musice
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Post by musice on Dec 22, 2006 2:24:39 GMT 12
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Post by beagle on Dec 22, 2006 19:19:01 GMT 12
The Koru on the tail of the DC8 seems pretty high up, wonder if they changed that later on.
It just looks out of proportion to the whole tail fin.
The first plane I flew in was a Viscount, but do not remember what colour scheme it was in, did they change throughout their career here.
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Post by steve on Dec 22, 2006 23:51:31 GMT 12
Great pic of the ANZ DC8 at Wellington. I flewout of wellington in the a DC8 with the same colours in March 77 to China. Lovely plane.
Before the Koru on the tail ANZ had a five star southern cross arrangement and apparently received some advantages on their first trips to LA in ? 1969 when the stars were confused as VIP jets for the highest ranking officers in the US Military ie 5 star General of the Army (field marshall) according to Sir Geoff Roberts book ..."To fly a Desk"
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musice
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Post by musice on Dec 24, 2006 8:53:10 GMT 12
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Post by Bruce on Dec 24, 2006 21:12:28 GMT 12
The last one with the 737 is the very short lived Air NZ scheme that was rolled out approx 1980 (as the NAC Red / Orange came due for repaint) and lasted until the first of the Boeing 747s arrived to replace the DC10s. the key points to note are the "canoe Prow" sweep up the tail, and the thinner blue line separated from the green by a white band. The TEAL and NAC logos are on the nose. i dont think all the fleet received these colours before the late scheme with the stripes joined and the tail colours separated came into play (as seen in the 3rd photo - note also the NZ flag not seen on the earlier scheme).
I like the Electra and DC8 in the early colours too - I quite like that southern cross tail art.
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Post by chrisnpl on Dec 30, 2006 20:16:21 GMT 12
To answer the Viscount question (and add some extra information):
The NAC Viscounts originally had two red stripes, and a small red triangle on their tail with NAC above it. As the Friendships were introduced from 1960, the triangle changed to one thin and one thick horizontal stripes with NAC above them.
The Dominies were also painted to match around that time (continued flying until Whangarei Airport was opened, 1963-64); and the DC-3s were painted to match as they were modified into Skyliners, although not all of them were, and those that were not continued in the Union Airways style bare metal colour scheme with a red stripe down the middle of the fuselage.
The Godwit on the tail and single thick red stripe down the fuselage were introduced with the 737s in 1968; and the Wings of The Nation livery - with an orange stripe above the red, was introduced during the 1970s - I think as the Viscounts were being withdrawn from service 1974-75.
Air New Zealand originally had five gold stars, a slight modification of the TEAL livery that had four white stars, but was otherwise the same.
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