Pacific Aircraft Models 54/82
Wingspan: 17"
Fuselage Length: 13"
Proudly Display This Fierce and Exceptional De Havilland Otter Model Airplane
The De Havilland Otter model plane's paint scheme, markings and parts are extremely complete, reflecting the original airplane. This De Havilland Otter model airplane is definitely the ideal piece to every aviation enthusiast and avid aircraft collector, reviving the good, old flight memories and perfect display.
This top-quality De Havilland Otter model plane will surely be appreciated by anyone who receives this elegant desktop display as a gift. This De Havilland Otter model plane is definitely the ideal gift to every aviation enthusiast and avid aircraft collector, reviving the good, old flight memories for it displays perfect resemblance to the actual De Havilland Otter. To ensure a damage-free product straight to your doorstep, the De Havilland Otter model plane with its base stand is safely covered with foam and carefully packed in a box.
De Havilland Otter History:
The de Havilland Canada D-3 Otter evolved from earlier DC-1 and DC-2 types (both of with weren’t nearly as nice flying or as versatile as the ol’ 3) and was the premier airliner of its day. It first flew on December 17, 1935 (the 32nd anniversary of the Wright brothers famous flight) and it was quickly obvious that all other airliners of the day were washed up has beens. Even the Boeing 247 and DC-2 looked a little fuddy-duddy in comparison to the DC-3, and the contemporary Stinsons, Tri-motors and Curtis Condors looked positively ancient.
The DC-3 was not designed as a bush plane, instead it was designed to be the premier airliner of its time, which it was. It has become a prime bush plane because the airports it was designed to use in the 1930s were no better than many of the “rougher” bush strips out there today. Over the years, the DC-3 has been modified to accept turbo-prop engines (including a tri-motor arrangement). The turboprops have not been tremendously successful but many of them are out there and there are even mods to put the DC-3 on floats. Power is supplied by a 450 kW (600 hp) Pratt & Whitney Wasp radial.
A little known fact about the DC-3 in modern times is that it was so remarkable easy to fly that it made the old tri-motors look positively dangerous in comparison (which they were) and it set the standard for new aircraft handling ever after. The old DC-3 is not a paragon of easy flight by today’s standards (retracting and extending the landing gear was a multi-step process) but they were much easier to fly than most other aircraft of the time. Even to this day, DC-3s are flown worldwide and they have outlasted most of the aircraft designed to replace them. And it doesn’t appear that the old DC-3 will quit flying anytime soon.
