Brodhead Pietenpol Association

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Update forum schedule for July 21.

Forums will take place between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Saturday, July 21, 2018 in the EAA Chapter 431 club house. Schedules are tentative and subject to change.

10:00 a.m. – Building on a Shoestring by Tom Kreiner.

11:00 a.m. – How to Carve a Propeller by ...

If you're coming to the Brodhead PIetenpol Reunion in July, one of the forums will be on Aircraft Covering Systems.

More info and pictures of this project.

I've included six photographs in this email and will send another few in a second email. The fuselage is all in one piece, the landing gear has never been attached, and 36 wing ribs are ready to be assembled into a wing. The next set of photos shows the ...

The third quarter BPA newsletter was just put to bed this morning. Look for it in your mailboxes by the end of June.

Digital download will be posted next week. All current members will receive an e-mail when it is posted.

As sent in to BPA headquarters today:

PIETENPOL AIRCAMPER KIT $7995.00

The Airframe Package includes:
1. Fuselage, long hull for Corvair motor, sitting on Cessna 120/140 mains. A set of Piper Cub mains is included as a spare.
2. Three Piece Wings with large ailerons.
3. Lift struts (bottom ends ...

Hi Mark,

Welcome to the Pietenpol community!

You can purchase plans is directly from the Pietenpol family here:

https://www.pietenpolaircraftcompany.co ... craft-kits

We did have the shuttle last year, but only one person used it. I think we needed to advertise it better. The car dealer in town said they would loan another one this year and even if not, it's usually no problem finding a lift into town.

Ford powered Aircamper is listed among the items up for auction in this listing:

https://wilsonauctioneers.com/auctions/76/

Watch the video for pictures. No other details given.

The Brodhead PIetenpol Association is putting together a forum schedule for the 2018 Brodhead Pietenpol Reunion. We are requesting topics and suggestions for presenters. All forums will take place on Saturday, July 21.

What'chyall think?

Thanks for running with this, Terry.

2010 Pietenpol Air Camper For Sale. $15,000. Comfortable 26” wide fuselage with Continental C-85 engine. Sky-tech lightweight starter. New wiring harness. Metal 71-46 propeller. Cleveland wheels and hydraulic brakes. New tires and tubes. 20-gallon fuel tank in center section. Magneto, hand-held ...

From the E-mail Inbox...

Hi nice people,

I am trying to find out whatever happened to my best friend's Pietenpol. His workmanship was so beautiful that it was a shame to cover it. I think he got one or two flights on the bird when he suddenly died. His widow sold the plane but that's as far as I ...

From the E-Mail Inbox...

I’m wondering off hand how many gallons per hour a corvair powered Piet will burn?

Thanks Geo.

The latest BPA newsletter was put to bed early this morning and sent to the printer. Expect mailing (bulk mail...ugh!) middle of next week.

Received via e-mail at BPA headquarters:

For sale: Four spruce spars and lift and cabane struts, a pair of 26" wheels. Hubs from Ken Perkins, rim and spoked by Kenny Buchanan. One completed fuselage and tail feathers, varnished.
Set of J-3 expander brakes, new, plus used master cylinders. Many ...

Received this message at BPA headquarters today. Who can help?

I'm trying to track down an Air Camper that was built in the early 80s. It was built by my wife's grandfather. I only have the serial number ia-84-10, it was built in Mexico and sold to a pilot who lived in San Antonio Tx in 1984 ...

The Brodhead Pietenpol Association has two wing rib jigs available for loan, free of charge. Just pay shipping.

Hi All, I received the following message at BPA HQ today. Who can help?

Wanted: Need a set of Piet plans of the old original Piet. Not the plans in the 1932 Flying and Glider Manual or the improved plans but the old old plans. Please call 517-663-3083. Thank you. Kyle Bradford

Hi All,

With each BPA newsletter mailing, we get a number of them returned to us due to "Temporarily Away" status form the Post Office. Since we use bulk rate postage, the USPS does not forward to temporary addresses. This costs us $1.19 for each one returned, plus another $1.21 to mail it again ...

Received the following message at BPA headquarters today and received permission to post it here.

My name is Arthur Harrington I live in Fremont Ca. I'm a retired union carpenter. Two months ago I found a Pietenpol for sale on trade-a-plane.com It said do not call this ad unless this plane is for ...

Quick reminder that the copy deadline for the next BPA newsletter is this Friday, Dec. 8. Please send any articles, photos, gossip or other junk to me by Friday evening. Thanks!

Hi All, I received the following message at BPA HQ a few days ago. Can anybody help this gentleman?

Several years ago my brother Marv Tomlinson from Old Time Auto Parts sold some Model A engines to your club for your Pietenpol airplanes. I am building a RC model of a Pietenpol and would like to ...

