When you go to the airport to catch your flight and stand at your entry gate waiting for the plane to arrive, your eyes will definitely go to the parked planes on the runway. All those planes have one thing in common. That is the color of that plane. Most of the planes you will see are white in colour. However, sometimes some planes (Why Airplanes Are Painted White) are seen in other colors, but generally the color of airplanes is white. Do you know the reason for this?
According to the Travel and Leisure website, Dan Babb, a former pilot and now a professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, gave in-depth information about it. He told that you must have seen many cars parked in the sun. When you enter inside a car that has been parked in the sun for hours, you will be troubled by the heat and it will also feel very hot. After that you will have to switch on the AC inside, only then the car will become normal.
The planes are white to avoid heat. (Photo: Canva)
Why are planes only white?
Similarly, planes are also affected. The plane gets hot when it is in the sun, due to which its aluminum body can get damaged and the heat can make it difficult for people to sit inside. You must be aware that the darker the color, the more heat it will absorb. White color reflects sunlight more. For this reason, people also wear light colored clothes during summer, so that they feel less hot.
Planes are of different colors too
According to the report, in the initial times the planes were not white. At that time, aluminum bodies of many planes were shown. But the trend started changing in the 1970s. Aviation historian Shea Oakley said that Air France first introduced white painted planes in 1976 and by copying them other airlines also started painting their planes white. Let us tell you that according to science, it is not necessary to keep the plane white. However, the designers of the plane say that due to aerodynamic friction and the effect of the sun on the plane, a lot of heat is generated, which has a bad effect on the plane. For this reason, it is considered better to keep white color.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: October 22, 2024, 11:20 IST
