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Lanzo, Chester (Chet) D. |
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Cap - Baseball cap
Chet Lanzo's baseball cap with patches from contests and events attended. His name badge for the 1977 Radio Control Aerobatics World Championships is front and center. Cap has a blue bring with white front panel and red side panels.
Record Type: Object
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Computer, Flight - Model Speed Computer
Graph with spinning inner wheels to calculate details and information related to model aviation flight. Designed and used by Chet Lanzo as a "model airplane calculator". Cardstock with concentric circles that turn Separately around a center point.
Record Type: Object
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M050.005 - Bill Winter's Model Aircraft Plan Book: Designs by Dick Korda, Frank Ehling, Chester Lanzo, Paul Plecan, Bill Tyler, H.A. Thomas, Gordon Light, George Reich, Elbert Weathers, Henry Cole, Earl Clayton, Ed Lidgard, and others.
Winter, William (Bill) J.
Record Type: Library
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Medal, Prize - Prize/Award
Award won at the National Model Airplane Championships, unknown year, by Chet Lanzo. Gold-colored metal, round, showing a victory figure and a model airplane Raised lettering around edge, "National Model Airplane Championships". No engraving on reverse.
Record Type: Object
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Medal, Prize - Prize/Award
Award won at the 1947 Nats by Chet Lanzo. Silver-colored metal, round, with model airplane at center. Raised lettering around edge, "National Model Airplane Championships 47". No engraving on reverse.
Record Type: Object
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Medal, Prize - Prize/Award
Award won at the National Model Airplane Championships, unknown year, by Chet Lanzo. Bronze-colored metal, shield-shaped with background tiers. Raised center section has a propeller flanked by bird wings. No engraving on reverse.
Record Type: Object
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Medal, Prize - Prize/Award
Award won at "Red's" in 1947 by Chet Lanzo. Bronze-colored metal, shield-shaped with raised levels. Top level shows a model airplane in flight. "Red's 47" is engraved below this. No engraving on reverse.
Record Type: Object
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Medal, Prize - Prize/Award
Award won at the 1941 National Air Races by Chet Lanzo, for 5th place in Free Flight Open fuselage, Junior Division. Bronze-colored metal, rectangle. Metal depicts a lighthouse flanked by fig leaves. Raised letter above and below the image reads, "Junior Aviator National Air Races 1941, Scripps-Howard". Reverse is engraved, "Open Fuselage, 5th".
Record Type: Object
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Medal, Prize - Prize/Award
Award won at the 1941 National Air Races by Chet Lanzo, for 8th place in Free Flight Open Stick, Junior Division. Bronze-colored metal, rectangle. Metal depicts a lighthouse flanked by fig leaves. Raised letter above and below the image reads, "Junior Aviator National Air Races 1941, Scripps-Howard". Reverse is engraved, "Open Fuselage, 5th".
Record Type: Object
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Medal, Prize - Prize/Award
Award won at an unknown event in 1945 by Chet Lanzo for 3rd place in Free Flight Hand Launched Glider. Bronze-colored metal, shield shaped flanked by fig leaves at bottom and an eagle with open wings at top. The center section has a propeller flanked by bird wings. Reverse is engraved, "3rd, 1945, Hand Launch Glider, C. Lanzo".
Record Type: Object
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Medal, Prize - Prize/Award
Award won at an unknown event in 1945 by Chet Lanzo for 3rd place in Free Flight Towline Glider. Bronze-colored metal, shield shaped flanked by fig leaves at bottom and an eagle with open wings at top. The center section has a propeller flanked by bird wings. Reverse is engraved, "3rd, 1945, Overage Towline, C. Lanzo."
Record Type: Object
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Medal, Prize - Prize/Award
Award won by Chet Lanzo at an unknown event. Bronze-colored metal, round. Center section depicts a model airplane and person with wreath in upraised hands. Reverse is not engraved.
Record Type: Object
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Medal, Prize - Prize/Award
M.I.A. Award, presented by the Academy of Model Aeronautics to Chet Lanzo at an unknown event. Gold-colored metal, shield-shaped showing a model airplane taking off. In raised lettering above this, "M.I.A. Award". A blank area is left for a name, but it is not engraved. Reverse is not engraved.
Record Type: Object
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Medal, Prize - Prize/Award
Award won by Chet Lanzo at an unknown event for 3rd place. Bronze-colored metal, shield-shaped. Center depicts a fig leaf and a second shield showing a propeller flanked by bird wings. Reverse is engraved, "Third Place".
Record Type: Object
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Medal, Prize - Prize/Award
Award won by Chet Lanzo at an unknown event for 3rd place. Bronze-colored metal, shield-shaped. Center depicts a fig leaf and a second shield showing a propeller flanked by bird wings. Reverse is engraved, "Third Place".
Record Type: Object
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Medal, Prize - Prize/Award
Award won by Chet Lanzo at an unknown event for 3rd place. Bronze-colored metal, shield-shaped. Center depicts a fig leaf and a second shield showing a propeller flanked by bird wings. Reverse is engraved, "Third Place".
Record Type: Object
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Meter, field strength - Thermal Sniffler
Meter. Three electrical wires attached to cylinder voltage 9V, Frequency 147, and Servo No. 411. Red and white cylinder. White label reads, "Thermic Sniffler: Rate-of-Climb-Sensor.
Record Type: Object
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Model Airplane - 1937 RC Model
Reproduction of Chet Lanzo's winning 1937 RC Model, the RC Stick. Thin streamlined fuselage, traditionally built of balsa wood and covered in red tissue. Missing wing. Original won 1st place at the 1st RC Nats in 1937.
Record Type: Object
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Model Airplane - Duplex Cabin FF Model
Chet Lanzo's Duplex Cabin Free Flight model. Traditional balsa wood framework with red tissue covering. Cabin fuselage with high wing, with polyhedral. Rubber powered
Record Type: Object
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Model Airplane - Heinkel RC Scale model
Chet Lanzo's RC Scale Heinkel. Traditionally built balsa framework covered in Monokote. Red fuselage with white wings. No installed engine.
Record Type: Object
