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Reflection on a
summers activities
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Where has my summer gone? Is it really fall already? Do I really have anything to complain about when it comes to the weather this
past summer? Well, we did have a few very warm days in the spring, but
that is easily addressed with a nice long Harley ride through the countryside. But other than that we have had some fantastic weather here in the
Midwest. In all my years of attending AirVenture Oshkosh I cannot remember a better weather week. It was as close to perfect as one can get.
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Oshkosh 2013
My post Oshkosh debrief this year was as positive as I have ever had
the pleasure to submit. There were many highlights to this years events
in the Vintage area of operations. I have been saying out loud to many
of our members, This was the best event I have had the pleasure of being involved with in my 30-plus years of volunteering at Oshkosh. The
Round Engine Rodeo was an outstanding venue for the VAA. Again, we
were blessed with the best possible weather conditions we could ever
hope for, and I strongly suspect that this proved to be a large factor in the
strong number of aircraft that we had the pleasure of hosting at Oshkosh
this year. I am continuously impressed with the owners and operators of
these very special vintage aircraft who make the effort and investment to
bring their flying machines to Oshkosh. Many of them actually travel to
Oshkosh each and every year to attend The Worlds Greatest Aviation Celebration we all know as Oshkosh. Another huge part of the success of this
years event is certainly a tribute to our VAA volunteers. Again, we experienced well more than 500 volunteers that came to Oshkosh to volunteer
directly with the VAA organization. You have heard me say many times
before, This thing doesnt happen without our volunteers. We would
never be able to experience such a safe and successful event without
these hundreds of individuals who travel here each year, and oftentimes
they spend their entire vacation with us at AirVenture. So, to all of the
vintage aircraft owners/operators, the volunteers, the staff at EAA, and
the Vintage Aircraft Association board of directors, my humble thanks to
each of you for making this event the premier event that we enjoyed this
year. We hope to see you at Oshkosh 2014!
A Tribute to Those Gone West
I was personally overwhelmed and saddened by the news of our foundcontinued on page 63
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Sole Survivor
Historic Aircraft Restoration
Museums 1929 Monosport
Model 2
Budd Davisson
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COVERS
COLUMNS
Dont worryyour favorites like Vintage Instructor, Good Old Days and
the Vintage Mechanic havent gone away. We had to make room for the
AirVenture coverage! Look for all your favorites to be back in the next
issue of Vintage Airplane.
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Straight and Level
Inspect and test aircraft fabric
Reflections on a summersactivities
Robert G. Lock
Geoff Robison
Air Mail
Thank You,
Friends of the Red Barn
Gone West
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Helio Super Courier and Piper Super Cub 1
maintained, and I flew it in 1979 for some 42.5 hours
Very nice write-up, Jim.
Stephen Ruby
Helio Aircraft Owners Network
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Charlie Harris
Robert Bob Lumley
Earl Nicholas
Wes Schmid
Ron Tarrson
VAA Chapter 10, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Diamond Level
JIM KOEPNICK
Hello Jim,
Just read your article on Aarons Helio Super Courier N4157D No. 509 which was built in March of
that year. The early 395s had a gross weight of 3,000
pounds and were never a favorite of the contraband
smuggling crowd due to their slow cruise and less
than 1,000 pound payload. The H-395 was the choice
of special ops for Air America with persistence from
Maj. Heinie Aderholt who convinced the Air Force to
purchase them for use in Laos as early as 1960. They
flew routinely from Lima sites: downhill, uphill, and
sometimes off curved paths.
The airplane Aaron had was the only Helio with no
damage history and the reason he bought it. It is powered with the Lycoming geared GO-480-G1D6 (295
hp), and that lasts only four minutes; all other operations are at 280 hp due to the planetary-gear-driven
slow-turning three-blade Hartzell of 96 inches. With
only 60 gallons of avgas you get an endurance of under
four hours at 130 knots on a good day.
Aaron has since sold that airplane to a group in
Russia, as he needed something with more payload
and speed. N4157D was sold last November 25,
2012. For an airplane of this vintage, it was very well4
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RUSS MUNSON
Jim,
Just thought I would drop you a line and a quick story.
I was looking through the September/October Vintage Airplane, and I came across this article of S/N No.
1 Super Cub.
My dad, Kip Mone, says old man Piper called him
(Kip Mone) and understood he ferried airplanes,
among other things. My dad said yes. So he and a
friend raced to pick up the plane and fly it to Florida
so it could do some tests. The tests were takeoff
distance, service ceiling, and so on. It turns out it was
the Piper Super Cub. If I recall, Carole Bailey did some
of the flying. She was a friend of my dads.
