{"id":5137,"date":"2022-06-06T15:16:21","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T19:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/?p=5137"},"modified":"2023-08-30T13:27:08","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T17:27:08","slug":"new-rc-scale-exhibit-opens-at-national-model-aviation-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/2022\/06\/06\/new-rc-scale-exhibit-opens-at-national-model-aviation-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"New Scale Exhibit Opens at National Model Aviation Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Rachelle Haughn, rachelleh@modelaircraft.org<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you visit the National Model Aviation Museum in Muncie, Indiana, this summer, you might notice something dramatically different about one exhibit area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The beginnings of the new Scale exhibit at the National Model Aviation Museum in Muncie IN.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The first change that you could see is the absence of the theater. In 2021, AMA employees demolished the theater area. In the theater’s place is the enlarged Miniature Aircraft at Work gallery. The new Scale Exhibit is located where some of the Miniature Aircraft at Work models were located.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Demolition of the theater.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Bret Becker carries his U-2C.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Most of the aircraft displayed in this exhibit have won some type of award. Towering above the exhibit is Bret Becker\u2019s 120-inch U-2C. The first airplane to be installed in the exhibit, this black 1\/8-scale high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft won Top Gun two years in a row. Bret\u2019s airplane, the first electric-powered model to win the Mr. Top Gun award, took top honors in 2020 and 2021 at the Lakeland, Florida, contest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The scratch-built aircraft features panel lines, rivets, and weathering and is made of fiberglass, carbon-fiber, and balsa wood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Details on Bret’s U-2C.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Joining the U-2C in the exhibit are Andy Sheber\u2019s Cessna Skyknight, an aircraft that competed in the inaugural Scale World Championships, held in Cranfield, England, and Bob Wischer\u2019s Piel Emeraude. Bob was the first individual from the US to win the Scale World Championships (which he did in 1974).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also in the exhibit is Charlie Bauer\u2019s Piper Cub. In 1989, it was the first electric-powered Control Line (CL) model to be flown at the AMA Nats. In 2004, it also became the first electric-powered CL airplane to compete in the Scale World Championships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most recent addition to the exhibit is George Kilbey\u2019s WACO. The first RC Scale contest at the Nats took place in 1957 and George won it with his aircraft. After researching the contest, museum staff members were able to locate George\u2019s son and the WACO. The winning airplane was stored by George Bassett, George Kilbey\u2019s friend. The museum is excited to announce that the WACO is now a part of the museum\u2019s collection, and will be placed on display in the exhibit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The late George Kilbey’s WACO. Photo by Matt Ruddick.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Rounding out the exhibit is Bob Benjamin\u2019s 1\/4-scale Aeronca K, which was the first electric-powered model to compete in the F4C RC Scale World Championships in 2002. Additionally, there is a scale model of the Wright Flyer that was built from Ideal Aeroplane Supply Company plans circa 1911, Pet MacZura’s Bearcat that won the first provisional CL Scale World Champhionships in 1966, and a Kavan Jet Ranger RC helicopter similar to those flown in RC Helicopter Scale at the 1974 and 1975 Nats; and more aircraft to come that you will have to check out in person. To find out more about the museum, visit www.modelaircraft.org\/welcome-national-model-aviation-museum<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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