name this plane (for fun)

[stealth finger]

Originally Posted by STINGERSIX78

a plane from Chitzen Itza. Quimbaya culture. insect in gold.
on display in the Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC.
but i think it is a fake.

damn looks like i missed about 6 pages of this tread lol. They're not fake (i dont think).

http://atlantium.blogspot.com/2007/0...pisode-xi.html

Gold model airplanes were found in the 1950's and have been classified as Mayan Idols or children's toys. These models are very accurate representations of advanced jet aircraft. Modern model builders copied the objects to make a full scale radio controlled model and the scale model flew with great stability.