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1. 12:10 AM - Report: West Coast Pietenpol Gathering 2015 (CatDesigns)
2. 03:54 AM - Re: Re: Dick Navratil - Gone West (Marcus Zechini)
3. 05:46 AM - Gary Boothe Arrives!!!! West Coast Pietenpol Gathering 2015 (Cuy, Michael D. (GRC-LME0)[Vantage Partners, LLC])
4. 06:09 AM - Re: Re: Dick Navratil - Gone West (Cuy, Michael D. (GRC-LME0)[Vantage Partners, LLC])
5. 06:14 AM - Re: Aft CG (Flyboy)
6. 06:40 AM - Re: Dick Navratil - Gone West (bdewenter)
7. 07:14 AM - Re: Re: Dick Navratil - Gone West (cozygirrrl@aol.com)
8. 08:11 AM - Re: Dick Navratil - Gone West (tools)
9. 09:08 AM - Fw: Gary Boothe Arrives!!!! West Coast Pietenpol Gathering 2015 (Gary Boothe)
10. 01:31 PM - Re: Dick Navratil - Gone West (taildrags)
11. 02:13 PM - Re: Re: Aft CG (Gary Boothe)
12. 02:31 PM - Re: Report: West Coast Pietenpol Gathering 2015 (Jeff Boatright)
13. 04:03 PM - Non Piet hobbies (Steven Dortch)
14. 05:46 PM - Re: Aft CG (jarheadpilot82)
15. 05:58 PM - Re: Report: West Coast Pietenpol Gathering 2015 (taildrags)
16. 07:30 PM - Re: Gary Boothe Arrives!!!! West Coast Pietenpol Gathering 2015 (Ray Krause)
17. 07:42 PM - Re: Report: West Coast Pietenpol Gathering 2015 (Ray Krause)
18. 08:12 PM - Looking for Pietenpol N13708 (flyingmjm)
19. 08:38 PM - Re: Gary Boothe Arrives!!!! West Coast Pietenpol Gathering 2015 (Gary Boothe)
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| Subject: | Report: West Coast Pietenpol Gathering 2015 |
When I arrived (by car again, sigh) early Saturday morning it was foggy and
cold at Frazier Lake airport so I drove back over the hill into the sunshine
at Los Banos thinking I would find Gary Boothe waiting for the fog to clear.
Sure enough as I pulled into the parking lot at the airport there he was
(Picture 1). What you can't see in the picture were the four RV-somethings
parked near him. As each pilot walked out to his plane they stopped to look
and take pictures of Gary's plane. I'm guessing they were all wishing they
could fly something as cool as a Pietenpol. After a bit Gary received his
launch orders (Picture 2) from his forward observer, Scott Liefeld, who was
at Frazier Lake manning the forward observation trailer. So our intrepid
aviator donned his flight gear and launched in the sky blue (Picture 3). Now
you should know that for two years Gary has been trying to get his plane to
Frazier Lake but both times something has prevented him from making it. But
not this year, he finally made it! (Picture 4). His plane was a great
addition to the lineup that also featured Charley Miller's and Mike and Vic
Groah's plane (Picture 5). Picture 6 shows how nice Gary's plane looks in a
more appropriate Pietenpol setting than the typical California asphalt that
he typically flies from. Just before sunset the wind died down and Gary and
Mike went flying (Picture 7) Mike's smoke system sure makes a lot of smoke.
Some videos of the two flying (yes I should have gotten closer)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwHNidtF718
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jda-rFdP9S4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOFJRkX5lmU
It was a smaller than normal turnout in planes but that might have been due
to the AM fog and afternoon wind (and some rain around other parts of
California). Regardless we all had a good time meeting old and new friends
and making up excuses for why we are still not done building our own
Pietenpol (ok maybe it was just me doing that last part).
Thanks again to Charley Miller and his wife, and to Mike Groah, his wife,
daughter, father and mother for putting together another great West Coast
gathering. Hopefully we will see some of you in 2016.
