Brodhead Pietenpol Association

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So........ today was an awesome day. I finally got the engine runningsmoothly on the airframe. Firewall forward is complete. Fired it up an allwas well. Oil pressure was good, oil temps kept cool. CHT's withinlimits....so.. here I have this 95% complete fuselage with engine running... brakeswork, tail wheel hooked up.. how could I resist some taxi tests. I employmy neighbor (who happens to be an airline pilot) to wach for cars andspectators on my street. I then pull it out on the street and start sometaxing.... did about 4 runs up and down and slow speed, maybe 8-10 mph.Then the neighbor kid comes out... I think he's about 9yrs old... he had asmile from ear to ear just watching. I shutdown and yell over at him"Brady.... go ask your mom if it's ok if you take a taxi ride in theAircamper" he darts inside like a lightning bolt. 10 seconds later hecomes outside... " She's says I can go! yeeeehawww!" I help him into thefront seat, buckle him in with the 1969 Brantly B-2 Helicopter seat belts Ihave installed. I tell him he can move the stick all he wants but don'tplay with the throttle lever.We then commence to driving up and down the street about 4 times. he lovedit... me too! Then all the sudden the fun came to a stop when I lookbehind me to see a Mesa Police Dept. car behind me with it's lights onPULLING ME OVER!!! it was hilarious! I shutdown and hop out. the cop isthe nicest guy and he's laughing saying he's never pulled a plane over. Helooks the plane over asks the typical questions and then politely tells me Ineed to put the "toy" away cause I'm on a city road and my plane is notexactly licensed to drive on it. I tell him thanks and I push it into thegarage.What a hoot! My first passenger ride and a cop pulls me over.... howfunny!Today N74DV was loaded with fuel and physically moved 2 souls under it's ownpower.... I'm stoked!!!DJwww.imagedv.com/aircamper_________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: Galen Hutcheson
Hilarious story DJ.You got a Corvair engine in it right? Should have told him it was a rebodied Corvair and the registration blew away when you started it up...Stacy ________________________________________________________________________________Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 22:41:29 -0700 (PDT)

Original Posted By: Rcaprd(at)aol.com
I'm waiting for this to turn up on "The World's Most Exciting Police Chases". I bet that's cop is at the donut shop right now saying "...hey guys, guess what I just pulled over - no, really!"Great story.>From: "DJ Vegh" >Reply-To: pietenpol-list(at)matronics.com>To: , "Corvair engines for homebuilt >aircraft" >Subject: Pietenpol-List: N74DV's first passenger>Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 21:44:13 -0700>>>So........ today was an awesome day. I finally got the engine running>smoothly on the airframe. Firewall forward is complete. Fired it up an all>was well. Oil pressure was good, oil temps kept cool. CHT's within>limits....>>so.. here I have this 95% complete fuselage with engine running... brakes>work, tail wheel hooked up.. how could I resist some taxi tests. I employ>my neighbor (who happens to be an airline pilot) to wach for cars and>spectators on my street. I then pull it out on the street and start some>taxing.... did about 4 runs up and down and slow speed, maybe 8-10 mph.>>Then the neighbor kid comes out... I think he's about 9yrs old... he had a>smile from ear to ear just watching. I shutdown and yell over at him>"Brady.... go ask your mom if it's ok if you take a taxi ride in the>Aircamper" he darts inside like a lightning bolt. 10 seconds later he>comes outside... " She's says I can go! yeeeehawww!" I help him into the>front seat, buckle him in with the 1969 Brantly B-2 Helicopter seat belts I>have installed. I tell him he can move the stick all he wants but don't>play with the throttle lever.>>We then commence to driving up and down the street about 4 times. he loved>it... me too! Then all the sudden the fun came to a stop when I look>behind me to see a Mesa Police Dept. car behind me with it's lights on>PULLING ME OVER!!! it was hilarious! I shutdown and hop out. the cop is>the nicest guy and he's laughing saying he's never pulled a plane over. He>looks the plane over asks the typical questions and then politely tells me >I>need to put the "toy" away cause I'm on a city road and my plane is not>exactly licensed to drive on it. I tell him thanks and I push it into the>garage.>>What a hoot! My first passenger ride and a cop pulls me over.... how>funny!>>Today N74DV was loaded with fuel and physically moved 2 souls under it's >own>power.... I'm stoked!!!>>DJ>www.imagedv.com/aircamper>>_>>_________ ... __________

Original Posted By: "walt evans"
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: N74DV's first passengerI've driven down DJs street a couple of times. That street ain't real wide! Must have been a hoot to see DJ "driving" around on his block and I suspect the cop could not have written a "speeding" ticket for a highly modified Corvairwithout a tag.________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: "DJ Vegh"
If he complained that you were weaving,,,Just tell him " That's the onlyway to see around the nose of a taildragger while taxiing , Sir"walt evansNX140DLgreat story!!----- Original Message -----

Original Posted By: "Carl D. Vought"