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Bruce Culver’s Fokker XXI project concept.
Friends, Builder Bruce Culver wrote the note in blue below. He is kicking around a replica of a historic, but somewhat unknown, WWII fighter. The letter caught my eye because it has some elements I...
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Inexpensive panel…….part two.
Note: If the picture is small, try hitting F5 on the top of your keyboard Friends, Here is a look at a very simple panel for our Wagabond. A few days ago it was a brown grocery bag of instruments, some...
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Heavy Duty Gold Oil Systems, new cooler model.
Note: If the picture is small, try hitting F5 on the top of your keyboard Friends, For the last 6 years we have been offering Gold oil systems. The basic element of the system is the Filter housing,...
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“William, you ignorant troglodyte”…….(instrument options)
Friends, If you are old enough, you can remember when the last 5 minutes of the show 60 Minutes was given to Shana Alexander and Jack Kilpatrick for “Point counter point.” I thought of this when I read...
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Carb applications, choices people make
Friends, Yesterday at our airpark, 8 RV’s took off in succession, on 6 second intervals. At most airports this kind of flying is forbidden/frowned upon/ illegal. At our airpark it is just called going...
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Mail Sack, various topics, 12 /5/12.
Friends: Below is a lot of mail on many different subjects. It is a mixture of technical notes and social stuff. Both are welcome. A number of people write in each week to say that a balanced mixture...
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Cowling Inlet Area, marketing, accident stats, Darwin where are you?
Friends, I wanted to mention this earlier, but about a week ago I was Down at Arnold Holmes’ hangar at Leesburg FL doing some background work for Corvair College #25 in April 2013. (sounds like a long...
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Ammeters Pro and Con, & Flying like there is no tomorrow.
Friends, I got a very well thought out letter our friend Dave Aldrich in favor of Ammeters. In a previous post, I had said I did not like them in aircraft. Dave writes in to give another perspective....
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World’s Strongest 3,000cc Corvair, built by Greg Crouchley
If the pictures are small, press F5 at the top of your keyboard. Friends, Below is the story of Greg Crouchley. He is a Waiex builder from Rhode Island. Many people in the movement have met Greg at the...
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Holiday Hours, shop dates, Family notes.
Friends, The last two weeks of December are traditionally slow in the Corvair movement with builders being focused on their families. We are no different, in a few hours I am driving North to NJ, as...
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2013, What will be your reality?
Builders; We now have about 357 days left in 2013. All of us who love aviation have had a chance to consider what we accomplished in it during 2012, and have also had the chance to make some plan for...
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New Pietenpol, EAA #1279, French Valley CA
Note: If the pictures are small, try hitting F5 at the top of your keyboard. Builders; Steve Williamson, Pres. of EAA chapter 1279 in French valley CA wrote to say that their multi-year Pietenpol...
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New Pietenpol, Gary Boothe, Cool, Calif.
Note, if the photos are small, try hitting F5 at the top of your keyboard. Builders; Below are some photos and notes on Gary Boothe’s Pietenpol Aircamper. He has had the plane flying since September,...
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New Pietenpol #3, Mike Groah, Tulare, California
Builders; Continuing on the Pietenpol theme, we present round three of California Corvair powered Pietenpols. This magnificent bird is the work of Mike Groah and his father Vic. It has been flying a...
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Making a House Call on 1,000 Hour Pietenpol
Builders, In keeping with the developing “Pietenpol Week” theme, today Vern and I drove about 2 hours to the northern edge of Florida to make a house call on a Corvair powered Pietenpol that has been...
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Pietenpol review in pictures, 15 more Corvair powered Piets
Builders: In addition to the four ships highlighted earlier in the week, here are a few more selected Corvair Powered Piets. I drew these photos from our regular website Flycorvair.com. We have a lot...
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Cherry Grove story, “The long way home”
Builders; In 2010, I took some time the week after Oshkosh to travel to Cherry Grove, Bernard Pietenpols home town in Minnesota. I went there with Mark Petz, our Corvair cylinder head expert from...
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Cherry Grove story, Part 2.
Builders, Below is another piece I wrote about Cherry Grove and the spirit of homebuilding just after Oshkosh 2008. It was in our Oshkosh coverage that year. In the photo with me is Pietenpol builder...
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2,500 words about levels of aircraft finsh……
Builders; I received a thoughtful letter from a builder with a lot of positive comments, but they did mention the fact that their own personal aircraft was not likely to look as nice as Gary Boothe’s...
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Mail Sack 1/13/13, Pietenpol week and Cherry Grove stories.
Builders: Here is a sample of what came in the mail. Builder Earl Brown writes: “Thanks for the “Pietenpol Week”! Always great to have extra inspiration while working on mine” Builder Harold Bickford...
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