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2 V 58 Follow hs basc wegh 59 balance plug n your new Dear Dave / Enclosed s a pcr? ' numbers When whole projec ure of PA H Ed Wach, s done srongly recommend ha prned a pcure of you pu plane up on scales, myself n Mayune ssue ha wegh fnd CG by ac dd no do jusce A/C ~ * ""' f By Dave Hfmell ual measuremens Then adjus you wsh, add hs pcure 0 placemen of baery album compensae for your nose purchased 5729H s anuary of heavness Keep n mnd planes 1982, spen 10 monhs replac Deal Ceel wh slghly af CG have a hgher ng every nu, bol, screw, ec, l W011l(l lke 0 have s0n1e nfer The Wagabond s nohng bu a cruse speed, however, can fnally fnshed wh pan maon on an engne Change on oopy of Vagabond wh Very become unmanageable f your af job n November 1982 All exsng rny Vagabond 433ll' A Presen lle ohanges l sugges ha You wegh becomes o grea Slghly AD s were checked for comhas H C0n A55 l Would lke Purohase engne noun from nose heavy planes are always plance nsall a Lyc arcraf 0235, performs 115 hp Wag Aero snce wll bol rgh manageable you oan offse beaufully_ The booser ps do have jus fnshed rebuldng on your ar frame s capable nose heavness wh elevar m_ wo hngs ha really ad nerfor 4331H excep frewall fwd of hlng a 115 hp engne Your Concernng placemen of mange, They need decrease some wegh balance nsall speed wegh balance wll have be your fuel l sugges removng slow flyng Capably fo see f mgh be able use redone, also complee cowlng nose ank ou all your fuel n akes ou a lo of snurelness hs engne don have wll have be lengned 56 wngs nerosswndakeoffslngs wegh balance nfo coverng Ths necessaes a complee new Also, on followng pages n une of hs year wh 1844 arm dsance of fuel, engne, cowlng assembly To keep you'll see an arole where Tr hours on engne was rn Plo, Pass 31 baggage, alwheel, Wegh lown l sugges You on Pacer 18 gallon wng ank f rgh down for a major ec Would you please send me sarer overhaul bu leave generar Afer n Vagabond wngs Ths Cleanng, Crankshaf rno ed a hs nfo f you have also You mgh also consder swngng would be an exeellen Way feed 1/, housh below rnax_ The any nfo Coverng hs engne n a Wooden Propeller lh Pleee of your Lyc 115 hp engne feel wo psns cylnders looked selleon lke or f anyone has aenb rneal» You oan Save 22 Pollhde TrPacer wng anks would be a new All pars magnafluxed okay ed hs? Ths LYo engne l have s here» wh a wood Propeller good nvesmen dscard your The engne OSMOH was reassembled sure would lke wh hs horsepower, doub f nose ank You*l1 have que a o rne leranee_ use f re s anyway whou you ll noce any dfference n per plane, good long range, exremely Afer engne was rensalled beng 100 heavy wll send You a fornanee wh hs hlgger ehglhe good rae of clmb, be able neror was redone n red Poure as soon as l ge baok lsusbeo You'll be able run run very close your red lne velour black naugahyde ger Thanks 3 lel plane rgh up red lne level Ths s okay as long as you do a Flyng ou of a grass srp wh l haven' been geng rny Vaga' flgh Whou any Problems hgher aludes where ar approxmaely Z200 useable bend [pne News, S0 l ddn' l<10w f refore no need go a meal s smooh The engne wll self rees a one end, pecan rees a Was sll beng Publshed Bob ProPeller Besdes Wood Pro hrole n hn ar (7,500 ) so or) a Meadows, R clmb prop 7249 #3, Sweewaer pellers s used look nce y do run run wde open 1 would say you gves a very shor ake off roll Church Road, Douglasvlle, GA smoor nherenly no fague, should ndoae 95 nph ue bu oruse speed suffers, gas eon absorbs vbraons much beer annrox_ 103 nnh f QAT s 45 F_ surnpon s redueed_ (l heve sen lus ssue of SWPN han rneal On or h f you could ge Among some back approxmaely ssues wh applca 25 sugges approach of runor 195 rnnh [A3 wh 50 }; OAT, arcraf [flyng or under eonsrue_ er! blanks DHl nng baery lue a af ahd your rue ar speed s 121 mph! on) n EAA Chaper 479 we also veg Edr's Nee possbly pung a larger, heaver PS Cecl Ogle flew Wag Aero s have wo TrPacers Bob: alwheel, Ronne Was pnellme ype, of Wagabond wh 115 hp sad s flyng Harold Doll s s Your dea of PungalYo 0235 se Your nose heavness on was absoluely a errfc per under n resraon Yours Vagabond ceranly s ruly, a followng pages s wegh forrner_ l Wsh you luok n hs Bll Bevely_ feasble one, n ao» Wag Aero balance of rny Vag wh a Con 35 projec Also please send pcures ( really don know does jus hs n r Wagabond wh PA16 generar meal prop of your brd_ We sure oould use on auhory <3

