Mark,
The twin engine was to be the next model produced by Rand/Robinson
Engineering and would have been had it not been for the death of Ken. The
amphibian was built complete and test flown by a guy we all knew was not
qualified for the job. He called himself "Captain Jack". Ken did not have
the ability to judge people and trusted everyone including this Capt Jack
who crashed the amphibian right after take-off. The amphibian was never
rebuilt but plans were to start building the four place twin when Ken got
back from Sun-and-Fun fly-in and air show in Florida. The return trip from
Florida is when he crashed and was killed. I cannot remember if I ever sent
you a picture of Ken so since you are one of the most valuable members of
the KRNet I have attached the one and only picture of Ken. This was taken
in my front room when I lived in Huntington Beach, California just two
blocks from where Ken lived. We were close friends for almost ten years
prior to his death. This picture was taken about a year before he made the
fatal flight from Florida.
Bob Stone, Harker Heights, Tx
[email protected]
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Langford" <[email protected]>
To: "KRNet" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 7:09 PM
Subject: KR>Early KR stuff
> NetHeads,
>
> I got an envelope with some interesting stuff from South African Royce
> Kitney. It included a drawing that I've never seen before, a KR twin
engine
> affair named the KR3! The drawing at http://www.krnet.org/misc/kr3.pdf
> shows the general idea. This idea eventually evolved into the single
engine
> KR3A amphibian, which is shown at http://www.krnet.org/misc/kr3a.gif .
The
> KR3A was never really flown any distance, I believe, just "taxi" tested on
> the water.
>
> Also enclosed were two letters from Ken Rand to Royce, dated just a few
> months after the KR1 plans were drawn up. They are shown at
> http://www.krnet.org/misc/kr_letters.pdf . And there is also a large
format
> photo taken in October of 1972
> ( http://www.krnet.org/misc/n1436.jpg ) of Ken flying his plane in what
> appears to be the same photo shoot that yielded the pictures for the March
> 1973 Popular Mechanix article, as well as the October 1973 Science and
> Mechanics issue.
>
> He also sent me a sample of Dynel, which Ken had sent to him along with
the
> December letter. I had no idea that Dynel looks just like KR fiberglass
> cloth, only not shiny! I always thought it had a much finer weave.
>
> This is a lot like a trip back in time, and I thought the rest of you
might
> enjoy it as well. If you want to see more of this kind of stuff, visit
Don
> Reid's collection of Sport Aviation articles at
> http://users.erols.com/donreid/sportaviation/kr_SA.htm .
>
> Mark Langford, Huntsville, AL
> N56ML "at" hiwaay.net
> see KR2S project at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford
>
>
>
>
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