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CONTENTS
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News
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Mystery Plane
by H.G. Frautschy
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FRONT COVER: One of the best reasons to choose a project airplane can be its history
with your family; that same reason can cause your judgment to be clouded when it comes
to the project's viability. When it was discovered his newly pu rchased C-170A was a frosty
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caricature of an airplane crafted entirely out of corrosion, Steve " Jake" Jacobson just
couldn 't say " No," and so an extensive restoration of this classic was done and it was
selected as the Grand Champion Classic of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2008. EAA photo by
Mike Steineke.
BACK COVER: There are five McBrides, and they all had a hand to one extent or another
in the creation of this modified Cessna 1500. Just saying you're going to convert a 150
to a taildragger sounds like it's easy, but it 's not. There is a lot of work that has to be
done and a lot of parts to be chased . See Budd Davisson's article on the McBride fami ly
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cated just south of the VAA Red Barn (see map). The EAA
convention campgrounds are private campgrounds and
are not open to non-EAA members. Each campsite must
be registered by a current EAA member.
Another immediate benefit of VAA membership is
your free VAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2009 Participant
Plaque, which you can pick up in the rear of the Red Barn.
EAA and VAA memberships are available at both aircraft
registration and at the membership booth located under
the VAA Welcome Arch, northeast of the Red Barn at the
corner of Wittman Road and Vern Avenue.
JULY 2009
AirVenture NOTAM
www.AirVenture.org/flying
Alternate Airports
and Waypoints
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nate_airports.html
www.AirVenture.org/2008/
news/08060S--presentations.html
Put more than a thousand pre
sentations, workshops, and other
scheduled events at your fingertips.
Here's the lineup of movies, along with the guest presenters who have
been confirmed:
Sunday, July 26
(presenter TBD)
and Barnstorming
Monday, July 27
(presenter TBD)
Tuesday, July 28
Cloud Dancer
Wednesday, July 29
Thursday, July 30
Bat*2 1
Friday, July 31
X-1S
Saturday, August 1
Pearl Harbor
(presenter TBD)
presented by Joe Engle
(presenter TBD)
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Find or Share a Ride to Oshkosh
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www.AirVenture.org/planning/
AV2009....grounds_map.pdf
Quick reference guide of new site
layout: www.AirVenture.org/siteplan/
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AirVenture Schedule
www.AirVenture.org/schedule
Where to Stay
www.AirVenture.org/planning/where_
to_stay.html
JULY 2009
W. H ARRIS
FAA Admin istrator Marion Blakey speaks to a group ofType Club officia ls
during EAA AirVenture. In cooperation w ith EAA, the Vintage Aircraft Asso
ciation has regular contact with many levels of the FAA as we work to repre
sent our membership on maintenance and operational issues.
The VAA volunteer kiosk is always a busy place. More than 500 members
volunteer their time and expertise during the weeklong convention .
When the food service vendor for the convent ion decided to drop morning
food service on the south end of the field, VAA stepped up to the challenge
and created the VAA Tall Pines Cafe. Like t he rest of VAA's programs and of
ferings during the week, the meals are cooked by volunteer staff.
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MIKE STEINEKE
of N5752C
V I NTAGE AIRPLANE
While Jake Jacobson toyed with the idea of a super-duper, full-of -bells-and
whistles modern panel, once the decision was made to put the airplane back to its
original configuration, there was no turning away from creating a restored panel,
right down to the brown-faced flight instruments and NARCO radio.
Steve"Jake" Jacobson and Chris Shaw, who was instrumental in getting the
Cessna 170 restored to award-winning condition. Chris works for Harry Del
licker of Del-Air in Porterville, California.
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With more than 75 percent of the exterior skins replaced during the restoration, the 170 gleams in the partly sunny
skies over Waupaca, Wisconsin, one of our regular sites for a relaxing afternoon of air-to-air and ground photogra
phy during the annua l EAA convention.
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or an "old" student pi
lot and devout aviation
"junky," there is nothing
like a trip to Oshkosh, Wis
consin, for EAA AirVenture
Oshkosh. I was fortunate enough
this past July 2008 to join with my
older brother, Harry, my certificated
flight instructor, on our annual pil
grimage to the mecca of aviation
as we have for some 20 years now.
