KR> A Vist

2010-01-02 Thread Glenn Martin
Mark Langford wrote: > > And yes, I realize that > Tupelo is nowhere near Biloxi... > > > I'll be sure and make a post the next time EAA479 and the Broke Spinner Society host another Bar-B-Que at the Diamondhead airport (66Y). We'd love to have you and everyone else who can come down and

KR> A Vist

2010-01-02 Thread jack.cooper2009
I flew a Cherokee from NE Tennessee to SW Tennessee the day after Christmas with a 45 K Headwind. I was indicating 105 knots With a true o f 110 and the garmin was saying 65 knots ground speed at 6500. Flew the last 1.7 hours at 2000 ft at about 95 knot ground speed and in turbulance that made

KR> A Vist

2010-01-02 Thread Mark Langford
Glenn Martin wrote: > I hope to hear from those others who make their way through this neck of > the woods! I just got back from a quick flight to Tupelo. Even with the heavy crosswind, it was 50 minutes there and 50 back. I visited with prospective builder Patrick Fain and took him up for

KR> A Vist

2010-01-02 Thread Glenn Martin
I just finished up a visit from fellow netter William Arnold. The shop being embarrassingly cluttered notwithstanding, it was great to spend time with another KR enthusiast. I learned a lot of good little facts about Poly and Epoxy Fiberglassing and repair techniques, we got a chance to talk ab

KR> RE: paper pilot certificate

2010-01-02 Thread Joe Beyer
I keep my paper certificate as a keep sake form the '70's. I switched over to plastic along with my repairman certificate last year. Joe Scappoose Ore. > Mike Sylvester wrote: > > << Jeeez Joe, You must be a lot older than you look. I > thought everyone had plastic. >> > > When I saw this m

KR> Neil's article

2010-01-02 Thread Randy Smith
I test flew Dennis Pointers KR. It had a 2180 with Dan Deils turbo he pulled off old blue. I hit 200+ on the third flight. I believed the weight came in at 625 lbs. When I sold Neils KR it had 4 different engines by then. I started with an 1835, then a 2180 then a Continental 85  and finely an O

KR> New Sport Aviation Look

2010-01-02 Thread Randy Smith
I rebuilt Neil's KR in 94 and changed the n# to 197RS.  It is now in Oklahoma some where and the registration has not been updated.   --- On Fri, 1/1/10, STEVE bennett wrote: From: STEVE bennett Subject: KR> New Sport Aviation Look To: "krnet" List-Post: krnet@list.krnet.org Date: Friday, Ja

KR> Neil's article

2010-01-02 Thread Mark Langford
Dan Heath wrote: > Now, I am really having to give more thought to adding another 80+ pounds > for the > Corvair engine that Roy is building for me? Dan, first off, I think it's probably only about 60 pounds rather than 80, because the Corvair with everything firewall forwarded needed to fl

KR> Neil's article

2010-01-02 Thread Dan Heath
I had skimmed over this before, but have just read the entire article. I'll bet that we all agree with most everything in this article, yet, we all ignore it. And while we agree, we love reading about all the fun the Marks, Joe, and Larry have in their KRs that are around 800# empty, not the 450