The version of the Altair pictured there is the ALTAIR S, first in the Altair line by a young Vic Husak. I think the picture was in Flying Models and was from 1962. I think he told me it was taken at th Toledo show. Ed Kazmirski named the plane "Altair" in the same fashion his planes were named after stars or constellations, (Orion/Taurus). The later version called the King Altair was designed around 1965 at the same time both he and Ed were experimenting with large pattern planes-Ed's version was the Simla