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Tony G 2nd September 2008 12:29 PM

Atlas Air Paint Issues
 
Here are a couple of photos i have taken recently of Atlas Air, one taken this morning. As you can see the paint work towards the rear of the aircraft is quite bad. I thinking they should change contractors:rolleyes:

http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/r...e/IMG_3848.jpg
N412MC

http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/r...e/IMG_3553.jpg
N492MC

Kieran Wells 2nd September 2008 03:44 PM

hear hear tony!
I have N492MC in Sydney on 2/4 and the paintwork still wasn't that great...hopefully the paintwork doesn't reflect the companys reputation..

Scott Lindsell 2nd September 2008 04:03 PM

They have always been pretty bad but those shots are some of the worst I've seen.
Do Atlas still fly to SYD regularly???
S.

Philip Argy 2nd September 2008 04:21 PM

That's terrible!
 
Is the paintwork bad enough to adversely impact laminar airflow and therefore increase drag/fuel burn? It looks like it to me but I'd be interested in an expert's opinion.

Stefan Drury 2nd September 2008 06:36 PM

Here's the other side from a few months back:

http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=6233080

Andrew McLaughlin 2nd September 2008 06:54 PM

And again...look at the leading edge of the fin! :eek:

http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=6297917

Stefan Drury 2nd September 2008 06:58 PM

Poor girl, in need of an 'Extreme Makeover'. Nice photo BTW Andrew.

Philip Argy 2nd September 2008 07:07 PM

Cheap pre-paint preparation
 
I wonder what costs more - the extra fuel burned from allowing turbulent air flow to burnish the paint off or a conventional "sanding back" before a re-paint?

Sarah C 2nd September 2008 08:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andrew McLaughlin (Post 11926)
And again...look at the leading edge of the fin! :eek:

http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=6297917

That is the worst photo I have seen of the Atlas paint job (or lack of it).

Kieran Wells 2nd September 2008 10:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scott Lindsell (Post 11906)
Do Atlas still fly to SYD regularly???
S.

Scott, they do a lot of freight work for Qantas. I know they normally do SYD-BKK-Chicago, but wouldn't surprise me if they did other routes for them.


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