51596 SWPCN Cover - Short Wing Piper Club

SHORT WING PIPER NEWS
(ISSN 8750-9113)
820 E. University
Springfield, MO 65807
Learn and enjoy the history of the Piper Cub and other Piper Aircraft with a private guided tour through the Piper Museum (the former
Engineering Building for Piper Aircraft). The Museum is located in the
beautiful mountains of Central Pennsylvania, adjacent to the Lock
Haven Airport. You’ll see lots of photos, videos, artifacts, and various
Piper Aircraft on the hangar floor.
Be sure to check out the Museum Gift Shop where you will find gifts
for all ages including T-shirts, coffee mugs, books, videos and more. See
you real soon.
The
News
Short
Wing
Piper
SHORT WING PIPER NEWS - July-August-September 2015
Piper Aviation Museum
One Piper Way
Lock Haven, PA 17745
www.pipermuseum.com
Periodicals Postage
PAID
July-August-September 2015
Ken Van Bortel’s beautifully restored Pacer comes to
the cover with a glowing recommendation for another
member’s work. Ken and Gloria, who live in Port Royal,
Pa., have been members since 1984. Ken said it would be
impossible to list all the changes in the complete groundup rebuild done by Steve and Charlie Gay, owners of Sky
Haven Airport, and Steve’s son-in-law, Eric. “They do terrific work at Sky Haven,” Ken said. As you can see, that’s
the truth. Steve and Barbara Gay, Tunkhannock, Pa.,
have been members of the club since 1985. Steve’s email
address is skyhaven@epix.net.
THE SHORT WING PIPER NEWS
i
The Voice of the Short Wing Piper
July-August-September 2015 - Vol. 37: No. 3
President: Constance Stevens, MBA
PO Box 226, Homewood, CA 96141-0226
c_i_stevens@yahoo.com
855-7972-411/855-SWPC-411
Vice President: Chuck Davis
PO Box 841, Kalama, WA 98625-0800
davismailbox@msn.com
360-261-3100
Treasurer: Claire Karlson
27812 N 256th Ave, Wittmann, AZ
85361 --- swpclibrary@yahoo.com
623-388-0711
Secretary: Art Weisberger
3616 Blackbird Dr.
Sierra Vista, AZ 85635
tripacer19d@aol.com
520-459-3768
AT LARGE MEMBERS, EXECUTIVE BOARD
Sid Brain, 5480 Eoff Rd., Harrison, AR 72801, sidbrain@cox.net,
479-264-4517
David Hedditch, 501 Darla Dr., Victor, MT 59875, drh29@bitterroot.com, 406-360-3283
Fred Mayes, 236 Farmers Lane, Lebanon, MO 65536-3725,
fbmayes@fidnet.com, 417-532-4445 or cell 417-531-1278
Clyde Smith, Jr., PO Box 721, Lock Haven, PA, 17745-0721,
cubdr@comcast.net, 570-748-7975
Ex-Officio Board Member: Larry Jenkins, Education
Foundation Executive Director, 4160 Green Hill Dr., Hernando, Miss. 38632,
swpcefdirector@hotmail.com, 901-212-2849 (cell)
Or to call a board member: Call the 24/7 toll-free
SWPC Hotline --- 855-SWPC-411 (855-7972-411)
See list of staff members on next page
ii
STAFF MEMBERS
Editor/Membership Services, Eleanor Mills, P.O. Box 10822, Springfield,
MO 65808, 417-883-1457, eleanormills@att.net
Chapter Coordinator, Adolph Svec, 19009 River Rd, Marengo, IL 601528500, asvec@mc.net
Panel of Technical Advisors: Tom Anderson, Doug Arpke, Ralph
Gutowski, Chuck Morris, Steve Pankonin, Lloyd Perkins, Clyde Smith, Jr.,
Doug Stewart, and Ralph Widman --- contact them through the club’s new 24/7
toll-free number, 855-SWPC-411 (855-7972-411). Your question will be given to
the Advisor you request when they are available, and if they are unavailable, a
backup advisor will answer your question quickly when time is critical. All the advisors are A&P/IA rated, plus Chuck Morris is a DAR.
Librarians/Tool Acquisitions, Terry Karlson, 27812 N 266th Ave, Wittman,
AZ 35361, swpclibrary@yahoo.com
Education Foundation Director and club store manager, Larry Jenkins,
(contact info on preceding page)
Historian, Jan Widman, Box 573, Lynchburg, OH 45142, jamocadura
@aol.com
Chapter Presidents, pages 87-90
Check out the club’s website and the club webstore!
www.shortwingpiperclub.org
Need information or tech help?
Use the new 24/7 toll-free
HOTLINE - 855-SWPC-411
(that’s 855-7972-411)
Vol. 37, No. 3 The Short Wing Piper News (ISSN 8750-9113) (USPS 738-590)
is published quarterly by the Short Wing Piper Club, Inc., 820 E. University St.,
Springfield, Mo. 65807, with additional entry at Halstead, KS 67056. Annual membership dues are $45 for U.S. members, $55 for Canada and $80 for overseas
members ($40 of which is subscription price, with the extra to include postage),
all in U.S. currency. E-subscriptions available for $40. Periodicals postage paid
at Springfield MO 65808 and additional entry.
POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Short Wing Piper News, P.O.
Box 10822, Springfield, MO 65808-0822.
Table of Contents
July-August-September 2015
President’s Report: Proud Past, Bright Future . . . . . . . .1
A note to new SWPC members: Welcome to the club . .5
Who’s new? 2-21 to 5-20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Membership Report:
News members need to know . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
More news from the mail bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
New from SWPN advertisers: Avemco’s Spring issue
of On Approach discusses medical recertification .20
Club’s Facebook page (and its many enthusiastic
contributors) produce a new member . . . . . . . . . . .21
From Colorado to Arizona to Ohio . . . and on to
Oshkosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Technical Corner
Pearl Tips: Spark plug resistance analysis . . . . . . . .28
Vag Rag Vol. 3 or Authenticity vs Safety . . . . . . . .30
B & C oil filter adapter installation . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Comment on last issue’s Reprint Corner . . . . . . . . .36
Unicom communications: Hear ye, hear ye,
hear ye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Flight Safety: After the crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
ADS-B - Ready or not, here it comes! . . . . . . . . . .42
Vagabond News Venue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Regional Chapter Reports
Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Columbia River Chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Lone Star (south Texas) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Longhorn (north Texas) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71
Mid-America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
iii
Connie Stevens
Eleanor Mills
Eleanor Mills
Eleanor Mills
Eleanor Mills
Mills/Isbell
Frank Sperandeo
Alan Arrow
Art McLemore
Frank Sperandeo
Ralph Gutowski
Ralph Widman
Ralph Gutowski
David Harmon
VanVleet/Conger
Phil Pirrotta
Iris Morris
Arrow/Nicholson
Art McLemore
Garry Butler
Dan Miller
The Short Wing Piper News is intended as a public forum concerning
the maintenance, modification and operation of the aircraft that are the subject of the Short Wing Piper Club, Inc. In the interest of encouraging presentation and discussion of ideas concerning these aircraft, opinions of the
readers of this publication are solicited for this forum. The Short Wing
Piper Club, Inc., makes no judgment concerning any idea or opinion
expressed in the Short Wing Piper News or any other forum, including but
not limited to, the club’s Facebook page, Twitter account, or its website. The
owner or operator of any aircraft should not attempt any alteration of or
modification to, or departure from, approved maintenance or operating
procedures for that aircraft without first obtaining the written approval of
qualified maintenance personnel or the FAA. Any event announced and/or
listed herein, except as noted, is done as a matter of information and does
not constitute approval, sponsorship, control, or endorsement of said event.
iv
Northeast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Andy Seligson
Ohio Buckeye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
Ralph Gutowski
Regional Chapters/Presidents’ Listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87-90
Calendar of Aviation Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
Short Wing pictures from the past . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
Reprint Corner from the Tri-Pacer Owners’ Club’s SWPN
2-View drawing of the Vagabond . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
David Harmon
Aircraft metal propeller safety and maintenance . . .94
Jim Fix
What prop? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97
Jim Fix (?)
Those were the days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
Ed Wach
Sun ‘n Fun 1984 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100-101
Classified Ads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102-106
Next issue deadline (Quarterly deadlines) . . . . . . . . . . .106
Index to Advertisers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Membership Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Gift membership form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
If you notice that this issue is a bit smaller than usual, I’m really sorry.
But you know, my real job is editing the stories you send in and putting them
in the magazine. (Well, I do write some things, but then, I’m a member of
the club so we can still say that this magazine is member-written.)
This time, there just weren’t enough member-written articles to fill out
the other 16 pages. Next issue, I’m sure, there will be enough stories and
photos from the 2015 convention in Branson to fill up the issue.
But just remember --- when I say your articles make this magazine better, I mean it. The lack of them sometimes makes it shorter.
Oh, I know --- you were all out flying. Have fun the rest of the summer,
but do send in your stories and photos.
Eleanor
Keep up with the latest SWPC news!
Website: www.shortwingpiperclub.org
SWPC Facebook Page: Search for Short Wing Piper Club (web address:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/105167369533447/?fref=ts
Twitter: We are on Twitter now at: https://twitter.com/SWPiperClub (to
tweet the club, use @SWPiperClub
This issue will again have full color photos in the online edition (members’ only section of www.shortwingpiperclub.org)
and for those who receive their SWPN by email. The rest of us
with the mailed issue need to go online to see the color photos.
President’s Report
Proud
Past
Bright
Future
1
By Connie Stevens
We are enroute from a Proud Past to a Bright Future in
the Type Club arena where relative comparisons are
hangared. Promoting SWPs with Education &
Technology, Maintenance & Safety, and Camaraderie &
Flight while supporting the Future of Aviation remains
our Club’s Mission.
The past 37 years for SWPC have delivered a cadre of
positive attributes that have led us to today: entrepreneurial spirit with continuity, resilience, adventure, strong pilotage and reasonable decisions. We
take these attributes with us on every cross-country flight
and at every fuel-stop. We have continuous reminders of
safety first and the best interest of our Club and its members in sight at all times. Both are at the heart of our positive traits that have flown this Short Wing Piper to its
current landing spot: Our SWPC Annual Review for 2015.
We are airworthy, despite all that nature throws at us.
Light turbulence, crosswinds, and a bit of wind shear,
with personal and professional challenges tossed in the
2
mix, has made us better pilots when all is said and done.
We have landed safely following each event. No major
damage has been suffered and we managed one major
rebuild for the fuselage and control surfaces. Our engine,
while out-of-time, has continued to meet performance
expectations with compression checks and every annual
receives the appropriate flightworthy sign-off.
We began our Proud Past with Bob Fuller’s idea. His
idea brought east coast Tri-Pacer owners together to
share their experiences and knowledge to help each other
with their PA-22s.
T-POC, Tri-Pacer Owners Club, was a result of American
entrepreneurial spirit. An aviation spirit that also published regularly a Tri-Pacer oriented Newsletter.
After T-POC’s first few years, Bob, with his membership,
opened T-POC’s door to welcome all other Short Wing
Pipers and changed T-POC to SWPC. This was a giant
step into an expansion that gave all SWP’s a sustainable
future. This was similar to a re-build with all the newest
gadgets improving fuel and flight efficiencies and
longevity.
Continuity solidified our Club with a scheduled SWPC
Newsletter, Annual Reunion/Convention, and equally as
important the ability to define Chapters.
Communications grew and adjusted with each Chapter’s
development across the USA. And because of each member’s ability to fly with improved flight techniques, safety
information, and technical assistance from other Chapter
members, our renewed Club’s focus was from the east
coast thru the central States where SWP populations
abounded. Families were formed and Regional Chapters
continue today with fabric wing-like resilience.
3
Each Chapter evolved with the same entrepreneurial
spirit and idea of our Club’s founder. Without that willingness to take a chance, our history would lack its
adventure and continuity and resilience.
Piper Aircraft’s American adventures continued into an
era of post WWII. Piper’s General Aviation airplanes
were built with the ‘average’ adventurous American in
mind: from Farmers to Businessmen to Families to
Student Pilot Training as commercial carriers clamored
for more pilots. Yes, this was an adventure of a lifetime,
indeed. And having a PA-22 to fly was advertised as easy
as getting into your car and going for a drive.
When 1990 appeared, our Club Board of Director’s
adventurous spirit joined with the entrepreneurial
side of our Club and opened another door into the future
of Aviation, Short Wing Piper Education Foundation, Inc.
Our Club formed this Charity and definitely opened the
generous hearts and minds of our membership to support
the Future of Aviation as we know it.
In 1990 strong pilotage brought our Club into a new
opportunity. We decided to not only serve our membership at this point of our enthusiasm. The Club Board of
Directors in 1990 had the courage and generosity to
reach out to others interested in aviation-related fields of
study. Our Club founded the SWP Education Foundation
as a public Charity. It was defined to provide qualified
aviation students with SWPEF Scholarships and help
our Students to meet their goals. Currently, recognized
fields of study continue to include: professional pilots,
aircraft mechanics, airport managers, air traffic controllers, aerospace engineers, and flight dispatchers.
Youth programs were to focus on ages 10-24.
4
Our Club’s Future Brightness remains dependent upon
three important functions of SWPC’s operations:
Our Membership
Membership Services
Financial Sustainability
Currently, SWPC has been working on Type Club and
other aviation collaborations. It is with this collaborative
spirit that we do have a Bright Future. There are possibilities in our future that will allow for improved services
and opportunities that will return our quarterly News to
bi-monthly, allow for Online training, install a SWP simulator at the SWP exhibit in Lock Haven PA, and increase
SWP Foundation’s Scholarship opportunities.
While we will always have a few hurdles to jump, our
future is Bright. As Bright and as welcomed as the runway lights we enjoy following 5 clicks after a long night
flight.
While our Club’s past 37 years have delivered that cadre
of positive attributes leading us along the flyways of
entrepreneurial spirit, continuity, resilience,
adventure, strong pilotage and reasonable decisions, it has also delivered us an opportunity to continue
forward with these six attributes as we consider our
Bright Future.
How about we open our doors and share our entrepreneurial spirit and embrace the changing culture around
us? What would happen if we dared to utilize our continuity, resilience and adventure as others join our
family and together we manage a stronger sustainability?
Is it possible that our pilotage has the strength and
courage to make those decisions that will take us into
our 50th anniversary as an even Brighter Future stands
before us and our aviation family?
5
In the not-too-distant future, please, send a note or two
and let your Club leadership know your thoughts and
sentiment regarding our Bright Future and how you
envision our 50th Anniversary. Will we stand as strong as
we do today or will we have opened the SWPC door to a
sustainable opportunity once again, like TPOC opened
our world to another adventure with Short Wing Pipers
continuing our ever so Proud Past? A Proud Past that
holds our Bright Future in General Aviation’s classic
aircraft.
Our get-together in Branson and the forums at AirVenture
and Sun ‘n Fun are opportunities to discuss the possibilities.
~Connie
c_i_stevens@yahoo.com
A note to new SWPC members:
Welcome to the Club
Please make yourselves known to the other members by your
participation --- Come to the convention in Branson, Mo., in 2015;
If it’s too late now to come to Branson, plan for the 2016 and 2017
conventions! Identify yourselves there as First Timers and join in
the fun; Join the local chapter nearest you and attend the fly-ins;
Send in photos and stories to the SWPN --- we’d like to see your
Short Wing and hear about you; Participate in the comments and
questions on our Facebook page or use the new 24/7 free Hot Line
(855-SWPC-411) to direct a question to board members, staff or
one or more of our Panel of Technical Advisors or email a member
of the board or staff--- questions get answered and there’s always
someone to hear you and help you!
It’s your club --you can make it better
6
Do 8YOUR 8part 8to 8increase 8membership! 8Spread 8the 8Short 8Wing
gospel 8- 8If 8you 8sell 8your 8Short 8Wing, 8buy 8the 8new 8owner 8a 8year’s
membership 8- 8Give 8away 8your 8SWPN 8(and 8ask 8Eleanor 8for 8another
copy) 8- 8Invite 8a 8friend 8or 8flying 8buddy 8to 8attend 8a 8chapter 8meeting
with you
-8 88j
Bring
family membersC8"
or friends
with you to the club’s
8
&#;8<+$&%L8$($*(
8< &(#=C8N&D'8L"P8D"8D'(85U62
annual
) convention
8 8--- lots of fun!
Who’s new? 2-21 to 5-20
We have 28 new members to report
this period, with more coming in all
the time with a club’s website now
accepting credit cards. Two of them
are family and spousal memberships,
so that gives us a total of 30 new voters for our club. They’re a diverse
bunch, too, scattered from Florida to
Canada, Texas to Alaska, and
California to Maryland. Here they
are:
Arran Addington, Nashville, Tenn.
Robert Anderson, Elk Grove, Calif.
Randy Auburg, Midland, Texas
Robert Bach, Pell Lake, Wisc.,
whose address includes Great
American Flying Circus. (Let us
know what that’s about, Robert.)
William Bruce, Fairhope, Ala.
Robert Driscoll, Punta Gorda, Fla.
Kenneth Earles, Crowley, La.
Richard Funkhouser, Waldorf, Md.
John Hofmann, Columbus, Wisc.,
who has a family membership. John
is the editor and webmaster of the
Cub Club’s newsletter.
Steve Kotek, Sparta, Wisc.
James Masura, Eatonville, Wash.
Robert Miller, Wellsville, Ohio
Joseph Molz, Worton, Md.
Justin and Kristina Napier,
Scottsdale, Ariz., with a spousal
membership.
Jeff Nase, Eagle River, Alaska
Baron Norman, Brawley, Calif.
Jeffrey Pedersen, Moyle Springs,
Idaho
Teddy Pugh, Riner, Va.
Bob Reynolds, Pennetang
Seaplanes, Tiny Ontario, Canada
Kirk Reynolds, Nome, Alaska
7
Curt Ruggles, Lake Placid, Fla.,
whose address includes a company
called Perfection Squared. Sounds
interesting, Curt.
Stephen Sawyer, Brigham City,
Utah
Jeff Schreiber, Lake Zurich, Ill.
Norm Shinn, Belleville, Kan.
Martin Sobel, Sarasota, Fla.
Marsha Spencer-Parres, Santa
Paula, Calif.
Paul Zarychta, Walls, Miss.
Jim Zimmer, Carbondale, Ill. Jim is
the owner of Advantage Aviation
Insurance and is now an advertiser in
the SWPN. He had intended to be at
the convention in Branson to conduct
a seminar on aviation insurance, but
had to cancel out on that because of a
family member’s surgery. Perhaps
next year, Jim.
Welcome to the club, all
you new members. Check out
all the information and services
available to you through the
website, the Facebook Page,
and this magazine.
Current members, if you
know one or more of these new
members, be sure to contact
them to welcome them to the
club.
Chapter members, if any of
these new members are in your
area, please contact them, welcome them to the club, and
invite them to one of your chapter meetings.
8
Membership Report
News members need to know
By Eleanor Mills
Why Donate?
(Editor’s Note: SWPC treasurer
Claire Karlson sent the following
question to me recently: Do you think
that we could put a short article in the
News about how donations help the
Club, Foundation and Library? Of
course we could. So here’s Claire’s
explanation of why donations are
important:)
* Without donations to the
Foundation, we can’t help students
with their aviation training. We need
more students to learn how to fly and
more to become IA’s and help keep our
Pipers flying!
*Without donations to the Library,
we can’t buy new tools for members to
use, or keep maintaining those tools
we already have.
*The Club uses donations to keep
the expenses down, and get the new
website up and running. Membership
dues and donations help to write the
News and send it out, as well as pay
the printers and Eleanor for all her
hard work.
(Editor’s note: So, the next time you
renew your membership and see the
three ways you can donate to the club,
the Foundation, and the library,
remember Claire’s article. And, of
course, we take donations through the
website or those just sent to the membership office or the treasurer. Anyway
you want to do it, we appreciate your
generosity!)
Franco branches out
Frank Sperandeo, who is a past president of the Short Wing Piper Club and
a faithful contributor to the Short Wing
Piper News, also has a new job title:
Contributor to the STOL Aircraft
Magazine.
The STOL is fairly new, with the latest issue Volume 2: Number 2. It bills
itself as “the only North America magazine dedicated to the wants and needs
of the backcountry, bush and STOL
pilot. STOL is a quarterly magazine
featuring certified and experimental
STOL aircraft, survival and first aid
tips, handgun, long gun and shotgun
reviews and many other topics tailored
to the backcountry, bush pilot and outdoor enthusiast.”
Frank’s article is ”The FAA Paper
Chase” with the subtitle of “The
Certification Process.” Frank has been
involved for a couple of years with
certifying light sport aircraft.
“There are lots of experimental
Pipers featured in the magazine,”
Frank added.
Emergency
Airworthiness
Directive issued
The FAA Aviation Safety department sent out an emergency AD
(2015-10-51) to owners and operators
of all aircraft using Avidyne
Corporation Integrated Flight Displays
(IFDs) part number 700-00083-()
loaded with software release 9.3.1.0 or
earlier release (referred to as Model R9
- 10 inch), part number 700-00171-()
loaded with software release 10.0.3.0
or earlier release (referred to as Model
IFD540).
The problem is incorrect course
deviation indication during GPS
approaches. For more information go
to www.faa.gov/aircraft/safety/alerts/
A virtual chapter?
The Columbia River Chapter, which
declared itself inactive last summer,
has started an online meeting place
embedded in the chapter website,
columbiariverswpc.org. At the bottom
of the web page is the embedded
forum, which those interested can join.
Membership Report
9
This is a free service of the chapter.
“Any aviation enthusiasts are welcome
and you do not have to be a member to
enjoy this forum,” Phil Pirrotta of the
chapter said. An announcement about
the chapter is also included in this
issue’s Chapter Reports.
More news from the mail bag
By Eleanor Mills
This issue is a “between” issue —coming out too late to tell you what’s
going to be happening in Branson and
too soon to tell you what did happen at
the 2015 convention —- “Show Me”
Short Wings over the Ozarks.”
What I can tell you is that the convention committee was busy busy
busy in the weeks — even months —
leading up to the convention. And all
of our efforts were concentrated on
making sure that the 2015 convention
was a great one for everyone.
Did we succeed? I’ll tell you in the
next issue, which will be packed full of
what DID happen at the convention.
Actually, some of you will get this
issue before the convention. The
PDF’s emailed to those who opted for
the E-News only membership will
have arrived. Those of you who want
to get on the website and go to the
member’s only section can read it
about the same time. Usually, those of
you who take advantage of these two
opportunities get your SWPN about
three weeks before they are in the mail
to the rest of the members. And not
only do you get them first, but you get
them with all the photos in color!
The rest of you get the classy black
and white with me telling you what
color that sharp looking Short Wing is
(if I remember to include that detail).
Ah, but those black and white photos
are in a book you can actually hold in
your hands . . . and keep on your real
bookshelf (as opposed to a virtual
bookshelf).
