Original Posted By: "Gary Boothe"
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Congratulations Jeff Faith! Way to go man! You did a good landing gear test on your maiden flight. Good,check that off on your list. I did the same!You can sleep great tonight. Well done. Now the best part of your projectbegins---having fun flying it!Michael Cuy________________________________________________________________________________
Pietenpol-List: Congratulations Jeff Faith!
RE: Pietenpol-List: Congrats to John Francis - First Solo
Original Posted By: owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com
Congratulations, John!!!Gary BootheNX308MB-----Original Message-----
Congratulations, John!!!Gary BootheNX308MB-----Original Message-----
Re: Pietenpol-List: Congrats to John Francis - First Solo
Original Posted By: helspersew(at)aol.com
Way to go Jeff!! Congratulations my friend. Now you can go out and enjoy it. But like us all, now a few tweaks here and there to get her right. Dan HelsperPoplar Grove, IL (for a few more days)________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Congrats to John Francis - First Solo
Way to go Jeff!! Congratulations my friend. Now you can go out and enjoy it. But like us all, now a few tweaks here and there to get her right. Dan HelsperPoplar Grove, IL (for a few more days)________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Congrats to John Francis - First Solo
Pietenpol-List: Re: Congrats to John Francis - First Solo
Original Posted By: "Dortch, Steven D MAJ MIL USA NGB"
Congratulations, John! What an awesome accomplishment. Keep on going, and you willbe done with your training and checkride before you know it.And thanks to Bob for bringing it to our attention.--------Semper Fi,Terry HandAthens, GARead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________
Congratulations, John! What an awesome accomplishment. Keep on going, and you willbe done with your training and checkride before you know it.And thanks to Bob for bringing it to our attention.--------Semper Fi,Terry HandAthens, GARead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________
Pietenpol-List: Re: Congrats to John Francis - First Solo
Original Posted By: "John Francis"
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Re: hangar floor color UNCLASSIFIEDMy Son's ex-wife's boyfriend (In Arkansas that is considered a relative) does concretework. He recommends acid stain with an acrylic sealant. Any thoughts?I have not been happy looking at the sparse selection at Lowe's and Home Depot.Blue Skies,Steve DUNCLASSIFIED________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Congrats to John Francis - First Solo
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Re: hangar floor color UNCLASSIFIEDMy Son's ex-wife's boyfriend (In Arkansas that is considered a relative) does concretework. He recommends acid stain with an acrylic sealant. Any thoughts?I have not been happy looking at the sparse selection at Lowe's and Home Depot.Blue Skies,Steve DUNCLASSIFIED________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Congrats to John Francis - First Solo
Original Posted By: Michael Perez
Thanks all. Bob just happened to be at the airport last night when I soloed. He stayed hidden from my view until it was all over. It was good to have himthere as we both have been following each others progress of building and flyingPietenpols.My instructor did the shirt thing but had warned me to wear an old shirt. A pictureis attached.The first aircraft we took up had a strange shutter to it for just a second onour first trip around the pattern. It happened again on the second and thirdtrip when the check flight instructor said this isn't going to work. I thoughtwe were done for the night but fortunately another plane was available. Wewent up again for two landings in that aircraft and he said I was good to go.I was more nervous during the check flight than I was during the solo. I canround it all up by quoting Neil Armstrong when was asked how the lunar landingwent. He replied, "Just like drill". John--------John FrancisRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ttachments: http://forums.matronics.com//files/dsc0 ... ______Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2013 04:48:57 -0700 (PDT)
Thanks all. Bob just happened to be at the airport last night when I soloed. He stayed hidden from my view until it was all over. It was good to have himthere as we both have been following each others progress of building and flyingPietenpols.My instructor did the shirt thing but had warned me to wear an old shirt. A pictureis attached.The first aircraft we took up had a strange shutter to it for just a second onour first trip around the pattern. It happened again on the second and thirdtrip when the check flight instructor said this isn't going to work. I thoughtwe were done for the night but fortunately another plane was available. Wewent up again for two landings in that aircraft and he said I was good to go.I was more nervous during the check flight than I was during the solo. I canround it all up by quoting Neil Armstrong when was asked how the lunar landingwent. He replied, "Just like drill". John--------John FrancisRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ttachments: http://forums.matronics.com//files/dsc0 ... ______Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2013 04:48:57 -0700 (PDT)
Re: Pietenpol-List: Re: Congrats to John Francis - First Solo
Original Posted By: "John Francis"
John, first, let me be about the 25th to congratulate you on your first solo. The shirt bit reminds me of an incident when I was instructing private license students. One of my students dressed like he was going to a party every day. On the "appointed" day he came to the airport with a shirst that must have cost 15 times what a normal shirt would have cost. After his first solo I told him I had to cut the back out of a shirt and suggested he go change into a less costly shirt. He said, "No, I want the back out of the one I soloed in." So I cut the back out (all the way to his shoulder blades) and he was so proud of that shirt. It's probably still hanging in the ready room at the airport -- I haven't been out there recently -- He went on to get his Commercial, Instrument, and Multiengine ratings. He was probably my best Primary student, although I had a bunch. Congratulations, again. Chuck----- Original Message -----
John, first, let me be about the 25th to congratulate you on your first solo. The shirt bit reminds me of an incident when I was instructing private license students. One of my students dressed like he was going to a party every day. On the "appointed" day he came to the airport with a shirst that must have cost 15 times what a normal shirt would have cost. After his first solo I told him I had to cut the back out of a shirt and suggested he go change into a less costly shirt. He said, "No, I want the back out of the one I soloed in." So I cut the back out (all the way to his shoulder blades) and he was so proud of that shirt. It's probably still hanging in the ready room at the airport -- I haven't been out there recently -- He went on to get his Commercial, Instrument, and Multiengine ratings. He was probably my best Primary student, although I had a bunch. Congratulations, again. Chuck----- Original Message -----