Obsolete weapons do not deter. British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. The flight deck of an aircraft carrier is the surface from which its aircraft take off and land, essentially a miniature airfield at sea. On smaller naval ships which do not have aviation as a primary mission, the landing area for helicopters and other VTOL aircraft is also referred to as the flight deck. Navy term for these vessels is “air-capable ships”. Pictured here is a stunning 1:72 scale set that contains the following TSM Model Wing items. US Navy aircraft carrier flight deck with seated catapult officer. #TSMWAC001 – US Navy Deck Crew – Launch Team [8 Figures] #TSMWAC002 – US Navy P-25 Fire-Fighting Vehicle and Crew #TSMWAC003 – US Navy MD3 Navy Tow Tractor (Long Type) with Driver #TSMWAC004 – US Navy MD3 Navy Tow Tractor with Driver #TSMWAC005. Features: – Resin construction – Includes a pre-posed kneeling catapult officer – Pre-painted flight deck and elevating jet blast deflector – Right figure launch team – Three deck servicing vehicles. Historical Account: “Top Gun” – Top Gun is a 1986 American military action drama film directed by Tony Scott, and produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, in association with Paramount Pictures. The screenplay was written by Jim Cash and Jack Epps, Jr. And was inspired by an article titled “Top Guns” published in California magazine three years earlier. The film stars Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards, and Tom Skerritt. Cruise plays Lieutenant Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, a young Naval aviator aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise. He and his Radar Intercept Officer (RIO) Nick “Goose” Bradshaw (Edwards) are given the chance to train at the Navy’s Fighter Weapons School at Miramar in San Diego. In 2015, the United States Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the National Film Registry, finding it “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”. The free listing tool. The item “TSM 172 US Navy Aircraft Carrier Deck Base Set, #TSMSET01″ is in sale since Tuesday, February 20, 2018. This item is in the category “Toys & Hobbies\Diecast & Toy Vehicles\Aircraft & Spacecraft\Contemporary Manufacture”. The seller is “themotorpoolnet” and is located in Oakland Gardens, New York. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Brand: True Scale Model Wings
- Scale: 1:72
- Vehicle Make: None
- Vehicle Type: Military Airplane
- Vehicle Year: 2017
- Material: Diecast
- Color: Camouflage
- Theme: Top Gun
- Features: Unopened Box
- Year of Manufacture: 2017
- MPN: Does not apply