Clickhappy From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 9321 posts, RR: 76 Posted (2 years 11 months 2 weeks 6 days 4 hours ago) and read 4618 times:
LY4XELD From United States of America, joined Mar 2000, 844 posts, RR: 14 Reply 1, posted (2 years 11 months 2 weeks 6 days 4 hours ago) and read 4604 times:
Could it be a Seattle Sounders FC (football/soccer) logo jet? It's similar in color...
AirframeAS From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 12883 posts, RR: 30 Reply 2, posted (2 years 11 months 2 weeks 6 days 4 hours ago) and read 4549 times:
Alias1024 From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 2501 posts, RR: 2 Reply 3, posted (2 years 11 months 2 weeks 6 days 4 hours ago) and read 4544 times:
Do we know that aircraft is destined for Horizon?
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TUSAA From United States of America, joined Mar 2008, 148 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (2 years 11 months 2 weeks 6 days 4 hours ago) and read 4543 times:
Seems to me i've seen a Dash-8 with similar green colors parked at the Bombardier hangar in Tucson recently. Not sure if it's the same plane or not.
KBUF From United States of America, joined Apr 2005, 409 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (2 years 11 months 2 weeks 6 days 4 hours ago) and read 4499 times:
Quoting AirframeAS (Reply 2): What makes you think this is a QX aircraft?? confused
Now that you mention it, I don't think it is a QX ac. It has a Canadian registration. (C-FVGY)
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KingAir200 From United States of America, joined May 2006, 1513 posts, RR: 2 Reply 6, posted (2 years 11 months 2 weeks 6 days 4 hours ago) and read 4484 times:
Quoting KBUF (Reply 5): Now that you mention it, I don't think it is a QX ac. It has a Canadian registration. (C-FVGY)
Obviously not conclusively indicative of a QX bird, but it does have an American flag on it in the same place that QX places the flag on their regularly painted Q400s.
AirframeAS From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 12883 posts, RR: 30 Reply 7, posted (2 years 11 months 2 weeks 6 days 4 hours ago) and read 4464 times:
Quoting KingAir200 (Reply 6): Obviously not conclusively indicative of a QX bird, but it does have an American flag on it in the same place that QX places the flag on their regularly painted Q400s.
But....that does not mean anything.
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KingAir200 From United States of America, joined May 2006, 1513 posts, RR: 2 Reply 9, posted (2 years 11 months 2 weeks 6 days 3 hours ago) and read 4389 times:
Jetboy319 From United States of America, joined Oct 2005, 269 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (2 years 11 months 2 weeks 6 days 3 hours ago) and read 4355 times:
I'm not sure what color would effectively promote... perhaps Wrigley Chewing Gum? Regardless who this plane goes to, that is a hideous looking paint job.
AirframeAS From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 12883 posts, RR: 30 Reply 11, posted (2 years 11 months 2 weeks 6 days 3 hours ago) and read 4338 times:
HAL From United States of America, joined Jan 2002, 2342 posts, RR: 54 Reply 12, posted (2 years 11 months 2 weeks 6 days 3 hours ago) and read 4290 times:
I think that if it is for QX, it's destined to be a logo plane for the University of Oregon, as those are (close to) their colors.
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AirframeAS From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 12883 posts, RR: 30 Reply 13, posted (2 years 11 months 2 weeks 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 4233 times:
Quoting HAL (Reply 12): I think that if it is for QX, it's destined to be a logo plane for the University of Oregon, as those are (close to) their colors.
I disagree. The next college livery should look a lot similar to this.... The lines would all be the same except the colors (duh!) would be different and so would the logos....
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Rgreenftm From United States of America, joined Jan 2008, 220 posts, RR: 0 Reply 14, posted (2 years 11 months 2 weeks 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 4206 times:
Quoting HAL (Reply 12): I think that if it is for QX, it's destined to be a logo plane for the University of Oregon, as those are (close to) their colors.
I'm not sure where this aircraft's lime green fits with the U of O colors -
Srbmod From United States of America, joined Mar 2001, 16221 posts, RR: 57 Reply 15, posted (2 years 11 months 2 weeks 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 4119 times:
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According to the most recent update to the DHC list (which includes the Dash 8) on Airlinerslist, this a/c is indeed destined for QX. No answer to the paint scheme mystery though.
Perhaps this is some sort of "green" themed a/c promoting something environmental-related? The lime green is definitely throwing off any thoughts of it being an University of Oregon livery.
