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Long before American Airlines wore its current look, it wore polished aluminum. The AstroJet scheme dates back to the airline's early jet age in the 1960s, when bare-metal fuselages and bold red stripes signaled a new era of speed and modernity as American brought its 707s and 727s into service. Decades later, the airline resurrected the design as a heritage tribute — and N905NN, a 737-800 delivered in 2012, was rolled out in the scheme in June 2017 after the airline decided to retire it from an older frame and carry the tradition forward on a newer aircraft. AirlineGeeks
The livery is unmistakable in the air: a gleaming, unpainted metal skin, a sweeping red cheatline trimmed in white and blue, "ASTROJET" titling on the forward fuselage, and the vintage American Airlines eagle emblem on the tail — period-authentic details pulled straight from the carrier's early jet-age branding. AirlineGeeks
N905NN now flies as part of American's small heritage fleet, a lineup of retro liveries that includes tributes to AirCal, TWA, Reno Air, PSA, and Piedmont — each one a rare sighting worth a special trip to the fence line rather than a guaranteed catch. On a schedule where paint jobs like this share the ramp with hundreds of standard silver-and-blue jets, a pass by N905NN is the kind of moment that makes waiting worth it. AirlineGeeks
This print documents N905NN in its AstroJet livery — a bare-metal callback to American's earliest jet age, still turning heads on approach today.
Available as: 13x19 print, with signed Certificate of Authenticity.
Long before American Airlines wore its current look, it wore polished aluminum. The AstroJet scheme dates back to the airline's early jet age in the 1960s, when bare-metal fuselages and bold red stripes signaled a new era of speed and modernity as American brought its 707s and 727s into service. Decades later, the airline resurrected the design as a heritage tribute — and N905NN, a 737-800 delivered in 2012, was rolled out in the scheme in June 2017 after the airline decided to retire it from an older frame and carry the tradition forward on a newer aircraft. AirlineGeeks
The livery is unmistakable in the air: a gleaming, unpainted metal skin, a sweeping red cheatline trimmed in white and blue, "ASTROJET" titling on the forward fuselage, and the vintage American Airlines eagle emblem on the tail — period-authentic details pulled straight from the carrier's early jet-age branding. AirlineGeeks
N905NN now flies as part of American's small heritage fleet, a lineup of retro liveries that includes tributes to AirCal, TWA, Reno Air, PSA, and Piedmont — each one a rare sighting worth a special trip to the fence line rather than a guaranteed catch. On a schedule where paint jobs like this share the ramp with hundreds of standard silver-and-blue jets, a pass by N905NN is the kind of moment that makes waiting worth it. AirlineGeeks
This print documents N905NN in its AstroJet livery — a bare-metal callback to American's earliest jet age, still turning heads on approach today.
Available as: 13x19 print, with signed Certificate of Authenticity.