Quarter 1 2012 - Aviation Museum of Santa Paula

N EWSLETTER O F T HE A VIATION M USEUM OF S ANTA PAULA
February, 2012
First Quarter • 2012
IN THIS ISSUE:
President’s Message . . . . . . . . . 2
Chain of Hangars. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Santa Paula Women Pilots
Support 99s & Girl Scouts . . . . 3
Fiscal Year Financials . . . . . . . . 3
AMSP Wish List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Volunteer Beacon . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Torn from the Scrapbook . . . . 7
Tin Town Toon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
DIRECTORS & OFFICERS:
Judy Phelps, President
Bruce Dickenson, Vice President
Janice Dickenson, Treasurer
Jerry Deanda
Wendell Dowling
Craig Mailloux
Clay Phelps
Jeff Wenig
Eric Dullenkopf
Judy McCarthy
Julie Shular, Director of Ops
Jerry Deanda, NOTAMS Editor
Pat McCollum, NOTAMS Production
WHERE'S THE MONEY?
HEADQUARTERS BUILDING SIGNED OFF!
JULIE SHULAR, DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
On January 17, 2012, Clay Phelps and Jeff Paul received
a certificate of occupancy from the City of Santa Paula.
It's been a year's worth of amazing, wonderful, promising -- and even
scary things. Your new building is complete with foundation, glass wall,
40' hangar door, fire safety sprinkler systems, two unisex bathrooms,
polished concrete floors, track and overhead lighting, and newly painted
Navajo-white walls.
This is the Aviation Museum of Santa Paula's building where science,
math and history teachers may bring their students to climb in a cockpit,
feet and toes reaching for the rudder pedals, two hands on a yoke feeling
the airplane parts move. Dreaming of flight. Excited. Gleeful.
The building will house permanent exhibits to preserve the Santa
Paula Airport heritage and provide aviation education to our youth. In
addition, plans are in the works for special interest rotating exhibits and
stocking the permanent gift shop.
For 10 years the Aviation Museum
of Santa Paula's board members put out
the call for more money, more volunteer
labor, and more patience. You
answered the call. You made the
permanent Museum building
possible by providing
$72,216.00 in construction
expenses and untold, muchappreciated hours
of volunteer time.
You did it.
This year your
gift was especially
important.
Thank you.
MUSEUM
PRESIDENT’S
MESSAGE
Here we are at the start of
another year and I find myself
asking,
"where has all the time
JUDY PHELPS
gone?" 2011 has been a good
year for the Museum and
much progress has been made. The headquarters
building is soon to be completed and there is a grand
opening in the near future. A new web site was created
www.aviationmuseumofsantapaula.org. If you
haven't already seen it I suggest you have a look, it's
really nice. Clay Lacy donated a 1946 Stinson airplane
which is now on display in the headquarters building.
We have two new directors (Erik Dullenkopf and Judy
McCarthy) on the Museum Board. Erik will be featured
in this newsletter. You will also see a series of articles
on the chain of hangars in upcoming newsletters
(starting below). A great deal of focus has been placed
on the headquarters building and we want to remind
everyone that our whole airport is part of the Museum.
In October we sent out our annual year end
membership/donation letter and the response has
been wonderful. A huge thank you goes out to all our
wonderful museum supporters.
We are now gearing up for a great 2012. Have a
Happy and prosperous
New Year!
CHAIN OF HANGARS
The mainstay of the Museum's history for ten years
has been the willingness of hangar owners to open
their doors on the First Sunday of the Month to show
our visitors what Santa Paula Airport is all about.
In this newsletter we'll begin a series featuring one
hangar each issue to provide a little history and
background for what is on display. This issue features
the hangar of Craig and Carol Mailloux. Its primary
focus is aviation photography as well as historic
photojournalism.
Craig was a photographer and editor for United Press
International (UPI) for many years in Los Angeles and
Dallas. Following UPI, he spent 16 years as Director of
Photography at the Los Angeles Daily News and 4 years
in the same position at the Ventura County Star.
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His photography includes Charles Manson, the
death of Marilyn Monroe, Axis Sally, Watts Riots, Cary
Grant, President Nixon and Emperor Hirohito, Axis
Sally and much more.
