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British Airways to repaint 747-400 in BOAC "retro scheme"


Stephen

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Be still my beating heart. That’s gorgeous! Good on BA for doing this - I love the retro schemes and this will look awesome on the 744.  

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I can just imagine red wing , black cheat line, red square A320s.  or the Embraers.

 

Heres a what if.... The re -release of the Airfix Concorde in the same scheme.....

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22 hours ago, Britman said:

Excellent news, and here`s hoping for a red square BEA  A320/21 and a speedjack maybe. Red wings unlikely though I suspect.

 

Keith

 

 

 

 

Definately,also the Negus and Landor hopefully only on 747s....

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Great to hear.  That BOAC scheme really is the mutz.  I wish BA would bring back Speedbird as a matter of course.  That wreath thing looks soooo dated.  It always reminds me of those horrible outfits the stewardesses wore during the 1980s.

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On 3/2/2019 at 2:27 AM, Astel said:

The LANDOR  scheme is my favourite BA livery, very elegant.

Out of curiosity, how did they come up with LANDOR for a name?    Glad to see BA taking the time and spending the money for all these retro schemes!

 

 

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I found this about the Landour scheme, fwiw, imho of course, I liked the previous scheme, rather than calling it bland as the article does, I thought it was clean, simple & fresh looking. it was also the scheme I flew to the UK via Perth & Bombay in early 1983 at the beginning of my second season driving tours around the continent.

Steve.

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17 hours ago, Skodadriver said:
17 hours ago, 11bravo said:

Out of curiosity, how did they come up with LANDOR for a name?    ...

 

 

It was designed by Landor Associates of New York

 

 

As the Negus design has nothing to do with Haile Selassie :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haile_Selassie

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negus

 

https://www.yesterdaysairlines.com/ba-liveries-1974-2015.html

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/dick-negus-designer-celebrated-for-his-work-with-british-airways-and-other-national-institutions-2306210.html

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