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AirDar · 09-20-2001, 04:05 AM

The TOP of my personal PSA list! ALLLLRIIIIGHT!!!

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! Jet-X!

Although PSA only flew a few years in the pink sunset, I think this was one of the prettiest liveries ever. I had gotten so used to the older (and much loved locally) twin red cheatlines and red rudder of the PSA planes, that when one day, the bright pink, orange and red striped and still happily smiling 727's started showing up I was flabbergasted! They were modern, fashionable, racy and exciting all in one! Continental, United and others were going to the three colored cheatlines as well, but this was still different!

As a kid I remember standing goggle eyed at the windows of Hollywood/Burbank airport watching all the pink airplanes, tugs, airstairs and baggage carts run around. When they later added the yellow Hughes Airwest DC-9's with THEIR periwinkle blue GSE and Continental showed their GOLD, GOLD tails and bright stripes... well, it made the once drab, old Lockheed field look like a flying circus! Could there ever BE a more fun place for a kid to fly out of??!?!

....The excitement of the reversers roaring as the planes came to a stop on the tarmac in front of the terminal... The pink nose, gleaming like some sort of confection as it turned into the gate, the huge grin giving the metal bird an actual personality... an attendant would open the departure door and you could hear the shrill of the engines and feel the warmed, kerosene scented air blasting in! Show your boarding pass at the door and walk out onto the warm concrete, suddenly emersed in a miasma of sight, sound and smell! The beautiful colors shining, the big smile welcoming you as you walked out and around the port wing to the aft stairs... MAN! Check out the flaps and ailerons! Look at how big the navagation lights really are! Just LOOK at those beautiful colors! This is going to be a fun flight! Hey! There is a LINE at the back to walk up! COOL! You get to really check out the big (for the time) engines, feel the radiant heat at close quarters, gaze upon the tall raked and purposeful tail, the elevators blocking the glare of the sun over your head allow you to better see the rainbow of pink, orange and red climbing the tail, makng it look faster and taller than it really was. You queue up under the rear of the plane, that #2 engine idling directly above you.... and as it's your turn to board, you begin the ascent, seemingly into the belly of the plane.. your ears suddenly feel as though someone has stuck cotton into them, but no, it's the incredible insulation cutting you off from the outside world. Suddenly you're no longer being viscerally attacked by all things mechanical, as you become aware of the smell of fresh coffee brewing and you see before you row after row of pink and orange seats, Flight Attendants in their pink miniskirts parade up and down the aisle as if on a catwalk fashion show... even to a pre-teen they hold a certain fascination. And at last you find your seat, a crisp new PSA inflight magazine in the pocket before you. You don't really care about the articles, those are only interesting to the fellows in the suits, sitting in the other seats, but EVERYthing by this point is neat! Takeoff is still minutes away, but by this time you don't CARE where you're going or why, you've just boarded a PSA jet and it's going to be a great flight!

Thanks for bringing this all back for us Jet-X... the wait and the trip were well worth it!

09-20-2001, 04:05 AM	#15
AirDar I'm watching you... Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Land of BBQ & thin chips Posts: 1,787	Pretty in Pink! The TOP of my personal PSA list! ALLLLRIIIIGHT!!! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! Jet-X! Although PSA only flew a few years in the pink sunset, I think this was one of the prettiest liveries ever. I had gotten so used to the older (and much loved locally) twin red cheatlines and red rudder of the PSA planes, that when one day, the bright pink, orange and red striped and still happily smiling 727's started showing up I was flabbergasted! They were modern, fashionable, racy and exciting all in one! Continental, United and others were going to the three colored cheatlines as well, but this was still different! As a kid I remember standing goggle eyed at the windows of Hollywood/Burbank airport watching all the pink airplanes, tugs, airstairs and baggage carts run around. When they later added the yellow Hughes Airwest DC-9's with THEIR periwinkle blue GSE and Continental showed their GOLD, GOLD tails and bright stripes... well, it made the once drab, old Lockheed field look like a flying circus! Could there ever BE a more fun place for a kid to fly out of??!?! ....The excitement of the reversers roaring as the planes came to a stop on the tarmac in front of the terminal... The pink nose, gleaming like some sort of confection as it turned into the gate, the huge grin giving the metal bird an actual personality... an attendant would open the departure door and you could hear the shrill of the engines and feel the warmed, kerosene scented air blasting in! Show your boarding pass at the door and walk out onto the warm concrete, suddenly emersed in a miasma of sight, sound and smell! The beautiful colors shining, the big smile welcoming you as you walked out and around the port wing to the aft stairs... MAN! Check out the flaps and ailerons! Look at how big the navagation lights really are! Just LOOK at those beautiful colors! This is going to be a fun flight! Hey! There is a LINE at the back to walk up! COOL! You get to really check out the big (for the time) engines, feel the radiant heat at close quarters, gaze upon the tall raked and purposeful tail, the elevators blocking the glare of the sun over your head allow you to better see the rainbow of pink, orange and red climbing the tail, makng it look faster and taller than it really was. You queue up under the rear of the plane, that #2 engine idling directly above you.... and as it's your turn to board, you begin the ascent, seemingly into the belly of the plane.. your ears suddenly feel as though someone has stuck cotton into them, but no, it's the incredible insulation cutting you off from the outside world. Suddenly you're no longer being viscerally attacked by all things mechanical, as you become aware of the smell of fresh coffee brewing and you see before you row after row of pink and orange seats, Flight Attendants in their pink miniskirts parade up and down the aisle as if on a catwalk fashion show... even to a pre-teen they hold a certain fascination. And at last you find your seat, a crisp new PSA inflight magazine in the pocket before you. You don't really care about the articles, those are only interesting to the fellows in the suits, sitting in the other seats, but EVERYthing by this point is neat! Takeoff is still minutes away, but by this time you don't CARE where you're going or why, you've just boarded a PSA jet and it's going to be a great flight! Thanks for bringing this all back for us Jet-X... the wait and the trip were well worth it! __________________ Dar~ Yours is not to question why, Yours is but to BUY or DIE! Last edited by AirDar; 09-20-2001 at 04:09 AM.