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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. Flyer - 1947 July 13

   Blank form, "MID-WESTERN STATES MODEL PLANE CHAMPIONSHIPS, SPONSORED BY THE AMERICAN LEGION AND INDIANAPOLIS STAR, Sanctioned By The Academy of Model Aeronautics, AAA MEET DIRECTED BY FRANK NEKIMKEN, SUNDAY, JULY 13, 9 A.M. to 6 P.M., SCHOEN FIELD - FORT HARRISON, IND....", includes entry blanks for Free Flight and Control Line events, 1947.

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3. Flyer - 1949

   Flyer, on pink paper, event schedule, printed at top of page: "SCHEDULE OF EVENTS (Tentative and subject to change) 1949, 18th National AMA Model Airplane Meet, Olathe, Kansas, July 26 to 31...". Schedule includes flying events, registration, and Blue Angels air shows. Jim McClelland is mentioned at the bottom of the page. Per the official program (A2017.20.138), the 1949 Nats was held Monday, July 25 to Sunday, July 31 in Kansas. Registration...

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4. 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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5. Print, Photographic - 1971 August 1

   Print, photographic and press release, Lt. L.J. Nelson (left) and John Carls (right) with one trophy. National Model Airplane Championships (Nats), U.S. Naval Air Station, Glenview, IL, August 1, 1971. Unidentified photographer. Credit: Official United States Navy Photograph. Per American Aircraft Modeler, November 1971, Carls won second place in Outdoor Free Flight A Gas, Open class. Photograph was stapled to press release, staple removed ...

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6. Print, Photographic - 1971 August 1

   Print, photographic and press release, Lt. (j.g.) Ed Sauro (left) and Brian Pardue (right) 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, Pardue won: First place, Control Line 1/2A Speed Junior class First place, Control Line FAI Speed Junior class Second place, Cont...

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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...

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8. 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...

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9. 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...

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10. 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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