Watch out, she’s pretty scary. And spooky. And creepy. And she really flies. It isn’t a Halloween trick, either. She’s a flying witch. Because, she’s really a radio-controlled model airplane, powered by a Super Tigre .61 engine. Her name is Sandy. Sandy was built in 1982 by Stanley J. Hyman, […]
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Ad, Cox Cessna Centurion
The Cox Cessna Centurion Radio Control Trainer first appeared in the 1977 Tower Hobbies catalog. An Almost-Ready-to-Fly it is constructed out of a durable foam that was molded into shape. It appeared again in the 1978-1979 catalog, and then every year until 1985. Cox recommended that you fly the Centurion […]
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New Addition: Souper Coupe
Lee F. Campbell designed and kitted the Souper Coupe in the early 1990s. As a simple, straightforward model capable of winning local contests, the Souper Coupe was an excellent entry into Free Flight. Lee recently donated the kit’s prototype to the museum. ————————————————————————— For more information on the National Model […]
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NMPRA’s 50th Anniversary & A Common Question
Happy 50th Anniversary National Miniature Pylon Racing Association (NMPRA)! Founded in 1965 to help deepen and develop the country’s interest in RC Pylon Racing, for the last 50 years, NMPRA has been an active part in developing pylon racing competition around the world. In honor of this anniversary, museum staff […]
Continue readingNew Addition: Airco DH-2 Peanut Scale FF model
Larry Kruse called Tom Hallman’s Peanut Scale FF model of an Airco DH-2 “arguably the most perfect Peanut Scale model ever produced.” Extensively researched and detailed, the model won the Walt Mooney Award for the best Peanut Scale model at the 2000 Flying Aces Club Nationals. Since 2000, the model […]
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New Addition: Aardvark RC model airplane
How much weight can a model airplane, powered by an OS .40 FP engine, lift, carry, and land with – all without crashing? That’s what the Skagit RC Club in Washington State wanted to find out. In the late 1990s they created a contest challenging their fellow modelers to design, […]
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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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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