N121UA - United's Star Alliance Livery 747-400
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Anyone notice the winglet painted in white instead of UA livery winglet gradient blue ?
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I was on this HKG-SIN leg on Friday night too, in C. N121UA operated the ORD-HKG not SFO-HKG sector though, as I came in on SFO-HKG and we parked next to the *A livery bird.
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How are aircraft painted in *A livery referred to by air traffic controllers? "UAxxx" or something that alludes to the tail design?
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Air traffic controllers don't care how the plane is painted; they only care about the callsign. For commercial flights, 99.9% of the time, that's the airline and flight number (for example, "United 901").
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For example, NW planes are now being repainted into DL colors, even though the two airlines have not yet obtained a single operating certificate under Delta.
Until then, NW-registered airplanes retain the "NORTHWEST" callsign regardless of what livery they are wearing, and air traffic controllers, at least in the U.S., now call out "NORTHWEST 123 in Delta colors" as standard to avoid confusion.
Furthermore, sometimes certain controllers like saying "Lufthansa 456, follow the United Star Alliance 747..."
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Neat I guess, but the huge UNITED on the side isn't enough?
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The plane looks nice, even with the blue engines.
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Sharp looking airplane...thanks for the pic!
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