The National Model Aviation Museum and store are now closed for the 2022 season. However, AMA members can continue to shop via the online store, purchase plans (members get 20% off through October 31, 2022) and view on-line museum resources such as virtual tours, historical archives, and more. “Thanks to […]
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New Scale Exhibit Opens at National Model Aviation Museum
By Rachelle Haughn, rachelleh@modelaircraft.org If you visit the National Model Aviation Museum in Muncie, Indiana, this summer, you might notice something dramatically different about one exhibit area. The first change that you could see is the absence of the theater. In 2021, AMA employees demolished the theater area. In the […]
Continue readingNational Model Aviation Museum is now open
We are happy to announce that the museum is now open for the 2021 flying season. It will remain open through Sept 17, 2021. Operating hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday – Saturday. There are a few additional Saturdays on which it will be closed, as well as […]
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Byron Originals radio control Pitts S-1A – Donated by Dave Herbert
In the mid-1970s Byron LeRoy Godbersen decided to take his interest in model aviation a step further and begin developing and selling large scale remote controlled models of civilian and military aircraft. In 1979, he founded Byron Originals and that same year the new company released its first kit, the […]
Continue readingMuseum volunteers are priceless
An often-repeated phrase in museums, as with so many organizations, is, “We couldn’t manage without our volunteers.” At the AMA’s National Model Aviation Museum this certainly is the case. For us, it begins at the top with the AMA Executive Council—all volunteers who oversee the museum. It is through the […]
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Kwik-Fli, Slow Build: Conclusion
Two years! It’s been two years! In those two years, Beppe Fascione has visited Italy, moved, and built three other models. But, the Kwik-Fli Mk. II is complete, and a completely accurate reproduction of Phil Kraft’s 1965 original Kwik-Fli Mk. II. Beppe did what he set out to do, and […]
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Kwik-Fli, Slow Build: 16 November 2012
16 November 2012. Maiden Flight! Everything perfect, especially once I replaced the carb on the engine, that was giving me trouble at idle!!! No trim was required (I think the wing jig has a lot to do with this…) the a/c flies much faster than its predecessor looks like the […]
Continue readingKwik-Fli, Slow Build: 15 November 2012
15 November 2012. I’m finished! I’m just waiting for the white RC 56 glue to settle, so I won’t lose the canopy, and I’m done! Everything is working, both the Futaba 7 Model I and Mode II are charged and properly set, I’ll be able to fly anytime, starting from […]
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Kwik-Fli, Slow Build: 14 November 2012
14 November 2012. Today I went around the shop and bought the Ball Link (2-56). The installation is perfect! I also found the plastic black control horns that were in the original Jensen kit. I already tested the servo, and everything runs fine. Now I must cut the connecting rods […]
Continue readingKwik-Fli, Slow Build: 9 November 2012
9 November 2012. It may look unusual, but I’m not finished yet, even if I’m very close I should say… Everything started during the Spring 2011 and the plane will fly during Spring 2013! A two years project, not bad! But I built a lot of other stuff, in the […]
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