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Originally Posted by tonycutrella
- It is germane that the number of collector interested in KLM is by far greater than that of Mackey Airlines;
- KLM is the largest F.100 operator worldwide at this time, i.e. in this very "less than highly desired" livery.
The number of posts of this thread seems to indicate that that people liking the F.100 is also bigger than those keen in the old Convair. In a nutshell, and IMHO, I think that while AC might at some day produce a KLM F.100, GJ would never ever make a Mackey CV-440. |
My best take on the KLM F.100 as a first release has probably got more to do with KLM and GJ. Others will follow as agreements are made. And while this new release is very exciting, I believe that the F.-28 1000s & F.-28 4000s will be just as exciting if not more.
With regard to Aeroclassics' Mackey CV-440, I'm equally as excited as the Fokker examples. And just because they didn't release a major airline as a first release, I could care less. Consider this. Mackey Airlines merged with Eastern Airlines in 1967. The Mackey brand was maintained while the name was changed to Mackey International Airlines. Aeroclassics has done a great service by filling in the gaps that as you said, would never be filled by other manufacturers. In essence, Aeroclassics has given the collectors an airline that helps to complete the Florida/Bahamas scene during the '60s & '70s.
And that is what Aeroclassics does best; makes the picture complete.
Oh wait, Gemini released the Modern Air CV-990.
