Pietenpol-List: Piet vs. T-28
Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 7:38 pm
Original Posted By: "Steve Ruse"
Corky's handiwork got an enthusiastic thumbs-up from a T-28 pilot today. The Trojantaxied by as Tim Willis and I stood discussing wing ribs and metal fittingswith John, another Piet builder, at Boerne Stage airfield. With the canopyslid back, the pilot of the gleaming polished aluminum T-28 slowed as he wentby and gave a big thumbs-up.On the way back to my home field, I thought about the logistics of his fun flightvs. mine: 4 gal./hr. for the A65 on my airplane and probably 80 gal./hr. forthe R-1820 on his ;o) "No delay" takes on a whole new meaning when it costsso much to run those big radials.Oscar ZunigaAir Camper NX41CCSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net________________________________________________________________________________
Corky's handiwork got an enthusiastic thumbs-up from a T-28 pilot today. The Trojantaxied by as Tim Willis and I stood discussing wing ribs and metal fittingswith John, another Piet builder, at Boerne Stage airfield. With the canopyslid back, the pilot of the gleaming polished aluminum T-28 slowed as he wentby and gave a big thumbs-up.On the way back to my home field, I thought about the logistics of his fun flightvs. mine: 4 gal./hr. for the A65 on my airplane and probably 80 gal./hr. forthe R-1820 on his ;o) "No delay" takes on a whole new meaning when it costsso much to run those big radials.Oscar ZunigaAir Camper NX41CCSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net________________________________________________________________________________