JC Wings EW2763005

JC Wings EW2763005 is a in 1/200 scale diecast model of the Boeing 767-381ER (-81 is Boeing’s customer code for ANA, ER; extra range) registration JA604A, in All Nippon Airlines (ANA) Star Wars “R2-D2” (port side) and “BB-8” (starboard side) livery.

ANA & Walt Disney

Starting in 2015, ANA, Japan’s largest airline, decorated four aircraft with Star Wars-themed liveries as part of an agreement with the Walt Disney Company (Japan).

The first was a Boeing 787-9 registration JA873A in the “R2-D2” theme, followed by a B777-300ER, JA789A in the “BB-8” theme, a character from Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The third is a B777-200, registration JA743A, in predominantly yellow, which is the “C-3PO” theme. The fourth is a Boeing 767-300ER, registration  JA604A, with “R2-D2” (port side) and “BB-8” (starboard side).

JA789A in the “BB-8” theme was withdrawn from service in March 2022.

Boeing 767

The B767 is an American wide-body, twin-engine, long-haul jet airliner, Boeing’s first wide-body twinjet. Its maiden flight took place on September 26, 1981, and the first variant, the 767-200, entered service with United Airlines on September 8, 1982.

1884 introduced the extended-range 767-200ER in 1984, the 767-300ER in 1986, the 767-300ER in 1988, the 767-300F freighter version in 1995, and the further stretched 767-400ER in 2000. Production ended in 2004, with 1,050 airframes of all variants completed.

It has a cockpit crew of two pilots and, depending on the model, can seat up to 375 passengers, depending on layout and variant.

It uses two Rolls-Royce RB211 or Pratt & Whitney JT9D series high-bypass axial flow turbofans, pylon-mounted one under each wing.