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What keeps us all inspired to stay
engaged in the Vintage Aircraft Asso
ciation (VAA) chapter network? The
social interaction among its mem
bership is a strong factor for many
of us, and this has been a real plus
in our local VAA Chapter 37. We
have such a diverse group of mem
bers, and it continuously amazes the
leadership at our chapter.
We have members who range in
age from 12 years old to some who
are well into their golden years. The
most amazing part of our member
ship is the diversity of talent and ex
pertise they bring to our group. Some
provide us with cash, and some offer
us a lot of their time and sweat, both
of which are vital elements to our
success. We have members who rou
tinely assist us with computer exper
tise and construction management.
We have cabinet builders, wood
workers, metalworkers, certificated
airframe and powerplant mechanics
and aircraft maintenance instruc
tors, flight instructors, plumbers,
electricians, an HVAC technician, a
banker, a judge, a doctor (aviation
medical examiner), teachers, a state
trooper, a couple of corporate pilots,
a retired airline pilot, a truck driver,
a tool salesman, a sign maker, a con
crete contractor, a machinist, an
undertaker, an autoworker, a gov
ernment contractor, and a fireman . I
could go on here, but I think you see
what I'm referring to when I use the
word "diverse."
We are rich with talent, as well as
energy. That's not something you
see a lot of, outside of an aviation
association like ours. We could only
part of our
membership is
the diversity of
talent and
to our group.
Youngag/es.org/programs/airacademy.
Talk about inspiration. Talk
about pride in our efforts to inspire.
It doesn 't get any better than this,
folks. For example, I have had the
pleasure to provide transportation
home to a few of our Air Academy
campers, and man, they just talk
all the way home . When they're
that fired up, you can't help but go
along for the ride!
Yet another critically important
component of our success as a VAA
chapter must be mentioned in this
column, because it is absolutely vi
tal. It is virtually the foundation of
our success, and that is the local
airport board, the airport manager,
and his or her staff. Some airports
still see the value of welcoming the
public to their facilities, but unfor
tunately, a lot of them just don't
get it. The leadership of the Dekalb
County Airport (GW8) in Auburn,
Indiana, truly stands out as a won
derful example of the need to keep
these "public facilities" public! They
entrusted our chapter members to
meet our pledge to them that we
would provide local events to attract
the locals to visit "their airport."
Consider also that we are not the
first aviation group to set up shop
at this airport. That is proof in the
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A Bonanza Tradition:
by Budd Davisson
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by Bob Whittier
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by Robert G. Lock
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Mystery Plane
by H.G. Frautschy
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arch , Stanley, when Rick Fortier was still a toddler. His early interest in aviation and in
this particular B model prompted the elder Fortier to keep the Bonanza even after he had
purchased a newer model. EAA photo by Bonnie Kratz
BACK COVER: This past March 26th was the 70th anniversary of the maiden flight of
the Cessna T-50. As shown on our back cover, the twin-engined trainer and utility airplane
was piloted that Sunday morning by Cessna 's Dwayne Wal lace. We look forward to over a
dozen Bobcats expected to attend EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2009 . See VAA News for more
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FAA ' s 2009 AirVenture Notice to
Airmen (NOTAM ), which contains
arrival and departure procedures
for the 57th annual fly-in conven
t ion . These procedures are in ef
fect from Friday, July 24 , through
Monday, August 3-one day earlier
than previous years. (The event is
July 27-August 2. )
Wh i le the ove rall procedures
are similar to past years, there are
some noteworthy changes-29 of
the NOTAM 's 32 pages cont ain up
dates. You can download a PDF ver
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are also available online at www.
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pied by the ice cream stand), we're in need of a set of bleachers. A set of
three or four tiered units, either aluminum or wood, would be very help
ful. The type used around a ball diamond or smaller school track meet
would be perfect. (Think of the bleachers next to the cornfield in the base
ball movie Field ofDreams.) If you can help, please give us a call here at
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JUNE 2009
As aircraft from around the world make their way to EAA AirVenture
Oshkosh this summer, hundreds of aviators gather together to arrive at
Wittman Regional Airport in flocks of kindred aircraft, creating their own
communities along the flightline.
