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1. 12:23 AM - Re: Re: Cabane fittings (Clif Dawson)
2. 04:27 AM - Re: the siren song of the Aircamper (helspersew@aol.com)
3. 04:34 AM - Re: cool video (Jack)
4. 06:08 AM - Re: the siren song of the Aircamper (Dave Nielsen)
5. 08:32 AM - Re: the siren song of the Aircamper (jarheadpilot82)
6. 09:27 AM - Re: cool video (KM Heide CPO/FAAOP)
7. 11:07 AM - Re: Re: the siren song of the Aircamper (Kip and Beth Gardner)
8. 11:16 AM - Copperstate (GliderMike)
9. 02:38 PM - the siren song of the Aircamper (Oscar Zuniga)
10. 03:16 PM - Siren song of the Aircamper: Young Eagles (Ben Charvet)
11. 03:29 PM - Re: Siren song of the Aircamper: Young Eagles (kevinpurtee)
12. 03:36 PM - Re: cool video (kevinpurtee)
13. 04:36 PM - Re: Siren song of the Aircamper: Young Eagles (K5YAC)
14. 05:05 PM - Re: Siren song of the Aircamper: Young Eagles (Jerry Dotson)
15. 08:06 PM - Re: Siren song of the Aircamper: Young Eagles (Gboothe5)
16. 08:45 PM - Re: Siren song of the Aircamper: Young Eagles (Dick N)
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Subject: | Re: Cabane fittings |
Here's a couple of pics of my solution. The
centerline of the brace strut lines up with the
center of the mounting bolt.
Hopefully I will never be in a position to test
the thing. :-)
Hey KM, glad to have been of assistance re
drill guide. When I first saw the thing many years
ago it knocked me over. Such an elegant solution
to a difficult problem!
Clif
> John,
> You're on your own to come up with the upper connection for the diagonal
> bracing. It is not shown in any Pietenpol plans Bill C.
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Subject: | Re: the siren song of the Aircamper |
Oscar,
That sounds like one that should go in a magazine somewhere!!
Dan Helsper
Puryear, TN
do not archive
-----Original Message-----
From: Oscar Zuniga <taildrags@hotmail.com>
Sent: Sat, Oct 15, 2011 10:09 pm
Subject: Pietenpol-List: the siren song of the Aircamper
es, Tools has fallen for the same lady that the rest of us have.
I'm an engineer. Logical, rational, methodical. And yet, I
fall for the lure of the open cockpit and the "scent of an airplane"
that comes from the wood and fabric of my Pietenpol, without rhyme
or reason. It's the perfect elixir of avgas, exhaust, wood, and
some sublime mixture that Ray Stits or Bernard Pietenpol or
somebody came up with in a back room somewhere. Heck, for all I
know there is a John Stromberg and a Fred Continental who also
sat in the room and sprinkled some kind of pixie dust in the vial
to come up with the intoxicating stuff. It comes out of these
old airplanes, from their exhausts and cockpits and propwashes,
and fills our senses and leads us around on a leash like puppies.
Whatever it is, it's more potent than wine, women, or song. It's
what keeps pulling us back to the hangar, to the cockpit, to the
prop, throttle, and stick.
We go nowhere on these flights... we start and end up at the same place. I
t's
like a ride that ends too soon but the next one is only as far away
as the hangar door and the fuel valve, so we can keep going back
again and again. We fly the same routine, feel the same sensations
through the wires and controls, feel the same blast of air on our
faces, but each time it's new again, and perfect. There is just no
explanation for what it is about flying these old airplanes.
But I'm preaching to the choir here. Also missing my airplane, very much.
Oscar Zuniga
ir Camper NX41CC "Scout"
lying Squirrel N2069Z "Rocket"
edford, OR
website at http://www.flysquirrel.net
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-= the many List utilities such as List Un/Subscription,
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Douwe,
Fantastic piece of work!
Thanks for sharing,
Jack
DSM
Do not archive
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From: owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Douwe
Blumberg
Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2011 12:47 PM
Subject: Pietenpol-List: cool video
Hey all,
I usually don't do stuff like this, but thought some of you might find it
interesting. Ck out this link to a very cool piece I'm finishing up and If
you find it interesting, please forward it along to lots of people as we're
trying to get a lot of "hits" on this story hoping that their parent company
Fox will want to do a regular network story on it.
