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Brodhead 2021 -One month away
Builders, The annual Pietenpol Gathering at Brodhead Wisconsin is just a month away. It is held the weekend before Oshkosh, 90 miles south east of air venture. It is the very definition of a grass...
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Corvair/Zenith-750 STOL, On display at Oshkosh 2021
Builders; I spoke with Vinnie Maggiore of upstate NY, and he is flying his 750 STOL to Oshkosh this year. . Above, Vinnie’s 750 in my hangar in Florida during a visit this spring. Plane has a bit more...
View ArticleBrodhead 2021 – Shad Bell Corvair/Pietenpol
Builders; . Shad Bell is 99% done with an 18 month restoration/upgrade on the 500+ hour Pietenpol that his father Gary built many years ago. His goal is to fly it top Brodhead, and perhaps onto...
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Spark plugs and correct lubricants
Thus is a plug I took out of an engine that ran one hour. Notice it is he wrong plug, and it was installed without any lubricant. This is how threads get torn out of heads, and how time serts come out...
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Late night engine assembly
Builders, Here is a look at a freshly rebuilt motor which will run tomorrow. . Above, the engine. It came off a flying Dragonfly in California. I have known the builder a while, he flew the plane to...
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Earl’s Brand “Swivel Seal” Hose ends, the only ones to use.
Builders; There are two phrases that people use around aircraft construction and maintenance that make my skin crawl, challenge my anger management training, and earned me the ancient moniker “The...
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New engine run today
Builders; Here is a look at a rebuilt/ upgraded engine that got its first start snd break in run at my hangar today . . . . William
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Builders; Here is another look at carb testing tonight. . . Above, a mutually beneficial process. The engine is one I just finished upgrading and rebuilding. I’m putting some break in time on it...
View ArticleNew video, Twin JAG
Jim and Ginger flew up to Oshkosh today, in advance of air venture for a photo shoot with the EAA. Here is a video about the plane. Hope to see many of you at Oshkosh William.
View ArticleNow at Oshkosh 2021
Builders; A few seconds from Oshkosh 2021 set up, we are in #614, between the home built headquarters and the forums buildings Show starts Monday, but we are here to get set up early, have a day trip...
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Twin JaG main video premiere tonight
Builders, Don’t miss the live premiere of the twin JAG video on my YouTube channel tonight at 7pm est. Photo from 5am at Oshkosh. EAA put the Twin JAG in the #1 tie down spot for experimentals . William
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Corvair College 48 Barnwell, SC
KBNL This coming Corvair College in Barnwell, SC on November 5-7, 2021 will be my 48th College. We have now been holding these events for 20 years, all over America. This is an unmatched record of...
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Home from Oshkosh
Builders: We Got back at 10pm tonight. It was the most relaxed and fun Oshkosh I can remember. I owe it it my friends, better humans than I deserve This year we traveled in the luxurious Silverado of...
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At the Zenith factory, all home builders welcome
I will be at this event at the Zenith Aircraft factory for the next two days. Our host Sebastien Heintz, President of Zenith, extends a welcome to all people interested in home built aircraft. Hope to...
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Barnwell Corvair College #48 Cancelled
Barnwell Corvair College #48 Cancelled: Don Harper, head of the hosting team in Barnwell, Ken Pavlou, our online organizer and medical authority and myself, came to a very tough, but unanimous...
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Copper State Fly-in FlyCorvair information
Builders, Today and tomorrow in Arizona, Corvair builder, pilot and oil analysis expert Larry Nelson will be on hand. He will have his Corvair Powered Zenith 601HDS-TD on hand, the same aircraft that...
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JaG-2 Corvair Twin, on cover of Sport Aviation.
Builders; Jim and Ginger Tomaszewski’s much celebrated Corvair powered twin JaG-2 has made it to the cover of the March Sport Aviation, along with a feature story inside. Jim and Ginger brought the...
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Stories of the design, construction and testing of the Tomaszewski JaG-2,...
Builders; With Jim and Ginger Tomaszewski’s JaG-2 twin on the cover of Sport Aviation, a number of people have asked questions about its development. The feature story in the magazine is long, but...
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A respect for mechanical simplicity
Builders; Below is a picture of my truck, It left the GM #2 Truck Plant in Flint Michigan 36 years and 400,000 miles ago. I changed the front brake pads on it yesterday. Most people reading this know...
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Where is the Corvair conversation taking place?
Builders; In years past, I have been a prolific blog writer on this webpage. There are more than 1,400 stories here. But in recent months, my attention has been in the shop, and I have not written...
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