Aviation Models

This model has been handcrafted from kiln dried mahogany and handpainted by artists especially for the Lexicon Bookshop. Included in the price is a solid wood and polished chrome stand.

G-MIMA is fondly remembered as the flagship of the Manx Airlines fleet for a number of years and flew the services to Heathrow, Luton and in the latter years of the airline, the Gatwick route. Here she is painted in the later Manx Airlines livery that she operated in from 1998 onwards.

This model has been handcrafted from kiln dried mahogany and handpainted by artists. Included in the price is an attractive display stand.

BEA acquired a presence in the Isle of Man as a result of the takeover of Isle of Man Air Services in 1947 and from 1955 onwards operated their Douglas DC-3 Dakotas on the Manchester route. The airline maintained an Isle of Man presence until their Isle of Man services here were taken over by Cambrian Airways in April 1963
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