Thanks for your patience!!
Douwe
<http://thedc.com/afghan_911> http://thedc.com/afghan_911
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Subject: | Re: the siren song of the Aircamper |
Oscar, You have put to words what I have felt for many years. Thank you.
"Bat Cave" Dave
-----Original Message-----
From: Oscar Zuniga <taildrags@hotmail.com>
Sent: Sat, Oct 15, 2011 11:09 pm
Subject: Pietenpol-List: the siren song of the Aircamper
es, Tools has fallen for the same lady that the rest of us have.
I'm an engineer. Logical, rational, methodical. And yet, I
fall for the lure of the open cockpit and the "scent of an airplane"
that comes from the wood and fabric of my Pietenpol, without rhyme
or reason. It's the perfect elixir of avgas, exhaust, wood, and
some sublime mixture that Ray Stits or Bernard Pietenpol or
somebody came up with in a back room somewhere. Heck, for all I
know there is a John Stromberg and a Fred Continental who also
sat in the room and sprinkled some kind of pixie dust in the vial
to come up with the intoxicating stuff. It comes out of these
old airplanes, from their exhausts and cockpits and propwashes,
and fills our senses and leads us around on a leash like puppies.
Whatever it is, it's more potent than wine, women, or song. It's
what keeps pulling us back to the hangar, to the cockpit, to the
prop, throttle, and stick.
We go nowhere on these flights... we start and end up at the same place. I
t's
like a ride that ends too soon but the next one is only as far away
as the hangar door and the fuel valve, so we can keep going back
again and again. We fly the same routine, feel the same sensations
through the wires and controls, feel the same blast of air on our
faces, but each time it's new again, and perfect. There is just no
explanation for what it is about flying these old airplanes.
But I'm preaching to the choir here. Also missing my airplane, very much.
Oscar Zuniga
ir Camper NX41CC "Scout"
lying Squirrel N2069Z "Rocket"
edford, OR
website at http://www.flysquirrel.net
-= - The Pietenpol-List Email Forum -
-= Use the Matronics List Features Navigator to browse
-= the many List utilities such as List Un/Subscription,
-= Archive Search & Download, 7-Day Browse, Chat, FAQ,
-= Photoshare, and much much more:
-
-= --> http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Pietenpol-List
-
-========================
-= - MATRONICS WEB FORUMS -
-= Same great content also available via the Web Forums!
-
-= --> http://forums.matronics.com
-
-========================
-= - List Contribution Web Site -
-= Thank you for your generous support!
-= -Matt Dralle, List Admin.
-= --> http://www.matronics.com/contribution
-========================
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Subject: | Re: the siren song of the Aircamper |
Oscar,
You may be an engineer by training, but there has to be a little liberal arts education
back there somewhere as well!
I don't know too many engineers that can write in such a way as to put down his
inner thoughts and the thoughts of others as well as you did. You have verbalized
what those who own a Pietenpol already know, and what those of us who are
building are dreaming of.
Nicely done.
do not archive
--------
Semper Fi,
Terry Hand
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Semper Fidelis....
=C2-KMHeide
--- On Sun, 10/16/11, Jack <jack@textors.com> wrote:
From: Jack <jack@textors.com>
Subject: RE: Pietenpol-List: cool video
Douwe,
Fantastic piece of work!
Thanks for sharing,
Jack
DSM
Do not archive
=C2-
From: owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-pietenpol-lis
t-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Douwe Blumberg
Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2011 12:47 PM
Subject: Pietenpol-List: cool video
=C2-
Hey all,
=C2-
I usually don=99t do stuff like this, but thought some of you might f
ind it interesting.=C2- Ck out this link to a very cool piece I=99m
finishing up and If you find it interesting, please forward it along to lo
ts of people as we=99re trying to get a lot of =9Chits=9D
on this story hoping that their parent company Fox will want to do a regul
ar network story on it.
=C2-
Thanks for your patience!!
=C2-
Douwe
=C2-
http://thedc.com/afghan_911
=C2- =C2- =C2-http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Pietenpol-Listhttp:/
/forums.matronics.comhttp://www.matronics.com/contribution =C2-
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Subject: | Re: the siren song of the Aircamper |
Seconds on that, Oscar. I still hope to meet you at Brodhead one of
these days.
