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By Brad Thorn as June 13, 1981 became a significant date for many enthusiasts of vintage aircraft. In Tullahoma, Tennessee on the grounds of the Parish Aerodrome, the Staggerwing Museum Foundation dedicated the O. A. Beech Gallery and Chapel. Each June, the Staggerwing Club and the Staggerwing Museum Foundation hold their annual Staggerwing/Travel Air International Convention. This year the event was scheduled to include the dedication ceremonies of the Gallery and Chapel with the normal activities of the Convention. The Staggerwing Museum was officially opened on June 14, 1974. Surrounded by two acres of land, the initial structure was dedicated as the Louise Thaden Office and Library. It is unique that this initial structure is a restored log cabin containing the library, gift shop and displaying much of the memorabilia collected by Louise during her exciting career as a pilot. Since she originally suggested building a Staggerwing Museum, it was only fitting to dedicate this structure to her. On June 13, 1975 the Walter H . Beech Hangar was dedicated. It contains over 8000 square feet of floor space, displaying Staggerwing and Travel Air planes, parts, engines, instruments and photographs of these aircraft which are currently flying. Available to Staggerwing restorers are most of the Beech drawings and specifica tions of all Model 17 types which were manufactured. This momentous day culminated the dreams of the many members who had contributed their effort, time and financial aid toward a project that would recognize and perpetuate the history of the Beech Model 17 Stagger wing. Accepting the dedication plaque was Olive Ann Beech, Chairman of the Board of Beech Aircraft Corporation. She praised the Staggerwing Museum Foundation for its effort to maintain the history of the Model 17, and memory of her husband and founder of Beech Aircraft Corporation, Walter H. Beech. Accompanying Mrs. Beech were her children and grandchildren which indicated the family's appreciation of the Foundation's effort. Beech Aircraft Corporation was well represented by company personnel, several of whom are restoring a model E17B Staggerwing that will be named the Olive Ann Beech Staggerwing and donated to the Staggerwing Museum. Another important event occurred during the Con vention when Louise's son and daughter, Bill Thaden and Pat Thaden Frost graciously loaned the famous Bendix Trophy, awarded to Louise Thaden and Blanche Noyes for winning the New York to Los Angeles Bendix Trophy Race in 1936, flown by them in, what else - a Staggerwing. This famous trophy will be on display in the Staggerwing Museum for visitors to enjoy. 1982 will be a significant year for both the Beech Aircraft Corporation and the members of the Staggerwing Club and Museum Foundation. The Beech Aircraft Com pany was formally organized on April 1, 1932, so next year will mark the 50th year of this famous company. In response to an invitation from Beech, the Staggerwing Club and Museum Foundation . voted unanimously to hold their 1982 International Convention in Wichita, Kansas in conjunction with the Beech Aircraft Corpora tion's anniversary celebration. 2 AUGUST 1981
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Plans are underway for this event and many of the Staggerwings under restoration will be ready for this gala affair. Dick Hansen and Dick Perry are presently restoring a Model B17L, serial number 3, which was the first production model of the Staggerwing. According to their schedule, they should have this outstanding aircraft ready for its trip to Wichita in the late spring or early summer of 1982. Currently about 125 Staggerwings are licensed and flying. Many are under restoration while others are still basket cases. An estimated 75 to 100 Staggerwings will attend the 1982 Beech celebration in Wichita. What an array of these classic aircraft, from the first production Model 17 through the last production Model G, all lined up side by side at the Beech factory! On Sunday, June 14, the 1981 Staggerwing/Travel Air International Convention began to wind down. At 10:00 A.M. the first church services were held in the O. A. Beech Gallery and Chapel, conducted by Dick Stouffer, Trustee of the EAA Aviation Museum Founda tion, Inc. Later, Staggerwings from all over the U.S. departed for home, with the sound of rumbling round engines echoing in the sky. Sentimental - yes! All of this began as the brainchild of W. C. "Dub" Yarbrough, and look what it has developed into today. It is doubtful that any other type aircraft has been so honored and its history preserved for future generations.
(Photo by Dick Stouffer)
The O. A. Beech Gallery and Chapel and a 1939 Beechcraft 0175, SIN 287. Aircraft owned by John Latta, 30790 W. Butts Rd., Gustine, CA 95322.
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FRONT COVER • • • The only one flying .. . a rare Kinner B-2 Sportwing manu· factured on 8/ 5/ 35 and owned by Glen Pray of Broken Arrow, OK. See Harvey Young Airport story on Page 4. (Photo by Gene Chase)
Straight and Level . . . by Brad Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . Harvey Young Airport - 40th Anniversary .. .
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The Reluctant Lady ... Chapter 2 .. . submitted by Chapter 7, Flanders, NJ . .. ... . . .... 7 Remember Wiley Post .. . by Arch Dixon .... . . .. . .. 9 Reedsburg Fly-In 1981 . .. by T ed Koston ......... . . 11 Waukesha Flying Club 's Golden Jubilee . . . by Charles H. Faber .. . . .. . . . . . . . .. .... ... . .. .. . 12
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Harvey Young enjoyed the fly-in which honored him on the 40th anniversary of his airport.
HARVEY YOUNG
AIRPORT 40th GANNIVERSARY
By Gene Chase
(Photos by the Author Except as N oted )
For more than forty years, Harvey Young Airport, located op the eastern edge of Tulsa, Oklahoma has been known as one of the greatest for grass roots flying . Although sport flying took a back seat to other activities during the World War Two years, activity was always at a peak. In addition to his own flight training school Harvey operated Civilian Pilot Training and War Training Service Programs and a Pre-Glider School from 1941 until 1945 teaching primary flight training to future military pilots. At the end of WWII he closed his own flying service and leased the airport to Spartan School of Aeronautics for five years for their GI Training Program. More than 200 students a day flew during the peak of this activity. Harvey operated the canteen and lounge while Spartan's operation was conducted from a large bus parked at the field . As private flying activity increased in 1950 Harvey reopened his field to other flying schools and operations, and business flourish ed. Many improvements were made including the construction of several hangars . In the years that followed, The Oklahoma Airmen, Tulsa's largest flying club began operations there as did a soaring club and a skydiving club. A small lake on the western edge of the airport provides an ideal setting for picnics, swimming, boating and fishing. A narrow strip of land connects to a tree covered island in the lake where Harvey enjoys hosting cookouts and luaus for his friends . This beautiful airport naturally attracted antiquers and homebuilders (and classic aircraft owners, too but in the 1950's those were new machines). During the '50s when EAA Chapter 10 and AAA Chapter 2 were formed , Harvey Young Airport was the hub of their activities. After an attempt at having individual annual fly-ins, Unusual formation. Upper left is the Pierce Arrow, N6622A, rebuilt from parts of the Langley Twin, now owned by Jerry Hinds (EAA 130618, A/C 5550), Claremore, OK. The lead plane is a de Havilland DH-89A Rapide, N89DH , SIN HG 724, owned by Doyle Cotton and flown by Bill Watson of Tulsa. The Stearman is an N2S-3, N9224H, SIN 75-7636, owned by Bob Moore (EAA 153404) of Tulsa.
