve Grand Champion - Lusshycombe 8F N1373B George Chaffey Pittsburg CA

REPLICA Champion - 1916 Halbershystadt DIV N1388J Carl Swanson AlshyIens Grove WI

Following a long established custom the September 1983 issue of VINTAGE contained an extensive listing of Type Clubs with addresses phone numbers and other information The same issue announced the FAA had amended EAAs STC to include the Continental A-40 through the C-90 series of engines permitting them to use unleaded auto gasoline

More changes in personnel occurred late in the year when the Board of Dishyrectors accepted the resignations of Vice President Jack Winthrop and Secshyretary Kelly Viets Both men had faithshyfully served the Division since it started Their positions were filled by Robert J Lickteig of Albert Lea MN and Ronald Fritz of Kent City MI respectively Frik had been a long-time Director and Adshyvisor

The resignation of Director Robert E Kesel was also accepted and to fill his

(Above) Robert J Dobbie Lickteig Alshybert Lea Minnesota served as the AnshytiqueClassic Division President having taken over in April 1984

(Left) Replicas have been recognized as an excellent means of keeping the anshytiques alive This replica of Mr Mullishygan a Howard DGA-6 NR273Y won Grand Champion Replica honors for Bob and Jim Younkin of Springdale AR at Oshkosh 82 The Red Barn and Type Club Tent are in the background

and Frik s post on the Board of Direcshytors Robert G Herman and Gene Morshyris were moved up from the Board of Advisors Replacing them were newly named Advisors Ray Olcott of Nokomis FL and Gar Williams of NapervilleIL

1984 - EAAS NEW HOME

After 31 years in Hales Corners WI EAA moved into the new Aviation Censhyter in Oshkosh WI and was open for business as usual on January 9 1984 THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE s new Oshkosh address was reflected for the first time in the January 1984 issue

In his January Straight and Level editorial President Brad Thomas reshycapped the Division s accomplishments during the previous year and outlined the goals for 84 He mentioned that a specific area at Oshkosh 84 would be designated for the display of past Grand Champions in both antique and classic categories He hoped that many would be returned to be so honored

He described the face-lifting planned for the Red Barn Headquarters in the form of a new porch complete with porch swings and rocking chairs He further described a study that was underway to increase the number of

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The Antique Classic Red Barn with the new Friendship Porch beckoning memshybers to come on in and set a spell A big thank you is due AI Kelch and Bob Lumley for their perseverance in seeing this project to its completion

awards for antique aircraft to spread the awards more evenly among antiques and classics

In his February editorial Brad anshynounced to the members the EAA Avishyation Foundations plans for the EAA Air Academy an aviation program for boys and girls 15-17 years of age AnshytiqueClassic Division Vice-President Bob Lickteig volunteered to assist the Foundation by heading up the efforts of the Division toward this new project not only with funding from donors but in assisting with the procurement of volunteers and tools needed to make the venture a success

An editorial by the editor in the March issue of the magazine stated The last five years have seen gre a t progress in the AntiqueClassic Divishysion under the leadership of Brad Thomas and his Board of Directors As we go to press with this issue of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE we learned of his request to step down from this position Brad served admirably as President and his resignation is acshycepted with regret

Also by action of the Board of Dishyrectors Vice-President Bob Lickteig was named President Director Roy Redman was named Vice-President and

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Advisors Jack Copeland and Stan Goshymoll were named Directors

President Lickteigs first editorial appeared in the Apri l 1984 issue of THE VINTAGE A IRPLANE In it he reconfirmed the aims and goa ls of the Division He stated As I write my first message to you I cannot he lp but think of the great opportunity we have not only to continue our efforts of the past but to look at the cha ll enges that lie ahead

I n his next editoria l Bob discussed the EAA Air Academy and the AnshytiqueClass ic Divisions p lanned inshyvolvement He vo lunteered the use of his sons J-3 Cub in which each of the 30 students wou ld receive an orientashytion flight He predicted the EAA Air Academy would be expanded over the years to come and paid tribute to Paul Poberezny for his foresight and vision for bringing EAA to where it is today

The AntiqueClassic Division was becoming international with the first reshyquest for chapter status by a group of members in Argentina This announceshyment in the June 1984 iss ue of VI NshyTAGE named Mr Abel De bock as Chapter President The group became Chapter number 12

Another Chapter was formed during the year when Chapter 18 in Phoenix Arizona rece ived its charter Stan ley W Loer was the groups first president

The EAA Aviation Foundatio n s Auto Fue l STC program made great str ides d uring the year when they reshyceived FAA approva l for the issuance

of STCs for many models of Aeronca Cessna In terstate Luscombe McClish (Funk) Piper and Taylorcraft aircraft At the same time the list of airports in the US providing auto fuel grew rapidly

OSHKOSH - 84 THE FREEDOM OF fliGHT

Oshkosh 84 the 32nd Annual EAA Fly-In Convention was held July 28-Aushygust 4 and new records were set in all areas with the weatherman cooperating nice ly Total show plane count was up including 128 Antiques and 607 ClasshySICS

The AntiqueClassic Division activishyties involved greater participation than ever and thanks to the hardworking chairmen co-chairmen and volunteers each committee did its job splendidly The AntiqueClassic Chairman for the Convention was Bob Lickteig with CoshyChairman Roy Redman

The AntiqueClassic area with a new porch on the Red Barn was the talk of the Convention AI Kelch and Bob Lumley were responsible for the design and construction of the porch and with minimum assistance completed the job just in time for the 81 Convention This new addition to the Red Barn was named the Friendship Porch and in an appropriate ceremony was dedicated to all Convention volunteers

Manpower Chairman Jack Copeland with Co-Chairmen Ray Olcott and Bob Lumley did an outstanding job Thanks

to Art Morgan Chairman of Parking and Flight Line Safety along with CoshyChairman Bob Herman and Bob Braver there were no parking probshylems

The AntiqueClassic Fly-Out to Wautoma WI had 40 aircraft and 100 people a most enjoyable outing thanks to Bob Lumley The reunion of past grand champions and reserve grand champions arranged by AI Kelch brought out seven aircraft The reactishyvation of~ the picnic resulted in 420 peoshyple enjoying fine food and a great social hour thanks to Bob Kelly

The first photo contest of the Divishysion attracted 26 entries Jack McshyCarthy not only organized this activity but gave complete photo coverage of all AntiqueClassic activities The Headshyquarters Staff at the Red Barn was busy throughout the Convention with Kate Morgan Ruth Coulson and Jo Olcott handling merchandise sales double the amount of previous years

The Parade of Flight had 93 planes participating with Phil Coulson and William Benedict doing an excellent job of organizing The Type Club Headquarters Tent was full with ten clubs conducting their business The group was honored during the week when EAA Convention Chairman Tom Poberezny spoke to them Type Club Chairman Butch Joyce was planning on a larger tent for 1985 The forums handled by Ron Fritz and Gene Morris had the largest attendance on record

Roy Redman had a merchandising and chapter stand which was busy all week signing up 121 new Division members and talking with 20 members interested in forming new chapters The merchandising and chapter stand was constructed by Stan Gomoll

Dan Neuman arranged for and conshyducted 18 interviews with aircraft ownshyers This was more activity than ever for that committee

Coordinating the requirements of press people in the AntiqueClassic area were AI and Lois Kelch and they did their usual superb job The security of the AntiqueClassic area was the reshysponsibility of Chairman Dave Shaw with Co-Chairman Jack Huffman Dale Fauw and Tom Auger These men did an excellent job in the performance of their duties

Last but not least the aircraft judges were to be congratulated for a job well done The Antiques were judged by Chairman Dal e Gustafson with CoshyChairman Pete Covington Chairman George York judged the Classics along with Co-Chairman Dale Wolford

Of course those listed above are only a small percentage of the total number of volunteers who participate at Oshkosh and are responsible for

making the Annual EAA Convention the greatest aviation event in the world Without them it would not happen

The top awards at Oshkosh 84 went ANTIQUE Grand Champion - Stinshy

son SR-5E N14187 1 Tom Laurie Newport Beach CA

Reserve Grand Champion - Stearshyman C3R NC794H Jeff Robinson Arshyleta CA

CLASSIC Grand Champion -Cessna 140 NC4135N Rick and Kathie Paige San Mateo CA

Reserve Grand Champion - Rawdon T-l N5160 Terry Chastain Manchesshyter MO

REPLICA Champion - Gee Bee Model Y N718L Ken Flaglor NorthshybrookIL

One of the greatest thrills at Oshkosh 84 was the appearance of the Rutan Voyager the aircraft designed to circumnavigate the earth non-stop It was flown to Oshkosh by Dick Rutan and Jeanna Yeager from its home base Mojave CA

The first EAA Air Academy which ran from July 15-August 4 1985 far exshyceeded all expectations in its impact on participants The program will defishynitely be scheduled again in 85

The election results announced at the Annual AntiqueClassic Division business meeting during the Convenshytion indicated that all incumbents were reelected with the exception of Direcshytor Robert G Herman who was unshyseated by Advisor Espie M Butch Joyce

In the November 1984 issue of VINshyTAGE the name of Dennis Parks apshypeared on the masthead as a feature writer as a result of his monthly contrishybutions of a column called Vintage Literature It first appeared in the July issue and was an on-going series describing periodicals from the vintage years of aviation

1985 - ANTIQUECLASSIC DIVISIONS 15TH YEAR Commitment for Growth

Welcome to 1985 Welcome to your AntiqueClassic Division s 15th year of service and leadership were President Bob LickteigS opening reshymarks in his first editorial for the year in VINTAGE He went on to pay tribshyute to the groups founding fathers and re established the Divisions goals for the anniversary year with the theme shyCOMMITMENT FOR GROWTH

In that same January 1985 issue of the magazine Paul Poberezny wrote an editorial Looking back Lookshying Ahead in which he recalled calling the first AntiqueClassic meeting to orshyder Aims and goals were discussed and particularly the help that would

be needed for the AntiqueClassic enshythusiast during the Annual Convenshytion

Past president and current treasurer Buck Hilbert the Divisions first president Dave Jameson and past secshyretary and director Kelly Viets all conshytributed guest editorials in the April and June issues of VINTAGE They reminisced about the early days of the Division and their involvement with it The EAA Aviation Foundation conshytinued to receive all additional STCs from the FAA for the use of auto fuel in aircraft the most recent being for several models of BampB Aviation (Belshylanca) Northwest - Rankin Porterfield and SL Industries (Aero Commanshyder) aircraft The Foundation also reshyceived STC approval for the use of auto fuel in the Lycoming 0-235 and 0shy290 engines

Early in the year some personnel changes occurred in the Division when due to personal commitments and other considerations two long-time directors Al Kelch and Claude Gray resigned In January 1981 Claude and AI were named Chairman and Vice Chairman respectively of the EAA National Judgshying Committee formed by the EAA Board of Directors In this capacity they were responsible for writing the EAA Aircraft Judging Manual and they leave this legacy which will serve EAA in a constructive manner for many years to come The AntiqueClassic Board of Directors named Advisors Ray Olcott and Dan Neuman to serve out the unshyexpired terms of Kelch and Gray The Board also appointed three new advishysors Timothy V Bowers of Woodland CA Phillip Coulson of Lawton MI and W S Jerry Wallin of Kent WA With the March 1985 issue THE VINshyTAGE AIRPLANE had grown to 32 pages and the back cover was also in color

Looking ahead to Oshkosh 85 scheduled for July 26 to August 2 this AntiqueClassic Division made plans for three new activities in addition to all the regular ones These include a riverboat dinner cruise a program to present each registered aircraft owner or pilot a Participants Recognition Plaque and a week-long AntiqueClasshysic Workshop which will give members an opportunity for hands-on experishyence in aircraft woodworking dope and fabric

President Bob Lickteig wrote With our 15th Anniversary year celebration continuing we once again are making plans to be a major sponsor of the EAA Air Academy 85 It s going to be a great Convention Make the AnshytiqueClassic area your headquarters for Oshkosh 85 Welcome aboard Join us and you have it all

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a first at OSHKOSH by HG Frautschy

The Very first Airplane at the Very first fAA fly-In Convention

This is a spin-off article to Gene Chase s AntiqueClassic 25th annivershysary series of reports on the history of the organization

Of the thousands of airshycraft to land at the Oshkosh fly-in when it first opened in 1970 what was the very first to arrive

It seems appropriate that a signifishycant event such as this should be opened by an antique homebuilt experimental replica biplane which was a Blicker Jungmeister flown by Sam Burgess (EAA 16214)

He arrived on July 1 after completing a 50 state trip starting in Hawaii The

original intent was to finish the junket at the new fly-in site Starting from Chino California for the continental flight on 1 April 1970 four months were scheduled for the trip however no major mechanshyical problems or significant weather deshylays were encountered and his arrival was earlier than planned

The EAA was kept informed of his progress as he flew around the country visiting EAA Chapters sending post cards with just a quick notation such as State 33 Upon arrival at Oshkosh he was met by EAA President Paul Poberezny

His only close call was holding for traffic over Lake Winnebago If the Warner had failed at this time what a finish this would of been to an otherwise uneventful Excursion Around America Paul dubbed the

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(Above) Completion of the 50 state trip at the new EAA Fly-In site at Oshkosh WI Note the Basler Flight Service sign on the gas truck A picture was taken at each stop to confirm Sams arrival

(Left) The JM was off to an easy start with Hawaii being state No1 the most difficult for a mainlander Sam was starting backward by claiming the 50th state first The 165 hp Warner was a new surplus engine from the Australian RAAF donated to them on WW II lendlease for their Fairchild 24s (Arshygosy UC-61) It performed nobly durshying the 86 takeoffs and landings

flight The Spirit of Flight 2 Number 1 was a flight to several states by Anshyders Ljungberg EAA 2836 during 1960 in the P-5 Pober Sport built by Paul Poberezny and his brother Norman in 1959

The BUcker was parked by Basler Avishyation in Steve Wittmans old hangar the same building where he had built Bonzo and other famous racers Sam returned to Hawaii until the fly-in started

The trip was made to prove that a homebuilt aircraft could be safe and reshyliable Articles on the 50 state trip apshypeared in the October-November issues of SPORT A VIA TION with the BUcker on the front cover Many letters were received with one from Dave Jameson encouraging Sam to write a full-blown book on his trip Three years later Jungmeister Junket (50 States in a Bishyplane) was published

In 1971 the Jungmeister was donated to the EAA Museum for its historic value and is presently on display in the Air Adventure Museum When the JM had only ten hours on it Paul Poberezny made a trip to Hawaii with the Air Nashytional Guard in a KC-97 refueler and flew the Jungmeister This was his 107th homebuilt to be flown many for the very first time

Since then Sam Burgess has built two Pitts and another BUcker powered by an Allison turboprop engine of 420 hp That airplane holds the NAAFAI world record for time to climb to 10000 feet (218) This unit has since been reshyplaced with a Russian 9 cylinder radial Vedenyev engine of 360 hp At age 79 Sam is presently building a Knight Twister biplane with the intent of evenshytually racing it at Reno Nevada

Two days after the Convention when

Sam departed for the AAA Fly-In at Ottumwa Iowa he experienced an unshyusual sight

Taking off to the west and looking to the left for a view of the parking area he did a double take as hundreds of airshycraft appeared to be still parked there How could this be

On a second look it was revealed that each aircraft had been perfectly outshylined by the multitude of tire kickers as they inspected their handiwork tramshypling the verdancy from the grass

(Editors note My kids refer to the little grass airplanes as airplane ghosts You can always tell where the most popular airshyplanes were parked - the grass around them is trampled until it is devoid of color and a bright green wing [uselrrge and tail appear in base relief in the turf when the real airshyplane taxis away)

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The 15AC Sedan

eroncas Family Airplane by HG Frautschy

Im sure its always been a fantasy of many of us who love old airplanes to find a very original low time example of our favorite airplane Paul and Pam Workshyman lived that dream a few years ago

As the proprietor of a busy aircraft and auto upholstery shop Pau l Workshyman has always been an avid classic airshyplane man and Aeroncas in pa rticular He has had both a 7 AC Champ (he dated Pam with that airplane) a 7GC and finally a 1950 Aeronca Sedan N6665K which came to the Work mans when they started adding children to their family

Before buying 6665K Paul had been searching for a Sedan and ran across a little used example in Washington Court House OH In 1986 when they first contacted Bob Rolfe about the Sedan Bob just wasnt interested in selling the airplane It had been in his family for a number of years having belonged to a close relative of his Richard Rolfe of SabinaOH Richard was the first owner after Aeronca dealer Porter Kauffman took delivery of the Sedan after its manshyufacture in 1948 He was a minister and he used the Sedan for preaching in an unusual way It seems that Richard thought that the work of the Lord should come from on high literally so in early July of 1949 he had the Sedan fitted with an ATR 100 watt 12v to 120 v inverter a pair of 12 volt batteries a pair of Quadraflex trumpet speakers and two 100 watt a mplifiers All of this was hooked up to a Webster Model 180 wire line r ecorder (the predecessor to the modern day reel to reel tape recorder) Cincinnati Aircraft Service and Airborne Communications Inc at Lunken Airport did the work

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A year later Richard had the inverter rep laced with a single cylinder gasoline engine driving a generator (The 337s are a little unclear on th is - if the amplishyfiers needed AC voltage the generators output wo uld sti ll need an inverter to bring it up to the req uired 110vAC but no mention is made of the inverter in the second form 337) He also had an addishytiona l speaker insta ll ed The system must have worked reasonably well - Paul Workman talked to severa l locals who

Found unused in Ohio Paul and Pam Workman spent two years restoring a very original four-place Aeronca

recalled they heard The Word from the Sedan cruising above

It must have not been too e ffective (but Ill bet it was disconcerting) for the Sedan really didn t get much use By the time Bob Rolfe took possession of the Sedan it was still a low time airplane It sat until the 1970s when Bob got 48H flying in 1976 Amazingly by the time the decade of the 90s began the Sedan had just slightly more than 200 hours toshytal time on the airframe and the engine had even less since it had been zeroshytimed by the Continental factory after the camshaft fai led with only 22 hours 30 minutes on the engine The C-145 enshygine had a rash of these rep lacements early on in the production of the engine whe n some of the camshafts were imshy

properly heat treated and they fai led Paul Workman had not really thought

much about 1048H since he was turned down by Bob Rolfe in 1986 Besides he had found 6665K a later model (1950) Sedan and he and his family had been flying it for a few years But in the winshyter of 1989 Bob Ro lfe called Paul and asked if he was still interested in buying 48H Pam and Paul had to do some quick work with the calculator Knowing the Sedan needed a complete restorashytion it would need cash to put it in flying shape

But oh what a project It truly was an original airplane The speaker installashytion of the past did not disrupt the strucshyture in any way and the rear seat was sti ll intact All of the little things that can be so hard to find were still there shythe small map light on the bottom of the instrument panel a larger red flood light above the pilot mounted below the top of the windshield a ll the instruments and the Aeronca Sedan trim piece set in the center of the panel Topping it all off was the Harvey-Wells model ATR-3 radio still intact and installed in the panel just as it was when it was put in on July 31 1948 Even the antenna and loading coil were still on the airplane Happily the airframe had never been substantially damaged with only a menshytion of a rudder spar inspection done once to check for suspected damage after the wind slammed the rudder over one day It was a real gem to find and Pa ul just couldn t turn it down

The new garage would have to wait and on December 16 1989 Paul and his dad Ben went to pick up the flying proshyject It was a bit chilly that day - 7degF - so the Continental needed a bit of persuashy

sion to get started but once it was runshyning Ben and Paul flew formation back home with their new prize

With just a little more than two years to go the Workmans decided that the Aeronca Convention scheduled for 1992 was the ir goal All the fabric was reshymoved and the project took over the Workman basement

Only a couple of small areas needed attention with the welding torch and then all of the tubing for the fuselage and tail surfaces was sandblasted A coat of epoxy primer was then app lied with a topcoat of zinc chromate primer on top of that stric tly for appearance With such an original a irplane there was no doubt the direction Paul intended to go with the restoration

All of the wood in the fuselage needed replacement The Sedan is no different than other late model Aeroncas It too used the fami liar triangular rear fuse lage configuration with the outside shape deshyfined by a set of wooden formers and stringers Paul used fir and pine plyshywood and replaced all of th e str in gers All of the wood was painted with spar varnish

Since recovering would have to be t done in the basement near the gas fur- ~ nace and hot water heater the cover- ~

i

ing process chosen was the STCd Blue River system using Ceconite 7600 fabric Even with the water based Blue River sysshytem a strong smelling solvent is used to activate the cement for tapes and seams so good ventilation is still necessary Paul liked the process particularly since it was more pleasant to work with than dope and not nearly so mind altering

The final finish is Randolph Ranthane chosen by Paul to prevent uneven fading be tween the metal and fabric surfaces The orig in al color scheme was mainshytained with the fuselage painted Santa Fe Red and the trim color Tucson Cream a very close match to the original Packard Straw Ben Workman Paul s dad and the family lA was the paint foreman on the job and he spent a lot of his time helping the Sedan project along

Originally Sedans were delivered with unpainted wings but it didn t take too long for a service letter to be issued by the factory in Middletown detailing the

(Above) Pam and Paul Workshyman Zanesville OH the restorshyers of Aeronca 15AC Sedan 1048H

(Left) UAL Captain (retired) EE Buck Hilbert now the proud owner and pilot of four eight Hotel Aeroncavorting in the Sedan is high on his list of fun things to do

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(Above) The interior owes a lot to its Champ and Chief predecessors The early Sedans used the same control wheels from the Chief and so were the glove box doors and ashtrays (now used for holding pencils) The Harvey Wells ATR-3 radio no longer functions but it has been a part of the instrument panel since 1948 shortly after the Sedan was built in Middletown OH Paul Workman was able to find a fabric for the seat cushions and side panels that closely reshysembled the original fabric

(Left) Now a resident of Buck Hilberts Funny Farm the Sedan flies nicely out of the northern Illinois grass strip

procedure for painting the wings Not too many people wanted to continue polishshying the top and bottom of 200 square feet (wait - that would be 400 sq ft) of wing

The corroded control cables were reshyplaced and so was the side window plasshytic A new windshield was purchased from LP Aero Plastics and the interior was refinished as closely as could be deshytermined Paul found out that the interishyors of the Sedans were not finished conshysistently Even a visit to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museums library didnt turn up anything consistent By talking with some owners of other early producshytion Sedans and using some of the paint left in the corners the original greengray color was applied Only a couple of exshytra switch holes had to be plugged in the panel leftovers from the days when the speaker system was installed

Those of you familiar with Sedans may wonder why there is no neat panel overlay such as on the 48 and 50 Sedans The early airplanes had a basic VFR panel and not until the later modshy

els was a panel overlay made The glove box was retained on the right side of the panel and the old Harvey-Wells radio was re-installed Paul wanted to put the old V antenna on again but the airshyplane wouldnt fit in his T-hangar with the wire running from wingtip to the vershytical fin

As a professional interior man you can imagine how frustrating it was for him when he couldnt find an exact match for the interior fabric Fortushynately one of his fabric salesmen came to the rescue with a medium width corshyduroy that looked just like the fabric seen in the photographs Paul had been using for research

The wings needed a bit of work inshycluding the replacement of one leading edge skin and a general clean up of the fittings Paul also converted the wingtips to being secured by screws instead of rivshyets allowing more complete inspection of the wing panels

One more change made to the wings was the replacement of the rubber fuel

cells with welded aluminum fuel tanks engineered by Paul and his dad Ben an IA A one time STC was applied for and eventually granted although Paul says it was not an experience he would care to do again Making the tanks was easy but the approval process was a bear

The engine a Continental C-145-2 is one of the early production six cylinder powerplants from the factory in Muskegon MI As mentioned before it had suffered a camshaft failure early in its life and since it had sat inactive for extended periods there was some conshycern about the condition it was in But when Paul removed the cylinders oil pan and accessories to inspect its innards he was pleased to find it looked brand new with no corrosion evident After the acshycessories were gone through the engine was reassembled and repainted in the original Continental bluegray with black cylinders

With the Aeronca Convention fast approaching in 1992 the Memorial Day holiday wasnt spent watching the lndi-

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anapolis 500 - it was time for the big push to get the airplane completed With Paul at the airport putting the finishing touches on the fuselage and engine inshystallation Pam spent the weekend polshyishing the wings at home in the backyard and bugging her neighbors when it came tim e to flip them over or move them around To maintain its original appearshyance the Workmans decided to keep the wings natural aluminum but after one year of trying to keep the metal looking good a great looking silver paint was apshyplied

By the end of the next week it looked like an airplane was about to fly and with a week to spare 48H was ready for its first engine run Sunday saw the first flight after the restoration and later in the week both 1048H and N6665K were loaded up and headed to Middletown On the way from Zanesville to Middleshytown their youngest daughter started feeling a bit queasy and not wishing to christen the new interior in that way a landing was made at Washington Court House Before they had stopped the prop from turning they knew they had an engine problem though - one magshyneto coil had died Ben Workman flying 65K continued on ahead to H ook field in Middletown A quick call to friends who were also on their way to the Conshyvention brought a replacement coil By the time the re pairs could be made it was late evening so Paul and Pam spent the evening with their kids in a motel After staying the night in central Ohio 1048H was flown to the Aeronca factory just in time for the convention

The Sedan was immediate ly deshyscended upon by the crowds who all oohed and ahhed over a very original airplane That fly-in saw the Workmans win the first of a series of awards for their efforts in restoring the Sedan It also won a major award at the Mid East Regional Fly-In and was also selected as the Best Class II (81-150 hp) Classic award winner at EAA OSHKOSH 94 The Workman fa mily enjoyed flying 48H all over the midwest during the summers of 1992 and 93 but in the fall of 1993 it became obvious that their other Sedan 6665K needed a major enshygine overhaul and the equity in 48H was going to have to pay for it

EE Buck Hilbe rt our resident Aeronca nut had heard me mention this particular Sedan in glowing terms and when he asked he found it was available Paul and Pam took Bucks be loved Champ in trade for the Sedan In Octoshyber 1993 the Sedan came to live at the Funny Farm in Union IL where it quickly became a favorite It s just right for a economical flight to a midwestern location (75 gph at 2450 rpm) and is roomy and quite comfortable to fly Whil e not particularly fast (105 mph cruise) it handles like a larger heavier Chief and it bas plenty of baggage room and space for the kids in back It really is a shame more of these airplanes were not made

While Paul Workman was flying the airplane the engine began to make a litshytle metal that was showing up on the oil screen After changing a piston that was self-destructing it appeared to be OK

but metal continued to show up on the screen It continued to do so after Buck bought tbe airplane so in conjunction with the annual in the fall of 1995 we changed the engine with another C-145 and he also added an Aviation Developshyment Corporation (ADC) oil filter sysshytem with oil bypass warning light The de tails of the installation were spelled out in Bucks column in the November issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE

Nearly 40 hours later the filter system works beautifully with the 3 mic ron screen catching anything that happens to make it into the oil Since the restorashytion the airplane has proven to be quite reliable and generally maintenance free and Id be remiss if [ didnt thank Buck publicly for the tim es he has lent my family and me the Sedan - its our fashyvorite airplane and our goal to shoot at when setting our priorities

The love the Workmans have for this particular airplane is still evident and theyre like most pare nts hoping their children lead a good life after they leave home Home on the Funny Farm is as pleasant as it can be for four e ight Hotel as it keeps company with its other Aeronca brothers th e C-3 and the Champ plus the Nicaraguan Fleet who seems a bit confused by it all It s earnshying to a djust Champ Ye p after a while Buck really missed the 7AC so when Paul mentioned to him that he was thinking of selling the Champ Buck had trade d on the Sedan Buck bou ght it back The stable is now full of Middleshytown wonders Wh a t more could an Aeronca man want

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John W Preiss

Cess 195 by Norm Petersen

The winner of the Best Restored Classic Over 165 hp at Sun n Fun 96 was an immaculate Cessna 195A N2JP SIN 7712 flown to Lakeland FL by John W Preiss (EAA 462642 AC 24168) of College Station Texas Winshyning awards is not a new phenomenon for John and his 195 having garnered the Reserve Grand Champion Lindy at Oshkosh 94 just a few tiny points beshyhind Roy Foxworthys bright red Johnshyson Rocket 185

This particular 195 had actually started the winning trend way back in 1983 when it earned a trophy at EAA Oshkosh that year for its owner at the time Paul Walter (EAA 90497 A C 2342) of Waukesha WI Eventually Paul Walter brought the 195 to EAA Oshkosh 92 where John

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John Preiss and his lovely wife Beverly pose for DeKevin Thorntons camera in the sparkling sunshine augmented by the brilliance of the polished Cessna 195

Cruising above the clouds the Cessna 195 really comes into its own - a true Businessliner - as the advertising people called it in 1951 This was lUxury air travel at its very best some 45 years ago

Preiss and his girlfriend Beverly spotshyted it and started negotiations On Sepshytember 14 1992 the sale was completed and John W Preiss owned Cessna 195 NI95PW as it was registered at the time

A fascinating sidelight to this story is the fact that John W Preiss has an identishycal twin brother James M Preiss (EAA 410655 AlC 20593) of Germantown WI who is ten minutes older than John and if ever two brothers were cut from the same cloth - this would be it John is a Boeing 737 Captain for Southwest Airlines and James (Jim) is a Boeing 737 Captain for United Airlines Both made their solo flights on their sixteenth birthday June 161974 in the same Cessna 150 Aerobat and both earned their A amp P rating from Blackhawk Technical College in Janesville WI (The twins were classmates of EAAs Director of Maintenance Daryl Lenz)

The term They have been flyers all their lives could easily apply to the Preiss twins however they were flyers even beshy

c

fore they were born One week prior to their birth their father Erhard took their mother Lydia (very much in a family way) for a flight in the back seat of an Aeronca Champ Jim still chuckles when he tells the story

The boys grew up in an aviation envishyronment as their father Erhard Preiss was an FBO and flight instructor On many family flying trips one youngster would work the control wheel while the other would work the rudder pedals On the return trip they would reverse duties To use an old cliche These were the best of times

Jim Preiss had restored a Cessna 180 in the 1980s and was quite acquainted with the amount of work involved in a restorashytion After John had purchased the 195 in 1992 he asked Jim to help with the job of restoring the big five-place Cessna (Jim had earned his Inspection Authorization by this time) On February 24 1993 the project began

The engine was sent to Jacobs Service Inc in Payson AZ and even tually reshyturned as a zero time Jacobs R-755-B3 of 275 hp The prop was in perfect shape but all accessories needed overhaul and every hose and clamp was replaced The startshying circuit was modified to the later conshyfiguration to eliminate the heavy current drop and improve the engine starting cashypability especially in cold weather

A new instrument panel was built with all instruments being overhauled or reshyplaced The radios were upgraded with the installation of new Narco avionics with complete wiring harnesses circuit break-

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ers and new antennae The entire set of cabin windows was replaced (some are crank down) along with a new windshield A new interior was sewn by Lydia Preiss the twins mother who had learned seamshystress skills in Germany before coming to the US The result was an interior that is absolutely outstanding and had the judges smiling from ear to ear

The 195 had come from the factory with crosswind gear - an option that is not usually compatible with original style wheelpants New straight axles were inshystalled along with new Cleveland wheels and brakes per STC and a search was beshygun for a set of the rare aluminum wheel pants with their special shape that fit a 195 After a year of inquiring (along with a special bit of accidental luck) a pair was finally located purchased (many $$$$)

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and were totally reworked and installed with new backing plates When polished to a glistening shine these tall narrow wheelpants are in a class by themselves

Up front the old Montgomery spinner was removed and a new Cessna type as used originally on the 195 was installed (more $$$$) The result is rather striking as the more pointed nose on the 195 spinshyner gives it that original look and really shines when polished

John discovered that three different pain t schemes were used on the 195 seshyries depending on serial number Even though his airplane was not previously painted correctly he was able to get asshysistance from Cessna and a few others so he was able to layout a correct paint scheme for the proper serial number 7712 built in July 1951 and making its

first test flight on July 12 1951 The airshyplane was taken to Central Aviation Inc in Watertown WI for final painting by Randy Effinger and his very capable crew

The 18 month restoration effort was finished just prior to Oshkosh 94 includshying the massive polishing job on the alushyminum with Rolite polish The 195 was flown to Oshkosh and displayed in the AntiqueClassic area for a couple of days Before the Convention was finished John Priess and his new bride Beverly were off to Hawaii on their honeymoon and brother Jim was delegated as a commitshytee of one to attend the awards ceremony Late in the program Cessna 195 N2JP was called out for the Reserve Grand Champion Lindy award and Jim walked up on stage to accept it for his brother

Perhaps the real joy for Jim was calling his brother in Hawaii and calmly informing him of the award - almost nonchalant like (Brothers have been known to pull such things on each other) John and Beverly were jumping up and down with exciteshyment wishing they could have been on hand for the presentation

With many ideas from the Antique Classic judges the Preiss boys have been steadily improving the big Cessna to where it looks better than ever At Sun n Fun 96 the 195 ran off with the award for Best Restored Classic Over 165 hp and the Preiss gang was indeed happy Their next goal is Oshkosh 96 where they plan to make another run at the big prize

An interesting coincidence happened when prior to purchasing the 195 John was telling one of his friends Jeff Sandlin

at Southwest Airlines about the big cabin Cessna and learned that Jeffs father had owned a 195 for quite a number of years After purchasing the airplane he showed Jeff some photos of the 195 and menshytioned that a man named A E Edwards had owned the airplane for a long span of years John was really surprised when Jeff blurted out A E Edwards is my father In 1994 John flew the 195 to Denton Texas where Mr and Mrs A E Edwards now in their eighties had the unusual opshyportunity to see the very same airplane that they had taken such good care of over many years and flown the Cessna over 3200 hours The reunion was very special to John and the Edwards family and made the airplane even more special to the Priess family

Although the original N number of the

Cessna 195 was N1014D that number is currently in use and the owner is not willshying to give it up Therefore John chose to use N2JP which was available at the time Eventually John says it would be quite an achievement to get the original number back on the airplane

John Preiss is the very first person to admit that he has had a great deal of assisshytance and help on the 195 His father Ershyhard Preiss started the love of aviation in the boys during their early years and the workmanship on the Cessna is dedicated to his memory Erhard passed away in 1980 Johns wife Beverly has been very patient and supportive during the restorashytion process In addition John is very grateful for the help and expertise of his brother Jim the overseeing IA on the project who is totally unafraid of hard

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work Special thanks are also in order for the twins mother Lydia Preiss who used her seamstress ski lls so well

Other contributors were Jimmy Vickshyers of Lubbock Texas a fo rmer Cessna dealer who flies his own 195 Captain Jeff Kilponen of Southwest Air lines who sparked John Preiss interest in the Cessna 195 in the first place and John Swander of

(Above) The unique split-flap employed on the 195 is designed for drag to slow the airplane down for landing It contributes alshymost nothing to lift Look at the sparkling interior of that wing when the flap is pulled down for inspection

(Above left) For genuine comfort it is hard to beat the rear seat of a Cessna 195 This interior was completely sewn by Lydia Preiss the mother of both John and Jim Preiss This seat is cashypable of handling three persons with ease making the 195 a true five-place airplane

(Left) The totally restored instrument panel complete with upshygraded avionics is a thing of beauty and function The throttle uses a friction lock collar while the propeller and mixture conshytrols each employ a vernier control for fine adjustment This particular 195 has the dual yoke in deference to a throw-over yoke as used on some models

DeSoto Kansas who provided some exshy John would especially like to thank the cellent ideas and much help to the restorashy Cessna Aircraft Company for designing tion Tim McCarter a pi lot and mechan ic and building a true classic aircraft that pishyfor Amphib Inc contributed expertise lots such as as he and his twin brother can and support to the rebuild a nd the Inshy continue to appreciate and enjoy ternational195 C lu b and Eastern 195 To this we add our congratulations and Cl ub were most he lpful in getting N2JP very best wishes in the future for making back in the air - along with helping all 195 N2JP such a dazzling airplane It is indeed owners keep them there a credit to its restorers

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Type Club

NOTES by Norm Petersen

Compiled from various type club publications amp newsletters

From the Monocoupe Flyer Bob Coolbaugh editor 703-590shy

2375

Adventures of a Warner Engine Owner

George Olson - January 1996

About 1979 while ove rhauling the 145 HP Warner for my Fairchild 24 a crack was fo und in one of the cylinder barrels Parts were really hard to find but a fri e nd in Lo uisvill e C la ud e Curry who I am sorry to say is now go ne to ld me th a t hi s fri e nd Bud Nea t a lso in Lo uisville had the reshyma ining Warne r pa rts but he was n t se llin g a nythin g H e offe red to ca ll Bud and tell him my situation and ca ll me bac k La te r he told me th a t I should go ahead and call Bud which I did Bud said that Claude told him all about it and to come over and see if we could fi nd one that was suitable The parts were in the basement of his manshyufacturing building We took fla sh shyli ghts and Bud showed me where the cylinders were to ld me to pick one out a nd we nt bac k upsta irs There were pallets filled with hundreds of cylinder assemblies There were cylinder ba rshyre ls stac ked about e ight fee t high o n o the r pa lle ts boxes of parts all over the place about 40 barrels of studs and other small steel parts some engines in various stages o f assembly big crates of baffl ing and tools of all descriptions It was hard to be lieve like be ing in a candy store The cylinder I picked out loo ked like it had a good head o n it but the barrel had rust in it that looked like brown fur T here must have been some o il o n the surface to sta rt with beca use it wasn t pitted and it didn t need plating after all

T he n Bud a nd I had some co ffee

and he told me the story about how he and ten others decided to build Grea t Lakes Biplanes in hi s ma nufacturing building Th ey we re goin g to build e leven a ll toge the r they would be all th e sa me and wh e n th ey fini she d theyd draw straws to pick their plane Bud hea rd about th e a ucti o n of th e Warner factory inventory in (She ldon) Iowa These were all the parts remain shying afte r a warehouse fire where they were stored Bud put in the winning bid a t the auction and picked up o ne semitrailer load of parts When Merlin Bock bo ught out th e fact o ry ea rli e r a nd mo ve d th e pa rts to Io wa th e re were 10 semi-loads but this one trailer was all that was left With Buds pur shychase though th e Grea t La kes Bi shyplanes would now all have Warner en shygines But afte r a couple of years the buildin g e nt e rpri se e nd e d beca use eve ryo ne had a diffe rent view of how long the e ffort should las t Eve ryo ne took their project home and some were finished separately When the projects went o ut the door the Warne r pa rt s we re put in the basem e nt o ut of the way They were there when I saw them in 1979

The Fairchild rebuilding jo b was fini shed in 1980 and I flew it until 1985 whe n th e numbe r 4 link ro d bro ke This time I needed a lo t of pa rts so it was back to th e we ll Bud wa nted to se ll a ll th e parts no t just th e o nes I needed and I knew enough by then to realize that I could sell them and hopeshyfull y get my money back So this time aft e r some price nego ti a ti o ns we s tru ck a dea l for a ll Bud s p a rt s I re nte d a 24- fo o t truck a nd with the help of a fri end and Bud Neats grand shyson we moved o ne load (ha lf o f the parts) to my 16 x 22 foot garage That fi ll ed it up Another friend offe red to

let me put a semitrailer on his farm so I bought a pretty good used 40 footer Whe n we got the seco nd load Bud s grand son got three of hi s college fri e nds to he lp so the re we re 6 o f us loading It only took four hours while th e fir st load had ta ke n a ll d ay My pickup truck was use d to mov e the parts in my garage to the trailer whenshyever I needed to make a trip out there Afte r about six wee ks my wife sa w that th e part s we re se llin g so she started speaking to me again

In with the engine parts were prints production reco rds test records and paperwork of a ll kinds but the T ype Ce rtifica te docum e nta ti o n was los t somewhere along the way In 1989 the FAA called and asked if I had the Type Certificates They had some boxes in Chicago that they wante d to give to the Type Certificate holder to get then out of their way Curiosity got the best of me and started me on the search for th e Type Ce rti fica te Th e require shyme nts we re to trace ownership from the last known owner to the present I had to get a ffidavits fro m all the ownshye rs since Clinton Mac hin e Company sold out They were the las t owners of th e T ype Certi fica te who were regisshytered with the FAA

This provided an interesting pursuit a nd I m e t a lo t of he lp ful pe opl e James Thomas Smith who bought the parts fr o m C lint o n Ma chin e Co couldn t be fo und Th e nex t owne r Duke H attah died in the late 60s and hi s re lati ves couldn t be found e ithe r The sea rch continued unsuccessfully January 1993 rolls around and someshyo ne approaches me to buy the T ype Certificate to build engines in Spain of all pl a ces Th e n in 1994 som eo ne wanted it to bui ld Warne r engines in Czechoslovakia fo r Blicke r Jungmeis-

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ters they were building I received a letter in December 1994 from the FAA stating that during a move to an off airport location they found a reshyquest dated June 13 1980 in a fo lder that was mislabeled to make new Data Plates and Type Certificates It was in Bud Neats name He had held the Certificate all along All that was needed was an affidavit from Bud Neat which was accomplished immeshydiately The new Type Certificates arshyrived in May 1995

Oh yes about those boxes the Chicago FAA had - They were shipped to the Atlanta FAA Certification ofshyfice The FAA people there invited me to visit them and look at the conshytents It was nice to meet some of the people I had been talking to on the phone for so long One full day was spent helping them sort through the boxes There were folders of correshyspondence (some of it mine) Warner blueprints and boxes of microfilm of all the Warner prints There were about 1200 microfilm prints per box Since there were duplicate sets of Warner blueprints on microfilm they offered me a set which I gladly acshycepted

Warner Engine Facts and Figures

The following information was gathshyered over the course of the successful acquisition of the Warner Type Cershytificates and from Warner Aircraft Corporation records These records were included with the remains of the Warner Company which I bought from Bud Neat of Louisville KY This will attempt be an attempt to sort and conshydense the jumble of papers to present that which is of most int erest to Warner engine owners

The Warner Aircraft Corporation was founded by William O Warne r in 1926 and its address was 20263 Hoover Avenue Detroit MI Officers in 1929 were William O Warner President amp General Manager Edward N Hartwick Vice-President amp Treasurer W J Jarvie Secretary In 1950 the ofshyficers were R E Cecil President Carl F Lang Secretary-Treasurer and Leonard W Quart Manufacturer s Agent William O Warner was a Dishyrector but ret ired The Warner Airshycraft Corporation was merged with Clinton Machine Company located in Clinton Michigan in April of 1950 The reason for the merger according to the Proxy Statement and notice of Stock Holders meeting of February 20 1950 was that Warner Aircraft found itself without a product except for the hydraulic units and it had lost money every year since the war The assets of Warner were transferred to Clinton

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Machine Company in exchange for shares of common stock of Clinton which were distributed to Warner shareho lders The president of Clinshyton Machine Comp any at that time was Donald D Thomas

In 1952 Clinton Machine Co so ld the aircraft engine parts prints and some tooling to the Detroit Harvester Co which was owned by James Thomas Smith He owned it for a very short time I was never ab le to find Mr Smith In about 1953 Detroit Harvester Co sold the remaining Warner assets to Duke Harrah Inc located in Niles Michigan Duke Harshyrah sold Warner parts until 1963 when he sold the Warner assets to M amp B Flying Service located at Sheldon Reshygional Airport in Sheldon Iowa Duke Harrah died in the late 60s Merlin Bock and Elmer Meuke were partners in M amp B Flying Service There were several semitrailer loads of parts which were put in a large hangar In 1966 the building burned in a fire started by someone working on a mower There was one semitrailer load that was salshyvaged Bud Neat from Louisville Kenshytucky brought the remains at auction

The sales records end December 31 1945 so the years 1946 to 1950 are less clear Grand total of all engines sold through December 31 1945 is 3572 Today there are 437 Warner engines on aircraft registered with the FAA The papers I have showin g sales records and Type Ce rtificate Data Sheets are quite interesting There were severa l projects in the experishymental department in 1945 The folshylowing interesting note is copied fro m the 1945 monthly progress report book

550-X 200HP New experimental e ngin e Pre liminary and final tests conducted toge the r with bolt deflecshytion measurements Power calibration conducted with standard induction housing 50 hours endurance running compl e ted Power calibration conshyducted with control induction with varshyious carburetor positions Engine now having cam settings and valve timing worked out for both standard and split cam

Active Signed S A Christiansen Test Engineer

Other projects in development were experimental engine 585-X which is 585 cubic inch with a 5 inch bore amp 4250 stroke

A 2 cyl Model 140-X horizontal opposed industrial engine and model 12850-3 a single cyl utility engine I wonder if the last two engines were the key to the Clinton merger (In 1950 Clinton was the second largest proshy

ducer of gasoline engines in the 34 to 3 hp range) Warner also manufacshytured wheels axles brakes skis prop hubs shock struts and hydraulic units These production plans also transshyferred with the Type Certificates

Included in the records are several books and inventories One is a book showing each engine sold in numerical order starting with the first engine sold It lists engine number Airplane Owner and Address A sample page from this book is included Also inshycluded is a chart listing standard enshygine model and serial number designashytions and deviations from standard By referencing this list and the data plate on your Warner engine you can determine how your engine was conshyfigured when it left the factory Bear in mind that your engine may have been changed substantially over the years during overhauls

From the Cessna 150 - 152 News

Safety - Avoiding wire Strikes Skip Carden editor

919-471-9492

The Terrible Truth About Wire Strikes a new video and a companshyion pamphlet from AOPA Air Safety Foundation debunks many misconcepshytions about these accidents There are an average of 115 reported general avishyation wire strikes a year but only an estimated 10 of strikes are reported

The video and pamphlet give some commo n-sense tips on how to see and avoid wires

bull Scan on both sides of the aircraft Look for towers or other supporting structures which are easier to see than the associated wires themselves Fly over the top of the tower rather than between the supporting structures

bull Nature doesn t make a stra ight line Strips of inconsistent vegetation crop edges land boundaries and roads can indicate a wire path

bull Flight below a ridge line or in a canyon puts a pilot in the wire envishyronment

bull Avoid antennas by a horizontal distance greater than the vertical height of the structure Guy wires can extend at a 45 degree angle from tower top to the ground

bull A pull-up is usually the best mashyneuver to avoid an unexpected wire In most cases the pilot sees the wire too late to bank away successfully

The video is priced at $10 plus $325 shipping The pamphlet is free with a 6 X 9 self-addressed envelope with 55 cents postage affixed AOPA ASF 421 Aviation Way Frederick MD 21701 800-638-3101

PASSdb BUCK by EE Buck Hilbert EAA 21 Ale 5 PO Box 424 Union IL 60180

Our twenty fifth Anniversary re shyunion seems to be shap ing up T write to each of the origi na l 100 members asking th e m to be with us at EAA OSHKOSH So far the replies are runshyning about fifty-fifty Those that are coming are enthusiastic about the whole thing and are just as interested today as when we started the Division More to come

As I read the history of the Division it triggers memories of events past The discussions that Paul Pobe rezny and I had over the titl e Division and hi s concerns that it was a word that would conjure up thoughts of a group that was seceding from EAA Happily it proved to be somet hing weve ne ver had to worry abo ut - EAA is still th e prime mover in Sport Aviation and the varishyous Divisions have accentuated the positive as that old song goes

The letters I receive are most welshycome and can either be a real boost or an education I got ed ucated on old time stunt pilot Howard Dutton from one of our ear ly members Capt Jim Barton (AA retired) who kn ew him personally Jim responded with clipshypings and a phone ca ll so we could anshyswer that query

Then I also got a letter fro m one of the San Diego antiquers who said r was off base on my Chapter One open house co lumn regarding the weather for that weekend He said it was much better than I had indicated and that it was the first time the whole group was able to fly up together A great time was had by all and the fly-in weather was great Im not going to remind him th at sevshyera l people got stuck in Riverside all day Sunday waiting for it to let up

I on ly wish there was room to pubshylish each and every lette r we receive T try to answer each one personally and usuall y do as time permits I also ge t requests for parts and pieces of inforshymation and on occasion Im able to be of some help Once in a while I stub my

toe R ecently a memb er called and asked if I could help him find a Cub alshytimeter I had one and sent it to him A week later I got it back Wrong color Min es black he ne ed ed one cream faced Oh well I tried

Number one son Robert your editor HG and I flew down to Middle town OH for the Aeronca get together HG a llowed me to ride with him in my Sed a n while Bob took hi s C ha mp Originally we had planned to take both Champs but mine deve loped a lea ky exhaust valve so it had to stay home

Wally Baldwin was our host down the re while Bob Hollenbaugh and his wife He len look ed after H G Wally squired us around town Hes writing a book on Aeronca and expects to go to press shortly This man is a walking enshycyc lope dia as far as Aeronca is co nshyce rned His D ad worked there when they were building the C-3s Ks Low Wings and later the C hamps C hi efs and Sedans Wa ll ys dad bought the prototype Champ after its nat ionwide demonstration tour ove rhauled the Ashy65 and gave it to Wally when he came

home from the Air Force after WW II Wally currently fli es a Champ with the same paint scheme and rues the day he ever sold the original

HG will be writing up the trip and printing pictures of all the beautiful airshyplanes in a future article but I want to say is that it was a great bunch and even thou gh Bob a nd I a long with D ale Gu stafso n got drafte d to judge airshyplanes we enjoyed it immensely

Over to you

Here are a couple of photos that ought to raise a few eyebrows courtesy of Aeronca retiree John Houser These two shots show the installation of a Aeroshymarine AR-3 engine in an Aeronca C-3 Rated at 55 hp running 2400 rpm the AR-3 might look familiar to many antishyquers - the design and manufacshyturing rights were sold to Burshynelli and then later (1938) it became known as the Lenape Papoose after Burnelli sold off that portion of its business to

Lenape Aircraft amp Motors of New York city As detailed in the 1939 edition of Aerosshyphere the AR-3 weighted in at 150 Ibs and had a pair of Bendix magnetos powering the two ignition circuits The Aeronca E-107 engine developed 26 hp the later E-113 was rated at 36 hp and the final version the E-113C was listed as producing 40 hp With the 55 hp of the AR-3 this early model C-3 must have been a good little performer This parshyticular 3-cylinder engine produced too much vibration to suit the engineers at Aeronca so no production aircraft were sold with this engineairframe combination

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Vintage Seaplanes by Norm Petersen

Summers here

and its time to think about

flying off the water

Our resident web-footed

pilot Norm Petersen

has provided us with a

look at waterbirds

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Kyle Meints Cessna 1708

(Left) Pictured at the Vette Seaplane Base at Oshkosh 95 is a pretty 1955 Cessna 170B N4453B SIN 26797 mounted on a set of Edo 89-2000 floats all decked out in a matching paint scheme of white with red trim The pretty Continental 145 powered seaplane is the pride and joy of Kyle Meints (EAA 360394) of Augusta MI who purchased the 170B on floats in Minnesota about ten years ago Kyle inshystalled the STOL kit on the wings painted the entire airplane and then painted the matching floats the next year all in PPG two-part urethane A factory seaplane since new the 170B has 2400 TT of which Kyle has flown about 400 hours since acquiring the f1oatplane This airplane spent about the first 25 years in New England before coming west to Minnesota Congrats to Kyle Meints on a sharp looking Cessna 170B f1oatplane

1140 floats which do not show their age (40 to 50 yrs) and have had their compartment covers reshymoved (The 1140 floats are easily distinguished from the larger 1320 floats by the si ngle cover beshytween the struts 1320 floats have two covers beshytween the struts) Apparently the boot cowl on the Cub has been replaced or repainted as the forward end of the lightning stripe is missing A li ghtshyweight pre-war Cub with wood spars and 1140 floats makes for a sporty seaplane that is pure fun

Odell Matthis Republic Seabee

(Left) This beautiful custom Republic RC-3 Seabee N87493 SIN 44 is the pride and joy of Odell and Diane Matthis (EAA 262957 AIC 10206) of Havelock NC No stranger to EAA Odell brought the highly polished Cessna 140A Patroller N5332C SIN 15452 that was featured in the October 1986 VINTAGE AIRPLANE and picshytured on the back cover The Seabee features extended wings with drooped tips tinted glass and a big Lycoming GO-480 engine of 295 hp The fancy paint scheme is overall white with red and gold trim This particular 1946 Seabee spent many years in the Seattle area before going to Anchorage AK for a number of years It is now based near the seacoast of North Carolina where Odell and Diane (who is also a pilot and 9ger) can make full use of the amphibious capabilities The FAA register lists 275 Sea bees remaining of the over 1050 that were built by Republic and Downer

John Van Andels J-3 Cub on 1140s

These photos of a 1940 J -3 C65 Cub NC30482 SIN 4863 mounted on a set of Edo 54-1140 floats were sent in by Ralph Koutnik (EAA 261425) of Bellaire Ml Tied down at the Antrim County Airport at Bellaire the pre-war J-3 Cub is owned by John Van Andel (EAA 343387) of Ft Pierce FL Special note should be made of the extreme ly clean condition of the

U S Forest Service Stinson SR-SA

(Left) This photo from back in the early 1940 s was contributed by Wiley Hautala of Ely MN The Stinson SRshy5A NC5045 mounted on Edo 38-3430 floats was flown by veteran Ely MN seaplane pilot Milt Nelson for several years until 1943 when the 245 hp Lyshycoming engine quit one day and put the SR-5A in the trees - and that was the end of NC5045 Milt Nelson who is presently in his eighties soloed a Travel Air bishyplane at Superior WI in 1933 and logged approximately 15 000 hours on floats while flying for the U S Forest Service over a period of twenty years He says the SR-5A was a nice flying airplane and did a very respectable job on floats alshythough it couldn t handle the heavy loads of a Beaver or Norseman Note the 1937 Ford grill in the foreground and the Travel Air S6000-B seaplane in the backshyground which was flown by Bill Leithold of Ely MN Ironically at one time Milt Nelson owned a Fairchild FC-2 on Fairchild floats Today those very same floats are in the EAA Aviation Museum completely restored by John Parish and ready for installation on the EAA Founshydations Fairchild FC-2W

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

Fly-In Calendar The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a matter of

information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the

information to EAA Att Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

JULY 23 - ZANESVILLE OH - EAA Chapter 425 Annual Pancake Day at Parr Airport 8 am - 5 pm Oshkosh bound pi lots encouraged to fly-in eat and refuel Contact Don Wahl 674454-0003

JULY 26-27 - COFFEYVILLE KS - Funk Aircraft Owners Assoc Reunion Contact Gene Ventress 70275 S Monticello Lenexa KS 66227

JULY 26-27 - AFTON WY - Callair Radio Controlled Model Aircraft Fly-In sponsored by the Callair Museum and Aviat Aircraft Inc For info call joan Michaels or Audrey Henning 307886-9887 FAX 307886shy9880

JULY 26-28 - RED LAKE ONTARIO CANAshyDA - Norseman Float Plane Festival For more info contact the Festiva l Committee at 807727-2809

JUL Y 27-29 - KEOKUK IA - Sixth World Wide gathering of L-Birds then en masse up to Wisconsin for EAA great OSHKOSH 96 on August 7 Contact Irv Linder 3 79524-6378

JULY 28 - GRANTSBURG WI - EAA Chapter 875 Wildrice Pancake Breakfast

JUL Y 28 - WEYBRIDGE SURREY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Aircraft of Surrey Fly- In Contact julian C Temple or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 07932 855465

JULY 31-WAUKESHA WI - (UES) tst Annual Great Stearman Fl y-Up to EAA Convention Call Stan Markus for more info 474567- 7499 or 965-3776

AUGUST 1-7 - OSHKOSH WI - 44th Annual EAA Fly-In and Sport Aviation Con vention Wittman Regional Airport Contact John Burton EAA PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 414426-4800

AUGUST 3 - ST PAUL MN - Lake Elmo Airport Aviation Days Fl y- In Pancake Breakfast Aircraft Disp lay and Young Eagles Day Rain Date August 4 Contact

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Dick Wicklund 672777-9742 AUGUST 3 - ELLSWORTH KS - EAA Chapter

7727 Fly-In breakfast (Oshkosh stop-over) and Cowtown Day Call Dale Weinhold 973-472-4027 (w) or -4309 (h) for info

AUGUST 18 - BROOKFIELD WI - Capita l Airport EAA AC Chapter 77 Vintage Aircraft Display and Ice Cream Social Noon - 5 pm Midwest Antique Airplane Club meeting as well For info call Capital Airport at 4 74787 -9550

AUGUST 18 - EAST TROY WI - Inti Cessna 720 740 Assoc Wisconsin Brat and Corn Roast Arrive at 77 am eat at 72 30 pm Bring a dish to pass and a buck Call Matt and Carole Rybarczyk 474767-0920

AUGUST 25 - BELMOND IA - NC Chapter 73 annual p icnic Call 575444-3637 for info

AUGUST 26 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Biplanes and Vintage Aircraft Fly- In Contact ju l ia n C Temp l e or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 0 7932 855465

AUGUST 27-29 - YOUNGSTOWN OH shyBARTLESVIL LE OK AND EL CAJON CA -Staggerwing Beech Commemorative Tour Ca ll William Thaden 207439-7767 fo r info

AUGUST 30-31 - HA YWA RD CA - EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter 29 Fourth Annual Antique Fl y- In and Airshow Free Early Bird Dinner to all display aircraft on Friday This is a northern Cal ifornia points event Contact Bud Field at 5 70455-2300

AUGUST 30 - SEPT 1 - PROSSER WA - EAA Chapter 397 25th Anniversary Fly- In at Prosser airport Call Cormac Thompson for info 509786- 7034

AUGUST 30-31 - MOCKSVIL LE NC - Tara Airbase (5NC7) 77 th Annua l Anything That Flies Fly-In Private Fly-In - attenshydance at your own risk For info ca ll 704284-2 767 or 970764-0007

AUGUST 31 - MARION IN - Sixth Annual Fly-InCruise-In breakfast sponsored by the Marion High schoo l Band Boosters Antiques Classics homebuilts and Antique classic and custom cars welshycomed For information contact Ray johnson at 3 77664-2588

SE PT 1 - ZANESVILLE OH - Riverside Airport EAA Chapter 425 Labor Day Weekend Fly-In Drive-In Breakfast 8 am - 5 pm Sandwiches etc from noon to closing

SEPT 7 - OSCEOLA WI - Simenstad Field 76th Annual Wheels and Wings Air Fair Train rides pancake breakfast fly-in Free event shuttle bus Pilots check class 0 NOTAMS for specia l airport conditions For info call 775755-3300

SEPT 13-15 - URBANA IL - Frasca Field Byron Smith Memorial Stinson Reunion Fly-In Ca ll 708904-6964 for info

SEPT 13-1 5 - JACKSONVILLE IL - Ercoupe Fly-In Call 2 77546-0585 for info

SEPT 20-2 1 - BARTLESVILLE IL - Frank Phillips Field 39th Annual Tulsa Regional Fly-In sponsored by EAA NC Chapter 70 AAA Chapter 2 EAA Chapter 70 EAA lAC Chapter 70 and the Green Country U ltralight Flyers Call Charlie Harris for info 978622-8400

SEPT 21-22 - ROCK FALLS IL - Whiteside County Airport (SQI) North Central EAA Old Fashioned Fly-In Fly market campshying and food on field Call Gregg Erikson 7085 73-064 7 or Dave Christianson at 875625-6556 Pancake breakfast Sept 22 - 0700 - 7700

SEPT 22 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGLAND - Brooklands Museum Fly-In Contact ju l ian C Templ e or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 07932855465

SEPT 27-28 - SANTA YNEZ CA - 8th Annual Western Waco Assoc Reunion Call jon A ldrich 209962-6727 or Barry Branin 7 74545-7476 for info

SEPT 28-29 - ZANESVILLE OH - John s Landing A irfield 5th Annual Fall Fly-In sponsored by EAA NC Chapter 22 of Ohio Hog roast on the 28th breakfast both days Antique classic homebuilts warbirds welshycome For more info call Virginia at 674453-6889

SEPT 28-29 - LEXINGTON TN - Tennessee Taildraggers 72th Annual Fly-In 907968shy2864 or 901968-4022 for info

OCTOBER 4-6 - REDDING CA - Benton Field EAA Chaper 157 Oktoberfest Contacts Bruce Taylor 976275-6456 or Armal Owens 976243-4382

OCTOBER 13 - TOWANDA PA - Towanda airport (N27) Fly-In Breakfast - all you can eat Eggs sausage pancakes 100 pure maple syrup 7 am -7 pm

OCT 13 - ZANESVILLE OH - Riverside A i rport EAA Chapter 425 and the ARTHRITIS FOUNDA TlON Hog Roast 8 am - 5 pm Contact Don Wahl at 614 454-0003

OCTOBER 13 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Fly-In Contact ju l ian C Temple or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 0 1932857381 or FAX 01932855465

OCT 18-20 - KERRVIL LE TX - Southwest Regional Fly-In For info ca ll 800221shy7958 Vendors should call 270914-3746

Ale NEWS Continued from page 2

in two a reas to mos t VFR pilots - the Surface Aviation Observation (SA) will now become the Aviation Routine Weather Report (Metar) with an addishytional report the Aviation Selected Special Weather report (Speci) added to it when dictated by changing weather conditions A new international format will also be adopted to replace the Tershyminal Forecast (TF) issued by the Nashytional Weather Service The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) will be the new format for this forecast

The new formats will be a combinashytion of new and old abbreviations but the seq ue nces will change a nd some components will be reported in a differshye nt format For many of us who us e DUATS briefing services and exercise the plain language option these changes will be transparent but be careful - temshyperaturedewpoint spreads will be given in degrees Celsius and sky cover definishytions will change Other parts of the seshyquence reports will be a lso be revised The new form a t began with the NWS transmissions that were issued a t 0800 UTC July l

For more informat ion and a card that details the new Metar format conshytact your nearest Flight Service Station or yo ur loca l FAA Flight Standards District Office

EICHER KIMBAll GEE BEE Z fliES

LUSCOMBE FOUNDATION 8E GIVEAWAY

The Don Luscombe Aviation Foundashytion is doing it again A small total of only 2800 tickets will be sold to help raise funds used to continue the expansion of services of the Foundation to Luscombe owners and to fulfill the Luscombe Type Certificate purchase contract You can see the work done to restore the 1996 Win Me airplane in the accompanying photos This airshyplane has all the Luscombe options and has been fully inspected and rebuilt with the latest information on Luscombe repa irs from the foundation For a more informashytion including the price of tickets and a brochure call the OLAF at 602917-0969 or fax them at 6021917-4719

NO 80 OCTANE AT WITTMAN FiElD

If youve always planned on fueling up with 80 octan e fuel during EAA O shkosh youll need to buy it from someone other tha n Basle r Flight Sershyvice the FBO on Wittman Field Basler

The Gee Bee Z recently completed by Jeff Eicher and Kevin Kimball was first flown on June 24 and again on the 25th by Delmar Benj amin Delmar explored the handling characteristics of the z in a series of flights that culminated in a roll and knife edge flight He reports a stall speed at about 75 mph indicated rt quickly acshycelerates to 210 mph and then continues to build up more speed up to 230 mph Delmar reports that it is hands off stable in both pitch and yaw 130 mph is used on fi nal to keep the Zs sink rate at a comfortable level We ll have more on the first flights of this beautiful Gee Bee replica next month but until then congratulations to Jeff and Kevin and their test pilot Delmar Benjamin

has informed EAA that they will not be selling any 80 octane fu el for resale durshying th e EAA Convention Du e to tighter tank te sting rules e nforced by the EPA Basler has storage facilities sufficient o nly for the quantities of 100 LL a nd Jet A neede d during the Conshyvention but there s no room left for a quantity of 80 octane After exploring other options Bas ler re luctantly deshycided to drop carrying 80 octane avgas which they had only had available durshying th e EAA Fly-In Since Basle r has also chosen not to offer auto fuel if you prefer not to burn 100LL in yo ur vinshytage engine you may wish to plan your flight with a fuel stop after your deparshyture or prior to your arrival Basler will be offering 100 octane avgas at the same price as last year $2 15 If you really prefer to run your e ngine on 80 octane avgas the closest airport with that fuel is the tailwheel friendly fie ld at Hartshyford WI (HXF) located 41 statute miles SSE of Oshkosh Hartford Aero Sershyvice 414673-5350 is the FBO and hes aware of the situat ion and is planning on having his 10000 gallon tank topped off in time for the Convention

CUB MONUMENT IN BRADFO RD

Thanks to the impetus provided by Sport Aviation editor Jack Cox a monshyument will be e rected on the site of the old Taylor Aircraft company in Bradshyford P A For more details on the effort being spea rh eaded by George Welsch

Continued on page 31

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27

by HC Frautschy

The April Mystery Plane proved to be a tough one so we ll continue that course with the July Mystery Plane This handshysome biplanes photo was sent in some time ago by Richard E Sampson Ft Lauderdale FL

Answers need to be in no later than August 25 1996 for inclushysion in the October issue

Aprils Mystery is still just that - an unknown Lennart Johnsson of Eldsberga Sweden sugshygested that it might be the creation of the Engshylish designer Harold Bolas and his partner Capt Goodman-Crouch who both emigrated to the USA and settled in Rhode Island After reshyviewing an article on the Crouch-Bolas Dragshyonfly its obviously not our Mystery Plane Our thanks to Lennart for giving it a shot

The second shot I ve included in this months edition may help jog the dim memory of someone else You can see that the airplane is not particularly large when compared to the pilot crouching on the bow Also tip floats have been added to the lower wings and you can plainly see the biplane configuration of the horizontal tail We can leave this Mystery Plane file open and perhaps someone will recshyognize it

28 JULY 1996

New Members

Robert K Ad ler Naples FL

Joseph B Brown Jr Panama City FL

Jeff Bruebaker Hamler OH

Paul G Catrou Greenville NC

Darryl Chin Modesto CA

Donald L Clingerman Grayling MI

Ned E Corman Harri sburg PA

John Davis Houston TX

John M DeMars N Hollywood CA

Thomas Robert Dollimore Rexdale Ontari o

Canada

Gary W Donald Jlorissant MO

William Grant Dorsett Alvin TX

W Heyward Dropla Charlotte NC

George M Eastman Westminster CO

John Faccin Crystal Falls MI

Robert Farr Houghton Lake MI

Jeff Foley Roanoke Rapids NC

Jon Michael Fox Moses Lake WA

Robert J Furlong scottsdale AZ

David M GampferColumbus OH

Raymond L Gebhard 5ioux Falls sD

Richard L Gillespie Ft Meyers FL

Mark Haag Houston TX

Barry Halsted Fountain Val ley CA

William R Harper Beverly Hill s CA

Val P Hattemer Dayton OH

John Hitzke

Redcl iffe Queensland Australia

Peter Hook Lakeville MN

Robert K Howie Jr Decatur IL

Thomas H Hughston Brownsville TX

James O Johnson Kenansvi lle NC

Paul Johnson Rockford IL

R L Johnson Aledo TX

H Floyd Jones water Mill NY

James H Jones Payson AZ

Alan R Jose Niagra Fa ll s Ontario Canada

Larry Kanaster Torrance CA

Paul J Keenan Kerrville TX

Charles Keppen Madison sD

Richard W Land New Carlisle OH

Cliff Larrance Port Townshend WA

Delmer Lawrence Rensselaer IN

Thomas J Leahy Chippewa Lake OH

Louis J Leftwich Winter Park FL

George C Lem ieux Livonia MI

Cory E Linnane schaumburg IL

Paul Mandel Kansas City MO

Carl F McClellan Richardson TX

Robert C McDannell Woodstock IL

Roy R Mcintire Long Beach CA

Howard S Meeks Cocoa Beach FL

Joseph Mezera Worthington OH

Mike Millette Rodondo Beach CA

Janice D Milligan san Ramon CA

Jay G Miner seattle WA

Charl es Moore Gibsonville NC

N A Morey Pukekohe New Zealand

Richard E Newton Luray VA

Anthony B North Windsor CT

J K ONeal san Antonio TX

Bruce J Olson Hudson Canada

shigeru Ota Tokyo Japan

Phillip L Patterson Tullahoma TN

Richard Peters Hinckley IL

Robert J Pinkerton santa Anna CA

Rene Popp Vienna Austria

Bill J Pottage

Abbotsford British Columbia Canada

Todd W Rader Jacksonville FL

Joe Ramotowski Un iversa l City TX

Eric O Richardson Coloma MI

Louis D Ross Jr Covington LA

Milton Ruesch Medford WI

J Sampson Wichita Ks

Bill Scott Kernersville NC

M B Shores En-cinitas CA

Andrew L Sm ith Cloverdale CA

Ronald P Sm ith Washington DC

Lance D st Armand Anson ME

Wayne Strader Ardmore OK

Richard B Strawn Fruitland ID

John Taylor 5augus CA

Ferne Thomas Pilot Mountain NC

Harold Thornpson Whitakers NC

David L Todd shreveport LA

David Tumulty Houston TX

Robert W Vance Greensboro NC

Ron J Wassink Wroxeter Ontario Canada

Dennis B Wassmann Moraga CA

Ken Whittet

Pitt Meadow British Columbia Canada

Gary Lee Wilii ams Plymouth MI

Rocky L Zahner Madison WI

J G Zavar Gaffney SC

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MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION

EAA Membership in the Experimental Aircraft Association Inc is $35 for one year including 12 issues of SPORT AVIATION Family membership is available for an additional $10 annually Junior Membership (under 19 years of age) is available at $20 annually All major credit cards accepted for membership

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The Luscombe Fo undat i o n supports Luscombes with full service factory data WIN ME restored Luscombe tickets $40 each or 3$100 Most parts and factory supshyport services available Will meet or beat all legitimate commercial sources in price selecshytion and quality All proceeds preserve the Luscombe heritage through development of a museum amp archives 602917-0969 P O Box 63581 Phoenix AZ 85082 (996)

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by Walter Dorlac bull (NC 22270)

Every year at thi s time my

The AntiqueClassic area at EAA OSHKOSH has a lot to offer For starters you can learn how to cover with fabric in the AlC Workshop or you can learn more about the Curtiss OX-5 engine from someone who knows them intimately

You have been to Oshkosh for 20 years and never volunteered We all know that without the ground crew the plane will not get off the ground Well without the thousands of volunshyteers who put in countless hours of their time Oshkosh might not be the grand occasion we all enjoy

thoughts turn to Oshkosh and what great events will be taking place this year Most of what happens I have no control over and just enjoy The daily air shows the stroll through the Fly Mart the countless opportunities to take advantage of hands-on learnshying and listening to experts in all areas share their experience in the forums There are always wonderful programs in the Theater in the Woods after a fulfilling day soaking in row after row of great airplanes

There is an aspect of Oshkosh however that I do have control over and we all know it is NOT the weather The enjoyment I get out of Oshkosh is

directly related to what I do to he lp I have been volunteering for seven years at Oshkosh the last five with the AntiqueClasshysic Division working with the greatest people I have found that by being a participant my enjoym en t ha s increased tre mendou sly Since Gene Soucy has not called me to train for wing-walking yet helping to park planes seemed like a great opportunity to be involved as much or as little as I want Not only have I enjoyed admiring count less airplanes up close I have gotten to know many peoshyple whom I would neve r have met had I not volunteered

Our Volunteer Center is loshycated by the road in front of the Red Barn and the fine folks

there can match you up to the work you d esi re We have husband and wife teams father and son teams and even whole families who return annushyally to help There are many opportushynities during the Convention crowd control crossing guards wing walkers bikers Red Barn staff writers for the Aerogram and much more For only 15 hours of work during the Convenshytion you can earn the AntiqueClassic patch and a year patch to add each year you return

There is something for everyone to do Stop by our volunteer booth in front of the Red Barn and join us for a few hours You will be glad you did

Past Champion Activities by Dean Richardson NC Director

The EAA OSHKOSH AntiqueClasshysic Grand and Reserve Grand Champishyons from past years will be honore d with various activ ities Returning airshyplanes will have special display parking across from AC Headquarters A Sunshyday breakfast will further honor the reshyturning champions as well as a special award for those ab le to bring back the winning aircraft We look forward to a large number of returning aircraft for this special 25th anniversary celebrashytion

AIC Flying Safety Seminars

by Steve Krog AC Division Advisor No pilot ever wants to deliberately

be unsafe or have an accident Howshyever after obtaining our pilot certifishycate we sometimes develop habits and behaviors that if unchecked could someshyday result in an accident

Everyone agrees that maintaining

4 JULY 1996

proficiency at basic stick-and-rudder skills is important But flying is more than be ing proficient at manipulating the controls of an airplane its also our planning skills and thought processes that guide us to a safe landing--)r not

The Federa l Aviation Administrashytion (FAA) has spearheaded the effort to raise pilots awareness of the characshyteristics of both good and bad decision making in everyday flying activit ies This effort has included the publication of training manuals Back-to-Basics training materials and an Advisory Cirshycular (60-22) entitled Aeronautical Deshycision Making

The FAA is currently developing new training materials in advanced aeroshynautical decision making to enable less experienced pilots to solve problems more like seasoned pilots Both EAA and NAFI endorse this important work At Oshkosh 96 the EAA Antique Classic Division will conduct two safety seminars on the latest FAA effort in adshyvanced pilot decision making and how to avoid pilot error accidents

The seminars will foc us on how to define success in our flying and how to guide your thought process to lead every flight to a safe outcome Learn to SOAR a new decision mak in g process used by experts that will help you avoid th e seven deadly sins of poor decision making

Youll learn to recognize the differshyence between novice and seasoned pilot decision making You ll also gain inshysight into the awareness and vigilance used by expert decision makers to hanshydle everyday situations

Our decision making is also affected by the attitude we bring to flying The seminars will discuss the five hazardous attitudes and how they affect decisions Youll have the opportunity to rate yourself on the attitude scale

Whether you have 50 hours or 50000 hours youll find these programs inforshymative The two seminars will be held on Saturday August 3 and on Monday August 5 at the Theater In The Woods Each seminar will begin at 800 am and conclude at 1100 am

1982

fAA AntiqueClassic Division

25th Anniversary PART IV

by Gene Chase

Since many of our current members may not be aware of the extraordinary efforts that went into the formation of the largest of fAA s Divisions were pleased to present a 25th Anniversary reprint of the history of the

fAA AntiqueClassic Division as first published in the July 1985 edition of the magazine In next months issue we will conclude the series with a retrospective covering the past 10 years - HG Frautschy

In his February editorial in SPORT AVIATION Paul Poberezny touched briefly on the possibility of pursuing the availability of a Repairmans Certificate for the ownersrestorers of vintage airshycraft This had been on Pauls mind for a number of years He felt that a certifishycate similar to the one which allowed homebuilders to do the maintenance on and re-certifying their aircraft could be a fitting recognition by the FAA of the excellent effort put forth by many reshystorers of vintage aircraft He asked for reader s comments and said he would pursue the matter only if there was enough interest

The responses were numerous and positive including remarks by AampPs and lAs These encouraged the formashytion of a committee to evaluate the comshyments and present a proposal to the OSHKOSH82-SALUTETO Oshkosh 81 groundbreaking cereshy

monies for the EAA Aviation CenterFAA Composed of leadership from NASA AERONAUTICS Flanked by the Spirit of St Louis Dickboth EAA and AntiqueClassic DivishyStouffer leads the dedication cereshysion the committee members were Paul EAAs 30th Annual Convention monies for the future home of EAA and

Poberezny Charles Schuck Brad July 31 - August 7 seemingly had everyshy the AntiqueClassic Division Thomas AI Kelch Morton Lester and thing the good the bad and about Claude Gray everything in between It began and

The Board of Advisors was increased ended in good weather but mid-week On the brighter side FAA Adminisshyto eight when the AntiqueClassic Offishy brought thunderstorms low ceilings trator J Lynn Helms presented Paul cers and Directors named Roy Redman damaging winds and high water An asshy Poberezny STCs for the use of unleaded Kilkenny MN and Robert G Herman tounding number of people and airshy auto fuel in the Continental 0-200 enshyMenomonee Falls WI to fill vacancies planes converged on Wittman Field for gine and the Cessna 150 then he became

In the June issue of THE VINTAGE opening day and did so safely But on the first person to legally fly a US regisshyAIRPLANE the Division Officers and the fourth day whi le traffic was relashy tered aircraft on auto fuel EAAs Chief Directors announced a dues increase tively light a mid-air collision occurred Pilot Jim Barton accompanied him from $1400 to $1800 per year effective in the fly-by pattern taking the lives of NASA was at Oshkosh 82 in force September 1 1982 In the same issue three persons Rick Demond of Whitshy with four aircraft several displays and President Brad Thomas in his editorial more Lake MI in his 1932 Corben Baby over 30 forums of interest to sport and listed each of the Division Officers Dishy Ace plus the pilot and passenger of a general aviation pilots The total count rectors and Advisors along with their Starduster Too Rick and his family of registered show planes was 1818 Of duties at the Annual EAA Convention were ardent supporters of EAA and the that number 176 were Antiques 585 and where they could be found during AntiqueClassic Division and his abshy were Classics and the Replicas numshythe event sence would be deeply felt bered 5

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The top awards went to ANTIQUE Grand Champion - Stinshy

son SR-8C NC17116 Roy and Judi Redman Faribault MN

Reserve Grand Champion - Stinson SM6000B Tri-Motor NCl1170 Chuck Andreas Bill Brennand and Byron Fredericksen

CLASSIC Grand Champion - Lusshycombe 8A NC71454 Tom Stoia Manshyning Sc

Rese rve Grand Champion - Aeronca l1AC Chief NC85829 Elymus L Nace Rehoboth Beach DE

REPLICA Champion - Howard DGA-6 Mr Mulligan NR273Y Bob and Jim Younkin Springdale AR

At the annual business meetin g of the AntiqueClassic Division on August 71982 it was reported the Division was experiencing a steady growth The offishycers and directors up for re- e lec tion were unanimously elected for their twoshyyear te rms of office Following th e membership meeting a Board of Direcshytors mee tin g was conducted and the Board unanimously voted to donate $1000 per year for five years to th e EAA Capital Campaign Drive It was noted that none of the donated funds came from membership dues but from several projects promoted during th e Conventions which bring income to the Division

On October 201982 EAA on behalf of its AntiqueClassic Division wrote to the FAA proposing that FAR 43 be

amended to allow the restorer of an anshytique or classic aircraft at hisher opshytion to conduct inspections (including annual inspections) repairs and altershyations to hisher aircraft so long as the restoration work was accomplished by the res torer under supervision of an AampP

The proposal was published in the Federal Registe r in November with the request for comments to be received no later than December 8 1982 The year ended awaiting FAAs decision

1983 - NEW EAA AVIATION CENTER DEDICATED

Just two years after Paul Poberezny turned that first spade of dirt the magshynificent new EAA Aviation Center was dedicated on July 301983 The keynote speaker was Barron Hilton Chairman of the Board and President of Hilton Hotels Corporation and an active EAA member

Special guests included actor Cliff Robertson who acted as Master of Cershyemonies Sam Johnson Chief Executive Officer of Johnson Wax Company Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Thayer Aviation Great Steve Wittman FAA Administrator J Lynn Helms plus many more

EAA President Paul Poberezny and EAA Aviation Foundation President Tom Poberezny both addressed the asshysembly Just as the ribbon was cut the

EAA Foundations replica Spirit of St Louis made a low pass over the cereshymony and the new EAA Aviation Censhyter was officially open This historic event took place on the first day of the 31st Annual EAA Fly-In Convention and was the highlight of the week

Early in the year the AntiqueClassic Board of Directors named Daniel Neushyman of Minneapolis MN to the Board of Advisors to replace Ed Burns who reshysigned Th e Board also voted to have THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE delivshyered in a protective wrapper because of members complaints of receiving mutishylated copies in the mail

On March 7 1983 AntiqueClass ic Division Chapter 11 received its charter at a ceremony at Milwaukee WI The groups first president was John Kalas

The 9th Annual EAA Sun n Fun Fly-In at Lakeland FL March 13-19 esshytablished new attendance records in spite of one of the areas worst winters and three days of IFR weather during the popular event In spite of these adshyversities th e Fly-In recorded 25000 people 5100 aircraft and over 800 show planes AntiqueClassic Division Chapshyter One has been a vital element in this Fly-In since its inception

In his June 1983 editorial Division President Brad Thomas reported on the Board meeting held on May 6 at th e Kermit Weeks Flight Research Center in Oshkosh WI They discussed the problem of pilots parking in the Anshy

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tiqueClassic area at Oshkosh and not registering their aircraft

As a possible solution each arrival at Oshkosh 83 would be given a sheet exshyplaining the registration procedure and listing the advantages of registering no fee complimentary Convention pilot mug and a more complete and accurate count of show planes in attendance

Before adjourning the gro up was given a tour through the soon-to-be completed EAA Aviation Center and all were thoroughly impressed

The July 1983 issue of VINTAGE contained a guest editorial by Division Director Claude Gray who also served as Chairman of the EAA National Judgshying Committee He discussed the intent of the rules in the Judging Guidebook and gave some valuable tips for restorshyers who plan to have their aircraft judged

Paul Poberezny a nnounced in his July edi torial in SPORT AVIATION that The EAA petition for an AnshytiqueClassic Repairman Certificate for those who would have qualified has been denied by the FAA even though 208 agreed 82 disagreed and some 153 letters were irrelevant However FAA has agreed to a feasibility study with the possibility of receiving a petition for a rule change The denial was based upon many of the comments submitted by the president of the Antique Airplane Asshysociation of Blakesburg Iowa

The October 1983 issue of THE VINshyTAGE AIRPLANE contained EAAs petition the FAAs letter of denial and a sampling of letters both pro and con from respondents

OSHKOSH 83

As always the AntiqueClassic Divishysion played an important part in this the 31st Annual EAA Fly-In Convenshytion Each year the operation ran more smoothly thanks to the many dedicated volunteers who made it all happen

The new venture in 83 of making space available in the Hospitality Tent for the Type Clubs was an outstanding success Advisor Butch Joyce through input from the Type Club members would plan a larger program for the groups in 1984

The AntiqueClassic Divisions hour of glory was their ever-popular Parade of Flight on Wednesday August 3 With incredible organization and hard work by 60 flight line volunteers 96 aircraft were flagged off for exhibition flights before the huge throng of spectators and parked after landing in only 60 minshyutes The entire operation was conshyducted without a hitch

First to take off was Dale Crites of Waukesha WI in his 1911 Curtiss Pusher followed by a steady flow of vinshy

tage aircraft representing the years from 1911 through 1955 The Parade of Flight continues to be one of the highlights of the Annual EAA Convention

Included in the 1521 show planes were 119 Antiques 514 Classics and 5 Replicas

ANTIQUE Grand Champion -Fairchild 24W NC77655 Charles W Bell Sheboygan WI

Reserve Grand Champion -Beechcraft B17L Staggerwing

NC270Y Dick Hansen and Dick Perry Batavia IL

CLASSIC Grand Champion -Aeronca 7AC NC84998 Robert K Armstrong Rawlings MD

Reserve Grand Champion - Lusshycombe 8F N1373B George Chaffey Pittsburg CA

REPLICA Champion - 1916 Halbershystadt DIV N1388J Carl Swanson AlshyIens Grove WI

Following a long established custom the September 1983 issue of VINTAGE contained an extensive listing of Type Clubs with addresses phone numbers and other information The same issue announced the FAA had amended EAAs STC to include the Continental A-40 through the C-90 series of engines permitting them to use unleaded auto gasoline

More changes in personnel occurred late in the year when the Board of Dishyrectors accepted the resignations of Vice President Jack Winthrop and Secshyretary Kelly Viets Both men had faithshyfully served the Division since it started Their positions were filled by Robert J Lickteig of Albert Lea MN and Ronald Fritz of Kent City MI respectively Frik had been a long-time Director and Adshyvisor

The resignation of Director Robert E Kesel was also accepted and to fill his

(Above) Robert J Dobbie Lickteig Alshybert Lea Minnesota served as the AnshytiqueClassic Division President having taken over in April 1984

(Left) Replicas have been recognized as an excellent means of keeping the anshytiques alive This replica of Mr Mullishygan a Howard DGA-6 NR273Y won Grand Champion Replica honors for Bob and Jim Younkin of Springdale AR at Oshkosh 82 The Red Barn and Type Club Tent are in the background

and Frik s post on the Board of Direcshytors Robert G Herman and Gene Morshyris were moved up from the Board of Advisors Replacing them were newly named Advisors Ray Olcott of Nokomis FL and Gar Williams of NapervilleIL

1984 - EAAS NEW HOME

After 31 years in Hales Corners WI EAA moved into the new Aviation Censhyter in Oshkosh WI and was open for business as usual on January 9 1984 THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE s new Oshkosh address was reflected for the first time in the January 1984 issue

In his January Straight and Level editorial President Brad Thomas reshycapped the Division s accomplishments during the previous year and outlined the goals for 84 He mentioned that a specific area at Oshkosh 84 would be designated for the display of past Grand Champions in both antique and classic categories He hoped that many would be returned to be so honored

He described the face-lifting planned for the Red Barn Headquarters in the form of a new porch complete with porch swings and rocking chairs He further described a study that was underway to increase the number of

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The Antique Classic Red Barn with the new Friendship Porch beckoning memshybers to come on in and set a spell A big thank you is due AI Kelch and Bob Lumley for their perseverance in seeing this project to its completion

awards for antique aircraft to spread the awards more evenly among antiques and classics

In his February editorial Brad anshynounced to the members the EAA Avishyation Foundations plans for the EAA Air Academy an aviation program for boys and girls 15-17 years of age AnshytiqueClassic Division Vice-President Bob Lickteig volunteered to assist the Foundation by heading up the efforts of the Division toward this new project not only with funding from donors but in assisting with the procurement of volunteers and tools needed to make the venture a success

An editorial by the editor in the March issue of the magazine stated The last five years have seen gre a t progress in the AntiqueClassic Divishysion under the leadership of Brad Thomas and his Board of Directors As we go to press with this issue of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE we learned of his request to step down from this position Brad served admirably as President and his resignation is acshycepted with regret

Also by action of the Board of Dishyrectors Vice-President Bob Lickteig was named President Director Roy Redman was named Vice-President and

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Advisors Jack Copeland and Stan Goshymoll were named Directors

President Lickteigs first editorial appeared in the Apri l 1984 issue of THE VINTAGE A IRPLANE In it he reconfirmed the aims and goa ls of the Division He stated As I write my first message to you I cannot he lp but think of the great opportunity we have not only to continue our efforts of the past but to look at the cha ll enges that lie ahead

I n his next editoria l Bob discussed the EAA Air Academy and the AnshytiqueClass ic Divisions p lanned inshyvolvement He vo lunteered the use of his sons J-3 Cub in which each of the 30 students wou ld receive an orientashytion flight He predicted the EAA Air Academy would be expanded over the years to come and paid tribute to Paul Poberezny for his foresight and vision for bringing EAA to where it is today

The AntiqueClassic Division was becoming international with the first reshyquest for chapter status by a group of members in Argentina This announceshyment in the June 1984 iss ue of VI NshyTAGE named Mr Abel De bock as Chapter President The group became Chapter number 12

Another Chapter was formed during the year when Chapter 18 in Phoenix Arizona rece ived its charter Stan ley W Loer was the groups first president

The EAA Aviation Foundatio n s Auto Fue l STC program made great str ides d uring the year when they reshyceived FAA approva l for the issuance

of STCs for many models of Aeronca Cessna In terstate Luscombe McClish (Funk) Piper and Taylorcraft aircraft At the same time the list of airports in the US providing auto fuel grew rapidly

OSHKOSH - 84 THE FREEDOM OF fliGHT

Oshkosh 84 the 32nd Annual EAA Fly-In Convention was held July 28-Aushygust 4 and new records were set in all areas with the weatherman cooperating nice ly Total show plane count was up including 128 Antiques and 607 ClasshySICS

The AntiqueClassic Division activishyties involved greater participation than ever and thanks to the hardworking chairmen co-chairmen and volunteers each committee did its job splendidly The AntiqueClassic Chairman for the Convention was Bob Lickteig with CoshyChairman Roy Redman

The AntiqueClassic area with a new porch on the Red Barn was the talk of the Convention AI Kelch and Bob Lumley were responsible for the design and construction of the porch and with minimum assistance completed the job just in time for the 81 Convention This new addition to the Red Barn was named the Friendship Porch and in an appropriate ceremony was dedicated to all Convention volunteers

Manpower Chairman Jack Copeland with Co-Chairmen Ray Olcott and Bob Lumley did an outstanding job Thanks

to Art Morgan Chairman of Parking and Flight Line Safety along with CoshyChairman Bob Herman and Bob Braver there were no parking probshylems

The AntiqueClassic Fly-Out to Wautoma WI had 40 aircraft and 100 people a most enjoyable outing thanks to Bob Lumley The reunion of past grand champions and reserve grand champions arranged by AI Kelch brought out seven aircraft The reactishyvation of~ the picnic resulted in 420 peoshyple enjoying fine food and a great social hour thanks to Bob Kelly

The first photo contest of the Divishysion attracted 26 entries Jack McshyCarthy not only organized this activity but gave complete photo coverage of all AntiqueClassic activities The Headshyquarters Staff at the Red Barn was busy throughout the Convention with Kate Morgan Ruth Coulson and Jo Olcott handling merchandise sales double the amount of previous years

The Parade of Flight had 93 planes participating with Phil Coulson and William Benedict doing an excellent job of organizing The Type Club Headquarters Tent was full with ten clubs conducting their business The group was honored during the week when EAA Convention Chairman Tom Poberezny spoke to them Type Club Chairman Butch Joyce was planning on a larger tent for 1985 The forums handled by Ron Fritz and Gene Morris had the largest attendance on record

Roy Redman had a merchandising and chapter stand which was busy all week signing up 121 new Division members and talking with 20 members interested in forming new chapters The merchandising and chapter stand was constructed by Stan Gomoll

Dan Neuman arranged for and conshyducted 18 interviews with aircraft ownshyers This was more activity than ever for that committee

Coordinating the requirements of press people in the AntiqueClassic area were AI and Lois Kelch and they did their usual superb job The security of the AntiqueClassic area was the reshysponsibility of Chairman Dave Shaw with Co-Chairman Jack Huffman Dale Fauw and Tom Auger These men did an excellent job in the performance of their duties

Last but not least the aircraft judges were to be congratulated for a job well done The Antiques were judged by Chairman Dal e Gustafson with CoshyChairman Pete Covington Chairman George York judged the Classics along with Co-Chairman Dale Wolford

Of course those listed above are only a small percentage of the total number of volunteers who participate at Oshkosh and are responsible for

making the Annual EAA Convention the greatest aviation event in the world Without them it would not happen

The top awards at Oshkosh 84 went ANTIQUE Grand Champion - Stinshy

son SR-5E N14187 1 Tom Laurie Newport Beach CA

Reserve Grand Champion - Stearshyman C3R NC794H Jeff Robinson Arshyleta CA

CLASSIC Grand Champion -Cessna 140 NC4135N Rick and Kathie Paige San Mateo CA

Reserve Grand Champion - Rawdon T-l N5160 Terry Chastain Manchesshyter MO

REPLICA Champion - Gee Bee Model Y N718L Ken Flaglor NorthshybrookIL

One of the greatest thrills at Oshkosh 84 was the appearance of the Rutan Voyager the aircraft designed to circumnavigate the earth non-stop It was flown to Oshkosh by Dick Rutan and Jeanna Yeager from its home base Mojave CA

The first EAA Air Academy which ran from July 15-August 4 1985 far exshyceeded all expectations in its impact on participants The program will defishynitely be scheduled again in 85

The election results announced at the Annual AntiqueClassic Division business meeting during the Convenshytion indicated that all incumbents were reelected with the exception of Direcshytor Robert G Herman who was unshyseated by Advisor Espie M Butch Joyce

In the November 1984 issue of VINshyTAGE the name of Dennis Parks apshypeared on the masthead as a feature writer as a result of his monthly contrishybutions of a column called Vintage Literature It first appeared in the July issue and was an on-going series describing periodicals from the vintage years of aviation

1985 - ANTIQUECLASSIC DIVISIONS 15TH YEAR Commitment for Growth

Welcome to 1985 Welcome to your AntiqueClassic Division s 15th year of service and leadership were President Bob LickteigS opening reshymarks in his first editorial for the year in VINTAGE He went on to pay tribshyute to the groups founding fathers and re established the Divisions goals for the anniversary year with the theme shyCOMMITMENT FOR GROWTH

In that same January 1985 issue of the magazine Paul Poberezny wrote an editorial Looking back Lookshying Ahead in which he recalled calling the first AntiqueClassic meeting to orshyder Aims and goals were discussed and particularly the help that would

be needed for the AntiqueClassic enshythusiast during the Annual Convenshytion

Past president and current treasurer Buck Hilbert the Divisions first president Dave Jameson and past secshyretary and director Kelly Viets all conshytributed guest editorials in the April and June issues of VINTAGE They reminisced about the early days of the Division and their involvement with it The EAA Aviation Foundation conshytinued to receive all additional STCs from the FAA for the use of auto fuel in aircraft the most recent being for several models of BampB Aviation (Belshylanca) Northwest - Rankin Porterfield and SL Industries (Aero Commanshyder) aircraft The Foundation also reshyceived STC approval for the use of auto fuel in the Lycoming 0-235 and 0shy290 engines

Early in the year some personnel changes occurred in the Division when due to personal commitments and other considerations two long-time directors Al Kelch and Claude Gray resigned In January 1981 Claude and AI were named Chairman and Vice Chairman respectively of the EAA National Judgshying Committee formed by the EAA Board of Directors In this capacity they were responsible for writing the EAA Aircraft Judging Manual and they leave this legacy which will serve EAA in a constructive manner for many years to come The AntiqueClassic Board of Directors named Advisors Ray Olcott and Dan Neuman to serve out the unshyexpired terms of Kelch and Gray The Board also appointed three new advishysors Timothy V Bowers of Woodland CA Phillip Coulson of Lawton MI and W S Jerry Wallin of Kent WA With the March 1985 issue THE VINshyTAGE AIRPLANE had grown to 32 pages and the back cover was also in color

Looking ahead to Oshkosh 85 scheduled for July 26 to August 2 this AntiqueClassic Division made plans for three new activities in addition to all the regular ones These include a riverboat dinner cruise a program to present each registered aircraft owner or pilot a Participants Recognition Plaque and a week-long AntiqueClasshysic Workshop which will give members an opportunity for hands-on experishyence in aircraft woodworking dope and fabric

President Bob Lickteig wrote With our 15th Anniversary year celebration continuing we once again are making plans to be a major sponsor of the EAA Air Academy 85 It s going to be a great Convention Make the AnshytiqueClassic area your headquarters for Oshkosh 85 Welcome aboard Join us and you have it all

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a first at OSHKOSH by HG Frautschy

The Very first Airplane at the Very first fAA fly-In Convention

This is a spin-off article to Gene Chase s AntiqueClassic 25th annivershysary series of reports on the history of the organization

Of the thousands of airshycraft to land at the Oshkosh fly-in when it first opened in 1970 what was the very first to arrive

It seems appropriate that a signifishycant event such as this should be opened by an antique homebuilt experimental replica biplane which was a Blicker Jungmeister flown by Sam Burgess (EAA 16214)

He arrived on July 1 after completing a 50 state trip starting in Hawaii The

original intent was to finish the junket at the new fly-in site Starting from Chino California for the continental flight on 1 April 1970 four months were scheduled for the trip however no major mechanshyical problems or significant weather deshylays were encountered and his arrival was earlier than planned

The EAA was kept informed of his progress as he flew around the country visiting EAA Chapters sending post cards with just a quick notation such as State 33 Upon arrival at Oshkosh he was met by EAA President Paul Poberezny

His only close call was holding for traffic over Lake Winnebago If the Warner had failed at this time what a finish this would of been to an otherwise uneventful Excursion Around America Paul dubbed the

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(Above) Completion of the 50 state trip at the new EAA Fly-In site at Oshkosh WI Note the Basler Flight Service sign on the gas truck A picture was taken at each stop to confirm Sams arrival

(Left) The JM was off to an easy start with Hawaii being state No1 the most difficult for a mainlander Sam was starting backward by claiming the 50th state first The 165 hp Warner was a new surplus engine from the Australian RAAF donated to them on WW II lendlease for their Fairchild 24s (Arshygosy UC-61) It performed nobly durshying the 86 takeoffs and landings

flight The Spirit of Flight 2 Number 1 was a flight to several states by Anshyders Ljungberg EAA 2836 during 1960 in the P-5 Pober Sport built by Paul Poberezny and his brother Norman in 1959

The BUcker was parked by Basler Avishyation in Steve Wittmans old hangar the same building where he had built Bonzo and other famous racers Sam returned to Hawaii until the fly-in started

The trip was made to prove that a homebuilt aircraft could be safe and reshyliable Articles on the 50 state trip apshypeared in the October-November issues of SPORT A VIA TION with the BUcker on the front cover Many letters were received with one from Dave Jameson encouraging Sam to write a full-blown book on his trip Three years later Jungmeister Junket (50 States in a Bishyplane) was published

In 1971 the Jungmeister was donated to the EAA Museum for its historic value and is presently on display in the Air Adventure Museum When the JM had only ten hours on it Paul Poberezny made a trip to Hawaii with the Air Nashytional Guard in a KC-97 refueler and flew the Jungmeister This was his 107th homebuilt to be flown many for the very first time

Since then Sam Burgess has built two Pitts and another BUcker powered by an Allison turboprop engine of 420 hp That airplane holds the NAAFAI world record for time to climb to 10000 feet (218) This unit has since been reshyplaced with a Russian 9 cylinder radial Vedenyev engine of 360 hp At age 79 Sam is presently building a Knight Twister biplane with the intent of evenshytually racing it at Reno Nevada

Two days after the Convention when

Sam departed for the AAA Fly-In at Ottumwa Iowa he experienced an unshyusual sight

Taking off to the west and looking to the left for a view of the parking area he did a double take as hundreds of airshycraft appeared to be still parked there How could this be

On a second look it was revealed that each aircraft had been perfectly outshylined by the multitude of tire kickers as they inspected their handiwork tramshypling the verdancy from the grass

(Editors note My kids refer to the little grass airplanes as airplane ghosts You can always tell where the most popular airshyplanes were parked - the grass around them is trampled until it is devoid of color and a bright green wing [uselrrge and tail appear in base relief in the turf when the real airshyplane taxis away)

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The 15AC Sedan

eroncas Family Airplane by HG Frautschy

Im sure its always been a fantasy of many of us who love old airplanes to find a very original low time example of our favorite airplane Paul and Pam Workshyman lived that dream a few years ago

As the proprietor of a busy aircraft and auto upholstery shop Pau l Workshyman has always been an avid classic airshyplane man and Aeroncas in pa rticular He has had both a 7 AC Champ (he dated Pam with that airplane) a 7GC and finally a 1950 Aeronca Sedan N6665K which came to the Work mans when they started adding children to their family

Before buying 6665K Paul had been searching for a Sedan and ran across a little used example in Washington Court House OH In 1986 when they first contacted Bob Rolfe about the Sedan Bob just wasnt interested in selling the airplane It had been in his family for a number of years having belonged to a close relative of his Richard Rolfe of SabinaOH Richard was the first owner after Aeronca dealer Porter Kauffman took delivery of the Sedan after its manshyufacture in 1948 He was a minister and he used the Sedan for preaching in an unusual way It seems that Richard thought that the work of the Lord should come from on high literally so in early July of 1949 he had the Sedan fitted with an ATR 100 watt 12v to 120 v inverter a pair of 12 volt batteries a pair of Quadraflex trumpet speakers and two 100 watt a mplifiers All of this was hooked up to a Webster Model 180 wire line r ecorder (the predecessor to the modern day reel to reel tape recorder) Cincinnati Aircraft Service and Airborne Communications Inc at Lunken Airport did the work

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A year later Richard had the inverter rep laced with a single cylinder gasoline engine driving a generator (The 337s are a little unclear on th is - if the amplishyfiers needed AC voltage the generators output wo uld sti ll need an inverter to bring it up to the req uired 110vAC but no mention is made of the inverter in the second form 337) He also had an addishytiona l speaker insta ll ed The system must have worked reasonably well - Paul Workman talked to severa l locals who

Found unused in Ohio Paul and Pam Workman spent two years restoring a very original four-place Aeronca

recalled they heard The Word from the Sedan cruising above

It must have not been too e ffective (but Ill bet it was disconcerting) for the Sedan really didn t get much use By the time Bob Rolfe took possession of the Sedan it was still a low time airplane It sat until the 1970s when Bob got 48H flying in 1976 Amazingly by the time the decade of the 90s began the Sedan had just slightly more than 200 hours toshytal time on the airframe and the engine had even less since it had been zeroshytimed by the Continental factory after the camshaft fai led with only 22 hours 30 minutes on the engine The C-145 enshygine had a rash of these rep lacements early on in the production of the engine whe n some of the camshafts were imshy

properly heat treated and they fai led Paul Workman had not really thought

much about 1048H since he was turned down by Bob Rolfe in 1986 Besides he had found 6665K a later model (1950) Sedan and he and his family had been flying it for a few years But in the winshyter of 1989 Bob Ro lfe called Paul and asked if he was still interested in buying 48H Pam and Paul had to do some quick work with the calculator Knowing the Sedan needed a complete restorashytion it would need cash to put it in flying shape

But oh what a project It truly was an original airplane The speaker installashytion of the past did not disrupt the strucshyture in any way and the rear seat was sti ll intact All of the little things that can be so hard to find were still there shythe small map light on the bottom of the instrument panel a larger red flood light above the pilot mounted below the top of the windshield a ll the instruments and the Aeronca Sedan trim piece set in the center of the panel Topping it all off was the Harvey-Wells model ATR-3 radio still intact and installed in the panel just as it was when it was put in on July 31 1948 Even the antenna and loading coil were still on the airplane Happily the airframe had never been substantially damaged with only a menshytion of a rudder spar inspection done once to check for suspected damage after the wind slammed the rudder over one day It was a real gem to find and Pa ul just couldn t turn it down

The new garage would have to wait and on December 16 1989 Paul and his dad Ben went to pick up the flying proshyject It was a bit chilly that day - 7degF - so the Continental needed a bit of persuashy

sion to get started but once it was runshyning Ben and Paul flew formation back home with their new prize

With just a little more than two years to go the Workmans decided that the Aeronca Convention scheduled for 1992 was the ir goal All the fabric was reshymoved and the project took over the Workman basement

Only a couple of small areas needed attention with the welding torch and then all of the tubing for the fuselage and tail surfaces was sandblasted A coat of epoxy primer was then app lied with a topcoat of zinc chromate primer on top of that stric tly for appearance With such an original a irplane there was no doubt the direction Paul intended to go with the restoration

All of the wood in the fuselage needed replacement The Sedan is no different than other late model Aeroncas It too used the fami liar triangular rear fuse lage configuration with the outside shape deshyfined by a set of wooden formers and stringers Paul used fir and pine plyshywood and replaced all of th e str in gers All of the wood was painted with spar varnish

Since recovering would have to be t done in the basement near the gas fur- ~ nace and hot water heater the cover- ~

i

ing process chosen was the STCd Blue River system using Ceconite 7600 fabric Even with the water based Blue River sysshytem a strong smelling solvent is used to activate the cement for tapes and seams so good ventilation is still necessary Paul liked the process particularly since it was more pleasant to work with than dope and not nearly so mind altering

The final finish is Randolph Ranthane chosen by Paul to prevent uneven fading be tween the metal and fabric surfaces The orig in al color scheme was mainshytained with the fuselage painted Santa Fe Red and the trim color Tucson Cream a very close match to the original Packard Straw Ben Workman Paul s dad and the family lA was the paint foreman on the job and he spent a lot of his time helping the Sedan project along

Originally Sedans were delivered with unpainted wings but it didn t take too long for a service letter to be issued by the factory in Middletown detailing the

(Above) Pam and Paul Workshyman Zanesville OH the restorshyers of Aeronca 15AC Sedan 1048H

(Left) UAL Captain (retired) EE Buck Hilbert now the proud owner and pilot of four eight Hotel Aeroncavorting in the Sedan is high on his list of fun things to do

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(Above) The interior owes a lot to its Champ and Chief predecessors The early Sedans used the same control wheels from the Chief and so were the glove box doors and ashtrays (now used for holding pencils) The Harvey Wells ATR-3 radio no longer functions but it has been a part of the instrument panel since 1948 shortly after the Sedan was built in Middletown OH Paul Workman was able to find a fabric for the seat cushions and side panels that closely reshysembled the original fabric

(Left) Now a resident of Buck Hilberts Funny Farm the Sedan flies nicely out of the northern Illinois grass strip

procedure for painting the wings Not too many people wanted to continue polishshying the top and bottom of 200 square feet (wait - that would be 400 sq ft) of wing

The corroded control cables were reshyplaced and so was the side window plasshytic A new windshield was purchased from LP Aero Plastics and the interior was refinished as closely as could be deshytermined Paul found out that the interishyors of the Sedans were not finished conshysistently Even a visit to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museums library didnt turn up anything consistent By talking with some owners of other early producshytion Sedans and using some of the paint left in the corners the original greengray color was applied Only a couple of exshytra switch holes had to be plugged in the panel leftovers from the days when the speaker system was installed

Those of you familiar with Sedans may wonder why there is no neat panel overlay such as on the 48 and 50 Sedans The early airplanes had a basic VFR panel and not until the later modshy

els was a panel overlay made The glove box was retained on the right side of the panel and the old Harvey-Wells radio was re-installed Paul wanted to put the old V antenna on again but the airshyplane wouldnt fit in his T-hangar with the wire running from wingtip to the vershytical fin

As a professional interior man you can imagine how frustrating it was for him when he couldnt find an exact match for the interior fabric Fortushynately one of his fabric salesmen came to the rescue with a medium width corshyduroy that looked just like the fabric seen in the photographs Paul had been using for research

The wings needed a bit of work inshycluding the replacement of one leading edge skin and a general clean up of the fittings Paul also converted the wingtips to being secured by screws instead of rivshyets allowing more complete inspection of the wing panels

One more change made to the wings was the replacement of the rubber fuel

cells with welded aluminum fuel tanks engineered by Paul and his dad Ben an IA A one time STC was applied for and eventually granted although Paul says it was not an experience he would care to do again Making the tanks was easy but the approval process was a bear

The engine a Continental C-145-2 is one of the early production six cylinder powerplants from the factory in Muskegon MI As mentioned before it had suffered a camshaft failure early in its life and since it had sat inactive for extended periods there was some conshycern about the condition it was in But when Paul removed the cylinders oil pan and accessories to inspect its innards he was pleased to find it looked brand new with no corrosion evident After the acshycessories were gone through the engine was reassembled and repainted in the original Continental bluegray with black cylinders

With the Aeronca Convention fast approaching in 1992 the Memorial Day holiday wasnt spent watching the lndi-

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anapolis 500 - it was time for the big push to get the airplane completed With Paul at the airport putting the finishing touches on the fuselage and engine inshystallation Pam spent the weekend polshyishing the wings at home in the backyard and bugging her neighbors when it came tim e to flip them over or move them around To maintain its original appearshyance the Workmans decided to keep the wings natural aluminum but after one year of trying to keep the metal looking good a great looking silver paint was apshyplied

By the end of the next week it looked like an airplane was about to fly and with a week to spare 48H was ready for its first engine run Sunday saw the first flight after the restoration and later in the week both 1048H and N6665K were loaded up and headed to Middletown On the way from Zanesville to Middleshytown their youngest daughter started feeling a bit queasy and not wishing to christen the new interior in that way a landing was made at Washington Court House Before they had stopped the prop from turning they knew they had an engine problem though - one magshyneto coil had died Ben Workman flying 65K continued on ahead to H ook field in Middletown A quick call to friends who were also on their way to the Conshyvention brought a replacement coil By the time the re pairs could be made it was late evening so Paul and Pam spent the evening with their kids in a motel After staying the night in central Ohio 1048H was flown to the Aeronca factory just in time for the convention

The Sedan was immediate ly deshyscended upon by the crowds who all oohed and ahhed over a very original airplane That fly-in saw the Workmans win the first of a series of awards for their efforts in restoring the Sedan It also won a major award at the Mid East Regional Fly-In and was also selected as the Best Class II (81-150 hp) Classic award winner at EAA OSHKOSH 94 The Workman fa mily enjoyed flying 48H all over the midwest during the summers of 1992 and 93 but in the fall of 1993 it became obvious that their other Sedan 6665K needed a major enshygine overhaul and the equity in 48H was going to have to pay for it

EE Buck Hilbe rt our resident Aeronca nut had heard me mention this particular Sedan in glowing terms and when he asked he found it was available Paul and Pam took Bucks be loved Champ in trade for the Sedan In Octoshyber 1993 the Sedan came to live at the Funny Farm in Union IL where it quickly became a favorite It s just right for a economical flight to a midwestern location (75 gph at 2450 rpm) and is roomy and quite comfortable to fly Whil e not particularly fast (105 mph cruise) it handles like a larger heavier Chief and it bas plenty of baggage room and space for the kids in back It really is a shame more of these airplanes were not made

While Paul Workman was flying the airplane the engine began to make a litshytle metal that was showing up on the oil screen After changing a piston that was self-destructing it appeared to be OK

but metal continued to show up on the screen It continued to do so after Buck bought tbe airplane so in conjunction with the annual in the fall of 1995 we changed the engine with another C-145 and he also added an Aviation Developshyment Corporation (ADC) oil filter sysshytem with oil bypass warning light The de tails of the installation were spelled out in Bucks column in the November issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE

Nearly 40 hours later the filter system works beautifully with the 3 mic ron screen catching anything that happens to make it into the oil Since the restorashytion the airplane has proven to be quite reliable and generally maintenance free and Id be remiss if [ didnt thank Buck publicly for the tim es he has lent my family and me the Sedan - its our fashyvorite airplane and our goal to shoot at when setting our priorities

The love the Workmans have for this particular airplane is still evident and theyre like most pare nts hoping their children lead a good life after they leave home Home on the Funny Farm is as pleasant as it can be for four e ight Hotel as it keeps company with its other Aeronca brothers th e C-3 and the Champ plus the Nicaraguan Fleet who seems a bit confused by it all It s earnshying to a djust Champ Ye p after a while Buck really missed the 7AC so when Paul mentioned to him that he was thinking of selling the Champ Buck had trade d on the Sedan Buck bou ght it back The stable is now full of Middleshytown wonders Wh a t more could an Aeronca man want

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John W Preiss

Cess 195 by Norm Petersen

The winner of the Best Restored Classic Over 165 hp at Sun n Fun 96 was an immaculate Cessna 195A N2JP SIN 7712 flown to Lakeland FL by John W Preiss (EAA 462642 AC 24168) of College Station Texas Winshyning awards is not a new phenomenon for John and his 195 having garnered the Reserve Grand Champion Lindy at Oshkosh 94 just a few tiny points beshyhind Roy Foxworthys bright red Johnshyson Rocket 185

This particular 195 had actually started the winning trend way back in 1983 when it earned a trophy at EAA Oshkosh that year for its owner at the time Paul Walter (EAA 90497 A C 2342) of Waukesha WI Eventually Paul Walter brought the 195 to EAA Oshkosh 92 where John

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John Preiss and his lovely wife Beverly pose for DeKevin Thorntons camera in the sparkling sunshine augmented by the brilliance of the polished Cessna 195

Cruising above the clouds the Cessna 195 really comes into its own - a true Businessliner - as the advertising people called it in 1951 This was lUxury air travel at its very best some 45 years ago

Preiss and his girlfriend Beverly spotshyted it and started negotiations On Sepshytember 14 1992 the sale was completed and John W Preiss owned Cessna 195 NI95PW as it was registered at the time

A fascinating sidelight to this story is the fact that John W Preiss has an identishycal twin brother James M Preiss (EAA 410655 AlC 20593) of Germantown WI who is ten minutes older than John and if ever two brothers were cut from the same cloth - this would be it John is a Boeing 737 Captain for Southwest Airlines and James (Jim) is a Boeing 737 Captain for United Airlines Both made their solo flights on their sixteenth birthday June 161974 in the same Cessna 150 Aerobat and both earned their A amp P rating from Blackhawk Technical College in Janesville WI (The twins were classmates of EAAs Director of Maintenance Daryl Lenz)

The term They have been flyers all their lives could easily apply to the Preiss twins however they were flyers even beshy

c

fore they were born One week prior to their birth their father Erhard took their mother Lydia (very much in a family way) for a flight in the back seat of an Aeronca Champ Jim still chuckles when he tells the story

The boys grew up in an aviation envishyronment as their father Erhard Preiss was an FBO and flight instructor On many family flying trips one youngster would work the control wheel while the other would work the rudder pedals On the return trip they would reverse duties To use an old cliche These were the best of times

Jim Preiss had restored a Cessna 180 in the 1980s and was quite acquainted with the amount of work involved in a restorashytion After John had purchased the 195 in 1992 he asked Jim to help with the job of restoring the big five-place Cessna (Jim had earned his Inspection Authorization by this time) On February 24 1993 the project began

The engine was sent to Jacobs Service Inc in Payson AZ and even tually reshyturned as a zero time Jacobs R-755-B3 of 275 hp The prop was in perfect shape but all accessories needed overhaul and every hose and clamp was replaced The startshying circuit was modified to the later conshyfiguration to eliminate the heavy current drop and improve the engine starting cashypability especially in cold weather

A new instrument panel was built with all instruments being overhauled or reshyplaced The radios were upgraded with the installation of new Narco avionics with complete wiring harnesses circuit break-

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ers and new antennae The entire set of cabin windows was replaced (some are crank down) along with a new windshield A new interior was sewn by Lydia Preiss the twins mother who had learned seamshystress skills in Germany before coming to the US The result was an interior that is absolutely outstanding and had the judges smiling from ear to ear

The 195 had come from the factory with crosswind gear - an option that is not usually compatible with original style wheelpants New straight axles were inshystalled along with new Cleveland wheels and brakes per STC and a search was beshygun for a set of the rare aluminum wheel pants with their special shape that fit a 195 After a year of inquiring (along with a special bit of accidental luck) a pair was finally located purchased (many $$$$)

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and were totally reworked and installed with new backing plates When polished to a glistening shine these tall narrow wheelpants are in a class by themselves

Up front the old Montgomery spinner was removed and a new Cessna type as used originally on the 195 was installed (more $$$$) The result is rather striking as the more pointed nose on the 195 spinshyner gives it that original look and really shines when polished

John discovered that three different pain t schemes were used on the 195 seshyries depending on serial number Even though his airplane was not previously painted correctly he was able to get asshysistance from Cessna and a few others so he was able to layout a correct paint scheme for the proper serial number 7712 built in July 1951 and making its

first test flight on July 12 1951 The airshyplane was taken to Central Aviation Inc in Watertown WI for final painting by Randy Effinger and his very capable crew

The 18 month restoration effort was finished just prior to Oshkosh 94 includshying the massive polishing job on the alushyminum with Rolite polish The 195 was flown to Oshkosh and displayed in the AntiqueClassic area for a couple of days Before the Convention was finished John Priess and his new bride Beverly were off to Hawaii on their honeymoon and brother Jim was delegated as a commitshytee of one to attend the awards ceremony Late in the program Cessna 195 N2JP was called out for the Reserve Grand Champion Lindy award and Jim walked up on stage to accept it for his brother

Perhaps the real joy for Jim was calling his brother in Hawaii and calmly informing him of the award - almost nonchalant like (Brothers have been known to pull such things on each other) John and Beverly were jumping up and down with exciteshyment wishing they could have been on hand for the presentation

With many ideas from the Antique Classic judges the Preiss boys have been steadily improving the big Cessna to where it looks better than ever At Sun n Fun 96 the 195 ran off with the award for Best Restored Classic Over 165 hp and the Preiss gang was indeed happy Their next goal is Oshkosh 96 where they plan to make another run at the big prize

An interesting coincidence happened when prior to purchasing the 195 John was telling one of his friends Jeff Sandlin

at Southwest Airlines about the big cabin Cessna and learned that Jeffs father had owned a 195 for quite a number of years After purchasing the airplane he showed Jeff some photos of the 195 and menshytioned that a man named A E Edwards had owned the airplane for a long span of years John was really surprised when Jeff blurted out A E Edwards is my father In 1994 John flew the 195 to Denton Texas where Mr and Mrs A E Edwards now in their eighties had the unusual opshyportunity to see the very same airplane that they had taken such good care of over many years and flown the Cessna over 3200 hours The reunion was very special to John and the Edwards family and made the airplane even more special to the Priess family

Although the original N number of the

Cessna 195 was N1014D that number is currently in use and the owner is not willshying to give it up Therefore John chose to use N2JP which was available at the time Eventually John says it would be quite an achievement to get the original number back on the airplane

John Preiss is the very first person to admit that he has had a great deal of assisshytance and help on the 195 His father Ershyhard Preiss started the love of aviation in the boys during their early years and the workmanship on the Cessna is dedicated to his memory Erhard passed away in 1980 Johns wife Beverly has been very patient and supportive during the restorashytion process In addition John is very grateful for the help and expertise of his brother Jim the overseeing IA on the project who is totally unafraid of hard

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work Special thanks are also in order for the twins mother Lydia Preiss who used her seamstress ski lls so well

Other contributors were Jimmy Vickshyers of Lubbock Texas a fo rmer Cessna dealer who flies his own 195 Captain Jeff Kilponen of Southwest Air lines who sparked John Preiss interest in the Cessna 195 in the first place and John Swander of

(Above) The unique split-flap employed on the 195 is designed for drag to slow the airplane down for landing It contributes alshymost nothing to lift Look at the sparkling interior of that wing when the flap is pulled down for inspection

(Above left) For genuine comfort it is hard to beat the rear seat of a Cessna 195 This interior was completely sewn by Lydia Preiss the mother of both John and Jim Preiss This seat is cashypable of handling three persons with ease making the 195 a true five-place airplane

(Left) The totally restored instrument panel complete with upshygraded avionics is a thing of beauty and function The throttle uses a friction lock collar while the propeller and mixture conshytrols each employ a vernier control for fine adjustment This particular 195 has the dual yoke in deference to a throw-over yoke as used on some models

DeSoto Kansas who provided some exshy John would especially like to thank the cellent ideas and much help to the restorashy Cessna Aircraft Company for designing tion Tim McCarter a pi lot and mechan ic and building a true classic aircraft that pishyfor Amphib Inc contributed expertise lots such as as he and his twin brother can and support to the rebuild a nd the Inshy continue to appreciate and enjoy ternational195 C lu b and Eastern 195 To this we add our congratulations and Cl ub were most he lpful in getting N2JP very best wishes in the future for making back in the air - along with helping all 195 N2JP such a dazzling airplane It is indeed owners keep them there a credit to its restorers

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Type Club

NOTES by Norm Petersen

Compiled from various type club publications amp newsletters

From the Monocoupe Flyer Bob Coolbaugh editor 703-590shy

2375

Adventures of a Warner Engine Owner

George Olson - January 1996

About 1979 while ove rhauling the 145 HP Warner for my Fairchild 24 a crack was fo und in one of the cylinder barrels Parts were really hard to find but a fri e nd in Lo uisvill e C la ud e Curry who I am sorry to say is now go ne to ld me th a t hi s fri e nd Bud Nea t a lso in Lo uisville had the reshyma ining Warne r pa rts but he was n t se llin g a nythin g H e offe red to ca ll Bud and tell him my situation and ca ll me bac k La te r he told me th a t I should go ahead and call Bud which I did Bud said that Claude told him all about it and to come over and see if we could fi nd one that was suitable The parts were in the basement of his manshyufacturing building We took fla sh shyli ghts and Bud showed me where the cylinders were to ld me to pick one out a nd we nt bac k upsta irs There were pallets filled with hundreds of cylinder assemblies There were cylinder ba rshyre ls stac ked about e ight fee t high o n o the r pa lle ts boxes of parts all over the place about 40 barrels of studs and other small steel parts some engines in various stages o f assembly big crates of baffl ing and tools of all descriptions It was hard to be lieve like be ing in a candy store The cylinder I picked out loo ked like it had a good head o n it but the barrel had rust in it that looked like brown fur T here must have been some o il o n the surface to sta rt with beca use it wasn t pitted and it didn t need plating after all

T he n Bud a nd I had some co ffee

and he told me the story about how he and ten others decided to build Grea t Lakes Biplanes in hi s ma nufacturing building Th ey we re goin g to build e leven a ll toge the r they would be all th e sa me and wh e n th ey fini she d theyd draw straws to pick their plane Bud hea rd about th e a ucti o n of th e Warner factory inventory in (She ldon) Iowa These were all the parts remain shying afte r a warehouse fire where they were stored Bud put in the winning bid a t the auction and picked up o ne semitrailer load of parts When Merlin Bock bo ught out th e fact o ry ea rli e r a nd mo ve d th e pa rts to Io wa th e re were 10 semi-loads but this one trailer was all that was left With Buds pur shychase though th e Grea t La kes Bi shyplanes would now all have Warner en shygines But afte r a couple of years the buildin g e nt e rpri se e nd e d beca use eve ryo ne had a diffe rent view of how long the e ffort should las t Eve ryo ne took their project home and some were finished separately When the projects went o ut the door the Warne r pa rt s we re put in the basem e nt o ut of the way They were there when I saw them in 1979

The Fairchild rebuilding jo b was fini shed in 1980 and I flew it until 1985 whe n th e numbe r 4 link ro d bro ke This time I needed a lo t of pa rts so it was back to th e we ll Bud wa nted to se ll a ll th e parts no t just th e o nes I needed and I knew enough by then to realize that I could sell them and hopeshyfull y get my money back So this time aft e r some price nego ti a ti o ns we s tru ck a dea l for a ll Bud s p a rt s I re nte d a 24- fo o t truck a nd with the help of a fri end and Bud Neats grand shyson we moved o ne load (ha lf o f the parts) to my 16 x 22 foot garage That fi ll ed it up Another friend offe red to

let me put a semitrailer on his farm so I bought a pretty good used 40 footer Whe n we got the seco nd load Bud s grand son got three of hi s college fri e nds to he lp so the re we re 6 o f us loading It only took four hours while th e fir st load had ta ke n a ll d ay My pickup truck was use d to mov e the parts in my garage to the trailer whenshyever I needed to make a trip out there Afte r about six wee ks my wife sa w that th e part s we re se llin g so she started speaking to me again

In with the engine parts were prints production reco rds test records and paperwork of a ll kinds but the T ype Ce rtifica te docum e nta ti o n was los t somewhere along the way In 1989 the FAA called and asked if I had the Type Certificates They had some boxes in Chicago that they wante d to give to the Type Certificate holder to get then out of their way Curiosity got the best of me and started me on the search for th e Type Ce rti fica te Th e require shyme nts we re to trace ownership from the last known owner to the present I had to get a ffidavits fro m all the ownshye rs since Clinton Mac hin e Company sold out They were the las t owners of th e T ype Certi fica te who were regisshytered with the FAA

This provided an interesting pursuit a nd I m e t a lo t of he lp ful pe opl e James Thomas Smith who bought the parts fr o m C lint o n Ma chin e Co couldn t be fo und Th e nex t owne r Duke H attah died in the late 60s and hi s re lati ves couldn t be found e ithe r The sea rch continued unsuccessfully January 1993 rolls around and someshyo ne approaches me to buy the T ype Certificate to build engines in Spain of all pl a ces Th e n in 1994 som eo ne wanted it to bui ld Warne r engines in Czechoslovakia fo r Blicke r Jungmeis-

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ters they were building I received a letter in December 1994 from the FAA stating that during a move to an off airport location they found a reshyquest dated June 13 1980 in a fo lder that was mislabeled to make new Data Plates and Type Certificates It was in Bud Neats name He had held the Certificate all along All that was needed was an affidavit from Bud Neat which was accomplished immeshydiately The new Type Certificates arshyrived in May 1995

Oh yes about those boxes the Chicago FAA had - They were shipped to the Atlanta FAA Certification ofshyfice The FAA people there invited me to visit them and look at the conshytents It was nice to meet some of the people I had been talking to on the phone for so long One full day was spent helping them sort through the boxes There were folders of correshyspondence (some of it mine) Warner blueprints and boxes of microfilm of all the Warner prints There were about 1200 microfilm prints per box Since there were duplicate sets of Warner blueprints on microfilm they offered me a set which I gladly acshycepted

Warner Engine Facts and Figures

The following information was gathshyered over the course of the successful acquisition of the Warner Type Cershytificates and from Warner Aircraft Corporation records These records were included with the remains of the Warner Company which I bought from Bud Neat of Louisville KY This will attempt be an attempt to sort and conshydense the jumble of papers to present that which is of most int erest to Warner engine owners

The Warner Aircraft Corporation was founded by William O Warne r in 1926 and its address was 20263 Hoover Avenue Detroit MI Officers in 1929 were William O Warner President amp General Manager Edward N Hartwick Vice-President amp Treasurer W J Jarvie Secretary In 1950 the ofshyficers were R E Cecil President Carl F Lang Secretary-Treasurer and Leonard W Quart Manufacturer s Agent William O Warner was a Dishyrector but ret ired The Warner Airshycraft Corporation was merged with Clinton Machine Company located in Clinton Michigan in April of 1950 The reason for the merger according to the Proxy Statement and notice of Stock Holders meeting of February 20 1950 was that Warner Aircraft found itself without a product except for the hydraulic units and it had lost money every year since the war The assets of Warner were transferred to Clinton

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Machine Company in exchange for shares of common stock of Clinton which were distributed to Warner shareho lders The president of Clinshyton Machine Comp any at that time was Donald D Thomas

In 1952 Clinton Machine Co so ld the aircraft engine parts prints and some tooling to the Detroit Harvester Co which was owned by James Thomas Smith He owned it for a very short time I was never ab le to find Mr Smith In about 1953 Detroit Harvester Co sold the remaining Warner assets to Duke Harrah Inc located in Niles Michigan Duke Harshyrah sold Warner parts until 1963 when he sold the Warner assets to M amp B Flying Service located at Sheldon Reshygional Airport in Sheldon Iowa Duke Harrah died in the late 60s Merlin Bock and Elmer Meuke were partners in M amp B Flying Service There were several semitrailer loads of parts which were put in a large hangar In 1966 the building burned in a fire started by someone working on a mower There was one semitrailer load that was salshyvaged Bud Neat from Louisville Kenshytucky brought the remains at auction

The sales records end December 31 1945 so the years 1946 to 1950 are less clear Grand total of all engines sold through December 31 1945 is 3572 Today there are 437 Warner engines on aircraft registered with the FAA The papers I have showin g sales records and Type Ce rtificate Data Sheets are quite interesting There were severa l projects in the experishymental department in 1945 The folshylowing interesting note is copied fro m the 1945 monthly progress report book

550-X 200HP New experimental e ngin e Pre liminary and final tests conducted toge the r with bolt deflecshytion measurements Power calibration conducted with standard induction housing 50 hours endurance running compl e ted Power calibration conshyducted with control induction with varshyious carburetor positions Engine now having cam settings and valve timing worked out for both standard and split cam

Active Signed S A Christiansen Test Engineer

Other projects in development were experimental engine 585-X which is 585 cubic inch with a 5 inch bore amp 4250 stroke

A 2 cyl Model 140-X horizontal opposed industrial engine and model 12850-3 a single cyl utility engine I wonder if the last two engines were the key to the Clinton merger (In 1950 Clinton was the second largest proshy

ducer of gasoline engines in the 34 to 3 hp range) Warner also manufacshytured wheels axles brakes skis prop hubs shock struts and hydraulic units These production plans also transshyferred with the Type Certificates

Included in the records are several books and inventories One is a book showing each engine sold in numerical order starting with the first engine sold It lists engine number Airplane Owner and Address A sample page from this book is included Also inshycluded is a chart listing standard enshygine model and serial number designashytions and deviations from standard By referencing this list and the data plate on your Warner engine you can determine how your engine was conshyfigured when it left the factory Bear in mind that your engine may have been changed substantially over the years during overhauls

From the Cessna 150 - 152 News

Safety - Avoiding wire Strikes Skip Carden editor

919-471-9492

The Terrible Truth About Wire Strikes a new video and a companshyion pamphlet from AOPA Air Safety Foundation debunks many misconcepshytions about these accidents There are an average of 115 reported general avishyation wire strikes a year but only an estimated 10 of strikes are reported

The video and pamphlet give some commo n-sense tips on how to see and avoid wires

bull Scan on both sides of the aircraft Look for towers or other supporting structures which are easier to see than the associated wires themselves Fly over the top of the tower rather than between the supporting structures

bull Nature doesn t make a stra ight line Strips of inconsistent vegetation crop edges land boundaries and roads can indicate a wire path

bull Flight below a ridge line or in a canyon puts a pilot in the wire envishyronment

bull Avoid antennas by a horizontal distance greater than the vertical height of the structure Guy wires can extend at a 45 degree angle from tower top to the ground

bull A pull-up is usually the best mashyneuver to avoid an unexpected wire In most cases the pilot sees the wire too late to bank away successfully

The video is priced at $10 plus $325 shipping The pamphlet is free with a 6 X 9 self-addressed envelope with 55 cents postage affixed AOPA ASF 421 Aviation Way Frederick MD 21701 800-638-3101

PASSdb BUCK by EE Buck Hilbert EAA 21 Ale 5 PO Box 424 Union IL 60180

Our twenty fifth Anniversary re shyunion seems to be shap ing up T write to each of the origi na l 100 members asking th e m to be with us at EAA OSHKOSH So far the replies are runshyning about fifty-fifty Those that are coming are enthusiastic about the whole thing and are just as interested today as when we started the Division More to come

As I read the history of the Division it triggers memories of events past The discussions that Paul Pobe rezny and I had over the titl e Division and hi s concerns that it was a word that would conjure up thoughts of a group that was seceding from EAA Happily it proved to be somet hing weve ne ver had to worry abo ut - EAA is still th e prime mover in Sport Aviation and the varishyous Divisions have accentuated the positive as that old song goes

The letters I receive are most welshycome and can either be a real boost or an education I got ed ucated on old time stunt pilot Howard Dutton from one of our ear ly members Capt Jim Barton (AA retired) who kn ew him personally Jim responded with clipshypings and a phone ca ll so we could anshyswer that query

Then I also got a letter fro m one of the San Diego antiquers who said r was off base on my Chapter One open house co lumn regarding the weather for that weekend He said it was much better than I had indicated and that it was the first time the whole group was able to fly up together A great time was had by all and the fly-in weather was great Im not going to remind him th at sevshyera l people got stuck in Riverside all day Sunday waiting for it to let up

I on ly wish there was room to pubshylish each and every lette r we receive T try to answer each one personally and usuall y do as time permits I also ge t requests for parts and pieces of inforshymation and on occasion Im able to be of some help Once in a while I stub my

toe R ecently a memb er called and asked if I could help him find a Cub alshytimeter I had one and sent it to him A week later I got it back Wrong color Min es black he ne ed ed one cream faced Oh well I tried

Number one son Robert your editor HG and I flew down to Middle town OH for the Aeronca get together HG a llowed me to ride with him in my Sed a n while Bob took hi s C ha mp Originally we had planned to take both Champs but mine deve loped a lea ky exhaust valve so it had to stay home

Wally Baldwin was our host down the re while Bob Hollenbaugh and his wife He len look ed after H G Wally squired us around town Hes writing a book on Aeronca and expects to go to press shortly This man is a walking enshycyc lope dia as far as Aeronca is co nshyce rned His D ad worked there when they were building the C-3s Ks Low Wings and later the C hamps C hi efs and Sedans Wa ll ys dad bought the prototype Champ after its nat ionwide demonstration tour ove rhauled the Ashy65 and gave it to Wally when he came

home from the Air Force after WW II Wally currently fli es a Champ with the same paint scheme and rues the day he ever sold the original

HG will be writing up the trip and printing pictures of all the beautiful airshyplanes in a future article but I want to say is that it was a great bunch and even thou gh Bob a nd I a long with D ale Gu stafso n got drafte d to judge airshyplanes we enjoyed it immensely

Over to you

Here are a couple of photos that ought to raise a few eyebrows courtesy of Aeronca retiree John Houser These two shots show the installation of a Aeroshymarine AR-3 engine in an Aeronca C-3 Rated at 55 hp running 2400 rpm the AR-3 might look familiar to many antishyquers - the design and manufacshyturing rights were sold to Burshynelli and then later (1938) it became known as the Lenape Papoose after Burnelli sold off that portion of its business to

Lenape Aircraft amp Motors of New York city As detailed in the 1939 edition of Aerosshyphere the AR-3 weighted in at 150 Ibs and had a pair of Bendix magnetos powering the two ignition circuits The Aeronca E-107 engine developed 26 hp the later E-113 was rated at 36 hp and the final version the E-113C was listed as producing 40 hp With the 55 hp of the AR-3 this early model C-3 must have been a good little performer This parshyticular 3-cylinder engine produced too much vibration to suit the engineers at Aeronca so no production aircraft were sold with this engineairframe combination

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Vintage Seaplanes by Norm Petersen

Summers here

and its time to think about

flying off the water

Our resident web-footed

pilot Norm Petersen

has provided us with a

look at waterbirds

24 JULY 1996

Kyle Meints Cessna 1708

(Left) Pictured at the Vette Seaplane Base at Oshkosh 95 is a pretty 1955 Cessna 170B N4453B SIN 26797 mounted on a set of Edo 89-2000 floats all decked out in a matching paint scheme of white with red trim The pretty Continental 145 powered seaplane is the pride and joy of Kyle Meints (EAA 360394) of Augusta MI who purchased the 170B on floats in Minnesota about ten years ago Kyle inshystalled the STOL kit on the wings painted the entire airplane and then painted the matching floats the next year all in PPG two-part urethane A factory seaplane since new the 170B has 2400 TT of which Kyle has flown about 400 hours since acquiring the f1oatplane This airplane spent about the first 25 years in New England before coming west to Minnesota Congrats to Kyle Meints on a sharp looking Cessna 170B f1oatplane

1140 floats which do not show their age (40 to 50 yrs) and have had their compartment covers reshymoved (The 1140 floats are easily distinguished from the larger 1320 floats by the si ngle cover beshytween the struts 1320 floats have two covers beshytween the struts) Apparently the boot cowl on the Cub has been replaced or repainted as the forward end of the lightning stripe is missing A li ghtshyweight pre-war Cub with wood spars and 1140 floats makes for a sporty seaplane that is pure fun

Odell Matthis Republic Seabee

(Left) This beautiful custom Republic RC-3 Seabee N87493 SIN 44 is the pride and joy of Odell and Diane Matthis (EAA 262957 AIC 10206) of Havelock NC No stranger to EAA Odell brought the highly polished Cessna 140A Patroller N5332C SIN 15452 that was featured in the October 1986 VINTAGE AIRPLANE and picshytured on the back cover The Seabee features extended wings with drooped tips tinted glass and a big Lycoming GO-480 engine of 295 hp The fancy paint scheme is overall white with red and gold trim This particular 1946 Seabee spent many years in the Seattle area before going to Anchorage AK for a number of years It is now based near the seacoast of North Carolina where Odell and Diane (who is also a pilot and 9ger) can make full use of the amphibious capabilities The FAA register lists 275 Sea bees remaining of the over 1050 that were built by Republic and Downer

John Van Andels J-3 Cub on 1140s

These photos of a 1940 J -3 C65 Cub NC30482 SIN 4863 mounted on a set of Edo 54-1140 floats were sent in by Ralph Koutnik (EAA 261425) of Bellaire Ml Tied down at the Antrim County Airport at Bellaire the pre-war J-3 Cub is owned by John Van Andel (EAA 343387) of Ft Pierce FL Special note should be made of the extreme ly clean condition of the

U S Forest Service Stinson SR-SA

(Left) This photo from back in the early 1940 s was contributed by Wiley Hautala of Ely MN The Stinson SRshy5A NC5045 mounted on Edo 38-3430 floats was flown by veteran Ely MN seaplane pilot Milt Nelson for several years until 1943 when the 245 hp Lyshycoming engine quit one day and put the SR-5A in the trees - and that was the end of NC5045 Milt Nelson who is presently in his eighties soloed a Travel Air bishyplane at Superior WI in 1933 and logged approximately 15 000 hours on floats while flying for the U S Forest Service over a period of twenty years He says the SR-5A was a nice flying airplane and did a very respectable job on floats alshythough it couldn t handle the heavy loads of a Beaver or Norseman Note the 1937 Ford grill in the foreground and the Travel Air S6000-B seaplane in the backshyground which was flown by Bill Leithold of Ely MN Ironically at one time Milt Nelson owned a Fairchild FC-2 on Fairchild floats Today those very same floats are in the EAA Aviation Museum completely restored by John Parish and ready for installation on the EAA Founshydations Fairchild FC-2W

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

Fly-In Calendar The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a matter of

information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the

information to EAA Att Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

JULY 23 - ZANESVILLE OH - EAA Chapter 425 Annual Pancake Day at Parr Airport 8 am - 5 pm Oshkosh bound pi lots encouraged to fly-in eat and refuel Contact Don Wahl 674454-0003

JULY 26-27 - COFFEYVILLE KS - Funk Aircraft Owners Assoc Reunion Contact Gene Ventress 70275 S Monticello Lenexa KS 66227

JULY 26-27 - AFTON WY - Callair Radio Controlled Model Aircraft Fly-In sponsored by the Callair Museum and Aviat Aircraft Inc For info call joan Michaels or Audrey Henning 307886-9887 FAX 307886shy9880

JULY 26-28 - RED LAKE ONTARIO CANAshyDA - Norseman Float Plane Festival For more info contact the Festiva l Committee at 807727-2809

JUL Y 27-29 - KEOKUK IA - Sixth World Wide gathering of L-Birds then en masse up to Wisconsin for EAA great OSHKOSH 96 on August 7 Contact Irv Linder 3 79524-6378

JULY 28 - GRANTSBURG WI - EAA Chapter 875 Wildrice Pancake Breakfast

JUL Y 28 - WEYBRIDGE SURREY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Aircraft of Surrey Fly- In Contact julian C Temple or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 07932 855465

JULY 31-WAUKESHA WI - (UES) tst Annual Great Stearman Fl y-Up to EAA Convention Call Stan Markus for more info 474567- 7499 or 965-3776

AUGUST 1-7 - OSHKOSH WI - 44th Annual EAA Fly-In and Sport Aviation Con vention Wittman Regional Airport Contact John Burton EAA PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 414426-4800

AUGUST 3 - ST PAUL MN - Lake Elmo Airport Aviation Days Fl y- In Pancake Breakfast Aircraft Disp lay and Young Eagles Day Rain Date August 4 Contact

