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Airbus House Airbus A321-271N D-AVXA by JC.
This aircraft was a prototype used for the A321neo flight test campaign. It was transferred to VietJetAir as VN-A540 on 28 April 2021. It is marked as parked on planespotters.net and it is likely that is due to the ongoing situation with the Pratt and Whitney engines.

 

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Airbus Industrie Airbus A338-841 F-WTTO by NG.
F-WTTO flew as the A330-800 prototype from 6 November 2018 to 3 June 2020. It now has been partially scrapped at TLS.

 

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ITA Airways Airbus A220-300 EI-HHM ‘Alessandro Mazzola’ by JC.

 

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ITA Airways Airbus A220-300 EI-HHM ‘Alessandro Mazzola’ by JC.

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Beautiful model. Not because i am Italian but ITA Airways had the courage to wear one of the most beautiful and few not - Eurowhite liveries of the sky. As usual for my country ITA was criticized when taking this decision especially because of the high costs to maintain a full blue paint on the fuselage of all the fleet but, at the same time, the same people criticized the Alitalia latest livery because not so similar to the first Alitalia, iconic livery.

 

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Lufthansa Airbus A320-271N D-AINY ‘Lingen’ withe the ‘Lovehansa’ titles by GeminiJets.

 

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Lufthansa Airbus A321-131 D-AIRR ‘Wismar’ in the ‘Crane Protection Germany’ livery by GeminiJets.

 

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Lufthansa Airbus A321-131 D-AIRR ‘Wismar’ in the ‘Crane Protection Germany’ livery by GeminiJets.

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Looks great - surprised Gemini did this. I feel like Gemini isn’t the brand to do all of these more random Lufthansa specials.

 

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Looks great - surprised Gemini did this. I feel like Gemini isn’t the brand to do all of these more random Lufthansa specials.

I agree. However this is a 2017 release so that means that GJ released this model at a time when they would still release the more random models which they still do today but not as often. It's also worth pointing out that GJ might also have released this model on the request of Lufthansa themselves. I know Lufthansa is telling Herpa what they want them to release so I wouldn't be surprised if the same goes for GJ as well.
But this model would probably be a JC release if it was to be announced in 2026 (I say announced and not released because we all know how 'fast' JC releases get to the market...) for sure. At least it would be more a JC release than a GJ release.

 

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Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737-86N(WL) UR-PSN by GeminiJets.
This aircraft started its career on 4 February 2000 with SunExpress as TC-SUB. In 2004, it was return to its lessor and transferred to China Xinhua Airlines as B-5080. On 25 March 2016 it joined the Ukraine International Airlines fleet for which it flew until 10 November 2021. It was sent for storage at St Athan on 15 December 2021 and has been broken up in July 2022.

 

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Aer Lingus Airbus A320-214 EI-CVA ‘St Schira/Scire’ by GeminiJets.
This aircraft was delivered to the Irish flag carrier on 22 June 2000 and flew with the airline until 2023. It was stored at Knock Ireland West Airport the same year and broken up in April 2025.

 

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British Airways Airbus A319-131 G-EUPJ in the ‘Heritage-BEA-100th Anniversary Retro’ livery by GeminiJets.

 

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British Airways Airbus A319-131 G-EUPJ in the ‘Heritage-BEA-100th Anniversary Retro’ livery by GeminiJets.

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Not my favourite model among retro schemes, according to the fact that i don't like retro liveries so much except for some of them and worn by the "right" airliner (usually widebodies).

 

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Condor Boeing 757-330 D-ABOI in the ‘Sea Blue’ livery by NG.
The aircraft was delivered to Condor on 22 March 2000 and flew with the airline until 2 November 2025. It is currently stored at St Athan.

 

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United Airlines Boeing 757-224(WL) N14102 in the ´Her Art Here: Corinne Antonelli (New York/New Jersey)’ livery by NG.
N14102 was first delivered to Continental on 3 June 1994 an was transferred to United on 1 October 2010.
The aircraft wore the ´Her Art: New York/New Jersey’ from September 2019 to January 2025.

 

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United Airlines Boeing 757-224(WL) N14102 in the ´Her Art Here: Corinne Antonelli (New York/New Jersey)’ livery by NG.
N14102 was first delivered to Continental on 3 June 1994 an was transferred to United on 1 October 2010.
The aircraft wore the ´Her Art: New York/New Jersey’ from September 2019 to January 2025.


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Wonderful realization!

 

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Boeing House Boeing 737-9 MAX (737MAX9) N7379E by JC.
N7379E is the first 737MAX9 and it served as a test aircraft from 2017 to 2023. On 31 March 2023 it went to Lion Air as PK-LRI for which it is still flying.
And before anyone even mentions plug doors, this aircraft doesn’t have them.

 

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Air Transat Airbus A321-271NX C-GOIO by NG.

 

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US Airways Airbus A320-214 N106US by Aviation400.
Delivered to US Airways on 5 August 1999, the aircraft flew for the carrier until 15 January 2009 when operating as flight 1549 from LGA to CLT. The aircraft experienced a double engine failure following multiple bird strikes and the crew managed to land the aircraft on the Hudson River, saving all 155 passengers and crew members.
It is currently preserved at the Sullenberger Aviation Museum in Charlotte, NC.

 

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US Airways Airbus A320-214 N106US by Aviation400.
Delivered to US Airways on 5 August 1999, the aircraft flew for the carrier until 15 January 2009 when operating as flight 1549 from LGA to CLT. The aircraft experienced a double engine failure following multiple bird strikes and the crew managed to land the aircraft on the Hudson River, saving all 155 passengers and crew members.
It is currently preserved at the Sullenberger Aviation Museum in Charlotte, NC.

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Been looking for this one for a while. Hopefully someone makes a U.S Airways A320 with IAE’s.

 

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US Airways Airbus A320-214 N106US by Aviation400.
Delivered to US Airways on 5 August 1999, the aircraft flew for the carrier until 15 January 2009 when operating as flight 1549 from LGA to CLT. The aircraft experienced a double engine failure following multiple bird strikes and the crew managed to land the aircraft on the Hudson River, saving all 155 passengers and crew members.
It is currently preserved at the Sullenberger Aviation Museum in Charlotte, NC.

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@MacSergey just showed off his so i’ll copy and paste generally the same blurb I posted there! I always love some US Airways content on this site

There have been 4 total releases of N106US. Panda in 2017, Aeroclassics in 2022, AV400 in 2023, and Panda re-released again in 2023 with updated tires (first version had Aeroclassics simple style). NG should make one eventually as it is approved on their website right now.

I have the second Panda release which is my favorite of the bunch but the AV400 was a close second (I may get NGs to replace depending how nice it turns out).

Funny enough with the real plane, it lived in this final white scheme from mid 2008 to Jan 2009 when the crash happened. That’s an expensive paint job! It also lived in the navy scheme with and without shuttle titles as well in its earlier career.