Original Posted By: "Cuy, Michael D. (GRC-RXD0)[ASRC]"
Hey Gang!A few weeks ago I put the word out that I'm very interested in publishing an"All Pietenpol" issue of our magazine. Although a few of you came forwardand offered article ideas, the overall response was underwhelming to say theleast.I KNOW it's not from a lack of interest, but rather it's probably from oneor more of the following reasons:1) What the heck is CONTACT! Magazine???2) My plane isn't nice enough to be in a magazine.3) My project is incomplete.4) I'm not using an "alternative engine".5) I don't know how to write.6) I'm building a GN-17) I'm a lurker and don't even own a Pietenpol.To answer those concerns I offer the following:1) COONTACT! Magazine is a bimonthly, independent experimental aviationmagazine, operated as a non-profit, educational resource. There are no ads*in our magazine, just 100% experimental aviation, the type of stuff youcan't find in the other overly-commercial publications available today.I just put up on our website (for a limited time) a PDF of an entire issueof our magazine so you can see an example of it, cover-to-cover. It's anolder issue, one of my favorites, and a very popular issue as it sold outalmost immediately. Back issues if this one are only available as laserreprints.To download it go to www.ContactMagaine.com From there, look for the"current issue" button. Once on the "current issue" page, scroll down toIssue #79. Look for the "DOWNLOAD NOW" hyperlink. The file is a bit overfive megs.*We have a classifieds section that's printed on the otherwise wasted "coverwrap" used to protect the magazine during mailing. It's only available tosubscribers and can not contain commercial ads.2) Our magazine does not deal exclusively with award-winning projects. Wehonor innovation and respect anything built by hand and are just notinterested in projects completed by hired guns and cubic dollars. Thismagazine is for experimenters, by experimenters. 3) How many of us would walk into someone's hangar and turn our collectivenoses up at an incomplete project? Not me! I love the nuts-and-bolts, seeinghow stuff goes together and learning from the process. Our readers are thesame way. Other magazines find incomplete projects taboo. We feel that ifour readers can learn from a project, incomplete or not, we want to featureit.4) CONTACT! Magazine has a reputation of being an "alternative engine"magazine. Although we feel that it's just not right to spend more money onan engine than you'd spend on the entire balance of the plane, and as aresult we like to feature new and different engines, mostly autoconversions, we also feature the balance of experimental aviation. So forthe all-Pietenpol issue, we'll be featuring the plane AND the powerplants,certified or not, hoping to showcase the spectrum of engines being used,including again, certified engines. 5) We can certainly help with the writing. Although it makes our lives mucheasier when we receive a fully-written article, by no means do we everexpect to get something we can simply cut-and-paste into the magazine. Wecan help across the board; just let me know your concerns.6) Let me put it this way.... if it's at home in Brodhead, it's welcome inthis issue.7) Even if you don't have a plane or project, maybe you can let me know of aplane or project that we might pursue for the magazine. Ok, I've taken up far too much of your time with this. Hopefully I'vemotivated a few of you to help me out. We all know that there's a richhistory with the Pietenpol and for the most part, it's neglected in thecurrent crop of magazines that are more interested in selling ad space thanthey are with exploring all aspects of experimental aviation. So with that,please consider helping us produce an honorable depiction of the currentstate of all things Pietenpol.Thanks!!!Patrick PanzeraEditor(at)ContactMagazine.com________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Steve's Fuselage Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 11:15:49 -0600
Pietenpol-List: Steve's Fuselage
RE: Pietenpol-List: CONTACT! Magazine, Pietenpol Issue
Original Posted By: lshutks(at)webtv.net (Leon Stefan)
> To download it go to www.ContactMagaine.com From there, look for the> "current issue" button. Once on the "current issue" page, scroll down to> Issue #79. Look for the "DOWNLOAD NOW" hyperlink. The file is a bit over> five megs.It looks like I dropped a z out of the URL.The proper link is www.ContactMagazine.com Sorry.Pat________________________________________________________________________________
> To download it go to www.ContactMagaine.com From there, look for the> "current issue" button. Once on the "current issue" page, scroll down to> Issue #79. Look for the "DOWNLOAD NOW" hyperlink. The file is a bit over> five megs.It looks like I dropped a z out of the URL.The proper link is www.ContactMagazine.com Sorry.Pat________________________________________________________________________________
Pietenpol-List: Re: CONTACT! Magazine, Pietenpol Issue
Original Posted By: "Don Emch"
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: CONTACT! Magazine, Pietenpol IssueHello Pat I think there are a couple of other reasons why you got noreply from Model A Pietenpol builders. First, the percentage of Pietbuilders using the Model A engine is tiny compared to other engines.Many have started out with a Model A engine, than after problemsswitched to a different engine. Second, this list seems to be abuilders list. In the 5 or 6 years (or more, I don't remember exactly)that I have been here, most of the guys who finish their airplanes leavethe list, so they didn't see your post. I only know of around 4 or 5builders who have stayed with the list after completion, and none ofthem are using the Ford engine. Leon Stefan 9 years into a 2 year ModelA Piet project, ready for cover, but probably will waste 2008's warmweather building season cleaning up from Decembers 300 year ice storminstead of covering the Piet. I also blew my covering money buying agenerator so as not to be caught in the cold and dark again. AGAIN LEONS. IN DEPRESSING KANSAS LONGING FOR THE DAY I CAN SHOUT "ain't lifegrand!!! OR AS CHUCK WOULD SAY " yeeeeeeeeee haw!!!.________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: CONTACT! Magazine, Pietenpol Issue
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: CONTACT! Magazine, Pietenpol IssueHello Pat I think there are a couple of other reasons why you got noreply from Model A Pietenpol builders. First, the percentage of Pietbuilders using the Model A engine is tiny compared to other engines.Many have started out with a Model A engine, than after problemsswitched to a different engine. Second, this list seems to be abuilders list. In the 5 or 6 years (or more, I don't remember exactly)that I have been here, most of the guys who finish their airplanes leavethe list, so they didn't see your post. I only know of around 4 or 5builders who have stayed with the list after completion, and none ofthem are using the Ford engine. Leon Stefan 9 years into a 2 year ModelA Piet project, ready for cover, but probably will waste 2008's warmweather building season cleaning up from Decembers 300 year ice storminstead of covering the Piet. I also blew my covering money buying agenerator so as not to be caught in the cold and dark again. AGAIN LEONS. IN DEPRESSING KANSAS LONGING FOR THE DAY I CAN SHOUT "ain't lifegrand!!! OR AS CHUCK WOULD SAY " yeeeeeeeeee haw!!!.________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: CONTACT! Magazine, Pietenpol Issue
Original Posted By: HelsperSew(at)aol.com
Hi Pat,Sign me up. What kind of information would you like and how would you like it sent? I could write somewhat of a story if you'd like. I could get some pictures to you, but there are several of mine already on Chris Tracy's fantastic site, www.WestCoastPiet.com. Any promotion of the Pietenpol design to others in the aviation world is good!Don EmchNX899DERead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________
Hi Pat,Sign me up. What kind of information would you like and how would you like it sent? I could write somewhat of a story if you'd like. I could get some pictures to you, but there are several of mine already on Chris Tracy's fantastic site, www.WestCoastPiet.com. Any promotion of the Pietenpol design to others in the aviation world is good!Don EmchNX899DERead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________