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 […]
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Joe Konefes’ Buzzard Bombshell
The museum portion of August’s Model Aviation “In the Air” column looks at Joe Konefes’ Buzzard Bombshell in the museum collection. There wasn’t enough room in the column to share all of the information related to the model, so it is shared here in a “deleted scenes” type format. Joe […]
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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Quick Fix
Broken dowel rod in the Buhl Pup I could write at length about all of the thought and philosophy of repairing, restoring and conserving artifacts in museum settings. It is a question that the staff at the National Model Aviation Museum discuss and debate on a regular basis. While we have […]
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