Always be careful with data and if possible, double check!!!!!!
BTW I did make a picture of the wind speed in Chicago, Illinois on the date 8 and 9 april 1961, maybe the weekend of the first flight of the Oldest Taurus on Earth to see if test flying was possible in that period. 5 Months before the Detroit Invitational.
Of course I also know humidity, temperature, barometer pressure etc.
More to come, wing covering is hot item these days.
Cees
Cees
Why do you feel the first flight of Oldest Taurus on Earth was April 8 and 9th, (or thereabouts), when the prototype plans says it was the end of November, (4th Thursday in the month) 1961? I know one source at the W/C in 1963 made a casual reference to
"2-1/2 years old", but that is a very unreliable reference compared to an exact date on the prototype plan. Is there any other evidence beside that one reference to support an age of "2-1/2 years"? Is there anything that says the first flight was in April of 1961? Why didn't Ed fly that plane at the 1961 NATS?
Duane