Look at the bottom for the date of this ad, (below).

The dates cited for the Detroit Invitational do not correspond to 1961, (which was 9-10). This is a 1963 ad that appeared in the same issue of MAN as the Kazmirski Taurus article, and was intended to promote the kit which only came out about that time.....and after Ed had won the 1962 NATS. The weekend date of the Invitational coresponds to the year 1962.

The plane Ed is holding is not the "kit" Taurus, but his NATS, (scratch built) version. Though we have learned the NATS Taurus had a 68" winspan and different tail moment than the kit, this would not have been noticable to anyone at the time.

Duane