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Pietenpol

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robert.lees

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Joined
May 21, 2003
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57
Location
Leicester, UK (EGBG)
I got my checkout in a Pietenpol at Brodhead two weeks ago...the "owner" swung the prop and yelled in my ear "It'll fly at 40!" So much for a check-out...my first open-cockpit, first tailskid, first no brakes, first rudder-bar, etc etc. He was right, it flew at 40. Landed at 40, too.

Great fun!
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