Original Posted By: Isablcorky(at)aol.com
Bottom Line Up Front: made it from Brodhead to Oshkosh and then back to Austinsafe and sound. Got home Monday, 2 August. Had a blast, even with all the drama.Were already planning next years trip.Details: - Sunday, 25 Jul: After the dramatic Friday and the successful Saturday, I wasshooting landings at Brodhead. As I was taxiing the bungee on the repaired gearbroke. Fortunately, it happened as I was moving at a brisk walk (and mostof you people were already gone, thank God). Pretty frustrating but not tragic.- Monday, 26 Jul: Went to Oshkosh to get repair parts and establish camp. Goodday.- Tuesday, 27 Jul: Back to Brodhead to make field-expedient repair on gear. Success.However, during the repair, I ran my face into the propeller tip and gavemyself a really good cut and bruise. Ive hit my head on the prop before andhave the scar to show for it. I had a tantrum. Not a little tantrum, butthe tantrum of a man who has just experienced the 5 most frustrating days of hislife. Fortunately, the place was virtually deserted. Shelley let me run onand get it out. I was ready to burn the plane in place and drive home. Shehelped me calm down, regain reason, and encouraged me to fly the airplane toOshkosh as planned. She even asked when it would be okay to laugh at me. Wecrossed that threshold at about 8 pm that evening.- Wednesday, 28 Jul: Landed on 36L at OSH and got parked between Bill Rewey andthe worlds most spectacular Hatz. Had a wonderful time the rest of the day.- Thursday, 29 Jul: Another wonderful day enjoying OSH.- Friday, 30 Jul: took off in the morning. Almost got run over by an RV my greatestfear. Stopped early due to weather.- Saturday, 31 Jul through Monday, 2 August: a routine flight back home. (Oneminor note: I lost my SPOT personal locator beacon off the plane somewhere betweenIowa City and Cameron, MO. Didn't do a good job with the safety cord. Anyway,Shelley looked it up on the internet and SPOT was dutifully reporting itslocation every ten minutes. Fortunately, it told us it was laying on the approachend of runway 36 at Lamoni, IA. I called the airport manager, he foundit and he's mailing it back to me. Great people in aviation!)Thanks again to all of you who helped recover from the landing gear debacle. Ithink I forgot to mention Gene Rambo in my last post. He helped a lot and Iappreciate it. Look forward to seeing you guys next year.Axel--------Kevin PurteeNX899KPAustin/Georgetown, TXRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________
Pietenpol-List: Crash - The Epilogue. Yet Another Long Post
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Original Posted By: John Fay
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Original Posted By: owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com
Glad you made it home safely, Kevin, and very glad to have met you. You are agreat ambassador for our favorite airplane, and obviously a very good pilot.Looking forward to seeing you and Shelley there next year.Jack PhillipsNX899JPRaleigh, NC-----Original Message-----
Glad you made it home safely, Kevin, and very glad to have met you. You are agreat ambassador for our favorite airplane, and obviously a very good pilot.Looking forward to seeing you and Shelley there next year.Jack PhillipsNX899JPRaleigh, NC-----Original Message-----
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Original Posted By: Jim Boyer
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Original Posted By: Rick Holland
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Kevin's dream comes true with a few bumpsIt was such a pleasure to see a guy and his wife ALL the way from Texas be thereatBrodhead with a plane they both built. (I believe his wife helped quite a bit beforeshemarried for better or for worse:) Your frustrations with all of the issues you faced Kevin are totally understandablebutyou stuck with it, you got some help from some incredibly knowledgeable, generous,andkind individuals and sometimes giving gives way more satisfaction than getting----leastin my book. I'm so glad you pressed on to Oshkosh to be able to say 'yes, I flew this intoOshkoshin 2010 then back home." I'm glad that much grace was upon you and for your wife'ssakewith the issues you had up there and that you're one of the many, many, many peoplewhowill always make me look forward to coming back to Brodhead. Nice going man. Mike C.________________________________________________________________________________Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 13:55:56 -0600Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Crash - The Epilogue. Yet Another Long Post
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Kevin's dream comes true with a few bumpsIt was such a pleasure to see a guy and his wife ALL the way from Texas be thereatBrodhead with a plane they both built. (I believe his wife helped quite a bit beforeshemarried for better or for worse:) Your frustrations with all of the issues you faced Kevin are totally understandablebutyou stuck with it, you got some help from some incredibly knowledgeable, generous,andkind individuals and sometimes giving gives way more satisfaction than getting----leastin my book. I'm so glad you pressed on to Oshkosh to be able to say 'yes, I flew this intoOshkoshin 2010 then back home." I'm glad that much grace was upon you and for your wife'ssakewith the issues you had up there and that you're one of the many, many, many peoplewhowill always make me look forward to coming back to Brodhead. Nice going man. Mike C.________________________________________________________________________________Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 13:55:56 -0600Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Crash - The Epilogue. Yet Another Long Post
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Original Posted By: Rick Holland
Oh wow! Ok, I see how that might demand some attention. Perhaps I would have known that if I would have attended one of the lessons. pietflyr(at)bellsouth.net wrote:> No - it really was taught by several men, a couple of which only had one arm> each. Sort of drives the point home - to the point that she has never> propped an airplane, even though she has taken the training.> > Jack Phillips> NX899JP> Raleigh, NC> > ----------Mark ChouinardFinishing up Wings - Working on Center SectionRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ______Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 15:50:32 -0600Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Crash - The Epilogue. Yet Another Long Post
