Herpa 1:500 Lockheed L-1011-1 Tristar: Eastern Airlines 50th Anniversary

True-to-scale, this Herpa 1/500 scale 50th anniversary Eastern Air Lines Lockheed L-1011-1 TriStar, in its famous Eastern Air Lines hockey livery, with Registration N333NA, measures approximately 4-1/4-inches long with a 3/3-4-inch wingspan. A Display Stand is not included and is sold separately - Herpa HE521024. Eastern Air Lines, which was founded in 1926, and formerly based in New York City, operated approximately 66 L-1011s. With the first Boeing 747 and the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 aircraft having entered service as the earliest wide body passenger airliners just a few years prior, the first Lockheed L-1011-1 Tri-Star three engine passenger aircraft was delivered to launch customer Eastern Air Lines in 1972 after encountering a few setbacks in its development phase. In addition to many new amenities for passengers and crews, it was the first passenger aircraft to be equipped with a modern autopilot system. Able to transport up to 400 passengers on transcontinental routes, the L-1011 was manufactured between 1968 until 1984 in two lengths to serve different markets with a total of 250 aircraft having been produced.