Original Posted By: "kevinpurtee"
If I recall Dan, it's not the corn fields in Illinois one needs to worry about,it's those pesky soybean fields! [Wink]--------Billy McCaskillUrbana, ILtail section almost done, starting on ribs soonRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Appropriate Flying Footwear
Pietenpol-List: Appropriate Flying Footwear
Pietenpol-List: Appropriate Flying Footwear
Original Posted By: Gene Rambo
Axel (err... Kevin)... I agree wholeheartedly with you. Wearingthe wrong footwear can ruin your rollout. It's happened to me,too. My footwear of choice for flying the Piet are my JustinRoper boots, which are a Wellington style, smooth rounded toes,low heels. They have nothing on them to hang up on anythingand are easy to slide into the foot-holes. What they are NOT,though, is appropriate for summertime flying in shorts and atee shirt (or so my wife tells me). In the summer I wear apair of tennis shoes... the slimmer and cleaner, the better.Most running-type shoes have all kinds of lugs and contoursand laces and stuff on them, and none of that is good for getting in and out of the airplane, and make them prone tohang up on things up around your feet.Others have reported the same experience. Maybe we should letthe FAA know so they can require us to install warning placardsin the cockpit 'APPROPRIATE FOOTWEAR REQUIRED FOR SAFE FLIGHT'.Oscar ZunigaAir Camper NX41CCSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net ________________________________________________________________________________
Axel (err... Kevin)... I agree wholeheartedly with you. Wearingthe wrong footwear can ruin your rollout. It's happened to me,too. My footwear of choice for flying the Piet are my JustinRoper boots, which are a Wellington style, smooth rounded toes,low heels. They have nothing on them to hang up on anythingand are easy to slide into the foot-holes. What they are NOT,though, is appropriate for summertime flying in shorts and atee shirt (or so my wife tells me). In the summer I wear apair of tennis shoes... the slimmer and cleaner, the better.Most running-type shoes have all kinds of lugs and contoursand laces and stuff on them, and none of that is good for getting in and out of the airplane, and make them prone tohang up on things up around your feet.Others have reported the same experience. Maybe we should letthe FAA know so they can require us to install warning placardsin the cockpit 'APPROPRIATE FOOTWEAR REQUIRED FOR SAFE FLIGHT'.Oscar ZunigaAir Camper NX41CCSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net ________________________________________________________________________________
Re: Pietenpol-List: Appropriate Flying Footwear
Original Posted By: "Dave Sornborger"
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Appropriate Flying Footwear I was always taught to dress the way you want to spend the night. Then you cantake stuff off.Blue Skies,Steve DOn 09/19/10, Kip and Beth Gardner wrote:> > Yeah, Wellies with shorts and a t-shirt - exactly what the stylish stable-muckerwears in summer
. While I don't yet have any pedal experience with a Piet(except for a flight in Mike C's many years ago), I have found that for similarsituations, boat shoes (i.e. Sperry Topsiders) work well for the same reasonas Oscar's preferred tennis shoes. I like the kind that have laces, sothat I can tie them to the tightness I want.> > Kip Gardner> > On Sep 19, 2010, at 10:48 AM, Oscar Zuniga wrote:> > >> >> >Axel (err... Kevin)... I agree wholeheartedly with you. Wearing> >the wrong footwear can ruin your rollout. It's happened to me,> >too. My footwear of choice for flying the Piet are my Justin> >Roper boots, which are a Wellington style, smooth rounded toes,> >low heels. They have nothing on them to hang up on anything> >and are easy to slide into the foot-holes. What they are NOT,> >though, is appropriate for summertime flying in shorts and a> >tee shirt (or so my wife tells me). In the summer I wear a> >pair of tennis shoes... the slimmer and cleaner, the better.> >Most running-type shoes have all kinds of lugs and contours> >and laces and stuff on them, and none of that is good for> >getting in and out of the airplane, and make them prone to> >hang up on things up around your feet.> >> >Others have reported the same experience. Maybe we should let> >the FAA know so they can require us to install warning placards> >in the cockpit 'APPROPRIATE FOOTWEAR REQUIRED FOR SAFE FLIGHT'.> >> >Oscar Zuniga> >Air Camper NX41CC> >San Antonio, TX> >mailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.com> >website at http://www.flysquirrel.net > >> >> >> >> > ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Appropriate Flying Footwear I was always taught to dress the way you want to spend the night. Then you cantake stuff off.Blue Skies,Steve DOn 09/19/10, Kip and Beth Gardner wrote:> > Yeah, Wellies with shorts and a t-shirt - exactly what the stylish stable-muckerwears in summer
