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THOMPSON TROPHY
by Frank Warren
The winners:
#4 Lowell Bayles - Gee Bee Z
236.24
#44 Jim Wedell - Wedell-WIlliams 44
227.99
#77 Dale Jackson - Laird Solution
211.18
Others in the race:
#54 Robert Hall- Gee Bee Y Sportster
#50 Ira Eaker - Lockheed Altair
#37 Benny Howard - Howard "Pete"
WIlliam Ong - Laird Speedwing
#400 f. Doolittle - Laird Super Solution
VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17
(Left) The entire crew that made the
trip to Oshkosh from Houston includes
owner Ron Kregten, left, Chief Pilot
Jesse Bootenhof, co-pilot Richard
Dickson and co-pilot Will Bonefas on
the right. There is complete agreement
among this foursome that flying to the
Convention was the trip of a lifetime.
(Below) The photo gives you an idea of
the huge impact the 5-43 had on the
crowd at EAA OSHKOSH '94. People
were completely enthralled with the
opportunity to walk around the huge
amphibian and study it closely, espe-
cially when they discovered the former
owner was Howard Hughes.
"The water was rising fast as Von
Rosenberg began pushing Hughes out
through the pilot's side window. The win-
dow was small and Von Rosenberg feared
Hughes might get stuck and block his own
escape. But after he got Hughes half way
out, he remembered the overhead escape
hatch, opened it and floated out.
"Meanwhile, Blandford worked Felt
over to the hole in the side of the airplane
where Von Rosenberg, who was outside
now, helped him float Felt out through
the hole. 'Where is Ceco?' said Von
Rosenberg. 'Well, he's not in there,' said
Blandford. 'Maybe he went aft before the
crash.'
"By this time Hughes was down in the
water hanging onto the radio mast and
still pretty stunned because he wasn ' t
moving around giving orders as he would
have been otherwise. Blandford and Von
Rosenberg climbed up on the sloping
back of the plane and down into the back
hatch looking for Ceco Cline.
"Looking in the compartment Bland-
ford had been in , he could see it was
flooded, but the rear compartments, be-
ing elevated by the nose-down attitude,
could still be entered. While looking for
Cline, Blandford found all the ship's life
preservers stowed in boxes behind the
tied-open hatch to the radio compartment
- an indication of Hughes informal flight
operations.
"Blandford went into the compart-
ment as far as he could without letting go
20 MARCH 1995
(Left) Cruising over the placid waters of Lake Winnebago, the former
Howard Hughes Sikorsky S-43, N440, displays its classy lines from
way back in 1937.
(Above) "How a modern airliner instrument panel looked in the 1940's."
This is the front office of the S-43 with the pilot' s seat on the left and
the co-pilot's seat on the right. The main addition to the panel would
be the center stack of radios which are about 40 years newer than the
airplane. Note the individual wheel brakes on the pilot's rudder pedals.
(Right) From the rear of the passenger cabin looking aft, we can see
the stairway leading to the topside of the aft fuselage. Note the huge
fin and stabilizer in the background. The on-board bathroom is on
the right.
of the flange on the bulkhead. No sign of
Ceco. Von Rosenberg had no better luck
so the two men climbed back out. Re-
membering a life raft was stowed in a
compartment on top of the wing, they got
it out, plopped it down in the water near
where Hughes was holding Dick Felt and
Blandford pulled the string. Compressed
air hissed, the raft began to take shape,
but remained limp. Someone had left the
air valve open. Quickly they rigged the
hand pump.
"Hughes had regained full conscious-
ness. 'Get Dick in the boat,' he said. A
couple of people in a small outboard ar-
rived on the scene to offer assistance.
'Get Dick in the outboard and take him to
the hospital,' said Hughes.
"Blandford, being the least injured,
went with Felt. A couple of hundred yards
on hi s way, he looked back. Hughes was
sitting in the rubber boat pumping away.
The flying boat was beginning to go to the
bottom of the lake.
"Von Rosenberg suffered severe back
injuries in the crash and spent the night in
the hospital at Boulder City. The follow-
ing day, Hughes had him flown to Los An-
geles in a TWA aircraft. A Los Angeles
specialist, whom Hughes had immediately
brought to Boulder City to insure that
Von Rosenberg had the best of care, went
with him.
