Phoenix Models 1/200 ATL-98 CarVair British United Diecast Model aircraft (PH2BAF013)

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Phoenix Models 1/200 ATL-98 CarVair British United Diecast Model aircraft (PH2BAF013)
The Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair was a Douglas DC-4 / C-54 converted into an air ferry by Freddie Laker's Aviation Traders (Engineering) Limited (ATL), allowing it to carry 25 passengers and five cars, loaded at the front.Of the 21 airframes, eight were destroyed in crashes, (One each in Rotterdam, Holland 1962, Karachi, Pakistan 1967, Twin Falls, Canada 1968, Le Touquet, France 1971 and three in the USA, Miami, FL 1969, Venetie, AK 1997, Griffin, GA also in 1997 and McGrath, Alaska in 2007. Perhaps the best known Carvair crash was the one at Griffin in April 1997, where on its take-off run the (5th production) Carvair had catastrophic engine failure at take-off, failed to become properly airborne, and crashed into a vacant Piggly Wiggly supermarket past the airport perimeter, killing both pilots

heavy weight limited edition metal model of the British United Carvair, finished in polished metal wings and lower fuselage with upper fuselage in white with black livery lined in yellow. Wingspan 17cm, length 15.5cm , Reg G-ARSD

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