ATR-42 American Eagle Wooden Airplane

Item#: CPAATR42AE

MSRP Price: $299.95

Factory Direct Price: $199.95

Factory Direct Models introduce this Made to Order ATR-42 American Eagle Commercial Aircraft Model. This ATR-42 American Eagle Model Airplane was handcrafted from the finest Philippine Mahogany and was sealed to last for generations. Working from our library of blueprints, reference materials and their exact photographs, Factory Direct Models master artisans recreated this famous commercial aircraft into an amazing detailed Model Airplane Replica.

This ATR-42 American Eagle Wooden Airplane comes with a detachable stand, a Laminated American Eagle Logo and an Inscription Plaque that adds beauty to this collectible scale model aircraft.

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ATR-42 American Eagle History:

The Avions de Transport Regional organization was set up on 5 February 1982 under French law as a Groupement d'lnteret Economique (GIE) to manage the program of development, production and management of a regional airliner known as the ATR 42. The aircraft in question had been launched some three months earlier, on October 29, 1981, as a joint product of Aerospatiale in France and Aeritalia in Italy, in continuation of a preliminary accord reached by the two companies in July 1980. Before that time, both companies had been studying the market for a regional airliner with 30-40 seats and had produced project designs under the designations Aerospatiale AS-35 and Aeritalia AIT 320.

These projects were of generally similar configuration, and the ATR 42 was a continuation of the same theme, with a high wing, two turboprop engines, fuselage-side blisters for the main landing gear units, and a T-tail. Sizing of the aircraft was a matter for careful study, with 42 seats eventually adopted as the norm, a few more than in the earlier independent project designs (as their designations indicated). From the start of development, however, there has been some pressure to increase the seating capacity, and a stretched version was eventually launched some four years after the go-ahead for the ATR 42 itself, as the ATR-72. The division of labor between the two companies provides for Aerospatiale to manufacture the wing while Aeritalia produces the fuselage and tail unit. The Italian company is also responsible for the hydraulic, air conditioning and pressurization systems, while the French partner looks after the flight deck and cabin, the power plant, and the electrical and flight-control systems. Civil passenger versions of the ATR 42 are assembled and test flown at Toulouse; the ATM 42-R military cargo version and any civil freighters with rear loading ramp are assembled at Naples. Flight testing of the ATR 42 began on August 16, 1984, the second development aircraft being flown on October 31, of that year and the first production ATR 42 on April 30, 1985.

The designations ATR 42-100 and ATR 42-200 were at first applied to versions with gross weights of 32,8481b (14,900kg) and 34,722lb (15,750kg) respectively, the latter having a redesigned interior that allowed accommodation to be increased from 42 to 50 without any change in external dimensions.By the time production deliveries began, the ATR 42-200 had become the standard aircraft, with the ATR 42-300 available as a high gross weight option at 35,6041b (l6,150kg), with a range of 890 nautical miles (l,650km) carrying the full passenger payload. In 1985 the ATR 72 was launched, featuring a fuselage lengthened by 141t (4.27m) to provide up to 74 seals at a pitch of 30in (76cm). There is also an increase in wing span, of 8ft I V2in (248m), and the engines are 2,400shp (l,790kW) PW124s. For deliveries starting at the end of 1988, the ATR 72 has a maximum take-off weight of 44,0701b (I9,990kg), a maximum payload of 15,4321b (7,000kg) and a range with 70 passengers of 900 nautical miles(1,669km). Other designated variants of the basic aircraft include the ATR 42-F commercial freighter and the ATM 42 military freighter, the latter with a rear-loading ramp.

Certification of the ATR 42-200 and ATR 42-300 was obtained in France on 24 September 1985, and immediately ratified in Italy, in accordance with the joint European JAR standards. US certification to FAR 25 was confirmed on October 25,1985. Deliveries began on December 3,1985, to Air Littoral, and the first revenue services were flown on December 9, 1985, by that company. Subsequent deliveries were to Cimber Air in December 1985, and to Holland Air and Command Airways in January 1986, the latter becoming the first US operator of the type in March 1986. By early 1987 some 75 ATR 42s were on firm order, with 25 on option; orders and options for the stretched-fuselage ATR 72 totals 24. Thirty ATR 42s had been delivered to a total of 15 airlines by the end of 1986. Production of the ATR 42 has continued from 1984 to the present day with 377 aircraft of all variants delivered to date.

Our model of the ATR-42, proudly wear the colors of American Eagle Airlines, the commuter for American Airlines. Finished in an overall white with distinct red and blue fuselage strips and the familiar red & blue American Eagle logo on the vertical fin surfaces.