Ugliest plane in the system?
Jul 27, 2012 | 4:17 pm
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Ugliest plane in the system?
This beauty awaited us on the ramp last week, and actually flew us safely from point A to point B:
Yes, those appear to be three strips of tape near the nose cone, almost like you'd use to butterfly a wound. It isn't pictured, but all that sanding of paint above and below the cockpit continued on the other side of the fuselage and back behind the door as well. My guess is they did some sort of an inspection on the joints, and then didn't bother re-painting it as it has the fullContinental new United livery repaint scheduled soon.
Has anyone else seen worse post-Merger?
(FYI I thought there was a master thread on this, but couldn't find it. Thanks for merging assuming it shouldn't be a stand alone topic)
Yes, those appear to be three strips of tape near the nose cone, almost like you'd use to butterfly a wound. It isn't pictured, but all that sanding of paint above and below the cockpit continued on the other side of the fuselage and back behind the door as well. My guess is they did some sort of an inspection on the joints, and then didn't bother re-painting it as it has the full
Has anyone else seen worse post-Merger?
(FYI I thought there was a master thread on this, but couldn't find it. Thanks for merging assuming it shouldn't be a stand alone topic)
Jul 27, 2012 | 6:30 pm
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That says a lot about the difference between UA and CO's maintenance programs.
I once saw a 757 at DEN and one engine had three different colors... 1/3 of the new livery [the bluish part], 1/3 of the old grey livery, and 1/3 was just white.
I once saw a 757 at DEN and one engine had three different colors... 1/3 of the new livery [the bluish part], 1/3 of the old grey livery, and 1/3 was just white.
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Jul 27, 2012 | 6:53 pm
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But I've seen some 747s at SFO that didn't look much better
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Jul 27, 2012 | 6:53 pm
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After flying in a Cessna 152 last year that was maybe 10-15 years older than I was, I learned to stop caring about paint jobs.
Jul 27, 2012 | 7:06 pm
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Jul 27, 2012 | 9:26 pm
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