During the Cold War, the Pentagon developed an ultra-secret military program that would culminate in the production of the F-117A Nighthawk stealth aircraft. What if the most successful model of a secret plane was not based on facts, but on imagination? That’s what happened to a talented model kit designer who tried to build a replica of the mysterious stealth fighter that the US military was hiding from the world.

His Testors F-19 Stealth Fighter became a sensation among aviation enthusiasts and a nightmare for the Pentagon, who feared that he had somehow leaked their top-secret project. “The Stealth Fighter” is a thrilling story of espionage, innovation, and passion.

The book reveals how a hobbyist’s dream became a reality and describes the incredible engineering adventure that led to the construction of the F-117 and the genesis of the most iconic model kit ever through one of the Cold War least known episodes, belonging to the years of great tension between the Soviet Union and the United States. A story inspired by actual events.

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