This isn't mine...but....

[Canuck[_10_]]

?This is the "new" United/Continental livery. HUH??? The Continental colors
and paint job are pretty enough but slapping United on the fuselage and
calling it a day is just LAZY. Couldn't they have at least used a different
font/color/logo for the UNITED part of it?

Has anyone seen the Delta / NorthWest colors? Anything new or different
there?

Who else is merging? Any new paint jobs?

N.

[Dave Kearton[_3_]]

"Canuck" > wrote in message
...
> ?This is the "new" United/Continental livery. HUH??? The Continental
> colors
> and paint job are pretty enough but slapping United on the fuselage and
> calling it a day is just LAZY. Couldn't they have at least used a
> different
> font/color/logo for the UNITED part of it?
>



Well, let's see the other side of the fuselage first.





> Has anyone seen the Delta / NorthWest colors? Anything new or different
> there?
>
> Who else is merging? Any new paint jobs?
>
> N.
>



--



Cheers

Dave Kearton

[Bob (not my real pseudonym)]

On Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:26:02 -0500, "Canuck"
> wrote:

>?This is the "new" United/Continental livery. HUH??? The Continental colors
>and paint job are pretty enough but slapping United on the fuselage and
>calling it a day is just LAZY. Couldn't they have at least used a different
>font/color/logo for the UNITED part of it?
>
>Has anyone seen the Delta / NorthWest colors? Anything new or different
>there?
>
>Who else is merging? Any new paint jobs?

Think this is the quickest way for Untied to get their name on the
Continental birds after the merger. Bet they will get the full United
treatment as they go in for major servicing.

With the Delta/Northwest merger, Delta is the name that sticks. I'm
seeing quite a few NW aircraft repainted in full Delta colors already.

[Ken Murphy[_2_]]

To quote from World Airline News:
>Officially on October 1, 2010 Continental and United Airlines (Chicago) will be merged as “equals” although the United name will survive. Oddly CO’s 1991 livery will live on as the merged airline’s color scheme.
>Although the United name will survive, many observers are lamenting the loss of this sharp-looking scheme for United Airlines which was introduced in 2004 and will now be retired. This merger will also end the long reign of the “U” logo which was first introduced in 1974 in another form.

Ken


On Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:26:02 -0500, "Canuck"
> wrote:

>?This is the "new" United/Continental livery. HUH??? The Continental colors
>and paint job are pretty enough but slapping United on the fuselage and
>calling it a day is just LAZY. Couldn't they have at least used a different
>font/color/logo for the UNITED part of it?
>
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[Canuck[_10_]]

?
"Dave Kearton" > wrote in message
...
> "Canuck" > wrote in message
> ...
>> ?This is the "new" United/Continental livery. HUH??? The Continental
>> colors
>> and paint job are pretty enough but slapping United on the fuselage and
>> calling it a day is just LAZY. Couldn't they have at least used a
>> different
>> font/color/logo for the UNITED part of it?
>>
>
>
>
> Well, let's see the other side of the fuselage first.
> Cheers
>
> Dave Kearton

LOL! Good one Dave. That would be interesting.....and not unprecedented.
When the Concorde was being put through its paces and undergoing flight
testing, one of the pre-production aircraft did have different color schemes
on the opposite sides of the aircraft. Air France colors on one side and
British Airways on the other. It was quite neat.

N.

[Canuck[_10_]]

?
"Bob (not my real pseudonym)" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:26:02 -0500, "Canuck"
> > wrote:
>
>>?This is the "new" United/Continental livery. HUH??? The Continental
>>colors
>>and paint job are pretty enough but slapping United on the fuselage and
>>calling it a day is just LAZY. Couldn't they have at least used a
>>different
>>font/color/logo for the UNITED part of it?
>>
>>Has anyone seen the Delta / NorthWest colors? Anything new or different
>>there?
>>
>>Who else is merging? Any new paint jobs?
>
> Think this is the quickest way for Untied to get their name on the
> Continental birds after the merger. Bet they will get the full United
> treatment as they go in for major servicing.
>
> With the Delta/Northwest merger, Delta is the name that sticks. I'm
> seeing quite a few NW aircraft repainted in full Delta colors already.
>

Hi Bob! I was under the impression that the Continental colors were going to
be kept and that just the UNITED name was going to be used as the name of
the new airline.

As for Delta/NW.... I believe that all of the aircraft are going to Delta
colors. No name change or anything. NorthWest is going to be absorbed.

N.

[the Legend of LAX[_2_]]

It's not even the first time CO did it. Here is Continental/VASP scheme.


On 10/15/2010 8:14 AM, Canuck wrote:

>> Well, let's see the other side of the fuselage first.
>> Cheers
>>
>> Dave Kearton
>
> LOL! Good one Dave. That would be interesting.....and not unprecedented.