They landed in a street, and a girl came out with
orange juice. After all it was Florida. . . The highway
patrolman closed the highway so they could take off
and continue the flight.
My dad did a lot of air racing in Cleveland, air
shows, and other show flying. Many stories. He is
now 90 and living alone in the mountains at the end
of a dirt runway.
We are restoring the last Garland Lincoln Nieuport
28 (N12237, www.GarlandLincoln.com).
Brent Mone
Gold Level
Ron Apfelbaum
John Cronin
David Smither
Silver Level
Barry Holtz
Dan and Mary Knutson
Dwain Pittenger
Bob and Pat Wagner
Bronze Level
David Allen
Lloyd Austin
L. Tom Baker
Retired Lt. Col. Hobart Bates
Cam Blazer
Logan Boles
Gary Brossett
Thomas Buckles
Robert Rob Busch
Geoffrey Clark
Syd Cohen
Donald Coleman
Doug Combs
Dan Dodds
Geff Galbari
Arthur Green
Terry Griffin
Red & Marilyn Hamilton
E.E. Buck Hilbert
Peter Jansen Jr.
George Jenkins
Rich Kempf
Marc Krier
Barry Leslie
Gerald Liang
Russ Luigs
Thomas H. Lymburn
Ken Mercer
Gene Morris
Roscoe Morton
Steve Moyer
Pfizer Foundation
Lynn Oswald
Steven and Judith Oxman
Tim and Liz Popp
Bob Porter
Jerry Riesz
John Rothrock Jr.
Jeffrey L. Shafer
Bob Siegfried II
David Smith
Dean Stoker
Alan Thiel
Carl and Pat Tortorige
Thomas Vukonich
Donald Weaver
Jan Douglas Wolfe
Dan Wood
Supporter Level
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Gone West
James Schafer Moss
1932-2013
by Craig ONeill
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2013
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VAA 2013
Hall of Fame
Inductee
Susan Dusenbury
by Jim Busha
Lady Flier
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2013
she was crying and weeping uncontrollably. My Uncle Fred was there,
and he jumped up and gave me a
big bear hug, but my mother continued to cry and, in between tears,
said, Ladies dont fly! When will
you ever become a lady?
I looked at my mother and very
calmly stated, I am a lady. I just fly
airplanes! And 50 years of flying
later, with over 22,000 hours in my
logbook, I am still a lady and still
enjoy flying airplanes, especially
the antiques and classics.
SteppingstonesEarning
Her Ratings
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Preparing to fly Weedhopper. An exhilarating experience that Susan will never forget.
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In the Beginning
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Arkansas, accepted an
Air Force Ser vice Pilot
commission, and ferried
scores upon scores of
military aircraft all over
the United States. As the
war wound down, he continued his service to the
country as a Wisconsin
Air National Guard maintenance officer in Milwaukee, where he would
spend the balance of his
30-year military career,
retiring as full colonel.
H i s m i l i t a r y c a re e r
included an assignment
to the Far East, Japan,
and Korea, f lying utility f lights and forever
fixing airplanes. After
the Korean War, Paul returned to Audrey, the
family, Milwaukee, his
Air Guard career (which
consisted of maintenance
officer, supply officer, operations officer, and pilot)
and his eternal, untiring interest
in small, personally owned, even
personally built airplanes.
The now-famous January 26,
1953, coal bin basement gathering
of a few of Pauls aviation friends
would lead to the creation of the
Experimental Aircraft Association
and the September 1953 fly-in
on Curtiss-Wright Field, now Timmerman Airport, in Milwaukee. An
tion passion.
l days of avia
is youthfu
Paul during h
early formation.
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tainty Paul could have never anticipated, and from an airplane perfection and historical point of view,
could never have been foreseen.
In the middle to late 1970s,
the stars again began to move
and align, the thunder became
far more audible, and the heavens
certainly had their reasons. It all
began when, unannounced and
very quietly, came Jim Younkin,
the resident genius of Springdale,
Arkansas, f lying his brand new
1929 Travel Air Mystery Ship; convention attendees gasped. Jim followed in another year or so with
his absolute carbon copy of Benny
A Family Affair
Jack had a rare gift for aviationrelated writing and describing the
qualities of our small airplanes
and the personalities who nurture
them. Paul recognized Jacks exceptional gift, and somehow persuaded
Jack and Golda to move to Oshkosh
from their warm Carolina climate
and assume the responsibility for
EAAs several publications.
