Experimenter

December 2012

Experimenter is a magazine created by EAA for people who build airplanes. We will report on amateur-built aircraft as well as ultralights and other light aircraft.

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Win a Stearman! Iconic biplane is 2013 EAA sweepstakes grand prize Next year marks the 50th anniversary of the annual EAA Aircraft Sweepstakes, and the grand prize certainly rises to the occasion: a completely restored 1943 Boeing Stearman Model 75 biplane! The airplane, undergoing restoration at Air Repair Inc. of Cleveland, Mississippi, was once owned by Curtis Pitts. Its long list of features includes a 300-hp Jacobs R-755-A2M engine, 24-volt electric system, dual basic instrumentation, and others you can see at www.EAA.org/sweepstakes. Designed by Lloyd Stearman in 1934, the Model 75 was the training platform for a whole generation of pilots who served in the U.S. Navy and Army Air Forces, the Royal Canadian Air Force, and other nations. Fighter and bomber pilots earned their wings flying the thousands of Stearman trainers produced for World War II. Imagine winning the EAA grand prize and soaring through the sky like those who flew to preserve freedom! This year will feature a new format for entering in addition to previous contests. All new members, renewing members, and rejoining members will receive 50 entries. Automatic renewal members (AutoPilot) will receive 100 entries, while lifetime members will receive 250 automatic entries. (Trial members do not receive automatic entries.) There will be a limit of 500 total entries in the sweepstakes by each eligible entrant, regardless of means of entry. Entry coupons will be included in select issues of EAA Sport Aviation (starting this month), plus they can be downloaded from the sweepstakes website. Complete sweepstakes rules are also available online at www.EAA.org/sweepstakes. Sweepstakes entries will again be available during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013, July 29 to August 4. EAA Chapter 22 of Rockford, Illinois, which began the sweepstakes 50 years ago to benefit EAA programs, will again coordinate the sweepstakes efforts at Oshkosh. In addition to the Stearman grand prize, the sweepstakes second prize is a 2012 Can-Am Spyder RT-S with a Can-Am Trailer. Proceeds from the EAA sweepstakes support the organization's programs that educate, engage, and empower people of all ages to take the next step in pursuing their dreams of flight. EAA would like to thank Oregon Aero for its generous donations of seats and PS Engineering for the intercom to enhance the Stearman. EAA EXPERI MEN TER 9

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