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Airbus A320 (N124US) - Flashback 2009 ~~br /It wears AA paint nowadays, but when I snapped this 12 years ago N124US was dressed in US Airways garb. I liked everything about this livery .. EXCEPT for the flag on the tail. The flag always looked like it had been sprayed on using a stencil. Everyone I knew around here really liked it, but I just could not get the thought that a big cardboard stencil had been taped over the tail and the flag had been sprayed on out of my mind. It just looked sort of cheaply done to me. But the rest of the livery looked great. Of course, US Airways ended up repainting all its fleetbirds that had this scheme for the very same reasons (2) that Alaska ended up repainting its "Reverse Livery" scheme. (I posted a pic of THAT one a couple of days ago.) I wish AA would come out with a heritage special livery in this scheme, but it won't happen.
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Airbus A320 (N124US)

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Flashback 2009 ~~
It wears AA paint nowadays, but when I snapped this 12 years ago N124US was dressed in US Airways garb. I liked everything about this livery .. EXCEPT for the flag on the tail. The flag always looked like it had been sprayed on using a stencil. Everyone I knew around here really liked it, but I just could not get the thought that a big cardboard stencil had been taped over the tail and the flag had been sprayed on out of my mind. It just looked sort of cheaply done to me. But the rest of the livery looked great. Of course, US Airways ended up repainting all its fleetbirds that had this scheme for the very same reasons (2) that Alaska ended up repainting its "Reverse Livery" scheme. (I posted a pic of THAT one a couple of days ago.) I wish AA would come out with a heritage special livery in this scheme, but it won't happen.

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Gary SchenauerPhoto Uploader
Alien, I'm betting you have been in this exact same spot many, many times to get pics at SFO. (Wave)
Dave Sheehy
Gary, we called this the "rubber stamp flag" when it came out. Nice shot!
Darryl Sarno
Great photo and history Gary! I remember these here in BOS as well. I thought this was a sharp livery for US Airways. Filling in all 5!
Tom Vance
You are correct Gman,,,,Great sun angle from the top and no fog - 5x,
Tom Vance
pretty close I'd say Gman https://flightaware.com/photos/view/286780-8de430d54826bb89b5fa5cf71c3954528871d13c/user/BFInative/sort/date/page/14
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Date Aircraft Origin Destination Departure Arrival Duration
26-Apr-2024 A320San Antonio Intl ()Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl () 09:06AM CDT 09:14AM MST Scheduled
25-Apr-2024 A320Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl ()San Antonio Intl () 06:58PM MST 10:39PM CDT Scheduled
25-Apr-2024 A320Mahlon Sweet Fld ()Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl () 02:55PM PDT 04:58PM MST Scheduled
25-Apr-2024 A320Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl ()Mahlon Sweet Fld () 10:55AM MST 01:14PM PDT Scheduled
25-Apr-2024 A320Spokane Intl ()Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl () 07:16AM PDT 09:29AM MST Scheduled
24-Apr-2024 A320Dallas-Fort Worth Intl ()Spokane Intl () 09:10PM CDT 10:28PM PDT Scheduled
24-Apr-2024 A320El Salvador Int'l ()Dallas-Fort Worth Intl () 02:40PM CST 06:57PM CDT 3:16
19-Apr-2024 A320El Salvador Int'l ()El Salvador Int'l () 03:14PM CST 04:03PM CST (?) 0:48
19-Apr-2024 A320El Salvador Int'l ()Dallas-Fort Worth Intl () 03:14PM CST Diverted
18-Apr-2024 A320El Salvador Int'l ()El Salvador Int'l () 10:45AM CST 12:38PM CST 1:52
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