Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: helspersew(at)aol.com
Jack wrote->Without it=2C I would not have been able to fly it into>Dulles International Airport lastJune to put it on display>at the Smithsonian's Udvar-Hazy Museum.Jack=2C I have very little doubt that you would still have beenable to fly your airplane INTO Dulles without the xpdr. Itmay=2C however=2C have been a bit sticky explaining your presencesufficiently to allow you to get OUT if you showed up"negative xpdr" =3Bo)Oscar ZunigaAir Camper NX41CCSan Antonio=2C TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: TransponderDate: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:08:54 -0400

Original Posted By: Jim Ash
>>> I've made provisions for a transponder and encoder in my Piet, >>> not because of FAA regulations, but because I want the ability to >>> be seen by ATC and by aircraft equipped with traffic recognition. >>> And for that same reason, I'm installing wingtip strobes, as >>> we've got some complete idiots flying ultralights in my area, and >>> some of them seem unable to comprehend, or simply disregard, >>> patterns and pattern altitudes. A transponder and strobes are for >>> me just part of the "see and be seen" mantra. Dick Carden________________________________________________________________________________Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:45:15 -0400 (EDT)

Original Posted By: "Richard Carden"
Dick, I don't know where your flying out of but some of those complete idiots may know more than you think they do. At many airports that ultralights fly out of, ultralights have a different pattern altitude and at some they even have different patterns. Sometimes we have to be careful who we call the Idiot.My two (2) cents worthGene----- Original Message -----