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Wingspan: 16.7"
Fuselage Length: 15"
F-80 Shooting Star Model Airplane: Top-Notch and State-of-the-Art Quality
The F80 Shooting Star model plane's paint scheme, markings and parts are extremely complete, reflecting the original airplane. This F80 Shooting Star 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 F80 Shooting Star model plane will surely be appreciated by anyone who receives this elegant desktop display as a gift. This F80 Shooting Star 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 F80 Shooting Star. To ensure a damage-free product straight to your doorstep, the F80 Shooting Star model plane with its base stand is safely covered with foam and carefully packed in a box.
F-80 Shooting Star History:
The P-80/F-80 Shooting Star was developed from the brilliant mind of Lockheed's Clarence "Kelly" Johnson, designer of the legendary twin-boom P-38 Lightning. Had the war in Europe progressed a few more months, the air war would have assuredly taken on a distinctly different look. The P-80 was perhaps the most beautiful of the first generation jets, complimented by her smooth lines and sleek appearance. The fuselage was a streamlined affair, beginning with the conical nose assembly and leading out to the simplistic-looking engine exhaust port. While other early jet-powered aircraft fitted their jet powerplants on external nacelles under the wings, the P-80 made use of an internalized system with easy maintenance access accomplished via a two-piece fuselage that could separated near the engine.
The Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star was possibly the best Allied jet fighter to emerge from World War II (called the P-80 until after WWII), however, like the other Allied jets it was too late to be used in combat. Several were flown around Italy late in the war, but they never saw the enemy. The F-80 came too late for operational service in World War II, but the F-80C did see action in the Korean conflict of the early 1950's. Designed as an air-superiority fighter, the F-80 could not compete in that role with the Soviet-built MiG-15 supplied to the opposing forces by the Soviet Union. It was, however, extensively employed in the ground-attack mode. Armament consisted of six .50-caliber machine guns in the nose and externally mounted bombs and rockets.
Of 1,731 F-80s built, 798 were F-80Cs.
*Alteration on the design such as change of paint schemes and markings or embodied features on our models occurs at any time. Detachable stand is included with the model which may vary from the photo.
