-----Original Message----- From: Flesner via KRnet Sent: Friday, July 03, 2015 5:52 PM To: KRnet Cc: Flesner Subject: Re: KR> to host a Gathering
At 05:14 PM 7/3/2015, you wrote: >+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I think I used up a big portion of good luck in that crash. Can't thank Larry and Chris Collins and every one else enough for all the help. I thought I would throw my opinion out there on "gathering" locations. I've only been to two. MTV in 2012 and Chino last year. Of course that is not counting 2009 when I crashed. I flew my new Kr to Chino last year and it was a great fly in. I'm still partial to MTV. When I made that big mess in the bean field, Larry and the airport manager Chris Collins and some others cleaned it up while I was in the hospital. Chris helped me in so many ways and helped me load what was left of my kr in my truck the next year. Mount Vernon airport seems as close to perfect as one could hope for. Great camping area, large hangers and a terminal building with a restaurant and conference rooms, long wide runways and relatively low air traffic. It is also nice to be close to the runway for flybys and watching airplanes. While it is not right in the middle of the country, it's close. Chris Collins works overtime to accommodate the gathering and keeps the atmosphere laidback. I stop by the airport once a year when out visiting relatives and Chris always takes time to show me what is going on around the airport. Plus, it is very easy airspace to navigate. Of course Larry does a fantastic job of organizing the event. Chino was a good refresher on airspace regs and navigation. Flying long cross counties in these small planes is a challenge. You have to really want to do it and plan carefully. I agree this Mark that we should have the gathering in other places around the Country, but keep utilizing Mount Vernon as kind of a "Home Base" Looking forward to this years gathering if I can make my schedule work out. Roger Bulla Yes, I did forget something. There was an AirEvac helicopter, in the air, waiting for Roger Bulla to plant his KR in a nearby bean field, then picked him up and flew him to the hospital. I can't take credit for planning that support as it was not a scheduled event but it did happen. :-) Larry Flesner _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options
