September-October 2009 Jim Wilson—Editor & Publisher

Official Newsletter

of VAA

Chapter 3

ANTIQUE AIRWAYS ®

North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia Antique Airplane Foundation, Inc.

Hello Friends:

just recently returned home from Oshkosh and am still smiling! The flight to and from Oshkosh in my

Cessna 180 could not have been more enjoyable. The weather was perfect and the scenery was breathtaking. It was a great AirVenture for me (Again!) and for EAA. The number of people, planes and campers was significantly higher than 2008. In fact, in many areas it was a record breaking year. I would personally like to extend my congratulations to Tom and all the staff for the overwhelming success of AirVenture 2009. Most noticeable to those attending were the improvements made to make AirVenture more user friendly. The fly market and parts mart were moved to a new location near the commer-cial exhibit buildings. New foot paths and roads have been installed to shorten the walk from one major display area to another. There are more trams and busses to cut down on the walking distances. Over 300 new benches have been placed around the grounds. Hundreds of shade trees have been planted. Gradually being added are flush toilets and improved shower facilities. These additions (I did not list all of them.) are an ongoing project with the comfort of the EAA member/attendee being the main focus. VAA’s new building located beside the Red Barn is a welcomed and much needed addi-tion. I am proud to say that our club member, John TurgyanJohn TurgyanJohn TurgyanJohn Turgyan, was a major supporter in seeing that project to fruition. The building is home to the Vintage metal shaping forums which, by the way, is headed by our club member, Steve NesseSteve NesseSteve NesseSteve Nesse, the type clubs, a volunteer center and various other offices for Vintage Aircraft. I had to agree when fellow EAA Director and War-bird member, Jack Harrington, ruefully quipped that Vintage is “outdoing” the Warbirds. Lastly, your board of directors will be meeting this weekend to review the final plans for the fall fly-in and preliminary plans for the spring fly-in. The dates for the fly-ins are: Oct 2-3, 2009 and May 7-8, 2010. We look forward to seeing you at both fly-ins. Mark your calendar!!!!!!

Happy Landings! Susan

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Camden Dinner Speaker Lou FowlerLou FowlerLou FowlerLou Fowler, Columbia, SC. WWII B-24 Aerial gunner, 15th AF Italy. He was shot down over Austria and spent 13 months in four POW camps until he es-caped. Great story from a great American...Don’t miss it!

Members that Done Good Al Patton Al Patton Al Patton Al Patton of Augusta, GA received an EAA Chapter Achievement Award at Oshkosh. Al started and very actively supported EAA Chapter 172 in Augusta.

Bob Lumley Bob Lumley Bob Lumley Bob Lumley of Brookfield, WI received an EAA President’s Award at Oshkosh. Bob is a VAA Director. Steve Nesse Steve Nesse Steve Nesse Steve Nesse from Albert Lea, MN did a rejoin of the Chapter. Steve is the originator of the Tall Pines Café at Oshkosh and coordinates the Oshkosh sheet metal forums. Steve is also the Secretary of VAA.

Thanks for your service to EAA-VAA! Condolences To Ray Tyson on the death of his wife Lee on July 9, 2009

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Local Boy Does Good - Returns Home – The Jack and Glinda Hill

Story

Chapter 3 and the Hills discovered each other at the last Burlington Spring Fly-In when they arrived in their immaculate red UPF-7. I soon found out that Jack and I have covered a lot of the same ground and knew many of the same people…one of his United CPs even parachuted into my parents yard….immediately following his Decath-lon…but that’s off the track. Here is their path through aviation and on to our doorstep.

