April 22nd - Toledo is over and now we turn to Top Gun this
week. I posted a few more photos than normal but I figured you
want to see who is doing what. I really appreciate everyone
sending in photos for all of us to see. Starting at top is Walt
Fletcher with his new 1/3 scale GTM Dr1 which he will be flying at Top
Gun this year. Walt hails from Utah and his Dr1 is all electric.
That's right, this 30lb plane has many successful flights and Walt even
added a LeRhone sound system. Walt built this plane in about four
months, awesome. He loves to weather his planes which is shown in
the second photo. Good luck Walt, the Dr1 looks ready to compete.
The third photo shows Del Johnson's 1/3 scale Dr1 on the left and Gary
Denzler's new 1/3 scale GTM Dr1. Both planes look real and ready
for action. Great photo from Lee McDuffee which was taken at the
Ohio flying field which is the same site that the July Ohio Dawn Patrol
will be held this year. Another pair of GTM Fokkers, this time we
have 1/3 scale D6 bi-planes. These are from Paul Westrich and
Barry Vogel (on the right). Paul and Barry did outstanding jobs
and both report the D6 is an excellent flying plane. You can see
all these planes fly at up coming events but if you can not wait here is
a video to watch these planes in action -
http://s11.photobucket.com/albums/a160/deljon2005/Videos/?action=view¤t=FokkerScourge2008.flv
The next photo shows Barry's
D6 in the GTM Toledo booth. This great photo offers us a close-up
of the lovely job Barry did with our kit which is just some wood and
metal parts. Ok, the kit is a little more than that but you guys
get the idea. The next photo is a close up of Del's prop and dummy
engine. Looks really smart and yes that prop is correct for his
model. The dummy engine is still being sorted out but I suspect we
should have something ready in the next month or so. The next
photo is this year's GTM Toledo crew. As some of you might know, I
had to sit Toledo out this year for some family issues which all is fine
now. But these brave folks took on the crowds and kept GTM in the
show. From the left seating down is Del Johnson with wife Mary,
Alan Yendle and Gary Denzler. The back row from the left is Paul
Westrich and Barry Vogel. Nothing is better than not planning to
compete at Toledo then at the last minute add your plane to the
competition and wearing your GTM shirt your up at the podium meeting
Miss Ohio and taking a radio home. Well, Del Johnson did just that
with his Dr1 as he came in 3rd place. A great weekend for all.
Congrats Del, your on your way. As you can see GTM Fokkers can be
casual planes and/or ready to compete with the best of them. A lot
of credit goes to Anthony Fokker and his design team which we all can
thank for his lovely subjects. Not sure if some of you realize but
yesterday was the 90th anniversary of the Richtofen's death. Yes,
time flies by but what was surprising was that this fact was mentioned
on CNN news. As always any comments or questions
just email me. - Glenn |
