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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New Addition: Restored Bleriot XI
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 […]
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: Celia Goldberg Memorial Award
Every year between 1950 and 2014, the Celia Goldberg Memorial Award was presented to the winner of the Senior Class Free Flight AA Gas Model event sponsored by the Chicago Aeronuts. The club is no longer able to hold the event and decided to retire the trophy to the museum. […]
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Bing Autoplan Conservation, pt. 8
Conservators at the ICA – Art Conservation shared some pictures of the progress on the Bing Autoplan. Thanks to Lou C. Holt, Anne Hinebaugh, and Mark Erdmann, all from the ICA, who have been doing the work, sharing pictures and keeping us updated!
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New Addition: Peanut Scale Bleriot XXV
With a wingspan of only 12.5 inches, this peanut scale reproduction of a Bleriot XXV demonstrates that peanut models are small enough to be flown by, well, a peanut. It also demonstrates that modelers, like Bill Young, the builder of this model, have a sense of humor. The Bleriot XXV […]
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Bing Autoplan Conservation, pt. 7
Hey, it is an update on the Bing Autoplan! It has been awhile, sorry, but there was some logistics and paperwork that needed to be completed to finalize the conservation plans. It took time, but progress is being made. Covering: Remember how in the last post about the Bing Autoplan […]
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New Addition: Bob Cat FF model
Thank you Ward DeLano for donating a replica of Karl Spielmaker’s Bob Cat FF model airplane. The Bob Cat was a consistent winner at many Michigan contests in the late 1940s and the early 1950s. Thank you, Ward, for helping build the museum’s collection. Picture credit: National Model Aviation Museum, […]
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New Addition: Jasco Sailwing 50
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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