F9C Sparrowhawk
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and is no longer available.List price: $29.95You pay: $19.79(All prices in U.S. Dollars)Manufacturer: Williams BrothersStock Number: WIL 32590Scale: 1/32View all products of type "F9C Sparrowhawk" This model kit requires assembly. Cement, paint and other construction materials not included unless specifically stated in the description.
Williams Brothers kits are re-issued kits from the 60s and 70s. Part fitment and quality is consistent with kits from that era.
The Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk was a light 1930s biplane fighter aircraft that was carried by the United States Navy airships USS Akron and Macon.
The Sparrowhawk is an example of a parasite fighter, a small airplane designed to be deployed from a larger aircraft such as an airship or bomber. At 20 ft (6 m) long and with only a 25 ft (7 m) wingspan, the Sparrowhawk was ideal for service in the fighter complement of large rigid-framed airships because of its small size. Although the Sparrowhawk was armed, its primary duty was reconnaissance, and it provided the airships it served with a much wider search area. Akron was reported to have a complement of three Sparrowhawks, while Macon was discovered at its underwater resting place with four in its hangar.