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Dick Wicklund 672777-9742 AUGUST 3 - ELLSWORTH KS - EAA Chapter

7727 Fly-In breakfast (Oshkosh stop-over) and Cowtown Day Call Dale Weinhold 973-472-4027 (w) or -4309 (h) for info

AUGUST 18 - BROOKFIELD WI - Capita l Airport EAA AC Chapter 77 Vintage Aircraft Display and Ice Cream Social Noon - 5 pm Midwest Antique Airplane Club meeting as well For info call Capital Airport at 4 74787 -9550

AUGUST 18 - EAST TROY WI - Inti Cessna 720 740 Assoc Wisconsin Brat and Corn Roast Arrive at 77 am eat at 72 30 pm Bring a dish to pass and a buck Call Matt and Carole Rybarczyk 474767-0920

AUGUST 25 - BELMOND IA - NC Chapter 73 annual p icnic Call 575444-3637 for info

AUGUST 26 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Biplanes and Vintage Aircraft Fly- In Contact ju l ia n C Temp l e or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 0 7932 855465

AUGUST 27-29 - YOUNGSTOWN OH shyBARTLESVIL LE OK AND EL CAJON CA -Staggerwing Beech Commemorative Tour Ca ll William Thaden 207439-7767 fo r info

AUGUST 30-31 - HA YWA RD CA - EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter 29 Fourth Annual Antique Fl y- In and Airshow Free Early Bird Dinner to all display aircraft on Friday This is a northern Cal ifornia points event Contact Bud Field at 5 70455-2300

AUGUST 30 - SEPT 1 - PROSSER WA - EAA Chapter 397 25th Anniversary Fly- In at Prosser airport Call Cormac Thompson for info 509786- 7034

AUGUST 30-31 - MOCKSVIL LE NC - Tara Airbase (5NC7) 77 th Annua l Anything That Flies Fly-In Private Fly-In - attenshydance at your own risk For info ca ll 704284-2 767 or 970764-0007

AUGUST 31 - MARION IN - Sixth Annual Fly-InCruise-In breakfast sponsored by the Marion High schoo l Band Boosters Antiques Classics homebuilts and Antique classic and custom cars welshycomed For information contact Ray johnson at 3 77664-2588

SE PT 1 - ZANESVILLE OH - Riverside Airport EAA Chapter 425 Labor Day Weekend Fly-In Drive-In Breakfast 8 am - 5 pm Sandwiches etc from noon to closing

SEPT 7 - OSCEOLA WI - Simenstad Field 76th Annual Wheels and Wings Air Fair Train rides pancake breakfast fly-in Free event shuttle bus Pilots check class 0 NOTAMS for specia l airport conditions For info call 775755-3300

SEPT 13-15 - URBANA IL - Frasca Field Byron Smith Memorial Stinson Reunion Fly-In Ca ll 708904-6964 for info

SEPT 13-1 5 - JACKSONVILLE IL - Ercoupe Fly-In Call 2 77546-0585 for info

SEPT 20-2 1 - BARTLESVILLE IL - Frank Phillips Field 39th Annual Tulsa Regional Fly-In sponsored by EAA NC Chapter 70 AAA Chapter 2 EAA Chapter 70 EAA lAC Chapter 70 and the Green Country U ltralight Flyers Call Charlie Harris for info 978622-8400

SEPT 21-22 - ROCK FALLS IL - Whiteside County Airport (SQI) North Central EAA Old Fashioned Fly-In Fly market campshying and food on field Call Gregg Erikson 7085 73-064 7 or Dave Christianson at 875625-6556 Pancake breakfast Sept 22 - 0700 - 7700

SEPT 22 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGLAND - Brooklands Museum Fly-In Contact ju l ian C Templ e or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 07932855465

SEPT 27-28 - SANTA YNEZ CA - 8th Annual Western Waco Assoc Reunion Call jon A ldrich 209962-6727 or Barry Branin 7 74545-7476 for info

SEPT 28-29 - ZANESVILLE OH - John s Landing A irfield 5th Annual Fall Fly-In sponsored by EAA NC Chapter 22 of Ohio Hog roast on the 28th breakfast both days Antique classic homebuilts warbirds welshycome For more info call Virginia at 674453-6889

SEPT 28-29 - LEXINGTON TN - Tennessee Taildraggers 72th Annual Fly-In 907968shy2864 or 901968-4022 for info

OCTOBER 4-6 - REDDING CA - Benton Field EAA Chaper 157 Oktoberfest Contacts Bruce Taylor 976275-6456 or Armal Owens 976243-4382

OCTOBER 13 - TOWANDA PA - Towanda airport (N27) Fly-In Breakfast - all you can eat Eggs sausage pancakes 100 pure maple syrup 7 am -7 pm

OCT 13 - ZANESVILLE OH - Riverside A i rport EAA Chapter 425 and the ARTHRITIS FOUNDA TlON Hog Roast 8 am - 5 pm Contact Don Wahl at 614 454-0003

OCTOBER 13 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Fly-In Contact ju l ian C Temple or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 0 1932857381 or FAX 01932855465

OCT 18-20 - KERRVIL LE TX - Southwest Regional Fly-In For info ca ll 800221shy7958 Vendors should call 270914-3746

Ale NEWS Continued from page 2

in two a reas to mos t VFR pilots - the Surface Aviation Observation (SA) will now become the Aviation Routine Weather Report (Metar) with an addishytional report the Aviation Selected Special Weather report (Speci) added to it when dictated by changing weather conditions A new international format will also be adopted to replace the Tershyminal Forecast (TF) issued by the Nashytional Weather Service The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) will be the new format for this forecast

The new formats will be a combinashytion of new and old abbreviations but the seq ue nces will change a nd some components will be reported in a differshye nt format For many of us who us e DUATS briefing services and exercise the plain language option these changes will be transparent but be careful - temshyperaturedewpoint spreads will be given in degrees Celsius and sky cover definishytions will change Other parts of the seshyquence reports will be a lso be revised The new form a t began with the NWS transmissions that were issued a t 0800 UTC July l

For more informat ion and a card that details the new Metar format conshytact your nearest Flight Service Station or yo ur loca l FAA Flight Standards District Office

EICHER KIMBAll GEE BEE Z fliES

LUSCOMBE FOUNDATION 8E GIVEAWAY

The Don Luscombe Aviation Foundashytion is doing it again A small total of only 2800 tickets will be sold to help raise funds used to continue the expansion of services of the Foundation to Luscombe owners and to fulfill the Luscombe Type Certificate purchase contract You can see the work done to restore the 1996 Win Me airplane in the accompanying photos This airshyplane has all the Luscombe options and has been fully inspected and rebuilt with the latest information on Luscombe repa irs from the foundation For a more informashytion including the price of tickets and a brochure call the OLAF at 602917-0969 or fax them at 6021917-4719

NO 80 OCTANE AT WITTMAN FiElD

If youve always planned on fueling up with 80 octan e fuel during EAA O shkosh youll need to buy it from someone other tha n Basle r Flight Sershyvice the FBO on Wittman Field Basler

The Gee Bee Z recently completed by Jeff Eicher and Kevin Kimball was first flown on June 24 and again on the 25th by Delmar Benj amin Delmar explored the handling characteristics of the z in a series of flights that culminated in a roll and knife edge flight He reports a stall speed at about 75 mph indicated rt quickly acshycelerates to 210 mph and then continues to build up more speed up to 230 mph Delmar reports that it is hands off stable in both pitch and yaw 130 mph is used on fi nal to keep the Zs sink rate at a comfortable level We ll have more on the first flights of this beautiful Gee Bee replica next month but until then congratulations to Jeff and Kevin and their test pilot Delmar Benjamin

has informed EAA that they will not be selling any 80 octane fu el for resale durshying th e EAA Convention Du e to tighter tank te sting rules e nforced by the EPA Basler has storage facilities sufficient o nly for the quantities of 100 LL a nd Jet A neede d during the Conshyvention but there s no room left for a quantity of 80 octane After exploring other options Bas ler re luctantly deshycided to drop carrying 80 octane avgas which they had only had available durshying th e EAA Fly-In Since Basle r has also chosen not to offer auto fuel if you prefer not to burn 100LL in yo ur vinshytage engine you may wish to plan your flight with a fuel stop after your deparshyture or prior to your arrival Basler will be offering 100 octane avgas at the same price as last year $2 15 If you really prefer to run your e ngine on 80 octane avgas the closest airport with that fuel is the tailwheel friendly fie ld at Hartshyford WI (HXF) located 41 statute miles SSE of Oshkosh Hartford Aero Sershyvice 414673-5350 is the FBO and hes aware of the situat ion and is planning on having his 10000 gallon tank topped off in time for the Convention

CUB MONUMENT IN BRADFO RD

Thanks to the impetus provided by Sport Aviation editor Jack Cox a monshyument will be e rected on the site of the old Taylor Aircraft company in Bradshyford P A For more details on the effort being spea rh eaded by George Welsch

Continued on page 31

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27

by HC Frautschy

The April Mystery Plane proved to be a tough one so we ll continue that course with the July Mystery Plane This handshysome biplanes photo was sent in some time ago by Richard E Sampson Ft Lauderdale FL

Answers need to be in no later than August 25 1996 for inclushysion in the October issue

Aprils Mystery is still just that - an unknown Lennart Johnsson of Eldsberga Sweden sugshygested that it might be the creation of the Engshylish designer Harold Bolas and his partner Capt Goodman-Crouch who both emigrated to the USA and settled in Rhode Island After reshyviewing an article on the Crouch-Bolas Dragshyonfly its obviously not our Mystery Plane Our thanks to Lennart for giving it a shot

The second shot I ve included in this months edition may help jog the dim memory of someone else You can see that the airplane is not particularly large when compared to the pilot crouching on the bow Also tip floats have been added to the lower wings and you can plainly see the biplane configuration of the horizontal tail We can leave this Mystery Plane file open and perhaps someone will recshyognize it

28 JULY 1996

New Members

Robert K Ad ler Naples FL

Joseph B Brown Jr Panama City FL

Jeff Bruebaker Hamler OH

Paul G Catrou Greenville NC

Darryl Chin Modesto CA

Donald L Clingerman Grayling MI

Ned E Corman Harri sburg PA

John Davis Houston TX

John M DeMars N Hollywood CA

Thomas Robert Dollimore Rexdale Ontari o

Canada

Gary W Donald Jlorissant MO

William Grant Dorsett Alvin TX

W Heyward Dropla Charlotte NC

George M Eastman Westminster CO

John Faccin Crystal Falls MI

Robert Farr Houghton Lake MI

Jeff Foley Roanoke Rapids NC

Jon Michael Fox Moses Lake WA

Robert J Furlong scottsdale AZ

David M GampferColumbus OH

Raymond L Gebhard 5ioux Falls sD

Richard L Gillespie Ft Meyers FL

Mark Haag Houston TX

Barry Halsted Fountain Val ley CA

William R Harper Beverly Hill s CA

Val P Hattemer Dayton OH

John Hitzke

Redcl iffe Queensland Australia

Peter Hook Lakeville MN

Robert K Howie Jr Decatur IL

Thomas H Hughston Brownsville TX

James O Johnson Kenansvi lle NC

Paul Johnson Rockford IL

R L Johnson Aledo TX

H Floyd Jones water Mill NY

James H Jones Payson AZ

Alan R Jose Niagra Fa ll s Ontario Canada

Larry Kanaster Torrance CA

Paul J Keenan Kerrville TX

Charles Keppen Madison sD

Richard W Land New Carlisle OH

Cliff Larrance Port Townshend WA

Delmer Lawrence Rensselaer IN

Thomas J Leahy Chippewa Lake OH

Louis J Leftwich Winter Park FL

George C Lem ieux Livonia MI

Cory E Linnane schaumburg IL

Paul Mandel Kansas City MO

Carl F McClellan Richardson TX

Robert C McDannell Woodstock IL

Roy R Mcintire Long Beach CA

Howard S Meeks Cocoa Beach FL

Joseph Mezera Worthington OH

Mike Millette Rodondo Beach CA

Janice D Milligan san Ramon CA

Jay G Miner seattle WA

Charl es Moore Gibsonville NC

N A Morey Pukekohe New Zealand

Richard E Newton Luray VA

Anthony B North Windsor CT

J K ONeal san Antonio TX

Bruce J Olson Hudson Canada

shigeru Ota Tokyo Japan

Phillip L Patterson Tullahoma TN

Richard Peters Hinckley IL

Robert J Pinkerton santa Anna CA

Rene Popp Vienna Austria

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Abbotsford British Columbia Canada

Todd W Rader Jacksonville FL

Joe Ramotowski Un iversa l City TX

Eric O Richardson Coloma MI

Louis D Ross Jr Covington LA

Milton Ruesch Medford WI

J Sampson Wichita Ks

Bill Scott Kernersville NC

M B Shores En-cinitas CA

Andrew L Sm ith Cloverdale CA

Ronald P Sm ith Washington DC

Lance D st Armand Anson ME

Wayne Strader Ardmore OK

Richard B Strawn Fruitland ID

John Taylor 5augus CA

Ferne Thomas Pilot Mountain NC

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David L Todd shreveport LA

David Tumulty Houston TX

Robert W Vance Greensboro NC

Ron J Wassink Wroxeter Ontario Canada

Dennis B Wassmann Moraga CA

Ken Whittet

Pitt Meadow British Columbia Canada

Gary Lee Wilii ams Plymouth MI

Rocky L Zahner Madison WI

J G Zavar Gaffney SC

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29

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1982

fAA AntiqueClassic Division

25th Anniversary PART IV

by Gene Chase

Since many of our current members may not be aware of the extraordinary efforts that went into the formation of the largest of fAA s Divisions were pleased to present a 25th Anniversary reprint of the history of the

fAA AntiqueClassic Division as first published in the July 1985 edition of the magazine In next months issue we will conclude the series with a retrospective covering the past 10 years - HG Frautschy

In his February editorial in SPORT AVIATION Paul Poberezny touched briefly on the possibility of pursuing the availability of a Repairmans Certificate for the ownersrestorers of vintage airshycraft This had been on Pauls mind for a number of years He felt that a certifishycate similar to the one which allowed homebuilders to do the maintenance on and re-certifying their aircraft could be a fitting recognition by the FAA of the excellent effort put forth by many reshystorers of vintage aircraft He asked for reader s comments and said he would pursue the matter only if there was enough interest

The responses were numerous and positive including remarks by AampPs and lAs These encouraged the formashytion of a committee to evaluate the comshyments and present a proposal to the OSHKOSH82-SALUTETO Oshkosh 81 groundbreaking cereshy

monies for the EAA Aviation CenterFAA Composed of leadership from NASA AERONAUTICS Flanked by the Spirit of St Louis Dickboth EAA and AntiqueClassic DivishyStouffer leads the dedication cereshysion the committee members were Paul EAAs 30th Annual Convention monies for the future home of EAA and

Poberezny Charles Schuck Brad July 31 - August 7 seemingly had everyshy the AntiqueClassic Division Thomas AI Kelch Morton Lester and thing the good the bad and about Claude Gray everything in between It began and

The Board of Advisors was increased ended in good weather but mid-week On the brighter side FAA Adminisshyto eight when the AntiqueClassic Offishy brought thunderstorms low ceilings trator J Lynn Helms presented Paul cers and Directors named Roy Redman damaging winds and high water An asshy Poberezny STCs for the use of unleaded Kilkenny MN and Robert G Herman tounding number of people and airshy auto fuel in the Continental 0-200 enshyMenomonee Falls WI to fill vacancies planes converged on Wittman Field for gine and the Cessna 150 then he became

In the June issue of THE VINTAGE opening day and did so safely But on the first person to legally fly a US regisshyAIRPLANE the Division Officers and the fourth day whi le traffic was relashy tered aircraft on auto fuel EAAs Chief Directors announced a dues increase tively light a mid-air collision occurred Pilot Jim Barton accompanied him from $1400 to $1800 per year effective in the fly-by pattern taking the lives of NASA was at Oshkosh 82 in force September 1 1982 In the same issue three persons Rick Demond of Whitshy with four aircraft several displays and President Brad Thomas in his editorial more Lake MI in his 1932 Corben Baby over 30 forums of interest to sport and listed each of the Division Officers Dishy Ace plus the pilot and passenger of a general aviation pilots The total count rectors and Advisors along with their Starduster Too Rick and his family of registered show planes was 1818 Of duties at the Annual EAA Convention were ardent supporters of EAA and the that number 176 were Antiques 585 and where they could be found during AntiqueClassic Division and his abshy were Classics and the Replicas numshythe event sence would be deeply felt bered 5

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 5

The top awards went to ANTIQUE Grand Champion - Stinshy

son SR-8C NC17116 Roy and Judi Redman Faribault MN

Reserve Grand Champion - Stinson SM6000B Tri-Motor NCl1170 Chuck Andreas Bill Brennand and Byron Fredericksen

CLASSIC Grand Champion - Lusshycombe 8A NC71454 Tom Stoia Manshyning Sc

Rese rve Grand Champion - Aeronca l1AC Chief NC85829 Elymus L Nace Rehoboth Beach DE

REPLICA Champion - Howard DGA-6 Mr Mulligan NR273Y Bob and Jim Younkin Springdale AR

At the annual business meetin g of the AntiqueClassic Division on August 71982 it was reported the Division was experiencing a steady growth The offishycers and directors up for re- e lec tion were unanimously elected for their twoshyyear te rms of office Following th e membership meeting a Board of Direcshytors mee tin g was conducted and the Board unanimously voted to donate $1000 per year for five years to th e EAA Capital Campaign Drive It was noted that none of the donated funds came from membership dues but from several projects promoted during th e Conventions which bring income to the Division

On October 201982 EAA on behalf of its AntiqueClassic Division wrote to the FAA proposing that FAR 43 be

amended to allow the restorer of an anshytique or classic aircraft at hisher opshytion to conduct inspections (including annual inspections) repairs and altershyations to hisher aircraft so long as the restoration work was accomplished by the res torer under supervision of an AampP

The proposal was published in the Federal Registe r in November with the request for comments to be received no later than December 8 1982 The year ended awaiting FAAs decision

1983 - NEW EAA AVIATION CENTER DEDICATED

Just two years after Paul Poberezny turned that first spade of dirt the magshynificent new EAA Aviation Center was dedicated on July 301983 The keynote speaker was Barron Hilton Chairman of the Board and President of Hilton Hotels Corporation and an active EAA member

Special guests included actor Cliff Robertson who acted as Master of Cershyemonies Sam Johnson Chief Executive Officer of Johnson Wax Company Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Thayer Aviation Great Steve Wittman FAA Administrator J Lynn Helms plus many more

EAA President Paul Poberezny and EAA Aviation Foundation President Tom Poberezny both addressed the asshysembly Just as the ribbon was cut the

EAA Foundations replica Spirit of St Louis made a low pass over the cereshymony and the new EAA Aviation Censhyter was officially open This historic event took place on the first day of the 31st Annual EAA Fly-In Convention and was the highlight of the week

Early in the year the AntiqueClassic Board of Directors named Daniel Neushyman of Minneapolis MN to the Board of Advisors to replace Ed Burns who reshysigned Th e Board also voted to have THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE delivshyered in a protective wrapper because of members complaints of receiving mutishylated copies in the mail

On March 7 1983 AntiqueClass ic Division Chapter 11 received its charter at a ceremony at Milwaukee WI The groups first president was John Kalas

The 9th Annual EAA Sun n Fun Fly-In at Lakeland FL March 13-19 esshytablished new attendance records in spite of one of the areas worst winters and three days of IFR weather during the popular event In spite of these adshyversities th e Fly-In recorded 25000 people 5100 aircraft and over 800 show planes AntiqueClassic Division Chapshyter One has been a vital element in this Fly-In since its inception

In his June 1983 editorial Division President Brad Thomas reported on the Board meeting held on May 6 at th e Kermit Weeks Flight Research Center in Oshkosh WI They discussed the problem of pilots parking in the Anshy

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tiqueClassic area at Oshkosh and not registering their aircraft

As a possible solution each arrival at Oshkosh 83 would be given a sheet exshyplaining the registration procedure and listing the advantages of registering no fee complimentary Convention pilot mug and a more complete and accurate count of show planes in attendance

Before adjourning the gro up was given a tour through the soon-to-be completed EAA Aviation Center and all were thoroughly impressed

The July 1983 issue of VINTAGE contained a guest editorial by Division Director Claude Gray who also served as Chairman of the EAA National Judgshying Committee He discussed the intent of the rules in the Judging Guidebook and gave some valuable tips for restorshyers who plan to have their aircraft judged

Paul Poberezny a nnounced in his July edi torial in SPORT AVIATION that The EAA petition for an AnshytiqueClassic Repairman Certificate for those who would have qualified has been denied by the FAA even though 208 agreed 82 disagreed and some 153 letters were irrelevant However FAA has agreed to a feasibility study with the possibility of receiving a petition for a rule change The denial was based upon many of the comments submitted by the president of the Antique Airplane Asshysociation of Blakesburg Iowa

The October 1983 issue of THE VINshyTAGE AIRPLANE contained EAAs petition the FAAs letter of denial and a sampling of letters both pro and con from respondents

OSHKOSH 83

As always the AntiqueClassic Divishysion played an important part in this the 31st Annual EAA Fly-In Convenshytion Each year the operation ran more smoothly thanks to the many dedicated volunteers who made it all happen

The new venture in 83 of making space available in the Hospitality Tent for the Type Clubs was an outstanding success Advisor Butch Joyce through input from the Type Club members would plan a larger program for the groups in 1984

The AntiqueClassic Divisions hour of glory was their ever-popular Parade of Flight on Wednesday August 3 With incredible organization and hard work by 60 flight line volunteers 96 aircraft were flagged off for exhibition flights before the huge throng of spectators and parked after landing in only 60 minshyutes The entire operation was conshyducted without a hitch

First to take off was Dale Crites of Waukesha WI in his 1911 Curtiss Pusher followed by a steady flow of vinshy

tage aircraft representing the years from 1911 through 1955 The Parade of Flight continues to be one of the highlights of the Annual EAA Convention

Included in the 1521 show planes were 119 Antiques 514 Classics and 5 Replicas

ANTIQUE Grand Champion -Fairchild 24W NC77655 Charles W Bell Sheboygan WI

Reserve Grand Champion -Beechcraft B17L Staggerwing

NC270Y Dick Hansen and Dick Perry Batavia IL

CLASSIC Grand Champion -Aeronca 7AC NC84998 Robert K Armstrong Rawlings MD

Reserve Grand Champion - Lusshycombe 8F N1373B George Chaffey Pittsburg CA

REPLICA Champion - 1916 Halbershystadt DIV N1388J Carl Swanson AlshyIens Grove WI

Following a long established custom the September 1983 issue of VINTAGE contained an extensive listing of Type Clubs with addresses phone numbers and other information The same issue announced the FAA had amended EAAs STC to include the Continental A-40 through the C-90 series of engines permitting them to use unleaded auto gasoline

More changes in personnel occurred late in the year when the Board of Dishyrectors accepted the resignations of Vice President Jack Winthrop and Secshyretary Kelly Viets Both men had faithshyfully served the Division since it started Their positions were filled by Robert J Lickteig of Albert Lea MN and Ronald Fritz of Kent City MI respectively Frik had been a long-time Director and Adshyvisor

The resignation of Director Robert E Kesel was also accepted and to fill his

(Above) Robert J Dobbie Lickteig Alshybert Lea Minnesota served as the AnshytiqueClassic Division President having taken over in April 1984

(Left) Replicas have been recognized as an excellent means of keeping the anshytiques alive This replica of Mr Mullishygan a Howard DGA-6 NR273Y won Grand Champion Replica honors for Bob and Jim Younkin of Springdale AR at Oshkosh 82 The Red Barn and Type Club Tent are in the background

and Frik s post on the Board of Direcshytors Robert G Herman and Gene Morshyris were moved up from the Board of Advisors Replacing them were newly named Advisors Ray Olcott of Nokomis FL and Gar Williams of NapervilleIL

1984 - EAAS NEW HOME

After 31 years in Hales Corners WI EAA moved into the new Aviation Censhyter in Oshkosh WI and was open for business as usual on January 9 1984 THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE s new Oshkosh address was reflected for the first time in the January 1984 issue

In his January Straight and Level editorial President Brad Thomas reshycapped the Division s accomplishments during the previous year and outlined the goals for 84 He mentioned that a specific area at Oshkosh 84 would be designated for the display of past Grand Champions in both antique and classic categories He hoped that many would be returned to be so honored

He described the face-lifting planned for the Red Barn Headquarters in the form of a new porch complete with porch swings and rocking chairs He further described a study that was underway to increase the number of

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The Antique Classic Red Barn with the new Friendship Porch beckoning memshybers to come on in and set a spell A big thank you is due AI Kelch and Bob Lumley for their perseverance in seeing this project to its completion

awards for antique aircraft to spread the awards more evenly among antiques and classics

In his February editorial Brad anshynounced to the members the EAA Avishyation Foundations plans for the EAA Air Academy an aviation program for boys and girls 15-17 years of age AnshytiqueClassic Division Vice-President Bob Lickteig volunteered to assist the Foundation by heading up the efforts of the Division toward this new project not only with funding from donors but in assisting with the procurement of volunteers and tools needed to make the venture a success

An editorial by the editor in the March issue of the magazine stated The last five years have seen gre a t progress in the AntiqueClassic Divishysion under the leadership of Brad Thomas and his Board of Directors As we go to press with this issue of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE we learned of his request to step down from this position Brad served admirably as President and his resignation is acshycepted with regret

Also by action of the Board of Dishyrectors Vice-President Bob Lickteig was named President Director Roy Redman was named Vice-President and

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Advisors Jack Copeland and Stan Goshymoll were named Directors

President Lickteigs first editorial appeared in the Apri l 1984 issue of THE VINTAGE A IRPLANE In it he reconfirmed the aims and goa ls of the Division He stated As I write my first message to you I cannot he lp but think of the great opportunity we have not only to continue our efforts of the past but to look at the cha ll enges that lie ahead

I n his next editoria l Bob discussed the EAA Air Academy and the AnshytiqueClass ic Divisions p lanned inshyvolvement He vo lunteered the use of his sons J-3 Cub in which each of the 30 students wou ld receive an orientashytion flight He predicted the EAA Air Academy would be expanded over the years to come and paid tribute to Paul Poberezny for his foresight and vision for bringing EAA to where it is today

The AntiqueClassic Division was becoming international with the first reshyquest for chapter status by a group of members in Argentina This announceshyment in the June 1984 iss ue of VI NshyTAGE named Mr Abel De bock as Chapter President The group became Chapter number 12

Another Chapter was formed during the year when Chapter 18 in Phoenix Arizona rece ived its charter Stan ley W Loer was the groups first president

The EAA Aviation Foundatio n s Auto Fue l STC program made great str ides d uring the year when they reshyceived FAA approva l for the issuance

of STCs for many models of Aeronca Cessna In terstate Luscombe McClish (Funk) Piper and Taylorcraft aircraft At the same time the list of airports in the US providing auto fuel grew rapidly

OSHKOSH - 84 THE FREEDOM OF fliGHT

Oshkosh 84 the 32nd Annual EAA Fly-In Convention was held July 28-Aushygust 4 and new records were set in all areas with the weatherman cooperating nice ly Total show plane count was up including 128 Antiques and 607 ClasshySICS

The AntiqueClassic Division activishyties involved greater participation than ever and thanks to the hardworking chairmen co-chairmen and volunteers each committee did its job splendidly The AntiqueClassic Chairman for the Convention was Bob Lickteig with CoshyChairman Roy Redman

The AntiqueClassic area with a new porch on the Red Barn was the talk of the Convention AI Kelch and Bob Lumley were responsible for the design and construction of the porch and with minimum assistance completed the job just in time for the 81 Convention This new addition to the Red Barn was named the Friendship Porch and in an appropriate ceremony was dedicated to all Convention volunteers

Manpower Chairman Jack Copeland with Co-Chairmen Ray Olcott and Bob Lumley did an outstanding job Thanks

to Art Morgan Chairman of Parking and Flight Line Safety along with CoshyChairman Bob Herman and Bob Braver there were no parking probshylems

The AntiqueClassic Fly-Out to Wautoma WI had 40 aircraft and 100 people a most enjoyable outing thanks to Bob Lumley The reunion of past grand champions and reserve grand champions arranged by AI Kelch brought out seven aircraft The reactishyvation of~ the picnic resulted in 420 peoshyple enjoying fine food and a great social hour thanks to Bob Kelly

The first photo contest of the Divishysion attracted 26 entries Jack McshyCarthy not only organized this activity but gave complete photo coverage of all AntiqueClassic activities The Headshyquarters Staff at the Red Barn was busy throughout the Convention with Kate Morgan Ruth Coulson and Jo Olcott handling merchandise sales double the amount of previous years

The Parade of Flight had 93 planes participating with Phil Coulson and William Benedict doing an excellent job of organizing The Type Club Headquarters Tent was full with ten clubs conducting their business The group was honored during the week when EAA Convention Chairman Tom Poberezny spoke to them Type Club Chairman Butch Joyce was planning on a larger tent for 1985 The forums handled by Ron Fritz and Gene Morris had the largest attendance on record

Roy Redman had a merchandising and chapter stand which was busy all week signing up 121 new Division members and talking with 20 members interested in forming new chapters The merchandising and chapter stand was constructed by Stan Gomoll

Dan Neuman arranged for and conshyducted 18 interviews with aircraft ownshyers This was more activity than ever for that committee

Coordinating the requirements of press people in the AntiqueClassic area were AI and Lois Kelch and they did their usual superb job The security of the AntiqueClassic area was the reshysponsibility of Chairman Dave Shaw with Co-Chairman Jack Huffman Dale Fauw and Tom Auger These men did an excellent job in the performance of their duties

Last but not least the aircraft judges were to be congratulated for a job well done The Antiques were judged by Chairman Dal e Gustafson with CoshyChairman Pete Covington Chairman George York judged the Classics along with Co-Chairman Dale Wolford

Of course those listed above are only a small percentage of the total number of volunteers who participate at Oshkosh and are responsible for

making the Annual EAA Convention the greatest aviation event in the world Without them it would not happen

The top awards at Oshkosh 84 went ANTIQUE Grand Champion - Stinshy

son SR-5E N14187 1 Tom Laurie Newport Beach CA

Reserve Grand Champion - Stearshyman C3R NC794H Jeff Robinson Arshyleta CA

CLASSIC Grand Champion -Cessna 140 NC4135N Rick and Kathie Paige San Mateo CA

Reserve Grand Champion - Rawdon T-l N5160 Terry Chastain Manchesshyter MO

REPLICA Champion - Gee Bee Model Y N718L Ken Flaglor NorthshybrookIL

One of the greatest thrills at Oshkosh 84 was the appearance of the Rutan Voyager the aircraft designed to circumnavigate the earth non-stop It was flown to Oshkosh by Dick Rutan and Jeanna Yeager from its home base Mojave CA

The first EAA Air Academy which ran from July 15-August 4 1985 far exshyceeded all expectations in its impact on participants The program will defishynitely be scheduled again in 85

The election results announced at the Annual AntiqueClassic Division business meeting during the Convenshytion indicated that all incumbents were reelected with the exception of Direcshytor Robert G Herman who was unshyseated by Advisor Espie M Butch Joyce

In the November 1984 issue of VINshyTAGE the name of Dennis Parks apshypeared on the masthead as a feature writer as a result of his monthly contrishybutions of a column called Vintage Literature It first appeared in the July issue and was an on-going series describing periodicals from the vintage years of aviation

1985 - ANTIQUECLASSIC DIVISIONS 15TH YEAR Commitment for Growth

Welcome to 1985 Welcome to your AntiqueClassic Division s 15th year of service and leadership were President Bob LickteigS opening reshymarks in his first editorial for the year in VINTAGE He went on to pay tribshyute to the groups founding fathers and re established the Divisions goals for the anniversary year with the theme shyCOMMITMENT FOR GROWTH

In that same January 1985 issue of the magazine Paul Poberezny wrote an editorial Looking back Lookshying Ahead in which he recalled calling the first AntiqueClassic meeting to orshyder Aims and goals were discussed and particularly the help that would

be needed for the AntiqueClassic enshythusiast during the Annual Convenshytion

Past president and current treasurer Buck Hilbert the Divisions first president Dave Jameson and past secshyretary and director Kelly Viets all conshytributed guest editorials in the April and June issues of VINTAGE They reminisced about the early days of the Division and their involvement with it The EAA Aviation Foundation conshytinued to receive all additional STCs from the FAA for the use of auto fuel in aircraft the most recent being for several models of BampB Aviation (Belshylanca) Northwest - Rankin Porterfield and SL Industries (Aero Commanshyder) aircraft The Foundation also reshyceived STC approval for the use of auto fuel in the Lycoming 0-235 and 0shy290 engines

Early in the year some personnel changes occurred in the Division when due to personal commitments and other considerations two long-time directors Al Kelch and Claude Gray resigned In January 1981 Claude and AI were named Chairman and Vice Chairman respectively of the EAA National Judgshying Committee formed by the EAA Board of Directors In this capacity they were responsible for writing the EAA Aircraft Judging Manual and they leave this legacy which will serve EAA in a constructive manner for many years to come The AntiqueClassic Board of Directors named Advisors Ray Olcott and Dan Neuman to serve out the unshyexpired terms of Kelch and Gray The Board also appointed three new advishysors Timothy V Bowers of Woodland CA Phillip Coulson of Lawton MI and W S Jerry Wallin of Kent WA With the March 1985 issue THE VINshyTAGE AIRPLANE had grown to 32 pages and the back cover was also in color

Looking ahead to Oshkosh 85 scheduled for July 26 to August 2 this AntiqueClassic Division made plans for three new activities in addition to all the regular ones These include a riverboat dinner cruise a program to present each registered aircraft owner or pilot a Participants Recognition Plaque and a week-long AntiqueClasshysic Workshop which will give members an opportunity for hands-on experishyence in aircraft woodworking dope and fabric

President Bob Lickteig wrote With our 15th Anniversary year celebration continuing we once again are making plans to be a major sponsor of the EAA Air Academy 85 It s going to be a great Convention Make the AnshytiqueClassic area your headquarters for Oshkosh 85 Welcome aboard Join us and you have it all

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a first at OSHKOSH by HG Frautschy

The Very first Airplane at the Very first fAA fly-In Convention

This is a spin-off article to Gene Chase s AntiqueClassic 25th annivershysary series of reports on the history of the organization

Of the thousands of airshycraft to land at the Oshkosh fly-in when it first opened in 1970 what was the very first to arrive

It seems appropriate that a signifishycant event such as this should be opened by an antique homebuilt experimental replica biplane which was a Blicker Jungmeister flown by Sam Burgess (EAA 16214)

He arrived on July 1 after completing a 50 state trip starting in Hawaii The

original intent was to finish the junket at the new fly-in site Starting from Chino California for the continental flight on 1 April 1970 four months were scheduled for the trip however no major mechanshyical problems or significant weather deshylays were encountered and his arrival was earlier than planned

The EAA was kept informed of his progress as he flew around the country visiting EAA Chapters sending post cards with just a quick notation such as State 33 Upon arrival at Oshkosh he was met by EAA President Paul Poberezny

His only close call was holding for traffic over Lake Winnebago If the Warner had failed at this time what a finish this would of been to an otherwise uneventful Excursion Around America Paul dubbed the

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(Above) Completion of the 50 state trip at the new EAA Fly-In site at Oshkosh WI Note the Basler Flight Service sign on the gas truck A picture was taken at each stop to confirm Sams arrival

(Left) The JM was off to an easy start with Hawaii being state No1 the most difficult for a mainlander Sam was starting backward by claiming the 50th state first The 165 hp Warner was a new surplus engine from the Australian RAAF donated to them on WW II lendlease for their Fairchild 24s (Arshygosy UC-61) It performed nobly durshying the 86 takeoffs and landings

flight The Spirit of Flight 2 Number 1 was a flight to several states by Anshyders Ljungberg EAA 2836 during 1960 in the P-5 Pober Sport built by Paul Poberezny and his brother Norman in 1959

The BUcker was parked by Basler Avishyation in Steve Wittmans old hangar the same building where he had built Bonzo and other famous racers Sam returned to Hawaii until the fly-in started

The trip was made to prove that a homebuilt aircraft could be safe and reshyliable Articles on the 50 state trip apshypeared in the October-November issues of SPORT A VIA TION with the BUcker on the front cover Many letters were received with one from Dave Jameson encouraging Sam to write a full-blown book on his trip Three years later Jungmeister Junket (50 States in a Bishyplane) was published

In 1971 the Jungmeister was donated to the EAA Museum for its historic value and is presently on display in the Air Adventure Museum When the JM had only ten hours on it Paul Poberezny made a trip to Hawaii with the Air Nashytional Guard in a KC-97 refueler and flew the Jungmeister This was his 107th homebuilt to be flown many for the very first time

Since then Sam Burgess has built two Pitts and another BUcker powered by an Allison turboprop engine of 420 hp That airplane holds the NAAFAI world record for time to climb to 10000 feet (218) This unit has since been reshyplaced with a Russian 9 cylinder radial Vedenyev engine of 360 hp At age 79 Sam is presently building a Knight Twister biplane with the intent of evenshytually racing it at Reno Nevada

Two days after the Convention when

Sam departed for the AAA Fly-In at Ottumwa Iowa he experienced an unshyusual sight

Taking off to the west and looking to the left for a view of the parking area he did a double take as hundreds of airshycraft appeared to be still parked there How could this be

On a second look it was revealed that each aircraft had been perfectly outshylined by the multitude of tire kickers as they inspected their handiwork tramshypling the verdancy from the grass

(Editors note My kids refer to the little grass airplanes as airplane ghosts You can always tell where the most popular airshyplanes were parked - the grass around them is trampled until it is devoid of color and a bright green wing [uselrrge and tail appear in base relief in the turf when the real airshyplane taxis away)

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The 15AC Sedan

eroncas Family Airplane by HG Frautschy

Im sure its always been a fantasy of many of us who love old airplanes to find a very original low time example of our favorite airplane Paul and Pam Workshyman lived that dream a few years ago

As the proprietor of a busy aircraft and auto upholstery shop Pau l Workshyman has always been an avid classic airshyplane man and Aeroncas in pa rticular He has had both a 7 AC Champ (he dated Pam with that airplane) a 7GC and finally a 1950 Aeronca Sedan N6665K which came to the Work mans when they started adding children to their family

Before buying 6665K Paul had been searching for a Sedan and ran across a little used example in Washington Court House OH In 1986 when they first contacted Bob Rolfe about the Sedan Bob just wasnt interested in selling the airplane It had been in his family for a number of years having belonged to a close relative of his Richard Rolfe of SabinaOH Richard was the first owner after Aeronca dealer Porter Kauffman took delivery of the Sedan after its manshyufacture in 1948 He was a minister and he used the Sedan for preaching in an unusual way It seems that Richard thought that the work of the Lord should come from on high literally so in early July of 1949 he had the Sedan fitted with an ATR 100 watt 12v to 120 v inverter a pair of 12 volt batteries a pair of Quadraflex trumpet speakers and two 100 watt a mplifiers All of this was hooked up to a Webster Model 180 wire line r ecorder (the predecessor to the modern day reel to reel tape recorder) Cincinnati Aircraft Service and Airborne Communications Inc at Lunken Airport did the work

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A year later Richard had the inverter rep laced with a single cylinder gasoline engine driving a generator (The 337s are a little unclear on th is - if the amplishyfiers needed AC voltage the generators output wo uld sti ll need an inverter to bring it up to the req uired 110vAC but no mention is made of the inverter in the second form 337) He also had an addishytiona l speaker insta ll ed The system must have worked reasonably well - Paul Workman talked to severa l locals who

Found unused in Ohio Paul and Pam Workman spent two years restoring a very original four-place Aeronca

recalled they heard The Word from the Sedan cruising above

It must have not been too e ffective (but Ill bet it was disconcerting) for the Sedan really didn t get much use By the time Bob Rolfe took possession of the Sedan it was still a low time airplane It sat until the 1970s when Bob got 48H flying in 1976 Amazingly by the time the decade of the 90s began the Sedan had just slightly more than 200 hours toshytal time on the airframe and the engine had even less since it had been zeroshytimed by the Continental factory after the camshaft fai led with only 22 hours 30 minutes on the engine The C-145 enshygine had a rash of these rep lacements early on in the production of the engine whe n some of the camshafts were imshy

properly heat treated and they fai led Paul Workman had not really thought

much about 1048H since he was turned down by Bob Rolfe in 1986 Besides he had found 6665K a later model (1950) Sedan and he and his family had been flying it for a few years But in the winshyter of 1989 Bob Ro lfe called Paul and asked if he was still interested in buying 48H Pam and Paul had to do some quick work with the calculator Knowing the Sedan needed a complete restorashytion it would need cash to put it in flying shape

But oh what a project It truly was an original airplane The speaker installashytion of the past did not disrupt the strucshyture in any way and the rear seat was sti ll intact All of the little things that can be so hard to find were still there shythe small map light on the bottom of the instrument panel a larger red flood light above the pilot mounted below the top of the windshield a ll the instruments and the Aeronca Sedan trim piece set in the center of the panel Topping it all off was the Harvey-Wells model ATR-3 radio still intact and installed in the panel just as it was when it was put in on July 31 1948 Even the antenna and loading coil were still on the airplane Happily the airframe had never been substantially damaged with only a menshytion of a rudder spar inspection done once to check for suspected damage after the wind slammed the rudder over one day It was a real gem to find and Pa ul just couldn t turn it down

The new garage would have to wait and on December 16 1989 Paul and his dad Ben went to pick up the flying proshyject It was a bit chilly that day - 7degF - so the Continental needed a bit of persuashy

sion to get started but once it was runshyning Ben and Paul flew formation back home with their new prize

With just a little more than two years to go the Workmans decided that the Aeronca Convention scheduled for 1992 was the ir goal All the fabric was reshymoved and the project took over the Workman basement

Only a couple of small areas needed attention with the welding torch and then all of the tubing for the fuselage and tail surfaces was sandblasted A coat of epoxy primer was then app lied with a topcoat of zinc chromate primer on top of that stric tly for appearance With such an original a irplane there was no doubt the direction Paul intended to go with the restoration

All of the wood in the fuselage needed replacement The Sedan is no different than other late model Aeroncas It too used the fami liar triangular rear fuse lage configuration with the outside shape deshyfined by a set of wooden formers and stringers Paul used fir and pine plyshywood and replaced all of th e str in gers All of the wood was painted with spar varnish

Since recovering would have to be t done in the basement near the gas fur- ~ nace and hot water heater the cover- ~

i

ing process chosen was the STCd Blue River system using Ceconite 7600 fabric Even with the water based Blue River sysshytem a strong smelling solvent is used to activate the cement for tapes and seams so good ventilation is still necessary Paul liked the process particularly since it was more pleasant to work with than dope and not nearly so mind altering

The final finish is Randolph Ranthane chosen by Paul to prevent uneven fading be tween the metal and fabric surfaces The orig in al color scheme was mainshytained with the fuselage painted Santa Fe Red and the trim color Tucson Cream a very close match to the original Packard Straw Ben Workman Paul s dad and the family lA was the paint foreman on the job and he spent a lot of his time helping the Sedan project along

Originally Sedans were delivered with unpainted wings but it didn t take too long for a service letter to be issued by the factory in Middletown detailing the

(Above) Pam and Paul Workshyman Zanesville OH the restorshyers of Aeronca 15AC Sedan 1048H

(Left) UAL Captain (retired) EE Buck Hilbert now the proud owner and pilot of four eight Hotel Aeroncavorting in the Sedan is high on his list of fun things to do

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(Above) The interior owes a lot to its Champ and Chief predecessors The early Sedans used the same control wheels from the Chief and so were the glove box doors and ashtrays (now used for holding pencils) The Harvey Wells ATR-3 radio no longer functions but it has been a part of the instrument panel since 1948 shortly after the Sedan was built in Middletown OH Paul Workman was able to find a fabric for the seat cushions and side panels that closely reshysembled the original fabric

(Left) Now a resident of Buck Hilberts Funny Farm the Sedan flies nicely out of the northern Illinois grass strip

procedure for painting the wings Not too many people wanted to continue polishshying the top and bottom of 200 square feet (wait - that would be 400 sq ft) of wing

The corroded control cables were reshyplaced and so was the side window plasshytic A new windshield was purchased from LP Aero Plastics and the interior was refinished as closely as could be deshytermined Paul found out that the interishyors of the Sedans were not finished conshysistently Even a visit to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museums library didnt turn up anything consistent By talking with some owners of other early producshytion Sedans and using some of the paint left in the corners the original greengray color was applied Only a couple of exshytra switch holes had to be plugged in the panel leftovers from the days when the speaker system was installed

Those of you familiar with Sedans may wonder why there is no neat panel overlay such as on the 48 and 50 Sedans The early airplanes had a basic VFR panel and not until the later modshy

els was a panel overlay made The glove box was retained on the right side of the panel and the old Harvey-Wells radio was re-installed Paul wanted to put the old V antenna on again but the airshyplane wouldnt fit in his T-hangar with the wire running from wingtip to the vershytical fin

As a professional interior man you can imagine how frustrating it was for him when he couldnt find an exact match for the interior fabric Fortushynately one of his fabric salesmen came to the rescue with a medium width corshyduroy that looked just like the fabric seen in the photographs Paul had been using for research

The wings needed a bit of work inshycluding the replacement of one leading edge skin and a general clean up of the fittings Paul also converted the wingtips to being secured by screws instead of rivshyets allowing more complete inspection of the wing panels

One more change made to the wings was the replacement of the rubber fuel

cells with welded aluminum fuel tanks engineered by Paul and his dad Ben an IA A one time STC was applied for and eventually granted although Paul says it was not an experience he would care to do again Making the tanks was easy but the approval process was a bear

The engine a Continental C-145-2 is one of the early production six cylinder powerplants from the factory in Muskegon MI As mentioned before it had suffered a camshaft failure early in its life and since it had sat inactive for extended periods there was some conshycern about the condition it was in But when Paul removed the cylinders oil pan and accessories to inspect its innards he was pleased to find it looked brand new with no corrosion evident After the acshycessories were gone through the engine was reassembled and repainted in the original Continental bluegray with black cylinders

With the Aeronca Convention fast approaching in 1992 the Memorial Day holiday wasnt spent watching the lndi-

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anapolis 500 - it was time for the big push to get the airplane completed With Paul at the airport putting the finishing touches on the fuselage and engine inshystallation Pam spent the weekend polshyishing the wings at home in the backyard and bugging her neighbors when it came tim e to flip them over or move them around To maintain its original appearshyance the Workmans decided to keep the wings natural aluminum but after one year of trying to keep the metal looking good a great looking silver paint was apshyplied

By the end of the next week it looked like an airplane was about to fly and with a week to spare 48H was ready for its first engine run Sunday saw the first flight after the restoration and later in the week both 1048H and N6665K were loaded up and headed to Middletown On the way from Zanesville to Middleshytown their youngest daughter started feeling a bit queasy and not wishing to christen the new interior in that way a landing was made at Washington Court House Before they had stopped the prop from turning they knew they had an engine problem though - one magshyneto coil had died Ben Workman flying 65K continued on ahead to H ook field in Middletown A quick call to friends who were also on their way to the Conshyvention brought a replacement coil By the time the re pairs could be made it was late evening so Paul and Pam spent the evening with their kids in a motel After staying the night in central Ohio 1048H was flown to the Aeronca factory just in time for the convention

The Sedan was immediate ly deshyscended upon by the crowds who all oohed and ahhed over a very original airplane That fly-in saw the Workmans win the first of a series of awards for their efforts in restoring the Sedan It also won a major award at the Mid East Regional Fly-In and was also selected as the Best Class II (81-150 hp) Classic award winner at EAA OSHKOSH 94 The Workman fa mily enjoyed flying 48H all over the midwest during the summers of 1992 and 93 but in the fall of 1993 it became obvious that their other Sedan 6665K needed a major enshygine overhaul and the equity in 48H was going to have to pay for it

EE Buck Hilbe rt our resident Aeronca nut had heard me mention this particular Sedan in glowing terms and when he asked he found it was available Paul and Pam took Bucks be loved Champ in trade for the Sedan In Octoshyber 1993 the Sedan came to live at the Funny Farm in Union IL where it quickly became a favorite It s just right for a economical flight to a midwestern location (75 gph at 2450 rpm) and is roomy and quite comfortable to fly Whil e not particularly fast (105 mph cruise) it handles like a larger heavier Chief and it bas plenty of baggage room and space for the kids in back It really is a shame more of these airplanes were not made

While Paul Workman was flying the airplane the engine began to make a litshytle metal that was showing up on the oil screen After changing a piston that was self-destructing it appeared to be OK

but metal continued to show up on the screen It continued to do so after Buck bought tbe airplane so in conjunction with the annual in the fall of 1995 we changed the engine with another C-145 and he also added an Aviation Developshyment Corporation (ADC) oil filter sysshytem with oil bypass warning light The de tails of the installation were spelled out in Bucks column in the November issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE

Nearly 40 hours later the filter system works beautifully with the 3 mic ron screen catching anything that happens to make it into the oil Since the restorashytion the airplane has proven to be quite reliable and generally maintenance free and Id be remiss if [ didnt thank Buck publicly for the tim es he has lent my family and me the Sedan - its our fashyvorite airplane and our goal to shoot at when setting our priorities

The love the Workmans have for this particular airplane is still evident and theyre like most pare nts hoping their children lead a good life after they leave home Home on the Funny Farm is as pleasant as it can be for four e ight Hotel as it keeps company with its other Aeronca brothers th e C-3 and the Champ plus the Nicaraguan Fleet who seems a bit confused by it all It s earnshying to a djust Champ Ye p after a while Buck really missed the 7AC so when Paul mentioned to him that he was thinking of selling the Champ Buck had trade d on the Sedan Buck bou ght it back The stable is now full of Middleshytown wonders Wh a t more could an Aeronca man want

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John W Preiss

Cess 195 by Norm Petersen

The winner of the Best Restored Classic Over 165 hp at Sun n Fun 96 was an immaculate Cessna 195A N2JP SIN 7712 flown to Lakeland FL by John W Preiss (EAA 462642 AC 24168) of College Station Texas Winshyning awards is not a new phenomenon for John and his 195 having garnered the Reserve Grand Champion Lindy at Oshkosh 94 just a few tiny points beshyhind Roy Foxworthys bright red Johnshyson Rocket 185

This particular 195 had actually started the winning trend way back in 1983 when it earned a trophy at EAA Oshkosh that year for its owner at the time Paul Walter (EAA 90497 A C 2342) of Waukesha WI Eventually Paul Walter brought the 195 to EAA Oshkosh 92 where John

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John Preiss and his lovely wife Beverly pose for DeKevin Thorntons camera in the sparkling sunshine augmented by the brilliance of the polished Cessna 195

Cruising above the clouds the Cessna 195 really comes into its own - a true Businessliner - as the advertising people called it in 1951 This was lUxury air travel at its very best some 45 years ago

Preiss and his girlfriend Beverly spotshyted it and started negotiations On Sepshytember 14 1992 the sale was completed and John W Preiss owned Cessna 195 NI95PW as it was registered at the time

A fascinating sidelight to this story is the fact that John W Preiss has an identishycal twin brother James M Preiss (EAA 410655 AlC 20593) of Germantown WI who is ten minutes older than John and if ever two brothers were cut from the same cloth - this would be it John is a Boeing 737 Captain for Southwest Airlines and James (Jim) is a Boeing 737 Captain for United Airlines Both made their solo flights on their sixteenth birthday June 161974 in the same Cessna 150 Aerobat and both earned their A amp P rating from Blackhawk Technical College in Janesville WI (The twins were classmates of EAAs Director of Maintenance Daryl Lenz)

The term They have been flyers all their lives could easily apply to the Preiss twins however they were flyers even beshy

c

fore they were born One week prior to their birth their father Erhard took their mother Lydia (very much in a family way) for a flight in the back seat of an Aeronca Champ Jim still chuckles when he tells the story

The boys grew up in an aviation envishyronment as their father Erhard Preiss was an FBO and flight instructor On many family flying trips one youngster would work the control wheel while the other would work the rudder pedals On the return trip they would reverse duties To use an old cliche These were the best of times

Jim Preiss had restored a Cessna 180 in the 1980s and was quite acquainted with the amount of work involved in a restorashytion After John had purchased the 195 in 1992 he asked Jim to help with the job of restoring the big five-place Cessna (Jim had earned his Inspection Authorization by this time) On February 24 1993 the project began

The engine was sent to Jacobs Service Inc in Payson AZ and even tually reshyturned as a zero time Jacobs R-755-B3 of 275 hp The prop was in perfect shape but all accessories needed overhaul and every hose and clamp was replaced The startshying circuit was modified to the later conshyfiguration to eliminate the heavy current drop and improve the engine starting cashypability especially in cold weather

A new instrument panel was built with all instruments being overhauled or reshyplaced The radios were upgraded with the installation of new Narco avionics with complete wiring harnesses circuit break-

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ers and new antennae The entire set of cabin windows was replaced (some are crank down) along with a new windshield A new interior was sewn by Lydia Preiss the twins mother who had learned seamshystress skills in Germany before coming to the US The result was an interior that is absolutely outstanding and had the judges smiling from ear to ear

The 195 had come from the factory with crosswind gear - an option that is not usually compatible with original style wheelpants New straight axles were inshystalled along with new Cleveland wheels and brakes per STC and a search was beshygun for a set of the rare aluminum wheel pants with their special shape that fit a 195 After a year of inquiring (along with a special bit of accidental luck) a pair was finally located purchased (many $$$$)

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and were totally reworked and installed with new backing plates When polished to a glistening shine these tall narrow wheelpants are in a class by themselves

Up front the old Montgomery spinner was removed and a new Cessna type as used originally on the 195 was installed (more $$$$) The result is rather striking as the more pointed nose on the 195 spinshyner gives it that original look and really shines when polished

John discovered that three different pain t schemes were used on the 195 seshyries depending on serial number Even though his airplane was not previously painted correctly he was able to get asshysistance from Cessna and a few others so he was able to layout a correct paint scheme for the proper serial number 7712 built in July 1951 and making its

first test flight on July 12 1951 The airshyplane was taken to Central Aviation Inc in Watertown WI for final painting by Randy Effinger and his very capable crew

The 18 month restoration effort was finished just prior to Oshkosh 94 includshying the massive polishing job on the alushyminum with Rolite polish The 195 was flown to Oshkosh and displayed in the AntiqueClassic area for a couple of days Before the Convention was finished John Priess and his new bride Beverly were off to Hawaii on their honeymoon and brother Jim was delegated as a commitshytee of one to attend the awards ceremony Late in the program Cessna 195 N2JP was called out for the Reserve Grand Champion Lindy award and Jim walked up on stage to accept it for his brother

Perhaps the real joy for Jim was calling his brother in Hawaii and calmly informing him of the award - almost nonchalant like (Brothers have been known to pull such things on each other) John and Beverly were jumping up and down with exciteshyment wishing they could have been on hand for the presentation

With many ideas from the Antique Classic judges the Preiss boys have been steadily improving the big Cessna to where it looks better than ever At Sun n Fun 96 the 195 ran off with the award for Best Restored Classic Over 165 hp and the Preiss gang was indeed happy Their next goal is Oshkosh 96 where they plan to make another run at the big prize

An interesting coincidence happened when prior to purchasing the 195 John was telling one of his friends Jeff Sandlin

at Southwest Airlines about the big cabin Cessna and learned that Jeffs father had owned a 195 for quite a number of years After purchasing the airplane he showed Jeff some photos of the 195 and menshytioned that a man named A E Edwards had owned the airplane for a long span of years John was really surprised when Jeff blurted out A E Edwards is my father In 1994 John flew the 195 to Denton Texas where Mr and Mrs A E Edwards now in their eighties had the unusual opshyportunity to see the very same airplane that they had taken such good care of over many years and flown the Cessna over 3200 hours The reunion was very special to John and the Edwards family and made the airplane even more special to the Priess family

Although the original N number of the

Cessna 195 was N1014D that number is currently in use and the owner is not willshying to give it up Therefore John chose to use N2JP which was available at the time Eventually John says it would be quite an achievement to get the original number back on the airplane

John Preiss is the very first person to admit that he has had a great deal of assisshytance and help on the 195 His father Ershyhard Preiss started the love of aviation in the boys during their early years and the workmanship on the Cessna is dedicated to his memory Erhard passed away in 1980 Johns wife Beverly has been very patient and supportive during the restorashytion process In addition John is very grateful for the help and expertise of his brother Jim the overseeing IA on the project who is totally unafraid of hard

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work Special thanks are also in order for the twins mother Lydia Preiss who used her seamstress ski lls so well

Other contributors were Jimmy Vickshyers of Lubbock Texas a fo rmer Cessna dealer who flies his own 195 Captain Jeff Kilponen of Southwest Air lines who sparked John Preiss interest in the Cessna 195 in the first place and John Swander of

(Above) The unique split-flap employed on the 195 is designed for drag to slow the airplane down for landing It contributes alshymost nothing to lift Look at the sparkling interior of that wing when the flap is pulled down for inspection

(Above left) For genuine comfort it is hard to beat the rear seat of a Cessna 195 This interior was completely sewn by Lydia Preiss the mother of both John and Jim Preiss This seat is cashypable of handling three persons with ease making the 195 a true five-place airplane

(Left) The totally restored instrument panel complete with upshygraded avionics is a thing of beauty and function The throttle uses a friction lock collar while the propeller and mixture conshytrols each employ a vernier control for fine adjustment This particular 195 has the dual yoke in deference to a throw-over yoke as used on some models

DeSoto Kansas who provided some exshy John would especially like to thank the cellent ideas and much help to the restorashy Cessna Aircraft Company for designing tion Tim McCarter a pi lot and mechan ic and building a true classic aircraft that pishyfor Amphib Inc contributed expertise lots such as as he and his twin brother can and support to the rebuild a nd the Inshy continue to appreciate and enjoy ternational195 C lu b and Eastern 195 To this we add our congratulations and Cl ub were most he lpful in getting N2JP very best wishes in the future for making back in the air - along with helping all 195 N2JP such a dazzling airplane It is indeed owners keep them there a credit to its restorers

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Type Club

NOTES by Norm Petersen

Compiled from various type club publications amp newsletters

From the Monocoupe Flyer Bob Coolbaugh editor 703-590shy

2375

Adventures of a Warner Engine Owner

George Olson - January 1996

About 1979 while ove rhauling the 145 HP Warner for my Fairchild 24 a crack was fo und in one of the cylinder barrels Parts were really hard to find but a fri e nd in Lo uisvill e C la ud e Curry who I am sorry to say is now go ne to ld me th a t hi s fri e nd Bud Nea t a lso in Lo uisville had the reshyma ining Warne r pa rts but he was n t se llin g a nythin g H e offe red to ca ll Bud and tell him my situation and ca ll me bac k La te r he told me th a t I should go ahead and call Bud which I did Bud said that Claude told him all about it and to come over and see if we could fi nd one that was suitable The parts were in the basement of his manshyufacturing building We took fla sh shyli ghts and Bud showed me where the cylinders were to ld me to pick one out a nd we nt bac k upsta irs There were pallets filled with hundreds of cylinder assemblies There were cylinder ba rshyre ls stac ked about e ight fee t high o n o the r pa lle ts boxes of parts all over the place about 40 barrels of studs and other small steel parts some engines in various stages o f assembly big crates of baffl ing and tools of all descriptions It was hard to be lieve like be ing in a candy store The cylinder I picked out loo ked like it had a good head o n it but the barrel had rust in it that looked like brown fur T here must have been some o il o n the surface to sta rt with beca use it wasn t pitted and it didn t need plating after all

T he n Bud a nd I had some co ffee

and he told me the story about how he and ten others decided to build Grea t Lakes Biplanes in hi s ma nufacturing building Th ey we re goin g to build e leven a ll toge the r they would be all th e sa me and wh e n th ey fini she d theyd draw straws to pick their plane Bud hea rd about th e a ucti o n of th e Warner factory inventory in (She ldon) Iowa These were all the parts remain shying afte r a warehouse fire where they were stored Bud put in the winning bid a t the auction and picked up o ne semitrailer load of parts When Merlin Bock bo ught out th e fact o ry ea rli e r a nd mo ve d th e pa rts to Io wa th e re were 10 semi-loads but this one trailer was all that was left With Buds pur shychase though th e Grea t La kes Bi shyplanes would now all have Warner en shygines But afte r a couple of years the buildin g e nt e rpri se e nd e d beca use eve ryo ne had a diffe rent view of how long the e ffort should las t Eve ryo ne took their project home and some were finished separately When the projects went o ut the door the Warne r pa rt s we re put in the basem e nt o ut of the way They were there when I saw them in 1979

The Fairchild rebuilding jo b was fini shed in 1980 and I flew it until 1985 whe n th e numbe r 4 link ro d bro ke This time I needed a lo t of pa rts so it was back to th e we ll Bud wa nted to se ll a ll th e parts no t just th e o nes I needed and I knew enough by then to realize that I could sell them and hopeshyfull y get my money back So this time aft e r some price nego ti a ti o ns we s tru ck a dea l for a ll Bud s p a rt s I re nte d a 24- fo o t truck a nd with the help of a fri end and Bud Neats grand shyson we moved o ne load (ha lf o f the parts) to my 16 x 22 foot garage That fi ll ed it up Another friend offe red to

let me put a semitrailer on his farm so I bought a pretty good used 40 footer Whe n we got the seco nd load Bud s grand son got three of hi s college fri e nds to he lp so the re we re 6 o f us loading It only took four hours while th e fir st load had ta ke n a ll d ay My pickup truck was use d to mov e the parts in my garage to the trailer whenshyever I needed to make a trip out there Afte r about six wee ks my wife sa w that th e part s we re se llin g so she started speaking to me again

In with the engine parts were prints production reco rds test records and paperwork of a ll kinds but the T ype Ce rtifica te docum e nta ti o n was los t somewhere along the way In 1989 the FAA called and asked if I had the Type Certificates They had some boxes in Chicago that they wante d to give to the Type Certificate holder to get then out of their way Curiosity got the best of me and started me on the search for th e Type Ce rti fica te Th e require shyme nts we re to trace ownership from the last known owner to the present I had to get a ffidavits fro m all the ownshye rs since Clinton Mac hin e Company sold out They were the las t owners of th e T ype Certi fica te who were regisshytered with the FAA

This provided an interesting pursuit a nd I m e t a lo t of he lp ful pe opl e James Thomas Smith who bought the parts fr o m C lint o n Ma chin e Co couldn t be fo und Th e nex t owne r Duke H attah died in the late 60s and hi s re lati ves couldn t be found e ithe r The sea rch continued unsuccessfully January 1993 rolls around and someshyo ne approaches me to buy the T ype Certificate to build engines in Spain of all pl a ces Th e n in 1994 som eo ne wanted it to bui ld Warne r engines in Czechoslovakia fo r Blicke r Jungmeis-

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ters they were building I received a letter in December 1994 from the FAA stating that during a move to an off airport location they found a reshyquest dated June 13 1980 in a fo lder that was mislabeled to make new Data Plates and Type Certificates It was in Bud Neats name He had held the Certificate all along All that was needed was an affidavit from Bud Neat which was accomplished immeshydiately The new Type Certificates arshyrived in May 1995

Oh yes about those boxes the Chicago FAA had - They were shipped to the Atlanta FAA Certification ofshyfice The FAA people there invited me to visit them and look at the conshytents It was nice to meet some of the people I had been talking to on the phone for so long One full day was spent helping them sort through the boxes There were folders of correshyspondence (some of it mine) Warner blueprints and boxes of microfilm of all the Warner prints There were about 1200 microfilm prints per box Since there were duplicate sets of Warner blueprints on microfilm they offered me a set which I gladly acshycepted

Warner Engine Facts and Figures

The following information was gathshyered over the course of the successful acquisition of the Warner Type Cershytificates and from Warner Aircraft Corporation records These records were included with the remains of the Warner Company which I bought from Bud Neat of Louisville KY This will attempt be an attempt to sort and conshydense the jumble of papers to present that which is of most int erest to Warner engine owners

The Warner Aircraft Corporation was founded by William O Warne r in 1926 and its address was 20263 Hoover Avenue Detroit MI Officers in 1929 were William O Warner President amp General Manager Edward N Hartwick Vice-President amp Treasurer W J Jarvie Secretary In 1950 the ofshyficers were R E Cecil President Carl F Lang Secretary-Treasurer and Leonard W Quart Manufacturer s Agent William O Warner was a Dishyrector but ret ired The Warner Airshycraft Corporation was merged with Clinton Machine Company located in Clinton Michigan in April of 1950 The reason for the merger according to the Proxy Statement and notice of Stock Holders meeting of February 20 1950 was that Warner Aircraft found itself without a product except for the hydraulic units and it had lost money every year since the war The assets of Warner were transferred to Clinton

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Machine Company in exchange for shares of common stock of Clinton which were distributed to Warner shareho lders The president of Clinshyton Machine Comp any at that time was Donald D Thomas

In 1952 Clinton Machine Co so ld the aircraft engine parts prints and some tooling to the Detroit Harvester Co which was owned by James Thomas Smith He owned it for a very short time I was never ab le to find Mr Smith In about 1953 Detroit Harvester Co sold the remaining Warner assets to Duke Harrah Inc located in Niles Michigan Duke Harshyrah sold Warner parts until 1963 when he sold the Warner assets to M amp B Flying Service located at Sheldon Reshygional Airport in Sheldon Iowa Duke Harrah died in the late 60s Merlin Bock and Elmer Meuke were partners in M amp B Flying Service There were several semitrailer loads of parts which were put in a large hangar In 1966 the building burned in a fire started by someone working on a mower There was one semitrailer load that was salshyvaged Bud Neat from Louisville Kenshytucky brought the remains at auction

The sales records end December 31 1945 so the years 1946 to 1950 are less clear Grand total of all engines sold through December 31 1945 is 3572 Today there are 437 Warner engines on aircraft registered with the FAA The papers I have showin g sales records and Type Ce rtificate Data Sheets are quite interesting There were severa l projects in the experishymental department in 1945 The folshylowing interesting note is copied fro m the 1945 monthly progress report book

550-X 200HP New experimental e ngin e Pre liminary and final tests conducted toge the r with bolt deflecshytion measurements Power calibration conducted with standard induction housing 50 hours endurance running compl e ted Power calibration conshyducted with control induction with varshyious carburetor positions Engine now having cam settings and valve timing worked out for both standard and split cam

Active Signed S A Christiansen Test Engineer

Other projects in development were experimental engine 585-X which is 585 cubic inch with a 5 inch bore amp 4250 stroke

A 2 cyl Model 140-X horizontal opposed industrial engine and model 12850-3 a single cyl utility engine I wonder if the last two engines were the key to the Clinton merger (In 1950 Clinton was the second largest proshy

ducer of gasoline engines in the 34 to 3 hp range) Warner also manufacshytured wheels axles brakes skis prop hubs shock struts and hydraulic units These production plans also transshyferred with the Type Certificates

Included in the records are several books and inventories One is a book showing each engine sold in numerical order starting with the first engine sold It lists engine number Airplane Owner and Address A sample page from this book is included Also inshycluded is a chart listing standard enshygine model and serial number designashytions and deviations from standard By referencing this list and the data plate on your Warner engine you can determine how your engine was conshyfigured when it left the factory Bear in mind that your engine may have been changed substantially over the years during overhauls

From the Cessna 150 - 152 News

Safety - Avoiding wire Strikes Skip Carden editor

919-471-9492

The Terrible Truth About Wire Strikes a new video and a companshyion pamphlet from AOPA Air Safety Foundation debunks many misconcepshytions about these accidents There are an average of 115 reported general avishyation wire strikes a year but only an estimated 10 of strikes are reported

The video and pamphlet give some commo n-sense tips on how to see and avoid wires

bull Scan on both sides of the aircraft Look for towers or other supporting structures which are easier to see than the associated wires themselves Fly over the top of the tower rather than between the supporting structures

bull Nature doesn t make a stra ight line Strips of inconsistent vegetation crop edges land boundaries and roads can indicate a wire path

bull Flight below a ridge line or in a canyon puts a pilot in the wire envishyronment

bull Avoid antennas by a horizontal distance greater than the vertical height of the structure Guy wires can extend at a 45 degree angle from tower top to the ground

bull A pull-up is usually the best mashyneuver to avoid an unexpected wire In most cases the pilot sees the wire too late to bank away successfully

The video is priced at $10 plus $325 shipping The pamphlet is free with a 6 X 9 self-addressed envelope with 55 cents postage affixed AOPA ASF 421 Aviation Way Frederick MD 21701 800-638-3101

PASSdb BUCK by EE Buck Hilbert EAA 21 Ale 5 PO Box 424 Union IL 60180

Our twenty fifth Anniversary re shyunion seems to be shap ing up T write to each of the origi na l 100 members asking th e m to be with us at EAA OSHKOSH So far the replies are runshyning about fifty-fifty Those that are coming are enthusiastic about the whole thing and are just as interested today as when we started the Division More to come

As I read the history of the Division it triggers memories of events past The discussions that Paul Pobe rezny and I had over the titl e Division and hi s concerns that it was a word that would conjure up thoughts of a group that was seceding from EAA Happily it proved to be somet hing weve ne ver had to worry abo ut - EAA is still th e prime mover in Sport Aviation and the varishyous Divisions have accentuated the positive as that old song goes

The letters I receive are most welshycome and can either be a real boost or an education I got ed ucated on old time stunt pilot Howard Dutton from one of our ear ly members Capt Jim Barton (AA retired) who kn ew him personally Jim responded with clipshypings and a phone ca ll so we could anshyswer that query

Then I also got a letter fro m one of the San Diego antiquers who said r was off base on my Chapter One open house co lumn regarding the weather for that weekend He said it was much better than I had indicated and that it was the first time the whole group was able to fly up together A great time was had by all and the fly-in weather was great Im not going to remind him th at sevshyera l people got stuck in Riverside all day Sunday waiting for it to let up

I on ly wish there was room to pubshylish each and every lette r we receive T try to answer each one personally and usuall y do as time permits I also ge t requests for parts and pieces of inforshymation and on occasion Im able to be of some help Once in a while I stub my

toe R ecently a memb er called and asked if I could help him find a Cub alshytimeter I had one and sent it to him A week later I got it back Wrong color Min es black he ne ed ed one cream faced Oh well I tried

Number one son Robert your editor HG and I flew down to Middle town OH for the Aeronca get together HG a llowed me to ride with him in my Sed a n while Bob took hi s C ha mp Originally we had planned to take both Champs but mine deve loped a lea ky exhaust valve so it had to stay home

Wally Baldwin was our host down the re while Bob Hollenbaugh and his wife He len look ed after H G Wally squired us around town Hes writing a book on Aeronca and expects to go to press shortly This man is a walking enshycyc lope dia as far as Aeronca is co nshyce rned His D ad worked there when they were building the C-3s Ks Low Wings and later the C hamps C hi efs and Sedans Wa ll ys dad bought the prototype Champ after its nat ionwide demonstration tour ove rhauled the Ashy65 and gave it to Wally when he came

home from the Air Force after WW II Wally currently fli es a Champ with the same paint scheme and rues the day he ever sold the original

HG will be writing up the trip and printing pictures of all the beautiful airshyplanes in a future article but I want to say is that it was a great bunch and even thou gh Bob a nd I a long with D ale Gu stafso n got drafte d to judge airshyplanes we enjoyed it immensely

Over to you

Here are a couple of photos that ought to raise a few eyebrows courtesy of Aeronca retiree John Houser These two shots show the installation of a Aeroshymarine AR-3 engine in an Aeronca C-3 Rated at 55 hp running 2400 rpm the AR-3 might look familiar to many antishyquers - the design and manufacshyturing rights were sold to Burshynelli and then later (1938) it became known as the Lenape Papoose after Burnelli sold off that portion of its business to

Lenape Aircraft amp Motors of New York city As detailed in the 1939 edition of Aerosshyphere the AR-3 weighted in at 150 Ibs and had a pair of Bendix magnetos powering the two ignition circuits The Aeronca E-107 engine developed 26 hp the later E-113 was rated at 36 hp and the final version the E-113C was listed as producing 40 hp With the 55 hp of the AR-3 this early model C-3 must have been a good little performer This parshyticular 3-cylinder engine produced too much vibration to suit the engineers at Aeronca so no production aircraft were sold with this engineairframe combination

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Vintage Seaplanes by Norm Petersen

Summers here

and its time to think about

flying off the water

Our resident web-footed

pilot Norm Petersen

has provided us with a

look at waterbirds

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Kyle Meints Cessna 1708

(Left) Pictured at the Vette Seaplane Base at Oshkosh 95 is a pretty 1955 Cessna 170B N4453B SIN 26797 mounted on a set of Edo 89-2000 floats all decked out in a matching paint scheme of white with red trim The pretty Continental 145 powered seaplane is the pride and joy of Kyle Meints (EAA 360394) of Augusta MI who purchased the 170B on floats in Minnesota about ten years ago Kyle inshystalled the STOL kit on the wings painted the entire airplane and then painted the matching floats the next year all in PPG two-part urethane A factory seaplane since new the 170B has 2400 TT of which Kyle has flown about 400 hours since acquiring the f1oatplane This airplane spent about the first 25 years in New England before coming west to Minnesota Congrats to Kyle Meints on a sharp looking Cessna 170B f1oatplane

1140 floats which do not show their age (40 to 50 yrs) and have had their compartment covers reshymoved (The 1140 floats are easily distinguished from the larger 1320 floats by the si ngle cover beshytween the struts 1320 floats have two covers beshytween the struts) Apparently the boot cowl on the Cub has been replaced or repainted as the forward end of the lightning stripe is missing A li ghtshyweight pre-war Cub with wood spars and 1140 floats makes for a sporty seaplane that is pure fun

Odell Matthis Republic Seabee

(Left) This beautiful custom Republic RC-3 Seabee N87493 SIN 44 is the pride and joy of Odell and Diane Matthis (EAA 262957 AIC 10206) of Havelock NC No stranger to EAA Odell brought the highly polished Cessna 140A Patroller N5332C SIN 15452 that was featured in the October 1986 VINTAGE AIRPLANE and picshytured on the back cover The Seabee features extended wings with drooped tips tinted glass and a big Lycoming GO-480 engine of 295 hp The fancy paint scheme is overall white with red and gold trim This particular 1946 Seabee spent many years in the Seattle area before going to Anchorage AK for a number of years It is now based near the seacoast of North Carolina where Odell and Diane (who is also a pilot and 9ger) can make full use of the amphibious capabilities The FAA register lists 275 Sea bees remaining of the over 1050 that were built by Republic and Downer

John Van Andels J-3 Cub on 1140s

These photos of a 1940 J -3 C65 Cub NC30482 SIN 4863 mounted on a set of Edo 54-1140 floats were sent in by Ralph Koutnik (EAA 261425) of Bellaire Ml Tied down at the Antrim County Airport at Bellaire the pre-war J-3 Cub is owned by John Van Andel (EAA 343387) of Ft Pierce FL Special note should be made of the extreme ly clean condition of the

U S Forest Service Stinson SR-SA

(Left) This photo from back in the early 1940 s was contributed by Wiley Hautala of Ely MN The Stinson SRshy5A NC5045 mounted on Edo 38-3430 floats was flown by veteran Ely MN seaplane pilot Milt Nelson for several years until 1943 when the 245 hp Lyshycoming engine quit one day and put the SR-5A in the trees - and that was the end of NC5045 Milt Nelson who is presently in his eighties soloed a Travel Air bishyplane at Superior WI in 1933 and logged approximately 15 000 hours on floats while flying for the U S Forest Service over a period of twenty years He says the SR-5A was a nice flying airplane and did a very respectable job on floats alshythough it couldn t handle the heavy loads of a Beaver or Norseman Note the 1937 Ford grill in the foreground and the Travel Air S6000-B seaplane in the backshyground which was flown by Bill Leithold of Ely MN Ironically at one time Milt Nelson owned a Fairchild FC-2 on Fairchild floats Today those very same floats are in the EAA Aviation Museum completely restored by John Parish and ready for installation on the EAA Founshydations Fairchild FC-2W

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Fly-In Calendar The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a matter of

information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the

information to EAA Att Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

JULY 23 - ZANESVILLE OH - EAA Chapter 425 Annual Pancake Day at Parr Airport 8 am - 5 pm Oshkosh bound pi lots encouraged to fly-in eat and refuel Contact Don Wahl 674454-0003

JULY 26-27 - COFFEYVILLE KS - Funk Aircraft Owners Assoc Reunion Contact Gene Ventress 70275 S Monticello Lenexa KS 66227

JULY 26-27 - AFTON WY - Callair Radio Controlled Model Aircraft Fly-In sponsored by the Callair Museum and Aviat Aircraft Inc For info call joan Michaels or Audrey Henning 307886-9887 FAX 307886shy9880

JULY 26-28 - RED LAKE ONTARIO CANAshyDA - Norseman Float Plane Festival For more info contact the Festiva l Committee at 807727-2809

JUL Y 27-29 - KEOKUK IA - Sixth World Wide gathering of L-Birds then en masse up to Wisconsin for EAA great OSHKOSH 96 on August 7 Contact Irv Linder 3 79524-6378

JULY 28 - GRANTSBURG WI - EAA Chapter 875 Wildrice Pancake Breakfast

JUL Y 28 - WEYBRIDGE SURREY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Aircraft of Surrey Fly- In Contact julian C Temple or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 07932 855465

JULY 31-WAUKESHA WI - (UES) tst Annual Great Stearman Fl y-Up to EAA Convention Call Stan Markus for more info 474567- 7499 or 965-3776

AUGUST 1-7 - OSHKOSH WI - 44th Annual EAA Fly-In and Sport Aviation Con vention Wittman Regional Airport Contact John Burton EAA PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 414426-4800

AUGUST 3 - ST PAUL MN - Lake Elmo Airport Aviation Days Fl y- In Pancake Breakfast Aircraft Disp lay and Young Eagles Day Rain Date August 4 Contact

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Dick Wicklund 672777-9742 AUGUST 3 - ELLSWORTH KS - EAA Chapter

7727 Fly-In breakfast (Oshkosh stop-over) and Cowtown Day Call Dale Weinhold 973-472-4027 (w) or -4309 (h) for info

AUGUST 18 - BROOKFIELD WI - Capita l Airport EAA AC Chapter 77 Vintage Aircraft Display and Ice Cream Social Noon - 5 pm Midwest Antique Airplane Club meeting as well For info call Capital Airport at 4 74787 -9550

AUGUST 18 - EAST TROY WI - Inti Cessna 720 740 Assoc Wisconsin Brat and Corn Roast Arrive at 77 am eat at 72 30 pm Bring a dish to pass and a buck Call Matt and Carole Rybarczyk 474767-0920

AUGUST 25 - BELMOND IA - NC Chapter 73 annual p icnic Call 575444-3637 for info

AUGUST 26 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Biplanes and Vintage Aircraft Fly- In Contact ju l ia n C Temp l e or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 0 7932 855465

AUGUST 27-29 - YOUNGSTOWN OH shyBARTLESVIL LE OK AND EL CAJON CA -Staggerwing Beech Commemorative Tour Ca ll William Thaden 207439-7767 fo r info

AUGUST 30-31 - HA YWA RD CA - EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter 29 Fourth Annual Antique Fl y- In and Airshow Free Early Bird Dinner to all display aircraft on Friday This is a northern Cal ifornia points event Contact Bud Field at 5 70455-2300

AUGUST 30 - SEPT 1 - PROSSER WA - EAA Chapter 397 25th Anniversary Fly- In at Prosser airport Call Cormac Thompson for info 509786- 7034

AUGUST 30-31 - MOCKSVIL LE NC - Tara Airbase (5NC7) 77 th Annua l Anything That Flies Fly-In Private Fly-In - attenshydance at your own risk For info ca ll 704284-2 767 or 970764-0007

AUGUST 31 - MARION IN - Sixth Annual Fly-InCruise-In breakfast sponsored by the Marion High schoo l Band Boosters Antiques Classics homebuilts and Antique classic and custom cars welshycomed For information contact Ray johnson at 3 77664-2588

SE PT 1 - ZANESVILLE OH - Riverside Airport EAA Chapter 425 Labor Day Weekend Fly-In Drive-In Breakfast 8 am - 5 pm Sandwiches etc from noon to closing

SEPT 7 - OSCEOLA WI - Simenstad Field 76th Annual Wheels and Wings Air Fair Train rides pancake breakfast fly-in Free event shuttle bus Pilots check class 0 NOTAMS for specia l airport conditions For info call 775755-3300

SEPT 13-15 - URBANA IL - Frasca Field Byron Smith Memorial Stinson Reunion Fly-In Ca ll 708904-6964 for info

SEPT 13-1 5 - JACKSONVILLE IL - Ercoupe Fly-In Call 2 77546-0585 for info

SEPT 20-2 1 - BARTLESVILLE IL - Frank Phillips Field 39th Annual Tulsa Regional Fly-In sponsored by EAA NC Chapter 70 AAA Chapter 2 EAA Chapter 70 EAA lAC Chapter 70 and the Green Country U ltralight Flyers Call Charlie Harris for info 978622-8400

SEPT 21-22 - ROCK FALLS IL - Whiteside County Airport (SQI) North Central EAA Old Fashioned Fly-In Fly market campshying and food on field Call Gregg Erikson 7085 73-064 7 or Dave Christianson at 875625-6556 Pancake breakfast Sept 22 - 0700 - 7700

SEPT 22 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGLAND - Brooklands Museum Fly-In Contact ju l ian C Templ e or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 07932855465

SEPT 27-28 - SANTA YNEZ CA - 8th Annual Western Waco Assoc Reunion Call jon A ldrich 209962-6727 or Barry Branin 7 74545-7476 for info

SEPT 28-29 - ZANESVILLE OH - John s Landing A irfield 5th Annual Fall Fly-In sponsored by EAA NC Chapter 22 of Ohio Hog roast on the 28th breakfast both days Antique classic homebuilts warbirds welshycome For more info call Virginia at 674453-6889

SEPT 28-29 - LEXINGTON TN - Tennessee Taildraggers 72th Annual Fly-In 907968shy2864 or 901968-4022 for info

OCTOBER 4-6 - REDDING CA - Benton Field EAA Chaper 157 Oktoberfest Contacts Bruce Taylor 976275-6456 or Armal Owens 976243-4382

OCTOBER 13 - TOWANDA PA - Towanda airport (N27) Fly-In Breakfast - all you can eat Eggs sausage pancakes 100 pure maple syrup 7 am -7 pm

OCT 13 - ZANESVILLE OH - Riverside A i rport EAA Chapter 425 and the ARTHRITIS FOUNDA TlON Hog Roast 8 am - 5 pm Contact Don Wahl at 614 454-0003

OCTOBER 13 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Fly-In Contact ju l ian C Temple or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 0 1932857381 or FAX 01932855465

OCT 18-20 - KERRVIL LE TX - Southwest Regional Fly-In For info ca ll 800221shy7958 Vendors should call 270914-3746

Ale NEWS Continued from page 2

in two a reas to mos t VFR pilots - the Surface Aviation Observation (SA) will now become the Aviation Routine Weather Report (Metar) with an addishytional report the Aviation Selected Special Weather report (Speci) added to it when dictated by changing weather conditions A new international format will also be adopted to replace the Tershyminal Forecast (TF) issued by the Nashytional Weather Service The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) will be the new format for this forecast

The new formats will be a combinashytion of new and old abbreviations but the seq ue nces will change a nd some components will be reported in a differshye nt format For many of us who us e DUATS briefing services and exercise the plain language option these changes will be transparent but be careful - temshyperaturedewpoint spreads will be given in degrees Celsius and sky cover definishytions will change Other parts of the seshyquence reports will be a lso be revised The new form a t began with the NWS transmissions that were issued a t 0800 UTC July l

For more informat ion and a card that details the new Metar format conshytact your nearest Flight Service Station or yo ur loca l FAA Flight Standards District Office

EICHER KIMBAll GEE BEE Z fliES

LUSCOMBE FOUNDATION 8E GIVEAWAY

The Don Luscombe Aviation Foundashytion is doing it again A small total of only 2800 tickets will be sold to help raise funds used to continue the expansion of services of the Foundation to Luscombe owners and to fulfill the Luscombe Type Certificate purchase contract You can see the work done to restore the 1996 Win Me airplane in the accompanying photos This airshyplane has all the Luscombe options and has been fully inspected and rebuilt with the latest information on Luscombe repa irs from the foundation For a more informashytion including the price of tickets and a brochure call the OLAF at 602917-0969 or fax them at 6021917-4719

NO 80 OCTANE AT WITTMAN FiElD

If youve always planned on fueling up with 80 octan e fuel during EAA O shkosh youll need to buy it from someone other tha n Basle r Flight Sershyvice the FBO on Wittman Field Basler

The Gee Bee Z recently completed by Jeff Eicher and Kevin Kimball was first flown on June 24 and again on the 25th by Delmar Benj amin Delmar explored the handling characteristics of the z in a series of flights that culminated in a roll and knife edge flight He reports a stall speed at about 75 mph indicated rt quickly acshycelerates to 210 mph and then continues to build up more speed up to 230 mph Delmar reports that it is hands off stable in both pitch and yaw 130 mph is used on fi nal to keep the Zs sink rate at a comfortable level We ll have more on the first flights of this beautiful Gee Bee replica next month but until then congratulations to Jeff and Kevin and their test pilot Delmar Benjamin

has informed EAA that they will not be selling any 80 octane fu el for resale durshying th e EAA Convention Du e to tighter tank te sting rules e nforced by the EPA Basler has storage facilities sufficient o nly for the quantities of 100 LL a nd Jet A neede d during the Conshyvention but there s no room left for a quantity of 80 octane After exploring other options Bas ler re luctantly deshycided to drop carrying 80 octane avgas which they had only had available durshying th e EAA Fly-In Since Basle r has also chosen not to offer auto fuel if you prefer not to burn 100LL in yo ur vinshytage engine you may wish to plan your flight with a fuel stop after your deparshyture or prior to your arrival Basler will be offering 100 octane avgas at the same price as last year $2 15 If you really prefer to run your e ngine on 80 octane avgas the closest airport with that fuel is the tailwheel friendly fie ld at Hartshyford WI (HXF) located 41 statute miles SSE of Oshkosh Hartford Aero Sershyvice 414673-5350 is the FBO and hes aware of the situat ion and is planning on having his 10000 gallon tank topped off in time for the Convention

CUB MONUMENT IN BRADFO RD

Thanks to the impetus provided by Sport Aviation editor Jack Cox a monshyument will be e rected on the site of the old Taylor Aircraft company in Bradshyford P A For more details on the effort being spea rh eaded by George Welsch

Continued on page 31

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27

by HC Frautschy

The April Mystery Plane proved to be a tough one so we ll continue that course with the July Mystery Plane This handshysome biplanes photo was sent in some time ago by Richard E Sampson Ft Lauderdale FL

Answers need to be in no later than August 25 1996 for inclushysion in the October issue

Aprils Mystery is still just that - an unknown Lennart Johnsson of Eldsberga Sweden sugshygested that it might be the creation of the Engshylish designer Harold Bolas and his partner Capt Goodman-Crouch who both emigrated to the USA and settled in Rhode Island After reshyviewing an article on the Crouch-Bolas Dragshyonfly its obviously not our Mystery Plane Our thanks to Lennart for giving it a shot

The second shot I ve included in this months edition may help jog the dim memory of someone else You can see that the airplane is not particularly large when compared to the pilot crouching on the bow Also tip floats have been added to the lower wings and you can plainly see the biplane configuration of the horizontal tail We can leave this Mystery Plane file open and perhaps someone will recshyognize it

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New Members

Robert K Ad ler Naples FL

Joseph B Brown Jr Panama City FL

Jeff Bruebaker Hamler OH

Paul G Catrou Greenville NC

Darryl Chin Modesto CA

Donald L Clingerman Grayling MI

Ned E Corman Harri sburg PA

John Davis Houston TX

John M DeMars N Hollywood CA

Thomas Robert Dollimore Rexdale Ontari o

Canada

Gary W Donald Jlorissant MO

William Grant Dorsett Alvin TX

W Heyward Dropla Charlotte NC

George M Eastman Westminster CO

John Faccin Crystal Falls MI

Robert Farr Houghton Lake MI

Jeff Foley Roanoke Rapids NC

Jon Michael Fox Moses Lake WA

Robert J Furlong scottsdale AZ

David M GampferColumbus OH

Raymond L Gebhard 5ioux Falls sD

Richard L Gillespie Ft Meyers FL

Mark Haag Houston TX

Barry Halsted Fountain Val ley CA

William R Harper Beverly Hill s CA

Val P Hattemer Dayton OH

John Hitzke

Redcl iffe Queensland Australia

Peter Hook Lakeville MN

Robert K Howie Jr Decatur IL

Thomas H Hughston Brownsville TX

James O Johnson Kenansvi lle NC

Paul Johnson Rockford IL

R L Johnson Aledo TX

H Floyd Jones water Mill NY

James H Jones Payson AZ

Alan R Jose Niagra Fa ll s Ontario Canada

Larry Kanaster Torrance CA

Paul J Keenan Kerrville TX

Charles Keppen Madison sD

Richard W Land New Carlisle OH

Cliff Larrance Port Townshend WA

Delmer Lawrence Rensselaer IN

Thomas J Leahy Chippewa Lake OH

Louis J Leftwich Winter Park FL

George C Lem ieux Livonia MI

Cory E Linnane schaumburg IL

Paul Mandel Kansas City MO

Carl F McClellan Richardson TX

Robert C McDannell Woodstock IL

Roy R Mcintire Long Beach CA

Howard S Meeks Cocoa Beach FL

Joseph Mezera Worthington OH

Mike Millette Rodondo Beach CA

Janice D Milligan san Ramon CA

Jay G Miner seattle WA

Charl es Moore Gibsonville NC

N A Morey Pukekohe New Zealand

Richard E Newton Luray VA

Anthony B North Windsor CT

J K ONeal san Antonio TX

Bruce J Olson Hudson Canada

shigeru Ota Tokyo Japan

Phillip L Patterson Tullahoma TN

Richard Peters Hinckley IL

Robert J Pinkerton santa Anna CA

Rene Popp Vienna Austria

Bill J Pottage

Abbotsford British Columbia Canada

Todd W Rader Jacksonville FL

Joe Ramotowski Un iversa l City TX

Eric O Richardson Coloma MI

Louis D Ross Jr Covington LA

Milton Ruesch Medford WI

J Sampson Wichita Ks

Bill Scott Kernersville NC

M B Shores En-cinitas CA

Andrew L Sm ith Cloverdale CA

Ronald P Sm ith Washington DC

Lance D st Armand Anson ME

Wayne Strader Ardmore OK

Richard B Strawn Fruitland ID

John Taylor 5augus CA

Ferne Thomas Pilot Mountain NC

Harold Thornpson Whitakers NC

David L Todd shreveport LA

David Tumulty Houston TX

Robert W Vance Greensboro NC

Ron J Wassink Wroxeter Ontario Canada

Dennis B Wassmann Moraga CA

Ken Whittet

Pitt Meadow British Columbia Canada

Gary Lee Wilii ams Plymouth MI

Rocky L Zahner Madison WI

J G Zavar Gaffney SC

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The top awards went to ANTIQUE Grand Champion - Stinshy

son SR-8C NC17116 Roy and Judi Redman Faribault MN

Reserve Grand Champion - Stinson SM6000B Tri-Motor NCl1170 Chuck Andreas Bill Brennand and Byron Fredericksen

CLASSIC Grand Champion - Lusshycombe 8A NC71454 Tom Stoia Manshyning Sc

Rese rve Grand Champion - Aeronca l1AC Chief NC85829 Elymus L Nace Rehoboth Beach DE

REPLICA Champion - Howard DGA-6 Mr Mulligan NR273Y Bob and Jim Younkin Springdale AR

At the annual business meetin g of the AntiqueClassic Division on August 71982 it was reported the Division was experiencing a steady growth The offishycers and directors up for re- e lec tion were unanimously elected for their twoshyyear te rms of office Following th e membership meeting a Board of Direcshytors mee tin g was conducted and the Board unanimously voted to donate $1000 per year for five years to th e EAA Capital Campaign Drive It was noted that none of the donated funds came from membership dues but from several projects promoted during th e Conventions which bring income to the Division

On October 201982 EAA on behalf of its AntiqueClassic Division wrote to the FAA proposing that FAR 43 be

amended to allow the restorer of an anshytique or classic aircraft at hisher opshytion to conduct inspections (including annual inspections) repairs and altershyations to hisher aircraft so long as the restoration work was accomplished by the res torer under supervision of an AampP

The proposal was published in the Federal Registe r in November with the request for comments to be received no later than December 8 1982 The year ended awaiting FAAs decision

1983 - NEW EAA AVIATION CENTER DEDICATED

Just two years after Paul Poberezny turned that first spade of dirt the magshynificent new EAA Aviation Center was dedicated on July 301983 The keynote speaker was Barron Hilton Chairman of the Board and President of Hilton Hotels Corporation and an active EAA member

Special guests included actor Cliff Robertson who acted as Master of Cershyemonies Sam Johnson Chief Executive Officer of Johnson Wax Company Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Thayer Aviation Great Steve Wittman FAA Administrator J Lynn Helms plus many more

EAA President Paul Poberezny and EAA Aviation Foundation President Tom Poberezny both addressed the asshysembly Just as the ribbon was cut the

EAA Foundations replica Spirit of St Louis made a low pass over the cereshymony and the new EAA Aviation Censhyter was officially open This historic event took place on the first day of the 31st Annual EAA Fly-In Convention and was the highlight of the week

Early in the year the AntiqueClassic Board of Directors named Daniel Neushyman of Minneapolis MN to the Board of Advisors to replace Ed Burns who reshysigned Th e Board also voted to have THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE delivshyered in a protective wrapper because of members complaints of receiving mutishylated copies in the mail

On March 7 1983 AntiqueClass ic Division Chapter 11 received its charter at a ceremony at Milwaukee WI The groups first president was John Kalas

The 9th Annual EAA Sun n Fun Fly-In at Lakeland FL March 13-19 esshytablished new attendance records in spite of one of the areas worst winters and three days of IFR weather during the popular event In spite of these adshyversities th e Fly-In recorded 25000 people 5100 aircraft and over 800 show planes AntiqueClassic Division Chapshyter One has been a vital element in this Fly-In since its inception

In his June 1983 editorial Division President Brad Thomas reported on the Board meeting held on May 6 at th e Kermit Weeks Flight Research Center in Oshkosh WI They discussed the problem of pilots parking in the Anshy

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tiqueClassic area at Oshkosh and not registering their aircraft

As a possible solution each arrival at Oshkosh 83 would be given a sheet exshyplaining the registration procedure and listing the advantages of registering no fee complimentary Convention pilot mug and a more complete and accurate count of show planes in attendance

Before adjourning the gro up was given a tour through the soon-to-be completed EAA Aviation Center and all were thoroughly impressed

The July 1983 issue of VINTAGE contained a guest editorial by Division Director Claude Gray who also served as Chairman of the EAA National Judgshying Committee He discussed the intent of the rules in the Judging Guidebook and gave some valuable tips for restorshyers who plan to have their aircraft judged

Paul Poberezny a nnounced in his July edi torial in SPORT AVIATION that The EAA petition for an AnshytiqueClassic Repairman Certificate for those who would have qualified has been denied by the FAA even though 208 agreed 82 disagreed and some 153 letters were irrelevant However FAA has agreed to a feasibility study with the possibility of receiving a petition for a rule change The denial was based upon many of the comments submitted by the president of the Antique Airplane Asshysociation of Blakesburg Iowa

The October 1983 issue of THE VINshyTAGE AIRPLANE contained EAAs petition the FAAs letter of denial and a sampling of letters both pro and con from respondents

OSHKOSH 83

As always the AntiqueClassic Divishysion played an important part in this the 31st Annual EAA Fly-In Convenshytion Each year the operation ran more smoothly thanks to the many dedicated volunteers who made it all happen

The new venture in 83 of making space available in the Hospitality Tent for the Type Clubs was an outstanding success Advisor Butch Joyce through input from the Type Club members would plan a larger program for the groups in 1984

The AntiqueClassic Divisions hour of glory was their ever-popular Parade of Flight on Wednesday August 3 With incredible organization and hard work by 60 flight line volunteers 96 aircraft were flagged off for exhibition flights before the huge throng of spectators and parked after landing in only 60 minshyutes The entire operation was conshyducted without a hitch

First to take off was Dale Crites of Waukesha WI in his 1911 Curtiss Pusher followed by a steady flow of vinshy

tage aircraft representing the years from 1911 through 1955 The Parade of Flight continues to be one of the highlights of the Annual EAA Convention

Included in the 1521 show planes were 119 Antiques 514 Classics and 5 Replicas

ANTIQUE Grand Champion -Fairchild 24W NC77655 Charles W Bell Sheboygan WI

Reserve Grand Champion -Beechcraft B17L Staggerwing

NC270Y Dick Hansen and Dick Perry Batavia IL

CLASSIC Grand Champion -Aeronca 7AC NC84998 Robert K Armstrong Rawlings MD

Reserve Grand Champion - Lusshycombe 8F N1373B George Chaffey Pittsburg CA

REPLICA Champion - 1916 Halbershystadt DIV N1388J Carl Swanson AlshyIens Grove WI

Following a long established custom the September 1983 issue of VINTAGE contained an extensive listing of Type Clubs with addresses phone numbers and other information The same issue announced the FAA had amended EAAs STC to include the Continental A-40 through the C-90 series of engines permitting them to use unleaded auto gasoline

More changes in personnel occurred late in the year when the Board of Dishyrectors accepted the resignations of Vice President Jack Winthrop and Secshyretary Kelly Viets Both men had faithshyfully served the Division since it started Their positions were filled by Robert J Lickteig of Albert Lea MN and Ronald Fritz of Kent City MI respectively Frik had been a long-time Director and Adshyvisor

The resignation of Director Robert E Kesel was also accepted and to fill his

(Above) Robert J Dobbie Lickteig Alshybert Lea Minnesota served as the AnshytiqueClassic Division President having taken over in April 1984

(Left) Replicas have been recognized as an excellent means of keeping the anshytiques alive This replica of Mr Mullishygan a Howard DGA-6 NR273Y won Grand Champion Replica honors for Bob and Jim Younkin of Springdale AR at Oshkosh 82 The Red Barn and Type Club Tent are in the background

and Frik s post on the Board of Direcshytors Robert G Herman and Gene Morshyris were moved up from the Board of Advisors Replacing them were newly named Advisors Ray Olcott of Nokomis FL and Gar Williams of NapervilleIL

1984 - EAAS NEW HOME

After 31 years in Hales Corners WI EAA moved into the new Aviation Censhyter in Oshkosh WI and was open for business as usual on January 9 1984 THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE s new Oshkosh address was reflected for the first time in the January 1984 issue

In his January Straight and Level editorial President Brad Thomas reshycapped the Division s accomplishments during the previous year and outlined the goals for 84 He mentioned that a specific area at Oshkosh 84 would be designated for the display of past Grand Champions in both antique and classic categories He hoped that many would be returned to be so honored

He described the face-lifting planned for the Red Barn Headquarters in the form of a new porch complete with porch swings and rocking chairs He further described a study that was underway to increase the number of

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The Antique Classic Red Barn with the new Friendship Porch beckoning memshybers to come on in and set a spell A big thank you is due AI Kelch and Bob Lumley for their perseverance in seeing this project to its completion

awards for antique aircraft to spread the awards more evenly among antiques and classics

In his February editorial Brad anshynounced to the members the EAA Avishyation Foundations plans for the EAA Air Academy an aviation program for boys and girls 15-17 years of age AnshytiqueClassic Division Vice-President Bob Lickteig volunteered to assist the Foundation by heading up the efforts of the Division toward this new project not only with funding from donors but in assisting with the procurement of volunteers and tools needed to make the venture a success

An editorial by the editor in the March issue of the magazine stated The last five years have seen gre a t progress in the AntiqueClassic Divishysion under the leadership of Brad Thomas and his Board of Directors As we go to press with this issue of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE we learned of his request to step down from this position Brad served admirably as President and his resignation is acshycepted with regret

Also by action of the Board of Dishyrectors Vice-President Bob Lickteig was named President Director Roy Redman was named Vice-President and

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Advisors Jack Copeland and Stan Goshymoll were named Directors

President Lickteigs first editorial appeared in the Apri l 1984 issue of THE VINTAGE A IRPLANE In it he reconfirmed the aims and goa ls of the Division He stated As I write my first message to you I cannot he lp but think of the great opportunity we have not only to continue our efforts of the past but to look at the cha ll enges that lie ahead

I n his next editoria l Bob discussed the EAA Air Academy and the AnshytiqueClass ic Divisions p lanned inshyvolvement He vo lunteered the use of his sons J-3 Cub in which each of the 30 students wou ld receive an orientashytion flight He predicted the EAA Air Academy would be expanded over the years to come and paid tribute to Paul Poberezny for his foresight and vision for bringing EAA to where it is today

The AntiqueClassic Division was becoming international with the first reshyquest for chapter status by a group of members in Argentina This announceshyment in the June 1984 iss ue of VI NshyTAGE named Mr Abel De bock as Chapter President The group became Chapter number 12

Another Chapter was formed during the year when Chapter 18 in Phoenix Arizona rece ived its charter Stan ley W Loer was the groups first president

The EAA Aviation Foundatio n s Auto Fue l STC program made great str ides d uring the year when they reshyceived FAA approva l for the issuance

of STCs for many models of Aeronca Cessna In terstate Luscombe McClish (Funk) Piper and Taylorcraft aircraft At the same time the list of airports in the US providing auto fuel grew rapidly

OSHKOSH - 84 THE FREEDOM OF fliGHT

Oshkosh 84 the 32nd Annual EAA Fly-In Convention was held July 28-Aushygust 4 and new records were set in all areas with the weatherman cooperating nice ly Total show plane count was up including 128 Antiques and 607 ClasshySICS

The AntiqueClassic Division activishyties involved greater participation than ever and thanks to the hardworking chairmen co-chairmen and volunteers each committee did its job splendidly The AntiqueClassic Chairman for the Convention was Bob Lickteig with CoshyChairman Roy Redman

The AntiqueClassic area with a new porch on the Red Barn was the talk of the Convention AI Kelch and Bob Lumley were responsible for the design and construction of the porch and with minimum assistance completed the job just in time for the 81 Convention This new addition to the Red Barn was named the Friendship Porch and in an appropriate ceremony was dedicated to all Convention volunteers

Manpower Chairman Jack Copeland with Co-Chairmen Ray Olcott and Bob Lumley did an outstanding job Thanks

to Art Morgan Chairman of Parking and Flight Line Safety along with CoshyChairman Bob Herman and Bob Braver there were no parking probshylems

The AntiqueClassic Fly-Out to Wautoma WI had 40 aircraft and 100 people a most enjoyable outing thanks to Bob Lumley The reunion of past grand champions and reserve grand champions arranged by AI Kelch brought out seven aircraft The reactishyvation of~ the picnic resulted in 420 peoshyple enjoying fine food and a great social hour thanks to Bob Kelly

The first photo contest of the Divishysion attracted 26 entries Jack McshyCarthy not only organized this activity but gave complete photo coverage of all AntiqueClassic activities The Headshyquarters Staff at the Red Barn was busy throughout the Convention with Kate Morgan Ruth Coulson and Jo Olcott handling merchandise sales double the amount of previous years

The Parade of Flight had 93 planes participating with Phil Coulson and William Benedict doing an excellent job of organizing The Type Club Headquarters Tent was full with ten clubs conducting their business The group was honored during the week when EAA Convention Chairman Tom Poberezny spoke to them Type Club Chairman Butch Joyce was planning on a larger tent for 1985 The forums handled by Ron Fritz and Gene Morris had the largest attendance on record

Roy Redman had a merchandising and chapter stand which was busy all week signing up 121 new Division members and talking with 20 members interested in forming new chapters The merchandising and chapter stand was constructed by Stan Gomoll

Dan Neuman arranged for and conshyducted 18 interviews with aircraft ownshyers This was more activity than ever for that committee

Coordinating the requirements of press people in the AntiqueClassic area were AI and Lois Kelch and they did their usual superb job The security of the AntiqueClassic area was the reshysponsibility of Chairman Dave Shaw with Co-Chairman Jack Huffman Dale Fauw and Tom Auger These men did an excellent job in the performance of their duties

Last but not least the aircraft judges were to be congratulated for a job well done The Antiques were judged by Chairman Dal e Gustafson with CoshyChairman Pete Covington Chairman George York judged the Classics along with Co-Chairman Dale Wolford

Of course those listed above are only a small percentage of the total number of volunteers who participate at Oshkosh and are responsible for

making the Annual EAA Convention the greatest aviation event in the world Without them it would not happen

The top awards at Oshkosh 84 went ANTIQUE Grand Champion - Stinshy

son SR-5E N14187 1 Tom Laurie Newport Beach CA

Reserve Grand Champion - Stearshyman C3R NC794H Jeff Robinson Arshyleta CA

CLASSIC Grand Champion -Cessna 140 NC4135N Rick and Kathie Paige San Mateo CA

Reserve Grand Champion - Rawdon T-l N5160 Terry Chastain Manchesshyter MO

REPLICA Champion - Gee Bee Model Y N718L Ken Flaglor NorthshybrookIL

One of the greatest thrills at Oshkosh 84 was the appearance of the Rutan Voyager the aircraft designed to circumnavigate the earth non-stop It was flown to Oshkosh by Dick Rutan and Jeanna Yeager from its home base Mojave CA

The first EAA Air Academy which ran from July 15-August 4 1985 far exshyceeded all expectations in its impact on participants The program will defishynitely be scheduled again in 85

The election results announced at the Annual AntiqueClassic Division business meeting during the Convenshytion indicated that all incumbents were reelected with the exception of Direcshytor Robert G Herman who was unshyseated by Advisor Espie M Butch Joyce

In the November 1984 issue of VINshyTAGE the name of Dennis Parks apshypeared on the masthead as a feature writer as a result of his monthly contrishybutions of a column called Vintage Literature It first appeared in the July issue and was an on-going series describing periodicals from the vintage years of aviation

1985 - ANTIQUECLASSIC DIVISIONS 15TH YEAR Commitment for Growth

Welcome to 1985 Welcome to your AntiqueClassic Division s 15th year of service and leadership were President Bob LickteigS opening reshymarks in his first editorial for the year in VINTAGE He went on to pay tribshyute to the groups founding fathers and re established the Divisions goals for the anniversary year with the theme shyCOMMITMENT FOR GROWTH

In that same January 1985 issue of the magazine Paul Poberezny wrote an editorial Looking back Lookshying Ahead in which he recalled calling the first AntiqueClassic meeting to orshyder Aims and goals were discussed and particularly the help that would

be needed for the AntiqueClassic enshythusiast during the Annual Convenshytion

Past president and current treasurer Buck Hilbert the Divisions first president Dave Jameson and past secshyretary and director Kelly Viets all conshytributed guest editorials in the April and June issues of VINTAGE They reminisced about the early days of the Division and their involvement with it The EAA Aviation Foundation conshytinued to receive all additional STCs from the FAA for the use of auto fuel in aircraft the most recent being for several models of BampB Aviation (Belshylanca) Northwest - Rankin Porterfield and SL Industries (Aero Commanshyder) aircraft The Foundation also reshyceived STC approval for the use of auto fuel in the Lycoming 0-235 and 0shy290 engines

Early in the year some personnel changes occurred in the Division when due to personal commitments and other considerations two long-time directors Al Kelch and Claude Gray resigned In January 1981 Claude and AI were named Chairman and Vice Chairman respectively of the EAA National Judgshying Committee formed by the EAA Board of Directors In this capacity they were responsible for writing the EAA Aircraft Judging Manual and they leave this legacy which will serve EAA in a constructive manner for many years to come The AntiqueClassic Board of Directors named Advisors Ray Olcott and Dan Neuman to serve out the unshyexpired terms of Kelch and Gray The Board also appointed three new advishysors Timothy V Bowers of Woodland CA Phillip Coulson of Lawton MI and W S Jerry Wallin of Kent WA With the March 1985 issue THE VINshyTAGE AIRPLANE had grown to 32 pages and the back cover was also in color

Looking ahead to Oshkosh 85 scheduled for July 26 to August 2 this AntiqueClassic Division made plans for three new activities in addition to all the regular ones These include a riverboat dinner cruise a program to present each registered aircraft owner or pilot a Participants Recognition Plaque and a week-long AntiqueClasshysic Workshop which will give members an opportunity for hands-on experishyence in aircraft woodworking dope and fabric

President Bob Lickteig wrote With our 15th Anniversary year celebration continuing we once again are making plans to be a major sponsor of the EAA Air Academy 85 It s going to be a great Convention Make the AnshytiqueClassic area your headquarters for Oshkosh 85 Welcome aboard Join us and you have it all

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a first at OSHKOSH by HG Frautschy

The Very first Airplane at the Very first fAA fly-In Convention

This is a spin-off article to Gene Chase s AntiqueClassic 25th annivershysary series of reports on the history of the organization

Of the thousands of airshycraft to land at the Oshkosh fly-in when it first opened in 1970 what was the very first to arrive

It seems appropriate that a signifishycant event such as this should be opened by an antique homebuilt experimental replica biplane which was a Blicker Jungmeister flown by Sam Burgess (EAA 16214)

He arrived on July 1 after completing a 50 state trip starting in Hawaii The

original intent was to finish the junket at the new fly-in site Starting from Chino California for the continental flight on 1 April 1970 four months were scheduled for the trip however no major mechanshyical problems or significant weather deshylays were encountered and his arrival was earlier than planned

The EAA was kept informed of his progress as he flew around the country visiting EAA Chapters sending post cards with just a quick notation such as State 33 Upon arrival at Oshkosh he was met by EAA President Paul Poberezny

His only close call was holding for traffic over Lake Winnebago If the Warner had failed at this time what a finish this would of been to an otherwise uneventful Excursion Around America Paul dubbed the

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(Above) Completion of the 50 state trip at the new EAA Fly-In site at Oshkosh WI Note the Basler Flight Service sign on the gas truck A picture was taken at each stop to confirm Sams arrival

(Left) The JM was off to an easy start with Hawaii being state No1 the most difficult for a mainlander Sam was starting backward by claiming the 50th state first The 165 hp Warner was a new surplus engine from the Australian RAAF donated to them on WW II lendlease for their Fairchild 24s (Arshygosy UC-61) It performed nobly durshying the 86 takeoffs and landings

flight The Spirit of Flight 2 Number 1 was a flight to several states by Anshyders Ljungberg EAA 2836 during 1960 in the P-5 Pober Sport built by Paul Poberezny and his brother Norman in 1959

The BUcker was parked by Basler Avishyation in Steve Wittmans old hangar the same building where he had built Bonzo and other famous racers Sam returned to Hawaii until the fly-in started

The trip was made to prove that a homebuilt aircraft could be safe and reshyliable Articles on the 50 state trip apshypeared in the October-November issues of SPORT A VIA TION with the BUcker on the front cover Many letters were received with one from Dave Jameson encouraging Sam to write a full-blown book on his trip Three years later Jungmeister Junket (50 States in a Bishyplane) was published

In 1971 the Jungmeister was donated to the EAA Museum for its historic value and is presently on display in the Air Adventure Museum When the JM had only ten hours on it Paul Poberezny made a trip to Hawaii with the Air Nashytional Guard in a KC-97 refueler and flew the Jungmeister This was his 107th homebuilt to be flown many for the very first time

Since then Sam Burgess has built two Pitts and another BUcker powered by an Allison turboprop engine of 420 hp That airplane holds the NAAFAI world record for time to climb to 10000 feet (218) This unit has since been reshyplaced with a Russian 9 cylinder radial Vedenyev engine of 360 hp At age 79 Sam is presently building a Knight Twister biplane with the intent of evenshytually racing it at Reno Nevada

Two days after the Convention when

Sam departed for the AAA Fly-In at Ottumwa Iowa he experienced an unshyusual sight

Taking off to the west and looking to the left for a view of the parking area he did a double take as hundreds of airshycraft appeared to be still parked there How could this be

On a second look it was revealed that each aircraft had been perfectly outshylined by the multitude of tire kickers as they inspected their handiwork tramshypling the verdancy from the grass

(Editors note My kids refer to the little grass airplanes as airplane ghosts You can always tell where the most popular airshyplanes were parked - the grass around them is trampled until it is devoid of color and a bright green wing [uselrrge and tail appear in base relief in the turf when the real airshyplane taxis away)

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The 15AC Sedan

eroncas Family Airplane by HG Frautschy

Im sure its always been a fantasy of many of us who love old airplanes to find a very original low time example of our favorite airplane Paul and Pam Workshyman lived that dream a few years ago

As the proprietor of a busy aircraft and auto upholstery shop Pau l Workshyman has always been an avid classic airshyplane man and Aeroncas in pa rticular He has had both a 7 AC Champ (he dated Pam with that airplane) a 7GC and finally a 1950 Aeronca Sedan N6665K which came to the Work mans when they started adding children to their family

Before buying 6665K Paul had been searching for a Sedan and ran across a little used example in Washington Court House OH In 1986 when they first contacted Bob Rolfe about the Sedan Bob just wasnt interested in selling the airplane It had been in his family for a number of years having belonged to a close relative of his Richard Rolfe of SabinaOH Richard was the first owner after Aeronca dealer Porter Kauffman took delivery of the Sedan after its manshyufacture in 1948 He was a minister and he used the Sedan for preaching in an unusual way It seems that Richard thought that the work of the Lord should come from on high literally so in early July of 1949 he had the Sedan fitted with an ATR 100 watt 12v to 120 v inverter a pair of 12 volt batteries a pair of Quadraflex trumpet speakers and two 100 watt a mplifiers All of this was hooked up to a Webster Model 180 wire line r ecorder (the predecessor to the modern day reel to reel tape recorder) Cincinnati Aircraft Service and Airborne Communications Inc at Lunken Airport did the work

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A year later Richard had the inverter rep laced with a single cylinder gasoline engine driving a generator (The 337s are a little unclear on th is - if the amplishyfiers needed AC voltage the generators output wo uld sti ll need an inverter to bring it up to the req uired 110vAC but no mention is made of the inverter in the second form 337) He also had an addishytiona l speaker insta ll ed The system must have worked reasonably well - Paul Workman talked to severa l locals who

Found unused in Ohio Paul and Pam Workman spent two years restoring a very original four-place Aeronca

recalled they heard The Word from the Sedan cruising above

It must have not been too e ffective (but Ill bet it was disconcerting) for the Sedan really didn t get much use By the time Bob Rolfe took possession of the Sedan it was still a low time airplane It sat until the 1970s when Bob got 48H flying in 1976 Amazingly by the time the decade of the 90s began the Sedan had just slightly more than 200 hours toshytal time on the airframe and the engine had even less since it had been zeroshytimed by the Continental factory after the camshaft fai led with only 22 hours 30 minutes on the engine The C-145 enshygine had a rash of these rep lacements early on in the production of the engine whe n some of the camshafts were imshy

properly heat treated and they fai led Paul Workman had not really thought

much about 1048H since he was turned down by Bob Rolfe in 1986 Besides he had found 6665K a later model (1950) Sedan and he and his family had been flying it for a few years But in the winshyter of 1989 Bob Ro lfe called Paul and asked if he was still interested in buying 48H Pam and Paul had to do some quick work with the calculator Knowing the Sedan needed a complete restorashytion it would need cash to put it in flying shape

But oh what a project It truly was an original airplane The speaker installashytion of the past did not disrupt the strucshyture in any way and the rear seat was sti ll intact All of the little things that can be so hard to find were still there shythe small map light on the bottom of the instrument panel a larger red flood light above the pilot mounted below the top of the windshield a ll the instruments and the Aeronca Sedan trim piece set in the center of the panel Topping it all off was the Harvey-Wells model ATR-3 radio still intact and installed in the panel just as it was when it was put in on July 31 1948 Even the antenna and loading coil were still on the airplane Happily the airframe had never been substantially damaged with only a menshytion of a rudder spar inspection done once to check for suspected damage after the wind slammed the rudder over one day It was a real gem to find and Pa ul just couldn t turn it down

The new garage would have to wait and on December 16 1989 Paul and his dad Ben went to pick up the flying proshyject It was a bit chilly that day - 7degF - so the Continental needed a bit of persuashy

sion to get started but once it was runshyning Ben and Paul flew formation back home with their new prize

With just a little more than two years to go the Workmans decided that the Aeronca Convention scheduled for 1992 was the ir goal All the fabric was reshymoved and the project took over the Workman basement

Only a couple of small areas needed attention with the welding torch and then all of the tubing for the fuselage and tail surfaces was sandblasted A coat of epoxy primer was then app lied with a topcoat of zinc chromate primer on top of that stric tly for appearance With such an original a irplane there was no doubt the direction Paul intended to go with the restoration

All of the wood in the fuselage needed replacement The Sedan is no different than other late model Aeroncas It too used the fami liar triangular rear fuse lage configuration with the outside shape deshyfined by a set of wooden formers and stringers Paul used fir and pine plyshywood and replaced all of th e str in gers All of the wood was painted with spar varnish

Since recovering would have to be t done in the basement near the gas fur- ~ nace and hot water heater the cover- ~

i

ing process chosen was the STCd Blue River system using Ceconite 7600 fabric Even with the water based Blue River sysshytem a strong smelling solvent is used to activate the cement for tapes and seams so good ventilation is still necessary Paul liked the process particularly since it was more pleasant to work with than dope and not nearly so mind altering

The final finish is Randolph Ranthane chosen by Paul to prevent uneven fading be tween the metal and fabric surfaces The orig in al color scheme was mainshytained with the fuselage painted Santa Fe Red and the trim color Tucson Cream a very close match to the original Packard Straw Ben Workman Paul s dad and the family lA was the paint foreman on the job and he spent a lot of his time helping the Sedan project along

Originally Sedans were delivered with unpainted wings but it didn t take too long for a service letter to be issued by the factory in Middletown detailing the

(Above) Pam and Paul Workshyman Zanesville OH the restorshyers of Aeronca 15AC Sedan 1048H

(Left) UAL Captain (retired) EE Buck Hilbert now the proud owner and pilot of four eight Hotel Aeroncavorting in the Sedan is high on his list of fun things to do

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(Above) The interior owes a lot to its Champ and Chief predecessors The early Sedans used the same control wheels from the Chief and so were the glove box doors and ashtrays (now used for holding pencils) The Harvey Wells ATR-3 radio no longer functions but it has been a part of the instrument panel since 1948 shortly after the Sedan was built in Middletown OH Paul Workman was able to find a fabric for the seat cushions and side panels that closely reshysembled the original fabric

(Left) Now a resident of Buck Hilberts Funny Farm the Sedan flies nicely out of the northern Illinois grass strip

procedure for painting the wings Not too many people wanted to continue polishshying the top and bottom of 200 square feet (wait - that would be 400 sq ft) of wing

The corroded control cables were reshyplaced and so was the side window plasshytic A new windshield was purchased from LP Aero Plastics and the interior was refinished as closely as could be deshytermined Paul found out that the interishyors of the Sedans were not finished conshysistently Even a visit to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museums library didnt turn up anything consistent By talking with some owners of other early producshytion Sedans and using some of the paint left in the corners the original greengray color was applied Only a couple of exshytra switch holes had to be plugged in the panel leftovers from the days when the speaker system was installed

Those of you familiar with Sedans may wonder why there is no neat panel overlay such as on the 48 and 50 Sedans The early airplanes had a basic VFR panel and not until the later modshy

els was a panel overlay made The glove box was retained on the right side of the panel and the old Harvey-Wells radio was re-installed Paul wanted to put the old V antenna on again but the airshyplane wouldnt fit in his T-hangar with the wire running from wingtip to the vershytical fin

As a professional interior man you can imagine how frustrating it was for him when he couldnt find an exact match for the interior fabric Fortushynately one of his fabric salesmen came to the rescue with a medium width corshyduroy that looked just like the fabric seen in the photographs Paul had been using for research

The wings needed a bit of work inshycluding the replacement of one leading edge skin and a general clean up of the fittings Paul also converted the wingtips to being secured by screws instead of rivshyets allowing more complete inspection of the wing panels

One more change made to the wings was the replacement of the rubber fuel

cells with welded aluminum fuel tanks engineered by Paul and his dad Ben an IA A one time STC was applied for and eventually granted although Paul says it was not an experience he would care to do again Making the tanks was easy but the approval process was a bear

The engine a Continental C-145-2 is one of the early production six cylinder powerplants from the factory in Muskegon MI As mentioned before it had suffered a camshaft failure early in its life and since it had sat inactive for extended periods there was some conshycern about the condition it was in But when Paul removed the cylinders oil pan and accessories to inspect its innards he was pleased to find it looked brand new with no corrosion evident After the acshycessories were gone through the engine was reassembled and repainted in the original Continental bluegray with black cylinders

With the Aeronca Convention fast approaching in 1992 the Memorial Day holiday wasnt spent watching the lndi-

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anapolis 500 - it was time for the big push to get the airplane completed With Paul at the airport putting the finishing touches on the fuselage and engine inshystallation Pam spent the weekend polshyishing the wings at home in the backyard and bugging her neighbors when it came tim e to flip them over or move them around To maintain its original appearshyance the Workmans decided to keep the wings natural aluminum but after one year of trying to keep the metal looking good a great looking silver paint was apshyplied

By the end of the next week it looked like an airplane was about to fly and with a week to spare 48H was ready for its first engine run Sunday saw the first flight after the restoration and later in the week both 1048H and N6665K were loaded up and headed to Middletown On the way from Zanesville to Middleshytown their youngest daughter started feeling a bit queasy and not wishing to christen the new interior in that way a landing was made at Washington Court House Before they had stopped the prop from turning they knew they had an engine problem though - one magshyneto coil had died Ben Workman flying 65K continued on ahead to H ook field in Middletown A quick call to friends who were also on their way to the Conshyvention brought a replacement coil By the time the re pairs could be made it was late evening so Paul and Pam spent the evening with their kids in a motel After staying the night in central Ohio 1048H was flown to the Aeronca factory just in time for the convention

The Sedan was immediate ly deshyscended upon by the crowds who all oohed and ahhed over a very original airplane That fly-in saw the Workmans win the first of a series of awards for their efforts in restoring the Sedan It also won a major award at the Mid East Regional Fly-In and was also selected as the Best Class II (81-150 hp) Classic award winner at EAA OSHKOSH 94 The Workman fa mily enjoyed flying 48H all over the midwest during the summers of 1992 and 93 but in the fall of 1993 it became obvious that their other Sedan 6665K needed a major enshygine overhaul and the equity in 48H was going to have to pay for it

EE Buck Hilbe rt our resident Aeronca nut had heard me mention this particular Sedan in glowing terms and when he asked he found it was available Paul and Pam took Bucks be loved Champ in trade for the Sedan In Octoshyber 1993 the Sedan came to live at the Funny Farm in Union IL where it quickly became a favorite It s just right for a economical flight to a midwestern location (75 gph at 2450 rpm) and is roomy and quite comfortable to fly Whil e not particularly fast (105 mph cruise) it handles like a larger heavier Chief and it bas plenty of baggage room and space for the kids in back It really is a shame more of these airplanes were not made

While Paul Workman was flying the airplane the engine began to make a litshytle metal that was showing up on the oil screen After changing a piston that was self-destructing it appeared to be OK

but metal continued to show up on the screen It continued to do so after Buck bought tbe airplane so in conjunction with the annual in the fall of 1995 we changed the engine with another C-145 and he also added an Aviation Developshyment Corporation (ADC) oil filter sysshytem with oil bypass warning light The de tails of the installation were spelled out in Bucks column in the November issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE

Nearly 40 hours later the filter system works beautifully with the 3 mic ron screen catching anything that happens to make it into the oil Since the restorashytion the airplane has proven to be quite reliable and generally maintenance free and Id be remiss if [ didnt thank Buck publicly for the tim es he has lent my family and me the Sedan - its our fashyvorite airplane and our goal to shoot at when setting our priorities

The love the Workmans have for this particular airplane is still evident and theyre like most pare nts hoping their children lead a good life after they leave home Home on the Funny Farm is as pleasant as it can be for four e ight Hotel as it keeps company with its other Aeronca brothers th e C-3 and the Champ plus the Nicaraguan Fleet who seems a bit confused by it all It s earnshying to a djust Champ Ye p after a while Buck really missed the 7AC so when Paul mentioned to him that he was thinking of selling the Champ Buck had trade d on the Sedan Buck bou ght it back The stable is now full of Middleshytown wonders Wh a t more could an Aeronca man want

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John W Preiss

Cess 195 by Norm Petersen

The winner of the Best Restored Classic Over 165 hp at Sun n Fun 96 was an immaculate Cessna 195A N2JP SIN 7712 flown to Lakeland FL by John W Preiss (EAA 462642 AC 24168) of College Station Texas Winshyning awards is not a new phenomenon for John and his 195 having garnered the Reserve Grand Champion Lindy at Oshkosh 94 just a few tiny points beshyhind Roy Foxworthys bright red Johnshyson Rocket 185

This particular 195 had actually started the winning trend way back in 1983 when it earned a trophy at EAA Oshkosh that year for its owner at the time Paul Walter (EAA 90497 A C 2342) of Waukesha WI Eventually Paul Walter brought the 195 to EAA Oshkosh 92 where John

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John Preiss and his lovely wife Beverly pose for DeKevin Thorntons camera in the sparkling sunshine augmented by the brilliance of the polished Cessna 195

Cruising above the clouds the Cessna 195 really comes into its own - a true Businessliner - as the advertising people called it in 1951 This was lUxury air travel at its very best some 45 years ago

Preiss and his girlfriend Beverly spotshyted it and started negotiations On Sepshytember 14 1992 the sale was completed and John W Preiss owned Cessna 195 NI95PW as it was registered at the time

A fascinating sidelight to this story is the fact that John W Preiss has an identishycal twin brother James M Preiss (EAA 410655 AlC 20593) of Germantown WI who is ten minutes older than John and if ever two brothers were cut from the same cloth - this would be it John is a Boeing 737 Captain for Southwest Airlines and James (Jim) is a Boeing 737 Captain for United Airlines Both made their solo flights on their sixteenth birthday June 161974 in the same Cessna 150 Aerobat and both earned their A amp P rating from Blackhawk Technical College in Janesville WI (The twins were classmates of EAAs Director of Maintenance Daryl Lenz)

The term They have been flyers all their lives could easily apply to the Preiss twins however they were flyers even beshy

c

fore they were born One week prior to their birth their father Erhard took their mother Lydia (very much in a family way) for a flight in the back seat of an Aeronca Champ Jim still chuckles when he tells the story

The boys grew up in an aviation envishyronment as their father Erhard Preiss was an FBO and flight instructor On many family flying trips one youngster would work the control wheel while the other would work the rudder pedals On the return trip they would reverse duties To use an old cliche These were the best of times

Jim Preiss had restored a Cessna 180 in the 1980s and was quite acquainted with the amount of work involved in a restorashytion After John had purchased the 195 in 1992 he asked Jim to help with the job of restoring the big five-place Cessna (Jim had earned his Inspection Authorization by this time) On February 24 1993 the project began

The engine was sent to Jacobs Service Inc in Payson AZ and even tually reshyturned as a zero time Jacobs R-755-B3 of 275 hp The prop was in perfect shape but all accessories needed overhaul and every hose and clamp was replaced The startshying circuit was modified to the later conshyfiguration to eliminate the heavy current drop and improve the engine starting cashypability especially in cold weather

A new instrument panel was built with all instruments being overhauled or reshyplaced The radios were upgraded with the installation of new Narco avionics with complete wiring harnesses circuit break-

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ers and new antennae The entire set of cabin windows was replaced (some are crank down) along with a new windshield A new interior was sewn by Lydia Preiss the twins mother who had learned seamshystress skills in Germany before coming to the US The result was an interior that is absolutely outstanding and had the judges smiling from ear to ear

The 195 had come from the factory with crosswind gear - an option that is not usually compatible with original style wheelpants New straight axles were inshystalled along with new Cleveland wheels and brakes per STC and a search was beshygun for a set of the rare aluminum wheel pants with their special shape that fit a 195 After a year of inquiring (along with a special bit of accidental luck) a pair was finally located purchased (many $$$$)

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and were totally reworked and installed with new backing plates When polished to a glistening shine these tall narrow wheelpants are in a class by themselves

Up front the old Montgomery spinner was removed and a new Cessna type as used originally on the 195 was installed (more $$$$) The result is rather striking as the more pointed nose on the 195 spinshyner gives it that original look and really shines when polished

John discovered that three different pain t schemes were used on the 195 seshyries depending on serial number Even though his airplane was not previously painted correctly he was able to get asshysistance from Cessna and a few others so he was able to layout a correct paint scheme for the proper serial number 7712 built in July 1951 and making its

first test flight on July 12 1951 The airshyplane was taken to Central Aviation Inc in Watertown WI for final painting by Randy Effinger and his very capable crew

The 18 month restoration effort was finished just prior to Oshkosh 94 includshying the massive polishing job on the alushyminum with Rolite polish The 195 was flown to Oshkosh and displayed in the AntiqueClassic area for a couple of days Before the Convention was finished John Priess and his new bride Beverly were off to Hawaii on their honeymoon and brother Jim was delegated as a commitshytee of one to attend the awards ceremony Late in the program Cessna 195 N2JP was called out for the Reserve Grand Champion Lindy award and Jim walked up on stage to accept it for his brother

Perhaps the real joy for Jim was calling his brother in Hawaii and calmly informing him of the award - almost nonchalant like (Brothers have been known to pull such things on each other) John and Beverly were jumping up and down with exciteshyment wishing they could have been on hand for the presentation

With many ideas from the Antique Classic judges the Preiss boys have been steadily improving the big Cessna to where it looks better than ever At Sun n Fun 96 the 195 ran off with the award for Best Restored Classic Over 165 hp and the Preiss gang was indeed happy Their next goal is Oshkosh 96 where they plan to make another run at the big prize

An interesting coincidence happened when prior to purchasing the 195 John was telling one of his friends Jeff Sandlin

at Southwest Airlines about the big cabin Cessna and learned that Jeffs father had owned a 195 for quite a number of years After purchasing the airplane he showed Jeff some photos of the 195 and menshytioned that a man named A E Edwards had owned the airplane for a long span of years John was really surprised when Jeff blurted out A E Edwards is my father In 1994 John flew the 195 to Denton Texas where Mr and Mrs A E Edwards now in their eighties had the unusual opshyportunity to see the very same airplane that they had taken such good care of over many years and flown the Cessna over 3200 hours The reunion was very special to John and the Edwards family and made the airplane even more special to the Priess family

Although the original N number of the

Cessna 195 was N1014D that number is currently in use and the owner is not willshying to give it up Therefore John chose to use N2JP which was available at the time Eventually John says it would be quite an achievement to get the original number back on the airplane

John Preiss is the very first person to admit that he has had a great deal of assisshytance and help on the 195 His father Ershyhard Preiss started the love of aviation in the boys during their early years and the workmanship on the Cessna is dedicated to his memory Erhard passed away in 1980 Johns wife Beverly has been very patient and supportive during the restorashytion process In addition John is very grateful for the help and expertise of his brother Jim the overseeing IA on the project who is totally unafraid of hard

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work Special thanks are also in order for the twins mother Lydia Preiss who used her seamstress ski lls so well

Other contributors were Jimmy Vickshyers of Lubbock Texas a fo rmer Cessna dealer who flies his own 195 Captain Jeff Kilponen of Southwest Air lines who sparked John Preiss interest in the Cessna 195 in the first place and John Swander of

(Above) The unique split-flap employed on the 195 is designed for drag to slow the airplane down for landing It contributes alshymost nothing to lift Look at the sparkling interior of that wing when the flap is pulled down for inspection

(Above left) For genuine comfort it is hard to beat the rear seat of a Cessna 195 This interior was completely sewn by Lydia Preiss the mother of both John and Jim Preiss This seat is cashypable of handling three persons with ease making the 195 a true five-place airplane

(Left) The totally restored instrument panel complete with upshygraded avionics is a thing of beauty and function The throttle uses a friction lock collar while the propeller and mixture conshytrols each employ a vernier control for fine adjustment This particular 195 has the dual yoke in deference to a throw-over yoke as used on some models

DeSoto Kansas who provided some exshy John would especially like to thank the cellent ideas and much help to the restorashy Cessna Aircraft Company for designing tion Tim McCarter a pi lot and mechan ic and building a true classic aircraft that pishyfor Amphib Inc contributed expertise lots such as as he and his twin brother can and support to the rebuild a nd the Inshy continue to appreciate and enjoy ternational195 C lu b and Eastern 195 To this we add our congratulations and Cl ub were most he lpful in getting N2JP very best wishes in the future for making back in the air - along with helping all 195 N2JP such a dazzling airplane It is indeed owners keep them there a credit to its restorers

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Type Club

NOTES by Norm Petersen

Compiled from various type club publications amp newsletters

From the Monocoupe Flyer Bob Coolbaugh editor 703-590shy

2375

Adventures of a Warner Engine Owner

George Olson - January 1996

About 1979 while ove rhauling the 145 HP Warner for my Fairchild 24 a crack was fo und in one of the cylinder barrels Parts were really hard to find but a fri e nd in Lo uisvill e C la ud e Curry who I am sorry to say is now go ne to ld me th a t hi s fri e nd Bud Nea t a lso in Lo uisville had the reshyma ining Warne r pa rts but he was n t se llin g a nythin g H e offe red to ca ll Bud and tell him my situation and ca ll me bac k La te r he told me th a t I should go ahead and call Bud which I did Bud said that Claude told him all about it and to come over and see if we could fi nd one that was suitable The parts were in the basement of his manshyufacturing building We took fla sh shyli ghts and Bud showed me where the cylinders were to ld me to pick one out a nd we nt bac k upsta irs There were pallets filled with hundreds of cylinder assemblies There were cylinder ba rshyre ls stac ked about e ight fee t high o n o the r pa lle ts boxes of parts all over the place about 40 barrels of studs and other small steel parts some engines in various stages o f assembly big crates of baffl ing and tools of all descriptions It was hard to be lieve like be ing in a candy store The cylinder I picked out loo ked like it had a good head o n it but the barrel had rust in it that looked like brown fur T here must have been some o il o n the surface to sta rt with beca use it wasn t pitted and it didn t need plating after all

T he n Bud a nd I had some co ffee

and he told me the story about how he and ten others decided to build Grea t Lakes Biplanes in hi s ma nufacturing building Th ey we re goin g to build e leven a ll toge the r they would be all th e sa me and wh e n th ey fini she d theyd draw straws to pick their plane Bud hea rd about th e a ucti o n of th e Warner factory inventory in (She ldon) Iowa These were all the parts remain shying afte r a warehouse fire where they were stored Bud put in the winning bid a t the auction and picked up o ne semitrailer load of parts When Merlin Bock bo ught out th e fact o ry ea rli e r a nd mo ve d th e pa rts to Io wa th e re were 10 semi-loads but this one trailer was all that was left With Buds pur shychase though th e Grea t La kes Bi shyplanes would now all have Warner en shygines But afte r a couple of years the buildin g e nt e rpri se e nd e d beca use eve ryo ne had a diffe rent view of how long the e ffort should las t Eve ryo ne took their project home and some were finished separately When the projects went o ut the door the Warne r pa rt s we re put in the basem e nt o ut of the way They were there when I saw them in 1979

The Fairchild rebuilding jo b was fini shed in 1980 and I flew it until 1985 whe n th e numbe r 4 link ro d bro ke This time I needed a lo t of pa rts so it was back to th e we ll Bud wa nted to se ll a ll th e parts no t just th e o nes I needed and I knew enough by then to realize that I could sell them and hopeshyfull y get my money back So this time aft e r some price nego ti a ti o ns we s tru ck a dea l for a ll Bud s p a rt s I re nte d a 24- fo o t truck a nd with the help of a fri end and Bud Neats grand shyson we moved o ne load (ha lf o f the parts) to my 16 x 22 foot garage That fi ll ed it up Another friend offe red to

let me put a semitrailer on his farm so I bought a pretty good used 40 footer Whe n we got the seco nd load Bud s grand son got three of hi s college fri e nds to he lp so the re we re 6 o f us loading It only took four hours while th e fir st load had ta ke n a ll d ay My pickup truck was use d to mov e the parts in my garage to the trailer whenshyever I needed to make a trip out there Afte r about six wee ks my wife sa w that th e part s we re se llin g so she started speaking to me again

In with the engine parts were prints production reco rds test records and paperwork of a ll kinds but the T ype Ce rtifica te docum e nta ti o n was los t somewhere along the way In 1989 the FAA called and asked if I had the Type Certificates They had some boxes in Chicago that they wante d to give to the Type Certificate holder to get then out of their way Curiosity got the best of me and started me on the search for th e Type Ce rti fica te Th e require shyme nts we re to trace ownership from the last known owner to the present I had to get a ffidavits fro m all the ownshye rs since Clinton Mac hin e Company sold out They were the las t owners of th e T ype Certi fica te who were regisshytered with the FAA

This provided an interesting pursuit a nd I m e t a lo t of he lp ful pe opl e James Thomas Smith who bought the parts fr o m C lint o n Ma chin e Co couldn t be fo und Th e nex t owne r Duke H attah died in the late 60s and hi s re lati ves couldn t be found e ithe r The sea rch continued unsuccessfully January 1993 rolls around and someshyo ne approaches me to buy the T ype Certificate to build engines in Spain of all pl a ces Th e n in 1994 som eo ne wanted it to bui ld Warne r engines in Czechoslovakia fo r Blicke r Jungmeis-

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ters they were building I received a letter in December 1994 from the FAA stating that during a move to an off airport location they found a reshyquest dated June 13 1980 in a fo lder that was mislabeled to make new Data Plates and Type Certificates It was in Bud Neats name He had held the Certificate all along All that was needed was an affidavit from Bud Neat which was accomplished immeshydiately The new Type Certificates arshyrived in May 1995

Oh yes about those boxes the Chicago FAA had - They were shipped to the Atlanta FAA Certification ofshyfice The FAA people there invited me to visit them and look at the conshytents It was nice to meet some of the people I had been talking to on the phone for so long One full day was spent helping them sort through the boxes There were folders of correshyspondence (some of it mine) Warner blueprints and boxes of microfilm of all the Warner prints There were about 1200 microfilm prints per box Since there were duplicate sets of Warner blueprints on microfilm they offered me a set which I gladly acshycepted

