Last year was my first year to attend. I thought the get-together was excellent. This year's event hasn't happened but it sounds like Rob is doing a great job. I won't for to this year's event but will in 18'. I live in SW Missouri and I thought about hosting in 19. However maybe someone would like to host it.
I'll be posting some pics of my new to me KR2 soon. On Aug 24, 2017 7:54 PM, "Jeff Scott via KRnet" <krnet@list.krnet.org> wrote: > > > Some other groups host a fly-in near Oshkosh as an alternative to Oshkosh, > but also close enough that the members can hop over to Oshkosh for a day or > two if they choose. For example, the SuperCub crowd does a great Fly In > over an New Holstein, WI. They hold a STOL contest, Fly Young Eagles, do > several Fly Outs, and hold a pig roast. It goes on all week. That way > those like me that would just as soon avoid the mass of humanity can, and > those that want to go join the masses can do so. But it's also important > to keep in mind that these guys have numerous fly-ins all over the country > every year, so they get together as a group a lot. > > From my personal perspective, if the KR Gathering moved to Oshkosh, I > would simply be done with the gatherings. You would find me over at New > Holstein with the SuperCub bunch. I suspect I am far from the only one > that would skip OSH. I simply do not like being part of the masses of > humanity and I could care less about watching military and aerobatic air > shows. If I was going to fly into OSH, I would likely fly the Supercub so > I can haul all my camping gear. The KR Gathering is all about KRs. In my > opinion, it would be disastrous to dilute the KR folks into the masses at > Oshkosh. > > As for moving the Gathering all over the country, you are a bit late to > that discussion. We moved it to Chino,CA in 2014, then to McMinnville, OR > in 2015. That pretty much excluded the east coast folks and many of the > midwesterners for 2 years. There were only a couple of us that flew to > both. In the time I have been attending the Gatherings, it has been hosted > in AR, CA, OK, IL, KY, OR, and this year will be in MO. I would call that > spreading it around. During that time, we found that there is no place > that offers us the quality of venue at a central location like what Larry > Flesner found for us by hosting in Mt Vernon, IL. It is simply a perfect > venue with a large open airport, multiple runways, lots of ramp space, > available hangar space, available meeting rooms, restaurant on the field to > cater, camping and showers on the airport, etc, etc, etc. It simply > doesn't get any better than that, and they make it clear that whether Larry > hosts or not, Mt Vernon always wants us back. That's the reason why we > have agreed to the central location with a fabulous venue and incredible > hospitality on an every other year basis. It wasn't an accident. We love > that place just like the SuperCub guys love New Holstein. > > If your interest is in OSH, I would suggest you host a get together on > Monday of the convention as there are a few KRs there and some of the KR > guys, namely Mark with Larry's help, host the KR forum. You will find some > of the KR faithful at the forum. > > -Jeff Scott > Los Alamos, NM > > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/ > krnet@list.krnet.org/. > Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org
