Remaining vestiges of United (pre-merger)...
Nov 2, 2015, 10:46 am
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At baggage claim at JFK, arriving on a LH flight, the monitors (for the codeshare number) had the old United logo! Was really surprised, that should be a lot easier to fix than old logos on tarmac baggage cars...
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Feb 14, 2016, 6:29 am
#32
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Last Tulips in Circulation
The United Tulip was one of the most iconic logos in the history of aviation, and while they've been removed over the years, people have said they've been able to spot them here and there.
According to the United Fleet Site (which tends to be fairly accurate - https://sites.google.com/site/united...fleet-tracking), there are still some planes with UA Blue, or "Rising Blue" in the skies.
There are:
1x CRJ700 (N760SK)
4X E145 (N844HK, N845HK, N846HK, N847HK)
This might not be accurate, or not be accurate for long, but if so, are these the last places to sight the tulips? Anywhere else one can find one? (Airport Signage, Ground Handling Equipment, Galley Trays exc.)
The only place I can frequently spot on is at a foreign airport that doesn't serve UA, but is a codeshare partner of UA, so when they run the codeshare partners logos, older UA word marks tend to show up....
According to the United Fleet Site (which tends to be fairly accurate - https://sites.google.com/site/united...fleet-tracking), there are still some planes with UA Blue, or "Rising Blue" in the skies.
There are:
1x CRJ700 (N760SK)
4X E145 (N844HK, N845HK, N846HK, N847HK)
This might not be accurate, or not be accurate for long, but if so, are these the last places to sight the tulips? Anywhere else one can find one? (Airport Signage, Ground Handling Equipment, Galley Trays exc.)
The only place I can frequently spot on is at a foreign airport that doesn't serve UA, but is a codeshare partner of UA, so when they run the codeshare partners logos, older UA word marks tend to show up....
Feb 14, 2016, 9:13 am
#33
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The United Tulip was one of the most iconic logos in the history of aviation, and while they've been removed over the years, people have said they've been able to spot them here and there.
According to the United Fleet Site (which tends to be fairly accurate - https://sites.google.com/site/united...fleet-tracking), there are still some planes with UA Blue, or "Rising Blue" in the skies.
There are:
1x CRJ700 (N760SK)
4X E145 (N844HK, N845HK, N846HK, N847HK)
This might not be accurate, or not be accurate for long, but if so, are these the last places to sight the tulips? Anywhere else one can find one? (Airport Signage, Ground Handling Equipment, Galley Trays exc.)
The only place I can frequently spot on is at a foreign airport that doesn't serve UA, but is a codeshare partner of UA, so when they run the codeshare partners logos, older UA word marks tend to show up....
According to the United Fleet Site (which tends to be fairly accurate - https://sites.google.com/site/united...fleet-tracking), there are still some planes with UA Blue, or "Rising Blue" in the skies.
There are:
1x CRJ700 (N760SK)
4X E145 (N844HK, N845HK, N846HK, N847HK)
This might not be accurate, or not be accurate for long, but if so, are these the last places to sight the tulips? Anywhere else one can find one? (Airport Signage, Ground Handling Equipment, Galley Trays exc.)
The only place I can frequently spot on is at a foreign airport that doesn't serve UA, but is a codeshare partner of UA, so when they run the codeshare partners logos, older UA word marks tend to show up....
Mar 19, 2016, 2:25 pm
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Mar 25, 2016, 1:22 am
#38
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It's nice, if a little nostalgic and sad, to see these. Flying out of DEN, I feel like very little is left of the tulip aside from some of the baggage carts. I remember not too long ago seeing a few that had the Saul Bass 70's look. They must have been brought over from Stapleton.
Seeing the tulip again reminds of the days when UA really felt like an airline with a lot of class. I've gotten over it, but I'll never forget it.
Seeing the tulip again reminds of the days when UA really felt like an airline with a lot of class. I've gotten over it, but I'll never forget it.
Aug 31, 2016, 6:54 am
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Sep 6, 2016, 9:16 am
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Flew into JFK T4 (Copa) on Sunday and Baggage claim displays still use United tulip logo to display codeshare flight numbers. Was rushing so didn't snap a pic.
Oct 17, 2016, 8:17 pm
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Nice! Haven't been to Family Day since 2012, a year filled with a ton of tulips... Good to see them still kicking around.
From 2012:
From 2012:
Oct 17, 2016, 8:31 pm
#45
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I started a thread over a decade ago about what your local United CTO had turned into.
I took a picture of this place then, and it's still there today! They did add "& Eyelash" a few years later.
(Photo courtesy of Google Street View)
I took a picture of this place then, and it's still there today! They did add "& Eyelash" a few years later.
(Photo courtesy of Google Street View)
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