Pietenpol-List Digest Archive

Sun 08/28/05


Total Messages Posted: 7



Today's Message Index:
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     1. 05:45 AM - Re: (Maybe) First Flight? (Harvey Rule)
     2. 06:58 AM - Re: Fw: pete (M&M Stanley)
     3. 08:07 AM - Katrina (walt evans)
     4. 09:21 AM - Re: (Maybe) First Flight? (Gordon Bowen)
     5. 11:14 AM - Re: (Maybe) First Flight? (Larry Nelson)
     6. 11:30 AM - Re: Katrina (Isablcorky@aol.com)
     7. 11:59 AM - Re: (Maybe) First Flight? (Gordon Bowen)
 
 
 


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    Time: 05:45:02 AM PST US
    From: Harvey Rule <harvey.rule@sympatico.ca>
    Subject: Re: (Maybe) First Flight?
    --> Pietenpol-List message posted by: Harvey Rule <harvey.rule@sympatico.ca> I would say follow your instincts.If the winds are high and you don't feel confortable then do as you said ,wait for a nice calm morning or evening, as long as it's calm.It's one less thing to have to worry about.Test flying your own aircraft is quite a big step even if you are a seasoned pilot on other aircraft. Take your time and enjoy unless of caorse you have to be somewhere in a hurry! >--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: Larry Nelson <lnelson208@yahoo.com> > > >N444MH, Howard Henderson's old plane, has it's wing >moved 3" aft of it's plans built location, to >accomodate my 222# vs Howards and Joe Santana's 175#. > >Yesterday, I finished the work, safetied the >turnbuckles, and had two friend help. I did some more >high speed taxi's and raised the tail, when she >promptly lifted off, and I put her back down. > >I did that on two more runs. It was the middle of the >hot afternoon, with wind rustling the tree tops above >me. I am at a one way in, opposite way out airstrip. >The "A" was purring. (I loved the water spashing on my >face from the overflow.) > >While I was being encouraged to go fly that darn >thing, I decided to wait until the cool of a quiet >morning, zero wind preferably. It was never my >intention to fly her yesterday. > >I went flying in my Cessna 195 today (newly acquired 2 >months and 30 hours ago) and wondered to myself if I >am just chicken. Got to shake it off. The Cub I flew >back in the Spring was a piece of cake. > >It's just a plane. Right? (Somebody say "yes".) Any >clever advice, snide remarks, (yes, get that nose >down), encouragement, etc will be appreciated. > >Larry Nelson >Springfield, MO >Beechcraft Bonanza V-35B N2980A >Pietenpol Air Camper N444MH >1963 GMC 4106-1618 >SV/ Spirit of America >ARS WB0JOT > > > >____________________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > >


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    Time: 06:58:52 AM PST US
    From: "M&M Stanley" <tomiya@di.mbn.or.jp>
    Subject: Re: Fwd: pete
    Hi BARNSTMR,and the list members, A great looking model of the Piet. The aircraft that the builder modeled is Simon McCormack's Piet in Tasmania. For anyone that is interested, there is a neat video of the model in flight and you can also download the plans (using Adobe) for free. There are 2 sections, one is the basic plans and the other is of full size parts etc. A very well built little Piet ! Mark S Japan From: BARNSTMR@aol.com Subject: Pietenpol-List: Fwd: FW: pete Heres the address to a neat free-flight Piet model. http://smallflyingarts.com/Current_Content/Spotlight/aircamper.htm


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    Time: 08:07:11 AM PST US
    From: "walt evans" <wbeevans@verizon.net>
    Subject: Katrina
    Corky, Good luck with the storm! We'll be thinking about you. do not archive walt evans NX140DL


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    Time: 09:21:30 AM PST US
    From: "Gordon Bowen" <gbowen@ptialaska.net>
    Subject: Re: (Maybe) First Flight?
    --> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "Gordon Bowen" <gbowen@ptialaska.net> Larry, Making the transition from experimental airplane builder to TEST PILOT puts a little stress on the pucker: a) have someone else who's been an experimental test pilot go thru the plane from front to back looking for things you may have forgotten, b) you go thru the plane one more time and then go flying, c) take his or her (safety chker) car keys with you on the first flight, this will give your safety checker a little incentive to do a good job for you. Good Luck. Gordon Bowen -Homer Alaska Cozy IV N64CY Osprey II N64SY Pietenpol N-1033B " There are no passengers on spaceship Earth, we are all crew", McLuhan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Nelson" <lnelson208@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: (Maybe) First Flight? > --> Pietenpol-List message posted by: Larry Nelson <lnelson208@yahoo.com> > > > N444MH, Howard Henderson's old plane, has it's wing > moved 3" aft of it's plans built location, to > accomodate my 222# vs Howards and Joe Santana's 175#. > > Yesterday, I finished the work, safetied the > turnbuckles, and had two friend help. I did some more > high speed taxi's and raised the tail, when she > promptly lifted off, and I put her back down. > > I did that on two more runs. It was the middle of the > hot afternoon, with wind rustling the tree tops above > me. I am at a one way in, opposite way out airstrip. > The "A" was purring. (I loved the water spashing on my > face from the overflow.) > > While I was being encouraged to go fly that darn > thing, I decided to wait until the cool of a quiet > morning, zero wind preferably. It was never my > intention to fly her yesterday. > > I went flying in my Cessna 195 today (newly acquired 2 > months and 30 hours ago) and wondered to myself if I > am just chicken. Got to shake it off. The Cub I flew > back in the Spring was a piece of cake. > > It's just a plane. Right? (Somebody say "yes".) Any > clever advice, snide remarks, (yes, get that nose > down), encouragement, etc will be appreciated. > > Larry Nelson > Springfield, MO > Beechcraft Bonanza V-35B N2980A > Pietenpol Air Camper N444MH > 1963 GMC 4106-1618 > SV/ Spirit of America > ARS WB0JOT > > > ____________________________________________________ > >