3 B0 on subjec How abou gvng us a sry wh pcures on rebuld or facs? hnk fl Shor Wlngs Are were gong buy anor plane, would be a Clpper Remember Spr Wngs was frs plane Max Conrad ew Europe, so we know can haul a lo of fuel DH) Edr Sez BY Dave Harmon n las ssue Seve Ogles answered Lee Breezy wh hs houghs on wha a Vagabond offers s owners, namely freedom would lke commen on hs very neresng approach The Vag s an alernave a srebough plane or a home bul arcraf, or even an ulralgh The Vag s unque snce has so many quales of all of se dfferen ypes of planes wrapped up n one s also unque because s a rare em No many of m were bul re are even fewer yng day All of hs gves a ceran prde of ownershp arcraf whch no or arcraf can clam feel every Vagabond owner has rgh choose how he wans hs Vag be Because of s versaly re are many avenues pursue when you are a Vagabond owner The Vag s ceranly no jus ransporaon s specal n every way gves s owner ably be modfed changed f hs personal wans gves s owner a rareness Because of s age can be resred n classcanque lke ]m Jenkns has done wh hs award wnnng Vag gves s owner an nexpensve lgh, nmble plane, whch s fun fly, a spr of freedom ha closely rvals Ulralghs gves, s owner, a research bed wh whch ry ou hs deas ores prove or dsprove hs personal neress of wha an arplane should be hm, owner 'm now referrng Dale Turner s research on low pressure ar on boundares of hs fuselage Though For The Monh *' Realy s a hyposs Calforna Needs ' Chcken Lle only has be A Chaper rgh once A man s labor s a porra of hmself 0 Ala Hun came from a broken home ' Afer food sex, man s Qrganlzg one greaes drve s ell or fellow how do hs job

4 3 of A, 1 Cecl Uned ; plaée, an ha ~ ' 63 Vag m also referrng research ha am performng wh yarn ufs deermne where all drag producng nner secons of Vag are 'm also dong research on horzonal sablzer deermne a beer poson for leadng edge; ha s rasng a pon ha bom of wng & horzonal sablzer elevar, rm ab on elevar are all lned up horzonal parallel wh each or a an opmum cruse power alude seng When vewng plane now by use of phographs fnd ha se hree members are all fghng each or, hus producng drag, as a Vag owner, feel ha hs s excng exremely neresng work As you can see, Vagabond owner wears many has s a very vared ndvdual feel we all have rgh express our opnons on wha Vag means us why we prefer over all or arcraf also feel ha Shor Wnged Pper gves us an opporuny express ourselves our deas Ths s rue freedom, no only of flgh bu also of our opnons rare opporuny ha Shor Wnged Pper gves us pu n prn, Freedom_of Press urge you all ake hs opporuny pu your opnons n prn, really makes you feel good So le s have some more leers on your opnons, whaever y are Ogles jus reurned from a long 3 monh vacaon urng well aware ef Bur Rnan s SaeS_ n daho he spped VARE EZ LONG EZ ec_ saw Avd F1yer_He repors You also are Probably aware ha ha hs s a very neresng Beechcraf 1S now comng ou hlas explfllen performane wh a Canard wlln engne pfsher s a ou e_same sze as e execuve ype s p very c osey Vag bu much lgher However, followng Bur Ruan desgn wo (fycle englne whlch ls a Plper Alrcfaf also produced a snownwblle Powef Plan see_ms Canard deslgn Called PAT 1, Small me_ h1pk cleslgn nee ha lae Howard Pug of does have que a b of mer Pper Arcraf back n 1930 pu unqueness, especally ha ger a Canard desgn closely Wngs Can be f0ld8d nd l0w8d relang arcraf we now see fly fome kpu n famly garage ng day, Agan, anor rbue or sa e eepng an economca Pper Arcraf ( Pper famly) hangar srage can also see a lo advance hnkng sound Of V88b0Hd T P6081 n buldng of arcraf ha our Shor Avd Flyer jus goes show Wng Ppers have n common wha a good basc desgn Pper arcraf of advance desgn day came ouwh 35 years ag0 s a shame ha Pper Ar SOB Of 0111 TPOC members craf famly could no rean are also EAA members are Pper Arcraf Company con We wll have more on Avd nue make fne arcraf for peo Flyer wh phos n nex ssue ple lke us of Shor Wng Pper

