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Welcome to Our Website

WELCOME TO OUR WEBSITE ACTIVE SINCE 1955 ================================ Incorporated in 1955 as a Pa 501 (c)(3) Not for Profit Corporation, the OX5 Aviation Pioneers is dedicated to bringing before the public the accomplishments of early aviation pioneers and their connection to … Continue reading

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Past Presidents

OX5 PAST PRESIDENTS 1955-58    Russ Brinkley * 1959-60    John H. Livingston  * 1961         James J. Mattern  * 1962-65    E. A. Goff, Jr. * 1966         William L. Atwood  * 1967-68    Arthur Goebel  * 1969-70    John P. Morris  * 1971-72    Karl E. … Continue reading

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Buehl Book

We wish to thank Mark Taylor for permission to post Articles & Photos. Mark Taylor 3544 Toboggan Road Billings, MT 59101    1-406-259-3110 (voice or text) mark@buehlfield.info Ernie Buehl and the Challenger NC5796 This article is adapted from Mark Taylor’s … Continue reading

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Patty Wagner Remembers

Patty Wagner is our National Treasurer. .

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Application To Join

JOIN OUR ORGANIZATION Online Membership Application (or) Print New Member Application Here ANNUAL DUES       $30.00 Send your application and check to: OX5 Aviation Pioneers PO Box 769 Troy, Ohio 45373 ALL ARE WELCOME.  OPEN TO ALL.  You do not have to … Continue reading

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Beisner for Vintage Aviation

by Jim Beisner, Past National President, OX5 Aviation Pioneers, VAA# 30609. The first best kept secret is the OX5 engine that powered most military planes.  The JN-4 Jenny, the Canuck and most civilian aircraft prior to 1930, sported OX5 engines.  … Continue reading

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1937 Airshow Home Movies

A 30 Minute Home Movie A short story from Dennis G Yerkey,  Gov, Webmaster, Past National President I learned that a Pittsburgh Clifford Ball Wing member died and that his belongings were being cleaned out and thrown in a dumpster.  … Continue reading

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A Very Short History

In June of 1955, Charlie Carroll, then operator of the Latrobe, Pennsylvania Airport appeared before the Aero Club of Pittsburgh.  He approached Gaylord Ball, then Manager of Greater Pittsburgh Airport and President of the Aero Club of Pittsburgh and suggested … Continue reading

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Vintage Aircraft Site

http://1000aircraftphotos.com/

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Harold Walter’s History

  Harold is still the editor of the Kansas newsletter. . Harold Walter Aviation History  

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Command Aire

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All American Aviation

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Ernest H Buehl OX5 ID#17

Source: Rosanna Buehl, Granddaughter Rosanna Buehl www.buehlfield.info Ernest H Buehl’s OX5 ID Number was 17. Buehl was a member of the so-called “Ancient and Sacred Order of Quiet Birdmen” (QB). This is a more-or-less secret club made up of men … Continue reading

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W.K. Skinner

.The OX5 organization would like to thank W.K.Skinner for providing 72 issues of our newsletter to post on our web side.

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Remember Cliff Ball

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2021 Board Meeting / Reunion

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OX5 CLUB HISTORY

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2024 NATIONAL LEADERSHIP TEAM

. Russ Berry, 2023 National President 2024 OX5 National Officers, Governors & Webmaster January 1, 2024   Russ Berry, National President 7425 S. Kessler Frederick Rd. West Milton, OH 937-405-7183 berrygoodwine@yahoo.com   Tim Pinkerton, Vice President 5494 Shiloh Springs Road … Continue reading

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Fly Baby Blog

    http://flybabyfun.blogspot.com/  

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1955 Program

Latrobe 1955 The OX5 Aviation Pioneers started here.

