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Vol. 39, No. 7
2011
J U L Y
CONTENTS
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News
13
16
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25
30
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32
Mystery Plane
by H.G. Frautschy
38
Classified Ads
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COVERS
FRONT COVER: The Applegates of Queen City, Missouri, use their Waco YKS-6 as the family
aerial SUV, happily visiting fly-ins and friends all over the Midwest. Read more about this remarkable aviation family and their favorite cabin biplane in Budd Davissons article starting on
page 6. EAA/Mike Steineke photo.
BACK COVER: The EAA Librarys Grospitch Collection contains a number of photos that show
life on the flightline during the early days of Air Mail and National Air Transport (eventually
United Air Lines). Many of the shots like this one were taken at Hadley Airport, in New Jersey
(outside of New York City). Men hustle the bags of mail into the mail bin of a Douglas M-3
Mailplane as an apparently happy armed guard watches over the operation. Hadley Field was
the first terminus for the eastbound Air Mail. EAA Grospitch Collection, negative number 400.
VINTAGE AIRPLANE 1
2 JULY 2011
VAA NEWS
To help members who fly in to understand the layout of the convention area administered by the VAA, weve prepared this simplified map. As you can see, camping starts at Row 74 on the east side of the main north/south
road (Wittman Road), with the areas to the north of that line set up to handle display-only vintage aircraft. Thats
why you may see open areas as you taxi south to your camping location.
Once you arrive, youll need to register your aircraft and/or campsite. In addition to roving registration vehicles,
there is one main aircraft registration building, located just south of the VAA Red Barn (see map). The EAA convention campgrounds are private campgrounds and are not open to non-EAA members. Each campsite must be registered by a current EAA member.
Another immediate benefit of VAA membership is your free VAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2011 Participant Plaque,
which you can pick up in the rear of the Red Barn. EAA and VAA memberships are available at both aircraft registration and the membership booth located under the VAA Welcome Arch, northeast of the Red Barn at the corner
of Wittman Road and Vern Avenue as well as inside the Red Barn.
VINTAGE AIRPLANE 3
Fabric-Covering Workshop
Last month we mentioned that
Superflite covering systems would
be presenting covering workshops
in the VAA area. Changes in the
companys plans have required it to
cancel its presentations in the tent
near the Vintage Hangar. To learn
more about fabric covering, we recommend visiting the AirVenture
workshops area, supported by Aircraft Spruce & Specialty. Its located
north of the FAA control tower in
the Workshops Plaza area.
4 JULY 2011
VAA Picnic
Tickets for the annual VAA
picnic to be held Wednesday,
July 27, at the Nature Center
will be available for sale at the
VAA Red Barn. Tickets must be
p u rc h a s e d i n a d v a n c e s o w e
know how much food to order. The delicious meal will be
served from 5:30 p.m. until approximately 7 p.m. If you need
transportation, trams will begin leaving the VAA Red Barn
around 5 p.m. and will make return trips after the picnic. Type
clubs may hold their annual
banquets during the picnic. Call
Jeannie Hill (815-245-4464),
and she will reserve seating so
your type club can sit together.
Shawano Fly-Out
The annual fly-out to Shawano
is Saturday, July 30. The sign-up
sheet will be at the desk at the VAA
Red Barn, and the briefing will be
at 7 a.m. the morning of the flyout. The community of Shawano,
approximately an hour north of
Oshkosh (as the Cub flies), puts
forth a lot of effort to sponsor this
event. Shawanos residents do a
great job of hosting us, and we
hope youll help us thank Shawano by joining us on the flight.
VINTAGE AIRPLANE 5
Wa c o
Kind of Family
6 JULY 2011
BUDD DAVISSON
MIKE STEINEKE
VINTAGE AIRPLANE 7
MIKE STEINEKE
The entire family enjoys flying the Waco all over the Midwest and beyond. The color scheme evokes the colors chosen
by Wiley Post for his record-setting Lockheed Vega, the Winnie Mae.
8 JULY 2011
VINTAGE AIRPLANE 9
10 JULY 2011
CRAIG VANDERKOLK
Most of the Applegate family during AirVenture 2010 from left to right:
daughter Shalyn, Har ve, Carolyn, and son Matt. The Applegates other
daughter, Tar yn, couldnt make the trip.
