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Duane,
You lucky dog - wish I could have been there. Never heard of the Cirrus before so any further details about it would be good.
Attached a couple of scans from the 1962 World Champs - including the crate. Years ago when I fist got a Perigee plan I was amazed at how small it was. At the time I was flying a well known 40 powered sports model called the Acro Wot ( Alan will be familiar with it ) and they were almost identical in size. I guess Tom went for small and fast and Ed K went for slow and large.
Look forward to more shots from your trip.
Ray
Ray;
Thanks for the great pictures and stats from the 1962 W/C.
I spent a good portion of last night looking at the pictures, and cleaning them up. I'll be posting more over the next few days. There ARE some surprises coming up, but I'm not ready to present them yet.
Regarding the future of the planes. Helen has kept the planes for almost 35 years now since Tom's passing. They are obviously important to her, and I doubt she would have any interest in placing them for sale. As you know, Tom's Perigee is already hanging in the AMA museum, so I doubt the remaining planes will go there; room in the museum is very limited. There are no sons, but several grandchildren, (one of them responded to a previous RCU forum about the Perigee). If I had to guess, it would be the grandchildren will eventually receive them.
Duane