John Backer showed off his inexpensive Corvair prop hub alternative, welded up from plate and tubing.

This is Marty flying low to get a view of the windsock, I'm sure.

We were all quite amazed to see the KR-360 that was at Oshkosh taxi in.

Ed Schuler goes over the details of his design and construction.

These gullwing doors could have come off of a factory plane, but then they wouldn't have been THIS nice!

The interior was perfect.

Aileron bellcrank.

When your flaps span the stubwing gap, the outer hinges tend to get kinda long.

Hmmmm...what's this? Well, by hooking the front edge with your fingernail and pulling...

...you get an instant tiedown!

Unique aileron counterweight.

Hinges consisted of three short lengths of piano hinge. Pull three pins and it's loose!~

Canopy latch was very nicely done.

Here's the latching pin.

An 0-360 is what makes it a KR-360.

This picture was not rotated. I think I can barely make out Linda Hopkins in there. She said she wasn't building a KR, her father was, but she sure seemed interested in the things.

Jeff Scott arrived, out of the blue, along with John Bryhan in his Grumman.

Jeff's repainted his plane, fitted wheelpants, and updated his C-85 to an 0-200 since we last saw it three years ago.

This set off another feeding frenzy on the ramp.

This is Aircraft Spruce's "homebuilder's special" tailwheel and spring.

This screw retains a long 3/16" steel pin, which makes Jeff's rudder instantly removeable.

It didn't take long for Marty and Larry, the other 0-200 guys, to scope it out.

I really like this sidewall treatment. You guys that left glue dripping everywhere need not apply.

Jeff joined up with Larry's Tripacer for a few air-to-air shots.

Looks kinda like a "Best KR", doesn't it?

Once the weather go down to merely "marginal VFR", Jim Faughn was able to escape the St. Louis terminal area.

Jim's interior was judged "best interior".

Richard Shirley made it back again in his knock-out KR1, almost 20 years old!

Another mob gathered.

Terry Chizek flew in again from Kansas.

The pilot's forum drew quite a crowd.

And the few pilots on hand seemed to enjoy it. Maybe I too can be a real pilot someday...

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