Something similar. Interesting article on the guy who built the models for the movie The Aviator .
For Bok, however, the decision to forgo the obligatory Hollywood crash duplicate was a high-wire act based more on engineering intelligence than guts. Contrary to typical movie studio logic, Bok believed that radio-controlled model airplanes wouldn’t crash if designed according to classical aerodynamic theory and endowed with sufficient size and weight. That’s why he and a staff of six engineers decided to build models considered gargantuan in the world of radio-controlled aircraft, the biggest being a 30 ft wide, 648 lbs version of Hughes’ infamous XF-11 reconnaissance plane. By most measures, even Bok’s “small” models were big: His version of Hughes H-1B racer sported an 18-ft wingspan and weighed in at 450 lbs, while his scale-model of the fabled “Spruce Goose” measured 26 ft from wingtip to wingtip, and weighed 375 lbs.
Click Here for the website of one of the pilots. He has an “Aviator” link at the bottom of that page. Be sure to check out the videos, like “Bill Gone Wild”.