Just received another model in my collection; although it's an old release,but its rarity makes me looking for it.And when the opportunity window opens,I decided to grab it at all costs,because if i missed it,It's gonna take me another long time to find it.
And the model was Malaysian Airline System Airbus A300B4-203,9M-MHA in delivery color.Released by Aeroclassics on 15th February 2008,this model would become one of the 3 MAS A300,which is:
* 9M-MHB (15th March 2008)
*9M-MHC (Malaysia Airlines color,15th March 2009,a year after Hotel Bravo was released)
(photos courtesy of Aeroclassics website)
And here is the photo of the actual model,which i've received yesterday:
Hotel Alpha alongside her younger sibling,Hotel Delta:
And my attempt to create a 'retro' photo of Hotel Alpha
The actual aircraft (msn 073) was delivered to MAS on 30th of October 1979,and it ushers the wide-body era in MAS history.And it also marks the long term relationship between MAS and Airbus,which stands up to this day when MAS orders the newer A330-300 to replace its first-generation A330-300 and also the A380 jumbo jet.
After 16 years serving MAS,she was officially retired in 1995,alongside her other 3 sibling.She later went to the United States,and re-registered N224KW,and she later wears the color of Carnival Airlines:
Photo copyright: JetPix via Airliners.net
And in 1998,after the collapse of Carnival Airlines,she was acquired by Pace Cargo Enterprises,and her passenger flight ended when she was converted into a freighter,which is B4-203(F).And in 2002,another operator,Express Net Airlines took her as one of their A300Fs,and she still retains her registration (N224KW),and she was spotted in all-white color:
Photo Copyright: Dan Tanna via Airliners.net
However,since the airline is inactive since 2008,it is highly possible that she no longer flies.According to airfleets.net,she was stored at Detroit,MI since November 2006.
