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Bjoern
October 4th, 2011, 09:10
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Too bad they sold out to Delta. That livery was awesome!
Bone
October 4th, 2011, 10:46
Ahhh, the Western guys are still the coolest at Delta...you can tell who they are just by talking to them. I had to ride the jumpseat on a B-777 coming back from London Gatwick one time, and the ex Western Captain let me get an hours worth of being the king (left seat) once we were out over the water.
fsafranek
October 4th, 2011, 12:29
Nice. I like the "Bud Lite" scheme but also the earlier white "Flying W" (or Winnebago) scheme. I used to fly on Western (and the original Frontier) between Denver and SLC.
roger-wilco-66
October 4th, 2011, 12:35
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I had to ride the jumpseat on a B-777 coming back from London Gatwick one time,
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The mother of all understatements!!! :icon_lol:
Bjoern
October 4th, 2011, 13:02
Ahhh, the Western guys are still the coolest at Delta...you can tell who they are just by talking to them.

Well, must be the californian heritage. :d




I like the "Bud Lite" scheme but also the earlier white "Flying W" (or Winnebago) scheme. I used to fly on Western (and the original Frontier) between Denver and SLC.

Must've been a real adventure on summer day in a small engine 727!

I still wonder how they got their 727s out of places like SAN...
Bjoern
October 4th, 2011, 21:51
In the pipe at the usual places.
fsafranek
October 6th, 2011, 10:52
Thanks for this one.
:ernae:
Bjoern
October 6th, 2011, 13:39
No prob.


Let's see which one I want to do next. Alaska (ugh!*)? PSA (ugh!**)? Delta (ugh!***)? Wien?



* That smiling inuit is really hard to come by. All the internet has is the serious version.
** Those curves of the stripes in the nose area...*Shudders*
*** "Aeroflotski". Just check the flag on the vertical stabilizer. A painter's nightmare.
CG_1976
October 6th, 2011, 13:52
What the Eh Air Inuit:icon_lol:
Bjoern
October 6th, 2011, 14:07
What the Eh Air Inuit:icon_lol:

They've never operated 727s.
CG_1976
October 6th, 2011, 16:43
They've never operated 727s.

:icon_lol:I tried, but I'd go with Delta.
N2056
October 6th, 2011, 18:50
"I still wonder how they got their 727s out of places like SAN... "

They did it quite easily. I remember watching them come and go lots of times when I was a pup back in the late 60's. We would go down to the airport and watch the planes. Back then Western and PSA had lots of 727's in and out there.

BTW, your thread title is cool. I so remember watching the ads on TV with that bird laying back against the vertical fin!
Bjoern
October 7th, 2011, 10:19
They did it quite easily. I remember watching them come and go lots of times when I was a pup back in the late 60's. We would go down to the airport and watch the planes. Back then Western and PSA had lots of 727's in and out there.

Great times, I bet.

*Sigh*


BTW, your thread title is cool. I so remember watching the ads on TV with that bird laying back against the vertical fin!

To be honest, I don't particularly like Wally Bird and the ads. The slogan just made for a better eye catcher than a "regular" title.




:icon_lol:I tried, but I'd go with Delta.

The most nightmarish of them all.

Well, in a few weeks or so.