https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/files/original/2545d626185dbe2fc27d839a33f97abc.pdf 59131b5110b667f37852ab17fa3789a5 PDF Text Text Adventures in a Biplane Moxa Veie 35 am PHOTO DESCRIPTION (41 elidat) !• Laying out the fuselage halves. 2. **The Privilege of Flight** (a prixi^of this slide was sent with original inquiry.) 3. Close up of the finished plane. 4. **Flylng the Mail** Laramie, Wyoming to Medicine Bow, WyoaiAg. 5. Clouds rode the ridges and we squeesed below, a few miles north of Grand Junction, Colorado. 6. Altitude above ground changed from 50 feet to 1500 feet as we passed over the crests north of Grand Junction, Colorado. 7. Smog formed an impenetrable barrier ever the San Bernardino Valley. 8. Looking back to Death Valley. 9. Hoover Dam where only the lake is horisontal. 10. Meteor Crater, Arizona, from the horizontal. 11« Meteor Crater, Arizona, standing on a wing tip. 12. Sculptured mesa in Southern Utah. 13. Parked at Gila Bend, Arizona. �Adventures In a Biplane - Photo Description 14. Volcanic necks in Northern New Mexico. 15« Jerome( Arizona* ghost town on the side of a hill. 16. Red Buttes in Wyoming. 17. Open pit uranium mine, Wyoming. 18. ’‘The old and the new." Norm Weis Second Sweetheart* tied down at Mackinac Island* with taxi in foreground. 19. Mackinac Island car wash. 20. Grand Hotel* Mackinac Island. 21. Road hazards on Mackinac Island. 22. Parked under the wing of a Twin Otter at LaRonge* Saskatchewan. 23. Ed Relne* fishing partner for the day* holds up a nice Northern Pike. 24. Same Northern* fighting the plug he bit on. 25. Walting In line to fly sequence* Longmont* Colorado* Rocky Mountain Championship. Watching another pilot fly the sequence, 26. "Damn* he's good." (same contest.) 27. The competition, 28. Connie Day and Jay Weis leafing by Second Sweetheart* Reno* (same contest) Nevada* Reno National Championship Air Races. �Adventures in a Biplane - Photo Description 29. Nona Ifois Line up for the first race (same location). Photo by G. P. Kosak. 30. Twenty seconds to go. Tail holders have assumed position, (same location) Photo by G. F. Kosak. 31. We're off and the Sweetheart takes the lead (briefly), (same location) photo by G. F. Kosak. 32. Mounding pylon six in proper shape (same location) photo by G. F. Kosak. 33. Low and close on pylon six (same location) photo G. F. Kosak. 34. Fog bank in Northern Wisconsin, on the way to Oshkosh. 35. Camping out at Waupaca, Wisconsin, on the way to Oshkosh. 36. Sunrise in Waupaca, Wisconsin, on the way to Oshkosh. 37. Crowds at Oshkosh. 38. The Royal Canadian Air Force "Snowbirds" perform over the Starduster's nose at Oshkosh. 39. Wade Weis, author's son, helps dismount wing after forced landing in Utah. The plane had to be protected constantly Note the fractured propeller and sagging engine. 40. Wade, Jay, and the deputy sheriff remove the ramp used to roll the plane on to the flatbed. �Adventures in a Biplane 41. Photo Description Norm Weis SQpw shadow left behind In Central Utah, where plane was tied to the fence overnight. 120 Photos (9 slides) 42. Practicing for Reno. The tree makes a forgiving pylon. General shots of the completed plane. 450 46. We flew the canyons and waved at countless fishermen. THE FOLLOWING PICTURES ARE OF THE PLANE AFTER THE REBUILDING FOLLOWING THE FORCED LANDING IN UTAHi 47. The new, mere powerful engine gives Second Sweetheart a better up line. 48. Smoke bolls from the Starduster's new corvus oil Injection system, 49. Same 50. Knife edge flight - just like old Speed Holman. (note the checkerboard nose.) �OUTLINE Norm Weis 150 Buck Creek Road Casper, Wyoming ADVENTURES IN A BIPLANE OR THE SKY IS MINE STARDUSTER WHISKEY THE FREEDOM MACHINE NOVEMBER ONE NOVEMBER WHISKEY Chapter 7^00 Chapter 2. 