Pietenpol-List: Corona '99
Posted: Sat Apr 24, 1999 8:52 pm
Original Posted By: John Duprey
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Corona '99>Hey Group!>>Just wanted to give you a preliminary report on the 3rd Annual Corona>Piet Fly-In. It was a lot of fun and a good chance to put some faces to>the names we see in the chat group.>>The weather Saturday morning was overcast and cool with rain in the>mountain passes, but there were still 2 completed Air Campers, a GN-1, 3>Baby Aces and a Bowers Fly-Baby. Not to mention lots of interesting>projects in the hangars on the field, which is a very active general and>sport flying airport. Things like Piet's, Baby Aces, Marquart Charger>and Waco biplanes, on and on. Oh, and the nearby Chino airport was>having an airshow so we got to see some of the planes that were>participating in it as they waited their turn for airshow center.>When's the last time you had a formation made up of a P-38 Lightning, a>P-63 Kingcobra and two P-51 Mustang's circling around that was joined in>energetic fashion by an F-14 Tomcat? And later an F-117 Stealth Fighter>showed up in all it's faceted glory. Awesome! Conditions were a bit>too rough to give any enjoyable rides in the Piet's, but it was an>excellent opportunity to have spouses try getting into the front pit,>both with and without doors. Hey, that's important!>>The local EAA chapter is building an Air Camper and had their wing>panels available for us to look at. The best part was getting to spend>the day talking to other builders from at least 6 on-going projects.>And the dinner at night with tri tip (a California cut of beef), chicken>and good company was great. If you live in the southwest and love Air>Campers and sport flying, you should put this one on your calendar for>2000!>>Hat's off to Scott Liefeld for another successful fly-in!________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Corona '99>Hey Group!>>Just wanted to give you a preliminary report on the 3rd Annual Corona>Piet Fly-In. It was a lot of fun and a good chance to put some faces to>the names we see in the chat group.>>The weather Saturday morning was overcast and cool with rain in the>mountain passes, but there were still 2 completed Air Campers, a GN-1, 3>Baby Aces and a Bowers Fly-Baby. Not to mention lots of interesting>projects in the hangars on the field, which is a very active general and>sport flying airport. Things like Piet's, Baby Aces, Marquart Charger>and Waco biplanes, on and on. Oh, and the nearby Chino airport was>having an airshow so we got to see some of the planes that were>participating in it as they waited their turn for airshow center.>When's the last time you had a formation made up of a P-38 Lightning, a>P-63 Kingcobra and two P-51 Mustang's circling around that was joined in>energetic fashion by an F-14 Tomcat? And later an F-117 Stealth Fighter>showed up in all it's faceted glory. Awesome! Conditions were a bit>too rough to give any enjoyable rides in the Piet's, but it was an>excellent opportunity to have spouses try getting into the front pit,>both with and without doors. Hey, that's important!>>The local EAA chapter is building an Air Camper and had their wing>panels available for us to look at. The best part was getting to spend>the day talking to other builders from at least 6 on-going projects.>And the dinner at night with tri tip (a California cut of beef), chicken>and good company was great. If you live in the southwest and love Air>Campers and sport flying, you should put this one on your calendar for>2000!>>Hat's off to Scott Liefeld for another successful fly-in!________________________________________________________________________________