Boeing T-43 Trainer

USAF T-43 airplane model. The T-43A is a medium-range, swept-wing jet aircraft. Equipped with modern navigation and communications equipment to train navigators for strategic and tactical aircraft, the T-43A is primarily used in the Air Force's undergraduate navigator training program. Several T-43s are configured for passengers and provide operational support to assigned commands and the Air National Guard.

The T-43A is the Air Force version of the Boeing 737 transport. One jet engine is mounted under each wing. The exterior differences between the military and commercial aircraft include the addition of a wire antenna for high-frequency radios and fewer windows.

Mahogany Wood. Scale: 1/72. Wingspan 15 inches, Length 16 1/2 inches.