Nathan Mallory with his birds

The second Ace to grace Team FlexPro is quite the young man who just turned nine years old; Nathan Mallory.  Though flying seriously for only seven months, he has not only impressed and won over Team FlexPro leader Sean Whitney; but the grizzled sceptics that run FlexPro.
   

At ease with either planes or heli, Nathan is making an aggressive study of the Align 500.  Perhaps the only thing stranger than watching such a young talent literally tear a hole in the sky; is to see us older men (we are being so generous with that term) acting like so many vulture’s staring in row, as we ogle his skill and speed.   It’s eerie… but it’s almost like he doesn’t ever, ever crash….

In a bow to Admiral Rickover, who said, “Get ’em Young, and Train ‘em Right”, Nathan started simulator work before flying; beginning with Real Flight 4.0, before switching to Phoenix just a few months ago.   Just before Christmas of last year Nathan started out flying an Air Havoc, but then quickly progressed to an E-Flite CX2.
 

By the time of the Brooks, Oregon Flyin in May, Nathan was flying an E-Flite Blade 400 3D.  A month later he had buddy boxed a 600 nitro with Kenny McDonald and Shawn Whitney.   Oh… for those of us who have had a tendency to get complicant about watching his stunning aerial stunts when he flys the Align 500… keep in mind he’s only been flying this bird for about a month!

This will be a young man to watch .

Nathan Mallory with his Stryker

Team FlexPro Ace Leader - Sean Whitney

Burning a hole in the sky with his hair on fire is routine for Team FlexPro Pilot Sean Whitney.   At 23 Sean already has a history of fast cars, fast boats and fast helis.  It would be ungentlemenly to attribute similar words to his lady fair and better half, Jessica…. but lets just say she sizzles.

No one flys faster, lower and harder than Sean.  His orders as Team FlexPro Pilot can be summed up in the one phrase you hear shouted out whenever Sean is flying; “Lower!”… “Lower!”… “Lower”

Making rapid advances over the last two years into Pro caliber, (see the former editor of RC Heli Magazine’s review of Sean) Sean’s flying has been admired by visiting pro’s at events throughout the Pacific Northwest.  Sean’s fast crack rolls, vertical near slams into the ground, and his high speed super low, low passes that bring up grass clipping, strawberry leaves and the occasional Oregon banana slug are just too cool!

FlexPro will provide continous photographs and video on our website to highlight this young man’s extraordinary flying skills.