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BVM F-100 Practicing for
Top Gun
![](../../images/spacer.gif) Steady state slow flight is a very important manuever at a scale
contest, especially if the contestant is using a mechanical option or two such
as landing gear and flaps.
![](../../JetKits/f-100/f100-sf-1.jpg) photo credits: Sam Leonard
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![](../../images/spacer.gif) Here you see the F-100 fully "down and dirty" with B.V. managing the
power to hold a constant airspeed and altitude.
![](../../JetKits/f-100/f-100-landiing.jpg) photo credits: Sam Leonard
![](../../images/spacer.gif) The F-100 is a great landing aircraft. You can see the slats, flaps
and speed brake fully deployed, the nose high attitude, the power on and the
brakes preset. Touchdown speed was so slow that the rollout was about
75ft.
![](../../images/spacer.gif) Presetting the brakes for
a short roll out is not prototypical but this landing demonstrated the Super
Sabre's short field capability and we may need that at Top Gun.
Production Sabre
Flies
![](../../images/spacer.gif) Kent Nogy flew his soon to be finished F-100D in St. George, Utah on
April 9, 2001. This model was the first production unit to get in the air and
as Kent reported, "Everything worked perfectly". This is great news for all of
our F-100 customers.
![](../../images/spacer.gif) We believe
that in time, the BVM Super Sabre will be as popular as our Phantom at some of
the big jet fly-ins.
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