The National Model Aviation Museum invites visitors to view an exciting new aircraft: the Sparrow, on loan from Zipline. The Sparrow, developed by Zipline in 2016, was initially operated in Rwanda. It is an autonomous aircraft that flies to remote medical clinics delivering life-saving blood, vaccines, and medications safely to […]
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The History of the National Aeromodeling Championships
Am I the best? For those aeromodelers who ask themselves this question, competition is the key. Facing an opponent, and besting him or her is the only true way to know. The challenge, to see who the best is, started almost as soon as two people could fly a model […]
Continue readingAMA National Model Aviation Museum Is Open for the 2023 Summer Season
We are happy to announce the museum is now open for the summer! May 2023 Open Mondays thru Fridays10am – 4pmAlso open on Saturday, May 27(Closed May 29 for Memorial Day) June – August 2023Open Mondays thru Saturdays10am – 4pm(Closed June 19 for Juneteenth holiday and July 4 for Independence […]
Continue readingMuseum Accepts Two Models from Sig Manufacturing
On April 20 and 21, AMA Museum Director Michael Smith and Model Aviation Executive Editor Jay Smith traveled to Sig Manufacturing in Motezuma, Iowa, to pick up Maxey Hester’s P-63 King Cobra and Claude McCullough’s Skypirate. Both Maxey and Claude worked for Sig and were also famous Scale model competitors. […]
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AMA National Model Aviation Museum Is Closed for the Season
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 Additions: MQM-170A and MQM-170C
In 2003, Griffon Aerospace’s MQM-170A Outlaw was selected to be the next Remotely Piloted Vehicle Target (RPVT) for the US Army. This aircraft replaced Continental RPV’s 1/5 scale Su-25 Frogfoot and Mi-24 Hind-D helicopter as the primary training aid for the Stinger man-portable air-defense missile system, while also offering the […]
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1894 Twin-Pusher added to National Model Aviation Museum Collection
Between 1910 and 1930, the most popular type of flying model airplanes were twin-pusher A-Frame and T-Frame racers, so named because of the shape of their fuselage or motor sticks. The question is, what was the genesis of that design? Thomas Moy presented a twin-pusher to the Aeronautical Society of […]
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1/40-scale Boeing 747 and Space Shuttle Orbiter
Donated to the National Model Aviation Museum by long time modeler and AMA Member John Kiker During the development of the Space Shuttle program, NASA decided to transport the shuttles on a Boeing 747—but it was unclear if the 747 could also successfully make an airborne launch of the shuttles. […]
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