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1. 01:07 AM - Re: First Flight (Peter W Johnson)
2. 03:24 AM - Re: First Flight (pietflyr@bellsouth.net)
3. 03:45 AM - Re: First Flight (Lagowski Morrow)
4. 04:20 AM - Gene Hubbard's first flight (Cuy, Michael D. (GRC-RXC0)[ASRC])
5. 07:10 AM - Have to share my morning (walt evans)
6. 07:31 AM - Re: Have to share my morning (Cuy, Michael D. (GRC-RXC0)[ASRC])
7. 08:34 AM - Re: First Flight (walt evans)
8. 09:53 AM - Re: Have to share my morning (Don Emch)
9. 10:13 AM - Piet pilot lands on aircraft carrier (Oscar Zuniga)
10. 10:47 AM - Re: Re: Have to share my morning (walt evans)
11. 10:50 AM - Re: Have to share my morning (walt evans)
12. 10:56 AM - Re: First Flight (Don Emch)
13. 11:50 AM - Re: Piet pilot lands on aircraft carrier (Rob Stapleton, Jr.)
14. 02:26 PM - DLZ fly in August 2008 For Ohio Area Piets (shad bell)
15. 02:35 PM - Re: First Flight (shad bell)
16. 04:13 PM - Re: Have to share my morning (Pastor M F Townsley)
17. 04:45 PM - Re: First Flight (Dick Navratil)
18. 06:18 PM - Re: First Flight (AMsafetyC@aol.com)
19. 06:53 PM - Re: DLZ fly in August 2008 For Ohio Area Piets (Don Emch)
20. 07:18 PM - First Flight (Oscar Zuniga)
21. 10:00 PM - Re: inline fuel filters (Steve Ruse)
22. 10:02 PM - Re: inline fuel filters (Steve Ruse)
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Gene,
Well done! Hope they all go well.
Cheers
Peter
Wonthaggi Australia
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[mailto:owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Gene Hubbard
Sent: Sunday, 8 June 2008 4:04 PM
Subject: Pietenpol-List: First Flight
Just a quick note that N421GN made its first flight this morning at
Brown Field in San Diego. Long fuselage, powered by a Continental
C-75. Got the plans in April 1999. Many thanks to Sparky (Manuel
Sparks) for making the first flight and making it look good. Just a few
adjustments, then I'm looking forward to many more flights to come.
Gene Hubbard
San Diego
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Subject: | Re: First Flight |
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Subject: | Re: First Flight |
CONGRATS!--JIM LAGOWSKI
Do not archive
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gene Hubbard" <enhubbard@sbcglobal.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 2:03 AM
Subject: Pietenpol-List: First Flight
> <enhubbard@sbcglobal.net>
>
> Just a quick note that N421GN made its first flight this morning at Brown
> Field in San Diego. Long fuselage, powered by a Continental C-75. Got
> the plans in April 1999. Many thanks to Sparky (Manuel Sparks) for making
> the first flight and making it look good. Just a few adjustments, then
> I'm looking forward to many more flights to come.
>
> Gene Hubbard
> San Diego
>
>
> --
> Date: 6/6/2008 5:48 PM
>
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Subject: | Gene Hubbard's first flight |
Excellent news Gene----you've kept at it for many years and you didn't
sell your
project, you didn't let go of the dream and now is your big PAYOFF time
! Enjoy
it !!!
Mike C. in Ohio
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Subject: | Have to share my morning |
Went up this morning to scope out a stream for a kyacking friend of
mine.
Also threw in a shot, all of the builders dream about, and the flyers
never get used to seeing.
Then my friend took the landing
Walt Evans
NX140DL
"Let's Legalize Freedom"
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Subject: | Have to share my morning |
Fantastic shot of your landing Walt !!!!!!!!! That's a magazine cover
in my book....
Mike C. in Ohio
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Subject: | Re: First Flight |
Gene,
Congratulations!!
This is a feeling you'll never forget.
Thumbs up!!!!
Walt Evans
NX140DL
"Let's Legalize Freedom"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gene Hubbard" <enhubbard@sbcglobal.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 2:03 AM
Subject: Pietenpol-List: First Flight
> <enhubbard@sbcglobal.net>
>
> Just a quick note that N421GN made its first flight this morning at Brown
> Field in San Diego. Long fuselage, powered by a Continental C-75. Got
> the plans in April 1999. Many thanks to Sparky (Manuel Sparks) for making
> the first flight and making it look good. Just a few adjustments, then
> I'm looking forward to many more flights to come.
