History

The Airbus A.330 is the medium range version of the Airbus family of jet airliners. A longer range version, the A.330-200, began entering service in the late 1990s and is becoming increasingly popular with airlines around the world.

The A.330-200 is one of a family of airliners that uses common wings and fuselages but with different engines to economise on production and operation.

The first A.330 flew in 1992 but the shorter -200 version did not fly until 1997 and entered service a year later.

It is proving very competitive with the popular international versions of the Boeing 767 airliner

This model represents PT-MVA, flown by Transported Aéreos Meridionais (TAM)

Revell 1/144 kit with FCM decals completed by Leigh Edmonds in August 2003.

Work Bench Notes

Data

MODEL: Airbus A.330-200 (TAM, PT-MVA, 1998)

ROLE: long range high capacity airliner

TIME PERIOD: 1997-

ENGINES: two Pratt & Whitney PW4168, two Rolls-Royce Trent 700 or two CFM International CFM6-80 turbofan engines of 600.6kN thrust

WING SPAN: 59.06m

LENGTH: 58.02m

MAXIMUM TAKE OFF WEIGHT: 229 970kg

CRUISING SPEED: 850km/h

RANGE: 11,850km

PAYLOAD: 46 715kg, between 253 and 380 passengers depending on seating layout

CREW: 2

SCALE: 1/144

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