Customer Hotshots
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Dave Davis from Sarasota, Florida with his new 1:5 F-16.

Bruce Pennington from North Dakota recently visited BVM to take delivery of his new F-16 1:5 scale. 

He is very happy with the scheme and can't wait to maiden it at Florida Jets 2022.

Chris Zonio with his BVM F-16 1:5 scale is ThunderBird's approved at the Greater Binghamton Airshow.

2021 Greater Binghamton Airshow - Chris Zonio's Thunderbird F-16 - YouTube

From: Scott Yow Sent: Monday, June 14, 2021 11:16 AM To: Rob Lynch; Patty Subject: Warbirds over Roseville event A win for BVM ;) Took the 1/5 scale F-16 to the Warbirds over Roseville event this weekend.. 1/5 F-16 took first place :) Andre Torres had spent time helping put additional detail, weathering streaks, etc which made all of the small details, rivets, etc pop.. it was well received! Aircraft flew amazing! Many thanks for all the hard work which goes into these amazing models you provide! —Scott Yow

Tyson Dodd from LDU Aerosports in Australia is very happy with his BVM F-16 1:5 in the Venom scheme.

Juan Vidal from Guaynabo, Puerto Rico with his F-16 1:5 scale Venom scheme.

Hi Patty I maiden the F16 1:5 yesterday .. amazing jet .. all went well! David Soufer

David Murray from St. Charles, IL with his BVM F-16's.

David says; "One F-16... Good Two... Better... Three..... Priceless!"

Congratulations to Franco Di Maurio for getting it done two years in row.

1st place Xclass at Top Gun 18 and 19 with these BVM 1/5th F16s.

Eduardo Esteves with his BVM F-16 1:5 scale Texas Retro Thunderbolt scheme.
Guided with a Jeti radio and powered by KingTech.

Patty,

Just wanted to let you know that I was able to finish and fly the F-16 1:5 scale. Fantastic flying plane. Very happy with it.

Thanks for all of the help!

Archie Stafford
 

BVM Family!
(L-R) Federico, Jose, Jimmy, Bessie, and Jimmy Jr. Safie
 

Brad Hughes and his new 1:5 PNP F-16 sporting the Portuguese Armed Forces scheme. EvoJet 220 for power and  guided by a Spektrum radio.

Hi Patty, had a great time performing as a headliner at the Binghamton Airshow with my 1/5 scale F-16. The picture is myself on the right, my copilot Bryan Gembusia, and the Army Golden Knights.

Andy Andrew from Little Rock, Arkansas sent in this great photo of his BVM F-16 1:5 PNP in the General Dynamics scheme.  The F-16 is powered by a KingTech 310 with Spektrum guidance.

Dear Patty,

This past weekend Ilopango International Airshow 2018 was held in El Salvador for the 22nd consecutive year. This is an international full scale airplane show where even the Thunderbirds performed once in the past.

This year I was invited to perform and I participated with my trusty BVM 1:5th F16 in Thunderbirds’ scheme.

I performed 6 times during the show, on two consecutive days with full capacity of spectators and it was a real success.

By the way it flew and the routine performed, many people thought that it was the full scale.

I was very honored to receive a recognition for my participation and extremely happy that it was with my beautiful F16, it was a pleasure as always to fly it.


Best regards,
Roberto Zelaya
 

A Brilliant F-16

Louis Wellen's latest project is this BVM PNP 1/5th scale F-16 in the "Singapore Knights" scheme. It is powered by an EVOJet-220 and guided by a Spektrum 18X radio. Louis, who lives in Orlando, Fl. is enjoying a day of practice for the upcoming Florida Jets and Top Gun events.

From: Ritch Holt
Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2018 2:41 PM
To: Patty
Subject: 1/5 scale F16 PNP

Hi Patty,

Sending a picture of Sal DiFloria with his 1/5 scale Edwards scheme and my 1/5 scale Israel scheme F16's at Markham Park. Amazing flying jets. Keep up the great work.

