Maynard Hill has died
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Maynard Hill has died
Mr Hill was the force behind the creation of the first model aircraft (less than 5 kg / 11 pounds) to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. It employed an on-board autopilot and navigation system.
Model airplane history-maker Maynard Hill dies at the age of 85 - The Washington Post
The US Navy beat his team by a few months, but it was a big drone, not tiny model.
Edited to add: Maynard Hill held amateur radio callsign W3FQF.
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Model airplane history-maker Maynard Hill dies at the age of 85 - The Washington Post
The US Navy beat his team by a few months, but it was a big drone, not tiny model.
Edited to add: Maynard Hill held amateur radio callsign W3FQF.
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Maynard Hill's achievements are certainly legendary! RIP.
No doubt this piece of information would cause the Olympic Airspace enforcers to have a mild coronary....
It employed an on-board autopilot and navigation system.
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More on Hill and the transatlantic flight.
Maynard Hill piloted a radio-controlled model airplane across the Atlantic Ocean - Progressive Engineer Magazine
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JHU Applied Physics Lab had a much-earlier notable in radio-controlled model aircraft, Walter Good. Walter and his twin brother flew radio-controlled models as early as 1937. Walter was one of the first employee of APL (1942) and rose to a rather high position there.
Maynard Hill piloted a radio-controlled model airplane across the Atlantic Ocean - Progressive Engineer Magazine
Also:
JHU Applied Physics Lab had a much-earlier notable in radio-controlled model aircraft, Walter Good. Walter and his twin brother flew radio-controlled models as early as 1937. Walter was one of the first employee of APL (1942) and rose to a rather high position there.
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flew radio-controlled models as early as 1937
When was the first radio controlled aircraft?
This one is a model of the original
Archibald Low - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Maynard Hill's tenacity with the transatlantic crossing attempts gains my highest admiration. Each successive trip to Newfoundland and wait for the right weather was a trial of perseverance.
*'Aerial Target' was a cover name to disguise its true purpose.
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