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    Time: 11:14:24 AM PST US
    From: Larry Nelson <lnelson208@yahoo.com>
    Subject: Re: (Maybe) First Flight?
    --> Pietenpol-List message posted by: Larry Nelson <lnelson208@yahoo.com> Gordon, I wish I could claim to be the builder. It flew the day before I loaded it on a trailer and hauled it to MO. I merely moved the wing back. The work I did to accomplish that was redoing the cabane X brace wires, and redoing the lift strut wires and Dremelling some of the metal work to allow the aileron wires clearance at the cowling, since they were at a different location with the wing moved back. I have rebuilt factory aircraft in my younger days, and flew them off the nearest highway to get them to the airport. Once, with a Tripacer that I had installed the tailfeather bellcrank UPSIDEDOWN, creating a desire to go into a steep climb until I fixed that problem. I have climbed into ultralights when someone says, "hey, just go flight it"...then wishing I was on the ground as soon as I flew it "higher than I wanted to fall". Kissing the ground upon my return.....(only to do it again a few weeks later). I just need to go over it, and fly it. --- Gordon Bowen <gbowen@ptialaska.net> wrote: > --> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "Gordon Bowen" > <gbowen@ptialaska.net> > > Larry, > Making the transition from experimental airplane > builder to TEST PILOT puts > a little stress on the pucker: a) have someone else > who's been an > experimental test pilot go thru the plane from front > to back looking for > things you may have forgotten, b) you go thru the > plane one more time and > then go flying, c) take his or her (safety chker) > car keys with you on the > first flight, this will give your safety checker a > little incentive to do a > good job for you. Good Luck. > Gordon Bowen -Homer Alaska > Cozy IV N64CY > Osprey II N64SY > Pietenpol N-1033B > " There are no passengers on spaceship Earth, we are > all crew", McLuhan > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Larry Nelson" <lnelson208@yahoo.com> > To: <pietenpol-list@matronics.com> > Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2005 4:29 PM > Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: (Maybe) First Flight? > > > > --> Pietenpol-List message posted by: Larry Nelson > <lnelson208@yahoo.com> > > > > > > > > N444MH, Howard Henderson's old plane, has it's > wing > > moved 3" aft of it's plans built location, to > > accomodate my 222# vs Howards and Joe Santana's > 175#. > > > > Yesterday, I finished the work, safetied the > > turnbuckles, and had two friend help. I did some > more > > high speed taxi's and raised the tail, when she > > promptly lifted off, and I put her back down. > > > > I did that on two more runs. It was the middle of > the > > hot afternoon, with wind rustling the tree tops > above > > me. I am at a one way in, opposite way out > airstrip. > > The "A" was purring. (I loved the water spashing > on my > > face from the overflow.) > > > > While I was being encouraged to go fly that darn > > thing, I decided to wait until the cool of a quiet > > morning, zero wind preferably. It was never my > > intention to fly her yesterday. > > > > I went flying in my Cessna 195 today (newly > acquired 2 > > months and 30 hours ago) and wondered to myself if > I > > am just chicken. Got to shake it off. The Cub I > flew > > back in the Spring was a piece of cake. > > > > It's just a plane. Right? (Somebody say "yes".) > Any > > clever advice, snide remarks, (yes, get that nose > > down), encouragement, etc will be appreciated. > > > > Larry Nelson > > Springfield, MO > > Beechcraft Bonanza V-35B N2980A > > Pietenpol Air Camper N444MH > > 1963 GMC 4106-1618 > > SV/ Spirit of America > > ARS WB0JOT > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________ > page > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > browse > Subscriptions page, > FAQ, > > > > > > > > > > Larry Nelson Springfield, MO Beechcraft Bonanza V-35B N2980A Pietenpol Air Camper N444MH 1963 GMC 4106-1618 SV/ Spirit of America ARS WB0JOT


