Original Posted By: "Sayre, William G"
... are on William's website, at http://www.flycorvair.com/cc9a.htmlOscar ZunigaSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: flour bomb designDate: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 11:29:12 -0800
Pietenpol-List: flour bomb design
Re: Pietenpol-List: flour bomb design
Original Posted By: "Sayre, William G"
William:A few yrs back I flew w/ a man who owned several commercial fishing vessels.During Tuna season we would fly a couple hundred miles off shore in hisstraight tail 172 w/ an oddly pink interior. The plane was equipped with anextra tank in place of the aft seat allowing for an 8 hr operation. The ideabeing that we would spot the tuna from the air and mark the spot w/ a dyemarker, then via marine radio direct the boats already on station to the redplume. The marker bombs consisted of an 8 inch square piece of newspaperthat would contain about 3 table spoons of neon red dye and a small pebble.The marker bombs were tied up w/ a rubber band so that the selvage of thepaper would be rather like a feathers on a badminton shuttle cock. The werequite accurate. Unfortunately they were also fragile. And thus when a littleless than careful the marker bombs would come apart as we attempted tolaunch them out the open window. This of course explained the reason for therather feminine interior dcor of the old 172. The stuff never came out ofthe old white vinyl interior.Michael SilviusScarborough, Maine----- Original Message -----
William:A few yrs back I flew w/ a man who owned several commercial fishing vessels.During Tuna season we would fly a couple hundred miles off shore in hisstraight tail 172 w/ an oddly pink interior. The plane was equipped with anextra tank in place of the aft seat allowing for an 8 hr operation. The ideabeing that we would spot the tuna from the air and mark the spot w/ a dyemarker, then via marine radio direct the boats already on station to the redplume. The marker bombs consisted of an 8 inch square piece of newspaperthat would contain about 3 table spoons of neon red dye and a small pebble.The marker bombs were tied up w/ a rubber band so that the selvage of thepaper would be rather like a feathers on a badminton shuttle cock. The werequite accurate. Unfortunately they were also fragile. And thus when a littleless than careful the marker bombs would come apart as we attempted tolaunch them out the open window. This of course explained the reason for therather feminine interior dcor of the old 172. The stuff never came out ofthe old white vinyl interior.Michael SilviusScarborough, Maine----- Original Message -----
Re: Pietenpol-List: flour bomb design
Original Posted By: "MICHAEL SILVIUS"
We used to use flour bombs in a Texas town using a barrel. It was fun, but extremely difficult to hit that barrel. Anyway, we used brown sacks filled with about 1/3 of flour. We tied the bags with one string, loosely, so that the sack would easily spill its content when it hit the ground or the barrel. Be sure and take them out of the aircraft when going into Mexico and back. It is terribly embarrasing.Doyle Combs----- Original Message -----
We used to use flour bombs in a Texas town using a barrel. It was fun, but extremely difficult to hit that barrel. Anyway, we used brown sacks filled with about 1/3 of flour. We tied the bags with one string, loosely, so that the sack would easily spill its content when it hit the ground or the barrel. Be sure and take them out of the aircraft when going into Mexico and back. It is terribly embarrasing.Doyle Combs----- Original Message -----
Re: Pietenpol-List: flour bomb design
Original Posted By: "Sayre, William G"
RE: Pietenpol-List: flour bomb design
Original Posted By: "Phillips, Jack"
RE: Pietenpol-List: flour bomb design
Original Posted By: owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com
The watermelons remind of the book "Flight of Passage" by Rinker Buck. Ithink they dropped cantalopes. The below text is from a book website."In the summer of 1966, Rinker and Kernahan Buck, two schoolboys fromNew Jersey, bought a dilapidated Piper Cub for $300, rebuilt it in theirbarns, and took off on the journey of a lifetime - a daring flightacross the Rockies to California. They become to youngest aviators onrecord to fly coast-to-coast, and their thirst for adventure, and thesimple audacity of their trip, mirrored the innocence of their times.Because they couldn't afford one, they navigated all the way toCalifornia without a radio."My wife bought me this book to read during the week we rented a beachhouse on Emerald Isle, N.C. (maybe you have been there Jack Phillips?).I found it to be a great story involving aviation. Maybe some of youhave also read this. I understand it's also on c.d. to listen whiledriving.-----Original Message-----
The watermelons remind of the book "Flight of Passage" by Rinker Buck. Ithink they dropped cantalopes. The below text is from a book website."In the summer of 1966, Rinker and Kernahan Buck, two schoolboys fromNew Jersey, bought a dilapidated Piper Cub for $300, rebuilt it in theirbarns, and took off on the journey of a lifetime - a daring flightacross the Rockies to California. They become to youngest aviators onrecord to fly coast-to-coast, and their thirst for adventure, and thesimple audacity of their trip, mirrored the innocence of their times.Because they couldn't afford one, they navigated all the way toCalifornia without a radio."My wife bought me this book to read during the week we rented a beachhouse on Emerald Isle, N.C. (maybe you have been there Jack Phillips?).I found it to be a great story involving aviation. Maybe some of youhave also read this. I understand it's also on c.d. to listen whiledriving.-----Original Message-----