Blaine's Bio

Blaine grew up on a farm in a little town in Arkansas. He was fascinated with aircraft and flight at a very early age. As a kid (and probably still today), he was particularly excited by the crop dusters buzzing over his house and dodging trees while hugging the ground so they could spray the fields.
Blaine has always been very competitive. He was a sports stand out in High School and College earning All Conference and All American titles both in Basketball and Track. In 1978, Blaine broke the World Record in the Pole Vault for 14 year olds. Through out his career he has broken many National and State records, and he still holds a few of them today.
In 1987, while training for the Olympic trials in the Decathlon, Blaine was involved in a car accident in which he sustained a sports career ending injury.
While recovering, he attended a farm festival where he noticed a man named Jim Key flying an RC Plane attempting to raise money for the voluntary Fire Department. People were taking flying lessons on a trainer box for $5 for 5 minutes. Needing something to focus his energy on, Blaine gave it a try. $50 later, Blaine was hooked.
After building his first plane, he wanted to show his best friend Jeff Dean what he had. To Blaine's amazement Jeff had also gotten into the hobby and had the exact same plane. Blaine's interest area grew and between 1986 and 1991, he flew just about every kind of plane you could imagine. Because of his job, he moved around quite a bit and was forced to table the hobby until 1995. A job change relocated him to Nashville, TN where he was reunited with his best friend Jeff Dean again. Blaine’s friend Jeff had also gotten out of the hobby as well. They both got back into the hobby and have been very active ever since.
Blaine has the reputation for 'pushing the envelope', so naturally he was drawn to the Extreme style of flying. He got into the Extreme side of the flying in 1997.
In 2000, Blaine started the Extreme Aerobatic Club. This club promotes Extreme flying events through out the country. Blaine now lives in Houston, TX where he is in his 18th year of flying. Blaine has flown at numerous Model Shows and Full-Scale Air Shows through out the world with such acts as the Blue Angles, Thunderbirds, Red Barron Squadron, Matt Chapman and Kirby Chambliss just to name a few.

In January of 2010 Blaine started Top Dawg Aviation. Top Dawg Aviation is a model airplane company specializing in large scale radio controlled aircraft. The company is regarded as one of the best in the industry focused on providing our customers with the latest aircraft design and quality. The products are engineered through hours of research and testing:

As an avid flyer, Blaine have come to know what the IMAC, 3D and Sunday flyer have come to expect. It is his goal at Top Dawg Aviation to bring his many years of experience to an R/C company that really cares about their customers and to provide excellent customer service.

Blaine's mission is to build the lightest and strongest product available designed to withstand the rigors of serious aerobatic flying at a value second to none. He will constantly strive to bring new and innovative ideas to the R/C industry.

Top Dawg Aviation believes in and practices excellent customer service. Without their customers, their business would not continue to thrive. Their customer service staff is available to you 24 hours a day 7 days a week via Email. They guarantee a 24 hour response time.

Remember at Top Dawg Aviation, "WE TAKE A BITE OUT OF THE COMPETITION'