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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...
Record Type: Archives
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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...
Record Type: Archives
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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...
Record Type: Archives
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Kit, Model - Korda Wakefield Kit
Kit to build Dick Korda's Wakefield Winner, kit by Megow Corporation, number Z2. In plan two part cardboard box. At center, top is an address label from Street & Smith Public addressed to Bob Smith of Michigan.
Record Type: Object
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M050.014 - Cinquantenaire Wakefield, 1937-1987: 1er Aout 1937 Aerodrome Fairey, Londres
Record Type: Library
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M210.002 (1) - Wakefield International Cup, The: A History 1911 to 1995
Rushing, Charles Dennis
Record Type: Library
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M210.002 (2) - Wakefield International Cup, The: A History 1911 to 1995
Rushing, Charles Dennis
Record Type: Library
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Model Airplane - 1937 Wakefield Model
A reproduction of Emmanuel Filon's 1937 Wakefield Cup winner, as built by Anders Hakansson. Wakefield models are rubber-powered Free Flight model airplanes. This model has a diamond-shaped fuselage and a high wing. It is built of traditionally framed balsa wood and covered in doped tissue. The model has a yellow fuselage and red wing.
Record Type: Object
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Model Airplane - 1939 Wakefield Model
Reproduction of Dick Korda's Wakefield model (Free Flight), which won the 1939 Wakefield Competition.Traditional balsa wood framework covered in red tissue paper. Cabin fuselage, high wing with slight dihedral. Rubber-powered. 44" wingspan.
Record Type: Object
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Model Airplane - 1948 Wakefield Model
Bob Copeland's original Wakefield model, which won the 1948 Wakefield Competition. Traditionally built balsa wood framework covered in tissue. Round fuselage, high wing with slight dihedral. Blue and yellow with Union Jack displayed on fuselage. Rubber-powered. 41" wingspan.
Record Type: Object
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Model Airplane - First Winning Wakefield Model Reproduction
Reproduction of E.W. Twining's winning Wakefield model from 1911. Free Flight rubber-powered, the model has a single fuselage stick, forward canard and twin props. The square wing is set far back on the fuselage and is covered in white linen, as is the canard. This design was published as "The First Wakefield Winner" and called a "historic machine" in the magazine Flying on April 8, 1939.
Record Type: Object
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Model Airplane - Max Maker FF Model
George Reich's Max Maker Wakefield Model, Free Flight, rubber-powered. A prior model, very similar to this, competed in the 1958 Wakefield Event. Flying this model, George set a national record of 20 minutes 59 seconds on September 26, 1960 in Cleveland, OH and went on to win the 1961 Wakefield event at the Free Flight World Championships.
Record Type: Object
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Model Airplane - Soviet Dragonfly
Soviet Dragonfly Wakefield model. Fuselage only, no wings, aluminum tube covered in thin hardwood veneer- alternating brown/black areas. Vertical stab has interlocking "x" supports with a dark brown tissue cover. Toward front is grooves in veneer where wing was with a slight raised area for the wing to rest on. Prop is wood, painted a dark red and when folded the inside tips come to points, black noise. Bob Hatschek traded his plane for this ...
Record Type: Object
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Model Airplane - White's 1987 Wakefield Model
Bob White's championship 1987 Wakefield Event model. Free Flight, rubber-powered. Red tube fuselage, faded yellow wing, forward on fuselage, with dihedral. Flat horizontal stabilizer surface with twin vertical stabilizers. Wooden turbolators on wing, horizontal stab, and prop. Wingspan is 48.3"
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Plaque - 1939 Award
Plaque awarded to James Noonan for placing in the Wakefield Event at the 1939 Nats (listed on plaque as "National N.A.A. Championship Meet"). Plaque is sponsored by Comet Model Airplane & Supply Co. Plaque is shaped like a shield and has an engraved gold-colored metal plate on a black plastic backing.
Record Type: Object
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Plaque - 2002 Nats Plaque
Plaque awarded at the 2002 Nats for Outstanding Junior F1B (Free Flight Wakefield Event). Vertically rectangular, stained dark brown, rectangular gold medallion that reads "Academy of Model Aeronautics, Nats 2002 . . .," black plate with gold engraving reads "Outstanding Junior F1B, Sponsor - FIA Model Supply."
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