Pietenpol-List: projects
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2003 5:54 pm
Original Posted By: "Jack Phillips"
I was thumbing through all my old BPANewsletters and what really stood out washow many projects were reported as "almost finished", "ready for covering" orother statements indicating that another Pietenpol was about ready to take tothe air. The thing that kept me poring over the later newsletters and my recentrecollections was how almost NONE of them were ever heard from again.I'm at a loss to know why the sky isn't darkened with Piets! If the projects wereas far along as they stated, finishing them would seem highly likely. If theythought enough to keep GEM updated on their progress, they would surely havewritten in with all the details on their first flights and maybe even shownup at B'head or OSH.Do we have squadrons of Piets (and all the other homebuilt types) hiding in basements,hangars and garages across the country? Where are they and why don't wehear about them?Larryps. had a 2 hr flight with TP drops Monday morning in perfectly blue skies, nowind and 70 degrees. I had just put in the Prestone anti-freeze for the winterand had to check the system for leaksAnyone have info on skis?________________________________________________________________________________
I was thumbing through all my old BPANewsletters and what really stood out washow many projects were reported as "almost finished", "ready for covering" orother statements indicating that another Pietenpol was about ready to take tothe air. The thing that kept me poring over the later newsletters and my recentrecollections was how almost NONE of them were ever heard from again.I'm at a loss to know why the sky isn't darkened with Piets! If the projects wereas far along as they stated, finishing them would seem highly likely. If theythought enough to keep GEM updated on their progress, they would surely havewritten in with all the details on their first flights and maybe even shownup at B'head or OSH.Do we have squadrons of Piets (and all the other homebuilt types) hiding in basements,hangars and garages across the country? Where are they and why don't wehear about them?Larryps. had a 2 hr flight with TP drops Monday morning in perfectly blue skies, nowind and 70 degrees. I had just put in the Prestone anti-freeze for the winterand had to check the system for leaksAnyone have info on skis?________________________________________________________________________________