href="Model-Airplane Buffs Aim for Transatlantic Record_files/ngnews.css" type=text/css rel=stylesheet> Search at nationalgeographic.com Also see: Today's Top Stories This StoryAdventure & Exploration- Related Sites & Stories- E-mail this story Sponsored in part by Model-Airplane Buffs Aim for Transatlantic Record Brian Handwerkfor National Geographic NewsAugust 5, 2002 The history of transatlantic aviation could see a new milestone this week, as an ambitious group of model-airplane makers launches an 11-pound (4.9-kilogram) ultra-light craft on a journey from Newfoundland to Ireland. If successful, it would be the first Atlantic crossing by a "true" model airplane. The craft, named Spirit of Butts Farm, will try to...