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weemonkey
1st Mar 2019, 10:36
Should BA bite the bullet and go back to the blue fin and speedbird?

Well from me...Yes, it just oozes class. Unlike the current [tail] schemes. :yuk:

Hotel Tango
1st Mar 2019, 13:36
Should BA bite the bullet and go back to the blue fin and speedbird?

Perhaps the BEA element in the airline might object!

Bergerie1
1st Mar 2019, 14:56
BOAC used the speedbird before BEA was invented.

DaveReidUK
1st Mar 2019, 15:26
BOAC used the speedbird before BEA was invented.

But not the blue fin.

Hotel Tango
1st Mar 2019, 15:30
BOAC used the speedbird before BEA was invented.

For sure they did, but anyway I misunderstood the post as suggesting they should go back to calling themselves BOAC. So, as you were :O

renfrew
1st Mar 2019, 15:41
The Speedbird goes back to 1932 and Imperial Airways.
It has an ageless class and it would be nice to see it incorporated in a future colour scheme..

Bergerie1
2nd Mar 2019, 08:48
renfrew,

I agree. I very sorry when the speedbird disappeared, not because it was BOAC but because we lost the link with Imperial Airways.

Bergerie1
2nd Mar 2019, 08:50
renfrew,

I agree. I was very sorry when the speedbird went, not because of BOAC but because we lost the continuity and link with Imperial Airways.

P.S. I tried to delete the previous post but cocked it up!!

Dr Jekyll
2nd Mar 2019, 18:04
Going back to something similar to the BOAC blue tails with the speedbird logo is worth considering. The reaction to the retro 747 seems to have been universally positive and it makes the current BA scheme look cheap and tatty.

BEA 71
2nd Mar 2019, 21:01
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Nothing against the Speedbird symbol. But does this look cheap and tatty? In comparison the Landor scheme looks like Aeroflot of the Fifties.