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Publisher
Tom Poberezny
March1995 Vol.23,No.3
CONTENTS
1 Straight& Level/
Espie"Butch"Joyce
2 AlC News/
CompiledbyH.G.Frautschy
4 Aeromail
5 FromtheArchives/
DennisParks
9 PassittoBuckl
PageS
E.E."Buck"Hilbert
10 N5817NOverHolland/
WalterVanTilborg
12 Aerodrome' 94/H.G.Frautschy
16 FrankWarren's
ThompsonTrophyPaintings
18 HowardHughesLegacy
Page 10
TheSikorskyS-43
"Amphibion"INormPetersen
24 Members ProjectslNormPetersen
26 MysteryAirplane/GeorgeHardie
28 WelcomeNewMembers
30 Calendar
31 VintageTrader
Page 12
FRONT COVER ...Ron Van Kregten's Sikorsky S-43. flown during EAA
OSHKOSH ' 94 byJessBootenhofandco-pilotRichardDickson.crossesthe
westshorelineofLakeWinnebago, EMphotobyJimKoepnlck.shotwith
a CanonEOS-l equippedwithan8D-200mm 1f2,8Iens, 1/250 sec,atf9,0
onKodakEktachromeLumlere 100film, Cessna210photoplaneflownby
BruceMoore,
BACK COVER ,,,From the 1937 book "Couriers of theClouds' comesthis
lIIustrotlon ofCharles Lindbergh flying Pon Am'sSikorsky S-38 in the
Caribbean, Seethismonth' sAIC NewsregardingnewsabouttheS-38,
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OFFICERS
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DIRECTORS
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STRAIGHT & LEVEL
byEspie"Butch"Joyce
In the last iss ue of VINTAGE
AIRPLANE I talked about the fact
that we were going to hold our next
Board of Directors meeting at Kermit
Weeks' facilit y in Polk City, Florida.
The new attracti on is approximately
15 miles east of Lakeland. Kermit has
erect ed three large buildings, along
with a 5,000 foot grass runway and a
2, 600 foot cross runway. There is a
large lake adjoining this property and
Kermit is constructing a seapl ane base
there. Right now, one of the buildings
is being used for storage and support
of t he grounds. The second building
is for maintenance and restorati on of
aircraft. The third houses t he office
area (i n t he cen t er ) wi th two large
hangars on each side of the offices .
We have al1 become so accustomed to
expecting to stop at a place like thi s
and see a st ati c dis play of muse um
qualit y aircraft , but thank goodness,
the re ar e some peopl e wh o do no t
think that way. Ke rmit ' s f acility is
cal1ed "Fant asy of Flight;" it is to be
an avi ation theme park.
To give you a bett er idea of Ker-
mit ' s direction with this mass ive pro-
ject, he has two to three people work-
ing with him who have done work at
Di sney World to set up hi s di spl ays.
The ce nter building wil1 also have a
gift shop and res taurant. His futur e
plans are to develop the area on the
north e nd of the property with the
more physical aspects of the theme
park. Fantasy of Flight can be seen
from Interstate 4 (the prope rt y runs
right up to the hi ghway) between Or-
lando and Lakeland with the most no-
ticeable landmark being a r ed and
whit e checkerboard elevated water
t ank that Kermit had to construct.
Whil e it wil1 not be ready for ful1 op-
eration by the time Sun ' n Fun takes
place, it is anticipated that Fantasy of
Fli ght will ope n some time in th e
spring. Personal1y, I can' t wait! I'm
not going to tel1 you all that Ke rmit
has planned for the exhibits, but I will
tell you that it wil1 be quite spectacu-
lar!
The avi ation community is lucky to
have an individual who has the love of
avia ti o n like Ke rmit , o ne who ca n
carry forward with the kind of effort
that allows al1 of us to share the vision
he has been building in Polk City.
Aft er saying all of that , you may
think it was tough to get to work whil e
in thi s e nvironme nt , but we cert ainl y
did hold a Board meeting. There were
a number of topi cs di scussed. The
Antique/Classic area during Oshkosh
was one of the main topics . I would
like to hi ghlight some of the items of
concern.
First we feel we need to do a better
job of keeping display or show aircraft
separated from the aircraft that peo-
ple want to camp with, therefore, the
parking chairman and hi s co-workers
are busy planning the layout for the
A/C parking area. The reality of the
situati on is that we wil1 have to park
aircraft further south than some care
to walk, and to work to minimize the
inconve ni e nce the following wil1 be
done:
The r e wi ll be a shower locat e d
roughly in the area of the ILS on the
south end of Runway 36.
There will al so be food service lo-
cated in thi s area to better serve the
south end of the the field.
And every day, we will have trans-
portati on from the north e nd of our
area to the south end. We are going to
work out an additional trip schedule
each day from the south e nd to the
Camp Store located in the main camp-
ground.
We hope these additions to the ser-
vices provided at EAA Oshkosh wil1
help make your stay at Wittman Field
more enj oyable.
If we can work it out with Main Reg-
istration thi s year, we wil1 be register-
ing aircraft at Antique/Classic Head-
quarters to better serve the members.
Another topic at the Board meeting
was the me rcha ndi se so ld at An-
tique/Classic Headquarters. It was felt
that the variety of merchandi se should
be expanded and we should have some
upgraded items as well. Antique/Clas-
sic Director Bob Lumley was asked to
work with EAA and others to acquire
the needed items. If any member has
any good ideas for merchandise, please
contact Bob at his address, listed on
the Contents page.
The Golden Age of Air Racing will
be back this year. This should be very
exciting. Of al1 of the past Conven-
tion Showcase events, the racers have
proven to be one of the most popular.
Whil e at Lakeland it gave everyone
a chance to see what Sun ' n Fun has
been doing to get ready for this year' s
fl y-in. With the fly-in so close th e
staff and early bird voluntee rs ar e
very busy getting ready for Sun ' n Fun
' 95. Hope to see you there April 9-15.
Let ' s al1 pul1 in the same direction
for the good of aviation. Remember
we are bett er together. Join us and
have it all. ...
VINTAGE AIRPLANE 1
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SIKORSKYS-38
Ourbackcoverfeatures anotherillus-
tration from the book" Couriersofthe
Clouds. " Drawnbyauthorandillustrator
EdwardShenton,it depictsCharlesLind-
bergh'suse ofan S-38 toopenCaribbean
routesforJuanTrippe'sPan American
airlines. We'veincludedit in this month's
issuetocommemorateaprojectbyanew
companyformedby R.W. "Buzz" Kaplan
(EAA70086)ofOwatonna,MN.
BornAgain Restorations(BAR)will
build twoSikorskyS-38' s, the first of
which will roll outin twoyears. A large
(71'8" wingspan)sesquiplane,theS-38
wasaverysuccessfuldesignforSikorsky-
38wereusedbyPanAmalone,and many
othe rs were used both by airlines and
wealthyowners. Readersmay recall the
zebrastriped S-38 used by Martin and
Osa Johnson to explore th e wilds of
Africa in the 1930' s. TheS.c.Johnson
Wax Companysponsorsanexhibitin the
EAA AirAdventureMuseum concern-
ingthe useby S.c.JohnsonWaxofan S-
38 onanexpedition tofind carnaubawax
palm trees in Brazil,SouthAmerica. The
exhibitfeatures a full sizeS-38mock-up,
compl ete with a video presentationon
theexpedition.
BARdoeshave afull setofS-38 blue-
prints ,thanksto theeffortsofGerald
BrubakerofMcMinnville,TN,whohad
the FAAmake copies from the irfiles.
While they have all oftheprintsneeded,
thefolks at BARwould benefitbyseeing
and inspectingany remainingS-38 com-
ponents . If you haveanyS-38 partsor
compiledby H.G.Frautschy
components,pleasecall DickAnderson
at507/451-6126ifyouwish tohelpwith
thisambitiousproject.
Wecanlook forward to a timewhen
thoseofus born toolatetoeverseean
originalS-38will see onegrace theskies
again. Howluckyweareto have mem-
bersinterestedin reproducinghistoric
aircraftsuchas this.
SUN'NFUN
IfyouareheadedtoSun ' nFun ' 95,
theparkingcrewatSun' nFunasks that
you makeup a sign to help them direct
you tothecorrectparkingarea. Thesign
shouldbemadeofalightcolorwith large
blackletters. Youshouldbeabletoread
thesign from 50 feet away. Displaythe
sign in thewindshield,andyou can use
the following abbreviationsfordifferent
parkingareas:
ACC- Antique/Classic/Contemporary
(bothregularparkingandcamping)
GAC- GeneralAviationCamping
GAP- GeneralAviationParking
HB - HomebuiltParking
SP- SeaplaneParking
WB - WarbirdParking
Forthoseofyou headedtoLakeland,
the Sun'nFun '95 arrival procedures
have beenincluded in thepolybagwrap-
perofyourMarch issueofSportAvia-
tion. If you needacopyoftheprocedure,
youcangetoneby contactingSun 'n Fun
at813/644-2431.
Mode C Requirements: Duringthe
FAAMEDICALS
Theproposal by the FAAtochange
thestandardsbywhich we areissued
medicalcertificatescontinuestobea
veryhottopic. In theMarch issueof
SportAviation,onpages12and13,is a
completearticledetailingEAA' sposi-
tion regardingthesechanges. I urge
youeachto readthisarticle,because
theissues raised bytheFAAwill di-
rectlyaffectyouraccesstotheskiesas
acertifiedcivilian pilot.
EAA' s response to the proposed
changeshas beencarefullypreparedby
theEAAAeromedicalAdvisoryCoun-
cil,comprisedoftwelveEAAmembers
whoarehighlyexperiencedAviation
MedicalExaminers(AME's)anddoc-
torswho havespecialtiesthatapply to
theproposedchanges. ThispastFeb-
2 MARCH 1995
ruary 4 the Council came to EAA
Headquarterstomeetwith EAAstaff
memberstofinal ize EAA' sresponseto
theFAA. Hundredsofyouwrotethe
FAA and sent a copyofyourcom-
ments to EAA,sendingtheFAA a
message thatthisissuewas being care-
fullywatchedbytheflyingpublic.
