Long Distance
Cross-Country Flight
Check this out, from the AMA National Newsletter:
``The Ft. Bend R/C Club and the R.C. Hobby Shop of Sugar Land TX is proud to announce that they will fly a Radio Controlled (RC) model from Cleveland TX to Muncie IN for charity. The Muscular Distrophy Association will receive all proceeds from the two-day flight.
At sunrise on July 6, the RC airplane will start its 1,060 mile trip from the Cleveland TX airport. It will then be piloted through the Texas cities of Houston, Texarkana, and Little Rock by Jim Rose, Sam Grice, and Alan Earl. The group will then go through West Memphis AR and cross the Mississippi River at Cairo IL. The final leg of the trip will go through Indianapolis IN before landing at the National Aeromodeling Center in Muncie on July 7.
The airplane will take off at a gross weight of approximately 38 pounds, carrying 2.8 gallons of fuel, enough for eight hours of flight. It is powered by a 23cc gasoline two-stroke engine, with magneto ignition, and is equipped with a generator to assure battery power to the radio equipment. A strobe light will be operating to warn the group in case of a charging system failure. Two completely separate radio receivers will be used with one side of the airplane's controls on each receiver.
The support crew for the trip consists of Charlie Caulkins, Billy Christen, Bucky Keller, Lee Belew, and Earney Wright. They are heading to the National Model Airplane Championships in Muncie.''
As soon as I can get information about how the flight went, and pictures of the airplane, I'll pass them along.