National Aeronca Association Bulletin Board

I am a new guest to your forum and look forward to working with you all. What a great time I have had over the last few weeks reviewing all the information posted by you people. As a former Army chopper pilot I have wanted to find a way to have some fun and pay homage to Army Aviation for helping to bring me from a boy to a man back in my Viet Nam, Cambodia, Laos days.

The L-16, or something that I can make look like one seems like a fair tribute and with that in mind and I am hoping some of you can help me with some initial questions.

Is anyone aware of a source of photos of Army L-16's in Korea?
If I don't find a suitable genuine L-16 project can a 7BCM or 7CCM legally be made (mostly greenhouse I suspect) to resemble a proper L-16. This question is asked because I see that Great Lakes Aero has greenhouse windows for these models. Under what authority can they be installed in a non L-16 like the BCM and CCM? How about the DC which is not mentioned as being approved by Great Lakes for these windows?
As an A&P I have not signed off any of my own maintenance since I was in a 185 in Borneo in the mid 80's. During that time I certainly was not doing any modifications. Can someone direct me back to a reference source which will help refresh my memory concerning required logbook entries?
As a mechanic what other sources have I forgotten about that I should heva available for reference?
It is within my capabilities to handle a complete restoration however not having done one I know there must be certain points or times within that process when certain procedures must be inspected and approved (above my authority) before work can continue. Can someone direct me to a source of information or an approved guideline so that I can move forward with some sort of plan that will help me keep organized and help keep me from too many costly mistakes (as in covering a fuselage too early)?
Thank you all for your responses. The opinions of all who respond will be valued. When I can find the right project and gain some experience I will look forward to helping the next person find answers to their questions.
Dudley

Dudley,
First of all, welcome to the forum!! Lot's of knowledge on here from various sources and a good group willing to share. I'm in the process of restoring a L16a but not too concerned about keeping it exactly stock looking. It seems when I was in the air force (as a mechanic) during the late 50's the training planes were painted bright yellow for visability so that's the color I'm painting mine. On the other hand if you scroll down to 'restoration' and check out Lloyd's progress you'll see one being restored to original confiuration.

Every now and then a L16 restoration pops up for sale. If you decided to go ahead, check back with us. I think most of us have seen almost everything that can happen to these great little birds.

Mike Berg

Welcome to the Boards!!

There's a wealth of info on the L16 here, as there are a few of us in the process of completing their restorations, of L16s.

I think that Lloyds L16 is being restored to the Nth degree.
And they are doing a beautiful job. (it's a shame to cover it up with fabric, and dope)

Dudley
I am certainly not the expert, I just love my 7CCM. If I needed to recover, I would go Stits, mat finish OD, skip the greenhouse but put mat black, star and bar "Invasion Stripes"
My advice, start asking around and finally select an IA to work under. After that everything else will come easily.
Good Luck

Dudley, glad to have you. We have a lot of fun here. Several of us have met at the NAA Convention in Middletown OH every even year in June. Very good bunch of folks. Blueprint 7-576 gives approval for the greenhouse on 7BCM and 7CCM. If you need prints or service letters just holler. Usually several folks will answer at once! Send me an email direct, we have a couple of photos that might help. There is not much out there about L-16's in Korea that we have found. n8926(at symbol)earthlink.net. Where are you located? David J.