I just like the books —- although I
appreciate the color of the electronic
version. But one member gave me a
different viewpoint on why he opted
for the mailed version. Steve and
Faye Carruthers live in Charlotte
Hall, Md. Steve said, “The interesting
thing is that I live near the nation’s
capital but yet still have to rely on dialup Internet where I live, so it’s slow
and unreliable. I am sending this from
my computer at work, because we had
a storm last night and my phone is out
of service and I do not have any internet at my house. We do not even have
cable television where I live, so you
can see why the print version of the
club newsletter is important to me.”
Bill Maxwell, Nevada, Mo., celebrated his 95th birthday recently. He,
too, wanted the mailed issue. Bill says,
“I cannot use the internet computer
version as I have no luck working a
computer. I have bought three
Windows computers and now have a
modern big flat screen Apple with a lot
of bells and whistles that will not work
10
for me.
“If I have to use the word processor,
my daughter has to set it up for me. It
will not follow my directions at all. I
have paid up through 2017 for
Newsweek magazine, which went digital and I haven’t seen six issues of it
the last two years. It is a waste to me.
“I am a journey machinist among
other things and when I’m at a lathe
turning down a shaft and I set the cross
feed indicator to move the tool bit
inward .016, I expect the bit to take off
.032 of the diameter, which it always
does and has done for me for over 70
years. When I ask my computer to do
something, half the time it takes off in
some other direction and gets lost. I
can’t seem to recall it. To avoid the
frustration, I don’t even go near it and
write my letters by hand and if I need
to find something, I let my daughter do
it for me. So I hope this News is a written News that I can hold in my hand.”
And so it is, Bill. And I sympathize
about the computers. But I use them.
And I find them really helpful in looking up things. I even got a Smart
Phone the other day. An iPhone 5.
Now I can look up things on my
phone. Of course, the print is sometimes too small for me to read it, but
hey, I look up to date. When I was setting up the phone, with the help of my
granddaughters, they wanted me to do
the thumb unlock bit. Cali, the
youngest at 8 years old, said,
“Grandma, which thumb do you use to
text?”
I hated to admit that I use my index
finger —- just the same old hunt and
peck those who couldn’t touch type
used on the old typewriters. Maybe
one of these days I’ll learn the thumb
technique!
I heard from quite a few members
this last month or so because of a mistake that I made. I clicked on the
wrong file and sent a bunch of members whose renewals were coming up
the wrong renewal form —- one of the
old ones that listed only the three old
options, US, Canada, and other nonUS. Not a word about E-News or
mailed.
All of a sudden, members who had
always had a mailed issue were sending in $40 instead of $45. A few quick
emails to explain the problem to those
whose renewals hadn’t already come
back . . . and a different email asking if
they were sure they wanted the PDF to
those who had sent the $40 . . . and I
think every one is on the right page by
now. (And those old membership
renewal forms are now in the recycle
bin.) Sure taught me a lesson about
making sure I’m making x-number of
copies of the RIGHT form.
While I’m apologizing for mistakes,
I should note that the color Short Wing
Piper ads that were reprinted in the last
issue has an error. The green Piper was
a 1960, not a 1962 model.
Also, Bob Siegfried (who with wife
Thelma lives in Downers Grove, Ill.,
says I ignored an email he sent. Bob,
who goes by Old Bob, got tired of
waiting for a response and sent in $50
to pay for a second year as well as to
update their membership to a mailed
version. I made sure I answered that
SWPC Education Foundation
All donations are appreciated!
email. Don’t know why I didn’t
answer the first one. But if you send
me an email and I don’t answer it, send
me another. I can assure you that I
don’t ignore you on purpose. But
while deleting spam and other unwanted emails from the computer, I might
accidentally delete something important. Not often, but I’m sure that’s
what happened with Bob’s email.
Usually, I limit this column to members, but I was intrigued by a posting
on the club’s Facebook page by
Giancarlo Riolfo from Italy, who is
not a member. He said, “In
spring/summer of 1962 I flew for the
first time on a small red and white
Piper (at that time in Italy every light
plane was called ‘a Piper’) in a small
airfield near my town, Turin. I was five
years old. In 2008, after almost 50
years, being an aviation journalist and
a sport pilot, I started looking for that
very plane. In a few weeks I was able
to find her, a PA-20 Pacer still flying in
L’Aquila airport. I could get in touch
with the owner and he invited me to fly
India Romeo Romeo (the plane was
still registered I-CERR). I jumped on
an airliner to Rome, I rented a car, and
in a couple of hours I was in L’Aquila
where I could fly as a pilot the very
plane of my first flight.”
Isn’t that a charming story? Think
about the Young Eagle flights. How
many of those children will go on to be
pilots and start thinking about their
first flight? How many will be able to
trace down the Short Wing Piper that
introduced them to the wonders of
flight because SWPC members
restored and rebuilt them?
Check out the story of Glenn
Cheatham in this issue for another
story about a childhood interest in airplanes that led to the purchase of a TriPacer at the age of 17!
11
We got quite a few notes from members this period telling us something
about themselves, some with their
membership renewals and others just
through emails. Jeff Pedersen, Moyie
Springs, Idaho, is a returning member
who said, “I’ve been away from the
SWPC since 1992(?) and glad to be
back. Look forward to some light club
reading.” I don’t know when Jeff left
the fold because he wasn’t in the database. But I do remember one long-ago
treasurer who deleted a bunch of members’ files that were not current. I’ve
learned since then that that wasn’t the
right thing to do, because we have
members who rejoin after being out of
the club for more than the 23 years Jeff
thinks it might have been.
John Hofmann, Columbus, Wisc.,
is a new member who belongs also to
a Piper group. John is the Cub Club
editor and webmaster. He joined with
one of the family memberships and
said, “I look forward to exploring the
SWPC.”
Jeff and Tammy Graham,
Waverly, Iowa, are returning members
who own the beautiful Tri-Pacer on the
next page. Jeff said he was really
happy to be back in the club and sent
in this information about himself and
the Tri-Pacer.
“I bought my Tri-Pacer in 1992 as a
minus firewall forward project. Had it
done and flying in June of 2000. Was a
Short Wing member from I think 1993
to about 2001 and ran into some
unforeseen financial issues during
which I barely held onto the airplane,
dropped out of the SWPC and was
unable to fly very much. Then, of
course, it was house and kids and college and job requirements.
“Well, kids are through college and
mostly on their own, the house will
always be a work in progress, and with
12
Jeff Graham says he’s back to flying N3955P, shown above, as
well as starting work on another Short Wing. 55-Papa is a bright yellow with red trim, sure to be noticed wherever Jeff and Tammy fly to.
urging from my wife I resigned from
my 80-plus hours a week travel middle
management send me to an early grave
stress job and took something for a lot
less money but more freedom . . . I am
an A&P/IA and back to working with
my hands, recently bought another TriPacer, a 1951 original PA-22 project,
and am contemplating a tail dragger
conversion and a lot of other mods I
would like to do.
“Anyway, hoping for clear sailing
and lots of flying this year to make up
for years past. Also, just started working on a commercial add on to my
pilot’s license. Attached is a picture of
my 1956 PA-22-150 N3955P. Going to
fly it a lot this year and begin on the
1951 PA-22, hopefully. I would like to
come to the convention in Branson but
it will be during our busy season at
work, so it will be a last minute decision if I do come.”
Of course, we hope Jeff and Tammy
got to come to Branson. But if they
didn’t, there’s always next summer’s
2016 convention. We want to see that
Tri-Pacer in person, Jeff!
Phil Hoy, Portland, Ct., wrote to
say, “I love those old Piper Tri-Pacer
brochures on page 122 in the new issue
of SWPC magazine (the April-MayJune issue). I had to go on line to check
those photos in color.” Of course, Phil
is the one who shared the photos with
us from his collection. He is a director
for the Piper Museum in Lock Haven
and is also the member who donated
the flying Tri-Pacer to the museum and
is responsible for encouraging another
member to donate the Vagabond. He’s
still asking for a Pacer and a Clipper,
so check out his ad in the classifieds.
“The Montego Green Tri-Pacer was
a demonstrator for Piper,” Phil added.
“I belive I first saw that airplane in
early September 1959. Model years for
airplanes were like cars: the new models came out in the fall. With my dad
and uncle in the back seat and the pilot
(Tom Bauman) and me in the front
seat, we flew that brand new airplane
(had that new airplane smell) on a
beautiful clear day that September
from Lock Haven to my aunt’s house
in Connecticut. Note, Piper employees
(such as Tom Bauman) could rent that
airplane for gas and oil . . . $4 per hour
. . . and that’s not a misprint! Yes, at
one time I did want to work at Piper
but wound up in Connecticut instead.”
We’ll have more of the old Piper ads
and brochure photos in coming issues.
Bob and Joyce Carty, Boulder
City, Nev., have had health problems
this year but that’s not stopping them.
Bob renewed his membership and sent
in a gift membership for Chuck
Dame, Cal Nev Ari, Nevada. (I love
the name of that city! Sure tells you
13
where it is on the map, doesn’t it?) Bob
said in an email, “I think I let my membership expire. Joyce and I had a very
rough year with medical problems. I
recovered well, but last Tuesday Joyce
went by ambulance to the hospital very
critical and had emergency surgery.
She has been in ICU for seven days
and thank God, she is improving now.”
Bob wrote this on May 25, so I am sure
Joyce is out of the hospital by now.
Keep well, folks!
FIRST
Call SWPN advertisers
when you need a part or a service.
14
Here’s the non-flying milkstool Tony Petruso’s brother made for
him in honor of his Tri-Pacer.
Tony Petruso, who lives with wife
Rosemary in St. Louis, says he and
Rosemary might make it to the
Branson convention. “We still have
‘Charlie,’ our Tri-Pacer. We haven’t
flown it in over three years.” But obviously Tony is well known as a TriPacer lover. Just take a look at the
photo of the beautiful woodwork his
brother, Frank, did for him.
“Rosemary and I still enjoy reading
the SWPC News,” Tony said. “I just
thought I would send you a link to a
page about a milk stool my brother,
Frank, made for me. His hobby is
woodworking and he makes some
beautiful items. (I would have trouble
making a toothpick!) As a surprise to
me, he made a great milk stool. The
brand on the bottom is officially regis-
tered with the state of Missouri. It is a
stylized version of his initials, “FKP.”
He puts the brand on all his projects.”
The link is http://lumberjocks.
com/projects/125249. Type that into a
search engine to see some other photos
of the milk stool shown here. The top
of the stool says “Piper Tri-Pacer.”
Frank’s website explains how he
designed and built the milk stool.
“Airplane enthusiasts often jokingly
refer to the tripod landing gear version
of the Piper Pacer tail dragger as ‘The
Flying Milk Stool.’ Since my brother
has enjoyed owning a real Tri-Pacer
for years, and it’s over 60 years old
now, I decided to have a bit of fun and
make him a brand spanking new one!”
As you can see from the photo, not
only does the milk stool have the three
legs, but it also has a handle. Frank
said he chose that model because the
handle looks like an airplane tail opposite the front landing gear.
Alan Arrow, who moved from the
Mid-America chapter area (where he
was the president of the chapter) to the
Houston area and is now involved with
the resurrection of the Lone Star chapter there, recently got a chance to get
reacquainted with a Clipper.
It all began with a visit from fellow
SWPC member Bill Chandler,
Brookshire, Texas, who came to Alan
and Susan’s house to tour the shop and
view Alan’s progress on the Vagabond
(see Vag Rag in this and previous
issues).
“Had a great day of fellowship, flying things and fried chicken,” Alan
said, “and what do you think I learned?
Bill is the owner of two Vagabonds, a
15
Cub and a Clipper. Most notable of all
is that the Clipper was previously
owned by
former Mid-America
SWPC members in Pamona Lake,
Kan., that won best Clipper award at a
previous convention. I believe the former owner’s names were Darlene ???
and ??? Tibbs. I bet you remember
their names. Bill told me that couple
flew the Clipper to Houston where Bill
bought it and it has resided these past
13 years.”
I didn’t exactly remember, but I
searched the database and came up
with the names: Darlene Krkosska and
Burrell Tibbs, who then lived in
Scranton, Kansas, and were members
of the club from 1996-2004.
“What a small world!” Alan said. He
added that he planned to visit Bill to
see his Vagabonds, Cub, and get reacquainted with the Clipper. “It was a
great day,” he said about Bill’s visit to
.www.niagaraairparts.com
NOW AVAILABLE!
AN AFFORDABLE, LIGHT WEIGHT,
HIGH EFFICIENCY, REPLACEMENT OIL
COOLER FOR YOUR:
CPA-18
CPA-19
CPA-20
CPA-22
STC & PDA
800-565-4268
Sales@niagaraairparts.com
- All aluminum construction.
-Cooling efficiency is improved
by more than 50%.
-Almost 4 Lbs lighter than the
original Harrison copper cooler.
-Direct replacement part, “no
modifications neccessary”.
16
Keep sending
in
and
pictures
to
8
8 stories
8
8
8
8 8
SWPN, P.O.
Box
10822,
Springfield,
Mo.
68508
8
8
8
8
8
8
or eleanormills@att.net
8
Magnolia, Texas.
If you hurried up and sent in your
registration for the 2015 convention in
Branson in hopes of winning the weeklong free hotel stay offered to the winner drawn from the first 50 registrations, you can be assured that the winners really deserved the win. Fred
Mayes emailed recently that his wife,
Bonnie, drew the winner from the first
50 —- Cliff and Carole Van Vleet,
Sierra Vista, Ariz. Not only is Cliff a
past president of the club and the one
responsible for compiling the Tips and
Techniques CD’s and books, but he
and Carole are prime movers in the
Arizona chapter and regular convention goers. Not to mention that Carole
has done yoeman’s duty the past few
years by handling the convention registrations.
Frank Sperandeo forgot the
SWPN’s quarterly schedule and
emailed me with a special invitation
for the women who attend the convention in Branson. “Place an invite in the
SWPN that I will fly SWPC ladies in
Miss Pearl over Branson for sightseeing at the convention. Please have
them sign up. Also, they will all
receive a gold Miss Pearl pin.”
We’ll figure out a way to get that
invitation out to those at the convention, probably with a sign-up sheet at
the registration desk. Miss Pearl, you
know, is a world-famous Short Wing
and Frank does love to give rides . . .
especially to women.
There were several members who
chose to tell us a bit about themselves
with their membership renewal (using
the Occupation/Special Skills blank).
Nancy Nielsen, Eugene, Ore., is an
investor in real estate, a landlord, and
soon will be a retired baker. Jay
Nesbitt, Longview, Texas, is an engi-
17
neer. Joe Schlosser, Rockford, Minn.,
is an aircraft mechanic, an A&P/IA.
Harold Pfrender, Orlando, Fla., is in
security. Timothy Hillery, Eau Claire,
Wisc., is a school bus driver.
Evans Gauthier, McKinney, Texas,
is a human factors and systems safety
engineer. Donald and Anita Byrne
live in Lusby, Md., and Donald is an
aeronautical engineer. They have a
family membership. Phil Aaker,
LaCrosse, Wisc., is a commercial
pilot. Phil Pirrotta, Lake Oswego,
Ore., is a retired captain, check pilot,
for TWA/AA. Chester Oehlke,
Stewartville, Minn., is a farmer.
Jeffrey Nidle, Leasburg, N.C., is a
retired engineer and general contractor. Richard Nation, Sanford, Fla., is
an A&P/IA and an FAA DER for the
Stearman. Mike Mertens, Lincoln,
Neb., is a DAR, IA, A&P, and manager
of regulatory compliance for Duncan
Aviation. Brian Gorman, Chicago,
Ill., is an urban farmer. Robert
McGowan, Hampstead, N.C., is a
retired mechanical engineer.
Brian McGlynn, Independence,
Ore., is an A&P, IA, and DME. Brian
was president of the Columbia River
Chapter (which is undergoing revitalization as a virtual chapter —- see the
story in this issue). Kaaren, Brian’s
wife, was the treasurer of the club
recently and is also a warm glass artist.
Fran Laabs, Ames, Iowa, is a retired
material scientist and an A&P.
Wil Buller is a retired aviation
salesman and holds a B.S., is an A&P,
and holds ratings for private pilot,
instrument, and multi-engine. Julian
and Margaret Johnson, Raeford,
N.C., hold a family membership and
are farmers. Doug Robinson, Crib
Point, Victoria, Australia, is a licensed
aircraft maintenance engineer. Ralph
and Jan Widman, Lynchburg, Ohio,
are family members. Ralph, a retired
welder and IA, is a member of the
18
club’s panel of technical advisors, and
Jan is the club’s historian. Rian
DuPlooy, Lloydminster, Alberta,
Canada, is a general practitioner.
Pat Pockrus, Mineral Wells, Texas,
is an A&P - IA who owns a helicopter
repair facility. Steve Coldsmith,
Chambersburg, Pa., is the proud owner
of a 1955 PA-22-150. Garry Butler,
Grayling, Mich., is an A&P. Garry has
also held national offices as club president and club treasurer and is the president and newsletter editor of the
Michigan Chapter. He and his wife,
Laura, just moved from Attica to
Grayling. Laura, by the way, is responsible for having printed the lovely
inside and outside decals each new
member receives.
Leading off the list of those who
donated to the club, the library, or the
Education Foundation this period is
this notice sent in by Larry Jenkins,
director of the Education Foundation:
“The friends and neighbors of Curt
Ammons in Green Village Airpark,
Hernando, Miss., have donated $100
to the Short Wing Piper Education
Foundation in memory of Curt’s parents. Our heart-felt condolences to
Curt, who lost his mother in February
and his father in March. Curt’s father
was a tube and fabric aviator, and most
likely passed the love of aviation to his
son, Curt,” Larry said. (A double blow,
Curt. We’re so sorry.)
Sending in their donations with
their membership renewals was the
most common way to donate —- easy
and relatively painless! S.D. Zeiders
and Chris Auvil, Phoenix, Ariz., sent
in $30 for the library and $25 for the
Education Foundation. Dave Law,
Derby, Kan., sent $5 for the club, $5
for the library, and $5 for the
Education Foundation. Mac and Alice
Barksdale, Orlando, Fla., donated $50
to the club and Mac added a note, “Ho,
Gang! Somehow let my membership
lapse. Now back in the fold. Have a
brand NEW 1949 Clipper, S/N 224,
due out of shop soon after a 2.5 year
rebuild from the tires up. I will be so
proud that . . . maybe . . . too proud to
fly it!” (Send us a photo, Mac!) Mac is
a retired veterinarian.
Fred Wimberly, Callao, Va., made
a $5 donation to the Education
Foundation with his automatic renewal. Roger and Betty Smith, Los
Alamos, N.M., made a $30 donation to
the Education Foundation and a $30
donation to the club with their automatic renewal. Steven and Maureen
Holder, Hartwell, Ga., made a $10
donation to the library. Jerry and
Yvonne Herman, Rimrock, Ariz.,
made a $15 donation to the library.
Tom Vida, Grand Blanc, Mich., made
a $10 donation to the Education
Foundation.
James and Johanna Simmons
made a $3 donation to the Library.
Dale and Margaret Nielsen, Lexington,
Neb., made a $10 donation to the club.
Jim
and
Elaine
Freeman,
Breinigsville, Pa., made a $25 donation to the Education Foundation.
Philip and Barbara Ehrhart,
Narvon, Pa., sent in $25 for the library.
Phil Hoy, Portland, Ct., sent in $20 for
the Education Foundation. Gary Hess,
Dexter, Mich., sent in $50 for the
Education Foundation; Rick Fansler,
Delta, Ohio, sent in $20 for the library.
Clyde and Ruth Evans, Muscatine,
Iowa, sent in $3 for the library. Phil
Kantor, Canonsburg, Pa., sent in $10
for the club. Phil is a dentist. Azhar
and Alexandra Husain, Pipersville,
Pa., donated $20 to the club, $10 to the
library, and $20 to the Education
Foundation. Azhar is a CFI and aerobatic instructor. Larry and Pat Marti,
Rolla, Mo., sent in a $30 donation for
the club. Larry is orthopedic surgeon
and MD. Morris and Katherine
Baxter, Hondo, Texas, donated $10 to
the Education Foundation with his
automatic renewal.
Dan
and
Sherree
Eckels,
Centerburg, Ohio, sent in $10 for the
club. Dan is a retired airline captain
3767,
q an q A&P, IA, flight instructor,
CFII&A,q SMEL and SE SEA. His
email qhandle isq supercubdan. Joseph
Budina,
~ Burlington,
~
~ ~ Mass.,
~
~ sent
~ in~ $5
for~ the ~ club and
$5 ~for the library.
~
~~U}
uJulian
~ ~ and~ Margaret
~ ~ Pytj~ e~Johnson,
{xwpt{y}
{Raeford,~ N.C., ~sent in $10
q forq the club
and q$10 for the library.
~
~
~ ~U}~ {tt
Tripp,
u Robert
~ ~
~ and ~Karen
~
Walsenburg,
Colo.,
$20 to be
~ ~
~ ~ donated
~~[u}w}~l{v
used “where most needed.” Bill and
{~sxvqrvvxzy~{hzr|~mr|rw}~n}|f|zn}|u}wv
Hendersonville,
{JoAnne
~
~ Thomas,
~
~ ~
~
N.C.,
donated $40 to the Education
~~\|~l{v~s}qxs}s~|u{|~l}~lzrts~y}D|
Foundation.
Robert
and~ Sandra
o
~ ~
~
~
Oberholtzer,
Streator,
~ ~
~
~ Ill.,
~ donated
~
$10
club, $10 to the library, and
~ to ~the ~~<{t}y|xy}v~s{ji~~U}~{n{xy
19
$10 to the Education Foundation.
Robert McBride, Cedar Park, Texas,
donated $30 to the Education
Foundation. Anne Lanzara, Roanoke,
Va., donated $40 to the club and $15 to
the Education Foundation.
If your name hasn’t been on this list
of donations, take a minute or two and
u ~ the~ notice
~ in the
~ News
~
~ Members
~
read
~
~About~ entitled
~ ~ _m|}w
Should~ Know
Why
h
~Treasurer
~ ~
~ ~ ~ Karlson
~
Donate?
Claire
~~~~Prw~y}D|
does~ a good~ job~ of~ summarizing
the
o ~for your
~ donations.
~
~ ~ If you donat~
need
~ ~ a bunch!
~
~
~ ~~
ed, thanks
_ ~
~ ~
~
~ ~
~ issue. ~Happy
~ read~
That’s~ it for this
~ ~
~
~ make
~
ing. ~ Remember
to
a~ difference
~ at ~least one of~ the~ many
for the club in
~
~ ~ [u}w}~
lxtt~
yz|~
h}~club
{yj
ways available
this year
- It’s
your
o you ~can~ make
~ it
~ better.
~
~ ~
and
~
~ ~
~
20
News from SWPN advertisers
Avemco’s Spring issue of On
Approach discusses medical
q
q
recertification
q
q
A subject that concerns many pilots
~
~ ~ in Avemco
~ ~ Insurance
gets a discussion
~
~ On Approach,
~ ~
~ their~ quarCompany’s
~ newsletter.
~
~
terly
“My
Story ~. . ~. one
~
~
pilot’s
account
of how he won back his
q hope
q to those
medical” should give
~ struggling ~to win
~ ~ back
~ their
who are
~
~
~ ~
~ ~
own medical.
