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Bell L-39 Sweep Cobra
After the capitulation of Germany in 1945, US forces captured large amounts of documents on all types of new aeronautical developments. One of these which were tested extensively by German scientists was the swept wing configuration. To test such a configuration at low speeds, Bell received from the U.S. naval air service a contract for [...]
XP-83
Fitted with jet engines of British origin, the Bell XP-59 no. 42-108784 made it highly secret first flight on 1 October 1942 from Muroc test centre. This was a historical first flight, since test pilot Robert Stanley made that day the very first flight with an American jet plane! Designated by Bell as the Airacomet, [...]
XP-77
After the attack on Pearl Harbor by Japanese planes, the Americans discovered in a painful way that the Japanese armed forces had a fighter that seemed to be far superior to all what the U.S. forces could bring in the air. This fighter was the Mitsubishi Navy-0 or Zero which seemed to have an almost [...]
Bell Airacuda
Bell Aircraft Corporation was founded in 1935 by Larry Bell. To gain experience in -for that time- modern aircraft constructions Bell started with contract work for Consolidated Aircraft Corporation (Convair). The work consisted of the manufacturing of wing parts of the Catalina flying boat.
Bell Airacuda
In 1936 Bell started under supervision of chief-engineer Robert J. Woods [...]
Bell P-39 Airacobra 1/48 Eduard kit 1128
My personal opinion is that there is no need to said that “Eduard” scale model of the Bell P-39 Airacobra in 1/48 scale as well it is well known and rated as top product. From time to time this kit is refreshed with new set of decals and in the November was released one very [...]
Rareplanes 1:72 Airacuda
Airacuda
This 1:72 Airacuda is built from the Rareplanes vacform kit, long out of production. The shapes are quite accurate and the moulding was covered in fine raised detail. However, this had to be removed due to the large amounts of filler and sanding required to blend the shapes in, especially around the wing roots. The [...]
