Original Posted By: Michael D Cuy
Subject: Pietenpol-List: N502R's trip homeSeem like there is a lot of knowledge here on this site. I would like to know why, when you make perfect landings there's never anyone around to watch but when you're bringing you're new plane home and there's an unexpected group of friends and family waiting and watching, you manage a controlled crash (bad enough that you need a go around and try again)? Oh well.....What a flight! Flew my new Pietenpol N502R from the Florida/Georgia border (Thomasville, Ga.) to Camden (Western Tennessee) and loved very minute/foot of it. My first landing was the worst landing I have ever made (a very bad bounce and hammer down to abort. Around the pattern and try again, this time with a little power. What a difference! What a great landing! The kind where the only way you know your down is hearing the yelp of the tires. From then on, as I flew cross country every landing was perfect (up until I got home).What a great plane! What a great cross country trip! At 65 hp it's not fast (60 to 70 mph) and has a real distain for climbing but I have never enjoyed a flight ( I should say flights) as much as I have this cross country in my new open cockpit airplane.Gene ________________________________________________________________________________
Pietenpol-List: N502R's trip home
Re: Pietenpol-List: N502R's trip home
Original Posted By: "Steve Glass"
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: N502R's trip homeWay to go, Gene !Glad to hear you brought your new plane home after your purchase and that all went well. You have to watch hot days with power lines and treesat the far end as you're right----she doesn't want to climb at a great rate.Good to hear your landings are getting better too. You really will get a touch for doing those and the 'view' you need to see in up front for thingsto work out. You should have some good open cockpit weather all the way up to the Thanksgiving timeframe in TN I'll bet.I have to stop flying around Halloween or so (ask Walt E. or others up yonder here) and hope for a few oddly nice weather days between then andMay 1st here in Ohio.....but we get the good flying in while we can, just like folks who have boats or campers !Congratulations and don't be a stranger on the list !Mike C.________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: N502R's trip homeWay to go, Gene !Glad to hear you brought your new plane home after your purchase and that all went well. You have to watch hot days with power lines and treesat the far end as you're right----she doesn't want to climb at a great rate.Good to hear your landings are getting better too. You really will get a touch for doing those and the 'view' you need to see in up front for thingsto work out. You should have some good open cockpit weather all the way up to the Thanksgiving timeframe in TN I'll bet.I have to stop flying around Halloween or so (ask Walt E. or others up yonder here) and hope for a few oddly nice weather days between then andMay 1st here in Ohio.....but we get the good flying in while we can, just like folks who have boats or campers !Congratulations and don't be a stranger on the list !Mike C.________________________________________________________________________________
Re: Pietenpol-List: N502R's trip home
Original Posted By: HelsperSew(at)aol.com
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: N502R's trip homeMike,Thanks for the advice. This list has been great help all the way around. Jack Phillips was kind enough to send me an account of his trip and I can't put into words how much that helped. I really was not use to dealing with the minimal climbing abilities of the Piet and I'm sure that I would have thought there was somthing wrong with the plane. Having been prepared by reading Jack's account I found everything about the Piet very enjoyable. I plan on putting a lot of hours on this plane and having spent some 45 years in Alaska I don't think these Tennessee winters will stop me from putting on a snow machine suit and enjoying some fine winter flying.Gene----- Original Message ----- Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 8:06 AM> >> Way to go, Gene !>> Glad to hear you brought your new plane home after your purchase and that > all went well. You have to watch hot days with power lines and trees>> at the far end as you're right----she doesn't want to climb at a great > rate.>> Good to hear your landings are getting better too. You really will get a > touch for doing those and the 'view' you need to see in up front for > things>> to work out. You should have some good open cockpit weather all the way > up to the Thanksgiving timeframe in TN I'll bet.>> I have to stop flying around Halloween or so (ask Walt E. or others up > yonder here) and hope for a few oddly nice weather days between then and>> May 1st here in Ohio.....but we get the good flying in while we can, just > like folks who have boats or campers !>> Congratulations and don't be a stranger on the list !>> Mike C.>>> http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Pietenpol-List> http://wiki.matronics.com>>> ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: N502R's trip homeMike,Thanks for the advice. This list has been great help all the way around. Jack Phillips was kind enough to send me an account of his trip and I can't put into words how much that helped. I really was not use to dealing with the minimal climbing abilities of the Piet and I'm sure that I would have thought there was somthing wrong with the plane. Having been prepared by reading Jack's account I found everything about the Piet very enjoyable. I plan on putting a lot of hours on this plane and having spent some 45 years in Alaska I don't think these Tennessee winters will stop me from putting on a snow machine suit and enjoying some fine winter flying.Gene----- Original Message ----- Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 8:06 AM> >> Way to go, Gene !>> Glad to hear you brought your new plane home after your purchase and that > all went well. You have to watch hot days with power lines and trees>> at the far end as you're right----she doesn't want to climb at a great > rate.>> Good to hear your landings are getting better too. You really will get a > touch for doing those and the 'view' you need to see in up front for > things>> to work out. You should have some good open cockpit weather all the way > up to the Thanksgiving timeframe in TN I'll bet.>> I have to stop flying around Halloween or so (ask Walt E. or others up > yonder here) and hope for a few oddly nice weather days between then and>> May 1st here in Ohio.....but we get the good flying in while we can, just > like folks who have boats or campers !>> Congratulations and don't be a stranger on the list !>> Mike C.>>> http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Pietenpol-List> http://wiki.matronics.com>>> ________________________________________________________________________________