MARY JONES
Vol. 59 No. 7 | July 2010
Oshkosh and STOL
Hope to see you, but just in case...
EAA AIRVENTURE OSHKOSH 2010 will be less
than 40 days away by the time you receive
this magazine, and we’re all excited for the
fun to begin. The entire publications team
will be out and about the AirVenture grounds,
looking forward to meeting and talking with
you. If you see us on the field, stop and say
hello and tell us what you’d like to read about
in EAA Sport Aviation…or in any of EAA’s
print or electronic publications.
However, if you’re not able to attend
AirVenture 2010, we’re going to do our best to
make you feel a part of the adventure. We’ll be
providing lots of online content—web stories,
photo galleries, videos, e-newsletters…be
sure to visit www.AirVenture.org every night,
follow us on Twitter and Facebook, and keep
an eye on Oshkosh365. We’ll do our best to
make you feel a part of the celebration.
If you’re here and shooting photos or
videos, please share them with us and your
fellow members through Flickr and You Tube.
Tag your uploads “#OSH10” to make sure
we see them, and use the same tag for your
Twitter updates as well. So many ways to
communicate these days!
They got my attention, and while I still
dreaded those maneuvers, I dedicated myself
to paying better attention. Life—kids in
college, etc.—interrupted my flight training,
and I haven’t officially gotten back to taking
flying lessons…yet, but that conversation still
rings with me.
I thought about the importance of
slow-flight maneuvers often as we started
organizing this themed issue around short
takeoff and landing (STOL) aircraft. I know
that those pilots who fly the bush in Alaska and
compete in Valdez…or land/take off at short
strips all over the world…spend lots of time
practicing slow-flight maneuvers, and I have
great respect for them. You can read about the
competition and how the pilots modify their
aircraft for the condition in which they must
operate in “Valdez STOL Competition: The
hardware of backcountry aviation.”
While not every article in this issue relates
to our STOL theme, several do, and we hope
you’ll enjoy reading about these specialized
aircraft and how their pilots fly them. A STOL
issue couldn’t ignore a historic aircraft like
the Fieseler Storch, but who could imagine
owning a Harrier as a civilian? Well, Art
Nalls did, and he shares his story of how he
acquired this rare aircraft. Could you get
more STOL than a Harrier?
Sit back and relax as we take you through
some history, offer you some advice on piloting
techniques, and share a homemade pancake
recipe. What…a pancake recipe? No, we
haven’t become Better Homes and Gardens,
but pancake breakfasts are a great chapter
fundraiser and we have instructions on how to
build a cool pancake grill and a recipe for you
to try if you want to be a bit more creative than
using Bisquick or Krusteaz.
We hope to see you at AirVenture…or
share a pancake with you another day.
EDITORIAL
Publisher: Tom Poberezny
Vice President-Membership: Adam Smith
Director of Publications & Editor: Mary Jones
Associate Editor: Kelly Nelson
Assistant Editor: Rose Dorcey
Senior Art Director: Phil Norton
Art Director: Michael Annino, Olivia Trabbold
News Editor: Ric Reynolds
Copy Editor: Colleen Walsh
Proofreader: Rachel Krubsack
Editorial Assistant: Dana Heimos
Editorial Intern: Katie Wainfan
Multimedia Journalist: Brady Lane
Webmaster: Sue Delrow
Photography Staff: Jim Koepnick, Bonnie Kratz
Production/Special Projects: Kathleen Witman
Contributing Writers: Mike Busch, Dave Matheny,
Lauran Paine, Jr., Robert Rossier, Max Trescott,
Ron Wanttaja
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ALL ABOUT STOL
Now, let’s talk about this issue. Several years
ago when I was taking flying lessons, I came
to work one morning after a lesson the
night before and commented that I didn’t
like practicing slow-flight maneuvers. Work
on magazines came to a screeching halt as
then Sport Aviation Editor Jack Cox and
Vintage Airplane Editor Gene Chase (who
flew off aircraft carriers as a Navy pilot)
spent the next half-hour or so explaining
the importance of mastering slow-flight
techniques…and convincing me that such
skills might one day save my life and/or the
airplane I was flying.
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