Thanks, Terry!

Hi All,

I received the following e-mail today at BPA headquarters. Can anybody help?

Pat

I would like to see and talk to builder with a flying example of one these prior to building and the sooner the better I live in Salome, AZ 85348 it's 100 miles west of Phoenix, AZ if you know of any one ...

The last quarter 2017 newsletter was just put to bed and is in production. About 10 days late. Look for it in your mailboxes late next week.

Hi All,

We received the note below at BPA headquarters. Can anybody help?

The Pasche family is looking for information in regards to a Model A Ford powered Pietenpol built in the late 1930's. I used to play in it as child. We have a picture of it with Dad standing by it dated 1941.

The bird was ...

From the BPA e-mail bag:

Would you be able to put me in touch with someone who sells the hinges for the horizontal and vertical stabilizers for the pietenpol?

Or, is someone selling a kit containing all necessary metal hardware?

Last call for submissions to the 4th quarter 2017 BPA newsletter. I'll be working on it next week. Send me your photos, tips, articles, gossip or whatever by Friday, September 15. E-mail to: bpa@pietrenpols.org

Good to hear. Thanks for posting.

Hi All,

We're still catching our breath after the Brodhead Pietenpol Event.

Discovered last night at our monthly EAA Chapter meeting was this nice mobility scooter/walker thingy. Is anybody missing it or remember who had one? I contacted Winnipeg Bob and he said it wasn't his. Looking for the ...

Thanks, Herb!

Hi All, I received the following handwritten letter at the BPA office today. Can anybody help?

To the editor BPA

I started my GN-1 Aircamper several years ago. I had a friend who was helping me with the project and he passed away seven years ago. I just haven’t had the inspiration to get it ...

Hi All,

The Information Page for the 2017 Brodhead Pietenpol Reunion has been published not he EAA Chapter 431 website. Please read it if you plan to attend.

http://www.eaa431.org/2017-pietenpolhat ... formation/

See you all in July!

The third quarter 2017 BPA newsletter (2017-03) is being delivered to the post office today. Hope y'all enjoy it.

(Am I allowed to say "y'all" in the Midwest?)

Hi All,

I received the following e-mail regarding a Grega GN-1 for sale.

Pat

Dear Friends,

My Father passed away in 2014 & had been building a GN-1 Aircamper. My Mother is 83 & we need to find a home for the pieces & parts of the aircraft that he was not able to finish, sadly. The wings are ...

Hi Brent,

The Piet T-Shirts are sold by a private vendor and he usually sells online as well. I'll post the link to the web store when the shirts become available.

Pat

Hi Mark, If you're coming up to Airventure, see if you can schedule a stop at the Brodhead Pietenpol Reunion the weekend before, July 20-22. Lots of people to meet here with common interest.

Anybody have pictures or a report from the West Coast Pietenpol Gathering? I'd like to include something in the next newsletter but would need by the end of this week.

Thanks!

Thanks everybody for the feedback on our first newsletter. Great to hear from everybody.

Copy deadline for the next issue is June 16 and I'm hoping to go a little earlier than that based on how long it took for everybody to get their last issue. I want the next one in the mailboxes well before the ...

Hello All,

I am in eastern Iowa and starting to embark on my first adventure building a Pietenpol. First thing I've noticed is the plans don't cover everything so I guess there must me a good deal of improvising. I hope everything works out for me and this doesn't take a lifetime to finish. LOL ...

I was just going to ask if I could use this in the next newsletter. Is this ok?

The second quarter 2017 newsletter hits the mail today. Hope you all find it useful.

The extra digest e-mails today are probably coming from some work we were doing earlier this morning, importing some of the old Matronics posts. It should calm down after today.

Sorry for the extra spam.

Here's a video that Don's son posted on YouTube of the first flight. Pretty cool!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhFhqnJReCY

Last call for submissions to the 2nd quarter BPA newsletter. Going to press next week.

Re: Initial flight 2 Apr 2017 Nice job, Don!

Nice job, Don!

Hi All,

I have set the copy deadline for submissions to the next four newsletters. We want to get four more out this calendar year, including two more before the July reunion and one that will hit mailboxes the first week of January, 2018.

If you have something to send in for the newsletters ...

Hi All,

I have added a feature that many have asked for, called "Digests." Once set up, you can receive an e-mail each day showing posts that have been made in the previous 24 hours. This means you don't have to visit the forum and look for new posts...they come to you.

Go to your User Control ...

Steve D wrote: Wed Mar 22, 2017 8:48 am Is there any way to send an Email prompt when a new subject pops up on this forum?

I am working on a modification that will allow e-mail notifications.

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