The Aerosexual Thread

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Concorde with a promo Pepsi livery

Pepsi Blue Concorde 1996 | heritage-concorde

www.heritageconcorde.com

Ive seen that as a model never knew it was real.... there you go

 

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2 theaters of war , interesting

 

[TwinTurbo]

Ive seen that as a model never knew it was real.... there you go

My recollection is that in mid 90's Pepsi was rebranding (to predominantly blue) and they spent $500m on it in total. The wanted something spectacular to advertise their new brand style and they decided to use an Air France Concorde (BA wanted too much).

Not sure if it's a myth or not but apparently they couldn't paint the wings blue because the fuel tanks overheated due to the radiation from the sun. White was retained as it was more reflective.

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[south of heaven]

My recollection is that in mid 90's Pepsi was rebranding (to predominantly blue) and they spent $500m on it in total. The wanted something spectacular to advertise their new brand style and they decided to use an Air France Concorde (BA wanted too much).

Not sure if it's a myth or not but apparently they couldn't paint the wings blue because the fuel tanks overheated due to the radiation from the sun. White was retained as it was more reflective.

Always a Bulldog

Cool pretty interesting ,good to know

 

[DinkumDog]

Not sure if it's a myth or not but apparently they couldn't paint the wings blue because the fuel tanks overheated due to the radiation from the sun. White was retained as it was more reflective.

True. Back in 2013 I got invited to the delivery ceremony for Jetstar’s B787’s. I noticed and asked their then chief pilot why they had white engine cowlings despite the rest of the airframe being silver. It’s because the design tolerates lighter cowling colours better in terms of temperature / overall fuel efficiency. So some airlines paint it as aesthetics and branding are more important to them whilst operating cost / the bottom line drive other operators more.

 

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B-25 Mitchell aboard USS Hornet, for the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo - 1942

 

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Avro 504K

 

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Avro 504K

 

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Blue Angels A-4 - 1976

 

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Lockheed Tristar, Manchester - 1972

 

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