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Nationals has been abbreviated to Nats in almost all cases

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701 results found.

  1. Aircraft Landing Platform, Control Line - Control Line Navy Carrier Deck

    Landing Platform for Control Line Navy Carrier Competition. Miniature replica of a navy aircraft carrier deck. 3 long hinged vertical runners with 10 horizontal cross sections. 6 metal support poles that cross the deck and allow it to curve. 10 slightly angled cut top sections rest on top of the undercarriage, each is numbered on both long sides with the number that they join with. Everything is painted gray, a yellow stripe is down the center, ...

    Record Type: Object

    Control Line Navy Carrier Deck
  2. Application, Registration - 1946

    Application for display booth at the "NATIONAL MODEL AIRPLANE MEET" (Nats), Wichita, Kansas, 1946. Listed at bottom left "Return to: R.P. Owinn..." The 1946 Nats was held Thursday, August 29 to Monday, September 2 in Wichita, Kansas. (Registration and meetings on August 29.) Per the official 1946 Nats program, Nats HQ and Indoor Free Flight was at the Wichita Forum, Rise off Water was at Crestview Lake, Radio Control and Control Line was at...

    Record Type: Archives

    A2025.02.131 Application
  3. Badge - 1946

    Badge, paper press badge, printed on front side: "NATIONAL MODEL AIRPLANE MEET, PRESS, WICHITA, KANSAS", handwritten on front side: "AL LEWIS - BEACON", handwritten on back side: "Frontier Rm - [Lassern?]". The 1946 Nats was held Thursday, August 29 to Monday, September 2 in Wichita, Kansas. (Registration and meetings on August 29.) Per the official 1946 Nats program, Nats HQ and Indoor Free Flight was at the Wichita Forum, Rise off Water w...

    Record Type: Archives

    A2025.02.130 Press badge, front
  4. Bag - 1980 CL World Champ Bag

    Burlap bag given to contestants attending the 1980 Control Line World Championships in Czestochowa, Poland. Bag has the event logo in red and black printed on the bag as well as, "Aeroklub" and the location in Russian. Reverse has contest information has printed contest information in Russian and English as well as a globe with a model airplane over it. Bag was used by Bob Lieber.

    Record Type: Object

    1980 CL World Champ Bag
  5. Bell Crank - Bellcrank

    A Bellcrank for Control Line flying, as manufactured by Baker Gadget. Metal part with orange instruction card in see-through envelope.

    Record Type: Object

    Bellcrank
  6. Bell Crank - Bellcrank

    J. Roberts Flight Control Unit, or bellcrank. In original white box with red and blue text.

    Record Type: Object

    2002.03.07
  7. Bell crank - Bellcrank

    Aluminum, bellcrank connected to a cylinder via a large bolt. Resting on a base that curves upward at center to a screw on bottom. "RoBolo" is engraved on the top of the bellcrank, very faintly.

    Record Type: Object

    Bellcrank
  8. Booklet, Instruction - 1948

    Booklet, instruction, rules and regulations for Control Line Precision Aerobatic, cover reads: "CONTROL LINE PRECISION AEROBATIC REGULATIONS as recommended by THE CONTEST BOARD OF THE ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS, Copyright 1948 by the Academy of Model Aeronautics.... COMPLIMENTS OF SUPER CYCLONE, INC."

    Record Type: Archives

    A2008.25.05 Instruction booklet, front
  9. Box - Bellcrank Box

    Box for a J. Roberts Flight Control Suspended Plane Unit. White box with red imagery.

    Record Type: Object

    Bellcrank Box
  10. Box - G-Line Control-It

    Box only for G-Line Control-It, by Victor Stanzel & Co. box lid is white with blue and white text and graphics. Text reads, "G-Line Control-It, Precision Elevator Control Unit for line Controlled Model Aircraft".

    Record Type: Object

    G-Line Control-It
  11. Bulletin - 1946 August 8

    Bulletin, printed at top of page: "DIRECTORS' BULLETIN, issued by the Academy of Model Aeronautics, 1025 Connecticut Ave., Washington 6, D.C., Number 1, August 8, 1946". Includes information about the 1946 Nats. Printed signature line at bottom of page two by Al Lewis, AMA Executive Director. Only first page has been scanned at this time. The 1946 Nats was held Thursday, August 29 to Monday, September 2 in Wichita, Kansas. (Registration and...

