Originally Posted by
airplanegeek
and to kill all the false internet buzz...the tail is not "retro." the two shades of blue are boeing house colors.
prior to the current logo, the eskimo was not outlined in a different color and the eskimo blue was not as dark.
...not to kill your buzz either
but I think (granted I am not an expert on colors or anything...) but on
AS 727's it was a darker blue eskimo
The "Boeing House Colors" is probably an intended coincidence then, a cool thing to pick up, masking the old over the new