"The only identifiable injuries Bland-
ford had were bruises and strains which
aggravated a bad vertebra that had both-
ered him before. ' But ,' said Blandford,
'i t was a great shock to my faith in air-
planes.'
"As for Hughes, in addition to his head
injury, he suffered a severe psychological
blow. He had killed two men. One was
Dick Felt with whom he had flown in the
Sikorsky for many years and Hughes was
closer to hi s personally selected flight en-
gineer mechanics than to most other peo-
ple.
"The Sikorsky, too, was an old friend.
He had personally supervised its birth at
the Sikorsky plant a number of years back,
when he had planned to use it for his
around-the-worl d flight, and was person-
ally responsible for a number of special
features such as flush riveting the hull.
All in all, the crash grave ly affected
Hughes' pride and confidence as a pilot.
"Perhaps this explains hi s motivation
in salvagi ng the plane from Lake Mead.
As former Hughes power plant mechanic
John H. Glenn recalls , 'We had no idea
when he drug it out of Lake Mead during
the war that he was going to rebuild it.
And by God, he put it back together. He
must have put hundreds of thousands of
dollars into that thing in labor and materi-
als.'
"The tragic crash probably helped push
Hughes to the brink of complete mental
breakdown in the final year of World War
Two. But, strangely, this aircraft in which
he crashed later became the the vehicle of
his deliverance. Rebuilt , it carried him
away from the pressures of multiple busi-
ness and personal problems in the fall of
1944 on a strange get-away-from-it-all
odyssey, so that he was able to return to
work after the war, finish his F-ll photo-
plane and the HK-1 flying boat, and per-
sonally triumph at the Senate hearings
into his wartime contracts in 1947."
During the extensive rebuild of the
Sikorsky S-43, the former twin tail empen-
nage was replaced with the single tail ver-
sion which featured supporting struts on
the lower side of the stabilizer. Although
it was flown a few times during the late
1940's, eventually the big flying boat was
placed in long term storage in a hangar in
Houston, Texas. In the early 1960's, for-
mer EAA Senior Editor Gene Chase
viewed the S-43 on several occasions when
visiting Houston as a corporate pilot for
Standard Oil Co.
As Howard Hughes became more and
more of a recluse, the S-43 quietly sat in
storage for over thirty years. In 1976,
Howard Hughes died and the die was cast
for the next part of the story. The S-43
was registered to Howard Hughes' com-
pany named Summa Corporation in Las
Vegas, Nevada, and after 1980, it was de-
cided to sell off some of the airplanes - in-
cluding the S-43. The plot thickens.
Enter one Ron Van Kregten (EAA
370694) of San Jose, California - connois-
seur of fine motor cars and airplanes, a
student of aviation history and above all
else, a person who firmly desires to pre-
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serve our aviation heritage for future gen-
erations.
Ron came by his "aviation bent" natu-
rally - his father was the late Anthony Van
Kregten, a distinguished aeronautical en-
gineer who spent his entire lifetime in avi-
ation! A native of Holland, Anthony Van
Kregten worked for a number of years for
the Fokker Company in Holland, always
in close harmony with Anthony Fokker,
himself a " master" in the aviation busi-
ness. In 1952, Anthony Van Kregten,
along with his family, which included his
young son, Ron, emigrated to the United
States under the sponsorship of Gen .
Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Anthony Van Kregten went to work
for Lockheed in California, designing the
tail section for the Lockheed F-104 and
later working in the super secret Lock-
heed "Ice Box" section of Research and
Development. This was followed by de-
sign work on the Polaris Missile system.
Anthony Van Kregten passed away just
two years ago.
Meanwhile, Ron Kregten grew up in
California and got into the trade school
business. The lucrative California real es-
tate market soon became the object of his
attention and he became quite successful.
His aviation future was assured when he
soloed a Stearman (as a civilian, yet) and
even became a crop duster for a spell. In
later years, he would become enamored
with World War II aircraft, owning a P-51
for a time, flying a P-38 at various times
and becoming quite adept at flying such
high speed, high powered machinery.
