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A I R P L A N E
Vol. 40, No. 11
2012
NOVEMBER
CONTENTS
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3 News
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8 AirVenture 2012
Photo Wrap-up
STEVE CUKIERSKI
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Mystery Plane
by H.G. Frautschy
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Gone West
Everett Cassagneres
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COVERS
FRONT COVER: Member Joe Norris ies his Waco above a beautiful
Wisconsin backdrop. Photo by Jim Koepnick.
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NEWS
Art Morgan Flightline Volunteer of the Year 2012
Steve Glenn
Wayne Wendorf
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Bronze
Lloyd Austin
Tom Baker
Ret. Lt. Col. Hobart Bates
Dennis and Barbara Beecher
Cam Blazer
Logan Boles
Gary Brossett
Thomas Buckles
Charles W. Buckley
Robert Busch
Steven Buss
Geoffrey Clark
Sydney Cohen
Robert Dickson
Dan Dodds
David G. Flinn
Jerry L. Ford
H.G. Frautschy
Red Hamilton
E.E. Buck Hilbert
Barry Holtz
Richard A. Kempf
Dan and Mary Knutson
Marc A. Krier
Lynn and Gerry Larkin
Ballard Leins
Barry Leslie
Gerald Liang
Charles R. Luigs
Thomas H. Lymburn
Gene Morris
Lynn Oswald
Steven and Judith Oxman
Sandra L. Perlman
Pfizer Foundation
Dwain Pittenger
Tim and Liz Popp
Robert A. Porter
Ron Price
Jerry Riesz
Eugene Rogers
John W. Rothrock Jr.
Raymond Scholler
Jeffrey L. Shafer
Bob Siegfried II
David Smith
Dean Stoker
Carl and Pat Tortorige
Thomas P. Vukonich
Bob and Pat Wagner
Donald Weaver
Mark Weinreich
Jan Wolfe
Daniel Wood
Brian Wynkoop
Supporter
Noble L. Bair
Jess W. Black III
Theresa Books
Charles Burtch
Camille M. Cyr
Geff Galbari
Arthur Green
Frank Hargrove
Walter Kahn
Pete Karalus
John Koons
James R. Lockwood
John Montmorency
Harry P. Mutter
John S. OCallaghan
George G. Parry
Charles G. Pearcy
Keith Plendl
Peter Sherwin
Roger N. Thiel
James A. Tibbets
C.G. Dino Vlahakis
Frederick Walatka
Frederick Weaver
Duane Wething
Michael Williams
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Vintage
Instructor
THE
Are
BRADY LANE
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STEVE CUKIERSKI
STEVE MOYER
AirVenture
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CHRIS HIBBEN
STEVE CUKIERSKI
STEVE
CUKIER
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Mooney Mite
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Georgia Schneider
CHRIS MILLER
STEVE CUKIERSKI
PHIL HIGH
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CHRIS HIBBEN
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Judges
CHRIS HIBBEN
CHRIS HIBBEN
STEVE MOYER
MIKE STEINEKE
STEVE CUKIERSKI
CHRIS HIBBEN
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Laird Speedwing
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Cranberries,
Whirlybirds,
and a WACO
fact about Joe Norris (EAA Lifetime
Member 113615, VAA Lifetime 5982):
He has never met an airplane he didnt
likeperiod.
and sound of that big , noisy Stearman crop duster that would spray our
fields. The pilots name was Jim Miles
of Hartford, Wisconsin, and after a hot
day of spraying he would come over
to our house and eat watermelon and
tell airplane stories. As a kid I hung on
every word he said.
By the time Joe had entered his
teen years he had already been aff licted with the air plane disease.
Jim took Joe to his first E AA convention in Oshkosh in 1970, and by
1976 Joe became a member of EAA.
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been in a fire?
I guess beauty is in the eye of the
beholder! I f lew that airplane for a
couple of years before I got the itch
to swap the nose wheel to the back.
I had always thought that the tailwheel airplanes like the Stearmans,
Cessna 170s, and the fighters from
World War I and II wer e cool airplanes. So I thought the only way to
be cool was to be a tailwheel pilot.