Also on display are hundreds of press credentials
from over the years as well as vintage photo
transmitters from before the internet era. Craig was
sending images around the world as far back as 1960
with UPI.
A Santa Paula resident and pilot for 19 years, the
now retired photographer/editor has spent many
hours involved with aviation photography and many
examples are on display.
Carol has a workshop in the hangar where she
makes porcelain dolls and does porcelain painting.
While the visiting boys can look at
the many model airplanes, the girls
can visit the doll making process.
We encourage all owners to
open their hangars and display
their airplanes and share the
experience of flight at Santa Paula
Airport. Many pilots are collectors
and we welcome all to join us on
First Sundays and share their
airplanes and
history.
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SANTA PAULA WOMEN PILOTS STRONG SUPPORTERS OF
VENTURA COUNTY NINETY-NINES & GIRL SCOUTS
JERRY DEANDA
On Saturday morning, October 15th the Girl Scouts
of America and the Ventura County Ninety-Nines got
together for a Career Day at Camarillo Airport. On
hand were about 60 girls in three groups, some parents
and some of the best 99s from the Ventura area.
The program was broken down into four parts, with
the girls rotating between learning some basic
aeronautics and flight science, hearing a bit about
flying careers with Judy Phelps talking about operating
a flight school, Dianne Williams talking about flight
instructing, Charlotte Alexander adding a bit more on
instructing and flying charters, and Angelee Conroy
speaking about her career as an airline pilot.
Judy brought a Cessna 150 trainer over and the
girls got a chance to sit in the pilot's seat, wiggle the
controls and learn how they work.
Susie McWilliams flew her helicopter from Santa
Paula and the girls all got a good look at it and heard
Susie talk about flying helicopters.
We had a hot air balloon on hand too and there
was a lot of interest in that, even though it wasn't
possible to inflate it. A mock runway was marked out
on the ramp and the girls had a good time making
takeoffs and landings from it.
The weather cooperated nicely and there were a
lot of positive comments from both parents and
participants. It
was a great day!
2010-2011 FISCALYEAR FINANCIALS
1 0 . 1 . 2 0 1 0 - 9 . 3 0 . 2 0 11
BALANCE SHEET
PROFIT & LOSS
ASSETS
INCOME SOURCE
Total Current . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $18,970
Total Fixed* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $543,228
Total Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $725,000
TOTAL ASSETS . . . . . . . $1,287,198
Interest Income . . . . . . 35%
Donations . . . . . . . . . . . . 27%
Fundraisers . . . . . . . . . . 20%
Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12%
Membership Fees. . . . 6.5%
Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . <1%
TOTAL INCOME . . . 100%
LIABILITIES & EQUITY
Liabilities
Total Current . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $161
Total Long Term. . . . . . . . $284,672
Total Liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . $284,833
Total Equity . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,002,365
TOTAL LIABS/EQUITY. . . $1,287,199
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* Cost of
construction
is reflected in increased
Fixed Asset Value
PERCENT DOLLARS
$21,812
$16,732
$12,369
$7,572
$4,116
$101
$62,702
EXPENSES
PERCENT DOLLARS
Interest on Loans. . . . . 33% $21,372
Fundraisers . . . . . . . . . . 13% $8,475
Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . 11% $7,270
General Ops . . . . . . . . . . 11% $7,028
Taxes & HOA Fees . . . . 10% $6,650
Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5% $3,445
Outside Labor . . . . . . . . . 7% $4,685
Equip. & Supplies . . . . . . 5% $3,202
Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4% $2,385
TOTAL EXPENSES. . 100% $64,512
NET INCOME . . . . . . . . . . . . $(1,810)
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THE AVIATION MUSEUM OF
CRAIG
1920's – 1930's AIRPORT OFFICE
Before the Aviation Museum of Santa Paula is opened to the
public later this year, there are numerous items that we're looking
for to put the finishing touches in place.
The museum is focused on Santa Paula Aviation and is being
outfitted to reflect the time of the airport opening, from the late
1920's to the 1930's. We need furnishings and period items to
furnish a recreation of the 1930's Santa Paula Airport office.