>
> Gene Hubbard
> San Diego
>
>
>
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Subject: | Re: Have to share my morning |
Hey Walt,
I wish my morning flight was as enjoyable as yours looked. It was so rough on
mine I thought I was going to puke! What is that thing mounted on your cabane
and diagonal strut? Isn't that 'golden hour' in the early, early morning the
best time?!
Don E. in windy, bumpy Ohio
Read this topic online here:
http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=186808#186808
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Subject: | Piet pilot lands on aircraft carrier |
Well, so that's stretching the truth just a tad, but notice I said Piet PILOT,
not the Piet itself ;o) While visiting with friends up in Anacortes, WA for the
last week or so (he's a Marine aviator, instructor, and electronic countermeasures
officer) I got about an hour of stick time in the EA-6B "Prowler" simulator
at Whidbey Island NAS. You talk about incredible! I had never "flown"
anything like this before and did pretty darned good! This was not a video game;
the cockpit is complete and accurate and although it isn't a full motion simulator,
the view is panoramic and photorealistic and the engine sounds in the
headset are accurate. I shot a virtual touch and go (VFR) to the main runway
at Whidbey, then "flew" the jet over to SeaTac for another visual approach and
landing, then the sim operator put us out at sea for carrier landings and I
got to shoot about a half-dozen of them. I didn't hit anything, didn't put the
airplane in the drink, and had a great time flying.
It was really amazing. I managed to hook a wire on my last attempt at landing
on the carrier deck, but made the mistake of failing to go to full power when
the gear hit the deck. That is counter-intuitive for a Piet pilot, just like
holding speed and attitude all the way to touchdown (no flare). The cool thing
is that the sim operator (the voice in the headset, not my buddy in the right
seat) asked me "flying left seat, you're obviously a private pilot, what do
you fly?". Figuring he didn't know from nothin' in the civilian world, I just
said "small single-engine aircraft" and that was that until my buddy mentioned
"Pietenpol" and the sim operator started chatting about how he and a friend
wanted to buy one and were working on a deal when the airplane was lost in a hangar
fire. From then on he talked to me a bit more on technique, helpfully telling
me that landing to the carrier deck is pretty much just a short/soft field
landing and to treat it like that. Very nice guy, and I shook his hand after
the sim session and told him my tail number was 41CC.
Anyway, after getting my fuel shutoff valve replaced yesterday, even with winds
15 gusting to 20 in a 10 degree x-wind, I flew 41CC to some of my best approaches
and landings ever. I flew three touch and goes at my home field, parked
the airplane to make sure my fuel valve wasn't leaking and everything was airworthy,
flew over to a nearby field to fuel up, then came back and shot two more
landings that were very satisfying. I guess that simulator time did me some
good!
It sure is fun to fly Piets... and to hear that they are known and loved far and
wide.
Oscar Zuniga
Air Camper NX41CC
San Antonio, TX
mailto: taildrags@hotmail.com
website at http://www.flysquirrel.net
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Subject: | Re: Have to share my morning |
That's a holder for my video cam.
Yeah, I perfer flying in the early AM.
Guess it's my Church.
The sites that you see are truely moving.
Walt Evans
NX140DL
"Let's Legalize Freedom"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Emch" <EmchAir@aol.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 12:51 PM
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Have to share my morning
>
> Hey Walt,
>
> I wish my morning flight was as enjoyable as yours looked. It was so
> rough on mine I thought I was going to puke! What is that thing mounted
> on your cabane and diagonal strut? Isn't that 'golden hour' in the early,
> early morning the best time?!
>
> Don E. in windy, bumpy Ohio
>
>
> Read this topic online here:
>
> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=186808#186808
>
>
>
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Subject: | Re: Have to share my morning |
Thanks Mike,
Yeah my cheesy digital pics of the valley were alright, but My friend
Joyces landing pic was pro.
That's what she does, and does well
Walt Evans
NX140DL
"Let's Legalize Freedom"
----- Original Message -----
From: Cuy, Michael D. (GRC-RXC0)[ASRC]
To: pietenpol-list@matronics.com
Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 10:27 AM
Subject: RE: Pietenpol-List: Have to share my morning
Fantastic shot of your landing Walt !!!!!!!!! That's a magazine
cover in my book....
Mike C. in Ohio
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Subject: | Re: First Flight |
Gene,
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Don Emch
NX899DE
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http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=186824#186824
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Subject: | Piet pilot lands on aircraft carrier |
Oscar,
Way cool. Thanks for sharing your experience. I have flown the C-208
simulator, the FedEx MD-11 sim, and most recently the DC-6 simulator, the
last operable one in the world.
