Pietenpol-List: Bob Seibert email

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Original Posted By: "Jack T. Textor"
Speaking of wing attachments, the gentleman in the hangar next to ours (me and Randy Stout) crashed one of his sailplanes Friday here at San Geronimo. Apparently, one of the wing attach pins was not pushed down completely through the lower attach holes and while he was on tow and just breaking ground, the wing loaded and the lower attach let go, folding the wing. It departed the aircraft and the next thing you know, the Maule towplane was simply dragging a heap of junk.Pilot broke a leg and injured his back, I believe he is out of the hospital now though. Sailplane is totalled. He almost hit a car and people who were watching from the side of the runway after the craft lost control.Is there really anything more critical to a fixed-wing aircraft than the wing attachments?Oscar ZunigaSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Bob Seibert emailDate: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 11:03:03 -0500

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Original Posted By: Gary Gower

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Original Posted By: "Dick Navratil"
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Bob Seibert emailHey Group,Bob was headed to CA., to be near his kids. Jim Markle might have good contact info.Max________________________________________________________________________________

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Original Posted By: "gcardinal"
Heres a follow up to a post a couple of weeks ago on a unique engine installation. I forwarded the previous post to the Rotec factory. I'm not sure if that was a fake, I havent heard back from them yet. I know this one is real.________________________________________________________________________________