5 l Top :1,4g group Some of suff ha's frame re s consderable low comng ou of Lockhaven day pressure area All of hs s con old man Pper would urn over 1l'l rlbumg drag On or _ e hs grave see h, hs low pressure area Dck Wagner used own a 3 above fuselage ceranly s "" would park Vag on s nose, We hank you Dale for hs save hangar space Many arpors have anyhng else lke hs, dd ha n old days, a lo s ceranly enjoyable readng of Cubs could be pu n one can be pu excellen use by hangar usng ha manner Dck many of our readers has snce sold Vag f re s ceranly can apprecae Dale, anyone among our readers who amoun of me love of knows where Z3 Hoel s now, labor ha wen n hs projec please le us know obanng all se low pressure # Angr neresng projec s 66S h 011gh011 arframe Dale Turner s research on low (1068 COSUB an Bl0 m0l1s pressure area around bgundry 1OU1 Of me l am Sll workng of fuselage Noe from a on my yarn ufs fnd mos ached drawng, he ok poson drag producng areas aemp sarng from spnner a clean up on my Vag does reworked al a a gven qure a remendous amoun of dsance such as a wndsheld close n formaon flyng los whch s 4 fee 10 nches from of phographs had be aken spnner s referred hs much reesng done over drawng as poson 8, he s pck over agan Bu wll have n l ng up 197 of mercury vacuum fuure addons of Shor Wng, '4 4 C% a Vagabond (4423H) He helpng for lf " alongsde of Cub, n order echncal nformaon f you han Ths amoun of vacuum s more adequae run Dale s urn hs bank ndcar A rar unque way elmnae drag Also noe hroughou whole ar My Vag & Pper News a complee repor on By DAVE HARMON j One of nce hngs abou ownng a Vagabond, s jus old enough be consdered an anque classc jus srange enough ha mos people don know wha s you re always welcome a ar shows los of people come up ask you looks famlar, bu jus can que place, Wha s '" Ths summer aended York, Pennsylvana ar show whch has been a growng success The folks a York do a wonderful job make sde vews of PAT 1 The plane was los n a faal crash you feel rgh a home Thank you York Aero presden m _ ' _, D l( las year The fuure of fne desgn S presenly unceran A lh h, B35 sggm Egfggburgsxgxgsswxfj ;CF _3::; ;?Ch1%:Oegp:: ;},hg F h fl h

6 e1"?'* Y anque classc arcrafs offered pay for my son myself for B25 was beaufully resred ncluded machne guns bombs n show, bu y nssed ha We were par of dsplay y were bombbay racks Everyhng Wes uh911cany_ done mcludmg only o happy have us Ponng ou ha cos of avgas day markng ammo wh lo numbers, em Md'Alan1C had? PT'19' A exra effor we have make make se shows a success y ngood example of meculous Cafe n e$ 1"1T18 Old W = 'b"ds' ssed ha show was free for us Rober spread blanke Afer uchng down on runway a Yorlf PA~ ground Crew under wng of plane opened our packed pcnc lunch, for a recognzng anor old arplane, W85 Very qulck dlrec me Off wonderful day of avaon Afer show who should come by bu m runway on grass, droppng POPB5 m _Vn$ Crowdeback Sann, who s an enhusasc Clpper resrer He nroduced parked me along show lne wh or sac dsplay classc hmself we had a grea Cha Jm was yng a beauful red whe Ps specal mus apologze, m, was n somewha of a l hurry ge home before go dark could no spend as much me as would have lked alkng abou old al draggers Afer we ok 1, War Brds always draw a crowd Ths B25 s aunc n every l deal The York show also ncluded Musang PT19 n Bob Russell ew hs Chpmunk a York (Pm) ar show_ Canadan followng pl10l05 Vag owner, Bll Wswell, owned one of se bu sold n order buy Vagabond m Q;

7 l Dear lng as 68 off n abou en mnues ou from York, who should come alongsde, wng p wng p, hn n Sann n hs ps_ Rober, my hey of sx, (one ank n lef wng] Chrs repors ha re s some dffculy n was absoluely amazed see ha Ps pull alongsde n dsap gelng hls ank l» hu Wlh a llle Persuason here re pear n dusk as ]m pu puy ]m s Ps made a beauful reeulng l Was ed heween rlhs He's golng eonlnue run n gh pcure, however had used up all my flm Maybe some or Wlh old LYaornlng 0445 englne unll sorne beer Way oan he und ne, ]n_ power fne plane Ths brngs me queson ha Shor There s anor ar show comng New ersey, a Sussex arpor, Wlng PlPer Cluh should he Workng on solne rnullnle STC llslng» suah however my Vag s no n yng condon anymore bu my TrPacer s as Power Plans Wlng anks of our own O all queslons l Ve plan make Sussex yn Ths show s much lke a Rnglng been askng of Vag owners wo hngs ha come up mos of all s Brors aeral crcus has charm of a counry far Leo STC for a hlgger englne» suoh as 0390 Conlnenal» Wlng anks Loudenslager, former world aerobac champon seven me na exend range have adequae supply hle hlgger ena ehanpen of U_5_ wll heed n eng ls of Ousng engne Therefore, followng s an open leer Wes Sddard aerobac performers There wll be a lng by 3 Cub on a ruck, Wes! French Connecon wll perform s beauful dual aerobac man & wfe As an old lrne Alaskan hush Pllo You know all advanages of ha eam musc of a ohannes Srauss walz There wll also be exra fuel anks as You sald on Phone lf You have husb/wfe PepsCola sky wrng eam, yng 1929 Travel