The Applegates camp every year just south of the VAA Flightline Operations building so son Matt and the family can enjoy visiting with their many
friends and watch the afternoon air show.
CRAIG VANDERKOLK
VINTAGE AIRPLANE 11
MIKE STEINEKE
Another gorgeous picture of the Applegates plane flying over the Midwest.
12 JULY 2011
CRAIG VANDERKOLK
The overhead skylight windows really add to the sight lines as your fly the
YKS-6, especially when you roll it into a turn.
point, it touches down at about 50
mph. It also wheel lands, my preferred landing method, super easy
and is almost cheating. If you get it
on straight, with no drift, it is literally a pussycat on the runway. If you
plant it crooked, its not a pussycat.
Now that Harve has his childhood
dream airplane safely in the hangar,
DANIEL J. DEMERS
Corps.
Beck had been taken aloft by Philip
O. Parmalee, an early aviation pioneer. The purple sparks spluttered
by the telegraph key were also intercepted by navy wireless stations on
Goat Island (now Yerba Buena Island)
and the Mare Island Navy Yard.
Becks second message was, Three
hundred feet up and riding level.
It is cold. It is bumpy. The word
bumpy wasnt received because
Becks fingers were so cold that they
refused to, as Beck put it, answer the
nerve impulses.
The word Scotford in the first
message referred to Frederick E. Scotford, chairman of the Aviation Executive Committee, which had
conceived, planned, and set in motion the air meet. The message referred to a previous flight around the
course in which Scotford had been
taken up by Walter Brookins.
The meet was designed to show the
world that San Francisco, which had
been virtually destroyed by the 1906
earthquake, was back in the swing of
things. Getting the War Department
to actively participate in an air meet
for the first time added to the drama
of the event. With the participation
came marching troops and horse cavalry displays and sham battles repelling attacks from the skies. The
VINTAGE AIRPLANE 13
14 JULY 2011
Sources:
Chief Warrant Officer Mark J.
Denger, Dominguez International Air Meet, California
Aviation History, www.MilitaryMuseum.org/Dominguez.html
Lt. Paul W. Beck, Aviation Meet
From War Viewpoint, How
Army and Navy Will Take Part,
San Francisco Examiner, January
6, 1911, 5.
Lt. J.C. Walker Jr., War Problems to be Solved In Air, San
Francisco Examiner, January 7,
1911, 3.
Lt. Paul W. Beck, What Army Is
Striving For, Opening Day a
Big Success, San Francisco Examiner, January 8, 1911, 76.
Lt. Paul W. Beck, Wreck Spoils Wireless Experiment, San Francisco
Examiner, January 11, 1911, 2.
Lt. J.C. Walker Jr., Biplanes in
Wind Please Army Man, San
Francisco Examiner, January 11,
1911, 2.
Lt. Paul W. Beck, Airplane Wireless Experiments Today, War
Expert Reviews the Aviation
Meet, San Francisco Examiner,
January 18, 1911, 2.
Lt. Paul W. Beck, Wireless Adds
New Link To War Chain, San
Francisco Examiner, January 22,
1911, 67.
Flashes of Purple Glint From
Aeroplane in the Sky to Earth,
San Francisco Examiner, January
22, 1911, 67.
Lt. Paul W. Beck, Novices Meet
Mishap By Striving, Praised
by Beck For Game Effort, San
Francisco Examiner, January 23,
1911, 3.
Lt. Paul W. Beck, Aviation in War
Advanced, Expert Reviews the
Meet, San Francisco Examiner,
January 26, 1911, 3.
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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 15
First Regular
Airmail Flight
BY
The pilot is receiving his last-minute orders before shoving off with the mail. Once more old Jenny
makes history.
he worlds first regular airmail line was operated by
the United States Army
back in 1918, when a fleet
of old Jennies were pushed back
and forth between New York City
and Washington, D.C., a distance
of two hundred and twenty miles.
It is true that in 1911, Earle Ovington flew special mail for a distance of three or four miles during
a period of one week. But that was
simply a stunt and was in no sense
a regular airmail line. The Armys
route was later taken over by the
Post Office Department and was
the beginning of the great airmail
system that we have today.
