There are a litany of past or defunct airlines with great liveries which either went out of business or were absorbed by other carriers through take-over or de-regulation.
The RETRO ZIBO project is a way to remember those legacy liveries by painting them on the most prolific X-Plane modification, the venerable ZIBOMOD 737-800.
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PLEASE NOTE: THE RETRO ZIBO Project is a creation of BRAVO 737. Although the project does utilize the ZIBOMOD, it is not connected with, nor in collaboration with the creators of the ZIBOMOD or it's system. As flight simmers, we are grateful for their work and providing an open source system for use all to utilize. Donations to BRAVO 737 are for our work on the research, paint and production of designs only. Files included are repaints only. You will need to have the ZIBO 737 in your aircraft files.
UNITED AIRLINES
1974 Livery
United Airlines, Inc. (commonly referred to as United) is a major American airline headquartered at Willis Tower in Chicago, Illinois. United operates a large domestic and international route network spanning cities large and small across the United States and all six continents. Measured by fleet size and the number of routes, it is the third-largest airline in the world.
United has eight hubs, with Chicago–O'Hare being its largest in terms of passengers carried and the number of departures. It is a founding member of the Star Alliance, the world's largest airline alliance with a total of 28 member airlines. Regional service is operated by independent carriers under the brand name United Express. United was established by the amalgamation of several airlines in the late 1920s, the oldest of these being Varney Air Lines, which was founded in 1926.
COMPATIBILITY: These livery files are compatible with XP 11 and XP 12.
ALLEGHENY AIRLINES
1974-1979 Livery
Allegheny Airlines was a U.S. airline that operated out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, from 1952 to 1979 with routes primarily located in the eastern U.S. It was the forerunner of USAir which was subsequently renamed US Airways, which itself merged with American Airlines
PACIFIC SOUTHWEST AIRLINES
1970s Livery
Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) was a United States airline headquartered in San Diego, California, that operated from 1949 to 1988. It was the first large discount airline in the United States. PSA called itself "The World's Friendliest Airline" and painted a smile on the nose of its airplanes, the PSA Grinningbirds. Opinion L.A. of the Los Angeles Times called PSA "practically the unofficial flag carrier airline of California for almost forty years."
The airline initially operated as an intrastate airline wholly within the state of California. This strategy which avoided the steep costs from federal regulation would later serve as the model for Southwest Airlines, doing in Texas what PSA had done in California. After the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978, PSA expanded to cities in other western states, and eventually to several cities in Mexico.
COMPATIBILITY: These livery files are compatible with XP 11 and XP 12.
Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) was a United States airline headquartered in San Diego, California, that operated from 1949 to 1988. It was the first large discount airline in the United States. PSA called itself "The World's Friendliest Airline" and painted a smile on the nose of its airplanes, the PSA Grinningbirds. Opinion L.A. of the Los Angeles Times called PSA "practically the unofficial flag carrier airline of California for almost forty years."
The airline initially operated as an intrastate airline wholly within the state of California. This strategy which avoided the steep costs from federal regulation would later serve as the model for Southwest Airlines, doing in Texas what PSA had done in California. After the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978, PSA expanded to cities in other western states, and eventually to several cities in Mexico.
PACIFIC SOUTHWEST AIRLINES
1980s Livery
COMPATIBILITY: These livery files are compatible with XP 11 and XP 12.
EASTERN AIRLINES
1970s Livery
Eastern Air Lines, also colloquially known as Eastern, was a major American airline from 1926 to 1991. Before its dissolution, it was headquartered at Miami International Airport in an unincorporated area of Miami-Dade County, Florida.
Eastern was one of the "Big Four" domestic airlines created by the Spoils Conferences of 1930, and was headed by World War I flying ace Eddie Rickenbacker in its early years. It had a near monopoly in air travel between New York and Florida from the 1930s until the 1950s and dominated this market for decades afterward.
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, during the deregulation, labor disputes and high debt loads strained the company under the leadership of former astronaut Frank Borman. Frank Lorenzo acquired Eastern in 1985 and moved many of its assets to his other airlines, including Continental Airlines and Texas Air. After continued labor disputes and a crippling strike in 1989, Eastern ran out of money and was liquidated in 1991.
COMPATIBILITY: These livery files are compatible with XP 11 and XP 12.
EASTERN AIRLINES
1980s Livery
Eastern Air Lines, also colloquially known as Eastern, was a major American airline from 1926 to 1991. Before its dissolution, it was headquartered at Miami International Airport in an unincorporated area of Miami-Dade County, Florida.
Eastern was one of the "Big Four" domestic airlines created by the Spoils Conferences of 1930, and was headed by World War I flying ace Eddie Rickenbacker in its early years. It had a near monopoly in air travel between New York and Florida from the 1930s until the 1950s and dominated this market for decades afterward.
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, during the deregulation, labor disputes and high debt loads strained the company under the leadership of former astronaut Frank Borman. Frank Lorenzo acquired Eastern in 1985 and moved many of its assets to his other airlines, including Continental Airlines and Texas Air. After continued labor disputes and a crippling strike in 1989, Eastern ran out of money and was liquidated in 1991.
COMPATIBILITY: These livery files are compatible with XP 11 and XP 12.
PIEDMONT AIRLINES
1979-1989 Livery
Piedmont Airlines was a United States airline from 1948 to 1989, when it was acquired by and merged into USAir. Its headquarters were at One Piedmont Plaza in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, a building that is now part of Wake Forest University.
In April 1989, shortly before it merged into USAir, Piedmont had 22,000 employees. In September 1988 it flew to 95 airports from hubs in the eastern United States; its commuter and regional affiliates flew turboprop aircraft via code sharing agreements to 39 more airports.
