Larry. I too sent an email to the EAA sharing our comments and concerns of no recognition of Ken Rand. Maybe if more of us took the time to contact them it may help Phil Matheson Australia
Sent from my iPhone > On 28 Nov 2020, at 08:03, Mike Stirewalt via KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org> > wrote: > > > Larry said, > >> "I was disappointed to again find the KR a forgotten fact of history" > > ***************** > > I've done the same thing several times myself Larry. Every time I come > across a "Tribute to Rutan" for being such a pioneer in wood/foam/glass > construction I respond with the actual dates and times of Ken's debut at > Oshkosh, fully three years before Rutan showed up with his glass wonders. > I'm of course a great admirer of the Rutans and all they've done, > including Joanna Yeager as regards the unrefueled round-the-world trip > but as for pioneering the form of construction that became widespread > following Ken Rand's lead it's just damn unfair that Ken isn't getting > his due except among us, the cognesenti. Had he not killed himself the > stories about Rutan would not be nearly as widespread nor accepted. It's > another case of history being written by those who hang on their > coattails of the survivors. > > So many of these "aviation writers" weren't even born when Ken was > creating the new paradigm in aircraft construction, but if that was a > valid excuse then little history would be written. It's more a case of > insufficient research rather than when they were born. These clowns > drink some kool-aid and write an article full of misinformation, not > bothering to actually talk to anyone from that era nor reference the many > publications which featured Ken's work at the time. He created a > sensation and somehow these hacks are able to completely miss or ignore > it as they write their Rutan boilerplate. > > It's a good example of just how shaky is our genereral grasp on what we > think we know as "truth". You'd think aviation-minded people would pay > more attention to accuracy . . . but there's hacks everywhere, especially > in the world of print. As lead type or photographic plates have been > replaced by inexpensive electrons, journalism has followed a downward > path . . . certainly in this case. > > Thanks for doing what you can to keep the record straight. I will > continue to do the same. > > Mike Stirewalt > 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
