{"id":3781,"date":"2017-08-11T09:33:57","date_gmt":"2017-08-11T13:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/?p=3781"},"modified":"2017-08-11T09:51:32","modified_gmt":"2017-08-11T13:51:32","slug":"new-addition-very-early-ff-reproductions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/2017\/08\/11\/new-addition-very-early-ff-reproductions\/","title":{"rendered":"New Addition: (Very) Early FF Reproductions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reproductions of two early Free Flight record setters are now part of the museum\u2019s collection thanks to the research of museum director Michael Smith and the research and building efforts of museum volunteer Terry Hreno.<\/p>\n

Although C. Fleming-Williams, along with W.G. Aston, are often credited with designing the first A-frame twin pushers<\/a> (in 1909) Fleming-Williams\u2019 1911 distance model is actually a T-frame twin pusher.\u00a0 The model, which has a central stick fuselage \u2013 measuring 54 inches \u2013 with a tapered nose and triangular tail.\u00a0 For all that length, the kidney bean shaped wing has only a 16 inch wingspan.\u00a0 Wires strung along struts on the frame prevent the fuselage from bending due to the tension of the wound motors.\u00a0 This model set a world record for distance, flying 2,600 feet in 1911.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
C. Fleming-Williams 1911 Distance Model. National Model Aviation Museum Permanent Collection, Made for the Museum, 2017.04.02.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

C. Fleming-Williams was an officer in the British Royal Naval Air Force.\u00a0 His artwork on operations during WWI can be found in the collections of the Imperial War Museum<\/a>.<\/p>\n

New Yorker Cecil Peoli is credited with perfecting the A-frame twin pusher design.\u00a0 In July 1911, Peoli set an American distance record of 1,691 feet 6 inches.\u00a0 In September he set a duration record of 48- 4\/5 seconds.\u00a0 Holding both records made Peoli well-known; his name appeared in newspapers as well as magazines such as Aircraft<\/em>, Aeronautics<\/em> and the UK\u2019s Flight<\/em>.\u00a0 Ideal Model & Supply Co. kitted the model in 1912; it was available for sale until 1930.\u00a0 The main feature of the model is the pointed wing.\u00a0 Of course, many of the early publications about the model, for instance, A.H. Verrill\u2019s Harper\u2019s Aircraft Book<\/em> of 1913<\/a> spend a great deal of time of talking about carving the prop and properly connecting it to the shaft and motor.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
Cecil Peoli Racer, National Model Aviation Museum Permanent Collection, Made for the Museum, 2017.04.01.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cecil Peoli started Peoli Airplane Company in 1915 before dying while piloting a full-scale airplane of his own design.<\/p>\n

Both models are now on display near the museum gallery\u2019s entrance.<\/p>\n

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Reproductions of two early Free Flight record setters are now part of the museum\u2019s collection thanks to the research of museum director Michael Smith and the research and building efforts of museum volunteer Terry Hreno. Although C. Fleming-Williams, along with W.G. Aston, are often credited with designing the first A-frame […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":3783,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,47,121,122],"tags":[240,246,50,123,241,251],"class_list":["post-3781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-free-flight","category-museum","category-new-addition","category-thank-you","tag-a-frame-twin-pusher","tag-free-flight","tag-museum-2","tag-new-addition-2","tag-reproduction","tag-thank-you"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3781","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=3781"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3785,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3781\/revisions\/3785"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}