COMPATIBILITY: These livery files are compatible with XP 11 and XP 12.
OZARK AIR LINES
1979-1986 Livery
Ozark Air Lines was an airline that operated in the United States from 1950 until 1986 when it was purchased by Trans World Airlines (TWA).
In 2001, TWA was merged into American Airlines. A smaller regional airline that used the Ozark name (and whose operating certificate was purchased by Great Plains Airlines) operated in 2000–2001. From 1950 until 1986 Ozark's headquarters was located at St. Louis Lambert International Airport.
COMPATIBILITY: These livery files are compatible with XP 11 and XP 12.
TEXAS INTERNATIONAL
1973-1982 Livery
Texas International Airlines Inc. was a United States airline, known from 1940 until 1947 as Aviation Enterprises, until 1969 as Trans-Texas Airways (TTA), and as Texas International Airlines until 1982, when it merged with Continental Airlines. It was headquartered near William P. Hobby Airport in Houston, Texas.
Following the name change to Texas International, the airline's early livery consisted of a dark purple cheatlineabove the windows leading up into three branches on the tail, which in 1973 was changed to a thick red cheatline across the windows on a white fuselage, along with a Columbia blue cheatline with a large white star on a blue tail.
COMPATIBILITY: These livery files are compatible with XP 11 and XP 12.
TRANS WORLD AIRLINES
1962-1975 Twin Globe Livery
The TWA jet delivery scheme gained a minor update in April 1962 with the creation of the twin-globes design around the base TWA tail titles. The rest of the scheme was kept broadly the same as previous years.
Interestingly as well as being the livery that would be introduced on the new DC-9s, 727-100/200s, 747s and L-1011s it was also applied to some of the Lockheed L-749 Constellations (which by this time had also been equipped with radar). No L-1049s, L-1649s or Martins would wear this scheme.
COMPATIBILITY: These livery files are compatible with XP 11 and XP 12.
PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS
1976-1984 Livery
The arrival of the first Boeing 747SPs signaled another update to the simple Globe livery, which had remained basically unchanged since 1958. Yet again major change was avoided and instead the Globe scheme was simply modified to fit the 747s better.
Changes were limited to larger black PAN AM titles using the modified font with less spacing between the letters and blue cheatline terminating at the radome on the 747s, Clipper titles in a script font, the flag on the tail enlarged and slanted.
This scheme was worn by the new Boeing 747SPs and Lockheed Tristar 500s as well as the 707s, 727s, 737-200s, 747s and DC-10s, the latter inherited from National.
COMPATIBILITY: These livery files are compatible with XP 11 and XP 12.
PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS
1984-1991 Billboard Livery
Following its dalliance with the experimental schemes Pan Am switched to full billboard titles on a white fuselage. All the new Airbus A300s and A310s were delivered in this scheme, which was also worn by the 747-100/200, 747SPs, 727-200s and remaining 737-200s.
The Airbuses had an all white fuselage whilst the Boeings kept a natural metal belly. The livery was also worn by the Dash-7s and ATR-42s of Pan Am Express (formerly Ransome Airlines)
COMPATIBILITY: These livery files are compatible with XP 11 and XP 12.
WESTERN AIRLINES
1961-1971: Three-stripe Chieftain Livery
The first Boeing 720s, delivered in April 1961, wore a new version of the indian-head scheme. The cheatline/headdress was simplified with only three thin stripes and the red line at the forward edge now extended forward to the nosecone. On the tail the rounded red region became squarer turning it into a wedge.
This scheme was worn for a decade by the DC-6Bs, Electras, Boeing 707s, 720s, 727-200s and 737-200s. It was also worn by the pair of Lockheed Constellations acquired in the 1967 purchase of Pacific Northern.
The 727s were unique in having the red wedge high on the tail above the centre engine.
COMPATIBILITY: These livery files are compatible with XP 11 and XP 12.
WESTERN AIRLINES
1970-1985: Flying Swizzle Stick Livery
Designed by Lippincott and Margulies Inc of New York the scheme featured and almost all white fuselage, with just a small patch of natural metal running under the belly. Simple diagonal 'Western' titles feature on the tail and are repeated above the red cheatline which ends prior to the L1 passenger door in a large red W. The scheme was called the 'Flying W' but gained the nickname the 'Swizzlestick' thanks to the chatlines similarity to the stirring sticks used in hot drinks. Western actually made a swizzlestick version itself.
The scheme was introduced at the end of 1970 on the Boeing 720 N3167, which did not have the later standard small black nosecone. The livery was worn by the 707s, 720s, 727-200s, 737-200s and DC-10-10/30s.
COMPATIBILITY: These livery files are compatible with XP 11 and XP 12.
HUGHES AIRWEST
1970s Livery
Hughes Airwest's planes were recognizable by their banana-yellow fuselage and tail colors. Their airplanes were often dubbed "flying bananas" and the airline launched an advertising campaign with the catchphrase "Top Banana in the West." Apart from their all-yellow scheme, the airplanes also featured a blue logo on the vertical stabilizer (tail) that resembled three diamonds connected (possibly a reference to the initials of Howard Hughes). The name Hughes Airwest, in stylized lettering, was featured unconventionally below the front passenger windows. This livery was devised by the southern California design firm of Mario Armond Zamparelli.
After the sale in October 1980 the all-yellow paint scheme was gradually replaced by Republic's white with blue and green trim, and the mallard "Herman the Duck."
COMPATIBILITY: These livery files are compatible with XP 11 and XP 12.
