Nice video. I stumbled upon this Piet by accident when it was being built. It was sitting in a driveway in Borden, IN I stopped and met the builder. He was surprised I knew what I was looking at. He built a nice example of a Pietenpol.
Unfortunately he passed away in 2021, and I never got to meet him. I bought it from his sons afterwards. I could tell how much care and thought he put into building it just by looking it over.
@@midwestmagneto I knew he had passed away from another Piet builder in Louisville. I'm glad the airplane has a caretaker that flys it and takes care of it. The airplane sat a while in the community hangar at JVY.
At one point, building mine, I had two model A engines, and I called 'Sam' to ask him what he thought about that engine over an A65...he said: "It depends on how much you like forced landings!"
The airplane was built by Bob McKinley near Louisville, KY. He flew it for about 10 years and then past away a few years ago, and I purchased it from his estate. He did a fantastic job, far better than I could ever do. I filmed this video mainly to watch my wheels during landing, I had a feeling my tailwheel spring was a little too light, which it looks like it was. I have since added another partial leaf and its stiffened up a bit.
Nice video. I stumbled upon this Piet by accident when it was being built. It was sitting in a driveway in Borden, IN I stopped and met the builder. He was surprised I knew what I was looking at. He built a nice example of a Pietenpol.
Unfortunately he passed away in 2021, and I never got to meet him. I bought it from his sons afterwards. I could tell how much care and thought he put into building it just by looking it over.
@@midwestmagneto I knew he had passed away from another Piet builder in Louisville. I'm glad the airplane has a caretaker that flys it and takes care of it. The airplane sat a while in the community hangar at JVY.
That is a beauiful aircraft and that was a nice landing.
Beautiful airplane!
Yeah...nice looking and
sounding airplane.
At one point, building mine, I had two model A engines, and I called 'Sam' to ask him what he thought about that engine over an A65...he said: "It depends on how much you like forced landings!"
I love everything about how this bird looks! Seems like a very relaxing flyer. Did you build it or purchase it from someone else?
The airplane was built by Bob McKinley near Louisville, KY. He flew it for about 10 years and then past away a few years ago, and I purchased it from his estate. He did a fantastic job, far better than I could ever do. I filmed this video mainly to watch my wheels during landing, I had a feeling my tailwheel spring was a little too light, which it looks like it was. I have since added another partial leaf and its stiffened up a bit.
I agree i always loved the lines of parasol old-timey aircraft... I'm deciding wether to try building one of these or a Legal Eagle
What engine is on your plane?
A65 Continental