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Click Image to Enlarge During the Great Depression Bernard Pietenpol wanted desperately to fly, but could not afford to buy a plane. So he built his own, a simple wood and fabric monoplane powered by a Model A Ford engine. When the “Experts” in the Modern Mechanics magazine declared such a plane could not fly, he piloted his home-made masterpiece to their Minneapolis headquarters and proved them wrong. Impressed by the plane’s clever design and gentle flying characteristics, they subsequently published his plans in their Flying and Glider Manual. Over the next years thousands of copies were built, and they are still being crafted worldwide today.
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