Ever since Boeing confirmed that the first six 787 test aircraft were no longer assigned to airline customers, I’ve wondered about what Boeing will paint the five Dreamliners that were supposed to wear the colors of their future customers. The liveries of ANA, Northwest and RAM were to adorn the composite fuselages of ZA002 through ZA006. I asked Boeing yesterday if a decision had been made on the external look of these aircraft for the flight test program. The answer, put simply, was TBD.
With this in mind, I brainstormed a bit and came up with what follows below. What better way to display the 787s than with a visual homage to the seven-series aircraft that came before?
From top to bottom: 787 Dreamliner, Dash 80, 757/767/777/717, 747, 737, 707
(Yes, I know there’s no 727 – It was between Dash 80 and 727, and I picked Dash 80.)
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