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the two groups soon realized the merits of jointly sponsor ing the event. Those Tulsa Fly-Ins were very popular and drew participants from both U .S. coasts as well as throughout the midwest. The charm of the airport and the hospitality of the two host chapters from 1959 to 1972 resulted in the Fly-In outgrowing the physical capacity of the field . In 1973 the event was moved about 45 miles ESE to Tahlequah , OK where it had room to continue growing . . Today activity is brisk as ever at Harvey Young Airport with two FBO's running flight schools, sales and charter businesses. Many privately owned aircraft are based there including antiques, classics, experi mentals and ultralights. Harvey is active, too and still maintains the airport. Each summer he can be found on his tractor, mowing the grass to give the field its manicured look. About 180 planes call Harvey Young Airport home. Unfortunately, as with many other airports around the country, the city is gradually surrounding the field so its days are numbered . For years Harvey attempted to get his property zoned as an airport, but the city always turned down his requests. He recently donated the property to a Tulsa hospital with the provision that he can continue to live there and operate the airport as long as possible. With 1981 being the 40th year of the existence of the airport, longtime AAA and EAAer Hurley Boehler suggested to Harvey that a gala fly-in be held to celebrate this event. Harvey liked the idea and Hurley agreed to sponsor the fly-in and act as chairman. The dates were scheduled for May 22-24. Hurley dubbed the affair as an "Inflation Fighter Fly-In" and set the registration fee at only $2.00 and banquet tickets at $2.50 per person. The registration fee also included a grand cookout on Friday night on the island ... hamburgers with all the trimmings. To help with the many fly-in chores, Hurley enlisted the aid of the local members of EAA Chapter 10, AAA Chapter 2, CAP, 99's and the Air Explorer Scouts. Everyone did a super job and the fly-in was a great success. Even though many trophies were awarded, they were secondary to the great time enjoyed by all participants. One award which should be mentioned is the one for the "greatest distance." This was presented to Martin Pavlovich who arrived in his VariEze from Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. A few days after the fly-in Hurley hosted a party at his country home for all the workers, and while expressing his appreciation for their help he suggested that plans be started for a similar affair in 1982 at Harvey Young's. The offer of support was unanimous so be sure to watch the calendar of events for the dates next year. This fly in was reminiscent of those held years ago, and you will want to attend in '82 if at all possible.
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L - R: 1947 Stinson 108-2, N9836K, SIN 108-2836, Linden O. Barnett, Blackwell, OK. 1946 Stinson 108-1, N97932, SIN 108-932, Dudley C. Armistead, Tulsa, OK. 1941 Stinson lOA, N31555, SIN 7804, Burl D. Dodd, Sand Springs, OK.
Glen Pray (EAA 79029), 122 S. Elm PI., Broken Arrow, OK 74012 is the proud owner of this rare and beautiful 1935 Kinner B-2 Sportwing, NC14927, SIN 148. Engine is a Kinner B-5, 125 hp. This is the only known Sportwing currently flying .
Ray Miller (EAA 112), Broken Arrow, OK and his original Fly Rod, N22RM. Power is a 150 hp Lycoming. At 21" M.P. at 8,500' the true air speed is 202 mph. Range is 750 miles. The plane is reminiscent of the racers flown during the " golden age" of air races.
Bill Watson takes off in the Rapide with a load of passengers. This plane won the Grand Champion trophy at the fly-in.
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North American AT-6, N31586, SIN 493152 owned by Tulsans Jim Dross (EAA 159583) and Dennis Chilton. Received Best Warbird Award.
Gene Deaton of Tulsa couldn 't find a Bucker Jungmeister for sale so he built this Jungster I.
A 1931 homebuilt, the "Georgias Special," NlllJP, owned by Sandy and Arnold Ullrich, Sand Springs, OK. VINTAGE AIRPLANE 5
(Photo Courtesy of Hurley Boehler)
Harvey Young 's home on the airport. It formerly housed the airport office and canteen. The large speaker on the corner of the 2nd floor roof is one of four which broadcast stereo music on the field .
Fly-In Chairman, Hurley Boehler Is pleased with the first run of the twin engines on his Lazair ultralight. Photo taken last February. Hurley enjoyed building the Lazalr and loves flying it. His flying career began in 1934 and includes Air Force duty during WWII, corporate pilot, flight instruction, charter flying , and lots of just plain fun flying. Hurley has logged over 35,000 hours.
George Goodhead photographed Harvey Young in front of a Stinson 108 in 1959. This beautiful Vee Star was built by Elmo Mauer (EAA 1057), 1227 S. 138 E. Ave., Tulsa , OK 74128. Elmo, now retired , was chief flight instructor for Spartan School of Aeronautics in Tulsa. For several years he 路performed at airshows in the midwest in his Great Lakes N315Y formerly owned by Tex Rankin.
Two beautiful antiques. The Curtiss OX-5 powered biplane is a 1928 Kreider-Reisner Challenger, KR-31 , NC7780, SI N 223, owned by Doyle Cotton and flown by Bill Watson of Tulsa. The 1931 Chrysler is owned by Bill's 16 year old son, Tom Watson.
The jig table for building the new center section spars.
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CHAPTER 2 Story and Photos Submitted by
Chapter 7
Flanders, NJ
When AlC Chapter 7 was formed and chartered, a decision was made that we would be a group with a project; one which would give the members a cross sec tion of the skills needed to restore an airplane, yet not one so sophisticated, complicated or expensive, to burden a chapter beyond their means. With these criteria in mind and for a chapter our size (50 + members) the Fair child PI'-26 "The Reluctant Lady" has filled the bill. In August 1980, The VINTAGE AIRPLANE pub lished an article "The Reluctant Lady" describing our adventure of chopping her from the ice in - 20 0 temper atures to our expedition to Ohio for assorted parts and . pieces that were needed. Since that article, the chapter has put on two fly-ins, two dinner dances and moved from our meeting room and club house at Flanders Airport. When the following spring came, we went back to the swamp. Our work party consisted of four adult members, a daughter and Sparky, a Labrador Retriever. Our equip ment was two · aluminum boats, some large truck tire tubes, rope and other miscellaneous hand tools. The accomplishment other than observing and avoiding snapping turtles and other swamp creatures was getting wet and acquiring an aroma which even Sparky didn't like. Without the swamp frozen over it was impossible to bring out any more parts than one gas tank. The other pieces of wing were just too big to carry, while wading in water up to our armpits. We gave up, tired and hungry, and decided to come back after things froze up. So we piled the pieces on cribbing that we had made from small saplings, so things wouldn't be frozen fast when we came back in the winter. We loaded boats , gear, five wet bodies, a Labrador Retriever and one gas tank , all scented with that fragrant aroma of the swamp, into the trucks and headed for home. The winter trip to bring o-ut the remaining wing parts, etc. was comprised of three members, two toboggans and one large sled. Within a few hours all the wing panels were pulled to the road and we were ready for our trip home. But all was going too well; the van slid off the road into a ditch and when the new tire chains were put on, they were six inches too short. It took longer to get the van back on the road than it did to bring the pieces out of the swamp. We now have everything removed from the swamp and back to New Jersey in Chapter 7's pos session.