We are reaching into the community for your help and
suggestions.
Specific 1920 and '30s things we want are:
§ Books, manuals, documents of aviation from 1920s and 30s
§ 1930 or so Santa Paula phone book
§ Aviation or other magazines from the era
§ Post cards or first flight/day airmail covers from Santa Paula
Airport
§ Shell was the first gasoline sold at the airport. Any appropriate
Shell sign from that era
§ Maps or charts, pilot log books, pilot's licenses from the period
§ 1930s calendar
§ Documents relating to the Santa Paula Airport in the early years
§ Photographs of opening day in 1930 or 1930s photographs of the
airport
§ Airport photos from the WWII period when the airport was closed
and the planes moved inland
§ Aircraft from the desired period
§ Vintage aircraft equipment, such as propellers for display,
instruments, gauges
§ An appropriate aircraft engine on a stand
§ Airway or aviation beacons, such as rotating beacons or airport
lighting or the airway beacons that dotted the country for early
cross country flights
§ Any advertising signs from the 1930s depicting aviation or Santa
Paula Airport
§ Old aviation toys
§ Aviation art prints or original aviation paintings
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AMSP
SANTA PAULA'S WISH LIST
MAILLOUX
§ A 1930 table or console radio
§ Oak office desk chair
§ A coat/hat rack for the old office
§ Vintage telephone, candlestick type, in any condition
§ A vintage wall or desk clock
§ RC models of vintage aircraft
§Signs depicting any reference to Santa Paula Airport, perhaps
representing one of the early flight schools.
§Movies about aviation in the 20s and 30s, can be current or
vintage.
§A pickup truck from the era, 1928-32, in good condition.
§Art Deco style furnishings and objects of 1930s – ashtrays, lamps,
chairs, etc.
Do you have something to offer us? If so, we would love to hear
from you! Please contact us.
Craig Mailloux, Collections and Display
(805) 525-1109
[email protected]
Julie Shular, Director of Operations
(805) 525-1109 or (310) 883-4538
[email protected]
Aviation Museum of Santa Paula
800 East Santa Maria Street, #E
Santa Paula CA 93060
(805) 525-1109
[email protected]
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VOLUNTEER BEACON:
ERIK DULLENKOPF
I am unique in that I am the only museum volunteer
that can claim they grew up in the Airport Museum
structure. Confused? My father, Doug Dullenkopf, and
Mike Dewey started Screaming Eagle Aviation in 1977
and it remained so until
it closed in 2006, a year
after my father's death.
What is now the
Museum, was one of
Screaming Eagle's open
aircraft showrooms, and
where I used to ride my
skateboard and bike.
The Museum offices
were Screaming Eagle's
sales offices, where I
could often be found
playing on Dad's
computer. In fact, at a
young age, my father
taught me the fine art dipping grilled cheese sandwiches in ranch dressing, at the Airport Cafe. I first met
Clay Phelps when he was a teenager and worked as our
line boy. My mother reminded me that Clay would try
and teach my sister and I how to flip silverware at the
restaurant, much to my mother's dismay.
Growing up around Screaming Eagle, I took airplanes
for granted, flying only occasionally on family outings.
It wasn't until I was 17 that I took an active interest in
flying and went on to earn my private pilot's license,
then instrument, and commercial. It made my dad
proud to see me share his love of flying. He got to see
that love of flight that he passed on to me when just a
few months before his passing, we flew two American
Champions back from the
factory in Milwaukee
three days to Santa Paula.
For thirty-one years
Santa Paula Airport was
home to my father and as
a result has become part
of me. To maintain this
connection, I have
become an active
volunteer for the Aviation
Museum. Over the last
couple of years I have
volunteered for and
sponsored many events,
including the airplane
raffle, multiple Wine & Wings, and Museum office work.
Most recently I am excited to have been appointed as
Secretary on the Board of Directors for the Museum.
I am currently happy to be a homeowner in Ventura
and have a financial planning practice in Westlake
Village. You may see me around the airport in my
Christen Eagle II, whenever I can get away from my
office. I look forward to being a part of the Museum and
preserving the history of the Santa
Paula Airport long into the future.