EAA'scommentswill befiled in
lateMarch,andyoualsohave time to
submityourownletterwithcomments
to theFAA.Don'tdelay, orassume
thatbecauseeverybodyelsehassentin
a note,thatyoursdoes notmatter- it
does,sogetoutyourpensandlet the
FAAknowyouare notwillingtogive
upyourrighttofly by havingoverlyre-
strictivemedical regulations putin
place.
Sun 'nFunConventionandFly-In,pilots
areexemptfrom meetingtheModeCre-
quirementsfortheTampa30 nm ModeC
Veil,as longas theyarefollowingthe
publishedarrivalanddepartureproce-
dures. Fortheremainderoftheyear,pi-
lotsenteringandexitingfrom theeastat
orbelow1,500ft. meetthis requirement.
Formoreinformation,calltheLALtower
at813/644-2361.
TWA Charters:TWA is planninga
numberofcharterflights directto Lake-
land from several Midwestcities. The
flights willdepartSunday,April9,and re-
turnSaturday,April15. Forinformation
and reservations,contactJoAnnieGenne
atDynamicTravel,800/237-4083.
AerospaceEducationWorkshopFor
Teachers:The8thannualSun 'n Fun
AerospaceEducationWorkshopwill be
heldSaturday,April8,1995. Kinder-
gartenthroughhighschool teacherswill
have theopportunity tolearnaboutavia-
tion from presentersfrom NASA,the
FAA,EAAandCAP,as well asseveral
outstandingteachers. A field trip to Ker-
mitWeeks ' FantasyofFlightanda visit
to the LakelandControlTowerarein-
cludedin theactivities. Intheeveninga
banquetwill beheld with astronautCurt
Brown as thekeynotespeaker. Formore
info,contactBarbara Walters-Phillipsat
the Sun ' n Funoffice,phone813/644-
2431.
EDLACHENDROHEADS
BACKTOUSAIR
TheExecutiveDirectoroftheYoung
Eagles program, Ed Lachendro, an-
nounced thathehasaccepteda position
with the FlightOperationsoffice at US-
Aireffective March 1. Ed was a fur-
loughedpilotwith thatairlinewhen he
came to EAA at theinception ofthe
YoungEaglesprogram,andtheprogress
in theprogram tothis pointis adirectre-
flection oftheoutstandingskillsanddedi-
cation heapplied to theYoungEagles
cause. Hewillcontinuewith theprogram
asaField Representative,aswell as help-
ingin anyway possible,as manyother
EAAmembersvolunteertheirtime.
Discussionsandinterviewsregardinga
new Executive Directorfor theYoung
Eagles programarecurrentlyunderway.
OurthanksandbestwishestoEdand his
wifeJoyfor thetime,effortanddedica-
tiontheyhavegiven totheprogramso
far ,and we lookforward toseeingEd's
ChampgivingYoungEagleridesall over
the midwest.
BLACKEXHAUSTSTACKS
MostofyouwhohaveanEAAorPe-
tersenSTCtouse autofuel in yourair-
planehavenodoubtnoticed thatyourex-
hauststacksseem tohavemoreblack,
sootydepositsuponthemthanyou had
with avgas. You may think that for some
reason, the autogas is making your engine
run richer. In fact, the unleaded autogas
formulated today does run "sootier," as a
quick look at your car's exhaust stack will
tell you. Comments have been received
here at EAA HQ regarding this phenom-
enon, and we have been assured that the
slightly black exhaust is perfectly normal.
While burning unleaded autogas, do not
adjust your mixture to get a grey exhaust
pipe - doing so will result in an overly
lean mixture and probable engine dam-
age. (A burned piston is the most com-
mon type of damage due to overJeaning.)
During the fuel research conducted by
the EAA Foundation, it has been noticed
that different fuels leave varying deposits
on the stacks - regular unleaded gasoline
leaves the black deposits, but the stacks
clean up considerably if MTBE or ETBE
is added to the fuel as an oxygenate. Re-
member, don't assume that because your
stacks are dirty while running on auto
fuel , your engine is running rich - setting
your mixture based upon the look of your
stacks while burning avgas is still the sim-
plest process available at this time, with-
out using an instrumented method.
FUEL BLADDER SEALANTS
Daryl Lenz, Director of Aircraft Main-
tenance with the EAA Aviation Founda-
tion, has sent us the following regarding
certain fuel tank sealants:
EAA has received several reports (and
some samples) of rubber fuel bladder
sealants which have come loose in the
tanks. The sealants, which are sprayed on
by several bladder overhaul facilities ,
come loose in several large pieces or
sheets.
If undetected, these pieces could result
in fuel starvation to the engine. The
problem appears to be related to the
sealant's adhesion to the bladder, and not
to the type of fuel used. Periodic inspec-
tion of the fuel cells through the filler
neck is advised. If you have a fuel cell in
need of repair, you might consider send-
ing the cell to an overhaul facility that
uses the "hot patch" repair method.
The past few months have seen the passing of
afew ofaviation's notables . . .
FATHER JOHN MACGILLIVRAY,
71, passed away February 5,1995 in Anti-
ngonish, Nova Scotia. Father John was
the unoffical chaplain of the EAA Con-
vention, offering Catholic mass to Con-
vention goers since the early days of the
event. He was present for each Conven-
tion since 1959, except for the 3 years he
spent in Germany while serving as a
RCAF chaplain.
He served in the RCAP in that capac-
ity for 24 years, until his retirement in
1978. While in the RCAF he earned his
STOUT BATWING
Peter Bowers sent in this photo of the Stout Batwing Limousine. A unusual
looking airplane, it featured all wood construction and was powered by 150 hp
Packard engine. We have more on the Batwing in this month ' s " From the
Archives," starting on page 5.
pilot ' s license and would go on to own
four different aircraft - a Taylorcraft; the
last deHavilland Puss Moth to fly in
Canada, which he donated to the Na-
tional Aeronautical Collection in Ottawa;
his beloved Tiger Moth, CF-IVO, and the
last flyable Miles Hawk. Both the Hawk
and the Tiger Moth were donated to the
EAA Aviation Foundation, and are on
display in the Air Adventure Museum Pi-
oneer Airport hangars.
After retiring to Nova Scotia in 1978,
Father John continued to serve his min-
istry with various church positions until
his passing.
PERCIVAL "Spence" SPENCER,
97, dies January 16, 1995 in Los Angeles.
Christopher Spencer, Spence' s father , in-
vented the Spencer repeating rifle, cred-
ited with shortening the Civil War
(Christopher was 63 years old when Per-
cival was born in 1897!). Spence had a
wide inventive streak in his psyche as
well. His father let him have run of the
workshop, resulting in Spence' s construc-
tion of a hang glider at the age of 14.
Learning to fly with the craft , he contin-
ued to be an active pilot until the age of
90. Spence, like many of his contempo-
raries, had a number of careers in avia-
tion, as a barnstormer, corporate pilot ,
fixed base operator, aircraft designer, test
pilot and manufacturer.
The airplane most often identified
with P.H. Spencer is the Republic
SeaBee, which started life as the Air Car
Amphibian #1 in 1940. As a production
test pilot for Republic during WW II, he
was in a unique position to pitch his Air
Car for production after the war. The
rights were purchased from Spence and
the all metal SeaBee went on the become
an aviation classic.
In later years, working in conjunction
with his partner, Dale "Andy" Anderson,
a revised version of the Spencer Air Car
was made available to the homebuilder. A
smaller 2-place version called the Air Car
Jr. was also designed and flown by Spence
at the age of 86. That airplane was do-
nated to the EAA Aviation Foundation.
Spence's legacy reached into a number
of fringe aviation areas - many boys and
girls who grew up in the 1950's may recall
the Wham-O-Bird flying ornithopter toy,
invented and patented by none other that
P.H. Spencer. He was an aviation inven-
tor of the highest order.
ELSIE LAIRD, wife of aviation leg-
end Matty Laird, passed away on January
20,1995. Elsie was a long time pilot -
she learned to fly in Matty's personal
Laird LC-B, NC6906, and was later re-
united with the same airplane at the 1982
AAA fly-In after its restoration by For-
rest Lovley and Ed Sampson. She was
Matty' s partner in his aeronautical and
business ventures since their marriage in
1933. An active supporter of EAA,
Elsie was present when she and her hus-
band, along with Jimmy Doolittle, were
thrilled by the constuction of EAA's
replica Laird Super Solution replica.
LEIGHTON COLLINS, 92, passed
away on January 16, 1995 in Henderson-
ville, NC. A publisher and editor who set
the standards for outstanding aviation
journalism with his magazine, Air Facts,
Leighton Collins put down in plain lan-
guage the real world facts of private avia-
tion from the magazines inception in 1938
until his retirement in the early 1970' s. A
pilot since the roaring '20s, he saw private
aviation graduate from the Jenny to the
light twin, and was witness to and partici-
pant in the birth of light aircraft IFR flight.
Through it all, he reported on aviation's
progress.
Leighton' s legacy continues with his
son, aviation journalist and Flying maga-
zine editor-at-Iarge Richard Collins. ...
VINTAGE AIRPLANE 3
MAIL
DearH.G. ,
In reference to your article on the
GrandChampionTaylorcraftin theNo-
vemberissueofSPORTAVIATION:
YoumentionedthatPhillips headscrews
were"...anotherproductofthepostwar
era,antiqueairplanessimplyshouldn't
have them."
