AA's first 77W spotted at Paine Field; new livery speculation

 
Old Oct 25, 2012, 3:57 pm
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Originally Posted by grahampros
AA really has no choice to move away from the polished aluminum since it's not possible on the upcoming Airbus narrow bodies and 787 ( if and when those orders ever get confirmed).
Switching from polished aluminum to silver colored paint would be easy and wouldn't impact anything else in the livery/branding. Just slap the same stripes, typeface, logo, etc. on silver paint instead of bare aluminum.
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Old Oct 25, 2012, 4:06 pm
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Originally Posted by Herb687
Switching from polished aluminum to silver colored paint would be easy and wouldn't impact anything else in the livery/branding. Just slap the same stripes, typeface, logo, etc. on silver paint instead of bare aluminum.
Likely too expensive a proposition.
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Old Oct 25, 2012, 4:13 pm
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Originally Posted by grahampros
Likely too expensive a proposition.
Compared to a complete overhaul of livery and branding???

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Old Oct 25, 2012, 4:22 pm
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Originally Posted by Herb687
Compared to a complete ovehaul of livery and branding???
My thoughts exactly; a complete rebrand would be quite expensive.
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Old Oct 25, 2012, 8:46 pm
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Originally Posted by Torgen
Makes me think of US.
The person who did this design has stated clearly on a different forum that this livery was just a 'play' idea. No more no less.
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Old Oct 26, 2012, 6:32 am
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Understanding that the new 787 is made of a composite material, I can understand why AA would want to standardize the fleet. That said, I thought I had read several years ago that the reason AA didn't do a full paint job on their aircraft was for weight reasons. By not painting their aircraft, they saved several hundreds of pounds, thus saving fuel. If this is true, I don't see them pulling the older aircraft off line just to paint them.

I am just hopeful this has nothing to do with the US talks.
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Old Oct 27, 2012, 4:58 am
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Only about 6 weeks until the new 77W deployment. was wondering shouldn't Boeing be making a delivery soon.

It's still on the flight line looking all the same.

I think it's the one infront of the CZ and QR 787s parked head to head with the State of Kuwait 747-8i

See here: http://paineairport.com/images/fl102612.jpg

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Old Oct 27, 2012, 8:14 am
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The 77W picture may not be current since this is the State of Kuwait 747-8i posted 5 days ago.

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Old Oct 27, 2012, 9:44 am
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Originally Posted by dayone
The 77W picture may not be current since this is the State of Kuwait 747-8i posted 5 days ago.
The Kuwaiti 747-8i looks the same to me in the panorama, at least the vertical stabilizer does. Can't see much of the rest of the aircraft.
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Old Oct 27, 2012, 12:59 pm
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Originally Posted by dayone
The 77W picture may not be current since this is the State of Kuwait 747-8i posted 5 days ago.

but the panorama is the latest tho. or is it?
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Old Oct 27, 2012, 10:31 pm
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Originally Posted by Fanjet
No it's not. AA's livery is classic. Even coca-cola realized that sometimes it isn't better to change the look.
Well, not anymore. Because the old livery is in the past. It is no longer exists.
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Old Oct 28, 2012, 9:26 am
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Love the Boeing train videos !

Thx to all who provided the links to Paine field.
Despite the obvious interest in Boeing aircraft, I was pleasantly surprised to see the train videos, particularly the B 737 fuselages, less wings obviously, exiting the tunnel...please keep us posted on the livery change, it may be our first indication of a major change at AA.....
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you are correct....awesome !
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