Pietenpol flight

[@Kevin_747]

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.

[@midwestmagneto]

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.

[@Kevin_747]

@@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.

[@kirbyn2010]

That is a beauiful aircraft and that was a nice landing.

[@davidholmgren659]

Yeah...nice looking and sounding airplane.

[@wilsonandremachadosilveira4200]

Beautiful airplane!

[@davidholmgren659]

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!"

[@waynegilchrist3535]

I love everything about how this bird looks! Seems like a very relaxing flyer. Did you build it or purchase it from someone else?

[@midwestmagneto]

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.

[@barnabyandanthonysofficial1497]

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

[@MarkKenison]

What engine is on your plane?

[@midwestmagneto]

A65 Continental