Brodhead Pietenpol Association

HI everyone. I thought that I would try to upload some pictures of Ken Perkins Piet, N34KP. Ken has been a great friend of mine through the years. He is a wonderful mechanic and machinist. There are many parts flying around on various Piets that were made by Ken. I've been fortunate that Ken has taken me under his wing (so to speak), taught me many things, and of course the ultimate present, lets me fly his Piet.

Glad to say that I will have quite a few "Perkins Parts" on my plane (if I ever get it done.) My visit to Ken's home/machinist's den was very inspirational.

Tom, how about a progress report or some pictures? Nothing like some atta-boys to get things moving again. Cheers, Ken

Where did Ken”s Piet go after his passing?

I have Ken's Piet.

In mid-February 2012 I had the pleasure of meeting Ken Perkins and spending the entire day with him, hanging out in his shop and later at his hanger to look over his N34KP. We talked of Pietenpols, Model A and B Ford engines and home built and home building of aircraft in general. While we were at his hanger, Ken gave me free access to photograph anything I wanted.

Here are the photos I took that day.

Thanks so much for posting all these pictures. Fantastic!

I cant get these pics to load, are they still available?

Hootis wrote: Thu Dec 17, 2020 2:47 pm I cant get these pics to load, are they still available?

There are a lot of pictures, so it may take a few minutes, but they should load.

All the image links I posted above were broken. Now fixed with images hosted on a permanent hosting site. Click on a image to expand to a larger version.

Tremendous treasure to have available to all of us here. There are hours and hours of studying the details of an Air Camper in those photos. Thank you for keeping these photos up for the world. And thanks to Richard Roller for continuing his work of repair and restoration of this historic airplane.

Oscar Zuniga
Medford, OR
former custodian of Air Camper NX41CC