It is almost April 1st. Besides being April Fool’s Day, April 1st is the day that the museum switches from its winter hours over to its summer hours. Just to throw in some confusion, during the months that the museum is operating on the summer hours, there’s a few weeks […]
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Madman Yates and his Madman model
The museum portion of April’s Model Aviation “In the Air” column looks at J.C. Yates’ Madman CL Aerobatics airplane that is in the museum collection. There wasn’t enough room in the column to share all of the information related to the model, so it is shared here in a “deleted scenes” type […]
Continue readingA fascinated visitor
This little boy, Aiden, was fascinated by his visit to the National Model Aviation Museum today. Hopefully he’s going to grow up to be a modeler! Come visit and find something that fascinates you!
Continue readingHall of Fame Exhibit Installation, part 2
There’s been some progress on the AMA Model Aviation Hall of Fame exhibit in the museum lobby (read more on this in part one here). We’ve been working on getting the graphics to print and size correctly (which did not make exciting photographs). Now that they are correct, though, here’s the finished and […]
Continue readingMuseum Recommended by the FAI
The Academy of Model Aeronautics’ National Model Aviation Museum was approved as a Fédération Aéronautique Internationale Recommended Museum during the 106th FAI General Conference in Antalya, Turkey last year. The museum is one of three museums that have been recognized by the FAI in the United States. The FAI Recommended Museum […]
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