~ in the issue
~
Other ~articles
are: ~
~
~
~
~
~ ~
~
~ ~
*Depend on Automation . . . When
~ by
~ Jason
~ Blair,
~ ATP,
~
Appropriate,
CFI~
~
~
~
~ ~
I, MEI-I, FAA DPE
~
~
~
*Meet~Alexander
Walters
- Aviation
~
~
~
~
~
~
Sales Underwriter
~*David
~ ~ Smith~ - Avemco
~ ~ Scholarship
~ ~
~
~
~
~
Awardee
~
~
~
~
*And more!
~
~
~
~
~
~ ~
~
~ ~ ~
~ ~
~
~
~
~ ~
~ ~
~
Club’s Facebook page (and its
many enthusiastic contributors)
produce a new member
By Eleanor Mills
Like most of those who follow the
club’s Facebook page, I was intrigued
by a young man who posted under the
name of Nnelg Cheatham. In his first
posts he asked questions about different parts of his Short Wing, all of
which were answered quickly by
members of the club. We found out he
was 17 years old, lived in Wyoming,
and owned a Short Wing!
Then he posted his story, which follows:
By Nnelg Cheatham, May 4, 2015
I’ve been on this page for almost seven
months now and I haven’t really told
my story yet. As a child I grew up
studying many things from bicycles,
dirt bikes, four wheelers, cars, trucks,
trains, etc. But I had not yet turned my
attention skywards.
In 2006, my grandpa began to get
sick with alzheimers. Being young and
focused more on objects around me, I
didn’t pay enough attention to have a
connection with my grandpa. As my
grandpa became more sick, he was put
in a nursing home. I remember going
to visit him; being young and not
knowing exactly what was happening
to him. It was weird; he didn’t have
clue who we were, but he welcomed us
with a smile.
In June of 2009, my grandpa,
Francis E. Cheatham, passed away. It
was a little hard for me to grasp the
thought that such a big, strong, and
smart man was killed by the loss of
memory!?! I was twelve years old and
21
wasn’t sure what to think. I was never
really saddened by his death until I
realized, I didn’t know him! Over the
following year I would go bug my
grandma and I often asked about him.
I’d regularly hear many stories and
flip through old family albums. It was
during one of my visits that I learned
that my mechanic grandfather was also
a pilot! Turned out because of his
knees he didn’t want to fly any more.
And so in 1997, (when I was born) he
sold the “SkyChicken” to a local.
To shorten this story - I began
studying planes more. And within that
year I got my first plane ride in 9631V;
my grandpa’s C172. Then soon after I
got my second flight in and Bruce (the
new owner of 31V) was confident
enough to let me land the C172 by
myself. After being at the controls I
was hooked!
Over those next few years I would
go on occasional flights with some of
the local pilots, but I didn’t really get a
chance to learn to fly. The little bit I
had learned was through flight simulator X. Luckily for me, in the summer
of 2012, my second cousin Eric came
back to Greybull, WY. I began to hang
out with Eric a little and learned that
he had a pilot’s license and was also a
CFI. He was currently teaching an
older fellow in his ‘53 Tri-Pacer.
So every now and again I’d go up to
the airport and watch Eric and Scott
crowd into the Piper and take to the
clear Wyoming air. I kept wondering if
I hung around long enough, “Will they
give me a ride?” Well in February
22
2013, I finally came out and asked one
evening. Scott and Eric had just got
back on the ground when I arrived to
the airport. I’ll always remember the
words Eric said to me while he walked
up - “well are you ready?” So we both
proceeded to climb into the Tri-Pacer
and we went “around the patch.” This
flight is my most memorable flight and
also marked my introduction to the
Short Wing Piper.
With high school butting into my
life I didn’t get to fly much after that
until April. Scott decided that it would
be all right for Eric and me to take the
Tri-Pacer out for my first lesson. So on
April 2, 2013, I got to record my first
log entry with 3448A. Until this flight,
I had not had my hands on the controls
of a Piper. First things I thought to
myself: “Why is the pilot door on the
right side?” “Where are the brakes?”
“Where’s the master switch and how
do I start this thing?”
It was way different from the C172 I
had flown in. Eric ran me through the
start up procedures and slowly but
surely I taxied on out, bound for the
active. Now at the run-up area:
Controls free and correct - “Ailerons
are a little stiff? - but correct”
Instruments set - “altimeter-yep, it’s
set”. Gas -”On left tank, mixture set
for best power.” Run-up - “1800 rpm,
left mag, right mag, carb heat, Oil
Temp. - Green, Oil Pressure - Green,
amps charging, suction good.” Trim
set for takeoff - “Where’s the trim?”
At this point I was starting to wonder if I should even be in the plane. We
proceeded to take off and remain in the
pattern for touch n’ goes. With only a
short window to get a introduction lesson in, I did three landings all on my
lonesome. With the plane still intact,
Eric proceeded to tell me to “follow
the yellow brick road back to the
hangar.” It was definitely a challenge
for me, but a very enjoyable one at
that. I really liked the feel that the TriPacer had to offer me.
I had the awesome privilege to use
48A for five more lessons until Scott
and I hit an insurance snag, a snag that
unfortunately eliminated my use of the
old bird. I continued to be an “airport
bum” every weekend. I commenced
helping some of the pilots work on
their planes including helping with
annuals, putting wings on, setting piston rings, etc. I was learning a lot and
I knew I needed to get back into the air
somehow.
I began to look around on Ebay,
Barnstormer’s, Aerotrade, and TradeA-Plane weekly in hopes to find a
plane under $15,000. (Don’t exactly
have money - just a bank loan.)
Finally, in July of 2014, I found a
plane listed for under $10,000.
The plane I had found was a 1953
Piper PA-22-135 near Grand Junction,
Colorado. Surprised by the price, I
immediately emailed the owner to see
what was up. We talked about it a little
bit and I let him know my situation and
that I was interested, but also not
eighteen. If I wanted to get the plane, I
would have to convince my parents
that I needed it.
To my surprise, when I showed my
Mom first she was shocked by how
cheap it was. I explained to her the
issues it had and explained to her it
was a good deal and not too far away.
I must have convinced her because
within a week of thinking about it she
agreed that we needed to look into it.
With the okay from Mom, Dad, Eric,
and I set off on the nine hour drive to
go look at the plane and to see if we
could make a deal. As of September
13, 2014, my dad and I became an aircraft owner.
Long story shorter - The plane was
out of annual and would need to be
flown on a ferry to GEY. So in
October, we all returned to get the
23
That’s Glenn flying left seat with his cousin Eric as flight instructor. And the airplane? Pinch, Glenn’s 1953 Piper Tri-Pacer!
plane ready for Eric to fly it to its new
home. Luckily for Eric, he made it
home safely in a whopping 3.8 hours.
As for me and my dad, we still had a
9.5 hour drive to face.
The last six months have been frustrating. I had it set in my mind that I’d
fix a few things on 64C and then fly
away, but I should have known better.
The great deal I thought I had made
wasn’t as good... I have done a great
deal to 64C and I have determined that
it could use some more help than I
have to offer it. But with help from the
local A&P and pilots, I now know my
airplane and I know it will get me
through my training.
I spent last weekend washing the
craft with a cooler of warm water and
a wash cloth. By doing so I gave the
whole plane one last thorough inspection and got it to shine a little. :) The
local A&P is finishing off the sign off
soon and so hopefully I’ll finally go
for a ride in my own plane real soon.
The plan is to do a 3 hour review of
past lessons, do my pre-solo exam, and
then solo 64C this Friday on my birthday (weather permitting). *Fingers
crossed
The picture is of “Pinch” - my airworthy 1953 Piper TriPacer out on the
ramp during hangar cleaning. :)
Glenn is now a member of the club
and I hope he and Pinch are flying and
having fun this summer. If you haven’t
checked out the club’s Facebook page,
you’re missing a lot of good information and answers to questions . . .
24
25
A pretty plane in a pretty area! Here’s Glenn with Pinch on a
recent flight. Pinch is white with a bright green stripe.
answers that in this case led to a young
man becoming a member of the club
with a gift membership from one of
those who was intrigued by his comments and questions.
Want more technical articles? Send us
your questions, your answers, your modifications, your rebuilding stories, your
tips and techniques. Your fellow members
are interested in what you know and what
you have done to your Short Wing. Don’t
worry about spelling and grammar --- the
editor will take care of all that. Just write
what you know!
From Colorado to Arizona to
Ohio . . . and on to Oshkosh
26
By Eleanor Mills and Jerry Isbell
Everyone probably knows by now
that I love the Short Wing Piper Club
and its members. One reason is illustrated perfectly below.
Justin Napier, a new member with
his wife, Kristina, from Scottsdale,
Ariz., wrote with a question. But to
back up a bit, Justin was introduced to
me by Doug Conger, who lives in
Cortez, Colo., but is the newsletter editor of the Arizona Chapter. Doug suggested I send Justin a copy of the
News, which I did, and he joined.
Then he asked the question that
resulted in this article. Justin said that
unfortunately, he and Kristina
wouldn’t be able to attend the convention this year since he was working
that week, but he added, “We would
like to try to fly up to Oshkosh in July.
Do ya’ll somehow reserve parking or
just show up and find each other at the
booth?” I sent his request off to Jerry
Isbell, Gahanna, Ohio, who replied
with this excellent rundown of procedures:
Hello Justin (and Eleanor)...
The Short Wing Piper Club is well
represented at KOSH each year. In
years past we had a mass arrival for
SWPC and Parked in Vintage Parking
South of the Hangar Cafe. We have not
had an organized arrival in several
years as the demand for that has
dropped off to almost zero.
The first of our group usually arrives
seven days before opening day. He is
from Oregon and is a gold miner by
trade. I usually arrive on Monday or
Tuesday a week before opening day,
depending on the weather. Each pilot
then must register at the booth, get the
credentials for camping (BTW, some
of the vehicle campers at Camp
Schuler arrive up to thirty days before
opening day!!) and post them at the
pilot’s camp site, usually near your
tent, on arrival day.
We pay for the six days before opening day (or is it seven days? I forget
how they count the arrival day) plus
the seven days of the event. I remember $15.00/day camping but don’t
quote me on that, plus your personal
registration for the arm band. If you
leave early you can “turn in” the
unused camping days and they will
refund your money. You can leave
before noon and not be charged for
that day of camping.
In the past, we tried to have “one” of
the early arrival pilots go to the registration and “buy” camping sites for
“us.” This is a real burden on that pilot
because he must gather the exact information (EAA membership number, the
tail number, engine size, exact day of
delivery from Piper as a new airplane,
air pressure in each tire, color of the
airplane, whether the pilot wants a
PROGRAM
(extra
fee),
THEN... exact fee cashier’s check and
process each airplane) and then spend
a lot of time standing at the registration
desk while this happens. ((I hope you
read some humor in the above statement, engine size and air pressure.. no
not that detail but most of the other is
required to register )).
This friendly offer became a real
drag because many pilots wanted
“reserved parking” and the pressure on
that guy is tremendous... (I did not
want this spot...I wanted “over
there”, etc.)
Also, when you arrive before open-
ing day the food available at the airport
is very limited... like no food until
Thursday (Subway opens that day just
north of our parking and they offer
“breakfast” sandwich(es).
You might try calling the registration desk and ask if they will process
your credentials without you being
there. I believe you must request in
person but things do change. Then you
need to find a pilot who will walk to
registration, get the documents, find an
open “spot” and drive a stake in the
ground (that pilot would have to have
a stake and hammer and plastic bag to
protect the documents) so he can staple
the documents to it) and use plastic
tape to mark the wingspan... You can
see the work that is required...
If you can “hire” a guy/gal to do all
this for a fee... you might make some
money... until EAA found out then
they might want some cut of the
action... (just kidding).
Anyway, from Illinois, to Ohio, to
Colorado, Oregon, Switzerland (he is
an airline pilot, good guy with a nice
Short Wing), Idaho, LA area, many
other states, all camp near the
HANGAR CAFE. We have two picnic
tables that one member made for us
(he ordered the lumber, had it delivered to the airport, he managed to
“borrow” a Gater to haul the wood to
our camp site, then he cut wood and
made two VERY SUBSTANTIAL picnic tables. We all get together at the
tables for lunch, dinner, or whatever...
We have two volunteers who “teach
and preach” at the Vintage Barn to pay
for the organization to store our two
picnic tables for eleven 1/2 months.
Last year we spent many hours to drive
to a hangar, load an old J-3 Cub frame,
haul it to the Vintage Barn to use the
frame for the lecture on how to “unbend” parts of a bent frame... then put
it all away again in the hangar. One of
those who donate time is a college pro-
27
fessor and the other is very experienced with rebuilding Short Wing
Pipers to near new condition. I do not
have that talent so I volunteer to move
stuff and be a go-fer to get stuff for the
“presenters.” We all contribute somehow to keep our camp going.
If you arrive at the airport on
Saturday or Sunday before opening
day, you will be nowhere close to
camping at the Cafe. You will probably
be in the South Forty Parking. That is
not bad because you are always invited
to come to the camp and visit. I had to
park at the “distant” parking many
years until I met this great group of
guys... AND I retired so I make my
own vacation plans...
I hope my explanation is understandable, if not, just let me know and
I will be happy to review any question
that you may forward.
PLEASE, come to the area to the
west of the Hangar Cafe and look us
up.
Jerry Isbell, CFII
Chief Flight Instructor; KMRT
Corporate Pilot (31 years), retired
Piper Pacer PA 22/20 N3958P
So there you have it, all of you who
wondered how all those Short Wings
got to park together —- and how they
got those picnic tables in their Short
Wings to come to Oshkosh!
And that’s what makes this club
such a great one, too. A member in
Colorado lets me know about a Short
Wing owner in Arizona who has a
question that a member in Ohio gladly
answers . . . and then on to Oshkosh!
By the way, you can see Justin’s
Short Wing in the Arizona Chapter
reports elsewhere in this issue.
28
Technical Corner
Pearl Tips: Spark plug
resistance analysis
By Frank P. Sperandeo III
Past President
Fayetteville, Ark.
479-521-2609
miss_pearl@cox.net
Website: www.miss-pearl.org
After researching and having many technical conversations with a Champion
spark plug technical person at Champion Spark Plug Co, (Cooper Industries) I
gained valuable knowledge of the design and function of the aircraft spark
plug.
The Champion fine wire Iridium type is primarily designed and constructed
to be sold as a 2000 hour long lasting spark plug. With this accumulated time
since 1992, indicated by my tach, it was determined that performing this year’s
annual, the fine wire plugs would be replaced. The testing of spark plugs, as
written in new/informative technical data from Tempest Spark Plug Co,
requires that spark plugs should have a resistance value of between 500 and
5000 ohms to function properly. In the conversation with the Champion tech.
person, it was explained to me that the iridium plug resister design, contained
in the core, was changed to a newer glass resister/element material and consequently they retooled their manufacturing plant as of mid-2014.
The Iridium REM38S plugs in Pearl were removed and checked with an ohm
meter and I found that five out of eight plugs didn’t register at all - an open circuit. The remaining three plugs were out of spec. After a further call to my
Champion tech, I asked why the engine was still running. He explained that the
20K discharged volts were arcing directly within the plug core.
New REM38S spark plugs were installed after purchasing them on EBay
over a period of one year. These iridium plugs are not cheap and the retail price
is as high as $160. I purchased eight of them, in the sealed plastic sleeves, for
between 50-90 dollars. Each plug was tested with an ohm meter, all averaged
between 800-900 ohms, with the resistance data recorded. Before plug installation, all plugs were spray painted with a detail spray gun with Urethane basecoat, clear coat, let dry 2 weeks, and torqued to 30 ft./lbs.
On a flight to Texas, it was observed that the tach registered 125 more RPM
on take-off. During the three hour flight, the JPI engine analyzer indicated that
the CHT’s were within 5-10 degrees of one another and the same with the
EGT’s - a very noticeable difference in engine smoothness/power performance.
In a final conversation with the Champion Rep, he thanked me for all of the
feedback information and graciously sent me two complimentary new REM38S
spark plugs. I will continue to be a Champion customer.
29
HEAT RESISTANT TIE
WRAPS
At last there is a company that
manufactures Heat Resistant tie
wraps for applications under the
cowl. You can purchase this product
from Tiewraps.com Also, another
handy tie wrap is the double loop
style - great for parallel wire bundles
and 24 additional type styles to make
neat electrical wire harnesses.
Here are the spark plugs
after being spray painted and
clear coated for rust protection.
Emergency oil spout
NEWSPAPER OIL FILLER
CONE
Have you ever been caught without
an oil spout when checking your low
engine oil level at an out of the way
FBO? Here is a tip to prevent an oil
spill. Find a clean newspaper section,
roll it in a cone, tear off the pointed
end, and insert in engine oil tube.
After filling, discard newspaper in
pump trash can receptacle – no drip,
no rag, no problem. (See photo)
God Bless,
Franco
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre
minds. - Albert Einstein
(Editor’s note: Frank has been a SWPC/EAA Technical Counselor for 26
years and can be contacted for personal technical advice to our members at
479-521-2609. He prides himself on same day returning phone calls or emails.
He is an A&P, IA, DAR, and DER.)
Need information on Short
Wing Pipers?
Available from the Club Store on the website :
Tips and Techniques CD’s * blueprints and drawings CD,
Vag drawings CD * Piper drawings CD
rigging CD
Plus Hard Copy Tips & Techniques manuals
See the Club Store ad on page 33 for more information and how to order these items
30
Technical Corner
Vag Rag Vol. 3 or
Authenticity vs Safety
By Alan Arrow
Magnolia, Texas
alanc4184h@comcast.net
I have had one goal in mind for the restoration of NC4184H and that was
Authenticity - Restoring originality to my Vagabond whenever possible.
However, safety cannot take a backseat to any such restoration and the latest in
technology should be kept in mind as well as the lessons learned over the
nearly seventy years since the PA-15 line rolled out the doors at Lock Haven.
Therefore, this issue will be interactive as I have a question to present at the
end of this latest edition.
First, the Authenticity portion of this issue covers the rebuild of my Fuel
Tank and the Fuel Gauge which can be viewed in the accompanying photos.
The original color blue was varied in many restorations I’ve viewed since
first falling in love with the Vagabond and, being an auto body repairman by
trade, paint is in my blood. The color you cannot see in the black and white
photos of the printed pages was replicated in the following manner. (Editor’s
note: But if you go to the club website, www.shortwingpiperclub.org, you can
see the photos in color!)
NC4184H has been rebuilt four times over its lifespan and that can be confirmed in the layers of paint on each structure or subcomponent. To arrive at
the original layer a razorblade was used to shave off top layers until the bottom-most layer was revealed and then confirmed by the same method applied
to other assemblies or subcomponents.
This blue was found on the forward 1/4th of the fuselage, firewall, fuel tank,
fuel tank straps, rudder/brake pedal assemblies, control stick and torque tube
Send your technical tips to the SWPN! (PO Box 10822,
Springfield, MO 65808 or eleanormills@att.net)
Help expand the knowledge of your fellow members
and the safety and efficiency of their Short Wings.
Or just tell us about your Short Wing -- and send along
a photo. We’re all partial to Short Wings, no matter
what year or what modifications they might have!
Tell us about a special flight you made. And send a
photo from that, too!
It’s your SWPN. You can make it better.
31
Reproduction fuel scale
assembly and as far back as the horizontal stabilizer carry-through tube and
trim control spring clamp.
The most intact paint was on the four fuel tank straps so these were taken to
a local auto body paint supply store to read the color and duplicate. This same
method has been used throughout this entire project — more on this in Vag
Rag Vol 4 to come.
Using the CD supplied by the Short Wing Piper Store the stenciling (lettering) you see on the fuel tank was duplicated and applied.
The Fuel Gauge scale was duplicated by fellow Mid-America SWPC member Brett Lovett, who took my original scale to an engraver who cut new scales
from black anodized aluminum. The original scale is stamped with raised characters but this reproduction is very good. By the way, if you are using the Ford
Model A fuel gauge without this overlay, your graduations are too close.
The fuel gauge brass retainer ring was farmed out to a local machine shop
that not only duplicated the retainer ring but made me two very nice tools for
installation and removal. The wood knob on the lens removal (bolt) tool was
added by yours truly. Many Vagabonds are sporting the Ford Model A chrome
retainer ring due to the original rings becoming damaged from removal with a
punch and hammer as mine did. Some might consider this to be an extravagant
expense but remember I am shooting for authenticity.
Now for the safety portion of this issue regarding the Bendix AAF7 Magneto
Switch which you will see in the accompanying photos that has not yet had
white letters added to the Off, L, R and Both positions.
The first photos gives the appearance of a normal magneto switch but in fact
32
~ ~ a Bendix
~
~
~switch
~ ~
it conceals
keyed
~
~
~
~
~
~
which happens to have the same ~posi~ for ~Off,~ L, R and
~ Both as the
tions
~
~
~
~
~
bezel of the original AAF7~ Switch.
~ 34.)~ This
~ idea
~ is
(See ~photo~ on~ page
~
~
~
~
not mine as I first saw it in an EAA
~
~where
~
~ ~ of VAA
~
publication
the editor
~
~
~
~
~
~
saw it at an antique aircraft fly-in and
~ an article
~
~
~ transfor~ ~
wrote
about
this
~
~
~
mation from old into new but ~keeping
~
~
the old~ appearance
and~ adding the
~
~
~
~
~
safety of a removable key.
~ simple
~
~ modification
~ ~
This is~ a very
~ the
~ soldering
~
~ ~of the key
~
except for
~
~
~
~
into the switch lever which took me
~ before~ I was~ satabout~ eight ~attempts
~ the outcome.
~
~ After
~ show~
isfied with
~
~ ~
~
~
~
~
~
~
~
~
~
~
~
~ ~
~ ~
~
~
~
~
~
~ ~
~
~
~
~
~
~
~
~ ~
~
~
~
~
~
~
~
~
~
~
~
~
~
~ ~
~ ~ ~
~
~
~
~ ~ ~
~
~
~
~
~
~
~
~ retainer
~
The reproduction
~
~
~
~
ring and the removal tools.~
~
~
~
~
~
ing it to
~ our~ local
~ SWPC chapter
~
president,
~
~ he vowed to do this for his
Cub.
See8 other8 items8 available8 from8 the8 SWPC8 Store8 on8 the8 next8 page
8
or go8 to8 the8 club8 website,8 www.shortwingpiperclub.org8 to8 see8 the
items.
The SWPC Store
33
The SWPC Store inventory of items we sell can
be found on the current SWPC web site. Credit
cards or PayPal can now be used for orders placed
on the website. Customers can mail, email, or call
the Store Manager Larry Jenkins, 4160 Green Hill
Dr., Hernando, MS 38632, 901-212-2849 (cell), or
h75larry@hotmail.com, to place an order. Shipping
and handling vary in cost and are adjusted with
each unique order.
Please note: The SWPC Store will be closed during
the SWPC convention, and any orders received during the convention will be filled after the convention.
