Original Posted By: Richard DeCosta
This is trivia for Richard DeCosta ....I went to your web site.... and thought it interestingthat you would have the airplane that I used for nearlya year as my backdrop!The C172 on your web page caught my eye as beingvery familiar. Just for kicks, I actually found thespecs on it (from 1996!) and posted them below.Actually, I was looking at possibly buying a 172and this one had caught my eye then. I find myselfwithout the funds for owning, giving instruction,four kids, wife, house repairs..... the usual storyfor now.-----------Incidently - took my instrument instructor written exam last week ---> Too bad no piets I know of are IFR certified!!!-----------[INLINE] 1964 Cessna 172 [INLINE] PHOTOS AVAILABLE [INLINE] Exterior (48K jpg) [INLINE] Panel (56K jpg) [INLINE] Interior/Panel (45K jpg) EXTERIOR Very Good INTERIOR Very Good AVIONICS 2 VORs - NARCO LOC AND GLIDE SCOPE KMA 24 Audio panel w/3 light marker VAL Com 760 NARCO Com 120 Registration: N7757U Aircraft Total Time: 5500 Hours TT Zero Time Continental O-300 Engine 2/3/86 by Van Dusen Engine Time: 770 Hours SMOH Apollo Loran King KT 76a Transponder King KR6 ADF Radio master switch and push to talk button EQUIPMENT Turn Coordinator Alternate Static Air 4-Place Intercom - Voice Activated Carburetor Ice Detector DG & Horizon - New Style REMARKS 20 Hours Per Quart of Oil Full IFR Including Glide Scope & Localizer [INLINE] ASKING: $25,500 Please Mention WINGS Online When You Call: Cylinder Head Temperature Gauge--/-------------------- |~~_____/~~__ ||scott(at)haulpak.com | o' ~~|~~~ |This is trivia for Richard DeCosta ....I went to your web site.... and thought it interestingthat you would have the airplane that I used for nearlya year as my backdrop!The C172 on your web page caught my eye as beingvery familiar. Just for kicks, I actually found thespecs on it (from 1996!) and posted them below.Actually, I was looking at possibly buying a 172and this one had caught my eye then. I find myselfwithout the funds for owning, giving instruction,four kids, wife, house repairs..... the usual storyfor now.-----------Incidently - took my instrument instructor written exam last week ---> --> SCORE= 100% !!!! --- Too bad no piets I know of are IFR certified!!!-----------[INLINE] 1964 Cessna 172 [INLINE] PHOTOS AVAILABLE [INLINE] Exterior (48K jpg) [INLINE] Panel (56K jpg) [INLINE] Interior/Panel (45K jpg) LOGBOOK SUMMARYAnnual: January 1996 EXTERIOR Very Good INTERIOR Very Good AVIONICS 2 VORs - NARCO LOC AND GLIDESCOPE KMA 24 Audio panel w/3 lightmarker VAL Com 760 NARCO Com 120 Registration: N7757U Aircraft Total Time: 5500Hours TT Zero Time Continental O-300Engine 2/3/86 by Van Dusen Engine Time: 770 Hours SMOH Apollo Loran King KT 76a Transponder King KR6 ADF Radio master switch andpush to talk button EQUIPMENT Turn Coordinator Alternate Static Air 4-Place Intercom - VoiceActivated Carburetor Ice Detector DG Horizon- New Style REMARKS 20 Hours Per Quart of Oil Full IFR Including GlideScope Localizer [INLINE] ASKING: $25,500 Please Mention WINGS Online When You Call:Bob Whitlock(317) 825-5868 - Days(317) 825-0383 - Home Cylinder Head Temperature Gauge--/-------------------- |~~_____/~~__||DAVID SCOTT |______ ______======)-+|scott(at)haulpak.com | o'~~|~~~ |--------------------/(O)title: Design Engineertel;work: 309-672-7706tel;fax: 309-672-7753tel;home: not posted________________________________________________________________________________
Pietenpol-List: Richard DeCosta - Cessna 172......
Pietenpol-List: Re: Richard DeCosta - Cessna 172......
