Original Posted By: Mike King
Okay, so let's take the dimpletape and SR-71subject lines away and consider books. I canhighly recommend two:"Yeager- An Autobiography" by Chuck Yeager andLeo Janos."Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years AtLockheed" by Ben Rich and Leo Janos.Both are very, very interesting reading for apilot or experimenter.Oscar ZunigaAir Camper NX41CCSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net ________________________________________________________________________________Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 10:01:28 -0500 (EST)
Pietenpol-List: good books
Re: Pietenpol-List: good books
Original Posted By: Rick Holland
Who needs a pith helmet when you've got the flying goggles?--------Oscar ZunigaSan Antonio, TXAir Camper NX41CCRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ttachments: http://forums.matronics.com//files/ap31 ... ______Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 12:22:43 -0500Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: good books
Who needs a pith helmet when you've got the flying goggles?--------Oscar ZunigaSan Antonio, TXAir Camper NX41CCRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ttachments: http://forums.matronics.com//files/ap31 ... ______Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 12:22:43 -0500Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: good books
Re: Pietenpol-List: Small steps reaches small mile stone
Original Posted By: Rick Holland
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Small steps reaches small mile stone
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Small steps reaches small mile stone
Re: Pietenpol-List: good books
Original Posted By: "David Paule"
I'm always amazed (after all, our love is reported to be low and slow flight in an open cockpit) that more aren't reading about low and slow flight in open cockpits. I love early aviation and the men & women that pioneered the way for us. Rescue flights in -40 below zero weather, between Alaska and Russia in open cockpit airplanes. Flying into areas where there were no maps or knowledge of what to expect. Crashes that pilots walked away from, only to have to walk hundreds of miles to get help. Others rebuilt their planes and props to fly them out to safety. I also love to read about Bush Pilots and their adventures. So much history.Just a few of the really good books.In The Shadow Of Eagles by Rudy Billberg (I have two of these, so if anyone wants to read it, I will send it to you, then you must send it on to someone else.)Heroes Of the Horizon by Gerry BruderThe Last Of The Bush Pilots by Harmon HelmericksFrank Barr, Bush Pilot in Alaska and the Yukon by Dermot ColeMercy Pilot, The Joe Crosson Story by Dirk TordoffMudHole Smith, Alaska Flier by Lone E. Janson (I use to work for MudHole in the early 60's. He was a real true Alaskan pioneer bushpilot)North Star Over My Shoulder By Bob BuckBush Pilots, Legends of the Old & Bold By Bob Cary & Jack HautalaWager With The Wind, the Don Sheldon Story by James GreinerGlacier Pilot, the Story of Bob Reeve and the Flyers who pushed back Alaska Air Frontiers by Beth Day RomuloWings Over Alaska, The Story of Carl Ben Eielson By Edward A. Herron.If you like true war stories then I recommend the following about FAC (Forward air controllers)(low and slow) Pilots in Vietnam.A Lonely Kind of War by Marshall HarrisonVietnam Above the TreeTops by John F. FlanaganGene in sunny beautiful TennesseeN502R----- Original Message -----
I'm always amazed (after all, our love is reported to be low and slow flight in an open cockpit) that more aren't reading about low and slow flight in open cockpits. I love early aviation and the men & women that pioneered the way for us. Rescue flights in -40 below zero weather, between Alaska and Russia in open cockpit airplanes. Flying into areas where there were no maps or knowledge of what to expect. Crashes that pilots walked away from, only to have to walk hundreds of miles to get help. Others rebuilt their planes and props to fly them out to safety. I also love to read about Bush Pilots and their adventures. So much history.Just a few of the really good books.In The Shadow Of Eagles by Rudy Billberg (I have two of these, so if anyone wants to read it, I will send it to you, then you must send it on to someone else.)Heroes Of the Horizon by Gerry BruderThe Last Of The Bush Pilots by Harmon HelmericksFrank Barr, Bush Pilot in Alaska and the Yukon by Dermot ColeMercy Pilot, The Joe Crosson Story by Dirk TordoffMudHole Smith, Alaska Flier by Lone E. Janson (I