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Model design by K & W Model Airplanes Inc. |
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The name SPAD, an acronym for Societe pour l'Aviation et ses Derives evokes a vision of a fast and rugged biplane dogfighting with Fokker evils high above the muddy trenches of northern France. The SPAD series of aircraft is especially associated with air heroes such as Georges Guynemer, René Fonck, Charles Nungesser, Raul Lufbery, Luke, and Eddie Rickenbacker, who helped build its reputation as one of the finest fighters of World War I.
SPAD was a respected aircraft manufacturing company in France, originally formed as the Societe pour les Appareils Deperdussin in 1910. After the outbreak of World War I, the company was taken over by Louis Bleriot and renamed, but the acronym, SPAD, remained the same. Louis Bechereau, Deperdussin's technical director and an innovative designer in his own right, conceived the SPAD fighters. To Bechereau and Marc Birkigt, a Swiss engineer and designer of the Hispano-Suiza engine, must go much of the credit for the success of the SPAD series.
Available in ARF and RNF |
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The airplane is packed in a strong 3-ply, custom made carton. The individual parts are packed in sealed plastic bags and then wrapped in bubble plastic to ensure safe transport. |
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Length : 123 cm 48.5"
Width : 51 cm 20"
Height : 47 cm 18.5"
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