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General control line discussion => Open Forum => Topic started by: Norm Faith Jr. on June 13, 2011, 10:16:38 PM
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Maynard Hill passed away on the 7th, 85 yrs. old.
Norm
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This is a passing of great historic significance. Mr. Hill probably held more AMA and world records than all other people combined. Whenever there was an article in a magazine by or about him and one of his exploits I always read it. Dig out the Model Aviation from a few years ago that described the model he built for the GPS guided flight across the Atlantic and read how he solved all the technical problems of getting a model engine to run reliably un-attended for the duration of the flight. The man was simply amazing and we will probably never see the likes of him again. The word legend is used to describe people sometimes, and in this case I don't think it's adequate enough.
God speed Mr. Hill.
Dan McEntee
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Yes the man was an inovator. I too would read of his exploits and always wanted to meet him.
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304778304576377930613461572.html?KEYWORDS=remembrances
Here is the link to his obit that was printed in the Wall Street Journal.
Bill Hodges
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I too read many articles about the record setting efforts of Dr. Maynard Hill. Sad to hear of his passing.
The link to his obit in the WSJ provided in Bill's post is very worthwhile clicking and reading. D>K Steve
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This is a passing of great historic significance. Mr. Hill probably held more AMA and world records than all other people combined. Whenever there was an article in a magazine by or about him and one of his exploits I always read it. Dig out the Model Aviation from a few years ago that described the model he built for the GPS guided flight across the Atlantic and read how he solved all the technical problems of getting a model engine to run reliably un-attended for the duration of the flight. The man was simply amazing and we will probably never see the likes of him again. The word legend is used to describe people sometimes, and in this case I don't think it's adequate enough.
God speed Mr. Hill.
Dan McEntee
I agree completely. One of my model airplane heros as a youth. I read every article on his record setting flights and marveled at his creativity. I met him at one of the nats and found him to be humble and very open with his ideas and excited to share any knowledge and answer any questions. Thank you Maynard...