Chris
Sacramento, CA
WestcoastPiet.com
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| Subject: | Re: Dick Navratil - Gone West |
Was it Dick who attached a file with float plans to a post some time back?
I printed that out and put in my cubicle. Look at it every day. I purchased
plans for a skin on frame kayak. The bulkheads are similar. I am almost
ready to skin it.
Does anyone know the material the floats are made of? Assume marine ply
bulkheads. How thick?
Would be a great tribute to put a Piet on those floats!
On Jun 8, 2015 12:00 AM, "taildrags" <taildrags@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> I never met Dick in person; never even spoke to him. I only 'knew' him
> through this list, through our mutual connection to the Pietenpol Air
> Camper, and by a few dozen posts that he made to this list. Dick was a
> doer, not a writer or a theorizer. Counting on my fingers (and maybe a few
> toes), I can count the number of people on this list that I've actually met
> and still fewer who I consider to be close personal friends. Nevertheless,
> I feel like I know all of you quite well, like I know your airplanes and
> your projects. It's a good thing.
>
> Dick contacted me a year or two ago about borrowing my set of plans for
> homebuilt plywood Muktuk floats. I was delighted to loan them to him so
> that he and Skip Gadd or whoever his co-builder is at the workshop could
> get a start at putting a homebuilt airplane on homebuilt straight floats.
> Last I heard, the floats had been assembled but nothing was yet worked out
> as far as figuring out mounting points, water rudders, and rigging to fit
> them to an airframe. I pointed Dick to a website where you can buy rudder
> kits for sea kayaks and I thought they might be easy to fit to the floats
> and provide a retract mechanism, but I don't know if he ever had time to
> play with them.
>
> I think it would be a nice gesture, and very much in keeping with Dick's
> contributions to experimental aviation and bringing new builders into the
> fold, if whoever knows about the floats could perhaps keep the idea alive
> and maybe sometime in the near future somebody could splash a little water
> in Dick's face with the floats that he built. I don't even know if he
> intended to fit them to an Air Camper. In fact, I don't know if Mr.
> Pietenpol himself ever lived to see floats fitted to an Air Camper. Now
> wouldn't that be something... to have a Piet on floats show up at the
> Oshkosh seaplane base one of these years!
>
> --------
> Oscar Zuniga
> Medford, OR
> Air Camper NX41CC "Scout"
> A75 power
>
>
> Read this topic online here:
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> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=443201#443201
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| Subject: | Gary Boothe Arrives!!!! West Coast Pietenpol Gathering |
2015
What a great report on your West Coast Gathering Chris Tracy and the photos
and videos were excellent!
Way to go Gary in making that milestone trip after two years. I can only i
magine how GOOD it felt after you landed at Frazier Lake
when you were taxiing in. From past experience I would say that you slept
like a rock that evening.
What a pleasure it is to be able to see what is going on way across the cou
ntry from us in the Pietenpol world and to have met some of you
guys in person and via the Pietenpol list.
Mike C.
Ohio
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| Subject: | Re: Dick Navratil - Gone West |
Gosh I enjoyed that guy. Blessings to his family and close friends.
One day at Brodhead Dick told me he used to own a twin Seneca (or something
like that) for his swimming pool business and he gave me some
of the harrowing details of a solid IFR flight one time. You could tell h
e was grateful to be on the other side of that flight-----even years later.
Here's
to you Dick for making this side of our earthly life more of a joy.
Mike C.
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Terry, I let the students handle the email list most of the time. Sorry if there
was no response. They moved the wing back 3.5 inches and made new struts for
the front of the cabana. Only three days left to school year and it is very
busy. Thank you for the response. The aircraft is now in cg when the fuel tank
is empty. September we will be back to work. Thank you.
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| Subject: | Re: Dick Navratil - Gone West |
I spent a few moments getting to know Dick at Corvair College last year (2014).
I helped him check and correct the backlash in his Corvair engine. I believe
this one was destined for his Piet on floats. He was a very nice man.