The planes used were slow, under-powered and usually overloaded, and they operated out of
16 JULY 2011
VINTAGE AIRPLANE 17
had broken and was dangling alaltitude the fog was so thick
most in the shining arc of the
it was like being submerged
propeller. If it became entangled
in pea soup, but occasionin the prop, it would shatter it to
ally there would be a break
a million splinters and probably
and Edgerton would catch
tear the engine loose.
a glimpse of the ground and
Throttling down, Jim maneuknow where he was.
vered as best he could to keep
As he passed over Havre
wire and prop from that fatal
de Grace, there suddenly
embrace. Below him were plenty
loomed up dead ahead a
of flat broad fields into which
church steeple. He was right
he could have glided. But that
on it before he saw it. He
would mean delaying the mail,
banked for all he was worth,
so the plucky youngster kept gostanding the old crock right
ing and finally sat down safely
up on her ear, and missed
With the mail aboard, the pilot proceeds to warm in Washington.
the steeple by a miracle.
Altogether Edgerton made
But the crowning thrill up the OX-5 which animates the Jenny.
fifty-three trips and never failed
of the day came a little later
to bring the mail through on any
as he passed the Army Proving
Authentic dope on the
of them. On only one did he have
Ground at Aberdeen.
controversial subject,
a forced landing.
We were flying at an altitude of
Who flew the first
He was over Camp Meade, Maryabout 150 feet, Edgerton recalls.
land, when a magneto shaft broke.
Visibility was practically nil. Sudairmail? In spite of the
denly there was a terrific bump, almany claims to priority, by There was a terrific jolt that almost
jumped the engine out of the ship.
most as violent as if the plane had
For once, Jim had to come down
struck something. That afternoon, various pilots, we believe
and come down in a hurry. He
Army authorities at Aberdeen
that this is the real
looked below him and his heart
called up and said that an airplane
answer to the problem.
stood still. He was plunging straight
had flown over there and almost
An old Jenny, as usual,
towards the heads of hundreds of
collided with a shell fired from a
marching men on parade!
16-inch gun!
does the work.
Is it any wonder that Edgertons
Lower and lower sank the helphair has turned slightly gray?
less Jenny. Edgerton flattened his
On another occasion, Jim got of a lead pencil were spurting out. glide as much as he dared and tried
caught in a vicious summer thun- Soon the whole forward part of the to squeeze over the soldiers. He was
derstorm over Baltimore. He was fuselage was saturated.
almost knocking their hats off, but
Jim watched the lightning play- still the Yanks continued to hold
flying his faithful old mount, No.
38274. The turbulent air tossed ing about the metal parts of the their ground.
the frail wooden Jenny about like plane and waited for the spark
I just skimmed over their heads
a ship on a rough sea. One instant that would blow him to shreds and and landed on the very edge of the
her nose would be pointed straight splatter him all over Baltimore. But parade ground, Jim laughingly retoward heaven and the next instant Lady Luck was riding with him lates. It was my old outfit and they
Jim would see the ground rush- again and the spark never came. certainly gave me a welcome.
ing up at him just over the engine He rode out the storm and brought
It was just a bit demoralizing to
cowl. He needed spurs and stirrups those precious letters in right on the military discipline of the pato ride that crate, for she was buck- the stroke of the clock.
rade to have an airplane drop down
Baltimore almost proved to be out of the sky and land in its midst.
ing like a bronco in a Wild West
rodeo. Peals of thunder drowned Jims jinx. A few days later he was And then to find that it was piloted
out the roar of the Hisso engine pushing the mail over the Mary- by one of the old members of the
and blinding flashes of lightning land metropolis when suddenly organization indeed called for a
above the steady drone of the en- rousing greeting. Jim got it all right,
cleaved the sky about him.
Suddenly, he saw gasoline begin gine, there was a high-pitched but immediately set about to repair
to leak from the tank which was metal twang like a guitar player his engine and then pushed on.
carried just below the top wing be- tuning his instrument. One of the
On August twelfth, 1918 the Artween the center section struts. In drift wires, which extended from mys airmail days came to an end and
several places along the edge of the the nose of the plane to the struts it turned the flying of the mail over
tank, streams of fuel about the size to keep the wings from buckling, to the Post Office Department.
