AIRLINER COLOR SCHEMES - PART 2: More of Your Favorite Airline Markings!
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These videos show the history and evolution of airliner color schemes from the 1930s to today, and explain how markings can affect the look of the airplanes.
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I definitely like the classic TWA scheme better than the modern one. It's more crisp and somehow communicates speed, comfort and efficiency.
Ditto for me! 😊
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TWA retired its very old 747-200s several years prior to the buy-out by American. After the buy-out we stripped the paint from our MD-80s & 757s in Kansas City, polished the bare metal and re-marked in AA livery. In doing so we discovered something interesting - the blue, white, & red stripes were NOT the same width! The red stripe was actually a bit narrower than the other two, because otherwise from a distance it would appear too wide, so to fool the eye of the observer it was narrower. My graphic designer daughter said that technique is called "kurning." (sp?) Also the "American" lettering and the stylized eagle on the tails were self-adhesive decals, with a clear sealant brushed on over the edges to prevent peeling.
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TWA delivery scheme is my favorite. My godfather worked for TWA as an avionics technician following his tenure at Sperry Gyroscope. On his days off back in the early 80s he'd take me to JFK hangar 12 and show me around the different planes that they flew. I have all his memorabilia (i.e. service pins, lapel pins, books, etc). Those are some of my favorite childhood memories.
🇨🇦 Thanks Mike. Definitely the delivery scheme of the TWA 747. I really appreciate the info on the CP Air DC-10. Sure do miss those orange, red, and natural metal airliners. My Aunt worked for Transport Canada and i remember colouring in your DC-10 while visiting her at work. Good memories! 🇨🇦
The best thing about being retired is that on Mondays, I get to watch new episodes of Celebrating Aviation with no interruptions.
I liked the TWA 'arrow' design scheme. A classic design, imo.
Im pretty sure Saul Bass designed the Continental meatball in the 1970s. I have an Aurora 747 model kit dated 1972 that has that red/orange/gold scheme on the box art
I was a line mechanic for Delta. The 70's into the 80's paint schemes are still my favorite of all the airlines.Clean and classic Thanks Mike . Great stuff !!
The final TWA scheme is one of my favorite schemes ever.
Hi Mike. I just LOVE your videos.
My Dad who passed away this year worked for Qantas for 32 years. He joined the year prior to the 707 introduction. He told me it wasn’t technically a special version but there was an order for KC-135 that was curtailed by 13 units and Boeing offered those slots to Qantas but the airframe was shorter. They were still built from scratch and they had better performance but that was kind of a bonus.
Fun fact, Dad knew the founder of Qantas, Hudson Fysh, and we found out some years ago that one of Huddy’s favourite possessions was a photograph called “The Qantas Cricketers” because it reminded him of spending time with his staff and my Dad is in the photo, along with another gentleman who’s son I ended up working with during my era in Qantas.
Now, I have to correct you, the Qantas 707 and 747 pic is showing the 747 scheme which was introduced on the 747 and later applied to the 707s and two DC-4s as well, used to fly to Norfolk Island in the 70s.
The V-Jet scheme was to remain and the 747 when Qantas ordered 100 series was to have a red cheat line in lieu of ochre, red and black titles and a red tail with a winged kangaroo in a circle.
When Qantas switched to the 747-238B instead, instead of continuing with what would have been an order for 747-138, they decided to go more 70s and the ochre and red scheme with the huge kangaroo was born. I can’t remember the name but it was designed in house by a man who used to do all of Qantas’ holiday posters.
The wings were dropped in 1984 with the red wrap around, by Australian firm Lunn, Dyer and Associates.
I have in my possession a 74 year old booklet in mint condition, complete with 50s watercolour illustrations called “Qantas enters the Jet Age with the Boeing 707”.
You are right they were the first outside the USA with the 707 and for quite some time too, it was a real coup by Qantas.
Hey Blue, is ya book for saaale? Thanks for the interesting info. I would have loved to have seen an A380 in the Qantas ochre cheatlne scheme as a retro jet rather than the 737-800 retro which represents the domestic ancestry of TAA rather than the long haul internatinal history of the 707/747, thus an A380 should have been "retro-ed" but I guess cost was a factor.
I like the delivery scheme for the TWA . That airline was what my family flew on till about 1970. It was one of the first gates you came to at LAX back in the day.
I absolutely love the original TWA scheme.
Again thank you, you made me smile. I was an Assistant Flight Dispatcher and Flight Operations agent for Britannia Airways, your making me feel young again, love it
Definitely the launch scheme. The 1980s Double Redline scheme with the black under the cockpit windows is my favorite for the TWA 747.
