Tag: test aircraft

• YF23 – Part Three – Trial Duo

  

  Well, it didn’t get the contract. Despite the design and the twin engines of this McDonell Douglas/Northrop, the ultimate choice for the air superiority fighter went to the YF – later – F-22. The two test aircraft were relegated to museum pieces. I suspect that this Trumpeter lkit – a 1999 product – was drawn…

  Dick Stein

  May 13, 2026

  Model Airplane, Decals, Chinese models, American aircraft, Lacquer, design, prototypes, display, 1:144 scale

  Museums, air superiority, test aircraft