How much weight can a model airplane, powered by an OS .40 FP engine, lift, carry, and land with – all without crashing? That’s what the Skagit RC Club in Washington State wanted to find out. In the late 1990s they created a contest challenging their fellow modelers to design, […]
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Old Ad: Viking Knight in Santa Land
This comic-strip ad for the Viking 65 engine found in the December 1946 issue of Model Airplane News is too fun not to share. Just click on the picture for a bigger version. Hopefully the Viking Knight and Santa are happy to learn that one Viking 65 has found its […]
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Old Ad, Get Your Own P-30 engine for Christmas
Whether you were a parent looking to fulfill your child’s wishes of a model engine for Christmas, or an adult looking to spend your Christmas funds, Phantom Motors had an ad targeting you during the 1946 Christmas season. Although the Phantom P-30 in the museum’s collection is missing its […]
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New Addition: MP Jet .061 Diesel
This MP Jet .061 diesel engine was recently donated in Memory of Raymond E. Thibodeau. We’re pleased to add this to our engine collection. Thank you! In addition to the engine, two books were also added to the museum’s library collection: ————————————————————————— For more information on the National Model Aviation […]
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Help Identify an Old Model Airplane
Do you know what this model is? The man in this picture is Bill McCoy and the photo was taken around 1943 in Ingram, PA. Bill’s son Jim is hoping someone out there can identify the model airplane in the picture, as Jim would like to build an RC version […]
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2014 Holiday Schedule
If you are planning to visit the National Model Aviation Museum on your holiday travels, please make sure to verify our hours before visiting. Don’t forget to Shop AMA this holiday season! The retail store can be found here: https://www.modelaircraft.org/shopama/ ————————————————————————— For more information on the National Model Aviation Museum, […]
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New Addition: SEV Rat Racer
This CL Rat Racer model airplane dates to the mid-1950s and was one of a series developed and flown by the SEV Special Team. The team consisted of Dave Eden, Floyd Speer Schneider, and R.J. Van Den Berg. This model was recently donated to the museum In Memory of the […]
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New Addition: Turbax Ducted Fan
A Turbax Ducted Fan Unit has been on the museum’s wish list for a few years. Geoff Sanders recently saw the list and donated a Turbax III ducted fan unit that previously belonged to late modeler Charlie Chambers. Thanks, Geoff, for helping to grow the museum’s collection! ————————————————————————— For more […]
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Taurus in Real Flight 7
Have you ever wanted to know what it would be like to fly Ed Kazmirski’s Taurus? Well, wonder no longer. Thanks to the work of Fly_electric, a digital version of the Taurus is now available to download for your hangar in Real Flight 7. Find it at this link: https://www.knifeedge.com/forums/downloads.php?do=file&id=20534 […]
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New Addition: RC Berkeley Bootstraps
John A. Cianciolo didn’t start building this RC Berkeley Bootstraps, but he did finish building it. That’s because he received it as a partially-completed kit from a guy who lived near the old Kansas City flying field. John had every reason to thank the gentleman for the gift, because John, […]
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