The area under the canopy should be black...for authenticity add the AMA I.D. sticker. I'll include some original pictures and recent ones in color, (I'm confident the shade of red is correct since I co-own Ed's Taurus II, which used the same paint).

As for the fly in, I think NEXT year would be best. Thanks for offering your club field. My original thoughts were to hold it at Triple Tree, (site of Joe Nall in South Carolina), where the first flighted were made in October 2010, but we'll see. Who knows, we might even opt to contact the officers of the current club at Kickapoo Woods where Ed flew.

Duane