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After more than 60 years in production, the Pietenpol is still a popular plane amongst home-
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Brussels, is Don Pietenpol, son of the plane's designer.
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THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1996 PAGE 7.
Plane designer's son flies in for Pietenpol fly-in
magazine and the requests began to
pour in.
In a recent spring cleaning of his
father's papers, Don Pictenpol, vis-
iting Jim Armstrong's in Brussels
for the Pietenpol fly-in, June 15,
said orders were found for supplies
which would have- built at least
6,000 planes. "If he hadn't needed
the supplies, he wouldn't have
ordered them," smiles Pietcnpol.
In production for more than 60
years, Pietenpol said people from
every walk of life and from around
the world have ordered Pietenpol
plans.
One third of the people ordering
plans are retired airline or air force
pilots, he said. "Actually, a Pieten-
pol is being built aboard an aircraft
carrier as we speak, but of course I
can't mention names or locations,"
As for those considering building
a craft themselves, Pietenpol says
the average time for construction is
seven years or 1,000 hours, "but it
has been done in as little as six
weeks and as long as 32 years," he
laughs.
As for himself, Pietenpol took his
first flight at three, flew the plane at
nine and obtained his pilot's license
at the age-of 16.
"When my father was flying,
planes were considered sinful,
though I never quite figured that
out. I guess people thought they
weren't in harmony with God's
plan."
Years later, when on a visit to
Osh Kosh, the location of 10 per
cent of all (American) planes,
Pietenpol said he thought, "if God
doesn't like planes, here is His
chance to destroy a lot in one
strike."
Pietenpol, now eight years into
his retirement from an engineering
position with IBM, said the family
tradition of flying continues. His
son still flies the last Pietenpol ever
built by his father, Bernard.
By Janice Becker
The name Pietenpol can conjure
up different images for different
people.
To those of Dutch descent, it
translates to Peter's pollen (as in
tulip cultivator); for airplane buffs,
it is the name of one of the most
popular self-built single-wing
planes designed in the 1920s. But
for one descendent of the Pietenpol
family, it has proven frustrating.
A granddaughter of Bernard
Pietenpol, inventor of the plane,
had strived for years to become a
noted cancer researcher and mem-
ber of a hospital staff before the
age of 30. She toured the United
Dorothy Dilworth hosted 12
tables of euchre Monday evening,
June 10 at the Ethel Hall.
Winners were: 50/50, Dorothy
Hamilton; high lady, Verna Craw-
ford; high man, Oscar Schefter; low
lady, Jean McNaughton; low man,
Bob Bremner; most lone hands,
Marguerite Beirnes, Adrian Ver-
stoep, tally card draw, Margaret
McNeil, Gordon Thedorf, Viola
Goderich's long running Festival
of Arts and Crafts begins Friday,
July 5 at 12 noon and runs until
Sunday, July 7 at 6 p.m. The
Festival is held in the beautiful
Courthouse Park on the Square in
the centre of Goderich, the
"Prettiest Town in Canada".
Artisans, crafts, painters and
photographers from all over
Ontario come to the Festival of
Arts and Crafts to display and sell
their creations. Some of the
highlights of this year's Festival are
performances by Kim and Lori
Ladd and the Lighthouse Swing
Band, the Shriner's Friday evening
Fish Fry, the Rotary Book Sale,
and Big Sisters Tea Garden. There
will also be entertainment for
States lecturing researchers and
doctors on the latest developments.
On one such tour, she decided to
enjoy the afternoon away from the
lecture hall and hit the nearby ski
slopes.
While riding the ski lift, a casual
conversation with the other occu-
pant brought out her name, Dr.
Pietenpol.
The reply,"Hey, was it your
grandfather who designed those
planes."
The name Pietenpol, synony-
mous with home-craft airplanes,
was created in the late 1920s by
Bernard Pietenpol of Minnesota.
Within a few years, the design was
published in Modern Mechanic
Adams, Keith Turnbull, Aileen
Mann, Walter Harrifield, Isabell
Craig, Grace Smith, Shirley Ver-
stoep and Allan Edgar.
Congratulations to Ruth and
Chester Earl who celebrated 50
years of marriage at the Elma Twp.
public School, Newry with an open
house on Saturday. They are former
Ethel residents. Many people
attended to wish them all the best.
children including Dicky Dean The
Magician and face painting by
Jenny The Clown. Since there is no
admission fee this Festival is
perfect for buyers and browsers
alike. The Festival hours are: July 5
- noon to 9 p.m.; July 6 - 10 a.m. to
6 p.m.; July 7 - noon to 6 p.m.
In the past this event was
organized by the Town of
Goderich's Recreation Dept. This
year the Festival of Arts and Crafts
is being co-ordinated by the
Women's Shelter and Counselling
Services of Huron. The fundraising
committee consists of board
members, shelter staff and
volunteers from the community,
and is working very hard to make
this year's Festival of Arts and
Crafts a success!
The news from
thel
Arts festival, July 5