All the best Mark, At this moment I am planning to be next year at OSH with a lot of flying friends. Hope to see you all than and Mark hopefuly without any broken bones. Al the best. Stef
> Op 31-07-2023 23:14 schreef Phillip Matheson via KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org>: > > > All the best mark, mate. Hope you recover very soon. > Rob did a great job at the forum. It was great to see a few of the guys, and > a great week at Oshkosh > All the best > Phil Matheson > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On 31 Jul 2023, at 11:14, Mark Langford <m...@n56ml.com> wrote: > > > > > > > >> On 7/30/2023 8:04 PM, MS wrote: > >> > >> I haven't seen any KR's yet. Has anybody seen any? > > > > I flew my KR2 (built by Jim Faughn) into OSH on Friday, and tied it down in > > the usual KR roosting spot at Homebuilder HQ. Unfortunately, during a > > refuel stop in northern Illinois on the way up, I tripped over an un-seen > > curb and broke my foot. I didn't know it at the time, so I continued on to > > OSH. > > > > When I landed at OSH, I found that it hurt more than before. That evening, > > I was down to using my heel only, which worked OK but was quite awkward. > > It got even worse that night, with lots of swelling, and I decided it was > > broken and I needed to get back home ASAP to get it set. Besides....OSH is > > all about walking all over the place and I simply couldn't walk any more. > > > > Rob Schmitt arranged a ride back to the plane Saturday morning, and I > > crawled back in the plane and headed home. Larry Flesner met me with a > > wheel chair when I stopped for fuel at KMWA, and it was much appreciated. > > My wife met me at the hangar and put the plane away. Next morning it was > > obvious it was broken, and the ER doctor's X-ray removed all doubt. > > > > So I'm now on a "knee scooter" to get around the house, and hope to spend > > my "down-time" updating the www.KRnet.org website with some more useful > > details and information in the next few weeks... so maybe there's a bright > > side to this mess. > > > > Many thanks to all the folks who helped me at OSH, especially Larry and > > Gwen Howell. And thanks to Rob for handling the KR Forum with only two > > hours notice. > > > > Please don't reply to this message, as KRnet already has enough flotsam and > > jetsam in the archive... > > > > ---------- > > Mark Langford > > m...@n56ml.com > > http://www.n56ml.com > > -- > > KRnet mailing list > > KRnet@list.krnet.org > > https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet > -- > KRnet mailing list > KRnet@list.krnet.org > https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet Steph and his dad are building the KR-2S see http://www.masttotaalconcept.nl/kr2 -- KRnet mailing list KRnet@list.krnet.org https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet
