A total of 425 model planes, from 119 countries, "landed" at the Pueblo Chico theme park in La Orotava (see map), Tenerife on Friday and will remain on display until April 12th. The commercial and military aircraft, in various scales, form just part of a private collection, put together over a period of 30 years by Miguel Ángel Artiles Viera, with everything from a model of the largest aircraft in the world, the Airbus 380, to a model of the first aircraft from 1903.
Artiles recalled that in his early collection, way back in the 60s, the models had "comprised of thousands of pieces with the instructions in English." And you thought you had problems constructing Airfix kits!
While the exhibition is on, visitors can enter a draw to win model planes or tickets for real flights with Binter Canarias and Islas Airways.
Photo of the model airport at Pueblo Chico: Tenerife-Photo
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