Jets Over Whidbey 98
The Jets Over Whidbey 98 was held August 29-30.

This was a low stress fan fly held at a great location. The runway is 200' x 5000'
providing plenty of take-off and landing room with unrestricted airspace to fly in.

The weather on Saturday was cool and the fog did not lift until 11:00 AM, and there
was a 10 mph crosswind. This did not stop the jet modelers from flying though.

Sunday was warmer and the wind was light. More sorties were logged by the jets.

This year is the marks the first time Gas turbine powered jets flew at Whidbey.

Three (3) gas turbine powered jets made it to the event, and two (2) turbine left the
event intact. See photo below.

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THE BIG PICTURE

Panoramic scene of the OLF Whidbey Island. The runway is 200' x 5000'

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Crossing the sound via
ferry to Whidbey Island		 Jack Kennedy and
Jamie Cortez. What a
pair!		 Jamie prepares to start
his RAM 500 powered
BVM F-16		 Dan Avilla with his BVM
F-86 Sabre
 
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Dean before the incident Dean after the incident
OUCH, that hurts		 Doug Hunt's DCU F-14
Tomcat prepares to
start. Who says turbine
operators require lots
of support equipment		 The thropies were
one of a kind. Turbine
blades from EA-6B
Prowlers stationed at
NAS Whidbey Is.
 
http://209.233.30.62/whidbey07.JPG (66957 bytes) Well, here I am with my latest project, sort of.
The F-106 belongs to Darrel Usher, but this
picture give you a relative size comparison.

My F-106 will be powered by a RAM 750,
performance should be exceptional.