Duane,
Are you telling us you believe the airplane Ed Kazmirski crashed at the 1961 Nationals is the airplane pictured in post 897? According to American Modeler Annual 1962 Ed Kazmirski flew a Taurus with a 68 inch wing span, 690 area, and 17.9 loading. The plane had a 17% thick wing. According to American Modeler Annual 1963 Ed Kazmirski flew in the 1962 Nationals a Taurus with a 68 inch wing span, 690 area, and 17 loading. Sounds like same airplane to me. There were 12 other modelers that flew a Taurus in the 1962 Nationals. Most listed the wing span to be 68 inches and the wing area to be 690. The kit Taurus has a 70 inch wing span and 720 sq inches of wing area. Apparently, these 12 Taurus flown at the 62 Nats were all scratch built and not from a kit. If Ed Kazmirski test flew the Taurus in late November 1961 how would 12 individuals have seen that airplane fly and been impressed with it enough to have one ready to fly and fly it in the 1962 Nationals in August of 1962? Cees claims that Ed Kazmirski’s Taurus won the concours’ de elegance at the 1963 World Championships with the original that was 2 ½ years old. The 1963 World Championships were in September 1963. If the Taurus was 2 ½ years old it would have had to been test flown in March or April 1961. I doubt highly seriously that Ed Kazmirski would have left that airplane at home and flown the airplane pictured in post 897 at the 1961 Nationals. If you look at the modified Astro Hog the Orion and the Taurus you can see the natural progression in the development of the Taurus. The airplane that you have Ed Kazmirski flew at the 1964 Nationals. In the American Modeler Annual 1965 Ed Kazmirski list it as a modified Taurus with a 70 inch wing span. His remarks on the airplane are as follows: Plane similar to Taurus but with straight wing T.E. and longer fuselage.

I am not a casual observer of the evolution of the pattern airplane!

Jim Kimbro