A 1937 Sunday morning buzz job by new Naval aviator in a big biplane got things kicked off in Jack’s five year old brain. This was a big event for a small town like Ahoskie, NC! His resulting fascination led to becoming a young ramp rat at Rocky Mount Airport, his first ride in a Waco UEC, and his first flying lesson in a J-3 at age14….a Christmas gift from an Uncle. Jack soloed two days after his 16th birthday in the J-3. Jack joined the Navy after high school and be-came a submarine fire control technician on the USS Tauro, home ported in New London, CT. During his tour, he progressed through his commercial and CFI….the only commercial pilot on the boat…just in case they needed one…and the only sailor to own a couple of J-3s. After four years, the Navy and their torpedoes lost out to the J-3. Jack did some crop spraying with a J-3 while awaiting the start of his college education at University of Miami and Embry-Riddle. After college, he was quickly hired by Capitol Airlines in 1956. Based at Chicago Midway, our new DC-3 copilot’s first trip was his most challenging. The -3 picked up a severe case of ice over Lake Michigan…clear ice that they couldn’t see. Luckily, it has been his worst experience….one that he did not even recognize at the time. While based in Chicago, he picked lots of time in the DC-3, 4, and Vickers Viscount. Capitol merged with United in 1961, and Jack was transferred to NY where he soon upgraded to cap-tain in the Viscount, DC-6, and then the 727. His United career included captaining the DC-8, -10, the 747 and 747-400. He was flying the Pacific rim routes…including lots of the sporty Kai Tak (Hong Kong) approaches when he retired in 1992. Meanwhile….his private flying started in the mid sixties with gliders at Wurtsboro, NY. He did well flying gravity powered craft; earning his Diamond Badge and even flying in the Na-tional Soaring Championship. He owned a KA6, KA6E and Standard Cirrus sailplanes. Grav-ity lost once; he has been to 30,000 feet with no thrust. In the powered segment, Jack has owned three J-3s, a Cessna 190, a ’32 Waco UEC and his present UPF-7. He has flown these two Wacos over 2,400 hours.

Jack and Glinda’s plan was obviously to go to the beach. Therefore, the seven year restoration on the UPF-7 was done by John and Scott Shue of York, PA

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Minimum crew for these airplanes on all but short local flights includes both Jack and Glinda. What happened in 1981? 1981 was the year he met Glinda, then met her again, and again, and then finally asked her out. Jack drug his feet, delayed, waited for her children to go out on their own, drug his feet some more, and finally married her in 2002. Glinda taught elementary school in Glouces-ter, NJ for 33 years. After her retirement in 2006 they moved to Washington, NC. Jack and Glinda have been very active par-ticipants in all three Waco Clubs since 1982. Both of his Wacos have seen many trips across the hill to Hamilton, Troy, Mt. Vernon, Ohio, and Creve Coeur, MO. We’re glad you found us…. any more like the Hills out there?? Oh….Glinda is in need of an 85 HP Champ LSA or similar…anyone got one? We just got to support a woman who loves old air-planes and knows how to pack light….

Camden Fly-In Get Out Your Airplane Where to stay and what’s to eat: Make your reservations early

♦ HQ Hotel is the Quality Inn, Lugoff SC. 803-438-9441 $69.99 + Tax

Use the secret code words “Vintage Aircraft Group” for this rate.

♦ Comfort Inn 803-425-1010 or Holiday Inn Express 803-424-5000

♦ Limited Camping with electric and water Call Billy Holden (803-424-7068) or

Wendy (803-446-0214) to reserve a hot spot.

♦ Unlimited Camping by your airplane or anywhere that isn’t a runway or ramp

♦ Showers available courtesy of EAA Chapter 1132

♦ Bar and Bar BQ on the field Friday evening

♦ EAA Chapter 1132 will cook eggs Sat morning, Lunch on Field Sat, Banquet at

Quality Inn Sat Night. Speaker is Lou FowlerLou FowlerLou FowlerLou Fowler, WWII B-24 gunner and POW

♦ SC Breakfast Club on the Field Sunday Morning.

Q: Who takes care of this award win-ning airplane? A: Glinda

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Waco Fly-In—Chapter 3 Does Ohio

My strategic retirement plan only has one line…fly now... our privilege is hanging by a thread. Spending several months with a 1.5 wing Waco biplane cancelled a chance at the last Biplane Convention and the American Waco Fly-In at Creve Coeur. However, The 50th National Waco Club Re-Union in late June provided a doable goal. We were going to get to it if we had to leave a week early. Our Chapter provided lots of active participants to this gathering.

An unusual collection of good weather allowed us to leave Cross, transit Virginia’s New River Valley airport, the mountains, and stop for the night in Gallipolis, OH... about four flying hours. The next morning, it was a quick flight up to Wynkoop Airport in Mt. Vernon, OH. This is an old grass strip airport, two miles from a town that is pleasantly hung up in good times past. The airport was NOTAMed for Wacos only. The people, airport, surroundings, and per-fect weather could not have provided a better venue for 53 attending Waco biplanes. This is truly a reunion. Everyone knows everyone else, and if they don’t know you, they act like they do. Every time a new Waco arrived, you would have thought Lindbergh had landed. Also…. lots of people from town came out to see the airplanes…with their kids…ones you could let in the airplane and not worry about getting the wheel thrown out of the window…an overall great ex-perience on many levels! In addition to seeing old biplanes flying off a grass strip for five days from sun up to down, there were two fly outs, some major meals under the trees, a hangar dance, and a banquet.