Another great episode Mike! I have to go with the classic TWA scheme on the 747 - same as I would with the red, white and blue cheat line American Airlines scheme. It just seemed so patriotic and classic to me (plus it was on some of the containers in Silent Running so I never thought it would go away!) - but I can see the merit in the current scheme also as times change.
For the 747 TWA color scheme, I'll go with the delivery scheme for sure.
CP Air had about 2 other livery's after the orange pumpkin. The stylized arrow tail logo with the deep blue belly, red accent line, medium grey line and light grey top which was my favourite and then the flying goose. The > on the tail as it was the perfect match for the merger of CP Air and Pacific Western, both had some sort of delta/arrow logo and then became a reworked combination of the two. Also, you may or not may not know why they later spelled the company Canadi>n this way? Because we are a bilingual country the '>' could represent an e in French and an 'a' for English, so it is up to the person looking at it of what they see, and this way they did not offend both cultures by staying with either an e or a. Brilliant I say!
The only problem with that deep blue color was that when you saw them on the tarmac in Tokyo they almost looked identical to United's DC 10 when they were side by side
I’ll always love the Delta widget scheme! When Delta kind of lost their image for a few years (especially with that Deltaflot scheme,) they redeemed themselves with the current livery. Up to date, but still classic and beautiful.
Top 747 by far. We in St. Louis enjoyed the classic red and white (and green and white Ozark) for decades and miss those days.
Delivery scheme on the TWA 747!
Mike, I gotta go with the white and red delivery scheme. That brilliant white and deep red harken back to the Super-G Connies with the radar nose. You know it's a great livery when it looks good on any plane it's applied to! AA's red white and blue over polished aluminum and Eastern's Hockey Stick schemes are other examples of that principle. Eastern ran the stripes over white or natural on everything from Electras, to B720s, B747s and L-1011s. Looked hot on all of them! Absolute best is the Flagship 757! Timeless!
QANTAS actually did two traditional schemes on the 747; "Wunala Dreaming" on a 744 which you showed, and "Nalanji Dreaming" on a 743. As for the Continental Contrail logo changes, there were several proposed colour options submitted for comment. In the end the simple change from black to red was chosen.
I like the final scheme on the TWA 747.
Royal Ambassador First Class service from the US to Europe in the 70s and the 747 delivery scheme. You absolutely could not beat that experience. I still have menus from those flights.
I love the TWA twin globe scheme the best.
My reason is personal..
I love in Miami, and in 1973, I was 11.
My dad is often had to fly to Tampa for the weekend for his job and he was always given 2 airline tickets...one for my mother.
She always refused to go because she hated to fly.
My dad asked me if I wanted to go....I loved to fly....I loved everything airlines...so I immediately said yes.
As we arrived at the airport and walked down the terminal towards the end, there was our airplane.
A TWA Boeing 727-200. twin globe scheme.
I loved being so close to an airliner...as we boarded, You could hear the distinctive whining sound from the cockpit...and the smell of a freshly vacuumed carpet.
Tampa was only 45 minutes away. I had a window seat overlooking the port side leading edge of the wing.
I noticed every detail... from the light gray wing surface and tiny letters that read " no step"...to the flexibility of the outer wing when we were flying.
At that time, Tampa was considered one of the world's most modern airports.
As we landed and taxied, I was so impressed as to how cool looking this airport really was. Once we deplaned, we boarded an elevated monorail that took us to the main building. It slowly passed by the TWA 727-200 that we came in on.
The view of the ship was breathtaking. I admired the aerodynamic shape of the jetliner and the bright red rocket shaped cheat line and tail logo.
I thought to myself, wow what an impressive looking airplane.
Once we arrived at the main building, there was a gift shop and right there on display was something unbelievable..
An "Aurora" scale model of a TWA Boeing 727 in the twin globe color scheme.
The box are was beautiful.
I immediately had to have it.
At that time, airport gift shops would sell scale models.
That's the reason why I love the TWA twin globe the best.
At that time, I also discovered that airlines had their own catalogue...and there was a section of model airplanes in that airlines color scheme.
They were about a 1-200 scale models called aero mini and they were metal
TWAs catalog was impressive.... you could order 747, 707 ,727 and DC-9.
Great story, thanks!
That is one great video, you've outdone yourself Mike! So many classic liveries, I could fill this page with memories of seeing most of those over the years on airways over central England and at Heathrow, Frankfurt, Toronto and Perth, but one of my all time favourites would be CP Air - I saw one of their orange 747's from the ground with my trusty 10x50 binocs on airways at about 22,000 feet in the 70's and thought it was just the best! I would have loved to have seen that scheme on their DC-10's. I also saw the Delta 747 widget scheme, which I thought looked fantastic, and yes, the 'speedjack' scheme always looked good on BEA's Tridents.
