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PT-17A KAYDETT STEARMAN
The Kaydet or more commonly known as the “Boeing Stearman”, was a biplane built during the 1930s as a military trainer aircraft.
Scale: 1/24
Wing Span: 17 1/4" Length: 12 1/4" |
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N2S-2/3/4 YELLOW PERIL STEARMAN
Commonly called a ”Stearman”, the PT-17 N2S is the U.S. Navy’s version of the PT-17 Kaydet series used by the Army Air Force.
Scale: 1/24
Wing Span: 17 5/8" Length: 12 1/4" |
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P-38J LIGHTNING LOCKHEED
An escort and fighter-bomber, the Lockheed P-38 “Lightning” was one of the most important American fighter aircrafts of World War II and was the fastest fighter in the American Arsenal at the time of its delivery. Hence, the nickname “Lightning”. The P-38J was the fastest modified version.
Scale: 1/40
Wing Span: 15 5/8" Length: 11 1/4" |
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P-51D MUSTANG NORTH AMERICAN
A successful, long-range pursuit or fighter aircraft, the P-51 Mustang defined history when it became the first U.S. fighter aircraft to fly over Europe after the fall of France in 1940.
Scale: 1/32
Wing Span: 15" Length: 12 1/4" |
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B-17G FORTRESS (OLIVE) BOEING
Considered as the definitive version of the B-17 designs, the B-17G carried more armaments than the earlier Flying Fortress aircrafts.
Scale: 1/72
Wing Span: 17 1/4" Length: 12 1/2" |
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B-17F FLYING FORTRESS BOEING
The first mass-produced, four-engine heavy bomber, the B-17 Flying Fortress is one of the most recognized aeroplanes ever built.
Scale: 1/54
Wing Span: 23 1/2" Length: 16 7/8" |
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B-17G FLYING FORTRESS BOEING
Considered as the definitive version of the B-17 designs, the B-17G carried more armaments than the earlier Flying Fortress aircrafts.
Scale: 1/54
Wing Span: 23 1/2" Length: 16 7/8" |
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A-10A WARTHOG FAIRCHILD (GREY)
With a history that goes as far as the Vietnam War, the A-10A “Warthog” is a tankbuster built around a seven-barrel cannon called the Avenger, which is the most powerful gun ever fitted to an aircraft of this class.
Scale: 1/48
Wing Span: 15" Length: 13 1/4" |
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C-130H HERCULES (E-1) LOCKHEED
A stretched version of the earlier C-130 Hercules, the C-130H began production in 1964 and remains in widespread use with the US Air Force, and many other foreign Air Forces.
Scale: 1/100
Wing Span: 16" Length: 12" |
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C-17 GLOBEMASTER III McD/DOUGLAS
The newest, most flexible cargo aircraft to enter the airlift force, the C-17 Globemaster is being operated by the U.S. Air Force and the Royal Air Force.
Scale: 1/100
Wing Span: 20" Length: 21" |
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HK-1 SPRUCE GOOSE HUGHES
Spruce Goose was the nickname given by the press to the Hughes H-4 Hercules, the largest flying boat, which had the largest wingspan of any aircraft ever built.
Scale: 1/200
Wing Span: 19 1/4" Length: 13 1/4" |
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B-52G STRATOFORTRESS BOEING (Euro I Scheme)
The B-52G was the redesigned version of the earlier B-52s to reduce the overall aircraft weight and improve performance.
Scale: 1/100
Wing Span: 22 1/4" Length: 19" |
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C-5A/B GALAXY (E-1) LOCKHEED
One of the largest aircraft in the world, the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy provides the Air Mobility Command intertheater airlift in support of the U.S. National Defense.
Scale: 1/150
Wing Span: 18" Length: 20" |
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B-1B LANCER (working wings) ROCKWELL
A long-range strategic bomber in service with the U.S. Air Force, the B-1B Lancer is considered the backbone of the United States’ long-range bomber force, along with the B-52 Stratofortress.
Scale: 1/100
Wing Span: 9" to 16" Length: 17 1/2" |
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B-2 "SPIRIT" NORTHROP
Mainly built to be used in a Nuclear War, the B-2 “Spirit”, also known as B-2 Bomber, is an American multi-role stealth bomber equipped with both conventional and nuclear weapons.
Scale: 1/100
Wing Span: 20 1/2" Length: 8" |
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F-4E PHANTOM II McD/DOUGLAS
The F-4E is a modified variant of the original F-4 Phantom fighter-bomber built by McDonnell Douglas.
Scale: 1/48
Wing Span: 10" Length: 16 1/2" |
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F-16C FALCON LOCKHEED/GD
A fierce, fighter jet, the F-16C is an improved version of the earlier F-16 “Fighting Falcon”. Its superior maneuverability helps the U.S. command the skies in any theater of war.
