Original Posted By: Steve Eldredge
To Chris and Carrie TracyWelcome to the world of Piet! You will find that the concept of Bernard'sairplane probably drew you, but the Piet people will keep you coming back.You have already had a few E-mails from others containing good advice. MarkDralle, our Webmaster (Matronics) provides a file of past discussions, andyou should surf through these to get most of the answers to your questions.In most cases, your questions have been asked, and answered, before.Some people love to build wing ribs. Some of us do not - at least after thefirst 15 or 20 ribs. You might want to get in touch with Charlie Rubeck,RR3-Box 545, Spencer Indiana 47460. Charlie builds the nicest ribs I'veever seen, and for a very fair price. I don't know his phone or E-mail, butwrite to him. He is a longtime Piet guy, and an excellent mechanic.There are at least 28 Piets registered in California. By direct E-mail, Iam sending you a list of some of these near Sacramento. This does notinclude all those Piets that are being built but are not yet registered withthe FAA. There is even a Piet fly-in at Corona CA.You might want to order Mike Cuy's video - Michael Cuy, 7720 Center Road,Valley City, Ohio 44280. His E-mail is Michael.D.Cuy(at)lerc.nasa.gov. Thisvideo will keep you fired up as you replay it over the next year or two.Lots of building ideas and lots of flying scenes. Good investment.I hope to see you two in a few years when you fly your Pietenpol either toEAA AirVenture at Oshkosh or at Sun'N'Fun in Lakeland. Now that's a realcross-country!Doc MosherOshkosh USA________________________________________________________________________________