{"id":2391,"date":"2015-07-14T16:40:21","date_gmt":"2015-07-14T20:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/?p=2391"},"modified":"2015-07-14T17:40:53","modified_gmt":"2015-07-14T21:40:53","slug":"fantasyfreeflight-1915-national-competition-structure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/2015\/07\/14\/fantasyfreeflight-1915-national-competition-structure\/","title":{"rendered":"#FantasyFreeFlight: 1915 National Competition Structure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sponsored by the Aero Club of America in 1915, the first National Model Aeroplane Competition was formatted for maximum participation without the hassle of travel or shipping models to be proxy flown. Instead, the national contest was actually a series of local events. It worked like this:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Each club held elimination rounds and the four winners and four runners-up would represent their club at the official contests.<\/li>\n<li>Official contests were held \u201cat places selected by the model clubs\u201d during a time frame set by the Aero Club of America. The contest was\u00a0 judged by representatives of the Aero Club of America.<\/li>\n<li>There were three events: Distance flown after Hand Launch, Flight Duration after Rise off Water and Flight Duration after Rise off Ground.<\/li>\n<li>The results of the contests were mailed to the Aero Club of America to determine the winners.<\/li>\n<li>The results of each individual competing in the club were averaged over three flights. These averages were then added and averaged again in order to arrive at the club\u2019s score.<\/li>\n<li>For example, the Concord Model Aero Club (who only posted results for one event to <em>Aerial Age Weekly<\/em>, and are therefore not included in the Fantasy Free Flight contest) scores looked like this:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/07\/FantasyFF_blog_1915competition_ConcordModeAeroClub-Hydro-resultsexample.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2392\" src=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/07\/FantasyFF_blog_1915competition_ConcordModeAeroClub-Hydro-resultsexample.jpg\" alt=\"Concord Model Aero Club: William F. Schult took home 1st place witha flight average of 28.2 seconds; Waid Carl took 2nd place with a flight average of 12.1 seconds; Earl H. Bean took 3rd with a flight average of 9.7 seconds; Benjamin Smith took 4th with a flight average of 1 second.\" width=\"713\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/07\/FantasyFF_blog_1915competition_ConcordModeAeroClub-Hydro-resultsexample.jpg 713w, https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/07\/FantasyFF_blog_1915competition_ConcordModeAeroClub-Hydro-resultsexample-300x100.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 713px) 100vw, 713px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>There were cash prizes for individuals, but the Henry S. Villard Cup went to the \u201cclub whose members collectively make the largest score during the three months \u2013 this to be computed by the point system.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2393\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2393\" style=\"width: 479px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/07\/VillardTrophy-AerialAgeWeekly-7-5-1915.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2393 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/07\/VillardTrophy-AerialAgeWeekly-7-5-1915.jpg\" alt=\"The Villard Trophy in black and white, as it appeared in the July 5, 1915 issue of Aerial Age Weekly.\" width=\"479\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/07\/VillardTrophy-AerialAgeWeekly-7-5-1915.jpg 479w, https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/07\/VillardTrophy-AerialAgeWeekly-7-5-1915-179x300.jpg 179w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 479px) 100vw, 479px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2393\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Henry S. Villard Trophy was the prize for the winning club. (Photo credit: Phipps, Walter H., ed. \u201cModel News Column: Big Prizes Offered for National Model Aeroplane Contest.\u201d <em>Aerial Age Weekly<\/em>, July 5, 1915)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Celebrate the centennial of national model aviation competition by participating in #FantasyFreeFlight &#8211; <a title=\"#FantasyFreeFlight: Fantasy Competition Information\" href=\"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/2015\/07\/14\/fantasyfreeflight-fantasy-competition-information\/\">learn how it works here!<\/a>\u00a0 Don&#8217;t forget to share your club and brag about your accomplishments on Facebook and Twitter using the hashtag.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2371\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2371\" style=\"width: 533px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/07\/NMAM_Villard_Display-15-7-8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2371 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/07\/NMAM_Villard_Display-15-7-8.jpg\" alt=\"The exhibit has the trophy in front and the panel behind. A black and white photograph of Henry Villard in the cockpit of a plane at the age of 12 is also on exhibit.\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/07\/NMAM_Villard_Display-15-7-8.jpg 533w, https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/07\/NMAM_Villard_Display-15-7-8-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2371\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Villard Cup is at the museum until September 2015 thanks to a loan from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegoairandspace.org\/\">San Diego Air and Space Museum<\/a>. It is on exhibit in the museum\u2019s Nats exhibit, along with some personal items of Villard loaned from Villard\u2019s friend Willis Allen of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allenairwaysflyingmuseum.com\/\">Allen Airways Flying Museum<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/fantasy-free-flight-1915\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2395 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/07\/FantasyFF_main_pg_link.jpg\" alt=\"link to main information page for #FantasyFreeFlight\" width=\"258\" height=\"49\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>\nFor more information on the National Model Aviation Museum, including our location, hours and admission fees visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.modelaircraft.org\/museum\">www.modelaircraft.org\/museum<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sponsored by the Aero Club of America in 1915, the first National Model Aeroplane Competition was formatted for maximum participation without the hassle of travel or shipping models to be proxy flown. Instead, the national contest was actually a series of local events. 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