Well, Idon'tthinkthatstatementis en-
tirelytrue. Yearsago, Iposedtheques-
tionofuse ofPhillipsscrewsin aircraftto
notedantiquerJoePfeifer. Hementioned
thathe first observedthesescrewsbeing
used by Lockheedin the"late1930s"to
assemble Model 12and 14 aircraft. The
adventofpowertoolsin aircraftassembly
dictated theuseofPhillipsscrewsatthis
time. IalsosubmitthisPhillipsscrewsad-
vertisementin theDecember1939issueof
AVIATIONmagazine.
Lightaircraftmanufacturersprobably
didn'tuse Phillipstypescrewsuntilsome-
timeafterthewar-butthebiggerair-
planescertainlyemployedthem as earlyas
thelate1930ssodon'tbesoquick todock
pointsfrom all prewaraircraftemploying
Phillipsheadscrews.
Sincerely,
DanCullman
17661 SE301stStreet
Kent,WA98042-5715
Thanks for the note, Dan - I'm sure many
of the folks both restoring and judging air-
planes find this information enlightening.
How about it restorers? Have you run across
documentable original light airplanes with
Phillips head screws? If you have, drop us a
note here at EAA HQ.
DearMr. Frautschy:
TheDecemberissuewas arealChrist-
maspresentfor me! That'sbecauseof
your article about Waco NC17470. I
haven'tseenit forseveralyearsexceptfor
abriefmomentatSun 'nFun,butIhave
flown itseveralhundredhours,ownedit
and hadit restored(therestorationprior
to thecurrentone).
Yourarticleis averygoodone,in my
opinion. As awritermyselfI know how
difficult itcanbetoobtainpertinentfacts
undistorted. So,in aholidayhappyspiritI
sendyou thefollowingfew facts tosetthe
recordstraight(RayBrandlywas obvi-
ouslyconfused).
First,ArnoldNiemanneverownedthe
airplane. I boughtitfrom a guynamed
TonyBlackstonein Enid,Oklahoma. It
was asuperbasketcase. Iwas workingas
a mathematicsprofessoratPurdueUni-
versityatthetime,andI hiredArnold to
go toOklahomaandgetthegoodiesand
bringthemtoFlorida,wherehedid the
restoration. Ifirst flew therestoredair-
planeatOcala,FloridaonNewYearsday,
1982. Ihadthe"new"275 Jacobsinstalled
in Aprilof1987. By thattimeIhadmoved
toOrangeSprings,Florida,nearOcala,
whereI had builta horse farm withan
airstriponit,called "Patch0' Blue."
Arnoldstill has aplacethereandso does
DaleGustafson.
Theairplanelooksalmostexactlyas it
did when Iownedit. Theonlydifferences
Icanseeare: a) It did notweartheTex-
acostarlogo,and b) I hada green pin-
stripeonit, whichI believethatithad
originally.
Naturally, I miss the airplanevery
much-wouldn'thavesolditifcircum-
stanceshad notmadeitnecessary-butit
was reallygoodtoseeitagainin yourarti-
cle.
Thanks. HappyFlying,
M.L. (Mike)Keedy,Ph.D.
1010S. OrangeAvenue
Box180
Bartow,FL33831-0180
P.S. Ofcourse,my namewasalso mis-
spelled. Itusuallyis.
Sorry about the misspelled last name Mike,
and thanks for setting the record straight
about the Texaco Waco, NC17470.
DearH.G.:
Ithoroughlyenjoyedyourexcellentar-
ticlein theJanuary,1995 issueofVIN-
TAGEAIRPLANE. It broughtbackto
memy briefbuttorridloveaffairwith a
PT-23, NC64047 backin thefall of1947 in
GrandRapids,Michigan. Isay"brief"be-
cause it lastedonly29daysfrom my first
flight tomy lastonesome9-1/2flying
hourslater.
I hadsoloedaJ-3 Cubin Mayof1941,
butthewar(I was a2DLTin theMarine
Corps)gotin thewayanditwas notuntil
November,1946flying underthe GIBill
thatIgotmy Privatelicense. Icontinued
tobuildtimein 7ACChampsandlaterin
Cessna120s. Ihadaround100hourswhen
theschool,CamfieldAviation,acquired
NC64047 for a reported$500.00. My in-
structorat the time who shall remain
namelessannouncedthatitwastimefor
metotransitiontosomethingbiggerthan
the120.
Thiswas prettyheadystuff. Youwore
ahelmetandgoggles,aparachute,andsat
upthereinthefrontcockpitwhiletwoline
boyscrankedthehandinertiastarter.
Therewas scorn on their faces ifyou
couldn'tgettheContinentalW-670tofire
offon thefirst try. ImustadmitthatIwas
somewhatin awe ofthebigbird,afeeling
thatwas notlessenedwhen Ifound myself
becomingairborneona headingabout45
degreesto theleftoftherunwaycenter-
line!
Aftera coupleofhoursI hadlearned
thatshewas reallyamostdocile machine
anda realjoytofly. Onmy final check
ridebeforesolo,InstructorNamelessan-
nounced thathewasgoingtoshowme
how torolltheairplane. Undernormal
circumstancesthismighthavebeenOK
buthewas sufferingfrom acolossalhang-
overand his reflexeswere notall they
shouldhavebeen. Hesimplycouldn'tget
thewings pastverticalandwe wouldjust
fall outofthesky. Aftertwoorthreetries
hegave upandwe returnedtothefield
whereheclimbedoutand toldmetotake
heraroundthepatternafew timesby my-
self. AsI did mycockpitcheckbefore
taxiingoutIwasgreetedbythesightof
mybeltand harnesslyingdisconnectedin
my lap. I have oftenwonderedifI may
haveescapedan unplannedparachute
jump.
ThePT-23andIgotalongbeautifully
and Ithinkthoselastfew hoursIshared
with herwerethemostdelightfulflying I
haveeverhad. TheterrainwestofGrand
Rapidswas level andopenandwewere
encouragedto practicesimulatedemer-
gencylandings. I found thatthisdrill
couldbemuchmoreinterestingifImade
myfinal approachlegwiththeairspeedin-
dicatorontheredlineand my recoverya
gloriouschandelle!
OnSunday,2November1947,we had
ourlastflight together. Threedayslatera
former high timecivilianinstructorfor the
Armytookoffin herwithapassengerin
therearseatand his fuel selectoronan
emptytank. Ahundredfeetofftheground
theenginequit. Heattempteda180and
spunin, killinghis passengeranddestroy-
ingthatbeautifulgal. Thefollowing week
I made a coupleofhopsin the120but
somethingwas missing. Ihungitup and
neverflew againfor36years.
Bestregards,
RowlandL. Hall
Northfield,IL *"
4 MARCH 1995
FROMTHEARCHIVES ...
StoutBatwingLimousine
by DennisParks
William Stout
In the January issue of VINTAGE, I had misidenti-
fied a Fokker F.I1l, calling it the Stout Batwing Limou-
sine. In order to help rectify the situation, here is some
information and photos about the F.JII and the Batwing.
The Stout Batwing passenger ship was a further de-
velopment of a Stout experiment with a canti lever
monoplane, constructed in 1918. This was a single-seat
design that was powered by a Hispano engine loaned by
the Army Air Service. The plane was impressive enough
to attract the interest of Bob Stranahan, head of the
Champion Spark Plug Company. In order to further ex-
plore the design potential, he supplied the financing to
start the Stout Engineering Company.
The Batwing Limousine was built entirely of wood.
The wings were covered with very thin three-ply wood
gl ued over a lattice style wing made of wood and veneer.
According to an article written by Stout and published
in the January 3 issue of AERIAL AGE, " the com-
pleted ship, while having thirty square feet more than
the German Junker aeroplane (F.13), weighs almost 400
pound less, while its structural strength is doubled. The
total ship weighs 1,940 pounds empty, as against the
2,380 pounds for the German ship. Its landing speed,
however is ten miles less and its maximum speed greater
than that of the German plane. In the flying test the
plane flew at a maximum speed close to 120 miles an
hour, yet lands at 40 miles an hour."
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FOKKER F.III Transport
ThisaircraftwasmisidentifiedintheJanuaryissueofVINTAGEastheStoutBatwingLimousine. TheFJII wasaslightlylargermorepow-
erfuldevelopmentofthe previousF.II. An interestingfeaturewastheplacingofthe pilotontherightsideoftheengine. InAprilof1921,
Holland'sKLMbegantousetheF.IIIasthebasisofitspassengerservice.
Inthesummerof1921 theFJII wasdemonstratedintheUnitedStatesbythewellknownpilot,BertAcosta,flyingfromLongIsland. The
F.III stayedintheUnitedStates,ownedbyAcostahimselfandcarriedtheregistered numberof1891.TheJune1993issueofAERO-
PLANE MONTHLYshowsaphotooftheaircrafttakenat RooseveltFieldinOctober1929.
VINTAGEAIRPLANE5
Limousine Nose
Vision in an airplane was not considered as very important in 1920. The Batwing had a small flat windshield above the engine cowl that
enabled the pilot to see straight ahead. Note the pointed leading edge of the wing, similar to supersonic wing sections.
6 MARCH 1995
Limousine Tail (Above)
This view of the Batwing shows the deep
cord of the wing and its taper. According
to Stout, this was one of the first aircraft in
the country with a double-taper wing.
The Batwing had a span of 36 feet
and used a Packard engine develop-
ing 150 horsepower. Demonstrated
by test pilot Bert Acosta, it gained
the interest of the Navy. During Navy
trials in December of 1921, the air-
craft carried a load of 1,170 pounds
and climbed to 5,000 feet in ten min-
utes.
The Navy was impressed by the
plane's flying abilities, but more so of
its speed and its load carrying capabil-
ities. This lead the Navy into con-
tracting with Stout for an all-metal,
twin-engine torpedo plane based on
the Batwing configuration. The con-
cept was revolutionary - at that time,
no metal plane of this type had been
built in the country. Two years of
work produced the ST all-metal tor-
pedo plane for the Navy.
