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1. Bulletin - 1954 July 29

   Bulletin, includes Indoor Stick and Indoor Cabin results, printed at top of first page: "NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP MODEL AIRPLANE CONTEST, NAS GLENVIEW, ILLINOIS, RESULTS - - - THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1954". Items A2017.20.146, A2017.20.147, A2017.20.148, A2017.20.149, A2017.20.150, A2017.20.151, A2017.20.152, A2017.20.153, A2017.20.154, A2017.20.155 and A2017.20.156 are related to Walter Erbach's participation in the 1954 Nats.

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2. Card, Index - 1941 August 16-17

   Card, Index, "Flight Card", Walter Erbach of Sheboygan, WI, Registration number 237, Open Senior Class, Flying Group 9, "Ninth Annual Mississippi Valley Model Airplane Meet", August 16-17, 1941. Indoor Stick, Indoor Cabin, Outdoor Stick, and Outdoor Cabin events are checked off. Stub is also "Ticket of Admission to the Banquet, Sunday, August 17th The Hotel De Soto Ball Room at 8:00 PM (3rd Floor)." A2017.20.04, A2017.20.05, A2017.20.06, A2017...

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3. Certificate - 1941 August 16-17

   Certificate, Outstanding Flying Award, Walter Erbach, 8th place, Indoor Stick, signed by Contest Director Robert H. Sommers, logo at top of page states: "9th ANNUAL MODEL AIRPLANE CONTEST, MISSISSIPPI VALLEY-1941 CO-SPONSORED BY STIX, BAER & FULLER AND YOUNG MEN'S DIVISION CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI". Contest held August 16-17, 1941. Sanctioned by the Academy of Model Aeronautics. A2017.20.04, A2017.20.05, A2017.20.06, A2017.20.16...

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4. Contact sheet - 1972 July

   Contact sheet, contestants with Indoor model airplanes, National Model Airplane Championships (Nats), Naval Air Station Glenview, IL, July 1972. Handwritten wording/numbers on front of contact sheet includes: "23029-4 E-2". Wording on clothing in images includes "CLOUDBUSTERS CMAC" and "CHICAGO AERONUTS". One airplane has "34131" on wing. Stamped on back of contact sheet: "photography by ______ photo - processing by Image [Image, Inc. photographi...

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5. Contact sheet - 1972 July

   Contact sheet, Indoor and Outdoor model airplane events, National Model Airplane Championships (Nats), Naval Air Station Glenview, IL, July 1972. Handwritten wording/numbers on front of contact sheet includes: "70329-6 E-3", "3RD OPEN CABIN", "5TH OPEN STICK", "2ND - JR CABIN". Wording on box in image: "C. SOTICH CHICAGO AMA [3187?]". Wording on clothing in images includes "NFFS". One image from another contact sheet is stapled this contact sheet...

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6. Flyer - 1949 July 26-31

   Flyer, schedule of model flying events with times and locations (including both at the U.S. Naval Air Station, Olathe, Kansas and Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri), and Blue Angels appearances, on brown paper, printed at top of page: "SCHEDULE OF EVENTS, 1949 NATIONAL MODEL AIRPLANE CONTEST", July 26-31, 1949. Per the official program (A2017.20.138), the 1949 Nats was held Monday, July 25 to Sunday, July 31 in Kansas. Registration a...

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7. Form, blank - 1935

   Blank form, entry blank, paper is pink in color, headline title "ENTRY BLANK, OUTDOOR AND INDOOR FLYING CONTESTS, 1935 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP MODEL AIRPLANE MEET, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI - JUNE 27-29, SANCTIONED BY NATIONAL AERONAUTIC ASSOCIATION", addressed to "Model Airplane Contest Director, Stix, Baer and Fuller Co., St. Louis, Missouri". Contests listed: Outdoor Stick Model Contest Moffett International Contest Indoor Stick Model Contest O...

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8. Form, blank - 1936

   Blank form, entry blank, paper is blue in color, headline title "ENTRY BLANK, OUTDOOR AND INDOOR FLYING CONTESTS, 1936 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP MODEL AIRPLANE MEET, DETROIT, MICHIGAN - JUNE 29-JULY 2, SANCTIONED BY NATIONAL AERONAUTIC ASSOCIATION", addressed to "Model Airplane Contest Director, Detroit Times Aviation Department, Detroit, Michigan". Contests listed: Wakefield International Contest Outdoor Stick Model Contest Moffett Internation...

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9. Form, blank - 1938

   Blank form, entry blank, paper is pink in color, front side is entry blank for contest, back is parent's consent and release. Headline title on front of page "ENTRY BLANK, OUTDOOR AND INDOOR FLYING CONTESTS, THE ELEVENTH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP MODEL AIRPLANE MEET, SANCTIONED BY THE NATIONAL AERONAUTIC ASSOCIATION, CONDUCTED UNDER THE DIRECTION AND SUPERVISION OF THE EXCHANGE CLUB OF DETROIT, APPROVED BY THE NATIONAL EXCHANGE CLUB, DETROIT, MICHIGA...

