John Miller and I are again coordinating plans to present the  perpetual award for the Best Jack Sheeks Classic Stunter starting at the Vintage Stunt Championships, VSC-XXI, starting March 17th, 2009. We are hoping that Jack will be available to be the judge.

In addition there will be an award for the highest placing Jack Sheeks airplane!

Jack Sheeks is perhaps the most prolific designer of Stunt, Scale and RC airplanes of our lifetime. In addition he is one of the nicest people on the face of the earth.

During the Classic Era, (1953 to the end of 1969) Jack published, designed, approx. 20 CL Stunt airplanes. From that time to the present, Jack has published 27 more airplanes in Flying Models alone!

Following is a list of Sheeks airplanes that are eligible for Classic Stunt. This list will be updated if more information becomes available. I want to thank Jack Sheeks, and Frank Fanelli of Flying Models for their help in compiling this information. Special thanks also to Robin Sizemore, and the Cholla Choppers.

Jack Sheeks’ Classic Stunters:
(Ref. Flying Models, Pampa Classic Plans Directory, Wilkes Classic CD))
* Designates those in the current Flying Models Plans Directory

M/Yr Magazine Airplane Plan # Notes

8/63 FM Stuka Semi-scale I-Beam
2/64 FM La Donna I-Beam, Booms
6/64 FM Beech Staggerwing I-Beam, Bipe
8/64 FM F5F Skyrocket I-Beam, Twin Engine
6/65 FM* Sheik CF024 I-Beam, Gull Wing
10/65 FM Stuntliner I-Beam, Swept Wing
4/66 FM* Sea Vixen CF033 I-Beam,Swept wing, booms
8/66 FM* Demon CF049 I-Beam, Swept wing
1/67 FM* Swinger CF067 I-Beam, Swept wing
7/67 FM* Ryan SC CF087 I-Beam
1/68 FM* Focke-Wulf 190 CF106 I-Beam
5/68 FM* Freedom 45 CF121 "C"tube Swept Wing
9/68 FM* Spitfire CF134 I-Beam, Elliptical
1/69 FM* Torino S CF149 I-Beam,Swept wing, booms
2/69 FM* Scottsman CF153 "D"tube,Swept Wing
6/69 FM* Knight CF164 I-Beam, T-tail

4/70 FM* ME-109 CF185 Designed before 1970
7/70 FM* Stuka JU-87 CF212 Designed before 1970 Update of earlier Stuka

Note: also eligible is the ME262 built and published by Jim Vornholt, Flying Models March 1967. FM plan #CF210. Jack Sheeks aided with the design of this airplane

We hope that we will see many Sheeks airplanes at VSC-XXI.

Hi Tom and John:  Just an unsolicited suggestion here:  At the appearance judging have a separate area for the Sheeks designs or at least a separate row for all of them to be viewed together.  Although there were not a lot of entries last year, they were sort of lost in the mix. 

Pete that's an excellent idea.

Your welcome Tom and John. I'm looking forward to seeing your Sea Vixen Tom and hopefully Tony Naccarato's Stuka.  I hope to have a Ryan SC complete but had better get busy cuttin' parts! 

If they had placed all the Sheek's planes together I would have gotten negative points for appearance.  Mike Haverly's plane was one gorgeous piece of modeling.  DOC Holliday