Bellanca 28-70 - The Irsih Swoop
€43.50
1/72 scale model kit. The kit will consist of: fuselage wing and empanages in polyurethane resin, small and detailed parts in 3D printed resin and transparent parts formed in vacuum with transparent PVC and adhesive templates to correctly cut the flat windows. Decals of the famous "The Irish Swoop".
The Bellanca 28-70 was manufactured by the Bellanca Aircraft Corporation, designed by James Fitzmaurice, to compete in the 1934 MacRobertson race.
The plane was poised to enter the race, but unfortunately, it was disqualified due to a fuel capacity issue that could not be rectified in time, and ultimately did not fly the race. After an attempted London to Baghdad raid, the Irish Swoop encountered further issues, leading to its return to the United States, where it suffered a landing accident. The pilots were James Fitzmaurice and Eric 'Jock' Bonar.
In 1936, it was sold and transformed into the Bellanca 28-90, renamed by Jim Mollison as Dorothy, setting a transatlantic speed record. Shortly thereafter, it was sold to the Republic of Spain to contribute to the war effort against fascism.
"Despite its setbacks, the 28-70 is a fine example of a transitional aircraft, a low-wing monoplane with retractable landing gear, still using struts, and also an intriguing attempt by Bellanca to update the architecture of its already very characteristic planes, another step, and quite interesting, in the evolution of aeronautics.
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1/72 scale model kit. The kit will consist of: fuselage wing and empanages in polyurethane resin, small and detailed parts in 3D printed resin and transparent parts formed in vacuum with transparent PVC and adhesive templates to correctly cut the flat windows. Decals of the famous "The Irish Swoop".