Original Posted By: "Dennis Engelkenjohn"
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Piet for sale (built from GN-1 Plans)In early November, I purchased a "Pietenpol" from a builder in Mineral Bluffs, Georgia. The builder completed the project from GN-1 plans in June of 1998and as soon as the Atlanta FSDO signed the papers and assigned the Phase 1 flight restrictions, the builder had a heart attack and lost his medical. The plane sat under cover at his home until I picked it up in November. About a weekafter I returned home, the builder entered a coma and was admitted to a hospital in Atlanta, where at last I heard, he remains comotose. (His ad is stillposted on Grant McLauren's website... look for Bob Linton as the person who posted the original ad...)I originally had planned on traveling to Georgia with my dad (retired jet jockey and A&P license) to inspect the plane prior to purchase, but he became illand was hospitalized and unable to travel. I went alone and brought the airplane home. After my dad got out of the hospital, he found a few details thatneeded immdieate attention. One of the things that needed fixing was the carb.I purchased a yellow-tag carb (Marvel) to fix one problem and I installed a new gascolator, There are a few other descrepancies that I am willing to disclose that my dad determined needed TLC.I am not able to devote any time to getting the airplane ready for a new FSDO inspection here in Texas, because my dad was re-admitted to the hospital for surgery due to colon cancer, To compound matters, my mother was diagnosed withlung cancer about the time my dad had his surgery. I was advised today that my mom has 6 months left and I have very little personal time to devote to my "hanger queen" that is sitting the hanger here on my farm in central Texas.I'd like to keep this bird and "tweak" the discrepancies, but I am now a caregiver and devoting a lot of time to taking care of my parents. I don't haveany spare time for the airplane, nor do I have the mechanical skills of my dador the A&P license in order to annual the airplane. (There isn't an A&P mechanic for 50 miles... and I am not spending much time on the farm for a mechanicto come out and make some fixes anyway.)I will sell the airplane for less than I have in it and will include the newly overhauled, yellow tagged Marvel carb. For details, please contact me at KRSBTV(at)AOL.COM. I can send a couple of pictures on-line but for anyone who is seriously interested, I'll have to senda CD containing more info, I have dial-up connection and it is painfully slow.Anyone who is interested in purchasing this airplane will need to haul it off on a trailer. I have a trailer specifically suited for hauling this (or other) airplanes that is basically new, that I can sell if someone needs a greatairplane trailer.Thanks,Sterling BrooksKnot-2-Shabby Airport, 5TA6, San Antonio Sectional - Central Texas(KRSBTV(at)AOL.COM)________________________________________________________________________________