{"id":2455,"date":"2015-07-27T12:19:43","date_gmt":"2015-07-27T16:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/?p=2455"},"modified":"2015-08-05T13:07:50","modified_gmt":"2015-08-05T17:07:50","slug":"fantasyfreeflight-hydro-launched-duration-event-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/2015\/07\/27\/fantasyfreeflight-hydro-launched-duration-event-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"#FantasyFreeFlight: Hydro-Launched Duration Event Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>#FantasyFreeFlight event update:\u00a0 Up until the national contest, C.V. Obst held the world\u2019s record for hydro-launched duration.\u00a0 He set the record with this \u201cflying boat.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2456\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2456\" style=\"width: 722px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/07\/CVObstROW-AerialAgeWeekly5-10-1915.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2456 \" src=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/07\/CVObstROW-AerialAgeWeekly5-10-1915.jpg\" alt=\"CVObstROW-AerialAgeWeekly5-10-1915\" width=\"722\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/07\/CVObstROW-AerialAgeWeekly5-10-1915.jpg 800w, https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/07\/CVObstROW-AerialAgeWeekly5-10-1915-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2456\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Picture: \u201cThe C.V. Obst flying boat model which holds the World\u2019s record for a model of this type. Note how the main pianes(?) attach quite far back on the hull with the wing tip pontoons attached so that they touch the water. Also how the (?) inclined to keep the propellers above the water.\u201d (Phipps, Walter H., ed. \u201cModel News Column,\u201d <em>Aerial Age Weekly<\/em>, May 10, 1915.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Too bad he is unable to compete in the Gray Club\u2019s Hydro-Launched Duration event during the national contest since it was re-scheduled due to bad weather.\u00a0\u00a0 (\u201cModel News Column,\u201d <em>Aerial Age Weekly<\/em>, May 10, 1915 and October 4, 1915)<\/p>\n<p>How about your competitors?\u00a0 What type of model do you think they are flying?\u00a0 See the <a href=\"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/2015\/07\/23\/fantasyfreeflight-hydro-launched-duration-competitors\/\">list of competitors here<\/a>, and don&#8217;t forget to share your picks using the #FantasyFreeFlight hashtag.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/2015\/07\/29\/fantasyfreeflight-hydro-launched-duration-results\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-2495 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/07\/FantasyFF-blog9-Hydroresults_link.jpg\" alt=\"FantasyFF-blog9-Hydroresults_link\" width=\"258\" height=\"49\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/fantasy-free-flight-1915\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-2395 alignnone\" 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>&#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>#FantasyFreeFlight event update:\u00a0 Up until the national contest, C.V. Obst held the world\u2019s record for hydro-launched duration.\u00a0 He set the record with this \u201cflying boat.\u201d Too bad he is unable to compete in the Gray Club\u2019s Hydro-Launched Duration event during the national contest since it was re-scheduled due to bad [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":2456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[180,54,126,47],"tags":[255,178],"class_list":["post-2455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fantasyfreeflight","category-free-flight","category-game-time","category-museum","tag-fantasyfreeflight","tag-villard-trophy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455","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=2455"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2525,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455\/revisions\/2525"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}