he fifth annual International Jets Over Deland Fly-In held January 27-30 1994 Deland Florida jettogether biggest ducted fan event world jast years Jets Over Deland article November 1993 Model Aviation stated event kept growing rate would become granddaddy ducted-fan jet model events prediction came true 225 RC jet models 162 registered pilots familiar past reports will notice name has changed Jets Over Deland Annual International Jets Over Deland Fly-In participants 14 countries 23 states now truly international event Contestants came USA Belgium United Kingdom Portugal Germany Thailand Burma France Venezuela Holland Brazil Australia Canada Switzerland Contest Directoror ramrodof extravaganza Frank Anderson migrated Canada sunny Florida Frank has much experience running promoting mainline events like ably assisted fellow Golden Hawks club members assistant CD Paul Bartel An event magnitude requires extraordinary flying site Golden Hawks flying site perfect facility situated abandoned runway Deland Municipal Airport runway 2000 feet long 750 feet wide concrete base blacktop surfaceideal RC jet models Frank came up another super idea wanted city Deland support event Frank contacted mayors office explained idea James McCroskey Director Community Development Mr McCroskey thought idea good enough presented Mayor David C Rigsby declared January 27-30 1994 Jets Over Deland Days Mayor Rigsby impressed show daily turnout several thousand spectators mentioned would seeking grant city Deland event 1995 Fly-In brought quite bit revenue city instance local hotels motels sold out Pilots crew members began arriving January 23 test fly check out equipment get some practice flying before official flying began January 27 1994 year brought new source power RC jet models miniature turbine jet engine miniturbines created quite bit excitement pilots spectators Three different turbines demonstrated Pilot Kent Nogy Paso Robles California installed JPX-T240 turbine Bob Violett Models BVM Ultra Viper Ultra Viper JPX-T240 made perfect marriage proven excellent performance turbine uses propane fuel second turbine original design Jeff Seymour Menasha Wisconsin SWB-3 installed very large Yellow Aircraft F- 18 piloted Bob Fiorenze Winter Springs Florida F- 18 performed flawlessly uses kerosene fuel third turbine Scheckling installed handsome Saab Viggen Jim Fox Models kit flown Mike Charry Saab Viggen Scheckling turbine flew authority also uses kerosene fuel miniature turbine engines fairly quiet compared piston-slapping ducted-fan engines sound exactly like full-size counterparts firmly believe will replace ducted-fan engines few yearsespecially become affordable engine manufacturer would working miniature turbine instead investing time money trying improve ducted fan engine performance Official flying begin Monday 9 am 845 CD held brief pilots meeting explain safety rules dos don ts flying active airport several thousand spectators FAA posted warning full-size aircraft August 1994 7 avoid area jet models flying cleared jet models fly up 1000 feet worked out just fine concerned part weather held up fairly well Monday thru Thursday partly cloudy great flying too hot too cold slight breezeabout eight 10 knotsblew straight down runway weather began change Friday front beginning move wind picked up did stop jet jockeys kept right flying always six planes air 200 ducted-fan models competed singleand twin-engine military civilian sport jet Numerically Bob Violett models dominated fly-in 100 BVMs competed approximately 27 scratch-built original-design models Byron Originals good showing did Yellow Aircraft followed Jet Model Products Jim Fox Models Bob Parkinson Models ftPhilip Avonds Kits Jet Hangar Hobbies Century Jet Models Nick Ziroli Plans Trim Air Models Top Gun Models Sterner Models Meys HiTech Models WKR Leading Edge Models say variety spice life variety fly-in impressive models meet Best Show went Philip Avonds Veurne Belgium competed stunning Rafale-A Avonds scale jet kit Best Military Jet went Tom Robertson Bossier City Louisiana flew superfinished great-flying F-16 BVM kit Best Non-Military Jet went Kent Nogy high-performance JPX-TPX-T230 turbine-powered Ultra Viper Fastest Jet contest nodiving must-fly course Terry Nitsch Columbus Ohio won Ultra Viper clocked 1749 mph Target Speed interesting event pilot must predict speed model through speed trap Chris Huhn Orlando Florida came within 1 mph target speed BVM Maverick Slowest Speed went Philip Avonds flying Rafale-A Quietest Jet awarded Dave Ribbe Champaign Illinois Dave flew MiG-15 Electric jet model used Astro Flite motor MiG- 15 flew extraordinarily well tie Best Propane Jet Malcom Kay Richmansworth Herfordshire England flew Sagittario Scorpio Products Italian kit powered JPX T240 Turbine Kent Nogy Ultra Viper also earned Best Propane Jet title Mike Cherry Basingstoke Hampshire England Jeff Seymour tied Best Kerosene Powered Jet Jeff s F-18 powered SWB-3 turbine Mike flew Saab Viggen Its Jim Fox Models Kit thats powered Scheckling FD 3/6 Turbine Pilot Traveling Farthest Fly meet tie between Peter Stefurak Melbourne Australia Maung Zaw Bangkok Thailand Peter brought trim