For over 15 years I've collected vintage desktop models made for,
and distributed by, companies in the aircraft and aerospace industries. In recent years I've focused on the X Planes, a series
of experimental research vehicles whose legacy reaches back to the Bell X-1 and continues today through the Boeing X-53.
Here are selected examples from my collection. You'll also find models that I've acquired simply because I found them pleasing.
This site focuses on just the models; for information on the actual aircraft, see Jay Miller's definitiveThe X-Planes
X-1 to X-45 (Midland, 2001) and American X-Vehicles: An Inventory X-1 to X-50 by Dennis Jenkins, Tony Landis,
and Jay Miller (NASA, 2003).
This site will evolve and eventually display 100 models, so come back often.
And please note: photos and text are copyright © 2008 by Chad Slattery. No reproduction or use is allowed without written
consent.