after the aeroshow, we set out to see some exotica and meet one of Lee's flying mates, Bob Morris, who is a former Marine fighter pilot, USN Test Pilot, and Commanding Officer of VMFA-115 (F4 squadron) at MCAS Beaufort (he is now a G-IV and G-V pilot with NetJets)....in view is one of this gent's fab aeroplanes, and a hanger door that he is attempting to finish in the SC heat of the day...click on the image to see the rest of this series...

according to Lee, "the aeroplane in question here is a Pietenpol - a home built airplane designed and first flown in 1928...most of the early ones had Model A Ford engines...it became available as a kit in 1934...in the sixties a lot of builders changed to Corvair engines...the designer, Bernard Pietenpol died in 1984, but the airplanes are alive and well... You can still buy a kit today...Mr. Pietenpol was a self taught engineer, who designed his own airfoils and did his own stress analyses"...