1979 EAA National Fly In

Speeddemon651 · **Joined:** Tue Jan 25, 2011 2:03 pm **Posts:** 235

By any chance does anyone have pictures of a Staggerwing that won "Best in Show" at the 1979 EAA Fly National Fly In ? (N46431)

If not anything before or after would be awesome. These are for the current owner.

4893 UC-43-BH 43-10845 1943-..-.. mfd, contract AC.31386
4893 UC-43-BH 43-10845 1943-05-05 U.S. Army Air Force
4893 UC-43-BH 43-10845 194.-..-.. Bolling Field, Washington (DC)
4893 UC-43-BH 43-10845 194.-..-.. Love Field, Dallas (TX)
4893 UC-43-BH 43-10845 194.-..-.. Bolling Field, Washington (DC)
4893 UC-43-BH 43-10845 194.-..-.. Mitchell Field
4893 UC-43-BH 43-10845 1945-01-24 Reconstruction Finance Corporation
4893 D17S N46431 1947-..-.. US Vanadium Corp (NY)
4893 D17S N46431 1956-06-24 CoA
4893 D17S N46431 1962-..-.. Carl E. Ott, Napa (CA) rebuilt
4893 D17S N46431 1963-..-.. registered to Carl
4893 D17S N46431 1966-..-.. rebuilt completed
4893 D17S N46431 196.-..-.. R. E. Reynolds, Norwalk (CT)
4893 D17S N46431 1969-..-.. sold
4893 D17S N46431 1971-..-.. Stafford & Co, Raytown (MO)
4893 D17S N46431 1974-07-22 Richard Edward Hale Julien Jr, San Francisco (CA)
4893 D17S N46431 1974-..-.. restored again for Julien by Carl Ott
4893 D17S N46431 1979-..-.. “Best In Show” at EAA National Fly-In
4893 D17S N17CV Richard Edward Hale Julien Jr, Belvedere (CA)

Speeddemon651 · **Joined:** Tue Jan 25, 2011 2:03 pm **Posts:** 235

Bump..

k5083 · **Posted:** Mon May 02, 2016 8:32 am

I have searched my files, but don't have one of this plane.

I see that the info above is from beech17.net. I'm not sure what that site means by "1979 EAA Fly National Fly In." If it means Oshkosh, the grand champion antique that year was a Howard. "Best in show" was not an award given at Oshkosh. Accordingly I did not find a feature article on this plane in the 1979 issues of Sport Aviation or The Vintage Airplane, where the winning aircraft were profiled.

I'll keep looking for you and see if I find anything.

August

Speeddemon651 · **Joined:** Tue Jan 25, 2011 2:03 pm **Posts:** 235

August,

I really appreciate the help. I had assumed the name had changed since then 1979. I also checked several issues of Sport Aviation that year and struck out.

Thanks for the digging, JH

Ryan Harris · **Posted:** Mon May 02, 2016 12:45 pm

http://members.eaavintage.org/wp-conten ... t-1979.pdf

I just googled 1979 EAA National Fly-In and, the above link came up. On the first page, in the editorial, there is mention of the upcoming 1979 EAA National Convention in Tullahoma, TN. It is possible this could be the source of the award, not Oshkosh.

BK · **Joined:** Sun Oct 09, 2005 4:23 pm **Posts:** 584

Ryan Harris wrote:

http://members.eaavintage.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/VA-Vol-7-No-9-Sept-1979.pdf

I just googled 1979 EAA National Fly-In and, the above link came up. On the first page, in the editorial, there is mention of the upcoming 1979 EAA National Convention in Tullahoma, TN. It is possible this could be the source of the award, not Oshkosh.

I attended the EAA Fly-in in Tullahoma in 1979. The Beechcraft Heritage Museum is located on the field but at the time of the EAA Fly-ins '79-80 I believe it was strictly a Staggerwing museum.

Speeddemon651 · **Joined:** Tue Jan 25, 2011 2:03 pm **Posts:** 235

Thanks for the info, and narrowing it down. I really appreciate it.

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