Boeing 747-200 VC25 Air Force One USAF

Product description

Quality metal model of Boeing 747-200 VC25 Air Force One USAF passenger plane. The package of the model includes a chassis, an antenna and a stand.

The United States Air Force is the air force of the United States Armed Forces and one of the six uniformed services of the United States. 321,444 members, 141,880 civilians, 69,200 reservists and 105,700 members of the Air National Guard are actively serving in it.The US Air Force and its predecessors have participated in most military conflicts around the world.

The Boeing 747, also known as the Jumbo Jet, is a long-range wide-body jet airliner developed and manufactured in the United States. It was the largest commercial aircraft in use so far. Its reign was succeeded by an Airbus aircraft named A380. The four-engine, double-decker aircraft manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes is capable of carrying 416 to 524 passengers.
Up to November 2017, up to 1540 units of this very successful model were produced. This aircraft is capable of flying at a speed of up to 1,100 km/h for a distance of 14,205 km. Some configurations of this aircraft are capable of flying the distance New York - Hong Kong non-stop. This distance corresponds to 1/3 of the flight distance around the entire Earth. In 1998, a Qantas Boeing 747-400 flew non-stop from London to Sydney, but carried neither passengers nor cargo. This distance corresponds to a length of 18,001 km.
The Boeing 747 was developed as a result of the rapid growth of air travel in the 1960s. The first company to use this model was the American company Pan Am.