Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxj!aluxz!mhuxi!mhuxa!houxm!ihnp4!ixn5c!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!ccvaxa!rmiller From: rmiller@ccvaxa.UUCP Newsgroups: net.aviation Subject: Re: Aircraft Colors - (nf) Message-ID: <2474@uiucdcs.UUCP> Date: Tue, 19-Jul-83 22:53:58 EDT Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.2474 Posted: Tue Jul 19 22:53:58 1983 Date-Received: Fri, 22-Jul-83 13:57:28 EDT Lines: 10 #R:hou5f:-32500:ccvaxa:5100006:000:408 ccvaxa!rmiller Jul 18 21:46:00 1983 comment on white sailplanes: the europeans have been using red paint for years, BY LAW. the only reason i have heard for not doing so is to avoid leaching during contests (lesser pilots following the good ones) by being less visible. but please remember that glass structures also have a (very slow) deterioration due to ultraviolet radiation, that's why they are white to begin with! uiucdcs!ccvaxa!rmiller