Re: KRnet> question for old timers

2023-05-04 Thread shafferj455js
ects. -From: "Flesner via KRnet" To: krnet@list.krnet.org Cc: "Flesner" Sent: Wednesday May 3 2023 6:56:46PM Subject: KRnet> question for old timers A question for those around during the early days of the KR. There were two brothers

Re: KRnet> question for old timers

2023-05-04 Thread Flesner via KRnet
On 5/4/2023 6:57 AM, James Babcock via KRnet wrote: I knew Al (Alvin) Campbell well when I lived in San Antonio in the late 80’s. I have lost track of Calvin, his twin brother. +++ Thanks for the reply'

Re: KRnet> question for old timers

2023-05-04 Thread James Babcock via KRnet
I knew Al (Alvin) Campbell well when I lived in San Antonio in the late 80’s. He was from Arkansas and helped a fellow Arkie build my KR-2 which first flew in 1991. He was buddies with Dan Diehl, and I watched them install the first Diehl fixed gear on Al’s plane, a turbocharged VW. I then orde

Re: KRnet> question for old timers

2023-05-03 Thread Ed Janssen via KRnet
I could be wrong but it seems like I remember one was Al and the other was Cal or Calvin. I think they were brothers (twins perhaps?). I think Keith was a good friend of Steve Bennet. Think they use to fly their KR-1s together. Someone set me straight if all of this is a jumble of thoughts. Ed

KRnet> question for old timers

2023-05-03 Thread Flesner via KRnet
A question for those around during the early days of the KR. There were two brothers or cousins with the last name of Campbell.  I'm not sure of their first names.  Was one of their names Keith and were they from the Midwest, Iowa to be more specific? The reason I ask is that a friend of min