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04-13-2014, 06:00 PM

#153891

MoonShot

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Originally Posted by forgot to bid

uh... retro 757 paint?

source: Delta Painted A B757 In Retro DL Colors! — Civil Aviation Forum | Airliners.net

I might have noticed it today at the TOC if an 88 hadn't sent me around on short final.

Loved this paint scheme! Wish we still had it!

04-13-2014, 06:49 PM

#153892

Hillbilly

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Originally Posted by forgot to bid

uh... retro 757 paint?

source: Delta Painted A B757 In Retro DL Colors! — Civil Aviation Forum | Airliners.net

I might have noticed it today at the TOC if an 88 hadn't sent me around on short final.

Hands down my favorite paint scheme. Loved the snoopy nose!

04-13-2014, 07:15 PM

#153893

Bucking Bar

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Oh well. I just don't think Delta will ever do retro paint. If it did, an 88 and 757 in DAL paint, 320 and 747 in NWA red paint.

Just saying, if we're going to get all nostalgic for brands that are now Delta ... .

04-13-2014, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Hillbilly

Hands down my favorite paint scheme. Loved the snoopy nose!

Looks normal to me.

04-13-2014, 07:25 PM

#153895

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Originally Posted by Bucking Bar

Just saying, if we're going to get all nostalgic for brands that are now Delta ... .

Throw in some Western et al....

It's a crazy industry.

04-13-2014, 07:26 PM

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casual observer

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Originally Posted by Bucking Bar

We should repaint the entire fleet in this scheme.

This is probably going to be the gate guard for our Heritage Museum.

yes. seeing it though makes you think it would be cool to have at least one in the system.

04-13-2014, 07:31 PM

#153897

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Originally Posted by casual observer

yes. seeing it though makes you think it would be cool to have at least one in the system.

If we did all the retro schemes, not a single airplane in the entire fleet would have the same colors.

04-13-2014, 08:44 PM

#153898

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Originally Posted by Jughead

Man hands...very vascular.

Dammit Jughead! Until you said something, I didn't even notice the hands!

04-14-2014, 04:58 AM

#153899

LivingTheDream

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Just saying, if we're going to get all nostalgic for brands that are now Delta ... .

First, we should have adopted the Pan Am logo/livery, etc... the second most recognized marketing symbol in the world (after Coca Cola). Kids in Zimbabwe new who Pan Am was! Delta... not so much.

Second, I'm a little sad that I will always have the "sad face" widget on my in command certificate, issued during the "I am not a crook" Leo the Ceo days.

04-14-2014, 05:02 AM

#153900

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Second, I'm a little sad that I will always have the "sad face" widget on my in command certificate, issued during the "I am not a crook" Leo the Ceo days.

That's supposed to be "The Horizon" which is where Leo and Michelle were looking to make a run for ... .