{"id":3088,"date":"2016-09-21T10:57:06","date_gmt":"2016-09-21T14:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/?p=3088"},"modified":"2016-09-21T10:57:06","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T14:57:06","slug":"new-addition-stratolark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/2016\/09\/21\/new-addition-stratolark\/","title":{"rendered":"New Addition: Stratolark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Flying the Stratolark, Francis Heeb won the Mulvihill contest for the 3rd time in 1965.\u00a0 The Stratolark, which combined two of Frank&#8217;s previous Wakefield designs, boasts a 56&#8243; fuselage, 300 square inch wing area and a hand-carved 24-28 prop.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3089\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3089\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/09\/NMAM-2016-34-01-model-w-tropies.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3089 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/09\/NMAM-2016-34-01-model-w-tropies.jpg\" alt=\"The Stratolark model has a square fuselage and long, thin wing.  It is posed here with the Mulvhill trophy and another trophy from the 1965 Nats in an black and white photo.\" width=\"640\" height=\"429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/09\/NMAM-2016-34-01-model-w-tropies.jpg 640w, https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/09\/NMAM-2016-34-01-model-w-tropies-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3089\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Stratolark poses with Frank&#8217;s winning hardware. Photograph courtesy of the Heeb Family.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>With a wing loading of 2.85 ozs. per 100 square inches and a 1:30 motor run it boasted three five minute flights and a last flight of 4:49 minutes.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3090\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3090\" 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\/09\/NMAM-2016-34-01-in-flight.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3090\" src=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/09\/NMAM-2016-34-01-in-flight.jpg\" alt=\"In this black and white picture, the Stratolark is flight with the prop fully folded.\" width=\"800\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/09\/NMAM-2016-34-01-in-flight.jpg 800w, https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/09\/NMAM-2016-34-01-in-flight-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3090\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Stratolark in flight. Photograph courtesy of the Heeb Family.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Thank you to the Heeb family for donating the Stratolark to the museum!<\/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>Flying the Stratolark, Francis Heeb won the Mulvihill contest for the 3rd time in 1965.\u00a0 The Stratolark, which combined two of Frank&#8217;s previous Wakefield designs, boasts a 56&#8243; fuselage, 300 square inch wing area and a hand-carved 24-28 prop. 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