Museum quality CH-54 Tarhe Skycrane display model plane, perfect gift for pilots and collectors.
Model: CH-54 Tarhe Skycrane Cargo Helicopter
Width: 17"
Fuselage Length: 17.5"
Scale: 1/48
Material: mahogany wood
Manufacturer: Sikorsky
Branch: United States Army
Model Airplane Factory offers you this elegant CH54 skycrane made from mahogany wood. Every Skycrane CH54 helicopter model is a work of art. From raw kiln-dried mahogany wood, it undergoes processes to accomplish a precise CH-54 Tarhe Skycrane; from carving, sanding, coating, painting and detailing to a creatively done wooden replica of the actual Skycrane CH-54 aircraft. Every part and detail is given equal attention to retain the actual specification of the Skycrane CH54 model helicopter.
The CH-54 Tarhe is a twin-engine heavy-lift helicopter designed by Sikorsky Aircraft for the United States Army. It is named after Tarhe (whose nickname was "The Crane"), an eighteenth-century chief of the Wyandot Native American tribe. The civil version is the S-64 Skycrane.
Initial work on the Sikorsky "sky-crane" helicopters began in 1958 with the piston-engined S-60.
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