MORE WONDERFUL VOLUNTEERS
Left: Board members
Jerry Deanda and Craig
Mailloux (foreground)
visit with Dave Watson.
Right: (L to R) Gift Shop
Volunteers , Susan
Llewellen, Theresa
Marvel, Nancy Tracy
and Shelly Botan.
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FROM THE
JANICE DICKENSON
Santa Paula Chronicle • June 30, 1940
Successful Air Show
A crowd estimated at 2,000 applauded Santa Paula's
first student air show yesterday, as the young pilots
maneuvered their planes through their paces at the
city airport.
Opened by a plane which swooned low over Main
street shortly before 2 p.m., its motors roaring a reminder
to the downtown residents, the show went off like
clockwork from the air brake demonstration by Jack
Gilbertson, through the 10 events, to the demonstration
of cranking a plane motor in the air by Ben Taketa and
Ray Bannister.
First competitive event of the show was the handicap
race in which three pilots, Lester Eaton, Maurice Ragner
and Cliff Landberg circled a course around the field,
brought their ships to the ground, rushed to where
balloons were available, blew them up, then ran back to
their ships, to again circle the course before finishing.
Landberg was declared the winner of the event.
After the port and the crowd had been photographed
from the air, Eaton took up one of the tiny yellow
Aeroncas, tossed balloons from the cockpit and then flew
back, breaking them with the propeller as the multitude
on the ground shouted instructions and directions to the
man some 1500 feet in the air.
A conclusive demonstration of the ability of even
inexperienced students to hit objectives with parachutes
was given as two of three attempts to drop tiny
miniature chutes scored direct hits in the center of the
field, while the third one missed because the chute failed
to open properly.
Charles Hyde climbed one of the tiny Aeroncas until it
was hardly visible in the sky and then put the ship
through the maneuvers necessary to pass a pilot's test.
He did spins, wing overs, loop-the-loops, figure eights
and finally brought his ship to earth with a spiral turn
that quickly brought him to the field.
The only woman to participate in the show was Mrs.
Maurice Ragner. She demonstrated the proper method of
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putting on a parachute and then stood behind the white
Stinson monoplane as Landberg raced the motor. She pulled
the rip cord of the chute and was just about yanked off her
feet as the huge white umbrella opened in the wind of the
propeller and billowed out behind her.
Jack Gilbertson provided one of the thrills of the show as,
after he had performed in an event entitled "bathroom
confetti" in which he tossed rolls of paper from the plane
and then cut them to bits by diving through them, brought
his plane in for a dead stick landing. Most of the crowd held
their breath as he came closer and closer to the ground, his
propeller not turning over at all, and all heaved a sigh of
relief as the ship finally settled in a perfect three point
landing and rolled to a stop.
Final event on the program was the air starters. Taketa
and Bannister brought a plane across the field with its
motor stopped and Bannister climbed outside of the plane,
stepped on the wheel support and cranked the propeller in
order to get the ship started again.
Bob Simmons, working at the loudspeaker of his public
address system, kept the crowd informed. . . . All those
participating in the event were students of J. W. Hackbarth,
local airport manager, but it was their show, and he did not
arrange or participate in the event besides
giving consent to the various presentations.
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Non-Profit Organization
U.S. Postage
PAID
Oxnard, CA
Permit No. 908
Aviation Museum of Santa Paula
800 East Santa Maria Street, #E
Santa Paula CA 93060
email: [email protected]
phone: 805.525.1109
RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED
OUR MISSION
To educate the public of all ages
in aviation and its history,
both in general, and as it relates to
Santa Paula and to inspire, motivate
and challenge the younger
generation to carry on the dreams
of our aviation pioneers
Become a Museum Member Today!
AMSP CALENDAR OF EVENTS:
Make checks payable to and mail to:
Aviation Museum of Santa Paula, Inc.
800 E. Santa Maria St., #E • Santa Paula, CA 93060
FEBRUARY
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“We Love Our Volunteers”
14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Board Meeting
MARCH
4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . First Sunday
APRIL
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