How does one get a hold of this Jeanette about buying plans ? Sent from my iPhone
> On Jan 17, 2022, at 10:14 AM, Flesner <fles...@frontier.com> wrote: > > On 1/16/2022 11:11 PM, John Martindale wrote: >> Buy a set of plans from Jeanette like the rest of us have. Support her as >> she has us over the decades. > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > To eliminate any confusion I'll state it one more time, directly from > Jeanette rand on 1/16/2022. > > No one, including Steve Glover, is authorized by Rand Robinson (Jeanette > Rand) to sell plans created by Rand Robinson to the KR series of aircraft. > Steve Glover never owned the "copyright" but was authorized by Rand to sell > copies of plans produced by Rand. That is no longer the case. Jeanette's > words were "the plans are off the market" and I'm retired". Jeanette has no > problem with Steve selling parts or supporting the design in any way other > than selling plans. > > While we may personally agree or disagree with that decision it is the > reality we face. While I personally don't see a great liability issue given > 50 years of KR crashes, deaths, and injuries, without any lawsuits that I'm > aware of, it's not my bank account they would come after. I suspect it > wouldn't be hard to prove that any KR flying was not "built to plans" to > avoid liability but again, I have no skin in the game. > > On the other hand I personally see no legal issues in someone selling an > unused set of KR plans. You did not sign away your right of transfer of > personal property and I can sell my entire KR, built to plans, sort of, if I > chose. > > Finally, I don't expect to see any legal issues, other than someone producing > and selling new sets of plans, with anything that anyone does with unused > plans they own. What legal issue is being violated? IMHO...... > > I also don't see a problem with someone producing an entirely new set of > plans to a new aircraft incorporating all the changes and calling it a Gismo > 2 and selling those plans. All aircraft have the same parts, wings, tail, > fuselage, spars, landing gear, engines, etc., it's just the proportions that > change. Any substantial change makes it a new and different aircraft. > > Value my "opinions" by the price you paid for them. > > Larry Flesner > ________________________________ > -Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > -Change list delivery options at > https://list.krnet.org/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/ Affinity List Info Board > -Search recent KRnet Archives at > https://list.krnet.org/empathy/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/ > -Search John Bouyea's decades of archive at > https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/ ________________________________ -Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html -Change list delivery options at https://list.krnet.org/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/ Affinity List Info Board -Search recent KRnet Archives at https://list.krnet.org/empathy/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/ -Search John Bouyea's decades of archive at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/
