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1. 06:02 AM - Re: Jack going to Dulles (Phillips, Jack)
2. 06:19 AM - Re: Jack going to Dulles (Jeff Boatright)
3. 07:00 AM - Re: Jack going to Dulles (Cuy, Michael D. (GRC-RXC0)[ASRC])
4. 10:14 AM - Cowls (MikeD)
5. 11:17 AM - Re: Cowls (Bill Church)
6. 11:49 AM - Randy Bruce's old Pietenpol---nice cowling (Cuy, Michael D. (GRC-RXC0)[ASRC])
7. 12:10 PM - Re: Randy Bruce's old Pietenpol---nice cowling (Robert Gow)
8. 01:46 PM - Re: Randy Bruce's old Pietenpol---nice cowling (Jeff Boatright)
9. 03:08 PM - Re: Cowls (MikeD)
10. 03:09 PM - Re: Randy Bruce's old Pietenpol---nice cowling (MikeD)
11. 05:14 PM - Re: Cowls (Bill Church)
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| Subject: | Jack going to Dulles |
If the winds had been right I could easily have landed across the
runway. As it was, we landed on 19L and I intended to stop before the
first taxiway (K1), but on short final I realized the lights at the end
of the runway stuck up about 2 feet and I pulled up a bit to clear them
and touched down on the numbers. We stopped just past K1. The next
taxiway was over a mile away so I called Dulles Tower and asked them if
I could just turn around an back-taxi to K1, which they approved. Total
landing roll was something under 400 feet.
As we took off yesterday, the B747 behind us commented to the tower that
we didn't use more than 250' getting off the ground (there was a good 15
knot wind right down runway 30). I replied that getting off the ground
was one thing, but it would take me 10 minutes to get to 1500 feet. All
in all, the tower operators and approach control people were great to
work with. As we were taxiing in a "conga line" from Dulles Jet to the
Udvar-Hazy Museum on Saturday morning, we taxied down Kilo straight into
a 15 knot wind. The planes in front of me were running off and leaving
me, and the ones behind were probably cursing me under their breath. I
called Ground and said "Dulles Ground, Pietenpol November X-Ray eight
niner niner Juliet Papa, I apologize for my slow taxi speed. I'm
showing over 30 mph on my airspeed indicator and I'm within about 5
knots of flying." They responded that I should just take my time - no
problem at all.
This event was a lot of fun. I met a couple of Piet Builders - Steve
Chase came to the event, and I met Gene Rambo at our final fuel stop at
Culpepper VA and got to look at his Piet project (very nice workmanship
he's doing, too). The Pietenpol was one of the most popular planes
there and we had a steady stream of kids wanting to sit in its cockpit.
Karen survived her first Pietenpol cross country (4-1/2 hours with 2
fuel stops each way) and seemed to enjoy herself, although when I asked
if she wanted to join me on the trip to Brodhead she said she wished I
wasn't going and she certainly wouldn't! 18 hours each way is too much
for her.
Jack Phillips
NX899JP
Raleigh, NC
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[mailto:owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Cuy,
Michael D. (GRC-RXC0)[ASRC]
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 5:30 PM
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Jack going to Dulles
I'd bet money on Jack Phillips that if they allowed him, he could land
SIDEWAYS on the runway of his
choice at Dulles and have room to turn around without going off into the
grass.
Heck, the runway I've landed on at Oshkosh they call 18L/36R but is
otherwise a taxiway during the rest
of the year. That taxiway is probably three times as wide as my home
base runway.
Mike C.
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| Subject: | Jack going to Dulles |
Good for you, Jack! Sorry I missed it, couldn't get out of the meetings.
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| Subject: | Jack going to Dulles |
Great report Jack and glad the trip went well for you ! Excellent
photo and descriptions. That
place is huge !
I took Karen for a ride in my Piet at Oshkosh to make a circuit like the
Breezy does when giving rides
and while we were climbing out about even with the Oshkosh Truck plant
stacks they launched two P-51
Mustangs in formation below us, departing, and on the deck. I think
she was ready to land right then
and there but of course I thought it was incredibly cool.
Mike C.
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At an airport about 90 minutes from here, there is a Piet sitting in the hangar
with a really, really nice fiberglass (sacrilege!) cowl. The glass work is too
good for me to believe it was a one-off. I took some pics but am having camera
problems and can't download them right at the moment, but maybe I can describe
it. Oh, and no the owner does not know who made it but believes the person
has since passed away.
