Original Posted By: "Douwe Blumberg"
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Both Dan and Gene have stolen Jimmy Dean's paint scheme!Actually the very first yellow and black (that I know of) Ford powered Pietenpolshowed up in the late 1990's at Brodhead owned byJames and Connie Dean of Sanford, NC. Jimmy won the Wright Brothers Award that year and trailered his plane to the DaytonAirshow where he assembled and flew the airplane,then flew the airplane to Brodhead where he flew it all weekend, then he and Connietrailered it back to NC where it sits today needinga recover job. (Jim is friends with Jack Phillips) It's funny how you guys joke about who stole the paint scheme from who but nobodycan deny the fact that THAT color scheme on a FordPiet is truly a GORGEOUS ONE and the more the merrier I say !Now if Jimmy could recover his Piet and bring it to Brodhead again maybe in 2012we could see a THREE plane formation of gorgeous yellowand black Piets overhead singing in Model A Ford harmony ! Now that would givethe crowd some chills and make for some one-of-a-kind video !Mike C.________________________________________________________________________________