Original Posted By: "Dick Navratil"
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Gantzergram #1Pieters and Interested,We all received Chuck's early morning e mail telling of his thorough preparations for his flight to Brodhead. I received a call from Chuck at 1043CDT when he told me he was preparing to leave Wichita but still had a few things to do. Had his Baby Oil and 50 lbs of baggage, full tanks of fuel and oil. Increased tire pressure to 15# as he was to use the hard runway. Said he would probably gross out at about 1000#. Told him to hurry before it got too hot but he won't.Received another call from Chuck at 1610CDT from Atchison, Kansas. He had to hanger his Piet for an afternoon thunderbumper for about 1 1/2 hrs. Said he had called ahead and the folks at Blakesburg will save him a ham sandwich and leave the lights on. Said the people at Atchison were great and helped him with everything he needed. He has about 4 hrs to fly tomorrow to get to Brodhead. Attached is a pic of Chuck before take off from Bluebird Hill last Julyon his way to Brodhead.Corky________________________________________________________________________________