All the best mark, mate. Hope you recover very soon. Rob did a great job at the forum. It was great to see a few of the guys, and a great week at Oshkosh All the best Phil Matheson
Sent from my iPhone > On 31 Jul 2023, at 11:14, Mark Langford <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> On 7/30/2023 8:04 PM, MS wrote: >> >> I haven't seen any KR's yet. Has anybody seen any? > > I flew my KR2 (built by Jim Faughn) into OSH on Friday, and tied it down in > the usual KR roosting spot at Homebuilder HQ. Unfortunately, during a refuel > stop in northern Illinois on the way up, I tripped over an un-seen curb and > broke my foot. I didn't know it at the time, so I continued on to OSH. > > When I landed at OSH, I found that it hurt more than before. That evening, I > was down to using my heel only, which worked OK but was quite awkward. It > got even worse that night, with lots of swelling, and I decided it was broken > and I needed to get back home ASAP to get it set. Besides....OSH is all > about walking all over the place and I simply couldn't walk any more. > > Rob Schmitt arranged a ride back to the plane Saturday morning, and I crawled > back in the plane and headed home. Larry Flesner met me with a wheel chair > when I stopped for fuel at KMWA, and it was much appreciated. My wife met me > at the hangar and put the plane away. Next morning it was obvious it was > broken, and the ER doctor's X-ray removed all doubt. > > So I'm now on a "knee scooter" to get around the house, and hope to spend my > "down-time" updating the www.KRnet.org website with some more useful details > and information in the next few weeks... so maybe there's a bright side to > this mess. > > Many thanks to all the folks who helped me at OSH, especially Larry and Gwen > Howell. And thanks to Rob for handling the KR Forum with only two hours > notice. > > Please don't reply to this message, as KRnet already has enough flotsam and > jetsam in the archive... > > ---------- > Mark Langford > [email protected] > http://www.n56ml.com > -- > KRnet mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet -- KRnet mailing list [email protected] https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet
