Bob. Thanks so much for searching out all those articles. Unfortunately none of them ring a bell. I am driving myself nuts trying to find the article. I want to find it and pop a link to it on my upcoming web site, because this is the article that inspired me to research and now build a KR2S.
Like a dog with a bone, I will not let it go. On 4/15/07, Bob Lee <b...@flyboybob.com> wrote: > > Darren, > > I've got the EAA sport Avaition on CD from 1953-2003. I just searched the > title index for "under $10,000" and came up with no matches. Then I asked > for a full text search for "under $10,000". It found 14 matches that I > have > copied below. Do any of these articles jog your memory? > > Regards, > > Bob Lee > N52BL KR2 > Suwanee, GA > 91% done only 65% to go! > http://kr.flyboybob.com > mailto:b...@flyboybob.com > > > 14 matches found > 14 matches displayed > > > Title Author Issue > > The Davis DA-1, A Research and Development Project Leon Davis > December 1958 > I started building airplane models when I was six years old. Not con-tent > with the kit types, I preferred to build airplanes of my own design. While > working on the family farm I always had visions of building and > manufacturing my own full-sized air-craft. Later, when I was in high > school, > I took a correspondence course in drafting and engineering > > Question & Answer Department September 1960 > Q. I think it is a crime the way some EAA members approach airplanes and > airplane design. Too many of them do nothing but copy older designs. Too > many of them favor obsolete ships like the Baby Ace and a number of > biplanes > instead of building really modern things with delta wings and retractable > landing gears. All this talk about > > An Aero Engine Fraud December 1962 > SEVERAL MONTHS ago some advertisements appeared in an aviation advertising > paper which offered two-cylinder, 30 hp aircraft engines at the > fascinating > price of $89.00 each, brand new. SPORT AVIATION'S editors have been > looking > into this remarkable bargain in such ways as have been open to them and > can > now report that they are extremely glad the same advertising did not > > American Moth Harvey Doyle December 1986 > This article represents my best recollections of the original design and > construction of the American Moth. I passed my pilot's examination in 1928 > (License 8316), participated in fifty years of aircraft development > including work on a Mach three all-weather interceptor in 1959 and now > reside with my wife and family in Charlottesville, VA. For further > information, I can be contacted > > Hot Line From Headquarters May 1987 > BACK COVER PAINTING This month's back cover painting is entitled "Photo > Finish". It is the work of Michael J. Machat of 4426 Deseret Dr., Woodland > Hills, CA 91364 (phone 818/702-9433) and was judged Par Excellence in the > 1986 EAA Art Competition. The painting is a dramatic overhead angle of > P-51D > "Lil Margaret" sweeping over a Heinkel He 111 that has > > From the Archives Dennis Parks December 1988 > That is the way an advertisement for a set of aviation books in 1941 > began. > "Supreme and distinctive in the flying field - the only aviation books > that > give all necessary and accurate technical information in an irresistible > human style. Every fact a pilot must know is made unforgettable by > personalized and often humorous touches in text and graphic drawings." > > Hot Line From Headquarters August 1990 > BACK COVER PAINTING This month's back cover painting was presented a Par > Excellence award in the 1989 EAA Aviation Art competition. Entitled "Early > Risers", it depicts the first DC-3 on an early morning flight. The artist > is > John Paul Jones of 800 Cessna Drive, El Paso, TX 79925 (phone: > 915/751-5021). The DC-3 came about as the result of an order > > Differential GPS Budd Davisson October 1993 > It's getting a little mind boggling trying to keep up with all that's new > in > aviation and Oshkosh is guaranteed to square the boggle-factor. We're > hardly > inside the arches before the new stuff seems to steam roll over us like a > tidal wave, challenging us to assimilate it all. Clearly an impossible > task. > An unfortunate part of this tidal wave > > $10,000 and A Whole Lot of Fun! Mary Jones January 1998 > Imagine this! Your long, lost rich uncle that you barely knew has passed > away and left you $10,000...AND your darling spouse -- bless his/her > soul--h > as said "Honey, spend this money on whatever you want for yourself. No > questions asked." Wow, what to buy? Well, if you're an aviation > enthusiast, > one of the first things that'll probably come to mind > > The Skycycle Fred Barker July 1987 > One of the all time fantasies of aviation buffs everywhere is this: Walk > out > to your garage, back out a gleaming little Buck Rogers type aircraft and > zoom right out of your driveway, up over the clogged traffic for an > exhilarating and carefree trek to work (or wherever). The Skycycle was > developed out of that same fantasy. It all started > > Hot Line From Headquarters January 1988 > BACK COVER PAINTING This month's back cover painting was awarded Fourth > Place in the 1987 EAA Aviation Art Contest. Entitled "Almost Time To Go", > it > is the work of artist John Paul Jones of 800 Cessna Drive, El Paso, TX > 79925 > (phone 915/751-5021). He describes the painting as follows: "Light fading, > a > cold winter dusk descends on the airfield. The > > TEAM'S Airbike Mary Jones August 1995 > Biking to Sun 'n Fun What's that? This is an aviation magazine and you're > not interested in the story of some guy who biked 870 miles to Sun 'n Fun > this past spring? Ahh, but this is an AIR bike that happens to be a pretty > affordable airplane built using tried and true construction techniques. > Perhaps you will want to > > Revolution II Budd Davisson December 1995 > Rick Warner has always liked open cockpits. Not just any cock-pits, but > those belonging to the sexiest of the 1930's sport planes, the Ryan STA. > Even as a kid he liked the lines and Smilin' Jack ap-pearance of the > airplanes. He never got them out of his mind. A proverbial airport kid, > Rick > got his first ride more or less > > Air-Bike Enduro Dan Johnson June 1997 > TEAM'S Fun Fly-In Lightplane TEAM'S Air-Bike is the airplane you get on, > not > in, a return to simple aircraft for a reasonable price. Famous for their > miniMAX design, TEAM started something brand new with Air-Bike. Air-Bike > has > the familiar, strong, wood wings of the miniMAX but joins them to the tail > by a welded structure. The resulting open-cockpit design is > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > Post photos, introductions, and For Sale items to > http://www.kr2forum.com/phpBB2/index.php > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > -- Darren Crompton AUSTRALIA
