Sam Niebel was the first person to win 1st in Senior Precision Aerobatics flying an electric-powered model. Sam continued flying his model, the T-Bolt, in competition, winning 3rd place in 2011. Now in 2015, Sam has retired the T-Bolt and donated it to the museum’s permanent collection. Thank you Sam […]
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#FantasyFreeFlight: Hand-Launched Distance Event Preview
“According to reports being received daily at the Aero Club of America, the Big National Model Aeroplane Competition promises to be a great success. Already the leading clubs report that their members are working feverishly to get their models in shape for the first contest” (“Model News Column,” Aerial Age […]
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#FantasyFreeFlight: Hand-Launched Distance Competitors
It is #FantasyFreeFlight time! The first event is Hand-Launched Distance. What four modelers will make your team’s cut? Here’s the list of competitors. Or, you can download the attached list and score card combo. Don’t forget to share your fantasy club on using the #FantasyFreeFlight hashtag. The results will be […]
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#FantasyFreeFlight: Fantasy Competition Information
This summer the National Model Aviation Museum is hosting an on-line event titled “#FantasyFreeFlight” based off of the 1915 National Model Aeroplane Competition. (Learn more about the structure of the competition here). • Each week, we’re going to post the competitors that competed in each of the three events in […]
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#FantasyFreeFlight: 1915 National Competition Structure
Sponsored by the Aero Club of America in 1915, the first National Model Aeroplane Competition was formatted for maximum participation without the hassle of travel or shipping models to be proxy flown. Instead, the national contest was actually a series of local events. It worked like this: Each club held […]
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Villard Trophy Exhibit Complete
The exhibit celebrating the centennial of the first national model airplane competition is now complete at the National Model Aviation Museum. Exhibited with the Villard Trophy is an exhibit panel on the life of Henry S. Villard, on loan to us courtesy of the Allen Airways Flying Museum/Claudia and Willis […]
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New Addition: “Never Forget” CL Stunt Model
Control Line modeler James Morway had a smile that “was ever present whenever he took to the field with one of his very distinctive models; that smile is forever remembered.” So, too, will the tragedy of September 11, 2001 be remembered. Jim memorialized 9/11 by building and covering a CL […]
Continue reading#FantasyFreeFlight: A 1915 Aeromodeling Conversation
Here’s a snippet of what modeling was like for the model airplane pioneers 100 years ago, in poem form. Hopefully, this puts you in the mood for #FantasyFreeFlight, starting next week! “A Conversation Between A Model Boy and a Passing Old Lady” By Arthur Elton Nealy Lady- Little Boy, what […]
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The Villard Trophy is Here!
The very first trophy awarded for national modeling competition is now at the National Model Aviation Museum. The Henry S. Villard Trophy, is on loan to the AMA from the San Diego Air and Space Museum. It will be on exhibit in the museums Nats exhibit from June to September […]
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WAA-08 Exhibit: Introduction
Wings Across America 2008: The Journey of the SQuiRT, Introduction For over five years waa-08.org was the central place for information on the Wings Across America 2008 (WAA-08) project. Created in 2008, WAA-08 united a group of modelers intent on flying a radio-controlled, electric-powered model called the SQuiRT around the […]
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