Pietenpol-List: Calling all Piet Pilots!
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:42 pm
Original Posted By: jeremy bramall
Hey Piet Pilots...As we all know the main event of the year for us is happening next week.
ForFord Model T enthusiasts, next week is also a big week. For a couple of yearsnow the Model T guys have been planning a 100 year anniversary celebrationof the Ford Model T. It is going on at the Richmond, Indiana fairgrounds andstarts this Sunday and runs the whole week. There has been lots of media attentionfor it and so far they have over a thousand Model T's registered to attend.The coolest thing about this is that they have picked up on the fact thatthere were some airplanes that used Ford engines. They have decided to devoteone of the days next week to old airplanes and hopefully some Pietenpols. There is a beautiful grass strip a couple of miles from the fairgrounds and Tuesdaywas chosen to be the day to gather out there. I think the Model T's allplan to drive to the strip. Now I know it is a really last minute kind of thing,but they are asking for any Piets to join them. If there is anyone thatwill be heading to Brodhead in a Piet and could possibly swing by the airstripthey would really like it. They want to include all pilots in an opening nightdinner on Monday night. They promise to treat the pilots with top notch treatment!Andrew King (a Brodhead and Piet fixture, also "Flyboys" pilot) is incharge of the the airplane gathering and he asked me to post this to try toget some last minute Piets there. I know it is last minute, but if you are interestedplease call me at (330) 429-5265. I really think there will be lotsof media there and I think Greg Herrick even threatened to have his Ford Tri-motorthere, not sure if that panned out though. Anyway here is the website forthe celebration;http://www.tparty2008.com/Check out the events page for Tuesday and see the Fly-in info. If you think youcan go please call me!Don EmchNX899DERead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ______Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:50:32 -0700 (PDT)
Hey Piet Pilots...As we all know the main event of the year for us is happening next week.
ForFord Model T enthusiasts, next week is also a big week. For a couple of yearsnow the Model T guys have been planning a 100 year anniversary celebrationof the Ford Model T. It is going on at the Richmond, Indiana fairgrounds andstarts this Sunday and runs the whole week. There has been lots of media attentionfor it and so far they have over a thousand Model T's registered to attend.The coolest thing about this is that they have picked up on the fact thatthere were some airplanes that used Ford engines. They have decided to devoteone of the days next week to old airplanes and hopefully some Pietenpols. There is a beautiful grass strip a couple of miles from the fairgrounds and Tuesdaywas chosen to be the day to gather out there. I think the Model T's allplan to drive to the strip. Now I know it is a really last minute kind of thing,but they are asking for any Piets to join them. If there is anyone thatwill be heading to Brodhead in a Piet and could possibly swing by the airstripthey would really like it. They want to include all pilots in an opening nightdinner on Monday night. They promise to treat the pilots with top notch treatment!Andrew King (a Brodhead and Piet fixture, also "Flyboys" pilot) is incharge of the the airplane gathering and he asked me to post this to try toget some last minute Piets there. I know it is last minute, but if you are interestedplease call me at (330) 429-5265. I really think there will be lotsof media there and I think Greg Herrick even threatened to have his Ford Tri-motorthere, not sure if that panned out though. Anyway here is the website forthe celebration;http://www.tparty2008.com/Check out the events page for Tuesday and see the Fly-in info. If you think youcan go please call me!Don EmchNX899DERead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ______Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:50:32 -0700 (PDT)