In June 1995, Ronald Clem set the straight-line distance record for radio-controlled model aircraft: 426.82 miles. He snatched it from Maynard Hill, who was left with three records: duration (33 hours, 39 minutes), speed on a closed circuit (150.25 mph), and altitude (26,922 feet), among other radio-control milestones. "It wasn't so much breaking his record as it was setting my own," says Clem. But he held the title for only six weeks before Hill snatched it back with a flight of 459 straight-line miles. And Clem really wanted that record again.
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