Critical Aviator 1/400 collection

Air France Airbus A330-203 F-GZCL in the Barcode 2009 livery by Hogan. F-GZCL flew for Air France from 2003 to 2024. Around 2021, this aircraft received the updated Air France livery and was christened Chenonceaux. NG made a model of F-GZCL with the new livery. Unfortunately for F-GZCL, it was damaged on the 31st of May 2024, it was damaged in N'Djamena when strong winds pushed the aircraft into a high loader vehicle. F-GZCL was later flown back to France, being sent to Tarbes Lourdes on the 28th of September 2024, where it has been retired and stored ever since. Given that F-GZCL has been damaged and that I can't find any information whether it has been repaired or not, it's fate remains uncertain as of now but I don't think F-GZCL will ever take to the skies again. Instead, I believe that it will be broken up and used as a source of spare parts to maintain the active A330 fleet.
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Air France Airbus A340-313 F-GLZJ in the Barcode 2009 livery by Hogan. F-GLZJ flew for Air France between 1997 and 2019. It has been broken up in October 2019 in MOD St Athan in the UK.
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Eastern Airlines Lockheed L-1011-1 Tristar N305EA in the bare metal Hockey Stick livery by NG/Buchannan models. N305EA first flew as a demonstrator for Lockheed from 1971 to 1972. It was then delivered to Eastern Airlines where it flew until 1991. In 1992, it was acquired by Delta Airlines and re-registered N782DL. It was retired in 1996 and was acquired by Interlease Aviation in 1997 and AVTEL services in 2001. It was broken up in 2002.
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Boeing House Boeing 747SP-21 N747SP (right) and N40135 (left) by NG.

- N747SP was delivered to Pan Am in 1976 after its career as a test aircraft, re-registered N530PA and christened 'Clipper Mayflower'. In 1986, it was re-registered N140UA and transfered to United Airlines where it flew until its retirement. It has now been scrapped.

- N40135 had a similar career to N747SP. After flight testing, it went to Pan Am as N533PA 'Clipper Young America' in 1976 and transfered to United Airlines as N143UA. It was retired in 1995 and scrapped in 1997.
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Pan Am Boeing 747SP-27 N520PA 'Clipper America' by NG. This aircraft was first delivered to Braniff International Airways in 1980 as N606BN. It joined the Pan Am fleet in 1983 where it remained until 1986 when it was transfered to United Airlines as N150UA. In 1993, it went to Royal Flight of Oman as A4O-SP where it flew until 2006. From 2006 to 2016, it went to Fry's Electronics. In 2017, NASA purchased it as a source of spare parts. It is still stored in the Mojave desert.
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Trans World Airlines (TWA) Boeing 747SP-31 N57203 in the dual stripes livery with the Boston Express sticker by NG. N57203 was delivered to TWA in 1980. In 1986, it was transfered to American Airlines as N602AA where it stayed until 1994 when it was acquired by Dubai Royal Air Wing, being re-registered A6-SMM. In 2004, it was transfered to Ernest Angley Ministries as P4-FSH where it few until 2018. It has been stored in the Mojave desert since then.
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