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10. Form, blank - 1939

    Blank form, entry blank, paper is yellow in color, front side is entry blank for contest, back is parent's consent and release. Headline title on front of page "ENTRY BLANK, OUTDOOR AND INDOOR MODEL FLYING CONTESTS, THE TWELFTH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP MODEL AIRPLANE MEET, SANCTIONED BY THE NATIONAL AERONAUTIC ASSOCIATION, CONDUCTED UNDER THE DIRECTION AND SUPERVISION OF THE DETROIT METROPOLITAN COUNCIL OF EXCHANGE CLUBS, APPROVED BY THE NATIONAL EX...

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11. Form, blank - 1940

    Blank form, entry blank, paper is pink in color, headline title "ENTRY BLANK, Outdoor and Indoor Flying Contests, The 1940 National Model Airplane Championships, Sanctioned by The National Aeronautic Association, SPONSORED BY CHICAGO DAILY TIMES AND CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - JULY 1-6, 1940", addressed to "Frank Nekimken, Contest Director, Hotel Sherman, Chicago, Illinois". Maurice Roddy, Treasurer, noted at bottom of page. Con...

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12. 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...

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13. Form, blank - 1948

    Blank form, Official Entry Blank, printed at top "1948 NATIONALS AUG 4 - 8, AMA Sanctioned Class AAAA Model Airplane Championships, HELD AT U.S. NAVAL AIR STATION, Olathe, Kansas, INDOOR EVENTS AT MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM, Kansas City, Mo., SPONSORED BY Olathe Chamber of Commerce, American Legion Post No. 153, IN COOPERATION WITH U.S. NAVAL AIR STATION, DALE DORST, Contest Manager, OLATHE, KANSAS...". Includes entry blank, entry fees, parent's consen...

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14. Papers - 1935

    Paper, photocopies of Timer's Report Cards (one for "Indoor Stick Model" and "Indoor Fuselage R.O.G.", one for "Outdoor Stick Model", "Outdoor Fuselage", "Gasoline Powered", and "Admiral Moffett"), bus ticket (returning from Lambert Field to Ninth and Washington, Henry W. Kiel, President, Peoples Motorbus Company), and Sponsor's Banquet ticket on one page. Date items were photocopied is unknown. Original items were from the 1935 National Champion...

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15. Papers - 1937

    Papers originally paperclipped together - A2025.02.53a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h (rusted paperclip removed for preservation) Individual descriptions: A2025.02.53a: Flyer, "How to Get More Entry Blanks for the 1937 National Championship Model Contest… Write, Wire, or Phone National Aeronautic Association, Dupont Circle, Washington, D.C…." A2025.02.53b: Blank form, paper is yellow in color, headline title "PARENT'S CONSENT AND RELEASE", Detroit NAA Ch...

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16. Papers - 1937

    Papers, Official Results, 1937 National Championship Model Airplane Meet, titled "OFFICIAL RESULTS 10TH NATIONAL MEET". The 1937 Nats was held July 7 to 12 in Detroit, Michigan. Although some original material from the 1937 Nats advertises it as the 10th Nats, this Nats is currently considered the 15th Nats based on other historical research. The first contest that is considered the Nats by the National Model Aviation Museum is the Mulvihil...

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17. Print, Photographic - 1967 July

    Print, photographic and press release, Lt. Ron Shefman (left) and contestant David W. Erbach (right) holding Erbach's Nats trophies for Indoor Free Flight Paper Stick, Indoor Free Flight Stick, and Indoor Free Flight Cabin events, National Model Airplane Championships (Nats), U.S. Naval Air Station, Los Alamitos, CA, July 1967. Credit: Official United States Navy Photograph. Per Model Airplane News magazine, October 1967, Erbach won: First p...

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18. Print, Photographic - 1971 August 1

    Print, photographic and press release, Lt. (j.g.) Ed Sauro (left) and Gerry Geraghty (right, in Oakland Cloud Dusters model airplane club tee shirt) with three trophies. 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 press release, Geraghty won: First place, Outdoor Free Flight FAI Power Junior class Fi...

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19. Print, Photographic - 1971 August 1

    Print, photographic and press release, Lt. L.J. Nelson (left) and Ronald Ganser (right) with four trophies. 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, Ganser won: First place, Free Flight Indoor Stick, Senior class [typo in press release as "Mike Stick"] Third place, Free Flight Indoor Paper Stick, Senior class Fir...

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20. Print, Photographic - 1971 July 29

    Print, photographic and press release, Lt. Cdr. A.J. Szabo (left) and Tom J. Sova (right) with a trophy. Academy of Model Aeronautics license plate cover in background. National Model Airplane Championships (Nats), U.S. Naval Air Station, Glenview, IL, July 29, 1971. Credit: Official United States Navy Photograph. Per American Aircraft Modeler, November 1971, Sova won: First place, Indoor Free Flight Paper Stick, Senior class Second place, I...

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