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1. Book - 1976 Circa

   Book, Officers Guidebook, Academy of Model Aeronautics, Washington, D.C., circa 1976

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2. Booklet, Instruction - 1940

   Booklet, Instructions, cover reads: "1940 RULES AND REGULATIONS Governing Building and Flying Model Aircraft in the United States, Adopted by N A A Academy of Model Aeronautics; Accepted by Contest Board of National Aeronautic Association (changes and additions to 1939 rules are in Italic for easy reference)".

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3. Bulletin - 1944

   Bulletin, Official Model Aircraft Regulations, "Provisions for Issuance; Under authority of the National Aeronautic Association, American representative of the Federation Aéronautique Internationale, world-wide governing body for all sporting aviation, the following model aircraft classifications and regulations are hereby prescribed by the Academy of Model Aeronautics", 1944 Academy of Model Aeronautics' Contest Board information on back side...

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4. Certificate - 1938 April-May

   Certificate, printed on front: "NATIONAL AERONAUTIC ASSOCIATION REPRESENTING IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THE FEDERATION AERONAUTIQUE INTERNATIONALE, CERTIFICATE OF RECORD... MODEL AIRCRAFT - 1938 NATIONAL OUTDOOR RECORD, Cabin Fuselage Models, R.O.W. - Junior - Class D, EDWARD [sic] GILCHER, Duration: - 26.4 seconds. Established April 30, 1938. Done at Washington D.C. on the twenty-first day of May Nineteen hundred thirty-eight, Charles F. Ho...

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5. Certificate - 1938 August-October

   Certificate, printed on front: "NATIONAL AERONAUTIC ASSOCIATION REPRESENTING IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THE FEDERATION AERONAUTIQUE INTERNATIONALE, CERTIFICATE OF RECORD... MODEL AIRCRAFT - 1938 NATIONAL OUTDOOR RECORD, Fuselage Models, R.O.W. - Junior - Class D, EDWIN GILCHER, Duration: - 1 minute, 1.5 seconds. Established August 6, 1938. Done at Washington D.C. on the seventeenth day of October, Nineteen hundred thirty-eight, Charles F. Ho...

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6. Certificate - 1938 June

   Certificate, printed on front: "NATIONAL AERONAUTIC ASSOCIATION REPRESENTING IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THE FEDERATION AERONAUTIQUE INTERNATIONALE, CERTIFICATE OF RECORD... MODEL AIRCRAFT - 1938 NATIONAL OUTDOOR RECORD, Cabin Fuselage Models, R.O.G. - Junior - Class D, EDWIN GILCHER, Duration: - 1 minute, 18.8 seconds. Established June 5, 1938. Done at Washington D.C. on the fourteenth day of June Nineteen hundred thirty-eight, Charles F. Ho...

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7. Certificate - 1938 May

   Certificate, printed on front: "NATIONAL AERONAUTIC ASSOCIATION REPRESENTING IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THE FEDERATION AERONAUTIQUE INTERNATIONALE, CERTIFICATE OF RECORD... MODEL AIRCRAFT - 1938 NATIONAL OUTDOOR RECORD, Fuselage Models, R.O.G. - Junior - Class D, EDWIN GILCHER, Duration: - 48.9 seconds. Established May 14, 1938. Done at Washington D.C. on the twenty-fifth day of May Nineteen hundred thirty-eight, Charles F. Horner, President...

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8. Documents - 1949 July 25

   Document, list, on green paper, printed at top of page: "1949 ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS COMMITTEES (All meeting at Olathe, Kansas, July 25, 1949)". Handwritten at top of first page in pencil: "Nats". AMA committees listed: Bylaws (Chair: C.L. Bristol) Insurance (Chair: Frank B. Bushey) Membership (Chair: Ray Arden) Finance (Chair: Carl Goldberg) Clubs and Chapters (Chair: Bill Winter) Public Relations (Chair: Howard McEntee) Resolut...

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9. Flyer - 1948 August

   Flyers, previously paperclipped together. Individual descriptions: A2025.02.179a: Flyer, pink, printed at top of page: "PROGRAM FOR CONTESTANTS MEETING, 1948 AMA NATIONALS - OLATHE, KANSAS, Tuesday, August 3, 8:00 p.m., NAS Station Auditorium, Frank Nekimken, Contest Supervisor, Presiding...". Other names mentioned: Captain C. Keene, Lieutenant Commander Tex Witherspoon, L.L. Cooke, Tom Wardlaw, June Pierce, Jim McClelland, and Val Sherrard...

