Pete Groves is scratch-building a Laird Super Solution replica and has been documenting his progress on a blog site.

The workmanship is beautiful and Pete's updates will appear here in the future.

Brian Meuser at Schellville airport, near Sonoma, CA, sent an update about the wings that he's been working on for the past several months:

Here are a couple of pictures of the 1931 CW Travel Air 12W lower right wing and a couple of pictures of the 1929 Cirigliano top wing. We we able to use the original spars and wing tip bows in both wings. I sold the Rearwin 7000 (under the covers in the background of the 12W wing picture). It was purchased by Tony Martinez from Great Bend, Kansas. Tony wanted to get a project plan that originally came from the state of Kansas. He promises we will see it at Blakesburg in 2012. The other fuselage in the picture is the CW Travel Air 12W.

Arrangements have been completed to bring Brad Poling's Stinson Model "O" to Blakesburg for the 2011 Fly-In, "Life Begins at Forty". Brad says: If all stays in the green, we will be arriving Thursday.

In flight, the "O" just "does her do". A solid, "no surprises" airplane that one would expect from Eddie Stinson.

The "O" now has 120 hrs. & no serious problems mechanically. A tribute to Evergreen Aviation Restoration Services' skill and dedication to this project.

See you in the Fall,
Brad

The summer issue of the Antique Airfield Runway is at the printers. This issue contains the latest news on the APM Restoration Center, reports on the Cactus & Flabob AAA fly-ins, a feature on the past Grand Chapion Antiques at Antique Airfield and of course the 2011 AAA/APM Invitational Fly-in information and advance registration forms.

Look for this issue to be in your mailbox shortly after the 4th of July.

AAA members and regular Blakesburg Fly-in ride-givers Doedo and Gail Schipper are featured in the Longmont, CO Times Call's coverage of the Longmont EXPO airshow and fly-in. Keep up the good work!

Click here for the article.

The APM Board has decided on a bid for foundation floor work and construction is expected to begin this week as soon as the weather dries out! The building permit has been issued.

At long last we will shortly be able to show some concrete progress on the Restoration Center. However we still need your help and support to move this project further ahead. The best way to do that is to contribute to the "Buy-a-Foot" campaign and become an "owner" in the APM Restoration Center. Only 812 sq ft (2840 total) remain. Brent Taylor Treasurer APM

The 2011 National Biplane Fly-In was held at Freeman Field, Junction City, KS in early June. Here's a video and photos by Gilles Auliard.

The Michigan chapter invites you to help with a fundraiser for the APM this year during the 2011 fly-in, "Life Begins at Forty".

Remember how we all made our way every morning to the patio of the "Ground Loop Inn" for coffee?

Remember the coffee cups that Dave & Isabel Warren sold with the year and the AAA logo?

Remember how we had to search the rack to find "our" mug?

Let's do it again!

So clean out your cupboards, pack up as many cups as you would like to donate to the APM, and bring them to Blakesburg; or save time and aircraft space by mailing them ahead of time to; Antique Airfield 22001 Bluegrass Rd. Ottumwwa, Iowa 52501. By putting a "coffee cup" notation on the box hopefully we'll avoid a headache/nightmare for headquarters.

The Michigan chapter will take care of the unpacking, setting up Dave Warrens original "Coffee House" on the patio of the "Ground Loop Inn", and selling the cups.

We look forward to seeing how many cups arrive from all over the country but the best part will be bringing back a part of Blakesburg many of us have missed plus sharing those Dave Warren coffee cups with the next generation of antiquers.

For more info contact Rosie Duckworth at 989-875-2205

Michigan Chapter Antique Airplane Association

Mike Araldi, in Florida, is finishing up the ground and taxi tests on his Waco AGC-8 N2312 restoration. Looking forward to seeing the first flight video!