While not KR related, the face mask's best use against COVID19 is that it keeps your hands off your face.
FWIW, my mother has been hospitalized in Tucson, AZ for 3-1/2 weeks with COVID19. She caught it while in a rehab hospital south of Tucson. Despite being 87 years old with congestive heart failure and a few hundred other ailments, it hasn't killed her. She would be better off if it would. -Jeff Scott > Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2020 at 7:13 PM > From: "Los Mon via KRnet" <krnet@list.krnet.org> > To: "KRnet" <krnet@list.krnet.org> > Cc: "Los Mon" <dow_c...@yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: KR> Airborne Virus > > Words to the wise: media puts out; half truths, sensationalism, outright > lies, conflicting information. Ask YOURSELF why. I am a Radiographer, One > of my jobs is for a hospital system which comprises half of the hospitals in > the Phoenix, AZ area. I can look on my computer at work and literally see > what is going on in half of the Phoenix Metro area. Covid cases can be > counted on ONE hand for all but one of our hospitals. The other one does not > have ANY covid cases. I spoke with several colleagues that work in the > remaining hospitals in the Phoenix Metro area AND Tucson. The story is the > same! There are NO covid deaths in those hospitals. > Hence my question as to what the internet in your are is saying in regards to > this issue. > All we know is the economy is frozen for the middle and lower class also for > the wannabe rich folks. Also people are in voluntary lock down! > Most masks people are wearing have pores in them which will allow an average > of 1,000 covid virus side by side through them! > I am shedding some light and it is up to each individual to reach their > conclusion. > Thank you all for an INCREDIBLE amount of aircraft wisdom over the years. > Sincerely, > Carl > Sent from my iPhone > > On Apr 15, 2020, at 4:15 PM, Mike Stirewalt via KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org> > wrote: > > >> "By the way, the virus does not infect aircraft." > > > > Are you sure? As soon as I read that C19 was capable of travelling by > > air I immediately bought a can of CamGuard and put it in the fuel for > > protection. I've also got the whole engine area draped with N-95 grade > > fabric. Can't be too careful just now . . . especially since airports > > are such hotspots for viral exchanges. Two EMS helicopters are parked > > just down at the end of my row of hangers and you never know what they > > could be carrying . . . so you can clearly see I'm not just being > > paranoid. > > > > To echo Lee, I don't know anyone who has gotten this thing either . . . > > nor have I even heard any rumors . . . which is rare for my airport. We > > do have a bunch of San Diegeans walking around like fugitives from the > > Hole in the Wall Gang. I get lots of dirty looks from them_uns since > > the shop rag I hang around my neck when I go into stores isn't protective > > enough looking I guess. So far nobody has chased me out of any stores > > although some stores do have special lines for the risky-looking > > customers. > > > > I sure hope by this time next week we'll be back to normal, or close to > > it. > > > > ****************** > > > > There's a new KR owner up in Edmonton who I've been in touch with since > > he bought his KR in one of the Maritime Provinces last year and flew it > > home to Edmonton. He's got a hangar full of airplanes, a V35, a > > Pietenpol, an RV-7 . . . one or two others . . . and of all his planes > > he's enjoying flying his KR the most. He's just re-worked his wheel > > pants and gained 15 knots! He's got new Revmaster heads ready to install > > and has been relieving the plane of some weight he considers unnecessary. > > He was kind enough to buy my Prince prop a few months back. He surely > > knows about our newsletter here so I expect him to show up at some point > > - especially when he's ready to bring it to one of the Gatherings. The > > plane was well-built to start with he says and by the time he finishes > > with all his improvements he's going to have a real stunner. > > > > People who have only flown spam cans have no idea how much more fun it is > > to get ones hands on a KR. > > > > *************** > > > > Also, this is the last place in the world to be advertising a 100K > > airplane but a long-time friend battling cancer is divesting himself of > > some of his larger possessions so his wife won't have to deal with them. > > He's president of the Stinson Society and has the most beautiful and > > meticulously maintained Reliant anyone has ever seen. It took Grand > > Champion Antique in 1984. If there are any secret Stinson freaks on the > > net or perhaps know someone into the Stinson cult, this is a rare > > opportunity. It really should be in a museum and if he doesn't get any > > buyers I imagine that's where it will wind up. It's a beautiful piece of > > history. > > > > Classic plane buying is really a situation for someone like the guys who > > buy immaculate classic cars at Barrett-Jackson for 100K and sell them a > > year or two later for twice or three times what they paid. That's a game > > that takes a lot of money to play but boy, if one knows what one is doing > > I don't know of anything else that returns a profit like classic cars . . > > . well, maybe cocaine . . . Seems like classic planes would be the same > > but as we duffers die off, that market seems to be shrinking. The new > > market may be in "Classic Drones" or classic flip-phones. > > > > Barnstormer ad: > > > > https://tinyurl.com/t4ud5lo > > > > Mike > > KSEE > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. 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