{"id":2839,"date":"2016-02-10T12:52:06","date_gmt":"2016-02-10T16:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/?p=2839"},"modified":"2016-02-10T12:52:06","modified_gmt":"2016-02-10T16:52:06","slug":"new-addition-cl-speed-models","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/2016\/02\/10\/new-addition-cl-speed-models\/","title":{"rendered":"New Addition: CL Speed Models"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jim Wade devoted two years to breaking the 100 mph barrier in 1\/2A Proto Speed. He finally succeed, flying at 101.48 mph with the Eagle I on December 1, 1974.\u00a0 It was the first time the 100 mph had been broken in any 1\/2A Proto Speed age division and he set a national record.\u00a0 Seven years later, flying the Eagle III, Jim set a world record in F2A with a speed of 178.72 km\/hr.\u00a0 Both models are now in the museum&#8217;s collection.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2840\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2840\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/02\/NMAM2016-06-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2840 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/02\/NMAM2016-06-01.jpg\" alt=\"Eagle I, a CL model with wooden wing and tail and left hand blade prop.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/02\/NMAM2016-06-01.jpg 800w, https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/02\/NMAM2016-06-01-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2840\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jim Wade&#8217;s Eagle I, a CL 1\/2A Proto Speed model, weighing in at 4.7 ounces.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2841\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2841\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/02\/NMAM2016-06-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2841 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/02\/NMAM2016-06-02.jpg\" alt=\"Eagle III, a CL model with metal-skinned wing, wooden tail, tuned pipe and a left-hand prop.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/02\/NMAM2016-06-02.jpg 800w, https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/02\/NMAM2016-06-02-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2841\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jim Wade&#8217;s Eagle III, a CL F2A model weighing in at 6 ounces.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Thanks, Jim, for helping to grow the museum&#8217;s collection!<\/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>Jim Wade devoted two years to breaking the 100 mph barrier in 1\/2A Proto Speed. He finally succeed, flying at 101.48 mph with the Eagle I on December 1, 1974.\u00a0 It was the first time the 100 mph had been broken in any 1\/2A Proto Speed age division and he [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":2841,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76,47,121,122],"tags":[11,123,251],"class_list":["post-2839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-control-line-2","category-museum","category-new-addition","category-thank-you","tag-control-line","tag-new-addition-2","tag-thank-you"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2839","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=2839"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2842,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2839\/revisions\/2842"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}