Warner Engine Facts and Figures

The following information was gathshyered over the course of the successful acquisition of the Warner Type Cershytificates and from Warner Aircraft Corporation records These records were included with the remains of the Warner Company which I bought from Bud Neat of Louisville KY This will attempt be an attempt to sort and conshydense the jumble of papers to present that which is of most int erest to Warner engine owners

The Warner Aircraft Corporation was founded by William O Warne r in 1926 and its address was 20263 Hoover Avenue Detroit MI Officers in 1929 were William O Warner President amp General Manager Edward N Hartwick Vice-President amp Treasurer W J Jarvie Secretary In 1950 the ofshyficers were R E Cecil President Carl F Lang Secretary-Treasurer and Leonard W Quart Manufacturer s Agent William O Warner was a Dishyrector but ret ired The Warner Airshycraft Corporation was merged with Clinton Machine Company located in Clinton Michigan in April of 1950 The reason for the merger according to the Proxy Statement and notice of Stock Holders meeting of February 20 1950 was that Warner Aircraft found itself without a product except for the hydraulic units and it had lost money every year since the war The assets of Warner were transferred to Clinton

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Machine Company in exchange for shares of common stock of Clinton which were distributed to Warner shareho lders The president of Clinshyton Machine Comp any at that time was Donald D Thomas

In 1952 Clinton Machine Co so ld the aircraft engine parts prints and some tooling to the Detroit Harvester Co which was owned by James Thomas Smith He owned it for a very short time I was never ab le to find Mr Smith In about 1953 Detroit Harvester Co sold the remaining Warner assets to Duke Harrah Inc located in Niles Michigan Duke Harshyrah sold Warner parts until 1963 when he sold the Warner assets to M amp B Flying Service located at Sheldon Reshygional Airport in Sheldon Iowa Duke Harrah died in the late 60s Merlin Bock and Elmer Meuke were partners in M amp B Flying Service There were several semitrailer loads of parts which were put in a large hangar In 1966 the building burned in a fire started by someone working on a mower There was one semitrailer load that was salshyvaged Bud Neat from Louisville Kenshytucky brought the remains at auction

The sales records end December 31 1945 so the years 1946 to 1950 are less clear Grand total of all engines sold through December 31 1945 is 3572 Today there are 437 Warner engines on aircraft registered with the FAA The papers I have showin g sales records and Type Ce rtificate Data Sheets are quite interesting There were severa l projects in the experishymental department in 1945 The folshylowing interesting note is copied fro m the 1945 monthly progress report book

550-X 200HP New experimental e ngin e Pre liminary and final tests conducted toge the r with bolt deflecshytion measurements Power calibration conducted with standard induction housing 50 hours endurance running compl e ted Power calibration conshyducted with control induction with varshyious carburetor positions Engine now having cam settings and valve timing worked out for both standard and split cam

Active Signed S A Christiansen Test Engineer

Other projects in development were experimental engine 585-X which is 585 cubic inch with a 5 inch bore amp 4250 stroke

A 2 cyl Model 140-X horizontal opposed industrial engine and model 12850-3 a single cyl utility engine I wonder if the last two engines were the key to the Clinton merger (In 1950 Clinton was the second largest proshy

ducer of gasoline engines in the 34 to 3 hp range) Warner also manufacshytured wheels axles brakes skis prop hubs shock struts and hydraulic units These production plans also transshyferred with the Type Certificates

Included in the records are several books and inventories One is a book showing each engine sold in numerical order starting with the first engine sold It lists engine number Airplane Owner and Address A sample page from this book is included Also inshycluded is a chart listing standard enshygine model and serial number designashytions and deviations from standard By referencing this list and the data plate on your Warner engine you can determine how your engine was conshyfigured when it left the factory Bear in mind that your engine may have been changed substantially over the years during overhauls

From the Cessna 150 - 152 News

Safety - Avoiding wire Strikes Skip Carden editor

919-471-9492

The Terrible Truth About Wire Strikes a new video and a companshyion pamphlet from AOPA Air Safety Foundation debunks many misconcepshytions about these accidents There are an average of 115 reported general avishyation wire strikes a year but only an estimated 10 of strikes are reported

The video and pamphlet give some commo n-sense tips on how to see and avoid wires

bull Scan on both sides of the aircraft Look for towers or other supporting structures which are easier to see than the associated wires themselves Fly over the top of the tower rather than between the supporting structures

bull Nature doesn t make a stra ight line Strips of inconsistent vegetation crop edges land boundaries and roads can indicate a wire path

bull Flight below a ridge line or in a canyon puts a pilot in the wire envishyronment

bull Avoid antennas by a horizontal distance greater than the vertical height of the structure Guy wires can extend at a 45 degree angle from tower top to the ground

bull A pull-up is usually the best mashyneuver to avoid an unexpected wire In most cases the pilot sees the wire too late to bank away successfully

The video is priced at $10 plus $325 shipping The pamphlet is free with a 6 X 9 self-addressed envelope with 55 cents postage affixed AOPA ASF 421 Aviation Way Frederick MD 21701 800-638-3101

PASSdb BUCK by EE Buck Hilbert EAA 21 Ale 5 PO Box 424 Union IL 60180

Our twenty fifth Anniversary re shyunion seems to be shap ing up T write to each of the origi na l 100 members asking th e m to be with us at EAA OSHKOSH So far the replies are runshyning about fifty-fifty Those that are coming are enthusiastic about the whole thing and are just as interested today as when we started the Division More to come

As I read the history of the Division it triggers memories of events past The discussions that Paul Pobe rezny and I had over the titl e Division and hi s concerns that it was a word that would conjure up thoughts of a group that was seceding from EAA Happily it proved to be somet hing weve ne ver had to worry abo ut - EAA is still th e prime mover in Sport Aviation and the varishyous Divisions have accentuated the positive as that old song goes

The letters I receive are most welshycome and can either be a real boost or an education I got ed ucated on old time stunt pilot Howard Dutton from one of our ear ly members Capt Jim Barton (AA retired) who kn ew him personally Jim responded with clipshypings and a phone ca ll so we could anshyswer that query

Then I also got a letter fro m one of the San Diego antiquers who said r was off base on my Chapter One open house co lumn regarding the weather for that weekend He said it was much better than I had indicated and that it was the first time the whole group was able to fly up together A great time was had by all and the fly-in weather was great Im not going to remind him th at sevshyera l people got stuck in Riverside all day Sunday waiting for it to let up

I on ly wish there was room to pubshylish each and every lette r we receive T try to answer each one personally and usuall y do as time permits I also ge t requests for parts and pieces of inforshymation and on occasion Im able to be of some help Once in a while I stub my

toe R ecently a memb er called and asked if I could help him find a Cub alshytimeter I had one and sent it to him A week later I got it back Wrong color Min es black he ne ed ed one cream faced Oh well I tried

Number one son Robert your editor HG and I flew down to Middle town OH for the Aeronca get together HG a llowed me to ride with him in my Sed a n while Bob took hi s C ha mp Originally we had planned to take both Champs but mine deve loped a lea ky exhaust valve so it had to stay home

Wally Baldwin was our host down the re while Bob Hollenbaugh and his wife He len look ed after H G Wally squired us around town Hes writing a book on Aeronca and expects to go to press shortly This man is a walking enshycyc lope dia as far as Aeronca is co nshyce rned His D ad worked there when they were building the C-3s Ks Low Wings and later the C hamps C hi efs and Sedans Wa ll ys dad bought the prototype Champ after its nat ionwide demonstration tour ove rhauled the Ashy65 and gave it to Wally when he came

home from the Air Force after WW II Wally currently fli es a Champ with the same paint scheme and rues the day he ever sold the original

HG will be writing up the trip and printing pictures of all the beautiful airshyplanes in a future article but I want to say is that it was a great bunch and even thou gh Bob a nd I a long with D ale Gu stafso n got drafte d to judge airshyplanes we enjoyed it immensely

Over to you

Here are a couple of photos that ought to raise a few eyebrows courtesy of Aeronca retiree John Houser These two shots show the installation of a Aeroshymarine AR-3 engine in an Aeronca C-3 Rated at 55 hp running 2400 rpm the AR-3 might look familiar to many antishyquers - the design and manufacshyturing rights were sold to Burshynelli and then later (1938) it became known as the Lenape Papoose after Burnelli sold off that portion of its business to

Lenape Aircraft amp Motors of New York city As detailed in the 1939 edition of Aerosshyphere the AR-3 weighted in at 150 Ibs and had a pair of Bendix magnetos powering the two ignition circuits The Aeronca E-107 engine developed 26 hp the later E-113 was rated at 36 hp and the final version the E-113C was listed as producing 40 hp With the 55 hp of the AR-3 this early model C-3 must have been a good little performer This parshyticular 3-cylinder engine produced too much vibration to suit the engineers at Aeronca so no production aircraft were sold with this engineairframe combination

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Vintage Seaplanes by Norm Petersen

Summers here

and its time to think about

flying off the water

Our resident web-footed

pilot Norm Petersen

has provided us with a

look at waterbirds

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Kyle Meints Cessna 1708

(Left) Pictured at the Vette Seaplane Base at Oshkosh 95 is a pretty 1955 Cessna 170B N4453B SIN 26797 mounted on a set of Edo 89-2000 floats all decked out in a matching paint scheme of white with red trim The pretty Continental 145 powered seaplane is the pride and joy of Kyle Meints (EAA 360394) of Augusta MI who purchased the 170B on floats in Minnesota about ten years ago Kyle inshystalled the STOL kit on the wings painted the entire airplane and then painted the matching floats the next year all in PPG two-part urethane A factory seaplane since new the 170B has 2400 TT of which Kyle has flown about 400 hours since acquiring the f1oatplane This airplane spent about the first 25 years in New England before coming west to Minnesota Congrats to Kyle Meints on a sharp looking Cessna 170B f1oatplane

1140 floats which do not show their age (40 to 50 yrs) and have had their compartment covers reshymoved (The 1140 floats are easily distinguished from the larger 1320 floats by the si ngle cover beshytween the struts 1320 floats have two covers beshytween the struts) Apparently the boot cowl on the Cub has been replaced or repainted as the forward end of the lightning stripe is missing A li ghtshyweight pre-war Cub with wood spars and 1140 floats makes for a sporty seaplane that is pure fun

Odell Matthis Republic Seabee

(Left) This beautiful custom Republic RC-3 Seabee N87493 SIN 44 is the pride and joy of Odell and Diane Matthis (EAA 262957 AIC 10206) of Havelock NC No stranger to EAA Odell brought the highly polished Cessna 140A Patroller N5332C SIN 15452 that was featured in the October 1986 VINTAGE AIRPLANE and picshytured on the back cover The Seabee features extended wings with drooped tips tinted glass and a big Lycoming GO-480 engine of 295 hp The fancy paint scheme is overall white with red and gold trim This particular 1946 Seabee spent many years in the Seattle area before going to Anchorage AK for a number of years It is now based near the seacoast of North Carolina where Odell and Diane (who is also a pilot and 9ger) can make full use of the amphibious capabilities The FAA register lists 275 Sea bees remaining of the over 1050 that were built by Republic and Downer

John Van Andels J-3 Cub on 1140s

These photos of a 1940 J -3 C65 Cub NC30482 SIN 4863 mounted on a set of Edo 54-1140 floats were sent in by Ralph Koutnik (EAA 261425) of Bellaire Ml Tied down at the Antrim County Airport at Bellaire the pre-war J-3 Cub is owned by John Van Andel (EAA 343387) of Ft Pierce FL Special note should be made of the extreme ly clean condition of the

U S Forest Service Stinson SR-SA

(Left) This photo from back in the early 1940 s was contributed by Wiley Hautala of Ely MN The Stinson SRshy5A NC5045 mounted on Edo 38-3430 floats was flown by veteran Ely MN seaplane pilot Milt Nelson for several years until 1943 when the 245 hp Lyshycoming engine quit one day and put the SR-5A in the trees - and that was the end of NC5045 Milt Nelson who is presently in his eighties soloed a Travel Air bishyplane at Superior WI in 1933 and logged approximately 15 000 hours on floats while flying for the U S Forest Service over a period of twenty years He says the SR-5A was a nice flying airplane and did a very respectable job on floats alshythough it couldn t handle the heavy loads of a Beaver or Norseman Note the 1937 Ford grill in the foreground and the Travel Air S6000-B seaplane in the backshyground which was flown by Bill Leithold of Ely MN Ironically at one time Milt Nelson owned a Fairchild FC-2 on Fairchild floats Today those very same floats are in the EAA Aviation Museum completely restored by John Parish and ready for installation on the EAA Founshydations Fairchild FC-2W

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Fly-In Calendar The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a matter of

information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the

information to EAA Att Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

JULY 23 - ZANESVILLE OH - EAA Chapter 425 Annual Pancake Day at Parr Airport 8 am - 5 pm Oshkosh bound pi lots encouraged to fly-in eat and refuel Contact Don Wahl 674454-0003

JULY 26-27 - COFFEYVILLE KS - Funk Aircraft Owners Assoc Reunion Contact Gene Ventress 70275 S Monticello Lenexa KS 66227

JULY 26-27 - AFTON WY - Callair Radio Controlled Model Aircraft Fly-In sponsored by the Callair Museum and Aviat Aircraft Inc For info call joan Michaels or Audrey Henning 307886-9887 FAX 307886shy9880

JULY 26-28 - RED LAKE ONTARIO CANAshyDA - Norseman Float Plane Festival For more info contact the Festiva l Committee at 807727-2809

JUL Y 27-29 - KEOKUK IA - Sixth World Wide gathering of L-Birds then en masse up to Wisconsin for EAA great OSHKOSH 96 on August 7 Contact Irv Linder 3 79524-6378

JULY 28 - GRANTSBURG WI - EAA Chapter 875 Wildrice Pancake Breakfast

JUL Y 28 - WEYBRIDGE SURREY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Aircraft of Surrey Fly- In Contact julian C Temple or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 07932 855465

JULY 31-WAUKESHA WI - (UES) tst Annual Great Stearman Fl y-Up to EAA Convention Call Stan Markus for more info 474567- 7499 or 965-3776

AUGUST 1-7 - OSHKOSH WI - 44th Annual EAA Fly-In and Sport Aviation Con vention Wittman Regional Airport Contact John Burton EAA PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 414426-4800

AUGUST 3 - ST PAUL MN - Lake Elmo Airport Aviation Days Fl y- In Pancake Breakfast Aircraft Disp lay and Young Eagles Day Rain Date August 4 Contact

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Dick Wicklund 672777-9742 AUGUST 3 - ELLSWORTH KS - EAA Chapter

7727 Fly-In breakfast (Oshkosh stop-over) and Cowtown Day Call Dale Weinhold 973-472-4027 (w) or -4309 (h) for info

AUGUST 18 - BROOKFIELD WI - Capita l Airport EAA AC Chapter 77 Vintage Aircraft Display and Ice Cream Social Noon - 5 pm Midwest Antique Airplane Club meeting as well For info call Capital Airport at 4 74787 -9550

AUGUST 18 - EAST TROY WI - Inti Cessna 720 740 Assoc Wisconsin Brat and Corn Roast Arrive at 77 am eat at 72 30 pm Bring a dish to pass and a buck Call Matt and Carole Rybarczyk 474767-0920

AUGUST 25 - BELMOND IA - NC Chapter 73 annual p icnic Call 575444-3637 for info

AUGUST 26 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Biplanes and Vintage Aircraft Fly- In Contact ju l ia n C Temp l e or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 0 7932 855465

AUGUST 27-29 - YOUNGSTOWN OH shyBARTLESVIL LE OK AND EL CAJON CA -Staggerwing Beech Commemorative Tour Ca ll William Thaden 207439-7767 fo r info

AUGUST 30-31 - HA YWA RD CA - EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter 29 Fourth Annual Antique Fl y- In and Airshow Free Early Bird Dinner to all display aircraft on Friday This is a northern Cal ifornia points event Contact Bud Field at 5 70455-2300

AUGUST 30 - SEPT 1 - PROSSER WA - EAA Chapter 397 25th Anniversary Fly- In at Prosser airport Call Cormac Thompson for info 509786- 7034

AUGUST 30-31 - MOCKSVIL LE NC - Tara Airbase (5NC7) 77 th Annua l Anything That Flies Fly-In Private Fly-In - attenshydance at your own risk For info ca ll 704284-2 767 or 970764-0007

AUGUST 31 - MARION IN - Sixth Annual Fly-InCruise-In breakfast sponsored by the Marion High schoo l Band Boosters Antiques Classics homebuilts and Antique classic and custom cars welshycomed For information contact Ray johnson at 3 77664-2588

SE PT 1 - ZANESVILLE OH - Riverside Airport EAA Chapter 425 Labor Day Weekend Fly-In Drive-In Breakfast 8 am - 5 pm Sandwiches etc from noon to closing

SEPT 7 - OSCEOLA WI - Simenstad Field 76th Annual Wheels and Wings Air Fair Train rides pancake breakfast fly-in Free event shuttle bus Pilots check class 0 NOTAMS for specia l airport conditions For info call 775755-3300

SEPT 13-15 - URBANA IL - Frasca Field Byron Smith Memorial Stinson Reunion Fly-In Ca ll 708904-6964 for info

SEPT 13-1 5 - JACKSONVILLE IL - Ercoupe Fly-In Call 2 77546-0585 for info

SEPT 20-2 1 - BARTLESVILLE IL - Frank Phillips Field 39th Annual Tulsa Regional Fly-In sponsored by EAA NC Chapter 70 AAA Chapter 2 EAA Chapter 70 EAA lAC Chapter 70 and the Green Country U ltralight Flyers Call Charlie Harris for info 978622-8400

SEPT 21-22 - ROCK FALLS IL - Whiteside County Airport (SQI) North Central EAA Old Fashioned Fly-In Fly market campshying and food on field Call Gregg Erikson 7085 73-064 7 or Dave Christianson at 875625-6556 Pancake breakfast Sept 22 - 0700 - 7700

SEPT 22 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGLAND - Brooklands Museum Fly-In Contact ju l ian C Templ e or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 07932855465

SEPT 27-28 - SANTA YNEZ CA - 8th Annual Western Waco Assoc Reunion Call jon A ldrich 209962-6727 or Barry Branin 7 74545-7476 for info

SEPT 28-29 - ZANESVILLE OH - John s Landing A irfield 5th Annual Fall Fly-In sponsored by EAA NC Chapter 22 of Ohio Hog roast on the 28th breakfast both days Antique classic homebuilts warbirds welshycome For more info call Virginia at 674453-6889

SEPT 28-29 - LEXINGTON TN - Tennessee Taildraggers 72th Annual Fly-In 907968shy2864 or 901968-4022 for info

OCTOBER 4-6 - REDDING CA - Benton Field EAA Chaper 157 Oktoberfest Contacts Bruce Taylor 976275-6456 or Armal Owens 976243-4382

OCTOBER 13 - TOWANDA PA - Towanda airport (N27) Fly-In Breakfast - all you can eat Eggs sausage pancakes 100 pure maple syrup 7 am -7 pm

OCT 13 - ZANESVILLE OH - Riverside A i rport EAA Chapter 425 and the ARTHRITIS FOUNDA TlON Hog Roast 8 am - 5 pm Contact Don Wahl at 614 454-0003

OCTOBER 13 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Fly-In Contact ju l ian C Temple or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 0 1932857381 or FAX 01932855465

OCT 18-20 - KERRVIL LE TX - Southwest Regional Fly-In For info ca ll 800221shy7958 Vendors should call 270914-3746

Ale NEWS Continued from page 2

in two a reas to mos t VFR pilots - the Surface Aviation Observation (SA) will now become the Aviation Routine Weather Report (Metar) with an addishytional report the Aviation Selected Special Weather report (Speci) added to it when dictated by changing weather conditions A new international format will also be adopted to replace the Tershyminal Forecast (TF) issued by the Nashytional Weather Service The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) will be the new format for this forecast

The new formats will be a combinashytion of new and old abbreviations but the seq ue nces will change a nd some components will be reported in a differshye nt format For many of us who us e DUATS briefing services and exercise the plain language option these changes will be transparent but be careful - temshyperaturedewpoint spreads will be given in degrees Celsius and sky cover definishytions will change Other parts of the seshyquence reports will be a lso be revised The new form a t began with the NWS transmissions that were issued a t 0800 UTC July l

For more informat ion and a card that details the new Metar format conshytact your nearest Flight Service Station or yo ur loca l FAA Flight Standards District Office

EICHER KIMBAll GEE BEE Z fliES

LUSCOMBE FOUNDATION 8E GIVEAWAY

The Don Luscombe Aviation Foundashytion is doing it again A small total of only 2800 tickets will be sold to help raise funds used to continue the expansion of services of the Foundation to Luscombe owners and to fulfill the Luscombe Type Certificate purchase contract You can see the work done to restore the 1996 Win Me airplane in the accompanying photos This airshyplane has all the Luscombe options and has been fully inspected and rebuilt with the latest information on Luscombe repa irs from the foundation For a more informashytion including the price of tickets and a brochure call the OLAF at 602917-0969 or fax them at 6021917-4719

NO 80 OCTANE AT WITTMAN FiElD

If youve always planned on fueling up with 80 octan e fuel during EAA O shkosh youll need to buy it from someone other tha n Basle r Flight Sershyvice the FBO on Wittman Field Basler

The Gee Bee Z recently completed by Jeff Eicher and Kevin Kimball was first flown on June 24 and again on the 25th by Delmar Benj amin Delmar explored the handling characteristics of the z in a series of flights that culminated in a roll and knife edge flight He reports a stall speed at about 75 mph indicated rt quickly acshycelerates to 210 mph and then continues to build up more speed up to 230 mph Delmar reports that it is hands off stable in both pitch and yaw 130 mph is used on fi nal to keep the Zs sink rate at a comfortable level We ll have more on the first flights of this beautiful Gee Bee replica next month but until then congratulations to Jeff and Kevin and their test pilot Delmar Benjamin

has informed EAA that they will not be selling any 80 octane fu el for resale durshying th e EAA Convention Du e to tighter tank te sting rules e nforced by the EPA Basler has storage facilities sufficient o nly for the quantities of 100 LL a nd Jet A neede d during the Conshyvention but there s no room left for a quantity of 80 octane After exploring other options Bas ler re luctantly deshycided to drop carrying 80 octane avgas which they had only had available durshying th e EAA Fly-In Since Basle r has also chosen not to offer auto fuel if you prefer not to burn 100LL in yo ur vinshytage engine you may wish to plan your flight with a fuel stop after your deparshyture or prior to your arrival Basler will be offering 100 octane avgas at the same price as last year $2 15 If you really prefer to run your e ngine on 80 octane avgas the closest airport with that fuel is the tailwheel friendly fie ld at Hartshyford WI (HXF) located 41 statute miles SSE of Oshkosh Hartford Aero Sershyvice 414673-5350 is the FBO and hes aware of the situat ion and is planning on having his 10000 gallon tank topped off in time for the Convention

CUB MONUMENT IN BRADFO RD

Thanks to the impetus provided by Sport Aviation editor Jack Cox a monshyument will be e rected on the site of the old Taylor Aircraft company in Bradshyford P A For more details on the effort being spea rh eaded by George Welsch

Continued on page 31

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by HC Frautschy

The April Mystery Plane proved to be a tough one so we ll continue that course with the July Mystery Plane This handshysome biplanes photo was sent in some time ago by Richard E Sampson Ft Lauderdale FL

Answers need to be in no later than August 25 1996 for inclushysion in the October issue

Aprils Mystery is still just that - an unknown Lennart Johnsson of Eldsberga Sweden sugshygested that it might be the creation of the Engshylish designer Harold Bolas and his partner Capt Goodman-Crouch who both emigrated to the USA and settled in Rhode Island After reshyviewing an article on the Crouch-Bolas Dragshyonfly its obviously not our Mystery Plane Our thanks to Lennart for giving it a shot

The second shot I ve included in this months edition may help jog the dim memory of someone else You can see that the airplane is not particularly large when compared to the pilot crouching on the bow Also tip floats have been added to the lower wings and you can plainly see the biplane configuration of the horizontal tail We can leave this Mystery Plane file open and perhaps someone will recshyognize it

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New Members

Robert K Ad ler Naples FL

Joseph B Brown Jr Panama City FL

Jeff Bruebaker Hamler OH

Paul G Catrou Greenville NC

Darryl Chin Modesto CA

Donald L Clingerman Grayling MI

Ned E Corman Harri sburg PA

John Davis Houston TX

John M DeMars N Hollywood CA

Thomas Robert Dollimore Rexdale Ontari o

Canada

Gary W Donald Jlorissant MO

William Grant Dorsett Alvin TX

W Heyward Dropla Charlotte NC

George M Eastman Westminster CO

John Faccin Crystal Falls MI

Robert Farr Houghton Lake MI

Jeff Foley Roanoke Rapids NC

Jon Michael Fox Moses Lake WA

Robert J Furlong scottsdale AZ

David M GampferColumbus OH

Raymond L Gebhard 5ioux Falls sD

Richard L Gillespie Ft Meyers FL

Mark Haag Houston TX

Barry Halsted Fountain Val ley CA

William R Harper Beverly Hill s CA

Val P Hattemer Dayton OH

John Hitzke

Redcl iffe Queensland Australia

Peter Hook Lakeville MN

Robert K Howie Jr Decatur IL

Thomas H Hughston Brownsville TX

James O Johnson Kenansvi lle NC

Paul Johnson Rockford IL

R L Johnson Aledo TX

H Floyd Jones water Mill NY

James H Jones Payson AZ

Alan R Jose Niagra Fa ll s Ontario Canada

Larry Kanaster Torrance CA

Paul J Keenan Kerrville TX

Charles Keppen Madison sD

Richard W Land New Carlisle OH

Cliff Larrance Port Townshend WA

Delmer Lawrence Rensselaer IN

Thomas J Leahy Chippewa Lake OH

Louis J Leftwich Winter Park FL

George C Lem ieux Livonia MI

Cory E Linnane schaumburg IL

Paul Mandel Kansas City MO

Carl F McClellan Richardson TX

Robert C McDannell Woodstock IL

Roy R Mcintire Long Beach CA

Howard S Meeks Cocoa Beach FL

Joseph Mezera Worthington OH

Mike Millette Rodondo Beach CA

Janice D Milligan san Ramon CA

Jay G Miner seattle WA

Charl es Moore Gibsonville NC

N A Morey Pukekohe New Zealand

Richard E Newton Luray VA

Anthony B North Windsor CT

J K ONeal san Antonio TX

Bruce J Olson Hudson Canada

shigeru Ota Tokyo Japan

Phillip L Patterson Tullahoma TN

Richard Peters Hinckley IL

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Rene Popp Vienna Austria

Bill J Pottage

Abbotsford British Columbia Canada

Todd W Rader Jacksonville FL

Joe Ramotowski Un iversa l City TX

Eric O Richardson Coloma MI

Louis D Ross Jr Covington LA

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J Sampson Wichita Ks

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M B Shores En-cinitas CA

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Lance D st Armand Anson ME

Wayne Strader Ardmore OK

Richard B Strawn Fruitland ID

John Taylor 5augus CA

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David L Todd shreveport LA

David Tumulty Houston TX

Robert W Vance Greensboro NC

Ron J Wassink Wroxeter Ontario Canada

Dennis B Wassmann Moraga CA

Ken Whittet

Pitt Meadow British Columbia Canada

Gary Lee Wilii ams Plymouth MI

Rocky L Zahner Madison WI

J G Zavar Gaffney SC

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tiqueClassic area at Oshkosh and not registering their aircraft

As a possible solution each arrival at Oshkosh 83 would be given a sheet exshyplaining the registration procedure and listing the advantages of registering no fee complimentary Convention pilot mug and a more complete and accurate count of show planes in attendance

Before adjourning the gro up was given a tour through the soon-to-be completed EAA Aviation Center and all were thoroughly impressed

The July 1983 issue of VINTAGE contained a guest editorial by Division Director Claude Gray who also served as Chairman of the EAA National Judgshying Committee He discussed the intent of the rules in the Judging Guidebook and gave some valuable tips for restorshyers who plan to have their aircraft judged

Paul Poberezny a nnounced in his July edi torial in SPORT AVIATION that The EAA petition for an AnshytiqueClassic Repairman Certificate for those who would have qualified has been denied by the FAA even though 208 agreed 82 disagreed and some 153 letters were irrelevant However FAA has agreed to a feasibility study with the possibility of receiving a petition for a rule change The denial was based upon many of the comments submitted by the president of the Antique Airplane Asshysociation of Blakesburg Iowa

The October 1983 issue of THE VINshyTAGE AIRPLANE contained EAAs petition the FAAs letter of denial and a sampling of letters both pro and con from respondents

OSHKOSH 83

As always the AntiqueClassic Divishysion played an important part in this the 31st Annual EAA Fly-In Convenshytion Each year the operation ran more smoothly thanks to the many dedicated volunteers who made it all happen

The new venture in 83 of making space available in the Hospitality Tent for the Type Clubs was an outstanding success Advisor Butch Joyce through input from the Type Club members would plan a larger program for the groups in 1984

The AntiqueClassic Divisions hour of glory was their ever-popular Parade of Flight on Wednesday August 3 With incredible organization and hard work by 60 flight line volunteers 96 aircraft were flagged off for exhibition flights before the huge throng of spectators and parked after landing in only 60 minshyutes The entire operation was conshyducted without a hitch

First to take off was Dale Crites of Waukesha WI in his 1911 Curtiss Pusher followed by a steady flow of vinshy

tage aircraft representing the years from 1911 through 1955 The Parade of Flight continues to be one of the highlights of the Annual EAA Convention

Included in the 1521 show planes were 119 Antiques 514 Classics and 5 Replicas

ANTIQUE Grand Champion -Fairchild 24W NC77655 Charles W Bell Sheboygan WI

Reserve Grand Champion -Beechcraft B17L Staggerwing

NC270Y Dick Hansen and Dick Perry Batavia IL

CLASSIC Grand Champion -Aeronca 7AC NC84998 Robert K Armstrong Rawlings MD

Reserve Grand Champion - Lusshycombe 8F N1373B George Chaffey Pittsburg CA

REPLICA Champion - 1916 Halbershystadt DIV N1388J Carl Swanson AlshyIens Grove WI

Following a long established custom the September 1983 issue of VINTAGE contained an extensive listing of Type Clubs with addresses phone numbers and other information The same issue announced the FAA had amended EAAs STC to include the Continental A-40 through the C-90 series of engines permitting them to use unleaded auto gasoline

More changes in personnel occurred late in the year when the Board of Dishyrectors accepted the resignations of Vice President Jack Winthrop and Secshyretary Kelly Viets Both men had faithshyfully served the Division since it started Their positions were filled by Robert J Lickteig of Albert Lea MN and Ronald Fritz of Kent City MI respectively Frik had been a long-time Director and Adshyvisor

The resignation of Director Robert E Kesel was also accepted and to fill his

(Above) Robert J Dobbie Lickteig Alshybert Lea Minnesota served as the AnshytiqueClassic Division President having taken over in April 1984

(Left) Replicas have been recognized as an excellent means of keeping the anshytiques alive This replica of Mr Mullishygan a Howard DGA-6 NR273Y won Grand Champion Replica honors for Bob and Jim Younkin of Springdale AR at Oshkosh 82 The Red Barn and Type Club Tent are in the background

and Frik s post on the Board of Direcshytors Robert G Herman and Gene Morshyris were moved up from the Board of Advisors Replacing them were newly named Advisors Ray Olcott of Nokomis FL and Gar Williams of NapervilleIL

1984 - EAAS NEW HOME

After 31 years in Hales Corners WI EAA moved into the new Aviation Censhyter in Oshkosh WI and was open for business as usual on January 9 1984 THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE s new Oshkosh address was reflected for the first time in the January 1984 issue

In his January Straight and Level editorial President Brad Thomas reshycapped the Division s accomplishments during the previous year and outlined the goals for 84 He mentioned that a specific area at Oshkosh 84 would be designated for the display of past Grand Champions in both antique and classic categories He hoped that many would be returned to be so honored

He described the face-lifting planned for the Red Barn Headquarters in the form of a new porch complete with porch swings and rocking chairs He further described a study that was underway to increase the number of

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The Antique Classic Red Barn with the new Friendship Porch beckoning memshybers to come on in and set a spell A big thank you is due AI Kelch and Bob Lumley for their perseverance in seeing this project to its completion

awards for antique aircraft to spread the awards more evenly among antiques and classics

In his February editorial Brad anshynounced to the members the EAA Avishyation Foundations plans for the EAA Air Academy an aviation program for boys and girls 15-17 years of age AnshytiqueClassic Division Vice-President Bob Lickteig volunteered to assist the Foundation by heading up the efforts of the Division toward this new project not only with funding from donors but in assisting with the procurement of volunteers and tools needed to make the venture a success

An editorial by the editor in the March issue of the magazine stated The last five years have seen gre a t progress in the AntiqueClassic Divishysion under the leadership of Brad Thomas and his Board of Directors As we go to press with this issue of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE we learned of his request to step down from this position Brad served admirably as President and his resignation is acshycepted with regret

Also by action of the Board of Dishyrectors Vice-President Bob Lickteig was named President Director Roy Redman was named Vice-President and

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Advisors Jack Copeland and Stan Goshymoll were named Directors

President Lickteigs first editorial appeared in the Apri l 1984 issue of THE VINTAGE A IRPLANE In it he reconfirmed the aims and goa ls of the Division He stated As I write my first message to you I cannot he lp but think of the great opportunity we have not only to continue our efforts of the past but to look at the cha ll enges that lie ahead

I n his next editoria l Bob discussed the EAA Air Academy and the AnshytiqueClass ic Divisions p lanned inshyvolvement He vo lunteered the use of his sons J-3 Cub in which each of the 30 students wou ld receive an orientashytion flight He predicted the EAA Air Academy would be expanded over the years to come and paid tribute to Paul Poberezny for his foresight and vision for bringing EAA to where it is today

The AntiqueClassic Division was becoming international with the first reshyquest for chapter status by a group of members in Argentina This announceshyment in the June 1984 iss ue of VI NshyTAGE named Mr Abel De bock as Chapter President The group became Chapter number 12

Another Chapter was formed during the year when Chapter 18 in Phoenix Arizona rece ived its charter Stan ley W Loer was the groups first president

The EAA Aviation Foundatio n s Auto Fue l STC program made great str ides d uring the year when they reshyceived FAA approva l for the issuance

of STCs for many models of Aeronca Cessna In terstate Luscombe McClish (Funk) Piper and Taylorcraft aircraft At the same time the list of airports in the US providing auto fuel grew rapidly

OSHKOSH - 84 THE FREEDOM OF fliGHT

Oshkosh 84 the 32nd Annual EAA Fly-In Convention was held July 28-Aushygust 4 and new records were set in all areas with the weatherman cooperating nice ly Total show plane count was up including 128 Antiques and 607 ClasshySICS

The AntiqueClassic Division activishyties involved greater participation than ever and thanks to the hardworking chairmen co-chairmen and volunteers each committee did its job splendidly The AntiqueClassic Chairman for the Convention was Bob Lickteig with CoshyChairman Roy Redman

The AntiqueClassic area with a new porch on the Red Barn was the talk of the Convention AI Kelch and Bob Lumley were responsible for the design and construction of the porch and with minimum assistance completed the job just in time for the 81 Convention This new addition to the Red Barn was named the Friendship Porch and in an appropriate ceremony was dedicated to all Convention volunteers

Manpower Chairman Jack Copeland with Co-Chairmen Ray Olcott and Bob Lumley did an outstanding job Thanks

to Art Morgan Chairman of Parking and Flight Line Safety along with CoshyChairman Bob Herman and Bob Braver there were no parking probshylems

The AntiqueClassic Fly-Out to Wautoma WI had 40 aircraft and 100 people a most enjoyable outing thanks to Bob Lumley The reunion of past grand champions and reserve grand champions arranged by AI Kelch brought out seven aircraft The reactishyvation of~ the picnic resulted in 420 peoshyple enjoying fine food and a great social hour thanks to Bob Kelly

The first photo contest of the Divishysion attracted 26 entries Jack McshyCarthy not only organized this activity but gave complete photo coverage of all AntiqueClassic activities The Headshyquarters Staff at the Red Barn was busy throughout the Convention with Kate Morgan Ruth Coulson and Jo Olcott handling merchandise sales double the amount of previous years

The Parade of Flight had 93 planes participating with Phil Coulson and William Benedict doing an excellent job of organizing The Type Club Headquarters Tent was full with ten clubs conducting their business The group was honored during the week when EAA Convention Chairman Tom Poberezny spoke to them Type Club Chairman Butch Joyce was planning on a larger tent for 1985 The forums handled by Ron Fritz and Gene Morris had the largest attendance on record

Roy Redman had a merchandising and chapter stand which was busy all week signing up 121 new Division members and talking with 20 members interested in forming new chapters The merchandising and chapter stand was constructed by Stan Gomoll

Dan Neuman arranged for and conshyducted 18 interviews with aircraft ownshyers This was more activity than ever for that committee

Coordinating the requirements of press people in the AntiqueClassic area were AI and Lois Kelch and they did their usual superb job The security of the AntiqueClassic area was the reshysponsibility of Chairman Dave Shaw with Co-Chairman Jack Huffman Dale Fauw and Tom Auger These men did an excellent job in the performance of their duties

Last but not least the aircraft judges were to be congratulated for a job well done The Antiques were judged by Chairman Dal e Gustafson with CoshyChairman Pete Covington Chairman George York judged the Classics along with Co-Chairman Dale Wolford

Of course those listed above are only a small percentage of the total number of volunteers who participate at Oshkosh and are responsible for

making the Annual EAA Convention the greatest aviation event in the world Without them it would not happen

The top awards at Oshkosh 84 went ANTIQUE Grand Champion - Stinshy

son SR-5E N14187 1 Tom Laurie Newport Beach CA

Reserve Grand Champion - Stearshyman C3R NC794H Jeff Robinson Arshyleta CA

CLASSIC Grand Champion -Cessna 140 NC4135N Rick and Kathie Paige San Mateo CA

Reserve Grand Champion - Rawdon T-l N5160 Terry Chastain Manchesshyter MO

REPLICA Champion - Gee Bee Model Y N718L Ken Flaglor NorthshybrookIL

One of the greatest thrills at Oshkosh 84 was the appearance of the Rutan Voyager the aircraft designed to circumnavigate the earth non-stop It was flown to Oshkosh by Dick Rutan and Jeanna Yeager from its home base Mojave CA

The first EAA Air Academy which ran from July 15-August 4 1985 far exshyceeded all expectations in its impact on participants The program will defishynitely be scheduled again in 85

The election results announced at the Annual AntiqueClassic Division business meeting during the Convenshytion indicated that all incumbents were reelected with the exception of Direcshytor Robert G Herman who was unshyseated by Advisor Espie M Butch Joyce

In the November 1984 issue of VINshyTAGE the name of Dennis Parks apshypeared on the masthead as a feature writer as a result of his monthly contrishybutions of a column called Vintage Literature It first appeared in the July issue and was an on-going series describing periodicals from the vintage years of aviation

1985 - ANTIQUECLASSIC DIVISIONS 15TH YEAR Commitment for Growth

Welcome to 1985 Welcome to your AntiqueClassic Division s 15th year of service and leadership were President Bob LickteigS opening reshymarks in his first editorial for the year in VINTAGE He went on to pay tribshyute to the groups founding fathers and re established the Divisions goals for the anniversary year with the theme shyCOMMITMENT FOR GROWTH

In that same January 1985 issue of the magazine Paul Poberezny wrote an editorial Looking back Lookshying Ahead in which he recalled calling the first AntiqueClassic meeting to orshyder Aims and goals were discussed and particularly the help that would

be needed for the AntiqueClassic enshythusiast during the Annual Convenshytion

Past president and current treasurer Buck Hilbert the Divisions first president Dave Jameson and past secshyretary and director Kelly Viets all conshytributed guest editorials in the April and June issues of VINTAGE They reminisced about the early days of the Division and their involvement with it The EAA Aviation Foundation conshytinued to receive all additional STCs from the FAA for the use of auto fuel in aircraft the most recent being for several models of BampB Aviation (Belshylanca) Northwest - Rankin Porterfield and SL Industries (Aero Commanshyder) aircraft The Foundation also reshyceived STC approval for the use of auto fuel in the Lycoming 0-235 and 0shy290 engines

Early in the year some personnel changes occurred in the Division when due to personal commitments and other considerations two long-time directors Al Kelch and Claude Gray resigned In January 1981 Claude and AI were named Chairman and Vice Chairman respectively of the EAA National Judgshying Committee formed by the EAA Board of Directors In this capacity they were responsible for writing the EAA Aircraft Judging Manual and they leave this legacy which will serve EAA in a constructive manner for many years to come The AntiqueClassic Board of Directors named Advisors Ray Olcott and Dan Neuman to serve out the unshyexpired terms of Kelch and Gray The Board also appointed three new advishysors Timothy V Bowers of Woodland CA Phillip Coulson of Lawton MI and W S Jerry Wallin of Kent WA With the March 1985 issue THE VINshyTAGE AIRPLANE had grown to 32 pages and the back cover was also in color

Looking ahead to Oshkosh 85 scheduled for July 26 to August 2 this AntiqueClassic Division made plans for three new activities in addition to all the regular ones These include a riverboat dinner cruise a program to present each registered aircraft owner or pilot a Participants Recognition Plaque and a week-long AntiqueClasshysic Workshop which will give members an opportunity for hands-on experishyence in aircraft woodworking dope and fabric

President Bob Lickteig wrote With our 15th Anniversary year celebration continuing we once again are making plans to be a major sponsor of the EAA Air Academy 85 It s going to be a great Convention Make the AnshytiqueClassic area your headquarters for Oshkosh 85 Welcome aboard Join us and you have it all

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a first at OSHKOSH by HG Frautschy

The Very first Airplane at the Very first fAA fly-In Convention

This is a spin-off article to Gene Chase s AntiqueClassic 25th annivershysary series of reports on the history of the organization

Of the thousands of airshycraft to land at the Oshkosh fly-in when it first opened in 1970 what was the very first to arrive

It seems appropriate that a signifishycant event such as this should be opened by an antique homebuilt experimental replica biplane which was a Blicker Jungmeister flown by Sam Burgess (EAA 16214)

He arrived on July 1 after completing a 50 state trip starting in Hawaii The

original intent was to finish the junket at the new fly-in site Starting from Chino California for the continental flight on 1 April 1970 four months were scheduled for the trip however no major mechanshyical problems or significant weather deshylays were encountered and his arrival was earlier than planned

The EAA was kept informed of his progress as he flew around the country visiting EAA Chapters sending post cards with just a quick notation such as State 33 Upon arrival at Oshkosh he was met by EAA President Paul Poberezny

His only close call was holding for traffic over Lake Winnebago If the Warner had failed at this time what a finish this would of been to an otherwise uneventful Excursion Around America Paul dubbed the

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(Above) Completion of the 50 state trip at the new EAA Fly-In site at Oshkosh WI Note the Basler Flight Service sign on the gas truck A picture was taken at each stop to confirm Sams arrival

(Left) The JM was off to an easy start with Hawaii being state No1 the most difficult for a mainlander Sam was starting backward by claiming the 50th state first The 165 hp Warner was a new surplus engine from the Australian RAAF donated to them on WW II lendlease for their Fairchild 24s (Arshygosy UC-61) It performed nobly durshying the 86 takeoffs and landings

flight The Spirit of Flight 2 Number 1 was a flight to several states by Anshyders Ljungberg EAA 2836 during 1960 in the P-5 Pober Sport built by Paul Poberezny and his brother Norman in 1959

The BUcker was parked by Basler Avishyation in Steve Wittmans old hangar the same building where he had built Bonzo and other famous racers Sam returned to Hawaii until the fly-in started

The trip was made to prove that a homebuilt aircraft could be safe and reshyliable Articles on the 50 state trip apshypeared in the October-November issues of SPORT A VIA TION with the BUcker on the front cover Many letters were received with one from Dave Jameson encouraging Sam to write a full-blown book on his trip Three years later Jungmeister Junket (50 States in a Bishyplane) was published

In 1971 the Jungmeister was donated to the EAA Museum for its historic value and is presently on display in the Air Adventure Museum When the JM had only ten hours on it Paul Poberezny made a trip to Hawaii with the Air Nashytional Guard in a KC-97 refueler and flew the Jungmeister This was his 107th homebuilt to be flown many for the very first time

Since then Sam Burgess has built two Pitts and another BUcker powered by an Allison turboprop engine of 420 hp That airplane holds the NAAFAI world record for time to climb to 10000 feet (218) This unit has since been reshyplaced with a Russian 9 cylinder radial Vedenyev engine of 360 hp At age 79 Sam is presently building a Knight Twister biplane with the intent of evenshytually racing it at Reno Nevada

Two days after the Convention when

Sam departed for the AAA Fly-In at Ottumwa Iowa he experienced an unshyusual sight

Taking off to the west and looking to the left for a view of the parking area he did a double take as hundreds of airshycraft appeared to be still parked there How could this be

On a second look it was revealed that each aircraft had been perfectly outshylined by the multitude of tire kickers as they inspected their handiwork tramshypling the verdancy from the grass

(Editors note My kids refer to the little grass airplanes as airplane ghosts You can always tell where the most popular airshyplanes were parked - the grass around them is trampled until it is devoid of color and a bright green wing [uselrrge and tail appear in base relief in the turf when the real airshyplane taxis away)

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The 15AC Sedan

eroncas Family Airplane by HG Frautschy

Im sure its always been a fantasy of many of us who love old airplanes to find a very original low time example of our favorite airplane Paul and Pam Workshyman lived that dream a few years ago

As the proprietor of a busy aircraft and auto upholstery shop Pau l Workshyman has always been an avid classic airshyplane man and Aeroncas in pa rticular He has had both a 7 AC Champ (he dated Pam with that airplane) a 7GC and finally a 1950 Aeronca Sedan N6665K which came to the Work mans when they started adding children to their family

Before buying 6665K Paul had been searching for a Sedan and ran across a little used example in Washington Court House OH In 1986 when they first contacted Bob Rolfe about the Sedan Bob just wasnt interested in selling the airplane It had been in his family for a number of years having belonged to a close relative of his Richard Rolfe of SabinaOH Richard was the first owner after Aeronca dealer Porter Kauffman took delivery of the Sedan after its manshyufacture in 1948 He was a minister and he used the Sedan for preaching in an unusual way It seems that Richard thought that the work of the Lord should come from on high literally so in early July of 1949 he had the Sedan fitted with an ATR 100 watt 12v to 120 v inverter a pair of 12 volt batteries a pair of Quadraflex trumpet speakers and two 100 watt a mplifiers All of this was hooked up to a Webster Model 180 wire line r ecorder (the predecessor to the modern day reel to reel tape recorder) Cincinnati Aircraft Service and Airborne Communications Inc at Lunken Airport did the work

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A year later Richard had the inverter rep laced with a single cylinder gasoline engine driving a generator (The 337s are a little unclear on th is - if the amplishyfiers needed AC voltage the generators output wo uld sti ll need an inverter to bring it up to the req uired 110vAC but no mention is made of the inverter in the second form 337) He also had an addishytiona l speaker insta ll ed The system must have worked reasonably well - Paul Workman talked to severa l locals who

Found unused in Ohio Paul and Pam Workman spent two years restoring a very original four-place Aeronca

recalled they heard The Word from the Sedan cruising above

It must have not been too e ffective (but Ill bet it was disconcerting) for the Sedan really didn t get much use By the time Bob Rolfe took possession of the Sedan it was still a low time airplane It sat until the 1970s when Bob got 48H flying in 1976 Amazingly by the time the decade of the 90s began the Sedan had just slightly more than 200 hours toshytal time on the airframe and the engine had even less since it had been zeroshytimed by the Continental factory after the camshaft fai led with only 22 hours 30 minutes on the engine The C-145 enshygine had a rash of these rep lacements early on in the production of the engine whe n some of the camshafts were imshy

properly heat treated and they fai led Paul Workman had not really thought

much about 1048H since he was turned down by Bob Rolfe in 1986 Besides he had found 6665K a later model (1950) Sedan and he and his family had been flying it for a few years But in the winshyter of 1989 Bob Ro lfe called Paul and asked if he was still interested in buying 48H Pam and Paul had to do some quick work with the calculator Knowing the Sedan needed a complete restorashytion it would need cash to put it in flying shape

But oh what a project It truly was an original airplane The speaker installashytion of the past did not disrupt the strucshyture in any way and the rear seat was sti ll intact All of the little things that can be so hard to find were still there shythe small map light on the bottom of the instrument panel a larger red flood light above the pilot mounted below the top of the windshield a ll the instruments and the Aeronca Sedan trim piece set in the center of the panel Topping it all off was the Harvey-Wells model ATR-3 radio still intact and installed in the panel just as it was when it was put in on July 31 1948 Even the antenna and loading coil were still on the airplane Happily the airframe had never been substantially damaged with only a menshytion of a rudder spar inspection done once to check for suspected damage after the wind slammed the rudder over one day It was a real gem to find and Pa ul just couldn t turn it down

The new garage would have to wait and on December 16 1989 Paul and his dad Ben went to pick up the flying proshyject It was a bit chilly that day - 7degF - so the Continental needed a bit of persuashy

sion to get started but once it was runshyning Ben and Paul flew formation back home with their new prize

With just a little more than two years to go the Workmans decided that the Aeronca Convention scheduled for 1992 was the ir goal All the fabric was reshymoved and the project took over the Workman basement

Only a couple of small areas needed attention with the welding torch and then all of the tubing for the fuselage and tail surfaces was sandblasted A coat of epoxy primer was then app lied with a topcoat of zinc chromate primer on top of that stric tly for appearance With such an original a irplane there was no doubt the direction Paul intended to go with the restoration

All of the wood in the fuselage needed replacement The Sedan is no different than other late model Aeroncas It too used the fami liar triangular rear fuse lage configuration with the outside shape deshyfined by a set of wooden formers and stringers Paul used fir and pine plyshywood and replaced all of th e str in gers All of the wood was painted with spar varnish

Since recovering would have to be t done in the basement near the gas fur- ~ nace and hot water heater the cover- ~

i

ing process chosen was the STCd Blue River system using Ceconite 7600 fabric Even with the water based Blue River sysshytem a strong smelling solvent is used to activate the cement for tapes and seams so good ventilation is still necessary Paul liked the process particularly since it was more pleasant to work with than dope and not nearly so mind altering

The final finish is Randolph Ranthane chosen by Paul to prevent uneven fading be tween the metal and fabric surfaces The orig in al color scheme was mainshytained with the fuselage painted Santa Fe Red and the trim color Tucson Cream a very close match to the original Packard Straw Ben Workman Paul s dad and the family lA was the paint foreman on the job and he spent a lot of his time helping the Sedan project along

Originally Sedans were delivered with unpainted wings but it didn t take too long for a service letter to be issued by the factory in Middletown detailing the

(Above) Pam and Paul Workshyman Zanesville OH the restorshyers of Aeronca 15AC Sedan 1048H

(Left) UAL Captain (retired) EE Buck Hilbert now the proud owner and pilot of four eight Hotel Aeroncavorting in the Sedan is high on his list of fun things to do

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(Above) The interior owes a lot to its Champ and Chief predecessors The early Sedans used the same control wheels from the Chief and so were the glove box doors and ashtrays (now used for holding pencils) The Harvey Wells ATR-3 radio no longer functions but it has been a part of the instrument panel since 1948 shortly after the Sedan was built in Middletown OH Paul Workman was able to find a fabric for the seat cushions and side panels that closely reshysembled the original fabric

(Left) Now a resident of Buck Hilberts Funny Farm the Sedan flies nicely out of the northern Illinois grass strip

procedure for painting the wings Not too many people wanted to continue polishshying the top and bottom of 200 square feet (wait - that would be 400 sq ft) of wing

The corroded control cables were reshyplaced and so was the side window plasshytic A new windshield was purchased from LP Aero Plastics and the interior was refinished as closely as could be deshytermined Paul found out that the interishyors of the Sedans were not finished conshysistently Even a visit to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museums library didnt turn up anything consistent By talking with some owners of other early producshytion Sedans and using some of the paint left in the corners the original greengray color was applied Only a couple of exshytra switch holes had to be plugged in the panel leftovers from the days when the speaker system was installed

Those of you familiar with Sedans may wonder why there is no neat panel overlay such as on the 48 and 50 Sedans The early airplanes had a basic VFR panel and not until the later modshy

els was a panel overlay made The glove box was retained on the right side of the panel and the old Harvey-Wells radio was re-installed Paul wanted to put the old V antenna on again but the airshyplane wouldnt fit in his T-hangar with the wire running from wingtip to the vershytical fin

As a professional interior man you can imagine how frustrating it was for him when he couldnt find an exact match for the interior fabric Fortushynately one of his fabric salesmen came to the rescue with a medium width corshyduroy that looked just like the fabric seen in the photographs Paul had been using for research

The wings needed a bit of work inshycluding the replacement of one leading edge skin and a general clean up of the fittings Paul also converted the wingtips to being secured by screws instead of rivshyets allowing more complete inspection of the wing panels

One more change made to the wings was the replacement of the rubber fuel

cells with welded aluminum fuel tanks engineered by Paul and his dad Ben an IA A one time STC was applied for and eventually granted although Paul says it was not an experience he would care to do again Making the tanks was easy but the approval process was a bear

The engine a Continental C-145-2 is one of the early production six cylinder powerplants from the factory in Muskegon MI As mentioned before it had suffered a camshaft failure early in its life and since it had sat inactive for extended periods there was some conshycern about the condition it was in But when Paul removed the cylinders oil pan and accessories to inspect its innards he was pleased to find it looked brand new with no corrosion evident After the acshycessories were gone through the engine was reassembled and repainted in the original Continental bluegray with black cylinders

With the Aeronca Convention fast approaching in 1992 the Memorial Day holiday wasnt spent watching the lndi-

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anapolis 500 - it was time for the big push to get the airplane completed With Paul at the airport putting the finishing touches on the fuselage and engine inshystallation Pam spent the weekend polshyishing the wings at home in the backyard and bugging her neighbors when it came tim e to flip them over or move them around To maintain its original appearshyance the Workmans decided to keep the wings natural aluminum but after one year of trying to keep the metal looking good a great looking silver paint was apshyplied

By the end of the next week it looked like an airplane was about to fly and with a week to spare 48H was ready for its first engine run Sunday saw the first flight after the restoration and later in the week both 1048H and N6665K were loaded up and headed to Middletown On the way from Zanesville to Middleshytown their youngest daughter started feeling a bit queasy and not wishing to christen the new interior in that way a landing was made at Washington Court House Before they had stopped the prop from turning they knew they had an engine problem though - one magshyneto coil had died Ben Workman flying 65K continued on ahead to H ook field in Middletown A quick call to friends who were also on their way to the Conshyvention brought a replacement coil By the time the re pairs could be made it was late evening so Paul and Pam spent the evening with their kids in a motel After staying the night in central Ohio 1048H was flown to the Aeronca factory just in time for the convention

The Sedan was immediate ly deshyscended upon by the crowds who all oohed and ahhed over a very original airplane That fly-in saw the Workmans win the first of a series of awards for their efforts in restoring the Sedan It also won a major award at the Mid East Regional Fly-In and was also selected as the Best Class II (81-150 hp) Classic award winner at EAA OSHKOSH 94 The Workman fa mily enjoyed flying 48H all over the midwest during the summers of 1992 and 93 but in the fall of 1993 it became obvious that their other Sedan 6665K needed a major enshygine overhaul and the equity in 48H was going to have to pay for it

EE Buck Hilbe rt our resident Aeronca nut had heard me mention this particular Sedan in glowing terms and when he asked he found it was available Paul and Pam took Bucks be loved Champ in trade for the Sedan In Octoshyber 1993 the Sedan came to live at the Funny Farm in Union IL where it quickly became a favorite It s just right for a economical flight to a midwestern location (75 gph at 2450 rpm) and is roomy and quite comfortable to fly Whil e not particularly fast (105 mph cruise) it handles like a larger heavier Chief and it bas plenty of baggage room and space for the kids in back It really is a shame more of these airplanes were not made

While Paul Workman was flying the airplane the engine began to make a litshytle metal that was showing up on the oil screen After changing a piston that was self-destructing it appeared to be OK

but metal continued to show up on the screen It continued to do so after Buck bought tbe airplane so in conjunction with the annual in the fall of 1995 we changed the engine with another C-145 and he also added an Aviation Developshyment Corporation (ADC) oil filter sysshytem with oil bypass warning light The de tails of the installation were spelled out in Bucks column in the November issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE

Nearly 40 hours later the filter system works beautifully with the 3 mic ron screen catching anything that happens to make it into the oil Since the restorashytion the airplane has proven to be quite reliable and generally maintenance free and Id be remiss if [ didnt thank Buck publicly for the tim es he has lent my family and me the Sedan - its our fashyvorite airplane and our goal to shoot at when setting our priorities

The love the Workmans have for this particular airplane is still evident and theyre like most pare nts hoping their children lead a good life after they leave home Home on the Funny Farm is as pleasant as it can be for four e ight Hotel as it keeps company with its other Aeronca brothers th e C-3 and the Champ plus the Nicaraguan Fleet who seems a bit confused by it all It s earnshying to a djust Champ Ye p after a while Buck really missed the 7AC so when Paul mentioned to him that he was thinking of selling the Champ Buck had trade d on the Sedan Buck bou ght it back The stable is now full of Middleshytown wonders Wh a t more could an Aeronca man want

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John W Preiss

Cess 195 by Norm Petersen

The winner of the Best Restored Classic Over 165 hp at Sun n Fun 96 was an immaculate Cessna 195A N2JP SIN 7712 flown to Lakeland FL by John W Preiss (EAA 462642 AC 24168) of College Station Texas Winshyning awards is not a new phenomenon for John and his 195 having garnered the Reserve Grand Champion Lindy at Oshkosh 94 just a few tiny points beshyhind Roy Foxworthys bright red Johnshyson Rocket 185

This particular 195 had actually started the winning trend way back in 1983 when it earned a trophy at EAA Oshkosh that year for its owner at the time Paul Walter (EAA 90497 A C 2342) of Waukesha WI Eventually Paul Walter brought the 195 to EAA Oshkosh 92 where John

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John Preiss and his lovely wife Beverly pose for DeKevin Thorntons camera in the sparkling sunshine augmented by the brilliance of the polished Cessna 195

Cruising above the clouds the Cessna 195 really comes into its own - a true Businessliner - as the advertising people called it in 1951 This was lUxury air travel at its very best some 45 years ago

Preiss and his girlfriend Beverly spotshyted it and started negotiations On Sepshytember 14 1992 the sale was completed and John W Preiss owned Cessna 195 NI95PW as it was registered at the time

A fascinating sidelight to this story is the fact that John W Preiss has an identishycal twin brother James M Preiss (EAA 410655 AlC 20593) of Germantown WI who is ten minutes older than John and if ever two brothers were cut from the same cloth - this would be it John is a Boeing 737 Captain for Southwest Airlines and James (Jim) is a Boeing 737 Captain for United Airlines Both made their solo flights on their sixteenth birthday June 161974 in the same Cessna 150 Aerobat and both earned their A amp P rating from Blackhawk Technical College in Janesville WI (The twins were classmates of EAAs Director of Maintenance Daryl Lenz)

The term They have been flyers all their lives could easily apply to the Preiss twins however they were flyers even beshy

c

fore they were born One week prior to their birth their father Erhard took their mother Lydia (very much in a family way) for a flight in the back seat of an Aeronca Champ Jim still chuckles when he tells the story

The boys grew up in an aviation envishyronment as their father Erhard Preiss was an FBO and flight instructor On many family flying trips one youngster would work the control wheel while the other would work the rudder pedals On the return trip they would reverse duties To use an old cliche These were the best of times

Jim Preiss had restored a Cessna 180 in the 1980s and was quite acquainted with the amount of work involved in a restorashytion After John had purchased the 195 in 1992 he asked Jim to help with the job of restoring the big five-place Cessna (Jim had earned his Inspection Authorization by this time) On February 24 1993 the project began

The engine was sent to Jacobs Service Inc in Payson AZ and even tually reshyturned as a zero time Jacobs R-755-B3 of 275 hp The prop was in perfect shape but all accessories needed overhaul and every hose and clamp was replaced The startshying circuit was modified to the later conshyfiguration to eliminate the heavy current drop and improve the engine starting cashypability especially in cold weather

A new instrument panel was built with all instruments being overhauled or reshyplaced The radios were upgraded with the installation of new Narco avionics with complete wiring harnesses circuit break-

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ers and new antennae The entire set of cabin windows was replaced (some are crank down) along with a new windshield A new interior was sewn by Lydia Preiss the twins mother who had learned seamshystress skills in Germany before coming to the US The result was an interior that is absolutely outstanding and had the judges smiling from ear to ear

The 195 had come from the factory with crosswind gear - an option that is not usually compatible with original style wheelpants New straight axles were inshystalled along with new Cleveland wheels and brakes per STC and a search was beshygun for a set of the rare aluminum wheel pants with their special shape that fit a 195 After a year of inquiring (along with a special bit of accidental luck) a pair was finally located purchased (many $$$$)

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and were totally reworked and installed with new backing plates When polished to a glistening shine these tall narrow wheelpants are in a class by themselves

Up front the old Montgomery spinner was removed and a new Cessna type as used originally on the 195 was installed (more $$$$) The result is rather striking as the more pointed nose on the 195 spinshyner gives it that original look and really shines when polished

John discovered that three different pain t schemes were used on the 195 seshyries depending on serial number Even though his airplane was not previously painted correctly he was able to get asshysistance from Cessna and a few others so he was able to layout a correct paint scheme for the proper serial number 7712 built in July 1951 and making its

first test flight on July 12 1951 The airshyplane was taken to Central Aviation Inc in Watertown WI for final painting by Randy Effinger and his very capable crew

The 18 month restoration effort was finished just prior to Oshkosh 94 includshying the massive polishing job on the alushyminum with Rolite polish The 195 was flown to Oshkosh and displayed in the AntiqueClassic area for a couple of days Before the Convention was finished John Priess and his new bride Beverly were off to Hawaii on their honeymoon and brother Jim was delegated as a commitshytee of one to attend the awards ceremony Late in the program Cessna 195 N2JP was called out for the Reserve Grand Champion Lindy award and Jim walked up on stage to accept it for his brother

Perhaps the real joy for Jim was calling his brother in Hawaii and calmly informing him of the award - almost nonchalant like (Brothers have been known to pull such things on each other) John and Beverly were jumping up and down with exciteshyment wishing they could have been on hand for the presentation

With many ideas from the Antique Classic judges the Preiss boys have been steadily improving the big Cessna to where it looks better than ever At Sun n Fun 96 the 195 ran off with the award for Best Restored Classic Over 165 hp and the Preiss gang was indeed happy Their next goal is Oshkosh 96 where they plan to make another run at the big prize

An interesting coincidence happened when prior to purchasing the 195 John was telling one of his friends Jeff Sandlin

at Southwest Airlines about the big cabin Cessna and learned that Jeffs father had owned a 195 for quite a number of years After purchasing the airplane he showed Jeff some photos of the 195 and menshytioned that a man named A E Edwards had owned the airplane for a long span of years John was really surprised when Jeff blurted out A E Edwards is my father In 1994 John flew the 195 to Denton Texas where Mr and Mrs A E Edwards now in their eighties had the unusual opshyportunity to see the very same airplane that they had taken such good care of over many years and flown the Cessna over 3200 hours The reunion was very special to John and the Edwards family and made the airplane even more special to the Priess family

Although the original N number of the

Cessna 195 was N1014D that number is currently in use and the owner is not willshying to give it up Therefore John chose to use N2JP which was available at the time Eventually John says it would be quite an achievement to get the original number back on the airplane

John Preiss is the very first person to admit that he has had a great deal of assisshytance and help on the 195 His father Ershyhard Preiss started the love of aviation in the boys during their early years and the workmanship on the Cessna is dedicated to his memory Erhard passed away in 1980 Johns wife Beverly has been very patient and supportive during the restorashytion process In addition John is very grateful for the help and expertise of his brother Jim the overseeing IA on the project who is totally unafraid of hard

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work Special thanks are also in order for the twins mother Lydia Preiss who used her seamstress ski lls so well

Other contributors were Jimmy Vickshyers of Lubbock Texas a fo rmer Cessna dealer who flies his own 195 Captain Jeff Kilponen of Southwest Air lines who sparked John Preiss interest in the Cessna 195 in the first place and John Swander of

(Above) The unique split-flap employed on the 195 is designed for drag to slow the airplane down for landing It contributes alshymost nothing to lift Look at the sparkling interior of that wing when the flap is pulled down for inspection

(Above left) For genuine comfort it is hard to beat the rear seat of a Cessna 195 This interior was completely sewn by Lydia Preiss the mother of both John and Jim Preiss This seat is cashypable of handling three persons with ease making the 195 a true five-place airplane

(Left) The totally restored instrument panel complete with upshygraded avionics is a thing of beauty and function The throttle uses a friction lock collar while the propeller and mixture conshytrols each employ a vernier control for fine adjustment This particular 195 has the dual yoke in deference to a throw-over yoke as used on some models

DeSoto Kansas who provided some exshy John would especially like to thank the cellent ideas and much help to the restorashy Cessna Aircraft Company for designing tion Tim McCarter a pi lot and mechan ic and building a true classic aircraft that pishyfor Amphib Inc contributed expertise lots such as as he and his twin brother can and support to the rebuild a nd the Inshy continue to appreciate and enjoy ternational195 C lu b and Eastern 195 To this we add our congratulations and Cl ub were most he lpful in getting N2JP very best wishes in the future for making back in the air - along with helping all 195 N2JP such a dazzling airplane It is indeed owners keep them there a credit to its restorers

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Type Club

NOTES by Norm Petersen

Compiled from various type club publications amp newsletters

From the Monocoupe Flyer Bob Coolbaugh editor 703-590shy

2375

Adventures of a Warner Engine Owner

George Olson - January 1996

About 1979 while ove rhauling the 145 HP Warner for my Fairchild 24 a crack was fo und in one of the cylinder barrels Parts were really hard to find but a fri e nd in Lo uisvill e C la ud e Curry who I am sorry to say is now go ne to ld me th a t hi s fri e nd Bud Nea t a lso in Lo uisville had the reshyma ining Warne r pa rts but he was n t se llin g a nythin g H e offe red to ca ll Bud and tell him my situation and ca ll me bac k La te r he told me th a t I should go ahead and call Bud which I did Bud said that Claude told him all about it and to come over and see if we could fi nd one that was suitable The parts were in the basement of his manshyufacturing building We took fla sh shyli ghts and Bud showed me where the cylinders were to ld me to pick one out a nd we nt bac k upsta irs There were pallets filled with hundreds of cylinder assemblies There were cylinder ba rshyre ls stac ked about e ight fee t high o n o the r pa lle ts boxes of parts all over the place about 40 barrels of studs and other small steel parts some engines in various stages o f assembly big crates of baffl ing and tools of all descriptions It was hard to be lieve like be ing in a candy store The cylinder I picked out loo ked like it had a good head o n it but the barrel had rust in it that looked like brown fur T here must have been some o il o n the surface to sta rt with beca use it wasn t pitted and it didn t need plating after all

T he n Bud a nd I had some co ffee

and he told me the story about how he and ten others decided to build Grea t Lakes Biplanes in hi s ma nufacturing building Th ey we re goin g to build e leven a ll toge the r they would be all th e sa me and wh e n th ey fini she d theyd draw straws to pick their plane Bud hea rd about th e a ucti o n of th e Warner factory inventory in (She ldon) Iowa These were all the parts remain shying afte r a warehouse fire where they were stored Bud put in the winning bid a t the auction and picked up o ne semitrailer load of parts When Merlin Bock bo ught out th e fact o ry ea rli e r a nd mo ve d th e pa rts to Io wa th e re were 10 semi-loads but this one trailer was all that was left With Buds pur shychase though th e Grea t La kes Bi shyplanes would now all have Warner en shygines But afte r a couple of years the buildin g e nt e rpri se e nd e d beca use eve ryo ne had a diffe rent view of how long the e ffort should las t Eve ryo ne took their project home and some were finished separately When the projects went o ut the door the Warne r pa rt s we re put in the basem e nt o ut of the way They were there when I saw them in 1979

The Fairchild rebuilding jo b was fini shed in 1980 and I flew it until 1985 whe n th e numbe r 4 link ro d bro ke This time I needed a lo t of pa rts so it was back to th e we ll Bud wa nted to se ll a ll th e parts no t just th e o nes I needed and I knew enough by then to realize that I could sell them and hopeshyfull y get my money back So this time aft e r some price nego ti a ti o ns we s tru ck a dea l for a ll Bud s p a rt s I re nte d a 24- fo o t truck a nd with the help of a fri end and Bud Neats grand shyson we moved o ne load (ha lf o f the parts) to my 16 x 22 foot garage That fi ll ed it up Another friend offe red to

let me put a semitrailer on his farm so I bought a pretty good used 40 footer Whe n we got the seco nd load Bud s grand son got three of hi s college fri e nds to he lp so the re we re 6 o f us loading It only took four hours while th e fir st load had ta ke n a ll d ay My pickup truck was use d to mov e the parts in my garage to the trailer whenshyever I needed to make a trip out there Afte r about six wee ks my wife sa w that th e part s we re se llin g so she started speaking to me again

In with the engine parts were prints production reco rds test records and paperwork of a ll kinds but the T ype Ce rtifica te docum e nta ti o n was los t somewhere along the way In 1989 the FAA called and asked if I had the Type Certificates They had some boxes in Chicago that they wante d to give to the Type Certificate holder to get then out of their way Curiosity got the best of me and started me on the search for th e Type Ce rti fica te Th e require shyme nts we re to trace ownership from the last known owner to the present I had to get a ffidavits fro m all the ownshye rs since Clinton Mac hin e Company sold out They were the las t owners of th e T ype Certi fica te who were regisshytered with the FAA

This provided an interesting pursuit a nd I m e t a lo t of he lp ful pe opl e James Thomas Smith who bought the parts fr o m C lint o n Ma chin e Co couldn t be fo und Th e nex t owne r Duke H attah died in the late 60s and hi s re lati ves couldn t be found e ithe r The sea rch continued unsuccessfully January 1993 rolls around and someshyo ne approaches me to buy the T ype Certificate to build engines in Spain of all pl a ces Th e n in 1994 som eo ne wanted it to bui ld Warne r engines in Czechoslovakia fo r Blicke r Jungmeis-

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ters they were building I received a letter in December 1994 from the FAA stating that during a move to an off airport location they found a reshyquest dated June 13 1980 in a fo lder that was mislabeled to make new Data Plates and Type Certificates It was in Bud Neats name He had held the Certificate all along All that was needed was an affidavit from Bud Neat which was accomplished immeshydiately The new Type Certificates arshyrived in May 1995

Oh yes about those boxes the Chicago FAA had - They were shipped to the Atlanta FAA Certification ofshyfice The FAA people there invited me to visit them and look at the conshytents It was nice to meet some of the people I had been talking to on the phone for so long One full day was spent helping them sort through the boxes There were folders of correshyspondence (some of it mine) Warner blueprints and boxes of microfilm of all the Warner prints There were about 1200 microfilm prints per box Since there were duplicate sets of Warner blueprints on microfilm they offered me a set which I gladly acshycepted

Warner Engine Facts and Figures

The following information was gathshyered over the course of the successful acquisition of the Warner Type Cershytificates and from Warner Aircraft Corporation records These records were included with the remains of the Warner Company which I bought from Bud Neat of Louisville KY This will attempt be an attempt to sort and conshydense the jumble of papers to present that which is of most int erest to Warner engine owners

The Warner Aircraft Corporation was founded by William O Warne r in 1926 and its address was 20263 Hoover Avenue Detroit MI Officers in 1929 were William O Warner President amp General Manager Edward N Hartwick Vice-President amp Treasurer W J Jarvie Secretary In 1950 the ofshyficers were R E Cecil President Carl F Lang Secretary-Treasurer and Leonard W Quart Manufacturer s Agent William O Warner was a Dishyrector but ret ired The Warner Airshycraft Corporation was merged with Clinton Machine Company located in Clinton Michigan in April of 1950 The reason for the merger according to the Proxy Statement and notice of Stock Holders meeting of February 20 1950 was that Warner Aircraft found itself without a product except for the hydraulic units and it had lost money every year since the war The assets of Warner were transferred to Clinton

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Machine Company in exchange for shares of common stock of Clinton which were distributed to Warner shareho lders The president of Clinshyton Machine Comp any at that time was Donald D Thomas

In 1952 Clinton Machine Co so ld the aircraft engine parts prints and some tooling to the Detroit Harvester Co which was owned by James Thomas Smith He owned it for a very short time I was never ab le to find Mr Smith In about 1953 Detroit Harvester Co sold the remaining Warner assets to Duke Harrah Inc located in Niles Michigan Duke Harshyrah sold Warner parts until 1963 when he sold the Warner assets to M amp B Flying Service located at Sheldon Reshygional Airport in Sheldon Iowa Duke Harrah died in the late 60s Merlin Bock and Elmer Meuke were partners in M amp B Flying Service There were several semitrailer loads of parts which were put in a large hangar In 1966 the building burned in a fire started by someone working on a mower There was one semitrailer load that was salshyvaged Bud Neat from Louisville Kenshytucky brought the remains at auction

The sales records end December 31 1945 so the years 1946 to 1950 are less clear Grand total of all engines sold through December 31 1945 is 3572 Today there are 437 Warner engines on aircraft registered with the FAA The papers I have showin g sales records and Type Ce rtificate Data Sheets are quite interesting There were severa l projects in the experishymental department in 1945 The folshylowing interesting note is copied fro m the 1945 monthly progress report book

550-X 200HP New experimental e ngin e Pre liminary and final tests conducted toge the r with bolt deflecshytion measurements Power calibration conducted with standard induction housing 50 hours endurance running compl e ted Power calibration conshyducted with control induction with varshyious carburetor positions Engine now having cam settings and valve timing worked out for both standard and split cam

Active Signed S A Christiansen Test Engineer

Other projects in development were experimental engine 585-X which is 585 cubic inch with a 5 inch bore amp 4250 stroke

A 2 cyl Model 140-X horizontal opposed industrial engine and model 12850-3 a single cyl utility engine I wonder if the last two engines were the key to the Clinton merger (In 1950 Clinton was the second largest proshy

ducer of gasoline engines in the 34 to 3 hp range) Warner also manufacshytured wheels axles brakes skis prop hubs shock struts and hydraulic units These production plans also transshyferred with the Type Certificates

Included in the records are several books and inventories One is a book showing each engine sold in numerical order starting with the first engine sold It lists engine number Airplane Owner and Address A sample page from this book is included Also inshycluded is a chart listing standard enshygine model and serial number designashytions and deviations from standard By referencing this list and the data plate on your Warner engine you can determine how your engine was conshyfigured when it left the factory Bear in mind that your engine may have been changed substantially over the years during overhauls

From the Cessna 150 - 152 News

Safety - Avoiding wire Strikes Skip Carden editor

919-471-9492

The Terrible Truth About Wire Strikes a new video and a companshyion pamphlet from AOPA Air Safety Foundation debunks many misconcepshytions about these accidents There are an average of 115 reported general avishyation wire strikes a year but only an estimated 10 of strikes are reported

The video and pamphlet give some commo n-sense tips on how to see and avoid wires

bull Scan on both sides of the aircraft Look for towers or other supporting structures which are easier to see than the associated wires themselves Fly over the top of the tower rather than between the supporting structures

bull Nature doesn t make a stra ight line Strips of inconsistent vegetation crop edges land boundaries and roads can indicate a wire path

bull Flight below a ridge line or in a canyon puts a pilot in the wire envishyronment

bull Avoid antennas by a horizontal distance greater than the vertical height of the structure Guy wires can extend at a 45 degree angle from tower top to the ground

bull A pull-up is usually the best mashyneuver to avoid an unexpected wire In most cases the pilot sees the wire too late to bank away successfully

The video is priced at $10 plus $325 shipping The pamphlet is free with a 6 X 9 self-addressed envelope with 55 cents postage affixed AOPA ASF 421 Aviation Way Frederick MD 21701 800-638-3101

PASSdb BUCK by EE Buck Hilbert EAA 21 Ale 5 PO Box 424 Union IL 60180

Our twenty fifth Anniversary re shyunion seems to be shap ing up T write to each of the origi na l 100 members asking th e m to be with us at EAA OSHKOSH So far the replies are runshyning about fifty-fifty Those that are coming are enthusiastic about the whole thing and are just as interested today as when we started the Division More to come

As I read the history of the Division it triggers memories of events past The discussions that Paul Pobe rezny and I had over the titl e Division and hi s concerns that it was a word that would conjure up thoughts of a group that was seceding from EAA Happily it proved to be somet hing weve ne ver had to worry abo ut - EAA is still th e prime mover in Sport Aviation and the varishyous Divisions have accentuated the positive as that old song goes

The letters I receive are most welshycome and can either be a real boost or an education I got ed ucated on old time stunt pilot Howard Dutton from one of our ear ly members Capt Jim Barton (AA retired) who kn ew him personally Jim responded with clipshypings and a phone ca ll so we could anshyswer that query

Then I also got a letter fro m one of the San Diego antiquers who said r was off base on my Chapter One open house co lumn regarding the weather for that weekend He said it was much better than I had indicated and that it was the first time the whole group was able to fly up together A great time was had by all and the fly-in weather was great Im not going to remind him th at sevshyera l people got stuck in Riverside all day Sunday waiting for it to let up

I on ly wish there was room to pubshylish each and every lette r we receive T try to answer each one personally and usuall y do as time permits I also ge t requests for parts and pieces of inforshymation and on occasion Im able to be of some help Once in a while I stub my

toe R ecently a memb er called and asked if I could help him find a Cub alshytimeter I had one and sent it to him A week later I got it back Wrong color Min es black he ne ed ed one cream faced Oh well I tried

Number one son Robert your editor HG and I flew down to Middle town OH for the Aeronca get together HG a llowed me to ride with him in my Sed a n while Bob took hi s C ha mp Originally we had planned to take both Champs but mine deve loped a lea ky exhaust valve so it had to stay home

Wally Baldwin was our host down the re while Bob Hollenbaugh and his wife He len look ed after H G Wally squired us around town Hes writing a book on Aeronca and expects to go to press shortly This man is a walking enshycyc lope dia as far as Aeronca is co nshyce rned His D ad worked there when they were building the C-3s Ks Low Wings and later the C hamps C hi efs and Sedans Wa ll ys dad bought the prototype Champ after its nat ionwide demonstration tour ove rhauled the Ashy65 and gave it to Wally when he came

home from the Air Force after WW II Wally currently fli es a Champ with the same paint scheme and rues the day he ever sold the original

HG will be writing up the trip and printing pictures of all the beautiful airshyplanes in a future article but I want to say is that it was a great bunch and even thou gh Bob a nd I a long with D ale Gu stafso n got drafte d to judge airshyplanes we enjoyed it immensely

Over to you

Here are a couple of photos that ought to raise a few eyebrows courtesy of Aeronca retiree John Houser These two shots show the installation of a Aeroshymarine AR-3 engine in an Aeronca C-3 Rated at 55 hp running 2400 rpm the AR-3 might look familiar to many antishyquers - the design and manufacshyturing rights were sold to Burshynelli and then later (1938) it became known as the Lenape Papoose after Burnelli sold off that portion of its business to

Lenape Aircraft amp Motors of New York city As detailed in the 1939 edition of Aerosshyphere the AR-3 weighted in at 150 Ibs and had a pair of Bendix magnetos powering the two ignition circuits The Aeronca E-107 engine developed 26 hp the later E-113 was rated at 36 hp and the final version the E-113C was listed as producing 40 hp With the 55 hp of the AR-3 this early model C-3 must have been a good little performer This parshyticular 3-cylinder engine produced too much vibration to suit the engineers at Aeronca so no production aircraft were sold with this engineairframe combination

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Vintage Seaplanes by Norm Petersen

Summers here

and its time to think about

flying off the water

Our resident web-footed

pilot Norm Petersen

has provided us with a

look at waterbirds

24 JULY 1996

Kyle Meints Cessna 1708

(Left) Pictured at the Vette Seaplane Base at Oshkosh 95 is a pretty 1955 Cessna 170B N4453B SIN 26797 mounted on a set of Edo 89-2000 floats all decked out in a matching paint scheme of white with red trim The pretty Continental 145 powered seaplane is the pride and joy of Kyle Meints (EAA 360394) of Augusta MI who purchased the 170B on floats in Minnesota about ten years ago Kyle inshystalled the STOL kit on the wings painted the entire airplane and then painted the matching floats the next year all in PPG two-part urethane A factory seaplane since new the 170B has 2400 TT of which Kyle has flown about 400 hours since acquiring the f1oatplane This airplane spent about the first 25 years in New England before coming west to Minnesota Congrats to Kyle Meints on a sharp looking Cessna 170B f1oatplane

1140 floats which do not show their age (40 to 50 yrs) and have had their compartment covers reshymoved (The 1140 floats are easily distinguished from the larger 1320 floats by the si ngle cover beshytween the struts 1320 floats have two covers beshytween the struts) Apparently the boot cowl on the Cub has been replaced or repainted as the forward end of the lightning stripe is missing A li ghtshyweight pre-war Cub with wood spars and 1140 floats makes for a sporty seaplane that is pure fun

Odell Matthis Republic Seabee

(Left) This beautiful custom Republic RC-3 Seabee N87493 SIN 44 is the pride and joy of Odell and Diane Matthis (EAA 262957 AIC 10206) of Havelock NC No stranger to EAA Odell brought the highly polished Cessna 140A Patroller N5332C SIN 15452 that was featured in the October 1986 VINTAGE AIRPLANE and picshytured on the back cover The Seabee features extended wings with drooped tips tinted glass and a big Lycoming GO-480 engine of 295 hp The fancy paint scheme is overall white with red and gold trim This particular 1946 Seabee spent many years in the Seattle area before going to Anchorage AK for a number of years It is now based near the seacoast of North Carolina where Odell and Diane (who is also a pilot and 9ger) can make full use of the amphibious capabilities The FAA register lists 275 Sea bees remaining of the over 1050 that were built by Republic and Downer

John Van Andels J-3 Cub on 1140s

These photos of a 1940 J -3 C65 Cub NC30482 SIN 4863 mounted on a set of Edo 54-1140 floats were sent in by Ralph Koutnik (EAA 261425) of Bellaire Ml Tied down at the Antrim County Airport at Bellaire the pre-war J-3 Cub is owned by John Van Andel (EAA 343387) of Ft Pierce FL Special note should be made of the extreme ly clean condition of the

U S Forest Service Stinson SR-SA

(Left) This photo from back in the early 1940 s was contributed by Wiley Hautala of Ely MN The Stinson SRshy5A NC5045 mounted on Edo 38-3430 floats was flown by veteran Ely MN seaplane pilot Milt Nelson for several years until 1943 when the 245 hp Lyshycoming engine quit one day and put the SR-5A in the trees - and that was the end of NC5045 Milt Nelson who is presently in his eighties soloed a Travel Air bishyplane at Superior WI in 1933 and logged approximately 15 000 hours on floats while flying for the U S Forest Service over a period of twenty years He says the SR-5A was a nice flying airplane and did a very respectable job on floats alshythough it couldn t handle the heavy loads of a Beaver or Norseman Note the 1937 Ford grill in the foreground and the Travel Air S6000-B seaplane in the backshyground which was flown by Bill Leithold of Ely MN Ironically at one time Milt Nelson owned a Fairchild FC-2 on Fairchild floats Today those very same floats are in the EAA Aviation Museum completely restored by John Parish and ready for installation on the EAA Founshydations Fairchild FC-2W

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Fly-In Calendar The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a matter of

information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the

information to EAA Att Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

JULY 23 - ZANESVILLE OH - EAA Chapter 425 Annual Pancake Day at Parr Airport 8 am - 5 pm Oshkosh bound pi lots encouraged to fly-in eat and refuel Contact Don Wahl 674454-0003

JULY 26-27 - COFFEYVILLE KS - Funk Aircraft Owners Assoc Reunion Contact Gene Ventress 70275 S Monticello Lenexa KS 66227

JULY 26-27 - AFTON WY - Callair Radio Controlled Model Aircraft Fly-In sponsored by the Callair Museum and Aviat Aircraft Inc For info call joan Michaels or Audrey Henning 307886-9887 FAX 307886shy9880

JULY 26-28 - RED LAKE ONTARIO CANAshyDA - Norseman Float Plane Festival For more info contact the Festiva l Committee at 807727-2809

JUL Y 27-29 - KEOKUK IA - Sixth World Wide gathering of L-Birds then en masse up to Wisconsin for EAA great OSHKOSH 96 on August 7 Contact Irv Linder 3 79524-6378

JULY 28 - GRANTSBURG WI - EAA Chapter 875 Wildrice Pancake Breakfast

JUL Y 28 - WEYBRIDGE SURREY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Aircraft of Surrey Fly- In Contact julian C Temple or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 07932 855465

JULY 31-WAUKESHA WI - (UES) tst Annual Great Stearman Fl y-Up to EAA Convention Call Stan Markus for more info 474567- 7499 or 965-3776

AUGUST 1-7 - OSHKOSH WI - 44th Annual EAA Fly-In and Sport Aviation Con vention Wittman Regional Airport Contact John Burton EAA PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 414426-4800

AUGUST 3 - ST PAUL MN - Lake Elmo Airport Aviation Days Fl y- In Pancake Breakfast Aircraft Disp lay and Young Eagles Day Rain Date August 4 Contact

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Dick Wicklund 672777-9742 AUGUST 3 - ELLSWORTH KS - EAA Chapter

7727 Fly-In breakfast (Oshkosh stop-over) and Cowtown Day Call Dale Weinhold 973-472-4027 (w) or -4309 (h) for info

AUGUST 18 - BROOKFIELD WI - Capita l Airport EAA AC Chapter 77 Vintage Aircraft Display and Ice Cream Social Noon - 5 pm Midwest Antique Airplane Club meeting as well For info call Capital Airport at 4 74787 -9550

AUGUST 18 - EAST TROY WI - Inti Cessna 720 740 Assoc Wisconsin Brat and Corn Roast Arrive at 77 am eat at 72 30 pm Bring a dish to pass and a buck Call Matt and Carole Rybarczyk 474767-0920

AUGUST 25 - BELMOND IA - NC Chapter 73 annual p icnic Call 575444-3637 for info

AUGUST 26 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Biplanes and Vintage Aircraft Fly- In Contact ju l ia n C Temp l e or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 0 7932 855465

AUGUST 27-29 - YOUNGSTOWN OH shyBARTLESVIL LE OK AND EL CAJON CA -Staggerwing Beech Commemorative Tour Ca ll William Thaden 207439-7767 fo r info

AUGUST 30-31 - HA YWA RD CA - EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter 29 Fourth Annual Antique Fl y- In and Airshow Free Early Bird Dinner to all display aircraft on Friday This is a northern Cal ifornia points event Contact Bud Field at 5 70455-2300

AUGUST 30 - SEPT 1 - PROSSER WA - EAA Chapter 397 25th Anniversary Fly- In at Prosser airport Call Cormac Thompson for info 509786- 7034

AUGUST 30-31 - MOCKSVIL LE NC - Tara Airbase (5NC7) 77 th Annua l Anything That Flies Fly-In Private Fly-In - attenshydance at your own risk For info ca ll 704284-2 767 or 970764-0007

AUGUST 31 - MARION IN - Sixth Annual Fly-InCruise-In breakfast sponsored by the Marion High schoo l Band Boosters Antiques Classics homebuilts and Antique classic and custom cars welshycomed For information contact Ray johnson at 3 77664-2588

SE PT 1 - ZANESVILLE OH - Riverside Airport EAA Chapter 425 Labor Day Weekend Fly-In Drive-In Breakfast 8 am - 5 pm Sandwiches etc from noon to closing

SEPT 7 - OSCEOLA WI - Simenstad Field 76th Annual Wheels and Wings Air Fair Train rides pancake breakfast fly-in Free event shuttle bus Pilots check class 0 NOTAMS for specia l airport conditions For info call 775755-3300

SEPT 13-15 - URBANA IL - Frasca Field Byron Smith Memorial Stinson Reunion Fly-In Ca ll 708904-6964 for info

SEPT 13-1 5 - JACKSONVILLE IL - Ercoupe Fly-In Call 2 77546-0585 for info

SEPT 20-2 1 - BARTLESVILLE IL - Frank Phillips Field 39th Annual Tulsa Regional Fly-In sponsored by EAA NC Chapter 70 AAA Chapter 2 EAA Chapter 70 EAA lAC Chapter 70 and the Green Country U ltralight Flyers Call Charlie Harris for info 978622-8400

SEPT 21-22 - ROCK FALLS IL - Whiteside County Airport (SQI) North Central EAA Old Fashioned Fly-In Fly market campshying and food on field Call Gregg Erikson 7085 73-064 7 or Dave Christianson at 875625-6556 Pancake breakfast Sept 22 - 0700 - 7700

SEPT 22 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGLAND - Brooklands Museum Fly-In Contact ju l ian C Templ e or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 07932855465

SEPT 27-28 - SANTA YNEZ CA - 8th Annual Western Waco Assoc Reunion Call jon A ldrich 209962-6727 or Barry Branin 7 74545-7476 for info

SEPT 28-29 - ZANESVILLE OH - John s Landing A irfield 5th Annual Fall Fly-In sponsored by EAA NC Chapter 22 of Ohio Hog roast on the 28th breakfast both days Antique classic homebuilts warbirds welshycome For more info call Virginia at 674453-6889

SEPT 28-29 - LEXINGTON TN - Tennessee Taildraggers 72th Annual Fly-In 907968shy2864 or 901968-4022 for info

OCTOBER 4-6 - REDDING CA - Benton Field EAA Chaper 157 Oktoberfest Contacts Bruce Taylor 976275-6456 or Armal Owens 976243-4382

OCTOBER 13 - TOWANDA PA - Towanda airport (N27) Fly-In Breakfast - all you can eat Eggs sausage pancakes 100 pure maple syrup 7 am -7 pm

OCT 13 - ZANESVILLE OH - Riverside A i rport EAA Chapter 425 and the ARTHRITIS FOUNDA TlON Hog Roast 8 am - 5 pm Contact Don Wahl at 614 454-0003

OCTOBER 13 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Fly-In Contact ju l ian C Temple or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 0 1932857381 or FAX 01932855465

OCT 18-20 - KERRVIL LE TX - Southwest Regional Fly-In For info ca ll 800221shy7958 Vendors should call 270914-3746

Ale NEWS Continued from page 2

in two a reas to mos t VFR pilots - the Surface Aviation Observation (SA) will now become the Aviation Routine Weather Report (Metar) with an addishytional report the Aviation Selected Special Weather report (Speci) added to it when dictated by changing weather conditions A new international format will also be adopted to replace the Tershyminal Forecast (TF) issued by the Nashytional Weather Service The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) will be the new format for this forecast

The new formats will be a combinashytion of new and old abbreviations but the seq ue nces will change a nd some components will be reported in a differshye nt format For many of us who us e DUATS briefing services and exercise the plain language option these changes will be transparent but be careful - temshyperaturedewpoint spreads will be given in degrees Celsius and sky cover definishytions will change Other parts of the seshyquence reports will be a lso be revised The new form a t began with the NWS transmissions that were issued a t 0800 UTC July l

For more informat ion and a card that details the new Metar format conshytact your nearest Flight Service Station or yo ur loca l FAA Flight Standards District Office

EICHER KIMBAll GEE BEE Z fliES

LUSCOMBE FOUNDATION 8E GIVEAWAY

The Don Luscombe Aviation Foundashytion is doing it again A small total of only 2800 tickets will be sold to help raise funds used to continue the expansion of services of the Foundation to Luscombe owners and to fulfill the Luscombe Type Certificate purchase contract You can see the work done to restore the 1996 Win Me airplane in the accompanying photos This airshyplane has all the Luscombe options and has been fully inspected and rebuilt with the latest information on Luscombe repa irs from the foundation For a more informashytion including the price of tickets and a brochure call the OLAF at 602917-0969 or fax them at 6021917-4719

NO 80 OCTANE AT WITTMAN FiElD

If youve always planned on fueling up with 80 octan e fuel during EAA O shkosh youll need to buy it from someone other tha n Basle r Flight Sershyvice the FBO on Wittman Field Basler

The Gee Bee Z recently completed by Jeff Eicher and Kevin Kimball was first flown on June 24 and again on the 25th by Delmar Benj amin Delmar explored the handling characteristics of the z in a series of flights that culminated in a roll and knife edge flight He reports a stall speed at about 75 mph indicated rt quickly acshycelerates to 210 mph and then continues to build up more speed up to 230 mph Delmar reports that it is hands off stable in both pitch and yaw 130 mph is used on fi nal to keep the Zs sink rate at a comfortable level We ll have more on the first flights of this beautiful Gee Bee replica next month but until then congratulations to Jeff and Kevin and their test pilot Delmar Benjamin

has informed EAA that they will not be selling any 80 octane fu el for resale durshying th e EAA Convention Du e to tighter tank te sting rules e nforced by the EPA Basler has storage facilities sufficient o nly for the quantities of 100 LL a nd Jet A neede d during the Conshyvention but there s no room left for a quantity of 80 octane After exploring other options Bas ler re luctantly deshycided to drop carrying 80 octane avgas which they had only had available durshying th e EAA Fly-In Since Basle r has also chosen not to offer auto fuel if you prefer not to burn 100LL in yo ur vinshytage engine you may wish to plan your flight with a fuel stop after your deparshyture or prior to your arrival Basler will be offering 100 octane avgas at the same price as last year $2 15 If you really prefer to run your e ngine on 80 octane avgas the closest airport with that fuel is the tailwheel friendly fie ld at Hartshyford WI (HXF) located 41 statute miles SSE of Oshkosh Hartford Aero Sershyvice 414673-5350 is the FBO and hes aware of the situat ion and is planning on having his 10000 gallon tank topped off in time for the Convention

CUB MONUMENT IN BRADFO RD

Thanks to the impetus provided by Sport Aviation editor Jack Cox a monshyument will be e rected on the site of the old Taylor Aircraft company in Bradshyford P A For more details on the effort being spea rh eaded by George Welsch

Continued on page 31

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27

by HC Frautschy

The April Mystery Plane proved to be a tough one so we ll continue that course with the July Mystery Plane This handshysome biplanes photo was sent in some time ago by Richard E Sampson Ft Lauderdale FL

Answers need to be in no later than August 25 1996 for inclushysion in the October issue

Aprils Mystery is still just that - an unknown Lennart Johnsson of Eldsberga Sweden sugshygested that it might be the creation of the Engshylish designer Harold Bolas and his partner Capt Goodman-Crouch who both emigrated to the USA and settled in Rhode Island After reshyviewing an article on the Crouch-Bolas Dragshyonfly its obviously not our Mystery Plane Our thanks to Lennart for giving it a shot

The second shot I ve included in this months edition may help jog the dim memory of someone else You can see that the airplane is not particularly large when compared to the pilot crouching on the bow Also tip floats have been added to the lower wings and you can plainly see the biplane configuration of the horizontal tail We can leave this Mystery Plane file open and perhaps someone will recshyognize it

28 JULY 1996

New Members

Robert K Ad ler Naples FL

Joseph B Brown Jr Panama City FL

Jeff Bruebaker Hamler OH

Paul G Catrou Greenville NC

Darryl Chin Modesto CA

Donald L Clingerman Grayling MI

Ned E Corman Harri sburg PA

John Davis Houston TX

John M DeMars N Hollywood CA

Thomas Robert Dollimore Rexdale Ontari o

Canada

Gary W Donald Jlorissant MO

William Grant Dorsett Alvin TX

W Heyward Dropla Charlotte NC

George M Eastman Westminster CO

John Faccin Crystal Falls MI

Robert Farr Houghton Lake MI

Jeff Foley Roanoke Rapids NC

Jon Michael Fox Moses Lake WA

Robert J Furlong scottsdale AZ

David M GampferColumbus OH

Raymond L Gebhard 5ioux Falls sD

Richard L Gillespie Ft Meyers FL

Mark Haag Houston TX

Barry Halsted Fountain Val ley CA

William R Harper Beverly Hill s CA

Val P Hattemer Dayton OH

John Hitzke

Redcl iffe Queensland Australia

Peter Hook Lakeville MN

Robert K Howie Jr Decatur IL

Thomas H Hughston Brownsville TX

James O Johnson Kenansvi lle NC

Paul Johnson Rockford IL

R L Johnson Aledo TX

H Floyd Jones water Mill NY

James H Jones Payson AZ

Alan R Jose Niagra Fa ll s Ontario Canada

Larry Kanaster Torrance CA

Paul J Keenan Kerrville TX

Charles Keppen Madison sD

Richard W Land New Carlisle OH

Cliff Larrance Port Townshend WA

Delmer Lawrence Rensselaer IN

Thomas J Leahy Chippewa Lake OH

Louis J Leftwich Winter Park FL

George C Lem ieux Livonia MI

Cory E Linnane schaumburg IL

Paul Mandel Kansas City MO

Carl F McClellan Richardson TX

Robert C McDannell Woodstock IL

Roy R Mcintire Long Beach CA

Howard S Meeks Cocoa Beach FL

Joseph Mezera Worthington OH

Mike Millette Rodondo Beach CA

Janice D Milligan san Ramon CA

Jay G Miner seattle WA

Charl es Moore Gibsonville NC

N A Morey Pukekohe New Zealand

Richard E Newton Luray VA

Anthony B North Windsor CT

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The Antique Classic Red Barn with the new Friendship Porch beckoning memshybers to come on in and set a spell A big thank you is due AI Kelch and Bob Lumley for their perseverance in seeing this project to its completion

awards for antique aircraft to spread the awards more evenly among antiques and classics

In his February editorial Brad anshynounced to the members the EAA Avishyation Foundations plans for the EAA Air Academy an aviation program for boys and girls 15-17 years of age AnshytiqueClassic Division Vice-President Bob Lickteig volunteered to assist the Foundation by heading up the efforts of the Division toward this new project not only with funding from donors but in assisting with the procurement of volunteers and tools needed to make the venture a success

An editorial by the editor in the March issue of the magazine stated The last five years have seen gre a t progress in the AntiqueClassic Divishysion under the leadership of Brad Thomas and his Board of Directors As we go to press with this issue of THE VINTAGE AIRPLANE we learned of his request to step down from this position Brad served admirably as President and his resignation is acshycepted with regret

Also by action of the Board of Dishyrectors Vice-President Bob Lickteig was named President Director Roy Redman was named Vice-President and

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Advisors Jack Copeland and Stan Goshymoll were named Directors

President Lickteigs first editorial appeared in the Apri l 1984 issue of THE VINTAGE A IRPLANE In it he reconfirmed the aims and goa ls of the Division He stated As I write my first message to you I cannot he lp but think of the great opportunity we have not only to continue our efforts of the past but to look at the cha ll enges that lie ahead

I n his next editoria l Bob discussed the EAA Air Academy and the AnshytiqueClass ic Divisions p lanned inshyvolvement He vo lunteered the use of his sons J-3 Cub in which each of the 30 students wou ld receive an orientashytion flight He predicted the EAA Air Academy would be expanded over the years to come and paid tribute to Paul Poberezny for his foresight and vision for bringing EAA to where it is today

The AntiqueClassic Division was becoming international with the first reshyquest for chapter status by a group of members in Argentina This announceshyment in the June 1984 iss ue of VI NshyTAGE named Mr Abel De bock as Chapter President The group became Chapter number 12

Another Chapter was formed during the year when Chapter 18 in Phoenix Arizona rece ived its charter Stan ley W Loer was the groups first president

The EAA Aviation Foundatio n s Auto Fue l STC program made great str ides d uring the year when they reshyceived FAA approva l for the issuance

of STCs for many models of Aeronca Cessna In terstate Luscombe McClish (Funk) Piper and Taylorcraft aircraft At the same time the list of airports in the US providing auto fuel grew rapidly

OSHKOSH - 84 THE FREEDOM OF fliGHT

Oshkosh 84 the 32nd Annual EAA Fly-In Convention was held July 28-Aushygust 4 and new records were set in all areas with the weatherman cooperating nice ly Total show plane count was up including 128 Antiques and 607 ClasshySICS

The AntiqueClassic Division activishyties involved greater participation than ever and thanks to the hardworking chairmen co-chairmen and volunteers each committee did its job splendidly The AntiqueClassic Chairman for the Convention was Bob Lickteig with CoshyChairman Roy Redman

The AntiqueClassic area with a new porch on the Red Barn was the talk of the Convention AI Kelch and Bob Lumley were responsible for the design and construction of the porch and with minimum assistance completed the job just in time for the 81 Convention This new addition to the Red Barn was named the Friendship Porch and in an appropriate ceremony was dedicated to all Convention volunteers

Manpower Chairman Jack Copeland with Co-Chairmen Ray Olcott and Bob Lumley did an outstanding job Thanks

to Art Morgan Chairman of Parking and Flight Line Safety along with CoshyChairman Bob Herman and Bob Braver there were no parking probshylems

The AntiqueClassic Fly-Out to Wautoma WI had 40 aircraft and 100 people a most enjoyable outing thanks to Bob Lumley The reunion of past grand champions and reserve grand champions arranged by AI Kelch brought out seven aircraft The reactishyvation of~ the picnic resulted in 420 peoshyple enjoying fine food and a great social hour thanks to Bob Kelly

The first photo contest of the Divishysion attracted 26 entries Jack McshyCarthy not only organized this activity but gave complete photo coverage of all AntiqueClassic activities The Headshyquarters Staff at the Red Barn was busy throughout the Convention with Kate Morgan Ruth Coulson and Jo Olcott handling merchandise sales double the amount of previous years

The Parade of Flight had 93 planes participating with Phil Coulson and William Benedict doing an excellent job of organizing The Type Club Headquarters Tent was full with ten clubs conducting their business The group was honored during the week when EAA Convention Chairman Tom Poberezny spoke to them Type Club Chairman Butch Joyce was planning on a larger tent for 1985 The forums handled by Ron Fritz and Gene Morris had the largest attendance on record

Roy Redman had a merchandising and chapter stand which was busy all week signing up 121 new Division members and talking with 20 members interested in forming new chapters The merchandising and chapter stand was constructed by Stan Gomoll

Dan Neuman arranged for and conshyducted 18 interviews with aircraft ownshyers This was more activity than ever for that committee

Coordinating the requirements of press people in the AntiqueClassic area were AI and Lois Kelch and they did their usual superb job The security of the AntiqueClassic area was the reshysponsibility of Chairman Dave Shaw with Co-Chairman Jack Huffman Dale Fauw and Tom Auger These men did an excellent job in the performance of their duties

Last but not least the aircraft judges were to be congratulated for a job well done The Antiques were judged by Chairman Dal e Gustafson with CoshyChairman Pete Covington Chairman George York judged the Classics along with Co-Chairman Dale Wolford

Of course those listed above are only a small percentage of the total number of volunteers who participate at Oshkosh and are responsible for

making the Annual EAA Convention the greatest aviation event in the world Without them it would not happen

The top awards at Oshkosh 84 went ANTIQUE Grand Champion - Stinshy

son SR-5E N14187 1 Tom Laurie Newport Beach CA

Reserve Grand Champion - Stearshyman C3R NC794H Jeff Robinson Arshyleta CA

CLASSIC Grand Champion -Cessna 140 NC4135N Rick and Kathie Paige San Mateo CA

Reserve Grand Champion - Rawdon T-l N5160 Terry Chastain Manchesshyter MO

REPLICA Champion - Gee Bee Model Y N718L Ken Flaglor NorthshybrookIL

One of the greatest thrills at Oshkosh 84 was the appearance of the Rutan Voyager the aircraft designed to circumnavigate the earth non-stop It was flown to Oshkosh by Dick Rutan and Jeanna Yeager from its home base Mojave CA

The first EAA Air Academy which ran from July 15-August 4 1985 far exshyceeded all expectations in its impact on participants The program will defishynitely be scheduled again in 85

The election results announced at the Annual AntiqueClassic Division business meeting during the Convenshytion indicated that all incumbents were reelected with the exception of Direcshytor Robert G Herman who was unshyseated by Advisor Espie M Butch Joyce

In the November 1984 issue of VINshyTAGE the name of Dennis Parks apshypeared on the masthead as a feature writer as a result of his monthly contrishybutions of a column called Vintage Literature It first appeared in the July issue and was an on-going series describing periodicals from the vintage years of aviation

1985 - ANTIQUECLASSIC DIVISIONS 15TH YEAR Commitment for Growth

Welcome to 1985 Welcome to your AntiqueClassic Division s 15th year of service and leadership were President Bob LickteigS opening reshymarks in his first editorial for the year in VINTAGE He went on to pay tribshyute to the groups founding fathers and re established the Divisions goals for the anniversary year with the theme shyCOMMITMENT FOR GROWTH

In that same January 1985 issue of the magazine Paul Poberezny wrote an editorial Looking back Lookshying Ahead in which he recalled calling the first AntiqueClassic meeting to orshyder Aims and goals were discussed and particularly the help that would

be needed for the AntiqueClassic enshythusiast during the Annual Convenshytion

Past president and current treasurer Buck Hilbert the Divisions first president Dave Jameson and past secshyretary and director Kelly Viets all conshytributed guest editorials in the April and June issues of VINTAGE They reminisced about the early days of the Division and their involvement with it The EAA Aviation Foundation conshytinued to receive all additional STCs from the FAA for the use of auto fuel in aircraft the most recent being for several models of BampB Aviation (Belshylanca) Northwest - Rankin Porterfield and SL Industries (Aero Commanshyder) aircraft The Foundation also reshyceived STC approval for the use of auto fuel in the Lycoming 0-235 and 0shy290 engines

Early in the year some personnel changes occurred in the Division when due to personal commitments and other considerations two long-time directors Al Kelch and Claude Gray resigned In January 1981 Claude and AI were named Chairman and Vice Chairman respectively of the EAA National Judgshying Committee formed by the EAA Board of Directors In this capacity they were responsible for writing the EAA Aircraft Judging Manual and they leave this legacy which will serve EAA in a constructive manner for many years to come The AntiqueClassic Board of Directors named Advisors Ray Olcott and Dan Neuman to serve out the unshyexpired terms of Kelch and Gray The Board also appointed three new advishysors Timothy V Bowers of Woodland CA Phillip Coulson of Lawton MI and W S Jerry Wallin of Kent WA With the March 1985 issue THE VINshyTAGE AIRPLANE had grown to 32 pages and the back cover was also in color

Looking ahead to Oshkosh 85 scheduled for July 26 to August 2 this AntiqueClassic Division made plans for three new activities in addition to all the regular ones These include a riverboat dinner cruise a program to present each registered aircraft owner or pilot a Participants Recognition Plaque and a week-long AntiqueClasshysic Workshop which will give members an opportunity for hands-on experishyence in aircraft woodworking dope and fabric

President Bob Lickteig wrote With our 15th Anniversary year celebration continuing we once again are making plans to be a major sponsor of the EAA Air Academy 85 It s going to be a great Convention Make the AnshytiqueClassic area your headquarters for Oshkosh 85 Welcome aboard Join us and you have it all

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 9

a first at OSHKOSH by HG Frautschy

The Very first Airplane at the Very first fAA fly-In Convention

This is a spin-off article to Gene Chase s AntiqueClassic 25th annivershysary series of reports on the history of the organization

Of the thousands of airshycraft to land at the Oshkosh fly-in when it first opened in 1970 what was the very first to arrive

It seems appropriate that a signifishycant event such as this should be opened by an antique homebuilt experimental replica biplane which was a Blicker Jungmeister flown by Sam Burgess (EAA 16214)

He arrived on July 1 after completing a 50 state trip starting in Hawaii The

original intent was to finish the junket at the new fly-in site Starting from Chino California for the continental flight on 1 April 1970 four months were scheduled for the trip however no major mechanshyical problems or significant weather deshylays were encountered and his arrival was earlier than planned

The EAA was kept informed of his progress as he flew around the country visiting EAA Chapters sending post cards with just a quick notation such as State 33 Upon arrival at Oshkosh he was met by EAA President Paul Poberezny

His only close call was holding for traffic over Lake Winnebago If the Warner had failed at this time what a finish this would of been to an otherwise uneventful Excursion Around America Paul dubbed the

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(Above) Completion of the 50 state trip at the new EAA Fly-In site at Oshkosh WI Note the Basler Flight Service sign on the gas truck A picture was taken at each stop to confirm Sams arrival

(Left) The JM was off to an easy start with Hawaii being state No1 the most difficult for a mainlander Sam was starting backward by claiming the 50th state first The 165 hp Warner was a new surplus engine from the Australian RAAF donated to them on WW II lendlease for their Fairchild 24s (Arshygosy UC-61) It performed nobly durshying the 86 takeoffs and landings

flight The Spirit of Flight 2 Number 1 was a flight to several states by Anshyders Ljungberg EAA 2836 during 1960 in the P-5 Pober Sport built by Paul Poberezny and his brother Norman in 1959

The BUcker was parked by Basler Avishyation in Steve Wittmans old hangar the same building where he had built Bonzo and other famous racers Sam returned to Hawaii until the fly-in started

The trip was made to prove that a homebuilt aircraft could be safe and reshyliable Articles on the 50 state trip apshypeared in the October-November issues of SPORT A VIA TION with the BUcker on the front cover Many letters were received with one from Dave Jameson encouraging Sam to write a full-blown book on his trip Three years later Jungmeister Junket (50 States in a Bishyplane) was published

In 1971 the Jungmeister was donated to the EAA Museum for its historic value and is presently on display in the Air Adventure Museum When the JM had only ten hours on it Paul Poberezny made a trip to Hawaii with the Air Nashytional Guard in a KC-97 refueler and flew the Jungmeister This was his 107th homebuilt to be flown many for the very first time

Since then Sam Burgess has built two Pitts and another BUcker powered by an Allison turboprop engine of 420 hp That airplane holds the NAAFAI world record for time to climb to 10000 feet (218) This unit has since been reshyplaced with a Russian 9 cylinder radial Vedenyev engine of 360 hp At age 79 Sam is presently building a Knight Twister biplane with the intent of evenshytually racing it at Reno Nevada

Two days after the Convention when

Sam departed for the AAA Fly-In at Ottumwa Iowa he experienced an unshyusual sight

Taking off to the west and looking to the left for a view of the parking area he did a double take as hundreds of airshycraft appeared to be still parked there How could this be

On a second look it was revealed that each aircraft had been perfectly outshylined by the multitude of tire kickers as they inspected their handiwork tramshypling the verdancy from the grass

(Editors note My kids refer to the little grass airplanes as airplane ghosts You can always tell where the most popular airshyplanes were parked - the grass around them is trampled until it is devoid of color and a bright green wing [uselrrge and tail appear in base relief in the turf when the real airshyplane taxis away)

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 11

The 15AC Sedan

eroncas Family Airplane by HG Frautschy

Im sure its always been a fantasy of many of us who love old airplanes to find a very original low time example of our favorite airplane Paul and Pam Workshyman lived that dream a few years ago

As the proprietor of a busy aircraft and auto upholstery shop Pau l Workshyman has always been an avid classic airshyplane man and Aeroncas in pa rticular He has had both a 7 AC Champ (he dated Pam with that airplane) a 7GC and finally a 1950 Aeronca Sedan N6665K which came to the Work mans when they started adding children to their family

Before buying 6665K Paul had been searching for a Sedan and ran across a little used example in Washington Court House OH In 1986 when they first contacted Bob Rolfe about the Sedan Bob just wasnt interested in selling the airplane It had been in his family for a number of years having belonged to a close relative of his Richard Rolfe of SabinaOH Richard was the first owner after Aeronca dealer Porter Kauffman took delivery of the Sedan after its manshyufacture in 1948 He was a minister and he used the Sedan for preaching in an unusual way It seems that Richard thought that the work of the Lord should come from on high literally so in early July of 1949 he had the Sedan fitted with an ATR 100 watt 12v to 120 v inverter a pair of 12 volt batteries a pair of Quadraflex trumpet speakers and two 100 watt a mplifiers All of this was hooked up to a Webster Model 180 wire line r ecorder (the predecessor to the modern day reel to reel tape recorder) Cincinnati Aircraft Service and Airborne Communications Inc at Lunken Airport did the work

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A year later Richard had the inverter rep laced with a single cylinder gasoline engine driving a generator (The 337s are a little unclear on th is - if the amplishyfiers needed AC voltage the generators output wo uld sti ll need an inverter to bring it up to the req uired 110vAC but no mention is made of the inverter in the second form 337) He also had an addishytiona l speaker insta ll ed The system must have worked reasonably well - Paul Workman talked to severa l locals who

Found unused in Ohio Paul and Pam Workman spent two years restoring a very original four-place Aeronca

recalled they heard The Word from the Sedan cruising above

It must have not been too e ffective (but Ill bet it was disconcerting) for the Sedan really didn t get much use By the time Bob Rolfe took possession of the Sedan it was still a low time airplane It sat until the 1970s when Bob got 48H flying in 1976 Amazingly by the time the decade of the 90s began the Sedan had just slightly more than 200 hours toshytal time on the airframe and the engine had even less since it had been zeroshytimed by the Continental factory after the camshaft fai led with only 22 hours 30 minutes on the engine The C-145 enshygine had a rash of these rep lacements early on in the production of the engine whe n some of the camshafts were imshy

properly heat treated and they fai led Paul Workman had not really thought

much about 1048H since he was turned down by Bob Rolfe in 1986 Besides he had found 6665K a later model (1950) Sedan and he and his family had been flying it for a few years But in the winshyter of 1989 Bob Ro lfe called Paul and asked if he was still interested in buying 48H Pam and Paul had to do some quick work with the calculator Knowing the Sedan needed a complete restorashytion it would need cash to put it in flying shape

But oh what a project It truly was an original airplane The speaker installashytion of the past did not disrupt the strucshyture in any way and the rear seat was sti ll intact All of the little things that can be so hard to find were still there shythe small map light on the bottom of the instrument panel a larger red flood light above the pilot mounted below the top of the windshield a ll the instruments and the Aeronca Sedan trim piece set in the center of the panel Topping it all off was the Harvey-Wells model ATR-3 radio still intact and installed in the panel just as it was when it was put in on July 31 1948 Even the antenna and loading coil were still on the airplane Happily the airframe had never been substantially damaged with only a menshytion of a rudder spar inspection done once to check for suspected damage after the wind slammed the rudder over one day It was a real gem to find and Pa ul just couldn t turn it down

The new garage would have to wait and on December 16 1989 Paul and his dad Ben went to pick up the flying proshyject It was a bit chilly that day - 7degF - so the Continental needed a bit of persuashy

sion to get started but once it was runshyning Ben and Paul flew formation back home with their new prize

With just a little more than two years to go the Workmans decided that the Aeronca Convention scheduled for 1992 was the ir goal All the fabric was reshymoved and the project took over the Workman basement

Only a couple of small areas needed attention with the welding torch and then all of the tubing for the fuselage and tail surfaces was sandblasted A coat of epoxy primer was then app lied with a topcoat of zinc chromate primer on top of that stric tly for appearance With such an original a irplane there was no doubt the direction Paul intended to go with the restoration

All of the wood in the fuselage needed replacement The Sedan is no different than other late model Aeroncas It too used the fami liar triangular rear fuse lage configuration with the outside shape deshyfined by a set of wooden formers and stringers Paul used fir and pine plyshywood and replaced all of th e str in gers All of the wood was painted with spar varnish

Since recovering would have to be t done in the basement near the gas fur- ~ nace and hot water heater the cover- ~

i

ing process chosen was the STCd Blue River system using Ceconite 7600 fabric Even with the water based Blue River sysshytem a strong smelling solvent is used to activate the cement for tapes and seams so good ventilation is still necessary Paul liked the process particularly since it was more pleasant to work with than dope and not nearly so mind altering

The final finish is Randolph Ranthane chosen by Paul to prevent uneven fading be tween the metal and fabric surfaces The orig in al color scheme was mainshytained with the fuselage painted Santa Fe Red and the trim color Tucson Cream a very close match to the original Packard Straw Ben Workman Paul s dad and the family lA was the paint foreman on the job and he spent a lot of his time helping the Sedan project along

Originally Sedans were delivered with unpainted wings but it didn t take too long for a service letter to be issued by the factory in Middletown detailing the

(Above) Pam and Paul Workshyman Zanesville OH the restorshyers of Aeronca 15AC Sedan 1048H

(Left) UAL Captain (retired) EE Buck Hilbert now the proud owner and pilot of four eight Hotel Aeroncavorting in the Sedan is high on his list of fun things to do

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(Above) The interior owes a lot to its Champ and Chief predecessors The early Sedans used the same control wheels from the Chief and so were the glove box doors and ashtrays (now used for holding pencils) The Harvey Wells ATR-3 radio no longer functions but it has been a part of the instrument panel since 1948 shortly after the Sedan was built in Middletown OH Paul Workman was able to find a fabric for the seat cushions and side panels that closely reshysembled the original fabric

(Left) Now a resident of Buck Hilberts Funny Farm the Sedan flies nicely out of the northern Illinois grass strip

procedure for painting the wings Not too many people wanted to continue polishshying the top and bottom of 200 square feet (wait - that would be 400 sq ft) of wing

The corroded control cables were reshyplaced and so was the side window plasshytic A new windshield was purchased from LP Aero Plastics and the interior was refinished as closely as could be deshytermined Paul found out that the interishyors of the Sedans were not finished conshysistently Even a visit to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museums library didnt turn up anything consistent By talking with some owners of other early producshytion Sedans and using some of the paint left in the corners the original greengray color was applied Only a couple of exshytra switch holes had to be plugged in the panel leftovers from the days when the speaker system was installed

Those of you familiar with Sedans may wonder why there is no neat panel overlay such as on the 48 and 50 Sedans The early airplanes had a basic VFR panel and not until the later modshy

els was a panel overlay made The glove box was retained on the right side of the panel and the old Harvey-Wells radio was re-installed Paul wanted to put the old V antenna on again but the airshyplane wouldnt fit in his T-hangar with the wire running from wingtip to the vershytical fin

As a professional interior man you can imagine how frustrating it was for him when he couldnt find an exact match for the interior fabric Fortushynately one of his fabric salesmen came to the rescue with a medium width corshyduroy that looked just like the fabric seen in the photographs Paul had been using for research

The wings needed a bit of work inshycluding the replacement of one leading edge skin and a general clean up of the fittings Paul also converted the wingtips to being secured by screws instead of rivshyets allowing more complete inspection of the wing panels

One more change made to the wings was the replacement of the rubber fuel

cells with welded aluminum fuel tanks engineered by Paul and his dad Ben an IA A one time STC was applied for and eventually granted although Paul says it was not an experience he would care to do again Making the tanks was easy but the approval process was a bear

The engine a Continental C-145-2 is one of the early production six cylinder powerplants from the factory in Muskegon MI As mentioned before it had suffered a camshaft failure early in its life and since it had sat inactive for extended periods there was some conshycern about the condition it was in But when Paul removed the cylinders oil pan and accessories to inspect its innards he was pleased to find it looked brand new with no corrosion evident After the acshycessories were gone through the engine was reassembled and repainted in the original Continental bluegray with black cylinders

With the Aeronca Convention fast approaching in 1992 the Memorial Day holiday wasnt spent watching the lndi-

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anapolis 500 - it was time for the big push to get the airplane completed With Paul at the airport putting the finishing touches on the fuselage and engine inshystallation Pam spent the weekend polshyishing the wings at home in the backyard and bugging her neighbors when it came tim e to flip them over or move them around To maintain its original appearshyance the Workmans decided to keep the wings natural aluminum but after one year of trying to keep the metal looking good a great looking silver paint was apshyplied

By the end of the next week it looked like an airplane was about to fly and with a week to spare 48H was ready for its first engine run Sunday saw the first flight after the restoration and later in the week both 1048H and N6665K were loaded up and headed to Middletown On the way from Zanesville to Middleshytown their youngest daughter started feeling a bit queasy and not wishing to christen the new interior in that way a landing was made at Washington Court House Before they had stopped the prop from turning they knew they had an engine problem though - one magshyneto coil had died Ben Workman flying 65K continued on ahead to H ook field in Middletown A quick call to friends who were also on their way to the Conshyvention brought a replacement coil By the time the re pairs could be made it was late evening so Paul and Pam spent the evening with their kids in a motel After staying the night in central Ohio 1048H was flown to the Aeronca factory just in time for the convention

The Sedan was immediate ly deshyscended upon by the crowds who all oohed and ahhed over a very original airplane That fly-in saw the Workmans win the first of a series of awards for their efforts in restoring the Sedan It also won a major award at the Mid East Regional Fly-In and was also selected as the Best Class II (81-150 hp) Classic award winner at EAA OSHKOSH 94 The Workman fa mily enjoyed flying 48H all over the midwest during the summers of 1992 and 93 but in the fall of 1993 it became obvious that their other Sedan 6665K needed a major enshygine overhaul and the equity in 48H was going to have to pay for it

EE Buck Hilbe rt our resident Aeronca nut had heard me mention this particular Sedan in glowing terms and when he asked he found it was available Paul and Pam took Bucks be loved Champ in trade for the Sedan In Octoshyber 1993 the Sedan came to live at the Funny Farm in Union IL where it quickly became a favorite It s just right for a economical flight to a midwestern location (75 gph at 2450 rpm) and is roomy and quite comfortable to fly Whil e not particularly fast (105 mph cruise) it handles like a larger heavier Chief and it bas plenty of baggage room and space for the kids in back It really is a shame more of these airplanes were not made

While Paul Workman was flying the airplane the engine began to make a litshytle metal that was showing up on the oil screen After changing a piston that was self-destructing it appeared to be OK

but metal continued to show up on the screen It continued to do so after Buck bought tbe airplane so in conjunction with the annual in the fall of 1995 we changed the engine with another C-145 and he also added an Aviation Developshyment Corporation (ADC) oil filter sysshytem with oil bypass warning light The de tails of the installation were spelled out in Bucks column in the November issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE

Nearly 40 hours later the filter system works beautifully with the 3 mic ron screen catching anything that happens to make it into the oil Since the restorashytion the airplane has proven to be quite reliable and generally maintenance free and Id be remiss if [ didnt thank Buck publicly for the tim es he has lent my family and me the Sedan - its our fashyvorite airplane and our goal to shoot at when setting our priorities

The love the Workmans have for this particular airplane is still evident and theyre like most pare nts hoping their children lead a good life after they leave home Home on the Funny Farm is as pleasant as it can be for four e ight Hotel as it keeps company with its other Aeronca brothers th e C-3 and the Champ plus the Nicaraguan Fleet who seems a bit confused by it all It s earnshying to a djust Champ Ye p after a while Buck really missed the 7AC so when Paul mentioned to him that he was thinking of selling the Champ Buck had trade d on the Sedan Buck bou ght it back The stable is now full of Middleshytown wonders Wh a t more could an Aeronca man want

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John W Preiss

Cess 195 by Norm Petersen

The winner of the Best Restored Classic Over 165 hp at Sun n Fun 96 was an immaculate Cessna 195A N2JP SIN 7712 flown to Lakeland FL by John W Preiss (EAA 462642 AC 24168) of College Station Texas Winshyning awards is not a new phenomenon for John and his 195 having garnered the Reserve Grand Champion Lindy at Oshkosh 94 just a few tiny points beshyhind Roy Foxworthys bright red Johnshyson Rocket 185

This particular 195 had actually started the winning trend way back in 1983 when it earned a trophy at EAA Oshkosh that year for its owner at the time Paul Walter (EAA 90497 A C 2342) of Waukesha WI Eventually Paul Walter brought the 195 to EAA Oshkosh 92 where John

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John Preiss and his lovely wife Beverly pose for DeKevin Thorntons camera in the sparkling sunshine augmented by the brilliance of the polished Cessna 195

Cruising above the clouds the Cessna 195 really comes into its own - a true Businessliner - as the advertising people called it in 1951 This was lUxury air travel at its very best some 45 years ago

Preiss and his girlfriend Beverly spotshyted it and started negotiations On Sepshytember 14 1992 the sale was completed and John W Preiss owned Cessna 195 NI95PW as it was registered at the time

A fascinating sidelight to this story is the fact that John W Preiss has an identishycal twin brother James M Preiss (EAA 410655 AlC 20593) of Germantown WI who is ten minutes older than John and if ever two brothers were cut from the same cloth - this would be it John is a Boeing 737 Captain for Southwest Airlines and James (Jim) is a Boeing 737 Captain for United Airlines Both made their solo flights on their sixteenth birthday June 161974 in the same Cessna 150 Aerobat and both earned their A amp P rating from Blackhawk Technical College in Janesville WI (The twins were classmates of EAAs Director of Maintenance Daryl Lenz)

The term They have been flyers all their lives could easily apply to the Preiss twins however they were flyers even beshy

c

fore they were born One week prior to their birth their father Erhard took their mother Lydia (very much in a family way) for a flight in the back seat of an Aeronca Champ Jim still chuckles when he tells the story

The boys grew up in an aviation envishyronment as their father Erhard Preiss was an FBO and flight instructor On many family flying trips one youngster would work the control wheel while the other would work the rudder pedals On the return trip they would reverse duties To use an old cliche These were the best of times

Jim Preiss had restored a Cessna 180 in the 1980s and was quite acquainted with the amount of work involved in a restorashytion After John had purchased the 195 in 1992 he asked Jim to help with the job of restoring the big five-place Cessna (Jim had earned his Inspection Authorization by this time) On February 24 1993 the project began

The engine was sent to Jacobs Service Inc in Payson AZ and even tually reshyturned as a zero time Jacobs R-755-B3 of 275 hp The prop was in perfect shape but all accessories needed overhaul and every hose and clamp was replaced The startshying circuit was modified to the later conshyfiguration to eliminate the heavy current drop and improve the engine starting cashypability especially in cold weather

A new instrument panel was built with all instruments being overhauled or reshyplaced The radios were upgraded with the installation of new Narco avionics with complete wiring harnesses circuit break-

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ers and new antennae The entire set of cabin windows was replaced (some are crank down) along with a new windshield A new interior was sewn by Lydia Preiss the twins mother who had learned seamshystress skills in Germany before coming to the US The result was an interior that is absolutely outstanding and had the judges smiling from ear to ear

The 195 had come from the factory with crosswind gear - an option that is not usually compatible with original style wheelpants New straight axles were inshystalled along with new Cleveland wheels and brakes per STC and a search was beshygun for a set of the rare aluminum wheel pants with their special shape that fit a 195 After a year of inquiring (along with a special bit of accidental luck) a pair was finally located purchased (many $$$$)

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and were totally reworked and installed with new backing plates When polished to a glistening shine these tall narrow wheelpants are in a class by themselves

Up front the old Montgomery spinner was removed and a new Cessna type as used originally on the 195 was installed (more $$$$) The result is rather striking as the more pointed nose on the 195 spinshyner gives it that original look and really shines when polished

John discovered that three different pain t schemes were used on the 195 seshyries depending on serial number Even though his airplane was not previously painted correctly he was able to get asshysistance from Cessna and a few others so he was able to layout a correct paint scheme for the proper serial number 7712 built in July 1951 and making its

first test flight on July 12 1951 The airshyplane was taken to Central Aviation Inc in Watertown WI for final painting by Randy Effinger and his very capable crew

The 18 month restoration effort was finished just prior to Oshkosh 94 includshying the massive polishing job on the alushyminum with Rolite polish The 195 was flown to Oshkosh and displayed in the AntiqueClassic area for a couple of days Before the Convention was finished John Priess and his new bride Beverly were off to Hawaii on their honeymoon and brother Jim was delegated as a commitshytee of one to attend the awards ceremony Late in the program Cessna 195 N2JP was called out for the Reserve Grand Champion Lindy award and Jim walked up on stage to accept it for his brother

Perhaps the real joy for Jim was calling his brother in Hawaii and calmly informing him of the award - almost nonchalant like (Brothers have been known to pull such things on each other) John and Beverly were jumping up and down with exciteshyment wishing they could have been on hand for the presentation

With many ideas from the Antique Classic judges the Preiss boys have been steadily improving the big Cessna to where it looks better than ever At Sun n Fun 96 the 195 ran off with the award for Best Restored Classic Over 165 hp and the Preiss gang was indeed happy Their next goal is Oshkosh 96 where they plan to make another run at the big prize

An interesting coincidence happened when prior to purchasing the 195 John was telling one of his friends Jeff Sandlin

at Southwest Airlines about the big cabin Cessna and learned that Jeffs father had owned a 195 for quite a number of years After purchasing the airplane he showed Jeff some photos of the 195 and menshytioned that a man named A E Edwards had owned the airplane for a long span of years John was really surprised when Jeff blurted out A E Edwards is my father In 1994 John flew the 195 to Denton Texas where Mr and Mrs A E Edwards now in their eighties had the unusual opshyportunity to see the very same airplane that they had taken such good care of over many years and flown the Cessna over 3200 hours The reunion was very special to John and the Edwards family and made the airplane even more special to the Priess family

Although the original N number of the

Cessna 195 was N1014D that number is currently in use and the owner is not willshying to give it up Therefore John chose to use N2JP which was available at the time Eventually John says it would be quite an achievement to get the original number back on the airplane

John Preiss is the very first person to admit that he has had a great deal of assisshytance and help on the 195 His father Ershyhard Preiss started the love of aviation in the boys during their early years and the workmanship on the Cessna is dedicated to his memory Erhard passed away in 1980 Johns wife Beverly has been very patient and supportive during the restorashytion process In addition John is very grateful for the help and expertise of his brother Jim the overseeing IA on the project who is totally unafraid of hard

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work Special thanks are also in order for the twins mother Lydia Preiss who used her seamstress ski lls so well

Other contributors were Jimmy Vickshyers of Lubbock Texas a fo rmer Cessna dealer who flies his own 195 Captain Jeff Kilponen of Southwest Air lines who sparked John Preiss interest in the Cessna 195 in the first place and John Swander of

(Above) The unique split-flap employed on the 195 is designed for drag to slow the airplane down for landing It contributes alshymost nothing to lift Look at the sparkling interior of that wing when the flap is pulled down for inspection

(Above left) For genuine comfort it is hard to beat the rear seat of a Cessna 195 This interior was completely sewn by Lydia Preiss the mother of both John and Jim Preiss This seat is cashypable of handling three persons with ease making the 195 a true five-place airplane

(Left) The totally restored instrument panel complete with upshygraded avionics is a thing of beauty and function The throttle uses a friction lock collar while the propeller and mixture conshytrols each employ a vernier control for fine adjustment This particular 195 has the dual yoke in deference to a throw-over yoke as used on some models

DeSoto Kansas who provided some exshy John would especially like to thank the cellent ideas and much help to the restorashy Cessna Aircraft Company for designing tion Tim McCarter a pi lot and mechan ic and building a true classic aircraft that pishyfor Amphib Inc contributed expertise lots such as as he and his twin brother can and support to the rebuild a nd the Inshy continue to appreciate and enjoy ternational195 C lu b and Eastern 195 To this we add our congratulations and Cl ub were most he lpful in getting N2JP very best wishes in the future for making back in the air - along with helping all 195 N2JP such a dazzling airplane It is indeed owners keep them there a credit to its restorers

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Type Club

NOTES by Norm Petersen

Compiled from various type club publications amp newsletters

From the Monocoupe Flyer Bob Coolbaugh editor 703-590shy

2375

Adventures of a Warner Engine Owner

George Olson - January 1996

About 1979 while ove rhauling the 145 HP Warner for my Fairchild 24 a crack was fo und in one of the cylinder barrels Parts were really hard to find but a fri e nd in Lo uisvill e C la ud e Curry who I am sorry to say is now go ne to ld me th a t hi s fri e nd Bud Nea t a lso in Lo uisville had the reshyma ining Warne r pa rts but he was n t se llin g a nythin g H e offe red to ca ll Bud and tell him my situation and ca ll me bac k La te r he told me th a t I should go ahead and call Bud which I did Bud said that Claude told him all about it and to come over and see if we could fi nd one that was suitable The parts were in the basement of his manshyufacturing building We took fla sh shyli ghts and Bud showed me where the cylinders were to ld me to pick one out a nd we nt bac k upsta irs There were pallets filled with hundreds of cylinder assemblies There were cylinder ba rshyre ls stac ked about e ight fee t high o n o the r pa lle ts boxes of parts all over the place about 40 barrels of studs and other small steel parts some engines in various stages o f assembly big crates of baffl ing and tools of all descriptions It was hard to be lieve like be ing in a candy store The cylinder I picked out loo ked like it had a good head o n it but the barrel had rust in it that looked like brown fur T here must have been some o il o n the surface to sta rt with beca use it wasn t pitted and it didn t need plating after all

T he n Bud a nd I had some co ffee

and he told me the story about how he and ten others decided to build Grea t Lakes Biplanes in hi s ma nufacturing building Th ey we re goin g to build e leven a ll toge the r they would be all th e sa me and wh e n th ey fini she d theyd draw straws to pick their plane Bud hea rd about th e a ucti o n of th e Warner factory inventory in (She ldon) Iowa These were all the parts remain shying afte r a warehouse fire where they were stored Bud put in the winning bid a t the auction and picked up o ne semitrailer load of parts When Merlin Bock bo ught out th e fact o ry ea rli e r a nd mo ve d th e pa rts to Io wa th e re were 10 semi-loads but this one trailer was all that was left With Buds pur shychase though th e Grea t La kes Bi shyplanes would now all have Warner en shygines But afte r a couple of years the buildin g e nt e rpri se e nd e d beca use eve ryo ne had a diffe rent view of how long the e ffort should las t Eve ryo ne took their project home and some were finished separately When the projects went o ut the door the Warne r pa rt s we re put in the basem e nt o ut of the way They were there when I saw them in 1979

The Fairchild rebuilding jo b was fini shed in 1980 and I flew it until 1985 whe n th e numbe r 4 link ro d bro ke This time I needed a lo t of pa rts so it was back to th e we ll Bud wa nted to se ll a ll th e parts no t just th e o nes I needed and I knew enough by then to realize that I could sell them and hopeshyfull y get my money back So this time aft e r some price nego ti a ti o ns we s tru ck a dea l for a ll Bud s p a rt s I re nte d a 24- fo o t truck a nd with the help of a fri end and Bud Neats grand shyson we moved o ne load (ha lf o f the parts) to my 16 x 22 foot garage That fi ll ed it up Another friend offe red to

let me put a semitrailer on his farm so I bought a pretty good used 40 footer Whe n we got the seco nd load Bud s grand son got three of hi s college fri e nds to he lp so the re we re 6 o f us loading It only took four hours while th e fir st load had ta ke n a ll d ay My pickup truck was use d to mov e the parts in my garage to the trailer whenshyever I needed to make a trip out there Afte r about six wee ks my wife sa w that th e part s we re se llin g so she started speaking to me again

In with the engine parts were prints production reco rds test records and paperwork of a ll kinds but the T ype Ce rtifica te docum e nta ti o n was los t somewhere along the way In 1989 the FAA called and asked if I had the Type Certificates They had some boxes in Chicago that they wante d to give to the Type Certificate holder to get then out of their way Curiosity got the best of me and started me on the search for th e Type Ce rti fica te Th e require shyme nts we re to trace ownership from the last known owner to the present I had to get a ffidavits fro m all the ownshye rs since Clinton Mac hin e Company sold out They were the las t owners of th e T ype Certi fica te who were regisshytered with the FAA

This provided an interesting pursuit a nd I m e t a lo t of he lp ful pe opl e James Thomas Smith who bought the parts fr o m C lint o n Ma chin e Co couldn t be fo und Th e nex t owne r Duke H attah died in the late 60s and hi s re lati ves couldn t be found e ithe r The sea rch continued unsuccessfully January 1993 rolls around and someshyo ne approaches me to buy the T ype Certificate to build engines in Spain of all pl a ces Th e n in 1994 som eo ne wanted it to bui ld Warne r engines in Czechoslovakia fo r Blicke r Jungmeis-

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ters they were building I received a letter in December 1994 from the FAA stating that during a move to an off airport location they found a reshyquest dated June 13 1980 in a fo lder that was mislabeled to make new Data Plates and Type Certificates It was in Bud Neats name He had held the Certificate all along All that was needed was an affidavit from Bud Neat which was accomplished immeshydiately The new Type Certificates arshyrived in May 1995

Oh yes about those boxes the Chicago FAA had - They were shipped to the Atlanta FAA Certification ofshyfice The FAA people there invited me to visit them and look at the conshytents It was nice to meet some of the people I had been talking to on the phone for so long One full day was spent helping them sort through the boxes There were folders of correshyspondence (some of it mine) Warner blueprints and boxes of microfilm of all the Warner prints There were about 1200 microfilm prints per box Since there were duplicate sets of Warner blueprints on microfilm they offered me a set which I gladly acshycepted

Warner Engine Facts and Figures

The following information was gathshyered over the course of the successful acquisition of the Warner Type Cershytificates and from Warner Aircraft Corporation records These records were included with the remains of the Warner Company which I bought from Bud Neat of Louisville KY This will attempt be an attempt to sort and conshydense the jumble of papers to present that which is of most int erest to Warner engine owners

The Warner Aircraft Corporation was founded by William O Warne r in 1926 and its address was 20263 Hoover Avenue Detroit MI Officers in 1929 were William O Warner President amp General Manager Edward N Hartwick Vice-President amp Treasurer W J Jarvie Secretary In 1950 the ofshyficers were R E Cecil President Carl F Lang Secretary-Treasurer and Leonard W Quart Manufacturer s Agent William O Warner was a Dishyrector but ret ired The Warner Airshycraft Corporation was merged with Clinton Machine Company located in Clinton Michigan in April of 1950 The reason for the merger according to the Proxy Statement and notice of Stock Holders meeting of February 20 1950 was that Warner Aircraft found itself without a product except for the hydraulic units and it had lost money every year since the war The assets of Warner were transferred to Clinton

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Machine Company in exchange for shares of common stock of Clinton which were distributed to Warner shareho lders The president of Clinshyton Machine Comp any at that time was Donald D Thomas

