United Airlines turns 85, celebrates with old-school paint job

[Blue_Tires]

http://www.gadling.com/2011/04/06/united-airlines-celebrates-85-years-of-flying-with-retro-livery/





Of course, if you were a kid who started flying around the same time I did, THIS is the only *real* UA look:

[Blue_Tires]

1. Evidently Aer Lingus is doing the same thing...

With the added bonus of retro uniforms:

http://www.airlinereporter.com/2011/04/airline-livery-of-the-week-aer-lingus-retro-livery/

[amerikat]

10. Aer Lingus always makes me think.........

of the mile high club for oral sex.

[Dr. Strange]

2. Nice post, Parche.

:D

[Blue_Tires]

3. where has he been hiding, anyways??

[Dr. Strange]

4. Mostly on the Facebook, I believe.

[Blue_Tires]

5. ttt

[El Supremo]

6. They could have been even more retro >>

[Old Troop]

7. What kind of aircraft is that? I thought they flew Ford Tri-motors

[krispos42]

8. They couldn't cough up some original planes, too?

Bah, humbug.


:-)

[jmowreader]

9. Hopefully it's not with old-school airplanes too