11/3/2023 0 Comments Gemini jets 747 400![]() In fact, it ordered its first 16 of the series 400 as early as Augwell before it flew for the first time. Photo credit British Airwaysīritish Airways was an early customer for the Boeing 747-400, having long ago forgotten the service entry issues it had with the original 747s, not due to the aircraft, that saw them languish on the ground at Heathrow for nearly a year. It’s replacement in 1997 by the Utopia scheme was not welcomed by many, including famously Margaret Thatcher herself. The scheme clearly riffed on the previous BA livery but updated it to make a more business-like scheme suitable for Thatcher’s Britain. It has become famous as the Landor livery despite Landor Associates being responsible for more than thirty of the world’s most famous liveries since the late 60s. The Landor scheme is perhaps BA’s most popular livery and was unveiled in December 1984 to replace the Negus & Negus livery, which BA had worn since its formation in 1974. ![]() British Airways has certainly made ‘hay while the sun shines’ and the BA Landor scheme 747-436 was the third of the four retro-jets produced, three of which have been 747-400s. Retrojets have become increasingly common and an excellent way for an airline to get some positive publicity while also shouting out their heritage. The 100 th anniversary of British Airways (or at least the airlines that went on to form BA anyway) has been a boon to model makers since not only does BA have some of the most popular liveries of all time in its back catalogue but the enthusiast has now got to see them on some more modern aircraft types. As such, and due to the paucity of Landor 747s floating around, I’m more than happy to add it to my collection. In effect it is a retro-jet that isn’t a retrojet. The chink in my collecting armour came with this model as it represents a current aircraft wearing a retro-scheme that it, largely, wore earlier in its career. That isn’t a reflection on the models and several of the Gemini 747s and the Aeroclassics A319 looked good (the less said about the Phoenix attempts the better). I have been tempted by several of the recent British Airways heritage livery models, but post-2000 non-Chinese airlines are well outside my collection criteria so I have avoided them all until now.
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