@@jovanholland36 they couldn’t as the aircraft are now being made with carbon fiber etc. I did read that the old md-80s will remain the classic aluminum look.
Air India's old livery had a very unique cheatline. The windows were surrounded by a bezel that resembled an old Indian Palace. Above and below the windows were red stripes. The cheatline went well with the Maharajaesque service in the flights.
@@jovanholland36 and the good news is, G-BYGC (The BOAC Retro 747-400) is preserved in St. Athan Airfield. If you get the chance, visit the place and you'll see it up close.
I can't believe no one's mentioned Alaska Airlines' cheatlines! They had a few throughout the years, but my favorite has to be the classic black and green (or black and red for 2000s era Horizon) on a white background. Simple, but instantly recognizable as Alaska.
I absolutely LOVE the bare aluminum and "hockey stick" blue lines of Eastern on the TriStar, such a beautiful and iconic look on an equally beautiful and iconic jet.
I miss the cheatline liveries of Northwest Airlines (the latest livery before merging with Delta Airlines), Continental Airlines (both black and red meatball logo), TWA (the later livery before they went bankrupt, and merged with American Airlines), Pan Am (Both liveries), American Airlines (bare metal), United Airlines (Tulip), and Delta Airlines (the widget livery).
I always loved the Northwest Orient Airlines livery which was equally as radical as the UTA livery which was an early introduction to the euro white trend but with a navy blue tail highlighting goofy green doors on the fuselage.
Honestly, I agree with the cheatline staying, I just agree with the decision to make the logo look a little more minimalistic to stay with today's standard's, but could've made the cheatline more saturated. With the old livery, I just didn't completely like that weird silver thing.
@@mangobaby_videoshonestly when I look at the livery on the new American Airlines I just can’t quite see a good cheat line working, maybe a darker silver but that probably it also I’m sorry but I just absolutely hate billboard liveries, I think they only work good on long jets like the 747, 777-300er, 767-400, and 787-9/10
Yepp.. PSA represent the "good ole days" feeling.. whenever you see a picture of PSA fleet with the "smile" on the radome, that nostalgic feeling hits right away 😊
I miss Philippine Airlines' blue and red cheatline prior to their 1986 Eurowhite Livery. It would have looked smashing on their A350s as it did on the A300s
I also miss the personalised stickers from the 80’s airliners like PAL with their A300 Lovebus, National with their sunshine cheat line + fly me stickers and SIA who never abandoned their cheat line and used to promote in the early 80’s their expanding route network with the catchy stickers, California here we come…
American Airlines’ old cheatline livery was just pure art, exactly what I visualized of American Airlines as a kid. And I’m saying this as a Gen Z who was a baby/toddler when the old livery was the standard. When I went to America I wanted to ride a plane with that livery Also my fav cheatline is Singapore Airlines cuz it’s just so SA
In no particular order: Trans-Canada Airlines, Air Canada's red cheatline and tail, Eastern's 'hockey stick', TWA, older Pan Am, Western (started as a large 'W' which became the cheatline).
LOT Polish Airlines' aircrafts used to have livery with large "LOT" logo in front section of fuselage and cheatline, both in dark blue. Well, this cheatline was removed in 2010 with introduction of new LOT's livery.
I like the Lufthansa cheatline of the 70's early 80's. Reminds me of when we would fly to Germany every summer and visit my cousins and grandparents. The same one you show at the end of the video.
I am a big fan of the JetBlue retro livery. I love the irony that they were not even around and they are creating their own retro brand image of what it might’ve looked had they been around back then.
Here was me thinking it was something super smart like it was to help rescuers quickly find windows and exits in the case of an accident. 'Course it comes back to vanity.
Real classic; I would say Delta’s “Classic Widget Dark Nose”. Something about the the paint scheme just did it for me. Now for throwbacks? I have to giving it to JetBlue. They made one up and it’s rocking!
Personally, SQ's cheatlines have always been iconic and only varied by a small amount since its introduction. I do like Air India's palace window cheatline, if you can even call it that
Most of the airlines should go back to the drawing board and redesign with inspiration from the past. I always like the retro liveries thrown onto a few aircraft for special occasion, but it would be nice if they incorporated some of that today onto all of their aircraft, but put a modern day spin on it. So many liveries now feel “corporate” and less inspirational. Thankfully, overall I think many are doing a much nicer job on the interior designs, like color schemes, materials and lighting. (Legroom not included.)
