Really? I don’t recognise the roundel at all. I ‘m pretty sure the Kiwis used the RAF roundel in WWII and then adopted the flightless bird roundel (one of the world great unsung pisstakes).
They used this roundel in the Pacific theatre, alongside other modified British ones, to avoid confusion with Japanese markings
Well that is new, thanks for the info
Anytime- the RN used similar roundels for the British Pacific Fleet too
This particular American Mad Dog is N9615W, delivered originally to Trans World Airlines on 29 July 1997. Most of the TWA MD-80s assumed after the acquisition of Trans World were late-build aircraft (in fact the very last MD-80 built went to TWA)- MD-80s at American with alphanumeric ship numbers 4**, like this one being “4XB”, are ex-TWA. Legacy American MD-80s have a three digit ship number derived from the tail number (for the most part). Based on the what I have on hand, there are only two legacy American MD-80s flying, the rest are ex-TWA.
If what I am looking at is up to date, N501AA and N7541A are the last legacy American MD-80s still active with the airline.
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