Classic British Flight Sim

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Looks like a change from bare metal to painted in prep for the composite aircraft

But more than that as it appears to be going to support and different style rear fuse like a complete new livery...unless it's a club livery.

They are going to have to change eventually. The A.300 were all grey then AA stripped them and Airbus couldn't guarantee the skin from corrosion as it was pre treated on the line and intended to be painted.

The AA One-Eleven order was a special order as no One-Elevens apart from the AA fleet and two 400 prototypes were built with bare metal on the airframes.

Modern plastic aeroplanes just don't look the same. Leave a 707 or DC 7 unpainted and it's smart. leave a plastic aeroplane unpainted and is a badly made Airfix kit.

This 777 was flown to be painted (it was in standard primer) and it looks like it's just a basic livery awaiting perhaps an unannounced design

I remember one of the G-HDB 748's being rolled out in a mystery livery..grey top blue bottom and blue top to the fin...totally anonymous...The all blue engines in particular were odd and a departure from the contemporary norm.

Nothing was said...and then a 737 and 747 suddenly shot to fame launching the new BA Landor livery/.

Not uncommon to see a few hybrids appear joining a fleet just before a big change.

But more than that as it appears to be going to support and different style rear fuse like a complete new livery...unless it's a club livery.

They are going to have to change eventually. The A.300 were all grey then AA stripped them and Airbus couldn't guarantee the skin from corrosion as it was pre treated on the line and intended to be painted.

The AA One-Eleven order was a special order as no One-Elevens apart from the AA fleet and two 400 prototypes were built with bare metal on the airframes.

Modern plastic aeroplanes just don't look the same. Leave a 707 or DC 7 unpainted and it's smart. leave a plastic aeroplane unpainted and is a badly made Airfix kit.

This 777 was flown to be painted (it was in standard primer) and it looks like it's just a basic livery awaiting perhaps an unannounced design

I remember one of the G-HDB 748's being rolled out in a mystery livery..grey top blue bottom and blue top to the fin...totally anonymous...The all blue engines in particular were odd and a departure from the contemporary norm.

Nothing was said...and then a 737 and 747 suddenly shot to fame launching the new BA Landor livery/.

Not uncommon to see a few hybrids appear joining a fleet just before a big change.

Maybe a OneWorld Alliance scheme? 2013 is the 79th year of operation and 83rd year of existence, so it's not like there's any special occasion there to celebrate. Will be interesting to see when it comes out of final paint. American usually does its special schemes in Dallas or Memphis, but I would find it odd if they painted it in Portland with a basic scheme and then brought it back to Everett for final paint.

It could be a special scheme as I mentioned, yet I find it odd that they did not keep the bare metal base they usually do

I wouldn't read too much into it until we see the final paint as several of the RetroJet aircraft are fully painted as are all the American Eagle aircraft. It could also be a temporary coating that is designed to protect the airplane until the final paint is applied since the "bare metal" isn't actually bare, only clear coated.