P9 Comet Aeronca Chief - 54 Inch Wingspan for R/C / Free Flight
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
Very rare 1950s issue of this large-scale model with a 54 inch wingspan. For rubber or gas free flight or R/C (radio control). Features traditional balsa wood and tissue construction, high quality printwood sheets, factory-cut spars and stringers, balsa nose block, fully formed wheels and thrust button, covering tissue, factory-carved balsa propeller (80% finished) and detailed full size plans with building instructions/notes. The model has not been started. Inventoried complete with all parts above and plans present. Comet was a famous manufacturer of stick and tissue flying and static models. In the 1930s Great Depression, they lead the low-priced kit revolution with the "Dime Scale" kits and famous advertisements in Model Airplane News magazine and others. Comet reached it's peak in the 1930s when they acquired the services of Carl Goldberg. Goldberg was a highly accomplished modeler with articles in Model Airplane News and famous designs that won him several National level competitions in the 1930s and beyond. (Carl Goldberg went on to found his own company and produced well designed and popular free-flight and RC aircraft). Comet survived the post World War economic slump and continued kit production until they were bought out by long-time competitor Guillow's in 1998.
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