The next 30 years under Jack
and Goldas sterling stewardship
at the publications helm was to
bring a new level of excellence in
describing EAAs ever-emerging
and ever-greater role in aviation
prominence. Paul then brought in
the congenial Gene Chase to assist Jack and Golda in these critical
team efforts to even further move
the EAA publications into becoming more and more the perfect support mechanism for EAAs win-win
success in the aviation world.
Paul always had more . . . much
more. T he late 1970s saw the
50th anniversary re-creation of
Charles Lindberghs 1927 U.S.
tour of more than 100 cities in
the original Spirit of St. Louis. Paul
and EAA re-created The Spirit of St.
Louis and that momentous 1927
tour; it placed EAA at the highest
level of public visibility and awareness it had ever experienced.
Paul himself flew some of the
legs and flew Anne Morrow Lindbergh over her native Connecticut
countryside. She had never before
been in the original Spirit or its
replica counterpart. That first EAA
Lindbergh Spirit of St. Louis aircraft
re-creation hangs today in the EAA
Aviation Centers special tribute to
Charles A. Lindbergh.
Bursting at the seams in the Milwaukee suburbs of Hales Corners,
Wisconsin, EAA moved its headquarters to Oshkosh and embarked
on creating the magnificent EAA
Aviation Center/Museum facility,
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a frown; it is a smiling, happy, immaculately clean, and upbeat environment; it is as near a spiritually
uplifting, near heavenly experience
as one can imagine.
The entire overall complex with
all its attributes is an ongoing and
constant reflection of what Paul
wished it to be and what he constantly strived for and essentially
required it to be. He succeeded, and
succeeded on a scale that exceeds
the most extreme, ambitious imagination. Can any of us identify or
pinpoint any other extremely gifted
individual that we believe could
even scratch the surface in emulating the accomplishments of this giant? The author knows of none.
Aviation Leader
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Sole Survivor
by Budd Davisson
Monosport
The word for the day is Monocoupe. Now, real quick, what images popped into your head when
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TheMonoAircraftcompanyhadaconvolutedhistoryinwhichitmorphedinto,andoutof,havingaMonocoupeidentity.
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The rocker arm covers arent sealed and only keep the grease in the
general area. Note the flattened exhaust collector ring.
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The leading edge of the fin is adjustable right and left by stacking
washer and the lift strut has a universal fitting at the top.
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The original owner of 8989 poses proudly with his new purchase.
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2013
Kinner Power
When walking around the engine, its easy to mistake the cov-
Recreating the photo at left, Glenn Peck poses proudly with 8989 just before taking off on the first
post-restoration flight.
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The Kinner K-5 engine was supposed to have been overhauled, but
when Peck took it apart he found everything from glass beading media
in galleys to cracked cases.
A Brief History
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2013
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AirVenture 2013
Pre-war Aeronca Chief, 1939
CE140
PHIL HIGH
MICHAEL KELLY
CE195 on floats
PICTORIAL
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MICHAEL KELLY
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PHIL HIGH
WACO YKC
DAVID K. WITTY
MIKE STEINEKE
WACO YKC
MELODY WOLLANGK
AMY GESCH
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DAVID K. WITTY
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Meyers 200
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Round Engine
Rodeo turnout.
DAVID K WITTY
LAURIE GOOSENS
CRAIG VANDERKOLK
WACO QDC
DEKEVIN THORNTON
JAY TOLBERT
DENNIS BIELA
JAY TOLBERT
Stearmen
WACO YKC
Taylorcraft
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PHIL HIGH
Howard DGA
PHIL HIGH
Spartan Executive
Spartan
Cessna 170
DAVID K. WITTY
DAVID K. WITTY
Cessna 180
DENNIS BIELA
Taylorcaft
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WACO YOC
LAURIE GOOSENS
DAVID K. WITTY
DAVID K. WITTY
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Vintage member
John Patterson of
Frankfort, Kentucky, is
the owner of NC14047,
a 1934 Cabin Waco YKC.
Powered by a 220-hp
Continental, it cruises
at 105 mph and lands
at 55 mph.
N500HP is a 1963
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signed, time-worn
image was painted
directly on an interior wall panel in the
VAA Red Barn and
had apparently been
covered over for
years. Curiously, it is
remarkably similar to
NC14163 at right.
This gorgeous 1934 Stinson SR-5A bears the logo Abraham Lincoln Life Insurance Company,
Springfield, Illinois on its fuselage. NC14163 is powered by a Lycoming R-680 and is owned by Keith
Swalheim of Cottage Grove, Wisconsin. It cruises at 120 mph and lands at 70 mph. It received the Antique
Transport Category Runner Up award. (Watch for an upcoming feature on this airplane.)
