Created: Wednesday, 03 February 2010  -  Written by Mr. AeroMexico   -  

This Boeing 747-400 model with the registration VH-OEB and the name “Phillip Island” is released in the slightly renewed design of the Australian airline. It has been in the Qantas fleet since 1998.

   Created: Tuesday, 12 January 2010  -  Written by Ferihegy   -  

Herpa released this MD11 in 2009 as the Sixth Club Model of 2009, which is exclusive For Herpa Wings Club Members. After Varigs "fall", TAM has grown fast, buying several long-haul planes like the A330, A340-500, B777-300 or this example, an MD11. Mostly used on european routes.

   Created: Tuesday, 12 January 2010  -  Written by Ferihegy   -  

Rossiya Special Flight Dep. is the successor airline to the former Aeroflot’s state fleet. Flagship are four Ilyushin IL-96-300s, whereas the original of this model novelty with the registration RA-96018 manufactured in 1986 mainly serves to transport the entourage of the president or prime-minister, rather than the president himself.

   Created: Tuesday, 12 January 2010  -  Written by Ferihegy   -  

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Lufthansa Cargo is the direct successor company of the former German Cargo Services, which was founded in 1977 as a freight charter subsidiary of Lufthansa. Five DC-8-73Fs were purchased from the US-owned Flying Tigers and – after a radical reorganization of the Lufthansa organization - added to the fleet of the newly founded Lufthansa Cargo. The original of this new model with the registration D-ADUE was manufactured for Flying Tigers in 1963. The model will be released in a limited edition.

   Created: Wednesday, 23 December 2009  -  Written by jkwan12345   -  

1:200 scale model of an Boeing 737-800 in the new Egypt Air livery. Product will ship on or about May 1, 2009 Made of heavy duty solid plastic with a weighted fuselage, this model does not feel like your typical snap-fit models. High quality tampo details; spinning fan blades; detailed engine exhaust; can be configured as inflight or with gears down (doors and landing gears included), rolling rubber tires, landing gear doors; gear door removal tool included, and more! Comes in a blue box imprinted with the Egypt Air logo. Officially licensed model of Egypt Air and Boeing. First 100 pieces sold are registered in the Wings900 Authentication Program

   Created: Wednesday, 23 December 2009  -  Written by jkwan12345   -  

1:200 Scale model of a Boeing 786 in the new Air Canada livery. Made of heavy duty solid plastic with a weighted fuselage, this model does not feel like your typical snap-fit models. High quality tampo details; spinning fan blades; detailed engine exhaust; can be configured as inflight or with gears down (doors and landing gears included), rolling rubber tires, landing gear doors; gear door removal tool included, and more! Comes in a blue box imprinted with the Air Canada Logo. First 100 pieces sold are registered in the Wings900 Authentication Program

   Created: Wednesday, 23 December 2009  -  Written by jkwan12345   -  

1:200 Scale model of a Airbus A340-300 in the new Air Canada livery. Made of heavy duty solid plastic with a weighted fuselage, this model does not feel like your typical snap-fit models. High quality tampo details; spinning fan blades; detailed engine exhaust; can be configured as inflight or with gears down (doors and landing gears included), rolling rubber tires, landing gear doors; gear door removal tool included, and more!

   Created: Tuesday, 22 December 2009  -  Written by Antesyd   -  

The airline was founded in 1933 as Turkish National airline management (Hava Yolları Devlet Işletmesi Idaresi). It started its operations with a service between Istanbul, Eskisehir and Ankara in August 1933. The name was then changed to Devlet Hava Yolları Umum Müdürlüğü (DHY) in June 1938. The first international flight took place in 1947 to Athens but it was not, however, until 40 years later the airline introduced long-haul flights to the Far East and across the Atlantic. In a major reorganization, the wholly state-owned company DHY was replaced with a mixed-Türk Hava Yolları AO, 20 February 1956. The state later sold 23.0% of the shares in December 2004 and 28.75% in May 2006. The airline is currently owned by TC Privatization Administration (49%) and private shareholders (51%). Turkish Airlines also owns 50% of the company SunExpress. Turkish Airlines left the Qualiflyer Group in 1999 due to lack of cooperation with Swissair and Delta. A request to join the Star Alliance was accepted in December 2006 and Turkish Airlines joined the alliance 1 April 2008. Turkish Airlines flies to 133 destinations (134 airports) over most of the world. On 25 February 2009, Flight 1951 a Boeing 737-8F2 (registration: TC-JGE, named Tekirdağ) carrying 135 passengers, crashed near Schiphol Airport, near Amsterdam. 9 people died including the 3 pilots. 86 passengers were transported to local hospitals. The preliminary results of the Dutch investigation found that a faulty altimeter caused the aircraft to throttle the engines back to idle and that the crew failed to react quickly enough resulting in a stall and crash. Boeing has advised operators of all 737 aircraft to carefully monitor primary flight instruments and not to engage autopilot/throttle systems during approach and landing in event of a radio altimeter malfunction. Source: Wikipedia

