Pietenpol-List: Rick Holland's outstanding looking and sounding Pietenpol
Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 8:36 am
Original Posted By: Dan Yocum
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Rick Holland's outstanding looking and sounding Pietenpolin ColoradoI couldn't help but smile when watching this outstanding video of Rick Holland's Corvair-powered Pietenpolvideo. (thank you Bill Church for the working link)If you close your eyes after engine start and let your mind listen, Rick's engine actually has the sound of a P-51Rolls Royce Merlin engine in the lower RPM range. Magnificent Rick.Rick's cockpit and instrument panels are incredibly clean looking without clutter or complexity and your workmanshiplooks nothing short of impeccable !And did I notice you wearing a color-coordinated long sleeved shirt Rick ? Nice.If you've never met Rick at Brodhead or Oshkosh he's a very unassuming type who won't brag about the fact that he'san FAA Certified Flight Instructor or about his professional accomplishments, yet he's been building for many years nowand attending Brodhead for a long time in the background-keeping at it, slowly but surely fabricating, learning, assembling,and reaching for the bottom of the 9th when he'll get his Airworthiness Certificate and start the second game of thedouble header as starting pitcher when he starts flying his beautiful new Pietenpol.Stuff like this is why I haven't dropped off the list. Way cool.Mike C.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vm0QsmN0 ... ______Date: Wed, 04 May 2011 10:12:44 -0500
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Rick Holland's outstanding looking and sounding Pietenpolin ColoradoI couldn't help but smile when watching this outstanding video of Rick Holland's Corvair-powered Pietenpolvideo. (thank you Bill Church for the working link)If you close your eyes after engine start and let your mind listen, Rick's engine actually has the sound of a P-51Rolls Royce Merlin engine in the lower RPM range. Magnificent Rick.Rick's cockpit and instrument panels are incredibly clean looking without clutter or complexity and your workmanshiplooks nothing short of impeccable !And did I notice you wearing a color-coordinated long sleeved shirt Rick ? Nice.If you've never met Rick at Brodhead or Oshkosh he's a very unassuming type who won't brag about the fact that he'san FAA Certified Flight Instructor or about his professional accomplishments, yet he's been building for many years nowand attending Brodhead for a long time in the background-keeping at it, slowly but surely fabricating, learning, assembling,and reaching for the bottom of the 9th when he'll get his Airworthiness Certificate and start the second game of thedouble header as starting pitcher when he starts flying his beautiful new Pietenpol.Stuff like this is why I haven't dropped off the list. Way cool.Mike C.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vm0QsmN0 ... ______Date: Wed, 04 May 2011 10:12:44 -0500