B. Dorn

IT ALL BEGAN with Bob Dorn's proposal for a reed-valve .049 "slab-wing thing" Combat contest. That was at a Northern Virginia Control Line Club meeting in December 1986. To bring Bob's idea home, we needed a standard design that would be inexpensive, easy to build, and durable-a model that would perform well and that could be built in batches. Ron McNally took on the challenge and succeeded admirably. The Dragonfly design has been tested and perfected by Ron and Bob over the intervening years through many trials and club meets.