CD’s available through the store
include the following:
Rigging Your Short Wing - $20 (Frank Rush discussing rigging
and Tom Anderson showing how to align landing gear)
Tips & Techniques Vol. 1&II - $40 (Technical articles, etc., from
the pages of the Short Wing Piper News)
Tips & Techniques Vol. III - $20
Tips & Techniques Vol. IV - $20
Vagabond Drawings (15 and 17) - $40
Piper Drawings - $60 (over 450 drawings, technical diagrams, and
blue prints covering all Short Wing models)
Manuals (hard copy of the Tips & Techniques)
are also available
Tips & Techniques books I, II, III, and IV are $30 each,
with your best value
the full set of all four Tips & Techniques books for $110.
34
The installed fuel gauge
Now for my question: I was never comfortable in my PA-22/20 with only a
lap belt and as you know the Vagabond has but one lap belt for two people, a
uni-belt.
After searching Tip & Techniques I could find only one shoulder harness/lap
belt installation that included inertia reels, which I don’t want in my PA-15.
Wag Aero has a shoulder harness/lap belt system (H-607) that is STC’d by
The magneto switch conceals a keyed switch
35
the FAA for use in the PA-20 and 22
models and as the fuselage geometry
is the same, this should do nicely in
my application. So, does anyone out
there have an approved 337 for this
installation?
Keep those technical articles coming! Our members want to know what
you know!
Technical Corner
Rebuilt magneto switch
B & C oil filter
adapter installation
By Art McLemore
artnbetty@icloud.com
817-597-9219
Reprinted from Longhorn Chapter March-April newsletter
B & C Specialty Products had an advertisement in Sport Aviation for their
spin-on oil filter adapter at a reduced sales price. (Editor’s note: Also advertised each issue in this magazine.)
I bit the bullet and bought one. The installation was fairly straight forward. I
just removed the old oil screen housing and the cooling duct and installed the
new parts. Since the cooling duct only served the purpose of cooling the oil
temperature sensor it was not reinstalled.
The kit contained all the needed parts. A nice touch was the slot for a screwdriver in the 1/4 20 hex mounting bolts. Since the Lycoming O235 in the
Clipper does not have a Vernatherm or an oil cooler, the installation went well
with no interference problems. The part I didn’t like was paying the $35 for the
plug to plug off the Vernatherm mounting hole.
Now I can go 50 hours between oil changes and recover the cost after about
20 years. The complete installation took me about two hours. In my younger
days I might have done it in an hour and 15 minutes!
No leaks!
36
~
~
~
~ ~
Technical
~
~
~ ~ Corner
~ ~
~
Comment on last issue’s
Reprint Corner
~
~ ~
~
~ ~
~ ~
~
~
~ ~
~
~ ~
~ ~
~ ~
~
~
~ ~
~ ~ ~
~
~ ~ ~
~
~
~
~
~
~
~ ~ ~
~
~
~ ~ ~ ~
~
~
~
~ ~
~
~ ~
~
~
~
~
~
~
~~ ~
~ ~
~
~
~
~
~
~
~ ~ ~
~
~
~ ~ ~
~
~
~
~
~
~ ~
~
~ Sperandeo,
~
~
~
~of Miss
~ Pearl (the most~ famous
~
~ ~ in the~ world
~
Frank
owner
22/20
~
~
~
~
~
~
~
~
~
~
~
by most estimations), had a one word comment on the Reprint Corner articles
~
~
~
~
~
~
~
~
~
~
in the April-May-June issue on the subject of “Why convert to a Pacer?” ~
~
~~
~
~
~
~
~ ~
~
~
~ ~~ ~
“With over 2200 hours in Miss Pearl (wheelbase 10 inches shorter than a
~
~
~
~ ~
~ ~
~
~
~ ~
Monocoupe),q Challenge
comesq toq mind with esthetics
not
q
~ ~
~ far behind.”
~
~ — ~
Franco
q
~
~
~
~ ~ ~
~
(Editor’s
Frank
q note: Actually,
q
q wanted me to write
~ this as a ~one word~ answer
~
— Challenge
— but I knew
he wouldn’t
be satisfied
with
q
q
q
~
~ just one
~ word!)
q q
~
~
~
~
~
~
~
~
~
~ ~ ~
~
~ ~ ~ ~
~ ~ ~
~~
~ ~
~
~
~
~
~ ~
~
~
~
~
~
~ ~
~
Technical Corner - Unicom communications
Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye
37
By Ralph Gutowski
rgutowski@woh.rr.com
reprinted from the May Ohio Buckeye newsletter
I was listening to the UNICOM on a handheld radio in my car on the way to
Miami University (“Oxford”) airport to pick up any flyers arriving for our
meeting this month. One radio call caught my attention. The announcement
went like this: “Turning base – Miami You.” I said to Rosemarie, “If I were in
the pattern, I would have no idea who made that ‘call,’ what kind of airplane to
look for, or what runway he was intending to land on. A useless position
report.”
After the meeting I shuttled the flyers back to the airport and was watching
everybody taxi and take off when an inbound business jet announced: “Miami
You, Beechjet XYZ 10 miles north - straight-in for runway five.” I remarked to
Rosemarie, “I want to see how this dude is going to make a “’straight-in’
approach to runway 05 when he is north of the airport.” The BeechJet driver
repeated his intentions again - exactly the same – “BeechJet XYZ five mile
NORTH for a straight-in approach to runway five.”
Two departing airplanes held short on the taxiway while the BeechJet flew
standard downwind and base legs then turned final for runway 05. I waited
until he turned off the runway then keyed my handheld: “Hey, BeechJet, can
you help me understand how you fly a straight-in approach to runway zero-five
from north of the field?”
He responded with, “Yeah, we were wonderin’ about that ourselves - how
that was going to work. We must have had the wrong plate up on the screen.”
I won’t record here the rest of the verbal exchange but someone said something about getting an ATP rating at the corner drug store, a 15-hr duty day,
etc., etc., etc.
That very same day, I learned about a near mid-air collision from a pilot
friend who was inbound for landing at Middletown airport. He recalled making
all the proper calls in the pattern, hearing something vague on the Unicom
about “downwind at 4,500 ft (pattern altitude is 1,650 MSL), then on short
final his flying companion yelled, “PULL UP, PULL UP. THERE‘S AN AIRPLANE UNDENEATH US!! “
It was a Cessna Caravan that blew right underneath my friend after dropping
a load of skydivers. It seems the jump plane pilot was in a hurry to get back to
pick up another load. By the way, the Caravan pilot also cut off another (different) airplane that was flying the downwind leg before roaring past my friend on
final. I plan to avoid KMWO in the future when skydiving is in progress.
So all this prompted me to write an article for this newsletter reviewing the
recommended communication protocols for VFR flight at uncontrolled airports.
We can’t force other pilots to use the proper terminology, but perhaps by doing
it correctly ourselves we can model the preferred phraseology for others to
emulate.
38
39
The Airman’ Information Manual, (AIM), Section 1, Para 4-1-9 contains
the Traffic Advisory Practices at Airports without Control Towers. The
table of Communication/ Broadcast Procedures recommends all inbound traffic
to call on the airport UNICOM frequency when “10 miles out, entering downwind, base, and final. Leaving the runway.”
Keep in mind the purposes of the UNICOM communication procedure prescribed in the AIM are: to help reduce frequency congestion, facilitate a better
understanding of pilot intentions, help identify the location of aircraft in the
pattern, and enhance the safety of flight:
a. Make sure you are on the correct frequency;
b. State the identification of the airport you are calling in EACH transmission;
c. Speak slowly and distinctly (this was authored by the FAA?);
d. Report approximately 10 miles from the airport, reporting altitude, and
state your aircraft type, aircraft identification, location relative to the airport,
state whether landing or overflight, and request an airport advisory if no automatic reporting system is operating.
e. Report downwind, base and final approach;
f. Report leaving the runway.
RECOMMENDED PHRASEOLOGY - INBOUND: GRIMES UNICOM,
PIPER SEVEN FOUR THREE FOUR DELTA, 10 MILES WEST, DESCENDING THROUGH (ALTITUDE), LANDING GRIMES.
GRIMES TRAFFIC, PIPER SEVEN FOUR THREE FOUR DELTA,
ENTERING (LEFT/RIGHT) DOWNWIND/BASE/FINAL (AS APPROPRIATE) FOR RUNWAY TWO ZERO (FULL STOP/ TOUCH-AND-GO),
GRIMES.
GRIMES TRAFFIC, PIPER SEVEN FOUR THREE FOUR DELTA,
CLEAR OF RUNWAY TWO ZERO, GRIMES.
OUTBOUND: GRIMES TRAFFIC, PIPER SEVEN FOUR THREE FOUR
DELTA, DEPARTING RUNWAY ZERO TWO, “DEPARTING THE PATTERN TO THE (DIRECTION)” OR “REMAINING IN THE PATTERN” (AS
APPROPRIATE), GRIMES.
Make a difference for your club: Donating to the
club, the library, and the Education Foundation; running
for an office, nominating someone, and voting for someone; joining your local chapter and participating in flyins; attending the annual convention; giving a Short Wing
owner but non-member a copy of the SWPN (or just
telling him or her about the club); answering questions or
otherwise participating on the club’s Facebook page;
sending in a story for the SWPN --- these are just a few
ways to Make a Difference.
After the crash
40
Technical Corner - Flight safety
Notes from Pat Brown’s AOPA Wings program on “After the Crash:
Surviving an Aircraft Accident” given at Sporty’s, Clermont County
Airport, 3-12-15
By Ralph Widman
Lynchburg, Ohio
wizardofwid@aol.com
Reprinted from the April Ohio Chapter Newsletter
The first step is: HELP RESCUE FIND ME, THEN SURVIVE
1. Somebody needs to know where I’m going. Make a VFR Flight Plan with
Flight Service at 1-800-992-7433. They will look for you. Above 5,000 ft. contact 122.2 or maybe 122.6 Flight Service. It’s the same as calling Flight
Service. On a sectional look at the Omni station frequency box. On the outside
of the box this frequency may be posted. It’s the one available for this station.
122.0 is Flight Watch. They want pilot reports and will give weather reports.
Nice place to go when you wonder what those black clouds up ahead mean.
Also, tell a loved one/significant other where you are flying, your approximate
route, and when you plan to be back.
2. You’ll need something to signal with. Use a flare pistol, signal mirror, CD,
piece of bare aluminum etc. He also commented that usually 20% of the items
on hand can be used in 80% of the situations.
3. 121.5 ELT is still monitored by airliners and military. It has a wide search
area and due to frequent false alerts, it can be slow to get CAP or local police
to respond. With a 406 freq. ELT they will find you fast because they know
your location. IF I’M VFR WITH NO FLIGHT PLAN, IT CAN TAKE 18.5
HRS.TO FIND ME and IT CAN BE 62 HRS. UNTIL RESCUE.
4. Use Spider Tracks or some other form of satellite rescue radio. With GPS
we want to follow the route line exactly. Don’t do that. Deviate some and follow a major highway. You will be easier to find and help can come in minutes.
5. Squawk 7700. Use my emergency check list; make sure co-pilot knows
where list is as well.
6. You’ll need a canopy knife or ball peen hammer to break the Plexiglas if
you get trapped inside the plane. See AOPA Water Escape video on line. (Every
person who flies to an off shore oil rig has to undergo an actual under water
escape, in the dark, from an over turned helicopter.)
7. How do I survive until help arrives? If at all possible, stay with the plane.
Rescue is looking for a plane, not hikers in the woods. Make sure the people on
board know what cell phone you may have. The Alaska accident in which
Senator Ted Stevens died was not located for many months. One of the dead
41
passengers had a satellite phone in his pocket. You need a whistle, compass,
red flare. Space blankets will keep you cool in summer and contain body heat
in the winter.
8. DON’T GET SWEATY! Ration Sweat not water. When you sweat, you
release water from your body that you need to survive. In the winter you have
no way to dry off either.
9. DRESS FOR EGRESS. Wear in flight clothing appropriate for the terrain
you will be flying over. Sandals aren’t much good walking over a wilderness.
Winter clothing should include a base layer, a shell layer and a waterproof
outer layer. Consider clothes that help keep heat in but wick away moisture.
10. Water. Take some bottled water with you. You can survive only 2 or 3
days without water but 7 days or more without food. Use survival iodine drops,
bleach or water purifying straws, etc., to purify water. Treat all water outside
the plane as contaminated regardless of its appearance. Never assume a clear
mountain stream is pure. If you are sick, survival is harder. Melting or eating
snow sounds like a good idea, but it takes many pounds of snow just to get 1
cup of water, and requires a lot of body heat to melt if you’ve eaten it. He suggested you can tie a garbage bag around a leafy tree branch. Overnight the
leaves give up water. Garbage bags are good survival tools. A candle can melt
snow. A lawn and leaf bag that you can step into and tie around your neck
makes a reasonable wet suit.
11. What’s in your survival kit? (Mine is upstairs in the garage). Leatherman
tool. Trash bags. A clean gallon paint can purchased from a paint store. It
makes a good kit container. Water. Old 9 volt batteries can be snapped together
and will put off enough heat to warm hands. (That’s why the baggage bin of
my Colt has all those old 9 volt batteries lying on and littering the floor. If I go
down in the snow at least I’ll die with warm hands.) Road flare can be a signal
device or start a fire. Items in the survival kit may have shelf lives, so check
the kit regularly and replace outdated items.
12. Martha Lunken commented, “What about taking medications you need
daily with you?” These could be special medications such as insulin or heart
meds.
13. Visit AOPA’s site: www.aircraftsafetyinstitute.org
One in the crowd suggested camping with just your survival kit to see how
you fare. You’ll certainly learn quickly how to start a fire and find out how
good your kit really is.
Support SWPN advertisers.
They help support our Short Wings and offer us the
best parts and services. Help support them!
42
Technical Corner
ADS-B - Ready or
not, here it comes!
By Ralph Gutowski
Reprinted from the Ohio Chapter March newsletter
No doubt by now you are surely aware that a new FAA NextGen aerial navigation system is on our flying horizon. For close to six decades we have used
World War II era technology (radars) to navigate the skies. NextGen is an
upgrade to satellite-based technology.
Although the ADS-B component is not mandatory until in 2020, all 794
ground stations are up and running and usable now. As I have reported in previous newsletters, we can receive in our Short Wing Piper cockpits traffic alerts
and near real-time weather without having to pay a subscription fee. We just
have to purchase the correct receiving equipment, and therein lies much confusion.
So I was invited to give a presentation about ADS-B to the Ohio Aviation
Technical Society (OATS) at this month’s meeting. The presentation covers
Key terms, How does ADS-B work?, Certified Systems, Portable Systems,
Cockpit Displays, Co$t$, and FAA Regulations, Advisory Circulars, and other
“guidance”. The session carries WINGS/AMT credit, too.
I thought I would share some of this information with fellow Buckeye members in the newsletter. A good place to start is to visit the FAA’s NextGen ADSB web pages. (http://www.faa.gov/nextgen/programs/adsb/). There are ADS-B
videos and Quick Links to:
ADS-B Final Rule (PDF)
ADS-B In ARC Charter
ADS-B Avionics Status (PDF)
A153 Application Checklist
Airworthiness Approval AC 20-165A
Airworthiness Approval AC 20-172A
FAA AC 90-114A (ADS-B Operations)
ADS-B Avionics Technical Standard Order TSO-C195b
Traffic Awareness Beacon System (TABS) TSO C199
978Mhz Technical Standard Order TSO-C154c
1090Mhz Technical Standard Order TSO-C166b
ADS-B-In ARC Report-September 2011 (PDF)
ADS-B ARC Report-September 2008 (PDF)
There is a link on that page (upper left side) to answers to 43 Frequently
43
Asked Questions (FAQs). They are helpful in clearing up the technical and regulatory morass: (http://www.faa.gov/nextgen/programs/adsb/faq/). Here are two
examples:
How will the new ADS-B Out rule affect me?
On January 1, 2020, when operating in the airspace designated in 14 CFR §
91.225 (outlined below) you must be equipped with ADS-B Out avionics that
meet the performance requirements of 14 CFR §91.227. Aircraft not complying
with the requirements may be denied access to this airspace.
Under the rule, ADS-B Out performance will be required to operate in:
1. Class A, B, and C.
2. Class E airspace within the 48 contiguous states and the District of
Columbia at and above 10,000 feet MSL, excluding the airspace at and below
2,500 feet above the surface.
3. Class E airspace at and above 3,000 feet MSL over the Gulf of Mexico
from the coastline of the United States out to 12 nautical miles.
4. Around those airports identified in 14 CFR part 91, Appendix D.
The ADS-B Out rule does not apply in the airspace defined in items 1 and 2
above for any aircraft that was not originally certificated with an electrical system or that has not subsequently been certified with such a system installed,
including balloons and gliders.
What equipment is required by the new rule?
The rule specifies ADS-B Out equipment compliant with either Technical
Standard Order (TSO)-C154c (978 MHz Universal Access Transceiver) or
TSO-C166b (1090 ES). However, to operate in Class A airspace, aircraft are
required to equip with avionics certified to TSO-C166b.
Free Loaner Tools
Free Loaner tools available to paid members only.
Shipping responsibility of the borrower. Donations to
the Library Fund gladly accepted. You can contact
Terry directly to order and work out shipping details:
(Terry Karlson swpclibrary@yahoo.com or
623-388-0711 or use the toll-free hotline 855-SWPC-411/855-7972-411)
or go to
http://www.shortwingpiperclub.org/tool-rentals/
where you will find a full listing of tools with a picture of
each tool. There’s a link to take you to the Tool Rental Form
(members must be logged in to access the form). To order
a tool, fill out the form and submit. Terry will get an email
with your order and fill the order.
44
Vagabond
News
Venue
By Dave Harmon
Short Hills, NJ
vagabondpa15@verizon.net
In this issue we call on our northern
neighbors of BC, Canada, and former
SWPC member Len Lambert. Len is
the proud owner of a PA -15 with 0200 engine.
Len contacted me for paper work,
STC and 337 forms of other people
that have done more or less the same
engine change. I have been collecting
this type of stuff since I bought my
Vag. Even though you can’t use this
data as is, you can use it as substantiating info. Our FAA requires each
change to be done on its own merit. I
started one but never to completion.
The following are letters that Len
wrote me along with pictures. This is a
very interesting project skillfully done
and brought to completion.
Hi Dave, I have done the conversion, but don’t have an STC yet.
Because of reclassifying the plane to
Owner Maintenance here in Canada, I
can fly on an exemption for the now. I
am looking for an STC number that I
can use as data to return to a special
cert of airworthiness up here. I don’t
need an STC, just some data stating
that it can be done.
As far as the performance, wow! It
is like a little hotrod. I had an A75
before, and the cruise was 98 mph at
2350 solo, top speed at 2600 was 105
mph.. Climb on a good day was 500
feet /minute.
Now I cruise at 2500 rpm at 110
mph indicated and the top speed at
2800 rpm is 130 mph indicated. Climb
is 1000 feet/min. I would like to find a
71 or 72 inch diameter metal prop. I
tried a friend’s 71” x 42” McCauley
prop and it is perfect for this engine. At
the moment I am using a 69” x 48”
McCauley. The larger diameter has a
little more thrust on ground roll.
If you know of any data about this
type of conversion, I would surely
45
Here’s CFAVB, Len’s Vagabond, PA-15 with 100 hp O-200
Continental engine
appreciate it.
Thanks. Len
Hi Dave.
I just installed a set of VG’s on the
wings and the horizontal stab. The
change in performance is dramatic.
Before VG’s —- Stall, 45 mph, Air
temp 60 degrees
Slow flight 55 mph
Approach speed 63 mph
Rotation speed 62 to 63 mph
After VG’s
Air temp 70 degrees
Stall? Doesn’t really stall. Just a
high angle of attack, stick back, and a
slow sink while maintaining control
with 1500 rpm.The nose doesn’t drop.
With engine at idle, same thing. Sinks
a little faster, but still have control on
attitude. This Vagabond is quite an
amazing Flying machine.
Slow flight 47 mph @ 2500 rpm
maintains altitude with high angle of
attack.
Approach speed—- Was able to
drag it in at 47 mph. On the flair I had
to boost rpm up to prevent hitting too
hard. Easy approach is at 55 mph.
Rotation speed was approximately
62 to 63 mph and now it is at 55 mph.
This should make quite a difference
on short fields and higher alt
strips.
Thought you might find this interesting. The tests were done at different
days. The results will probably differ
in the colder temps. Definitely does
shorten the ground roll.
Len
Here are a few pictures of two of us
on the west Coast of British Colombia
beaches!!
CFVMV is my buddy’s
plane. Mine is in the distance, CFAVB.
We are both running Cont 0-200
engines. Mine was completely rebuilt
before install. I am using a Sensenich
74 x 46 prop.
Works very
well!! Ground roll with 12 gals. of
fuel, solo, on the grass at sea level is
300 feet !! Rate of climb at sea level at
70 degrees is an honest 1000 ft per
minute for the first 2000 ft. Cruise at
2500 rpm is 105 to 110 mph depending
on load and temperature. It will do
VNE at 2700rpm of 126 mph. It’s like
flying a Go Kart!!! lol I installed
VG’s. I also put an extra 12 gal tank
46
A beautiful photo of two Vagabonds. Len’s Vag is the one in the
background, CFAVB. CFVMV belongs to one of Len’s buddies. Both
have the O-200 engine and it seems landing off airport on the beach
happens with regularity in British Columbia.
behind the seat. No problem with
weight and balance!!! And the stall
speed is 40 mph! It doesn’t really stall
it just mushes down!!
Fun little
plane!!!
My buddy’s plane has a used engine
with a McCauley 71 x 42 clip tip.
Cruise is similar but I out climb him.
Maybe just a difference in engine output.
“Flying high over snowcapped mountains, you need all
100 ponies,” Dave says about
the photo on the right. “Len, are
you going to put skies on for
winter?”
47
Regional Chapter Reports
Editor’s note
to all chapters:
48
We do like to have your photos --- properly identified, of course. So send them
in, but do remember to attach them separately. (On my program it says “insert”
but who knows what it says on yours.)
It’s nice if they are at least 4 inches wide and a high resolution, if possible --- I
hate to reduce a big crowd to a 2-inch space since you’d need a magnifying glass to
see the people properly. I can use a PDF but not those photos embedded in the
document itself.
q
q
q
Arizona
q
q
u ~ ~ were~ some~ beauties.
~
~ ~
~ By
~ Cliff
~ ~Van Vleet
~
~ ~
~
ccvanvle@mindspring.com
the judging.
~ ~ I again
~ participated
~
~ ~in_m|}w
~
~
~
~
~~U}
Last
morning
as I was flying
We
of cateh
~ have
~ ~ reduced
~ ~ the
~ amount
~
u ~ ~
~ Friday
~ ~ Pytj~
e~ {xwpt{y}
to
Casa
Grande
for
Cactus
State
my
gories
and
have
done
away
with
~
~ ~ ~
~~~~Prw~y}D| all the
{
~
~
q
q
ground
speed
over
eastern
Tucson
individual
manufacturer’s
trophies.
o ~
~
~
~ ~
~
q
~
~
~ ~U}~ {tt
jumped
up
to
169
accompanied
by
Now
we
have
five
categories;
before
~
~
~
~
~
~~
u ~ ~
~
~ ~
turbulence!
before and
_ ~ and ~after~ 1946
~ war~ birds,
~
~ ~ some more
~ ~ than moderate
~~[u}w}~l{v
I bounced around pretty good but ~ after 1946
general
~
~ ~aviation
~ plus the
{~sxvqrvvxzy~{hzr|~mr|rw}~n}|f|zn}|u}wv
~
made
good
time
doing
it.
