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3. 05:39 AM - Re: Re: Sad news about the Brodhead Bathtub (Bill Church)
4. 06:16 AM - Re: more Brodhead dreamin' (hvandervoo@aol.com)
5. 09:58 AM - Re: more Brodhead dreamin' (Steve Ruse)
6. 11:06 AM - Re: more Brodhead dreamin' (Phillips, Jack)
7. 11:09 AM - Montgomery- Wehrman airport (Oscar Zuniga)
8. 11:14 AM - Re: more Brodhead dreamin' (HelsperSew@aol.com)
9. 11:22 AM - Re: more Brodhead dreamin' (Phillips, Jack)
10. 11:25 AM - Re: more Brodhead dreamin' (Jack T. Textor)
11. 11:34 AM - Re: Montgomery- Wehrman airport (Steve Ruse)
12. 11:39 AM - Re: more Brodhead dreamin' (HelsperSew@aol.com)
13. 12:07 PM - Re: more Brodhead dreamin' (outofthebox50@yahoo.com)
14. 05:24 PM - Re: Montgomery- Wehrman airport (Steve Singleton)
15. 09:24 PM - Re: Montgomery- Wehrman airport (Steve Ruse)
16. 09:26 PM - Re: more Brodhead dreamin' (Steve Ruse)
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| Subject: | Re: Taildragger time at Brodhead |
All,
If you are seriously intending to be a Pietenpol Builder you will still
qualify for this offer.
Dan Helsper
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| Subject: | Re: Taildragger time at Brodhead |
Dan,
As a fellow builder its nice to know that particular distinction buys us a
ticket!
Thanks
John Recine
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| Subject: | Re: Sad news about the Brodhead Bathtub |
>From www.landings.com I see that Mr. Trone was also the owner of several of
the fantastic antique and replica aircraft based at the Brodhead airport,
including a 1924 Lincoln Sport, 1928 Thunderbird, Eaglerock, 1929 Bird A,
1917 Polson Special, and the Harley Davidson powered Snyder Baby Bomber.
Sad news indeed.
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| Subject: | Re: more Brodhead dreamin' |
Oscar,
My hat off to you if can make that in three days, prevailing winds from
the south it could be possible.
I would add a day for bad weather or other unexpected delays.
My short flight (4 hours) to Hondo and the 4 hours back the next day
thought me that it can wear you out.
Dreaming about the once in a life time trip to Brodhead but not this
year.
Planning for Old Kingsbury on the 24th
Good luck and fair winds
Hans
-----Original Message-----
From: Oscar Zuniga <taildrags@hotmail.com>
Sent: Wed, 7 May 2008 10:02 pm
Subject: Pietenpol-List: more Brodhead dreamin'
<taildrags@hotmail.com>
I had the charts and plotter out again tonight, looking at routes,
distances,
times, fuel stops to Brodhead. The first day would still be the same no
matter
what... two long legs from San Antonio to Shreveport and overnight at
Corky's.
That will be Wednesday, July 23rd.
Thursday would be four legs, a bit over 500 statute miles, from
Shreveport to
Little Rock/Poplar Bluff/Mt. Vernon, Illinois. Mt. Vernon is where the
annual
KR Gathering has been held in the past and is not a definite overnight
but
somewhere in that area because I know they are airplane-friendly.
Friday the 25th would be in two legs from Mt. Vernon to the Peoria area
and on
to Brodhead, putting me on the field sometime around noon on the
opening day of
the fly-in. I would get settled in and enjoy Brodhead on Friday
afternoon,
Saturday, Saturday night, and plan to leave sometime before noon
Sunday, July
27th.
Return flight would probably be more direct but similar route and
stops. I know
by that time I will be playing the part of the tired pre-WWII Army Air
Force
trainee, my airplane safely tied down at the field and the warm engine
still
ticking as it cools off on that Monday July 28. The evening would find
me
slouched in the nearest pub somewhere around Peoria, my leather jacket
open and
goggles pushed back on my head, white scarf hanging limp, and me
downing some
cold brews and ordering a round on the house to celebrate my 57th
birthday that
day. Tired, sunburned, saddle-sore, but still enjoying the stick and
rudder
every time the tires leave the ground as we head home.
