Pacific Aircraft Models 31/44
Wingspan: 19"
Fuselage Length: 14.3"
AP61T Model Airplane: Top-Notch and State-of-the-Art Quality
Our AP61T 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 AP61T model airplane's details, ensuring exactness and precision based on the original airplane.
Our museum-quality Northrop P-61B Black Widow model plane is truly unique and not constructed from kits. The Northrop P-61B Black Widow model plane 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 Northrop P-61B Black Widow model plane will surely be appreciated by anyone who receives this elegant desktop display as a gift.
Northrop P-61 Black Widow History:
The Northrop P-61 Black Widow was the first airplane designed form the start to be a night fighter. With its advanced radar and electronics, high speed, maneuverability and heavy armament, it was as deadly as its namesake: the poisonous Black Widow spider. The P-61 Black Widow is a night fighter aircraft manufactured by Northrop. It replaced earlier British-designed night-fighter aircraft that had been updated to incorporate radar when it became available. It was used by the United States Army Air Forces in World war II. The P-61 was also used in European missions and was successful against a variety of targets such as fighter planes, bombers, V-1 buzz bombs and ground targets.
The P-61 featured a crew of three: pilot, gunner, and radar operator. It was armed with four 20 mm (.79 in) Hispano M2 forward firing cannons mounted in the lower fuselage, and four .50 in (12.7 mm) M2 Browning machine guns lined up horizontally with the two middle guns slightly offset upwards in a remotely-aimed dorsally mounted turret. The turret was driven by the General Electric GE2CFR12A3 gyroscopic fire control computer, and could be directed by either the gunner or radar operator, who both had the aiming control and gyroscopic collimator sight assembly posts attached to their swiveling seats. The two Pratt & Whitney R-2800-25S Double Wasp engines were each mounted approximately one-sixth out on the wing's span.
*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.