Kip Gardner
On Oct 16, 2011, at 11:30 AM, jarheadpilot82 wrote:
> >
>
> Oscar,
>
> You may be an engineer by training, but there has to be a little
> liberal arts education back there somewhere as well!
>
> I don't know too many engineers that can write in such a way as to
> put down his inner thoughts and the thoughts of others as well as
> you did. You have verbalized what those who own a Pietenpol already
> know, and what those of us who are building are dreaming of.
>
> Nicely done.
>
> do not archive
>
> --------
> Semper Fi,
>
> Terry Hand
>
>
> Read this topic online here:
>
> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=355198#355198
>
>
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Anyone going to the Copperstate Fly-In this year?
I'll edit so it won't archive after the fly-in. Replies probably shouldn't archive,
as after the fly-in no one will care. I think I am biting the bullet and
spending money I don't have so I can go. I might find a job prospect there, you
never know.
--------
HOMEBUILDER
Will WORK for Spruce
Long flights, smooth air, and soft landings,
GliderMike, aka Mike Glasgow
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Subject: | the siren song of the Aircamper |
Thanks=2C folks.
I just write 'em the way I see 'em.
Oscar Zuniga
Air Camper NX41CC "Scout"
Flying Squirrel N2069Z "Rocket"
Medford=2C OR
website at http://www.flysquirrel.net
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Subject: | Siren song of the Aircamper: Young Eagles |
We had our annual "Young Eagles" program and I'm afraid a few of our
chapter members got a litte offended. Kids were willing to wait for a
ride in the Pietenpol. I mean really we had a nice vintage Cessna 140,
J-3, and a Citabria available too! I ended up giving 6 rides, and they
were about 25 minutes each, flying out over the Shuttle Landing Facility
at Kennedy Space Center. Between all the climbing in and out and the
2.7 hours of flying, I was pretty worn out by the time we were
finished. Turned over the milestone of 100 hrs flight time during one
of the flights.
On Friday I took my 77 year old mother on a 65 mile cross-country to
visit my uncle. It was a beautiful day, and we could see the VAB at KSC
from 50 miles out on the way home. Mom is a great sport and climbs into
the front pit as well as my 34 year old son. She complains a little,
but I told her that it wasn't easy for anyone! All in all a great two
days of flying.
Ben Charvet
Titusville, Fl
100 hrs, and probably 25 passengers so far
On 10/16/2011 9:05 AM, Dave Nielsen wrote:
> Oscar, You have put to words what I have felt for many years. Thank you.
> "Bat Cave" Dave
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Oscar Zuniga <taildrags@hotmail.com>
> To: Pietenpol List <pietenpol-list@matronics.com>
> Sent: Sat, Oct 15, 2011 11:09 pm
> Subject: Pietenpol-List: the siren song of the Aircamper
>
> --> Pietenpol-List message posted by: Oscar Zuniga<taildrags@hotmail.com <mailto:taildrags@hotmail.com>>
>
>
> Yes, Tools has fallen for the same lady that the rest of us have.
>
> I'm an engineer. Logical, rational, methodical. And yet, I
>
> fall for the lure of the open cockpit and the "scent of an airplane"
>
> that comes from the wood and fabric of my Pietenpol, without rhyme
>
> or reason. It's the perfect elixir of avgas, exhaust, wood, and
>
> some sublime mixture that Ray Stits or Bernard Pietenpol or
>
> somebody came up with in a back room somewhere. Heck, for all I
>
> know there is a John Stromberg and a Fred Continental who also
>
> sat in the room and sprinkled some kind of pixie dust in the vial
>
> to come up with the intoxicating stuff. It comes out of these
>
> old airplanes, from their exhausts and cockpits and propwashes,
>
> and fills our senses and leads us around on a leash like puppies.
>
>
> Whatever it is, it's more potent than wine, women, or song. It's
>
> what keeps pulling us back to the hangar, to the cockpit, to the
>
> prop, throttle, and stick.
>
>
> We go nowhere on these flights... we start and end up at the same place. It's
>
> like a ride that ends too soon but the next one is only as far away
>
> as the hangar door and the fuel valve, so we can keep going back
>
> again and again. We fly the same routine, feel the same sensations
>
> through the wires and controls, feel the same blast of air on our
>
> faces, but each time it's new again, and perfect. There is just no
>
> explanation for what it is about flying these old airplanes.
