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Ernst Udet , Corgi & Hobbymaster Deliveries Due Soon, Aviation 72 and Hobbymaster Updates.

22/06/2023 By Richard Darling

  Ernst Udet (26th April 1896 – 17th November 1941) was a Udet joined the Imperial German Air Service at the age of 19, and eventually became a notable flying ace of World War I, scoring 62 confirmed victories by the end of his life. The highest scoring German fighter pilot to survive that war, […]

Filed Under: Flying Tigers, Newsletter Tagged With: Corgi Aviation Archive, Newsletter, Latest Hobbymaster models, Aviation 72, Flying Tigers Newsletter, Ernst Udet

VFA-82 Marauders , Aviation 72 new model arrivals and Hobbymaster Photo updates.

21/07/2022 By Richard Darling

  VFA-82, Strike Fighter Squadron 82, known as the Marauders was a U.S. Navy strike fighter squadron formerly based at MCAS Beaufort, South Carolina, established in 1967 and deactivated in 2005. Its radio callsign was Streetcar. History Attack Squadron 82 (VA-82) was established on 1st May 1967 as a light attack squadron flying the Vought […]

Filed Under: Flying Tigers, Newsletter Tagged With: Newsletter, Latest Hobbymaster models, Aviation 72, Flying Tigers Newsletter

German Air Force , New Model Arrivals from Calibre Wings, Herpa and Corgi Aviation Archive.

05/03/2021 By Richard Darling

The German Air Force  is the aerial warfare branch of the Bundeswehr, the armed forces of Germany. With a strength of 27,620 personnel (April 2020), it is the third largest air force within the European Union, after the Italian Air Force and French Air Force. The German Air Force (as part of the Bundeswehr) was […]

Filed Under: Flying Tigers, Newsletter Tagged With: Corgi Aviation Archive, Newsletter, Latest Hobbymaster models, Aviation 72, Flying Tigers Newsletter, Calibre Wings Fencer, Herpa Diecast, German Air Force

Fokker Dr.I , Corgi Arrivals and Oxford Diecast & Aviation 72 New Model Announcements!

06/02/2020 By Richard Darling

The Fokker Dr.I (Dreidecker, “triplane” in German), often known simply as the Fokker Triplane, was a World War I fighter aircraft built by Fokker-Flugzeugwerke. The Dr.I saw widespread service in the spring of 1918. It became famous as the aircraft in which Manfred von Richthofen gained his last 19 victories, and in which he was […]

Filed Under: Flying Tigers, Newsletter Tagged With: Corgi Aviation Archive, Newsletter, Oxford Diecast, Aviation 72, Flying Tigers Newsletter, Fokker Dr.I

The Folland Gnat , Calibre Wings and Corgi Arrivals, Hobbymaster and Oxford Diecast updates.

14/11/2019 By Richard Darling

The Folland Gnat is a small, swept-wing British subsonic jet trainer and light fighter aircraft developed by Folland Aircraft for the Royal Air Force. The Gnat was designed by W.E.W. Petter as a development of the private venture Folland Midge. It first flew in 1955. Its design allowed its construction without specialised tools by countries […]

Filed Under: Flying Tigers, Newsletter Tagged With: Corgi Aviation Archive, Gemini Jets, Newsletter, Oxford Diecast, New Corgi models, Latest Hobbymaster models, Aviation 72, Flying Tigers Newsletter, Calibre Wings Tomcat, Folland Gnat

Sukhoi Su-33 Sea Flanker, Hobbymaster and Calibre Wings Announcements, New Model Arrivals and Gallery Updates.

17/01/2019 By Richard Darling

The Sukhoi Su-33 is an all-weather carrier-based twin-engine air superiority fighter designed by Sukhoi and manufactured by Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Production Association, derived from the Su-27 and initially known as the Su-27K. Compared with the Su-27, the Su-33 has a strengthened undercarriage and structure, folding wings and stabilators, all for carrier operations. The Su-33 has canards […]

Filed Under: Flying Tigers, Newsletter Tagged With: Oxford Diecast, New Hobbymaster Models, Aviation 72, Calibre Wings, Sukhoi Su-33 Sea Flanker

Royal Danish Air Force, Aviation 72 and Corgi Aviation Archive Arrivals ,Latest Hobbymaster Annoucements and Updated Photo Galleries.