--
Dale G Elhardt
Cypress Ca
I welcome change. But I prefer bills.
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[Canuck[_10_]]

?
"the Legend of LAX" > wrote in message
...
> It's not even the first time CO did it. Here is Continental/VASP scheme.
>
>
> On 10/15/2010 8:14 AM, Canuck wrote:
>
>>> Well, let's see the other side of the fuselage first.
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> Dave Kearton
>>
>> LOL! Good one Dave. That would be interesting.....and not unprecedented.
>
>
>
> --
> Dale G Elhardt
> Cypress Ca
> I welcome change. But I prefer bills.
> http://www.jetphotos.net/showphotos.php?userid=7702
>
>

That is pretty neat. I don't know much about VASP at all. It seems they were
a South American/Brazilian carrier. Are they even around any longer?

Nick.

[Bob (not my real pseudonym)]

On Fri, 15 Oct 2010 10:16:43 -0500, "Canuck"
> wrote:

>?
>"Bob (not my real pseudonym)" > wrote in message
...
>> On Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:26:02 -0500, "Canuck"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>?This is the "new" United/Continental livery. HUH??? The Continental
>>>colors
>>>and paint job are pretty enough but slapping United on the fuselage and
>>>calling it a day is just LAZY. Couldn't they have at least used a
>>>different
>>>font/color/logo for the UNITED part of it?
>>>
>>>Has anyone seen the Delta / NorthWest colors? Anything new or different
>>>there?
>>>
>>>Who else is merging? Any new paint jobs?
>>
>> Think this is the quickest way for Untied to get their name on the
>> Continental birds after the merger. Bet they will get the full United
>> treatment as they go in for major servicing.
>>
>> With the Delta/Northwest merger, Delta is the name that sticks. I'm
>> seeing quite a few NW aircraft repainted in full Delta colors already.
>>
>
>Hi Bob! I was under the impression that the Continental colors were going to
>be kept and that just the UNITED name was going to be used as the name of
>the new airline.

Have I mentioned I tend to mumble on without sufficient facts? ;^}

>As for Delta/NW.... I believe that all of the aircraft are going to Delta
>colors. No name change or anything. NorthWest is going to be absorbed.

Just judging by traffic I see heading into SEA, they appear to fairly
aggressively repainting the NW fleet. Another one bites the dust...

Bob ^,,^

[Bob (not my real pseudonym)]

On Fri, 15 Oct 2010 09:53:55 -0400, Ken Murphy >
wrote:

>To quote from World Airline News:
>>Officially on October 1, 2010 Continental and United Airlines (Chicago) will be merged as “equals” although the United name will survive. Oddly CO’s 1991 livery will live on as the merged airline’s color scheme.
>>Although the United name will survive, many observers are lamenting the loss of this sharp-looking scheme for United Airlines which was introduced in 2004 and will now be retired. This merger will also end the long reign of the “U” logo which was first introduced in 1974 in another form.
>
>Ken

Farewell, U... (and before)

[Canuck[_10_]]

?
"Bob (not my real pseudonym)" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 15 Oct 2010 10:16:43 -0500, "Canuck"
> > wrote:
>
>>Hi Bob! I was under the impression that the Continental colors were going
>>to
>>be kept and that just the UNITED name was going to be used as the name of
>>the new airline.
>
> Have I mentioned I tend to mumble on without sufficient facts? ;^}
>
>>As for Delta/NW.... I believe that all of the aircraft are going to Delta
>>colors. No name change or anything. NorthWest is going to be absorbed.
>
> Just judging by traffic I see heading into SEA, they appear to fairly
> aggressively repainting the NW fleet. Another one bites the dust...
>
> Bob ^,,^
>
>

Too bad. Some of the later versions of the NorthWest colors were quite
pretty. Still, the new Delta colors aren't too bad either.

Nick

[Canuck[_10_]]

?
"Bob (not my real pseudonym)" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 15 Oct 2010 09:53:55 -0400, Ken Murphy >
> wrote:
>
>>To quote from World Airline News:
>>>Officially on October 1, 2010 Continental and United Airlines (Chicago)
>>>will be merged as "equals" although the United name will survive. Oddly
>>>CO's 1991 livery will live on as the merged airline's color scheme.
>>>Although the United name will survive, many observers are lamenting the
>>>loss of this sharp-looking scheme for United Airlines which was
>>>introduced in 2004 and will now be retired. This merger will also end the
>>>long reign of the "U" logo which was first introduced in 1974 in another
>>>form.
>>
>>Ken
>
> Farewell, U... (and before)
>
>

I rather liked the current United colors. Then again, the current
Continental colors are pretty too. I just hate the idea of slapping on
UNITED on the aircraft and calling it a day. They really ought to have done
something with a logo or a different font and color for the UNITED text. It
would have made a huge difference.

Nick

[the Legend of LAX[_2_]]

Seems I heard they went out of business a few years ago.

On 10/15/2010 7:20 PM, Canuck wrote:

>
> That is pretty neat. I don't know much about VASP at all. It seems they
> were a South American/Brazilian carrier. Are they even around any longer?
>
> Nick.


--
Dale G Elhardt
Cypress Ca
I welcome change. But I prefer bills.
http://www.jetphotos.net/showphotos.php?userid=7702