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    Time: 11:30:21 AM PST US
    From: Isablcorky@aol.com
    Subject: Re: Katrina
    Thanks Walt but I don't think we will be effected as much as you will as we are 300 miles NW of nawlins. Do not archive


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    Time: 11:59:52 AM PST US
    From: "Gordon Bowen" <gbowen@ptialaska.net>
    Subject: Re: (Maybe) First Flight?
    --> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "Gordon Bowen" <gbowen@ptialaska.net> Larry, Good luck. See if you can take the car keys of a safety checker anyway. If they're serious about your safe return, you'll get a good second opinion of the plane's safe condition. Test Pilots at Lockheed Skunk Works used to take the car keys of the chief AP mechanic and chief design engineer with them on first flights like the SR-71. Gordon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Nelson" <lnelson208@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: (Maybe) First Flight? > --> Pietenpol-List message posted by: Larry Nelson <lnelson208@yahoo.com> > > Gordon, I wish I could claim to be the builder. It > flew the day before I loaded it on a trailer and > hauled it to MO. I merely moved the wing back. The > work I did to accomplish that was redoing the cabane X > brace wires, and redoing the lift strut wires and > Dremelling some of the metal work to allow the aileron > wires clearance at the cowling, since they were at a > different location with the wing moved back. I have > rebuilt factory aircraft in my younger days, and flew > them off the nearest highway to get them to the > airport. Once, with a Tripacer that I had installed > the tailfeather bellcrank UPSIDEDOWN, creating a > desire to go into a steep climb until I fixed that > problem. I have climbed into ultralights when someone > says, "hey, just go flight it"...then wishing I was on > the ground as soon as I flew it "higher than I wanted > to fall". Kissing the ground upon my return.....(only > to do it again a few weeks later). > > I just need to go over it, and fly it. > > > --- Gordon Bowen <gbowen@ptialaska.net> wrote: > > > --> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "Gordon Bowen" > > <gbowen@ptialaska.net> > > > > Larry, > > Making the transition from experimental airplane > > builder to TEST PILOT puts > > a little stress on the pucker: a) have someone else > > who's been an > > experimental test pilot go thru the plane from front > > to back looking for > > things you may have forgotten, b) you go thru the > > plane one more time and > > then go flying, c) take his or her (safety chker) > > car keys with you on the > > first flight, this will give your safety checker a > > little incentive to do a > > good job for you. Good Luck. > > Gordon Bowen -Homer Alaska > > Cozy IV N64CY > > Osprey II N64SY > > Pietenpol N-1033B > > " There are no passengers on spaceship Earth, we are > > all crew", McLuhan > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Larry Nelson" <lnelson208@yahoo.com> > > To: <pietenpol-list@matronics.com> > > Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2005 4:29 PM > > Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: (Maybe) First Flight? > > > > > > > --> Pietenpol-List message posted by: Larry Nelson > > <lnelson208@yahoo.com> > > > > > > > > > > > > N444MH, Howard Henderson's old plane, has it's > > wing > > > moved 3" aft of it's plans built location, to > > > accomodate my 222# vs Howards and Joe Santana's > > 175#. > > > > > > Yesterday, I finished the work, safetied the > > > turnbuckles, and had two friend help. I did some > > more > > > high speed taxi's and raised the tail, when she > > > promptly lifted off, and I put her back down. > > > > > > I did that on two more runs. It was the middle of > > the > > > hot afternoon, with wind rustling the tree tops > > above > > > me. I am at a one way in, opposite way out > > airstrip. > > > The "A" was purring. (I loved the water spashing > > on my > > > face from the overflow.) > > > > > > While I was being encouraged to go fly that darn > > > thing, I decided to wait until the cool of a quiet > > > morning, zero wind preferably. It was never my > > > intention to fly her yesterday. > > > > > > I went flying in my Cessna 195 today (newly > > acquired 2 > > > months and 30 hours ago) and wondered to myself if > > I > > > am just chicken. Got to shake it off. The Cub I > > flew > > > back in the Spring was a piece of cake. > > > > > > It's just a plane. Right? (Somebody say "yes".) > > Any > > > clever advice, snide remarks, (yes, get that nose > > > down), encouragement, etc will be appreciated. > > > > > > Larry Nelson > > > Springfield, MO > > > Beechcraft Bonanza V-35B N2980A > > > Pietenpol Air Camper N444MH > > > 1963 GMC 4106-1618 > > > SV/ Spirit of America > > > ARS WB0JOT > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________ > > page > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > browse > > Subscriptions page, > > FAQ, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Larry Nelson > Springfield, MO > Beechcraft Bonanza V-35B N2980A > Pietenpol Air Camper N444MH > 1963 GMC 4106-1618 > SV/ Spirit of America > ARS WB0JOT > > __________________________________________________ > >




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