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Gene Payson
Gene Payson

Gene has been involved in RC since 1968. He has been an IMAC Unlimited competitor, and has flown airshow demonstrations since 2003. He flies fixed wing aircraft for the airshow team.

Title Pilot Coordinator

George Jenkins
George Jenkins

George has been involved in radio control since 1953 and is a scale modeler.  He has been both a flight and scale judge in Top Gun, Scalemaster & AMA Nationals.  He has also competed in the same contest.  He is well know for more than 45 kit review and photography of scale events in Scale R/C Modeler, MAN, RC Report, RC Modeler, Flying Models and Model Aviation.  He is a technical manuel writer for out models and helps with R&D for TBM prototype models. He is the safety officer and announcer for the show team.

Title Announcer and Safety Officer

Keith Marks Sr.
Keith Marks Sr.

Keith is in charge of our marketing and sponsorship department. He has been involved with R/C for more than 30 years and enjoys building these big birds.
Title Pilot, Builder, Promoter

Jim Hess Jr.
Jim Hess

Jim has been flying models for 25 years. He as been a front runner in Fla. Scale, Pattern and IMAC contests for  many years. Most recently the U.S. Scale masters championships and Top Gun. 2- time winner fun scale expert King Orange scale. 3-time winner Corvin Miller scale. (fun scale  expert) High flight advanced(2008 Scale masters championship). 2 time winner team scale Corvin Miller scale contest. 4th place us scalemasters championship. 4th place venice IMAC, 4th place Mulberry IMAC...
Title Pilot and Announcer

Keith Marks Jr.
Keith Marks Jr.

Keith has been flying for 3 years, and is a winner in both IMAC and Warbird competitions. His love for R/C has exceled him into flyng full scale planes and has recently been accepted into Embry Riddle Aeronautical University.
Title Pilot

Tom Smith
Tom Smith

Tom’s passion for aviation flows through everything he does. An accomplished Aviation Photo Journalist, Instrument Rated Single Engine Land & Sea Pilot, Warbird Pilot and an avid Scale R/C Warbird builder/flyer. Loves to compete with the aircraft he scratch builds in his shop. To pay for all of this he is a full time Cable TV Engineer for Comcast Communications. 
When he takes to the air with one of his Warbirds it is his way of paying Tribute to the Aircraft and the Men and Woman who built and flew them. Through his Scale Warbirds Tom has had the opportunity to speak with those that either flew the type or owed their life to those that did.

Favorite Quote: “You haven’t seen a tree until you’ve seen its shadow from the sky”  Amelia Earhart

Title Pilot and Builder

Tom SmithTom Smith
Tom SmithTom Smith

Bill Kersey
Bill Kersey

Bill Kersey is 44 years old from Sarasota Florida, has been flying RC airplanes for 30 years, competing in IMAC for the last 5 and Scale for the last year.

Title Pilot and Builder

Chris Kersey
Chris Kersey

Chris Kersey is 17 years old, born in Pensacola Florida, flying RC airplanes for 10 years, competing in 12 IMAC events over the last 3 years, placing in 8.  He has also competed in 2 scale events placing 2nd in one.
Title Pilot

Paul Cormier
Paul Cormier

Overview coming soon!
Title Pilot and Graphic Designer


Tony Greene
Tony Greene

Tony lives in sunny South West Florida and is almost always wearing a smile.
He has been involved with RC flying for nearly 30 years and has been full scale pilot for 25 years.
Tony has a limited competition background but attends many RC flying functions including scale, vintage, fun flys and all out 3D Freestyle events.

"I like making an airplane do things it shouldn't do!" -Tony


Title Pilot

Paul Cormier
Jon Hay

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Nob Muraki
Nob Muraki

Nob Muraki has been flying RC Helicopters since 1987, and was the USA Team Manager for the 1995 World Championships held in Japan. He has been competing in FAI class since 1990, and IMAC contests for 1 year.
Title Helicopter Pilot

Rolando Perez
Rolando Perez

Started flying models 1988 { Airplanes }
Started flying Helicopters 1998
2002 AMA Nationals Heli Class 2 First Place
2003 AMA Nationals Heli Class 3 First Place
2007 Team Manager for Helicopter World Team { It was held in Poland }
Field Representative for Team Horizon
Field Representative for YS Parts and Service
Field Representative for Technology Fuels
Currently competing in the FAI Class Helicopters

Title Helicopter Pilot

Paul Cormier
Eric Clapp

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Paul Cormier
Brad Fuller

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Paul Cormier
Bill McCallie

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Paul Cormier
Chip Greene

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Paul Cormier
Vince Veltri

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Paul Cormier
Dave Berry

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Paul Cormier
Jim Martin

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WARNING - Gasoline and Turbine powered R/C model aircraft are not manufactured to withstand unlimited G's. Any R/C model aircraft can fail, be it a wing folding up or a fuselage breaking in half under too high of a load. Just as any full size aircraft, model R/C aircraft have a maximum G rating. Because you are not in the plane flying it and experiencing the G's and reading the G-meter, it is more difficult to judge the G's on the aircraft, and it is very easy to exceed the limits of the aircraft. Understand that if you perform a snap roll, parachute, wall, blender, knife edge loop, or pull hard on the elevator at almost any speed, you can be putting in excess of 15 G's, even in excess of 30 G's, and most aircraft can only designed to take 10-12 G's. If you perform any violent maneuver, you can break your plane. When I perform hard maneuvers, especially for the first time on an airframe, I am prepared for a failure and am prepared for it as best I can be. This mainly includes performing the maneuver far enough away from spectators that in event of a failure that I am not endangering others. In addition, be prepared for the manufacturer to not pay for a new airframe which is broken during flight. It is common practice for any manufacturer to not replace an airframe which breaks in the air or upon landing. I have only seen manufacturers replace airframes when they have received many of the same failures and the manufacturer determines that there was a design or manufacturing error. If you break an airframe, and you are the only one to do so, then it is probably not the fault of the manufacturer. Please fly safely, and avoid full throttle operation other than at low airspeeds.

R/C model jets, warbirds, aerobatic planes and UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to name a few are not a toy! If misused, it can cause serious bodily harm and property damage. Fly only in open areas, and AMA (Academy of Model Aeronautics) approved flying sites. Follow all manufacturer instructions included with your plane, radio, servo's, batteries and engine. Aircraft manufacturers guarantees each kit to be free from defects in both material and workmanship at the date of purchase. This warranty does not cover any component assembled by the customer. All parts of high stress must be inspected and reinforced if necessary by a competent builder. Some parts should be glued again. High stress areas such as firewalls, motor boxes, wing mounts, landing gear mounts, etc., are areas of high concern. Seek help if necessary. In not case shall TBM be liable for the cost of any product it offers which is not manufactured by TBM. The liability to the manufacturer cannot exceed the original cost of the purchased item. Further, TBM reserves the right to change or modify this warranty without notice. In that TBM has no control over the final assembly or materials used for final assembly, no liability shall be assumed nor accepted for any damage resulting from the use by the user of the final user-assembled product. By the act of using the user assembled product, the user accepts all resulting liability. The kit manufacturers have provided you with a top quality, thoroughly tested kit and instructions, but ultimately the quality and fly ability of your finished model depends on how you build it; therefore, we cannot in any way guarantee the performance of your completed model, and no representations are expressed or implied as to the performance or safety of your completed model. It is the user's responsibility to inspect each component for worthiness.