Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!umich!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!att!cbnews!military
From: jeffs@a.gp.cs.cmu.edu (Jeffrey Schlimmer)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Modern USN Aircraft Colors: Why White & Red?
Summary: Query about specific aspects of a paint scheme.
Keywords: camouflage, USN, aircraft
Message-ID: <1990Jul5.020644.14675@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 5 Jul 90 02:06:44 GMT
Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker)
Organization: Carnegie-Mellon University, CS/RI
Lines: 17
Approved: military@att.att.com



From: jeffs@a.gp.cs.cmu.edu (Jeffrey Schlimmer)

    Currently the US Navy uses a dark/light gray paint scheme on their
aircraft.  Just before that, they painted the top of an airplane gull
gray and the bottom white.  I'm curious about two specifics of this
latter paint scheme:

    - Why are ailerons, rudders, and elevators (and flying elevators)
      painted white on both the bottom _and_ top?
    - Why are the edges of landing gear doors and the inside of flaps
      and airbrakes painted red?

I'll be happy to post a summary of responses next week.

    --Jeff Schlimmer