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EDITORIAL

STAFF

Publisher

December 1997

Vol. 25, No. 12

CONTENTS

Tom

Poberezny

Editor-in-Chief

Jack Cox

Editor

Henry G, Frautschy

Managing

Editor

Golda

Cox

AriDirector

Mike Drucks

Computer Graphic Specialists

Olivia

L,

Phillip

Nancy

Hanson

Associate Editor

Norm

Petersen

Feature Writer

Dennis

Parks

Staft Photographers

Jim Koepnick LeeAnn Abrams

Ken Lichtenberg

Advertising/Editorial Assistant

Isabelle Wiske

EAA ANTIQUE/CLASSIC DIVISION, INC,

OFFICERS

President

Vice-President

Espie "Butch Joyce

George Daubner

P,O,

Box

35584

2448 Lough

Lane

Greensboro.

NC 27425

Hartford. WI

53027

910/393-0344

414/673-5885

Secretary

Treasurer

Steve Nesse

Charles

Harris

2009

Highland Ave.

7215 East

46th SI.

Alberl Lea.

MN

5tI.1J7

Tulsa.

OK 74145

flJ7/373-1674

918/622-a400

DIRECTORS

John Berendt

Gene Monis

7645 Echo Point

Rd,

5936 Steve Court

Cannon Falls. MN 55009

Roanoke. TX

76262

flJ7/263-2414

817/491-9110

Phil Coulson

Robert C. "Bob" Brauer

28415 Springbrook

Dr.

9345

S Hoyne

Lawton. MI 49065

Chicago. IL 60620

616/624-6490

312/779-2105

John

S,

Copeland

55 Oakey Av,

Joe Dickey

1A Deacon Street

Lawrenceburg.

IN

47025

Northborough. MA

01532

812/537-9354

508/842-7867

Sian

Gomoll

7724 Shady

Hill Dr.

Dale A

Gustafson

104290th

Lane.

NE

Indianapolis. IN

46278

Minneapolis.

MN

55434

317/293-4430

612/784-1172

Jeannie

Hili

1708 Bay Oaks Dr,

P.O, Box 328

Albert

Lea

. MN

5tI.1J7

Robert Uckteig

Harvard.

IL 60033

flJ7/373-2922

815/943-7205

Dean

Richardson

Robert D.

"Bob"

Lumley

6701 Colony Dr.

1265SouIh 124thSt,

Madison. WI

53717

Brookfield. WI

53005

414/782-2633

lC News

4 Aeromail

5 AlC Volunteers/Trish Dorl

ac

10 What

ur

Members

Are RestoringiNo

rm

Petersen

Page 13

22

1998 Type Club List

Page

19

26

Pass I t To BucklE.E. "Buck" Hi

lb

e

rt

13 The Buhl Sport Airsedan

H.G. Frautschy

19

More EAA Oshkosh '97

21 Mystery PlaneH.G. Fraut

sc

hy

28 Welcome New Members

29

Membership Information/Calendar

32

Antique/Classic Merchandise

Page

32

FRONT

COVER.

, , The

only flying

Buhl

CA-3D/E Sport

Airsedan

is pi

l

oted

over

eastern Minnesota by retired

Northwest

Airlines Captain Harry Thibault, This

is

the original airplane used by Packard Motors

to

flight test their diesel aircraft

engine in 1930, The Buhl is

owned by Greg

Herrick 's Yellowstone

Aviation

and

is

part of

the

Golden Wings

Flying

Museum

, EAA photo

by

Jim

Koepnick

.

shot

with a

Canon

EOS-l n

equipped with an

80 -200

mm

lens,

1/250

sec, @ l l on

100 ASA slide

film

,

EAA

Cessna 210 photo plane f lown by EAA 's Di

rector

of

Flight Operations. Joe Schumacher.


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A/C

NEWS

compiled by H.G. Frautschy

ABOUT

THAT

BACK

COVER

Glen Winterscheidt's

oi

l painting "Four

hours

Out"

was picked as

the Antique/C

las-

sic theme win ner in thi s yea rs Sport

Aviation Art Comp etition. H

ere's

what

Glen

had

to

say regar

din

g the s

ubj

ect:

he Pan American Airwaysflights

to the Orient

in

these magnificent Bo

e-

ing

flying

boats

represented

great

adventure to a farm boy from Kansas

back

in

the 1930's. This truly was The

Golden

Age of

Aviation. " During my

service in the Navy, we flew PBM s

from

San Diego to Japan, (with

four

stops en route) reinforcing myappreci-

ation for these transpacific pioneers.

Always interested in drawing

airplanes and other forms of transporta

tion, Glen spent five years as a PBM

pilot. Then he returned to school to be

come an automobile designer (stylist).

He spent 32 years in auto design with

General Motors, retiring

in

1989. He re

turned to San Diego after his retirement.

"Four

Hours

O

ut

" has been sold to a

private co llector, but yo u can contact

Glen regarding his paintings by writing

him at 5738

Del

Cerro

Blvd.,

San

Diego, CA. 92120.

EAA

PT-3

PROJECT MOVING

FORWARD

One of the winter projects under way

In

the

EAA

Air Adventure Museum shop

Is

the restoration of a

Consolidated PT-3, the primary trainer that was

In use by

the U. S. military until it was replaced

by

the

Stearman

In

the late 1930s. Under the direction of

EAA

Founder

and

President

Paul Poberezny and

lead

mechanic Gary Buettner (above, working

on

the new upper wing center section) , the project should

be

completed

by

the spring of '

98

, but there are a few items

needed

to complete the restoration. First, a

Hamilton Standard 5404

Hub

is

needed

, or, if possible, a complete

Ham

Standard

prop

, model

Nos.

