Original Posted By: Ray Krause
Oscar,Thank you, thank you for all the hard work you did on the most recent issue of CONTACT. A good friend went to OSH this year and brought me a copy. Fantastic information, beautiful pictures, very inspirational. I will be sending in my subscription very soon.And about this list: I agree with Douwe and others who remind us of the great things this list has done. I have been building for just over two years, now and would not have persisted without you folks. I, too, have made some great friends, although I have not met all of them! Life can be pretty tough sometimes as we meet people with different personalities than ours who express themselves differently. I my business life I met many people with whom I disagreed, and who disagreed with me. Some even disagreed in a nasty way! But I learned from all of them, sometimes even important facts that could not have been learned in any other way!It also pays to have a thick skin to help deal with some of the comments you receive throughout life. On the surface, some comments may be very offensive, but upon further thought, there could be some truth in the comment.Anyway, you guys who are building two hole Piets are really offending me and are making me feel ready bad about my SkyScout. I.e. The recent picture trying ti inspire us to keep building: Ray KrauseSent from my iPad> On Aug 18, 2014, at 8:50 PM, "taildrags" wrote:> > > [from Contact! editor, Pat Panzera:]> > Friends,> > I=99d like to take a moment to let you know that we are about to deliver our special, 85th Pietenpol anniversary issue of CONTACT! Magazine, and to thank all of you who were at Brodhead or AirVenture and either bought the single issue or went the distance and subscribed to CONTACT! > > And I'd especially like to thank ALL who participated in the making of this issue. If its wasn't for your generosity of information, we wouldn't have this awesome issue. > > It was our great pleasure to work with these individuals that helped us create this special 32 page issue filled with Pietenpol articles: > >
http://tinyurl.com/CM-Issue108> > Here=99s the table of contents: > > =A2Dan Helsper=99s Ford A Powered Pietenpol.=94 Oscar Zuniga introduces us to a special Pietenpol built by Dan Helsper, who did his best to stick to the plans wherever practical, including the engine.> > =A2Ol=99 Tattered Wingtips.=94 Pietenpol patriarch Donald =9CDoc=9D Mosher tells of some of the inside tips that help fill in the gaps left in the various Pietenpol plan sets currently available.> > =A2Got Gas?=94 Steve Williamson, President of EAA Chapter 1279 based at French Valley Airport, gives us a little insight into the traps that can arise when building a plane as a chapter, and details the fuel system in the Pietenpol they built.> > =A21937 Pietenpol Air Camper NX308MB=94 Gary Boothe shares his story of building this simple yet elegant version of Bernard Pietenpol=99s Corvair-powered Air Camper, as a tribute to his father.> > =A2Greg Bacon=99s Turbo Subaru EA-82T Pietenpol Air Camper=94 Oscar Zuniga presents the tale of =9CMountain Piet,=9D a straightforward incarnation designed to be flown from a field in Colorado with a summertime density altitude approaching 11,000 feet.> > =A2Chris Rusch=99s =9CMitsuPIETshi=9D Air Camper=94 Oscar Zuniga highlights some of the many details that make this Air Camper unique, including the Mitsubishi forklift engine that was overhauled before being adapted to its new chore of powering a classic bird.> > =A211th Annual Alternative Engine Round-Up=94 The fine people from EAA Chapter 1279 have stepped up and offered to cohost our annual fly-in. This year;s event will be held on Saturday, September 27th at the French Valley Airport near Temecula California.> > If you=99re interested in receiving CONTACT! Magazine, please contact us by phone, e-mail, or just simply drop a check in the mail to us and we=99ll enter you into our database just in time to receive this issue. The link to our subscription page is at the very bottom of this note.> > Please remember that CONTACT! Magazine is a recognized 501(c)3 non-profit, educational resource. We publish CONTACT! not as a moneymaking endeavor, but rather as a labor of love- love for experimental aviation. > > As previously stated, we just returned from a very successful trip to Brodhead and Oshkosh. We met some great people with some new products and interesting planes that we=99ll be writing about in upcoming issues and I know you won=99t want to miss out.> > Additionally, we finally picked up the full-color version of Alternative Engines Volume 4 from the printer just before I left for OSH. I had a good supply of them at Brodhead and AirVenture and totally sold out by the third day. While I was away at the show, my wife Veronica mailed out several hundred to those who were kind enough to preorder so that we would have the funds to self-publish. She=99s still not done so if you preordered and haven=99t received yours yet, hang in there a few more weeks. If you haven=99t ordered yours yet, now is the time to do it! > > We=99ve had the less expensive black and white version in stock for quite a while now and the are always available. If you=99d like to know more about the book, please visit:> ________________________________________________________________________________