I figure 2400 statute miles round trip, 4 gal./hr. at $4.50/gallon
means I'd pay
about $720 for avgas for the trip. Talk about a "$100 hamburger"...
plus five
days vacation time from work ;o) I guess a Pietenpoler has to make the
flight
at least once in a lifetime or his Piet will forever be restless in its
spirit.
Oscar Zuniga
Air Camper NX41CC
San Antonio, TX
mailto: taildrags@hotmail.com
website at http://www.flysquirrel.net
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| Subject: | Re: more Brodhead dreamin' |
When I bought my GN-1, I flew it from South Bend, Indiana to Sherman,
Texas, somewhere over 800 statute miles. I did in in three days
pretty easy, but I had good weather. That will be the key for you.
If you have good weather and a solid plane, you'll make it without
problems. On day two of my trip I flew about 8 hours, somewhere
around 500 miles. It wasn't bad, I just walked a little funny when I
got out. Being 27 years old helped though. I had a huge smile on my
face all three days, and for a few weeks afterwards.
If you can do it Oscar, go for it. You will not regret it. My trip
was one of the most fun things I have ever done in my life. I met
some great people, and still talk to a couple of them occasionally.
If you need to go through the Oklahoma City area on your way home, let
me know, I'll put you and your plane up overnight (actually the hangar
is in Slaughterville, OK, a ways south of OKC). It would be a little
out of the way, but if you had to divert east for weather, it might be
a good stop for you.
Pictures and stories of my trip:
http://www.wotelectronics.com/flying/2005AprilPietTrip/
Steve Ruse
Norman, OK
Quoting hvandervoo@aol.com:
>
> Oscar,
>
> My hat off to you if can make that in three days, prevailing winds from
> the south it could be possible.
> I would add a day for bad weather or other unexpected delays.
>
> My short flight (4 hours) to Hondo and the 4 hours back the next day
> thought me that it can wear you out.
>
> Dreaming about the once in a life time trip to Brodhead but not this year.
> Planning for Old Kingsbury on the 24th
>
> Good luck and fair winds
>
> Hans
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Oscar Zuniga <taildrags@hotmail.com>
> To: Pietenpol List <pietenpol-list@matronics.com>
> Sent: Wed, 7 May 2008 10:02 pm
> Subject: Pietenpol-List: more Brodhead dreamin'
>
>
>
>
> I had the charts and plotter out again tonight, looking at routes, distances,
> times, fuel stops to Brodhead. The first day would still be the same
> no matter
> what... two long legs from San Antonio to Shreveport and overnight
> at Corky's.
> That will be Wednesday, July 23rd.
>
> Thursday would be four legs, a bit over 500 statute miles, from Shreveport to
> Little Rock/Poplar Bluff/Mt. Vernon, Illinois. Mt. Vernon is where the annual
> KR Gathering has been held in the past and is not a definite overnight but
> somewhere in that area because I know they are airplane-friendly.
>
> Friday the 25th would be in two legs from Mt. Vernon to the Peoria
> area and on
> to Brodhead, putting me on the field sometime around noon on the
> opening day of
> the fly-in. I would get settled in and enjoy Brodhead on Friday afternoon,
> Saturday, Saturday night, and plan to leave sometime before noon Sunday, July
> 27th.
>
> Return flight would probably be more direct but similar route and
> stops. I know
> by that time I will be playing the part of the tired pre-WWII Army Air Force
> trainee, my airplane safely tied down at the field and the warm engine still
> ticking as it cools off on that Monday July 28. The evening would find me
> slouched in the nearest pub somewhere around Peoria, my leather jacket
> open and
> goggles pushed back on my head, white scarf hanging limp, and me downing some
> cold brews and ordering a round on the house to celebrate my 57th
> birthday that
> day. Tired, sunburned, saddle-sore, but still enjoying the stick and rudder
> every time the tires leave the ground as we head home.