As for TWA, it would have to be the delivery 'twin globes' scheme for me, which would also be one of the all-time best schemes on the 707 and 727.
Appreciate the comment, thanks!
Another fun episode! The mention of "Retro Jets" reminded me of the Navy's celebration of the 100th anniversary of Naval Aviation in 2011. They painted a number of aircraft in vintage style paint schemes and many were displayed at various airshows. I saw a handful of them at Oshkosh that year and loved them!
Great presentation Mike! I loved the CP Air orange colour scheme as a kid... still do.
Living close to YVR I still love to plane spot. ! 🇨🇦
I love these videos and could happily watch them all day. When British Airways did their retro BEA colours on the A319, I was disappointed that it had no red wings - and I think a lot of people were - but it was because of the heat transmission values of the red paint, which was outside of permitted limits. It's remains one of the best retro schemes. Most of them are pretty cool though.
I was disappointed BA didn't do an A320 in the flag scheme as seen on the Trident in Mikes video. Was it called the "Jack" scheme? BA missed a good part of its 100 year history without that scheme being part of the retro project.
My favorite is Delta 880, in my opinion a very striking scheme. Your team has done it again. Another great video. Thank you.
Thanks John, and 'glad you enjoyed it! Delta's 880 was absolutely stunning when first introduced.
The double globe livery in TWA jets was amazing. My current favorite color scheme is Air Tahiti Nui
I prefer the delivery scheme of TWA. Very interesting video series. Thank you.
Enjoyed seeing the Indian chief livery on Western Airlines.
15:03 One of a kind schemes...Excellent presentation as always. The Southwest Shamu 7whale7 also come to mind.
We used to watch the planes fly from Lindbergh Field while I was working at the Convair plant, plane spotting from the parking lot at lunch time.
I flew on the inaugural Laker Skytrain DC-10 with Sir Freddie Lake on board from London to Chicago. Never forget that flight, and never forget Sir Freddie Laker!
Very cool!
I like the earlier TWA paint scheme. Thank you for putting all this together. I can tell that you must get as much enjoyment out of producing these great videos as I enjoy watching them!
I've heard the DL widget pointing NW on the port side tail is a nod to Northwest Airlines and what it contributed to the integration of the two carriers.
Well done Mike! I’m sure you could fill another hour going over all the liveries from all over the world. Great subject! Ohh and by the way…the classic TWA livery of course!
I actually see the 'Ambassador' livery just edging out the "Red Rocket" 60's livery, which remains an enduring fave of mine.
It was close, but the 'Ambassador' colors look more dignified.
I am an East Coast model railroader and never knew that CP had an airline division and those jets were in the Pac Man scheme.
The As Delivered TWA scheme was my favorite.
TWA delivery scheme, Mike. While the last TWA layout and color scheme looks great, IMO, it evokes sadness of this great airline's demise brought about at the hands of Carl Icahn.
Final scheme of TWA is my favorite.
I'm looking forward to watching this after work today, as what I'm calling my avocation continuing education.
At 16:14 I like the delivery scheme on top, by a long way.
My ears perked up when you mentioned Jack McHale. We worked together at FedEx (along with a ton of other Douglas folks) while I served as a production test pilot for 30yrs+ another 5 hauling boxes. Great guy! We affectionately called him “Junkyard Jack” for his prowess at buying Douglas products on the used market. BTW, could you shed some light on the Lamm manuals used as the sacred text for troubleshooting? I’ve still got some DC-10 and MD-11 Lamm’s around that I peak at every now and then.
Thank you very much for this second episode (I'm looking forward to the third!). Also thanks for bringing the great Varig and its classic livery to the table. By the way, that last green, yellow and blue painting shown was a special livery for the airplane used by the Brazilian national football team during the 1998 world cup.
Great episode as always Mr. Machat! I always marveled at the number of different livery schemes for airlines. Thanks for some clarification. Yup, I remember Braniff, having lived by DFW Airport for quite a few years, I got to see all, and I mean all, the Braniff colors. I always thought they were a little strange, but they were decent carrier as I remember. Anyway, I can't thank you enough for the wonderful presentations as only you can do them. As always God Bless you and your family. Take Care Always Sir!!
If you're still in the D/FW area (or return for visits), a trip to the Frontiers of Flight Museum adjacent to Love Field is well worth a visit: they have a dedicated section for Braniff, with all sorts of memorabilia, storyboard-type timelines, displays of hostess uniforms, and many examples of the colorful paint schemes, including the Alexander Calder variety. As a fellow north Texan, I especially appreciated the interesting and detailed coverage of the Braniff era.
