Hannants http://www.hannants.co.uk http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/AA072-141 Bell V-280 Valor U.S. Army’s Long-Range Assault Aircraft program to replace the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk. Price:£97.49 sales@hannants.co.uk http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/AA072-141 Thu, 13 Feb 2025 10:44:15 GMT http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/AA072-140 BACK IN STOCK!!! Sikorsky S-97 Raider High-speed scout and attack compound helicopter for U.S. Army’s Armed Aerial Scout program. Price:£95.17 sales@hannants.co.uk http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/AA072-140 Thu, 13 Feb 2025 10:43:15 GMT http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/ANIG4106 Convair XP6Y-1 prototype flying boat AND these bonus kits. Piasecki XHRP, Vought F6U-1 Pirate and the Grumman AF-2S Guardian.. Price:£108.32 sales@hannants.co.uk http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/ANIG4106 Sun, 24 Nov 2024 18:42:08 GMT http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/ANIG2135 Kugisho MXY-6 Test-bed of the Kyushu J7W Shinden. In 1943, the IJN issued an 18-shi specification for a new interceptor. Kyushu submitted a design with canard foreplanes, the J7W Shinden. Despite some opposition to the design, the IJN was intrigued enough to accept the proposal. However, the design had to show promise and the canard configuration needed to be proven before the IJN would authorise further development. Therefore, Kyushu designed a glider based on their Shinden concept as a mean to test the canard properties and handling. Kugisho was commissioned to build three gliders which were desigated MXY-6. The MXY-6s were completed by the fall of 1943. Flight trials got under way soon thereafter. The MXY-6 was found to have good handling characteristics which provided verification to the concept of the J7W. The validation of the canard design provided the needed proof of the concept and such the IJN instructed Kyushu to proceed with the J7W Shinden.. Price:£57.75 sales@hannants.co.uk http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/ANIG2135 Tue, 27 Oct 2020 17:20:10 GMT http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/ANIG3007 Century Fighters Special set. Republic XF-103 Thunderwarrior / North-American YF-107A Ultra Sabre / North-American XF-108 Rapier / Bell XF-109 McDonnell / F-110A (McDonnell F-4C) Spectre. Price:£75.83 sales@hannants.co.uk http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/ANIG3007 Wed, 17 Jun 2020 08:25:04 GMT http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/ANIG3003 Sound Barrier Breakers set of 6 aircraft. Including Bell X-1, Bell X-2, Douglas X-3 Stiletto, Douglas D558-1 Skystreak, Douglas D558-2 Skyrocket, Douglas D558-3 Skyflash.. Price:£57.75 sales@hannants.co.uk http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/ANIG3003 Thu, 04 Jun 2020 08:15:04 GMT http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/ANIG5006 Martin-Boeing XMS-1. Original Dyna-Soar configuration. In 1945, millions of German military documents were confiscated by USAAF. One of the concept was the Sanger aerospace bomber. During post-war years, Bell was selected for further studies on rocket-bomber which named BoMi. In 1956, the USAF channeled Bell's development to a reconnaissance, bombardment vehicle. A competition for a prototype was opened. In 1959, Boeing won the competition, and was contracted for the system contractor, Martin as responsibility for the booster airframe. The project designated XMS-1 (Experimental Manned Spacecraft), the name Dyna-Soar (Dynamic Soaring) also became official. The program was structured in 3-steps. Step-1 was a manned glider that propelled by Titan I or II booster, step-2 was a manned orbital flight and step-3 was a weapon system research. In 1961, plans were changed to develop a vehicle capable of exploring man's military functions in space, that were to adapt the glider to a expensive Titan IIIC booster. Although the mock-up was inspected and accepted, the whole program was cancelled by Secretary of Defense in 1963.. Price:£78.33 sales@hannants.co.uk http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/ANIG5006 Tue, 02 Jun 2020 07:30:06 GMT http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/ANIG2119 VFW-Fokker VAK-191B German vector thrust VTOL. In 1962, the West German government launched an requirement for the new ground attack fighter to replace the Fiat G.91. In the meantime NATO had launched a program for VTOL combat aircrafts. The Germans decided to work on the second VTOL fighter. After consideration of various options, the effort focused on the Focke-Wulf Fw.1262 design. This was further developed in a partnership of VFW and Fiat to became VAK-191, a nuclear strike attacker. In 1966, NATO having lost interest in the VTOL aircrafts development. By that time, Fiat withdrew the program. The VAK-191B became a technology demonstrator. It had been planned that six prototypes of the VAK-191 should be built, but only three were actually completed. The first hovering flight was made in September 1971. 