This surely deserves an honorable mention... Thank you
On Thursday, January 6, 2022, 05:31:37 PM CST, kiwi faulkner
<kiwifaulk...@hotmail.com> wrote:
The truly amazing ability of the elderly to 'hoard' trinkets of an era past
was admirably demonstrated when my wife and I cleared out my mother's house
prior to it being sold.
Amongst the photos of a much younger, thinner (then) RAF pilot - which my wife
grabbed before I could consign them to the bin - were these old photos of New
Zealand's only Rand KR-1 (registered ZK-EKT) built by Mr Robert (Bob) Maisey in
the seventies.
These photos of the Walter Mikron powered KR-1 were taken by me at the
aircraft's base in Taupo, New Zealand in the late seventies or early eighties
when I was just a kid in school. The incredibly trusting Mr Maisey allowed me
to taxy his aeroplane around the airfield, an experience that I will never
forget. I still have the wealth of correspondence from Mr Maisey when,
equipped with my set of KR-1 plans, I bombarded him with questions regarding
the construction of the aircraft.
The lady in the photo is my mother - she is 94 years old now. She can't catch
me to give me a hiding when I misbehave any more.
All the very best for the New Year.
Kiwi
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