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20 JULY 2011
Jeff Justis was just 13 when he and his family embarked on the restoration of
a 7BCM Champ. The photo above is just one of the photos of him alongside his
teenage years project. In just about every photo he has a grin on his face just
like this. In the top photo, as he and his dad prepare to send The Champ to a
new home, Jeff takes one last look at the landing gear
Jeff and his dad, E. Jeff Justis, look over their covering handiwork in the backyard.
22 JULY 2011
A foil tape antenna ground plane was just one of the nifty little touches added
to The Champ as the two Jeffs restored their airplane.
Doesnt ever yone use Champ
tail sur faces as decorative elements in their household decorating? Mrs. Justis is a ver y
patient woman.
VINTAGE AIRPLANE 23
Visit the VAA chapter nearest you and get to know some great old-airplane enthusiasts! You dont need
to be a pilot to join in the funjust have a love of the great airplanes of yesteryear.
Chapter 27 of Delaware, Ohio, hosts a monthly pancake breakfast where attendees enjoy the camaraderie among the airplanes.
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LOUISIANA
New Iberia, LA, VIN 30
Meeting: 1st Sun., 9:00 a.m.
LeMaire Memorial Airport Hangar 4
Roland Denison, President
Phone: 337-365-3047
E-mail: vaa30@cox.net
FLORIDA
Lakeland, FL, VIN 1
Meeting: Contact President
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Phone: 352-475-9736
E-mail: mx180a@aol.com
Website: www.FSAACA.com
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NEW HAMPSHIRE
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Tulsa, OK, VIN 10
Meeting: 4th Thurs., 7:00 PM
Hardesty South Regional Library
No meetings in July, Nov. & Dec.
Joe Champagne, President
Phone: 918-257-4688
Email: skypal@groveemail.com
TEXAS
Spring, TX, VIN 2
Meeting: 4th Sun., 2:00 PM
David Wayne Hooks Airport (KDWH)
Fred Ramin, President
Phone: 281-255-4430
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Meeting: 1st Mon., 7:30 PM
Capitol Drive Airport Office
Donald Hyra, President
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BY ROBERT G. LOCK
Illustration 1
VINTAGE AIRPLANE 25
Illustration 2
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Illustration 3
Illustration 5
Illustration 4
not indicate what type of extinguishing fluid was
contained within the tank; however, soda-acid was
widely used in those days, and carbon tetrachloride
was invented in 1912 by the Pyrene Company.
In a communication from Command-Aire President Robert Snowden regarding the purchase of
stock options in the company, he states, Our exclusive franchise for the sale of Phylax automatic
fire extinguishers should, if the War Department approves this extinguisher as standard equipment at a
test to be made next week, net the corporation more
than $50,000 annually. This extinguisher has been
approved in all the European countries and the War
Department has admitted to us that this is the only
automatic fire extinguisher for airplanes in America
and our patent rights on this will hold in this country and Mexico.
What is not mentioned in any publicity regarding
PHYLAX automatic fire-extinguishing equipment is
that it was brought to Command-Aire Incorporated by
chief designer Albert Vollmecke. Vollmecke visited his
VINTAGE AIRPLANE 27
Illustration 6
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Illustration 7
Pyrene fire extinguishers were
made of brass and were nicely polished. They were not high-pressure
units but required the use of a
hand pump to generate pressure
to expel liquid from the cylinder.
These extinguishers were generally mounted in the rear cockpit
to be accessible to the pilot of the
ship. Command-Aire would install a Pyrene fire extinguisher for
$7 in 1928 and 1929. It was a factory extra. Illustration 7 shows a
Pyrene fire extinguisher.
