VA-Vol-23-No-3-March-1995

Aerodrome Article and photos by HC Frautschy

Crummy weather once again hampered the efforts of Frank Ryder and his busy band of WW I enthusiasts during Aeroshydrome 94 This was the second event put on by Frank and his Lake Guntersville Fighter Replica Museum staff and volunshyteers with the fly-in moved from Gunshytersville to Gadsden AL Still pilots are a pretty resourceful bunch and by the end of the weekend well over 40 airplanes and pilots had somehow made their way one way or another to Gadsden They came early to beat the weather pulling trailers (like the Dawn Patrol from Kansas City with their Nieuports) or simply waiting it out Patrick Henry decided that since he had so much fun flying his Fokker Trishyplane to Alabama the last time he d just do it again crossing most of the US on his journey from Jacksonville OR

RC modelers were also invited to this Fly-In with scheduled times for flying 114

and 13 scale radio controlled models of WW I era aircraft flew each day performshying well for a number of pilots who had never seen these unmanned aircraft The large size of these models allows realistic flights especially the slow flight of a Sopshywith Pup equipped with a 4-cyce engine

The Saturday evening banquet featured the induction of nominees into the World War One Aviation Historical Hall of Fame They are

Douglas (deceased) and Anthony Bianchi father and son team of Personal Plane Services in England Doug and Tony built many of the airplanes for Those Magnificent Men and Their Flying Machines and The Blue Max They were pioneer builders of flying replica airshycraft

Jo Kotula artist for 38 consecutive years of the cover of Model Airplane News Many of his paintings featured WW

Three replicas on the attack shyBarney Petersens Fokker DVII and two airplanes from Ryders Replica Museum - the Albatros DVa and Fokker Drl Triplane

I themes Holger Steinle curator of aviation at

the Museum for Verkehr und Tech nik Berlin Germany His dedicated and meticulous work regarding the restoration of WW I aircraft has set the standards for many to follow

Tony Ditheridge of AJD Engineering master WW I replica builder

Bill Marsalko aviation watercolor artist whose paintings have captured much of the spirit of WW I aviation

As detailed in the January 1995 issue of Vintage Airplane Frank Ryder his wife Carolyn and son Scott perished in the crash of Franks Piper Malibu shortly after takeoff at Rochester MN on December 23 1994 As of this time no determination as to the cause has been made The plans for Aerodrome 95 and the disposition of Frank s estate including the Fighter Replica Museum remain uncertain Ryshyders Replica Museum remains open as of this date - if you d like to visit Id suggest a phone call to confirm the museum hours Call Robin at 205582-4309 for more inforshymation

At the banquet Saturday night Frank Ryder said during his speech that he hoped he had provided some spark to the moveshyment but if we were looking for someone to always be there to organize and lead the way he said I m not your man He wanted us all to take on the responsibility of keeping the movement alive and see it progress With his passing the point is drishyven further home - if we want something to happen we each have to pick up the yoke and pull it along

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(Above) On hand for Aerodrome 94 was Bill Nungesser great-cousin of French WW I ace Charles Nungesser An American citishyzen living in the New York area Bill was on hand with a fascinating photo display of his long departed great-cousins life

(Above left) Pat Tomlinson of Marana AZ brought his LeRhone rotary-powered Sopshywith Pup to Gadsden Pat and Fred Murrin flying his Fokker Triplane put on a neat demonstration of the capabilities of rotary powered airplanes - the flat turns at low speed were mind boggling Pat also has a single Vickers machine gun rigged to fire blanks at the proper rate of fire Hearing the gun actually fire was very enlightening (Above left) Roger Freeman was given a chance by Pat to fly the Pup during Aeroshydrome 94 Do you think he enjoyed himself

The pretty Sopwith Camel built by the late Don Rushton is now a part of the Replica Fighter Mushyseum Collection in Lake Guntersville It looks as though Patrick Henry has the Camel in his slghtsl

