Но мы сейчас не о них, а об Александре Колдере, взаимоотношения которого с авиацией не были ограничены вчерашним мобилем в аэропорту Нью-Йорка. В 1973 г. авиакомпания «Braniff» обратилась к Колдеру за проектами ливреи для трех самолетов. Первым из самолетов, получивших новый окрас, а с ним и название «Flying Colors of South America», стал Douglas DC-8, совершавший рейсы преимущественно в Южную Америку.

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But this is not what we were going to talk about today. Instead, we wanted to follow up on our yesterday’s post with a new note on Alexander Calder whose relationship with aviation had not been limited to that mobile. In 1973, Braniff Airlines approached Calder with a request to design new liveries for three aircraft. The first was a Douglas DC-8, which was mostly used on South American flights. The plane was thus painted in bright colors and became known as “Flying Colors of South America”.