20/09/2018 By Richard Darling

The Royal Danish Air Force (RDAF) is the aerial warfare force of Denmark and one of the four branches of the Danish Defence.Initially being components of the Army and the Navy, it was made a separate service in 1950. It main purpose is to serve as enforcer of Danish airspace and to provide air support […]

Filed Under: Flying Tigers, Newsletter Tagged With: Century Wings, Corgi Aviation Archive, Newsletter, JC Wings, New Hobbymaster Models, Aviation 72, Flying Tigers Newsletter, Air Force 1, Royal Danish Air Force

Lockheed P-3 Orion, New Model Announcements and Arrivals, and Hobbymaster Arrival Update.

17/05/2018 By Richard Darling

The Lockheed P-3 Orion is a four-engine turboprop anti-submarine and maritime surveillance aircraft developed for the United States Navy and introduced in the 1960s. Lockheed based it on the L-188 Electra commercial airliner.The aircraft is easily distinguished from the Electra by its distinctive tail stinger or “MAD Boom”, used for the magnetic detection of submarines. […]

Filed Under: Flying Tigers, Newsletter Tagged With: Newsletter, JC Wings, InFlight 200, Aviation 72, Flying Tigers Newsletter, P-3 Orion

Short Tucano, Hobbymaster New Announcements and Photo Gallery Updates

13/04/2018 By Richard Darling

The Short Tucano is a two-seat turboprop basic trainer built by Short Brothers in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is a licence-built version of the Brazilian Embraer EMB-312 Tucano. The main operator is the Royal Air Force with exports to Kenya and Kuwait The Embraer EMB 312 Tucano is a low-wing, tandem-seat, single-turboprop, basic trainer with […]

Filed Under: Flying Tigers, Newsletter Tagged With: Newsletter, Oxford Diecast, Latest Hobbymaster models, Aviation 72, Flying Tigers Newsletter, Shorts Tucano

Boeing AH-64 Apache, New Corgi, Aviation 72, and JC Wings Arrivals and Hobbymaster Updates.

30/03/2018 By Richard Darling

The Boeing AH-64 Apache is an American four-blade, twin-turboshaft attack helicopter with a tailwheel-type landing gear arrangement and a tandem cockpit for a two-man crew. It features a nose-mounted sensor suite for target acquisition and night vision systems. It is armed with a 30 mm (1.18 in) M230 chain gun carried between the main landing […]

Filed Under: Flying Tigers, Newsletter Tagged With: Corgi Aviation Archive, Newsletter, JC Wings, New Hobbymaster Models, Aviation 72, Flying Tigers Newsletter, Precision Model Art

Saab JAS 39 Gripen, Aviation 72 updates and Air Commander Latest Announcement !

02/03/2018 By Richard Darling

The Saab JAS 39 Gripen is a light single-engine multirole fighter aircraft manufactured by the Swedish aerospace company Saab. It was designed to replace the Saab 35 Draken and 37 Viggen in the Swedish Air Force (Flygvapnet). The Gripen has a delta wing and canard configuration with relaxed stability design and fly-by-wire flight controls. It […]

Filed Under: Flying Tigers, Newsletter Tagged With: Newsletter, Aviation 72, Air Commander, Flying Tigers Newsletter, McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II, Saab JAS 39 Gripen, Czech Air Force, Swedish Air Force, Hungarian Air Force, Thai Air Force

Hawker Sea Fury, Aviation 72 New Model Arrivals and Updated Oxford Diecast Photos.

22/02/2018 By Richard Darling

The Hawker Sea Fury is a British fighter aircraft designed and manufactured by Hawker. It was the last propeller-driven fighter to serve with the Royal Navy, and one of the fastest production single seat piston-engined aircraft ever built. Developed during the Second World War, the Sea Fury entered service two years after the war ended. […]

Filed Under: Flying Tigers, Newsletter Tagged With: Corgi Aviation Archive, Newsletter, JC Wings, Oxford Diecast, Aviation 72, Flying Tigers Newsletter, Hawker Sea Fury, Airfix, Coca Cola

De Havilland Dove (Devon), Latest Corgi and Oxford Diecast Model Arrivals and Hobbymaster Special Sale offers !

06/10/2017 By Richard Darling

The de Havilland DH.104 Dove was a British short-haul airliner developed and manufactured by de Havilland. It was a monoplane successor to the prewar de Havilland Dragon Rapide biplane. The design came about from the Brabazon Committee report which, amongst other aircraft types, called for a British-designed short-haul feeder for airlines. The Dove was a […]

Filed Under: Newsletter Tagged With: Corgi Aviation Archive, Newsletter, Oxford Aviation, Hobbymaster sale, Oxford Diecast, Aviation 72, Flying Tigers Newsletter, de Havilland Dove, de Havilland Devon

Tupolev Tu-160 “Blackjack”, New 1/72nd scale Diecast V-2 Rocket, New Arrivals / Pre-orders and Bank Holiday Free Postage Offer !

