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Certificate - 1938 June

Certificate, printed on front: "NATIONAL AERONAUTIC ASSOCIATION REPRESENTING IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THE FEDERATION AERONAUTIQUE INTERNATIONALE, CERTIFICATE OF RECORD... MODEL AIRCRAFT - 1938 NATIONAL OUTDOOR RECORD, Cabin Fuselage Models, R.O.G. - Junior - Class D, EDWIN GILCHER, Duration: - 1 minute, 18.8 seconds. Established June 5, 1938. Done at Washington D.C. on the fourteenth day of June Nineteen hundred thirty-eight, Charles F. Ho...

Record Type: Archives

Certificate - 1938 May

Certificate, printed on front: "NATIONAL AERONAUTIC ASSOCIATION REPRESENTING IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THE FEDERATION AERONAUTIQUE INTERNATIONALE, CERTIFICATE OF RECORD... MODEL AIRCRAFT - 1938 NATIONAL OUTDOOR RECORD, Fuselage Models, R.O.G. - Junior - Class D, EDWIN GILCHER, Duration: - 48.9 seconds. Established May 14, 1938. Done at Washington D.C. on the twenty-fifth day of May Nineteen hundred thirty-eight, Charles F. Horner, President...

Record Type: Archives

Contact sheet - 1972 July

Contact sheet, Indoor Free Flight model airplane flying and booth, National Model Airplane Championships (Nats), Naval Air Station Glenview, IL, July 1972. Handwritten wording/numbers on front of contact sheet includes: "23029-7 E-4". Stamped on back of contact sheet: "photography by ______ photo - processing by Image [Image, Inc. photographic laboratory, Washington, D.C.]. This contact sheet is related to sleeved negatives labeled "roll numbe...

Record Type: Archives

Contact sheet - 1972 July

Contact sheet, outdoor model airplane flying, possibly a judging table, and people working on models, National Model Airplane Championships (Nats), Naval Air Station Glenview, IL, July 1972. Handwritten wording on front of contact sheet includes: "23029-12 E-6", "CN or AAM winner", "CN or AAM Jr Wake [winner?]". Wording/numbers on model airplanes in images includes "N89487". Four images from another contact sheet are stapled the front of this con...

Record Type: Archives

Contact sheet - 1972 July

Contact sheet, Indoor and Outdoor model airplane events, judges, trophies, National Model Airplane Championships (Nats), Naval Air Station Glenview, IL, July 1972. Handwritten wording/numbers on front of contact sheet includes: "23029-5 E-3". Wording on clothing in images includes "FLIGHTMASTERS". Stamped on back of contact sheet: "photography by ______ photo - processing by Image [Image, Inc. photographic laboratory, Washington, D.C.]. This c...

Record Type: Archives

Contact sheet - 1972 July

Contact sheet, contestants with Indoor model airplanes, National Model Airplane Championships (Nats), Naval Air Station Glenview, IL, July 1972. Handwritten wording/numbers on front of contact sheet includes: "23029-4 E-2". Wording on clothing in images includes "CLOUDBUSTERS CMAC" and "CHICAGO AERONUTS". One airplane has "34131" on wing. Stamped on back of contact sheet: "photography by ______ photo - processing by Image [Image, Inc. photographi...

Record Type: Archives

Flyer - 1928 June 30

Flyer, "Be a Model Pile-it, Start With the R.O.G. 'Rough on Groceries", The American Boy Magazine, June 30, 1928 [Humor article about "R.O.G.", references the Airplane Model League of America officers]

Record Type: Archives

Form, blank - 1935

Blank form, entry blank, paper is orange in color, headline title "ENTRY BLANK, New York State Fair Championship Outdoor Model Airplane Meet, At Syracuse Airport, SYRACUSE, N.Y. - August 29, 1935, Sponsored by Syracuse Model Airplane Club and Syracuse Exchange Club", addressed to "Model Airplane Contest Director, Y.M.C.A., Syracuse, N.Y.". Contests listed: Outdoor Stick Model Contest - Hand-launched Outdoor Fuselage Model R.O.G. Contest Exh...

Record Type: Archives

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

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

Form, blank - 1948

Blank form, Official Entry Blank, printed at top "1948 NATIONALS AUG 4 - 8, AMA Sanctioned Class AAAA Model Airplane Championships, HELD AT U.S. NAVAL AIR STATION, Olathe, Kansas, INDOOR EVENTS AT MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM, Kansas City, Mo., SPONSORED BY Olathe Chamber of Commerce, American Legion Post No. 153, IN COOPERATION WITH U.S. NAVAL AIR STATION, DALE DORST, Contest Manager, OLATHE, KANSAS...". Includes entry blank, entry fees, parent's consen...

Record Type: Archives

Kit, Model - Senior ROG Model #2 kit

Kit to build a Senior ROG Model #2, a kit sponsored by the American Model League of America and manufactured by Wanner & Co. Kit is in the original red and yellow box. ROG stands for Rise off Ground.

Record Type: Object

Kit, Model - Sport Flyer RTF

Sport Flyer RTF kit by North Pacific Products. In original packaging, the kit box is flat and rectangular with angled center cut-out allowing the interior components to be seen. Box has blue, white and yellow graphics. The completed model has a profile fuselage with center cut-out for rubber motor, mid-level wings that attach via a plastic clip, and wire landing gear.

Record Type: Object

Lantern slide - 1911 Spring

Lantern slide, indoors, rubber-powered twin-pusher model airplane on wooden floor, spring 1911. Written on page 32 of Percy Pierce scrapbook (A2008.19.01) with print of this image, under photo, "R.O.G. MODEL WHICH MADE EXCELLENT FLIGHTS, EARLY SPRING. - 1911" Written on page 42 of Percy Pierce scrapbook (A2008.19.01) with clipping including this image, "FROM ARTICLES IN 'ST. NICHOLAS' MAGAZINE BY F.A. COLLINS... AUGUST, 1911" and printed un...

Record Type: Archives