The aircraft is licensed under an amateur provision, however, which permits it to be flown.
But it managed to reach here -- via air -- from Minneapolis, Minn. Powered by a 40-horsepower Model 'A' FordenRine, the homemade aircraft was flown into P. and M, Flying Service
at Presque Isle by Forest Lovely, 18, of Minneapolis, Minn. Formerly of Ashland, Lovely is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn Lovely. Named the "Pietonpol Air Camper," the craft was constructed as a hobby by Bernard Pietonpol of Spring Valley, Wis., who also built 20 or 30 other models before he stopped.
The control panel includes a tachometer made from a converted model 'A' Ford speedometer, an altimeter, air speed indicator. compass, oil pressure and water temperature gauges and a 'ball' for determining whether the aircraft is flying level or not.
There are no controls or gauges in the passenger's seat up front, however, just that warning note.
The wheels on the landing gear are former World War I tail wheels of a Keystone British bomber. They are worn completely bald, cracked and split, but still are good for "about 50 years," according to Lovely.
The plane has no brakes, he pointed out. The only way to stop the machine in a hurry is to ground loop it.
Lovely has been flying "a couple of years" and has about 250 hours flying time. He is visiting his aunt and uncle in Mapleton, Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn Smith.
Lovely doesn't own the plane, but works at an airport for the man who does.
Lovely said he usually flies at about 2,000 feet. He took it up to 11,000 feet once, he claims, but he only had a T-shirt on and it got cold.