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Photo 2nd Convention 1956

The organizational meeting and first convention was held at Latrobe, Pa Airport August 27, 1955.  This picture is Williamsport, Pa 1956

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Curtiss Aeroplanes

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From Tom Samuel

Hi, My grandfather, Lloyd C. Pownell, was an airplane mechanic and pilot. His name is listed on your 1957 membership roster (Lemoyne, PA). He was an original member of the OX-5 Club and often flew a Curtiss “Jenny’. I’ve attached … Continue reading

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OX5 56th National Reunion 2011

Courtesy Glenn Curtiss Wing – Hammondsport, NY

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Excellent Blogs

WACO NINE blog:       http://nc3397.blogspot.com/ Curtiss OX-5 blog:       http://curtiss-ox-5.blogspot.com/ Cessna    140 blog:       http://n140tw.blogspot.com/ Fly Baby blog:               http://flybabyfun.blogspot.com/

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A Nice Engine

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Air Mail Cover

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New OX5 FaceBook Page

President Richard Wilbur has created a FaceBook page for the OX5 Aviation Pioneers.  FaceBook has become an extremely popular form of communication and information.  We think the page will help spread the word of our organization. We will be posting … Continue reading

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Captain Billy Walker Web Site

Home Page of Captain Billy Walker Greetings!  If deemed appropriate, I’m hopeful you will show a link to my website.  It is an aviation website with, presently, some forty four stories, videos, along with photos. Many references to the OX-5 … Continue reading

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The Best OX5 History Book

This Limited Edition book was Published and copyrighted by the OX5 in 1985. It contains hundreds of photos and early member biographies. Owned and scanned for posting by Dennis G. Yerkey, Gov & Webmaster,  you will not find a better source … Continue reading

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Enola Gay H-Bomb

Link to Space Museum Forest Arden was the chief flight mechanic of a B-29 stationed at Tinian Island.  His aircraft was parked nearby to the Enola Gay and he watched the loading procedure of the first Atomic Bomb.  He said … Continue reading

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Blue Swallow Aircraft

6-10-2016 From: John Gaertner Hello James, I received my Spring News letter this morning. Thanks! I am attaching some details that I hope will be helpful to others in the OX5 club? I would like to see if they could … Continue reading

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Items at KLBE

CBW Owned Items at the KLBE museum  

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Orange OX5 Engine Spec Book

Orange OX5 Engine Spec Book

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A Place-Latrobe Airport

A History of the Latrobe Regional Airport and the Pittsburgh Area. Featuring– Biographies of the Pioneers: (Charles B. “Charlie” Carroll, James DeWitt Hill, Carl Strickler, Raymond “Pappy” Elder, Lloyd Santmyer, Clyde Hauger, Dave Patterson, Lou Strickler, Russ Brinkley, Frank Fox, … Continue reading

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Pittsburgh Aviation History

PITTSBURGH AVIATION Bettis Field, now Allegheny Count Airport Courtesy Cliff Ball Wing of Western Pennsylvania Printed winter 1993/1994 p 155 to 182

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Miss Pittsburgh

When you enter the landside terminal at the Pittsburgh International Airport, you may have noticed a vintage aircraft hanging over your head.  That airplane is “Miss Pittsburgh”, which made history by completing the first airmail flight from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to … Continue reading

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AIR PICK-UP Starting 1941

This is about All American Aviation Air Mail pick up service starting in 1941. Allegheny County Airport, Pittsburgh, PA. This booklet copyrighted in 1946 with photos from the Army Air Force. Note: There are original printing errors such as missing pages … Continue reading

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AAA, Inc.

Antique Airplane Association, Inc. An award to Robert L. Taylor Robert Taylor Award   PDF

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Rag Bag Aero Works Inc

http://curtiss-ox-5.blogspot.com/   Dennis Harbin, owner of Rag Bag Aero Works, Inc., has given the OX5 Aviation Pioneers permission to embed his blog postings on our web site. These blogs and movies are of various restoration items and projects that he … Continue reading

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Dean Tilton’s Ant Eater

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Airplane Photo Site

This is a link to a great airplane photo site: http://1000aircraftphotos.com/ 1000aircraftphotos.com got its start in 1998 hosted on Homestead.com, created by Ron Dupas, of Depoe Bay, Oregon, US. It was called “Aviationphotos” at that time. The images came from … Continue reading

