Article number: 510001434
Product: 1:72 Mc Donnell-Douglas Phantom FG.1

Model Dim.: 26,7 cm

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Developed by the American aircraft company McDonnell Douglas, the F-4 Phantom II is a tandem two-seat, allweather, supersonic fighter-bomber. It entered service during the sixties and it is one of the most famous airplanes of the military aviation history. From the ‘60s to the ‘80s it was widely used by the United Kingdom and was produced, in numerous dedicated versions, to serve both the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force performing air defense, close support, ground attack and reconnaissance tasks. The Royal Navy started to use the Phantom in 1964 to replace the obsolete Sea Vixen with the specific duty to guarantee the fleet air defense and with the intention to have the capability to operate from the decks of the British aircraft carriers. Very similar to the versions produced in the United States, the Phantom FG.1 and FGR.2, produced in Great Britain, were characterized by the adoption of Rolls-Royce "Spey" engines instead of the American GE J79.