Item P38
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In 1985, I went to the USBA Nationals. It was hosted by Jerry Caplan at C.S.U. Northridge, north of Los Angeles. I had only been making high performance MTAs for a few months and I brought one of my best Maxi-MTAs with me to use in the competition. This MTA had weights in both blade tips and on the elbow. The tips were decorated with floral decals. On the morning before the competition, I went to the competition field to make some practice throws. After only a few minutes, I had a flight of several minutes using this MTA. It wasn't timed and I dropped it in the catch, but it was one of the longest MTA flights that I had up to that date. I decided to use this MTA as a competition signature boomerang. I think that all competitors in the competition signed this boomerang. Anyway, it is in mint condition and with signatures of many well known boomerang competitors from the early years. Right Handed ; Tip-to-tip Span = 42 cm ; Weight = 31 gm
Ted Bailey is a retired Aerospace Engineer who has been making and throwing boomerangs since the early 1970s. The first boomerangs he marketed were multibladers sold on the C.S.U. Sacramento campus in the early 1970s. In the late 1970s, Ted sold traditional boomerangs at the West Palm Beach Mall. In the early 1980s, Ted moved to Ohio and started throwing in Ohio tournaments He developed a line of miniature boomerangs that performed well in competition. In the 1980s, new products included lap joint boomerangs made out of exotic woods and high performance competition boomerangs, especially Fast Catch and MTA. Ted was active in the USBA and served as Secretary, President and as a board member in the 1980s. He was the editor of the USBA newsletter, Many Happy Returns, for two decades and also produced two independent publications: Boomerang Journal and Boomerang News. Ted taught Flying Toy classes in several schools located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Currently, Ted is retired and involved in internet marketing of boomerang products. |
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