HERITAGE: United Airlines

Official page celebrating the full history of United Airlines! Follow for more on the Friendly Skies! ✈️

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Hey there!!!
United Airlines history, facts, and everything in between shown here,
stuff to be celebrated and remembered!
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Follow to get some serious UA history!
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#united #1926onward #aviation #history #avgeek

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@ron_eisele Beautiful planes, has to be Boeing for me!
(follow for cool UA history😁)

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@lemwerdersights Follow for more UA✈️😁❕

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🌷#SaveTheTulip🌷

[LemWerder (XLW) Sights @lemwerdersights]

Built in 1989, retired in 2020, after more than 30 years of flying with United Airlines.

Registration: N502UA
Aircraft type: Boeing 757-222
MSN/LN: 24623 / 246
Airline: United Airlines
Date: July 30, 1991
Location: Newark (EWR)
📷: @lemwerdersights
#avgeek #aviation #B757

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727-200 “Friendship” livery
at @fly2ohare
c. 1960s

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@pct_avgeek For sure! I think both a Meatball and the UA Rainbow livery would be great retro colors to feature!🌷✈️

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@pct_avgeek I see you UA 757 ✈️👀

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Plane of the Day:
✈️737-900ER “Continental Retro” livery
📸M. Kramer
#retro #B737 @flycontinental1 @united

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1011 Day✈️🧡❤️💙
#L1011

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HAPPY L-1011 DAY!!✈️✈️✈️

🌷UAL briefly operated 6 examples after receiving them from PANAM in the 80s.
This one here is in a hybrid UA-PANAM livery; kind of funky!😆

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CORRECTION:
Jumbo jet🛫in Hong Kong🇭🇰

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Jumbo jet🛫 in Beijing🇨🇳
c. 2010s
#B747

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@GuanCai42798 I see that now!
Keen eye!👍

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Jumbo jet🛫 in Beijing🇨🇳
c. 2010s
#B747

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UNITED billboard in Chicago,
c. 2000s

“It’s Time to Fly” replaced the iconic “Fly the Friendly Skies” slogan with UA’s entry into the 21st century, along with their 3rd and final logo/livery change utilizing the tulip🌷.
#vintage #SaveTheTulip @united

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@ClassicsPlanes A Saudia plane operated by World Airways painted like Aer Lingus.
Say that 5 times fast!✈️🤣

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I do miss these days….
📸Stephen Brown
#B747 @united

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Plane of the Day:
✈️BAC 146-100 “Saul Bass Rainbow” livery

📸Bruce Drum
#avgeek #aviation #SaveTheTulip @united🌷🧡❤️💙

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United Airlines introduced the ✈️A321neo series to the skies late in 2023.
The type was the first A320-family plane new from the factory for UA in over 20 years!

📸Florida Aviation /youtube.com
💙💙💙

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@fly2midway @porterairlines End of an era. I’ll miss the DHC-8s✈️

[Thomas @picsthomasgg]

#B767 @United N657UA departing @HeathrowAirport on Sunday's UA941 to Newark EWR 4/10/2026

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United Airlines 757 cockpit
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