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Object |
Model Airplane |
Name of object |
World Tour Tiger Moth RC Model |
Description (ex. RP-63G) |
Tiger Moth model airplane built from a GWS Pico Almost Ready to Fly kit. Radio Control. Solid styrofoam fuselage with styrofoam wings and plastic wing braces, landing gear and propeller. Electric powered. Bright yellow. 30" wingspan. This model, referred to as the World Tour Tiger Moth (WTTM), was flown in all fifty United States, as well as the provinces of Canada by a chain of pilots organized through online web forums and email from 2004-2008. The model is signed by every pilot that flew it. |
Materials used |
styrofoam/plastic |
Height (in) |
8.000 |
Width (in) |
30.000 |
Length (in) |
25.000 |
Museum Donation/Transfer Credit Line |
Mr. Gene Carr and the Pilots of the Tiger Moth World Tour |
Museum ID number |
2008.28.01 |
Tags |
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Almost Ready to Fly (ARF) de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth DH.82 Tiger Moth Electric Foam Grand Wing Servo-tech Co., Ltd. GWS Pico Tiger Moth Model airplane Radio Control RC Groups Tiger Moth World Tour Tiger Moth WTTM |