Ars A enough fuel You are never los You also as an a/ld Vagabond enhuslas comedy ac by yng farmer n a 3 Cub Ths one s really grea, have owned one for rnany Years ln Anchorage, Alaska As You oan Confederae Ar Force s brngng n a B25, a C47 a Lockheed see hy our rnagazlne We are a slzahle group of abou 1000 srong all Ylng Lead San Shor Wng Ppers of one ype or anor We desperaely need STC Agan, hs ar show does no charge people ha are yng n on Your fuel anks any ols ha You have Perfeoed for fahrloalng a They feel ha helps make amosphere, all plos are flne se of anks f You sold STC our group You Would he assured welcome These are lle nce bonus hngs abou ownng old ha Your Work ln lme ln deslgnlng se fne anks would llye on for nbe fabe np]anes_ many, many years come many, many planes would benef by your n pas Shor Wng Pper ssues we showed pcures of Chrs orlglnal desgn Pavlck s PA15 Vag Ths plane s nearng compleon probably wll be yng before wner Chrs dd nsall a WayAero wng ank Ths classc Monocoupe may have nfluenced desgn of Vagabond Cecl Ogles recalled ha Bll r 8: Pug Pper suded 1' Meneeenpe whle desgnng Vag_ The fa ne deck upswep lower af fuselage are smlar Vagabond Gbson Avaon suppled all maeral machne work on hs P ahrorne overhaul e

8 '7 _ d a Wes, hope you serously consder our offer purchase your STC s consdered almos broken n hnk s very worhwhle makng respond me, er drecly or hrough Shor Wng Pper Organza Ol consumpon s nl, we are sll s ha chrome cylnders ress 0n_ usng sragh mneral, no ol leaks rusng for anyone ha fles Any Shor Wng Pper enhusas n Paagona, Arzona area why runs smooh The lle 135 hp only once or wce a monh or less don you gve Wes a call a lle encouragemen persuason le TrPacer really akes off wh should serously consder hm know ha hs fuel ank STC wll be pu excellen use Wes phone some auhory now clmbs a chrome cylnder approach There number s [602] a decen rae As you recall, some defnely s more harm done an me ago we found ha hs par engne sng from lack of _ cular engne had sa for a very use, especally around hs easern Wha our of he1r0'290'd3 Lye" engme on long me rus developed n seaboard area where re s a Members Are 3:; gggcfacéggfofgxgg: cylnders before we purchased hgh humdy good deal of run l who suppled Chrome Afer we ran engne for ap ran Lke mos TrPacers hs one u 1 Dnlng 1 d 1 lfer proxmaely a year our conpres ss ou all year round snce Cy n ers Hugs Va ves H son wen sof called Gbson cos of hangars 1S so prohbed n ack Connolly Dave Har ec, urned ou be exce en Avaon h h 1 h N Y s ew or k/n, mong o er over au ew ersey mon fnshed chrome overhaul The engne now has 20 hours an houses, found ha Gbson Meropolan area Agan wan was deal house work wh, hank Gbson Avaon for T very frendly, prces excellen r gudance, cooperaon, pagave me a grea deal of nsgh n ence excellen workmanshp hngs should look for on on hs p chrome overhaul job hs overhaul One pon ha A me of an engne overhaul, all accessores should also be repared or carefully nspeced Any hea ducs bafflng whch, needs replacemen should be aken care of The nose wheel shmmy damper, prmer lnes, vacuum lnes ol fuel lnes should be nspeced replaced f needed The engne overhaul s no complee unl enre engne comparmen has been carefully checked A everyhng s workng n harmony Noe ha mag hgh enson wres baffles were replaced me 0f overhaul,

9 5 odel The T 7 74 $ Mldl The 18 gallon PA22 anks have been nsalled n Vagabonds Ths n n A Vagabond sallaon was n a PA15 s a good way go f you are usng Herd way 115 hp Lycomng Use wo anks remove 12 gallon nose ank By Ten M_ Cener When reurned from Fj lve n Engl n 1973 decded could Q F0 Ch Plans er ' 1934 eeh fer e y _' n afford own a small arcraf Coss dcaed low power Conevery menh en 3rd Saurday, nenal A65 fed plan Afer seeng Ben Coopers whe Vagabond wh e Sunday ren dee GAWKD a Blackbushe decded hs was ype for me Alhough TPQC members n ha eree ere abou 600 Vagabonds were bul n 1947/48 only a hful reached nrged jon green The dnee Europe Enqures revealed none of four Englsh ones were for sale ere $5 per year end yen een een_ so se abou searchng Europe The four French Vags were no for sale ee Roger Leenerd, Remh1_ wo n Germany were smlarly no for sale, The Tunsens faled newes TPOC Chaper n he mg Lene Bowe, Md fer mere n_ reply The Aeroclub of Marrakech who had earler refused Creaed sell eerne n hene en Oe_ fermeen rs Ben Cooper offered me n March 1975 for nher 18,000 drhams 22_ Tweny shor wne Pner Complee nfermeen ef e 2,000 pounds