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The U.S. Army Air Forces followed with an order for 600, designated C-93. The RB-1/C-93 prototype first flew in October 1943. The aircraft demonstrated greater than expected fuel consumption and was relatively underpowered. By late 1943, other more conventional cargo aircraft were being produced in large numbers. This caused the Army to cancel its order for the C-93 and the Navy to reduce its RB-1 order from 200 to 25, of which 17 were delivered in March 1944.. Price:£136.92 sales@hannants.co.uk http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/ANIG2128 Fri, 27 Dec 2019 21:20:10 GMT http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/AA-4098 Martin XP6M-1 SeaMaster prototype with 3 bonus aircraft!. Price:£81.66 sales@hannants.co.uk http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/AA-4098 Mon, 16 Sep 2019 14:19:40 GMT http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/ANIG3008 Experimental defensive airplanes special set vol.1 - Imperial Japan Navy. Includes Mitsubishi Q2M1 Taiyo / Aichi S1A1 Denko / Nakajima J5N1 Tenrai / Kawanishi J6K1 Jinpu. Aichi S1A-1 Denko - A night-fighter was requested by Navy that intended to replace the Nakajima J1N Gekko, filling the role of a radar-eqquipped airplane to combat the American B-29 raids. Two prototypes were constructed in 1945, but were destroyed during Allies bomb attacks. Nakajima J5N-1 Tenrai - An interceptor capable of reaching a top speed of 666 km/h.Designed to combat the heavily armed U.S. fighters. The aircraft never achieved its design speed. Six prototypes were built. Kawanishi J6K-1 Jinpu - Designed to meet IJN requirement for a land based interceptor. Based on J3K1 with a new engine. Project cancelled and Kawanishi proceeded with N1K2 instead. Mitsubishi Q2M-1 Taiyo - Anti-Submarine airplane was ordered for design and construction in the last stages of war. Development did not advance from mockup stage. Type: Wingspan.: Length: Height: Engine: 　 Max.speed: Experimental / projected airplanes 17.50m.(S1A1 Denko) / 14.40m.(J5N-1 Tenrai) / 12.50m.(J6K Jinpu) / 25.00m.(Q2M Taiyo) 15.10m.(S1A1 Denko) / 11.46m.(J5N-1 Tenrai) / 10.12m.(J6K Jinpu) / 18.75m.(Q2M Taiyo) 4.61m.(S1A1 Denko) / 2.38m.(J5N-1 Tenrai) / 3.94m.(J6K Jinpu) / 4.75m.(Q2M Taiyo) 2x Nakajima Homare 22 radials (S1A1 Denko) / 2x Nakajima Homare 21 radials (J5N-1 Tenrai) / 1x Nakajima Homare-kai 201 radial (J6K Jinpu)/ 2x Mitsubishi Kaisei-25 radial (Q2M Taiyo) 560km/h(S1A1 Denko) / 596km/h(J5N-1 Tenrai) / 685km/h(J6K Jinpu) / 490km/h(Q2M Taiyo). Price:£75.83 sales@hannants.co.uk http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/ANIG3008 Mon, 08 Jul 2019 15:20:08 GMT http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/ANIG2113 Martin M-130 China Clipper. U.S. Navy transport for the Manhattan Project. In early 1930s, Pan Am requested for a flying boat with capability that could fly across the ocean. Martin's bid of Model-130 was successful. In 1934, three M-130 were built as Martin Ocean Transports, but to the public thay were all referred as the China Clipper. On November 1935, the China Clipper flew the first trans-Pacific airmail route. Their range and capacity made them prime candidates to fulfill the over ocean hauling needs of the military during World War II. Beginning in 1942, the two remaining planes were pressed into transport roles for the United States Navy, but not given a Naval designation and was maintained their 'civilian' status so that they could continue to fly into neutral ports with secret missions for Allied spies and techicians. The most special mission was to fly shipments out of Africa with the uranium needed for the highly top secret Atomic bomb development, the 'Manhattan Project'. The Philippine Clipper crashed in San Francisco in 1943, and the final China Clipper broke up and