Gemini Jets GJTWA1982

Gemini Jets diecast model GJTWA1982 replicates in 1/400 scale the B757-231 (-31 is Boeing’s customer code for TWA) registration N725TW in Trans World Airline’s final livery, circa the early 2000s.

Trans World Airlines

Trans World Airlines (TWA) was a prominent American airline that operated domestic and international services. It formed as Transcontinental & Western Air on October 1, 1930, with the merger of Transcontinental Air Transport (TAT), Western Air Express (WAE), Maddux Air Lines, Standard, and Pittsburgh Aviation Industries Corporation (PAIC). In April 2001, after many years of financial woes, the airline’s assets were acquired by American Airlines.

Boeing 757

The Boeing 757 is an American narrow-body short to medium range, twin-engine airliner designed and built jointly with the wide-body 767. On February 19, 1982, the maiden flight took place with the first production variant, the 757-200, entering service in January 1983 with Eastern Airlines. The stretched 757-300, the longest narrow-body twinjet, commenced service in 1999.

The original 757-200 is also available in a freighter or passenger-freighter combi models; military derivatives include the C-32 transport. Production ended in 2004, with 1,050 airframes of all variants completed.