Turbojets at Ohio '02
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Glen Robinson (Long Island, NY) logged the first flights on his perfectly finished black Bandit. The aggressor scheme borrowed from the Top Gun movie's so called MiG-28 (F-5) is seen only as a silhouette in the sky. The external stores help define the aircraft's attitude.
Glen invested a lot of time in the polished black surfaces with panel lines and rivets, it flies as good as it looks.



An AMT AT-180 powers Gerry Kerr's brilliant F-86 - another example of super craftsmanship that experienced its first flights at Heart of Ohio '02.
Modelers like Gerry, who have built the early BVM Sabres, really appreciate what the new kits offer.




The F-100 can carry a full load of external stores on the detailed and molded pylons. Here, Mitch Weiss's "Hun" is captured on taxi-back from a flight with (4) Mark 82, 500lb bombs and a pair of 375 gallon wing tanks.
An AMT AT-280SP provided the thrust for the simulated mission over North Vietnam. Mitch devised his own servo/air operated canopy using framework parts from BVM.
See this and several other BVM F-100's fly at Scale Jets International this November.



Gordon Dickens brought this BobCat and his green Marine F-16 from his home in Atlanta, Georgia. He was one of the first JetCat users in the USA and has enjoyed many hundreds of flights with this very reliable turbojet system.
It is hard to beat orange and white for visibility, so Gordon borrowed this scheme from a 1960's Naval Air Reserve aircraft.
This BobCat XL with P-120 power was airborne many times during the "Scramble".



Tom Dodgen was the test pilot for Sam Snyder's scratch built 112" deHavilland Swallow - a British jet from the 50's.
After some C.G. and control travel adjustments the JetCat P-120 powered model flew very well.