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WingsWorld provides you with the latest news about Herpa models, reports extensively about the originals, and shows interesting facts about the great role models of Herpa miniatures in background stories. Detailed dioramas are presented as well as exciting reports about airplanes and airlines.
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The home of the tsuruThe JAL Skymuseum at Tokyo Haneda airport is modern and entertaining, but most of all it offers a glimpse into the illustrious history of Japan’s nati...>> Read more -
The Model Car is BornWhen Herpa presented the first model cars perfectly in one of the model railroad scales at the Nuremberg toy fair in 1978, it was a sensation on the s...>> Read more -
Renaissance Man’s AirlineThere have always been a few outstanding and charismatic personalities who have had a lasting impact on their profession. This applies in aviation too...>> Read more -
Low costs have their priceInitially founded in 1964 as Clipper Trucking Co, the company now known as Spirit Airlines developed into one of the shooting stars in the low-cost US...>> Read more -
The Airlift Legend turns 70Amassing a good 2,500 units, the C-130 Hercules is one of the most successful and most produced transport aircraft since World War 2. Even 70 years af...>> Read more -
Wings Highlights 2024Herpa ist in Feierlaune, denn es feiert seinen 75. Geburtstag. Am 9. März 1949 wird das Unternehmen gegründet, seit 1978 gibt es hochwertige Pkw-Model...>> Read more -
Der „zweite“ AnfangStrictly speaking, the Herpa company has two beginnings. Firstly, on 9 March 1949, the "Wilhelm Hergenröther - Fabrikation Nürnberger Qualitätsspielwa...>> Read more -
The nucleus of aviationThe rise of Canada and Calgary as a Western center is closely tied to the development of aviation. Churning out fresh pilots during the Second World W...>> Read more -
Vacation aboard an legendThe era of the Transall C-160 in the German Air Force ended more than two years ago. On September 23, 2021, the Bundeswehr retired its "Angel of the S...>> Read more -
Building bridgesFounded in 1944 with the support of Pan American Airways as Compañía Panameña de Aviación, Copa Airlines has developed into a major international airl...>> Read more -
Happy Birthday HerpaComing up, a big anniversary: Herpa will be 75 years old in 2024. It all started very modestly after the Second World War, and with model making acces...>> Read more -
Flughöhe NullDie Idee zum Straßentransport der Junkers F 13 entsteht bei Heinz Hofmann, als er einen Artikel in einer Zeitschrift für historische Flugzeuge liest. ...>> Read more
