i was talking about this last night here in the office and just found out that Continental is preparing to take delivery of one of thier new 739ERs in a retro paint scheme. now that COA is jupming on the retro scheme bandwagon i'm kinda hoping they do it right, but would also love to see one airplane painted in each of thier former colors schems. that's a better idea IMO than painting a bunch of airplanes in the colors of sports team with which an airline has no affiliation.
apparently the above is the chart that was shown to COA employees to choose from. i like the idea of a retro scheme a bit more than i like the idea of AWE's heritage scheme only because in keeping the airlines name we had to alter the schemes a bit. i think it's kinda lame to choose only one retro scheme and go with it. is there anyone who knows who to contact at COA to let them know? surely they've got to have a few planes coming up for a D check soon and will need new paint anyway.
i also like the idea of putting the colors on the 739ER. that airplane is closest in size to the 707s that used to bear those colors. it's also the first (i think, may be wrong) 739 in a special scheme. i'd love to hear waht flyingcolors especially has to say on this one...
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