These Model Airplanes are finely handcrafted, and hand painted by our artists – to scale and museum quality. 18’ inches in length with custom models available.
The delivery of the first BBJ Model Airplane was in October 1998 and now nearly 140 have been ordered (114 BBJ, 16 BBJ2, 9 BBJ3) and over 100 BBJ aircraft are in service worldwide. The BBJ has accumulated more than 90,000 flight hours.Two BBJs are in service with the Royal Australian Air Force, one with the government of South Africa and three with the Abu Dhabi Amiri Flight. In July 2005, one BBJ of the US Air Force was delivered to the Columbian government for presidential and VIP transport.The BBJ is based on the 737-700 airliner and the BBJ2 on the 737-800. In November 2005, Boeing unveiled the BBJ3, based on the 737-900ER. BBJ3 has 35% more cabin space than the BBJ and 11% more cabin space than the BBJ 2. It will have a maximum range of 10,140km. BBJ3 was officially launched in October 2006, with orders from two undisclosed customers. The first BBJ3 was completed in August 2008. It is scheduled for certification at the end of 2008 and entry into service in early 2009.
The BBJ can fly more than 6,000nm non-stop, for example Johannesburg to London or Los Angeles to Paris and provides interior space nearly three times larger than other comparable long range executive jets. In April, 2002, a BBJ flew a record 6,854nm from Seattle, USA to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia at an average cruise speed of Mach 0.78.
In May 2004, the BBJ became the first non-commercial aircraft to cross the North Atlantic using future air navigation system (FANS) technology. FANS rationalises communication between model airplanes crews and air-traffic controllers, providing greater safety and fuel efficiency.
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