Afer consderng cos of mporng enhusass Vagabond me a Kenrnen fenndng meeng wll enneer n rereval offered $3,300 (1,500 pounds] whch y acceped Arpor, Ken sl Maryl JanuaryFebruary ssue of However n Aprl 75 Brsh Governmen ncreased mpor axes nea Balmore enn fermen; 5wpN_ 8% plus 25% VAT whch could no afford pay founded A furr leer Md_Alene from Chene Aeroclub persuaded me buy Vag y promsed sp h T _P O CT h_ flyng CNTVY f Those 0 sen m a depos e aendng H acer ransferred $2,000 va my bank arrved wner S n Tr u enable me race n even of dffcules P C colleced or 1 Ch k d $1,300 n C3Sl1 ass : Low horsepower arplanes have always been popular n Europe because of r low fuel consumpon Avaon fuel has cos Europeans an arm a leg for many years Ths s one of reasons why Vagabond has been popular on or sde of Alanc n November 1978 May 1979 Vagabond News, n eded by Cecl Ogles carred a sry by one of our Brsh TPOC members, an M Caller, 22 Canley Crescen, Workngham, Berkshre, Engl, concernng hs rals ravals n geng a Vagabond Engl from Morocco am ceran ha afer you read, you Norh Amercans wll all be glad you lve where you do would help as you read equp yourselves wh dealed maps of Grea Bran, France, Span norrn coas of Afrca, fully apprecae all of effor Caller had expend n order ge hs plane Engl would be afrad ask hm wha hs al expenses had been ransporng Vag Engl Wh ha nroducon read enjoy Morocco To Engl essnao_s em ees an a 6 now red unsuccessfully oban a cheap flgh The Morocco Chaper bu Presden s a nnh a/as unable do son Tsn S?\;hl)0l1 plannngd reachhmaerakzclllby :8 1, G""y : lf" 'dh f uédllhvghsrlflglg ally plfrlgshe ado x/goshghldorzllg ~ 1 Rowle L arydan h r 9 3 l n 1951 Hlfghes Carburefor D117 A rough calculaon showed me we could do round rp ;_g:r se31;age c:a y/frgsnre Company of Chmago was ymg by odel for cos of a sngle ran fare G 'Ch h O d P h an Aeronca Sedan on Propana Afer loadng odel we depared Whe Walham on 31 Oc 1975 Azglez Czh: _m::r a ls e n dsncly unganly fashon We were loaded wh en, food, sleepng 75

10 > l R nohng Afer peed Moroccan bags, personal belongngs emergency food, waer compass, we hospaly l pon ou ludh ha s unlkely we shall ge away n checked Conrol offce board ok off downwnd wh a af Cof less han wo hours Afer elearanee by polee followng an nernal G All way Lydd we baled wh a headwnd afer cusms flgh we are allowed ax Aeroolub hangar where we clearance we ransmed Lgh Arcraf corrdor LeTouque We fndthe Vagabond Covered n s» wh a fla yre Collapsed depared Le Touge headed SSW keep clear of Pars Zone bungees wh nenon of yng as far as possble before sunse Ambose Sa under a pahn ree ousde Aerooub spped a Col<e Derre seemed f plan as sunse approached we urned fnal oonenhaed deser soene Afer a Whle Conane Amekrane for r runway 26 wh a sourly wnd of around 18ks Oversho arrved we were offoally weloorned Moroooo wh a Po of rnn due drf bu re was no n wnd grass l on afer a cr ea n oourse of hs speeeh he added now you have seen PA17 cu udh made a perfec uchdown on urf We fueled arcraf when are you oonng bacl< for? The enre Aeroolub s que surprs' spen ngh n a hoel us eas of feld_ ed ha propose ake away wh me ran Vagabond afer y On 1 November ok off Ambose for a drec flgh Perpgnan bu flooded ge sared was releved ha re was no nag drop ran n low sraus souh of Lmoges wh my local knowledge ol Pressure was good, alhough eornpresson was alrnos found whe oonoree of CaboS_ Nobody around hu afer an hour nonexsan Poned ou undercarrage problems ha had phoned Toulouse Me_ who advsed we head SW, depared Cahors obvously no flown for some me despe r assurance ha had was cloudy SW bu clear wards SE Perngnan, so se course We were n aken downwn Seled n Hoel es Amfor Narbonne Ran n moderae ran followed ralway n Per hassadeurs Durng evenng a Conduoed ur of varous looal sghs ngnan lng on r narrow runway_ Whls olearng Cuarns a souk Some exra dffcules are creaed by curren peaceful n Rallye arrved from Tanger We depared for Barcelona wearng lfe vason of Spansh Sahara offeers beng n Agadr Nex nornng we jackes followed coas overhead Barcelona, repored on bd goodbye hoel saff ok a ax arplane nendporable y ask us call feld n sgh, obvously we had an aeral ed se off for Engl bu evdenly sone Paperwork had be Conproblem, so we posoned ourselves behnd an bera DC9, led Base Commer was beng flown baol fron Agadr narked on rnan anron, afer edown ousrns We ok a ax sgn some auhorzaon for me We sa under same palm ree rde n cy ha shall never forge Durng evenng we