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1980s
| Ronald Reagan's "Morning in America" also spelled the rebirth of interest in conceptual aircraft models. With The Gipper riding high in the political saddle, it was suddenly acceptable again to support military R&D -- and the model kits that sprung from such research. It was also during this decade that rumors of super-secret "invisible" airplanes boasting what was termed "stealth" technology began to circulate in and outside of the aerospace community, and major model manufacturers were more than happy to produce kits of what were purported to be "authentic" designs of America's ultra-classified aircraft. |
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F-19 STEALTH FIGHTER (1986) |
AURORA HYPERSONIC SPY PLANE (1986) |
F-19 STEALTH FIGHTER (1987) |
B-2 ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY BOMBER (1987) |
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MIG 37-B FERRET STEALTH FIGHTER (1988) |
X-30 HYPERSONIC BOMBER (1988) |
STINGBAT LHX STEALTH HELICOPTER (1989) |
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Concept Aircraft |
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