Shortly
Grand
Champion.
This
year
~
~
~ ~
~
~ the Grand
{ ~
~
~
~ ~
~
thereafter,
the
speed
came
down
to
Champion
was
a
1946
Funk.
~
~
~
~
~~\|~l{v~s}qxs}s~|u{|~l}~lzrts~y}D|
The
Stevelxtt~
Hartwell’s
pickin’ and
~ ~ [u}w}~
yz|~ h}~ {yj
o ~ ~ around~ 150 mph ~for~ several miles. ~
I’ve
never
flown
that
fast
before
in
a
singin’
geriatric
band
played
both
o
~ ~
~ ~
~
~ ~
~ ~
~
~ ~
~
lowly
Short
Wing.
When
I
landed
at
Friday
and
Saturday
evening.
The
~
~ ~
~
~
~ ~~<{t}y|xy}v~s{ji~~U}~{n{xy
Casa Grande the winds were 20 mph banquet Saturday was BBQ beef (. . .or
gusting to 28 right down the 050 run- was it pulled pork) and chikin which is
way.
a great improvement over cheap EL
The breezes died down in the after- TORO steaks!
noon and on Saturday we enjoyed an
Our AZ Chapter meeting Saturday
outstanding day which included a very morning was pretty anemic. It started
large turnout of spam cans and home- out with Carole, Doug, Cindy, Art,
builts. The antiques and classics were and Judy.
way outnumbered, but of the
I had to skip out to meet with the
antique/classics that were there, there judges. After a while, Doc and Norma
49
Cindy Conger is shown above admiring the classy 1955 Pa-22150 belonging to new members Justin and Kristina Napier of
Scottsdale, Ariz. Cindy and Doug live in Cortez, Colo., and Doug was
instrumental in introducing Justin to the Short Wing Piper Club. The
cream colored Tri-Pacer has a striking dark green trim that really
sets it off. See also Justin’s question about AirVenture parking and
Jerry Isbell’s answer elsewhere in this issue.
50
Gathered around the table above are Anne Haynes (left) and
Cindy Conger in the foreground, with Carole Van Vleet, Suzanne
Bladow, and Judy Rudd in the background. In the far background
and below (with all of Art’s head in the photo) are Art Weisberger
(back to camera) and Jim Haynes.
Cansino arrived and then Jim and
Anne Haynes arrived making an
overall total of 10 Arizonees. Carole
spent a lot of time sitting on the terminal veranda visiting with the Cansinos
and Haynes plus Suzanne and Harry
Bladow from Sierra Vista who fly a
Bonanza (and live at the Oregon
Independence Airpark with Sam and
Sandy Archer and Bryan and Kaaren
McGlynn), . . . so it remains a small
world.
Cliff
By Doug Conger
dconger@q.com
Doug ‘n Cindy Conger arrived
early at Casa Grande (about Jan 6) to
look around and ignore the Rocky
51
52
Cindy and Doug Conger. And what a nice photo!
Mountain seasonal snows of Colorado.
Migration is new to us, and we had our
hands full getting a Class C
Winnebago, a Nissan SUV, two bicycles, and a motorcycle transported to
our new Winter Quarters. Kokopelli
had to stay home — alone in the
hangar. I cannot quite remember how
to defy gravity anymore.
We sidewalk-supervised all the CactusState
setup and teardown, and graded all the
arrival landings. Of course, the Van
Vleets’ pretty Red and Insignia White
Tri-Pacer was in the ramp line-up.
Most amazing was a new face on the
ramp, fresh from Missouri, and recently relocated with its Scottsdale new
owner to new quarters at Deer Valley.
N2961P was purchased by Cap’n
Justin Napier in a near pristine state of
Daytona white and dark green trim.
Justin and his wife are corporate pilots
and have an 18-month old boy to
break-in on just the right type of aircraft (. . . when the time comes !).
We were disappointed to learn that
the usual flock of Howards did not fly
in from California. There were lots of
other familiar gems however, including my favorite polished silver Beech
18.
The Arizona Chapter met at Avra
Valley AirPatch (KAVQ) on Saturday,
April 10, at Sky Ryder Coffee Shoppe.
I was tied up at Mayo Clinic again, so
I have only some hearsay from treasurer Cliff Van Vleet to pass on to you
...
By Cliff Van Vleet
“As for gossip from the meeting – .
. . here tiz:
“The weather was great. It was
forecast for high breezes in the afternoon, but they did not materialize
until after we returned home. Two
couples flew in, Van Vleets and the
Portouws (in their new-to-them
Mooney). Riding in were Buckeye
Mike Ghormley and his guest. His
buddy’s name escapes me, except I
53
At the head table above are (clockwise from left front) Larry and
Charlotte Portouw, Norma and Chuck Cansino, Terry and Claire
Karlson, Carole Van Vleet, and Anne Haynes.
At a side table are (left to right) Buckeye Mike Ghromley, Jim
Haynes (standing), Buckeye Mike’s motorcycle accomplice, Mr.
Clifford (?).
54
Larry and Charlotte Portouw with their 1969 M-20-C Mooney.
believe his last name is Clifford.
Crystal Davis lives in an apartment “in
town” now, because Buckeye Mike’s
place is not wheelchair friendly. She
has a job working in a library with
children.
“Buckeye Mike’s story about his
stolen airplane is on-going. He reports
that the miscreant [. . . thief of his
Piper Aztec]* has been found, convicted, and should be sentenced later this
spring. As for the airplane, it contin-
ues in a disassembled state in Tucson.
The current possessor, a “poor” fireman, had two jugs removed and sent to
Phoenix somewhere for rebuild, and
they now appear to be lost. The interior of the plane is still gutted. The present possessor does not have the $$ to
pay the bills, so the airplane just sits.
Mike thinks the ownership should
revert to him as the return of stolen
property, but it does not seem to be
promising that will happen.
Have a technical question or a problem?
Call the club’s 24/7 hotline: 855-SWPC-411
It’s ALWAYS open and it’s FREE! You can
use the hotline for questions for staff or
board members as well. Just tell the operator
who you want to talk to or what you need to
know.
“The upcoming convention in
Branson, MO, June 29- July 3 was discussed. At present, four AZ couples
are registered: the Van Vleets,
Congers, Karlsons, and Haynes. More
are needed. [AZ Chapter led in attendance and participation in Yr-2014 at
Santa Maria Convention. Let’s keep
it that way !]* Everyone is encouraged to come to Branson and enjoy a
week of Missouri hospitality in addition to meeting old and new friends
and learning a few new things about
our Short Wings. Carole reported that
registrations were steadily arriving
with 50 or so in hand. Following the
convention, Carole and Cliff will fly
around the mid-west for two weeks
and then present ourselves in Oshkosh
55
for AirVenture 2015. Our last visit to
AirVenture was over 10 years ago so
we are looking forward to attending
once again and see what changes have
occurred.”
Later, Cliff
**************
As referenced above, it is reported
that Larry and Charlotte Portouw have
acquired a 1969 M-20-C Mooney with
a bundle of speed mods, a Blackmac 3blade prop, and IFR-capable.
Apparently I won’t have to throttleback on Kokopelli anymore for Larry
to keep up. Larry claims it needs a
paint job, but it sure looks good to me
from here ― riding by on a fast horse
...
Stay safe & happy, Doug C .
Do you want to reach an audience of Short Wing
pilots? Or do you know a business that should be
reaching that audience?
The SWPC has the perfect answer:
an ad in the Short Wing Piper News!
Ad rates are reasonable:
Full page, 4.5 inches wide, 7.5 inches high, $194
3/4 page, 4.5 inches wide, 5.75 inches high, $138
1/2 page, 4.5 inches wide, 4 inches high, $115
1/4 page, 4.5 inches wide, 2 inches high, $80
Business Card, 4.5 inches wide, 2 inches high, $80
(for color, add $60 for full, 3/4, and half pages and $20 for 1/4 page
and business cards)
We can use your information to prepare an ad or you
can send copy ready ads. Either way, with the least
expensive rates available, we look forward to providing
the kind of friendly and professional service that you
can write home about.
Send ad material to
Eleanor Mills, PO Box 10822, Springfield, MO 65808 or
eleanormills@att.net.
All payments should go to SWPC, PO Box 10822,
Springfield MO 65808-0822
56
By Phil Pirrotta
We have been working on our
Columbia River Chapter Website and
have started an online meeting place
embedded in our website. It enables
anyone interested in Short Wings to
join our free embedded forum.
We hope to eventually have a continuous online chapter meeting using
any computer, tablet, or Smartphone.
Any announcement or question sent to
the embedded forum will immediately
be posted there and forwarded to all
the forum user’s email accounts so the
user will know instantly of anything
happening. We hope to even set up
spur of the moment meetings and fly
outs when the weather cooperates.
You can see, read, and try the
embedded forum by going to the following website:
Columbiariverswpc.org
At the bottom of the web page is the
embedded forum and if you would like
to join in just click on the “Apply to
join group.” We will confirm that you
are not a spammer and accept your
application. Again this is a free service of our chapter so any aviation
enthusiasts are welcome and you do
not have to be a member to enjoy this
forum.
If you have any problem applying
from the embedded window on our
website you can also go directly to the
forum itself and “Apply to join group”
there by using the following:
groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/
crc-shortwing
We are grateful to our webmaster,
Mitch Mitchell in Seattle WA, and our
forum Guru, Glen Geller in Portland
OR, for their help in getting this system up and running.
Phil Pirrotta
Columbia River Chapter SWPC
Technical Corner -- want more?
Send in YOUR technical article, tip, or modification! Enlarge the
knowledge of your club. Remember, it IS your club --- you can
make it better!
And don’t forget that you can call the members of the technical
panel for advice (855-SWPC-411) --- and the SWPC Web Store has
several technical CD’s just waiting for you to slip them into your
computer. Plus .. . . the club’s website has forums you can join
and learn from --- or educate your fellow members.
And the club’s Facebook page and the website’s forums are good
places to ask questions (and supply answers to other member’s
questions). There’s a link on the website to the Facebook page if
you haven’t found it yet.
57
58
AIRCRAFT SPRUCE
EVERYTHING FOR YOUR PIPER!
BUILDING MATERIALS
PILOT SUPPLIES
WINDSHIELDS
ENGINE PARTS
HARDWARE
AIRCRAFT PARTS
FLIGHT TRAINING
HEADSETS
AVIONICS/INSTRUMENTS
AEROQUIP HOSES
ENGINE ACCESSORIES LANDING GEAR
PANEL PACKAGES
AIRCRAFT PLYWOOD INSTRUMENTS
CONTROLS
CHARTS / MAPS
SPRUCE SPARS
FLYING WIRES
PILOT SUPPLIES
& CAPSTRIPS
TOOLS
Proud Sponsor of
FREE CATALOG!
1-877-4SPRUCE
info@aircraftspruce.com
7
7
7
8
2
3
www.aircraftspruce.com
Florida
q
q
q
q
q
59
q
ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING
MARCH 7, 2015
By Iris Morris
Chapter newsletter editor
This meeting was held in the Short
Wing Piper Building on the Sun ‘n Fun
campus. President George Klitsch
brought the meeting to order and it was
blessed by Vice-President Lee
Houseknecht.
In old business, we asked for any 8
one getting “S-Mail” to send Iris
Morris your E-Address, if you have
one, our last year’s good fly-ins, and
the loss of Bill Scott’s step-dad, Paul
Hopkins and of past member Bob
Talley.
The Treasurer’s report by Iris shows
the Chapter to be in good shape.
Remember 2015 dues are due.~
($15.00).
In the new business part, for the
election of officers, George nominated
Jim Morris for president. Jim said that
he didn’t feel qualified. George said
that he would help anyone but would
like to have someone take over for
him. Iris will remain but asked that
someone consider her job for next
year. (This will be her 33rd year with
the Chapter and S’nF.)
The Type Club Tent is an important
part of our S’nF experience. Tyke
Klitsch also asked that someone con-
sider taking her place for next year.
8 8
8 8
Dougie Elfers, Doug’s son, was sit8 ting facing
8
8
8
the west window.
He is nor8
8
8
8 was dismally very quiet. George
8 important
8
8
cussing some
business
when
8 jumped
8
Dougie
up8 and in8 a loud voice
8 didn’t 8know he had,
that we
yelled,
“The 8 B-17 is
8 coming in!!” In an
instant,
was
and
8 the meeting
8
8 forgotten
8
the
men
all
ran
out
the
door.
Iris
8
8 8
8
grabbed8 her camera and as she went
by, told Pat and Emma, ‘I’ll hug you
later” and ran out. (Iris says,”One of
my all-time best memories of S’nF,
~
~ years
~ ~ ago. I~ was at the
was several
~
~
~
~
~ ~parking
~
approach end of nine,
planes,
~when the
~ “Aluminum~ Overcast”
~
came
~ landed short. I thought that I
in~ and
~ ~ reach
~ up
~ ~and~ touch
~ it!!! What a
could
~
~
q
sight!!”) When everyone got back
q
qthe meeting ~was
~ finished
~
inside,
and
~adjourned. Some
~ of
~ us went~ to the RC
q
qon the qsouth sideq of the field
meeting
q
q
and some toq Hallback’s
forq lunch.
q productive
q
q good day.
A very
and
q for attending.
q
q
We thank all
q
q
q
q Sun ‘n
No meetings scheduled after
Fun ‘til October.
~ Those
~ attending
~ ~ the
~ business
~
meet~
~ and Tyke
~
ing~ were:~ George
Klitsch,
~ ~ ~ Houseknecht,
~
~ David
~
Lee~ and Jean
and
~Pat Adams,
~
~ Ed
~ and
~ Emma~ Spenchuk,
~
~
~ Elfers ~and Dougie,
~ ~
~Jim Morris,
~
Doug
~John Beer, Pete
~ Thompson,
~
~
and Iris
60
Morris. Tom Scott was at an AA meeting and stopped in for a minute.
Sun & Fun report
Sun ‘n Fun 2015 has come and
gone. In General Aircraft Camping,
most of the volunteers are members of
the Florida Chapter of the Short Wing
Piper Club. What an interesting two
weeks!! You never know who is in
that red vest! Retired and current airline pilots, controllers from the largest
airports in America. Business owners,
wrecker company, air condition and
heating.
Charlie
Taylor
and
Orville/Wilbur Wright awards. A senior process engineer and a data tech
from a subsidiary of United Nuclear.
The president of an international airplane club.
All of the retirees, a retired teacher
and all the other ones who take their
vacation time to be here. And the veterans! The young Navy SBD gunner
who was shot down by the Yamamoto
and is in his nineties now, WWII,
Korea, Viet Nam and the Mid-East.
Two guys, with a Tampa Bay Marine
chart, planning a fishing trip.
AND
THE AIRPLANES…..
Hundreds of them, all kinds, from the
B-17 to the home builts and the
Thunder Birds! Where we are, we can
see every airplane take off or land.
(Under the approach end of runway 9)
We were told that two of our CoChairmen would not be with us this
year. That hurts, as their jobs are critical to our operation. Several of our
excellent Canadian volunteers had to
go home before SnF, but we had welltrained and eager people who took
over and did well. We also have eight
or nine RAF British Cadets each shift.
They are essential to us and we
‘love’em’. They like being here and
love those Wal-Mart doughnuts, all
fifteen dozen of them! They pay their
own way here and have to earn the
right to participate in this program.
The two ‘missing’ co-chairmen were
able to arrange to arrive on
Wednesday and Thursday. What a
great team we have!
The RAF compound was dedicated
to and will be called “The Cliff
Mullins
Royal
Air
Force
Campground.” General Aircraft
Camping and the Florida Chapter
donated a framed 8.5X11 picture of
Cliff receiving the 2013 Volunteer
Award from Chairman of the Sun ‘n
Fun board Bob Knight in our building.
For three years, Cliff came to SnF just
to work in A/C Camping and was CoChairman in 2012 and 13. We miss
him.
2015 TYPE CLUB TENT
Unfortunately, the Type Club Tent
was located in a swamp. This resulted
in about 3 inches of water over the
entire floor of the tent. We located our
table on high ground at the back of the
tent; however, to visit it was necessary
to walk around the tent. As a result of
this, we had few visitors and consequently little to report. We hope next
year will be better. - Florence (Tyke)
Klitsch
Additional fly-ins on the 2015
Schedule
OCT. 3: HAPPY LANDINGS
CAFÉ, NORTH TAMPA AERO
PARK, LUTZ, FL.
Nov. 7: Pappy’s Canteen, Bartow
Airport
Dec. 5: Hallback’s Grill, Lakeland
Linder Airport.
The Florida Chapter, helping to make a difference for the SWPC
and General Aviation!
61
This poster shows events and members at the annual business
meeting.
SWPC conventions, Sun ‘n Fun, Sentimental Journey, AirVenture at
Oshkosh, all places to meet and greet other Short Wing owners --or to “Spread the Short Wing Gospel” as Ed Wach loved to say.
62
If you didn’t make it to Sun ‘n Fun this year, you can get a
glimpse of some of the excitement in the posters on these two
pages. Iris, although busy with a multitude of things, still managed
to take a bunch of photos of those around, including airplanes,
members of the chapter who worked, members of the club who
dropped by, camping, the Royal Air Force and the cadets, and even
an overview of the parked airplanes.
63
SWPC and
Chapters and Conventions and Sun ‘n Fun, Sentimental
Journey, and AirVenture --the home of the five F’s
(Flying, Fun, Fellowship, Food, and Family!)
64
65
Lone Star
(south Texas)
By Alan Arrow
Magnolia, Texas
alanc4184h@comcast.net
The May meeting of the resurrecting
Lone Star chapter was held at the
Brenham
Municipal
Airport’s
Southern Flyer Diner which is in full
1962 motif with the wait staff attired in
poodle shirts, bobby socks, saddle
shoes as well as period hair and makeup styles. You’d expect to see the Fonz
walk in at any moment. Good food and
great music as well as a good crowd
since this diner is visited by the entire
town, not just pilots.
In attendance were Alan and Susan
Arrow, Dan and Kaye Brouse, Ken
Perry and Ray Coker. Since our acting
President Danny Nicholson was
absent, Alan Arrow chaired the meeting and the business of organizing the
chapter took precedence over 2016
Convention business.
Motions were made to send out
Registration forms to all on the club
email list to get an actual count of
members interested in becoming registered members with the following provisos:
*Membership applications will be
sent out with a request that all reply
with an intent to join by July 31, 2016.
*Dues for membership would be
$15.00 per year for family membership (to include spouses and or signif-
icant others) beginning on January 1,
2016.
*Membership in the National Short
Wing Piper Club is encouraged but not
mandatory.
*Ownership of a Short Wing Piper
shall not be a requirement.
All motions were voted to be
approved by a unanimous vote and
since these motions were made by acting VP Alan Arrow he will spearhead
the effort to recruit and confirm all
members and applications for membership are to be returned to his attention at alanc4184h@comcast.net.
Other subjects brought up for discussion were future meetings with a
possible coffee meet and greet at the
Brouse home as well as a cookout at
the Arrow home to view the progress
on Alan and Susan’s Vagabond restoration.
Also the possibility of seminars was
talked about with members who have
skills related to aircraft restoration
sharing their knowledge at future
meetings.
There was a lively discussion
regarding ADSB-out requirements to
take place in the year 2020 as well as
the long awaited change to the 3rd
class medical requirement.
Earlier meetings:
February 28
66
Jim Calamon and his 1955 Tri-Pacer, almost completely restored
(above) and a detail from inside below.
67
Jim Calamon (left) and Dan Nicholson are shown above by a TriPacer they found on the field at Georgetown in April.
By Dan Nicholson
dannick1935@sbcglobal.net
We met at West Houston Airport and
visited in their spacious, beautiful terminal (the pride of Woody Lesiker’s
dream). Despite the cold and rainy
weather, we had five Short-Wingers at
this first organization meeting.
The group was Bill Chandler and
Kenneth Perry, both from Brookshire’s
Sports Flyers Airport, Richard Furman
from Fairfield in West Houston, Bobby
Lawrence from Lake Conroe, and I
from David Wayne Hooks Airport in
Spring. As some of us had not visited
in several years, it was a great start for
our new chapter, the Lone Star
Chapter.
March meeting
By Alan Arrow
alanc4184h@comcast.net
With our chapter president in hospital and weather being what it was there
were only two members present at the
New Braunfels, Texas, March 21
meeting of the newly resurrected Lone
Star chapter of the Short Wing Piper
Club, Alan Arrow who drove 3 hours
each way from Magnolia TX and Jim
Calamon who hangars his 1955 TriPacer at New Braunfels.
Therefore, no business was conducted and Jim and Alan spent the day getting to know one another and touring
Jim’s hangar and looking over Jim’s
restoration of N1703P.
Jim found his project in a shed in
Georgia, brought it home to Texas and
is very near complete on the restoration.
Photos attached show what a great
job Jim has done in bringing 03P back
to life and one very unique item is the
original STC’d heading hold auto pilot
seen attached to the control yoke center shaft.
Jim said he would not be able to
attend the Convention to show off his
Short Wing but look for him to be flying soon.
68
April meeting
By Dan Nicholson
Jim Calamon, Alan Arrow, and I
drove through weather to make an
April meeting in Georgetown, TX. I
am sure the farmers are all enjoying
the springtime rains, but it’s difficult to
find a good weekend to fly!
Longhorn (north Texas)
By Art McLemore
Chapter President
Our February meeting had to be
delayed until March, but we finally
had a decent day for flying —- March
7 at the Blue Hangar Cafe (Northwest
Regional Airport, 52F).
I arrived early, and Bill Scott and
Hunter Ludwig arrived on time. Bob
Simms set up the lunch but was on the
way to Colorado —- not enough snow
in Texas, I guess. Paul and Gloria
Watts were avoiding the snow and
were on a cruise ship somewhere
warm and sunny.
Bill showed off his new LED flashing nav lights. Very bright and with a
low power drain. Cycle the ON switch
one time and the lights are on steady.
Cycle the switch two times and the
lights strobe. No mods to the airplane
are required! Just plug in and go. They
are manufactured by Navstrobe, available from Aircraft Spruce.
The Passing of a Friend, Jack
Herman Brouse
I am sad to inform you of the passing of Jack Brouse on Wednesday,
February 18. Susie called to let us
know that he died. Donations were to
go to the Harlingen Military Academy
or to the charity of your choice. This
humble man was always willing to
share his great knowledge of all things
aircraft related. He will be sorely
missed by all who knew him. I will not
try to elaborate on all Jack’s accomplishments, but I know that Jack has a
special place in all our hearts.
Remember to keep Susie and the family in your prayers.
Betty and I went to the funeral home
for visitation. The Longhorn chapter
will send a donation of $150 to the
military academy that Jack designated
in lieu of flowers.