A/C Spectre Maung brought Saab Viggen Both models flew extremely well Craftsmanship Award went Mike Kulszyk Austin Texas gorgeous scratch-built F-84 Republic Jet model flew well Its large model IMAA legal Jerry Caudle ramrod Metropolis Superman Jet Fly came cold Metropolis Illinois warm up sunny Florida show off beautiful BVM Maverick Jerry received merchandise award assistance gave fellow modelers Carl Spurlock Des Moines Iowa also received merchandise award Best Warbird Carl gaggle Byron Original jets F-18 T-20 Tiger Shark F-86 F-16 A-7 Corsair Wigberto Tartuce Sr Jr earned Best Original Design award beautiful colorful scratch-built Hurricanes finished orange blue marine other finished pink white Both models flew well will kitted soon Bob Parkinson now set up Palm Bay Florida drew much attention popular Cheetah also several Bobs Regal Eagles meet Bob now using clear Lexan plastic Cheetahs fuselage material tough flexibleno fatigue cracks after 100 hours flying Installing equipment receiver servos ducted fan fuel tank nose gear pushrods easier because can look fuselage see items will go Cheetah also fairly fast its clocked between 140 150 mph fixed gear hanging airstream good entry-level jet model popular jet model fly-in Bob Violetts Maverick approximately 30 meet ducted-fan Fly-In have attended Mavericks other model think BVM Maverick will big seller original Mid-West Sweet Stick Lou Andrews Aero Master Pilot Bob Fiorenze demonstrated flight envelope new Yellow Aircraft F- 18 adorned Blue Angel livery did some hotdogging Yellow Aircraft Swing Wing F-14 last least Bob flew prototype Yellow Air Fl 17A Stealth fighter Bob flies models ease style puts good show Other Models worth mentioning Eric Mey brought 1Ao-scale A-6 Intruder have personal affection airplane worked fullsize A-6 Grumman Aerospace Corp A-6 real po workhorse Erics A-6 Intruder flies very scalelike manner kit appears well engineered Dave Nicholson two very nice models event BVM FJ-3M Fury red white Navy fashion Byron MiG-15 flew quite fast asked Dave what did Byron MiG make fly fast Dave told installed complete BVM ducted-fan system engine fan shroud inlet tube exhaust tail pipe cheater hole capped new setup increased speed least 40 50 mph Roger Shipley stunning BVM T-33 Red Knight Canadian Airforce style T-33 ideal jet us gray-haired pilots its big easy see flies like Pattern model Brian Douthett neat-looking super-flying Yellow Aircraft F-16 low-visibility color scheme Yellow Aircraft F-16 another good jet model experienced pilot wants get jet model flying Lebanon Pennsylvanias Mike Lesher displayed super-finished Grumman F9F-2 Panther has US Navy dark-sea-blue color scheme Mike scratch-built Panther Ziroli plans Panther very stable jet model Bob Violettthe proprietor Bob Violett Models Inchad ball burning holes Florida sky BVM F-86 also flew prototype F-4 Phantom F-4 Phantom flies rock solidas though rails Bob also flew Maverick Ultra Viper Maryville Tennessees Jim Braun demonstrated stunning Top-Gun MiG-29 decorated camouflage paint scheme MiG-29 high-performance model flies very well John Sowersby Skipsea East Yorkshire England very pretty Saab Viggen Jim Fox Models kit John uses Rossi 91 engine Ramtec fan Graupner/JR PCM RC system Ron Wilson great time flying Yellow Air F-16 finished two-tone gray Ron unique feature F-16 very effective variable-thrust nozzle Abbottstown Pennsylvanias Scott Stouffer brought very pretty Parkinson Regal Eagle done Israeli desert color scheme brown tan gray Regal Eagle ideal entry-level jet Its moderately priced easy build easy fly Tadeusz Krzanowski Van Nuys California flew attractive Aero LZ-39 finished green blue LZ-39 uses Rossi 61 JMP Dynamax Fan Futaba PCM nine-channel RC system jet model flew quite nicely Sithisak Kanchanasatien hails Bangkok Thailand brought beautiful Saab JA87 Viggen Jim Fox Model powered OS 91 Ramtec fan Futaba PCM channel RC system Hans Van Dongen Kaatscheuvel N B Holland brought neat-looking greatflying Rafale-A jet model powered OS 91 engine Ramtec Fan Futaba PCM eight-channel RC system quite few Rafale-As jet fly-in flew extremely well Johnny Longoria Victoria Texas flew stunning Byron F-16 finished T Bird color scheme F-16 powered OS 91 engine Byron Fan flown JR six-channel FM RC system nt MP proprietor Tom Cook booth set up display new giant-size T-33 Shooting Star Starfire II sport jet twin-engine F-4 Phantom Tom Cooks jet kits well engineered much carbon fiber fly well Event Contributors Bob Violett Models Inc Fiorenze Hobby Center Bob Parkinson Models Jet Pilots Organization Dan Vincent Computer Graphics R/C Jet International magazine Colonial Hobbies Robart Mfg Radio Control Modeler magazine Ace R/C manufacturing distribution Bisson Mufflers Bobs Hobby Center Quadratech Telestar Productions Quality Products Ace Hobbies Zap Gang Graves R/C Hobbies TCI Cablevision jet-together successful Jet Pilots Organization European contemporaries requested Golden Hawks Radio Control Club consider running full-scale FM World Championship preceding 1995 International Jets Over Deland fly-In Until next time stay well keep em flying
Edition: Model Aviation - 1994/08
