AOPA Pilot Magazine - September 2014 - R-2

Chino
Keeping the history
in historic

LES WHITTLESEY and
his wife use one of his
Chino hangars to host
special events (above).
Visitors examine the
Golden Age of Flight
gallery at Yanks Air
Museum (top). Naval
aircraft are displayed in
the Planes of Fame Air
Museum's Enterprise
Hangar, which replicates
the hangar deck of a
World War II aircraft
carrier (lower right).

R-2 | AOPA PILOT September 2014

THE HISTORIC AIRCRAFT filling the hangars,
museums, ramps, and skies of Chino Airport
don't restore and maintain themselves. A cadre
of dedicated owners, pilots, and mechanics
keeps them airworthy and exercised. They've
helped to maintain the airport's history and traditions for the past 74 years.
"I grew up basically at Torrance Airport,"
said Les Whittlesey. The son of a military pilot,
he wanted to become an airline pilot, but the time
he spent flying a Cessna Citation inspired him to
go into the land brokerage business. When noise
curfews and other challenges drove him from
Torrance in 1986, he moved his aircraft to Chino.
In 2008 he completed the Cal-Aero complex on the field, one of four hangar projects he's
done in California. Whittlesey and his wife use
one of the eight hangars for weddings and special events; they also host two of EAA Chapter
92's four annual Young Eagle rallies.
"It's become a great way to promote aviation," Whittlesey said. "We want the city folks
to like the airport, and see the airport as an
asset, not a detriment." His aircraft-including
a Lockheed Electra Junior, Waco ZPF-7, Cabin
Waco, and Cessna 140A-add to the vintage aviation atmosphere.

Bob Hayden's hangar holds a flying Stearman
and parts of a Tri-Motor. His father, Robert
Hayden, partnered with Bill Stout-designer
of the original Ford Tri-Motor-to update
the design, which they did with more powerful engines, a slightly larger cabin, and other
enhancements. Renamed the Bushmaster
2000, two were built; one is still flying, but the
other crashed at Fullerton Municipal Airport in
September 2004. Hayden purchased the wreckage and is preparing to rebuild the airplane.
"This airplane has an uncanny effect on people," said Hayden, whose father got to see him
solo the airplane in 2003. "Everybody who I
talked to that has flown the Bushmaster said it
flew like a truck, not like the other Tri-Motors."
Hayden and his wife will donate the aircraft to
Yanks Air Museum, which will restore it.
Carl Scholl and Tony Ritzman moved Aero
Trader to Chino in 1985. In May the specialized
warbird restoration firm was working to finish what will be the only flying Douglas A-20.
"We're kind of a unique operation, a big toy
shop," Ritzman said. Although they have aircraft stored on 20 acres in the desert-including
six B-25s and a B-29 project-Chino has served
their needs well.



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