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AirframeAS From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 12883 posts, RR: 30 Reply 16, posted (2 years 11 months 2 weeks 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 4094 times:
Quoting Srbmod (Reply 15): The lime green is definitely throwing off any thoughts of it being an University of Oregon livery.
Then it has got to be the Seattle Sounders soccer theme plane. The University of Oregon's colors are much darker than that, which you have already implied.
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Clickhappy From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 9321 posts, RR: 76 Reply 17, posted (2 years 11 months 2 weeks 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 4067 times:
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I think the Sounders idea is a stretch. Their colors are green and blue, and it is only one shade of green, not three.
AirframeAS From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 12883 posts, RR: 30 Reply 18, posted (2 years 11 months 2 weeks 6 days ago) and read 4039 times:
Quoting Clickhappy (Reply 17): Their colors are green and blue, and it is only one shade of green, not three.
Now that I think about it, that is correct....
I just don't get the yellow streak on the side of the Q400....
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Rgreenftm From United States of America, joined Jan 2008, 220 posts, RR: 0 Reply 19, posted (2 years 11 months 2 weeks 5 days 22 hours ago) and read 3904 times:
What I don't understand is if this is indeed headed to QX, why isn't it painted with their name on it? All of QX and AS for that matter, have the airline name still clearly visible on any special livery airplanes. Is there any chance they would paint the plane in two phases? It doesn't seem like it would be flying around until that 2nd phase is complete, if indeed they do two phases.
Flyboy80 From United States of America, joined Jul 2001, 1834 posts, RR: 4 Reply 20, posted (2 years 11 months 2 weeks 5 days 21 hours ago) and read 3825 times:
The plane is most likely awaiting titles "Horizon" and the "meatball" as its still called for the tail, despite it's really not "meatbalish" anymore...
This is the same color as the new branding for Horizon and "efficiency." Its all about being green!
My guess is that its a G400 "green machine" promotional type of thing for the all Q400 fleet transition.
Hopefully this one has window shades, a sink in the lav, maybe the seats even recline!
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AirlineBrat From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 627 posts, RR: 1 Reply 21, posted (2 years 11 months 2 weeks 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 3769 times:
Quoting Flyboy80 (Reply 20): Hopefully this one has window shades, a sink in the lav, maybe the seats even recline!
And the seat pitch is reverted back to 34" (or was it 36"?) like it was when QX first started flying the Q400's.
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Rgreenftm From United States of America, joined Jan 2008, 220 posts, RR: 0 Reply 22, posted (2 years 11 months 2 weeks 5 days 17 hours ago) and read 3658 times:
Quoting Flyboy80 (Reply 20): This is the same color as the new branding for Horizon and "efficiency." Its all about being green!
Can you provide any media articles on this new branding? It's the first I've heard of it.
Flyboy80 From United States of America, joined Jul 2001, 1834 posts, RR: 4 Reply 23, posted (2 years 11 months 2 weeks 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 3564 times:
I looked into this last night. Apparently the aircraft if going to be used for promotional purposes as the "green machine." Emphasizing Horizon's environmental commitment- I think it's a wonderful idea.
You can find more information about this in Horizon Air's In-flight magazine, they have a whole page devoted to the Q400 and it's "greeness"
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AvroArrow From Canada, joined Sep 2001, 1029 posts, RR: 1 Reply 24, posted (2 years 11 months 2 weeks 5 days 8 hours ago) and read 3233 times:
Saw this one in the infield @ YYZ last week when I was there for the A380. Speculation in our group was rampant at the time and I wasn't able to get a decent photo, but I'm pretty sure it had an N reg on it at that point. Wherever it ends up it will certainly be unique.
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25 KPHXFlyer: For a minute there, I thought it might be destined for S7 Siberian.
26 AirframeAS: It has not been meatballish in years and YEARS. The logo on the tail is a rising sun on the horizon, pun intended. Is there an online version of the
28 SirSheldon: Almost looks like one of the colours of AC's "Zip" experiment a few years back (they only used old 732's though)
29 N53614: Looks more like a coffee table stain to me. I'm getting a little sick of the green trend; that said, it'll be nice to catch this bird at SJC in the a
30 SuperDash: I would bet "Green Machine" as they have started to put green logos by the passenger door...finally replacing the "Airline of the year in 1965"...OK 2
31 Rgreenftm: I'm sorry, but I'm still a bit skeptical here. It would seem to me that an airline trying to defer aircraft until at least after 2011 wouldn't be putt
32 AirframeAS: I am hoping that plane will never happen because it is not a part of the Pac-10 conference. I am happy to see, however, as I posted above....the UW p
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