pandemic white-nose flu on small airbusses?

Polecat · Post by **Polecat** » 03 Aug 2009, 12:12

Forget the Mexican Swine flu, forget Q-fever, forget SARS.... I think something new is spreading!

Last winter I took this picture at Schiphol, but I didn't really think much of it...

last weekend however, I saw this at Dusseldorf... is it spreading, the White Nose Flu!?!

Post by **Hurricane** » 03 Aug 2009, 13:58

Polecat wrote:Forget the Mexican Swine flu, forget Q-fever, forget SARS.... I think something new is spreading!

, ahhh; that is called pour paint quality combined with air friction -> money saving .... (indeed spreading lately)

Adios, Hurricane

United · Post by **United** » 03 Aug 2009, 14:47

completely off topic, but what a great reg. on the Air Berlin.

united

Post by **Key** » 03 Aug 2009, 23:12

Polecat wrote:I didn't really think much of it...

Personally, I do think much of it: beautiful winter shot!

United wrote:what a great reg. on the Air Berlin.

Jawohl

Erik

pjotrtje · Post by **pjotrtje** » 04 Aug 2009, 06:19

Just checking: can't it be that this just is the exact same replacement nose twice, on different a/c?

kiwi · Post by **kiwi** » 04 Aug 2009, 17:05

I don't think Air Berlin and SAS use each others noses..

Polecat · Post by **Polecat** » 29 Sep 2009, 16:14

now bigger Airbusses get it as well!!! Mad this piccie four weeks ago prior to boarding my flight to Greece...
(did AB buy some Kwantum paint or so??)

Thermal · Post by **Thermal** » 29 Sep 2009, 16:28

Maybe the planes were manufactured under license in Columbia?

Andressi · Post by **Andressi** » 30 Sep 2009, 08:34

Hi all,

The horrifying white nose virus seems to be among us for quite a while already, shot this one on a beautiful evening in May 2008.

Looks like some 'airbrush' on the airbus!

Cheers,
Andres

Andras · Post by **Andras** » 30 Sep 2009, 20:29

@ Thermal : Hahahaha.. that is funny..!

Airbus radome paint sucks... And that D-ALTE is funny too!..

Greetz,

flying_kiwi · Post by **flying_kiwi** » 01 Oct 2009, 09:59

I don't get it!! On most of these aircraft (except the SAS A319) the radome is supposed to be white.
Shouldn't the question be "Why are these radomes turning black

"

Yorden

Thermal · Post by **Thermal** » 01 Oct 2009, 10:46

But serious......apparently it is a special coating protecting the nose during test flights of new A/C. Maybe a few airlines were to lazy to take it off right away?

EDIT- Source is one of my ground instructors who in his 'spare time' [as he calls it] flies A319/A320/A321/A330 for Kingfisher

Pete · Post by **Pete** » 01 Oct 2009, 11:00

Thermal wrote:But serious......apparently it is a special coating protecting the nose during test flights of new A/C. Maybe a few airlines were to lazy to take it off right away?

Why should they take it off right away? Just a few hours of operational flying does the job equally well.

It remains to be a funny sight however. those coke sniffing airbusses

Regards Pete

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