Regards,
Ritchie Holt

From: Joe Westrich
Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2017 11:05 AM
Subject: Maiden done on 1/5 F-16

Hey guys just wanted to let you know the maiden flight on my 1/5 F-16 went perfectly.  I followed the instructions and addendum to the letter and had zero issues.  3 flights and got it dialed in.   The landing and roll out is only about 200ft.   Thanks to the support network..... Greg Arnette, Tim Redelman and Rob.  Got all the info I needed.

From: Zonio, Chris
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2017 3:57 PM
To: Patty
Subject: F-16 Pictures

Hi Patty,
Here are some great pictures taken from one of our club members during our annual fun fly event at Chenango Bridge airport, located in upstate NY.

The BVM F-16 is a show stopper and is absolutely a joy to fly! The scale detail to realism, and size brings a “presence” while in the air.

Thanks to you and your team for the great support.

All my best,
Chris Zonio
 

From: James Safie
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2017 1:34 PM
To: Patty Generali; BVM
Subject: F16 Texas ANG 1:5

Patty / Bob /  Rob / Kirby, 

I wanted to share with you my experience of  maiden Flight on Saturday.  Great Plane, 3 clicks of up trim is all it needed!  What a Wonderful product!  Thanks for all the support!

Jet Central Mammouth, Spektrum DX18, 3e Gyro.  Great Combination. 

Got in 3 Flights, 6 Minutes each and the forward tank full, could easily get 1.5 more minutes.  

Best Regards, 

Jimmy Safie

From: Jeff Stubbs
Sent: Monday, April 24, 2017 8:47 AM
To: Patty Generali
Subject: Cool picture

Patty,
Here is a really cool picture I took Saturday at a war bird fly in of the BVM PNP F-16.  

Thanks
Jeff Stubbs

To: Patty and Bob
From: Terry Nitsch
Subject: Toledo Winner

            Had a great time at Toledo winning the Jet Class with the new 1/5^th scale F-16! I always like doing my own thing on any of these ARFs so I end up with an aircraft a bit different than the standard variety. This one was no exception.  

I was looking for a paint scheme that was colorful but still rather military looking. This Tuskegee version from the Louisiana reserve unit fit the bill perfectly. I ordered the aircraft in a basic grey color and did my own paint job. I used PPG automotive paints for the project Such as DBC basecoat and Concept DCC single Stage paint for the Red areas. I also found a new flat clearcoat for most the model called “Flexed “N” Flat” DCU2060. It worked perfectly, and I would highly recommend this for flat paint schemes.

The aircraft is powered with the King Tec K210 and based on what I have heard, should fly great. Really looking forward to competing with this BVM product!                                                                              

Terry Nitsch

From: Roberto Zelaya
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 3:21 PM
To: Patty Generali
Cc: Heather
Subject: BVM F16 PNP 1/5

Dear Patty, 

It was a real pleasure to finally met you at Florida Jets 2017. Also it was great to met Heather as well. You make me feel really special and like part of BVM’s family.

I would like to take this opportunity to share with you photos of the maiden day of my BVM F16 PNP 1/5, Aggressor Alaska paint scheme. Just like the 1/6’s that I have (two), this one flies amazing.

Best regards,
Roberto Zelaya
El Salvador

From: Joel Wilson
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2017 12:01 PM
To: Patty
Subject: Mall show

Patty, thank you for getting the F-16 1:5 scale to Iowa. I went to Des Moines and picked up the boxes and drove to the ORCF mall show and within 15 mins had it out of the box and on display. Everyone was blown away from the size, but more about the empirical Quality of the airplane itself straight out of the box. Many commented that it was a Top Gun finish airplane, so once again thank you for you making me look good !!!

Thanks Joel A Wilson

From: Scott Harris
Sent: Monday, October 3, 2016 12:49 AM
To: BVM
Subject: Re: BVM F-16 1:5 PNP

Hi Heather, I've been thinking how I would describe owning/flying the large PNP F16 and not duplicating the others. So here's my response. "With minimal assembly time and thrilling flight performance the BVM PNP F16 is simply magnificent!"

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