In 1952 Clinton Machine Co so ld the aircraft engine parts prints and some tooling to the Detroit Harvester Co which was owned by James Thomas Smith He owned it for a very short time I was never ab le to find Mr Smith In about 1953 Detroit Harvester Co sold the remaining Warner assets to Duke Harrah Inc located in Niles Michigan Duke Harshyrah sold Warner parts until 1963 when he sold the Warner assets to M amp B Flying Service located at Sheldon Reshygional Airport in Sheldon Iowa Duke Harrah died in the late 60s Merlin Bock and Elmer Meuke were partners in M amp B Flying Service There were several semitrailer loads of parts which were put in a large hangar In 1966 the building burned in a fire started by someone working on a mower There was one semitrailer load that was salshyvaged Bud Neat from Louisville Kenshytucky brought the remains at auction

The sales records end December 31 1945 so the years 1946 to 1950 are less clear Grand total of all engines sold through December 31 1945 is 3572 Today there are 437 Warner engines on aircraft registered with the FAA The papers I have showin g sales records and Type Ce rtificate Data Sheets are quite interesting There were severa l projects in the experishymental department in 1945 The folshylowing interesting note is copied fro m the 1945 monthly progress report book

550-X 200HP New experimental e ngin e Pre liminary and final tests conducted toge the r with bolt deflecshytion measurements Power calibration conducted with standard induction housing 50 hours endurance running compl e ted Power calibration conshyducted with control induction with varshyious carburetor positions Engine now having cam settings and valve timing worked out for both standard and split cam

Active Signed S A Christiansen Test Engineer

Other projects in development were experimental engine 585-X which is 585 cubic inch with a 5 inch bore amp 4250 stroke

A 2 cyl Model 140-X horizontal opposed industrial engine and model 12850-3 a single cyl utility engine I wonder if the last two engines were the key to the Clinton merger (In 1950 Clinton was the second largest proshy

ducer of gasoline engines in the 34 to 3 hp range) Warner also manufacshytured wheels axles brakes skis prop hubs shock struts and hydraulic units These production plans also transshyferred with the Type Certificates

Included in the records are several books and inventories One is a book showing each engine sold in numerical order starting with the first engine sold It lists engine number Airplane Owner and Address A sample page from this book is included Also inshycluded is a chart listing standard enshygine model and serial number designashytions and deviations from standard By referencing this list and the data plate on your Warner engine you can determine how your engine was conshyfigured when it left the factory Bear in mind that your engine may have been changed substantially over the years during overhauls

From the Cessna 150 - 152 News

Safety - Avoiding wire Strikes Skip Carden editor

919-471-9492

The Terrible Truth About Wire Strikes a new video and a companshyion pamphlet from AOPA Air Safety Foundation debunks many misconcepshytions about these accidents There are an average of 115 reported general avishyation wire strikes a year but only an estimated 10 of strikes are reported

The video and pamphlet give some commo n-sense tips on how to see and avoid wires

bull Scan on both sides of the aircraft Look for towers or other supporting structures which are easier to see than the associated wires themselves Fly over the top of the tower rather than between the supporting structures

bull Nature doesn t make a stra ight line Strips of inconsistent vegetation crop edges land boundaries and roads can indicate a wire path

bull Flight below a ridge line or in a canyon puts a pilot in the wire envishyronment

bull Avoid antennas by a horizontal distance greater than the vertical height of the structure Guy wires can extend at a 45 degree angle from tower top to the ground

bull A pull-up is usually the best mashyneuver to avoid an unexpected wire In most cases the pilot sees the wire too late to bank away successfully

The video is priced at $10 plus $325 shipping The pamphlet is free with a 6 X 9 self-addressed envelope with 55 cents postage affixed AOPA ASF 421 Aviation Way Frederick MD 21701 800-638-3101

PASSdb BUCK by EE Buck Hilbert EAA 21 Ale 5 PO Box 424 Union IL 60180

Our twenty fifth Anniversary re shyunion seems to be shap ing up T write to each of the origi na l 100 members asking th e m to be with us at EAA OSHKOSH So far the replies are runshyning about fifty-fifty Those that are coming are enthusiastic about the whole thing and are just as interested today as when we started the Division More to come

As I read the history of the Division it triggers memories of events past The discussions that Paul Pobe rezny and I had over the titl e Division and hi s concerns that it was a word that would conjure up thoughts of a group that was seceding from EAA Happily it proved to be somet hing weve ne ver had to worry abo ut - EAA is still th e prime mover in Sport Aviation and the varishyous Divisions have accentuated the positive as that old song goes

The letters I receive are most welshycome and can either be a real boost or an education I got ed ucated on old time stunt pilot Howard Dutton from one of our ear ly members Capt Jim Barton (AA retired) who kn ew him personally Jim responded with clipshypings and a phone ca ll so we could anshyswer that query

Then I also got a letter fro m one of the San Diego antiquers who said r was off base on my Chapter One open house co lumn regarding the weather for that weekend He said it was much better than I had indicated and that it was the first time the whole group was able to fly up together A great time was had by all and the fly-in weather was great Im not going to remind him th at sevshyera l people got stuck in Riverside all day Sunday waiting for it to let up

I on ly wish there was room to pubshylish each and every lette r we receive T try to answer each one personally and usuall y do as time permits I also ge t requests for parts and pieces of inforshymation and on occasion Im able to be of some help Once in a while I stub my

toe R ecently a memb er called and asked if I could help him find a Cub alshytimeter I had one and sent it to him A week later I got it back Wrong color Min es black he ne ed ed one cream faced Oh well I tried

Number one son Robert your editor HG and I flew down to Middle town OH for the Aeronca get together HG a llowed me to ride with him in my Sed a n while Bob took hi s C ha mp Originally we had planned to take both Champs but mine deve loped a lea ky exhaust valve so it had to stay home

Wally Baldwin was our host down the re while Bob Hollenbaugh and his wife He len look ed after H G Wally squired us around town Hes writing a book on Aeronca and expects to go to press shortly This man is a walking enshycyc lope dia as far as Aeronca is co nshyce rned His D ad worked there when they were building the C-3s Ks Low Wings and later the C hamps C hi efs and Sedans Wa ll ys dad bought the prototype Champ after its nat ionwide demonstration tour ove rhauled the Ashy65 and gave it to Wally when he came

home from the Air Force after WW II Wally currently fli es a Champ with the same paint scheme and rues the day he ever sold the original

HG will be writing up the trip and printing pictures of all the beautiful airshyplanes in a future article but I want to say is that it was a great bunch and even thou gh Bob a nd I a long with D ale Gu stafso n got drafte d to judge airshyplanes we enjoyed it immensely

Over to you

Here are a couple of photos that ought to raise a few eyebrows courtesy of Aeronca retiree John Houser These two shots show the installation of a Aeroshymarine AR-3 engine in an Aeronca C-3 Rated at 55 hp running 2400 rpm the AR-3 might look familiar to many antishyquers - the design and manufacshyturing rights were sold to Burshynelli and then later (1938) it became known as the Lenape Papoose after Burnelli sold off that portion of its business to

Lenape Aircraft amp Motors of New York city As detailed in the 1939 edition of Aerosshyphere the AR-3 weighted in at 150 Ibs and had a pair of Bendix magnetos powering the two ignition circuits The Aeronca E-107 engine developed 26 hp the later E-113 was rated at 36 hp and the final version the E-113C was listed as producing 40 hp With the 55 hp of the AR-3 this early model C-3 must have been a good little performer This parshyticular 3-cylinder engine produced too much vibration to suit the engineers at Aeronca so no production aircraft were sold with this engineairframe combination

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Vintage Seaplanes by Norm Petersen

Summers here

and its time to think about

flying off the water

Our resident web-footed

pilot Norm Petersen

has provided us with a

look at waterbirds

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Kyle Meints Cessna 1708

(Left) Pictured at the Vette Seaplane Base at Oshkosh 95 is a pretty 1955 Cessna 170B N4453B SIN 26797 mounted on a set of Edo 89-2000 floats all decked out in a matching paint scheme of white with red trim The pretty Continental 145 powered seaplane is the pride and joy of Kyle Meints (EAA 360394) of Augusta MI who purchased the 170B on floats in Minnesota about ten years ago Kyle inshystalled the STOL kit on the wings painted the entire airplane and then painted the matching floats the next year all in PPG two-part urethane A factory seaplane since new the 170B has 2400 TT of which Kyle has flown about 400 hours since acquiring the f1oatplane This airplane spent about the first 25 years in New England before coming west to Minnesota Congrats to Kyle Meints on a sharp looking Cessna 170B f1oatplane

1140 floats which do not show their age (40 to 50 yrs) and have had their compartment covers reshymoved (The 1140 floats are easily distinguished from the larger 1320 floats by the si ngle cover beshytween the struts 1320 floats have two covers beshytween the struts) Apparently the boot cowl on the Cub has been replaced or repainted as the forward end of the lightning stripe is missing A li ghtshyweight pre-war Cub with wood spars and 1140 floats makes for a sporty seaplane that is pure fun

Odell Matthis Republic Seabee

(Left) This beautiful custom Republic RC-3 Seabee N87493 SIN 44 is the pride and joy of Odell and Diane Matthis (EAA 262957 AIC 10206) of Havelock NC No stranger to EAA Odell brought the highly polished Cessna 140A Patroller N5332C SIN 15452 that was featured in the October 1986 VINTAGE AIRPLANE and picshytured on the back cover The Seabee features extended wings with drooped tips tinted glass and a big Lycoming GO-480 engine of 295 hp The fancy paint scheme is overall white with red and gold trim This particular 1946 Seabee spent many years in the Seattle area before going to Anchorage AK for a number of years It is now based near the seacoast of North Carolina where Odell and Diane (who is also a pilot and 9ger) can make full use of the amphibious capabilities The FAA register lists 275 Sea bees remaining of the over 1050 that were built by Republic and Downer

John Van Andels J-3 Cub on 1140s

These photos of a 1940 J -3 C65 Cub NC30482 SIN 4863 mounted on a set of Edo 54-1140 floats were sent in by Ralph Koutnik (EAA 261425) of Bellaire Ml Tied down at the Antrim County Airport at Bellaire the pre-war J-3 Cub is owned by John Van Andel (EAA 343387) of Ft Pierce FL Special note should be made of the extreme ly clean condition of the

U S Forest Service Stinson SR-SA

(Left) This photo from back in the early 1940 s was contributed by Wiley Hautala of Ely MN The Stinson SRshy5A NC5045 mounted on Edo 38-3430 floats was flown by veteran Ely MN seaplane pilot Milt Nelson for several years until 1943 when the 245 hp Lyshycoming engine quit one day and put the SR-5A in the trees - and that was the end of NC5045 Milt Nelson who is presently in his eighties soloed a Travel Air bishyplane at Superior WI in 1933 and logged approximately 15 000 hours on floats while flying for the U S Forest Service over a period of twenty years He says the SR-5A was a nice flying airplane and did a very respectable job on floats alshythough it couldn t handle the heavy loads of a Beaver or Norseman Note the 1937 Ford grill in the foreground and the Travel Air S6000-B seaplane in the backshyground which was flown by Bill Leithold of Ely MN Ironically at one time Milt Nelson owned a Fairchild FC-2 on Fairchild floats Today those very same floats are in the EAA Aviation Museum completely restored by John Parish and ready for installation on the EAA Founshydations Fairchild FC-2W

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Fly-In Calendar The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a matter of

information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the

information to EAA Att Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

JULY 23 - ZANESVILLE OH - EAA Chapter 425 Annual Pancake Day at Parr Airport 8 am - 5 pm Oshkosh bound pi lots encouraged to fly-in eat and refuel Contact Don Wahl 674454-0003

JULY 26-27 - COFFEYVILLE KS - Funk Aircraft Owners Assoc Reunion Contact Gene Ventress 70275 S Monticello Lenexa KS 66227

JULY 26-27 - AFTON WY - Callair Radio Controlled Model Aircraft Fly-In sponsored by the Callair Museum and Aviat Aircraft Inc For info call joan Michaels or Audrey Henning 307886-9887 FAX 307886shy9880

JULY 26-28 - RED LAKE ONTARIO CANAshyDA - Norseman Float Plane Festival For more info contact the Festiva l Committee at 807727-2809

JUL Y 27-29 - KEOKUK IA - Sixth World Wide gathering of L-Birds then en masse up to Wisconsin for EAA great OSHKOSH 96 on August 7 Contact Irv Linder 3 79524-6378

JULY 28 - GRANTSBURG WI - EAA Chapter 875 Wildrice Pancake Breakfast

JUL Y 28 - WEYBRIDGE SURREY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Aircraft of Surrey Fly- In Contact julian C Temple or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 07932 855465

JULY 31-WAUKESHA WI - (UES) tst Annual Great Stearman Fl y-Up to EAA Convention Call Stan Markus for more info 474567- 7499 or 965-3776

AUGUST 1-7 - OSHKOSH WI - 44th Annual EAA Fly-In and Sport Aviation Con vention Wittman Regional Airport Contact John Burton EAA PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 414426-4800

AUGUST 3 - ST PAUL MN - Lake Elmo Airport Aviation Days Fl y- In Pancake Breakfast Aircraft Disp lay and Young Eagles Day Rain Date August 4 Contact

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Dick Wicklund 672777-9742 AUGUST 3 - ELLSWORTH KS - EAA Chapter

7727 Fly-In breakfast (Oshkosh stop-over) and Cowtown Day Call Dale Weinhold 973-472-4027 (w) or -4309 (h) for info

AUGUST 18 - BROOKFIELD WI - Capita l Airport EAA AC Chapter 77 Vintage Aircraft Display and Ice Cream Social Noon - 5 pm Midwest Antique Airplane Club meeting as well For info call Capital Airport at 4 74787 -9550

AUGUST 18 - EAST TROY WI - Inti Cessna 720 740 Assoc Wisconsin Brat and Corn Roast Arrive at 77 am eat at 72 30 pm Bring a dish to pass and a buck Call Matt and Carole Rybarczyk 474767-0920

AUGUST 25 - BELMOND IA - NC Chapter 73 annual p icnic Call 575444-3637 for info

AUGUST 26 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Biplanes and Vintage Aircraft Fly- In Contact ju l ia n C Temp l e or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 0 7932 855465

AUGUST 27-29 - YOUNGSTOWN OH shyBARTLESVIL LE OK AND EL CAJON CA -Staggerwing Beech Commemorative Tour Ca ll William Thaden 207439-7767 fo r info

AUGUST 30-31 - HA YWA RD CA - EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter 29 Fourth Annual Antique Fl y- In and Airshow Free Early Bird Dinner to all display aircraft on Friday This is a northern Cal ifornia points event Contact Bud Field at 5 70455-2300

AUGUST 30 - SEPT 1 - PROSSER WA - EAA Chapter 397 25th Anniversary Fly- In at Prosser airport Call Cormac Thompson for info 509786- 7034

AUGUST 30-31 - MOCKSVIL LE NC - Tara Airbase (5NC7) 77 th Annua l Anything That Flies Fly-In Private Fly-In - attenshydance at your own risk For info ca ll 704284-2 767 or 970764-0007

AUGUST 31 - MARION IN - Sixth Annual Fly-InCruise-In breakfast sponsored by the Marion High schoo l Band Boosters Antiques Classics homebuilts and Antique classic and custom cars welshycomed For information contact Ray johnson at 3 77664-2588

SE PT 1 - ZANESVILLE OH - Riverside Airport EAA Chapter 425 Labor Day Weekend Fly-In Drive-In Breakfast 8 am - 5 pm Sandwiches etc from noon to closing

SEPT 7 - OSCEOLA WI - Simenstad Field 76th Annual Wheels and Wings Air Fair Train rides pancake breakfast fly-in Free event shuttle bus Pilots check class 0 NOTAMS for specia l airport conditions For info call 775755-3300

SEPT 13-15 - URBANA IL - Frasca Field Byron Smith Memorial Stinson Reunion Fly-In Ca ll 708904-6964 for info

SEPT 13-1 5 - JACKSONVILLE IL - Ercoupe Fly-In Call 2 77546-0585 for info

SEPT 20-2 1 - BARTLESVILLE IL - Frank Phillips Field 39th Annual Tulsa Regional Fly-In sponsored by EAA NC Chapter 70 AAA Chapter 2 EAA Chapter 70 EAA lAC Chapter 70 and the Green Country U ltralight Flyers Call Charlie Harris for info 978622-8400

SEPT 21-22 - ROCK FALLS IL - Whiteside County Airport (SQI) North Central EAA Old Fashioned Fly-In Fly market campshying and food on field Call Gregg Erikson 7085 73-064 7 or Dave Christianson at 875625-6556 Pancake breakfast Sept 22 - 0700 - 7700

SEPT 22 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGLAND - Brooklands Museum Fly-In Contact ju l ian C Templ e or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 07932855465

SEPT 27-28 - SANTA YNEZ CA - 8th Annual Western Waco Assoc Reunion Call jon A ldrich 209962-6727 or Barry Branin 7 74545-7476 for info

SEPT 28-29 - ZANESVILLE OH - John s Landing A irfield 5th Annual Fall Fly-In sponsored by EAA NC Chapter 22 of Ohio Hog roast on the 28th breakfast both days Antique classic homebuilts warbirds welshycome For more info call Virginia at 674453-6889

SEPT 28-29 - LEXINGTON TN - Tennessee Taildraggers 72th Annual Fly-In 907968shy2864 or 901968-4022 for info

OCTOBER 4-6 - REDDING CA - Benton Field EAA Chaper 157 Oktoberfest Contacts Bruce Taylor 976275-6456 or Armal Owens 976243-4382

OCTOBER 13 - TOWANDA PA - Towanda airport (N27) Fly-In Breakfast - all you can eat Eggs sausage pancakes 100 pure maple syrup 7 am -7 pm

OCT 13 - ZANESVILLE OH - Riverside A i rport EAA Chapter 425 and the ARTHRITIS FOUNDA TlON Hog Roast 8 am - 5 pm Contact Don Wahl at 614 454-0003

OCTOBER 13 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Fly-In Contact ju l ian C Temple or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 0 1932857381 or FAX 01932855465

OCT 18-20 - KERRVIL LE TX - Southwest Regional Fly-In For info ca ll 800221shy7958 Vendors should call 270914-3746

Ale NEWS Continued from page 2

in two a reas to mos t VFR pilots - the Surface Aviation Observation (SA) will now become the Aviation Routine Weather Report (Metar) with an addishytional report the Aviation Selected Special Weather report (Speci) added to it when dictated by changing weather conditions A new international format will also be adopted to replace the Tershyminal Forecast (TF) issued by the Nashytional Weather Service The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) will be the new format for this forecast

The new formats will be a combinashytion of new and old abbreviations but the seq ue nces will change a nd some components will be reported in a differshye nt format For many of us who us e DUATS briefing services and exercise the plain language option these changes will be transparent but be careful - temshyperaturedewpoint spreads will be given in degrees Celsius and sky cover definishytions will change Other parts of the seshyquence reports will be a lso be revised The new form a t began with the NWS transmissions that were issued a t 0800 UTC July l

For more informat ion and a card that details the new Metar format conshytact your nearest Flight Service Station or yo ur loca l FAA Flight Standards District Office

EICHER KIMBAll GEE BEE Z fliES

LUSCOMBE FOUNDATION 8E GIVEAWAY

The Don Luscombe Aviation Foundashytion is doing it again A small total of only 2800 tickets will be sold to help raise funds used to continue the expansion of services of the Foundation to Luscombe owners and to fulfill the Luscombe Type Certificate purchase contract You can see the work done to restore the 1996 Win Me airplane in the accompanying photos This airshyplane has all the Luscombe options and has been fully inspected and rebuilt with the latest information on Luscombe repa irs from the foundation For a more informashytion including the price of tickets and a brochure call the OLAF at 602917-0969 or fax them at 6021917-4719

NO 80 OCTANE AT WITTMAN FiElD

If youve always planned on fueling up with 80 octan e fuel during EAA O shkosh youll need to buy it from someone other tha n Basle r Flight Sershyvice the FBO on Wittman Field Basler

The Gee Bee Z recently completed by Jeff Eicher and Kevin Kimball was first flown on June 24 and again on the 25th by Delmar Benj amin Delmar explored the handling characteristics of the z in a series of flights that culminated in a roll and knife edge flight He reports a stall speed at about 75 mph indicated rt quickly acshycelerates to 210 mph and then continues to build up more speed up to 230 mph Delmar reports that it is hands off stable in both pitch and yaw 130 mph is used on fi nal to keep the Zs sink rate at a comfortable level We ll have more on the first flights of this beautiful Gee Bee replica next month but until then congratulations to Jeff and Kevin and their test pilot Delmar Benjamin

has informed EAA that they will not be selling any 80 octane fu el for resale durshying th e EAA Convention Du e to tighter tank te sting rules e nforced by the EPA Basler has storage facilities sufficient o nly for the quantities of 100 LL a nd Jet A neede d during the Conshyvention but there s no room left for a quantity of 80 octane After exploring other options Bas ler re luctantly deshycided to drop carrying 80 octane avgas which they had only had available durshying th e EAA Fly-In Since Basle r has also chosen not to offer auto fuel if you prefer not to burn 100LL in yo ur vinshytage engine you may wish to plan your flight with a fuel stop after your deparshyture or prior to your arrival Basler will be offering 100 octane avgas at the same price as last year $2 15 If you really prefer to run your e ngine on 80 octane avgas the closest airport with that fuel is the tailwheel friendly fie ld at Hartshyford WI (HXF) located 41 statute miles SSE of Oshkosh Hartford Aero Sershyvice 414673-5350 is the FBO and hes aware of the situat ion and is planning on having his 10000 gallon tank topped off in time for the Convention

CUB MONUMENT IN BRADFO RD

Thanks to the impetus provided by Sport Aviation editor Jack Cox a monshyument will be e rected on the site of the old Taylor Aircraft company in Bradshyford P A For more details on the effort being spea rh eaded by George Welsch

Continued on page 31

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27

by HC Frautschy

The April Mystery Plane proved to be a tough one so we ll continue that course with the July Mystery Plane This handshysome biplanes photo was sent in some time ago by Richard E Sampson Ft Lauderdale FL

Answers need to be in no later than August 25 1996 for inclushysion in the October issue

Aprils Mystery is still just that - an unknown Lennart Johnsson of Eldsberga Sweden sugshygested that it might be the creation of the Engshylish designer Harold Bolas and his partner Capt Goodman-Crouch who both emigrated to the USA and settled in Rhode Island After reshyviewing an article on the Crouch-Bolas Dragshyonfly its obviously not our Mystery Plane Our thanks to Lennart for giving it a shot

The second shot I ve included in this months edition may help jog the dim memory of someone else You can see that the airplane is not particularly large when compared to the pilot crouching on the bow Also tip floats have been added to the lower wings and you can plainly see the biplane configuration of the horizontal tail We can leave this Mystery Plane file open and perhaps someone will recshyognize it

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New Members

Robert K Ad ler Naples FL

Joseph B Brown Jr Panama City FL

Jeff Bruebaker Hamler OH

Paul G Catrou Greenville NC

Darryl Chin Modesto CA

Donald L Clingerman Grayling MI

Ned E Corman Harri sburg PA

John Davis Houston TX

John M DeMars N Hollywood CA

Thomas Robert Dollimore Rexdale Ontari o

Canada

Gary W Donald Jlorissant MO

William Grant Dorsett Alvin TX

W Heyward Dropla Charlotte NC

George M Eastman Westminster CO

John Faccin Crystal Falls MI

Robert Farr Houghton Lake MI

Jeff Foley Roanoke Rapids NC

Jon Michael Fox Moses Lake WA

Robert J Furlong scottsdale AZ

David M GampferColumbus OH

Raymond L Gebhard 5ioux Falls sD

Richard L Gillespie Ft Meyers FL

Mark Haag Houston TX

Barry Halsted Fountain Val ley CA

William R Harper Beverly Hill s CA

Val P Hattemer Dayton OH

John Hitzke

Redcl iffe Queensland Australia

Peter Hook Lakeville MN

Robert K Howie Jr Decatur IL

Thomas H Hughston Brownsville TX

James O Johnson Kenansvi lle NC

Paul Johnson Rockford IL

R L Johnson Aledo TX

H Floyd Jones water Mill NY

James H Jones Payson AZ

Alan R Jose Niagra Fa ll s Ontario Canada

Larry Kanaster Torrance CA

Paul J Keenan Kerrville TX

Charles Keppen Madison sD

Richard W Land New Carlisle OH

Cliff Larrance Port Townshend WA

Delmer Lawrence Rensselaer IN

Thomas J Leahy Chippewa Lake OH

Louis J Leftwich Winter Park FL

George C Lem ieux Livonia MI

Cory E Linnane schaumburg IL

Paul Mandel Kansas City MO

Carl F McClellan Richardson TX

Robert C McDannell Woodstock IL

Roy R Mcintire Long Beach CA

Howard S Meeks Cocoa Beach FL

Joseph Mezera Worthington OH

Mike Millette Rodondo Beach CA

Janice D Milligan san Ramon CA

Jay G Miner seattle WA

Charl es Moore Gibsonville NC

N A Morey Pukekohe New Zealand

Richard E Newton Luray VA

Anthony B North Windsor CT

J K ONeal san Antonio TX

Bruce J Olson Hudson Canada

shigeru Ota Tokyo Japan

Phillip L Patterson Tullahoma TN

Richard Peters Hinckley IL

Robert J Pinkerton santa Anna CA

Rene Popp Vienna Austria

Bill J Pottage

Abbotsford British Columbia Canada

Todd W Rader Jacksonville FL

Joe Ramotowski Un iversa l City TX

Eric O Richardson Coloma MI

Louis D Ross Jr Covington LA

Milton Ruesch Medford WI

J Sampson Wichita Ks

Bill Scott Kernersville NC

M B Shores En-cinitas CA

Andrew L Sm ith Cloverdale CA

Ronald P Sm ith Washington DC

Lance D st Armand Anson ME

Wayne Strader Ardmore OK

Richard B Strawn Fruitland ID

John Taylor 5augus CA

Ferne Thomas Pilot Mountain NC

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David L Todd shreveport LA

David Tumulty Houston TX

Robert W Vance Greensboro NC

Ron J Wassink Wroxeter Ontario Canada

Dennis B Wassmann Moraga CA

Ken Whittet

Pitt Meadow British Columbia Canada

Gary Lee Wilii ams Plymouth MI

Rocky L Zahner Madison WI

J G Zavar Gaffney SC

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The Luscombe Fo undat i o n supports Luscombes with full service factory data WIN ME restored Luscombe tickets $40 each or 3$100 Most parts and factory supshyport services available Will meet or beat all legitimate commercial sources in price selecshytion and quality All proceeds preserve the Luscombe heritage through development of a museum amp archives 602917-0969 P O Box 63581 Phoenix AZ 85082 (996)

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to Art Morgan Chairman of Parking and Flight Line Safety along with CoshyChairman Bob Herman and Bob Braver there were no parking probshylems

The AntiqueClassic Fly-Out to Wautoma WI had 40 aircraft and 100 people a most enjoyable outing thanks to Bob Lumley The reunion of past grand champions and reserve grand champions arranged by AI Kelch brought out seven aircraft The reactishyvation of~ the picnic resulted in 420 peoshyple enjoying fine food and a great social hour thanks to Bob Kelly

The first photo contest of the Divishysion attracted 26 entries Jack McshyCarthy not only organized this activity but gave complete photo coverage of all AntiqueClassic activities The Headshyquarters Staff at the Red Barn was busy throughout the Convention with Kate Morgan Ruth Coulson and Jo Olcott handling merchandise sales double the amount of previous years

The Parade of Flight had 93 planes participating with Phil Coulson and William Benedict doing an excellent job of organizing The Type Club Headquarters Tent was full with ten clubs conducting their business The group was honored during the week when EAA Convention Chairman Tom Poberezny spoke to them Type Club Chairman Butch Joyce was planning on a larger tent for 1985 The forums handled by Ron Fritz and Gene Morris had the largest attendance on record

Roy Redman had a merchandising and chapter stand which was busy all week signing up 121 new Division members and talking with 20 members interested in forming new chapters The merchandising and chapter stand was constructed by Stan Gomoll

Dan Neuman arranged for and conshyducted 18 interviews with aircraft ownshyers This was more activity than ever for that committee

Coordinating the requirements of press people in the AntiqueClassic area were AI and Lois Kelch and they did their usual superb job The security of the AntiqueClassic area was the reshysponsibility of Chairman Dave Shaw with Co-Chairman Jack Huffman Dale Fauw and Tom Auger These men did an excellent job in the performance of their duties

Last but not least the aircraft judges were to be congratulated for a job well done The Antiques were judged by Chairman Dal e Gustafson with CoshyChairman Pete Covington Chairman George York judged the Classics along with Co-Chairman Dale Wolford

Of course those listed above are only a small percentage of the total number of volunteers who participate at Oshkosh and are responsible for

making the Annual EAA Convention the greatest aviation event in the world Without them it would not happen

The top awards at Oshkosh 84 went ANTIQUE Grand Champion - Stinshy

son SR-5E N14187 1 Tom Laurie Newport Beach CA

Reserve Grand Champion - Stearshyman C3R NC794H Jeff Robinson Arshyleta CA

CLASSIC Grand Champion -Cessna 140 NC4135N Rick and Kathie Paige San Mateo CA

Reserve Grand Champion - Rawdon T-l N5160 Terry Chastain Manchesshyter MO

REPLICA Champion - Gee Bee Model Y N718L Ken Flaglor NorthshybrookIL

One of the greatest thrills at Oshkosh 84 was the appearance of the Rutan Voyager the aircraft designed to circumnavigate the earth non-stop It was flown to Oshkosh by Dick Rutan and Jeanna Yeager from its home base Mojave CA

The first EAA Air Academy which ran from July 15-August 4 1985 far exshyceeded all expectations in its impact on participants The program will defishynitely be scheduled again in 85

The election results announced at the Annual AntiqueClassic Division business meeting during the Convenshytion indicated that all incumbents were reelected with the exception of Direcshytor Robert G Herman who was unshyseated by Advisor Espie M Butch Joyce

In the November 1984 issue of VINshyTAGE the name of Dennis Parks apshypeared on the masthead as a feature writer as a result of his monthly contrishybutions of a column called Vintage Literature It first appeared in the July issue and was an on-going series describing periodicals from the vintage years of aviation

1985 - ANTIQUECLASSIC DIVISIONS 15TH YEAR Commitment for Growth

Welcome to 1985 Welcome to your AntiqueClassic Division s 15th year of service and leadership were President Bob LickteigS opening reshymarks in his first editorial for the year in VINTAGE He went on to pay tribshyute to the groups founding fathers and re established the Divisions goals for the anniversary year with the theme shyCOMMITMENT FOR GROWTH

In that same January 1985 issue of the magazine Paul Poberezny wrote an editorial Looking back Lookshying Ahead in which he recalled calling the first AntiqueClassic meeting to orshyder Aims and goals were discussed and particularly the help that would

be needed for the AntiqueClassic enshythusiast during the Annual Convenshytion

Past president and current treasurer Buck Hilbert the Divisions first president Dave Jameson and past secshyretary and director Kelly Viets all conshytributed guest editorials in the April and June issues of VINTAGE They reminisced about the early days of the Division and their involvement with it The EAA Aviation Foundation conshytinued to receive all additional STCs from the FAA for the use of auto fuel in aircraft the most recent being for several models of BampB Aviation (Belshylanca) Northwest - Rankin Porterfield and SL Industries (Aero Commanshyder) aircraft The Foundation also reshyceived STC approval for the use of auto fuel in the Lycoming 0-235 and 0shy290 engines

Early in the year some personnel changes occurred in the Division when due to personal commitments and other considerations two long-time directors Al Kelch and Claude Gray resigned In January 1981 Claude and AI were named Chairman and Vice Chairman respectively of the EAA National Judgshying Committee formed by the EAA Board of Directors In this capacity they were responsible for writing the EAA Aircraft Judging Manual and they leave this legacy which will serve EAA in a constructive manner for many years to come The AntiqueClassic Board of Directors named Advisors Ray Olcott and Dan Neuman to serve out the unshyexpired terms of Kelch and Gray The Board also appointed three new advishysors Timothy V Bowers of Woodland CA Phillip Coulson of Lawton MI and W S Jerry Wallin of Kent WA With the March 1985 issue THE VINshyTAGE AIRPLANE had grown to 32 pages and the back cover was also in color

Looking ahead to Oshkosh 85 scheduled for July 26 to August 2 this AntiqueClassic Division made plans for three new activities in addition to all the regular ones These include a riverboat dinner cruise a program to present each registered aircraft owner or pilot a Participants Recognition Plaque and a week-long AntiqueClasshysic Workshop which will give members an opportunity for hands-on experishyence in aircraft woodworking dope and fabric

President Bob Lickteig wrote With our 15th Anniversary year celebration continuing we once again are making plans to be a major sponsor of the EAA Air Academy 85 It s going to be a great Convention Make the AnshytiqueClassic area your headquarters for Oshkosh 85 Welcome aboard Join us and you have it all

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 9

a first at OSHKOSH by HG Frautschy

The Very first Airplane at the Very first fAA fly-In Convention

This is a spin-off article to Gene Chase s AntiqueClassic 25th annivershysary series of reports on the history of the organization

Of the thousands of airshycraft to land at the Oshkosh fly-in when it first opened in 1970 what was the very first to arrive

It seems appropriate that a signifishycant event such as this should be opened by an antique homebuilt experimental replica biplane which was a Blicker Jungmeister flown by Sam Burgess (EAA 16214)

He arrived on July 1 after completing a 50 state trip starting in Hawaii The

original intent was to finish the junket at the new fly-in site Starting from Chino California for the continental flight on 1 April 1970 four months were scheduled for the trip however no major mechanshyical problems or significant weather deshylays were encountered and his arrival was earlier than planned

The EAA was kept informed of his progress as he flew around the country visiting EAA Chapters sending post cards with just a quick notation such as State 33 Upon arrival at Oshkosh he was met by EAA President Paul Poberezny

His only close call was holding for traffic over Lake Winnebago If the Warner had failed at this time what a finish this would of been to an otherwise uneventful Excursion Around America Paul dubbed the

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(Above) Completion of the 50 state trip at the new EAA Fly-In site at Oshkosh WI Note the Basler Flight Service sign on the gas truck A picture was taken at each stop to confirm Sams arrival

(Left) The JM was off to an easy start with Hawaii being state No1 the most difficult for a mainlander Sam was starting backward by claiming the 50th state first The 165 hp Warner was a new surplus engine from the Australian RAAF donated to them on WW II lendlease for their Fairchild 24s (Arshygosy UC-61) It performed nobly durshying the 86 takeoffs and landings

flight The Spirit of Flight 2 Number 1 was a flight to several states by Anshyders Ljungberg EAA 2836 during 1960 in the P-5 Pober Sport built by Paul Poberezny and his brother Norman in 1959

The BUcker was parked by Basler Avishyation in Steve Wittmans old hangar the same building where he had built Bonzo and other famous racers Sam returned to Hawaii until the fly-in started

The trip was made to prove that a homebuilt aircraft could be safe and reshyliable Articles on the 50 state trip apshypeared in the October-November issues of SPORT A VIA TION with the BUcker on the front cover Many letters were received with one from Dave Jameson encouraging Sam to write a full-blown book on his trip Three years later Jungmeister Junket (50 States in a Bishyplane) was published

In 1971 the Jungmeister was donated to the EAA Museum for its historic value and is presently on display in the Air Adventure Museum When the JM had only ten hours on it Paul Poberezny made a trip to Hawaii with the Air Nashytional Guard in a KC-97 refueler and flew the Jungmeister This was his 107th homebuilt to be flown many for the very first time

Since then Sam Burgess has built two Pitts and another BUcker powered by an Allison turboprop engine of 420 hp That airplane holds the NAAFAI world record for time to climb to 10000 feet (218) This unit has since been reshyplaced with a Russian 9 cylinder radial Vedenyev engine of 360 hp At age 79 Sam is presently building a Knight Twister biplane with the intent of evenshytually racing it at Reno Nevada

Two days after the Convention when

Sam departed for the AAA Fly-In at Ottumwa Iowa he experienced an unshyusual sight

Taking off to the west and looking to the left for a view of the parking area he did a double take as hundreds of airshycraft appeared to be still parked there How could this be

On a second look it was revealed that each aircraft had been perfectly outshylined by the multitude of tire kickers as they inspected their handiwork tramshypling the verdancy from the grass

(Editors note My kids refer to the little grass airplanes as airplane ghosts You can always tell where the most popular airshyplanes were parked - the grass around them is trampled until it is devoid of color and a bright green wing [uselrrge and tail appear in base relief in the turf when the real airshyplane taxis away)

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The 15AC Sedan

eroncas Family Airplane by HG Frautschy

Im sure its always been a fantasy of many of us who love old airplanes to find a very original low time example of our favorite airplane Paul and Pam Workshyman lived that dream a few years ago

As the proprietor of a busy aircraft and auto upholstery shop Pau l Workshyman has always been an avid classic airshyplane man and Aeroncas in pa rticular He has had both a 7 AC Champ (he dated Pam with that airplane) a 7GC and finally a 1950 Aeronca Sedan N6665K which came to the Work mans when they started adding children to their family

Before buying 6665K Paul had been searching for a Sedan and ran across a little used example in Washington Court House OH In 1986 when they first contacted Bob Rolfe about the Sedan Bob just wasnt interested in selling the airplane It had been in his family for a number of years having belonged to a close relative of his Richard Rolfe of SabinaOH Richard was the first owner after Aeronca dealer Porter Kauffman took delivery of the Sedan after its manshyufacture in 1948 He was a minister and he used the Sedan for preaching in an unusual way It seems that Richard thought that the work of the Lord should come from on high literally so in early July of 1949 he had the Sedan fitted with an ATR 100 watt 12v to 120 v inverter a pair of 12 volt batteries a pair of Quadraflex trumpet speakers and two 100 watt a mplifiers All of this was hooked up to a Webster Model 180 wire line r ecorder (the predecessor to the modern day reel to reel tape recorder) Cincinnati Aircraft Service and Airborne Communications Inc at Lunken Airport did the work

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A year later Richard had the inverter rep laced with a single cylinder gasoline engine driving a generator (The 337s are a little unclear on th is - if the amplishyfiers needed AC voltage the generators output wo uld sti ll need an inverter to bring it up to the req uired 110vAC but no mention is made of the inverter in the second form 337) He also had an addishytiona l speaker insta ll ed The system must have worked reasonably well - Paul Workman talked to severa l locals who

Found unused in Ohio Paul and Pam Workman spent two years restoring a very original four-place Aeronca

recalled they heard The Word from the Sedan cruising above

It must have not been too e ffective (but Ill bet it was disconcerting) for the Sedan really didn t get much use By the time Bob Rolfe took possession of the Sedan it was still a low time airplane It sat until the 1970s when Bob got 48H flying in 1976 Amazingly by the time the decade of the 90s began the Sedan had just slightly more than 200 hours toshytal time on the airframe and the engine had even less since it had been zeroshytimed by the Continental factory after the camshaft fai led with only 22 hours 30 minutes on the engine The C-145 enshygine had a rash of these rep lacements early on in the production of the engine whe n some of the camshafts were imshy

properly heat treated and they fai led Paul Workman had not really thought

much about 1048H since he was turned down by Bob Rolfe in 1986 Besides he had found 6665K a later model (1950) Sedan and he and his family had been flying it for a few years But in the winshyter of 1989 Bob Ro lfe called Paul and asked if he was still interested in buying 48H Pam and Paul had to do some quick work with the calculator Knowing the Sedan needed a complete restorashytion it would need cash to put it in flying shape

But oh what a project It truly was an original airplane The speaker installashytion of the past did not disrupt the strucshyture in any way and the rear seat was sti ll intact All of the little things that can be so hard to find were still there shythe small map light on the bottom of the instrument panel a larger red flood light above the pilot mounted below the top of the windshield a ll the instruments and the Aeronca Sedan trim piece set in the center of the panel Topping it all off was the Harvey-Wells model ATR-3 radio still intact and installed in the panel just as it was when it was put in on July 31 1948 Even the antenna and loading coil were still on the airplane Happily the airframe had never been substantially damaged with only a menshytion of a rudder spar inspection done once to check for suspected damage after the wind slammed the rudder over one day It was a real gem to find and Pa ul just couldn t turn it down

The new garage would have to wait and on December 16 1989 Paul and his dad Ben went to pick up the flying proshyject It was a bit chilly that day - 7degF - so the Continental needed a bit of persuashy

sion to get started but once it was runshyning Ben and Paul flew formation back home with their new prize

With just a little more than two years to go the Workmans decided that the Aeronca Convention scheduled for 1992 was the ir goal All the fabric was reshymoved and the project took over the Workman basement

Only a couple of small areas needed attention with the welding torch and then all of the tubing for the fuselage and tail surfaces was sandblasted A coat of epoxy primer was then app lied with a topcoat of zinc chromate primer on top of that stric tly for appearance With such an original a irplane there was no doubt the direction Paul intended to go with the restoration

All of the wood in the fuselage needed replacement The Sedan is no different than other late model Aeroncas It too used the fami liar triangular rear fuse lage configuration with the outside shape deshyfined by a set of wooden formers and stringers Paul used fir and pine plyshywood and replaced all of th e str in gers All of the wood was painted with spar varnish

Since recovering would have to be t done in the basement near the gas fur- ~ nace and hot water heater the cover- ~

i

ing process chosen was the STCd Blue River system using Ceconite 7600 fabric Even with the water based Blue River sysshytem a strong smelling solvent is used to activate the cement for tapes and seams so good ventilation is still necessary Paul liked the process particularly since it was more pleasant to work with than dope and not nearly so mind altering

The final finish is Randolph Ranthane chosen by Paul to prevent uneven fading be tween the metal and fabric surfaces The orig in al color scheme was mainshytained with the fuselage painted Santa Fe Red and the trim color Tucson Cream a very close match to the original Packard Straw Ben Workman Paul s dad and the family lA was the paint foreman on the job and he spent a lot of his time helping the Sedan project along

Originally Sedans were delivered with unpainted wings but it didn t take too long for a service letter to be issued by the factory in Middletown detailing the

(Above) Pam and Paul Workshyman Zanesville OH the restorshyers of Aeronca 15AC Sedan 1048H

(Left) UAL Captain (retired) EE Buck Hilbert now the proud owner and pilot of four eight Hotel Aeroncavorting in the Sedan is high on his list of fun things to do

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(Above) The interior owes a lot to its Champ and Chief predecessors The early Sedans used the same control wheels from the Chief and so were the glove box doors and ashtrays (now used for holding pencils) The Harvey Wells ATR-3 radio no longer functions but it has been a part of the instrument panel since 1948 shortly after the Sedan was built in Middletown OH Paul Workman was able to find a fabric for the seat cushions and side panels that closely reshysembled the original fabric

(Left) Now a resident of Buck Hilberts Funny Farm the Sedan flies nicely out of the northern Illinois grass strip

procedure for painting the wings Not too many people wanted to continue polishshying the top and bottom of 200 square feet (wait - that would be 400 sq ft) of wing

The corroded control cables were reshyplaced and so was the side window plasshytic A new windshield was purchased from LP Aero Plastics and the interior was refinished as closely as could be deshytermined Paul found out that the interishyors of the Sedans were not finished conshysistently Even a visit to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museums library didnt turn up anything consistent By talking with some owners of other early producshytion Sedans and using some of the paint left in the corners the original greengray color was applied Only a couple of exshytra switch holes had to be plugged in the panel leftovers from the days when the speaker system was installed

Those of you familiar with Sedans may wonder why there is no neat panel overlay such as on the 48 and 50 Sedans The early airplanes had a basic VFR panel and not until the later modshy

els was a panel overlay made The glove box was retained on the right side of the panel and the old Harvey-Wells radio was re-installed Paul wanted to put the old V antenna on again but the airshyplane wouldnt fit in his T-hangar with the wire running from wingtip to the vershytical fin

As a professional interior man you can imagine how frustrating it was for him when he couldnt find an exact match for the interior fabric Fortushynately one of his fabric salesmen came to the rescue with a medium width corshyduroy that looked just like the fabric seen in the photographs Paul had been using for research

The wings needed a bit of work inshycluding the replacement of one leading edge skin and a general clean up of the fittings Paul also converted the wingtips to being secured by screws instead of rivshyets allowing more complete inspection of the wing panels

One more change made to the wings was the replacement of the rubber fuel

cells with welded aluminum fuel tanks engineered by Paul and his dad Ben an IA A one time STC was applied for and eventually granted although Paul says it was not an experience he would care to do again Making the tanks was easy but the approval process was a bear

The engine a Continental C-145-2 is one of the early production six cylinder powerplants from the factory in Muskegon MI As mentioned before it had suffered a camshaft failure early in its life and since it had sat inactive for extended periods there was some conshycern about the condition it was in But when Paul removed the cylinders oil pan and accessories to inspect its innards he was pleased to find it looked brand new with no corrosion evident After the acshycessories were gone through the engine was reassembled and repainted in the original Continental bluegray with black cylinders

With the Aeronca Convention fast approaching in 1992 the Memorial Day holiday wasnt spent watching the lndi-

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anapolis 500 - it was time for the big push to get the airplane completed With Paul at the airport putting the finishing touches on the fuselage and engine inshystallation Pam spent the weekend polshyishing the wings at home in the backyard and bugging her neighbors when it came tim e to flip them over or move them around To maintain its original appearshyance the Workmans decided to keep the wings natural aluminum but after one year of trying to keep the metal looking good a great looking silver paint was apshyplied

By the end of the next week it looked like an airplane was about to fly and with a week to spare 48H was ready for its first engine run Sunday saw the first flight after the restoration and later in the week both 1048H and N6665K were loaded up and headed to Middletown On the way from Zanesville to Middleshytown their youngest daughter started feeling a bit queasy and not wishing to christen the new interior in that way a landing was made at Washington Court House Before they had stopped the prop from turning they knew they had an engine problem though - one magshyneto coil had died Ben Workman flying 65K continued on ahead to H ook field in Middletown A quick call to friends who were also on their way to the Conshyvention brought a replacement coil By the time the re pairs could be made it was late evening so Paul and Pam spent the evening with their kids in a motel After staying the night in central Ohio 1048H was flown to the Aeronca factory just in time for the convention

The Sedan was immediate ly deshyscended upon by the crowds who all oohed and ahhed over a very original airplane That fly-in saw the Workmans win the first of a series of awards for their efforts in restoring the Sedan It also won a major award at the Mid East Regional Fly-In and was also selected as the Best Class II (81-150 hp) Classic award winner at EAA OSHKOSH 94 The Workman fa mily enjoyed flying 48H all over the midwest during the summers of 1992 and 93 but in the fall of 1993 it became obvious that their other Sedan 6665K needed a major enshygine overhaul and the equity in 48H was going to have to pay for it

EE Buck Hilbe rt our resident Aeronca nut had heard me mention this particular Sedan in glowing terms and when he asked he found it was available Paul and Pam took Bucks be loved Champ in trade for the Sedan In Octoshyber 1993 the Sedan came to live at the Funny Farm in Union IL where it quickly became a favorite It s just right for a economical flight to a midwestern location (75 gph at 2450 rpm) and is roomy and quite comfortable to fly Whil e not particularly fast (105 mph cruise) it handles like a larger heavier Chief and it bas plenty of baggage room and space for the kids in back It really is a shame more of these airplanes were not made

While Paul Workman was flying the airplane the engine began to make a litshytle metal that was showing up on the oil screen After changing a piston that was self-destructing it appeared to be OK

but metal continued to show up on the screen It continued to do so after Buck bought tbe airplane so in conjunction with the annual in the fall of 1995 we changed the engine with another C-145 and he also added an Aviation Developshyment Corporation (ADC) oil filter sysshytem with oil bypass warning light The de tails of the installation were spelled out in Bucks column in the November issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE

Nearly 40 hours later the filter system works beautifully with the 3 mic ron screen catching anything that happens to make it into the oil Since the restorashytion the airplane has proven to be quite reliable and generally maintenance free and Id be remiss if [ didnt thank Buck publicly for the tim es he has lent my family and me the Sedan - its our fashyvorite airplane and our goal to shoot at when setting our priorities

The love the Workmans have for this particular airplane is still evident and theyre like most pare nts hoping their children lead a good life after they leave home Home on the Funny Farm is as pleasant as it can be for four e ight Hotel as it keeps company with its other Aeronca brothers th e C-3 and the Champ plus the Nicaraguan Fleet who seems a bit confused by it all It s earnshying to a djust Champ Ye p after a while Buck really missed the 7AC so when Paul mentioned to him that he was thinking of selling the Champ Buck had trade d on the Sedan Buck bou ght it back The stable is now full of Middleshytown wonders Wh a t more could an Aeronca man want

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John W Preiss

Cess 195 by Norm Petersen

The winner of the Best Restored Classic Over 165 hp at Sun n Fun 96 was an immaculate Cessna 195A N2JP SIN 7712 flown to Lakeland FL by John W Preiss (EAA 462642 AC 24168) of College Station Texas Winshyning awards is not a new phenomenon for John and his 195 having garnered the Reserve Grand Champion Lindy at Oshkosh 94 just a few tiny points beshyhind Roy Foxworthys bright red Johnshyson Rocket 185

This particular 195 had actually started the winning trend way back in 1983 when it earned a trophy at EAA Oshkosh that year for its owner at the time Paul Walter (EAA 90497 A C 2342) of Waukesha WI Eventually Paul Walter brought the 195 to EAA Oshkosh 92 where John

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John Preiss and his lovely wife Beverly pose for DeKevin Thorntons camera in the sparkling sunshine augmented by the brilliance of the polished Cessna 195

Cruising above the clouds the Cessna 195 really comes into its own - a true Businessliner - as the advertising people called it in 1951 This was lUxury air travel at its very best some 45 years ago

Preiss and his girlfriend Beverly spotshyted it and started negotiations On Sepshytember 14 1992 the sale was completed and John W Preiss owned Cessna 195 NI95PW as it was registered at the time

A fascinating sidelight to this story is the fact that John W Preiss has an identishycal twin brother James M Preiss (EAA 410655 AlC 20593) of Germantown WI who is ten minutes older than John and if ever two brothers were cut from the same cloth - this would be it John is a Boeing 737 Captain for Southwest Airlines and James (Jim) is a Boeing 737 Captain for United Airlines Both made their solo flights on their sixteenth birthday June 161974 in the same Cessna 150 Aerobat and both earned their A amp P rating from Blackhawk Technical College in Janesville WI (The twins were classmates of EAAs Director of Maintenance Daryl Lenz)

The term They have been flyers all their lives could easily apply to the Preiss twins however they were flyers even beshy

c

fore they were born One week prior to their birth their father Erhard took their mother Lydia (very much in a family way) for a flight in the back seat of an Aeronca Champ Jim still chuckles when he tells the story

The boys grew up in an aviation envishyronment as their father Erhard Preiss was an FBO and flight instructor On many family flying trips one youngster would work the control wheel while the other would work the rudder pedals On the return trip they would reverse duties To use an old cliche These were the best of times

Jim Preiss had restored a Cessna 180 in the 1980s and was quite acquainted with the amount of work involved in a restorashytion After John had purchased the 195 in 1992 he asked Jim to help with the job of restoring the big five-place Cessna (Jim had earned his Inspection Authorization by this time) On February 24 1993 the project began

The engine was sent to Jacobs Service Inc in Payson AZ and even tually reshyturned as a zero time Jacobs R-755-B3 of 275 hp The prop was in perfect shape but all accessories needed overhaul and every hose and clamp was replaced The startshying circuit was modified to the later conshyfiguration to eliminate the heavy current drop and improve the engine starting cashypability especially in cold weather

A new instrument panel was built with all instruments being overhauled or reshyplaced The radios were upgraded with the installation of new Narco avionics with complete wiring harnesses circuit break-

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ers and new antennae The entire set of cabin windows was replaced (some are crank down) along with a new windshield A new interior was sewn by Lydia Preiss the twins mother who had learned seamshystress skills in Germany before coming to the US The result was an interior that is absolutely outstanding and had the judges smiling from ear to ear

The 195 had come from the factory with crosswind gear - an option that is not usually compatible with original style wheelpants New straight axles were inshystalled along with new Cleveland wheels and brakes per STC and a search was beshygun for a set of the rare aluminum wheel pants with their special shape that fit a 195 After a year of inquiring (along with a special bit of accidental luck) a pair was finally located purchased (many $$$$)

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and were totally reworked and installed with new backing plates When polished to a glistening shine these tall narrow wheelpants are in a class by themselves

Up front the old Montgomery spinner was removed and a new Cessna type as used originally on the 195 was installed (more $$$$) The result is rather striking as the more pointed nose on the 195 spinshyner gives it that original look and really shines when polished

John discovered that three different pain t schemes were used on the 195 seshyries depending on serial number Even though his airplane was not previously painted correctly he was able to get asshysistance from Cessna and a few others so he was able to layout a correct paint scheme for the proper serial number 7712 built in July 1951 and making its

first test flight on July 12 1951 The airshyplane was taken to Central Aviation Inc in Watertown WI for final painting by Randy Effinger and his very capable crew

The 18 month restoration effort was finished just prior to Oshkosh 94 includshying the massive polishing job on the alushyminum with Rolite polish The 195 was flown to Oshkosh and displayed in the AntiqueClassic area for a couple of days Before the Convention was finished John Priess and his new bride Beverly were off to Hawaii on their honeymoon and brother Jim was delegated as a commitshytee of one to attend the awards ceremony Late in the program Cessna 195 N2JP was called out for the Reserve Grand Champion Lindy award and Jim walked up on stage to accept it for his brother

Perhaps the real joy for Jim was calling his brother in Hawaii and calmly informing him of the award - almost nonchalant like (Brothers have been known to pull such things on each other) John and Beverly were jumping up and down with exciteshyment wishing they could have been on hand for the presentation

With many ideas from the Antique Classic judges the Preiss boys have been steadily improving the big Cessna to where it looks better than ever At Sun n Fun 96 the 195 ran off with the award for Best Restored Classic Over 165 hp and the Preiss gang was indeed happy Their next goal is Oshkosh 96 where they plan to make another run at the big prize

An interesting coincidence happened when prior to purchasing the 195 John was telling one of his friends Jeff Sandlin

at Southwest Airlines about the big cabin Cessna and learned that Jeffs father had owned a 195 for quite a number of years After purchasing the airplane he showed Jeff some photos of the 195 and menshytioned that a man named A E Edwards had owned the airplane for a long span of years John was really surprised when Jeff blurted out A E Edwards is my father In 1994 John flew the 195 to Denton Texas where Mr and Mrs A E Edwards now in their eighties had the unusual opshyportunity to see the very same airplane that they had taken such good care of over many years and flown the Cessna over 3200 hours The reunion was very special to John and the Edwards family and made the airplane even more special to the Priess family

Although the original N number of the

Cessna 195 was N1014D that number is currently in use and the owner is not willshying to give it up Therefore John chose to use N2JP which was available at the time Eventually John says it would be quite an achievement to get the original number back on the airplane

John Preiss is the very first person to admit that he has had a great deal of assisshytance and help on the 195 His father Ershyhard Preiss started the love of aviation in the boys during their early years and the workmanship on the Cessna is dedicated to his memory Erhard passed away in 1980 Johns wife Beverly has been very patient and supportive during the restorashytion process In addition John is very grateful for the help and expertise of his brother Jim the overseeing IA on the project who is totally unafraid of hard

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work Special thanks are also in order for the twins mother Lydia Preiss who used her seamstress ski lls so well

Other contributors were Jimmy Vickshyers of Lubbock Texas a fo rmer Cessna dealer who flies his own 195 Captain Jeff Kilponen of Southwest Air lines who sparked John Preiss interest in the Cessna 195 in the first place and John Swander of

(Above) The unique split-flap employed on the 195 is designed for drag to slow the airplane down for landing It contributes alshymost nothing to lift Look at the sparkling interior of that wing when the flap is pulled down for inspection

(Above left) For genuine comfort it is hard to beat the rear seat of a Cessna 195 This interior was completely sewn by Lydia Preiss the mother of both John and Jim Preiss This seat is cashypable of handling three persons with ease making the 195 a true five-place airplane

(Left) The totally restored instrument panel complete with upshygraded avionics is a thing of beauty and function The throttle uses a friction lock collar while the propeller and mixture conshytrols each employ a vernier control for fine adjustment This particular 195 has the dual yoke in deference to a throw-over yoke as used on some models

DeSoto Kansas who provided some exshy John would especially like to thank the cellent ideas and much help to the restorashy Cessna Aircraft Company for designing tion Tim McCarter a pi lot and mechan ic and building a true classic aircraft that pishyfor Amphib Inc contributed expertise lots such as as he and his twin brother can and support to the rebuild a nd the Inshy continue to appreciate and enjoy ternational195 C lu b and Eastern 195 To this we add our congratulations and Cl ub were most he lpful in getting N2JP very best wishes in the future for making back in the air - along with helping all 195 N2JP such a dazzling airplane It is indeed owners keep them there a credit to its restorers

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Type Club

NOTES by Norm Petersen

Compiled from various type club publications amp newsletters

From the Monocoupe Flyer Bob Coolbaugh editor 703-590shy

2375

Adventures of a Warner Engine Owner

George Olson - January 1996

About 1979 while ove rhauling the 145 HP Warner for my Fairchild 24 a crack was fo und in one of the cylinder barrels Parts were really hard to find but a fri e nd in Lo uisvill e C la ud e Curry who I am sorry to say is now go ne to ld me th a t hi s fri e nd Bud Nea t a lso in Lo uisville had the reshyma ining Warne r pa rts but he was n t se llin g a nythin g H e offe red to ca ll Bud and tell him my situation and ca ll me bac k La te r he told me th a t I should go ahead and call Bud which I did Bud said that Claude told him all about it and to come over and see if we could fi nd one that was suitable The parts were in the basement of his manshyufacturing building We took fla sh shyli ghts and Bud showed me where the cylinders were to ld me to pick one out a nd we nt bac k upsta irs There were pallets filled with hundreds of cylinder assemblies There were cylinder ba rshyre ls stac ked about e ight fee t high o n o the r pa lle ts boxes of parts all over the place about 40 barrels of studs and other small steel parts some engines in various stages o f assembly big crates of baffl ing and tools of all descriptions It was hard to be lieve like be ing in a candy store The cylinder I picked out loo ked like it had a good head o n it but the barrel had rust in it that looked like brown fur T here must have been some o il o n the surface to sta rt with beca use it wasn t pitted and it didn t need plating after all

T he n Bud a nd I had some co ffee

and he told me the story about how he and ten others decided to build Grea t Lakes Biplanes in hi s ma nufacturing building Th ey we re goin g to build e leven a ll toge the r they would be all th e sa me and wh e n th ey fini she d theyd draw straws to pick their plane Bud hea rd about th e a ucti o n of th e Warner factory inventory in (She ldon) Iowa These were all the parts remain shying afte r a warehouse fire where they were stored Bud put in the winning bid a t the auction and picked up o ne semitrailer load of parts When Merlin Bock bo ught out th e fact o ry ea rli e r a nd mo ve d th e pa rts to Io wa th e re were 10 semi-loads but this one trailer was all that was left With Buds pur shychase though th e Grea t La kes Bi shyplanes would now all have Warner en shygines But afte r a couple of years the buildin g e nt e rpri se e nd e d beca use eve ryo ne had a diffe rent view of how long the e ffort should las t Eve ryo ne took their project home and some were finished separately When the projects went o ut the door the Warne r pa rt s we re put in the basem e nt o ut of the way They were there when I saw them in 1979

The Fairchild rebuilding jo b was fini shed in 1980 and I flew it until 1985 whe n th e numbe r 4 link ro d bro ke This time I needed a lo t of pa rts so it was back to th e we ll Bud wa nted to se ll a ll th e parts no t just th e o nes I needed and I knew enough by then to realize that I could sell them and hopeshyfull y get my money back So this time aft e r some price nego ti a ti o ns we s tru ck a dea l for a ll Bud s p a rt s I re nte d a 24- fo o t truck a nd with the help of a fri end and Bud Neats grand shyson we moved o ne load (ha lf o f the parts) to my 16 x 22 foot garage That fi ll ed it up Another friend offe red to

let me put a semitrailer on his farm so I bought a pretty good used 40 footer Whe n we got the seco nd load Bud s grand son got three of hi s college fri e nds to he lp so the re we re 6 o f us loading It only took four hours while th e fir st load had ta ke n a ll d ay My pickup truck was use d to mov e the parts in my garage to the trailer whenshyever I needed to make a trip out there Afte r about six wee ks my wife sa w that th e part s we re se llin g so she started speaking to me again

In with the engine parts were prints production reco rds test records and paperwork of a ll kinds but the T ype Ce rtifica te docum e nta ti o n was los t somewhere along the way In 1989 the FAA called and asked if I had the Type Certificates They had some boxes in Chicago that they wante d to give to the Type Certificate holder to get then out of their way Curiosity got the best of me and started me on the search for th e Type Ce rti fica te Th e require shyme nts we re to trace ownership from the last known owner to the present I had to get a ffidavits fro m all the ownshye rs since Clinton Mac hin e Company sold out They were the las t owners of th e T ype Certi fica te who were regisshytered with the FAA

This provided an interesting pursuit a nd I m e t a lo t of he lp ful pe opl e James Thomas Smith who bought the parts fr o m C lint o n Ma chin e Co couldn t be fo und Th e nex t owne r Duke H attah died in the late 60s and hi s re lati ves couldn t be found e ithe r The sea rch continued unsuccessfully January 1993 rolls around and someshyo ne approaches me to buy the T ype Certificate to build engines in Spain of all pl a ces Th e n in 1994 som eo ne wanted it to bui ld Warne r engines in Czechoslovakia fo r Blicke r Jungmeis-

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ters they were building I received a letter in December 1994 from the FAA stating that during a move to an off airport location they found a reshyquest dated June 13 1980 in a fo lder that was mislabeled to make new Data Plates and Type Certificates It was in Bud Neats name He had held the Certificate all along All that was needed was an affidavit from Bud Neat which was accomplished immeshydiately The new Type Certificates arshyrived in May 1995

Oh yes about those boxes the Chicago FAA had - They were shipped to the Atlanta FAA Certification ofshyfice The FAA people there invited me to visit them and look at the conshytents It was nice to meet some of the people I had been talking to on the phone for so long One full day was spent helping them sort through the boxes There were folders of correshyspondence (some of it mine) Warner blueprints and boxes of microfilm of all the Warner prints There were about 1200 microfilm prints per box Since there were duplicate sets of Warner blueprints on microfilm they offered me a set which I gladly acshycepted

Warner Engine Facts and Figures

The following information was gathshyered over the course of the successful acquisition of the Warner Type Cershytificates and from Warner Aircraft Corporation records These records were included with the remains of the Warner Company which I bought from Bud Neat of Louisville KY This will attempt be an attempt to sort and conshydense the jumble of papers to present that which is of most int erest to Warner engine owners

The Warner Aircraft Corporation was founded by William O Warne r in 1926 and its address was 20263 Hoover Avenue Detroit MI Officers in 1929 were William O Warner President amp General Manager Edward N Hartwick Vice-President amp Treasurer W J Jarvie Secretary In 1950 the ofshyficers were R E Cecil President Carl F Lang Secretary-Treasurer and Leonard W Quart Manufacturer s Agent William O Warner was a Dishyrector but ret ired The Warner Airshycraft Corporation was merged with Clinton Machine Company located in Clinton Michigan in April of 1950 The reason for the merger according to the Proxy Statement and notice of Stock Holders meeting of February 20 1950 was that Warner Aircraft found itself without a product except for the hydraulic units and it had lost money every year since the war The assets of Warner were transferred to Clinton

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Machine Company in exchange for shares of common stock of Clinton which were distributed to Warner shareho lders The president of Clinshyton Machine Comp any at that time was Donald D Thomas

In 1952 Clinton Machine Co so ld the aircraft engine parts prints and some tooling to the Detroit Harvester Co which was owned by James Thomas Smith He owned it for a very short time I was never ab le to find Mr Smith In about 1953 Detroit Harvester Co sold the remaining Warner assets to Duke Harrah Inc located in Niles Michigan Duke Harshyrah sold Warner parts until 1963 when he sold the Warner assets to M amp B Flying Service located at Sheldon Reshygional Airport in Sheldon Iowa Duke Harrah died in the late 60s Merlin Bock and Elmer Meuke were partners in M amp B Flying Service There were several semitrailer loads of parts which were put in a large hangar In 1966 the building burned in a fire started by someone working on a mower There was one semitrailer load that was salshyvaged Bud Neat from Louisville Kenshytucky brought the remains at auction

The sales records end December 31 1945 so the years 1946 to 1950 are less clear Grand total of all engines sold through December 31 1945 is 3572 Today there are 437 Warner engines on aircraft registered with the FAA The papers I have showin g sales records and Type Ce rtificate Data Sheets are quite interesting There were severa l projects in the experishymental department in 1945 The folshylowing interesting note is copied fro m the 1945 monthly progress report book

550-X 200HP New experimental e ngin e Pre liminary and final tests conducted toge the r with bolt deflecshytion measurements Power calibration conducted with standard induction housing 50 hours endurance running compl e ted Power calibration conshyducted with control induction with varshyious carburetor positions Engine now having cam settings and valve timing worked out for both standard and split cam

Active Signed S A Christiansen Test Engineer

Other projects in development were experimental engine 585-X which is 585 cubic inch with a 5 inch bore amp 4250 stroke

A 2 cyl Model 140-X horizontal opposed industrial engine and model 12850-3 a single cyl utility engine I wonder if the last two engines were the key to the Clinton merger (In 1950 Clinton was the second largest proshy

ducer of gasoline engines in the 34 to 3 hp range) Warner also manufacshytured wheels axles brakes skis prop hubs shock struts and hydraulic units These production plans also transshyferred with the Type Certificates

Included in the records are several books and inventories One is a book showing each engine sold in numerical order starting with the first engine sold It lists engine number Airplane Owner and Address A sample page from this book is included Also inshycluded is a chart listing standard enshygine model and serial number designashytions and deviations from standard By referencing this list and the data plate on your Warner engine you can determine how your engine was conshyfigured when it left the factory Bear in mind that your engine may have been changed substantially over the years during overhauls

From the Cessna 150 - 152 News

Safety - Avoiding wire Strikes Skip Carden editor

919-471-9492

The Terrible Truth About Wire Strikes a new video and a companshyion pamphlet from AOPA Air Safety Foundation debunks many misconcepshytions about these accidents There are an average of 115 reported general avishyation wire strikes a year but only an estimated 10 of strikes are reported

The video and pamphlet give some commo n-sense tips on how to see and avoid wires

bull Scan on both sides of the aircraft Look for towers or other supporting structures which are easier to see than the associated wires themselves Fly over the top of the tower rather than between the supporting structures

bull Nature doesn t make a stra ight line Strips of inconsistent vegetation crop edges land boundaries and roads can indicate a wire path

bull Flight below a ridge line or in a canyon puts a pilot in the wire envishyronment

bull Avoid antennas by a horizontal distance greater than the vertical height of the structure Guy wires can extend at a 45 degree angle from tower top to the ground

bull A pull-up is usually the best mashyneuver to avoid an unexpected wire In most cases the pilot sees the wire too late to bank away successfully

The video is priced at $10 plus $325 shipping The pamphlet is free with a 6 X 9 self-addressed envelope with 55 cents postage affixed AOPA ASF 421 Aviation Way Frederick MD 21701 800-638-3101

PASSdb BUCK by EE Buck Hilbert EAA 21 Ale 5 PO Box 424 Union IL 60180

Our twenty fifth Anniversary re shyunion seems to be shap ing up T write to each of the origi na l 100 members asking th e m to be with us at EAA OSHKOSH So far the replies are runshyning about fifty-fifty Those that are coming are enthusiastic about the whole thing and are just as interested today as when we started the Division More to come

As I read the history of the Division it triggers memories of events past The discussions that Paul Pobe rezny and I had over the titl e Division and hi s concerns that it was a word that would conjure up thoughts of a group that was seceding from EAA Happily it proved to be somet hing weve ne ver had to worry abo ut - EAA is still th e prime mover in Sport Aviation and the varishyous Divisions have accentuated the positive as that old song goes

The letters I receive are most welshycome and can either be a real boost or an education I got ed ucated on old time stunt pilot Howard Dutton from one of our ear ly members Capt Jim Barton (AA retired) who kn ew him personally Jim responded with clipshypings and a phone ca ll so we could anshyswer that query

Then I also got a letter fro m one of the San Diego antiquers who said r was off base on my Chapter One open house co lumn regarding the weather for that weekend He said it was much better than I had indicated and that it was the first time the whole group was able to fly up together A great time was had by all and the fly-in weather was great Im not going to remind him th at sevshyera l people got stuck in Riverside all day Sunday waiting for it to let up

I on ly wish there was room to pubshylish each and every lette r we receive T try to answer each one personally and usuall y do as time permits I also ge t requests for parts and pieces of inforshymation and on occasion Im able to be of some help Once in a while I stub my

toe R ecently a memb er called and asked if I could help him find a Cub alshytimeter I had one and sent it to him A week later I got it back Wrong color Min es black he ne ed ed one cream faced Oh well I tried

Number one son Robert your editor HG and I flew down to Middle town OH for the Aeronca get together HG a llowed me to ride with him in my Sed a n while Bob took hi s C ha mp Originally we had planned to take both Champs but mine deve loped a lea ky exhaust valve so it had to stay home

Wally Baldwin was our host down the re while Bob Hollenbaugh and his wife He len look ed after H G Wally squired us around town Hes writing a book on Aeronca and expects to go to press shortly This man is a walking enshycyc lope dia as far as Aeronca is co nshyce rned His D ad worked there when they were building the C-3s Ks Low Wings and later the C hamps C hi efs and Sedans Wa ll ys dad bought the prototype Champ after its nat ionwide demonstration tour ove rhauled the Ashy65 and gave it to Wally when he came

home from the Air Force after WW II Wally currently fli es a Champ with the same paint scheme and rues the day he ever sold the original

HG will be writing up the trip and printing pictures of all the beautiful airshyplanes in a future article but I want to say is that it was a great bunch and even thou gh Bob a nd I a long with D ale Gu stafso n got drafte d to judge airshyplanes we enjoyed it immensely

Over to you

Here are a couple of photos that ought to raise a few eyebrows courtesy of Aeronca retiree John Houser These two shots show the installation of a Aeroshymarine AR-3 engine in an Aeronca C-3 Rated at 55 hp running 2400 rpm the AR-3 might look familiar to many antishyquers - the design and manufacshyturing rights were sold to Burshynelli and then later (1938) it became known as the Lenape Papoose after Burnelli sold off that portion of its business to

Lenape Aircraft amp Motors of New York city As detailed in the 1939 edition of Aerosshyphere the AR-3 weighted in at 150 Ibs and had a pair of Bendix magnetos powering the two ignition circuits The Aeronca E-107 engine developed 26 hp the later E-113 was rated at 36 hp and the final version the E-113C was listed as producing 40 hp With the 55 hp of the AR-3 this early model C-3 must have been a good little performer This parshyticular 3-cylinder engine produced too much vibration to suit the engineers at Aeronca so no production aircraft were sold with this engineairframe combination

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Vintage Seaplanes by Norm Petersen

Summers here

and its time to think about

flying off the water

Our resident web-footed

pilot Norm Petersen

has provided us with a

look at waterbirds

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Kyle Meints Cessna 1708

(Left) Pictured at the Vette Seaplane Base at Oshkosh 95 is a pretty 1955 Cessna 170B N4453B SIN 26797 mounted on a set of Edo 89-2000 floats all decked out in a matching paint scheme of white with red trim The pretty Continental 145 powered seaplane is the pride and joy of Kyle Meints (EAA 360394) of Augusta MI who purchased the 170B on floats in Minnesota about ten years ago Kyle inshystalled the STOL kit on the wings painted the entire airplane and then painted the matching floats the next year all in PPG two-part urethane A factory seaplane since new the 170B has 2400 TT of which Kyle has flown about 400 hours since acquiring the f1oatplane This airplane spent about the first 25 years in New England before coming west to Minnesota Congrats to Kyle Meints on a sharp looking Cessna 170B f1oatplane

1140 floats which do not show their age (40 to 50 yrs) and have had their compartment covers reshymoved (The 1140 floats are easily distinguished from the larger 1320 floats by the si ngle cover beshytween the struts 1320 floats have two covers beshytween the struts) Apparently the boot cowl on the Cub has been replaced or repainted as the forward end of the lightning stripe is missing A li ghtshyweight pre-war Cub with wood spars and 1140 floats makes for a sporty seaplane that is pure fun

Odell Matthis Republic Seabee

(Left) This beautiful custom Republic RC-3 Seabee N87493 SIN 44 is the pride and joy of Odell and Diane Matthis (EAA 262957 AIC 10206) of Havelock NC No stranger to EAA Odell brought the highly polished Cessna 140A Patroller N5332C SIN 15452 that was featured in the October 1986 VINTAGE AIRPLANE and picshytured on the back cover The Seabee features extended wings with drooped tips tinted glass and a big Lycoming GO-480 engine of 295 hp The fancy paint scheme is overall white with red and gold trim This particular 1946 Seabee spent many years in the Seattle area before going to Anchorage AK for a number of years It is now based near the seacoast of North Carolina where Odell and Diane (who is also a pilot and 9ger) can make full use of the amphibious capabilities The FAA register lists 275 Sea bees remaining of the over 1050 that were built by Republic and Downer

John Van Andels J-3 Cub on 1140s

These photos of a 1940 J -3 C65 Cub NC30482 SIN 4863 mounted on a set of Edo 54-1140 floats were sent in by Ralph Koutnik (EAA 261425) of Bellaire Ml Tied down at the Antrim County Airport at Bellaire the pre-war J-3 Cub is owned by John Van Andel (EAA 343387) of Ft Pierce FL Special note should be made of the extreme ly clean condition of the

U S Forest Service Stinson SR-SA

(Left) This photo from back in the early 1940 s was contributed by Wiley Hautala of Ely MN The Stinson SRshy5A NC5045 mounted on Edo 38-3430 floats was flown by veteran Ely MN seaplane pilot Milt Nelson for several years until 1943 when the 245 hp Lyshycoming engine quit one day and put the SR-5A in the trees - and that was the end of NC5045 Milt Nelson who is presently in his eighties soloed a Travel Air bishyplane at Superior WI in 1933 and logged approximately 15 000 hours on floats while flying for the U S Forest Service over a period of twenty years He says the SR-5A was a nice flying airplane and did a very respectable job on floats alshythough it couldn t handle the heavy loads of a Beaver or Norseman Note the 1937 Ford grill in the foreground and the Travel Air S6000-B seaplane in the backshyground which was flown by Bill Leithold of Ely MN Ironically at one time Milt Nelson owned a Fairchild FC-2 on Fairchild floats Today those very same floats are in the EAA Aviation Museum completely restored by John Parish and ready for installation on the EAA Founshydations Fairchild FC-2W

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Fly-In Calendar The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a matter of

information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the

information to EAA Att Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

JULY 23 - ZANESVILLE OH - EAA Chapter 425 Annual Pancake Day at Parr Airport 8 am - 5 pm Oshkosh bound pi lots encouraged to fly-in eat and refuel Contact Don Wahl 674454-0003

JULY 26-27 - COFFEYVILLE KS - Funk Aircraft Owners Assoc Reunion Contact Gene Ventress 70275 S Monticello Lenexa KS 66227

JULY 26-27 - AFTON WY - Callair Radio Controlled Model Aircraft Fly-In sponsored by the Callair Museum and Aviat Aircraft Inc For info call joan Michaels or Audrey Henning 307886-9887 FAX 307886shy9880

JULY 26-28 - RED LAKE ONTARIO CANAshyDA - Norseman Float Plane Festival For more info contact the Festiva l Committee at 807727-2809

JUL Y 27-29 - KEOKUK IA - Sixth World Wide gathering of L-Birds then en masse up to Wisconsin for EAA great OSHKOSH 96 on August 7 Contact Irv Linder 3 79524-6378

JULY 28 - GRANTSBURG WI - EAA Chapter 875 Wildrice Pancake Breakfast

JUL Y 28 - WEYBRIDGE SURREY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Aircraft of Surrey Fly- In Contact julian C Temple or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 07932 855465

JULY 31-WAUKESHA WI - (UES) tst Annual Great Stearman Fl y-Up to EAA Convention Call Stan Markus for more info 474567- 7499 or 965-3776

AUGUST 1-7 - OSHKOSH WI - 44th Annual EAA Fly-In and Sport Aviation Con vention Wittman Regional Airport Contact John Burton EAA PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 414426-4800

AUGUST 3 - ST PAUL MN - Lake Elmo Airport Aviation Days Fl y- In Pancake Breakfast Aircraft Disp lay and Young Eagles Day Rain Date August 4 Contact

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Dick Wicklund 672777-9742 AUGUST 3 - ELLSWORTH KS - EAA Chapter

7727 Fly-In breakfast (Oshkosh stop-over) and Cowtown Day Call Dale Weinhold 973-472-4027 (w) or -4309 (h) for info

AUGUST 18 - BROOKFIELD WI - Capita l Airport EAA AC Chapter 77 Vintage Aircraft Display and Ice Cream Social Noon - 5 pm Midwest Antique Airplane Club meeting as well For info call Capital Airport at 4 74787 -9550

AUGUST 18 - EAST TROY WI - Inti Cessna 720 740 Assoc Wisconsin Brat and Corn Roast Arrive at 77 am eat at 72 30 pm Bring a dish to pass and a buck Call Matt and Carole Rybarczyk 474767-0920

AUGUST 25 - BELMOND IA - NC Chapter 73 annual p icnic Call 575444-3637 for info

AUGUST 26 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Biplanes and Vintage Aircraft Fly- In Contact ju l ia n C Temp l e or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 0 7932 855465

AUGUST 27-29 - YOUNGSTOWN OH shyBARTLESVIL LE OK AND EL CAJON CA -Staggerwing Beech Commemorative Tour Ca ll William Thaden 207439-7767 fo r info

AUGUST 30-31 - HA YWA RD CA - EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter 29 Fourth Annual Antique Fl y- In and Airshow Free Early Bird Dinner to all display aircraft on Friday This is a northern Cal ifornia points event Contact Bud Field at 5 70455-2300

AUGUST 30 - SEPT 1 - PROSSER WA - EAA Chapter 397 25th Anniversary Fly- In at Prosser airport Call Cormac Thompson for info 509786- 7034

AUGUST 30-31 - MOCKSVIL LE NC - Tara Airbase (5NC7) 77 th Annua l Anything That Flies Fly-In Private Fly-In - attenshydance at your own risk For info ca ll 704284-2 767 or 970764-0007

AUGUST 31 - MARION IN - Sixth Annual Fly-InCruise-In breakfast sponsored by the Marion High schoo l Band Boosters Antiques Classics homebuilts and Antique classic and custom cars welshycomed For information contact Ray johnson at 3 77664-2588

SE PT 1 - ZANESVILLE OH - Riverside Airport EAA Chapter 425 Labor Day Weekend Fly-In Drive-In Breakfast 8 am - 5 pm Sandwiches etc from noon to closing

SEPT 7 - OSCEOLA WI - Simenstad Field 76th Annual Wheels and Wings Air Fair Train rides pancake breakfast fly-in Free event shuttle bus Pilots check class 0 NOTAMS for specia l airport conditions For info call 775755-3300

SEPT 13-15 - URBANA IL - Frasca Field Byron Smith Memorial Stinson Reunion Fly-In Ca ll 708904-6964 for info

SEPT 13-1 5 - JACKSONVILLE IL - Ercoupe Fly-In Call 2 77546-0585 for info

SEPT 20-2 1 - BARTLESVILLE IL - Frank Phillips Field 39th Annual Tulsa Regional Fly-In sponsored by EAA NC Chapter 70 AAA Chapter 2 EAA Chapter 70 EAA lAC Chapter 70 and the Green Country U ltralight Flyers Call Charlie Harris for info 978622-8400

SEPT 21-22 - ROCK FALLS IL - Whiteside County Airport (SQI) North Central EAA Old Fashioned Fly-In Fly market campshying and food on field Call Gregg Erikson 7085 73-064 7 or Dave Christianson at 875625-6556 Pancake breakfast Sept 22 - 0700 - 7700

SEPT 22 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGLAND - Brooklands Museum Fly-In Contact ju l ian C Templ e or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 07932855465

SEPT 27-28 - SANTA YNEZ CA - 8th Annual Western Waco Assoc Reunion Call jon A ldrich 209962-6727 or Barry Branin 7 74545-7476 for info

SEPT 28-29 - ZANESVILLE OH - John s Landing A irfield 5th Annual Fall Fly-In sponsored by EAA NC Chapter 22 of Ohio Hog roast on the 28th breakfast both days Antique classic homebuilts warbirds welshycome For more info call Virginia at 674453-6889

SEPT 28-29 - LEXINGTON TN - Tennessee Taildraggers 72th Annual Fly-In 907968shy2864 or 901968-4022 for info

OCTOBER 4-6 - REDDING CA - Benton Field EAA Chaper 157 Oktoberfest Contacts Bruce Taylor 976275-6456 or Armal Owens 976243-4382

OCTOBER 13 - TOWANDA PA - Towanda airport (N27) Fly-In Breakfast - all you can eat Eggs sausage pancakes 100 pure maple syrup 7 am -7 pm

OCT 13 - ZANESVILLE OH - Riverside A i rport EAA Chapter 425 and the ARTHRITIS FOUNDA TlON Hog Roast 8 am - 5 pm Contact Don Wahl at 614 454-0003

OCTOBER 13 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Fly-In Contact ju l ian C Temple or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 0 1932857381 or FAX 01932855465

OCT 18-20 - KERRVIL LE TX - Southwest Regional Fly-In For info ca ll 800221shy7958 Vendors should call 270914-3746

Ale NEWS Continued from page 2

in two a reas to mos t VFR pilots - the Surface Aviation Observation (SA) will now become the Aviation Routine Weather Report (Metar) with an addishytional report the Aviation Selected Special Weather report (Speci) added to it when dictated by changing weather conditions A new international format will also be adopted to replace the Tershyminal Forecast (TF) issued by the Nashytional Weather Service The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) will be the new format for this forecast

The new formats will be a combinashytion of new and old abbreviations but the seq ue nces will change a nd some components will be reported in a differshye nt format For many of us who us e DUATS briefing services and exercise the plain language option these changes will be transparent but be careful - temshyperaturedewpoint spreads will be given in degrees Celsius and sky cover definishytions will change Other parts of the seshyquence reports will be a lso be revised The new form a t began with the NWS transmissions that were issued a t 0800 UTC July l

For more informat ion and a card that details the new Metar format conshytact your nearest Flight Service Station or yo ur loca l FAA Flight Standards District Office

EICHER KIMBAll GEE BEE Z fliES

LUSCOMBE FOUNDATION 8E GIVEAWAY

The Don Luscombe Aviation Foundashytion is doing it again A small total of only 2800 tickets will be sold to help raise funds used to continue the expansion of services of the Foundation to Luscombe owners and to fulfill the Luscombe Type Certificate purchase contract You can see the work done to restore the 1996 Win Me airplane in the accompanying photos This airshyplane has all the Luscombe options and has been fully inspected and rebuilt with the latest information on Luscombe repa irs from the foundation For a more informashytion including the price of tickets and a brochure call the OLAF at 602917-0969 or fax them at 6021917-4719

NO 80 OCTANE AT WITTMAN FiElD

If youve always planned on fueling up with 80 octan e fuel during EAA O shkosh youll need to buy it from someone other tha n Basle r Flight Sershyvice the FBO on Wittman Field Basler

The Gee Bee Z recently completed by Jeff Eicher and Kevin Kimball was first flown on June 24 and again on the 25th by Delmar Benj amin Delmar explored the handling characteristics of the z in a series of flights that culminated in a roll and knife edge flight He reports a stall speed at about 75 mph indicated rt quickly acshycelerates to 210 mph and then continues to build up more speed up to 230 mph Delmar reports that it is hands off stable in both pitch and yaw 130 mph is used on fi nal to keep the Zs sink rate at a comfortable level We ll have more on the first flights of this beautiful Gee Bee replica next month but until then congratulations to Jeff and Kevin and their test pilot Delmar Benjamin

has informed EAA that they will not be selling any 80 octane fu el for resale durshying th e EAA Convention Du e to tighter tank te sting rules e nforced by the EPA Basler has storage facilities sufficient o nly for the quantities of 100 LL a nd Jet A neede d during the Conshyvention but there s no room left for a quantity of 80 octane After exploring other options Bas ler re luctantly deshycided to drop carrying 80 octane avgas which they had only had available durshying th e EAA Fly-In Since Basle r has also chosen not to offer auto fuel if you prefer not to burn 100LL in yo ur vinshytage engine you may wish to plan your flight with a fuel stop after your deparshyture or prior to your arrival Basler will be offering 100 octane avgas at the same price as last year $2 15 If you really prefer to run your e ngine on 80 octane avgas the closest airport with that fuel is the tailwheel friendly fie ld at Hartshyford WI (HXF) located 41 statute miles SSE of Oshkosh Hartford Aero Sershyvice 414673-5350 is the FBO and hes aware of the situat ion and is planning on having his 10000 gallon tank topped off in time for the Convention

CUB MONUMENT IN BRADFO RD

Thanks to the impetus provided by Sport Aviation editor Jack Cox a monshyument will be e rected on the site of the old Taylor Aircraft company in Bradshyford P A For more details on the effort being spea rh eaded by George Welsch

Continued on page 31

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27

by HC Frautschy

The April Mystery Plane proved to be a tough one so we ll continue that course with the July Mystery Plane This handshysome biplanes photo was sent in some time ago by Richard E Sampson Ft Lauderdale FL

Answers need to be in no later than August 25 1996 for inclushysion in the October issue

Aprils Mystery is still just that - an unknown Lennart Johnsson of Eldsberga Sweden sugshygested that it might be the creation of the Engshylish designer Harold Bolas and his partner Capt Goodman-Crouch who both emigrated to the USA and settled in Rhode Island After reshyviewing an article on the Crouch-Bolas Dragshyonfly its obviously not our Mystery Plane Our thanks to Lennart for giving it a shot

The second shot I ve included in this months edition may help jog the dim memory of someone else You can see that the airplane is not particularly large when compared to the pilot crouching on the bow Also tip floats have been added to the lower wings and you can plainly see the biplane configuration of the horizontal tail We can leave this Mystery Plane file open and perhaps someone will recshyognize it

28 JULY 1996

New Members

Robert K Ad ler Naples FL

Joseph B Brown Jr Panama City FL

Jeff Bruebaker Hamler OH

Paul G Catrou Greenville NC

Darryl Chin Modesto CA

Donald L Clingerman Grayling MI

Ned E Corman Harri sburg PA

John Davis Houston TX

John M DeMars N Hollywood CA

Thomas Robert Dollimore Rexdale Ontari o

Canada

Gary W Donald Jlorissant MO

William Grant Dorsett Alvin TX

W Heyward Dropla Charlotte NC

George M Eastman Westminster CO

John Faccin Crystal Falls MI

Robert Farr Houghton Lake MI

Jeff Foley Roanoke Rapids NC

Jon Michael Fox Moses Lake WA

Robert J Furlong scottsdale AZ

David M GampferColumbus OH

Raymond L Gebhard 5ioux Falls sD

Richard L Gillespie Ft Meyers FL

Mark Haag Houston TX

Barry Halsted Fountain Val ley CA

William R Harper Beverly Hill s CA

Val P Hattemer Dayton OH

John Hitzke

Redcl iffe Queensland Australia

Peter Hook Lakeville MN

Robert K Howie Jr Decatur IL

Thomas H Hughston Brownsville TX

James O Johnson Kenansvi lle NC

Paul Johnson Rockford IL

R L Johnson Aledo TX

H Floyd Jones water Mill NY

James H Jones Payson AZ

Alan R Jose Niagra Fa ll s Ontario Canada

Larry Kanaster Torrance CA

Paul J Keenan Kerrville TX

Charles Keppen Madison sD

Richard W Land New Carlisle OH

Cliff Larrance Port Townshend WA

Delmer Lawrence Rensselaer IN

Thomas J Leahy Chippewa Lake OH

Louis J Leftwich Winter Park FL

George C Lem ieux Livonia MI

Cory E Linnane schaumburg IL

Paul Mandel Kansas City MO

Carl F McClellan Richardson TX

Robert C McDannell Woodstock IL

Roy R Mcintire Long Beach CA

Howard S Meeks Cocoa Beach FL

Joseph Mezera Worthington OH

Mike Millette Rodondo Beach CA

Janice D Milligan san Ramon CA

Jay G Miner seattle WA

Charl es Moore Gibsonville NC

N A Morey Pukekohe New Zealand

Richard E Newton Luray VA

Anthony B North Windsor CT

J K ONeal san Antonio TX

Bruce J Olson Hudson Canada

shigeru Ota Tokyo Japan

Phillip L Patterson Tullahoma TN

Richard Peters Hinckley IL

Robert J Pinkerton santa Anna CA

Rene Popp Vienna Austria

Bill J Pottage

Abbotsford British Columbia Canada

Todd W Rader Jacksonville FL

Joe Ramotowski Un iversa l City TX

Eric O Richardson Coloma MI

Louis D Ross Jr Covington LA

Milton Ruesch Medford WI

J Sampson Wichita Ks

Bill Scott Kernersville NC

M B Shores En-cinitas CA

Andrew L Sm ith Cloverdale CA

Ronald P Sm ith Washington DC

Lance D st Armand Anson ME

Wayne Strader Ardmore OK

Richard B Strawn Fruitland ID

John Taylor 5augus CA

Ferne Thomas Pilot Mountain NC

Harold Thornpson Whitakers NC

David L Todd shreveport LA

David Tumulty Houston TX

Robert W Vance Greensboro NC

Ron J Wassink Wroxeter Ontario Canada

Dennis B Wassmann Moraga CA

Ken Whittet

Pitt Meadow British Columbia Canada

Gary Lee Wilii ams Plymouth MI

Rocky L Zahner Madison WI

J G Zavar Gaffney SC

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MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION

EAA Membership in the Experimental Aircraft Association Inc is $35 for one year including 12 issues of SPORT AVIATION Family membership is available for an additional $10 annually Junior Membership (under 19 years of age) is available at $20 annually All major credit cards accepted for membership

ANTIQUECLASSIC Current EAA members may join the Antique Classic Division and receive VINTAGE AIRshyPLANE magazine for an additional $27 per year EAA Membership VINTAGE AIRPLANE magshyazine and one year membership in the EAA AntiqueClassic Division is available for $37 per year (SPORT AVIATION magazine not included)

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a first at OSHKOSH by HG Frautschy

The Very first Airplane at the Very first fAA fly-In Convention

This is a spin-off article to Gene Chase s AntiqueClassic 25th annivershysary series of reports on the history of the organization

Of the thousands of airshycraft to land at the Oshkosh fly-in when it first opened in 1970 what was the very first to arrive

It seems appropriate that a signifishycant event such as this should be opened by an antique homebuilt experimental replica biplane which was a Blicker Jungmeister flown by Sam Burgess (EAA 16214)

He arrived on July 1 after completing a 50 state trip starting in Hawaii The

original intent was to finish the junket at the new fly-in site Starting from Chino California for the continental flight on 1 April 1970 four months were scheduled for the trip however no major mechanshyical problems or significant weather deshylays were encountered and his arrival was earlier than planned

The EAA was kept informed of his progress as he flew around the country visiting EAA Chapters sending post cards with just a quick notation such as State 33 Upon arrival at Oshkosh he was met by EAA President Paul Poberezny

His only close call was holding for traffic over Lake Winnebago If the Warner had failed at this time what a finish this would of been to an otherwise uneventful Excursion Around America Paul dubbed the

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(Above) Completion of the 50 state trip at the new EAA Fly-In site at Oshkosh WI Note the Basler Flight Service sign on the gas truck A picture was taken at each stop to confirm Sams arrival

(Left) The JM was off to an easy start with Hawaii being state No1 the most difficult for a mainlander Sam was starting backward by claiming the 50th state first The 165 hp Warner was a new surplus engine from the Australian RAAF donated to them on WW II lendlease for their Fairchild 24s (Arshygosy UC-61) It performed nobly durshying the 86 takeoffs and landings

flight The Spirit of Flight 2 Number 1 was a flight to several states by Anshyders Ljungberg EAA 2836 during 1960 in the P-5 Pober Sport built by Paul Poberezny and his brother Norman in 1959

The BUcker was parked by Basler Avishyation in Steve Wittmans old hangar the same building where he had built Bonzo and other famous racers Sam returned to Hawaii until the fly-in started

The trip was made to prove that a homebuilt aircraft could be safe and reshyliable Articles on the 50 state trip apshypeared in the October-November issues of SPORT A VIA TION with the BUcker on the front cover Many letters were received with one from Dave Jameson encouraging Sam to write a full-blown book on his trip Three years later Jungmeister Junket (50 States in a Bishyplane) was published

In 1971 the Jungmeister was donated to the EAA Museum for its historic value and is presently on display in the Air Adventure Museum When the JM had only ten hours on it Paul Poberezny made a trip to Hawaii with the Air Nashytional Guard in a KC-97 refueler and flew the Jungmeister This was his 107th homebuilt to be flown many for the very first time

Since then Sam Burgess has built two Pitts and another BUcker powered by an Allison turboprop engine of 420 hp That airplane holds the NAAFAI world record for time to climb to 10000 feet (218) This unit has since been reshyplaced with a Russian 9 cylinder radial Vedenyev engine of 360 hp At age 79 Sam is presently building a Knight Twister biplane with the intent of evenshytually racing it at Reno Nevada

Two days after the Convention when

Sam departed for the AAA Fly-In at Ottumwa Iowa he experienced an unshyusual sight

Taking off to the west and looking to the left for a view of the parking area he did a double take as hundreds of airshycraft appeared to be still parked there How could this be

On a second look it was revealed that each aircraft had been perfectly outshylined by the multitude of tire kickers as they inspected their handiwork tramshypling the verdancy from the grass

(Editors note My kids refer to the little grass airplanes as airplane ghosts You can always tell where the most popular airshyplanes were parked - the grass around them is trampled until it is devoid of color and a bright green wing [uselrrge and tail appear in base relief in the turf when the real airshyplane taxis away)

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The 15AC Sedan

eroncas Family Airplane by HG Frautschy

Im sure its always been a fantasy of many of us who love old airplanes to find a very original low time example of our favorite airplane Paul and Pam Workshyman lived that dream a few years ago

As the proprietor of a busy aircraft and auto upholstery shop Pau l Workshyman has always been an avid classic airshyplane man and Aeroncas in pa rticular He has had both a 7 AC Champ (he dated Pam with that airplane) a 7GC and finally a 1950 Aeronca Sedan N6665K which came to the Work mans when they started adding children to their family

Before buying 6665K Paul had been searching for a Sedan and ran across a little used example in Washington Court House OH In 1986 when they first contacted Bob Rolfe about the Sedan Bob just wasnt interested in selling the airplane It had been in his family for a number of years having belonged to a close relative of his Richard Rolfe of SabinaOH Richard was the first owner after Aeronca dealer Porter Kauffman took delivery of the Sedan after its manshyufacture in 1948 He was a minister and he used the Sedan for preaching in an unusual way It seems that Richard thought that the work of the Lord should come from on high literally so in early July of 1949 he had the Sedan fitted with an ATR 100 watt 12v to 120 v inverter a pair of 12 volt batteries a pair of Quadraflex trumpet speakers and two 100 watt a mplifiers All of this was hooked up to a Webster Model 180 wire line r ecorder (the predecessor to the modern day reel to reel tape recorder) Cincinnati Aircraft Service and Airborne Communications Inc at Lunken Airport did the work

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A year later Richard had the inverter rep laced with a single cylinder gasoline engine driving a generator (The 337s are a little unclear on th is - if the amplishyfiers needed AC voltage the generators output wo uld sti ll need an inverter to bring it up to the req uired 110vAC but no mention is made of the inverter in the second form 337) He also had an addishytiona l speaker insta ll ed The system must have worked reasonably well - Paul Workman talked to severa l locals who

Found unused in Ohio Paul and Pam Workman spent two years restoring a very original four-place Aeronca

recalled they heard The Word from the Sedan cruising above

It must have not been too e ffective (but Ill bet it was disconcerting) for the Sedan really didn t get much use By the time Bob Rolfe took possession of the Sedan it was still a low time airplane It sat until the 1970s when Bob got 48H flying in 1976 Amazingly by the time the decade of the 90s began the Sedan had just slightly more than 200 hours toshytal time on the airframe and the engine had even less since it had been zeroshytimed by the Continental factory after the camshaft fai led with only 22 hours 30 minutes on the engine The C-145 enshygine had a rash of these rep lacements early on in the production of the engine whe n some of the camshafts were imshy

properly heat treated and they fai led Paul Workman had not really thought

much about 1048H since he was turned down by Bob Rolfe in 1986 Besides he had found 6665K a later model (1950) Sedan and he and his family had been flying it for a few years But in the winshyter of 1989 Bob Ro lfe called Paul and asked if he was still interested in buying 48H Pam and Paul had to do some quick work with the calculator Knowing the Sedan needed a complete restorashytion it would need cash to put it in flying shape

But oh what a project It truly was an original airplane The speaker installashytion of the past did not disrupt the strucshyture in any way and the rear seat was sti ll intact All of the little things that can be so hard to find were still there shythe small map light on the bottom of the instrument panel a larger red flood light above the pilot mounted below the top of the windshield a ll the instruments and the Aeronca Sedan trim piece set in the center of the panel Topping it all off was the Harvey-Wells model ATR-3 radio still intact and installed in the panel just as it was when it was put in on July 31 1948 Even the antenna and loading coil were still on the airplane Happily the airframe had never been substantially damaged with only a menshytion of a rudder spar inspection done once to check for suspected damage after the wind slammed the rudder over one day It was a real gem to find and Pa ul just couldn t turn it down

The new garage would have to wait and on December 16 1989 Paul and his dad Ben went to pick up the flying proshyject It was a bit chilly that day - 7degF - so the Continental needed a bit of persuashy

sion to get started but once it was runshyning Ben and Paul flew formation back home with their new prize

With just a little more than two years to go the Workmans decided that the Aeronca Convention scheduled for 1992 was the ir goal All the fabric was reshymoved and the project took over the Workman basement

Only a couple of small areas needed attention with the welding torch and then all of the tubing for the fuselage and tail surfaces was sandblasted A coat of epoxy primer was then app lied with a topcoat of zinc chromate primer on top of that stric tly for appearance With such an original a irplane there was no doubt the direction Paul intended to go with the restoration

All of the wood in the fuselage needed replacement The Sedan is no different than other late model Aeroncas It too used the fami liar triangular rear fuse lage configuration with the outside shape deshyfined by a set of wooden formers and stringers Paul used fir and pine plyshywood and replaced all of th e str in gers All of the wood was painted with spar varnish

Since recovering would have to be t done in the basement near the gas fur- ~ nace and hot water heater the cover- ~

i

ing process chosen was the STCd Blue River system using Ceconite 7600 fabric Even with the water based Blue River sysshytem a strong smelling solvent is used to activate the cement for tapes and seams so good ventilation is still necessary Paul liked the process particularly since it was more pleasant to work with than dope and not nearly so mind altering

The final finish is Randolph Ranthane chosen by Paul to prevent uneven fading be tween the metal and fabric surfaces The orig in al color scheme was mainshytained with the fuselage painted Santa Fe Red and the trim color Tucson Cream a very close match to the original Packard Straw Ben Workman Paul s dad and the family lA was the paint foreman on the job and he spent a lot of his time helping the Sedan project along

Originally Sedans were delivered with unpainted wings but it didn t take too long for a service letter to be issued by the factory in Middletown detailing the

(Above) Pam and Paul Workshyman Zanesville OH the restorshyers of Aeronca 15AC Sedan 1048H

(Left) UAL Captain (retired) EE Buck Hilbert now the proud owner and pilot of four eight Hotel Aeroncavorting in the Sedan is high on his list of fun things to do

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(Above) The interior owes a lot to its Champ and Chief predecessors The early Sedans used the same control wheels from the Chief and so were the glove box doors and ashtrays (now used for holding pencils) The Harvey Wells ATR-3 radio no longer functions but it has been a part of the instrument panel since 1948 shortly after the Sedan was built in Middletown OH Paul Workman was able to find a fabric for the seat cushions and side panels that closely reshysembled the original fabric

(Left) Now a resident of Buck Hilberts Funny Farm the Sedan flies nicely out of the northern Illinois grass strip

procedure for painting the wings Not too many people wanted to continue polishshying the top and bottom of 200 square feet (wait - that would be 400 sq ft) of wing

The corroded control cables were reshyplaced and so was the side window plasshytic A new windshield was purchased from LP Aero Plastics and the interior was refinished as closely as could be deshytermined Paul found out that the interishyors of the Sedans were not finished conshysistently Even a visit to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museums library didnt turn up anything consistent By talking with some owners of other early producshytion Sedans and using some of the paint left in the corners the original greengray color was applied Only a couple of exshytra switch holes had to be plugged in the panel leftovers from the days when the speaker system was installed

Those of you familiar with Sedans may wonder why there is no neat panel overlay such as on the 48 and 50 Sedans The early airplanes had a basic VFR panel and not until the later modshy

els was a panel overlay made The glove box was retained on the right side of the panel and the old Harvey-Wells radio was re-installed Paul wanted to put the old V antenna on again but the airshyplane wouldnt fit in his T-hangar with the wire running from wingtip to the vershytical fin

As a professional interior man you can imagine how frustrating it was for him when he couldnt find an exact match for the interior fabric Fortushynately one of his fabric salesmen came to the rescue with a medium width corshyduroy that looked just like the fabric seen in the photographs Paul had been using for research

The wings needed a bit of work inshycluding the replacement of one leading edge skin and a general clean up of the fittings Paul also converted the wingtips to being secured by screws instead of rivshyets allowing more complete inspection of the wing panels

One more change made to the wings was the replacement of the rubber fuel

cells with welded aluminum fuel tanks engineered by Paul and his dad Ben an IA A one time STC was applied for and eventually granted although Paul says it was not an experience he would care to do again Making the tanks was easy but the approval process was a bear

The engine a Continental C-145-2 is one of the early production six cylinder powerplants from the factory in Muskegon MI As mentioned before it had suffered a camshaft failure early in its life and since it had sat inactive for extended periods there was some conshycern about the condition it was in But when Paul removed the cylinders oil pan and accessories to inspect its innards he was pleased to find it looked brand new with no corrosion evident After the acshycessories were gone through the engine was reassembled and repainted in the original Continental bluegray with black cylinders

With the Aeronca Convention fast approaching in 1992 the Memorial Day holiday wasnt spent watching the lndi-

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anapolis 500 - it was time for the big push to get the airplane completed With Paul at the airport putting the finishing touches on the fuselage and engine inshystallation Pam spent the weekend polshyishing the wings at home in the backyard and bugging her neighbors when it came tim e to flip them over or move them around To maintain its original appearshyance the Workmans decided to keep the wings natural aluminum but after one year of trying to keep the metal looking good a great looking silver paint was apshyplied

By the end of the next week it looked like an airplane was about to fly and with a week to spare 48H was ready for its first engine run Sunday saw the first flight after the restoration and later in the week both 1048H and N6665K were loaded up and headed to Middletown On the way from Zanesville to Middleshytown their youngest daughter started feeling a bit queasy and not wishing to christen the new interior in that way a landing was made at Washington Court House Before they had stopped the prop from turning they knew they had an engine problem though - one magshyneto coil had died Ben Workman flying 65K continued on ahead to H ook field in Middletown A quick call to friends who were also on their way to the Conshyvention brought a replacement coil By the time the re pairs could be made it was late evening so Paul and Pam spent the evening with their kids in a motel After staying the night in central Ohio 1048H was flown to the Aeronca factory just in time for the convention

The Sedan was immediate ly deshyscended upon by the crowds who all oohed and ahhed over a very original airplane That fly-in saw the Workmans win the first of a series of awards for their efforts in restoring the Sedan It also won a major award at the Mid East Regional Fly-In and was also selected as the Best Class II (81-150 hp) Classic award winner at EAA OSHKOSH 94 The Workman fa mily enjoyed flying 48H all over the midwest during the summers of 1992 and 93 but in the fall of 1993 it became obvious that their other Sedan 6665K needed a major enshygine overhaul and the equity in 48H was going to have to pay for it

EE Buck Hilbe rt our resident Aeronca nut had heard me mention this particular Sedan in glowing terms and when he asked he found it was available Paul and Pam took Bucks be loved Champ in trade for the Sedan In Octoshyber 1993 the Sedan came to live at the Funny Farm in Union IL where it quickly became a favorite It s just right for a economical flight to a midwestern location (75 gph at 2450 rpm) and is roomy and quite comfortable to fly Whil e not particularly fast (105 mph cruise) it handles like a larger heavier Chief and it bas plenty of baggage room and space for the kids in back It really is a shame more of these airplanes were not made

While Paul Workman was flying the airplane the engine began to make a litshytle metal that was showing up on the oil screen After changing a piston that was self-destructing it appeared to be OK

but metal continued to show up on the screen It continued to do so after Buck bought tbe airplane so in conjunction with the annual in the fall of 1995 we changed the engine with another C-145 and he also added an Aviation Developshyment Corporation (ADC) oil filter sysshytem with oil bypass warning light The de tails of the installation were spelled out in Bucks column in the November issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE

Nearly 40 hours later the filter system works beautifully with the 3 mic ron screen catching anything that happens to make it into the oil Since the restorashytion the airplane has proven to be quite reliable and generally maintenance free and Id be remiss if [ didnt thank Buck publicly for the tim es he has lent my family and me the Sedan - its our fashyvorite airplane and our goal to shoot at when setting our priorities

The love the Workmans have for this particular airplane is still evident and theyre like most pare nts hoping their children lead a good life after they leave home Home on the Funny Farm is as pleasant as it can be for four e ight Hotel as it keeps company with its other Aeronca brothers th e C-3 and the Champ plus the Nicaraguan Fleet who seems a bit confused by it all It s earnshying to a djust Champ Ye p after a while Buck really missed the 7AC so when Paul mentioned to him that he was thinking of selling the Champ Buck had trade d on the Sedan Buck bou ght it back The stable is now full of Middleshytown wonders Wh a t more could an Aeronca man want

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John W Preiss

Cess 195 by Norm Petersen

The winner of the Best Restored Classic Over 165 hp at Sun n Fun 96 was an immaculate Cessna 195A N2JP SIN 7712 flown to Lakeland FL by John W Preiss (EAA 462642 AC 24168) of College Station Texas Winshyning awards is not a new phenomenon for John and his 195 having garnered the Reserve Grand Champion Lindy at Oshkosh 94 just a few tiny points beshyhind Roy Foxworthys bright red Johnshyson Rocket 185

This particular 195 had actually started the winning trend way back in 1983 when it earned a trophy at EAA Oshkosh that year for its owner at the time Paul Walter (EAA 90497 A C 2342) of Waukesha WI Eventually Paul Walter brought the 195 to EAA Oshkosh 92 where John

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John Preiss and his lovely wife Beverly pose for DeKevin Thorntons camera in the sparkling sunshine augmented by the brilliance of the polished Cessna 195

Cruising above the clouds the Cessna 195 really comes into its own - a true Businessliner - as the advertising people called it in 1951 This was lUxury air travel at its very best some 45 years ago

Preiss and his girlfriend Beverly spotshyted it and started negotiations On Sepshytember 14 1992 the sale was completed and John W Preiss owned Cessna 195 NI95PW as it was registered at the time

A fascinating sidelight to this story is the fact that John W Preiss has an identishycal twin brother James M Preiss (EAA 410655 AlC 20593) of Germantown WI who is ten minutes older than John and if ever two brothers were cut from the same cloth - this would be it John is a Boeing 737 Captain for Southwest Airlines and James (Jim) is a Boeing 737 Captain for United Airlines Both made their solo flights on their sixteenth birthday June 161974 in the same Cessna 150 Aerobat and both earned their A amp P rating from Blackhawk Technical College in Janesville WI (The twins were classmates of EAAs Director of Maintenance Daryl Lenz)

The term They have been flyers all their lives could easily apply to the Preiss twins however they were flyers even beshy

c

fore they were born One week prior to their birth their father Erhard took their mother Lydia (very much in a family way) for a flight in the back seat of an Aeronca Champ Jim still chuckles when he tells the story

The boys grew up in an aviation envishyronment as their father Erhard Preiss was an FBO and flight instructor On many family flying trips one youngster would work the control wheel while the other would work the rudder pedals On the return trip they would reverse duties To use an old cliche These were the best of times

Jim Preiss had restored a Cessna 180 in the 1980s and was quite acquainted with the amount of work involved in a restorashytion After John had purchased the 195 in 1992 he asked Jim to help with the job of restoring the big five-place Cessna (Jim had earned his Inspection Authorization by this time) On February 24 1993 the project began

The engine was sent to Jacobs Service Inc in Payson AZ and even tually reshyturned as a zero time Jacobs R-755-B3 of 275 hp The prop was in perfect shape but all accessories needed overhaul and every hose and clamp was replaced The startshying circuit was modified to the later conshyfiguration to eliminate the heavy current drop and improve the engine starting cashypability especially in cold weather

A new instrument panel was built with all instruments being overhauled or reshyplaced The radios were upgraded with the installation of new Narco avionics with complete wiring harnesses circuit break-

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ers and new antennae The entire set of cabin windows was replaced (some are crank down) along with a new windshield A new interior was sewn by Lydia Preiss the twins mother who had learned seamshystress skills in Germany before coming to the US The result was an interior that is absolutely outstanding and had the judges smiling from ear to ear

The 195 had come from the factory with crosswind gear - an option that is not usually compatible with original style wheelpants New straight axles were inshystalled along with new Cleveland wheels and brakes per STC and a search was beshygun for a set of the rare aluminum wheel pants with their special shape that fit a 195 After a year of inquiring (along with a special bit of accidental luck) a pair was finally located purchased (many $$$$)

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and were totally reworked and installed with new backing plates When polished to a glistening shine these tall narrow wheelpants are in a class by themselves

Up front the old Montgomery spinner was removed and a new Cessna type as used originally on the 195 was installed (more $$$$) The result is rather striking as the more pointed nose on the 195 spinshyner gives it that original look and really shines when polished

John discovered that three different pain t schemes were used on the 195 seshyries depending on serial number Even though his airplane was not previously painted correctly he was able to get asshysistance from Cessna and a few others so he was able to layout a correct paint scheme for the proper serial number 7712 built in July 1951 and making its

first test flight on July 12 1951 The airshyplane was taken to Central Aviation Inc in Watertown WI for final painting by Randy Effinger and his very capable crew

The 18 month restoration effort was finished just prior to Oshkosh 94 includshying the massive polishing job on the alushyminum with Rolite polish The 195 was flown to Oshkosh and displayed in the AntiqueClassic area for a couple of days Before the Convention was finished John Priess and his new bride Beverly were off to Hawaii on their honeymoon and brother Jim was delegated as a commitshytee of one to attend the awards ceremony Late in the program Cessna 195 N2JP was called out for the Reserve Grand Champion Lindy award and Jim walked up on stage to accept it for his brother

Perhaps the real joy for Jim was calling his brother in Hawaii and calmly informing him of the award - almost nonchalant like (Brothers have been known to pull such things on each other) John and Beverly were jumping up and down with exciteshyment wishing they could have been on hand for the presentation

With many ideas from the Antique Classic judges the Preiss boys have been steadily improving the big Cessna to where it looks better than ever At Sun n Fun 96 the 195 ran off with the award for Best Restored Classic Over 165 hp and the Preiss gang was indeed happy Their next goal is Oshkosh 96 where they plan to make another run at the big prize

An interesting coincidence happened when prior to purchasing the 195 John was telling one of his friends Jeff Sandlin

at Southwest Airlines about the big cabin Cessna and learned that Jeffs father had owned a 195 for quite a number of years After purchasing the airplane he showed Jeff some photos of the 195 and menshytioned that a man named A E Edwards had owned the airplane for a long span of years John was really surprised when Jeff blurted out A E Edwards is my father In 1994 John flew the 195 to Denton Texas where Mr and Mrs A E Edwards now in their eighties had the unusual opshyportunity to see the very same airplane that they had taken such good care of over many years and flown the Cessna over 3200 hours The reunion was very special to John and the Edwards family and made the airplane even more special to the Priess family

Although the original N number of the

Cessna 195 was N1014D that number is currently in use and the owner is not willshying to give it up Therefore John chose to use N2JP which was available at the time Eventually John says it would be quite an achievement to get the original number back on the airplane

John Preiss is the very first person to admit that he has had a great deal of assisshytance and help on the 195 His father Ershyhard Preiss started the love of aviation in the boys during their early years and the workmanship on the Cessna is dedicated to his memory Erhard passed away in 1980 Johns wife Beverly has been very patient and supportive during the restorashytion process In addition John is very grateful for the help and expertise of his brother Jim the overseeing IA on the project who is totally unafraid of hard

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work Special thanks are also in order for the twins mother Lydia Preiss who used her seamstress ski lls so well

Other contributors were Jimmy Vickshyers of Lubbock Texas a fo rmer Cessna dealer who flies his own 195 Captain Jeff Kilponen of Southwest Air lines who sparked John Preiss interest in the Cessna 195 in the first place and John Swander of

(Above) The unique split-flap employed on the 195 is designed for drag to slow the airplane down for landing It contributes alshymost nothing to lift Look at the sparkling interior of that wing when the flap is pulled down for inspection

(Above left) For genuine comfort it is hard to beat the rear seat of a Cessna 195 This interior was completely sewn by Lydia Preiss the mother of both John and Jim Preiss This seat is cashypable of handling three persons with ease making the 195 a true five-place airplane

(Left) The totally restored instrument panel complete with upshygraded avionics is a thing of beauty and function The throttle uses a friction lock collar while the propeller and mixture conshytrols each employ a vernier control for fine adjustment This particular 195 has the dual yoke in deference to a throw-over yoke as used on some models

DeSoto Kansas who provided some exshy John would especially like to thank the cellent ideas and much help to the restorashy Cessna Aircraft Company for designing tion Tim McCarter a pi lot and mechan ic and building a true classic aircraft that pishyfor Amphib Inc contributed expertise lots such as as he and his twin brother can and support to the rebuild a nd the Inshy continue to appreciate and enjoy ternational195 C lu b and Eastern 195 To this we add our congratulations and Cl ub were most he lpful in getting N2JP very best wishes in the future for making back in the air - along with helping all 195 N2JP such a dazzling airplane It is indeed owners keep them there a credit to its restorers

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Type Club

NOTES by Norm Petersen

Compiled from various type club publications amp newsletters

From the Monocoupe Flyer Bob Coolbaugh editor 703-590shy

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Adventures of a Warner Engine Owner

George Olson - January 1996

About 1979 while ove rhauling the 145 HP Warner for my Fairchild 24 a crack was fo und in one of the cylinder barrels Parts were really hard to find but a fri e nd in Lo uisvill e C la ud e Curry who I am sorry to say is now go ne to ld me th a t hi s fri e nd Bud Nea t a lso in Lo uisville had the reshyma ining Warne r pa rts but he was n t se llin g a nythin g H e offe red to ca ll Bud and tell him my situation and ca ll me bac k La te r he told me th a t I should go ahead and call Bud which I did Bud said that Claude told him all about it and to come over and see if we could fi nd one that was suitable The parts were in the basement of his manshyufacturing building We took fla sh shyli ghts and Bud showed me where the cylinders were to ld me to pick one out a nd we nt bac k upsta irs There were pallets filled with hundreds of cylinder assemblies There were cylinder ba rshyre ls stac ked about e ight fee t high o n o the r pa lle ts boxes of parts all over the place about 40 barrels of studs and other small steel parts some engines in various stages o f assembly big crates of baffl ing and tools of all descriptions It was hard to be lieve like be ing in a candy store The cylinder I picked out loo ked like it had a good head o n it but the barrel had rust in it that looked like brown fur T here must have been some o il o n the surface to sta rt with beca use it wasn t pitted and it didn t need plating after all

T he n Bud a nd I had some co ffee

and he told me the story about how he and ten others decided to build Grea t Lakes Biplanes in hi s ma nufacturing building Th ey we re goin g to build e leven a ll toge the r they would be all th e sa me and wh e n th ey fini she d theyd draw straws to pick their plane Bud hea rd about th e a ucti o n of th e Warner factory inventory in (She ldon) Iowa These were all the parts remain shying afte r a warehouse fire where they were stored Bud put in the winning bid a t the auction and picked up o ne semitrailer load of parts When Merlin Bock bo ught out th e fact o ry ea rli e r a nd mo ve d th e pa rts to Io wa th e re were 10 semi-loads but this one trailer was all that was left With Buds pur shychase though th e Grea t La kes Bi shyplanes would now all have Warner en shygines But afte r a couple of years the buildin g e nt e rpri se e nd e d beca use eve ryo ne had a diffe rent view of how long the e ffort should las t Eve ryo ne took their project home and some were finished separately When the projects went o ut the door the Warne r pa rt s we re put in the basem e nt o ut of the way They were there when I saw them in 1979

The Fairchild rebuilding jo b was fini shed in 1980 and I flew it until 1985 whe n th e numbe r 4 link ro d bro ke This time I needed a lo t of pa rts so it was back to th e we ll Bud wa nted to se ll a ll th e parts no t just th e o nes I needed and I knew enough by then to realize that I could sell them and hopeshyfull y get my money back So this time aft e r some price nego ti a ti o ns we s tru ck a dea l for a ll Bud s p a rt s I re nte d a 24- fo o t truck a nd with the help of a fri end and Bud Neats grand shyson we moved o ne load (ha lf o f the parts) to my 16 x 22 foot garage That fi ll ed it up Another friend offe red to

let me put a semitrailer on his farm so I bought a pretty good used 40 footer Whe n we got the seco nd load Bud s grand son got three of hi s college fri e nds to he lp so the re we re 6 o f us loading It only took four hours while th e fir st load had ta ke n a ll d ay My pickup truck was use d to mov e the parts in my garage to the trailer whenshyever I needed to make a trip out there Afte r about six wee ks my wife sa w that th e part s we re se llin g so she started speaking to me again

In with the engine parts were prints production reco rds test records and paperwork of a ll kinds but the T ype Ce rtifica te docum e nta ti o n was los t somewhere along the way In 1989 the FAA called and asked if I had the Type Certificates They had some boxes in Chicago that they wante d to give to the Type Certificate holder to get then out of their way Curiosity got the best of me and started me on the search for th e Type Ce rti fica te Th e require shyme nts we re to trace ownership from the last known owner to the present I had to get a ffidavits fro m all the ownshye rs since Clinton Mac hin e Company sold out They were the las t owners of th e T ype Certi fica te who were regisshytered with the FAA

This provided an interesting pursuit a nd I m e t a lo t of he lp ful pe opl e James Thomas Smith who bought the parts fr o m C lint o n Ma chin e Co couldn t be fo und Th e nex t owne r Duke H attah died in the late 60s and hi s re lati ves couldn t be found e ithe r The sea rch continued unsuccessfully January 1993 rolls around and someshyo ne approaches me to buy the T ype Certificate to build engines in Spain of all pl a ces Th e n in 1994 som eo ne wanted it to bui ld Warne r engines in Czechoslovakia fo r Blicke r Jungmeis-

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ters they were building I received a letter in December 1994 from the FAA stating that during a move to an off airport location they found a reshyquest dated June 13 1980 in a fo lder that was mislabeled to make new Data Plates and Type Certificates It was in Bud Neats name He had held the Certificate all along All that was needed was an affidavit from Bud Neat which was accomplished immeshydiately The new Type Certificates arshyrived in May 1995

Oh yes about those boxes the Chicago FAA had - They were shipped to the Atlanta FAA Certification ofshyfice The FAA people there invited me to visit them and look at the conshytents It was nice to meet some of the people I had been talking to on the phone for so long One full day was spent helping them sort through the boxes There were folders of correshyspondence (some of it mine) Warner blueprints and boxes of microfilm of all the Warner prints There were about 1200 microfilm prints per box Since there were duplicate sets of Warner blueprints on microfilm they offered me a set which I gladly acshycepted

Warner Engine Facts and Figures

The following information was gathshyered over the course of the successful acquisition of the Warner Type Cershytificates and from Warner Aircraft Corporation records These records were included with the remains of the Warner Company which I bought from Bud Neat of Louisville KY This will attempt be an attempt to sort and conshydense the jumble of papers to present that which is of most int erest to Warner engine owners

The Warner Aircraft Corporation was founded by William O Warne r in 1926 and its address was 20263 Hoover Avenue Detroit MI Officers in 1929 were William O Warner President amp General Manager Edward N Hartwick Vice-President amp Treasurer W J Jarvie Secretary In 1950 the ofshyficers were R E Cecil President Carl F Lang Secretary-Treasurer and Leonard W Quart Manufacturer s Agent William O Warner was a Dishyrector but ret ired The Warner Airshycraft Corporation was merged with Clinton Machine Company located in Clinton Michigan in April of 1950 The reason for the merger according to the Proxy Statement and notice of Stock Holders meeting of February 20 1950 was that Warner Aircraft found itself without a product except for the hydraulic units and it had lost money every year since the war The assets of Warner were transferred to Clinton

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Machine Company in exchange for shares of common stock of Clinton which were distributed to Warner shareho lders The president of Clinshyton Machine Comp any at that time was Donald D Thomas

In 1952 Clinton Machine Co so ld the aircraft engine parts prints and some tooling to the Detroit Harvester Co which was owned by James Thomas Smith He owned it for a very short time I was never ab le to find Mr Smith In about 1953 Detroit Harvester Co sold the remaining Warner assets to Duke Harrah Inc located in Niles Michigan Duke Harshyrah sold Warner parts until 1963 when he sold the Warner assets to M amp B Flying Service located at Sheldon Reshygional Airport in Sheldon Iowa Duke Harrah died in the late 60s Merlin Bock and Elmer Meuke were partners in M amp B Flying Service There were several semitrailer loads of parts which were put in a large hangar In 1966 the building burned in a fire started by someone working on a mower There was one semitrailer load that was salshyvaged Bud Neat from Louisville Kenshytucky brought the remains at auction

The sales records end December 31 1945 so the years 1946 to 1950 are less clear Grand total of all engines sold through December 31 1945 is 3572 Today there are 437 Warner engines on aircraft registered with the FAA The papers I have showin g sales records and Type Ce rtificate Data Sheets are quite interesting There were severa l projects in the experishymental department in 1945 The folshylowing interesting note is copied fro m the 1945 monthly progress report book

550-X 200HP New experimental e ngin e Pre liminary and final tests conducted toge the r with bolt deflecshytion measurements Power calibration conducted with standard induction housing 50 hours endurance running compl e ted Power calibration conshyducted with control induction with varshyious carburetor positions Engine now having cam settings and valve timing worked out for both standard and split cam

Active Signed S A Christiansen Test Engineer

Other projects in development were experimental engine 585-X which is 585 cubic inch with a 5 inch bore amp 4250 stroke

A 2 cyl Model 140-X horizontal opposed industrial engine and model 12850-3 a single cyl utility engine I wonder if the last two engines were the key to the Clinton merger (In 1950 Clinton was the second largest proshy

ducer of gasoline engines in the 34 to 3 hp range) Warner also manufacshytured wheels axles brakes skis prop hubs shock struts and hydraulic units These production plans also transshyferred with the Type Certificates

Included in the records are several books and inventories One is a book showing each engine sold in numerical order starting with the first engine sold It lists engine number Airplane Owner and Address A sample page from this book is included Also inshycluded is a chart listing standard enshygine model and serial number designashytions and deviations from standard By referencing this list and the data plate on your Warner engine you can determine how your engine was conshyfigured when it left the factory Bear in mind that your engine may have been changed substantially over the years during overhauls

From the Cessna 150 - 152 News

Safety - Avoiding wire Strikes Skip Carden editor

919-471-9492

The Terrible Truth About Wire Strikes a new video and a companshyion pamphlet from AOPA Air Safety Foundation debunks many misconcepshytions about these accidents There are an average of 115 reported general avishyation wire strikes a year but only an estimated 10 of strikes are reported

The video and pamphlet give some commo n-sense tips on how to see and avoid wires

bull Scan on both sides of the aircraft Look for towers or other supporting structures which are easier to see than the associated wires themselves Fly over the top of the tower rather than between the supporting structures

bull Nature doesn t make a stra ight line Strips of inconsistent vegetation crop edges land boundaries and roads can indicate a wire path

bull Flight below a ridge line or in a canyon puts a pilot in the wire envishyronment

bull Avoid antennas by a horizontal distance greater than the vertical height of the structure Guy wires can extend at a 45 degree angle from tower top to the ground

bull A pull-up is usually the best mashyneuver to avoid an unexpected wire In most cases the pilot sees the wire too late to bank away successfully

The video is priced at $10 plus $325 shipping The pamphlet is free with a 6 X 9 self-addressed envelope with 55 cents postage affixed AOPA ASF 421 Aviation Way Frederick MD 21701 800-638-3101

PASSdb BUCK by EE Buck Hilbert EAA 21 Ale 5 PO Box 424 Union IL 60180

Our twenty fifth Anniversary re shyunion seems to be shap ing up T write to each of the origi na l 100 members asking th e m to be with us at EAA OSHKOSH So far the replies are runshyning about fifty-fifty Those that are coming are enthusiastic about the whole thing and are just as interested today as when we started the Division More to come

As I read the history of the Division it triggers memories of events past The discussions that Paul Pobe rezny and I had over the titl e Division and hi s concerns that it was a word that would conjure up thoughts of a group that was seceding from EAA Happily it proved to be somet hing weve ne ver had to worry abo ut - EAA is still th e prime mover in Sport Aviation and the varishyous Divisions have accentuated the positive as that old song goes

The letters I receive are most welshycome and can either be a real boost or an education I got ed ucated on old time stunt pilot Howard Dutton from one of our ear ly members Capt Jim Barton (AA retired) who kn ew him personally Jim responded with clipshypings and a phone ca ll so we could anshyswer that query

Then I also got a letter fro m one of the San Diego antiquers who said r was off base on my Chapter One open house co lumn regarding the weather for that weekend He said it was much better than I had indicated and that it was the first time the whole group was able to fly up together A great time was had by all and the fly-in weather was great Im not going to remind him th at sevshyera l people got stuck in Riverside all day Sunday waiting for it to let up

I on ly wish there was room to pubshylish each and every lette r we receive T try to answer each one personally and usuall y do as time permits I also ge t requests for parts and pieces of inforshymation and on occasion Im able to be of some help Once in a while I stub my

toe R ecently a memb er called and asked if I could help him find a Cub alshytimeter I had one and sent it to him A week later I got it back Wrong color Min es black he ne ed ed one cream faced Oh well I tried

Number one son Robert your editor HG and I flew down to Middle town OH for the Aeronca get together HG a llowed me to ride with him in my Sed a n while Bob took hi s C ha mp Originally we had planned to take both Champs but mine deve loped a lea ky exhaust valve so it had to stay home

Wally Baldwin was our host down the re while Bob Hollenbaugh and his wife He len look ed after H G Wally squired us around town Hes writing a book on Aeronca and expects to go to press shortly This man is a walking enshycyc lope dia as far as Aeronca is co nshyce rned His D ad worked there when they were building the C-3s Ks Low Wings and later the C hamps C hi efs and Sedans Wa ll ys dad bought the prototype Champ after its nat ionwide demonstration tour ove rhauled the Ashy65 and gave it to Wally when he came

home from the Air Force after WW II Wally currently fli es a Champ with the same paint scheme and rues the day he ever sold the original

HG will be writing up the trip and printing pictures of all the beautiful airshyplanes in a future article but I want to say is that it was a great bunch and even thou gh Bob a nd I a long with D ale Gu stafso n got drafte d to judge airshyplanes we enjoyed it immensely

Over to you

Here are a couple of photos that ought to raise a few eyebrows courtesy of Aeronca retiree John Houser These two shots show the installation of a Aeroshymarine AR-3 engine in an Aeronca C-3 Rated at 55 hp running 2400 rpm the AR-3 might look familiar to many antishyquers - the design and manufacshyturing rights were sold to Burshynelli and then later (1938) it became known as the Lenape Papoose after Burnelli sold off that portion of its business to

Lenape Aircraft amp Motors of New York city As detailed in the 1939 edition of Aerosshyphere the AR-3 weighted in at 150 Ibs and had a pair of Bendix magnetos powering the two ignition circuits The Aeronca E-107 engine developed 26 hp the later E-113 was rated at 36 hp and the final version the E-113C was listed as producing 40 hp With the 55 hp of the AR-3 this early model C-3 must have been a good little performer This parshyticular 3-cylinder engine produced too much vibration to suit the engineers at Aeronca so no production aircraft were sold with this engineairframe combination

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Vintage Seaplanes by Norm Petersen

Summers here

and its time to think about

flying off the water

Our resident web-footed

pilot Norm Petersen

has provided us with a

look at waterbirds

24 JULY 1996

Kyle Meints Cessna 1708

(Left) Pictured at the Vette Seaplane Base at Oshkosh 95 is a pretty 1955 Cessna 170B N4453B SIN 26797 mounted on a set of Edo 89-2000 floats all decked out in a matching paint scheme of white with red trim The pretty Continental 145 powered seaplane is the pride and joy of Kyle Meints (EAA 360394) of Augusta MI who purchased the 170B on floats in Minnesota about ten years ago Kyle inshystalled the STOL kit on the wings painted the entire airplane and then painted the matching floats the next year all in PPG two-part urethane A factory seaplane since new the 170B has 2400 TT of which Kyle has flown about 400 hours since acquiring the f1oatplane This airplane spent about the first 25 years in New England before coming west to Minnesota Congrats to Kyle Meints on a sharp looking Cessna 170B f1oatplane

1140 floats which do not show their age (40 to 50 yrs) and have had their compartment covers reshymoved (The 1140 floats are easily distinguished from the larger 1320 floats by the si ngle cover beshytween the struts 1320 floats have two covers beshytween the struts) Apparently the boot cowl on the Cub has been replaced or repainted as the forward end of the lightning stripe is missing A li ghtshyweight pre-war Cub with wood spars and 1140 floats makes for a sporty seaplane that is pure fun

Odell Matthis Republic Seabee

(Left) This beautiful custom Republic RC-3 Seabee N87493 SIN 44 is the pride and joy of Odell and Diane Matthis (EAA 262957 AIC 10206) of Havelock NC No stranger to EAA Odell brought the highly polished Cessna 140A Patroller N5332C SIN 15452 that was featured in the October 1986 VINTAGE AIRPLANE and picshytured on the back cover The Seabee features extended wings with drooped tips tinted glass and a big Lycoming GO-480 engine of 295 hp The fancy paint scheme is overall white with red and gold trim This particular 1946 Seabee spent many years in the Seattle area before going to Anchorage AK for a number of years It is now based near the seacoast of North Carolina where Odell and Diane (who is also a pilot and 9ger) can make full use of the amphibious capabilities The FAA register lists 275 Sea bees remaining of the over 1050 that were built by Republic and Downer

John Van Andels J-3 Cub on 1140s

These photos of a 1940 J -3 C65 Cub NC30482 SIN 4863 mounted on a set of Edo 54-1140 floats were sent in by Ralph Koutnik (EAA 261425) of Bellaire Ml Tied down at the Antrim County Airport at Bellaire the pre-war J-3 Cub is owned by John Van Andel (EAA 343387) of Ft Pierce FL Special note should be made of the extreme ly clean condition of the

U S Forest Service Stinson SR-SA

(Left) This photo from back in the early 1940 s was contributed by Wiley Hautala of Ely MN The Stinson SRshy5A NC5045 mounted on Edo 38-3430 floats was flown by veteran Ely MN seaplane pilot Milt Nelson for several years until 1943 when the 245 hp Lyshycoming engine quit one day and put the SR-5A in the trees - and that was the end of NC5045 Milt Nelson who is presently in his eighties soloed a Travel Air bishyplane at Superior WI in 1933 and logged approximately 15 000 hours on floats while flying for the U S Forest Service over a period of twenty years He says the SR-5A was a nice flying airplane and did a very respectable job on floats alshythough it couldn t handle the heavy loads of a Beaver or Norseman Note the 1937 Ford grill in the foreground and the Travel Air S6000-B seaplane in the backshyground which was flown by Bill Leithold of Ely MN Ironically at one time Milt Nelson owned a Fairchild FC-2 on Fairchild floats Today those very same floats are in the EAA Aviation Museum completely restored by John Parish and ready for installation on the EAA Founshydations Fairchild FC-2W

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Fly-In Calendar The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a matter of

information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the

information to EAA Att Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

JULY 23 - ZANESVILLE OH - EAA Chapter 425 Annual Pancake Day at Parr Airport 8 am - 5 pm Oshkosh bound pi lots encouraged to fly-in eat and refuel Contact Don Wahl 674454-0003

JULY 26-27 - COFFEYVILLE KS - Funk Aircraft Owners Assoc Reunion Contact Gene Ventress 70275 S Monticello Lenexa KS 66227

JULY 26-27 - AFTON WY - Callair Radio Controlled Model Aircraft Fly-In sponsored by the Callair Museum and Aviat Aircraft Inc For info call joan Michaels or Audrey Henning 307886-9887 FAX 307886shy9880

JULY 26-28 - RED LAKE ONTARIO CANAshyDA - Norseman Float Plane Festival For more info contact the Festiva l Committee at 807727-2809

JUL Y 27-29 - KEOKUK IA - Sixth World Wide gathering of L-Birds then en masse up to Wisconsin for EAA great OSHKOSH 96 on August 7 Contact Irv Linder 3 79524-6378

JULY 28 - GRANTSBURG WI - EAA Chapter 875 Wildrice Pancake Breakfast

JUL Y 28 - WEYBRIDGE SURREY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Aircraft of Surrey Fly- In Contact julian C Temple or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 07932 855465

JULY 31-WAUKESHA WI - (UES) tst Annual Great Stearman Fl y-Up to EAA Convention Call Stan Markus for more info 474567- 7499 or 965-3776

AUGUST 1-7 - OSHKOSH WI - 44th Annual EAA Fly-In and Sport Aviation Con vention Wittman Regional Airport Contact John Burton EAA PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 414426-4800

AUGUST 3 - ST PAUL MN - Lake Elmo Airport Aviation Days Fl y- In Pancake Breakfast Aircraft Disp lay and Young Eagles Day Rain Date August 4 Contact

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Dick Wicklund 672777-9742 AUGUST 3 - ELLSWORTH KS - EAA Chapter

7727 Fly-In breakfast (Oshkosh stop-over) and Cowtown Day Call Dale Weinhold 973-472-4027 (w) or -4309 (h) for info

AUGUST 18 - BROOKFIELD WI - Capita l Airport EAA AC Chapter 77 Vintage Aircraft Display and Ice Cream Social Noon - 5 pm Midwest Antique Airplane Club meeting as well For info call Capital Airport at 4 74787 -9550

AUGUST 18 - EAST TROY WI - Inti Cessna 720 740 Assoc Wisconsin Brat and Corn Roast Arrive at 77 am eat at 72 30 pm Bring a dish to pass and a buck Call Matt and Carole Rybarczyk 474767-0920

AUGUST 25 - BELMOND IA - NC Chapter 73 annual p icnic Call 575444-3637 for info

AUGUST 26 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Biplanes and Vintage Aircraft Fly- In Contact ju l ia n C Temp l e or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 0 7932 855465

AUGUST 27-29 - YOUNGSTOWN OH shyBARTLESVIL LE OK AND EL CAJON CA -Staggerwing Beech Commemorative Tour Ca ll William Thaden 207439-7767 fo r info

AUGUST 30-31 - HA YWA RD CA - EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter 29 Fourth Annual Antique Fl y- In and Airshow Free Early Bird Dinner to all display aircraft on Friday This is a northern Cal ifornia points event Contact Bud Field at 5 70455-2300

AUGUST 30 - SEPT 1 - PROSSER WA - EAA Chapter 397 25th Anniversary Fly- In at Prosser airport Call Cormac Thompson for info 509786- 7034

AUGUST 30-31 - MOCKSVIL LE NC - Tara Airbase (5NC7) 77 th Annua l Anything That Flies Fly-In Private Fly-In - attenshydance at your own risk For info ca ll 704284-2 767 or 970764-0007

AUGUST 31 - MARION IN - Sixth Annual Fly-InCruise-In breakfast sponsored by the Marion High schoo l Band Boosters Antiques Classics homebuilts and Antique classic and custom cars welshycomed For information contact Ray johnson at 3 77664-2588

SE PT 1 - ZANESVILLE OH - Riverside Airport EAA Chapter 425 Labor Day Weekend Fly-In Drive-In Breakfast 8 am - 5 pm Sandwiches etc from noon to closing

SEPT 7 - OSCEOLA WI - Simenstad Field 76th Annual Wheels and Wings Air Fair Train rides pancake breakfast fly-in Free event shuttle bus Pilots check class 0 NOTAMS for specia l airport conditions For info call 775755-3300

SEPT 13-15 - URBANA IL - Frasca Field Byron Smith Memorial Stinson Reunion Fly-In Ca ll 708904-6964 for info

SEPT 13-1 5 - JACKSONVILLE IL - Ercoupe Fly-In Call 2 77546-0585 for info

SEPT 20-2 1 - BARTLESVILLE IL - Frank Phillips Field 39th Annual Tulsa Regional Fly-In sponsored by EAA NC Chapter 70 AAA Chapter 2 EAA Chapter 70 EAA lAC Chapter 70 and the Green Country U ltralight Flyers Call Charlie Harris for info 978622-8400

SEPT 21-22 - ROCK FALLS IL - Whiteside County Airport (SQI) North Central EAA Old Fashioned Fly-In Fly market campshying and food on field Call Gregg Erikson 7085 73-064 7 or Dave Christianson at 875625-6556 Pancake breakfast Sept 22 - 0700 - 7700

SEPT 22 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGLAND - Brooklands Museum Fly-In Contact ju l ian C Templ e or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 07932855465

SEPT 27-28 - SANTA YNEZ CA - 8th Annual Western Waco Assoc Reunion Call jon A ldrich 209962-6727 or Barry Branin 7 74545-7476 for info

SEPT 28-29 - ZANESVILLE OH - John s Landing A irfield 5th Annual Fall Fly-In sponsored by EAA NC Chapter 22 of Ohio Hog roast on the 28th breakfast both days Antique classic homebuilts warbirds welshycome For more info call Virginia at 674453-6889

