Bob Stone wrote: >> have any of you guys who are on the KRNet and show the most interest in the KR line of aircraft ever thought of making her an offer to buy the company<<
Dr. Dean and I did exactly that about four years ago. Gave it a lot of thought, came up with a plan, flew out to California, and made her an offer over lunch. We knew that with some effort at marketing, optimizing suppliers, and using the Internet as a sales, marketing, and delivery tool, we could turn it around and make it cost effective, and get a lot more KRs under construction. I thought we made her an offer that she couldn't refuse, but it turns out she thought it was worth about 10 times what we thought it was worth, so we left empty handed. It didn't take us but a few hours (and a few beers) to realize that we had dodged a huge bullet, because buying that company would have meant inheriting the company's 25 years of liablity as well. It would be a very simple matter for somebody to come up with a similar but improved design, and market it as a new airplane, just as Stu and Ken did from the Monoplane, and I have no doubt that it will happen soon enough... Mark Langford, Huntsville, AL N56ML at hiwaay.net see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford
