Thanks Colin,Great story and I believe every word.Maybe that's because I'm a KR pilot and know of what you speak.Your trip is something special.Best of luck,Fly safe.Tommy W.
On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 12:05 PM, colin hales via KRnet < krnet at list.krnet.org> wrote: > > > > Hi there again. > Sorry to write twice, I don't think I wrote in time to get included in > yesterday or today's list. > but I just wanted to make entirely clear... I'm the only person at fault. > Me and my demons. > The EAA organisers and staff at Oshkosh did ... NOT ... know I was coming. > It was turning into a battle and a race against time. > With out getting spiritual here, but I'm not the luckiest guy on the > planet. I knew, as soon as I told the EAA I was on my way to Oshkosh, it > would have instantly doomed my journey to complete failure. Heck I only > just made it as it was. > I had been stuck in Iceland 3 weeks with weather, delayed with a broken > oil cooler in Greenland. Blown off my feet in Canada, I sincerely thought > with just 3 days to go before the END if the show and being thousands of > miles away, I was glad I hadn't told the EAA, because I would have looked > foolish as there was no way the weather was going to sort itself out and I > wouldn't cook the engine trying to limp the aircraft there without an oil > cooler. > But... > Anyway, top result, EAA looked after me amazingly while I was there. > Kermit Meeks hangar, to do the work on renewing the oil cooler. > So, lets just make the best of thing. > The KR2 doesn't have the best reputation, well not in my country. I'm not > travelling to try to change this or travelling for 'World Piece' or to > 'Save the whale', the Kr2 I built when I was younger and I'm travelling in > it just because I am. But in travelling with my Kr2, people see it, and > nothing needs to be said. I've overheard people say, "Can't be all that bad > if he flew all that way!" Job done... Don't need to pressure or push or > persuade. Seeing is believing. > So, I'm writing an article for our association back home, I'll send a copy > to the EAA, I hope they might consider publishing it. its entertaining, > that's all you can hope to do, get someone to read something positive about > Kr2's or grass routes aircraft that's slightly different. Heck some of the > things that happened that I've talked to people about, have them falling > over and telling me I'm making it up... you get people to read and think, I > enjoyed that, I'll read another. Again, job done... > So, all smiles people, and as you do like to say... "Have a good day!" > Regards Colin. > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options >