SEPT 28-29 - LEXINGTON TN - Tennessee Taildraggers 72th Annual Fly-In 907968shy2864 or 901968-4022 for info

OCTOBER 4-6 - REDDING CA - Benton Field EAA Chaper 157 Oktoberfest Contacts Bruce Taylor 976275-6456 or Armal Owens 976243-4382

OCTOBER 13 - TOWANDA PA - Towanda airport (N27) Fly-In Breakfast - all you can eat Eggs sausage pancakes 100 pure maple syrup 7 am -7 pm

OCT 13 - ZANESVILLE OH - Riverside A i rport EAA Chapter 425 and the ARTHRITIS FOUNDA TlON Hog Roast 8 am - 5 pm Contact Don Wahl at 614 454-0003

OCTOBER 13 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Fly-In Contact ju l ian C Temple or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 0 1932857381 or FAX 01932855465

OCT 18-20 - KERRVIL LE TX - Southwest Regional Fly-In For info ca ll 800221shy7958 Vendors should call 270914-3746

Ale NEWS Continued from page 2

in two a reas to mos t VFR pilots - the Surface Aviation Observation (SA) will now become the Aviation Routine Weather Report (Metar) with an addishytional report the Aviation Selected Special Weather report (Speci) added to it when dictated by changing weather conditions A new international format will also be adopted to replace the Tershyminal Forecast (TF) issued by the Nashytional Weather Service The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) will be the new format for this forecast

The new formats will be a combinashytion of new and old abbreviations but the seq ue nces will change a nd some components will be reported in a differshye nt format For many of us who us e DUATS briefing services and exercise the plain language option these changes will be transparent but be careful - temshyperaturedewpoint spreads will be given in degrees Celsius and sky cover definishytions will change Other parts of the seshyquence reports will be a lso be revised The new form a t began with the NWS transmissions that were issued a t 0800 UTC July l

For more informat ion and a card that details the new Metar format conshytact your nearest Flight Service Station or yo ur loca l FAA Flight Standards District Office

EICHER KIMBAll GEE BEE Z fliES

LUSCOMBE FOUNDATION 8E GIVEAWAY

The Don Luscombe Aviation Foundashytion is doing it again A small total of only 2800 tickets will be sold to help raise funds used to continue the expansion of services of the Foundation to Luscombe owners and to fulfill the Luscombe Type Certificate purchase contract You can see the work done to restore the 1996 Win Me airplane in the accompanying photos This airshyplane has all the Luscombe options and has been fully inspected and rebuilt with the latest information on Luscombe repa irs from the foundation For a more informashytion including the price of tickets and a brochure call the OLAF at 602917-0969 or fax them at 6021917-4719

NO 80 OCTANE AT WITTMAN FiElD

If youve always planned on fueling up with 80 octan e fuel during EAA O shkosh youll need to buy it from someone other tha n Basle r Flight Sershyvice the FBO on Wittman Field Basler

The Gee Bee Z recently completed by Jeff Eicher and Kevin Kimball was first flown on June 24 and again on the 25th by Delmar Benj amin Delmar explored the handling characteristics of the z in a series of flights that culminated in a roll and knife edge flight He reports a stall speed at about 75 mph indicated rt quickly acshycelerates to 210 mph and then continues to build up more speed up to 230 mph Delmar reports that it is hands off stable in both pitch and yaw 130 mph is used on fi nal to keep the Zs sink rate at a comfortable level We ll have more on the first flights of this beautiful Gee Bee replica next month but until then congratulations to Jeff and Kevin and their test pilot Delmar Benjamin

has informed EAA that they will not be selling any 80 octane fu el for resale durshying th e EAA Convention Du e to tighter tank te sting rules e nforced by the EPA Basler has storage facilities sufficient o nly for the quantities of 100 LL a nd Jet A neede d during the Conshyvention but there s no room left for a quantity of 80 octane After exploring other options Bas ler re luctantly deshycided to drop carrying 80 octane avgas which they had only had available durshying th e EAA Fly-In Since Basle r has also chosen not to offer auto fuel if you prefer not to burn 100LL in yo ur vinshytage engine you may wish to plan your flight with a fuel stop after your deparshyture or prior to your arrival Basler will be offering 100 octane avgas at the same price as last year $2 15 If you really prefer to run your e ngine on 80 octane avgas the closest airport with that fuel is the tailwheel friendly fie ld at Hartshyford WI (HXF) located 41 statute miles SSE of Oshkosh Hartford Aero Sershyvice 414673-5350 is the FBO and hes aware of the situat ion and is planning on having his 10000 gallon tank topped off in time for the Convention

CUB MONUMENT IN BRADFO RD

Thanks to the impetus provided by Sport Aviation editor Jack Cox a monshyument will be e rected on the site of the old Taylor Aircraft company in Bradshyford P A For more details on the effort being spea rh eaded by George Welsch

Continued on page 31

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27

by HC Frautschy

The April Mystery Plane proved to be a tough one so we ll continue that course with the July Mystery Plane This handshysome biplanes photo was sent in some time ago by Richard E Sampson Ft Lauderdale FL

Answers need to be in no later than August 25 1996 for inclushysion in the October issue

Aprils Mystery is still just that - an unknown Lennart Johnsson of Eldsberga Sweden sugshygested that it might be the creation of the Engshylish designer Harold Bolas and his partner Capt Goodman-Crouch who both emigrated to the USA and settled in Rhode Island After reshyviewing an article on the Crouch-Bolas Dragshyonfly its obviously not our Mystery Plane Our thanks to Lennart for giving it a shot

The second shot I ve included in this months edition may help jog the dim memory of someone else You can see that the airplane is not particularly large when compared to the pilot crouching on the bow Also tip floats have been added to the lower wings and you can plainly see the biplane configuration of the horizontal tail We can leave this Mystery Plane file open and perhaps someone will recshyognize it

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flight The Spirit of Flight 2 Number 1 was a flight to several states by Anshyders Ljungberg EAA 2836 during 1960 in the P-5 Pober Sport built by Paul Poberezny and his brother Norman in 1959

The BUcker was parked by Basler Avishyation in Steve Wittmans old hangar the same building where he had built Bonzo and other famous racers Sam returned to Hawaii until the fly-in started

The trip was made to prove that a homebuilt aircraft could be safe and reshyliable Articles on the 50 state trip apshypeared in the October-November issues of SPORT A VIA TION with the BUcker on the front cover Many letters were received with one from Dave Jameson encouraging Sam to write a full-blown book on his trip Three years later Jungmeister Junket (50 States in a Bishyplane) was published

In 1971 the Jungmeister was donated to the EAA Museum for its historic value and is presently on display in the Air Adventure Museum When the JM had only ten hours on it Paul Poberezny made a trip to Hawaii with the Air Nashytional Guard in a KC-97 refueler and flew the Jungmeister This was his 107th homebuilt to be flown many for the very first time

Since then Sam Burgess has built two Pitts and another BUcker powered by an Allison turboprop engine of 420 hp That airplane holds the NAAFAI world record for time to climb to 10000 feet (218) This unit has since been reshyplaced with a Russian 9 cylinder radial Vedenyev engine of 360 hp At age 79 Sam is presently building a Knight Twister biplane with the intent of evenshytually racing it at Reno Nevada

Two days after the Convention when

Sam departed for the AAA Fly-In at Ottumwa Iowa he experienced an unshyusual sight

Taking off to the west and looking to the left for a view of the parking area he did a double take as hundreds of airshycraft appeared to be still parked there How could this be

On a second look it was revealed that each aircraft had been perfectly outshylined by the multitude of tire kickers as they inspected their handiwork tramshypling the verdancy from the grass

(Editors note My kids refer to the little grass airplanes as airplane ghosts You can always tell where the most popular airshyplanes were parked - the grass around them is trampled until it is devoid of color and a bright green wing [uselrrge and tail appear in base relief in the turf when the real airshyplane taxis away)

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 11

The 15AC Sedan

eroncas Family Airplane by HG Frautschy

Im sure its always been a fantasy of many of us who love old airplanes to find a very original low time example of our favorite airplane Paul and Pam Workshyman lived that dream a few years ago

As the proprietor of a busy aircraft and auto upholstery shop Pau l Workshyman has always been an avid classic airshyplane man and Aeroncas in pa rticular He has had both a 7 AC Champ (he dated Pam with that airplane) a 7GC and finally a 1950 Aeronca Sedan N6665K which came to the Work mans when they started adding children to their family

Before buying 6665K Paul had been searching for a Sedan and ran across a little used example in Washington Court House OH In 1986 when they first contacted Bob Rolfe about the Sedan Bob just wasnt interested in selling the airplane It had been in his family for a number of years having belonged to a close relative of his Richard Rolfe of SabinaOH Richard was the first owner after Aeronca dealer Porter Kauffman took delivery of the Sedan after its manshyufacture in 1948 He was a minister and he used the Sedan for preaching in an unusual way It seems that Richard thought that the work of the Lord should come from on high literally so in early July of 1949 he had the Sedan fitted with an ATR 100 watt 12v to 120 v inverter a pair of 12 volt batteries a pair of Quadraflex trumpet speakers and two 100 watt a mplifiers All of this was hooked up to a Webster Model 180 wire line r ecorder (the predecessor to the modern day reel to reel tape recorder) Cincinnati Aircraft Service and Airborne Communications Inc at Lunken Airport did the work

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A year later Richard had the inverter rep laced with a single cylinder gasoline engine driving a generator (The 337s are a little unclear on th is - if the amplishyfiers needed AC voltage the generators output wo uld sti ll need an inverter to bring it up to the req uired 110vAC but no mention is made of the inverter in the second form 337) He also had an addishytiona l speaker insta ll ed The system must have worked reasonably well - Paul Workman talked to severa l locals who

Found unused in Ohio Paul and Pam Workman spent two years restoring a very original four-place Aeronca

recalled they heard The Word from the Sedan cruising above

It must have not been too e ffective (but Ill bet it was disconcerting) for the Sedan really didn t get much use By the time Bob Rolfe took possession of the Sedan it was still a low time airplane It sat until the 1970s when Bob got 48H flying in 1976 Amazingly by the time the decade of the 90s began the Sedan had just slightly more than 200 hours toshytal time on the airframe and the engine had even less since it had been zeroshytimed by the Continental factory after the camshaft fai led with only 22 hours 30 minutes on the engine The C-145 enshygine had a rash of these rep lacements early on in the production of the engine whe n some of the camshafts were imshy

properly heat treated and they fai led Paul Workman had not really thought

much about 1048H since he was turned down by Bob Rolfe in 1986 Besides he had found 6665K a later model (1950) Sedan and he and his family had been flying it for a few years But in the winshyter of 1989 Bob Ro lfe called Paul and asked if he was still interested in buying 48H Pam and Paul had to do some quick work with the calculator Knowing the Sedan needed a complete restorashytion it would need cash to put it in flying shape

But oh what a project It truly was an original airplane The speaker installashytion of the past did not disrupt the strucshyture in any way and the rear seat was sti ll intact All of the little things that can be so hard to find were still there shythe small map light on the bottom of the instrument panel a larger red flood light above the pilot mounted below the top of the windshield a ll the instruments and the Aeronca Sedan trim piece set in the center of the panel Topping it all off was the Harvey-Wells model ATR-3 radio still intact and installed in the panel just as it was when it was put in on July 31 1948 Even the antenna and loading coil were still on the airplane Happily the airframe had never been substantially damaged with only a menshytion of a rudder spar inspection done once to check for suspected damage after the wind slammed the rudder over one day It was a real gem to find and Pa ul just couldn t turn it down

The new garage would have to wait and on December 16 1989 Paul and his dad Ben went to pick up the flying proshyject It was a bit chilly that day - 7degF - so the Continental needed a bit of persuashy

sion to get started but once it was runshyning Ben and Paul flew formation back home with their new prize

With just a little more than two years to go the Workmans decided that the Aeronca Convention scheduled for 1992 was the ir goal All the fabric was reshymoved and the project took over the Workman basement

Only a couple of small areas needed attention with the welding torch and then all of the tubing for the fuselage and tail surfaces was sandblasted A coat of epoxy primer was then app lied with a topcoat of zinc chromate primer on top of that stric tly for appearance With such an original a irplane there was no doubt the direction Paul intended to go with the restoration

All of the wood in the fuselage needed replacement The Sedan is no different than other late model Aeroncas It too used the fami liar triangular rear fuse lage configuration with the outside shape deshyfined by a set of wooden formers and stringers Paul used fir and pine plyshywood and replaced all of th e str in gers All of the wood was painted with spar varnish

Since recovering would have to be t done in the basement near the gas fur- ~ nace and hot water heater the cover- ~

i

ing process chosen was the STCd Blue River system using Ceconite 7600 fabric Even with the water based Blue River sysshytem a strong smelling solvent is used to activate the cement for tapes and seams so good ventilation is still necessary Paul liked the process particularly since it was more pleasant to work with than dope and not nearly so mind altering

The final finish is Randolph Ranthane chosen by Paul to prevent uneven fading be tween the metal and fabric surfaces The orig in al color scheme was mainshytained with the fuselage painted Santa Fe Red and the trim color Tucson Cream a very close match to the original Packard Straw Ben Workman Paul s dad and the family lA was the paint foreman on the job and he spent a lot of his time helping the Sedan project along

Originally Sedans were delivered with unpainted wings but it didn t take too long for a service letter to be issued by the factory in Middletown detailing the

(Above) Pam and Paul Workshyman Zanesville OH the restorshyers of Aeronca 15AC Sedan 1048H

(Left) UAL Captain (retired) EE Buck Hilbert now the proud owner and pilot of four eight Hotel Aeroncavorting in the Sedan is high on his list of fun things to do

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(Above) The interior owes a lot to its Champ and Chief predecessors The early Sedans used the same control wheels from the Chief and so were the glove box doors and ashtrays (now used for holding pencils) The Harvey Wells ATR-3 radio no longer functions but it has been a part of the instrument panel since 1948 shortly after the Sedan was built in Middletown OH Paul Workman was able to find a fabric for the seat cushions and side panels that closely reshysembled the original fabric

(Left) Now a resident of Buck Hilberts Funny Farm the Sedan flies nicely out of the northern Illinois grass strip

procedure for painting the wings Not too many people wanted to continue polishshying the top and bottom of 200 square feet (wait - that would be 400 sq ft) of wing

The corroded control cables were reshyplaced and so was the side window plasshytic A new windshield was purchased from LP Aero Plastics and the interior was refinished as closely as could be deshytermined Paul found out that the interishyors of the Sedans were not finished conshysistently Even a visit to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museums library didnt turn up anything consistent By talking with some owners of other early producshytion Sedans and using some of the paint left in the corners the original greengray color was applied Only a couple of exshytra switch holes had to be plugged in the panel leftovers from the days when the speaker system was installed

Those of you familiar with Sedans may wonder why there is no neat panel overlay such as on the 48 and 50 Sedans The early airplanes had a basic VFR panel and not until the later modshy

els was a panel overlay made The glove box was retained on the right side of the panel and the old Harvey-Wells radio was re-installed Paul wanted to put the old V antenna on again but the airshyplane wouldnt fit in his T-hangar with the wire running from wingtip to the vershytical fin

As a professional interior man you can imagine how frustrating it was for him when he couldnt find an exact match for the interior fabric Fortushynately one of his fabric salesmen came to the rescue with a medium width corshyduroy that looked just like the fabric seen in the photographs Paul had been using for research

The wings needed a bit of work inshycluding the replacement of one leading edge skin and a general clean up of the fittings Paul also converted the wingtips to being secured by screws instead of rivshyets allowing more complete inspection of the wing panels

One more change made to the wings was the replacement of the rubber fuel

cells with welded aluminum fuel tanks engineered by Paul and his dad Ben an IA A one time STC was applied for and eventually granted although Paul says it was not an experience he would care to do again Making the tanks was easy but the approval process was a bear

The engine a Continental C-145-2 is one of the early production six cylinder powerplants from the factory in Muskegon MI As mentioned before it had suffered a camshaft failure early in its life and since it had sat inactive for extended periods there was some conshycern about the condition it was in But when Paul removed the cylinders oil pan and accessories to inspect its innards he was pleased to find it looked brand new with no corrosion evident After the acshycessories were gone through the engine was reassembled and repainted in the original Continental bluegray with black cylinders

With the Aeronca Convention fast approaching in 1992 the Memorial Day holiday wasnt spent watching the lndi-

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anapolis 500 - it was time for the big push to get the airplane completed With Paul at the airport putting the finishing touches on the fuselage and engine inshystallation Pam spent the weekend polshyishing the wings at home in the backyard and bugging her neighbors when it came tim e to flip them over or move them around To maintain its original appearshyance the Workmans decided to keep the wings natural aluminum but after one year of trying to keep the metal looking good a great looking silver paint was apshyplied

By the end of the next week it looked like an airplane was about to fly and with a week to spare 48H was ready for its first engine run Sunday saw the first flight after the restoration and later in the week both 1048H and N6665K were loaded up and headed to Middletown On the way from Zanesville to Middleshytown their youngest daughter started feeling a bit queasy and not wishing to christen the new interior in that way a landing was made at Washington Court House Before they had stopped the prop from turning they knew they had an engine problem though - one magshyneto coil had died Ben Workman flying 65K continued on ahead to H ook field in Middletown A quick call to friends who were also on their way to the Conshyvention brought a replacement coil By the time the re pairs could be made it was late evening so Paul and Pam spent the evening with their kids in a motel After staying the night in central Ohio 1048H was flown to the Aeronca factory just in time for the convention

The Sedan was immediate ly deshyscended upon by the crowds who all oohed and ahhed over a very original airplane That fly-in saw the Workmans win the first of a series of awards for their efforts in restoring the Sedan It also won a major award at the Mid East Regional Fly-In and was also selected as the Best Class II (81-150 hp) Classic award winner at EAA OSHKOSH 94 The Workman fa mily enjoyed flying 48H all over the midwest during the summers of 1992 and 93 but in the fall of 1993 it became obvious that their other Sedan 6665K needed a major enshygine overhaul and the equity in 48H was going to have to pay for it

EE Buck Hilbe rt our resident Aeronca nut had heard me mention this particular Sedan in glowing terms and when he asked he found it was available Paul and Pam took Bucks be loved Champ in trade for the Sedan In Octoshyber 1993 the Sedan came to live at the Funny Farm in Union IL where it quickly became a favorite It s just right for a economical flight to a midwestern location (75 gph at 2450 rpm) and is roomy and quite comfortable to fly Whil e not particularly fast (105 mph cruise) it handles like a larger heavier Chief and it bas plenty of baggage room and space for the kids in back It really is a shame more of these airplanes were not made

While Paul Workman was flying the airplane the engine began to make a litshytle metal that was showing up on the oil screen After changing a piston that was self-destructing it appeared to be OK

but metal continued to show up on the screen It continued to do so after Buck bought tbe airplane so in conjunction with the annual in the fall of 1995 we changed the engine with another C-145 and he also added an Aviation Developshyment Corporation (ADC) oil filter sysshytem with oil bypass warning light The de tails of the installation were spelled out in Bucks column in the November issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE

Nearly 40 hours later the filter system works beautifully with the 3 mic ron screen catching anything that happens to make it into the oil Since the restorashytion the airplane has proven to be quite reliable and generally maintenance free and Id be remiss if [ didnt thank Buck publicly for the tim es he has lent my family and me the Sedan - its our fashyvorite airplane and our goal to shoot at when setting our priorities

The love the Workmans have for this particular airplane is still evident and theyre like most pare nts hoping their children lead a good life after they leave home Home on the Funny Farm is as pleasant as it can be for four e ight Hotel as it keeps company with its other Aeronca brothers th e C-3 and the Champ plus the Nicaraguan Fleet who seems a bit confused by it all It s earnshying to a djust Champ Ye p after a while Buck really missed the 7AC so when Paul mentioned to him that he was thinking of selling the Champ Buck had trade d on the Sedan Buck bou ght it back The stable is now full of Middleshytown wonders Wh a t more could an Aeronca man want

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John W Preiss

Cess 195 by Norm Petersen

The winner of the Best Restored Classic Over 165 hp at Sun n Fun 96 was an immaculate Cessna 195A N2JP SIN 7712 flown to Lakeland FL by John W Preiss (EAA 462642 AC 24168) of College Station Texas Winshyning awards is not a new phenomenon for John and his 195 having garnered the Reserve Grand Champion Lindy at Oshkosh 94 just a few tiny points beshyhind Roy Foxworthys bright red Johnshyson Rocket 185

This particular 195 had actually started the winning trend way back in 1983 when it earned a trophy at EAA Oshkosh that year for its owner at the time Paul Walter (EAA 90497 A C 2342) of Waukesha WI Eventually Paul Walter brought the 195 to EAA Oshkosh 92 where John

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John Preiss and his lovely wife Beverly pose for DeKevin Thorntons camera in the sparkling sunshine augmented by the brilliance of the polished Cessna 195

Cruising above the clouds the Cessna 195 really comes into its own - a true Businessliner - as the advertising people called it in 1951 This was lUxury air travel at its very best some 45 years ago

Preiss and his girlfriend Beverly spotshyted it and started negotiations On Sepshytember 14 1992 the sale was completed and John W Preiss owned Cessna 195 NI95PW as it was registered at the time

A fascinating sidelight to this story is the fact that John W Preiss has an identishycal twin brother James M Preiss (EAA 410655 AlC 20593) of Germantown WI who is ten minutes older than John and if ever two brothers were cut from the same cloth - this would be it John is a Boeing 737 Captain for Southwest Airlines and James (Jim) is a Boeing 737 Captain for United Airlines Both made their solo flights on their sixteenth birthday June 161974 in the same Cessna 150 Aerobat and both earned their A amp P rating from Blackhawk Technical College in Janesville WI (The twins were classmates of EAAs Director of Maintenance Daryl Lenz)

The term They have been flyers all their lives could easily apply to the Preiss twins however they were flyers even beshy

c

fore they were born One week prior to their birth their father Erhard took their mother Lydia (very much in a family way) for a flight in the back seat of an Aeronca Champ Jim still chuckles when he tells the story

The boys grew up in an aviation envishyronment as their father Erhard Preiss was an FBO and flight instructor On many family flying trips one youngster would work the control wheel while the other would work the rudder pedals On the return trip they would reverse duties To use an old cliche These were the best of times

Jim Preiss had restored a Cessna 180 in the 1980s and was quite acquainted with the amount of work involved in a restorashytion After John had purchased the 195 in 1992 he asked Jim to help with the job of restoring the big five-place Cessna (Jim had earned his Inspection Authorization by this time) On February 24 1993 the project began

The engine was sent to Jacobs Service Inc in Payson AZ and even tually reshyturned as a zero time Jacobs R-755-B3 of 275 hp The prop was in perfect shape but all accessories needed overhaul and every hose and clamp was replaced The startshying circuit was modified to the later conshyfiguration to eliminate the heavy current drop and improve the engine starting cashypability especially in cold weather

A new instrument panel was built with all instruments being overhauled or reshyplaced The radios were upgraded with the installation of new Narco avionics with complete wiring harnesses circuit break-

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ers and new antennae The entire set of cabin windows was replaced (some are crank down) along with a new windshield A new interior was sewn by Lydia Preiss the twins mother who had learned seamshystress skills in Germany before coming to the US The result was an interior that is absolutely outstanding and had the judges smiling from ear to ear

The 195 had come from the factory with crosswind gear - an option that is not usually compatible with original style wheelpants New straight axles were inshystalled along with new Cleveland wheels and brakes per STC and a search was beshygun for a set of the rare aluminum wheel pants with their special shape that fit a 195 After a year of inquiring (along with a special bit of accidental luck) a pair was finally located purchased (many $$$$)

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and were totally reworked and installed with new backing plates When polished to a glistening shine these tall narrow wheelpants are in a class by themselves

Up front the old Montgomery spinner was removed and a new Cessna type as used originally on the 195 was installed (more $$$$) The result is rather striking as the more pointed nose on the 195 spinshyner gives it that original look and really shines when polished

John discovered that three different pain t schemes were used on the 195 seshyries depending on serial number Even though his airplane was not previously painted correctly he was able to get asshysistance from Cessna and a few others so he was able to layout a correct paint scheme for the proper serial number 7712 built in July 1951 and making its

first test flight on July 12 1951 The airshyplane was taken to Central Aviation Inc in Watertown WI for final painting by Randy Effinger and his very capable crew

The 18 month restoration effort was finished just prior to Oshkosh 94 includshying the massive polishing job on the alushyminum with Rolite polish The 195 was flown to Oshkosh and displayed in the AntiqueClassic area for a couple of days Before the Convention was finished John Priess and his new bride Beverly were off to Hawaii on their honeymoon and brother Jim was delegated as a commitshytee of one to attend the awards ceremony Late in the program Cessna 195 N2JP was called out for the Reserve Grand Champion Lindy award and Jim walked up on stage to accept it for his brother

Perhaps the real joy for Jim was calling his brother in Hawaii and calmly informing him of the award - almost nonchalant like (Brothers have been known to pull such things on each other) John and Beverly were jumping up and down with exciteshyment wishing they could have been on hand for the presentation

With many ideas from the Antique Classic judges the Preiss boys have been steadily improving the big Cessna to where it looks better than ever At Sun n Fun 96 the 195 ran off with the award for Best Restored Classic Over 165 hp and the Preiss gang was indeed happy Their next goal is Oshkosh 96 where they plan to make another run at the big prize

An interesting coincidence happened when prior to purchasing the 195 John was telling one of his friends Jeff Sandlin

at Southwest Airlines about the big cabin Cessna and learned that Jeffs father had owned a 195 for quite a number of years After purchasing the airplane he showed Jeff some photos of the 195 and menshytioned that a man named A E Edwards had owned the airplane for a long span of years John was really surprised when Jeff blurted out A E Edwards is my father In 1994 John flew the 195 to Denton Texas where Mr and Mrs A E Edwards now in their eighties had the unusual opshyportunity to see the very same airplane that they had taken such good care of over many years and flown the Cessna over 3200 hours The reunion was very special to John and the Edwards family and made the airplane even more special to the Priess family

Although the original N number of the

Cessna 195 was N1014D that number is currently in use and the owner is not willshying to give it up Therefore John chose to use N2JP which was available at the time Eventually John says it would be quite an achievement to get the original number back on the airplane

John Preiss is the very first person to admit that he has had a great deal of assisshytance and help on the 195 His father Ershyhard Preiss started the love of aviation in the boys during their early years and the workmanship on the Cessna is dedicated to his memory Erhard passed away in 1980 Johns wife Beverly has been very patient and supportive during the restorashytion process In addition John is very grateful for the help and expertise of his brother Jim the overseeing IA on the project who is totally unafraid of hard

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work Special thanks are also in order for the twins mother Lydia Preiss who used her seamstress ski lls so well

Other contributors were Jimmy Vickshyers of Lubbock Texas a fo rmer Cessna dealer who flies his own 195 Captain Jeff Kilponen of Southwest Air lines who sparked John Preiss interest in the Cessna 195 in the first place and John Swander of

(Above) The unique split-flap employed on the 195 is designed for drag to slow the airplane down for landing It contributes alshymost nothing to lift Look at the sparkling interior of that wing when the flap is pulled down for inspection

(Above left) For genuine comfort it is hard to beat the rear seat of a Cessna 195 This interior was completely sewn by Lydia Preiss the mother of both John and Jim Preiss This seat is cashypable of handling three persons with ease making the 195 a true five-place airplane

(Left) The totally restored instrument panel complete with upshygraded avionics is a thing of beauty and function The throttle uses a friction lock collar while the propeller and mixture conshytrols each employ a vernier control for fine adjustment This particular 195 has the dual yoke in deference to a throw-over yoke as used on some models

DeSoto Kansas who provided some exshy John would especially like to thank the cellent ideas and much help to the restorashy Cessna Aircraft Company for designing tion Tim McCarter a pi lot and mechan ic and building a true classic aircraft that pishyfor Amphib Inc contributed expertise lots such as as he and his twin brother can and support to the rebuild a nd the Inshy continue to appreciate and enjoy ternational195 C lu b and Eastern 195 To this we add our congratulations and Cl ub were most he lpful in getting N2JP very best wishes in the future for making back in the air - along with helping all 195 N2JP such a dazzling airplane It is indeed owners keep them there a credit to its restorers

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Type Club

NOTES by Norm Petersen

Compiled from various type club publications amp newsletters

From the Monocoupe Flyer Bob Coolbaugh editor 703-590shy

2375

Adventures of a Warner Engine Owner

George Olson - January 1996

About 1979 while ove rhauling the 145 HP Warner for my Fairchild 24 a crack was fo und in one of the cylinder barrels Parts were really hard to find but a fri e nd in Lo uisvill e C la ud e Curry who I am sorry to say is now go ne to ld me th a t hi s fri e nd Bud Nea t a lso in Lo uisville had the reshyma ining Warne r pa rts but he was n t se llin g a nythin g H e offe red to ca ll Bud and tell him my situation and ca ll me bac k La te r he told me th a t I should go ahead and call Bud which I did Bud said that Claude told him all about it and to come over and see if we could fi nd one that was suitable The parts were in the basement of his manshyufacturing building We took fla sh shyli ghts and Bud showed me where the cylinders were to ld me to pick one out a nd we nt bac k upsta irs There were pallets filled with hundreds of cylinder assemblies There were cylinder ba rshyre ls stac ked about e ight fee t high o n o the r pa lle ts boxes of parts all over the place about 40 barrels of studs and other small steel parts some engines in various stages o f assembly big crates of baffl ing and tools of all descriptions It was hard to be lieve like be ing in a candy store The cylinder I picked out loo ked like it had a good head o n it but the barrel had rust in it that looked like brown fur T here must have been some o il o n the surface to sta rt with beca use it wasn t pitted and it didn t need plating after all

T he n Bud a nd I had some co ffee

and he told me the story about how he and ten others decided to build Grea t Lakes Biplanes in hi s ma nufacturing building Th ey we re goin g to build e leven a ll toge the r they would be all th e sa me and wh e n th ey fini she d theyd draw straws to pick their plane Bud hea rd about th e a ucti o n of th e Warner factory inventory in (She ldon) Iowa These were all the parts remain shying afte r a warehouse fire where they were stored Bud put in the winning bid a t the auction and picked up o ne semitrailer load of parts When Merlin Bock bo ught out th e fact o ry ea rli e r a nd mo ve d th e pa rts to Io wa th e re were 10 semi-loads but this one trailer was all that was left With Buds pur shychase though th e Grea t La kes Bi shyplanes would now all have Warner en shygines But afte r a couple of years the buildin g e nt e rpri se e nd e d beca use eve ryo ne had a diffe rent view of how long the e ffort should las t Eve ryo ne took their project home and some were finished separately When the projects went o ut the door the Warne r pa rt s we re put in the basem e nt o ut of the way They were there when I saw them in 1979

The Fairchild rebuilding jo b was fini shed in 1980 and I flew it until 1985 whe n th e numbe r 4 link ro d bro ke This time I needed a lo t of pa rts so it was back to th e we ll Bud wa nted to se ll a ll th e parts no t just th e o nes I needed and I knew enough by then to realize that I could sell them and hopeshyfull y get my money back So this time aft e r some price nego ti a ti o ns we s tru ck a dea l for a ll Bud s p a rt s I re nte d a 24- fo o t truck a nd with the help of a fri end and Bud Neats grand shyson we moved o ne load (ha lf o f the parts) to my 16 x 22 foot garage That fi ll ed it up Another friend offe red to

let me put a semitrailer on his farm so I bought a pretty good used 40 footer Whe n we got the seco nd load Bud s grand son got three of hi s college fri e nds to he lp so the re we re 6 o f us loading It only took four hours while th e fir st load had ta ke n a ll d ay My pickup truck was use d to mov e the parts in my garage to the trailer whenshyever I needed to make a trip out there Afte r about six wee ks my wife sa w that th e part s we re se llin g so she started speaking to me again

In with the engine parts were prints production reco rds test records and paperwork of a ll kinds but the T ype Ce rtifica te docum e nta ti o n was los t somewhere along the way In 1989 the FAA called and asked if I had the Type Certificates They had some boxes in Chicago that they wante d to give to the Type Certificate holder to get then out of their way Curiosity got the best of me and started me on the search for th e Type Ce rti fica te Th e require shyme nts we re to trace ownership from the last known owner to the present I had to get a ffidavits fro m all the ownshye rs since Clinton Mac hin e Company sold out They were the las t owners of th e T ype Certi fica te who were regisshytered with the FAA

This provided an interesting pursuit a nd I m e t a lo t of he lp ful pe opl e James Thomas Smith who bought the parts fr o m C lint o n Ma chin e Co couldn t be fo und Th e nex t owne r Duke H attah died in the late 60s and hi s re lati ves couldn t be found e ithe r The sea rch continued unsuccessfully January 1993 rolls around and someshyo ne approaches me to buy the T ype Certificate to build engines in Spain of all pl a ces Th e n in 1994 som eo ne wanted it to bui ld Warne r engines in Czechoslovakia fo r Blicke r Jungmeis-

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ters they were building I received a letter in December 1994 from the FAA stating that during a move to an off airport location they found a reshyquest dated June 13 1980 in a fo lder that was mislabeled to make new Data Plates and Type Certificates It was in Bud Neats name He had held the Certificate all along All that was needed was an affidavit from Bud Neat which was accomplished immeshydiately The new Type Certificates arshyrived in May 1995

Oh yes about those boxes the Chicago FAA had - They were shipped to the Atlanta FAA Certification ofshyfice The FAA people there invited me to visit them and look at the conshytents It was nice to meet some of the people I had been talking to on the phone for so long One full day was spent helping them sort through the boxes There were folders of correshyspondence (some of it mine) Warner blueprints and boxes of microfilm of all the Warner prints There were about 1200 microfilm prints per box Since there were duplicate sets of Warner blueprints on microfilm they offered me a set which I gladly acshycepted

Warner Engine Facts and Figures

The following information was gathshyered over the course of the successful acquisition of the Warner Type Cershytificates and from Warner Aircraft Corporation records These records were included with the remains of the Warner Company which I bought from Bud Neat of Louisville KY This will attempt be an attempt to sort and conshydense the jumble of papers to present that which is of most int erest to Warner engine owners

The Warner Aircraft Corporation was founded by William O Warne r in 1926 and its address was 20263 Hoover Avenue Detroit MI Officers in 1929 were William O Warner President amp General Manager Edward N Hartwick Vice-President amp Treasurer W J Jarvie Secretary In 1950 the ofshyficers were R E Cecil President Carl F Lang Secretary-Treasurer and Leonard W Quart Manufacturer s Agent William O Warner was a Dishyrector but ret ired The Warner Airshycraft Corporation was merged with Clinton Machine Company located in Clinton Michigan in April of 1950 The reason for the merger according to the Proxy Statement and notice of Stock Holders meeting of February 20 1950 was that Warner Aircraft found itself without a product except for the hydraulic units and it had lost money every year since the war The assets of Warner were transferred to Clinton

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Machine Company in exchange for shares of common stock of Clinton which were distributed to Warner shareho lders The president of Clinshyton Machine Comp any at that time was Donald D Thomas

In 1952 Clinton Machine Co so ld the aircraft engine parts prints and some tooling to the Detroit Harvester Co which was owned by James Thomas Smith He owned it for a very short time I was never ab le to find Mr Smith In about 1953 Detroit Harvester Co sold the remaining Warner assets to Duke Harrah Inc located in Niles Michigan Duke Harshyrah sold Warner parts until 1963 when he sold the Warner assets to M amp B Flying Service located at Sheldon Reshygional Airport in Sheldon Iowa Duke Harrah died in the late 60s Merlin Bock and Elmer Meuke were partners in M amp B Flying Service There were several semitrailer loads of parts which were put in a large hangar In 1966 the building burned in a fire started by someone working on a mower There was one semitrailer load that was salshyvaged Bud Neat from Louisville Kenshytucky brought the remains at auction

The sales records end December 31 1945 so the years 1946 to 1950 are less clear Grand total of all engines sold through December 31 1945 is 3572 Today there are 437 Warner engines on aircraft registered with the FAA The papers I have showin g sales records and Type Ce rtificate Data Sheets are quite interesting There were severa l projects in the experishymental department in 1945 The folshylowing interesting note is copied fro m the 1945 monthly progress report book

550-X 200HP New experimental e ngin e Pre liminary and final tests conducted toge the r with bolt deflecshytion measurements Power calibration conducted with standard induction housing 50 hours endurance running compl e ted Power calibration conshyducted with control induction with varshyious carburetor positions Engine now having cam settings and valve timing worked out for both standard and split cam

Active Signed S A Christiansen Test Engineer

Other projects in development were experimental engine 585-X which is 585 cubic inch with a 5 inch bore amp 4250 stroke

A 2 cyl Model 140-X horizontal opposed industrial engine and model 12850-3 a single cyl utility engine I wonder if the last two engines were the key to the Clinton merger (In 1950 Clinton was the second largest proshy

ducer of gasoline engines in the 34 to 3 hp range) Warner also manufacshytured wheels axles brakes skis prop hubs shock struts and hydraulic units These production plans also transshyferred with the Type Certificates

Included in the records are several books and inventories One is a book showing each engine sold in numerical order starting with the first engine sold It lists engine number Airplane Owner and Address A sample page from this book is included Also inshycluded is a chart listing standard enshygine model and serial number designashytions and deviations from standard By referencing this list and the data plate on your Warner engine you can determine how your engine was conshyfigured when it left the factory Bear in mind that your engine may have been changed substantially over the years during overhauls

From the Cessna 150 - 152 News

Safety - Avoiding wire Strikes Skip Carden editor

919-471-9492

The Terrible Truth About Wire Strikes a new video and a companshyion pamphlet from AOPA Air Safety Foundation debunks many misconcepshytions about these accidents There are an average of 115 reported general avishyation wire strikes a year but only an estimated 10 of strikes are reported

The video and pamphlet give some commo n-sense tips on how to see and avoid wires

bull Scan on both sides of the aircraft Look for towers or other supporting structures which are easier to see than the associated wires themselves Fly over the top of the tower rather than between the supporting structures

bull Nature doesn t make a stra ight line Strips of inconsistent vegetation crop edges land boundaries and roads can indicate a wire path

bull Flight below a ridge line or in a canyon puts a pilot in the wire envishyronment

bull Avoid antennas by a horizontal distance greater than the vertical height of the structure Guy wires can extend at a 45 degree angle from tower top to the ground

bull A pull-up is usually the best mashyneuver to avoid an unexpected wire In most cases the pilot sees the wire too late to bank away successfully

The video is priced at $10 plus $325 shipping The pamphlet is free with a 6 X 9 self-addressed envelope with 55 cents postage affixed AOPA ASF 421 Aviation Way Frederick MD 21701 800-638-3101

PASSdb BUCK by EE Buck Hilbert EAA 21 Ale 5 PO Box 424 Union IL 60180

Our twenty fifth Anniversary re shyunion seems to be shap ing up T write to each of the origi na l 100 members asking th e m to be with us at EAA OSHKOSH So far the replies are runshyning about fifty-fifty Those that are coming are enthusiastic about the whole thing and are just as interested today as when we started the Division More to come

As I read the history of the Division it triggers memories of events past The discussions that Paul Pobe rezny and I had over the titl e Division and hi s concerns that it was a word that would conjure up thoughts of a group that was seceding from EAA Happily it proved to be somet hing weve ne ver had to worry abo ut - EAA is still th e prime mover in Sport Aviation and the varishyous Divisions have accentuated the positive as that old song goes

The letters I receive are most welshycome and can either be a real boost or an education I got ed ucated on old time stunt pilot Howard Dutton from one of our ear ly members Capt Jim Barton (AA retired) who kn ew him personally Jim responded with clipshypings and a phone ca ll so we could anshyswer that query

Then I also got a letter fro m one of the San Diego antiquers who said r was off base on my Chapter One open house co lumn regarding the weather for that weekend He said it was much better than I had indicated and that it was the first time the whole group was able to fly up together A great time was had by all and the fly-in weather was great Im not going to remind him th at sevshyera l people got stuck in Riverside all day Sunday waiting for it to let up

I on ly wish there was room to pubshylish each and every lette r we receive T try to answer each one personally and usuall y do as time permits I also ge t requests for parts and pieces of inforshymation and on occasion Im able to be of some help Once in a while I stub my

toe R ecently a memb er called and asked if I could help him find a Cub alshytimeter I had one and sent it to him A week later I got it back Wrong color Min es black he ne ed ed one cream faced Oh well I tried

Number one son Robert your editor HG and I flew down to Middle town OH for the Aeronca get together HG a llowed me to ride with him in my Sed a n while Bob took hi s C ha mp Originally we had planned to take both Champs but mine deve loped a lea ky exhaust valve so it had to stay home

Wally Baldwin was our host down the re while Bob Hollenbaugh and his wife He len look ed after H G Wally squired us around town Hes writing a book on Aeronca and expects to go to press shortly This man is a walking enshycyc lope dia as far as Aeronca is co nshyce rned His D ad worked there when they were building the C-3s Ks Low Wings and later the C hamps C hi efs and Sedans Wa ll ys dad bought the prototype Champ after its nat ionwide demonstration tour ove rhauled the Ashy65 and gave it to Wally when he came

home from the Air Force after WW II Wally currently fli es a Champ with the same paint scheme and rues the day he ever sold the original

HG will be writing up the trip and printing pictures of all the beautiful airshyplanes in a future article but I want to say is that it was a great bunch and even thou gh Bob a nd I a long with D ale Gu stafso n got drafte d to judge airshyplanes we enjoyed it immensely

Over to you

Here are a couple of photos that ought to raise a few eyebrows courtesy of Aeronca retiree John Houser These two shots show the installation of a Aeroshymarine AR-3 engine in an Aeronca C-3 Rated at 55 hp running 2400 rpm the AR-3 might look familiar to many antishyquers - the design and manufacshyturing rights were sold to Burshynelli and then later (1938) it became known as the Lenape Papoose after Burnelli sold off that portion of its business to

Lenape Aircraft amp Motors of New York city As detailed in the 1939 edition of Aerosshyphere the AR-3 weighted in at 150 Ibs and had a pair of Bendix magnetos powering the two ignition circuits The Aeronca E-107 engine developed 26 hp the later E-113 was rated at 36 hp and the final version the E-113C was listed as producing 40 hp With the 55 hp of the AR-3 this early model C-3 must have been a good little performer This parshyticular 3-cylinder engine produced too much vibration to suit the engineers at Aeronca so no production aircraft were sold with this engineairframe combination

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Vintage Seaplanes by Norm Petersen

Summers here

and its time to think about

flying off the water

Our resident web-footed

pilot Norm Petersen

has provided us with a

look at waterbirds

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Kyle Meints Cessna 1708

(Left) Pictured at the Vette Seaplane Base at Oshkosh 95 is a pretty 1955 Cessna 170B N4453B SIN 26797 mounted on a set of Edo 89-2000 floats all decked out in a matching paint scheme of white with red trim The pretty Continental 145 powered seaplane is the pride and joy of Kyle Meints (EAA 360394) of Augusta MI who purchased the 170B on floats in Minnesota about ten years ago Kyle inshystalled the STOL kit on the wings painted the entire airplane and then painted the matching floats the next year all in PPG two-part urethane A factory seaplane since new the 170B has 2400 TT of which Kyle has flown about 400 hours since acquiring the f1oatplane This airplane spent about the first 25 years in New England before coming west to Minnesota Congrats to Kyle Meints on a sharp looking Cessna 170B f1oatplane

1140 floats which do not show their age (40 to 50 yrs) and have had their compartment covers reshymoved (The 1140 floats are easily distinguished from the larger 1320 floats by the si ngle cover beshytween the struts 1320 floats have two covers beshytween the struts) Apparently the boot cowl on the Cub has been replaced or repainted as the forward end of the lightning stripe is missing A li ghtshyweight pre-war Cub with wood spars and 1140 floats makes for a sporty seaplane that is pure fun

Odell Matthis Republic Seabee

(Left) This beautiful custom Republic RC-3 Seabee N87493 SIN 44 is the pride and joy of Odell and Diane Matthis (EAA 262957 AIC 10206) of Havelock NC No stranger to EAA Odell brought the highly polished Cessna 140A Patroller N5332C SIN 15452 that was featured in the October 1986 VINTAGE AIRPLANE and picshytured on the back cover The Seabee features extended wings with drooped tips tinted glass and a big Lycoming GO-480 engine of 295 hp The fancy paint scheme is overall white with red and gold trim This particular 1946 Seabee spent many years in the Seattle area before going to Anchorage AK for a number of years It is now based near the seacoast of North Carolina where Odell and Diane (who is also a pilot and 9ger) can make full use of the amphibious capabilities The FAA register lists 275 Sea bees remaining of the over 1050 that were built by Republic and Downer

John Van Andels J-3 Cub on 1140s

These photos of a 1940 J -3 C65 Cub NC30482 SIN 4863 mounted on a set of Edo 54-1140 floats were sent in by Ralph Koutnik (EAA 261425) of Bellaire Ml Tied down at the Antrim County Airport at Bellaire the pre-war J-3 Cub is owned by John Van Andel (EAA 343387) of Ft Pierce FL Special note should be made of the extreme ly clean condition of the

U S Forest Service Stinson SR-SA

(Left) This photo from back in the early 1940 s was contributed by Wiley Hautala of Ely MN The Stinson SRshy5A NC5045 mounted on Edo 38-3430 floats was flown by veteran Ely MN seaplane pilot Milt Nelson for several years until 1943 when the 245 hp Lyshycoming engine quit one day and put the SR-5A in the trees - and that was the end of NC5045 Milt Nelson who is presently in his eighties soloed a Travel Air bishyplane at Superior WI in 1933 and logged approximately 15 000 hours on floats while flying for the U S Forest Service over a period of twenty years He says the SR-5A was a nice flying airplane and did a very respectable job on floats alshythough it couldn t handle the heavy loads of a Beaver or Norseman Note the 1937 Ford grill in the foreground and the Travel Air S6000-B seaplane in the backshyground which was flown by Bill Leithold of Ely MN Ironically at one time Milt Nelson owned a Fairchild FC-2 on Fairchild floats Today those very same floats are in the EAA Aviation Museum completely restored by John Parish and ready for installation on the EAA Founshydations Fairchild FC-2W

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Fly-In Calendar The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a matter of

information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the

information to EAA Att Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

JULY 23 - ZANESVILLE OH - EAA Chapter 425 Annual Pancake Day at Parr Airport 8 am - 5 pm Oshkosh bound pi lots encouraged to fly-in eat and refuel Contact Don Wahl 674454-0003

JULY 26-27 - COFFEYVILLE KS - Funk Aircraft Owners Assoc Reunion Contact Gene Ventress 70275 S Monticello Lenexa KS 66227

JULY 26-27 - AFTON WY - Callair Radio Controlled Model Aircraft Fly-In sponsored by the Callair Museum and Aviat Aircraft Inc For info call joan Michaels or Audrey Henning 307886-9887 FAX 307886shy9880

JULY 26-28 - RED LAKE ONTARIO CANAshyDA - Norseman Float Plane Festival For more info contact the Festiva l Committee at 807727-2809

JUL Y 27-29 - KEOKUK IA - Sixth World Wide gathering of L-Birds then en masse up to Wisconsin for EAA great OSHKOSH 96 on August 7 Contact Irv Linder 3 79524-6378

JULY 28 - GRANTSBURG WI - EAA Chapter 875 Wildrice Pancake Breakfast

JUL Y 28 - WEYBRIDGE SURREY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Aircraft of Surrey Fly- In Contact julian C Temple or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 07932 855465

JULY 31-WAUKESHA WI - (UES) tst Annual Great Stearman Fl y-Up to EAA Convention Call Stan Markus for more info 474567- 7499 or 965-3776

AUGUST 1-7 - OSHKOSH WI - 44th Annual EAA Fly-In and Sport Aviation Con vention Wittman Regional Airport Contact John Burton EAA PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 414426-4800

AUGUST 3 - ST PAUL MN - Lake Elmo Airport Aviation Days Fl y- In Pancake Breakfast Aircraft Disp lay and Young Eagles Day Rain Date August 4 Contact

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Dick Wicklund 672777-9742 AUGUST 3 - ELLSWORTH KS - EAA Chapter

7727 Fly-In breakfast (Oshkosh stop-over) and Cowtown Day Call Dale Weinhold 973-472-4027 (w) or -4309 (h) for info

AUGUST 18 - BROOKFIELD WI - Capita l Airport EAA AC Chapter 77 Vintage Aircraft Display and Ice Cream Social Noon - 5 pm Midwest Antique Airplane Club meeting as well For info call Capital Airport at 4 74787 -9550

AUGUST 18 - EAST TROY WI - Inti Cessna 720 740 Assoc Wisconsin Brat and Corn Roast Arrive at 77 am eat at 72 30 pm Bring a dish to pass and a buck Call Matt and Carole Rybarczyk 474767-0920

AUGUST 25 - BELMOND IA - NC Chapter 73 annual p icnic Call 575444-3637 for info

AUGUST 26 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Biplanes and Vintage Aircraft Fly- In Contact ju l ia n C Temp l e or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 0 7932 855465

AUGUST 27-29 - YOUNGSTOWN OH shyBARTLESVIL LE OK AND EL CAJON CA -Staggerwing Beech Commemorative Tour Ca ll William Thaden 207439-7767 fo r info

AUGUST 30-31 - HA YWA RD CA - EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter 29 Fourth Annual Antique Fl y- In and Airshow Free Early Bird Dinner to all display aircraft on Friday This is a northern Cal ifornia points event Contact Bud Field at 5 70455-2300

AUGUST 30 - SEPT 1 - PROSSER WA - EAA Chapter 397 25th Anniversary Fly- In at Prosser airport Call Cormac Thompson for info 509786- 7034

AUGUST 30-31 - MOCKSVIL LE NC - Tara Airbase (5NC7) 77 th Annua l Anything That Flies Fly-In Private Fly-In - attenshydance at your own risk For info ca ll 704284-2 767 or 970764-0007

AUGUST 31 - MARION IN - Sixth Annual Fly-InCruise-In breakfast sponsored by the Marion High schoo l Band Boosters Antiques Classics homebuilts and Antique classic and custom cars welshycomed For information contact Ray johnson at 3 77664-2588

SE PT 1 - ZANESVILLE OH - Riverside Airport EAA Chapter 425 Labor Day Weekend Fly-In Drive-In Breakfast 8 am - 5 pm Sandwiches etc from noon to closing

SEPT 7 - OSCEOLA WI - Simenstad Field 76th Annual Wheels and Wings Air Fair Train rides pancake breakfast fly-in Free event shuttle bus Pilots check class 0 NOTAMS for specia l airport conditions For info call 775755-3300

SEPT 13-15 - URBANA IL - Frasca Field Byron Smith Memorial Stinson Reunion Fly-In Ca ll 708904-6964 for info

SEPT 13-1 5 - JACKSONVILLE IL - Ercoupe Fly-In Call 2 77546-0585 for info

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SEPT 21-22 - ROCK FALLS IL - Whiteside County Airport (SQI) North Central EAA Old Fashioned Fly-In Fly market campshying and food on field Call Gregg Erikson 7085 73-064 7 or Dave Christianson at 875625-6556 Pancake breakfast Sept 22 - 0700 - 7700

SEPT 22 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGLAND - Brooklands Museum Fly-In Contact ju l ian C Templ e or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 07932855465

SEPT 27-28 - SANTA YNEZ CA - 8th Annual Western Waco Assoc Reunion Call jon A ldrich 209962-6727 or Barry Branin 7 74545-7476 for info

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SEPT 28-29 - LEXINGTON TN - Tennessee Taildraggers 72th Annual Fly-In 907968shy2864 or 901968-4022 for info

OCTOBER 4-6 - REDDING CA - Benton Field EAA Chaper 157 Oktoberfest Contacts Bruce Taylor 976275-6456 or Armal Owens 976243-4382

OCTOBER 13 - TOWANDA PA - Towanda airport (N27) Fly-In Breakfast - all you can eat Eggs sausage pancakes 100 pure maple syrup 7 am -7 pm

OCT 13 - ZANESVILLE OH - Riverside A i rport EAA Chapter 425 and the ARTHRITIS FOUNDA TlON Hog Roast 8 am - 5 pm Contact Don Wahl at 614 454-0003

OCTOBER 13 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Fly-In Contact ju l ian C Temple or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 0 1932857381 or FAX 01932855465

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Ale NEWS Continued from page 2

in two a reas to mos t VFR pilots - the Surface Aviation Observation (SA) will now become the Aviation Routine Weather Report (Metar) with an addishytional report the Aviation Selected Special Weather report (Speci) added to it when dictated by changing weather conditions A new international format will also be adopted to replace the Tershyminal Forecast (TF) issued by the Nashytional Weather Service The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) will be the new format for this forecast

The new formats will be a combinashytion of new and old abbreviations but the seq ue nces will change a nd some components will be reported in a differshye nt format For many of us who us e DUATS briefing services and exercise the plain language option these changes will be transparent but be careful - temshyperaturedewpoint spreads will be given in degrees Celsius and sky cover definishytions will change Other parts of the seshyquence reports will be a lso be revised The new form a t began with the NWS transmissions that were issued a t 0800 UTC July l

For more informat ion and a card that details the new Metar format conshytact your nearest Flight Service Station or yo ur loca l FAA Flight Standards District Office

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The Don Luscombe Aviation Foundashytion is doing it again A small total of only 2800 tickets will be sold to help raise funds used to continue the expansion of services of the Foundation to Luscombe owners and to fulfill the Luscombe Type Certificate purchase contract You can see the work done to restore the 1996 Win Me airplane in the accompanying photos This airshyplane has all the Luscombe options and has been fully inspected and rebuilt with the latest information on Luscombe repa irs from the foundation For a more informashytion including the price of tickets and a brochure call the OLAF at 602917-0969 or fax them at 6021917-4719

NO 80 OCTANE AT WITTMAN FiElD

If youve always planned on fueling up with 80 octan e fuel during EAA O shkosh youll need to buy it from someone other tha n Basle r Flight Sershyvice the FBO on Wittman Field Basler

The Gee Bee Z recently completed by Jeff Eicher and Kevin Kimball was first flown on June 24 and again on the 25th by Delmar Benj amin Delmar explored the handling characteristics of the z in a series of flights that culminated in a roll and knife edge flight He reports a stall speed at about 75 mph indicated rt quickly acshycelerates to 210 mph and then continues to build up more speed up to 230 mph Delmar reports that it is hands off stable in both pitch and yaw 130 mph is used on fi nal to keep the Zs sink rate at a comfortable level We ll have more on the first flights of this beautiful Gee Bee replica next month but until then congratulations to Jeff and Kevin and their test pilot Delmar Benjamin

has informed EAA that they will not be selling any 80 octane fu el for resale durshying th e EAA Convention Du e to tighter tank te sting rules e nforced by the EPA Basler has storage facilities sufficient o nly for the quantities of 100 LL a nd Jet A neede d during the Conshyvention but there s no room left for a quantity of 80 octane After exploring other options Bas ler re luctantly deshycided to drop carrying 80 octane avgas which they had only had available durshying th e EAA Fly-In Since Basle r has also chosen not to offer auto fuel if you prefer not to burn 100LL in yo ur vinshytage engine you may wish to plan your flight with a fuel stop after your deparshyture or prior to your arrival Basler will be offering 100 octane avgas at the same price as last year $2 15 If you really prefer to run your e ngine on 80 octane avgas the closest airport with that fuel is the tailwheel friendly fie ld at Hartshyford WI (HXF) located 41 statute miles SSE of Oshkosh Hartford Aero Sershyvice 414673-5350 is the FBO and hes aware of the situat ion and is planning on having his 10000 gallon tank topped off in time for the Convention

CUB MONUMENT IN BRADFO RD

Thanks to the impetus provided by Sport Aviation editor Jack Cox a monshyument will be e rected on the site of the old Taylor Aircraft company in Bradshyford P A For more details on the effort being spea rh eaded by George Welsch

Continued on page 31

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27

by HC Frautschy

The April Mystery Plane proved to be a tough one so we ll continue that course with the July Mystery Plane This handshysome biplanes photo was sent in some time ago by Richard E Sampson Ft Lauderdale FL

Answers need to be in no later than August 25 1996 for inclushysion in the October issue

Aprils Mystery is still just that - an unknown Lennart Johnsson of Eldsberga Sweden sugshygested that it might be the creation of the Engshylish designer Harold Bolas and his partner Capt Goodman-Crouch who both emigrated to the USA and settled in Rhode Island After reshyviewing an article on the Crouch-Bolas Dragshyonfly its obviously not our Mystery Plane Our thanks to Lennart for giving it a shot

The second shot I ve included in this months edition may help jog the dim memory of someone else You can see that the airplane is not particularly large when compared to the pilot crouching on the bow Also tip floats have been added to the lower wings and you can plainly see the biplane configuration of the horizontal tail We can leave this Mystery Plane file open and perhaps someone will recshyognize it

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30 JULY 1996

The 15AC Sedan

eroncas Family Airplane by HG Frautschy

Im sure its always been a fantasy of many of us who love old airplanes to find a very original low time example of our favorite airplane Paul and Pam Workshyman lived that dream a few years ago

As the proprietor of a busy aircraft and auto upholstery shop Pau l Workshyman has always been an avid classic airshyplane man and Aeroncas in pa rticular He has had both a 7 AC Champ (he dated Pam with that airplane) a 7GC and finally a 1950 Aeronca Sedan N6665K which came to the Work mans when they started adding children to their family

Before buying 6665K Paul had been searching for a Sedan and ran across a little used example in Washington Court House OH In 1986 when they first contacted Bob Rolfe about the Sedan Bob just wasnt interested in selling the airplane It had been in his family for a number of years having belonged to a close relative of his Richard Rolfe of SabinaOH Richard was the first owner after Aeronca dealer Porter Kauffman took delivery of the Sedan after its manshyufacture in 1948 He was a minister and he used the Sedan for preaching in an unusual way It seems that Richard thought that the work of the Lord should come from on high literally so in early July of 1949 he had the Sedan fitted with an ATR 100 watt 12v to 120 v inverter a pair of 12 volt batteries a pair of Quadraflex trumpet speakers and two 100 watt a mplifiers All of this was hooked up to a Webster Model 180 wire line r ecorder (the predecessor to the modern day reel to reel tape recorder) Cincinnati Aircraft Service and Airborne Communications Inc at Lunken Airport did the work

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A year later Richard had the inverter rep laced with a single cylinder gasoline engine driving a generator (The 337s are a little unclear on th is - if the amplishyfiers needed AC voltage the generators output wo uld sti ll need an inverter to bring it up to the req uired 110vAC but no mention is made of the inverter in the second form 337) He also had an addishytiona l speaker insta ll ed The system must have worked reasonably well - Paul Workman talked to severa l locals who

Found unused in Ohio Paul and Pam Workman spent two years restoring a very original four-place Aeronca

recalled they heard The Word from the Sedan cruising above

It must have not been too e ffective (but Ill bet it was disconcerting) for the Sedan really didn t get much use By the time Bob Rolfe took possession of the Sedan it was still a low time airplane It sat until the 1970s when Bob got 48H flying in 1976 Amazingly by the time the decade of the 90s began the Sedan had just slightly more than 200 hours toshytal time on the airframe and the engine had even less since it had been zeroshytimed by the Continental factory after the camshaft fai led with only 22 hours 30 minutes on the engine The C-145 enshygine had a rash of these rep lacements early on in the production of the engine whe n some of the camshafts were imshy

properly heat treated and they fai led Paul Workman had not really thought

much about 1048H since he was turned down by Bob Rolfe in 1986 Besides he had found 6665K a later model (1950) Sedan and he and his family had been flying it for a few years But in the winshyter of 1989 Bob Ro lfe called Paul and asked if he was still interested in buying 48H Pam and Paul had to do some quick work with the calculator Knowing the Sedan needed a complete restorashytion it would need cash to put it in flying shape

But oh what a project It truly was an original airplane The speaker installashytion of the past did not disrupt the strucshyture in any way and the rear seat was sti ll intact All of the little things that can be so hard to find were still there shythe small map light on the bottom of the instrument panel a larger red flood light above the pilot mounted below the top of the windshield a ll the instruments and the Aeronca Sedan trim piece set in the center of the panel Topping it all off was the Harvey-Wells model ATR-3 radio still intact and installed in the panel just as it was when it was put in on July 31 1948 Even the antenna and loading coil were still on the airplane Happily the airframe had never been substantially damaged with only a menshytion of a rudder spar inspection done once to check for suspected damage after the wind slammed the rudder over one day It was a real gem to find and Pa ul just couldn t turn it down

The new garage would have to wait and on December 16 1989 Paul and his dad Ben went to pick up the flying proshyject It was a bit chilly that day - 7degF - so the Continental needed a bit of persuashy

sion to get started but once it was runshyning Ben and Paul flew formation back home with their new prize

With just a little more than two years to go the Workmans decided that the Aeronca Convention scheduled for 1992 was the ir goal All the fabric was reshymoved and the project took over the Workman basement

Only a couple of small areas needed attention with the welding torch and then all of the tubing for the fuselage and tail surfaces was sandblasted A coat of epoxy primer was then app lied with a topcoat of zinc chromate primer on top of that stric tly for appearance With such an original a irplane there was no doubt the direction Paul intended to go with the restoration

All of the wood in the fuselage needed replacement The Sedan is no different than other late model Aeroncas It too used the fami liar triangular rear fuse lage configuration with the outside shape deshyfined by a set of wooden formers and stringers Paul used fir and pine plyshywood and replaced all of th e str in gers All of the wood was painted with spar varnish

Since recovering would have to be t done in the basement near the gas fur- ~ nace and hot water heater the cover- ~

i

ing process chosen was the STCd Blue River system using Ceconite 7600 fabric Even with the water based Blue River sysshytem a strong smelling solvent is used to activate the cement for tapes and seams so good ventilation is still necessary Paul liked the process particularly since it was more pleasant to work with than dope and not nearly so mind altering

The final finish is Randolph Ranthane chosen by Paul to prevent uneven fading be tween the metal and fabric surfaces The orig in al color scheme was mainshytained with the fuselage painted Santa Fe Red and the trim color Tucson Cream a very close match to the original Packard Straw Ben Workman Paul s dad and the family lA was the paint foreman on the job and he spent a lot of his time helping the Sedan project along

Originally Sedans were delivered with unpainted wings but it didn t take too long for a service letter to be issued by the factory in Middletown detailing the

(Above) Pam and Paul Workshyman Zanesville OH the restorshyers of Aeronca 15AC Sedan 1048H

(Left) UAL Captain (retired) EE Buck Hilbert now the proud owner and pilot of four eight Hotel Aeroncavorting in the Sedan is high on his list of fun things to do

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(Above) The interior owes a lot to its Champ and Chief predecessors The early Sedans used the same control wheels from the Chief and so were the glove box doors and ashtrays (now used for holding pencils) The Harvey Wells ATR-3 radio no longer functions but it has been a part of the instrument panel since 1948 shortly after the Sedan was built in Middletown OH Paul Workman was able to find a fabric for the seat cushions and side panels that closely reshysembled the original fabric

(Left) Now a resident of Buck Hilberts Funny Farm the Sedan flies nicely out of the northern Illinois grass strip

procedure for painting the wings Not too many people wanted to continue polishshying the top and bottom of 200 square feet (wait - that would be 400 sq ft) of wing

The corroded control cables were reshyplaced and so was the side window plasshytic A new windshield was purchased from LP Aero Plastics and the interior was refinished as closely as could be deshytermined Paul found out that the interishyors of the Sedans were not finished conshysistently Even a visit to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museums library didnt turn up anything consistent By talking with some owners of other early producshytion Sedans and using some of the paint left in the corners the original greengray color was applied Only a couple of exshytra switch holes had to be plugged in the panel leftovers from the days when the speaker system was installed

Those of you familiar with Sedans may wonder why there is no neat panel overlay such as on the 48 and 50 Sedans The early airplanes had a basic VFR panel and not until the later modshy

els was a panel overlay made The glove box was retained on the right side of the panel and the old Harvey-Wells radio was re-installed Paul wanted to put the old V antenna on again but the airshyplane wouldnt fit in his T-hangar with the wire running from wingtip to the vershytical fin

As a professional interior man you can imagine how frustrating it was for him when he couldnt find an exact match for the interior fabric Fortushynately one of his fabric salesmen came to the rescue with a medium width corshyduroy that looked just like the fabric seen in the photographs Paul had been using for research

The wings needed a bit of work inshycluding the replacement of one leading edge skin and a general clean up of the fittings Paul also converted the wingtips to being secured by screws instead of rivshyets allowing more complete inspection of the wing panels

One more change made to the wings was the replacement of the rubber fuel

cells with welded aluminum fuel tanks engineered by Paul and his dad Ben an IA A one time STC was applied for and eventually granted although Paul says it was not an experience he would care to do again Making the tanks was easy but the approval process was a bear

The engine a Continental C-145-2 is one of the early production six cylinder powerplants from the factory in Muskegon MI As mentioned before it had suffered a camshaft failure early in its life and since it had sat inactive for extended periods there was some conshycern about the condition it was in But when Paul removed the cylinders oil pan and accessories to inspect its innards he was pleased to find it looked brand new with no corrosion evident After the acshycessories were gone through the engine was reassembled and repainted in the original Continental bluegray with black cylinders

With the Aeronca Convention fast approaching in 1992 the Memorial Day holiday wasnt spent watching the lndi-

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anapolis 500 - it was time for the big push to get the airplane completed With Paul at the airport putting the finishing touches on the fuselage and engine inshystallation Pam spent the weekend polshyishing the wings at home in the backyard and bugging her neighbors when it came tim e to flip them over or move them around To maintain its original appearshyance the Workmans decided to keep the wings natural aluminum but after one year of trying to keep the metal looking good a great looking silver paint was apshyplied

By the end of the next week it looked like an airplane was about to fly and with a week to spare 48H was ready for its first engine run Sunday saw the first flight after the restoration and later in the week both 1048H and N6665K were loaded up and headed to Middletown On the way from Zanesville to Middleshytown their youngest daughter started feeling a bit queasy and not wishing to christen the new interior in that way a landing was made at Washington Court House Before they had stopped the prop from turning they knew they had an engine problem though - one magshyneto coil had died Ben Workman flying 65K continued on ahead to H ook field in Middletown A quick call to friends who were also on their way to the Conshyvention brought a replacement coil By the time the re pairs could be made it was late evening so Paul and Pam spent the evening with their kids in a motel After staying the night in central Ohio 1048H was flown to the Aeronca factory just in time for the convention

The Sedan was immediate ly deshyscended upon by the crowds who all oohed and ahhed over a very original airplane That fly-in saw the Workmans win the first of a series of awards for their efforts in restoring the Sedan It also won a major award at the Mid East Regional Fly-In and was also selected as the Best Class II (81-150 hp) Classic award winner at EAA OSHKOSH 94 The Workman fa mily enjoyed flying 48H all over the midwest during the summers of 1992 and 93 but in the fall of 1993 it became obvious that their other Sedan 6665K needed a major enshygine overhaul and the equity in 48H was going to have to pay for it

EE Buck Hilbe rt our resident Aeronca nut had heard me mention this particular Sedan in glowing terms and when he asked he found it was available Paul and Pam took Bucks be loved Champ in trade for the Sedan In Octoshyber 1993 the Sedan came to live at the Funny Farm in Union IL where it quickly became a favorite It s just right for a economical flight to a midwestern location (75 gph at 2450 rpm) and is roomy and quite comfortable to fly Whil e not particularly fast (105 mph cruise) it handles like a larger heavier Chief and it bas plenty of baggage room and space for the kids in back It really is a shame more of these airplanes were not made

While Paul Workman was flying the airplane the engine began to make a litshytle metal that was showing up on the oil screen After changing a piston that was self-destructing it appeared to be OK

but metal continued to show up on the screen It continued to do so after Buck bought tbe airplane so in conjunction with the annual in the fall of 1995 we changed the engine with another C-145 and he also added an Aviation Developshyment Corporation (ADC) oil filter sysshytem with oil bypass warning light The de tails of the installation were spelled out in Bucks column in the November issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE

Nearly 40 hours later the filter system works beautifully with the 3 mic ron screen catching anything that happens to make it into the oil Since the restorashytion the airplane has proven to be quite reliable and generally maintenance free and Id be remiss if [ didnt thank Buck publicly for the tim es he has lent my family and me the Sedan - its our fashyvorite airplane and our goal to shoot at when setting our priorities

The love the Workmans have for this particular airplane is still evident and theyre like most pare nts hoping their children lead a good life after they leave home Home on the Funny Farm is as pleasant as it can be for four e ight Hotel as it keeps company with its other Aeronca brothers th e C-3 and the Champ plus the Nicaraguan Fleet who seems a bit confused by it all It s earnshying to a djust Champ Ye p after a while Buck really missed the 7AC so when Paul mentioned to him that he was thinking of selling the Champ Buck had trade d on the Sedan Buck bou ght it back The stable is now full of Middleshytown wonders Wh a t more could an Aeronca man want

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John W Preiss

Cess 195 by Norm Petersen

The winner of the Best Restored Classic Over 165 hp at Sun n Fun 96 was an immaculate Cessna 195A N2JP SIN 7712 flown to Lakeland FL by John W Preiss (EAA 462642 AC 24168) of College Station Texas Winshyning awards is not a new phenomenon for John and his 195 having garnered the Reserve Grand Champion Lindy at Oshkosh 94 just a few tiny points beshyhind Roy Foxworthys bright red Johnshyson Rocket 185

This particular 195 had actually started the winning trend way back in 1983 when it earned a trophy at EAA Oshkosh that year for its owner at the time Paul Walter (EAA 90497 A C 2342) of Waukesha WI Eventually Paul Walter brought the 195 to EAA Oshkosh 92 where John

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John Preiss and his lovely wife Beverly pose for DeKevin Thorntons camera in the sparkling sunshine augmented by the brilliance of the polished Cessna 195

Cruising above the clouds the Cessna 195 really comes into its own - a true Businessliner - as the advertising people called it in 1951 This was lUxury air travel at its very best some 45 years ago

Preiss and his girlfriend Beverly spotshyted it and started negotiations On Sepshytember 14 1992 the sale was completed and John W Preiss owned Cessna 195 NI95PW as it was registered at the time

A fascinating sidelight to this story is the fact that John W Preiss has an identishycal twin brother James M Preiss (EAA 410655 AlC 20593) of Germantown WI who is ten minutes older than John and if ever two brothers were cut from the same cloth - this would be it John is a Boeing 737 Captain for Southwest Airlines and James (Jim) is a Boeing 737 Captain for United Airlines Both made their solo flights on their sixteenth birthday June 161974 in the same Cessna 150 Aerobat and both earned their A amp P rating from Blackhawk Technical College in Janesville WI (The twins were classmates of EAAs Director of Maintenance Daryl Lenz)

The term They have been flyers all their lives could easily apply to the Preiss twins however they were flyers even beshy

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fore they were born One week prior to their birth their father Erhard took their mother Lydia (very much in a family way) for a flight in the back seat of an Aeronca Champ Jim still chuckles when he tells the story

The boys grew up in an aviation envishyronment as their father Erhard Preiss was an FBO and flight instructor On many family flying trips one youngster would work the control wheel while the other would work the rudder pedals On the return trip they would reverse duties To use an old cliche These were the best of times

Jim Preiss had restored a Cessna 180 in the 1980s and was quite acquainted with the amount of work involved in a restorashytion After John had purchased the 195 in 1992 he asked Jim to help with the job of restoring the big five-place Cessna (Jim had earned his Inspection Authorization by this time) On February 24 1993 the project began

The engine was sent to Jacobs Service Inc in Payson AZ and even tually reshyturned as a zero time Jacobs R-755-B3 of 275 hp The prop was in perfect shape but all accessories needed overhaul and every hose and clamp was replaced The startshying circuit was modified to the later conshyfiguration to eliminate the heavy current drop and improve the engine starting cashypability especially in cold weather

A new instrument panel was built with all instruments being overhauled or reshyplaced The radios were upgraded with the installation of new Narco avionics with complete wiring harnesses circuit break-

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ers and new antennae The entire set of cabin windows was replaced (some are crank down) along with a new windshield A new interior was sewn by Lydia Preiss the twins mother who had learned seamshystress skills in Germany before coming to the US The result was an interior that is absolutely outstanding and had the judges smiling from ear to ear

The 195 had come from the factory with crosswind gear - an option that is not usually compatible with original style wheelpants New straight axles were inshystalled along with new Cleveland wheels and brakes per STC and a search was beshygun for a set of the rare aluminum wheel pants with their special shape that fit a 195 After a year of inquiring (along with a special bit of accidental luck) a pair was finally located purchased (many $$$$)

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and were totally reworked and installed with new backing plates When polished to a glistening shine these tall narrow wheelpants are in a class by themselves

Up front the old Montgomery spinner was removed and a new Cessna type as used originally on the 195 was installed (more $$$$) The result is rather striking as the more pointed nose on the 195 spinshyner gives it that original look and really shines when polished

John discovered that three different pain t schemes were used on the 195 seshyries depending on serial number Even though his airplane was not previously painted correctly he was able to get asshysistance from Cessna and a few others so he was able to layout a correct paint scheme for the proper serial number 7712 built in July 1951 and making its

first test flight on July 12 1951 The airshyplane was taken to Central Aviation Inc in Watertown WI for final painting by Randy Effinger and his very capable crew

The 18 month restoration effort was finished just prior to Oshkosh 94 includshying the massive polishing job on the alushyminum with Rolite polish The 195 was flown to Oshkosh and displayed in the AntiqueClassic area for a couple of days Before the Convention was finished John Priess and his new bride Beverly were off to Hawaii on their honeymoon and brother Jim was delegated as a commitshytee of one to attend the awards ceremony Late in the program Cessna 195 N2JP was called out for the Reserve Grand Champion Lindy award and Jim walked up on stage to accept it for his brother

Perhaps the real joy for Jim was calling his brother in Hawaii and calmly informing him of the award - almost nonchalant like (Brothers have been known to pull such things on each other) John and Beverly were jumping up and down with exciteshyment wishing they could have been on hand for the presentation

With many ideas from the Antique Classic judges the Preiss boys have been steadily improving the big Cessna to where it looks better than ever At Sun n Fun 96 the 195 ran off with the award for Best Restored Classic Over 165 hp and the Preiss gang was indeed happy Their next goal is Oshkosh 96 where they plan to make another run at the big prize

An interesting coincidence happened when prior to purchasing the 195 John was telling one of his friends Jeff Sandlin

at Southwest Airlines about the big cabin Cessna and learned that Jeffs father had owned a 195 for quite a number of years After purchasing the airplane he showed Jeff some photos of the 195 and menshytioned that a man named A E Edwards had owned the airplane for a long span of years John was really surprised when Jeff blurted out A E Edwards is my father In 1994 John flew the 195 to Denton Texas where Mr and Mrs A E Edwards now in their eighties had the unusual opshyportunity to see the very same airplane that they had taken such good care of over many years and flown the Cessna over 3200 hours The reunion was very special to John and the Edwards family and made the airplane even more special to the Priess family

Although the original N number of the

Cessna 195 was N1014D that number is currently in use and the owner is not willshying to give it up Therefore John chose to use N2JP which was available at the time Eventually John says it would be quite an achievement to get the original number back on the airplane

John Preiss is the very first person to admit that he has had a great deal of assisshytance and help on the 195 His father Ershyhard Preiss started the love of aviation in the boys during their early years and the workmanship on the Cessna is dedicated to his memory Erhard passed away in 1980 Johns wife Beverly has been very patient and supportive during the restorashytion process In addition John is very grateful for the help and expertise of his brother Jim the overseeing IA on the project who is totally unafraid of hard

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work Special thanks are also in order for the twins mother Lydia Preiss who used her seamstress ski lls so well

Other contributors were Jimmy Vickshyers of Lubbock Texas a fo rmer Cessna dealer who flies his own 195 Captain Jeff Kilponen of Southwest Air lines who sparked John Preiss interest in the Cessna 195 in the first place and John Swander of

(Above) The unique split-flap employed on the 195 is designed for drag to slow the airplane down for landing It contributes alshymost nothing to lift Look at the sparkling interior of that wing when the flap is pulled down for inspection

(Above left) For genuine comfort it is hard to beat the rear seat of a Cessna 195 This interior was completely sewn by Lydia Preiss the mother of both John and Jim Preiss This seat is cashypable of handling three persons with ease making the 195 a true five-place airplane

(Left) The totally restored instrument panel complete with upshygraded avionics is a thing of beauty and function The throttle uses a friction lock collar while the propeller and mixture conshytrols each employ a vernier control for fine adjustment This particular 195 has the dual yoke in deference to a throw-over yoke as used on some models

DeSoto Kansas who provided some exshy John would especially like to thank the cellent ideas and much help to the restorashy Cessna Aircraft Company for designing tion Tim McCarter a pi lot and mechan ic and building a true classic aircraft that pishyfor Amphib Inc contributed expertise lots such as as he and his twin brother can and support to the rebuild a nd the Inshy continue to appreciate and enjoy ternational195 C lu b and Eastern 195 To this we add our congratulations and Cl ub were most he lpful in getting N2JP very best wishes in the future for making back in the air - along with helping all 195 N2JP such a dazzling airplane It is indeed owners keep them there a credit to its restorers

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Type Club

NOTES by Norm Petersen

Compiled from various type club publications amp newsletters

From the Monocoupe Flyer Bob Coolbaugh editor 703-590shy

2375

Adventures of a Warner Engine Owner

George Olson - January 1996

About 1979 while ove rhauling the 145 HP Warner for my Fairchild 24 a crack was fo und in one of the cylinder barrels Parts were really hard to find but a fri e nd in Lo uisvill e C la ud e Curry who I am sorry to say is now go ne to ld me th a t hi s fri e nd Bud Nea t a lso in Lo uisville had the reshyma ining Warne r pa rts but he was n t se llin g a nythin g H e offe red to ca ll Bud and tell him my situation and ca ll me bac k La te r he told me th a t I should go ahead and call Bud which I did Bud said that Claude told him all about it and to come over and see if we could fi nd one that was suitable The parts were in the basement of his manshyufacturing building We took fla sh shyli ghts and Bud showed me where the cylinders were to ld me to pick one out a nd we nt bac k upsta irs There were pallets filled with hundreds of cylinder assemblies There were cylinder ba rshyre ls stac ked about e ight fee t high o n o the r pa lle ts boxes of parts all over the place about 40 barrels of studs and other small steel parts some engines in various stages o f assembly big crates of baffl ing and tools of all descriptions It was hard to be lieve like be ing in a candy store The cylinder I picked out loo ked like it had a good head o n it but the barrel had rust in it that looked like brown fur T here must have been some o il o n the surface to sta rt with beca use it wasn t pitted and it didn t need plating after all

T he n Bud a nd I had some co ffee

and he told me the story about how he and ten others decided to build Grea t Lakes Biplanes in hi s ma nufacturing building Th ey we re goin g to build e leven a ll toge the r they would be all th e sa me and wh e n th ey fini she d theyd draw straws to pick their plane Bud hea rd about th e a ucti o n of th e Warner factory inventory in (She ldon) Iowa These were all the parts remain shying afte r a warehouse fire where they were stored Bud put in the winning bid a t the auction and picked up o ne semitrailer load of parts When Merlin Bock bo ught out th e fact o ry ea rli e r a nd mo ve d th e pa rts to Io wa th e re were 10 semi-loads but this one trailer was all that was left With Buds pur shychase though th e Grea t La kes Bi shyplanes would now all have Warner en shygines But afte r a couple of years the buildin g e nt e rpri se e nd e d beca use eve ryo ne had a diffe rent view of how long the e ffort should las t Eve ryo ne took their project home and some were finished separately When the projects went o ut the door the Warne r pa rt s we re put in the basem e nt o ut of the way They were there when I saw them in 1979

The Fairchild rebuilding jo b was fini shed in 1980 and I flew it until 1985 whe n th e numbe r 4 link ro d bro ke This time I needed a lo t of pa rts so it was back to th e we ll Bud wa nted to se ll a ll th e parts no t just th e o nes I needed and I knew enough by then to realize that I could sell them and hopeshyfull y get my money back So this time aft e r some price nego ti a ti o ns we s tru ck a dea l for a ll Bud s p a rt s I re nte d a 24- fo o t truck a nd with the help of a fri end and Bud Neats grand shyson we moved o ne load (ha lf o f the parts) to my 16 x 22 foot garage That fi ll ed it up Another friend offe red to

let me put a semitrailer on his farm so I bought a pretty good used 40 footer Whe n we got the seco nd load Bud s grand son got three of hi s college fri e nds to he lp so the re we re 6 o f us loading It only took four hours while th e fir st load had ta ke n a ll d ay My pickup truck was use d to mov e the parts in my garage to the trailer whenshyever I needed to make a trip out there Afte r about six wee ks my wife sa w that th e part s we re se llin g so she started speaking to me again

In with the engine parts were prints production reco rds test records and paperwork of a ll kinds but the T ype Ce rtifica te docum e nta ti o n was los t somewhere along the way In 1989 the FAA called and asked if I had the Type Certificates They had some boxes in Chicago that they wante d to give to the Type Certificate holder to get then out of their way Curiosity got the best of me and started me on the search for th e Type Ce rti fica te Th e require shyme nts we re to trace ownership from the last known owner to the present I had to get a ffidavits fro m all the ownshye rs since Clinton Mac hin e Company sold out They were the las t owners of th e T ype Certi fica te who were regisshytered with the FAA

This provided an interesting pursuit a nd I m e t a lo t of he lp ful pe opl e James Thomas Smith who bought the parts fr o m C lint o n Ma chin e Co couldn t be fo und Th e nex t owne r Duke H attah died in the late 60s and hi s re lati ves couldn t be found e ithe r The sea rch continued unsuccessfully January 1993 rolls around and someshyo ne approaches me to buy the T ype Certificate to build engines in Spain of all pl a ces Th e n in 1994 som eo ne wanted it to bui ld Warne r engines in Czechoslovakia fo r Blicke r Jungmeis-

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ters they were building I received a letter in December 1994 from the FAA stating that during a move to an off airport location they found a reshyquest dated June 13 1980 in a fo lder that was mislabeled to make new Data Plates and Type Certificates It was in Bud Neats name He had held the Certificate all along All that was needed was an affidavit from Bud Neat which was accomplished immeshydiately The new Type Certificates arshyrived in May 1995

Oh yes about those boxes the Chicago FAA had - They were shipped to the Atlanta FAA Certification ofshyfice The FAA people there invited me to visit them and look at the conshytents It was nice to meet some of the people I had been talking to on the phone for so long One full day was spent helping them sort through the boxes There were folders of correshyspondence (some of it mine) Warner blueprints and boxes of microfilm of all the Warner prints There were about 1200 microfilm prints per box Since there were duplicate sets of Warner blueprints on microfilm they offered me a set which I gladly acshycepted

Warner Engine Facts and Figures

The following information was gathshyered over the course of the successful acquisition of the Warner Type Cershytificates and from Warner Aircraft Corporation records These records were included with the remains of the Warner Company which I bought from Bud Neat of Louisville KY This will attempt be an attempt to sort and conshydense the jumble of papers to present that which is of most int erest to Warner engine owners

The Warner Aircraft Corporation was founded by William O Warne r in 1926 and its address was 20263 Hoover Avenue Detroit MI Officers in 1929 were William O Warner President amp General Manager Edward N Hartwick Vice-President amp Treasurer W J Jarvie Secretary In 1950 the ofshyficers were R E Cecil President Carl F Lang Secretary-Treasurer and Leonard W Quart Manufacturer s Agent William O Warner was a Dishyrector but ret ired The Warner Airshycraft Corporation was merged with Clinton Machine Company located in Clinton Michigan in April of 1950 The reason for the merger according to the Proxy Statement and notice of Stock Holders meeting of February 20 1950 was that Warner Aircraft found itself without a product except for the hydraulic units and it had lost money every year since the war The assets of Warner were transferred to Clinton

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Machine Company in exchange for shares of common stock of Clinton which were distributed to Warner shareho lders The president of Clinshyton Machine Comp any at that time was Donald D Thomas

In 1952 Clinton Machine Co so ld the aircraft engine parts prints and some tooling to the Detroit Harvester Co which was owned by James Thomas Smith He owned it for a very short time I was never ab le to find Mr Smith In about 1953 Detroit Harvester Co sold the remaining Warner assets to Duke Harrah Inc located in Niles Michigan Duke Harshyrah sold Warner parts until 1963 when he sold the Warner assets to M amp B Flying Service located at Sheldon Reshygional Airport in Sheldon Iowa Duke Harrah died in the late 60s Merlin Bock and Elmer Meuke were partners in M amp B Flying Service There were several semitrailer loads of parts which were put in a large hangar In 1966 the building burned in a fire started by someone working on a mower There was one semitrailer load that was salshyvaged Bud Neat from Louisville Kenshytucky brought the remains at auction

The sales records end December 31 1945 so the years 1946 to 1950 are less clear Grand total of all engines sold through December 31 1945 is 3572 Today there are 437 Warner engines on aircraft registered with the FAA The papers I have showin g sales records and Type Ce rtificate Data Sheets are quite interesting There were severa l projects in the experishymental department in 1945 The folshylowing interesting note is copied fro m the 1945 monthly progress report book

550-X 200HP New experimental e ngin e Pre liminary and final tests conducted toge the r with bolt deflecshytion measurements Power calibration conducted with standard induction housing 50 hours endurance running compl e ted Power calibration conshyducted with control induction with varshyious carburetor positions Engine now having cam settings and valve timing worked out for both standard and split cam

Active Signed S A Christiansen Test Engineer

Other projects in development were experimental engine 585-X which is 585 cubic inch with a 5 inch bore amp 4250 stroke

A 2 cyl Model 140-X horizontal opposed industrial engine and model 12850-3 a single cyl utility engine I wonder if the last two engines were the key to the Clinton merger (In 1950 Clinton was the second largest proshy

ducer of gasoline engines in the 34 to 3 hp range) Warner also manufacshytured wheels axles brakes skis prop hubs shock struts and hydraulic units These production plans also transshyferred with the Type Certificates

Included in the records are several books and inventories One is a book showing each engine sold in numerical order starting with the first engine sold It lists engine number Airplane Owner and Address A sample page from this book is included Also inshycluded is a chart listing standard enshygine model and serial number designashytions and deviations from standard By referencing this list and the data plate on your Warner engine you can determine how your engine was conshyfigured when it left the factory Bear in mind that your engine may have been changed substantially over the years during overhauls

From the Cessna 150 - 152 News

Safety - Avoiding wire Strikes Skip Carden editor

919-471-9492

The Terrible Truth About Wire Strikes a new video and a companshyion pamphlet from AOPA Air Safety Foundation debunks many misconcepshytions about these accidents There are an average of 115 reported general avishyation wire strikes a year but only an estimated 10 of strikes are reported

The video and pamphlet give some commo n-sense tips on how to see and avoid wires

bull Scan on both sides of the aircraft Look for towers or other supporting structures which are easier to see than the associated wires themselves Fly over the top of the tower rather than between the supporting structures

bull Nature doesn t make a stra ight line Strips of inconsistent vegetation crop edges land boundaries and roads can indicate a wire path

bull Flight below a ridge line or in a canyon puts a pilot in the wire envishyronment

bull Avoid antennas by a horizontal distance greater than the vertical height of the structure Guy wires can extend at a 45 degree angle from tower top to the ground

bull A pull-up is usually the best mashyneuver to avoid an unexpected wire In most cases the pilot sees the wire too late to bank away successfully

The video is priced at $10 plus $325 shipping The pamphlet is free with a 6 X 9 self-addressed envelope with 55 cents postage affixed AOPA ASF 421 Aviation Way Frederick MD 21701 800-638-3101

PASSdb BUCK by EE Buck Hilbert EAA 21 Ale 5 PO Box 424 Union IL 60180

Our twenty fifth Anniversary re shyunion seems to be shap ing up T write to each of the origi na l 100 members asking th e m to be with us at EAA OSHKOSH So far the replies are runshyning about fifty-fifty Those that are coming are enthusiastic about the whole thing and are just as interested today as when we started the Division More to come

As I read the history of the Division it triggers memories of events past The discussions that Paul Pobe rezny and I had over the titl e Division and hi s concerns that it was a word that would conjure up thoughts of a group that was seceding from EAA Happily it proved to be somet hing weve ne ver had to worry abo ut - EAA is still th e prime mover in Sport Aviation and the varishyous Divisions have accentuated the positive as that old song goes

The letters I receive are most welshycome and can either be a real boost or an education I got ed ucated on old time stunt pilot Howard Dutton from one of our ear ly members Capt Jim Barton (AA retired) who kn ew him personally Jim responded with clipshypings and a phone ca ll so we could anshyswer that query

Then I also got a letter fro m one of the San Diego antiquers who said r was off base on my Chapter One open house co lumn regarding the weather for that weekend He said it was much better than I had indicated and that it was the first time the whole group was able to fly up together A great time was had by all and the fly-in weather was great Im not going to remind him th at sevshyera l people got stuck in Riverside all day Sunday waiting for it to let up

I on ly wish there was room to pubshylish each and every lette r we receive T try to answer each one personally and usuall y do as time permits I also ge t requests for parts and pieces of inforshymation and on occasion Im able to be of some help Once in a while I stub my

toe R ecently a memb er called and asked if I could help him find a Cub alshytimeter I had one and sent it to him A week later I got it back Wrong color Min es black he ne ed ed one cream faced Oh well I tried

Number one son Robert your editor HG and I flew down to Middle town OH for the Aeronca get together HG a llowed me to ride with him in my Sed a n while Bob took hi s C ha mp Originally we had planned to take both Champs but mine deve loped a lea ky exhaust valve so it had to stay home

Wally Baldwin was our host down the re while Bob Hollenbaugh and his wife He len look ed after H G Wally squired us around town Hes writing a book on Aeronca and expects to go to press shortly This man is a walking enshycyc lope dia as far as Aeronca is co nshyce rned His D ad worked there when they were building the C-3s Ks Low Wings and later the C hamps C hi efs and Sedans Wa ll ys dad bought the prototype Champ after its nat ionwide demonstration tour ove rhauled the Ashy65 and gave it to Wally when he came

home from the Air Force after WW II Wally currently fli es a Champ with the same paint scheme and rues the day he ever sold the original

HG will be writing up the trip and printing pictures of all the beautiful airshyplanes in a future article but I want to say is that it was a great bunch and even thou gh Bob a nd I a long with D ale Gu stafso n got drafte d to judge airshyplanes we enjoyed it immensely

Over to you

Here are a couple of photos that ought to raise a few eyebrows courtesy of Aeronca retiree John Houser These two shots show the installation of a Aeroshymarine AR-3 engine in an Aeronca C-3 Rated at 55 hp running 2400 rpm the AR-3 might look familiar to many antishyquers - the design and manufacshyturing rights were sold to Burshynelli and then later (1938) it became known as the Lenape Papoose after Burnelli sold off that portion of its business to

Lenape Aircraft amp Motors of New York city As detailed in the 1939 edition of Aerosshyphere the AR-3 weighted in at 150 Ibs and had a pair of Bendix magnetos powering the two ignition circuits The Aeronca E-107 engine developed 26 hp the later E-113 was rated at 36 hp and the final version the E-113C was listed as producing 40 hp With the 55 hp of the AR-3 this early model C-3 must have been a good little performer This parshyticular 3-cylinder engine produced too much vibration to suit the engineers at Aeronca so no production aircraft were sold with this engineairframe combination

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Vintage Seaplanes by Norm Petersen

Summers here

and its time to think about

flying off the water

Our resident web-footed

pilot Norm Petersen

has provided us with a

look at waterbirds

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Kyle Meints Cessna 1708

(Left) Pictured at the Vette Seaplane Base at Oshkosh 95 is a pretty 1955 Cessna 170B N4453B SIN 26797 mounted on a set of Edo 89-2000 floats all decked out in a matching paint scheme of white with red trim The pretty Continental 145 powered seaplane is the pride and joy of Kyle Meints (EAA 360394) of Augusta MI who purchased the 170B on floats in Minnesota about ten years ago Kyle inshystalled the STOL kit on the wings painted the entire airplane and then painted the matching floats the next year all in PPG two-part urethane A factory seaplane since new the 170B has 2400 TT of which Kyle has flown about 400 hours since acquiring the f1oatplane This airplane spent about the first 25 years in New England before coming west to Minnesota Congrats to Kyle Meints on a sharp looking Cessna 170B f1oatplane

1140 floats which do not show their age (40 to 50 yrs) and have had their compartment covers reshymoved (The 1140 floats are easily distinguished from the larger 1320 floats by the si ngle cover beshytween the struts 1320 floats have two covers beshytween the struts) Apparently the boot cowl on the Cub has been replaced or repainted as the forward end of the lightning stripe is missing A li ghtshyweight pre-war Cub with wood spars and 1140 floats makes for a sporty seaplane that is pure fun

Odell Matthis Republic Seabee

(Left) This beautiful custom Republic RC-3 Seabee N87493 SIN 44 is the pride and joy of Odell and Diane Matthis (EAA 262957 AIC 10206) of Havelock NC No stranger to EAA Odell brought the highly polished Cessna 140A Patroller N5332C SIN 15452 that was featured in the October 1986 VINTAGE AIRPLANE and picshytured on the back cover The Seabee features extended wings with drooped tips tinted glass and a big Lycoming GO-480 engine of 295 hp The fancy paint scheme is overall white with red and gold trim This particular 1946 Seabee spent many years in the Seattle area before going to Anchorage AK for a number of years It is now based near the seacoast of North Carolina where Odell and Diane (who is also a pilot and 9ger) can make full use of the amphibious capabilities The FAA register lists 275 Sea bees remaining of the over 1050 that were built by Republic and Downer

John Van Andels J-3 Cub on 1140s

These photos of a 1940 J -3 C65 Cub NC30482 SIN 4863 mounted on a set of Edo 54-1140 floats were sent in by Ralph Koutnik (EAA 261425) of Bellaire Ml Tied down at the Antrim County Airport at Bellaire the pre-war J-3 Cub is owned by John Van Andel (EAA 343387) of Ft Pierce FL Special note should be made of the extreme ly clean condition of the

U S Forest Service Stinson SR-SA

(Left) This photo from back in the early 1940 s was contributed by Wiley Hautala of Ely MN The Stinson SRshy5A NC5045 mounted on Edo 38-3430 floats was flown by veteran Ely MN seaplane pilot Milt Nelson for several years until 1943 when the 245 hp Lyshycoming engine quit one day and put the SR-5A in the trees - and that was the end of NC5045 Milt Nelson who is presently in his eighties soloed a Travel Air bishyplane at Superior WI in 1933 and logged approximately 15 000 hours on floats while flying for the U S Forest Service over a period of twenty years He says the SR-5A was a nice flying airplane and did a very respectable job on floats alshythough it couldn t handle the heavy loads of a Beaver or Norseman Note the 1937 Ford grill in the foreground and the Travel Air S6000-B seaplane in the backshyground which was flown by Bill Leithold of Ely MN Ironically at one time Milt Nelson owned a Fairchild FC-2 on Fairchild floats Today those very same floats are in the EAA Aviation Museum completely restored by John Parish and ready for installation on the EAA Founshydations Fairchild FC-2W

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Fly-In Calendar The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a matter of

information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the

information to EAA Att Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

JULY 23 - ZANESVILLE OH - EAA Chapter 425 Annual Pancake Day at Parr Airport 8 am - 5 pm Oshkosh bound pi lots encouraged to fly-in eat and refuel Contact Don Wahl 674454-0003

JULY 26-27 - COFFEYVILLE KS - Funk Aircraft Owners Assoc Reunion Contact Gene Ventress 70275 S Monticello Lenexa KS 66227

JULY 26-27 - AFTON WY - Callair Radio Controlled Model Aircraft Fly-In sponsored by the Callair Museum and Aviat Aircraft Inc For info call joan Michaels or Audrey Henning 307886-9887 FAX 307886shy9880

JULY 26-28 - RED LAKE ONTARIO CANAshyDA - Norseman Float Plane Festival For more info contact the Festiva l Committee at 807727-2809

JUL Y 27-29 - KEOKUK IA - Sixth World Wide gathering of L-Birds then en masse up to Wisconsin for EAA great OSHKOSH 96 on August 7 Contact Irv Linder 3 79524-6378

JULY 28 - GRANTSBURG WI - EAA Chapter 875 Wildrice Pancake Breakfast

JUL Y 28 - WEYBRIDGE SURREY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Aircraft of Surrey Fly- In Contact julian C Temple or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 07932 855465

JULY 31-WAUKESHA WI - (UES) tst Annual Great Stearman Fl y-Up to EAA Convention Call Stan Markus for more info 474567- 7499 or 965-3776

AUGUST 1-7 - OSHKOSH WI - 44th Annual EAA Fly-In and Sport Aviation Con vention Wittman Regional Airport Contact John Burton EAA PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 414426-4800

AUGUST 3 - ST PAUL MN - Lake Elmo Airport Aviation Days Fl y- In Pancake Breakfast Aircraft Disp lay and Young Eagles Day Rain Date August 4 Contact

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Dick Wicklund 672777-9742 AUGUST 3 - ELLSWORTH KS - EAA Chapter

7727 Fly-In breakfast (Oshkosh stop-over) and Cowtown Day Call Dale Weinhold 973-472-4027 (w) or -4309 (h) for info

AUGUST 18 - BROOKFIELD WI - Capita l Airport EAA AC Chapter 77 Vintage Aircraft Display and Ice Cream Social Noon - 5 pm Midwest Antique Airplane Club meeting as well For info call Capital Airport at 4 74787 -9550

AUGUST 18 - EAST TROY WI - Inti Cessna 720 740 Assoc Wisconsin Brat and Corn Roast Arrive at 77 am eat at 72 30 pm Bring a dish to pass and a buck Call Matt and Carole Rybarczyk 474767-0920

AUGUST 25 - BELMOND IA - NC Chapter 73 annual p icnic Call 575444-3637 for info

AUGUST 26 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Biplanes and Vintage Aircraft Fly- In Contact ju l ia n C Temp l e or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 0 7932 855465

AUGUST 27-29 - YOUNGSTOWN OH shyBARTLESVIL LE OK AND EL CAJON CA -Staggerwing Beech Commemorative Tour Ca ll William Thaden 207439-7767 fo r info

AUGUST 30-31 - HA YWA RD CA - EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter 29 Fourth Annual Antique Fl y- In and Airshow Free Early Bird Dinner to all display aircraft on Friday This is a northern Cal ifornia points event Contact Bud Field at 5 70455-2300

AUGUST 30 - SEPT 1 - PROSSER WA - EAA Chapter 397 25th Anniversary Fly- In at Prosser airport Call Cormac Thompson for info 509786- 7034

AUGUST 30-31 - MOCKSVIL LE NC - Tara Airbase (5NC7) 77 th Annua l Anything That Flies Fly-In Private Fly-In - attenshydance at your own risk For info ca ll 704284-2 767 or 970764-0007

AUGUST 31 - MARION IN - Sixth Annual Fly-InCruise-In breakfast sponsored by the Marion High schoo l Band Boosters Antiques Classics homebuilts and Antique classic and custom cars welshycomed For information contact Ray johnson at 3 77664-2588

SE PT 1 - ZANESVILLE OH - Riverside Airport EAA Chapter 425 Labor Day Weekend Fly-In Drive-In Breakfast 8 am - 5 pm Sandwiches etc from noon to closing

SEPT 7 - OSCEOLA WI - Simenstad Field 76th Annual Wheels and Wings Air Fair Train rides pancake breakfast fly-in Free event shuttle bus Pilots check class 0 NOTAMS for specia l airport conditions For info call 775755-3300

SEPT 13-15 - URBANA IL - Frasca Field Byron Smith Memorial Stinson Reunion Fly-In Ca ll 708904-6964 for info

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SEPT 20-2 1 - BARTLESVILLE IL - Frank Phillips Field 39th Annual Tulsa Regional Fly-In sponsored by EAA NC Chapter 70 AAA Chapter 2 EAA Chapter 70 EAA lAC Chapter 70 and the Green Country U ltralight Flyers Call Charlie Harris for info 978622-8400

SEPT 21-22 - ROCK FALLS IL - Whiteside County Airport (SQI) North Central EAA Old Fashioned Fly-In Fly market campshying and food on field Call Gregg Erikson 7085 73-064 7 or Dave Christianson at 875625-6556 Pancake breakfast Sept 22 - 0700 - 7700

SEPT 22 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGLAND - Brooklands Museum Fly-In Contact ju l ian C Templ e or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 07932855465

SEPT 27-28 - SANTA YNEZ CA - 8th Annual Western Waco Assoc Reunion Call jon A ldrich 209962-6727 or Barry Branin 7 74545-7476 for info

SEPT 28-29 - ZANESVILLE OH - John s Landing A irfield 5th Annual Fall Fly-In sponsored by EAA NC Chapter 22 of Ohio Hog roast on the 28th breakfast both days Antique classic homebuilts warbirds welshycome For more info call Virginia at 674453-6889

SEPT 28-29 - LEXINGTON TN - Tennessee Taildraggers 72th Annual Fly-In 907968shy2864 or 901968-4022 for info

OCTOBER 4-6 - REDDING CA - Benton Field EAA Chaper 157 Oktoberfest Contacts Bruce Taylor 976275-6456 or Armal Owens 976243-4382

OCTOBER 13 - TOWANDA PA - Towanda airport (N27) Fly-In Breakfast - all you can eat Eggs sausage pancakes 100 pure maple syrup 7 am -7 pm

OCT 13 - ZANESVILLE OH - Riverside A i rport EAA Chapter 425 and the ARTHRITIS FOUNDA TlON Hog Roast 8 am - 5 pm Contact Don Wahl at 614 454-0003

OCTOBER 13 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Fly-In Contact ju l ian C Temple or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 0 1932857381 or FAX 01932855465

OCT 18-20 - KERRVIL LE TX - Southwest Regional Fly-In For info ca ll 800221shy7958 Vendors should call 270914-3746

Ale NEWS Continued from page 2

in two a reas to mos t VFR pilots - the Surface Aviation Observation (SA) will now become the Aviation Routine Weather Report (Metar) with an addishytional report the Aviation Selected Special Weather report (Speci) added to it when dictated by changing weather conditions A new international format will also be adopted to replace the Tershyminal Forecast (TF) issued by the Nashytional Weather Service The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) will be the new format for this forecast

The new formats will be a combinashytion of new and old abbreviations but the seq ue nces will change a nd some components will be reported in a differshye nt format For many of us who us e DUATS briefing services and exercise the plain language option these changes will be transparent but be careful - temshyperaturedewpoint spreads will be given in degrees Celsius and sky cover definishytions will change Other parts of the seshyquence reports will be a lso be revised The new form a t began with the NWS transmissions that were issued a t 0800 UTC July l

For more informat ion and a card that details the new Metar format conshytact your nearest Flight Service Station or yo ur loca l FAA Flight Standards District Office

EICHER KIMBAll GEE BEE Z fliES

LUSCOMBE FOUNDATION 8E GIVEAWAY

The Don Luscombe Aviation Foundashytion is doing it again A small total of only 2800 tickets will be sold to help raise funds used to continue the expansion of services of the Foundation to Luscombe owners and to fulfill the Luscombe Type Certificate purchase contract You can see the work done to restore the 1996 Win Me airplane in the accompanying photos This airshyplane has all the Luscombe options and has been fully inspected and rebuilt with the latest information on Luscombe repa irs from the foundation For a more informashytion including the price of tickets and a brochure call the OLAF at 602917-0969 or fax them at 6021917-4719

NO 80 OCTANE AT WITTMAN FiElD

If youve always planned on fueling up with 80 octan e fuel during EAA O shkosh youll need to buy it from someone other tha n Basle r Flight Sershyvice the FBO on Wittman Field Basler

The Gee Bee Z recently completed by Jeff Eicher and Kevin Kimball was first flown on June 24 and again on the 25th by Delmar Benj amin Delmar explored the handling characteristics of the z in a series of flights that culminated in a roll and knife edge flight He reports a stall speed at about 75 mph indicated rt quickly acshycelerates to 210 mph and then continues to build up more speed up to 230 mph Delmar reports that it is hands off stable in both pitch and yaw 130 mph is used on fi nal to keep the Zs sink rate at a comfortable level We ll have more on the first flights of this beautiful Gee Bee replica next month but until then congratulations to Jeff and Kevin and their test pilot Delmar Benjamin

has informed EAA that they will not be selling any 80 octane fu el for resale durshying th e EAA Convention Du e to tighter tank te sting rules e nforced by the EPA Basler has storage facilities sufficient o nly for the quantities of 100 LL a nd Jet A neede d during the Conshyvention but there s no room left for a quantity of 80 octane After exploring other options Bas ler re luctantly deshycided to drop carrying 80 octane avgas which they had only had available durshying th e EAA Fly-In Since Basle r has also chosen not to offer auto fuel if you prefer not to burn 100LL in yo ur vinshytage engine you may wish to plan your flight with a fuel stop after your deparshyture or prior to your arrival Basler will be offering 100 octane avgas at the same price as last year $2 15 If you really prefer to run your e ngine on 80 octane avgas the closest airport with that fuel is the tailwheel friendly fie ld at Hartshyford WI (HXF) located 41 statute miles SSE of Oshkosh Hartford Aero Sershyvice 414673-5350 is the FBO and hes aware of the situat ion and is planning on having his 10000 gallon tank topped off in time for the Convention

CUB MONUMENT IN BRADFO RD

Thanks to the impetus provided by Sport Aviation editor Jack Cox a monshyument will be e rected on the site of the old Taylor Aircraft company in Bradshyford P A For more details on the effort being spea rh eaded by George Welsch

Continued on page 31

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27

by HC Frautschy

The April Mystery Plane proved to be a tough one so we ll continue that course with the July Mystery Plane This handshysome biplanes photo was sent in some time ago by Richard E Sampson Ft Lauderdale FL

Answers need to be in no later than August 25 1996 for inclushysion in the October issue

Aprils Mystery is still just that - an unknown Lennart Johnsson of Eldsberga Sweden sugshygested that it might be the creation of the Engshylish designer Harold Bolas and his partner Capt Goodman-Crouch who both emigrated to the USA and settled in Rhode Island After reshyviewing an article on the Crouch-Bolas Dragshyonfly its obviously not our Mystery Plane Our thanks to Lennart for giving it a shot

The second shot I ve included in this months edition may help jog the dim memory of someone else You can see that the airplane is not particularly large when compared to the pilot crouching on the bow Also tip floats have been added to the lower wings and you can plainly see the biplane configuration of the horizontal tail We can leave this Mystery Plane file open and perhaps someone will recshyognize it

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sion to get started but once it was runshyning Ben and Paul flew formation back home with their new prize

With just a little more than two years to go the Workmans decided that the Aeronca Convention scheduled for 1992 was the ir goal All the fabric was reshymoved and the project took over the Workman basement

Only a couple of small areas needed attention with the welding torch and then all of the tubing for the fuselage and tail surfaces was sandblasted A coat of epoxy primer was then app lied with a topcoat of zinc chromate primer on top of that stric tly for appearance With such an original a irplane there was no doubt the direction Paul intended to go with the restoration

All of the wood in the fuselage needed replacement The Sedan is no different than other late model Aeroncas It too used the fami liar triangular rear fuse lage configuration with the outside shape deshyfined by a set of wooden formers and stringers Paul used fir and pine plyshywood and replaced all of th e str in gers All of the wood was painted with spar varnish

Since recovering would have to be t done in the basement near the gas fur- ~ nace and hot water heater the cover- ~

i

ing process chosen was the STCd Blue River system using Ceconite 7600 fabric Even with the water based Blue River sysshytem a strong smelling solvent is used to activate the cement for tapes and seams so good ventilation is still necessary Paul liked the process particularly since it was more pleasant to work with than dope and not nearly so mind altering

The final finish is Randolph Ranthane chosen by Paul to prevent uneven fading be tween the metal and fabric surfaces The orig in al color scheme was mainshytained with the fuselage painted Santa Fe Red and the trim color Tucson Cream a very close match to the original Packard Straw Ben Workman Paul s dad and the family lA was the paint foreman on the job and he spent a lot of his time helping the Sedan project along

Originally Sedans were delivered with unpainted wings but it didn t take too long for a service letter to be issued by the factory in Middletown detailing the

(Above) Pam and Paul Workshyman Zanesville OH the restorshyers of Aeronca 15AC Sedan 1048H

(Left) UAL Captain (retired) EE Buck Hilbert now the proud owner and pilot of four eight Hotel Aeroncavorting in the Sedan is high on his list of fun things to do

14 JULY 1996

(Above) The interior owes a lot to its Champ and Chief predecessors The early Sedans used the same control wheels from the Chief and so were the glove box doors and ashtrays (now used for holding pencils) The Harvey Wells ATR-3 radio no longer functions but it has been a part of the instrument panel since 1948 shortly after the Sedan was built in Middletown OH Paul Workman was able to find a fabric for the seat cushions and side panels that closely reshysembled the original fabric

(Left) Now a resident of Buck Hilberts Funny Farm the Sedan flies nicely out of the northern Illinois grass strip

procedure for painting the wings Not too many people wanted to continue polishshying the top and bottom of 200 square feet (wait - that would be 400 sq ft) of wing

The corroded control cables were reshyplaced and so was the side window plasshytic A new windshield was purchased from LP Aero Plastics and the interior was refinished as closely as could be deshytermined Paul found out that the interishyors of the Sedans were not finished conshysistently Even a visit to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museums library didnt turn up anything consistent By talking with some owners of other early producshytion Sedans and using some of the paint left in the corners the original greengray color was applied Only a couple of exshytra switch holes had to be plugged in the panel leftovers from the days when the speaker system was installed

Those of you familiar with Sedans may wonder why there is no neat panel overlay such as on the 48 and 50 Sedans The early airplanes had a basic VFR panel and not until the later modshy

els was a panel overlay made The glove box was retained on the right side of the panel and the old Harvey-Wells radio was re-installed Paul wanted to put the old V antenna on again but the airshyplane wouldnt fit in his T-hangar with the wire running from wingtip to the vershytical fin

As a professional interior man you can imagine how frustrating it was for him when he couldnt find an exact match for the interior fabric Fortushynately one of his fabric salesmen came to the rescue with a medium width corshyduroy that looked just like the fabric seen in the photographs Paul had been using for research

The wings needed a bit of work inshycluding the replacement of one leading edge skin and a general clean up of the fittings Paul also converted the wingtips to being secured by screws instead of rivshyets allowing more complete inspection of the wing panels

One more change made to the wings was the replacement of the rubber fuel

cells with welded aluminum fuel tanks engineered by Paul and his dad Ben an IA A one time STC was applied for and eventually granted although Paul says it was not an experience he would care to do again Making the tanks was easy but the approval process was a bear

The engine a Continental C-145-2 is one of the early production six cylinder powerplants from the factory in Muskegon MI As mentioned before it had suffered a camshaft failure early in its life and since it had sat inactive for extended periods there was some conshycern about the condition it was in But when Paul removed the cylinders oil pan and accessories to inspect its innards he was pleased to find it looked brand new with no corrosion evident After the acshycessories were gone through the engine was reassembled and repainted in the original Continental bluegray with black cylinders

With the Aeronca Convention fast approaching in 1992 the Memorial Day holiday wasnt spent watching the lndi-

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anapolis 500 - it was time for the big push to get the airplane completed With Paul at the airport putting the finishing touches on the fuselage and engine inshystallation Pam spent the weekend polshyishing the wings at home in the backyard and bugging her neighbors when it came tim e to flip them over or move them around To maintain its original appearshyance the Workmans decided to keep the wings natural aluminum but after one year of trying to keep the metal looking good a great looking silver paint was apshyplied

By the end of the next week it looked like an airplane was about to fly and with a week to spare 48H was ready for its first engine run Sunday saw the first flight after the restoration and later in the week both 1048H and N6665K were loaded up and headed to Middletown On the way from Zanesville to Middleshytown their youngest daughter started feeling a bit queasy and not wishing to christen the new interior in that way a landing was made at Washington Court House Before they had stopped the prop from turning they knew they had an engine problem though - one magshyneto coil had died Ben Workman flying 65K continued on ahead to H ook field in Middletown A quick call to friends who were also on their way to the Conshyvention brought a replacement coil By the time the re pairs could be made it was late evening so Paul and Pam spent the evening with their kids in a motel After staying the night in central Ohio 1048H was flown to the Aeronca factory just in time for the convention

The Sedan was immediate ly deshyscended upon by the crowds who all oohed and ahhed over a very original airplane That fly-in saw the Workmans win the first of a series of awards for their efforts in restoring the Sedan It also won a major award at the Mid East Regional Fly-In and was also selected as the Best Class II (81-150 hp) Classic award winner at EAA OSHKOSH 94 The Workman fa mily enjoyed flying 48H all over the midwest during the summers of 1992 and 93 but in the fall of 1993 it became obvious that their other Sedan 6665K needed a major enshygine overhaul and the equity in 48H was going to have to pay for it

EE Buck Hilbe rt our resident Aeronca nut had heard me mention this particular Sedan in glowing terms and when he asked he found it was available Paul and Pam took Bucks be loved Champ in trade for the Sedan In Octoshyber 1993 the Sedan came to live at the Funny Farm in Union IL where it quickly became a favorite It s just right for a economical flight to a midwestern location (75 gph at 2450 rpm) and is roomy and quite comfortable to fly Whil e not particularly fast (105 mph cruise) it handles like a larger heavier Chief and it bas plenty of baggage room and space for the kids in back It really is a shame more of these airplanes were not made

While Paul Workman was flying the airplane the engine began to make a litshytle metal that was showing up on the oil screen After changing a piston that was self-destructing it appeared to be OK

but metal continued to show up on the screen It continued to do so after Buck bought tbe airplane so in conjunction with the annual in the fall of 1995 we changed the engine with another C-145 and he also added an Aviation Developshyment Corporation (ADC) oil filter sysshytem with oil bypass warning light The de tails of the installation were spelled out in Bucks column in the November issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE

Nearly 40 hours later the filter system works beautifully with the 3 mic ron screen catching anything that happens to make it into the oil Since the restorashytion the airplane has proven to be quite reliable and generally maintenance free and Id be remiss if [ didnt thank Buck publicly for the tim es he has lent my family and me the Sedan - its our fashyvorite airplane and our goal to shoot at when setting our priorities

The love the Workmans have for this particular airplane is still evident and theyre like most pare nts hoping their children lead a good life after they leave home Home on the Funny Farm is as pleasant as it can be for four e ight Hotel as it keeps company with its other Aeronca brothers th e C-3 and the Champ plus the Nicaraguan Fleet who seems a bit confused by it all It s earnshying to a djust Champ Ye p after a while Buck really missed the 7AC so when Paul mentioned to him that he was thinking of selling the Champ Buck had trade d on the Sedan Buck bou ght it back The stable is now full of Middleshytown wonders Wh a t more could an Aeronca man want

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John W Preiss

Cess 195 by Norm Petersen

The winner of the Best Restored Classic Over 165 hp at Sun n Fun 96 was an immaculate Cessna 195A N2JP SIN 7712 flown to Lakeland FL by John W Preiss (EAA 462642 AC 24168) of College Station Texas Winshyning awards is not a new phenomenon for John and his 195 having garnered the Reserve Grand Champion Lindy at Oshkosh 94 just a few tiny points beshyhind Roy Foxworthys bright red Johnshyson Rocket 185

This particular 195 had actually started the winning trend way back in 1983 when it earned a trophy at EAA Oshkosh that year for its owner at the time Paul Walter (EAA 90497 A C 2342) of Waukesha WI Eventually Paul Walter brought the 195 to EAA Oshkosh 92 where John

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John Preiss and his lovely wife Beverly pose for DeKevin Thorntons camera in the sparkling sunshine augmented by the brilliance of the polished Cessna 195

Cruising above the clouds the Cessna 195 really comes into its own - a true Businessliner - as the advertising people called it in 1951 This was lUxury air travel at its very best some 45 years ago

Preiss and his girlfriend Beverly spotshyted it and started negotiations On Sepshytember 14 1992 the sale was completed and John W Preiss owned Cessna 195 NI95PW as it was registered at the time

A fascinating sidelight to this story is the fact that John W Preiss has an identishycal twin brother James M Preiss (EAA 410655 AlC 20593) of Germantown WI who is ten minutes older than John and if ever two brothers were cut from the same cloth - this would be it John is a Boeing 737 Captain for Southwest Airlines and James (Jim) is a Boeing 737 Captain for United Airlines Both made their solo flights on their sixteenth birthday June 161974 in the same Cessna 150 Aerobat and both earned their A amp P rating from Blackhawk Technical College in Janesville WI (The twins were classmates of EAAs Director of Maintenance Daryl Lenz)

The term They have been flyers all their lives could easily apply to the Preiss twins however they were flyers even beshy

c

fore they were born One week prior to their birth their father Erhard took their mother Lydia (very much in a family way) for a flight in the back seat of an Aeronca Champ Jim still chuckles when he tells the story

The boys grew up in an aviation envishyronment as their father Erhard Preiss was an FBO and flight instructor On many family flying trips one youngster would work the control wheel while the other would work the rudder pedals On the return trip they would reverse duties To use an old cliche These were the best of times

Jim Preiss had restored a Cessna 180 in the 1980s and was quite acquainted with the amount of work involved in a restorashytion After John had purchased the 195 in 1992 he asked Jim to help with the job of restoring the big five-place Cessna (Jim had earned his Inspection Authorization by this time) On February 24 1993 the project began

The engine was sent to Jacobs Service Inc in Payson AZ and even tually reshyturned as a zero time Jacobs R-755-B3 of 275 hp The prop was in perfect shape but all accessories needed overhaul and every hose and clamp was replaced The startshying circuit was modified to the later conshyfiguration to eliminate the heavy current drop and improve the engine starting cashypability especially in cold weather

A new instrument panel was built with all instruments being overhauled or reshyplaced The radios were upgraded with the installation of new Narco avionics with complete wiring harnesses circuit break-

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ers and new antennae The entire set of cabin windows was replaced (some are crank down) along with a new windshield A new interior was sewn by Lydia Preiss the twins mother who had learned seamshystress skills in Germany before coming to the US The result was an interior that is absolutely outstanding and had the judges smiling from ear to ear

The 195 had come from the factory with crosswind gear - an option that is not usually compatible with original style wheelpants New straight axles were inshystalled along with new Cleveland wheels and brakes per STC and a search was beshygun for a set of the rare aluminum wheel pants with their special shape that fit a 195 After a year of inquiring (along with a special bit of accidental luck) a pair was finally located purchased (many $$$$)

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and were totally reworked and installed with new backing plates When polished to a glistening shine these tall narrow wheelpants are in a class by themselves

Up front the old Montgomery spinner was removed and a new Cessna type as used originally on the 195 was installed (more $$$$) The result is rather striking as the more pointed nose on the 195 spinshyner gives it that original look and really shines when polished

John discovered that three different pain t schemes were used on the 195 seshyries depending on serial number Even though his airplane was not previously painted correctly he was able to get asshysistance from Cessna and a few others so he was able to layout a correct paint scheme for the proper serial number 7712 built in July 1951 and making its

first test flight on July 12 1951 The airshyplane was taken to Central Aviation Inc in Watertown WI for final painting by Randy Effinger and his very capable crew

The 18 month restoration effort was finished just prior to Oshkosh 94 includshying the massive polishing job on the alushyminum with Rolite polish The 195 was flown to Oshkosh and displayed in the AntiqueClassic area for a couple of days Before the Convention was finished John Priess and his new bride Beverly were off to Hawaii on their honeymoon and brother Jim was delegated as a commitshytee of one to attend the awards ceremony Late in the program Cessna 195 N2JP was called out for the Reserve Grand Champion Lindy award and Jim walked up on stage to accept it for his brother

Perhaps the real joy for Jim was calling his brother in Hawaii and calmly informing him of the award - almost nonchalant like (Brothers have been known to pull such things on each other) John and Beverly were jumping up and down with exciteshyment wishing they could have been on hand for the presentation

With many ideas from the Antique Classic judges the Preiss boys have been steadily improving the big Cessna to where it looks better than ever At Sun n Fun 96 the 195 ran off with the award for Best Restored Classic Over 165 hp and the Preiss gang was indeed happy Their next goal is Oshkosh 96 where they plan to make another run at the big prize

An interesting coincidence happened when prior to purchasing the 195 John was telling one of his friends Jeff Sandlin

at Southwest Airlines about the big cabin Cessna and learned that Jeffs father had owned a 195 for quite a number of years After purchasing the airplane he showed Jeff some photos of the 195 and menshytioned that a man named A E Edwards had owned the airplane for a long span of years John was really surprised when Jeff blurted out A E Edwards is my father In 1994 John flew the 195 to Denton Texas where Mr and Mrs A E Edwards now in their eighties had the unusual opshyportunity to see the very same airplane that they had taken such good care of over many years and flown the Cessna over 3200 hours The reunion was very special to John and the Edwards family and made the airplane even more special to the Priess family

Although the original N number of the

Cessna 195 was N1014D that number is currently in use and the owner is not willshying to give it up Therefore John chose to use N2JP which was available at the time Eventually John says it would be quite an achievement to get the original number back on the airplane

John Preiss is the very first person to admit that he has had a great deal of assisshytance and help on the 195 His father Ershyhard Preiss started the love of aviation in the boys during their early years and the workmanship on the Cessna is dedicated to his memory Erhard passed away in 1980 Johns wife Beverly has been very patient and supportive during the restorashytion process In addition John is very grateful for the help and expertise of his brother Jim the overseeing IA on the project who is totally unafraid of hard

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work Special thanks are also in order for the twins mother Lydia Preiss who used her seamstress ski lls so well

Other contributors were Jimmy Vickshyers of Lubbock Texas a fo rmer Cessna dealer who flies his own 195 Captain Jeff Kilponen of Southwest Air lines who sparked John Preiss interest in the Cessna 195 in the first place and John Swander of

(Above) The unique split-flap employed on the 195 is designed for drag to slow the airplane down for landing It contributes alshymost nothing to lift Look at the sparkling interior of that wing when the flap is pulled down for inspection

(Above left) For genuine comfort it is hard to beat the rear seat of a Cessna 195 This interior was completely sewn by Lydia Preiss the mother of both John and Jim Preiss This seat is cashypable of handling three persons with ease making the 195 a true five-place airplane

(Left) The totally restored instrument panel complete with upshygraded avionics is a thing of beauty and function The throttle uses a friction lock collar while the propeller and mixture conshytrols each employ a vernier control for fine adjustment This particular 195 has the dual yoke in deference to a throw-over yoke as used on some models

DeSoto Kansas who provided some exshy John would especially like to thank the cellent ideas and much help to the restorashy Cessna Aircraft Company for designing tion Tim McCarter a pi lot and mechan ic and building a true classic aircraft that pishyfor Amphib Inc contributed expertise lots such as as he and his twin brother can and support to the rebuild a nd the Inshy continue to appreciate and enjoy ternational195 C lu b and Eastern 195 To this we add our congratulations and Cl ub were most he lpful in getting N2JP very best wishes in the future for making back in the air - along with helping all 195 N2JP such a dazzling airplane It is indeed owners keep them there a credit to its restorers

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Type Club

NOTES by Norm Petersen

Compiled from various type club publications amp newsletters

From the Monocoupe Flyer Bob Coolbaugh editor 703-590shy

2375

Adventures of a Warner Engine Owner

George Olson - January 1996

About 1979 while ove rhauling the 145 HP Warner for my Fairchild 24 a crack was fo und in one of the cylinder barrels Parts were really hard to find but a fri e nd in Lo uisvill e C la ud e Curry who I am sorry to say is now go ne to ld me th a t hi s fri e nd Bud Nea t a lso in Lo uisville had the reshyma ining Warne r pa rts but he was n t se llin g a nythin g H e offe red to ca ll Bud and tell him my situation and ca ll me bac k La te r he told me th a t I should go ahead and call Bud which I did Bud said that Claude told him all about it and to come over and see if we could fi nd one that was suitable The parts were in the basement of his manshyufacturing building We took fla sh shyli ghts and Bud showed me where the cylinders were to ld me to pick one out a nd we nt bac k upsta irs There were pallets filled with hundreds of cylinder assemblies There were cylinder ba rshyre ls stac ked about e ight fee t high o n o the r pa lle ts boxes of parts all over the place about 40 barrels of studs and other small steel parts some engines in various stages o f assembly big crates of baffl ing and tools of all descriptions It was hard to be lieve like be ing in a candy store The cylinder I picked out loo ked like it had a good head o n it but the barrel had rust in it that looked like brown fur T here must have been some o il o n the surface to sta rt with beca use it wasn t pitted and it didn t need plating after all

T he n Bud a nd I had some co ffee

and he told me the story about how he and ten others decided to build Grea t Lakes Biplanes in hi s ma nufacturing building Th ey we re goin g to build e leven a ll toge the r they would be all th e sa me and wh e n th ey fini she d theyd draw straws to pick their plane Bud hea rd about th e a ucti o n of th e Warner factory inventory in (She ldon) Iowa These were all the parts remain shying afte r a warehouse fire where they were stored Bud put in the winning bid a t the auction and picked up o ne semitrailer load of parts When Merlin Bock bo ught out th e fact o ry ea rli e r a nd mo ve d th e pa rts to Io wa th e re were 10 semi-loads but this one trailer was all that was left With Buds pur shychase though th e Grea t La kes Bi shyplanes would now all have Warner en shygines But afte r a couple of years the buildin g e nt e rpri se e nd e d beca use eve ryo ne had a diffe rent view of how long the e ffort should las t Eve ryo ne took their project home and some were finished separately When the projects went o ut the door the Warne r pa rt s we re put in the basem e nt o ut of the way They were there when I saw them in 1979

The Fairchild rebuilding jo b was fini shed in 1980 and I flew it until 1985 whe n th e numbe r 4 link ro d bro ke This time I needed a lo t of pa rts so it was back to th e we ll Bud wa nted to se ll a ll th e parts no t just th e o nes I needed and I knew enough by then to realize that I could sell them and hopeshyfull y get my money back So this time aft e r some price nego ti a ti o ns we s tru ck a dea l for a ll Bud s p a rt s I re nte d a 24- fo o t truck a nd with the help of a fri end and Bud Neats grand shyson we moved o ne load (ha lf o f the parts) to my 16 x 22 foot garage That fi ll ed it up Another friend offe red to

let me put a semitrailer on his farm so I bought a pretty good used 40 footer Whe n we got the seco nd load Bud s grand son got three of hi s college fri e nds to he lp so the re we re 6 o f us loading It only took four hours while th e fir st load had ta ke n a ll d ay My pickup truck was use d to mov e the parts in my garage to the trailer whenshyever I needed to make a trip out there Afte r about six wee ks my wife sa w that th e part s we re se llin g so she started speaking to me again

In with the engine parts were prints production reco rds test records and paperwork of a ll kinds but the T ype Ce rtifica te docum e nta ti o n was los t somewhere along the way In 1989 the FAA called and asked if I had the Type Certificates They had some boxes in Chicago that they wante d to give to the Type Certificate holder to get then out of their way Curiosity got the best of me and started me on the search for th e Type Ce rti fica te Th e require shyme nts we re to trace ownership from the last known owner to the present I had to get a ffidavits fro m all the ownshye rs since Clinton Mac hin e Company sold out They were the las t owners of th e T ype Certi fica te who were regisshytered with the FAA

This provided an interesting pursuit a nd I m e t a lo t of he lp ful pe opl e James Thomas Smith who bought the parts fr o m C lint o n Ma chin e Co couldn t be fo und Th e nex t owne r Duke H attah died in the late 60s and hi s re lati ves couldn t be found e ithe r The sea rch continued unsuccessfully January 1993 rolls around and someshyo ne approaches me to buy the T ype Certificate to build engines in Spain of all pl a ces Th e n in 1994 som eo ne wanted it to bui ld Warne r engines in Czechoslovakia fo r Blicke r Jungmeis-

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ters they were building I received a letter in December 1994 from the FAA stating that during a move to an off airport location they found a reshyquest dated June 13 1980 in a fo lder that was mislabeled to make new Data Plates and Type Certificates It was in Bud Neats name He had held the Certificate all along All that was needed was an affidavit from Bud Neat which was accomplished immeshydiately The new Type Certificates arshyrived in May 1995

Oh yes about those boxes the Chicago FAA had - They were shipped to the Atlanta FAA Certification ofshyfice The FAA people there invited me to visit them and look at the conshytents It was nice to meet some of the people I had been talking to on the phone for so long One full day was spent helping them sort through the boxes There were folders of correshyspondence (some of it mine) Warner blueprints and boxes of microfilm of all the Warner prints There were about 1200 microfilm prints per box Since there were duplicate sets of Warner blueprints on microfilm they offered me a set which I gladly acshycepted

Warner Engine Facts and Figures

The following information was gathshyered over the course of the successful acquisition of the Warner Type Cershytificates and from Warner Aircraft Corporation records These records were included with the remains of the Warner Company which I bought from Bud Neat of Louisville KY This will attempt be an attempt to sort and conshydense the jumble of papers to present that which is of most int erest to Warner engine owners

The Warner Aircraft Corporation was founded by William O Warne r in 1926 and its address was 20263 Hoover Avenue Detroit MI Officers in 1929 were William O Warner President amp General Manager Edward N Hartwick Vice-President amp Treasurer W J Jarvie Secretary In 1950 the ofshyficers were R E Cecil President Carl F Lang Secretary-Treasurer and Leonard W Quart Manufacturer s Agent William O Warner was a Dishyrector but ret ired The Warner Airshycraft Corporation was merged with Clinton Machine Company located in Clinton Michigan in April of 1950 The reason for the merger according to the Proxy Statement and notice of Stock Holders meeting of February 20 1950 was that Warner Aircraft found itself without a product except for the hydraulic units and it had lost money every year since the war The assets of Warner were transferred to Clinton

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Machine Company in exchange for shares of common stock of Clinton which were distributed to Warner shareho lders The president of Clinshyton Machine Comp any at that time was Donald D Thomas

In 1952 Clinton Machine Co so ld the aircraft engine parts prints and some tooling to the Detroit Harvester Co which was owned by James Thomas Smith He owned it for a very short time I was never ab le to find Mr Smith In about 1953 Detroit Harvester Co sold the remaining Warner assets to Duke Harrah Inc located in Niles Michigan Duke Harshyrah sold Warner parts until 1963 when he sold the Warner assets to M amp B Flying Service located at Sheldon Reshygional Airport in Sheldon Iowa Duke Harrah died in the late 60s Merlin Bock and Elmer Meuke were partners in M amp B Flying Service There were several semitrailer loads of parts which were put in a large hangar In 1966 the building burned in a fire started by someone working on a mower There was one semitrailer load that was salshyvaged Bud Neat from Louisville Kenshytucky brought the remains at auction

The sales records end December 31 1945 so the years 1946 to 1950 are less clear Grand total of all engines sold through December 31 1945 is 3572 Today there are 437 Warner engines on aircraft registered with the FAA The papers I have showin g sales records and Type Ce rtificate Data Sheets are quite interesting There were severa l projects in the experishymental department in 1945 The folshylowing interesting note is copied fro m the 1945 monthly progress report book

550-X 200HP New experimental e ngin e Pre liminary and final tests conducted toge the r with bolt deflecshytion measurements Power calibration conducted with standard induction housing 50 hours endurance running compl e ted Power calibration conshyducted with control induction with varshyious carburetor positions Engine now having cam settings and valve timing worked out for both standard and split cam

Active Signed S A Christiansen Test Engineer

Other projects in development were experimental engine 585-X which is 585 cubic inch with a 5 inch bore amp 4250 stroke

A 2 cyl Model 140-X horizontal opposed industrial engine and model 12850-3 a single cyl utility engine I wonder if the last two engines were the key to the Clinton merger (In 1950 Clinton was the second largest proshy

ducer of gasoline engines in the 34 to 3 hp range) Warner also manufacshytured wheels axles brakes skis prop hubs shock struts and hydraulic units These production plans also transshyferred with the Type Certificates

Included in the records are several books and inventories One is a book showing each engine sold in numerical order starting with the first engine sold It lists engine number Airplane Owner and Address A sample page from this book is included Also inshycluded is a chart listing standard enshygine model and serial number designashytions and deviations from standard By referencing this list and the data plate on your Warner engine you can determine how your engine was conshyfigured when it left the factory Bear in mind that your engine may have been changed substantially over the years during overhauls

From the Cessna 150 - 152 News

Safety - Avoiding wire Strikes Skip Carden editor

919-471-9492

The Terrible Truth About Wire Strikes a new video and a companshyion pamphlet from AOPA Air Safety Foundation debunks many misconcepshytions about these accidents There are an average of 115 reported general avishyation wire strikes a year but only an estimated 10 of strikes are reported

The video and pamphlet give some commo n-sense tips on how to see and avoid wires

bull Scan on both sides of the aircraft Look for towers or other supporting structures which are easier to see than the associated wires themselves Fly over the top of the tower rather than between the supporting structures

bull Nature doesn t make a stra ight line Strips of inconsistent vegetation crop edges land boundaries and roads can indicate a wire path

bull Flight below a ridge line or in a canyon puts a pilot in the wire envishyronment

bull Avoid antennas by a horizontal distance greater than the vertical height of the structure Guy wires can extend at a 45 degree angle from tower top to the ground

bull A pull-up is usually the best mashyneuver to avoid an unexpected wire In most cases the pilot sees the wire too late to bank away successfully

The video is priced at $10 plus $325 shipping The pamphlet is free with a 6 X 9 self-addressed envelope with 55 cents postage affixed AOPA ASF 421 Aviation Way Frederick MD 21701 800-638-3101

PASSdb BUCK by EE Buck Hilbert EAA 21 Ale 5 PO Box 424 Union IL 60180

Our twenty fifth Anniversary re shyunion seems to be shap ing up T write to each of the origi na l 100 members asking th e m to be with us at EAA OSHKOSH So far the replies are runshyning about fifty-fifty Those that are coming are enthusiastic about the whole thing and are just as interested today as when we started the Division More to come

As I read the history of the Division it triggers memories of events past The discussions that Paul Pobe rezny and I had over the titl e Division and hi s concerns that it was a word that would conjure up thoughts of a group that was seceding from EAA Happily it proved to be somet hing weve ne ver had to worry abo ut - EAA is still th e prime mover in Sport Aviation and the varishyous Divisions have accentuated the positive as that old song goes

The letters I receive are most welshycome and can either be a real boost or an education I got ed ucated on old time stunt pilot Howard Dutton from one of our ear ly members Capt Jim Barton (AA retired) who kn ew him personally Jim responded with clipshypings and a phone ca ll so we could anshyswer that query

Then I also got a letter fro m one of the San Diego antiquers who said r was off base on my Chapter One open house co lumn regarding the weather for that weekend He said it was much better than I had indicated and that it was the first time the whole group was able to fly up together A great time was had by all and the fly-in weather was great Im not going to remind him th at sevshyera l people got stuck in Riverside all day Sunday waiting for it to let up

I on ly wish there was room to pubshylish each and every lette r we receive T try to answer each one personally and usuall y do as time permits I also ge t requests for parts and pieces of inforshymation and on occasion Im able to be of some help Once in a while I stub my

toe R ecently a memb er called and asked if I could help him find a Cub alshytimeter I had one and sent it to him A week later I got it back Wrong color Min es black he ne ed ed one cream faced Oh well I tried

Number one son Robert your editor HG and I flew down to Middle town OH for the Aeronca get together HG a llowed me to ride with him in my Sed a n while Bob took hi s C ha mp Originally we had planned to take both Champs but mine deve loped a lea ky exhaust valve so it had to stay home

Wally Baldwin was our host down the re while Bob Hollenbaugh and his wife He len look ed after H G Wally squired us around town Hes writing a book on Aeronca and expects to go to press shortly This man is a walking enshycyc lope dia as far as Aeronca is co nshyce rned His D ad worked there when they were building the C-3s Ks Low Wings and later the C hamps C hi efs and Sedans Wa ll ys dad bought the prototype Champ after its nat ionwide demonstration tour ove rhauled the Ashy65 and gave it to Wally when he came

home from the Air Force after WW II Wally currently fli es a Champ with the same paint scheme and rues the day he ever sold the original

HG will be writing up the trip and printing pictures of all the beautiful airshyplanes in a future article but I want to say is that it was a great bunch and even thou gh Bob a nd I a long with D ale Gu stafso n got drafte d to judge airshyplanes we enjoyed it immensely

Over to you

Here are a couple of photos that ought to raise a few eyebrows courtesy of Aeronca retiree John Houser These two shots show the installation of a Aeroshymarine AR-3 engine in an Aeronca C-3 Rated at 55 hp running 2400 rpm the AR-3 might look familiar to many antishyquers - the design and manufacshyturing rights were sold to Burshynelli and then later (1938) it became known as the Lenape Papoose after Burnelli sold off that portion of its business to

Lenape Aircraft amp Motors of New York city As detailed in the 1939 edition of Aerosshyphere the AR-3 weighted in at 150 Ibs and had a pair of Bendix magnetos powering the two ignition circuits The Aeronca E-107 engine developed 26 hp the later E-113 was rated at 36 hp and the final version the E-113C was listed as producing 40 hp With the 55 hp of the AR-3 this early model C-3 must have been a good little performer This parshyticular 3-cylinder engine produced too much vibration to suit the engineers at Aeronca so no production aircraft were sold with this engineairframe combination

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Vintage Seaplanes by Norm Petersen

Summers here

and its time to think about

flying off the water

Our resident web-footed

pilot Norm Petersen

has provided us with a

look at waterbirds

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Kyle Meints Cessna 1708

(Left) Pictured at the Vette Seaplane Base at Oshkosh 95 is a pretty 1955 Cessna 170B N4453B SIN 26797 mounted on a set of Edo 89-2000 floats all decked out in a matching paint scheme of white with red trim The pretty Continental 145 powered seaplane is the pride and joy of Kyle Meints (EAA 360394) of Augusta MI who purchased the 170B on floats in Minnesota about ten years ago Kyle inshystalled the STOL kit on the wings painted the entire airplane and then painted the matching floats the next year all in PPG two-part urethane A factory seaplane since new the 170B has 2400 TT of which Kyle has flown about 400 hours since acquiring the f1oatplane This airplane spent about the first 25 years in New England before coming west to Minnesota Congrats to Kyle Meints on a sharp looking Cessna 170B f1oatplane

