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Mystery Plane
by H.G. Frautschy
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FRONT COVER: Kent Pietsch 's comedy and dead-stick airshow routines have long
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det has proven to be the nearly perfect air show airplane for his act. Read more about
Kent and his Interstate in Budd Davisson's story beginning on page 6. EAA photo by
DeKevin Thornton.
BACK COVER: One of the prettiest of the high-wing parasol monoplanes, this is
Charlie Bell's restoration of a Wright Gipsy powered example. Read more about it in
Sparky Barnes Sargent's article starting on page 12. Photo by EAA's chief photogra
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VINTAGE AIRPLANE
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by Budd Davisson
no!" the an
nouncer cries
over the PA sys
tem: "Not only
does he not know how to fly, but
. . . look! He's lost an aileron! This
is very, very serious. He's up there
in a 60-year-old airplane and has
had a control failure. How can he
possibly survive?" You can almost
hear him wringing his hands.
"Ladies and gentlemen, this is
Captain Pietsch speaking. We're at
our cruising altitude, the seat belt
light is off, and you're free to get up
and move about the aircraft." You
know the rest of the spiel. You've
heard it a thousand times. What
you may not know, however, is
that until he took early retirement,
the court jester and the Airbus cap
tain were one and the same. When
he wasn't flying the high-altitude
jetways in an Airbus, he was either
en route to an air show at 100 mph
or performing in one. To say Kent
of many aviators-model
airplanes, working at the
airport from junior high on,
the usual stuff-there is a
basic, underlying difference
in Kent's upbringing that
left him no choice but to be
doing what he's doing. Yes,
he worked at the airport,
but it was at his dad's fixed
base operation and Mooney
dealership in Minot, North
Dakota, a business that
has been in operation for
nearly 40 years (www.Pietsch
Aircraft.com).
"It's easy to be the air
port kid when your family
has an operation on the air
port," Kent says. "I would
haunt the place and even
tually soloed a Mooney on
my 16th birthday.
Having a family in which
aviation is the central
theme is one thing, but the
direction his dad went with
his personal aviation meant
that Kent was going to get
a really early introduction
into the air show business
and sport aviation.
Kent's father and friends ,
who included Jim McDon
ald, Jim Bergo, Gary John
son, and many others ,
built what was to be the
first customer-built Stolp
Starduster Too in five and
a half months during 1967.
"My dad was really into aer
obatics, so he started flying
the Starduster in air shows
around the area , and ac
tually flew in the air show
at the EAA convention in
Rockford that year. (Editor's
Note: pre-Oshkosh for you young'uns.)
I couldn't wait until I had my own
aerobatic airplane. In fact, in archi
tecture class in high school, I drew
up a mid-wing, elliptical planform,
aerobatic special. One of the char
ter/flight instructor/spray pilots I
was friends with decided to build it
for real, but got as far as some mi
nor tubing components before de
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AUGUST 2009
2 (1 pilot, 1 passenger)
Engine:
Wingspan:
35 feet, 6 inches
Length:
Cruise:
Fuel capadty:
15 gallons
Range:
380 miles
Payload:
480 pounds
1,200-1,250 pounds
VINTAGE AIRPLANE
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12 AUGUST 2009
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Fairchild Parasol
The Restoration
The smoothly cowled Gipsy per
fectly complemented the Fairchild
22's aesthetically pleasing profile
of parasol wings perched atop a
tandem fuselage, gracefully stream
lined all the way to its statuesque
rudder. The 22-C7D turned heads
in its heyday, and Charlie wanted
it to do the same after a personal,
hands-on restoration. Following are
the highlights of how he accom
plished just that.
Just before moving to Ockla
waha, Florida, Charlie heard from
his good friend Ed, who had pre
viously helped him gather up the
Fairchild project . " Ed was recov
ering from an operation," recalls
Charlie, "and he called me and
said, 'Charlie, I need something
to do; can I rebuild your wings?' It
took me two seconds to say, 'Yes!'
In short order, he had the wings in
his shop."
That was the jump-start Char
lie needed. After moving south, he
worked on the 22 at a steady but
leisurely pace from 1994 to 2008,
fitting it in between various other
projects. Ed built new wing ribs but
VINTAGE AIRPLANE
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Gipsy Power
Charlie was fortunate enough
to obtain a Wright Gipsy manual,
16 AUGUST 2009
Hands-On Labor
Charlie used to own an auto
motive mechanic repair shop and
also did body work, and those skills
helped him with various aspects of
the Fairchild 22 project. He did all
the sheet metal work himself and
made the windshield frames, en
gine cowlings, and headrests. He
even learned to make five-tuck
splice cables (15 of them) and two
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Speaking of landing gear, Char
lie has a wonderful little story to
share about the wheels. "These are
Warner straight-axle, magnesium
wheels, which are very rare to come
by," he explains. "The ones that
were with this airplane were junk
the backing plates and mechanical
brakes were in sad shape."
