It’s been a while since I’ve been forced to sit though... uh, I mean since my family and I have enjoyed watching “Calling All Engines” but I think that the plane in the movie was a propeller driven twin engine type similar to the one in this set. I know this same style of plane (maybe a DC-3?) appears on the DVD case and some other promotional artwork.
The big giveaway is that a number of engines in the feature are definitely post-WW2, including nearly all the prominent diesels. While the time setting is a bit vague on Sodor, it’s certainly well after WW2.
EDIT: “Calling All Engines” is currently available on Netflix, so I watched the end of it and the plane and airport in this set are definitely based on the ones seen in the special.
The big giveaway is that a number of engines in the feature are definitely post-WW2, including nearly all the prominent diesels. While the time setting is a bit vague on Sodor, it’s certainly well after WW2.
EDIT: “Calling All Engines” is currently available on Netflix, so I watched the end of it and the plane and airport in this set are definitely based on the ones seen in the special.