Mark,You are truly an inspiration.Thanks
Bill Jacobs
------ Original message------From: Mark Langford via KRnet Date: Thu, Sep 17,
2015 1:15 PMTo: KRnet;Cc: ml at n56ml.com;Subject:Re: KR> 2015 Gathering
"winners"Jeff Scott wrote:"You guys that hung out at home or flew commercial
and left your KRssitting in the hangar are really missing out on some great
experiences."I'm with you brother. You know (although some may not) my
excuse...aconnecting rod stuck through the top of my VW engine case. I was
reallylooking forward to the trip...more like five "regular" trips spread
overtwo days, but it'll have to wait until the next "out-west" Gathering. Idid
a little figuring a few months ago, and the fuel cost alone wasgoing to be
around $1500, which is about double what the airline ticketcost me a month in
advance. I'd always thought of airliners as aluminumtube time machines, but
"sewer pipes with wings" comes a lot closer!I worked on the Gathering photos
some last night (something like 800 ofthem), and it's going to take some time
to sift through them for thegood ones and title them all. It's not a trivial
effort, but I hope toknock it out this weekend. I will answer the question of
"who won what"though. Jeff Scott won Best Firewall Forward and Greatest
DistanceFlown, as well as the coveted People's Choice award, while Kim
Neibauerwon Best Paint, Best Interior and Panel, and Best Judged. Kim's
planeis newly minted, so he definitely had an advantage, and kudos for himfor
flying out from Colorado with so few hours under his belt. RogerBulla's plane
was a close third in many respects, but maybe next time. I do applaud Dan and
John for running a great Gathering, and I welcomedthe change of venue. As for
N891JF, I've ordered just about everything it's going to take to"rebuild" it,
although it will essentially be an entirely new engine,except the sheet metal
that goes under the cylinders...Mark Langford, Harvest, ALML "at"
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