<VV> Corvairs from above

[Scott Morehead]

Folks - these are some of the guys and gals that use our air cooled engines in a truly Airy environment - Just saying - if you or your club happens to be in the area it might be an interesting drop in for the ground based machines to meet with the their air apparent cousins as they go up up and away. See below



Friends, 
 
For the past
three years we’ve been very fortunate to have our CONTACT! Magazine annual
fly-in hosted by the fine people at the Golden West Fly-in (Marysville
California), who rolled out the red carpet for us. But each year the weather
seemed to not want to cooperate. Last year we had a record-shattering heat wave,
and the year before that we had 40 mph winds with low temps to match. 

Each of
these weather-related issues kept people from showing up, so our numbers have
been slowly declining while they should be rising exponentially. So in the last
issue I made mention of a few places we were considering, one such place being
French Valley Airport (F70), near Temecula California. Not long after that I
received an email from the French Valley EAA chapter (Pietenpol builders!)
offering their full assistance. Long story short, I paid them a visit and they
voted to help us all they can. 
 
So with
that, I’m pleased to announce that on Saturday September 27, 2014, we’ll be
hosting our 11th annual Alternative
Engine and Experimental Aircraft Round-Up at French Valley Airport. The
event will have a soft start on Friday, Sept 26th, as we receive and welcome
arrivals. On Saturday we’ll have a day of educational forums and lots of cool
stuff to see on the ramp. We’ll have a nice catered dinner that evening, and
the next day we’ll be there to help those who flew in to get home safely. 
 
None of the
details are set in stone (except the date and the place) but we plan to have
easy access from the parking lot to the forums for those who drive in, and
plenty of ground support (including transportation to and from motels) for
those who fly-in. The uncontrolled field has a beautifully paved 6000’ x 75’
lighted runway, lots of tiedown space, and even a few vacant hangars that can
be rented by the day for those who wish to keep their planes inside overnight.
Additionally, there’s a very nice restaurant on the field. For more
information, please visit our website: 
http://www.contactmagazine.com/roundup.html

(still a
work in progress) 
 
And if you’d
like to display your plane, present an educational forum, offer assistance or
even display a product, please let me know as soon as possible. You can reach
me best by email: 
 
Editor at ContactMagazine.com
or by my calling office phone number during normal business hours: 
559-584-3306 
 
We hope to
see you there! 
 
I’d also like
to take a moment to let you know that we are about to deliver our special, 85th
Pietenpol anniversary issue of CONTACT! Magazine, and to thank all
of you who were at the Brodhead Pietenpol gathering or AirVenture and either
bought the single issue or went the distance and subscribed to CONTACT! 
 
And I'd
especially like to thank ALL who participated in the making of this issue. If
it wasn't for their generosity of information, we wouldn't have this awesome
issue. It was our great pleasure to work with these individuals that helped us
create this special 32 page issue filled with Pietenpol articles. Here’s a link
to the cover image: 
http://tinyurl.com/CM-Issue108 
 
Here’s the
table of contents: 
 
•Dan
Helsper’s Ford A Powered Pietenpol.— Oscar Zuniga introduces us to a special
Pietenpol built by Dan Helsper, who did his best to stick to the plans wherever
practical, including the engine. 
 
•Ol’
Tattered Wingtips.— Pietenpol patriarch Donald “Doc” Mosher tells of some of
the inside tips that help fill in the gaps left in the various Pietenpol plan
sets currently available. 
 
•Got Gas?—
Steve Williamson, President of EAA Chapter 1279 based at French Valley Airport,
gives us a little insight into the traps that can arise when building a plane
as a chapter, and details the fuel system in the Pietenpol they built. 
 
•1937
Pietenpol Air Camper NX308MB— Gary Boothe shares his story of building this
simple yet elegant version of Bernard Pietenpol’s Corvair-powered Air Camper,
as a tribute to his father. 
 
•Greg
Bacon’s Turbo Subaru EA-82T Pietenpol Air Camper— Oscar Zuniga presents the
tale of “Mountain Piet,” a straightforward incarnation designed to be flown
from a field in Colorado with a summertime density altitude approaching 11,000
feet. 
 
•Chris
Rusch’s “MitsuPIETshi” Air Camper— Oscar Zuniga highlights some of the many
details that make this Air Camper unique, including the Mitsubishi forklift
engine that was overhauled before being adapted to its new chore of powering a
classic bird. 
 
•11th Annual
Alternative Engine Round-Up— The fine people from EAA Chapter 1279 have stepped
up and offered to cohost our annual fly-in. This year;s event will be held on
Saturday, September 27th at the French Valley Airport near Temecula California. 
 
If you’re
interested in receiving CONTACT! Magazine, please contact us
by phone, e-mail, or just simply drop a check in the mail to us and we’ll enter
you into our database just in time to receive this issue. The link to our
subscription page is at the very bottom of this note. 
 
Please
remember that CONTACT! Magazine is a recognized 501(c)3 non-profit,
educational resource. We publish CONTACT! not as a moneymaking
endeavor, but rather as a labor of love- love for experimental aviation. 
 
As
previously stated, we just returned from a very successful trip to the Brodhead
Pietenpol gathering and Oshkosh. We met some great people with some new
products and interesting planes that we’ll be writing about in upcoming issues
and I know you won’t want to miss out. 
 
Additionally,
we finally picked up the full-color version of Alternative Engines Volume 4 from the printer just before I left for OSH. I had a good supply of them at
Brodhead and AirVenture and totally sold out by the third day. While I was away
at the show, my wife Veronica mailed out several hundred to those who were kind
enough to preorder so that we would have the funds to self-publish. She’s still
not done so if you preordered and haven’t received yours yet, hang in there a
few more weeks. If you haven’t ordered yours yet, now is the time to do it! 
 
 
Best regards,

Scott Morehead
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