I wish we could take a C5a with all the krs loaded in plus all our bodies, fly to Johns place, take our own hangar with us, eat Johns cows and fly krs around. What could be better ? Oh well a guy can dream can't he ? Larry H.
Bavo <baving...@gmail.com> wrote: I've got an 800 metre grass strip on my place, and enough beef on the hoof to ensure there's a prime rib for everyone, even Larry. And it's only 14DME from Melbourne Intl for those who don't want to bring thier own KR! What more could you ask for? John Bavington Secretary SAAA Chapter 20 P.O.Box 759 Sunbury 3429. http://www.saaa.com/ http://au.geocities.com/johnbavington On 8/7/06, Mark Langford wrote: > > Maybe there's a little room for compromise here. I don't think anybody > can > complain about the venue that Larry and Chris have provided at MVN. It's > hard to imagine how it could be much better. But I also think there's > something to be said for the adventure of going to a new airport, and > giving > somebody else the chance to make me say "wow...this is a neat part of the > country", or "what a great Gathering that was!". Would you want to miss > the > great "Colorado Springs Gathering of '08"? No way! Or maybe San Antonio > or Ohio, or Wisconsin or MN? We could conceivably do it one year at MVN > and > the next somewhere "strange", still by secret ballot vote at the banquet, > of > course. Although there's something to be said for the traditional > "banquet > pitch", you have to admit that it makes more sense to kick it around on > the > internet weeks in advance so people have a chance to investigate, run it > by > family members, think about it some, point out pluses or minuses to > others, > or whatever. Maybe this is the best of both worlds... I don't know. > > I also feel like the west coast guys are getting a raw deal. It's great > that Lee, Steve, Jeff, Richard, and Rich fly all the way out here to the > Gatherings, but I'd love to have a year where we all fly to Jeff Scott's > field in New Mexico to see what a density altitude of 9500' is like. And > I"ll bet there are a bunch of west coast KRs that we've never even seen > before. If we had a Gathering out there and brought in some new ones, > maybe > they would come to MVN the next year. Or maybe we need to start cooking > up > "KR Karavan" trips in the Spring just to get out and get together > somewhere, > like Joe Horton and I did in West Viginia one day. > > Just another angle on the Gathering thing. I'd volunteer to have one at > my > father's farm (which I visited today), but I'm a little worried that > somebody would roll one up in a ball down there... > > Mark Langford, Harvest, AL > see homebuilt airplane at http://www.N56ML.com > email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.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 > -- _______________________________________ 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
