Jim wrote "Will I go back? If I'm > still flying in 2007, you bet I'll be there and try to organize the 35th > anniversary." By 2007 with all the new KR coming along we should be able to make a good showing. We should set a goal of having 25 KRs there. If we are not scheduled for a fly-by then we should meet at an airport 50 miles away and all fly in together. Same for Sun-N-Fun.
Jack Cooper > [Original Message] > From: Jim Faughn <[email protected]> > To: KRnet <[email protected]> > Date: 7/30/2004 8:46:52 AM > Subject: RE: KR> Oshkosh Attendance > > This is pretty much what happened although it leaves out the > conversations I had with the EAA months previous that set up a KR only > flyby. We even had conversations about a possible missing man formation > to honor Ken. When we arrived at Oshkosh were not on the schedule. I did > a lot of talking and at the last minute in place of one of the mornings > general flybys we were told we could fly which really did make it a last > minute thing. Whether this did or didn't have anything to do with Herb, > we will never know. However, I still carry this with me because I'm also > the one who set everything up and witnessed the crash. I can say that it > did put a bad taste in everyone's mouth and none of us went back until > 97 when I called a number of the pilots and said let's put it behind us > and go again. It was tough to fly in that year. Of course everyone knows > we did the same thing in 2002 and several of us went last year too. > Quite frankly, I have lots of fun at Oshkosh but it is just a matter of > time off and choosing priorities. I make it an absolute priority for the > KR Gathering. > > Today, I think it is more an issue that there isn't a promotion for the > KR at Oshkosh, other than what Mark and I have done. I believe that > people want to be part of something and if you go to Oshkosh, what are > you part of with the KR? Who do you talk to and ask questions of? If you > go to the Gathering, you are definitely part of a great event and you > can talk to "like minded people." These are people who love aviation, > want a responsive airplane and love the idea of being able to own an > affordable aircraft. > > Is there truth that we were shunned? I don't know, there is truth that > they promised me certain things then didn't schedule it and had to rush > around to deliver something that wasn't what we were promised. Do we > carry a grudge? I've put it behind me and I think other issues are more > prominent today for KR people as outlined above. Will I go back? If I'm > still flying in 2007, you bet I'll be there and try to organize the 35th > anniversary. > > See you at the Gathering. > > Jim Faughn > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dan > Heath > Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 6:55 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: KR> Oshkosh Attendance > > RE: I've been around KR's for a lot of years and hear this every > Oshkosh year. What I have never heard are the particulars. Was the KR > actually slighted or was it just perceived? Dan, do you know the > issues? > > I was there that year. Bob Muse and I tried to get out of Atlanta, but > the weather formed a solid wall from around Chatanooga, so I flew back > home and got in the car and drove to be at the dinner for the 20th > anniversary. > There was a fly by planned and the KRs were not told untill the last > minute that they were to go. They were being squeezed in, between all > the big money planes. > > We got there in time to hear the announcement that Herb Bull, the person > who did the painting for Jeanette, had crashed of a heart attack during > the fly by. He had to haul his plane in a hurry to get it to where they > had to take off. Maybe he knew he should not fly or not. Maybe all the > extra induced stress because the EAA forgot where there roots are, > brought it on, who knows. > > The bottom line, as I understood it at the time, is that the EAA was too > busy showing off the big money planes, to allow the KR to participate in > an organized fly by as was planned by the KR people. > > This in NOT an excuse, and, on my life's list of things to do, is still > to fly my own plane to Oshkosh. I will fly this plane to Oshkosh and > every other place that I can. > > Marty and Dan Diehl were there along with a lot of the other old timers. > I don't know how many KRs were there, but I do know that they all were > very dissappointed in the EAA and that has stuck with me for over 10 > years and until EAA does something to show that they remember where they > came from, it will never go away. > > If you want to see KRs come to the Gathering. As many as can get there, > get there. That should tell you something. > > > "There is a time for building and a time for GOING TO THE GATHERING, and > the time for building has long since expired." See you in Mt. Vernon - > 2004 - KR Gathering http://KRGathering.org See N64KR at > http://KR-Builder.org - Then click on the pics Daniel R. Heath - > Columbia, SC > > > _______________________________________ > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > > > _______________________________________ > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
