Balsa wood was a rationed war material during World War II. This hit modelers and kit companies hard, forcing them to turn to other materials, like hard wood and cardboard. This H.F. Auler Company Army Jeep kit shows that it wasn’t only model airplane kits that had to make do. […]
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Winning 1930 Boeing P-12B
The talk of the 1930 Airplane Model Contest is on exhibit in the museum from now until Labor Day 2016. The Boeing P-12B had just begun operations for the United States Military in 1930. That same year that William Chaffee built a scale version for the Airplane Model League of […]
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New Addition: Sifleet’s F1E Model Airplane
Launched from a hill, Free Flight Slope Soaring Gliders (FAI Class F1E) fly in a straight line into the wind. To allow them to stay on course, models are equipped with a magnet-based automatic steering device attached to the rudder on the forward fin. Built in 2002, Robert K. Sifleet’s […]
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New Addition: 1st Place 1949 Nats Seaplane Event Trophy
1949 Nats lists record that Ted Enticknap won 1st place in Free Flight Gas Class D, Open Class and Free Flight Gas, Rise off Water. He was flying his Gool, which was donated to the museum in 2010. To more fully tell the Gool’s story, the Enticknap Family and Allyn […]
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The Golden Peanut Trophy of 1967
In 1967, Henry Struck, flying a Howard Pete built from Dallaire plans won the first Peanut Scale competition. Appropriately, the trophy he won was titled The Golden Peanut. The trophy is made from wood, plastic and a real peanut painted gold. After almost 40 years the trophy was in pretty […]
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Step-by-Step: Building a Dallaire Howard Pete
August 2015: After research into the beginnings of Peanut Scale, museum volunteer Vance Gilbert begins building a reproduction of Henry Struck’s Howard Pete, built from Dallaire Plans. Flying the Howard Pete, Struck won the first Peanut Scale contest at a 1967 Flying Aces competition. Vance documented the build process with […]
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Step-by-Step: Building a 1931 National Heath Parasol
Late summer 2015: After extensive research into the history of Peanut Scale models, museum volunteer Tom Hallman builds a 12″ Heath Parasol FF model airplane for the museum. Built from National Model Aircraft & Supply Co. plans, the Heath Parasol kit was one of the first produced as part of […]
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New Addition: CL Speed Models
Jim Wade devoted two years to breaking the 100 mph barrier in 1/2A Proto Speed. He finally succeed, flying at 101.48 mph with the Eagle I on December 1, 1974. It was the first time the 100 mph had been broken in any 1/2A Proto Speed age division and he […]
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New Addition: O.S. Minitron RC Multi Servo
This O.S. Minitron compound servo, model number S-802, weighs 11.8 ounces. Once installed, the servo allowed for elevator, elevator trim, rudder, and engine control and could be installed in a 10-channel or 6-channel system. The servo, complete with its original packaging and instructions, was donated to the museum by Joe […]
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New Addition: Two Radio Systems
These two radio systems bring back many memories for Chuck Hewell. The Citizen-ship system with a Model DPT transmitter has attached a World Engines Controlaire servo that was compatible with radio systems from different manufacturers – quite a break through in those days! Flying with the C&S Eagle system, Chuck […]
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