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414.032 - Red Tail: Rising Above Adversity to Fly Again
Commemorative Air Force
Record Type: Library
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725.036 - Hunting Warbirds: The Obsessive Quest for the Lost Aircraft of World War II
Hoffman, Carl
Record Type: Library
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Model airplane - Electron RC model
Electron Radio Control model airplane, designed, built and flown by Norm Rosenstock in 1949. The model features a streamlined fuselage in cream and red with a high wing covered in cream. Installed 2.5cc Amco diesel engine. 60" wingspan.
Record Type: Object
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Model Airplane - Bing Autoplan FF Model
Original Bing Autoplan Free Flight Model Airplane, manufactured and sold by the Bing Brothers Toy Company of Germany beginning in 1914. Compressed air, with the tank forming the fuselage. Raised wire framework wings covered in doped fabric. Three cylinder compressed air motor, aluminum prop, wire landing gear with metal wheels.
Record Type: Object
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Model Airplane - Bleriot XI FF Model
A Bleriot XI Free Flight model airplane, powered by rubber power. The model was built from an Ideal kit earlier in the 20th century and later restored by John J. Philips in the mid-1990s. Built of framed wood, the wing and part of the fuselage are covered in linen.
Record Type: Object
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Model Airplane - Commodore FF model
Commodore FF model built by Reed Martin in 1938 and restored by John Scott in 1989. Traditional balsa construction covered in bamboo paper. Cabin fuselage, high wing. Fuselage is red, wing and tail are red and yellow. Installed Brown Model D Engine.
Record Type: Object
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Model Airplane - Dar-wing CL Combat Model
Dar-Wing Control Line Combat model airplane, as designed by Roy F. Darwin and sold by the Darwin Model Airplane Co. in about 1957. Delta wing, built of balsa and colorfully covered in silkspan and tissue. Installed Fox .35 Rocket red head engine. 45" wingspan.
Record Type: Object
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Model Airplane - Goldberg Sailplane
Original 1940 Free Flight Carl Goldberg Sailplane. Round fuselage with high wing with dihedral. Traditionally built of framed balsa and covered in tissue, painted red and yellow. Installed 60-size engine.
Record Type: Object
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Model Airplane - Goldberg Sailplane FF Model
A Goldberg Sailplane Free Flight model airplane built by Rod Brisendine and Henry Walker from a Comet kit in 1942 (and restored in 1992). The model is traditionally built of framed balsa and covered in doped tissue. It features a pylon wing with dihedral over a round fuselage. It is red and yellow. There is a .60 sized engine installed.
Record Type: Object
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Model Airplane - Inspirer FF Model
Inspirer Free Flight model, built and flown by Frank Tlush in 1937. Traditionally built of framed balsa and covered in doped tissue. Installed Tlush Super Ace engine.
Record Type: Object
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Model Airplane - Nobler CL Model
George Aldrich's original Nobler Control Line Stunt model. Mid-wing with I-beam wing construction, no dihedral. Traditional balsa wood framework. Oval-shaped fuselage. Dark blue in color with gold accents. Flown at the 1951 Plymouth Internationals, as well as the 1952 and 1956 National Model Championships. 50" wingspan.
Record Type: Object
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Model Airplane - Spirit of St. Louis FF Model
Free Flight Scale model Spirit of St. Louis, most likely built from an Ideal Model kit. Model is traditionally built of framed balsa wood and covered in light gray doped tissue. Model is rubber-powered.
Record Type: Object
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Model Airplane - Super V Shark CL Model
Restored and modified Stanzel Super V Shark Control Line model airplane. This model, which is built from balsa wood, has a low wing, and a cockpit that sits well back on the fuselage. Originally a Stanzel G-line roller control unit would have been installed; however when restored a Control-it unit, which used a Thumb-it handle was installed.
Record Type: Object
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Model Airplane - Thunderbird II CL Stunt Model
Bob Palmer's Thunderbird II Control Line Precision Aerobatics model. Flying this model, Bob placed 3rd at the 1960 Control Line World Championships in Budapest, which helped the U.S. Team place 1st place in the team competition. Balsa wood framework covered in silk, orange and black, installed Veco engine.
Record Type: Object
