Pietenpol-Archive.digest.vol-ns
August 19, 2014 - August 31, 2014
are making me feel ready bad about my SkyScout. I.e. The recent picture tr ying ti inspire us to keep building: Ray Krause Sent 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 del iver our special, 85th Pietenpol anniversary issue of CONTACT! Magazine, and to thank all of you who were at Brodhead or AirVenture and either bought th e single issue or went the distance and subscribed to CONTACT! > > And I'd especially like to thank ALL who participated in the making of thi s issue. If its wasn't for your generosity of information, we wouldn't have t his awesome issue. > > It was our great pleasure to work with these individuals that helped us cr eate 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 Zu niga introduces us to a special Pietenpol built by Dan Helsper, who did his b est to stick to the plans wherever practical, including the engine. > > =A2Ol=99 Tattered Wingtips.=94 Pietenpol patriarch Donal d =9CDoc=9D Mosher tells of some of the inside tips that help fi ll 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 th at 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 str aightforward 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 C amper unique, including the Mitsubishi forklift engine that was overhauled b efore being adapted to its new chore of powering a classic bird. > > =A211th Annual Alternative Engine Round-Up=94 The fine people f rom 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 V alley Airport near Temecula California. > > If you=99re interested in receiving CONTACT! Magazine, please contac t 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, bu t rather as a labor of love- love for experimental aviation. > > As previously stated, we just returned from a very successful trip to Brod head and Oshkosh. We met some great people with some new products and intere sting planes that we=99ll be writing about in upcoming issues and I kn ow you won=99t want to miss out. > > Additionally, we finally picked up the full-color version of Alternative E ngines Volume 4 from the printer just before I left for OSH. I had a good su pply of them at Brodhead and AirVenture and totally sold out by the third da y. 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 t o 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 q uite a while now and the are always available. If you=99d like to kno w more about the book, please visit: >