On 12/12/2021 6:18 PM, Mark Langford wrote:
I took that picture at the 2001 KR Gathering, hanging out the door of
Larry Flesner's Tripacer. The photo really sums up the seating
situation in a stock KR, this one Terry Chizek's, but Rob Schmitt in
the right seat, I believe. There are a lot more interesting details
about that Gathering at
http://krnet.org/pinebluff2001 . It was a classic KR Gathering, with
lots of information sharing between builders and pilots.
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http://krnet.org/pinebluff2001/01092241.jpg
I'm guessing the crop grown in the field in Mark's photo was rice.
These "levees" follow the couture of the land to hold the water used to
flood the rice at the same level in that area of the field. I'm
guessing the ground is a bit uneven in that area as the segments are of
smaller area than I've seen a bit further north of that area where the
perimeter of the sections may be a half mile or more in length. Rice
growing in northern California has the same levee system.
I was wondering why the Tripacer and I were not showing up in any of the
photos but it sneaked in to this one.
http://krnet.org/pinebluff2001/01092182.jpg
It has passed through several owners since then, totally restored, and
living with Jason Gould in Plano, Texas. A lot of good aerial photos of
KR's shared with the world on the web through the lens of Mark
Langford's camera sticking out the back door of that ol' bird. For those
concerned, I installed a double set of belts for that seat, each belt
oriented in opposite directions, so the chance of an accidental unbuckle
was very small.
Larry Flesner
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