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Bonus Content November 2024

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As seen in the November 2024 issue of Model Aviation.

Virtually Tour the National Model Aviation Museum

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Museum lobby with model planes hanging from the ceiling and display cases on either side.

 

If you missed out on touring the National Model Aviation Museum this season, do not fret. Through its website, you’re able to tour the museum online whenever you’d like!

By visiting the website, www.modelaircraft.org/museum/visit/museum-virtualexperience, you can take a virtual "walk-through" of the entire museum, browse the museum’s digital collections, read bountiful AMA History Project biographies and autobiographies, stay up to date with new additions to the museum via their "New Additions" blog posts, and more!

Building a 1931 National Heath Parasol

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Hand holding a red model airplane in a workshop.

n 2015, Tom Hallman built a Peanut Scale model airplane–more specifically, a 12-inch Heath Parasol–for the National Model Aviation Museum. He documented his process through photos and video, both of which can be found by visiting https://amablog.modelaircraft.org/amamuseum/2016/02/17/step-by-steppictures-building-a-1931-nationalheath-parasol/.

To read more about Tom’s experiences with Peanut Scale model aircraft, and how his desire to build them is fueled, visit his "Free Flight Scale" column starting on page 106.

Extra Photos from Midwest Ultimate Fun Fly 2024

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Model airplanes on grass, people in red shirts nearby.

 

On page 38, AMA’s Jenni Alderman discusses the happenings at the Midwest Ultimate Fun Fly 2024 event, held from June 19-23 at the Capital Area Radio Drone Squadron RC club flying field in Michigan. To see 300-plus additional photos that she captured from this fun event, visit her Flickr account at https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBGWLd.

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