McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 in Sabena's final colours

OO-SBZ · Post by **OO-SBZ** » 28 Jul 2004, 10:44

From 1973 till 1997 Sabena operated a bunch of DC-10s: five owned DC-10-30C's [OO-SLA - OO-SLE]. Most of them were converted to DC-10Fs for FedEx. Moreover the Belgian carrier leased DC-10s for extra capacity (from LH, World, etc.) and eventually two former Lufthansa DC 10-30s (1994-1997).

These two birds [OO-SLF - OO-SLG] flew in Sabena's 90s-scheme: white with grey billboard-letters. OO-SLG wore a special "Dalmatians" livery and operated the last "Sabena DC 10 Flight" on 27/04/1997. In May 2004 she was still flying as N59083 for Omni Air International.

larger view

In my opinion, this is one of the best applications of Sabena's final scheme for this classical jet.

Regards

BeN

tolipanebas · Post by **tolipanebas** » 28 Jul 2004, 10:48

indeed, however it is not 100% as it was supposed to be... I have seen official drawings for a repaint of the MD-11's SN leased from Citybird and it showed the number 2 engine would have been painted blue as well and the SN logo would continue on it...

Sad none of the MD-11s made it in the new colours...

Good try anyway.

B744skipper · Post by **B744skipper** » 28 Jul 2004, 13:10

That livery looks great on the DC-10, however I find the "Sabena" titles somewhat boring. They should be in a more classical/modern (like the S on the tail) way. Then it would looks just fine.

Post by **sn26567** » 28 Jul 2004, 13:21

B744skipper wrote:I find the "Sabena" titles somewhat boring.

How can you say that? Sabena developped a special font for these titles. I would be pleased if someone could provide me with an electronic version of these fonts.

B744skipper · Post by **B744skipper** » 28 Jul 2004, 13:26

sn26567 wrote:
B744skipper wrote:I find the "Sabena" titles somewhat boring.
How can you say that? Sabena developped a special font for these titles.

I just don't like the font. In my opinion they would look better in a more classical/elegant font.

nwa757 · Post by **nwa757** » 28 Jul 2004, 15:35

B744skipper wrote:I just don't like the font. In my opinion they would look better in a more classical/elegant font.

I have to disagree with you there. IMO, the Sabena font is one of the nicest fonts around and SNBA should have used it.

Avro · Post by **Avro** » 28 Jul 2004, 20:16

Well in my opinion if engine # 2 would have been painted in blue it would have looked better. But I still prefer the DC-10 in the white colours.

Chris