Only, this time it would be a lot dif
ferent. You see, we were given the
privilege of flying there from our
northern Indiana home in a beauti
ful , fully restored 1957 Beechcraft
Super E18S Tri-Gear.
The original plans were for the
owner, Tony Miller of Warsaw, Indi-
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VIN TA GE AI R P L ANE
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With just a couple of slight changes to make the 150 a bit more accommo
dat ing to the modern operating environment, the interior of the restored
150 hearkens back to a less complicated time of flight instruction and per
sonal transportation .
Bob Jr., mom Robbie, father Bob Sr., and brothers Chris and Greg all had a hand in creating a new-old classic.
The "fastback" version of the Cessna 150 makes a sharp-looking subject for
a tailwheel conversion. Many pilots claim that a fastback 150 is quicker than
the later Omni-Vision version of the airplane.
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EPOXY TIPS
Mixing: Use unwaxed paper cups; do not use any
container that is glass, waxed, or plastic foam. Some
times the pumps that dispense the resin and hard
ener will "spit" some air, particularly if they haven't
been used for a period of time. In that case, meter
some resin into a cup, then meter some hardener
into the same cup. If the pump does not emit any
air with the material, you're good to go. If some air
is emitted with either the resin or hardener, throw
the batch away and mix a new batch as the ratio of
resin and hardener will not be correct.
Stir slowly for at least a minute to thoroughly
mix the hardener with the resin . Don't "whip" the
mixture, as you will introduce air bubbles into the
adhesive. Popsicle sticks or tongue depressors make
good stir sticks.
Once mixed, the pot life will depend on ambient
temperature and amount of epoxy in the cup. Ep
oxy resins cure by chemical cross-linking of mole
cules. The byproduct of this cure is exothermic heat
(exotherm). Once the cure process kicks off, the ma
terial will begin to gel. Your project must be assem
bled and clamped before the material begins to gel.
If the resin is in a pot, the gel time will be very lim
ited due to exothermic heat buildup . So don 't mix
too much material at one time. It's always better to
mix small quantities often than to throwaway large
batches when they kick off.
Spreading: Use a brush that doesn't shed bristles.
For hardwoods (plywood) I sand bonding surfaces
lightly with a fine grade sandpaper; just enough to
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gear struts from round chromoly
tubing. This was faired to stream
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trailing edges, then wrapped with
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this was a nonstructural fairing,
I decided to hot-wire cut polysty
rene foam to the desired shape
and fiberglass the outside sur
faces. I used a medium-weight
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Height: 9 feet 6 inches
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Cruising Speed: 110 mph
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Dear H.G.,
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Leo Kimball was involved with
In the February 2009 issue of Vin
tage I was extremely interested in the testing of the airplane, mainly be
Mystery Plane explanation on page cause of his engine, the Kimball
30, the Curtiss UN-4 Jenny, with the Beetle, shown in the photo. It was a
seven-cylinder radial, 120 hp at 1850
Sikorsky wing.
For many years, probably since rpm, and was the Model K. Only five
I was about 17, I have known about of the Kimball radial engines were
one of those airplanes. I used to ride built, and none survive. You may
my bicycle up to Bethany Airport, also read about the history of the
Bethany, Connecticut, and recall viv Kimball Aircraft Corporation in the
idly just such an airplane there. It was American Aviation Historical Society
always known at the field as the Sikor Journal, Fall 2008, Vol. 53, Number 3,
sky-winged Jenny. There is a wonder which I researched since I was a kid
ful photo of that very airplane taken and finally wrote for the Journal. Mr.
at Bethany, with the pilot Gus Graf Kimball and his family lived across
(early parachute jumper) and his good the street from us, and I was good
friend Leo B. Kimball standing by the friends with him and his children for
airplane. On the rudder, near the top, many years.
is the number 6703, and on the rear
Ev Cassagneres
side of the fuselage is the Connecticut
Cheshire, Connecticut
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