There’s just under 5 weeks until the 50th Anniversary of the 1967 National Model Airplane Championships, which were held July 24-30 at the Naval Air Station in Los Alamitos, CA. We’re going to share some official U.S. Navy photographs pictures each week, until the last week of July when we’ll […]
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The Walt Billett Loving Cup Group
At first glance, this picture doesn’t look too creepy, right? It is pretty normal, all the men who have won the Walt Billett Loving Cup posing with the trophy. Except, look a bit closer. Not all these men are who they seem to be. Look for more info on the […]
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Help Identify an Old Model Airplane
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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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, […]
Continue readingFaces from 1938, pt. 4
This is your last chance to help us figure out the names of the mysterious modelers who attended the Annual Miniature Airplane Contest, held in Kansas City, MO on October 2, 1938, as described in the “History Preserved” column of the April 2014 issue of Model Aviation. This is the […]
Continue readingFaces from 1938, pt. 3
This is your third chance to help us figure out the names of the mysterious flyers who attended the Annual Miniature Airplane Contest of October 2, 1938 in Kansas City, Missouri, as described in the “History Preserved” column of the April 2014 issue of Model Aviation. Here is the mid-right […]
Continue readingFaces from 1938, pt. 2
We’re continuing our search for names of the mysterious modelers who attended the Annual Miniature Airplane Contest of October 2, 1938 in Kansas City, Missouri, as described in the “History Preserved “column of the April 2014 issue of Model Aviation. Here’s a close-up of the mid-left section of the photograph. […]
Continue readingFaces from 1938, pt. 1
Did you by any chance catch the “History Preserved” column in the In the Air section of Model Aviation magazine’s April issue? The museum highlighted a panoramic photograph donated by J.D. Foster. The event pictured is the Annual Miniature Airplane Contest, held October 2, 1938 in Kansas City, Missouri. We […]
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