CROSSING THE ATLANTIC, GREAT ARTICLE
 

I just read the article "TWO SUNSETS & STILL FLYING" in Model Aviation, Jan. 2004, pages18+.

What a great article written by Maynard Hill which covers his extraordinary flight over the Atlantic this past August. It's also a short biography of his life in model aviation. This is a first class dude, a class act. If your interested in serious model aviation, this is must reading.

These guys pulled this off on a low budget with no major sponsors and fly by the seat of your pants mentality. This is the kind of stuff that makes America great.

A web site also covers this project. [link]http://tam.plannet21.com/index.html[/link]

Cajun[8D]

RE: CROSSING THE ATLANTIC, GREAT ARTICLE
 

I totally agree! A great article and such an awesome flight!

RE: CROSSING THE ATLANTIC, GREAT ARTICLE
 

From another thread with FCC regulations. Was this really R/C when they used telemetry and autopiloting except for a very small part of the trip?

"These may helpful.

http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2...7cfr95.211.pdf
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2...7cfr95.212.pdf

R/C is for one way communications only. Telemetry would generally mean that you are transmitting back to obtain information and then command back to the aircraft. Those that are doing both have migrated to other bands. "

Quoting another poster on this site. Sorry I didn't capture his ID but the statements above indicate the flight wasn't all R/C. Although it was on Canadian and Irish soil not American, I guess. :)

RE: CROSSING THE ATLANTIC, GREAT ARTICLE
 

Yep, I was one of the guys who kept hitting the site during tam 4 and then 5. I just hope that his knowledge is pass on to someone who can preserve and share it with all modelers. What he did with a .6 ci engine is amazing.