Coming Events
July
TBD, Longhorn Chapter
4th, EAA Chapter 59 Blueberry
Pancake fly-in, McGregor Executive
Airport (KPWG), 8-10:30 a.m.
4th, Thunder Over Cedar Creek
Lake, Tyler, TX (KTYR)
18th, Texas Antique Airplane
Association, Pelican’s Landing, Cedar
Mills Airport (3T0), Lake Texoma,
TX, 12:00
20th-26th, EAA Air Venture,
Oshkosh, Wisc. (KOSH)
August
1st, EAA Chapter 59 Blueberry
Pancake fly-in, McGregor Executive
Airport (KPWG), 8-10:30 a.m.
15th, Texas AAA-NW Regional
Order one of the club’s CD’s or hard copy Tips &
Techniques manuals from the club store or borrow a
tool from the library.
Help is available --- Just use your club!
69
Jack Brouse is shown above talking about the Vought V-173
Flying Pancake at the Frontiers of Flight Museum last year. Rich
Wolf’s account of his talk is as follows:
“The Longhorn Short Wing Piper Club has a Vought retiree by
the name of Jack Brouse who shared with us the story on the
Vought V-173 Flying Pancake proof of concept prototype that was
built in Connecticut during the late 1940s. Jack assisted in the
recent lengthy restoration as a part of the Smithsonian collection
that will remain at the excellent Dallas Love Field Frontiers of Flight
Museum.
“The selling feature of the V-173 design was its high & low speed
capabilities. It landed in ground effect around 25 mph! The V-173 aircraft was apparently not very maneuverable, but that was not one of
its design goals at that point.
“The fascinating bird employed two Continental C-75 engines
that were fuel injected, producing 80 hp each and drove 16 ft. diameter Sensenich propellers through a 90 degree gearbox! Cooling air
entered the forward leading edge gills and exited through the upper
surface of the wing. The engines were transverse mounted and in
separate boxes.
“Although quite underpowered, the aircraft was flown some
200+ hrs. by 26 pilots including Charles Lindbergh! This led to two
full scale aluminum prototypes powered with a pair of P & W R2800s.
“There was a lot of resistance from the military over unusually
configured aircraft during that period of time which was similar to
the Northrup flying winged aircraft. All of these were consequently
scrapped.”
70
Airport (52F), Roanoke, TX, Jim
Austin’s hangar, 9 a.m., pancake
breakfast
29th,
Longhorn
Chapter,
Cleburne 5th Saturday Fly-in
(KCPT), 8:30-11
29th-30th, CAF Air Show, Midland,
TX (KMAF)
September
TBD, Longhorn Chapter, Block
Ranch (TX78)
5th, EAA Chapter 59 Blueberry
Pancake fly-in, McGregor Executive
Airport (KPWG), 8-10:30 a.m.
12th-13th, Alliance Air Show, Ft.
Worth, TX (AFW), Breitling Jet Team
will be there
19th, Texas AAA, Bowie Municipal
Airport, Bowie, TX (0F2), Mark and
Megan Breeding’s hangar, 12 noon,
covered dish
26th-27th, Red Bull Air Race, Texas
Motor Speedway
October
3rd-4th, The 9th Annual Ranger Flyin (F23), http://rangerairfield.org/flyin-airshow-no-9/show/
3rd-4th, Wings Over Tyler, Tyler,
TX (KTYR)
3rd, EAA Chapter 59 Blueberry
Pancake fly-in, McGregor Executive
Airport (KPWG), 8-10:30 a.m.
9th and 10th, AAA 52nd Annual
Fly-in, Gainesville Municipal Airport,
Gainesville, TX (KGLE)
17th-18th, Wings Over Houston,
Hobby Airport (KHOU)
31st,
Longhorn
Chapter,
Cleburne 5th Saturday fly-in
(KCPT), 8:30-11
31st-11-1, Alamo Air Show and
Open House, Randolph Air Force Base
(KRND)
November
TBD, Longhorn Chapter
7th, EAA Chapter 59 Blueberry
Pancake fly-in, McGregor Executive
Airport (KPWG), 8-10:30 a.m.
21st, Texas AAA, Fairview Airport,
Rhome, TX (T76), Ken and Linda
Robbins’ hangar, 12 noon, Bert Mahon
Annual Chili Cook Off, covered dish
December
5th, EAA Chapter 59 Blueberry
Pancake fly-in, McGregor Executive
Airport (KPWG), 8-10:30 a.m.
12th, Longhorn Chapter, Annual
Holiday Party, Outback Steakhouse,
Burleson, TX, 12 noon-2 p.m.
TBA, Texas Antique Airplane
Association
Wow! It’s a beautiful day and it’s the weekend!
Where can we fly?
The listing of aviation events above in the Longhorn Chapter’s newsletter
gives you a clue --- check your chapter newsletter. And then check your latest SWPN. And then . . . check the Calendar of Aviation Events, a relatively
new segment in the Short Wing Piper News.
If you know of aviation events, send them in to the SWPN
(eleanormills@att.net). Just remember that the SWPN is a quarterly magazine right now. To get in the next issue --- October-November-December
SWPN --- the events have to be September or later (September because the
PDF of that issue will be out to E-News Only members and on the website
for members to view.
Michigan
Christmas Meeting Minutes
December 6, 2014
By Bill Green
bgreen75h@yahoo.com
We had 25 members and two guests
from the Ohio Chapter in attendance
for our Christmas meeting held at the
Krzysiak House Restaurant in Bay
City. Tom and Denise Anderson,
Clyde Grant’s daughter and son-inlaw from Mason, Ohio, were up visiting and figured they might as well join
us for our meeting on their way home.
Clyde rode with them as Marion is
still in a rehab facility in Gladwin from
a fall she had earlier this month. Doc
says she can go home some time this
week. That is good news for all.
Clyde says he still misses flying and
no one even offers him a ride any more
now that his runway is plowed under.
He says he’s getting ready for the real
fishing season and will be on the ice as
soon as it’s safe.
Al Leyrer from Herron says he’s
recovering well from his bout with
cancer and has his plane tucked away
for now.
Don and Ruth Lashuay from
Midland attended. Don said he is still
flying a little and was up yesterday as
a matter of fact.
Renee and Jim Klein say that
Renee is all current and checked out,
ready to go. They did a shoreline tour
of the Thumb a bit ago and enjoyed it.
Jim commented that he is still pretty
busy and performed over 50 annuals
this year. He is hoping that he will
have some time this winter to work on
71
the Cub and get it back in the air.
Bill Kuyk brought the manuals he
has been working on for the last 6
years. They are for Tri-Pacer service
and parts.
Eugene Besner from Hemlock said
the plane is in the hanger and has not
been touched for a couple of years
now. He hopes to get it back in the air
this spring.
John and Mary Downing from
Marion along with daughter Heather
and husband Michael and Lilly from
Cadillac rode together. John had the
Colt annual performed and flew it as
soon as Jim Klein was done.
Dick and Margie Brady from Clio
attended. Dick says he’s thinking
about another project plane but isn’t
sure Margie is willing to give up the
garage for it.
Bruce and Lori Stevens along with
his mother Katherine from Sanford
were there. Bruce says the plane is put
away for the winter now and they will
head for warmer weather until spring.
Jim and Janet Lee from Lainsburg
said they have sold their plane to a
gentleman from Canada.
Elmer and Janet Miller from North
Branch attended also. Elmer is still
recovering from his bout with cancer
treatment. Hoping some of his strength
comes back soon.
Bill and Chris Green drove down
from Mancelona. Bill has been doing a
little flying but mostly in commercial
airliners.
Bob Harrington from Midland
rounded out the group. Bob said he did
72
some touch and goes a week or so ago
and it felt pretty good. It has been a
year since his surgery now and he’s
feeling good.
Janet Lee won the 50/50 raffle and
seemed pretty excited about it.
Just a reminder, yearly dues are due
January 1st each year and can be sent
to Garry Butler anytime now.
Respectfully submitted,
Bill Green.
Garry Butler: I was unable to
attend our Christmas meeting. I would
like to thank Bill Green for taking
notes. I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas season. Laura and I are
still busy trying to get our work done
in Attica so we can move permanently
to the Grayling area. We were travelling up here on the day of our
Christmas party. We carried another
load, but just couldn’t get out in time
to make the party.
It was back home for Christmas and
then another load in January. I didn’t
intend to return to Attica until
Snowmobile season was over as I am a
groomer. As of the end on the first
week of Feb I have not groomed an
inch and Laura had to return to Attica
to see her doctor and to be close to our
Vet as the dogs had puppies.
I’ve decided that feeding the furnace in two homes for the rest of the
winter is an expense that I don’t need
so I will be returning to the farm this
weekend. If you need to pay your dues,
send them there.
For those interested, I would like to
have a special time for our June meeting. If held at Grayling we could meet
the day prior and go Kayak/Canoeing
as there are many places to do that in
the Grayling area. Members could stay
at an area motel or you are invited to
camp at my house in Lovells or at one
of the many camp grounds in the area.
I even have a couple of open beds at
my Cabin that you are welcome to use.
We could then hold the meeting at the
normal time at the civilian terminal at
the North End of the Grayling airport,
where we could do pot-luck or order
food in. Another possibility would be
to meet in Kalamazoo where we could
tour the Air Zoo. Please let me know
which — if either — you would like to
do.
By Garry Butler
Chapter President
Report on the April 4 meeting
Clyde Grant rode with his son
Roger. His wife Marion is in a rehab
facility in Gladwin Pines rehabbing
from a fall she had earlier .
Al Leyrer from Herron says he has
been busy doing home maintenance
since he recovered from his illness. He
still has his plane tucked away for
now.
Don Lashuay from Midland attended. I didn’t get a chance to speak to
him much as the meeting went a little
long. He did say that he started flying
a couple of weeks ago.
Jim Klein says he is sometimes a
tool collector. He often picks up a few
extra when he does an annual inspection. In that vein he returned a screw
driver to Dick Ecklin at the meeting.
He says he did 48 annuals last year.
Right now he is also helping with the
Tri-Pacer he used to own, installing
Horner wing tips and covering the
wings.
Bill Kuyk from Holly brought the
manuals he’s been working on for the
last 6 years. He is installing a CHTEGT gauge, carb air temp, wheel
pants, Garmin 430W GPS and dual
landing lights in his Tri-Pacer. The
landing lights are LED’s and should
last 20,000 hrs. So if you had them on
all the time, you should be able to
wear out almost 10 engines before you
have to change them.
John Downing from Marion was
sporting a new (to me) beard. Says he
has had it since Halloween. His
Tailwind that experienced an unfortunate landing is repaired and ready to
try out again with a much improved redrive installed. Shiny side up, John.
John has been flying the Colt lately.
It’s not as fast but very dependable.
Dick and Margie Brady from Clio
attended. They will be hosting next
month’s meeting at Flushing Dalton.
Katherine Stevens from Sanford
was there. I did not get much chance to
talk but my understanding was that
Bruce and Lori Stevens were out of
state.
Jim and Janet Lee came from
Lainsburg, Jim says he misses his airplane which he had for 33 years and 4
days.
Bob Harrington from Midland says
he has been working out and hanging
out at the airport.
Dick and Elain Ecklin were there
from Harrison. Dick says he had his
Pacer all rigged for skis, but didn’t get
the expected snow. Then they went to
Arizona for 6 weeks which turned into
3 months in Florida and now no snow
again. To add injury to insult, the FAA
sent medical papers while he was away
that needed to be sent back right away.
Redo!
Just a reminder, yearly dues are due
January 1st each year and can be sent
to Garry Butler anytime now.
Garry: Laura and I are still busy
trying to get our work done in Attica so
we can move permanently to the
Grayling area. I have had a couple of
opportunities to fly in the area recently. Looks like it’s time for a new battery in the Cherokee. I don’t understand why those things don’t last forever. I am also starting to get busy on
my brother’s farm, plowing and work-
73
ing ground.
We have skipped meetings in
January, February and March as they
generally have bad flying weather. I
asked if anyone was interested in a
special meeting to canoe or Kayak in
the Grayling area.
Our May meeting was at the
Liberty Restaurant on the field at
Dalton Flushing Airport. Thanks to
Dick and Margie Brady for hosting.
Bill and Chris Green of Lakes of
the North are home from their “Snow
Bird” wanderings.
Bill Kuyk from Holly got there a
little late due to choir practice. He
says he just got a new aircraft tire
changer. He has drawn up plans for it
if anyone is interested in building one.
He would be glad to share.
John Downing from Marion has
shaved his beard. He says now he can
lick his lips. His “Tailwind” is about
ready to try out, but John is still trying
to work out whether he has the right
prop re-drive combination as his static
rpm seems a little high. John has been
flying the Colt almost daily. John
surely seems to fly more than any
other member of the Michigan chapter. (Let me know if I am wrong)
Dick and Margie Brady from Clio
attended. They didn’t make it to
Florida this winter. Dick says he has
rebuilt a couple of motorcycles this
winter.
Bob Harrington from Midland
says he works out 5 or 6 days a week
and he is about ready to get to work on
his Clipper project again. He got it
from Bill Green, but it actually came
from the Flushing area and Bill had
used it as a parts plane. He says he is
getting ready to go to the SWPC convention in Branson MO.
Mike Smith came from Ray
Township. He says he has to replace
the cables to get his Tri-Pacer flying
74
Shown in front of the restaurant above are (left to right) John
Downing, Margie Brady, Chris and Bill Green, Bob Harrington, and
Dick Brady. (Editor’s note: Garry notes that John has shaved his
beard. Without seeing the bearded version of John, we’re wondering
which was better. Of course, being able to lick your lips IS important!)
again. It was good to see you, Mike!
2015 Meeting Schedule
July No meeting– SWPC convention
in Branson Missouri
Aug 1st Chris and Bill Green, Lakes
of the North. Gaylord/Manceloa
Sept Usually no meeting this month
due to labor day.
Oct 3rd Annual business meeting.
Brighton.
Nov 7th??? Are you interested in
hosting this meeting?
Dec 5th Christmas party Bay City?
Garry Butler It is that time of year
again and I am farming with my brother. It is a dry and early season so far
and by the end of next week I should
have worked up and planted around 40
acres.
I did get a chance to fly my PA-28 a
couple of weeks ago. I sure feel rusty
as I only flew a few hours last year.
Today would have been a beautiful day
to fly, but it is in Grayling and I am in
75
Inside the restaurant (clockwise from left front) are Chris and
Bill Green, Mike Smith, Dick and Margie Brady, John Downing, and
Bob Harrington.
Lapeer/Attica. I am looking forward to
seeing you all at Gladwin next month.
Marion Grant is still in “The Pines”
there. Depending on how she is feeling
I hope some or all of us can get to see
her and wish her well.
If you need to pay your dues, send
them to Attica at. (4479 Welch Road,
Attica Mi 48412 )
If anyone is interested in a special
meeting to canoe or kayak in the
Grayling area or a group to get together at the Kalamazoo Air Zoo. I would
be happy to help make it happen.
(Editor’s Note: Gee, Garry, I don’t
know why they don’t take you up on
that. Kay and Andy and the girls love
to kayak or canoe and a local fitness
center had to schedule an additional
“How to Kayak” workshop.)
Kansas and
Missouri
By Dan Miller
Chapter Secretary & Newsletter
Editor
We had a good turnout for Bill
Maxwell’s 95th Birthday Party in
Nevada, Mo. Bill Lynch, Fred Mayes,
Mike Reed, Kevin and Zac Weidner,
and Sid Brain all flew in. Dan and Sue
Miller, Chuck and Dorothy Morris,
Bill and Jean Maxwell, and Eleanor
Mills all drove in. In all we had thirteen people at the restaurant.
76
Discussing airplane matters at the restaurant are (left to right in
the foreground) Kevin Weidner, Mike Reed, and Fred Mayes. Zac
Weidner was in the conversation, too, but hidden by Fred. The rest
of the group on the left side of the table are Sue and Dan Miller, Jean
Maxwell and Bill Maxwell, and on the right were Sid Brain and
Dorothy and Chuck Morris.
The birthday boy, Bill Maxwell, 95 years young!
We all had a good meal at Buzz’s
Barbeque and then returned to the airport for cake and ice cream. Bill was
very appreciative of everyone honoring him. He promised to do it again
next year. He just renewed his driver’s
license for six more years.
After the refreshments, we got down
to business. Bill Lynch passed out the
Treasurer’s reports for both the
MASWPC club and the National
Convention. It was moved and
approved to return $2500 to the Short
Wing Piper Club that was advanced to
us for the convention. We no longer
need it and the national club wanted it
back.
Future meeting venues were discussed but no changes were made to
the current schedule. Not having any
further club business, the discussion
turned to the National Convention.
Fred said an aviation museum in St.
Louis wants to send a film crew to the
convention for a documentary.
Huntsville, Alabama wants to host the
convention in 2016 or 2017. However,
that probably will not be feasible. The
conventions are to be in Texas in 2016,
and Pennsylvania in 2017. Further discussion involved vendors, speakers,
Meet & Greet arrangements, Goody
bags, shirts, Poker run, and seminars.
The future of ADS-B was bantered
about a bit. In all, it was a very good
meeting. The convention is coming
together and promises to be a fun time.
The only hitch could be the weather.
Let’s hope the last week of June shows
the attendees a beautiful Missouri
summer.
77
Well, we cancelled April’s meeting
because of conflicts, but the
Convention Committee went ahead
and met on April 15th. Since it was
Tax Day, naturally the day was dreary
and wet with an almost constant rain or
drizzle. Because of the weather, all
members arrived by car.
Those that attended were: Fred and
Bonnie Mayes, Larry Jenkins and his
wife, Jenny (who flew in a day earlier),
Bill and Teresa Lynch, Eleanor Mills,
and Dan Miller. We went over the convention agenda and expressed our concerns over each item.
We checked out the airport facilities,
including meet and greet area, tiedowns, and personnel. The tie down
area will work out. We then went on a
countryside tour to try out the barbeque at Danna’s BBQ. They are the
ones catering the Meet and Greet. We
all thought they would do well.
Then we went to the Auto and
Tractor Museum to check on vans.
That turned out to be a bust, since the
3 vans they have are not licensed or
roadworthy. It was a cool place to visit,
though.
Then we went to the hotel and had a
conference with the manager. We
checked out the Hospitality Room, the
Banquet Room, and the Restaurant.
We confirmed tables, linens, screen,
projector, water, etc. The restaurant
has been completely rebuilt and was
very nice.
After that, we all said goodbye and
headed home. However, there is still
more to do before the convention.
Meetings scheduled
Remember: Donations to the Education Foundation probably are tax
deductible --- check with your tax advisor. But certainly they are a way to
make a difference for the club and for a student and for general aviation.
You can donate with your membership renewal or online!
You can make a difference.
78
Who’s who for the 2015 Convention in Branson
Fred Mayes, convention
2015 director and president of
the Mid-America Chapter, has
been a busy man in the year or
so leading up to the convention.
Bonnie Mayes, in charge of
the refreshments in the hospitality room . . . and in charge of
keeping records for Fred.
Bill Lynch, convention and
chapter treasurer, looking with
skepticism at a proposed
expenditure. Bill has made sure
that the convention will run in
the black.
Sid Brain, who is in charge
of transportation for the convention. Fred and Sid are both
members of the SWPC board of
directors as well.
79
Tom Edmondson, who is the
one you need to thank if you
were (or will be) one of the lucky
winners of a door prize, a raffle
prize, or a silent auction item.
Tom blanketed the area with
requests for donations.
Teresa Lynch, who is in
charge of the raffles, door
prizes, and silent auction items -- deciding which goes where
and at what time. She also gathered up decorations for the
tables to showcase all the items
Tom gathered as well as donations from SWPC members.
Larry Jenkins (center) is the most far flung member of the convention committee, but he and his wife, Jenny (shown at left) flew
down to Branson for a convention committee meeting. Mark Parent,
standing at right, will be front and center at the convention as people arrive. Mark, who is a member of the club, is the airport director
for PLK.
Not pictured are Frank Sperandeo, who is in charge of judging;
Sue Brain, who missed the meeting where the photos were taken;
and Eleanor Mills, who took the photos. I’m just generally in charge
of publicity, which mostly consists of making sure the SWPN contains enough information about the convention to make everyone
want to come!
80
September 19: Mexico, Mo., to
coincide with the open house at Zenith
Aircraft. Lunch at Porky’s BBQ.
October 10: Gaston’s Resort,
Lakeview, Ark.
November 14: Nevada, Mo.
December: No meeting
Northeast Chapter
(northeastern PA, northern NJ, NY,
CT, MA, RI, NH, VT, and ME)
By Andy Seligson
Chapter President
President’s Message
Sometimes good things happen to
those that wait. I know this is a bit
trite, but it did finally happen. We were
able to have a fly-in to the Rutland
Vermont airport and have lunch at the
Hangar Café.
Rutland has been a “sticking point”
with our chapter. The last time we
were able to visit this airport was back
in about 1988. The old FBO there was
kind of a specialist at restoring Colts
and Tri-Pacers. He had a Colt that he
was restoring and we had a fly-in
where he did a presentation. I don’t
remember there being a terminal
building or restaurant on the field. We
had a picnic lunch outside. Since then,
we have been weathered out time after
time. Such was the case this year, until
Sunday, April 19th.
Saturday was the perfect spring day.
Not a cloud in the sky down in the
NYC metro area with temperatures
inthe 70s, but a forecast of strong
gusty winds and turbulence (which did
happen). Sunday was to be the better
flying day. Several members emailed
me to explain why they couldn’t make
Sunday or Saturday. Melissa Schipul
had the Clipper down for maintenance
and Jim Hurd’s Pacer was in for its
annual. Some had prior commitments.
Rico Cannone had a birthday party for
his great grandchild.
As the day dawned, many others
said they planned to be there. That was
encouraging as I flew up to Rutland in
clear skies and calm air at 5500’ into
the valley where the airport lies. I got
there on the early side and the wind
was light. Traffic was using three of
the four runways. This is an uncontrolled field so one must keep their
eyes and ears open. Even when it is
busy, it’s nothing compared to other
popular uncontrolled fields in the area.
As I taxied onto the ramp, there was
plenty of room to park. I noticed a
Cape Air plane (C-402?) outside the
terminal. They fly in and out of
Boston. Upon entering the terminal I
saw our tax dollars at work. There
were 4 TSA agents and a local member
of the sheriff’s department handling
the screening/boarding process for this
flight for 2 passengers!
Since it was a pleasant day, I sat outside at a picnic table to watch the
activity, or lack thereof.
The first to arrive was Noel
Anderson in his Vagabond from Kline
Kill airport in Ghent, N.Y. We went
upstairs to the “lounge” area of the
restaurant overlooking the ramp. A
flight of 2 Tri-Pacers showed up next
with Patrick Morriss and guest Nick in
Patrick’s Tri-Pacer from Schenectady,
N.Y. and Dean Riggs in his Tri-Pacer
from Gallway airport. Steve McKeon
and daughter Colleen arrived in his
beautiful Minion from Hamilton, N.Y.
Mike and Ann Murphy arrived in their
Tri-Pacer from Marcellus, N.Y.
