| Issue #17 Table of Contents -A Short Story on Steve Wittman.............Page 1 By Paul Poberezny I asked Paul Poberezny if he would write an article about his friendship with Steve Wittman. Mr. Poberezny sent the Tailwind Times this story of how he came to meet his childhood hero. -Metal Wing, Wood Wing, Hmmm...........Page 1 By Earl Trimble This article compares the numbers! Should you build the metal wing and put the fuel in the tanks, or should you build the wood wing? This is Earl's story... -From the Editor......................................Page 4 By Mark Pensenstadler This is my introduction and explination of how the Tailwind Times came to be (again) -A Perfect Flight......................................Page 4 By Brian Alley Here's a short story about one of those perfect flights. -Welding a Tailwind Fuselage..................Page 4 By Alex Frizzell Here's what Alex learned about welding 4130 Chromoly steel. See photos here -EAA's Tribute to Steve Wittman............Page 6 By Mark Pensenstadler I traveled to Oshkosh, WI on April 5th for the EAA's tribute to Steve Wittman with speaker Dr. Aaron King. Here's the story. -News......................................................Page 6 |