sank in Trinidad Tobago in 1945.. Price:£157.33 sales@hannants.co.uk http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/ANIG2113 Sun, 01 Jul 2018 09:45:06 GMT http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/ANIG4045 Junkers EF-132 . Final jet bomber captured by Russian. Includes BONUS kits of the Lippisch Li.P12 Entwurf III, Focke-Wulf P.0310251-1006 Victoria tail, Messerschmitt Me.P1106 and Heinkel WESPE. In the autumn of 1944 Reichsmarschall Goring instructed the Junkers and Messerschmitt works to design and produce the very long-range bombers which would be capable of delivering 4000kg bomb load, at high speeds and over extreme distances, onto a target and then returning safety. The object of the exercise was to attack distant convoys and to mount strategic air strikes against the USA and the Soviet Union. In the meantime Junkers were working on the EF-132 design which was improved upon their Junkers Ju-287 by incorporating a new fuselage and new sweep-wing. A wind-tunnel model was tested in early 1945, and a full-scale wooden mockup was also built. The development stage had progressed far when the Red Army reached the Junker facility and took possession of the Junkers Ju-287, EF-131 and EF-132 designs. In 1946, the whole complex and the German engineers were transferred to OKB-1 to continue development of the EF-131 and EF-132. An unpowered example was constructed to gather additional data, but only slow progress was made before the project was terminated in 1948.. Price:£84.99 sales@hannants.co.uk http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/ANIG4045 Wed, 07 Feb 2018 01:50:04 GMT http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/ANIG2057 Republic XF-12 Rainbow. In 1943, USAAF confronted with the problem of photographic information which collecting from the Pacific theatre while U.S. did not had close airfield in Pacific to be able to use photo-reconnaissance aircraft. So USAAF issued a request for a new long-range / high altitude reconnaissance airplane. In March 1944, Republic proposed to modify its civil model, RC-2 to install with the photographic equipments. The proposal was accepted and Republic was received order for two prototypes, designated XF-12 Rainbow. The other design which entered the competition was the Hughes XF-11. To take over the temporarily duties, USAAF converted some Boeing B-29A Superfortress with cameras to became F-13. With the end of the war, the designation XF-12 (F stand for Foto) was changed to XR-12 (R for Reconn.), construction of two prototypes were continued. The first XR-12 made its first flight in February 1947. It showed all the expected performances and became the fastest four piston-engined airplane at the time. The two XR-12s were conceived to demonstrate ultimate photo capabilities until 1948 when USAF cancelled the program as the Boeing RB-29A Superfortress and RB-50 were selected into the service.. Price:£111.92 sales@hannants.co.uk http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/ANIG2057 Wed, 17 Jan 2018 19:05:02 GMT http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/ANIG2134 Columbia XJL-1 flying boat. In June 1939, Grumman intended to update their J2F Duck biplane to an all-metal monoplane as a replacement for the United States Navy. The aircraft was assigned the G-42. However due to increased production pressures for other Grumman fighter aircraft, the project of prototype and test was turned over to the Columbia Aircraft Company which was already under a production contract for J2F-6 Ducks. Three prototypes, XJL-1 were finished in 1946 and accepted by the Navy 1n October 1947. One was used for destructive strength testing and two for flight. The aircraft did not live up to the expectations of the Navy with repeated structural failures of various parts reported during testing. Testing was abandoned in 1948 and the aircraft were stricken from the Navy's inventory in 1949.. Price:£66.66 sales@hannants.co.uk http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/ANIG2134 Thu, 04 Jan 2018 17:19:51 GMT http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/ANIG2012 Orbital Sciences X-34 RLV. Price:£48.67 sales@hannants.co.uk http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/ANIG2012 Thu, 02 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMT http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/ANIG2049 Convair XP-81 In 1943, USAAF issued a specification for a long-range jet powered fighter which could be flight