Interflug Ilyushin IL-18 "DDR-STA" in 1/500 scale

The original of this machine has almost the entire history of the aviation of theGDR accompanied. A limited edition of 1,000 pieces appearsFaithful replica of the Ilyushin IL-18 The Interflug with RegistrationGDR sta. In the painting of VEB Deutsche Lufthansa GmbH, the thenAirline of the GDR, the model was published with the earlier identification DM-StALast year exclusively for members of the Herpa Wings Club (Art.-No.513883). After both German states ten years after the end of the secondWorld War II received their air sovereignty, both the airline flewthe Federal Republic as well as the GDR under the name Lufthansa. 1963 wasThe airline of the GDR according to an injunctive relief of the "West-Lufthansa"The new name Interflug in front of the Hague Court, under which they still fewMonths after the unification of the two German states flew until 1991. ThatOriginal of this IL-18 was in March 1960 under the identification DM-StA in the fleetthe "GDR-Lufthansa" registered. After the airline was ran over, it received the in 1963Painting the Interflug, but still flew under the same identifier. FirstIn 1981 the machine received the new registration DDR-StA, received in the middle of theeighties a new and slightly changed coat of paint and was in 1988put out of service. The original can now be used as an exhibit onLeipzig Airport.