What specific plane do you think looks best with X company?

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TheRussianBear420@reddit

China Southern and Air China Triple Sevens are my personal favorites for that aircraft

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Fluffy-Proof-5175@reddit

This will always be the best Air France livery in my opinion

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SheffboiRD06@reddit

I have nostalgia for the SWA Shamu livery:

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Roguste@reddit

Was hoping to see a Canadian in here. My go to

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Vodka_Sodas@reddit

The Western “Spaceship” comes to mind…

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theventilato@reddit

Varig B727-100, simply looking stunning!

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chrisluckhardt@reddit

Northwest bowling shoe livery on the 747 is my favourite.

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ZappaLlamaGamma@reddit

Just needs a wash and wax and it’ll be good as new

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JBerry_Mingjai@reddit

Much as I like the bowling shoe, think 747-451s in the final NWA livery were a thing of beauty.

Illustration credit: Norebbo

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mrgatorarms@reddit

I was never a fan of the "nwa" livery. Especially since every time I see "NWA" I think of Eazy-E.

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chrisluckhardt@reddit

I might have to withdraw my entry after seeing the last livery again. It's a minimalists dream!

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_TheBigF_@reddit

This could work on r/Alingmentchartfills

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46656_@reddit

American Airlines (Bare metal livery) DC-10!

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Redsoxdragon@reddit

All time great livery. Makes me sad that AA did away with the silver skin.

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Background_External@reddit

You can't really keep the silver skin in the age of composites

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ScooterMcTavish@reddit

CP Air used a lot of bare metal as well. Lovely bold livery:

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ScienceMechEng_Lover@reddit

That tail-mounted engine makes it look fast to my eyes for some reason lol.

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BrewMonsieur@reddit

That’s the one.

Qantas A220 with Minyma Kutjara Tjukurpa livery goes pretty hard too

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Seanwys@reddit

BA's tribute to this livery is also really good

They did one for its sister ship, the Nalanji Dreaming too

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Revolutionary-Toe955@reddit

I think the BA Landor livery really suited the 747

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Zizzily@reddit

I really love the 747 in America West livery, but that route was never very active. https://www.airliners.net/photo/America-West-Airlines/Boeing-747-206B/399368/L

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Seanwys@reddit

I think the 747 is so iconic that every variant has its own iconic livery

The -100 is easily Pan Am, -200 is probably Japan Airlines, -300 is Malaysia Airlines for me, -400 is British Airways, -8 is Lufthansa and the little SP is SOFIA

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46656_@reddit

For me, the first thing that comes to mind for the 747SP is Iran Air and nothing else, probably because they were the last operators commercially

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Seanwys@reddit

That's fair

I was thinking of either Iran Air, SOFIA, or the Las Vegas Sands for the SP

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Revolutionary-Toe955@reddit

Really nice livery - like that on the DC-10 too

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Seanwys@reddit

Landor is gorgeous, I'm so glad I managed to get a 1:200 scale model of it for my collection

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DanialMASE@reddit

Old Malaysian DC10 Is such a favourite to me!

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Seanwys@reddit

This red and white livery on the 747-300 is also really beautiful

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JBerry_Mingjai@reddit

I always found something regal about a BA 757 in Landor get up.

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Seanwys@reddit

Landor is just such a timeless and classy livery

Almost presidential or royal on the 747

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concorde77@reddit

TWA and the L1011 were a match made in heaven

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Seanwys@reddit

Singapore Airlines is lowkey better

The most interesting part about this livery is that the other half is flying the British Airways Negus livery

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ScienceMechEng_Lover@reddit

I mean, this is the aviation equivalent of bringing a gun to a knife fight.

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-NewYork-@reddit

Come on, man. It's 2026, people have phones with 1440p resolution, PC screens with 4k or even 6k resolution. But you choose a 350 pixel image as your main image for the post. I'm disappointed.

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midsprat123@reddit

Don’t see anything from your dumbass on here.

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-NewYork-@reddit

I can help you find it if you have difficulties using Reddit search.