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From Billy Walker-Arizona

11-12-2014 Greetings! I am a former president of the Arizona OX-5’ers. I have been out of the picture for several years as the Arizona bunch no longer meets largely due to no leadership along with so few members still living. … Continue reading

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New Pictures of Miss Pittsburgh

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Memphis Belle

Memphis Belle at Pittsburgh, Pa.                                                            For all the aviation enthusiasts The Memphis Belle, a WW II B-17  restored “Flying Fortress Bomber”, was at the Allegheny County Airport (Pittsburgh, Pa) over the weekend. Photos by Ron Parry                                                      

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Tilton OX5 Engine Projects

NOTE:  DEAN TILTON WAS INDUCTED TO THE OX5 HALL OF FAME IN NOVEMBER OF 2014 OX5 ENGINE PROJECTS by DEAN TILTON 2009 This page is the most visited page on the OX5 web site.  I suspect that people marvel at … Continue reading

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Aviation Artwork by Ed Harris

Aviation artwork by OX5 Cliff Ball Wing member Eddie Harris. http://www.eddie-harris-artist.com/ Permission was granted for OX5 use. Aviation artwork by OX5 Cliff Ball Wing member Eddie Harris.  

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Larry Bartell

Larry Bartell Father of Pat Griswald Larry Bartell was a former OX5 National Governor from the Wisconsin wing. Larry Bartell was born in Whitefish Bay, a suburb of Milwaukee,   on March 19th, 1914.  He moved with his family to Waukesha County ,  … Continue reading

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Random Thoughts by R.G. Lock

A 58 page book by Robert G. Lock 50 years in aviation. A biography.                   Link to:  RANDOM THOUGHTS-Mentors and Friends

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AAC by Robert G. Lock

Link to the book. Command-Aire & Albert Vollmecke An excellent book by Robert G. Lock about the Arkansas Aircraft Corp and Albert Vollmecke. A total of approximately 140 OX-5 powered Command-Aire model 3C3 ships including the model 3C3-T were produced … Continue reading

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Website Contingency Plan

10-23-2013 From: Dennis G. Yerkey, ID 22023 Gov, Past Pres & Webmaster The following discussion was introduced into the the minutes of the 2013 Board Meeting by Gov Donald Voland. “We should be considering establishing a program (method) to provide for continuity with our web site … Continue reading

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Eagles Mere Photos

Double click on an image to enlarge. http://www.aeroclubpa.org/ The Aero Club of Pa held a fly in with the destination being Eagles Mere Airport. Eagles Mere is a Wing of the OX5 Aviation Pioneers Photos submitted by Robert Dant, VP Print-Web-Photos … Continue reading

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Jack R Cram by Cal Taylor

Below is the link to the Gen Jack R Cram article. Gen Jack R Cram article/biography Permission was granted by Cal Tayor to the OX5 Aviation Pioneers to use his article for  our website and newsletter.   8-7-2013  

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Oshkosh Miss Gilmore

Frank Pavliga’s 14-year project May 23, 2013 – It’s been quite a while since a Waco 9 biplane has been to the annual EAA fly-in convention. In fact, Oshkosh has never seen one; it was Rockford 1962 Marion McClure flew his 1926 model to … Continue reading

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More Tilton Projects

 

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Tilton Sport Aviation Article

Tilton   Article from Sport Aviation  1984

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Tilton Project

Photos of Dean Tilto’s OX5 engine project.  

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OX5 Engine by Sandy Skinner

This is a link to a very detailed 15 page OX5 engine article by Sandy Skinner TMV4N4CurtissOX-5 Used with permission of the author on 3-29-2013.   Credit must be give if used. This article appeared in the Vol. 4 No. 4 … Continue reading

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1965 Letter from Cliff Ball, Sec

Read letter here >>  Ball letter   E. A. Goff, Jr. was President in 1965 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Edgar Allen “Pete” Goff, Jr. (December 12, 1896 – February 11, 1989) was an Air Force colonel and jet fighter pilot.[1] … Continue reading

