Own an unforgettable piece of history with one of our R5D Support Aircraft Blue Angels transport plane wood.
This impressive replica of display model transport aircraft will surely delight every person who would be seeing this displayed in your room or office. The C54 Blue Angels model transport undergoes various stages of quality control before being put in its box. This C-54 Skymaster wooden aircraft display military has a dimension of 1/74 scale; 19.05" span; 15.22" length; perfect for your collection. Each C-54 Skymaster model is made of admirable quality. Our Douglas R5D Skymaster wood model transport is made from the finest grade of mahogany wood and passed through a precise quality check.
After World War Two ended, the Navy renewed its recruiting strategy to a war weary nation and sought to extend their search for potential recruits even into landlocked middle America far removed from coastal bases. This time, however, the idea for an aerial demonstration team began not at the individual squadron level but at the top – either the Secretary of the Navy (according to some historians) or Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Chester Nimitz (according to the Navy’s official history). Lieutenant Commander Roy M. “Butch” Voris – a decorated fighter ace with seven victories to his credit – was chosen to form and train the Navy’s new flight demonstration team. In addition to recruiting new sailors and showing the public the Navy’s colors, Voris admitted the new squadron’s mission -- like that of the very first Navy team decades earlier – was to “beat the Army; then it was the Army Air Forces.” To do that, he later recalled, they would “have to put a little risk into this thing” and “give them [the Army] something to jump at.” Voris hand picked the men to fly and maintain the team’s planes – all bachelors because: “We were not going to worry about children at this stage of the game.”
Airplane Model: R5D Support Aircraft Blue Angels
Finish: Painted Mahogany
Manufacturer: Douglas
Branch: US Navy
Aircraft Type: Military Transport
Features:
Hand crafted and hand painted
Collector Scale model
No Assembly Required
Display Stand included
Satisfaction Guarantee: We believe in 100% customer satisfaction. Every R5D Support Aircraft Blue Angels model we sell is shipped with a full 30 day money back guarantee, no questions asked.
*Disclaimer: Change of paint schemes and markings or embodied features on our models occurs at any time. Detachable stand is included which may vary from the photo.
