Original Posted By: "Douwe Blumberg"
Hey Greg,Haven't heard much detail about your Mountain Piet rebuild. Saw the planeat it's one and only Brodhead appearance and was struck by the incredibleworkmanship. How is she coming? And are you keeping the Subaru or going to somethingelse??Douwe________________________________________________________________________________
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Re: Pietenpol-List: 8 minute video segment from EAA on the Pietenpol
Original Posted By: Andrew Eldredge
Hey Matthijs!Scratch building an airplane from these plans is a monumental achievement inmy opinion. Percentage wise, VERY few people have ever done it and thesedays, even less are doing it. It takes a unique kind of person, maybe adreamer with a willingness to learn many skills and an ability to commit,but above all it takes a unique kind of persistence that is driven by avision of something larger worth striving for.I feel that bringing to life to one of Pietenpol's planes is not only one ofthe highlights of my life, but also a blessing to everyone who will ever seeor fly in it because it is like a time capsule and historic artifact allwrapped up in one.Yes it is a long journey, and one I struggle with every day now that I'mactually rebuilding mine after an incident that set me back two years now.YES I ABSOLUTELY STRUGGLE WHEN I THINK ABOUT ALL THE THINGS LEFT TO DO, BUTWHILE I STRUGGLE, I WORK. AND MOVE THE PROJECT FORWARD EVERY DAY. BUT. IKNOW, without a shadow of a doubt that my persistence will pay off and whenI'm flying her through the blue skies, over the green pastures that I willnot feel badly about the time spent building her, but I will look backfondly and proudly that I stuck with it.A friend once told me about projects like this "Touch something on it everyday". That one thought has helped me a lot.Where in the Netherlands are you? My wife and I will be visiting familynext September.Douwe________________________________________________________________________________Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:16:25 -0700Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: 8 minute video segment from EAA on the Pietenpol Air Camper
Hey Matthijs!Scratch building an airplane from these plans is a monumental achievement inmy opinion. Percentage wise, VERY few people have ever done it and thesedays, even less are doing it. It takes a unique kind of person, maybe adreamer with a willingness to learn many skills and an ability to commit,but above all it takes a unique kind of persistence that is driven by avision of something larger worth striving for.I feel that bringing to life to one of Pietenpol's planes is not only one ofthe highlights of my life, but also a blessing to everyone who will ever seeor fly in it because it is like a time capsule and historic artifact allwrapped up in one.Yes it is a long journey, and one I struggle with every day now that I'mactually rebuilding mine after an incident that set me back two years now.YES I ABSOLUTELY STRUGGLE WHEN I THINK ABOUT ALL THE THINGS LEFT TO DO, BUTWHILE I STRUGGLE, I WORK. AND MOVE THE PROJECT FORWARD EVERY DAY. BUT. IKNOW, without a shadow of a doubt that my persistence will pay off and whenI'm flying her through the blue skies, over the green pastures that I willnot feel badly about the time spent building her, but I will look backfondly and proudly that I stuck with it.A friend once told me about projects like this "Touch something on it everyday". That one thought has helped me a lot.Where in the Netherlands are you? My wife and I will be visiting familynext September.Douwe________________________________________________________________________________Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:16:25 -0700Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: 8 minute video segment from EAA on the Pietenpol Air Camper
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Original Posted By: Michael Perez