It's amazing when you realize that you are sweating while flying these sims
just to get a heading or make a good landing...but I did.
See: http://www.alaskajournal.com/stories/050408/hom_20080504001.shtml
Rob Stapleton, Photojournalist
Anchorage, Alaska
907-230-9425
KL2AN
Skype:rob.stapleton.jr
IM Windows Live Messenger: foto@alaska.net
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Oscar Zuniga
Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 9:12 AM
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Piet pilot lands on aircraft carrier
Well, so that's stretching the truth just a tad, but notice I said Piet
PILOT, not the Piet itself ;o) While visiting with friends up in Anacortes,
WA for the last week or so (he's a Marine aviator, instructor, and
electronic countermeasures officer) I got about an hour of stick time in the
EA-6B "Prowler" simulator at Whidbey Island NAS. You talk about incredible!
I had never "flown" anything like this before and did pretty darned good!
This was not a video game; the cockpit is complete and accurate and although
it isn't a full motion simulator, the view is panoramic and photorealistic
and the engine sounds in the headset are accurate. I shot a virtual touch
and go (VFR) to the main runway at Whidbey, then "flew" the jet over to
SeaTac for another visual approach and landing, then the sim operator put us
out at sea for carrier landings and I got to shoot about a half-dozen of
them. I didn't hit anything, didn't put the airplane in the drink, and had
a great time flyin!
g.
It was really amazing. I managed to hook a wire on my last attempt at
landing on the carrier deck, but made the mistake of failing to go to full
power when the gear hit the deck. That is counter-intuitive for a Piet
pilot, just like holding speed and attitude all the way to touchdown (no
flare). The cool thing is that the sim operator (the voice in the headset,
not my buddy in the right seat) asked me "flying left seat, you're obviously
a private pilot, what do you fly?". Figuring he didn't know from nothin' in
the civilian world, I just said "small single-engine aircraft" and that was
that until my buddy mentioned "Pietenpol" and the sim operator started
chatting about how he and a friend wanted to buy one and were working on a
deal when the airplane was lost in a hangar fire. From then on he talked to
me a bit more on technique, helpfully telling me that landing to the carrier
deck is pretty much just a short/soft field landing and to treat it like
that. Very nice gu!
y, and I shook his hand after the sim session and told him my tail number
was 41CC.
Anyway, after getting my fuel shutoff valve replaced yesterday, even with
winds 15 gusting to 20 in a 10 degree x-wind, I flew 41CC to some of my best
approaches and landings ever. I flew three touch and goes at my home field,
parked the airplane to make sure my fuel valve wasn't leaking and everything
was airworthy, flew over to a nearby field to fuel up, then came back and
shot two more landings that were very satisfying. I guess that simulator
time did me some good!
It sure is fun to fly Piets... and to hear that they are known and loved far
and wide.
Oscar Zuniga
Air Camper NX41CC
San Antonio, TX
mailto: taildrags@hotmail.com
website at http://www.flysquirrel.net
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Subject: | DLZ fly in August 2008 For Ohio Area Piets |
Mike, Skipp, Don, Frank P., Mr Stevens (Belpree OH),
DLZ is having a fly in in August (forget exsact date but will find out) And Dad
is helping with the planning for the EAA chapter. He is wanting to see if
we can get some piets togeather for some fly-by's and maybe some brodhead style
loose formation fly overs. DLZ is just north of Columbus Ohio about 25 miles.
If any one needs to camp your welcome to camp at my house at Chapman Field
which is only 20 miles from DLZ. If anyone is interested let me know. If we
time it right we can tie up the pattern right about the time the Group of "Erector
set aviators", I mean RV'ators arive from there ego trip, and totally disregard
any parking instructions that fly-in staff give them. SORRY for the RV
bashing not all are that way, just the "LOOK AT ME" group that flys around here.
Shad
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Subject: | Re: First Flight |
Gene, Congradulations on you accomplishment!! Not many can say they built and
flew an aircraft. Now go and test her out real good and have as much fun as your
wallet allows.
Shad (NX92GB) Central Ohio
>
>
> Just a quick note that N421GN made its first flight this morning at Brown
> Field in San Diego. Long fuselage, powered by a Continental C-75. Got
> the plans in April 1999. Many thanks to Sparky (Manuel Sparks) for making
> the first flight and making it look good. Just a few adjustments, then
> I'm looking forward to many more flights to come.
>
> Gene Hubbard
> San Diego
>
>
>
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Subject: | Re: Have to share my morning |
Oh Man these are great pics Walt! Thanks,
And George congrats on the first flights!! Way to go!