use to work for MudHole in the early 60's. He was a real true Alaskan pioneer bushpilot)North Star Over My Shoulder By Bob BuckBush Pilots, Legends of the Old & Bold By Bob Cary & Jack HautalaWager With The Wind, the Don Sheldon Story by James GreinerGlacier Pilot, the Story of Bob Reeve and the Flyers who pushed back Alaska Air Frontiers by Beth Day RomuloWings Over Alaska, The Story of Carl Ben Eielson By Edward A. Herron.If you like true war stories then I recommend the following about FAC (Forward air controllers)(low and slow) Pilots in Vietnam.A Lonely Kind of War by Marshall HarrisonVietnam Above the TreeTops by John F. FlanaganGene in sunny beautiful TennesseeN502R----- Original Message -----
Re: Pietenpol-List: good books
Original Posted By: Michael Perez
Pietenpol-List: Re: good books
Original Posted By: "Paul N. Peckham"
Subject: Pietenpol-List: vertical stabilizer fitting locationMike,I would leave your vertical tail fitting/ cable location right where the plans show it and not worry about the twist until you have allowedfor change of season/ spring/ summer humidity to come to Ohio, then until after you varnish and cover with fabric unless the twist isreally noticeable in which case I would simply build a new one.You will be able to take twist out during the fabric taughtening process to by playing the iron over one side at a higher temp than the otheras you go thru the three increasing iron temperature stages for the Dacron tightening.Those cables stabilize the hinge line right at the top hinge so when you boot the rudder that back edge of your vertical stab is heldvery firmly. If you grab your stab by the LE when you boot the rudder you'll have the "guy wires" ahead of the place where all therudder force is being transferred to the stab.Lastly, if you look at the brace wires/ rods on Piper Cubs or Aeronca Champs, Aeronca Sedans, Taylorcrafts, Porterfields, Ryan PT's,Fairchilds.......every one of them uses the hinge line edge of the vertical stab to secure the wires.Mike C.________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: good books
Subject: Pietenpol-List: vertical stabilizer fitting locationMike,I would leave your vertical tail fitting/ cable location right where the plans show it and not worry about the twist until you have allowedfor change of season/ spring/ summer humidity to come to Ohio, then until after you varnish and cover with fabric unless the twist isreally noticeable in which case I would simply build a new one.You will be able to take twist out during the fabric taughtening process to by playing the iron over one side at a higher temp than the otheras you go thru the three increasing iron temperature stages for the Dacron tightening.Those cables stabilize the hinge line right at the top hinge so when you boot the rudder that back edge of your vertical stab is heldvery firmly. If you grab your stab by the LE when you boot the rudder you'll have the "guy wires" ahead of the place where all therudder force is being transferred to the stab.Lastly, if you look at the brace wires/ rods on Piper Cubs or Aeronca Champs, Aeronca Sedans, Taylorcrafts, Porterfields, Ryan PT's,Fairchilds.......every one of them uses the hinge line edge of the vertical stab to secure the wires.Mike C.________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: good books
Original Posted By: Michael Perez
A few favorites of mine would be Nothing by Chance & Biplane by Richard Bach. If you haven't read Nothing by Chance, it was a barnstorming story that took placein southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois, and no, Bach did not fly intoBrodhead. Go figure. Flight of Passage by Rinker Buck is another one thatis really a hoot to read. Lastly, Budd Davisson's 2 books, The Stonewall File,and Cobalt Blue will definitely keep you up at night.PaulRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ______Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 14:50:28 -0800 (PST)
A few favorites of mine would be Nothing by Chance & Biplane by Richard Bach. If you haven't read Nothing by Chance, it was a barnstorming story that took placein southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois, and no, Bach did not fly intoBrodhead. Go figure. Flight of Passage by Rinker Buck is another one thatis really a hoot to read. Lastly, Budd Davisson's 2 books, The Stonewall File,and Cobalt Blue will definitely keep you up at night.PaulRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ______Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 14:50:28 -0800 (PST)
Re: Pietenpol-List: Re: Top vert.cable fitting.
