Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: Michael Perez
My $.02 on the whole purity issue is this. (not that anyone really cares)My hat is off, big time, to anyone with the gumption to finish ascratch-built stick and fabric airplane and actually FLY it successfully.It takes a unique person to accomplish such a goal, and there are fewer andfewer of them around in this country.I AM all about being smart in your decisions and modifications, but I stillmust respect the person the person's perseverance who actually finishes aplane EVEN if it's filled with bone-headed "improvements" and flies likecrap and becomes a "Barnstormers.com queen". They weren't wise, but theyactually DID something pretty hard to do. I don't respect their "commonsense" but I certainly can respect the fact that they finished it.Just because of simple historicity, I think a plane should be labeledaccurately. A Grega is a Grega, a Pietenpol is a Pietenpol, a combinationof both is an "unnamed experimental" inspired by both.I do think we can start sounding pretty silly when we can't call a Pietenpoland Pietenpol because it uses motorcycle wheels rather than original Jennywheels, or ply leading edges rather than oatmeal box cardboard scroungedfrom the dump at midnight.Douwe________________________________________________________________________________Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 06:45:21 -0700 (PDT)

Original Posted By: Steven Dortch
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: crisp and clean Pietenpol purity...

Original Posted By: owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com
Hear, Hear, Douwe!I agree. As Larry Williams (ex Top Curmudgeon) once begrudgingly admitted"We're all Snowflakes!"Now enough discussion on this. If you have a flying Pietenpol (of whateverpersuasion) go fly it now that the weather is finally becoming spring-like.If you are building one, then get into your shop and make some sawdust! I'mgoing to spend the day dragging all the crap that has accumulated in myhangar out of the way so I can get the Piet out and fly it today.Jack PhillipsNX899JPSmith Mountain Lake, Virginia _____

Original Posted By: "William Wynne"
Well said Douwe. How about those of us who elected to widen the fuselage ,or a different tail wheel. It still looks like a Piet and you can,t tell the 2 inch wider fiuse by looking at it. GardinerSent from my iPadOn Mar 10, 2014, at 9:44 AM, "Douwe Blumberg" wrote:> My $.02 on the whole purity issue is this (not that anyone really cares)> > My hat is off, big time, to anyone with the gumption to finish a scratch-built stick and fabric airplane and actually FLY it successfully. It takes a unique person to accomplish such a goal, and there are fewer and fewer of them around in this country.> > I AM all about being smart in your decisions and modifications, but I still must respect the person the person=99s perseverance who actually finishes a plane EVEN if it=99s filled with bone-headed =9Cimprovements=9D and flies like crap and becomes a =9CBarnstormers.com queen=9D. They weren=99t wise, but they actually DID something pretty hard to do. I don=99t respect their =9Ccommon sense=9D but I certainly can respect the fact that they finished it.> > Just because of simple historicity, I think a plane should be labeled accurately. A Grega is a Grega, a Pietenpol is a Pietenpol, a combination of both is an =9Cunnamed experimental=9D inspired by both.> > I do think we can start sounding pretty silly when we can=99t call a Pietenpol and Pietenpol because it uses motorcycle wheels rather than original Jenny wheels, or ply leading edges rather than oatmeal box cardboard scrounged from the dump at midnight> > Douwe> > > > > > ============================================================================================================================================> ________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: crisp and clean Pietenpol purity...