Wings ripped and drooping, this Bleriot XI, probably built from an Ideal kit in the mid-1920s, was pulled out of someone’s attic and put on the auction block in the mid-1990s. There the wife of John J. Phillips saw it, purchased it, and brought it home to her husband as […]
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Give Your Model Some Fashion Sense with Wheel Pants
Popular Mechanics offered some fashion advice for model airplane enthusiasts in their June 1931 issue – dress your model up with wheel pants! Read more in the Popular Mechanics issue on Google Books. Visit the museum’s website for more information on the National Model Aviation Museum.
Continue readingThe Free Flight Gas Model Big Crate III
Carl V. Carlson was an early pioneer in gas-powered Free Flight models. From 1993-1996 Carl worked with a group of family and friends to reproduce his Big Crate III. In 1934, the original Big Crate III set a national record for gas-powered FF planes in the open division with a […]
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Help Identify Old Modeling Photos
A visitor recently brought these photographs to the National Model Aviation Museum and asked if we had any information on the men, the models, or the event they were flying at. We don’t – but maybe somebody out there does! Take a look! If you have any knowledge to share, […]
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New Addition: 1996 Celebration of Eagles Place mat
Collecting signatures was a popular part of the AMA’s 1996 Celebration of Eagles Event. Almost all of the participants signed the main Celebration of Eagles banner and several people encouraged others to sign their t-shirts (the banner and examples of the t-shirts are already in the museum’s collection). Even the […]
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New Addition: Heli-Baby RC Helicopter
Schluter’s Heli-Baby was one of the first RC helicopter kits on the market. This particular Heli-Baby, which is complete and partially assembled, was purchased in the mid-1960s by Arthur R. Pelous. Arthur managed to overcome the instructions (written in German) and got the model fully assembled, but he never quite […]
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New Addition: Cleveland Kits
Fred E. Pachasa, brother of Ed Packard, was an active part of Cleveland Model Company in the early years. Fred had kept a small collection of kits, plans, and other items related to the Cleveland company and passed these items onto his son. Several of these items were recently donated […]
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Cliff Riedel’s Stinson Tri-Motor Reunion
For about three years in the late 1960s friends Cliff Riedel and Chet Lanzo worked on building a Stinson Tri-Motor RC model. The completed model was shown at Toledo for several years before being donated to the National Model Aviation Museum in 1986. Last Friday, Cliff Riedel reunited with the […]
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New Addition: Ducted Fan Units
We recently told you about several hand made rotors for ducted fan units built by Lt. Col. Wallace “Mike” Kulczyk. Now we are pleased to say that the museum’s collection has five full ducted fan units donated In Memory of Lt. Col. Wallace “Mike” Kulczyk by his children. All of […]
Continue readingMuseum 2014 Winter Hours Start
Beginning September 8, 2014 the National Model Aviation Museum starts its winter hours. The museum will be open Tuesday – Saturday 10 AM to 4 PM and will be closed Sunday and Monday. Please note that this means the museum will be closed Monday, September 8, 2014.
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