CONTENTS
A PUBLICATION OF THE EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION
Vol. 61 No. 3 | March 2012
FEATURES
FEATURES
16
A Real Life Sky King
Jack Cones, the Flying Constable of
Twentynine Palms
By Christopher Freeze
22
A Good Flight
Sharing a Stearman with
a Tuskegee Airman
By Rod Hightower
Constable Jack Cones with his Piper J- 3 Cub.
26
Hitting the Silk
Parting company with a
not-so-perfectly good airplane
By Mark Phelps
34
Glasair’s Two
Weeks to Taxi
The best vacation a pilot can imagine
By Lyn Freeman
ON THE COVER:
A Glasair Sportsman over the Cascade mountains. Photo by James Lawrence.
For more on many of the topics in this issue, visit www.SportAviation.org.
To view and submit aviation events, visit www.EAA.org/calendar
PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY TIM O’CONNOR
DEPARTMENTS
03
Tower Frequency...Rod Hightower
06
Letters to the Editor
40
Left Seat...J. Mac McClellan
46
Flying Lessons...Lane Wallace
52
Savvy Aviator...Mike Busch
60
Light Flight...Dave Matheny
64
Dream Build Fly...Brady Lane
68
Plane Talk...Lauran Paine Jr.
72
Contrails...Jeff Skiles
10
Advocacy Update...Governmental Issues
12
Flightline...Industry News
14
AeroInnovations...Cutting-Edge Developments
76
Stick & Rudder...Hitting the Brakes
80
What Went Wrong... When Smoke Causes a Fire
84
I’ll Never Do That Again...Calling in Tired
86
What Our Members Are Building/Restoring
90
Retro Fit...DIY Reupholstering
92
Hints for Homebuilders...Electrical Switches,
Testing Your Altimeter and VSI for Leaks
96
Homebuilder’s Corner... The World’s Smallest
100
Shop Talk...Vacuum Bagging
105 Member Central
106 Pilot Caves
107 News From HQ
110 Gone West
112 Members/Chapters in Action
116 FlyMart
117 Classified Ads