Flight Pictures
Fl ight tests of t he Bat wi ng t ook
place at t he Packard field at Mt.
Clemens, MI. Apparent ly the air -
craft performed well in the air but
Stout reported that the fixed hori-
zontal stabilizer presented prob-
lems duri ng landing. The craft
wanted to porpoise on the landing
glide. However, when the plane
came close to " terra firma,"
ground effect helped it level out
and land very smoothly.
VINTAGE AIRPLANE 7
1918 Batwing (Above)
The 1918 Batwing. This was Stout's first attempt to solve the structural problem of putting all the structure members inside a single wing
in order to lessen drag. Stout had figured that of the 400 horsepower used in the DH 4 biplane, 297 horsepower went into "shoving the
sticks, braces and radiator through the air." Thus he proposed an aircraft which was nothing but a wing with control surfaces. Even the
engine was inside the wing. With financing from the Motor Products Corporation of Detroit, Stout was able to build his aircraft.
The plane was flown in November of 1918 at McCook Field but engine problems hampered tests. The Army retained the airplane but with
the war over, they lost interest in pursuing the design.
ST Torpedo Plane (Below)
The Stout ST all-metal torpedo plane was completed in April 1922. Eddie Stinson was retained as the test pilot for Navy demonstrations
at Selfridge Field. Stinson flew the torpedo bomber several times before it was handed over to a Navy pilot. On the second flight the
Navy pilot stalled the airplane on landing and pancaked into the ground, ruining the airplane. The Navy closed the contract, which was for
three machines, and Stout and his backers were out $163,000. ..
8 MARCH 1995
by Buck Hilbert EAA #21 Ale #5 P.O. Box 424 Union, IL 60180
Yours truly has gotten himself another
volunteer job. Again!
This one really gets my attention.
Why? 'Cause it affects each and every
one of us who own airplanes, fly airplanes,
maintain or restore airplanes either for
our own amusement or for pay.
The job is being part of the A VIA-
nON RULE MAKING ADVISORY
COMMITTEE. This committee is
charged with the rewrite of FAR parts 43
and appendices, and 91 where it applies to
maintenance responsibilities of owners
and pilots.
Have I got your attention? I hope so,
because this affects everyone of us,
whether we fly or whether we maintain or
restore airplanes . Any airplane that
weighs less than 12,500 pounds, empty, to
be exact, and regardless of its age!
The task of this General Aviation
Maintenance working group is beautifully
illustrated by EAA's Washington repre-
sentative, Charlie Schuck, in the mission
statement he authored. It reads:
"Review Title 14 Code of Federal Reg-
ulations, parts 43 and 91 , and supporting
policy and guidance material for the pur-
pose of determining the course of action
to be taken for rulemaking and/or policy
relative to the issue of General Aviation
Aircraft Inspection and Maintenance,
specifically, section 91.409, Part 43 and
Appendices A and D of that part 43. In
your review, consider any inspection and
maintenance initiatives underway
throughout the aviation industry affecting
General Aviation with a maximum certifi-
cated weight of 12,500 pounds or less .
Also consider ongoing initiatives in the ar-
eas of: Maintenance record keeping, Re-
search and Development, the AGE of the
current aircraft fleet, harmonization, the
true COSTS of inspection versus mainte-
nance, and changes in technology."
Now that is ALL the Aviation Rule-
making Advisory Committee has to do!
Simple, what?
Hey! Who' s idea is this anyhow? Just
how did this General Aviation Mainte-
nance Working Group come into being?
Well, the current regulations, the bulk
of them, were written in simpler times.
The "Good Old Days" if you want to call
them that. Back when the Cessna Air-
masters and the Aeronca Chiefs were
newest of the sporty airplanes. When the
CAA was created and standardization was
the buzzword. It was a time of distrust, al-
most like today. The whole idea of air-
plane regulations was new and so were the
people who were the line inspectors who
took on the job.
You hear comments all the time about
all the "old-timers" retiring and the "new"
guys going by the book with stiff interpre-
tation of the rules that just seem to defy
common sense. Well , I can tell you from
experience that this is history repeating it-
self! We had the same situation back
when I was a line boy in 1940. The
grapevine would come alive, the under-
ground lines of communication would
buzz whenever one of the CAA inspectors
left his office and came out in the field.
There must have been numerous leaks
from his office cause we always knew just
where he was , who was getting checked,
and where he was headed next. The KGB
couldn' t have done a better job.
It took years , but these people mel-
lowed as time went by. They actually used
a little common sense that comes with ex-
perience. They'd seen it all , and they
came to realize that there were gray areas,
that everything wasn't black and white.
They learned a little when it was apparent
that a modification was be tter than the
original, or when common sense told them
something was all right.
Well , we have a crop of "new ones" to-
day, and they have this great big bunch of
regulations to administer. And because of
the times, the age of the airplanes, the liti-
gious society we live in, and a hundred
other reasons, we have been asked to help
FAA rewrite these regs, as necessary to fit
today' s scene. Maybe they don't need it,
but we need to review them and then say
so! Face it , gang, this is our chance! Our
chance to rewrite rules and come up with
policy that is once in a lifetime. These
regs have stood since 1938. The ones we
rewrite, the policies we come out with as a
result of these meetings will stand every
bit as long! Let ' s get with it. We are af-
fecting ourselves in our time and those
who will follow, the ones who will some-
day take over our Anflque and Classic air-
planes. Have I made my point?
The next meeting, to be held in con-
junction with the Professional Aviation
Maintenance Association Annual Semi-
nar, is February 11 at the Hyatt Regency
Hotel in Savannah, GA. Contact Tim
Coggin 912/920-9370 or Vince Miller
912/965-4736 for the time. It may be too
late for this one, but other meetings are
scheduled in Ft. Worth, Texas on March
29; then Cincinnati, Ohio, May 11; then
Wichita, Kansas on June 21.
The exact locations and times of these
meetings will be in mailings to the local
EAA Chapters as they firm up. Watch for
them, and please understand, the dates
are very tentative. If you want to go, give
Earl Lawrence, Government Affairs spe-
cialist at EAA HQ a call and confirm the
time and date of the meeting you want to
attend. They are being held on weekdays,
and believe you me, if you need to take a
day off from work, this is the one FAA
meeting you should make the sacrifice for
- it really is that important.
Come to these meetings, come pre-
pared! The panel sitting in front of you is
there to accept your INPUT! Don't come
to ask questions or HASSLE anybody.
Come armed with suggestions on how to
change parts and pieces of the Regula-
tions that are hazy, irksome, cumbersome,
unworkable, that DEFY common sense,
or that could be more workable if there
were just working changes or better defin-
itions.
Review the FARs. Pay close attention
to airworthiness, to STCs, field approvals,
modifications, manufacturers' specifica-
tions, owner maintenance and parts man-
ufacturing, and the biggie, "paperwork! "
Do some homework on these and what-
ever constructive criticism you can come
you with, BUT, and this is a BIG BUT,
give with the suggestions as to how to
make things more workable. Let's make
aviation fun again! Let's do it , guys and
gals. To paraphrase a line you see at the
end of each of Butch's columns, Let's all
pull together on this so we can pass on our
flying machines to posterity as legal cer-
tificated flying machines, and with a book
of rules and policies that will keep them
going forever.
Over to You,
VINTAGE AIRPLANE 9
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N5817N
OVER
HOLLAND
By Francois Collard and
Walter K. van Tilborg, EAA 92129
I guess every person does some day-
dreaming now and then and I certainly
did when flying my Piper Super Cub, a
former Dutch Army PA-18-35. I should
have been a happy man considering
that sport flying in Holland is an expen-
sive hobby but I could not help that I
kept dreaming of once owning a bi-
plane, preferably an old-timer. So one
day, after another happy flight you start
looking for that biplane and start talk-
ing to experts and people who can, you
hope, tell you where to start with. They
advise you to read the advertisements
10 MARCH 1995
in the aviation magazines but you soon
find out it is very difficult to find what
you are looking for. It is soon clear
that the U.S.A. is probably the only
country where you can get your biplane
at an affordable price and when a friend
tells you to go to Oshkosh, you ask, in
your ignorance, why go there? The
only thing to do is buy your airplane
ticket and look for yourself. And then
you arrive at Oshkosh during the 1980
Fly-In, soon to find out you need to be
in very good physical condition to see
everyt hing that is going on during the
show.
And then, after 3 days and I do not
know how many miles, there she is, the
FOR SALE sign hanging from the nose.
The fact that the plane cost more than
you wanted to invest does not matter
anymore. To tell the truth, I had hoped
to find a Tiger Moth or a Stampe SV-4,
which r considered to be the perfect
plane because several of t hese E uro-
pean-built machines were st ill flying in
Europe. But I fell in love with a Stear-
man E75, a type of aircraft r did not
know, apart from having seen pho-
tographs. After I had talked to the
owner I did not know what to do, so a
sleepless night foll owed. The next day I
had made up my mind but when I ar-
rived at Oshkosh the plane was still
there but the owner had left. Now
what? Fortunately, I had his address
and we soon ag reed on the terms of
sale. I was advised to have the plane
shipped to Europe in a container and as
soon as I was back in Holland I made
the necessary arrangements. It was not
until May 1981 that the container ar-
rived in Rotterdam. The customs offi-
cer who handled the customs clearance
wanted to see the aircraft (must have
been curiosity) and I had the first
chance of taking a look at the plane to
see whether it had arrived without dam-
age.
I soon found out that the people who
had done the packing had done a per-
fect job keeping in mind that the engine,
all four wings and the tail surfaces had
to be taken off, and that only one inch
was left between the container walls and
the main wheels.