Oh wow! Ok, I see how that might demand some attention. Perhaps I would have known that if I would have attended one of the lessons. pietflyr(at)bellsouth.net wrote:> No - it really was taught by several men, a couple of which only had one arm> each. Sort of drives the point home - to the point that she has never> propped an airplane, even though she has taken the training.> > Jack Phillips> NX899JP> Raleigh, NC> > ----------Mark ChouinardFinishing up Wings - Working on Center SectionRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ______Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 15:50:32 -0600Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Crash - The Epilogue. Yet Another Long Post
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Original Posted By: "Pieti Lowell"
Dan,My first name is Joe and I work at Pride aircraft here in Rockford IL.I know Buck, and I am supposed to go over and check out his RV-8... maybe I couldsee your aircraft as well.Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Crash - The Epilogue. Yet Another Long Post
Dan,My first name is Joe and I work at Pride aircraft here in Rockford IL.I know Buck, and I am supposed to go over and check out his RV-8... maybe I couldsee your aircraft as well.Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Crash - The Epilogue. Yet Another Long Post
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Original Posted By: "gtche98"
Kevin,I do not think for a minute that you consider your experience as 5 frustratingdays, just look at the education you found in a few moments of a landing. thatyour training and judgment has shown to all , including yourself. ( I speak fromexperience ).Pieti LowellRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Crash - The Epilogue. Yet Another Long Post
Kevin,I do not think for a minute that you consider your experience as 5 frustratingdays, just look at the education you found in a few moments of a landing. thatyour training and judgment has shown to all , including yourself. ( I speak fromexperience ).Pieti LowellRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Crash - The Epilogue. Yet Another Long Post
Original Posted By: "Jack Phillips"
Kevin - Please thank Shelly for me for calming you down and convincing you to continueon to Oshkosh. My wife Tracie and I thoroughly enjoyed talking with youall on Thursday. Your plane is a true beauty. I love the simple yet richpaint scheme. One of my favorite Piets so far... And at the time I had absolutelyNO idea about your trials in Brodhead, although I did wonder why you onlyhad one bungie cover on your gear.Shelly made a huge impression on Tracie with the wonderful leather work that shedid. I haven't even started building and Tracie is itching to get on Ebay andlook for tanned hides. :)Thank you very much for sharing your airplane and your stories with us. I agreewith Jack - You are a great ambassador for the Piet. Gary WilsonEAA Chapter 252 - OshkoshCurrently dreaming about buildingRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________
Kevin - Please thank Shelly for me for calming you down and convincing you to continueon to Oshkosh. My wife Tracie and I thoroughly enjoyed talking with youall on Thursday. Your plane is a true beauty. I love the simple yet richpaint scheme. One of my favorite Piets so far... And at the time I had absolutelyNO idea about your trials in Brodhead, although I did wonder why you onlyhad one bungie cover on your gear.Shelly made a huge impression on Tracie with the wonderful leather work that shedid. I haven't even started building and Tracie is itching to get on Ebay andlook for tanned hides. :)Thank you very much for sharing your airplane and your stories with us. I agreewith Jack - You are a great ambassador for the Piet. Gary WilsonEAA Chapter 252 - OshkoshCurrently dreaming about buildingRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________
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Original Posted By: "kevinpurtee"
> To: pietenpol-list(at)matronics.com> net>> > Had a great time at the Piet fly-in=2C but saw one safety issue that I thought should be addressed. The flyby pattern used to be a regular rectangular pattern with downwind south of the airport and flyby passes over the north hangar area=2C south of the runway and not over it=2C parallel to and same direction as landing traffic. This year I saw Pietenpols doing flybys upwind=2C downwind=2C and crosswind=2C and even circling in the flyby pattern. All it would take is for one time for two guys to not see each other and it would be a bad deal. I would suggest that a standard flyby pattern be enumerated for all participants and maybe posted in various places during the fly-in.> > Other than that=2C enjoyed seeing the new and old airplanes=2C new and old people=2C and getting the Rudolph Piet back in the air.> > > > > -> > > > > Read this topic online here:> > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... 307#307307> > > > > > > ============================================> > > ________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Crash - The Epilogue. Yet Another Long Post
> To: pietenpol-list(at)matronics.com> net>> > Had a great time at the Piet fly-in=2C but saw one safety issue that I thought should be addressed. The flyby pattern used to be a regular rectangular pattern with downwind south of the airport and flyby passes over the north hangar area=2C south of the runway and not over it=2C parallel to and same direction as landing traffic. This year I saw Pietenpols doing flybys upwind=2C downwind=2C and crosswind=2C and even circling in the flyby pattern. All it would take is for one time for two guys to not see each other and it would be a bad deal. I would suggest that a standard flyby pattern be enumerated for all participants and maybe posted in various places during the fly-in.> > Other than that=2C enjoyed seeing the new and old airplanes=2C new and old people=2C and getting the Rudolph Piet back in the air.> > > > > -> > > > > Read this topic online here:> > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... 307#307307> > > > > > > ============================================> > > ________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Crash - The Epilogue. Yet Another Long Post