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Worst airline livery you have ever seen?

Nothing I’ve seen in person has ever struck me as terribly ugly. But since you brought up Braniff earlier…

What is this?

I realize it was the ‘70s, but… gross…

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Well mate, that’s exactly why I love then!

Calder’s Flying Colors of South America being my favorite.

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I have to admit, it grew on me. Now that I'm taking pictures at airports I realize what kind of variety I could be getting instead of all AA or Delta.

Ugliest livery award now goes to Continental/United. What the heck are they thinking?

#and i'm still obsessed with the dc-8

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Hey everyone!

It’s been a bit since I’ve been on here. Starting this blog really gave me an appreciation for aviation photography, and recently I’ve picked it up myself!

So far I have a Facebook page (here) and an Instagram (@andrewstover) with my own photography. Follow me on either of those to geek out about airplanes with me again!

DH.121 Trident at Glasgow Airport, December 28th 1977 (Source/Submitted by @british-eevee)

#submission #british airways #trident #de havilland #dh.121 #hawker siddeley #hs.121 #trijet #1977 #in britain #britain #ukulele #in scotland #glasgow #gla

British Caledonian McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 G-BHDJ at Faro Airport (source/submitted by @british-eevee)

#submission #british caledonian #britain #uk #dc-10 #douglas #in portugal #trijet #mcdonnell douglas

President Trump shut down LaGuardia entirely earlier but it was cool seeing the C-32 again!

#mine #C-32 #Trump #LaGuardia

I work for American Eagle, and yeah that could have something to do with it, haha. Our 175s are my favorite regional I've ever been on and they're stupid easy to maintain.

I wanted to wait to answer this ask because I knew I'd be flying again today. I ended up on a CR7 and now an E175, and I must say... this is really nice. I either just had a dirty one before or confused it with another Embraer.

Are you a business class, first class or economy class person?

I don’t mind where I sit, really. I like to fly on the wing so I can get cool pictures that all look the same

I could see that. I saw your comment on CRJs and I work on E145/175 and CR7s so I figured I'd see how you felt.

Who do you work for? I always fly Delta so that could have something to do with it. The orientation of the seats is weird and it's very dated. Wasn't my most comfortable flight.

Do you have any opinions on the Embraer 140 and 170s?

As a passenger... I'm not a big fan. But from an airline's stance they're pretty reliable. My issue comes from a bad flight from CMH-JFK on a 175 though so I'm a little biased.

Pan Am Boeing B727-100 in Saigon, South Vietnam, in 1967. (Pan Am Historical Foundation)

#Pan Am #Pan American #Boeing #B727 #trijet #1967 #Vietnam War #in South Vietnam #USA #Saigon

Best airport you've ever been to? And worst?

Best depends on what you're looking for. Best for things to do? Atlanta. Best for plane spotting? JFK.The worst I've been to... Probably LaGuardia. It isn't terrible, but it isn't great.