Yet Another Impromptu Run to the National Model Aviation Museum in Muncie, Indiana

Seems like whenever the van gets an oil change, I'm just purely bothered by the need to break-in it's new pan of dinosaur juice 'till I surrender and run it in with a road trip.

So, with 5 days away from any obligation or promises, I decided to make a solo run to that Model Airplane Valhalla out in the wilds of Indiana, the National Model Aviation Museum outside Muncie, Indiana.

The truly crumby weather that followed me gave a museum almost totally to myself...save for one other True Believer, and a lonesome guy that was determined for me hear all about his vast experience in just about everything, and how generally stupid so many modelers are.  

I finally broke away after running through of my standard batch of, "mmm, that's cool", "well, really?", "yeah, that's something"'s, and ducked into and among the Gift Shop's shelving.

One of the moving forces for this trip was to again see Maynard Hill's Trans-Atlantic Model, named "Spirit of Butt's Farm" for the land owner who allowed the plane to be launched from his property.  
Mr. Hill is another of my Heroes, and since I was 13 years old, I've been captivated by his various World Record-setting flights, collecting and now scanning articles and ads featuring him and his planes.  

The last time I was here, I wasn't feeling well, and just took a batch of photos before retreating to the van.  This time, I took a bunch more photos, including the mock-up equipment display that I totally missed before.

I'm a little disappointed that Mr. Hill's model is not allowed it's own booth out on the floor, but maybe this is in the works.  I was honored to receive a reply to what was probably a slightly gushing 'Fan Letter' I'd sent following the Trans-Atlantic Flight:



Anyway, here are some of the photos and videos I sorted during the down hours in my camper:



















https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KEIq76JE7o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q20uRLcvKjM