When i was younger I loved seeing American airlines old livery that was all bare metal look because I knew that it was a American airlines plane flying over head even at high altitude
I am a fan of the cheatline. My favourite has to be American Airlines, as it was a long lasting distinctive paint/polished aluminum scheme. Second favourite would have to be VARIG's 1970s blue and white cheatline. Air China stil sports a 1970s style cheatline livery to this day, which I think looks right smart on the 747-8 and the 777-300. Thanks for stirring up some memories of old.
You could always spot the Air Zim planes at the airports in Europe because it stood out. It was one of the few that didnt have some shade of blue in their livery or cheatlines.
Southwest Airlines is doing some pretty great things with custom liveries these days. I saw an epic American Flag 737 at National airport in dc a few days ago
I've flown on one of the Qantas "retro roo" 737-800 aircraft. I think it's fun. The special event liveries like for the 100th anniversary of Qantas are cool too.
My favorite one was Eastern Airlines Hockey stick livery. The baby blue with the dark blue on the silver made it very appealing, very attractive to the eye. To me the silver was very striking and blues very hypnotic.
The other day I saw a quite nice thing. It was a 3D render of a plane with a tri-coloured cheatline, except that it was braided. Now that looked unique! Darned if I can ever find it again.
Earlier this year I flew in the Qantas 737-800 in their old livery, as was shown in this video. The livery is called "Retro-roo", which stands for "retrospective-kangaroo". Love it.
The Vietnam Airlines gold cheatline contrasting with their stunning turquoise livery is definitely among the best modern interpretations of the design.
My favourite cheatline livery is definitely the old First Air livery. It had an astounding 4 lines to it. From top to bottom it went yellow, orange, pink/ salmon, purple, and just before the R1 and L1 doors the top sloped down into a point.
My favorite cheatlines on a plane are those currently on MEA airline’s A320 - 200 historical livery with a beautiful red stripe. A must see for all plane spotters!
I iiked Aerolineas Argentinas late 1970s to late 1990s livery with the cheatline expanding into the company's initials on the tail. When they came out with the new livery a lot of people hated it. I don't dislike it, but it honestly took me sometime to get used to it.
I liked everything about American's old livery: the font, the stripes, and the bare metal.
So did I! The shiny bare metal made the American jets really stand out. It looked almost like chrome.
Mmmm… CHROOOOME!
Wouldn't work quite aswell with new composite fuselage 😅 would be quite an interesting look.
They should have kept it
Did they change it ?
@@jovanholland36 they couldn’t as the aircraft are now being made with carbon fiber etc. I did read that the old md-80s will remain the classic aluminum look.
Air India's old livery had a very unique cheatline. The windows were surrounded by a bezel that resembled an old Indian Palace. Above and below the windows were red stripes.
The cheatline went well with the Maharajaesque service in the flights.
Oh, ya, the "Palace in the Sky"!
True! I just ordered an Air India 747 to add to my collection. I love the look of that livery.
It was very evocative, of that lovely architecture, found in India!
@@mikecallesen3508 yes. Very common across the country, particularly in Rajasthan also known as the land of the kings.
The BOAC livery was beautiful, including that cheatline. The retro version on the 747 was wonderful.
BOAC is my favorite retro
@@jovanholland36 and the good news is, G-BYGC (The BOAC Retro 747-400) is preserved in St. Athan Airfield. If you get the chance, visit the place and you'll see it up close.
I can't believe no one's mentioned Alaska Airlines' cheatlines! They had a few throughout the years, but my favorite has to be the classic black and green (or black and red for 2000s era Horizon) on a white background. Simple, but instantly recognizable as Alaska.
I absolutely LOVE the bare aluminum and "hockey stick" blue lines of Eastern on the TriStar, such a beautiful and iconic look on an equally beautiful and iconic jet.
retro liveries are so cool
TWA had a great livery with its cheat line.
This person has the nicest and polite voice ever
And he rarely says ‘planes’. M.