>
> I figure 2400 statute miles round trip, 4 gal./hr. at $4.50/gallon
> means I'd pay
> about $720 for avgas for the trip. Talk about a "$100 hamburger"... plus five
> days vacation time from work ;o) I guess a Pietenpoler has to make the flight
> at least once in a lifetime or his Piet will forever be restless in its
> spirit.
>
> Oscar Zuniga
> Air Camper NX41CC
> San Antonio, TX
> mailto: taildrags@hotmail.com
> website at http://www.flysquirrel.net
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| Subject: | more Brodhead dreamin' |
Come on, Oscar. No Cajones at all if you don't do it at least once. I
did it in 2005 and hope to again this year. Taking a somewhat
circuitous route (I've got some mountains to go over or around - nothing
like Steve Eldredge had, though) my trip will be 1,120 miles each way,
for a total of just under 17 hours of flying (if there's no wind), each
way. 4 days in the air, plus 2 on the ground at Brodhead and an extra
day for bad weather means a week of vacation. That's the main reason
I'm not including OSH this time. That and the fact that I would easily
spend another $700 on entry fees and bad food.
So for 34 hours of flying (plus whatever I do in Brodhead) at 4.5
gallons an hour and $5 per gallon, the trip will end up costing $765
worth of gas. But where else can you eat a $700 pork chop and sit
surrounded by Pietenpols, and Pietenpolers. And you'll find that it IS
addictive, and you'll want to do it more than once. Three years is
about the right amount of time for the memories of butt-numbness to fade
away.
Jack Phillips
NX899JP
"Icarus Plummet"
Raleigh, NC
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From: owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Steve
Ruse
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 12:56 PM
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: more Brodhead dreamin'
<steve@wotelectronics.com>
When I bought my GN-1, I flew it from South Bend, Indiana to Sherman,
Texas, somewhere over 800 statute miles. I did in in three days
pretty easy, but I had good weather. That will be the key for you.
If you have good weather and a solid plane, you'll make it without
problems. On day two of my trip I flew about 8 hours, somewhere
around 500 miles. It wasn't bad, I just walked a little funny when I
got out. Being 27 years old helped though. I had a huge smile on my
face all three days, and for a few weeks afterwards.
If you can do it Oscar, go for it. You will not regret it. My trip
was one of the most fun things I have ever done in my life. I met
some great people, and still talk to a couple of them occasionally.
If you need to go through the Oklahoma City area on your way home, let
me know, I'll put you and your plane up overnight (actually the hangar
is in Slaughterville, OK, a ways south of OKC). It would be a little
out of the way, but if you had to divert east for weather, it might be
a good stop for you.
Pictures and stories of my trip:
http://www.wotelectronics.com/flying/2005AprilPietTrip/
Steve Ruse
Norman, OK
Quoting hvandervoo@aol.com:
>
> Oscar,
>
> My hat off to you if can make that in three days, prevailing winds
from
> the south it could be possible.
> I would add a day for bad weather or other unexpected delays.
>
> My short flight (4 hours) to Hondo and the 4 hours back the next day
> thought me that it can wear you out.
>
> Dreaming about the once in a life time trip to Brodhead but not this
year.
> Planning for Old Kingsbury on the 24th
>
> Good luck and fair winds
>
> Hans
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Oscar Zuniga <taildrags@hotmail.com>
> To: Pietenpol List <pietenpol-list@matronics.com>
> Sent: Wed, 7 May 2008 10:02 pm
> Subject: Pietenpol-List: more Brodhead dreamin'
>
>
<taildrags@hotmail.com>
>
>
> I had the charts and plotter out again tonight, looking at routes,
distances,
> times, fuel stops to Brodhead. The first day would still be the same
> no matter
> what... two long legs from San Antonio to Shreveport and overnight
> at Corky's.
> That will be Wednesday, July 23rd.