If you can't place his face you can see him here in an EAA film by Brady Lane
http://www.eaavideo.org/video.aspx?v=3877114447001
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Bob 'Early Builder' Dewenter
Dayton OH
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| Subject: | Re: Dick Navratil - Gone West |
Thank you Jack, I had wondered how many folks did this as well. Dick was a really
nice person and he always made a difference at Sun N Fun. There will always
be memories of him in the workshops area.
"Here's another of the(sadly, growing)list of cellphone numbers that carry in my
phone, of friendswho have GoneWest. For some reason I can't bring myself to
deletethem."
Chrissi
CG Products
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jack Philips <jack@bedfordlandings.com>
Sent: Sun, Jun 7, 2015 9:46 am
Subject: RE: Pietenpol-List: Re: Dick Navratil - Gone West
<jack@bedfordlandings.com>
Well said. There is no telling how many lives
Dick touched, and how many
people decided that they too could build an airplane
just from talking with
Dick or working with him at the woodworking forum at Sun
'n' Fun. He was a
true gentleman and a good friend. Here's another of the
(sadly, growing)
list of cellphone numbers that carry in my phone, of friends
who have Gone
West. For some reason I can't bring myself to delete
them.
Jack Phillips
NX899JP
Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia
-----Original
Message-----
From:
owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com]
On Behalf Of
jarheadpilot82
Sent: Sunday, June 7, 2015 8:21 AM
To:
pietenpol-list@matronics.com
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Dick Navratil - Gone
West
-->
<jarheadpilot82@hotmail.com>
For those of you who do not always like the
things that William Wynne
writes, I think that you would agree with him in his
latest posting. Here is
a link to a very nice posting in Dick's
memory-
http://flycorvair.net/2015/06/07/dick-navratil-passes-from-this-earth-june-4
th-2015/
--------
Semper
Fi,
Terry Hand
Athens, GA
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| Subject: | Re: Dick Navratil - Gone West |
Dick was simply one of the finest humans I ever met. There just aren't words that
can describe that man's generosity. The simple act of buying an airplane
from him changed so much in my life.
My thoughts and prayers are certainly with Joan and his children.
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| Subject: | Gary Boothe Arrives!!!! West Coast Pietenpol Gathering |
2015
>
> Thanks, Mike! Chris did a great job of cataloging the event, which, for my
part, I dedicated to Kevin & Shelley, who went to great effort to witness m
y failed attempt 2 years ago. So far, at Los Banos Airport, I have 3 landing
s and 2 take-offs.haven=99t figured out how to even the score
! Chris was great company as I nervously spent 2 =C2=BD hrs waiting for the c
all from the ground crew at Frazier Lake. It was a small mountain range to c
ross, but I wanted to time it to make the flight before the winds picked up,
and after the fog had burnt off. It turned out to be very smooth
>
> The first picture is taken about 6:15am. Glass smooth air. That lasted ab
out 1 1/2 hrs, then...WHAM! The hand of God woke me up! In my haste to get m
y hand back on the throttle, I bumped the coil switch to OFF...everything we
nt silent, except the wind! Gotta get a guard on that switch. The second pic
is proof that my Piet finally made it to a grass strip...a very pleasant ex
perience for us pavement guys. The Frazier Lake airport flies the Flag 24/7.
..nice touch. I
> Chris made a good report. A bit disappointing about the Piet turn out, but
we had builders from Bend, OR, Casper, WY, and Flagstaff. I was especially g
lad to finally see my Piet next to Mike Groah's, as he finished his only a f
ew months prior to mine.
Gary Boothe
NX308MB
Sent from my iPad
>
>
> From: owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-pietenpol-li
st-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Cuy, Michael D. (GRC-LME0)[Vantage Par
tners, LLC]
> Sent: Monday, June 08, 2015 5:46 AM
> To: pietenpol-list@matronics.com
> Subject: Pietenpol-List: Gary Boothe Arrives!!!! West Coast Pietenpol Gath
ering 2015
>
> What a great report on your West Coast Gathering Chris Tracy and the photo
s and videos were excellent!
>
> Way to go Gary in making that milestone trip after two years. I can only i
magine how GOOD it felt after you landed at Frazier Lake
> when you were taxiing in. =46rom past experience I would say that you sl
ept like a rock that evening.