@@rovercoupe7104 it’s because of the grammar rules
Seeing the livery of Eastern made me so happy. I remember very well flying with them as a child. ❤️
I agree! Their hub in Miami was awesome for plane spotters…it’s a shame both, Pan Am and Eastern Airlines went bankrupt!
I like Pan Am's cheatline livery, what they used in the 50's
I miss the cheatline liveries of Northwest Airlines (the latest livery before merging with Delta Airlines), Continental Airlines (both black and red meatball logo), TWA (the later livery before they went bankrupt, and merged with American Airlines), Pan Am (Both liveries), American Airlines (bare metal), United Airlines (Tulip), and Delta Airlines (the widget livery).
I always loved the Northwest Orient Airlines livery which was equally as radical as the UTA livery which was an early introduction to the euro white trend but with a navy blue tail highlighting goofy green doors on the fuselage.
Boac's cheatline was gorgeous
BOAC's entire livery was gorgeous.
The Golden Speedbird livery worked best on the VC10 but the 707 also looked impressive.
Favorite cheatline livery is Singapore Airlines.
Can you make a video about wing tips and their differences?
I was very happy to see JAL go back to their retro livery with the crane on the tail.
Me Too.
Yes. The JAL crane stands out.
I like it too. I like the fact that "Japan Airlines" is spelled out and not just "JAL". I also like their livery from 2002-2011, The Arc of the Sun.
I am a huge fan when it comes to cheatlines, that’s something I wish American could’ve kept with their new livery
Honestly, I agree with the cheatline staying, I just agree with the decision to make the logo look a little more minimalistic to stay with today's standard's, but could've made the cheatline more saturated. With the old livery, I just didn't completely like that weird silver thing.
@@mangobaby_videoshonestly when I look at the livery on the new American Airlines I just can’t quite see a good cheat line working, maybe a darker silver but that probably it also I’m sorry but I just absolutely hate billboard liveries, I think they only work good on long jets like the 747, 777-300er, 767-400, and 787-9/10
@@thespeedypatriot6201 ok
I'm in love with all varieties of British Airways (including BOAC and BEA) liveries. Their designers had a brilliant taste
It feels funny seeing an A320 family aircraft looking like a Comet
BOAC's livery on the Comet was always a favorite of mine.
I saw the retro-painted Lufthansa B747-8 when I was planespotting at Frankfurt about 2 years ago. Quite a sight I must say.
She's a beauty alright! I got to fly on her from Frankfurt to São Paulo pre COVID. Long live the Queen of the Skies!
I would go with TWA, very simple and stood out...
“Jet airways had this partial cheat line on its 777s” shows a jet airways a330🤦
Quick Answer: Something that should’ve never been replaced on airline liveries.
Agreed
Absolutely true.
In my opinion, I think they look rather outdated and tacky. But, it is nice to see on retro liveries.
OK Boomer
I wholeheartedly agree
I’m not sure if the PSA one counts but if it does I’m going for that it was gorgeous and the smile on the front made it look better :D
Yepp.. PSA represent the "good ole days" feeling.. whenever you see a picture of PSA fleet with the "smile" on the radome, that nostalgic feeling hits right away 😊
@@hilman94 exactly the smile was such a nice touch
What is PSA? I’m new to all this plane stuff lol
@@prepperjonpnw6482 was a former airline up until 1988 they were fantastic
There's just something about retro liveries on modern jets that drive me nuts. Absolutely LOVE them. I don't think I've seen a bad one.
Aer lingus retro cheat line livery is my favourite
I miss Philippine Airlines' blue and red cheatline prior to their 1986 Eurowhite Livery. It would have looked smashing on their A350s as it did on the A300s
I also miss the personalised stickers from the 80’s airliners like PAL with their A300 Lovebus, National with their sunshine cheat line + fly me stickers and SIA who never abandoned their cheat line and used to promote in the early 80’s their expanding route network with the catchy stickers, California here we come…
I’ve seen a BOAC 747-400 landing at Dulles once…absolutely BEAUTIFUL! My favorite cheatline livery is the American Airlines 1963 livery
I like the old SAS viking themed line the most.
I see you were first with that choice!