25/08/2017 By Richard Darling

The Tupolev Tu-160 Beliy Lebed (or White Swan, NATO reporting name: Blackjack) is a supersonic, variable-sweep wing heavy strategic bomber designed by the Tupolev Design Bureau in the Soviet Union. It is the largest and heaviest Mach 2+ supersonic aircraft ever built and second only to the comparable XB-70 Valkyrie in overall length. It is […]

Filed Under: Flying Tigers, Newsletter Tagged With: Newsletter, Oxford Diecast, New Hobbymaster Models, Aviation 72, Flying Tigers Newsletter, V-2 Rocket, Precision Model Art

Curtiss SB2C Helldiver, Hobbymaster and Aviation 72 Latest Model Announcements and New Model Arrivals !

11/08/2017 By Richard Darling

The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver was a carrier-based dive bomber aircraft produced for the United States Navy during World War II. It replaced the Douglas SBD Dauntless in US Navy service. The SB2C was much faster than the SBD it replaced. Crew nicknames for the aircraft included the Big-Tailed Beast (or just the derogatory Beast), Two-Cee […]

Filed Under: Flying Tigers, Newsletter Tagged With: Newsletter, Oxford Aviation, Latest Hobbymaster models, Aviation 72, Flying Tigers Newsletter, Curtiss SB2C Helldiver

Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye, Latest Model Arrivals, Updated Hobbymaster Photos and New Gemini and InFlight Models.

21/04/2017 By Richard Darling

The Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye is an American all-weather, carrier-capable tactical airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft. This twin-turboprop aircraft was designed and developed during the late 1950s and early 1960s by the Grumman Aircraft Company for the United States Navy as a replacement for the earlier, piston-engined E-1 Tracer, which was rapidly becoming obsolete. The […]

Filed Under: Flying Tigers, Newsletter Tagged With: Gemini Jets, Newsletter, JC Wings, InFlight 200, Hobbymaster sale, Aviation 72, Flying Tigers Newsletter, Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye

Sukhoi Su-35 Flanker-E, New Hobbymaster Pre-Order Models and Next Week’s New Arrivals !

07/04/2017 By Richard Darling

The Sukhoi Su-35 NATO reporting name Flanker-E is a designation for two separate, heavily upgraded derivatives of the Su-27 ‘Flanker’ . They are single-seat, twin-engine, supermaneuverable multirole fighters, designed by Sukhoi and built by Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Production Association (KnAAPO). The first variant was designed during the 1980s, when Sukhoi sought to upgrade its high-performance Su-27, […]

Filed Under: Flying Tigers, Newsletter Tagged With: Newsletter, New Hobbymaster Models, Aviation 72, Flying Tigers Newsletter, Airforce 1, Sukhoi Su-35 Flanker-E

Gloster Javelin, Update Hobbymaster Photos and Latest Brands Added.

24/03/2017 By Richard Darling

The Gloster Javelin is a twin-engined T-tailed delta-wing subsonic night and all-weather interceptor aircraft that served with the Royal Air Force from the mid-1950s until the late 1960s. The last aircraft design to bear the Gloster name, it was introduced in 1956 after a lengthy development period and received several upgrades during its lifetime to its […]

Filed Under: Flying Tigers, Newsletter Tagged With: Newsletter, Gloster Javelin, Hogan Wings, Hogan Wings Concorde, New Hobbymaster Models, Aviation 72, Flying Tigers Newsletter, Hogan Wings Diecast, Hogan Wings Snap-Fit

Saab 37 Viggen, and Aviation 72 Latest Arrivals

03/03/2017 By Richard Darling

The Saab 37 Viggen (“Thunderbolt”, also “Tufted duck”) is a Swedish single-seat, single-engine, short-medium range combat aircraft. Development work on the type was initiated at Saab in 1952 and, following the selection of a radical delta wing configuration, the resulting aircraft performed its first flight on 8th February 1967 and entered service in 21st June […]

Filed Under: Newsletter Tagged With: Newsletter, Aviation 72, Flying Tigers Newsletter, Saab Draken, de Havilland Sea Vixen, Panavia Tornado F3, Saab 37 Viggen, Short Tucano

Fighting Falcons VF-96, Randy “Duke” Cunningham, Hobbymaster New Announcements and Updated Photos.

22/07/2016 By Richard Darling

Fighter Squadron 96, or VF-96 Fighting Falcons was an aviation unit of the United States Navy in service from 1962 to 1975. When assigned to Carrier Air Wing Nine (CVW-9) their tail code was NG, and their radio call-sign was Showtime. Originally established as United States Naval Reserve squadron VF-791 Fighting Falcons on 20 July […]

Filed Under: Newsletter Tagged With: Newsletter, Latest Hobbymaster models, Aviation 72, New Hobbymaster, Hobbymaster Phantom, Flying Tigers Newsletter, Fighting Falcons VF-96, Randy "Duke" Cunningham

The Folland Gnat, Latest Model Announcements and Sale Offers !

