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Posted by Mark Bermudez (m2eagle2) on 1/30/2008, 11:58 am, in reply to "Re: Early PAA 747 livery?"
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Hi Garret,
I asked the same question while working in the airline industry. The answer to your question is this. Many other airlines were updating their paint scheme to a so called "new image". Some airline companies even hired artists to update the airlines paint scheme or image. This was done to attract more customers.
Have a great day,
Mark Bermudez
Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Alumni
Research Aviation historian
Plane spotter
Certified Aircraft Mechanic
--Previous Message--
: Oops posted the wrong image for the 'late
: 70's' livery, here is the one I meant to
: post.
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: http://www.airliners.net/photo/Pan_Am/Boeing_747-121/1195588/medium/
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: --Previous Message--
: I noticed on airliners.net there's pictures
: of
: the 'first' Pan Am livery on their 747's. I
: notice a smaller font, the tiny print
: Clipper name, and the solid blue cheatline
: that extends to the nose. I also like the
: freshly polished belly.
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:
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: http://www.airliners.net/photo/Pan_Am/Boeing_747-121/1149014/medium/
:
: I'm guessing sometime in the mid 70's Pan Am
: changed the livery to a larger font and the
: signiture style Clipper names, and with few
: excpetions, ended the cheatline before the
: nose cone. Looks like they also gave up
: polishing the belly too.
:
:
:
: http://www.airliners.net/photo/Pan_Am/Boeing_747-121/0195997/medium/
:
: My question is, why the change? Why did they
: not polish the bare metal underside of the
: aircraft like many other airlines did?
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