Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: Michael Perez
Put another 2.4 hrs. in the logbook today at the controls of"Scout". Beautiful day for flying... practically CAVU in advanceof a cold front, just barely jacket weather at 2500 ft. butwe were glad we had jackets after 30 minutes at 3000 ft.There was an open house and fly-in at Castroville today, just 10minutes south of my home field. Flew over there to fuel up andto see who was on the field, only to find a very quiet day there.Fueled up, then the airport guys took my brother and I over tothe hangar where a fellow is building a scale Nieuport 12 replicawith a 9-cylinder Rotec radial. Gorgeous airplane! While wewere getting ready to head out, traffic called "North American xxxentering downwind..." and we knew it was something special. It was.A stunning SNJ! He landed, fueled up, and then we taxied outfor our takeoff, headed to Medina Lake and then to Boerne StageAirport to drop off my brother. While we were climbing out towardMedina Lake, I see the SNJ clawing up towards us! He formed up onour starboard wing, they waved through the open canopies, thenzoomed off. We were at cruise at 70MPH and the SNJ smoked past uslike we were tied down ;o) Sun was on our port side and illuminatedhis broadside in our view, so itlit up the SNJ in a picture-perfectway our wing. I got some pix of it on the ground, but not in the air,doggone it.I love flying this airplane, even if I did notice that yet anotherof the cooling eyebrow mounting tabs has now fatigued clear through.Sigh. I replace about one every 6 months...Oscar ZunigaAir Camper NX41CC "Scout"San Antonio, TXwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net ________________________________________________________________________________Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2010 16:24:01 -0800 (PST)

Original Posted By: jorge lizarraga
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: another fine day Man, I wish I was there. I am getting "Horny for aviation." In the 1990s I was "Shot down" in my Cessna 150 by a P51 over Galveston. The P51was on a photoshoot with a B17. When I saw him I announced my position. He calledTallyHO rolled off and did a "Gun run" straight at me while doing aleronrolls. He passed by my right wing. I got one photo. A winged blur. Then he formedup on the B17 and went on his way. Way Cool. Blue Skies,Steve DOn 12/05/10, Oscar Zuniga wrote:> > > Put another 2.4 hrs. in the logbook today at the controls of> "Scout". Beautiful day for flying... practically CAVU in advance> of a cold front, just barely jacket weather at 2500 ft. but> we were glad we had jackets after 30 minutes at 3000 ft.> > There was an open house and fly-in at Castroville today, just 10> minutes south of my home field. Flew over there to fuel up and> to see who was on the field, only to find a very quiet day there.> Fueled up, then the airport guys took my brother and I over to> the hangar where a fellow is building a scale Nieuport 12 replica> with a 9-cylinder Rotec radial. Gorgeous airplane! While we> were getting ready to head out, traffic called "North American xxx> entering downwind..." and we knew it was something special. It was.> A stunning SNJ! He landed, fueled up, and then we taxied out> for our takeoff, headed to Medina Lake and then to Boerne Stage> Airport to drop off my brother. While we were climbing out toward> Medina Lake, I see the SNJ clawing up towards us! He formed up on> our starboard wing, they waved through the open canopies, then> zoomed off. We were at cruise at 70MPH and the SNJ smoked past us> like we were tied down ;o) Sun was on our port side and illuminated> his broadside in our view, so itlit up the SNJ in a picture-perfect> way our wing. I got some pix of it on the ground, but not in the air,> doggone it.> > I love flying this airplane, even if I did notice that yet another> of the cooling eyebrow mounting tabs has now fatigued clear through.> Sigh. I replace about one every 6 months...> > Oscar Zuniga> Air Camper NX41CC "Scout"> San Antonio, TX> website at http://www.flysquirrel.net > ________________________________________________________________________________Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2010 23:44:30 -0800 (PST)