Model-Airplane Buffs Aim for Transatlantic Record
After guiding the craft—named for Beecher Butts, an 88 year-old aviation enthusiast—to its cruising altitude, Hill will put the plan on autopilot and, from his safe seat in Newfoundland, anxiously await its arrival in Ireland. Pilot Paul Howey and others will be in Ireland waiting for the plane to appear on the horizon. They will head out to the bog and, if the plane comes in, take over manual control and land it. FAI officials there will be able to certify the record achievement as well.


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