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As a followup to the War Planes Collection we have the Kitty Hawk ceiling fan from Emerson. Rather then emulate the nose and propeller of a plane, Emerson has chosen to emulate the bi-wing design of the Wright Brothers original plane. Besides the fancy blade design, a 52″ blade span and a “Deluxe Emerson K55XL motor”, the Kitty Hawk has most of the normal fan features like three speeds, reversible direction and a light fixture. You can get the Kitty Hawk ceiling fan in a maple finish from Hansen Wholesale for $638 or you can get cherry wings from CeilingFansontheWeb.com for $679. |
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Moderately wealthy individuals who want to experience flying a World War II era propeller aircraft now have a solution with the Supermarine Spitfire Mk26b Kit. This kit plane is a 90% scale model of the legendary Spitfire and is approved for flying all over the globe. The kit plane is powered by a GM Isuzu V6 engine which is sold separately in either a naturally aspirated model for $42,530 or a supercharged version can be had for $50,185. In either case, the crating and handling or the engine costs $664. The Mk 26 Spitfire Fast Build kit costs $126,088 where the Mk 26b kit is priced at $144,177 with crating and handling ranging from $1,701 to $2,268 depending on the model and if you pay for wings to be pre-assembled at the factory. Before the kit reaches the consumer, the factory has already invest 700 hours in the construction time and consumer assembly time is estimated at 1200 hours depending on the assemblers skill level and if they have all of the necessary tools. |
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The Craftmade WarPlanes Collection are constructed to look like the rotors of old fighter planes. At present, the collection contains three different models. The first is modeled after a P-40 Tiger Shark and has three black blades and has camouflage, red and white coloring. The second is Glamorous Glen which was Chuck Yeager’s P-51D and features four black blades, a silver body with yellow and red accents. The third and final fan is modeled after the Miss America racing P-51D and has four white blades and is painted in red, white and blue. All three fans are lit by a single A-15 light bulb which is not included. You can get the WarPlanes collection from Farrey’s for $180 for any of the three fans. |
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Here we have a fully licensed by Lucas Film Ltd. hot air balloon of the head of Darth Vader. The balloon measures 86′ tall x 69′ wide and 78′ deep, can hold an estimated 106,000 cubic feet of air and weighs an estimated 640 pounds. It would be rather interesting to look up in the sky and see Vader’s head floating by. This reminds me of the floating head from Zardoz even though the altitude is wrong they both float albeit at different altitudes and have fire. |
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Instead of having a pillow around your neck why not just plop a larger one down on your lap or tray table instead? The SkyRest also purports to be useful in a variety of other situations. Available from SkyMall for $30. |
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