Mar 24, 2017, 6:55 pm
737-900 (was N75436, now N75435) Plane with Retro Continental Livery
May 25, 2018, 10:02 pm
#136
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Indeed!
Looking through older photos, found one of N75436
Bonus—N171UA:
(that certainly helps date the first)
Also should be easy to place?
edit:
Not Denver—it's the other snow-prone hub!
Did UA ever have a 747 base in DEN? I might just be failing to recall.
Also just spotted a tulip in the retro-CO photo.
Looking through older photos, found one of N75436
Bonus—N171UA:
(that certainly helps date the first)
Also should be easy to place?
edit:
Not Denver—it's the other snow-prone hub!
Did UA ever have a 747 base in DEN? I might just be failing to recall.
Also just spotted a tulip in the retro-CO photo.
Last edited by fumje; Nov 17, 2018 at 6:33 am Reason: restore pictures
May 26, 2018, 8:02 pm
#138
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Indeed!
Looking through older photos, found one of N75436
Bonus—N171UA:
(that certainly helps date the first)
Also should be easy to place?
edit:
Not Denver—it's the other snow-prone hub!
Did UA ever have a 747 base in DEN? I might just be failing to recall.
Also just spotted a tulip in the retro-CO photo.
Looking through older photos, found one of N75436
Bonus—N171UA:
(that certainly helps date the first)
Also should be easy to place?
edit:
Not Denver—it's the other snow-prone hub!
Did UA ever have a 747 base in DEN? I might just be failing to recall.
Also just spotted a tulip in the retro-CO photo.
May 27, 2018, 4:54 pm
#140
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When did ORD de-ice away from the gate? That's what threw me off about it.
To stay on topic, I have a special affinity for this frame. It's the one that brought me from my hometown to my first base for post-training orientation and work.
To stay on topic, I have a special affinity for this frame. It's the one that brought me from my hometown to my first base for post-training orientation and work.
May 27, 2018, 8:00 pm
#141
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!(They were taken looking west from C, so just away from the gate.)
Nov 16, 2018, 6:08 pm
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11/15/18: LAX
As it turned out, I actually flew on the plane from IAH but hadn't realized it. 21C wasn't terribly comfortable.
David
As it turned out, I actually flew on the plane from IAH but hadn't realized it. 21C wasn't terribly comfortable.
David
Dec 18, 2018, 7:24 am
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12/18/18:
at gate 72A this AM - appears to beDEN IAH bound as UA489:UA1125
David
edit:
more panoramic shot with daybreak lighting:
at gate 72A this AM - appears to be
David
edit:
more panoramic shot with daybreak lighting:
Last edited by DELee; Dec 18, 2018 at 8:16 am
Dec 18, 2018, 9:56 am
#147
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Jul 17, 2019, 7:27 pm
#148
Join Date: Jun 2004
Posts: 275
So it isn’t the oldest plane I’ll ever fly on?
Flew through LAX last night, and while taxiing to our gate we passed a plane parked on the ramp in what looked like VERY old CO livery.
It looked like either a 737 or A319 or A320 (couldn't get that great a view from my aisle seat) but the livery had a block stripe with "CONTINENTAL" on the tail and CONTINENTAL AIRLINES along the sides of the plane originating from an eagle under the cockpit on both sides.
Anyone seen this before or have any idea what it is? It looked pretty cool, like a throwback sort of one or few-off livery?
It looked like either a 737 or A319 or A320 (couldn't get that great a view from my aisle seat) but the livery had a block stripe with "CONTINENTAL" on the tail and CONTINENTAL AIRLINES along the sides of the plane originating from an eagle under the cockpit on both sides.
Anyone seen this before or have any idea what it is? It looked pretty cool, like a throwback sort of one or few-off livery?