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Schock Aluminum Mast Denied Class Sanction

The TCA Measurer George Devlin refused legal sanction for the commercially-developed Schock aluminum mast in December 1959, ruling that its dimensions did not conform to the official wooden mast specifications.

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  • aluminum mast
  • class rules
  • Schock
  • George Devlin