Item 104007 - Model airplane contestant and judge, Portland, 1935
- Item 104007 - Model airplane contestant and judge, Portland, 1935
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Image Info On November 10, 1935, the circulation department of the Portland Evening Express, Press Herald, and the Sunday Telegram began a series of model airplane meets at the Armory on Milk Street, which would culminate in a statewide contest. Meets were scheduled throughout the winter, and were open to model airplane builders throughout the state of Maine, free of charge. The Gannett newspapers hired Wallace Adams, a local model expert, to teach the children the craft of building model airplanes, again, free of charge.
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Contestants were given the option to enter their plane into one of three classes: Class A was "Detail Plane," Class B was "Simplified Construction," and Class C was "Free For All."