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Great pictures! But how could you miss this one -
http://www.dauntless-soft.com/PRODUCTS/Freebies/NoseArt/santa-plane.jpg
One of the "Tornado" jets is a MiG-29. Never mind, nice pictures :-)
Don't forget Shamu...
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Some of the art is wonderful but the advertisements are off putting. Is there any place the won't stick an ad?
It is BVLGARI not BULGARI
nevermind, you were right I was wrong. It actually is BULGARI with an U
Gorgeous stuff! Is that a Mig? I thought it was an F-18? Still pretty.
Hard to imagine the extra weight this adds to aircraft, not to mention extra drag as opposed to a polished aluminum skin. Extra weight + drag = higher fuel consumption = more $$$.
That Astraeus plane was indeed painted for Iron Maiden, last year. It was co-piloted by singer Bruce Dickinson, who is a commercial pilot for Astraeus when not with Iron Maiden.
On the subject of famous people on aircraft it's worth mentioning that the man on the tail of Alaska Airlines' regular planes is William Seward, who as Secretary of State arranged the purchase of Alaska from Russia.
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One note on semantics: The paint scheme of any airliner (special or not) is known as "livery" -- more specifically, airlines have "liveries", and gthe airliners are painted in it. What you are showing are "Special" or "Commemorative" liveries.
Militaries have been doing this sort of thing for decades. The Canadian Forces, for example, have a long history of commemorative paint schemes, including several quite famous schemes for the CF-104 Starfighter (at least half a dozen different tiger-striped ones over the course of two decades, for example) and a quite spectacular blue, white and gold CF-18 scheme celebrating 100 years of flight in Canada.
that is indeed a Mig-29 Germany acquired two squadrons of them when they reunited.
Qoute GaryM: Hard to imagine the extra weight this adds to aircraft, not to mention extra drag as opposed to a polished aluminum skin. Extra weight + drag = higher fuel consumption = more $$$.
Not really, even the aircraft with a "polished aluminium skin" have several coats of paint (albeit clear paint) on them. It protects the metal against the weather and against UV-radiation.
Aircraft "paint" (it's more a kind of polyurethane coating)is very specialized, it's adapted to the kind of flights the aircraft is going to do. A short-haul aircraft will have a different paint than a long-haul intercontinental jet. Also a lot of airlines have their own mix of paint suited for their operation.
But in a way you are correct, an unpainted plane would be lighter and therefore cheaper to operate. But the aircraft will unprotected and will have a much, much shorter lifetime. And planes are quite expensive to replace ;)
Very nice pictures!
Thanks for sharing ;)
This guy catches every rare things come to chitose AP
http://www.lnet.ne.jp/~aaa/sub186.html
after testing by german luftwaffe and other nato alliance partners the mig 29 jets were delivered to the polish air force in 2003
Actually you are incorrect Nils, American Airlines does not use a clear coat paint. The surface is polished aluminum. The planes get polished at the Main Base Visit heavy checks with what looks like a large shoe polisher on the end of a weed eater. It saves an incredible amount of weight and wear is not much of a problem due to the oxidation of the aluminum. As far as drag is concerned, a well done paint job can actually reduce the drag slightly over polished aluminum because rivet heads and seams can get filled smooth (but I re-iterate that it must be a very good paint job). One of the dilemma's AA has is what to do with the composite 787.
Does anyone know if these liveries are painted or are they done in a similar way to vehicle wraps? Since nobody is going to be that close, I can imagine the detail isn't important, but the cost of hand painting an area that large, versus printing on a decal and applying it, would be astronomical.
~Nick
The "Mummy Plane" is Iron Maiden's jet from their "Somewhere Back In Time" Tour.
Otherwise known as Flight 666 and flown by Bruce Dickenson himself.
Shame on you! "Mummy Plane"... I mean, REALLY.
Hello Kitty plane. Inside and out.
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1247/1475944817_d200ffcaaa_o.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1247/1475944817_d200ffcaaa_o.jpg
Some heart plane :
http://www8.thomascook.info/tck/downloads/willybird_landung_fra_290306_3.jpg
And one more Mickey Mouse :
http://www.alaskasworld.com/newsroom/asnews/images/disney_hi.jpg
Probably the same way the us flag on Saturn V was: a giant sticker - so yeah, probably vinyl and making sure there's no bubbles
To add to the above, I can't see them hiring a bunch high rated artists to do some photorealistic jobs, so there's your answer.
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There can't be stickers on planes because the speeds are so high. Even normal paint would peel off a plane.
Does that mean that every one of those people had to be painted on, not decals?
Eddie for ever Metal forever
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