RV-6A Vans Clear windowVans RV 6A airplane model. The RV 6 has a rare distinction in the world of kit built aircraft it is used as a military training aircraft. Searching for a suitable trainer that could be assembled in Nigeria using local labor, the government of that country settled on the RV 6A. Van's produced 60 kits to fulfill the order and these were assembled, and test flown in Nigeria, entering service with the Nigerian Air Force in 1989 as elementary training

The airplane gained its greatest renown during the Korean Conflict where it was used primarily for low-level interdiction missions

"Songbird II")

Vindicators still remained in service at the time of the Battle of Midway

Its small size enabled carrying bombers to fly at subsonic or supersonic speeds

there were substantial numbers of these planes still flying on active duty with the Navy

Rotor Span: 14

while 101 F4U-5NL types were produced

The Sopwith Camel fighter biplane

Sikorsky launched development of a 14-seat commercial helicopter

Scale 1/41

The prototype X6F-1

In late 1977 the USAF selected the DC-10 to meet its Advance Tanker/Cargo Aircraft requirement