Saw a story on last night's local news (KUSA, Denver) about a new color scheme for United Airlines. They showed a Boeing 777 with a white top replacing the gray. This new paint job is for UAL aircraft and it is NOT the TED scheme. Don't know if this new color scheme will be fleet-wide but pictures should start showing up on the web soon.
Martin
The I saw read about this stated the new livery would be phased in through annual maintinace at SFO, about 56 a year. Of course this means that just as they paint the last one there will be another change/ merger/ whatever.
rich
I've seen them. Looks like somebody forgot to finish painting the tails..... :(
White over blue? Won't that make them British Airways?
Bill Banaszak, MFE
I understand pilots disliked the UAL gray because in reduced visbility of fog/rain/snow/dust/smoke/smog/twilight the gray made the planes near invisible on the runways.
If I was United, I would return to the 1960 stars and bars scheme. None of their more recent liveries ever topped that for grace and class.
...../V
White is a real bitch too though..... eventually you just hope ATC gives you a good vector and look for the lights......
rich
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