AMA Museum Acquisition

     The National Model Aviation Museum at the International Aeromodeling Center in Muncie, Indiana, is now the proud home to the model flown in the Tiger Moth World Tour. The Academy received the donation on June 24, 2008.

     In 2003 and 2004, a group of pilots on the RCGroups Internet forum conceived the idea to fly a GWS Pico Tiger Moth in all 50 states, Canada, and countries around the world. Jerry Felts and Gene Carr acted on the idea in January 2004 by purchasing a GWS Pico Tiger Moth and sending it on a journey across the country and Canada that lasted four years.

     A host of people, including Keith Wilson and J.R. "Buzz" McMillian, became active in the planning along the way. The Tiger Moth's adventures and flights were planned and actively followed by a group of dedicated individuals on the RCGroups and WattFlyer forums.

     A total of 86 pilots successfully flew the Tiger Moth and documented the journey by signing the model. However, it never made it overseas. MA

Museum Registrar Maria VanVreede accepts the
Tiger Moth donation from Doug Sipprell.

All pilots who participated in the Tiger Moth World Tour signed the model
with their RCGroups name and date of flight.

—AMA staff
 

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