"Jay Beckman" wrote in message
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"Steven Barnes" wrote in message
m...

Maybe I should paint a sports stadium on one side of my plane and a
nuclear
plant on the other. Then, I can just present the proper side of the
plane
to
the F-16 as I scoot through the TFR.....



I can't remember exactly what the paint scheme was called ("Haze"
maybe...)
that was applied to some photo-recon P38s (F5s ?) in WWII.

IIRC, there were some claims that when the paint was applied just so...
and
the atmospherics were just right... the plane was damn near invisible to
the
naked eye. Even at relatively low levels. Something to to with how
certain
wavelengths of light were absorbed vs reflected. The process was
problematic because no two batches of the paint could be created exactly
to
specs and the way in which the plane itself was painted (paint thickness
in
key places, etc...) also impacted how well it worked.

But, when it worked, it was akin to an optical "Philadelphia Experiment"


2 suggestions for a paint job...

1) Red, black and gold. Throw "Bud" on the top of the engine cowl and an 8
on each side.

2) Paint it yellow and put a bunch of flowers and peace signs on it.




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