Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Welcome our of the lurker bushes! And congratulations on the first flight. Real nice looking Air Camper!

Can you send some pictures to the BPA newsletter, please? I'd like to do a short article on your build. Contact me at bpa@pietenpols.org.

Thanks!

The site owner took it down due to increased hosting costs. We're in the process of moving the entire site over to pietenpols.org. Stay tuned.

Hello everyone, The next issue of the Brodhead Pietenpol Association newsletter is a bit behind schedule due to a slight lack of content. We rely heavily on member input for a broad range of articles and experiences, and the well is a bit dry at the moment. So, I am asking for articles from you all....

Message received via e-mail at BPA headquarters today. Can anybody help ID the Ford head?

I have this cylinder head that I am trying to identify, I am hoping you may be able to help. From some research, it appears it may have been used on the Model A engines used to power the Pietenpol airplanes.

Yes, it is still for sale. You can contact the owner at the e-mail address in the ad.

Message received at Pietenpol HQ today.... Hi, I'm trying to get some information about Pietenpole gussets. Do the gussets in the Pietenpole aircamper plans need to be a specific measurement or can they be as close to the pictures on the plans as possible? I can't find any information on the plans a...

FOR SALE: Pietenpol Air Camper, A65, tail skid, 290 TT, built by Dennis Hall in 2000, flies regularly. Metal or wood prop included. Located at Brodhead Airport (C37) $16,000 with fresh inspection. Contact mike@brodheadaviation.com

Hi All, This message was received at BPA headquarters today. Hello, My name is Cody Moore and I am looking at buying a Pietenpol Aircamper out of Missouri as my first plane. I believe the tail number is N4312 and owned by a Mr Roger Deuschle of Warrensburg Missouri. I was wondering if anyone here wa...

Hello,

Bernard Pietenpol did not die in an airplane crash. He died in old age in 1984.

BlueRidge wrote: ↑Thu Jul 06, 2023 6:46 pm Hello,

Sadly, Bernard apparently died in an airplane crash, testing a new low wing design.

Has anyone built a replica of this design, or a low wing version of the Piet?

I'll put an ad in the BPA newsletter coming out this week.

Thanks for the heads up, guys. I'm currently troubleshooting. Appears to be related to a recent upgrade of php versions.

Ugh....

NX899H

Hi Bob,

E-mail me at bpa@pietenpols.org and we can troubleshoot why you can't download the PDF files.

Pat Weeden

Hello All,

We're spooling up to print the next BPA newsletter, and we could use an article or two. If you have anything to submit, please send to bpa@pietenpols.org soon.

Always looking for tech tips, build reports, technical questions, historical articles, gossip, etc.

Thanks!
Pat Weeden

Received today at BOA headquarters:

I’m interested in building a Pietenpol. Is there someone who can tell me if there’s any Piets in the New England area so that I can see the plane. Or how I can find one in my area.

Don, western Massachusetts
413-695-2105

Hey everyone,

I'm still short of material for the first BPA newsletter of the year. We depend on the membership for articles, photos, stories, gossip, and all the rest that makes up a community newsletter. Send me what'cha got at bpa@pietenpols.org.

Thanks!

E-mail received at BPA headquarters this week:

N34278 - Info needed. Built by Jon Teichen, 10/1/69, Inver Grove Hts, MN. Alex Whitmore owned it w/ a Model A engine. Seen at Paul's Valley fly-In, 1983.

Brennan wrote: ↑Thu Oct 07, 2021 8:59 pm I have a write up about my fuel tank as well as brakes if that’s a point of interest!

That sounds great! Thank you.

PoconoJohn wrote: ↑Thu Sep 30, 2021 3:42 pm By what date do you need it?

John C

Last week.

Any time in the next few days would be great, but no hard deadline.

Hey Everyone,

I'm working on the next BPA newsletter and need your stuff. Articles, project updates, flying reports, pictures, diagrams, gossip, plans for world dominance...anything goes...almost.

Send what you have to: bpa@pietenpols.org

Thanks!

Here's a message received at BPA headquarters. Any leads would be helpful. Good morning. I own a 1929 Model A Ford Special Coupe and recently discovered that the cylinder head is made of aluminum. A fellow Model A Ford Club member suggested that the head may have come from your organization, or that...

The message below was received at BPA headquarters yesterday. Anybody have any info? Good afternoon. We recently restored a 1956 Apache Piper that belonged to Robert and Tommy Wong of Central Airways at the Centre Island airport in Toronto. The airplane will be used as a static display for the child...

I believe Don's is a 3-piece wing.

I showed that article to an A&P friend and he said, "That happens more than you'd think. "I did it once on a Grumman F3F."

Yes, you saw a Pietenpol!. We wrote an article about that episode in the second quarter newsletter last year.

Richard Roller wrote: ↑Fri Dec 25, 2020 5:46 pm I emailed an article last night.

Got it. Thank you!

I should say the newsletter is “scheduled” to mail the week of Jan. 4.