Rounding out the group were Joel
Glickman and Phylise Banner arriving
from Saratoga, N.Y. in his Cherokee
140.
It was a bit strange to have a fly-in
so well attended (for us) and not have
Rico Cannone or Dale Prividera there!
We missed them. A Mooney landed
and it was Rico’s hangar mate Basil
Dobush from Saratoga along with
some friends. While they are not
members of the chapter, it was good to
see Basil. He was quite helpful in our
organizing
of
the
Saratoga
Convention.
The Hangar Café has pretty good
food, at reasonable prices, in a scenic
setting. If stairs are not your thing,
there is an elevator. This is a destination that a lot of people are not aware
of. I would highly recommend it.
We talked about the Short Wing
Piper Club. The number one complaint is the lack of communication
between leadership and membership.
This is exacerbated by the status of the
club’s website. This is an area that has
been problematic for years. It seems
that just when things are getting good,
the site “goes south”. It is important
that the SWPC own the site (which it
does) and have complete control over
it. This costs money. A lot of money
has been spent over the years to get a
quality website. Here we go again.
Many people have asked the question
“What do I get for my membership?”
81
Around the table from left
front are Noel Anderson, Andy
Seligson, Phylise Banner, Joel
Glickman, Colleen and Steve
McKeon, Nick, Patrick Morriss,
Dean Riggs, and Mike and Ann
Murphy.
That’s a question our leadership will
have to answer sooner than later. How
come the chapter hosting this year’s
Branson Convention has an up and
running fully interactive website and
the club doesn’t? In order to survive, a
group like ours must have a real website. Without it, the future is bleak.
That is the primary reason we are
planning to attend the convention —
To find out what is going on. Also to
see dear friends we get to see once a
year and an interesting cross country.
I know that Rico is planning to go to
the convention. Branson is a very popular town with much to do and see. It
also has a great fly-out destination for
a lunch in Gaston’s Resort. Gaston’s
has a very good grass strip with a great
82
restaurant adjacent with a good view
of the river and hummingbirds feeding
outside your window.
I must give Steve Sevits a thank you
for reporting on the Hangar Café a few
days before we went there. While I
didn’t have the pastrami wrap ( I come
from NY and am a deli freak), the
turkey wrap was great. They are open
for breakfast and lunch till about 3:00.
May newsletter
President’s Message: If you don’t
succeed at first, try try again. That
sounds trite (also like our chapter’s
track record at Rutland, Vt.). I woke
up to a thunderstorm on the Saturday
of our fly-in to Kobelt airport and the
CAVU restaurant. That was a bad
omen of things to come (we had 2
more rounds of this weather later).
Sunday was a different story; different
in many ways. The weather was much
better, except for me. Hardly anyone
could make Sunday for a myriad of
reasons (all valid). I knew who would
be showing up at Kobelt before I
departed White Plains. We definitely
wouldn’t be “easily a dozen or more.”
The weather was supposed to be
great from the northern sections of our
area till about 15 miles north of
Kobelt. There, the clouds and visibility could lower. I made the trip up from
HPN at 1500’ with good visibility. I
finally got up to 2000’ just north of
West Point. There was no wind at the
surface when I arrived and nobody to
answer a call on unicom. The windsock hung limp.
As I announced my intentions, I
heard Rico Cannone call in. I told him
I was landing to the SW. After landing
and taxiing up to the restaurant, I
awaited Rico’s arrival. Shortly, Rico
pulled up next to me with Dale
Prividera. Rico told me that he heard
Fabio Schulthess on the Albany
approach frequency, so he shouldn’t
be too long. As we sat on the patio
watching the (lack of) action, Fabio
appeared in the pattern with his Pacer
and we were a quartet instead of an
“easy dozen.”
It was great seeing Fabio. Some
people go to great lengths to fly their
personal planes. I used to think that
driving from Flushing, in Queens
(NYC), out to Farmingdale (FRG) on
Long Island was a drag. It could take
anywhere between 20 minutes to over
an hour, depending on traffic. Then
there was the aircraft traffic at that
busy airport.
Fabio is a senior captain for
Lufthansa and lives in Europe. He has
a great home across the street from the
Sugarbush, Vermont airport. He keeps
his Pacer in a hangar and spends as
much time as possible over here in the
warmer months so he can fly his personal plane. Would you go that far to
fly? Would I go that far to fly? I
wouldn’t even drive an hour each way
to fly!! So I say.)
We had a pleasant lunch on the
patio. In due time, other planes flew in
for lunch but, alas, no other Short
Wing Pipers. We enjoyed each other’s
company and talked about the next
few months. So far, Gloria and I plan
to fly to the SWPC in Branson, Mo., at
the end of June. I know Rico Cannone
and Dale Prividera plan on getting out
to Branson via airlines. Is there anyone else planning on attending? It
looks to be another great SWPC event.
The Mid-America chapter has been
working hard on this and has a great
website for the convention.
I’m sure many of you will try to get
to Sentimental Journey in Lock
Haven, Pa., and we’ll try to have a
brief meeting at the Pavillion on getaway day Sat. June 20th.
From email responses and our conversation at the meeting, we are going
to give a $500 donation to the SWPC
83
Fabio Schulthess stands by his Pacer, with Rico Cannone’s 62Zulu and Andy Seligson’s Tri-Pacer down the line.
The group at Kobelt: (left to right) Fabio, Andy, Dale Prividera,
and Rico.
Education Foundation. In addition, we
will give 3 $50 “prizes” for the SWPC
Convention in Branson (gas money).
Time was up and we scattered to the
four winds.
Chapters - the first home of the
FIVE F’s
Join your local chapter today for
Flying, Fun, Fellowship, Family, and Food!
84
Ohio
Buckeye
By Ralph Gutowski
Chapter Newsletter Editor
The Valentine’s Day meeting was
held at Grimes Field in Urbana on
February 14th.
The weather forecast called for
intermittent snow showers throughout
the day. Jan and Ralph Widman
drove from Lynchburg and arrived
early at 10:30 before it snowed. They
got there ½-hour sooner than they estimated, so they toured the museum on
the field. When they left the museum
at 11:30 they were greeted by blizzard
conditions outside! Ralph took some
pictures at the museum and sent them
for the newsletter.
Tom and Denise Anderson drove
up from Mason, OH. Tom said as they
were all eating lunch there at the
Airport Café they looked out the windows next to the table and the blowing
snow was coming down so fast and
hard they could not even see the cars in
the parking lot. Fortunately it let up by
the time to leave.
Pat Lautzenheiser and Janet and
Dave Blank started out from Lima by
car, but ran into a white-out around
Bluffton and had to turn back. So
much for global warming. We hope
we’ll see you, Pat, along with the
Ralph Widman is shown at left with the B-25. “I had forgotten
how tall the aircraft was,” he said. At right is the B-17 fuselage.
“They found a B-17 top turret under an old lady’s front porch close
to Urbana,” Ralph said. “Parts are being sent to them from attics
across the USA. They’ve painted the yellow triangle on the tail.
Impressive. They are preparing to join the two fuselage sections
together by a double row of rivets splice. Jan was given a personal
lesson from one of the guys on riveting. Another one of the team
was a mechanic from Airborne I had known when I worked there.”
Blanks, at the March meeting in
Bellefontaine.
Let’s all hope for more favorable
weather conditions for our fly-ins for
the remainder of the year.
We met on March 13th at
Bellefontaine Airport (KEDJ) for our
monthly fix of fun, fellowship, and
food, but no flying. That morning,
March was coming in like a lion and
brought with it fog and low ceilings.
Of course, when we arrived at the
Belle-fontaine Airport just before
noon someone remarked, “Hey, we
could have flown in this!” Yeah, right!
It was great to see Pat
Lautzenheiser at the meeting; she is
doing quite well. Also attending were
Tom and Denise Anderson who
drove up from Mason, OH, Chuck
Lawrence and his friend Jim Rueger
came from Archbold, OH, Dean
Dayton and Bob Robillard from
Marysville, Jerry Isbell from
Gahanna, and Rosemarie and Ralph
Gutowski from Oxford.
After enjoying a scrumptious, gourmet-style, “make-your-own-sandwich
bar,” replete with two fresh cherry
pies and interesting kale chips, the fellowship began in earnest. Pat
Lautzenheiser was presented a “prayer
85
shawl” which was knit specifically for
her. The knitters pray for the intended
recipient as they are making the
shawl. As the ladies chatted about
their interests, the guys helped Chuck
Lawrence with his questions about
covering the fuselage of his PA-22/20
project.
Ralph brought his David Clark
H10-13.4 headset that he retrofitted
with the Headsets, Inc. Active Noise
Reduction kit (see the full report in the
Feb. newsletter) for the guys to try out
using a handheld radio.
When the subject of ADS-B came
up the discussion got very active and
opinionated. Ralph remarked that he
was giving a formal Wings/AMT presentation about ADS-B to the Ohio
Aviation Technicians Society at
Lunken Field, and an impassioned discussion ensued about the new navigation technology mandated by 2020. In
the end, in spite of differing points of
view, we all remain good friends.
The meeting broke up just after 3
pm
Well, the weather was perfectly
fabulous for a fly-in. You could not
ask for better flying conditions here in
Ohio than what we enjoyed on April
11th, yet we only had two Short Wing
At Bellefontaine are (left photo, clockwise from right front)
Chuck Lawrence, Tom Anderson, Jim Reuger, Denise Anderson,
Jerry Isbell, Pat Lautzenheiser, and Rosemarie Gutowski, and (right
photo, counter clockwise from left front) Tom Anderson, Chuck
Lawrence, Bob Robillard, and Dean Dayton.
86
Clockwise around the table from left front are Leon and Carolyn
Awalt, Rosemarie Gutowski, Denise Anderson, Amy and Dean
Dayton, and Tom Anderson at LaRose’s Italian Restaurant.
airplanes show up at Miami University
Airport in Oxford. Taking advantage
of the calm, clear, brisk sky were Dean
and Amy Dayton who flew their
Pacer from Marysville, and Tom and
Denise Anderson from Middletown in
their Tri-Pacer. Leon & Carolyn
Awalt drove from Cincinnati, and
joined hosts Ralph and Rosemarie
Gutowski at LaRosa’s Italian
Restaurant for lunch.
The Widmans would have flown in,
too, but instead had to devote the day
to getting packed for Ralph to fly to
California the next day. Ralph won an
EAA drawing for an all-expenses-paid
week learning aerobatics at Sean D.
Tucker’s Tutima Academy, whose
motto is: “Flight Training for
Passionate Aviators.” We are looking
Have a technical question?
Even worse, do you have an emergency problem with your Short
Wing? Or just a question to ask the board or need help negotiating
the website?
Now the Short Wing Piper Club has a toll-free 24/7 Hotline to get
you quick, authoritative answers from a
member of our Panel of Technical Advisors or a quick answer from
whichever board member or staff member knows the answer to
your question.
Just call 855-SWPC-411
(855-7972-411)
87
Showing off their Short Wings that made it to Miami University
Airport above are (on the left) Amy and Dean Dayton with their Pacer
and (on the right) Tom and Denise Anderson with their Tri-Pacer.
forward to hearing all about “Wid’s”
aerobatic training at the next fly-in.
And surely we can anticipate an article
from Ralph for a future Newsletter, but
it will probably be written upside
down!
While enjoying LaRosa’s Italian
cuisine in a private dining room (the
Focaccia Roma Pizza and Antipasto
salad were high on the list of
favorites), we discussed a wide variety
of topics, not all aeronautical. The fellowship broke up just after 3 pm,
prompted by the restaurant staff who
needed to reset tables for another
group later that afternoon.
Revised Fly-In Schedule
July 11, Saturday, Marysville
(KMRT), noon, Benny’s Pizza,
Daytons hosting
August 8, Saturday, Troy Skypark
(37I), Troy, Ohio, noon, carry in, grill
out. DeJesus hosting.
September 12, Saturday, Highland
Co. Apt (KHOC), Hillsboro, Ohio,
noon, Widmans hosting
October 10, Saturday, Middletown
Regional Apt. (KMWO), noon,
Andersons hosting
November 1, Sunday, Schuze’s
Airstrip (OH69), all day chili, vintage
cars, antique pilots.
Regional Chapters/Presidents
If you need a reason to fly somewhere in your region, check with your closest regional chapter president to see when the next fly-in is. And the president is also the one who will know who flies what and who does what and
who knows what! Give him or her a call and ask to join the chapter!
Chapter Presidents: Please review your information below and make certain it is correct. If changes need to be made, please notify Adolph Svec,
chapter coordinator, at the contact information found on page ii at the front
of each issue.
ALABAMA: *** (***See note below)
ALASKA: Rick Brenden, 31076 W. Lee Circle, Sutton, AK 99674, 907-7460992; rickb@alaska.com See website: www.swpcak.org
ARIZONA: Terry Karlson, 27812 N 256th Ave, Wittman, AZ 85361, 623-3880711, 602-625-5905 (cell); piper3737z@gmail.com
88
ARKANSAS: (See Razorbacks)
BUCKEYE: For club business contact Jan Widman, 937-364-6050, jamacadura@aol.com. See website: http//ohio.shortwingpiperclub.org
CALIFORNIA: Currently inactive *** (*** See note below)
CAROLINAS: Steve Culler, 5900 Brookway Drive, Winston-Salem, NC
27105, 336-767-6426; n2311p@aol.com; See website: www.carolinashortwings.org
COLORADO & WYOMING: Jim Lambert, 11660 E. 160th, Brighton, CO
80602, 303-659-4938; jdlambert@frii.com
COLUMBIA RIVER: For information contact Brian McGlynn, past president,
633 Stearman St., Independence, OR 97351, 541-556-0716, mcglynnb
@oandptesting.com. See website: www.columbiariverswpc.org for virtual chapter forum.
CONNECTICUT: (See Northeast)
DELAWARE: (See Mid-Atlantic)
EASTERN MISSOURI & WESTERN ILLINOIS: Greg Kuklinski, 8206
Brenner Ave., St. Louis, MO 63144-5216, 314-209-0050 gregkpacer
@juno.com
FLORIDA: George Klitsch, 410 Silver Streak Lane, Valrico, FL 33594, 813689-4822: gklitsch@tampabay.rr.com
GEORGIA: David Martin, P.O. Box 36, Parrott, GA 39877;
jdmartin54@aol.com
HAWAII: (Pacific Islands) Doug Conger, 711 Hartman Rd., Cortez, CO 813214029, 970-565-8394; dconger@q.com
HIGH PLAINS: (west TX, east NM) Mark Merritt, P.O. Box 14610, Odessa,
TX 79768, 915-368-7441, 915-367-1188; markmerritt@hotmail.com
IDAHO: (See Montana)
ILLINOIS: ***
ILLINOIS,western: (See Eastern MO & Western IL)
INDIANA: ***
IOWA: ***
KANSAS: (See Mid-America)
KENTUCKY: ***
LOUISIANA: (Cajun, see Arkansas)
MAINE: (See Northeast)
MASSACHUSETTS: (See Northeast)
MICHIGAN: Garry Butler P.O. Box 2507, Grayling, MI 48412, 810-7060043; tripacer03c@tir.com ; Online discussion group groups.yahoo.
com/group/MichiganSWPC/
MID-AMERICA: (KS & western MO) Fred Mayes 236 Farmers Lane,
Lebanon, MO 65536-3725, 417-531-1278; fbmayes@fidnet.com
MID-ATLANTIC: (PA, NJ, DE, MD, northeastern VA) Rich Capece, 2 Heron
Ln, Millville, NJ 08332, (H)856-765-7223 (W) 610-591-6168, (C) 609-4711519; rich_c@yahoo.com
89
MINNESOTA: (See North Central)
MISSISSIPPI: ***
MISSOURI, Eastern: (See Eastern MO & Western IL)
MISSOURI: (See Mid-America)
MONTANA: David Hedditch, 501 Darla Dr., Victor, MT 59875, Hedditch
Airstrip (MT72), 406-360-3283; drh29@bitterroot.com
NEBRASKA: (Cornhuskers) Dallas & Lynette Worrell, 511 Road E, Schuyler,
NE 68661, 402-352-8776; dalynworrell@hotmail.com See
website:www.angelfire.com/ne/swpc
NEVADA: (See Utah/Nevada/Idaho)
NEW HAMPSHIRE: (See Northeast)
NEW JERSEY: (See Mid-Atlantic & Northeast)
NEW MEXICO: (See Arizona)
NEW YORK: (See Northeast)
NORTH CENTRAL: (MN & WI) Tim McDaniel, 405 Miller Ave SW,
Hutchinson, MN 55350, 320-587-2476, tlmcd4@gmail.com
NORTH CAROLINA: (See Carolinas)
NORTH DAKOTA: (See North Central)
NORTHEAST: (northeastern PA, northern NJ, NY, CT, MA, RI, NH,VT, ME)
Andy Seligson, 331 Westchester Ave., Crestwood, NY 10707, (c) 914-5223341 (H) 914-337-2968; andytuba@optonline.net
OHIO: (See Buckeye)
OKLAHOMA: Tom Gifford, PO Box 538, Barnsdale, OK 74002, 918-9063521, tgokswpc@art.net
OREGON: (See Columbia River)
PENNSYLVANIA: (See Mid-Atlantic & Northeast)
RAZORBACKS: Jay Bruce (acting president) 127 Woodland Drive Searcy, AR
72143, 501-388-4874; jbruce@sdstech.biz
RHODE ISLAND: (See Northeast)
SOUTH CAROLINA: (See Carolinas)
SOUTH DAKOTA: (See North Central)
TENNESSEE: Tom Brent, 540 CR 119, Walnut, MS 38683, 662-223-6257;
tomalvabrent@gmail.com See website: www.tnswpc.org
TEXAS, North: (Longhorn) Art McLemore, 417 Pecan Dr., Aledo, TX 76008,
817-441-8897; art-n-betty@att.net
TEXAS, South: (Lone Star) Dan L. Nicholson, 8319 Thora Ln Hngr B5, Spring
TX 77379, 713-703-9333, dannick1935@sbcglobal.net
UTAH/NEVADA/IDAHO: currently inactive *** (see note below)
VERMONT: (see Northeast)
VIRGINIA: (See Northeast)
WASHINGTON: (See Columbia River}
WISCONSIN: (See North Central)
WYOMING: (See Colorado/Wyoming)
Canadian
Chapters
ALBERTA: Marc Stewart, Suite 303, #1 Springfield Ave., Red Deer, AB T4N
90
0C5, 403-396-3675; sturdywillow@hotmail.com Website:www.short
wingsovercanada.com/http__shortwingsovercanada.com/Alberta_Chapter.html
BRITISH COLUMBIA Paul Evans, 26-2515 Fortress Drive, Port Coquitlam,
BC V3C-6E8, 604-945-0588; hhuestis@mdi.ca See website www.short
wingsovercanda.com/http__shortwingsovercanada.com/B.C._Chapter.html
SHORT WINGS OVER CANADA (Ontario & western Quebec); Peter Lubig
102 Highland Dr., Shanty Bay, Ontario, Canada L0L 2L0, 705-835-0312;
lubig@planepictures.ca ; Visit website: www.shortwingsovercanada.com
*** If you would like to begin a chapter in one of these areas, contact Adolph
R. Svec, 19009 River Rd., Marengo, IL 60152, 815-568-6652, asvec@mc.net
For information on upcoming chapter fly-ins, check with the chapter president listed on this and the following pages or read the chapter reports here or
on the SWPC website (www.shortwingpiperclub.org). Chapter presidents and
reporters: Please send your chapter reports to SWPN at eleanormills@att.net.
Anyone with questions on the chapter listings or anyone desiring to reactivate
one of the inactive chapters, please contact the Chapter Coordinator, Adolph
Svec, using the information shown at the front of this issue.
Calendar of Aviation Events
Aircraft events, chapter events,
regional events, national events —any aviation events are welcome. But
remember this is a quarterly publication, so what we need for the OctNov-Dec issue are events that will
take place in October and beyond.
All of these events welcome you,
including chapter events that want
you to attend whether you’re a member of the chapter or not!
July 11, Saturday, US Classics Shobdon, England, hosted by the
Aeronca Club at Shobdon. Contact
Pete White, pete@aeronca.co.uk
July 20-26: EAA AirVenture,
Oshkosh, WI.
August 8, Saturday, Mid-America
Chapter meeting, 11 a.m. Miller,
Mo., lunch at Hangar Kafe on the airport. For up-to-date information and
any changes, contact chapter president Fred Mayes,
fbmayes@fidnet.com, 417-532-4445
or cell 417-531-1278.
August 8, Saturday, Ohio
Buckeye Chapter Meeting, Troy
Skypark (371), Troy, OH, noon,
Kenneth and April DeJesus hosting.
August 15, US ClassicsGoodwood, hosted by VPAC at
Goodwood (England) airfield.
Contact Doug Palmer, doug@hotmail.com
September 12, Saturday, Ohio
Buckeye Chapter Meeting,
Highland Co. Airport (KHOC),
Hillsboro, OH, noon, Widmans hosting.
September 19, Saturday, Mexico,
MO., Mid-America Chapter
Meeting, 11 a.m. Zenith Aircraft open
house.
US Classics - Old Buckenham,
hosted by BPAC at Old Buckenham
(England) airfield. Contact Richard
Carter, richard@rjcarter.net
October 3, Saturday, Florida
Chapter meeting, Happy Landings
Cafe, North Tampa Aero Park, Lutz,
Fla.
October 3, Saturday, Michigan
Chapter annual business
meeting,Brighton
October 10, Saturday, Ohio
Buckeye Chapter Meeting,
Middletown Regional Airport
(KMWO), noon, Andersons hosting
October 10, Saturday, 7 .m. to 3
p.m.: Aircraft Spruce West’s
Customer Appreciation Day.
Aircraft Spruce & Specialty Co., 225
Airport Circle, Corona, CA 92880,
951-372-9555 or 1-8677-477-7823.
“This is the time of year when we go
all out by offering spectacular discounts on our most popular products
and provide a chance for our loyal
customers to meet our venders,” a
spokesman said. “So come join the
fun and get a chance to win big
prizes. Enjoy a free grilled hot dog
and cold soda on us!”
October 10, Saturday, Ohio
Buckeye Chapter Meeting,
Middletown Regional Airport
(KMWO), noon, Andersons hosting
October 10, Saturday, 7 .m. to 3
p.m.: Aircraft Spruce West’s
91
Customer Appreciation Day.
Aircraft Spruce & Specialty Co., 225
Airport Circle, Corona, CA 92880,
951-372-9555 or 1-8677-477-7823.
“This is the time of year when we go
all out by offering spectacular discounts on our most popular products
and provide a chance for our loyal
customers to meet our venders,” a
spokesman said. “So come join the
fun and get a chance to win big
prizes. Enjoy a free grilled hot dog
and cold soda on us!”
October 10, Mid-America
Chapter meeting, Gaston’s Resort,
Lakeview, Ark.
November 1, Sunday, Ohio
Chapter, Schuze’s Airstrip, all day
chili, vintage cars, antique pilots
November 7, Saturday, Florida
Chapter, Pappy’s Canteen, Bartow
Airport
November 14, Saturday, MidAmerica Chapter, Nevada, Mo.