5006/ SB1.o or J-5404.

Also

needed

are a pair of bucket style airplane seats, similar to the

ones used In

the Waco

UPF-7. The

exact model is not critical, but

it Is

desirable that both seats match.

If

you can

supply the

above

items for

use In

the restoration of the PT

-3,

which will

be used

for flight dis

plays at

EAA

's Pioneer Airport, please contact

Gary

Buettner

via Gordy

Selke's phone number at

EAA

's

Cessna Restoration Center,

920/4264854.

REVISED MEMBERSHIP

SERVICES PAGE

EAA ha s always been recognized as a

leader in providing services

to th

eir mem

bers. To make it easier for

yo

u, the EAA

Antique/Class ic member, to access the

many programs and benefits avai lable to

you with your EAA and Antique/Clas

sic membership,

we've

added a

Membership Services

Dir

ec

tory, located on page 29.

We're

sure you'll find it helpful

FOREIGN

POST

AGE

revise the charge we must add to Divi

sion membership . Effective January 1

1998 the cost for foreign postage will

increase one dollar, for a charge of$7.

If you 're already an EAA member, the

cost for foreign membership in the An

tique/Classic Division is $34.

AD

NOTES

I t

has been a busy time for the EAA

Government Affairs office EAA has

drafted and sent and opinion regarding

Hartzell

Propeller propo sed

AD

96-ANE-40, the AD affecting Hartzell


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VINTAGE

AeroMaiI

CONTACT

DearH.G.

I sure enjoyed the Buck Hilbert article

on hand propping

in

the September

'97

issue of Vintage Airplane. Now I know

why we used certain procedures with

the "old ships."

May I recommend the word con

tact"? We used to call

Brakes,

then

pull the prop hub to check the brakes,

then call "Contact " since switch on and

switch off sound

so

much

alike in a

noisy airport environment.

Cordially,

Charley Hayes

AlC 6289

OX-5 Club 471

New Lenox, IL

Dear Charlie,

I agree - "Conta

ct is

a better word

to

use

in

this operation. CFI Gene Chase

patiently explained the reasons for its use

during my BFR a couple ofyears back, I

ju

st let it slip by in Buck's column.

It also should be used as the confir-

mation

by

the person in the

cockpit,

instead

of

"Hot.

"

"Hot" sound an awful

lot like "Not " or "Wha

t?

" in the noise

ofan airport. the prop swinger hollers

"Contact " and the pilot responds with

"Con tact, " both understand clearly

what the situation

is

Propping accidents

continue to plague general aviation, and

we all

need to

take a

more

proactive,

professional approach to the situation i f

Brossy, who flew the Packard-Diesel

powered Bellanca when they set

the

endurance record in 1931 .

If

you have access

to

the

internet,

you

might

like to visit my

website.

Among other things, it has several

pictures of the Buhl and the Bellanca.

T he a

dd

ress is:

http://home.earthlink.netl'''falphcooper/

index.htm

My e-mail is:

[email protected]

You

will soon

realize that [

am

just an

amateur

as far as

producing

a website , but I think you will enjoy

the

photos

and the text for

their

intrinsic value.

Very truly yours,

Ralph S Cooper, D.V.M.

Pasadena, CA

MORE

R

OBIN INF

O

The letter by Robert C Wylie, pub

lished in the October, 1997

issue of

Vintage Airplane,

under

the heading Alaska

Robin History, really rang

my bell. When the name of

John Cullen was mentioned,

and that he flew NC922K

into Wausau

, WI

several

times in 1938, it released a

flood of memories.

I was a 16-year-old high

small house on cold winter days, and he

had

two small daughters. He was

always good natured and very tolerant

of

the kids, including myself, who hung

around his dad's pasture (airfield), and

later at the new county

airport.

f he

were alive today , he would be aston

ished

that he was mentioned in a

publication such as Vintage Airplane

magazine. I look back at John as a real

aviation pioneer. He built some of his

own equipment, including skis.

Alaska Robin 922K

was not

owned by

John

, as far as I

know

. I

believe it was owned at the time by a

friend

of his who owned

the leading

tavern in the town of Medford. I lost

track

of

John and the airplanes he flew

when

i

moved

away to

Hudson,

WI

with my parents.

Sincerely,

Gene Pfeiffer

AlC 24410

Fremont, CA
http://home.earthlink.netl%27%27%27falphcooper/http://home.earthlink.netl%27%27%27falphcooper/http://home.earthlink.netl%27%27%27falphcooper/mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]://home.earthlink.netl%27%27%27falphcooper/mailto:[email protected]


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ANTIQUE/CLASSIC

1997-"Yearof th Volunteer"

by PATRICIA

TRISH

DORLAC

Photos by Jack McCarthy and Trish Dortac

Great thanks to chief Antique/Classic volunteer photographer

JACKMCCARTHY

for contributing his photos and expertise. He spent time this

summer

trying to

educate a photographer wannabe (me) in the ways

of

how to operate a camera,

generously loaned to the Division during

the Convention by Canon USA. He is a

great instructor. I do not know how he

would rate his student, but I hope

to

con-

tinue under his tutelage next year

All

of

the folks you see here on these

pages volunteer their time in some way

to the EAA Antique/Classic Division -

Thanks to all who help put together this

wonderful event

Edna Viets and Linda Chen, part of

the mug distribution and Participation

photo plaque assembly line.

