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thedude247
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Me too bud, I quite enjoy the 'Cunucks Unlimited' livery as well.
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Favorite Liveries of the 1950's
- Thread starter Cowboy1968
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Me too bud, I quite enjoy the 'Cunucks Unlimited' livery as well.
Ralf Roggeveen
Charter Member
There she goes...
Cowboy1968
Charter Member
For our TWA lovers....
......here are some of our old girls dressed out in TWA attire.
Before and after World War II, in the 1940's TWA used the Lindbergh Line paint.
Douglas DC-2
Douglas DC-3
Boeing B.307 (as pointed out i missed this one......had it screened but forgot to post)
......here are some of our old girls dressed out in TWA attire.
Before and after World War II, in the 1940's TWA used the Lindbergh Line paint.
Douglas DC-2
Douglas DC-3
Boeing B.307 (as pointed out i missed this one......had it screened but forgot to post)
Cowboy1968
Charter Member
As the late 1940's approached, TWA changed to the "Silverbird" livery. They used this paint into the early 1950's
Douglas DC-3
Martin 2-0-2A
Douglas DC-4
Boeing B.307 (again i had these pictures in a different folder, but this is a 1945 version of the scheme)
Boeing B.377 (this is a fictional what if paint scheme)
Lockheed L-049A Constellation
Lockheed L-1049G (another good looking fictional paint)
Douglas DC-3
Martin 2-0-2A
Douglas DC-4
Boeing B.307 (again i had these pictures in a different folder, but this is a 1945 version of the scheme)
Boeing B.377 (this is a fictional what if paint scheme)
Lockheed L-049A Constellation
Lockheed L-1049G (another good looking fictional paint)
Cowboy1968
Charter Member
As the mid 50's rolled around TWA's fleet was mostly populated with Constellations in the famous "whitebird" livery.
Martin 4-0-4
Lockheed L-049A Constellation
Lockheed L-749 Constellation
Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation
Lockheed L-1649 Starliner
Now for a bonus pic......
Fairchild C-82 Packet
TWA operated a small fleet of these old warbirds in Europe to move major components such as engines around in the 1960's.
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I know i haven't posted any pic of the Convair Propliners yet....but I am slighting them.....i just don't have them installed yet.
Martin 4-0-4
Lockheed L-049A Constellation
Lockheed L-749 Constellation
Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation
Lockheed L-1649 Starliner
Now for a bonus pic......
Fairchild C-82 Packet
TWA operated a small fleet of these old warbirds in Europe to move major components such as engines around in the 1960's.
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I know i haven't posted any pic of the Convair Propliners yet....but I am slighting them.....i just don't have them installed yet.
Just thought I'd mention that TWA never flew the Boeing 377 Stratocruiser.
You also missed a couple TWA paints
Pic 1: Boeing 307 Stratoliner "Zuni" circa 1940
Pic 2: Boeing 307 Stratoliner "Apache" circa 1948
TWA had more 307 Stratoliners than anyone else. They had 5 of them from 1939 to 1951 when they sold them off to French operators. While in TWA service (and Air Transport Command during WWII) they were named after Indian tribes: Apache, Cherokee, Comanche, Navaho and Zuni. Pan American had 3 in service, Clippers Comet, Rainbow and Flying Cloud. The other one went to Howard Hughes and was used as a "flying penthouse".
You also missed a couple TWA paints
Pic 1: Boeing 307 Stratoliner "Zuni" circa 1940
Pic 2: Boeing 307 Stratoliner "Apache" circa 1948
TWA had more 307 Stratoliners than anyone else. They had 5 of them from 1939 to 1951 when they sold them off to French operators. While in TWA service (and Air Transport Command during WWII) they were named after Indian tribes: Apache, Cherokee, Comanche, Navaho and Zuni. Pan American had 3 in service, Clippers Comet, Rainbow and Flying Cloud. The other one went to Howard Hughes and was used as a "flying penthouse".
Cowboy1968
Charter Member
Just thought I'd mention that TWA never flew the Boeing 377 Stratocruiser.
You also missed a couple TWA paints
Pic 1: Boeing 307 Stratoliner "Zuni" circa 1940
Pic 2: Boeing 307 Stratoliner "Apache" circa 1948
TWA had more 307 Stratoliners than anyone else. They had 5 of them from 1939 to 1951 when they sold them off to French operators. While in TWA service (and Air Transport Command during WWII) they were named after Indian tribes: Apache, Cherokee, Comanche, Navaho and Zuni. Pan American had 3 in service, Clippers Comet, Rainbow and Flying Cloud. The other one went to Howard Hughes and was used as a "flying penthouse".
Yes I know they didn't fly the Stratocruiser, but she looks good in the dress
Cowboy1968
Charter Member
Well I have loaded the Convair planes, but am a little sad.....due to avsim not having some of he files up I wasn't able to get half of the files i wanted for skinning them.
Cowboy1968
Charter Member
Just thought I'd mention that TWA never flew the Boeing 377 Stratocruiser.
You also missed a couple TWA paints
Pic 1: Boeing 307 Stratoliner "Zuni" circa 1940
Pic 2: Boeing 307 Stratoliner "Apache" circa 1948
TWA had more 307 Stratoliners than anyone else. They had 5 of them from 1939 to 1951 when they sold them off to French operators. While in TWA service (and Air Transport Command during WWII) they were named after Indian tribes: Apache, Cherokee, Comanche, Navaho and Zuni. Pan American had 3 in service, Clippers Comet, Rainbow and Flying Cloud. The other one went to Howard Hughes and was used as a "flying penthouse".
Been doing some reading in a book i have on propliners and i have confirmed it through other sources.
TWA did order 10 B.377, but they got into a disagreement over the cost of the machines. Boeing had completed three machines of the order and they were in TWA paint. They canceled the order and the three completed machines were transferred to the PAA order.
Cowboy1968
Charter Member
RedGreen these Buds.....i mean planes are for you!
A nice livery on a smaller line of the day.
Convair CV-440
Douglas DC-6B
Douglas DC-7
Douglas DC-7B
A nice livery on a smaller line of the day.
Convair CV-440
Douglas DC-6B
Douglas DC-7
Douglas DC-7B
Cowboy1968
Charter Member
I forgot to put this one with the last of the TWA planes on the page. More TWA jets will follow showing the "arrowbird" paint scheme applied to the jets in 1959
Boeing 707-120
Unlike a lot of the other major airlines, TWA maintained two different distinct liveries for their jetliners and the propliners.
The props kept the "whitebird" them.
Boeing 707-120
Unlike a lot of the other major airlines, TWA maintained two different distinct liveries for their jetliners and the propliners.
The props kept the "whitebird" them.
RedGreen
Charter Member
:ernae:
Thanks for the National pics, Cowboy. I have all three of those Douglas planes in National colors. In fact during the Evita Race that happened over the summer here at SOH I flew the DC-6B in those colors all the way from Montreal to Buenos Aires. And yes, I made sure to include stops at Miami and Havana.
I didn't realize someone had painted a 440 in those colors too, though! Guess I know what airplane I need to get next. :mixedsmi:
Thanks for the National pics, Cowboy. I have all three of those Douglas planes in National colors. In fact during the Evita Race that happened over the summer here at SOH I flew the DC-6B in those colors all the way from Montreal to Buenos Aires. And yes, I made sure to include stops at Miami and Havana.
I didn't realize someone had painted a 440 in those colors too, though! Guess I know what airplane I need to get next. :mixedsmi: