Chris is right on the nose as to how and when the plane was built. But what he has left out was how he came up with the design of the plane. I remember we took a plastic model and assembled it. Then cut the fuse into many sections( Sliced it up!) the pieces were then laid out on a copier to make copies of the cross sections. Then those were enlarged to a size that we could make templates from to cut foam with a hot wire. When all the sections were cut, they were all glued back in order and TAH DA!!! a fuse. then the wings were cut, engine put on. and a quick spray bomb paint job. Now mind you Chris and us did this in about two working days (8hr days), Chris had a great idea and we ran with it. The Company really had know idea what we were up to! I did get to do the 1st test flight at the old ag sight out in Beltsville. Just one of Chris's and Steve's bright ideas. One funny thing was that when the powers that be saw the prototype they loved it. Then the Aero enginers got involved and said the wing was to far forward and would not fly as built. Well we knew it would fly and we bucked the upper management (made a bet) and proved them wrong. There were other birds too. AV-8 Harrier, F-16, Hind-D helicopter (auto Gyro), A Mig-21 BC ( Before Chris)
Ahh the Stories... All facts are from bad memory caused by too many G's

Kirk Wicker
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