Either I was going t o sell the TriPacer or convert it into a Pacer. I decided to keep it and made it into a
full-fledged cool taildragger!
Joe piled on over 200 more hours
before his wife, Jeri, wanted in on his
fun. Jeri eventually earned her private
pilot certificate in a J-3 Cub under the
tutelage of instructor John Hatz of
Gleason, Wisconsin.
Jeri loved to fly as much as me, so
we went shopping for a Cub, Joe said.
We ended up buying a J-5 instead
because it was too good of a deal to
pass up. We did a lot of f lying in our
his and hers Piper classics before the
new airplane itch got me. Eventually
I ended up selling the Pacer and the
J-5 because I wanted a Cessna 180.
Long story short, I bought a 180, finished the Sonerai, sold it because I was
offered more than I could walk away
from, and ended up buying a Pitts Special. I just love airplanes!
After flirting with aerobatics for a
couple of years in the Pitts, Joe had
pegged his aerobatic fun meter and
eventually sold the little biplane. But
he was far from done with his incredible airplane adventure.
I got tangled up with a helicopter outfit near Wisconsin Rapids and
started hanging out with them, and
they became a bad influence on me.
Before I knew it I was taking lessons in
a Bell 47 and eventually got my commercial rating. I found helicopter flying to be a lot of fun; it s the hovering part that gets you! I picked it up
fairly quickly and got my ratings. The
hook was set when they asked me to
work for them. I started out hauling
riders and doing crop pollination. My
farm days got the best of me because
I couldnt keep away from turning
wrenches on them. It also helped me
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CHRIS HIBBEN
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Sonerai II
H.G. FRAUTSCHY
Joes Pacer
Bell 47
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Waco Specs
1942 Waco UPF-7
NC39748
Two-place open land biplane
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Powerplant
Propeller
Top speed
130 mph
Cruising speed
115 mph
Landing speed
50 mph
1,870 pounds
2,650 pounds
Wingspan (upper)
30 feet
Wingspan (lower)
26 feet, 10 inches
57 inches
Length overall
23 feet, 6 inches
Height overall
8 feet, 6 inches
Fuel capacity
50 gallons
Oil capacity
4 gallons
The rst owner of my aircraft was Kadett Aviation Co. of College Station, Texas. The company
took possession of the airplane on October 24,
1942. Kadett then sold the airplane to the Defense
Plant Corp. on March 12, 1943.
On September 23, 1944, the airplane was sold
to William Athey of Pyote, Texas. Athey owned the
airplane until March 30, 1946, whereupon he sold it
to Arch B. Agee and Walter W. Williams of Madisonville, Kentucky. These gentlemen registered the airplane under the name of Agee & Williams Air Park.
Agee & Williams Air Park sold the airplane to JIM BUSHA
Hugh M. Clarke, also of Madisonville, Kentucky,
FAA records indicate no apon July 10, 1948. Clarke only held the airplane until
August 7, 1948, on which date he sold it to Graves Air- plications for airworthiness certicate or any other aircraft of Paris, Tennessee. Graves Aircraft transferred the worthiness paperwork activity after April of 1950 until
Tom Brown nished the restoration in 2000. It can only
airplane to Graves Flying Service on September 11, 1948.
On April 27, 1949, Graves Flying Service sold the air- be assumed that the aircraft was in storage for this enplane to J.K. Chumney of Humbolt, Tennessee, who tire time, probably due to a need of new fabric, but
in turn sold the airplane on May 31, 1949, to Stone B. actual reasons cannot be determined.
After the restoration was completed a new airworthiJones of Lexington, Tennessee. The airplane remained
in Jones ownership until September 15, 1996, when it ness certicate was issued on May 17, 2000. Gulbrandson
was sold to Merlin L. Bock of Tracy, Minnesota. Bock sold owned the airplane until May 8, 2005, when he sold it
the airplane on January 21, 1997, to Mark Gulbrandson of to Ken Wessels of Wayzata, Minnesota.
Wessels owned it until June of 2006 when he sold it
Lakeville, Minnesota. It was Gulbrandson who nanced
the restoration performed by Tom Brown of Brown Aero, to me. I hope to be the custodian of this beauty for a
very long time!
