Kingsbury DR 1 First Flight

Makhpiyaluta · 11 March 2008, 09:00 AM

Congatulations

You just made my day. This is one amazingly wonderful Tripe. Great job!!!

Willem

JohnReid · 11 March 2008, 10:12 AM

Lucky devil! An aviators dream come true.

hoodoo · 11 March 2008, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by JohnReid

Lucky devil! An aviators dream come true.

Roger Freeman has a dream for a permanent flying museum at Kingsbury, The Pioneer Flight Museum, one that would belong to the public, not necessarily totally different from Rhinebeck but not the same either and certainly not in competition....a different region of the country, a different perspective. The assets he brings to endeavor is his ability as an aviator, his master craftsmanship, his generosity, his persistence, his love and knowledge of early aviation history, his patience, and his general amiability with his fellow man. Everyone gets treated in a first-class manner at Kingsbury. A fairly decent guy all around, I think, eh? But then, again I am biased...he let's me work on and drive the Model T's as well as fly in biplanes. And a word of praise or thanks from Roger is akin to a ticker-tape parade to those of us who volunteer through PFM.

He does have one fault though. He never asks for anything from anyone. As a result he tends to shoulder the load himself. We volunteers help, but we get so much in return that "volunteering" isn't really for work, but fun. Anything we put into Kingsbury is paid back in excess in so many ways. When I think of what could happen at Kingsbury if we had only a bit of the money some of the WWII aviation boys put into their toys, Kingsbury could be a vintage aviation Camelot, something different from anything else. It's not that money is the complete answer, extra money would merely give Roger and the volunteers the freedom to create far more than has been created. It could truly be a step into a time machine.

Kingsbury isn't fancy or slick, it is a place of great character, great comradeship, and great opportunity to preserve part of our aviation heritage.

PfalzPflyer · 11 March 2008, 09:28 PM

Hoodoo,

Your description of Roger makes him sound a lot like another good fellow who followed his dream, and who let a lot of us folks come along for the ride... Cole Palen.

That video makes me wish I still lived in Texas. (So did December, January, February...*grin*)

Dean in Omaha

hoodoo · 13 March 2008, 07:40 PM

[QUOTE=hoodoo;372316]A video is worth 10,000 words.

I originally thought the link would just direct one to the you tube site, however it actually plays the link on the sight, which is a nice attribute. However this doesn't allow for the credit to go to the guy behind the camera. Ron Marcotte, one of the stalwart long time volunteers (at least he was there when I started in June 07) took this video, edited it and posted it on You Tube. All I did was type in the link. I asked Ron if I could credit him here and he assented.

Thanks Ron, for the great video. I hope we have some more WWI aircraft in the air again to share soon.

The Canuck is hopefully 98% ready to resume flight. There is some tweaking here and there with the installation before turning the prop for real can start.

Then the Two Tommy's can put on their uniforms and get back in the air.

CORVUS · 14 March 2008, 07:07 AM

Hoodoo,

What a great discription of the atmosphere at Old Kingbury. Makes me wish I lived close by. I hope you guys find the financial resources to make your dreams come true.

Lou