Aircraft
Category
Models
Date
1936
Materials
wood and metal
Measurements
50 x 201 x 165 mm
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 1655827.24
Summary
A Heinkel HE 70A, an assembled and handpainted 'Skybird' model aircraft. Kit number 7A, 1936. Mostly silver, black nose to half way down fuselage. Cracking on underside of wing. Number 24 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