The Aerial Experiment Association 1907
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
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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 never know it. Pavliga, a second-generation aviation enthusiast from Atwater in Portage County, was probably going about 50 when you zipped by … 600 feet beneath his WACO 9 biplane.
Pavliga was en route to Wyncoop Airport from historic Barber Airport in Alliance, bucking a headwind and having a ball behind the stick of an aircraft that was born with Calvin Coolidge in the White House and powered by an engine that dates all the way back to Woodrow Wilson.
It was only Pavliga’s fourth time up in the open-cockpit relic, which he has lovingly restored over a span of 14 years, and he is now the only person on earth with an airworthy 1925 WACO 9 standard model. The rare plane will be at Wyncoop Airport through Saturday and is one of about 40 vintage flyers taking part in the 53rd Annual National WACO Reunion.
Pavliga has named his blue and silver beauty Miss Gilmore in recognition of the Gilmore Oil Co., which was prominent in the oil and gas industry from 1900 to 1945. The plane’s engine, a 1916 Curtiss OX-5 V-eight, has ties to the U.S. Postal Service. Pittsburgh International Airport currently displays Miss Pittsburgh, the WACO 9 that made the first airmail flight from Pittsburgh to Cleveland in the spring of 1927. But the actual Curtiss powerplant from Miss Pittsburgh now resides under the cowling of Pavliga’s Miss Gilmore.
“It is a blast to fly,” Pavliga said of his WACO 9. “It’s nothing like a modern plane. It doesn’t have trim controls and it’s never really perfectly balanced. You can never take your hands off the controls, but you get used to it.”
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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 to the identifying St. Louis Arch and a ride on a paddle wheel river boat. Other activities included a bus tour of the city and a trip to the Creve Couer Air Museum.
The visit to the Creve Couer Air Museum was an exceptional event. There are four hangars of completely restored antique aircraft, engines, and other historical items. The beautiful workmanship done on the restorations was a pleasure to see. A tour of the facility was conducted by Al Stix, Curator of the Museum.
Restoration of the entire facility has been amazing considering that in 1993 the entire area was covered by more than ten feet of water when the adjoining Mississippi River flooded the area.
The usual business meetings included the election of officers and the passing of the proposed revised bylaws.
Ivan D. Livi
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2025 Officers and Govs
2025 OX5 National Officers,Governors & Webmaster
Russ Berry, National President
7425 S. Kessler Frederick Rd.
West Milton, OH
937-405-7183
Tim Pinkerton, RIP Vice President
Deceased Sunday May 19, 2024
5494 Shiloh Springs Road
Trotwood, OH 45426-3910
937-542-1376
Patty Wagner, Treasurer
3233 South Kessler Road
West Milton, OH 45383
937-999-9594
nc7444h@aol.com
Donald Voland, Secretary
N8680 Stone School Road
East Troy, WI 53120-2334
262-642-3115
aerooptics@aerooptics.com
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James Beisner, National Governor
3730 Monroe Concord Rd.
Troy, Ohio 45373-9294
937-554-9294
james.beisner@bright.net
1901 Hwy. 17-92, Lot 106 Winter Address
Lake Alfred, FL 33850-3185
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Sam Meek, National Governor
1008 Harold Drive
Nashville, TN 37217
615-310-7596
pt17j3@comcast.net
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Greg Gaynor, National Governor
1350 Cherry Creek Road
Sparta, TN 38583
gregganor@hotmail.com
931-252-0397
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Dennis G Yerkey, National Governor & Webmaster
4061 Rustic Woods Drive
Jefferson Hills, Pa 15025
d.yerkey@comcast.net
412-445-3940
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Planes Powered by OX5
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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 Wings that are marketing our Organization. We have shifted our focus from a socializing and aging membership to one that is fresh and interesting for new and younger members. I encourage all of you to enjoy the history of the OX5 engine and all the aircraft that it powered. We have a wealth of knowledge available on this website and I hope that you will find it interesting. Best wishes for this coming year.
Donald R. Voland, Pres
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