"Room with a Blue" pushes back from its Orlando gate

Short-lived and last incarnation of the Braniff airline name, operating for only one year, from July 1991 until July 1992. Although this former Eastern Air Lines 727 looks smart in these blue Braniff colours, the paint job is clearly starting to wear off. Perhaps an ominous sign, because only a month later the airline ceased operations. This aircraft was first stored at Mojave and later at Miami, and scrapped there during 1998.

N466UP first flight 21-Sep-1997, delivered to UPS 30-Sep-1997. It carries the slogan "Worldwide Olympic Partner"

This baby Nine was originally OY-KGE of SAS, registered in 1.69. By the time of entry into service with Valujet in 1.96, she had already accumulated some 53,000 hours. Sold and into store after only eight months and leased to Venus Airlines as SX-BFS in 7.97. Stored at San Antonio from 1999 and broken up 2.01

This is a very rare shot, and a slide I thought I had lost. A short-lived airline, the aircraft is clearly ex-Eastern as much of its original livery remains. My flight back to the UK had been delayed and I was able to negotiate ramp access while waiting.