1958 Ford Ranchero Aircraft Maintenance Car Yellow 'Braniff International Airways' Limited Edition to 125 pieces Worldwide 1/43 Model Car by Goldvarg Collection
$143.90
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1958 Ford Ranchero Aircraft Maintenance Car Yellow 'Braniff International Airways' Limited Edition to 125 pieces Worldwide 1/43 Model Car by Goldvarg Collection
$143.90
- Brand new 1/43 scale car model of 1958 Ford Ranchero Aircraft Maintenance Car Yellow 'Braniff International Airways' Limited Edition to 125 pieces Worldwide model car by Goldvarg Collection.
- Brand new box.
- Real rubber tires.
- Officially licensed product.
- Highly detailed interior - exterior.
- Comes in plastic display showcase.
- Dimensions approximately L-5 - W-2 - H-1.25 inches.
- This model is made of resin and does not have any openings.
- Braniff Airways - Inc. - doing business as Braniff International Airways - from 1948 until 1965 - and then Braniff International from 1965 until 1983 - was an American airline that operated from 1928 until 1982. Its routes were primarily in the midwestern and southwestern United States - Mexico - Central America - and South America. In the late 1970s - it expanded to Asia and Europe. In October 1951 - Braniff flew to 29 airports in the US - from Chicago and Denver south to Brownsville - Texas - to Central America - Cuba - and South America. After months of negotiations Braniff acquired Mid-Continent Airlines a small Kansas City-based trunk line on August 16 - 1952. The merger added numerous cities - including Minneapolis/St. Paul - Sioux City - and Sioux Falls in the North; Des Moines - Omaha - and St. Louis in the Midwest; and Tulsa - Shreveport - and New Orleans in the South. The acquisition of the Minneapolis/St. Paul to Kansas City route (with stops in Des Moines and Rochester - Minnesota) was of particular interest to Braniff - as Mid-Continent had been awarded this route instead of Braniff in 1939. After the merger Braniff operated 75 aircraft and over 4000 employees - including 400 pilots. In 1955 Braniff was the tenth largest US airline by passenger-miles and the ninth largest by domestic passenger-miles. Beard led Braniff into the jet age. The first jets were four Boeing 707-227s. In 1965 Braniff's fleet was about half jet - comprising 707s - 720s and British Aircraft Corporation BAC One-Eleven jetliners. The long range Boeing 707-320C intercontinental model was then introduced. However - the 707 - 720 and One-Eleven would all subsequently be removed from the fleet. Braniff's last piston schedule was operated with a Convair aircraft in September 1967 and the last Lockheed L-188 Electra turboprop service was flown about May 1969.