Badly modified planes thread
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A (flight?) simulator in a Nimrod bodied artic trailer. This could be a good basis for a caravan
https://www.truck1.eu/semi-trailers/auflieger-raf-...
This is a short video of a kit plane designer crash analysis where the wing seperated from the aircraft - definately falls under the badly modified category
https://youtu.be/IJViWG2ZYd4?t=897
https://youtu.be/IJViWG2ZYd4?t=897
A restaurant in Fleet, Hampshire used a Dakota to theme their restaurant. They used bits of it all over the restaurant as can be seen in the pics below. They didn’t know what to do with the left over tail section, so stuck it in the lake at a jaunty angle as in the top left picture below.
The background hump in that pic is the main London Waterloo to West Country rail line. On the day of the reveal, the services received loads of calls about a plane crashed in a lake from the trains going by. Made national news and long interviews with the owner. Very cheap advertising... so perhaps a good modification after all.
The background hump in that pic is the main London Waterloo to West Country rail line. On the day of the reveal, the services received loads of calls about a plane crashed in a lake from the trains going by. Made national news and long interviews with the owner. Very cheap advertising... so perhaps a good modification after all.
SeeFive said:
A restaurant in Fleet, Hampshire used a Dakota to theme their restaurant. They used bits of it all over the restaurant as can be seen in the pics below. They didn’t know what to do with the left over tail section, so stuck it in the lake at a jaunty angle as in the top left picture below.
The background hump in that pic is the main London Waterloo to West Country rail line. On the day of the reveal, the services received loads of calls about a plane crashed in a lake from the trains going by. Made national news and long interviews with the owner. Very cheap advertising... so perhaps a good modification after all.
They also got reports from aircraft overflying the restaurant on their way into Blackbushe or Farnborough airfields. The restaurant rebranded itself as The Heron on the Lake and the Dakota bits were removed.The background hump in that pic is the main London Waterloo to West Country rail line. On the day of the reveal, the services received loads of calls about a plane crashed in a lake from the trains going by. Made national news and long interviews with the owner. Very cheap advertising... so perhaps a good modification after all.
I think they were leaned on by the CAA.
AJB88 said:
Am I correct in my belief that it couldn't go at top speed because of this paint scheme, something to do with heat reflection or similar?There was a story on the "Memories of Gatwick" page I'm on from some folk who were involved when this made a stop at Gatwick in this livery, how it was flown in under cover of darkness and put somewhere out of sight ready for the "big reveal" at whatever event it was due at
Shakermaker said:
Am I correct in my belief that it couldn't go at top speed because of this paint scheme, something to do with heat reflection or similar?
There was a story on the "Memories of Gatwick" page I'm on from some folk who were involved when this made a stop at Gatwick in this livery, how it was flown in under cover of darkness and put somewhere out of sight ready for the "big reveal" at whatever event it was due at
i believe so, heat soak so had to keep it sub mach 2 - Pepsi chartered one of AF's fleet for a couple of weeks at great expense. they were doing a re-branding exercise for their can design/colours and spent a fortune of celebs and the plane, and said re-launch was at Gatwick. then the plane visited several cities in Europe and the middle east as part of a tour. crazy 90's excess.There was a story on the "Memories of Gatwick" page I'm on from some folk who were involved when this made a stop at Gatwick in this livery, how it was flown in under cover of darkness and put somewhere out of sight ready for the "big reveal" at whatever event it was due at
Concorde was normally painted white for a reason. That's why in BA service it never carried the full BA livery of the time and always a reduced version of it. The aiframe got seriously heated at Mach 2.2 so needed to be painted white to ensure the heat was radiated away quickly - otherwise the airframe would begin to suffer heat damage.
The Pepsi livery, as you can see, was pretty dark to the heat properties were poor.
BA scheme in 1974 -
BA scheme in 1984 -
BA scheme 2003 -
The Pepsi Concorde was an Air France example.
The Pepsi livery, as you can see, was pretty dark to the heat properties were poor.
BA scheme in 1974 -
BA scheme in 1984 -
BA scheme 2003 -
The Pepsi Concorde was an Air France example.
Shakermaker said:
Am I correct in my belief that it couldn't go at top speed because of this paint scheme, something to do with heat reflection or similar?
There was a story on the "Memories of Gatwick" page I'm on from some folk who were involved when this made a stop at Gatwick in this livery, how it was flown in under cover of darkness and put somewhere out of sight ready for the "big reveal" at whatever event it was due at
Yep thats why its badly modified. There was a story on the "Memories of Gatwick" page I'm on from some folk who were involved when this made a stop at Gatwick in this livery, how it was flown in under cover of darkness and put somewhere out of sight ready for the "big reveal" at whatever event it was due at
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