Horizon Hobby’s own Ali Machinchy flies a giant Air World Germany F-104 Starfighter at the Arizona Warbirds & Classics event. The F-104 was built by Trond Hammerstadt and is owned and operated by Brian O’Meara. Powered by a JetCat 300 Pro turbine and flown on a Powerbox Core radio, the Starfighter has been campaigned at Top Gun and flown at numerous events. Ali enjoys putting Brian’s 104 through its paces. Look for full coverage of this event in the July/August issue of Model Airplane News! (Featured photo by Barry Hinrichs)
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In spite I fly a big gasser myself , I totaly disaprove the gentleman who was flying his buzzard while the Starfighter was in the air, just sabotaging the Starfighter plane. Pure disrespect and selfishness.
The gasser pilot was unpolite, since he sabotaged the Starfighter flight. What was missing in the videoclip was the full pure sound of the jet
What was missing in the videoclip was the full, pure, undisturbed sound of the jet