Piedmont A/C in CLT

[LD3]

Heritage A/C sitting on D Con this morning....Looked neat..

 

[700UW]

Really cant tell much from the pic, but something does not look right.

 

[CLT-Douglas]

Two things actually from what I can tell

1. The real piedmont livery labeled the aircraft type below the logo on the tail.

2. I know US Airways is doing it to be uniform but making the font "US Airways" on the fusulage red would have made it look more like Piedmont.

 

[732guy]

Two things actually from what I can tell

1. The real piedmont livery labeled the aircraft type below the logo on the tail.

2. I know US Airways is doing it to be uniform but making the font "US Airways" on the fusulage red would have made it look more like Piedmont.

One correction: Piedmont didn't label every aircraft type on the tail. They only did that for the 737-300/400 and 767ER. 727s, 737-200s, and F28s did not have a label across the bottom of the tail.

 

[RowUnderDCA]

The blue doesn't look right and the speedbird is too high on the tail.

 

[700UW]

I agree the blue does look off.

The blue is the wrong color.

Amazing the last two planes are wrong, can anyone in management look at old photos?

 

[airport]

The blue doesn't look right and the speedbird is too high on the tail.

I can't tell for sure about the blue from the CLT photo, but the Speedbird looks about right. It always looked like it was a little high on the -200's. It looked more balanced when the aircraft type was added to the bottom of the fin on later models. I agree that a red US Airways would really make a big difference.

There is another photo of the plane posted on airliners.net. After looking at it, the blue definitely appears to be wrong:
LINK

 

[trvlr64]

here's a link to another picture of the new Piedmont plane.
It's the WRONG blue.....should be CAROLINA BLUE not light blue.

http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=1045...next_id=1045756

 

[700UW]

Yep the color is wrong.

Can anyone see what "pacemaker" it is, I can see some wording under the cockpit window.

Piedmont did not use Carolina Blue, go check the photo I posted, the blue is darker.

Piedmont 737

 

[airport]

Looks like "Philadelphia"

 

[RowUnderDCA]

I think the paint shop opened up a can of "PanAm" blue by mistake.

I see 'airports' point regarding the position of the speedbird. It probaly is just the geometry of the 319 compared to the 373 and 374s. Also notice how the stabilizer obstructs the cheatline on the 319, where it deftly goes under straight to the tail on the 37.

 

[acmech]

Can they get any of these retro planes done right the first time? what a waste of money to have to repaint these birds when they should have been painted right the first time around.

 

[700UW]

It is labeled the Piedmont Pacemaker, yet they use the wrong blue.

What a bunch of clowns, The PSA plane smile was wrong the AL plane was wrong now the PI Plane is wrong.

If Doug is a true leader the person in charge of the Heritage Plane program should be fired.

Real Paint Job

Real PI Paint Job Brand New

 

[trvlr64]

Piedmont did not use Carolina Blue, go check the photo I posted, the blue is darker.

I was making a humorous remark. When I lived in INT, everyone I worked with always said that God made the sky in Carolina Blue and that's the only true BLUE.




just a joke 700 B)

but yet, it is the wrong shade of blue on the new plane.

 

[ringmaruf]

Can they get any of these retro planes done right the first time? what a waste of money to have to repaint these birds when they should have been painted right the first time around.

Yeah, they got the HP right, it's only the 3 US planes they couldn't be bothered to care enough to get right. :down:

And you're right, it's not just caring to get it right to make people happy, but it's a horrible waste of money having to repaint the planes. I'll bet they've lost in the seven figures (i.e., over a million dollars) between paying for the second paint jobs and the lost revenue having the planes out of service for the time required for the second paint jobs.