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One of the Museum's most popular models, this replica of the Johnson Monoplane was built in 1959 by Julius and Harry Johnson—who designed and built the original aircraft in 1910. Among the historic ...
John F.M. Wolfe, a historian of York County aviation, has written the book on local airstrips. He also knows airplanes. He has worked for the past 10 years to build a 210-piece collection of model ...
DUBAI: The Emirates Official Store has launched a new limited edition collection of Expo 2020 themed aircraft models for aviation enthusiasts and passionate scale-modellers. The highly detailed models ...
When Irishman Michael Kelly was a boy, he loved nothing more than gazing at planes taking off and landing at his nearest airport. Now 67, after more than half a century building what he believes is ...
The world's largest collection of model aircraft has found a permanent home in Shannon Airport. Limerick man Michael Kelly's lifelong obsession with aviation has seen him amass 2,300 diecast model ...
I’ve been building model airplanes since I was a young boy, and I’m still building them. I also collect unbuilt kits of vintage plastic models, and my collection now numbers 690 kits. Over the years, ...
A second exhibition of what is claimed to be the world's largest private diecast model aircraft collection has been unveiled at Shannon Airport. In 2018, Mike Kelly from Limerick city donated 1,500 ...
World's largest diecast model aircraft collection lands at Shannon Airport "John Travolta came one day, he put his hand out and he said to me: ‘I follow you on YouTube’,” says Mike Kelly. "And I said: ...