Original Posted By: Jim Sury
Subject: Pietenpol-List: SA Piet>Did anyone else see that piet on Sport Aviation this mo? Built in 400>hrs for a total cost of 2250! That must be nice!>Paris>>________________________________________________________________________________
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Pietenpol-List: SA Piet
Original Posted By: John Greenlee
Subject: Pietenpol-List: SA Piet>Did anyone else see that piet on Sport Aviation this mo? Built in 400>hrs for a total cost of 2250! That must be nice!>Paris>>________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Pietenpol-List: SA Piet>Did anyone else see that piet on Sport Aviation this mo? Built in 400>hrs for a total cost of 2250! That must be nice!>Paris>>________________________________________________________________________________
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Original Posted By: "Warren D. Shoun"
Did anyone else see that piet on Sport Aviation this mo? Built in 400hrs for a total cost of 2250! That must be nice!Paris________________________________________________________________________________
Did anyone else see that piet on Sport Aviation this mo? Built in 400hrs for a total cost of 2250! That must be nice!Paris________________________________________________________________________________
Pietenpol-List: Re: SA Piet
Original Posted By: Paris Wilcox
I bet one built that fast and that cheap wouldn't want to be parked next toMichael C's.John-----Original Message-----
I bet one built that fast and that cheap wouldn't want to be parked next toMichael C's.John-----Original Message-----
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Original Posted By: Paris Wilcox
Paris,Was that in August? What page? I guess I need to join the EAA.Brent ReedKent, WA-----Original Message-----
Paris,Was that in August? What page? I guess I need to join the EAA.Brent ReedKent, WA-----Original Message-----
Pietenpol-List: Re: SA Piet
Original Posted By: John Greenlee
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: SA Piet>400 hrs? lets see, that's a month of 13 1/2 hr days (!) -- sounds like agood subject for a show on PBS!
. So what if your Piet looks a little"crude" -- just tell folks it's a replica of actual 30's Piet! -- built withthe same materials as the original (aka "plan built"!)>>Michael C.>Pretty Prairie, KS>>> >>Did anyone else see that piet on Sport Aviation this mo? Built in>> 400>> >>hrs for a total cost of 2250! That must be nice!>>________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: SA Piet>400 hrs? lets see, that's a month of 13 1/2 hr days (!) -- sounds like agood subject for a show on PBS!
. So what if your Piet looks a little"crude" -- just tell folks it's a replica of actual 30's Piet! -- built withthe same materials as the original (aka "plan built"!)>>Michael C.>Pretty Prairie, KS>>> >>Did anyone else see that piet on Sport Aviation this mo? Built in>> 400>> >>hrs for a total cost of 2250! That must be nice!>>________________________________________________________________________________Pietenpol-List: Re: SA Piet
Original Posted By: John Greenlee
400 hrs? lets see, that's a month of 13 1/2 hr days (!) -- sounds likea good subject for a show on PBS!. So what if your Piet looks a litt=le "crude" -- just tell folks it's a replica of actual 30's Piet! -- buil=t with the same materials as the original (aka "plan built"!)Michael C.Pretty Prairie, KS> >>Did anyone else see that piet on Sport Aviation this mo? Built in> 400> >>hrs for a total cost of 2250! That must be nice!________________________________________________________________________________
400 hrs? lets see, that's a month of 13 1/2 hr days (!) -- sounds likea good subject for a show on PBS!
. So what if your Piet looks a litt=le "crude" -- just tell folks it's a replica of actual 30's Piet! -- buil=t with the same materials as the original (aka "plan built"!)Michael C.Pretty Prairie, KS> >>Did anyone else see that piet on Sport Aviation this mo? Built in> 400> >>hrs for a total cost of 2250! That must be nice!________________________________________________________________________________Pietenpol-List: Re: SA Piet
Original Posted By: Michael Conkling
I don't believe 400 hrs is possible. I've read Mr. Pietenpol said it took1000 hours -- and he was expert on building one. Surely a mere mortal cannot build faster than that.John-----Original Message-----
I don't believe 400 hrs is possible. I've read Mr. Pietenpol said it took1000 hours -- and he was expert on building one. Surely a mere mortal cannot build faster than that.John-----Original Message-----
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Original Posted By: Randy Stockberger
I know what you mean in a way. The Piet attracts different people fordifferent reasons. I love antique sport airplanes. Especially the bigthree place biplanes. Ted Davis gave me a ride in the 1929 Taperwing atBrodhead and I'm hooked! One thing the Piet represents to me is anaffordable antique. Sort of a poor man's WACO.John-----Original Message-----
I know what you mean in a way. The Piet attracts different people fordifferent reasons. I love antique sport airplanes. Especially the bigthree place biplanes. Ted Davis gave me a ride in the 1929 Taperwing atBrodhead and I'm hooked! One thing the Piet represents to me is anaffordable antique. Sort of a poor man's WACO.John-----Original Message-----
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Original Posted By: Greg Cardinal
I think someone is getting the emphasis placed wrong! My understandingis that the first thing to do is make it safe not fast. If we continueto promote the speed aspect, we should be encouraging people to buytheir planes, not build them. The person that builds them shouldremember that it is their butt that is hanging out up there. What aboutthe guy that maybe ends up test flighting the bird. Is he aware that itwas a speed contest?Time for a reality check on what the EAA stands for and the intent ofbeing allowed to build and fly a personal craft. Too many shows based onthe wrong principles can lead to tighter restictions for the rest of us.We should be discouraging, not ecouraging such behaviour.________________________________________________________________________________
