Gerry Yarrish


A Pilot’s View of D-Day

A Pilot’s View of D-Day

No single military battle so changed the course of a war as did the Normandy invasion on D-Day. So many were lost this day and the price of freedom was paid for with their blood. We should never forget their sacrifice. Check out this story from our sister publication Flight Journal, “A Pilot’s View of […]
Our thanks to all who have served!

Our thanks to all who have served!

Memorial Day is a U.S. federal holiday observed on May 26 in 2014. Formerly known as Decoration Day, it commemorates all American men and women who died while in military service of our country. First enacted to honor Union soldiers of the American Civil War, it was expanded after World War I. All of us […]
Question of the Week — What do you think is/was the best recent RC breakthrough?

Question of the Week — What do you think is/was the best recent RC breakthrough?

Let us Know! We’d like to hear from you our readers and online followers. Tell us what you think is/was the best ever recent RC breakthrough? What in our Hobby today gets you all fired up and excited??! RC helicopters and multi-rotors, 2.4GHz radio systems and micro receivers? How about Gyros and 3 Axis Stabilization […]
Fast-n-Quiet! E-Jets at Top Gun

Fast-n-Quiet! E-Jets at Top Gun

Everyone knows that when you want to see the best scale aircraft flying and competing, then Top Gun is the place to go. All sorts of amazing aircraft were there this year and electric powered jets also made a pretty good showing for themselves. All serious level scale aircraft with all the bells and whistles, they […]
Top Gun Video Interview — Pedro Sanchez — P-47 Thunderbolt

Top Gun Video Interview — Pedro Sanchez — P-47 Thunderbolt

One of our good friends Pedro Sanchez showed up at Top Gun this year with a beautifully detailed Warbird in the form of a CARF-Models P-47 Thunderbolt. Powered by a Moki 5-cylinder 250cc radial engine, the 1/4-scale “Jug” has a 110 inch span and weighs in at 54 pounds! Pedro only started with a CARF-Models […]
Top Gun Video Interview — Dino DiGiorgio — F4U Corsair

Top Gun Video Interview — Dino DiGiorgio — F4U Corsair

After all the dust had settled at Top Gun this year, we had a chance to grab some of the contestants and get the back story about their aircraft. One of the more interesting tales was that of the F4U Corsair flown by Dino DiGiorgio. This beautifully executed aircraft carrier based WW2 fighter was all […]
Small-Block RC Gas Engine Guide — A New Generation of compact Power!

Small-Block RC Gas Engine Guide — A New Generation of compact Power!

Lately, there has been a noticeable shift toward smaller displacement single-cylinder, gasoline engines and there are now many of these little gas-burning powerhouses on the market. Years ago, when you talked about gas engines, the smaller end was owned by the 25cc engines and the average size was roughly between 40cc and 60cc with a few […]
Thunderbird 2 — Fantasy Slope Soarer

Thunderbird 2 — Fantasy Slope Soarer

When Stephen Ryan was a kid, he was hooked on the Thunderbirds kid show produced using marionettes! We all loved this show and especially all the cool flying craft that were for many of us, the try stars of the show. For Stephen, he was impressed with Thunderbird 2 the mother ship that could fly and […]
Throw Back Thursday — Jet Blast from the Past!

Throw Back Thursday — Jet Blast from the Past!

Throw Back Thursday is a lot of fun here at the MAN office! We get to poke around the archives and see what we can find. Here’s something that should grab the jet jock’s attention. Anyone want to venture a guess as to what year this was? The Jet man himself, Bob Violett with ducted […]
Top Gun — Final Standings.

Top Gun — Final Standings.

Wow! Top Gun 2014 was certainly one for the record books! Fighting the weather and a compressed flight order, the pilots of Top Gun were truly in a “Fly or Go Home” situation! Very exciting! Here are the final stats showing the winners and placers of each category down to 5th place. Did your favorite […]
Top Gun — And the Winners are… Special Awards

Top Gun — And the Winners are… Special Awards

We had an amazing time covering all the scale action at this year’s Top Gun Scale Invitational competition. Even though the weather did not cooperate, the competitors did their best and their drive to win was not dampened! STATIC AWARD                             Sponsor                                               Winner                    Aircraft                                                Masters High Static (98.25)              ZAP GLUE                                                David Ribbe             MiG-15 Expert […]
Top Gun — A Pair of Zeros from Japan!

Top Gun — A Pair of Zeros from Japan!

So there are plenty of Zeros flying in scale competition, but few are 1/3-scale, and even fewer are competing at Top Gun and having traveled all the way from the country of Japan. And not only that, but there are two monstrous Rising Sun fighters in the Top Gun lineup. (Above) Built by Owia Masakazu […]
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