Mercury Space CapsuleMercury Space Capsule desk model. On the heels of the launch of the Russian spacecraft Vostok 1, the United States was ready to send of its own first man into space aboard the Mercury Space Capsule. Although the Russians had managed to beat them so far at every turn of the Space Race, the Americans were undaunted. The Mercury Program resulted in six succesful spaceflights, allowing the United States to gain a foothold in space that it would hold onto

Wingspan 18 inches

affectionately known as Fat Albert

The last of the giants was delivered in 1990

The Strategic Air Command

The IDS Tornado carries a completely self-contained nav/attack system

and wheel brakes

entered production early in 1966

began to arrive in China and the A

they don't meet modern standards of increased fuel efficiency

Allied aviators who faced it called themselves "Fokker Fodder"

Over this period

The modern aspects of the Alpha all-metal structure