Steve's original KR-1 had at least three different owners that I know of after he sold it (I was the first one) before being destroyed by the last one. Briefly, as I remember, he was fast taxiing, reportedly not realizing he was holding full aft stick, it suddenly leaped into the air to about 50 feet, he then over-corrected and hit the runway. I don't believe he was injured. I think he was about as unfamiliar with the KR as anyone could be. He even told me that he believed it had a "Rotax" engine in it. He reported that it was taken to another location off-airport by a friend, dismantled, and cut up - the pieces were "used in some other project" - who knows what. If you do an NTSB search, you may find a description of the incident - can't remember the year. A couple of the attached pictures shows Steve demonstrating "level flight" to a potential buyer. The last two pictures are of the airplane when I owned it.
Ed Janssen From: Flesner via KRnet A quick check of the FAA registry indicates the airplane may still be alive and well in Arkansas. It's registration was just cancelled recently. If so it ought to go the EAA museum as one of the first KR's, built in 1977. Larry Flesner -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: N31123 before purchase.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 41562 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://list.krnet.org/mailman/private/krnet_list.krnet.org/attachments/20150202/641b8032/attachment.jpg> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: N31123.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 41537 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://list.krnet.org/mailman/private/krnet_list.krnet.org/attachments/20150202/641b8032/attachment-0001.jpg>
