AA Post-merger Heritage / Retro / Vintage Livery / Color Scheme Paint (consolidated)
Sep 1, 2015, 11:33 am
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I'm really happy they chose the red and white TWA scheme for the retrojet. These upcoming planes look great ^
Sep 1, 2015, 4:32 pm
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I know the side is grainy and they might be templates, but they look like B737 aircraft. Between the pointed noise, pronounced sharkets and sloping tail, all point to Boeing. There is a good lot of pmAA B738 in the old livery. Be interesting which airframe gets painted.
Both articles say they will paint B738 for these heritage paint jobs.
Both articles say they will paint B738 for these heritage paint jobs.
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Sep 1, 2015, 4:47 pm
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AirCal, Reno Air and TWA 737-800s will join the AA fleet this fall. The target date was shared by Beverly Goulet at a conference this week. 
Sep 2, 2015, 7:06 pm
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I know the side is grainy and they might be templates, but they look like B737 aircraft. Between the pointed noise, pronounced sharkets and sloping tail, all point to Boeing. There is a good lot of pmAA B738 in the old livery. Be interesting which airframe gets painted.
Both articles say they will paint B738 for these heritage paint jobs.
Both articles say they will paint B738 for these heritage paint jobs.
Nov 10, 2015, 6:35 pm
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AirCal, Reno Air and TWA 737-800s will join the AA fleet this fall. The target date was shared by Beverly Goulet at a conference this week.
http://www.flyertalk.com/articles/ph...age-plane.html
Nov 16, 2015, 3:55 pm
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AA Unveils TWA Retrojet
http://www.instagram.com/p/-KbM_Tox5C/
AA posted this photo on Instagram of the newest Retrojet, which is N915NN wearing TWA colors.
AA posted this photo on Instagram of the newest Retrojet, which is N915NN wearing TWA colors.
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Nov 16, 2015, 4:19 pm
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I really do wish AA had not chosen to put the current 'American' title on all of these retrojets. It throws off the flow/look of the retro liveries. That said, this TWA retrojet is the least impacted by the bad title decision and looks quite good.
Nov 16, 2015, 4:24 pm
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Possible stupid comment alert...but it wouldn't surprise me if this were required by regulation. I'd think that being able to visually identify the operator of a given commercial airline might be necessary/helpful in some situations...
Nov 16, 2015, 4:33 pm
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United's retro Continental jet (which I did not even know existed until it rolled past me at ORD yesterday) has Continental, not United, titles. I presume there is an 'operated by United Airlines' sticker by the door.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/md11forever/14428647894