On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:24:05 -0400, Gene Kearns
wrote:

On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:20:52 -0400, RMR penned the following well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

|Hey Gene, do you also block email coming to you from google?

No, but if you sent it since Sunday PM, I haven't checked mail.

That explains a lot.. In the last day or so, I and several others have
been forced to read the attacks from the usual suspects, but
unfortunately, following the rules (the spirit of your work) we are
unable to respond. Pretty frustrating to say the least. But check your
email, I will play by your rules if you decide to let this continue.


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|On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:58:32 -0400, Gene Kearns
wrote:
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|On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:16:19 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing penned the
|following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:
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||I was just poking around your web site and saw the Kearny and Trecker
||mills.
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||I didn't know any of those critters still lived. :)
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||My Uncle Dan was Chief Engineer for K&T during the 50/60's and was
||involved in the development of their push prop float plane - can't
||remember the model of it.
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|Yep, I have two of the old guys.... A Model "D" #2 (this one is a bit
|rare) and a Model "H" 2 Plain.
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|I don't think K&T ever had their "own" aircraft. In the early to mid
|60's they assembled Piaggio's P.136L-1 s and L-2s under the corporate
|names "Trecker Gull" and "Super Gull."
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|They looked sorta like this:
|http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1085300/
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|I suspect that most of those aircraft are either retired or had a
|field approved engine change. The original Franklin and Lycoming
|engines were orphaned by their respective companies...