In a message dated 12/23/04 4:07:32 PM Mountain Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
> Not true. My wife insisted that I get back into flying after being away for
>
> 19 years. She pushed me to pick up a partially finished KR2.
Quite true, Larry. We started a KR2-S about 9 years ago.
My wife also got me back into flying after a hiatus of 17 years.
In fact, she didn't even know I used to fly until we'd been
married 3 years. When the discussion came up a few years
ago about reducing the wing incidence I was right at the stage
of glueing the spars to the fuselage. I decided to wait and see
what the outcome was.
I happen to get a ride in a Kolb ultralight at OSH in '93 which
stuck in my mind. In '98, while bs'ing with my neighbor about
being able to fly an ultralight off his 800' deep pasture, he said,
"Mow 'er down!" I asked my wife if we could put the KR on a
back burner and get an ultralight. She said, "Only if it's a two
place." I got a Challenger (N142JL) which we built in 250 to
300 hours, put up a hanger at our house and fly from my
neighbor's pasture that butts up to our back yard.
One of these days I'll get back to the KR but I've had a whole
lot of fun with the Challenger the past 4+ years! :-) I don't
think I could ever go back to an airport after having my plane
right out my back door. The KR will have to wait until we get
a bigger piece of land.
Jim Hayward
Rapid City, SD
