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Randy Bush’s Pietenpol hits 500 hours.
Builders, An email arrived last night from Randy Bush, saying that he just crossed over the 500 hour mark on his Pietenpol. If you are new to homebuilding you probably understand that this is a...
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Zenith 601/650 Motor mounts, P/N 4201(A)
Builders: It’s 3 am here and we are still up, just part of the fun of prepping for Oshkosh. This is the time of night when you take a break from answering email, wander over to the refrigerator and...
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Mail Sack, 7/13/14
Builders, Here is a sample of the mail: . On the story of: Zenith 601/650 Motor mounts, P/N 4201(A) Zenith 601XL builder/flyer Phil Maxson writes: “I think you may be a bit to hard on salespeople here....
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Pietenpol Motor Mounts, P/N 4201(C)
Builders, In the morning, I am heading to the powder coater, to drop off a dozen Corvair mounts that are heading to Brodhead and Oshkosh with us. We will pick the up and pack them in just before we...
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Corvair Power Parking Row at Oshkosh.
Builders, We are a week away from Oshkosh. 601 XL builder and Corvair event organizer extrodinare Ken Pavlou would like to remind pilots of Corvair powered planes that he has reserved a row right in...
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Corvair College #26, Sept. in MO., Registration open
Builders Corvair College #26 will be in Mexico MO, at the Zenith factory, September 18-20, Just before September Open House, so that builders can take in both events. We will have several Corvair...
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Corvair College #27, Nov. in SC, Registration open.
Builders Registration for Corvair College #27 is now open. This will be our 4th College at Barnwell SC. P.F. Beck and crew are the local hosts November 8th-10th. This is traditionally the largest...
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Communist Chinese government at Oshkosh
Homebuilders: One of the things that I dislike about our aviation industry is the fact that many people in the management of US companies have sold them to the AVIC, the aviation front company that is...
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Oshkosh Forums 2013, Flycorvair / Wm. Wynne
Builders: Below are my 2013 Oshkosh forums. Lest anyone think that I do not appreciate the good people who make up the bulk of the work force at Headquarters, let me directly say that I worked for EAA...
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Mailsack 7/24/13
Builders: The topic below touched a nerve with builders. I also received a number of private letters. One of them I read very carefully came from a thoughtful builder who had lived and worked in China....
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Brodhead, Oshkosh and Beyond 2013
Builders: Here is the photo report from our 3,400 mile 18-state 21-day road trip that encompassed Brodhead, Oshkosh, and House Calls. As always, there are many photos of people because homebuilt...
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Last 24 hours to register for CC#26
Builders In 24 hours we will be closing the registration for Corvair College #26 in Mexico MO. This event is being held at the Zenith factory just before their open house next month. We are now just...
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3,000cc/Billet Crank Shortblock, Destination: Waiex
Builders, Below is another look at a high quality Corvair. This particular engine is in my shop right now, but is soon headed to its owner. The engine is something of a ‘kit’, and it is a clone of the...
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Back from the road, notes on Communications
Builders It has been 18 days since we returned from Brodhead/Oshkosh/visiting family, and it is 18 days until we leave for Corvair College #26. I have laid off writing in the last few weeks to get a...
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Deal Of The Day: Ellison EFS-3A and intake
Builders, Below is the “Deal of the Day”, an Ellison EFS-3a throttle body carb on one of our original 13 degree canted stainless intake manifolds. Note, If the picture is small, hit F5 at the top of...
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Deal of the Day, simple MA3 carb. (Sold at 1 am, 9/1/13)
Builders: Here is the next “Deal of the Day. It is an MA3 carb. Please note that it is not an MA3-SPA, the primary carb we use. The difference is that the SPA model has an accelerator pump, which also...
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Deal Of The Day, 2700cc Gen. 2 Engine, w/rear alt. and HD oil sys.
Builders, Todays ‘Deal of the Day’ is a big-ticket item, an Engine, complete, test run with new logs. The engine is a 2700 cc Corvair Bored .030″ It has a Gen 2 Dan Weseman bearing on it, complete with...
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Deal Of The Day, early generation hub…(Sold 2:11 am, 9/3/13)
Builders: Today’s deal of the day is an early generation black hub / starter and alternator arrangement. These parts actually flew on our Zenith 601XL in 2004. They have been used on another test...
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Corvair College #26 and #27 notes.
Builders Registration for Corvair College #26 is now closed. We have 76 builders signed up for the event, which will run from noon on the 18th to 10:30am on the 20th. We have planned it this way so...
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Friday out of shop until 4pm.
Builders: It’s 2;30 am here, and in another 4.5 hours we will be starting a 1/2 day tour of our CNC machine shops in central Florida. While the day before we leave for a College or an airshow is busy,...
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