Original Posted By: Larry Neal
Just had a talk with my building Mentor. He was away for awhile , andafter some proding on my part, found out what he was up to.Turns out that they honored Leo Lagenschlager's Budweiser stuntplane into the Smithsonian. And Mrs. Lagenschlager called him to insistthat he be at the site. Turns out that he had done most of the workon the stunt plane of any. Redesigned the wing controls and airfoil. Recovered the airframe and countless other upgrades.I can call him anytime and he ALWAYS has time for a complete answer,inspite of the fact that he lost his wife a few months ago.On top of all of this, he has no problem, when the time comes, to set upthe mags on my A65 on my AirCamper. He's quite a guy.But, some people see him as just an opinionated old man, Oh well.He insists that when I first fly my Pietenpol that I wear an oldparachute of his, he got it from Leo as a used one.Won't that be a big harness to fill.Bob Cook, you know who I'm talking about. Now I fully know where the saying came from..."They broke the mold"waltps Hopefully my N number will honor him, and surely they'll be a blurbon my turtledeck thanking him.why do people like this, " some day, have to fly away?"________________________________________________________________________________Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2001 19:08:05 -0600
Pietenpol-List: Sometimes you find out that there are unsung aviation
RE: Pietenpol-List: Sometimes you find out that there are unsung aviation
Original Posted By: "walter evans"
Yeah, Walt, I've known a few guys like that in aviation. My old flightinstructor was one of those. Like you said, when they made him they brokethe mold. And then they beat the hell out of the mold-maker.Jack________________________________________________________________________________
Yeah, Walt, I've known a few guys like that in aviation. My old flightinstructor was one of those. Like you said, when they made him they brokethe mold. And then they beat the hell out of the mold-maker.Jack________________________________________________________________________________
Re: Pietenpol-List: Sometimes you find out that there are unsung aviation
Original Posted By: "Jack Phillips"
Larry, Jack,thanks for the quick response, I think we all know people like this.Without the small dedicated ones, planes like the Pietenpol would neverhave jumped the 70 some odd years by itself, to be put in our hands. Thinkabout it. Next time you're at a fly-in, and you meet the whole spectrum of"informed old timers to obvious bullcrap artists", shake their hands, andthank them for their input. because "all of us maintain all of us".Now I will quietly step down off of my soapbox.thankswalt----- Original Message -----
Larry, Jack,thanks for the quick response, I think we all know people like this.Without the small dedicated ones, planes like the Pietenpol would neverhave jumped the 70 some odd years by itself, to be put in our hands. Thinkabout it. Next time you're at a fly-in, and you meet the whole spectrum of"informed old timers to obvious bullcrap artists", shake their hands, andthank them for their input. because "all of us maintain all of us".Now I will quietly step down off of my soapbox.thankswalt----- Original Message -----
RE: Pietenpol-List: Sometimes you find out that there are unsung
Original Posted By: Dave and Connie