Xpfg From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 629 posts, RR: 7 Posted (5 years 11 months 5 days 19 hours ago) and read 7824 times:
Howdy all,
Just got done uploading some photos of the newest airframe to adorn the United Express new color scheme. I know a lot of people here have been wondering if it was ever going to be painted in the livery, and I actually gave up on hoping it was based on numerous reports from SkyWest that it never would happen, both due to cost and weight....I guess we can throw those words in the trash bin!
Be looking for the photos to come through the queue...should be priority!
UnitedTristar From United States of America, joined May 2004, 1242 posts, RR: 4 Reply 1, posted (5 years 11 months 5 days 19 hours ago) and read 7731 times:
FriendlySkies From United States of America, joined Aug 2004, 4007 posts, RR: 6 Reply 2, posted (5 years 11 months 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 7672 times:
Buzz100ca From United States of America, joined May 2007, 88 posts, RR: 2 Reply 3, posted (5 years 11 months 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 7672 times:
Hello everyone!
Today I had the extreme pleasure of catching the a/c in Modesto! Hopefully OO will come around and incorporate the new scheme on all the EMB's. It really looks sharp!
UnitedTristar From United States of America, joined May 2004, 1242 posts, RR: 4 Reply 6, posted (5 years 11 months 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 7556 times:
Quoting Xpfg (Reply 4): Thanks for posting the link to the images, UT! Smile
no problem Cameron
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Welcome aboard United Airlines L1011 Friendship Service to Osaka!
DeltaAVL From United States of America, joined Mar 2007, 1893 posts, RR: 7 Reply 7, posted (5 years 11 months 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 7474 times:
Quoting CEO@AFG (Reply 5): Why keep the ugly black nose? It's so -70ies
Oh, I like it!
I think they look amazing. They look pretty much brand new! It's amazing how much a paint job can change an aircraft:
Xpfg From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 629 posts, RR: 7 Reply 8, posted (5 years 11 months 5 days 17 hours ago) and read 7453 times:
I do believe the non-painting of the engines was pretty much due to the fact that these planes as is have some nasty CG issues at times, and this paint even weighs more than the old color UA does. Having the engines painted would have just added to the toll. Regardless, it really doesn't detract from the livery all that much!
JBLUA320 From United States of America, joined May 2002, 3160 posts, RR: 21 Reply 9, posted (5 years 11 months 5 days 17 hours ago) and read 7425 times:
I'm a big fan of the new UA livery, but something just doesn't look right about this plane! I really don't like the way the logo is fitting onto the tail (or not fitting, for that matter)
San747 From United States of America, joined Dec 2004, 4936 posts, RR: 13 Reply 11, posted (5 years 11 months 5 days 16 hours ago) and read 7298 times:
I thought they weren't going to repaint any in the new colors at all... In fact, I thought they were beginning to unpaint the UA colors on the OO planes so they could be more interchangeable with DL ops...
At any rate, nice to see. Hopefully next time I'm at SAN, I'll see it (or any future painted ones).
COERJ145 From United States of America, joined Jun 2005, 1420 posts, RR: 1 Reply 12, posted (5 years 11 months 5 days 16 hours ago) and read 7298 times:
Hiflyer From United States of America, joined Nov 2004, 2118 posts, RR: 4 Reply 13, posted (5 years 11 months 5 days 15 hours ago) and read 7180 times:
I like it!!! Looks far better on this bird than the 744..grin. Glad they did not paint the engines....stands out all the better....window cheatline works well. I, along with everyone else, had heard the rumors of no painting...going generic for interchange...dropping the 120's out of UA....etc etc....glad to see this happen.
JBo From Sweden, joined Jan 2005, 2279 posts, RR: 0 Reply 14, posted (5 years 11 months 5 days 15 hours ago) and read 7102 times:
Wow! Very nice.
I agree the tail looks a bit awkward, but the same can be said for the ERJs as well. Actually, it looks very good on the EMB ... there's just so much blue on the leading tail brace it can appear off-balance.
I'm also disappointed the engines weren't painted, for some reason it just doesn't fit the "crispness" of the new livery ... but it's understandable not only for weight purposes, but also commonality with the fleet in the event of cowl swaps, etc.
The case is likely the same for the dark radome ... the various radomes on the other regional operators is a key example of why OO kept the dark nose.
That said, I'm very impressed. Well done! OO should paint one in the new DL livery also, just for fun.
I'd take the awe of understanding over the awe of ignorance any day.
Doug_Or From United States of America, joined Mar 2000, 3163 posts, RR: 4 Reply 16, posted (5 years 11 months 5 days 14 hours ago) and read 6938 times:
Quoting Mnevans (Reply 15): I have a stupid question. Does anyone know off-hand where these a/c fly?
ERAUgrad02 From United States of America, joined Nov 2005, 1227 posts, RR: 0 Reply 18, posted (5 years 11 months 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 6796 times:
Too bad ACA doesnt fly for them anymore. The J-41s would look great hell even the J-32's also. Wonder when we'll see the B1900D's get painted.
