Aircraft
Category
Models
Date
1933
Materials
wood and metal
Measurements
23 x 107 x 83 mm
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 1655827.23
Summary
A Comper Swift, an assembled and handpainted 'Skybird' model aircraft. Kit number 8, 1933. Monoplane, dark blue/navy fuselage and tail with pale blue stripe each side of fuselage and very dark silver wings, no markings, black propeller Number 23 of a large collection of painted wood and early plastic 'Skybird' aircraft models and others, mostly 1930s to 1940s.
Provenance
Accepted by HM Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the National Trust, 2013