Avia Bellanca Super Viking Airplane Desktop Wood Model

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The item will be an overstock from a bulk production order still currently being handcrafted in our factory by our skilled craftsmen. Please BID only if you can wait 4-6 weeks for your order to be finished and allow another 2-3 weeks for shipping. As soon as stocks are available, we will ship immediately. This magnificent and Museum-Quality crafted AVIA BELLANCA SUPER VIKING AIRPLANE WOOD MODEL is finely handmade from kiln-dried Wood Mahogany and skillfully hand-painted by gifted artists. It is 8" in Length, with 10.5" Wingspan, weighing 0.44 pounds, and a package weight of about 2.20 pounds. The picture shown in this listing is part of a set of photos we are using as reference for the production of the models. Each model comes with a wooden stand. Direct from our highly gifted Craftsmen & Artists, Each model is Individually Sculptured and Painted by hand, Not Mass-produced and t is No Reserve! ABOUT US: MyAsianArt is an Art & Antiques Gallery based in Manila, Philippines promoting historical items & featuring local skilled artisans and painters specializing in high quality ARTWORKS (HAND-PAINTED Oil Paintings and Sculptures), model ships, model planes & toy models and Handicrafts from Asia. We have been doing business WORLDWIDE for more that 8 years. SHIPPING: The model plane will be packed in a strong carton box with protective foam. Shipping & Handling Worldwide is $18.75 via Post Office Air Parcel Service. PAYMENT: We prefer Paypal payments because we are PAYPAL-Confirmed and Verified. Please use CONFIRMED Shipping address only. We also accept Money Orders issued by any US-based Bank (NO Postal Money Order please), Cashier's Check, Company/Personal Checks (with 30-day Bank Clearing period). If you have any questions, pls contact us personally at The plane Charles Lindbergh flew across the Atlantic on his historic 1927 solo ride might have been nicknamed the Spirit of Mariners Harbor but for a twist of fate. The story of the historical quirk revolves around an aeronautical inventor from Sciacca, Sicily, named Giuseppe Mario Bellanca, born in 1886, and who came to the United States in 1912. G.M. studied mathematics in Italy but immigrated to America to find his fortune in aviation. Bellanca lived with his brother in Brooklyn and built his first plane, called a parasol monoplane, behind a grocery store. The design became a standard for todays general aviation, according to the National Aviation Hall of Fame, which inducted Bellanca in 1993. He transported it to a field in Long Island and taught himself to fly, said George Frebert, an aviation historian from Smyrna, Del. In 1914, Bellanca opened a flying school in Garden City. Among his students was Fiorello LaGuardia. Bellanca taught him to fly and LaGuardia gave Bellanca driving lessons in his Model T Ford in exchange, Frebert said. LaGuardia became a World War I bomber pilot and mayor of New York City in 1934. During the war, Bellanca moved to Maryland and built two airplane trainers, vehicles used to teach pilots how to fly. The postwar period was called the era of barnstorming in aviation, a time when World War I veterans would travel the country in Army surplus planes and offer flights to people for a fee. New plane design fueled this fascination with flying and Bellanca in 1922 moved to Omaha, Neb., met his wife, the former Dorothy Brown, and started an airplane company. G.M. built the CF, which broke 13 world records at the time, including one for endurance. The craft now is in the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museums Garber facility. But the company did not do very well. Bellanca charged $5,000 per plane while war surplus models sold for mere hundreds of dollars. So looking for work, Bellanca returned to the East Coast, joining the Wright Aero Corp. of Paterson, N.J., in 1924. An engine company known for the Whirlwind engine, Wright hired Bellanca to build airplanes to highlight their engines, Frebert explained. At Wright, Bellanca built the Wrigh... read more

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