Groups scheduled to arrive en masse at Oshkosh in 2009 include
Cessna 150s and 152s, in honor of the Cessna 150's 50th anniversary;
Beechcraft Bonanzas (Bonanzas to Oshkosh); Cessnas (Cessnas 2 Osh
kosh); Mooneys (Mooney Caravan); Piper Comanches; and custom-built
Van's RV airp'lanes. In addition, warbirds such as the T-6, T-28, T-34 , and
Nanchang Red Stars will arrive as groups during the afternoon air show
on Monday, July 27.
Many people come to Oshkosh early just to see these mass arrivals,
scheduled July 24-26 and coordinated between EM, the FAA, and the indi
vidual aircraft groups. Pilots in the mass arrivals receive thorough briefings
prior to arriving at Oshkosh, and scheduled arrivals could be altered due to
weather or other factors.
Here's the current schedule of EAA AirVenture mass arrivals:
Friday, July 24, 10 a.m.-Cessna 150/152 (www.Cessna150152.com)
professional associations .
One of the alternatives Psutka
is pushing for is approval of 406
MHz personal locator beacons
(PLBs) or tracking devices instead
of the significantly more expen
sive installed ELTs.
Psutka was quick to say that this
development does not eliminate
the new rule. "Where it stands, the
CARAC will reconvene, and my un
derstanding is that the earliest this
will happen is the third week of
June," he said. If everything went as
swiftly as pOSSible, a new final rule
addressing the minister's concerns
would be announced no earlier
than the end of August, he added .
Meanwhile, pilots who have yet to
upgrade to the 406 MHz ELTs can
continue operating legally with the
older 121.5 MHz units, although
Psutka cautioned that search-and
rescue satellites no longer monitor
the older frequency.
Denis Browne, chairman of the
EAA Canadian Council, was glad
to learn that the public would
have more input on the rule
through the CARAC. "We would
like to see the end-users given
more opportunity for feedback
on potential alternative compli
ance, such as PLBs, and other
ways of dealing with the new
technology," he said. "There also
has not been full consideration
of the effect of this new rule on
international traffic and how to
accommodate air tourism. The
CARAC usually considers such
recommendations.
Because the FAA does not plan
to adopt the 406 MHz ICAO stan
dard in the United States , EAA
feels most American aircraft own
ers will likely choose not to spend
the estimated $1,000 (plus in
stallation) to equip their aircraft,
resulting in a sharp decline in
tourism and business flights by
U.S .-registered aircraft into Can
ada. From May 2007 to May 2008,
the Canada Border Services Agency
processed more than 63,000 for
eign private aircraft, roughly 90
percent U.S.-registered.
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Randy Van Surdam of Seneca, South Carolina, with NC14071, his Jacobs
powered 1934 Waco YKC (ambulance version).
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sidled up comfortably to the Cessna
195, her sky-blue eyes peering back at
her from the polished fuselage as she
JUNE 2009
Jerry Cox of Mattoon, Illinois, with N1947B, his 1948 Luscombe 8F, pow
ered by a C-90.
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Jed Smith of Huntington Beach,
California, was readying his pol
Jed Smith of Huntington Beach, California, bases N3378K, his 1946 Globe
Swift GC-1B, at Riverside airport.
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A bright yellow 1944 Beech D17S
Staggerwing arrived by the end of the
week and was an eye-catcher on the
Charlie Maples of Culpeper, Virginia, talks with his buddy, J-3 Cub pilot Tim
Loehrke of Herndon, Virginia. The two flew down in Maples ' 1944 Pratt &
Whitney R-985-powered Staggerwing.
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Ben Troemel and Tracy Smith of Cocoa Beach, Florida, with Troemel's
1946 Cessna 140.
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Ben Troemel and Tracy Smith of
Cocoa Beach, Florida, were camp
ing with Troemel's faithful 1946
Cessna 140-just as they do nearly
every year, soaking up the ambi
ence of the fly-in . Troemel, a retired
Air Force pilot who flew cargo 747s
for Atlas Air and is now a 757 first
officer for Northwest Airlines, has
owned N90174 for 15 years.