Pyrene had been around for
some time, having invented the
carbon tetrachloride extinguisher
in 1912. Fire was and is still a
large concern for aviators, but
not as much as back then. All the
early ships were covered with cot-
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The student make-up is a real cross-section of America. My youngest student to date began flight lessons
at age 14 and the oldest was 77 years young. Ive mentioned some of my students in previous articles. At
years end 2010, while converting our student files
from paper to computer, I was amazed to discover that
in the previous two years, I had given instruction to
more than 200 individuals. Some were new students,
others were individuals in search of a tailwheel endorsement, and many were older individuals who had
pursued flight training early in their lives but gave it
up to raise a family. Now they had the time and still retained the burning desire to get back into flying. What
attracted these individuals to the flight school? FUN!
And the fun challenge of flying J-3 Cubs!
Heres a small cross-section of this years group
of students:
A retired U.S. Navy lieutenant who flew F-4 Phantoms off carriers in Vietnam. He hasnt done any flying in more than 10 years, but hes been building a
Skybolt, which will soon be finished, and hes returning to his lifelong loveaviation. He also has two
young sons who want to fly and will soon be joining
the group of student pilots.
A young CPA from Iowa whose grandfather was a
friend of Bernie Pietenpol and who has built two Piets.
The CPA used two weeks of his vacation time to learn
to fly so that he can fly the airplane(s) that his grandfather built and take his grandfather for a ride.
A career military person, semiretired from his second career in Chicago real estate. Hes always wanted
to fly powered aircraft. Years earlier he obtained his
private pilot glider rating as did his son as a fatherson experience.
An electrical engineer employed by the largest
medical equipment manufacturer. Hes previously
flown a lot of radio-controlled (RC) airplanes. After
a job transfer and relocation, and following a breakfast flight ride with a friend, he decided to pursue his
dream of learning to fly.
A 30-something auto repair service manager who
has wanted to learn to fly for years. After seeing the
Cubs flying every day, he decided to pursue his passion for flight.
A national chain hardware store employee who
has had a dream of flying, driving nearly two hours
each way to learn to fly in a Cub.
An aviation writer/video producer who already has
a sport pilot certificate but desires to obtain a private
pilot certificate, and do so in Cubs.
A 30-something young family man who sells
construction equipment attachments. While deer
hunting a year ago he learned one of his hunting
friends had recently learned to fly in Cubs. For three
days they talked airplanes and flying, rather than doing much hunting. Upon his return from the hunting trip, he drove to the airport and signed up for
lessons in the Cub.
A professional musician from the Chicago area
who always wanted to learn to fly. Although not yet
old enough to have a true bucket list, learning to fly
a Cub was number one on his list.
With two exceptions, these individuals had never
before flown or flown in tailwheel airplanes but always
had a dream of learning to fly in a Cubjust like dad
or granddad did many years ago.
Although no one in this group comes from similar backgrounds or professions, there is one common
denominator among every studentFUN! None of
these students are learning to fly to pursue a career
in aviation (although Ive worked with a couple who
have done so). Rather, they are learning to fly, or getting back into flying, for the FUN and CHALLENGE of
flight. They all have a true love of flight and seeing the
world from 500 feet with the door and window open.
I have also worked with a number of students who
began taking flight lessons but quit after a period of
time. They still had the passion for flight but gave it
up. When asked why, the responses fell into one of the
following four categories:
I began taking lessons but after three or four lessons, Id be assigned to a different instructor. After 30
hours of dual, three instructors, and still not having
soloed, I quit.
The instructor wasnt teaching me anything. He
was more interested in building time than teaching.
The flight schools personnel was taking advantage
of me. I was on a budget, and they kept trying to convince me to take lessons in a more expensive airplane.
The flight school atmosphere was very unfriendly.
I was treated as a lowly student, and employees acted
like they were doing me a big favor just talking to me.
Certainly not all flight schools can be categorized by
one of the four responses above. There are many good
schools out there that truly do offer good value in a
friendly atmosphere. If you know someone who has
had a bad experience with a flight school, you might
suggest he or she try another school before giving up
on the dream of being able to fly for FUN.
Take a moment and think about how you first became interested in airplanes. What triggered your
pursuit of learning to fl y? Did you have a buddy or
maybe a family friend who encouraged you? Or even
became a mentor? Do you remember your first flight
lesson? Do you remember the day you made your
first solo flight?
Remember that passion and sense of accomplishment? Dont hesitate to share it with anyone expressing an interest in learning to fly.
