My plane it turns out, has an ugly past

[SixPapaCharlie]

Today: A fine example of an aircraft that turns heads on the ramp.





3 years ago: Also turns heads on the ramp.



Same plane (I changed the tail number)
I must be pretty shallow. That would have been a deal breaker for me.

 

[Velocity173]

While I prefer your paint scheme, the former isn’t all that bad. Seen a lot worse.

 

[SixPapaCharlie]

It's a little too festive

 

[Velocity173]

My old Traveler.

 

[GeorgeC]

(I changed the tail number)

How big of a deal was it to change the tail number? Asking for a friend.

 

[SixPapaCharlie]

Simple. 10 bucks and a phone call.

 

[Stingray Don]

Could be worse...

 

[AggieMike88]

Could be worse...

Could be muuuuch worse

 

[Checkout_my_Six]

That’s so gay bro.....

 

[eman1200]

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all I see is a sweeeeeetass mooney In the background that desperately needs a new cover.

 

[Pilawt]

 

[SkyDog58]

The plane in the second pic looks great.

 

[Shawn]

Reminds me of this...

...I miss that bike...

 

[mscard88]

I saw this fly in during the Bicentenial at a Navy base in NE Philadelphia in 1976, forget the name of the base. It was a big airshow w/ Bob Hoover in the Shrike, Blues, and other acts. The Navy had some wild paint jobs on their planes for 1976, Air Force a lot more subtle and boring.

 

[Ravioli]

The seat coverings match the old exterior better. But, that's easy enough to fix.

 

[Flymy47]

Could be muuuuch worse

That should come with an insurance discount.

 

[eman1200]

grummans make the best rain catchers

 

[Kritchlow]

Where was it based? SanFrancisco? Provincetown? Perhaps Key West?

 

[SixPapaCharlie]

grummans make the best rain catchers

It's impossible to stay dry and then. Even when it's not raining. It's like flying from the inside of a fish tank.

 

[Ravioli]

Not sure about gurmmans, but in the RV realm the choice between a tip-up and a slider is whether you want your leaks in the front or the back.

 

[Mtns2Skies]

Today: A fine example of an aircraft that turns heads on the ramp.

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Wow that Skywagon above that ugly low wing sure is a head turner!

Sorry couldn't resist

 

[frfly172]

looking good.

 

[Greg Bockelman]

Simple. 10 bucks and a phone call.

Plus the cost to physically change the number.

 

[Shepherd]

Could be muuuuch worse

Air combat drones used to be painted like that.
I'd be nervous flying near a military base.

 

[Shepherd]

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A little too much peyote.

 

[SixPapaCharlie]

Could be muuuuch worse

Traffic in sight!!!!

 

[DaleB]

all I see is a sweeeeeetass mooney In the background that desperately needs a new cover.

She ain't pretty, she just looks that way.

 

[PaulS]

Singing to the theme song: "Wonder woman".

 

[BrianNC]

Traffic in sight!!!!

Just what I was thinking. lol.

 

[NoHeat]

That would have been a deal breaker for me.

Aww, it's nothing that a little spinner-polishing won't fix up.

 

[NoHeat]

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Now that I look again, I agree, Bryan, that would be no good at all. The star on the tail is turned the wrong way, and that would just bug me every time I saw it in my hangar.

 

[GRG55]

I must be pretty shallow. That would have been a deal breaker for me.

New paint doesn't make a plane fly (much) faster, and you don't spend a lot of time looking at the paint when you're flying it in any case.

 

[wanttaja]

Not half as ugly as this one....
1982:

Same plane, 1998:

Ron Wanttaja

 

[Bill]

Could be muuuuch worse

Or worse yet:

 

[FlySince9]

all I see is a sweeeeeetass mooney In the background that desperately needs a new cover.

I think a cover is the least of that airplane's troubles...(need-wise)

 

[eman1200]

Or worse yet:

That plane is so fast the paint is peeling right off it!

 

[Grum.Man]

That plane is so fast the paint is peeling right off it!

 

[eman1200]

HUSH UP Grum.......

 

[steingar]

The old paint was probably good for at least 5 knots.

 

[Checkout_my_Six]

That plane is so fast the paint is peeling right off it!

It doesn't look very a-pealing to me....