Page Numbers: 7, 8, 9, 10
he fifth annual International Jets Over Deland Fly-In held January 27-30 1994 Deland Florida jettogether biggest ducted fan event world jast years Jets Over Deland article November 1993 Model Aviation stated event kept growing rate would become granddaddy ducted-fan jet model events prediction came true 225 RC jet models 162 registered pilots familiar past reports will notice name has changed Jets Over Deland Annual International Jets Over Deland Fly-In participants 14 countries 23 states now truly international event Contestants came USA Belgium United Kingdom Portugal Germany Thailand Burma France Venezuela Holland Brazil Australia Canada Switzerland Contest Directoror ramrodof extravaganza Frank Anderson migrated Canada sunny Florida Frank has much experience running promoting mainline events like ably assisted fellow Golden Hawks club members assistant CD Paul Bartel An event magnitude requires extraordinary flying site Golden Hawks flying site perfect facility situated abandoned runway Deland Municipal Airport runway 2000 feet long 750 feet wide concrete base blacktop surfaceideal RC jet models Frank came up another super idea wanted city Deland support event Frank contacted mayors office explained idea James McCroskey Director Community Development Mr McCroskey thought idea good enough presented Mayor David C Rigsby declared January 27-30 1994 Jets Over Deland Days Mayor Rigsby impressed show daily turnout several thousand spectators mentioned would seeking grant city Deland event 1995 Fly-In brought quite bit revenue city instance local hotels motels sold out Pilots crew members began arriving January 23 test fly check out equipment get some practice flying before official flying began January 27 1994 year brought new source power RC jet models miniature turbine jet engine miniturbines created quite bit excitement pilots spectators Three different turbines demonstrated Pilot Kent Nogy Paso Robles California installed JPX-T240 turbine Bob Violett Models BVM Ultra Viper Ultra Viper JPX-T240 made perfect marriage proven excellent performance turbine uses propane fuel second turbine original design Jeff Seymour Menasha Wisconsin SWB-3 installed very large Yellow Aircraft F- 18 piloted Bob Fiorenze Winter Springs Florida F- 18 performed flawlessly uses kerosene fuel third turbine Scheckling installed handsome Saab Viggen Jim Fox Models kit flown Mike Charry Saab Viggen Scheckling turbine flew authority also uses kerosene fuel miniature turbine engines fairly quiet compared piston-slapping ducted-fan engines sound exactly like full-size counterparts firmly believe will replace ducted-fan engines few yearsespecially become affordable engine manufacturer would working miniature turbine instead investing time money trying improve ducted fan engine performance Official flying begin Monday 9 am 845 CD held brief pilots meeting explain safety rules dos don ts flying active airport several thousand spectators FAA posted warning full-size aircraft August 1994 7 avoid area jet models flying cleared jet models fly up 1000 feet worked out just fine concerned part weather held up fairly well Monday thru Thursday partly cloudy great flying too hot too cold slight breezeabout eight 10 knotsblew straight down runway weather began change Friday front beginning move wind picked up did stop jet jockeys kept right flying always six planes air 200 ducted-fan models competed singleand twin-engine military civilian sport jet Numerically Bob Violett models dominated fly-in 100 BVMs competed approximately 27 scratch-built original-design models Byron Originals good showing did Yellow Aircraft followed Jet Model Products Jim Fox Models Bob Parkinson Models ftPhilip Avonds Kits Jet Hangar Hobbies Century Jet Models Nick Ziroli Plans Trim Air Models Top Gun Models Sterner Models Meys HiTech Models WKR Leading Edge Models say variety spice life variety fly-in impressive models meet Best Show went Philip Avonds Veurne Belgium competed stunning Rafale-A Avonds scale jet kit Best Military Jet went Tom Robertson Bossier City Louisiana flew superfinished great-flying F-16 BVM kit Best Non-Military Jet went Kent Nogy high-performance JPX-TPX-T230 turbine-powered Ultra Viper Fastest Jet contest nodiving must-fly course Terry Nitsch Columbus Ohio won Ultra Viper clocked 1749 mph Target Speed interesting event pilot must predict speed model through speed trap Chris Huhn Orlando Florida came within 1 mph target speed BVM Maverick Slowest Speed went Philip Avonds flying Rafale-A Quietest Jet awarded Dave Ribbe Champaign Illinois Dave flew MiG-15 Electric jet model used Astro Flite motor MiG- 15 flew extraordinarily well tie Best Propane Jet Malcom Kay Richmansworth Herfordshire England flew Sagittario Scorpio Products Italian kit powered JPX T240 Turbine Kent Nogy Ultra Viper also earned Best Propane Jet title Mike Cherry Basingstoke Hampshire England Jeff Seymour tied Best Kerosene Powered Jet Jeff s F-18 powered SWB-3 turbine Mike flew Saab Viggen Its Jim Fox Models Kit thats powered Scheckling FD 3/6 Turbine Pilot Traveling Farthest Fly meet tie between Peter Stefurak Melbourne Australia Maung Zaw Bangkok Thailand