Aircraft
Category
Models
Date
1936
Materials
wood and metal
Measurements
40 x 222 x 175 mm
Place of origin
Great Britain
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 1655827.25
Summary
A Feirey Battle, an assembled and handpainted 'Skybird' model aircraft. Kit number 1B, 1936. Long narrow body with raised detail suggesting the cockpit, wide wings attached on a slight curve to the body. Painted silver with bullseye stickers on ends of wings, top and bottom, and side body behind the wings, radiating red white blue from the centre. Missing propeller. Number 25 of a large collection of painted wood and early plastic 'Skybird' aircraft models and others.
Provenance
Accepted by HM Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the National Trust, 2013