{"id":2746,"date":"2015-12-11T15:50:53","date_gmt":"2015-12-11T19:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/?p=2746"},"modified":"2016-08-18T15:13:33","modified_gmt":"2016-08-18T19:13:33","slug":"new-addition-pulsar-biplane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/2015\/12\/11\/new-addition-pulsar-biplane\/","title":{"rendered":"New Addition: Pulsar biplane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When IMAC was in its formative, biplane phase, the Pulsar was one of the prevalent designs flown in competition.\u00a0 In the hand of its co-designer, Norm Cassella (the other co-designer was Norm&#8217;s good friend Savo Mele) it couldn&#8217;t be beat.\u00a0 Art Schroeder in <em>Model Airplane News<\/em> even went so far as to call the\u00a0 Pulsar &#8220;the bipe that&#8217;s doing it all.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2747\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2747\" style=\"width: 680px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/12\/NMAM2015-41.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2747\" src=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/12\/NMAM2015-41.jpg\" alt=\"The original Pulsar in Norm Cassella's work shop.\" width=\"680\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/12\/NMAM2015-41.jpg 680w, https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/12\/NMAM2015-41-300x156.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2747\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The original Pulsar in Norm Cassella&#8217;s work shop.\u00a0 Photograph courtesy of Tom Cassella.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2748\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2748\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/12\/NMAM2015-41pictures.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2748 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/12\/NMAM2015-41pictures-1024x571.jpg\" alt=\"NMAM2015-41pictures\" width=\"740\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/12\/NMAM2015-41pictures-1024x571.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/12\/NMAM2015-41pictures-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/12\/NMAM2015-41pictures-999x558.jpg 999w, https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/12\/NMAM2015-41pictures.jpg 1188w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2748\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A collection of photographs of the Pulsar, Norm Cassella and all his trophies.\u00a0 Photograph courtesy of Tom Cassella.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This winning bipe is now in the museum&#8217;s collection, donated by Tom Cassella in honor of his grandfather, Norman Cassella.\u00a0 Thanks, Tom, for helping to grow the museum&#8217;s collection!<br \/>\n&#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 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