>
> What a pleasure it is to be able to see what is going on way across the co
untry from us in the Pietenpol world and to have met some of you
> guys in person and via the Pietenpol list.
>
> Mike C.
> Ohio
>
>
>
>
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| Subject: | Re: Dick Navratil - Gone West |
Marcus; I honestly don't even remember if Dick returned my Muktuk float plans to
me or not, but I'll check the hangar next time I'm there. The floats are made
of plywood but I don't remember the material callout and thickness. I believe
it was all metric thickness marine grade.
I, too, am building skin-on-frame kayaks from plans... a pair of Dave Gentry's Chuckanut 12s. I got the frames all cut out and all the stringer material ripped last fall, but then I got too busy to continue so kayak #1 sits as a keel on the strongback on a pair of sawhorses, stations marked, and a set of frames just clamped in place. A few photos on my website at http://flysquirrel.net/boats/framing.html if you're interested.
--------
Oscar Zuniga
Medford, OR
Air Camper NX41CC "Scout"
A75 power
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Don't take this wrong, Flyboy, as it's not a critique of your students,
necessarily, but just a comment in general, and applies to many adults,
too...
Much of my work is accomplished through email, and I am continually
irritated by people (my grandson included), who do not respond to
constructive/instructive emails...at all! Just seems like bad manners...but,
then, maybe I'm just getting old...
Gary Boothe
NX308MB
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From: owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Flyboy
Sent: Monday, June 08, 2015 6:15 AM
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Aft CG
Terry, I let the students handle the email list most of the time. Sorry if
there was no response. They moved the wing back 3.5 inches and made new
struts for the front of the cabana. Only three days left to school year and
it is very busy. Thank you for the response. The aircraft is now in cg when
the fuel tank is empty. September we will be back to work. Thank you.
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| Subject: | Re: Report: West Coast Pietenpol Gathering 2015 |
WOW! Thanks for the great write-up, photos, and videos! Frazier Lake looks like
Pietenpol Valhalla!
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| Subject: | Non Piet hobbies |
Oscar, what do you do with your free time? You restored the Pietenpol, are
building a flying squirrel, a kayak, making hinges for Pietenpols, and i
vaguely remember you saying you had a job.
I have trouble just finding enough time to work on my pietenpol after work,
honeydos time with kids and grand kids.
Since April I have been recovering from rotator cuff surgery and have
accomplished little since then. It took 3 hours to do 20 min of putting
in cotter keys. The lack of progress is killing my soul.
Blue Skies,
Steve D
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Mr. FlyBoy,
You said that you have been on the forum off and on, so you may have said it earlier
in a post, but I just wanted to get a better understanding of what you are
doing and your goals-
1. What are you trying to accomplish with your students? What are your goals?
2. When do you anticipate finishing? What are you going to do with the aircraft
once it is finished?
3. Who is going to fly off the test phase, or is that not the goal? I believe you
said that you were not a pilot?
4. How have you funded the project?
I will thank you in advance for your responses.
--------
Semper Fi,
Terry Hand
Athens, GA
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| Subject: | Re: Report: West Coast Pietenpol Gathering 2015 |
Jeff: it's not Valhalla, but you can see it from there when there's no fog ;o)
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Oscar Zuniga
Medford, OR
Air Camper NX41CC "Scout"
A75 power
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| Subject: | Re: Gary Boothe Arrives!!!! West Coast Pietenpol Gathering |
2015
Gary,
I'm so pleased you made it to Frazier Lake, sorry I did not! But I will make
it someday. Great pictures from both you and Chris and great commentaries. I
'm sorry I missed it.
