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Model, Static, Boeing 707-331B, Trans World Airlines (TWA)
Object Details
- Physical Description
- Plastic display model of a Boeing 707-331B in TWA livery of white vertical stablizer, rudder and top and sides of fuselage; aluminum wings, engine nacells, horizontal stabalizer and lower half of fuselage. 1:60 scale. 1967.
- Summary
- Boeing 707
- The 707 evolved from the 367-80, or "Dash 80," the prototype for the U.S. Air Force's KC-135 tanker. At Pan Am's insistence, the 707 was made 10 centimeters (4 inches) wider so it could carry 160 passengers in six-across seating.
- Gift of Trans World Airlines
- Credit Line
- Gift of Trans World Airlines, Inc.
- Data Source
- National Air and Space Museum
- Date
- 1967
- Inventory Number
- A19772779000
- Manufacturer
- Pacific Miniatures, Inc.
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- MODELS-Aircraft
- Materials
- Plastic
- Non-Magnetic Metal
- Adhesive
- Dimensions
- Model: 18.2 × 78.4 × 72.5cm (7 3/16 × 30 7/8 × 28 9/16 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
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- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Location
- National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
- Exhibition
- America by Air
- Record ID
- nasm_A19772779000
- Usage
- Not determined
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