#PatchTuesday is here! The three featured clubs are: Union Model Airplane Club of Union, New Jersey Eglin Aero Modellers of Elgin, Florida Kent County Aeromodelers of Kent County, Delaware ————————————————————————— 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: Kraft Series Eighty
Thanks to “Red” Mathewson of Syracuse, NY for donating this Kraft Series Eighty Radio System. We appreciate the help growing the museum’s collection of Kraft equipment! ————————————————————————— For more information on the National Model Aviation Museum, including our location, hours and admission fees visit: www.modelaircraft.org/museum
Continue readingNational Model Aviation Museum joins Smithsonian magazine’s Museum Day Live!
National Model Aviation Museum joins Smithsonian magazine’s Museum Day Live! MUNCIE, IN—On Saturday, September 24, the National Model Aviation Museum will open its doors free of charge for up to two people per household as part of the 12th annual Museum Day Live! Along with more than 1,400 […]
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Remembering AMA team member Robert “Bob” Abernathy
For more than 25 years Bob Abernathy shared his love for of aviation with adults and children who visited the National Model Aviation Museum. Bob served as a tour guide for the museum, and loved to share his knowledge about the artifacts in the museum with whoever walked through the […]
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New Addition: O.S. Minitron Radio System
Steve Mills, AMA #1836, donated an O.S. Minitron Radio System in the original packaging. The system contains transmitter model TX-6SB and receiver model RS-6; an escapement was not provided. There’s some wear on the outer box, but the inner packaging and the equipment itself is brand new. Thanks, Steve, for […]
Continue readingNMAM Digital Collections Search Tips
The software powering the National Model Aviation Museum’s Digital Collections has some quirky search features. And, the museum has standardized many common names and searches. Your search will find better results using the tips and knowledge below: Search tips: This search feature is not as powerful as Google. To get […]
Continue readingNational Model Aviation Museum 2016 Hours
Planning on visiting the museum in 2016? Here are our hours for every season! January 1 – March 31 Tuesday – Saturday: 10:00am – 4:00pm Sunday – Monday: Closed Special Holiday Hours New Year’s Day (Friday, January 1): Closed Presidents’ Day (Mon, February 15): Closed Good Friday (Fri, March 25): […]
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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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Cover Blast: Model Aviation Covers, pt. 5
More Model Aviation covers, this time from the late 1940s and early 1950s. Want more Model Aviation covers? Cover Blast, pt. 1 Cover Blast, pt. 2 Cover Blast, pt. 3 Cover Blast, pt. 4 Cover Blast, pt. 6 Cover Blast, pt. 7 Cover Blast, pt. 8 ————————————————————————— For more information […]
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SpaceShipOne Test Model Coming to National Model Aviation Museum
Dan Kreigh of Scaled Composites and RutanRC has loaned a RC test model of SpaceShipOne to the National Model Aviation Museum. Dan designed and built the test model to help Burt Rutan demonstrate the re-entry feathering concept. Burt had Dan fly the RC test model for all the SpaceShipOne test […]
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