BVM F-86

From: Dennis Grady
To: Patty
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 12:51 PM
Subject: BVM F-86

Patty, I have attached three photos of my BVM F-86 ARF. I have spent about 100 additional hours after construction to detail the model to add a more scale appearance. My thanks to every one at BVM for the help in building the kit.

Mike Grady

From: Gordon Dickens
To: Bob
Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 5:20 PM
Subject: Thanks!

Hi Bob,
I just wanted to drop a note of thanks to you for sponsoring and attending Super Jet South this year. I really appreciate everything that you have done to help promote our event and I especially appreciate you personally attending the event. Also, while I am not 100% positive, I think that the F-86 in the attached picture is your airplane. That is one beautiful airplane!

Thanks again,
Gordon Dickens

From: Behzad Pakzad
To: Patty
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 5:13 PM
Subject: F86 60"

Hi Patty
Finally I completed my 60” Saber with a Jetcat P60SE and test flew it on Sunday. Although I had not flown a jet / ducted fan since 1993, everything went great and the plane performed as expected. Attached is a picture after the first flight. I want to especially thank Dustin for answering all my questions no matter how “weird” they were. I look forward to finish my other BVM jets.

Sincerely,
Behzad

Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009
From: Mike
Subject: 25 Year old F-86
To: BVM

Bob,
I have an F-86 I started with your help 25 years ago in Maryland. It was a prototype fuselage from your early days in business. Since I retired in July I looked for a project to test my enthusiasm for returning to RC jets.

Mike Grady

Axel Hache and Andy Bothe of the Dominican Republic took to the air with this colorful P-60 powered AFS Sabre Jet. Axel has a few other jets that he enjoys and has Andy perform the test flights on his new models. This Sabre features rivets, panel lines, wing tanks and a detailed cockpit.

Mr. HM Habib of Karachi, Pakistan is enjoying his new turbine F-86 Sabre. His good friend Babar Sikandar was enlisted to perform the test flights and also sent us these photos of the detailed Sabre. Babar says that it is really amazing to fly.

David Plaine's BVM F-86 won him the JPO Top Gun Award at the 2006 Mid-Atlantic Jet Rally in Fentress, VA. The model is powered by an AMT AT-180, painted with PPG and BVM Metal Coat, and markings by Pro-Mark. BVM extends our congratulations to David.

Simon To of Hong Kong sent in this photo of his A.F.S. F-86F, built by Steve Jaworski in Plant City, Florida and finished in BVM Metal-Kote. It is P-70 powered with working speed brakes and releasable tanks.

Daniel Nghiem of Huntington Beach, California is enjoying his new F-86 (AFS) with JetCat power thanks to skilled craftsman Kevin Barr (builder). Daniel logged many flights on his Sabre at Best in the West '04. Markings and nomenclature by ProMark.

*Asif's "Huff"*
Asif Ali Akbar of Lahore, Pakistan sent these photo's of his recently finished Sabre Jet. It features a BVM .91 with Viojett fan unit for power and has many scale details. Asif's friend, Mr. Wasif is the one responsible for building and detailing this Sabre including functional speed brakes, many ProMark rivets and weathering that can be seen below by the close-up photo's.

*Stu Richmond and Beauteous Butch*
Most of you probably recognize Stu from his many years as a contributing editor of sport flying articles for various magazines. Most recently he enhances the pages of R/C Report with his "Just Plane Fun" column. Stu is now a "Jet Pilot". We had the opportunity at a recent outing at the RCACF field in Apopka, FL. to utilize the JR "Pilot Link" system to offer Stu some jet time. He flew the JetCat P-80 powered 60" F-86 perfectly. All during the flight he was commenting on the smoothness of the model and the "sound", that awesome real sound of the turbojet engine. Stu had made the effort to get a waiver some time ago - now he has reason to keep it current. Son's Bruce and Brian are also avid jet jockey's.

John Burdin from Lakeland, Florida flew his Sabre jet with RAM 500 power and absolutely enjoys it. The model was finished in the Skyblazers color scheme and has a fully detailed cockpit. Well known builder Steve Jaworski built and finshed this Sabre for John.

Frankie Mirandez from Guaynabo, Puerto Rico flies his BVM Sabre with a RAM 500 turbine. Frankie has many flights on this Sabre, both with the previous power system (Viojett/BVM.91) and with the RAM 500 utilizing the BVM F-86 turbine conversion kit.

Scott Booth from Davenport, Iowa recently won top honors "Best of Show" at the Quad Cities scale meet on July 29, 2001. Scott's Sabre uses a RAM 500 turbine for power and a JR radio. Hard to tell by this photo but the Sabre is detailed with thousands of rivets and plenty of weathering.

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