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the blue jacket with patches that EAA lifetime member Camilla Roberts is wearing in this photo. Theres
a poignant story behind the jacket. Our friends,
Eric and Irene Manuel, would come to Oshkosh with
our chapter, and he passed away last year at 96. He
came up here until he was 94, shares Camilla, adding, Their children gave me Irenes jacket, and the
patches represent all the years Ive been here except
for one, when I wasnt here. They both volunteered,
and I still volunteer.
Camillas eyes sparkle when she says, My first
airplane ride was when I was 18 months old, in my
moms arms, on NC414H, which is the Tri-Motor that flies out at the Grand Canyon now. They charged a
penny a pound for passengers, and we have it on 8 mm film!
Shes been coming to Oshkosh since 1974, and her father, Larry Roberts, has flown the Cessna 170A here
42 times. They are active members of EAA Chapter 563 in Peoria, Illinois, and Larry is a Century Club member, having flown at least 100 Young Eagles.
Hes owned N5799C, a 1950 Cessna 170A, since 1967, and its staying in the family, since its registered in
Camillas name now. She has her private and is currently logging hours in the Cessna 170 to meet insurance requirements, so shes usually accompanied by her father or a flight instructor. Dad learned in a
Taylorcraft, and then he went to the 170, whereas I learned in a Cessna 152 with a nose wheel, Camilla
explains, adding, Dad has about 2,270 hours total flight time.
During her very first visit to Oshkosh, she met a lot of other kids to play with, and that kept her coming back. Our EAA group from Peoria used to be pretty big; a lot of them have gotten older now or have
health issues, but there used to be about 50 of them that would come, she recalls, adding, My great
uncle and great-great uncle and cousins also used to come. Later, we met people that fly in from other
parts of the country, and so now theyre kind of like our EAA group was. Another thing about Oshkosh: I
remember hearing the Apollo astronauts and veterans share their experiences up here. Its like a history
lesson, but you dont realize youre actually interested in history, until you hear somebody talk about it.
And then its like, oh! Why didnt my history teacher talk about this stuff?
Close-up view of N51ZD, taxiing out for takeoff. Joe Duke of Jacksonville, Florida, received the
Seaplane Gold Lindy award for his 1954 Grumman Albatross.
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Richard Epton of Williamson, Georgia, is a frequent flyer in N108N, his 1946 Temco D-16A Twin Navion.
Polished n pretty! This
1947 Cessna 140 is owned by
Rich and Elaine Harris of West
Nyack, New York. Powered
by its 85-hp Continental, it
cruises at 105 mph and lands
at 60 mph. NC2350N was the
Classic Category Class II (81-150
hp) Bronze Lindy winner during AirVenture last year (2012).
Vintage member Mark Weinreich of River Falls,
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The Flying Robertson Family. Tia and Phillip Robertson are longtime fliers, as both profes-
sional and general aviation pilots, and theyd always hoped to pass along their love of flying to their sons.
Their dreams were fulfilled earlier this year, when Nathan and Ian earned their private certificates, and it
was their mother, Tia, who was their flight instructor in the familys Cessna 170B. Twenty-three-year-old
Nathan was all smiles as he described his flight to Oshkosh: My dad and I flew the 195 up from Woodstock,
Georgia. We had great weather and visibility, and we saw all the big buildings in Chicago. We shared PIC responsibilities; Ive just recently started learning how to fly the 195, and its very challenging!
Twenty-year-old Ian flew the familys Cessna 170B, and his 21-year-old friend, Eddie Cengic, accompanied him. All the while, Tia was flying her Taylorcraft. At the beginning of a leg, wed have my mom in
sight, says Ian, laughing, and then wed pass her. Every time wed land, wed fuel up the 170, and then
my mom would come in, and we were like her pit crew waiting there, ready to clip on the ground wire
for the fuel pump, and fill up her 12- and 6-gallon tanks. Then wed send her out real quick: go, go, go!
Wed take off, but wed catch her and pass her again. She didnt fuel up her airplane once! I think flying
airplanes is extremely fun; I want it to be a career.
Tia is also teaching Eddie to fly. I have my written done, and am working on my private pilots license,
but Ive been caught up with work and school, says Eddie, adding with a grin, but coming back up to
Oshkosh has brought my interest back up! Seeing all these beautiful planes and flying here with Ian. Ive
told Tia I definitely want to finish my private license.
