"Tiger Moth World Tour"
A GWS Tiger Moth park flyer made aero-modeling history beginning January 25, 2004 when a discussion thread at hobby website RCGroups.com proposed the Tiger Moth World Tour which involved flying the model in every state in the United States. Modelers Gene Carr and Luis Hoyos of Thonotosassa, Florida assembled the model and monitored the sign-up list. Trip coordinator Keith Wilson, also of Thonotosassa, was to monitor the model's journey from pilot to pilot, each of whom signed the model. All shipping costs were incurred by the individual pilots, each of whom was responsible for getting the model shipped to its next destination.
The Tiger Moth's first flight was in Thonotosassa on March 7, 2004 with the eighty-sixth and final flight taking place on July 13, 2007 in Honolulu, Hawaii. The model flew not only in the United States but in parts of Canada as well. The model was feared lost in Kahoka, Missouri but was later found and turned over to the local police.
On June 24, 2008, the Academy of Model Aeronautics accepted the Tiger Moth, logbooks including a repair log which listed 42 separate repairs and all support gear for permanent display starting March 27, 2009 at their National Model Aviation Museum in Muncie, Indiana. The news of the model's final destination was covered in the September 2009 edition of the AMA magazine, Model Aviation by assistant editor Jay Smith.
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