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Form, blank - 1934
Blank form, entry blank, paper is pink in color, headline title "ENTRY BLANK, OUTDOOR AND INDOOR FLYING CONTESTS, 1934 OFFICIAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP MODEL AIRPLANE MEET, SANCTIONED BY NATIONAL AERONAUTIC ASSOCIATION, AKRON, OHIO - JUNE 27-29", addressed to "Dr. Theodore Troller, Guggenheim Airship Institute, Akron, Ohio". Contests listed: Stout Outdoor Contest Moffett International Contest Stout Indoor Contest Mulvihill Contest Texaco C...
Record Type: Archives
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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
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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...
Record Type: Archives
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Magazine - 1930 March
Magazine clipping, article "Aerodynamics for the Model Maker" by Marshall H. Boden, Air Travel News, March 1930. Article includes photos of: Jack Loughner with Mulvihill trophy; The Mystery Cruiser model airplane; and "a group of model builders on a visit to the national capital", including Jack Loughner, President Herbert Hoover, and William P. MacCracken in Washington, D.C. Also pictured appear to be modelers Charles Dybvig, Aram Abgarian, and ...
Record Type: Archives
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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...
Record Type: Object
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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.
Record Type: Object
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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...
Record Type: Object
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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.
Record Type: Object
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Newspaper Clipping - 1923 October 4
Newspaper clipping, article reads: "TOY PLANE CONTEST TROPHY, The Mulvihill Trophy for the model plane contest at St. Louis Field yesterday was won by E.G. Lang [sic], 17, of Chicago, who broke all duration records for keeping toy planes in the air. The trophy is the gift of Bernard H. Mulvihill, vice president of the National Aeronautic Association.", The St. Louis Times, October 4, 1923. Per the commemorative program book from the 50th Nats ...
Record Type: Archives
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Papers - 1934
Papers, packet, Information and schedule of events, National Championship Model Airplane Meet, Akron, Ohio, June 1934. Seven events listed: "Mulvihill Trophy Contest. Stout Outdoor Contest. Texaco Trophy Contest. Rear Admiral W.A. Moffett Memorial Trophy International Contest. Bloomingdale Cup Contest. Stout Indoor Contest. Universal Model Airplane News Trophy Contest." The 1934 Nats was held June 27 to 29 in Akron, OH. The 1934 Nats is cur...
Record Type: Archives
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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...
Record Type: Archives
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Print, Photographic - 1928 Circa
Print, photographic, indoors, Joseph J. Lucas with right hand on the Mulvihill trophy; trophy is on a table. Signed on front in blue ink: "Best Regards Joseph J. Lucas 12/5/28". Written in pencil on back "17 233-1 [?]". Photo taken circa 1928. 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...
Record Type: Archives
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Program - 2023 July
Program, National Aeromodeling Championships (Nats) Outdoor Competition, 2023
Record Type: Archives
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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.
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