After a tornado went
through the main airport at Minneapolis-Saint Paul, two enterprising
brothers rebuilt two damaged Cessna 337s into one: the first twin twin! Forming
an airline, Doppleganger Air Transport, they were initially flew a shuttle route
between Sault Ste. Marie Ontario and Sault Ste. Marie in Wisconsin, but moved to
a more profitable route between Dallas and Forth Worth in Texas. Using the Twin
337 had advantages such as seating for 8 in a much cheaper package, but suffered
loading and balance problems.
Eventually, the
airline ceased operations and this unique plane was sold to interests in
Thailand where it was separated and returned to being two individual functioning
aircraft.
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This one turned out nicer
than I had anticipated. Using two Testors 1/48th Skymaster kits, I merely
used one of the inner wing sections to join the inner boom section,
straightened that section of wing out into a zero dihedral, and assembled
the rest straight out of the box. Decals came from my inkjet printer, and
the crew/passengers came from a couple Bandai 1/48th Light Planes. I think
the guy in the sports jacket looks a bit like Carl Sagan.
Alvis 3.1
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