Dixie Jet Rally 2002
St. George, Utah

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John Redman has won numerous awards with this scale weathered MiG-15. He has it functioning perfectly with JetCat P-120 power and a wing tank release system. The model looks absolutely real and appropriately camoflauged when flying against the desert background.

BVM receives many "letters of compliment" for John's assitance with their BVM jet projects.

Tom Dodgen and Jason Somes entertained the spectators at the half-time show on Saturday with these JetCat powered BobCats. The duo act had a surprise ending when both engines were turned off at altitude, the models dead sticked on the runway then restarted for the taxi back.

This Sabre has a history of ownership but now belongs to Spencer Maze and has been converted to turbine power using BVM's conversion kit #F86TC1. Spencer flew it often during the event, sometimes in a formation routine with Dan Avilla and his F-86.

BVM rep Harley Condra from San Diego, California spends a lot of time at events and on web chat rooms helping BobCat owners with their questions and details on finishing and flying the model. He exercised this RAM powered XL several times at St. George.

Fresh from its win at Top Gun '02, the Spirit of St. Louis II F-100F sits on the ramp at Utah, "Loaded for bear". I flew it once on Sunday to show it off, it will be used in future scale competitions.

All of these jets and the Super Bandit came out of the BVM 28' trailer for each day's activities. At time of photo, the Super Bandit was on one of its many missions with pilot extroadinaire, Jason Somes. He says he likes the way it handles. Both F-100's were flown at St. George. The "D" is powered with an AMT AT-280SP and the "F" with an AMT AT-450. I guess the rumor about one of them crashing the week prior is unfounded.

Bob West and son Mark enjoyed the event with Mark's uniquely decorated MiG-15. Great future in jet modeling for the young drivers.

Tony Frackowiak shows off BVM's all new for '02, 60" Sabre Jet. Tony and Doug Cronkhite took turns flying Beauteous Butch II and both had favorable comments about how "solid" it feels in flight and on the ground. One of the many features of the redone kit is its stiffer landing gear mounts and a new nose gear unit. The model is stronger throughout allowing it to be powered by a multitude of engine choices (click to read more).

This factory prototype was finished using a combination of automotive silver paint with BVM Metal-Kote accents. The process is completely described in the assembly manual. Kit decals, with special adornments from ProMark, produce a very acceptable scale finish with minimum effort.

The Landing Approach
Duck Soup for a Sabre

All 9 jets back in the trailer, we stopped for a last look into the valley at St. George.