Trainers: A History
1909 to the Present Day
1909 to 1918
NOVO (ex-FROG) 1/72 Bleriot XI (Penguin), Louis Bleriot, 1909 - This kit has a wingspan that is too short for the aircraft Bleriot flew across the Channel. However, training versions of this aircraft did exist, with shorter wingspans, as per the model. These aircraft were unable to fly, apart from short hops. They were known as penguins.
Airfix 1/72 Avro 504K, (1914), RAF Museum, Hendon, as an example of training aircraft used during WWI.
Airfix 1/72 Royal Aircraft Factory BE2c, Turnhouse Aerodrome, ERFC, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1916
Aeroclub 1/72 Bristol Scout D, 46 Reserve Squadron, RFC, Wyton, Nottinghamshire, 1916.
Pegasus 1/72 Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter, 70 Squadron, RFC, 1916
Airfix 1/72 Avro 504K, C4734, 74 squadron, London Colney, July, 1917
Airfix 1/72 Avro 504J, C4377, 74 squadron, London Colney, July, 1917
Pegasus 1/72 Curtiss JN-4D Jenny, Love Field, Fort Worth, Texas, USA, 1917
Airfix 1/72 Sopwith Pup, 64 Squadron, RFC, Sedgeford, 1917
Roden 1/72 Nieuport 24bis, Unknown Training Squadron, USAS, France, late 1917
Airfix 1/72 Sopwith Pup, No.7 Training Squadron, RAF, Netheravon, 1918
Airfix 1/72 Sopwith Pup, a Whitehead-built Pup, serving at various times with 18TS (Training Squadron), 32 TDS (Training Depot Station) and 26TS, 1918.
Roden Sopwith Camel Trainer, "Johnatan, Presented by the Paramount Chief and Basuto Nation", No.42 Training Squadron, RFC/RAF, at Wye, 1917-1918
Pegasus 1/72 DH4 Liberty, unknown training squadron, USAS, 1918
Pegasus 1/72 Airco DH5, Hendon AAP, (Aircraft Acceptance Park), Training Squadron, (ex-24 Squadron, RFC), 1918
Roden 1/72 Sopwith 2F1 Camel, Turnhouse Naval School, 1918