across the Pacific to escort bombers to Japan. Consolidated Vultee Aircraft (Convair) responded with the new design which was powered by a combination of the turboprop and jet engine units, while Navy was also working on the same theory with the Curtiss XF15C-1 and the Ryan FR-1. The configuration was a nose mounted turboprop engine used for cruising flight to solve high fuel consumption problem, and a tail mounted jet engine used for high speed combat. In 1944, two prototypes were ordered and designated XP-81. First flight was on February 1945, the performance from the under-powered turboprop engine was disappointing. After Guam and Saipan islands were captured, the need for a long-range fighter had eliminated. The XP-81 development was slowing down and the entire program was terminated in 1947.. Price:£39.99 sales@hannants.co.uk http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/ANIG2049 Wed, 27 Sep 2017 18:34:08 GMT http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/ANIG2133 Great Lakes XSG-1 Unorthodox biplane to replace the O2U Corsair. In early 1930's, the U.S. Navy issued requirement for a small scout amphibian as a replacement of the conventional floatplanes. Three companies, Great Lakes, Loening and Sikorsky received contacts from BuAer under a specification calling for a single-engine amphibian stressed for catapult launches and with wing floated, small enough to fit into the hanger space aboard Navy cruisers. In 1932, Great Lakes submitted a design present a unorthodox biplane configuration with a single large pontoon mounted below the lower wing. A single built prototype, designated the XSG-1, was delivered to Naval Air Station Anacostia for trials in 1933. Development quickly ended when trials revealed that the aircraft was incapable of reaching the speeds required by the Navy, further development was cancelled.. Price:£40.67 sales@hannants.co.uk http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/ANIG2133 Wed, 27 Sep 2017 09:42:58 GMT http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/ANIG2088 Yakovlev Yak-24 Horse. In 1965, the U.S. Army launched the Utility Tactical Transport Aircraft System (UTTAS) program. The initial specification called for an aircraft able to carry a crew of three and eleven troops with the main goal of replacing the Bell UH-1 Huey. Requests for proposals were issued to the industries in 1972. All the designs proposed in response to the specification were required to use two G.E. turbo-shaft engines and wheeled landing gear. Bell , Boeing and Sikorsky submitted proposals. The Boeing model 237 and Sikorsky S-70 were selected to proceed to prototype construction as the YUH-61 and YUH-60. The Boeing YUH-61 made its maiden flight in 1974. It was Boeing's first design with a single main rotor. All the three YHU-61A prototypes were delivered to the Army in 1976. A UTTAS competitive evaluation was conducted over the next eight months, with finally the Sikorsky S-70 was declared the winner, as Sikorsky's design was less complex than Boeing's. The S-70 became the Sikorsky HH-60 Black Hawk.. Price:£57.75 sales@hannants.co.uk http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/ANIG2088 Sun, 02 Apr 2017 01:45:05 GMT http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/ANIG4062 Boeing XCH-62 HLH Heavy lift helicopter program. Includes BONUS aircraft of the Sikorsky CH-54A Skycrane, Fairchild VZ-5 Fledgling and Cessna YH-41 Seneca. In 1967, the Soviet Mil V-12 helicopter made its first lift-off successfully. The U.S. military had an urge to match or top this heavy-lift helicopter. In early 1970, a joint Army and Navy working committee was formed to study the development of a heavy lift helicopter. The requirement for a 22-ton payload class HLH was issued. Boeing proposed the tandem-rotor Model 301 that was about twice size of the Chinook. Other design included in the competition was the Sikorsky S-73. In 1973, a contract was awarded to Boeing for the construction of one prototype, designated XCH-62. In 1975, the XCH-62 prototype had been 90% complete, being readied for a planned initial flight the next year, but Congress declined to provide further funding. The incomplete XCH-62 program was terminated. In 1983, the Army and NASA proposed collaboration to finish the aircraft for experimental flights but Congress again refused to fund the project. The XCH-62 remained in storage until 1987 when it was decided that it should be placed in the U.S. Army Aviation Museum at Fort