Mississippi Afterburner

April 19 -21, 2018

A pleasant time with 80 jet modelers at a perfect venue.

Photos and Captions by BVM Staff


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Addison Clark Jr. applied a Hi-Viz Navy scheme to this early BVM composite "Classic Bandit".
   
A Skymaster F-104 Starfighter shows well in the talented hands of Scott Harris.
   
A large T-45 Hawk is a favorite of Greg Arnette. This was one of several events for Greg and the "Hawk".
   
A very talented "Young Gun" Josh Clark has mastered this "Fly Navy" BobCat with JetCat power.
   
Patrick Rohrbach from Kalispell, Montana flew this Balsa Bandit with KingTech 120 power. Rob's comment "another very capable young gun".
   
Greg Arnette's BVM PNP Mirage F-1 in 1/5th scale is EVO Jet powered and a real pointy nose crowd pleaser.
   
Andy Woerner is celebrating a 4th year of operation with this BVM 1/6 PNP F-16. JetCat provides the propulsion.
   
When it comes to large scale jets, this 1/4 scale twin engine YAK130 that is owned by Scott Harris is hard to beat. Glen Sheppard assisted Scott with this KingTech powered beast!
   
Kim and David Payne represented the Horizon entity and BVM with this 1/5th PNP F-16.
   
Doug Clemens brought this Bandit ARF MKII from Mobile, Alabama. This red, white, and black scheme was popular on this series of Bandit's.
   
F-16's were very popular in Mississippi. Dan Hansen traveled from Iowa with this JetCat powered example. The model is a 1/6th PNP by BVM.
   
BVM's main man on the road is Rob Lynch. The F-18 PNP in 1:5.5 scale. This single engine version is powered by a K310 engine (detuned).

Editors Note: A twin engine version is in the works.

   
This Ultra Bandit has many years of service to its' credit in the hands of Gordon Dickens of Georgia Jets fame.
   
Derrick Martin is a Louisiana resident who operates this brilliant Ultra Bandit. Derrick makes special engine mounts to accommodate the latest JetCat 200 in an Ultra Bandit.
   
Another Georgia Jets key man is Joe Rafalowski with a custom paint scheme Ultra Bandit. Great modeler - great pilot.
   
Kelly Rohrbach with his BVM F-16 1:6 scale PNP. It is powered by a AMT Pegasus HP.
   

 

 

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