When the Hughes S-43 came up for
sale, Ron jumped into the fray , knowing
full well that a piece of aviation history
was on the block. The long and arduous
22 MARCH 1995
task of acquiring the huge amphibion was
finally completed, the airplane was re-reg-
istered to Ron Kregten and the long
process of refurbishment began.
It took ten years of hard and devoted
work by many, many people to bring the
former "hangar queen" to the point where
it could actually be flown. The long pe-
riod of inactivity had taken its toll and
each piece and part of the airplane had to
be inspected, cleaned and brought up to
flight standards. At times, it seemed like a
never-ending job, but Ron Van Kregten
comes from good stock - affectionately re-
ferred to as a "stubborn Dutchman." He
doesn't give up easily.
Rumors were floating about in the late
'80s that an S-43 amphib was slowly being
readied for flight in the Houston area and
antique airplane folks across the country
were getting excited. Just the thought of
such a majestic bird flying by makes the
old timers tingle with anticipation.
By 1990, the S-43 was getting close to
its first flight in nearly 36 years. Ron Van
Kregten and his busy crew were getting
anxious to see if Howard Hughes' legacy
would once again become airborne. Chief
pilot Jesse Bootenhof (EAA 477124) , a
retired Delta Airlines pilot with over
27,000 hours in his logbook was ready to
go and his co-pilot , Jack Carrignan, an-
other veteran pilot, was ready. Everyone
admitted the big amphibion looked beau-
tiful - it couldn't help but fly well. About
this time, the "stubborn Dutchman" Ron
Kregten, said, "Just to be on the safe side,
let's do a weight and balance - even though
it may not be necessary." The scales were
brought in and 10' and behold - the CG
was way forward of its desired location! It
took quite a few 100 lb. bags of cement in
the tail section to bring the CG into the
perfect location! Ron Kregten heaved a
huge sigh of relief for making the correct
judgment call.
The first flight of the S-43 was made
from Houston Hobby Airport, taking off
from a grass runway, and flying to the hard
surface runway at La Porte Airport. Jesse
Bootenhof says the airplane flies very
much like a DC3, being in the same weight
class, a bit heavy on the controls, powered
by the same 1200 hp Wright engines and
being a tailwheel airplane. Jesse has many,
many hours in a DC-3 and knows of what
he speaks! The S-43 is not a difficult air-
plane to fly, once you learn the systems
and go easy with the huge flaps that cover
48% of the wingspan. Half flap is nor-
mally used for landing, the flaps using a
" blow-by" feature that raises them up if
you exceed 95 mph. Normal approach
speed is 100 mph with the touchdown at 70
to 80. With full flaps and power, it is possi-
ble to slow down to 60 - 70 mph.
The first flight revealed a few more
"glitches" to work on plus some more of
the aluminum panels were removed to
eliminate corrosion. Once more the crew
began working diligently to upgrade the
huge airplane. A second flight was made
to Wolfe Airpark, where more rebuild
work was carried out. The owner of the
airpark is Richard Dickson, former East-
ern Airlines pilot with 18 years of experi-
ence and owner of a family furniture busi-
ness. Jesse talked Richard into helping
with the S-43 rebuild and also to become
type rated in the big twin. An FAA Des-
ignated Examiner by the name of Ronnie
Gardner gave type rating check rides in
the Sikorsky to Jesse Bootenhof, Richard
Dickson and Will Bonefas, a local instruc-
tor who is an A&P with Inspection Au-
thorization and a CAF pilot flying the
"Kate" from "Tora, Tora, Tora." He is a
retired NASA employee of 27 years and
has over 8,000 hours logged.
Regarding getting involved with Jesse
and t he S-43 project , Will Bonefas jok-
ingly says, "I don't know if l owe him one
- or if I should shoot him!" He readily
admits it has been the most fascinating
project he has ever been involved with
and the Oshkosh '94 experience was the
trip of a lifetime. Will is also quite vocal
in his praise of the FAA inspectors they
have worked with on the airplane. The in-
spectors have been very helpful and really
appreciate good work when the crew fin-
ishes another task and brings a portion up
for final inspection. It is readily apparent
that the FAA inspectors are just as anx-
ious as the hard-working crew to get the
S-43 airborne and keep it there.
