Last year, the museum announced that the 1/40-scale RC Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft and Space Shuttle test models were going on loan to Space Center Houston to be exhibited in one of the original Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. There have been a few delays in the project, but we’re pleased […]
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See the RC 747 SCA and Shuttle Test Models This Summer
The 1/40-scale RC Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft and Space Shuttle test models are going on another adventure. Next spring the models will be sent on loan to Space Center Houston to be displayed as part of their full-size shuttle/SCA exhibit featuring the original shuttle carrier aircraft. The exhibit will […]
Continue readingLanding Party a success!
A great time was had by all! The Landing Party, held on November 17, 2012 to welcome back to the museum the 1/40-scale test models of the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft and Space Shuttle from their trip to Los Angeles aboard NASA’s full-scale Shuttle Carrier Aircraft was a great success. The party […]
Continue readingLanding Party on Saturday November 17, 2012
You’re invited to a free party welcoming back to Muncie’s National Model Aviation Museum the 1/40-scale test models sent along with NASA’s Shuttle Carrier Aircraft as it brought the Space Shuttle Endeavour to Los Angeles. Also returning to the museum after a loan to The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis are five NASA research […]
Continue readingBoeing 747 and Space Shuttle models on loan to NASA
When the National Aeronautic and Space Administration’s (NASA) 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) takes off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida this week to bring the Space Shuttle Endeavour to the California Science Center in Los Angeles, two models from the National Model Aviation Museum are going along for the […]
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Radio-Controlled 747 and Space Shuttle models
Boeing 747 and Space Shuttle Radio-Controlled 1/40-scale Test Models Donated by John Kiker Astronaut Robert “Hoot” Gibson, who serves as AMA Ambassador, was a friend of John. Hear him discuss about the models’ history in this video. In the mid-1970s, during the development of the Space Shuttle program, National Aeronautics […]
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1/40-scale Boeing 747 and Space Shuttle Orbiter
Donated to the National Model Aviation Museum by long time modeler and AMA Member John Kiker During the development of the Space Shuttle program, NASA decided to transport the shuttles on a Boeing 747—but it was unclear if the 747 could also successfully make an airborne launch of the shuttles. […]
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