>
> Thursday would be four legs, a bit over 500 statute miles, from
Shreveport to
> Little Rock/Poplar Bluff/Mt. Vernon, Illinois. Mt. Vernon is where the
annual
> KR Gathering has been held in the past and is not a definite overnight
but
> somewhere in that area because I know they are airplane-friendly.
>
> Friday the 25th would be in two legs from Mt. Vernon to the Peoria
> area and on
> to Brodhead, putting me on the field sometime around noon on the
> opening day of
> the fly-in. I would get settled in and enjoy Brodhead on Friday
afternoon,
> Saturday, Saturday night, and plan to leave sometime before noon
Sunday, July
> 27th.
>
> Return flight would probably be more direct but similar route and
> stops. I know
> by that time I will be playing the part of the tired pre-WWII Army Air
Force
> trainee, my airplane safely tied down at the field and the warm engine
still
> ticking as it cools off on that Monday July 28. The evening would find
me
> slouched in the nearest pub somewhere around Peoria, my leather jacket
> open and
> goggles pushed back on my head, white scarf hanging limp, and me
downing some
> cold brews and ordering a round on the house to celebrate my 57th
> birthday that
> day. Tired, sunburned, saddle-sore, but still enjoying the stick and
rudder
> every time the tires leave the ground as we head home.
>
> I figure 2400 statute miles round trip, 4 gal./hr. at $4.50/gallon
> means I'd pay
> about $720 for avgas for the trip. Talk about a "$100 hamburger"...
plus five
> days vacation time from work ;o) I guess a Pietenpoler has to make the
flight
> at least once in a lifetime or his Piet will forever be restless in
its
> spirit.
>
> Oscar Zuniga
> Air Camper NX41CC
> San Antonio, TX
> mailto: taildrags@hotmail.com
> website at http://www.flysquirrel.net
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| Subject: | Montgomery- Wehrman airport |
Steve Ruse wrote-
>Pictures and stories of my trip: http://www.wotelectronics.com/flying/2005AprilPietTrip/
Excellent. I'll start compiling a list of possible nifty places to stop (thanks,
Perry and others)- including Wehrman's grass strip that you have pix of on
this webpage. By the way, Steve, looking at AirNav to get info on Wehrman field
I notice that the picture on their info page is one that you took. Now we're
talking Pietenpol country! No sense wasting a good landing by doing it on
asphalt, when there are perfectly good grass strips still around.
Oscar Zuniga
Air Camper NX41CC
San Antonio, TX
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| Subject: | Re: more Brodhead dreamin' |
Gang,
FYI Poplar Grove has unbranded auto fuel (no alcohol) for current car gas
prices. Last week I paid $3.65.
Not that that is so cheap but at least its not what you pay for 100LL.
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Poplar Grove, IL.
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| Subject: | more Brodhead dreamin' |
Dan forgot to mention that Poplar Grove is also a very nice airport full
of interesting people, and they have a nice grass runway in addition to
the paved ones
Jack Phillips
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Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: more Brodhead dreamin'
Gang,
FYI Poplar Grove has unbranded auto fuel (no alcohol) for current car
gas prices. Last week I paid $3.65.
Not that that is so cheap but at least its not what you pay for 100LL.
Dan Helsper
Poplar Grove, IL.
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| Subject: | more Brodhead dreamin' |
Will buy you both a drink or two...
Jack
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| Subject: | Re: Montgomery- Wehrman airport |
Absolutely Oscar! It was a really neat place, I really liked it. I
was lucky to stop at a random grass strip early on a Sunday morning in
an area I knew nothing about...to find that they had fuel available!
They were very friendly and hospitable, and had a hangar full of
planes and parts. That one stop on essentially a farm strip must've
been a lot like a typical cross country stop 70 years ago when Bernard
was flying.
I would call Howard before you go if you plan on making it. When I
was there three years ago he was in his mid eighties I believe. Still
flying and in great shape though. Anyway, you might want to call and
make sure he still has fuel. He took some pictures of me and my plane
while I was there, he has a wall full of pictures, I bet I'm on there
somewhere now. If you see it, tell him Steve Ruse from Texas sent
you, and point out the yellow plane.
