German World War II Model Aircraft

The Jeffersontown Historical Museum has an impressive display of model aircraft on display until June 15, 2012.  The models are the life's work of Floyd Wilder.  He served in the U.S. Navy and then worked for AT&T. The museum is located in the same building as the Jeffersontown, Kentucky Public Library (10635 Watterson Trail, Jeffersontown, KY 40299) and the is open Monday-Friday 10 AM - 5 PM.

One can see some very odd and rare German airplane models on display at this exhibit.  This posting shows some of the World War II designs starting with the Nazi piloted cruise missile Fieseler Fi-103. Learn more about it at this web site.  Next would be the Bachem Ba 349 Natter (English translation viper) that was meant to be some sort of intercepter weapon. Learn more at Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachem_Ba_349

Messerschmitt Me-262 Schwalbe (English translation swallow) model of the first jet-powered fighter aircraft. Learn more on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Me_262

Messerschmitt Me-163 Komet rocket powered fighter aircraft model, see Wikipedia for more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Me_163

Model of a V-2 (Vergeltungswaffe) rocket and crew, learn about this rocket on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-2

A model of the famous LZ 129 Hindenburg zepplin that a met a tragic end May 3, 1937 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindenburg_disaster)

More models of German World War 2 bombers and gliders, not sure about their names or histories:

World War I Model Airplanes

The Jeffersontown Historical Museum has an impressive display of model aircraft on display until June 15, 2012.  The models are the life's work of Floyd Wilder.  He served in the U.S. Navy and then worked for AT&T. The museum is located in the same building as the Jeffersontown, Kentucky Public Library (10635 Watterson Trail, Jeffersontown, KY 40299) and the is open Monday-Friday 10 AM - 5 PM.
This first picture is of a German World War I tri-plane. The next picture are of two French biplanes.

Here is a picture of an American flying poster.

A Japanese triplane model is shown in this next picture.

Next two pictures are of British or French biplane models. One of which is interesting in that the propeller has four blades instead of just two.

The rest of the pictures are of German planes one of which appears to be a model of a plane probably from the 1930s or 1940s based on its tail insignia.

Model Airplanes on Display

The Jeffersontown Historical Museum has an impressive display of model aircraft on display until 2012.  The models are the life's work of Floyd Wilder.  He served in the U.S. Navy and then worked for AT&T. This first picture is of a flying wing of model he created himself.  See next image for description.

This next picture is of one of the model display cases.

Historic plane models are on display as well such as the Bell X-1 (first plane to break the sound barrier).  In addition, models of the X-15 and NASA Space Shuttle can be seen.

Maybe one of the fastest airplanes ever to fly, the SR-71 Blackbird model is shown in the image below.

These next two images are just a small sampling of military aircraft models.  Probably the majority of models are of World War II aircraft made the United States, Great Britain, Japan, Germany, and Russia. In addition, a number of World War I aircraft and jet age models can be seen.

Here is a post-war Japanese defense force jet protecting Japan from monsters like Godzilla!

Plaque educating visitors about the model assembler, Floyd Wilder.

Learn more about the museum located in the Jeffersontown, Kentucky library building at their web page: http://www.jeffersontownky.com/Museum%20Historic.html