 thumb|right|tam 5 the spirit of butts' farm (also known as tam 5) became the first model aircraft to cross the atlantic ocean on august 11, 2003. the aircraft was launched from cape spear () near st. john's, newfoundland and labrador, and landed at mannin beach () near clifden, ireland 38.9 hours later. it was recognized by the fai as a double world record flight for its duration of 38h 52 min 19 sec (fai record 7883) and straight line distance of  using an autopilot (fai record 7882), and using the argos system for telemetry to track the flight's progress; the team's use of technology also spurred the fai to create new record categories. the aircraft was controlled by autopilot for >99% of the flight in a manner similar to that used by the insitu aerosonde uav "laima" that crossed the atlantic in 1998. the flight used 99.2% of its fuel and left only  (or 44 minutes of flight time) remaining when it reached its destination.{{cite news | last = brown | first = emma | title = model airplane history-maker maynard hill dies at the a
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