I loved the TWA classic red cheatline livery and my favorite QANTAS’ “Retro Roo” 737 cheatline livery shown at 2:44!!! 👍😎🥂
American Airlines’ old cheatline livery was just pure art, exactly what I visualized of American Airlines as a kid. And I’m saying this as a Gen Z who was a baby/toddler when the old livery was the standard. When I went to America I wanted to ride a plane with that livery
Also my fav cheatline is Singapore Airlines cuz it’s just so SA
I like retro Lufthansa 747-8 ❤
In no particular order: Trans-Canada Airlines, Air Canada's red cheatline and tail, Eastern's 'hockey stick', TWA, older Pan Am, Western (started as a large 'W' which became the cheatline).
Lufthansa 747-8i and El Al 787-9 would be my favourites. Stunning liveries.
My favourite is the qantas retro roo 2 livery on the 737-800. It's a unique representation of the first jetliner qantas ever had which was the 707
LOT Polish Airlines' aircrafts used to have livery with large "LOT" logo in front section of fuselage and cheatline, both in dark blue. Well, this cheatline was removed in 2010 with introduction of new LOT's livery.
I really liked the BOAC livery with the cheatline, very good.
I like the Lufthansa cheatline of the 70's early 80's. Reminds me of when we would fly to Germany every summer and visit my cousins and grandparents. The same one you show at the end of the video.
I LOVE the QANTAS "Retro Roo" liveries! I have a preference for the first retro roo but the second scheme absolutely comes a close second place
I am a big fan of the JetBlue retro livery.
I love the irony that they were not even around and they are creating their own retro brand image of what it might’ve looked had they been around back then.
Eastern Hockey Sticks with Caribbean and Ionosphere blues was my favorite.
Not exactly a cheat line. But Air India kind of glorified and glorifies individual windows with a Design!
It's a real pain when trying to develop a livery though
Yes. I love that livery.
Here was me thinking it was something super smart like it was to help rescuers quickly find windows and exits in the case of an accident.
'Course it comes back to vanity.
The American Airlines bare metal livery was the goat
I wish they had never changed from the bare metal livery. It was so iconic.
They had to, modern aircraft panels are composite, not aluminum, so they have to paint it.
I love the Turkish Airlines retro cheatline livery, namely for the inclusion of the three letter designator and Turkish translation
Agreed!
Cheatlines should make a comeback in new liveries to differentiate airline branding from the euro white trend.
Real classic; I would say Delta’s “Classic Widget Dark Nose”. Something about the the paint scheme just did it for me.
Now for throwbacks? I have to giving it to JetBlue. They made one up and it’s rocking!
I have to say the BOAC livery, is still the one, most evocative, of the era of luxurious air travel!
Personally, SQ's cheatlines have always been iconic and only varied by a small amount since its introduction. I do like Air India's palace window cheatline, if you can even call it that
My favourite cheatline is the old Thai Airways livery
my fav livery off all time, it’s so clean
I also have a soft spot for Saudia in the 70’s and early 80’s and their green / blue cheat line
Most of the airlines should go back to the drawing board and redesign with inspiration from the past. I always like the retro liveries thrown onto a few aircraft for special occasion, but it would be nice if they incorporated some of that today onto all of their aircraft, but put a modern day spin on it. So many liveries now feel “corporate” and less inspirational. Thankfully, overall I think many are doing a much nicer job on the interior designs, like color schemes, materials and lighting. (Legroom not included.)
Thank you for this comment.
It's just plain cheaper to paint the whole thing white. And then leave the coloring to kids. Planes should look bold and proud again.🐁
I am loving the use of the Mandalorian theme song in the background music here!
When i was younger I loved seeing American airlines old livery that was all bare metal look because I knew that it was a American airlines plane flying over head even at high altitude
Mexicana's gold cheat line with the polished belly was the most beautiful 😍
agreed - a truly golden era for airline liveries
I am a fan of the cheatline. My favourite has to be American Airlines, as it was a long lasting distinctive paint/polished aluminum scheme. Second favourite would have to be VARIG's 1970s blue and white cheatline. Air China stil sports a 1970s style cheatline livery to this day, which I think looks right smart on the 747-8 and the 777-300. Thanks for stirring up some memories of old.
Everything about Aloha Airlines was nice.
Air Zimbabwe's Old Livery Also Had A Cheat line (hockey Stick version) in Yellow, Red, Green and Black.
You could always spot the Air Zim planes at the airports in Europe because it stood out. It was one of the few that didnt have some shade of blue in their livery or cheatlines.
