Don has a good point. When I was a college student traveling in Mexico, my= Spanish teacher had warned me that I should always ask directions from 3 = different (sets of ) people. He warned me that, "one seldom gets the same = directions, 3 times in a row". However, if you get 2 sets of people tellin= g you the same thing, the directions are usually safe to follow.=20
Beginning with the GOOGLE internet search engine , a couple of months ago, = I was able to find and join a local EAA chapter. I made my first EAA chapte= r meeting in April, after missing the March meeting by a couple hours... (= the time posted on the web page was wrong.. the chapter now meets at 1:3= 0 PM rather than 4 PM).=20=20=20 The internet has helped give me the confidence to finally act on my dream. = I started flying when I was 16 and have held a private pilot's lic since I= was 17. The realities of raising a large family has contributed to keepin= g me out of the air most of the last 30 years. With a CFI on board, I ren= ted a Cessna 172 and went flying last Saturday. How I love flying! I was a member of the national EAA back in the 1980s, and took my wife and = children with me on several pilgramiges to Oshkosh to oogle KR2 (s). More= than 30 years ago.. circa 1974, a college buddy and I got a set of KR1 = plans, so I have been lurking around the dreamy KR fringes for a long time.= In the early 1990s I hung around the garage of a pilot friend who was tr= ying to complete a KR2 that he had purchased in boat stage.=20=20=20 Now I hope to do similar, when I can get it hauled home to my garage. My = wife says that it can't occupy our garage before #3 son's High School Gra= duation on May 22... <grins>.=20 =20=20 I wonder, what is a good estimate of numbers of flying KR1, KR2, and KR2S. = Reading the online FAA accident reports, it looked like the majority of= the KR crashes are due to engine failure during takeoff. ( Now, I am defi= nately leaning to a duel ignition system ). Dann Johnson Thompson, Iowa =20=20 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Rupert" <drup...@sympatico.ca> To: "'KRnet'" <kr...@mylist.net> Subject: RE: KR> internet friend or foe List-Post: krnet@list.krnet.org Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 23:16:47 -0400 >=20 > Good point Don. I for one appreciate any and all comments as anyone > who hangs around here for long ends up broadening their horizons as well = as > education. Anyone that takes one comment that is not substantiated as gos= pel > is well on the way to destruction. <SNIP> --=20 _______________________________________________ NEW! Lycos Dating Search. The only place to search multiple dating sites at= once. http://datingsearch.lycos.com
