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SANTO DOMINGO. - The Dominican Axel Haché and the American David Shulman made history by entering the Guinness Book of World Records, when their radio control airplane flew at 542 kilometers per hour at the Hobbyland runway on January 18, breaking the previous 395 kilometers-per-hour mark.

The remote pilots used the JMP Firebird airplane with AMT Netherlands Olympus turbine, especially made for the trial, supplied by the company’s owner Tom Cook and assembled by the Venezuelan Frank Dalbon.

Hache and Shulman received the certificate as record holders in their category, in a press conference held in Sophia' Restaurant.

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Written by: josean, 29 Jan 2010 1:00 AM
From: United States, Dedicating 4 more years to fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia

So how much did we pay for the supercharged Cessnas called Tucanos again?
Written by: MS_Jersey, 30 Jan 2010 10:59 AM
From: United States, NJ (M_ S Cibaeno 100%)
.....a bit less than what Sonia gets for her NGO.
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