Did you know there is a dedicated web page to the KR-1 on EAA web site? Here is the link: http://www.airventuremuseum.org/collection/aircraft/Rand%20Robinson%20KR-1.asp#TopOfPage
Mark Jones (N886MJ) Wales, WI USA E-mail me at flyk...@wi.rr.com Visit my NEW KR-2S CorvAIRCRAFT web site at www.flykr2s.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Oscar Zuniga" <taildr...@hotmail.com> To: <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 4:27 PM Subject: KR> Omar and his 1,000 wives > Cris. asks- > > >Omar? How many wives do you have? > > Just one... same one for 36+ years now. One really good one is all you > need, I've found. More than that and all you get is trouble. > > And just so this won't be a totally non-KR post, I note the thread on > turbocharging hasn't seemed to mention that Ken Rand's original KR-1 was > turbocharged. That's how he got the speed figures that are still used in > the Rand Robinson promo literature, I believe. The hottest KR-1 I've heard > of, Richard Shirley's, doesn't do it with a turbo but it's still a very fast > airplane with a VW Type I. Pictures of it, including engine installation, > are at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/pinebluff2001/ > > I'm surprised that there isn't a page dedicated to this airplane on the > KRNet website ;o) > > Oscar Zuniga > San Antonio, TX > mailto: taildr...@hotmail.com > website at http://www.flysquirrel.net > > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
