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With Air Salvage International working on the main rebuild, the core volunteer effort over the summer of 2005 was to repaint the main wings and aircraft fuselage whilst it was inside the tent. The original paint had decayed to such an extent that corrosion treatment was required on many areas of the aircraft to provided a sound area for the new finish. The Concorde specification paint was kindly supplied by PPG Aerospace |
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The
Port wing gets its first coat of primer |
Now
the sexy white Concorde Paint!
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1st
coat complete on the port side |
1st
coat on the starboard wing |
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Another
look down the port side, with the wing still to be painted |
The
underbelly painted with the restored belly panels re-installed |
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Painting
the forward areas of the aircraft's belly |
Cargo
hold door now back in place |
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Starting
the port wing |
Many
hands make light work. Each wing took 8 man hours per coat |
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The
port side after 2 coats on paint, 3 coats were applied to the fuselage. |
Looking
from above the scale of the task achieved can be seen |
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