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    BOAC COMET 60 Years scheduled Transatlantic w/Stand G-APDC 1:200 Scale IFCOMET-LHR-IDL-60-P

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      INFLIGHT BOAC COMET 60 Years scheduled Transatlantic w/Stand G-APDC 1:200 Scale

      Celebrating 60 years of the first scheduled transatlantic flight with three limited edition models:

      -BOAC Comet G-APDB IFCOMET-IDL-LHR-60-P 
      -BOAC Comet G-APDC IFCOMET-LHR-IDL-60-P (this model)
      -PanAm Boeing 707 IF701-IDL-LBG-1958-P

      Each model comes in a special presentation box and includes a serial number card. This release is limited to 500 models production. 

      October 4 1958 saw the first regularly scheduled transatlantic passenger service with jet powered aircraft when two BOAC De Havilland DH.106 Comet 4 Airliners (G-APDB and G-APDC) took off almost simultaneously: from London Heathrow Airport LHR do Idlewild IDL (now JFK) in New York (this model) and from NY IDL to London LHR respectively. 

      On October 1958 Pan American World Airways began the "Jet Age" with the first cpmmercial flight of an American jet airliner: Pan Am's Boeing 707-121 "Clipper America" N711PA departed NY Idlewild IDL on an 8 hour 41 minute flight to Paris Le Bouret (LBG) with a fuel stop at Gander, Newfoundland (YQX)