Virgin Australia's first 773ER breathes life....photo incl.

[Shameel Kumar]

I did a quick edit of that photo which Scott L. posted (the one taken by Matt Cawby) of VA's 77W fully painted. Just tweaked the size of the titles to what I feel would have been absolutely perfect.

[Shameel Kumar]

And now a goofy Photoshop edit of it in flight

(..and yes I know the lighting direction is all off.. hence 'goofy')

[Lukas M]

A photo from Paine-Field:

http://microvoltradio.com/images/kpae3972.jpg

Amazing...

[Shameel Kumar]

Originally Posted by Lukas M

A photo from Paine-Field:

http://microvoltradio.com/images/kpae3972.jpg

Amazing...

Amazing indeed!! Just look at the different aircraft there:

747-400, 747LCF, a section of the 787, that one-off 767-300"LR", 767,300ER, 777-200ER, 777-200LR and the 777-300ER... talk about a Boeing widebody spotter's dream!!

Then you've got the Dreamlifter representing North America, the TAM 77Ws for South America, ...EK and QR for the Middle East, ...JAL, CX, Asiana and JAL for Asia, and of course VA's new baby representing Australia/Oceania.

What a place!!

[John C]

there is a B52 in the background there as well

[Torin Wilson]

Originally Posted by Shameel Kumar

that one-off 767-300"LR"

767-400ER, which was to be the E-10A.

[Montague S]

just caught a glimpse of the V Australia ad on CH7...

[Shameel Kumar]

there is a B52 in the background there as well

Originally Posted by Torin Wilson

767-400ER, which was to be the E-10A.

My bad x 2.


Sitting alongside those other liveries, in all honesty that VA livery looks great. The long light-silver color looks great on Virgin Atlantic's A340's, and it also looks great on the 77W. The lighter silver shapes like the Union Jack and stars along the rear-half of the fuselage add something extra interesting to look at. Just those titles are a bit too small...but overall that livery looks beautiful. Just imagine that silver color on a beautiful afternoon sunset with the yellow-orange-pink light reflecting of that long 77W fuselage and those massive GE90-115Bs.

Only thing that livery lacks is some sort of iconic instant-recognition. Qantas has the Kangaroo, Singapore has their bird, Virgin Atlantic has the 'Virgin' writing, BA has their waving-flag look, TG with their purple colour and symbol, AC with the maple leaf, ...and many other airlines have that instantly recognisable tail or symbol... while VA lacks that eventhough it has the Southern Cross on its tail.

Just to let everyone know.. a little birdie sent me a few photos of this plane while it was in the paintshop....and the belly of the aircraft has a big red 'V' painted on much like JQ and EK have their logo/symbol on the belly. Instantly recognisable from below.

[Bernie P]

Originally Posted by Shameel Kumar

Just to let everyone know.. a little birdie sent me a few photos of this plane while it was in the paintshop....and the belly of the aircraft has a big red 'V' painted on much like JQ and EK have their logo/symbol on the belly. Instantly recognisable from below.

Well, are you going to share??? Please share...

[Scott Lindsell]

Originally Posted by Shameel Kumar

Amazing indeed!! Just look at the different aircraft there:

747-400, 747LCF, a section of the 787, that one-off 767-300"LR", 767,300ER, 777-200ER, 777-200LR and the 777-300ER... talk about a Boeing widebody spotter's dream!!

Then you've got the Dreamlifter representing North America, the TAM 77Ws for South America, ...EK and QR for the Middle East, ...JAL, CX, Asiana and JAL for Asia, and of course VA's new baby representing Australia/Oceania.

What a place!!

Forget that, between the two EK's is Mt. Rainier with a lenticular cloud sitting atop