25®® Chapter 3. First Flight Towing to airport - problems - taxi tests - an auspicious moment - in the air - nose heavy! high speed landing - aglow with the thrill! Tilting at a New Windmill Some pnilosophy - a need for adventure - plan to fly again - decision to build - choosing design - building, and more building. Testing Hands off flight achieved - spins - g tests hayfield landing - dog hair in the carburetor broken exhaust - back home. Airshow Anyone? Take off amid the cowpies -• teaching myself aerobatics - knife edge - straight up - straight down - hammerheads - barrel rolls - the sky goes crazy - low level waiver - airshow for faculty showing off - airshow for money? Chapter 5. Cutting the Umbilical The 5U mile rule - flying the perimeter - fun with the tower - 50 hour inspection - sudden freedom - big plans - coast to coast - border to border - flying old mail routes - old mail pilot stories. Checking the Countip^ for Leaks Poor start - turned back in Utah - through Zion intercepted by the Air Force - rolling wheels down Death Valley - no leaks - country in no danger of sinking - visit with the designer over Mexico - a salute - rolling home. �Norm Weis 150 Buck Creek Road Casper, Wyoming Chapter 1. gie--WQ r^d-’of-^Ae robane "-<}^petrl>i-on The Rocky Mountain Championships - the scoring - the fun - 7th of 20 - Midwest Championships - high winds 15th of 30 - roast pig - engine failure and death why they compete - an art form in three dimensions. To Saskatchewan Permit problems - new survival gear - Customs - "air show” at Regina - fishing on Lac LaRonge - help in Swift Current - home with the fish. A Gathering of Egos Park Rapids and the old pro - fog in Wisconsin Oshkosh, a gathering of egos - a ’’store built" crashes those marvelous Snow Birds. Chanter 10 Kitty Hawk the Hard Way Mackinac Isle - momentof terror memories - a tail wind home. strange airports - 2-^000 Chapter 11. choosing a crew - chanj trouble in the pilots’ with my conscience or speed - pylon practice elation. ^r^vXl at\Zaea^^*story time qualifying theplane - a look aroupd;. ^^\c|iapter Fly.!' THe Road ^ine Serious aerobatics - inverted spins on purpose torque rolls - spins on an up line - outside stuff diamond4 loops - clos call. 7^ . ...... Bad goof ih C^itornia - new prop - help in Mexicali wild race - airshow for pay - another bent prop LeGenerale - forced landing at Nephi - hauling NlNW home - rebuilding - a whole new ball game. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Norman Weis Manuscripts Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/</a> Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1971-1987 Description An account of the resource A collection of manuscripts by Casper College professor Norman Weis. This collection includes manuscripts of: Ghost Towns of the Northwest: Known and Unknown The Starduster Two-Story Outhouse Helldorados Each manuscript contains written in edits by Norman Weis Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Norman Weis Language A language of the resource ENG Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Norm Weiss Manuscripts and Photographs, CCA 10.2003.01 WyCaC US. Casper College Archives and Special Collections. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Searchable PDF Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CCA 10.2003.01_Weis_Manuscripts Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Manuscript Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Starduster Manuscript Outline Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <div class="element-text five columns omega"> <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/</a> </div> Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1979 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Norman Weis Language A language of the resource ENG Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Norm Weiss Manuscripts and Photographs, CCA 10.2003.01 WyCaC US. Casper College Archives and Special Collections. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CCA 10.2003.01_Weis_Starduster_DraftManuscript_Outline Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Searchable PDF