When I got home I fired up my browser and Googled “Brodhead Airport”. Well they were holding the annual Pietenpol Fly-In. So I decided that the next year, (2018), I’d go there to to see what it was all about and take some photographs.
So this past Thursday, June 19, I drove over to the airport. The weather was cloudy and gloomy and not the best for flying. Yet there were a number of airplanes there. Apparently the weather on Wednesday afternoon to the west of us kept some people from making the trip.
So I wandered around and took some photographs.
On Friday the 20th, I went out again. Unfortunately it was raining off and on, more on than off. I did talk to a guy who had flown his plane in from Minneapolis on Wednesday. I got a brief history of the Pietenpol airplane from him. Very interesting. You can read about it’s history here: https://www.pietenpolaircraftcompany.com/pietenpol-air-camper-history
So here are some photographs from Thursday and Friday. I plan to go back next year. Hopefully the weather will be better.
