My Mooney was orange and white. The white on top of fuselage helped
keep cabin temp down on the ramp in the summer and the combination was
easy to see in the air and also in summer vegetation (a la Faccett)
and winter snow if bird went down.

Combination looked good like and airplane should, so best of all
worlds.

Big John
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On Sat, 3 Nov 2007 17:35:15 +0000 (UTC), Bertie the Bunyip
wrote:

Jay Honeck wrote in news:1194095788.943020.167300
:

My daughter innocently asked that question the other day, and I gave
her the usual "because white reflects heat better" answer -- but that
really doesn't add up, does it?

Automobiles, motorcycles, boats -- you name it -- all come in a
rainbow of colors. Why are 99.5% of all planes (except for some cool
old classics and some neat homebuilts) white?
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My last one wasn't and my next one won't be..

Bertie