Peter Goldsmith’s BAE HAWK 100

Peter Goldsmith’s impressive BAE Hawk 100 turns heads even when it’s sitting on the flightline at the most recent Top Gun Scale Invitational, where it earned a nearly perfect 99 points from the static judges—the highest in the Expert class! We wanted to take a closer look at this incredible RC jet, and also talk to the man who detailed and flew it to win the coveted Mr. Top Gun title for the second time.

Model Airplane News: How did you get started in scale competition?

My very first scale competition was actually in Australia, at an event south of Sydney. I flew a Sig Skybolt. I had no idea what I was doing; it was a disaster, in fact, a very humbling experience. My first Top Gun experience was in 2005. It was the first time Frank Tiano had offered up the Pro-Am class with no static judging. I flew