Original Posted By: "David B. Schober"
Yup, I think I found that cessna on one of the aircraft marketplaceweb site. I was looking for a good pic for my site, and themarketplace sites are full of them!---David Scott wrote:>> This is trivia for Richard DeCosta ....>> I went to your web site.... and thought it interesting> that you would have the airplane that I used for nearly> a year as my backdrop!>> The C172 on your web page caught my eye as being> very familiar. Just for kicks, I actually found the> specs on it (from 1996!) and posted them below.>> Actually, I was looking at possibly buying a 172> and this one had caught my eye then. I find myself> without the funds for owning, giving instruction,> four kids, wife, house repairs..... the usual story> for now.> -----------> Incidently - took my instrument instructor> written exam last week --->> Too bad no piets I know of are IFR certified!!!> ----------->>> [INLINE] 1964 Cessna 172>> [INLINE]>> PHOTOS AVAILABLE>> [INLINE] Exterior (48K jpg)> [INLINE] Panel (56K jpg)> [INLINE] Interior/Panel (45K jpg)>>> EXTERIOR>> Very Good>> INTERIOR>> Very Good>> AVIONICS>> 2 VORs - NARCO LOC AND GLIDE SCOPE>> KMA 24 Audio panel w/3 light marker>> VAL Com 760>> NARCO Com 120>>> Registration: N7757U>> Aircraft Total Time: 5500 Hours TT>> Zero Time Continental O-300 Engine 2/3/86 by Van Dusen>> Engine Time: 770 Hours SMOH> Apollo Loran>> King KT 76a Transponder>> King KR6 ADF>> Radio master switch and push to talk button>> EQUIPMENT>> Turn Coordinator>> Alternate Static Air>> 4-Place Intercom - Voice Activated>> Carburetor Ice Detector>>> REMARKS>> 20 Hours Per Quart of Oil>> Full IFR Including Glide Scope & Localizer>> [INLINE]>> ASKING: $25,500>> Please Mention WINGS Online When You Call:>>> Cylinder Head Temperature Gauge>> --> /-------------------- |~~_____/~~__ |> |scott(at)haulpak.com | o' ~~|~~~ |>>This is trivia for Richard DeCosta ....I went to your web site.... and thought it interestingthat you would have the airplane that I used for nearlya year as my backdrop!The C172 on your web page caught my eye as beingvery familiar.=A0=A0 Just for kicks, I actually found thespecs on it (from 1996!) and posted them below.Actually, I was looking at possibly buying a 172and this one had caught my eye then.=A0 I find myselfwithout the funds for owning, giving instruction,four kids, wife, house repairs..... the usual storyfor now.-----------Incidently - took my instrument instructor=A0=A0 written exam last week --->=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 --> SCORE 100%=A0 !!!!=A0 ---> begin: vcard0240;Peoria;IL;61650-0240;U.S.A.> email;internet: scott(at)haulpak.com> title: Design Engineer> tel;work: 309-672-7706> tel;fax: 309-672-7753> tel;home: not posted> version: 2.1>>http://www.wrld.com/w3builder__________ ... __________
Yup, I think I found that cessna on one of the aircraft marketplaceweb site. I was looking for a good pic for my site, and themarketplace sites are full of them!---David Scott wrote:>> This is trivia for Richard DeCosta ....>> I went to your web site.... and thought it interesting> that you would have the airplane that I used for nearly> a year as my backdrop!>> The C172 on your web page caught my eye as being> very familiar. Just for kicks, I actually found the> specs on it (from 1996!) and posted them below.>> Actually, I was looking at possibly buying a 172> and this one had caught my eye then. I find myself> without the funds for owning, giving instruction,> four kids, wife, house repairs..... the usual story> for now.> -----------> Incidently - took my instrument instructor> written exam last week --->> Too bad no piets I know of are IFR certified!!!> ----------->>> [INLINE] 1964 Cessna 172>> [INLINE]>> PHOTOS AVAILABLE>> [INLINE] Exterior (48K jpg)> [INLINE] Panel (56K jpg)> [INLINE] Interior/Panel (45K jpg)>>> EXTERIOR>> Very Good>> INTERIOR>> Very Good>> AVIONICS>> 2 VORs - NARCO LOC AND GLIDE SCOPE>> KMA 24 Audio panel w/3 light marker>> VAL Com 760>> NARCO Com 120>>> Registration: N7757U>> Aircraft Total Time: 5500 Hours TT>> Zero Time Continental O-300 Engine 2/3/86 by Van Dusen>> Engine Time: 770 Hours SMOH> Apollo Loran>> King KT 76a Transponder>> King KR6 ADF>> Radio master switch and push to talk button>> EQUIPMENT>> Turn Coordinator>> Alternate Static Air>> 4-Place Intercom - Voice Activated>> Carburetor Ice Detector>>> REMARKS>> 20 Hours Per Quart of Oil>> Full IFR Including Glide Scope & Localizer>> [INLINE]>> ASKING: $25,500>> Please Mention WINGS Online When You Call:>>> Cylinder Head Temperature Gauge>> --> /-------------------- |~~_____/~~__ |> |scott(at)haulpak.com | o' ~~|~~~ |>>This is trivia for Richard DeCosta ....I went to your web site.... and thought it interestingthat you would have the airplane that I used for nearlya year as my backdrop!The C172 on your web page caught my eye as beingvery familiar.=A0=A0 Just for kicks, I actually found thespecs on it (from 1996!) and posted them below.Actually, I was looking at possibly buying a 172and this one had caught my eye then.=A0 I find myselfwithout the funds for owning, giving instruction,four kids, wife, house repairs..... the usual storyfor now.-----------Incidently - took my instrument instructor=A0=A0 written exam last week --->=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 --> SCORE 100%=A0 !!!!=A0 ---> begin: vcard0240;Peoria;IL;61650-0240;U.S.A.> email;internet: scott(at)haulpak.com> title: Design Engineer> tel;work: 309-672-7706> tel;fax: 309-672-7753> tel;home: not posted> version: 2.1>>http://www.wrld.com/w3builder__________ ... __________
