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Monday, September 28, 2015 - 08:30 PM UTC
Roden are set to release a pair of 1:144 kits of classic airliners that span the decades from the '50s through to the '80s. Bristol's "Whispering Giant", the Britannia, was among the ultimate prop-driven types at the dawn of the jet age, while ‘Caesar’s Chariot’ represented the ultimate in touring luxury for Led Zeppilin and others.
# 323 Bristol 175 Britannia Monarch Airlines
Bristol 175 Britannia - British four-engine turboprop passenger plane, designed in the late 1940s by the Bristol aero manufacturer. Series production began in the mid-1950s, and the first flight with paying passengers was at the beginning of 1957. The Bristol 175 Britannia was intended to be the flagship airliner of the leading British airline B.O.A.C., but several technical problems held back its development, limiting the production of the type to 86 units. A passenger favourite, first of all for special comfort, it was relegated to the second tier with the advent of the American Boeing 707. Monarch Airlines used 8 planes of this type, and the rest were sold to Canada, Cuba, Spain, Mexico, Israel, Argentina and other countries. Separate machines were converted as transports. As a passenger plane it was used up to the beginning of the 1980s, and as a transport continued to fly in the mid-1990s.
# 318 Boeing 720 ‘Caesar’s Chariot’
Boeing 720 ‘Caesar’s Chariot’- passenger plane, modification of the famous Boeing 707 passenger transcontinental airliner, created for the exploitation of regional and medium-haul air routes in 1959. In total 65 aircraft were built, used mainly by US airlines. Aside from its usual role as a passenger plane, there were two planes which significantly differed from the rest, and some celebrated rock and pop stars of the time were their passengers. N7224U, which belonged to the luxury Hotel Caesar Palace and had been christened Caesar's Chariot was the second in the 'air odyssey' of the Led Zeppelin group. This plane was also leased by the managers of one of the biggest pop groups of all time, the Bee Gees, and flew them across the USA on their major tour in support of their Spirits Having Flown album in 1980.
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Bristol 175 Britannia - British four-engine turboprop passenger plane, designed in the late 1940s by the Bristol aero manufacturer. Series production began in the mid-1950s, and the first flight with paying passengers was at the beginning of 1957. The Bristol 175 Britannia was intended to be the flagship airliner of the leading British airline B.O.A.C., but several technical problems held back its development, limiting the production of the type to 86 units. A passenger favourite, first of all for special comfort, it was relegated to the second tier with the advent of the American Boeing 707. Monarch Airlines used 8 planes of this type, and the rest were sold to Canada, Cuba, Spain, Mexico, Israel, Argentina and other countries. Separate machines were converted as transports. As a passenger plane it was used up to the beginning of the 1980s, and as a transport continued to fly in the mid-1990s.
# 318 Boeing 720 ‘Caesar’s Chariot’
Boeing 720 ‘Caesar’s Chariot’- passenger plane, modification of the famous Boeing 707 passenger transcontinental airliner, created for the exploitation of regional and medium-haul air routes in 1959. In total 65 aircraft were built, used mainly by US airlines. Aside from its usual role as a passenger plane, there were two planes which significantly differed from the rest, and some celebrated rock and pop stars of the time were their passengers. N7224U, which belonged to the luxury Hotel Caesar Palace and had been christened Caesar's Chariot was the second in the 'air odyssey' of the Led Zeppelin group. This plane was also leased by the managers of one of the biggest pop groups of all time, the Bee Gees, and flew them across the USA on their major tour in support of their Spirits Having Flown album in 1980.
Please remember, when contacting retailers or manufacturers, to mention that you saw their products highlighted here - on AEROSCALE.
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