Comments on: Delta with new livery http://blog.flightstory.net/50/delta-with-new-livery/ The Aviation Blog Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:55:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Don Cross http://blog.flightstory.net/50/delta-with-new-livery/#comment-7 Don Cross Sat, 14 Apr 2007 00:01:37 +0000 http://blog.flightstory.net/50/delta-with-new-livery/#comment-7 That just looks like crap Why didn't they just leave well enough alone? That just looks like crap Why didn’t they just leave well enough alone?

]]> By: Michael http://blog.flightstory.net/50/delta-with-new-livery/#comment-8 Michael Sat, 14 Apr 2007 11:10:42 +0000 http://blog.flightstory.net/50/delta-with-new-livery/#comment-8 That's the question. At least the widget should be turned right 90° to fit the tail in the vertical. Like they did in the old days: http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1197356/M/ That’s the question. At least the widget should be turned right 90° to fit the tail in the vertical. Like they did in the old days: http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1197356/M/

]]> By: Alex http://blog.flightstory.net/50/delta-with-new-livery/#comment-15 Alex Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:38:58 +0000 http://blog.flightstory.net/50/delta-with-new-livery/#comment-15 Thank You Thank You

]]> By: Delta - New branding officially unveiled at Flightstory.net - Blog http://blog.flightstory.net/50/delta-with-new-livery/#comment-18 Delta - New branding officially unveiled at Flightstory.net - Blog Mon, 30 Apr 2007 21:14:31 +0000 http://blog.flightstory.net/50/delta-with-new-livery/#comment-18 [...] Like posted before besides a new logo and coporate branding, a new boring livery is unveiled. [...] […] Like posted before besides a new logo and coporate branding, a new boring livery is unveiled. […]

]]> By: R Williams http://blog.flightstory.net/50/delta-with-new-livery/#comment-83 R Williams Tue, 22 May 2007 14:56:05 +0000 http://blog.flightstory.net/50/delta-with-new-livery/#comment-83 "That’s the question. At least the widget should be turned right 90° to fit the tail in the vertical. Like they did in the old days." The original use of the "widget" was in the same fashion as the new one: http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0803734/M/ , so in rebranding the airline, they are also taking it back in history to the early jet-age. It also saves money over time -- the wavy flag look took a lot more paint. “That’s the question. At least the widget should be turned right 90° to fit the tail in the vertical. Like they did in the old days.” The original use of the “widget” was in the same fashion as the new one: http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0803734/M/ , so in rebranding the airline, they are also taking it back in history to the early jet-age. It also saves money over time — the wavy flag look took a lot more paint.

]]> By: jc http://blog.flightstory.net/50/delta-with-new-livery/#comment-109 jc Thu, 31 May 2007 16:04:48 +0000 http://blog.flightstory.net/50/delta-with-new-livery/#comment-109 Nice change of logo/font. the tail section is forgettable, not unique like British Airways or Japan Airlines - perhaps all white or repeat of single logo and not too large? Nice change of logo/font. the tail section is forgettable, not unique like British Airways or Japan Airlines - perhaps all white or repeat of single logo and not too large?

]]> By: N474DA http://blog.flightstory.net/50/delta-with-new-livery/#comment-756 N474DA Sat, 21 Jul 2007 00:09:50 +0000 http://blog.flightstory.net/50/delta-with-new-livery/#comment-756 I actually think the new livery is much better than the last one with the wavy flag on the tail. That one was atrocious. There's nothing worse than a plain white fuselage with mis-mathced engine nacelles and a tail without a logo, just an ambiguous design. I've always liked the old Delta paint scheme of the 60's, 70's and 80's. It looked especially nice on the 727. Airlines should always have their logo on the tail, not abstract artwork. Brirish Airways was the worst with that in the 1990's. It's obnoxious and embarrasing. Remember BA's plaid tail? Yuck. That being said, the new livery would look much better if the blue paint on the belly went up a little higher on the fusealge and swooped upward over the wings and then downward towards the nose, to give the aircraft the illusion of a more futuristic shape, sort of like how Boeing painted the bottom of the Boeing 787. Then, keep everything else the same, but rotate the widget to the same vertical layout of the original widget (1962-1997). Keep the widget, three dimensional red/darker red on the blue background, but write DELTA in while letters on the tail like the old days. Then, it would be perfect. I actually think the new livery is much better than the last one with the wavy flag on the tail. That one was atrocious. There’s nothing worse than a plain white fuselage with mis-mathced engine nacelles and a tail without a logo, just an ambiguous design. I’ve always liked the old Delta paint scheme of the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. It looked especially nice on the 727. Airlines should always have their logo on the tail, not abstract artwork. Brirish Airways was the worst with that in the 1990’s. It’s obnoxious and embarrasing. Remember BA’s plaid tail? Yuck.

That being said, the new livery would look much better if the blue paint on the belly went up a little higher on the fusealge and swooped upward over the wings and then downward towards the nose, to give the aircraft the illusion of a more futuristic shape, sort of like how Boeing painted the bottom of the Boeing 787. Then, keep everything else the same, but rotate the widget to the same vertical layout of the original widget (1962-1997). Keep the widget, three dimensional red/darker red on the blue background, but write DELTA in while letters on the tail like the old days. Then, it would be perfect.

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