I'm in the ssme position. To tell the truth I haven't worked on my plane since August. I've been distracted working with the Wings of Hope and Young Eagles. I'm in Tampa now in a middle of a cross country trip down to fly Fly Young Eagles and to see my granddaughter. I have decided when I get back on Sunday. The Wings of Hope 172 is going in for new radios and will be down for a few months. I will change my focus and get back on my airplane. THAT'S A PROMISE
Paul Visk Belleville Il 618-406-4705 PS: This message was more for me. On Nov 17, 2017 7:36 AM, "Mark Langford via KRnet" <krnet@list.krnet.org> wrote: > > KRnetHeads, > > The other day I said "You need to finish that plane before you get too > old to fly it". This observation comes from watching so many KR > builders spend incredible amounts of time and effort to create a > masterpiece airplane, that often times is sold or parted out before the > builder ever gets to fly it, usually due to the loss of medical, AIDS > (aircraft induced divorce), or just no longer confident in their ability > to fly a small and responsive airplane. > > This is not a slap at Stef, Herbert, or anybody else, but we've all seen > it happen. I know of at least two Falcos (which are complex and labor > intensive, even if built per plans) whose builders had finished building > the plane and died, one just days before having it signed off for > flight! > > There's plenty of room for both types of builders in the KR > community...Pesak built an awesome plane in a comparatively short amount > of time, and it was a show winner. I probably took longer to build > mine, also spending lots of time fretting the details, making changes, > and documenting the tasks for others, but given the fact that I never > painted it, I wasn't too concerned with what it looked like, as long as > it was efficient. Ken Rand's first KR1 looked like a guy hacked it out > with a hacksaw in his garage, and that's just about accurate, but he > built it very quickly, and was flying the crap out of it in short order. > Most of us are somewhere in between. I guess I'm just trying to say > "finish these things up and get them in the air, folks!". You can sweat > the details later....if you can tear yourself away from flying all the > time. And you'll be having so much fun, you won't care if it's painted > or not! > > By the way, Herbert sold his plane to a guy in France just a few days > after announcing it was for sale, if you were wondering. > > Mark Langford, Harvest, AL > ML "at" N56ML.com > www.N56ML.com > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