joned wahed Maroo Ar Foroe C130, C119, T6, Mgsers, C47, Pumas Aloueesn sree dancng On 2nd of November ok off fly drec Tanger roung va _We vs a puble Noary ransfer ownershp of Vagabond coas bu afer passng Caregena found we should be unable make hs seedy lle Clerk refuses accep Ar Base Commers Tanger due headwnds Chose l a Almera refuel rar sgnaure Nex sep s summons Base Commer Wh hs enre han rsk major arpor a Malaga, afer a speedy urnaround we guard enurage» one lucl< sgnaure we are Complee here, were enroue CasablancaT Malll There was sll a headwnd ' we n Vs a governnen agenoy Pay sarnp duy l'lere anor whle passng a Phanm n crcu realzed we should be unable P'ohen'no aroraf have been expored y do no know Wher make Casablanca before sunse alhough we mgh make Raba A dec Charge me wo or fve ponnds By novv s me 0 rere 0 hoel son had be made when we passed Larache, sun se as we passed for anor ngh Kenra we were callng Raba bu geng no reply When down The followng day we al<e a ax arbase wh a vew depar' wnd lefh a RabaSale rado crackled Arcraf over wn _ng now Aeroolnh refuse allow rne fly a Maroo regsered who are you~_ l Srnnly repled nda Hoel», hu n hough add arcraf on an Englsh Plos Lcense We are aken Offcers Mess res of deals By me we axed n parked was dark for mn ea whle hs lle problen s hough abou Afer rnany hu l was Very happy he n Moroooo_ Chose a red lookng ax elephone calls on a hopelessly overloaded sysem s decded ha a asked for a cheap hoel We were aken Hln where asked for T'o nsrucr should fly plane Raba where nay be drecons a cheaper Hoel afer had wered around ar con able ge auhorzaon fly r hallowed regsraon Back Aeroclub where bungees have been repared, hs 17 doned lounge Nex day we depared Raba roung wards Casablanca n sne Plo lurnps n nnderoarrage bungees Collapse aganurnng Souh n hreshold of Sahara am now pleased ha Followng anor repar he axs Cvl ermnal Clears wh naoked an elemenary Survval k_ Crusng a 4500* n Slgh haze ell polc6 akes off for Casablanca Afer 20 mn udh follow n udh urn a b rgh go hrough a gap n hlls urns ou be lodel Enrone l wah for Vagabond down n deser bu» Alas Mounans am already over analas wh a haze seen overhead Casahlanoa TMelll Vag s no on Y; layer Coverng Marrakeoh We l arnong oroung l:ouga Magsers ground, fear wors No re s jus 1/z mles ahead n crcu F5s afer 19 hours Z9 mn arborne from Engl Knowng Arab lng on dr runway We dash her for a drnk, Only }

11 é 4 rakech Wonder D111'1ng ngh are A, U_ 78 fnd fuel canno be sold or han Aeroclub much members rne wasng Afer drnks for all manage nurohase hree 79 Englsh cheques we ok off for Norh Almos mmedaely we We1e 11Y1n8 91/91 $1191/V 99 /91"9d H1_d W8 n0ce ha Pyrenees snow covered ( accouns for prevous nghs vsbly) Run n gallons for Vag, dd no lke Marrakech mehod of oodng 1oW o1o11d5 engne end 1end e1 sar Be1'3e1eo 1o ok me oneok on some Wee1ne1'» 50 mnues e11e1 sar Vag a en TMelll no1n _on 111e 31o11nd 5o1ne 11nP_1o"en1en1 so We 1ook_o e1111'n e11e1' for Reba We ok off 10 mn afer Vag formae on for arrval 5o 1n1n ( We L a 1193 Raba where 9 R911Y an Aeronavale P DC6 elecs wa wach us arrve <1n P1191 W9 1991< Afer 19119W W9Y axng dspersal yng boh arcraf down we ge a ax A mles Of Chaelleraul we _doubled DCA back Monseur aber, led who makes ou a cancellaon regser from Maroc also an 1W auhorzaon fly afer muoh W T alk abou l n wnd n oppose drecon We dd no urn T around nohng udh n pu T6 plo Sadqu, on a ran for Mar es nobodl 119$ 1191/1/ W9 1193's» $9Y$ rakech rere W $ Gr Hoel [recommended Franoe by Tourng club 1951l_ de 1n1o 1oWn 1o Nex Before day we sunrse wa on for wo hours for fog 7 November we are dsperse a arpor, fle n ake off a nlan yng over fog paches lfed sraus wh many breaks Afer 11/2 11o111'S S11e111e $ o 1n1oken end We 1111n 1o d1ve1'1 1o Le _MenS unable e1e ge re seleca suable feld Whle walkng far mhouse we fnd ha half feld s waerlogged, forunaely we led a dry end Telephone Le Mans bu r wear s sll bad so plan ry sar engne Prme, flck msses a bea a oarburer we have fre_ No exngusher n plane so We hrow s n earb from boh sdes as s burnng prey feroely n nredawn_ Arab wahne keeps muerng ~Sabah~ loosely nerpreed <l*s eood» Wh fre ou boh udh are a b shocked bu se dsmanl 1o go n_o1'111 Fe11ne1' ng carburer enowens We ere e1 carb heaer Tnffe box end We1eke o11e11e Engne of resared afer a hours we ax couple 11e11en_1n3 1nen_Y_1no1e holdng pon bu engne des ou now n 1_ne_11e1d; F1Y1ng no_1111 we oen See of L Agle, 1ne arrvng 1oWn over