Pacific Aircraft Models 6/142
Wingspan: 18"
Fuselage Length: 11.5"
B10 Model Airplane: An Exquisite Addition to Your Growing Collection
Our B10 model airplane is delicately handcrafted and made of the finest grade materials which underwent stages of meticulous and careful sanding, carving and modeling to its original form. Painstakingly and passionately worked by our master craftsmen on the B10 model airplane's details, ensuring exactness and precision based on the original airplane.
The B-10 Bomber comes with a sturdy, durable base with a chrome steel support mounting rod or you can have our variable pitch wall mount accessory, allowing your to be displayed either hanging on the wall or the ceiling for an added effect. This top-quality B-10 Bomber model plane will surely be appreciated by anyone who receives this elegant desktop display as a gift.
B-10 Bomber History:
The twin-engine B-10 prototype astounded United States Air Corps observers when it flashed across Wright Field, Ohio, in July 1932, at 197 miles per hour, faster than any fighter in service. The B-10, the first of the "modern-day" all-metal monoplane bombers to be produced in quantity, featured such innovations as internal bomb storage, retractable landing gear, a rotating gun turret, and enclosed cockpits. The Martin B-10 entered the service in June 1934. The Martin B-10 was also one of the mass produced bombers during its time.
The B-10 bomber is half faster than its contemporary biplane bombers. As the Air Corps ordered 121 Martin B-10s from 1933 to 1936, the Martin bomber was the largest procurement of bomber aircraft since World War I.
The B-10 bomber served as the mainframe for the B-12, B-13, B-14, A-15 and O-45 designations. As the Martin B-10 design was released, it made all existing bombers completely superseded. Gen. Henry H. Arnold called the Martin B-10 as the air power wonder of its day. He led ten B-10 bombers on an 8,290 miles flight from Washington DC to Fairbanks, Alaska and back in 1934. The fast capability of the Martin B-10 convinced the US Army Air Corps planners that bombers could successfully attack strategic targets without long range fighter escort.
The bombers saw action during World War Two when flown by China and the Netherlands. They fared poorly against enemy fighters. A total of 342 Martin B-10 bombers were built.
