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Composed of model airplanes, kits, engines and all the necessary equipment for flying, the Permanent Collection is full of all the “stuff” that makes model aviation so special.

Totaling about 11,000 objects, these artifacts tell the stories of model aviation, its technological achievements, the social culture developed around the hobby, and model aviation’s involvement in wider history and culture.

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  1. Actuator - Dmeco Actuator

    Dmeco Multi-Servo R/C Actuator, in original box. Yellow box with black and white images, red borders.

    Record Type: Object

    Dmeco Actuator
  2. Adhesive - Cement

    Ambroid Liquid Cement used to build model airplanes. In a metal tube with an orange and blue label. Advertised as "Waterproof, Quick Drying, Transparent."

    Record Type: Object

    Cement
  3. Adhesive - Cement

    Metal tube of Du-Bro Super Model Cement. Tube is red, blue, and white/yellow.

    Record Type: Object

    Cement
  4. Adhesive - Cement

    Metal tube of Tissue Paste, a type of model airplane building adhesive, as manufactured by E. Keil & Co., Limited, otherwise known as Keil Kraft. Tube still has product inside; product has hardened. Yellow tube with blue-ish text.

    Record Type: Object

    Cement
  5. Adhesive - Model Airplane Cement

    Red metal tube full of model building cement as manufactured by Comet Model Airplane & Supply Co.

    Record Type: Object

    Model Airplane Cement
  6. Adhesive - Pactra Cement

    Pactra C-77 Cement, strong Aero Gloss hot fuel proof, metal tube, red, black, and white, has screw top on end of nozzl

    Record Type: Object

    Pactra Cement
  7. Adhesive - Tube of Cement

    Speed-O-Lac Hot Fuel Proof Model Aircraft Cement. Brown, yellow, and red metal tube, partially used.

    Record Type: Object

    Tube of Cement
  8. Aircraft Landing Platform, Control Line - Control Line Navy Carrier Deck

    Landing Platform for Control Line Navy Carrier Competition. Miniature replica of a navy aircraft carrier deck. 3 long hinged vertical runners with 10 horizontal cross sections. 6 metal support poles that cross the deck and allow it to curve. 10 slightly angled cut top sections rest on top of the undercarriage, each is numbered on both long sides with the number that they join with. Everything is painted gray, a yellow stripe is down the center, ...

    Record Type: Object

    Control Line Navy Carrier Deck
  9. Aircraft, Model

    A static model airplane made from white foam. The airplane is vaguely scale-like for a jet model with a swept-back wing and no visible engine or prop. This was created by a company in Portland, IN - Createc Corp. - that specializes in foam packing material. For the 1990 Portland Business Expo they designed and made this model and covered it in stickers representing local businesses for a promotion of getting new businesses to come to Portland.

    Record Type: Object

    2010.34.01
  10. Airplane Model - 1903 Wright Flyer Model

    Model Airplane, 1903 Wright Flyer, 1/16th scale Static Model. Very highly detailed hand built model with wooden frame and skeleton that has been painted brown. Ivory white tissue covering. Black cable wire between wings. Extremely high detailing in engine and chain driven props.

    Record Type: Object

    2004.71.01a
  11. Airplane Model - C-47 Model

    static scale model of a Douglas C-47 Skytrain, specifically a VC-47D, tail number 48311. Painted as belonged to the Air Attache transport in Bangkok and the Defense Intelligence Agency. White fuselage with silver painted belly and wings. "United States of America" above windows on both sides. This model was given as a gift to the person who piloted this full-size aircraft.

    Record Type: Object

    C-47 Model
  12. Airplane Model - Dart Plastic Model

    Assembled plastic model of a Navy Dart. This model was assembled by Edward Knox Morris.

    Record Type: Object

    Dart Plastic Model
  13. Airplane Model - Dornier Do X Static Model

    Static model of a Dornier Do X carved from wood by Pete Sotich. A flying boat featuring a high wing with twelve engines mounted to wing, all in push-pull configuration. Painted yellow, no markings. Props all spin.

    Record Type: Object

    2015.47.02 18_05_05 2
  14. Airplane Model - F4F Wildcat Solid Model

    Grumman F4F Wildcat static solid scale model carved from balsa by Richard Sprague in the late 1940s.

    Record Type: Object

    F4F Wildcat Solid Model
  15. Airplane Model - Gee Bee Scale Model

    Plastic static scale model of a Gee Bee Super Sportster built by Edward Knox Morris. Wingspan 11".

    Record Type: Object

    Gee Bee Scale Model
  16. Airplane Model - Naval Aircraft Factory N3N Static Model

    Static model of a Naval Aircraft Factory N3N carved from wood by Pete Sotich. In bad condition, so the details are hard to see, but it features US roundels on the wings, as well as a prop that spins.

    Record Type: Object

    2015.47.01 1 18_05_02
  17. Airplane Model - P-39 Airacobra Solid Model

    Bell P-39 Airacobra static solid scale model carved from balsa by Richard Sprague in the late 1940s.

    Record Type: Object

    P-39 Airacobra Solid Model
  18. Airplane Model - Panther Model

    Grumman Panther Static Desktop Model. Plastic, navy blue model on clear plastic base.

    Record Type: Object

    Panther Model
  19. Airplane Model - Roland D-6B Model

    A model of a 1/15 scale Roland D-6a RC aircraft, built from Replicraft plans. This model is completely finished and ready to fly on the right side; however the left side has been built, but left uncovered to expose the balsa wood framework and building technique. 74" wingspan. This model took the builder, Adolph Hanke Jr. five years to complete.

    Record Type: Object

    Roland D-6B Model
  20. Airplane Model - Skyray Plastic Model

    Assembled plastic model of a Douglas F4D Skyray. This model was assembled by Edward Knox Morris.

    Record Type: Object

    Skyray Plastic Model

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