Steve Ruse
Quoting Oscar Zuniga <taildrags@hotmail.com>:
>
>
> Steve Ruse wrote-
>
>> Pictures and stories of my trip:
>> http://www.wotelectronics.com/flying/2005AprilPietTrip/
>
> Excellent. I'll start compiling a list of possible nifty places to
> stop (thanks, Perry and others)- including Wehrman's grass strip
> that you have pix of on this webpage. By the way, Steve, looking at
> AirNav to get info on Wehrman field I notice that the picture on
> their info page is one that you took. Now we're talking Pietenpol
> country! No sense wasting a good landing by doing it on asphalt,
> when there are perfectly good grass strips still around.
>
> Oscar Zuniga
> Air Camper NX41CC
> San Antonio, TX
> mailto: taildrags@hotmail.com
> website at http://www.flysquirrel.net
>
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| Subject: | Re: more Brodhead dreamin' |
Jack (Textor)
Thanks for the drink(s). I guess I will have to plan on camping over now
instead of flying home to sleep in my bed!
Dan Helsper
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| Subject: | Re: more Brodhead dreamin' |
That's funny, I smiled reading your story. I've got a similar one.
Last summer, my dad called me on a Friday afternoon and asked if i'd like to go
with him to St Louis and fly back in a plane that he bought on eBay. He said
it was a Rans Coyote II and the owner said it cruises 95mph. So we left Love
field at 4:00am Monday on SW. 1hr 45min there. We rode with the owner about
an hour west to a little airport on the MO river. We hopped in this tiny little
thing and took off at about noon, no radio, gyro, intercom, or ear plugs.
First thing is that a rotax 582 is wicked loud. I had a cleanex so we quartered
it and stuffed it in our ears. We then realized that the cabin heat door would
not stay closed. I pulled a piece of loose thread from the velcro on one
of the wiring harness covers and tied the cable in the closed position. Giggling
the whole time of course. We were watching our fuel consumption and it had
used almost the entire left tank up without even touching the right. Only when
I found an airport to divert to and changed my heading did it start to use
fuel from the right tank. In 5 minutes gravity balanced the two tanks and were
both showing half full. Our first leg was the longest and our first stop was
of course the airport that dad couldn't get on the phone, and they didn't have
fuel. There was a fellow who was there and showed me on the chart that fayetteville
was the closest place that had fuel, 30 miles away, just at the limit
of the spec. Range for the ac. There we got fuel, two bags of chips, and glorious
earplugs. We made our next stop in OK event free and then on to midlothian
TX. We got there about 30min after sunset, which was good since we had
no nav or landing lights. 510 nautical miles in 8hrs and 38min. Did I say that
the 95 cruise is actually 65! I did get a pic of the air speed indicator at
95, in a steep dive.
My dad tells people about it all the time. He says it was the best day that he
can remember. He looks to me hoping for the same reply. I just say, the longer
ago it gets, the more fun it was.
Jeremy in Dallas, TX
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From: Steve Ruse <steve@wotelectronics.com>
To:pietenpol-list@matronics.com
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: more Brodhead dreamin'
When I bought my GN-1, I flew it from South Bend, Indiana to Sherman,
Texas, somewhere over 800 statute miles. I did in in three days
pretty easy, but I had good weather. That will be the key for you.
If you have good weather and a solid plane, you'll make it without
problems. On day two of my trip I flew about 8 hours, somewhere
around 500 miles. It wasn't bad, I just walked a little funny when I
got out. Being 27 years old helped though. I had a huge smile on my
face all three days, and for a few weeks afterwards.
If you can do it Oscar, go for it. You will not regret it. My trip
was one of the most fun things I have ever done in my life. I met
some great people, and still talk to a couple of them occasionally.
If you need to go through the Oklahoma City area on your way home, let
me know, I'll put you and your plane up overnight (actually the hangar
is in Slaughterville, OK, a ways south of OKC). It would be a little
out of the way, but if you had to divert east for weather, it might be
a good stop for you.