Ray
Sent from my iPad
> On Jun 8, 2015, at 9:07 AM, Gary Boothe <gboothe5@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> Thanks, Mike! Chris did a great job of cataloging the event, which, for m
y part, I dedicated to Kevin & Shelley, who went to great effort to witness m
y failed attempt 2 years ago. So far, at Los Banos Airport, I have 3 landing
s and 2 take-offs.haven=99t figured out how to even the score
! Chris was great company as I nervously spent 2 =C2=BD hrs waiting for the c
all from the ground crew at Frazier Lake. It was a small mountain range to c
ross, but I wanted to time it to make the flight before the winds picked up,
and after the fog had burnt off. It turned out to be very smooth
>>
>> The first picture is taken about 6:15am. Glass smooth air. That lasted a
bout 1 1/2 hrs, then...WHAM! The hand of God woke me up! In my haste to get m
y hand back on the throttle, I bumped the coil switch to OFF...everything we
nt silent, except the wind! Gotta get a guard on that switch. The second pic
is proof that my Piet finally made it to a grass strip...a very pleasant ex
perience for us pavement guys. The Frazier Lake airport flies the Flag 24/7.
..nice touch. I
>
>> Chris made a good report. A bit disappointing about the Piet turn out, bu
t we had builders from Bend, OR, Casper, WY, and Flagstaff. I was especially
glad to finally see my Piet next to Mike Groah's, as he finished his only a
few months prior to mine.
>
> Gary Boothe
> NX308MB
>
> Sent from my iPad
>>
>>
>> From: owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-pietenpol-l
ist-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Cuy, Michael D. (GRC-LME0)[Vantage Pa
rtners, LLC]
>> Sent: Monday, June 08, 2015 5:46 AM
>> To: pietenpol-list@matronics.com
>> Subject: Pietenpol-List: Gary Boothe Arrives!!!! West Coast Pietenpol Gat
hering 2015
>>
>> What a great report on your West Coast Gathering Chris Tracy and the phot
os and videos were excellent!
>>
>> Way to go Gary in making that milestone trip after two years. I can only
imagine how GOOD it felt after you landed at Frazier Lake
>> when you were taxiing in. =46rom past experience I would say that you s
lept like a rock that evening.
>>
>> What a pleasure it is to be able to see what is going on way across the c
ountry from us in the Pietenpol world and to have met some of you
>> guys in person and via the Pietenpol list.
>>
>> Mike C.
>> Ohio
>>
>>
>>
>>
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| Subject: | Re: Report: West Coast Pietenpol Gathering 2015 |
Chris,
Thanks for the wonderful photos, videos and commentary. I'm really sorry I m
issed coming down for the meet. I only had one day that I could go, and Satu
rday was it! I had hoped to go down the day before to avoid the early morni
ng fog, but it did not work out. Maybe next year!
You letter helped share some of the fun.
Ray
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> On Jun 8, 2015, at 12:08 AM, CatDesigns <CatDesigns@att.net> wrote:
>
> When I arrived (by car again, sigh) early Saturday morning it was foggy an
d cold at Frazier Lake airport so I drove back over the hill into the sunshi
ne at Los Banos thinking I would find Gary Boothe waiting for the fog to cle
ar. Sure enough as I pulled into the parking lot at the airport there he was
(Picture 1). What you can=99t see in the picture were the four RV-som
ethings parked near him. As each pilot walked out to his plane they stopped t
o look and take pictures of Gary=99s plane. I=99m guessing they w
ere all wishing they could fly something as cool as a Pietenpol. After a bit
Gary received his launch orders (Picture 2) from his forward observer, Scot
t Liefeld, who was at Frazier Lake manning the forward observation trailer.
So our intrepid aviator donned his flight gear and launched in the sky blue
(Picture 3). Now you should know that for two years Gary has been trying to
get his plane to Frazier Lake but both times something has prevented him fr
om making it. But not this year, he finally made it! (Picture 4). His plane
was a great addition to the lineup that also featured Charley Miller=99
s and Mike and Vic Groah=99s plane (Picture 5). Picture 6 shows how ni
ce Gary=99s plane looks in a more appropriate Pietenpol setting than t
he typical California asphalt that he typically flies from. Just before suns
et the wind died down and Gary and Mike went flying (Picture 7) Mike=99
s smoke system sure makes a lot of smoke.