Unity, Wisconsin.
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A Family of Fliers
In March of
1941 Clyde Sr.
was hired at
Piper as a final assembly
inspector. He
was hardly
settled in Lock
Haven, Pennsylvania, by
the time he received
his private certificate on August 2, 1941.
With more flying to be done, he moved
into the engineering department and
became the experimental test pilot,
sometime around 1943.
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cal college, until they got a new building constructed at the air port. We
would teach one session locally and
one on the road. I taught a one-week
course on the PA-31P Pressurized Navajo, and a one-week course on the
high-performance singles and light
twins, which we called the Combined
Maintenance Course. The models
covered here were the Aztec, Seneca,
Seminole, Saratoga, Lance, and Arrow
models. I did this until 1982. During
this time I traveled throughout the
states to all the Piper distributors,
Canada, and two tr ips to Africa in
1975 and 1978. During many of these
trips, due to my increasing interest in
the older models, I would make maybe
an evening visit to a local students
home or hangar, to see a fabric Piper
project. When I got back to the factory I would help an individual with
technical information, a print, or obtaining a part.
In 1981 P iper decided t o shut
the training center down. Flig htSafety International, a professional
organization in Florida, had negotiated a deal with the c ompany to
take over and resume all training
programs that it was doing , including pilot and maintenance training.
That transition took about one year,
and he spent some amount of time
in Florida teaching and helping the
FSI staff. Clydes last two years in
Lock Haven were spent in the cus tomer service department, as a product support specialist responsible for
two production aircraft, the PA-38
Tomahawk and the PA-31P-350 Mojave. Clyde also answered all mail and
calls pertaining to the obsolete models, from the J-2 C ub through the
PA-30 Twin Comanche.
In 1982 I achieved one of my highest honors while employed by Piper. I
was asked to ferry the very last Lock
Haven built Super Cub to a dealer in
Texas. This was quite an honor for me
because my father had flown the very
first Super Cub and now I was piloting
the last one.
Clyde claims that much of his current knowledge was gained in those
last two years, at that job. On August
10, 1984, Clyde Jr. punched the time
Living the spirit of aviation, Clyde speaking to EAA AirVenture 2012 visitors.
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The Forums
Our first forum started on Wednesday, June 20, with Mike Kennedy conducting the first of the two scheduled
formation ground schools for the
week at the FBO. He decided to open
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Formation Flying
Competitions
The highlight of the Flying Formation Competition took hold with four
teams going head to head for bragging
rights. All teams were given a compulsory Unknown sequence simultaneously wherein they drew for flight
sequence time slots. There were five
ground judges who completed score
sheets to determine the winners.
Stan Price, Dave Anderson, and
Todd Bengtson won the three-ship
Grumpy Flight. They started out with
four ships, but Flea Carpenter had an
injector plug up and wisely pulled out
of the event while taxiing for takeoff.
Ernie Hansen, Nate Andrews, Gerry
Mahoney, and Bill Sheppard, otherwise known as the famous B urrito
Brothers, won the four-ship competition. Congratulations, boys!
Surprise Guests
Rod Hightower and Family
On Friday night we had Rod Hightower gracing our dinner table with
his son, John. John just finished his
solo flight in his dads Stearman a few
weeks earlier. What a proud dad as
he relates the feeling! And an equally
proud beaming face of John! Later on,
his wife, Maura, and their daughter,
Hannah, made an appearance.
Mr. Hightower did a tremendous
job with his introduction as the president of EAA even though everyone
who is familiar with airplanes and
air shows knows who he really is. The
Q&A he conducted was ver y wellreceived. He speaks right from the
heartnot from any teleprompter
or pre-arranged questions we wanted
him to address.
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Musings
Summary
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This Years
Best Super Swift
One piece at a time
By Michael L a France
Like the 70s Johnny Cash song I got
it one piece at a time, and it didnt cost
me a dime, Paul Ross built todays number one super modified GC-1B Globe
Swift airplane from parts. He actually
started this project with only a data
plate and an airworthiness certificate!