Peter brought trim A/C Spectre Maung brought Saab Viggen Both models flew extremely well Craftsmanship Award went Mike Kulszyk Austin Texas gorgeous scratch-built F-84 Republic Jet model flew well Its large model IMAA legal Jerry Caudle ramrod Metropolis Superman Jet Fly came cold Metropolis Illinois warm up sunny Florida show off beautiful BVM Maverick Jerry received merchandise award assistance gave fellow modelers Carl Spurlock Des Moines Iowa also received merchandise award Best Warbird Carl gaggle Byron Original jets F-18 T-20 Tiger Shark F-86 F-16 A-7 Corsair Wigberto Tartuce Sr Jr earned Best Original Design award beautiful colorful scratch-built Hurricanes finished orange blue marine other finished pink white Both models flew well will kitted soon Bob Parkinson now set up Palm Bay Florida drew much attention popular Cheetah also several Bobs Regal Eagles meet Bob now using clear Lexan plastic Cheetahs fuselage material tough flexibleno fatigue cracks after 100 hours flying Installing equipment receiver servos ducted fan fuel tank nose gear pushrods easier because can look fuselage see items will go Cheetah also fairly fast its clocked between 140 150 mph fixed gear hanging airstream good entry-level jet model popular jet model fly-in Bob Violetts Maverick approximately 30 meet ducted-fan Fly-In have attended Mavericks other model think BVM Maverick will big seller original Mid-West Sweet Stick Lou Andrews Aero Master Pilot Bob Fiorenze demonstrated flight envelope new Yellow Aircraft F- 18 adorned Blue Angel livery did some hotdogging Yellow Aircraft Swing Wing F-14 last least Bob flew prototype Yellow Air Fl 17A Stealth fighter Bob flies models ease style puts good show Other Models worth mentioning Eric Mey brought 1Ao-scale A-6 Intruder have personal affection airplane worked fullsize A-6 Grumman Aerospace Corp A-6 real po workhorse Erics A-6 Intruder flies very scalelike manner kit appears well engineered Dave Nicholson two very nice models event BVM FJ-3M Fury red white Navy fashion Byron MiG-15 flew quite fast asked Dave what did Byron MiG make fly fast Dave told installed complete BVM ducted-fan system engine fan shroud inlet tube exhaust tail pipe cheater hole capped new setup increased speed least 40 50 mph Roger Shipley stunning BVM T-33 Red Knight Canadian Airforce style T-33 ideal jet us gray-haired pilots its big easy see flies like Pattern model Brian Douthett neat-looking super-flying Yellow Aircraft F-16 low-visibility color scheme Yellow Aircraft F-16 another good jet model experienced pilot wants get jet model flying Lebanon Pennsylvanias Mike Lesher displayed super-finished Grumman F9F-2 Panther has US Navy dark-sea-blue color scheme Mike scratch-built Panther Ziroli plans Panther very stable jet model Bob Violettthe proprietor Bob Violett Models Inchad ball burning holes Florida sky BVM F-86 also flew prototype F-4 Phantom F-4 Phantom flies rock solidas though rails Bob also flew Maverick Ultra Viper Maryville Tennessees Jim Braun demonstrated stunning Top-Gun MiG-29 decorated camouflage paint scheme MiG-29 high-performance model flies very well John Sowersby Skipsea East Yorkshire England very pretty Saab Viggen Jim Fox Models kit John uses Rossi 91 engine Ramtec fan Graupner/JR PCM RC system Ron Wilson great time flying Yellow Air F-16 finished two-tone gray Ron unique feature F-16 very effective variable-thrust nozzle Abbottstown Pennsylvanias Scott Stouffer brought very pretty Parkinson Regal Eagle done Israeli desert color scheme brown tan gray Regal Eagle ideal entry-level jet Its moderately priced easy build easy fly Tadeusz Krzanowski Van Nuys California flew attractive Aero LZ-39 finished green blue LZ-39 uses Rossi 61 JMP Dynamax Fan Futaba PCM nine-channel RC system jet model flew quite nicely Sithisak Kanchanasatien hails Bangkok Thailand brought beautiful Saab JA87 Viggen Jim Fox Model powered OS 91 Ramtec fan Futaba PCM channel RC system Hans Van Dongen Kaatscheuvel N B Holland brought neat-looking greatflying Rafale-A jet model powered OS 91 engine Ramtec Fan Futaba PCM eight-channel RC system quite few Rafale-As jet fly-in flew extremely well Johnny Longoria Victoria Texas flew stunning Byron F-16 finished T Bird color scheme F-16 powered OS 91 engine Byron Fan flown JR six-channel FM RC system nt MP proprietor Tom Cook booth set up display new giant-size T-33 Shooting Star Starfire II sport jet twin-engine F-4 Phantom Tom Cooks jet kits well engineered much carbon fiber fly well Event Contributors Bob Violett Models Inc Fiorenze Hobby Center Bob Parkinson Models Jet Pilots Organization Dan Vincent Computer Graphics R/C Jet International magazine Colonial Hobbies Robart Mfg Radio Control Modeler magazine Ace R/C manufacturing distribution Bisson Mufflers Bobs Hobby Center Quadratech Telestar Productions Quality Products Ace Hobbies Zap Gang Graves R/C Hobbies TCI Cablevision jet-together successful Jet Pilots Organization European contemporaries requested Golden Hawks Radio Control Club consider running full-scale FM World Championship preceding 1995 International Jets Over Deland fly-In Until next time stay well keep em flying
Edition: Model Aviation - 1994/08
