AMSTERDAM AVIATION COLLECTORS FAIR 2018 PREVIEW
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BEST OF 2017 MODEL & MANUFACTURER AWARDS
AIR BERLIN TRIBUTE
SPOTTER'S DECK!
OUR NEW SECTION FOR PLANE SPOTTERS
MODEL REVIEWS... HERPA TWA B707-320 GEMINI JETS SOUTHWEST MAX 8 SKYSHOP TAP A330 RETRO LIVERY PHOENIX A380 HOUSE LIVERY
THROUGH THE YEARS WITH THE 747 - PART 2
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LATEST RELEASES HERPA 1/200
MARCH/APRIL 2018 RELEASES
Airbus A330-900neo (Snap-Fit) U.S. Navy Grumman F-14A Tomcat VF-114 "Aardvarks", U.S.S. Enterprise Belgian AF Solo Display Team Lockheed Martin F-16AM FA-123 U.S. Air Force Boeing B-52H Stratofortress 644th Bombardment Squadron Zeppelin Reederei Zeppelin NT "Europa-Park" D-LZFN Austrian Airlines Fokker 100 "Goodbye Fokker" OE-LVE "Zagreb"
Trans World Express De Havilland Canada DHC-7 "Dash 7" N173RA S7 Airlines Airbus A319 VP-BHQ Russian Air Force - Tupolev TU-95MS "Bear H" 184th Regiment / 6950th Donbass Red Banner Air Base "Smolensk" RF-94178 / 29 red QantasLink Fokker 100 VH-NHP Eurowings Airbus A330-200 D-AXGB (Snap-Fit) Germania Airbus A321 D-ASTE (Snap-Fit) Eurowings Europe Airbus A320 "Eurowings Holidays" - OE-IQD (Snap-Fit) S7 Airlines Airbus A319 VP-BHQ (Snap-Fit)
HERPA 1/400
MARCH/APRIL 2018 RELEASES Swiss International Air Lines Bombardier CS300 HB-JCB
Hop! Air France Embraer E170 F-HBXE
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LATEST RELEASES GEMINI JETS 1/400 JANUARY 2018 RELEASES Air Canada Airbus A330-300 C-GFAF American Airlines Boeing 777-300ER N721AN Delta Air Lines Airbus A321SL N302DN Hawaiian Airlines Airbus A321neo N202HA
Malaysia Airlines Airbus A350-900 9M-MAC Qantas Airbus A380-800 VH-OQG WOW Air Airbus A321neo TF-SKY
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JANUARY 2018 RELEASES Alaska Embraer 175 N182SY Alaska Boeing 737-900S N493AS Hawaiian Airlines Airbus A321neo N202HA Mexicana Boeing 727-200 XA-MEE PEOPLExpress Boeing 747-100 N603PE S7 Airlines Airbus A320neo VQ-BCF Vueling Airbus A321S EC-MLM
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LATEST RELEASES PHOENIX 1/400
DECEMBER 2017 RELEASES Air China B747-8I “China’s Air Force 1” B-2479 Air China B747-8I B-2482 Citilink A320neo “50th A320” PK-GTF EVA Air Cargo B777F B-16781 Finnair A350-900 “Happy Holidays” OH-LWD Finnair A321-200(S) “Happy Holidays” OH-LZL Hainan Airlines A330-300 B-8016 Japan Transocean Air B737-800(W) “Jinbei Jet” JA05RK
Jin Air B777-200 HL7733 Scoot A320-200 9V-TAZ Scoot A320-200(S) 9V-TRN Sichuan Airlines A350-900 “Panda Livery” Singapore Airlines B777-300ER “Star Alliance” 9V-SWJ Uni-Top Airlines Airlines B747-200F B-2462 Virgin Australia A330-200 VH-XFJ VivaAerobus A320-200(S) w/Sharklets XA-VAR VivaAerobus A320-200 XA-VAZ
PHOENIX 1/400
JANUARY 2018 RELEASES Air China B737 MAX 8 B-1397 Airbus A350-1000 “House Livery” F-WWXL Airbus A350-1000 “Carbon Fibre Livery” F-WLXV Boeing B787-10 “House Livery” N528ZC China Southern B737 MAX 8 B-1206
Qatar Airways A350-1000 A7-ANA Thai Lion A330-300 HS-LAH Thai Lion A330-300 HS-LAI Transavia B737-800(W) “Peter Pan” PH-HIS Singapore Airlines B787-10 9V-SCB
PHOENIX 1/200
DECEMBER 2017 RELEASES Air China B747-8I “China’s Air Force 1” B-2479 Air China B747-8I B-2482 Finnair A350-900 “Happy Holidays” OH-LWD
PHOENIX 1/200
JANUARY 2018 RELEASES Sichuan Airlines A350-900 “Panda Livery”
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Finnair A350-900 OH-LWH Garuda Indonesia A330-200 “Panda” PK-GPS Garuda Indonesia A330-200 PK-GPQ
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THROUGH THE YEARS WITH THE BOEING 747 Article by Cody Diamond | Photos by Raimond Schulz
The 747-300 is the last variant to be considered a member of the “Classic” 747 family. The -300 was launched in 1980 and first flew in 1982 and was the first 747 to feature a stretched upper deck (SUD). The launch customer was Swissair, who would eventually operate five of the type. The -300 was available in a Combi configuration just as the 747-200B was as well. Systems on the 747-300 were nearly identical to that of the -200 and other classics and thus crew differences training and costs were minimal. The -300 was the final version of the 747 to feature a flight engineer. Ja-
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pan Air Lines (JAL) operated the 747300 short range variant, in addition to its 747SR fleet. Following the launch of the -300, an upper deck stretch conversion was offered to several airlines for 747-100 and -200 fleets. KLM and UTA were the only two airlines to convert existing 747-200’s to stretched upper deck configuration. No -100’s were ever converted, however two late built 747-146B(SR)’s were delivered new to JAL in 1986 with a stretched upper deck. The 747-300, like other classic 747’s, could be powered by the CF6, JT89D, or the RB211. Operating weights
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were very similar to that of the 747200B. The stretched upper deck allowed for up to a total capacity of 69 passengers in an all economy configuration. A total of 81 747-300’s were built, and just three remain active in 2018. The last passenger airline to fly the airplane is Mahan Air in Iran, which operates a former UTA / Air France 747-300 Combi.
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