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I love the SOHIO emblems!



Not sure if there is any more of this aircraft left. Anyone know?

http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry ... rtxt=8400H

1947


1948


Society of Air Racing Historians records show it at Planes of Fame waiting restoration

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Sohio Logo from F2G #57



I'm partial to this Logo



Let's not forget about this one either:

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Looks like it is going to need a lot of restoration unfortunately...

Thanks for the period photos.

Hi bdk;
Thought you might enjoy this original cap from the National Air Races with the SOHIO logo. It came from Cliff Henderson's files & albums.

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There were only two of them built, Swee'Pea and Swee'Pea II, by Art Chester. Chester was killed in the crash of Swee'Pea II. He was known mainly for his pre-war Jeep and Goon racers, as well as for his ability to get the most reliable power out af the Menasco inline engines. This one, 8400H, was sold to Lynn Kauffold and renamed Sky Baby. The father of a friend of mine worked with Kauffold for Chester in Chicago.

To see another photos of Race #7, go here: http://oopslist.com/

And click on this photo: "air_race.jpg"

there was actualy 3 built sweet pea 1 (sky baby) sweet pea 2 ( the one art chester died in) and Winpy. sweat pea 2 and wimpy where built at the same time after sweat pea 1 was sold to his michanic len kofmen and modified as sky baby. what you see in the picture is the original tail of sky baby. After Art Chester died in the sweet pea 2 Kofmen took the tail form it and installed it on his sky baby. this airplane has been sitting in a garage in CA for the past 30 years I talked to the owner a few years back about buying it.

her is some info on the crash on Wimpy

from BannerBob.net

The Crash of the Midget Racer explained: Although it has been over 60 years now, the one thing I remember is standing around with a bunch of older guys looking at this perfect imprint of an airplane on what I recall as being a taxiway. As mentioned earlier I did talk to Bob Heasley about the crash and he gave me some details most of which I have now forgotten, but I recall him saying that he and some others were standing there watching the airplane as it hit the deck. Dan Rhinehart recalled his older friend, Joe White, telling him of a Goodyear racer crashing at Rosemead around 1948, and that the airplane was a V-tail design by Art Chester. Dan further found that Art Chester's "Wimpy" crashed on July 25th 1948. A friend of Dan's verified that there was a fatal crash of an Art Chester racer in July 1948, and the pilot's name was Mike Anrander.

Ross Mayfield wrote the following: "My Dad was standing about 20 feet from the impact point when this crash occurred. The plane was a V-Tailed Art Chester racer and had just been purchased by the pilot who was now doing a little showing off in it. My Dad was going to give two of his brothers a ride and was starting a mag check when this guy flew across in front of them aligning himself with the taxiway (same heading as the P.E. tracks) and pulled up. My father said "we might as well get out and watch the show" so they shut down and got out to stand right next to his plane and watch. Apparently on this Art Chester racer, at certain speeds the air over the wing would blank our the elevator/rudder V-tail. This is what happened in this case. As you state, the plane left it's mark embedded in the tarmac. My Dad said that you could see the imprint of each wing rib and the tires made 4" deep impressions. After witnessing this, one of my uncles announced that he didn't really want to go flying that day.

The interesting fact to me here is that I have always made the statement that I got my first ride when I was 16, but other than my memory there has never been anything written to prove that fact. But now, knowing that the crash almost positively was the Art Chester racer that crashed in July 1948, and that I was there when the imprint was still fresh, then that dates my first ride as age 16!

Eric

It sure would be fun to hear that little jar of hornets buzzing around the pylons @ Reno-

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