Timeline for Why are planes generally painted white?
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| S Sep 26, 2021 at 17:19 | history | suggested | Rodrigo de Azevedo |
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| Apr 11, 2017 at 20:32 | history | protected | voretaq7 | ||
| Jan 20, 2016 at 7:45 | answer | added | Rayanth | timeline score: 14 | |
| Jan 19, 2016 at 9:16 | answer | added | bandybabboon | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jan 19, 2016 at 9:06 | comment | added | bandybabboon | Hi, the trade description for a silver aeroplane is called "polished", so if you check "polished aeroplane" on google there are many very cool photos of silver aerplanes. Perhaps they have also been painted chrome. To polish aluminium i think that you need to buff it with a fluffy buffer quite often because it oxydizes and tarnishes, so it is roughly the same but slightly more expensive that paint for a fleet. here is an article on it: polished airplane by Boeing. boeing.com/commercial/aeromagazine/aero_05/textonly/… | |
| Jan 18, 2016 at 23:16 | comment | added | DrZ214 |
@ufomorace Could you expand upon Silver is more fficient. Do you mean weight efficiency or reflective efficient? BTW. aesthetically, I actually like raw silver metal the best. It's my favorite color, and since it's so shiny it's kinda like 2 colors in one: white and light gray. Maybe you could add some colored streak highlights, but there's nothing wrong with silver IMO.
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| Oct 1, 2015 at 19:22 | history | edited | Danny Beckett | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 12, 2015 at 7:55 | comment | added | bandybabboon | Many aeroplanes used to be raw silver metal. White makes them look more modern for their owners. Silver is more efficient. Here is a boeing being repainted in time-lapse: youtube.com/watch?v=rBcjhqWigK8 | |
| Nov 26, 2014 at 13:35 | comment | added | Urquiola | I'd say everything painted into white does reflect most light, thus protecting the object under from heating, and this applies for Airplanes, Cars, and Buildings. | |
| Aug 14, 2014 at 13:38 | comment | added | Jamiec♦ | I would be asking why Air France planes are so dirty based on your findings! | |
| Aug 14, 2014 at 12:18 | answer | added | Steve | timeline score: 8 | |
| Apr 17, 2014 at 14:42 | answer | added | Kewlzter | timeline score: 2 | |
| Mar 30, 2014 at 15:11 | answer | added | mafu | timeline score: 11 | |
| Mar 21, 2014 at 3:12 | comment | added | Danny Beckett | @DavidRicherby Don't kid yourself... i.sstatic.net/xjmrM.jpg (that, just from searching for 'dirty plane') | |
| Mar 21, 2014 at 3:08 | comment | added | David Richerby | The 747 in your second photo is an outdoor exhibit at a museum: it's not at all representative of the condition of an in-service commercial airliner. | |
| Mar 20, 2014 at 14:12 | answer | added | parksbanyon | timeline score: 10 | |
| Mar 19, 2014 at 10:53 | comment | added | shortstheory | The Concorde was painted with a special type of white paint because any other color would cause the airframe to heat up way beyond its design limits at Mach 2 cruise. The Pepsi Concorde was painted blue, and was hence not allowed to fly at Mach 2 for more than 20 minutes at a time: concordesst.com/history/events/pictures/pepsi6.jpg | |
| Mar 18, 2014 at 23:08 | answer | added | user1623 | timeline score: 5 | |
| Mar 18, 2014 at 16:46 | answer | added | user819490 | timeline score: 10 | |
| Mar 18, 2014 at 3:59 | history | edited | Danny Beckett | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 17, 2014 at 23:57 | history | edited | Danny Beckett | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 17, 2014 at 23:34 | answer | added | Petr | timeline score: 6 | |
| Mar 17, 2014 at 20:24 | comment | added | loveNoHate | Ok, I do not find references to underpin that statement, but a gifted car mechanic once told me, that white lacquer is harder than other colors. (Well, most craftsmen in Germany have white cars...). | |
| Mar 17, 2014 at 20:22 | answer | added | Lunatik | timeline score: 21 | |
| Mar 17, 2014 at 19:49 | comment | added | Simon | It's not a primary reason, but hiding dirt is NOT what you want. 1. It increases drag. 2. It often indicates problems - leaking seals, internal pipe leaks, corrosion in exposed flap tracks etc. | |
| Mar 17, 2014 at 12:41 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackAviation/status/445540338397360128 | ||
| Mar 17, 2014 at 9:33 | answer | added | jwenting | timeline score: 20 | |
| Mar 17, 2014 at 5:41 | vote | accept | Danny Beckett | ||
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| Mar 17, 2014 at 5:24 | answer | added | Slipp D. Thompson | timeline score: 11 | |
| Mar 17, 2014 at 3:58 | comment | added | Danny Beckett | @oakad This is the reason for the word "generally" in the title :) | |
| Mar 17, 2014 at 3:57 | comment | added | oakad | google.com/search?q=colorful+planes&tbm=isch - plenty of planes are not white at all. | |
| Mar 17, 2014 at 3:36 | answer | added | egid | timeline score: 87 | |
| Mar 17, 2014 at 3:27 | answer | added | voretaq7 | timeline score: 79 | |
| Mar 17, 2014 at 3:23 | answer | added | Lnafziger | timeline score: 5 | |
| Mar 17, 2014 at 2:56 | history | asked | Danny Beckett | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
