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Originally Posted by garyw77
Interesting note on the Utopia tails that apart from the tails we saw, BA had commissioned and aquired three other tails for the fleet. 
These were to be: -
West Coast USA
The Cayman Islands
The Seychelles
The "World Tail" project was terminated before these had a chance to be implemented.
I have searched endlessly to try to find designs for these but without any luck so far, maybe i can dig something out when i visit the BA museum next month.  |
Uncanny Gary - the first custom liveries (to the best of my knowledge) were the TAA liveries of the early 1970's - Coral Islander on the DC-9 and Central Australian on the B727. What is not widely known is that there were originally FOUR custom liveries designed but the other 2 were never painted on aircraft. One of the two was of the Great Barrier Reef and the artwork has been preserved but the other has disappeared into obscurity. Now they would make great custom models! Sadly, most of the industry people from that era are no longer with us so it may be a mystery that is never solved.
PS - in an act of censorship, the couple walking down the beach on Coral Islander had to be repainted wearing Speedos! True story!