I visited Roy while he was building. He told me a lot about the project. It
was shoehorned into his garage next to his wife's Alfa Romeo. His son was
(is) an aeronautical designer. They changed the airfoil to something close
to what was on the P51 he drove in the military. Roy told me they expected
the stall speed to increase quite a bit. He wasn't too concerned about it; a
sure sign of his confidence in his piloting skills. I recall his workmanship
approaching an art form.

I took several rolls of film that day; I have the paper photos around here
somewhere. If I recover those, it would be fun to scan and post them for the
group to see.

Best wishes,
John Bouyea/ Hillsboro, OR
N5391M KR2 in test program
KR2S progress suspended (for now)

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From: laser...@juno.com
Subject: KR> Roy Marsh

I flew up to Santa Maria last fall to do a prop balance job and was told
by Paul Lipps that Roy still comes out to the occasional EAA meeting and
other aviation get-togethers in that area.  His plane had a new Revmaster
turbo when it was sold three or four years ago.  Somebody in Oregon
restored it and had it for sale . . . I remember talking to the person on
the phone.  Time flies . . . it may have been longer ago than that.   The
plane still looked like new in the sale pictures.  

Mike
KSEE


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