Another #PatchTuesday – this time an international version! Patches from Japan, New Zealand and Austria are featured today. ————————————————————————— 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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#PatchTuesday, November 2016, week 2
You might not be able to tell from the pictures, but today’s #PatchTuesday patches are all on the bigger side – 5″ in diameter or more! They are: Las Vegas Radio Control Forth Worth RC Thunderbirds West Jersey Radio Flyers ————————————————————————— For more information on the National Model Aviation Museum, […]
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A Frightfully Good Time at #FrightSchool 2016
It can be difficult to find an affordable and family friendly Halloween outing in Muncie. Add in the unpredictable weather of late October in Indiana and it can seem impossible to get everybody out of the house for some Halloween fun. Fortunately, our museum educator Claire – whose responsibilities include […]
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#PatchTuesday, November 2016, week 1
Today’s #PatchTuesday is brought to you by the color yellow. The three patches sporting yellow are: Gateway RC Texoma RC Modelers of Sherman, TX Mt. Washington Valley Radio Control Flying Club ————————————————————————— 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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#PatchTuesday, Halloween 2016 special
Happy Halloween everyone! Here’s a special Monday #PatchTuesday to celebrate! This patch was used by Harry Crespo while he belonged to the Flying Devils of Pittsburgh from 1975-1985. This club focused on flying Control Line models. ————————————————————————— For more information on the National Model Aviation Museum, including our location, hours […]
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New Addition: Tri-County Aero Shirt
What’s great about the logo on this shirt (besides the logo itself)? The story behind it! At the age of 13, Kyle Jaracz designed this logo for the Tri-County Aero Club in exchange for his membership in the club. Kyle donated the shirt to the museum in honor of his […]
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#PatchTuesday, October 2016, week 4
#PatchTuesday is here! The three featured clubs are: Union Model Airplane Club of Union, New Jersey Eglin Aero Modellers of Elgin, Florida Kent County Aeromodelers of Kent County, Delaware ————————————————————————— 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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Kulczyk’s Ducted Fan Motors
Wallace A. “Mike” Kulczyk enjoyed the challenges of building and flying scale model jets. In the mid-to-late 1960s the biggest challenge involved was simulating the jet engine with ducted fan systems. Before these systems were commercially available many modelers, including Mike, pioneered “fans in a can.” Ducted fan systems placed […]
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#PatchTuesday, October 2016, week 3
It is Tuesday, and you know what that means! It’s #PatchTuesday! Today’s three clubs are: D.C. Radio Control Club Manitwo R.C. Flyers of Manitowoc Co. Wisconsin S.M.A.K – Steuben Model Airplane Klub of Angola, Indiana ————————————————————————— For more information on the National Model Aviation Museum, including our location, hours […]
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New Addition: Jaecks’ Penny Planes
Jenifer “Izzy” Jaecks visited today and donated the last two penny planes her father, Dennis Jaecks, built and flew. Dennis was an accomplished penny plane flyer, holding the Cat. II Open National Record in 1977 with a flight of 13 minutes 42 seconds. Jenifer donated the two models in honor […]
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