Ref: ROD438
Created: 11/17/2006
GLOSTER GLADIATOR MKI/MKII /J8 and BRITISH METEO RECONNAISSANCE SERVICE
Description: Are included in this kit the main versions of the famous British aircraft. Markings of planes under several World's Air Forces: 2X RAF ( Météo recon), 1 X USSR (War capture), 1 X Lithuaniian, 1 X Norway 1X Sweden, 1 X Germany ( War capture), 1X Belgium, 1 X Latvian,
Description: A single-engined light aircraft created in the early 1930’s by the beech Aircraft corporation for the needs of private pilots. The biplane featured an unconventional wing arrangement, whereby the upper wing was located to the rear of the lower one. With the onset of World War Two, the US Military administration ordered several hundred of these machinesbecause of its suitability for use as a liaison aircraft.
Description: The Beechcraft Staggerwing is an American biplane with an atypical negative stagger (the lower wing is further forward than the upper wing), that first flew in 1932.
US NAVY version as GB-II but with a 450hp R-985-50 or R-985-AN-1 engine, 271 built, 132 later transferred to USAAF as UC-43s. Also additional aircraft from a cancelled British contract and impressed aircraft.