Original Posted By: Niwlyf(at)aol.com
Unsubscribe, Just got layed off.Will subscribe as soon as I get another hookup.regards, Domenic Bellissimo________________________________________________________________________________
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Original Posted By: Ed Nolan
>From: GMacLaren(at)aol.com>Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 12:02:06 EST>To: Michael.D.Cuy(at)lerc.nasa.gov, jgreenlee(at)morgan.net>Cc: pickles(at)snowcrest.net>Subject: Fwd: No Subject>>Can one of/both you guys answer this man's questions?>I'm swamped.>-=Grant=->Dear sir - - I can only imagine the work it must take to maintain the>Pietenpol web site! Thanks for hours of enjoyment. I am at the stage in>life where I must build an airplane. When I was in high school, my band>teacher had purchased the plans for a Piet, and all I could wonder is "why>would anyone want to fly low and slow when the could blast about in a KR2>for the same price?" Well now . . . at 37, with 3 kids of my own, I WANT LOW>AND SLOW! I have built model airplanes as long as I could remember, and the>Pietenpol, wood and fabric, looks like my big models. I have even gone back>to covering my "old timer" models with silk. But, My question for you is>one of pietenpol performance. I was a weightlifter, and weigh a solid 245,>at 6' tall. My wife is into fitness as well, and she is about 145. I quit>lifting, and I figure with lots of aerobic exercise, I can cut my mass>another 25 pounds or so. Sooooooo....... will the Pietenpol perform>satisfactorily with the nearly four hundred punds of pilot and passenger? I>should think that the extra power of a continental 100 horse or that new 80>horse Jabiru might be a good choice for a heavy pilot, but I am not a>Licensed pilot yet, and I don't know. Or do I exceed the safe limits for the>plane with those weights? Also, will the Piet be a good choice for a low>time pilot? I have arranged for flight training in an old T-Craft, will>this be a good way to learn? Please drop me an e-mail If you have the time,>and I'd love to join your organization!>>Thanks, Andy Picklesimer, Aviation Dreamer Extrodinair!> address is pickles(at)snowcrest.net, I think . . . (I'm new at this internet>thing too . . . thanks again, and feel free to hand out that address to>anyone that might help.>>P.S. I live in Red Bluff, Ca. between Redding and Chico, If you know of>anyone in this area building or flying a Pietenpol.>>________________________________________________________________________________
>From: GMacLaren(at)aol.com>Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 12:02:06 EST>To: Michael.D.Cuy(at)lerc.nasa.gov, jgreenlee(at)morgan.net>Cc: pickles(at)snowcrest.net>Subject: Fwd: No Subject>>Can one of/both you guys answer this man's questions?>I'm swamped.>-=Grant=->Dear sir - - I can only imagine the work it must take to maintain the>Pietenpol web site! Thanks for hours of enjoyment. I am at the stage in>life where I must build an airplane. When I was in high school, my band>teacher had purchased the plans for a Piet, and all I could wonder is "why>would anyone want to fly low and slow when the could blast about in a KR2>for the same price?" Well now . . . at 37, with 3 kids of my own, I WANT LOW>AND SLOW! I have built model airplanes as long as I could remember, and the>Pietenpol, wood and fabric, looks like my big models. I have even gone back>to covering my "old timer" models with silk. But, My question for you is>one of pietenpol performance. I was a weightlifter, and weigh a solid 245,>at 6' tall. My wife is into fitness as well, and she is about 145. I quit>lifting, and I figure with lots of aerobic exercise, I can cut my mass>another 25 pounds or so. Sooooooo....... will the Pietenpol perform>satisfactorily with the nearly four hundred punds of pilot and passenger? I>should think that the extra power of a continental 100 horse or that new 80>horse Jabiru might be a good choice for a heavy pilot, but I am not a>Licensed pilot yet, and I don't know. Or do I exceed the safe limits for the>plane with those weights? Also, will the Piet be a good choice for a low>time pilot? I have arranged for flight training in an old T-Craft, will>this be a good way to learn? Please drop me an e-mail If you have the time,>and I'd love to join your organization!>>Thanks, Andy Picklesimer, Aviation Dreamer Extrodinair!> address is pickles(at)snowcrest.net, I think . . . (I'm new at this internet>thing too . . . thanks again, and feel free to hand out that address to>anyone that might help.>>P.S. I live in Red Bluff, Ca. between Redding and Chico, If you know of>anyone in this area building or flying a Pietenpol.>>________________________________________________________________________________