DHC-1 Chipmunk
The de Havilland Canada DHC-1Chipmunk is a all-metal, tandem, two-seat, single-engined primary trainer aircraft which was the standard primary trainer for the Royal Canadian Air Force, Royal Air Force and several other air force through much of the post-Second World War years. The Chipmunk was designed to succeed the de Havilland Tiger Moth biplane trainer.
The prototype of the Chipmunk made its first flight on 22 May 1946. As a result of the evaluation, the Royal Air Force ordered the fully-aerobatic Chipmunk as an ab initio trainer and the Royal Canadian Air Force also adopted the aircraft as their primary trainer.
The RAF received 735 Chipmunk manufactured in the UK. The RCAF accepted its first Chipmunks in 1948 and did not retire the last one until 1972. 217 Chipmunks were built in Canada and a total of 1000 were built in Britain. A further 66 Chipmunk were license-manufactured from 1955 to 1961 in Portugal for Portuguese Air Force.
This paper model is a 1:48 scale model of the British-built Chipmunk which were operated for the RAF. This paper model is a good flyer that has a capability to fly for more than 30 second.