Most of Pauls airplane (at least the data plate anyway) came from a Denton, Texas, Swift factory in 1946. Globe/TEMCO Swift airplanes were manufactured from 1946 to 1951.
GC-1B Standard Specifications
General characteristics
Crew: one
Capacity:
one passenger
Length:
20 feet 10 inches
Wingspan:
29 feet 4 inches
Wing area:
132 square feet
Powerplant:
Continental C-125 six-cylinder,
four-stroke aircraft engine, 125 hp
Airfoil:
Root, NACA 23015; Tip, NACA 23009
Empty weight:
1,370 pounds
Gross weight:
1,710 pounds
Height:
6 feet 2 inches
Performance
Cruise speed:
Never exceed speed:
Range:
Service ceiling:
Rate of climb:
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Vintage
Mechanic
THE
BY ROBERT G. LOCK
Illustration 1
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Illustration 2
because it used two-part epoxy coatings that, when catalyzed, smelled like a dead animal. A wiping pad was used
to spread the coatings, the first being a yellow color. Only
small amounts of material were catalyzed because of curing rates. After the first coat dried, a second coat of a gray/
silver material was applied, cross coat from the yellow
stuff. When that cured, you could not see or feel the weave
of the Dacron! Final finish was automotive enamel. I was
able to see and f ly in the ship when on leave from the
Army, probably 1962 or early 1963. T here were cracks
already in the coatings because they were brittle. The Eonnex process came into existence around May 1960; at
least, that is the copyright date on the Eonnex Manual
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Illustration 5
Illustration 4
Col. Cooper sold his original Ceconite process and moved to
Illinois where he developed an alternate filler material for Dacron fabric. He still retained the Ceconite name but used a filler
material called Dac Proofer and Spra Fill. The original Ceconite Procedure Manual 101 was revised to include information
on the alternate process. His products became known as Super
Flite, the Dac Proofer being blue in color and Spra Fill being
silver in color. Finish was recommended as pigmented butyrate
dope because the system had to be rejuvenated due to the filler
cracking with age, just the same as butyrate dope.
In 1962, Ray Stits began experimenting with a new filler
process for Dacron fabric that he called Poly-Fiber. The original process used a white liquid material that was applied to the
cloth using a brush and which could not be sanded. He called
the material Poly-Brush because it was spread totally with a
brush. After two to three coats of Poly-Brush had been applied,
four to six coats of Poly-Spray were applied with a spray
gun and were the UV blocking material. This material could
be sanded, but it was difficult to make a surface completely
smooth due to the buildup of brush marks caused by spreading Poly-Brush with a brush. The new Poly-Fiber process is
much better, and a smooth surface can be easily achieved with
minimal effort because the Poly-Brush material can be applied
with a spray gun, thus eliminating brush marks.
Each STC holder was required to maintain a sealed list
of aircraft that were initially covered with the process. This
was achieved by completing FAA Form 8100-1 (formerly
FAA Form 1227), Conformity Inspection Record. Note 5
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Conclusion
Illustration 6
When a new aircraft design is proposed, the Federal Aviation Administration requires certain tests, data, and procedures before a type certificate (TC) can be issued. This is normally a long and involved process that does not happen overnight. FAR 21 contains data whereby individuals or a company
may be granted a TC and begin production of the aircraft or
related component to be sold on the commercial market. FAR
21 is certification procedures for products and parts.
After certification by the FAA the aircraft may be manufactured and sold. The original aircraft is manufactured with
certain parts and components installed, and in the case of a
fabric-covered aircraft, a specific type of covering material
and process. Examples of this are specific types of powerplants of specific horsepower, wheel and brake assemblies
manufactured by a specific company, specific types of tail
wheels, etc. These items that were originally installed by the
manufacturer are listed in the aircraft specification sheet for
the particular model aircraft. These aircraft specifications
will also list other pertinent data, such as engine type, minimum fuel rating, maximum gross weight, center of gravity
range, control surface movement, plus a complete listing of
all equipment approved for installation in the aircraft.