>
> Some videos of the two flying (yes I should have gotten closer)
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwHNidtF718
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jda-rFdP9S4
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOFJRkX5lmU
>
>
> It was a smaller than normal turnout in planes but that might have been du
e to the AM fog and afternoon wind (and some rain around other parts of Cali
fornia). Regardless we all had a good time meeting old and new friends and m
aking up excuses for why we are still not done building our own Pietenpol (o
k maybe it was just me doing that last part).
>
> Thanks again to Charley Miller and his wife, and to Mike Groah, his wife, d
aughter, father and mother for putting together another great West Coast gat
hering. Hopefully we will see some of you in 2016.
>
> Chris
> Sacramento, CA
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| Subject: | Looking for Pietenpol N13708 |
Hello, new to group. I'm looking for information regarding the whereabouts of a
highly modified Piet registered N13708. It was built by Meryl Neyman back in
the late 70's / early 80's and has been thru a few owners since. Last owner I
could find stated that it was sold to someone in Texas sometime around 2003. A
NTSB report states that it was damaged in an off-airport landing in Lometa, TX
in January 2006. From there, the "trail goes cold" as they say in the movies.
If you can share any info, it's appreciated. Thanks.
Read this topic online here:
http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=443259#443259
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| Subject: | Gary Boothe Arrives!!!! West Coast Pietenpol Gathering |
2015
You were missed, Ray. BTW =93 In case you are reluctant to land
your beautiful Waiex on the grass, they have a handy-dandy paved taxiway
that serves both purposes.
Gary Boothe
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[mailto:owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Ray
Krause
Sent: Monday, June 08, 2015 7:29 PM
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Gary Boothe Arrives!!!! West Coast
Pietenpol Gathering 2015
Gary,
I'm so pleased you made it to Frazier Lake, sorry I did not! But I will
make it someday. Great pictures from both you and Chris and great
commentaries. I'm sorry I missed it.
Ray
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On Jun 8, 2015, at 9:07 AM, Gary Boothe <gboothe5@comcast.net> wrote:
Thanks, Mike! Chris did a great job of cataloging the event, which, for
my part, I dedicated to Kevin & Shelley, who went to great effort to
witness my failed attempt 2 years ago. So far, at Los Banos Airport, I
have 3 landings and 2 take-offs.haven=99t figured out how
to even the score! Chris was great company as I nervously spent 2 =C2=BD
hrs waiting for the call from the ground crew at Frazier Lake. It was a
small mountain range to cross, but I wanted to time it to make the
flight before the winds picked up, and after the fog had burnt off. It
turned out to be very smooth
The first picture is taken about 6:15am <x-apple-data-detectors://2> .
Glass smooth air. That lasted about 1 1/2 hrs
<x-apple-data-detectors://3> , then...WHAM! The hand of God woke me up!
In my haste to get my hand back on the throttle, I bumped the coil
switch to OFF...everything went silent, except the wind! Gotta get a
guard on that switch. The second pic is proof that my Piet finally made
it to a grass strip...a very pleasant experience for us pavement guys.
The Frazier Lake airport flies the Flag 24/7
<x-apple-data-detectors://4> ...nice touch. I
Chris made a good report. A bit disappointing about the Piet turn out,
but we had builders from Bend, OR, Casper, WY, and Flagstaff. I was
especially glad to finally see my Piet next to Mike Groah's, as he
finished his only a few months prior to mine.
Gary Boothe
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[mailto:owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Cuy,
Michael D. (GRC-LME0)[Vantage Partners, LLC]
Sent: Monday, June 08, 2015 5:46 AM
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Gary Boothe Arrives!!!! West Coast Pietenpol
Gathering 2015
What a great report on your West Coast Gathering Chris Tracy and the
photos and videos were excellent!
Way to go Gary in making that milestone trip after two years. I can
only imagine how GOOD it felt after you landed at Frazier Lake
when you were taxiing in. From past experience I would say that you
slept like a rock that evening.
What a pleasure it is to be able to see what is going on way across the
country from us in the Pietenpol world and to have met some of you
guys in person and via the Pietenpol list.
Mike C.
Ohio
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