Originally Posted by
Speedbird1
How many of you ever saw the adorable ANA Pokemon Jet at JFK? Reg #JA 8692. It started visiting JFK on Feb. 24,1999. It was a B744 and used to taxy to the Delta Terminal. I saw it myself several times, then it suddenly stopped coming since ANA no longer flies a B744 into JFK. I spoke to several passengers de-planing and they were given several souvenirs of the flight. I was wondering what happened to this colorful aircraft? Was it sold, re-painted or what? I am curious why ANA doesn't fly their Pokemon B777 into JFK, either. Incidentally, several models were produced of the Pokemon Jet but I could never get one. I was told that for legal reasons, no models could be sold in the USA and the ones available were extremely expensive to purchase. I did see a small model at the ANA ticket office in Manhattan about 10 years ago.. I can't recall ever hearing that it was illegal to own a model aircraft.
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