YeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeHaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!! It probably would have been fun to write about two pages on how I'd been flying for weeks now, with all kinds of details as to performance and all that stuff. What I'd REALLY planned to do for the last few months was to fly it March 31, and then post first flight results today (April Fools day), and then nobody would believe me! And it would have been a perfect day for it too. But that didn't happen, mainly because of work. I'm not usually so busy that I have to work overtime, but I've probably averaged 12 hour days for the last three months, and includes a lot of weekend time as well, so that's my excuse.
We've been working on a proposal at work that will guarantee me a really neat job (UAVs and engines) for the next 10 years. Things should let up shortly though, so I should get a lot more done on the KR. I'm still working on it when I get a chance. There are still a lot of little things that need to be done before it flies. There's no point in flying it half-way put together, and then running back and forth for tools to finish this job or that job. I think I'll make first flights with no spinner though! I'll get it ready to go and then fly it, but not before. I have 8 weeks of vacation saved up, so if things get slow at work I will make some real progress. So you won't find my plane on ebay or anything, at least not before next April Fool's day. The "flying" comment on the EAA 190 web page is a mistake made by the Newsletter editor, who thought SURELY I'd be flying by the time the recent newsletter came out, so the web guy changed my status a little prematurely. I learned yesterday that our EAA chapter treasurer died of a heart attack while working out in the gym yesterday, at the age of 41. I talked to him last Saturday while he was painting the wings on his Tandem Air Bike project. He always kept up with my web pages, and commented on my progress (or the lack thereof). Just goes to show you that you never know when you're number's up, so you've got to get your YeeeeeeeeeeeHaaaaaaaaaaaaas in early... Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Orma" <o...@aviation-mechanics.com> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 5:25 AM Subject: Re: KR> Mark L. Flying? > Beware of any thing that Mark L. has to say today. > > Orma >
