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Of course, in certain situations a plane has to be painted white...or another colour.

Concorde had to be finished in a special, highly reflective white paint to mitigate the extreme heating effects that friction caused at mach 2.

[It] reaches 127° C at the nose and trailing edge, but the special ‘high-reflectivity’ white paint helps reflect and radiate heat. Its reflectivity is 80 out of 100, compared to the rating of normal white paint of 45-50 out of 100, Concorde is re-painted every three years.

Conversely, the SR-71 Blackbird was painted matte black for almost exactly the same reason, plus some radar signature reduction.

Of course, in certain situations a plane has to be painted white...or another colour.

Concorde had to be finished in a special, highly reflective white paint to mitigate the extreme heating effects that friction caused at mach 2.

[It] reaches 127° C at the nose and trailing edge, but the special ‘high-reflectivity’ white paint helps reflect and radiate heat. Its reflectivity is 80 out of 100, compared to the rating of normal white paint of 45-50 out of 100, Concorde is re-painted every three years.

Conversely, the SR-71 Blackbird was painted matte black for almost exactly the same reason, plus some radar signature reduction.

Of course, in certain situations a plane has to be painted white...or another colour.

Concorde had to be finished in a special, highly reflective white paint to mitigate the extreme heating effects that friction caused at mach 2.

Conversely, the SR-71 Blackbird was painted matte black for almost exactly the same reason, plus some radar signature reduction.

Of course, in certain situations a plane has to be painted white...or another colour.

Concorde had to be finished in a special, highly reflective white paint to mitigate the extreme heating effects that friction caused at mach 2.

[It] reaches 127° C at the nose and trailing edge, but the special ‘high-reflectivity’ white paint helps reflect and radiate heat. Its reflectivity is 80 out of 100, compared to the rating of normal white paint of 45-50 out of 100, Concorde is re-painted every three years.

Conversely, the SR-71 Blackbird was painted matte black for almost exactly the same reason, plus some radar signature reduction.

Of course, in certain situations a plane has to be painted white...or another colour.

Concorde had to be finished in a special, highly reflective white paint to mitigate the extreme heating effects that friction caused at mach 2.

Conversely, the SR-71 Blackbird was painted matt black for almost exactly the same reason, plus some radar signature reduction.

Of course, in certain situations a plane has to be painted white...or another colour.

Concorde had to be finished in a special, highly reflective white paint to mitigate the extreme heating effects that friction caused at mach 2.

Conversely, the SR-71 Blackbird was painted matte black for almost exactly the same reason, plus some radar signature reduction.