Page Numbers: 7, 8, 9, 10
he fifth annual International Jets Over Deland Fly-In held January 27-30 1994 Deland Florida jettogether biggest ducted fan event world jast years Jets Over Deland article November 1993 Model Aviation stated event kept growing rate would become granddaddy ducted-fan jet model events prediction came true 225 RC jet models 162 registered pilots familiar past reports will notice name has changed Jets Over Deland Annual International Jets Over Deland Fly-In participants 14 countries 23 states now truly international event Contestants came USA Belgium United Kingdom Portugal Germany Thailand Burma France Venezuela Holland Brazil Australia Canada Switzerland Contest Directoror ramrodof extravaganza Frank Anderson migrated Canada sunny Florida Frank has much experience running promoting mainline events like ably assisted fellow Golden Hawks club members assistant CD Paul Bartel An event magnitude requires extraordinary flying site Golden Hawks flying site perfect facility situated abandoned runway Deland Municipal Airport runway 2000 feet long 750 feet wide concrete base blacktop surfaceideal RC jet models Frank came up another super idea wanted city Deland support event Frank contacted mayors office explained idea James McCroskey Director Community Development Mr McCroskey thought idea good enough presented Mayor David C Rigsby declared January 27-30 1994 Jets Over Deland Days Mayor Rigsby impressed show daily turnout several thousand spectators mentioned would seeking grant city Deland event 1995 Fly-In brought quite bit revenue city instance local hotels motels sold out Pilots crew members began arriving January 23 test fly check out equipment get some practice flying before official flying began January 27 1994 year brought new source power RC jet models miniature turbine jet engine miniturbines created quite bit excitement pilots spectators Three different turbines demonstrated Pilot Kent Nogy Paso Robles California installed JPX-T240 turbine Bob Violett Models BVM Ultra Viper Ultra Viper JPX-T240 made perfect marriage proven excellent performance turbine uses propane fuel second turbine original design Jeff Seymour Menasha Wisconsin SWB-3 installed very large Yellow Aircraft F- 18 piloted Bob Fiorenze Winter Springs Florida F- 18 performed flawlessly uses kerosene fuel third turbine Scheckling installed handsome Saab Viggen Jim Fox Models kit flown Mike Charry Saab Viggen Scheckling turbine flew authority also uses kerosene fuel miniature turbine engines fairly quiet compared piston-slapping ducted-fan engines sound exactly like full-size counterparts firmly believe will replace ducted-fan engines few yearsespecially become affordable engine manufacturer would working miniature turbine instead investing time money trying improve ducted fan engine performance Official flying begin Monday 9 am 845 CD held brief pilots meeting explain safety rules dos don ts flying active airport several thousand spectators FAA posted warning full-size aircraft August 1994 7 avoid area jet models flying cleared jet models fly up 1000 feet worked out just fine concerned part weather held up fairly well Monday thru Thursday partly cloudy great flying too hot too cold slight breezeabout eight 10 knotsblew straight down runway weather began change Friday front beginning move wind picked up did stop jet jockeys kept right flying always six planes air 200 ducted-fan models competed singleand twin-engine military civilian sport jet Numerically Bob Violett models dominated fly-in 100 BVMs competed approximately 27 scratch-built original-design models Byron Originals good showing did Yellow Aircraft followed Jet Model Products Jim Fox Models Bob Parkinson Models ftPhilip Avonds Kits Jet Hangar Hobbies Century Jet Models Nick Ziroli Plans Trim Air Models Top Gun Models Sterner Models Meys HiTech Models WKR Leading Edge Models say variety spice life variety fly-in impressive models meet Best Show went Philip Avonds Veurne Belgium competed stunning Rafale-A Avonds scale jet kit Best Military Jet went Tom Robertson Bossier City Louisiana flew superfinished great-flying F-16 BVM kit Best Non-Military Jet went Kent Nogy high-performance JPX-TPX-T230 turbine-powered Ultra Viper Fastest Jet contest nodiving must-fly course Terry Nitsch Columbus Ohio won Ultra Viper clocked 1749 mph Target Speed interesting event pilot must predict speed model through speed trap Chris Huhn Orlando Florida came within 1 mph target speed BVM Maverick Slowest Speed went Philip Avonds flying Rafale-A Quietest Jet awarded Dave Ribbe Champaign Illinois Dave flew MiG-15 Electric jet model used Astro Flite motor MiG- 15 flew extraordinarily well tie Best Propane Jet Malcom Kay Richmansworth Herfordshire England flew Sagittario Scorpio Products Italian kit powered JPX T240 Turbine Kent Nogy Ultra Viper also earned Best Propane Jet title Mike Cherry Basingstoke Hampshire England Jeff Seymour tied Best Kerosene Powered Jet Jeff s F-18 powered SWB-3 turbine Mike flew Saab Viggen Its Jim Fox Models Kit thats powered Scheckling FD 3/6 Turbine Pilot Traveling Farthest Fly meet tie between Peter Stefurak Melbourne Australia Maung Zaw Bangkok