Hi Herman - that's a very lovely colour scheme indeed! It looks lovely especially on the VC10's. BOAC's blue livery has always been a favourite of mine, especially the earlier ones from the late 50s to mid 60s.
My absolute favourite livery in terms of jetliners would be the new South African Airways livery for the airline's new 707 Intercontinental back in 1960. I remember reading that the new livery was considered by some to be too obnoxious as the livery was greatly inspired by South Africa's national "Oranje Blanje Blou" flag, but for a South African that new livery may have very well made one swell with pride!
Take a look:
Our new 707 sports an improved livery over the more conservative colours of older liners such as the DC-7 and Viscount. It's in our national colours now!
A bird's eye view of her splendor! It's even more quiet and vibration-free than the Viscount parked nearby...
We fly on to London! Our flying time have been reduced to 13 hours from the previous 18 hours. We still stop at familiar airports, but still...
Next is the British Overseas Airways Corporation livery of their newly purchased 707's circa 1960 (or 1963?), fitted with the Rolls-Royce Conway by-pass turbojets, a British heart for the American built jetliner.
Here she is among the other jet-powered aircraft.
Another view of this lovely jetliner.
And another!
On we fly to New York! Transatlantic flights have never been better! Sorry, De Havilland...
And third comes Civil Air Transport's livery for the Convair 880M. The thing handles like a rocket, and the
CIA plants passengers love the early arrival times. The pilots love them too, and I'm sure they love the livery. There's a very Eastern dragon motif just below the cockpit windows, and CAT's livery (used on older propliners) fits the Convair quite nicely.
Here's one parked at Taipei Airport's gates in Free China.
Another shot of this sleek jetliner.
The
CIA plants passengers must be very pleased with the faster arrival times, and arriving at Kai Tak in nearby Hong Kong
for MI6 rendezvous has never been quicker. The pilots need not worry about the time taken to avoid Occupied China's airspace.
Honourable mentions:
Saudi Arabian Airlines 720 livery - I like the colour green and the relatively simple livery of Saudia's predecessor. The font I also admire, even though the livery is somewhat less neat than other "greenish" liveries such as Zambia Airways.
DH Comet 4 livery from Aerolineas Argentinas - The blue livery matches well with the Comet's fuselage in my opinion.
I'd actually argue and say that this is my favourite livery of the 707, but I digress. The blue stripe that runs throughout the fuselage and the meatball at the tail is legendary. This Pan American World Airways livery is what brought in the golden days of the jet age. What a trip to have flown in Trippe's jetliners back in 1958!
And the last mention:
TWA's 707 livery of course! From 1959. The perfect counterpart to Pan Am's blue - red! A huge investment for Hughes' company that launched TWA into the jet age.
Regards
Andrew
/ The sun has set .... but the bird hasn't flown away 