American762 From United States of America, joined Apr 2004, 175 posts, RR: 0 Posted (7 years 6 days 17 hours ago) and read 2998 times:
Heres a 1960's Pan Am advertisement showing a Pan Am 707 with a "PSA Style" smile painted on the nose. Is this just advertising? Was there a specific few airframes used for the Round Trip flights, and if so, were they actually painted with the smile? Silly topic, but older ads are always interesting. Thanks in advance guys!
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Dc863 From Denmark, joined Jun 1999, 1554 posts, RR: 2 Reply 3, posted (7 years 6 days 17 hours ago) and read 2959 times:
I think it's just for the ad. No PA 707s ever had a smiley face, instead the area of the smiley in reality was a light metallic grey color until 1973/4.
American762 From United States of America, joined Apr 2004, 175 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (7 years 6 days 17 hours ago) and read 2935 times:
I just thought i'd ask. I would assume that Pan Am would be too classy for this, as they were not going for that type of look, but rather a very professional attitude that would make uneasy passengers feel secure in flying with the nations Flag carrier. Thanks anyways guys
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MEA-707 From Netherlands, joined Nov 1999, 4117 posts, RR: 37 Reply 5, posted (7 years 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 2726 times:
Plus that Pan Am didn't advertize here one dedicated round the world trip (for which it would have been plausible they could paint a smile on that 707) but due to their multihop route network they could offer a tailormade trip to most places which you'd like to visit, with a combination of segments on different flights
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113312 From United States of America, joined Apr 2005, 537 posts, RR: 1 Reply 6, posted (7 years 6 days 4 hours ago) and read 2669 times:
Of course, they took advantage of an illusion. The black "smile" is actually the radome. It's likely that they mounted a spare or borrowed radome that was painted all black and then repainted their stripes. Someone probably walked around, notices that this looks like a smile and takes a photo that ends up on some executives desk. Voila, an advertisement opportunity is born.
The PSA smile was something actually painted on intentionally.
Lincoln From United States of America, joined Nov 2004, 3887 posts, RR: 8 Reply 7, posted (7 years 5 days 23 hours ago) and read 2544 times:
Quoting 113312 (Reply 6): The PSA smile was something actually painted on intentionally.
...after the execs saw the advertisment that the one aircraft was painted for. IIRC, originally the powers-that-be were strongly opposed to the concept.
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CitationJet From United States of America, joined Mar 2003, 2235 posts, RR: 3 Reply 8, posted (7 years 5 days 22 hours ago) and read 2511 times:
Quoting American762 (Reply 4): I just thought i'd ask. I would assume that Pan Am would be too classy for this, as they were not going for that type of look, but rather a very professional attitude that would make uneasy passengers feel secure in flying with the nations Flag carrier.
American762 From United States of America, joined Apr 2004, 175 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (7 years 5 days 19 hours ago) and read 2401 times:
This is not the radome, as the random lower portion of it was never painted black on a Pan Am 707 (except for the very tip). The only other time this was done was directly beneath the cockpit on the very first 747's. I guess to take away glare/heat from the cockpit. But no, it certainly was not an accident. It was either done purposely to look like a smile, or touched up on paper to look like a smile. They did not borrow a radome though.
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