The Restoration and Maintenance Center Buy-a-Foot Campaign continues. We've put an interactive map of donors and the claimed square feet of the hangar here on the website. Please consider a donation!

The first registered AntiqueAirfield.com user to correctly identify (with correct spelling) the pictured OX-5 powered homebuilt, will win a set of AAA-APM "Chief Pilot" wings from the 2009 AAA/APM Invitational Fly-in. The pictured aircraft is currently undergoing restoration on the west coast and we look forward to seeing it back in the air in the not to0 distant future. Send your answers to Brent Taylor at AntiqueAirfield@sirisonline.com.

Ross Johnson sent us some great photos of his 1958 Colonial Skimmer, the predecessor to the Lake Amphibian. Ross is considering joining the AAA - hope he does! (Although I do have to question his sanity to have polished a seaplane! -Russell)

Here are Florida chapter newsletters for October 2009:

• Florida Antique Biplane Association October 2009
• Florida Cub Tales October 2009

See all the Chapter Newsletters.

Brent Taylor has assembled a second installment of his famous fly-in slideshows. See all of the Antique Airfield videos.

Texas Chapter members David and Marcia Mason put on the Reklaw fly-in at their own place in Reklaw, Texas. This year over 500 planes of all types flew in. The Texas Chapter Choice winner was presented to a 1929 Travel Air Model 6-B NC8112 belonging to Pleasant Aviation LLC of Mount Pleasant, Texas. Content and photos by Dick Ramsey.

Brian and Lisa Meuser sent us some photos of their Rearwin 7000 project, under restoration at Schellville Airport, Sonoma CA. The engine has recently been mounted and Brian is working on finishing details.

Addison Pemberton sent us some recent photos:

Enjoy these wonderful images that my son Ryan shot two weeks ago over Spokane. Larry Howard's Laird 1930 LC-1B-300 is featured along with my trusty 1931 Stearman 4 DM Sr Speedmail. We have owned the Speemail 20 years now and she is almost ready for a new engine. Our Boeing 40C is in the WAAAM Museum in Hood River, Oregon until March of 2010.

The Laird is a very fast airplane cruising at 140 MPH at 55% all day long. Note the installation of the new winter shutter on the Speedmail and rebuilt heavy 32 X 6 Wheels. The late Fischer wheels use .156 rim (increased from .125) material and 48 ea .218 dia (increaased from .187) squezed rivits.

Note: after flying the Boeing 40 for 250 hours the last 2 summers the Speedmail is like flying a Cadillac. Lloyd Stearman said "The Speedmail was the best airplane I ever built" and I think he was right.

Addison

Here are the Flint Hills Flyers October 2009 Newsletter, and the San Diego Antiquer Chapter Newsletter for September and October.

See all the Chapter Newsletters.

Aerial Shot of the Flint Hills Flyers Fall Fly-In on September 27.

Metalworking Demonstration by Bob VonWiller and Steve Byers at the San Diego Chapter Meeting on September 24.