Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!att!cbnews!military
From: aldrich@blake.acs.washington.edu (Dwane Aldrich)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Naval aircraft color
Message-ID: <11194@cbnews.ATT.COM>
Date: 7 Nov 89 02:17:23 GMT
Sender: military@cbnews.ATT.COM
Lines: 14
Approved: military@att.att.com



From: Dwane Aldrich <aldrich@blake.acs.washington.edu>
Watching a documentary on TV last night, a question suddenly struck me:

  Naval aircraft in World War II seem to have been painted a dark "Naval
  blue."  Naval aircraft from Vietnam to more recent times seem to be
  painted a light "Naval grey" (except for the Blue Angels, of course).

  The question:  When did the Navy switch from blue to grey coloring for
  their aviation assets, and what was the reason.

        Dwane
        aldrich@blake.u.washington.edu