"I bought it from a gentleman
friend of mine, Reddoch Williams,
up in Fort Walton Beach," he says
with an exuberant smile. li lt was
my first taildragger airplane that I
really got to fly! It's fun, it's STOL,
and you can actually go places in
it. We just love to come here and
hang out with all the people and
see the other airplanes and wander
around." Troemel encouraged a stu
dent-pilot friend to head on over
to the fly-in. "He just got busy with
work, so I called him up and said,
'You really need to come over here;
this is really cool-you'd enjoy it!'"
Although Smith doesn't fly, she
comments with fun-loving laugh
ter, "I provide the food and beverage
service!" She sums up her attraction
to the fly-in this way: "You have
the little airplanes, you have the air
show, and ... there's something for ev
erybody, even shopping for both the
guys and girls, plus being outside!"
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Colie Pitts of Douglas, Georgia,
enjoyed a bird's-eye view of the
flightline as he relaxed beneath
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Colie Pitts of Douglas, Georgia, loves flying N85857, his 1946 Aeronca
l1AC Chief.
Randy Van Surdam and his 1934 Waco YKC are fre
quent visitors to Sun 'n Fun.
At least four Republic Seabees were noted in the sea This 1954 silver-painted Cessna 170B, registered to
plane area. N6240K was manufactured in 1947 , pow Dale Peterson of Fayetteville, Georgia, was sparkling in
ered by a Franklin engine.
the Florida sunshine.
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Cayce, SC
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a well-known
f~ct that certain
airplanes have
a near narcotic
effect on given groups of people,
and this is what has given rise to
so many type clubs. Some of the
airplanes, however, Beechcraft Bo
nanzas being one of them, seem to
work their way into a person's DNA
and take up permanent residence
in that person's soul. And it must
be a DNA-level attraction for the
Fortier family of Chico, California,
whose Bonanza history started in
1947, the first year the breed was
produced , and family members
have continued to be involved un
til today. They represent three gen
erations of Bonanza ownership,
with two generations owning the
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With its bank of original "piano key" switches across the lower portion of the instrument panel and the metal trim
around the central axis of the throw-over control yoke, the interior of the Fortiers' Bonanza is nearly original. The
addition of a set of modern radios and a Garmin GPS 396 increases the utility of this family airplane.
BONNIE KRATZ
ALTHOUGH HIS
PARENTS BOUGHT
ANOTHER BONANZA
... THEY KEPT
THE B MODEL
KNOWI NG IT WOU LD
EVENTUALLY BE
HANDED DOWN TO
RICK, WHO, AT
THE TIME, WAS 12
YEARS OLD.
The four Fortiers, Leslie and Rick with their two daughters, Hannah and
Holly. Their Bonanza has been part of the family since Rick's father
bought it in 1970.
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ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN
EAA Experimenter
OCTOBER 1994
BY BOB WHITIIER
EAA 1235
Editor's Note: The Light Plane Heritage series in EAA's Experimenter magazine often touched on aircraft and concepts
related to vintage aircraft and their history. Since many of our members have not had the opportunity to read this se
ries, we plan on publishing those LPH articles that would be of interest to VAA members. Enjoy!-HGF
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Header Tank
of graphite-impregnated asbestos
cord, compressed just enough with
a packing nut to stop leaks. The very
durable water pump shaft seals we
have today are the result of years of
research. Today's ethylene glycol an
tifreezes are compounded to lubri
cate the lips of these seals, and this
is one reason why it pays to heed
engine manufacturers' recommen
dations about water-to-antifreeze
proportions and replacement peri
ods for used coolant. Fresh coolant
also contains additives to control
foaming and protect cooling-system
metal surfaces from corrosion.