>
>
> But I'm preaching to the choir here. Also missing my airplane, very much.
>
> Oscar Zuniga
> Air Camper NX41CC "Scout"
> Flying Squirrel N2069Z "Rocket"
> Medford, OR
> website athttp://www.flysquirrel.net <http://www.flysquirrel.net/>
>
> " target=_blank>http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Pietenpol-List
> p://forums.matronics.com
> blank>http://www.matronics.com/contribution
>
>
> *
>
>
> *
--
Ben Charvet, PharmD
Staff Pharmacist
Parrish Medical center
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Subject: | Re: Siren song of the Aircamper: Young Eagles |
Congratulations on your 100 hours, Ben. I'm really enjoying your updates. Giving
rides, to Young Eagles and others, is one of the best parts of flying a truly
great airplane.
do not archive
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Kevin "Axel" Purtee
NX899KP
Austin/Georgetown, TX
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That's pretty darn cool, Douwe!
do not archive
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Kevin "Axel" Purtee
NX899KP
Austin/Georgetown, TX
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Subject: | Re: Siren song of the Aircamper: Young Eagles |
Good stuff Ben and congrats on the 100 hours!
--------
Mark Chouinard
Wings, Center Section and Empannage framed up - Working on Fuselage
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Subject: | Re: Siren song of the Aircamper: Young Eagles |
Ben I sure am proud of you and for you being able to take the kids flying. I commend
everyone who takes part in giving the young folks a taste of flying.
It is great your mom is able to get in the front. What a hoot that must be.
--------
Jerry Dotson
59 Daniel Johnson Rd
Baker, FL 32531
Started building NX510JD July, 2009
now covering
21" wheels
Lycoming O-235 C 2C
Jay Anderson CloudCars prop 76 X 44
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Subject: | Siren song of the Aircamper: Young Eagles |
Well done, Ben!!
Do not archive
From: owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Ben Charvet
Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2011 3:13 PM
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Siren song of the Aircamper: Young Eagles
We had our annual "Young Eagles" program and I'm afraid a few of our chapter
members got a litte offended. Kids were willing to wait for a ride in the
Pietenpol. I mean really we had a nice vintage Cessna 140, J-3, and a
Citabria available too! I ended up giving 6 rides, and they were about 25
minutes each, flying out over the Shuttle Landing Facility at Kennedy Space
Center. Between all the climbing in and out and the 2.7 hours of flying, I
was pretty worn out by the time we were finished. Turned over the milestone
of 100 hrs flight time during one of the flights.
On Friday I took my 77 year old mother on a 65 mile cross-country to visit
my uncle. It was a beautiful day, and we could see the VAB at KSC from 50
miles out on the way home. Mom is a great sport and climbs into the front
pit as well as my 34 year old son. She complains a little, but I told her
that it wasn't easy for anyone! All in all a great two days of flying.
Ben Charvet
Titusville, Fl
100 hrs, and probably 25 passengers so far
On 10/16/2011 9:05 AM, Dave Nielsen wrote:
Oscar, You have put to words what I have felt for many years. Thank you.
"Bat Cave" Dave
-----Original Message-----
From: Oscar Zuniga <mailto:taildrags@hotmail.com> <taildrags@hotmail.com>
<pietenpol-list@matronics.com>
Sent: Sat, Oct 15, 2011 11:09 pm
Subject: Pietenpol-List: the siren song of the Aircamper
Yes, Tools has fallen for the same lady that the rest of us have.
I'm an engineer. Logical, rational, methodical. And yet, I
fall for the lure of the open cockpit and the "scent of an airplane"
that comes from the wood and fabric of my Pietenpol, without rhyme
or reason. It's the perfect elixir of avgas, exhaust, wood, and
some sublime mixture that Ray Stits or Bernard Pietenpol or
somebody came up with in a back room somewhere. Heck, for all I
know there is a John Stromberg and a Fred Continental who also
sat in the room and sprinkled some kind of pixie dust in the vial
to come up with the intoxicating stuff. It comes out of these
old airplanes, from their exhausts and cockpits and propwashes,
and fills our senses and leads us around on a leash like puppies.
Whatever it is, it's more potent than wine, women, or song. It's
what keeps pulling us back to the hangar, to the cockpit, to the
prop, throttle, and stick.