Scale: 1/32
Wing Span: 12 5/8" Length: 18 1/2" |
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F-15E STRIKE EAGLE McD/DOUGLAS
As one of the newest versions of the F-15 Eagle, the F-15E “Strike Eagle” has a state-of-the-art navigation and weaponry system – making it the benchmark-plane to beat.
Scale: 1/48
Wing Span: 11 1/4" Length: 16" |
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F-117A BLACKJET LOCKHEED
The world’s first operational stealth aircraft released, the F-117A “Blackjet” or more commonly dubbed as the “Night Hawk” was a secret aircraft until the late 1980s.
Scale: 1/48
Wing Span: 10" Length: 16 1/2" |
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SR-71A BLACKBIRD LOCKHEED
The Lockheed SR-71 or popularly known as the “Blackbird” is a long-range, advanced aircraft developed for Strategic Reconnaissance (SR).
Scale: 1/72
Wing Span: 9 1/4" Length: 18" |
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F-15A EAGLE McD/DOUGLAS
An all-weather, extremely maneuverable, tactical fighter, the F-15A Eagle is one of the earlier versions of the F-15.
Scale: 1/48
Wing Span: 11 1/4" Length: 16" |
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F-14A TOMCAT (working wings) GRUMMAN
A U.S. Navy supersonic, twin-engine strike fighter, the F-14A “Tomcat” is the earliest version of the F-14 series.
Scale: 1/48
Wing Span: 9 to 16" Length: 16" |
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F-14A TOMCAT (working wings) GRUMMAN
A U.S. Navy supersonic, twin-engine strike fighter, the F-14A “Tomcat” is the earliest version of the F-14 series. The F-14 has appeared in several films and T.V. Series, the most notable of which was in the Tom Cruise movie, Top Gun.
Scale: 1/48
Wing Span: 9" to 16" Length: 16" |
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F/A-18A HORNET - USN McD/DOUGLAS
The F/A-18A “Blue Angel” is the fighter/attack “Hornet” version used by the U.S. Naval Flight Demonstration Team, the Blue Angels, in their air shows.
Scale: 1/48
Wing Span: 10 1/4" Length: 14" |
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F/A-18E SUPER HORNET McD/DOUGLAS
One of the newest versions of the F/A-18 “Hornet”, the single-seat F/A-18E or “Super Hornet” is an extensively redesigned edition, and is thus considered, essentially as an all-new aircraft.
Scale: 1/48
Wing Span: 11 1/2" Length: 15" |
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AV-8B HARRIER II McD/DOUGLAS
The Harrier II is a second generation of vertical/short takeoff and landing (V/STOL) light-attack jet aircraft, used by the United States Marine Corps, Royal Air Force, Spanish Armada and Italian navy.
Scale: 1/48
Wing Span: 7 3/8" Length: 11 1/4" |
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F-22 RAPTOR LOCKHEED/BOEING
With combat computer systems and power unmatched by any other fighter planned to be developed by 2020, the F-22 “Raptor” is intended to...
Scale: 1/48
Wing Span: 11 1/4" Length: 15 1/4" |
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AH-64A APACHE McD/DOUGLAS
One of the two major versions of AH-64 Apache, the AH-64D is the U.S. Army’s principal attack helicopter.
Scale: 1/32
Wing Span: 18 1/4" RS Length: 18 1/2" |
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AH-64D APACHE LONGBOW McD/DOUGLAS
One of the two major versions of AH-64 Apache, the AH-64D is the U.S. Army’s principal attack helicopter. Built to endure front-line environments, it can operate during the day or night and in adverse weather.
Scale: 1/32
Wing Span: 18 1/4" RS Length: 18 1/4" |
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CONCORDE
AIR FRANCE
BAC-AEROSPATIALE
The first civil
airliner to be equipped with an analogue
fly-by-wire flight control system, the
Concorde was one of only two models of
supersonic passenger airliners to have
seen commercial service.
Scale:
1/100
Wing Span: 10 1/4" Length: 24
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CONCORDE
BRITISH AIRWAYS
BAC-AEROSPATIALE
The first civil
airliner to be equipped with an analogue
fly-by-wire flight control system, the
Concorde was one of only two models of
supersonic passenger airliners to have
seen commercial service.
Scale:
1/100
Wing Span: 10 1/4" Length: 24
1/2" |
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VC-25A AIR FORCE 1 BOEING
The VC-25A is the aircraft code designated by the U.S. Air Force to two specifically configured and highly customized Boeing 747-200B series that transports the President of the United States to any assigned destination.
Scale: 1/200
Wing Span: 12" Length: 14" |
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VC-25A AIR FORCE 1 BOEING
The VC-25A is the aircraft code designated by the U.S. Air Force to two specifically configured and highly customized Boeing 747-200B series that transports the President of the United States to any assigned destination.
