Product Overview
Produced to the highest standards, Herpa diecast metal models are developed in collaboration with aircraft manufacturers and the airlines and are recognized by discerning model airplane collectors worldwide for their unparalleled, accurate realism, attention to detail and exceptional quality. True-to-scale, this Herpa 1/500 scale 50th anniversary Eastern Air Lines Lockheed L-1011-1 TriStar, in its famous Eastern Air Lines hockey livery, with Registration N333NA, measures approximately 4-1/4-inches long with a 3/3-4-inch wingspan. A Display Stand is not included and is sold separately - Herpa HE521024. Eastern Air Lines, which was founded in 1926, and formerly based in New York City, operated approximately 66 L-1011s. With the first Boeing 747 and the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 aircraft having entered service as the earliest wide body passenger airliners just a few years prior, the first Lockheed L-1011-1 Tri-Star three engine passenger aircraft was delivered to launch customer Eastern Air Lines in 1972 after encountering a few setbacks in its development phase. In addition to many new amenities for passengers and crews, it was the first passenger aircraft to be equipped with a modern autopilot system. Able to transport up to 400 passengers on transcontinental routes, the L-1011 was manufactured between 1968 until 1984 in two lengths to serve different markets with a total of 250 aircraft having been produced.