   Created: Tuesday, 22 December 2009  -  Written by Antesyd   -  

Southwest Airlines Co. is an American low-cost airline. Southwest is the largest airline in the world by number of passengers carried per year (as of 2007). Southwest, the 6th largest U.S. airline by revenue, maintains the third-largest passenger fleet of aircraft among all of the world's commercial airlines. As of May 3, 2009, Southwest operates approximately 3,500 flights daily. Southwest is headquartered at 2702 Love Field Drive in the Love Field area of Dallas, Texas, adjacent to Love Field airport. Southwest Airlines has carried more customers than any other U.S. airline since August 2006 for combined domestic and international passengers according to the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Southwest Airlines is one of the world’s most profitable airlines, posting a profit for the 36th consecutive year in January 2009. However, Southwest has posted individual quarterly losses, despite the year-end revenue posting profits. Southwest's successful business model involves flying multiple short, quick trips into the secondary (more efficient and less costly) airports of major markets, and using only one aircraft type, the Boeing 737. History: Southwest Airlines was originally incorporated to serve three cities in Texas as Air Southwest on March 15, 1967, by Rollin King and Herb Kelleher. According to frequently-cited story, King described the concept to Kelleher over dinner by drawing on a paper napkin a triangle symbolizing the routes (Dallas, Houston, San Antonio). Some of the incumbent airlines of the time (Braniff, Aloha Airlines, United Airlines, Trans-Texas, and Continental Airlines) initiated legal action, and thus began a three-year legal battle to keep Air Southwest on the ground. Air Southwest eventually prevailed in the Texas Supreme Court, which ultimately upheld Air Southwest’s right to fly in Texas. The decision became final on December 7, 1970, when the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review the case without comment. The story of Southwest’s legal fight was turned into a children’s book, Gumwrappers and Goggles by Winifred Barnum in 1983. In the story, TJ Love, a small jet, is taken to court by two larger jets to keep him from their hangar, and then to try and stop him from flying at all. Taken to court, TJ Love’s right to fly is upheld after an impassioned plea from The Lawyer. While no company names are mentioned in the book, TJ Love’s colours are those of Southwest Airlines, and the two other jets are coloured in Braniff and Continental’s colours. The Lawyer is designed to resemble Herb Kelleher. The book was adapted into a stage musical, Show Your Spirit, sponsored by Southwest Airlines, and played only in towns serviced by the airline. Southwest Airlines founder Herb Kelleher studied California-based Pacific Southwest Airlines extensively and used many of the airline’s ideas to form the corporate culture at Southwest, and even on early flights used the same "Long Legs And Short Nights" theme for stewardesses on board typical Southwest Airlines flights. The original flight attendants that worked for Southwest Airlines were chosen by a committee of individuals that included the same person who had selected hostess for Hugh Hefner’s Playboy jet. The selection resulted in a group of female flight attendants that were described as long-legged dancers, majorettes, and cheerleaders with "unique personalities". Southwest Airlines and Herb Kelleher proceeded to dress these individuals in hot pants and go-go boots. The airline adopted the first profit-sharing plan in the U.S. airline industry in 1971. Through this plan and others, employees own about 10 percent of the company stock. Source: Wikipedia

   Created: Sunday, 20 December 2009  -  Written by Amirbatna   -  

You can love it or hate it, but you have to admit that the Super Guppy is one of the not-so-many airplanes that divide the enthusiasts into two categories: The "ones who had the chance to see it", and the "pitiful others". The Super Guppy is based on the Boeing C-97 cargo airplane, which is itself based on the notorious B-29 Superfortress. 5 were built by a US company called Aero Spacelines. The first flight took place in 1965, and today NASA uses the only one remaining in service. The Super Guppy is famous for being Airbus' winged donkey (air-ass?), 4 of them carrying parts of the early Airbus airplanes during the preBeluga era from different production plants to Toulouse. Trivia time! For years, the running joke in Toulouse was "Every Airbus is delivered on the wings of a Boeing". Enjoy the review & leave comments.