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On Mon, 28 Dec 2015 18:06:16 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Monday, December 28, 2015 at 1:00:43 PM UTC-5, Califbill wrote:
wrote:
http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/101/3212-full.html?ET=avweb:e3212:323843a:&st=email#225438

Declared biggest RC model. But local pilot has a single engine airplane
that was originally an RC controlled drone for towing targets for the USAF.
Not a model, but real airplane. I think is a Cessna, but not sure.

And there are larger "real" airplanes than a Cessna that have been converted to remote control. So what? This claim is for a *model* airplane that was never designed or meant to carry a pilot or passengers. It was hand-built by a hobbyist in his workshop, modeled from a real plane but just scaled down. As such, it has the current standing of the largest RC model airplane.

Joe Kennedy jr, the oldest Kennedy kid died in a B24 "drone" before we
had that name. It was going to be a flying bomb in response to the V
weapons. It couldn't take off under RC control so he was supposed to
get to operational altitude and bail out ... after he armed the bomb
on board. The bomb exploded when he armed it.

Nobody knows or was willing to admit who screwed up.

They also built other successful RC planes after the war for various
uses, usually as AA targets.