Joseph V. Scuro competed in the 3rd Annual King Orange International Meet in 1956. He left the competition as the Junior High Point Champion. He’s recently donated his High Point trophy to the museum’s collection. Thank you, Joe, for helping to grow the museum’s collection! ————————————————————————— For more information on […]
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New Addition: Sterling Command Master
This Sterling Models Command Master single channel radio system contains a transmitter with a dial handle and a receiver unit consisting of the receiver and actuator. It is so new in the box that the antenna hasn’t been removed. We’re quite pleased that Harold R. Moore donated the system to […]
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New Addition: Flitecraft 152 Aerobat Kit
Flitecraft was a family run business out of Kansas that made ARF kits during the second half of the 20th century. This Cessna A152 Aerobat kit from the mid-1990s is part of their Open the Door series, which allowed for access to all the radio components in a single spot […]
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New Addition: Woodlawn Aero Modellers
Bonus! One more #PatchTuesday to show off this Woodlawn Aero Modellers T-shirt. When Roger A. Wheeler wore this he was a 100 pound teenager flying CL Proto Speed. (He’s grown a bit since then!). Thanks, Roger, for helping us to grow the museum’s collection! ————————————————————————— For more information on the […]
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2015 US Drone Racing Nationals Links
During the California State Fair in July 2015, the US Drone Racing Nationals made history. This event, which drew about 120 pilots competing for a 25,000 prize was the first large scale First-Person-View (FPV) race in the country. Want to re-live the event, or indulge your curiosity on what it […]
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1910 Jopson Motor: Flight!
The 1910 Jopson Gasoline Motor weighed 7.5 pounds and had a unique wick carburetor system installed in a tank without any sort of pressurization. Could it actually power a model airplane in flight? Yes! …. Or, well, we’re pretty sure. Photographs published in the book Model Aeroplaning: Its Practice and […]
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#PatchTuesday, August 2017, week 3
Sad news, today’s #PatchTuesday is the last one! It has been a full year and is time to stop. Before we end, however, lets raise some money through the Trans-America flights in 1979 and 1981. ————————————————————————— For more information on the National Model Aviation Museum, including our location, hours and […]
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New Addition: (Very) Early FF Reproductions
Reproductions of two early Free Flight record setters are now part of the museum’s collection thanks to the research of museum director Michael Smith and the research and building efforts of museum volunteer Terry Hreno. Although C. Fleming-Williams, along with W.G. Aston, are often credited with designing the first A-frame […]
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New Addition: Topping 100
Aluminum model airplanes were trending after WWII. The trend died out soon afterwards, but out of it came the Topping 100 CL model, manufactured and sold by Topping Models of OH beginning in 1945. Thanks to the generosity of Rev. Dr. Robert H. Secrist the museum has been able to […]
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#PatchTuesday, August 2017, week 2
Today’s #PatchTuesday invades your feed with lots of the classic Circus Circus pink to share some of the 1970s Tournament of Champions patches. ————————————————————————— 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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