Ref: ACE72301
Created: 06/06/2006
MARTIN (early) AM-1 MAULER
Description: Airplane produced by the firm Martin aviation, only 149 models were completed and it was never chosen by the US NAVY which preferred the Skyraider . Kit including photoetched parts.
Description: The Gnat was intended to be a lightweight fighter for the RAF but only served as the Gnat T.1 trainer variant. This was widely used and much liked by crews who then often moved onto frontline duties with the English Electric Lightning.
Ref: AIR01054
Created: 01/04/2012
DE HAVILLAND CHIPMUNK
Description: The Chipmunk was designed to address the Royal Air Force’s need to replace its ageing Tiger Moth two-seat basic trainer biplane. It was the first de Havilland aircraft in which no wood was used in its construction and is almost all of metal, although fabric covers control surfaces and the rear two-thirds of the wings.
Ref: AIR02005
Created: 07/06/2011
BAe RED ARROWS HAWK
Description: Seen all over the UK and in many other areas of the world, the Red Arrows fly an adapted Hawk trainer aircraft. In 2010 they flew with their first female pilot who continues for the 2011 season.
Description: The MiG-15 was one of the first successful swept-wing jet fighters, and it achieved fame in the skies over Korea, where early in the war, it outclassed all enemy fighters. It is believed to have been one of the most numerous jet aircraft ever made.
It was first seen on November 30, 1950 during a raid on the North Korean Air Base at Namsi, when an American B-29 Superfortress was hit and damaged by cannon fire from an aircraft that flashed by so fast, the gunners had no chance to return fire.