Who needs paint anyway?

[munitalP]

I vote 10 out of 10 for worst paint job....

Sorry for the blue filter - had macro switched on!

Mr!

 

[munitalP]

BTW, taken from MEL Flounge



Mr!

 

[v8Statesman]

Make the plane lighter. I saw a doco years ago about WWII planes that had to be in service fast, so they didn't paint them. It improved performance

 

[thegurio]

Looks like the Post Apocalyptic version of Atlas Air...

 

[serfty]

BTW, taken from MEL Flounge ...

Being a regular at MEL; I noticed the image were taken from somewhere high on the terminal; a few reviews of the background etc. and I decided you were Flounging :idea:.

Then I viewed later posts as I scrolled down to reply and saw your confirmation.

 

[dot]

I've done a bit of fiddling with the images to correct the colour (not a complete fix, but better)

Here is one I shot last week (not that the paintwork needs any help with this one ) - it's a shame the window tinting screws so much with the colour temperature.

 

[JohnK]

I wouldn't expect Atlas Air to get a new paint job for their aircraft in a hurry nor would they care. Isn't Atlas Air a HKG based freight company in the LCC mould?

 

[QF WP]

Nope. This is Atlas Air

 

[Mal]

This plane has been losing paint for a while. A similar photo from ~12 months ago:

N412MC - Atlas Air - Boeing 747-47UF(SCD) - Planespotters.net

and from May 2007:

http://www.planespotters.net/Aviation_Photos/photo.show?id=045814

 

[JohnK]

Ahhh. A couple of years ago I met an Atlas Air pilot on a PER-SIN QF flight and we were chatting throughout the flight. He was based out of HKG and most of his flights were from HKG to the Middle East so I assumed that it was a HKG based freight carrier.

 

[munitalP]

Here is one I shot last week (not that the paintwork needs any help with this one ) - it's a shame the window tinting screws so much with the colour temperature.

Was on a DJ this morning to Newcastle - Capt' Jaded poked fun at the new 380 on the tarmac in Mel - can't remeber exactly what he called it but I thought to myself he prob would never get the chance to fly one himself...

We left wheel dents in the runway as we slammed into the tarmac at Newcastle - it confirmed my suspicion he was a "wonderful" pilot... and would be shortlisted - hold on, don't you have to be a QF pilot? Sorry Capt Jaded, guess you will miss out...



Mr!