Pietenpol-List: Goin' Crazy

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Original Posted By: "walter evans"
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Goin' CrazyRobert.. You certainly know how to get a response from this group. They were all good,I especially like those from Walt Evans and Bert Conoly. If you decide to go with a Piet you should have no trouble making good use of the spars if you salvage them as suggested. I got my spars from an old friend who rebuilds Stearmans. When they arrived, they were strapped to what I thought was scrap lumber. I was shocked to find that the 'scrap' was in fact old Stearman spars!! After carefully ripping out the bolt holes and some light planing I ended up with enough beautiful wood to build my entire empennage. Now I'll also have nostalgia riding with me in the Piet, as my very first airplane, bought surplus in 1946 was...a Stearman!! Don Hicks________________________________________________________________________________

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Great story Don, Nice to get a "find" like that. Kind of puts a soul in your Piet.walt----- Original Message -----