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CARST wrote:Weight. And thus cost.
More or less the same reason why nearly every airline goes for a "EuroWhite"-livery these days...
Wing skins are made of bare aluminum and are protected by an impact-resistant paint system.
tb727 wrote:Yellow is the lightest weight paint I've been told. Not sure really how true that is.
tb727 wrote:CARST wrote:Weight. And thus cost.
More or less the same reason why nearly every airline goes for a "EuroWhite"-livery these days...
Yellow is the lightest weight paint I've been told. Not sure really how true that is.
MO11 wrote:The Hughes Airwest color was selected for a different reason...
CARST wrote:Weight. And thus cost.
More or less the same reason why nearly every airline goes for a "EuroWhite"-livery these days...
airman99o wrote:Airwest painted them yellow after an accident with a fighter jet. Made them more visible.
airman99o wrote:Airwest painted them yellow after an accident with a fighter jet. Made them more visible.
airman99o wrote:Airwest painted them yellow after an accident with a fighter jet. Made them more visible.
longhauler wrote:airman99o wrote:Airwest painted them yellow after an accident with a fighter jet. Made them more visible.
BEA / British European Airways suffered three mid-air collisions in its past. I have heard this is the reason behind the red wings of their paint scheme, starting with the "Red Square" colours.
These were the days before advanced ATC and TCAS.
Veigar wrote:Eh, I wouldn't blame the red wings behind this. If an airplane had red painted wings today a mid air collision wouldn't happen. Just a result of technological advances, really
longhauler wrote:These were the days before advanced ATC and TCAS.
longhauler wrote:Veigar wrote:Eh, I wouldn't blame the red wings behind this. If an airplane had red painted wings today a mid air collision wouldn't happen. Just a result of technological advances, really
You do understand I am talking about a paint scheme devised in the 1960s, don't you? These mid-air collisions occured during the two decades before.
SheikhDjibouti wrote:longhauler wrote:Veigar wrote:Eh, I wouldn't blame the red wings behind this. If an airplane had red painted wings today a mid air collision wouldn't happen. Just a result of technological advances, really
You do understand I am talking about a paint scheme devised in the 1960s, don't you? These mid-air collisions occured during the two decades before.
As I have commented elsewhere; here we are on a website that prides itself on a fantastic photo database, but hardly anybody uses them to help convey their message.
Here ya go longhauler; some luvverley red wings for us all to enjoy...
Ironically, in 1976, one of these a/c featuring BEA's bright red wings was involved in the world's deadliest mid-air collision.
176 people from two a/c died, but it could have been much worse; BA476 was only carrying 54 pax instead of 180 (30% load factor!)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Zagr ... _collision
But since the topic is all about Northeast Airlines and their yellow wings, here are some Northeast 727s that for some reason have only got gray wings....
Veigar wrote:Did NE paint specific aircraft wings yellow? Judging from that picture where you mistakenly put Tridents instead of 727s, you can see they aren't yellow wings. Seems they decided to paint certain aircraft with the yellow wings and others not.
SheikhDjibouti wrote:Veigar wrote:Did NE paint specific aircraft wings yellow? Judging from that picture where you mistakenly put Tridents instead of 727s, you can see they aren't yellow wings. Seems they decided to paint certain aircraft with the yellow wings and others not.
Are you absolutely certain these aren't 727s? They're yellow, they're Northeast, they've got three engines, and they aren't L-1011s, so surely they must be.
Shall I let you in to a little secret?
It's not just that these are Tridents instead of 727s; but any moment now I'm expecting somebody to point out this isn't even the right Northeast Airlines!
But since your thread title didn't specify which Northeast.
And because of the glorious coincidence that another carrier also called Northeast flew tri-jets and also featured a yellow c/s...
But mostly it is because even twenty posts into this thread, nobody has come up with a photo actually showing a Northeast 727 with it's yellow wings......
.....or even just a photo showing a Northeast 727.
If only there was a database of photos somewhere we could all enjoy....
I'm sure longhauler saw the funny side of things,
pssst - try #0002648, or #0769554 - a very dirty brown-winged DC-9
Tristarsteve wrote:Ah De Havilland Trident, the first jet I worked on, and flew on (in 1969).
And not any old Trident, but the rare Trident 1E. BEA operated Trident 1C, 2E and 3B types, but the 1E was an oddity, in between the 1C and 2E and only a handful were built.
Veigar wrote:longhauler wrote:airman99o wrote:Airwest painted them yellow after an accident with a fighter jet. Made them more visible.
BEA / British European Airways suffered three mid-air collisions in its past. I have heard this is the reason behind the red wings of their paint scheme, starting with the "Red Square" colours.
These were the days before advanced ATC and TCAS.
Eh, I wouldn't blame the red wings behind this. If an airplane had red painted wings today a mid air collision wouldn't happen. Just a result of technological advances, really
LH707330 wrote:Don't forget Balair's yellow wings:
Regarding the Delta fleet, it seems like they now have a mix of gloss gray and coroguard wings, but I've not noticed a clear pattern there.
Max Q wrote:Looking at Lufthansa’s aircraft some appear to have their wings painted white
Max Q wrote:Looking at Lufthansa’s aircraft some appear to have their wings painted white
Veigar wrote:Nice set of photos, especially the Calder 727.
SheikhDjibouti wrote:I'm sure longhauler saw the funny side of things,
SheikhDjibouti wrote:Veigar wrote:Nice set of photos, especially the Calder 727.
On that subject.... Ryanair had their moments too.
Although not visible in these photos, both aircraft had very colourful upper wings, clearly visible from satellites in low-earth orbit...
(Seriously; use Google Earth, STN Stansted, 01/01/2000 - both are visible together in the oldest satellite image available)
Actually, that particular Google image caught STN mid-way through it's modern expansion phase, with only a couple of dozen a/c on the deck, but what an astonishing variety of heavy metal, even for STN. Away from the main terminal itself I see the inevitable visiting Il-76, a C-130, it's big brother Short Belfast, several DC-10/MD-11/L-1011 (reg G-IOII), an outrageous TWO Boeing 747SP, an L-188, and even (trying hard to hide itself amongst the assorted biz-jets) a Tu-134. I keep re-visiting the image and finding something new each time.
Getting back to Northeast; this photo shows a very dirty brown-winged DC-9
ThalesCoelho wrote:TransBrasil first 3 767s (PT-TAA, AB and AC) had their wings painted in blue, orange and green. Not sure but think that TR also had some of its 727 fleet with painted wings at the 70s and 80s
Max Q wrote:ThalesCoelho wrote:TransBrasil first 3 767s (PT-TAA, AB and AC) had their wings painted in blue, orange and green. Not sure but think that TR also had some of its 727 fleet with painted wings at the 70s and 80s
Those Transbrazil 767’s looked great
No sure how red wings on the Trident would make them easier to see, especially at night !