What's New In Sportsman Pilot?

The Winter (February) 2010 issue of Sportsman Pilot contains the following news items:

Plus in-depth articles on the following aircraft and their owners:

 

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Art Chester's Jeep air racer History - Art Chester and his little Menasco powered Jeep air racer - from its inception and construction in 1932, through its racing career from 1933 through 1938, and its “lost” years from 1939 until it was restored and put on display in the EAA AirVenture Museum. The article contains 11 photos of the Jeep from the 1930s - some never before published.

 

 

Lon Dienst's reproduction Chester Jeep Lon Dienst of Poplar Grove, IL, his son, Eric, and his brother, Steve, have built a beautiful reproduction of the Chester Jeep - which Lon flew for the first time on September 30, 2009. It is powered by a Menasco D4-87 and a cut down Hamilton Standard ground adjustable prop.

 

 

 

Rick Michalek's 1953 Piper 135 Tri Pacer Rick Michalek of Keosauqua, Iowa restored a 1953 Piper 135 Tri Pacer to its original configuration - and flew it to Oshkosh the day following its completion in July of 2008. He has been winning trophies for it ever since.

 

 

 

Jack Phillips' Pietenpol Air Camper Jack Phillips of New Hill (Raleigh), North Carolina has had a love affair with the Pietenpol Air Camper for decades - and finally got around to building a Continental A-65 powered version, completing it in October of 2004. A month later a forced landing on a busy highway put the Piet back in Jack’s basement for the better part of a year - but he has been enjoying adventures in it ever since, including several trips across the Appalachians to Brodhead and Oshkosh.

 

 

Mike Rossum's RV-7A Mike Rossum of Longwood, Florida probably had the most photographed sportplane at Sun ‘n Fun and Oshkosh last year. His RV-7A is painted in nautical scenes, from nose-to-tail and from wing tip-to-wing tip, commemorating his 14 years as an Air Force pilot, including a combat tour in Vietnam in F-105s, and his 26 years as a Pan American captain. Aside from the fishes, mermaids, Clipper ships and underwater scenes on the airplane’s exterior, the RV-7A has a glass cockpit with capabilities far exceeding those of some of the airliners he once flew.

 

 

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