Pictures and stories of my trip:
http://www.wotelectronics.com/flying/2005AprilPietTrip/
Steve Ruse
Norman, OK
Quoting hvandervoo@aol.com:
>
> Oscar,
>
> My hat off to you if can make that in three days, prevailing winds from
> the south it could be possible.
> I would add a day for bad weather or other unexpected delays.
>
> My short flight (4 hours) to Hondo and the 4 hours back the next day
> thought me that it can wear you out.
>
> Dreaming about the once in a life time trip to Brodhead but not this year.
> Planning for Old Kingsbury on the 24th
>
> Good luck and fair winds
>
> Hans
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Oscar Zuniga <taildrags@hotmail.com>
> To: Pietenpol List <pietenpol-list@matronics.com>
> Sent: Wed, 7 May 2008 10:02 pm
> Subject: Pietenpol-List: more Brodhead dreamin'
>
>
>
>
> I had the charts and plotter out again tonight, looking at routes, distances,
> times, fuel stops to Brodhead. The first day would still be the same
> no matter
> what... two long legs from San Antonio to Shreveport and overnight
> at Corky's.
> That will be Wednesday, July 23rd.
>
> Thursday would be four legs, a bit over 500 statute miles, from Shreveport to
> Little Rock/Poplar Bluff/Mt. Vernon, Illinois. Mt. Vernon is where the annual
> KR Gathering has been held in the past and is not a definite overnight but
> somewhere in that area because I know they are airplane-friendly.
>
> Friday the 25th would be in two legs from Mt. Vernon to the Peoria
> area and on
> to Brodhead, putting me on the field sometime around noon on the
> opening day of
> the fly-in. I would get settled in and enjoy Brodhead on Friday afternoon,
> Saturday, Saturday night, and plan to leave sometime before noon Sunday, July
> 27th.
>
> Return flight would probably be more direct but similar route and
> stops. I know
> by that time I will be playing the part of the tired pre-WWII Army Air Force
> trainee, my airplane safely tied down at the field and the warm engine still
> ticking as it cools off on that Monday July 28. The evening would find me
> slouched in the nearest pub somewhere around Peoria, my leather jacket
> open and
> goggles pushed back on my head, white scarf hanging limp, and me downing some
> cold brews and ordering a round on the house to celebrate my 57th
> birthday that
> day. Tired, sunburned, saddle-sore, but still enjoying the stick and rudder
> every time the tires leave the ground as we head home.
>
> I figure 2400 statute miles round trip, 4 gal./hr. at $4.50/gallon
> means I'd pay
> about $720 for avgas for the trip. Talk about a "$100 hamburger"... plus five
> days vacation time from work ;o) I guess a Pietenpoler has to make the flight
> at least once in a lifetime or his Piet will forever be restless in its
> spirit.
>
> Oscar Zuniga
> Air Camper NX41CC
> San Antonio, TX
> mailto: taildrags@hotmail.com
> website at http://www.flysquirrel.net
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| Subject: | Re: Montgomery- Wehrman airport |
Howard Wehrem is around and giving instruction. Him and his wife are very
nice people and very enjoyable to be around. He gave me my tailwheel
endorsment when we finnished our Champ restoration somewhere around 2000 and
he still does'nt wear glasses except to read fine print. I just talked to
hime a few weeks ago. Steve Singleton
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Ruse" <steve@wotelectronics.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 1:26 PM
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Montgomery- Wehrman airport
> <steve@wotelectronics.com>
>
> Absolutely Oscar! It was a really neat place, I really liked it. I was
> lucky to stop at a random grass strip early on a Sunday morning in an
> area I knew nothing about...to find that they had fuel available! They
> were very friendly and hospitable, and had a hangar full of planes and
> parts. That one stop on essentially a farm strip must've been a lot like
> a typical cross country stop 70 years ago when Bernard was flying.
>
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Thanks for the update on Howard, that is good to hear. It is amazing how
small the aviation world is.