Between the trips to the swamp our treasures from Ohio were sorted and examined. We still needed a center section and landing gear housing. Believe me, when a group of individuals pool their efforts , jobs always seem to get done. By spreading the word of our need for a center section, we began finding small quantities of stashed-away PI' parts. The more we searched, the more we found . Some of the leads we received on parts are stories in themselves, One of the early leads was of a center section which was incorporated into a pig pen; supposedly it would be ours if we would rebuild the pig pen. This was a complete center section with the landing gear attached. After many phone calls and much driving around back country roads, this center section was never found; neither were the pigs nor the pen. Another lead was an elderly A & P mechanic who had a couple of PI"s which he was supposed to recover for someone over twenty years ago; he still had them because he had never been paid. Again , no elderly mechanic nor even a trace of him nor the airplanes. One evening while talking over a cup of coffee about motorcycles, a friend told about an old airport where he used to tune his motorcycles for racing. He described a couple of old wrecks which sat there with machine gun mounts on them . We talked a little more and directions were written down . Off we went again, and this time we hit pay dirt. This trip netted us three PI' fuselages in cluding one with enough of the center section to be able to check spar measurements. The machine gun mounts were the roll-over structures! Word also came to us about a PI' sitting in a junk yard which could be had if we were able to get it out. It seemed that a new highway had nearly isolated the junkyard. In attempting to track it down, we again met with zero results. A phone call received one night described a PI'-26 located behind a body shop, in excellent shape including a brand new prop for only $1 ,000. This lead actually resulted in our finding an airplane, but it had already been purchased by a fellow who later joined the chapter. This is probably the same plane which had been sitting in a junkyard. ("Excellent shape" in this case meant all or most of the pieces were attached to the fuselage and it resembled an airplane.) One Sunday while I was painting my house , Rich Barry, President of EAA Chapter 501, and Mr. Gorski, FBO of Lincoln Park Airport, stopped by with their station wagon filled with PI' parts. Now the chapter owned a new set of flaps , nose bowl , wing attach fittings, and an assortment of push tubes and other PT pieces. (One particular push tube had served duty as a window opener in the hangar, which just goes to prove that parts and pieces are where they are found .) Thursday night work parties were organized at the President's workshop and work was begun on the control surfaces. After moving the old covering and deciding which set was best, we cleaned, etched, and chromated the frames . We ordered our envelopes from Airtex and as usual delivery was prompt. Not a single work session was missed because of waiting for material. We found there was never a shortage of volunteers at the Thursday night work parties. Everyone was always busy and members learned about corrosion, repairing, preparing, covering, doping and ribstitching. There was never a question which couldn't be answered by someone present (including some of a non-aeronautical nature!). When the control surfaces were completed, we chose to remove the skin from the horizontal stabilizer to get a good look inside. This is when one finds out about glue and glue strength. This became a very time consuming job and at times there were as many as six or eight members standing around the stabilizer scraping wood fibers and glue with another four to six watching, learnVINTAGE AIRPLANE 7
One of the center section ribs to be located between the spars.
Rebuild of the right outer wing panel.
Rebuilding the horizontal stabilizer for the PT-26.
Shrinking the Ceconite on the right aileron. 8 AUGUST 1981
ing, and handing tools as needed. To the uninitiated it resembled a surgical team at work in an operating room. Before we realized, it was time to start preparing for our Annual Fly-In. As the saying goes, if you need a job done, give it to a busy person. We had the busy people and the job of the Fly-In was taken on and successfully completed. Then came Oshkosh, and the forums were priceless. When we attended the Fairchild forum, my wife was given strict orders and we did our best to write down everything which was said about PTs. When summer activities wound down and it seemed the work parties would ·start again, we decided to try a new approach. A project manager was appointed. Tom McCarney was picked for the job because he was available and had recently completed an Aeronca llAC restora tion. We felt this approach would accomplish more and use the manpower more efficiently by spreading out the work. The Reluctant Lady project was divided up into five major areas. We decided to break up each area into what we call mini-projects with parts going to individuals' homes or shops. We hoped that work would progress at a more steady pace. The mini-projects were divided up as follows and sent to different locations: we now had the landing gear and wheels being worked on, canopy and turtle deck, nose bowl and engine cowl, each of the two wing panels, and the horizontal stabilizer. Managing this be came a full time job for Tom and it is a wonder how he finds time to fly his own freshly restored Chief. With our project going well, we still needed a center section. It also seemed that everyone else who was restoring a PT needed a center section. They seemed to be extinct animals. So we decided to buy a set of Herb Pluckett's plans. When the plans arrived, our wives probably thought we had finally found something better than the fairer sex. We studied the plans together, as individuals, again together, debated , decided, debated, then finally a decision was made how to approach the building of the spars and how to construct the jig table. We now have the jigs made and a table built. The jigs can be interchanged and we can use the same clamp downs for both spars. While the table and jig construction was underway, we contacted aircraft wood suppliers and found that a
piece of %" thick by 11' long spruce is not an easily found item. An order was placed with a major supplier, and they assured us when they received their next supply they would let us know, but they did not have an idea when that would be. When it seemed we were at another dead end, another stroke of luck befell the Reluctant Lady. We were fortunate to locate enough spruce to do the rear spar and part of the front. Meanwhile, jigs were being made for nose ribs and trailing edge ribs which we planned to display at our Fly-In on July 4.
We acquired the landing gear housing in Sublett, Illinois. How? While sitting under the wing of John Neumister's SR-9 at Oshkosh, John mentioned that he once had the landing gear for a PT-19 but had given it to a friend . The friend also was at the Convention, and after he was located it was discovered the landing gear had changed hands again, maybe twice. Following up on the newly found leads, one of our members located and obtained the gear while on a trip to visit a college his daughter was considering attending. The saga of the Reluctant Lady will continue, and most definitely she will fly again.
REMEMBERING WILEY POST Editor's Note: Arch Dixon (EAA 89955), a friend of Wiley Post, sent the following letter to David Jameson , Vice President of the EAA Aviation Museum Foundation, Inc . Dave lives in Oshkosh, Wisconsin and owns several an tique planes including the beautiful Lockheed Vega fin ished in the Winnie Mae paint scheme. We are pleased that Dave offered to share this letter with the readers of The VINTAGE AIRPLANE.
