GeminiJets Gemini 200 G2USA183
Airbus A320-200 Diecast Model
US Airways, N106US Flight #1549, New York, Hudson River Ditching January 15th 2009 | Limited Edition
1549
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| 1:200 Scale | | Length | | Width |
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| Airbus A320-200 | | 7.5" | | 6.75" |
On the afternoon of January 15, 2009, US Airways Flight 1549, an Airbus A320, departed from New York's LaGuardia Airport bound for Charlotte, NC. Just two minutes into the flight, a flock of Canadian Geese struck the plane, disabling both engines. With no power, and 150 passengers and five crew members onboard, Captain Chesley Sullenberger and First Officer Jeffrey Skiles decided their only option was to guide the plane away from Manhattan and land in the Hudson River.
Remarkably, everyone survived the water landing and with the help of three well-trained and courageous flight attendants, the plane was evacuated. Within minutes, local ferry boats that witnessed the water landing were at the scene rescuing the passengers and crew from the aircraft's wings and the frigid waters.
The professional and heroic actions of the Flight 1549 crew and the extraordinary efforts of New York and New Jersey rescue workers prevented the loss of any lives during this historic event.
Designed as a short/medium range narrow-body airliner to compete with the Boeing 737, the Airbus A320 was first flown on February 22nd, 1987. The A320 features side stick controllers and glass cockpit and was the world's first airliner to use use a digital fly-by-wire control system. Controversially, the software includes "flight envelope protection" to prevent the pilot from exceeding safe flight parameters. The highly successful design rapidly led to the development of the shortened-fuselage A318 and A319, and lengthened-fuselage A321 derivatives. More than 4,500 of the A320 family have been produced, almost all of which are still in active service. © Copyright 2003-2024 The Flying Mule, Inc.
Gemini's 1:200 scale A320 family are constructed almost entirely of diecast metal and are ready to be displayed right out of the box. The seamlessly constructed fuselage features fine photo-etched metal antennas, jewel cut anti-collision lenses and pad-printed windows and doors that do not interrupt the lines of the aircraft. The series covers the original A320 fuselage, the stretched A321 variant and the shorter A319. Each model features solid metal wings with delicate “sharklet” wingtips and fitted with either Pratt & Whitney or CFM International turbo fan engines with detailed fan blades inside.
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The GeminiJets "Gemini 200" range presents higly-detailed, ready-made diecast models of civilian and military aircraft in 1:200 scale. Prized by collectors worldwide, Gemini define the benchmark by which other 1:200 aircraft brands are judged.
GeminiJets "Gemini 200" diecast airplanes feature:
- Diecast metal construction, including wings and tail surfaces.
- Realistic panel lines, antennas, access panels and surface details.
- Pad printed markings and placards that won't fade or peel like decals.
- Permanently extended metal landing gear with rolling rubber tires.
- Presentation stand to display the aircraft "in flight".
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