The Led Zeppelin jet aircraft
While on a business trip to Texas, a customer I was working with told me that during the 70’s when he was driving home from work, he used to pass by the Houston Hobby airport. He is an aircraft buff and he used to stop and see if there were any unusual aircraft there. If there was, he would stop and take pictures of them and then put the pictures in a binder, with dates and times.
On February 27th, 1975 he saw a Boeing 720B parked at the airport. This aircraft sported a red and blue color scheme. The bottom of the plane had a bunch of white stars on a blue background, with the name “Led Zeppelin” painted over the exit doors by the wing. He went home and told his wife that he had seen a “German Airliner” at the airport. Being a die hard C&W fan, he had never heard of Led Zeppelin, so his wife told him the plane most likely belonged to the rock band of the same name.
I did some internet searching and found some conflicting information. Some thought it was a B-707 instead. I did not find any pictures of this particular paint scheme, but I did find some of a maroon/gold paint job. As it turns out, Led Zeppelin was, in fact, performing at the Houston Coliseum that night.
I sent an inquiry to Boeing asking for clarification and received the following reply.