First Flight of Jack's Pietenpol Air Camper (SC99) 3/15/2015 

+Andre Marais When you do, please post a video of it.

Will do

We plan on doing a video, but still have problems with cooling the engine. He has tried many different things, but still over heating.

He is glowing like a little kid :) so inspiring!

Glad to hear he is okay! (and that the plane survived!)

Any news on him and his plans when to get the bird up again?

+Jeff Boatright Thanks Jeff.

Be sure to post a video if you can. Love to see it.

@@TugIronChief I thought the same thing.

It has already been sold. The person that bought it parted it out.

Just don't put a Ford engine in it.

After the last forced landing because the engine stopped running he sold it for parts. Good thing, it was trying to kill him.

Model "A"

Thomas Godwin. it need not be gated but there are communities built specifically for aviators.

Awesome thanks for the info.

We live in an Airpark, Whiteplains Plantation (SC99). Just outside of Columbia Airport control zone. (KCAE). It is a gated community. Homes are built around the runway. Have a paved airstrip that is 3000 feet long with pilot controlled lighting and a VASI on 27 end of the runway. The plane in the video experienced a crash landing that resulted in a broken prop and damage to the tail when it flipped over. The plane has been repaired and as soon as some engine work is completed it should be back in the air very soon. No one was hurt. For more information about our airpark visit our blog at whiteplainscommunity.blogspot.com/.

Update 12/12/2017 Jack is still having issues with the engine overheating. He is determined to find a solution to the problem but to date, nothing seems to work.

Update 8-28-2018 Jack had an engine failure this evening. After turning downwind the engine quite. The only option was landing on the road that runs next to our subdivision. At the last moment, he saw a wire running over the road and pulled up, missing it but causing the plane to mushroom down causing a hard landing. The main gear failed which cause the plane to veer off the road and into a wire fence. He didn't get hurt but had a lot of damage to the front and bottom of the plane and one wing tip.

I am not the builder of the plane, Jack built it. I just did the video. Jack no longer owns the plane, he sold it last year.

Thought the same thing.