I think someone is getting the emphasis placed wrong! My understandingis that the first thing to do is make it safe not fast. If we continueto promote the speed aspect, we should be encouraging people to buytheir planes, not build them. The person that builds them shouldremember that it is their butt that is hanging out up there. What aboutthe guy that maybe ends up test flighting the bird. Is he aware that itwas a speed contest?Time for a reality check on what the EAA stands for and the intent ofbeing allowed to build and fly a personal craft. Too many shows based onthe wrong principles can lead to tighter restictions for the rest of us.We should be discouraging, not ecouraging such behaviour.________________________________________________________________________________
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Original Posted By: jmcnarry(at)techplus.com (John McNarry)
Perhaps my comment has been taken wrong here-I had no intention ofpromoting or glorifying " fast " Building- I expect that a thousandhours or so is probably how long it taked the AVERAGE builder- I knowguys that have been building airplanes for 50 years or so that- one inparticular that I am sure builds in about that amount of time-mostlythis is a matter of experience and efficiency-not rushing or a lack ofattention to detail- Said gentleman recently retired from airplanebuilding and built most of his planes in the last 25 years on a SocialSecurity check ( or flying machine check as he likes to call it )Iseriously doubt that he ever spent 2500 or over 6-700 hours onanything he built in the last quarter century or so. I would trust mylife with Anything crafted by himThat said- I was giving the builder in question the benifit of thedoubt- that he Is A fien and efficient craftsman. Not everyone isplane crazy!Paris ---Ian Holland wrote:>> I think someone is getting the emphasis placed wrong! My understanding> is that the first thing to do is make it safe not fast. If we continue> to promote the speed aspect, we should be encouraging people to buy> their planes, not build them. The person that builds them should> remember that it is their butt that is hanging out up there. Whatabout> the guy that maybe ends up test flighting the bird. Is he aware thatit> was a speed contest?> > Time for a reality check on what the EAA stands for and the intent of> being allowed to build and fly a personal craft. Too many showsbased on> the wrong principles can lead to tighter restictions for the rest ofus.> We should be discouraging, not ecouraging such behaviour.> ________________________________________________________________________________
Perhaps my comment has been taken wrong here-I had no intention ofpromoting or glorifying " fast " Building- I expect that a thousandhours or so is probably how long it taked the AVERAGE builder- I knowguys that have been building airplanes for 50 years or so that- one inparticular that I am sure builds in about that amount of time-mostlythis is a matter of experience and efficiency-not rushing or a lack ofattention to detail- Said gentleman recently retired from airplanebuilding and built most of his planes in the last 25 years on a SocialSecurity check ( or flying machine check as he likes to call it )Iseriously doubt that he ever spent 2500 or over 6-700 hours onanything he built in the last quarter century or so. I would trust mylife with Anything crafted by himThat said- I was giving the builder in question the benifit of thedoubt- that he Is A fien and efficient craftsman. Not everyone isplane crazy!Paris ---Ian Holland wrote:>> I think someone is getting the emphasis placed wrong! My understanding> is that the first thing to do is make it safe not fast. If we continue> to promote the speed aspect, we should be encouraging people to buy> their planes, not build them. The person that builds them should> remember that it is their butt that is hanging out up there. Whatabout> the guy that maybe ends up test flighting the bird. Is he aware thatit> was a speed contest?> > Time for a reality check on what the EAA stands for and the intent of> being allowed to build and fly a personal craft. Too many showsbased on> the wrong principles can lead to tighter restictions for the rest ofus.> We should be discouraging, not ecouraging such behaviour.> ________________________________________________________________________________
Pietenpol-List: Re: Re: SA Piet
Original Posted By: Greg Yotz
I talked with Don Pietenpol and he said his father could build a pietenpolin six weeks. -=Ron=-________________________________________________________________________________
I talked with Don Pietenpol and he said his father could build a pietenpolin six weeks. -=Ron=-________________________________________________________________________________
Pietenpol-List: Re: SA Piet
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Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: SA Piet Ron>So what, my first thoughts of building a Pietenpolwere in July of 1984, think it was an article inkitplanes , a guy his wife and daughter were building aPietenpolI received my wood and epoxy couple of weeks ago! i'm hoping it goes a littlequicker in thefuture though!
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: SA Piet Ron>So what, my first thoughts of building a Pietenpolwere in July of 1984, think it was an article inkitplanes , a guy his wife and daughter were building aPietenpolI received my wood and epoxy couple of weeks ago! i'm hoping it goes a littlequicker in thefuture though!
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Original Posted By: jmcnarry(at)techplus.com (John McNarry)
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Original Posted By: RdwdSgn(at)aol.com
So what, my first thoughts of building a Pietenpol were in July of 1984, think it was an article in kitplanes , a guy his wife and daughter were building a PietenpolI received my wood and epoxy couple of weeks ago! i'm hoping it goes a little quicker in the future though!---Original Message-----________________________________________________________________________________
So what, my first thoughts of building a Pietenpol were in July of 1984, think it was an article in kitplanes , a guy his wife and daughter were building a PietenpolI received my wood and epoxy couple of weeks ago! i'm hoping it goes a little quicker in the future though!---Original Message-----________________________________________________________________________________