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Singleton" <slsingleton@cvalley.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 7:20 PM
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Montgomery- Wehrman airport
> <slsingleton@cvalley.net>
>
> Howard Wehrem is around and giving instruction. Him and his wife are very
> nice people and very enjoyable to be around. He gave me my tailwheel
> endorsment when we finnished our Champ restoration somewhere around 2000
> and he still does'nt wear glasses except to read fine print. I just talked
> to hime a few weeks ago. Steve Singleton
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Ruse" <steve@wotelectronics.com>
> To: <pietenpol-list@matronics.com>; "Oscar Zuniga" <taildrags@hotmail.com>
> Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 1:26 PM
> Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Montgomery- Wehrman airport
>
>
>> <steve@wotelectronics.com>
>>
>> Absolutely Oscar! It was a really neat place, I really liked it. I was
>> lucky to stop at a random grass strip early on a Sunday morning in an
>> area I knew nothing about...to find that they had fuel available! They
>> were very friendly and hospitable, and had a hangar full of planes and
>> parts. That one stop on essentially a farm strip must've been a lot
>> like a typical cross country stop 70 years ago when Bernard was flying.
>>
>
>
>
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| Subject: | Re: more Brodhead dreamin' |
Great story Jeremy, sounds like a fun trip. I've spent a little time at
Fayetteville and Midlothian. I used to live in the DFW area, did most of my
flight training at Grayson County, and at Denton. If you are looking for a
good group of local pilots, check out www.dfwpilots.com sometime. There are
some good people there, a lot of them are good friends of mine.
Steve Ruse
Norman, Ok
----- Original Message -----
From: <outofthebox50@yahoo.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 2:02 PM
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: more Brodhead dreamin'
>
> That's funny, I smiled reading your story. I've got a similar one.
>
> Last summer, my dad called me on a Friday afternoon and asked if i'd like
> to go with him to St Louis and fly back in a plane that he bought on eBay.
> He said it was a Rans Coyote II and the owner said it cruises 95mph. So
> we left Love field at 4:00am Monday on SW. 1hr 45min there. We rode with
> the owner about an hour west to a little airport on the MO river. We
> hopped in this tiny little thing and took off at about noon, no radio,
> gyro, intercom, or ear plugs.
>
> First thing is that a rotax 582 is wicked loud. I had a cleanex so we
> quartered it and stuffed it in our ears. We then realized that the cabin
> heat door would not stay closed. I pulled a piece of loose thread from
> the velcro on one of the wiring harness covers and tied the cable in the
> closed position. Giggling the whole time of course. We were watching our
> fuel consumption and it had used almost the entire left tank up without
> even touching the right. Only when I found an airport to divert to and
> changed my heading did it start to use fuel from the right tank. In 5
> minutes gravity balanced the two tanks and were both showing half full.
> Our first leg was the longest and our first stop was of course the airport
> that dad couldn't get on the phone, and they didn't have fuel. There was
> a fellow who was there and showed me on the chart that fayetteville was
> the closest place that had fuel, 30 miles away, just at the limit of the
> spec. Range for the ac. There we got fuel!
> , two bags of chips, and glorious earplugs. We made our next stop in OK
> event free and then on to midlothian TX. We got there about 30min after
> sunset, which was good since we had no nav or landing lights. 510
> nautical miles in 8hrs and 38min. Did I say that the 95 cruise is
> actually 65! I did get a pic of the air speed indicator at 95, in a
> steep dive.
>
> My dad tells people about it all the time. He says it was the best day
> that he can remember. He looks to me hoping for the same reply. I just
> say, the longer ago it gets, the more fun it was.
>
> Jeremy in Dallas, TX
> Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Ruse <steve@wotelectronics.com>
>
> Date: Thu, 08 May 2008 12:55:54
> To:pietenpol-list@matronics.com
> Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: more Brodhead dreamin'
>
>
> <steve@wotelectronics.com>
>
> When I bought my GN-1, I flew it from South Bend, Indiana to Sherman,
> Texas, somewhere over 800 statute miles. I did in in three days
> pretty easy, but I had good weather. That will be the key for you.