From the Wolfe Airpark, the big flying
boat was flown over to Houston South-
west Airport where it is based at the pre-
sent time. Additional work is being done
on the airplane on a steady basis to help
eliminate long term corrosion and replace
a luminum skins that have seen better
days. To say that it is a rather la'rge job is
the understatement of the year!
(Continued on page 29)
(Above) Chief pilot Jesse Bootenhof ex-
plains the operation of flying the big am-
phibion which he compares to a Douglas
DC-3 as far as handling goes. He admits
the "one of a kind" element adds a little
excitement to the job! Jesse says that
when he learns "to walk on water," the
boss may allow him to try a water landing!
(Above left) This remarkable photo was
taken on June 23,1961, in Houston, Texas.
Notice the wingtip floats hanging on the
hangar wall to allow aircraft storage un-
der the huge wing. The airplane had 485
hours total flight time on that date. Jesse
Bootenhof says they have added 67 hours
to this total since getting the 5-43 air-
borne again.
(Left) Owner Ron Kregten revels in the
chance to fly the 5-43 from the same seat
that Howard Hughes occupied many
years ago.
VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23
WHAT OUR MEMBERS ARE RESTORING
----------------------------by Norm Petersen
Capt. Rob Ray's
Taylorcraft BC-UD
This spectacular photo of Capt. Rob
Ray (EAA 344216, A/C 14398) flying
his sharp 100king1945 Taylorcraft BC-
12D, N43002, SI N 6661, past the most
famous sculpture in South Dakota ,
Mount Rushmore, was sent in Capt.
Ray. The Taylorcraft is overall white
with red trim and features wheel pants
and a metal propeller. Note the shoul-
der harness that Rob is wearing as he
looks at the photo plane and the radio
aerial above the cabin for VHF com-
munications. The photo was taken by
a friend of Rob's who obviously knew
what he was doing.
Billy E. Thompson's Aeronca Champ
This photo of Aeronca Champ, N467AC, SIN
7 AC-2570, was sent in by new EAA member Billy
Ed Thompson (EAA 478393) of Rowlett, Texas.
The Champ came off the Aeronca line on 23 May
1946 and was sold to Howard and T. N. Brown of
Reno, Nevada, 24 May 1946. It remained on the
west coast until 1970, when it was put on a trailer
and moved to Mangum. OK. Billy purchased the
airplane in 1988 (still on the trailer!) and began
the rebuild in April, 1989. It took 14 months to
restore the pretty bird and Billy has flown it about
200 ( enjoyable) hours since then. The colors are
cream and blue, using the original factory paint
design, and the "N" number was changed from
NC83889 to N467AC (That's short for 1946 7AC).
Some readers may like to know that the Champ
was owned by the Travis Air Force Base Flying
Club from 1954 to 1963 - in case your logbook
shows NC83889! Billy hopes to fly the neat two-
placer to Oshkosh '95.
24 MARCH 1995
West Valley Flying Club's Taylorcraft BC-UD
Out in Palo Alto, California, Leland McGee (EAA 476667) and
fellow members of the West Valley Flying Club are busy restoring
their Taylorcraft BC-12D, N95252, SIN 9652, which had languished
in pieces in the corner of numerous hangars for much of the past
decade. It was quite a challenge to gather and sort all the parts and
pieces of the 1946 taildragger and figure out what went where! As
Leland says, "Fortunately, the beautiful Tay]orcraft wings were left
assembled for us." One evening, a team of ten club members de-
cided to clean up corrosion of one wing, and much to their surprise,
the majority of the decade-old corrosion and dirt of the entire wing
structure was cleaned and the wing was readied for inspection and
priming in just one night! They had discovered that teamwork was
the answer. The club consists of about a dozen members, including
an A & P with Inspection Authorization, and they are looking for-
ward to the day the neat little Taylorcraft takes to the air once more.
(We will be looking for the photos of N95252 when it flies.)
Another Golden Oldie -
Lewis' Stinson 108-1
A photo of Ralph Mosling by his com-
pany's Stinson 108-1 in the February
1995 isuue brought out this "Golden
Oldie" photo taken in 1947 of Charles L.
Lewis on the left and his son, Charles H.