After locating a second set of
wheels that were found to be
cracked, and spending hours at
tempting to rebuild them to airwor
thy condition, Charlie was in for a
delightful surprise. "Somebody had
called my late friend Dick Gates
and told him that they were tearing
down a house in the City of Sheboy
gan, and there were airplane parts
up in the attic," he recalls with a
big smile. "Lo and behold! Guess
Fairchild C7F:
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Fairchild C7G:
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BY GEORGE
he history of aviation is a
fascinating subject for study.
It's a continuing account of
the aspirations and frustra
tions of thousands of dissatisfied in
dividuals, all searching for the perfect
machine to carry man through the
air with the ease and freedom of the
birds. For centuries men looked to
the skies to free them from the plod
ding existence they were bound to
on earth. Sometimes we forget that
this freedom finally was obtained a
little more than an average lifetime
ago. December 17, 2009, will mark
the 106th anniversary of the first
powered flight of the Wright broth
ers, an event that went unnoticed at
A.
HARDIE, JR.
Editor's Note: The Light Plane Heritage series in EAA's Experimenter magazine often touched on aircraft and concepts
related to vintage aircraft and their history. Since many of our members have not had the opportunity to read this se
ries, we plan on publishing those LPH articles that would be of interest to VAA members. Enjoy!-HGF
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on powered aircraft forced the devel
opment of the glider as a means to
get into the air. The results of glider
meetings held at the Wasserkuppe in
the Rh6n mountains of Bavaria be
ginning in 1920 revived interest in
personal flight. At a meeting in the
summer of 1922, a total of 53 enthu
siasts competed, and a remarkable
endurance record of three hours, 10
minutes was established.
The English, too, encouraged by
the German experience and the work
of the French, had turned to gliding
as an outlet for an interest in flying.
In October 1922 a contest was held
at Itford Hill near Newhaven for a
prize of $5,000 offered by the London
Daily Mail newspaper for the longest
glide of more than 30 minutes dura
tion, with the landing not more than
800 yards from the starting point.
The rules stipulated that a qualifying
flight had to be made between sunrise
and sunset on one of the days of the
contest period. The only restriction
was that no lifting gas was to be used
to assist in keeping the machine air
borne, but the pilot was allowed to
employ any personal motive power
he could devise, exclusive of a fueled
engine. The contest attracted a total
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Tips on propellers
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to run up on a clear
asphalt surface or,
just as good, short
grass. As a corollary
to this, avoid stand
ing in line with a
propeller whilst the
engine is being run
in case anything
should be thrown
out by the blades. A
small pebble could
blind a person 20
yards from a run
ning prop.
2) Where pos
sible, avoid pro
longed taxiing
through long grass.
If you do have to,
take it slowly and
try not to gun the
throttle too much.
3) If you meet
hail on flight,
throttle back as
much as you can
and try to get out
of it-hail will
fetch the finish off
a metal-skinned
wing leading edge
at speed as we ll as
stripping the prop.
For general pro
peller maintenance
and in addition to the points in
CAA Technical Manual No. 101,
there are five points to watch:
1) Inspect your prop after every
flight through hail or heavy rain.
Make good any chipped varnish.
If the wood itself is showing or has
become roughened by hail, let it
dry out naturally, sand it smooth,
and give it at least three coats of
clear seaplane varnish.
2) Clear your prop between each
flight. This makes for best efficiency,
and defects are detected easily.
3) If you have damaged the lead
ing edge of a blade by picking up
an object in the prop vortex that
has done more than just bruise the
blade, repair it before attempting to
fly again. If in doubt, have an en
gineer look at it. A little wariness
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28 AUGUST 2009
The Wright R-760 engine also has no lower rocker drains, so all rocker arms below the horizontal will not drain back to
the sump to be scavenged into the oil tank.
hours just to keep tabs on cylinder leakage. With the
engine warm and at 80 psi of air pressure, a cylinder
normally will hold 72 to 78 psi. When cylinder leak
age drops below 70 psi, I "stake" the exhaust valve (if
that is leaking) by removing the rocker cover to tap
the valve with a wood block and hammer. Avgas of
100LL puts an unbelievable amount of chemical de
posits into the combustion chamber, on the piston
top, and around the exhaust valve that sometimes
causes the valve not to seat properly. You can usually
hear where air is escaping around the rings or around
the exhaust valve seat. It's when you have leakage at
both locations that things get interesting.
At the 600-hour SMOH mark of operation, one en
gine began acting a little strange. Since I have flown
behind Wright engines for more than 1,500 hours,
they "talk" to me. I thought I could hear a cylinder
either not firing or running a little rough on takeoff
power, but the engine seemed to develop power and
performance seemed otherwise normal. The problem
was intermittent, which made troubleshooting even
more difficult. I leakage-checked the cylinders, and
everything was normal. However, the problem per
sisted. Finally I caught the culprit! It was the number
four cylinder; the leakage check showed that at 80 psi
it was holding only 10 psi. I removed the cylinder and
piston, but there appeared no obvious damage other
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After clearing the runway and
crossing the hold-short line, my cli
ent cleaned up the flaps, opened the
cowl flaps, and switched the tran
sponder to standby. Looking at me
with a question in her eyes as to what
was next, I said that I felt I was done
and that we should taxi back to my
office. Silence ensued as we taxied,
save for the throaty rumble of the big
Continental hanging on the front of
my client's 1962 Cessna 205.
