Pacific Western was the fourth airline to take delivery of the Trident 7A, painted in the livery introduced the year before. VB-PVA seen here was the first delivered to PWAL; it was lost in an accident in 1980.
A new livery was introduced in 1972, so only the first ten Trident 7As were delivered in the 1967 colours; the last two, VB-PVK and VB-PVL, received the new paint scheme at the factory.
In the event, it was only seven years before the wedge scheme was replaced, with all Trident 7As being repainted into the new livery from 1979.
Between 1989 and 1994, Pacific Western were the primary shirt sponsor of Vancouver Rowing Club's football section - one of BC's most popular football clubs; this was advertised by featuring the PWAL logo on the players' shirts, and Rowing Club's emblem on Pacific Western's aircraft, placed prominently next to the forward entry door. One wonders how passengers who were supporters of Rowers' rivals such as Royal City or Vancouver City felt upon boarding... (see
https://dominionofbc.miraheze.org/wiki/Vancouver_Rowing_Club for the Rowers' history).
Only a single Trident 7A remained in service with Pacific Western when another new livery was introduced in late 1994. With a sale expected at any time, VB-PVB became the last aircraft active in the 1979 livery; ultimately, it was repainted in 1998, less than a year before its retirement in 1999.