Scale: 1/100
Wing Span: 24" Length: 28" |
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B-747-400 NORTHWEST BOEING
In 1966 Boeing launched its 747 program, when Pan Am placed an order for 25 of the giant double-decker jets. 30 years later (as of 1996), the 747 is still the largest commercial airliner ever built.
Scale: 1/200
Wing Span: 13" Length: 14" |
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B747-400 NORTHWEST BOEING
In 1966 Boeing launched its 747 program, when Pan Am placed an order for 25 of the giant double-decker jets. 30 years later (as of 1996), the 747 is still the largest commercial airliner ever built.
Scale: 1/100
Wing Span: 24" Length: 28" |
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B-747-400 UNITED BOEING
In 1966 Boeing launched its 747 program, when Pan Am placed an order for 25 of the giant double-decker jets. 30 years later (as of 1996), the 747 is still the largest commercial airliner ever built.
Scale: 1/200
Wing Span: 12" Length: 14" |
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KC-135R STRATOTANKER BOEING
Built by Boeing, the KC-135R Tanker is the re-engined version of the original KC-135 – an aerial refueling tanker aircraft.
Scale: 1/100
Wing Span: 16" Length: 16 1/2" |
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X-1 BELL
The first aircraft to fly faster than the speed of sound, which was at the time, thought to be impossible, the Bell X-1 was an experimental aircraft designated for testing of new technologies and usually kept highly secret. U.S. Air Force pilot Charles “Chuck” Yeager flew the Bell X-1 on October 14, 1947.
Scale: 1/32
Wing Span: 10 1/2" Length: 12 3/4" |
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SPIRIT OF ST.LOUIS RYAN
On May 21, 1927, Charles A. Lindbergh completed the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in history, flying his Ryan NYP "Spirit of St. Louis", it flew 5,810 kilometers (3,610 miles) between Roosevelt Field on Long Island, New York, and Paris, France, in 33 hours, 30 minutes.
Scale: 1/32
Wing Span: 17 1/2" Length: 17 1/2" |
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L-10E ELECTRA LOCKHEED
Produced in 1934, the L-10 was the first all-metal, twin-engine transport monoplane built by Lockheed. It was originally designed as an economical airliner with high performance and multi-engine reliability and was in service throughout the continental United States, Alaska, Mexico, Central and South America.
Scale: 1/48
Wing Span: 12 3/4" Length: 9 5/8" |
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P-51D MUSTANG NORTH AMERICAN
A successful, long-range pursuit or fighter aircraft, the P-51 Mustang defined history when it became the first U.S. fighter aircraft to fly over Europe after the fall of France in 1940.
Scale: 1/24
Wing Span: 18 1/4" Length: 14 3/8" |
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F-4U-4 CORSAIR CHANCE-VOUGHT
A modernized version of the original F-4U Corsair, the F-4U-4 was used in the U.S. Military Operation in Korea between 1950 to 1953. s
Scale: 1/32
Wing Span: 16 1/4" Length: 12 1/4" |
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F4U-1D CORSAIR CHANCE-VOUGHT
A fighter aircraft that served during World War II and the Korean War, The Chance Vought F4U-1 "Corsair" became the first U.S. single-engine production aircraft capable of 400 mph in level flight.
Scale: 1/32
Wing Span: 15" Length: 12 1/2" |
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DR.1 TRIPLANE FOKKER
Best known for its image as the "Red Baron's" aircraft during WWI as it was flown by Baron Manfred von Richthofen, the leading ace of the war.
Scale: 1/20
Wing Span: 14 1/4" Length: 11 1/2" |
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FOKKER DR.1 GERMANY
The Fokker Dr 1 was one of the most famous planes of World War One. The Fokker Dr.I Dreidecker was a World War I fighter aircraft built by the company of Anthony Fokker, used by Germany.
Scale: 1/24
Wing Span: 12" Length: 9 3/4" |
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GEE-BEE R-1 GRANVILLE
Also nicknamed “Super Sportster”, the Gee Bee R-1 was a special purpose aircraft exclusively made for racing by Granville Brothers Aircraft.
Scale: 1/20
Wing Span: 15" Length: 10 5/8" |
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F/A-18 BLUE ANGELS McD/DOUGLAS
The F/A-18A “Blue Angel” is the fighter/attack “Hornet” version used by the U.S. Naval Flight Demonstration Team, the Blue Angels, in their air shows.
Scale: 1/40
Wing Span: 12" Length: 17 1/4"
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F-16 THUNDERBIRDS LOCKHEED-MARTIN
The F-16 “Thunderbird” is the F-16 “Fighting Falcon” version of the Air Demonstration Squadron of the U.S. Air Force, the “Thunderbirds”.
