Sam Niebel was the first person to win 1st in Senior Precision Aerobatics flying an electric-powered model. Sam continued flying his model, the T-Bolt, in competition, winning 3rd place in 2011. Now in 2015, Sam has retired the T-Bolt and donated it to the museum’s permanent collection.
![A young man wearing a gray shirt, dark hat and sunglasses poses on a Control Line circle with a model airplane.](https://amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2015/07/NMAM2015-22-SNiebel2010.jpg)
![A young man in gray poses with a detailed CL model in the storage area of the museum.](https://amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2015/07/NMAM2015-22-SNiebel2015.jpg)
Thank you Sam for helping grow the museum’s collection!