In 1961 the FAA changed from the CAA Aircraft Specifications to Type Certificate Data Sheets (TCDS) and also
changed the TC identifications to reflect where the TC was
originally issued. The Type Certificate Data Sheets do not
contain a listing of approved equipment for the particular
aircraft; rather this information is now contained in the
equipment list of the weight and balance data.
The particular type aircraft was type certificated covered with a specific type fabric process. If the aircraft is
re-covered for any reason, it is a major repair, and an FAA
Form 337 must be executed. If a different type of fabric
covering is to be installed, it is a major alteration because
the original TC was altered. The STC allows modification,
in this case the fabric covering, of the aircraft with no FAA
intervention except for the very first aircraft altered. The
STC holder allows use of their approval in exchange for purchasing necessary covering supplies. In many cases the STC
holder will also have a parts manufacturing approval (PMA)
that would cover some or all the covering supplies, such as
fabric, tapes, rib lacing cord, coatings, etc.
By now most fabric-covered ships will be included on
References
www.RandolphAircraft.com/html/w7868.html
www.Ceconite.com
www.AirTechCoatings.com
Poly-Fiber Procedure Manual No. 1, Revision No. 18,
dated April 1998 by Jon Goldenbaum
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by H.G. FRAUTSCHY
MYSTERY PLANE
AUGUSTS MYSTERY ANSWER
Fleet 7B CF-AOC with the optional coupe top was the subject of
our August Mystery Plane. It was the demonstration model for Fleet.
ugusts Mystery Plane wasnt
too hard for a few of you, and
while the base model of the
aircraft wasnt too hard to
figure out, the exact model was pretty
rare. Tom Lymburn of Princeton, Minnesota, sent in this reply:
Although a sliding canopy was common on RCAF Fleet 7 Fawns and Fleet 16
Finches, the August Mystery Plane is an
early Fleet 2/7 with a side-hinged coupe
top canopy. Optional equipment with
Model 7s (along with a 25-gallon fuselage
belly tank), it appeared only on one RCAF
and two or three civil models. The Model
2 used a 100-hp Kinner K-5, while the
Model 7B used a 125-hp Kinner B-5.
Canadian registrations of Fleets
with coupe-top canopies include:
CF-ANO, a Fleet 2 (s/n 4), which
was delivered in May 1930. It flew on
floats and skis with Arrow Airways in
Flin Flon, Manitoba, between 1932
and 1937. CF-ANO was written off in
a forced landing at Berens River, Manitoba, on January1946, when it hit
some trees.
CF-AOC, a Fleet 7B (s/n 5), was often flown by Jack Sanderson, general
manager of Fleet of Canada, as a demo
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GONE WEST
Everett Ev Cassagneres,
19282012
After a good day of f lying in his classic Cessna
170B, Ev passed away in his sleep on Sunday, July 1,
2012 at age 84. He was a longtime EAA member and
a contributor to Sport Aviation and Vintage Airplane
magazines, as well as other magazines.
Ev is best known as the author of sever al books
about Ryan aircraft and Charles Lindbergh. Much of
the information in his books was from a first-person
perspective, having been friends with Charles Lindbergh and the Lindbergh family. Ev had owned a
Ryan ST, and he formed the Ryan type club and
wrote several books about Ryan aircraft.
Ev became a pilot in 1945. He received the FAAs
Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award commemorating his 50 years of f lying. Ev f lew a variety of
airplanes and f lew as a corporate pilot as well as
for pleasure. His interest in aviation histor y led
to helping Cole Palen at the beginning of the Old
Rhinebeck Aerodrome. For one summer he became a
wing-walker performing atop a PT-17 Stearman. He
was also one of the founding members of the Connecticut Aeronautical Historical Association, which
formed the New England Air Museum in Windsor
Locks, Connecticut.
He was a Korean War veteran and was awarded the
Purple Heart, twice. He was also involved in many
activities outside of aviation. He was a bicycle racer
and holds an unbroken national 200-mile endurance/speed record. He helped with the Special Olympics and was a musician and participated in English,
Scandinavian, and Contra dance. He was also an avid
swimmer, cross-country skier, and hiker. But his
fondness for old vintage airplanes was his passion.
Blue skies, Ev . . .
