Herpa Wings 1/200

On Friday, October 13, 1972, the Fairchild FH-227 of the Uruguayan Air Force operating a charter flight from Montevideo to Santiago de Chile crashed in the Andes. Of the 45 passengers and crew members, including a team of young rugby players, 32 people...

On March 1, 2024, the first of 29 Airbus A220 jet aircraft ordered by Australia’s Qantas took off for its inaugural commercial flight, sporting a very unique color scheme. A leading Indigenous Australian design agency, Balarinji has worked with...

Length: 18 cm Material: Resin Brand: Herpa On May 29, 2014, RA-89033 became UTair's first Superjet 100 to leave the paint shop in Ulyanovsk on the banks of the Volga River. The jet destined for UTair-Express received a livery specially developed for the...

As the last of 16 Ilyushin IL-18s, DM-STO entered service with Interflug, the state airline of the German Democratic Republic, in April of 1968. In the almost 30 years of service, the four-engine, Soviet-produced turboprop was the main aircraft type and...

Initially established for charter services, the “Gesellschaft für internationalen Flugverkehr mbH” (“Company for international Air Transportation, Limited”), better known as Interflug, became the sole national airline of the...

On August 14th, 1974, the Panavia Tornado multi-role combat aircraft took off at Manching, Germany for its first flight. 50 years later, the aircraft is still operational with the Air Forces of Germany, Italy and Saudi Arabia. To celebrate the 50th...

Soon after the first examples of the Antonov AN-24 were imported from the Soviet Union in the 1960s, the plan arose to manufacture the robust aircraft locally within China. The first AN-24 assembled in Xi'an by the factory of the same name left the...

Length: 19.4 cm Material: Diecast Brand: Herpa  

Manufacturer: AirbusScale: 1/200Material: MetalLength: 22.9 cm

With its official entry into service on March 28, 1960, the Ilyushin IL-18 registered as DM-STA was the first of a total of 16 of this type in the German Democratic Republic. It was operated by Deutsche Lufthansa (East) in blue livery and with the...

Flying from Zurich to over 90 vacation destinations worldwide, the award-winning Swiss airline Edelweiss is investing in an extensive modernization of its long-haul fleet, to ensure that the best time of the year will continue to begin with boarding one...

On November 25, 2024, Emirates not only took delivery of its first of 65 Airbus A350 aircraft on order, but it also marks the first new aircraft type to enter the fleet since 2008. On her delivery flight from Toulouse, France to Dubai in the United Arab...

For 100 years, the iconic Goodyear Blimp has been soaring through the skies and captivating audiences worldwide. It all started back in 1925 with the “Pilgrim”. She was the first commercial non-rigid airship flown using helium, its gondola...

The 302nd Fighter Squadron was formed on October 1, 1974 and equipped with the F-4 Phantom. In 2019 it retired its Phantoms and converted to the new F-35. To celebrate its 50th anniversary, this F-35 was painted in a special scheme. In contrast to most...

Tactical Air Force Wing 33 in Büchel, in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, is one of two remaining active squadrons of the German Air Force equipped with the Tornado fighter-bomber. In addition to the special weapons order within the...

At the end of 1958, Pan Am took delivery of the modernized and upgraded Boeing 707-320 “Intercontinental”. It enabled Pan Am to fly non-stop from New York to Frankfurt and Rome. This was a significant advance over earlier models that required...

Denmark is one of several European Nations that have chosen to replace their F-16 fighters with the state-of-the-art F-35 Lightning stealth fighter jet. 27 are currently on order. The first six will remain at Luke Air Force Base in the U.S. for type...

The origins of Belgium’s “Societé anonyme belge d'Exploitation de la Navigation aérienne” (French for “Belgian Corporation for the Exploitation of Aerial Navigation“) – or simply SABENA – go...

A large number of models of the Douglas DC-9 in Swissair colors have already been produced over the years. The DC-9 was the Swiss airline's main type on short and medium-haul routes for a little over two decades, from 1966 to 1988. No fewer than 22 of...

Starting from 2018, the United States Air Force has developed Bomber Task Forces to help develop the ability to operate from unfamiliar locations and integrate with allies and partner nations in both the Pacific and Europe. Usually, four to six B-52...

Strategic bombers are regularly transferred from the continental U.S. to foreign countries in order to show presence and to practice interoperability with air forces of allied countries. One such forward operations base is located on the Pacific Island...

The AN-72, NATO code name “Coaler”, was developed in the late 1970s as a replacement for the widely used Antonov AN-26 turboprop transport aircraft. The positioning of the engines forward of and above the wing gives the aircraft its unique...

Originally designed as a commercial freighter to transport heavy machinery to remote places inside the Soviet Union without any infrastructure, the IL-76 developed into a large family of aircraft for both commercial and military use. More than 970 have...

The U-2 has been a valuable reconnaissance platform since its introduction back in 1956 – almost 70 years ago. In its current variant, the U-2 remains an important part of information gathering and reconnaissance for the U.S. armed forces. It is a...