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Convair CV-580 1/200 Scale Diecast Model United Express (Aspen Airways), N73126 Brand: Gemini Jets Gemini200 SKU: G2UAL318
AUD $120.00
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Convair CV-580 1/200 Scale Diecast Model, United Express, N71326 – G2UAL318
Length | 19.7 cm | 7.75 in | Approx |
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Wingspan | 17.8 cm | 7.00 in | Approx |
Diecast model features:
- Constructed with metal and plastic components
- Undercarriage fixed extended
- Display stand included.
Gemini Jets G2UAL318 Gemini200
Gemini Jets Gemini200 series G2UAL318 replicates in 1/200 scale diecast the CV-580, registration N73126, operated by Aspen Airways in the livery of United Express.
United Express
United Express, founded in 1985, is the corporate umbrella that individually owned regional airlines operate under on feeder flights for United Airlines.
Convair CV-240 Family
The Convair 240, 340 and 440 are American twin radial engines, short to medium-range pressurised airliners known as Convairliners. The Model 240 was the first pressurised, twin-engined airliner and Convair’s first commercial aircraft. Envisage as a replacement for the Douglas DC-3, the maiden flight took place on March 16, 1947, entering service on February 29, 1948, with American Airlines. The success of the Model 240 led to the stretched Model 340 in 1951 and the enhanced Model 440 “Metropolitan” in 1955. Production ended in 1954 with 1076 airframes of all variants built, ten in Canada with turboprops.
From the early 1950s, some airframes underwent conversion to turboprops by Convair and others. The most popular conversion was by PacAero in California, powering 340s and 440s to 580s with Allison 501D turboprops and a modified tail. The first of which flew on January 19, 1960.
Many Convairs served with the United States Air Force (USAF) as the C-131 Samaritan and T-29 and initially as the R4Y Samaritan with the United States Navy (USN).
The Model 240/340/440 uses two Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp air-cooled radial engines driving three-blade constant-speed propellers. The Model 580 utilised two Allison 501-D13H turboprops driving four-blade constant-speed propellers. Other turboprop models used the Rolls Royce Dart or Napier Eland.
Convair CV-580 1/200 Scale Diecast Model United Express (Aspen Airways), N73126 Brand: Gemini Jets Gemini200 SKU: G2UAL318
AUD $120.00
In stock