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-----Original Message-----=46rom: Gary Gower Date: Sunday, March 21, 1999 12:18 PMSubject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Attn Flight Sim 98 users!Hi Gary, thanks for all the info!! Wish I had a Air Creation trike! I hada Windlass trike for about a year, then traded it for a Rans S-12. I havethe EAA/ASC exemption to give training in two place "heavy UL's", but= therewasn't any trike interest here in South Texas. I remember last yearsomebody rigged up the MFS 98 by putting the yoke on the ceiling, and= thenhad some PVC pipe attached to it, and it came down as a trike bar, he= saidit was pretty good.Thanks again so much for the info, and I'd sure like to hear more abo=ut the"bathtub" project.RobertRobert Hensarlinghttp://www.mesquite-furniture.comrhrocker(at)admin.hilconet.comUvalde, Texas>>>>-----Original Message----->>From: Gary Gower >>To: Pietenpol Discussion >>Date: Saturday, March 20, 1999 5:32 PM>>Subject: Re: Attn Flight Sim 98 users!>>>>Hi Gary. I'm new to the list, and saw this message reference the>>Piet/flight 98 info. I would really like to set up this simulatoron my>>Compaq Presario. Could you possibly email me direct about what all= Iwould>>need (controls, programs, some sort of game card(?), etc).>>>>I've recently traded for a GN-1, and will be receiving it this nextweekend.>>I will have some questions for the list I'm sure. I've watched Mic=haelCuys>>tape 20 times now, and I'm very interested in the Pietenpol influen=ce of>>aviation history.>>>>I will have pictures on my website soon of my GN-1. If anyone ever= gets>>down to my part of the country (Uvalde is located 70 miles West ofSan>>Antonio), please stop in for a visit. Maybe we can have a Piet/GNfly in>>down here sometime.>>>>Thank you,>>Robert Hensarling>>>>Sorry Robert,>>I am as new to Flight Simulator as you, just went to look at thiswonderfull>page (and what links!),>>I "flew" a FS years ago with the keyboard, but never "serious" itwas>boring with no sounds and crash in every landing
>>But I have a friend here that he really likes the Flight Sim, he ha=s a>joke, pedals, trottle, etc and has built the scenary of our area in=cluding>the military airport, the International Airport (GDL) our Aerodromeandeven>our hangars. He keep his airplane in my hangar
without my permis=sion,is>amasing!!!>>He is beguining to built a Wittman Tailwind.>>I will ask him if he will like to get in touch with you (I bet he wi=ll),the>problem is that his english is about as bad as mine (dictionary & sp=eller>helps a lot in e-mails).>>I sent yesterday an e-mail to the owner of the page asking for advis=e, I>also got imppressed about it!!!>>Hope I dont get to hoked to sibernetic flight, I love flying real th=ings.>My project is a "brother" of the Piet: The Ramsey Bathub, originalplans>come in the 1932 Flying and Glider Manual page 60. I made some "litt=le">modifications that include the engine trust in line with the wingsand>empenage (tail fethers), other mods are safety ones like tube struc=ture in>place to wires in the fuselage "cone", etc.>>Hope we can help you.>>Saludos>ying: -----------------------e Sail>EAA 280015 | 1/2 VW trike w/Sabre Sail borrowed initial test=ing -------------->EAA Chapter 1039 President | 1,835 VW 2 place "modified" 1932 Ram=seyBathtub>Delegado Regional FEMEDA-FAI | FAI Legal Ultralight (224 Kg dry) (9=0%finished)>ggower(at)informador.com.mx | (modifying the wings) tocover.>Guadalajara, Jalisco, MEXICO | --Next project:-) HM-380 Flying Fleain1999(?)>--------------------------------------------------------------------=------->Flying WWP (Wife & Weather Permited) from:>Aerodromo "Paco Yerena" (For Ultralights and light planes ONLY) in C=hapala:>Alt 4,997' ASL N 20=BA18.610' W 103=BA09.606' (Grass) CT: PAK 123.4=5>Main Strip 14/32, 700 mts (2,300'Long 60'W) two more strips for cros=s wind>landing.>>>> Right Pattern to 14 (WARNING: flying over town forbidden)>Info: G. Gower, Apdo # 5-96 Chapalita, Zapopan Jalisco, 45040 MEXIC=O.>IMPORTANT: check Altitude ASL & power available for take off in adva=nce!>>________________________________________________________________________________