Back when I was still a kid, this guy who was involved in air racing named Ron Fleming (His business card said: "Ron Fleming Enterprises"....so my Brother and I called him "Mr. Enterprises"...wonder what ever happened to him???) took me into Charlie Beck's hangar on the Van Nuys airport to look at this wild thing made from a T-6 frame and a 2800 Pratt motor. They were all so excited talking like it was going to be the fastest thing around. At the time it was just a skeleton and not much had been done yet. I was so glad that someone was going to make a homebuilt unlimited to challenge the proven old racers and maybe launch a new wave of faster, wilder racers. I had heard that it was grossly unstable upon its first flight and the project was abondoned. When I saw your article on it, it brought back some great old memories and the hopes for the homebuilt unlimited promise of the past.
I wish them all the best with the project. It is nice to know that dreams may be put on hold, but they don't really ever die.
Glenn Bloom
I wish them all the best with the project. It is nice to know that dreams may be put on hold, but they don't really ever die.
Glenn Bloom
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