By Jay Smith jays@modelaircraft.org | Photos by the author and as noted
As seen in the January 2023 issue of Model Aviation.
Sig Manufacturing Co. was started in 1951 in Montezuma, Iowa, with an idea and a $200 loan so that Glen "Poncho" and Hazel Sigafoose (Sig) could purchase a table saw to cut balsa wood. The saw was placed in the basement, and they would come home at night from working at the local newspaper and cut and ship wood. They also cut wood on the weekends.
Sig Manufacturing started in 1951 with an idea and a $200 loan so that Poncho (Glen Sigafoose) and Hazel…
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