Lewis (EAA 85323, AIC 19023) on the
right. It was taken in June of 1947,
shortly after the Lewis' purchased the
Stinson 108, NC9115K, SIN 108-2115,
and based the airplane at Shell Lake,
WI. Note the large wooden Sensenich
propeller, the factory metal wheelpants
and what appears to be two tiny fabric
patches by the left door (maybe some-
body dropped a screwdriver?).
The Stinson was based at Shell Lake
for roughly twenty years before being
sold to Tom Winters of Butler, Missouri,
who has owned the airplane for the last
twenty some years. Chuck Lewis re-
ports his father passed away in 1977,
however he is still flying at age 77 and
enjoying every minute! His present air-
plane is a 1956 Piper TriPacer, N3938P,
SIN 22-3613, which he has owned since
1963 and is presently about 600 hours
into the third rebuilt Lycoming engine!
Chuck and his TriPacer were featured in
the June 1991 issue of the Minnesota
Flyer magazine when he and his lovely
wife, Gina, celebrated their 50th wed-
ding anniversary. A longtime EAA
member, Chuck says his wife is a great
co-pilot on the many long trips they
have flown all over the U.S. The last
sentence in Chuck's letter says it all in a
nutshell, "It's a great life when you can
fly your own plane."
A Couple of Dandies
The photos of these two aircraft , a
1940 Luscombe 8C, N28825, SIN 1567,
and a 1946 Stinson 108-1, N9711O, SIN
108-1110, were sent in by owner Bueil
Chafin (EAA 203322, AIC 9837) of
Collierville, TN. Bueil reports the Lus-
combe, complete with wood prop and
wheelpants, was restored by Joe Flee-
man (EAA 428226, AIC 20349) in 1984
and won an award at Oshkosh shortly
thereafter (Runner-up, Contemporary
Age, Antique Division, Harris and
Randy Weise) . The Stinson is an ongo-
ing restoration and has original log-
books going back to the factory test
flight in November, 1946. The 150 hp
Frankin engine was overhauled in 1993
and was equipped with a set of new
Slick mags at the time. One has to ad-
mit that Bueil has a very nice pair of
airplanes!
Working on a project of your own?
Send your photos along with a
short story on your airplane to:
Attn: H.G. Frautschy
EAA Headquarters
P.O. Box 3086
Oshkosh,VVI54903-3086
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ysteryPane
Here's another from the Golden Age of
aviation which should be easy to identify.
But maybe there are some individual stories
that will add to the interest. The photo is
from the Owen Billman collection. Answers
will be published in the June 1995 issue of
VINTAGE AIRPLANE. Deadline for that
issue is April 25.
The December Mystery Plane stumped
a lot of readers. Bob Pauley of Farming-
ton Hills, MI sent in a most complete
story. Here it is:
"The 'Mystery Plane' in the December
1994 issue of VINTAGE AIRPLANE
was the Williams 'Gold Tip' Monoplane, a
product of the Niles Aircraft Corporation
26 MARCH 1995
by George Hardie
of Niles, Michigan. It was built by James
R. Williams who, along with his partner
Willis E. Kysor, operated Niles Airways in
the late 1920s. In 1927 Williams formed
the Niles Aircraft Corporation with the
express purpose of building a small, sin-
gle-place 'Flivver Plane,' a concept that
had become popular due to the publicity
given the original Ford 'Flivver' that first
flew in July of 1926.
"To design the airplane Jimmy
Williams hired the services of Peter Alt-
man, then Dean of Aeronautics Depart-
ment at the University of Detroit.
Williams had first met Professor Altman
when he participated in the 1926 Ford Air
Tour, flying an OX-5 powered Alexander
Eaglerock and finishing in 15th place.
Altman was head of the Technical and
Rules Committee for the Air Tour which
started, and ended, at the Ford Airport in
Dearborn. It was prior to the start of the
Air Tour, in August 1926, when Jimmy
Williams first saw Harry Brooks demon-
strate the Anzani powered Ford Flivver.
"Williams felt that there was a big mar-
ket for that type of airplane and suggested
to Professor Altman that the new design
be similar in size and shape to the Ford
airplane. However, Williams insisted that
the new design have a more modern steel
tube fuselage rather than the all wood
construction used by Ford.