The same day the container was
transported to Rotterdam airport and
the Stearman was unloaded. Putting all
parts together was started immediately
by an enthusiastic group of mechanics
who were happy to work on my plane
rather than on the usual Cessnas. Dale,
the Stearman's former owner was work-
ing for Pan Am, and he could arrange to
come over to Holland to supervise the
whole job. Within 3 days the plane was
in flying condition agai n with all the rig-
ging done. Fortunately Dale had a ten-
siometer, a tool completely unknown in
Holland.
We soon had the engine running
again. I knew that the big day was there
but weather conditions forced us to wait
until the weekend. No time was lost as
this gave me time to have all the neces-
sary paperwork done because I kept the
plane on the US register.
Though it had not been unnoticed
that there was a "strange" plane in one
of the hangars of Rotterdam airport,
many more people than I would have
expected were present when the first
flight was made. I had found a friend of
mine willing to make the check flight
and when, after circling the airport , he
did not land again we were all sure that
everything was o.k. and the Stearman
disappeared on a north-easterly heading
to Hilversum airfield where it is based
now. I used the summer months to get
experience on the Stearman and I vis-
ited several small air shows in Holland
and Belgium.
The Stearman attracted a lot of at-
tention because it is a relatively rare air-
craft in Europe and as far as I know
only three or four are active in Europe.
Flying the Stearman can be summed up
in one word - fantastic - and I hope that
my very pleasant experience may stimu-
late others who have dreams like I had.
Finally I like to thank Dale and all the
wonderful people in Rotterdam airport
who helped in getting the plane flying in
the Dutch skies. ....
(Above) Afterunloadingfrom thecontainerontheRotterdamdocks, CollardandTilborgget
theirfirst lookattheStearman.
(Left) Lastpreparations for thefirst flight in HollandinMayof1981. Thesmallbiplanein
the foregroundisnota Dutchhomebuilt- Hollandisnotthatsmall!
(Above) N5817Nisimmortalizedin thisgouachepaintingbyThijs Postma.
(Below) Afteralloftheproperpartshavebeenputin theirrespectiveplaces, theN2SStear-
manis ready for flight attheRotterdamairport.
VINTAGE AIRPLANE 11
Aerodrome
Article and photos by H.C. Frautschy
Crummy weather once again hampered
the efforts of Frank Ryder and his busy
band of WW I enthusiasts during Aero-
drome ' 94. This was the second event put
on by Frank and his Lake Guntersville
Fighter Replica Museum staff and volun-
teers, with the fly-in moved from Gun-
tersville to Gadsden, AL. Still, pilots are a
pretty resourceful bunch, and by the end
of the weekend, well over 40 airplanes and
pilots had somehow made their way one
way or another to Gadsden. They came
early to beat the weather, pulling trailers
(like the Dawn Patrol from Kansas City
with their Nieuports) or simply waiting it
out. Patrick Henry decided that since he
had so much fun flying his Fokker Tri-
plane to Alabama the last time, he' d just
do it again, crossing most of the U.S. on his
journey from Jacksonville, OR.
R/C modelers were also invited to this
Fly-In, with scheduled times for flying. 114
and 1/3 scale radio controlled models of
WW I era aircraft flew each day, perform-
ing well for a number of pilots who had
never seen these unmanned aircraft . The
large size of these models allows realistic
flights , especially the slow flight of a Sop-
with Pup equipped with a 4-cyc\e engine.
The Saturday evening banquet featured
the induction of nominees into the World
War One Aviation Historical Hall of
Fame. They are:
Douglas (deceased) and Anthony
Bianchi, father and son team of Personal
Plane Services in England. Doug and
Tony built many of the airplanes for
"Those Magnificent Men and Their Flying
Machines " and "The Blue Max." They
were pioneer builders of flying replica air-
craft.
Jo Kotula, artist for 38 consecutive
years of the cover of Model Airplane
News. Many of his paintings featured WW
Three replicas on the attack -
Barney Petersen's Fokker DVII,
and two airplanes from Ryder's
Replica Museum - the Albatros
DVa and Fokker Dr.l Triplane.
I themes.
Holger Steinle, curator of aviation at
the Museum for Verkehr und Tech nik.
Berlin, Germany. His dedicated and
meticulous work regarding the restoration
of WW I aircraft has set the standards for
many to follow.
Tony Ditheridge of AJD Engineering,
master WW I replica builder.
Bill Marsalko, aviation watercolor artist
whose paintings have captured much of
the spirit of WW I aviation.
As detailed in the January 1995 issue of
Vintage Airplane, Frank Ryder, his wife
Carolyn and son Scott perished in the
crash of Frank's Piper Malibu shortly after
takeoff at Rochester, MN on December
23, 1994. As of this time, no determination
as to the cause has been made. The plans
for Aerodrome '95 and the disposition of
Frank ' s estate, including the Fighter
Replica Museum remain uncertain. Ry-
der's Replica Museum, remains open as of
this date - if you' d like to visit , I'd suggest
a phone call to confirm the museum hours.
Call Robin at 205/582-4309 for more infor-
mation.
At the banquet Saturday night , Frank
Ryder said during his speech that he hoped
he had provided some spark to the move-
ment , but if we were looking for someone
to always be there to organize and lead the
way , he said, " I ' m not your man ." He
wanted us all to take on the responsibility
of keeping the movement alive and see it
progress. With his passing, the point is dri-
ven further home - if we want something
to happen, we each have to pick up the
yoke and pull it along.
12 MARCH 1995
(Above) On hand for Aerodrome '94 was Bill
Nungesser, great-cousin of French WW I
ace Charles Nungesser. An American citi-
zen living in the New York area, Bill was on
hand with a fascinating photo display of his
long departed great-cousin's life.
(Above left) Pat Tomlinson of Marana, AZ
brought his LeRhone rotary-powered Sop-
with Pup to Gadsden. Pat and Fred Murrin,
flying his Fokker Triplane, put on a neat
demonstration of the capabilities of rotary
powered airplanes - the flat turns at low
speed were mind boggling! Pat also has a
single Vickers machine gun rigged to fire
blanks at the proper rate of fire. Hearing the
gun actually fire was very enlightening.
(Above, left) Roger Freeman was given a
chance by Pat to fly the Pup during Aero-
drome '94. Do you think he enjoyed himself?
The pretty Sopwith Camel built by the late Don
Rushton is now a part of the Replica Fighter Mu-
seum Collection in Lake Guntersville. It looks as
though Patrick Henry has the Camel in his slghtsl
(Left) Master machinist
Paul Knapp runs his
miniature Bentley BR2
WW I rotary engine just
before one of the thunder-
storms pelts the airport.
Built to 1/4 scale, Paul is
making a production run
of 20 of these engines
(sorry, they're already
spoken for) and has plans
to build other engines, in-
cluding a run of LeRhones,
in the future. His work-
manship is outstanding,
as you can see - even the
small magneto was handbuilt by Paul. You can contact him
at NapCo Lit. , 2126 W. 7th St., Tempe, AZ 85281.
(Below) Barney Petersen's Fokker D-VII replica is back in
the skies again, rebuilt following a crash two years ago.
The full size replica of this successful Fokker is nicely de-
tailed and exhibits excellent workmanship.
Fred Murrin' s Fokker Dr-I Triplane, in the
colors of German ace Werner Voss. The
last time we saw it, it had a modern flat
opposed engine, but Fred always wanted
to install a rotary, and in the past year,
his plan came to fruition. A LeRhone ro-
tary was rebuilt and mounted, and Fred
says that the airplane's personality in-
stantly changed, becoming even more
nimble and interesting to fly. Starting it
(below) takes teamwork - one crewman
rotates the engine to open each exhaust
valve, the other squirts gasoline directly
into the cylinder to prime it.
14 MARCH 1995
(Above) Bagpipers of the Heritage Pipe and Drum
Corps were present to give the Gadsden airport an
air of authenticity. Piper John Richardson of Birm-
ingham, AL marched among the crowd with his fel-
low corps members.
(Above, left) Craig and Chuck Garrett of Kentwood,
MI brought their handsome SE5a replica down to Al-
abama for a little fun with the 6 other SE's that were
at the fly-in.
(Left) When you wish for full scale, you'd better have
room if you're hoping for a Bristol F2B. Ed Storo's
replica is quite large, and very accurate. It has a 39
ft. wingspan, and even has the bootlace stitching to
hold the fabric side panels onto the fuselage. Ed
used an upright Ranger engine for power, but you'd
never know it - the shuttered cowl keeps it com-
pletely hidden from view.
(Above) Bill Cole and Harry Wooldridge had just fin-
ished this replica Siemens-Schuckert D-VI in time for
the fly-in, flown here by Aerodrome '94 organizer Frank
Ryder.
(Right) The late Frank Ryder in the cockpit of the
Siemens, reflecting his attitude about the event, as well
as life in general. WW I aviation enthusiasts throughout
the world mourn his loss. ..
VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15
1932
THOMPSON TROPHY
by Frank Warren
The winners:
# 11 Jimmy Doolittle - Gee Bee R-1
252.69
#44 Jim Wedell - Wedell-WIlliams 44
242.50
# 121 Roscoe Turner - Wedell Turner
233.04
Others in the race:
#92 Jim Haizlip - Wedell-WIlliams 92
# 7 Lee Gehlbach - Gee Bee R-2
#6 Robert Hall - Hall Bulldog
#39 WIlliam Ong - Howard "Ike"
# 131 Ray Moore - Keith Rider R-1
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1931
THOMPSON TROPHY
by Frank Warren
The winners:
#4 Lowell Bayles - Gee Bee Z
236.24
#44 Jim Wedell - Wedell-WIlliams 44
227.99
#77 Dale Jackson - Laird Solution
211.18
Others in the race:
#54 Robert Hall- Gee Bee Y Sportster
#50 Ira Eaker - Lockheed Altair
#37 Benny Howard - Howard "Pete"
WIlliam Ong - Laird Speedwing
#400 f. Doolittle - Laird Super Solution
VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17
(Left) The entire crew that made the
trip to Oshkosh from Houston includes
owner Ron Kregten, left, Chief Pilot
Jesse Bootenhof, co-pilot Richard
Dickson and co-pilot Will Bonefas on
the right. There is complete agreement
among this foursome that flying to the
Convention was the trip of a lifetime.
