Wings of Texaco T-49 1939 Howard DGA-15 Model Plane 2007 ERTL #21845P NRFB

This aircraft T-49, which entered service with Texaco in the second quarter of the year 1946, was assigned to the Sales Department, based in Atlanta, and used by J.F. Tomlinson from May 1946 to June 1947, and by G.C. Ash from July 1947 to January 1948. The ship was in storage there-after until sold in June 1948. It was replaced by the T-58.

Production of the Howard Aircraft Corporation from 1936 to 1939 totalled about 30 aircraft. Howard developed the DGA-15, building about 40 of the four/five-place aircraft, powered by one of three different engines.

The onset of World War II signalled the end of the Howard aircraft line. The U.S. Navy procured about 525 modified DGA-15s for use as the DG 1-3 Nightingale air ambulance, the GH-1 utility transport, and the NH-1 instrument trainer aircraft. Exceptionally room and high-powered, the modified DGA-15 was also difficult to fly and quite unforgiving - earning the unwanted nickname of "Shaky Jake." The U.S. Army Air Corps also acquired a variety of Howard aircraft (DGA-8, DGA-9, DGA-12 and DGA-15) as utility aircraft.

Authentically Scaled 1939 Howard DGA-15 - Die-Cast Metal Replica - Highly Detailed with Struts and Rotating Propeller - Ages 8+ - ERTL 2007

Package has seen some wear in the form of marks and scuffs and dented back. Contents pristine.