WINGS RELEASES

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Dragon Wings has got a lot of new releases and surprises for you. There are a lot of items coming which might bring updates twice a week. From now on, the updates will not be limited to a regular 'Saturday' surprises, there will possibly be more fun during weekdays too. Stay tuned for first hand information!

55147 Continental Airlines B777-224 - now available In 1993, Continental placed an order of 777s from Boeing aircraft. By 2000 March, Continental Airlines first introduced new Boeing 777 aircraft to a non-stop service on Houston-Paris route. The 777 carry 283 passengers (48 in the front Business First cabin and 235 in coach). Now Continental has 14 of 777s in its fleet and operates them on routes to London, Paris, Manchester, Frankfurt, Rome, Milan, Tokyo and Tel Aviv. The cruise speed of 777 is 550 m.p.h. and powered by two General Electric GE90-90b engines, rated at 90,000 pounds thrust each. The wingspan is 200 feet!

55170 American Airlines B767-223 - now available Thirty Boeing 767-223's were ordered by American in November, 1978, for scheduled delivery over a two year period beginning in September, 1982. This wide body aircraft carries 200 passengers in mixed first and coach class configuration in a cabin with two aisles. The aircraft are powered by two 48,000 lb. thrust General Electric CF6-80A turbofan engines. Our "N301AA" model comes with two version : Polished Metal and Chrome Plated. Enjoy!

55156 Lufthansa B747-430 - now available Lead customer for CF6-80 engines on the 747-400, the first aircraft (D-ABVB) flew first on 27 June 1988, although sister ship (D-ABVA) became the first -400 in Europe, delivered on 23 May 1989. Since then, 15 new passenger models and six Combis have been delivered to Lufthansa, all of them powered by GE CF6-80C2 engines. Most are named after German cities. A new order for five -400s was confirmed in early January, with 2000 and 2002 delivery dates. Our "D-ABVF Frankfurt am Main" model remains high in standard with a simple but nice white color.

A small yet nice detail has been added into our model. Each Lufthansa B747-430 "D-ABVF" comes with a main-deck loader. Notice it is adjustable just like the real thing!

55169 ANK Air Nippon B737-54K - now available Air Nippon originally formed to serve the outer islands in Japan. Air Nippon later joined the ANA group which is now ANK. In 1991, ANK decided to replace the 737-200s and YS-11 by the 737-500s. The B737-54K began service in late 1992, which at the time was the newest of the B737s. This B737-54K carries 120 people within Japan. ANK origanized a "Naming Contest" for this model, which "Super Dolphin" was decided to be the winning name. This name implies that a dolphin is imprinted on the engine cowling. This beautiful "Super Dolphin" model is our first release of 1/400 B737-500! More details later!

55152 Canadian Airlines / Air Canada B767-375 - now available "Transitional Livery" One of the most recognized news in the airline industry last year was the merging of Air Canada with Canadian Airlines. After the merge, Canadian Airlines is repainting some aircraft in a "transitional" livery that includes the maple leaf of Air Canada. This new look is not expected to last more than 18 months. Under this circumstances, Dragon Wings is able to have the license agreement by both airlines. We are proud to present you this model only for this transitional period. Please enjoy!




If you look closely at the tail of this model, you'll discover a special realistic feature. The details of the APU air intake is first introduced in this B767. Pay attention to the "Maple Leaf" logo on both sides; we have done a special re-touch to it.


Officially Licensed by
Canadian Airlines
A I R C A N A D A

55168 Continental DC-10-30 - now available

By 1975, Continental Airlines had dedicated four McDonnell Douglas DC-10s to services between the West Coast and Hawaii, annually carrying almost a half-million passengers on these routes. In 1992, Continental's bright livery is replaced by a rather insipid "corporate white" livery. International services were flown to American Samoa, Australia, Fiji, and New Zealand, and an affiliate, Air Micronesia, linked Hawaii and Japan with the many tiny Pacific Trust Territory islands. Recently, Continental has a total of 28 tri-jets in service. Thirty GE-powered Boeing 767-400ERs and ten 777-200s will replace the DC-10 fleet, starting in 1998.

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We are proud to present this DC10-30 in great details. You can find an additional ventral landing gear in the center of the fuselage bottom, and the wings are in the right length which are longer than the previously released DC10-10. Furthermore a lock can be seen next to the passenger door, and what's more, the exhaust of the CF6 engine is at the correct length. Different CF6 engines have different exhaust length. Please enjoy our new release in realistic details !!

55125 Caledonian L-1011-385-1 Tristar - now available Caledonian Airways, originally the holiday charter subsidiary of BA, operates five TriStars, and was sold to Inspirations at the end of 1994. It continues to operate the TriStars on the Mediterranean holiday destination routes from its main base at Gatwick and other regional airports. Following the amalgamation of Inspirations Holidays into Thomas Cook, and the subsequent rebranding as JMC, Dragon Wings now has the famous golden lion of Caledonian Airways which is about to disappear for good.

*Officially licensed by Caledonian Airways*
Finally, after the long wait, Dragon presents you the Caledonian L-1011-385-1 Tristar, with an exclusive license from Caledonian. As always, our product remains high in quality!

55167 Alaska Airlines B737-490 - now available Alaska Airlines returned to Boeing and 737-400s began arriving in April 1992, on lease from Alaska-shareholder ILFC. Fitted with 10first- and 126 coach-class seats, they have greater cargo capacity than the MD-80s and are especially welcome on routes to the state of Alaska.

55140 American Airlines B747-123 - now available American inaugurated its first Boeing 747 jumbojet service on March 2, 1970. Initial service was operated between Kennedy International at Idlewild and Los Angeles International Airport. American's own 747-123's entered service later in 1970. The 747 as of 1980 carried 366 passengers, 66 first class and 300 coach. The aircraft has a cruising speed of 555 mph and is powered by four 43500 lbs thrust Pratt & Whitney JT9d turbofan engines.

We use "Metal Magic" again for our American Airlines B747-123. This time we applied serveral chemicals together creating a more dramatic metallic effect. Pay especially close attention to the wings; they fit perfectly with the fuselage, there is no gaps in between like others!

55146 Continental B747-143 - now available On February 1, PEOPLExpress was merged into Continental. Following Continental's takeover of PEOPLExpress, several of the latter's 747s appeared in a transitional livery, combining PEOPLExpress colours with Continental titles. Our N605PE features this layout while remaining high in quality as usual. Enjoy!

55143 CP Air B747-217B - now available CP Air operated four 747-217Bs in its stunning orange and red livery, both on scheduled trans-Pacific and trans-Atlantic routes, and on charters. All four 747s were sold to PIA and replaced by DC-10-30s. This model is now available with a special arrangement. As complimentary to our staff of MML and the expert - Andre, our CP Air B747-217B is first released in Canada; thank you for all the affort and time put into this model!

Our CP Air B747-217B uses the Dragon specialty effect "Metal Magic". We perform "magic" by the application of a special chemical on this model creating the effect of real metal; our R&D staff found that different chemicals when used in combination can make different metallic effects. Note this is different from methods that others may used, in which they rub the model harshly in order to produce the metal effect; by doing so, not only the surface of the metal is extremely damaged, the shape of the model is also distorted. Pay attention to our CP Air B747-217B model, due to the technology we used, the model is kept in best shape, also there are no gaps in the joining points when fitting all the pieces together. As shown here, the model looks great!