Calibre Wings CA72TP05 Grumman F-14A Tomcat NFWS/NSAWC TopGun Desert Buno 160913

Calibre Wings - 1/72 Scale

CA72TP05 - Grumman F-14A Tomcat NFWS/NSAWC Topgun Desert Buno 160913

Limited Edition

(RRP £159.99)

The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is a twin-engine, variable sweep wings capable of supersonic flight. The aircraft is crewed by a Pilot and a Radar Intercept Officer who share the tasks of navigation, Navy and the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force only. The name “Tomcat” is said to come from the call-sign used by Vice Admiral Thomas Connolly which conformed to the USN tradition of giving Grumman aircraft feline names.

The United States Navy Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor program (SFTI program), more popularly known as TOPGUN, teaches fighter and strike tactics and techniques to selected naval aviators and naval flight officers, who return to their operating units as surrogate instructors. It began as the United States Navy Fighter Weapons School, established on 3rd March 1969, at the former Naval Air Station Miramar in San Diego, California. In 1996, the school was merged into the Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center at Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada.

Model Features:-

• Martin Baker GRU-7 ejection seats (for A/B version)

• Realistic pilot & RIO figures

• Canopy in open or closed position

• Working glove vanes

• Positional airbrakes

• Movable sweep wings & horizontal stabilizers

• Interchangeable engine nozzles in open or closed positions

• Landing gears extended or stored

• Jet intake covers

• Wheel chocks

• Rubber tyres

• Pay load ordnance (based on operational readiness)

• Limited edition metal plate

• Collector’s box