Pietenpol-List: Re: enverted flight
Original Posted By: Michael Brusilow
Back in the late 60's or early 70's Forrest Lovely flew an original "Piet"from Minn. to Maine. When he departed Albany NY he did a snap roll ondeparture. He was only 16 or 17 at the time and there was a picture andarticle in the ALB newspaper about this kid doing a cross country in a 1930vintage homebuilt airplane.Gordon Brimhall wrote:> Well looks you have an aerobatic piet.>> get that 0-290 in it and you will be able to do snap rolls.>> nice that the plane will hold together.>> Gordon>> Eli or Robert or Teresa Bozeman wrote:>> > the recovery was to badddddd, it jecked the stick out of my hand, an i> > grabbed it and started to force it back, an thought it was going to> > set me up for a flat spin , so i relaxed a sec. an thought OK> > spin...forward, opposit rudder....no!!!!upside down...back,> > toprudder..3 turns an I'sss out of it!!!!> > don't ever want to do that again. On my plane if you go into a tight> > turn, it'll roll on over on to its back realy quick, may have a riggin> > problem???but I've got it in my hanger right now puttin a 0-290 (125> > hp) on it for a super Peit, just more climb realy no more going under> > powerlines, its one thing going under lines cause you want to but not> > cause you have toooooooo> >> > ---Dean Dayton wrote:> > >> > > Was there any indication of structural damage? I've read that the> > Piet> > > wings are only good for about 1g inverted.> > >> > > Was the recovery difficult or just scary?> > >> > >> > >> > > >Sorry Rob but your not the only Peit to go enverted!!!> > > > I put my peit into a enverted spin, hope I never do that agin!!!!> > I's> > > >doing a modified split-S, I thought kinda like a wing over, stuck in> > > >to much rudder and stall upside down, did 3 turns scared me worse> > than> > > >my pax,> > > >anyway Peits forevere if you keep em rightside up!!!!> > >> > >> > >> >> > --David B.Schober, CPEInstructor, Aviation MaintenanceFairmont State CollegeNational Aerospace Education CenterRt. 3 Box 13Bridgeport, WV 26330-9503(304) 842-8300________________________________________________________________________________
Back in the late 60's or early 70's Forrest Lovely flew an original "Piet"from Minn. to Maine. When he departed Albany NY he did a snap roll ondeparture. He was only 16 or 17 at the time and there was a picture andarticle in the ALB newspaper about this kid doing a cross country in a 1930vintage homebuilt airplane.Gordon Brimhall wrote:> Well looks you have an aerobatic piet.>> get that 0-290 in it and you will be able to do snap rolls.>> nice that the plane will hold together.>> Gordon>> Eli or Robert or Teresa Bozeman wrote:>> > the recovery was to badddddd, it jecked the stick out of my hand, an i> > grabbed it and started to force it back, an thought it was going to> > set me up for a flat spin , so i relaxed a sec. an thought OK> > spin...forward, opposit rudder....no!!!!upside down...back,> > toprudder..3 turns an I'sss out of it!!!!> > don't ever want to do that again. On my plane if you go into a tight> > turn, it'll roll on over on to its back realy quick, may have a riggin> > problem???but I've got it in my hanger right now puttin a 0-290 (125> > hp) on it for a super Peit, just more climb realy no more going under> > powerlines, its one thing going under lines cause you want to but not> > cause you have toooooooo> >> > ---Dean Dayton wrote:> > >> > > Was there any indication of structural damage? I've read that the> > Piet> > > wings are only good for about 1g inverted.> > >> > > Was the recovery difficult or just scary?> > >> > >> > >> > > >Sorry Rob but your not the only Peit to go enverted!!!> > > > I put my peit into a enverted spin, hope I never do that agin!!!!> > I's> > > >doing a modified split-S, I thought kinda like a wing over, stuck in> > > >to much rudder and stall upside down, did 3 turns scared me worse> > than> > > >my pax,> > > >anyway Peits forevere if you keep em rightside up!!!!> > >> > >> > >> >> > --David B.Schober, CPEInstructor, Aviation MaintenanceFairmont State CollegeNational Aerospace Education CenterRt. 3 Box 13Bridgeport, WV 26330-9503(304) 842-8300________________________________________________________________________________