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The latest edition to our Model Gallery is Trumpeter's 1/48 scale Hawker Sea Fury FB.11
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Click on the Icon to read the Focke Wulf Fw-190A-3 Wurger (Shrike) Biographical Information and how the kit was constructed.
Click on the Icon to read the Douglas F4D-1 Skyray Biographical Information and how the kit was constructed.
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| 2/8/1908 | The U.S. War Department accepts the Wright Brother's bid of $25,000 to furnish one heavier-than-air flying machine within 200 days. The machine is to carry 2 men, fly at a speed of 40 miles per hour, and weigh approxiamately 1,200 pounds. The formal contract is signed soon after specifying delivery of the airplane by August 28. Additional bids by J.F. Scott and A.M. Herring were also approved ny the Secretary of War, but these men never produced any planes. | U.S. Airforce - A Complete History by The Air Force Historical Foundation |
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