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COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2020 | 3A The Guild to host community clothing swap in March The Guild, an af- ter-school program run in partnership with Delight, is bringing together local vendors and thousands of articles of clothing for their inaugural Swap and Shop. On March 29, Delight will be open for customers to “shop” free clothing and local vendor booths from noon to 6 p.m. In order to make the event a success (and a swap) The Guild is seeking quality, well-maintained clothing and shoes to be donated. It is especially hoping to receive donations of Plane from A1 famous aviator, maybe of all time, in Oregon,” said Talen. “He was world-renowned for his aerobatic flying.” Rankin earned his legacy not only as an aerobatic pi- lot, but also an air racer and flight instructor. In 1928, Rankin was listed as run- ning the largest civilian fly- ing school in the world out of Portland. Through the ‘30s, Rankin gained fame for his show- manship and flight instruc- tion, earning accolades in both national and interna- tional competitions. His plane, which current- ly resides in the Cottage Grove museum, was modi- fied specifically for aerobat- ic flying. This Great Lakes aircraft, while famous for Rankin’s own record-breaking during useage of the plane, also contains historical ties to one of Oregon aviation’s groundbreaking pilots: Dor- othy Hester. By 19 years old, Hester was an up-and-coming pi- lot in flight school. Though harboring some skepticism kids and baby clothes and shoes. Donations will be accepted between now and Saturday, March 28 at De- light. Drop off donations be- tween 1:30 and 6:30 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. Delight store owner, Colton Kishner-Lira, said this event is personal for him because he remem- bers the community giving back to his family as he was growing up. “Any parent knows that kids out-grow their clothes so fast, it’s hard to keep up sometimes,” Kishner-Lira said. “Growing up as a kid in Cottage Grove, I remem- ber the community always stepped up when my par- ents struggled to make ends meet, so I’m very ex- cited for this great oppor- tunity for parents bring in items that don’t fit their kids anymore and come out with some great items that will fit them for, you know … the next month or so, however long until the next growth spurt.” Donations for The Guild, a 501(c)3 charity, will be accepted at the event but are not mandatory. The program is current- ly using donations to fund scholarships. “Our goal at the guild is really to create a fun at- mosphere where kids can come together, play some games, flex their creative muscles while doing sci- ence,” said Dillon Hockett, the program’s new Pro- gram Coordinator. “We want them to learn but not feel like they’re putting in a lot of work — you know, they work so hard at school all day, we want a safe space for them to unwind and have fun.” “And of course we want it to be accessible. We’re here to build community and you can’t do that when cost is a barrier. Not ev- ery family has the money left over at the end of the month to send their kids to learn robotics, or cartog- raphy, or what-have-you, after school is over, and we don’t want those kids to be left out of these experienc- es, so, we’re doing what we can to make our programs as inclusive as possible.” The Guild offers week- ly programming for $45 a month per weekday, with a discount for families who sign up for five days a week. Classes offered have a gaming or science theme, such as D&D Through History, Mindstorms Robotics, Cartography, Planeswalker League, and more. Delight is a table top game store in Histor- ic Downtown and offers Pokemon League, Dun- geons and Dragons cam- paigns, Magic: The Gath- ering tournaments, board game nights, and more family fun. For more information, visit The Guild’s website at www.theguildinthegrove. com or call Delight at 541- 946-3132. of female aviators, Rankin quickly changed his tune when he witnessed Hester’s piloting skills and he began teaching her stunts. Hester would go on to become renowned for her weekly airshows and stunts. Throughout 1930, she be- came the first woman to complete various aerobatic maneuvers and would set several more records the fol- lowing year, even inventing her own maneuvers. During her time on the flying circuit, she also be- came the first woman to be invited as an air show performer at the famous National Air Races in Cleve- land. For her famed skill, the Great Lakes Aircraft Com- pany gifted her with a plane specifically designed for her. Because of her age, Rankin owned the plane on paper and signed it over to Hester when she turned 21. Hester would later open her own flight school in Cornelius, Ore. Recovered from a junk- yard in Pennsylvania by Talen, the famed Great Lakes plane is receiving a full restoration. “It’s been totally rebuilt, but there’s a lot of the old parts that flew with Tex and Dorothy that are back in this airplane again,” said Talen. “We’re taking it back to its original configuration that Tex had it in.” The aircraft is slated to fly for the 2021 centennial event. Also undergoing resto- ration is “Wimpy,” a Long Low-Wing Longster built by homebuilt aircraft pioneer Leslie Long. “He was probably one of the first guys to popularize the idea of building your own airplane,” said Talen. Known as the “Sage of Cornelius,” Long was an avid promoter of amateur plane building and drew up build plans for enthusiasts to follow. Wimpy was the last in a series of 11 planes designed and built by Long. “The Wimpy design was the quintessential low-wing design aircraft because it be- gat a bunch of other throw- off designs,” said Talen. “It was what we would call a ‘heritage homebuilt’ here in Oregon. It was built by Oregonians, Oregonian-de- signed and under license by the state.” The Cottage Grove mu- seum has determined that it was the first successful and most-copied low-wing de- sign of its time. In 1935, the American Bureau of Aviation restrict- ed homebuilt construction of aircraft, though a small group of Oregon-based homebuilders known as the Beaverton Outlaws con- tinued the practice. The Longster was adopted as the official aircraft design by the promoters of homebuilt experimental aircraft. Buswell-Whittington has a personal connection to Wimpy, too, as her father, Myron Buswell, acquired the plane in 1938 and made his own modifications. According to aviation lore, the plane earned its name in reference to the Popeye character. “There was a little ham- burger stand along the air- strip,” said Buswell-Whit- tington. “So apparently, the story goes that he would get in the Wimpy, take off and then fly over and yell down, ‘Fix me a hamburger!’” Buswell’s last flight with Wimpy was 1944 and over the decades ended up in Granada Hills, Calif. It was donated by that owner to Cottage Grove’s aircraft mu- seum in 2005. “I had never seen the airplane until it showed up here,” said Buswell-Whit- tington. “It means a lot to me to see it restored.” With the help of Buswell-Whittington’s hus- band, Wimpy is being re- stored to Buswell’s configu- ration and will be on ground display during the exhibit. Rounding out the resto- rations is the Story Special #1, an aircraft designed and constructed by builder Tom Story. Based on the Longster design, Story and his friend Dick Andrus built twin air- craft in the late 1940s. The planes would be featured together in an air to air shot on the first color edition of the Experimental Aircraft Association’s (EAA) maga- zine Sport Aviation in 1960. Both planes are currently housed in Cottage Grove. Planes such as these sym- bolized the ability for plane enthusiasts to build aircraft that was safe and reliable. In 1947, 1949 and 1951, a pilot named George Bogar- dus made flights from Ore- gon to Washington. D.C. in a plane he purchased from Story to convince officials that homebuilt planes were capable of cross-country flight. Then in 1952, the Civil Aeronautics Administra- tion sanctioned the regis- tration and operation of experimental, amateur-built aircraft and the EAA devel- oped in Wisconsin the fol- lowing year as a result of the lifted regulations. “The EAA has always rec- ognized Oregon’s influence,” said Talen. 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