Pietenpol-List: Pietenpol Purchase!!!
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 8:03 pm
Original Posted By: "Charles Burkholder"
Pietenpol 005 Wings and tail feathers waiting to be loadedPietenpol 012 Me and Bill Church loading her up!Pietenpol 022 Fuselage with Bills plans on it.Pietenpol 024 All ready to go... Left to Right-Wayne, Me and Bill ChurchPietenpol 034 Into the barn it goes!Hey folks I am now a Pietenpol owner!! Am I ever excited. Been dreaming of this for years..... First off I want to thank Bill Church and Wayne for accompanying me. Your insight and advice was invaluable. Unfortunately Scott Knowlton was unable to make it. Aside from the guy that was supposed to open the hangar not keeping his schedule and us having to wait at least 2 hrs on him, the day went excellent. It was pretty much what I was expecting/picturing. Good workmanship. Thewood quality is excellent. We couldn't figure out what kind of glue/epoxywas used though. The wing spars have about 25 grains per inch. Wings arealmost ready to cover although I have yet to carefully compare them toplans. Fuselage doesn't have wing center piece or landing gear but has mostmetal fittings attached. Doesn't have any tubing, plans, landing gear orextra plywood and spruce. All the control system is in and the tail surface control cables are in place. Itwas shrinkwrapped so it kept out most dirt, dust and bird crap. Bill andwayne and I went over the whole thing and I knew right away it was a go.Then me and Bill went to work at packing it. Wemanaged to fit everything in the 14 ft trailer. Shook hands with everybodyand did our parting goodbyes and pulled out of there by 3:30. I stayed withfreinds for the weekend and got back here last night. The trip home went good and I did alot of wincing over the bridge bumps. Didn't have time tounpack it until tonight. All tucked away in our barns haymow and I'vealready sat in the cockpit and made engine noises and did a few stalls andlandings:-) Now I've gotta order a set of plans a and figure out where tostart. And figure out what I all need to get restarted again. Looksoverwhelming right now...... Feel free to ask any questions.....Very happy, Charles Burkholder________________________________________________________________________________
Pietenpol 005 Wings and tail feathers waiting to be loadedPietenpol 012 Me and Bill Church loading her up!Pietenpol 022 Fuselage with Bills plans on it.Pietenpol 024 All ready to go... Left to Right-Wayne, Me and Bill ChurchPietenpol 034 Into the barn it goes!Hey folks I am now a Pietenpol owner!! Am I ever excited. Been dreaming of this for years..... First off I want to thank Bill Church and Wayne for accompanying me. Your insight and advice was invaluable. Unfortunately Scott Knowlton was unable to make it. Aside from the guy that was supposed to open the hangar not keeping his schedule and us having to wait at least 2 hrs on him, the day went excellent. It was pretty much what I was expecting/picturing. Good workmanship. Thewood quality is excellent. We couldn't figure out what kind of glue/epoxywas used though. The wing spars have about 25 grains per inch. Wings arealmost ready to cover although I have yet to carefully compare them toplans. Fuselage doesn't have wing center piece or landing gear but has mostmetal fittings attached. Doesn't have any tubing, plans, landing gear orextra plywood and spruce. All the control system is in and the tail surface control cables are in place. Itwas shrinkwrapped so it kept out most dirt, dust and bird crap. Bill andwayne and I went over the whole thing and I knew right away it was a go.Then me and Bill went to work at packing it. Wemanaged to fit everything in the 14 ft trailer. Shook hands with everybodyand did our parting goodbyes and pulled out of there by 3:30. I stayed withfreinds for the weekend and got back here last night. The trip home went good and I did alot of wincing over the bridge bumps. Didn't have time tounpack it until tonight. All tucked away in our barns haymow and I'vealready sat in the cockpit and made engine noises and did a few stalls andlandings:-) Now I've gotta order a set of plans a and figure out where tostart. And figure out what I all need to get restarted again. Looksoverwhelming right now...... Feel free to ask any questions.....Very happy, Charles Burkholder________________________________________________________________________________