(Below) The photo gives you an idea of
the huge impact the 5-43 had on the
crowd at EAA OSHKOSH '94. People
were completely enthralled with the
opportunity to walk around the huge
amphibian and study it closely, espe-
cially when they discovered the former
owner was Howard Hughes.
"The water was rising fast as Von
Rosenberg began pushing Hughes out
through the pilot's side window. The win-
dow was small and Von Rosenberg feared
Hughes might get stuck and block his own
escape. But after he got Hughes half way
out, he remembered the overhead escape
hatch, opened it and floated out.
"Meanwhile, Blandford worked Felt
over to the hole in the side of the airplane
where Von Rosenberg, who was outside
now, helped him float Felt out through
the hole. 'Where is Ceco?' said Von
Rosenberg. 'Well, he's not in there,' said
Blandford. 'Maybe he went aft before the
crash.'
"By this time Hughes was down in the
water hanging onto the radio mast and
still pretty stunned because he wasn ' t
moving around giving orders as he would
have been otherwise. Blandford and Von
Rosenberg climbed up on the sloping
back of the plane and down into the back
hatch looking for Ceco Cline.
"Looking in the compartment Bland-
ford had been in , he could see it was
flooded, but the rear compartments, be-
ing elevated by the nose-down attitude,
could still be entered. While looking for
Cline, Blandford found all the ship's life
preservers stowed in boxes behind the
tied-open hatch to the radio compartment
- an indication of Hughes informal flight
operations.
"Blandford went into the compart-
ment as far as he could without letting go
20 MARCH 1995
(Left) Cruising over the placid waters of Lake Winnebago, the former
Howard Hughes Sikorsky S-43, N440, displays its classy lines from
way back in 1937.
(Above) "How a modern airliner instrument panel looked in the 1940's."
This is the front office of the S-43 with the pilot' s seat on the left and
the co-pilot's seat on the right. The main addition to the panel would
be the center stack of radios which are about 40 years newer than the
airplane. Note the individual wheel brakes on the pilot's rudder pedals.
(Right) From the rear of the passenger cabin looking aft, we can see
the stairway leading to the topside of the aft fuselage. Note the huge
fin and stabilizer in the background. The on-board bathroom is on
the right.
of the flange on the bulkhead. No sign of
Ceco. Von Rosenberg had no better luck
so the two men climbed back out. Re-
membering a life raft was stowed in a
compartment on top of the wing, they got
it out, plopped it down in the water near
where Hughes was holding Dick Felt and
Blandford pulled the string. Compressed
air hissed, the raft began to take shape,
but remained limp. Someone had left the
air valve open. Quickly they rigged the
hand pump.
"Hughes had regained full conscious-
ness. 'Get Dick in the boat,' he said. A
couple of people in a small outboard ar-
rived on the scene to offer assistance.
'Get Dick in the outboard and take him to
the hospital,' said Hughes.
"Blandford, being the least injured,
went with Felt. A couple of hundred yards
on hi s way, he looked back. Hughes was
sitting in the rubber boat pumping away.
The flying boat was beginning to go to the
bottom of the lake.
"Von Rosenberg suffered severe back
injuries in the crash and spent the night in
the hospital at Boulder City. The follow-
ing day, Hughes had him flown to Los An-
geles in a TWA aircraft. A Los Angeles
specialist, whom Hughes had immediately
brought to Boulder City to insure that
Von Rosenberg had the best of care, went
with him.
"The only identifiable injuries Bland-
ford had were bruises and strains which
aggravated a bad vertebra that had both-
ered him before. ' But ,' said Blandford,
'i t was a great shock to my faith in air-
planes.'
"As for Hughes, in addition to his head
injury, he suffered a severe psychological
blow. He had killed two men. One was
Dick Felt with whom he had flown in the
Sikorsky for many years and Hughes was
closer to hi s personally selected flight en-
gineer mechanics than to most other peo-
ple.
"The Sikorsky, too, was an old friend.
He had personally supervised its birth at
the Sikorsky plant a number of years back,
when he had planned to use it for his
around-the-worl d flight, and was person-
ally responsible for a number of special
features such as flush riveting the hull.
All in all, the crash grave ly affected
Hughes' pride and confidence as a pilot.
"Perhaps this explains hi s motivation
in salvagi ng the plane from Lake Mead.
As former Hughes power plant mechanic
John H. Glenn recalls , 'We had no idea
when he drug it out of Lake Mead during
the war that he was going to rebuild it.
And by God, he put it back together. He
must have put hundreds of thousands of
dollars into that thing in labor and materi-
als.'
"The tragic crash probably helped push
Hughes to the brink of complete mental
breakdown in the final year of World War
Two. But, strangely, this aircraft in which
he crashed later became the the vehicle of
his deliverance. Rebuilt , it carried him
away from the pressures of multiple busi-
ness and personal problems in the fall of
1944 on a strange get-away-from-it-all
odyssey, so that he was able to return to
work after the war, finish his F-ll photo-
plane and the HK-1 flying boat, and per-
sonally triumph at the Senate hearings
into his wartime contracts in 1947."
During the extensive rebuild of the
Sikorsky S-43, the former twin tail empen-
nage was replaced with the single tail ver-
sion which featured supporting struts on
the lower side of the stabilizer. Although
it was flown a few times during the late
1940's, eventually the big flying boat was
placed in long term storage in a hangar in
Houston, Texas. In the early 1960's, for-
mer EAA Senior Editor Gene Chase
viewed the S-43 on several occasions when
visiting Houston as a corporate pilot for
Standard Oil Co.
As Howard Hughes became more and
more of a recluse, the S-43 quietly sat in
storage for over thirty years. In 1976,
Howard Hughes died and the die was cast
for the next part of the story. The S-43
was registered to Howard Hughes' com-
pany named Summa Corporation in Las
Vegas, Nevada, and after 1980, it was de-
cided to sell off some of the airplanes - in-
cluding the S-43. The plot thickens.
Enter one Ron Van Kregten (EAA
370694) of San Jose, California - connois-
seur of fine motor cars and airplanes, a
student of aviation history and above all
else, a person who firmly desires to pre-
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serve our aviation heritage for future gen-
erations.
Ron came by his "aviation bent" natu-
rally - his father was the late Anthony Van
Kregten, a distinguished aeronautical en-
gineer who spent his entire lifetime in avi-
ation! A native of Holland, Anthony Van
Kregten worked for a number of years for
the Fokker Company in Holland, always
in close harmony with Anthony Fokker,
himself a " master" in the aviation busi-
ness. In 1952, Anthony Van Kregten,
along with his family, which included his
young son, Ron, emigrated to the United
States under the sponsorship of Gen .
Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Anthony Van Kregten went to work
for Lockheed in California, designing the
tail section for the Lockheed F-104 and
later working in the super secret Lock-
heed "Ice Box" section of Research and
Development. This was followed by de-
sign work on the Polaris Missile system.
Anthony Van Kregten passed away just
two years ago.
Meanwhile, Ron Kregten grew up in
California and got into the trade school
business. The lucrative California real es-
tate market soon became the object of his
attention and he became quite successful.
His aviation future was assured when he
soloed a Stearman (as a civilian, yet) and
even became a crop duster for a spell. In
later years, he would become enamored
with World War II aircraft, owning a P-51
for a time, flying a P-38 at various times
and becoming quite adept at flying such
high speed, high powered machinery.
When the Hughes S-43 came up for
sale, Ron jumped into the fray , knowing
full well that a piece of aviation history
was on the block. The long and arduous
22 MARCH 1995
task of acquiring the huge amphibion was
finally completed, the airplane was re-reg-
istered to Ron Kregten and the long
process of refurbishment began.
It took ten years of hard and devoted
work by many, many people to bring the
former "hangar queen" to the point where
it could actually be flown. The long pe-
riod of inactivity had taken its toll and
each piece and part of the airplane had to
be inspected, cleaned and brought up to
flight standards. At times, it seemed like a
never-ending job, but Ron Van Kregten
comes from good stock - affectionately re-
ferred to as a "stubborn Dutchman." He
doesn't give up easily.
Rumors were floating about in the late
'80s that an S-43 amphib was slowly being
readied for flight in the Houston area and
antique airplane folks across the country
were getting excited. Just the thought of
such a majestic bird flying by makes the
old timers tingle with anticipation.
By 1990, the S-43 was getting close to
its first flight in nearly 36 years. Ron Van
Kregten and his busy crew were getting
anxious to see if Howard Hughes' legacy
would once again become airborne. Chief
pilot Jesse Bootenhof (EAA 477124) , a
retired Delta Airlines pilot with over
27,000 hours in his logbook was ready to
go and his co-pilot , Jack Carrignan, an-
other veteran pilot, was ready. Everyone
admitted the big amphibion looked beau-
tiful - it couldn't help but fly well. About
this time, the "stubborn Dutchman" Ron
Kregten, said, "Just to be on the safe side,
let's do a weight and balance - even though
it may not be necessary." The scales were
brought in and 10' and behold - the CG
was way forward of its desired location! It
took quite a few 100 lb. bags of cement in
the tail section to bring the CG into the
perfect location! Ron Kregten heaved a
huge sigh of relief for making the correct
judgment call.
