Douglas C-54 Skymaster USMCDouglas C 54 Skymaster USMC airplane model. The Douglas C 54 Skymaster was a four engine transport aircraft used by the United States Army Air Forces in World War II. Like the C 47 Skytrain, the C 54 Skymaster was derived from a civilian airliner (the Douglas DC 4). C 54s began service with the Army Air Forces in 1942, carrying up to 26 passengers. (Later versions carried up to 50 passengers.) The U. S. Navy also acquired the type, under the

Too late for World War I

Beech T-42 Cochise airplane model

A true collector's item and in limited quantity

especially after the Second World War

An engineering masterpiece

Subsequent versions have been the 206L1 Long Ranger II

Lockheed L-100 C-130 Hercules Trans America mahogany wood airplane model

The Messerschmitt proved to be easy to bounce onto a wing-tip on landing due to the narrow landing gear

The world's first purpose-built jet trainer

including LHA

Ships in a wood crate

From its European combat debut in 1944 through the Korean War and Vietnam