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P-51D MUSTANG CHUCK YEAGER NORTH AMERICAN
(Signed by Brig. Gen. Charles E. Yeager)
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: 16 3/16"
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X-1 CHUCK YEAGER BELL
(Signed by Brig. Gen. Charles E. Yeager)
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.
Scale: 1/32
Wing Span: 10 1/2" Length: 12 3/4"
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X-1A CHUCK YEAGER BELL
(Signed by Brig. Gen. Charles E. Yeager)
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: 13 1/4"
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X-3 STILETTO CHUCK YEAGER DOUGLAS
(Signed by Brig. Gen. Charles E. Yeager)
The X-3 made its first test flight at Edwards AFB, California on October 20, 1952 and flew supersonically in June 1953.
Scale: 1/32
Wing Span: 8 1/2" Length: 25 1/4"
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X-4 BANTAM CHUCK YEAGER NORTHROP
(Signed by Brig. Gen. Charles E. Yeager)
The No. 1 aircraft was first flown by Northrop on December 16, 1948, and the second X-4 made its initial flight on June 7, 1949. The X-4 was developed for the study of flight characteristics of swept wing semi tailless aircraft at transonic speeds.
Scale: 1/32
Wing Span: 10 1/4" Length: 9 3/4"
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X-5 CHUCK YEAGER BELL
(Signed by Brig. Gen. Charles E. Yeager)
The X-5 was the world's first airplane to vary the sweepback of its wings in flight. It was built to prove the theory that by increasing the sweepback of an airplane's wings after take-off.
Scale: 1/32
Wing Span: 7 3/4" Length: 12 3/4"
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XF-92 CHUCK YEAGER CONVAIR
(Signed by Brig. Gen. Charles E. Yeager)
First flown on September 18, 1948 at Edwards AFB, California. Only one XF-92A was built; it was delivered to the Museum in 1969 from the University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee.
Scale: 1/32
Wing Span: 12" Length: 18"
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F-15D EAGLE CHUCK YEAGER MCD/DOUGLAS
(Signed by Brig. Gen. Charles E. Yeager)
The first F-15D flight was made in June 19, 1979. The F-15D is dimensionally identical to the F-15C. The original and largest operator of the F-15 is the United States Air Force.
Scale: 1/48
Wing Span: 11 1/4" Length: 16"
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CURTISS P-40B TOMAHAWK
(Signed by Brig. Gen. David Lee "Tex" Hill)
The Curtiss P-40 was the first fighter flown in action against the Japanese forces in Burma on March 13, 1941, before the official U. S entry into WW II. Colonel "Tex" Hill was one of the very first to volunteer to fly and fight with the American Volunteer Group (Flying Tigers).
Scale: 1/24
Wing Span: 18 1/2" Length: 16"
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WWII USS ARIZONA BB-39
(Signed by Four USS Arizona Survivors;
Glen Lane, Russell McCurdy, Vincent Vlach, and Donald Stratton)
The second Arizona BB-39 was laid down on 16 March 1914 at the New York Navy Yard, launched on 19 June 1915.
Scale: 1/350
Beam: 3 3/4" Length: 20 1/4"
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