Re: Pietenpol-List: Movies / RFD

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Original Posted By: Jeff Boatright
Another great movie.If you don't know about Rockford, or the early years of EAA, get a copy of Duane Cole's "This is EAA". It's fun reading for people like us.Wayne Bressler Jr.Taildraggers, Inc.taildraggersinc.com>> What you guys should try watching is Those Magnificent Men in Their > Flying Machines instead. The aircraft are much closer in spirit to > the Piet and the flying is all real. They used to show this movie > for free in the campground at night during the Rockford flyin. I got > to see it about six times. For those of you who don't remember > Rockford that was before Oshkosh, the prices were reasonable, the > people friendly and the airplanes were not plastic. Also they didn't > charge extra for every little thing. There was even a Pietenpol > there with two Continental 65 engines in the nose driving counter > rotating props.>> Mike McGowan shadetree(at)socket.net> building rib jig long fuselage Model A________________________________________________________________________________Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:37:41 -0400

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Original Posted By: owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com
Gary BootheCool, Ca.PietenpolWW Corvair ConversionTail done, Fuselage on gear(13 ribs down.)-----Original Message-----

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Original Posted By: AMsafetyC(at)aol.com
WOO HOO That set my hair. I 'm gonna try my hand at glass bending too. They havemade a change on their website.--------Jerry Dotson59 Daniel Johnson RdBaker, FL 32531Started building NX510JD July, 2009using Lycoming O-235Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________

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Original Posted By: AMsafetyC(at)aol.com
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Pieti Lowell speaks!Jeff Thanks I really appreciate your recording that talk. I wish I had sat in on that.Thanks againJohnIn a message dated 8/18/2009 9:43:05 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, jboatri(at)emory.edu writes:Links are to the seminar where Pieti Lowell (Frank) chats about his experiments with Pietenpols. Included are discussions of the Riblett airoils,fuel injection of a Ford Model B engine, and other performance tweaks. Video in five parts. Note that I missed about the first minute - sorry! - plus, the flies were terrible, so you'll see the video bounce around a lot as I finally lose it a couple of times and swat at them._http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unvGPeYrc3o_ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unvGPeYrc3o) _http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHHnzw1V5FY_ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHHnzw1V5FY) _http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYJ1QchJCeM_ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYJ1QchJCeM) _http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLTDTEyhpGE_ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLTDTEyhpGE) _http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNJI19K3POU_ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNJI19K3POU) -- Jeff Boatright"Now let's think about this..."(http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Pietenpol-List) (http://www.matronics.com/contribution) ________________________________________________________________________________