1140 floats which do not show their age (40 to 50 yrs) and have had their compartment covers reshymoved (The 1140 floats are easily distinguished from the larger 1320 floats by the si ngle cover beshytween the struts 1320 floats have two covers beshytween the struts) Apparently the boot cowl on the Cub has been replaced or repainted as the forward end of the lightning stripe is missing A li ghtshyweight pre-war Cub with wood spars and 1140 floats makes for a sporty seaplane that is pure fun

Odell Matthis Republic Seabee

(Left) This beautiful custom Republic RC-3 Seabee N87493 SIN 44 is the pride and joy of Odell and Diane Matthis (EAA 262957 AIC 10206) of Havelock NC No stranger to EAA Odell brought the highly polished Cessna 140A Patroller N5332C SIN 15452 that was featured in the October 1986 VINTAGE AIRPLANE and picshytured on the back cover The Seabee features extended wings with drooped tips tinted glass and a big Lycoming GO-480 engine of 295 hp The fancy paint scheme is overall white with red and gold trim This particular 1946 Seabee spent many years in the Seattle area before going to Anchorage AK for a number of years It is now based near the seacoast of North Carolina where Odell and Diane (who is also a pilot and 9ger) can make full use of the amphibious capabilities The FAA register lists 275 Sea bees remaining of the over 1050 that were built by Republic and Downer

John Van Andels J-3 Cub on 1140s

These photos of a 1940 J -3 C65 Cub NC30482 SIN 4863 mounted on a set of Edo 54-1140 floats were sent in by Ralph Koutnik (EAA 261425) of Bellaire Ml Tied down at the Antrim County Airport at Bellaire the pre-war J-3 Cub is owned by John Van Andel (EAA 343387) of Ft Pierce FL Special note should be made of the extreme ly clean condition of the

U S Forest Service Stinson SR-SA

(Left) This photo from back in the early 1940 s was contributed by Wiley Hautala of Ely MN The Stinson SRshy5A NC5045 mounted on Edo 38-3430 floats was flown by veteran Ely MN seaplane pilot Milt Nelson for several years until 1943 when the 245 hp Lyshycoming engine quit one day and put the SR-5A in the trees - and that was the end of NC5045 Milt Nelson who is presently in his eighties soloed a Travel Air bishyplane at Superior WI in 1933 and logged approximately 15 000 hours on floats while flying for the U S Forest Service over a period of twenty years He says the SR-5A was a nice flying airplane and did a very respectable job on floats alshythough it couldn t handle the heavy loads of a Beaver or Norseman Note the 1937 Ford grill in the foreground and the Travel Air S6000-B seaplane in the backshyground which was flown by Bill Leithold of Ely MN Ironically at one time Milt Nelson owned a Fairchild FC-2 on Fairchild floats Today those very same floats are in the EAA Aviation Museum completely restored by John Parish and ready for installation on the EAA Founshydations Fairchild FC-2W

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Fly-In Calendar The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a matter of

information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the

information to EAA Att Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

JULY 23 - ZANESVILLE OH - EAA Chapter 425 Annual Pancake Day at Parr Airport 8 am - 5 pm Oshkosh bound pi lots encouraged to fly-in eat and refuel Contact Don Wahl 674454-0003

JULY 26-27 - COFFEYVILLE KS - Funk Aircraft Owners Assoc Reunion Contact Gene Ventress 70275 S Monticello Lenexa KS 66227

JULY 26-27 - AFTON WY - Callair Radio Controlled Model Aircraft Fly-In sponsored by the Callair Museum and Aviat Aircraft Inc For info call joan Michaels or Audrey Henning 307886-9887 FAX 307886shy9880

JULY 26-28 - RED LAKE ONTARIO CANAshyDA - Norseman Float Plane Festival For more info contact the Festiva l Committee at 807727-2809

JUL Y 27-29 - KEOKUK IA - Sixth World Wide gathering of L-Birds then en masse up to Wisconsin for EAA great OSHKOSH 96 on August 7 Contact Irv Linder 3 79524-6378

JULY 28 - GRANTSBURG WI - EAA Chapter 875 Wildrice Pancake Breakfast

JUL Y 28 - WEYBRIDGE SURREY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Aircraft of Surrey Fly- In Contact julian C Temple or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 07932 855465

JULY 31-WAUKESHA WI - (UES) tst Annual Great Stearman Fl y-Up to EAA Convention Call Stan Markus for more info 474567- 7499 or 965-3776

AUGUST 1-7 - OSHKOSH WI - 44th Annual EAA Fly-In and Sport Aviation Con vention Wittman Regional Airport Contact John Burton EAA PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 414426-4800

AUGUST 3 - ST PAUL MN - Lake Elmo Airport Aviation Days Fl y- In Pancake Breakfast Aircraft Disp lay and Young Eagles Day Rain Date August 4 Contact

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Dick Wicklund 672777-9742 AUGUST 3 - ELLSWORTH KS - EAA Chapter

7727 Fly-In breakfast (Oshkosh stop-over) and Cowtown Day Call Dale Weinhold 973-472-4027 (w) or -4309 (h) for info

AUGUST 18 - BROOKFIELD WI - Capita l Airport EAA AC Chapter 77 Vintage Aircraft Display and Ice Cream Social Noon - 5 pm Midwest Antique Airplane Club meeting as well For info call Capital Airport at 4 74787 -9550

AUGUST 18 - EAST TROY WI - Inti Cessna 720 740 Assoc Wisconsin Brat and Corn Roast Arrive at 77 am eat at 72 30 pm Bring a dish to pass and a buck Call Matt and Carole Rybarczyk 474767-0920

AUGUST 25 - BELMOND IA - NC Chapter 73 annual p icnic Call 575444-3637 for info

AUGUST 26 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Biplanes and Vintage Aircraft Fly- In Contact ju l ia n C Temp l e or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 0 7932 855465

AUGUST 27-29 - YOUNGSTOWN OH shyBARTLESVIL LE OK AND EL CAJON CA -Staggerwing Beech Commemorative Tour Ca ll William Thaden 207439-7767 fo r info

AUGUST 30-31 - HA YWA RD CA - EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter 29 Fourth Annual Antique Fl y- In and Airshow Free Early Bird Dinner to all display aircraft on Friday This is a northern Cal ifornia points event Contact Bud Field at 5 70455-2300

AUGUST 30 - SEPT 1 - PROSSER WA - EAA Chapter 397 25th Anniversary Fly- In at Prosser airport Call Cormac Thompson for info 509786- 7034

AUGUST 30-31 - MOCKSVIL LE NC - Tara Airbase (5NC7) 77 th Annua l Anything That Flies Fly-In Private Fly-In - attenshydance at your own risk For info ca ll 704284-2 767 or 970764-0007

AUGUST 31 - MARION IN - Sixth Annual Fly-InCruise-In breakfast sponsored by the Marion High schoo l Band Boosters Antiques Classics homebuilts and Antique classic and custom cars welshycomed For information contact Ray johnson at 3 77664-2588

SE PT 1 - ZANESVILLE OH - Riverside Airport EAA Chapter 425 Labor Day Weekend Fly-In Drive-In Breakfast 8 am - 5 pm Sandwiches etc from noon to closing

SEPT 7 - OSCEOLA WI - Simenstad Field 76th Annual Wheels and Wings Air Fair Train rides pancake breakfast fly-in Free event shuttle bus Pilots check class 0 NOTAMS for specia l airport conditions For info call 775755-3300

SEPT 13-15 - URBANA IL - Frasca Field Byron Smith Memorial Stinson Reunion Fly-In Ca ll 708904-6964 for info

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SEPT 21-22 - ROCK FALLS IL - Whiteside County Airport (SQI) North Central EAA Old Fashioned Fly-In Fly market campshying and food on field Call Gregg Erikson 7085 73-064 7 or Dave Christianson at 875625-6556 Pancake breakfast Sept 22 - 0700 - 7700

SEPT 22 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGLAND - Brooklands Museum Fly-In Contact ju l ian C Templ e or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 07932855465

SEPT 27-28 - SANTA YNEZ CA - 8th Annual Western Waco Assoc Reunion Call jon A ldrich 209962-6727 or Barry Branin 7 74545-7476 for info

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OCTOBER 4-6 - REDDING CA - Benton Field EAA Chaper 157 Oktoberfest Contacts Bruce Taylor 976275-6456 or Armal Owens 976243-4382

OCTOBER 13 - TOWANDA PA - Towanda airport (N27) Fly-In Breakfast - all you can eat Eggs sausage pancakes 100 pure maple syrup 7 am -7 pm

OCT 13 - ZANESVILLE OH - Riverside A i rport EAA Chapter 425 and the ARTHRITIS FOUNDA TlON Hog Roast 8 am - 5 pm Contact Don Wahl at 614 454-0003

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Ale NEWS Continued from page 2

in two a reas to mos t VFR pilots - the Surface Aviation Observation (SA) will now become the Aviation Routine Weather Report (Metar) with an addishytional report the Aviation Selected Special Weather report (Speci) added to it when dictated by changing weather conditions A new international format will also be adopted to replace the Tershyminal Forecast (TF) issued by the Nashytional Weather Service The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) will be the new format for this forecast

The new formats will be a combinashytion of new and old abbreviations but the seq ue nces will change a nd some components will be reported in a differshye nt format For many of us who us e DUATS briefing services and exercise the plain language option these changes will be transparent but be careful - temshyperaturedewpoint spreads will be given in degrees Celsius and sky cover definishytions will change Other parts of the seshyquence reports will be a lso be revised The new form a t began with the NWS transmissions that were issued a t 0800 UTC July l

For more informat ion and a card that details the new Metar format conshytact your nearest Flight Service Station or yo ur loca l FAA Flight Standards District Office

EICHER KIMBAll GEE BEE Z fliES

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The Don Luscombe Aviation Foundashytion is doing it again A small total of only 2800 tickets will be sold to help raise funds used to continue the expansion of services of the Foundation to Luscombe owners and to fulfill the Luscombe Type Certificate purchase contract You can see the work done to restore the 1996 Win Me airplane in the accompanying photos This airshyplane has all the Luscombe options and has been fully inspected and rebuilt with the latest information on Luscombe repa irs from the foundation For a more informashytion including the price of tickets and a brochure call the OLAF at 602917-0969 or fax them at 6021917-4719

NO 80 OCTANE AT WITTMAN FiElD

If youve always planned on fueling up with 80 octan e fuel during EAA O shkosh youll need to buy it from someone other tha n Basle r Flight Sershyvice the FBO on Wittman Field Basler

The Gee Bee Z recently completed by Jeff Eicher and Kevin Kimball was first flown on June 24 and again on the 25th by Delmar Benj amin Delmar explored the handling characteristics of the z in a series of flights that culminated in a roll and knife edge flight He reports a stall speed at about 75 mph indicated rt quickly acshycelerates to 210 mph and then continues to build up more speed up to 230 mph Delmar reports that it is hands off stable in both pitch and yaw 130 mph is used on fi nal to keep the Zs sink rate at a comfortable level We ll have more on the first flights of this beautiful Gee Bee replica next month but until then congratulations to Jeff and Kevin and their test pilot Delmar Benjamin

has informed EAA that they will not be selling any 80 octane fu el for resale durshying th e EAA Convention Du e to tighter tank te sting rules e nforced by the EPA Basler has storage facilities sufficient o nly for the quantities of 100 LL a nd Jet A neede d during the Conshyvention but there s no room left for a quantity of 80 octane After exploring other options Bas ler re luctantly deshycided to drop carrying 80 octane avgas which they had only had available durshying th e EAA Fly-In Since Basle r has also chosen not to offer auto fuel if you prefer not to burn 100LL in yo ur vinshytage engine you may wish to plan your flight with a fuel stop after your deparshyture or prior to your arrival Basler will be offering 100 octane avgas at the same price as last year $2 15 If you really prefer to run your e ngine on 80 octane avgas the closest airport with that fuel is the tailwheel friendly fie ld at Hartshyford WI (HXF) located 41 statute miles SSE of Oshkosh Hartford Aero Sershyvice 414673-5350 is the FBO and hes aware of the situat ion and is planning on having his 10000 gallon tank topped off in time for the Convention

CUB MONUMENT IN BRADFO RD

Thanks to the impetus provided by Sport Aviation editor Jack Cox a monshyument will be e rected on the site of the old Taylor Aircraft company in Bradshyford P A For more details on the effort being spea rh eaded by George Welsch

Continued on page 31

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27

by HC Frautschy

The April Mystery Plane proved to be a tough one so we ll continue that course with the July Mystery Plane This handshysome biplanes photo was sent in some time ago by Richard E Sampson Ft Lauderdale FL

Answers need to be in no later than August 25 1996 for inclushysion in the October issue

Aprils Mystery is still just that - an unknown Lennart Johnsson of Eldsberga Sweden sugshygested that it might be the creation of the Engshylish designer Harold Bolas and his partner Capt Goodman-Crouch who both emigrated to the USA and settled in Rhode Island After reshyviewing an article on the Crouch-Bolas Dragshyonfly its obviously not our Mystery Plane Our thanks to Lennart for giving it a shot

The second shot I ve included in this months edition may help jog the dim memory of someone else You can see that the airplane is not particularly large when compared to the pilot crouching on the bow Also tip floats have been added to the lower wings and you can plainly see the biplane configuration of the horizontal tail We can leave this Mystery Plane file open and perhaps someone will recshyognize it

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procedure for painting the wings Not too many people wanted to continue polishshying the top and bottom of 200 square feet (wait - that would be 400 sq ft) of wing

The corroded control cables were reshyplaced and so was the side window plasshytic A new windshield was purchased from LP Aero Plastics and the interior was refinished as closely as could be deshytermined Paul found out that the interishyors of the Sedans were not finished conshysistently Even a visit to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museums library didnt turn up anything consistent By talking with some owners of other early producshytion Sedans and using some of the paint left in the corners the original greengray color was applied Only a couple of exshytra switch holes had to be plugged in the panel leftovers from the days when the speaker system was installed

Those of you familiar with Sedans may wonder why there is no neat panel overlay such as on the 48 and 50 Sedans The early airplanes had a basic VFR panel and not until the later modshy

els was a panel overlay made The glove box was retained on the right side of the panel and the old Harvey-Wells radio was re-installed Paul wanted to put the old V antenna on again but the airshyplane wouldnt fit in his T-hangar with the wire running from wingtip to the vershytical fin

As a professional interior man you can imagine how frustrating it was for him when he couldnt find an exact match for the interior fabric Fortushynately one of his fabric salesmen came to the rescue with a medium width corshyduroy that looked just like the fabric seen in the photographs Paul had been using for research

The wings needed a bit of work inshycluding the replacement of one leading edge skin and a general clean up of the fittings Paul also converted the wingtips to being secured by screws instead of rivshyets allowing more complete inspection of the wing panels

One more change made to the wings was the replacement of the rubber fuel

cells with welded aluminum fuel tanks engineered by Paul and his dad Ben an IA A one time STC was applied for and eventually granted although Paul says it was not an experience he would care to do again Making the tanks was easy but the approval process was a bear

The engine a Continental C-145-2 is one of the early production six cylinder powerplants from the factory in Muskegon MI As mentioned before it had suffered a camshaft failure early in its life and since it had sat inactive for extended periods there was some conshycern about the condition it was in But when Paul removed the cylinders oil pan and accessories to inspect its innards he was pleased to find it looked brand new with no corrosion evident After the acshycessories were gone through the engine was reassembled and repainted in the original Continental bluegray with black cylinders

With the Aeronca Convention fast approaching in 1992 the Memorial Day holiday wasnt spent watching the lndi-

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anapolis 500 - it was time for the big push to get the airplane completed With Paul at the airport putting the finishing touches on the fuselage and engine inshystallation Pam spent the weekend polshyishing the wings at home in the backyard and bugging her neighbors when it came tim e to flip them over or move them around To maintain its original appearshyance the Workmans decided to keep the wings natural aluminum but after one year of trying to keep the metal looking good a great looking silver paint was apshyplied

By the end of the next week it looked like an airplane was about to fly and with a week to spare 48H was ready for its first engine run Sunday saw the first flight after the restoration and later in the week both 1048H and N6665K were loaded up and headed to Middletown On the way from Zanesville to Middleshytown their youngest daughter started feeling a bit queasy and not wishing to christen the new interior in that way a landing was made at Washington Court House Before they had stopped the prop from turning they knew they had an engine problem though - one magshyneto coil had died Ben Workman flying 65K continued on ahead to H ook field in Middletown A quick call to friends who were also on their way to the Conshyvention brought a replacement coil By the time the re pairs could be made it was late evening so Paul and Pam spent the evening with their kids in a motel After staying the night in central Ohio 1048H was flown to the Aeronca factory just in time for the convention

The Sedan was immediate ly deshyscended upon by the crowds who all oohed and ahhed over a very original airplane That fly-in saw the Workmans win the first of a series of awards for their efforts in restoring the Sedan It also won a major award at the Mid East Regional Fly-In and was also selected as the Best Class II (81-150 hp) Classic award winner at EAA OSHKOSH 94 The Workman fa mily enjoyed flying 48H all over the midwest during the summers of 1992 and 93 but in the fall of 1993 it became obvious that their other Sedan 6665K needed a major enshygine overhaul and the equity in 48H was going to have to pay for it

EE Buck Hilbe rt our resident Aeronca nut had heard me mention this particular Sedan in glowing terms and when he asked he found it was available Paul and Pam took Bucks be loved Champ in trade for the Sedan In Octoshyber 1993 the Sedan came to live at the Funny Farm in Union IL where it quickly became a favorite It s just right for a economical flight to a midwestern location (75 gph at 2450 rpm) and is roomy and quite comfortable to fly Whil e not particularly fast (105 mph cruise) it handles like a larger heavier Chief and it bas plenty of baggage room and space for the kids in back It really is a shame more of these airplanes were not made

While Paul Workman was flying the airplane the engine began to make a litshytle metal that was showing up on the oil screen After changing a piston that was self-destructing it appeared to be OK

but metal continued to show up on the screen It continued to do so after Buck bought tbe airplane so in conjunction with the annual in the fall of 1995 we changed the engine with another C-145 and he also added an Aviation Developshyment Corporation (ADC) oil filter sysshytem with oil bypass warning light The de tails of the installation were spelled out in Bucks column in the November issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE

Nearly 40 hours later the filter system works beautifully with the 3 mic ron screen catching anything that happens to make it into the oil Since the restorashytion the airplane has proven to be quite reliable and generally maintenance free and Id be remiss if [ didnt thank Buck publicly for the tim es he has lent my family and me the Sedan - its our fashyvorite airplane and our goal to shoot at when setting our priorities

The love the Workmans have for this particular airplane is still evident and theyre like most pare nts hoping their children lead a good life after they leave home Home on the Funny Farm is as pleasant as it can be for four e ight Hotel as it keeps company with its other Aeronca brothers th e C-3 and the Champ plus the Nicaraguan Fleet who seems a bit confused by it all It s earnshying to a djust Champ Ye p after a while Buck really missed the 7AC so when Paul mentioned to him that he was thinking of selling the Champ Buck had trade d on the Sedan Buck bou ght it back The stable is now full of Middleshytown wonders Wh a t more could an Aeronca man want

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John W Preiss

Cess 195 by Norm Petersen

The winner of the Best Restored Classic Over 165 hp at Sun n Fun 96 was an immaculate Cessna 195A N2JP SIN 7712 flown to Lakeland FL by John W Preiss (EAA 462642 AC 24168) of College Station Texas Winshyning awards is not a new phenomenon for John and his 195 having garnered the Reserve Grand Champion Lindy at Oshkosh 94 just a few tiny points beshyhind Roy Foxworthys bright red Johnshyson Rocket 185

This particular 195 had actually started the winning trend way back in 1983 when it earned a trophy at EAA Oshkosh that year for its owner at the time Paul Walter (EAA 90497 A C 2342) of Waukesha WI Eventually Paul Walter brought the 195 to EAA Oshkosh 92 where John

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John Preiss and his lovely wife Beverly pose for DeKevin Thorntons camera in the sparkling sunshine augmented by the brilliance of the polished Cessna 195

Cruising above the clouds the Cessna 195 really comes into its own - a true Businessliner - as the advertising people called it in 1951 This was lUxury air travel at its very best some 45 years ago

Preiss and his girlfriend Beverly spotshyted it and started negotiations On Sepshytember 14 1992 the sale was completed and John W Preiss owned Cessna 195 NI95PW as it was registered at the time

A fascinating sidelight to this story is the fact that John W Preiss has an identishycal twin brother James M Preiss (EAA 410655 AlC 20593) of Germantown WI who is ten minutes older than John and if ever two brothers were cut from the same cloth - this would be it John is a Boeing 737 Captain for Southwest Airlines and James (Jim) is a Boeing 737 Captain for United Airlines Both made their solo flights on their sixteenth birthday June 161974 in the same Cessna 150 Aerobat and both earned their A amp P rating from Blackhawk Technical College in Janesville WI (The twins were classmates of EAAs Director of Maintenance Daryl Lenz)

The term They have been flyers all their lives could easily apply to the Preiss twins however they were flyers even beshy

c

fore they were born One week prior to their birth their father Erhard took their mother Lydia (very much in a family way) for a flight in the back seat of an Aeronca Champ Jim still chuckles when he tells the story

The boys grew up in an aviation envishyronment as their father Erhard Preiss was an FBO and flight instructor On many family flying trips one youngster would work the control wheel while the other would work the rudder pedals On the return trip they would reverse duties To use an old cliche These were the best of times

Jim Preiss had restored a Cessna 180 in the 1980s and was quite acquainted with the amount of work involved in a restorashytion After John had purchased the 195 in 1992 he asked Jim to help with the job of restoring the big five-place Cessna (Jim had earned his Inspection Authorization by this time) On February 24 1993 the project began

The engine was sent to Jacobs Service Inc in Payson AZ and even tually reshyturned as a zero time Jacobs R-755-B3 of 275 hp The prop was in perfect shape but all accessories needed overhaul and every hose and clamp was replaced The startshying circuit was modified to the later conshyfiguration to eliminate the heavy current drop and improve the engine starting cashypability especially in cold weather

A new instrument panel was built with all instruments being overhauled or reshyplaced The radios were upgraded with the installation of new Narco avionics with complete wiring harnesses circuit break-

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ers and new antennae The entire set of cabin windows was replaced (some are crank down) along with a new windshield A new interior was sewn by Lydia Preiss the twins mother who had learned seamshystress skills in Germany before coming to the US The result was an interior that is absolutely outstanding and had the judges smiling from ear to ear

The 195 had come from the factory with crosswind gear - an option that is not usually compatible with original style wheelpants New straight axles were inshystalled along with new Cleveland wheels and brakes per STC and a search was beshygun for a set of the rare aluminum wheel pants with their special shape that fit a 195 After a year of inquiring (along with a special bit of accidental luck) a pair was finally located purchased (many $$$$)

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and were totally reworked and installed with new backing plates When polished to a glistening shine these tall narrow wheelpants are in a class by themselves

Up front the old Montgomery spinner was removed and a new Cessna type as used originally on the 195 was installed (more $$$$) The result is rather striking as the more pointed nose on the 195 spinshyner gives it that original look and really shines when polished

John discovered that three different pain t schemes were used on the 195 seshyries depending on serial number Even though his airplane was not previously painted correctly he was able to get asshysistance from Cessna and a few others so he was able to layout a correct paint scheme for the proper serial number 7712 built in July 1951 and making its

first test flight on July 12 1951 The airshyplane was taken to Central Aviation Inc in Watertown WI for final painting by Randy Effinger and his very capable crew

The 18 month restoration effort was finished just prior to Oshkosh 94 includshying the massive polishing job on the alushyminum with Rolite polish The 195 was flown to Oshkosh and displayed in the AntiqueClassic area for a couple of days Before the Convention was finished John Priess and his new bride Beverly were off to Hawaii on their honeymoon and brother Jim was delegated as a commitshytee of one to attend the awards ceremony Late in the program Cessna 195 N2JP was called out for the Reserve Grand Champion Lindy award and Jim walked up on stage to accept it for his brother

Perhaps the real joy for Jim was calling his brother in Hawaii and calmly informing him of the award - almost nonchalant like (Brothers have been known to pull such things on each other) John and Beverly were jumping up and down with exciteshyment wishing they could have been on hand for the presentation

With many ideas from the Antique Classic judges the Preiss boys have been steadily improving the big Cessna to where it looks better than ever At Sun n Fun 96 the 195 ran off with the award for Best Restored Classic Over 165 hp and the Preiss gang was indeed happy Their next goal is Oshkosh 96 where they plan to make another run at the big prize

An interesting coincidence happened when prior to purchasing the 195 John was telling one of his friends Jeff Sandlin

at Southwest Airlines about the big cabin Cessna and learned that Jeffs father had owned a 195 for quite a number of years After purchasing the airplane he showed Jeff some photos of the 195 and menshytioned that a man named A E Edwards had owned the airplane for a long span of years John was really surprised when Jeff blurted out A E Edwards is my father In 1994 John flew the 195 to Denton Texas where Mr and Mrs A E Edwards now in their eighties had the unusual opshyportunity to see the very same airplane that they had taken such good care of over many years and flown the Cessna over 3200 hours The reunion was very special to John and the Edwards family and made the airplane even more special to the Priess family

Although the original N number of the

Cessna 195 was N1014D that number is currently in use and the owner is not willshying to give it up Therefore John chose to use N2JP which was available at the time Eventually John says it would be quite an achievement to get the original number back on the airplane

John Preiss is the very first person to admit that he has had a great deal of assisshytance and help on the 195 His father Ershyhard Preiss started the love of aviation in the boys during their early years and the workmanship on the Cessna is dedicated to his memory Erhard passed away in 1980 Johns wife Beverly has been very patient and supportive during the restorashytion process In addition John is very grateful for the help and expertise of his brother Jim the overseeing IA on the project who is totally unafraid of hard

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work Special thanks are also in order for the twins mother Lydia Preiss who used her seamstress ski lls so well

Other contributors were Jimmy Vickshyers of Lubbock Texas a fo rmer Cessna dealer who flies his own 195 Captain Jeff Kilponen of Southwest Air lines who sparked John Preiss interest in the Cessna 195 in the first place and John Swander of

(Above) The unique split-flap employed on the 195 is designed for drag to slow the airplane down for landing It contributes alshymost nothing to lift Look at the sparkling interior of that wing when the flap is pulled down for inspection

(Above left) For genuine comfort it is hard to beat the rear seat of a Cessna 195 This interior was completely sewn by Lydia Preiss the mother of both John and Jim Preiss This seat is cashypable of handling three persons with ease making the 195 a true five-place airplane

(Left) The totally restored instrument panel complete with upshygraded avionics is a thing of beauty and function The throttle uses a friction lock collar while the propeller and mixture conshytrols each employ a vernier control for fine adjustment This particular 195 has the dual yoke in deference to a throw-over yoke as used on some models

DeSoto Kansas who provided some exshy John would especially like to thank the cellent ideas and much help to the restorashy Cessna Aircraft Company for designing tion Tim McCarter a pi lot and mechan ic and building a true classic aircraft that pishyfor Amphib Inc contributed expertise lots such as as he and his twin brother can and support to the rebuild a nd the Inshy continue to appreciate and enjoy ternational195 C lu b and Eastern 195 To this we add our congratulations and Cl ub were most he lpful in getting N2JP very best wishes in the future for making back in the air - along with helping all 195 N2JP such a dazzling airplane It is indeed owners keep them there a credit to its restorers

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Type Club

NOTES by Norm Petersen

Compiled from various type club publications amp newsletters

From the Monocoupe Flyer Bob Coolbaugh editor 703-590shy

2375

Adventures of a Warner Engine Owner

George Olson - January 1996

About 1979 while ove rhauling the 145 HP Warner for my Fairchild 24 a crack was fo und in one of the cylinder barrels Parts were really hard to find but a fri e nd in Lo uisvill e C la ud e Curry who I am sorry to say is now go ne to ld me th a t hi s fri e nd Bud Nea t a lso in Lo uisville had the reshyma ining Warne r pa rts but he was n t se llin g a nythin g H e offe red to ca ll Bud and tell him my situation and ca ll me bac k La te r he told me th a t I should go ahead and call Bud which I did Bud said that Claude told him all about it and to come over and see if we could fi nd one that was suitable The parts were in the basement of his manshyufacturing building We took fla sh shyli ghts and Bud showed me where the cylinders were to ld me to pick one out a nd we nt bac k upsta irs There were pallets filled with hundreds of cylinder assemblies There were cylinder ba rshyre ls stac ked about e ight fee t high o n o the r pa lle ts boxes of parts all over the place about 40 barrels of studs and other small steel parts some engines in various stages o f assembly big crates of baffl ing and tools of all descriptions It was hard to be lieve like be ing in a candy store The cylinder I picked out loo ked like it had a good head o n it but the barrel had rust in it that looked like brown fur T here must have been some o il o n the surface to sta rt with beca use it wasn t pitted and it didn t need plating after all

T he n Bud a nd I had some co ffee

and he told me the story about how he and ten others decided to build Grea t Lakes Biplanes in hi s ma nufacturing building Th ey we re goin g to build e leven a ll toge the r they would be all th e sa me and wh e n th ey fini she d theyd draw straws to pick their plane Bud hea rd about th e a ucti o n of th e Warner factory inventory in (She ldon) Iowa These were all the parts remain shying afte r a warehouse fire where they were stored Bud put in the winning bid a t the auction and picked up o ne semitrailer load of parts When Merlin Bock bo ught out th e fact o ry ea rli e r a nd mo ve d th e pa rts to Io wa th e re were 10 semi-loads but this one trailer was all that was left With Buds pur shychase though th e Grea t La kes Bi shyplanes would now all have Warner en shygines But afte r a couple of years the buildin g e nt e rpri se e nd e d beca use eve ryo ne had a diffe rent view of how long the e ffort should las t Eve ryo ne took their project home and some were finished separately When the projects went o ut the door the Warne r pa rt s we re put in the basem e nt o ut of the way They were there when I saw them in 1979

The Fairchild rebuilding jo b was fini shed in 1980 and I flew it until 1985 whe n th e numbe r 4 link ro d bro ke This time I needed a lo t of pa rts so it was back to th e we ll Bud wa nted to se ll a ll th e parts no t just th e o nes I needed and I knew enough by then to realize that I could sell them and hopeshyfull y get my money back So this time aft e r some price nego ti a ti o ns we s tru ck a dea l for a ll Bud s p a rt s I re nte d a 24- fo o t truck a nd with the help of a fri end and Bud Neats grand shyson we moved o ne load (ha lf o f the parts) to my 16 x 22 foot garage That fi ll ed it up Another friend offe red to

let me put a semitrailer on his farm so I bought a pretty good used 40 footer Whe n we got the seco nd load Bud s grand son got three of hi s college fri e nds to he lp so the re we re 6 o f us loading It only took four hours while th e fir st load had ta ke n a ll d ay My pickup truck was use d to mov e the parts in my garage to the trailer whenshyever I needed to make a trip out there Afte r about six wee ks my wife sa w that th e part s we re se llin g so she started speaking to me again

In with the engine parts were prints production reco rds test records and paperwork of a ll kinds but the T ype Ce rtifica te docum e nta ti o n was los t somewhere along the way In 1989 the FAA called and asked if I had the Type Certificates They had some boxes in Chicago that they wante d to give to the Type Certificate holder to get then out of their way Curiosity got the best of me and started me on the search for th e Type Ce rti fica te Th e require shyme nts we re to trace ownership from the last known owner to the present I had to get a ffidavits fro m all the ownshye rs since Clinton Mac hin e Company sold out They were the las t owners of th e T ype Certi fica te who were regisshytered with the FAA

This provided an interesting pursuit a nd I m e t a lo t of he lp ful pe opl e James Thomas Smith who bought the parts fr o m C lint o n Ma chin e Co couldn t be fo und Th e nex t owne r Duke H attah died in the late 60s and hi s re lati ves couldn t be found e ithe r The sea rch continued unsuccessfully January 1993 rolls around and someshyo ne approaches me to buy the T ype Certificate to build engines in Spain of all pl a ces Th e n in 1994 som eo ne wanted it to bui ld Warne r engines in Czechoslovakia fo r Blicke r Jungmeis-

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ters they were building I received a letter in December 1994 from the FAA stating that during a move to an off airport location they found a reshyquest dated June 13 1980 in a fo lder that was mislabeled to make new Data Plates and Type Certificates It was in Bud Neats name He had held the Certificate all along All that was needed was an affidavit from Bud Neat which was accomplished immeshydiately The new Type Certificates arshyrived in May 1995

Oh yes about those boxes the Chicago FAA had - They were shipped to the Atlanta FAA Certification ofshyfice The FAA people there invited me to visit them and look at the conshytents It was nice to meet some of the people I had been talking to on the phone for so long One full day was spent helping them sort through the boxes There were folders of correshyspondence (some of it mine) Warner blueprints and boxes of microfilm of all the Warner prints There were about 1200 microfilm prints per box Since there were duplicate sets of Warner blueprints on microfilm they offered me a set which I gladly acshycepted

Warner Engine Facts and Figures

The following information was gathshyered over the course of the successful acquisition of the Warner Type Cershytificates and from Warner Aircraft Corporation records These records were included with the remains of the Warner Company which I bought from Bud Neat of Louisville KY This will attempt be an attempt to sort and conshydense the jumble of papers to present that which is of most int erest to Warner engine owners

The Warner Aircraft Corporation was founded by William O Warne r in 1926 and its address was 20263 Hoover Avenue Detroit MI Officers in 1929 were William O Warner President amp General Manager Edward N Hartwick Vice-President amp Treasurer W J Jarvie Secretary In 1950 the ofshyficers were R E Cecil President Carl F Lang Secretary-Treasurer and Leonard W Quart Manufacturer s Agent William O Warner was a Dishyrector but ret ired The Warner Airshycraft Corporation was merged with Clinton Machine Company located in Clinton Michigan in April of 1950 The reason for the merger according to the Proxy Statement and notice of Stock Holders meeting of February 20 1950 was that Warner Aircraft found itself without a product except for the hydraulic units and it had lost money every year since the war The assets of Warner were transferred to Clinton

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Machine Company in exchange for shares of common stock of Clinton which were distributed to Warner shareho lders The president of Clinshyton Machine Comp any at that time was Donald D Thomas

In 1952 Clinton Machine Co so ld the aircraft engine parts prints and some tooling to the Detroit Harvester Co which was owned by James Thomas Smith He owned it for a very short time I was never ab le to find Mr Smith In about 1953 Detroit Harvester Co sold the remaining Warner assets to Duke Harrah Inc located in Niles Michigan Duke Harshyrah sold Warner parts until 1963 when he sold the Warner assets to M amp B Flying Service located at Sheldon Reshygional Airport in Sheldon Iowa Duke Harrah died in the late 60s Merlin Bock and Elmer Meuke were partners in M amp B Flying Service There were several semitrailer loads of parts which were put in a large hangar In 1966 the building burned in a fire started by someone working on a mower There was one semitrailer load that was salshyvaged Bud Neat from Louisville Kenshytucky brought the remains at auction

The sales records end December 31 1945 so the years 1946 to 1950 are less clear Grand total of all engines sold through December 31 1945 is 3572 Today there are 437 Warner engines on aircraft registered with the FAA The papers I have showin g sales records and Type Ce rtificate Data Sheets are quite interesting There were severa l projects in the experishymental department in 1945 The folshylowing interesting note is copied fro m the 1945 monthly progress report book

550-X 200HP New experimental e ngin e Pre liminary and final tests conducted toge the r with bolt deflecshytion measurements Power calibration conducted with standard induction housing 50 hours endurance running compl e ted Power calibration conshyducted with control induction with varshyious carburetor positions Engine now having cam settings and valve timing worked out for both standard and split cam

Active Signed S A Christiansen Test Engineer

Other projects in development were experimental engine 585-X which is 585 cubic inch with a 5 inch bore amp 4250 stroke

A 2 cyl Model 140-X horizontal opposed industrial engine and model 12850-3 a single cyl utility engine I wonder if the last two engines were the key to the Clinton merger (In 1950 Clinton was the second largest proshy

ducer of gasoline engines in the 34 to 3 hp range) Warner also manufacshytured wheels axles brakes skis prop hubs shock struts and hydraulic units These production plans also transshyferred with the Type Certificates

Included in the records are several books and inventories One is a book showing each engine sold in numerical order starting with the first engine sold It lists engine number Airplane Owner and Address A sample page from this book is included Also inshycluded is a chart listing standard enshygine model and serial number designashytions and deviations from standard By referencing this list and the data plate on your Warner engine you can determine how your engine was conshyfigured when it left the factory Bear in mind that your engine may have been changed substantially over the years during overhauls

From the Cessna 150 - 152 News

Safety - Avoiding wire Strikes Skip Carden editor

919-471-9492

The Terrible Truth About Wire Strikes a new video and a companshyion pamphlet from AOPA Air Safety Foundation debunks many misconcepshytions about these accidents There are an average of 115 reported general avishyation wire strikes a year but only an estimated 10 of strikes are reported

The video and pamphlet give some commo n-sense tips on how to see and avoid wires

bull Scan on both sides of the aircraft Look for towers or other supporting structures which are easier to see than the associated wires themselves Fly over the top of the tower rather than between the supporting structures

bull Nature doesn t make a stra ight line Strips of inconsistent vegetation crop edges land boundaries and roads can indicate a wire path

bull Flight below a ridge line or in a canyon puts a pilot in the wire envishyronment

bull Avoid antennas by a horizontal distance greater than the vertical height of the structure Guy wires can extend at a 45 degree angle from tower top to the ground

bull A pull-up is usually the best mashyneuver to avoid an unexpected wire In most cases the pilot sees the wire too late to bank away successfully

The video is priced at $10 plus $325 shipping The pamphlet is free with a 6 X 9 self-addressed envelope with 55 cents postage affixed AOPA ASF 421 Aviation Way Frederick MD 21701 800-638-3101

PASSdb BUCK by EE Buck Hilbert EAA 21 Ale 5 PO Box 424 Union IL 60180

Our twenty fifth Anniversary re shyunion seems to be shap ing up T write to each of the origi na l 100 members asking th e m to be with us at EAA OSHKOSH So far the replies are runshyning about fifty-fifty Those that are coming are enthusiastic about the whole thing and are just as interested today as when we started the Division More to come

As I read the history of the Division it triggers memories of events past The discussions that Paul Pobe rezny and I had over the titl e Division and hi s concerns that it was a word that would conjure up thoughts of a group that was seceding from EAA Happily it proved to be somet hing weve ne ver had to worry abo ut - EAA is still th e prime mover in Sport Aviation and the varishyous Divisions have accentuated the positive as that old song goes

The letters I receive are most welshycome and can either be a real boost or an education I got ed ucated on old time stunt pilot Howard Dutton from one of our ear ly members Capt Jim Barton (AA retired) who kn ew him personally Jim responded with clipshypings and a phone ca ll so we could anshyswer that query

Then I also got a letter fro m one of the San Diego antiquers who said r was off base on my Chapter One open house co lumn regarding the weather for that weekend He said it was much better than I had indicated and that it was the first time the whole group was able to fly up together A great time was had by all and the fly-in weather was great Im not going to remind him th at sevshyera l people got stuck in Riverside all day Sunday waiting for it to let up

I on ly wish there was room to pubshylish each and every lette r we receive T try to answer each one personally and usuall y do as time permits I also ge t requests for parts and pieces of inforshymation and on occasion Im able to be of some help Once in a while I stub my

toe R ecently a memb er called and asked if I could help him find a Cub alshytimeter I had one and sent it to him A week later I got it back Wrong color Min es black he ne ed ed one cream faced Oh well I tried

Number one son Robert your editor HG and I flew down to Middle town OH for the Aeronca get together HG a llowed me to ride with him in my Sed a n while Bob took hi s C ha mp Originally we had planned to take both Champs but mine deve loped a lea ky exhaust valve so it had to stay home

Wally Baldwin was our host down the re while Bob Hollenbaugh and his wife He len look ed after H G Wally squired us around town Hes writing a book on Aeronca and expects to go to press shortly This man is a walking enshycyc lope dia as far as Aeronca is co nshyce rned His D ad worked there when they were building the C-3s Ks Low Wings and later the C hamps C hi efs and Sedans Wa ll ys dad bought the prototype Champ after its nat ionwide demonstration tour ove rhauled the Ashy65 and gave it to Wally when he came

home from the Air Force after WW II Wally currently fli es a Champ with the same paint scheme and rues the day he ever sold the original

HG will be writing up the trip and printing pictures of all the beautiful airshyplanes in a future article but I want to say is that it was a great bunch and even thou gh Bob a nd I a long with D ale Gu stafso n got drafte d to judge airshyplanes we enjoyed it immensely

Over to you

Here are a couple of photos that ought to raise a few eyebrows courtesy of Aeronca retiree John Houser These two shots show the installation of a Aeroshymarine AR-3 engine in an Aeronca C-3 Rated at 55 hp running 2400 rpm the AR-3 might look familiar to many antishyquers - the design and manufacshyturing rights were sold to Burshynelli and then later (1938) it became known as the Lenape Papoose after Burnelli sold off that portion of its business to

Lenape Aircraft amp Motors of New York city As detailed in the 1939 edition of Aerosshyphere the AR-3 weighted in at 150 Ibs and had a pair of Bendix magnetos powering the two ignition circuits The Aeronca E-107 engine developed 26 hp the later E-113 was rated at 36 hp and the final version the E-113C was listed as producing 40 hp With the 55 hp of the AR-3 this early model C-3 must have been a good little performer This parshyticular 3-cylinder engine produced too much vibration to suit the engineers at Aeronca so no production aircraft were sold with this engineairframe combination

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Vintage Seaplanes by Norm Petersen

Summers here

and its time to think about

flying off the water

Our resident web-footed

pilot Norm Petersen

has provided us with a

look at waterbirds

24 JULY 1996

Kyle Meints Cessna 1708

(Left) Pictured at the Vette Seaplane Base at Oshkosh 95 is a pretty 1955 Cessna 170B N4453B SIN 26797 mounted on a set of Edo 89-2000 floats all decked out in a matching paint scheme of white with red trim The pretty Continental 145 powered seaplane is the pride and joy of Kyle Meints (EAA 360394) of Augusta MI who purchased the 170B on floats in Minnesota about ten years ago Kyle inshystalled the STOL kit on the wings painted the entire airplane and then painted the matching floats the next year all in PPG two-part urethane A factory seaplane since new the 170B has 2400 TT of which Kyle has flown about 400 hours since acquiring the f1oatplane This airplane spent about the first 25 years in New England before coming west to Minnesota Congrats to Kyle Meints on a sharp looking Cessna 170B f1oatplane

1140 floats which do not show their age (40 to 50 yrs) and have had their compartment covers reshymoved (The 1140 floats are easily distinguished from the larger 1320 floats by the si ngle cover beshytween the struts 1320 floats have two covers beshytween the struts) Apparently the boot cowl on the Cub has been replaced or repainted as the forward end of the lightning stripe is missing A li ghtshyweight pre-war Cub with wood spars and 1140 floats makes for a sporty seaplane that is pure fun

Odell Matthis Republic Seabee

(Left) This beautiful custom Republic RC-3 Seabee N87493 SIN 44 is the pride and joy of Odell and Diane Matthis (EAA 262957 AIC 10206) of Havelock NC No stranger to EAA Odell brought the highly polished Cessna 140A Patroller N5332C SIN 15452 that was featured in the October 1986 VINTAGE AIRPLANE and picshytured on the back cover The Seabee features extended wings with drooped tips tinted glass and a big Lycoming GO-480 engine of 295 hp The fancy paint scheme is overall white with red and gold trim This particular 1946 Seabee spent many years in the Seattle area before going to Anchorage AK for a number of years It is now based near the seacoast of North Carolina where Odell and Diane (who is also a pilot and 9ger) can make full use of the amphibious capabilities The FAA register lists 275 Sea bees remaining of the over 1050 that were built by Republic and Downer

John Van Andels J-3 Cub on 1140s

These photos of a 1940 J -3 C65 Cub NC30482 SIN 4863 mounted on a set of Edo 54-1140 floats were sent in by Ralph Koutnik (EAA 261425) of Bellaire Ml Tied down at the Antrim County Airport at Bellaire the pre-war J-3 Cub is owned by John Van Andel (EAA 343387) of Ft Pierce FL Special note should be made of the extreme ly clean condition of the

U S Forest Service Stinson SR-SA

(Left) This photo from back in the early 1940 s was contributed by Wiley Hautala of Ely MN The Stinson SRshy5A NC5045 mounted on Edo 38-3430 floats was flown by veteran Ely MN seaplane pilot Milt Nelson for several years until 1943 when the 245 hp Lyshycoming engine quit one day and put the SR-5A in the trees - and that was the end of NC5045 Milt Nelson who is presently in his eighties soloed a Travel Air bishyplane at Superior WI in 1933 and logged approximately 15 000 hours on floats while flying for the U S Forest Service over a period of twenty years He says the SR-5A was a nice flying airplane and did a very respectable job on floats alshythough it couldn t handle the heavy loads of a Beaver or Norseman Note the 1937 Ford grill in the foreground and the Travel Air S6000-B seaplane in the backshyground which was flown by Bill Leithold of Ely MN Ironically at one time Milt Nelson owned a Fairchild FC-2 on Fairchild floats Today those very same floats are in the EAA Aviation Museum completely restored by John Parish and ready for installation on the EAA Founshydations Fairchild FC-2W

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Fly-In Calendar The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a matter of

information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the

information to EAA Att Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

JULY 23 - ZANESVILLE OH - EAA Chapter 425 Annual Pancake Day at Parr Airport 8 am - 5 pm Oshkosh bound pi lots encouraged to fly-in eat and refuel Contact Don Wahl 674454-0003

JULY 26-27 - COFFEYVILLE KS - Funk Aircraft Owners Assoc Reunion Contact Gene Ventress 70275 S Monticello Lenexa KS 66227

JULY 26-27 - AFTON WY - Callair Radio Controlled Model Aircraft Fly-In sponsored by the Callair Museum and Aviat Aircraft Inc For info call joan Michaels or Audrey Henning 307886-9887 FAX 307886shy9880

JULY 26-28 - RED LAKE ONTARIO CANAshyDA - Norseman Float Plane Festival For more info contact the Festiva l Committee at 807727-2809

JUL Y 27-29 - KEOKUK IA - Sixth World Wide gathering of L-Birds then en masse up to Wisconsin for EAA great OSHKOSH 96 on August 7 Contact Irv Linder 3 79524-6378

JULY 28 - GRANTSBURG WI - EAA Chapter 875 Wildrice Pancake Breakfast

JUL Y 28 - WEYBRIDGE SURREY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Aircraft of Surrey Fly- In Contact julian C Temple or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 07932 855465

JULY 31-WAUKESHA WI - (UES) tst Annual Great Stearman Fl y-Up to EAA Convention Call Stan Markus for more info 474567- 7499 or 965-3776

AUGUST 1-7 - OSHKOSH WI - 44th Annual EAA Fly-In and Sport Aviation Con vention Wittman Regional Airport Contact John Burton EAA PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 414426-4800

AUGUST 3 - ST PAUL MN - Lake Elmo Airport Aviation Days Fl y- In Pancake Breakfast Aircraft Disp lay and Young Eagles Day Rain Date August 4 Contact

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Dick Wicklund 672777-9742 AUGUST 3 - ELLSWORTH KS - EAA Chapter

7727 Fly-In breakfast (Oshkosh stop-over) and Cowtown Day Call Dale Weinhold 973-472-4027 (w) or -4309 (h) for info

AUGUST 18 - BROOKFIELD WI - Capita l Airport EAA AC Chapter 77 Vintage Aircraft Display and Ice Cream Social Noon - 5 pm Midwest Antique Airplane Club meeting as well For info call Capital Airport at 4 74787 -9550

AUGUST 18 - EAST TROY WI - Inti Cessna 720 740 Assoc Wisconsin Brat and Corn Roast Arrive at 77 am eat at 72 30 pm Bring a dish to pass and a buck Call Matt and Carole Rybarczyk 474767-0920

AUGUST 25 - BELMOND IA - NC Chapter 73 annual p icnic Call 575444-3637 for info

AUGUST 26 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Biplanes and Vintage Aircraft Fly- In Contact ju l ia n C Temp l e or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 0 7932 855465

AUGUST 27-29 - YOUNGSTOWN OH shyBARTLESVIL LE OK AND EL CAJON CA -Staggerwing Beech Commemorative Tour Ca ll William Thaden 207439-7767 fo r info

AUGUST 30-31 - HA YWA RD CA - EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter 29 Fourth Annual Antique Fl y- In and Airshow Free Early Bird Dinner to all display aircraft on Friday This is a northern Cal ifornia points event Contact Bud Field at 5 70455-2300

AUGUST 30 - SEPT 1 - PROSSER WA - EAA Chapter 397 25th Anniversary Fly- In at Prosser airport Call Cormac Thompson for info 509786- 7034

AUGUST 30-31 - MOCKSVIL LE NC - Tara Airbase (5NC7) 77 th Annua l Anything That Flies Fly-In Private Fly-In - attenshydance at your own risk For info ca ll 704284-2 767 or 970764-0007

AUGUST 31 - MARION IN - Sixth Annual Fly-InCruise-In breakfast sponsored by the Marion High schoo l Band Boosters Antiques Classics homebuilts and Antique classic and custom cars welshycomed For information contact Ray johnson at 3 77664-2588

SE PT 1 - ZANESVILLE OH - Riverside Airport EAA Chapter 425 Labor Day Weekend Fly-In Drive-In Breakfast 8 am - 5 pm Sandwiches etc from noon to closing

SEPT 7 - OSCEOLA WI - Simenstad Field 76th Annual Wheels and Wings Air Fair Train rides pancake breakfast fly-in Free event shuttle bus Pilots check class 0 NOTAMS for specia l airport conditions For info call 775755-3300

SEPT 13-15 - URBANA IL - Frasca Field Byron Smith Memorial Stinson Reunion Fly-In Ca ll 708904-6964 for info

SEPT 13-1 5 - JACKSONVILLE IL - Ercoupe Fly-In Call 2 77546-0585 for info

SEPT 20-2 1 - BARTLESVILLE IL - Frank Phillips Field 39th Annual Tulsa Regional Fly-In sponsored by EAA NC Chapter 70 AAA Chapter 2 EAA Chapter 70 EAA lAC Chapter 70 and the Green Country U ltralight Flyers Call Charlie Harris for info 978622-8400

SEPT 21-22 - ROCK FALLS IL - Whiteside County Airport (SQI) North Central EAA Old Fashioned Fly-In Fly market campshying and food on field Call Gregg Erikson 7085 73-064 7 or Dave Christianson at 875625-6556 Pancake breakfast Sept 22 - 0700 - 7700

SEPT 22 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGLAND - Brooklands Museum Fly-In Contact ju l ian C Templ e or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 07932855465

SEPT 27-28 - SANTA YNEZ CA - 8th Annual Western Waco Assoc Reunion Call jon A ldrich 209962-6727 or Barry Branin 7 74545-7476 for info

SEPT 28-29 - ZANESVILLE OH - John s Landing A irfield 5th Annual Fall Fly-In sponsored by EAA NC Chapter 22 of Ohio Hog roast on the 28th breakfast both days Antique classic homebuilts warbirds welshycome For more info call Virginia at 674453-6889

SEPT 28-29 - LEXINGTON TN - Tennessee Taildraggers 72th Annual Fly-In 907968shy2864 or 901968-4022 for info

OCTOBER 4-6 - REDDING CA - Benton Field EAA Chaper 157 Oktoberfest Contacts Bruce Taylor 976275-6456 or Armal Owens 976243-4382

OCTOBER 13 - TOWANDA PA - Towanda airport (N27) Fly-In Breakfast - all you can eat Eggs sausage pancakes 100 pure maple syrup 7 am -7 pm

OCT 13 - ZANESVILLE OH - Riverside A i rport EAA Chapter 425 and the ARTHRITIS FOUNDA TlON Hog Roast 8 am - 5 pm Contact Don Wahl at 614 454-0003

OCTOBER 13 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Fly-In Contact ju l ian C Temple or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 0 1932857381 or FAX 01932855465

OCT 18-20 - KERRVIL LE TX - Southwest Regional Fly-In For info ca ll 800221shy7958 Vendors should call 270914-3746

Ale NEWS Continued from page 2

in two a reas to mos t VFR pilots - the Surface Aviation Observation (SA) will now become the Aviation Routine Weather Report (Metar) with an addishytional report the Aviation Selected Special Weather report (Speci) added to it when dictated by changing weather conditions A new international format will also be adopted to replace the Tershyminal Forecast (TF) issued by the Nashytional Weather Service The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) will be the new format for this forecast

The new formats will be a combinashytion of new and old abbreviations but the seq ue nces will change a nd some components will be reported in a differshye nt format For many of us who us e DUATS briefing services and exercise the plain language option these changes will be transparent but be careful - temshyperaturedewpoint spreads will be given in degrees Celsius and sky cover definishytions will change Other parts of the seshyquence reports will be a lso be revised The new form a t began with the NWS transmissions that were issued a t 0800 UTC July l

For more informat ion and a card that details the new Metar format conshytact your nearest Flight Service Station or yo ur loca l FAA Flight Standards District Office

EICHER KIMBAll GEE BEE Z fliES

LUSCOMBE FOUNDATION 8E GIVEAWAY

The Don Luscombe Aviation Foundashytion is doing it again A small total of only 2800 tickets will be sold to help raise funds used to continue the expansion of services of the Foundation to Luscombe owners and to fulfill the Luscombe Type Certificate purchase contract You can see the work done to restore the 1996 Win Me airplane in the accompanying photos This airshyplane has all the Luscombe options and has been fully inspected and rebuilt with the latest information on Luscombe repa irs from the foundation For a more informashytion including the price of tickets and a brochure call the OLAF at 602917-0969 or fax them at 6021917-4719

NO 80 OCTANE AT WITTMAN FiElD

If youve always planned on fueling up with 80 octan e fuel during EAA O shkosh youll need to buy it from someone other tha n Basle r Flight Sershyvice the FBO on Wittman Field Basler

The Gee Bee Z recently completed by Jeff Eicher and Kevin Kimball was first flown on June 24 and again on the 25th by Delmar Benj amin Delmar explored the handling characteristics of the z in a series of flights that culminated in a roll and knife edge flight He reports a stall speed at about 75 mph indicated rt quickly acshycelerates to 210 mph and then continues to build up more speed up to 230 mph Delmar reports that it is hands off stable in both pitch and yaw 130 mph is used on fi nal to keep the Zs sink rate at a comfortable level We ll have more on the first flights of this beautiful Gee Bee replica next month but until then congratulations to Jeff and Kevin and their test pilot Delmar Benjamin

has informed EAA that they will not be selling any 80 octane fu el for resale durshying th e EAA Convention Du e to tighter tank te sting rules e nforced by the EPA Basler has storage facilities sufficient o nly for the quantities of 100 LL a nd Jet A neede d during the Conshyvention but there s no room left for a quantity of 80 octane After exploring other options Bas ler re luctantly deshycided to drop carrying 80 octane avgas which they had only had available durshying th e EAA Fly-In Since Basle r has also chosen not to offer auto fuel if you prefer not to burn 100LL in yo ur vinshytage engine you may wish to plan your flight with a fuel stop after your deparshyture or prior to your arrival Basler will be offering 100 octane avgas at the same price as last year $2 15 If you really prefer to run your e ngine on 80 octane avgas the closest airport with that fuel is the tailwheel friendly fie ld at Hartshyford WI (HXF) located 41 statute miles SSE of Oshkosh Hartford Aero Sershyvice 414673-5350 is the FBO and hes aware of the situat ion and is planning on having his 10000 gallon tank topped off in time for the Convention

CUB MONUMENT IN BRADFO RD

Thanks to the impetus provided by Sport Aviation editor Jack Cox a monshyument will be e rected on the site of the old Taylor Aircraft company in Bradshyford P A For more details on the effort being spea rh eaded by George Welsch

Continued on page 31

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27

by HC Frautschy

The April Mystery Plane proved to be a tough one so we ll continue that course with the July Mystery Plane This handshysome biplanes photo was sent in some time ago by Richard E Sampson Ft Lauderdale FL

Answers need to be in no later than August 25 1996 for inclushysion in the October issue

Aprils Mystery is still just that - an unknown Lennart Johnsson of Eldsberga Sweden sugshygested that it might be the creation of the Engshylish designer Harold Bolas and his partner Capt Goodman-Crouch who both emigrated to the USA and settled in Rhode Island After reshyviewing an article on the Crouch-Bolas Dragshyonfly its obviously not our Mystery Plane Our thanks to Lennart for giving it a shot

The second shot I ve included in this months edition may help jog the dim memory of someone else You can see that the airplane is not particularly large when compared to the pilot crouching on the bow Also tip floats have been added to the lower wings and you can plainly see the biplane configuration of the horizontal tail We can leave this Mystery Plane file open and perhaps someone will recshyognize it

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anapolis 500 - it was time for the big push to get the airplane completed With Paul at the airport putting the finishing touches on the fuselage and engine inshystallation Pam spent the weekend polshyishing the wings at home in the backyard and bugging her neighbors when it came tim e to flip them over or move them around To maintain its original appearshyance the Workmans decided to keep the wings natural aluminum but after one year of trying to keep the metal looking good a great looking silver paint was apshyplied

By the end of the next week it looked like an airplane was about to fly and with a week to spare 48H was ready for its first engine run Sunday saw the first flight after the restoration and later in the week both 1048H and N6665K were loaded up and headed to Middletown On the way from Zanesville to Middleshytown their youngest daughter started feeling a bit queasy and not wishing to christen the new interior in that way a landing was made at Washington Court House Before they had stopped the prop from turning they knew they had an engine problem though - one magshyneto coil had died Ben Workman flying 65K continued on ahead to H ook field in Middletown A quick call to friends who were also on their way to the Conshyvention brought a replacement coil By the time the re pairs could be made it was late evening so Paul and Pam spent the evening with their kids in a motel After staying the night in central Ohio 1048H was flown to the Aeronca factory just in time for the convention

The Sedan was immediate ly deshyscended upon by the crowds who all oohed and ahhed over a very original airplane That fly-in saw the Workmans win the first of a series of awards for their efforts in restoring the Sedan It also won a major award at the Mid East Regional Fly-In and was also selected as the Best Class II (81-150 hp) Classic award winner at EAA OSHKOSH 94 The Workman fa mily enjoyed flying 48H all over the midwest during the summers of 1992 and 93 but in the fall of 1993 it became obvious that their other Sedan 6665K needed a major enshygine overhaul and the equity in 48H was going to have to pay for it

EE Buck Hilbe rt our resident Aeronca nut had heard me mention this particular Sedan in glowing terms and when he asked he found it was available Paul and Pam took Bucks be loved Champ in trade for the Sedan In Octoshyber 1993 the Sedan came to live at the Funny Farm in Union IL where it quickly became a favorite It s just right for a economical flight to a midwestern location (75 gph at 2450 rpm) and is roomy and quite comfortable to fly Whil e not particularly fast (105 mph cruise) it handles like a larger heavier Chief and it bas plenty of baggage room and space for the kids in back It really is a shame more of these airplanes were not made

While Paul Workman was flying the airplane the engine began to make a litshytle metal that was showing up on the oil screen After changing a piston that was self-destructing it appeared to be OK

but metal continued to show up on the screen It continued to do so after Buck bought tbe airplane so in conjunction with the annual in the fall of 1995 we changed the engine with another C-145 and he also added an Aviation Developshyment Corporation (ADC) oil filter sysshytem with oil bypass warning light The de tails of the installation were spelled out in Bucks column in the November issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE

Nearly 40 hours later the filter system works beautifully with the 3 mic ron screen catching anything that happens to make it into the oil Since the restorashytion the airplane has proven to be quite reliable and generally maintenance free and Id be remiss if [ didnt thank Buck publicly for the tim es he has lent my family and me the Sedan - its our fashyvorite airplane and our goal to shoot at when setting our priorities

The love the Workmans have for this particular airplane is still evident and theyre like most pare nts hoping their children lead a good life after they leave home Home on the Funny Farm is as pleasant as it can be for four e ight Hotel as it keeps company with its other Aeronca brothers th e C-3 and the Champ plus the Nicaraguan Fleet who seems a bit confused by it all It s earnshying to a djust Champ Ye p after a while Buck really missed the 7AC so when Paul mentioned to him that he was thinking of selling the Champ Buck had trade d on the Sedan Buck bou ght it back The stable is now full of Middleshytown wonders Wh a t more could an Aeronca man want

16 JULY 1996

John W Preiss

Cess 195 by Norm Petersen

The winner of the Best Restored Classic Over 165 hp at Sun n Fun 96 was an immaculate Cessna 195A N2JP SIN 7712 flown to Lakeland FL by John W Preiss (EAA 462642 AC 24168) of College Station Texas Winshyning awards is not a new phenomenon for John and his 195 having garnered the Reserve Grand Champion Lindy at Oshkosh 94 just a few tiny points beshyhind Roy Foxworthys bright red Johnshyson Rocket 185

This particular 195 had actually started the winning trend way back in 1983 when it earned a trophy at EAA Oshkosh that year for its owner at the time Paul Walter (EAA 90497 A C 2342) of Waukesha WI Eventually Paul Walter brought the 195 to EAA Oshkosh 92 where John

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John Preiss and his lovely wife Beverly pose for DeKevin Thorntons camera in the sparkling sunshine augmented by the brilliance of the polished Cessna 195

Cruising above the clouds the Cessna 195 really comes into its own - a true Businessliner - as the advertising people called it in 1951 This was lUxury air travel at its very best some 45 years ago

Preiss and his girlfriend Beverly spotshyted it and started negotiations On Sepshytember 14 1992 the sale was completed and John W Preiss owned Cessna 195 NI95PW as it was registered at the time

A fascinating sidelight to this story is the fact that John W Preiss has an identishycal twin brother James M Preiss (EAA 410655 AlC 20593) of Germantown WI who is ten minutes older than John and if ever two brothers were cut from the same cloth - this would be it John is a Boeing 737 Captain for Southwest Airlines and James (Jim) is a Boeing 737 Captain for United Airlines Both made their solo flights on their sixteenth birthday June 161974 in the same Cessna 150 Aerobat and both earned their A amp P rating from Blackhawk Technical College in Janesville WI (The twins were classmates of EAAs Director of Maintenance Daryl Lenz)

The term They have been flyers all their lives could easily apply to the Preiss twins however they were flyers even beshy

c

fore they were born One week prior to their birth their father Erhard took their mother Lydia (very much in a family way) for a flight in the back seat of an Aeronca Champ Jim still chuckles when he tells the story

The boys grew up in an aviation envishyronment as their father Erhard Preiss was an FBO and flight instructor On many family flying trips one youngster would work the control wheel while the other would work the rudder pedals On the return trip they would reverse duties To use an old cliche These were the best of times

Jim Preiss had restored a Cessna 180 in the 1980s and was quite acquainted with the amount of work involved in a restorashytion After John had purchased the 195 in 1992 he asked Jim to help with the job of restoring the big five-place Cessna (Jim had earned his Inspection Authorization by this time) On February 24 1993 the project began

The engine was sent to Jacobs Service Inc in Payson AZ and even tually reshyturned as a zero time Jacobs R-755-B3 of 275 hp The prop was in perfect shape but all accessories needed overhaul and every hose and clamp was replaced The startshying circuit was modified to the later conshyfiguration to eliminate the heavy current drop and improve the engine starting cashypability especially in cold weather

A new instrument panel was built with all instruments being overhauled or reshyplaced The radios were upgraded with the installation of new Narco avionics with complete wiring harnesses circuit break-

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ers and new antennae The entire set of cabin windows was replaced (some are crank down) along with a new windshield A new interior was sewn by Lydia Preiss the twins mother who had learned seamshystress skills in Germany before coming to the US The result was an interior that is absolutely outstanding and had the judges smiling from ear to ear

The 195 had come from the factory with crosswind gear - an option that is not usually compatible with original style wheelpants New straight axles were inshystalled along with new Cleveland wheels and brakes per STC and a search was beshygun for a set of the rare aluminum wheel pants with their special shape that fit a 195 After a year of inquiring (along with a special bit of accidental luck) a pair was finally located purchased (many $$$$)

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and were totally reworked and installed with new backing plates When polished to a glistening shine these tall narrow wheelpants are in a class by themselves

Up front the old Montgomery spinner was removed and a new Cessna type as used originally on the 195 was installed (more $$$$) The result is rather striking as the more pointed nose on the 195 spinshyner gives it that original look and really shines when polished

John discovered that three different pain t schemes were used on the 195 seshyries depending on serial number Even though his airplane was not previously painted correctly he was able to get asshysistance from Cessna and a few others so he was able to layout a correct paint scheme for the proper serial number 7712 built in July 1951 and making its

first test flight on July 12 1951 The airshyplane was taken to Central Aviation Inc in Watertown WI for final painting by Randy Effinger and his very capable crew

The 18 month restoration effort was finished just prior to Oshkosh 94 includshying the massive polishing job on the alushyminum with Rolite polish The 195 was flown to Oshkosh and displayed in the AntiqueClassic area for a couple of days Before the Convention was finished John Priess and his new bride Beverly were off to Hawaii on their honeymoon and brother Jim was delegated as a commitshytee of one to attend the awards ceremony Late in the program Cessna 195 N2JP was called out for the Reserve Grand Champion Lindy award and Jim walked up on stage to accept it for his brother

Perhaps the real joy for Jim was calling his brother in Hawaii and calmly informing him of the award - almost nonchalant like (Brothers have been known to pull such things on each other) John and Beverly were jumping up and down with exciteshyment wishing they could have been on hand for the presentation

With many ideas from the Antique Classic judges the Preiss boys have been steadily improving the big Cessna to where it looks better than ever At Sun n Fun 96 the 195 ran off with the award for Best Restored Classic Over 165 hp and the Preiss gang was indeed happy Their next goal is Oshkosh 96 where they plan to make another run at the big prize

An interesting coincidence happened when prior to purchasing the 195 John was telling one of his friends Jeff Sandlin

at Southwest Airlines about the big cabin Cessna and learned that Jeffs father had owned a 195 for quite a number of years After purchasing the airplane he showed Jeff some photos of the 195 and menshytioned that a man named A E Edwards had owned the airplane for a long span of years John was really surprised when Jeff blurted out A E Edwards is my father In 1994 John flew the 195 to Denton Texas where Mr and Mrs A E Edwards now in their eighties had the unusual opshyportunity to see the very same airplane that they had taken such good care of over many years and flown the Cessna over 3200 hours The reunion was very special to John and the Edwards family and made the airplane even more special to the Priess family

Although the original N number of the

Cessna 195 was N1014D that number is currently in use and the owner is not willshying to give it up Therefore John chose to use N2JP which was available at the time Eventually John says it would be quite an achievement to get the original number back on the airplane

John Preiss is the very first person to admit that he has had a great deal of assisshytance and help on the 195 His father Ershyhard Preiss started the love of aviation in the boys during their early years and the workmanship on the Cessna is dedicated to his memory Erhard passed away in 1980 Johns wife Beverly has been very patient and supportive during the restorashytion process In addition John is very grateful for the help and expertise of his brother Jim the overseeing IA on the project who is totally unafraid of hard

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work Special thanks are also in order for the twins mother Lydia Preiss who used her seamstress ski lls so well

Other contributors were Jimmy Vickshyers of Lubbock Texas a fo rmer Cessna dealer who flies his own 195 Captain Jeff Kilponen of Southwest Air lines who sparked John Preiss interest in the Cessna 195 in the first place and John Swander of

(Above) The unique split-flap employed on the 195 is designed for drag to slow the airplane down for landing It contributes alshymost nothing to lift Look at the sparkling interior of that wing when the flap is pulled down for inspection

(Above left) For genuine comfort it is hard to beat the rear seat of a Cessna 195 This interior was completely sewn by Lydia Preiss the mother of both John and Jim Preiss This seat is cashypable of handling three persons with ease making the 195 a true five-place airplane

(Left) The totally restored instrument panel complete with upshygraded avionics is a thing of beauty and function The throttle uses a friction lock collar while the propeller and mixture conshytrols each employ a vernier control for fine adjustment This particular 195 has the dual yoke in deference to a throw-over yoke as used on some models

DeSoto Kansas who provided some exshy John would especially like to thank the cellent ideas and much help to the restorashy Cessna Aircraft Company for designing tion Tim McCarter a pi lot and mechan ic and building a true classic aircraft that pishyfor Amphib Inc contributed expertise lots such as as he and his twin brother can and support to the rebuild a nd the Inshy continue to appreciate and enjoy ternational195 C lu b and Eastern 195 To this we add our congratulations and Cl ub were most he lpful in getting N2JP very best wishes in the future for making back in the air - along with helping all 195 N2JP such a dazzling airplane It is indeed owners keep them there a credit to its restorers

20 JULY 1996

Type Club

NOTES by Norm Petersen

Compiled from various type club publications amp newsletters

From the Monocoupe Flyer Bob Coolbaugh editor 703-590shy

2375

Adventures of a Warner Engine Owner

George Olson - January 1996

About 1979 while ove rhauling the 145 HP Warner for my Fairchild 24 a crack was fo und in one of the cylinder barrels Parts were really hard to find but a fri e nd in Lo uisvill e C la ud e Curry who I am sorry to say is now go ne to ld me th a t hi s fri e nd Bud Nea t a lso in Lo uisville had the reshyma ining Warne r pa rts but he was n t se llin g a nythin g H e offe red to ca ll Bud and tell him my situation and ca ll me bac k La te r he told me th a t I should go ahead and call Bud which I did Bud said that Claude told him all about it and to come over and see if we could fi nd one that was suitable The parts were in the basement of his manshyufacturing building We took fla sh shyli ghts and Bud showed me where the cylinders were to ld me to pick one out a nd we nt bac k upsta irs There were pallets filled with hundreds of cylinder assemblies There were cylinder ba rshyre ls stac ked about e ight fee t high o n o the r pa lle ts boxes of parts all over the place about 40 barrels of studs and other small steel parts some engines in various stages o f assembly big crates of baffl ing and tools of all descriptions It was hard to be lieve like be ing in a candy store The cylinder I picked out loo ked like it had a good head o n it but the barrel had rust in it that looked like brown fur T here must have been some o il o n the surface to sta rt with beca use it wasn t pitted and it didn t need plating after all

T he n Bud a nd I had some co ffee

and he told me the story about how he and ten others decided to build Grea t Lakes Biplanes in hi s ma nufacturing building Th ey we re goin g to build e leven a ll toge the r they would be all th e sa me and wh e n th ey fini she d theyd draw straws to pick their plane Bud hea rd about th e a ucti o n of th e Warner factory inventory in (She ldon) Iowa These were all the parts remain shying afte r a warehouse fire where they were stored Bud put in the winning bid a t the auction and picked up o ne semitrailer load of parts When Merlin Bock bo ught out th e fact o ry ea rli e r a nd mo ve d th e pa rts to Io wa th e re were 10 semi-loads but this one trailer was all that was left With Buds pur shychase though th e Grea t La kes Bi shyplanes would now all have Warner en shygines But afte r a couple of years the buildin g e nt e rpri se e nd e d beca use eve ryo ne had a diffe rent view of how long the e ffort should las t Eve ryo ne took their project home and some were finished separately When the projects went o ut the door the Warne r pa rt s we re put in the basem e nt o ut of the way They were there when I saw them in 1979

The Fairchild rebuilding jo b was fini shed in 1980 and I flew it until 1985 whe n th e numbe r 4 link ro d bro ke This time I needed a lo t of pa rts so it was back to th e we ll Bud wa nted to se ll a ll th e parts no t just th e o nes I needed and I knew enough by then to realize that I could sell them and hopeshyfull y get my money back So this time aft e r some price nego ti a ti o ns we s tru ck a dea l for a ll Bud s p a rt s I re nte d a 24- fo o t truck a nd with the help of a fri end and Bud Neats grand shyson we moved o ne load (ha lf o f the parts) to my 16 x 22 foot garage That fi ll ed it up Another friend offe red to

let me put a semitrailer on his farm so I bought a pretty good used 40 footer Whe n we got the seco nd load Bud s grand son got three of hi s college fri e nds to he lp so the re we re 6 o f us loading It only took four hours while th e fir st load had ta ke n a ll d ay My pickup truck was use d to mov e the parts in my garage to the trailer whenshyever I needed to make a trip out there Afte r about six wee ks my wife sa w that th e part s we re se llin g so she started speaking to me again

In with the engine parts were prints production reco rds test records and paperwork of a ll kinds but the T ype Ce rtifica te docum e nta ti o n was los t somewhere along the way In 1989 the FAA called and asked if I had the Type Certificates They had some boxes in Chicago that they wante d to give to the Type Certificate holder to get then out of their way Curiosity got the best of me and started me on the search for th e Type Ce rti fica te Th e require shyme nts we re to trace ownership from the last known owner to the present I had to get a ffidavits fro m all the ownshye rs since Clinton Mac hin e Company sold out They were the las t owners of th e T ype Certi fica te who were regisshytered with the FAA

This provided an interesting pursuit a nd I m e t a lo t of he lp ful pe opl e James Thomas Smith who bought the parts fr o m C lint o n Ma chin e Co couldn t be fo und Th e nex t owne r Duke H attah died in the late 60s and hi s re lati ves couldn t be found e ithe r The sea rch continued unsuccessfully January 1993 rolls around and someshyo ne approaches me to buy the T ype Certificate to build engines in Spain of all pl a ces Th e n in 1994 som eo ne wanted it to bui ld Warne r engines in Czechoslovakia fo r Blicke r Jungmeis-

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ters they were building I received a letter in December 1994 from the FAA stating that during a move to an off airport location they found a reshyquest dated June 13 1980 in a fo lder that was mislabeled to make new Data Plates and Type Certificates It was in Bud Neats name He had held the Certificate all along All that was needed was an affidavit from Bud Neat which was accomplished immeshydiately The new Type Certificates arshyrived in May 1995

Oh yes about those boxes the Chicago FAA had - They were shipped to the Atlanta FAA Certification ofshyfice The FAA people there invited me to visit them and look at the conshytents It was nice to meet some of the people I had been talking to on the phone for so long One full day was spent helping them sort through the boxes There were folders of correshyspondence (some of it mine) Warner blueprints and boxes of microfilm of all the Warner prints There were about 1200 microfilm prints per box Since there were duplicate sets of Warner blueprints on microfilm they offered me a set which I gladly acshycepted

Warner Engine Facts and Figures

The following information was gathshyered over the course of the successful acquisition of the Warner Type Cershytificates and from Warner Aircraft Corporation records These records were included with the remains of the Warner Company which I bought from Bud Neat of Louisville KY This will attempt be an attempt to sort and conshydense the jumble of papers to present that which is of most int erest to Warner engine owners

The Warner Aircraft Corporation was founded by William O Warne r in 1926 and its address was 20263 Hoover Avenue Detroit MI Officers in 1929 were William O Warner President amp General Manager Edward N Hartwick Vice-President amp Treasurer W J Jarvie Secretary In 1950 the ofshyficers were R E Cecil President Carl F Lang Secretary-Treasurer and Leonard W Quart Manufacturer s Agent William O Warner was a Dishyrector but ret ired The Warner Airshycraft Corporation was merged with Clinton Machine Company located in Clinton Michigan in April of 1950 The reason for the merger according to the Proxy Statement and notice of Stock Holders meeting of February 20 1950 was that Warner Aircraft found itself without a product except for the hydraulic units and it had lost money every year since the war The assets of Warner were transferred to Clinton

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Machine Company in exchange for shares of common stock of Clinton which were distributed to Warner shareho lders The president of Clinshyton Machine Comp any at that time was Donald D Thomas

In 1952 Clinton Machine Co so ld the aircraft engine parts prints and some tooling to the Detroit Harvester Co which was owned by James Thomas Smith He owned it for a very short time I was never ab le to find Mr Smith In about 1953 Detroit Harvester Co sold the remaining Warner assets to Duke Harrah Inc located in Niles Michigan Duke Harshyrah sold Warner parts until 1963 when he sold the Warner assets to M amp B Flying Service located at Sheldon Reshygional Airport in Sheldon Iowa Duke Harrah died in the late 60s Merlin Bock and Elmer Meuke were partners in M amp B Flying Service There were several semitrailer loads of parts which were put in a large hangar In 1966 the building burned in a fire started by someone working on a mower There was one semitrailer load that was salshyvaged Bud Neat from Louisville Kenshytucky brought the remains at auction

The sales records end December 31 1945 so the years 1946 to 1950 are less clear Grand total of all engines sold through December 31 1945 is 3572 Today there are 437 Warner engines on aircraft registered with the FAA The papers I have showin g sales records and Type Ce rtificate Data Sheets are quite interesting There were severa l projects in the experishymental department in 1945 The folshylowing interesting note is copied fro m the 1945 monthly progress report book

550-X 200HP New experimental e ngin e Pre liminary and final tests conducted toge the r with bolt deflecshytion measurements Power calibration conducted with standard induction housing 50 hours endurance running compl e ted Power calibration conshyducted with control induction with varshyious carburetor positions Engine now having cam settings and valve timing worked out for both standard and split cam

Active Signed S A Christiansen Test Engineer

Other projects in development were experimental engine 585-X which is 585 cubic inch with a 5 inch bore amp 4250 stroke

A 2 cyl Model 140-X horizontal opposed industrial engine and model 12850-3 a single cyl utility engine I wonder if the last two engines were the key to the Clinton merger (In 1950 Clinton was the second largest proshy

ducer of gasoline engines in the 34 to 3 hp range) Warner also manufacshytured wheels axles brakes skis prop hubs shock struts and hydraulic units These production plans also transshyferred with the Type Certificates

Included in the records are several books and inventories One is a book showing each engine sold in numerical order starting with the first engine sold It lists engine number Airplane Owner and Address A sample page from this book is included Also inshycluded is a chart listing standard enshygine model and serial number designashytions and deviations from standard By referencing this list and the data plate on your Warner engine you can determine how your engine was conshyfigured when it left the factory Bear in mind that your engine may have been changed substantially over the years during overhauls

From the Cessna 150 - 152 News

Safety - Avoiding wire Strikes Skip Carden editor

919-471-9492

The Terrible Truth About Wire Strikes a new video and a companshyion pamphlet from AOPA Air Safety Foundation debunks many misconcepshytions about these accidents There are an average of 115 reported general avishyation wire strikes a year but only an estimated 10 of strikes are reported

The video and pamphlet give some commo n-sense tips on how to see and avoid wires

bull Scan on both sides of the aircraft Look for towers or other supporting structures which are easier to see than the associated wires themselves Fly over the top of the tower rather than between the supporting structures

bull Nature doesn t make a stra ight line Strips of inconsistent vegetation crop edges land boundaries and roads can indicate a wire path

bull Flight below a ridge line or in a canyon puts a pilot in the wire envishyronment

bull Avoid antennas by a horizontal distance greater than the vertical height of the structure Guy wires can extend at a 45 degree angle from tower top to the ground

bull A pull-up is usually the best mashyneuver to avoid an unexpected wire In most cases the pilot sees the wire too late to bank away successfully

The video is priced at $10 plus $325 shipping The pamphlet is free with a 6 X 9 self-addressed envelope with 55 cents postage affixed AOPA ASF 421 Aviation Way Frederick MD 21701 800-638-3101

PASSdb BUCK by EE Buck Hilbert EAA 21 Ale 5 PO Box 424 Union IL 60180

Our twenty fifth Anniversary re shyunion seems to be shap ing up T write to each of the origi na l 100 members asking th e m to be with us at EAA OSHKOSH So far the replies are runshyning about fifty-fifty Those that are coming are enthusiastic about the whole thing and are just as interested today as when we started the Division More to come

As I read the history of the Division it triggers memories of events past The discussions that Paul Pobe rezny and I had over the titl e Division and hi s concerns that it was a word that would conjure up thoughts of a group that was seceding from EAA Happily it proved to be somet hing weve ne ver had to worry abo ut - EAA is still th e prime mover in Sport Aviation and the varishyous Divisions have accentuated the positive as that old song goes

The letters I receive are most welshycome and can either be a real boost or an education I got ed ucated on old time stunt pilot Howard Dutton from one of our ear ly members Capt Jim Barton (AA retired) who kn ew him personally Jim responded with clipshypings and a phone ca ll so we could anshyswer that query

Then I also got a letter fro m one of the San Diego antiquers who said r was off base on my Chapter One open house co lumn regarding the weather for that weekend He said it was much better than I had indicated and that it was the first time the whole group was able to fly up together A great time was had by all and the fly-in weather was great Im not going to remind him th at sevshyera l people got stuck in Riverside all day Sunday waiting for it to let up

I on ly wish there was room to pubshylish each and every lette r we receive T try to answer each one personally and usuall y do as time permits I also ge t requests for parts and pieces of inforshymation and on occasion Im able to be of some help Once in a while I stub my

toe R ecently a memb er called and asked if I could help him find a Cub alshytimeter I had one and sent it to him A week later I got it back Wrong color Min es black he ne ed ed one cream faced Oh well I tried

Number one son Robert your editor HG and I flew down to Middle town OH for the Aeronca get together HG a llowed me to ride with him in my Sed a n while Bob took hi s C ha mp Originally we had planned to take both Champs but mine deve loped a lea ky exhaust valve so it had to stay home

Wally Baldwin was our host down the re while Bob Hollenbaugh and his wife He len look ed after H G Wally squired us around town Hes writing a book on Aeronca and expects to go to press shortly This man is a walking enshycyc lope dia as far as Aeronca is co nshyce rned His D ad worked there when they were building the C-3s Ks Low Wings and later the C hamps C hi efs and Sedans Wa ll ys dad bought the prototype Champ after its nat ionwide demonstration tour ove rhauled the Ashy65 and gave it to Wally when he came

home from the Air Force after WW II Wally currently fli es a Champ with the same paint scheme and rues the day he ever sold the original

HG will be writing up the trip and printing pictures of all the beautiful airshyplanes in a future article but I want to say is that it was a great bunch and even thou gh Bob a nd I a long with D ale Gu stafso n got drafte d to judge airshyplanes we enjoyed it immensely

Over to you

Here are a couple of photos that ought to raise a few eyebrows courtesy of Aeronca retiree John Houser These two shots show the installation of a Aeroshymarine AR-3 engine in an Aeronca C-3 Rated at 55 hp running 2400 rpm the AR-3 might look familiar to many antishyquers - the design and manufacshyturing rights were sold to Burshynelli and then later (1938) it became known as the Lenape Papoose after Burnelli sold off that portion of its business to

Lenape Aircraft amp Motors of New York city As detailed in the 1939 edition of Aerosshyphere the AR-3 weighted in at 150 Ibs and had a pair of Bendix magnetos powering the two ignition circuits The Aeronca E-107 engine developed 26 hp the later E-113 was rated at 36 hp and the final version the E-113C was listed as producing 40 hp With the 55 hp of the AR-3 this early model C-3 must have been a good little performer This parshyticular 3-cylinder engine produced too much vibration to suit the engineers at Aeronca so no production aircraft were sold with this engineairframe combination

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Vintage Seaplanes by Norm Petersen

Summers here

and its time to think about

flying off the water

Our resident web-footed

pilot Norm Petersen

has provided us with a

look at waterbirds

24 JULY 1996

Kyle Meints Cessna 1708

(Left) Pictured at the Vette Seaplane Base at Oshkosh 95 is a pretty 1955 Cessna 170B N4453B SIN 26797 mounted on a set of Edo 89-2000 floats all decked out in a matching paint scheme of white with red trim The pretty Continental 145 powered seaplane is the pride and joy of Kyle Meints (EAA 360394) of Augusta MI who purchased the 170B on floats in Minnesota about ten years ago Kyle inshystalled the STOL kit on the wings painted the entire airplane and then painted the matching floats the next year all in PPG two-part urethane A factory seaplane since new the 170B has 2400 TT of which Kyle has flown about 400 hours since acquiring the f1oatplane This airplane spent about the first 25 years in New England before coming west to Minnesota Congrats to Kyle Meints on a sharp looking Cessna 170B f1oatplane

1140 floats which do not show their age (40 to 50 yrs) and have had their compartment covers reshymoved (The 1140 floats are easily distinguished from the larger 1320 floats by the si ngle cover beshytween the struts 1320 floats have two covers beshytween the struts) Apparently the boot cowl on the Cub has been replaced or repainted as the forward end of the lightning stripe is missing A li ghtshyweight pre-war Cub with wood spars and 1140 floats makes for a sporty seaplane that is pure fun

Odell Matthis Republic Seabee

(Left) This beautiful custom Republic RC-3 Seabee N87493 SIN 44 is the pride and joy of Odell and Diane Matthis (EAA 262957 AIC 10206) of Havelock NC No stranger to EAA Odell brought the highly polished Cessna 140A Patroller N5332C SIN 15452 that was featured in the October 1986 VINTAGE AIRPLANE and picshytured on the back cover The Seabee features extended wings with drooped tips tinted glass and a big Lycoming GO-480 engine of 295 hp The fancy paint scheme is overall white with red and gold trim This particular 1946 Seabee spent many years in the Seattle area before going to Anchorage AK for a number of years It is now based near the seacoast of North Carolina where Odell and Diane (who is also a pilot and 9ger) can make full use of the amphibious capabilities The FAA register lists 275 Sea bees remaining of the over 1050 that were built by Republic and Downer

John Van Andels J-3 Cub on 1140s

These photos of a 1940 J -3 C65 Cub NC30482 SIN 4863 mounted on a set of Edo 54-1140 floats were sent in by Ralph Koutnik (EAA 261425) of Bellaire Ml Tied down at the Antrim County Airport at Bellaire the pre-war J-3 Cub is owned by John Van Andel (EAA 343387) of Ft Pierce FL Special note should be made of the extreme ly clean condition of the

U S Forest Service Stinson SR-SA

(Left) This photo from back in the early 1940 s was contributed by Wiley Hautala of Ely MN The Stinson SRshy5A NC5045 mounted on Edo 38-3430 floats was flown by veteran Ely MN seaplane pilot Milt Nelson for several years until 1943 when the 245 hp Lyshycoming engine quit one day and put the SR-5A in the trees - and that was the end of NC5045 Milt Nelson who is presently in his eighties soloed a Travel Air bishyplane at Superior WI in 1933 and logged approximately 15 000 hours on floats while flying for the U S Forest Service over a period of twenty years He says the SR-5A was a nice flying airplane and did a very respectable job on floats alshythough it couldn t handle the heavy loads of a Beaver or Norseman Note the 1937 Ford grill in the foreground and the Travel Air S6000-B seaplane in the backshyground which was flown by Bill Leithold of Ely MN Ironically at one time Milt Nelson owned a Fairchild FC-2 on Fairchild floats Today those very same floats are in the EAA Aviation Museum completely restored by John Parish and ready for installation on the EAA Founshydations Fairchild FC-2W

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Fly-In Calendar The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a matter of

information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the

information to EAA Att Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

JULY 23 - ZANESVILLE OH - EAA Chapter 425 Annual Pancake Day at Parr Airport 8 am - 5 pm Oshkosh bound pi lots encouraged to fly-in eat and refuel Contact Don Wahl 674454-0003

JULY 26-27 - COFFEYVILLE KS - Funk Aircraft Owners Assoc Reunion Contact Gene Ventress 70275 S Monticello Lenexa KS 66227

JULY 26-27 - AFTON WY - Callair Radio Controlled Model Aircraft Fly-In sponsored by the Callair Museum and Aviat Aircraft Inc For info call joan Michaels or Audrey Henning 307886-9887 FAX 307886shy9880

JULY 26-28 - RED LAKE ONTARIO CANAshyDA - Norseman Float Plane Festival For more info contact the Festiva l Committee at 807727-2809

JUL Y 27-29 - KEOKUK IA - Sixth World Wide gathering of L-Birds then en masse up to Wisconsin for EAA great OSHKOSH 96 on August 7 Contact Irv Linder 3 79524-6378

JULY 28 - GRANTSBURG WI - EAA Chapter 875 Wildrice Pancake Breakfast

JUL Y 28 - WEYBRIDGE SURREY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Aircraft of Surrey Fly- In Contact julian C Temple or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 07932 855465

JULY 31-WAUKESHA WI - (UES) tst Annual Great Stearman Fl y-Up to EAA Convention Call Stan Markus for more info 474567- 7499 or 965-3776

AUGUST 1-7 - OSHKOSH WI - 44th Annual EAA Fly-In and Sport Aviation Con vention Wittman Regional Airport Contact John Burton EAA PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 414426-4800

AUGUST 3 - ST PAUL MN - Lake Elmo Airport Aviation Days Fl y- In Pancake Breakfast Aircraft Disp lay and Young Eagles Day Rain Date August 4 Contact

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Dick Wicklund 672777-9742 AUGUST 3 - ELLSWORTH KS - EAA Chapter

7727 Fly-In breakfast (Oshkosh stop-over) and Cowtown Day Call Dale Weinhold 973-472-4027 (w) or -4309 (h) for info

AUGUST 18 - BROOKFIELD WI - Capita l Airport EAA AC Chapter 77 Vintage Aircraft Display and Ice Cream Social Noon - 5 pm Midwest Antique Airplane Club meeting as well For info call Capital Airport at 4 74787 -9550

AUGUST 18 - EAST TROY WI - Inti Cessna 720 740 Assoc Wisconsin Brat and Corn Roast Arrive at 77 am eat at 72 30 pm Bring a dish to pass and a buck Call Matt and Carole Rybarczyk 474767-0920

AUGUST 25 - BELMOND IA - NC Chapter 73 annual p icnic Call 575444-3637 for info

AUGUST 26 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Biplanes and Vintage Aircraft Fly- In Contact ju l ia n C Temp l e or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 0 7932 855465

AUGUST 27-29 - YOUNGSTOWN OH shyBARTLESVIL LE OK AND EL CAJON CA -Staggerwing Beech Commemorative Tour Ca ll William Thaden 207439-7767 fo r info

AUGUST 30-31 - HA YWA RD CA - EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter 29 Fourth Annual Antique Fl y- In and Airshow Free Early Bird Dinner to all display aircraft on Friday This is a northern Cal ifornia points event Contact Bud Field at 5 70455-2300

AUGUST 30 - SEPT 1 - PROSSER WA - EAA Chapter 397 25th Anniversary Fly- In at Prosser airport Call Cormac Thompson for info 509786- 7034

AUGUST 30-31 - MOCKSVIL LE NC - Tara Airbase (5NC7) 77 th Annua l Anything That Flies Fly-In Private Fly-In - attenshydance at your own risk For info ca ll 704284-2 767 or 970764-0007

AUGUST 31 - MARION IN - Sixth Annual Fly-InCruise-In breakfast sponsored by the Marion High schoo l Band Boosters Antiques Classics homebuilts and Antique classic and custom cars welshycomed For information contact Ray johnson at 3 77664-2588

SE PT 1 - ZANESVILLE OH - Riverside Airport EAA Chapter 425 Labor Day Weekend Fly-In Drive-In Breakfast 8 am - 5 pm Sandwiches etc from noon to closing

SEPT 7 - OSCEOLA WI - Simenstad Field 76th Annual Wheels and Wings Air Fair Train rides pancake breakfast fly-in Free event shuttle bus Pilots check class 0 NOTAMS for specia l airport conditions For info call 775755-3300

SEPT 13-15 - URBANA IL - Frasca Field Byron Smith Memorial Stinson Reunion Fly-In Ca ll 708904-6964 for info

SEPT 13-1 5 - JACKSONVILLE IL - Ercoupe Fly-In Call 2 77546-0585 for info

SEPT 20-2 1 - BARTLESVILLE IL - Frank Phillips Field 39th Annual Tulsa Regional Fly-In sponsored by EAA NC Chapter 70 AAA Chapter 2 EAA Chapter 70 EAA lAC Chapter 70 and the Green Country U ltralight Flyers Call Charlie Harris for info 978622-8400

SEPT 21-22 - ROCK FALLS IL - Whiteside County Airport (SQI) North Central EAA Old Fashioned Fly-In Fly market campshying and food on field Call Gregg Erikson 7085 73-064 7 or Dave Christianson at 875625-6556 Pancake breakfast Sept 22 - 0700 - 7700

SEPT 22 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGLAND - Brooklands Museum Fly-In Contact ju l ian C Templ e or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 07932855465

SEPT 27-28 - SANTA YNEZ CA - 8th Annual Western Waco Assoc Reunion Call jon A ldrich 209962-6727 or Barry Branin 7 74545-7476 for info

SEPT 28-29 - ZANESVILLE OH - John s Landing A irfield 5th Annual Fall Fly-In sponsored by EAA NC Chapter 22 of Ohio Hog roast on the 28th breakfast both days Antique classic homebuilts warbirds welshycome For more info call Virginia at 674453-6889

SEPT 28-29 - LEXINGTON TN - Tennessee Taildraggers 72th Annual Fly-In 907968shy2864 or 901968-4022 for info

OCTOBER 4-6 - REDDING CA - Benton Field EAA Chaper 157 Oktoberfest Contacts Bruce Taylor 976275-6456 or Armal Owens 976243-4382

OCTOBER 13 - TOWANDA PA - Towanda airport (N27) Fly-In Breakfast - all you can eat Eggs sausage pancakes 100 pure maple syrup 7 am -7 pm

OCT 13 - ZANESVILLE OH - Riverside A i rport EAA Chapter 425 and the ARTHRITIS FOUNDA TlON Hog Roast 8 am - 5 pm Contact Don Wahl at 614 454-0003

OCTOBER 13 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Fly-In Contact ju l ian C Temple or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 0 1932857381 or FAX 01932855465

OCT 18-20 - KERRVIL LE TX - Southwest Regional Fly-In For info ca ll 800221shy7958 Vendors should call 270914-3746

Ale NEWS Continued from page 2

in two a reas to mos t VFR pilots - the Surface Aviation Observation (SA) will now become the Aviation Routine Weather Report (Metar) with an addishytional report the Aviation Selected Special Weather report (Speci) added to it when dictated by changing weather conditions A new international format will also be adopted to replace the Tershyminal Forecast (TF) issued by the Nashytional Weather Service The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) will be the new format for this forecast

The new formats will be a combinashytion of new and old abbreviations but the seq ue nces will change a nd some components will be reported in a differshye nt format For many of us who us e DUATS briefing services and exercise the plain language option these changes will be transparent but be careful - temshyperaturedewpoint spreads will be given in degrees Celsius and sky cover definishytions will change Other parts of the seshyquence reports will be a lso be revised The new form a t began with the NWS transmissions that were issued a t 0800 UTC July l

For more informat ion and a card that details the new Metar format conshytact your nearest Flight Service Station or yo ur loca l FAA Flight Standards District Office

EICHER KIMBAll GEE BEE Z fliES

LUSCOMBE FOUNDATION 8E GIVEAWAY

The Don Luscombe Aviation Foundashytion is doing it again A small total of only 2800 tickets will be sold to help raise funds used to continue the expansion of services of the Foundation to Luscombe owners and to fulfill the Luscombe Type Certificate purchase contract You can see the work done to restore the 1996 Win Me airplane in the accompanying photos This airshyplane has all the Luscombe options and has been fully inspected and rebuilt with the latest information on Luscombe repa irs from the foundation For a more informashytion including the price of tickets and a brochure call the OLAF at 602917-0969 or fax them at 6021917-4719

NO 80 OCTANE AT WITTMAN FiElD

If youve always planned on fueling up with 80 octan e fuel during EAA O shkosh youll need to buy it from someone other tha n Basle r Flight Sershyvice the FBO on Wittman Field Basler

The Gee Bee Z recently completed by Jeff Eicher and Kevin Kimball was first flown on June 24 and again on the 25th by Delmar Benj amin Delmar explored the handling characteristics of the z in a series of flights that culminated in a roll and knife edge flight He reports a stall speed at about 75 mph indicated rt quickly acshycelerates to 210 mph and then continues to build up more speed up to 230 mph Delmar reports that it is hands off stable in both pitch and yaw 130 mph is used on fi nal to keep the Zs sink rate at a comfortable level We ll have more on the first flights of this beautiful Gee Bee replica next month but until then congratulations to Jeff and Kevin and their test pilot Delmar Benjamin

has informed EAA that they will not be selling any 80 octane fu el for resale durshying th e EAA Convention Du e to tighter tank te sting rules e nforced by the EPA Basler has storage facilities sufficient o nly for the quantities of 100 LL a nd Jet A neede d during the Conshyvention but there s no room left for a quantity of 80 octane After exploring other options Bas ler re luctantly deshycided to drop carrying 80 octane avgas which they had only had available durshying th e EAA Fly-In Since Basle r has also chosen not to offer auto fuel if you prefer not to burn 100LL in yo ur vinshytage engine you may wish to plan your flight with a fuel stop after your deparshyture or prior to your arrival Basler will be offering 100 octane avgas at the same price as last year $2 15 If you really prefer to run your e ngine on 80 octane avgas the closest airport with that fuel is the tailwheel friendly fie ld at Hartshyford WI (HXF) located 41 statute miles SSE of Oshkosh Hartford Aero Sershyvice 414673-5350 is the FBO and hes aware of the situat ion and is planning on having his 10000 gallon tank topped off in time for the Convention

CUB MONUMENT IN BRADFO RD

Thanks to the impetus provided by Sport Aviation editor Jack Cox a monshyument will be e rected on the site of the old Taylor Aircraft company in Bradshyford P A For more details on the effort being spea rh eaded by George Welsch

Continued on page 31

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27

by HC Frautschy

The April Mystery Plane proved to be a tough one so we ll continue that course with the July Mystery Plane This handshysome biplanes photo was sent in some time ago by Richard E Sampson Ft Lauderdale FL

Answers need to be in no later than August 25 1996 for inclushysion in the October issue

Aprils Mystery is still just that - an unknown Lennart Johnsson of Eldsberga Sweden sugshygested that it might be the creation of the Engshylish designer Harold Bolas and his partner Capt Goodman-Crouch who both emigrated to the USA and settled in Rhode Island After reshyviewing an article on the Crouch-Bolas Dragshyonfly its obviously not our Mystery Plane Our thanks to Lennart for giving it a shot

The second shot I ve included in this months edition may help jog the dim memory of someone else You can see that the airplane is not particularly large when compared to the pilot crouching on the bow Also tip floats have been added to the lower wings and you can plainly see the biplane configuration of the horizontal tail We can leave this Mystery Plane file open and perhaps someone will recshyognize it

28 JULY 1996

New Members

Robert K Ad ler Naples FL

Joseph B Brown Jr Panama City FL

Jeff Bruebaker Hamler OH

Paul G Catrou Greenville NC

Darryl Chin Modesto CA

Donald L Clingerman Grayling MI

Ned E Corman Harri sburg PA

John Davis Houston TX

John M DeMars N Hollywood CA

Thomas Robert Dollimore Rexdale Ontari o

Canada

Gary W Donald Jlorissant MO

William Grant Dorsett Alvin TX

W Heyward Dropla Charlotte NC

George M Eastman Westminster CO

John Faccin Crystal Falls MI

Robert Farr Houghton Lake MI

Jeff Foley Roanoke Rapids NC

Jon Michael Fox Moses Lake WA

Robert J Furlong scottsdale AZ

David M GampferColumbus OH

Raymond L Gebhard 5ioux Falls sD

Richard L Gillespie Ft Meyers FL

Mark Haag Houston TX

Barry Halsted Fountain Val ley CA

William R Harper Beverly Hill s CA

Val P Hattemer Dayton OH

John Hitzke

Redcl iffe Queensland Australia

Peter Hook Lakeville MN

Robert K Howie Jr Decatur IL

Thomas H Hughston Brownsville TX

James O Johnson Kenansvi lle NC

Paul Johnson Rockford IL

R L Johnson Aledo TX

H Floyd Jones water Mill NY

James H Jones Payson AZ

Alan R Jose Niagra Fa ll s Ontario Canada

Larry Kanaster Torrance CA

Paul J Keenan Kerrville TX

Charles Keppen Madison sD

Richard W Land New Carlisle OH

Cliff Larrance Port Townshend WA

Delmer Lawrence Rensselaer IN

Thomas J Leahy Chippewa Lake OH

Louis J Leftwich Winter Park FL

George C Lem ieux Livonia MI

Cory E Linnane schaumburg IL

Paul Mandel Kansas City MO

Carl F McClellan Richardson TX

Robert C McDannell Woodstock IL

Roy R Mcintire Long Beach CA

Howard S Meeks Cocoa Beach FL

Joseph Mezera Worthington OH

Mike Millette Rodondo Beach CA

Janice D Milligan san Ramon CA

Jay G Miner seattle WA

Charl es Moore Gibsonville NC

N A Morey Pukekohe New Zealand

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John W Preiss

Cess 195 by Norm Petersen

The winner of the Best Restored Classic Over 165 hp at Sun n Fun 96 was an immaculate Cessna 195A N2JP SIN 7712 flown to Lakeland FL by John W Preiss (EAA 462642 AC 24168) of College Station Texas Winshyning awards is not a new phenomenon for John and his 195 having garnered the Reserve Grand Champion Lindy at Oshkosh 94 just a few tiny points beshyhind Roy Foxworthys bright red Johnshyson Rocket 185

This particular 195 had actually started the winning trend way back in 1983 when it earned a trophy at EAA Oshkosh that year for its owner at the time Paul Walter (EAA 90497 A C 2342) of Waukesha WI Eventually Paul Walter brought the 195 to EAA Oshkosh 92 where John

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John Preiss and his lovely wife Beverly pose for DeKevin Thorntons camera in the sparkling sunshine augmented by the brilliance of the polished Cessna 195

Cruising above the clouds the Cessna 195 really comes into its own - a true Businessliner - as the advertising people called it in 1951 This was lUxury air travel at its very best some 45 years ago

Preiss and his girlfriend Beverly spotshyted it and started negotiations On Sepshytember 14 1992 the sale was completed and John W Preiss owned Cessna 195 NI95PW as it was registered at the time

A fascinating sidelight to this story is the fact that John W Preiss has an identishycal twin brother James M Preiss (EAA 410655 AlC 20593) of Germantown WI who is ten minutes older than John and if ever two brothers were cut from the same cloth - this would be it John is a Boeing 737 Captain for Southwest Airlines and James (Jim) is a Boeing 737 Captain for United Airlines Both made their solo flights on their sixteenth birthday June 161974 in the same Cessna 150 Aerobat and both earned their A amp P rating from Blackhawk Technical College in Janesville WI (The twins were classmates of EAAs Director of Maintenance Daryl Lenz)

The term They have been flyers all their lives could easily apply to the Preiss twins however they were flyers even beshy

c

fore they were born One week prior to their birth their father Erhard took their mother Lydia (very much in a family way) for a flight in the back seat of an Aeronca Champ Jim still chuckles when he tells the story

The boys grew up in an aviation envishyronment as their father Erhard Preiss was an FBO and flight instructor On many family flying trips one youngster would work the control wheel while the other would work the rudder pedals On the return trip they would reverse duties To use an old cliche These were the best of times

Jim Preiss had restored a Cessna 180 in the 1980s and was quite acquainted with the amount of work involved in a restorashytion After John had purchased the 195 in 1992 he asked Jim to help with the job of restoring the big five-place Cessna (Jim had earned his Inspection Authorization by this time) On February 24 1993 the project began

The engine was sent to Jacobs Service Inc in Payson AZ and even tually reshyturned as a zero time Jacobs R-755-B3 of 275 hp The prop was in perfect shape but all accessories needed overhaul and every hose and clamp was replaced The startshying circuit was modified to the later conshyfiguration to eliminate the heavy current drop and improve the engine starting cashypability especially in cold weather

A new instrument panel was built with all instruments being overhauled or reshyplaced The radios were upgraded with the installation of new Narco avionics with complete wiring harnesses circuit break-

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ers and new antennae The entire set of cabin windows was replaced (some are crank down) along with a new windshield A new interior was sewn by Lydia Preiss the twins mother who had learned seamshystress skills in Germany before coming to the US The result was an interior that is absolutely outstanding and had the judges smiling from ear to ear

The 195 had come from the factory with crosswind gear - an option that is not usually compatible with original style wheelpants New straight axles were inshystalled along with new Cleveland wheels and brakes per STC and a search was beshygun for a set of the rare aluminum wheel pants with their special shape that fit a 195 After a year of inquiring (along with a special bit of accidental luck) a pair was finally located purchased (many $$$$)

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and were totally reworked and installed with new backing plates When polished to a glistening shine these tall narrow wheelpants are in a class by themselves

Up front the old Montgomery spinner was removed and a new Cessna type as used originally on the 195 was installed (more $$$$) The result is rather striking as the more pointed nose on the 195 spinshyner gives it that original look and really shines when polished

John discovered that three different pain t schemes were used on the 195 seshyries depending on serial number Even though his airplane was not previously painted correctly he was able to get asshysistance from Cessna and a few others so he was able to layout a correct paint scheme for the proper serial number 7712 built in July 1951 and making its

first test flight on July 12 1951 The airshyplane was taken to Central Aviation Inc in Watertown WI for final painting by Randy Effinger and his very capable crew

The 18 month restoration effort was finished just prior to Oshkosh 94 includshying the massive polishing job on the alushyminum with Rolite polish The 195 was flown to Oshkosh and displayed in the AntiqueClassic area for a couple of days Before the Convention was finished John Priess and his new bride Beverly were off to Hawaii on their honeymoon and brother Jim was delegated as a commitshytee of one to attend the awards ceremony Late in the program Cessna 195 N2JP was called out for the Reserve Grand Champion Lindy award and Jim walked up on stage to accept it for his brother

Perhaps the real joy for Jim was calling his brother in Hawaii and calmly informing him of the award - almost nonchalant like (Brothers have been known to pull such things on each other) John and Beverly were jumping up and down with exciteshyment wishing they could have been on hand for the presentation

With many ideas from the Antique Classic judges the Preiss boys have been steadily improving the big Cessna to where it looks better than ever At Sun n Fun 96 the 195 ran off with the award for Best Restored Classic Over 165 hp and the Preiss gang was indeed happy Their next goal is Oshkosh 96 where they plan to make another run at the big prize

An interesting coincidence happened when prior to purchasing the 195 John was telling one of his friends Jeff Sandlin

at Southwest Airlines about the big cabin Cessna and learned that Jeffs father had owned a 195 for quite a number of years After purchasing the airplane he showed Jeff some photos of the 195 and menshytioned that a man named A E Edwards had owned the airplane for a long span of years John was really surprised when Jeff blurted out A E Edwards is my father In 1994 John flew the 195 to Denton Texas where Mr and Mrs A E Edwards now in their eighties had the unusual opshyportunity to see the very same airplane that they had taken such good care of over many years and flown the Cessna over 3200 hours The reunion was very special to John and the Edwards family and made the airplane even more special to the Priess family

Although the original N number of the

Cessna 195 was N1014D that number is currently in use and the owner is not willshying to give it up Therefore John chose to use N2JP which was available at the time Eventually John says it would be quite an achievement to get the original number back on the airplane

John Preiss is the very first person to admit that he has had a great deal of assisshytance and help on the 195 His father Ershyhard Preiss started the love of aviation in the boys during their early years and the workmanship on the Cessna is dedicated to his memory Erhard passed away in 1980 Johns wife Beverly has been very patient and supportive during the restorashytion process In addition John is very grateful for the help and expertise of his brother Jim the overseeing IA on the project who is totally unafraid of hard

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work Special thanks are also in order for the twins mother Lydia Preiss who used her seamstress ski lls so well

Other contributors were Jimmy Vickshyers of Lubbock Texas a fo rmer Cessna dealer who flies his own 195 Captain Jeff Kilponen of Southwest Air lines who sparked John Preiss interest in the Cessna 195 in the first place and John Swander of

(Above) The unique split-flap employed on the 195 is designed for drag to slow the airplane down for landing It contributes alshymost nothing to lift Look at the sparkling interior of that wing when the flap is pulled down for inspection

(Above left) For genuine comfort it is hard to beat the rear seat of a Cessna 195 This interior was completely sewn by Lydia Preiss the mother of both John and Jim Preiss This seat is cashypable of handling three persons with ease making the 195 a true five-place airplane

(Left) The totally restored instrument panel complete with upshygraded avionics is a thing of beauty and function The throttle uses a friction lock collar while the propeller and mixture conshytrols each employ a vernier control for fine adjustment This particular 195 has the dual yoke in deference to a throw-over yoke as used on some models

DeSoto Kansas who provided some exshy John would especially like to thank the cellent ideas and much help to the restorashy Cessna Aircraft Company for designing tion Tim McCarter a pi lot and mechan ic and building a true classic aircraft that pishyfor Amphib Inc contributed expertise lots such as as he and his twin brother can and support to the rebuild a nd the Inshy continue to appreciate and enjoy ternational195 C lu b and Eastern 195 To this we add our congratulations and Cl ub were most he lpful in getting N2JP very best wishes in the future for making back in the air - along with helping all 195 N2JP such a dazzling airplane It is indeed owners keep them there a credit to its restorers

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Type Club

NOTES by Norm Petersen

Compiled from various type club publications amp newsletters

From the Monocoupe Flyer Bob Coolbaugh editor 703-590shy

2375

Adventures of a Warner Engine Owner

George Olson - January 1996

About 1979 while ove rhauling the 145 HP Warner for my Fairchild 24 a crack was fo und in one of the cylinder barrels Parts were really hard to find but a fri e nd in Lo uisvill e C la ud e Curry who I am sorry to say is now go ne to ld me th a t hi s fri e nd Bud Nea t a lso in Lo uisville had the reshyma ining Warne r pa rts but he was n t se llin g a nythin g H e offe red to ca ll Bud and tell him my situation and ca ll me bac k La te r he told me th a t I should go ahead and call Bud which I did Bud said that Claude told him all about it and to come over and see if we could fi nd one that was suitable The parts were in the basement of his manshyufacturing building We took fla sh shyli ghts and Bud showed me where the cylinders were to ld me to pick one out a nd we nt bac k upsta irs There were pallets filled with hundreds of cylinder assemblies There were cylinder ba rshyre ls stac ked about e ight fee t high o n o the r pa lle ts boxes of parts all over the place about 40 barrels of studs and other small steel parts some engines in various stages o f assembly big crates of baffl ing and tools of all descriptions It was hard to be lieve like be ing in a candy store The cylinder I picked out loo ked like it had a good head o n it but the barrel had rust in it that looked like brown fur T here must have been some o il o n the surface to sta rt with beca use it wasn t pitted and it didn t need plating after all

T he n Bud a nd I had some co ffee

and he told me the story about how he and ten others decided to build Grea t Lakes Biplanes in hi s ma nufacturing building Th ey we re goin g to build e leven a ll toge the r they would be all th e sa me and wh e n th ey fini she d theyd draw straws to pick their plane Bud hea rd about th e a ucti o n of th e Warner factory inventory in (She ldon) Iowa These were all the parts remain shying afte r a warehouse fire where they were stored Bud put in the winning bid a t the auction and picked up o ne semitrailer load of parts When Merlin Bock bo ught out th e fact o ry ea rli e r a nd mo ve d th e pa rts to Io wa th e re were 10 semi-loads but this one trailer was all that was left With Buds pur shychase though th e Grea t La kes Bi shyplanes would now all have Warner en shygines But afte r a couple of years the buildin g e nt e rpri se e nd e d beca use eve ryo ne had a diffe rent view of how long the e ffort should las t Eve ryo ne took their project home and some were finished separately When the projects went o ut the door the Warne r pa rt s we re put in the basem e nt o ut of the way They were there when I saw them in 1979

The Fairchild rebuilding jo b was fini shed in 1980 and I flew it until 1985 whe n th e numbe r 4 link ro d bro ke This time I needed a lo t of pa rts so it was back to th e we ll Bud wa nted to se ll a ll th e parts no t just th e o nes I needed and I knew enough by then to realize that I could sell them and hopeshyfull y get my money back So this time aft e r some price nego ti a ti o ns we s tru ck a dea l for a ll Bud s p a rt s I re nte d a 24- fo o t truck a nd with the help of a fri end and Bud Neats grand shyson we moved o ne load (ha lf o f the parts) to my 16 x 22 foot garage That fi ll ed it up Another friend offe red to

let me put a semitrailer on his farm so I bought a pretty good used 40 footer Whe n we got the seco nd load Bud s grand son got three of hi s college fri e nds to he lp so the re we re 6 o f us loading It only took four hours while th e fir st load had ta ke n a ll d ay My pickup truck was use d to mov e the parts in my garage to the trailer whenshyever I needed to make a trip out there Afte r about six wee ks my wife sa w that th e part s we re se llin g so she started speaking to me again

In with the engine parts were prints production reco rds test records and paperwork of a ll kinds but the T ype Ce rtifica te docum e nta ti o n was los t somewhere along the way In 1989 the FAA called and asked if I had the Type Certificates They had some boxes in Chicago that they wante d to give to the Type Certificate holder to get then out of their way Curiosity got the best of me and started me on the search for th e Type Ce rti fica te Th e require shyme nts we re to trace ownership from the last known owner to the present I had to get a ffidavits fro m all the ownshye rs since Clinton Mac hin e Company sold out They were the las t owners of th e T ype Certi fica te who were regisshytered with the FAA

This provided an interesting pursuit a nd I m e t a lo t of he lp ful pe opl e James Thomas Smith who bought the parts fr o m C lint o n Ma chin e Co couldn t be fo und Th e nex t owne r Duke H attah died in the late 60s and hi s re lati ves couldn t be found e ithe r The sea rch continued unsuccessfully January 1993 rolls around and someshyo ne approaches me to buy the T ype Certificate to build engines in Spain of all pl a ces Th e n in 1994 som eo ne wanted it to bui ld Warne r engines in Czechoslovakia fo r Blicke r Jungmeis-

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ters they were building I received a letter in December 1994 from the FAA stating that during a move to an off airport location they found a reshyquest dated June 13 1980 in a fo lder that was mislabeled to make new Data Plates and Type Certificates It was in Bud Neats name He had held the Certificate all along All that was needed was an affidavit from Bud Neat which was accomplished immeshydiately The new Type Certificates arshyrived in May 1995

Oh yes about those boxes the Chicago FAA had - They were shipped to the Atlanta FAA Certification ofshyfice The FAA people there invited me to visit them and look at the conshytents It was nice to meet some of the people I had been talking to on the phone for so long One full day was spent helping them sort through the boxes There were folders of correshyspondence (some of it mine) Warner blueprints and boxes of microfilm of all the Warner prints There were about 1200 microfilm prints per box Since there were duplicate sets of Warner blueprints on microfilm they offered me a set which I gladly acshycepted

Warner Engine Facts and Figures

The following information was gathshyered over the course of the successful acquisition of the Warner Type Cershytificates and from Warner Aircraft Corporation records These records were included with the remains of the Warner Company which I bought from Bud Neat of Louisville KY This will attempt be an attempt to sort and conshydense the jumble of papers to present that which is of most int erest to Warner engine owners

The Warner Aircraft Corporation was founded by William O Warne r in 1926 and its address was 20263 Hoover Avenue Detroit MI Officers in 1929 were William O Warner President amp General Manager Edward N Hartwick Vice-President amp Treasurer W J Jarvie Secretary In 1950 the ofshyficers were R E Cecil President Carl F Lang Secretary-Treasurer and Leonard W Quart Manufacturer s Agent William O Warner was a Dishyrector but ret ired The Warner Airshycraft Corporation was merged with Clinton Machine Company located in Clinton Michigan in April of 1950 The reason for the merger according to the Proxy Statement and notice of Stock Holders meeting of February 20 1950 was that Warner Aircraft found itself without a product except for the hydraulic units and it had lost money every year since the war The assets of Warner were transferred to Clinton

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Machine Company in exchange for shares of common stock of Clinton which were distributed to Warner shareho lders The president of Clinshyton Machine Comp any at that time was Donald D Thomas

In 1952 Clinton Machine Co so ld the aircraft engine parts prints and some tooling to the Detroit Harvester Co which was owned by James Thomas Smith He owned it for a very short time I was never ab le to find Mr Smith In about 1953 Detroit Harvester Co sold the remaining Warner assets to Duke Harrah Inc located in Niles Michigan Duke Harshyrah sold Warner parts until 1963 when he sold the Warner assets to M amp B Flying Service located at Sheldon Reshygional Airport in Sheldon Iowa Duke Harrah died in the late 60s Merlin Bock and Elmer Meuke were partners in M amp B Flying Service There were several semitrailer loads of parts which were put in a large hangar In 1966 the building burned in a fire started by someone working on a mower There was one semitrailer load that was salshyvaged Bud Neat from Louisville Kenshytucky brought the remains at auction

The sales records end December 31 1945 so the years 1946 to 1950 are less clear Grand total of all engines sold through December 31 1945 is 3572 Today there are 437 Warner engines on aircraft registered with the FAA The papers I have showin g sales records and Type Ce rtificate Data Sheets are quite interesting There were severa l projects in the experishymental department in 1945 The folshylowing interesting note is copied fro m the 1945 monthly progress report book

550-X 200HP New experimental e ngin e Pre liminary and final tests conducted toge the r with bolt deflecshytion measurements Power calibration conducted with standard induction housing 50 hours endurance running compl e ted Power calibration conshyducted with control induction with varshyious carburetor positions Engine now having cam settings and valve timing worked out for both standard and split cam

Active Signed S A Christiansen Test Engineer

Other projects in development were experimental engine 585-X which is 585 cubic inch with a 5 inch bore amp 4250 stroke

A 2 cyl Model 140-X horizontal opposed industrial engine and model 12850-3 a single cyl utility engine I wonder if the last two engines were the key to the Clinton merger (In 1950 Clinton was the second largest proshy

ducer of gasoline engines in the 34 to 3 hp range) Warner also manufacshytured wheels axles brakes skis prop hubs shock struts and hydraulic units These production plans also transshyferred with the Type Certificates

Included in the records are several books and inventories One is a book showing each engine sold in numerical order starting with the first engine sold It lists engine number Airplane Owner and Address A sample page from this book is included Also inshycluded is a chart listing standard enshygine model and serial number designashytions and deviations from standard By referencing this list and the data plate on your Warner engine you can determine how your engine was conshyfigured when it left the factory Bear in mind that your engine may have been changed substantially over the years during overhauls

From the Cessna 150 - 152 News

Safety - Avoiding wire Strikes Skip Carden editor

919-471-9492

The Terrible Truth About Wire Strikes a new video and a companshyion pamphlet from AOPA Air Safety Foundation debunks many misconcepshytions about these accidents There are an average of 115 reported general avishyation wire strikes a year but only an estimated 10 of strikes are reported

The video and pamphlet give some commo n-sense tips on how to see and avoid wires

bull Scan on both sides of the aircraft Look for towers or other supporting structures which are easier to see than the associated wires themselves Fly over the top of the tower rather than between the supporting structures

bull Nature doesn t make a stra ight line Strips of inconsistent vegetation crop edges land boundaries and roads can indicate a wire path

bull Flight below a ridge line or in a canyon puts a pilot in the wire envishyronment

bull Avoid antennas by a horizontal distance greater than the vertical height of the structure Guy wires can extend at a 45 degree angle from tower top to the ground

bull A pull-up is usually the best mashyneuver to avoid an unexpected wire In most cases the pilot sees the wire too late to bank away successfully

The video is priced at $10 plus $325 shipping The pamphlet is free with a 6 X 9 self-addressed envelope with 55 cents postage affixed AOPA ASF 421 Aviation Way Frederick MD 21701 800-638-3101

PASSdb BUCK by EE Buck Hilbert EAA 21 Ale 5 PO Box 424 Union IL 60180

Our twenty fifth Anniversary re shyunion seems to be shap ing up T write to each of the origi na l 100 members asking th e m to be with us at EAA OSHKOSH So far the replies are runshyning about fifty-fifty Those that are coming are enthusiastic about the whole thing and are just as interested today as when we started the Division More to come

As I read the history of the Division it triggers memories of events past The discussions that Paul Pobe rezny and I had over the titl e Division and hi s concerns that it was a word that would conjure up thoughts of a group that was seceding from EAA Happily it proved to be somet hing weve ne ver had to worry abo ut - EAA is still th e prime mover in Sport Aviation and the varishyous Divisions have accentuated the positive as that old song goes

The letters I receive are most welshycome and can either be a real boost or an education I got ed ucated on old time stunt pilot Howard Dutton from one of our ear ly members Capt Jim Barton (AA retired) who kn ew him personally Jim responded with clipshypings and a phone ca ll so we could anshyswer that query

Then I also got a letter fro m one of the San Diego antiquers who said r was off base on my Chapter One open house co lumn regarding the weather for that weekend He said it was much better than I had indicated and that it was the first time the whole group was able to fly up together A great time was had by all and the fly-in weather was great Im not going to remind him th at sevshyera l people got stuck in Riverside all day Sunday waiting for it to let up

I on ly wish there was room to pubshylish each and every lette r we receive T try to answer each one personally and usuall y do as time permits I also ge t requests for parts and pieces of inforshymation and on occasion Im able to be of some help Once in a while I stub my

toe R ecently a memb er called and asked if I could help him find a Cub alshytimeter I had one and sent it to him A week later I got it back Wrong color Min es black he ne ed ed one cream faced Oh well I tried

Number one son Robert your editor HG and I flew down to Middle town OH for the Aeronca get together HG a llowed me to ride with him in my Sed a n while Bob took hi s C ha mp Originally we had planned to take both Champs but mine deve loped a lea ky exhaust valve so it had to stay home

Wally Baldwin was our host down the re while Bob Hollenbaugh and his wife He len look ed after H G Wally squired us around town Hes writing a book on Aeronca and expects to go to press shortly This man is a walking enshycyc lope dia as far as Aeronca is co nshyce rned His D ad worked there when they were building the C-3s Ks Low Wings and later the C hamps C hi efs and Sedans Wa ll ys dad bought the prototype Champ after its nat ionwide demonstration tour ove rhauled the Ashy65 and gave it to Wally when he came

home from the Air Force after WW II Wally currently fli es a Champ with the same paint scheme and rues the day he ever sold the original

HG will be writing up the trip and printing pictures of all the beautiful airshyplanes in a future article but I want to say is that it was a great bunch and even thou gh Bob a nd I a long with D ale Gu stafso n got drafte d to judge airshyplanes we enjoyed it immensely

Over to you

Here are a couple of photos that ought to raise a few eyebrows courtesy of Aeronca retiree John Houser These two shots show the installation of a Aeroshymarine AR-3 engine in an Aeronca C-3 Rated at 55 hp running 2400 rpm the AR-3 might look familiar to many antishyquers - the design and manufacshyturing rights were sold to Burshynelli and then later (1938) it became known as the Lenape Papoose after Burnelli sold off that portion of its business to

Lenape Aircraft amp Motors of New York city As detailed in the 1939 edition of Aerosshyphere the AR-3 weighted in at 150 Ibs and had a pair of Bendix magnetos powering the two ignition circuits The Aeronca E-107 engine developed 26 hp the later E-113 was rated at 36 hp and the final version the E-113C was listed as producing 40 hp With the 55 hp of the AR-3 this early model C-3 must have been a good little performer This parshyticular 3-cylinder engine produced too much vibration to suit the engineers at Aeronca so no production aircraft were sold with this engineairframe combination

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23

Vintage Seaplanes by Norm Petersen

Summers here

and its time to think about

flying off the water

Our resident web-footed

pilot Norm Petersen

has provided us with a

look at waterbirds

24 JULY 1996

Kyle Meints Cessna 1708

(Left) Pictured at the Vette Seaplane Base at Oshkosh 95 is a pretty 1955 Cessna 170B N4453B SIN 26797 mounted on a set of Edo 89-2000 floats all decked out in a matching paint scheme of white with red trim The pretty Continental 145 powered seaplane is the pride and joy of Kyle Meints (EAA 360394) of Augusta MI who purchased the 170B on floats in Minnesota about ten years ago Kyle inshystalled the STOL kit on the wings painted the entire airplane and then painted the matching floats the next year all in PPG two-part urethane A factory seaplane since new the 170B has 2400 TT of which Kyle has flown about 400 hours since acquiring the f1oatplane This airplane spent about the first 25 years in New England before coming west to Minnesota Congrats to Kyle Meints on a sharp looking Cessna 170B f1oatplane

1140 floats which do not show their age (40 to 50 yrs) and have had their compartment covers reshymoved (The 1140 floats are easily distinguished from the larger 1320 floats by the si ngle cover beshytween the struts 1320 floats have two covers beshytween the struts) Apparently the boot cowl on the Cub has been replaced or repainted as the forward end of the lightning stripe is missing A li ghtshyweight pre-war Cub with wood spars and 1140 floats makes for a sporty seaplane that is pure fun

Odell Matthis Republic Seabee

(Left) This beautiful custom Republic RC-3 Seabee N87493 SIN 44 is the pride and joy of Odell and Diane Matthis (EAA 262957 AIC 10206) of Havelock NC No stranger to EAA Odell brought the highly polished Cessna 140A Patroller N5332C SIN 15452 that was featured in the October 1986 VINTAGE AIRPLANE and picshytured on the back cover The Seabee features extended wings with drooped tips tinted glass and a big Lycoming GO-480 engine of 295 hp The fancy paint scheme is overall white with red and gold trim This particular 1946 Seabee spent many years in the Seattle area before going to Anchorage AK for a number of years It is now based near the seacoast of North Carolina where Odell and Diane (who is also a pilot and 9ger) can make full use of the amphibious capabilities The FAA register lists 275 Sea bees remaining of the over 1050 that were built by Republic and Downer

John Van Andels J-3 Cub on 1140s

These photos of a 1940 J -3 C65 Cub NC30482 SIN 4863 mounted on a set of Edo 54-1140 floats were sent in by Ralph Koutnik (EAA 261425) of Bellaire Ml Tied down at the Antrim County Airport at Bellaire the pre-war J-3 Cub is owned by John Van Andel (EAA 343387) of Ft Pierce FL Special note should be made of the extreme ly clean condition of the

U S Forest Service Stinson SR-SA

(Left) This photo from back in the early 1940 s was contributed by Wiley Hautala of Ely MN The Stinson SRshy5A NC5045 mounted on Edo 38-3430 floats was flown by veteran Ely MN seaplane pilot Milt Nelson for several years until 1943 when the 245 hp Lyshycoming engine quit one day and put the SR-5A in the trees - and that was the end of NC5045 Milt Nelson who is presently in his eighties soloed a Travel Air bishyplane at Superior WI in 1933 and logged approximately 15 000 hours on floats while flying for the U S Forest Service over a period of twenty years He says the SR-5A was a nice flying airplane and did a very respectable job on floats alshythough it couldn t handle the heavy loads of a Beaver or Norseman Note the 1937 Ford grill in the foreground and the Travel Air S6000-B seaplane in the backshyground which was flown by Bill Leithold of Ely MN Ironically at one time Milt Nelson owned a Fairchild FC-2 on Fairchild floats Today those very same floats are in the EAA Aviation Museum completely restored by John Parish and ready for installation on the EAA Founshydations Fairchild FC-2W

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

Fly-In Calendar The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a matter of

information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the

information to EAA Att Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

JULY 23 - ZANESVILLE OH - EAA Chapter 425 Annual Pancake Day at Parr Airport 8 am - 5 pm Oshkosh bound pi lots encouraged to fly-in eat and refuel Contact Don Wahl 674454-0003

JULY 26-27 - COFFEYVILLE KS - Funk Aircraft Owners Assoc Reunion Contact Gene Ventress 70275 S Monticello Lenexa KS 66227

JULY 26-27 - AFTON WY - Callair Radio Controlled Model Aircraft Fly-In sponsored by the Callair Museum and Aviat Aircraft Inc For info call joan Michaels or Audrey Henning 307886-9887 FAX 307886shy9880

JULY 26-28 - RED LAKE ONTARIO CANAshyDA - Norseman Float Plane Festival For more info contact the Festiva l Committee at 807727-2809

JUL Y 27-29 - KEOKUK IA - Sixth World Wide gathering of L-Birds then en masse up to Wisconsin for EAA great OSHKOSH 96 on August 7 Contact Irv Linder 3 79524-6378

JULY 28 - GRANTSBURG WI - EAA Chapter 875 Wildrice Pancake Breakfast

JUL Y 28 - WEYBRIDGE SURREY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Aircraft of Surrey Fly- In Contact julian C Temple or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 07932 855465

JULY 31-WAUKESHA WI - (UES) tst Annual Great Stearman Fl y-Up to EAA Convention Call Stan Markus for more info 474567- 7499 or 965-3776

AUGUST 1-7 - OSHKOSH WI - 44th Annual EAA Fly-In and Sport Aviation Con vention Wittman Regional Airport Contact John Burton EAA PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 414426-4800

AUGUST 3 - ST PAUL MN - Lake Elmo Airport Aviation Days Fl y- In Pancake Breakfast Aircraft Disp lay and Young Eagles Day Rain Date August 4 Contact

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Dick Wicklund 672777-9742 AUGUST 3 - ELLSWORTH KS - EAA Chapter

7727 Fly-In breakfast (Oshkosh stop-over) and Cowtown Day Call Dale Weinhold 973-472-4027 (w) or -4309 (h) for info

AUGUST 18 - BROOKFIELD WI - Capita l Airport EAA AC Chapter 77 Vintage Aircraft Display and Ice Cream Social Noon - 5 pm Midwest Antique Airplane Club meeting as well For info call Capital Airport at 4 74787 -9550

AUGUST 18 - EAST TROY WI - Inti Cessna 720 740 Assoc Wisconsin Brat and Corn Roast Arrive at 77 am eat at 72 30 pm Bring a dish to pass and a buck Call Matt and Carole Rybarczyk 474767-0920

AUGUST 25 - BELMOND IA - NC Chapter 73 annual p icnic Call 575444-3637 for info

AUGUST 26 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Biplanes and Vintage Aircraft Fly- In Contact ju l ia n C Temp l e or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 0 7932 855465

AUGUST 27-29 - YOUNGSTOWN OH shyBARTLESVIL LE OK AND EL CAJON CA -Staggerwing Beech Commemorative Tour Ca ll William Thaden 207439-7767 fo r info

AUGUST 30-31 - HA YWA RD CA - EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter 29 Fourth Annual Antique Fl y- In and Airshow Free Early Bird Dinner to all display aircraft on Friday This is a northern Cal ifornia points event Contact Bud Field at 5 70455-2300

AUGUST 30 - SEPT 1 - PROSSER WA - EAA Chapter 397 25th Anniversary Fly- In at Prosser airport Call Cormac Thompson for info 509786- 7034

AUGUST 30-31 - MOCKSVIL LE NC - Tara Airbase (5NC7) 77 th Annua l Anything That Flies Fly-In Private Fly-In - attenshydance at your own risk For info ca ll 704284-2 767 or 970764-0007

AUGUST 31 - MARION IN - Sixth Annual Fly-InCruise-In breakfast sponsored by the Marion High schoo l Band Boosters Antiques Classics homebuilts and Antique classic and custom cars welshycomed For information contact Ray johnson at 3 77664-2588

SE PT 1 - ZANESVILLE OH - Riverside Airport EAA Chapter 425 Labor Day Weekend Fly-In Drive-In Breakfast 8 am - 5 pm Sandwiches etc from noon to closing

SEPT 7 - OSCEOLA WI - Simenstad Field 76th Annual Wheels and Wings Air Fair Train rides pancake breakfast fly-in Free event shuttle bus Pilots check class 0 NOTAMS for specia l airport conditions For info call 775755-3300

SEPT 13-15 - URBANA IL - Frasca Field Byron Smith Memorial Stinson Reunion Fly-In Ca ll 708904-6964 for info

SEPT 13-1 5 - JACKSONVILLE IL - Ercoupe Fly-In Call 2 77546-0585 for info

SEPT 20-2 1 - BARTLESVILLE IL - Frank Phillips Field 39th Annual Tulsa Regional Fly-In sponsored by EAA NC Chapter 70 AAA Chapter 2 EAA Chapter 70 EAA lAC Chapter 70 and the Green Country U ltralight Flyers Call Charlie Harris for info 978622-8400

SEPT 21-22 - ROCK FALLS IL - Whiteside County Airport (SQI) North Central EAA Old Fashioned Fly-In Fly market campshying and food on field Call Gregg Erikson 7085 73-064 7 or Dave Christianson at 875625-6556 Pancake breakfast Sept 22 - 0700 - 7700

SEPT 22 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGLAND - Brooklands Museum Fly-In Contact ju l ian C Templ e or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 07932855465

SEPT 27-28 - SANTA YNEZ CA - 8th Annual Western Waco Assoc Reunion Call jon A ldrich 209962-6727 or Barry Branin 7 74545-7476 for info

SEPT 28-29 - ZANESVILLE OH - John s Landing A irfield 5th Annual Fall Fly-In sponsored by EAA NC Chapter 22 of Ohio Hog roast on the 28th breakfast both days Antique classic homebuilts warbirds welshycome For more info call Virginia at 674453-6889

SEPT 28-29 - LEXINGTON TN - Tennessee Taildraggers 72th Annual Fly-In 907968shy2864 or 901968-4022 for info

OCTOBER 4-6 - REDDING CA - Benton Field EAA Chaper 157 Oktoberfest Contacts Bruce Taylor 976275-6456 or Armal Owens 976243-4382

OCTOBER 13 - TOWANDA PA - Towanda airport (N27) Fly-In Breakfast - all you can eat Eggs sausage pancakes 100 pure maple syrup 7 am -7 pm

OCT 13 - ZANESVILLE OH - Riverside A i rport EAA Chapter 425 and the ARTHRITIS FOUNDA TlON Hog Roast 8 am - 5 pm Contact Don Wahl at 614 454-0003

OCTOBER 13 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Fly-In Contact ju l ian C Temple or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 0 1932857381 or FAX 01932855465

OCT 18-20 - KERRVIL LE TX - Southwest Regional Fly-In For info ca ll 800221shy7958 Vendors should call 270914-3746

Ale NEWS Continued from page 2

in two a reas to mos t VFR pilots - the Surface Aviation Observation (SA) will now become the Aviation Routine Weather Report (Metar) with an addishytional report the Aviation Selected Special Weather report (Speci) added to it when dictated by changing weather conditions A new international format will also be adopted to replace the Tershyminal Forecast (TF) issued by the Nashytional Weather Service The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) will be the new format for this forecast

The new formats will be a combinashytion of new and old abbreviations but the seq ue nces will change a nd some components will be reported in a differshye nt format For many of us who us e DUATS briefing services and exercise the plain language option these changes will be transparent but be careful - temshyperaturedewpoint spreads will be given in degrees Celsius and sky cover definishytions will change Other parts of the seshyquence reports will be a lso be revised The new form a t began with the NWS transmissions that were issued a t 0800 UTC July l

For more informat ion and a card that details the new Metar format conshytact your nearest Flight Service Station or yo ur loca l FAA Flight Standards District Office

EICHER KIMBAll GEE BEE Z fliES

LUSCOMBE FOUNDATION 8E GIVEAWAY

The Don Luscombe Aviation Foundashytion is doing it again A small total of only 2800 tickets will be sold to help raise funds used to continue the expansion of services of the Foundation to Luscombe owners and to fulfill the Luscombe Type Certificate purchase contract You can see the work done to restore the 1996 Win Me airplane in the accompanying photos This airshyplane has all the Luscombe options and has been fully inspected and rebuilt with the latest information on Luscombe repa irs from the foundation For a more informashytion including the price of tickets and a brochure call the OLAF at 602917-0969 or fax them at 6021917-4719

NO 80 OCTANE AT WITTMAN FiElD

If youve always planned on fueling up with 80 octan e fuel during EAA O shkosh youll need to buy it from someone other tha n Basle r Flight Sershyvice the FBO on Wittman Field Basler

The Gee Bee Z recently completed by Jeff Eicher and Kevin Kimball was first flown on June 24 and again on the 25th by Delmar Benj amin Delmar explored the handling characteristics of the z in a series of flights that culminated in a roll and knife edge flight He reports a stall speed at about 75 mph indicated rt quickly acshycelerates to 210 mph and then continues to build up more speed up to 230 mph Delmar reports that it is hands off stable in both pitch and yaw 130 mph is used on fi nal to keep the Zs sink rate at a comfortable level We ll have more on the first flights of this beautiful Gee Bee replica next month but until then congratulations to Jeff and Kevin and their test pilot Delmar Benjamin

has informed EAA that they will not be selling any 80 octane fu el for resale durshying th e EAA Convention Du e to tighter tank te sting rules e nforced by the EPA Basler has storage facilities sufficient o nly for the quantities of 100 LL a nd Jet A neede d during the Conshyvention but there s no room left for a quantity of 80 octane After exploring other options Bas ler re luctantly deshycided to drop carrying 80 octane avgas which they had only had available durshying th e EAA Fly-In Since Basle r has also chosen not to offer auto fuel if you prefer not to burn 100LL in yo ur vinshytage engine you may wish to plan your flight with a fuel stop after your deparshyture or prior to your arrival Basler will be offering 100 octane avgas at the same price as last year $2 15 If you really prefer to run your e ngine on 80 octane avgas the closest airport with that fuel is the tailwheel friendly fie ld at Hartshyford WI (HXF) located 41 statute miles SSE of Oshkosh Hartford Aero Sershyvice 414673-5350 is the FBO and hes aware of the situat ion and is planning on having his 10000 gallon tank topped off in time for the Convention

CUB MONUMENT IN BRADFO RD

Thanks to the impetus provided by Sport Aviation editor Jack Cox a monshyument will be e rected on the site of the old Taylor Aircraft company in Bradshyford P A For more details on the effort being spea rh eaded by George Welsch

Continued on page 31

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27

by HC Frautschy

The April Mystery Plane proved to be a tough one so we ll continue that course with the July Mystery Plane This handshysome biplanes photo was sent in some time ago by Richard E Sampson Ft Lauderdale FL

Answers need to be in no later than August 25 1996 for inclushysion in the October issue

Aprils Mystery is still just that - an unknown Lennart Johnsson of Eldsberga Sweden sugshygested that it might be the creation of the Engshylish designer Harold Bolas and his partner Capt Goodman-Crouch who both emigrated to the USA and settled in Rhode Island After reshyviewing an article on the Crouch-Bolas Dragshyonfly its obviously not our Mystery Plane Our thanks to Lennart for giving it a shot

The second shot I ve included in this months edition may help jog the dim memory of someone else You can see that the airplane is not particularly large when compared to the pilot crouching on the bow Also tip floats have been added to the lower wings and you can plainly see the biplane configuration of the horizontal tail We can leave this Mystery Plane file open and perhaps someone will recshyognize it

