From our Museum Director: While researching a recent donation, happened across some great information and pictures of Orlan Corben. Before Piper, Cessna, Kitfox, and Vans, before AOPA, CAP, EAA, and the FAA, there was Ace. Two decades after the Wright Brothers’ first flight, flying had become a rich man’s luxury. […]
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AMA National Model Aviation Museum Is Open for the 2023 Summer Season
We are happy to announce the museum is now open for the summer! May 2023 Open Mondays thru Fridays10am – 4pmAlso open on Saturday, May 27(Closed May 29 for Memorial Day) June – August 2023Open Mondays thru Saturdays10am – 4pm(Closed June 19 for Juneteenth holiday and July 4 for Independence […]
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We are happy to announce that the museum is now open for the 2021 flying season. It will remain open through Sept 17, 2021. Operating hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday – Saturday. There are a few additional Saturdays on which it will be closed, as well as […]
Continue readingMuseum volunteers are priceless
An often-repeated phrase in museums, as with so many organizations, is, “We couldn’t manage without our volunteers.” At the AMA’s National Model Aviation Museum this certainly is the case. For us, it begins at the top with the AMA Executive Council—all volunteers who oversee the museum. It is through the […]
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Kwik-Fli, Slow Build: Kraft KP-4B Radio System
Built to compete in the Vintage Radio Control Society’s Concours d’Elegance event, Beppe Fascione’s Kwik-Fli Mk. II it is meant to be as accurate a reproduction of Phil Kraft’s 1965 Kwik-Fli Mk. II as possible. But, does that mean he’s going to fly the model with period 1965 radio control […]
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New Addition: An Original Zipper kit!
Ronald H. Bors visited the museum yesterday and donated, among other things, an original 1940s era Comet Zipper kit. We have the Prototype Zipper in the collection, and an example of a later Zipper, but did not have the complete early kit until now. Ron also shared his memories of […]
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Project Snapshot Snapshots
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Luther Hux took stunning aerial photographs from a camera mounted in a model aircraft. The first model he built for aerial photography, Snapshot 1, dates to 1977 and served as his test bed for ideas and practice. The second model in the series, […]
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New Addition: Lots of Patches!
As an active modeler for many, many years, Jerry Epps just kept collecting patches from various clubs and events. Earlier this year he gifted about 45 of them to the museum. Thank you, Jerry, for helping to grow the museum’s collection! ————————————————————————— For more information on the National Model Aviation […]
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New Addition: Aeromaster kit
Burl A. Rogers was surprised to find that the AAMCO Aeromaster kit he purchased off of eBay was signed by the kit’s designer, Lou Andrews. Burl decided that the kit needed a better home and donated it to the museum. Thanks, Burl, for helping to grow the museum’s collection! ————————————————————————— […]
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New Addition: Veco 2″ Spinner
This Veco 2″ diameter spinner is pretty plain now, but soon will be painted to match Steve Wooley’s Cobra. Once installed it’ll look pretty slick (both the spinner, and the completed Cobra)! Thanks to Will Davis for the donation! ETA – We stand corrected! This wasn’t painted, so the spinner […]
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