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MODEL POWER
POSTAGE STAMP PLANE
MP5399
LOCKHEED
F-16 FALCON
“EGYPTIAN AIR FORCE 232TFB, #9301
INSHAS AB, EGYPT, 1982”
DETAILS
1:126 SCALE
DIECAST METAL MODEL
LENGTH: 4.75” WIDTH: 3”
THE EGYPTIAN AIR FORCE,OR EAF IS THE AVIATION BRANCH OF THE EGYPTIAN ARMED FORCES. CURRENTLY THE EAFHAS OVER 438 COMBAT AIRCRAFT AND 155 ARMED HELICOPTERS. THE BACKBONE OF THEEGYPTIAN AIR FORCE ARE 220 F-16 FIGHTERS. THE EGYPTIAN AIR FORCE IS THE 4THLARGEST OPERATOR OF F-16\'S IN THE WORLD, AFTER THE UNITED STATES, ISRAEL, ANDTURKEY.
DESIGNED BY GENERALDYNAMICS AS A LIGHTWEIGHT, DAYTIME USAF AIR-COMBAT FIGHTER, THE F-16 WAS FIRSTFLOWN ON JANUARY 20TH, 1974. THIS SINGLE-ENGINE, SUPERSONIC AIRCRAFT HAS, OVERTHE YEARS, EVOLVED INTO A MULTIROLE AIRCRAFT. IT HAS A FRAMELESS BUBBLECANOPY—GIVING ITS PILOT SUPERIOR VISIBILITY—AND IT USES ADVANCED AERODYNAMICS.THE F-16 WAS ONE OF THE FIRST DESIGNS TO USE A RELAXED STATICSTABILITY/FLY-BY-WIRE SYSTEM, WHICH HELPS IT PULL 9-G MANEUVERS AND ACHIEVESPEEDS OF MORE THAN MACH 2. CALLED \"VIPER\" BY ITS PILOTS, THE F-16 ISCONSIDERED ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL AIRCRAFT DESIGNS OF THE COLD WAR, WITH4,400+ AIRCRAFT BUILT SINCE 1976.
\"POSTAGE STAMPPLANES\" DIECAST AIRPLANES FEATURE:
- DIECAST METALCONSTRUCTION WITH SOME PLASTIC COMPONENTS.
- REALISTIC PANEL LINES, ANTENNAS, ACCESS PANELS AND SURFACE DETAILS.
- PRESENTATION STAND TO DISPLAY \"IN FLIGHT\"
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