After reading your story about Johnny Livingston's Waco Taperwing in the February, 1974 issue of The VINTAGE AIRPLANE, I face this typewriter with a distinct inferiority complex. That was an excellent piece of writing and a darn interesting article. About my memories of Wiley Post . . . I suppose 1 could start with a catchy title like Barclay's "I Flew With Wiley Post" in AIR CLASSIC magazine, which 1 did, or "Wiley Post Flew With Me", which he did, but that would be a mite deceptive, like how much do you brag about a fifteen minute check ride prior to solo ing Wiley's Bird demonstrator? I first became aware of Wiley Post in late 1928 or 1929. He was in and out of the old SW 29th Street Air port in Oklahoma City flying a biplane for Hall-Briscoe Oil Co. He was sort of a loner and none of the regulars around the airport knew him very well. But we all knew who he was, because of his eye injury and the story that he was the only pilot cleared for right turns into landing patterns. Until Hall-Briscoe bought the Lockheed Vega, Wiley 'was just another guy you saw occasionally. Nobody out standing. You might sit down at the field's greasy spoon and he'd be eating a bowl of chili and a hamburger or he'd be out on the line servicing his own plane. You'd sort of just see him around. He did strike you as a very intense young man, intense and preoccupied. He was also known to have a temper, with a real short fuse. As I remember, Wiley learned to fly under Art Oak ley at Ardmore, Oklahoma in an old Jenny he'd picked up and put in flying condition. After Wiley learned to fly, Art had second thoughts about creating his own competition resulting in very hard feelings between the two. Wiley discovered that one of his Jenny's wing spars had been sawed nearly in two for which he ac cused Art Oakley. Seems to me there was a fight and Wiley swore to kill Art. Anyway, Wiley himself told me this story later, probably five or six years after the incident, and I believe he was still in the mood to carry
out the threat. But, as I said, during the years before NC-105-W Wiley was not exactly a celebrity. The pilots known then who were well known in Okla homa included Burell Tibbs, R. V. Carlton, Roy Hunt, Jimmy Hazlip, Bennett Griffin, Jimmy Mattern, Art Mills, Billy Parker, Bob Tarbutton, Bill Bleakley, Clint Johnson, Claude Seaton, Cheebie Graham, Red Gray, Eddie Ross, Tip Shirer, Jimmy Cleveland (NAT pilot), Paul Braniff, John Lynn, Ted Colbert, Norman Powers, Don Bridie, Warren Moseley, Hardy Young, Temple Bowen. Even our grease monkey, Bryce Harlow, had wider recognition than Wiley Post. Bryce grew up to become VP of Proctor and Gamble and an advisor to three presidents. The preceding list of names sounds like a 1932 roll call for Braniff Airlines. Paul Braniff started the business and eight of those listed became pilots. The name, Wiley Post, in 1928, '29 and '30 was yet to become a household word. After the advent of the Vega, of course, people started taking notice of its pilot. The Winnie Mae was about the prettiest airplane ever built, before or since. About a year after Wiley started flying the Vega, these absurd rumors started floating around that this guy with a glass eye was planning on flying AROUND the world! Had to be a joke or else somebody was losing his marbles. But, sure enough, it wasn't too long 'til we noticed Wiley was hanging around the airport day and night, training himself to go without sleep for 24 and 36 hours at a time. I suppose I could say that it was during this period that I first became acquainted (Dick Stouffer Photo)
Dave Jameson approaches for a landing in his 1929 Lockheed Vega, NC-105-W, SIN 72 at Oshkosh '70. The original Winnie Mae is in the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. Dave was fortunate to obtain the Winnie Mae's original registration number.
with Wiley Post. I kept him company while he was try ing to stay awake. The Post-Gatty 'round-the-world flight became his tory and Oklahoma City didn't see much of Wiley for the next year. He was writing a book and flying around the country making personal appearances. I wanted an autographed copy of Wiley's book. There was a "marble board" machine in the lobby of the air port and Wiley was an addicted player. We were play ing for ten cents a game one day and I asked him where I could get a copy of the book for him to autograph. Well , he just happened to have a few copies with him at $3.95 a copy and he was happy to accommodate me. He wrote on the fly leaf something like this, "To Arch Dixon, the best marble player in the world," and signed it. As I recall I'd just won thirty or forty cents from him on the marble board. I'm sure Wiley was thinking of a solo flight around the world at this time, and had been since his return frpm the flight with Harold Gatty. Wiley confided to me that, as a navigator and radio operator, Harold Gatty was so much supercargo. Gatty couldn't keep the radio operating and Wiley was forced to do his own navigat ing. It irked Wiley that Gatty was receiving so much credit for the success of the first flight. Wiley was convinced that he would have done much better going it alone. As I remember after the triumphant tour fol lowing the first flight, Post and Gatty went their separ ate ways and Wiley pretty well ignored Gatty from that time on. Wiley's closest friends by this time were L. E. "Red" Gray, Eddie Ross and Ted Colbert. Red had flown the famous Lockheed Vega, " Cherokee" for the oil pro moter, C. C. Julian and later was flying Vegas for Braniff on the Dallas-Oklahoma City-Wichita-Chicago route, as were Ted Colbert and Eddie Ross. Wiley was an avid and energetic hunter and fisherman. Ted Col bert had hunting dogs and he and Wiley did a lot of quail hunting. Red Gray had a ranch near Ninneka, Oklahoma and he and Wiley would fly down there in the Winnie Mae and land in a pasture near the ranch house . They would hunt on horseback all over the ranch. It was a great place where Wiley could com pletely relax, away from everybody. After the successful solo circling of the world, there was a period before he became invovled in high alti tude and speed flights when he spent a lot of time in and around Oklahoma City. There was plenty of time for fishing and I tagged along on a number of occasions. One time Wiley was invited to bring a few friends with him to a ranch near Ardmore for a barbecue and fishing outing on a privately stocked lake. In Okla homa when somebody throws a big barbecue and fish ing party, the chances are that eating and fishing are the excuses for a whole lot of drinking. Each one of us was furnished a boat and a guide who did the rowing. The fish were biting like mad and after a couple of hours everybody got thirsty but Wiley. He stayed out on that lake fly fishing until the moon went down about 10:30 p.m. Wiley was the guest of honor but next to having a control stick in his hand, a fly rod was the next best thing. The fact there were a lot of people waiting to meet and talk with Wiley meant nothing to him. While Wiley had the Bird, there was one fishing trip he, Red Gray and I took down to Lake Lawtonka in the Wichita Mountains. The lake is at the foot of Mt. Scott which rises some 2000 feet above sea level. Wiley and I rode down in the front cockpit with Red at the controls. On the first day of fishing Wiley demon strated his amazing energy. We were bank fishing and while Red and I were satisfied to stay pretty much in 10 AUGUST 1981
