In Britain we also had an aircraft powered by a modified Ford A engine a thing called a Kronfeld Drone which was a Slingsby sailplane where it was mounted on top of the wing. I have no idea if it was thruth but I've heard it said that they had a tendency to overheat and drop the hot overflow water down the back of the pilot's neck. Love your obvious passion for what amounts to a potted biography of all the people involved.
1:04 A little credit to Edward Heath, please. He built the first Heath Parasol in 1926 with plans available to home builders in 1929. It used a motorcycle engine, not an auto engine. 1:41 Weston Farmer became a naval architect and you can still purchase plans for boats he designed.
I bought my plans from Bernard in Cherry Grove in 1977 after going to his hanger on a farm field just out of town. Watched his Corvair powered version fly and fly very well. Sharing hanger space was one that he built in 1934 or 1937. He had had recent surgery, gall bladder or some such. behind the little shop next to his home, he had a Piper fuselage on which he had built the first Corvair installation. Next to it was a Corvair Automobile which he had customized by adding the front fenders and hood from a '56 Chevy. Cut down and blended to fit the 'vair. Insert a key in the center of the 'hood', turn & open to see the Corvair trunk welded to the fenders. It was quite clever. He had small steam engines on the shelf in his shop along with old Victrolas and dozens of rolled recordings. It was amazing to see all the inventions and ways his mind worked.
Great to see someone actually do a history of Pietenpol. You did a great job, young lady! You should write your stories down and self-publish a book of them using the Kindle Direct Publishing tools at Amazon.
Nice job, Hannah! I live near a Pietenpal that was built with a Ford model A engine and as much as I can see, was pretty true to the original plans. The builder and his wife have died and a son would like to sell it. If you are interested, I could email you photos of it that I took a couple of weeks ago. It needs a good home and I have to small experimental already.
Hi Joshua, our apologies for not replying sooner. The museum is open five days a week right now, and you can always view our updated hours or special events on our website: www.kelchmuseum.org. Thanks!
Thank you Hannah 👍
Good job young lady, you have a bright future no matter what you decide to do…
In Britain we also had an aircraft powered by a modified Ford A engine a thing called a Kronfeld Drone which was a Slingsby sailplane where it was mounted on top of the wing. I have no idea if it was thruth but I've heard it said that they had a tendency to overheat and drop the hot overflow water down the back of the pilot's neck. Love your obvious passion for what amounts to a potted biography of all the people involved.
1:04 A little credit to Edward Heath, please. He built the first Heath Parasol in 1926 with plans available to home builders in 1929. It used a motorcycle engine, not an auto engine.
1:41 Weston Farmer became a naval architect and you can still purchase plans for boats he designed.
I bought my plans from Bernard in Cherry Grove in 1977 after going to his hanger on a farm field just out of town. Watched his Corvair powered version fly and fly very well. Sharing hanger space was one that he built in 1934 or 1937. He had had recent surgery, gall bladder or some such. behind the little shop next to his home, he had a Piper fuselage on which he had built the first Corvair installation. Next to it was a Corvair Automobile which he had customized by adding the front fenders and hood from a '56 Chevy. Cut down and blended to fit the 'vair. Insert a key in the center of the 'hood', turn & open to see the Corvair trunk welded to the fenders. It was quite clever. He had small steam engines on the shelf in his shop along with old Victrolas and dozens of rolled recordings. It was amazing to see all the inventions and ways his mind worked.
Wow, this is such a cool story! Thank you for sharing it with us! Bernard sounds like such an amazing person.
Not only a great story,but presented by a beautiful young lady
Thanks for sharing
Great to see someone actually do a history of Pietenpol. You did a great job, young lady! You should write your stories down and self-publish a book of them using the Kindle Direct Publishing tools at Amazon.
Thank you for your kind words! There's so much to learn about aviation.
Nice job, Hannah! I live near a Pietenpal that was built with a Ford model A engine and as much as I can see, was pretty true to the original plans. The builder and his wife have died and a son would like to sell it. If you are interested, I could email you photos of it that I took a couple of weeks ago. It needs a good home and I have to small experimental already.
Is it still forsale
@@jamesringler987 Not that I know of. Sorry.
Thank you Hanna. I enjoyed your story on Bernard.
Glad you enjoyed it!
sooo well done! great presentation, you had me delightfully engaged. not to mention the very cool history! Two thumbs up!
Thank you very much!
I love your enthusiasm and I hope the grand opening that's coming up goes great!
From docent to docent this is great stuff.
Enjoyed watching this very much. Thanks for making this video. I started mine 9 months ago. Tail feathers about done.
Thank you so much. Good luck with your Pietenpol! Hope you can fly it to the fly-in here when you're finished!
Good to meet an 18yo female aviation enthusiast!
Will the museum be open during Airventure? I can’t make it to the Pietenpol fly in.
Hi Joshua, our apologies for not replying sooner. The museum is open five days a week right now, and you can always view our updated hours or special events on our website: www.kelchmuseum.org. Thanks!
Never trust the press. Good history lesson of early aviation.
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Loose the music sweetie.
Learn to spell, sweetheart
It's spelled with one 'o', as in "Lose the attitude."