Jap Air Strains tried out a lot of experimental schemes in 1964 earlier than selecting the well-known “hockey-stick” livery which endured, in a single type or one other, till the shut-down in 1991. This, nonetheless, is the ONLY shade {photograph} I’ve ever encountered displaying this design, the place the decrease “Ionosphere Blue” stripe diverges from the lighter “Caribbean Blue” stripe in the direction of the entrance of the plane. Once I not too long ago found this Nassau, Bahamas-shot of DC-8-51 “N8781R” I truly paid to have a print made up for my very own EAL assortment. I believe she was the one one of many legendary service’s plane painted up this manner and this look wasn’t round for lengthy. Jap’s factory-delivered DC-8’s, by the way in which, have been principally the -21/-61/-63 variants. 4 of the corporate’s 5 -51’s have been second-hand plane. On this uncommon picture please additionally discover the dearth of painted outlines for doorways and emergency exits. These outlines on U.S. transport plane wouldn’t be mandated by the FAA till July of 1966.
This entry was posted in All on July 11, 2025.