"Professor Altman assigned the design
task to his Aero students at the University
of Detroit, dividing the assignments for
aerodynamics, stress analysis, drafting and
performance calculations among his vari-
ous classes. The airplane was built by
Jimmy Williams and a small crew of air-
craft mechanics in the hangar at the old
Niles Airport, located on the north side of
the city. The finished airplane was named
the Williams 'Gold Tip' Monoplane be-
cause it had been painted with yellow, or
golden-yellow, wing tips. The first flight
was made by Jimmy Williams on February
6, 1928 from the Niles Airport, and he was
most pleased with the plane's perfor-
mance. A search through the Domestic
Air News Register shows the Williams
Monoplane was assigned license number
X4448 in the April 1, 1928 issue.
"The Williams 'Gold Tip' had a
wingspan of 26 feet, was 18 feet long and
had a wing area of 108 square feet. The
airfoil used was the Gottingen 387, the
same as that used on the Ford 'Flivver.'
The empty weight was 460 pounds and the
gross weigh t was listed as 530 pounds.
The top speed was estimated to be 85 mph
and the 7-112 gallon fuel tank gave it a
range of 300 miles . Construction was
welded steel tubing for the fuselage and
tail surfaces while the one piece cantilever
wing was a spruce and mahogany struc-
ture with an eight inch deep box spar, all
fabric covered. "The powerplant was a 30
hp French Anzani air-cooled three cylin-
der radial, the same type of engine as used
on the Ford ' Flivver. '
" It was inevitable that Jimmy Williams
would soon meet Otto Szekely, a tal-
ented engineer from Hungary then living
in Holland, Michigan, only 60 miles north
of Niles. Jimmy had a fine new airplane,
but it was plagued with an unreliable and
cantankerous Anzani engine. By good
fortune Szekely had recently completed
development work on a new 40 hp air-
cooled three cylinder radial engine and
was making preparations to place it into
production. Here was the engine Jimmy
Williams needed for his new airplane,
and the airplane was well suited for
Szekely's new engine. Williams soon
made an agreement with Szekely to build
' Flivver ' airplanes for him and initially
built three, maybe four prototypes in his
Niles hangar. The new airplanes differed
slightly from Professor Altman's original
design, having a revised landing gear, a
tail skid instead of a tail wheel , square
wing tips and, of course, the new Szekely
SR-3 engine. The " new" airplane was
also given a new name, the Szekely ' Fly-
ing Dutchman.' Since photos of the pro-
totype " Flying Dutchman " show the
same license number as the Williams
Monoplane (X4448) it must be assumed
that the Wi ll iams airplane was reworked
to produce the first ' Dutchman.'
"On September 4,1928 Szekely Air-
craft and Engine Company was formed
with Otto Szekely as president and Jimmy
Williams listed as pla nt manager. The
new company opened for business in a
small factory on 12th Street in Holland,
overlooking Black Lake, and production
of the ' Flying Dutchman' airframes was
moved to Niles from that location.
"In September] 928 Jimmy Williams
flew one of the first production ' Flying
Dutchman' airplanes to California to dis-
play it at the Los Angeles National Air
Races and Exposition. It was reported
that Col. Charles Lindbergh examined the
airplane closely for some 20 minutes, ask-
ing Jimmy Williams many questions and
commenting on what a neat looking air-
plane it was. Lindbergh was familiar with
flivver planes and had flown the Ford
Flivver in August 1927 when he visited the
Ford Airport in Dearborn , and both
Williams and Szekely were encouraged by
his favorable remarks.
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Sc&venjl!t" Punl p...... .... __....... _____ . Gear Type
Priee_. __ .. .._... __._ $2,100 f. o. b. Holland, Mich.
Fuel Co08umptloo ._....... .68 1bs. per B. H. 1'. hr.
Oil CoTUlUmption . ______.029 1bs. per B. H. P. hr.
" Back in Holland , Michigan the
Szekely Company was doing well and the
sales of the new engines was increasing.
In June 1929 Szekely built its own airport
north of the city with two 2,200 foot run-
ways. But despite all the good publicity
and the enthusiasm for the engines and
airplanes the business outlook changed
abruptly as the country entered a deep de-
pression in late 1929 and into 1930. A to-
tal of 21 ' Flying Dutchman' flivvers were
completed before Szekely fi led for bank-
ruptcy in May 1932, bringing the ' flivver
era' to an end.