We take this antifreeze so much
for granted that we seldom give it a
thought. But anyone using or plan
ning to use it in a liquid-cooled
aviation engine should learn some
thing about its quirks. As it comes
from the shipping container, it has
a freezing point of OF. But, instead
of turning into a solid at this point,
it becomes slushy. The different
books in front of us as we write this
give the freezing-solid point as be
ing 48F, 60F, and 70F below zero
F. If you're doing serious work with
engines, go by the latest and most
authoritative literature you can find.
When it freezes, unlike water, ethyl
ene glycol contracts and so will not
burst a cooling system's passageways.
When it's used in a cooling system, it
expands more than does water, and
this is why modern cooling systems
have overflow tanks. Also, when a
hot engine is shut down, coolant cir
culation ceases and heat remaining
in the cylinders' metal soaks into the
coolant. This can raise its tempera
ture as much as 20 degrees, and what
is called "afterboiling" occurs.
The 50-50 mixture commonly used
provides freezing protection to minus
34F, while a mixture containing 68
percent ethylene glycol lowers the
freezing point to minus 92F. As we
said, this stuff has quirks!
A reason why mixtures in the 50-50
range are widely used has to do with
the corrosion inhibition properties
compounded into commercial anti
freezes. Much or too little antifreeze
in the coolant mixture upsets things
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the images.
Here's our first letter:
"The March 2009 Mystery Plane
appears to be the third Percival Q.6
(construction number Q22?) which
was bought by King Ghazi of Iraq
and given the registration YI-ROH
Survival
Sometimes even the most care
ful observations of an off-airport
landing site may miss some ob
stacle, or your airplane battery
goes dead, or there is some other
reason like you have misjudged
the airstrip length and you just
cannot take off after you are on
the ground. That is when you will
need your survival kit. So be sure
to pack a good survival kit when
ever you venture out into the off
airport world.
Final Thoughts
If you decide to venture out
there on an off-airport adventure,
there are a couple of things you
need to do. First make sure your
airplane is suitable. Boondocks
airstrips are better suited to tail
wheel aircraft for better prop clear
ance. Also small tires really can
not handle soft sand, gravel, or
bumpy surfaces. Tri-geared aircraft
can be used if the surface is fairly
hard and not too bumpy. Finally,
practice at a local airport using
the known length of the strip or
runway. Or measure a section of a
country road that you can practice
on. Practice timing the length by
picking a reference point on your
plane, like a spot on the lift strut
or door post or window frame.
This will give you confidence that
you really can estimate the length
of a remote boondocks airstrip.
Be careful and have fun out
there!
.......
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U.S. Sport Aviation Expo
Sebring Regional Airport (SEF), Sebring, Florida
February 2-4, 201 0
wwwSport-Aviation-Expo.com
Aero Friedrichshafen
Messe Friedrichshafen, Friedrichshafen, Germany
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Sun 'n Fun Fly-In
Lakeland Linder Regional Airport (LAL),
Lakeland, Florida
April 13-1S, 2010
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BY BILL HARE
Dear H.G.,
Your article in the February Vin
tage Airplane magazine identifies
November's Mystery Plane as the
Sikorsky and Gluhareff UN-4 as de
signed in late 1926/early 1927. The
picture of this machine reminded
me of a similar photo in Aviation
History in Greater Kansas City pub
lished by the editors of the former
Historic Aviation magazine.
Although this publication must
be over 4S years old, I was able to
contact the listed associate editor,
Mr. Nat Cassingham, who gave me
permission to copy and send you
a partial version of the original ar
ticle about the Jenny modification.
Our conversation revealed that al
most all of the listed contributors
and other principals who published
this book are deceased.
Enclosed you'll find a copy of a
p icture on page 17 of an airplane
that very closely resembles the UN
4. You will also note a copy of the
historical notes on the conception
of this aircraft and the culmination
of this idea with the Inland Sport,
also manufactured in Kansas City.
If the Kansas City construction
dates of 1924 and 1926 are correct,
would the UN-4, designed in late
1926/early 1927, have influenced
the Sikorsky and Gluhareff?
Many thanks for your Mystery
Plane articles.
Bill Hare,
Mission, Kansas
JUNE 2009
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