Pietenpol Fly-In at the Brodhead Airport...

A year ago I was mentoring a new photographer. We were in Brodhead looking for interesting things to photograph. On the way out of town, we went down Airport Road and passed the airport. (A very small place with a grass strip.) I noticed a number of older planes.

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.