Thailand Peter brought trim A/C Spectre Maung brought Saab Viggen Both models flew extremely well Craftsmanship Award went Mike Kulszyk Austin Texas gorgeous scratch-built F-84 Republic Jet model flew well Its large model IMAA legal Jerry Caudle ramrod Metropolis Superman Jet Fly came cold Metropolis Illinois warm up sunny Florida show off beautiful BVM Maverick Jerry received merchandise award assistance gave fellow modelers Carl Spurlock Des Moines Iowa also received merchandise award Best Warbird Carl gaggle Byron Original jets F-18 T-20 Tiger Shark F-86 F-16 A-7 Corsair Wigberto Tartuce Sr Jr earned Best Original Design award beautiful colorful scratch-built Hurricanes finished orange blue marine other finished pink white Both models flew well will kitted soon Bob Parkinson now set up Palm Bay Florida drew much attention popular Cheetah also several Bobs Regal Eagles meet Bob now using clear Lexan plastic Cheetahs fuselage material tough flexibleno fatigue cracks after 100 hours flying Installing equipment receiver servos ducted fan fuel tank nose gear pushrods easier because can look fuselage see items will go Cheetah also fairly fast its clocked between 140 150 mph fixed gear hanging airstream good entry-level jet model popular jet model fly-in Bob Violetts Maverick approximately 30 meet ducted-fan Fly-In have attended Mavericks other model think BVM Maverick will big seller original Mid-West Sweet Stick Lou Andrews Aero Master Pilot Bob Fiorenze demonstrated flight envelope new Yellow Aircraft F- 18 adorned Blue Angel livery did some hotdogging Yellow Aircraft Swing Wing F-14 last least Bob flew prototype Yellow Air Fl 17A Stealth fighter Bob flies models ease style puts good show Other Models worth mentioning Eric Mey brought 1Ao-scale A-6 Intruder have personal affection airplane worked fullsize A-6 Grumman Aerospace Corp A-6 real po workhorse Erics A-6 Intruder flies very scalelike manner kit appears well engineered Dave Nicholson two very nice models event BVM FJ-3M Fury red white Navy fashion Byron MiG-15 flew quite fast asked Dave what did Byron MiG make fly fast Dave told installed complete BVM ducted-fan system engine fan shroud inlet tube exhaust tail pipe cheater hole capped new setup increased speed least 40 50 mph Roger Shipley stunning BVM T-33 Red Knight Canadian Airforce style T-33 ideal jet us gray-haired pilots its big easy see flies like Pattern model Brian Douthett neat-looking super-flying Yellow Aircraft F-16 low-visibility color scheme Yellow Aircraft F-16 another good jet model experienced pilot wants get jet model flying Lebanon Pennsylvanias Mike Lesher displayed super-finished Grumman F9F-2 Panther has US Navy dark-sea-blue color scheme Mike scratch-built Panther Ziroli plans Panther very stable jet model Bob Violettthe proprietor Bob Violett Models Inchad ball burning holes Florida sky BVM F-86 also flew prototype F-4 Phantom F-4 Phantom flies rock solidas though rails Bob also flew Maverick Ultra Viper Maryville Tennessees Jim Braun demonstrated stunning Top-Gun MiG-29 decorated camouflage paint scheme MiG-29 high-performance model flies very well John Sowersby Skipsea East Yorkshire England very pretty Saab Viggen Jim Fox Models kit John uses Rossi 91 engine Ramtec fan Graupner/JR PCM RC system Ron Wilson great time flying Yellow Air F-16 finished two-tone gray Ron unique feature F-16 very effective variable-thrust nozzle Abbottstown Pennsylvanias Scott Stouffer brought very pretty Parkinson Regal Eagle done Israeli desert color scheme brown tan gray Regal Eagle ideal entry-level jet Its moderately priced easy build easy fly Tadeusz Krzanowski Van Nuys California flew attractive Aero LZ-39 finished green blue LZ-39 uses Rossi 61 JMP Dynamax Fan Futaba PCM nine-channel RC system jet model flew quite nicely Sithisak Kanchanasatien hails Bangkok Thailand brought beautiful Saab JA87 Viggen Jim Fox Model powered OS 91 Ramtec fan Futaba PCM channel RC system Hans Van Dongen Kaatscheuvel N B Holland brought neat-looking greatflying Rafale-A jet model powered OS 91 engine Ramtec Fan Futaba PCM eight-channel RC system quite few Rafale-As jet fly-in flew extremely well Johnny Longoria Victoria Texas flew stunning Byron F-16 finished T Bird color scheme F-16 powered OS 91 engine Byron Fan flown JR six-channel FM RC system nt MP proprietor Tom Cook booth set up display new giant-size T-33 Shooting Star Starfire II sport jet twin-engine F-4 Phantom Tom Cooks jet kits well engineered much carbon fiber fly well Event Contributors Bob Violett Models Inc Fiorenze Hobby Center Bob Parkinson Models Jet Pilots Organization Dan Vincent Computer Graphics R/C Jet International magazine Colonial Hobbies Robart Mfg Radio Control Modeler magazine Ace R/C manufacturing distribution Bisson Mufflers Bobs Hobby Center Quadratech Telestar Productions Quality Products Ace Hobbies Zap Gang Graves R/C Hobbies TCI Cablevision jet-together successful Jet Pilots Organization European contemporaries requested Golden Hawks Radio Control Club consider running full-scale FM World Championship preceding 1995 International Jets Over Deland fly-In Until next time stay well keep em flying
