Well, it's been a very interesting day at the airfield. My wife & son & I left at 6am this morning to go there, had a pancake breakfast at the field to benefit the local EAA, and tehn I got my first in-person look at the Piet. What a pretty bird! I will have about 15+ pictures of it plus other planes that flew in there, by Monday noon-ish. My first impression of the Piet was "Wow, its alot smaller in person!" I was expecting a bigger plane. No matter. after a good look at the cockpit I decided its just fine. This particular plane was in MINT condition, an absolutely gorgeous airplane inside and out!.-- Unfortunately, it's not quite so mint anymore. Just after touchdown on it's first flight of the day, the right bungee cord snapped, the wheel got pushed back, rubbed against the cable, which acted as a brake, and the poor guy flipped right over onto its back. Myself, the pilots father, and another gentleman who were standing right next to the runway (me with my camera) ran to the plane immediately. Turns out the pilot had just a bloody nose and a bruised ego, but the poor little Piet is going to need at least a winter's worth of work.
For a while afterwards, I started to have my doubts about the plane, but, this is the first encounter I've had with one, and accidents will happen. Hopefully I will be able to see it fly again in the spring. In the meanwhile, I wait for my plans to arrive...Richard________________________________________________________________________________