Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: "Colin"
Pieters- I have not seen a message posted for 3-4 days. Is everyone into a flurryof winter building or am I being left out in the cold???Larry________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: LAWRENCE WILLIAMS
I'm back on my airframe now after a long hiatus when I was workign on my Corvairengine.I'm about 80% complete withmy wing center section and as soon as that's done I'mgonna finalize the tail feathers and get the controls/cables run to them.Winter is the best time to build here in Arizona. Once summer hits forget it!DJ----- Original Message -----

Original Posted By: hickpiper(at)misn.com
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Winter activityYour computer is cold, I suspect. I'm new to this list and have been seeing info for the past week, although I haven't done a post yet until today.FYI... I purchased a Pietenpol in November in Northern Georgia that has never been flown. The fellow that built it had the Atlanta FSDO do the inspection and Phase 1 paperwork in the Summer of 1998 and then he promptly suffered a heart attack, resulting in grounding him and the bird. I have to start from square 1 with the San Antonio FSDO in order to get a new Phase 1 assigned. My dadhas an A&P license and we are in the process of improving a number of things. One item we didn't like is the fact that this Piet had copper brake lines goingfrom the heel brakes to the wheels, without any provision to allow for flexing. I suspect I'll pull the copper lines and install plastic lines and hardwaresimilar to an airplane I built in 1990. Lot's of other things to tweak in this Piet to include a new Stromberg carb, new gascolator, repair of a leak inthe fiberglass fuselage tank, and the list goes on.Sterling BrooksKnot-2-Shabby Airport & Texas Longhorn Cattle Ranchito (5TA6) San Antonio SectionalRunnels County Texas(Where our motto and NOTAMS usually is... Fresh cow dung on runway! Pilots of open cockpit airplanes must land at their own risk and are encouraged to carry baby wipes, especially if the airplane IS NOT equipped with wheel pants.)________________________________________________________________________________