Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: Steven Dortch
There was a thread a few months ago regarding Gooseneck bending dies which I thoughtwould be a great addition to my own shop. So, in my travels, I came acrossa rather long Gooseneck die, and I picked it up for a rather pricey sum.If you want a short gooseneck, I'm cutting the long piece into a series of shortpieces, so you can bend the U shaped fittings - along with any other fittings- without having to jury rig something special. The cost per linear inch of the material is $7.50, and it will fit into a $5.00shipping box.I'm not trying to make $$ here, just help out anyone wanting such a die, at a reasonablecost. Let me know if you're interested, and I'll cut a 3", 4", or whateverlength you need. For my purposes, I'm going with a 4" bending setuplike the one Curt Merdan showed in his pics.--------Tom KreinerRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ______Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2014 09:03:07 -0600Subject: Pietenpol-List: Classic Carwil Bubbleface Compass

Original Posted By: "Jim and Grace Malley"
On a personal note: I once landed at our local non-controlled and under-used airportafter a week of heavy rain and turned a few feet too soon onto a taxi waywith the result that the left wheel mired in the mud. I gave the J-3 full andrapid throttle to pull through the mud, but the engine stalled and quit. Withthe momentary, but short power surge, and the one wheel stuck in the mud, theplane nosed over in very slow motion. I climbed out into ankle deep mud, pulledthe tail down and managed somehow to pull the plane out of the mud.By the time I got the plane back to the hangar, the sheriff showed up and askedif I were the one who "crashed"! Being the only airplane at the airport, andstanding there with mud up to my ankles with only one shoe and hosing the mudoff the plane; I had to admit that I was the "crashed plane"! He wanted a complete report on the crash because he had already called the FFAto report it! Some motorist, driving by the airport, had reported the "crash".The sheriff's protocol was the immediately call the FFA prior to even respondingto the crash site!It took only six months and many letters and phone calls to get the "incident"straightened out. As they say, the FFA is not happy until you are unhappy.Ray KrauseSent from my iPad> On Dec 8, 2014, at 5:03 AM, Kip and Beth Gardner wrote:> > > Because he was an ignorant busybody? Around here, if it comes to their attention,the police insist that any off-field incident (such as a safe, off-fieldlanding) involving an aircraft be reported to the FAA. We once had a local sheriffcrash a family reunion party, where a family member was hopping his familyrides from their pasture, because they weren't using an 'official' airport.> > Kip Gardner> >> On Dec 8, 2014, at 7:55 AM, PatrickW wrote:>> >> >> >>> the FAA was notified by the mechanic>> >> >> Why would the mechanic do that...?>> >> >> >> >> Read this topic online here:>> >> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... 487#435487> > > > > ________________________________________________________________________________