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Title: Interesting 'What if" liveries for aircraft
Post by: Staggerwing on June 18, 2013, 06:35:14 PM
http://ws-clave.deviantart.com/gallery/6112394

Two of my favorites:

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Title: Re: Interesting 'What if" liveries for aircraft
Post by: TheCommandTent on June 18, 2013, 07:03:01 PM
^ So is that what they mean when the highway signs say "Speed is monitored by aircraft."  :)
Title: Re: Interesting 'What if" liveries for aircraft
Post by: Staggerwing on June 18, 2013, 07:06:11 PM
When spike-strips are not enough to stop a fleeing felon...
Title: Re: Interesting 'What if" liveries for aircraft
Post by: LongBlade on June 18, 2013, 07:25:55 PM
Brings a whole new meaning to the warning that "Speed Kills."
Title: Re: Interesting 'What if" liveries for aircraft
Post by: Tuna on June 18, 2013, 07:39:18 PM
Have always loved the lines of a FW 190!
Title: Re: Interesting 'What if" liveries for aircraft
Post by: Staggerwing on June 18, 2013, 07:46:06 PM
Quote from: Tuna on June 18, 2013, 07:39:18 PM
Have always loved the lines of a FW 190!

You don't say...   :D
Title: Re: Interesting 'What if" liveries for aircraft
Post by: GDS_Starfury on June 18, 2013, 08:46:14 PM
I always thought the Z series of BMW roadsters had similar lines.

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a little bit of BMW trivia.  their emblem is actually a styilized propeller from when they got their start as aircraft engine producers.
Title: Re: Interesting 'What if" liveries for aircraft
Post by: Barthheart on June 19, 2013, 05:23:13 AM
^ I learned that when I did some work at their main facility in Munich for their aircraft engine unit. We were building a compressor test bed for them. Walking around the site, there were still brick buildings with .50 cal bullet holes in them from the war..... fascinating place to visit.
Title: Re: Interesting 'What if" liveries for aircraft
Post by: LongBlade on June 19, 2013, 08:29:52 AM
Quote from: Barthheart on June 19, 2013, 05:23:13 AM
Walking around the site, there were still brick buildings with .50 cal bullet holes in them from the war..... fascinating place to visit.

I'd like to hear the tour given to new employees on that one.