Space Shuttle Orbiter Model / Medium Experimental and Prototypes a progression from the F4F

a progression from the F4F Wildcat which was then the standard fighter of the Navy

B-2 Stealth Bomber airplane model

aerobatics

The Catalinas also proved effective in search and rescue missions

F-84Fs gradually were replaced by supersonic F-100s in the late 1950s and were turned over to Air National Guard units

Space Shuttle Orbiter Model / Medium Experimental and Prototypes a progression from the F4FThe Space Shuttle takes off from Earth as a rocket and maneuvers in orbit as a spacecraft. After reentry into Earth's atmosphere it is controlled and brought in to an unpowered landing in the mode of a conventional fixed wing airplane. The Shuttle takes off vertically under the power of three Rocketdyne main propulsion engines, each developing 375,000 lb. thrust, plus two Thiokol solid propellant booster rockets, each producing 2,900,000 lb. thrust,