Mike Barbee won the Expert class with his huge 36% scale T-34. Despite having just 3 flights on this big bird before the flight competition started, Mike put in 3 beautiful flights to score the win.
Over the next few days, RC enthusiasts around the globe will begin their trek to the Triple Tree Aerodrome in Woodruff, South Carolina for the 2013 Joe Nall Fly-In. With dedicated flight lines for classic giant scale aircraft, smaller electrics, float planes, helis, 3D, and control line, Triple Tree promises to offer something for everyone. Drawing pilots and spectators literally from [...]
Officials in Marion, Ohio, aren’t quite sure how to get a drone that got stuck in a 100-foot high statue … Here’s the latest from the Marion Star: Lady Justice, which overlooks downtown atop the county courthouse, received an accidental upgrade to her equipment over the weekend. In addition to the scales of justice and [...]
These great shots come to us courtesy of David Hart, who has been on the flightline since this event started on Wednesday. Despite the clouds, he was able to capture some great action footage. enjoy!
Thursday is winding down and the rain held off so everyone did get some quality flights in today. Some of the nicest Pro-Am entries were of the Turbine type and here are just a couple we say on the flightline! Amazing quality and performance in one package.
Hint! It is not a North American P-51 Mustang. The full-size aircraft was powered by a Turbo-prop turbine engine and it was proposed as a ground attack aircraft for the USAF. Leave a comment if you know what it is.
Thursday May 2, the Top Gun flightline is a buzz with activities and there’s airplanes and pilots everywhere getting in flights. This is no easy task during any Top Gun event with the pressure and the excitement of such an impressive event. But add the threatening weather yesterday and today and you see everyone is [...]
This past weekend I had the pleasure to attend a 2nd Annual Bakersfield Pattern Bash event in California. This event had three big things to it. The first was that it was organized and ran by none other than Chip Hyde, TOC Champion, World team member and all around good guy. Second, this contest attracted [...]