It has a nicely rounded air inlet below the spinner with three tubular vertical
supports fitted internally. The top has a pleasant compound curvature that blends
into the hub opening perfectly. The carb intake area is almost a form fit,
and the cowl to either side tapers away directly from the hub opening. Word
don't do as well as pictures do they?
But with this mediocre description, does anyone have an idea about the origins?
There can't be too many people that have made molds for a complete Piet cowl
assembly.
I made a crude sketch from memory on AutoCAD and put it in jpeg format, attached.
Mike D.
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Mike,
I'm going to use my powers of ESP and guess that you're talking about the
really nicely designed and fabricated cowl on what was originally NX28LT
(but is now based in Canada), built by Lawrence Tomasello.
I haven't seen photos of another cowl quite like it, and my guess is that it
was a one-off. It sure is nice, though.
Maybe there's someone out there on the list that knows a bit mote about the
history of the plane.
Bill C.
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| Subject: | Randy Bruce's old Pietenpol---nice cowling |
This is one sweet Pietenpol. Randy Bruce flew it up from Florida to
Oshkosh in 99 for our gaggle gathering. Fun guy,
great artist....he did the logo and N-numbers. If I'm not mistaken the
plane was purchased by Randy but he made it
what it is methinks. I might be wrong about that but the FAA registry
would say who the builder is. (look it up on
Landings.com under databases (wayyyy at the bottom of the web page in
small font)
Note the landing gear legs appear to be wood but are steel tube painted
up to appear as wood.
As an aside, this plane was purchased or being brokered by the late
Bobby Younkin on his web page before his passing
so whoever has it now purchased it from/thru them unless there has been
a subsequent change of owners since that purchase.
Mike C. in Ohio
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| Subject: | Randy Bruce's old Pietenpol---nice cowling |
RE: Pietenpol-List: CowlsI'm sure I saw that one at a Pietenpol Fly-In in
Brussels Ontario. It had been recently imported.
Bob
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From: owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com]On Behalf Of Cuy, Michael
D. (GRC-RXC0)[ASRC]
Sent: June 16, 2008 2:47 PM
To: pietenpol-list@matronics.com
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Randy Bruce's old Pietenpol---nice cowling
This is one sweet Pietenpol. Randy Bruce flew it up from Florida to
Oshkosh in 99 for our gaggle gathering. Fun guy,
great artist....he did the logo and N-numbers. If I'm not mistaken the
plane was purchased by Randy but he made it
what it is methinks. I might be wrong about that but the FAA registry
would say who the builder is. (look it up on
Landings.com under databases (wayyyy at the bottom of the web page in
small font)
Note the landing gear legs appear to be wood but are steel tube painted up
to appear as wood.
As an aside, this plane was purchased or being brokered by the late Bobby
Younkin on his web page before his passing
so whoever has it now purchased it from/thru them unless there has been a
subsequent change of owners since that purchase.
Mike C. in Ohio
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| Subject: | Re: Randy Bruce's old Pietenpol---nice cowling |
We almost bought that plane. I think it was purchased from Mr.
Younkin just before he died.
Jeff
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eng(at)canadianrogers.com wrote:
> Mike,
> I'm going to use my powers of ESP and guess that you're talking about the really
nicely designed and fabricated cowl on what was originally NX28LT (but is
now based in Canada), built by Lawrence Tomasello.
> I haven't seen photos of another cowl quite like it, and my guess is that it
was a one-off. It sure is nice, though.
> Maybe there's someone out there on the list that knows a bit mote about the history
of the plane.
>
>
> Bill C.
Could be, it was brought up here not long ago and resides at Brussels. It is red
and black, with "Cap'n Buck Nekkid" hand painted by the cockpit (LOL). Is that
the one?
I haven't been able to talk to the owner yet, but according to the fellow who owns
the site the owner didn't know much more than someone other than the seller
made it and is now deceased. I wondered if someone here might know right off.
The outside surface is so clean that I figured it had to be pulled from a female
mold, so I also figured that mold must be somewhere! I'd be happy to pull
parts from it, I can do glass work.
If I have no luck, the gameplan is to install an aluminum cowl for now, and start
from scratch on a sexy cowl.
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| Subject: | Re: Randy Bruce's old Pietenpol---nice cowling |
michael.d.cuy(at)nasa.gov wrote:
> This is one sweet Pietenpol. Randy Bruce flew it up from Florida to Oshkosh
So, Mike, is this in response to my question above? [Laughing]
That's the one!
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That's the one.
The photo was one I shot at Brussels last year, when they had the plane out on
display.
Bill C.
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