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 Nut Family of FF Scale Models
Its not quite finished, but the museum’s Peanut Scale exhibit is coming along – check it out! While generally referred to as the “Peanut Scale” exhibit, the exhibit also features other related classes of Free Flight that are small, scale, and rubber-powered. The centerpiece of the exhibit are the models […]
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Bing Autoplan Conservation, pt. 12
Guess what! After almost two years, the Bing Autoplan drawings are done! Want to build your own example of this 102 year old flying machine? You can purchase the plans, hand-drawn from the original 1914 Bing in the museum’s collection, from the AMA’s Plans Service Department, Plan #60595. (Note that […]
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Spring 2016 Hours Start Today!
It’s April, and not only does that mean April showers, it also means that the museum is officially on our spring hours. Spring Hours, April 1 to May 31 Tuesday – Sunday: Open 10:00 am to 4:00 pm Monday: Closed Come by and visit! ————————————————————————— For more information on the […]
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SpaceShipOne RC Test Model is Here!
Last year, we announced the loan of the RC test model of SpaceShipOne by Scaled Composite’s Burt Rutan and Dan Kreigh. We’re pleased to say that it is finally here! Designed by Burt Rutan, SpaceShipOne was an experimental air-launched rocket-powered aircraft with suborbital flight capability and unique “feathering” reentry system […]
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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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