arfeld fnd ha s fre brgade enrely dug arrves up lay We push Vag back cvl apron where 9 oono1e1e 111nW9Y Royal W W Ar Maroc Engneer Aeroclub Engneer nvesgae Mags e1e1e so need 1o1' nerney remed as 111n1n1o e fog 11en1_< far advanced bu sll unabl d h when We n sgh neve 1ne e ge engne udh 1oWn run u ' clmbed on compass alone unl we came have run n ou of clear funds decde sleep on ermnal oor a Belgan member when e1 of ee1 Aeroelub laodues Turned beck eo11111' offered us aooomodaon deeoended 1o 11111e 1oW followed_road 1e"e1 n wn, end Whoh we gladly assened ou norh genly round wes saw feld genly we urned njus as we rounded ou engne Enroue from laoaues home arbase nex mornng we pass wo spped We hough was lack of fuel Hawker bu Fury urned ou arcraf ha yng on on man gae of arbase Afer anor 5 hours rednoed 1'e"S 111e 11ee1 e111o11d d1d no1 P1od11oe e11o o o1 oe111n mechancs sll are unable ge mor fre From arbase speak end oe1'11111'e1o1' A11e1 P11e111ng 111e Coman Amakrane lode1 1o 1ne Ae1oo11111 a Marrakech who s We 5Pen1 e very apologec of n1g111 1n 1_ne11 o11e1e1 fers help of Maroc Ar Force solve se mnor problems They Fo11oW1n3_ canno dey 1ne1e fnd anyhng Wee no 11n11oVen1en1 1n 111e wrong er! Wee111e1 However Ar so We hangar whch Force offer a l aooen free oe'~13n1 l deode e 11e1n 11'on1 fly home Engl Be1neY'Ro11en n odel 1o Le Hevre end 111en ferry Souhampn oe ]udh s 111e boyfrend, Phlp We depar Meeson, Raba me us for Almera where we are able for ngh sp n a one pound Hosal eaoh, noludng food_oan» off 1ne ferry be end bad_ ne Wes less 111en neppy The followng Saurday udh D Smpsonok Takeoff a C nex ero ee an day from Almera y Valenca va coas Afer wen1 1o bnng 111e1ode1 refuelng 1ne 11ne1 y wll Pornon of 111e 11'1P no clear 11o1ne' us Perpgnan VFR as wear a Per 1 NoVen111e1* pgnan Deoen111e1' s 5 klomeers n 1975 end 1en11e1'Y ran hs s no W1o1e VFR wear So we fle a numerous leers varous people n gh Morocco bu go plan no reples Gerona n bu clear cusms Perpgnan Depar Valenca roune alone eoas 1en'~1e1_Y F bu near Corberes _1ePo11ed 111e1 heavy ran bu e perngnan RMAF F'5 ned been 5no1 do1{"n 1n 111e war wh Algera over conrol of Maureana repors was good begnnng wear, so we press on over Mederranan yng 11 1 S11o111d QDMs be e11e1n3 drec A13e11e 1o1 n Perpgnan e Afer Wfeoked Ve3e11ondspeedy cusms clearance W911< /1f wear check 1 urn norh for RoY91A11 Narbonne M up 727 canal Md 919W bu vs s deerorang end 1heY pronneed 1 11nd we decde 0111 drop Wne1 n Wee 11epPen1n3 neares 1o my V_ege11ond' feld Carcasonne Make Abo111 wo Weeks 1e1e e 1_e11e1 sragh n approach nonrado Cep1e1n_ ge onny M1one11X a green from wer Nce of _ oonroller who s grl so nleased RAM see oonoe1'n1ng111e us_ Veg Nodnng ned neppened 1n 1n1ee n1on111e RMAE were proposng dsmanle ake On by road Mar 10 Nov followng a ngh n Arpor Moel pad for wh ~ Vsualzng damage lkely be done mmedaely wroe

12 Pay hours fnd Arbase Commer a Raba read nformed collec hm Vagabond was arrvng by hls Car'Wash he may hell) you So we Vs No Car"Wash far ose Alvarez who advses frorn ha nlee horne l found a renal oornoany who leased ou Ford only garage work capable s of Globo dong pckups for 50 pounds per week wh unlrned Garage mleage The Arranged a proprer lsens drve lorry hs garage, we leave from work for seven he days advses sarng s a Saurday problem 27 March n head an Ar wll ake Traffc Conrol Asssan 5o (Mary Pounds Swann] X_3rea asked go accompany ahead Frday evenng renal company me phoned On advse Regreably rne ha hoh r Thursday s be a Publo holday as new Kng pckups Carlos hs wfe are vsng loan were unservceable could ake cy n vew a hree n of box hs van no for work s be same prce Well was gong oarrlod cos ou more n unl shpferry Frday Whaever coss shall be hu as vve had arranged leave, eq l deoded fuel ake Spen _ ngh o Wednesday n anor oheap hoel Qn Saurday day arse sound of helcopers on Thurs 27 Maroh we oolleoed van a 1500 loaded ol mllng around are Evenually eleven re ks, beds, en, food naoldng n drove Royal Souhampn couple for arrve n a Puma Kep Van ryng Renal on conac 2309 ferry_ we arrved n Le lavre a elephone 0700 nex rnornng afer whou success a good evenually wh our spoke plgh wfe Then rered Mones Resauran conemplae ngh s sleep se off across France Enroue we passed FBGNB resauran Lockeed anor reached ngh San n a Sebasan hoelenerng span n a 2000 case Problems 1 ake work away fron Spansh Frday 2 Aprl we Vs garage arond ndday evenually lorry_drver hu lorry, bu now advsed eollee ha alk