Image: model airplane: TWA (Trans World Airlines), Lockheed L-1649A Starliner

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model airplane: TWA (Trans World Airlines), Lockheed L-1649A Starliner

Date:late 1950s
Medium:Metal, paint
Credit Line: Gift of the San Francisco Aeronautical Society
Accession Number:2020.062.008 a b
Dimensions:12 1/4 x 29 1/2 x 23 1/2 inches (31.1 x 74.9 x 59.7 cm)
Collection:Aviation Museum
Category:Model Aircraft
Subcategory:Model Airplane
Artist, designer, maker :Peter V. Nelson
airline: TWA (Trans World Airlines)
aircraft: Lockheed L-1649A Starliner
company: Lockheed
Description

Model airplane of TWA (Trans World Airlines), Lockheed L-1649A Starliner; a. white fuselage with cheatline of double red stripes and logotype on fuselage and “Star of Capri”; silver horizontal stabilizers; aircraft registration number “118 / N7118C”; b. brown stand with two prong top support, logomark with “Jetstream” on base.

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