Aug 14, 2024
1974 ad for Airfix model kits:
Supermarine S.6B - Designed by R.J. Mitchell who went on to design the Supermarine Spitfire.
BAC-SUD Concorde - BAC stood for British Aircraft Corporation and SUD was Sud Aviation. Concorde first flew in 1969, began commercial flights in 1976 and was retired in 2003.
Cutty Sark - still on public display at Greenwich, London.
H.M.S. Manxman - launched in 1940 and broken up (scrapped) in 1973.
Republic F-84F Thunderstreak - Entered service in the US in 1954, it retired from the USAF in 1964 but was still flown by National Guard units into the early 70's.