(Left) Master machinist Paul Knapp runs his miniature Bentley BR2 WW I rotary engine just before one of the thundershystorms pelts the airport Built to 14 scale Paul is making a production run of 20 of these engines (sorry theyre already spoken for) and has plans to build other engines inshycluding a run of LeRhones in the future His workshymanship is outstanding as you can see - even the

small magneto was handbuilt by Paul You can contact him at NapCo Lit 2126 W 7th St Tempe AZ 85281

(Below) Barney Petersens Fokker D-VII replica is back in the skies again rebuilt following a crash two years ago The full size replica of this successful Fokker is nicely deshytailed and exhibits excellent workmanship

Fred Murrins Fokker Dr-I Triplane in the colors of German ace Werner Voss The last time we saw it it had a modern flat opposed engine but Fred always wanted to install a rotary and in the past year his plan came to fruition A LeRhone roshytary was rebuilt and mounted and Fred says that the airplanes personality inshystantly changed becoming even more nimble and interesting to fly Starting it (below) takes teamwork - one crewman rotates the engine to open each exhaust valve the other squirts gasoline directly into the cylinder to prime it

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(Above) Bagpipers of the Heritage Pipe and Drum Corps were present to give the Gadsden airport an air of authenticity Piper John Richardson of Birmshyingham AL marched among the crowd with his felshylow corps members

(Above left) Craig and Chuck Garrett of Kentwood MI brought their handsome SE5a replica down to Alshyabama for a little fun with the 6 other SEs that were at the fly-in

(Left) When you wish for full scale youd better have room if youre hoping for a Bristol F2B Ed Storos replica is quite large and very accurate It has a 39 ft wingspan and even has the bootlace stitching to hold the fabric side panels onto the fuselage Ed used an upright Ranger engine for power but youd never know it - the shuttered cowl keeps it comshypletely hidden from view

(Above) Bill Cole and Harry Wooldridge had just finshyished this replica Siemens-Schuckert D-VI in time for the fly-in flown here by Aerodrome 94 organizer Frank Ryder

(Right) The late Frank Ryder in the cockpit of the Siemens reflecting his attitude about the event as well as life in general WW I aviation enthusiasts throughout the world mourn his loss

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1932 THOMPSON TROPHY

by Frank Warren

The winners

11 Jimmy Doolittle - Gee Bee R-1 25269

44 Jim Wedell - Wedell-WIlliams 44 24250

121 Roscoe Turner - Wedell Turner 23304

Others in the race

92 Jim Haizlip - Wedell-WIlliams 92

7 Lee Gehlbach - Gee Bee R-2

6 Robert Hall - Hall Bulldog

39 WIlliam Ong - Howard Ike

131 Ray Moore - Keith Rider R-1

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1931 THOMPSON TROPHY

by Frank Warren

The winners

4 Lowell Bayles - Gee Bee Z 23624

44 Jim Wedell - Wedell-WIlliams 44 22799

77 Dale Jackson - Laird Solution 21118

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

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(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 espeshycially when they discovered the former owner was Howard Hughes

The water was rising fast as Von Rosenberg began pushing Hughes out through the pilots side window The winshydow 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 hes 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 Blandshyford had been in he could see it was flooded but the rear compartments beshying elevated by the nose-down attitude could still be entered While looking for Cline Blandford found all the ships life preservers stowed in boxes behind the tied-open hatch to the radio compartment - an indication of Hughes informal flight operations

B landford went into the compartshyment as far as he could without letting go

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(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 1940s This is the front office of the S-43 with the pilots seat on the left and the co-pilots 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 pilots 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 Reshymembering 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 consciousshyness Get Dick in the boat he said A couple of people in a small outboard arshyrived on the scene to offer assistance Get Dick in the outboard and take him to the hospital said Hughes

