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1. Card, Identification - 1940

   Assignment cards, five paper cards stapled together, identifying contestant Frank Moss, contestant number 795, and his assigned competition events, groups, dates, and field headquarters number at the 1940 Nats. Card 1: Senior class, Group 5, July 2, 1940, Moffett event, Pit 5 Card 2: Senior class, Group 6, July 4, 1940, A Gas event, Pit 6 Card 3: Senior class, Group 2, July 6, 1940, B Gas event, Pit 2 Card 4: Senior class, Group 3, July 4, ...

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2. 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...

   Record Type: Archives

   
3. 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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4. Model Airplane - 1928 Muvihill Winner FF Model

   Joseph J. Lucas' A-frame Twin Pusher (Free Flight) Model Airplane, which won the 1928 Mulvihill Event, and was also flown in 1926 Mulvihill Event. Model has "29" on the wing. Per The American Boy magazine, September 1928 issue, page 17: "The national outdoor champion is Joseph J. Lucas, 34, Chicago, who has built model planes for many years. His winning flight was 264 seconds."; and on page 49 of that same issue, under the heading "National Ou...

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5. Model Airplane - 1951 Wakefield Model

   George Perryman's 1951 Wakefield (Free Flight) model. Traditional balsa wood framework construction, covered in tissue. Cabin fuselage with high mounted wing with dihedral; vertical stabilizer points downward. Red and buff. Rubber powered. The wings and stabilizer of this model (installed on a different fuselage) also set a National Record for Rise off water, Category III, Mulvihill Rubber, July 19, 1997 flying for 16 minutes, 20 Seconds.

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6. Model Airplane - FF Mulvihill Design

   Free Flight Mulvihill design, rubber powered model airplane. With this model, Dr. Robert Perkins won the Mulvihill event at the 2004 AMA Nats and finished in second place in 2009. Tan colored, rolled tubular fuselage that tapers at tail, rectangular wing and stabilizer - vertical stabilizer is before the horizontal stabilizer. Red stripes on wing and tail tips, darker brown panels next to this and on the right wing another red stripe and "AMA...

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7. Model Airplane - Great Speckled Bird Mulvihill Model

   George P. Perryman's Great Speckled Bird Mulvihill (Free Flight) model. Traditional balsa wood framework covered in tissue. Boxy fuselage with high gull wing. Red tissue covered in black dots. Rubber powered. 55.5" wingspan.

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8. Model Airplane - Stratolark Mulvihill Model

   Stratolark Unlimited Rubber Free Flight model, designed, built and flown by Frank Heeb in 1965. Traditional construction of balsa wood covered in doped tissue, square fuselage, slight wing pylon, square wing with slight dihedral at tips. Cream fuselage and red wing. Folding prop. Frank won the 1965 Mulvihill Trophy flying this model.

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9. Trophy - 1st Place Trophy

   First Place Trophy won at the 1932 Jordon Marsh Co. N.E. Championship Model Plane Meet for the Mulvhill Envent. Trophy is a loving cup style trophy topped by a model airplane, no base.

   Record Type: Object