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Treasurer
Dan Knutson
106 Tena Marie Circle
Lodi, WI 53555
608-592-7224
lodicub@charter.net
DIRECTORS
Ron Alexander
118 Huff Daland Circle
Griffin, GA 30223-6827
ronalexander@mindspring.com
Dale A. Gustafson
7724 Shady Hills Dr.
Indianapolis, IN 46278
317-293-4430
dalefaye@msn.com
Steve Bender
85 Brush Hill Road
Sherborn, MA 01770
508-653-7557
aaflagship@gmail.com
Jeannie Hill
P.O. Box 328
Harvard, IL 60033-0328
920-426-6110
David Bennett
375 Killdeer Ct
Lincoln, CA 95648
916-952-9449
antiquer@inreach.com
Steve Krog
1002 Heather Ln.
Hartford, WI 53027
262-966-7627
sskrog@gmail.com
Jerry Brown
4605 Hickory Wood Row
Greenwood, IN 46143
317-422-9366
lbrown4906@aol.com
Dave Clark
635 Vestal Lane
Plainfield, IN 46168
317-839-4500
davecpd@att.net
Phil Coulson
28415 Springbrook Dr.
Lawton, MI 49065
269-624-6490
rcoulson516@cs.com
DIRECTORS EMERITUS
Robert C. Brauer
9345 S. Hoyne
Chicago, IL 60643
773-779-2105
photopilot@aol.com
Gene Chase
8555 S. Lewis Ave., #32
Tulsa, OK 74137
918-298-3692
Ronald C. Fritz
15401 Sparta Ave.
Kent City, MI 49330
616-678-5012
rFritz@pathwaynet.com
Charles W. Harris
PO Box 470350
Tulsa, OK 74147
918-622-8400
cwh@hvsu.com
VINTAGE TRADER
S o m e t h i n g t o b u y, s e l l , o r t r a d e ?
Classified Word Ads: $5.50 per 10 words, 180 words maximum, with boldface
lead-in on first line.
Classified Display Ads: One column wide (2.167 inches) by 1, 2, or 3 inches high at
$20 per inch. Black and white only, and no frequency discounts.
Advertising Closing Dates: 10th of second month prior to desired issue date (i.e.,
January 10 is the closing date for the March issue). VAA reserves the right to reject
any advertising in conflict with its policies. Rates cover one insertion per issue.
Classified ads are not accepted via phone. Payment must accompany order. Word ads
may be sent via fax (920-426-4828) or e-mail (classads@eaa.org) using credit card
payment (all cards accepted). Include name on card, complete address, type of card,
card number, and expiration date. Make checks payable to EAA. Address advertising
correspondence to EAA Publications Classified Ad Manager, P.O. Box 3086, Oshkosh, WI
54903-3086.
EMPLOYMENT
Established Midwestern company
seeking seasoned lA with leadership
experience. Candidate must have an
extensive background in hands-on
restoration activities, be able to
manage large projects and be skilled
in business development. Our
restoration business is unique and
requires extensive experience with
vintage and Warbird type aircraft.
Send resume and salary requirements
to wasiresume@gmail.com
MISCELLANEOUS
www.aerolist.org, Aviations Leading
Marketplace.
SERVICES
Always Flying Aircraft Restoration, LLC:
Annual Inspections, Airframe recovering,
fabric repairs and complete restorations.
Wayne A. Forshey A&P & I.A. 740-4721481 Ohio and bordering states.
FOREIGN MEMBERSHIPS
Please submit your remittance with a check or draft drawn on a United States bank payable in United States dollars. Add
required Foreign Postage amount for each membership.
Membership Services
MondayFriday, 8:00 AM6:00 PM CST
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Tin GeeBee
Flying Tiger
5266560400000
$28.99*
$20.99*
$49.99*
5266646202000
5266646203000
5266646204000
5266646205000
Small
Medium
Large
XL
$16.99*
$9.99*
$6.99*
www.shopeaa.com/vaa
Telephone Orders: 800-843-3612
From US and Canada (All Others Call 920-426-5912)
*Shipping and handling NOT included. Major credit cards accepted. WI residents add 5% sales tax.
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