Blue Angels DC-4 (1:500)

The success story of the famous aerobatic team �Blue Angels� of the US Navy�s Marine Corps began in 1946 with impressive formation flights. With the group�s and fleet�s quickly rising popularity, a transportation airplane soon became necessary to bring the equipment as well as the crew itself to the air shows. In 1959, after initially operating a Douglas R4D-5 and a Curtiss Commando, the Blue Angels commissioned a Douglas R5D-3 � which was the US Navy�s name for the DC-4 � with the registration 50868. According to the fleet�s inventory, it received the plain name �8� and it was operated until March 1968. Herpa is now releasing this airplane in the 1/500 scale.