The first flight of the S-43 was made
from Houston Hobby Airport, taking off
from a grass runway, and flying to the hard
surface runway at La Porte Airport. Jesse
Bootenhof says the airplane flies very
much like a DC3, being in the same weight
class, a bit heavy on the controls, powered
by the same 1200 hp Wright engines and
being a tailwheel airplane. Jesse has many,
many hours in a DC-3 and knows of what
he speaks! The S-43 is not a difficult air-
plane to fly, once you learn the systems
and go easy with the huge flaps that cover
48% of the wingspan. Half flap is nor-
mally used for landing, the flaps using a
" blow-by" feature that raises them up if
you exceed 95 mph. Normal approach
speed is 100 mph with the touchdown at 70
to 80. With full flaps and power, it is possi-
ble to slow down to 60 - 70 mph.
The first flight revealed a few more
"glitches" to work on plus some more of
the aluminum panels were removed to
eliminate corrosion. Once more the crew
began working diligently to upgrade the
huge airplane. A second flight was made
to Wolfe Airpark, where more rebuild
work was carried out. The owner of the
airpark is Richard Dickson, former East-
ern Airlines pilot with 18 years of experi-
ence and owner of a family furniture busi-
ness. Jesse talked Richard into helping
with the S-43 rebuild and also to become
type rated in the big twin. An FAA Des-
ignated Examiner by the name of Ronnie
Gardner gave type rating check rides in
the Sikorsky to Jesse Bootenhof, Richard
Dickson and Will Bonefas, a local instruc-
tor who is an A&P with Inspection Au-
thorization and a CAF pilot flying the
"Kate" from "Tora, Tora, Tora." He is a
retired NASA employee of 27 years and
has over 8,000 hours logged.
Regarding getting involved with Jesse
and t he S-43 project , Will Bonefas jok-
ingly says, "I don't know if l owe him one
- or if I should shoot him!" He readily
admits it has been the most fascinating
project he has ever been involved with
and the Oshkosh '94 experience was the
trip of a lifetime. Will is also quite vocal
in his praise of the FAA inspectors they
have worked with on the airplane. The in-
spectors have been very helpful and really
appreciate good work when the crew fin-
ishes another task and brings a portion up
for final inspection. It is readily apparent
that the FAA inspectors are just as anx-
ious as the hard-working crew to get the
S-43 airborne and keep it there.
From the Wolfe Airpark, the big flying
boat was flown over to Houston South-
west Airport where it is based at the pre-
sent time. Additional work is being done
on the airplane on a steady basis to help
eliminate long term corrosion and replace
a luminum skins that have seen better
days. To say that it is a rather la'rge job is
the understatement of the year!
(Continued on page 29)
(Above) Chief pilot Jesse Bootenhof ex-
plains the operation of flying the big am-
phibion which he compares to a Douglas
DC-3 as far as handling goes. He admits
the "one of a kind" element adds a little
excitement to the job! Jesse says that
when he learns "to walk on water," the
boss may allow him to try a water landing!
(Above left) This remarkable photo was
taken on June 23,1961, in Houston, Texas.
Notice the wingtip floats hanging on the
hangar wall to allow aircraft storage un-
der the huge wing. The airplane had 485
hours total flight time on that date. Jesse
Bootenhof says they have added 67 hours
to this total since getting the 5-43 air-
borne again.
(Left) Owner Ron Kregten revels in the
chance to fly the 5-43 from the same seat
that Howard Hughes occupied many
years ago.
VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23
WHATOURMEMBERSARERESTORING
----------------------------by NormPetersen
Capt. Rob Ray's
Taylorcraft BC-UD
This spectacular photo of Capt. Rob
Ray (EAA 344216, A/C 14398) flying
his sharp 100king1945 Taylorcraft BC-
12D, N43002, SI N 6661, past the most
famous sculpture in South Dakota ,
Mount Rushmore, was sent in Capt.
Ray. The Taylorcraft is overall white
with red trim and features wheel pants
and a metal propeller. Note the shoul-
der harness that Rob is wearing as he
looks at the photo plane and the radio
aerial above the cabin for VHF com-
munications. The photo was taken by
a friend of Rob's who obviously knew
what he was doing.
Billy E. Thompson's Aeronca Champ
This photo of Aeronca Champ, N467AC, SIN
7 AC-2570, was sent in by new EAA member Billy
Ed Thompson (EAA 478393) of Rowlett, Texas.
The Champ came off the Aeronca line on 23 May
1946 and was sold to Howard and T. N. Brown of
Reno, Nevada, 24 May 1946. It remained on the
west coast until 1970, when it was put on a trailer
and moved to Mangum. OK. Billy purchased the
airplane in 1988 (still on the trailer!) and began
the rebuild in April, 1989. It took 14 months to
restore the pretty bird and Billy has flown it about
200 ( enjoyable) hours since then. The colors are
cream and blue, using the original factory paint
design, and the "N" number was changed from
NC83889 to N467AC (That's short for 1946 7AC).
Some readers may like to know that the Champ
was owned by the Travis Air Force Base Flying
Club from 1954 to 1963 - in case your logbook
shows NC83889! Billy hopes to fly the neat two-
placer to Oshkosh '95.
24 MARCH 1995
West Valley Flying Club's Taylorcraft BC-UD
Out in Palo Alto, California, Leland McGee (EAA 476667) and
fellow members of the West Valley Flying Club are busy restoring
their Taylorcraft BC-12D, N95252, SIN 9652, which had languished
in pieces in the corner of numerous hangars for much of the past
decade. It was quite a challenge to gather and sort all the parts and
pieces of the 1946 taildragger and figure out what went where! As
Leland says, "Fortunately, the beautiful Tay]orcraft wings were left
assembled for us." One evening, a team of ten club members de-
cided to clean up corrosion of one wing, and much to their surprise,
the majority of the decade-old corrosion and dirt of the entire wing
structure was cleaned and the wing was readied for inspection and
priming in just one night! They had discovered that teamwork was
the answer. The club consists of about a dozen members, including
an A & P with Inspection Authorization, and they are looking for-
ward to the day the neat little Taylorcraft takes to the air once more.
(We will be looking for the photos of N95252 when it flies.)
AnotherGoldenOldie-
Lewis'Stinson108-1
AphotoofRalphMoslingbyhiscom-
pany'sStinson108-1 in theFebruary
1995 isuue broughtoutthis"Golden
Oldie"phototakenin 1947ofCharlesL.
Lewisontheleftandhisson,CharlesH.
Lewis (EAA85323,AIC 19023)onthe
right. Itwas taken in June of1947,
shortlyaftertheLewis'purchasedthe
Stinson108,NC9115K,SIN 108-2115,
andbasedtheairplaneatShellLake,
WI. NotethelargewoodenSensenich
propeller,thefactory metalwheelpants
andwhatappearstobetwo tiny fabric
patchesby theleftdoor(maybesome-
bodydroppedascrewdriver?).
TheStinsonwasbasedatShellLake
for roughly twentyyearsbeforebeing
soldtoTomWintersofButler,Missouri,
who has ownedtheairplanefor thelast
twentysomeyears. ChuckLewisre-
portshis father passedaway in 1977,
howeverhe is stillflying atage 77 and
enjoyingeveryminute! His presentair-
planeis a1956 PiperTriPacer,N3938P,
SIN 22-3613, whichhe hasownedsince
1963 andis presentlyabout600 hours
intothe third rebuiltLycomingengine!
Chuckand hisTriPacerwerefeatured in
theJune1991 issue ofthe Minnesota
Flyermagazinewhenhe andhislovely
wife,Gina,celebratedtheir50thwed-
dinganniversary. A longtime EAA
member,Chucksayshis wife is agreat
co-piloton themanylongtripsthey
haveflown alloverthe U.S. Thelast
sentencein Chuck'slettersays itallina
nutshell,"It'sagreatlifewhenyoucan
fly yourownplane."
ACoupleofDandies
Thephotosofthese twoaircraft ,a
1940Luscombe8C, N28825,SIN 1567,
anda1946Stinson108-1,N9711O,SIN
108-1110,weresentin byownerBueil
Chafin (EAA203322, AIC 9837) of
Collierville,TN. BueilreportstheLus-
combe,completewith woodpropand
wheelpants,was restoredbyJoeFlee-
man (EAA428226, AIC 20349) in 1984
andwon an awardatOshkoshshortly
thereafter(Runner-up,Contemporary
Age, Antique Division, Harris and
RandyWeise) . TheStinsonis anongo-
ingrestoration and has originallog-
booksgoingbacktothe factory test
flight in November,1946. The150hp
Frankinenginewasoverhauledin 1993
andwasequippedwith a setofnew
Slickmagsatthetime. Onehastoad-
mitthatBueilhas averynicepairof
airplanes!
Working on aproject of your own?
Send your photos along with a
short story on your airplane to:
Attn: H.G. Frautschy
EAAHeadquarters
P.O. Box3086
Oshkosh,VVI54903-3086
VINTAGEAIRPLANE25
ysteryPane
Here's another from the Golden Age of
aviation which should be easy to identify.
But maybe there are some individual stories
that will add to the interest. The photo is
from the Owen Billman collection. Answers
will be published in the June 1995 issue of
VINTAGE AIRPLANE. Deadline for that
issue is April 25.
The December Mystery Plane stumped
a lot of readers. Bob Pauley of Farming-
ton Hills, MI sent in a most complete
story. Here it is:
"The 'Mystery Plane' in the December
1994 issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE
was the Williams 'Gold Tip' Monoplane, a
product of the Niles Aircraft Corporation
26 MARCH 1995
by George Hardie
of Niles, Michigan. It was built by James
R. Williams who, along with his partner
Willis E. Kysor, operated Niles Airways in
the late 1920s. In 1927 Williams formed
the Niles Aircraft Corporation with the
express purpose of building a small, sin-
gle-place 'Flivver Plane,' a concept that
had become popular due to the publicity
given the original Ford 'Flivver' that first
flew in July of 1926.