Some

of

the

IC

Security team, (left

to

right) Jo nne Fox,

Dave

"Hlghspeed" Beltz, Nancy Beltz,

Tim Fox

and Bob Hunt.

Norma and Butch Joyce take a moment during the

convention

to

be together!


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More of the Operation Thirst crew, lois

Angle, Sara Forest and Pat Franke.

Front row

(left to

right) : Kathy McGurran,

Mike

Kosta,

Russell Kent

and Dave

Smlth .. .Back Row (left to right):

Wally Lange , Dan Meade and Tom Taylor.. .Just a few more

reasons flight line operations

run so

smoothly!

Warm welcomes and Information free here

...

one

Shallbetter, Sandy Perlman

and

Jeannie Hili

at

their

post In the Red Bam.

Pat

and Carl

Tortorlge

two of the most

Steve Whelan does not

need

the computer

to

check aircraft dates when Art Maynard Is

around If It flies, Art knows It!


9/36Red Barn

utton

Lady, Sue Trovllilon

helps

with

pizza disbursement

at the

Jack McCarthy helps record

Oshkosh

memories for the future

left to right) Charlie Kaminski, Steve

Whelan,

and

Phillip Blake confer at

Classic Point.

Point

man

Mike Kosta, with a great background

Mister Mulligan and the Mullicoupes taxi

by

...Jlm

Younkin and

Bud

Oake's most recent contribu-

tion

to

aviation.

Anna Osbom and Ruthle Classen ... wo very good

reasons

to

sign up

to

volunteer

Parade of Flight chairman,

Steve Nesse directs

yet


10/36

Charlie Harris Interviews Bud Dake

and

Jim Younkin with

Jim 's beautiful Mister Mulligan replica In front of the Red

Bam In his "Interview Circle"!

A rare shot of Charlie Harris, Gene Morris, and

Phil Coulson off of the flight line!

We all rest peacefully knowing that

our security Is

In

the hands of such

flne folks as Tim Fox

and Dave

Beltz!

Bob Lumley (AKA the "Biscuit King"),

and Gloria Beecroft discuss changes

around the

Red

Bam .


11/36

How

many bikers DOES It take to p rk a blpianel?1

Denny Gnalzenga and

one

of his excellent biker crews.

Vintage Airplane editor H.G. Frautschy demon-

strates one of the side benefits of his job. A

Workshop Tent activities keep

bird

's

eye

view of the entire

IC

area! That everyone

up

to

date

on

both old

Mayville lift comes in pretty handy!

and new techniques.

Antique Classic Officers

and

Directors in a VERY rare moment at

Oshkosh

..

.all sitting down and all in one place!!

Edna Vlets,

Nancy

Glppner and Ruth

Coulson

enjoy a visit together.

Fabulous faces

you

might have

seen at

Oshkosh

this

year

Volunteers who worked hard

to

help make this year's conven-

tion wonderful

and

memorable

Future aviators enjoy the "KIDDY HAWK," yet

for all of

us!

another

project IC volunteer Bill Marcy


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WH T

OUR MEMBERS

RE

RESTORIl'IG

y Norm Petersen

Off

to a new home,

th

e

ZiebelllBre

nnand

C

es

sna 175

Pictured

as it l

eaves the Vette

Seaplane Base at Oshkosh for the last

time is Cessna 175, N6577E, SIN 56077,

mounted on a set of Aqua 2400 floats. A

well-known resident at the seaplane base

for nearly twenty years, the 175 was

converted

to a 180

Lycoming with

a

constant-speed prop

and

mounted

on

2400 Aqua floats by Aly Ziebell and Bill

Brennand of

Oshkosh .

Since being

certified on floats, the pretty four-placer

has made yearly fishing trips into Canada

with excellent results and stories that

know no end In addition, the Cessna has

provided countless seaplane rides over

the many years

and

introduced

many

newcomers to the wonderful world

of

seap lanes. Aly Ziebell, who has been

awarded several really nice plaques for

outstanding service to the seaplane fly-ins , will now concentrate on getting his

Piper 1-4 Cub Coupe going on Edo 1320 floats. Bill Brennand, the originator of the

Vette (formerly Brennand) Seaplane Base and a recipient

of

a like number

of

award

plaques, will continue with the Stinson Trimotor and other aviation interests. The

new home for the Cessna 175 on floats will be Lake Norman, North Carolina,

where George Wilson and crew will be enjoying seaplane flying at its very best.

Aly Ziebell, on the left, shakes hands with new

owner, George Wilson, in the cente

r

On the right

is Reed Wilson, George s cousin, who helped fly

the seaplane back

to

North Carolina.

Harold Hall's Cessna 140

This photo of a 1947

Cessna

140,

NC2574N, SIN 12833, was sent in by

owner Harold Hall (EAA 520329) of

Larned

,

Kan sas

.

Harold purchased

and Harold says

it flies

beautif

u

lly

.

Sharp-eyed readers will note the origi

nal micarta mast for the low-frequency

antenna sticking

up

above

the

cabin

roof and the original wheel covers on

the 6:00 X 6 wheels.

