Objects
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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Wings - Wing
Original top wing for Bill Heger's Knight Twister. Traditionally built from balsa wood and covered in silkspan. Cream, orange and dark blue. 48" long. Wing did not meet size requirements as built for the 1973 National Multiwing Championship and other events, so it was removed before the contest and replaced with the wing currently on the model, which is bigger.
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Wire - Control Line Wire
Prestraightened Control Line Wire, in original cardboard box.
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Wire - Control Line Wire
Hi Johnson's 7 Strand Corecable Wire for Control Line Flying. In original package, a reel on yellow backing, red graphics.
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Wire - Control Line Wire
Deco Two Speed Line Control Line Wire, as manufactured by Development Engineering Co. Package is a paper sleeve with red and blue.
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Wood - Balsa Wood
Round-Edge Planking Strips of balsa wood, packaged and sold Berkeley Models Inc. Planks are sold in a cardboard tube.
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Wristwatch - Prize
Bulova watch with a black letter band. This watch was won by Bob Harold by placing in a Free Flight Payload competiton, sponsored by Pan-American Airways in the 1950s.
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Wristwatch - Prize
Bulova watch with a brown letter strap and gold metal accents. This watch was won by John Bishop for placing 2nd in the1953 Free Flight Payload competiton at the Nats. The event was sponsored by Pan-American Airways.
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Wristwatch - Watch
Bulova watch won as a prize for competing in the Free Flight PAA load event in the 1950s. The event was sponsored by Pan American Airways. The watch is a gold metal band a white square face.
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actuator - Pair of Actuators
1 Pair of EFlight Designs Mini Actuators, model number MIN2-56, operating at 56 Ohms. Small plastic spools wrapped in copper wire, and connected by a tiny black plastic frame. In original box with instructions.
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engine - Hand crafted Engine
Handcrafted engine made from plans in a magazine by George Schaefer in 1947-1948. The engine can operate by ignition or glow. It is currently outfitted with a spark plug.
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rectifier
Rectifier - AC to DC 3-position variable power supply made by Art Morgan, a friend of Walt Good.
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