Thanks to the Sierra Sagebrush Flyers, Inc. of Gardnerville, NV for this unassembled Mel Anderson Mfg. Co Spitfire F-45 kit, complete with Baby Spitfire .045 engine. It makes a great addition to our Control Line kit collection. Thanks Sierra Sagebrush Flyers, Inc. for helping grow the collection!
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New Addition: R-Bee-110
Model Helicopters were gaining popularity in the mid-1970s and helicopter plans and kits were appearing in large numbers. One of these was the R-Bee-110, designed by Bob Benson. Noted in the preface to Bob’s construction article which appeared in R/C Sportsman September 1976, the editors said that not only was […]
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New Addition: Early Multi-Rotors
The recent proliferation and popularity of multi-rotors makes it easy to think that these are something new. And, while they are new, in the grand scheme of things, the idea of them has been around since about 1930. To tell the story of this up-and-coming subset of model aviation, the […]
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New Additions to Start off 2015
We’re starting 2015 off right with several great new donations to the collections. Received already this year: All of these items are going into the permanent collection. Mr. McGlothlin also donated: Thanks to Phillip P. Koury, the Richard Shultz family and Charles W. McGlothlin, Jr. for helping us grow the […]
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New Addition: Electrolyte ARF kit
The museum is flying fast with this Electrolyte micro EDF ARF kit by HobbyKing. Donated by the model’s designer, Bret Becker, the kit is an almost exact replica of the Electrolyte model airplane prototype donated by Bret in 2013. Thank you, Bret for helping to grow the museum’s collection!
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New Addition: LMH-100 Model Helicopter
When Astro Flight produced the first sensored brushless motors in 1997, Arnie Gaus did the math and realized that electric-powered model helicopter flight might finally be possible. He purchased a Lite Machines LMH-100 helicopter kit, Astro 020 motor (model #802), SR 500Max NiCad battery pack, and a custom dual FET […]
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New Addition: The Spirit kit
During the holiday season, in the spirit of giving, Ray Phillips donated this Consolidated Model Engineering kit, “The Spirit.” Thanks, Ray, for helping to grow the museum’s collection. Happy New Year!
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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: Formula One Pylon Racing Trophy
The last competition for RC Formula One Pylon Racing was held at the 1999 Nats. After the competition, the National Points Champion perpetual trophy for the event was retired. The N.M.P.R.A. (National Miniature Pylon Racing Association) recently donated the trophy to the museum.
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New Addition: Smog Hog RC Model Airplane
Howard Bonner’s Smog Hog, which won the 1956 Multi-Class RC Nats, was one of the first multi-channel aerobatic RC models and helped pave the way for later RC Pattern aircraft. With this history in mind, the museum accepted a Smog Hog built by Giuseppe “Beppe” Fascione. Beppe’s Smog Hog won […]
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