{"id":2887,"date":"2016-05-25T10:33:07","date_gmt":"2016-05-25T14:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/?p=2887"},"modified":"2024-01-08T17:57:09","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T21:57:09","slug":"winning-1930-boeing-p-12b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/2016\/05\/25\/winning-1930-boeing-p-12b\/","title":{"rendered":"Winning 1930 Boeing P-12B"},"content":{"rendered":"

The talk of the 1930 Airplane Model Contest is on exhibit in the museum from now until Labor Day 2016.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
Bill Chaffee’s 1930 Boeing P-12B static model airplane. Photo Cecelia Pettigrew.\u00a0 (See here for more photos!)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Boeing P-12B had just begun operations for the United States Military in 1930.\u00a0 That same year that William Chaffee<\/a> built a scale version for the Airplane Model League of America (AMLA) Airplane Model Contest.<\/p>\n

Chaffee\u2019s version has the required 24\u201d wingspan of models entered into the AMLA\u2019s scale contest, and, as also required, was built from plans approved by the AMLA.\u00a0 He put in 500 hours\u2019 worth of work into the model, his attention to detail including working control surfaces moved by mechanisms in the cockpit.\u00a0 Out of the 100 points total each model could earn, Chaffee\u2019s P-12B got 97 – and 1st place.<\/p>\n

\"Bill<\/a>
Bill Chaffee earned 97 out of 100 possible points for the detail and workmanship he put into the Boeing P-12B. This certificate documents his win.\u00a0 Scan from Bill Chaffee’s scrapbook, courtesy of the Chaffee family.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Newspaper accounts after the event noted the model \u201camazed veteran fliers, who viewed the scale models at the Statler hotel, for it was so true to exactness in every detail that it appeared to have been built at the Boeing factory.\u201d<\/p>\n

\""Dayton<\/a>
“Dayton Boy Wins” claims this small, undated newspaper blurb from an unnamed newspaper.\u00a0 Scan from Bill Chaffee’s scrapbook, courtesy of the Chaffee family.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Chaffee won $200.00 cash, a silver trophy and a six week trip to Europe.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
William H. Chaffee won this silver 1st place trophy for building the best static scale model in the senior division of the 1930 AMLA Airplane Model Championships.\u00a0 Photo by Cecilia Pettigrew.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The trophy, along with scans of the passport used on the trip, and the competition scorecards are all on exhibit with Chaffee\u2019s Boeing P-12B in the Nats exhibit at the museum this summer.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>
17-year-old Bill Chaffee poses with his winning Boeing P-12B on June 16, 1930.\u00a0 Photo courtesy of the Chaffee family.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Thanks to Ellen Earle-Chaffee, Henry Chaffee, and Clark Chaffee for allowing the museum to show this special part of model aviation\u2019s history.<\/p>\n

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