sn26567 wrote:I guess it never flew very long with these dark colours. Only white paints could stand the enormous heat developed during flights at Mach 2.
Seems very logic André, Air France used a "cheap paint" for decoration, so it could not fly for long Mach 2. The whole circus lasted one week. See also this airliners.net article.
In the case of the Blackbird another kind of paint is used .
Lien wrote:No most poeple adored the pepsi painting,
and regretted is was so short lived.
Anyway everybody has his/her tastes
Lien !
Perhaps this would have had more succes.
I prefer Coca Cola over Pepsi
When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return."