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Experimental C/s That Never Were......  
User currently offlineUK_Dispatcher From United Arab Emirates, joined Dec 2001, 2553 posts, RR: 32
Posted (9 years 2 months 1 week 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 2593 times:

I am hoping we can start a little thread here where we can list examples of experimental colorschemes that were never taken up by the airline(s).

I found this Lufthansa experiment from 1988, which later became the livery of their charter subsidiary, Condor, but never became the Lufthansa livery.

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Anyone want to list any other examples of this....?

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User currently offlineUK_Dispatcher From United Arab Emirates, joined Dec 2001, 2553 posts, RR: 32
Reply 1, posted (9 years 2 months 1 week 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 2566 times:

There was Air India too, of course....

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They reverted back to their classic livery after this short experiment.

User currently offlineUK_Dispatcher From United Arab Emirates, joined Dec 2001, 2553 posts, RR: 32
Reply 2, posted (9 years 2 months 1 week 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 2535 times:

British Airways, prior to the Landor scheme:

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Pan Am, prior to the 'billboard' scheme:

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User currently offlineAZO From United States of America, joined Jun 2002, 765 posts, RR: 1
Reply 3, posted (9 years 2 months 1 week 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 2524 times:

Assuming this thread is not interested in just one-of-a-kind special paint schemes or hybrid schemes, here are a couple of NW trial schemes:


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User currently offlineSyncmaster From United States of America, joined Jul 2002, 1983 posts, RR: 14
Reply 4, posted (9 years 2 months 1 week 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 2459 times:		 Support Airliners.net - become a First Class Member!

In theory that NW scheme on the DC-9's was adopted, just with the new logo, and some better colors. But the essence is still the same.  Big thumbs up

Either way, they never adopted that exact one.

User currently offlineKjet12 From United States of America, joined Mar 2001, 975 posts, RR: 8
Reply 5, posted (9 years 2 months 1 week 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 2437 times:

Here are two from LTU.


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User currently offlineUK_Dispatcher From United Arab Emirates, joined Dec 2001, 2553 posts, RR: 32
Reply 6, posted (9 years 2 months 1 week 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 2402 times:

That 2nd LTU scheme is awful.... Their current scheme is classic and distinctive.

User currently offlineN276AASTT From US Virgin Islands, joined Jan 2004, 620 posts, RR: 0
Reply 7, posted (9 years 2 months 1 week 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 2323 times:

Here is another PanAm hybrid I found.

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User currently offlineUSAIRWAYS321 From United States of America, joined Jul 2001, 1808 posts, RR: 10
Reply 8, posted (9 years 2 months 1 week 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 2306 times:

Here's this USAir experimental livery on 737-300 N355AU. I really, really like it.

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User currently offlineFly727 From Mexico, joined Jul 2003, 1788 posts, RR: 23
Reply 9, posted (9 years 2 months 1 week 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 2266 times:

AeroMexico tried this one a couple of years ago...


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User currently offlineJe89_w From United States of America, joined Mar 2002, 2329 posts, RR: 10
Reply 10, posted (9 years 2 months 1 week 2 days 5 hours ago) and read 2175 times:		 AIRLINERS.NET CREW
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Air France also had some experimental color schemes, one with a gray belly, one with a cheatline, and one with red/white/blue winglets.

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Not really related, but CI had this special color scheme that never really survived because of political issues.

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User currently offlineDc8jet From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 321 posts, RR: 0
Reply 11, posted (9 years 2 months 1 week 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 2056 times:

How about the Braniff "Reebok" scheme.

User currently offline7E72004 From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 3586 posts, RR: 1
Reply 12, posted (9 years 2 months 1 week 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 2039 times:		 Support Airliners.net - become a First Class Member!

Didn't Midway #1 have one?


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User currently offlineVIAF From Brazil, joined Jan 2004, 189 posts, RR: 6
Reply 13, posted (9 years 2 months 1 week 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 1899 times:

This one was really nice !!


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User currently offlineN9801F From Samoa, joined Apr 2004, 332 posts, RR: 0
Reply 14, posted (9 years 2 months 1 week 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 1773 times:

In the late -70's, TWA prepared a 727 with bare fuselage and red stripes - looked a lot like AA. Sharp - wish they had taken it up.

Anyone care to post a photo of it???

BTW, the USAir is sharp! And any of the NW's would have been a big improvement!!! (If the 'bowling shoe' won first place, I'd hate to see what came in second!) (Smile)

User currently offlineWesternDC1010 From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 322 posts, RR: 4
Reply 15, posted (9 years 2 months 1 week 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 1689 times:

United's bare metal below the cheatline (on 70's scheme):


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Hughes Airwest's metal tail:


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Continental's pointed cheatline (on 70's scheme):


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USAir BAe-146 (next to ex-PSA MD80 in PSA's scheme w/US titles)


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United's 747SP-21's in Pan Am colors (one without PA cheatline):


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United 747SP-21 in 1992 livery:


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User currently offlineAloha717200 From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 4397 posts, RR: 17
Reply 16, posted (9 years 2 months 1 week 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 1657 times:

Here's this USAir experimental livery on 737-300 N355AU. I really, really like it.


I actually referenced that very livery in another thread earlier today.  Big thumbs up

User currently offlineUALFAson From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 590 posts, RR: 4
Reply 17, posted (9 years 2 months 1 week 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 1636 times:

I don't know if you'd call it experimental, but UA only repainted a handful of their Shuttle aircraft in white with red "Shuttle by United" scripty writing and the regular blue tail. Then you've got the regular gray scripty "Shuttle" aircraft and the regular gray block-letter "United Shuttle" planes as well.


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