(79th

Fighter

Group) earning a DFC,

five Air Medals and a Purple Heart. He

currently enjoys a valid third class med

ical at age 77.


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Robert Freudigman's

H

Tiger Moth

Finished

off in

British fighting

colors, complete with roundels and fin

flash,

is

this 1942 DeHavilland DH-82A

Tiger Moth, N8692,

S N

T -7148, owned

by Robert Freudigman

of

4556 E Lake

Rd., Livonia, NY, 14487. The neat two

place biplane

is

powered with

a

DeHaviliand Gypsy Major

1 C

inverted

four-cylinder engine

of

145 hp and the

entire airplane has been recovered with

Ceconite 101. One of only 86

Tiger

Moths on the U. S registry, this particu

lar jewel is for sale according to Robert.

For details, ca ll him at 716-346-3222

and tell im Norm sent you.

Curt Drumm's

Stearman N2S-3

This peaceful evening photo

of a 1943

Navy

N2S-3 Stear

man,

NI066N,

SIN 75-5293

was sent

in

by owner, Curt

Drumm (EAA 374143)

of

Manitowoc, WI, who purchased

the Stearman from longtime

EAAer and

A /C

judge, Bill

John so n (EAA 242041, A /C

9211)

of

Antigo, WI. Restored some years ago (1987)

by Chuck Andreas

of

Neenah, WI, the pretty "AN yel-

low" biplane was featured on the

EAA

Merchandise


14/36

Ken Rudisel s Cessna 120

on floats

a

former

trophy winner at

the

EAA

Oshkosh Splash-In and makes for a real

performer with the lightweight 120 air

frame and a big Lycoming for power.

Featuring

an

outstanding

paint

scheme on both aircraft and floa ts is 135 hp swinging a

big

seaplane pro

this Cessna 120, N3161N, SIN 13419,

peller. Owned and flown by Ken

mounted on a set of Edo 1650 floats and

Rudisel (EAA 242720, AC 27386) of

powered with a Lycoming 0-290-D2 of

Williamsburg, MI, the pretty Cessna is

Bill Rose s

Ryan STM-S2

on Edo floats

In what could be one

of the rarest combina

tions

in

the world is this

1941

Ryan STM-S2,

NC17343, SIN 458, be

ing mounted on a set of

Edo 47-1965 floats in

William (Bill) Rose's


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16/36

noted aero engineer Alfred Verville, and

was issued A.T.C. No . I . The airplane?

The Buhl-Verville Airster, powered by a

Wright

J4

Verville had plans for other

de

signs, and when he and Buhl decided

it

was best ifthey parted ways, Verville sold

his interest in the company back to Buh .

An imaginative engineer who had worked

with Verville in the Engineering Division

of the Air Service would come to Buh after

Verville recommended him for the posi

tion . Ettienne Dormoy, whose fanciful

"Dormoy Bathtub" very light airplane of

1924 had captured the hearts of many avia

tion tinkerers, was a very capable designer,

cabin for both the passengers and pilot.

Over the next five years the Buh Airsedan

line was refined and built in a variety

of

s

izes

,

from the

little 3-place Junior

Airsedan, powered by a 110 hp Warner,

all the way up to the 8-place, Wright Cy

clone powered Senior Airsedan ,

the

CA-8A.

Records

were set with

various

models of the Airsedan too.

One

of

the infamous Dole Derby en

trants

was

a

modified Airsedan named

Miss Doran, after the passenger on the

flight, Mi ldred Doran. Pi loted by Auggie

Pedlar with v.P. Pope as the navigator, the

Airsedan managed

to

get in the air while

it

was overloaded to nearly 5,000 Ibs. Their

didn't

last long.

Nobody was

just

sitting

around

waiting for

the

other

fellow

to

do

something

two weeks later,

the St.

Louis Harry

Th

ibault retir

ed

Northwe

st

Airlines pilot has been spend ing

Robin hung up

time recently putting his consum-

there for a

total

mate skil ls

to

work fly ing

of

420 hours

many

of

the old airplanes in the

A month later,

Yellowstone Aviation Coilecti on

Eventually a

new

home t he

Nick

B.

Mamer

Golden Wings Flying Museum will

p iloted the Buhl

be

bu

ilt to house this collection

CA-6

Airsedan

one

of

the most

unique groups of

dubbed

the

airplanes ever assembled.


17/36

This nickel-plated throttle quadrant, one of two

installed in the airplane by Air France when the

Buhl was converted back to a Wright engine, has

been maintained as part of

the

historical legacy of

the "Packard Buhl."

late 1920s. One

of

the major players in the

automotive world was the Packard Motor

Co., and for many years they had also had

profitable business building aero engines.

A brilliant engine designer,

L

M. Woolson

worked for Packard on a special project

he

championed within the company, a diesel

radial engine.

Woolson

was

convinced

that the diesel, which had enjoyed some

success in the automotive industry, was

perfect for aviation

if

the engine was being

built specifically for that purpose. Inter

estingly, the FAA and NASA also seem

to feel the same way, with new initiatives

made recently to stimulate the production

of

a modem diesel engine.

Some 100 airplanes were flown with

pre-production Packard diesel engines as

the engine was being considered for pro

duction. One

of

the airplanes purchased

for use by Packard was a brand new Buhl

Airsedan, model CA-3D, sin 57 and regis

tered as NC-845I . Beautifully fmished in

black, with bright gold wings and letter

clear dope, but nowadays you'll find brass

or other gold-like metals used to make up

the "gold" paint. The original paint on this

Buhl was indeed go ld, as were many of

the airplanes built by Buhl.

