Well written. I am on the AVID groups net. This homely little flying machine was made fun of. I am glad there are those who understand that we are not all engineers and do not have unlimited resources. What is important here, in my humble opinion, is that a man had a dream, and he fulfilled it. Rick Collins, former KR2 owner.
--- On Fri, 10/29/10, Charles Smith <cwssyst...@centurylink.net> wrote: From: Charles Smith <cwssyst...@centurylink.net> Subject: KR> Oshkosh 365 - Discussion Boards - Kenyan homebuilt - To: kr...@mylist.net List-Post: krnet@list.krnet.org Date: Friday, October 29, 2010, 7:57 PM The A/C is 'ugly' all right, but to me that is the beauty of it, the 'little man' getting himself something that flies. forget the beauty, forget the finesse, forget the technology, he wants to fly! That used to be what the EAA was all abnout, then it got smothered by the rush to beauty and ever higher technology. Now, nobody shows up at Oshkosh with the cheap "little man's" planes that may not look like something out of science fiction with a $10,000 paint job. One of my best memories is of meeting a chap with a KR2 who flew into Oshkosh years ago. It looked awful, still hade theglass fabric showing all over through the obviously cheap paint job, he obviously had functionality as a priority over pure beauty, but it FLEW HIM TO OSHKOSH and did what he wanted it to do. I sort of think this pursuit of pure beauty and one-upsmanship is a great part of the reason that EAA has become primarily a millionaires club, the 'little man' flying his cheap homemade unsophisticated plane that he never intended to be a show-off piece has been shoved far into the background and scorned.. _______________________________________ 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
