> Netters; > Les Palmer, innovator and KR experimenter, > recently had a stroke and is no longer able to fly > his KR-2S. Therefore, he has asked me to list it > for sale on the KR Net. His KR is powered by a > Subaru EJ-22, (150 hp), with reduction unit. For > more specifics, call Les at (972) 241-4387. > > RV RV, Please give my regards to Les. I visited with him one morning in May, 2001, after we had a little KR get-together in Canton called "KRs Over Texas" sponsored by Larry Howells. Since Les had just installed his EJ-22 and was unable to bring it, he invited me over to his hanger. You can see some of the photos I took at: http://photos.yahoo.com/alamokr2 click on the "Aviation" album, the first 8 are Les' plane. The original paint on Les' plane was done by Dennis Pointer, who also built one of the most beautiful KRs ever flown. Dennis, unfortunately, spent about 10 months recovering from a bad accident which destroyed his plane ("wind-shear" - went inverted on landing and took out the VASI) and, last I heard, was not planning on doing the re-paint on Les' plane after Les had to re-do the cowl for the new engine. Les has a LOT of great innovations on his plane and I had fun visiting with him and looking over his plane. He never seemed too concerned about the weight of his KR and, though it is a two-place with a center stick, he planned to fly it sitting in the center, straddling the stick, left foot on the left-side left rudder pedal, right foot on the right-side right rudder pedal. Not a practice I'm willing to try (too easy to get confused in a difficult situation) but possible due to the small size of a KR. I'm sorry to hear he is having these health problems and I hope he's back up and running before long. Frank
Frank Ross, EAA Chapter 35, San Geronimo, TX RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk, England, UK Visit my photo album at: http://photos.yahoo.com/alamokr2 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
