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 […]
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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 Scale Exhibit Opens at National Model Aviation Museum
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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Byron Originals radio control Pitts S-1A – Donated by Dave Herbert
In the mid-1970s Byron LeRoy Godbersen decided to take his interest in model aviation a step further and begin developing and selling large scale remote controlled models of civilian and military aircraft. In 1979, he founded Byron Originals and that same year the new company released its first kit, the […]
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Kwik-Fli, Slow Build: Who’s Phil Kraft?
Beppe Fascione’s hard at work on other projects (and maybe sneaking in some work on the Kwik-Fli Mk. II without documenting it?), so we thought we’d take this opportunity to talk a bit about Phil Kraft, the man behind the designs that Beppe is building. Phil Kraft’s story is documented […]
Continue readingKwik-Fli, Slow Build: 15 December 2011
15 December 2011. I’ve been lucky!!! I went to A.C. Moore and they have the back [black] tissue paper I was looking for! Now I can proceed with the Flea Fli and also dedicate some time to the lightning of the Kwik Fli II and the III! Time for a […]
Continue readingKwik-Fli, Slow Build: 5 December 2011
5 December 2011. This morning I woke up very early, and before leaving for work I was able to cover the fin and Rudder and the front bottom of the fuse (which is Orange in both the Bar Fli and the Mk. III). Apart from the top fuse now, […]
Continue readingKwik-Fli, Slow Build: 3 December 2011
3 December 2011. The covering activity goes on. Here only the top fuse and the Fin & Rudder are missing… Next post: December 5, 2019 See all the Kwik-Fli, Slow Build posts! ————————————————————————— For more information on the National Model Aviation Museum, including our location, hours and admission fees visit: […]
Continue readingKwik-Fli, Slow Build: 1 December 2011
1 December 2011. Well, it was early in the morning, or late in the night of the 30th, but I couldn’t sleep and went downstairs and completed the horizontal stabilizer. I also covered the Fin and Rudder of the Mark III, but this is another project… Next post: December 3, […]
Continue readingKwik-Fli, Slow Build: 29 November 2011
29 November 2011. After applying the White everywhere, it was time to start “decorating”. Luckily enough, the “decoration” need some measuring and planning only on the wings and the horizontal stab on the big Flis, so the drawing part was relatively easy and didn’t take too much time. On […]
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