Have a Qantastic Christmas

Have a Qantastic Christmas   ★

Corporate

VH-EAB

B707-338C

Qantas  [+]

1977

This airframe was about to leave the Qantas fleet in 1977 and had already the basic livery of Young Cargo when in November Qantas needed additional capacity to cover for the delayed delivery of a 747. This 707 was re-activated in November for a month and instead of re-gaining standard Qantas titles, the witty "Have a Qantastic Christmas" phrase was applied. The idea had came from a reservations advisor agent and turned out to be one of the very first times an airliner was used for marketing purposes. Ironically enough though, the aircraft was re-withdrawn from use before Christmas 1977.

Image  © 
Tags   Airline Marketing, Season's Greetings

Napo

Napo

Jungle Jet #4

by an uncredited artist

HC-BDP

B720-023B/F

Ecuatoriana

1977-84

With its greenish scheme this aircraft was often referred to as "The Salad Bowl" or "The Lettuce". Even if this freighter certainly carried perishable goods during its career, the scheme was in fact intended to depict the central Napo province. This very scarsely populated district is located in the Ecuadorian section of the Amazon rainforest. Therefore it is logical the local Aboriginal artist depicted the thick rainforest all over the plane...

On a sidenote the Napo province was in 2000 the sole remaining majority-indigenous province of Ecuador with most people either claiming indigenous identity or speaking an indigenous language.

Image  ©  Jacques Guillem Collection (MIA)
Tags   Original Artwork