Wingspan : 17.55"
Model length : 14"
Code : BW07025

From Mastercraft Collection's Big Wings Series features BIG Mahogany wood desktop model airplane. If you've wanted a more prominent and dominant model for your collection, then this series is for you. These airplane replicas are REALLY HUGE, bigger than you've come to expect; and with our factory prices, you'll get a lot more value and model for your money. Words and pictures alone are not enough - you just have to see and own one for yourself to know how BIG these wood desktop model airplanes are! 

And you just have to see for yourself how BIG this SPAD is! It's a HUGE replica of Captain Reed Chambers'"Flag Bus", the most colorful of the famous 94th "Hat-in-the Ring" Aero Squadron's post-World War 1 SPADs. Get it to complete your American Air Force collection - it's the best way to demonstrate just how far American aviation had gone in the last 80-plus years. 

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 

The SPAD S.XIII was a French biplane fighter aircraft of World War I, developed by Société Pour L'Aviation et ses Dérivés (SPAD) from the earlier highly successful SPAD S.VII. It was one of the most capable fighters of the war, and one of the most-produced, with 8,472 built and orders for around 10,000 more cancelled at the Armistice. 

The SPAD S.VII had entered service in September of 1916, but by early 1917 it had been surpassed by the latest German scouts, leading French flying ace, Georges Guynemer to lobby for an improved version. SPAD designer Louis Béchereau initially produced the S.XII, which had limited success, and finally the S.XIII. 

The S.XIII differed from its predecessor by incorporating a number of aerodynamic and other refinements, including larger wings and rudder, a more powerful Hispano-Suiza engine, and a second Vickers .303-cal. machine gun for added firepower. All these improvements led to greater increases in flight and combat performance. It was faster than its main contemporaries, the British Sopwith Camel and the German Fokker D.VII, and was renowned for its ruggedness and diving ability.