Original Posted By: Michael Perez
Re: Pietenpol-List: Re: good books
Original Posted By: "Jeff Boatright"
Another good one is "Record Flights" by Chamberlin.Also "Building Aeroplanes for The Magnificent Men and Their Flying Machines" by Wheeler.David Paule----- Original Message -----
Another good one is "Record Flights" by Chamberlin.Also "Building Aeroplanes for The Magnificent Men and Their Flying Machines" by Wheeler.David Paule----- Original Message -----
Pietenpol-List: Re: good books
Original Posted By: "Bill Church"
Mike King wrote->There is a Piet.....complete with Ford engine>and Air Camper logo.... at nearby Rockport Airport.>It is a beautiful plane and we plan on flying>around South Texas and along the Gulf Coast>beachline soon.Yes, that is Ron Hollmer's Ford A-powered Piet,also known as Howard Henderson's Piet since hebuilt it. N444MH. Some excellent pix of theairplane at www.westcoastpiet.com (of course).Oscar ZunigaAir Camper NX41CCSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net ________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: good books
Mike King wrote->There is a Piet.....complete with Ford engine>and Air Camper logo.... at nearby Rockport Airport.>It is a beautiful plane and we plan on flying>around South Texas and along the Gulf Coast>beachline soon.Yes, that is Ron Hollmer's Ford A-powered Piet,also known as Howard Henderson's Piet since hebuilt it. N444MH. Some excellent pix of theairplane at www.westcoastpiet.com (of course).Oscar ZunigaAir Camper NX41CCSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net ________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: good books
Original Posted By: "Dortch, Steven D MAJ NG NG NGB"
Not to get nit-picky (well, maybe I am) but, the the air base in Goose Bay is actuallyin Labrador, not Greenland.Now, since I retrieved this bit of information about Labrador, does that make mean "information about Labrador retriever"?Dan wrote:Hassel went on to serve in WWII, establishing the all-important air base in GooseBay, Greenland.Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________
Not to get nit-picky (well, maybe I am) but, the the air base in Goose Bay is actuallyin Labrador, not Greenland.Now, since I retrieved this bit of information about Labrador, does that make mean "information about Labrador retriever"?Dan wrote:Hassel went on to serve in WWII, establishing the all-important air base in GooseBay, Greenland.Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________
Re: Pietenpol-List: Re: good books
Original Posted By: Bill Church
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Re: good booksI would suggest that you seek out some of the little books written by local aviators.For example Jimmy Hays was an Oklahoma Farmer who wrote a small Magazine sizedbook about his experiences. He helped establish the flying farmers organizationand was very active in various organizations. He was in early air races withJimmy Dolittle and others of similar fame. His book is a great read. One of myfavorite stories is his prop coming to pieces during an air race. He put theplane in a field, pulled the prop and got a ride to the finish line, arrivingwith the prop on his shoulder. Jimmy Dolittle beat him that time.These books are often hard to find. Besides who knows what is out there. But theyoften have great stories.Blue Skies,Steve D----- Original Message -----
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Re: good booksI would suggest that you seek out some of the little books written by local aviators.For example Jimmy Hays was an Oklahoma Farmer who wrote a small Magazine sizedbook about his experiences. He helped establish the flying farmers organizationand was very active in various organizations. He was in early air races withJimmy Dolittle and others of similar fame. His book is a great read. One of myfavorite stories is his prop coming to pieces during an air race. He put theplane in a field, pulled the prop and got a ride to the finish line, arrivingwith the prop on his shoulder. Jimmy Dolittle beat him that time.These books are often hard to find. Besides who knows what is out there. But theyoften have great stories.Blue Skies,Steve D----- Original Message -----