McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet model airplane

The Hornet owes its lineage to the YF-17 that went head to head against the F-16. The YF-17 had many superb features. After the competition it was improved upon and made "Navy". This new design has more than proved itself. The airplane is not only a superb fighter but also an attack plane, so good it is now replacing the vulnerable A-6 as a multi-role fighter / attack aircraft for the U.S. Navy. The F-18L was later produced by Northrop as a land-based aircraft without folding wings.

The first developmental F/A-18 flew on November 18, 1978, the first production airplane then being delivered to the Navy in May, 1980. This carrier-based naval strike fighter is a cantilever mid-wing monoplane with folding wings, a tail unit incorporating outward canted twin fins and rudders and all-moving tailplanes, one on each side of the fuselage, movable collectively or differentially. By the middle of 1992, McDonnell Douglas had delivered more than 1,100 Hornets. The F/A18A Hornet is powered by two 16,000-lb. thrust General Electric F404-GE-400 turbofans, giving the airplane a maximum speed (high clean) Mach 1.8; combat ceiling of 50,000 ft.; and combat radius on fighter mission more than 460 miles. Airplane armament is one M61 20-mm six-barrelled cannon mounted in the nose, plus nine external hardpoints with a maximum capacity of 17,000 lbs. of mixed stores, including AIM-7 Sparrow and AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles.

All airplane models are Hand Carved, Hand Painted Mahogany and come fully assembled with removable desk stand.

Dimensions: Wingspan, 12" -Length, 16 1/2" -Scale, 1/41

AM062-AL (Navy F/A-18A) - Air Corps Price $129.95

AM062-BL (Marines F/A-18A) - Air Corps Price $129.95

AM062-EL (Navy F/A-18A, "Blue Angels") - Air Corps Price $129.95

ESSN019W (Navy F/A-18A, "Blue Angels") - Air Corps Price $129.95

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These models are in precision polymer to exacting specifications.They are hand painted, and come fully assembled with removable desk stand.

Dimensions: Wingspan, 10 1/4" -Length, 14" -Scale, 1/48

C5248F3R (F/A-18F Super Hornet) - Air Corps Price $119.95

C4748F3R (Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet) - Air Corps Price $119.95

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The Blue Angels, USN, and the USMC models are also available in plastic. They are hand painted, and come fully assembled with removable desk stand.

Dimensions: Wingspan, 10 1/4" -Length, 14" -Scale, 1/48

C1848F3/3P (Blue Angels) - Air Corps Price $106.95

C1848F3/1P (USN) - Air Corps Price $106.95

C1848F3/2P (USMC) - Air Corps Price $106.95

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