ORIGINAL: BERUSTY
The saga of the Taurus...
Duane...my post didn't include the picture of my big smile. This thread is very interesting. I am the biggest model airplane geek in the world and have way too many obscure toy airplane facts in my tiny brain. (Insert face icon of your choice here.)
Regarding modeling history, I invested a significant amount of time and energy assisting the AMA Museum acquiring QuiQue Somenzini's Nat's winning Brio to the collection. The display at the museum features about a half a dozen "pattern" models including the Taurus. I will look for the web thread of the well attended donation ceremony held at the 2007 NATS.
Clearly, the popularity of the thread speaks to the interest in/for/on the subject.
Rusty Dose
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Rusty
I'll bet that GeeBee ride was the highlight of their trip. I got into R/C through my own father as I bet many of us did.
Speaking of donations, the Taurus currently displayed at the AMA museum will be replaced by the REAL THING at a ceremony in Muncie...I believe this coming September. I assume the currently displayed Taurus will be returned to its owner. Muncie is a good length trip for me, but I'll probably make it anyway. It will be the only chance I will probably get to get some pictures of Ed's two personal airplanes together before the '62 NATS Taurus, (and 3rd place at the 1963 worlds) is donated to the museum. The plane was purchased at auction by VR/CS last July, and is currently making the rounds at various VR/CS activities as a non-flying display. As the picture shows, it is in remarkable condition, and is a testimony to just how good a pilot he was during the early years of pattern. Though it's not a 2-meter bird, like all true pattern planes the Taurus flys smooth as silk, and is beautiful to watch in the hands of a good pilot.