InFlight
Inflight 200 1:200 Convair CV-880 (Polished): TWA - Trans World Airlines (Reg #N824TW)
This model can be displayed on the stand or with the landing gear down
This model can be displayed on the stand or with the landing gear down
The Convair 880 is an American narrow-body jet airliner produced by the Convair division of General Dynamics. It was designed to compete with the Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8 by being smaller but faster, a niche that failed to create demand. When it was first introduced, some[who?] in aviation circles claimed that at 615 mph (990 km/h), it was the fastest jet transport in the world. Only 65 Convair 880s were produced over the lifetime of the production run from 1959 to 1962, and General Dynamics eventually withdrew from the airliner market after considering the 880 project a failure. The Convair 990 Coronado was a stretched and faster variant of the 880.
This plane has been written off
The aircraft was performing a low pass training when, at 150 feet, the aircraft descended fast and struck the runway. The Convair slid and caught fire.