TEST FLIGHT LARGE 1:7.5 SCALE SKYMASTER GRUMMAN F-14 SWINGWING TOMCAT AT STOW MARIES - MICK BURRELL

TODAY MICK BURRELL TEST FLEW HIS LARGE SCALE SKYMASTER GRUMMAN F-14 TOMCAT AT THE FIRST WORLD WAR AERODROME OF STOW MARIES IN ESSEX, THERE ARE ONLY TWO OF THESE MODELS IN THE UK, THIS IS THE FIRST TO FLY & THE OTHER IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION, IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL SUNNY DAY WITH A REASONABLE RIGHT HAND CROSS WIND BUT MICK DID A BRILLIANT JOB WITH HER ON THIS FIRST FLIGHT, SHE IS A SKYMASTER KIT AND WEIGHS AROUND 24.5 KGS, AT 1:7.5 SCALE SHE HAS ROUGHLY 100 INCH SPAN & 100 INCH LENGTH, POWERED