Mark:
If I am not wrong the KR-3A did fly about 1/4 mile before the crash into
the water. And when Ken died it was left alone.
As I understand they were doing tests before a show.
Keep up the good work.
KR-2 #4 plans in hand, may keep this one.
Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Langford" <n5...@hiwaay.net>
To: "KRNet" <kr...@mylist.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 8:09 PM
Subject: KR>Early KR stuff
> NetHeads,
>
> I got an envelope with some interesting stuff from South African Royce
> Kitney. It included a drawing that I've never seen before, a KR twin
engine
> affair named the KR3! The drawing at http://www.krnet.org/misc/kr3.pdf
> shows the general idea. This idea eventually evolved into the single
engine
> KR3A amphibian, which is shown at http://www.krnet.org/misc/kr3a.gif .
The
> KR3A was never really flown any distance, I believe, just "taxi" tested on
> the water.
>
> Also enclosed were two letters from Ken Rand to Royce, dated just a few
> months after the KR1 plans were drawn up. They are shown at
> http://www.krnet.org/misc/kr_letters.pdf . And there is also a large
format
> photo taken in October of 1972
> ( http://www.krnet.org/misc/n1436.jpg ) of Ken flying his plane in what
> appears to be the same photo shoot that yielded the pictures for the March
> 1973 Popular Mechanix article, as well as the October 1973 Science and
> Mechanics issue.
>
> He also sent me a sample of Dynel, which Ken had sent to him along with
the
> December letter. I had no idea that Dynel looks just like KR fiberglass
> cloth, only not shiny! I always thought it had a much finer weave.
>
> This is a lot like a trip back in time, and I thought the rest of you
might
> enjoy it as well. If you want to see more of this kind of stuff, visit
Don
> Reid's collection of Sport Aviation articles at
> http://users.erols.com/donreid/sportaviation/kr_SA.htm .
>
> Mark Langford, Huntsville, AL
> N56ML "at" hiwaay.net
> see KR2S project at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford
>
>
>
>
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