A Jasco Sailwing 50 kit was recently donated to the museum In Memory of Jack A. Wilson. This kit box is in bad shape, but the pieces are intact. It was decided to build the kit and keep the completed Sailwing in the collection. A volunteer will be working on this project […]
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New Addition: Bryon Originals Mustang Parts
Thank you to everyone who responded to the museum’s call for help to locate parts for our Byron Originals P-51D that is under restoration. There were too many people who offered advice to list individually, but Bill and Jean Backer, Michael E. Brown, and Lawrence “Larry” Weaver all donated parts to […]
Continue readingGo-Devil Memories
Bob Palmer’s Go-Devil was designed in the late 1940s and considered to be the first Control Line Stunt model flown with flaps. The museum is in the process of building a replica of this model for the collection, but we’ve hit a snag. We’ve been unable to locate photographs of […]
Continue readingDon Burnham’s 1930 A-frame pusher
At the age of 14, Donald C. Burnham won the 1929 Junior Division, Outdoor competition, at the 1929 Nats in Detroit. He won a trophy, $200 cash, and a trip to Canada and Europe. Besides these perks, he also published his A-frame pusher design in Carl H. Claudy’s 1931 book […]
Continue readingBing Autoplan Conservation, pt. 6
Covering Mysteries When we first saw the Bing Autoplan, we assumed that it was originally covered in silk, as would have been typical of aircraft of the time. We were wrong. The conservators at the ICA first brought this to our attention after they finished examining the covering remnants that […]
Continue readingBing Autoplan Conservation pt. 5
More History on the Bing Autoplan The story of how and when our Bing Autoplan model arrived in the United States from Germany is unknown. What we do know is that it hung as a decoration behind the speaker’s podium at a party in St. Louis honoring Charles Lindbergh in […]
Continue readingBing Autoplan Conservation, pt. 4
General History of the Bing Autoplan A 1914 Bing Autoplan recently donated by Dick Moyer is the oldest original model aircraft in the museum’s collection. With no covering, flaking paint and dents, the model is only in fair condition. We recently sent the Autoplan to the Intermuseum Conservation Association for conservation […]
Continue readingBing Autoplan Conservation, pt. 3
Off to the conservator! Last week, the 1914 FF model Bing Autoplan was delivered to the Intermuseum Conservation Association in Cleveland, OH to begin its conservation review and treatments. Our interactions with the conservators there have been very positive, and we’re all excited about seeing what the Autoplan looks like […]
Continue readingThanks for the Club Memories!
Conversations around the Thanksgiving table tomorrow will, at some point, surely, turn to memories and funny stories from the olden days. Just like, equally surely, conversations do at club fields and flying events. There isn’t enough room in the museum to fly a model, and eating in the gallery is […]
Continue readingByron Originals Mustang Restoration
Several years ago, the Acquisition Committee approved the donation of a Byron Originals P-51D Mustang from the collection of Gordon Ingram. After its acceptance, multiple conversations between the donor, the museum and a shipping company planned out the model’s arrival. Unfortunately, the shipment was not smooth, and the Mustang arrived […]
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