Virgin Atlantic’s very first Airbus A350 (G-VPOP) just rolled out of the paint shop at the Airbus factory in Toulouse. Dave Gunner, co-editor of Ruby, the Virgin Atlantic Blog, wrote a great article on the process to paint an aircraft.
“It’s always a satisfying moment to see a brand new aircraft type freshly painted in our livery for the first time. That happened today when G-VPOP, the first of our Airbus A350 fleet, rolled out of the paint shop at the Airbus factory in Toulouse.”
From top coats to tinted lacquers: What it takes to paint a plane
