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 […]
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New Addition: for Archives!
The Museum Archives has been receiving more items than usual this year, and we couldn’t be more excited! So far in 2018 we’ve received: • A cardboard cutout Cub pilot trainer and other Cub Pilot Corps materials produced in the mid-1940s by General Mills • 1 AMA contestant card from […]
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AMA Membership Cards: A Timeline
Have membership questions? Contact AMA membership via the helpline at 1-800-435-9262 (I FLY AMA) ext. 129 or by email at membership@modelaircraft.org. The AMA Membership FAQ page can be found at https://www.modelaircraft.org/membership/membership-faq. Being a card-carrying member of the AMA brings a lot of benefits. Over the years the membership cards themselves have changed drastically. Here’s […]
Continue readingNew Addition: Cox Presents & 1988 SIG catalog
There’s more resources for people to access in the museum’s library and archives thanks to Lester Kinney. Lester donated the book Cox Hobbies Presents The Guinness Book of Air Facts and Feats, as well as a 1988 SIG catalog, “The Model Builder’s Wishbook.” If you squint, you’ll notice that “I” […]
Continue readingFaces from 1938, pt. 4
This is your last chance to help us figure out the names of the mysterious modelers who attended the Annual Miniature Airplane Contest, held in Kansas City, MO on October 2, 1938, as described in the “History Preserved” column of the April 2014 issue of Model Aviation. This is the […]
Continue readingFaces from 1938, pt. 3
This is your third chance to help us figure out the names of the mysterious flyers who attended the Annual Miniature Airplane Contest of October 2, 1938 in Kansas City, Missouri, as described in the “History Preserved” column of the April 2014 issue of Model Aviation. Here is the mid-right […]
Continue readingFaces from 1938, pt. 2
We’re continuing our search for names of the mysterious modelers who attended the Annual Miniature Airplane Contest of October 2, 1938 in Kansas City, Missouri, as described in the “History Preserved “column of the April 2014 issue of Model Aviation. Here’s a close-up of the mid-left section of the photograph. […]
Continue readingFaces from 1938, pt. 1
Did you by any chance catch the “History Preserved” column in the In the Air section of Model Aviation magazine’s April issue? The museum highlighted a panoramic photograph donated by J.D. Foster. The event pictured is the Annual Miniature Airplane Contest, held October 2, 1938 in Kansas City, Missouri. We […]
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