Scale: 1/32
Wing Span: 11 3/4" Length: 17 3/4" |
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WRIGHT FLYER "KITTY HAWK" WRIGHT BROTHERS
On February 10, 1908, the formal contract by the government and the Wright brothers was signed.
Scale: 1/24
Wing Span: 20" Length: 10" |
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WRIGHT FLYER "KITTY HAWK" WRIGHT BROTHERS
On February 10, 1908, the formal contract by the government and the Wright brothers was signed.
Scale: 1/32
Wing Span: 15 3/8" Length: 8" |
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APOLLO NASA
The space vehicle famous for carrying Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins to the moon and back on earth in July 1969, Apollo 11 consisted of a command module, which stayed in lunar orbit, and a lunar module, which carried two of three crewmen to a safe landing on the moon.
Scale: 1/48
Wing Span: 5 3/4" Length: 14" |
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LUNAR EXCURSION MODULE NASA
The Apollo Lunar Module was the lander portion of the Apollo spacecraft built for the US Apollo program to achieve the transit from Moon orbit to the surface and back.
Scale: 1/48
Wing Span: 5 3/4" Length: 5 1/2" |
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COMMAND MODULE NASA
The Apollo 11 Command Module "Columbia" carried astronauts Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, and Michael Collins on their historic voyage to the Moon and back on July 16-24, 1969.
Scale: 1/48
Wing Span: 3 1/2" Length: 9" |
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ORBITER (S) NASA/ROCKWELL
Orbiter, is the main component of the Space Shuttle that allows the spacecraft to orbit a planet or moon without landing on it in order to study the object’s surface from a safe distance.
Scale: 1/200
Wing Span: 4 1/2" Length: 7 1/4" |
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DGA6 MR. MULLIGAN - RACING PLANE
The sole DGA-6 was constructed in 1934 by Gordon Israel and Benjamin Howard. It featured a steel tube fuselage with a plywood skinned wing.
Scale: 1/ 20
Wing Span: 19 7/8" Length: 15 3/8" |
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TITANIC
Bound for New York City on April 10, 1912 from Southampton, England, Titanic was perhaps the most well-known luxury ocean liner in history when it sank during its maiden voyage.
Scale: 1/350
Beam: 3 1/4" Length: 30 1/4" |
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B-29 "ENOLA GAY" BOEING
A B-29 Superfortress of the U.S. Army Air Force, the B-29 “Enola Gay” was best known as the bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb, called ‘Little Boy”, in Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6, 1945.
Scale: 1/72
Wing Span: 23 3/4" Length: 17" |
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S-6B FLOATPLANE SUPERMARINE
This aircraft became the fastest vehicle on earth when on 29 September 1931 it set an absolute speed record of 656 km/h. The Supermarine S6B was one of the major technical achievements in British aviation between the two world wars.
Scale: 1/20
Wing Span: 18 " Length: 17 1/2" |
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P-38J LIGHTNING LOCKHEED
An escort and fighter-bomber, the Lockheed P-38 “Lightning” was one of the most important American fighter aircrafts of World War II and was the fastest fighter in the American Arsenal at the time of its delivery.
Scale: 1/32
Wing Span: 19 1/2" Length: 14 1/4" |
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B-747 w/ SHUTTLE NASA/BOEING
NASA uses two modified Boeing 747 jetliners, originally manufactured for commercial use, as Space Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA).
Scale: 1/200
Wing Span: 12" Length: 14" |
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F/A-18A HORNET U.S. NAVY BLUE ANGELS McD/DOUGLAS
The F/A-18A “Blue Angel” is the fighter/attack “Hornet” version used by the U.S. Naval Flight Demonstration Team, the Blue Angels, in their air shows.
Scale: 1/48
Wing Span: 10 1/4" Length: 14" |
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C-141B STARLIFTER (E-1) LOCKHEED
The stretched version of the C-141 Starlifter, the C-141B is a military strategic airlifter in service with the U.S. Air Force. It had its first flight in 1963 and is still expected to remain in service until 2006.
Scale: 1/100
Wing Span: 19 1/4" Length: 20 1/4" |
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SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY F/S NASA/ROCKWELL
Shuttle Orbiter Discovery is a NASA Space Shuttle. First flew on August 30, 1984, Discovery is the third operational shuttle.
Scale: 1/200
Wing Span: 4 1/2" Height: 11" |
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B747-400 UNITED BOEING
In 1966 Boeing launched its 747 program, when Pan Am placed an order for 25 of the giant double-decker jets. 30 years later (as of 1996), the 747 is still
the largest commercial airliner ever built.
Scale: 1/100
Wing Span: 24" Length: 28" |
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