Guillow's DHC-1 Chipmunk Flying Model Kit Balsa Wood Multicolored

Successor to the world-famous tiger moth biplane, the chipmunk was the first original design by de Haviland Canada and was built in quantity in Canada and in great Britain for R.A.F. primarily used as a basic trainer to provide air cadets with elementary flying instructions prior to going onto jet aircraft training. The parent Canadian company produced a total of 218 DHC-1's of which remain in service with the R.C.A.F. One thousand fourteen were built by de Havilland in the U.K. Including both military and civilian versions. As a civilian aircraft, the chipmunk is often seen in an aerobatics competition.