Created: Friday, 03 July 2009  -  Written by sanverm   -  

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 7.0

Within its Scenix Edition series, Herpa is releasing a diorama set to mark the 60th anniversary of the start of the Berlin airlift, which will take the onlooker back audio-visually to the dramatic times of the blockade. From June 24, 1948 until May 12, 1949, The Soviet Union blocked all access roads via water and land to the Western sectors of Berlin to force the western allies to pull out of Berlin, which the Soviet Union claimed for itself. They then provided the West-Berlin population via air with food and coal. Three C-47 models of the US Air Force – among the also the legendary “Camel Caravan To Berlin” with the hand-painted camel “Clarence” on the fuselage as well as “The Berlin Train” whose original is now displayed on the premises of the former Rhine Main Air Force Base near Frankfurt /M. – sound their unique engines in front of the Tempelhof airport scenery. With the historic plea of former mayor Ernst Reuter to the “Peoples of the world”, a speech by US president Harry S. Truman and an excerpt from the reporting by the Deutschen Wochenschau of the time, these dramatic months come to life again. The set is limited to 1,200 items.

   Created: Wednesday, 01 July 2009  -  Written by kaitanium   -  

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 9.8

1:200 scale model of an Airbus A330-200 in the Star Alliance livery. Egypt Air logo on fuselage.

   Created: Monday, 29 June 2009  -  Written by MarathonA340   -  

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 8.8

Seven examples of the in the meantime somewhat aged –200 version are operated by the Greek airline, especially for traffic to and from the numerous Aegean islands. Until 2003, they still flew under the label of the domestic subsidiary Olympic Aviation, and they still carry the original livery today. The original of this mold novelty, registered SX-BIA entered the fleet in 1993.

   Created: Monday, 29 June 2009  -  Written by MarathonA340   -  

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 7.5

The original of this model changed its colors several times, just like a chameleon. In 1999, it was still commissioned in the blue-orange Hapag Lloyd colors. later it received the blue-red Hapag Lloyd design with the TUI smiley and new winglets. Today, its new livery combines the Hapag Lloyd red with the taxi yellow of Hapag Lloyd Express. Because TUIfly stands for Hapag Lloyd Flug and Hapag Lloyd Express, which both belong to the TUI Airline Management.

   Created: Wednesday, 24 June 2009  -  Written by kaitanium   -  

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 9.8

1:200 scale model of an Boeing 737-800 in the Star Alliance livery. Egypt Air logo on fuselage.

   Created: Sunday, 21 June 2009  -  Written by sanverm   -  

New modeltype 2008, exclusive for Herpa, give away fair model for Toy Fair Nuremberg 2008, limited edition of 300 items.

   Created: Friday, 19 June 2009  -  Written by Antesyd   -  

UTair Aviation (MICEX:UTAR; RTS:TMAT) (commonly known as UTair) is an airline based in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia. It operates scheduled domestic and some international passenger services, scheduled helicopter services (e.g. from Surgut) plus extensive charter flights with fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters in support of the oil and gas industry across Western Siberia. UTair is also involved with relief operations for the United Nations. Its main base is at Roschino International Airport (TJM). History It was in February 1967 when the Aeroflot Tyumen Directorate was set up in order to meet the transport requirements of the fast-growing oil and gas industry undergoing development in Western Siberia. In the wake of the break-up of the Aeroflot organization, Tyumenaviatrans Aviation (TAT) was formed in 1991 to replace the Aeroflot Tyumen Directorate. TAT adopted the name of UTair in early 2003. The airline is owned by Khanty Mansiysk District administration (23%), Surgut City administration (19%), Russian shareholders and companies (33%), the Russian Federation (2%), and private foreign investors (20%).

   Created: Thursday, 18 June 2009  -  Written by Antesyd   -  

The Hellenic Air Force (HAF) (in Greek: Πολεμική Αεροπορία (ΠΑ), Polemikí Aeroporía, literally "Military Aviation") is the air force of Greece. The mission of the Hellenic Air Force is to guard and protect Greek airspace, provide air assistance and support to the Hellenic Army and the Hellenic Navy, as well as the provision of humanitarian aid in Greece and around the world. During the period of monarchy (1911-1922) & (1935-1974) the force was known as the Royal Hellenic Air Force (HRAF), (Ελληνική Βασιλική Αεροπορία (EBA), Ellinikí Vasilikí Aeroporía). The motto of the Hellenic Air Force is "Αίεν Υψικρατείν" (Aien Ypsikratein), Always Dominate the Heights, and the HAF ensign represents a flying eagle in front of the Hellenic Air Force roundel. The Hellenic Air Force is one of the three branches of the Hellenic Armed Forces. My personal highlight at RIAT 2007 is for sure this special coloured HAF Hercules showing Herakles on the tail. The title means "Hercules continues his labors, anywhere, anytime" and additionally to this the Greek cockade has been changed in a way to represent the 12 labors of Hercules. What an excellent idea! It also celebrates 170.00hrs are being celebrated.

   Created: Friday, 15 May 2009  -  Written by Intercontinentaux   -  

The original of this mold novelty was registered for China Xinjiang Airlines (CXJ) as B-2018. The first plans for a Soviet pendant to the Boeing 747 were developed around 1968 and the result was a very crude airplane, which was performance-wise clearly inferior to the 747, and didn’t stand a chance, technically, against newly developed western jets like DC-10, L-1011 or Airbus A300. Even companies from the former Eastern Bloc like LOT, CSA or Interflug couldn’t do anything with it, so CXJ became one of the very few airlines to operate the IL-86 outside the former Soviet Union. The model is limited to 2,500 examples.

   Created: Friday, 15 May 2009  -  Written by Intercontinentaux   -  

Until the 1980’s, the big US airline Northwest called itself Northwest Orient because it was – next to Pan Am – the second airline licensed to service the important transpacific routes. When, in 1948, the East Asian routes were passed from the DC-4 to the “Stratocruiser” there was a quantum leap in terms of travel comfort. In 1959 the 377 fleet was finally taken out of service. The big Boeing offered a lot of space and even a bar for its passengers, but was very difficult to fly.