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AMA and Model Aviation and History Moments January
Week 4 – January 27, 2011: Model Aviation Comics The fun of model aviation has long been expressed in comic strip form. Here’s a few of them, picked rather at random, because if we printed every funny...
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AMA and Model Aviation History Moments September
Week 5 – September 29, 2011: Sound Sound is such an important issue that in 1991 the AMA dedicated a whole book towards the issue. Why? The best explanation is a quote from a 1973-1974 study by the...
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Quick Fix
Broken dowel rod in the Buhl Pup I could write at length about all of the thought and philosophy of repairing, restoring and conserving artifacts in museum settings. It is a question that the staff...
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Birth of the FPG-9
With all the recent use of the FPG-9, museum staff thought it might be fun to recollect on the glider’s development. For those of you who don’t know, the Foam Plate Glider 9 inch (FPG-9) is a simple...
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Radio-Controlled 747 and Space Shuttle models
Boeing 747 and Space Shuttle Radio-Controlled 1/40-scale Test Models Donated by John Kiker Astronaut Robert “Hoot” Gibson, who serves as AMA Ambassador, was a friend of John. Hear him discuss about the...
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Boeing 747 and Space Shuttle models on loan to NASA
When the National Aeronautic and Space Administration’s (NASA) 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) takes off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida this week to bring the Space Shuttle Endeavour to the...
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New balsa wood exhibit!
Balsa wood is an integral part of building model airplanes. To allow our visitors to learn more about this, we’re in the process of installing an exhibit in the hands-on gallery exploring the life...
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The wonderful life of balsa wood.
Ochroma lagopus, is the scientific name for balsa wood! Balsa is a Spanish word meaning raft; it got its name for the excellent buoyant characteristics that it possesses. While intern Samantha Weaver...
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Byron Originals Mustang Restoration
Several years ago, the Acquisition Committee approved the donation of a Byron Originals P-51D Mustang from the collection of Gordon Ingram. After its acceptance, multiple conversations between the...
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New Addition: Bryon Originals Mustang Parts
Thank you to everyone who responded to the museum’s call for help to locate parts for our Byron Originals P-51D that is under restoration. There were too many people who offered advice to list...
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