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Hobby Master 1/72 Air Power Series HA3512 CF-18 “Centennial Hornet” celebrating “100 Years of Powered Flight in Canada” 2009

Professionally painted Great attention to detail All markings are Tampoed (pad applied) Option to display the model on a stand that is provided Model can be shown with the landing gear in the down or up positions Canopy can be displayed open or closed Extremely heavy metal with a minimum of plastic Highly collectable

The McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) F/A-18 Hornet is a supersonic twin engine all-weather night fighter and attack aircraft. The F/A-18s first flew in November 1978 and the first production flight on April 12, 1980. The first 380 aircraft were F/A-18As and in September 1987 production switched to the F/A-18C. Variants A and C are single-seat aircraft while B and D are tandem- seats. The Hornet can operate from either aircraft carriers or land bases with the capability of in flight refueling. A total of 1,480 A-D variants were built.

In 2009 to mark the 100th anniversary of powered flight in Canada CF-18 188719 from the 4 Wing, Cold Lake, Alberta was given a special paint scheme. Unlike previous special schemes that only had the tails painted 719 received a complete make over and is referred to as the “Centennial Hornet”. The design incorporates many of the graphic features found on earlier Canadian Forces aircraft as well as markings representative of Canada. The blue and gold represents 85 years of the Canadian Air Force and 100 years of powered flight in Canada. The gold also represents the colors of the former Centennaires and Golden Hawks, the red and white striping is a stylized representation of the lightning bolts of the CF-101 Voodoo. On the vertical stabilizers just above the inscription 100 1909 - 2009 is a depiction of the “Silver Dart” that made the first powered flight in Canada in 1909. Also on the vertical stabilizers are colorful depictions of the Northern Lights with the single North Star at the top. On the actual aircraft just below the red and white markings as well as several other locations there are 100 printed names of people considered to have made noteworthy contributions to Canadian aviation. On the left engine cowling are the names of the people that paint crew, on the outside of the landing gear door are other names of people associated with this project as well as the CF-18 Demo Team logo. There are some signatures and company logos on the inside of the landing gear doors and other little markings for you to discover.

Specifications McDonnell Douglas CF-18 (officially CF-188)

General characteristics Number of aircraft purchased - 62 A / 18 B Crew - 1x CF-18A / 2 x CF-18B Dimensions Length - 56 ft 0 in (17.07 m) Wingspan - 40 ft 0 in (12.31 m) with Sidewinders Height - 15 ft 4 in (4.66 m) Weights Empty weight - 23049 lb (10455 kg) Loaded weight - 37150 lb (16850 kg) Max takeoff weight - 51550 lb (23400 kg) Performance Powerplant - 2 × General Electric F404-GE-400 turbofans, 16000 lbf (71.2 kN) per engine Maximum speed - Mach 1.8 (1127 mph, 1814 km/h) @ 36100 ft (11000 m) Combat radius - 330 mi (290 nmi, 537 km) on hi-lo-lo-hi mission Ferry range - 2070 mi (1800 nmi, 3330 km) (range without ordnance) Service ceiling - 50000 ft (15000 m) Rate of climb - 50000 ft/min (254 m/s) Armament Nine Weapon/ Store Stations (5 pylons: 1 Under Fuselage and 4 Wing Stations) (2 LAU 116 located on sides of fuselage: deploys AIM 7 Sparrow and AMRAAM Missiles)(2 LAU 7 located on the wing tips: Deploys AIM 9 Sidewinder Missile), carrying up to 13700 lb (6215 kg) of missiles, rockets, bombs, fuel tanks, and pods 1 × 20 mm M61A1 Vulcan internal Gatling gun with 578 rounds, with a firing rate of 4000 or 6000 shots per minute Missiles Air-to-air - AIM-9 Sidewinder, AIM-120 AMRAAM, AIM-7 Sparrow Air-to-ground - AGM-65 Maverick, CRV7 rockets Bombs - Paveway, Mk 82, Mk 83, Mk 84, GBU-10, -12, -16 and -24 laser guided bombs. Avionics Raytheon AN/APG-73 radar BAE Systems AN/APX-111 IFF Rockwell Collins AN/ARC-210 RT-1556/ARC VHF/UHF Radio General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems AN/AYK-14 XN-8 mission computer Smiths Aerospace AN/AYQ-9 Stores Management System