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1973 - Boeing 727-200in WestwindIn many ways, the 1970s were the end of the golden age for Westwind. The 70s began with a bang as the DC-10 was delivered and then grounded several times in its early years due to various safety concerns. This significantly ext... |
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2023 - Boeing 737-700in Valiant AirwaysIt's Designtober everyone and you know what that means! This year's North American Design Competition (NADC) is hosted by Valiant who was coerced into painting an aircraft into a unique multicoloured scheme to commemorate the 2... |
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2007 - Airbus A320 - 'Support Our Naval Aviators' Specialsin WestwindThe tragic events of September 11 2001 revitalized Westwind’s visual and organisational commitment to the United States military. As a longtime military contractor, it was natural to collaborate on special campaign’s aimed at s... |
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Boeing 787-9in TempestAt the onset of the Coronavirus pandemic TGC saw a prime opportunity to accelerate a long rumored rebranding effort to phase out the Tango Global Capital name and brand identity in favor of a fresh and slick new corporate ident... |
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1991 - Boeing 777-200in TempestTango Global Airlines was the offshoot of Taiwanese megafirm Tango Global Capital founded in the mid 1980s. Tango Global Capital (TGC) was a firm with a rich history running all the way back to the war that made modern Taiwan w... |
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2004 - Boeing 777-200ERin WestwindWestwind found itself at the turn of the millennium in need of a worthy flagship to finish the job of retiring its DC-10 fleet, clean up after the MD-11's pathetic performance, and expand the carrier's horizons. Boeing's 767 ha... |
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1976 Boeing 727-200in Valiant AirwaysThe big corporate who haws at Ford and the Ford Family of Corporations had big plans for 1976. As one of America’s largest companies they wanted to make a show of their commitment to the United States and national pride for the... |
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1994 Boeing 757-200in Valiant AirwaysOne of many challenges facing Ford and Phil Skinner in their efforts to sell off Ford's passenger air carrying division was the fact that FAST's operations were very different from those of other American carriers. Analysts poi... |
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2009 Boeing 777-200ERin Valiant AirwaysValiant's fleet was substantially expanded by the Westwind acquisition. To match its new larger size and compensate for the lost Grand West Atlas liveries, management agreed to spend the late 2000s on a question to paint more a... |
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1988 - Fokker 100 and Fokker 70 Breeze Editionsin WestwindOne of many challenges that faced Westwind was the slow decline of its once flagship commuter services between San Francisco, San Diego, and Phoenix. Since the early 1950s, Westwind had served this corridor of service between i... |
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1988 - Boeing 767-300ERin WestwindSlow but measured long haul expansion was an important aspect of Westwind’s so called “Roadmap for the Turn of the Millennium”. A subset of this plan was a substantial expansion of the long-haul fleet. Westwind’s aging DC-10s w... |
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2017 - Present A32Nin HimmelbahnHimmelbahn was very proud of its modern livery. They viewed the new livery as a branding triumph as a simplistic but sleek update of its brand identity. Keen historians may notice that press releases lauded the 2005 livery with... |
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1969 - 1972 Concordein HimmelbahnAs a premier carrier representing a major German nation, Himmelbahn was basically expected to buy into the European supersonic megaproject. Aérospatiale BAC actually had to engage in a serious effort to induce the airline to bu... |
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