Jump to content

East african Airways Comet colours (original ones, not VC10 era ones)


skippiebg

Recommended Posts

Can't seem to find any reliable colour photos of the early EAA Comet colour scheme. To be sure, there _are_ some colour photos, and even some colour illustrations to boot. Most, however, date back to the early 1960s and are not at all what I'd call reliable. Okay, the shade of the blue cheatline is sort of down to my fantasy -- rather dark navy-ish, I fancy. But -- are the "East African Airways" titles in blue or black? The latter, I fancy, but... And what about the other elements, like the winged lion emblem?

 

The scheme has a kind of classic smartness about it, with some jolliness, like the short-lived four flag (Kenya, Tanganyika, Uganda, and Zanzibar) design... [Some of the flags have since changed.] The latter VC10 design looked fine and very go-ahead, but I find the earlier paint more interesting. (I would, wouldn't I...)

 

Any help appreciated and thanks in advance!

Edited by skippiebg
addition
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Colour matching is a thing. Dk Blue won't do it for you will it ? I have an airline issue postcard but not conclusive . Have a look at this page . Hard to work out if the titles are in black or Blue . Think they changed colour at some point or looks like it did .

 

East African Airways (mccrow.org.uk)   This link won't work direct . Put this link in to google and find the East African Airways - Malcolm McCrow page ,should be the 1st of 3 on the search results

Edited by bzn20
  • Thanks 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Thank you -- worked for me as instructed by you. I have those photos, lovely Daks, DC-4 and Argonauts and all. The blue has lots of green in it, and lots of black. But the other elements..? Are they black or blue? I'd go for black, but I'm asking for confirmations.

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Hi skippingbg Just checked the colour plates I DH Comet by R E G Davies  illustrated by Mike Machat. Paladwr Press 1999 USA. The logo on the nose is a medium blue. Titles are shown as Dark Blue . The cheat line working top to bottom of fuselage is green,broad yellow  then red and finally black all increasing in depth to the tail.The tail reg is blue. Drop tanks has 4 thin blue stripes Hope this is helpful?

  • Thanks 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

4 hours ago, T-21 said:

Hi skippingbg Just checked the colour plates I DH Comet by R E G Davies  illustrated by Mike Machat. Paladwr Press 1999 USA. The logo on the nose is a medium blue. Titles are shown as Dark Blue . The cheat line working top to bottom of fuselage is green,broad yellow  then red and finally black all increasing in depth to the tail.The tail reg is blue. Drop tanks has 4 thin blue stripes Hope this is helpful?

This is September 1966 , Came in with the 1st Super VC10 5X-UVA  He wants the earlier first Comet scheme basically Dark Blue Cheatline but what colour titles ? Google Image search East African Comet 4 to see 

  • Thanks 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 2 years later...

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
×
×
  • Create New...