AznCSA4QF744ER From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 671 posts, RR: 0 Reply 19, posted (5 years 11 months 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 6751 times:
I was surprised too when she rolled up Charlie 8 at LAX last week. N293SW came out of MX hanger late last week and has been flying with the new color ever since. It look very sharp and very cool. I think OO really surprised everyone just in time for their 35th Birthday. It was longed rumor that all EMB's will be painted in OO color but I guess not in this case. Hopefully we can see more new scheme on OO EMB's.
Bkircher From United States of America, joined Sep 2005, 183 posts, RR: 0 Reply 20, posted (5 years 11 months 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 6547 times:
Wow!!! it's about time!!! looks really good
Hopefully it will come to Yuma sometime in the near future!
Flyorski From United States of America, joined Dec 2004, 978 posts, RR: 1 Reply 21, posted (5 years 11 months 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 6233 times:
Wow, that looks Great! I hope they paint a lot more in the new colors. Are there any plans to paint even a single one in the new DL colors?
"None are more hopelessly enslaved, than those who falsly believe they are free" -Goethe
AznCSA4QF744ER From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 671 posts, RR: 0 Reply 22, posted (5 years 11 months 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 4781 times:
N293SW will be staying up north for today. Started out RON in SBA and will end up in MOD this evening.
For all you spotter this puppy will be in and out of SBA, SJC, SFO, MFR, SBP, and MOD
So will all of the current UAX (grey) and Skywest liveries be repainted to the new UA colors?
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25 Platinumfoota: I got to see her up close in LAX a couple of weeks ago, she looks GREAT! Hope they start working on the rest of the fleet soon.
26 B52overSMF: That map isn't entirely accurate as they fly them between SMF & SFO daily along with RJ's. I'm sure that's not the only route they fly that appears t
27 N1120A: I actually like it. Reminds me of PSA. I actually like the silver scheme too. Both beat the hell out of the Wolf scheme I don't think they can.
30 JBo: There are no Beech 1900s currently in United Express service.
31 N1120A: Makes sense. Paint probably has to be redone more often due to engine heat.
32 GeorgeJetson: I find that the new United and United Express liveries are for the most part an improvement from the previous ones. The one thing I don’t particular
33 JBo: Being not only an aviation buff, but also a graphic design major in college, I'm also fascinated by livery design. The simple answer is, if everyone j
34 DAYflyer: I think it does look very nice, although painting the engines would have been an improvement I think.
35 Njintern: I was through LAX last Thursday and was surprised to see an EMB in the new colors. I was on an old colored one LAX-SAN. Maybe I'm crazy, but I thought
36 Boston92: A 737 paint job ways somewhere around 200 lbs, how much weight could those two engines add to the aircraft?
37 Xpfg: Not sure if you mean the engines or not, but the amount of paint used on the aircraft was reportedly 27 gallons, which would equate to about 162lbs.
38 ExFATboy: The map shows a route that has any RJs on it as being a RJ route. FAT-SFO is all EMB-120 except one departure a day, but shows as a RJ route on the m
39 AznCSA4QF744ER: N250YV just rolled out of the paint hanger in PDX yesterday and made it's way down to LAX today. This plane should still be parked at the UA hanger or
40 Xpfg: This info is inaccurate. The plane is already flying the system, and we don't paint them in PDX. It actually flew from the paint hangar today, but wa
41 Phelpsie87: But with the closure of the DEN EMB base, more aircraft are now free to move around the system. Its ok to have a handful of aircraft dedicated to one
42 N1120A: The Box is the remote gate parking, not the hangar.
43 Jumpseat67: N251YV is currently at ROW and will be the next one out.
44 Flyboy97502: Saw her come in to MFR today well was yesterday as a delayed SFO-MFR flt. She looked good coming in and i got a few shots on my phone, i'll see if i
45 LXA340: How come they didn't paint the engines in the blue and left it in silver?
47 RICARIZA: it looks great! Awesome! wow, yes, I'll say.
48 DurangoMac: I saw one of them in SGU on Friday morning of 29th and I like it. I think the new UA scheme is really sharp on them Brasilias.
49 ThePinnacleKid: well... so now a 120 is in new UEX colors... when is the first 145 going to appear in new US Airways Exp. colors???
50 HNLtrades118: It is indeed a very nice new livery! I flew on the -120 a few years back GEG-SEA and it was an awesome experience. Thanks for posting the images! ~jon
51 AznCSA4QF744ER: Nowaday OO doesn't use the box anymore. However, OO called "the box" refering it to UA hanger. As OO doesn't have an actual hanger here in LAX.
52 AznCSA4QF744ER: My mistake, got the wrong info. hehehe Never though OO had a paint hanger in PDX to begin with..... ROW was always the place OO sent their metal for
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