![]() ![]() Spanning over 100”, it was a nice change of pace to see this Naval Bomber in the air each day. Maurice Morgan came in to town from New Mexico with a bunch of airplanes, including this giant TBM Avenger. Joe Mcbride came over from California and brought his MIBO A-10 to blow up stuff during the pyro show! As part of the Scale Squadron of Southern California, I snuck this shot of the pilot goofing off during the groups Friday night hang out bash at the fi eld. It was serial #005 and was delivered in 1955, the year the plane was debuted. The massive B-52B is quite impressive to walk under and this particular one has some interesting history. Gate Guard at the WINGS OVER THE ROCKIES museum which hosted the Saturday night banquet. The O’Meara’s donate all proceeds from the event to the organization Mental Health America/Colorado which averages a significant $25,000 each year. The passion is also benefitting another group beyond the model Warbird community mental health patients. Having some involvement in putt ing together a show of this size, I can tell you it is the passion that makes it all happen. Great flying site, central location (at least for Western US pilots), good food, excellent banquet…….throw in some serious pyrotechnics and a full scale airshow, shake well and voila! Right, if only it were that easy. He, along with his lovely wife Bonnie, started from the ground up, taking all of the many decades of both awesome model event experience ones as well as a few terrible ones to put together a Warbird modeler’s paradise. Not a new face in the hobby, you will find him and his models gracing model magazines dating back to before many of our readers were even born! In all of those pictures and memories, there is a recurring theme in all of his subjects, WARBIRDS! 12 years ago, Brian released his opus on the Warbird community, WARBIRDS OVER THE ROCKIES. They had over 75 volunteers to help at the event and they did an outstanding job of keeping everything moving smoothly.īrian O’Meara has a passion that is helping to keep this great hobby of ours alive and well. The guys in the foreground are from the local host club, the Arvada Associated Modelers. Merlin Magic! Mandatory pilots meeting held at the beginning of the day. The genuine article! Among other full scale aircraft we were all treated to some low and fast flybys by this North American P-51D. This year, as part of his stable he fl ew this Tamjets F-18, powered by a Jetcat P160. How about the fact it has a 3w80 up front and a Zenoah G45 out back?! Larry Laughlin is a local modeler and he always brings FAST airplanes with him. ![]() This article was originally published in Fly RC’s February 2016 issue.īy Sean Curry What a shape! Evan Quiros brought his DO335 back this year and was able to squeeze in a few solid flights on this super complex model.
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