Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: "Dangerous Dave"
After reading Jack's control jam issue, I wanted to share this. In 2003 two of my sons and flew the Aeronca Sedan down to Kitty Hawk to celebrate the 100th anniversary of flight. On the way home we stopped for fuel at a mountain strip that was down in a little valley surrounded my mountains on all sides. My son was PIC and did a run-up and control check at the end of the runway. He lined-up and gave her the gun. We proceeded down the runway and right before lift-off the engine sputtered and quit. After looking around a bit, we discovered that the mixture control had been pulled out. We had (for the first time) been using one of those control yoke GPS attachments that clamps onto the yoke tube. When my son was checking the controls for freedom of movement, this attachment had gotten behind the mixture control knob and inadvertently pulled it out without our knowledge. Close call for sure. One of those freaky things that can reach out and kill you................ Be careful out there!!Dan HelsperPoplar Grove, IL. ________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Starting final assembly

Original Posted By: shad bell
Howdy,finally done with the paint and powder coating,should have her in the airin may,dave--------Covering PietRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ttachments: http://forums.matronics.com//files/2011 ... ______Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2011 17:43:23 -0800 (PST)

Original Posted By: Kenneth Bickers
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Future Piet flyer

Original Posted By: "Billy McCaskill"
Wow, you work fast Dave. Only wish the pics were a bit smaller so that I don'thave to scroll all over the screen to see what I'm supposed to be looking at.If you need tips on how to resize your photos, feel free to contact me offlineat billmz (at) cox dot net. Just type in the email address in the normalformat...--------Billy McCaskillUrbana, ILtail section almost done, starting on ribs soonRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Starting final assembly

Original Posted By: "Amsafetyc(at)gmail.com"
I've taken the liberty of resizing the images and reposting them...--------Billy McCaskillUrbana, ILtail section almost done, starting on ribs soonRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ttachments: http://forums.matronics.com//files/dang ... __________