Ref: AM72175
Created: 12/08/2011
SHOWA L2D3/D4 "Tabby" Japanese transport Aircraft
Description: Japanese showa hikoki and nakajima license-built douglas dc-3 aircraft powered by mitsubishi kinsei 43 engines. Used during World War Two by Japanese Army for troops and cargo transport (Allies code "Tabby").
Description: The Yakovlev Yak-25 (NATO designation Flashlight-A/Mandrake) was a swept wing, turbojet-powered interceptor aircraft and reconnaissance aircraft built by Yakovlev and used by the Soviet Union.
The Yak-25 originated from a need for long-range interceptors to protect the USSR’s northern and eastern territory.
A reconnaissance derivative of the Yak-25, the Yak-25RV (Razvedchick Vysotnyj, "high-altitude reconnaissance"), was developed in 1959 (NATO codename ’Mandrake’). A few were used in the late 1970s for monitoring of radioactive contamination, with specialized sensors; these were designated Yak-25RRV
Description: The AS-3 air-to-surface missile is a large, supersonic, turbojet-powered, cruise missile weighing approximately 24,500 lb with a range of 100 to 350 nm. It carries a 5000-lb nuclear warhead. For guidance it uses a preprogrammed autopilot for launch and climb, an autopilot with command guidance for mid-course flight, and a preprogrammed dive to target. It has a CEP of 150 ft when used in an anti-ship role and a CEP of 1 to 3 nm when used against land targets. One AS-3 is carried aboard the Bear B and Bear C aircraft. Trawley included in the kit.
Description: First Soviet antishipping missile KS-1 "KOMETA" was designed by KB-1 (design bureau n01) under leadership of S.L.Beria in 1952. This outstanding missile has become the backbone of the Soviet tactical "rocket shield" for decades. This missile can be considered as the Cruise missile ancestor! It was carried by the famous Tupolev TU-16K "Badger" long range bomber at the beginning of the 80’s. Trawley included in the kit.
Ref: AM72201
Created: 06/23/2010
WHITE KNIGHT & SS1 SPACE SHIP
Description: The innovative carrier plane "White Knight" was used to air launch SpaceShipOne. The White Knight mothership associated with Space Ship 1 was the first combo to be tested before a new one (combo White Knight II / X-37).
SpaceShipOne is a spaceplane that completed the first privately funded (Virgin) spaceflight on June 21, 2004.
The White Knight was utilized to haul SpaceShipOne to altitude and then released the piloted rocketplane.
During its test programme, SpaceShipOne set a number of important "firsts", including first privately funded aircraft to exceed Mach 2 and Mach 3, first privately funded manned spacecraft to exceed 100km altitude, and first privately funded reusable manned spacecraft.