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LETIING GO
YOU'LL KNOW WHEN IT'S TIM ElNoel Allard
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MEETING LINDBERGH
A CHILDHOOD DREAM COMES TRUE
/ Ev Cassagneres
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Budd Davisson
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NEW MEMEBERS
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MYSTERY PLANE
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CALENDAR
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BY ESPIE "BUTCH" JOYCE
PRESIDENT, VINTAGE ASSOCIATION
at Oshkosh during
EAA AirVenture
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Release of Older
Information and
Intellectual
Property Laws
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2002
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COPIES OF INDIVIDUAL
AIRCRAFT RECORDS
Tom Taylor,
Cherry Valley, Illinois
Behind-the-Scenes:
Sandy Perlman,
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Meritorious Service:
Craig Baumgartner,
Auburn, Indiana
Clair Dahl,
Ellendale, Minnesota
TOP VAA YOUNG EAGLES
FLIGHT LEADER
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Grand Champion:
(N75SV)
Judges' Choice:
Arngrimur Johannsson, Iceland
1943 Piper L-4/ J-3 (TF-CUP)
SEPTEMBER 2002
Grand Champion:
Chief (C9526E)
Best Navion:
Luis Olaguibel, Mexico City, Mexico
XB-BEM
Cessna 170/172/175:
Ed Wischmeyer, Redmond, WA
1959 Cessna 175 (N59175)
Cessna 180/182/-210:
Mike Forney, Lambertville, NJ
1965 182-H (N940W)
Mooney:
Donald McGettigan, Mesa, AZ
1962 Mooney (N6242U)
Best Stinson:
Steven Smith, Santa Rosa, CA
108-1 (NC97979)
Best Swift:
Donald Woodhams, South Haven, MI
GC-1B (N3866K)
Best Taylorcraft:
Lee Bowden, Independence, IA
BC12-D (N39911)
Limited Production:
Robert Gutteridge, Santa Rosa, CA
1957 Champion (N7557B)
Most Unique:
Jan Christie, Ft. Atkinson, WI - 1958
Percival (N747JC)
Grand Champion:
Outstanding in Type
Beech Single Engine:
Nicholas Ziroli, Mt. Sinai, NY
1965 Beech S-35 (N6016F)
Cessna 150:
Michael Wotherspoon , Barrie,
ON Canada
1966 Cessna 150 CF-SZD
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"Upside Down"
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This story is
not about
acquIrIng
some
wonderful new
thing but rather
about letting
something go.
In everyone of our lives there are
things that make you the person you
are. There is the wife, husband, chil
dren, grandchildren; there is the
home in the neighborhood, the cabin
on the lake; there is the great job at
the office; there is the big sedan you
drive to work and your stable of vehi
cles; there is the golf or fraternal club
membership; the boat or the airplane;
and your other toys and hobbies.
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As I delved deeper into the subject,
many questions surfaced, some of
them even today unanswered . So
how do I find the answers? I was fi
nally convinced that only Lindbergh
could give me the correct informa
tion I needed. Oh, sure, now how in
the world do you contact this man,
who lived a private life, although
only about 60 miles from my home
at the time, here in Connecticut.
I n the early stages of the forming
of the Connecticut Aeronautical His
torical Association, and as one of the
founders of this first of its type in
the country, I became acquainted
with some interesting pioneers of
aviation then living in the state. I
became friends with such noted in
dividuals as Howell Miller and Ed
Granville of the Granville Brothers
"Gee-Bee" fame, Igor Sikorsky, Sr.
and Jr., and Carl Schory. Schory was
the man who installed the baro
graph in the NYP at Roosevelt Field
before the flight to Paris. At that
time, Schory was Secretary of the
Contest Committee of the National
Aeronautic Association.
I spoke with Carl Schory about
my interest in contacting Lindbergh,
who he knew over the years. He fur
ther suggested that I contact his
friend , Lauren "Deac" Lyman, also a
close friend of Lindbergh. Lyman
lived only a short distance from the
flyer, and the two couples socialized
when time permitted.
After a phone call I was invited
to Lyman's home a few days later,
for a discussion of my project, then
in its early stages. He seemed im
pressed and suggested that I keep
in touch and inform him of my
progress (as a test, I feel). He also
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While not exactly a T-shaped panel, this Meyers 145 has the original instru
ment panel intact, without the usual cutouts made for more modern
equipment.
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FRAUTSCHY
The original engine was a 75 hp Roberts engine that weighed nearly 300
pounds! This particular example was installed in an airp lane (type unknown)
that had a forced landing on a farm in Montana in 1912. While the airframe
was severely damaged , the pilot of the plane was unhurt, and as he departed
the farm for the local train station, he gave the remains to his host. The en
gine then sat in a barn for more than 60 years before being traded to Cole
Palen of the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome. Cole , in turn , made the engine avail
able to the Florida Aviation Historical Society for display with the Benoist
replica.
The Roberts engine has a displacement of 572 cubic inches. It was a real
Clydesdale of an engine, producing its 75 hp at a grand total of 1200 rpm. It
was made in Sandusky, Ohio .
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Suspended in the First Flight gallery, the Benoist Model 14B flying boat is a faithful replica of the biplane used for
the first flight of a scheduled airline in the United States. Along the wall in the back, framed by the floor to ceiling win
dows, is a chronology of the airline industry.
St. Petersburg
Museum of History
Phone: 727-894-1052
Fax: 727-823-2625
Website: www.museumofhistoryonline.org
The hull of the flying boat was constructed out of plywood, with the cap
over the forward part of the fuselage built using formers and stringers cov
ered with clear-doped fabric. You can also see the forward bearing mount for
the chain-driven propeller shaft.
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