28 JULY 1996

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ers and new antennae The entire set of cabin windows was replaced (some are crank down) along with a new windshield A new interior was sewn by Lydia Preiss the twins mother who had learned seamshystress skills in Germany before coming to the US The result was an interior that is absolutely outstanding and had the judges smiling from ear to ear

The 195 had come from the factory with crosswind gear - an option that is not usually compatible with original style wheelpants New straight axles were inshystalled along with new Cleveland wheels and brakes per STC and a search was beshygun for a set of the rare aluminum wheel pants with their special shape that fit a 195 After a year of inquiring (along with a special bit of accidental luck) a pair was finally located purchased (many $$$$)

18 JULY 1996

and were totally reworked and installed with new backing plates When polished to a glistening shine these tall narrow wheelpants are in a class by themselves

Up front the old Montgomery spinner was removed and a new Cessna type as used originally on the 195 was installed (more $$$$) The result is rather striking as the more pointed nose on the 195 spinshyner gives it that original look and really shines when polished

John discovered that three different pain t schemes were used on the 195 seshyries depending on serial number Even though his airplane was not previously painted correctly he was able to get asshysistance from Cessna and a few others so he was able to layout a correct paint scheme for the proper serial number 7712 built in July 1951 and making its

first test flight on July 12 1951 The airshyplane was taken to Central Aviation Inc in Watertown WI for final painting by Randy Effinger and his very capable crew

The 18 month restoration effort was finished just prior to Oshkosh 94 includshying the massive polishing job on the alushyminum with Rolite polish The 195 was flown to Oshkosh and displayed in the AntiqueClassic area for a couple of days Before the Convention was finished John Priess and his new bride Beverly were off to Hawaii on their honeymoon and brother Jim was delegated as a commitshytee of one to attend the awards ceremony Late in the program Cessna 195 N2JP was called out for the Reserve Grand Champion Lindy award and Jim walked up on stage to accept it for his brother

Perhaps the real joy for Jim was calling his brother in Hawaii and calmly informing him of the award - almost nonchalant like (Brothers have been known to pull such things on each other) John and Beverly were jumping up and down with exciteshyment wishing they could have been on hand for the presentation

With many ideas from the Antique Classic judges the Preiss boys have been steadily improving the big Cessna to where it looks better than ever At Sun n Fun 96 the 195 ran off with the award for Best Restored Classic Over 165 hp and the Preiss gang was indeed happy Their next goal is Oshkosh 96 where they plan to make another run at the big prize

An interesting coincidence happened when prior to purchasing the 195 John was telling one of his friends Jeff Sandlin

at Southwest Airlines about the big cabin Cessna and learned that Jeffs father had owned a 195 for quite a number of years After purchasing the airplane he showed Jeff some photos of the 195 and menshytioned that a man named A E Edwards had owned the airplane for a long span of years John was really surprised when Jeff blurted out A E Edwards is my father In 1994 John flew the 195 to Denton Texas where Mr and Mrs A E Edwards now in their eighties had the unusual opshyportunity to see the very same airplane that they had taken such good care of over many years and flown the Cessna over 3200 hours The reunion was very special to John and the Edwards family and made the airplane even more special to the Priess family

Although the original N number of the

Cessna 195 was N1014D that number is currently in use and the owner is not willshying to give it up Therefore John chose to use N2JP which was available at the time Eventually John says it would be quite an achievement to get the original number back on the airplane

John Preiss is the very first person to admit that he has had a great deal of assisshytance and help on the 195 His father Ershyhard Preiss started the love of aviation in the boys during their early years and the workmanship on the Cessna is dedicated to his memory Erhard passed away in 1980 Johns wife Beverly has been very patient and supportive during the restorashytion process In addition John is very grateful for the help and expertise of his brother Jim the overseeing IA on the project who is totally unafraid of hard

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work Special thanks are also in order for the twins mother Lydia Preiss who used her seamstress ski lls so well

Other contributors were Jimmy Vickshyers of Lubbock Texas a fo rmer Cessna dealer who flies his own 195 Captain Jeff Kilponen of Southwest Air lines who sparked John Preiss interest in the Cessna 195 in the first place and John Swander of

(Above) The unique split-flap employed on the 195 is designed for drag to slow the airplane down for landing It contributes alshymost nothing to lift Look at the sparkling interior of that wing when the flap is pulled down for inspection

(Above left) For genuine comfort it is hard to beat the rear seat of a Cessna 195 This interior was completely sewn by Lydia Preiss the mother of both John and Jim Preiss This seat is cashypable of handling three persons with ease making the 195 a true five-place airplane

(Left) The totally restored instrument panel complete with upshygraded avionics is a thing of beauty and function The throttle uses a friction lock collar while the propeller and mixture conshytrols each employ a vernier control for fine adjustment This particular 195 has the dual yoke in deference to a throw-over yoke as used on some models

DeSoto Kansas who provided some exshy John would especially like to thank the cellent ideas and much help to the restorashy Cessna Aircraft Company for designing tion Tim McCarter a pi lot and mechan ic and building a true classic aircraft that pishyfor Amphib Inc contributed expertise lots such as as he and his twin brother can and support to the rebuild a nd the Inshy continue to appreciate and enjoy ternational195 C lu b and Eastern 195 To this we add our congratulations and Cl ub were most he lpful in getting N2JP very best wishes in the future for making back in the air - along with helping all 195 N2JP such a dazzling airplane It is indeed owners keep them there a credit to its restorers

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Type Club

NOTES by Norm Petersen

Compiled from various type club publications amp newsletters

From the Monocoupe Flyer Bob Coolbaugh editor 703-590shy

2375

Adventures of a Warner Engine Owner

George Olson - January 1996

About 1979 while ove rhauling the 145 HP Warner for my Fairchild 24 a crack was fo und in one of the cylinder barrels Parts were really hard to find but a fri e nd in Lo uisvill e C la ud e Curry who I am sorry to say is now go ne to ld me th a t hi s fri e nd Bud Nea t a lso in Lo uisville had the reshyma ining Warne r pa rts but he was n t se llin g a nythin g H e offe red to ca ll Bud and tell him my situation and ca ll me bac k La te r he told me th a t I should go ahead and call Bud which I did Bud said that Claude told him all about it and to come over and see if we could fi nd one that was suitable The parts were in the basement of his manshyufacturing building We took fla sh shyli ghts and Bud showed me where the cylinders were to ld me to pick one out a nd we nt bac k upsta irs There were pallets filled with hundreds of cylinder assemblies There were cylinder ba rshyre ls stac ked about e ight fee t high o n o the r pa lle ts boxes of parts all over the place about 40 barrels of studs and other small steel parts some engines in various stages o f assembly big crates of baffl ing and tools of all descriptions It was hard to be lieve like be ing in a candy store The cylinder I picked out loo ked like it had a good head o n it but the barrel had rust in it that looked like brown fur T here must have been some o il o n the surface to sta rt with beca use it wasn t pitted and it didn t need plating after all

T he n Bud a nd I had some co ffee

and he told me the story about how he and ten others decided to build Grea t Lakes Biplanes in hi s ma nufacturing building Th ey we re goin g to build e leven a ll toge the r they would be all th e sa me and wh e n th ey fini she d theyd draw straws to pick their plane Bud hea rd about th e a ucti o n of th e Warner factory inventory in (She ldon) Iowa These were all the parts remain shying afte r a warehouse fire where they were stored Bud put in the winning bid a t the auction and picked up o ne semitrailer load of parts When Merlin Bock bo ught out th e fact o ry ea rli e r a nd mo ve d th e pa rts to Io wa th e re were 10 semi-loads but this one trailer was all that was left With Buds pur shychase though th e Grea t La kes Bi shyplanes would now all have Warner en shygines But afte r a couple of years the buildin g e nt e rpri se e nd e d beca use eve ryo ne had a diffe rent view of how long the e ffort should las t Eve ryo ne took their project home and some were finished separately When the projects went o ut the door the Warne r pa rt s we re put in the basem e nt o ut of the way They were there when I saw them in 1979

The Fairchild rebuilding jo b was fini shed in 1980 and I flew it until 1985 whe n th e numbe r 4 link ro d bro ke This time I needed a lo t of pa rts so it was back to th e we ll Bud wa nted to se ll a ll th e parts no t just th e o nes I needed and I knew enough by then to realize that I could sell them and hopeshyfull y get my money back So this time aft e r some price nego ti a ti o ns we s tru ck a dea l for a ll Bud s p a rt s I re nte d a 24- fo o t truck a nd with the help of a fri end and Bud Neats grand shyson we moved o ne load (ha lf o f the parts) to my 16 x 22 foot garage That fi ll ed it up Another friend offe red to

let me put a semitrailer on his farm so I bought a pretty good used 40 footer Whe n we got the seco nd load Bud s grand son got three of hi s college fri e nds to he lp so the re we re 6 o f us loading It only took four hours while th e fir st load had ta ke n a ll d ay My pickup truck was use d to mov e the parts in my garage to the trailer whenshyever I needed to make a trip out there Afte r about six wee ks my wife sa w that th e part s we re se llin g so she started speaking to me again

In with the engine parts were prints production reco rds test records and paperwork of a ll kinds but the T ype Ce rtifica te docum e nta ti o n was los t somewhere along the way In 1989 the FAA called and asked if I had the Type Certificates They had some boxes in Chicago that they wante d to give to the Type Certificate holder to get then out of their way Curiosity got the best of me and started me on the search for th e Type Ce rti fica te Th e require shyme nts we re to trace ownership from the last known owner to the present I had to get a ffidavits fro m all the ownshye rs since Clinton Mac hin e Company sold out They were the las t owners of th e T ype Certi fica te who were regisshytered with the FAA

This provided an interesting pursuit a nd I m e t a lo t of he lp ful pe opl e James Thomas Smith who bought the parts fr o m C lint o n Ma chin e Co couldn t be fo und Th e nex t owne r Duke H attah died in the late 60s and hi s re lati ves couldn t be found e ithe r The sea rch continued unsuccessfully January 1993 rolls around and someshyo ne approaches me to buy the T ype Certificate to build engines in Spain of all pl a ces Th e n in 1994 som eo ne wanted it to bui ld Warne r engines in Czechoslovakia fo r Blicke r Jungmeis-

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ters they were building I received a letter in December 1994 from the FAA stating that during a move to an off airport location they found a reshyquest dated June 13 1980 in a fo lder that was mislabeled to make new Data Plates and Type Certificates It was in Bud Neats name He had held the Certificate all along All that was needed was an affidavit from Bud Neat which was accomplished immeshydiately The new Type Certificates arshyrived in May 1995

Oh yes about those boxes the Chicago FAA had - They were shipped to the Atlanta FAA Certification ofshyfice The FAA people there invited me to visit them and look at the conshytents It was nice to meet some of the people I had been talking to on the phone for so long One full day was spent helping them sort through the boxes There were folders of correshyspondence (some of it mine) Warner blueprints and boxes of microfilm of all the Warner prints There were about 1200 microfilm prints per box Since there were duplicate sets of Warner blueprints on microfilm they offered me a set which I gladly acshycepted

Warner Engine Facts and Figures

The following information was gathshyered over the course of the successful acquisition of the Warner Type Cershytificates and from Warner Aircraft Corporation records These records were included with the remains of the Warner Company which I bought from Bud Neat of Louisville KY This will attempt be an attempt to sort and conshydense the jumble of papers to present that which is of most int erest to Warner engine owners

The Warner Aircraft Corporation was founded by William O Warne r in 1926 and its address was 20263 Hoover Avenue Detroit MI Officers in 1929 were William O Warner President amp General Manager Edward N Hartwick Vice-President amp Treasurer W J Jarvie Secretary In 1950 the ofshyficers were R E Cecil President Carl F Lang Secretary-Treasurer and Leonard W Quart Manufacturer s Agent William O Warner was a Dishyrector but ret ired The Warner Airshycraft Corporation was merged with Clinton Machine Company located in Clinton Michigan in April of 1950 The reason for the merger according to the Proxy Statement and notice of Stock Holders meeting of February 20 1950 was that Warner Aircraft found itself without a product except for the hydraulic units and it had lost money every year since the war The assets of Warner were transferred to Clinton

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Machine Company in exchange for shares of common stock of Clinton which were distributed to Warner shareho lders The president of Clinshyton Machine Comp any at that time was Donald D Thomas

In 1952 Clinton Machine Co so ld the aircraft engine parts prints and some tooling to the Detroit Harvester Co which was owned by James Thomas Smith He owned it for a very short time I was never ab le to find Mr Smith In about 1953 Detroit Harvester Co sold the remaining Warner assets to Duke Harrah Inc located in Niles Michigan Duke Harshyrah sold Warner parts until 1963 when he sold the Warner assets to M amp B Flying Service located at Sheldon Reshygional Airport in Sheldon Iowa Duke Harrah died in the late 60s Merlin Bock and Elmer Meuke were partners in M amp B Flying Service There were several semitrailer loads of parts which were put in a large hangar In 1966 the building burned in a fire started by someone working on a mower There was one semitrailer load that was salshyvaged Bud Neat from Louisville Kenshytucky brought the remains at auction

The sales records end December 31 1945 so the years 1946 to 1950 are less clear Grand total of all engines sold through December 31 1945 is 3572 Today there are 437 Warner engines on aircraft registered with the FAA The papers I have showin g sales records and Type Ce rtificate Data Sheets are quite interesting There were severa l projects in the experishymental department in 1945 The folshylowing interesting note is copied fro m the 1945 monthly progress report book

550-X 200HP New experimental e ngin e Pre liminary and final tests conducted toge the r with bolt deflecshytion measurements Power calibration conducted with standard induction housing 50 hours endurance running compl e ted Power calibration conshyducted with control induction with varshyious carburetor positions Engine now having cam settings and valve timing worked out for both standard and split cam

Active Signed S A Christiansen Test Engineer

Other projects in development were experimental engine 585-X which is 585 cubic inch with a 5 inch bore amp 4250 stroke

A 2 cyl Model 140-X horizontal opposed industrial engine and model 12850-3 a single cyl utility engine I wonder if the last two engines were the key to the Clinton merger (In 1950 Clinton was the second largest proshy

ducer of gasoline engines in the 34 to 3 hp range) Warner also manufacshytured wheels axles brakes skis prop hubs shock struts and hydraulic units These production plans also transshyferred with the Type Certificates

Included in the records are several books and inventories One is a book showing each engine sold in numerical order starting with the first engine sold It lists engine number Airplane Owner and Address A sample page from this book is included Also inshycluded is a chart listing standard enshygine model and serial number designashytions and deviations from standard By referencing this list and the data plate on your Warner engine you can determine how your engine was conshyfigured when it left the factory Bear in mind that your engine may have been changed substantially over the years during overhauls

From the Cessna 150 - 152 News

Safety - Avoiding wire Strikes Skip Carden editor

919-471-9492

The Terrible Truth About Wire Strikes a new video and a companshyion pamphlet from AOPA Air Safety Foundation debunks many misconcepshytions about these accidents There are an average of 115 reported general avishyation wire strikes a year but only an estimated 10 of strikes are reported

The video and pamphlet give some commo n-sense tips on how to see and avoid wires

bull Scan on both sides of the aircraft Look for towers or other supporting structures which are easier to see than the associated wires themselves Fly over the top of the tower rather than between the supporting structures

bull Nature doesn t make a stra ight line Strips of inconsistent vegetation crop edges land boundaries and roads can indicate a wire path

bull Flight below a ridge line or in a canyon puts a pilot in the wire envishyronment

bull Avoid antennas by a horizontal distance greater than the vertical height of the structure Guy wires can extend at a 45 degree angle from tower top to the ground

bull A pull-up is usually the best mashyneuver to avoid an unexpected wire In most cases the pilot sees the wire too late to bank away successfully

The video is priced at $10 plus $325 shipping The pamphlet is free with a 6 X 9 self-addressed envelope with 55 cents postage affixed AOPA ASF 421 Aviation Way Frederick MD 21701 800-638-3101

PASSdb BUCK by EE Buck Hilbert EAA 21 Ale 5 PO Box 424 Union IL 60180

Our twenty fifth Anniversary re shyunion seems to be shap ing up T write to each of the origi na l 100 members asking th e m to be with us at EAA OSHKOSH So far the replies are runshyning about fifty-fifty Those that are coming are enthusiastic about the whole thing and are just as interested today as when we started the Division More to come

As I read the history of the Division it triggers memories of events past The discussions that Paul Pobe rezny and I had over the titl e Division and hi s concerns that it was a word that would conjure up thoughts of a group that was seceding from EAA Happily it proved to be somet hing weve ne ver had to worry abo ut - EAA is still th e prime mover in Sport Aviation and the varishyous Divisions have accentuated the positive as that old song goes

The letters I receive are most welshycome and can either be a real boost or an education I got ed ucated on old time stunt pilot Howard Dutton from one of our ear ly members Capt Jim Barton (AA retired) who kn ew him personally Jim responded with clipshypings and a phone ca ll so we could anshyswer that query

Then I also got a letter fro m one of the San Diego antiquers who said r was off base on my Chapter One open house co lumn regarding the weather for that weekend He said it was much better than I had indicated and that it was the first time the whole group was able to fly up together A great time was had by all and the fly-in weather was great Im not going to remind him th at sevshyera l people got stuck in Riverside all day Sunday waiting for it to let up

I on ly wish there was room to pubshylish each and every lette r we receive T try to answer each one personally and usuall y do as time permits I also ge t requests for parts and pieces of inforshymation and on occasion Im able to be of some help Once in a while I stub my

toe R ecently a memb er called and asked if I could help him find a Cub alshytimeter I had one and sent it to him A week later I got it back Wrong color Min es black he ne ed ed one cream faced Oh well I tried

Number one son Robert your editor HG and I flew down to Middle town OH for the Aeronca get together HG a llowed me to ride with him in my Sed a n while Bob took hi s C ha mp Originally we had planned to take both Champs but mine deve loped a lea ky exhaust valve so it had to stay home

Wally Baldwin was our host down the re while Bob Hollenbaugh and his wife He len look ed after H G Wally squired us around town Hes writing a book on Aeronca and expects to go to press shortly This man is a walking enshycyc lope dia as far as Aeronca is co nshyce rned His D ad worked there when they were building the C-3s Ks Low Wings and later the C hamps C hi efs and Sedans Wa ll ys dad bought the prototype Champ after its nat ionwide demonstration tour ove rhauled the Ashy65 and gave it to Wally when he came

home from the Air Force after WW II Wally currently fli es a Champ with the same paint scheme and rues the day he ever sold the original

HG will be writing up the trip and printing pictures of all the beautiful airshyplanes in a future article but I want to say is that it was a great bunch and even thou gh Bob a nd I a long with D ale Gu stafso n got drafte d to judge airshyplanes we enjoyed it immensely

Over to you

Here are a couple of photos that ought to raise a few eyebrows courtesy of Aeronca retiree John Houser These two shots show the installation of a Aeroshymarine AR-3 engine in an Aeronca C-3 Rated at 55 hp running 2400 rpm the AR-3 might look familiar to many antishyquers - the design and manufacshyturing rights were sold to Burshynelli and then later (1938) it became known as the Lenape Papoose after Burnelli sold off that portion of its business to

Lenape Aircraft amp Motors of New York city As detailed in the 1939 edition of Aerosshyphere the AR-3 weighted in at 150 Ibs and had a pair of Bendix magnetos powering the two ignition circuits The Aeronca E-107 engine developed 26 hp the later E-113 was rated at 36 hp and the final version the E-113C was listed as producing 40 hp With the 55 hp of the AR-3 this early model C-3 must have been a good little performer This parshyticular 3-cylinder engine produced too much vibration to suit the engineers at Aeronca so no production aircraft were sold with this engineairframe combination

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Vintage Seaplanes by Norm Petersen

Summers here

and its time to think about

flying off the water

Our resident web-footed

pilot Norm Petersen

has provided us with a

look at waterbirds

24 JULY 1996

Kyle Meints Cessna 1708

(Left) Pictured at the Vette Seaplane Base at Oshkosh 95 is a pretty 1955 Cessna 170B N4453B SIN 26797 mounted on a set of Edo 89-2000 floats all decked out in a matching paint scheme of white with red trim The pretty Continental 145 powered seaplane is the pride and joy of Kyle Meints (EAA 360394) of Augusta MI who purchased the 170B on floats in Minnesota about ten years ago Kyle inshystalled the STOL kit on the wings painted the entire airplane and then painted the matching floats the next year all in PPG two-part urethane A factory seaplane since new the 170B has 2400 TT of which Kyle has flown about 400 hours since acquiring the f1oatplane This airplane spent about the first 25 years in New England before coming west to Minnesota Congrats to Kyle Meints on a sharp looking Cessna 170B f1oatplane

1140 floats which do not show their age (40 to 50 yrs) and have had their compartment covers reshymoved (The 1140 floats are easily distinguished from the larger 1320 floats by the si ngle cover beshytween the struts 1320 floats have two covers beshytween the struts) Apparently the boot cowl on the Cub has been replaced or repainted as the forward end of the lightning stripe is missing A li ghtshyweight pre-war Cub with wood spars and 1140 floats makes for a sporty seaplane that is pure fun

Odell Matthis Republic Seabee

(Left) This beautiful custom Republic RC-3 Seabee N87493 SIN 44 is the pride and joy of Odell and Diane Matthis (EAA 262957 AIC 10206) of Havelock NC No stranger to EAA Odell brought the highly polished Cessna 140A Patroller N5332C SIN 15452 that was featured in the October 1986 VINTAGE AIRPLANE and picshytured on the back cover The Seabee features extended wings with drooped tips tinted glass and a big Lycoming GO-480 engine of 295 hp The fancy paint scheme is overall white with red and gold trim This particular 1946 Seabee spent many years in the Seattle area before going to Anchorage AK for a number of years It is now based near the seacoast of North Carolina where Odell and Diane (who is also a pilot and 9ger) can make full use of the amphibious capabilities The FAA register lists 275 Sea bees remaining of the over 1050 that were built by Republic and Downer

John Van Andels J-3 Cub on 1140s

These photos of a 1940 J -3 C65 Cub NC30482 SIN 4863 mounted on a set of Edo 54-1140 floats were sent in by Ralph Koutnik (EAA 261425) of Bellaire Ml Tied down at the Antrim County Airport at Bellaire the pre-war J-3 Cub is owned by John Van Andel (EAA 343387) of Ft Pierce FL Special note should be made of the extreme ly clean condition of the

U S Forest Service Stinson SR-SA

(Left) This photo from back in the early 1940 s was contributed by Wiley Hautala of Ely MN The Stinson SRshy5A NC5045 mounted on Edo 38-3430 floats was flown by veteran Ely MN seaplane pilot Milt Nelson for several years until 1943 when the 245 hp Lyshycoming engine quit one day and put the SR-5A in the trees - and that was the end of NC5045 Milt Nelson who is presently in his eighties soloed a Travel Air bishyplane at Superior WI in 1933 and logged approximately 15 000 hours on floats while flying for the U S Forest Service over a period of twenty years He says the SR-5A was a nice flying airplane and did a very respectable job on floats alshythough it couldn t handle the heavy loads of a Beaver or Norseman Note the 1937 Ford grill in the foreground and the Travel Air S6000-B seaplane in the backshyground which was flown by Bill Leithold of Ely MN Ironically at one time Milt Nelson owned a Fairchild FC-2 on Fairchild floats Today those very same floats are in the EAA Aviation Museum completely restored by John Parish and ready for installation on the EAA Founshydations Fairchild FC-2W

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Fly-In Calendar The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a matter of

information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the

information to EAA Att Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

JULY 23 - ZANESVILLE OH - EAA Chapter 425 Annual Pancake Day at Parr Airport 8 am - 5 pm Oshkosh bound pi lots encouraged to fly-in eat and refuel Contact Don Wahl 674454-0003

JULY 26-27 - COFFEYVILLE KS - Funk Aircraft Owners Assoc Reunion Contact Gene Ventress 70275 S Monticello Lenexa KS 66227

JULY 26-27 - AFTON WY - Callair Radio Controlled Model Aircraft Fly-In sponsored by the Callair Museum and Aviat Aircraft Inc For info call joan Michaels or Audrey Henning 307886-9887 FAX 307886shy9880

JULY 26-28 - RED LAKE ONTARIO CANAshyDA - Norseman Float Plane Festival For more info contact the Festiva l Committee at 807727-2809

JUL Y 27-29 - KEOKUK IA - Sixth World Wide gathering of L-Birds then en masse up to Wisconsin for EAA great OSHKOSH 96 on August 7 Contact Irv Linder 3 79524-6378

JULY 28 - GRANTSBURG WI - EAA Chapter 875 Wildrice Pancake Breakfast

JUL Y 28 - WEYBRIDGE SURREY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Aircraft of Surrey Fly- In Contact julian C Temple or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 07932 855465

JULY 31-WAUKESHA WI - (UES) tst Annual Great Stearman Fl y-Up to EAA Convention Call Stan Markus for more info 474567- 7499 or 965-3776

AUGUST 1-7 - OSHKOSH WI - 44th Annual EAA Fly-In and Sport Aviation Con vention Wittman Regional Airport Contact John Burton EAA PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 414426-4800

AUGUST 3 - ST PAUL MN - Lake Elmo Airport Aviation Days Fl y- In Pancake Breakfast Aircraft Disp lay and Young Eagles Day Rain Date August 4 Contact

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Dick Wicklund 672777-9742 AUGUST 3 - ELLSWORTH KS - EAA Chapter

7727 Fly-In breakfast (Oshkosh stop-over) and Cowtown Day Call Dale Weinhold 973-472-4027 (w) or -4309 (h) for info

AUGUST 18 - BROOKFIELD WI - Capita l Airport EAA AC Chapter 77 Vintage Aircraft Display and Ice Cream Social Noon - 5 pm Midwest Antique Airplane Club meeting as well For info call Capital Airport at 4 74787 -9550

AUGUST 18 - EAST TROY WI - Inti Cessna 720 740 Assoc Wisconsin Brat and Corn Roast Arrive at 77 am eat at 72 30 pm Bring a dish to pass and a buck Call Matt and Carole Rybarczyk 474767-0920

AUGUST 25 - BELMOND IA - NC Chapter 73 annual p icnic Call 575444-3637 for info

AUGUST 26 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Biplanes and Vintage Aircraft Fly- In Contact ju l ia n C Temp l e or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 0 7932 855465

AUGUST 27-29 - YOUNGSTOWN OH shyBARTLESVIL LE OK AND EL CAJON CA -Staggerwing Beech Commemorative Tour Ca ll William Thaden 207439-7767 fo r info

AUGUST 30-31 - HA YWA RD CA - EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter 29 Fourth Annual Antique Fl y- In and Airshow Free Early Bird Dinner to all display aircraft on Friday This is a northern Cal ifornia points event Contact Bud Field at 5 70455-2300

AUGUST 30 - SEPT 1 - PROSSER WA - EAA Chapter 397 25th Anniversary Fly- In at Prosser airport Call Cormac Thompson for info 509786- 7034

AUGUST 30-31 - MOCKSVIL LE NC - Tara Airbase (5NC7) 77 th Annua l Anything That Flies Fly-In Private Fly-In - attenshydance at your own risk For info ca ll 704284-2 767 or 970764-0007

AUGUST 31 - MARION IN - Sixth Annual Fly-InCruise-In breakfast sponsored by the Marion High schoo l Band Boosters Antiques Classics homebuilts and Antique classic and custom cars welshycomed For information contact Ray johnson at 3 77664-2588

SE PT 1 - ZANESVILLE OH - Riverside Airport EAA Chapter 425 Labor Day Weekend Fly-In Drive-In Breakfast 8 am - 5 pm Sandwiches etc from noon to closing

SEPT 7 - OSCEOLA WI - Simenstad Field 76th Annual Wheels and Wings Air Fair Train rides pancake breakfast fly-in Free event shuttle bus Pilots check class 0 NOTAMS for specia l airport conditions For info call 775755-3300

SEPT 13-15 - URBANA IL - Frasca Field Byron Smith Memorial Stinson Reunion Fly-In Ca ll 708904-6964 for info

SEPT 13-1 5 - JACKSONVILLE IL - Ercoupe Fly-In Call 2 77546-0585 for info

SEPT 20-2 1 - BARTLESVILLE IL - Frank Phillips Field 39th Annual Tulsa Regional Fly-In sponsored by EAA NC Chapter 70 AAA Chapter 2 EAA Chapter 70 EAA lAC Chapter 70 and the Green Country U ltralight Flyers Call Charlie Harris for info 978622-8400

SEPT 21-22 - ROCK FALLS IL - Whiteside County Airport (SQI) North Central EAA Old Fashioned Fly-In Fly market campshying and food on field Call Gregg Erikson 7085 73-064 7 or Dave Christianson at 875625-6556 Pancake breakfast Sept 22 - 0700 - 7700

SEPT 22 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGLAND - Brooklands Museum Fly-In Contact ju l ian C Templ e or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 07932855465

SEPT 27-28 - SANTA YNEZ CA - 8th Annual Western Waco Assoc Reunion Call jon A ldrich 209962-6727 or Barry Branin 7 74545-7476 for info

SEPT 28-29 - ZANESVILLE OH - John s Landing A irfield 5th Annual Fall Fly-In sponsored by EAA NC Chapter 22 of Ohio Hog roast on the 28th breakfast both days Antique classic homebuilts warbirds welshycome For more info call Virginia at 674453-6889

SEPT 28-29 - LEXINGTON TN - Tennessee Taildraggers 72th Annual Fly-In 907968shy2864 or 901968-4022 for info

OCTOBER 4-6 - REDDING CA - Benton Field EAA Chaper 157 Oktoberfest Contacts Bruce Taylor 976275-6456 or Armal Owens 976243-4382

OCTOBER 13 - TOWANDA PA - Towanda airport (N27) Fly-In Breakfast - all you can eat Eggs sausage pancakes 100 pure maple syrup 7 am -7 pm

OCT 13 - ZANESVILLE OH - Riverside A i rport EAA Chapter 425 and the ARTHRITIS FOUNDA TlON Hog Roast 8 am - 5 pm Contact Don Wahl at 614 454-0003

OCTOBER 13 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Fly-In Contact ju l ian C Temple or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 0 1932857381 or FAX 01932855465

OCT 18-20 - KERRVIL LE TX - Southwest Regional Fly-In For info ca ll 800221shy7958 Vendors should call 270914-3746

Ale NEWS Continued from page 2

in two a reas to mos t VFR pilots - the Surface Aviation Observation (SA) will now become the Aviation Routine Weather Report (Metar) with an addishytional report the Aviation Selected Special Weather report (Speci) added to it when dictated by changing weather conditions A new international format will also be adopted to replace the Tershyminal Forecast (TF) issued by the Nashytional Weather Service The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) will be the new format for this forecast

The new formats will be a combinashytion of new and old abbreviations but the seq ue nces will change a nd some components will be reported in a differshye nt format For many of us who us e DUATS briefing services and exercise the plain language option these changes will be transparent but be careful - temshyperaturedewpoint spreads will be given in degrees Celsius and sky cover definishytions will change Other parts of the seshyquence reports will be a lso be revised The new form a t began with the NWS transmissions that were issued a t 0800 UTC July l

For more informat ion and a card that details the new Metar format conshytact your nearest Flight Service Station or yo ur loca l FAA Flight Standards District Office

EICHER KIMBAll GEE BEE Z fliES

LUSCOMBE FOUNDATION 8E GIVEAWAY

The Don Luscombe Aviation Foundashytion is doing it again A small total of only 2800 tickets will be sold to help raise funds used to continue the expansion of services of the Foundation to Luscombe owners and to fulfill the Luscombe Type Certificate purchase contract You can see the work done to restore the 1996 Win Me airplane in the accompanying photos This airshyplane has all the Luscombe options and has been fully inspected and rebuilt with the latest information on Luscombe repa irs from the foundation For a more informashytion including the price of tickets and a brochure call the OLAF at 602917-0969 or fax them at 6021917-4719

NO 80 OCTANE AT WITTMAN FiElD

If youve always planned on fueling up with 80 octan e fuel during EAA O shkosh youll need to buy it from someone other tha n Basle r Flight Sershyvice the FBO on Wittman Field Basler

The Gee Bee Z recently completed by Jeff Eicher and Kevin Kimball was first flown on June 24 and again on the 25th by Delmar Benj amin Delmar explored the handling characteristics of the z in a series of flights that culminated in a roll and knife edge flight He reports a stall speed at about 75 mph indicated rt quickly acshycelerates to 210 mph and then continues to build up more speed up to 230 mph Delmar reports that it is hands off stable in both pitch and yaw 130 mph is used on fi nal to keep the Zs sink rate at a comfortable level We ll have more on the first flights of this beautiful Gee Bee replica next month but until then congratulations to Jeff and Kevin and their test pilot Delmar Benjamin

has informed EAA that they will not be selling any 80 octane fu el for resale durshying th e EAA Convention Du e to tighter tank te sting rules e nforced by the EPA Basler has storage facilities sufficient o nly for the quantities of 100 LL a nd Jet A neede d during the Conshyvention but there s no room left for a quantity of 80 octane After exploring other options Bas ler re luctantly deshycided to drop carrying 80 octane avgas which they had only had available durshying th e EAA Fly-In Since Basle r has also chosen not to offer auto fuel if you prefer not to burn 100LL in yo ur vinshytage engine you may wish to plan your flight with a fuel stop after your deparshyture or prior to your arrival Basler will be offering 100 octane avgas at the same price as last year $2 15 If you really prefer to run your e ngine on 80 octane avgas the closest airport with that fuel is the tailwheel friendly fie ld at Hartshyford WI (HXF) located 41 statute miles SSE of Oshkosh Hartford Aero Sershyvice 414673-5350 is the FBO and hes aware of the situat ion and is planning on having his 10000 gallon tank topped off in time for the Convention

CUB MONUMENT IN BRADFO RD

Thanks to the impetus provided by Sport Aviation editor Jack Cox a monshyument will be e rected on the site of the old Taylor Aircraft company in Bradshyford P A For more details on the effort being spea rh eaded by George Welsch

Continued on page 31

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by HC Frautschy

The April Mystery Plane proved to be a tough one so we ll continue that course with the July Mystery Plane This handshysome biplanes photo was sent in some time ago by Richard E Sampson Ft Lauderdale FL

Answers need to be in no later than August 25 1996 for inclushysion in the October issue

Aprils Mystery is still just that - an unknown Lennart Johnsson of Eldsberga Sweden sugshygested that it might be the creation of the Engshylish designer Harold Bolas and his partner Capt Goodman-Crouch who both emigrated to the USA and settled in Rhode Island After reshyviewing an article on the Crouch-Bolas Dragshyonfly its obviously not our Mystery Plane Our thanks to Lennart for giving it a shot

The second shot I ve included in this months edition may help jog the dim memory of someone else You can see that the airplane is not particularly large when compared to the pilot crouching on the bow Also tip floats have been added to the lower wings and you can plainly see the biplane configuration of the horizontal tail We can leave this Mystery Plane file open and perhaps someone will recshyognize it

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Perhaps the real joy for Jim was calling his brother in Hawaii and calmly informing him of the award - almost nonchalant like (Brothers have been known to pull such things on each other) John and Beverly were jumping up and down with exciteshyment wishing they could have been on hand for the presentation

With many ideas from the Antique Classic judges the Preiss boys have been steadily improving the big Cessna to where it looks better than ever At Sun n Fun 96 the 195 ran off with the award for Best Restored Classic Over 165 hp and the Preiss gang was indeed happy Their next goal is Oshkosh 96 where they plan to make another run at the big prize

An interesting coincidence happened when prior to purchasing the 195 John was telling one of his friends Jeff Sandlin

at Southwest Airlines about the big cabin Cessna and learned that Jeffs father had owned a 195 for quite a number of years After purchasing the airplane he showed Jeff some photos of the 195 and menshytioned that a man named A E Edwards had owned the airplane for a long span of years John was really surprised when Jeff blurted out A E Edwards is my father In 1994 John flew the 195 to Denton Texas where Mr and Mrs A E Edwards now in their eighties had the unusual opshyportunity to see the very same airplane that they had taken such good care of over many years and flown the Cessna over 3200 hours The reunion was very special to John and the Edwards family and made the airplane even more special to the Priess family

Although the original N number of the

Cessna 195 was N1014D that number is currently in use and the owner is not willshying to give it up Therefore John chose to use N2JP which was available at the time Eventually John says it would be quite an achievement to get the original number back on the airplane

John Preiss is the very first person to admit that he has had a great deal of assisshytance and help on the 195 His father Ershyhard Preiss started the love of aviation in the boys during their early years and the workmanship on the Cessna is dedicated to his memory Erhard passed away in 1980 Johns wife Beverly has been very patient and supportive during the restorashytion process In addition John is very grateful for the help and expertise of his brother Jim the overseeing IA on the project who is totally unafraid of hard

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work Special thanks are also in order for the twins mother Lydia Preiss who used her seamstress ski lls so well

Other contributors were Jimmy Vickshyers of Lubbock Texas a fo rmer Cessna dealer who flies his own 195 Captain Jeff Kilponen of Southwest Air lines who sparked John Preiss interest in the Cessna 195 in the first place and John Swander of

(Above) The unique split-flap employed on the 195 is designed for drag to slow the airplane down for landing It contributes alshymost nothing to lift Look at the sparkling interior of that wing when the flap is pulled down for inspection

(Above left) For genuine comfort it is hard to beat the rear seat of a Cessna 195 This interior was completely sewn by Lydia Preiss the mother of both John and Jim Preiss This seat is cashypable of handling three persons with ease making the 195 a true five-place airplane

(Left) The totally restored instrument panel complete with upshygraded avionics is a thing of beauty and function The throttle uses a friction lock collar while the propeller and mixture conshytrols each employ a vernier control for fine adjustment This particular 195 has the dual yoke in deference to a throw-over yoke as used on some models

DeSoto Kansas who provided some exshy John would especially like to thank the cellent ideas and much help to the restorashy Cessna Aircraft Company for designing tion Tim McCarter a pi lot and mechan ic and building a true classic aircraft that pishyfor Amphib Inc contributed expertise lots such as as he and his twin brother can and support to the rebuild a nd the Inshy continue to appreciate and enjoy ternational195 C lu b and Eastern 195 To this we add our congratulations and Cl ub were most he lpful in getting N2JP very best wishes in the future for making back in the air - along with helping all 195 N2JP such a dazzling airplane It is indeed owners keep them there a credit to its restorers

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Type Club

NOTES by Norm Petersen

Compiled from various type club publications amp newsletters

From the Monocoupe Flyer Bob Coolbaugh editor 703-590shy

2375

Adventures of a Warner Engine Owner

George Olson - January 1996

About 1979 while ove rhauling the 145 HP Warner for my Fairchild 24 a crack was fo und in one of the cylinder barrels Parts were really hard to find but a fri e nd in Lo uisvill e C la ud e Curry who I am sorry to say is now go ne to ld me th a t hi s fri e nd Bud Nea t a lso in Lo uisville had the reshyma ining Warne r pa rts but he was n t se llin g a nythin g H e offe red to ca ll Bud and tell him my situation and ca ll me bac k La te r he told me th a t I should go ahead and call Bud which I did Bud said that Claude told him all about it and to come over and see if we could fi nd one that was suitable The parts were in the basement of his manshyufacturing building We took fla sh shyli ghts and Bud showed me where the cylinders were to ld me to pick one out a nd we nt bac k upsta irs There were pallets filled with hundreds of cylinder assemblies There were cylinder ba rshyre ls stac ked about e ight fee t high o n o the r pa lle ts boxes of parts all over the place about 40 barrels of studs and other small steel parts some engines in various stages o f assembly big crates of baffl ing and tools of all descriptions It was hard to be lieve like be ing in a candy store The cylinder I picked out loo ked like it had a good head o n it but the barrel had rust in it that looked like brown fur T here must have been some o il o n the surface to sta rt with beca use it wasn t pitted and it didn t need plating after all

T he n Bud a nd I had some co ffee

and he told me the story about how he and ten others decided to build Grea t Lakes Biplanes in hi s ma nufacturing building Th ey we re goin g to build e leven a ll toge the r they would be all th e sa me and wh e n th ey fini she d theyd draw straws to pick their plane Bud hea rd about th e a ucti o n of th e Warner factory inventory in (She ldon) Iowa These were all the parts remain shying afte r a warehouse fire where they were stored Bud put in the winning bid a t the auction and picked up o ne semitrailer load of parts When Merlin Bock bo ught out th e fact o ry ea rli e r a nd mo ve d th e pa rts to Io wa th e re were 10 semi-loads but this one trailer was all that was left With Buds pur shychase though th e Grea t La kes Bi shyplanes would now all have Warner en shygines But afte r a couple of years the buildin g e nt e rpri se e nd e d beca use eve ryo ne had a diffe rent view of how long the e ffort should las t Eve ryo ne took their project home and some were finished separately When the projects went o ut the door the Warne r pa rt s we re put in the basem e nt o ut of the way They were there when I saw them in 1979

The Fairchild rebuilding jo b was fini shed in 1980 and I flew it until 1985 whe n th e numbe r 4 link ro d bro ke This time I needed a lo t of pa rts so it was back to th e we ll Bud wa nted to se ll a ll th e parts no t just th e o nes I needed and I knew enough by then to realize that I could sell them and hopeshyfull y get my money back So this time aft e r some price nego ti a ti o ns we s tru ck a dea l for a ll Bud s p a rt s I re nte d a 24- fo o t truck a nd with the help of a fri end and Bud Neats grand shyson we moved o ne load (ha lf o f the parts) to my 16 x 22 foot garage That fi ll ed it up Another friend offe red to

let me put a semitrailer on his farm so I bought a pretty good used 40 footer Whe n we got the seco nd load Bud s grand son got three of hi s college fri e nds to he lp so the re we re 6 o f us loading It only took four hours while th e fir st load had ta ke n a ll d ay My pickup truck was use d to mov e the parts in my garage to the trailer whenshyever I needed to make a trip out there Afte r about six wee ks my wife sa w that th e part s we re se llin g so she started speaking to me again

In with the engine parts were prints production reco rds test records and paperwork of a ll kinds but the T ype Ce rtifica te docum e nta ti o n was los t somewhere along the way In 1989 the FAA called and asked if I had the Type Certificates They had some boxes in Chicago that they wante d to give to the Type Certificate holder to get then out of their way Curiosity got the best of me and started me on the search for th e Type Ce rti fica te Th e require shyme nts we re to trace ownership from the last known owner to the present I had to get a ffidavits fro m all the ownshye rs since Clinton Mac hin e Company sold out They were the las t owners of th e T ype Certi fica te who were regisshytered with the FAA

This provided an interesting pursuit a nd I m e t a lo t of he lp ful pe opl e James Thomas Smith who bought the parts fr o m C lint o n Ma chin e Co couldn t be fo und Th e nex t owne r Duke H attah died in the late 60s and hi s re lati ves couldn t be found e ithe r The sea rch continued unsuccessfully January 1993 rolls around and someshyo ne approaches me to buy the T ype Certificate to build engines in Spain of all pl a ces Th e n in 1994 som eo ne wanted it to bui ld Warne r engines in Czechoslovakia fo r Blicke r Jungmeis-

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ters they were building I received a letter in December 1994 from the FAA stating that during a move to an off airport location they found a reshyquest dated June 13 1980 in a fo lder that was mislabeled to make new Data Plates and Type Certificates It was in Bud Neats name He had held the Certificate all along All that was needed was an affidavit from Bud Neat which was accomplished immeshydiately The new Type Certificates arshyrived in May 1995

Oh yes about those boxes the Chicago FAA had - They were shipped to the Atlanta FAA Certification ofshyfice The FAA people there invited me to visit them and look at the conshytents It was nice to meet some of the people I had been talking to on the phone for so long One full day was spent helping them sort through the boxes There were folders of correshyspondence (some of it mine) Warner blueprints and boxes of microfilm of all the Warner prints There were about 1200 microfilm prints per box Since there were duplicate sets of Warner blueprints on microfilm they offered me a set which I gladly acshycepted

Warner Engine Facts and Figures

The following information was gathshyered over the course of the successful acquisition of the Warner Type Cershytificates and from Warner Aircraft Corporation records These records were included with the remains of the Warner Company which I bought from Bud Neat of Louisville KY This will attempt be an attempt to sort and conshydense the jumble of papers to present that which is of most int erest to Warner engine owners

The Warner Aircraft Corporation was founded by William O Warne r in 1926 and its address was 20263 Hoover Avenue Detroit MI Officers in 1929 were William O Warner President amp General Manager Edward N Hartwick Vice-President amp Treasurer W J Jarvie Secretary In 1950 the ofshyficers were R E Cecil President Carl F Lang Secretary-Treasurer and Leonard W Quart Manufacturer s Agent William O Warner was a Dishyrector but ret ired The Warner Airshycraft Corporation was merged with Clinton Machine Company located in Clinton Michigan in April of 1950 The reason for the merger according to the Proxy Statement and notice of Stock Holders meeting of February 20 1950 was that Warner Aircraft found itself without a product except for the hydraulic units and it had lost money every year since the war The assets of Warner were transferred to Clinton

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Machine Company in exchange for shares of common stock of Clinton which were distributed to Warner shareho lders The president of Clinshyton Machine Comp any at that time was Donald D Thomas

In 1952 Clinton Machine Co so ld the aircraft engine parts prints and some tooling to the Detroit Harvester Co which was owned by James Thomas Smith He owned it for a very short time I was never ab le to find Mr Smith In about 1953 Detroit Harvester Co sold the remaining Warner assets to Duke Harrah Inc located in Niles Michigan Duke Harshyrah sold Warner parts until 1963 when he sold the Warner assets to M amp B Flying Service located at Sheldon Reshygional Airport in Sheldon Iowa Duke Harrah died in the late 60s Merlin Bock and Elmer Meuke were partners in M amp B Flying Service There were several semitrailer loads of parts which were put in a large hangar In 1966 the building burned in a fire started by someone working on a mower There was one semitrailer load that was salshyvaged Bud Neat from Louisville Kenshytucky brought the remains at auction

The sales records end December 31 1945 so the years 1946 to 1950 are less clear Grand total of all engines sold through December 31 1945 is 3572 Today there are 437 Warner engines on aircraft registered with the FAA The papers I have showin g sales records and Type Ce rtificate Data Sheets are quite interesting There were severa l projects in the experishymental department in 1945 The folshylowing interesting note is copied fro m the 1945 monthly progress report book

550-X 200HP New experimental e ngin e Pre liminary and final tests conducted toge the r with bolt deflecshytion measurements Power calibration conducted with standard induction housing 50 hours endurance running compl e ted Power calibration conshyducted with control induction with varshyious carburetor positions Engine now having cam settings and valve timing worked out for both standard and split cam

Active Signed S A Christiansen Test Engineer

Other projects in development were experimental engine 585-X which is 585 cubic inch with a 5 inch bore amp 4250 stroke

A 2 cyl Model 140-X horizontal opposed industrial engine and model 12850-3 a single cyl utility engine I wonder if the last two engines were the key to the Clinton merger (In 1950 Clinton was the second largest proshy

ducer of gasoline engines in the 34 to 3 hp range) Warner also manufacshytured wheels axles brakes skis prop hubs shock struts and hydraulic units These production plans also transshyferred with the Type Certificates

Included in the records are several books and inventories One is a book showing each engine sold in numerical order starting with the first engine sold It lists engine number Airplane Owner and Address A sample page from this book is included Also inshycluded is a chart listing standard enshygine model and serial number designashytions and deviations from standard By referencing this list and the data plate on your Warner engine you can determine how your engine was conshyfigured when it left the factory Bear in mind that your engine may have been changed substantially over the years during overhauls

From the Cessna 150 - 152 News

Safety - Avoiding wire Strikes Skip Carden editor

919-471-9492

The Terrible Truth About Wire Strikes a new video and a companshyion pamphlet from AOPA Air Safety Foundation debunks many misconcepshytions about these accidents There are an average of 115 reported general avishyation wire strikes a year but only an estimated 10 of strikes are reported

The video and pamphlet give some commo n-sense tips on how to see and avoid wires

bull Scan on both sides of the aircraft Look for towers or other supporting structures which are easier to see than the associated wires themselves Fly over the top of the tower rather than between the supporting structures

bull Nature doesn t make a stra ight line Strips of inconsistent vegetation crop edges land boundaries and roads can indicate a wire path

bull Flight below a ridge line or in a canyon puts a pilot in the wire envishyronment

bull Avoid antennas by a horizontal distance greater than the vertical height of the structure Guy wires can extend at a 45 degree angle from tower top to the ground

bull A pull-up is usually the best mashyneuver to avoid an unexpected wire In most cases the pilot sees the wire too late to bank away successfully

The video is priced at $10 plus $325 shipping The pamphlet is free with a 6 X 9 self-addressed envelope with 55 cents postage affixed AOPA ASF 421 Aviation Way Frederick MD 21701 800-638-3101

PASSdb BUCK by EE Buck Hilbert EAA 21 Ale 5 PO Box 424 Union IL 60180

Our twenty fifth Anniversary re shyunion seems to be shap ing up T write to each of the origi na l 100 members asking th e m to be with us at EAA OSHKOSH So far the replies are runshyning about fifty-fifty Those that are coming are enthusiastic about the whole thing and are just as interested today as when we started the Division More to come

As I read the history of the Division it triggers memories of events past The discussions that Paul Pobe rezny and I had over the titl e Division and hi s concerns that it was a word that would conjure up thoughts of a group that was seceding from EAA Happily it proved to be somet hing weve ne ver had to worry abo ut - EAA is still th e prime mover in Sport Aviation and the varishyous Divisions have accentuated the positive as that old song goes

The letters I receive are most welshycome and can either be a real boost or an education I got ed ucated on old time stunt pilot Howard Dutton from one of our ear ly members Capt Jim Barton (AA retired) who kn ew him personally Jim responded with clipshypings and a phone ca ll so we could anshyswer that query

Then I also got a letter fro m one of the San Diego antiquers who said r was off base on my Chapter One open house co lumn regarding the weather for that weekend He said it was much better than I had indicated and that it was the first time the whole group was able to fly up together A great time was had by all and the fly-in weather was great Im not going to remind him th at sevshyera l people got stuck in Riverside all day Sunday waiting for it to let up

I on ly wish there was room to pubshylish each and every lette r we receive T try to answer each one personally and usuall y do as time permits I also ge t requests for parts and pieces of inforshymation and on occasion Im able to be of some help Once in a while I stub my

toe R ecently a memb er called and asked if I could help him find a Cub alshytimeter I had one and sent it to him A week later I got it back Wrong color Min es black he ne ed ed one cream faced Oh well I tried

Number one son Robert your editor HG and I flew down to Middle town OH for the Aeronca get together HG a llowed me to ride with him in my Sed a n while Bob took hi s C ha mp Originally we had planned to take both Champs but mine deve loped a lea ky exhaust valve so it had to stay home

Wally Baldwin was our host down the re while Bob Hollenbaugh and his wife He len look ed after H G Wally squired us around town Hes writing a book on Aeronca and expects to go to press shortly This man is a walking enshycyc lope dia as far as Aeronca is co nshyce rned His D ad worked there when they were building the C-3s Ks Low Wings and later the C hamps C hi efs and Sedans Wa ll ys dad bought the prototype Champ after its nat ionwide demonstration tour ove rhauled the Ashy65 and gave it to Wally when he came

home from the Air Force after WW II Wally currently fli es a Champ with the same paint scheme and rues the day he ever sold the original

HG will be writing up the trip and printing pictures of all the beautiful airshyplanes in a future article but I want to say is that it was a great bunch and even thou gh Bob a nd I a long with D ale Gu stafso n got drafte d to judge airshyplanes we enjoyed it immensely

Over to you

Here are a couple of photos that ought to raise a few eyebrows courtesy of Aeronca retiree John Houser These two shots show the installation of a Aeroshymarine AR-3 engine in an Aeronca C-3 Rated at 55 hp running 2400 rpm the AR-3 might look familiar to many antishyquers - the design and manufacshyturing rights were sold to Burshynelli and then later (1938) it became known as the Lenape Papoose after Burnelli sold off that portion of its business to

Lenape Aircraft amp Motors of New York city As detailed in the 1939 edition of Aerosshyphere the AR-3 weighted in at 150 Ibs and had a pair of Bendix magnetos powering the two ignition circuits The Aeronca E-107 engine developed 26 hp the later E-113 was rated at 36 hp and the final version the E-113C was listed as producing 40 hp With the 55 hp of the AR-3 this early model C-3 must have been a good little performer This parshyticular 3-cylinder engine produced too much vibration to suit the engineers at Aeronca so no production aircraft were sold with this engineairframe combination

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23

Vintage Seaplanes by Norm Petersen

Summers here

and its time to think about

flying off the water

Our resident web-footed

pilot Norm Petersen

has provided us with a

look at waterbirds

24 JULY 1996

Kyle Meints Cessna 1708

(Left) Pictured at the Vette Seaplane Base at Oshkosh 95 is a pretty 1955 Cessna 170B N4453B SIN 26797 mounted on a set of Edo 89-2000 floats all decked out in a matching paint scheme of white with red trim The pretty Continental 145 powered seaplane is the pride and joy of Kyle Meints (EAA 360394) of Augusta MI who purchased the 170B on floats in Minnesota about ten years ago Kyle inshystalled the STOL kit on the wings painted the entire airplane and then painted the matching floats the next year all in PPG two-part urethane A factory seaplane since new the 170B has 2400 TT of which Kyle has flown about 400 hours since acquiring the f1oatplane This airplane spent about the first 25 years in New England before coming west to Minnesota Congrats to Kyle Meints on a sharp looking Cessna 170B f1oatplane

1140 floats which do not show their age (40 to 50 yrs) and have had their compartment covers reshymoved (The 1140 floats are easily distinguished from the larger 1320 floats by the si ngle cover beshytween the struts 1320 floats have two covers beshytween the struts) Apparently the boot cowl on the Cub has been replaced or repainted as the forward end of the lightning stripe is missing A li ghtshyweight pre-war Cub with wood spars and 1140 floats makes for a sporty seaplane that is pure fun

Odell Matthis Republic Seabee

(Left) This beautiful custom Republic RC-3 Seabee N87493 SIN 44 is the pride and joy of Odell and Diane Matthis (EAA 262957 AIC 10206) of Havelock NC No stranger to EAA Odell brought the highly polished Cessna 140A Patroller N5332C SIN 15452 that was featured in the October 1986 VINTAGE AIRPLANE and picshytured on the back cover The Seabee features extended wings with drooped tips tinted glass and a big Lycoming GO-480 engine of 295 hp The fancy paint scheme is overall white with red and gold trim This particular 1946 Seabee spent many years in the Seattle area before going to Anchorage AK for a number of years It is now based near the seacoast of North Carolina where Odell and Diane (who is also a pilot and 9ger) can make full use of the amphibious capabilities The FAA register lists 275 Sea bees remaining of the over 1050 that were built by Republic and Downer

John Van Andels J-3 Cub on 1140s

These photos of a 1940 J -3 C65 Cub NC30482 SIN 4863 mounted on a set of Edo 54-1140 floats were sent in by Ralph Koutnik (EAA 261425) of Bellaire Ml Tied down at the Antrim County Airport at Bellaire the pre-war J-3 Cub is owned by John Van Andel (EAA 343387) of Ft Pierce FL Special note should be made of the extreme ly clean condition of the

U S Forest Service Stinson SR-SA

(Left) This photo from back in the early 1940 s was contributed by Wiley Hautala of Ely MN The Stinson SRshy5A NC5045 mounted on Edo 38-3430 floats was flown by veteran Ely MN seaplane pilot Milt Nelson for several years until 1943 when the 245 hp Lyshycoming engine quit one day and put the SR-5A in the trees - and that was the end of NC5045 Milt Nelson who is presently in his eighties soloed a Travel Air bishyplane at Superior WI in 1933 and logged approximately 15 000 hours on floats while flying for the U S Forest Service over a period of twenty years He says the SR-5A was a nice flying airplane and did a very respectable job on floats alshythough it couldn t handle the heavy loads of a Beaver or Norseman Note the 1937 Ford grill in the foreground and the Travel Air S6000-B seaplane in the backshyground which was flown by Bill Leithold of Ely MN Ironically at one time Milt Nelson owned a Fairchild FC-2 on Fairchild floats Today those very same floats are in the EAA Aviation Museum completely restored by John Parish and ready for installation on the EAA Founshydations Fairchild FC-2W

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

Fly-In Calendar The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a matter of

information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the

information to EAA Att Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

JULY 23 - ZANESVILLE OH - EAA Chapter 425 Annual Pancake Day at Parr Airport 8 am - 5 pm Oshkosh bound pi lots encouraged to fly-in eat and refuel Contact Don Wahl 674454-0003

JULY 26-27 - COFFEYVILLE KS - Funk Aircraft Owners Assoc Reunion Contact Gene Ventress 70275 S Monticello Lenexa KS 66227

JULY 26-27 - AFTON WY - Callair Radio Controlled Model Aircraft Fly-In sponsored by the Callair Museum and Aviat Aircraft Inc For info call joan Michaels or Audrey Henning 307886-9887 FAX 307886shy9880

JULY 26-28 - RED LAKE ONTARIO CANAshyDA - Norseman Float Plane Festival For more info contact the Festiva l Committee at 807727-2809

JUL Y 27-29 - KEOKUK IA - Sixth World Wide gathering of L-Birds then en masse up to Wisconsin for EAA great OSHKOSH 96 on August 7 Contact Irv Linder 3 79524-6378

JULY 28 - GRANTSBURG WI - EAA Chapter 875 Wildrice Pancake Breakfast

JUL Y 28 - WEYBRIDGE SURREY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Aircraft of Surrey Fly- In Contact julian C Temple or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 07932 855465

JULY 31-WAUKESHA WI - (UES) tst Annual Great Stearman Fl y-Up to EAA Convention Call Stan Markus for more info 474567- 7499 or 965-3776

AUGUST 1-7 - OSHKOSH WI - 44th Annual EAA Fly-In and Sport Aviation Con vention Wittman Regional Airport Contact John Burton EAA PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 414426-4800

AUGUST 3 - ST PAUL MN - Lake Elmo Airport Aviation Days Fl y- In Pancake Breakfast Aircraft Disp lay and Young Eagles Day Rain Date August 4 Contact

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Dick Wicklund 672777-9742 AUGUST 3 - ELLSWORTH KS - EAA Chapter

7727 Fly-In breakfast (Oshkosh stop-over) and Cowtown Day Call Dale Weinhold 973-472-4027 (w) or -4309 (h) for info

AUGUST 18 - BROOKFIELD WI - Capita l Airport EAA AC Chapter 77 Vintage Aircraft Display and Ice Cream Social Noon - 5 pm Midwest Antique Airplane Club meeting as well For info call Capital Airport at 4 74787 -9550

AUGUST 18 - EAST TROY WI - Inti Cessna 720 740 Assoc Wisconsin Brat and Corn Roast Arrive at 77 am eat at 72 30 pm Bring a dish to pass and a buck Call Matt and Carole Rybarczyk 474767-0920

AUGUST 25 - BELMOND IA - NC Chapter 73 annual p icnic Call 575444-3637 for info

AUGUST 26 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Biplanes and Vintage Aircraft Fly- In Contact ju l ia n C Temp l e or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 0 7932 855465

AUGUST 27-29 - YOUNGSTOWN OH shyBARTLESVIL LE OK AND EL CAJON CA -Staggerwing Beech Commemorative Tour Ca ll William Thaden 207439-7767 fo r info

AUGUST 30-31 - HA YWA RD CA - EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter 29 Fourth Annual Antique Fl y- In and Airshow Free Early Bird Dinner to all display aircraft on Friday This is a northern Cal ifornia points event Contact Bud Field at 5 70455-2300

AUGUST 30 - SEPT 1 - PROSSER WA - EAA Chapter 397 25th Anniversary Fly- In at Prosser airport Call Cormac Thompson for info 509786- 7034

AUGUST 30-31 - MOCKSVIL LE NC - Tara Airbase (5NC7) 77 th Annua l Anything That Flies Fly-In Private Fly-In - attenshydance at your own risk For info ca ll 704284-2 767 or 970764-0007

AUGUST 31 - MARION IN - Sixth Annual Fly-InCruise-In breakfast sponsored by the Marion High schoo l Band Boosters Antiques Classics homebuilts and Antique classic and custom cars welshycomed For information contact Ray johnson at 3 77664-2588

SE PT 1 - ZANESVILLE OH - Riverside Airport EAA Chapter 425 Labor Day Weekend Fly-In Drive-In Breakfast 8 am - 5 pm Sandwiches etc from noon to closing

SEPT 7 - OSCEOLA WI - Simenstad Field 76th Annual Wheels and Wings Air Fair Train rides pancake breakfast fly-in Free event shuttle bus Pilots check class 0 NOTAMS for specia l airport conditions For info call 775755-3300

SEPT 13-15 - URBANA IL - Frasca Field Byron Smith Memorial Stinson Reunion Fly-In Ca ll 708904-6964 for info

SEPT 13-1 5 - JACKSONVILLE IL - Ercoupe Fly-In Call 2 77546-0585 for info

SEPT 20-2 1 - BARTLESVILLE IL - Frank Phillips Field 39th Annual Tulsa Regional Fly-In sponsored by EAA NC Chapter 70 AAA Chapter 2 EAA Chapter 70 EAA lAC Chapter 70 and the Green Country U ltralight Flyers Call Charlie Harris for info 978622-8400

SEPT 21-22 - ROCK FALLS IL - Whiteside County Airport (SQI) North Central EAA Old Fashioned Fly-In Fly market campshying and food on field Call Gregg Erikson 7085 73-064 7 or Dave Christianson at 875625-6556 Pancake breakfast Sept 22 - 0700 - 7700

SEPT 22 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGLAND - Brooklands Museum Fly-In Contact ju l ian C Templ e or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 07932855465

SEPT 27-28 - SANTA YNEZ CA - 8th Annual Western Waco Assoc Reunion Call jon A ldrich 209962-6727 or Barry Branin 7 74545-7476 for info

SEPT 28-29 - ZANESVILLE OH - John s Landing A irfield 5th Annual Fall Fly-In sponsored by EAA NC Chapter 22 of Ohio Hog roast on the 28th breakfast both days Antique classic homebuilts warbirds welshycome For more info call Virginia at 674453-6889

SEPT 28-29 - LEXINGTON TN - Tennessee Taildraggers 72th Annual Fly-In 907968shy2864 or 901968-4022 for info

OCTOBER 4-6 - REDDING CA - Benton Field EAA Chaper 157 Oktoberfest Contacts Bruce Taylor 976275-6456 or Armal Owens 976243-4382

OCTOBER 13 - TOWANDA PA - Towanda airport (N27) Fly-In Breakfast - all you can eat Eggs sausage pancakes 100 pure maple syrup 7 am -7 pm

OCT 13 - ZANESVILLE OH - Riverside A i rport EAA Chapter 425 and the ARTHRITIS FOUNDA TlON Hog Roast 8 am - 5 pm Contact Don Wahl at 614 454-0003

OCTOBER 13 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Fly-In Contact ju l ian C Temple or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 0 1932857381 or FAX 01932855465

OCT 18-20 - KERRVIL LE TX - Southwest Regional Fly-In For info ca ll 800221shy7958 Vendors should call 270914-3746

Ale NEWS Continued from page 2

in two a reas to mos t VFR pilots - the Surface Aviation Observation (SA) will now become the Aviation Routine Weather Report (Metar) with an addishytional report the Aviation Selected Special Weather report (Speci) added to it when dictated by changing weather conditions A new international format will also be adopted to replace the Tershyminal Forecast (TF) issued by the Nashytional Weather Service The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) will be the new format for this forecast

The new formats will be a combinashytion of new and old abbreviations but the seq ue nces will change a nd some components will be reported in a differshye nt format For many of us who us e DUATS briefing services and exercise the plain language option these changes will be transparent but be careful - temshyperaturedewpoint spreads will be given in degrees Celsius and sky cover definishytions will change Other parts of the seshyquence reports will be a lso be revised The new form a t began with the NWS transmissions that were issued a t 0800 UTC July l

For more informat ion and a card that details the new Metar format conshytact your nearest Flight Service Station or yo ur loca l FAA Flight Standards District Office

EICHER KIMBAll GEE BEE Z fliES

LUSCOMBE FOUNDATION 8E GIVEAWAY

The Don Luscombe Aviation Foundashytion is doing it again A small total of only 2800 tickets will be sold to help raise funds used to continue the expansion of services of the Foundation to Luscombe owners and to fulfill the Luscombe Type Certificate purchase contract You can see the work done to restore the 1996 Win Me airplane in the accompanying photos This airshyplane has all the Luscombe options and has been fully inspected and rebuilt with the latest information on Luscombe repa irs from the foundation For a more informashytion including the price of tickets and a brochure call the OLAF at 602917-0969 or fax them at 6021917-4719

NO 80 OCTANE AT WITTMAN FiElD

If youve always planned on fueling up with 80 octan e fuel during EAA O shkosh youll need to buy it from someone other tha n Basle r Flight Sershyvice the FBO on Wittman Field Basler

The Gee Bee Z recently completed by Jeff Eicher and Kevin Kimball was first flown on June 24 and again on the 25th by Delmar Benj amin Delmar explored the handling characteristics of the z in a series of flights that culminated in a roll and knife edge flight He reports a stall speed at about 75 mph indicated rt quickly acshycelerates to 210 mph and then continues to build up more speed up to 230 mph Delmar reports that it is hands off stable in both pitch and yaw 130 mph is used on fi nal to keep the Zs sink rate at a comfortable level We ll have more on the first flights of this beautiful Gee Bee replica next month but until then congratulations to Jeff and Kevin and their test pilot Delmar Benjamin

has informed EAA that they will not be selling any 80 octane fu el for resale durshying th e EAA Convention Du e to tighter tank te sting rules e nforced by the EPA Basler has storage facilities sufficient o nly for the quantities of 100 LL a nd Jet A neede d during the Conshyvention but there s no room left for a quantity of 80 octane After exploring other options Bas ler re luctantly deshycided to drop carrying 80 octane avgas which they had only had available durshying th e EAA Fly-In Since Basle r has also chosen not to offer auto fuel if you prefer not to burn 100LL in yo ur vinshytage engine you may wish to plan your flight with a fuel stop after your deparshyture or prior to your arrival Basler will be offering 100 octane avgas at the same price as last year $2 15 If you really prefer to run your e ngine on 80 octane avgas the closest airport with that fuel is the tailwheel friendly fie ld at Hartshyford WI (HXF) located 41 statute miles SSE of Oshkosh Hartford Aero Sershyvice 414673-5350 is the FBO and hes aware of the situat ion and is planning on having his 10000 gallon tank topped off in time for the Convention

CUB MONUMENT IN BRADFO RD

Thanks to the impetus provided by Sport Aviation editor Jack Cox a monshyument will be e rected on the site of the old Taylor Aircraft company in Bradshyford P A For more details on the effort being spea rh eaded by George Welsch

Continued on page 31

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27

by HC Frautschy

The April Mystery Plane proved to be a tough one so we ll continue that course with the July Mystery Plane This handshysome biplanes photo was sent in some time ago by Richard E Sampson Ft Lauderdale FL

Answers need to be in no later than August 25 1996 for inclushysion in the October issue

Aprils Mystery is still just that - an unknown Lennart Johnsson of Eldsberga Sweden sugshygested that it might be the creation of the Engshylish designer Harold Bolas and his partner Capt Goodman-Crouch who both emigrated to the USA and settled in Rhode Island After reshyviewing an article on the Crouch-Bolas Dragshyonfly its obviously not our Mystery Plane Our thanks to Lennart for giving it a shot

The second shot I ve included in this months edition may help jog the dim memory of someone else You can see that the airplane is not particularly large when compared to the pilot crouching on the bow Also tip floats have been added to the lower wings and you can plainly see the biplane configuration of the horizontal tail We can leave this Mystery Plane file open and perhaps someone will recshyognize it

28 JULY 1996

New Members

Robert K Ad ler Naples FL

Joseph B Brown Jr Panama City FL

Jeff Bruebaker Hamler OH

Paul G Catrou Greenville NC

Darryl Chin Modesto CA

Donald L Clingerman Grayling MI

Ned E Corman Harri sburg PA

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John M DeMars N Hollywood CA

Thomas Robert Dollimore Rexdale Ontari o

Canada

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William Grant Dorsett Alvin TX

W Heyward Dropla Charlotte NC

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Robert Farr Houghton Lake MI

Jeff Foley Roanoke Rapids NC

Jon Michael Fox Moses Lake WA

Robert J Furlong scottsdale AZ

David M GampferColumbus OH

Raymond L Gebhard 5ioux Falls sD

Richard L Gillespie Ft Meyers FL

Mark Haag Houston TX

Barry Halsted Fountain Val ley CA

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John Hitzke

Redcl iffe Queensland Australia

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Robert K Howie Jr Decatur IL

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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29

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work Special thanks are also in order for the twins mother Lydia Preiss who used her seamstress ski lls so well

Other contributors were Jimmy Vickshyers of Lubbock Texas a fo rmer Cessna dealer who flies his own 195 Captain Jeff Kilponen of Southwest Air lines who sparked John Preiss interest in the Cessna 195 in the first place and John Swander of

(Above) The unique split-flap employed on the 195 is designed for drag to slow the airplane down for landing It contributes alshymost nothing to lift Look at the sparkling interior of that wing when the flap is pulled down for inspection

(Above left) For genuine comfort it is hard to beat the rear seat of a Cessna 195 This interior was completely sewn by Lydia Preiss the mother of both John and Jim Preiss This seat is cashypable of handling three persons with ease making the 195 a true five-place airplane

(Left) The totally restored instrument panel complete with upshygraded avionics is a thing of beauty and function The throttle uses a friction lock collar while the propeller and mixture conshytrols each employ a vernier control for fine adjustment This particular 195 has the dual yoke in deference to a throw-over yoke as used on some models

DeSoto Kansas who provided some exshy John would especially like to thank the cellent ideas and much help to the restorashy Cessna Aircraft Company for designing tion Tim McCarter a pi lot and mechan ic and building a true classic aircraft that pishyfor Amphib Inc contributed expertise lots such as as he and his twin brother can and support to the rebuild a nd the Inshy continue to appreciate and enjoy ternational195 C lu b and Eastern 195 To this we add our congratulations and Cl ub were most he lpful in getting N2JP very best wishes in the future for making back in the air - along with helping all 195 N2JP such a dazzling airplane It is indeed owners keep them there a credit to its restorers

20 JULY 1996

Type Club

NOTES by Norm Petersen

Compiled from various type club publications amp newsletters

From the Monocoupe Flyer Bob Coolbaugh editor 703-590shy

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Adventures of a Warner Engine Owner

George Olson - January 1996

About 1979 while ove rhauling the 145 HP Warner for my Fairchild 24 a crack was fo und in one of the cylinder barrels Parts were really hard to find but a fri e nd in Lo uisvill e C la ud e Curry who I am sorry to say is now go ne to ld me th a t hi s fri e nd Bud Nea t a lso in Lo uisville had the reshyma ining Warne r pa rts but he was n t se llin g a nythin g H e offe red to ca ll Bud and tell him my situation and ca ll me bac k La te r he told me th a t I should go ahead and call Bud which I did Bud said that Claude told him all about it and to come over and see if we could fi nd one that was suitable The parts were in the basement of his manshyufacturing building We took fla sh shyli ghts and Bud showed me where the cylinders were to ld me to pick one out a nd we nt bac k upsta irs There were pallets filled with hundreds of cylinder assemblies There were cylinder ba rshyre ls stac ked about e ight fee t high o n o the r pa lle ts boxes of parts all over the place about 40 barrels of studs and other small steel parts some engines in various stages o f assembly big crates of baffl ing and tools of all descriptions It was hard to be lieve like be ing in a candy store The cylinder I picked out loo ked like it had a good head o n it but the barrel had rust in it that looked like brown fur T here must have been some o il o n the surface to sta rt with beca use it wasn t pitted and it didn t need plating after all

T he n Bud a nd I had some co ffee

and he told me the story about how he and ten others decided to build Grea t Lakes Biplanes in hi s ma nufacturing building Th ey we re goin g to build e leven a ll toge the r they would be all th e sa me and wh e n th ey fini she d theyd draw straws to pick their plane Bud hea rd about th e a ucti o n of th e Warner factory inventory in (She ldon) Iowa These were all the parts remain shying afte r a warehouse fire where they were stored Bud put in the winning bid a t the auction and picked up o ne semitrailer load of parts When Merlin Bock bo ught out th e fact o ry ea rli e r a nd mo ve d th e pa rts to Io wa th e re were 10 semi-loads but this one trailer was all that was left With Buds pur shychase though th e Grea t La kes Bi shyplanes would now all have Warner en shygines But afte r a couple of years the buildin g e nt e rpri se e nd e d beca use eve ryo ne had a diffe rent view of how long the e ffort should las t Eve ryo ne took their project home and some were finished separately When the projects went o ut the door the Warne r pa rt s we re put in the basem e nt o ut of the way They were there when I saw them in 1979

The Fairchild rebuilding jo b was fini shed in 1980 and I flew it until 1985 whe n th e numbe r 4 link ro d bro ke This time I needed a lo t of pa rts so it was back to th e we ll Bud wa nted to se ll a ll th e parts no t just th e o nes I needed and I knew enough by then to realize that I could sell them and hopeshyfull y get my money back So this time aft e r some price nego ti a ti o ns we s tru ck a dea l for a ll Bud s p a rt s I re nte d a 24- fo o t truck a nd with the help of a fri end and Bud Neats grand shyson we moved o ne load (ha lf o f the parts) to my 16 x 22 foot garage That fi ll ed it up Another friend offe red to

let me put a semitrailer on his farm so I bought a pretty good used 40 footer Whe n we got the seco nd load Bud s grand son got three of hi s college fri e nds to he lp so the re we re 6 o f us loading It only took four hours while th e fir st load had ta ke n a ll d ay My pickup truck was use d to mov e the parts in my garage to the trailer whenshyever I needed to make a trip out there Afte r about six wee ks my wife sa w that th e part s we re se llin g so she started speaking to me again

In with the engine parts were prints production reco rds test records and paperwork of a ll kinds but the T ype Ce rtifica te docum e nta ti o n was los t somewhere along the way In 1989 the FAA called and asked if I had the Type Certificates They had some boxes in Chicago that they wante d to give to the Type Certificate holder to get then out of their way Curiosity got the best of me and started me on the search for th e Type Ce rti fica te Th e require shyme nts we re to trace ownership from the last known owner to the present I had to get a ffidavits fro m all the ownshye rs since Clinton Mac hin e Company sold out They were the las t owners of th e T ype Certi fica te who were regisshytered with the FAA

This provided an interesting pursuit a nd I m e t a lo t of he lp ful pe opl e James Thomas Smith who bought the parts fr o m C lint o n Ma chin e Co couldn t be fo und Th e nex t owne r Duke H attah died in the late 60s and hi s re lati ves couldn t be found e ithe r The sea rch continued unsuccessfully January 1993 rolls around and someshyo ne approaches me to buy the T ype Certificate to build engines in Spain of all pl a ces Th e n in 1994 som eo ne wanted it to bui ld Warne r engines in Czechoslovakia fo r Blicke r Jungmeis-

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ters they were building I received a letter in December 1994 from the FAA stating that during a move to an off airport location they found a reshyquest dated June 13 1980 in a fo lder that was mislabeled to make new Data Plates and Type Certificates It was in Bud Neats name He had held the Certificate all along All that was needed was an affidavit from Bud Neat which was accomplished immeshydiately The new Type Certificates arshyrived in May 1995

Oh yes about those boxes the Chicago FAA had - They were shipped to the Atlanta FAA Certification ofshyfice The FAA people there invited me to visit them and look at the conshytents It was nice to meet some of the people I had been talking to on the phone for so long One full day was spent helping them sort through the boxes There were folders of correshyspondence (some of it mine) Warner blueprints and boxes of microfilm of all the Warner prints There were about 1200 microfilm prints per box Since there were duplicate sets of Warner blueprints on microfilm they offered me a set which I gladly acshycepted

Warner Engine Facts and Figures

The following information was gathshyered over the course of the successful acquisition of the Warner Type Cershytificates and from Warner Aircraft Corporation records These records were included with the remains of the Warner Company which I bought from Bud Neat of Louisville KY This will attempt be an attempt to sort and conshydense the jumble of papers to present that which is of most int erest to Warner engine owners

The Warner Aircraft Corporation was founded by William O Warne r in 1926 and its address was 20263 Hoover Avenue Detroit MI Officers in 1929 were William O Warner President amp General Manager Edward N Hartwick Vice-President amp Treasurer W J Jarvie Secretary In 1950 the ofshyficers were R E Cecil President Carl F Lang Secretary-Treasurer and Leonard W Quart Manufacturer s Agent William O Warner was a Dishyrector but ret ired The Warner Airshycraft Corporation was merged with Clinton Machine Company located in Clinton Michigan in April of 1950 The reason for the merger according to the Proxy Statement and notice of Stock Holders meeting of February 20 1950 was that Warner Aircraft found itself without a product except for the hydraulic units and it had lost money every year since the war The assets of Warner were transferred to Clinton

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Machine Company in exchange for shares of common stock of Clinton which were distributed to Warner shareho lders The president of Clinshyton Machine Comp any at that time was Donald D Thomas

In 1952 Clinton Machine Co so ld the aircraft engine parts prints and some tooling to the Detroit Harvester Co which was owned by James Thomas Smith He owned it for a very short time I was never ab le to find Mr Smith In about 1953 Detroit Harvester Co sold the remaining Warner assets to Duke Harrah Inc located in Niles Michigan Duke Harshyrah sold Warner parts until 1963 when he sold the Warner assets to M amp B Flying Service located at Sheldon Reshygional Airport in Sheldon Iowa Duke Harrah died in the late 60s Merlin Bock and Elmer Meuke were partners in M amp B Flying Service There were several semitrailer loads of parts which were put in a large hangar In 1966 the building burned in a fire started by someone working on a mower There was one semitrailer load that was salshyvaged Bud Neat from Louisville Kenshytucky brought the remains at auction

The sales records end December 31 1945 so the years 1946 to 1950 are less clear Grand total of all engines sold through December 31 1945 is 3572 Today there are 437 Warner engines on aircraft registered with the FAA The papers I have showin g sales records and Type Ce rtificate Data Sheets are quite interesting There were severa l projects in the experishymental department in 1945 The folshylowing interesting note is copied fro m the 1945 monthly progress report book

550-X 200HP New experimental e ngin e Pre liminary and final tests conducted toge the r with bolt deflecshytion measurements Power calibration conducted with standard induction housing 50 hours endurance running compl e ted Power calibration conshyducted with control induction with varshyious carburetor positions Engine now having cam settings and valve timing worked out for both standard and split cam

Active Signed S A Christiansen Test Engineer

Other projects in development were experimental engine 585-X which is 585 cubic inch with a 5 inch bore amp 4250 stroke

A 2 cyl Model 140-X horizontal opposed industrial engine and model 12850-3 a single cyl utility engine I wonder if the last two engines were the key to the Clinton merger (In 1950 Clinton was the second largest proshy

ducer of gasoline engines in the 34 to 3 hp range) Warner also manufacshytured wheels axles brakes skis prop hubs shock struts and hydraulic units These production plans also transshyferred with the Type Certificates

Included in the records are several books and inventories One is a book showing each engine sold in numerical order starting with the first engine sold It lists engine number Airplane Owner and Address A sample page from this book is included Also inshycluded is a chart listing standard enshygine model and serial number designashytions and deviations from standard By referencing this list and the data plate on your Warner engine you can determine how your engine was conshyfigured when it left the factory Bear in mind that your engine may have been changed substantially over the years during overhauls

From the Cessna 150 - 152 News

Safety - Avoiding wire Strikes Skip Carden editor

919-471-9492

The Terrible Truth About Wire Strikes a new video and a companshyion pamphlet from AOPA Air Safety Foundation debunks many misconcepshytions about these accidents There are an average of 115 reported general avishyation wire strikes a year but only an estimated 10 of strikes are reported

The video and pamphlet give some commo n-sense tips on how to see and avoid wires

bull Scan on both sides of the aircraft Look for towers or other supporting structures which are easier to see than the associated wires themselves Fly over the top of the tower rather than between the supporting structures

bull Nature doesn t make a stra ight line Strips of inconsistent vegetation crop edges land boundaries and roads can indicate a wire path

bull Flight below a ridge line or in a canyon puts a pilot in the wire envishyronment

bull Avoid antennas by a horizontal distance greater than the vertical height of the structure Guy wires can extend at a 45 degree angle from tower top to the ground

bull A pull-up is usually the best mashyneuver to avoid an unexpected wire In most cases the pilot sees the wire too late to bank away successfully

The video is priced at $10 plus $325 shipping The pamphlet is free with a 6 X 9 self-addressed envelope with 55 cents postage affixed AOPA ASF 421 Aviation Way Frederick MD 21701 800-638-3101

PASSdb BUCK by EE Buck Hilbert EAA 21 Ale 5 PO Box 424 Union IL 60180

Our twenty fifth Anniversary re shyunion seems to be shap ing up T write to each of the origi na l 100 members asking th e m to be with us at EAA OSHKOSH So far the replies are runshyning about fifty-fifty Those that are coming are enthusiastic about the whole thing and are just as interested today as when we started the Division More to come

As I read the history of the Division it triggers memories of events past The discussions that Paul Pobe rezny and I had over the titl e Division and hi s concerns that it was a word that would conjure up thoughts of a group that was seceding from EAA Happily it proved to be somet hing weve ne ver had to worry abo ut - EAA is still th e prime mover in Sport Aviation and the varishyous Divisions have accentuated the positive as that old song goes

The letters I receive are most welshycome and can either be a real boost or an education I got ed ucated on old time stunt pilot Howard Dutton from one of our ear ly members Capt Jim Barton (AA retired) who kn ew him personally Jim responded with clipshypings and a phone ca ll so we could anshyswer that query

Then I also got a letter fro m one of the San Diego antiquers who said r was off base on my Chapter One open house co lumn regarding the weather for that weekend He said it was much better than I had indicated and that it was the first time the whole group was able to fly up together A great time was had by all and the fly-in weather was great Im not going to remind him th at sevshyera l people got stuck in Riverside all day Sunday waiting for it to let up

I on ly wish there was room to pubshylish each and every lette r we receive T try to answer each one personally and usuall y do as time permits I also ge t requests for parts and pieces of inforshymation and on occasion Im able to be of some help Once in a while I stub my

toe R ecently a memb er called and asked if I could help him find a Cub alshytimeter I had one and sent it to him A week later I got it back Wrong color Min es black he ne ed ed one cream faced Oh well I tried

Number one son Robert your editor HG and I flew down to Middle town OH for the Aeronca get together HG a llowed me to ride with him in my Sed a n while Bob took hi s C ha mp Originally we had planned to take both Champs but mine deve loped a lea ky exhaust valve so it had to stay home

Wally Baldwin was our host down the re while Bob Hollenbaugh and his wife He len look ed after H G Wally squired us around town Hes writing a book on Aeronca and expects to go to press shortly This man is a walking enshycyc lope dia as far as Aeronca is co nshyce rned His D ad worked there when they were building the C-3s Ks Low Wings and later the C hamps C hi efs and Sedans Wa ll ys dad bought the prototype Champ after its nat ionwide demonstration tour ove rhauled the Ashy65 and gave it to Wally when he came

home from the Air Force after WW II Wally currently fli es a Champ with the same paint scheme and rues the day he ever sold the original

HG will be writing up the trip and printing pictures of all the beautiful airshyplanes in a future article but I want to say is that it was a great bunch and even thou gh Bob a nd I a long with D ale Gu stafso n got drafte d to judge airshyplanes we enjoyed it immensely

Over to you

Here are a couple of photos that ought to raise a few eyebrows courtesy of Aeronca retiree John Houser These two shots show the installation of a Aeroshymarine AR-3 engine in an Aeronca C-3 Rated at 55 hp running 2400 rpm the AR-3 might look familiar to many antishyquers - the design and manufacshyturing rights were sold to Burshynelli and then later (1938) it became known as the Lenape Papoose after Burnelli sold off that portion of its business to

Lenape Aircraft amp Motors of New York city As detailed in the 1939 edition of Aerosshyphere the AR-3 weighted in at 150 Ibs and had a pair of Bendix magnetos powering the two ignition circuits The Aeronca E-107 engine developed 26 hp the later E-113 was rated at 36 hp and the final version the E-113C was listed as producing 40 hp With the 55 hp of the AR-3 this early model C-3 must have been a good little performer This parshyticular 3-cylinder engine produced too much vibration to suit the engineers at Aeronca so no production aircraft were sold with this engineairframe combination

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Vintage Seaplanes by Norm Petersen

Summers here

and its time to think about

flying off the water

Our resident web-footed

pilot Norm Petersen

has provided us with a

look at waterbirds

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Kyle Meints Cessna 1708

(Left) Pictured at the Vette Seaplane Base at Oshkosh 95 is a pretty 1955 Cessna 170B N4453B SIN 26797 mounted on a set of Edo 89-2000 floats all decked out in a matching paint scheme of white with red trim The pretty Continental 145 powered seaplane is the pride and joy of Kyle Meints (EAA 360394) of Augusta MI who purchased the 170B on floats in Minnesota about ten years ago Kyle inshystalled the STOL kit on the wings painted the entire airplane and then painted the matching floats the next year all in PPG two-part urethane A factory seaplane since new the 170B has 2400 TT of which Kyle has flown about 400 hours since acquiring the f1oatplane This airplane spent about the first 25 years in New England before coming west to Minnesota Congrats to Kyle Meints on a sharp looking Cessna 170B f1oatplane

1140 floats which do not show their age (40 to 50 yrs) and have had their compartment covers reshymoved (The 1140 floats are easily distinguished from the larger 1320 floats by the si ngle cover beshytween the struts 1320 floats have two covers beshytween the struts) Apparently the boot cowl on the Cub has been replaced or repainted as the forward end of the lightning stripe is missing A li ghtshyweight pre-war Cub with wood spars and 1140 floats makes for a sporty seaplane that is pure fun

Odell Matthis Republic Seabee

(Left) This beautiful custom Republic RC-3 Seabee N87493 SIN 44 is the pride and joy of Odell and Diane Matthis (EAA 262957 AIC 10206) of Havelock NC No stranger to EAA Odell brought the highly polished Cessna 140A Patroller N5332C SIN 15452 that was featured in the October 1986 VINTAGE AIRPLANE and picshytured on the back cover The Seabee features extended wings with drooped tips tinted glass and a big Lycoming GO-480 engine of 295 hp The fancy paint scheme is overall white with red and gold trim This particular 1946 Seabee spent many years in the Seattle area before going to Anchorage AK for a number of years It is now based near the seacoast of North Carolina where Odell and Diane (who is also a pilot and 9ger) can make full use of the amphibious capabilities The FAA register lists 275 Sea bees remaining of the over 1050 that were built by Republic and Downer

John Van Andels J-3 Cub on 1140s

These photos of a 1940 J -3 C65 Cub NC30482 SIN 4863 mounted on a set of Edo 54-1140 floats were sent in by Ralph Koutnik (EAA 261425) of Bellaire Ml Tied down at the Antrim County Airport at Bellaire the pre-war J-3 Cub is owned by John Van Andel (EAA 343387) of Ft Pierce FL Special note should be made of the extreme ly clean condition of the

U S Forest Service Stinson SR-SA

(Left) This photo from back in the early 1940 s was contributed by Wiley Hautala of Ely MN The Stinson SRshy5A NC5045 mounted on Edo 38-3430 floats was flown by veteran Ely MN seaplane pilot Milt Nelson for several years until 1943 when the 245 hp Lyshycoming engine quit one day and put the SR-5A in the trees - and that was the end of NC5045 Milt Nelson who is presently in his eighties soloed a Travel Air bishyplane at Superior WI in 1933 and logged approximately 15 000 hours on floats while flying for the U S Forest Service over a period of twenty years He says the SR-5A was a nice flying airplane and did a very respectable job on floats alshythough it couldn t handle the heavy loads of a Beaver or Norseman Note the 1937 Ford grill in the foreground and the Travel Air S6000-B seaplane in the backshyground which was flown by Bill Leithold of Ely MN Ironically at one time Milt Nelson owned a Fairchild FC-2 on Fairchild floats Today those very same floats are in the EAA Aviation Museum completely restored by John Parish and ready for installation on the EAA Founshydations Fairchild FC-2W

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Fly-In Calendar The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a matter of

information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the

information to EAA Att Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

JULY 23 - ZANESVILLE OH - EAA Chapter 425 Annual Pancake Day at Parr Airport 8 am - 5 pm Oshkosh bound pi lots encouraged to fly-in eat and refuel Contact Don Wahl 674454-0003

JULY 26-27 - COFFEYVILLE KS - Funk Aircraft Owners Assoc Reunion Contact Gene Ventress 70275 S Monticello Lenexa KS 66227

JULY 26-27 - AFTON WY - Callair Radio Controlled Model Aircraft Fly-In sponsored by the Callair Museum and Aviat Aircraft Inc For info call joan Michaels or Audrey Henning 307886-9887 FAX 307886shy9880

JULY 26-28 - RED LAKE ONTARIO CANAshyDA - Norseman Float Plane Festival For more info contact the Festiva l Committee at 807727-2809

JUL Y 27-29 - KEOKUK IA - Sixth World Wide gathering of L-Birds then en masse up to Wisconsin for EAA great OSHKOSH 96 on August 7 Contact Irv Linder 3 79524-6378

JULY 28 - GRANTSBURG WI - EAA Chapter 875 Wildrice Pancake Breakfast

JUL Y 28 - WEYBRIDGE SURREY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Aircraft of Surrey Fly- In Contact julian C Temple or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 07932 855465

JULY 31-WAUKESHA WI - (UES) tst Annual Great Stearman Fl y-Up to EAA Convention Call Stan Markus for more info 474567- 7499 or 965-3776

AUGUST 1-7 - OSHKOSH WI - 44th Annual EAA Fly-In and Sport Aviation Con vention Wittman Regional Airport Contact John Burton EAA PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 414426-4800

AUGUST 3 - ST PAUL MN - Lake Elmo Airport Aviation Days Fl y- In Pancake Breakfast Aircraft Disp lay and Young Eagles Day Rain Date August 4 Contact

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Dick Wicklund 672777-9742 AUGUST 3 - ELLSWORTH KS - EAA Chapter

7727 Fly-In breakfast (Oshkosh stop-over) and Cowtown Day Call Dale Weinhold 973-472-4027 (w) or -4309 (h) for info

AUGUST 18 - BROOKFIELD WI - Capita l Airport EAA AC Chapter 77 Vintage Aircraft Display and Ice Cream Social Noon - 5 pm Midwest Antique Airplane Club meeting as well For info call Capital Airport at 4 74787 -9550

AUGUST 18 - EAST TROY WI - Inti Cessna 720 740 Assoc Wisconsin Brat and Corn Roast Arrive at 77 am eat at 72 30 pm Bring a dish to pass and a buck Call Matt and Carole Rybarczyk 474767-0920

AUGUST 25 - BELMOND IA - NC Chapter 73 annual p icnic Call 575444-3637 for info

AUGUST 26 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Biplanes and Vintage Aircraft Fly- In Contact ju l ia n C Temp l e or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 0 7932 855465

AUGUST 27-29 - YOUNGSTOWN OH shyBARTLESVIL LE OK AND EL CAJON CA -Staggerwing Beech Commemorative Tour Ca ll William Thaden 207439-7767 fo r info

AUGUST 30-31 - HA YWA RD CA - EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter 29 Fourth Annual Antique Fl y- In and Airshow Free Early Bird Dinner to all display aircraft on Friday This is a northern Cal ifornia points event Contact Bud Field at 5 70455-2300

AUGUST 30 - SEPT 1 - PROSSER WA - EAA Chapter 397 25th Anniversary Fly- In at Prosser airport Call Cormac Thompson for info 509786- 7034

AUGUST 30-31 - MOCKSVIL LE NC - Tara Airbase (5NC7) 77 th Annua l Anything That Flies Fly-In Private Fly-In - attenshydance at your own risk For info ca ll 704284-2 767 or 970764-0007

AUGUST 31 - MARION IN - Sixth Annual Fly-InCruise-In breakfast sponsored by the Marion High schoo l Band Boosters Antiques Classics homebuilts and Antique classic and custom cars welshycomed For information contact Ray johnson at 3 77664-2588

SE PT 1 - ZANESVILLE OH - Riverside Airport EAA Chapter 425 Labor Day Weekend Fly-In Drive-In Breakfast 8 am - 5 pm Sandwiches etc from noon to closing

SEPT 7 - OSCEOLA WI - Simenstad Field 76th Annual Wheels and Wings Air Fair Train rides pancake breakfast fly-in Free event shuttle bus Pilots check class 0 NOTAMS for specia l airport conditions For info call 775755-3300

SEPT 13-15 - URBANA IL - Frasca Field Byron Smith Memorial Stinson Reunion Fly-In Ca ll 708904-6964 for info

SEPT 13-1 5 - JACKSONVILLE IL - Ercoupe Fly-In Call 2 77546-0585 for info

SEPT 20-2 1 - BARTLESVILLE IL - Frank Phillips Field 39th Annual Tulsa Regional Fly-In sponsored by EAA NC Chapter 70 AAA Chapter 2 EAA Chapter 70 EAA lAC Chapter 70 and the Green Country U ltralight Flyers Call Charlie Harris for info 978622-8400

SEPT 21-22 - ROCK FALLS IL - Whiteside County Airport (SQI) North Central EAA Old Fashioned Fly-In Fly market campshying and food on field Call Gregg Erikson 7085 73-064 7 or Dave Christianson at 875625-6556 Pancake breakfast Sept 22 - 0700 - 7700

SEPT 22 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGLAND - Brooklands Museum Fly-In Contact ju l ian C Templ e or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 07932855465

SEPT 27-28 - SANTA YNEZ CA - 8th Annual Western Waco Assoc Reunion Call jon A ldrich 209962-6727 or Barry Branin 7 74545-7476 for info

SEPT 28-29 - ZANESVILLE OH - John s Landing A irfield 5th Annual Fall Fly-In sponsored by EAA NC Chapter 22 of Ohio Hog roast on the 28th breakfast both days Antique classic homebuilts warbirds welshycome For more info call Virginia at 674453-6889

SEPT 28-29 - LEXINGTON TN - Tennessee Taildraggers 72th Annual Fly-In 907968shy2864 or 901968-4022 for info

OCTOBER 4-6 - REDDING CA - Benton Field EAA Chaper 157 Oktoberfest Contacts Bruce Taylor 976275-6456 or Armal Owens 976243-4382

OCTOBER 13 - TOWANDA PA - Towanda airport (N27) Fly-In Breakfast - all you can eat Eggs sausage pancakes 100 pure maple syrup 7 am -7 pm

OCT 13 - ZANESVILLE OH - Riverside A i rport EAA Chapter 425 and the ARTHRITIS FOUNDA TlON Hog Roast 8 am - 5 pm Contact Don Wahl at 614 454-0003

OCTOBER 13 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Fly-In Contact ju l ian C Temple or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 0 1932857381 or FAX 01932855465

OCT 18-20 - KERRVIL LE TX - Southwest Regional Fly-In For info ca ll 800221shy7958 Vendors should call 270914-3746

Ale NEWS Continued from page 2

in two a reas to mos t VFR pilots - the Surface Aviation Observation (SA) will now become the Aviation Routine Weather Report (Metar) with an addishytional report the Aviation Selected Special Weather report (Speci) added to it when dictated by changing weather conditions A new international format will also be adopted to replace the Tershyminal Forecast (TF) issued by the Nashytional Weather Service The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) will be the new format for this forecast

The new formats will be a combinashytion of new and old abbreviations but the seq ue nces will change a nd some components will be reported in a differshye nt format For many of us who us e DUATS briefing services and exercise the plain language option these changes will be transparent but be careful - temshyperaturedewpoint spreads will be given in degrees Celsius and sky cover definishytions will change Other parts of the seshyquence reports will be a lso be revised The new form a t began with the NWS transmissions that were issued a t 0800 UTC July l

For more informat ion and a card that details the new Metar format conshytact your nearest Flight Service Station or yo ur loca l FAA Flight Standards District Office

EICHER KIMBAll GEE BEE Z fliES

LUSCOMBE FOUNDATION 8E GIVEAWAY

The Don Luscombe Aviation Foundashytion is doing it again A small total of only 2800 tickets will be sold to help raise funds used to continue the expansion of services of the Foundation to Luscombe owners and to fulfill the Luscombe Type Certificate purchase contract You can see the work done to restore the 1996 Win Me airplane in the accompanying photos This airshyplane has all the Luscombe options and has been fully inspected and rebuilt with the latest information on Luscombe repa irs from the foundation For a more informashytion including the price of tickets and a brochure call the OLAF at 602917-0969 or fax them at 6021917-4719

NO 80 OCTANE AT WITTMAN FiElD

If youve always planned on fueling up with 80 octan e fuel during EAA O shkosh youll need to buy it from someone other tha n Basle r Flight Sershyvice the FBO on Wittman Field Basler

The Gee Bee Z recently completed by Jeff Eicher and Kevin Kimball was first flown on June 24 and again on the 25th by Delmar Benj amin Delmar explored the handling characteristics of the z in a series of flights that culminated in a roll and knife edge flight He reports a stall speed at about 75 mph indicated rt quickly acshycelerates to 210 mph and then continues to build up more speed up to 230 mph Delmar reports that it is hands off stable in both pitch and yaw 130 mph is used on fi nal to keep the Zs sink rate at a comfortable level We ll have more on the first flights of this beautiful Gee Bee replica next month but until then congratulations to Jeff and Kevin and their test pilot Delmar Benjamin

has informed EAA that they will not be selling any 80 octane fu el for resale durshying th e EAA Convention Du e to tighter tank te sting rules e nforced by the EPA Basler has storage facilities sufficient o nly for the quantities of 100 LL a nd Jet A neede d during the Conshyvention but there s no room left for a quantity of 80 octane After exploring other options Bas ler re luctantly deshycided to drop carrying 80 octane avgas which they had only had available durshying th e EAA Fly-In Since Basle r has also chosen not to offer auto fuel if you prefer not to burn 100LL in yo ur vinshytage engine you may wish to plan your flight with a fuel stop after your deparshyture or prior to your arrival Basler will be offering 100 octane avgas at the same price as last year $2 15 If you really prefer to run your e ngine on 80 octane avgas the closest airport with that fuel is the tailwheel friendly fie ld at Hartshyford WI (HXF) located 41 statute miles SSE of Oshkosh Hartford Aero Sershyvice 414673-5350 is the FBO and hes aware of the situat ion and is planning on having his 10000 gallon tank topped off in time for the Convention

CUB MONUMENT IN BRADFO RD

Thanks to the impetus provided by Sport Aviation editor Jack Cox a monshyument will be e rected on the site of the old Taylor Aircraft company in Bradshyford P A For more details on the effort being spea rh eaded by George Welsch

Continued on page 31

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27

by HC Frautschy

The April Mystery Plane proved to be a tough one so we ll continue that course with the July Mystery Plane This handshysome biplanes photo was sent in some time ago by Richard E Sampson Ft Lauderdale FL

Answers need to be in no later than August 25 1996 for inclushysion in the October issue

Aprils Mystery is still just that - an unknown Lennart Johnsson of Eldsberga Sweden sugshygested that it might be the creation of the Engshylish designer Harold Bolas and his partner Capt Goodman-Crouch who both emigrated to the USA and settled in Rhode Island After reshyviewing an article on the Crouch-Bolas Dragshyonfly its obviously not our Mystery Plane Our thanks to Lennart for giving it a shot

The second shot I ve included in this months edition may help jog the dim memory of someone else You can see that the airplane is not particularly large when compared to the pilot crouching on the bow Also tip floats have been added to the lower wings and you can plainly see the biplane configuration of the horizontal tail We can leave this Mystery Plane file open and perhaps someone will recshyognize it

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Compiled from various type club publications amp newsletters

From the Monocoupe Flyer Bob Coolbaugh editor 703-590shy

2375

Adventures of a Warner Engine Owner

George Olson - January 1996

About 1979 while ove rhauling the 145 HP Warner for my Fairchild 24 a crack was fo und in one of the cylinder barrels Parts were really hard to find but a fri e nd in Lo uisvill e C la ud e Curry who I am sorry to say is now go ne to ld me th a t hi s fri e nd Bud Nea t a lso in Lo uisville had the reshyma ining Warne r pa rts but he was n t se llin g a nythin g H e offe red to ca ll Bud and tell him my situation and ca ll me bac k La te r he told me th a t I should go ahead and call Bud which I did Bud said that Claude told him all about it and to come over and see if we could fi nd one that was suitable The parts were in the basement of his manshyufacturing building We took fla sh shyli ghts and Bud showed me where the cylinders were to ld me to pick one out a nd we nt bac k upsta irs There were pallets filled with hundreds of cylinder assemblies There were cylinder ba rshyre ls stac ked about e ight fee t high o n o the r pa lle ts boxes of parts all over the place about 40 barrels of studs and other small steel parts some engines in various stages o f assembly big crates of baffl ing and tools of all descriptions It was hard to be lieve like be ing in a candy store The cylinder I picked out loo ked like it had a good head o n it but the barrel had rust in it that looked like brown fur T here must have been some o il o n the surface to sta rt with beca use it wasn t pitted and it didn t need plating after all

T he n Bud a nd I had some co ffee

and he told me the story about how he and ten others decided to build Grea t Lakes Biplanes in hi s ma nufacturing building Th ey we re goin g to build e leven a ll toge the r they would be all th e sa me and wh e n th ey fini she d theyd draw straws to pick their plane Bud hea rd about th e a ucti o n of th e Warner factory inventory in (She ldon) Iowa These were all the parts remain shying afte r a warehouse fire where they were stored Bud put in the winning bid a t the auction and picked up o ne semitrailer load of parts When Merlin Bock bo ught out th e fact o ry ea rli e r a nd mo ve d th e pa rts to Io wa th e re were 10 semi-loads but this one trailer was all that was left With Buds pur shychase though th e Grea t La kes Bi shyplanes would now all have Warner en shygines But afte r a couple of years the buildin g e nt e rpri se e nd e d beca use eve ryo ne had a diffe rent view of how long the e ffort should las t Eve ryo ne took their project home and some were finished separately When the projects went o ut the door the Warne r pa rt s we re put in the basem e nt o ut of the way They were there when I saw them in 1979

The Fairchild rebuilding jo b was fini shed in 1980 and I flew it until 1985 whe n th e numbe r 4 link ro d bro ke This time I needed a lo t of pa rts so it was back to th e we ll Bud wa nted to se ll a ll th e parts no t just th e o nes I needed and I knew enough by then to realize that I could sell them and hopeshyfull y get my money back So this time aft e r some price nego ti a ti o ns we s tru ck a dea l for a ll Bud s p a rt s I re nte d a 24- fo o t truck a nd with the help of a fri end and Bud Neats grand shyson we moved o ne load (ha lf o f the parts) to my 16 x 22 foot garage That fi ll ed it up Another friend offe red to

let me put a semitrailer on his farm so I bought a pretty good used 40 footer Whe n we got the seco nd load Bud s grand son got three of hi s college fri e nds to he lp so the re we re 6 o f us loading It only took four hours while th e fir st load had ta ke n a ll d ay My pickup truck was use d to mov e the parts in my garage to the trailer whenshyever I needed to make a trip out there Afte r about six wee ks my wife sa w that th e part s we re se llin g so she started speaking to me again

In with the engine parts were prints production reco rds test records and paperwork of a ll kinds but the T ype Ce rtifica te docum e nta ti o n was los t somewhere along the way In 1989 the FAA called and asked if I had the Type Certificates They had some boxes in Chicago that they wante d to give to the Type Certificate holder to get then out of their way Curiosity got the best of me and started me on the search for th e Type Ce rti fica te Th e require shyme nts we re to trace ownership from the last known owner to the present I had to get a ffidavits fro m all the ownshye rs since Clinton Mac hin e Company sold out They were the las t owners of th e T ype Certi fica te who were regisshytered with the FAA

This provided an interesting pursuit a nd I m e t a lo t of he lp ful pe opl e James Thomas Smith who bought the parts fr o m C lint o n Ma chin e Co couldn t be fo und Th e nex t owne r Duke H attah died in the late 60s and hi s re lati ves couldn t be found e ithe r The sea rch continued unsuccessfully January 1993 rolls around and someshyo ne approaches me to buy the T ype Certificate to build engines in Spain of all pl a ces Th e n in 1994 som eo ne wanted it to bui ld Warne r engines in Czechoslovakia fo r Blicke r Jungmeis-

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ters they were building I received a letter in December 1994 from the FAA stating that during a move to an off airport location they found a reshyquest dated June 13 1980 in a fo lder that was mislabeled to make new Data Plates and Type Certificates It was in Bud Neats name He had held the Certificate all along All that was needed was an affidavit from Bud Neat which was accomplished immeshydiately The new Type Certificates arshyrived in May 1995

Oh yes about those boxes the Chicago FAA had - They were shipped to the Atlanta FAA Certification ofshyfice The FAA people there invited me to visit them and look at the conshytents It was nice to meet some of the people I had been talking to on the phone for so long One full day was spent helping them sort through the boxes There were folders of correshyspondence (some of it mine) Warner blueprints and boxes of microfilm of all the Warner prints There were about 1200 microfilm prints per box Since there were duplicate sets of Warner blueprints on microfilm they offered me a set which I gladly acshycepted

Warner Engine Facts and Figures

The following information was gathshyered over the course of the successful acquisition of the Warner Type Cershytificates and from Warner Aircraft Corporation records These records were included with the remains of the Warner Company which I bought from Bud Neat of Louisville KY This will attempt be an attempt to sort and conshydense the jumble of papers to present that which is of most int erest to Warner engine owners

The Warner Aircraft Corporation was founded by William O Warne r in 1926 and its address was 20263 Hoover Avenue Detroit MI Officers in 1929 were William O Warner President amp General Manager Edward N Hartwick Vice-President amp Treasurer W J Jarvie Secretary In 1950 the ofshyficers were R E Cecil President Carl F Lang Secretary-Treasurer and Leonard W Quart Manufacturer s Agent William O Warner was a Dishyrector but ret ired The Warner Airshycraft Corporation was merged with Clinton Machine Company located in Clinton Michigan in April of 1950 The reason for the merger according to the Proxy Statement and notice of Stock Holders meeting of February 20 1950 was that Warner Aircraft found itself without a product except for the hydraulic units and it had lost money every year since the war The assets of Warner were transferred to Clinton

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Machine Company in exchange for shares of common stock of Clinton which were distributed to Warner shareho lders The president of Clinshyton Machine Comp any at that time was Donald D Thomas

In 1952 Clinton Machine Co so ld the aircraft engine parts prints and some tooling to the Detroit Harvester Co which was owned by James Thomas Smith He owned it for a very short time I was never ab le to find Mr Smith In about 1953 Detroit Harvester Co sold the remaining Warner assets to Duke Harrah Inc located in Niles Michigan Duke Harshyrah sold Warner parts until 1963 when he sold the Warner assets to M amp B Flying Service located at Sheldon Reshygional Airport in Sheldon Iowa Duke Harrah died in the late 60s Merlin Bock and Elmer Meuke were partners in M amp B Flying Service There were several semitrailer loads of parts which were put in a large hangar In 1966 the building burned in a fire started by someone working on a mower There was one semitrailer load that was salshyvaged Bud Neat from Louisville Kenshytucky brought the remains at auction

The sales records end December 31 1945 so the years 1946 to 1950 are less clear Grand total of all engines sold through December 31 1945 is 3572 Today there are 437 Warner engines on aircraft registered with the FAA The papers I have showin g sales records and Type Ce rtificate Data Sheets are quite interesting There were severa l projects in the experishymental department in 1945 The folshylowing interesting note is copied fro m the 1945 monthly progress report book

550-X 200HP New experimental e ngin e Pre liminary and final tests conducted toge the r with bolt deflecshytion measurements Power calibration conducted with standard induction housing 50 hours endurance running compl e ted Power calibration conshyducted with control induction with varshyious carburetor positions Engine now having cam settings and valve timing worked out for both standard and split cam

Active Signed S A Christiansen Test Engineer

Other projects in development were experimental engine 585-X which is 585 cubic inch with a 5 inch bore amp 4250 stroke

A 2 cyl Model 140-X horizontal opposed industrial engine and model 12850-3 a single cyl utility engine I wonder if the last two engines were the key to the Clinton merger (In 1950 Clinton was the second largest proshy

ducer of gasoline engines in the 34 to 3 hp range) Warner also manufacshytured wheels axles brakes skis prop hubs shock struts and hydraulic units These production plans also transshyferred with the Type Certificates

Included in the records are several books and inventories One is a book showing each engine sold in numerical order starting with the first engine sold It lists engine number Airplane Owner and Address A sample page from this book is included Also inshycluded is a chart listing standard enshygine model and serial number designashytions and deviations from standard By referencing this list and the data plate on your Warner engine you can determine how your engine was conshyfigured when it left the factory Bear in mind that your engine may have been changed substantially over the years during overhauls

From the Cessna 150 - 152 News

Safety - Avoiding wire Strikes Skip Carden editor

919-471-9492

The Terrible Truth About Wire Strikes a new video and a companshyion pamphlet from AOPA Air Safety Foundation debunks many misconcepshytions about these accidents There are an average of 115 reported general avishyation wire strikes a year but only an estimated 10 of strikes are reported

The video and pamphlet give some commo n-sense tips on how to see and avoid wires

bull Scan on both sides of the aircraft Look for towers or other supporting structures which are easier to see than the associated wires themselves Fly over the top of the tower rather than between the supporting structures

bull Nature doesn t make a stra ight line Strips of inconsistent vegetation crop edges land boundaries and roads can indicate a wire path

bull Flight below a ridge line or in a canyon puts a pilot in the wire envishyronment

bull Avoid antennas by a horizontal distance greater than the vertical height of the structure Guy wires can extend at a 45 degree angle from tower top to the ground

bull A pull-up is usually the best mashyneuver to avoid an unexpected wire In most cases the pilot sees the wire too late to bank away successfully

The video is priced at $10 plus $325 shipping The pamphlet is free with a 6 X 9 self-addressed envelope with 55 cents postage affixed AOPA ASF 421 Aviation Way Frederick MD 21701 800-638-3101

PASSdb BUCK by EE Buck Hilbert EAA 21 Ale 5 PO Box 424 Union IL 60180

Our twenty fifth Anniversary re shyunion seems to be shap ing up T write to each of the origi na l 100 members asking th e m to be with us at EAA OSHKOSH So far the replies are runshyning about fifty-fifty Those that are coming are enthusiastic about the whole thing and are just as interested today as when we started the Division More to come

As I read the history of the Division it triggers memories of events past The discussions that Paul Pobe rezny and I had over the titl e Division and hi s concerns that it was a word that would conjure up thoughts of a group that was seceding from EAA Happily it proved to be somet hing weve ne ver had to worry abo ut - EAA is still th e prime mover in Sport Aviation and the varishyous Divisions have accentuated the positive as that old song goes

The letters I receive are most welshycome and can either be a real boost or an education I got ed ucated on old time stunt pilot Howard Dutton from one of our ear ly members Capt Jim Barton (AA retired) who kn ew him personally Jim responded with clipshypings and a phone ca ll so we could anshyswer that query

Then I also got a letter fro m one of the San Diego antiquers who said r was off base on my Chapter One open house co lumn regarding the weather for that weekend He said it was much better than I had indicated and that it was the first time the whole group was able to fly up together A great time was had by all and the fly-in weather was great Im not going to remind him th at sevshyera l people got stuck in Riverside all day Sunday waiting for it to let up

I on ly wish there was room to pubshylish each and every lette r we receive T try to answer each one personally and usuall y do as time permits I also ge t requests for parts and pieces of inforshymation and on occasion Im able to be of some help Once in a while I stub my

toe R ecently a memb er called and asked if I could help him find a Cub alshytimeter I had one and sent it to him A week later I got it back Wrong color Min es black he ne ed ed one cream faced Oh well I tried

Number one son Robert your editor HG and I flew down to Middle town OH for the Aeronca get together HG a llowed me to ride with him in my Sed a n while Bob took hi s C ha mp Originally we had planned to take both Champs but mine deve loped a lea ky exhaust valve so it had to stay home

Wally Baldwin was our host down the re while Bob Hollenbaugh and his wife He len look ed after H G Wally squired us around town Hes writing a book on Aeronca and expects to go to press shortly This man is a walking enshycyc lope dia as far as Aeronca is co nshyce rned His D ad worked there when they were building the C-3s Ks Low Wings and later the C hamps C hi efs and Sedans Wa ll ys dad bought the prototype Champ after its nat ionwide demonstration tour ove rhauled the Ashy65 and gave it to Wally when he came

home from the Air Force after WW II Wally currently fli es a Champ with the same paint scheme and rues the day he ever sold the original

HG will be writing up the trip and printing pictures of all the beautiful airshyplanes in a future article but I want to say is that it was a great bunch and even thou gh Bob a nd I a long with D ale Gu stafso n got drafte d to judge airshyplanes we enjoyed it immensely

Over to you

Here are a couple of photos that ought to raise a few eyebrows courtesy of Aeronca retiree John Houser These two shots show the installation of a Aeroshymarine AR-3 engine in an Aeronca C-3 Rated at 55 hp running 2400 rpm the AR-3 might look familiar to many antishyquers - the design and manufacshyturing rights were sold to Burshynelli and then later (1938) it became known as the Lenape Papoose after Burnelli sold off that portion of its business to

Lenape Aircraft amp Motors of New York city As detailed in the 1939 edition of Aerosshyphere the AR-3 weighted in at 150 Ibs and had a pair of Bendix magnetos powering the two ignition circuits The Aeronca E-107 engine developed 26 hp the later E-113 was rated at 36 hp and the final version the E-113C was listed as producing 40 hp With the 55 hp of the AR-3 this early model C-3 must have been a good little performer This parshyticular 3-cylinder engine produced too much vibration to suit the engineers at Aeronca so no production aircraft were sold with this engineairframe combination

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Vintage Seaplanes by Norm Petersen

Summers here

and its time to think about

flying off the water

Our resident web-footed

pilot Norm Petersen

has provided us with a

look at waterbirds

24 JULY 1996

Kyle Meints Cessna 1708

(Left) Pictured at the Vette Seaplane Base at Oshkosh 95 is a pretty 1955 Cessna 170B N4453B SIN 26797 mounted on a set of Edo 89-2000 floats all decked out in a matching paint scheme of white with red trim The pretty Continental 145 powered seaplane is the pride and joy of Kyle Meints (EAA 360394) of Augusta MI who purchased the 170B on floats in Minnesota about ten years ago Kyle inshystalled the STOL kit on the wings painted the entire airplane and then painted the matching floats the next year all in PPG two-part urethane A factory seaplane since new the 170B has 2400 TT of which Kyle has flown about 400 hours since acquiring the f1oatplane This airplane spent about the first 25 years in New England before coming west to Minnesota Congrats to Kyle Meints on a sharp looking Cessna 170B f1oatplane

1140 floats which do not show their age (40 to 50 yrs) and have had their compartment covers reshymoved (The 1140 floats are easily distinguished from the larger 1320 floats by the si ngle cover beshytween the struts 1320 floats have two covers beshytween the struts) Apparently the boot cowl on the Cub has been replaced or repainted as the forward end of the lightning stripe is missing A li ghtshyweight pre-war Cub with wood spars and 1140 floats makes for a sporty seaplane that is pure fun

Odell Matthis Republic Seabee

(Left) This beautiful custom Republic RC-3 Seabee N87493 SIN 44 is the pride and joy of Odell and Diane Matthis (EAA 262957 AIC 10206) of Havelock NC No stranger to EAA Odell brought the highly polished Cessna 140A Patroller N5332C SIN 15452 that was featured in the October 1986 VINTAGE AIRPLANE and picshytured on the back cover The Seabee features extended wings with drooped tips tinted glass and a big Lycoming GO-480 engine of 295 hp The fancy paint scheme is overall white with red and gold trim This particular 1946 Seabee spent many years in the Seattle area before going to Anchorage AK for a number of years It is now based near the seacoast of North Carolina where Odell and Diane (who is also a pilot and 9ger) can make full use of the amphibious capabilities The FAA register lists 275 Sea bees remaining of the over 1050 that were built by Republic and Downer

John Van Andels J-3 Cub on 1140s

These photos of a 1940 J -3 C65 Cub NC30482 SIN 4863 mounted on a set of Edo 54-1140 floats were sent in by Ralph Koutnik (EAA 261425) of Bellaire Ml Tied down at the Antrim County Airport at Bellaire the pre-war J-3 Cub is owned by John Van Andel (EAA 343387) of Ft Pierce FL Special note should be made of the extreme ly clean condition of the

U S Forest Service Stinson SR-SA

(Left) This photo from back in the early 1940 s was contributed by Wiley Hautala of Ely MN The Stinson SRshy5A NC5045 mounted on Edo 38-3430 floats was flown by veteran Ely MN seaplane pilot Milt Nelson for several years until 1943 when the 245 hp Lyshycoming engine quit one day and put the SR-5A in the trees - and that was the end of NC5045 Milt Nelson who is presently in his eighties soloed a Travel Air bishyplane at Superior WI in 1933 and logged approximately 15 000 hours on floats while flying for the U S Forest Service over a period of twenty years He says the SR-5A was a nice flying airplane and did a very respectable job on floats alshythough it couldn t handle the heavy loads of a Beaver or Norseman Note the 1937 Ford grill in the foreground and the Travel Air S6000-B seaplane in the backshyground which was flown by Bill Leithold of Ely MN Ironically at one time Milt Nelson owned a Fairchild FC-2 on Fairchild floats Today those very same floats are in the EAA Aviation Museum completely restored by John Parish and ready for installation on the EAA Founshydations Fairchild FC-2W

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Fly-In Calendar The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a matter of

information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the

information to EAA Att Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

JULY 23 - ZANESVILLE OH - EAA Chapter 425 Annual Pancake Day at Parr Airport 8 am - 5 pm Oshkosh bound pi lots encouraged to fly-in eat and refuel Contact Don Wahl 674454-0003

JULY 26-27 - COFFEYVILLE KS - Funk Aircraft Owners Assoc Reunion Contact Gene Ventress 70275 S Monticello Lenexa KS 66227

JULY 26-27 - AFTON WY - Callair Radio Controlled Model Aircraft Fly-In sponsored by the Callair Museum and Aviat Aircraft Inc For info call joan Michaels or Audrey Henning 307886-9887 FAX 307886shy9880

JULY 26-28 - RED LAKE ONTARIO CANAshyDA - Norseman Float Plane Festival For more info contact the Festiva l Committee at 807727-2809

JUL Y 27-29 - KEOKUK IA - Sixth World Wide gathering of L-Birds then en masse up to Wisconsin for EAA great OSHKOSH 96 on August 7 Contact Irv Linder 3 79524-6378

JULY 28 - GRANTSBURG WI - EAA Chapter 875 Wildrice Pancake Breakfast

JUL Y 28 - WEYBRIDGE SURREY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Aircraft of Surrey Fly- In Contact julian C Temple or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 07932 855465

JULY 31-WAUKESHA WI - (UES) tst Annual Great Stearman Fl y-Up to EAA Convention Call Stan Markus for more info 474567- 7499 or 965-3776

AUGUST 1-7 - OSHKOSH WI - 44th Annual EAA Fly-In and Sport Aviation Con vention Wittman Regional Airport Contact John Burton EAA PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 414426-4800

AUGUST 3 - ST PAUL MN - Lake Elmo Airport Aviation Days Fl y- In Pancake Breakfast Aircraft Disp lay and Young Eagles Day Rain Date August 4 Contact

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Dick Wicklund 672777-9742 AUGUST 3 - ELLSWORTH KS - EAA Chapter

7727 Fly-In breakfast (Oshkosh stop-over) and Cowtown Day Call Dale Weinhold 973-472-4027 (w) or -4309 (h) for info

AUGUST 18 - BROOKFIELD WI - Capita l Airport EAA AC Chapter 77 Vintage Aircraft Display and Ice Cream Social Noon - 5 pm Midwest Antique Airplane Club meeting as well For info call Capital Airport at 4 74787 -9550

AUGUST 18 - EAST TROY WI - Inti Cessna 720 740 Assoc Wisconsin Brat and Corn Roast Arrive at 77 am eat at 72 30 pm Bring a dish to pass and a buck Call Matt and Carole Rybarczyk 474767-0920

AUGUST 25 - BELMOND IA - NC Chapter 73 annual p icnic Call 575444-3637 for info

AUGUST 26 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Biplanes and Vintage Aircraft Fly- In Contact ju l ia n C Temp l e or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 0 7932 855465

AUGUST 27-29 - YOUNGSTOWN OH shyBARTLESVIL LE OK AND EL CAJON CA -Staggerwing Beech Commemorative Tour Ca ll William Thaden 207439-7767 fo r info

AUGUST 30-31 - HA YWA RD CA - EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter 29 Fourth Annual Antique Fl y- In and Airshow Free Early Bird Dinner to all display aircraft on Friday This is a northern Cal ifornia points event Contact Bud Field at 5 70455-2300

AUGUST 30 - SEPT 1 - PROSSER WA - EAA Chapter 397 25th Anniversary Fly- In at Prosser airport Call Cormac Thompson for info 509786- 7034

AUGUST 30-31 - MOCKSVIL LE NC - Tara Airbase (5NC7) 77 th Annua l Anything That Flies Fly-In Private Fly-In - attenshydance at your own risk For info ca ll 704284-2 767 or 970764-0007

AUGUST 31 - MARION IN - Sixth Annual Fly-InCruise-In breakfast sponsored by the Marion High schoo l Band Boosters Antiques Classics homebuilts and Antique classic and custom cars welshycomed For information contact Ray johnson at 3 77664-2588

SE PT 1 - ZANESVILLE OH - Riverside Airport EAA Chapter 425 Labor Day Weekend Fly-In Drive-In Breakfast 8 am - 5 pm Sandwiches etc from noon to closing

SEPT 7 - OSCEOLA WI - Simenstad Field 76th Annual Wheels and Wings Air Fair Train rides pancake breakfast fly-in Free event shuttle bus Pilots check class 0 NOTAMS for specia l airport conditions For info call 775755-3300

SEPT 13-15 - URBANA IL - Frasca Field Byron Smith Memorial Stinson Reunion Fly-In Ca ll 708904-6964 for info

SEPT 13-1 5 - JACKSONVILLE IL - Ercoupe Fly-In Call 2 77546-0585 for info

SEPT 20-2 1 - BARTLESVILLE IL - Frank Phillips Field 39th Annual Tulsa Regional Fly-In sponsored by EAA NC Chapter 70 AAA Chapter 2 EAA Chapter 70 EAA lAC Chapter 70 and the Green Country U ltralight Flyers Call Charlie Harris for info 978622-8400

SEPT 21-22 - ROCK FALLS IL - Whiteside County Airport (SQI) North Central EAA Old Fashioned Fly-In Fly market campshying and food on field Call Gregg Erikson 7085 73-064 7 or Dave Christianson at 875625-6556 Pancake breakfast Sept 22 - 0700 - 7700

SEPT 22 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGLAND - Brooklands Museum Fly-In Contact ju l ian C Templ e or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 07932855465

SEPT 27-28 - SANTA YNEZ CA - 8th Annual Western Waco Assoc Reunion Call jon A ldrich 209962-6727 or Barry Branin 7 74545-7476 for info

SEPT 28-29 - ZANESVILLE OH - John s Landing A irfield 5th Annual Fall Fly-In sponsored by EAA NC Chapter 22 of Ohio Hog roast on the 28th breakfast both days Antique classic homebuilts warbirds welshycome For more info call Virginia at 674453-6889

SEPT 28-29 - LEXINGTON TN - Tennessee Taildraggers 72th Annual Fly-In 907968shy2864 or 901968-4022 for info

OCTOBER 4-6 - REDDING CA - Benton Field EAA Chaper 157 Oktoberfest Contacts Bruce Taylor 976275-6456 or Armal Owens 976243-4382

OCTOBER 13 - TOWANDA PA - Towanda airport (N27) Fly-In Breakfast - all you can eat Eggs sausage pancakes 100 pure maple syrup 7 am -7 pm

OCT 13 - ZANESVILLE OH - Riverside A i rport EAA Chapter 425 and the ARTHRITIS FOUNDA TlON Hog Roast 8 am - 5 pm Contact Don Wahl at 614 454-0003

OCTOBER 13 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Fly-In Contact ju l ian C Temple or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 0 1932857381 or FAX 01932855465

OCT 18-20 - KERRVIL LE TX - Southwest Regional Fly-In For info ca ll 800221shy7958 Vendors should call 270914-3746

Ale NEWS Continued from page 2

in two a reas to mos t VFR pilots - the Surface Aviation Observation (SA) will now become the Aviation Routine Weather Report (Metar) with an addishytional report the Aviation Selected Special Weather report (Speci) added to it when dictated by changing weather conditions A new international format will also be adopted to replace the Tershyminal Forecast (TF) issued by the Nashytional Weather Service The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) will be the new format for this forecast

The new formats will be a combinashytion of new and old abbreviations but the seq ue nces will change a nd some components will be reported in a differshye nt format For many of us who us e DUATS briefing services and exercise the plain language option these changes will be transparent but be careful - temshyperaturedewpoint spreads will be given in degrees Celsius and sky cover definishytions will change Other parts of the seshyquence reports will be a lso be revised The new form a t began with the NWS transmissions that were issued a t 0800 UTC July l

For more informat ion and a card that details the new Metar format conshytact your nearest Flight Service Station or yo ur loca l FAA Flight Standards District Office

EICHER KIMBAll GEE BEE Z fliES

LUSCOMBE FOUNDATION 8E GIVEAWAY

The Don Luscombe Aviation Foundashytion is doing it again A small total of only 2800 tickets will be sold to help raise funds used to continue the expansion of services of the Foundation to Luscombe owners and to fulfill the Luscombe Type Certificate purchase contract You can see the work done to restore the 1996 Win Me airplane in the accompanying photos This airshyplane has all the Luscombe options and has been fully inspected and rebuilt with the latest information on Luscombe repa irs from the foundation For a more informashytion including the price of tickets and a brochure call the OLAF at 602917-0969 or fax them at 6021917-4719

NO 80 OCTANE AT WITTMAN FiElD

If youve always planned on fueling up with 80 octan e fuel during EAA O shkosh youll need to buy it from someone other tha n Basle r Flight Sershyvice the FBO on Wittman Field Basler

The Gee Bee Z recently completed by Jeff Eicher and Kevin Kimball was first flown on June 24 and again on the 25th by Delmar Benj amin Delmar explored the handling characteristics of the z in a series of flights that culminated in a roll and knife edge flight He reports a stall speed at about 75 mph indicated rt quickly acshycelerates to 210 mph and then continues to build up more speed up to 230 mph Delmar reports that it is hands off stable in both pitch and yaw 130 mph is used on fi nal to keep the Zs sink rate at a comfortable level We ll have more on the first flights of this beautiful Gee Bee replica next month but until then congratulations to Jeff and Kevin and their test pilot Delmar Benjamin

has informed EAA that they will not be selling any 80 octane fu el for resale durshying th e EAA Convention Du e to tighter tank te sting rules e nforced by the EPA Basler has storage facilities sufficient o nly for the quantities of 100 LL a nd Jet A neede d during the Conshyvention but there s no room left for a quantity of 80 octane After exploring other options Bas ler re luctantly deshycided to drop carrying 80 octane avgas which they had only had available durshying th e EAA Fly-In Since Basle r has also chosen not to offer auto fuel if you prefer not to burn 100LL in yo ur vinshytage engine you may wish to plan your flight with a fuel stop after your deparshyture or prior to your arrival Basler will be offering 100 octane avgas at the same price as last year $2 15 If you really prefer to run your e ngine on 80 octane avgas the closest airport with that fuel is the tailwheel friendly fie ld at Hartshyford WI (HXF) located 41 statute miles SSE of Oshkosh Hartford Aero Sershyvice 414673-5350 is the FBO and hes aware of the situat ion and is planning on having his 10000 gallon tank topped off in time for the Convention

CUB MONUMENT IN BRADFO RD

Thanks to the impetus provided by Sport Aviation editor Jack Cox a monshyument will be e rected on the site of the old Taylor Aircraft company in Bradshyford P A For more details on the effort being spea rh eaded by George Welsch

Continued on page 31

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27

by HC Frautschy

The April Mystery Plane proved to be a tough one so we ll continue that course with the July Mystery Plane This handshysome biplanes photo was sent in some time ago by Richard E Sampson Ft Lauderdale FL

Answers need to be in no later than August 25 1996 for inclushysion in the October issue

Aprils Mystery is still just that - an unknown Lennart Johnsson of Eldsberga Sweden sugshygested that it might be the creation of the Engshylish designer Harold Bolas and his partner Capt Goodman-Crouch who both emigrated to the USA and settled in Rhode Island After reshyviewing an article on the Crouch-Bolas Dragshyonfly its obviously not our Mystery Plane Our thanks to Lennart for giving it a shot

The second shot I ve included in this months edition may help jog the dim memory of someone else You can see that the airplane is not particularly large when compared to the pilot crouching on the bow Also tip floats have been added to the lower wings and you can plainly see the biplane configuration of the horizontal tail We can leave this Mystery Plane file open and perhaps someone will recshyognize it

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New Members

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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29

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The Luscombe Fo undat i o n supports Luscombes with full service factory data WIN ME restored Luscombe tickets $40 each or 3$100 Most parts and factory supshyport services available Will meet or beat all legitimate commercial sources in price selecshytion and quality All proceeds preserve the Luscombe heritage through development of a museum amp archives 602917-0969 P O Box 63581 Phoenix AZ 85082 (996)

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ters they were building I received a letter in December 1994 from the FAA stating that during a move to an off airport location they found a reshyquest dated June 13 1980 in a fo lder that was mislabeled to make new Data Plates and Type Certificates It was in Bud Neats name He had held the Certificate all along All that was needed was an affidavit from Bud Neat which was accomplished immeshydiately The new Type Certificates arshyrived in May 1995

Oh yes about those boxes the Chicago FAA had - They were shipped to the Atlanta FAA Certification ofshyfice The FAA people there invited me to visit them and look at the conshytents It was nice to meet some of the people I had been talking to on the phone for so long One full day was spent helping them sort through the boxes There were folders of correshyspondence (some of it mine) Warner blueprints and boxes of microfilm of all the Warner prints There were about 1200 microfilm prints per box Since there were duplicate sets of Warner blueprints on microfilm they offered me a set which I gladly acshycepted

Warner Engine Facts and Figures

The following information was gathshyered over the course of the successful acquisition of the Warner Type Cershytificates and from Warner Aircraft Corporation records These records were included with the remains of the Warner Company which I bought from Bud Neat of Louisville KY This will attempt be an attempt to sort and conshydense the jumble of papers to present that which is of most int erest to Warner engine owners

The Warner Aircraft Corporation was founded by William O Warne r in 1926 and its address was 20263 Hoover Avenue Detroit MI Officers in 1929 were William O Warner President amp General Manager Edward N Hartwick Vice-President amp Treasurer W J Jarvie Secretary In 1950 the ofshyficers were R E Cecil President Carl F Lang Secretary-Treasurer and Leonard W Quart Manufacturer s Agent William O Warner was a Dishyrector but ret ired The Warner Airshycraft Corporation was merged with Clinton Machine Company located in Clinton Michigan in April of 1950 The reason for the merger according to the Proxy Statement and notice of Stock Holders meeting of February 20 1950 was that Warner Aircraft found itself without a product except for the hydraulic units and it had lost money every year since the war The assets of Warner were transferred to Clinton

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Machine Company in exchange for shares of common stock of Clinton which were distributed to Warner shareho lders The president of Clinshyton Machine Comp any at that time was Donald D Thomas

In 1952 Clinton Machine Co so ld the aircraft engine parts prints and some tooling to the Detroit Harvester Co which was owned by James Thomas Smith He owned it for a very short time I was never ab le to find Mr Smith In about 1953 Detroit Harvester Co sold the remaining Warner assets to Duke Harrah Inc located in Niles Michigan Duke Harshyrah sold Warner parts until 1963 when he sold the Warner assets to M amp B Flying Service located at Sheldon Reshygional Airport in Sheldon Iowa Duke Harrah died in the late 60s Merlin Bock and Elmer Meuke were partners in M amp B Flying Service There were several semitrailer loads of parts which were put in a large hangar In 1966 the building burned in a fire started by someone working on a mower There was one semitrailer load that was salshyvaged Bud Neat from Louisville Kenshytucky brought the remains at auction

The sales records end December 31 1945 so the years 1946 to 1950 are less clear Grand total of all engines sold through December 31 1945 is 3572 Today there are 437 Warner engines on aircraft registered with the FAA The papers I have showin g sales records and Type Ce rtificate Data Sheets are quite interesting There were severa l projects in the experishymental department in 1945 The folshylowing interesting note is copied fro m the 1945 monthly progress report book

550-X 200HP New experimental e ngin e Pre liminary and final tests conducted toge the r with bolt deflecshytion measurements Power calibration conducted with standard induction housing 50 hours endurance running compl e ted Power calibration conshyducted with control induction with varshyious carburetor positions Engine now having cam settings and valve timing worked out for both standard and split cam

Active Signed S A Christiansen Test Engineer

Other projects in development were experimental engine 585-X which is 585 cubic inch with a 5 inch bore amp 4250 stroke

A 2 cyl Model 140-X horizontal opposed industrial engine and model 12850-3 a single cyl utility engine I wonder if the last two engines were the key to the Clinton merger (In 1950 Clinton was the second largest proshy

ducer of gasoline engines in the 34 to 3 hp range) Warner also manufacshytured wheels axles brakes skis prop hubs shock struts and hydraulic units These production plans also transshyferred with the Type Certificates

Included in the records are several books and inventories One is a book showing each engine sold in numerical order starting with the first engine sold It lists engine number Airplane Owner and Address A sample page from this book is included Also inshycluded is a chart listing standard enshygine model and serial number designashytions and deviations from standard By referencing this list and the data plate on your Warner engine you can determine how your engine was conshyfigured when it left the factory Bear in mind that your engine may have been changed substantially over the years during overhauls

From the Cessna 150 - 152 News

Safety - Avoiding wire Strikes Skip Carden editor

919-471-9492

The Terrible Truth About Wire Strikes a new video and a companshyion pamphlet from AOPA Air Safety Foundation debunks many misconcepshytions about these accidents There are an average of 115 reported general avishyation wire strikes a year but only an estimated 10 of strikes are reported

The video and pamphlet give some commo n-sense tips on how to see and avoid wires

bull Scan on both sides of the aircraft Look for towers or other supporting structures which are easier to see than the associated wires themselves Fly over the top of the tower rather than between the supporting structures

bull Nature doesn t make a stra ight line Strips of inconsistent vegetation crop edges land boundaries and roads can indicate a wire path

bull Flight below a ridge line or in a canyon puts a pilot in the wire envishyronment

bull Avoid antennas by a horizontal distance greater than the vertical height of the structure Guy wires can extend at a 45 degree angle from tower top to the ground

bull A pull-up is usually the best mashyneuver to avoid an unexpected wire In most cases the pilot sees the wire too late to bank away successfully

The video is priced at $10 plus $325 shipping The pamphlet is free with a 6 X 9 self-addressed envelope with 55 cents postage affixed AOPA ASF 421 Aviation Way Frederick MD 21701 800-638-3101

PASSdb BUCK by EE Buck Hilbert EAA 21 Ale 5 PO Box 424 Union IL 60180

Our twenty fifth Anniversary re shyunion seems to be shap ing up T write to each of the origi na l 100 members asking th e m to be with us at EAA OSHKOSH So far the replies are runshyning about fifty-fifty Those that are coming are enthusiastic about the whole thing and are just as interested today as when we started the Division More to come

As I read the history of the Division it triggers memories of events past The discussions that Paul Pobe rezny and I had over the titl e Division and hi s concerns that it was a word that would conjure up thoughts of a group that was seceding from EAA Happily it proved to be somet hing weve ne ver had to worry abo ut - EAA is still th e prime mover in Sport Aviation and the varishyous Divisions have accentuated the positive as that old song goes

The letters I receive are most welshycome and can either be a real boost or an education I got ed ucated on old time stunt pilot Howard Dutton from one of our ear ly members Capt Jim Barton (AA retired) who kn ew him personally Jim responded with clipshypings and a phone ca ll so we could anshyswer that query

Then I also got a letter fro m one of the San Diego antiquers who said r was off base on my Chapter One open house co lumn regarding the weather for that weekend He said it was much better than I had indicated and that it was the first time the whole group was able to fly up together A great time was had by all and the fly-in weather was great Im not going to remind him th at sevshyera l people got stuck in Riverside all day Sunday waiting for it to let up

I on ly wish there was room to pubshylish each and every lette r we receive T try to answer each one personally and usuall y do as time permits I also ge t requests for parts and pieces of inforshymation and on occasion Im able to be of some help Once in a while I stub my

toe R ecently a memb er called and asked if I could help him find a Cub alshytimeter I had one and sent it to him A week later I got it back Wrong color Min es black he ne ed ed one cream faced Oh well I tried

Number one son Robert your editor HG and I flew down to Middle town OH for the Aeronca get together HG a llowed me to ride with him in my Sed a n while Bob took hi s C ha mp Originally we had planned to take both Champs but mine deve loped a lea ky exhaust valve so it had to stay home

Wally Baldwin was our host down the re while Bob Hollenbaugh and his wife He len look ed after H G Wally squired us around town Hes writing a book on Aeronca and expects to go to press shortly This man is a walking enshycyc lope dia as far as Aeronca is co nshyce rned His D ad worked there when they were building the C-3s Ks Low Wings and later the C hamps C hi efs and Sedans Wa ll ys dad bought the prototype Champ after its nat ionwide demonstration tour ove rhauled the Ashy65 and gave it to Wally when he came

home from the Air Force after WW II Wally currently fli es a Champ with the same paint scheme and rues the day he ever sold the original

HG will be writing up the trip and printing pictures of all the beautiful airshyplanes in a future article but I want to say is that it was a great bunch and even thou gh Bob a nd I a long with D ale Gu stafso n got drafte d to judge airshyplanes we enjoyed it immensely

