Whats your favourite liveries? (and theres no poll!)

VEGAS · Post by **VEGAS** » 18 Jan 2007, 00:27

Hi all,

ok so we have had whats your favourite Aircraft and also the Hercules debate recently.

But what about your favourite colour scheme? What livery past or present really does make you stop and stare in amazement. Or perhaps its something more personal that makes you so fond of it. Because there are so many to think of and of course they may not all be British, why not list your favourite three British and non-British. Don't forget to list the circa or era of the scheme, especially if you select a popular Airline because they obviously have changed colours over time.

Here's mine

British Liveries

1. BOAC Cunard (see picture)
2. Air UK (All blue livery)
3. BEA (very early polished airframes)

Non-British Liveries

1. CP Air (1970's Orange/silver)
2. Northwest Orient (1970/80's Silver/Red Tail)
3. Braniff International (1970/80's All Orange fuselage)

Favourite livery of all time - so simple but breathtakingly beautiful

DanKH · Post by **DanKH** » 18 Jan 2007, 00:53

Without any doubt:

British: Golden BOAC (on a VC10)

NON-British: Scandinavian Viking Livery

Post by **DaveB** » 18 Jan 2007, 01:49

Hi Eddie,

Difficult for me this.. very difficult as there are so many great old liveries out there (see Garry's Viking paints and you'll see what I mean!)

I'm going to narrow it down to two for ease.. my favourite of all time and it's close second.
No.1.. BEA Red Square
No.2.. BOAC (any version)

OK.. I'm gonna stretch it to three cause I love ZK's Speed Jack too

ATB

DaveB :tab:

Post by **Garry Russell** » 18 Jan 2007, 02:01

BEA Red Square

Cambrian first Viscount livery

BU(CI)A Herald

BOAC blue tail white bands

British Airways Red tail..not British titles

And a load more really :think:

Garry

soggy · Post by **soggy** » 18 Jan 2007, 11:05

Afew of my favourites,

British world (the one with the grey/silver lion down the side of the fuse)

BEA red square

Alidair

Britannia (the early 90's livery)

Non British

American Airlines (love the polished metal)

Delta (wedge)

Alaskan

Quantas (V-Jet)

Cathay Pacific (80's)

Military has to be RAF Transport Command from the early 60's

Moses03 · Post by **Moses03** » 18 Jan 2007, 19:02

Here are some of my favorites. USA and one Canadian (Buffalo)

1950's American Airlines:

1990's Buffalo Airways:

Late 1960's/early 1970's Braniff "Flying Colors":

Current Song(part of Delta family) livery:

Being on this side of the pond the Brit liveries are not as familiar as what you grew up with.

Moses

LongHaul · Post by **LongHaul** » 18 Jan 2007, 19:14

Hmmm....

Brit liveries:

1. BEA Red Square
2. Imperial Airways/BOAC all-silver
3. BOAC Blue/White

Non-Brit liveries:

1. Lufthansa (any livery)
2. KLM current livery
3. Delta 'New Old Colours' (NOC)

And for the record, the worst ever colour scheme is the Bahamasair cyan/pink/white affair, closely followed by Braniffs flying colours'

ajb · Post by **ajb** » 18 Jan 2007, 20:04

No contest. BKS "early" livery as in Rick's 748 G-ATAM. Closely followed by the Aer Lingus emerald green topped F27s/Viscounts of the same period. My old school was near Leeds/Bradford airport so those liveries are/were really special.

Post by **TSR2** » 18 Jan 2007, 20:12

Easy...

BEA Red Square
BOAC Golden Speed Bird / and or 1964 VC10 GARTA Prototype
British Airways Original (i.e. not the British only one)

DispatchDragon · Post by **DispatchDragon** » 18 Jan 2007, 22:56

British

BCal (circa 1974)
Late Cambrian
Ace Freighters

Non British

Allegiant (im biased)
Frontier
The new Emirates carrier whose name escapes me

Leif