"Once man has tasted flight, he will walk the earth with his eyes turned skyward, for there he has been and there he longs to return."
DaVinci Godspeed, Joe On Wed, Dec 24, 2014 at 2:47 PM, Parley T Byington via KRnet < krnet at list.krnet.org> wrote: > Merry Christmas to all my fellow kr owners and pilots. > > Thanks and fly safely especially when exclaiming ?YIPPEE? at all those > poor earthbound souls! > > Parley Byington > N54PB Kr-2 > byington1954 at embarqmail.com > Henderson Nevada 89015 > > Begin forwarded message: > > > From: "Kenneth R. Mintz" <kmintz2 at cox.net> > > Subject: Re: KR> poem > > Date: December 24, 2014 at 10:48:47 AM PST > > To: Parley T Byington <byington1954 at embarqmail.com> > > > > Back at you. I wrote this for myself in Germany back in the day after > the Fern winds briefly cleared the skies of the ever present mist all the > way to the Alps. What mind portrait that made from 10000 feet! > > > > Solo > > > > Oh, I have born myself aloft > > On roaring engine and lifting wings > > And felt the steady wind song, soft, > > Free my heart from earthbound things. > > > > Topped, I have, the curling mists > > And watched a snow-white plain unfurl, > > Gazed in silent awe and bliss > > Upon the mountains above the World. > > > > Touched, I have, some gentle clouds > > And taking the inward view > > My soaring mind has laughed aloud > > To see a childhood dream come true! > > > > Drifted, I have, in the bright sun light > > And skimmed through the crystal air. > > Alone at last in solo flight, > > I've shed some burden there. > > > > Author, Kenneth R. Mintz > > Written some time in the spring of 1973 in the skies over Munich, > Germany. > > > > > > Merry Christmas to All! May your altitude, attitude and airspeed all > match up for many safe landings in the next year! (Remember, take offs are > optional...) > > > > Uncle Ken > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > > On Dec 24, 2014, at 7:25 AM, Parley T Byington < > byington1954 at embarqmail.com> wrote: > > > >> This poem expresses the joy I have had with my little KR-2 for the past > 22 years, and also the sadness for all you out there who have never enjoyed > the sensation of building and flying your own airplane. > >> > >> Merry Christmas to all my friends and family. > >> > >> Parley > >> > >> Begin forwarded message: > >> > >>> From: Flesner via KRnet <krnet at list.krnet.org> > >>> Subject: KR> poem > >>> Date: December 24, 2014 at 5:45:39 AM PST > >>> To: krnet at list.krnet.org > >>> Reply-To: Flesner <flesner at frontier.com>, KRnet <krnet at > >>> list.krnet.org> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> This poem is from all the pilots flying their KR's and know how must > fun lines in store fir those still building. > >>> > >>> Merry Christmas......... Larry > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Christmas Eve at the Airport > >>> > >>> On the eve before Christmas all KR?s in the land (Clip) > > _______________________________________________ > 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 >
