> "Steve has retired. After A few decades of supporting crazy people they've had enough."
Steve is pretty crazy himself. Just look at the attached picture. This was him in his KR-1 that he built and flew with Dan Diehl and someone else (Marty Roberts?) to the first, or one of the very early KR fly-ins. Chino I think. Dan said Steve had to cross the Rocky Mountains in ground effect since his engine/prop combination didn't give him enough altitude to fly higher. Sparky loaned him a better prop go get back home with. It's a great picture. **************** Speaking of KR people named Steve, I was recently prowling through the records of the CAFE races held between 1981 and 1990. Looking for KR's, Steve Alderman's was the only KR I could find that participated. He ran it in 1985 with a Revmaster 2100 and for 1986 completely re-engined it using a turbocharged Rotorway helicopter engine. This aircraft is currently registered in Florida. Reading the accounts of each year's CAFE results I repeatedly saw the name Ellison. If the airplane wasn't fuel injected, the aircraft that won or placed near the top had an Ellison. Sterba ranked well in the prop category. Throughout the 9 years the event was held, Rutan's Catbird was the most efficient airplane of all using the CAFE formulas but Sheehan's Q-200 and Klaus Savier's Vari-Eze won most years. The RV's - RV-3, RV-4 and RV-6 all continually ranked at or near the top. I've always thought the RV hershey bar wing is boxy-looking if not downright ugly, but clearly it works well. Dan Diehl's wingskins are works of art in comparison. Mike KSEE ____________________________________________________________ How Old Men Tighten Skin 63 Year Old Man Shares DIY Skin Tightening Method You Can Do From Home http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/54ce799cda5a7799c67dbst03vuc -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Steve.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 99774 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://list.krnet.org/mailman/private/krnet_list.krnet.org/attachments/20150201/4038a899/attachment.jpg>
