Pietenpol-List: seat belts

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Pietenpol-List: seat belts

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Original Posted By: "Mr. Carmen A. Natalie"
Subject: Pietenpol-List: seat belts Raffaele wrote: >> What sort of results Raffaelle? Mike B ( Piet N687MB ) ________________________________________________________________________________
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Raffaele wrote:>>What sort of results Raffaelle?Mike B ( Piet N687MB )Raffaele wrote:I have seen the results of poor attach points on apietenpol thatcrashedfrom about 50 ft. high. The attach points were at thefuselageclusterwhere a longeron and diagonals come together behind thepilot'sseat.What sort of results Raffaelle?Mike B ( Piet N687MB )________________________________________________________________________________
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Pietenpol-List: Re: seat belts

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Original Posted By: Michael Brusilow
Hi Mike,The seat belt attachment pulled the cluster to the inside. The pilot (nonames) hit his head on the side of the dash, he survived, but had tohave eye surgery. I don't believe he has ever flow since. The Piet. wasnever rebuilt. He needed a new wing and repair to the fuselage. The windwas coming from the north , he took off and made a left in front of ahuge barn around 50 feet . The wind was abstucted by the barn whichcreated a downward shear. He said he had no controll what so ever. Hehad 30,000 hours in a 747. -----Original Message-----________________________________________________________________________________
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Original Posted By: Ian Holland
... he took off and made a left infront of a huge barn around 50 feet....Could this have been avoided if he had continued his climbout and waitedto turn when he was closer to pattern altitude? Especially with a lowpowered aircraft, I would think that low altitude turns on takeoff mightbe a bit dangerous...-Carmen-________________________________________________________________________________
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Original Posted By: "Scott S."
Irwin,I used car racing belts with a wide lap belt and two narrower, over the shoulderbelts that are permanently attached to the lap belt, which opens in the middleusing a large lever type buckle.I used this belt in off-roading and really like the larger width across my lap,though this stuff IS heavier than aircraft stuff.It's a little hard to snuggle into, but so what.Douwe________________________________________________________________________________Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 07:05:51 -0600
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Re: Pietenpol-List: woodworker intimidated by metal fittings

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RE: Pietenpol-List: woodworker intimidated by metal fittings

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