B landford being the least injured went with Felt A couple of hundred yards on his 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 followshying day Hughes had him flown to Los Anshygeles 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 Blandshyford had were bruises and strains which aggravated a bad vertebra that had bothshy

ered him before But said Blandford i t was a great shock to my faith in airshyplanes

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 his personally selected flight enshygineer mechanics than to most other peoshyple

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 plann ed to use it for his around-the-world flight and was personshyally responsible for a number of special features such as flush riveting the hull All in all the crash grav e ly affected Hughes pride and confidence as a pilot

Perhaps this explains his motivation in salvaging 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 materishyals

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 busishyness 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 photoshyplane and the HK-1 flying boat and pershysonally triumph at the Senate hearings into his wartime contracts in 1947

During the extensive rebuild of the Sikorsky S-43 the former twin tail empenshynage was replaced with the single tail vershysion which featured supporting struts on the lower side of the stabilizer Although it was flown a few times during the late 1940s eventually the big flying boat was placed in long term storage in a hangar in Houston Texas In the early 1960s forshymer 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 comshypany named Summa Corporation in Las Vegas Nevada and after 1980 it was deshycided to sell off some of the airplanes - inshycluding the S-43 The plot thickens

Enter one Ron Van Kregten (EAA 370694) of San Jose California - connoisshyseur 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 genshyerations

Ron came by his aviation bent natushyrally - his father was the late Anthony Van Kregten a distinguished aeronautical enshygineer who spent his entire lifetime in avishyation 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 busishyness 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 Lockshyheed Ice Box section of Research and Development This was followed by deshysign 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 esshytate 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

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task of acquiring the huge amphibion was finally completed the airplane was re-regshyistered 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 peshyriod 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 reshyferred to as a stubborn Dutchman He doesnt 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 27000 hours in his logbook was ready to go and his co-pilot Jack Carrignan anshyother veteran pilot was ready Everyone admitted the big amphibion looked beaushytiful - it couldnt help but fly well About this time the stubborn Dutchman Ron Kregten said Just to be on the safe side lets 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 airshyplane to fly once you learn the systems and go easy with the huge flaps that cover 48 of the wingspan Half flap is norshymally 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 possishyble 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 Eastshyern Airlines pilot with 18 years of experishyence and owner of a family furniture busishyness Jesse talked Richard into helping with the S-43 rebuild and also to become type rated in the big twin An FAA Desshyignated 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 instrucshytor who is an AampP with Inspection A ushythorization and a CAF pilot flying the Kate from Tora Tora Tora He is a retired NASA employee of 27 years and has over 8000 hours logged

Regarding getting involved with Jesse and the S-43 project Will Bonefas jokshyingly says I dont know if l owe him one - or if I sho uld shoot him He readily ad mits 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 inshyspectors have been very helpful and really appreciate good work when the crew finshyishes another task and brings a portion up for final inspection It is readily apparent that the FAA inspectors are just as anxshyious 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 Southshywest Airport where it is based at the preshysent time Additional work is being done on the airplane on a steady basis to help eliminate long term corrosion and replace a luminum sk ins that have seen better days To say that it is a rather large job is the understatement of the year

(Continued on page 29)

(Above) Chief pilot Jesse Bootenhof exshyplains the operation of flying the big amshyphibion 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 231961 in Houston Texas Notice the wingtip floats hanging on the hangar wall to allow aircraft storage unshyder 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 airshyborne 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

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WHAT OUR MEMBERS ARE RESTORING ---------------------------- by Norm Petersen

Capt Rob Rays Taylorcraft BC-UD

This spectacular photo of Capt Rob Ray (EAA 344216 AC 14398) flying his sharp 100king1945 Taylorcraft BCshy12D N43002 SIN 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 wheelpants and a metal propeller Note the shoulshyder harness that Rob is wearing as he looks at the photo plane and the radio aerial above the cabin for VHF comshymunications The photo was taken by a friend of Robs who obviously knew what he was doing

