Northwest Paint Scheme

Aviation Airlines
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I was doing a little A.net browsing and turned up this picture;

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/middle/7/6/5/0073567.jpg

The description on one image said it was an “experimental” paint scheme, and wondered if anybody else knew something more about it.
I am curious, in 1994, was that before or after they implemented the ugly dark grey and red paint scheme?
I think it looks a lot nicer than the old Northwest birds, and it actually looks a lot like the current non-Delta colors aircraft, except for the obvious difference in the non-simplified logo and the serif font. Surprised they never went with it… looks a lot nicer than the others in the background.

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I never thought that gray and red go together.

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A different one than the bowling shoes in the background you mean?

I always liked that scheme, I think in part because of one of the most awesome logos of all time. The NW compass that points to the NW.

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My Dad retired from NW after 31 years. I really missed the old Republic duck logo. He was Republic before the merger…so I was more used to the duck.

I’d also like to add, the hybrid Republic / Southern a/c at IAD where my Dad worked.:

airliners.net/photo/Republic … 1476588/M/

airliners.net/photo/Republic … 1167101/M/

Another hybrid I never got to see:

airliners.net/photo/Republic … 1171896/M/

Pre Northwest Orient-merger:

airliners.net/photo/Republic … 1139634/M/

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Hmmmm… KSAN mean you did?

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Sorry I can see where I typed that line could be confusing, the first link with the Southern / Republic hybrid is at IAD.

p.s. I choose the SAN pic, because my kids were going nutz and I just wanted to post the thread… :smiling_imp: Summer!! :stuck_out_tongue: 8)

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This experimental scheme was done after the “Bowling Shoe” was introduced, which was 1990 or 1991.