Alex DuPuy of the Dominican Republic powers his AFS MiG-15 with a JetCat P-70 turbine. Alex is enjoying the way the MiG grooves in flight and this model was built by David Schwantz.

Woody Hopler of Hawaii sent in these photos from his test flights with his P-60 powered MiG-15. Woody said the MiG flew exactly as advertised and was setup per the plans. The JetCat P-60 provides scale performance and is very economical with 3.0 Liters of fuel on board. Photos by Eric Wu.

The history of this MiG-15 with American Insignias:

A North Korean fighter pilot named Lt. Kum Sok No flew his MiG-15 across the border to South Korea to land at Kimpo Air Base. His effort was to escape the oppression of communism. After his daring flight, he learned that he would receive a $100,000.00 reward from the U.S. government.

Lt. No resides in the USA and has worked in our Aerospace industry.

The U.S. Air Force used the MiG in many flight tests to evaluate it against our Sabre jet. U.S. pilots including Chuck Yeager flew the MiG and were impressed by its superior climb, rapid acceleration and high altitude capability.

According to our source "Planes of Fame", the U.S. pilots still preferred the F-86.

Lee DeMary of Denver, Colorado has been enjoying his MiG-15 for many years and recently sent in these photo's. The paint scheme was done in honor of Jack Whilhites MIG-17. Jack still flies his MIG at airshows, and for "you pay the fuel" local rides (in Colorado).

Mark Hinton is the proud owner of this MiG-15 from England and recently won a few awards at a local scale meet, including best cockpit. He relayed to us that the BVM MiG-15 is a true joy to fly.

Steve Unze is a great craftsman and it shows. He recently finished his MiG-15 with Coverite Presto and it has many scale features.

Ricardo Gomez and Dr. Julio Moron from Caracas, Venezuela have quite a few BVM jets, the latest being the MiG-15 that is flying on RAM power.

Simon To's MiG-15 is finished in Metal-Kote with many Pro-Mark rivets and a JetCat P-120 for power. Steve Jaworski of Lakeland, Florida built and finished this beautiful model.

The MiG-15 won 3rd place at the 2nd World Jet Masters in the hands of its designer, David Ribbe.

World Jet Masters team scale champions John Tapin and Ian Richardson put it all together with their AMT Mercury powered MiG-15. This color scheme is a great one because of its simplicity and high visibility. Ian used the Coverite Presto chrome film and some very impressive skin detailing techniques to finish the "High Static" scoring model. This was the 2nd World Jet Masters win for this very successful team. We are sure glad they chose a BVM jet.

Changatip Seevaranont and Piyasin Changtrakul from Thailand pose with their MiG-15's.

Top Gun '99 showed lots of MiG's in the competition field. The MiG continues to be a strong competitor in international competitions.

Geraldo and Jack Diaz of Venezuela frequently visit the USA with a BVM jet or two. This MiG was built and flown by Geraldo in Top Gun. Thanks to the BVM Jet Case, there was no trouble bringing the MiG to the event.

Dave Malchione takes to the sky with his Russian parade MiG.

2 MiG's ready for a formation takeoff. Bob Violett is piloting the red MiG while Tom Dodgen is flying Sam Snyder's silver MiG.

Gordon Dickens of Alpharetta, Georgia travels to many of the jet meets and here he shows off his MiG-15 that is JetCat powered. Gordon flies many different BVM jets.

Camera man caught Skeet Hunt by surprise. This new MiG-15 was flown for the first time at St. George with help from very experienced MiG pilot Tony Frackowiak. Anybody that has ever flown a MiG loves them. This one is powered by an AMT Mercury.

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.

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

Jay Smullen is a Florida jet pilot that puts his MiG through its paces. Jay added the wing tanks and has all the scale details to make his MiG stand out in a crowd.

Marc Piette is having great success with his brilliant orange MiG-15. Young Marc (17yrs old) is a very competent pilot.

Kevin Marks is an active jet modeler in Arizona and shows us his MiG-15 that uses AMT Mercury power.

Sam Snyder from Tyler, Texas created the most scale MiG-15 yet. Cockpit and speed brake detail are just part of the story. This MiG deserves very close inspection if you get the opportunity at a future jet event.

Darryl Tarr from the UAE acquired this beautiful MiG-15 through the turn key jets section of our website. The model was built by Conrad Gallegos and uses a RAM 750R for power. Darryl uses his JR 10X in all of his aircraft.

Laura and Dr. John Baylon another successful MiG-15

Build it according to the instructions, check the website for addendums, call BVM with any questions, have a BVM rep check out all of the systems and then go for the first flight - results, it works everytime! John and Laura are from the Cleveland, Ohio area but spend a few winter month's in Orlando, Florida affording a great opportunity to have the BVM factory guys help with the first flights. Tom Dodgen, our most experienced MiG pilot did the honors after a thorough check out of the model, JR radio installation, engine running range check etc. The RAM 750 worked flawlessly. Fine adjustment of the C.G. was accomplished with 1oz of lead in the tail and two or three clicks of aileron trim was all that was required. John did a great job building the MiG and applying the popular and very visible Parade paint scheme. He likes to take advantage of the JR "Pilot Link" system to gain experience the safe way with his new jet. The MiG flies great at 1/2 throttle and with the addition of the new Ultimate Air Trap (U.A.T.), it has over 10 minutes of flight time available from its 3 Liter fuel system.

Rod Springer from Idaho recently won the Best Scale - Turbine award at the Deer Lodge Fan Fly with his BVM MiG-15. Not bad for his first turbine powered jet! Rod uses a RAM 750+ to power his MiG.

Simon To from Hong Kong poses with his beautiful turbine MiG-15. Simon competed in the 3rd Annual World Jet Masters with this aircraft.

Here is John Tappin (left) and Ian Richardson (right) with Ian's award winning MiG-15. Ian built the model and John flew the model to 1st place at the World Jet Masters.

Mitch Weiss used thousands of rivets and ProMark transfers to complete his new MiG-15. An AMT Mercury with autostart gets the MiG off the ground with power to spare.

Here is Frankie Mirandez from Puerto Rico with his 2 sons and his newly finished BVM MiG-15 and Bandit - both powered by RAM 750F's.

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