EC-135C Looking Glass Scale Model (Free Shipping)

Item#: AVC121CT

MSRP Price: $211.95

Factory Direct Price: $149.95

Wing Span: 16.50"
Length: 16.00"

Manufacturer: The Boeing Co.

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Introducing Factory Direct Models EC-135C Looking Glass Military Aircraft, This Scale Model Airplane was hand crafted with absolute precision using the finest Philippine Mahogany. Working from our library of blueprints, reference materials and their photographs, Factory Direct Models master artisans recreated this historic military warplane into an incredibly desktop display model.

Please note that the stand shown in this photograph may vary or change with the model you receive.

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EC-135C Airplane History:

The Boeing EC-135 is a version of the C-135 Stratolifter, modified to operate on several different U.S. Air Force programs.

The Advanced Range Instrumentation Aircraft are EC-135Bs modified C-135B cargo aircraft and EC-18B (former American Airlines 707-320) passenger aircraft that provided tracking and telemetry information to support the US space program in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

During the early 1960s, NASA and the Department of Defense (DoD) needed a very mobile tracking and telemetry platform to support the Apollo space program and other unmanned space flight operations. In a joint project, NASA and the DoD contracted with the McDonnell Douglas and the Bendix Corporations to modify eight Boeing C-135 Stratolifter cargo aircraft into Apollo / Range Instrumentation Aircraft (A/RIA). Equipped with a steerable seven-foot antenna dish in its distinctive "Droop Snoot" or "Snoopy Nose", the EC-135N A/RIA became operational in January 1968, and was often known as the Jimmy Durante of the Air Force. The Air Force Eastern Test Range at Patrick AFB, Florida, maintained and operated the A/RIA until the end of the Apollo program in 1972, when the USAF renamed it the Advanced Range Instrumentation Aircraft (ARIA).

For nearly 20 years Factory Direct Models (FDM) has been supplying many of the world’s major aerospace, catalog and internet companies worldwide. This model was commissioned to be built by our factory by Modelworks ® located in Scottsdale, Arizona. This desktop model was crafted with absolute precision. Working from our extensive collection of blueprints and their photographs, our master artisans recreated this airplane into an incredibly detailed desktop replica.This model was hand crafted from the finest Philippine Mahogany and sealed to last for generations. A fully customized display stand with their choice of logo and personalized inscription plaque added the finishing touch to this masterpiece. FDM is proud to know that this model will be displayed with pride in someone’s home or office.