Original Posted By: Michael D Cuy
Subject: Pietenpol-List: I see a mass flight of Pietenpols deveoping.... You wrote::Pietenpol-List message posted by: "Jack Phillips" Hear, Hear!!I used to own a Cessna 140 and would be proud to fly it into Brodhead. Iwould even be proud to fly the Cherokee that I'm driving now (while tryingto earn an instrument rating) in there, even though it has one of those"training wheels" hanging under its chin.Frankly, I doubt if all the Tailwinds in the world would strain theresources of any decent fly-in. There just can't be that many of them. Nowif an RV fly-in dropped in, that might be a problem.To a different, but related topic: Has anyone started thinking about NEXTyear (2004), when the design we all love will be the grand old age of 75?Is there going to be a crowd of Piets at Brodhead, to then assemble andattack Oshkosh en masse? I for one am planning on bringing NX899JP toWisconsin then. It will be an interesting trip - 900 miles over theAppalachian mountains and around Chicago (or right over O'Hare - I've got amode C transponder. Imagine the frustration of approach control"Experimental 899 Juliet Papa, can you please expedite? We show you doingonly 60 knots.")Jack PhillipsJack, we ought to hook up and fly out together next year, assuming mine is done. Imagine what we could stir up with a flight of 2!Matt Paxton________________________________________________________________________________Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 10:22:41 -0400