one place and let the fish come to us, Wiley was fish ing about two hundred yards an hour. By the end of the day Wiley was a good mile from where he started. I don't remember any fish caught that day but Wiley certainly got more exercise. Wiley decided he'd fly back. He took off, gained a few feet of altitude then aimed at the base of Mt. Scott. He put that Bird's left wing right against the side of the mountain and did a spiral climb all the way to the top. Never, it seemed to me, were we more than fifty feet away from the rocks, and I believe all we had up front was an OX-5 engine. Only one man besides Wiley ever flew the Winnie Mae. That was Red Gray. Wiley's faith in Red's flying ability never wavered despite the fact Red had an en gine failure taking off from the Chickasha, Oklahoma airport one day; the poor Winnie Mae ended up well splintered in a peach orchard. Looking at the Winnie Mae today, hanging in pristine glory in the National Air and Space Museum, you wouldn't think the old girl ever had so much as a skin blemish. But she had more than her share of mishaps in the relative short span of her flying career. Red Gray remained Wiley's closest friend right up to the fatal accident at Point Barrow, Alaska. When Red and I have one of our rare get-togethers, I can jog his memory and he jogs mine and together, we can re member many incidents about Wiley that escape me now. After all, recalling the details of these occurrences of some fifty years ago is a difficult task. One tends to forget, embellish and distort his own role in things that happened so long ago. I do know that when Red Gray, Ted Colbert and Eddie Ross had been flying for Braniff for some time, Wiley was concerned and not too keen on the future of flying Vegas for Braniff. The pay was irregular and the risks were high. Continental Oil in Ponca City, Oklahoma was in the process of buying, I believe, two Vegas as company planes. Wiley used his influence to get jobs with Continental for all three of his friends. Red and Eddie were with Continental until they re tired, with Red as Chief Pilot. Ted left Continental about 1939 or 1940 to start up an Army Primary Train ing School. When Post and Gatty returned to Oklahoma City for a ticker tape parade after the first flight, I had to sub stitute for the head photographer of the newspaper I worked for. He was suffering from one of his periodic tumbles from the "wagon". My job was to get a shot of the Governor of Oklahoma at the time, Alfalfa Bill Murray, with Post on one side and Gatty on the other. I got them lined up and was fumbling with the Speed Graphic and, I guess, taking more time than the Gover nor thought necessary . Finally he said, "Son, these boys could fly around the world again while you're fid dling with that camera." What I wish we could do, Dave, is instead of me writing all this trivia from my balky memory, would be to get together with Red and Eddie and spend about two days picking their memories of Wiley Post and the Winnie Mae. If we could get to Oklahoma I'm sure Ross would be tickled to come up from Texas and meet us. Between the two lie a wealth of information about Wiley and the Winnie Mae. A pipe dream, maybe but it would be fun and productive. August 15, 1981 is the 46th anniversary of the death of Wiley Post and Will Rogers. Salud, Arch Dixon (EAA 89955) 516 E. Doty Avenue Neenah, WI 54956
REEDSBURG FLY-IN 1981
Story and Photos by
Ted Koston
(EAA 44514, A/e 2186)
38 Le Moyne Parkway
Oak Park, IL 60302
The annual Reedsburg, Wisconsin Fly-In is always well attended and this year was no exception. The April 26, 1981 event attracted over 90 people with 60 air足 planes. Reedsburg is one of eight annual Fly-Ins of the Wisconsin Chapter of AAA. They are one of the most active groups of antiquers in the country and most members are also members of EAA and the Antique/ Classic Division. Following the arrivals , a substantial lunch was served at noon after which a brief business meeting was held. During the meeting, Ed Wegner gave a de足 tailed report on the use of face masks during paint and dope spraying operations. "Newest" antique in the group was William Knight's Waco UPF-7 which he purchased in February, 1981 in Minnesota. Dave Neuser of Manitowoc, Wisconsin flew in with his beautiful green and yellow Stearman sport足 ing the original 220 hp Continental engine it came with
The group poses in front of Dick Martin' s Howard DGA-15P and Tom Rench 's Staggerwlng B17L.
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Ed Wegner, Joe Simandl and Tom Rench In front of Tom's rare 1935 Beechcraft Staggerwlng B17L.
Standing left to right: Kent McMakin, Rockton, IL, Ryan PT 22; Hap Stein, Oconomowoc, WI, Navy N3N-3; Rodney Bardes, Oconomowoc, WI, AT-6; Chuck Faber, Waukesha, WI; Tom Hegy, Hartford, WI, Travel Air 4000; Shelton Boyd, West Bend, WI. Kneeling: Jim Hall, Rockford, IL, '46 T-Craft; Allen Stein, Oconomowoc, WI, N3N-3.
Dick and JoAnn Martin and family with their beautiful Howard DGA-15P.
Tom Hegy, Hartford, WI and his 1929 Travel Air 4000. VINTAGE AIRPLANE 11
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1981 will be a monumental milestone for the Wauke sha Aviation Club, Inc., for fifty years ago on April 23 , 1931 the club was registered with Waukesha County and the state of Wisconsin. A festive dinner and open house is planned for Sep tember 12 and 13 to mark the 50th anniversary of the club and also to honor 74-year-old twin brothers Dale and Dean Crites. Waukesha Airport will be renamed Crites Field at dedication ceremonies on that gala weekend. A banquet on Saturday, September 12 will be at tended by many pioneer aviation guests, including Steve Wittman of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, dean of air racing, homebuilt aircraft and the famous Wittman landing gear. The guest speaker will be Paul Poberezny, Founder and President of EAA. Possibly he will tell some stories about his early days as a flight instructor for the Spring City Flying Service. The open house is scheduled for September 13 and many antique and classic planes will fly in and be on display along with some from the EAA Aviation Muse um's collection. During the open house Dale and Dean Crites will be flying their 1911 Curtiss OX-5 powered Silver Streak, 1929 Waco ASO and 1930 Davis D-1-W. Many thou
(Gene Ch••e Photo)
(W.rren O'Brien Collection)
Dean Crites (EAA 101147, AlC 2248), 303 North West Ave., Waukesha, WI 53186 and his 1929 Waco ASO, NC6930, SIN A14, powered with a Wright J-S. That beautiful wood prop Is a Hamilton.
Several club members flew for Uncle Sam during WW II. Shown here, left to right are Cliff De Witt, Jimmy Bruno and Robert Booth. These three started a flying service at the air port In 1946 called "Captain Jim's Courtesy Air Service".
