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Joe --
Midwest, the Chicago U-Liners, and combat all peaked about the same time (late 50s), near as I can recall. The combat Omegas flew like poop, but the way the U-Liners built them made them tough to beat. In those days, the way to win combat was to cut the streamer about 1/4" behind the bellcrank centerline. The U-Liners put a big slab of 1/8 (maybe 1/4?) plywood in the center section, and they would just scrape the unnecessary balsa out the center section after a "kill".
The Omegas also seemed to fly OK with the outboard wing gone after a major hit, which helped them.
The Midwest Half-Fasts were only roughly based on Netzeband's design, but were perhaps superior Bill's design in some ways. Different story for a different time and place.
As to your note, I vaguely remember an Omega profile, not a full fuse version. Since you have one, my memory has to be incorrect.
All this makes me think your Omega stunter had to be late, late 50s or very early 60s.
(Late Edit -- Tell your partner to burn the Omega kit and build a U-Key.)
Larry Fulwider