AirVenture 2022 - Vintage/Classic
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| Showcased by the Vintage Headquarters was this pretty Curtiss JN-4D Jenny. A museum in partnership with EAA Chapter 1414 built it from original plans in five years. It's first flight was in fall of 2021. |
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An immaculately polished Swift.
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| I know this plane. And I know the guy sitting by the right lower wing. The plane is the Brunner-Winkle Bird, a three-seat taxi and joy-riding aircraft produced in the US from 1928 to 1931. This particular plane resides at Bay Bridge airport in Maryland; I have seen it at many fly-ins. The plane was once owned and flown by Anne Morrow Lindbergh. The guy at the right is Andrew King, one of the most experienced pilots in the world at flying antique and vintage airplanes. He has a lot of Fokker Triplane time. He flew the Bird from Maryland, overcoming a cracked cylinder head on the way. |
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Andrew owns this New Standard D-25, a 5-seat agricultural and joy-riding aircraft produced in the US from 1928. |
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| The New Standard deserves a second look. |
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| One of my favorite planes, an elegant Beech Staggerwing. |
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| This particular Staggerwing has been in the same family 48 years. A full restoration began in 2012 and concluded in 2020. It was worth the wait; the plane is magnificent. |
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All the Staggerwings were lined up in a row in Vintage parking.
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| A row of big Howards. |
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A row of Wacos.
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| A full-scale Fokker D-7. |
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| Quite a paint scheme for a warbird. |
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| Leaving the Vintage parking, I entered the Classic camping area. |
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This "rode hard and put away wet" 1962 Cessna 182 counts as a classic.
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| And the owner wants it judged! Are you kidding me? |
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A row of Cessna 195s.
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| A beautifully polished 1948 CESSNA 195. |
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| I really liked the polished aluminum with red/white trim on this 1952 Cessna 170D. This "rode hard and put away wet" 1962 Cessna 182 counts as a classic. |
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| I have no problem with a plane like this being judged! |
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Another polished Swift. The Swifts lend themselves to polishing, it seems.
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A Beech 18 with classy retro-turquoise paint scheme.
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| Looks even better from the rear. |
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| A Stinson V77 in pretty blue highlighted by yellow trim. |
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| A massive 1942 UC-64A Norseman with beautiful paint job. |
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I have seen this plane before! I saw this Standard J-1 at the Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum on Creve Coeur Airport, just west of St. Louis. Good on them for flying this priceless plane to AirVenture; I'm sure it's not easy flying an antique airplane on a long cross-country.
You know this plane as the one that was used in the great aviation movie: The Great Waldo Pepper. This Standard J1 had been rebuilt in 1976 for the movie. But by 2009 it was in great need of restoration which was done. And now it looks great!
The Standard J is a two-seat basic trainer two-bay biplane produced in the United States from 1916 to 1918. The J-1 was built as a stopgap to supplement the Curtiss JN-4 in production. Around 1,600 were built. This particular aircraft has a Hisso engine.
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