{"id":3832,"date":"2017-10-20T15:22:16","date_gmt":"2017-10-20T19:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/?p=3832"},"modified":"2017-10-20T15:29:17","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T19:29:17","slug":"new-addition-surveryors-wheel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/2017\/10\/20\/new-addition-surveryors-wheel\/","title":{"rendered":"New Addition: Surveryor’s Wheel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Besides model airplanes, the museum also collects artifacts that help tell the modeling story. One such artifact, a surveyor’s measuring wheel, arrived at the museum on 10\/20\/2017. Watch museum staff open the box and see the surveyor’s wheel for the first time on the museum’s Facebook page, https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/modelaircraftmuseum.<\/p>\n

\"Michael
Michael and Claire unbox the measuring wheel while Dillon films for Facebook Live.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Why a surveying wheel you ask? Early Free Flight contests were judged on distance, so a way to measure distance was needed! The surveyor’s wheel was a donated by David Lee Ingram of the Virtual Museum of Surveying.<\/p>\n

\"On
A c.1900 Young and Sons Surveyor’s Wheel, donated by David Lee Ingram, Virtual Museum of Surveying.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"This
A close up of the wheel.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Thanks to the Virtual Museum of Surveying for helping to grow our museum’s collection!<\/p>\n

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\nFor more information on the National Model Aviation Museum, including our location, hours and admission fees visit: www.modelaircraft.org\/museum<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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