C-124 GlobemasterDouglas C 124 Globemaster airplane model. The C 124 was an evolution of the Douglas C 74. With its "clamshell" loading doors and hydraulic ramps, and elevator under the rear fuselage, cargo handling became much easier. It could handle large, bulky items like tanks, field guns, bull dozers, and trucks. For troop transportation, it could accommodate 200 fully equipped soldiers in its double decked cabin, or 127 litter patients and their attendants.

it was able to set speed records in excess of 235 mph

It took the nickname Looking Glass because the mission mirrored ground-based command

the aircraft entering service first with Pan Am and TWA

Experience the awe-inspiring power of flight with the C-17 Globemaster desktop display model airplane

Scale 1/200

captured the imaginations of all who saw it and quickly entered service in 1947

The new planes will carry the U

and extensive flash suppressor pipes and plates installed on and behind the exhaust pipe system to preserve pilot night vision

it was actually first used on late model B-17Fs

Hughes HK-1 H-4 Spruce Goose airplane model

Wingspan 13 inches

simple-to-maintain