Pietenpol-List: another day of Pietenpoling
Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 2:44 pm
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Since the list has once again quieted down, I thought I'd just mention that I had another fine time in my Piet yesterday. Weather was typical hot August, wind was the usual slight x-wind out of the southeast, and the objective was Cannon Field, home of the International Liaison Pilot and Aircraft Association here in San Antonio ( http://www.centercomp.com/ILPA/ ). It's 25 statute miles from my home field, as the crow flies and if I don't violate the controlled airspace on the way.I never made it to Cannon. Got distracted with the many sights to see, the airwas very nice (not too bumpy), everything is still green from the rains of afew weeks ago, and I needed to practice laying down a nice swath of smoke on acouple of fields along the way. It's easy if you pick fields with the rows linedup with the wind, but trickier if they are cross wind or skewed. I don'thave smoke yet but a guy has to practice ;o)The Piet was in top flying form, performance was great, so were my landings. PoorSteve Dortch was down on the ground by his hangar, trying his level best tomake his old Suburban turn from a toad into a princess by the application ofa few meager coats of red paint, but between getting all wrapped up in blue maskingtape and fighting the heat and breeze, I think he and his painting buddiesgot more paint on them than on the Suburban. By the way, the guy wieldingthe spray gun (mostly) was Steve Jones, editor of the EAA Chapter 35 newsletterthat was nominated for one of the top five awards at Oshkosh for "best chapternewsletter". He and his wife Freda are our next-hangar-neighbors and aregreat folks. Not sure how the awards ended up but getting into the top five atOshkosh is plenty to be proud about.Oscar ZunigaAir Camper NX41CCSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net________________________________________________________________________________
Since the list has once again quieted down, I thought I'd just mention that I had another fine time in my Piet yesterday. Weather was typical hot August, wind was the usual slight x-wind out of the southeast, and the objective was Cannon Field, home of the International Liaison Pilot and Aircraft Association here in San Antonio ( http://www.centercomp.com/ILPA/ ). It's 25 statute miles from my home field, as the crow flies and if I don't violate the controlled airspace on the way.I never made it to Cannon. Got distracted with the many sights to see, the airwas very nice (not too bumpy), everything is still green from the rains of afew weeks ago, and I needed to practice laying down a nice swath of smoke on acouple of fields along the way. It's easy if you pick fields with the rows linedup with the wind, but trickier if they are cross wind or skewed. I don'thave smoke yet but a guy has to practice ;o)The Piet was in top flying form, performance was great, so were my landings. PoorSteve Dortch was down on the ground by his hangar, trying his level best tomake his old Suburban turn from a toad into a princess by the application ofa few meager coats of red paint, but between getting all wrapped up in blue maskingtape and fighting the heat and breeze, I think he and his painting buddiesgot more paint on them than on the Suburban. By the way, the guy wieldingthe spray gun (mostly) was Steve Jones, editor of the EAA Chapter 35 newsletterthat was nominated for one of the top five awards at Oshkosh for "best chapternewsletter". He and his wife Freda are our next-hangar-neighbors and aregreat folks. Not sure how the awards ended up but getting into the top five atOshkosh is plenty to be proud about.Oscar ZunigaAir Camper NX41CCSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net________________________________________________________________________________