. While I don't yet have any pedal experience with a Piet(except for a flight in Mike C's many years ago), I have found that for similarsituations, boat shoes (i.e. Sperry Topsiders) work well for the same reasonas Oscar's preferred tennis shoes. I like the kind that have laces, sothat I can tie them to the tightness I want.> > Kip Gardner> > On Sep 19, 2010, at 10:48 AM, Oscar Zuniga wrote:> > >> >> >Axel (err... Kevin)... I agree wholeheartedly with you. Wearing> >the wrong footwear can ruin your rollout. It's happened to me,> >too. My footwear of choice for flying the Piet are my Justin> >Roper boots, which are a Wellington style, smooth rounded toes,> >low heels. They have nothing on them to hang up on anything> >and are easy to slide into the foot-holes. What they are NOT,> >though, is appropriate for summertime flying in shorts and a> >tee shirt (or so my wife tells me). In the summer I wear a> >pair of tennis shoes... the slimmer and cleaner, the better.> >Most running-type shoes have all kinds of lugs and contours> >and laces and stuff on them, and none of that is good for> >getting in and out of the airplane, and make them prone to> >hang up on things up around your feet.> >> >Others have reported the same experience. Maybe we should let> >the FAA know so they can require us to install warning placards> >in the cockpit 'APPROPRIATE FOOTWEAR REQUIRED FOR SAFE FLIGHT'.> >> >Oscar Zuniga> >Air Camper NX41CC> >San Antonio, TX> >mailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.com> >website at http://www.flysquirrel.net > >> >> >> >> > ________________________________________________________________________________Re: Pietenpol-List: Appropriate Flying Footwear
Original Posted By: Andrew M Eldredge
Scroll to the last page of this newsletter:http://home.comcast.net/~petegavin/eaa2 ... 9.pdfOscar ZunigaAir Camper NX41CCSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net ________________________________________________________________________________Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2010 14:57:45 -0700Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Appropriate Flying Footwear
Scroll to the last page of this newsletter:http://home.comcast.net/~petegavin/eaa2 ... 9.pdfOscar ZunigaAir Camper NX41CCSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net ________________________________________________________________________________Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2010 14:57:45 -0700Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Appropriate Flying Footwear
Re: Pietenpol-List: Greg Cardinal's Piet spotted
Original Posted By: "Oscar Zuniga"
Here is a higher res version.It was taken on Sunday, September 5th on the way to the Log Cabin fly-in in Mondovi, WI.We had just crossed the Mississippi River and were approaching the Chippewa River, all the ravines were filled with fog. We descended to within 50' of the top of the fog.It was a lovely flight.Greg----- Original Message -----
Here is a higher res version.It was taken on Sunday, September 5th on the way to the Log Cabin fly-in in Mondovi, WI.We had just crossed the Mississippi River and were approaching the Chippewa River, all the ravines were filled with fog. We descended to within 50' of the top of the fog.It was a lovely flight.Greg----- Original Message -----
Pietenpol-List: Re: Greg Cardinal's Piet spotted
Original Posted By: "Peter W Johnson"
That is a great photo, and it captures the essence of the low and slow, open-cockpitPiet experience about as good as any picture I've ever seen!--------Billy McCaskillUrbana, ILtail section almost done, starting on ribs soonRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________
That is a great photo, and it captures the essence of the low and slow, open-cockpitPiet experience about as good as any picture I've ever seen!--------Billy McCaskillUrbana, ILtail section almost done, starting on ribs soonRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________
RE: Pietenpol-List: Greg Cardinal's Piet spotted
Original Posted By: owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com
Greg,Beautiful, its just become my desktop background.ThanksPeterWonthaggi Australiahttp://www.cpc-world.com-----Original Message-----
Greg,Beautiful, its just become my desktop background.ThanksPeterWonthaggi Australiahttp://www.cpc-world.com-----Original Message-----
Pietenpol-List: Greg Cardinal's Piet spotted
Original Posted By: Mike Tunnicliffe