I recently downloaded software that prohibits pop-up windows. Can I still view this site? Why do the postcard images seem smaller than the original postcard? What if I want to know more about a postcard? What is the best way to experience this site? Does airlinecolors.com have the copyrights to these images? Why does airlinecolors.com include some non-postcard subjects? What does select route-ograhy mean? What does it mean when I see a postcard with the notation airlinecolors.com Top Pick? What does it mean when I see a postcard with the notation Visitor Pick? How do I pick a postcard? How do you choose which postcards to display? How are the geographic regions broken up and which countries are in each segment? I recently downloaded software that prohibits pop-up windows. Can I still view this site? In most cases the software that prohibits pop-up windows allows users to individually choose sites which can be given permision to display pop-ups. Please check with your software package for additional information. Airlinecolors.com can not be fully viewed if pop-up windows are blocked.  Why do the postcard images seem smaller than the original postcard? Airlinecolors.com is designed to be a reference site for airline postcard enthusiasts. Despite the original dimensions of a postcard, all images are 250w x 125h pixels and roughly 27.5k is byte size. This not only increases the number of images we can showcase because of hosting capacity limitations but decreases download time. Larger images via email are available upon request. What if I want to know more about a postcard? We have provided basic information for each postcard listed. This includes airline, code, country, aircraft type and model, registration, MSN, publisher, catalog number, location, and some additional historical or route data when available. If you need additional information such as date, photographer, original postcard size, expanded airline info, etc., please feel free to contact us here. Our archiving staff will do their best to get you the additional information you need! What is the best way to experience this site? Most browsers will work with airlinecolors.com functions. We do, however, highly recommend the latest version of Microsoft's Internet Explorer. Additionally, your screen resolution setting should be 1024 x 768. Many of the images and tables are extremely large. If you are using a dial-up modem, these aspects of the site may take several minutes to load. Does airlinecolors.com have the copyrights to these images? No. Each postcard publisher - including airlines - maintain all copyrights. Postcards displayed here are simply for educational purposes and their display should not imply that the image can be reproduced, copied, or sold. Please read our Terms & Conditions for additional information. Why does airlinecolors.com include some non-postcard subjects? The vast majority of images come from a postcard source. From time to time we will display a non-postcard based image because we feel the visitors to our site will enjoy viewing them. Non-postcard sources are indicated by the  symbol.What does select route-ograhy mean? Select route-ography are examples of routes operated by the respective carrier with the type of aircraft indicated. It does not include all routes, but rather pin-pointed sample markets in which this type was utilized. It is important to note that this applies to the "parent" aircraft and not necessarily the series. For example, United Airlines has operated both the DC-10-10 and the DC-10-30. While the DC-10-30 may have never been used on the Boston--Chicago--Las Vegas route, and the only postcard in our database is one of the carrier's DC-10-30s, the select route-ography defers to simply DC-10 service. There are exceptions, of course, where models differ greatly. A Boeing 727-100 route-ography would never be represented by a 727-200, or a 747SP for a 747-300. Additionally, the displayed livery on the aircraft may not represent the period in which the respective aircraft was utilized on a route. For example, a Western Airlines 737 with the Indian Head motif may be the representative postcard from the database, but the route shown (Seattle--Reno-Los Angeles) may not have been operated until the "Flying W" or "Bud Can" scheme. Select route-ography sections are denoted with the  symbol.What does it mean when I see a postcard with the notation airlinecolors.com Top Pick? Postcards marked with a  symbol are those postcards that have become or always have been favorites (for overall content, livery, setting, action, etc.) of one or more airlinecolors.com staff members.What does it mean when I see a postcard with the notation Visitor Pick? How do I pick a postcard? Postcards marked with a  symbol are those postcards that have become or always have been favorites (for overall content, livery, setting, action, etc.) of one of our visitors. We'd love to know what your favorites are! Just drop us an email here and we'll gladly give that postcard our highest honor! Just let us know which postcard(s) you've chosen and why.How do you choose which postcards to display? We utilized a custom hierarchy system to best process which postcards are displayed. The hierarchy process is outlined below in priority tiers. 
There are a few exceptions to this rule. For example, if a non-postcard source such as a slide or photograph can be used instead of a lower tier postcard, it will be substituted for that postcard. Also, the quality of a postcard may be compromised either through the production process or damage to the postcard in which a lower tier postcard would be a better example than the higher tiered one. Additionally - although very rare - if an airline issued card sports a hybrid scheme, a publisher card may be substituted if the full livery is displayed. How are the geographic regions broken up and which countries are in each segment? We use The United Nations geoscheme which was created by the United Nations Statistics Division. This plan divides the world into 'macro-geographical regions' and sub-regions more traditionally aligned than standard segments using formal boundries dictated by the six inhabited continents. This data is also used in the market survey tables for select airline entries. The table below outlines this segmentation:
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