Victa Airtourer Model

General Product Description

Our ReplicaHangar Victa Airtourer Model exhibits unique, unrivaled quality and detailed design to come as close as possible to the accuracy of the actual plane. It comes as standard with a robust, durable base or stand which is available in a variety of different finishes designed to match your own personal requirements including solid wood, wood with polished metal supports or adjustable wood wall mount and will be ready within about 9-10 weeks from placement of order.

The Victa Airtourer Model is made of the finest kiln dried renewable mahogany wood (commonly known as Lauan or Meranti) which has undergone many stages of carving and meticulous and careful sanding giving the beautiful finished museum quality masterpiece. Many collectors and model connoisseurs demonstrate their preference for genuine handmade and hand painted mahogany wood models rather than plastic or die cast (diecast) alternatives due to the overall look and totally different feel of the item - we trust you will find the same. We can, however, if required produce the same model in Solid Cast Resin so just click and contact us us for further information. Our craftsmen and gifted artisans ensure that our finely handcrafted model airplanes match the precise blueprint details of the original aircraft. The paint scheme, markings and parts are closely matched, reflecting the original aircraft. This stylish top-quality desktop replica model will surely enthrall anyone who receives this as a gift and for sure one of the most appropriate and desirably collectable gifts for any aviation enthusiast and avid aircraft collector whilst also displaying a perfect resemblance to the actual aircraft.

If you require we can also make the Victa Airtourer Model in any other airline, private livery or colour scheme you require and if necessary in a different size or scale. Just click here to contact us with a description or photographs of what you require, and we will let you have a quotation for the necessary customization by return email. We can also make bespoke scale replicas of any other private / civil commercial airliner or airliners, helicopter, glider, gliders with engines, military jet, warplane jets, propeller warplanes, biplane, triplane, tail fin, spacecraft, rocket or NASA model you require in any airline, military or civilian livery or colors. We also produce model airships, blimp, dirigible, blimps, boat and ship collectibles. Wall plaque or seal for military, government or private customers. Again, by clicking here to contact us just let us know exactly what you need.

The popular Airtourer was designed by Australian +Dr Henry Millicer+. (chief aerodynamicist of +Australia’;s Government Aircraft Factory+.) in response to a +Royal Aero Club+. (in the UK) sponsored Light Aircraft Design competition.
Millicer’;s design won the competition, and the +Ultra Light Aircraft Association of Australia+. formed the Air Tourer Group to build a 50kW (65hp) Continental powered wooden prototype of the design, which first flew on March 31 1959.
The wooden prototype aroused the interest of Victa (a company more known for its lawnmowers), who in 1960 decided to commercially design and produce the Airtourer series in Australia. Victa’;s first all metal prototype of the Airtourer first flew on December 12 1961, powered by a 70kW (95hp) engine. Production aircraft were powered by a 75kW (100hp) Continental engine, and the first production +Airtourer 100+. flew in June 1962. Type approval was awarded the following month. The more powerful +Airtourer 115+. flew for the first time in September 1962, powered by a Lycoming O-235.
Victa built 170 production Airtourers before its inability to compete against cheap American imports (which were aided by a favourable exchange rate) which were swamping the Australian market forced production to end. Plans to build the four seat Aircruiser development (described under Millicer) were dropped.
However New Zealand’;s AESL (Aero Engine Services Ltd) purchased the Airtourer design and production rights in early 1967. AESL (later NZAI and now PAC) built the Airtourer 115, the more powerful 110kW (150hp) model +Airtourer 150+., and constant speed prop fitted Super 150. Later the 115 became the T2, the 150 the +T4+. and the +Super 150+. the +T5+.. The +T3+. was powered by a 95kW (130hp) RR Continental O-240, while the +T6+. was a militarised version based on the T5 built for New Zealand. NZAI production ceased in 1974.
In December 1997 Australia’;s Millicer Aircraft Industries purchased the +Airtourer’;s+. production rights and it plans to deliver new build M-10-140 and M-10-160 Airtourers from 1999. The +Millicer Airtourer+. is described separately.
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