Nice weather today so Mark Langford hopped in his KR and flew up to southern Illinois. A 250 mile trip in 1 hours, 45 min with a bit of a head wind. We flew formation to a nearby airport that I usually hang out at on the weekends and impressed the locals with a formation pass. On leaving, Mark took off first and I was on the roll as he was breaking ground. We maintained that spacing up to 8000 feet to get above the cloud deck to some smooth air. We were both at maximum effort on the climb and I was amazed I was able to stay with him. Keep in mind that Mark has no gap seals on the new airfoil, no wheel pants, and no spinner. My KR is basically in full dress. When he gets his cleaned up he may out perform me by 10 percent or better. We got to 10,000 feet at one point and my 0-200 was feeling a bit anemic. After playing a bit we came down and had a late lunch. Mark headed back to Alabama and arrived safely. He is off to Germany for a week on business in the morning so we may not get a post on the day from him. By the time he gets back it will be history. Have a good trip, Mark.
Larry Flesner
