Top 10 Most Popular Pacific Aircraft Airplane Models

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Hand-crafted Model of B-17G Flying Fortress "Sentimental Journey": Immortalized in cinema and song, and personalized with flamboyant "nose art" by their crew of ten, this nearly indestructible aircraft earned its place in history as the most celebrated bomber of WWII. The B-17 flew in combat on every front world-wide.

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Hand-crafted Model of the P-51D Mustang as flown by Chuck Yeager: More famous as the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound than his wartime achievements, Chuck Yeager became an Ace in Europe flying a P-51. After he was promoted to captain, he added 1 Me-262 and 4 Fw-190s for a total of 11 career victories.

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Hand-crafted Model of the P-40 Warhawk, AVG, Flying Tigers: Officially named the American Volunteer Group (AVG), this band of American mercenaries, hired by China and led by General Claire Chennault, is legendary as the "Flying Tigers".

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Hand-crafted Model of the F4U-4 Corsair, USMC VMF-214 "Black Sheep Squadron": The Corsair remained in continuous production from 1941 to 1952. Twelve thousand were built. The inverted gull wings were designed, in part, to extend the length of landing gear needed to create the clearance for the 13'4" prop.

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Hand-crafted Model of the F-14 Tomcat VF-1 "Wolf Pack" with Movable Wings: Faster than a speeding bullet, this second generation supersonic fighter can fire at six targets simultaneously while tracking 18 others. The F-14s variable geometry wings with Phoenix, Sidewinder and Sparrow missiles plus a 20mm cannon, make it adaptable to a wide range of combat conditions.

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Hand-crafted Model of the A6M2 Zero as flown by Saboru Sakai: Zeros were the best Japanese fighters of the War. They spearheaded every advance from Pearl Harbor to the Battle of Midway. At Midway they suffered irreplaceable losses in both pilots and planes.

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Hand-crafted Model of the Boeing 314 Clipper: The Boeing 314 Clipper still ranks as one of the most luxurious airliners of all time. The giant flying boat provided first-class service, with hot meals, to its 40 berthed passengers. It was the first "wide-bodied" aircraft, with 12.5 ft cabins.

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Hand-crafted Model of the P-38 Lightning, "Marge" as flown by Richard Bong: Flying the P-38 Lightning pictured, Major Richard Bong became America's "Ace of Aces. Sixty days after he broke the record of 26 victories that Eddie Rickenbacker held since WW I, he ran his score up to 40.

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Hand-crafted Model of the AD-6 Skyraider, USMC: Crewed by one pilot only, the AD Skyraider was at the time the largest production single-seater. Although there was plenty on internal space this was not used for weapons; instead the folding wings were given no fewer than seven hard-points on each side.

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Hand-crafted Model of the Cessna Model 172 Skyhawk: Cessna hit the bull's eye with the creation of the 172. Since its inception in 1956, the Skyhawk has been one of the most successful airplanes ever produced. More than 30,000 are still in active use today.