Rucker, Alabama.. Price:£73.33 sales@hannants.co.uk http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/ANIG4062 Fri, 31 Mar 2017 19:55:04 GMT http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/ANIG2132 Sikorsky JR2S-1 / VS-44 U.S. largest flying boat at the time. Price:£157.33 sales@hannants.co.uk http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/ANIG2132 Fri, 27 Jan 2017 15:27:42 GMT http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/ANIG4105 McDonnell YC-15 Includes these BONUS kits North-American T-30 Sabreliner, Northrop YC-125 Raider and Rockwell XFV-12A). Price:£84.99 sales@hannants.co.uk http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/ANIG4105 Wed, 26 Oct 2016 13:30:21 GMT http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/ANIG4104 Boeing YC-14 STOL prototype to replace the C-130 Hercules. (includes these BONUS kits Bell X-16, McCulloch YH-30 and Lockheed YO-3A) In 1972, the U.S. Air Force issued the Advanced transport STOL transport program for a new medium airlifter that capable of operations into battle zones with short, temporary airfields. Two proposals were accepted for construction as the Boeing YC-14 and McDonnell-Douglas YC-15 prototypes. The Boeing design for STOL performance was based on the use of a supercritical wing, developed by NASA that the high-speed airflow from the engines tended to cling to the upper surface of the wing/flap system and was thus directed downward to provide powered lift. It was the most efficient powered-lift system ever developed. The first flight of the YC-14 demonstrated superior STOL performance and low-speed maneuverability. However, by the time the YC-14 was ready for production, military priorities had changed. The Air Force decided it needed a larger transport that would fly to standard, conventional airfields rather than into battle zones. In 1979, the Air F. Price:£84.99 sales@hannants.co.uk http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/ANIG4104 Mon, 08 Aug 2016 15:02:39 GMT http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/ANIG2125 Nakajima B4N-1 Experimental 9-Shi Carrier Attack Aircraft. In April 1932, the Imperial Japanese Navy issued requirement for the new carrier attack aircraft, which was intended to replace the Mitsubishi B2M1 type-89. Both the Mitsubishi and Nakajima were received order for the new aircraft development. Nakajima submitted the specification with tha B4N, that used a biplane configuaretion that had upper gull wings and lower inverted gull wing. In 1933, two B4N-1 prototypes had been completed and delivered to the IJN for testing and evaluation. The performance of the B4N was poor, in part because the powerplant did not possess the necessary horsepower to adequately propel such a large aircraft. The IJN lost all interest in pursuing 7-shi specification further. Instead, it would re-evaluate, and in 1934 it issued its 9-shi carrier attack aircraft in the hopes of abtaining a successful design.. Price:£48.67 sales@hannants.co.uk http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/ANIG2125 Thu, 28 Jul 2016 13:07:18 GMT http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/ANIG2122 Lockheed R6V-1 Constitution U.S. Navy mammoth air transport. In 1942, the U.S. Navy called for a large transport aircraft to improve upon the navy's fleet of flying boats. In the meantime, Lockheed and PanAm began a Model 189 airliner study as a greater / double-decker version of the 049 Constellation. A year later in 1943, the Navy involved the development and ordered two prototypes. It was given designation XR6O-1 Constitution. Since the XR6O-1 was a low-priority project, the first prototype was completed after the war ended in 1945. The first flight took place in late 1946. It was found to be significantly underpowered. In 1949, the second R6O was commissioned into service at the logistics support squadron VR-44. Soon joined by the first R6O, the two R6Os reassigned to VR-5 for personnel and material transport, and were redesignated R6V-1. The R6V-1 had operational difficulties which prevented it from meeting its original design objectives. The four Pratt & Whitney R-4360s did not offer the power needed by such a large aircraft. With a total of 3,760 flight hours between the two aircrafts, in 1953 the R6V Constitutions were retired and placed in storage at NAF Lichtfield Park, Arizona.. Price:£182.08 sales@hannants.co.uk http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/ANIG2122 Thu, 28 Jul 2016 13:07:18 GMT