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Why would you bring a practice plane? So you dont scratch the one you are competing with? Isn't it much easier to out-fly a possible static ding from a scraped wingtip, then rely on the static to make up for poor flying because of not being comfortable with the plane? Just curious.

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Competition at TG is so tough that you need all the points you can get in order to be competitive. The difference in the Top 5 positions somtimes can be messured in less than a quarter of a point. Not everyone brings practice planes, but personally I think it is a good idea. You want your plane to be absolutely pristine for static. A scraped wingtip could be what bumped you a position or two. And, if your practice plane has similar flying characteristics to your competition plane, It really makes more sense to risk that one instead of your scale masterpiece IMHO. (not much sense to bring a Piper Cub if your competition plane is an F-100)

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Any new about Gustavo Su37? I heard it has a vector thrust up&down?

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Man, those big Sabre's are awesome...

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Gustavo Campana's SU-37 at full military power on take off. Gustavo was in the Expert class

Thrust vectoring and canards. Twin FTE 750 turbines

http://www.john-christensen.com/Top ...05/Gustavo.jpg

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Wow, another awesome shot! Youve gotta get your site up and running;)

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BVM F-86 by Joe Grice. Joe spends most of his time wiping drool of the plane:eek:

AMT AT-400 power. Team Scale winner with David at the sticks. Critics Choice, Highest Team flight score. etc. etc. etc. Joe finished the plane a week before TG!!!

http://www.john-christensen.com/Top Gun 2005/grice.jpg

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over the top!!!! way to go Joe

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My good friend Kalvin Lim from Singapore flew his new 1/5 Airworld F9F-8 Cougar in Expert and did extremely well. P-160 power. Photo shows the wierd skies we had Sunday. Made photography a challenge.

http://www.john-christensen.com/Top Gun 2005/kalvin.jpg

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Justin "sandslx" Sands dropping his snake eyes in Expert. BVM F-100 with P-120

(Justin, is this the photo you where looking for?)

http://www.john-christensen.com/Top Gun 2005/Justin.jpg

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Pat McCurry is showing me how to obtain a perfect static score [&:]:D;)[:-] Team Scale craftsmanship judge Len Bechtold seems to like the "effort"

http://www.john-christensen.com/Top Gun 2005/pat.jpg

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Hey John, nice pics as usual.

Whose F-5 was that?

Matt

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Gordon Dickens from the Georgia Jets gang brought his new BVM F-86 in Pro AM. Pretty unusual paint scheme provides high visibility. JetCat power. Excellent craftsmanship and flying.

http://www.john-christensen.com/Top Gun 2005/gordon.jpg

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The only F-5 at Top Gun was a Skymaster flown by John Burdin. He took 3rd in Pro/Am Sportsman.

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Another Georgia Jets gang member is Craig Gottschang. BVM Rafale with AMT 450 power. Craig won the Sportsman class. No lack of power in this thing, and a great sound too.

Sweet flying Craig... Hope you fly your passengers around with less G-force;)

http://www.john-christensen.com/Top Gun 2005/craig.jpg

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Yes, the F-5 is a pre production F-5 from Skymaster. Flown by John Burdin from Lakeland, FL. Artes Eagle power

http://www.john-christensen.com/Top Gun 2005/burdin.jpg

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F-100's on a string

John Redman on a high speed pass overtaking Terry Nitch on a dirty fly-by.

http://www.john-christensen.com/Top Gun 2005/f100s.jpg

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Great compositions John. That VR lens is giving you some nice quality too.

Antony

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We had two teams from my home club here in Los Angeles. Here is the John Redman/Kelly Rohrbach Team Scale entry. The plane is owned by David Soufer, and David went all out to ensure a sucessful campaign. Plus making sure everyone had a great time.


From left,
David Soufer, Team Captain, Owner, fueler, cleaner and all around great guy.
Glenn, Team driver (7000 miles) and back up pilot (Every time he got close to the plane he was told to back up;))
John Redman, Pilot, Drinking Buddy and a fairly nice guy[:'(]
Kelly Rohrbach, Super builder and BVM rep from Montana where they have up to 7 flying days per year.
BVM F-100D with AMT power... ooops sorry John... JetCat Titan

http://www.john-christensen.com/Top Gun 2005/soufer.jpg

http://www.john-christensen.com/Top ...05/soufer1.jpg

http://www.john-christensen.com/Top ...05/soufer2.jpg

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The photo of the F100s has got to be THE best photo I have ever seen of model aircraft.

Awesome aircraft and brilliant photography.:D

EDIT: I've just seen the other pics too. Fantastic.

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You can always count on Kent Nogy being in one of the top positions when he flies. Kent flew the TamJets F-18 Super Hornet with JetCat Titan power in Pro Am.

http://www.john-christensen.com/Top Gun 2005/nogy.jpg

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Oh man John. Hard to believe, but the stuff is getting better. Wow. fantastic shots.
Paul

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Am I the only one noticeing the nose wheel on the F-5?

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Tim "Mach 4" Redelman was without doubt the fastest guy at Top Gun. I have still not been able to capture him in flight ;)
So, you will have to live with a ground shot. This shows the start up area each flight station has. (5 flight lines)
BVM F-4, JetCat turbine... And the red shirt should tell you what radio he flies.

http://www.john-christensen.com/Top ...5/redelman.jpg

Here is the proof. He is faster than his own shadow. Nose of the aircraft has already left the frame.

http://www.john-christensen.com/Top .../redelman1.jpg

Even the rocket powered Bell X1 that does a quarter mile in 1.2 seconds was easier to capture

http://www.john-christensen.com/Top Gun 2005/bellx1.jpg

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Team entry from Florida. Jerry Keller, builder and designer. Tommy Woods, pilot. F-104 with AMT 400 power. Stunning paint scheme.

Plane is scratch built. Hats of to Tommy for being able to see those stubby little wings against the grey Sunday sky.

Tucking in the retracts after take off.

http://www.john-christensen.com/Top Gun 2005/104.jpg