Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: Oscar Zuniga
Girrrlz-Legend has it (actually, this has been verified by old-timers) that Bernard Pietenpolused empty Quaker Oatmeal cardboard cartons to make the top surface coversof the leading edges on his wings. Find THAT in your AC 43.13-!Search the archives and you'll also find remarks indicating that he used the topsof 55 gal drums for the material for control horns, empty dope cans for variousmetal bits, and the like. Welcome to low 'n' slow homebuilding.A new age it ain't, but it sure is fun. I can attest to that with just about aneven 1.0 hrs. in yesterday's logbook with 41CC, after Hurricane Dolly's rainsreally greened up the countryside. Purrrfect Pietenpoling, and made me go backto the hangar and work on my smoke system some more. I hope to be makingsmoke with it by the time this year's "Wings 'n' Wheels" event rolls around inSeptember on our our field.Oscar ZunigaAir Camper NX41CCSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: "Bill Church"
Hey, now! Here's a name I recognize, Jim Hamilton:http://www.airventure.org/2008/7sat2/ar ... ld.htmlOne of my very best friends in Oregon is Jim's brother, Jack. A true low-and-slowflier. They have a place up on Graves Creek, a tributary of the Rogue River,and I flew Jack in to their dirt strip in a Super Cub one beautiful and coolmorning for one of my most memorable flights in Oregon.They don't make too many of 'em like Jim and Jack Hamilton anymore...Oscar ZunigaAir Camper NX41CCSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: welding