Packard used the Buhl for testing until

it was sold February 27, 1931 to Aeroposta

Argentina. Within the Packard company,

interest in the diesel had flagged since the

untimely death

of its

designer,

L. M.

Woolson. Woolson had been killed in an

airplane accident, not

re

lated

to

the diesel

engine. Even larger companies who saw

their profits erode in the aftermath

of

the

October 1929 Stock Market Crash had

to "pull in their horns" and concentrate

on business ventures that would quickly

realize income, rather than drain on a l-

ready strained resources. With Woolson ' s

death, any life in the Packard aviation

diesel engine was soon gone, and the en

gine never made it into production.

The Buh 's sale and export to Argentina

would once again put the airplane in the

spotlight. After its arrival in the country,

Aeroposta Argentina had Air France re

Airsedan over on its back, ending its flying

days in Argentina.

Many

years later, in

1987, the son of the Argentine owner let

it

be known that the airplane was available

for purchase.

By

1989, a deal had been

made, and the bits and pieces that made

up the Buh Airsedan were headed back to

the USA.

Before he could get the project started,

the man who bought the Airsedan passed

away, leaving it to lie

in

a pile in the comer

of

a building. Later, after ownership had

\

The instrument panel is just as it appeared over 60 years

ago when the airplane was exported

to

Argentina after

serving as one of the Packard diesel engine demonstra

tors in 1930. The Star Pathfinder compass is there, along


18/36

of the Buhls that still existed, but this

project was far from complete. When

contacted

about the remains of the

airplane, Greg was told to make n offer,

or

it wou ld most likely end up in the

county landfill

The offer was accepted, and Greg had

the project hauled up to Minneapolis,

MN to Dan White and the restorers at

HO Aircraft in Anoka. Taking stock of

what was there, the crew discovered that

many important pieces were in place,

including most of the control systems

and complicated horizontal tail trim

mechanism (Greg says it looks husky

enough to raise and lower the flood gates

work on this partic

ular Airsedan, Greg

called

Sue

Lurvey

in

the EAA Aviation

Foundation s

Boe

ing Aeronautical

Library, and asked

if the collection had

any photos

of a

CA -3D Airsedan.

After doing

some

research, Sue came

back to

Greg with

the news that there

were some glass

plate negatives

in


19/36

normally found

on

the factory blueprints.

You

can

also

benefit

from those who may

have already gone down that road before

you. A visit with Ed Marquart helped

fi ll

in

some details for both men and their

projects. t was al

so

fortunate that Greg

LeeAnn Abrams

was

able to obtain a complete

set o prints for all

o

the

Airsedans,

and

he eve n ma

n

aged to come up with a few

parts for a Buhl Senior

Airsedan. Who knows what

the future holds?

The photos

and

blu eprints

would

prove invaluable during

the restoration, especiall y

wh

en

the final details were

added to the finish . As the

paint on the sheet metal near

the engine

was

removed, the

unmistakable outlines

o

the

words Packard Diesel Air-

craft Engines appeared in

gold, just as they appeared in

the photos. t turns out the photos

in

the

Worthington co

ll

ection were the same

shots that had been taken in California by

Packard

for

publicity purposes. The letter-

ing was

later duplicated exactly, thanks

to

the photos and the original paint.

Neat little pieces that were part

o

the

airplane's history were still

in

place. When

the airplane

was

imported

into

Argentina,

at

the time o the engine replacement, a

pair of beautifully machined nickel-plated

throttle quadrants were installed. A sharp

looking Scintilla magneto sw itch was

in

stalled

in

Argentin

a and an

added bonus

of the

time

the

airp

lane

spent in

Argentina

were the very comp lete records Greg was

able to obtain

from the

family of

the Argen

-

tinean owner. For many antique airplanes

in

the US

a portion of their records may be

missing, since a fire many years

ago in

a

FAA

warehouse destroyed thousands

o

records. But the Argentine family had

kept copies o it a

ll

, including the CAA

records which were included with the

The fall harvest has ye t

to

come

to the

Minnesota

comflekl below Hany Thibault and the Buhl CA 3Dj E

Airsedan. The lower wing

on

the Airsedan series

started

out at nearly

the

same size as the upper

wing

but

as

the

design evolved t became more

of

a structur al neces sity than an aerodynamic one.

A biplane is referred

to

as a sesquiplane when one

set of wings is less than half the area

of

the other.


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(Right and below) Packard diesel engine designer

L.

M. Woolson (left) and Packard pilot Walter M.

Lee

s pose in front of Buhl Airsedan NC-8451.

The

Packard Sedan in the lower photo was add ed in

these

pu

bli

city

sho

ts

done for Packard in

193

.

airplane at the time

of

its export. Those

copies, at the time

of

importation, were

laboriously hand copied in longhand

penmanship

Early

on

in

the

process

it

became obvi

ous

that it would

be

unreasonable

to

expect

to

install a Packard diesel engine

on

the

Buhl, if it were to

be

flown . First

of

all,

they were very rare, even back in

1930.