"To design the airplane Jimmy
Williams hired the services of Peter Alt-
man, then Dean of Aeronautics Depart-
ment at the University of Detroit.
Williams had first met Professor Altman
when he participated in the 1926 Ford Air
Tour, flying an OX-5 powered Alexander
Eaglerock and finishing in 15th place.
Altman was head of the Technical and
Rules Committee for the Air Tour which
started, and ended, at the Ford Airport in
Dearborn. It was prior to the start of the
Air Tour, in August 1926, when Jimmy
Williams first saw Harry Brooks demon-
strate the Anzani powered Ford Flivver.
"Williams felt that there was a big mar-
ket for that type of airplane and suggested
to Professor Altman that the new design
be similar in size and shape to the Ford
airplane. However, Williams insisted that
the new design have a more modern steel
tube fuselage rather than the all wood
construction used by Ford.
"Professor Altman assigned the design
task to his Aero students at the University
of Detroit, dividing the assignments for
aerodynamics, stress analysis, drafting and
performance calculations among his vari-
ous classes. The airplane was built by
Jimmy Williams and a small crew of air-
craft mechanics in the hangar at the old
Niles Airport, located on the north side of
the city. The finished airplane was named
the Williams 'Gold Tip' Monoplane be-
cause it had been painted with yellow, or
golden-yellow, wing tips. The first flight
was made by Jimmy Williams on February
6, 1928 from the Niles Airport, and he was
most pleased with the plane's perfor-
mance. A search through the Domestic
Air News Register shows the Williams
Monoplane was assigned license number
X4448 in the April 1, 1928 issue.
"The Williams 'Gold Tip' had a
wingspan of 26 feet, was 18 feet long and
had a wing area of 108 square feet. The
airfoil used was the Gottingen 387, the
same as that used on the Ford 'Flivver.'
The empty weight was 460 pounds and the
gross weigh t was listed as 530 pounds.
The top speed was estimated to be 85 mph
and the 7-112 gallon fuel tank gave it a
range of 300 miles . Construction was
welded steel tubing for the fuselage and
tail surfaces while the one piece cantilever
wing was a spruce and mahogany struc-
ture with an eight inch deep box spar, all
fabric covered. "The powerplant was a 30
hp French Anzani air-cooled three cylin-
der radial, the same type of engine as used
on the Ford ' Flivver. '
" Itwas inevitable that Jimmy Williams
would soon meet Otto Szekely, a tal-
ented engineer from Hungary then living
in Holland, Michigan, only 60 miles north
of Niles. Jimmy had a fine new airplane,
but it was plagued with an unreliable and
cantankerous Anzani engine. By good
fortune Szekely had recently completed
development work on a new 40 hp air-
cooled three cylinder radial engine and
was making preparations to place it into
production. Here was the engine Jimmy
Williams needed for his new airplane,
and the airplane was well suited for
Szekely's new engine. Williams soon
made an agreement with Szekely to build
' Flivver ' airplanes for him and initially
built three, maybe four prototypes in his
Niles hangar. The new airplanes differed
slightly from Professor Altman's original
design, having a revised landing gear, a
tail skid instead of a tail wheel , square
wing tips and, of course, the new Szekely
SR-3 engine. The " new" airplane was
also given a new name, the Szekely ' Fly-
ing Dutchman.' Since photos of the pro-
totype " Flying Dutchman " show the
same license number as the Williams
Monoplane (X4448) it must be assumed
that the Wi ll iams airplane was reworked
to produce the first ' Dutchman.'
"On September 4,1928 Szekely Air-
craft and Engine Company was formed
with Otto Szekely as president and Jimmy
Williams listed as pla nt manager. The
new company opened for business in a
small factory on 12th Street in Holland,
overlooking Black Lake, and production
of the ' Flying Dutchman' airframes was
moved to Niles from that location.
"In September] 928 Jimmy Williams
flew one of the first production ' Flying
Dutchman' airplanes to California to dis-
play it at the Los Angeles National Air
Races and Exposition. Itwas reported
that Col. Charles Lindbergh examined the
airplane closely for some 20 minutes, ask-
ing Jimmy Williams many questions and
commenting on what a neat looking air-
plane it was. Lindbergh was familiar with
flivver planes and had flown the Ford
Flivver in August 1927 when he visited the
Ford Airport in Dearborn , and both
Williams and Szekely were encouraged by
his favorable remarks.
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Lar.ding: Speed. _.. _._._._._._.........3{J M. P . H.
Rini8 on each Piston __._ .. __.______ 3
Main Suring,. .__ .. _ __ _ .....___Roller
PTopelJer Thrust Beuin.r____... Deep Groove
Ranae ._ .. .. .. _.....____..._.. _._.300 miles
I"uel CoIUIUDl ption__ ... _-30M. P. G.
Oil Pump _. ._._.. ___ ._ ______ ...._.. .. GearType
Weivht, empty._.._....... ___...._.. _._..... _._.. 680 1b8.
Sc&venjl!t" Punl p...... .... __....... _____ . Gear Type
Priee_. __ .. .._... __._ $2,100 f.o. b. Holland, Mich.
Fuel Co08umptloo ._....... .68 1bs. per B. H. 1'. hr.
Oil CoTUlUmption . ______.029 1bs. per B. H. P. hr.
" Back in Holland , Michigan the
Szekely Company was doing well and the
sales of the new engines was increasing.
In June 1929 Szekely built its own airport
north of the city with two 2,200 foot run-
ways. But despite all the good publicity
and the enthusiasm for the engines and
airplanes the business outlook changed
abruptly as the country entered a deep de-
pression in late 1929 and into 1930. A to-
tal of 21 ' Flying Dutchman' flivvers were
completed before Szekely fi led for bank-
ruptcy in May 1932, bringing the ' flivver
era' to an end.
There has been much conjecture as to
tbe true relationship between the two ver-
sions of t he Ford "Flivver" and the
Williams Mo noplane and the "Flying
Dutchman" ai rplanes. As we have seen in
the above story there was no direct tie-i n
between the Ford products built in Dear-
born and the other two aircraft built in the
western part of Michigan. Each was a dis-
tinct and separate design . In today's
world, to the uninitiated a Piper Cherokee
looks like a Beech Musketeer and both
look like a French Socata Tampico, yet
each is a separate and unique design! The
Ford ' Flivvers' were the creation of Otto
Koppen, a young Ford engineer, while the
Williams Monoplane, later known as the
'Flying Dutchman,' was the design work
of Professor Peter Altman, a kind and
gentle friend who passed away several
years ago.'
John A. Bluth, Birmingham, MI, Ralph
Nordell, Spokane, WA and Gary McFarowe,
Hudsonville, MI also sent in detailed replies.
Other answers were received from Charley
Hayes, New Lenox, IL; Robert Clark, Ox-
nard, CA; Marion Robles, Lakeland, FL;
Lynn Towns, Brooklyn, MI; Steven McNi-
coil, DePere, WI; M. H. Eisenmann, Gar-
rettsville, OH, Lloyd Willis, N.S. W., Aus-
tralia. ...
Williams "GoldTIp"Monoplane
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S-43
(Continued/rom page 23)
Thefirst longtripwith theS-43 was
theflight "upnawth"toOshkosh,WI,
andthebigEAAConventionlastsum-
mer. RonKregtenreportsthefoursome
hada beautifulflight in the57-year-old
airplanewiththosetwo bigWrightR-
1820enginesjustpurringaU theway. The
hugecrowdswiththeirassociatedques-
tionswereheartwarmingtothefour-man
crew. It wasatthistimetherealization
begantohithomethattheywereindeed
flyingagenuinepieceofhistory. Somany
peoplewantedtoknowwhatkind ofair-
planeitwas- andwhereitcamefrom!
OneofthehighlightsoftheEAACon-
ventionwas theopportunitytogoonan
air-to-air photo mission with EAA's
photoplanepilotedbyBruceMoorewith
photographerJimKoepnickdoingthe
camerawork. Maneuveringthebigam-
phibionup tothecamerashipwasquitea
delicatepieceofwork- towhich Will
Bonefasquipped,"It feltlikewewerefly-
ingthehangarinsteadoftheairplane!"
Theresultsofthephotomissionwere
quitespectacularasthepicturesshowand
"congrats"shouldbeextendedtoJesse,
Richard,WillandRonfordoingagreat
job. Inaddition,thefantasticsetofpic-
turesrevealsthatJimKoepnick,EAA
ChiefPhotographer,is oneofthevery
best.
FollowingtheEAA'94Convention,
the"fortunatefoursome" hadasplendid
returntriptoHouston,the"oldgirl"not
missingabeatalongtheway, andmuch
likeanoldplowhorse,pickingup speed
onthewayhomeafterafull days' work.
Assessingtheentiretripafterwards,Ron
noticedtheexhaustpipeswerenotquite
thesamecoloronthetwoengines. An in-
vestigationrevealedtheleftenginesuper-
chargerwasenteringa"destruct"mode,
sotheleftenginewaspulledand repairs
arebeingmadeasthisstoryis beingwrit-
ten.
Futureplansincludea triptoSun 'n
FuninApriliftheleftengineis com-
pletedin time. Inaddition,Ronplanson
a returntriptoEAAOSHKOSH'95 to
enjoymoreofthesamefine treatmentac-
cordedthe"foursome"lastsummer. If
youdidn'tgetacloselookatthis magnifi-
centairplanein1994,betterdo yourbest
to keepaneyeopenin '95,becauseit is a
raretreatforantiqueairplanelovers- es-
peciallyamphibionlovers.
RonKregten,allofus in EAAsalute
you foryourfine efforttoallowus to
onceagainview themarvelousSikorsky
S-43 amphibion. Andtoyourdevoted
crew,Jesse,RichardandWill,a hearty
"ThankYou"andourbestwishestokeep
theoldgirlflying! ...
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