In the late 1950s, the Gulf Hawks Club of Northern Florida revived the Thompson Trophy Air Races by racing 1/12 scale CL profile models of famous racers. After a description of the event was published in American Aircraft Modeler in September 1959, this form of modeling caught on and, after […]
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Unknown Heli ID help
This helicopter has been in our collection since before 1998. It is 47 1/2″ long and has a 55″ rotor diameter. That’s all we know about it. Who donated it? Where did it came from? What type of helicopter is it? Did it compete in anything? Win anything? The answers […]
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4x a Grand Champion: From the 1962 Nats
The 1962 Nats program tells you everything you need to know about what was going on at Glenview Naval Air Station during July 23-29, 1962 – including performances by the Navy’s steel drum band and trampoline group. But, if you want to know who was there (or at least some […]
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New Addition: 1980s Frequency Scanner
Flying Field safety is important, which involves making sure that the radio frequencies in use are clear. To that end, it is good to add this Tandy Corp. Realistic PRO-2004 frequency scanner, used by the Northwest Radio Control Club, AMA #261 (Arlington Heights, IL) to the collection. But, truthfully, the […]
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New Addition: Kwik-Fli II
Yesterday, we had the pleasure of talking with Giuseppe “Beppe” Fascione about his Kwik-Fli II and his modeling interests and history. It was a great conversation full of building tidbits and flight stories. Luckily, it was all captured on video so we’ll be able to share it with you sometime […]
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New Addition: Kraft Radio System
Alfred R. Cuykendall managed to find one of the only Kraft systems not represented already in the museum’s collection – and that is a Kraft Series Seventy-Eight. Thank you for helping to grow the collection! ————————————————————————— For more information on the National Model Aviation Museum, including our location, hours and […]
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New Addition: Jason Kegel’s trophies
In 1990 and 1991 Jason Kegel flew his Falcon Special to victory. The Falcon Special has been in collection since 2008, but recently Jason’s father, Paul, donated Jason’s winning trophies for 1990 Junior Champion at Nats for CL Scale Racing and 1991 Senior Champion at Nats for CL Scale Racing […]
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New Addition: Surveryor’s Wheel
Besides model airplanes, the museum also collects artifacts that help tell the modeling story. One such artifact, a surveyor’s measuring wheel, arrived at the museum on 10/20/2017. Watch museum staff open the box and see the surveyor’s wheel for the first time on the museum’s Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/modelaircraftmuseum. Why a […]
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New Addition: 1/2A CL Racers
Frank H. Scott came by yesterday to donate three 1/2A CL Racers to the museum. All of these not only tell the story of the rule changes and development in CL Racing, but also some family stories as well! Thanks, Frank, for growing the museum collection and sharing your stories […]
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New Addition: Telco CO2 motor
Telco wanted to make sure your CO2 motor ran right, so they included this handy installation guide with their motor. Thanks to Robert “Babe” Raab who donated this Telco CO2 motor in memory of his brother-in-law, Lonnie Cash. Thanks, Babe, for helping to grow the museum’s collection! ————————————————————————— For more […]
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