Greg has been told

by

a

man who has done

scrap of fabric here and a paint color

there, conftrming

the

black and gold color

scheme,

and the

type of fabric

used

in

the

interior upholstery. The photos helped

fill

in too . Mounted in the top

of

the cabin

ceiling is a dome light, the same

one

used

extensive research

on

the Packard diesel

engine that

he

was pretty sure Packard

made

only about 25 engines. Along with

the engine, a special propeller incorporat

ing shock absorbing features was also

needed

,

and

few

ofthose

still exist.

There's

also the story

of

how the pilots

of

he BuhI,

after a

long

cross-country

to

Florida behind

the

diesel,

had to

throw

their clothes

away

because the diesel smell just wouldn't

go

away A longer exhaust stack soon ap

peared

on the airplane after that episode.

The decision was made to install a

Wright Whirlwind

and

Hamilton Standard

ground-adjustable propeller, just

as

the

airplane appeared when Packard bought

the airplane . To honor its historical her

itage , the Packard logo was maintained.

Other clues for the restoration were

in

many automobil

es.

After searching for

one just like it and buying four that were

close, but

not

exactly

it,

Greg happened to

find out who the origina l manufacturer

was

of

the dome light. Amazingly, that

same manufacturer

is

still making that

same dome light in Detroit,

and

has done

so

since 1928

The instrument pane l and cockpit were

reproduced in exact detai l, right down to

the Bulldog clip screwed onto the top

of

the

panel,

and the Star

Pathfmder compass.

A clock-style hour meter adds to the

am

bience of a Golden

Age

cabin sesquiplane,

and the flip-forward copilot's seat

is

a

quaint reminder that sometimes conces

sions must be made for strength and the

convenience of

the

passengers.

With

much

of the research work com

pleted

(does it ever

really

end?) Dan

White

and Amy Green, were able

to

get into

the

restoration of the Buhl. Covered with Dacron

fabric,

it is

fmished

in

black

with gold

paint,

and

yes, it is real

gold

paint, made specially

in

Europe

at

the

unreal

price

of

$400 per

gal

Ion

You

can bet they did their best

to be

sure

and

get it right the first time.

Finished in the late spr i

ng

of 1997,

Col. Joe

Kittinger

flew NC

-

8451 on

its

first

flight in almost 60 years, and we have

Harry Thibault to thank for flying the

Buhl CA-6DIE E

is

the model

designation

with the Packard diesel installed)

to EAA

Oshkosh for all of us

to

enjoy. Parked

alongside

its

new stable

mate

,

the

one and

only remaining Cunningham Hall

PT

-6F,

the airplanes drew crowds all week

long.

Thanks

to

Greg Herrick and The folks

at

Aircraft for their efforts in keeping a


21/36

As many of us start our winter hiberna-

tion, and perhaps do a bit of ski flying,

these images of airplanes and people

from

this

year's Convention will help

Lee nn Abrams

warm us up

(Above) Just pulling the landing gear

up

during takeoff

is

this nicely customized

Grumman

H1J.16

"Albatross,"

N44RD,

SIN 137932, flown to

Oshkosh by

veteran seaplane pilot,

Reid

Dennis

EAA

319374 AIC

21597) of Woodside, CA. Reid 's Grumman Mallard, N2945, which he has previously

flown

to

Oshkosh, is painted in a similar grey and blue paint scheme.

(Below) Here's a couple that will warm

your hearts whenever

you

see them.

Jerry

and Lucy

Coigny of Miramonte,

CA have

owned this same Beechcraft Bonanza

most of their married lives, and you'd be

hard pressed to find a more

original

Classic airplane that has never been

restored

Honeymooners

since they

eloped in July, 1939 while

they

both

worked for Luscombe. Jerry was

on

the

road, and

Lucy was

Don

Luscombe's sec

retary. This past summer they celebrated

their 58th wedding anniversary.

(Below) Jerry

Cox and

Scott

Rose

of Matoon, IL

have

been

enjoying the cross-country capabilites of their

Luscombe 8F.

They had it

at

Sun

'n

Fun

earlier this

year, and then were up at the

EAA

Convention in


22/36

(Below)

Taxiing by at EAA

Oshkosh 97 is this sharp looking

Waco UPF-7, NC32084, S N

5716,

flown by longtime EAAer, Loel

Crawford (EAA 51333,

AIC 13817

of La Follette, TN. Complete with

engine cowling, wheelpants and a

white paint scheme with red and

black trim, the 1941 Waco

ran

off

with

the Customized

Aircraft

Champion Award in the Antique

class. Congratulations, Loell This

UPF-7

came

off

the

line

right

behind Dick

Wagner s UPF-7 ,

NC32083,

S N

5715.

Norm Petersen

Left

and Below)

Have your

Cub Bronzed

We

missed

it

during Convention, but

caught

up a

month later with

this

sparkling Piper

1-2

Cub which belongs to

Dick

and

William Wagner of Lyons, WI.

The lettering on the inside of the door

explains the eye popping paint scheme.

It

was

photographed in the early morning

l ight during the Midwest Ant ique


23/36

Oh boy, these are fun

Thanks to the prolific

John Underwood, Glendale,

CA,

we

have

this

The September Mystery Plane was

just

a bit

of

a sturn per,

though not

as

bad as the one in October - we still

have yet to get a

answer

on that one!

We have the collection of Lt. Col.

Boardman

C.

Reed (ret.)

of

Brownsville,

CA to thank for it. As a

youngster of

IS years of age, he took the photo and

over

these 69 years he has

saved

the

negative until it was published for you

in

the pages

of

Vintage Airplane. Our

thanks to Boardman and R.