At Cub Air Flight we sell FUN. When individuals
visit the airport to inquire about learning to fly, we
know they have made the commitment in their own
mind. It then becomes our responsibility to make
the visit friendly. A friendly environment is a FUN
environment. Kids are always welcome. If a prospective student has children with him or her, we invite
the kids to sit in the planes. At the conclusion of our
discussion we emphasize the following statement: If
you learn to fly with us, it will be FUN, CHALLENGING, and SAFE!
I dont believe there is a shortage of pilot prospects,
but there is a shortage in how we all go about attracting these people to become active participants in pleasure flying. Remember, flying is FUN. Lets make an
effort to help others share in that FUN!
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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 31
by H.G. FRAUTSCHY
MYSTERY PLANE
This months Mystery Plane comes to us from Bruce Voran.
Send your answer to EAA, Vintage Airplane, P.O. Box 3086, Oshkosh, WI 54903-3086. Your answer
needs to be in no later than August
32 JULY 2011
David Nixon supplied us with the April Mystery Plane shot of CF-BXO,
a Canadian Vickers-built Supermarine Stranraer.
Two RAF Belfast freighters were dispatched, and the disassembled aircraft
was transported to the United Kingdom
where the machine is currently one of the
centerpieces of the collection.
The aircraft type had many names.
The most familiar (and printable) were
Stranny, Strainer, and Flying Meccano
Set. The least affectionate was the Whistling S***house, as when the lid to the
throne was lifted there was direct access
to the great outdoors and there emitted a
loud whistling noise.
Bill Bishop of Mulgoa, New South Wales, Australia, sent along this photo
of the surviving Supermarine Stranraer.
QCA began buying several examples
and was instrumental in convincing
the Canadian Department of Transport
(DOT) to issue a civilian Certificate of
Airworthiness (C of A). One of the first
aircraft so issued was CF-BYI, which began passenger service from Vancouver
north to the Queen Charlotte Islands and
Prince Rupert on 5 March 1946. The aircraft was certified for 20 passengers. CFBYI, also known as the Haida Queen,
flew until 24 December 1949 when it
crashed in Belize Inlet, some 240 miles
north of Vancouver, BC. The accident
claimed the lives of two passengers, with
two passengers and the three crew members being rescued; however, the aircraft
was wrecked. The remains of the aircraft were abandoned on the beach. In
Other correct answers were received from Hillis Cunliffe, Millbrook, Alabama; Brian Baker, Sun
City, Arizona; Wesley R. Smith,
Springfield, Illinois; John Whitehead, Cheyenne, Wyoming; Scott
Church, Cochrane, Alberta, Canada; Jay Broze, Walla Walla, Washington; Jerry Paterson, Kent,
Washington; Jamie Patterson, Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada;
Dennis L. Bedford; Peter Lubig,
Shanty Bay, Ontario, Canada; Toby
Gursanscky, Clontarf, New South
Wales, Australia; Larry Knechtel, Seattle, Washington; Werner Griesbeck, Aldergrove, British Columbia,
Canada; Jack Erickson; State College, Pennsylvania; Gerry Norberg,
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Lars
Gleitsmann, Anchorage, Alaska;
Thomas Lymburn, Princeton, Minnesota; and Lane Older, Bellingham, Washington.
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VINTAGE AIRPLANE 39
Flying
Outside
the Fishbowl
BY
40 JULY 2011
S. MICHELLE SOUDER
whether I go far or stay in the comfort zone I cant let complacency take
over. Those skills and experiences
need to be stretched from time to
time regardless of where I fly. An unexpected situation or emergency is a
bad time to find out I dont remember how to do something.
Complacency also allows fear
to creep in where it doesnt belong.
Some fear (I think) is a natural part of
flying, but it can also unnecessarily
keep us grounded because we wont
get past our self-imposed limits and
become better pilots through experience. (Note: experience does not require taking stupid chances.)
Are you flying in a fishbowl? . . .
If so, maybe its time to climb up
and get out a little. If staying in your
comfort zone is where youre going to be, at least challenge yourself
from time to time, or have someone
else (even an instructor) make you
stretch a little. Dont let the fishbowl make you lazy.
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