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(Photos Courtesy of the Author Except as N oted)
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(Gene Chan Photo)
sands of people have seen the Crites brothers perform at air shows, including Dale flying his 1912 Curtiss Pusher "Sweetheart". This plane now rests on its laurels in the EAA Aviation Museum. It would take many books to tell the complete story of aviation in Waukesha County, and the part played by the Waukesha Aviation Club in convincing aviation minded people to build the airport and continually improve the facilities . Over the years the Club has sponsored many air shows and fly-ins to promote avia tion and the airport. Among the most popular events were the annual Father's Day Penny-a-Pound Flights. In recounting the history of aviation in the area, many well known names surface. This is well docu mented in a book, "The History of Aviation in Wauke sha County" by Warren S. O'Brien, writer for the Club on the occasion of their 25th anniversary. O'Brien was a noted photographer and the Club historian. The Club also has an outstanding collection of rare 16mm movies of early air show performances at the Waukesha Airport. The Waukesha Aviation Club, Inc. has published a 50th Anniversary Commemorative Booklet depicting some of its early history and containing many photos and material from members' scrapbooks. These books will be available at the banquet and open house cele brations.
It requires a dedicated ground crew to enable 74-year-old Dale Crites to fly his 1911 Curtiss " Silver Streak". Dale, In helmet and goggles is flanked by Harry Peterson, Bob Fel sing and "Woody" Lund.
(Warren O'Brien Collection)
Photo taken in the early 1930' s of club members Warren O'Brien, Bob Huggins and Charles Guetner. Huggins was the club flight instructor and Guetner was President of the Wauke sha Aviation Club in 1931. Plane is an OX-5 powered Waco 10.
(Warren O'Brien Collection)
Club members Robert Lathrop, left, and Warren O'Brien, ex treme right, greet two of the aerobatic pilots, Miss Ruth Harmon and Gillie Jackson who performed at the dedication of the Waukesha Airport on August 18, 1935. Also present at the festivities was the famous 'round the world pilot, Jimmy Mattern.
(Gene Chase Photo)
Dale Crites (EAA 34160, AIC 470), 804 Ridgewood Drive, Wau kesha, WI 53186 with his 1930 Davis D-1-W, N13546, SIN 304. This plane was originally manufactured as a 0-1-66 (0-1-85) with a LeBlond 5DF, 85 hp, and later converted to a D-1-W with the Installation of a 145 Warner. VINTAGE AIRPLANE 13
(Dale Crites Photo)
Dean Crites and Waco Cabin in 1943 when he was a CAA inspector.
(Warren O'Brien Photo)
Two early race pilots from Waukesha, Graham and Perrin. Can anyone identify the aircraft?
(Dale Crites Photo)
(Photo by Ted Koston In 1969)
Many pilots learned to fly in this Swallow, " Old 244" owned by club member Russell Schuetze in 1930 and 1931. This plane suffered many accidents but was always repaired to fly again. No one was ever seriously injured in these mis颅 fortunes.
Dale Crites flying his Curtiss 路Pusher, "Sweetheart" which is now in the EAA Aviation Museum. This plane was originally owned and flown by John Kaminski. John was the first licensed pilot in Waukesha County and the first to take off and land there.
View taken from East end of field of air circus staged by Waukesha Aviation Club July 19, 1931 on their newly leased "airport",
corner of county trunk "F" and hiway 30. At least 5,000 persons viewed the free show from these wooded slopes.
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This section of The VINTAGE AIRPLANE is ded icated to members and their aircraft projects. We wel come photos along with descriptions , and the proj ects can be either completed or underway . Send material to the editor at the address shown on page 3 of this issue.
This 1941 Taylorcraft Model B12 Deluxe was pur chased in 1970 by Mike Girdley (EAA 78331, A/C 1066), 4 Canturbury Drive, Danville, IN 46122. Mike spent nearly three years doing a partial restoration, then flew it until September, 1980 when the Irish linen would no longer punch. During the next nine months he spent 1175 hours restoring the plane to its present configura tion. It is covered with Razorback and finished with Randolph dope in blue and yellow. This handsome aircraft, registered NC29804, SIN 2652, shows 3554.1 hours total time in its logbook and even though it has had 16 different owners , it has never been based outside of Indiana.
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William Burkey (EAA 148908, A/C 6331) , 1058 Sky line Drive, Moses Lake, WA 98837 , proudly poses with his newly restored Stearman PT-17, N909BB. Bill pur chased the plane four years ago. It was completely dis assembled and he hauled it home in several pickup loads! The restoration work was done during slow times in his business, which is Basin Aircraft Service at the Moses Lake Airport. The wings were completely rebuilt with new spars and ribs, including the addition of upper ailerons with the STC'd kit from Service Aero Engineering, Salinas, California. The fuselage was sandblasted and epoxied. All metal surfaces are painted with Imron. The Ceconite fabric is finished with Randolph colored dope, except the trim paint which is Imron. Bill also rebuilt the 300 hp Lycoming R-680-13 from the bottom up, using fresh chrome cylinders. The pro peller is a Hamilton Standard 2B20 constant speed. First flight was in April of this year and he says it flies great! Bill plaps to make all the local fly-ins with his pride and joy. Jim Younkin (EAA 68509, AlC 1729), 1500 S. Old Mo Road , Springdale, AR 72674, owns this 1930 Stin son SM-8A, NC12143 , SIN 8201 in partnership with the plane's second owner, Lyn Berentz of Independence, KS. Mr. Berenz is 75 years old and maintains a current medical certificate.
REEDSBURG FLY-IN 1981 ... (Continued from Page 11)
from Boeing (Wichita). Dave had been flying the Stear man with a P & W 450 hp engine; we're sure this new configuration will be more economical with the present gas situation! The prize for carrying the most people went to Dick Martin of Green Bay, Wisconsin who flew in with his wife and five children in a Howard DGA-15P. Martin restored his Howard over a four year period and was judged Grand Champion Antique at Oshkosh in 1979. Winner of the "Crosswind Charlie" award. was Ed Wegner of Plymouth, Wisconsin who flew in with his bright red Ranger-powered Fairchild 24. The dedication of this hardy group of individuals, ably assisted by the weatherman, made for a splendid day of.antiquing.
