Schulenburg natives, Victor and Joe Stanzel, relied on teamwork and the  application of scientific process to design some of the most innovative model airplanes of the time. Armed with a limited formal education, these self-taught engineers and visionaries revolutionized the model airplane world in 1939 with the first control line model airplane kit  - The Tiger Shark.

The Tiger Shark was just the beginning. Over the next 55 years, Victor's inspired creativity and Joe's intuitive mechanical ability spawned 25 patents, including a Buck Rogers-style rocket carnival ride and a pinball machine. But it was Victor's innovations in control line, monoline, and battery-operated toy planes along with his ability to keep their family-run toy factory open for business for more than a half-century that most visibly bear the imprint of Victor and Joe Stanzel's unique, uncompromising genius.

Victor and Joe were not concerned about a modern office.  The office where Victor and Joe spent their days designing airplanes and administering company affairs were modestly designed and with practical decor.  A slant drafting table was indispensable to sketch and produce elaborate layouts and drawings of airplanes and art designs.

This  rotating exhibit of  the hand-made Tiger Shark  is the first of 17 model  kits designed and built   by Victor and Joe Stanzel.  It is a  prototype of the  first control line model kit marketed in the world.  It was  advertised  by Victor Stanzel & Co. in the 1940 addition of "Model Airplane News" as G-Line powered airplane flown  under full control.