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, 17" -Scale, 1/41

Navy F/A-18A - Air Corps Price $144.95

Marines F/A-18A - Air Corps Price $144.95

Navy F/A-18A, "Blue Angels" - Air Corps Price $144.95

Navy F/A-18C - Air Corps Price $144.95

F/A-18F Super Hornet - Air Corps Price $144.95

Six Blue Angels F/A 18's in Flying Formation (below) 8" by 5"- Air Corps Price $269.95

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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, 11" -Length, 15" -Scale, 1/46

Marines F/A-18A - Air Corps Price $139.95

F/A-18F Super Hornet - Air Corps Price $139.95

Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet - Air Corps Price $139.95

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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

Blue Angels - Air Corps Price $129.95

USN F/A 10A - Air Corps Price $129.95

USMC - Air Corps Price $129.95

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