Pan Am's wind-trials jumbo

[FireAngelZero]

This is a beautiful model; however, Inflight has blundered with the font of the Clipper name, which should be all caps. This is the same error that plagued the company's first 1:200 Pan Am Boeing 747, N733PA (Clipper Young America). One would hope that the company would have learned from its error.

I own N738PA (Clipper Defender) and since your post I noticed that Clipper Defender is all upper case. So it looks like they fixed it on their release for 2015. But for some reason they decided to go back to their past with "Clipper Young America" AS far as Clipper Young America goes, that is a very hard to come by model that I have been personally searching for to finish my 747 Pan Am collection.

But I appreciate the reply dlberek, I will hopefully be show casing more of my Pan Am's as I recently received "Clipper Ocean Herald" a few weeks back.

[dlberek]

I love the Pan Am Boeing 747 delivery scheme! I still remember seeing these for the first time and how majestic (and huge) the aircraft seemed, as a young boy used to Boeing 707s and DC-8s. Clipper Storm King also gained publicity when she landed short of the runway during testing (without the nose probe). The aircraft was repaired and put back into service. This is a beautiful model; however, Inflight has blundered with the font of the Clipper name, which should be all caps. This is the same error that plagued the company's first 1:200 Pan Am Boeing 747, N733PA (Clipper Young America). One would hope that the company would have learned from its error. That notwithstanding, I own that model, and it's one of my favorites, bringing back fond childhood memories of a very exciting period of commercial aviation history.

[FireAngelZero]

During that time as the 60's were ending to bring in the 70's Boeing was actively testing the 747 frame before orders fulfilled.Pan Am being one of the principal buyers of the type and Boeing were all testing the capabilities and handling of this new beast that brought in the Jumbo era.One frame selected for testing was N732PA or "Clipper Storm King" which was the 3rd 747 to come out of the Everett factory. This Pan Am jet went through some hefty testing and even before being delivered to Pan Am received damage when attempting to land short at Renton WA.

Today I will be switching gears and focusing mainly on the plane itself rather than it's history... This jet was one of the recent releases of Inflight200 and even was re-released with a red and white striping going through the nose cone. This model is the first "new release" model in my Pan Am fleet, as most of my other 200 scale jets were either bought second hand or were in storage in some secluded retailer's basement...

I am amazed that up until now no one has really had any interest or even offer their own pictures of the model.

The picture below shows a more over the wing view of the model and shows the nose cone in all it's glory.



The tail on this plane sports the original Pan Am titles with the N732PA registration. I love the Boeing 747 logo after the aft door.



The moment you have been waiting for the nose cone which is definitely the reason this jet was made.



Lastly a more of a lower wing view of this plane.



Would this fit your collection? Honestly... this is a plane that could pass most of your interests...

The bottom line is this, this release for Inflight200 was rather sketchy. Unless you have yourself a ready supply of glue and the expertise be prepared to glue the nose cone to the nose. For some reason as I've heard on other forums this nose cone has made this model a nightmare to sell as a lot of re-sellers have reported the nose cone detached from the nose upon the release of this plane. As far as if this is not the case with the second release with the red and white stripes on the cone if anyone has this model feel free to leave your input.

In my opinion the model could've benefited from either some sort of magnetic attachment where you could have the option to display the plane with or without the nose cone. The glue that was used was incredibly substandard and honestly the nose is piratically destroyed to the point where you are forced to re-attach the nose to get rid of the unsightly bare metal which shows on the tip of the nose. Once I applied glue and let it settle overnight I have not had a single issue with the nose cone on this plane. And overall the cone requires an appreciation, because without those nose trials the 747 aircraft could not have advanced to the queen of the skies title she earned during the coming years.