I agree with Dan. One KR gathering a year is enough.There are plenty regional fly-ins that KR pilots and builders can get together without much expense and commitment.
Jack Cooper > [Original Message] > From: Dan Heath <da...@alltel.net> > To: <kr...@mylist.net> > Date: 9/13/2005 5:49:52 AM > Subject: KR> Two Gatherings > > I have to save all my pennies and vacation time, just to make one gathering. > At least, with one, I know that all the people and planes that can make it > to a gathering, will be at that one event. If there were two, I would miss > all the people and planes who went to the other one. Putting on a Gathering > is no small task and going to one also takes a lot of commitment. If people > want to get together more often, just let everyone know where and when, and > those who can make it, will. > > A decision has to be made here, and whatever it is, is not going to make > everyone happy. But what Steve Glover just went through without killing > himself or damaging his airplane, no one should have to go through. A lesser > pilot would not have survived it. We have already lost too many planes to > bad weather at gathering time. I was close to not surviving the trip back > from Covington, the year the Long EZ was lost, returning from their > gathering at Rough River. We need to do something to better the odds of > having good weather. You cannot predict the weather, but there are certain > things that you do know about it. If you want KRs to show up, all you need > is good weather. > > This is not Oshkosh nor is it Sun N Fun or any of the other BIG > commercialized events and I certainly hope that it does not become such an > event. This is a family that tries to get together once a year, let's keep > it that way. > > See you in Mt. Vernon - 2005 - KR Gathering > > See N64KR at http://KRBuilder.org - Then click on the pics > > There is a time for building and a time for FLYING and the time for building > has expired. > > Daniel R. Heath - Columbia, SC > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
