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Academy of Model Aeronautics · National Model Aviation Museum

The people, clubs and companies that built model aviation, in their own words.

Search 1,062 biographies of modelers, designers and contest fliers, plus the histories of 62 clubs and 26 companies, preserved by the AMA History Project.

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1,150
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Earliest birth
1850

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  1. First page of Paul K. Guillow Incorporated ("Guillow's", previously NuCraft Toys)
    5 pages Company

    Paul K. Guillow Incorporated ("Guillow's", previously NuCraft Toys)

    Since 1926

    Visit some of the biographies in the History Project’s online listing and you will notice a trend. Many modelers state they started on, or at least grew up on, Guillow’s kits. Among them are Jerry Smith, Lou Andrews, Bob Aberle, Mark Bibbey, Herb Kothe, Emil Caluory, Danny Lutz, and Gene Wallock. How about you? Paul K. Guillow Incorporated, or…
  2. First page of Polk’s Model Craft Hobbies/ Polk’s Hobbies
    2 pages Company

    Polk’s Model Craft Hobbies/ Polk’s Hobbies

    Company history

    Polk’s Model Craft Hobbies / Polk’s Hobbies The story of Polk’s Model Craft Hobbies/ Polk’s Hobbies is less a story of a hobby shop and more a story of two brothers, Irwin and Nathan Polk. The Polk brothers’ lives seemed to run along the same track. There was not much that one did without the other, or much one did that was not duplicated by the…
  3. First page of Precision Aerobatics
    4 pages Company

    Precision Aerobatics

    Company history

    Jay Smith wrote the following, published in the About Us section of Model Aviation magazine, November 2014 issue. About us: Precision Aerobatics The name Precision Aerobatics, or simply PA, is associated with a well-known manufacturer of lightweight, versatile, electric-powered aircraft that are popular among devotees of 3-D flight. Although many…