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Kathi Latson to Don Voland

2013 Kathi Latson wrote: Dear Mr. Voland, Greetings from Spencer, NY! I purchased a set of vintage OX5 Aviation Pioneer coasters (from 1976!) off of eBay. I am a 52 year old lady who has always loved flying and sometimes … Continue reading

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Frank J. “Chilli” Miller

Frank _Chilli_ Miller OX5 Pioneer3-15-2013 Mr. Beisner, I am attaching a “life story” of a gentleman I met years ago that belonged to my church. Unfortunately, he has since passed away, but I would like to send you the transcript … Continue reading

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CAM-11

 The Air Mail Act of 1925 (Kelly Act) authorized the postmaster general to contract for domestic airmail service with commercial air carriers. It also set airmail rates and the level of cash subsidies to be paid to companies that carried … Continue reading

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Rex Smith Biplane

Rex Smith Biplane From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   Rex Smith Biplane Role Biplane National origin United States of America Manufacturer Rex Smith Aeroplane Company First flight 1910 Introduction 1910 Developed from Curtiss Pusher The Rex Smith Biplane was a … Continue reading

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Klein Photo Collection

The Bernhard Klein collection. A great collection of Aircraft photos. http://1000aircraftphotos.com/index.html http://www.dmairfield.org/Collections/Klein%20Collection/Civil/Private/index.html http://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/KleinBernhard/KleinBernhard.htm

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Article by Adam Lynch

  Commercial Aviation Took Off in Pittsburgh by Adam Lynch  Not all the thousands of people who regularly pass beneath her glance up, but occasionally, one will stop for a better look. She hangs from the ceiling of the Landside … Continue reading

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OX5 Engine Article

Excellent Curtiss OX5 Article by Chad Wille This can be printed from the PDF file.  

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Leslie Jones Photography

http://www.lesliejonesphotography.com/subject-series/aviation/46 Click on the above link to view some great aviation photos by Leslie Jones that are now in the Boston Public Library. Click on an image tag in the right box.  example  biplanes Biplane photos will then appear if Jones took … Continue reading

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2012 57th Reunion Pictures

Photos by Dennis G Yerkey Double click on a picture to enlarge.  

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From Gordon Cumberland

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Creve Coeur Airport

http://www.crevecoeurairport.com/ 57th Reunion Tour Our thanks to Al Stix. Al Stix led the OX5 Aviation Pioneers on a wonderfully humorous and informational tour of 4 hangers containing 50 restored aircraft. He also gave us his thoughts on the handling characteristics of … Continue reading

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Aerial Experiment Association

  “Casey” Baldwin, Lt. Selfridge, Glenn Curtiss, Dr. Bell, John McCurey and visitor, Augustus Post of the Aero Club of America. This photo was scanned by Dennis Yerkey from the Greveldine collection at the Hammondsport Reunion.

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OX5 Repair Manual

Hand Book & Repair Manual Curtiss OX5 Aeronautical Engine 90 hp @ 1400 rpm Scanned and posted by:  Dennis G Yerkey, Nat Gov Distributed by: Nicholas-Beazley Airplane Co Inc Marshall, MO    1925       Price .25 cents Open this link.  Download and … Continue reading

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Miss Gilmore

  Miss Gilmore By Bill Amick, Mount Vernon News June 22, 2012 12:13 pm EDT  MOUNT VERNON — You may have passed Frank Pavliga on the way to work Thursday morning, but if your eyes were on the road you’d … Continue reading

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2012 Reunion Article by Livi

THE 2012 NATIONAL REUNION On September 20-23, 2012 OX5 Aviation Pioneers members met in St. Louis for their 57th National Reunion.  The affair included the essential business meetings and an array of pleasurable and entertaining activities that included a trip … Continue reading

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Planes Powered by OX5

OX5 Powered Planes

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Looking Forward by Pres Voland

Looking Forward to 2016 As we start our 61st year of existence, I am very optimistic about our great Organization.  I look forward to the further development of our Outreach Programs with financial aid for scholarship programs and assistance to … Continue reading

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