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DaveReidUK
3rd Mar 2019, 18:51
Courtesy of Dave Wallsworth, to whom grateful thanks.
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1600x1200/d0wylztxqaaoak4_jpg_large_632e2c6a1f2179440a2556a2e1af2dd812 891465.jpg
https://twitter.com/DaveWallsworth
Got a couple of shuttle flights coming up soon - would love to see this at the gate. All my early prop-jet memories are BEA Viscounts and Vanguards in this scheme.
Red wings :D
Juan Tugoh
4th Mar 2019, 05:47
Got a couple of shuttle flights coming up soon - would love to see this at the gate. All my early prop-jet memories are BEA Viscounts and Vanguards in this scheme.
Red wings :D
Sadly it will not have Red Wings, so will only be an approximation of the BEA livery.
Less Hair
4th Mar 2019, 06:04
Still so much nicer and elegant than today‘s liveries. That goes for the BOAC as well.
DaveReidUK
4th Mar 2019, 06:20
Sadly it will not have Red Wings, so will only be an approximation of the BEA livery.
I'm told (and we'll know for sure in the next few hours) that it does actually have red undersides to the wings, but not on top.
So the photographers will be pleased, even if the passengers-eye view isn't authentic.
Icanseeclearly
4th Mar 2019, 06:35
Supposedly the tops of the wings can’t be red due to certification reasons...
Anyone out there throw any light on the reasons?
Supposedly the tops of the wings can’t be red due to certification reasons...
Anyone out there throw any light on the reasons?
Wing paint reflectivity requirements apparently.
No, me neither.
GeeRam
4th Mar 2019, 12:08
I'm told (and we'll know for sure in the next few hours) that it does actually have red undersides to the wings, but not on top.
Yep, does have red undersides of wings, photos of it in flight already been posted on the net.
lotus1
4th Mar 2019, 12:21
I saw it fly over Wandsworth in bound to Heathrow looked good just like the old vanguards and viscounts
dc9-32
4th Mar 2019, 12:25
Should paint an A319 in the Northeast yellow livery the Tridents use to carry https://www.flickr.com/photos/52467480@N08/6431823295
2 x A319's and 2 x B744's.
Less Hair
4th Mar 2019, 12:52
They should write "three nineteen" on the engine pods.
https://www.businesstraveller.com/business-travel/2019/03/04/the-big-picture-british-airways-unveils-retro-bea-livery/
groundbum
4th Mar 2019, 14:59
as a kid I lived in Guiseley. Which is a few miles from Yeadon aka Leeds Bradford. So all day long in my garden I could watch Tridents, 1-11s, F27s, Viscounts from Dan Air, BA, Air UK etc blast off from LBA and turn left for Pole Hill, right over my garden at 2000ft or so And a weekly DC10 omg. As a 12 year old I watched from my desk in Chemistry Harold Wilson in a Dominie (?) nearly get wiped out by two Belgian (?) F-16s that blew right past him after take-off when they shouldn't have done! And from the same desk the Queen leave in a Dominie, well 3 Dominie's so any Emerald Isle person with naughty intent couldn't muss her hair-do....
Later lived in Colorado Springs and without realising bought a house right under the approach to KCOS which is kinda boring with 737s etc, but also has the Air Force Academy nearby which means all the hotshot USAF pilots landed overhead with Uncle Sam's latest toys...
Simon
Hussar 54
4th Mar 2019, 18:22
Just me, or does this particular colour scheme make the 319 look better proportioned than usual ??
It does look good, though....
red.sky@night
4th Mar 2019, 18:33
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1200x1010/d0z32qnwkaazfb4_026e49083c985975cee005f6b29561493f6641f9.jpg
Two IAG retros in the same place at the same time :)
https://twitter.com/ShannonAirport/status/1102528532410970112
Chris2303
4th Mar 2019, 20:58
Hanger? Oh dear!
Makes it easier to do gear retractions
KelvinD
5th Mar 2019, 06:06
So the photographers will be pleased
Well, they could have been. If only it had landed on the same runway as everything else!
rog747
5th Mar 2019, 06:42
Looks amazing - the best 319 livery ever
Do we get a Speedjack 320 or 321?
treadigraph
5th Mar 2019, 06:48
Do we get a Speedjack 320 or 321?
Bea nice to see one... and Northeast and Cambrian...
Gargleblaster
5th Mar 2019, 11:08
Also, SAS did a retro A319 almost a decade ago: https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fil:SAS_Airbus_A319_retrojet_KvW.jpg