> If you have good weather and a solid plane, you'll make it without
> problems. On day two of my trip I flew about 8 hours, somewhere
> around 500 miles. It wasn't bad, I just walked a little funny when I
> got out. Being 27 years old helped though. I had a huge smile on my
> face all three days, and for a few weeks afterwards.
>
> If you can do it Oscar, go for it. You will not regret it. My trip
> was one of the most fun things I have ever done in my life. I met
> some great people, and still talk to a couple of them occasionally.
> If you need to go through the Oklahoma City area on your way home, let
> me know, I'll put you and your plane up overnight (actually the hangar
> is in Slaughterville, OK, a ways south of OKC). It would be a little
> out of the way, but if you had to divert east for weather, it might be
> a good stop for you.
>
> Pictures and stories of my trip:
> http://www.wotelectronics.com/flying/2005AprilPietTrip/
>
> Steve Ruse
> Norman, OK
>
>
> Quoting hvandervoo@aol.com:
>
>>
>> Oscar,
>>
>> My hat off to you if can make that in three days, prevailing winds from
>> the south it could be possible.
>> I would add a day for bad weather or other unexpected delays.
>>
>> My short flight (4 hours) to Hondo and the 4 hours back the next day
>> thought me that it can wear you out.
>>
>> Dreaming about the once in a life time trip to Brodhead but not this
>> year.
>> Planning for Old Kingsbury on the 24th
>>
>> Good luck and fair winds
>>
>> Hans
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Oscar Zuniga <taildrags@hotmail.com>
>> To: Pietenpol List <pietenpol-list@matronics.com>
>> Sent: Wed, 7 May 2008 10:02 pm
>> Subject: Pietenpol-List: more Brodhead dreamin'
>>
>>
>>
>> <taildrags@hotmail.com>
>>
>>
>> I had the charts and plotter out again tonight, looking at routes,
>> distances,
>> times, fuel stops to Brodhead. The first day would still be the same
>> no matter
>> what... two long legs from San Antonio to Shreveport and overnight
>> at Corky's.
>> That will be Wednesday, July 23rd.
>>
>> Thursday would be four legs, a bit over 500 statute miles, from
>> Shreveport to
>> Little Rock/Poplar Bluff/Mt. Vernon, Illinois. Mt. Vernon is where the
>> annual
>> KR Gathering has been held in the past and is not a definite overnight
>> but
>> somewhere in that area because I know they are airplane-friendly.
>>
>> Friday the 25th would be in two legs from Mt. Vernon to the Peoria
>> area and on
>> to Brodhead, putting me on the field sometime around noon on the
>> opening day of
>> the fly-in. I would get settled in and enjoy Brodhead on Friday
>> afternoon,
>> Saturday, Saturday night, and plan to leave sometime before noon Sunday,
>> July
>> 27th.
>>
>> Return flight would probably be more direct but similar route and
>> stops. I know
>> by that time I will be playing the part of the tired pre-WWII Army Air
>> Force
>> trainee, my airplane safely tied down at the field and the warm engine
>> still
>> ticking as it cools off on that Monday July 28. The evening would find me
>> slouched in the nearest pub somewhere around Peoria, my leather jacket
>> open and
>> goggles pushed back on my head, white scarf hanging limp, and me downing
>> some
>> cold brews and ordering a round on the house to celebrate my 57th
>> birthday that
>> day. Tired, sunburned, saddle-sore, but still enjoying the stick and
>> rudder
>> every time the tires leave the ground as we head home.
>>
>> I figure 2400 statute miles round trip, 4 gal./hr. at $4.50/gallon
>> means I'd pay
>> about $720 for avgas for the trip. Talk about a "$100 hamburger"... plus
>> five
>> days vacation time from work ;o) I guess a Pietenpoler has to make the
>> flight
>> at least once in a lifetime or his Piet will forever be restless in its
>> spirit.
>>
>> Oscar Zuniga
>> Air Camper NX41CC
>> San Antonio, TX
>> mailto: taildrags@hotmail.com
>> website at http://www.flysquirrel.net
>
>
>
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