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1. 710.030 - Building Aeroplanes for "Those Magnificent Men"

   Wheeler, Allen (Al) Henry

   Record Type: Library

   
2. Airplane, model - Silhouette Model

   Reproduction of an Douglas SBD Dauntless Identification Model, done in a silhouette style. This is a static model carved from balsa wood using the plans from a Comet Build for Victory kit. It is painted matte black. Similar models were used to train service personnel in how to recognize aircraft during WWII.

   Record Type: Object

   
3. Engine - Elfin Diesel Engine

   Replica of a 1950 Elfin 149 ABC diesel engine from Russia, in the original packaging. Imported by Carlson Engine Imports.

   Record Type: Object

   
4. Model Airplane - 1938 Berryloid Finish Winner

   Replica of Harold Coovert's 1938 Berryloid Finish winner (Free Flight), built and flown by Stan Lutz. Cabin fuselage with high wing, traditionally built of framed balsa wood and coverd in doped silk. The model blends cream and brown covering for a polished look. This model took 250 man hours to complete. Installed O&R .29 engine.

   Record Type: Object

   
5. Model Airplane - Antoinette FF Model

   Antoinette, a Free Flight model airplane built from 1912 White Aeroplane & Supply Co. plans. Traditionally built of framed wood and covered in white fabric. The model is rubber-powered and has square, low wings. Model was built by Dr. Vern McIntosh in 1990.

   Record Type: Object

   
6. Model Airplane - Brooklyn Dodger FF Model

   Replica of Sal Taibi's Brooklyn Dodger, a Free Flight Model Airplane. The model is traditionally built of framed balsa wood and covered in doped tissue. Model is yellow and black. Model built by Vic Cunnyngham, Jr.

   Record Type: Object

   
7. Model Airplane - Lanzo Stick RC Model

   Replica of Chet Lanzo's Lanzo Stick RC-1 Model Airplane, built by Clyde W. Wiley. Flying the original model Chet Lanzo placed first in the 1937 RC event.

   Record Type: Object

   
8. Model Airplane - Miss Philadelphia II FF Model

   Replica built by Dave Ritchie of Maxwell Bassett's Miss Philadelphia II, the one of the very first Free Flight models to be powered by a gas engine (engine designed by Bill Brown, Jr.). Model features a hard wood, open-structure fuselage with a high polyhedral wing covered in doped bamboo paper Typed on paper and then doped to the wing is a small sheet of paper reading, "This is a radio-controlled replica of my original free-flight model "M...

   Record Type: Object

   
9. Model Airplane - Nieuport FF Model

   The Nieuport, a Free Flight model airplane built from 1912 White Aeroplane & Supply Co. plans. Traditionally built of framed wood and covered in white fabric. The model is rubber-powered and has square wings and a square fuselage. Model was built by Dr. Vern McIntosh in 1990.

   Record Type: Object

   
10. Model Airplane - Rudder Bug RC Model

    A 3/4 scale replica of Walt Good's original Rudder Bug, a very early Radio Control Model airplane.

    Record Type: Object

    
11. Model Airplane - Spielmaker Bob-cat FF Model

    Reproduction of a 1949 Spielmaker Bob-cat Free Flight model airplane. Cabin fuselage with wing on pylon. Wing is framed balsa and covered in doped silk. it is squarish with polyhedral. Blue and white. 44" wingspan.

    Record Type: Object

    
12. Model Airplane - Taube FF Model

    Taube, a Free Flight model airplane built from 1916 White Aeroplane & Supply Co. plans. Traditionally built of framed wood and covered in white fabric - it is rubber-powered. Model was built by Dr. Vern McIntosh in 1990.

    Record Type: Object

    
13. Model Glider - Cayley's 1804 Model Glider

    Model Glider, replica of Sir George Cayley's 1804 model glider. Stick fuselage with large fan-shaped forward wing and triangular tail. Small white stone hangs off the fuselage and can be adjusted to various points along the fuselage. Cayley used a similar model to measure the effects of the center of gravity on flight.

    Record Type: Object

    
14. Papers - 1930s Circa

    Envelope and flyer: envelope (A2025.03.05a) contained flyer (A2025.03.05b). Individual descriptions: A2025.03.05a: Envelope, Return address "From Model Aviator Products, 3335 Eastwood Ave., Chicago, ILL., U.S.A.", addressed to Mr. Daniel, Model Airplane Motors, Berkeley, California, circa 1930s. Envelope stamped "Model Aircraft Products, 1500 So. Western Ave. Chicago, Ill." A2025.03.05b: Flyer, Model Aircraft Products, Sheet No. 3, "SK F...

    Record Type: Archives