Mike in Iowa
walt evans wrote:
> Went up this morning to scope out a stream for a kyacking friend of mine.
> Also threw in a shot, all of the builders dream about, and the flyers
> never get used to seeing.
> Then my friend took the landing
> Walt Evans
> NX140DL
>
> "Let's Legalize Freedom"
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
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>
>
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Subject: | Re: First Flight |
Good goin Gene. How about posting a pic or two.
Dick N.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gene Hubbard" <enhubbard@sbcglobal.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 1:03 AM
Subject: Pietenpol-List: First Flight
> <enhubbard@sbcglobal.net>
>
> Just a quick note that N421GN made its first flight this morning at Brown
> Field in San Diego. Long fuselage, powered by a Continental C-75. Got
> the plans in April 1999. Many thanks to Sparky (Manuel Sparks) for making
> the first flight and making it look good. Just a few adjustments, then
> I'm looking forward to many more flights to come.
>
> Gene Hubbard
> San Diego
>
>
>
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Subject: | Re: First Flight |
Congratulations Gene, that's an inspiration to us all that are still building
John Recine
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Tyler Florence" on AOL Food.
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Subject: | Re: DLZ fly in August 2008 For Ohio Area Piets |
According to the EAA website the Fly-in is on August 23. I'm marking my calendar.
I camp out sounds like fun!
Don Emch
NX899DE
Read this topic online here:
http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=186906#186906
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Gene; wonderful news! Another low and slow airplane takes to the air... always
great news.
Having not flown in quite some time when I got my checkout in 41CC, my instructor
started me making approaches at 65-70 MPH... just a little down from cruise
speed... until I could judge the sink rate when the power came off. It results
in lots of float and pucker, but don't get the airplane too slow until you
get a good feel for how it acts with power off.
Mike Cuy's and Don Emch's recommendations on airspeeds are right on, and I quote:
"My numbers on final are exactly what Don Emch quoted in carrying 60 mph on
final gives some time in the flare float and is helpful on windy days when the
gusts can go to a lull and that extra few mph helps not to 'drop out' if you
get behind trees that shield the wind or just hit a lull.
55 mph is the sweet spot for my Piet giving enough time to feel for the runway
but not enough to contemplate life
and 50 gives you no grace, no second chances, no call from governor, or no kitchen
pass from embarrassing touchdowns but if executed properly yields a very short
landing roll."
Having just flown 41CC in some 15 gusting to 20 winds with a bit of a crosswind,
I can heartily endorse the above numbers. Now go and do the same!!
Oscar Zuniga
Air Camper NX41CC
San Antonio, TX
mailto: taildrags@hotmail.com
website at http://www.flysquirrel.net
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Subject: | Re: inline fuel filters |
Douwe,
If you use them, be sure you measure your fuel flow rate, and make sure it
is substantially more than adequate, particularly with the lowest fuel level
you ever plan on flying with, as that will result in your lowest fuel
pressure. I used a 3-gallon bucket and stopwatch to measure my flow rate.
You want to disconnect the fuel line at the carb, and keep it at the same
height as the carb inlet.
Steve Ruse
Norman, OK
----- Original Message -----
From: "Douwe Blumberg" <douweblumberg@earthlink.net>
Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 4:16 PM
Subject: Pietenpol-List: inline fuel filters
> <douweblumberg@earthlink.net>
>
> Hey,
>
> I have seen, and was planning on placing a small inline fuel filter on
> each
> of my lines leaving the tank where I could see them, as added insurance.
> Dick N. said his DAR made him remove these, though I have seen them on
> others.
>
> Has anyone else tried using these?
>
> Douwe
>
> ps, thanks Dick for your word of caution, I'd hate to have to redo my fuel
> system!!
>
>
>
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Subject: | Re: inline fuel filters |
As an alternative to a fuel filter, Aircraft Spruce sells a 74 micron
gascolator screen. I know it isn't as effective as a paper filter, but it
is a very fine screen, and only $2.70.
http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/appages/gascolatorScreen.php
Steve Ruse
Norman, OK
----- Original Message -----
From: "Douwe Blumberg" <douweblumberg@earthlink.net>
Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 4:16 PM
Subject: Pietenpol-List: inline fuel filters
> <douweblumberg@earthlink.net>
>
> Hey,
>
> I have seen, and was planning on placing a small inline fuel filter on
> each
> of my lines leaving the tank where I could see them, as added insurance.
> Dick N. said his DAR made him remove these, though I have seen them on
> others.
>
> Has anyone else tried using these?
>
> Douwe
>
> ps, thanks Dick for your word of caution, I'd hate to have to redo my fuel
> system!!
>
>
>
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