There is absolutely time to submit stuff. My hard deadline is 12/30.

The next BPA newsletter will be mailed out the first of January, and I'm always looking for material. Please send in your build reports, flight reports, hangar flying reports, TPS reports, pictures, questions, tech articles, feature length movie scripts, etc. We can't do it without you. Thanks, and ...

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.

Nice! Thanks for sharing the pictures.

Hi Ted,

Thanks for joining.

We welcome discussion on the Grega design here, no worries.

The Brodhead Pietenpol Association advocates for the original Pietenpol Air Camper design only though.

Pat Weeden

Varmint wrote: ↑Sat Nov 07, 2020 8:08 pm OH that is great. Is there a link to this article somewhere or a place it can be purchased?

Back issues of the BPA newsletters are $5 each. If you're a member already, I can send it to you for free.

E-mail me at bpa@pietenpols.org

Pat Weeden
BPA newsletter editor guy

Owls Head Transportation Museum is going to auction 12 Model A Ford engines October 12. The museum is in the great State of Maine. Look for the cars and collectibles link on the website. For more information, contact an auction team member by email at auction@ohtm.org or by phone at (207) 594-4418. ...

Mahogany Plywood for sale

2 sheets: 48" x 96" 1/8" 90° mahogany plywood
7 sheets: 48" x 96" 3/32" 90° mahogany plywood
$100/sheet

Located at Brodhead Airport. Call Simon Smith at 608-289-6936 or e-mail: siksc37@gmail.com

Joel Timblin at High Road Aviation does aircraft transport and has moved many Pietenpols by trailer in recent years. I’d highly recommend him.

http://www.highroadaviation.com/

We just moved a Piet last month, about 300 miles across Wisconsin. Everything fit in a standard 20’ enclosed trailer, but the rear door of the trailer caught us off guard. The top of the radiator was about 3” too tall for the door. We tried letting air out of the tires but ended up removing the land...

Hi All,

In the latest BPA newsletter, there is a For Sale ad for NX47173, a Continental powered Air Camper by Ed Ripplinger. He sent in the ad handwritten on a scrap of paper, so I have no e-mail address. Does anyone know anything about this ship? It looks nice in this google-supplied picture.

Pat

All I can officially say is that Brodhead Airport is a public use airport that allows camping. Things to keep in mind for folks who normally come to Brodhead only during the Pietenpol Reunion: All runways will remain open. Anyone who camps must remain clear of all runways at all times. In particular...

Any format is fine...I can convert. I work in Adobe InDesign so I have to convert everything anyway. The only thing I ask is that you send photos as separate files and not embedded in Word or some other document.

Thanks!

Hey all, I'm putting together the third quarter BPA newsletter this weekend, and I need PICTURES! ...and articles and letters and stories and gossip and tech tips and general filler material. I'm light this issue due to the reunion cancelation. Send me what'cha got at: bpa@pietenpols.org The front c...

Fixed the pics.

Cheeseland Chapter EAA 431 Inc. has voted to cancel the 2020 Pietenpol Reunion, Hatz Bi-Plane, and Corbin Fly-In.

This ad was sent to BPA via USPS:

For Sale: Model A prop hub and crush plate. Built by Vi Kapler and never used.

$175 plus postage.

Rex Bridgeman
618-525-1122

Received via e-mail at BPA headquarters. I just bought a Pietenpol and joined the BPA. It looks to be from original plans, NOT a Grega. It has a Model A engine and Cub gear. I don't care for the gear and wish to change it to an original. For now I would like to keep the landing gear and replace t...

Received at BPA headquarters via e-mail: Hello, at first, thank you for your nice homepage. My name is thomas, 25, privatpilot from germany and a big fan of the pietenpol. I think to me buying a pietenpol in future. There are a lot of questions. But for one question i'll find no answere, so i hope y...

Hi Tom,

We're meeting next week with the leadership of EAA Chapter 431 sponsor and BPA to figure out the best path forward. We will let everyone know through every means possible when the decision is made.

Pat

Received via e-mail at BPA HQ:

Can you please advise who might specialize in the Insurance of an Experimental.
jocatgo@cox.net
or text 870-365-9692

Hi All,

The next issue of the BPA newsletter will be coming out in a few weeks. This is your chance to submit photos, articles, built reports, questions, gossip, alien sightings or anything else. Please send it all to: bpa@pietenpols.org

Thanks!
–Pat

Received via snail-mail in the BPA office today:

I'm looking to purchase a Pietenpol airplane that has been damaged. Hoping that you could possibly help me find something.

Thank you,
Mr. Todd Emmings
Glenwood, Minnesota
320-278-3726

Received via e-mail.... Pietenpol friends : I am writing to inform you of the sad news of the passing of my father, Robert “Bob” Whittier. His obituary is attached. (linked below. ed.) I am not sure whether my father was a member of your organization, but if he was not an official member he was cer...

I made a New Year's Day flight, but not in a Piet. Just a plain Jane Cessna over semi-frozen Brodhead, but I still flew!

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