@brianwaldrop3506 yes, still in the area and have been to the museum. You are absolutely correct! Thanks for the comment.
Great video Mike! The "old liveries on new planes" phenomenon is pretty neat to see when planespotting. Wunala dreaming on the Qantas 747 is a favorite of mine along with the Singapore Airlines tropical livery, which was quickly ditched after the flight 6 accident.
Definitely the original TWA paint job - as said by others it was a classic along with all the early Boeing 747-100/200 schemes - John Woollard
For your question about the two TWA color schemes, I vote for the original version which reminds me of an arrow. The abstract globe on the final version doesn't do anything for me or the aircraft.
The Britannia scheme is my all time favourite. Glad to see you show it some love here Mike. Keep up the great content.
Yep, one of the best. JAL classics colors were also very graphically researched.
Mike, your presentations are always informative and the most enjoyable. Thank you so much for making the effort to do these. I think the TWA delivery scheme is the most attractive
Appreciate the comment, thanks!
Great video history from a well respected aviation historian. Excellent work!
The MD-100, it was the perfect time to launch the stretched DC-10, entry service 1986 😢 well before A-340, 777...
I like some of the older PIA schemes
Really enjoyed Part 2 of the airline color schemes Mike. Some real beauties shown here especially the Delta Convair 880, Varig Electra and DC-10, and the American "cheat line" DC-10. I also like the Laker Skytrain DC-10 shown briefly in the group shot at Long Beach. As for the TWA 747, I like both schemes. But since we're picking a favorite, I have to go with the twin globe delivery scheme, which looked great on the 707 as well. Fabulous work as always.
Thanks Glenn, and the TWA "Starstream 707" design will always be tops in my book. That was also my first airline flight to Los Angeles in 1970!
The Delta 727 without the black nose is so much cleaner. The black nose fit the 1011 as it was on the delivery scheme but the widget scheme was so much nicer on the 727,737 DC-9 without the black. The black nose never made it to the DC-8-71 either thank goodness. I suppose the 1011 delivered without the black nose ( like the earlier artist renditions) would have been the norm and love just as much.
Mike, it would take a little lengthy research but schemes that never made it on to planes would be a great presentation, like the United and Delta DC-8 with the DC-7 scheme. AA lightning bolt scheme on the DC-10 and 747. All the SST artist renditions. L-100s in airline liveries… (there is a AA L-100 pic somewhere). The delivery Delta DC-8 livery on the CV-880. Delta&CS on the viscount . The list goes on and on. Frankly the L749 and 1049 with TWA and Eastern Jet schemes are pretty unique. Shared schemes like the Continental United DC-7 interchange planes. United DC-6 with Delta titles and NE/Delta yellow bird + a widget. I have always wondered if the Pan Am 707 used by National had a National logo somewhere..
Cheers Sir!
I like the final scheme.
I agree with your feelings regarding American's current paint scheme.
Mike on the TWA 747's the Delivery Scheme Globe on top.
...for the TWA livery I prefer the "delivery scheme.".
...and thank you in this segment for mentioning Northwest. That scheme used for the 747 nd DC10 in the early 70s was referred to as the "thermometer livery"because of how the broader cheat line ended at the forward cabin doors.(I think I mentioned that in comments to part one).
Also love your video on the DC-8.
I like the older colour scheme on that TWA.
In 1983 We flew the CP Air DC 10 from Vancouver , Canada non stop to Santiago, Chile. I think it was a 13 or 14 hour flight. Beautiful bird !
Most recent retro scene on AC Is on the A220/ c-series. Mostly the same but with different year references
After a vacation in the US Virgin Islands back in approximately 2005, we arrived in St. Croix for our flight to, I think, likely Miami. When our jet arrived, I was quite surprised to see it in the old Astrojet livery, with the polished aluminum fuselage, the double orange "lightning bolt" stripe down each side, and a prominent "Astrojet" in orange on the engine cowlings...recall it being a MD-80. Quite a pleasant surprise, and don't recall any other AA jets having this livery at the time, perhaps just a limited edition type of thing.
The classic TWA. Really shows off the airliner. Perhaps an episode of odd-ball livery. Kulula airlines had a real funny livery back in their day.
The delivery version of the TWA livery looks much better. I think that the AA shiny, red and blue is my all time favorite livery. Good videos, keep em coming!!
Many thanks!
While I quite liked the last TWA livery, I have to say the delivery scheme looked better on the 747. Thanks for sharing your videos.
