Sam Niebel was the first person to win 1st in Senior Precision Aerobatics flying an electric-powered model. Sam continued flying his model, the T-Bolt, in competition, winning 3rd place in 2011. Now in 2015, Sam has retired the T-Bolt and donated it to the museum’s permanent collection. Thank you Sam […]
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Villard Trophy Exhibit Complete
The exhibit celebrating the centennial of the first national model airplane competition is now complete at the National Model Aviation Museum. Exhibited with the Villard Trophy is an exhibit panel on the life of Henry S. Villard, on loan to us courtesy of the Allen Airways Flying Museum/Claudia and Willis […]
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New Addition: “Never Forget” CL Stunt Model
Control Line modeler James Morway had a smile that “was ever present whenever he took to the field with one of his very distinctive models; that smile is forever remembered.” So, too, will the tragedy of September 11, 2001 be remembered. Jim memorialized 9/11 by building and covering a CL […]
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New Addition: Kits and RC Equipment
We’ve received two great donations in April. The first is a small collection of Cleveland Scale Flying kits from Bob S. Lundy. Bob seemed to focus his collecting on racing models, and the donated kits include a Laird Solution and a Gee Bee. The second is a donation of radio […]
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New Addition: Spitfire CL kit
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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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 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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