Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: "William C. Beerman"
Terry- The guy who signed off my Piet last year always gives mea rash of onions when I fly over the southern suburbs of Cleveland.He always points out the 'densely populated area' reg.THANKS to you I just forwarded his own employers new interpretationof the rule to him to digest !!!Hey, if Glasairs and Lancairs can shoot IFR approaches into Internationalairports, why can't I fly my 74 mph Pietenpol into a Chicago area outlyinguncontrolled airport.....like Plainfield, Illinois where I stopped for anexcellentlunch and some 80 octane on the way home from Osh ?? PS- this is anold time airport which has housing developments close in from every side.You take off right over a Wal-Mart and Sears....but somehow they stilloperate ok.Mike C. ________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: Gene Tomblin
Michael D Cuy wrote:> I fly my 74 mph Pietenpol into a Chicago area outlying> uncontrolled airport.....like Plainfield, Illinois where I stopped for an> excellent> lunch and some 80 octane on the way home from Osh ?? PS- this is an> old time airport which has housing developments close in from every side.> You take off right over a Wal-Mart and Sears....but somehow they still> operate ok.>> Mike C.Clow field (Plainfield) has been a burger stop on more than a couple ofoccasions--the old time diner is right out of the fifties with a wall ofwindows looking over the tie down area/ taxiway...I'll bet you had severalnoses against the glass as you taxied up to the diner....JoeCZion, Illinois________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: leonstefanhutks(at)webtv.net (Leon Stefan)
maybe the secret is in the meaning of the words"densely populated area" I would take that to beareas like Washington DC, up around A&M, andmaybe the valley girl types out in california.food for thought________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: "David B. Schober"
You got to be from Texas...........John D________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: Randall Reihing
It's nice to know that some things never change! I have fond memories of flying into Clow for 'burgers 'n such back in the early '70's, when I was based at Schaumburg/Roselle. Lots of ghosts came out when I saw the message...all of them good!Ed________________________________________________________________________________