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Object Name |
Color slide |
Date |
1983 |
Description (ex. RP-63G) |
Color slide, 2 model airplanes, on ground, outdoors at the 1983 National Aeromodeling Championships (Nats) at the Westover Air Force Base (AFB) in Chicopee, MA; first model airplane is a black and yellow Aeronca Model L model airplane with pilot dummy in cockpit, wing reads "- 739", and vertical stabilizer reads "NC21739"; second model airplane is a black and yellow Piper Cub model airplane, vertical stabilizer reads "NC5793N"; in the background is a camouflage F-4 Phantom II model airplane, vertical stabilizer reads "FM 482"; a black and yellow Gee Bee Sportster model airplane with pilot dummy in cockpit, side of fuselage reads "4", vertical stabilizer reads "NR77V"; and a camouflage Hawker Hurricane model airplane with pilot dummy in cockpit, side of fuselage reads "G", "L" Notes in slide box containing slides A2022.25.1102 through A2022.25.1168: "NATS 1983?", "NATS 1982?" Same/similar black and yellow Aeronca Model L model airplane in slides A2022.25.1137 and A2022.25.1139. Same/similar camouflage F-4 Phantom II model airplane in slides A2022.25.1134 and A2022.25.1139. Same/similar black and yellow Gee Bee Sportster model airplane in slide A2022.25.1133. |
Year Range from |
1983 |
Year Range to |
1983 |
Details |
1 item (slide in white cardboard frame) 2" x 2" (l x h) |
Multimedia & More Information |
Biography of Margaret (Dolly) Wischer (AMA History Project website link) Biography of Robert (Bob) Wischer (AMA History Project website link) |
Museum Donation/Transfer Credit Line |
Donated by William Wischer |
Museum ID number |
A2022.25.1121 |
Collection number |
0031 |
Tags |
1983 1983 Nats Aeronca L Chicopee, MA Cub F-4 Phantom II FM 482 Gee Bee Gee Bee Sportster Hawker Hurricane Massachusetts Model airplane National Aeromodeling Championships (Nats) Nats Nats photograph NC21739 NC5793N NR77V Pilot dummy Piper J-3 Cub Slide Sportster U.S. Air Force (USAF) U.S. Air Force Base, Westover Air Force Base, Chicopee, MA Wischer Family Collection Wischer, Margaret (Dolly) Wischer, Robert (Bob) Wischer, William (Bill) |
Copyright Information |
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