Found this, was a fatal crash with mention of "wing failure"... this is
well worth following as I have never heard of a KR wing failure in the 30+
years of following this design.
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Just got a note from a friend who knows the pilots and planes involved and this
is his comment. He's in the UK currently and the crash was in RSA so he
doesn't have anything more current that what he says here.
"Yeah, knew Nevil well. He had an Extra and was doing well but I think hard
times
Fatal accident...
(28/October/2021)
- South Africa 🇿🇦 :
A private Rand Robinson KR-2, registration ZS-UKU, impacted the terrain under
unknown circumstances in Tshwane, South Africa.
The sole pilot onboard was fatally injured.
Preliminary information says the aircraft suffered an inflight failure o
Dankie Leon
You provided a trip down memory lane for me as well.
I met Sakkie (late 70's) when he was at the boat stage with UKU - at the
time he and his dad owned the DIY centre in Krugersdorp. Peter Eich was
the KR SA guy and Sakkie did most of the foam shaping work in Peter's
hangar at Bara G
Sent here by mistake. But I happen to be a pilot and wanting to build a KR2
myself.
Paul
- Original Message -
From: "Stephen Jacobs"
To: "'KRnet'"
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 12:52 PM
Subject: KR> ZS-UKU
> Dankie Leon
>
> You provided a t
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