R/C Plane makes TransAtlantic flight

Sat Jan 13, 2007 12:05 am

Pretty cool, I read about this today (although happened a few years ago)

Some guy from Maryland launched a 5-foot model airplane equiped with GPS, onboard computer autopilot, and telemetry transmitter and managed to make a flight from Newfoundland to Ireland--1900 miles!
http://www.memagazine.org/contents/current/features/amodel/amodel.html

Amazing!

Sat Jan 13, 2007 10:21 am

impressive. Now if he can make one that delivers pizza...

Sat Jan 13, 2007 10:23 am

that is cool, impressive

Sat Jan 13, 2007 4:29 pm

that is very cool, I bet that could lead to better things

Sat Jan 13, 2007 4:45 pm

Originally posted by Sabres
that is very cool, I bet that could lead to better things

Hopefully not some guy thinking "Hmmmm, with a six foot plane carrying a pound of plastic explosives......"

Seriously though, I love what ordinary people aspire to do with their free time. The world is filled with some very smart cookies who just never had the chance to do something great.

Sun Jan 14, 2007 2:00 am

...Impressive but not as impressive as my rocket that will take me to Mars... ... ... but not back.

Tue Jan 16, 2007 7:58 pm

wow that's amazing.