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LGA777
2008-11-20, 09:37 PM
Wow almost every major carrier in Europe has one of these now, pretty nice !

http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=6416992

If we could only see more Airlines do this in the US !

Cheers

LGA777
Matt Molnar
2008-11-20, 10:32 PM
Neat. What's with the ginormous reg?
flyboy 28
2008-11-22, 08:22 PM
http://jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=6417592&nseq=6

I dig.
LGA777
2008-11-23, 05:44 PM
http://jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=6417592&nseq=6

I dig.

After that second photo I dig it a lot, Beautiful scheme. You guys notice in the second photo how reflective the lower grey area is? The piano keys are very visible in both the front and back of the aircraft. And that has to be the biggest reg I have ever seen, nice.

Do any of our European friends on here have any idea if this particuliar A-320 has any significane or why it was chosen? At C/N 063 and being around 20 years old it might not stay in the fleet that long, and a lot of these schemes last around 5 years so just surprised they did not pick another aircraft. I don't know about you guys but a 777-300ER sure would look sweet in that scheme.

Cheers

LGA777
Tom_Turner
2008-11-23, 05:47 PM
Its a shame, (for us in the USA anyway) that those European airlines have all chosen baby Airbus aircraft to carry those schemes. Just prior to "911" Luftansa had reportedly been planning a retro scheme on an A340.

As for US airlines, American, Delta and US Airways have all given us retro schemes. Would be nice if Continental would reach back to the 1960s for one though...

Speaking of which, whatever happened to United's plan to put retro schemes on a 777 and 747?

Tom
Mateo
2008-11-24, 11:30 PM
Delta has a retro? Aside, of course, from whatever is still kicking around in the Ron Allen :>
Tom_Turner
2008-11-25, 01:52 AM
Delta has a retro? Aside, of course, from whatever is still kicking around in the Ron Allen :>

They HAD one... The 767-200 - N102DA in 75th Anniv Colors.... :D
flyboy 28
2008-11-25, 01:35 PM
Delta has a retro? Aside, of course, from whatever is still kicking around in the Ron Allen :>

Had [-ish].

http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=269096

edit; Whoops, didn't see your post, Tom.
mirrodie
2008-11-25, 01:48 PM
Wow, that 2nd photo makes me digg it too. Can't beelive hte size of the registration.


it can be called the official plane of the Low Vision Society. wow.
Tom_Turner
2008-11-25, 06:21 PM
Now for the real challenge... keeping it clean... :lol:

TT