Pietenpol-List: hidden agenda

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Original Posted By: "Carl D. Vought"
Pietenpol List Brethern-I didn't get to be at the big bash at Tick Hill and I only briefly saw Doc Mosherat Brodhead (didn't notice the T-shirt) so I may be a bit off in my assessmentof the whole situation, but here's what I seem to be seeing as a trend.I fear that there is a hidden agenda within the group perpetrated by a secret few!Perhaps by exposing the plot, we can stay united and move forward once morewithout fearing for our rights!I speak of course, of the fledgling T.A.C.O. (Texas Air Camper Organization) group.Merely by it's name there is a taint of snobbery and elitism because of the"Pietenpol only" slant! Are they willing to accept other airplanes in theirorganization? Should there be another group dubbed T.O.G.A. (Texas Organizationof Grega Aircampers)? Should the name be changed to accept multi-cultural builders?Perhaps something along the lines of T.A.L.L. (Texas All Lightplane Lovers).Come to think of it, why is it restricted to Texas??Now, about that B.Y.O.P. (Build your Own Pietenpol) T-Shirt. Do you see a closeparallel here? Seems to me that it's exclusionary to all but the Pietenpol elitists.Man, these guys are sneaky. I believe that even though there are two differentgroups at work here, there is enough harmony in purpose that there mustcertainly be a link.Don't you all see the wedge that is beginning to divide us from each other? Areyou all blind to the calamity that this slippery slope represents?Brothers, beware!!! If you are building or flying a GN-1 and want to call it aPietenpol, don't let these menaces steamroll over your rights. Shoot....... Ifyou want to build a Lancair and call it a Pietenpol, who are these snobs to stopyou. It's a free country and we can label things any way we want ( in thewords of a former U.S. President :it depends on what "is" is).I think a good, level playing field may be realized in the future if we had anorganization with an acronym like B.R.A.T. (Build Right And Prosper) or Y.S.O.P.M.M.P.(Your Sense Of Propriety Makes Me Puke) or something else that wouldlet us do whatever we want to do without being bound by tradition or history.T.A.C.O. indeed!Larryps. I'm still waiting for my I.D. and T-Shirt________________________________________________________________________________Date: 8 Aug 2004 13:39:20 -0000

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Original Posted By: LAWRENCE WILLIAMS
ahhh.... but look closer at the aircamper drawing on the front and back. youwould see that it is GN-1. There is a small detail on the plane that givesaway it's identity.:)DJ ----- Original Message -----

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Original Posted By: "Phil Phillips"
Carefull.......I brought up my dislikes about this group a couple of years back and was extemely chastized by some who see no wrong with the Expensive Aircraft Association.Jim DallasPietenpol in ProgessHatz in Progress>From: "baileys" >Reply-To: pietenpol-list(at)matronics.com>To: >Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: hidden agenda>Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2004 09:00:20 -0500>>>Dear List members,>The spirit among Pietenpol builders is great as is the "comrade-in-arms">feeling one gets from the group. But there are other "low and slow">aircraft that have their groups as well. i.e. Flybaby, GN-1, Volksplanes>and others. Also IMHO part of this expresses an underlying dissatisfaction>with the big (you know who) experimental aviation group that has all but>abandoned it's humble roots. >________________________________________________________________________________

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Original Posted By: KTS5TA6(at)wmconnect.com
I'm sorry to hear of a tough loss in, your family. I will get a check in the mailto you tomorrow. Kennewick is across the mountains from me, about a fourhour drive. My daughters have probably played over a hundred softball games inthe Kennewick area.Phil Phillips ----- Original Message -----