I was wondering..Which retired airliner would you like brought back, and with which airline livery?
My personal favorite: L-1011 Tristar in the old British Airways colors.
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Blast From The Past
Hi All,
I was wondering..Which retired airliner would you like brought back, and with which airline livery?
My personal favorite: L-1011 Tristar in the old British Airways colors.
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Photo © Johan Ljungdahl
Cheers,
SV
I was wondering..Which retired airliner would you like brought back, and with which airline livery?
My personal favorite: L-1011 Tristar in the old British Airways colors.
Photo © Johan Ljungdahl
Cheers,
SV
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I agree with you about the L1011 but I think the last TWA livery on that plane was spectacular!
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Yeah the final TWA scheme was the best and reflected just how far they came and survived right up to the end.
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TWA L-1049G/1649 Super Constellation.
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I must admit I loved the Tristar in BA colours (though only flew on her once: LHR-CDG and back). Sv7887 has already beaten me to that one, so my vote is going to the BD Viscount - first airliner I remember flying on (though not my first!!)
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I'd like to see the MD-80 back in TWA's latest colors. I also wouldn't mind the L-1011 back in TWA's latest as well.
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I almost forgot, I would also like to see a DC-9 in Ozark's paint scheme.
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Eastern Air Lines Douglas DC-7B, the Golden Falcon.
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When VARIG received its first L188A it was put in the POA-CGH-GIG-BEL-POS-MIA-NYC route replacing L 1049Gs, later they became the backbone of the VARIG fleet linking all the main Brazilian airports, they were also the standard equipment for the RG/TP pool service called "The Friendship Flight" between Rio and Lisbon with stops in Recife and Ilha do Sal.
In their final years they were the workhorse of the Shuttle Service between CHG and SDU until replaced by 733s in the early 80s.
I can't think of a more versatile plane ! On top they were very comfortable with very wide seats, 36in legroom and a u-shaped lounge in the rear.
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Would love to bring back NW, AA, DL 727 and ASA EMB-120s
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I'd love to have the AA 727's back, as well as the DC-10's. I miss seeing those at DFW. I'd also like to have back the EA L-1011's, but at this point, I'd like to see the entire EA fleet back ... I miss that airline. Maybe it's karmic that the most traveled airline in the free world was laid to rest just as its non-free-world competitor was being broken up.
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And also i would like to see the original Australian Airlines back with their 727's.
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For me VIASA and NATIONAL, probably because orange is my favorite color...?:
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Looks nice as wallpaper.
I never got to fly on a UA Diesel 10......farewell DC-10
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Looks nice as wallpaper.
I never got to fly on a UA Diesel 10......farewell DC-10
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My favorite first generation jetliner, the DC-8:
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And, yes, this one...
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"The criminal ineptitude makes you furious"-Bruce Springsteen, after seeing firsthand the damage from Hurricane Katrina
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It was always nice to see a big DC-10 parked next to I-494. I wonder what these would have looked like in new colors... I used to see these all the time at MSP. Now NWA's 10's are diminishing too.
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Nothing smoked like a 727 at MSP (Keep in mind I am only 19). Now the only 727's coming in here are the Champion Air ones most of the time. Even though some of them are old NWA birds, they don't look nearly as nice as they had before.
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Nothing smoked like a 727 at MSP (Keep in mind I am only 19). Now the only 727's coming in here are the Champion Air ones most of the time. Even though some of them are old NWA birds, they don't look nearly as nice as they had before.
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I would like Sabena 747-300 in old colors to be in the air again.
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United Airlines stretch DC-8s!
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Runner up would be a World Airways 707.
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Runner up would be a World Airways 707.
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