The Supermarine Walrus was a British single-engine amphibious biplane reconnaissance aircraft designed by R. J. Mitchell, the same man that designed the legendary Spitfire, and operated by the Fleet Air Arm in WW2. <br/>Its nickname was the "Shagbat" by crews who flew it. To the pilots who were shot down and had to ditch in the English Channel it was know as "The Amphibious Angel of Mercy".<br/><br/>It was powered by a Bristol Pegasus IIM2 620-hp radial engine and armed with 2 Vickers Machine Guns.<br/><br/>The four-bladed propeller is actually two wooden two-blade Props.<br/><br/>This model has movable control surfaces, retractable landing gear, basic cockpit, and spinning propeller.<br/><br/>No sky background (as seen in the downloadable AVI) is included. <br/><br/>It comes with all the necessary maps for this particular aircraft in 4096 x 4096 format<br/><br/>There is only 4 known Walruses preserved today.