Pietenpol-List: Sometimes you find out that there are unsung aviation
Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2001 6:48 pm
Original Posted By: Larry Neal
Just had a talk with my building Mentor. He was away for awhile , andafter some proding on my part, found out what he was up to.Turns out that they honored Leo Lagenschlager's Budweiser stuntplane into the Smithsonian. And Mrs. Lagenschlager called him to insistthat he be at the site. Turns out that he had done most of the workon the stunt plane of any. Redesigned the wing controls and airfoil. Recovered the airframe and countless other upgrades.I can call him anytime and he ALWAYS has time for a complete answer,inspite of the fact that he lost his wife a few months ago.On top of all of this, he has no problem, when the time comes, to set upthe mags on my A65 on my AirCamper. He's quite a guy.But, some people see him as just an opinionated old man, Oh well.He insists that when I first fly my Pietenpol that I wear an oldparachute of his, he got it from Leo as a used one.Won't that be a big harness to fill.Bob Cook, you know who I'm talking about. Now I fully know where the saying came from..."They broke the mold"waltps Hopefully my N number will honor him, and surely they'll be a blurbon my turtledeck thanking him.why do people like this, " some day, have to fly away?"________________________________________________________________________________Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2001 19:08:05 -0600
Just had a talk with my building Mentor. He was away for awhile , andafter some proding on my part, found out what he was up to.Turns out that they honored Leo Lagenschlager's Budweiser stuntplane into the Smithsonian. And Mrs. Lagenschlager called him to insistthat he be at the site. Turns out that he had done most of the workon the stunt plane of any. Redesigned the wing controls and airfoil. Recovered the airframe and countless other upgrades.I can call him anytime and he ALWAYS has time for a complete answer,inspite of the fact that he lost his wife a few months ago.On top of all of this, he has no problem, when the time comes, to set upthe mags on my A65 on my AirCamper. He's quite a guy.But, some people see him as just an opinionated old man, Oh well.He insists that when I first fly my Pietenpol that I wear an oldparachute of his, he got it from Leo as a used one.Won't that be a big harness to fill.Bob Cook, you know who I'm talking about. Now I fully know where the saying came from..."They broke the mold"waltps Hopefully my N number will honor him, and surely they'll be a blurbon my turtledeck thanking him.why do people like this, " some day, have to fly away?"________________________________________________________________________________Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2001 19:08:05 -0600