The final TWA livery has my vote. Also for the QANTAS evolution you didn't point out that the Kangaroo lost its stylized white wings! LOL Thanks for the great video.
Love the TWA double red stripes on the constellations and the American silver body with orange lightening Bolton the prop liners that continued into the jet age. I liked the last TWA scheme better than the red arrow livery.
Thanks for the Qantas pics. I shouldn't have doubted you!
No worries!
I prefer the newer scheme if only by the narrowest of margins. You may remember an aerial shot for a commercial for TWA, where a Lockheed Constellation banks away from the camera; I am proud to have been a crew member of that aircraft, aka “Camarillo Connie”.
Always thought the cp air livery looked great on the 747!
Varig markings were great!
TWA's last scheme was best. The scalloped edges refered to in part 1 are really the feathered edges of a bird's wing.
Great photos as usual Mike.
Another Great Presentation!
Thank you Mike. Great video!
Classic TWA scheme, thanks.
I prefer the original delivery scheme on the 747. I guess I’m “old fashioned”!
TWA - Delivery scheme is the best, by far.
Great vlog as always! Keep up the good work!
Many thanks!
Thank you Mike!
Hi Mike! I really enjoyed both AIRLINER COLOR SCHEMES - PART 1 & 2, but incredibly you missed these two Douglas customers: Aeroméxico and Mexicana! So I guess you have to continue the series with Part 3 including the ones I mentioned. Best and kindest regards from Manuel
Thanks Manuel, and please see my video on Lodela Models (Revell of Mexico) for both Aeromexico and Mexicana DC-10s!
Sure, I will Mike. I always enjoy your videos!
Could you do a deep dive into the designs of unknown little cargo lines? :)
Always educational and fascinating look into aircraft history. Love it!
Maybe you could do a video on radio controlled aircraft and the history that leads up to autopilots? Or whatever you think will match your genre?
For me I like the both the best for each era of the 747’s. Delivery for the 70’s the red cheatline of the 80’s and the final design of the 90’s ✈️
I have 2 questions: #1 Both CP and American had shiny natural aluminum as part of their livery. Did this have a clear coat or was polished? Aluminum in its natural state is sort of dull and polished aluminum eventually oxidizes and becomes dull. Isn't paint like on a car is more about function than style, left in its natural state will age quicker especially with the extremes of UV and salty environments they visit? #2 In the golden age airlines put their name on the wings but no anymore, there are 2 airlines that put their name on the belly (Emirates and Delta) surprised why more airlines don't do this for marketing as flying billboards? Rarely can you see or make out the tail. I live under a flight path to YYZ and I always interested in knowing what airline is flying over me, it is so simple yet a great marketing tool. Air Canada and Delta look the same when viewed from ground up but Delta spells out their name.
The delivery scheme on the TWA 747 is my choice. The last TWA scheme is too stretched out on the 747. However the last scheme fit the L1011 and 767 much better. It is always hard to like newer schemes once you see the delivery scheme and the memories they bring.
If you do a part 3 I'd love to hear your thoughts on Swissair liveries
Once again an outstanding video. While pilot training during late sixties early seventies pilots and controllers referred to CP Air orange aircraft as psychedelic jelly beans. Once told to follow the bean as number two on approach.
Delivery scheme TWA 747
Mike - great videos. For part 3 please feature the very interesting history of Alaska Airlines markings. Also, when and why did 'Air Lines' become "Airlines'. Thanks!
TWA delivery scheme is the best.
I like the TWA delivery scheme best on all the aircraft that wore it. Wish AA had done their retro jet in the “double globe” instead of the twin stripe.
Re the TWA color scheme - I vote for the delivery scheme on top. Flew TWA many times and that was the scheme on all my flights - to me it is most identifiable with TWA.
Mohawk also put the name of the airline on the bottom of the horizontal stabilizers
I prefer the final color scheme on the TWA.
Nice content as always. Just a bare glimpse, 5:28, Delta Air Lines Cargo L-100.
Good catch!
Delta muddled about for awhile w two average liveries
The current paint is now for me classic. I dread an update
In general re: any livery
Certain paint jobs are better on certain aircraft.
Example: AA newest generation of the PSA Heritage paint on the a321 looks so much better than the a320
Better resembles of the PSA MD80's
Latest paint on UA is sad
All majors should be required to have heritage liveries.
DL a350 in 1980s paint would be insane
UA 78K in Tulips & battleship ❤
Plain spotting and interest in aviation I think is increasing, thank you, you tube
We are in peak mode, so many dedicated ppl working so many aspects and sharing the work!!
Including this channel!!
The Classic TWA color scheme.