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10. Flyer - 1948 August 4

    Flyer, agenda, printed at top "OPEN MEETING CONTEST BOARD, 1948 AMA NATIONALS - OLATHE, KANSAS, Wednesday, August 4, 8:00 PM, HARVEY ROBBERS, ACTING CHAIRMAN, PRESIDING", August 4, 1948. Order of Business listed: 1. Indoor Rules 2. Outdoor Rubber and glider 3. Compressed gas 4. Radio Control 5. Free Flight Gas 6. Flying Scale 7. Control Line Speed 8. Control Line Stunt 9. Control Line Jet 10. Safety Regulations 11. Administration of...

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11. Flyer - 1949 July 27

    Flyer, meeting agenda on blue paper, printed at top of page: "OPEN MEETING CONTEST BOARD (Control), 1949 AMA NATIONALS - OLATHE, KANSAS, Wednesday, July 27, 8:00 p.m., NAS Station Auditorium, Walter A. Good, Silver Spring, Maryland, Presiding...", meeting agenda includes purpose and tentative agenda. Per the official program (A2017.20.138), the 1949 Nats was held Monday, July 25 to Sunday, July 31 in Kansas. Registration and meetings were held...

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12. Flyer - 1949 July 29

    Flyer, meeting agenda on yellow paper, printed at top of page: "OPEN MEETING CONTEST BOARD (Free-flight), 1949 AMA NATIONALS - OLATHE, KANSAS, Friday, July 29, 8:00 p.m., NAS Station Auditorium, Walter A. Good, Silver Spring, Maryland, Presiding...", meeting agenda includes purpose and tentative agenda. Per the official program (A2017.20.138), the 1949 Nats was held Monday, July 25 to Sunday, July 31 in Kansas. Registration and meetings were h...

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13. Form, blank - 1940 July 1-6

    Blank form, entry blanks and parental consent form for the 1940 National Model Airplane Championships, Sponsored by the Chicago Daily Times and Chicago Park District, Chicago, IL, July 1-6, 1940 stapled together. Individual descriptions: A2017.20.67a: Form, blank, entry blank, Outdoor and Indoor Flying Contests A2017.20.67b: Form, blank, entry blank, Berryloid Trophy Events A2017.20.67c: Form, blank, entry blank, Flying Scale Model Co...

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14. Papers - 1948

    Papers, Correspondence (A2025.02.176a) and two flyers (A2025.02.176b, A2025.02.176c), previously paperclipped together. Individual descriptions: A2025.02.176a: Correspondence, form letter, one page, from C.O. Wright, AMA President, to members of AMA committees, about committee meetings at the 1948 Nats, dated July 15, 1948, stamped in blue ink: "JUL 19 1948". Names mentioned in letter include Dale Dorst, Lieutenant Commander Tex Witherspoon...

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15. Program - 1940

    Program, mockup of official program, printed on cover: "1940 National Model Airplane Championships sponsored by Chicago Park District and Chicago Daily Times sanctioned by Contest Board of National Aeronautics Association conducted under regulations and supervision of the Academy of Model Aeronautics, July 1-6, 1940 Chicago, Illinois". Handwritten notes on left side of interior in circles and squares with arrows: "process night before", "all ...

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16. Program - 1940

    Program, mockup of official program, printed on cover: "1940 National Model Airplane Championships sponsored by Chicago Park District and Chicago Daily Times sanctioned by Contest Board of National Aeronautics Association conducted under regulations and supervision of the Academy of Model Aeronautics, July 1-6, 1940 Chicago, Illinois" Items A2017.20.66, A2017.20.67, A2017.20.68, and A2017.20.69 are related to Walter Erbach's participation in t...

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17. Release, News - 1936

    News release/media release/press release, typed at top of page: "From: National Aeronautic Association, Dupont Circle, Washington, D.C., For Release Wednesday, May 27th., NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP MODEL AIRPLANE MEET TO DETROIT, JUNE 30 TO JULY 2", 1936 In paragraph 3, page 1: "Organization of the meet at Detroit is under the sponsorship of the aviation department of "The Detroit Times". H.S. Walesby, "Times" aviation editor, will be Director of t...

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18. Release, News - 1948 February 25

    News release/media release/press release, printed/typed at top of page: "Academy of Model Aeronautics, 1025 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Washington 6, D.C., District 2808, February 25, 1948, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE", discusses the 1948 Nats. Co-sponsors listed: "Olathe Chamber of Commerce and the Earl Collier Post No. 153 of the American Legion", in cooperation with "Captain James E. Baker, Commanding Officer, and his Naval personnel at the Olathe Air S...

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19. Telegram - 1948 February 25

    Telegram, Western Union telegram, statement from Russ Nichols, Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA), to C.O. Wright, Kansas State Teachers Association, Topeka, KS, informing Wright that the AMA Contest Board approved the dates of the 1948 Nats in Olathe, Kansas, telegram dated February 24, 1948. Handwritten at bottom of telegram in blue pencil "48 Nats". Back of telegram not scanned, contains Western Union terms and classes of service. The 19...

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