Air India. Taj Mahal design around the windows
Southwest Airlines is doing some pretty great things with custom liveries these days. I saw an epic American Flag 737 at National airport in dc a few days ago
I like so much the retro livery of Gulf Air on the 787-9 and the a321neo
Old KLM with a dark blue line over the windows and recent Singapore Airlines are the best cheatlines.
OF COURSE, my absolute favorite (cheatline) livery is Deltas Widget Livery.
747-8 Retro Livery😍😍 Lufthansa
It’s weird I’ve never been on a plane but I love them
I truly hope you get to fly someday. I've flown over a half a million miles and for me, the magic of flught is always there!
I've flown on one of the Qantas "retro roo" 737-800 aircraft. I think it's fun. The special event liveries like for the 100th anniversary of Qantas are cool too.
I Like Varig Brasilian Airlines cheatline
Yes, that was nice.
I love the retro liveries, my favourite has to be the British airways a319 with the BAE livery
Bring back the Cheatline!
I just love the retro liveries
I'd never thought about it, but I really like them! Especially the old, nice, clean, straight ones. That American Airlines livery was Awesome!!
My favorite one was Eastern Airlines Hockey stick livery. The baby blue with the dark blue on the silver made it very appealing, very attractive to the eye. To me the silver was very striking and blues very hypnotic.
I love the retro Aer Lingus livery
Not a cheat line but I remember fondly the smiles painted on the front of PSA jets. 😊 Always made me smile too.
That BOAC 747 in retro livery is/was stunning
The other day I saw a quite nice thing. It was a 3D render of a plane with a tri-coloured cheatline, except that it was braided. Now that looked unique! Darned if I can ever find it again.
Earlier this year I flew in the Qantas 737-800 in their old livery, as was shown in this video. The livery is called "Retro-roo", which stands for "retrospective-kangaroo". Love it.
Delta Air Lines cheatline livery with the black nose and logo aft of the cockpit windows…hard to beat!
AA old livery was my favorite.
Surely Singapore Airlines has one of the most elegant cheatlines?
The final BOAC cheatline livery is my favourite, especially painted on a VC10
My 2 favorite cheatline liveries were Delta Airlines classic widget livery and Eastern Airlines hockey stick livery 💙💙💙💙🖤🖤🖤🖤🤍🤍🤍🤍
TransCanada a220 livery is amazing
My favorite cheatline livery is Tarom retro livery B737-700 YR-BGG
The Vietnam Airlines gold cheatline contrasting with their stunning turquoise livery is definitely among the best modern interpretations of the design.
Air Malta's old livery is one of my favourites
My favourite cheatline livery is definitely the old First Air livery. It had an astounding 4 lines to it. From top to bottom it went yellow, orange, pink/ salmon, purple, and just before the R1 and L1 doors the top sloped down into a point.
You missed Continental Airlines livery from late 70's
Favorite is air india 747 cheatline
My favorite cheatlines on a plane are those currently on MEA airline’s A320 - 200 historical livery with a beautiful red stripe. A must see for all plane spotters!
I iiked Aerolineas Argentinas late 1970s to late 1990s livery with the cheatline expanding into the company's initials on the tail. When they came out with the new livery a lot of people hated it. I don't dislike it, but it honestly took me sometime to get used to it.
B767-300 with AA classic livery is my favorite cheatline!
The lesser-known 2000s Varig 747 livery is fabulous.
My dad was the mechanic responsible for looking after the Qantas 737-800 when it was having it's retro livery applied
How was I not subscribed to your channel?! Thank you for reminding me to subscribe!
My favourite livery is KLM's Orange Pride livery. It too has a multi-coloured cheatline.
Big fan of the Western Airlines big "W" that extended back to the rear of the aircraft. w--------------------
Never heard of this word, Thanks for the information
Personally I love out of all the ones flying today the 747-8 retro for Lufthansa I think it’s just bc it’s a queen but u never know
United Airlines was my favorite cheat line Livery from back when it had the rainbow like colors
Garuda “Hockey Stick” is my favourite
RCAF red lightening bolt for Air Transport Command is a classic!👍
Every cheat line is my favorite livery not the present livery
My fav cheatline livery is the Monarch one used until 2002