[James Whomsley] likes flying, and likes flying fast. After reaching a speed of 114 miles an hour with an RC plane, he wanted to go further and break that record. To do so, he looked towards ...

The folks at Flitetest decided to add some extra power to an electric DH.100 Vampire RC plane by adding a butane afterburner. After some testing, and a bit of fire, they were able to make it fly.

The vehicle is called Radian One and it's a spaceplane built to travel in low-Earth orbit. But rather than blasting off virtually like a rocket, the Radian One would take off from a runway.