Over to you

Here are a couple of photos that ought to raise a few eyebrows courtesy of Aeronca retiree John Houser These two shots show the installation of a Aeroshymarine AR-3 engine in an Aeronca C-3 Rated at 55 hp running 2400 rpm the AR-3 might look familiar to many antishyquers - the design and manufacshyturing rights were sold to Burshynelli and then later (1938) it became known as the Lenape Papoose after Burnelli sold off that portion of its business to

Lenape Aircraft amp Motors of New York city As detailed in the 1939 edition of Aerosshyphere the AR-3 weighted in at 150 Ibs and had a pair of Bendix magnetos powering the two ignition circuits The Aeronca E-107 engine developed 26 hp the later E-113 was rated at 36 hp and the final version the E-113C was listed as producing 40 hp With the 55 hp of the AR-3 this early model C-3 must have been a good little performer This parshyticular 3-cylinder engine produced too much vibration to suit the engineers at Aeronca so no production aircraft were sold with this engineairframe combination

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23

Vintage Seaplanes by Norm Petersen

Summers here

and its time to think about

flying off the water

Our resident web-footed

pilot Norm Petersen

has provided us with a

look at waterbirds

24 JULY 1996

Kyle Meints Cessna 1708

(Left) Pictured at the Vette Seaplane Base at Oshkosh 95 is a pretty 1955 Cessna 170B N4453B SIN 26797 mounted on a set of Edo 89-2000 floats all decked out in a matching paint scheme of white with red trim The pretty Continental 145 powered seaplane is the pride and joy of Kyle Meints (EAA 360394) of Augusta MI who purchased the 170B on floats in Minnesota about ten years ago Kyle inshystalled the STOL kit on the wings painted the entire airplane and then painted the matching floats the next year all in PPG two-part urethane A factory seaplane since new the 170B has 2400 TT of which Kyle has flown about 400 hours since acquiring the f1oatplane This airplane spent about the first 25 years in New England before coming west to Minnesota Congrats to Kyle Meints on a sharp looking Cessna 170B f1oatplane

1140 floats which do not show their age (40 to 50 yrs) and have had their compartment covers reshymoved (The 1140 floats are easily distinguished from the larger 1320 floats by the si ngle cover beshytween the struts 1320 floats have two covers beshytween the struts) Apparently the boot cowl on the Cub has been replaced or repainted as the forward end of the lightning stripe is missing A li ghtshyweight pre-war Cub with wood spars and 1140 floats makes for a sporty seaplane that is pure fun

Odell Matthis Republic Seabee

(Left) This beautiful custom Republic RC-3 Seabee N87493 SIN 44 is the pride and joy of Odell and Diane Matthis (EAA 262957 AIC 10206) of Havelock NC No stranger to EAA Odell brought the highly polished Cessna 140A Patroller N5332C SIN 15452 that was featured in the October 1986 VINTAGE AIRPLANE and picshytured on the back cover The Seabee features extended wings with drooped tips tinted glass and a big Lycoming GO-480 engine of 295 hp The fancy paint scheme is overall white with red and gold trim This particular 1946 Seabee spent many years in the Seattle area before going to Anchorage AK for a number of years It is now based near the seacoast of North Carolina where Odell and Diane (who is also a pilot and 9ger) can make full use of the amphibious capabilities The FAA register lists 275 Sea bees remaining of the over 1050 that were built by Republic and Downer

John Van Andels J-3 Cub on 1140s

These photos of a 1940 J -3 C65 Cub NC30482 SIN 4863 mounted on a set of Edo 54-1140 floats were sent in by Ralph Koutnik (EAA 261425) of Bellaire Ml Tied down at the Antrim County Airport at Bellaire the pre-war J-3 Cub is owned by John Van Andel (EAA 343387) of Ft Pierce FL Special note should be made of the extreme ly clean condition of the

U S Forest Service Stinson SR-SA

(Left) This photo from back in the early 1940 s was contributed by Wiley Hautala of Ely MN The Stinson SRshy5A NC5045 mounted on Edo 38-3430 floats was flown by veteran Ely MN seaplane pilot Milt Nelson for several years until 1943 when the 245 hp Lyshycoming engine quit one day and put the SR-5A in the trees - and that was the end of NC5045 Milt Nelson who is presently in his eighties soloed a Travel Air bishyplane at Superior WI in 1933 and logged approximately 15 000 hours on floats while flying for the U S Forest Service over a period of twenty years He says the SR-5A was a nice flying airplane and did a very respectable job on floats alshythough it couldn t handle the heavy loads of a Beaver or Norseman Note the 1937 Ford grill in the foreground and the Travel Air S6000-B seaplane in the backshyground which was flown by Bill Leithold of Ely MN Ironically at one time Milt Nelson owned a Fairchild FC-2 on Fairchild floats Today those very same floats are in the EAA Aviation Museum completely restored by John Parish and ready for installation on the EAA Founshydations Fairchild FC-2W

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

Fly-In Calendar The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a matter of

information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the

information to EAA Att Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

JULY 23 - ZANESVILLE OH - EAA Chapter 425 Annual Pancake Day at Parr Airport 8 am - 5 pm Oshkosh bound pi lots encouraged to fly-in eat and refuel Contact Don Wahl 674454-0003

JULY 26-27 - COFFEYVILLE KS - Funk Aircraft Owners Assoc Reunion Contact Gene Ventress 70275 S Monticello Lenexa KS 66227

JULY 26-27 - AFTON WY - Callair Radio Controlled Model Aircraft Fly-In sponsored by the Callair Museum and Aviat Aircraft Inc For info call joan Michaels or Audrey Henning 307886-9887 FAX 307886shy9880

JULY 26-28 - RED LAKE ONTARIO CANAshyDA - Norseman Float Plane Festival For more info contact the Festiva l Committee at 807727-2809

JUL Y 27-29 - KEOKUK IA - Sixth World Wide gathering of L-Birds then en masse up to Wisconsin for EAA great OSHKOSH 96 on August 7 Contact Irv Linder 3 79524-6378

JULY 28 - GRANTSBURG WI - EAA Chapter 875 Wildrice Pancake Breakfast

JUL Y 28 - WEYBRIDGE SURREY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Aircraft of Surrey Fly- In Contact julian C Temple or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 07932 855465

JULY 31-WAUKESHA WI - (UES) tst Annual Great Stearman Fl y-Up to EAA Convention Call Stan Markus for more info 474567- 7499 or 965-3776

AUGUST 1-7 - OSHKOSH WI - 44th Annual EAA Fly-In and Sport Aviation Con vention Wittman Regional Airport Contact John Burton EAA PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 414426-4800

AUGUST 3 - ST PAUL MN - Lake Elmo Airport Aviation Days Fl y- In Pancake Breakfast Aircraft Disp lay and Young Eagles Day Rain Date August 4 Contact

26 JULY 1996

Dick Wicklund 672777-9742 AUGUST 3 - ELLSWORTH KS - EAA Chapter

7727 Fly-In breakfast (Oshkosh stop-over) and Cowtown Day Call Dale Weinhold 973-472-4027 (w) or -4309 (h) for info

AUGUST 18 - BROOKFIELD WI - Capita l Airport EAA AC Chapter 77 Vintage Aircraft Display and Ice Cream Social Noon - 5 pm Midwest Antique Airplane Club meeting as well For info call Capital Airport at 4 74787 -9550

AUGUST 18 - EAST TROY WI - Inti Cessna 720 740 Assoc Wisconsin Brat and Corn Roast Arrive at 77 am eat at 72 30 pm Bring a dish to pass and a buck Call Matt and Carole Rybarczyk 474767-0920

AUGUST 25 - BELMOND IA - NC Chapter 73 annual p icnic Call 575444-3637 for info

AUGUST 26 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Biplanes and Vintage Aircraft Fly- In Contact ju l ia n C Temp l e or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 0 7932 855465

AUGUST 27-29 - YOUNGSTOWN OH shyBARTLESVIL LE OK AND EL CAJON CA -Staggerwing Beech Commemorative Tour Ca ll William Thaden 207439-7767 fo r info

AUGUST 30-31 - HA YWA RD CA - EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter 29 Fourth Annual Antique Fl y- In and Airshow Free Early Bird Dinner to all display aircraft on Friday This is a northern Cal ifornia points event Contact Bud Field at 5 70455-2300

AUGUST 30 - SEPT 1 - PROSSER WA - EAA Chapter 397 25th Anniversary Fly- In at Prosser airport Call Cormac Thompson for info 509786- 7034

AUGUST 30-31 - MOCKSVIL LE NC - Tara Airbase (5NC7) 77 th Annua l Anything That Flies Fly-In Private Fly-In - attenshydance at your own risk For info ca ll 704284-2 767 or 970764-0007

AUGUST 31 - MARION IN - Sixth Annual Fly-InCruise-In breakfast sponsored by the Marion High schoo l Band Boosters Antiques Classics homebuilts and Antique classic and custom cars welshycomed For information contact Ray johnson at 3 77664-2588

SE PT 1 - ZANESVILLE OH - Riverside Airport EAA Chapter 425 Labor Day Weekend Fly-In Drive-In Breakfast 8 am - 5 pm Sandwiches etc from noon to closing

SEPT 7 - OSCEOLA WI - Simenstad Field 76th Annual Wheels and Wings Air Fair Train rides pancake breakfast fly-in Free event shuttle bus Pilots check class 0 NOTAMS for specia l airport conditions For info call 775755-3300

SEPT 13-15 - URBANA IL - Frasca Field Byron Smith Memorial Stinson Reunion Fly-In Ca ll 708904-6964 for info

SEPT 13-1 5 - JACKSONVILLE IL - Ercoupe Fly-In Call 2 77546-0585 for info

SEPT 20-2 1 - BARTLESVILLE IL - Frank Phillips Field 39th Annual Tulsa Regional Fly-In sponsored by EAA NC Chapter 70 AAA Chapter 2 EAA Chapter 70 EAA lAC Chapter 70 and the Green Country U ltralight Flyers Call Charlie Harris for info 978622-8400

SEPT 21-22 - ROCK FALLS IL - Whiteside County Airport (SQI) North Central EAA Old Fashioned Fly-In Fly market campshying and food on field Call Gregg Erikson 7085 73-064 7 or Dave Christianson at 875625-6556 Pancake breakfast Sept 22 - 0700 - 7700

SEPT 22 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGLAND - Brooklands Museum Fly-In Contact ju l ian C Templ e or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 07932855465

SEPT 27-28 - SANTA YNEZ CA - 8th Annual Western Waco Assoc Reunion Call jon A ldrich 209962-6727 or Barry Branin 7 74545-7476 for info

SEPT 28-29 - ZANESVILLE OH - John s Landing A irfield 5th Annual Fall Fly-In sponsored by EAA NC Chapter 22 of Ohio Hog roast on the 28th breakfast both days Antique classic homebuilts warbirds welshycome For more info call Virginia at 674453-6889

SEPT 28-29 - LEXINGTON TN - Tennessee Taildraggers 72th Annual Fly-In 907968shy2864 or 901968-4022 for info

OCTOBER 4-6 - REDDING CA - Benton Field EAA Chaper 157 Oktoberfest Contacts Bruce Taylor 976275-6456 or Armal Owens 976243-4382

OCTOBER 13 - TOWANDA PA - Towanda airport (N27) Fly-In Breakfast - all you can eat Eggs sausage pancakes 100 pure maple syrup 7 am -7 pm

OCT 13 - ZANESVILLE OH - Riverside A i rport EAA Chapter 425 and the ARTHRITIS FOUNDA TlON Hog Roast 8 am - 5 pm Contact Don Wahl at 614 454-0003

OCTOBER 13 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Fly-In Contact ju l ian C Temple or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 0 1932857381 or FAX 01932855465

OCT 18-20 - KERRVIL LE TX - Southwest Regional Fly-In For info ca ll 800221shy7958 Vendors should call 270914-3746

Ale NEWS Continued from page 2

in two a reas to mos t VFR pilots - the Surface Aviation Observation (SA) will now become the Aviation Routine Weather Report (Metar) with an addishytional report the Aviation Selected Special Weather report (Speci) added to it when dictated by changing weather conditions A new international format will also be adopted to replace the Tershyminal Forecast (TF) issued by the Nashytional Weather Service The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) will be the new format for this forecast

The new formats will be a combinashytion of new and old abbreviations but the seq ue nces will change a nd some components will be reported in a differshye nt format For many of us who us e DUATS briefing services and exercise the plain language option these changes will be transparent but be careful - temshyperaturedewpoint spreads will be given in degrees Celsius and sky cover definishytions will change Other parts of the seshyquence reports will be a lso be revised The new form a t began with the NWS transmissions that were issued a t 0800 UTC July l

For more informat ion and a card that details the new Metar format conshytact your nearest Flight Service Station or yo ur loca l FAA Flight Standards District Office

EICHER KIMBAll GEE BEE Z fliES

LUSCOMBE FOUNDATION 8E GIVEAWAY

The Don Luscombe Aviation Foundashytion is doing it again A small total of only 2800 tickets will be sold to help raise funds used to continue the expansion of services of the Foundation to Luscombe owners and to fulfill the Luscombe Type Certificate purchase contract You can see the work done to restore the 1996 Win Me airplane in the accompanying photos This airshyplane has all the Luscombe options and has been fully inspected and rebuilt with the latest information on Luscombe repa irs from the foundation For a more informashytion including the price of tickets and a brochure call the OLAF at 602917-0969 or fax them at 6021917-4719

NO 80 OCTANE AT WITTMAN FiElD

If youve always planned on fueling up with 80 octan e fuel during EAA O shkosh youll need to buy it from someone other tha n Basle r Flight Sershyvice the FBO on Wittman Field Basler

The Gee Bee Z recently completed by Jeff Eicher and Kevin Kimball was first flown on June 24 and again on the 25th by Delmar Benj amin Delmar explored the handling characteristics of the z in a series of flights that culminated in a roll and knife edge flight He reports a stall speed at about 75 mph indicated rt quickly acshycelerates to 210 mph and then continues to build up more speed up to 230 mph Delmar reports that it is hands off stable in both pitch and yaw 130 mph is used on fi nal to keep the Zs sink rate at a comfortable level We ll have more on the first flights of this beautiful Gee Bee replica next month but until then congratulations to Jeff and Kevin and their test pilot Delmar Benjamin

has informed EAA that they will not be selling any 80 octane fu el for resale durshying th e EAA Convention Du e to tighter tank te sting rules e nforced by the EPA Basler has storage facilities sufficient o nly for the quantities of 100 LL a nd Jet A neede d during the Conshyvention but there s no room left for a quantity of 80 octane After exploring other options Bas ler re luctantly deshycided to drop carrying 80 octane avgas which they had only had available durshying th e EAA Fly-In Since Basle r has also chosen not to offer auto fuel if you prefer not to burn 100LL in yo ur vinshytage engine you may wish to plan your flight with a fuel stop after your deparshyture or prior to your arrival Basler will be offering 100 octane avgas at the same price as last year $2 15 If you really prefer to run your e ngine on 80 octane avgas the closest airport with that fuel is the tailwheel friendly fie ld at Hartshyford WI (HXF) located 41 statute miles SSE of Oshkosh Hartford Aero Sershyvice 414673-5350 is the FBO and hes aware of the situat ion and is planning on having his 10000 gallon tank topped off in time for the Convention

CUB MONUMENT IN BRADFO RD

Thanks to the impetus provided by Sport Aviation editor Jack Cox a monshyument will be e rected on the site of the old Taylor Aircraft company in Bradshyford P A For more details on the effort being spea rh eaded by George Welsch

Continued on page 31

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27

by HC Frautschy

The April Mystery Plane proved to be a tough one so we ll continue that course with the July Mystery Plane This handshysome biplanes photo was sent in some time ago by Richard E Sampson Ft Lauderdale FL

Answers need to be in no later than August 25 1996 for inclushysion in the October issue

Aprils Mystery is still just that - an unknown Lennart Johnsson of Eldsberga Sweden sugshygested that it might be the creation of the Engshylish designer Harold Bolas and his partner Capt Goodman-Crouch who both emigrated to the USA and settled in Rhode Island After reshyviewing an article on the Crouch-Bolas Dragshyonfly its obviously not our Mystery Plane Our thanks to Lennart for giving it a shot

The second shot I ve included in this months edition may help jog the dim memory of someone else You can see that the airplane is not particularly large when compared to the pilot crouching on the bow Also tip floats have been added to the lower wings and you can plainly see the biplane configuration of the horizontal tail We can leave this Mystery Plane file open and perhaps someone will recshyognize it

28 JULY 1996

New Members

Robert K Ad ler Naples FL

Joseph B Brown Jr Panama City FL

Jeff Bruebaker Hamler OH

Paul G Catrou Greenville NC

Darryl Chin Modesto CA

Donald L Clingerman Grayling MI

Ned E Corman Harri sburg PA

John Davis Houston TX

John M DeMars N Hollywood CA

Thomas Robert Dollimore Rexdale Ontari o

Canada

Gary W Donald Jlorissant MO

William Grant Dorsett Alvin TX

W Heyward Dropla Charlotte NC

George M Eastman Westminster CO

John Faccin Crystal Falls MI

Robert Farr Houghton Lake MI

Jeff Foley Roanoke Rapids NC

Jon Michael Fox Moses Lake WA

Robert J Furlong scottsdale AZ

David M GampferColumbus OH

Raymond L Gebhard 5ioux Falls sD

Richard L Gillespie Ft Meyers FL

Mark Haag Houston TX

Barry Halsted Fountain Val ley CA

William R Harper Beverly Hill s CA

Val P Hattemer Dayton OH

John Hitzke

Redcl iffe Queensland Australia

Peter Hook Lakeville MN

Robert K Howie Jr Decatur IL

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Paul Johnson Rockford IL

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Alan R Jose Niagra Fa ll s Ontario Canada

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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29

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PASSdb BUCK by EE Buck Hilbert EAA 21 Ale 5 PO Box 424 Union IL 60180

Our twenty fifth Anniversary re shyunion seems to be shap ing up T write to each of the origi na l 100 members asking th e m to be with us at EAA OSHKOSH So far the replies are runshyning about fifty-fifty Those that are coming are enthusiastic about the whole thing and are just as interested today as when we started the Division More to come

As I read the history of the Division it triggers memories of events past The discussions that Paul Pobe rezny and I had over the titl e Division and hi s concerns that it was a word that would conjure up thoughts of a group that was seceding from EAA Happily it proved to be somet hing weve ne ver had to worry abo ut - EAA is still th e prime mover in Sport Aviation and the varishyous Divisions have accentuated the positive as that old song goes

The letters I receive are most welshycome and can either be a real boost or an education I got ed ucated on old time stunt pilot Howard Dutton from one of our ear ly members Capt Jim Barton (AA retired) who kn ew him personally Jim responded with clipshypings and a phone ca ll so we could anshyswer that query

Then I also got a letter fro m one of the San Diego antiquers who said r was off base on my Chapter One open house co lumn regarding the weather for that weekend He said it was much better than I had indicated and that it was the first time the whole group was able to fly up together A great time was had by all and the fly-in weather was great Im not going to remind him th at sevshyera l people got stuck in Riverside all day Sunday waiting for it to let up

I on ly wish there was room to pubshylish each and every lette r we receive T try to answer each one personally and usuall y do as time permits I also ge t requests for parts and pieces of inforshymation and on occasion Im able to be of some help Once in a while I stub my

toe R ecently a memb er called and asked if I could help him find a Cub alshytimeter I had one and sent it to him A week later I got it back Wrong color Min es black he ne ed ed one cream faced Oh well I tried

Number one son Robert your editor HG and I flew down to Middle town OH for the Aeronca get together HG a llowed me to ride with him in my Sed a n while Bob took hi s C ha mp Originally we had planned to take both Champs but mine deve loped a lea ky exhaust valve so it had to stay home

Wally Baldwin was our host down the re while Bob Hollenbaugh and his wife He len look ed after H G Wally squired us around town Hes writing a book on Aeronca and expects to go to press shortly This man is a walking enshycyc lope dia as far as Aeronca is co nshyce rned His D ad worked there when they were building the C-3s Ks Low Wings and later the C hamps C hi efs and Sedans Wa ll ys dad bought the prototype Champ after its nat ionwide demonstration tour ove rhauled the Ashy65 and gave it to Wally when he came

home from the Air Force after WW II Wally currently fli es a Champ with the same paint scheme and rues the day he ever sold the original

HG will be writing up the trip and printing pictures of all the beautiful airshyplanes in a future article but I want to say is that it was a great bunch and even thou gh Bob a nd I a long with D ale Gu stafso n got drafte d to judge airshyplanes we enjoyed it immensely

Over to you

Here are a couple of photos that ought to raise a few eyebrows courtesy of Aeronca retiree John Houser These two shots show the installation of a Aeroshymarine AR-3 engine in an Aeronca C-3 Rated at 55 hp running 2400 rpm the AR-3 might look familiar to many antishyquers - the design and manufacshyturing rights were sold to Burshynelli and then later (1938) it became known as the Lenape Papoose after Burnelli sold off that portion of its business to

Lenape Aircraft amp Motors of New York city As detailed in the 1939 edition of Aerosshyphere the AR-3 weighted in at 150 Ibs and had a pair of Bendix magnetos powering the two ignition circuits The Aeronca E-107 engine developed 26 hp the later E-113 was rated at 36 hp and the final version the E-113C was listed as producing 40 hp With the 55 hp of the AR-3 this early model C-3 must have been a good little performer This parshyticular 3-cylinder engine produced too much vibration to suit the engineers at Aeronca so no production aircraft were sold with this engineairframe combination

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23

Vintage Seaplanes by Norm Petersen

Summers here

and its time to think about

flying off the water

Our resident web-footed

pilot Norm Petersen

has provided us with a

look at waterbirds

24 JULY 1996

Kyle Meints Cessna 1708

(Left) Pictured at the Vette Seaplane Base at Oshkosh 95 is a pretty 1955 Cessna 170B N4453B SIN 26797 mounted on a set of Edo 89-2000 floats all decked out in a matching paint scheme of white with red trim The pretty Continental 145 powered seaplane is the pride and joy of Kyle Meints (EAA 360394) of Augusta MI who purchased the 170B on floats in Minnesota about ten years ago Kyle inshystalled the STOL kit on the wings painted the entire airplane and then painted the matching floats the next year all in PPG two-part urethane A factory seaplane since new the 170B has 2400 TT of which Kyle has flown about 400 hours since acquiring the f1oatplane This airplane spent about the first 25 years in New England before coming west to Minnesota Congrats to Kyle Meints on a sharp looking Cessna 170B f1oatplane

1140 floats which do not show their age (40 to 50 yrs) and have had their compartment covers reshymoved (The 1140 floats are easily distinguished from the larger 1320 floats by the si ngle cover beshytween the struts 1320 floats have two covers beshytween the struts) Apparently the boot cowl on the Cub has been replaced or repainted as the forward end of the lightning stripe is missing A li ghtshyweight pre-war Cub with wood spars and 1140 floats makes for a sporty seaplane that is pure fun

Odell Matthis Republic Seabee

(Left) This beautiful custom Republic RC-3 Seabee N87493 SIN 44 is the pride and joy of Odell and Diane Matthis (EAA 262957 AIC 10206) of Havelock NC No stranger to EAA Odell brought the highly polished Cessna 140A Patroller N5332C SIN 15452 that was featured in the October 1986 VINTAGE AIRPLANE and picshytured on the back cover The Seabee features extended wings with drooped tips tinted glass and a big Lycoming GO-480 engine of 295 hp The fancy paint scheme is overall white with red and gold trim This particular 1946 Seabee spent many years in the Seattle area before going to Anchorage AK for a number of years It is now based near the seacoast of North Carolina where Odell and Diane (who is also a pilot and 9ger) can make full use of the amphibious capabilities The FAA register lists 275 Sea bees remaining of the over 1050 that were built by Republic and Downer

John Van Andels J-3 Cub on 1140s

These photos of a 1940 J -3 C65 Cub NC30482 SIN 4863 mounted on a set of Edo 54-1140 floats were sent in by Ralph Koutnik (EAA 261425) of Bellaire Ml Tied down at the Antrim County Airport at Bellaire the pre-war J-3 Cub is owned by John Van Andel (EAA 343387) of Ft Pierce FL Special note should be made of the extreme ly clean condition of the

U S Forest Service Stinson SR-SA

(Left) This photo from back in the early 1940 s was contributed by Wiley Hautala of Ely MN The Stinson SRshy5A NC5045 mounted on Edo 38-3430 floats was flown by veteran Ely MN seaplane pilot Milt Nelson for several years until 1943 when the 245 hp Lyshycoming engine quit one day and put the SR-5A in the trees - and that was the end of NC5045 Milt Nelson who is presently in his eighties soloed a Travel Air bishyplane at Superior WI in 1933 and logged approximately 15 000 hours on floats while flying for the U S Forest Service over a period of twenty years He says the SR-5A was a nice flying airplane and did a very respectable job on floats alshythough it couldn t handle the heavy loads of a Beaver or Norseman Note the 1937 Ford grill in the foreground and the Travel Air S6000-B seaplane in the backshyground which was flown by Bill Leithold of Ely MN Ironically at one time Milt Nelson owned a Fairchild FC-2 on Fairchild floats Today those very same floats are in the EAA Aviation Museum completely restored by John Parish and ready for installation on the EAA Founshydations Fairchild FC-2W

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

Fly-In Calendar The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a matter of

information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the

information to EAA Att Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

JULY 23 - ZANESVILLE OH - EAA Chapter 425 Annual Pancake Day at Parr Airport 8 am - 5 pm Oshkosh bound pi lots encouraged to fly-in eat and refuel Contact Don Wahl 674454-0003

JULY 26-27 - COFFEYVILLE KS - Funk Aircraft Owners Assoc Reunion Contact Gene Ventress 70275 S Monticello Lenexa KS 66227

JULY 26-27 - AFTON WY - Callair Radio Controlled Model Aircraft Fly-In sponsored by the Callair Museum and Aviat Aircraft Inc For info call joan Michaels or Audrey Henning 307886-9887 FAX 307886shy9880

JULY 26-28 - RED LAKE ONTARIO CANAshyDA - Norseman Float Plane Festival For more info contact the Festiva l Committee at 807727-2809

JUL Y 27-29 - KEOKUK IA - Sixth World Wide gathering of L-Birds then en masse up to Wisconsin for EAA great OSHKOSH 96 on August 7 Contact Irv Linder 3 79524-6378

JULY 28 - GRANTSBURG WI - EAA Chapter 875 Wildrice Pancake Breakfast

JUL Y 28 - WEYBRIDGE SURREY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Aircraft of Surrey Fly- In Contact julian C Temple or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 07932 855465

JULY 31-WAUKESHA WI - (UES) tst Annual Great Stearman Fl y-Up to EAA Convention Call Stan Markus for more info 474567- 7499 or 965-3776

AUGUST 1-7 - OSHKOSH WI - 44th Annual EAA Fly-In and Sport Aviation Con vention Wittman Regional Airport Contact John Burton EAA PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 414426-4800

AUGUST 3 - ST PAUL MN - Lake Elmo Airport Aviation Days Fl y- In Pancake Breakfast Aircraft Disp lay and Young Eagles Day Rain Date August 4 Contact

26 JULY 1996

Dick Wicklund 672777-9742 AUGUST 3 - ELLSWORTH KS - EAA Chapter

7727 Fly-In breakfast (Oshkosh stop-over) and Cowtown Day Call Dale Weinhold 973-472-4027 (w) or -4309 (h) for info

AUGUST 18 - BROOKFIELD WI - Capita l Airport EAA AC Chapter 77 Vintage Aircraft Display and Ice Cream Social Noon - 5 pm Midwest Antique Airplane Club meeting as well For info call Capital Airport at 4 74787 -9550

AUGUST 18 - EAST TROY WI - Inti Cessna 720 740 Assoc Wisconsin Brat and Corn Roast Arrive at 77 am eat at 72 30 pm Bring a dish to pass and a buck Call Matt and Carole Rybarczyk 474767-0920

AUGUST 25 - BELMOND IA - NC Chapter 73 annual p icnic Call 575444-3637 for info

AUGUST 26 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Biplanes and Vintage Aircraft Fly- In Contact ju l ia n C Temp l e or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 0 7932 855465

AUGUST 27-29 - YOUNGSTOWN OH shyBARTLESVIL LE OK AND EL CAJON CA -Staggerwing Beech Commemorative Tour Ca ll William Thaden 207439-7767 fo r info

AUGUST 30-31 - HA YWA RD CA - EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter 29 Fourth Annual Antique Fl y- In and Airshow Free Early Bird Dinner to all display aircraft on Friday This is a northern Cal ifornia points event Contact Bud Field at 5 70455-2300

AUGUST 30 - SEPT 1 - PROSSER WA - EAA Chapter 397 25th Anniversary Fly- In at Prosser airport Call Cormac Thompson for info 509786- 7034

AUGUST 30-31 - MOCKSVIL LE NC - Tara Airbase (5NC7) 77 th Annua l Anything That Flies Fly-In Private Fly-In - attenshydance at your own risk For info ca ll 704284-2 767 or 970764-0007

AUGUST 31 - MARION IN - Sixth Annual Fly-InCruise-In breakfast sponsored by the Marion High schoo l Band Boosters Antiques Classics homebuilts and Antique classic and custom cars welshycomed For information contact Ray johnson at 3 77664-2588

SE PT 1 - ZANESVILLE OH - Riverside Airport EAA Chapter 425 Labor Day Weekend Fly-In Drive-In Breakfast 8 am - 5 pm Sandwiches etc from noon to closing

SEPT 7 - OSCEOLA WI - Simenstad Field 76th Annual Wheels and Wings Air Fair Train rides pancake breakfast fly-in Free event shuttle bus Pilots check class 0 NOTAMS for specia l airport conditions For info call 775755-3300

SEPT 13-15 - URBANA IL - Frasca Field Byron Smith Memorial Stinson Reunion Fly-In Ca ll 708904-6964 for info

SEPT 13-1 5 - JACKSONVILLE IL - Ercoupe Fly-In Call 2 77546-0585 for info

SEPT 20-2 1 - BARTLESVILLE IL - Frank Phillips Field 39th Annual Tulsa Regional Fly-In sponsored by EAA NC Chapter 70 AAA Chapter 2 EAA Chapter 70 EAA lAC Chapter 70 and the Green Country U ltralight Flyers Call Charlie Harris for info 978622-8400

SEPT 21-22 - ROCK FALLS IL - Whiteside County Airport (SQI) North Central EAA Old Fashioned Fly-In Fly market campshying and food on field Call Gregg Erikson 7085 73-064 7 or Dave Christianson at 875625-6556 Pancake breakfast Sept 22 - 0700 - 7700

SEPT 22 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGLAND - Brooklands Museum Fly-In Contact ju l ian C Templ e or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 07932855465

SEPT 27-28 - SANTA YNEZ CA - 8th Annual Western Waco Assoc Reunion Call jon A ldrich 209962-6727 or Barry Branin 7 74545-7476 for info

SEPT 28-29 - ZANESVILLE OH - John s Landing A irfield 5th Annual Fall Fly-In sponsored by EAA NC Chapter 22 of Ohio Hog roast on the 28th breakfast both days Antique classic homebuilts warbirds welshycome For more info call Virginia at 674453-6889

SEPT 28-29 - LEXINGTON TN - Tennessee Taildraggers 72th Annual Fly-In 907968shy2864 or 901968-4022 for info

OCTOBER 4-6 - REDDING CA - Benton Field EAA Chaper 157 Oktoberfest Contacts Bruce Taylor 976275-6456 or Armal Owens 976243-4382

OCTOBER 13 - TOWANDA PA - Towanda airport (N27) Fly-In Breakfast - all you can eat Eggs sausage pancakes 100 pure maple syrup 7 am -7 pm

OCT 13 - ZANESVILLE OH - Riverside A i rport EAA Chapter 425 and the ARTHRITIS FOUNDA TlON Hog Roast 8 am - 5 pm Contact Don Wahl at 614 454-0003

OCTOBER 13 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Fly-In Contact ju l ian C Temple or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 0 1932857381 or FAX 01932855465

OCT 18-20 - KERRVIL LE TX - Southwest Regional Fly-In For info ca ll 800221shy7958 Vendors should call 270914-3746

Ale NEWS Continued from page 2

in two a reas to mos t VFR pilots - the Surface Aviation Observation (SA) will now become the Aviation Routine Weather Report (Metar) with an addishytional report the Aviation Selected Special Weather report (Speci) added to it when dictated by changing weather conditions A new international format will also be adopted to replace the Tershyminal Forecast (TF) issued by the Nashytional Weather Service The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) will be the new format for this forecast

The new formats will be a combinashytion of new and old abbreviations but the seq ue nces will change a nd some components will be reported in a differshye nt format For many of us who us e DUATS briefing services and exercise the plain language option these changes will be transparent but be careful - temshyperaturedewpoint spreads will be given in degrees Celsius and sky cover definishytions will change Other parts of the seshyquence reports will be a lso be revised The new form a t began with the NWS transmissions that were issued a t 0800 UTC July l

For more informat ion and a card that details the new Metar format conshytact your nearest Flight Service Station or yo ur loca l FAA Flight Standards District Office

EICHER KIMBAll GEE BEE Z fliES

LUSCOMBE FOUNDATION 8E GIVEAWAY

The Don Luscombe Aviation Foundashytion is doing it again A small total of only 2800 tickets will be sold to help raise funds used to continue the expansion of services of the Foundation to Luscombe owners and to fulfill the Luscombe Type Certificate purchase contract You can see the work done to restore the 1996 Win Me airplane in the accompanying photos This airshyplane has all the Luscombe options and has been fully inspected and rebuilt with the latest information on Luscombe repa irs from the foundation For a more informashytion including the price of tickets and a brochure call the OLAF at 602917-0969 or fax them at 6021917-4719

NO 80 OCTANE AT WITTMAN FiElD

If youve always planned on fueling up with 80 octan e fuel during EAA O shkosh youll need to buy it from someone other tha n Basle r Flight Sershyvice the FBO on Wittman Field Basler

The Gee Bee Z recently completed by Jeff Eicher and Kevin Kimball was first flown on June 24 and again on the 25th by Delmar Benj amin Delmar explored the handling characteristics of the z in a series of flights that culminated in a roll and knife edge flight He reports a stall speed at about 75 mph indicated rt quickly acshycelerates to 210 mph and then continues to build up more speed up to 230 mph Delmar reports that it is hands off stable in both pitch and yaw 130 mph is used on fi nal to keep the Zs sink rate at a comfortable level We ll have more on the first flights of this beautiful Gee Bee replica next month but until then congratulations to Jeff and Kevin and their test pilot Delmar Benjamin

has informed EAA that they will not be selling any 80 octane fu el for resale durshying th e EAA Convention Du e to tighter tank te sting rules e nforced by the EPA Basler has storage facilities sufficient o nly for the quantities of 100 LL a nd Jet A neede d during the Conshyvention but there s no room left for a quantity of 80 octane After exploring other options Bas ler re luctantly deshycided to drop carrying 80 octane avgas which they had only had available durshying th e EAA Fly-In Since Basle r has also chosen not to offer auto fuel if you prefer not to burn 100LL in yo ur vinshytage engine you may wish to plan your flight with a fuel stop after your deparshyture or prior to your arrival Basler will be offering 100 octane avgas at the same price as last year $2 15 If you really prefer to run your e ngine on 80 octane avgas the closest airport with that fuel is the tailwheel friendly fie ld at Hartshyford WI (HXF) located 41 statute miles SSE of Oshkosh Hartford Aero Sershyvice 414673-5350 is the FBO and hes aware of the situat ion and is planning on having his 10000 gallon tank topped off in time for the Convention

CUB MONUMENT IN BRADFO RD

Thanks to the impetus provided by Sport Aviation editor Jack Cox a monshyument will be e rected on the site of the old Taylor Aircraft company in Bradshyford P A For more details on the effort being spea rh eaded by George Welsch

Continued on page 31

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27

by HC Frautschy

The April Mystery Plane proved to be a tough one so we ll continue that course with the July Mystery Plane This handshysome biplanes photo was sent in some time ago by Richard E Sampson Ft Lauderdale FL

Answers need to be in no later than August 25 1996 for inclushysion in the October issue

Aprils Mystery is still just that - an unknown Lennart Johnsson of Eldsberga Sweden sugshygested that it might be the creation of the Engshylish designer Harold Bolas and his partner Capt Goodman-Crouch who both emigrated to the USA and settled in Rhode Island After reshyviewing an article on the Crouch-Bolas Dragshyonfly its obviously not our Mystery Plane Our thanks to Lennart for giving it a shot

The second shot I ve included in this months edition may help jog the dim memory of someone else You can see that the airplane is not particularly large when compared to the pilot crouching on the bow Also tip floats have been added to the lower wings and you can plainly see the biplane configuration of the horizontal tail We can leave this Mystery Plane file open and perhaps someone will recshyognize it

28 JULY 1996

New Members

Robert K Ad ler Naples FL

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Darryl Chin Modesto CA

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Robert Farr Houghton Lake MI

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Jon Michael Fox Moses Lake WA

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Richard L Gillespie Ft Meyers FL

Mark Haag Houston TX

Barry Halsted Fountain Val ley CA

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John Hitzke

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Robert K Howie Jr Decatur IL

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Vintage Seaplanes by Norm Petersen

Summers here

and its time to think about

flying off the water

Our resident web-footed

pilot Norm Petersen

has provided us with a

look at waterbirds

24 JULY 1996

Kyle Meints Cessna 1708

(Left) Pictured at the Vette Seaplane Base at Oshkosh 95 is a pretty 1955 Cessna 170B N4453B SIN 26797 mounted on a set of Edo 89-2000 floats all decked out in a matching paint scheme of white with red trim The pretty Continental 145 powered seaplane is the pride and joy of Kyle Meints (EAA 360394) of Augusta MI who purchased the 170B on floats in Minnesota about ten years ago Kyle inshystalled the STOL kit on the wings painted the entire airplane and then painted the matching floats the next year all in PPG two-part urethane A factory seaplane since new the 170B has 2400 TT of which Kyle has flown about 400 hours since acquiring the f1oatplane This airplane spent about the first 25 years in New England before coming west to Minnesota Congrats to Kyle Meints on a sharp looking Cessna 170B f1oatplane

1140 floats which do not show their age (40 to 50 yrs) and have had their compartment covers reshymoved (The 1140 floats are easily distinguished from the larger 1320 floats by the si ngle cover beshytween the struts 1320 floats have two covers beshytween the struts) Apparently the boot cowl on the Cub has been replaced or repainted as the forward end of the lightning stripe is missing A li ghtshyweight pre-war Cub with wood spars and 1140 floats makes for a sporty seaplane that is pure fun

Odell Matthis Republic Seabee

(Left) This beautiful custom Republic RC-3 Seabee N87493 SIN 44 is the pride and joy of Odell and Diane Matthis (EAA 262957 AIC 10206) of Havelock NC No stranger to EAA Odell brought the highly polished Cessna 140A Patroller N5332C SIN 15452 that was featured in the October 1986 VINTAGE AIRPLANE and picshytured on the back cover The Seabee features extended wings with drooped tips tinted glass and a big Lycoming GO-480 engine of 295 hp The fancy paint scheme is overall white with red and gold trim This particular 1946 Seabee spent many years in the Seattle area before going to Anchorage AK for a number of years It is now based near the seacoast of North Carolina where Odell and Diane (who is also a pilot and 9ger) can make full use of the amphibious capabilities The FAA register lists 275 Sea bees remaining of the over 1050 that were built by Republic and Downer

John Van Andels J-3 Cub on 1140s

These photos of a 1940 J -3 C65 Cub NC30482 SIN 4863 mounted on a set of Edo 54-1140 floats were sent in by Ralph Koutnik (EAA 261425) of Bellaire Ml Tied down at the Antrim County Airport at Bellaire the pre-war J-3 Cub is owned by John Van Andel (EAA 343387) of Ft Pierce FL Special note should be made of the extreme ly clean condition of the

U S Forest Service Stinson SR-SA

(Left) This photo from back in the early 1940 s was contributed by Wiley Hautala of Ely MN The Stinson SRshy5A NC5045 mounted on Edo 38-3430 floats was flown by veteran Ely MN seaplane pilot Milt Nelson for several years until 1943 when the 245 hp Lyshycoming engine quit one day and put the SR-5A in the trees - and that was the end of NC5045 Milt Nelson who is presently in his eighties soloed a Travel Air bishyplane at Superior WI in 1933 and logged approximately 15 000 hours on floats while flying for the U S Forest Service over a period of twenty years He says the SR-5A was a nice flying airplane and did a very respectable job on floats alshythough it couldn t handle the heavy loads of a Beaver or Norseman Note the 1937 Ford grill in the foreground and the Travel Air S6000-B seaplane in the backshyground which was flown by Bill Leithold of Ely MN Ironically at one time Milt Nelson owned a Fairchild FC-2 on Fairchild floats Today those very same floats are in the EAA Aviation Museum completely restored by John Parish and ready for installation on the EAA Founshydations Fairchild FC-2W

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

Fly-In Calendar The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a matter of

information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the

information to EAA Att Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

JULY 23 - ZANESVILLE OH - EAA Chapter 425 Annual Pancake Day at Parr Airport 8 am - 5 pm Oshkosh bound pi lots encouraged to fly-in eat and refuel Contact Don Wahl 674454-0003

JULY 26-27 - COFFEYVILLE KS - Funk Aircraft Owners Assoc Reunion Contact Gene Ventress 70275 S Monticello Lenexa KS 66227

JULY 26-27 - AFTON WY - Callair Radio Controlled Model Aircraft Fly-In sponsored by the Callair Museum and Aviat Aircraft Inc For info call joan Michaels or Audrey Henning 307886-9887 FAX 307886shy9880

JULY 26-28 - RED LAKE ONTARIO CANAshyDA - Norseman Float Plane Festival For more info contact the Festiva l Committee at 807727-2809

JUL Y 27-29 - KEOKUK IA - Sixth World Wide gathering of L-Birds then en masse up to Wisconsin for EAA great OSHKOSH 96 on August 7 Contact Irv Linder 3 79524-6378

JULY 28 - GRANTSBURG WI - EAA Chapter 875 Wildrice Pancake Breakfast

JUL Y 28 - WEYBRIDGE SURREY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Aircraft of Surrey Fly- In Contact julian C Temple or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 07932 855465

JULY 31-WAUKESHA WI - (UES) tst Annual Great Stearman Fl y-Up to EAA Convention Call Stan Markus for more info 474567- 7499 or 965-3776

AUGUST 1-7 - OSHKOSH WI - 44th Annual EAA Fly-In and Sport Aviation Con vention Wittman Regional Airport Contact John Burton EAA PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 414426-4800

AUGUST 3 - ST PAUL MN - Lake Elmo Airport Aviation Days Fl y- In Pancake Breakfast Aircraft Disp lay and Young Eagles Day Rain Date August 4 Contact

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Dick Wicklund 672777-9742 AUGUST 3 - ELLSWORTH KS - EAA Chapter

7727 Fly-In breakfast (Oshkosh stop-over) and Cowtown Day Call Dale Weinhold 973-472-4027 (w) or -4309 (h) for info

AUGUST 18 - BROOKFIELD WI - Capita l Airport EAA AC Chapter 77 Vintage Aircraft Display and Ice Cream Social Noon - 5 pm Midwest Antique Airplane Club meeting as well For info call Capital Airport at 4 74787 -9550

AUGUST 18 - EAST TROY WI - Inti Cessna 720 740 Assoc Wisconsin Brat and Corn Roast Arrive at 77 am eat at 72 30 pm Bring a dish to pass and a buck Call Matt and Carole Rybarczyk 474767-0920

AUGUST 25 - BELMOND IA - NC Chapter 73 annual p icnic Call 575444-3637 for info

AUGUST 26 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Biplanes and Vintage Aircraft Fly- In Contact ju l ia n C Temp l e or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 0 7932 855465

AUGUST 27-29 - YOUNGSTOWN OH shyBARTLESVIL LE OK AND EL CAJON CA -Staggerwing Beech Commemorative Tour Ca ll William Thaden 207439-7767 fo r info

AUGUST 30-31 - HA YWA RD CA - EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter 29 Fourth Annual Antique Fl y- In and Airshow Free Early Bird Dinner to all display aircraft on Friday This is a northern Cal ifornia points event Contact Bud Field at 5 70455-2300

AUGUST 30 - SEPT 1 - PROSSER WA - EAA Chapter 397 25th Anniversary Fly- In at Prosser airport Call Cormac Thompson for info 509786- 7034

AUGUST 30-31 - MOCKSVIL LE NC - Tara Airbase (5NC7) 77 th Annua l Anything That Flies Fly-In Private Fly-In - attenshydance at your own risk For info ca ll 704284-2 767 or 970764-0007

AUGUST 31 - MARION IN - Sixth Annual Fly-InCruise-In breakfast sponsored by the Marion High schoo l Band Boosters Antiques Classics homebuilts and Antique classic and custom cars welshycomed For information contact Ray johnson at 3 77664-2588

SE PT 1 - ZANESVILLE OH - Riverside Airport EAA Chapter 425 Labor Day Weekend Fly-In Drive-In Breakfast 8 am - 5 pm Sandwiches etc from noon to closing

SEPT 7 - OSCEOLA WI - Simenstad Field 76th Annual Wheels and Wings Air Fair Train rides pancake breakfast fly-in Free event shuttle bus Pilots check class 0 NOTAMS for specia l airport conditions For info call 775755-3300

SEPT 13-15 - URBANA IL - Frasca Field Byron Smith Memorial Stinson Reunion Fly-In Ca ll 708904-6964 for info

SEPT 13-1 5 - JACKSONVILLE IL - Ercoupe Fly-In Call 2 77546-0585 for info

SEPT 20-2 1 - BARTLESVILLE IL - Frank Phillips Field 39th Annual Tulsa Regional Fly-In sponsored by EAA NC Chapter 70 AAA Chapter 2 EAA Chapter 70 EAA lAC Chapter 70 and the Green Country U ltralight Flyers Call Charlie Harris for info 978622-8400

SEPT 21-22 - ROCK FALLS IL - Whiteside County Airport (SQI) North Central EAA Old Fashioned Fly-In Fly market campshying and food on field Call Gregg Erikson 7085 73-064 7 or Dave Christianson at 875625-6556 Pancake breakfast Sept 22 - 0700 - 7700

SEPT 22 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGLAND - Brooklands Museum Fly-In Contact ju l ian C Templ e or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 07932855465

SEPT 27-28 - SANTA YNEZ CA - 8th Annual Western Waco Assoc Reunion Call jon A ldrich 209962-6727 or Barry Branin 7 74545-7476 for info

SEPT 28-29 - ZANESVILLE OH - John s Landing A irfield 5th Annual Fall Fly-In sponsored by EAA NC Chapter 22 of Ohio Hog roast on the 28th breakfast both days Antique classic homebuilts warbirds welshycome For more info call Virginia at 674453-6889

SEPT 28-29 - LEXINGTON TN - Tennessee Taildraggers 72th Annual Fly-In 907968shy2864 or 901968-4022 for info

OCTOBER 4-6 - REDDING CA - Benton Field EAA Chaper 157 Oktoberfest Contacts Bruce Taylor 976275-6456 or Armal Owens 976243-4382

OCTOBER 13 - TOWANDA PA - Towanda airport (N27) Fly-In Breakfast - all you can eat Eggs sausage pancakes 100 pure maple syrup 7 am -7 pm

OCT 13 - ZANESVILLE OH - Riverside A i rport EAA Chapter 425 and the ARTHRITIS FOUNDA TlON Hog Roast 8 am - 5 pm Contact Don Wahl at 614 454-0003

OCTOBER 13 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Fly-In Contact ju l ian C Temple or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 0 1932857381 or FAX 01932855465

OCT 18-20 - KERRVIL LE TX - Southwest Regional Fly-In For info ca ll 800221shy7958 Vendors should call 270914-3746

Ale NEWS Continued from page 2

in two a reas to mos t VFR pilots - the Surface Aviation Observation (SA) will now become the Aviation Routine Weather Report (Metar) with an addishytional report the Aviation Selected Special Weather report (Speci) added to it when dictated by changing weather conditions A new international format will also be adopted to replace the Tershyminal Forecast (TF) issued by the Nashytional Weather Service The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) will be the new format for this forecast

The new formats will be a combinashytion of new and old abbreviations but the seq ue nces will change a nd some components will be reported in a differshye nt format For many of us who us e DUATS briefing services and exercise the plain language option these changes will be transparent but be careful - temshyperaturedewpoint spreads will be given in degrees Celsius and sky cover definishytions will change Other parts of the seshyquence reports will be a lso be revised The new form a t began with the NWS transmissions that were issued a t 0800 UTC July l

For more informat ion and a card that details the new Metar format conshytact your nearest Flight Service Station or yo ur loca l FAA Flight Standards District Office

EICHER KIMBAll GEE BEE Z fliES

LUSCOMBE FOUNDATION 8E GIVEAWAY

The Don Luscombe Aviation Foundashytion is doing it again A small total of only 2800 tickets will be sold to help raise funds used to continue the expansion of services of the Foundation to Luscombe owners and to fulfill the Luscombe Type Certificate purchase contract You can see the work done to restore the 1996 Win Me airplane in the accompanying photos This airshyplane has all the Luscombe options and has been fully inspected and rebuilt with the latest information on Luscombe repa irs from the foundation For a more informashytion including the price of tickets and a brochure call the OLAF at 602917-0969 or fax them at 6021917-4719

NO 80 OCTANE AT WITTMAN FiElD

If youve always planned on fueling up with 80 octan e fuel during EAA O shkosh youll need to buy it from someone other tha n Basle r Flight Sershyvice the FBO on Wittman Field Basler

The Gee Bee Z recently completed by Jeff Eicher and Kevin Kimball was first flown on June 24 and again on the 25th by Delmar Benj amin Delmar explored the handling characteristics of the z in a series of flights that culminated in a roll and knife edge flight He reports a stall speed at about 75 mph indicated rt quickly acshycelerates to 210 mph and then continues to build up more speed up to 230 mph Delmar reports that it is hands off stable in both pitch and yaw 130 mph is used on fi nal to keep the Zs sink rate at a comfortable level We ll have more on the first flights of this beautiful Gee Bee replica next month but until then congratulations to Jeff and Kevin and their test pilot Delmar Benjamin

has informed EAA that they will not be selling any 80 octane fu el for resale durshying th e EAA Convention Du e to tighter tank te sting rules e nforced by the EPA Basler has storage facilities sufficient o nly for the quantities of 100 LL a nd Jet A neede d during the Conshyvention but there s no room left for a quantity of 80 octane After exploring other options Bas ler re luctantly deshycided to drop carrying 80 octane avgas which they had only had available durshying th e EAA Fly-In Since Basle r has also chosen not to offer auto fuel if you prefer not to burn 100LL in yo ur vinshytage engine you may wish to plan your flight with a fuel stop after your deparshyture or prior to your arrival Basler will be offering 100 octane avgas at the same price as last year $2 15 If you really prefer to run your e ngine on 80 octane avgas the closest airport with that fuel is the tailwheel friendly fie ld at Hartshyford WI (HXF) located 41 statute miles SSE of Oshkosh Hartford Aero Sershyvice 414673-5350 is the FBO and hes aware of the situat ion and is planning on having his 10000 gallon tank topped off in time for the Convention

CUB MONUMENT IN BRADFO RD

Thanks to the impetus provided by Sport Aviation editor Jack Cox a monshyument will be e rected on the site of the old Taylor Aircraft company in Bradshyford P A For more details on the effort being spea rh eaded by George Welsch

Continued on page 31

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27

by HC Frautschy

The April Mystery Plane proved to be a tough one so we ll continue that course with the July Mystery Plane This handshysome biplanes photo was sent in some time ago by Richard E Sampson Ft Lauderdale FL

Answers need to be in no later than August 25 1996 for inclushysion in the October issue

Aprils Mystery is still just that - an unknown Lennart Johnsson of Eldsberga Sweden sugshygested that it might be the creation of the Engshylish designer Harold Bolas and his partner Capt Goodman-Crouch who both emigrated to the USA and settled in Rhode Island After reshyviewing an article on the Crouch-Bolas Dragshyonfly its obviously not our Mystery Plane Our thanks to Lennart for giving it a shot

The second shot I ve included in this months edition may help jog the dim memory of someone else You can see that the airplane is not particularly large when compared to the pilot crouching on the bow Also tip floats have been added to the lower wings and you can plainly see the biplane configuration of the horizontal tail We can leave this Mystery Plane file open and perhaps someone will recshyognize it

28 JULY 1996

New Members

Robert K Ad ler Naples FL

Joseph B Brown Jr Panama City FL

Jeff Bruebaker Hamler OH

Paul G Catrou Greenville NC

Darryl Chin Modesto CA

Donald L Clingerman Grayling MI

Ned E Corman Harri sburg PA

John Davis Houston TX

John M DeMars N Hollywood CA

Thomas Robert Dollimore Rexdale Ontari o

Canada

Gary W Donald Jlorissant MO

William Grant Dorsett Alvin TX

W Heyward Dropla Charlotte NC

George M Eastman Westminster CO

John Faccin Crystal Falls MI

Robert Farr Houghton Lake MI

Jeff Foley Roanoke Rapids NC

Jon Michael Fox Moses Lake WA

Robert J Furlong scottsdale AZ

David M GampferColumbus OH

Raymond L Gebhard 5ioux Falls sD

Richard L Gillespie Ft Meyers FL

Mark Haag Houston TX

Barry Halsted Fountain Val ley CA

William R Harper Beverly Hill s CA

Val P Hattemer Dayton OH

John Hitzke

Redcl iffe Queensland Australia

Peter Hook Lakeville MN

Robert K Howie Jr Decatur IL

Thomas H Hughston Brownsville TX

James O Johnson Kenansvi lle NC

Paul Johnson Rockford IL

R L Johnson Aledo TX

H Floyd Jones water Mill NY

James H Jones Payson AZ

Alan R Jose Niagra Fa ll s Ontario Canada

Larry Kanaster Torrance CA

Paul J Keenan Kerrville TX

Charles Keppen Madison sD

Richard W Land New Carlisle OH

Cliff Larrance Port Townshend WA

Delmer Lawrence Rensselaer IN

Thomas J Leahy Chippewa Lake OH

Louis J Leftwich Winter Park FL

George C Lem ieux Livonia MI

Cory E Linnane schaumburg IL

Paul Mandel Kansas City MO

Carl F McClellan Richardson TX

Robert C McDannell Woodstock IL

Roy R Mcintire Long Beach CA

Howard S Meeks Cocoa Beach FL

Joseph Mezera Worthington OH

Mike Millette Rodondo Beach CA

Janice D Milligan san Ramon CA

Jay G Miner seattle WA

Charl es Moore Gibsonville NC

N A Morey Pukekohe New Zealand

Richard E Newton Luray VA

Anthony B North Windsor CT

J K ONeal san Antonio TX

Bruce J Olson Hudson Canada

shigeru Ota Tokyo Japan

Phillip L Patterson Tullahoma TN

Richard Peters Hinckley IL

Robert J Pinkerton santa Anna CA

Rene Popp Vienna Austria

Bill J Pottage

Abbotsford British Columbia Canada

Todd W Rader Jacksonville FL

Joe Ramotowski Un iversa l City TX

Eric O Richardson Coloma MI

Louis D Ross Jr Covington LA

Milton Ruesch Medford WI

J Sampson Wichita Ks

Bill Scott Kernersville NC

M B Shores En-cinitas CA

Andrew L Sm ith Cloverdale CA

Ronald P Sm ith Washington DC

Lance D st Armand Anson ME

Wayne Strader Ardmore OK

Richard B Strawn Fruitland ID

John Taylor 5augus CA

Ferne Thomas Pilot Mountain NC

Harold Thornpson Whitakers NC

David L Todd shreveport LA

David Tumulty Houston TX

Robert W Vance Greensboro NC

Ron J Wassink Wroxeter Ontario Canada

Dennis B Wassmann Moraga CA

Ken Whittet

Pitt Meadow British Columbia Canada

Gary Lee Wilii ams Plymouth MI

Rocky L Zahner Madison WI

J G Zavar Gaffney SC

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29

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Curtiss JN4-D Memorabilia - You can now own memorabilia from the famous Curtiss Jenny as seen on TREASURES FROM THE PAST We have T-shirts posters postcards videos pins airmail cachets etc We also have RIC documentation exclusive to this hisshytoric aircraft Sale of these items supports operating expenses to keep this Jenny flying for the aviation public We appreciate your help Send SASE to Virginia Aviation PO Box 3365 Warrenton VA 22186 (1296)

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Babbit Bearing Service - Camshaft regrindshying cam followers reground piston rings pisshyton pins valves For shipping instructions call 1800233-6934 Jack H Bunton Machinist Vintage Engine Machine Works N 604 Freya Spokane WA 99202 (11 96)

The Luscombe Fo undat i o n supports Luscombes with full service factory data WIN ME restored Luscombe tickets $40 each or 3$100 Most parts and factory supshyport services available Will meet or beat all legitimate commercial sources in price selecshytion and quality All proceeds preserve the Luscombe heritage through development of a museum amp archives 602917-0969 P O Box 63581 Phoenix AZ 85082 (996)

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30 JULY 1996

Kyle Meints Cessna 1708

(Left) Pictured at the Vette Seaplane Base at Oshkosh 95 is a pretty 1955 Cessna 170B N4453B SIN 26797 mounted on a set of Edo 89-2000 floats all decked out in a matching paint scheme of white with red trim The pretty Continental 145 powered seaplane is the pride and joy of Kyle Meints (EAA 360394) of Augusta MI who purchased the 170B on floats in Minnesota about ten years ago Kyle inshystalled the STOL kit on the wings painted the entire airplane and then painted the matching floats the next year all in PPG two-part urethane A factory seaplane since new the 170B has 2400 TT of which Kyle has flown about 400 hours since acquiring the f1oatplane This airplane spent about the first 25 years in New England before coming west to Minnesota Congrats to Kyle Meints on a sharp looking Cessna 170B f1oatplane

1140 floats which do not show their age (40 to 50 yrs) and have had their compartment covers reshymoved (The 1140 floats are easily distinguished from the larger 1320 floats by the si ngle cover beshytween the struts 1320 floats have two covers beshytween the struts) Apparently the boot cowl on the Cub has been replaced or repainted as the forward end of the lightning stripe is missing A li ghtshyweight pre-war Cub with wood spars and 1140 floats makes for a sporty seaplane that is pure fun

Odell Matthis Republic Seabee

(Left) This beautiful custom Republic RC-3 Seabee N87493 SIN 44 is the pride and joy of Odell and Diane Matthis (EAA 262957 AIC 10206) of Havelock NC No stranger to EAA Odell brought the highly polished Cessna 140A Patroller N5332C SIN 15452 that was featured in the October 1986 VINTAGE AIRPLANE and picshytured on the back cover The Seabee features extended wings with drooped tips tinted glass and a big Lycoming GO-480 engine of 295 hp The fancy paint scheme is overall white with red and gold trim This particular 1946 Seabee spent many years in the Seattle area before going to Anchorage AK for a number of years It is now based near the seacoast of North Carolina where Odell and Diane (who is also a pilot and 9ger) can make full use of the amphibious capabilities The FAA register lists 275 Sea bees remaining of the over 1050 that were built by Republic and Downer

John Van Andels J-3 Cub on 1140s

These photos of a 1940 J -3 C65 Cub NC30482 SIN 4863 mounted on a set of Edo 54-1140 floats were sent in by Ralph Koutnik (EAA 261425) of Bellaire Ml Tied down at the Antrim County Airport at Bellaire the pre-war J-3 Cub is owned by John Van Andel (EAA 343387) of Ft Pierce FL Special note should be made of the extreme ly clean condition of the

U S Forest Service Stinson SR-SA

(Left) This photo from back in the early 1940 s was contributed by Wiley Hautala of Ely MN The Stinson SRshy5A NC5045 mounted on Edo 38-3430 floats was flown by veteran Ely MN seaplane pilot Milt Nelson for several years until 1943 when the 245 hp Lyshycoming engine quit one day and put the SR-5A in the trees - and that was the end of NC5045 Milt Nelson who is presently in his eighties soloed a Travel Air bishyplane at Superior WI in 1933 and logged approximately 15 000 hours on floats while flying for the U S Forest Service over a period of twenty years He says the SR-5A was a nice flying airplane and did a very respectable job on floats alshythough it couldn t handle the heavy loads of a Beaver or Norseman Note the 1937 Ford grill in the foreground and the Travel Air S6000-B seaplane in the backshyground which was flown by Bill Leithold of Ely MN Ironically at one time Milt Nelson owned a Fairchild FC-2 on Fairchild floats Today those very same floats are in the EAA Aviation Museum completely restored by John Parish and ready for installation on the EAA Founshydations Fairchild FC-2W

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25

Fly-In Calendar The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a matter of

information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the

information to EAA Att Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

JULY 23 - ZANESVILLE OH - EAA Chapter 425 Annual Pancake Day at Parr Airport 8 am - 5 pm Oshkosh bound pi lots encouraged to fly-in eat and refuel Contact Don Wahl 674454-0003

JULY 26-27 - COFFEYVILLE KS - Funk Aircraft Owners Assoc Reunion Contact Gene Ventress 70275 S Monticello Lenexa KS 66227

JULY 26-27 - AFTON WY - Callair Radio Controlled Model Aircraft Fly-In sponsored by the Callair Museum and Aviat Aircraft Inc For info call joan Michaels or Audrey Henning 307886-9887 FAX 307886shy9880

JULY 26-28 - RED LAKE ONTARIO CANAshyDA - Norseman Float Plane Festival For more info contact the Festiva l Committee at 807727-2809

JUL Y 27-29 - KEOKUK IA - Sixth World Wide gathering of L-Birds then en masse up to Wisconsin for EAA great OSHKOSH 96 on August 7 Contact Irv Linder 3 79524-6378

JULY 28 - GRANTSBURG WI - EAA Chapter 875 Wildrice Pancake Breakfast

JUL Y 28 - WEYBRIDGE SURREY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Aircraft of Surrey Fly- In Contact julian C Temple or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 07932 855465

JULY 31-WAUKESHA WI - (UES) tst Annual Great Stearman Fl y-Up to EAA Convention Call Stan Markus for more info 474567- 7499 or 965-3776

AUGUST 1-7 - OSHKOSH WI - 44th Annual EAA Fly-In and Sport Aviation Con vention Wittman Regional Airport Contact John Burton EAA PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 414426-4800

AUGUST 3 - ST PAUL MN - Lake Elmo Airport Aviation Days Fl y- In Pancake Breakfast Aircraft Disp lay and Young Eagles Day Rain Date August 4 Contact

26 JULY 1996

Dick Wicklund 672777-9742 AUGUST 3 - ELLSWORTH KS - EAA Chapter

7727 Fly-In breakfast (Oshkosh stop-over) and Cowtown Day Call Dale Weinhold 973-472-4027 (w) or -4309 (h) for info

AUGUST 18 - BROOKFIELD WI - Capita l Airport EAA AC Chapter 77 Vintage Aircraft Display and Ice Cream Social Noon - 5 pm Midwest Antique Airplane Club meeting as well For info call Capital Airport at 4 74787 -9550

AUGUST 18 - EAST TROY WI - Inti Cessna 720 740 Assoc Wisconsin Brat and Corn Roast Arrive at 77 am eat at 72 30 pm Bring a dish to pass and a buck Call Matt and Carole Rybarczyk 474767-0920

AUGUST 25 - BELMOND IA - NC Chapter 73 annual p icnic Call 575444-3637 for info

AUGUST 26 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Biplanes and Vintage Aircraft Fly- In Contact ju l ia n C Temp l e or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 0 7932 855465

AUGUST 27-29 - YOUNGSTOWN OH shyBARTLESVIL LE OK AND EL CAJON CA -Staggerwing Beech Commemorative Tour Ca ll William Thaden 207439-7767 fo r info

AUGUST 30-31 - HA YWA RD CA - EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter 29 Fourth Annual Antique Fl y- In and Airshow Free Early Bird Dinner to all display aircraft on Friday This is a northern Cal ifornia points event Contact Bud Field at 5 70455-2300

AUGUST 30 - SEPT 1 - PROSSER WA - EAA Chapter 397 25th Anniversary Fly- In at Prosser airport Call Cormac Thompson for info 509786- 7034

AUGUST 30-31 - MOCKSVIL LE NC - Tara Airbase (5NC7) 77 th Annua l Anything That Flies Fly-In Private Fly-In - attenshydance at your own risk For info ca ll 704284-2 767 or 970764-0007

AUGUST 31 - MARION IN - Sixth Annual Fly-InCruise-In breakfast sponsored by the Marion High schoo l Band Boosters Antiques Classics homebuilts and Antique classic and custom cars welshycomed For information contact Ray johnson at 3 77664-2588

SE PT 1 - ZANESVILLE OH - Riverside Airport EAA Chapter 425 Labor Day Weekend Fly-In Drive-In Breakfast 8 am - 5 pm Sandwiches etc from noon to closing

SEPT 7 - OSCEOLA WI - Simenstad Field 76th Annual Wheels and Wings Air Fair Train rides pancake breakfast fly-in Free event shuttle bus Pilots check class 0 NOTAMS for specia l airport conditions For info call 775755-3300

SEPT 13-15 - URBANA IL - Frasca Field Byron Smith Memorial Stinson Reunion Fly-In Ca ll 708904-6964 for info

SEPT 13-1 5 - JACKSONVILLE IL - Ercoupe Fly-In Call 2 77546-0585 for info

SEPT 20-2 1 - BARTLESVILLE IL - Frank Phillips Field 39th Annual Tulsa Regional Fly-In sponsored by EAA NC Chapter 70 AAA Chapter 2 EAA Chapter 70 EAA lAC Chapter 70 and the Green Country U ltralight Flyers Call Charlie Harris for info 978622-8400

SEPT 21-22 - ROCK FALLS IL - Whiteside County Airport (SQI) North Central EAA Old Fashioned Fly-In Fly market campshying and food on field Call Gregg Erikson 7085 73-064 7 or Dave Christianson at 875625-6556 Pancake breakfast Sept 22 - 0700 - 7700

SEPT 22 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGLAND - Brooklands Museum Fly-In Contact ju l ian C Templ e or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 07932855465

SEPT 27-28 - SANTA YNEZ CA - 8th Annual Western Waco Assoc Reunion Call jon A ldrich 209962-6727 or Barry Branin 7 74545-7476 for info

SEPT 28-29 - ZANESVILLE OH - John s Landing A irfield 5th Annual Fall Fly-In sponsored by EAA NC Chapter 22 of Ohio Hog roast on the 28th breakfast both days Antique classic homebuilts warbirds welshycome For more info call Virginia at 674453-6889

SEPT 28-29 - LEXINGTON TN - Tennessee Taildraggers 72th Annual Fly-In 907968shy2864 or 901968-4022 for info

OCTOBER 4-6 - REDDING CA - Benton Field EAA Chaper 157 Oktoberfest Contacts Bruce Taylor 976275-6456 or Armal Owens 976243-4382

OCTOBER 13 - TOWANDA PA - Towanda airport (N27) Fly-In Breakfast - all you can eat Eggs sausage pancakes 100 pure maple syrup 7 am -7 pm

OCT 13 - ZANESVILLE OH - Riverside A i rport EAA Chapter 425 and the ARTHRITIS FOUNDA TlON Hog Roast 8 am - 5 pm Contact Don Wahl at 614 454-0003

OCTOBER 13 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Fly-In Contact ju l ian C Temple or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 0 1932857381 or FAX 01932855465

OCT 18-20 - KERRVIL LE TX - Southwest Regional Fly-In For info ca ll 800221shy7958 Vendors should call 270914-3746

Ale NEWS Continued from page 2

in two a reas to mos t VFR pilots - the Surface Aviation Observation (SA) will now become the Aviation Routine Weather Report (Metar) with an addishytional report the Aviation Selected Special Weather report (Speci) added to it when dictated by changing weather conditions A new international format will also be adopted to replace the Tershyminal Forecast (TF) issued by the Nashytional Weather Service The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) will be the new format for this forecast

The new formats will be a combinashytion of new and old abbreviations but the seq ue nces will change a nd some components will be reported in a differshye nt format For many of us who us e DUATS briefing services and exercise the plain language option these changes will be transparent but be careful - temshyperaturedewpoint spreads will be given in degrees Celsius and sky cover definishytions will change Other parts of the seshyquence reports will be a lso be revised The new form a t began with the NWS transmissions that were issued a t 0800 UTC July l

For more informat ion and a card that details the new Metar format conshytact your nearest Flight Service Station or yo ur loca l FAA Flight Standards District Office

EICHER KIMBAll GEE BEE Z fliES

LUSCOMBE FOUNDATION 8E GIVEAWAY

The Don Luscombe Aviation Foundashytion is doing it again A small total of only 2800 tickets will be sold to help raise funds used to continue the expansion of services of the Foundation to Luscombe owners and to fulfill the Luscombe Type Certificate purchase contract You can see the work done to restore the 1996 Win Me airplane in the accompanying photos This airshyplane has all the Luscombe options and has been fully inspected and rebuilt with the latest information on Luscombe repa irs from the foundation For a more informashytion including the price of tickets and a brochure call the OLAF at 602917-0969 or fax them at 6021917-4719

NO 80 OCTANE AT WITTMAN FiElD

If youve always planned on fueling up with 80 octan e fuel during EAA O shkosh youll need to buy it from someone other tha n Basle r Flight Sershyvice the FBO on Wittman Field Basler

The Gee Bee Z recently completed by Jeff Eicher and Kevin Kimball was first flown on June 24 and again on the 25th by Delmar Benj amin Delmar explored the handling characteristics of the z in a series of flights that culminated in a roll and knife edge flight He reports a stall speed at about 75 mph indicated rt quickly acshycelerates to 210 mph and then continues to build up more speed up to 230 mph Delmar reports that it is hands off stable in both pitch and yaw 130 mph is used on fi nal to keep the Zs sink rate at a comfortable level We ll have more on the first flights of this beautiful Gee Bee replica next month but until then congratulations to Jeff and Kevin and their test pilot Delmar Benjamin

has informed EAA that they will not be selling any 80 octane fu el for resale durshying th e EAA Convention Du e to tighter tank te sting rules e nforced by the EPA Basler has storage facilities sufficient o nly for the quantities of 100 LL a nd Jet A neede d during the Conshyvention but there s no room left for a quantity of 80 octane After exploring other options Bas ler re luctantly deshycided to drop carrying 80 octane avgas which they had only had available durshying th e EAA Fly-In Since Basle r has also chosen not to offer auto fuel if you prefer not to burn 100LL in yo ur vinshytage engine you may wish to plan your flight with a fuel stop after your deparshyture or prior to your arrival Basler will be offering 100 octane avgas at the same price as last year $2 15 If you really prefer to run your e ngine on 80 octane avgas the closest airport with that fuel is the tailwheel friendly fie ld at Hartshyford WI (HXF) located 41 statute miles SSE of Oshkosh Hartford Aero Sershyvice 414673-5350 is the FBO and hes aware of the situat ion and is planning on having his 10000 gallon tank topped off in time for the Convention

CUB MONUMENT IN BRADFO RD

Thanks to the impetus provided by Sport Aviation editor Jack Cox a monshyument will be e rected on the site of the old Taylor Aircraft company in Bradshyford P A For more details on the effort being spea rh eaded by George Welsch

Continued on page 31

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27

by HC Frautschy

The April Mystery Plane proved to be a tough one so we ll continue that course with the July Mystery Plane This handshysome biplanes photo was sent in some time ago by Richard E Sampson Ft Lauderdale FL

Answers need to be in no later than August 25 1996 for inclushysion in the October issue

Aprils Mystery is still just that - an unknown Lennart Johnsson of Eldsberga Sweden sugshygested that it might be the creation of the Engshylish designer Harold Bolas and his partner Capt Goodman-Crouch who both emigrated to the USA and settled in Rhode Island After reshyviewing an article on the Crouch-Bolas Dragshyonfly its obviously not our Mystery Plane Our thanks to Lennart for giving it a shot

The second shot I ve included in this months edition may help jog the dim memory of someone else You can see that the airplane is not particularly large when compared to the pilot crouching on the bow Also tip floats have been added to the lower wings and you can plainly see the biplane configuration of the horizontal tail We can leave this Mystery Plane file open and perhaps someone will recshyognize it

28 JULY 1996

New Members

Robert K Ad ler Naples FL

Joseph B Brown Jr Panama City FL

Jeff Bruebaker Hamler OH

Paul G Catrou Greenville NC

Darryl Chin Modesto CA

Donald L Clingerman Grayling MI

Ned E Corman Harri sburg PA

John Davis Houston TX

John M DeMars N Hollywood CA

Thomas Robert Dollimore Rexdale Ontari o

Canada

Gary W Donald Jlorissant MO

William Grant Dorsett Alvin TX

W Heyward Dropla Charlotte NC

George M Eastman Westminster CO

John Faccin Crystal Falls MI

Robert Farr Houghton Lake MI

Jeff Foley Roanoke Rapids NC

Jon Michael Fox Moses Lake WA

Robert J Furlong scottsdale AZ

David M GampferColumbus OH

Raymond L Gebhard 5ioux Falls sD

Richard L Gillespie Ft Meyers FL

Mark Haag Houston TX

Barry Halsted Fountain Val ley CA

William R Harper Beverly Hill s CA

Val P Hattemer Dayton OH

John Hitzke

Redcl iffe Queensland Australia

Peter Hook Lakeville MN

Robert K Howie Jr Decatur IL

Thomas H Hughston Brownsville TX

James O Johnson Kenansvi lle NC

Paul Johnson Rockford IL

R L Johnson Aledo TX

H Floyd Jones water Mill NY

James H Jones Payson AZ

Alan R Jose Niagra Fa ll s Ontario Canada

Larry Kanaster Torrance CA

Paul J Keenan Kerrville TX

Charles Keppen Madison sD

Richard W Land New Carlisle OH

Cliff Larrance Port Townshend WA

Delmer Lawrence Rensselaer IN

Thomas J Leahy Chippewa Lake OH

Louis J Leftwich Winter Park FL

George C Lem ieux Livonia MI

Cory E Linnane schaumburg IL

Paul Mandel Kansas City MO

Carl F McClellan Richardson TX

Robert C McDannell Woodstock IL

Roy R Mcintire Long Beach CA

Howard S Meeks Cocoa Beach FL

Joseph Mezera Worthington OH

Mike Millette Rodondo Beach CA

Janice D Milligan san Ramon CA

Jay G Miner seattle WA

Charl es Moore Gibsonville NC

N A Morey Pukekohe New Zealand

Richard E Newton Luray VA

Anthony B North Windsor CT

J K ONeal san Antonio TX

Bruce J Olson Hudson Canada

shigeru Ota Tokyo Japan

Phillip L Patterson Tullahoma TN

Richard Peters Hinckley IL

Robert J Pinkerton santa Anna CA

Rene Popp Vienna Austria

Bill J Pottage

Abbotsford British Columbia Canada

Todd W Rader Jacksonville FL

Joe Ramotowski Un iversa l City TX

Eric O Richardson Coloma MI

Louis D Ross Jr Covington LA

Milton Ruesch Medford WI

J Sampson Wichita Ks

Bill Scott Kernersville NC

M B Shores En-cinitas CA

Andrew L Sm ith Cloverdale CA

Ronald P Sm ith Washington DC

Lance D st Armand Anson ME

Wayne Strader Ardmore OK

Richard B Strawn Fruitland ID

John Taylor 5augus CA

Ferne Thomas Pilot Mountain NC

Harold Thornpson Whitakers NC

David L Todd shreveport LA

David Tumulty Houston TX

Robert W Vance Greensboro NC

Ron J Wassink Wroxeter Ontario Canada

Dennis B Wassmann Moraga CA

Ken Whittet

Pitt Meadow British Columbia Canada

Gary Lee Wilii ams Plymouth MI

Rocky L Zahner Madison WI

J G Zavar Gaffney SC

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29

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30 JULY 1996

Fly-In Calendar The following list of coming events is furnished to our readers as a matter of

information only and does not constitute approval sponsorship involvement control or direction of any event (fly-in seminars fly market etc) listed Please send the

information to EAA Att Golda Cox PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 Information should be received four months prior to the event date

JULY 23 - ZANESVILLE OH - EAA Chapter 425 Annual Pancake Day at Parr Airport 8 am - 5 pm Oshkosh bound pi lots encouraged to fly-in eat and refuel Contact Don Wahl 674454-0003

JULY 26-27 - COFFEYVILLE KS - Funk Aircraft Owners Assoc Reunion Contact Gene Ventress 70275 S Monticello Lenexa KS 66227

JULY 26-27 - AFTON WY - Callair Radio Controlled Model Aircraft Fly-In sponsored by the Callair Museum and Aviat Aircraft Inc For info call joan Michaels or Audrey Henning 307886-9887 FAX 307886shy9880

JULY 26-28 - RED LAKE ONTARIO CANAshyDA - Norseman Float Plane Festival For more info contact the Festiva l Committee at 807727-2809

JUL Y 27-29 - KEOKUK IA - Sixth World Wide gathering of L-Birds then en masse up to Wisconsin for EAA great OSHKOSH 96 on August 7 Contact Irv Linder 3 79524-6378

JULY 28 - GRANTSBURG WI - EAA Chapter 875 Wildrice Pancake Breakfast

JUL Y 28 - WEYBRIDGE SURREY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Aircraft of Surrey Fly- In Contact julian C Temple or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 07932 855465

JULY 31-WAUKESHA WI - (UES) tst Annual Great Stearman Fl y-Up to EAA Convention Call Stan Markus for more info 474567- 7499 or 965-3776

AUGUST 1-7 - OSHKOSH WI - 44th Annual EAA Fly-In and Sport Aviation Con vention Wittman Regional Airport Contact John Burton EAA PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 414426-4800

AUGUST 3 - ST PAUL MN - Lake Elmo Airport Aviation Days Fl y- In Pancake Breakfast Aircraft Disp lay and Young Eagles Day Rain Date August 4 Contact

26 JULY 1996

Dick Wicklund 672777-9742 AUGUST 3 - ELLSWORTH KS - EAA Chapter

7727 Fly-In breakfast (Oshkosh stop-over) and Cowtown Day Call Dale Weinhold 973-472-4027 (w) or -4309 (h) for info

AUGUST 18 - BROOKFIELD WI - Capita l Airport EAA AC Chapter 77 Vintage Aircraft Display and Ice Cream Social Noon - 5 pm Midwest Antique Airplane Club meeting as well For info call Capital Airport at 4 74787 -9550

AUGUST 18 - EAST TROY WI - Inti Cessna 720 740 Assoc Wisconsin Brat and Corn Roast Arrive at 77 am eat at 72 30 pm Bring a dish to pass and a buck Call Matt and Carole Rybarczyk 474767-0920

AUGUST 25 - BELMOND IA - NC Chapter 73 annual p icnic Call 575444-3637 for info

AUGUST 26 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Biplanes and Vintage Aircraft Fly- In Contact ju l ia n C Temp l e or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 0 7932 855465

AUGUST 27-29 - YOUNGSTOWN OH shyBARTLESVIL LE OK AND EL CAJON CA -Staggerwing Beech Commemorative Tour Ca ll William Thaden 207439-7767 fo r info

AUGUST 30-31 - HA YWA RD CA - EAA AntiqueClassic Chapter 29 Fourth Annual Antique Fl y- In and Airshow Free Early Bird Dinner to all display aircraft on Friday This is a northern Cal ifornia points event Contact Bud Field at 5 70455-2300

AUGUST 30 - SEPT 1 - PROSSER WA - EAA Chapter 397 25th Anniversary Fly- In at Prosser airport Call Cormac Thompson for info 509786- 7034

AUGUST 30-31 - MOCKSVIL LE NC - Tara Airbase (5NC7) 77 th Annua l Anything That Flies Fly-In Private Fly-In - attenshydance at your own risk For info ca ll 704284-2 767 or 970764-0007

AUGUST 31 - MARION IN - Sixth Annual Fly-InCruise-In breakfast sponsored by the Marion High schoo l Band Boosters Antiques Classics homebuilts and Antique classic and custom cars welshycomed For information contact Ray johnson at 3 77664-2588

SE PT 1 - ZANESVILLE OH - Riverside Airport EAA Chapter 425 Labor Day Weekend Fly-In Drive-In Breakfast 8 am - 5 pm Sandwiches etc from noon to closing

SEPT 7 - OSCEOLA WI - Simenstad Field 76th Annual Wheels and Wings Air Fair Train rides pancake breakfast fly-in Free event shuttle bus Pilots check class 0 NOTAMS for specia l airport conditions For info call 775755-3300

SEPT 13-15 - URBANA IL - Frasca Field Byron Smith Memorial Stinson Reunion Fly-In Ca ll 708904-6964 for info

SEPT 13-1 5 - JACKSONVILLE IL - Ercoupe Fly-In Call 2 77546-0585 for info

SEPT 20-2 1 - BARTLESVILLE IL - Frank Phillips Field 39th Annual Tulsa Regional Fly-In sponsored by EAA NC Chapter 70 AAA Chapter 2 EAA Chapter 70 EAA lAC Chapter 70 and the Green Country U ltralight Flyers Call Charlie Harris for info 978622-8400

SEPT 21-22 - ROCK FALLS IL - Whiteside County Airport (SQI) North Central EAA Old Fashioned Fly-In Fly market campshying and food on field Call Gregg Erikson 7085 73-064 7 or Dave Christianson at 875625-6556 Pancake breakfast Sept 22 - 0700 - 7700

SEPT 22 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGLAND - Brooklands Museum Fly-In Contact ju l ian C Templ e or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 07932 857387 or FAX 07932855465

SEPT 27-28 - SANTA YNEZ CA - 8th Annual Western Waco Assoc Reunion Call jon A ldrich 209962-6727 or Barry Branin 7 74545-7476 for info

SEPT 28-29 - ZANESVILLE OH - John s Landing A irfield 5th Annual Fall Fly-In sponsored by EAA NC Chapter 22 of Ohio Hog roast on the 28th breakfast both days Antique classic homebuilts warbirds welshycome For more info call Virginia at 674453-6889

SEPT 28-29 - LEXINGTON TN - Tennessee Taildraggers 72th Annual Fly-In 907968shy2864 or 901968-4022 for info

OCTOBER 4-6 - REDDING CA - Benton Field EAA Chaper 157 Oktoberfest Contacts Bruce Taylor 976275-6456 or Armal Owens 976243-4382

OCTOBER 13 - TOWANDA PA - Towanda airport (N27) Fly-In Breakfast - all you can eat Eggs sausage pancakes 100 pure maple syrup 7 am -7 pm

OCT 13 - ZANESVILLE OH - Riverside A i rport EAA Chapter 425 and the ARTHRITIS FOUNDA TlON Hog Roast 8 am - 5 pm Contact Don Wahl at 614 454-0003

OCTOBER 13 - WEYBRIDGE SURRY ENGshyLAND - Brooklands Museum Fly-In Contact ju l ian C Temple or Peter Edmunds Brooklands Museum Trust 0 1932857381 or FAX 01932855465

OCT 18-20 - KERRVIL LE TX - Southwest Regional Fly-In For info ca ll 800221shy7958 Vendors should call 270914-3746

Ale NEWS Continued from page 2

in two a reas to mos t VFR pilots - the Surface Aviation Observation (SA) will now become the Aviation Routine Weather Report (Metar) with an addishytional report the Aviation Selected Special Weather report (Speci) added to it when dictated by changing weather conditions A new international format will also be adopted to replace the Tershyminal Forecast (TF) issued by the Nashytional Weather Service The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) will be the new format for this forecast

The new formats will be a combinashytion of new and old abbreviations but the seq ue nces will change a nd some components will be reported in a differshye nt format For many of us who us e DUATS briefing services and exercise the plain language option these changes will be transparent but be careful - temshyperaturedewpoint spreads will be given in degrees Celsius and sky cover definishytions will change Other parts of the seshyquence reports will be a lso be revised The new form a t began with the NWS transmissions that were issued a t 0800 UTC July l

For more informat ion and a card that details the new Metar format conshytact your nearest Flight Service Station or yo ur loca l FAA Flight Standards District Office

EICHER KIMBAll GEE BEE Z fliES

LUSCOMBE FOUNDATION 8E GIVEAWAY

The Don Luscombe Aviation Foundashytion is doing it again A small total of only 2800 tickets will be sold to help raise funds used to continue the expansion of services of the Foundation to Luscombe owners and to fulfill the Luscombe Type Certificate purchase contract You can see the work done to restore the 1996 Win Me airplane in the accompanying photos This airshyplane has all the Luscombe options and has been fully inspected and rebuilt with the latest information on Luscombe repa irs from the foundation For a more informashytion including the price of tickets and a brochure call the OLAF at 602917-0969 or fax them at 6021917-4719

NO 80 OCTANE AT WITTMAN FiElD

If youve always planned on fueling up with 80 octan e fuel during EAA O shkosh youll need to buy it from someone other tha n Basle r Flight Sershyvice the FBO on Wittman Field Basler

The Gee Bee Z recently completed by Jeff Eicher and Kevin Kimball was first flown on June 24 and again on the 25th by Delmar Benj amin Delmar explored the handling characteristics of the z in a series of flights that culminated in a roll and knife edge flight He reports a stall speed at about 75 mph indicated rt quickly acshycelerates to 210 mph and then continues to build up more speed up to 230 mph Delmar reports that it is hands off stable in both pitch and yaw 130 mph is used on fi nal to keep the Zs sink rate at a comfortable level We ll have more on the first flights of this beautiful Gee Bee replica next month but until then congratulations to Jeff and Kevin and their test pilot Delmar Benjamin

has informed EAA that they will not be selling any 80 octane fu el for resale durshying th e EAA Convention Du e to tighter tank te sting rules e nforced by the EPA Basler has storage facilities sufficient o nly for the quantities of 100 LL a nd Jet A neede d during the Conshyvention but there s no room left for a quantity of 80 octane After exploring other options Bas ler re luctantly deshycided to drop carrying 80 octane avgas which they had only had available durshying th e EAA Fly-In Since Basle r has also chosen not to offer auto fuel if you prefer not to burn 100LL in yo ur vinshytage engine you may wish to plan your flight with a fuel stop after your deparshyture or prior to your arrival Basler will be offering 100 octane avgas at the same price as last year $2 15 If you really prefer to run your e ngine on 80 octane avgas the closest airport with that fuel is the tailwheel friendly fie ld at Hartshyford WI (HXF) located 41 statute miles SSE of Oshkosh Hartford Aero Sershyvice 414673-5350 is the FBO and hes aware of the situat ion and is planning on having his 10000 gallon tank topped off in time for the Convention

CUB MONUMENT IN BRADFO RD

Thanks to the impetus provided by Sport Aviation editor Jack Cox a monshyument will be e rected on the site of the old Taylor Aircraft company in Bradshyford P A For more details on the effort being spea rh eaded by George Welsch

Continued on page 31

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27

by HC Frautschy

The April Mystery Plane proved to be a tough one so we ll continue that course with the July Mystery Plane This handshysome biplanes photo was sent in some time ago by Richard E Sampson Ft Lauderdale FL

Answers need to be in no later than August 25 1996 for inclushysion in the October issue

Aprils Mystery is still just that - an unknown Lennart Johnsson of Eldsberga Sweden sugshygested that it might be the creation of the Engshylish designer Harold Bolas and his partner Capt Goodman-Crouch who both emigrated to the USA and settled in Rhode Island After reshyviewing an article on the Crouch-Bolas Dragshyonfly its obviously not our Mystery Plane Our thanks to Lennart for giving it a shot

The second shot I ve included in this months edition may help jog the dim memory of someone else You can see that the airplane is not particularly large when compared to the pilot crouching on the bow Also tip floats have been added to the lower wings and you can plainly see the biplane configuration of the horizontal tail We can leave this Mystery Plane file open and perhaps someone will recshyognize it

28 JULY 1996

New Members

Robert K Ad ler Naples FL

Joseph B Brown Jr Panama City FL

Jeff Bruebaker Hamler OH

Paul G Catrou Greenville NC

Darryl Chin Modesto CA

Donald L Clingerman Grayling MI

Ned E Corman Harri sburg PA

John Davis Houston TX

John M DeMars N Hollywood CA

Thomas Robert Dollimore Rexdale Ontari o

Canada

Gary W Donald Jlorissant MO

William Grant Dorsett Alvin TX

W Heyward Dropla Charlotte NC

George M Eastman Westminster CO

John Faccin Crystal Falls MI

Robert Farr Houghton Lake MI

Jeff Foley Roanoke Rapids NC

Jon Michael Fox Moses Lake WA

Robert J Furlong scottsdale AZ

David M GampferColumbus OH

Raymond L Gebhard 5ioux Falls sD

Richard L Gillespie Ft Meyers FL

Mark Haag Houston TX

Barry Halsted Fountain Val ley CA

William R Harper Beverly Hill s CA

Val P Hattemer Dayton OH

John Hitzke

Redcl iffe Queensland Australia

Peter Hook Lakeville MN

Robert K Howie Jr Decatur IL

Thomas H Hughston Brownsville TX

James O Johnson Kenansvi lle NC

Paul Johnson Rockford IL

R L Johnson Aledo TX

H Floyd Jones water Mill NY

James H Jones Payson AZ

Alan R Jose Niagra Fa ll s Ontario Canada

Larry Kanaster Torrance CA

Paul J Keenan Kerrville TX

Charles Keppen Madison sD

Richard W Land New Carlisle OH

Cliff Larrance Port Townshend WA

Delmer Lawrence Rensselaer IN

Thomas J Leahy Chippewa Lake OH

Louis J Leftwich Winter Park FL

George C Lem ieux Livonia MI

Cory E Linnane schaumburg IL

Paul Mandel Kansas City MO

Carl F McClellan Richardson TX

Robert C McDannell Woodstock IL

Roy R Mcintire Long Beach CA

Howard S Meeks Cocoa Beach FL

Joseph Mezera Worthington OH

Mike Millette Rodondo Beach CA

Janice D Milligan san Ramon CA

Jay G Miner seattle WA

Charl es Moore Gibsonville NC

N A Morey Pukekohe New Zealand

Richard E Newton Luray VA

Anthony B North Windsor CT

J K ONeal san Antonio TX

Bruce J Olson Hudson Canada

shigeru Ota Tokyo Japan

Phillip L Patterson Tullahoma TN

Richard Peters Hinckley IL

Robert J Pinkerton santa Anna CA

Rene Popp Vienna Austria

Bill J Pottage

Abbotsford British Columbia Canada

Todd W Rader Jacksonville FL

Joe Ramotowski Un iversa l City TX

Eric O Richardson Coloma MI

Louis D Ross Jr Covington LA

Milton Ruesch Medford WI

J Sampson Wichita Ks

Bill Scott Kernersville NC

M B Shores En-cinitas CA

Andrew L Sm ith Cloverdale CA

Ronald P Sm ith Washington DC

Lance D st Armand Anson ME

Wayne Strader Ardmore OK

Richard B Strawn Fruitland ID

John Taylor 5augus CA

Ferne Thomas Pilot Mountain NC

Harold Thornpson Whitakers NC

David L Todd shreveport LA

David Tumulty Houston TX

Robert W Vance Greensboro NC

Ron J Wassink Wroxeter Ontario Canada

Dennis B Wassmann Moraga CA

Ken Whittet

Pitt Meadow British Columbia Canada

Gary Lee Wilii ams Plymouth MI

Rocky L Zahner Madison WI

J G Zavar Gaffney SC

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29

MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION

EAA Membership in the Experimental Aircraft Association Inc is $35 for one year including 12 issues of SPORT AVIATION Family membership is available for an additional $10 annually Junior Membership (under 19 years of age) is available at $20 annually All major credit cards accepted for membership

ANTIQUECLASSIC Current EAA members may join the Antique Classic Division and receive VINTAGE AIRshyPLANE magazine for an additional $27 per year EAA Membership VINTAGE AIRPLANE magshyazine and one year membership in the EAA AntiqueClassic Division is available for $37 per year (SPORT AVIATION magazine not included)

lAC Current EAA members may join the Intemational Aerobatic Club Inc Division and receive SPORT AEROBATICS magazine for an additional $35 per year EAA Membership SPORT AEROBATICS magashyzine and one year membership in the lAC Division is available for $45 per year (SPORT AVIATION magazine not included)

WARBIRDS Current EAA members may join the EAA Warbirds of America Division and receive WARshyBIRDS magazine for an additional $30 per year EAA Membership WARBIRDS magazine and one year membership in the Warbirds Division is available for $40 per year (SPORT AVIATION magazine not included)

EAA EXPERIMENTER Current EAA members may receive EAA EXPERIMENTER magazine for an additional $18 per year EAA Membership and EAA EXPERIMENTER magazine is available for $28 per year (SPORT AVIATION magazine not included)

FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS

Please submit your remittance with a check or draft drawn on a United States bank payable in United States dolars Add $13 postage for SPORT AVIATION magazine andor $6 postage for any of the other magazines

EAA AVIATION CENTER PO box 3086

Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 WEB SITE httpwwweaaorg

E-MAIL Vintage eaaorg PHONE (414) 426-4800

FAX (414) 426-4873 OFFICE HOURS

815-500 mon-fri 1-800-843-3612

MEMBERSHIP DUES TO EAA AND ITS DIVISIONS ARE NOT TAX

DEDUCTIBLE AS CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS

Something to buy sell or trade An inexpensive ad in the Vintage Trader may be just the answer to obtaining that elusive part 40cent per word $600 minimum charge Send your ad and payment to Vintage Trader f AA Aviation Center PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 or fax your ad and your credit card number to 4 14426-4828 Ads must be received by the 20th of the month for insertion in the issue the second month following (eg October 20th for the December issue)

AIRCRAFT

Boeing Stearman A751300 SI N 75-2213 shyExcellent condition Lycoming R680 Total airshyframe time from rebuild 91 5 TSMOH 865 Army Air Corps Livery $110000 Bill Rose 847842-4713 (Joanne) (7196)

North American SNJ-5 SI N 84-917 - Pratt amp Whitney R1340 Excellent condition TT 54952 TSMOH 1116 Navy Livery $145000 Bill Rose 847842-4713 (Joanne) (7196)

Ryan STM SI N 458 - Military Model of STA Menasco C45 engine TT 3209 0 TSMOH 860 One of few existing in flyable cond ition $130000 Bill Rose 847842-4713 (Joanne) (7196)

MISCElLANEOUS

SUPER CUB PA- 18 FUSELAGES - New manufacture STC-PMA-d 4130 chromoly tubshying throughout also complete fuselage repair ROCKY MOUNTAIN AIRFRAME INC (J Soares Pres ) 7093 Dry Creek Road Belgrade Montana 59714 406388-6069 FAX 406388-0170 Repair station No QK5R148N (297)

FREE CATALOG - Aviation books and videos How to building and restoration tips historic flying and entertainment titles Call for a free catalog EAA 1-8oo-843-3612

Curtiss JN4-D Memorabilia - You can now own memorabilia from the famous Curtiss Jenny as seen on TREASURES FROM THE PAST We have T-shirts posters postcards videos pins airmail cachets etc We also have RIC documentation exclusive to this hisshytoric aircraft Sale of these items supports operating expenses to keep this Jenny flying for the aviation public We appreciate your help Send SASE to Virginia Aviation PO Box 3365 Warrenton VA 22186 (1296)

Ragwi ng Re pli cas - Ultralight legal Aircamper Heath Pitts Duster Triplane Plans $52 Brochure $3 P O Box 39 Townville SC 29689 (397)

Orig inal Brass T ip Spark Plug s C - 26 Champion new $1900 military reconditioned $750 to $1200 Tom 770478-2310 (996)

Wanted - Piper J-5C paperwork information articles pictures and parts for the Piper J-5C Model Bob Sr 800 224-5522 Evenings 810644-9081 (796)

Babbit Bearing Service - Camshaft regrindshying cam followers reground piston rings pisshyton pins valves For shipping instructions call 1800233-6934 Jack H Bunton Machinist Vintage Engine Machine Works N 604 Freya Spokane WA 99202 (11 96)

The Luscombe Fo undat i o n supports Luscombes with full service factory data WIN ME restored Luscombe tickets $40 each or 3$100 Most parts and factory supshyport services available Will meet or beat all legitimate commercial sources in price selecshytion and quality All proceeds preserve the Luscombe heritage through development of a museum amp archives 602917-0969 P O Box 63581 Phoenix AZ 85082 (996)

AVIATION MEMORABILIA SALE - 1800 sq ft of old aviation stuff Airline military civil WW I WW II Lindbergh rare books tin toys photos postcards manuals etc Oshkosh Fly Market spaces 376 377 378E For more info or to conSign goods call 1800479-7952

V-8 350 CHEVROLET CONVERSION WITH GEAR REDUCTION DRIVE REPLACES ANY CURTISS V-8 OX-5 IDEAL PACKAGE FOR EXPERMENTAL OR REPLICA AIRCRAFT VIDEO INFO PACK $2000 REFUNDABLE WITH ANY UNIT PURCHASE BUD ROGERS 407324-9433 (9196)

AVEMCOand NATIONAL have the Best A+ Superior rating How does your aircraft insurance

company stack up

US and Canada call

800-276-5207 Not available in Quebec

ffi

CAViMcomiddot INSURANCf COMPANY

NATIONAL AVIATION UNDERWRITERS A dMsJon o( AVEMCO fnsurancs Company

AM Best rates an insurer on re lative financia l strength and ability to meet its obligations to policyholders CN36C

30 JULY 1996

Ale NEWS Continued from page 2

in two a reas to mos t VFR pilots - the Surface Aviation Observation (SA) will now become the Aviation Routine Weather Report (Metar) with an addishytional report the Aviation Selected Special Weather report (Speci) added to it when dictated by changing weather conditions A new international format will also be adopted to replace the Tershyminal Forecast (TF) issued by the Nashytional Weather Service The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) will be the new format for this forecast

The new formats will be a combinashytion of new and old abbreviations but the seq ue nces will change a nd some components will be reported in a differshye nt format For many of us who us e DUATS briefing services and exercise the plain language option these changes will be transparent but be careful - temshyperaturedewpoint spreads will be given in degrees Celsius and sky cover definishytions will change Other parts of the seshyquence reports will be a lso be revised The new form a t began with the NWS transmissions that were issued a t 0800 UTC July l

For more informat ion and a card that details the new Metar format conshytact your nearest Flight Service Station or yo ur loca l FAA Flight Standards District Office

EICHER KIMBAll GEE BEE Z fliES

LUSCOMBE FOUNDATION 8E GIVEAWAY

The Don Luscombe Aviation Foundashytion is doing it again A small total of only 2800 tickets will be sold to help raise funds used to continue the expansion of services of the Foundation to Luscombe owners and to fulfill the Luscombe Type Certificate purchase contract You can see the work done to restore the 1996 Win Me airplane in the accompanying photos This airshyplane has all the Luscombe options and has been fully inspected and rebuilt with the latest information on Luscombe repa irs from the foundation For a more informashytion including the price of tickets and a brochure call the OLAF at 602917-0969 or fax them at 6021917-4719

NO 80 OCTANE AT WITTMAN FiElD

If youve always planned on fueling up with 80 octan e fuel during EAA O shkosh youll need to buy it from someone other tha n Basle r Flight Sershyvice the FBO on Wittman Field Basler

The Gee Bee Z recently completed by Jeff Eicher and Kevin Kimball was first flown on June 24 and again on the 25th by Delmar Benj amin Delmar explored the handling characteristics of the z in a series of flights that culminated in a roll and knife edge flight He reports a stall speed at about 75 mph indicated rt quickly acshycelerates to 210 mph and then continues to build up more speed up to 230 mph Delmar reports that it is hands off stable in both pitch and yaw 130 mph is used on fi nal to keep the Zs sink rate at a comfortable level We ll have more on the first flights of this beautiful Gee Bee replica next month but until then congratulations to Jeff and Kevin and their test pilot Delmar Benjamin

has informed EAA that they will not be selling any 80 octane fu el for resale durshying th e EAA Convention Du e to tighter tank te sting rules e nforced by the EPA Basler has storage facilities sufficient o nly for the quantities of 100 LL a nd Jet A neede d during the Conshyvention but there s no room left for a quantity of 80 octane After exploring other options Bas ler re luctantly deshycided to drop carrying 80 octane avgas which they had only had available durshying th e EAA Fly-In Since Basle r has also chosen not to offer auto fuel if you prefer not to burn 100LL in yo ur vinshytage engine you may wish to plan your flight with a fuel stop after your deparshyture or prior to your arrival Basler will be offering 100 octane avgas at the same price as last year $2 15 If you really prefer to run your e ngine on 80 octane avgas the closest airport with that fuel is the tailwheel friendly fie ld at Hartshyford WI (HXF) located 41 statute miles SSE of Oshkosh Hartford Aero Sershyvice 414673-5350 is the FBO and hes aware of the situat ion and is planning on having his 10000 gallon tank topped off in time for the Convention

CUB MONUMENT IN BRADFO RD

Thanks to the impetus provided by Sport Aviation editor Jack Cox a monshyument will be e rected on the site of the old Taylor Aircraft company in Bradshyford P A For more details on the effort being spea rh eaded by George Welsch

Continued on page 31

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27

by HC Frautschy

The April Mystery Plane proved to be a tough one so we ll continue that course with the July Mystery Plane This handshysome biplanes photo was sent in some time ago by Richard E Sampson Ft Lauderdale FL

Answers need to be in no later than August 25 1996 for inclushysion in the October issue

Aprils Mystery is still just that - an unknown Lennart Johnsson of Eldsberga Sweden sugshygested that it might be the creation of the Engshylish designer Harold Bolas and his partner Capt Goodman-Crouch who both emigrated to the USA and settled in Rhode Island After reshyviewing an article on the Crouch-Bolas Dragshyonfly its obviously not our Mystery Plane Our thanks to Lennart for giving it a shot

The second shot I ve included in this months edition may help jog the dim memory of someone else You can see that the airplane is not particularly large when compared to the pilot crouching on the bow Also tip floats have been added to the lower wings and you can plainly see the biplane configuration of the horizontal tail We can leave this Mystery Plane file open and perhaps someone will recshyognize it

28 JULY 1996

New Members

Robert K Ad ler Naples FL

Joseph B Brown Jr Panama City FL

Jeff Bruebaker Hamler OH

Paul G Catrou Greenville NC

Darryl Chin Modesto CA

Donald L Clingerman Grayling MI

Ned E Corman Harri sburg PA

John Davis Houston TX

John M DeMars N Hollywood CA

Thomas Robert Dollimore Rexdale Ontari o

Canada

Gary W Donald Jlorissant MO

William Grant Dorsett Alvin TX

W Heyward Dropla Charlotte NC

George M Eastman Westminster CO

John Faccin Crystal Falls MI

Robert Farr Houghton Lake MI

Jeff Foley Roanoke Rapids NC

Jon Michael Fox Moses Lake WA

Robert J Furlong scottsdale AZ

David M GampferColumbus OH

Raymond L Gebhard 5ioux Falls sD

Richard L Gillespie Ft Meyers FL

Mark Haag Houston TX

Barry Halsted Fountain Val ley CA

William R Harper Beverly Hill s CA

Val P Hattemer Dayton OH

John Hitzke

Redcl iffe Queensland Australia

Peter Hook Lakeville MN

Robert K Howie Jr Decatur IL

Thomas H Hughston Brownsville TX

James O Johnson Kenansvi lle NC

Paul Johnson Rockford IL

R L Johnson Aledo TX

H Floyd Jones water Mill NY

James H Jones Payson AZ

Alan R Jose Niagra Fa ll s Ontario Canada

Larry Kanaster Torrance CA

Paul J Keenan Kerrville TX

Charles Keppen Madison sD

Richard W Land New Carlisle OH

Cliff Larrance Port Townshend WA

Delmer Lawrence Rensselaer IN

Thomas J Leahy Chippewa Lake OH

Louis J Leftwich Winter Park FL

George C Lem ieux Livonia MI

Cory E Linnane schaumburg IL

Paul Mandel Kansas City MO

Carl F McClellan Richardson TX

Robert C McDannell Woodstock IL

Roy R Mcintire Long Beach CA

Howard S Meeks Cocoa Beach FL

Joseph Mezera Worthington OH

Mike Millette Rodondo Beach CA

Janice D Milligan san Ramon CA

Jay G Miner seattle WA

Charl es Moore Gibsonville NC

N A Morey Pukekohe New Zealand

Richard E Newton Luray VA

Anthony B North Windsor CT

J K ONeal san Antonio TX

Bruce J Olson Hudson Canada

shigeru Ota Tokyo Japan

Phillip L Patterson Tullahoma TN

Richard Peters Hinckley IL

Robert J Pinkerton santa Anna CA

Rene Popp Vienna Austria

Bill J Pottage

Abbotsford British Columbia Canada

Todd W Rader Jacksonville FL

Joe Ramotowski Un iversa l City TX

Eric O Richardson Coloma MI

Louis D Ross Jr Covington LA

Milton Ruesch Medford WI

J Sampson Wichita Ks

Bill Scott Kernersville NC

M B Shores En-cinitas CA

Andrew L Sm ith Cloverdale CA

Ronald P Sm ith Washington DC

Lance D st Armand Anson ME

Wayne Strader Ardmore OK

Richard B Strawn Fruitland ID

John Taylor 5augus CA

Ferne Thomas Pilot Mountain NC

Harold Thornpson Whitakers NC

David L Todd shreveport LA

David Tumulty Houston TX

Robert W Vance Greensboro NC

Ron J Wassink Wroxeter Ontario Canada

Dennis B Wassmann Moraga CA

Ken Whittet

Pitt Meadow British Columbia Canada

Gary Lee Wilii ams Plymouth MI

Rocky L Zahner Madison WI

J G Zavar Gaffney SC

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29

MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION

EAA Membership in the Experimental Aircraft Association Inc is $35 for one year including 12 issues of SPORT AVIATION Family membership is available for an additional $10 annually Junior Membership (under 19 years of age) is available at $20 annually All major credit cards accepted for membership

ANTIQUECLASSIC Current EAA members may join the Antique Classic Division and receive VINTAGE AIRshyPLANE magazine for an additional $27 per year EAA Membership VINTAGE AIRPLANE magshyazine and one year membership in the EAA AntiqueClassic Division is available for $37 per year (SPORT AVIATION magazine not included)

lAC Current EAA members may join the Intemational Aerobatic Club Inc Division and receive SPORT AEROBATICS magazine for an additional $35 per year EAA Membership SPORT AEROBATICS magashyzine and one year membership in the lAC Division is available for $45 per year (SPORT AVIATION magazine not included)

WARBIRDS Current EAA members may join the EAA Warbirds of America Division and receive WARshyBIRDS magazine for an additional $30 per year EAA Membership WARBIRDS magazine and one year membership in the Warbirds Division is available for $40 per year (SPORT AVIATION magazine not included)

EAA EXPERIMENTER Current EAA members may receive EAA EXPERIMENTER magazine for an additional $18 per year EAA Membership and EAA EXPERIMENTER magazine is available for $28 per year (SPORT AVIATION magazine not included)

FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS

Please submit your remittance with a check or draft drawn on a United States bank payable in United States dolars Add $13 postage for SPORT AVIATION magazine andor $6 postage for any of the other magazines

EAA AVIATION CENTER PO box 3086

Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 WEB SITE httpwwweaaorg

E-MAIL Vintage eaaorg PHONE (414) 426-4800

FAX (414) 426-4873 OFFICE HOURS

815-500 mon-fri 1-800-843-3612

MEMBERSHIP DUES TO EAA AND ITS DIVISIONS ARE NOT TAX

DEDUCTIBLE AS CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS

Something to buy sell or trade An inexpensive ad in the Vintage Trader may be just the answer to obtaining that elusive part 40cent per word $600 minimum charge Send your ad and payment to Vintage Trader f AA Aviation Center PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 or fax your ad and your credit card number to 4 14426-4828 Ads must be received by the 20th of the month for insertion in the issue the second month following (eg October 20th for the December issue)

AIRCRAFT

Boeing Stearman A751300 SI N 75-2213 shyExcellent condition Lycoming R680 Total airshyframe time from rebuild 91 5 TSMOH 865 Army Air Corps Livery $110000 Bill Rose 847842-4713 (Joanne) (7196)

North American SNJ-5 SI N 84-917 - Pratt amp Whitney R1340 Excellent condition TT 54952 TSMOH 1116 Navy Livery $145000 Bill Rose 847842-4713 (Joanne) (7196)

Ryan STM SI N 458 - Military Model of STA Menasco C45 engine TT 3209 0 TSMOH 860 One of few existing in flyable cond ition $130000 Bill Rose 847842-4713 (Joanne) (7196)

MISCElLANEOUS

SUPER CUB PA- 18 FUSELAGES - New manufacture STC-PMA-d 4130 chromoly tubshying throughout also complete fuselage repair ROCKY MOUNTAIN AIRFRAME INC (J Soares Pres ) 7093 Dry Creek Road Belgrade Montana 59714 406388-6069 FAX 406388-0170 Repair station No QK5R148N (297)

FREE CATALOG - Aviation books and videos How to building and restoration tips historic flying and entertainment titles Call for a free catalog EAA 1-8oo-843-3612

Curtiss JN4-D Memorabilia - You can now own memorabilia from the famous Curtiss Jenny as seen on TREASURES FROM THE PAST We have T-shirts posters postcards videos pins airmail cachets etc We also have RIC documentation exclusive to this hisshytoric aircraft Sale of these items supports operating expenses to keep this Jenny flying for the aviation public We appreciate your help Send SASE to Virginia Aviation PO Box 3365 Warrenton VA 22186 (1296)

Ragwi ng Re pli cas - Ultralight legal Aircamper Heath Pitts Duster Triplane Plans $52 Brochure $3 P O Box 39 Townville SC 29689 (397)

Orig inal Brass T ip Spark Plug s C - 26 Champion new $1900 military reconditioned $750 to $1200 Tom 770478-2310 (996)

Wanted - Piper J-5C paperwork information articles pictures and parts for the Piper J-5C Model Bob Sr 800 224-5522 Evenings 810644-9081 (796)

Babbit Bearing Service - Camshaft regrindshying cam followers reground piston rings pisshyton pins valves For shipping instructions call 1800233-6934 Jack H Bunton Machinist Vintage Engine Machine Works N 604 Freya Spokane WA 99202 (11 96)

The Luscombe Fo undat i o n supports Luscombes with full service factory data WIN ME restored Luscombe tickets $40 each or 3$100 Most parts and factory supshyport services available Will meet or beat all legitimate commercial sources in price selecshytion and quality All proceeds preserve the Luscombe heritage through development of a museum amp archives 602917-0969 P O Box 63581 Phoenix AZ 85082 (996)

AVIATION MEMORABILIA SALE - 1800 sq ft of old aviation stuff Airline military civil WW I WW II Lindbergh rare books tin toys photos postcards manuals etc Oshkosh Fly Market spaces 376 377 378E For more info or to conSign goods call 1800479-7952

V-8 350 CHEVROLET CONVERSION WITH GEAR REDUCTION DRIVE REPLACES ANY CURTISS V-8 OX-5 IDEAL PACKAGE FOR EXPERMENTAL OR REPLICA AIRCRAFT VIDEO INFO PACK $2000 REFUNDABLE WITH ANY UNIT PURCHASE BUD ROGERS 407324-9433 (9196)

AVEMCOand NATIONAL have the Best A+ Superior rating How does your aircraft insurance

company stack up

US and Canada call

800-276-5207 Not available in Quebec

ffi

CAViMcomiddot INSURANCf COMPANY

NATIONAL AVIATION UNDERWRITERS A dMsJon o( AVEMCO fnsurancs Company

AM Best rates an insurer on re lative financia l strength and ability to meet its obligations to policyholders CN36C

30 JULY 1996

by HC Frautschy

The April Mystery Plane proved to be a tough one so we ll continue that course with the July Mystery Plane This handshysome biplanes photo was sent in some time ago by Richard E Sampson Ft Lauderdale FL

Answers need to be in no later than August 25 1996 for inclushysion in the October issue

Aprils Mystery is still just that - an unknown Lennart Johnsson of Eldsberga Sweden sugshygested that it might be the creation of the Engshylish designer Harold Bolas and his partner Capt Goodman-Crouch who both emigrated to the USA and settled in Rhode Island After reshyviewing an article on the Crouch-Bolas Dragshyonfly its obviously not our Mystery Plane Our thanks to Lennart for giving it a shot

The second shot I ve included in this months edition may help jog the dim memory of someone else You can see that the airplane is not particularly large when compared to the pilot crouching on the bow Also tip floats have been added to the lower wings and you can plainly see the biplane configuration of the horizontal tail We can leave this Mystery Plane file open and perhaps someone will recshyognize it

28 JULY 1996

New Members

Robert K Ad ler Naples FL

Joseph B Brown Jr Panama City FL

Jeff Bruebaker Hamler OH

Paul G Catrou Greenville NC

Darryl Chin Modesto CA

Donald L Clingerman Grayling MI

Ned E Corman Harri sburg PA

John Davis Houston TX

John M DeMars N Hollywood CA

Thomas Robert Dollimore Rexdale Ontari o

Canada

Gary W Donald Jlorissant MO

William Grant Dorsett Alvin TX

W Heyward Dropla Charlotte NC

George M Eastman Westminster CO

John Faccin Crystal Falls MI

Robert Farr Houghton Lake MI

Jeff Foley Roanoke Rapids NC

Jon Michael Fox Moses Lake WA

Robert J Furlong scottsdale AZ

David M GampferColumbus OH

Raymond L Gebhard 5ioux Falls sD

Richard L Gillespie Ft Meyers FL

Mark Haag Houston TX

Barry Halsted Fountain Val ley CA

William R Harper Beverly Hill s CA

Val P Hattemer Dayton OH

John Hitzke

Redcl iffe Queensland Australia

Peter Hook Lakeville MN

Robert K Howie Jr Decatur IL

Thomas H Hughston Brownsville TX

James O Johnson Kenansvi lle NC

Paul Johnson Rockford IL

R L Johnson Aledo TX

H Floyd Jones water Mill NY

James H Jones Payson AZ

Alan R Jose Niagra Fa ll s Ontario Canada

Larry Kanaster Torrance CA

Paul J Keenan Kerrville TX

Charles Keppen Madison sD

Richard W Land New Carlisle OH

Cliff Larrance Port Townshend WA

Delmer Lawrence Rensselaer IN

Thomas J Leahy Chippewa Lake OH

Louis J Leftwich Winter Park FL

George C Lem ieux Livonia MI

Cory E Linnane schaumburg IL

Paul Mandel Kansas City MO

Carl F McClellan Richardson TX

Robert C McDannell Woodstock IL

Roy R Mcintire Long Beach CA

Howard S Meeks Cocoa Beach FL

Joseph Mezera Worthington OH

Mike Millette Rodondo Beach CA

Janice D Milligan san Ramon CA

Jay G Miner seattle WA

Charl es Moore Gibsonville NC

N A Morey Pukekohe New Zealand

Richard E Newton Luray VA

Anthony B North Windsor CT

J K ONeal san Antonio TX

Bruce J Olson Hudson Canada

shigeru Ota Tokyo Japan

Phillip L Patterson Tullahoma TN

Richard Peters Hinckley IL

Robert J Pinkerton santa Anna CA

Rene Popp Vienna Austria

Bill J Pottage

Abbotsford British Columbia Canada

Todd W Rader Jacksonville FL

Joe Ramotowski Un iversa l City TX

Eric O Richardson Coloma MI

Louis D Ross Jr Covington LA

Milton Ruesch Medford WI

J Sampson Wichita Ks

Bill Scott Kernersville NC

M B Shores En-cinitas CA

Andrew L Sm ith Cloverdale CA

Ronald P Sm ith Washington DC

Lance D st Armand Anson ME

Wayne Strader Ardmore OK

Richard B Strawn Fruitland ID

John Taylor 5augus CA

Ferne Thomas Pilot Mountain NC

Harold Thornpson Whitakers NC

David L Todd shreveport LA

David Tumulty Houston TX

Robert W Vance Greensboro NC

Ron J Wassink Wroxeter Ontario Canada

Dennis B Wassmann Moraga CA

Ken Whittet

Pitt Meadow British Columbia Canada

Gary Lee Wilii ams Plymouth MI

Rocky L Zahner Madison WI

J G Zavar Gaffney SC

VINTAGE AIRPLANE 29

MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION

EAA Membership in the Experimental Aircraft Association Inc is $35 for one year including 12 issues of SPORT AVIATION Family membership is available for an additional $10 annually Junior Membership (under 19 years of age) is available at $20 annually All major credit cards accepted for membership

ANTIQUECLASSIC Current EAA members may join the Antique Classic Division and receive VINTAGE AIRshyPLANE magazine for an additional $27 per year EAA Membership VINTAGE AIRPLANE magshyazine and one year membership in the EAA AntiqueClassic Division is available for $37 per year (SPORT AVIATION magazine not included)

lAC Current EAA members may join the Intemational Aerobatic Club Inc Division and receive SPORT AEROBATICS magazine for an additional $35 per year EAA Membership SPORT AEROBATICS magashyzine and one year membership in the lAC Division is available for $45 per year (SPORT AVIATION magazine not included)

WARBIRDS Current EAA members may join the EAA Warbirds of America Division and receive WARshyBIRDS magazine for an additional $30 per year EAA Membership WARBIRDS magazine and one year membership in the Warbirds Division is available for $40 per year (SPORT AVIATION magazine not included)

EAA EXPERIMENTER Current EAA members may receive EAA EXPERIMENTER magazine for an additional $18 per year EAA Membership and EAA EXPERIMENTER magazine is available for $28 per year (SPORT AVIATION magazine not included)

FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS

Please submit your remittance with a check or draft drawn on a United States bank payable in United States dolars Add $13 postage for SPORT AVIATION magazine andor $6 postage for any of the other magazines

EAA AVIATION CENTER PO box 3086

Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 WEB SITE httpwwweaaorg

E-MAIL Vintage eaaorg PHONE (414) 426-4800

FAX (414) 426-4873 OFFICE HOURS

815-500 mon-fri 1-800-843-3612

MEMBERSHIP DUES TO EAA AND ITS DIVISIONS ARE NOT TAX

DEDUCTIBLE AS CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS

Something to buy sell or trade An inexpensive ad in the Vintage Trader may be just the answer to obtaining that elusive part 40cent per word $600 minimum charge Send your ad and payment to Vintage Trader f AA Aviation Center PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 or fax your ad and your credit card number to 4 14426-4828 Ads must be received by the 20th of the month for insertion in the issue the second month following (eg October 20th for the December issue)

AIRCRAFT

Boeing Stearman A751300 SI N 75-2213 shyExcellent condition Lycoming R680 Total airshyframe time from rebuild 91 5 TSMOH 865 Army Air Corps Livery $110000 Bill Rose 847842-4713 (Joanne) (7196)

North American SNJ-5 SI N 84-917 - Pratt amp Whitney R1340 Excellent condition TT 54952 TSMOH 1116 Navy Livery $145000 Bill Rose 847842-4713 (Joanne) (7196)

Ryan STM SI N 458 - Military Model of STA Menasco C45 engine TT 3209 0 TSMOH 860 One of few existing in flyable cond ition $130000 Bill Rose 847842-4713 (Joanne) (7196)

MISCElLANEOUS

SUPER CUB PA- 18 FUSELAGES - New manufacture STC-PMA-d 4130 chromoly tubshying throughout also complete fuselage repair ROCKY MOUNTAIN AIRFRAME INC (J Soares Pres ) 7093 Dry Creek Road Belgrade Montana 59714 406388-6069 FAX 406388-0170 Repair station No QK5R148N (297)

FREE CATALOG - Aviation books and videos How to building and restoration tips historic flying and entertainment titles Call for a free catalog EAA 1-8oo-843-3612

Curtiss JN4-D Memorabilia - You can now own memorabilia from the famous Curtiss Jenny as seen on TREASURES FROM THE PAST We have T-shirts posters postcards videos pins airmail cachets etc We also have RIC documentation exclusive to this hisshytoric aircraft Sale of these items supports operating expenses to keep this Jenny flying for the aviation public We appreciate your help Send SASE to Virginia Aviation PO Box 3365 Warrenton VA 22186 (1296)

Ragwi ng Re pli cas - Ultralight legal Aircamper Heath Pitts Duster Triplane Plans $52 Brochure $3 P O Box 39 Townville SC 29689 (397)

Orig inal Brass T ip Spark Plug s C - 26 Champion new $1900 military reconditioned $750 to $1200 Tom 770478-2310 (996)

Wanted - Piper J-5C paperwork information articles pictures and parts for the Piper J-5C Model Bob Sr 800 224-5522 Evenings 810644-9081 (796)

Babbit Bearing Service - Camshaft regrindshying cam followers reground piston rings pisshyton pins valves For shipping instructions call 1800233-6934 Jack H Bunton Machinist Vintage Engine Machine Works N 604 Freya Spokane WA 99202 (11 96)

The Luscombe Fo undat i o n supports Luscombes with full service factory data WIN ME restored Luscombe tickets $40 each or 3$100 Most parts and factory supshyport services available Will meet or beat all legitimate commercial sources in price selecshytion and quality All proceeds preserve the Luscombe heritage through development of a museum amp archives 602917-0969 P O Box 63581 Phoenix AZ 85082 (996)

AVIATION MEMORABILIA SALE - 1800 sq ft of old aviation stuff Airline military civil WW I WW II Lindbergh rare books tin toys photos postcards manuals etc Oshkosh Fly Market spaces 376 377 378E For more info or to conSign goods call 1800479-7952

V-8 350 CHEVROLET CONVERSION WITH GEAR REDUCTION DRIVE REPLACES ANY CURTISS V-8 OX-5 IDEAL PACKAGE FOR EXPERMENTAL OR REPLICA AIRCRAFT VIDEO INFO PACK $2000 REFUNDABLE WITH ANY UNIT PURCHASE BUD ROGERS 407324-9433 (9196)

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MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION

EAA Membership in the Experimental Aircraft Association Inc is $35 for one year including 12 issues of SPORT AVIATION Family membership is available for an additional $10 annually Junior Membership (under 19 years of age) is available at $20 annually All major credit cards accepted for membership

ANTIQUECLASSIC Current EAA members may join the Antique Classic Division and receive VINTAGE AIRshyPLANE magazine for an additional $27 per year EAA Membership VINTAGE AIRPLANE magshyazine and one year membership in the EAA AntiqueClassic Division is available for $37 per year (SPORT AVIATION magazine not included)

lAC Current EAA members may join the Intemational Aerobatic Club Inc Division and receive SPORT AEROBATICS magazine for an additional $35 per year EAA Membership SPORT AEROBATICS magashyzine and one year membership in the lAC Division is available for $45 per year (SPORT AVIATION magazine not included)

WARBIRDS Current EAA members may join the EAA Warbirds of America Division and receive WARshyBIRDS magazine for an additional $30 per year EAA Membership WARBIRDS magazine and one year membership in the Warbirds Division is available for $40 per year (SPORT AVIATION magazine not included)

EAA EXPERIMENTER Current EAA members may receive EAA EXPERIMENTER magazine for an additional $18 per year EAA Membership and EAA EXPERIMENTER magazine is available for $28 per year (SPORT AVIATION magazine not included)

FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS

Please submit your remittance with a check or draft drawn on a United States bank payable in United States dolars Add $13 postage for SPORT AVIATION magazine andor $6 postage for any of the other magazines

EAA AVIATION CENTER PO box 3086

Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 WEB SITE httpwwweaaorg

E-MAIL Vintage eaaorg PHONE (414) 426-4800

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Something to buy sell or trade An inexpensive ad in the Vintage Trader may be just the answer to obtaining that elusive part 40cent per word $600 minimum charge Send your ad and payment to Vintage Trader f AA Aviation Center PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 or fax your ad and your credit card number to 4 14426-4828 Ads must be received by the 20th of the month for insertion in the issue the second month following (eg October 20th for the December issue)

AIRCRAFT

Boeing Stearman A751300 SI N 75-2213 shyExcellent condition Lycoming R680 Total airshyframe time from rebuild 91 5 TSMOH 865 Army Air Corps Livery $110000 Bill Rose 847842-4713 (Joanne) (7196)

North American SNJ-5 SI N 84-917 - Pratt amp Whitney R1340 Excellent condition TT 54952 TSMOH 1116 Navy Livery $145000 Bill Rose 847842-4713 (Joanne) (7196)

Ryan STM SI N 458 - Military Model of STA Menasco C45 engine TT 3209 0 TSMOH 860 One of few existing in flyable cond ition $130000 Bill Rose 847842-4713 (Joanne) (7196)

MISCElLANEOUS

SUPER CUB PA- 18 FUSELAGES - New manufacture STC-PMA-d 4130 chromoly tubshying throughout also complete fuselage repair ROCKY MOUNTAIN AIRFRAME INC (J Soares Pres ) 7093 Dry Creek Road Belgrade Montana 59714 406388-6069 FAX 406388-0170 Repair station No QK5R148N (297)

FREE CATALOG - Aviation books and videos How to building and restoration tips historic flying and entertainment titles Call for a free catalog EAA 1-8oo-843-3612

Curtiss JN4-D Memorabilia - You can now own memorabilia from the famous Curtiss Jenny as seen on TREASURES FROM THE PAST We have T-shirts posters postcards videos pins airmail cachets etc We also have RIC documentation exclusive to this hisshytoric aircraft Sale of these items supports operating expenses to keep this Jenny flying for the aviation public We appreciate your help Send SASE to Virginia Aviation PO Box 3365 Warrenton VA 22186 (1296)

Ragwi ng Re pli cas - Ultralight legal Aircamper Heath Pitts Duster Triplane Plans $52 Brochure $3 P O Box 39 Townville SC 29689 (397)

Orig inal Brass T ip Spark Plug s C - 26 Champion new $1900 military reconditioned $750 to $1200 Tom 770478-2310 (996)

Wanted - Piper J-5C paperwork information articles pictures and parts for the Piper J-5C Model Bob Sr 800 224-5522 Evenings 810644-9081 (796)

Babbit Bearing Service - Camshaft regrindshying cam followers reground piston rings pisshyton pins valves For shipping instructions call 1800233-6934 Jack H Bunton Machinist Vintage Engine Machine Works N 604 Freya Spokane WA 99202 (11 96)

The Luscombe Fo undat i o n supports Luscombes with full service factory data WIN ME restored Luscombe tickets $40 each or 3$100 Most parts and factory supshyport services available Will meet or beat all legitimate commercial sources in price selecshytion and quality All proceeds preserve the Luscombe heritage through development of a museum amp archives 602917-0969 P O Box 63581 Phoenix AZ 85082 (996)

AVIATION MEMORABILIA SALE - 1800 sq ft of old aviation stuff Airline military civil WW I WW II Lindbergh rare books tin toys photos postcards manuals etc Oshkosh Fly Market spaces 376 377 378E For more info or to conSign goods call 1800479-7952

V-8 350 CHEVROLET CONVERSION WITH GEAR REDUCTION DRIVE REPLACES ANY CURTISS V-8 OX-5 IDEAL PACKAGE FOR EXPERMENTAL OR REPLICA AIRCRAFT VIDEO INFO PACK $2000 REFUNDABLE WITH ANY UNIT PURCHASE BUD ROGERS 407324-9433 (9196)

AVEMCOand NATIONAL have the Best A+ Superior rating How does your aircraft insurance

company stack up

US and Canada call

800-276-5207 Not available in Quebec

ffi

CAViMcomiddot INSURANCf COMPANY

NATIONAL AVIATION UNDERWRITERS A dMsJon o( AVEMCO fnsurancs Company

AM Best rates an insurer on re lative financia l strength and ability to meet its obligations to policyholders CN36C

30 JULY 1996

MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION

EAA Membership in the Experimental Aircraft Association Inc is $35 for one year including 12 issues of SPORT AVIATION Family membership is available for an additional $10 annually Junior Membership (under 19 years of age) is available at $20 annually All major credit cards accepted for membership

ANTIQUECLASSIC Current EAA members may join the Antique Classic Division and receive VINTAGE AIRshyPLANE magazine for an additional $27 per year EAA Membership VINTAGE AIRPLANE magshyazine and one year membership in the EAA AntiqueClassic Division is available for $37 per year (SPORT AVIATION magazine not included)

lAC Current EAA members may join the Intemational Aerobatic Club Inc Division and receive SPORT AEROBATICS magazine for an additional $35 per year EAA Membership SPORT AEROBATICS magashyzine and one year membership in the lAC Division is available for $45 per year (SPORT AVIATION magazine not included)

WARBIRDS Current EAA members may join the EAA Warbirds of America Division and receive WARshyBIRDS magazine for an additional $30 per year EAA Membership WARBIRDS magazine and one year membership in the Warbirds Division is available for $40 per year (SPORT AVIATION magazine not included)

EAA EXPERIMENTER Current EAA members may receive EAA EXPERIMENTER magazine for an additional $18 per year EAA Membership and EAA EXPERIMENTER magazine is available for $28 per year (SPORT AVIATION magazine not included)

FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS

Please submit your remittance with a check or draft drawn on a United States bank payable in United States dolars Add $13 postage for SPORT AVIATION magazine andor $6 postage for any of the other magazines

EAA AVIATION CENTER PO box 3086

Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 WEB SITE httpwwweaaorg

E-MAIL Vintage eaaorg PHONE (414) 426-4800

FAX (414) 426-4873 OFFICE HOURS

815-500 mon-fri 1-800-843-3612

MEMBERSHIP DUES TO EAA AND ITS DIVISIONS ARE NOT TAX

DEDUCTIBLE AS CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS

Something to buy sell or trade An inexpensive ad in the Vintage Trader may be just the answer to obtaining that elusive part 40cent per word $600 minimum charge Send your ad and payment to Vintage Trader f AA Aviation Center PO Box 3086 Oshkosh WI 54903-3086 or fax your ad and your credit card number to 4 14426-4828 Ads must be received by the 20th of the month for insertion in the issue the second month following (eg October 20th for the December issue)

AIRCRAFT

Boeing Stearman A751300 SI N 75-2213 shyExcellent condition Lycoming R680 Total airshyframe time from rebuild 91 5 TSMOH 865 Army Air Corps Livery $110000 Bill Rose 847842-4713 (Joanne) (7196)

North American SNJ-5 SI N 84-917 - Pratt amp Whitney R1340 Excellent condition TT 54952 TSMOH 1116 Navy Livery $145000 Bill Rose 847842-4713 (Joanne) (7196)

Ryan STM SI N 458 - Military Model of STA Menasco C45 engine TT 3209 0 TSMOH 860 One of few existing in flyable cond ition $130000 Bill Rose 847842-4713 (Joanne) (7196)

MISCElLANEOUS

SUPER CUB PA- 18 FUSELAGES - New manufacture STC-PMA-d 4130 chromoly tubshying throughout also complete fuselage repair ROCKY MOUNTAIN AIRFRAME INC (J Soares Pres ) 7093 Dry Creek Road Belgrade Montana 59714 406388-6069 FAX 406388-0170 Repair station No QK5R148N (297)

FREE CATALOG - Aviation books and videos How to building and restoration tips historic flying and entertainment titles Call for a free catalog EAA 1-8oo-843-3612

Curtiss JN4-D Memorabilia - You can now own memorabilia from the famous Curtiss Jenny as seen on TREASURES FROM THE PAST We have T-shirts posters postcards videos pins airmail cachets etc We also have RIC documentation exclusive to this hisshytoric aircraft Sale of these items supports operating expenses to keep this Jenny flying for the aviation public We appreciate your help Send SASE to Virginia Aviation PO Box 3365 Warrenton VA 22186 (1296)

Ragwi ng Re pli cas - Ultralight legal Aircamper Heath Pitts Duster Triplane Plans $52 Brochure $3 P O Box 39 Townville SC 29689 (397)

Orig inal Brass T ip Spark Plug s C - 26 Champion new $1900 military reconditioned $750 to $1200 Tom 770478-2310 (996)

Wanted - Piper J-5C paperwork information articles pictures and parts for the Piper J-5C Model Bob Sr 800 224-5522 Evenings 810644-9081 (796)

Babbit Bearing Service - Camshaft regrindshying cam followers reground piston rings pisshyton pins valves For shipping instructions call 1800233-6934 Jack H Bunton Machinist Vintage Engine Machine Works N 604 Freya Spokane WA 99202 (11 96)

The Luscombe Fo undat i o n supports Luscombes with full service factory data WIN ME restored Luscombe tickets $40 each or 3$100 Most parts and factory supshyport services available Will meet or beat all legitimate commercial sources in price selecshytion and quality All proceeds preserve the Luscombe heritage through development of a museum amp archives 602917-0969 P O Box 63581 Phoenix AZ 85082 (996)

AVIATION MEMORABILIA SALE - 1800 sq ft of old aviation stuff Airline military civil WW I WW II Lindbergh rare books tin toys photos postcards manuals etc Oshkosh Fly Market spaces 376 377 378E For more info or to conSign goods call 1800479-7952

V-8 350 CHEVROLET CONVERSION WITH GEAR REDUCTION DRIVE REPLACES ANY CURTISS V-8 OX-5 IDEAL PACKAGE FOR EXPERMENTAL OR REPLICA AIRCRAFT VIDEO INFO PACK $2000 REFUNDABLE WITH ANY UNIT PURCHASE BUD ROGERS 407324-9433 (9196)

AVEMCOand NATIONAL have the Best A+ Superior rating How does your aircraft insurance

company stack up

US and Canada call

800-276-5207 Not available in Quebec

ffi

CAViMcomiddot INSURANCf COMPANY

NATIONAL AVIATION UNDERWRITERS A dMsJon o( AVEMCO fnsurancs Company

AM Best rates an insurer on re lative financia l strength and ability to meet its obligations to policyholders CN36C

30 JULY 1996

Ale NEWS Continued from page 27

of Cornelius NC and the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford (who now occupy the location) please see the article in the July issue of Sport Aviation page 11

FLY-INS OF NOTE

We always like to point out a few flyshyins that may be of interest to many of you and we try to spread the wealth by mentioning different events each year For starters check out the Crawshyford Auto-Aviation Museums Wings amp Wheels festival held at the Cuyashyhoga County Airport in Richmond Heights OH on Saturday and Sunday August 10-11 If its a transportation machine for land or air its probably the re - antique bicycles hot air balshyloons Indy and NASCAR pit stop demonstrations and vintage aircraft If you wish to fly in you ll be directed to parking and registration upon arrival Call the Historical Society for more inshyformation at 2161721-5722

Next up is th e EAA All American Sport Aviation Fly-In August 24-25 at Alliance Airport Ft Worth TX You name it and its at this fly-in and airshow

Then theres the gra ndadd y of a ll type club fly-ins the National Stearman Fly-In at Galesburg fL September 2 shy8 at the Galesburg Airport (GBG) If you love the look and sound of the WW II era trainer this is the place to be As many as 250 Stearmans are expected to show up This is no park it in the grass and leave it there fly-in either Pilots will be testing their sk ill s with spot landing co ntests aerobatics rescue drop and youll probably see some forshymation flying as well This is their 25th anniversary and to cap off the weeks events a usa style hangar dance will be held on September 6 at 600 pm Call Jason F Turk PR Director for the Fiy-In at 314561-3827 for more inforshymation

If you re a Cessna 1201140 fan as many of us are you may wish to take in the 18th Annual Cessna 120140 Associshyation Convention which will be he ld September 25-29 at Fariba ult MN Speakers include Minnesota Hall of Fame inductee Dan Sowa with a talk on aviation weather Roy Redman speaking on a common sense approach to rebuilding and Continental represhysentative Bob Mose ley will give a talk on the small aero engines on Saturday For more information contact Bill Rhoades 612652-2221 fax 507663shy0098

Finally Marcia Gietz 2358 Bolsover St Houston TX 77005 713522-2456 Fax 713522-2458 is putting together a big Stinson fly-in scheduled for May 1shy41997 Plans are being made now for a get-together at Stinson Field in San Antonio If youre a Stinson person and think you can lend a hand or would like to add your two cents worth to the planshyning Marcia asks that you contact her shyshes looking for as much help as she can get

FOKKER NEARS THE END

Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker was recently forced into bankruptcy and no other companies decided to enshyter into a bailout agreement for the airshyplane builder Within the past few weeks there was a reprieve for the comshypany that will allow it to complete the airplanes it has on the production line keeping the airframe unit operating unshytil the end of the year While other eleshyments of the company will remain it looks as though its 77 year long run as an airplane manufacturer will end soon Fokkers current company history can be traced back to the year after the end of WW I when Anthony Fokker reshyturned to his native Holland after his work in Germany to start the manufacshyturer that bears his name

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Soloed at age 16 in a J-3 Cub

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Stanley V Gomoll

Soloed at age 16 in a J-3 Cub

Bought first airplane at age 23

AampP License since 1949

Airline pilot for 25 years retired January 199 J

AntiqueClassic Division Boord of Directors

member

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FROM AUA Ne

To become an

EAA Antique amp

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Member call

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During all my years of flying I have

dealt with many different insurance

agencies When it comes to antique

and classic airplanes AUA has the

best coverage for flying storage or

while under construction And the rates

are fantastic - Stan Gomoll

The best is affordable

Give AUA a call - its FREE

800-727-3823 Fly with the pros fy with AUA Inc

AUAs Exclusive EAA AntiqueClassic Division Insurance Program

Lo er liability and hull premiums

Medical payments included

Fie t discounts for multiple aircraft carrying all risk coverages

No hand-propping exclusion

No age penalty

No component parts endorsements

Discounts for claim-free renewals carrying all risk coverages

Remember Were Befter Together

AVIATION UNLIMITED AGENCY

COMAY working with ADA Inc has the broad knowledge it takes to cover the specialized needs of antique

and classic aircraft pJots COMAV coverage is backed by SAFECO Insurance one of Americas most trusted

companies with an A++ rating from AM Best For more about our unique programs contact your aviation

specialist Or if youre an EAA member call ADA at 800-727-3823 Remember were better together

COMAY working with ADA Inc has the broad knowledge it takes to cover the specialized needs of antique

and classic aircraft pJots COMAV coverage is backed by SAFECO Insurance one of Americas most trusted

companies with an A++ rating from AM Best For more about our unique programs contact your aviation

specialist Or if youre an EAA member call ADA at 800-727-3823 Remember were better together