Restaurant TBA
December 5, Saturday, Florida
Chapter, Hallback’s Grill, Lakeland
Linder Airport
December 5, Saturday, Michigan
Chapter, Christmas party, Bay City
(?)
Also, check out the Longhorn
Chapter’s long list of aviation events
in Texas in the chapter reports.
Remember -- you can use the toll free 24/7
SWPC HOTLINE to get advice and answers on
technical matters. The club has expanded the
hotline to the board and staff of the club. So no
matter what the question or problem,
SOMEONE can help.
855-SWPC-411 (that’s 855-7972-411)
92
Short Wing pictures from the past
Here’s another of Phil Hoy’s collection of old Short Wing Piper
material, this one a postcard featuring a 1953 Tri-Pacer and a family
ready to take a trip in it!
And a 1958 PA-22-160, my favorite since that’s the model that
Bob and I and Kay flew around in for 25 years.
Reprint Corner
from the Tri-Pacer Owners’ Club’s
Short Wing Piper News
93
Reprint Corner is going back to the club’s beginning this issue,
with articles taken from the TPOC’s Short Wing Piper News (before
the TPOC changed their name to the Short Wing Piper Club. The
editor’s note at the bottom of the drawings above from the AprilMay issue, 1982, is by Ed Wach, who was editor then.
Reprint Corner
94
This article on metal props by Jim Fix, well-known to convention-goers and a long-time advertiser in the News before he retired,
was taken from the September-October 1983 issue of the Short Wing
Piper News, pages 39-41.
95
96
Editor’s note: Both editor Ed Wach and Jim Fix of the Fix Prop
Shop are now members of the SWPC Hall of Honor. Ed, who was the
SWPN’s first editor, giving up the editorship to take the presidency
of the club in 1986, was one of the charter members and Jim and his
wife, Janice, were named to the Hall of Honor last year at the convention in Santa Maria. Fix Prop Shop is now closed, however.
Advantage
Aviation Insurance
97
Reprint Corner, from pages 41-42, September-October 1983
SWPN
98
What do you get when you join SWPC?
Just Plane Fun!
*A Developing Website *Camaraderie with other Short
Wingers
*The News! *The Online Store!
*Technical Support with Toll Free number 855-SWPC-411
*Annual Convention & a BFR *Regional Chapters & Events
*Ongoing Short Wing Piper Training Opportunities (coming
soon)
*Insurance Discounts
(coming soon)
*Legacy with Ongoing
Opportunities
*Education Foundation
Scholarships for
Aviation-Minded
Students
Reprint Corner
And those really were the days!
99
This comes from the March-April, 1984, SWPN, page 32. Editor
Ed Wach says costs for him were “something over $20 per hour.”
What are they now? As he says, read it and weep!
Reprint Corner Sun ‘n Fun 1984
100
Above and the top photo on page 101 are views of Billy
Henderson’s Pacer at the 1984 Sun ‘n Fun. Also, you might notice
that young guy at the microphone at bottom right on page 101 --that’s the Cub Doctor himself. Clyde Smith, Jr., is also a member of
the SWPC’s board of directors. In the bottom left photo is Paul
Poberezny. All the photos come from the May-June 1984 Short Wing
Piper News (still with the TPOC heading). The three photos on page
101 ran on page 61 of that issue and the one above on page 59.
That issue contains chapter reports from Mid-America (Steve
Marsh), North Central (Chuck Lewis), Florida (Iris Morris), and MidAtlantic (Roger Leonard), and report of a planning meeting set for
Indiana-Ohio-Michigan.
The convention was to be in Minden, Neb.
Technical articles, history, flights, rebuilds, general
comments --- the Short Wing Piper News prints the articles you send in. The diversity of material is interesting
every issue and members enjoy seeing what our fellow
members are doing! Send in your story to SWPN, PO
Box 10822, Springfield, MO 65808-0822, or email it to
eleanormills@att.net and attach your photos separately.
Reprint Corner More Sun ‘n Fun 1984 photos
101
102
Classified Ads
Notice to
Classified
Advertisers
Classified advertising is free for all
members, providing it is for an ordinary buy, sell or swap transaction of a
non-commercial
nature.
Please
describe the items for sale or trade
accurately so as to protect the reputation of the club and its magazine. A
stipulation of the free advertising is
that parts may be returned to the seller
and money paid refunded, except
postage, if the buyer is not satisfied
with the item.
PLEASE NOTE: If an SWPC
member is operating a business for
profit and advertising items for sale in
connection with his or her commercial
enterprise, this must be considered
commercial advertising and does not
come under the “freebee” classification. It must be paid at the regular
commercial classified rate of $7.50 for
the first inch and $2.50 per inch for
additional space, with a $7.50 minimum.
Send
all
advertising
to
eleanormills@att.net or The Short
Wing Piper News, P.O. Box 10822,
Springfield, MO 65808. All classified
ads, unless specified at the time of
insertion, will be run one time only. If
you need your ad run again, please
notify Eleanor by the deadline date.
Note: If your ad is followed by “tfc”
it will run as is until you tell Eleanor to
pull it or change something in it.
(DON’T FORGET)
If your ad is followed by JAS, it
will run this issue only. If you want it
run longer, tell Eleanor.
Note that the website is separate
from the magazine. If you want your
ad run in both places, make sure you
send it to both places. (Website
address: www.shortwingpiperclub.
org)
Aircraft for Sale
PA-15 -- LSA: Clean with Grove brakes
and new tires. $19,900. 706-234-8319,
Georgia, karlo69@earthlink.net
AMJ
N1200C, 1953 PA-22/20, 135 hp. 2161
TT, 151 SMOH. Excellent PolyFiber,
always hangared. Panel mount Garmin
GPS, disc brakes, new bungees, new
prop, air-oil separator, 800 x 6 tires, Scott
tailwheel. King KX197 radio, Garmin
transponder, Mode C. 4-place intercom.
Complete logs. Fresh Annual, $24,500
OBO or trade for Vagabond. 816-769-2737
or 816-891-9225.
tfc
1956 PA-22-150, TT 3051 hours, SMOH
781, fresh annual, Val Com 760 radio, King
transponder with encoder, 2 place unicom.
$19,500. May trade for LSA. Hangared at
GLD. 719-349-0563
tfc
1958 TRI-PACER PA-22-160, N9321D,
2584 TT, 40 SMOH. New sealed struts and
forks, new battery, main gear, tires and
bungees, nav/com. Hangared since 1977
in the Chicago area. Fresh annual with
sale. $22,000. Contact John Guilfoil 847991-1598 or email karla_guilfoil@sbcglobal.net
tfc
1961 COLT with Scott tailwheel,
N5146z, 108 HP, TT3719, SMOH1084,
SMR24, sealed struts and new forks, new
battery, toe brakes, shoulder harnesses,
nav-com, KT76/78 transponder, intercom,
auto gas STC, good fabric. Ski’s. Extra set
tires, tubes, and extra parts. Hangared.
Fresh annual. Complete logs. Great on
gas. Wisconsin. $17,000. Steve, 773-9149938, shstauber@aol.com.
tfc
1957
PA22-150
TriPacer
$36,000 OBO - Price Reduced. ATT
4870, TTE 4970, SMOH 213; A/C fully
restored in ‘05 and only flown 200
hours since. Over $70K invested. Narco
Escort 110 Nav/Com, avionics master,
Narco Transponder, toe brakes, annual
due 7-2015. Trade up for 180+HP high
wing low-time a/c. Seller motivated.
Email or text preferred. Contact William
R Kendrick, owner, located San
Antonio, TX - Telephone 210-363-5693,
bill_kendrick@yahoo.com
1964 CESSNA 150-D, $16,000 OBO.
Price reduced. IFR equipped (not currently certified); TTAF 8024, TTE 2860,
SMOH 783. KX-170B nav/com, TKM
MX11 Com, KMA28a Audio Panel with
marker beacon,
King
KT-76A
transponder Mode C, Vor/Loc w/glideslope, Avionics master. Annual complete
02/2015. Seller motivated. William R.
Kendrick, owner, San Antonio, TX, 210363-5693, bill_kendrick@yahoo.com.
SOLD
103
1953 Pacer: PA-20-150, serial 20-1067,
TT 4647 hours, 670 SMOH. Following a
2.5 year ground-up restoration, completed
April 2012. This aircraft is better than when
it was first built - fabric, brakes, tailwheel,
interior, new sealed struts, tires, etc. Also
for sale like new muffler for PA-18 O-320.
Hangared in Three Forks, MT. 406-2853668.
tfc
PA-22/20-108 Colt for sale: 800 SMOH,
2000 TT airframe. VFR radios, Garman
transponder, Ceconite cover and many
extras. Award winning show plane,
$19,500. james.beisner@bright.net or
phone 937-554-6599.
JAS
PIPER PA-16 CLIPPER for sale:
N5313H; serial number 118; $27,500.
Airframe 2,974 hours; engine O235 C-1,
total time 1,565. Since Mattituck overhaul,
142 hours. Sensenich M#76AM-2-52 propeller. 2000 complete rebuild initiated:
Fuselage and tail surfaces bead blasted
and epoxy primed. Wing ribs repaired or
replaced as necessary. 2004 aircraft recovered as per Stitts Process Manual. All new
plexiglass, new Airtex interior, headliner,
and carpet. New Cleveland wheels and
brakes, 600x6 mains and Scott 3200 tail
wheel. Univair sealed struts and heavy
forks. Replaced bungees 2012. Tie downs
and ski fittings. Original Safe Flight Stall
Device and navigation lights installed.
Garmin 196 with panel ball mount, Micro
Air 760 VHF transceiver and four place
intercom, ACK. EKT. All AD’s and service
bulletins complied with. Hangared since
rebuild; current annual July 2014. All airframe log books since 1949. Contact
jdrane@stx.rr.com or 830-895-3027. If no
answer please leave a message and I will
return your call.
tfc
Projects for Sale
1953 Tri-Pacer 135 Project to complete:
822 hours SMOH on engine. New instru-
104
ment panel with $12,000 in modern instruments and radios: Two each: KY-97A VHF
comm radios 760 channel, KNS-80
(VOR/RNAV/DME/ILS, KLN - 90B GPS, KI
520 indicator, annunciator/switch panel
(controls which uses the KI 520 indicator,
LNS-80 or KNS-90B), KMA-24 TSO
w/3LMB audio channel, and PMm 1000 II
intercom. MD41-244 relay and a new fabric wiring harness. Manufactured by High
Desert Avionics, Inc., in Lancaster, CA.
Fuselage stripped with two coats of epoxy
primer, ready for covering. Covering done
includes both wings, elevator, flaps and
ailerons. Covered in PolyFiber with three
coats of silver coating. PolyFiber material
for covering fuselage, two gallons white
PolyFiber paint, and three new tires never
installed. Over $20,000 invested in parts
and material only. All parts in dry storage.
Call Hal @ 760-214-4021. Asking $15,000
or best offer considered.
tfc
PIPER PA-16: Good wings, ailerons and
tail features, all covered but one wing, one
coat of PolyBrush. Fuselage rebuilt.
$4500. Call Bob, 1-989-496-3887, cell 1989-741-7061.
tfc
1961 Colt project: PA-22/20-108. O-235C1B-108 engine, zero TSMOH in 1993.
Engine never run since overhal. Aircraft
covered and finished using Air Tech STC
and materials through white. No trim colors
applied. Installed Bogart battery cable
STC, installed all new control cables, new
boot cowl, new Cleveland wheels and
brakes. Have new windshield and landing
light lenses. Mags overhauled to zero time.
Have new harness and plugs. Additional
parts not listed. Call if interested. Asking
$10,000. Aircraft located at Athens
Municipal Airport, Athens, Texas. Jim
Grunenwald, cell 903-681-2162, home
903-677-1206, email jim767@suddenlink.net
tfc
1963 PA-22-108 COLT with Lycoming
O-235. Needs to be recovered. Always
hangared. $7900 or best offer. 301-6410991, Austin Gibson.
tfc
VAGABOND/WAGABOND FUSELAGE:
New and in epoxy primer, includes door
frame, two opening windows, skylight, firewall and floor panel. Fuselage has extra
stringers to break up the boxy appearance.
I can email 20 detailed pictures on request.
Wag-Aero gets $8,000 for the same fuselage minus door and window frames.
Asking $4,500. Free delivery within a reasonable distance from Central Wisconsin.
Contact Don Halloran, 801 South Lincoln
Ave., Marshfield, WI 54449. Phone 715387-3057. Email eishal@charter.net. (20
photos available)
tfc
FAST, FAST, FAST Cassatt Raceer project, fuselage almost ready to cover and
wing almost ready to cover. $2,495, 573759-7143, Rolla, MO area.
tfc
Wanted
WANT TO BUY or REBUILD for owner a
Short Wing or other fabric covered aircraft.
Arthur Aeschliman, Twin-A, 620-384-4518,
Lakin, Kan.
JAS
WANTED: 1957 PA-22-150 original set
of wheel pants and associated hardware.
Call 847-691-3031 or email ednewby@
aol.com.
tfc
Thinking of selling your Short Wing
Piper? Consider donating it in memory
of a loved one to the Piper Aviation
Museum in Lock Haven, PA, a 501 C 3
organization. The Museum would like to
have and display an assembled Clipper or
Pacer. (No projects). Check with your
accountant for a possible tax deduction.
For more information call Phil Hoy at 860342-3474 (leave message) or email
phip007@comcast.net. If an SWPC member donates a Short Wing Piper Aircraft
and it is accepted by the Museum, I will
personally donate $1,000 to the SWPC.
jfm6t
Part for Sale
GOOD TRI-PACER WINGS WITH TIPS,
covered through 1st coat of dope, no
tanks. Tri-Pacer fuselage (early version),
no papers, no tail feathres, main gear,
wheels and brakes, seats, upper cowl, firewall, boot cowl, few odds and ends, trim.
$3,000 OBO. David Mount, Spring Valley
MN, 507-346-7594.
JAS 2t
WILLIAMS AIRCRAFT CO. DUAL TOE
BRAKE KIT for PA-22. Complete with
instructions and STC. Has never been
used. $600. Free shipping in United
States. Contact Willis O. Forman at 850877-2703 or woforman@embarqmail.com
JAS
Anyone needing a Plane Power
Alternator SAL 12-70 without the regulator? Brand new for $500. I ordered it from
A/C Spruce not knowing I had an oil cooler
in the front which was in the way of the
mounting brackets for the alternator.
Please
email
me
at
Paul_s51@hotmail.com
JAS 2t
AIRPATH C2300 L4 panel mount compass, lit, 12v, $80. Franco Sperandeo, 479521-2609.
tfc
AIRBORNE vacuum regulating valve,
283-19, $150. Franco Sperandeo, 479521-2609.
tfc
LYC O-320-B2B with 740 hours from
factory. New cermachrome cylinders.
Compression (+/-) 4 lbs. Current annual.
Complete Tri-Pacer power unit firewall forward and prop. $15,000. 503-252-2836.
tfc
1956 Tri-Pacer fuselage. Good condition
and in annual. 24440 TT, Ceconite, aux
fuel tank, no rust, good interior. Logs
included. $5,550. 503-252-2836.
105
tfc
McCAULEY IC90 LM (7146). Will fit
Lycoming O-235, PA-12, PA-14, PA-16,
PA-18, and PA-20-115. $1300. Joe.
jvas41@aol.com, 612-282-7824
tfc
EXPERIMENTAL CONT. O-200 engine
“kit” (Ready to assemble). $2,995. No
accessories. 573-759-7143, Rolla, Mo
area.
tfc
Miscellaneous
Install the original speed mods that are
on Miss Pearl, the national EAA Grand
Champion. See website: www.misspearl.org. Available with approved 337s.
Speed mods include monocoupe style
wheel pants, flap hinge, aileron horn
wingstrut and rudder cable fairings. All high
quality, light weight, hand layup and ready
to paint. Also available cowl door
restraints, custom sun visor kit, vent window slide retainer, custom spring loaded
rudder/elevator gap seals, and luggage
gas spring mod. Also available, DER
reports for left door install -- PA-22, upper
split cowl, brakes, alternator/generator
substitution, etc. Bungee chord install on
Hydrosorbs, new Cleveland brake
pad/back plate units. (Send cores).
Bungee installations --- One day turnaround. Call for prices. Call or e-mail
requests for information to Frank
Sperandeo. Tel: 479-521-2609 or e-mail
miss_pearl@cox.net
tfc
FABRIC RESTORATION, tailwheel
instruction, Lance Bartels, Cherry Hill
Aviation, Southern Indiana (Freetown,
Ind.), cherryhillaviation@yahoo.com or
812-322-6762.
tfc
SPLIT NOSE COWL MOD eliminates
need to remove prop to remove/install
nose cowl. Two-piece nosewheel fairing
mod eliminates need to remove wheel from
106
fork to remove/install fairing. Both of these
mods, with approved Form 337s and
detailed descriptions of how the work was
done are available from Bill Havener, 1409
6th Ave., Sterling, Ill. 61081, phone 815626-0910.
tfc
FREE (you pay shipping): 33 copies of
the SWPC newsletters that do not have the
logo on the spine (July-August 1984
through Nov-Dec 1989). I have copies
beginning with Jan-Feb 1990 through
Sept-Oct 2011. Free to anyone who wants
them if they pay shipping charges. It will
take two or three boxes the size of bankers
file boxes to ship them. Delton Perry, 1570
Norton Rd, Lawrenceburg, TN 38464, 931782-7742, dtperry@bellsouth.net. JAS
Remember: Check your ad! If it says tfc and you sold it a year ago, PLEASE let
us know. If it says JAS and you want it run in the next issue, let us know. If it says
JAS 2t and you want it run next year, let us know.
I know . . . you’re saying, “Well, how can we tell what those abbreviations mean?”
Sorry, they’re really newspaper abbreviations. TFC means till further call. JAS is an
SWPN abbreviation for July-August-September issue. 2t means two times.
Got it? I knew I could depend on you.
Thanks, Eleanor
Next issue deadlines:
August 20 for October-November-December 2015 issue
November 20 for January-February-March 2016 issue
But send in your material any time. Remember that we want to put some
stories on the website as well as in The News. Your stories and photos
will make both better.
Index to Advertisers
Advantage Aviation Insurance . . . . .96
Aircraft Specialties Services . . . . . . .47
Aircraft Tech. Support . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Aircraft Spruce & Specialty Co. . . . .58
Airtex Products, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Avemco . . . . . . . . . .Inside Front Cover
B & C Specialties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Cee Bailie’s/Desser Tire . . . . . . . . . . .38
Classified Ads . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118-121
Flame Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
Great Lakes Aero Products, Inc. . . . .64
Micro AeroDynamics . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Niagara Air Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Piper Flyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Piper Museum . . . .Outside Back Cover
PolyFiber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Randolph Aircraft Products . . . . . . . .49
Star Gloss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Stewarts Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
SWPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55/98
SWPC Club Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
SWPC Library loan items . . . . . . . . .43
Univair Aircraft Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Inside Back Cover
Wag-Aero Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
107
MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION
Membership in the Short Wing Piper Club is open to all persons who own,
fly or are interested in the Piper Vagabond, Clipper, Pacer, Colt, and/or TriPacer. The primary objective of the club is to aid members in the preservation, restoration, maintenance, flying and enjoyment of these aircraft. The
membership year is 12 calendar months from the date of acceptance.
(Payments accepted in US funds only.)
Name: ____________________________________________________
SWPC Member Since: _____________
Mailing Address: _____________________________________________
City __________________________________State: _____Zip: ________
Home Phone: ____________________
Work/cell: ______________
E-Mail: ______________________________________
Occupation/Special Skills: ______________________________________
Individual memberships (per year):
$______ E-News only $40 (no matter where you live!)
$______ With Mailed SWPN: U.S $45 USD/yr.; Canada $55 USD/yr.;
other foreign $80 USD/yr. (Charges include increased postage costs)
Family memberships:
$______ E-News Only $50
$______With Mailed SWPN: US $55; Canada $65 USD;
other foreign $90 USD
Spouse/Partner name: _______________________Please list children’s names
and ages on the back of this form
$______Student Memberships - high school or college under the age of 24
(E-News only and non-voting): $20.
$______ Additional Individual Membership: $7/yr. (Spouse Partner)
$______ Additional Years (at regular rate): 1, 2, or 3 (Circle total years)
$______ Donations*: SWPC 501(c)4 $_____ Club Library $_____
Education Foundation 501(c)3 $_______
$_____ Total
Spousal and partner memberships will receive the Short Wing Piper E-News only; otherwise, s/he will have full membership privileges, including telephone and mail access to the
Club Library collection (including tools) and voting privileges. They will also have their own
access to the members’ only section (where issues of the SWP E-News are found) on the
club website if they have a separate e-mail address. *Dues and donations to the Club
and Club Library are not tax deductible; however donations to SWP Education
Foundation are deductible insofar as permitted by Federal and State Laws. Please,
check with your tax representative.
I authorize The Short Wing Piper Club to charge my credit card as follows:
Total Amount $___________ Visa
MasterCard
Other _______________
Card number: __________________________________ Exp Date: _________
Signature: _____________________________________ Date: _____________
I authorize the club to use the above card number for Automatic Renewal
Yes ______ No _____ Signature ________________________________
Mail to: Short Wing Piper Club, P.O. Box 10822, Springfield, MO 65808
108
Gift Membership
Please enter a gift membership for one year for:
Name
Mailing Address
City
State
Zip
E-Mail
Phone
Please send a notice to the new member, indicating that the gift is
from
Enclose correct amount as shown on reverse. For credit card use,
fill in credit card information on the application form on the
reverse.
Mail to
Short Wing Piper Club, P.O. Box 10822, Springfield, MO 65808
SHORT WING PIPER NEWS
(ISSN 8750-9113)
820 E. University
Springfield, MO 65807
Learn and enjoy the history of the Piper Cub and other Piper Aircraft with a private guided tour through the Piper Museum (the former
Engineering Building for Piper Aircraft). The Museum is located in the
beautiful mountains of Central Pennsylvania, adjacent to the Lock
Haven Airport. You’ll see lots of photos, videos, artifacts, and various
Piper Aircraft on the hangar floor.
Be sure to check out the Museum Gift Shop where you will find gifts
for all ages including T-shirts, coffee mugs, books, videos and more. See
you real soon.
The
News
Short
Wing
Piper
SHORT WING PIPER NEWS - July-August-September 2015
Piper Aviation Museum
One Piper Way
Lock Haven, PA 17745
www.pipermuseum.com
Periodicals Postage
PAID
July-August-September 2015
Ken Van Bortel’s beautifully restored Pacer comes to
the cover with a glowing recommendation for another
member’s work. Ken and Gloria, who live in Port Royal,
Pa., have been members since 1984. Ken said it would be
impossible to list all the changes in the complete groundup rebuild done by Steve and Charlie Gay, owners of Sky
Haven Airport, and Steve’s son-in-law, Eric. “They do terrific work at Sky Haven,” Ken said. As you can see, that’s
the truth. Steve and Barbara Gay, Tunkhannock, Pa.,
have been members of the club since 1985. Steve’s email
address is skyhaven@epix.net.