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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Jason Eccker
Biography
The following was published in the April 1993 issue of Model Aviation magazine. Jason was a 1992 Charles Hampson Grant Scholarship Award winner. Jason Eccker from Schaumburg, Illinois, graduated from James B. Conant High School (Schaumburg) with a weighted GPA of 4.5765 and is now at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. He plans a dual…
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6 pages Autobiography
Terry Edmonds
1945– · AMA 9438
Career: Won first place at numerous Nationals (Nats), including in senior ½-A gas at his first Nats in 1962 Received his private pilot license at age 20 Flew mainly competition pattern and competition soaring throughout the 1960s and 1970s; eventually began to concentrate more on Radio Control soaring Designed various models including the…
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2 pages
Dr. James M. Edwards
1927– · AMA L24
Career: Starting building model kits at age six Was a school teacher, principal and then a dentist Won the 1969 Radio Control Pattern Masters Placed second in Radio Control pattern to Jim Kirkland at the 1970 Nationals (Nats) Team manager for the Radio Control team at Doylestown, Pennsylvania, in 1971 and chief judge at Las Vegas, Nevada Chief…
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10 pages
William L (Bill) Effinger
1917–1999 · AMA 1232
Career: Started Berkeley Models Inc. in 1933 (closed 1960) Produced a large number of Scale Model Kits in all disciplines of modeling Was an AMA founder Started We Plan service in 1980 Honors: 1981: National Free Flight Society Hall of Fame 1986: Model Aviation Hall of Fame Recipient of the famous (Walt Billett) 8 Ball Trophy 1996: Kits and Plans…
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Walter M. Eggert
Biography
Walter M. Eggert, (Abington, Pennsylvania) has received the sum of $1,250 to help him with his expenses at Penn State University. He attended Abington Senior High School in Abington, Pennsylvania. During his years there, he accumulated an enviable scholastic record that enabled him to be selected for the University Scholars Program at Penn State.…
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8 pages
Frank V. Ehling
1912–2001 · AMA 798
Career: Model designer for major model magazines Model designer for a major kit manufacturer Donated design of the AMA - Cub, to the AMA & Hobby Industry AMA technical director for 22 years Honors: 1966: AMA Fellow 1970: AMA Distinguished Service Award 1976: Model Aviation Hall of Fame Award 1978: National Free Flight Society Hall of Fame 1979…
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4 pages
Joseph Henry Ehrhardt
1913–1978
Career: 1926-: Free Flight rubber power competition since age 13 Club affiliation with the Stix-Baer-Fuller department store, which later became St Louis Thermaleers Records consult for NAA Awards/Records/Honors: 1930 and 1931: Airplane Model League of America (AMLA) 1930-1931: Wakefield Trophy winner 1930-1931: A & B Stick National Aeronautics…
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Todd Eigenschink
Biography
The committee awarded Todd Eigenschink $5,000. A native of Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, he is a computer science major at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana. Todd is an avid Radio Control modeler and competed at the 1987 National Model Airplane Championships in Lincoln, Nebraska. During recent years, he has devoted a…
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6 pages
Joseph Elgin
1920–2002 · AMA 87610
Career: 1939-1940: Worked for the Cleveland Model Company Worked as a lithographer from 1940 on, retiring as vice president of Photo Litho Plate Company 1940: Most famous for designing the Playboy Sr.; other designs include Playboy Jr., Condor, Eaglet, Baby Playboy, Itsy Bitsy, Viking, Termalier and Gull Belonged to both the American Airlines Gas…
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5 pages
Robert (Bob) Elliot
Biography
Biography of Bob Elliot I started building model airplanes in 1932 at the age of ten. I first made solid models, but soon became more interested in flying models. What inspired my interest in aviation was Lindberg´s flight to Paris; at age five, I listened to the report of his landing at Paris on an early General Electric radio. The local YMCA…
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2 pages
Carl Johann Engel
Biography
Carl Engel, from Clear Lake, Wisconsin, is the recipient of a $1,000 Sig award. At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he plans to major in aerospace engineering and possibly add a second major in mechanical engineering. Carl was the valedictorian of his class and was named Outstanding Student at Clear Lake High School. Carl was named one…
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2 pages
William R. Enyart
Biography
Career: Served as first chairman of the Model Airplane Committee in 1933 As chair, he certified all model airplane records and issued the certificates, just as he did for the full-scale airplane records. Believed heart and soul in the value of model aviation to the youth of America Was a natural promoter and had a finesse to his work that stamped…
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10 pages Autobiography
Bill Evans
1931–2017
Career: Joined the Northern Indiana Gas Model Association Worked for a hobby shop owned by Bob Roberts, manufacturer of the line of Rite-Pitch propellers Joined the Air Force in 1952 and worked as control tower operator Designed and built the first Lil' Esquire for Midwest Products in 1955 Designed 75 model airplanes in the Simitar series; 30 were…
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Andrew Everett
Biography
Andrew Everett graduated from Lincoln High School in Tallahassee and has been admitted to the University of Florida in Gainesville. A check for $2,500 has been sent to the university on his behalf. His planned major is Engineering. At Lincoln High, Andrew earned admission to the National Honor Society for three consecutive years and served as…
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Dick Everett
Biography
In the early 1930s, Dick started building model aircraft and began participating in contests. Gliders were his favorite models. He joined NACA in 1939, working in -and served as foreman at - the Prop Shop at Langley Field, Virginia, preparing high-speed, multi-blade propellers for wind tunnel testing. Later, he worked under Dr. Robert Gilruth in…
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3 pages Autobiography
Eugene Everson
1915–2001
Eugene Everson wrote the following autobiography. Autobiography of Eugene Everson: Designer and Builder in Sport Flying Model Airplanes In the late 1920s, I was just another youthful “Lindy” (as in Charles A. Lindberg) like many other boys dreaming about flying airplanes. Carving solid models was my entry into the world of model airplanes. The…