{"product_id":"valom-14425-1-144-airco-dh-9-double-set","title":"Valom 14425 1\/144 Airco DH.9 Double Set","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Airco DH.9 was a British reconnaissance bomber in a mixed biplane construction with a fixed chassis. The drive was provided by a single BHP or Wright Liberty 12 engine with 230 HP and 400 HP, respectively. The flight of the prototype took place in 1917. During serial production in the years 1917-1918, approximately 3,200 copies of this successful aircraft were produced. Airco DH.9 armament with 3 machine guns caliber 7.69 mm or 7.7 mm and up to 210 kg bombs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAirco DH.9 was created at the request of British air officers fighting in France, who reported the need for a new bomber and multi-purpose aircraft to replace the DH.4. The Airco plant radically changed the design of the DH.4 (use of a new engine, change of fuselage size and profile, different profile profile, cockpit and observer displacement) and thus reduce the time needed to carry out series production. The aircraft proved to be very successful, but in 1918 a version of the Airco DH.9A was introduced, which had a more powerful engine and a larger wingspan. Airco DH.9 was baptized by fire in March 1918. Until the end of World War I, machines of this type fought over France, the Mediterranean and the Middle East. In 1920, about 20 aircraft also reached Poland. They were withdrawn from British aviation in the late 1920s.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"VALOM","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39774824038534,"sku":"VAL-14425","price":36.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0024\/8617\/3749\/products\/VAL-14425-1.jpg?v=1652788509","url":"https:\/\/www.metrohobbies.com.au\/products\/valom-14425-1-144-airco-dh-9-double-set","provider":"Metro Hobbies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}