first little edit.

[Prom0]

Tryed to edit some exhaut heat.

[NDSP]

Very very sharp edit... the head blur looks ok to my untrained eye

[cloud9]

IMO you used way to much ocean ripple and you should use guassian blur on it as well. Check out this tutorial for good hints

[FSGT Gabe]

Good job for a first try...but yes you should definately use more gaussian blur .

- Kevin

[krigl]

Very good heat blur for a first try, agree with the above comments. That's a lovely paint job! And you  got a red plane to look sharp and crisp, without compression problems. Very nice work!