{"id":1496,"date":"2014-05-19T15:40:23","date_gmt":"2014-05-19T15:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/?p=1496"},"modified":"2014-05-19T15:47:12","modified_gmt":"2014-05-19T15:47:12","slug":"new-addition-1928-modeling-how-to-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/2014\/05\/19\/new-addition-1928-modeling-how-to-book\/","title":{"rendered":"New Addition: 1928 Modeling How-to Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Model Airplanes: How to Build and Fly Them<\/em> by Elmer L. Allen, published in 1928\u00a0is a fantastic resource for those interested in 1920s model aviation scene.\u00a0 We&#8217;ve had a copy of this book in the library for years, but while the text &amp; diagrams are still readable, unfortunately the spine is damaged.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/05\/M020.13-Allen-Model-Airplanes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1497\" alt=\"The book, Model Airplanes: How to Build and Fly Them, has a green cover with a shiny model airplane drawn at center.  The spine on this book is damaged.\" src=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/05\/M020.13-Allen-Model-Airplanes-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/05\/M020.13-Allen-Model-Airplanes-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/05\/M020.13-Allen-Model-Airplanes.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Recently, someone (who wishes to remain anonymous) offered to donate his copy to the museum\u2019s library.\u00a0 We said yes.\u00a0 Collecting two copies of early, important book titles is standard practice, and one of the ways that the museum is ensuring that model aviation&#8217;s legacy will be around for generations to come.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/05\/LIB2014-10-Allen-Model-Airplanes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1498\" alt=\"While dirty, the green cover and shiny silver model airplane drawing are still very visible on this copy of the book Model Airplanes: How to Build and Fly Them.\" src=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/05\/LIB2014-10-Allen-Model-Airplanes-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/05\/LIB2014-10-Allen-Model-Airplanes-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/05\/LIB2014-10-Allen-Model-Airplanes.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can get a tiny glimpse into the wisdom Allen shares in this book by checking out the <a title=\"When you build\u2026 tips from the past pt. 2\" href=\"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/2013\/10\/18\/when-you-build-tips-from-the-past-pt-2\/\">&#8220;When you build\u2026 tips from the past pt. 2&#8221;<\/a> post from October 2013.\u00a0 If you want to know more, feel free to drop Maria a line at <a href=\"mailto:mariav@modelaircraft.org\">mariav@modelaircraft.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks anonymous donor for the donation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Model Airplanes: How to Build and Fly Them by Elmer L. Allen, published in 1928\u00a0is a fantastic resource for those interested in 1920s model aviation scene.\u00a0 We&#8217;ve had a copy of this book in the library for years, but while the text &amp; diagrams are still readable, unfortunately the spine [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,121,122],"tags":[48,49,123,251],"class_list":["post-1496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-library","category-new-addition","category-thank-you","tag-book","tag-library-2","tag-new-addition-2","tag-thank-you"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1496"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1501,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1496\/revisions\/1501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}