ShanwickOceanic wrote:If it ain't broke, don't fix it. And I don't think it's broke.
ShanwickOceanic wrote:USAirways is about right, minus the good bits. I've also seen comparisons to the old Trump Shuttle livery...
ShyFlyer wrote:I think the final TWA livery is a lot closer
Lucas wrote:I don't really like the current AF 1 colors.
Queso wrote:Lucas wrote:I don't really like the current AF 1 colors.
Nor do I, the pale blue is... Where did they get that? It doesn't match our flag nor any other national display of colors.
Queso wrote:Where did they get that?
ANCFlyer wrote:ShanwickOceanic wrote:If it ain't broke, don't fix it. And I don't think it's broke.
Simple as this. ^^^^^
Current livery is iconic, and recognized likely world wide.
Leave it alone.
ANCFlyer wrote:ShanwickOceanic wrote:If it ain't broke, don't fix it. And I don't think it's broke.
Simple as this. ^^^^^
Current livery is iconic, and recognized likely world wide.
Leave it alone.
ANCFlyer wrote:But it matches the rest of the Air Force Executive Fleet.
ShyFlyer wrote:Queso wrote:Where did they get that?
Kennedy, on advice from his wife, enlisted Raymond Loewy to redesign the exterior and interior. Regarding the livery, "he chose to expose the polished aluminum fuselage on the bottom side and used two blues – slate-blue associated with the early republic and the presidency and a more contemporary cyan to represent the present and future."
Hardesty, Von. Air Force One: The Aircraft that Shaped the Modern Presidency. Chanhassen, Minnesota: Northword Press, 2003. ISBN 1-55971-894-3.
Queso wrote:ShyFlyer wrote:Queso wrote:Where did they get that?
Kennedy, on advice from his wife, enlisted Raymond Loewy to redesign the exterior and interior. Regarding the livery, "he chose to expose the polished aluminum fuselage on the bottom side and used two blues – slate-blue associated with the early republic and the presidency and a more contemporary cyan to represent the present and future."
Hardesty, Von. Air Force One: The Aircraft that Shaped the Modern Presidency. Chanhassen, Minnesota: Northword Press, 2003. ISBN 1-55971-894-3.
Thank you!
That sucks.
ANCFlyer wrote:ShanwickOceanic wrote:If it ain't broke, don't fix it. And I don't think it's broke.
Simple as this. ^^^^^
Current livery is iconic, and recognized likely world wide.
Leave it alone.