my vvay hrough agree nay Spansh Enry nose Toll on problem are engne n Well bom wh no of reurn journey Afer San Sebasan ferres drove home souh n no conac mounans wh unrenal we l 0290 when we slep n rear of van_ agree ll engne spend ye anor Saurday wh ngh n hoel Arse a 0730 on Monday 29 March oonnue engne drve ou aoross we fnd Span ha wo up bearngs crankshaf have broken lmed 47 rnph by governor on engne fnally reaohng wll need Algecras grndng, a bu s vs Saurday l\/ladrd offered for Z355 (ld you We could nake n vvo daysl spares, Nex ferry bu aoross evdenly Sras y are avalable le sasfacon locally from Wh lf Gbraler s 0630 so agan sleep n lorry Spansh wh elephone our sysem alarm clock we sen se, cable e we are a fron of queue for ferry Engl y advsng suaon As we have a leas wo snare Arse wll have move us load days l deode early buy a ferry oke for 18 pounds go Ceua hu durng oolleo Vag ge lorry Algeeras We cach n home mdday on ferry repared loadng some wse guy decdes we have Algecras pay commercal Tanger arff an vs an Arab ra 33 pounds changes hs as we exhave no me oonao who oah arran3e_a lorry n Morooeo lae a reachng argue: Upon Saurday ngh spen ngh Ceua, drve off n off wh duy_free n a fuel dowdy sprs hoel oppose Hoel, grea Sunday El mornng Mnzah Also buy large quany of Moroccan sees us money negoang a very good alorry black marke All lorres are under rae Drve abou 3 mles Spansh/Moroccan Governmen requson border due lorry engne wars wh Algera Maureana Spansh sps wll no resar Local ax drver Oer or Amerean dollars emls a drver who agrees no brngs mechanc who does oolleo unders Ford ruck bu spends us rom Raba a lo of me Arbase lookng ooo hours a Then nex day We dash lon rall sa' anor mechanc res wh lle oal success We oo n ran Raba vs Brsh abou llo mles away The 1509 Consulae y advse akng ran arrves lorry abou Algecras l73o where all seas are re beng s resold a blaol<rnarl<e sad be a Ford Agen As raes s lae by n genlemen day we who have w lorry olmbed aboard near a dool<yard lls 100<ng docks fnd a cheap hoel forward None of rp n Spanards oorrdor when a wll accep young any lad gves as wo seas reuses cash for r day s effors a am overwhelmed P_l shall never n unders hoel we halook The nex 110 rnles n 5 0 for a bah or shower bu s unservceable are shared wh 6 Arab worldnen» r nl Cgarees plng Afer washng we pull Peek waer drps n a free sng oan_needless ed lunohe_s say hs does all ngh_ We arrved a RabaSale saon abou 2130 ok a ax Sd \ Wednesday 31 March vve arse Abdullah where Walk dovvn our Belgan lorry whoh frend s acques lved Tax drver could no surrounded house by a mlary refuses guard go of honour any awang furr whou local cash angry Governor suaon, He arrves n a Bolkow 105 helcoper hm some eash we n dem push go Hl hhs8 lorry on Evenually he agrees drops us ol a Man Gae» Arabo speakng guards bu on manage gae Be n Saehouse y summon dep1y mer base Corn who sugges md sympahy downwn hoel evenually s now 2350 ool< he agrees r blle us on base Marched blle by Arable sbealdng guard ferry buyng a cke for a Mn (7 pounds) We are wed a dockyard off racr ferry by horoughly Polcal searched Agency hu for drugs are ld We Ford vs Agency s n Ceua_vvhere we have us come from However re s an Englsh speakng Spanard a

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15 _, : 4 /\ v l w \ n, SHORT WNG PPER NEWS November December 1983 TABLE OF CONTENTS Q _' ;~ * /*1_ 62> W L _,, ~J M H j 5 e _ 7 l s SSFRALE0 //008 Q K H R\E*;J'7z_ C F, \ aw 1/ fl» _ \ w y e A ' * A \ l \ 1 Presden s Message 3 Rober H Fuller ; E Execuve Board Meeng 8 l TPOC Bylaws as Amended 9 7 / Leers Edr 12 " \\ ~ Chaper Addresses 20 ' / _' 1\~ Mnden Award Wnners 20 \' _ Chld Safey Sea Sards 20 D Chaper News Z1 Convenon Se Suggeson 30 / Noes from Lbraran 32 Lonne McLaughln l Shop Talk 40 Ed Wach Replacemen Fuel Valve \ Plug 45 Hydrosorb Shorage 46 J; $1 New Fre Exngusher 46 ll xv Q Pper Muffler Bal 48 Mke Sellers ll Carbon Monoxde Hazard 52 Pper Arcraf M Touch Go 53 Ed Wach \, Don Sell Recover 56 ulen Bouchard Vagabond News 58 Dave Harmon \ ll \ My Vag 65 Dave Harmon \ \ Wha Our Vag Members s Are Dong 70 ~ ll \ MdAlanc Chaper Formed 74 Roger Schroeder, TP Plo 8: : Maser Conservaons 86 > Mnden Memores 88 Dan Mller Q Pgq '1 Who Needs a Check Ou 90 A Humble Plo R113 2 AM Changes 92 lb Q Plane Raffle 92 "5 \,,}:\ 7"U\d n Q l Murphy s Laws 93 g $, u Classfeds 94 " ; \;_}_ ' " \ Grassfeld llusraed Noos 99 Dck Krenz Q Q ' l ;\ /2 99 zco Fl r L, xv, T, 4 1» \, :,} A ) A gl e