Re: Pietenpol-List: Decision Time kinda long
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2001 11:39 pm
Original Posted By: "Oscar Zuniga"
Corky, I remember when Joe Krzes and I came up to visit you a little over a year ago, I was impressed with how nice a plane your Piet was shaping up to be! I remember all the work you'd done to the spars, and how good it looked with the wing on it! Now, you've gotten a running engine on it, controls all rigged up, brakes and gear figured out, you've made impressive progress this year, and now it's almost ready to cover! I'd hate like the dickens to see you stop now!When we came up there, I'd done my fin and rudder and ribs and had an elevator half in the jig, that was it! I'd been idle for several months. After I saw your project, I got fired-up!Since then, I've done all my tailfeathers, my fuselage/turtledeck is mostly complete, I've started on my straight axle landing gear, I've gotten most all of my steel parts cut/bent or welded - something I wasn't sure I could do! I've collected up about 60% of the parts to build my A65, and I built the two extra ribs that I realized I needed cause I was building a 3 piece, not 1 piece wing! All that progress was because you invited us up there, and showed us your project and your wonderful hospitality and got me excited!!As close as you are to being done, it'd be a shame to let a little bug get in your way! I know with being sick, it's easy to get despondent. Combine that with the what we've witnessed in the last few weeks, and I think any of us would be down. I with Walt, cover it, paint it, and fly it!! You deserve to be the one who enjoys the first flight, whether you're in it, or overseeing! Probably all you need to perk you up is to get completely over your bug and get out and work on your Piet!!Hang in there!Gary________________________________________________________________________________
Corky, I remember when Joe Krzes and I came up to visit you a little over a year ago, I was impressed with how nice a plane your Piet was shaping up to be! I remember all the work you'd done to the spars, and how good it looked with the wing on it! Now, you've gotten a running engine on it, controls all rigged up, brakes and gear figured out, you've made impressive progress this year, and now it's almost ready to cover! I'd hate like the dickens to see you stop now!When we came up there, I'd done my fin and rudder and ribs and had an elevator half in the jig, that was it! I'd been idle for several months. After I saw your project, I got fired-up!Since then, I've done all my tailfeathers, my fuselage/turtledeck is mostly complete, I've started on my straight axle landing gear, I've gotten most all of my steel parts cut/bent or welded - something I wasn't sure I could do! I've collected up about 60% of the parts to build my A65, and I built the two extra ribs that I realized I needed cause I was building a 3 piece, not 1 piece wing! All that progress was because you invited us up there, and showed us your project and your wonderful hospitality and got me excited!!As close as you are to being done, it'd be a shame to let a little bug get in your way! I know with being sick, it's easy to get despondent. Combine that with the what we've witnessed in the last few weeks, and I think any of us would be down. I with Walt, cover it, paint it, and fly it!! You deserve to be the one who enjoys the first flight, whether you're in it, or overseeing! Probably all you need to perk you up is to get completely over your bug and get out and work on your Piet!!Hang in there!Gary________________________________________________________________________________