With Nats almost over, this is your friendly reminder that the museum is ending the extended Nats hours on August 17, 2012. Starting August 18, we go back to the regular summer hours. Those hours are: Monday – Friday 8:00am to 4:30pm Saturday-Sunday 10:00am to 4:00pm Hope to see everyone […]
Continue readingDebut of the Miss Shirley
Control Line model flying got its start with the Miss Shirley, a model airplane built in 1937 by Oba St. Clair. Over the course of the last two years, museum volunteers have been researching and building a reproduction of the original Miss Shirley. (Pictures of the model in progress can […]
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AMA member marks an anniversary with model building project
For the past two years, Scott Cheslik has been spending an inordinate amount of time with Miss Shirley, but his wife Sharon doesn’t mind. Miss Shirley, after all, is a model airplane. Not just any model airplane, though. The blue and yellow beauty with the more than eight-foot wingspan, which […]
Continue readingJetex 100s
In the July 2012 issue of Model Aviation, we asked if anyone would be interested in donating a Jetex 100 or 200 motor to complete a reconstruction of the Zephyr Free Flight endurance model airplane built for the collection. At the time, the museum collection had no examples of either […]
Continue readingMuseum hours during Nats
During Nats the museum extends its open hours. As of Monday, July 9, 2012 the museum will be open during the following times: Monday – Friday: 8:00 am to 6:00 pm Saturday – Sunday 11:00 am to 5:00 pm Nats hours end on Friday, August 17, 2012 and the regular […]
Continue readingMarble vs. Granite
Here at the museum we have multiple projects that are handled not only by our regular staff, but also our interns. While working on his summer internship project of inventorying and creating a better storage solution for the museum’s trophy collection, Cameron Anderson stumbled upon an interesting problem. The problem […]
Continue readingControl Line 75th Anniversary
On Friday, July 20, 2012 noted Control Line Historian Charles Mackey, along with special guest Ms. Shirley St. Clair will be presenting a program celebrating the 75th anniversary of Oba St. Clair’s Control Line achievements. A reproduction of the Miss Shirley, Oba St. Clair’s first Control Line model flown in […]
Continue readingSit down, relax, and watch a flight demo
When groups of non-modelers and students visit the museum, they often ask if they can have a flight demonstration. While we have tried to accommodate such requests in the past, it has been difficult because there was no designated flying or viewing area in the museum’s immediate vicinity (there is, […]
Continue readingMemorial Day Weekend Hours
Just a note to say that the National Model Aviation Museum is celebrating Memorial Day, Monday, May 28, 2012 by switching to holiday hours. This means that the museum will be open from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. We are open Friday, May 25, 2012 from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm. […]
Continue readingBirth of the FPG-9
With all the recent use of the FPG-9, museum staff thought it might be fun to recollect on the glider’s development. For those of you who don’t know, the Foam Plate Glider 9 inch (FPG-9) is a simple glider made from a foam plate, with a penny in the nose […]
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