There has been much conjecture as to
tbe true relationship between the two ver-
sions of t he Ford "Flivver" and the
Williams Mo noplane and the "Flying
Dutchman" ai rplanes. As we have seen in
the above story there was no direct tie-i n
between the Ford products built in Dear-
born and the other two aircraft built in the
western part of Michigan. Each was a dis-
tinct and separate design . In today's
world, to the uninitiated a Piper Cherokee
looks like a Beech Musketeer and both
look like a French Socata Tampico, yet
each is a separate and unique design! The
Ford ' Flivvers' were the creation of Otto
Koppen, a young Ford engineer, while the
Williams Monoplane, later known as the
'Flying Dutchman,' was the design work
of Professor Peter Altman, a kind and
gentle friend who passed away several
years ago.'
John A. Bluth, Birmingham, MI, Ralph
Nordell, Spokane, WA and Gary McFarowe,
Hudsonville, MI also sent in detailed replies.
Other answers were received from Charley
Hayes, New Lenox, IL; Robert Clark, Ox-
nard, CA; Marion Robles, Lakeland, FL;
Lynn Towns, Brooklyn, MI; Steven McNi-
coil, DePere, WI; M. H. Eisenmann, Gar-
rettsville, OH, Lloyd Willis, N.S. W., Aus-
tralia. ...
Will iam s "Gold TIp" Monoplane
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S-43
(Continued/rom page 23)
The first long trip with the S-43 was
the flight "up nawth" to Oshkosh, WI,
and the big EAA Convention last sum-
mer. Ron Kregten reports the foursome
had a beautiful flight in the 57-year-old
airplane with those two big Wright R-
1820 engines just purring aU the way. The
huge crowds with their associated ques-
tions were heartwarming to the four-man
crew. It was at this time the realization
began to hit home that they were indeed
flying a genuine piece of history. So many
people wanted to know what kind of air-
plane it was - and where it came from!
One of the highlights of the EAA Con-
vention was the opportunity to go on an
air-to-air photo mission with EAA's
photo plane piloted by Bruce Moore with
photographer Jim Koepnick doing the
camera work. Maneuvering the big am-
phibion up to the camera ship was quite a
delicate piece of work - to which Will
Bonefas quipped, "It felt like we were fly-
ing the hangar instead of the airplane!"
The results of the photo mission were
quite spectacular as the pictures show and
"congrats" should be extended to Jesse,
Richard, Will and Ron for doing a great
job. In addition, the fantastic set of pic-
tures reveals that Jim Koepnick, EAA
Chief Photographer, is one of the very
best.
Following the EAA '94 Convention,
the "fortunate foursome" had a splendid
return trip to Houston, the "old girl" not
missing a beat along the way, and much
like an old plow horse, picking up speed
on the way home after a full days' work.
Assessing the entire trip afterwards, Ron
noticed the exhaust pipes were not quite
the same color on the two engines. An in-
vestigation revealed the left engine super-
charger was entering a "destruct" mode,
so the left engine was pulled and repairs
are being made as this story is being writ-
ten.
Future plans include a trip to Sun 'n
Fun in April if the left engine is com-
pleted in time. In addition, Ron plans on
a return trip to EAA OSHKOSH '95 to
enjoy more of the same fine treatment ac-
corded the "foursome" last summer. If
you didn't get a close look at this magnifi-
cent airplane in 1994, better do your best
to keep an eye open in '95, because it is a
rare treat for antique airplane lovers - es-
pecially amphibion lovers.
Ron Kregten, all of us in EAA salute
you for your fine effort to allow us to
once again view the marvelous Sikorsky
S-43 amphibion. And to your devoted
crew, Jesse, Richard and Will, a hearty
"Thank You" and our best wishes to keep
the old girl flying! ...
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ATT: CHUCK LARSEN
EAA AVIATION CENTER
PO BOX 3086
OSHKOSH, WI 54903-3086
414/426-4800
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Lycoming 0-145 engine - Good core. 215/257-0817. (3-1)
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zine drawings. $5 to $14. Send $1 $ SASE for sample info to: Douglas
and Army altimeter. Pierre Hollander, Prastgardsvagen 8, S-74637
Worthy, 1149 Pine, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266. (4-2)
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