Well done, Larry! I hope they follow up on your suggestion.
Chris K
On 11/25/2020 4:54 PM, Flesner via KRnet wrote:
I received my "on-line" copy of Sport Aviation today and briefly read
part of an article titled "Revolutionary Homebuilts". I was
disappointed to again find the KR a forgotten fact of history. I
immediately posted a letter to the editor as I have copied below.
Larry Flesner
To the Editor,
Glancing through the latest on-line issue of Sport Aviation I stopped
to read a portion of the "Landmark Homebuilts" article. I soon
realized that the lowly KR series was again the forgotten stepchild in
homebuilt aviation. On page 81 Burt Rutan is credited with
"revolutionary thinking" when using surfboard technology of "foam and
fiberglass construction". While Mr. Rutan is probably one of the most
"revolutionary designers" in the homebuilt arena, he was not the
first to use "foam and fiberglass construction". It seems to be a
forgotten fact of history that Ken Rand arrived at Oshkosh in 1972
with the KR 1 and two years later with the KR2, both using foam and
fiberglass construction. They both predated the VariEze, the KR1 by
nearly 3 years. Mr. Rutan didn't introduce composite construction to
the homebuilt community as stated in the article, Ken Rand and Stu
Robinson did with the KR design. I seem to recall that the Lancair
series aircraft were designed by an early KR2 builder. I guess it's
not too far out of line to say that everything "plastic" flying today
is simply a branch of the KR family tree. It would be nice if Sport
Aviation could do an article on the KR aircraft and get with the First
Lady of the KR community, Jeanette Rand to capture the history of the
design before it is lost.
Larry Flesner
EAA member 356226
KR builder and flyer
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