I wish more people could have seen Jim's two de Havilland racers that he took to the Nats in '89. They carved the turns like a rapier sword. While I had been flying high aspect wings for almost two years to that point, it was the first time I ever watched one from the outside. His wings tapered down to where they were paper thin, I never did figure out how he built the wings. Unfortunately for me, after Jim showed the pylon that wingspan was the secret, everyone in the states jumped in. But it was a great two years till they did.

Still, it had to be a surprise to the world the following year, when our FAI team went 1,2,3,4.

Vic, I never wrote the next article. DHG was (is) a much better writter, he got the gig.