- Collectible snap-together model.
- Highly detailed for collectors.
- Solid injection molded plastic construction.
- SkyMarks 1/200 scale.
- Assembles in minutes and includes display stand.
- Officially licensed.
- Measures approximately 13-7/8-inches long with a 12-7/8-inch wingspan.
Comprising superior quality, solid, substantial injection molded
plastic components with a simple snap-fit design that allows for
easy assembly without the need for glue, this SkyMarks 1/200
scale British Airways Boeing 747-400 - Registration G-BNLY -
adorned in its commemorative 100th anniversary Landor livery that
the airline used between 1984 and 1997, with the British Airways
crest and abstract Union elegantly emblazoned on the
aircraft's tail, was one of the last remaining Boeing 747-400 in
British Airway's fleet, having made its final flight in March
2020, is now preserved at Dunsfold Aerodrome Airport in Surrey,
England. The model measures approximately 13-7/8-inches long with
a 12-7/8-inch wingspan and comes complete with Landing Gear and a
Display Stand. An accurate, true-to-scale reproduction of the
actual aircraft, the model is great for collectors and features
authentic, highly detailed graphics and markings. Easily
discernible from earlier 747 models by its prominent wingtip
extensions and winglets, the Boeing 747-400 was initially
introduced in 1984 as an advanced variant of its predecessor, the
Boeing 747-300 - known as the Advanced 300 Series - as it was
intended to be more cost-effective than the -300, with more
efficient engines, a greater range, at nearly 7,300 nautical
miles, and due to the development and implementation of a "glass
cockpit," it did away with the need for a flight engineer,
consequently enabling the aircraft to be flown by a two person
crew. Northwest Airlines was the launch customer for the Boeing
747-400, which entered service in February 1989. With 694 Boeing
747-400 aircraft having been produced over the course of its
20-year run from 1989 until 2009, replaced by newer, more
efficient twin-engine aircraft - the Boeing 777, Boeing 787 and
the Airbus A350 - the Boeing 747-400, which was offered in
passenger, freighter, combi, domestic, extended range passenger
and extended range freighter versions, was the bestselling
version of the Boeing 747. Readily recognized around the world by
its iconic large hump atop the front of its fuselage, the Boeing
747, nicknamed - Jumbo Jet - entered service in 1970 with Pan Am
as the first wide-body airliner, and has primarily been used for
long range passenger travel. Although capable of accommodating
from 416 passengers up to 624 passengers, depending on its
seating configuration, because this large, quad-engine jet was
conceived in the mid-1960s, when supersonic transports were also
concurrently on the drawing board, and viewed more favorably at
the time as the likely successor for the future travel, Boeing
engineers and Pan Am CEO, Juan Trippe opted for the Boeing 747 to
be designed so that it could be readily converted into a
freighter if required by merely retrofitting the fixed nose of
the existing passenger aircraft with a large hinged cargo door.
Consequently, if a passenger 747 aircraft were ever to be adapted
as a cargo plane with a hinged cargo door, it would be much more
cost effective and considerably easier to convert existing
passenger aircraft into cargo aircraft if the cockpit were
located above the nose, thus enabling the existing passenger 747s
to continue flying as transformed cargo planes. Even though
supersonic transports did not readily materialize for the most
part, and did not supersede the Boeing 747 as initially
envisioned, over the course of time, the Boeing 747 was not only
embraced as a successful passenger and cargo aircraft, many
passenger Boeing 747 aircraft were ultimately converted into
cargo 747 aircraft, known as BCF - Boeing Converted Freighter(s)
when it was no longer viable that they continue to be used as
passenger aircraft.