The 1976 were billed as the 50th Nats, an anniversary celebration to go along with Bicentennial of the United States. Held at three sites in central Ohio, the 1976 Nats was a busy one – there was the traveling back and forth between locations for different events, as well as […]
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New Addition: CL Pesco Special
In the late 1950s, the Gulf Hawks Club of Northern Florida revived the Thompson Trophy Air Races by racing 1/12 scale CL profile models of famous racers. After a description of the event was published in American Aircraft Modeler in September 1959, this form of modeling caught on and, after […]
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4x a Grand Champion: 1976 Nats Trophies
Robert K. Sifleet had the points to win National Grand Champion in 1976, although he didn’t technically do so because that was the year the AMA stopped awarding the title. (Although at first Bob thought he had gotten a trophy and it was still somewhere in his shed. Subsequent investigation […]
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4x a Grand Champion: From the 1966 Nats
The person in charge of the 1966 Nats graphic designs outdid themselves! I mean take a look at this brochure-type Nats program. (click the image to read the program!) Which was one of several things presented to contestants inside this envelope. And went along with some advertising swag. Cool, huh? […]
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4x a Grand Champion: 1966 Nats Trophies
“Success again” was what Robert K. Sifleet remembers being his first thought when he found out that he had won Grand National Champion at the 1966 Nats. There was a gap of a few years in between his 1962 win and his 1966 win as Bob finished college and settled […]
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Unknown Heli ID help
This helicopter has been in our collection since before 1998. It is 47 1/2″ long and has a 55″ rotor diameter. That’s all we know about it. Who donated it? Where did it came from? What type of helicopter is it? Did it compete in anything? Win anything? The answers […]
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New Addition: Space Bugs T-shirt
The Estate of Edwin L. Fulle sent in this cute Space Bugs club T-shirt. Thank you for helping to grow the collection! ————————————————————————— For more information on the National Model Aviation Museum, including our location, hours and admission fees visit: www.modelaircraft.org/museum
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New Addition: FAC Flag
The Flying Aces Club, an organization dedicated to stick and tissue model airplanes, holds their own Nats contest every other year. To mark the second FAC Nats in 1980, Dorothy Moses, wife of FAC member Jack Moses, created this flag. At each subsequent FAC Nats this flag was flown with […]
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4x a Grand Champion: From the 1962 Nats
The 1962 Nats program tells you everything you need to know about what was going on at Glenview Naval Air Station during July 23-29, 1962 – including performances by the Navy’s steel drum band and trampoline group. But, if you want to know who was there (or at least some […]
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4x a Grand Champion: 1962 Nats Trophies
Robert K. Sifleet was pretty lucky in 1962. The Nats were held at Glenview Naval Air Station in IL, which was only 15 minutes from where he was going to school. That meant he didn’t need to bother with staying on base and could commute to compete in between his […]
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