The case: Identify a book discussing building and flying model aeroplanes. The information and drawings in the book refer to tractor monoplanes and strip rubber, and doesn’t make any mention of balsa wood. Unfortunately, the cover and title pages are missing so other than obvious age, there is little information […]
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Debut of the Miss Shirley
Control Line model flying got its start with the Miss Shirley, a model airplane built in 1937 by Oba St. Clair. Over the course of the last two years, museum volunteers have been researching and building a reproduction of the original Miss Shirley. (Pictures of the model in progress can […]
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Quick Fix
Broken dowel rod in the Buhl Pup I could write at length about all of the thought and philosophy of repairing, restoring and conserving artifacts in museum settings. It is a question that the staff at the National Model Aviation Museum discuss and debate on a regular basis. While we have […]
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Library Special Collections
If you’ve been to the Lee Renaud Library at the Museum before, the next time you visit it is going to look a bit bare. Recently, we’ve been going through the library collection and pulling books that were printed before 1945 from the public shelves. Although the books are valuable […]
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