Evan,


Never be confused of history, there is only one!.

And you also do not have to guess as well, or to bet as John W. did..

I did not was in the States in 1960 /1965 so I look to this story of your Ed from a different corner and a great distance and I tell you this:

I only talk about two Taurussen one of the auction 1 and one of auction 2 on e-Bay.

All the Taurussen (see auction1) were the same during the Internationals in Belgium.
It does not matter to me if these were build from a kit (As you can see in the list of the members in Belgium there were kits) or from a drawings already circulating over the world.

That was the reason I did say in the past Ed could have a preproduction kit of Top Flite we see this Taurus on the most Promotion pictures.

All these Taurussen have the same fuselage, thrust line of motor, bottom line of the fuselage etc.
(And because I tell you this from the period of the Internationals 1963 , there was on that moment also NOT a Taurus 2, with shorter fuse for proportionals)

So that was part one.

And now part two.


And then you have that “One and only” different and remarkable other fuselage of auction 2,
With the splitted bottomline, low thrustline of the motor, remarkable dark painting beneath the horizontal tailplane, and different inside with handcurved topsheeting..
That one and only fuselage we saw in the crate in Africa, we see on the carrier, we see later in 1964 /1964 from AVL Wilsons picture and we see back in the auction 2 on e-bay..

This one fuselage we see back all the time is from the One and only oldest Taurus on Earth
Flew in the past probably with the wings of the auction 1 (but we do not have pictures of that yet, please) The oldest wings on Earth with the 3 sewings each aileron and later 5.

And that remarkable fuse also was part of the proportional model that had Ed with him in Belgium as the spare, and as we see in the carrier deck.
And that remarkable fuselage Ed later did use also with the swept back wings of auction 2.


If I count I see only:




(A) 1 old fuselage with (diamond) silk covered tailplane(waiting for a picture, because the crate picture is the only one), later with sheeted tailplanes (auction2)(first reed, later proportional)

(B) 1 old pair of wings, together with the fuse the oldest Taurus on Earth with in the past 3 sewings each aileron later 5.(reed)

(C) 1 fuselage 'MAN Magazine/Top Flite/circulating plans' Ed did use in the Internats in Belgium together with the old pair of wings already mentioned and reed radio.(reed)

(D) 1 pair of 'MAN Magazine/Top Flite/circulating' plans wings, for the promotion pictures of the MAN Magazine Taurus.after that see no more (reed)

(E) 1 pair of wings of the aircraft carrier deck with old schema of painting and straight TE (proportional ? (Hero!))

(F) 1 pair of wings swept back with modern painting of auction 2 (proportional)


Every picture and every moment I can explain with these parts, and no more.

HistorY :=========Oldest Taurus on Earth: A + B

Nats 61==========A + B?
Nats 62==========C + D or A + B?
Africa:==========C + D and A + B
Promotie tour:=====C + D
Carrier :=========A + E
Belgium 1963:===== B + C was the A Taurus and A + E was the B Taurus
Nats 63:========== A + F
AVL Wilson picture 64= A + F


Cees