Will, i think u will find that Wild Bill won the KOI with his Fierce Arrow. Steve was flying one of his I Beam ships,, i believe he took 2nd to Bill. i have all the results and can go back and look it up
Hi Bob, I would be interested in knowing the finish, but remember our local paper, the Marietta Times with a picture of Steve and his buddy, Gary Wegmiller on the front page as winning at the KOI. Gary was a scale flyer.
Now, thing is, Steve would have been either a senior or maybe even still a junior at the time, and that could have been the factor of a first place for him in his age class.
His Argus came out the following year, and I had the misfortune of seeing him break the tail off on a too-low pull out inverted in the reverse wingover. That was at the Parkersburg, W. VA airport at a contest. Steve always flew really low!
If you can find the results of the mid-fifties KOI it would be great to see!! I would start looking around 56 for beginners, and go each way from there. If you don't want to post them here, I would love to have a pm with them!!!!! But...I'm sure the rest of the guys are interested. Thanks in advance!