Skymark FedEx® Express MD-11 Model Aircraft

A cargo airline based in Memphis, Tennessee, FedEx® Express is the world’s largest airline based on tonnage flown. This Skymark model aircraft replica of the FedEx® Express McDonnell Douglas MD-11 freight plane is constructed of solid injection molded plastic with highly detailed graphics. Snap-fit design can be assembled in minutes. Showcase the Skymark FedEx® Express MD-11 at home, in the dorm, at the office. No paint or glue required. Display stand included. Scale 1:200. Ages 14 and up.  11.5"l. x 10"w. x 5"h.

Museum Provenance

In the 1920s airliner manufacturers began using aircraft models as advertising tools to sell their products. By the 1960s, plastic and fiberglass had replace metal for advertising model aircraft. In 1889, then Secretary of the Smithsonian Institute, Samuel P. Langley, acquired a model of John Stringfellow’s triplane to inaugurate the Smithsonian’s model aircraft collection. Since then, the Smithsonian’s curators and modelers have developed one of the finest collections of model aircraft and spacecraft in the world. This collection is housed in the National Air and Space Museum.

Every Smithsonian purchase will arrive with a museum provenance card explaining how it is adapted from or inspired by an object or objects in our collection.