Tias laughter and excitement light up her countenance and warms those around her like a cheerful ray
of sunshine. Smiling happily, she declares, Phillip and I are delighted that our boys love flying as much
as we do; being able to share that as their mom and instructor has been wonderful. We are so proud of
them! When I let the boys solo my Taylorcraft, that was a real big deal to me for several reasons, one of
which is that Ive owned it for 32 years, and its my baby! Its exciting to fly up here as a family; Im glad
the bug finally bit them; we just waited until they showed an interest in it. Theyre working on their instrument ratings now!
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Vintage member Brian Neal flew N6126D (a PA-22150) from his home in Monrovia, California. This is his
eighth trip to Oshkosh, and he shares that he keeps coming back because, As much as anything, its the friendship of about eight to 10 guys Ive come to know here,
and we camp together every year. Plus Im a big AeroMart
person; I go there every day, and I like to look in the big
hangars at the vendor exhibits and look at the airplanes.
So its a bouquet of activities.
Brian soloed in a Cessna 150 and was attracted to tailwheel airplanes due to his fathers influence. My dad
was a pilot, and he learned to fly in a J-3 and always
liked taildraggers. About the time I was getting my license, he pointed out a Piper Pacer sitting underneath a hangar shed, and said, You know, thats a really
nice airplane. Its got four seats, good performance, and gets there cheap. It was less than a year after
that that I bought my first airplane, an original Piper Pacer, he recalls, adding, I bought this airplane in
1977, when I was 22 years old. It was originally a Tri-Pacer, and Ive had quite a few upgrades and modifications done to it over the years. The best one was the taildragger conversion, by far. It made a much
nicer airplane out of it. Ive flown it about 1,600 hours in 33 years; my big cross-country trips are up here
and to Texas where my family still lives.
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The 84-day
odyssey of
Cal Rodgers
Mark Carlson
Cal Rogers
Part 2
Coast to Coast
With the Vin Fiz
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The Reality
Entering Indiana on October 1,
he landed at Huntington. The next
day he crashed on takeoff, requiring three days to repair. On the
October 5 he made it as far as Hammond, where a broken skid had to
be replaced. Then high winds delayed his takeoff until October 8.
Time was beginning to run out. His
many forced landings and repairs
had cost too much. As Rodgers
crossed into Illinois and skirted the
southern shore of Lake Michigan,
the sobering truth was undeniable.
He wasnt going to make Hearsts
deadline. It was October 9 when he
reached Chicago.
he was being paid by Armour for every mile he flew, and even though
he had lost out on the 30-day goal,
he was becoming more and more famous with each passing day.
Mabel Rodgers obtained local
newspapers in every town the train
stopped in, and she told her husband he had the entire nation behind him.
The Wright EX slogged south, enduring crashes and engine trouble,
bad weather, and bumpy landings.
For most pilots a serious crash
would be a wake-up call, prompting an examination of their chosen
profession. But Cal Rodgers suffered at least seven major crashes
that required repairs and medical care. Another 16 were serious
enough to need work on the plane
before flight could be resumed. Cal
Rodgers, while being an excellent
athlete, was not an experienced
pilot. He won several air competitions, but a fair degree of luck was
involved. When something went
wrong in the air, a pilot with more
flying time might often have been
able to land with less damage than
Rodgers sustained. Rodgers had
only flown Wright brothers aircraft
and probably felt a loyalty to them.
But the EX was hardly the ideal biplane for an extreme long-distance
series of flights over several weeks.
Daily takeoffs and landings took
their toll on the EX, which had
never been designed for such work.
Texas was so large that more than
20 flights were needed to traverse
the Lone Star State. An engine
exploded on October 20 at Kyle,
Texas. But repairs were swift, and
he flew on to San Antonio on October 22. The determined Rodgers
was well past the halfway point by
late October. After following the
Rio Grande Valley northwest with
landings at Alpine, Sierra Blanca,
and Fort Hancock, he reached El
Paso on October 29. New Mexico
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tle of Vin Fiz had disappeared after the crash, and Rodgers, like many pilots, was superstitious and asked his
mechanics to go to the crash site and find it. They said
there were a million of them, but he wanted the one
hed carried from New York. Only after several searches
was the battered bottle found buried in the dirt.
On December 10 Rodgers was surrounded by wellwishers as he limped on crutches out to the Vin Fiz.
He stopped and regarded the plane, realizing it wasnt
the same aircraft in which hed left Sheepshead Bay
on September 17. While it was still a Wright EX and
the black VIN FIZ letters stood out boldly, all that
Safe for You, Safe for the World, Safe for Your Airplane
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Welcome
New VAA Members
Larry, Abraham . . . . . . .
Matt, Adams. . . . . . . . .
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