In 1996 at Greater Southwest, Bob Violett and Garland Hamilton were flying T-33's with the JPX. None of us had ever seen anything like it. He also introdud the classic Bandit at this meet. The original Bandit had full flying stabs.

The next time we saw turbines in west Texas was 2000 when Joey Tamez came to our jet rally with a turbine-powered Starfire with a BMT. Joey put on a great show - he had the only turbine that year.

Mike Danchak