Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: Steve Eldredge
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: No homebuilts till after 1947?> Tim, Believe this to be close to what happened.> About 1935 there was some sensationalized homebuilt accidents, and > homebuilts became illegal, prior to this there were not really any > rules about building your own plane. > According to 'Piet Lore' after 1935 to 1941 there was not allot of > federal government presence in rural Minnesota and Pietenpol (and > other homebuilders) could fly anyway. > After WWII there > was very few homebuilts flying till 1953.> Skip> > > > Umm....Bernie was building Piets in the 30's along with plenty of> others. Were they illegal unless they were in Oregon?> > I________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: "Glenn Thomas"

Original Posted By: "Douwe Blumberg"
Tim, Believe this to be close to what happened.About 1935 there was some sensationalized homebuilt accidents, and homebuilts becameillegal, prior to this there were not really any rules about building yourown plane. According to 'Piet Lore' after 1935 to 1941 there was not allot of federal governmentpresence in rural Minnesota and Pietenpol (and other homebuilders) couldfly anyway. During WWII no one could fly private airplanes. After WWII there was very few homebuiltsflying till 1953.SkipUmm....Bernie was building Piets in the 30's along with plenty ofothers. Were they illegal unless they were in Oregon?I________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: "Bill Church"
Try this link for a bit of background info: http://www.airspacemag.com/issues/2007/ ... __________

Original Posted By: Skip Gadd
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: No homebuilts till after 1947?During WWII no one could fly private airplanes.Not totally true but true in effect. One could fly private planes but you had todo it within the fuel allotment you had been given and that was not enough.The rules were that flyable planes had to be secure. In Dalhart, Texas all theplanes were gathered together and put at one airfield in a big hanger. They hireda watchman and ran electric and telephone lines to the hanger so that he couldwatch the planes and call for help in case an enemy agent stole a plane andflew it to Mexico with any secret documents. Dalhart is miles from Mexico.Some guys were able to sneak enough gas to do a little flying. One night one ofthe pilots went into the hanger to get his log books from a plane. The pilotwas using matches to look rather than turning on the overhead light. Someone hadbeen using dope on a plane and it caught fire. The whole hanger burned downwith a group of airplanes that would make you drool today. So Post WWII Dalhart got to start from scratch with General Aviation.BTW the XIT Museum in town has a 3 cylinder Anzani motor that probably predatesWWI and was used on a mid 30s homebuilt.Blue Skies,Steve DortchLurker ----- Original Message -----

Original Posted By: Tim Verthein