Original Posted By: Ken Hannan
Announcing the 1st annual Pietenpol Fly-In, at Benton Airport, on Sept11,1999. Benton KS is about 10 miles northeast of Wichita KS. The 2600'hard surface 36/18 runway is in fair condition, with a grass strip on the westside that is about 2000'. There is no forum, just lots of interestingdiscussions are planned. We will probably have some stuff like ribs, jigs,misc. parts, and info on how to order the plans from Don Pietenpol. Aninformal gathering of anyone interested in a seeing replicas of the designthat is the grandfather of all homebuilt planes. There should be at leastfive Pietenpol airplanes there, four Model A, and one Corvair powered model.Three of these are airworthy. The Ford Model A car club also plans toattend, with 20 to 30 Model A cars planning to attend. No camping is allowed on the airport, for the simple reason that thereis norestroom facilities, except for the bathroom in the office, however we arelooking into renting a porta-john. Camping is available at Sante Fe Lake,about 5 miles southeast of Benton. Their rates are $4.00 / night, and for amotorhome it will set ya back $10.00. There is a new motel near JabaraAirport, which is about 8 miles to the west of Benton. If ya can't e-mail me with your questions call me, Chuck Gantzer,at316-262-3392 in the evenings. Or call Doug Bryant at 316-733-2324.Chuck GantzerWichita KS________________________________________________________________________________