NWA 747-400 gets a new paint job

Acadia said:
I found this link from Boeing comparing paint versus polishing of aircraft. If I am not missing something, Boeing is claiming:

"[FONT=arial, geneva, sans-serif][FONT=arial, geneva, helvetica, sans-serif]Upper and lower half of fuselage and tail painted plus customer markings" - 555lbs for a 747-400


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still even at 555lbs I wonder if the old NW colors were under the new NW colors. I would have thought they would have re moved the old paint before painting it. That is still at least 1110lbs of paint they carry around on each flight.
Any AA guys out there? I had heard at one time that is why (or was originally why) AA does not paint their airplanes, to keep the weight of paint of them. any truth to that?
 
My uncle and a very good family friend both retired out of those NWA 747's, my Aunt worked at Hughes Airwest before going to NWA as a FA for a few years and changing careers out of aviation. Growing up all I ever heard of was NWA. Loved seeing those A330's in the silver with red tail thoght they were gorgeous to look at, a striking paint job. I was flying out of MSP for a few weeks last year and it was in a way sad to watch more aviation history go the way of the Pan Am's and such. Even with the horrible labor relations NWA was someplace I would have liked to have ended up at.

flyboywbl said:
Personally i was sad when i heard Delta bought out NWA. I've been flying NWA (grew up in St. Paul) my whole life. My first flight was when i was an infant back in 1985. Still have my original World Perks number. I know it's hard to be picky in the airline you get hired by, but i always wanted to fly for NWA since i was little.
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mooneyguy said:
still even at 555lbs I wonder if the old NW colors were under the new NW colors. I would have thought they would have re moved the old paint before painting it. That is still at least 1110lbs of paint they carry around on each flight.
Any AA guys out there? I had heard at one time that is why (or was originally why) AA does not paint their airplanes, to keep the weight of paint of them. any truth to that?
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They did, the first thing they sprayed on was a chemical stripper.
 
rjmore said:
Haha...great minds think alike!:beer:
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HKG RSV for me in DEC. Middle of the month (plus a reprieve to MIA in the middle). You gonna be around?

mooneyguy said:
still even at 555lbs I wonder if the old NW colors were under the new NW colors. I would have thought they would have re moved the old paint before painting it. That is still at least 1110lbs of paint they carry around on each flight.
Any AA guys out there? I had heard at one time that is why (or was originally why) AA does not paint their airplanes, to keep the weight of paint of them. any truth to that?
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Until it's about 10,000 lbs, the airplane doesn't really notice.

It probably carries more dirt on the airplane than weight in paint. Well, except the Japanese airlines and UPS. They keep some clean whips.
 
Polar742 said:
It probably carries more dirt on the airplane than weight in paint. Well, except the Japanese airlines and UPS. They keep some clean whips.
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There is a China Airlines freighter with a big red 50 painted on the side, and the red has smeared making the plane pink!:crazy::D

Cheap Chinese paint.;)
 
Polar742 said:
HKG RSV for me in DEC. Middle of the month (plus a reprieve to MIA in the middle). You gonna be around?
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I've got a couple rounds through HKG in Dec. One trip, 10 days and a couple of crossings. Not too shabby since it is all I do in Dec. It's my line check though but the first ANC-HKG will be the last leg of that. Assuming I'm still employed I will be in again a couple of days later.
 
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