NetHeads, The following is part of a message forwarded to the CorvAircraft list by William Wynne...
----- Original Message ----- From: <william...@aol.com> To: <corvaircr...@mylist.net> Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 7:43 PM Subject: CorvAircraft> KR-2S and 601 flying update > Friends, > > Corvair/KR-2S pilot Bill Clapp flew down to our hangar Saturday with his > daughter. It's about 180 miles. It was the first cross country flight on the > plane. He has about 45 hours on it now. It is performing without complaint. At the > end of the day, we went up with the 601 and shot some air to air photos of it. > We'll have photos in the next issue of The Corvair Flyer newsletter, due out > soon. Bill called later to say he flew home just fine and had a great day. > Additionally, he's done some serious testing and has flown the airplane above > 14,000 feet, where it was still climbing hard. Says a lot for a simple conversion > with an Aerocarb and cast iron exhaust manifolds. If you're a KR guy, and > you're headed to the gathering this coming weekend, Bill says that only weather > would keep him from making the trip. And he's prepared to leave early to avoid > it. I'm sure many KR guys are looking forward to seeing the plane in person. > For my part, I'll say it's very good looking, and Bill has a lot of > complimentary things to say about the new airfoils and the stability of the 2S with the > new tail. >[three non-KR paragraphs deleted] > > > Thank you. > William > _________________________________________________________ > tsubscribe to CorvAircraft, send a message to corvaircraft-j...@mylist.net > Other CorvAircraft list info is at http://www.krnet.org/corvaircraft_inst.html > >
