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From: Bill Glaze <billglaze@triad.rr.com>
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Marty:
Some years ago, when there was a biplane bonus, 3 flyers entered Steen
Skybolts in the TOC.
One of them was the fellow from Oklahoma, whose name escapes me; the 3rd
person, I never heard his name.
The judging committee was looking these over, and remarked that
Prettner's airplane didn't look scale enough to them to qualify.
somebody on the committee said:  Well, Steen himself is here; let's show
him the planes and see what he says."  The others agreed it was a great
idea.

They put all three planes together in a room, and asked Steen to
comment.
He looked at the first version.  He commented:  "Gee, that looks just
like my airplane, paint and all, just like it was shrunk."
Looking at the second airplane:  "Boy, that's a perfect version; paint
looks just like (Joe Blow's.)
Looking at the third airplane, (Prettner's): "That sure is a pretty
model; what's it supposed to be a model of?
They sent Prettner home.
Later a model magazine in Germany made a big stink about the whole
deal.  The article was shown to Bill Bennett, who blew his stack, and
threatened right then and there to cancel all future T.O.C.'s
Shortly after, Prettner wrote to the magazines saying that, in essence,
he had tried to get away with a non-scale airplane, and bore no ill will
for his rejection.
End of story.
Prettner, of course, went on to win other T.O.C's.

One thing about living in Las Vegas, (as I did for many years) you are
privy to the "poop from group."

I thought you might be interested.

Bill Glaze

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