Stu’s last name is Robinson Sent from my iPhone
> On Jun 18, 2021, at 3:42 PM, Bill Jacobs via KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org> > wrote: > > Excellent response!Short, elegant and factual.Regards,Bill Jacobs Daytona > Beach, Fl. > > On Friday, June 18, 2021, 04:32:46 PM EDT, Flesner <fles...@frontier.com> > wrote: > > > KitPlanes magizine weekely e-mail had an article on composite > construction entitled "resin infusion" that opened with the following > statement. > > "In the beginning, there was Rutan. The 1975 arrival of the VariEze at > Oshkosh introduced homebuilders to structural composite construction and > spawned a flood of new designs." > > I couldn't let that stand so I e-mailed the editor the following e-mail: > > > SUBJECT: Article on resin infusion > > COMMENT" > > The article opens with the following statement. > "In the beginning, there was Rutan. The 1975 arrival of the VariEze at > Oshkosh introduced home-builders to structural composite construction > and spawned a flood of new designs." > > Factually WRONG. It was Ken Rand that showed up at Oshkosh in 1972 with > the KR1 and in 1974 with the KR2 that started a "flood of new designs". > Ken Rand and his partner Stu Robertson were among the first to start a > revolution in composite construction and sold thousands of plan sets for > the KR series. KR's are still being built today with the evolution to > the KR2S, a stretched version of the original. The fact that the KR > series revolutionized the home-building world seems to be lost to history. > > ________________________________ > -Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > -Change list delivery options at > https://list.krnet.org/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/ Affinity List Info Board > -Search recent KRnet Archives at > https://list.krnet.org/empathy/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/ > -Search John Bouyea's decades of archive at > https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/ > ________________________________ > -Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > -Change list delivery options at > https://list.krnet.org/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/ Affinity List Info Board > -Search recent KRnet Archives at > https://list.krnet.org/empathy/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/ > -Search John Bouyea's decades of archive at > https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/ ________________________________ -Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html -Change list delivery options at https://list.krnet.org/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/ Affinity List Info Board -Search recent KRnet Archives at https://list.krnet.org/empathy/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/ -Search John Bouyea's decades of archive at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/