John Hatz's prototype Hatz Biplane flanked by Dennis Akre's 1948 Cessna 140. VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15
Dear Mr. Chase: I am writing to you for help for a project I'm work ing on. I am trying to put together a directory of ex military aircraft based in my home state of Pennsyl vania. That will include not only military types in mu seums and collections, but also "veterans" that are now privately owned. I hope to include all types, from war Editor's Note: We hope the readers of The VINTAGE AIR birds to trainer and liaison types. PLANE can provide some of the information requested by The FAA will help me with lists of currently regis the writers of the following letters: tered airplanes , and the various aviation hi storical groups can help me with the stored museum stuff; but, as you well know, there are quite a few airplanes un registered scattered about the countryside in various states of disrepair. This is where I need the help of my fellow EAA Antique/Classic members. If you can pass on the word through The VINTAGE AIRPLANE, I would be most grateful. In return, the information I receive will be shared with the group, perhaps in the form of an article. What I need to know is where there are ex-military aircraft, of any age, that served with any branch of the armed forces of any country, based in Pennsylvania. Naturally, any information I receive will be treated with the ut most respect and all photos will be returned quickly. Thanks for your assistance in this matter. Sincerely, Archie DiFante (EAA 167030, A/C 6191) 333 Hamilton Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15235
LETTERS
Gentlemen: Enclosed please find a money order for $5.00 for two copies each of the May, 1981 and June, 1981 issues of The VINTAGE AIRPLANE . I enjoyed the two-part article on the Fleet. I have just completed a one-quarter scale model of a 1930 Fleet Model 2. It is radio controlled, powered by a 2 hp Quadra, has an 88" wing span, and weighs 18% pounds. The colors are blue and yellow. The scale Kin ner engine is made up of plywood discs and pattern pine. Enclosed is a photo of the model with my grand daughters, Melissa and Megan Patrowicy who are in terested in aircraft of all types. Sincerely, George W. Dickinson (EAA 110985, A/C 2693) "Millstone" 11 Amwell Road Somerville, NJ 08876
Gentlemen: I have undertaken the process of rest.oring a Kreider Reisner KR-21 B aircraft . I understand that any in formation regarding this aircraft is very limited. I am writing to the EAA Library in hopes that you would have some information such as drawings, prints, sketches, articles, etc. on this aircraft in your files. If so, would you please let me know what you have as I would most appreciate receiving copies or reproduc tions of any kind that would help in this restoration project. I would be more than pleased to pay for these copies of reproductions if you have some material available. Awaiting your reply and thanking you in advance. Yours very truly, R. J. Lickteig
(EAA 71468, AlC 2433)
404 Robin Road
Albert Lea, MN 56007
16 AUGUST 1981
Mr. Santiago's 1935 Fleet with a 165 hp Warner Scarab en gine, photographed in San Felipe, Chile in January, 1981.
Dear Mr. Hardie: I am attempting to research the history of a Fleet Model 16-B (Ser. No. 529) that I purchased recently in the Republic of Chile, South America. The aircraft is currently on its way to the U .S. and final destination of Dunnellon, Florida, where it will be based. Mr. Fred Howard of Denver, Colorado , author of the article, "The Time of the Fleet", which appeared in the May issue of The VINTAGE AIRPLANE, suggested I contact you on this endeavor. Would you be so kind as to provide me with the address of The Antique Airplane Association? Also the address of Consolidated Aircraft Corp. in Buffalo, New York and San Diego, as they may have manu factured this airplane? Or any other person or organiza tion that you feel may provide information regarding this airplane. I'd be very grateful for any leads, suggestions or in formation. Thank you. Ruben E. Santiago (EAA 111493) P .O. Box 986
Dunnellon, FL 32360
Note : The addresses requested above were supplied to Mr. Santiago .
CALENDAR JUNE 1 - SEPTEMBER 1 - MOMENCE, ILLINOIS - Second AIRPLANE NOSTALGIA PHOTO SHOW: Over 400 gallery-mounted 8 x 10 photo graphs of homebuilt, private, commercial , and military aircraft from the 1920's to the 1950's. Admission is free. The Hoosegow Art Gal lery, 106 North Dixie Highway, Momen ce, Illinois 60954. For further information, please contact : Hugh Butterfield (EAA 121478) at the Hoosegow, 815/ 472-4990. AUGUST 1-8 - OSHKOSH , WISCONSIN - 29th Annual EAA Fly-In Convention . It is never too early to start making plans for the world 's GREATEST AVIATION EVENT. AUGUST 7-9 - LEWISTOWN , MONTANA - 4th Annual Montana Chapter AAA Fly-In at Beacon Star Antique Airfield . For further informati on , please conta ct, Frank Bass , Beacon Star Antique Airfield , Star Route, Moore, MT 59464. 406/ 538-7616. AUGUST 7-9 - MOORE, MONTANA - Montana chapter AAA fly-in , Beacon Star Antique Airfield . Contact Frank Bass, Star Road , Moore, MT 59464. 406/ 538-7616. . AUGUST 9 - MENDOTA, ILLINOIS - Fly-in breakfast 7 A.M . till noon in conjunction with the Mendota Sweet Corn Festival. Homebuilts, antiques, and special interest aircraft have separate parking areas . Parade at 1 P.M. Also art show and flea market. Contact Ph il Buland , 804 Sixth Ave., Mendota, IL 61342.815/ 539-6815. AUGUST 9-15 - FOND DU LAC, WISCONSIN - 12th Annual lAC Inter national Championships. AUGUST 9-15 - PORTLAND, OREGON - 13th Annual Convention of The International Cessna 170 Association . For further information , please contact : Robert C. Anderson , 3307 N.E. Academy Avenue , Portland, OR 97200. 503/ 253-3449. AUGUST 16-23 - BLAKESBURG, IOWA - Annual Invitational Fly-In at Antique Airfield . Sponsored by Antique Airplane Association and the Airpower Museum. For information, contact Antique Airplane Association , Inc., Route 2, Box 172, Ottumwa, IA 52501 . 515/ 938 2773. AUGUST 23 - WEEDSPORT, NEW YORK - Fly-In. Antiques, classics and homebuilts welcome. Sponsored by EAA Chapter 486. Whits ford Airport. Pancake breakfast, air show. Field closed 1 :00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. IntermiSSi on for early departures. For further informa tion , please contact: Herb Livingston , 1257 Gallagher Road , Bald winsville, NY 13027. AUGUST 28-30 - COFFEYVILLE, KS - Funk Fly-In. Sponsored by Coffeyville Jaycees. For further information, please contact : George E. Lipe, P.O. Box 372, So. Coffeyville , OK 74072. AUGUST 28-30 - ARLINGTON , WASHINGTON - 12th Annual Arling ton Fly-In . Sponsored by EAA Chapters 26, 84, 404, 441 . North west's largest homebuilVantique event. Camping , meals available. 2061747-2748.
AUGUST 30 - SEPTEMBER 3 - LAS VEGAS , NEVADA - Ameri can Bonanza Society convention and industry exh ibit , MGM Grand Hotel. Contact ABS , Reading Municipal Airport , P.O. Box 3749 , Reading , PA. SEPTEMBER 3-6 - OTTUMWA, IOWA - 8th Annual Antique Airmen Fly-in Reunion at Ottumwa Industrial Airport . All antiques, classics, warbirds, homebuilts, etc. welcome. For further information contact : Gene AldriCh , 515/ 684-4774 or Andy Norton , 515/ 563-2187.
