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- ↑ Gene Smith (Winter 1971). "A Diamond Rotorcraft in the Rough". Air Trails.
- ↑ Experimenter: 16. July 1955.
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- ↑ Gene Smith (Winter 1971). "A Diamond Rotorcraft in the Rough". Air Trails: 36.