APRS Tracker on Transcontinental Flight

Wayne Woollard plans to fly from Alaska to Florida to gain the transcontinental record for his aircraft weight class. The flight will be from Barrow Alaska to Key West Florida on May 23. He should arrive around the 28th of May. From there He will leave Kitty Hawk, North Carolina on May 30th and arrive back in Salinas California on the 2nd of June.


The onboard APRS tracker consists of a MAXON 5-watt data radio transmitting on the standard 144.39 MHz frequency with an external VHF antenna mounted under the fuselage. A KPC-3 TNC and a Rand McNalley GPS.


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Although Wayne is not a ham, he is a Commercial Radio Engineer with over 40 years experience in AM broadcast.



The flight can be tracked from the <A href=http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/find.cgi?kf6hjo-8>FindU.com Web site</A>



This is the Transcontinental record he holds from last years flight:


N° 6633 Sub-class C-1b (Landplanes: take off weight 500 to 1000 kg)

Group 1: piston engine

Speed over a recognized course: 84.43 km/h

Course/site: Salinas, CA (USA) - Eastport, ME (USA)

30.06.00, D. Wayne WOOLLARD (USA), Gary TUOVINEN

Aircraft: Alon A2 Aircoupe (1 Continental C90, 90 bhp)