Billy E Thompsons 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 (Thats 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 twoshyplacer to Oshkosh 95

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West Valley Flying Clubs 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 deshycided 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 amp P with Inspection Authorization and they are looking forshyward 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 shyLewis Stinson 108-1

A photo of Ralph Mosling by his comshypanys 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 someshybody 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 reshyports his father passed away in 1977 however he is still flying at age 77 and enjoying every minute His present airshyplane 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 wedshyding 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 US The last sentence in Chucks letter says it all in a nutshell Its 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 Lusshycombe complete with wood prop and wheelpants was restored by Joe Fleeshyman (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 ongoshying restoration and has original logshy

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 adshymit that Bueil has a very nice pair of airplanes

Working on a project ofyour own Send your photos along with a short story on your airplane to

Attn HG Frautschy EAA Headquarters

PO Box 3086 OshkoshVVI54903-3086

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ysteryPane Heres 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 Farmingshyton 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

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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 sinshygle-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 Altshyman then Dean of Aeronautics Departshyment 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 demonshystrate the Anzani powered Ford Flivver

Williams felt that there was a big marshyket 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 varishyous classes The airplane was built by Jimmy Williams and a small crew of airshycraft 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 beshycause 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 planes perforshymance 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 strucshyture with an eight inch deep box spar all fabric covered The powerplant was a 30 hp French Anzani air-cooled three cylinshyder radial the same type of engine as used on the Ford Flivver

It was inevitable that Jimmy Williams would soon meet Otto Szekely a talshyented 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 airshycooled 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 Altmans 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 Flyshying Dutchman Since photos of the proshytotype F lying Dutchman show the same license number as the Williams Monoplane (X4448) it must be assumed that the Will iams airplane was reworked to produce the firs t Dutchman

On September 41928 Szekely Airshycraft 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 disshyplay 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 askshying Jimmy Williams many questions and commenting on what a neat looking a irshyplane 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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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 2200 foot runshyways 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 deshypression in late 1929 and into 1930 A toshytal of 21 Flying Dutchman flivvers were completed before Szekely fi led for bankshyruptcy in May 1932 bringing the flivver era to an end

There has been much conjecture as to tbe true relationship between the two vershysions of the Ford Flivver and the Williams Mo noplane and the Flying Dutchman ai rplanes As we have seen in the above story there was no d irect tie-i n between the Ford prod ucts bu ilt in Dearshyborn and the other two aircraft built in the western part of Michigan Each was a disshy

tinct and separate design In todays 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 WilliamsMonoplane 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 Oxshynard CA Marion Robles Lakeland FL Lynn Towns Brooklyn MI Steven McNishycoil DePere WI M H Eisenmann Garshyrettsville OH Lloyd Willis NS W Ausshytralia

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The first long trip with the S-43 was the flight up nawth to Oshkosh WI and the big EAA Convention last sumshymer Ron Kregten reports the foursome had a beautiful flight in the 57-year-old airplane with those two big Wright Rshy1820 engines just purring aU the way The huge crowds with their associated quesshytions 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 airshyplane it was - and where it came from

One of the highlights of the EAA Conshyvention was the opportunity to go on an air-to-air photo mission with EAAs photo plane piloted by Bruce Moore with photographer Jim Koepnick doing the camera work Maneuvering the big amshyphibion up to the camera ship was quite a delicate piece of work - to which Will Bonefas quipped It felt like we were flyshying 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 picshytures 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 inshyvestigation revealed the left engine supershycharger was entering a destruct mode so the left engine was pulled and repairs are being made as this story is being writshyten

Future plans include a trip to Sun n Fun in April if the left engine is comshypleted in time In addition Ron plans on a return trip to EAA OSHKOSH 95 to enjoy more of the same fine treatment acshycorded the foursome last summer If you didnt get a close look at this magnifishycent airplane in 1994 better do your best to keep an eye open in 95 because it is a rare treat for antique airplane lovers - esshypecially 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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