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HamiltonAir · Member Joined: 25 Dec 2006 Posts: 937 Location: Bangalore

Hi guyz,

Singapore Airlines have released the first pictures of their A380 with the paint job completed, looks beautiful.

More here:

http://www.a380.singaporeair.com/news_pr_20070509.html

Regards,
HamiltonAir
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karatecatman · Guest

Congrats to SQ.

As usual, ahead of the competition and doing something that even other airlines talk about!!!

threekay76 · Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 5:33 pm Post subject:

I somehow do not like the HUGE Lettering of SIA on their newer frames. The earlier style was in my opinion was a lot better

Nimish · Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 6:12 pm Post subject:

Wow!
But when will she get her engines?

Closeup of the lettering!

I love the larger font size and the fact that's its more visible and in-your-face. It's "Singapore airlines" after all - something to look forward to Smile

starvmgopal · Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 7:41 pm Post subject:

the big question is now:

WHEN WILL AIRBUS FINALLY GIVE SQ THEIR PLANE ???
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Birendra · Member Joined: 15 Feb 2007 Posts: 1411

Superb.

So Singapore Airlines will be the first to fly the A380 commercially. Wow.

G-BYGB · Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 4:32 pm Post subject:

Birendra · Member Joined: 15 Feb 2007 Posts: 1411

FOUND THIS ON THE INTERNET

With the distinctive blue and gold logo and the name "Singapore Airlines" across 33 metres of the aircraft fuselage, the world's first customer A380 aircraft rolled out of the paint hangar in Hamburg, Germany, on 2nd May 2007.

With extraordinary precision, the entire surface area of the aircraft fuselage was "polished" by hand by some 100 painters working four shifts. The whole paint process took 21 days to complete.

Over 2,200 litres of chromate-free paint was used for painting the aircraft that has a surface area of 3100 m². The wafer-thin paint coat measures just 0.12mm and is able to withstand differences in temperatures from 60 to over 40 degrees Celsius.