Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By:> Darrel Jones NGB" > Darryl, I also would like a copy of the disc. Please send me your address. > > Could you give me some baisic specs on the Pfeiffer? > How does it differ/resemble a Piet?> The only photo I can find with a Google search is pretty grainey > > Blue Skies, > Steve D> > ----- Original Message -----

Original Posted By: "Dortch, Steven D MAJ NG NG NGB"
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Aileron response-Steve Ruse...GN-1 or Piet ? Steve,Do you have gaps in your ailerons ala the GN-1 design or are they sealed ? For some reason I thought you fly a GN-1 though bothPiet and GN-1 do require (if you want effective ailerons) gap seals of some sort.Mike C.________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: "Dortch, Steven D MAJ NG NG NGB"
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Pfeifer Sport plansThere is also a Pfeiffer JL Sport photo. It is a Biplane with a Piet looking tail.----- Original Message -----

Original Posted By: owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com
Steve,I've had a number of my replies to the Matronics forum go "missing". Makesme wonder what else I'm missing. In general, the forums work very well.Jack Phillips-----Original Message-----

Original Posted By: Oscar Zuniga
> Subject: Pietenpol-List: Pfeifer Sport plans> To: pietenpol-list(at)matronics.com> > > > I just saw the article in the latest Sport Aviation about the group > > build of six steel-tube fuselage Pietenpols and thought that maybe some > > of the group would like to see plans for another steel-tube Pietenpol > > variant.> > > > My airplane is the Pfeifer Sport, build by Joe Pfeifer in 1975. He was a > > friend of Bernie's back in the good old days and built a steel-tube > > version of the Piet in 1930 and also powered it with a Model A engine. > > He built the Corvair powered version I own in 1975 after Bernie had > > started using Corvairs in his Piets.> > > > Joe also built World War I replicas, with his Sopwith Pup and Nieuport > > 17, both with Le Rhone rotaries, displayed at the Flying Lady Restaurant > > in Morgan Hill in the south San Francisco Bay area for many years.> > > > The fellow who drew up the blueprints for Joe was Ivan Dunlop, who had > > built a beautiful Model B powered Piet that was also displayed at the > > Flying Lady and is now rebuilt and flying from the South County airport > > museum. Ivan visited me here in Sonoma and got his first ride in the > > Pfeifer. Although he had drawn up the plans, he never got a ride when > > Joe owned the airplane.> > > > Since my copy of the plans were aging, I had them scanned and saved as > > .pdf files to preserve them. I had contacted Ivan's widow to try to find > > the original vellums, but could never track them down, so I think these > > are the only plans still in existence.> > > > If anyone would like a copy of the plans on disc let me know. I'll also > > scan the original 1976 Sport Aviation article written by Bill Turner and > > make that available. $5 ought to cover the cost of mailing and the disc.> > > > I hope to make it back to Brodhead again this year. It will be a while > > before I can get the Sport back there since I'm rebuilding the engine > > when I can steal time from work and other obligations.> > > > Darrel Jones> > Pfeifer Sport N154JP> > Sonoma, CA> > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________________