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and best of all the glass nose for the Navigator, a cross over in the design of whereby old meets new.

very convenient for taking covert photos when they just happened to drift off course

I used to love flying in the small DC9, the later long one always felt a bit odd especially on take off, they felt like they were bending in the middle,

I’ve just picked up the hasegawa version of the trop as my first venture, should be easier to paint as it all two colours which will help me to learn how to use an air brush:o

thanks for the Hannants tip very useful

sorry 990, forgot the fairings weren’t on the 880, I’ll go to the bottom of the class!!

990 video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LBHZvLDhvU

Love this thread. But as a non afficianado of airliners (enthusiastic – yes, knowledgeable – not) can someone please tell me if the “Flying Tigers” and “Austrian” liveried four engined jets are Convair’s or DC-8’s? I get confused between the two.

Rob

all DC8s, they have small air intakes on the nose

but I never got to see a Tu104. Please post some more if you have some, be great to see them.

for a long time they were the only jets that came into LAP, they got quite boring in the end, sad when you think how diverse aircraft were in the 50s,now everything looks the same with engines hanging off the wings,