GENERAL MILLS U/A "JAPANESE ZERO" JACK ARMSTRONG CARD KIT/CIRCA 1944

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HERE IS A
VERY RARE
,
OLD RUN
,
OUT OF PRODUCTION
, GENERAL MILLS COMPANY/WHEATIES, UNASSEMBLED
JAPANESE ZERO [MITSUBISHI SQUARE WING]
JACK ARMSTRONG CARD PAPER KIT.  THE HIGHLY MANEUVERABLE JAP ZERO (MITSUBISHI SQUARE WING) HAS A WINGSPAN OF 30'.  POWERED BY A MITSUBISHI DOUBLE ROW CYCLONE TYPE MOTOR, THIS VICIOUS ENEMY FIGHTER WILL FLY AT A SPEED OF MORE THAN 350 MILES PER HOUR.  RANGE ABOUT 600 MILES.  CARRIES MACHINE GUNS IN NOSE AND WING.
HISTORICAL NOTE
:  IN 1944 THE GENERAL MILLS COMPANY, SPONSORS OF THE JACK ARMSTRONG RADIO SHOW, INTRODUCED THIS SERIES OF CARD MODELS REPRESENTING THE MOST POPULAR FIGHTERS OF WORLD WAR II.  THE MAKERS OF WHEATIES GAVE THOUSANDS OF THESE MODELS TO OUR SERVICEMEN TO BUILD AND FLY WHILE THEY RECOVERED FROM THEIR WARTIME INJURIES.  THE MODELS FLEW SO WELL THAT NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP CONTESTS WERE ORGANIZED.  AWARDS WERE PRESENTED FOR BEST APPEARANCE, BEST MANEUVERABILITY AND LONGEST FLIGHT.
PLANES WERE ORIGINALLY DESIGNED FOR GENERAL MILLS IN 1944 BY AN ENGLISHMAN NAMED RIGBY.  THEY WERE REINTRODUCED IN 1966.  CONSEQUENTLY, MANY ADULTS A FEW DECADES YOUNGER THAN MYSELF MAY ALSO REMEMBER THEM.  HOPE YOU WILL ENJOY SHARING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO RECAPTURE A SMALL PART OF OUR HISTORY.  HOPEFULLY, YOU WILL ALSO TRY A NEW VERSION WHICH IS DESIGNED WITH A TAPERED AIRFOIL WING.  IT IMPROVES THE MODEL'S AUTHENTICITY; AND, IN FLIGHT, IT INCREASES LIFT AND SLOWS THE MODEL'S DESCENT.  SINCERELY, ROBERT J. FUDOLD
THIS MODEL KIT CAME FROM AN ESTATE, IS NEW OLD STOCK, FACTORY SEALED - MINT.