As we came to a stop in front of
the office I told her to shut down.
Again those questioning eyes of
hers scanned mine. We had only
been flying for about 45 minutes,
whereas most of our previous ses
sions were closer to two hours. To
be honest, I was delighting in what
was to come, especially in light of
the fact that I could tell that my cli
ent really didn't know.
We had been flying together for
several months, although between
weather problems and the challenges
of a busy schedule it hadn't always
been on a regular basis. That, com
bined with the fact that she based
her airplane about 65 miles away
and had to rely on her husband to
fly her up for the training, made it
difficult at times to keep the training
consistent. Sometimes there would
be a two- or three-week gap between
sessions, and sometimes those gaps
would result in a slight retrograde
of the training, but all in all we had
been making steady progress.
"Well, there's no sense in dragging
this out any further," I said with a
big grin on my face. You're probably
thinking I was getting ready to solo
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be in no later than September 15 for inclusion in the November 2009 issue of Vintage Airplane.
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the Luscombe:
The Mystery Plan e was pretty
easy this month-you have a pic
ture of the experimental Luscombe
Ed Warnock of Garden Valley, California, sent us a photo of the remains of one of the non-flying prototypes. Ed pointed out there are
several pictures of the non-flying prototype(s) and a brief mention of the Luscombe 8G in John C. Swick's book Luscombe's Golden
Age, published by Wind Canyon Books, and in his previous book, The Luscombe Story, published by Sunshine House Inc.
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Model SG on the ramp at Colorado fly on several occasions, and one of College, Pennsylvania; George
Springs, Colorado, circa 1959-60. fered comments that the flight char Buttles, Placerville, California;
This airplane was an outgrowth of acteristics were slightly more stable Dwayne Green, Santa Rosa, Cali
the pilot preference for nose wheels than the regular SF due to the dorsal fornia; William Stavana, Cortland,
that began with the tricycle gear de fIn and nose wheel. I have concluded Ohio; John Baker, Macon, Geor
velopment in the late '40s and '50s. that no one wanted to admit illegal gia; John Lewis, Cascade, Virginia;
The Silvaire Aircraft and Uranium "test flights," but that the airplane Brian Frazier, Madison, Mississippi;
Mining Company Inc. owned the had probably proven its mettle dur Frank Pavliga, Randolph, Ohio;
Luscombe type certifIcate in the late ing some operations that were, say, Chuck Forrester, Fairfield, Pennsyl
'50s and began a construction proj "very high speed taxi," where flight vania; William D. (Dan) Barger, Del
ect on the SG which was to be certi controls were used to maintain di Rio, Texas; Dale P. Jewett, Hutchin
fIed and introduced in late 1959 or rectional control. Maybe one of your son, Kansas; Wayne Muxlow, Min
1960, except the factory was shut readers has better information or ex neapolis, Minnesota; Tom Moquin,
down in 1960 due to the poor condi perience related to the project.
Hampshire, Illinois; Bill Truax,
tion ofengineering drawings and old
The SG fuselage and its unique Loveland, Colorado; Ben Bailey,
tooling that made it cost-prohibitive structure was donated to the Lus Altus, Oklahoma; David Hanna,
to deliver new airplanes on a limited combe Foundation about 1995, and Tonasket, Washington; Roger Rit
production basis.
many pictures of structure and con ter, Wimberley, Texas; Pete Wiggin,
The Luscombe SG was marshaled fIguration taken for a future restora Evansville, Indiana; Pat Quinn,
by Ralph Swaisgood and a team of tion plan that was never completed. Santa Paula, California; Glenn Kin
Doug Combs
other Luscombe-Silvaire employ
neber, Spring Grove, Minnesota;
Luscombe Endowment (www. Pat and Jim Sowell, Statesboro,
ees, along with a 150-horse version
of the airplane. Shop foreman Roy Luscombe.org)
Georgia; Dale Cunningham, Rock
Treadwell took many pictures of the
Gilbert, Arizona
ville, Indiana; Ronald Carson, San
airplane, the best of which are on
Antonio, Texas; and James T. Rog
pages 223, 224, and 225 of John
Other correct answers were re ers, Peter Havriluk, Nick Warner,
Swick's book Luscombe's Golden ceived from Jack Erickson, State and Ed Cook.
.......
Age, a book still in print and avail
able from the Luscombe Endowment
at 4S0-650-0SS3.
The SG used standard empennage
parts from the SF, and wings/struts
from the SF, and an essentially sim
ilar fuselage. However, the lower
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