    Record Type: Archives

    A2025.02.132 Bulletin, page one
  12. Bulletin - 1950 July 25-30

    Bulletin, printed at top of first page: "REGULATIONS, SPECIAL NAVY CARRIER AIRCRAFT MODEL CONTEST FOR JET PROPELLED CONTROL LINE MODELS", 1950 Nats. Includes diagram of 1/12 Scale aircraft carrier deck. At the 1950 Nats, Outdoor events held at U.S. Naval Air Station, Dallas, TX. Indoor events held at Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum, Ft. Worth, TX. Items A2017.20.139, A2017.20.140, A2017.20.141, A2017.20.142, A2017.20.143, A2017.20.144 and A20...

    Record Type: Archives

    A2017.20.142 Bulletin, first page
  13. Cap - 2011 World Champs Sun Visor

    Sun visor given to contestants at the 2011 World R/C Aerobatics Championships. Black. Brim with wide black band that fits around head, adjustable by velcro strap. Brim has red accents at edge. Stitched on the black band in white is, "27th World Championship" the next line is in blue and red, "FAI 2011 F3A" and the last line is in white, "Muncie, Indiana USA"

    Record Type: Object

    2011 World Champs Sun Visor
  14. Case, Display - Stanzel Mono-Line Handle

    Display showing a Stanzel Mono-Line Handle. Mounted on a white foam board is a Stanzel Mono-Line Handle (blue), three wire packages and two Mono-Line Speed Master Control Units.

    Record Type: Object

    1985.05.22
  15. Certificate - World Record Certificate

    Framed certificate. Certificate is 8 1/2" x 11", white paper with dark blue square, AMA Since 1936 logo at top, center. The certificate recognizes "establishment of a national record for control line F2c Team Race Open Class and awards full recognition for its achievement to Richard Lambert ~ John Ballard Date July 24, 1996, Place Norrkoping, Sweden 1996 Control Line World Championships Details 3 minutes, 18 seconds officially recorded this 29th ...

    Record Type: Object

    World Record Certificate
  16. Coin, Commemorative - F2C Championship Medallion

    Medallion created to honor the 20th anniversary of Herb Stockton and Don Jehlik winning the 1966 and 1968 Control Line World Championships for Control Line Team Race (FAI designation F2C). One side shows FAI logo, the other a raised profile of an eagle in flight and the proclamation F2C World Champions. Four dates are given 1962, 1966, 1968, and 1988.

    Record Type: Object

    2017.30.01 18_02_14-both
  17. Color slide - 1-7 July 1974

    Color slide, a blue, gray and white Antonov An-28 model airplane, on a desk, indoors at the 1974 Aerolympics in Lakehurst, New Jersey; side of fuselage reads "CCCP.1968"; stamped on frame: "7407", "6", "JUL 74W2", handwritten on frame: "Magnificent Russian C/L entry" Notes on slide box containing slides A2020.10.1366 through A2020.10.2578: "MODEL AIRPLANE EVENTS - I", "Aerolympics, Lyndhurst, N.J. 1974 thru Quarter Scale Assoc. of America Las ...

    Record Type: Archives

    A2020.10.2028, Color slide
  18. Color slide - 1-7 July 1974

    Color slide, a blue, gray and white Antonov An-28 model airplane, on a desk, indoors at the 1974 Aerolympics in Lakehurst, New Jersey; there's Russian words on the cowl of the model airplane; side of fuselage reads "CCCP.1968"; stamped on frame: "7407", "+4", "JUL 74W2" Notes on slide box containing slides A2020.10.1366 through A2020.10.2578: "MODEL AIRPLANE EVENTS - I", "Aerolympics, Lyndhurst, N.J. 1974 thru Quarter Scale Assoc. of America L...

    Record Type: Archives

    A2020.10.2029, Color slide
  19. Color slide - 1-7 July 1974

    Color slide, a blue, gray and white Antonov An-28 model airplane, on a desk, indoors at the 1974 Aerolympics in Lakehurst, New Jersey; there's Russian words on the cowl of the model airplane, side of fuselage reads "CCCP.1968"; 3 men surround the model airplane, with one of them adjusting part of the model airplane's wing; stamped on frame: "7407", "5", "JUL 74W2" Notes on slide box containing slides A2020.10.1366 through A2020.10.2578: "MODEL...

    Record Type: Archives

    A2020.10.2032, Color slide
  20. Color slide - 1-7 July 1974

    Color slide, a blue, gray and white Antonov An-28 model airplane, on a desk, indoors at the 1974 Aerolympics in Lakehurst, New Jersey; there's Russian words on the cowl of the model airplane, side of fuselage reads "CCCP.1968"; a man is reaching for something near the nose of the model airplane; stamped on frame: "7407", "3", "JUL 74W2" Notes on slide box containing slides A2020.10.1366 through A2020.10.2578: "MODEL AIRPLANE EVENTS - I", "Aero...

    Record Type: Archives

    A2020.10.2033, Color slide

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