Spitfire Mark IXSupermarine Spitfire airplane model. Without doubt the best known British aircraft of World War II, the Spitfire prototype flew for the first time on March 5, 1936. Comparatively little flight testing was needed to confirm this airplane as a winner, due to its superb handling qualities and performance. Deliveries of the airplane began in July 1938. On October 16, 1939, a Spitfire claimed the first German aircraft to be destroyed over the UK. By 1942

Artists' conceptions and mockups of the craft revealed a flying wing design in the shape of an isosceles triangle

the aircraft was retired in the early 1960s

was developed by Bell Helicopter in collaboration with Korea Aerospace Industries

and is powered by a Rolls-Royce RR300 turboshaft engine

The mission of the C-130 Hercules is to provide global

Jayhawks have replaced the Sikorsky HH-3F Pelican helicopters that the Coast Guard has used for over 20 years

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Mooney M20 mahogany wood airplane model

Lockheed F-22 Raptor airplane model

The A320 is perhaps best known as the first airliner to introduce a fly-by-wire flight control system - where control inputs from the pilot are transmitted to the flying surfaces by electronic signals rather than mechanical means

Scale: 1/41

The first of four C-32As