Authentic Aircraft in the Model Airplane Store
You will very likely find the missing bird for your collection located in the model airplane store. The War Birds cover World War I & II with Barnstormers Jenny’s and the famous Fokker Tri-plane. There are a couple of Zeppelin Hindenburg Model Blimps that make nice additions to any collection.
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There is a nice selection of commercial Jets that have carried passengers around the world. What collection is complete without a Boeing Dixie Clipper, Ford Tri-motor or maybe a Sopwith Camel?
How about the USAF Thunderbird F-16D and the Israeli Air Force version of the F-16D and even the newer F-22As, you will not find a more complete selection of model airplanes to add to a collection.
The store has 17 pages of models going up to the B1-B Lancer, B-2 stealth bomber and including the CV-22 Osprey. Feel free to page through the Model Airplane Store listings or use the convenient search for the airplane model of your choice.
Model Airplane Store for Aviation Aficionados
Welcome to the wonderful world of plastic model airplane kit collector secret website of treasures. Owning one of the real planes is one of the things dreams are made of. One step closer to reality is reached with a plastic model airplane kit that you build yourself.
To light up the plastic model airplane kit collector here is a list of real planes that were the most expensive ever built and flown. Static model aircraft are how all of these real airplanes started out.
B-2 Stealth Bomber
Northrop Grumman's plastic model B2 Stealth Bomber 'Spirit' Bombers cost billions to build with a cool $1.3 billion per aircraft. These are the numbers quoted most often. We may never really know how much the B2 Stealth Bombers cost. The B-2 is a strategic, long-range, heavy bomber flying wing capable of penetrating sophisticated air-defense shields. It has the ability to fly missions at any altitude of attack up to 50,000ft. Its range is more than 6,000 nautical miles without refueling. With refueling tankers its access to any place in the world is only a few shore hours away. It gained combat experience against the air defenses of Serbia, the Taliban, and Iraq.
Airbus A380
The Airbus A380 is a 4 jet engine double-deck, wide-body commercial jet airliner manufactured by the European corporation Airbus. It holds the title of being the largest passenger jetliner in the world. The behemoth is so large many airports had to modify at enormous costs improve facilities to accommodate it. The goal was to challenge Boeing's monopoly in the large-aircraft market that it has held for years with its 747’s. The A380 made its maiden flight in April 2005 and entered service in October 2007 with Singapore Airlines. The aircraft has been plagued with serious problems that Airbus continues to fix. The A380 has pickup the nickname Superjumbo.
Hughes H-4 Hercules Spruce Goose
Hughes H-4 Hercules Spruce Goose built by Howard Hughes is the world's largest flying boat. Plagued with many obstacles during its construction that Howard Hughes overcame. One obstacle was the U.S. government would not let Howard have any aircraft aluminum to build the plane. So Mr. Hughes built the HK-1 out of birch. The nickname Spruce Goose lead people to mistakenly think is was made from spruce. The behemoth cost an estimated $25 million to build at 1940s prices. Completed in 1947 Mr. Hughes flew it while running taxi tests the plane lifted off the water at 70 feet and flew for 1.6 kilometers. After the plane never few again and was mothballed. The Flying Boat resides at Evergreen International Aviation as of February 27, 1993 after a 138-day, 1,055-mile (1,698 km) trip from Long Beach.
VH-71 Kestrel
The VH-71 Kestrel is a high-tech replacement for the old presidential helicopters called 'Marine One' when the president is onboard. We often see one of the three lifting off from the White House South Lawn. The VH-71 Kestrel was to be a $6.5 billion dollar project. Scrapped by Obama when he discovered it was running 50% over budget, but he was overruled. The costs for the VH-71 Presidential Helicopter replacement program are projected to increase to $11.2 billion.
F-22 Raptor
F-22 Raptor an air superiority fighter has additional capabilities that include intelligence roles. The Raptor is invisible to radar in stealth mode and has the ability to shoot down cruise missiles. Very efficient, the Raptor is able to spend much of its flight time at supersonic speeds. The F-22 is highly maneuverable, in all flight modes. With many cost overruns the original $1.67 billion cost is a mere drop in the bucket of the real cost of these deadly aircraft.
P-8A Poseidon
The P-8A Poseidon at $290 million a plane sounds like a real bargain. The P-8A Poseidon capability is long-range anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft.
V-22 Osprey
The V-22 Osprey at $118 million a pop the part-plane, part-helicopter the Bell-Boeing tilt rotor takes off vertically but can fly further and faster than a chopper. The functionality does indeed exceed the capability of conventional helicopters. The model has suffered many crashes with loss of life along the way.
Gulfstream G550
The Gulfstream G550 comes in at nearly $60 million apiece. They are very strong aircraft with an international reach. They come powered by enhanced Rolls-Royce BR710 turbofan engines with a range of 6,750 nm at Mach 0.80 and a high-speed cruise capability of Mach 0.87. This provides great appeal to the upwardly elite.
Citation X
The Citation X has a cruising speed of 607 mph. This means it's not just the fastest business jet in history but now, the fastest civilian jet money can buy.
Pilatus PC-12
The Pilatus PC-12 has a range of 2,239 nautical miles between refills at 310 mph. It is an expensive as single-engine prop-jobs get at $3.5 million. We are very likely to see many more of these aircraft in the skies. With recent regulatory changes in Australia, Brazil, Canada, and the United States have cleared single engine turboprops such as the PC-12 for regional passenger transport.
One day in the future you may be able to buy one of these magnificent aircraft. The next best thing is to collect scale model aircraft replicas that are as close to the real thing as you can get from the Model Airplane Store.