Edition: Model Aviation - 1994/08
Page Numbers: 7, 8, 9, 10
he fifth annual International Jets Over Deland Fly-In held January 27-30 1994 Deland Florida jettogether biggest ducted fan event world jast years Jets Over Deland article November 1993 Model Aviation stated event kept growing rate would become granddaddy ducted-fan jet model events prediction came true 225 RC jet models 162 registered pilots familiar past reports will notice name has changed Jets Over Deland Annual International Jets Over Deland Fly-In participants 14 countries 23 states now truly international event Contestants came USA Belgium United Kingdom Portugal Germany Thailand Burma France Venezuela Holland Brazil Australia Canada Switzerland Contest Directoror ramrodof extravaganza Frank Anderson migrated Canada sunny Florida Frank has much experience running promoting mainline events like ably assisted fellow Golden Hawks club members assistant CD Paul Bartel An event magnitude requires extraordinary flying site Golden Hawks flying site perfect facility situated abandoned runway Deland Municipal Airport runway 2000 feet long 750 feet wide concrete base blacktop surfaceideal RC jet models Frank came up another super idea wanted city Deland support event Frank contacted mayors office explained idea James McCroskey Director Community Development Mr McCroskey thought idea good enough presented Mayor David C Rigsby declared January 27-30 1994 Jets Over Deland Days Mayor Rigsby impressed show daily turnout several thousand spectators mentioned would seeking grant city Deland event 1995 Fly-In brought quite bit revenue city instance local hotels motels sold out Pilots crew members began arriving January 23 test fly check out equipment get some practice flying before official flying began January 27 1994 year brought new source power RC jet models miniature turbine jet engine miniturbines created quite bit excitement pilots spectators Three different turbines demonstrated Pilot Kent Nogy Paso Robles California installed JPX-T240 turbine Bob Violett Models BVM Ultra Viper Ultra Viper JPX-T240 made perfect marriage proven excellent performance turbine uses propane fuel second turbine original design Jeff Seymour Menasha Wisconsin SWB-3 installed very large Yellow Aircraft F- 18 piloted Bob Fiorenze Winter Springs Florida F- 18 performed flawlessly uses kerosene fuel third turbine Scheckling installed handsome Saab Viggen Jim Fox Models kit flown Mike Charry Saab Viggen Scheckling turbine flew authority also uses kerosene fuel miniature turbine engines fairly quiet compared piston-slapping ducted-fan engines sound exactly like full-size counterparts firmly believe will replace ducted-fan engines few yearsespecially become affordable engine manufacturer would working miniature turbine instead investing time money trying improve ducted fan engine performance Official flying begin Monday 9 am 845 CD held brief pilots meeting explain safety rules dos don ts flying active airport several thousand spectators FAA posted warning full-size aircraft August 1994 7 avoid area jet models flying cleared jet models fly up 1000 feet worked out just fine concerned part weather held up fairly well Monday thru Thursday partly cloudy great flying too hot too cold slight breezeabout eight 10 knotsblew straight down runway weather began change Friday front beginning move wind picked up did stop jet jockeys kept right flying always six planes air 200 ducted-fan models competed singleand twin-engine military civilian sport jet Numerically Bob Violett models dominated fly-in 100 BVMs competed approximately 27 scratch-built original-design models Byron Originals good showing did Yellow Aircraft followed Jet Model Products Jim Fox Models Bob Parkinson Models ftPhilip Avonds Kits Jet Hangar Hobbies Century Jet Models Nick Ziroli Plans Trim Air Models Top Gun Models Sterner Models Meys HiTech Models WKR Leading Edge Models say variety spice life variety fly-in impressive models meet Best Show went Philip Avonds Veurne Belgium competed stunning Rafale-A Avonds scale jet kit Best Military Jet went Tom Robertson Bossier City Louisiana flew superfinished great-flying F-16 BVM kit Best Non-Military Jet went Kent Nogy high-performance JPX-TPX-T230 turbine-powered Ultra Viper Fastest Jet contest nodiving must-fly course Terry Nitsch Columbus Ohio won Ultra Viper clocked 1749 mph Target Speed interesting event pilot must predict speed model through speed trap Chris Huhn Orlando Florida came within 1 mph target speed BVM Maverick Slowest Speed went Philip Avonds flying Rafale-A Quietest Jet awarded Dave Ribbe Champaign Illinois Dave flew MiG-15 Electric jet model used Astro Flite motor MiG- 15 flew extraordinarily well tie Best Propane Jet Malcom Kay Richmansworth Herfordshire England flew Sagittario Scorpio Products Italian kit powered JPX T240 Turbine Kent Nogy Ultra Viper also earned Best Propane Jet title Mike Cherry Basingstoke Hampshire England Jeff Seymour tied Best Kerosene Powered Jet Jeff s F-18 powered SWB-3 turbine Mike flew Saab Viggen Its Jim Fox Models Kit thats powered Scheckling FD 3/6 Turbine Pilot Traveling Farthest Fly meet tie between Peter Stefurak Melbourne Australia