As Wacos are among the most prolific antiques, there are three major East coast Waco

Clubs. The American Waco Club, the National Waco Club, and the Waco Historical Society all have their own fly-In. They all get along and support each others activities….next month’s party

is at your place sorta thing. Jimmy and Connie Dean Jimmy and Connie Dean Jimmy and Connie Dean Jimmy and Connie Dean made the scene. Jimmy is edging closer to getting back to work on his Waco Straight wing. As ex-pected, Jack and GlindaJack and GlindaJack and GlindaJack and Glinda Hill ar-rived in UPF-7. I had a great time in the bathtub with one of Jack’s parts (airplane) but that’s another story…

Larry and Ilse Harmacinski Larry and Ilse Harmacinski Larry and Ilse Harmacinski Larry and Ilse Harmacinski arrived in their 1932 Waco

UEC cabin that they recently acquired from Jack Hill. They have re-joined the Chapter. Larry flies for US Airways and can be found in either Lake Norman or Brodhead, WI. He owned, flew, and has been around Wacos and such for many years.

Larry, Ilse, Glinda, and Eileen looking for a rice field.

Jimmy Dean: Grounded

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Ohio Con’t Don “Butch” HarveyDon “Butch” HarveyDon “Butch” HarveyDon “Butch” Harvey also did a Chapter rejoin. Butch is from Mt. Vernon. Buddy Weh-man and I met him many years ago when we went up to pick up a Hatz biplane that Butch built as a teenager…another long story. Butch now lives in Concord and is a Maintenance Su-pervisor for US Airways.

Chapter members Phil and Ruthie Coul-Phil and Ruthie Coul-Phil and Ruthie Coul-Phil and Ruthie Coul-sonsonsonson arrived fresh from the American Waco Club Fly-In (Phil is supreme commander of that group) in their beautiful side by side 1932 Waco UBA. This was a short respite before heading to OSH and their volunteer jobs with VAA. Thanks for many years service to all of these organizations! One more hot flash. They had the Open Cockpit Reserve Grand Champ at the National Biplane Expo!

See back cover. Dennis HarbinDennis HarbinDennis HarbinDennis Harbin and his wife PatPatPatPat (Rag Bag Shirts, hats, and aviation goodies) came early and left late. If you don’t have any of their clothing items, you are probably not properly dressed at your airport. Dennis also has an OX-5 Waco 9 project. After listening to his fo-rum presentation, I can feel his pain. This project is every bit about drawings and the paper-work trail as it is about the restoration work.

From there, the Wilsons flew up to the for-mer Grosse Ile NAS just southeast of Detroit. Two days evaporated with a visit to the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village. Grosse Ile has been in business since 1927 and is now a civil field. We stayed in the old Bachelor Officers Quarters across the ramp from the FBO and En-terprise got us fifteen miles to the museum….great fly out here… The six hour flight back to Cross included a refuel stop at Wilkesboro, where we spent a short time with Dick McNeilDick McNeilDick McNeilDick McNeil, Ed MulhollandEd MulhollandEd MulhollandEd Mulholland, and Robert Robert Robert Robert PhillipsPhillipsPhillipsPhillips. Photos of Dick’s Stearman and Robert’s Chip-munk project are in the mail.

Bottom line…good week…good Chapter representa-tion. I fully expect all these Wacos to show up at our fly-ins… Back in time to change oil and head out on the next trip...

Dennis Harbin presents. (WACO is an airplane….no K here)

Butch Harvey and Janet feeling the pressure to rejoin.

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2009 &10 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Oct 2Oct 2Oct 2Oct 2----4 , 2009 VAA 3 Fall Fly4 , 2009 VAA 3 Fall Fly4 , 2009 VAA 3 Fall Fly4 , 2009 VAA 3 Fall Fly----In Camden, SC In Camden, SC In Camden, SC In Camden, SC Oct 31 (Sat) Fly Oct 31 (Sat) Fly Oct 31 (Sat) Fly Oct 31 (Sat) Fly----Out to Susan’s Big Food EventOut to Susan’s Big Food EventOut to Susan’s Big Food EventOut to Susan’s Big Food Event Shiloh Airport (KSIF) Shiloh Airport (KSIF) Shiloh Airport (KSIF) Shiloh Airport (KSIF) 7777----9 May 2010 Spring Fly9 May 2010 Spring Fly9 May 2010 Spring Fly9 May 2010 Spring Fly----In at Roxboro, NC (KTDF)In at Roxboro, NC (KTDF)In at Roxboro, NC (KTDF)In at Roxboro, NC (KTDF)

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Phil and Ruthie Coulson Arrive in Style 1932 Waco UBA!