Jet Star II Aircraft

[munzieb]

Lockheed Jet Star II
Thought it was time to visit the “Way Back Machine” and look at the Jet Star II. Back in the mid 70’s and 80’s I worked as an aircraft mechanic at White Plains, NY (HPN) It was a major hub for business aviation aircraft 45 minutes north of NYC. One of the most familiar aircraft on the airport was the Jet Star I and Jet Star II. Companies like Xerox operated a fleet of these aircraft along with Reader Digest, Avco Lycoming and Texas Gulf Sulfur. It had 4 Honeywell 731 Turbo fan engines and fuel capacity of 18,000 lbs. with a range of about 2,500 miles. It could carry 10 passengers and 2 crew. It had inflatable leading edge boots on the wings for deicing. The original Jet Star I (P&W JT-12 Engines) was first produced in 1961 as part of a Gov program and the Jet Star II’s were produced from 1976 to 1979. A total of over 400 of both models were manufactured. The Jet Star I model has been retired but there are still some Jet Star II’s still flying.
 

[rjweb]

Beautiful piece, excellent cutting, between you and Ron you have the sky covered, RJ

[flarud]

Nice!  Very clean looking. 

[Scrappile]

You always do such a great job on the patterns and cutting.  Always look forward to you posts. Love the commentary you give on each plane.  Great picture.

[munzieb]

1 hour ago, Scrappile said:

You always do such a great job on the patterns and cutting.  Always look forward to you posts. Love the commentary you give on each plane.  Great picture.

Thanks Paul. I always appreciate your feed back. Pictures are great but the back story fleshes it out.

[daveww1]

excellent work

[wombatie]

Terrific work as always.

Marg

[Ron Johnson]

Very nicely cut Bernd