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Foih_Fg9@reddit

Any aircraft on united's battleship gray

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greenlakejohnny@reddit

777 if I had to pick one. But the orange / blue from the 80s was just better

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Fluffy-Proof-5175@reddit

Or tulip blue

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meesersloth@reddit

Love me a SWA 737-300

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climb-via-is-stupid@reddit

Gimme the corn dog over this blue scheme any day

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greenlakejohnny@reddit

Corn dog? Lol

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toshibathezombie@reddit

I didnt even know alaska had 787s until I saw one after take off the other day, the aurora tail looked stunning.

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greenlakejohnny@reddit

They got them from the Hawaiian acquisition

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shaz_45@reddit

Only for a short time but the 2 747-400’s of Fiji airways

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Cool-Salamander-7645@reddit

Australian Airlines 767-300

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Justan0therthrow4way@reddit

Wow a little bit of the Qantas history I had no idea about!

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lordbeecee@reddit

Yessssss! Australian had a great livery!

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LoyalWatcher@reddit

BA Landor again but the BAC One-Eleven:

Just nostalgia at this point!

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WhiskeyMikeMike@reddit

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actionerror@reddit

Before I knew what NWA meant

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ScooterMcTavish@reddit

🎵 Straight outta Minne 🎵

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JBerry_Mingjai@reddit

Absolutely!

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hoopsmd@reddit

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DaGuy4All@reddit

Cathay’s Spirit of Hong Kong livery

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BrisYamaha@reddit

Concorde, BA livery

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awfk@reddit

New lufthansa one looks pretty cool

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vhqpa@reddit

Scandinavian DC-8-62 Light Blue Viking

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vhqpa@reddit

Canadi>n 767-300ER Landor

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vhqpa@reddit

Australian Airlines 737-300 Blue Roo

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vhqpa@reddit

Air Canada A330-300 "Black Swan"

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vhqpa@reddit

Finnair A350-900

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vhqpa@reddit

Singapore Airlines 777-300ER

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JimfromMayberry@reddit

L1011 in Delta “dark nose” widget livery.

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TheMightyPushmataha@reddit

MD-88 in dark-nose widget. Iconic.

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roastbeefsammies@reddit

My dad worked on these engines. JT8Ds I believe.

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roastbeefsammies@reddit

This unlocked a core memory. Delta used this from ATL to LAX in the early 90s. Such a magnificent jet.

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actionerror@reddit

Flew that from Portland to Bangkok way back when. All I remember was it felt cramped inside.

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Redsoxdragon@reddit

Only used for 1 route and they picked the perfect livery for it. I think of the ANA trio before i think of anyone else for the a380

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FaithlessnessOk153@reddit

Air koryo livery dominates tu204

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Krugger221@reddit

This Lufthansa livery on almost any aircraft but I personally like it on 747

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gamehenge_survivor@reddit

I always thought America West never gets its due for the liveries, standard or special.

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Signal_Ball4634@reddit

Really liked that teal livery they had before the merger. Fond memories of seeing those at the airports back in the day.

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gamehenge_survivor@reddit

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gamehenge_survivor@reddit

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gamehenge_survivor@reddit

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dead_toyou@reddit

surprised no one's brought up the pan am 747

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PovtariPriyem@reddit

Air Austral 787-8

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FreeDwooD@reddit

The Lufthansa anniversary livery on the 747 is beautiful

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MattTheMechan1c@reddit

Always loved the 90s-2000s Japan Airlines corporate livery. Suits the 747 the most.

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BetterRecord1835@reddit

This. Absolutely gorgeous.

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orangera2n@reddit

i love it tbh

reminds me a bit of old websites

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BradyBrother100@reddit

TWA Super Constellation

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Separate_Shake_3681@reddit

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TheGhostOfFalunGong@reddit

Emirates A380

Swissair MD-11

Philippine Airlines 747-400

Korean Air (old livery) 777-300ER

Delta 767-300

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Billyconnor79@reddit

Island Airlines out of Port Clinton, Ohio, the 1928 Ford Trimotor. First airplane I ever flew in to Put-in-Bay in Lake Erie. Said to be the shortest scheduled airline flight in the world.

My cousin and I, at around 12 years old, were especially impressed when we flew over a barn on the mainland just before the lakeshore which had F*UCK YOU shingled into the roof. I’m not sure what the beef was but I think we talked about that more than our actual first airplane experience.

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_prideaux@reddit

The tropical livery on SQ’s 747 from the late 90s till sq006 happened.

credits to original photographer

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