If you've found this page, you probably have an interest in Model "A" Ford powered Pietenpols. That's why we've collected these links -- to make it easy to find the Ford-powered jobs!

Just in case you didn't know -- The two-place Model 'A' Ford-powered Pietenpol Air Camper first flew in 1929. The Piet was the first practical homebuilt airplane to be powered by an inexpensive and readily available automobile engine. It's been flying low and slow ever since.

When visiting the pages listed below, use your Browser's "Back" command to return here. If you use the Pietenpol links at the bottom of these pages, you will be exploring the world of Pietenpols -- powered by not only Model "A's;" but by Corvairs -- and by Continentals -- and by other engines, too.

• (1/10/97) Mark Anderson built and flew a Ford-powered Pietenpol Air Camper at the age of 16. Here's LeRoy Cook's 1989 Kitplane article about Mark and his Piet.

• (10/24/96) Daniel Boyd sends us a wonderful story -- with pictures -- about an early Buckeye Pietenpol Aviator: The Fun Flying Farmer!

• (10/8/96) Doug Bryant's fine Ford-powered Pietenpol Air Camper first flew in the summer of 1996. See the cover story of BPAN issue #53 (October '96) for more. And here's a later report on Doug's fine ship!
  A photo by Grant MacLaren:
  
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• Indiana's Door Prarie Museum has a Ford-powered Pietenpol Air Camper in its collection. See color pictures of it here.

• (4/21/97) Model "A" Ford engines were Mr. Pietenpol's choice of power for his first sucessful two-place airplane. Here's a chart showing the torque and horsepower curves of the old mill -- and why our favorite four-banger is still such a good choice today. (More about this in the video.)

• John Greenlee's 'A'-powered Air Camper project.

• Visit Don Hicks's Ford-powered Pietenpol Air Camper project with a March, '96 letter from Don.

• Here's the Model 'A' Ford-powered Pietenpol Air Camper built by Howard Henderson. It's now owned by Joe Santana.

• (2/9/97) You won't want to miss the report from Simon McCormack. He's our builder "down under" in Tasmania.

• (1/5/97) Bill Poiry's Ford-powered Air Camper project.

• Joe Santana now owns 444MH, theModel 'A' Ford-powered Pietenpol Air Camper built by Howard Henderson.

• Dynamometer Tests of the Model 'A' Here's where you get the article Ron Kelly tests the Ford Model "A" engine.

• Model 'B' Ford Engine -- Want to see what it looks like? It's a 200K JPEG image that'll give you a good view of a 'B's' innards. And, on the same page, the "Model 'C' myth" is dispelled by Gar Williams .

• Join the the Buckeye Pietenpol Association (and see the cover of some recent issues of our quarterly newsletter.)

• The videotape "The Model "A" Ford Powered Pietenpol Air Camper" is available for purchase. Click here for details.

• Did you know MARC's Missouri Valley Region has a web site fillled with links to lots of other Model 'A' Ford stuff? Click here for details.