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British Airways To Paint 747-400 In BOAC Colours

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    #62
    theguzman
    Registered Users Posts: 2,081 ✭✭✭theguzman


    Hopefully they get the opportunity to park all the retrojets in order or some remote stand and do a photo op.


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    #63
    LXFlyer
    Registered Users Posts: 17,705 ✭✭✭✭LXFlyer


    Credit to Shannon Airport for getting both the BEA and EI retrojets in the same photo.

    https://twitter.com/shannonairport/status/1102528532410970112?s=21


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    #64
    Henry Ford III
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 17,707 Mod ✭✭✭✭Henry Ford III


    I think the retro paint schemes look much better than the modern stuff. Maybe I'm getting old?


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    #65
    Comhrá
    Registered Users Posts: 4,781 ✭✭✭Comhrá


    Henry Ford III wrote: »
    I think the retro paint schemes look much better than the modern stuff. Maybe I'm getting old?

    #MeToo (and also getting old) :)


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    #66
    roundymac
    Registered Users Posts: 2,712 ✭✭✭roundymac


    Comhra wrote: »
    #MeToo (and also getting old) :)
    Its great being old.;)


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    #67
    Captain_Crash
    Registered Users Posts: 2,748 ✭✭✭Captain_Crash


    roundymac wrote: »
    Its great being old.;)


    I love the way the cheat-line on both retro's so far splits the white top from the gray underside (to a lesser extent EI's retro does too) its a great looking contrast.


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    #68
    stopthepanic
    Registered Users Posts: 276 ✭✭stopthepanic


    RadioRetro wrote: »
    The third retro livery harks back to the early BA days:

    https://twitter.com/DaveWallsworth/status/1101434297557364736

    Due to depart Dublin at 08:55 tomorrow, Sat 09th March.


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    #69
    Tenger
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 9,842 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tenger


    theguzman wrote: »
    Hopefully they get the opportunity to park all the retrojets in order or some remote stand and do a photo op.

    I’m pretty sure they have a plan to do this. Great marketing photo op.
    All 4 retros in place with a B787 to welcome a B777 delivery.
    “Our past has allowed us to look forward to the future”


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    #70
    cml387
    Registered Users Posts: 8,420 ✭✭✭cml387


    It's a great pity that G-BOAC is not flying anymore. That would make a great encore.


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    #71
    vicwatson
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    stopthepanic wrote: »
    Due to depart Dublin at 08:55 tomorrow, Sat 09th March.

    No pictures floating around?


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    #72
    Arthur Daley
    Registered Users Posts: 4,460 ✭✭✭Arthur Daley


    Not out of the shed yet


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    #73
    vicwatson
    Registered Users Posts: 28,403 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    Arthur Daley wrote: »
    Not out of the shed yet

    Over the Irish Sea now Arthur, anyway there’s plenty online now thanks


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    #74
    Kenny2012
    Registered Users Posts: 1,349 ✭✭✭Kenny2012


    G-BNLY departing Dublin today

    46416507895_eacb3c96bd_k.jpgG-BNLY by Ken Meegan, on Flickr


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    #75
    Oscar Bravo
    Registered Users Posts: 10,135 ✭✭✭✭Oscar Bravo


    She's beautiful Kenneth :)


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    #76
    goingnowhere
    Registered Users Posts: 4,177 ✭✭✭goingnowhere


    cml387 wrote: »
    It's a great pity that G-BOAC is not flying anymore. That would make a great encore.

    But G-BOAB is parked in LHR so a ground line up would be possible


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    #77
    kevinandrew
    Registered Users Posts: 1,231 ✭✭✭kevinandrew


    I think Landor is by far the greatest livery British Airways and any of its predecessors ever had, it's elegant, authoritative and very formal. The overall brand was much sharper and consistent during this era as well, it was their peak in terms of popularity and success. 

    British Airways has sometimes struggled to let go of this era branding wise, a few years ago they added a thin red line to the Speedmarque in an attempt to recreate the Landor Speedwing but it just looked clumsy. At the same time they reintroduced an updated 'To Fly. To Serve.' crest which looked great but the application was poor, it's near invisible on the livery and non-existent everywhere else. 

    The updated brand guidelines in 2007 also introduced the backward Speedmarque which instead of flowing over the text now points in the opposite direction next to any text, it's really ugly in my opinion and ruins the aerodynamic look which was the whole point of the original design. I think an update is needed at BA, the logo is fine if used properly but some refining is needed to freshen it up, that blue belly is really out of date for example.


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    #78
    IQO
    Registered Users Posts: 341 ✭✭IQO


    Kenny2012 wrote: »
    G-BNLY departing Dublin today

    G-BNLY by Ken Meegan, on Flickr
    Noticed this B747 left as BA833, normally operated by a A320/319. Would there have been passengers on the plane?



    https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/ba833/#1fbea3aa


    Would have been great to fly this plane out of Dublin with the loads of a smaller Airbus.


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    #79
    EchoIndia
    Registered Users Posts: 2,950 ✭✭✭EchoIndia


    IQO wrote: »
    Noticed this B747 left as BA833, normally operated by a A320/319. Would there have been passengers on the plane?



    https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/ba833/#1fbea3aa


    Would have been great to fly this plane out of Dublin with the loads of a smaller Airbus.


    It left from the hangar area as BAW100Y and this was a non-revenue flight. The reference to BA833 must be an error.


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    #80
    paulhardman
    Registered Users Posts: 279 ✭✭paulhardman


    EchoIndia wrote: »
    It left from the hangar area as BAW100Y and this was a non-revenue flight. The reference to BA833 must be an error.

    The real BA833 operated by an A321 left a few minutes ahead of it.


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