We go nowhere on these flights... we start and end up at the same place.
It's
like a ride that ends too soon but the next one is only as far away
as the hangar door and the fuel valve, so we can keep going back
again and again. We fly the same routine, feel the same sensations
through the wires and controls, feel the same blast of air on our
faces, but each time it's new again, and perfect. There is just no
explanation for what it is about flying these old airplanes.
But I'm preaching to the choir here. Also missing my airplane, very much.
Oscar Zuniga
Air Camper NX41CC "Scout"
Flying Squirrel N2069Z "Rocket"
Medford, OR
website at http://www.flysquirrel.net <http://www.flysquirrel.net/>
" target=_blank>http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Pietenpol-List
p://forums.matronics.com
blank>http://www.matronics.com/contribution
--
Ben Charvet, PharmD
Staff Pharmacist
Parrish Medical center
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Subject: | Re: Siren song of the Aircamper: Young Eagles |
I tried sending you the pics of my saddle but th e mails came back
undelivered call me at 612-805-1742
Dick N.
----- Original Message -----
From: Gboothe5
To: pietenpol-list@matronics.com
Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2011 10:03 PM
Subject: RE: Pietenpol-List: Siren song of the Aircamper: Young Eagles
Well done, Ben!!
Do not archive
From: owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Ben
Charvet
Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2011 3:13 PM
To: pietenpol-list@matronics.com
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Siren song of the Aircamper: Young Eagles
We had our annual "Young Eagles" program and I'm afraid a few of our
chapter members got a litte offended. Kids were willing to wait for a
ride in the Pietenpol. I mean really we had a nice vintage Cessna 140,
J-3, and a Citabria available too! I ended up giving 6 rides, and they
were about 25 minutes each, flying out over the Shuttle Landing Facility
at Kennedy Space Center. Between all the climbing in and out and the
2.7 hours of flying, I was pretty worn out by the time we were finished.
Turned over the milestone of 100 hrs flight time during one of the
flights.
On Friday I took my 77 year old mother on a 65 mile cross-country to
visit my uncle. It was a beautiful day, and we could see the VAB at KSC
from 50 miles out on the way home. Mom is a great sport and climbs into
the front pit as well as my 34 year old son. She complains a little,
but I told her that it wasn't easy for anyone! All in all a great two
days of flying.
Ben Charvet
Titusville, Fl
100 hrs, and probably 25 passengers so far
On 10/16/2011 9:05 AM, Dave Nielsen wrote:
Oscar, You have put to words what I have felt for many years. Thank
you.
"Bat Cave" Dave
-----Original Message-----
From: Oscar Zuniga <taildrags@hotmail.com>
To: Pietenpol List <pietenpol-list@matronics.com>
Sent: Sat, Oct 15, 2011 11:09 pm
Subject: Pietenpol-List: the siren song of the Aircamper
<taildrags@hotmail.com> Yes, Tools has fallen for the same lady that
the rest of us have. I'm an engineer. Logical, rational, methodical.
And yet, I fall for the lure of the open cockpit and the "scent of an
airplane" that comes from the wood and fabric of my Pietenpol, without
rhyme or reason. It's the perfect elixir of avgas, exhaust, wood, and
some sublime mixture that Ray Stits or Bernard Pietenpol or somebody
came up with in a back room somewhere. Heck, for all I know there is a
John Stromberg and a Fred Continental who also sat in the room and
sprinkled some kind of pixie dust in the vial to come up with the
intoxicating stuff. It comes out of these old airplanes, from their
exhausts and cockpits and propwashes, and fills our senses and leads us
around on a leash like puppies. Whatever it is, it's more potent than
wine, women, or song. It's what keeps pulling us back to the hangar, to
the cockpit, to the prop, throttle, and stick. We go nowhere on these
flights... we start and end up at the same place. It's like a ride that
ends too soon but the next one is only as far away as the hangar door
and the fuel valve, so we can keep going back again and again. We fly
the same routine, feel the same sensations through the wires and
controls, feel the same blast of air on our faces, but each time it's
new again, and perfect. There is just no explanation for what it is
about flying these old airplanes. But I'm preaching to the choir here.
Also missing my airplane, very much. Oscar ZunigaAir Camper NX41CC
"Scout"Flying Squirrel N2069Z "Rocket"Medford, OR website at
http://www.flysquirrel.net "
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