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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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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New Addition: 1980s Frequency Scanner
Flying Field safety is important, which involves making sure that the radio frequencies in use are clear. To that end, it is good to add this Tandy Corp. Realistic PRO-2004 frequency scanner, used by the Northwest Radio Control Club, AMA #261 (Arlington Heights, IL) to the collection. But, truthfully, the […]
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New Addition: Radio Systems
Two radio systems have been recently added to the collection. Walter C. Throne AMA# 408L donated an ACL system, which was designed and manufactured by some engineers from IBM. Another AMA member donated a Heathkit GDA-1205S system in In Memory of Gerald Linebaugh. Neither of these particular systems had been […]
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New Addition: Cassella’s Trophies
In 2015, Tom Cassella donated his grandfather Norman Cassella’s Pulsar RC model to the museum. Flying the Pulsar, Norm won the first IMAC event at the 1977 Nats (among many other wins). Some of the Pulsar’s other wins (and one of Cassella’s Steen Skybolt) – as well as the development […]
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New Addition: Frequency Markers
Keeping track of what frequency is in use was (and still is) an important part of the safety measures at every RC club field and flying event. To do so, many clubs used a board with attached clothes pins marked with the frequency number. The clothes pin would hold the […]
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New Addition: Tartan Twin
Steve Rojecki, flying the Reed Falcon, won the Tournament of Champions in 1984. When Ken Bonnema, (who built the model) donated the model to the museum in memory of Don Chapman in 2011, it was missing its engine. Now, no longer! Thanks to the generosity of Mark Radcliff a Tartan […]
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New Addition: 1928 Official ID
Officials at a Chicago-area 1928 Model Airplane Meet were identified by these ribbons, which originally would have included a paper with the official’s name. Thanks to Nathan and Courtney Mackey for finding and donating the medal! Thanks, Nathan and Courtney for helping to grow the museum’s collection! ————————————————————————— For more […]
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New Addition: Lucky Star
This Dansk Modelflyve Industri (DMI) Lucky Star glider kit is most likely from Denmark. It was recently donated in honor of Richard Bartels. ————————————————————————— 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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