Daron SkyMarks Pan Am 747-100 1/200 Juan Trippe (SKR998) for Sale

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Daron SkyMarks Pan Am 747-100 1/200 Juan Trippe (SKR998) For Sale

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Daron SkyMarks Pan Am 747-100 1/200 Juan Trippe (SKR998):
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Daron SkyMarks Pan Am 747-100 1/200 Juan Trippe (SKR998)

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Comprising superior quality, solid, substantial injection molded plasticcomponents with a simple snap-fit design that allows for easy assembly withoutthe need for glue, this SkyMarks 1/200 scale Pan Am Boeing 747-100 measuresapproximately 13-7/8-inches long with a 12-inch wingspan and comes completewith Landing Gear and a Display Stand. An accurate, true-to-scale reproductionof the actual aircraft, the model is great for collectors and featuresauthentic, highly detailed graphics and markings. Readily recognized aroundthe world by its iconic large hump atop the front of its fuselage, the Boeing747, nicknamed - Jumbo Jet - entered service in 1970 with Pan Am as the firstwide-body airliner, and has primarily been used for long range passengertravel. Although capable of accommodating up to 416 passengers in threedifferent classes, because this large, quad-engine jet was conceived in themid-1960s, when supersonic transports were also concurrently on the drawingboard, and viewed more favorably at the time as the likely successor for thefuture travel, Boeing engineers and Pan Am CEO, Juan Trippe opted for theBoeing 747 to be designed so that it could be readily converted into afreighter if required by merely retrofitting the fixed nose of the existingpassenger aircraft with a large hinged cargo door. Consequently, if apassenger 747 aircraft were ever to be adapted as a cargo plane with a hingedcargo door, it would be much more cost effective and considerably easier toconvert existing passenger aircraft into cargo aircraft if the cockpit werelocated above the nose, thus enabling the existing passenger 747s to continueflying as transformed cargo planes. Even though supersonic transports did notreadily materialize for the most part, and did not supersede the Boeing 747 asinitially envisioned, over the course of time, the Boeing 747 was not onlyembraced as a successful passenger and cargo aircraft, many passenger Boeing747 aircraft were ultimately converted into cargo 747 aircraft, known as BCF -Boeing Converted Freighter(s) when it was no longer viable that they continueto be used as passenger aircraft. The Boeing 747-100, which was launched in1966, was the original variant of the Boeing 747. Compared to later versionsof the 747, the early Boeing 747-100s only had three windows per side on itsupper deck. However, after airlines started converting the upper decks oftheir Boeing 747-100s from lounges into premium class seating, Boeing not onlyoffered its upper deck on the Boeing 747-100 with ten windows per side as anoption, some of the earlier three window per side variants were retrofittedaccordingly. Although a freighter version of the Boeing 747-100 was neverdeveloped, many passenger Boeing 747-100's were later converted intofreighters because of Boeing engineers and Pan Am CEO, Juan Trippe's earlierinsight to design the passenger version of the Boeing 747-100 accordingly sothat it could be easily remanufactured into a freighter. Boeing built 168Boeing 747-100s, which includes its iconic prototype, named City of Everett.

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