PSA's back with A319s...

[Juan Tugo]

...well, kind of.

US Airways has painted one of the 'buses in the PSA scheme...nice.

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1023023/L/

 

[ERfly]

That looks really good (right down to the PS tail number). However, the smile still looked better on the 80s and 727s.

 

[flyin4pennies]

What a waste of money!!! US has pilots on the street and their playing "musical paint jobs". Aholes

 

[SELCAL checks]

Nice. I'll bet PSA is now the only regional airline to have its logo displayed on the tail of its mainline partner.

 

[grog_sit_reserv]

What a waste of money!!! US has pilots on the street and their playing "musical paint jobs". Aholes

Lame! 55 recalled, more to come. Its a new plane, got to paint it somehow.

Nice. I'll bet PSA is now the only regional airline to have its logo displayed on the tail of its mainline partner.

Lol... Piedmont and Allhegeny to follow, not sure when. I like it, its a nice gesture to the history of this airline.

 

[81Horse]

I like it (my dad flew for PSA, back in the 20th century). I'm all for any airline honoring its own history.

The colors look off to me, though -- maybe it's just my screen.

 

[boost]

Check out this link...some real nice pics. Awwww the golden age of aviation!

www.catchoursmile.com

 

[81Horse]

That is a good site, boost. I noticed in their Guest Book that the retro PSA plane will go to San Diego this week. That'll make a few folks all teary-eyed.

 

[boost]

I just can't believe that USAir did away with the smile or that no one has used one since. Maybe it was growing up around aviation in Southern Cal, but airplanes with a smile still make me do the same. I can't tell you how many times I have heard the comment "It is too bad that USAir was not bought by PSA (or Piedmont for that matter) instead of the other way around.
PSA was great though I am still partial to another SoCal Airline based out of John Wayne Orange County and now part of AA. Anybody remember AirCal?

And a link to a good article.
http://www.dvorak.org/blog/essays/alaskan.html

 

[blzr]

Leave it to U.S. Airways to destroy perfectly good airlines. PSA, Allegheny, Piedmont. All murdered by Airways. Is america west next? We'll see.