Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: "Steve Ruse"
As Jim said earlier, I spent Saturday chasing the steam locomotive 844 as it passed through NE Oklahoma. That was REALLY fun. Spent about 8 hours flying my Air Camper in one day...just to see this train. Once I found it I tailed it for about 1.5 hours...circling and criss-crossing overhead, taking pictures and video and waving at the engineer and other people on the train. What a hoot.A few pictures are at the link below...I'll try to post some video later.http://www.wotelectronics.com/flying/UP844/Steve Ruse________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: "Jim Markle"
It sure was good to finally meet you in person Jim! I just wish I could've seen your airplane...we'll have to do that soon. What a funny surprise. I couldn't understand why these four guys were waving their arms wildly at my while I taxied in...thought maybe my tail was on fire, or maybe I had knocked the tail off with my landing. I decided to go to KRVS about half an hour before I got there...and about 15 minutes before that I had been googling you, trying to find your address so I could buzz your house, but decided I didn't have time as I had a 3+hr flight home with a 30mph headwind. How odd that I ran into you as a result of my decision not to go see you.Very sorry to hear about your cousin also...sounds like an odd accident, I hope you and the rest of his family are doing OK.Sure was good to see you Jim...I'd love to come see your plane soon, maybe this spring. We should get together more than once every six years.As a downside, my pocketwatch and thermometer somehow went missing sometime on Saturday...if anybody runs across those, please let me know.Steve RuseNorman, OK----- Original Message -----