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Have you ever seen Ken Pietsch land his Interstate Cadet on top of the camper? If you have not, sale its a pretty neat site. He also flies his show, cheap looses an aileron, price flies recklessly, dragging his wing on the ground, etc. You get the idea. Check out this photo…
Did you know that he crashed a couple of weeks ago? Apparently was looking for the dropped aileron on the groun and snagged an obstacle.
I did hear of that. Hopefully he can perform in Reno this year. I have seen him at a lot of different air shows and his performance is unreal. He sheds an aileron at each show intentionally and then does a few different numbers and then puts it on the camper. That interstate cadet he flies is a real performer.
I watched him at Tucumcari in 2011 IIRC. At that time he landed on a pickyp truck, modified with a similar landing platform. That camper must’ve just ran out. I imagine it put on 50k miles a year easily. The same platform sits somewhat closer to the ground on that truck.
I’m getting my t/w training in another 1942 Cadet right now. My instructor said that Kent gave him a call once, because he has another Cadet (airworthy, not a parts airplane), looking to buy it for spares.