Whenever you hear the distinct hum of a commercial airplane passing overhead, jetstreams trailing behind, you'll probably look up out of curiosity. Nine times out of ten, the plane you see flying by ...

It’s a plane color. If you’ve ever wondered why airplanes are painted white, there are five key reasons — and not one of them has to do with blending in with clouds. First, white paint reflects ...

If you look around any airport, you’ll notice that almost all airplanes are painted white. From small domestic flights to large international jets, most of them have a white body with only the airline ...

Question: Why is white used as a base color for so many aircraft? You look out on the ramp and most of the airplanes are white with stripes. Is that to make them more visible? Answer: The color white ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Over the course of a 20- to 30-year life span, commercial planes are completely repainted as often as every seven to 10 years, depending on the size, ...

Have you ever looked up at a plane and wondered why it's painted white? It's more than just a colour choice. Here are 5 practical reasons behind this design choice. When the sun beats down on a plane, ...

Every airline has branding on its planes, but for the most part all planes are painted white. Why? The light color reflects sunlight and solar radiation while the plane is in flight and keeps the ...

It takes a whole team of painters, an orchestra of machines and paint spray, what seems like miles of tape and paper, and oh so much work (not to mention the planning process) in order to paint an ...

Fred Hayner, 78, whose painted caricatures decorated the noses of American bombers and fighter planes during World War II, died June 17 of cancer at a hospital near his home in Troy, N.Y. Hayner’s ...