Astronaut, former AMA member, and retired U.S. Air Force Col. Frank Borman has died. Born in Gary, Indiana, and raised in Tuscon, Arizona, he was an AMA member in the 1940s and attributed model aviation as the basis for his career and achievements in aerospace activities. He noted the following […]
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New Mystery Unboxing from the National Model Aviation Museum!
Michael Smith, Director of the National Model Aviation Museum, has received a new exhibit to display, and he reveals it in this new Mystery Unboxing video! The Horizon 60 was designed and manufactured by Helmut Holder and Hubert Bitner. It was piloted by Bitner to a first-place prize at the first […]
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Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the First Nats
Throughout the years, the Mulvihill contest remains an important and coveted perpetual trophy for rubber-powered Free Flight aircraft.
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