Gents,
Our thread about the Ed Kazmirski’s Taurus is long. Started on 25 June by RCDent it is nearly on the third place on the hits counter.
Many of you do have read that I am reconstructing the Taurus that’s visible in the crate that was used by Ed during the trip to Africa in April 1962 together with the other standard Taurus.
On that moment already it was the “back up” for Ed, no equipment was in the fuse, no antenna.

I do have a “high resolution” picture of this crate. And I am lucky.
With only this picture I nearly can reconstruct the complete original fuselage of the oldest Taurus ever exists.
Other pictures I mostly use I also show, black and white from Les Fruh and Ed Kazmirski after the first modifications of this first Oldest Taurus on Earth.
Paint scheme but also some distances I did check with the pictures and a fuse of the e-bay auctions.
Ed must have used the Taurus, from which we see the fuselage on the right side in the crate, in 1961, in the period we heard the first time about the Taurus.
Maybe this original was also the eye catcher for Top Flite to kit the plane later.

What can be the thread?
The complete reconstruction process with pictures of the drawings I already show some of in the other Thread, simple calculations (mainly CG check) and construction pictures of the this Taurus.
Next year, Report of the first flights with data logger and measurements.
Proving of the flight characteristics of the first contest Taurus from Ed.

To give the Taurus in this period a recognizable name :

WESTER TAURUS.

If there are members interested let me know and I’ll make the show.
If not? No problem, I will continue the process back stage.
To make you enthusiastic, already some pictures.
Cees