retro livery
A historic paint scheme reapplied to a current aircraft, usually for an anniversary.
Also written
heritage livery
Retros are the most photographed of the specials, because they put an old identity on a modern airframe — a shape that never wore that scheme in period. Several airlines maintain a small heritage fleet of them permanently.
Nearby in Aviation
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- registration — The unique alphanumeric identity painted on an airframe, allocated by its country of registry.
- rotate — Raising the nose at VR to lift the aircraft off the runway.
- runway — The prepared strip an aircraft takes off from and lands on, numbered by its magnetic heading rounded to the nearest ten degrees.