Original Posted By: BARNSTMR(at)aol.com
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Chuck Gantzer updatePieters and interested ones.spit in the Mississippi River. Jon got him up at 7 this morning but he didn't take off until noon. Says he is not a morning person. Skirted around St Louis to the west and landed in Pittsfield, Ill. The old man at the field suggested he try for Quincy, Ill for the evening. After having been treated like royalty at Farmington, Mo airport with a no charge hangar stay and hospitalityof Jon Jones he found Quincy different. They wanted to charge him $40 to hangar hisPiet for the night so he elected to tie it down after determining that a no hail situation existed. Then no airport courtesy car so he had a 10 mile cab tab. He's not bitching about it but I am. Let's all remember Quincy.He said his course was pretty steady today not varying more than 25 to 30 on his headings. He still is amazed at those thermals when he pulls throttle and puts his nose down and climbs 3 or 4 hundred feet. Says he has about 6 hrs to broadhead . His smoke system has ceased to function so tomorrow before take off he will check the small injector ports into the manifolds which he suspectshas clogged with exhaust carbon. He MUST have smoke for his grand arrival at Broadhead. His plan is to circle the field several times with smoke then drop his toilet paper bombs into the center of his smoke circles. He also told me that flight service warned him to avoid dams and locks on the Mississippi and military bases. Looks like they are afraid of Piets too. He seems his jolly and happy self and I can assure you he is having the time of his life. I told him the entire Piet list was following his Tour of Americaand that made him happyCorky, Chuck's Operation NCO________________________________________________________________________________
Pietenpol-List: Chuck Gantzer update
Re: Pietenpol-List: Chuck Gantzer update
Original Posted By: Tugwilsons(at)aol.com
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Chuck Gantzer updateHooray for Chuck...almost there.I can't think of a better ambassador for our beloved Piet. Reading Jon Jones' comments about his 6 year-old boy idolizing our barnstorming hero, ...itreminded me of my youth when I found the "Marginal Aviation" gang at BlakesburgAAA fly-in to be the kind of folks I wanted to be like. Forrest Lovely...AlexWhitmore...and others who flew Pietenpols..... It was guys like that who hooked on the Piet. I would hang out and offer to clean landing gears and bellies,hoping for a ride. And believe me...they were willing to oblige.This past weekend....I was happy seeing my 12-yr-old son Benny following Chuck around all over. Chuck gave Benny...not just one...but two rides this weekend. Benny was abord and got to experience first hand the joy of formationflying....T.P. drops.... fly-bys, and YEEEHAAWs. By the end of his visit...hehad lured my 8-yr-old daughter into the same. She got to do a TP drop of her own, however not quite as accurate to the Target as Benny.This world needs more red-blooded American role models like Chuck. Benny remembers our visits back in 1999 and 2000 to Chucks house in Wichita...when hewas busy carving away on his prop...covering his wing...and laying up his fiberglass fuel tank...IN HIS HOUSE. And for Benny to see and share in the fruitsof Chuck's hard work and perseverence....makes this hobby worthwhile. I am sure there are lots of other kids (young and old) out there feeling the same asme and Benny. This is what it is all about!________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Chuck Gantzer updateHooray for Chuck...almost there.I can't think of a better ambassador for our beloved Piet. Reading Jon Jones' comments about his 6 year-old boy idolizing our barnstorming hero, ...itreminded me of my youth when I found the "Marginal Aviation" gang at BlakesburgAAA fly-in to be the kind of folks I wanted to be like. Forrest Lovely...AlexWhitmore...and others who flew Pietenpols..... It was guys like that who hooked on the Piet. I would hang out and offer to clean landing gears and bellies,hoping for a ride. And believe me...they were willing to oblige.This past weekend....I was happy seeing my 12-yr-old son Benny following Chuck around all over. Chuck gave Benny...not just one...but two rides this weekend. Benny was abord and got to experience first hand the joy of formationflying....T.P. drops.... fly-bys, and YEEEHAAWs. By the end of his visit...hehad lured my 8-yr-old daughter into the same. She got to do a TP drop of her own, however not quite as accurate to the Target as Benny.This world needs more red-blooded American role models like Chuck. Benny remembers our visits back in 1999 and 2000 to Chucks house in Wichita...when hewas busy carving away on his prop...covering his wing...and laying up his fiberglass fuel tank...IN HIS HOUSE. And for Benny to see and share in the fruitsof Chuck's hard work and perseverence....makes this hobby worthwhile. I am sure there are lots of other kids (young and old) out there feeling the same asme and Benny. This is what it is all about!________________________________________________________________________________