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  1. Form, blank - 1941

    Blank form, Entry blank, typewritten, appears to be a mock-up draft version of the entry form for the 1941 Nats. Printed at top of page: "ENTRY BLANK, 14th ANNUAL NATIONAL MODEL AIRPLANE CHAMPIONSHIPS, SANCTIONED BY THE NATIONAL AERONAUTIC ASSOCIATION and Conducted under the rules of the ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS, Sponsored by CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT and CHICAGO TIMES, Chicago, Illinois - July 1-5, 1941." Addressed to John J. Rappold, Contest Di...

    Record Type: Archives

    A2025.02.115 Entry blank
  2. Kit, Model - Bootstraps A-RC kit

    Berkeley Bootstraps A-RC kit, designed by Henry Struck and released in 1952. Kit is in original cardboard box, with label showing grayscale drawings of the completed model and red and white graphics. Completed kit has 54" wingspan. Kit could be built as a Free Flight (specifically for PAA load event) or as Radio Control.

    Record Type: Object

    Top of kit
  3. Kit, Model - Bootstraps A-RC kit

    Berkeley Bootstraps A-RC kit, designed by Henry Struck and released in 1952. Kit is in original cardboard box, with label showing grayscale drawings of the completed model and red and white graphics. Completed kit has 54" wingspan. Kit could be built as a Free Flight (specifically for PAA load event) or as Radio Control.

    Record Type: Object

    Bootstraps A-RC kit
  4. Kit, Model - Piper Cub FF kit

    Kit to build a Free Flight Scale model of a Piper Cub, by Capitol Models. In original black box with red and yellow label. There's an ink drawing of a bear cub's head in the bottom right corner.

    Record Type: Object

    Piper Cub FF kit
  5. Medal, Prize - 1st Place Award

    Medal awarded to the 1st place winner in the (Free Flight) Class A Outdoor Open event at the 1928 Chicago Tribune Model Airplane Meet. Gold-colored medal rectangular medal with rounded top and pointed bottom, reading, "Chicago Tribune Model Airplane Meet 1928" at top and bottom with a model airplane in flight at center. Medal is attached to a red, white and blue ribbon that hangs folded over a straight pin. Reverse of medal is engraved, "Firs...

    Record Type: Object

    2018.33.57 20_10_21 1
  6. Model Airplane - Old Nog FF Model

    Old Nog A Class Free Flight model airplane. Raised pylon wing, round tube-like fuselage, installed Super Tigre 15 engine.

    Record Type: Object

    1990.06.40
  7. Print, Photographic - 1971 August 1

    Print, photographic and press release, Lt. (j.g.) Ed Sauro (left) and Flaxen Johnson (right) with a trophy. National Model Airplane Championships (Nats), U.S. Naval Air Station, Glenview, IL, August 1, 1971. Photograph taken by PH3 Bill Adair. Credit: Official United States Navy Photograph. Per the press release, Johnson won: Third place, Outdoor Free Flight A Gas Junior class Third place, Outdoor Free Flight 1/2A Gas Junior class Photogr...

    Record Type: Archives

    A2023.01.222a Photographic print, front. Official U.S. Navy photograph.
  8. Print, Photographic - 1971 August 1

    Print, photographic and press release, Lt. L.J. Nelson (left) and Eugene C. Wald (right) with a trophy. National Model Airplane Championships (Nats), U.S. Naval Air Station, Glenview, IL, August 1, 1971. Credit: Official United States Navy Photograph. Per the press release, Wald won first place in Free Flight Outdoor A Gas Open class. Photograph is stapled to press release. On back of photograph: "109-2, NAVAL AIR STATION, GLENVIEW, ILLI...

    Record Type: Archives

    A2023.01.227a Photographic print, front. Official U.S. Navy photograph.
  9. Print, Photographic - 1971 August 1

    Print, photographic and press release, Lt. L.J. Nelson (left) and Gerald W. Comp, Jr. (right) with a trophy. National Model Airplane Championships (Nats), U.S. Naval Air Station, Glenview, IL, August 1, 1971. Credit: Official United States Navy Photograph. Per the press release, Comp won first place in Outdoor Free Flight A Junior class. Per American Aircraft Modeler magazine, November 1971, Comp won: First place, Outdoor Free Flight A Ga...

    Record Type: Archives

    A2023.01.225a Photographic print, front. Official U.S. Navy photograph.
  10. Trophy - 1951 Internats 1st Place Trophy

    Trophy won by Andy Sheber for 1st place in the Junior Division, Class A Free Flight at the 1951 International Model Plane Contest, sponsored by Plymouth Motor Corporation. Trophy consists of a wood base and metal column supporting a ceremonial bowl that is flanked by wings. This is topped by a globe and model airplane. The contest information is engraved on the bowl, the event information on a plate on the wood base.

    Record Type: Object

    1951 Internats 1st Place Trophy
  11. Trophy - Trophy

    Illinois Model Aero Club Model Competitions Trophy. Silver loving cup style trophy with elongated square handles resting on a round brown plastic base. Trophy has a gold metal Illinois Model Aero Club medal on the front, center, and around this it is engraved, "Chicago Tribune Model Airplane Meet 1929 Class A Team Trophy". On the reverse is engraved, "Won by The Illinois Model Aero Club" and then following names: Carl V. Carlson Irving J...

    Record Type: Object

    2018.33.87 20_11_12 1

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