Back in the day, airliners would “cheat”

[AggieMike88]

 

[Sac Arrow]

Can someone give me the 20 words or less Cliff's Notes version?

 

[Lachlan]

Striped paint to make em look cooler & faster than a passenger bus.

 

[Sac Arrow]

Thank you.

 

[Charlie Golf]

That does it...I'm adding a cheatline to the hawk tomorrow so it will go faster.

 

[luvflyin]

Can someone give me the 20 words or less Cliff's Notes version?

It’s the horizontal stripe along the windows to make them look sleeker and faster. If at first you don’t see it, look up.

 

[Tantalum]

I miss cool paint schemes on planes. The euro-white look on every. single. plane. is exhausting. I get it, efficiency has driven everything to a tube with a wing and an engine under each.. let's at least have some fun with the designs!

Sailboats were doing it too for a while.. that stubby 32' sloop looks much sleeker and faster with a well placed cheatline.. if you do it right it'll add at least a few knots!

 

[Sac Arrow]

It’s the horizontal stripe along the windows to make them look sleeker and faster. If at first you don’t see it, look up.

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There is a lady at my gym, that wears the same exact outfit they do. And age progression suggests, she could have been one of them.

I have pet names for everyone. I call her '1972.' Because I think that is the last time she went shopping for gym clothes.