Sites for Track #455601
Aircraft Livery Types Site Location: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_livery This website describes an aircraft livery and also describes the different types of commercial, government, and military liveries.
CNN Importance of Liveries Site Location: http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/24/travel/buinses-traveller-airline-liveries/ This webpage discusses the merger of United Airlines with US Airways and also discusses the importance of aircraft liveries. There is also a 10 question quiz to test your knowledge of aircraft liveries worldwide.
To Paint or not to Paint Site Location: http://www.airlinepilotchatter.com/2013/01/new-american-airlines-livery-to-paint.html This article is a very good discussion of the paint versus polish debate for aircraft liveries, in particular for American Airlines.
Painting vs. Polishing Site Location: http://www.boeing.com/commercial/aeromagazine/aero_05/textonly/fo01txt.html This webpage from the Boeing Company details the painting vs. polishing debate for aircraft fuselages that are metal. Newer composite aircraft without aluminum skins are essentially impossible to polish and must be painted.
FAA Manual on Aircraft Painting Site Location: https://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/aircraft/amt_airframe_handbook/media/ama_ Ch08.pdf To open the document, click on the link and the page will move outside of the frames. To return to the track, click on your browser's back button.
Aircraft Livery Site Location: http://thedesignair.net/category/livery/ This website has a nice gallery of various aircraft liveries.
Airline Livery Encyclopedia Site Location: http://airlinecolorschemes.wordpress.com/ This site claims to be the encyclopedia of airline liveries. Click on the Galleries tab and then scroll through the country/region links to select the images for the different airlines.
Online Aircraft Livery Design Site Location: http://www.paintconfigurator.com/ This website allows users to customize various aircraft templates and color the fuselage and wings of aircraft. This website may need to be viewed outside of the frames for full functionality.