Details: Douglas DC-7C - G-AOIB Seven Seas, BOAC (500 ONLY)1/200

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HL7003	Corgi	Douglas DC-7C - G-AOIB Seven Seas, BOAC (500 ONLY)1/200	£ 0.00
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	Superb 1/200 scale model of Douglas DC-7C, serial G-AOIB in the livery of "Seven Seas" of the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) in 1957. Production run of only 500 models Length 6.75 inches Wingspan 7.75 inches From 1939 until 1974 British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) was the British state airline. In 1974 BOAC merged with British European Airways Corporation to become British Airways. BOAC operated 10 DC-7C Seven Seas they had purchased because of the delay manufacturing the Bristol Britannia. One DC-7C was G-AOIB serial 45112 that the airline operated from November 1956 until March 1964 when it was sold. The airframe went on to become N90802 with the tour company Jolly Voyager and later was converted into a water-bomber EC-888 and later EC-GGB with Basaer Baquero Servicios Aereos. The DC-7 was the last major piston engine powered transport made by the Douglas Aircraft Company. The DC-7 was produced from 1953 to 1958 when the first jet passenger aircraft arrived on the scene. The DC-7 was the first airliner to provide non-stop service from coast to coast in America. In total there were 338 DC-7’s produced and purchased by 18 different airlines. When the jets replaced the DC-7 they found new work as cargo planes and charter work.

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