Original Posted By: Dave and Connie
Pietenpol-List: Deep rambling thoughts
Re: Pietenpol-List: Deep rambling thoughts
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Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Deep rambling thoughtsIn a message dated 8/19/2005 3:41:09 PM Central Standard Time, wbeevans(at)verizon.net writes:Anybody get to thinking ,,after you take people for a ride,, maybe during the drive home,, "They asked the same old questions, "you really built this by hand? From these prints? It's just glued together? How high can you go? What if the engine quits?""""And you realize that you actually created each and every piece of this plane!!!Some build clocks, some boats, some jewlery boxes,,,but rarely is the builders "arse" accountable for the result.And I look at the plane and say to myself,,,"I actually fabricated each and every part of this plane".I'm proud of the way my plane came out. And I wish it was as good as others I've seen. but all through my building process, my Mentor's words rattled in my head every time I held the piece up and gave it a final look. " In building airplanes,,,there's no such thing as ""That's good enough"" (Dick LawsonEAA#272)walt evansNX140DLPS think about things like this when it's a rainy day, and know that winter's comming.Ain't life grand!Walt, I'm pretty sure that everyone who has completed and fly an airplane, has had these thoughts and questions posed to them. Some other popular questions are "How fast does it go ?", or "How far can you go ?" I think the general public views airplanes as methods to go farther and faster, and probably believeit is rather risky, too. Their beliefs are with merit. One thing John Q. Public seems to have difficulty comprehending, is the sheer joy of flight...until we take them up for a ride in a Pietenpol !! The sights, sounds,and feelings are truly one of a kind. As far as completing and flying a homebuilt airplane, Mr. Lawson offers some very good advise. I think for most of us it is a major lifetime accomplishment, second only to raising a family. It will be one of the legacy'swe will be remembered for when we are gone. It is a Very unique accomplishment, duein large part to the EAA, that is not even possible in most other parts of the world. The Freedom we have here in America is one to be cherished.Yes, Life is Grand !!Chuck GantzerNX770CG________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Deep rambling thoughtsIn a message dated 8/19/2005 3:41:09 PM Central Standard Time, wbeevans(at)verizon.net writes:Anybody get to thinking ,,after you take people for a ride,, maybe during the drive home,, "They asked the same old questions, "you really built this by hand? From these prints? It's just glued together? How high can you go? What if the engine quits?""""And you realize that you actually created each and every piece of this plane!!!Some build clocks, some boats, some jewlery boxes,,,but rarely is the builders "arse" accountable for the result.And I look at the plane and say to myself,,,"I actually fabricated each and every part of this plane".I'm proud of the way my plane came out. And I wish it was as good as others I've seen. but all through my building process, my Mentor's words rattled in my head every time I held the piece up and gave it a final look. " In building airplanes,,,there's no such thing as ""That's good enough"" (Dick LawsonEAA#272)walt evansNX140DLPS think about things like this when it's a rainy day, and know that winter's comming.Ain't life grand!Walt, I'm pretty sure that everyone who has completed and fly an airplane, has had these thoughts and questions posed to them. Some other popular questions are "How fast does it go ?", or "How far can you go ?" I think the general public views airplanes as methods to go farther and faster, and probably believeit is rather risky, too. Their beliefs are with merit. One thing John Q. Public seems to have difficulty comprehending, is the sheer joy of flight...until we take them up for a ride in a Pietenpol !! The sights, sounds,and feelings are truly one of a kind. As far as completing and flying a homebuilt airplane, Mr. Lawson offers some very good advise. I think for most of us it is a major lifetime accomplishment, second only to raising a family. It will be one of the legacy'swe will be remembered for when we are gone. It is a Very unique accomplishment, duein large part to the EAA, that is not even possible in most other parts of the world. The Freedom we have here in America is one to be cherished.Yes, Life is Grand !!Chuck GantzerNX770CG________________________________________________________________________________
Re: Pietenpol-List: Deep rambling thoughts
Original Posted By: Jim Cooper
Re: Pietenpol-List: Deep rambling thoughts
Original Posted By: Michael D Cuy