Representing the liaison role of warbirds used in combat, Clell Oravetz brought his nicely crafted Piper L-4 (at left) built from a stock Sig Piper Cubkit. The model was decorated with invasion stripes and powered by an MT 62 gas engine. There’s nothing quite like the look and sound of a big warbird ripping down the runway. Evan Quiros’ “Best in Show” Focke-Wulf 190 D-13 (above) powered by a strong BME 110 engine wowed the crowd with its impressive flights. The plane weighs 53 pounds and was painted with PPG paint to duplicate the camouflage pattern of its full-scale counterpart.
CATEGORY
Youngest Pilot Best Bomber
Best Post-WWII Best Multi-engine Best Jet
WWII-3rd Place WWII-2nd Place WWII-1st Place WWI-3rd Place WWI-2nd Place WWI-1st Place Smoking Hole Best-in-Show
Warbirds over Texas Awards PLANE
PILOT Nolan Kennedy (age 10)
B-24J Liberator T-28 Trojan
C-130 Hercules F8U Crusader PT 17 Stearman F6F Hellcat
TBM Avenger Fokker Dr.I Nieuport 17 Spad XIII
FW -190 D-13
Michael Laible/Herman Burton Dean Copeland Kenny Howerton Woody Lee
Wayne “Mad Dog” Moore Todd Jackson Noah Butler
Lawrence Harville Bill Holland Jim Dietrich Cole Kramer Evan Quiros
photograph and talk to the pilots and owners about their models. The advantages gained by shutting down the flight line and having the models arrayed along the length of the runway, gave many non-modelers or poten- tial modelers a greater insight and apprecia- tion of what the sport is all about, and cannot be fathomed by simply sitting in the specta- tors’ area and watching from a distance. I heard one lady say to her companion that she didn’t realize from where she was sitting how detailed many of the models were, as she peered into the cockpit of a WWI bipe.
All in all, the third edition of “Warbirds over Texas” was a good show. It ran smooth- ly, thanks to originator Terry Farmer, the steady hand on the tiller; Ed Kettler, the contest director; Charlie Schaefer in charge of the site management; and the rest of the North Dallas R/C Club who pitched in wher- ever they were needed. Their collective ef- forts have created an event to be proud of and one that everyone will eagerly anticipate as it moves into its fourth year in 2014.
Noah Butler flips the prop on his outstanding Grumman TBM Avenger(above left) while his brother, Jason, holds the plane. The plane spans 108 inches and was built from Charlie Kellogg plans. The model features Sierra retracts and a cowled Moki 150 that gave it an impressively realistic sound in the air. The model weighs a nominal 50 pounds, all-up and was selected as the first place winner in the hotly contested WWII category. Woody Lee is partial to military
FLYING MODELS
jets, and has them with several types of powerplants. This is a ParkZone F-4 Phantom electric ducted fan (EDF) (above right) and is constructed of wood, fiberglass, and foam. It has flaps, electric retracts, and a complete cockpit interior, all in a plane that spans less than 35 inches and is a shade under 4 feet long. Typical of an F-4 Phantom, note the angle of the stabilator as Woody sets the plane up to land.
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