Press Releases and Awards
It is with great pleasure to announce that "Miss Pearl",
a Piper Pacer show aircraft, N3383A, has participated, and won, including
Oshkosh Air Adventure in Oshkosh
Wisconsin, at every eligible Experimental
Aircraft Association Regional contest in the US. There are eleven regions which
encompassed flying over 80,000 nautical miles to compete, and to be visited at
these shows by over a half million people. In addition, she has won over 50
national championships from other fly-ins around the country-the only plane
known to achieve this record. The restoration of this plane took nearly five
years, and 4200 hours of skilled craftsmanship to restore this Custom Classic
aircraft. It is hangered at Drake Field, (FYV) Fayetteville, Ar.
and is promoted as America's
most beautiful, elegant, single engine, private aircraft. To see photographs of
the plaques and trophies won by Miss
Pearl, click on the following
links: Trophies 1
Trophies 2
Competitions that Miss
Pearl has won are:
- 1994 - GRAND CHAMPION, CLASSIC -
Antique Aircraft Assn. Fly-in - Denton,
TX
- 1994 - 1ST PLACE, CHAMBERS CHOICE - Pauls Valley, OK
- 1994 - 1ST PLACE, BEST INTERIOR, BEST
EXTERIOR, LADIES' CHOICE, and KIDS' CHOICE, E.A.A. CHAP 88 - Eldorado, KS
- 1994 - 1ST PLACE, BEST ENGINE INSTALLATION,
E.A.A. International Fly-in - Oshkosh,
WI
- 1994 - BEST CLASSIC, Camden Regional Airport
- Camden, AR
- 1995 - GRAND CHAMPION, CUSTOM
CLASSIC, EAA Sun and Fun - Lakeland,
FL
- 1995 - GRAND CHAMPION and
BEST CLASSIC, E.A.A. CHAP. 91 - Kansas
City, MO
- 1995 - GRAND CHAMPION, and
BEST CLASSIC, E.A.A. Rocky Mountain Regional - Longmont, CO
- 1995 - GRAND CHAMPION, BEST
PA-22/20, PEOPLE'S CHOICE, LADIES' CHOICE, Short Wing Piper Club -
Lacrosse, WI
- 1995 - CHAMPION CUSTOM CLASSIC, E.A.A.
International Fly-in - Oshkosh,
WI
- 1995 - BEST CUSTOM CLASSIC,
Sentimental Journey - Lock Haven, PA
- 1995 - GRAND CHAMPION
CLASSIC, E.A.A.
North Central Regional - Rock Falls, IL
- 1995 - GRAND CHAMPION
CLASSIC, 38th Annual Tulsa
Fly-in - Bartlesville,
OK
- 1995 - BEST CLASSIC, and CHAMBERS
CHOICE - Pauls
Valley, OK
- 1995 - RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION
and BEST OF SHOW, E.A.A. Southwest Regional Fly-in - Kerrville, TX
- 1996 - GRAND CHAMPION CUSTOM
CLASSIC, E.A.A. All American Fly-in - Alliance/Ft. Worth, TX
- 1996 - GRAND CHAMPION CLASSIC,
39th Annual Tulsa
Fly-in - Bartlesville,
OK
- 1996 - 1ST PLACE CLASSIC, E.A.A. Copperstate Fly-in - Meza, AZ
- 1996 - BEST OF SHOW, E.A.A.
Southwest Regional Fly-in - Kerrville,
TX
- 1997 - BEST CUSTOMIZED
SHORTWING PIPER, Sentimental Journey - Lock Haven, PA
- 1997 - CHAMPION CUSTOM
CLASSIC, Northwest E.A.A. Fly-in - Arlington,
WA
- 1997 - CUSTOM CLASSIC, E.A.A.
Mid-Eastern Regional Fly-in - Marion, OH -- Attended, but no eligible
category or qualified judge for competition.
- 1998 - GRAND CHAMPION,
Antique Aircraft Assn. Fly-in - Atchison,
KS
- 1998 - BEST SHORT WING PIPER,
E.A.A. Great American Air Circus Fly-in - North Little Rock, AR
- 1998 - CUSTOM CLASSIC, E.A.A.
Golden West Fly-in - Atwater, CA -- Attended, but no eligible category availible for competition.
- 1998 - GRAND CHAMPION CUSTOM
CLASSIC, E.A.A. South Eastern Regional Fly-in - Evergreen, AL
- 1999 - BEST OF SHOW, E.A.A. Virginia State
Regional Fly-in - Petersburg,
VA
- 1999 - BEST CUSTOM CLASSIC, EAA
VAA Chap. 3 Fall Fly-in - Darlington, Co. Hartsville, SC
- 1999 - GRAND CHAMPION CUSTOM
CLASSIC, EAA East Coast Fly-in - New Garden Airport, Toughkenamon,
PA
- 2000 - BEST CUSTOMIZED
SHORTWING PIPER, Sentimental Journey - Lock Haven, PA
- 2002 - GRAND CHAMPION, LADIES CHOICE,
EGREGIOUS AIRMANSHIP AWARD, and BEST CRAFTSMANSHIP, Shortwing Piper Club
Convention, Midland/Odessa, TX
- 2002 - CUSTOMIZED CLASSIC
AIRCRAFT, runner-up, Air Adventure, Oshkosh,
WI
- 2002 - FIRST PLACE, PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD,
Mid-South Fallfest Flyin Millington, TN
- 2003 - BEST CUSTOM CLASSIC,
EAA Southwest Regional Flyin, New Braunfels, TX
- 2003 - SHORTWNG PIPER CLUB
AMBASSADOR RECOGNITION AWARD, Swpc. annual convention, Springfield, MO
- 2003 - BEST CUSTOMIZED
CLASSIC, CHARLES
LINDBERG TROPHY, Air
Adventure, Oshkosh, WI
- 2003 - BEST OF SHOW, Hassel
Field Flyin, Clifton, TN
- 2003 - GRAND CHAMPION
CLASSIC, 47th Regional Flyin, Bartelsville, OK
- 2005 – BEST OF SHOW, Wings of
Wheat, Burlington, KS
Quotes
- "I personally have
never seen any Piper that can compare."
- William
T. Piper
Jr., Piper Aviation Museum,
Lock Haven, PA
- "The most magnificent
Piper Pacer in the world, it looks like a diamond in a jeweler's case."
- Charles
Harris, Director, E.A.A. Antique/Classic
Dev., Tulsa, OK
- "...the creation of
an aerial artifact that people love."
- Budd Davisson, E.A.A.'s Sport Aviation Magazine
- "Frank's Pacer is a
sparkling example of what you can do to beautifully customize a Classic
airplane and turn it into a true showpiece."
- H. G. Frautschy, Editor, E.A.A.'s Vintage
Airplane Magazine
- "...a plane as unique
as it is magnificent."
- Mike Rodman, Arkansas Democrat Gazette,
Little Rock,
AR
- "Miss Pearl
draws both men and women spectators like a Hollywood
star."
- Rebecca
Tucker, The Morning News,
NW Arkansas (currently with the University
of Arkansas)
- "...from a
'basket-case' to a 'show-case."
- Lana K. Muthler, Sun-Gazette, Lock
Haven, PA
Press
Contact:
Frank P.
Sperandeo III
15841 Pear Circle
Fayetteville, AR 72704
Home Phone: (479) 521-2609
Email (Press contact)
Website:www.miss-pearl.org
Last modified: Tue May 27
20:58:10 CDT 2014