16/07/2016 By Richard Darling

The Folland Gnat is a small, swept-wing British subsonic jet trainer and light fighter aircraft developed by Folland Aircraft for the Royal Air Force. The Gnat was designed by W.E.W. Petter as a development of the private venture Folland Midge. It first flew in 1955. Its design allowed its construction without specialised tools by countries […]

Filed Under: Newsletter Tagged With: Concorde, Newsletter, British Airways Concorde, BAC Concorde, Aviation 72, Flying Tigers Newsletter, Folland Gnat, Indian Air Force, RAF, Red Arrows

The Blackburn Buccaneer in Operation Granby, Century Wings Update and Offers of the Week.

08/04/2016 By Richard Darling

Operation Granby was the name given to the British military operations during the 1991 Gulf War. The RAF involvement ended 25 years ago this coming Monday 11th April 2016. In total 53,462 troops were deployed during the conflict. The total cost of operations was £2.434 billion (1992), of which at least £2.049 billion was paid […]

Filed Under: Newsletter Tagged With: Corgi Aviation Archive, Bae Tornado, Oxford Diecast, Aviation 72, Air Commander, Operation Granby, Sepecat Jaguar, Blackburn Bucanneer, Gazelle, Lynx

The Saab Draken and Latest Model Arrivals.

20/11/2015 By Richard Darling

The Saab 35 Draken was a Swedish fighter aircraft manufactured by Saab between 1955 and 1974. The indigenous J 35 was an effective supersonic Cold War fighter that was also successfully exported to Austria, Denmark, and Finland. The Draken was the first fully supersonic aircraft to be deployed in Western Europe.As the jet era started, Sweden […]

Filed Under: Flying Tigers, Newsletter Tagged With: Newsletter, Aviation 72, Air Commander, Flying Tigers Newsletter, Saab Draken, Saab Viggen, Saab Gripen, Wings of War

Future Model Release announcements at Flying Tigers

17/07/2014 By Flying Tigers

All the latest model release announcements at Flying Tigers.  Some spectacular new models have now been added to our website, including the Duxford SR-71 Blackbird from Century Wings and a new Northrop P-61B Black Widow and MV-22B Osprey from Air Force One models.

Filed Under: Corgi Aviation Archive, Hobbymaster, Supermarine, Spitfire, Avro Vulcan, Concorde, Avro Lancaster, Tomcat, Messerschmitt, Northrop P-61B Black Widow, Duxford SR-71 Blackbird, Bell-Boeing MV-22B Osprey, Air Force One Models Tagged With: Corgi, Century Wings, Hobbymaster, Air Force One Models, Aviation 72, Northrop P-61B Black Widow, Bell-Boeing MV-22B Osprey

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Flying Tigers is now based at the historic Sywell Aerodrome, in Northamptonshire. We hope to welcome many of you to our new premises over the coming months. See map. Sywell Aerodrome, Northamptonshire, NN6 0BN

Recent News

  • VFA-192 “World Famous Golden Dragons” , Hobbymaster New Models In Stock and also due next week.
  • Strike Fighter Squadron 143 (VFA-143) “Pukin Dogs” , Hobbymaster Updates and Sale Offers!
  • No. 75 Squadron RNZAF , Hobbymaster Updates and Sale Offers!
  • Brewster F2A Buffalo , Hobbymaster New Model Announcements, Updates and Sales!
  • United States Air Force Plant 42 , Hobbymaster Sale Offers and Updated Photo Gallery.
  • VAQ-142 “The Gray Wolves” , Hobbymaster New Model Announcements and “Offers of the Week”
  • Curtiss SB2C Helldiver , Hobbymaster “Deal of the Day”, Offers of the Week” and Photo Updates.
  • Lockheed P-3 Orion , Hobbymaster & Gemini Jets Updates and “Offers of the Week ” Sale.

Latest Model Arrivals

  • IFRM70301P InFlight Aerolineas Argentinas Boeing 707-387C LV-JGP with stand £149.99 (incl VAT)
  • IFEAV2232 InFlight Lloyd Aereo Boliviano LAB Airbus A310-304 CP-2232 (El Aviador Models) £129.99 (incl VAT)
  • IF701CO0823 InFlight Continental Airlines Boeing 707-124 N70774 with stand £94.99 (incl VAT)

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