Team Effort to Break Closed Course Distance Record
By Maynard Hill
Photos courtesy of Roy Day, Scott Hill, and the author
As seen in the October 1999 issue of Model Aviation.
Crew was recruited from DC/RC and Pegasus Club of Hagerstown. Sixteen persons, 15 hours, two attempts: 480 man-hours!
The Mason-Dixon Dragway is located at latitude 39.66°, longitude 77.66°—a special spot about five miles east of Hagerstown, Maryland. Official sunrise on August 3, 1998, was 6:08 a.m. EDT; sunset was 8:10 p.m. That put the length of the day at 14 hours and 2 minutes…