S.

Stevens,

who printed the negative, for the Sep

tember Mystery Plane. "Okay, so what

is it?", I hear you clamoring. ! ' lliet

member Richard Sanders Allen, Lewiston

ID

answer that question:

The appearance

of

the tail number

made this airplane easy to identify.

Enclosed is a copy

of

my abstract on

R

eg.

# 932from the inactive records of

the

DoC

ICAA IFAA.

Today's

slang,

jargon and use

of

language has given

this old airplane an unfortunate name.

It s

a Schmuck!

The abstract sent by Richard shows

the airplane

was

registered as the

snazzy parasol-winged monoplane for the December

Mystery Plane.

Answers need to be

in no

later than January

2S, 1998

for inclusion

in

the March issue of Vintage Airplane.

We appreciate

the

notes and potential Mystery

Planes

we have

received

from

members

so far, and

would love to continue to add to our list so

we

can con

tinue to enjoy this feature. If you do have an airplane

you'd

like to submit, please send a photograph (xero

graphic copies don't print well) of your submission at

the address at the end

of

this articl

e.

by H.G. Frautschy

was completed September 9, 1927. It

had

a

wingspan

of

34

ft.

and was

24 feet long. Later,

it

was sold to Joseph

A.

Willard, Alhambra, CA, with a new

registration noted

2/23129. It

was re

ported permanently

dismantled

in

renamed Monarch Airport) on Telegraph

Rd. Lennart found seven registrations

for the production version of the bi

plane, by then named the Monarch

ll were OX-S powered.

February, 1930.

Lennart Johnsson , Eldsvberga,

Sweden, wrote to fill in the detail s of

the production run

of

the OX-S pow

ered biplane. He quoted Hatfield 's "Los

Angeles Aeronautics 1920-1929" which

mentioned the location

of

the Schmuck

factory. The two brothers, Edward and

Charles, located their airplane manufac

Serial

No.

Reg. No.

Model Year Built

2 7661

Monarch 2 1928

3 7776 Monarch 2

1928

4

396 Monarch 2

1928

5 723K Monarch

1929

Uglrt Commercial

6 112N Monarch A

1929

7

357V Monarch A 1930


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1998B Antique Classic

TYPE CLU LIST

This list of Type Clubs should be the

most accurate compilation we've ever pub

lished. For the past three years, we have

sent each Type Club a postage paid post

card confirming their listing.

This

year,

over 60 clubs chose to respond by sending

back the card we se

nt

them. Unfortunately,

40 didn t respond, and some have not re

sponded in a number

of

years. Those clubs

have

been

removed from the list, sin

ce

they

ap pa

rently

are

now inactive or no

longer exist. Any group who did not return

their card this year is marked with a . You

may wish to contact them regarding cur

rent dues/subscription information.

If you have changes related to your

Type Club

li

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tailing with your listing exactly as it will

appear

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Oshkosh, WI 54903-3086, or E-mail it to

[email protected].

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1436

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by

E.E. Buck Hilbert

M

#21

le

5

P.O. Box

424,

Union IL 60180

First Flight fter 49

ears

"I'm a

little apprehensive,"

I

confessed.

"Well, then fll take it up "

Brian stated

pos

itively. "Good idea," was

my

reply. My

reasoning

was

that

I wasn't

acquainted with

this

field, didn't

have

a clue as

to

what

the

terrain

(read forced

landing) offered,

and,

besides, this project had languished for

some

49 years and after

restoration

and fi

nally, with all the "bugs" out of it, was ready

to fly.

Who

wouldn't be apprehensive?

The last time this airplane flew was

1948. This is hearsay

and

I can't

authenti

cate it because all the principals are

deceased. I had acquired this machine

from the

former

Global Air

Shows'

inven

tory after "Duke" Kashner passed away

and Martha from Cherry Valley, Ohio

decided

to

sell everything.

t was one of

six

airplanes Bill Ross and I bought back

in

the

late

seventies.

Martha

showed me

pictures

of the C-3

PaSSitto

Bucl{

to various shopping

mall grand

openings.

They would trailer a Waco, a Meyers

OTW and

the C-3 to

these

events, assem

ble them for display, and

do

autographs

and pictures

for

interested bystanders. I

never had the opportunity to see their

displays, but I'll bet they made quite an

impression. Martha retired after "Duke"

became terminal,

and

passed away about

a

year

after

she

sold us

the

airplanes .

But let's

get

back with

the

story

of this

little

C-3.

There

were two

of them in

the package,

along with a derelict Fairchild 22 that

once belonged

to

Charlie Woerner

from

Geneva,

Ohio. As a matter

of fact,

Charlie

was the

last

one

to

fly

that "22" when

the

Gypsy

shelled out

and they went

through

a ditch during a forced landing in the CPT

program

in 1940 or

'41. There

was also

a

Porterfield

CP-65

, a

J-2

Cub, now flying

with Phil Michmerhuizen at Holland,

Michigan, the Waco IBA, sold to Vern

Jobst, Martha's OTW, later restored

by

Ross, and

a

load of tools and

propellers.

The C-3s were a mess. The "clown,"

NC13000, relatively intact, was all there;

N12423 was

a

real

basket

case.

Engines?

- take time

out here for

a

good laugh-

were

in

boxes and

baskets.