Maung Zaw Bangkok Thailand Peter brought trim A/C Spectre Maung brought Saab Viggen Both models flew extremely well Craftsmanship Award went Mike Kulszyk Austin Texas gorgeous scratch-built F-84 Republic Jet model flew well Its large model IMAA legal Jerry Caudle ramrod Metropolis Superman Jet Fly came cold Metropolis Illinois warm up sunny Florida show off beautiful BVM Maverick Jerry received merchandise award assistance gave fellow modelers Carl Spurlock Des Moines Iowa also received merchandise award Best Warbird Carl gaggle Byron Original jets F-18 T-20 Tiger Shark F-86 F-16 A-7 Corsair Wigberto Tartuce Sr Jr earned Best Original Design award beautiful colorful scratch-built Hurricanes finished orange blue marine other finished pink white Both models flew well will kitted soon Bob Parkinson now set up Palm Bay Florida drew much attention popular Cheetah also several Bobs Regal Eagles meet Bob now using clear Lexan plastic Cheetahs fuselage material tough flexibleno fatigue cracks after 100 hours flying Installing equipment receiver servos ducted fan fuel tank nose gear pushrods easier because can look fuselage see items will go Cheetah also fairly fast its clocked between 140 150 mph fixed gear hanging airstream good entry-level jet model popular jet model fly-in Bob Violetts Maverick approximately 30 meet ducted-fan Fly-In have attended Mavericks other model think BVM Maverick will big seller original Mid-West Sweet Stick Lou Andrews Aero Master Pilot Bob Fiorenze demonstrated flight envelope new Yellow Aircraft F- 18 adorned Blue Angel livery did some hotdogging Yellow Aircraft Swing Wing F-14 last least Bob flew prototype Yellow Air Fl 17A Stealth fighter Bob flies models ease style puts good show Other Models worth mentioning Eric Mey brought 1Ao-scale A-6 Intruder have personal affection airplane worked fullsize A-6 Grumman Aerospace Corp A-6 real po workhorse Erics A-6 Intruder flies very scalelike manner kit appears well engineered Dave Nicholson two very nice models event BVM FJ-3M Fury red white Navy fashion Byron MiG-15 flew quite fast asked Dave what did Byron MiG make fly fast Dave told installed complete BVM ducted-fan system engine fan shroud inlet tube exhaust tail pipe cheater hole capped new setup increased speed least 40 50 mph Roger Shipley stunning BVM T-33 Red Knight Canadian Airforce style T-33 ideal jet us gray-haired pilots its big easy see flies like Pattern model Brian Douthett neat-looking super-flying Yellow Aircraft F-16 low-visibility color scheme Yellow Aircraft F-16 another good jet model experienced pilot wants get jet model flying Lebanon Pennsylvanias Mike Lesher displayed super-finished Grumman F9F-2 Panther has US Navy dark-sea-blue color scheme Mike scratch-built Panther Ziroli plans Panther very stable jet model Bob Violettthe proprietor Bob Violett Models Inchad ball burning holes Florida sky BVM F-86 also flew prototype F-4 Phantom F-4 Phantom flies rock solidas though rails Bob also flew Maverick Ultra Viper Maryville Tennessees Jim Braun demonstrated stunning Top-Gun MiG-29 decorated camouflage paint scheme MiG-29 high-performance model flies very well John Sowersby Skipsea East Yorkshire England very pretty Saab Viggen Jim Fox Models kit John uses Rossi 91 engine Ramtec fan Graupner/JR PCM RC system Ron Wilson great time flying Yellow Air F-16 finished two-tone gray Ron unique feature F-16 very effective variable-thrust nozzle Abbottstown Pennsylvanias Scott Stouffer brought very pretty Parkinson Regal Eagle done Israeli desert color scheme brown tan gray Regal Eagle ideal entry-level jet Its moderately priced easy build easy fly Tadeusz Krzanowski Van Nuys California flew attractive Aero LZ-39 finished green blue LZ-39 uses Rossi 61 JMP Dynamax Fan Futaba PCM nine-channel RC system jet model flew quite nicely Sithisak Kanchanasatien hails Bangkok Thailand brought beautiful Saab JA87 Viggen Jim Fox Model powered OS 91 Ramtec fan Futaba PCM channel RC system Hans Van Dongen Kaatscheuvel N B Holland brought neat-looking greatflying Rafale-A jet model powered OS 91 engine Ramtec Fan Futaba PCM eight-channel RC system quite few Rafale-As jet fly-in flew extremely well Johnny Longoria Victoria Texas flew stunning Byron F-16 finished T Bird color scheme F-16 powered OS 91 engine Byron Fan flown JR six-channel FM RC system nt MP proprietor Tom Cook booth set up display new giant-size T-33 Shooting Star Starfire II sport jet twin-engine F-4 Phantom Tom Cooks jet kits well engineered much carbon fiber fly well Event Contributors Bob Violett Models Inc Fiorenze Hobby Center Bob Parkinson Models Jet Pilots Organization Dan Vincent Computer Graphics R/C Jet International magazine Colonial Hobbies Robart Mfg Radio Control Modeler magazine Ace R/C manufacturing distribution Bisson Mufflers Bobs Hobby Center Quadratech Telestar Productions Quality Products Ace Hobbies Zap Gang Graves R/C Hobbies TCI Cablevision jet-together successful Jet Pilots Organization European contemporaries requested Golden Hawks Radio Control Club consider running full-scale FM World Championship preceding 1995 International Jets Over Deland fly-In Until next time stay well keep em flying