Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: VAHOWDY(at)aol.com
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Island Hopping in a Piet>Mike---wasen't too long ago they used to use a Ford Tri Motor to shuttle>passengers back and forth from Port Clinton and Bass Island both summer andwinter>(ice fishermen during hard water months)>haden't heard of it recently so I'm guessing it's been retired.>JoeC>Zion, Illinois>>Michael D Cuy wrote:>>> Over the Labor Day Weekend I took NX48MC and we messed around>> the Lake Erie Islands by Cedar Point and the Sandusky Bay area.>> How pretty the marinas and boats looked from the air.>> I always kept within gliding distance of the shore though until I just>> had to land on South Bass Island which is the least amount of>> water you have to cross to get to any of the islands. 2.3 miles from>> shore to shore. I didn't like it but before I knew it I had to throttle>> back to land. I know they charge an expensive landing fee so when>> I read the sign that said " Attention: All pilots report to the airportoffice>> after parking. " I simply kept taxiing and never parked. I hadaccomplished>> my goal and just taxied back down and took off again !! Ha ! One>> circle over Perry's Monument to gain altitude and smoked a cirlce around>> for the people on the open air observation deck to see and I was mainland>> bound. Ahhh, terra firma.>>>> Mike C.>>________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: fishin
Over the Labor Day Weekend I took NX48MC and we messed aroundthe Lake Erie Islands by Cedar Point and the Sandusky Bay area. How pretty the marinas and boats looked from the air.I always kept within gliding distance of the shore though until I justhad to land on South Bass Island which is the least amount of water you have to cross to get to any of the islands. 2.3 miles fromshore to shore. I didn't like it but before I knew it I had to throttleback to land. I know they charge an expensive landing fee so whenI read the sign that said " Attention: All pilots report to the airport officeafter parking. " I simply kept taxiing and never parked. I had accomplishedmy goal and just taxied back down and took off again !! Ha ! Onecircle over Perry's Monument to gain altitude and smoked a cirlce aroundfor the people on the open air observation deck to see and I was mainlandbound. Ahhh, terra firma.Mike C. ________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: Earl Myers
Mike---wasen't too long ago they used to use a Ford Tri Motor to shuttlepassengers back and forth from Port Clinton and Bass Island both summer and winter(ice fishermen during hard water months)haden't heard of it recently so I'm guessing it's been retired.JoeCZion, IllinoisMichael D Cuy wrote:> Over the Labor Day Weekend I took NX48MC and we messed around> the Lake Erie Islands by Cedar Point and the Sandusky Bay area.> How pretty the marinas and boats looked from the air.> I always kept within gliding distance of the shore though until I just> had to land on South Bass Island which is the least amount of> water you have to cross to get to any of the islands. 2.3 miles from> shore to shore. I didn't like it but before I knew it I had to throttle> back to land. I know they charge an expensive landing fee so when> I read the sign that said " Attention: All pilots report to the airport office> after parking. " I simply kept taxiing and never parked. I had accomplished> my goal and just taxied back down and took off again !! Ha ! One> circle over Perry's Monument to gain altitude and smoked a cirlce around> for the people on the open air observation deck to see and I was mainland> bound. Ahhh, terra firma.>> Mike C.________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: fishin
The Tri-Motor had an "uh-oh" making a bad xwind landing on one of theIslands a number of years ago............It was rebuilt and is either in amuseum or doing it's thing over the Grand Canyon or something like that.Might be in the Kalamazoo Air Museum. Island flying done by Cessna 336'snow, the push-pulls.............Earl Myers-----Original Message-----