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SEPTEMBER 9-13 - GALESBURG, ILLINOIS - Tenth Annual Stear man Fly-I n at the Galesburg Municipal Airport . Contact Ted McCul lough , 43 Ind iana Ave ., Galesburg , IL 61401. 309/ 342-2298. SEPTEMBER 11-13 - MARION , OHIO - 161h Annual Marion Merfi EAA Fly-In , Marion Municipal Airport. Contact Louis Lendeman , 3840 Cloverdale Road , Medway, OH 45341. 513/ 849-9455. SEPTEMBER 12-13 - GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN - Fly-In sponsored by EAA Chapter 651 . Plainview Airport . Overnight camping. Free meal to pilots arriving in homebuilts or antiques. Contact Dave Frisbee, 414/ 336-3257. SEPTEMBER 12-13 - LOVELAND-FT. COLLINS, COLORADO - 3rd Annual Roc ky Mountain Regional Fly-In at Loveland-Ft. Collins Airport. Sponsored by EAA Chapters 43, 72, 301, 648, 660, 720, lAC Chapters 5, 12, 16 and the Antique Airplane Assn. of Colorado. Contact Bill March, 303/ 986-4398. SEPTEMBER 13 - BOLIVAR, TENNESSEE - Airshow and Tennessee Forest Festival sponsored by Hardeman County Chamber of Com merce. Trophies awarded for homebuilts, antiques, warbirds and ultralights. Airshow features Duane and Marion Cole and Ben Morphew. Conta ct Billy Whitehurst , P.O. Box 376 , Bolivar, TN 38008. 1-800-236-6871. SEPTEMBER 15-20 - RENO , NEVADA - National Championship air races. Contact Floyd Edsall, air race and air show director, P.O. Box 1429, Reno , NV 89505. SEPTEMBER 17-19 - CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA - Silver Wings convention . Contact Haskell Deaton, Box 1822, Charlotte, NC 28218 or National Headquarters, Box 1221 , Harrisburg, PA 17108. SEPTEMBER 18-19 - LOUISVILLE , KENTUCKY - Bowman Field Old-Timers Reunion . Anyone active at Bowman Field prior to 1940 please contact Ed Peck, Reun i on Coordinator, 214 Lynnwood Drive, Jeffersonville, IN 47130. 812/ 944-1028. SEPTEMBER 19-20 - BROOKHAVEN, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK Antique Airplane Club 19th Annual Fly-In. Contact Terry Ferris, 15 Bruce Lane , Farmingdale, NY 11735. SEPTEMBER 25-27 - TAHLEQUAH , OKLAHOMA - 24th Annual Tulsa Fly-In. Antique and experimental aircraft from all over the midwest. Contact J. C. Treager, Rt. I , Box 406, Sand Springs, OK 74063. 918/ 245-6910. OCTOBER 9-11 - ANDERSON , INDIANA - Annual Convention and Fly In sponsored by the International Cessna 120/ 140 Association , Inc. For further information, please contact : Frank Hancock, 3941 West Cross Street, Anderson, IN 46011 . 317/ 643-1593. OCTOBER 16-18 - CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA - Fly-In. Antiques, Classics, Homebuilts, Ultralights, and Warbirds invited . Awards and banquet Saturday night. For further information, contact Geneva McKiernan, 5301 Finsbury Place, Charlotte, NC 28211 . OCTOBER 31 - NOVEMBER 1 - RAMONA AIRPORT, CALIFORNIA EAA Ramona Fly-In . Sponsored by EAA Chapter 14 and San Diego Chapter of the Antique Aircraft Assoc . Rain date November 7-8. Contact Ben W. Hunsaker, 714/ 276-5121 . NOVEMBER 21-22 - MIAMI, FLORIDA - Antique, Classic , and Cus tom Built Exhibit and Fly-In at sixth annual Harvest sponsored by Historical Association of Southern Florida. Located at Tamiami Fairgrounds; Coral Way at 112th Avenue in Miami. Contact Eliza beth Bookout, 305/ 557-5530 or Genie Card , 305/253-3776.
MYSTERY PLANE. This month's Mystery Plane was submitted by Mike Rezich (EAA 510, AIC 2239), 6424 S, LaPorte Avenue, Chicago, IL 60638. There was no identification by read ers of the Mystery Plane on page 25 of the June, 1981 issue of The VIN TAGE AIRPLANE. We do not know the identification of the aircraft so it truly is a mystery at this time. (There was no Mystery Plane in the July issue of VINTAGE) . /
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• EAA Member - $14 .00. In cludes one yea r membership in EAA Antique-Classic Division , 12 monthly issues of The Vintage Airplane and membership card. Applicant must be a current EAA member and must give EAA membership number.) • Non-EAA · Member - $24.00. Includes one year membership in the EAA Antique-Classic Division, 12 monthly issues of The Vintage .A irplane, one year membership in the EAA and separate membership cards . Sport Aviation not included .
• Membership i n the International Aerobatic Club , Inc. is $16.00 annually which includes issues lAC of Sport Aerobatics. All lAC members are required to be members of EAA. ip in the Warbirds of Ameri ca , Inc. is $20.00 per year, which includes a subscription to WARBIRDS • Membersh Warbirds Newsletter. Warbird members are required to be members of EAA. Membership in the EAA Ultralight Assn. is $25.00 per year which includes the Ultralight publication ULTRALIGHT • ($15.00 additional for Sport A"/ation magazine) . For current EAA members only, $15.00, which includes Ultralight publication. 12
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CLASSIFIED ADS ACRO SPORT - Single place biplane capable of un limited aerobatics . 23 sheets of clear, easy to follow plans , includes nearly 100 isometrical drawings , photos and exploded views . Complete parts and materials list. Full size wing drawings . Plans plus 88 page Builder's Manual - $60.00. Info Pack - $4 .00. Super Acro Sport Wing Drawing - $15.00. Send check or money order to: ACRO SPORT, INC., Box 462, Hales Corners , WI 53130. 414/ 425-4860.
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ACRO II - The new 2-place aerobatic trainer and sport biplane. 20 pages of easy to follow, detailed plans. Com plete with isometric drawings, photos, exploded views . Plans - $85.00. Info Pack - $4.00. Send check or money order to: ACRO SPORT, INC., P.O. Box 462, Hales Cor ners, WI 53130.414/425-4860. POSER PIXIE - VW powered parasol - unlimited in low. cost pleasure flying. Big, roomy cockpit for the over six foot pilot. VW power insures hard to beat 3% gph at cruise setting . 15 large instruction sheets . Plans - $45.00. Info Pack - $4.00. Send check or money order to: ACRO SPORT, INC_, Box 462, Hales Corners , WI 53130. 414/ 425-4860. DERRICK INDUSTRIES, INC. - Repair Station 464-6l. Wooden propeller repair and manufacturing. 1565 North Broadway, Stockton, CA 95205. Phone 209/462-738l. WANTED: For my Curtiss Wright Junior restoration, parts or pieces, any condition. Contact Gene Chase at EAA Headquarters, P.O. Box 229, Hal~s Corners, WI 53130. 414/425-4860 or 414/425-8851.
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