No

propellers,

no wheels, nothing

even

close

to

a restor

able

airplane.

Enter Walt Weber from Birmingham,

Alabama. Walt called me because

he was

looking for a project.

He

grew

up

in the

Walt was painting

in

the basement one

day

with

the

furnace blower running. He

managed

to

dust

the

entire house with

an

over spray ofInternational Orange His

wife wasn't the least bit happy about it,

and

the

project

sort

of languished.

There was NO engine for this

airplane,

so

I inveigled

Tom

Trainor over

at

Troy,

Michigan to build me one out of

the sev

eral

baskets

of

parts I

had. Tom

built up a

core

for me and

that's

the

engine

now

on

the

airplane.

Just before Walt Weber retired from

Southern Aviation Insurance

and

literally

got out

of

aviation, I went down and

picked up the airplane, now dry rigged

and supposedly almost ready

to fly,

and

brought it home. I picked

at

it, but I

too

developed a bad case

of lethargy

and it sat

here for the next eight

or

ten years. And

then when Brian Van Wagnen was over

here one day,

he

convinced

me

that he

needed

another project

and

he

could

finish

it up.

Another

two years pass before

we

have

a flyable airplane. Brian goaded

me

into

making several trips over

to

his place

in

Jackson, Michigan,

and

between

the two

of us

and a lot

of

help from some

of

the

guys who hang out at his shop, it pro

gressed considerably.

The

last

few

days

were

a bear.

t

took

four tries before

we

got a decent wind

shield installed.

then we had mag problems,

carburetor problems, landing gear

a1ign


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ment problems, rigging headaches .

Then,

the last five percent fmally comes

together

and

we've

run

out

of

excuses

to

NOT fly it.

My turn comes first I do taxi tests . I

ran around the yard and then up and

down the

strip.

It was

ready,

the

weather

was

right, but I wasn't Here I

am

with

weak knees

and

apprehensions

at the

cru

cial moment.

So

it's Brian

to

the rescue

and away he goes.

It flew

beautifully ,

and

lifted off

in less

than 300 feet

We

watched while he

climbed out, checked the

controls

and the

rigging,

while

we

all listened

to

the typical

sound of a smooth running Aeronca

E-I13

engine

, cheering as he flew

by

in a

low high speed pass, and watched a while

longer

as he orbited above, coming down

in a showoff wheel landing.

Brian jumped out, gave

me

the wool

cap and I took my turn. I was still appre

hensive ,

but there was

really no

reason

to

be.

There

was

a newly created cornfield

just off

to

the left of

the

strip and a quarter

mile

off

the

end of a

nice

bare beanfield.

Once I had my forced landing fields in

sight

and saw the lay of the

land,

I

began

to

enjoy myself.

I climbed out

to

about

200 feet,

set

up

a

crosswind, climbed on

a

downwind, and

began checking everything out. The rigging

was

fme.

The

engine never

missed a beat,

and this C-3 was indicating nearly

80

mph in

the

straightaway, about

eight

mph

These shots were

taken this

past June, before every

thing

had been hooked up. That s why the ailerons

droop-they

haven't been rigged

yeti

The beautifully

rebUilt E113 Aeronca engine was done

by

the low horse

power Aeronca guru,

Tom

Trainor.

turns,

and

when I

did my

slow flight

and

stalls, it behaved just

like

it should.

Confidence

now at

100 percent, I even

did

a lazy

eight before

I came back in with

a nice three point

landing

. That was

the

end

of

the flying for the day, since the wind

was coming

up

and light drizzle

had begun.

It's a wonderful feeling to

see an

air

plane that old

be

resurrected and flying

again. I'm especially intrigued

by

these

C-3s

. They

are

really

the

grandparents of

all the light airplanes flying today.

And

when I see

the

operators' manuals and

the

voluminous information available today,

and

remember that

this

airplane

was

built

and flown BEFORE they wrote

the

books ,

it

dazzles

and

humbles me.

Then

I think of

some

of

those old, long

gone airplane pilots I flew with who

learned

to

fly

in

Aeronca

C-3s . The basics

they learned were still good and still

applicable to

the

Boeing 747s and Douglas

DC-lOs they were flying when they

retired. These

little airplanes

still retain

an

allure

for me

that

will

never wear

off.

I'll

always

love

to

prop one. Why ? Because it

was

the

first airplane I ever propped

as

a

line boy. This was the airplane that

invoked dreams and started me

on

the

went to Michigan, then Ohio, through

five more owners , eventually to the

Kaschners,

and

then fmally

to

me in '81

I

guess they

didn't

have to record repairs

and alterations cause the records are blank

from '32 until '36

when the

left rear spar

and aileron were replaced and repaired.

There's

no

mention of a recover job.

Only

one service bulletin

shows

in

the

records, the addition of a fuel shut-off

stop

in

'36, and

in

1948

the first weight

and balance and equipment list are

recorded.

Also

shown at

that time was the

installation

of

a dual ignition engine. I

would suppose this

was for

the air show

routine; the extra nine hp

would

help.

Tom

Trainor,

the

Aeronca engine and

Aeronca K guru, has repeatedly told me

there was never a dual magneto installa

tion approved

on the

C-3, but there it

is

Perhaps

in

the air show routine business

they had some

special

deal

with

the

CAA .

There the record ends. I talked with

Tom Trainor, and when I told him who

owned it there in Michigan, he excitedly


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