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On 12/31/2002 6:46:10 PM seattleflyer wrote:
Thank you very much for the reply and all the extra information. I figured it was, but what is odd about the timetable I have is that the cover is in the 'current' American Airlines fonts and colors. Did the new (current) livery come on line in the late 1960s? I have seen pics of those BAC111's in the 'old' what we call retro style livery with the oval, AA, and cool eagle. I think it had the red/orange lightning bolt, too, which i wish sometimes, were the current livery. (Don't get me wrong, the current one is a classic, and hope not to start a new thread on new liveries.)
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Yes, you are correct. The still-current AA color scheme was introduced in early 1969. The first aircraft in the new scheme (a 707 and a 727-023, IIRC) were rolled out at that time.
However, the timetables had switched over from the "Astrojet" colors to the new scheme the previous year, in 1968. At that same time the timetable format switched to an all-quick reference format. Prior to that, there was limited quick reference service in the front, and complete system schedules followed in the older 'railroadstyle' format.
As far as the BAC-111s, they were never repainted into the current scheme, as all were retired by the end of 1972.
The final aircraft to be repainted, aside from the BACs, were the early 727-223s (the N68xx series), which were delivered new in 1968-69, and thus were not repainted until they went in for heavy maintenance in the early '70s.
All of the 747s and DC-10s were delivered in the new colors, from 1970 and 1971 on, respectively.