Wandering, on 19 April 2012 - 02:19 AM, said:
So Sky, hypothetically I'm an extremely rich man. I buy an old 757 from some PMCs for cash under the table. I then go down to the local paint store and buy some paint with cash. I then proceed to paint the plane.
You forgot the decals so how much is that going to cost to manufacture? How much paint do you think is required to paint an aircraft the size of a B-757? Now, you have to add special spray guns, compressors, and special stands, not to mention the paint crew needed to prepare and paint the aircraft and don't forget the facility rental. Who is going to transport and place the support stands needed to paint the aircraft fuselage, wings and tail?
After the aircraft is painted, who is going to balance the controls surfaces and where are you going to get such balancing equipment? How money is it going to cost you to have the equipment shipped to you? Who are you going to call to balance the control surfaces? You don't fly an aircraft that has been painted without balancing the control surfaces otherwise you may get serious fluttering which could result is control failure. From that, you have already acquired tons of receipts that are also in the hands of vendors and not to mention taxes that you have been charged for the paint and everything else, which will create a paper trail to the tax folks.
When you file your flight plan, what aircraft identification are you going to use if you've painted your aircraft in the colors of United Airlines? If you attempt to use the callsign of United Airlines, then you can expect a special knock on your door and if you attempt to use another callsign, that will set off the alarm bells because your aircraft has been painted in the colors of United Airlines.
You may think that you won't leave a paper trail, but when you complete your paint job, you will have left a paper trail that extends across the country because it takes a lot more than just a few cans of spray paint to paint a B-757.
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Your reliance on everyone to play by the rules whilst carrying out a 'terrorist attack' is stupendous. Some of the ideas you suggest as counters to our argument beggar belief.
There's a lot more than just playing against the rules because the laws of physics comes into play in regards to center of gravity, control surface balancing, and aircraft safety. Painting an airplane is a lot more complicated than painting a car.Paint over the wrong places such as static ports and your aircraft could very well become part of terra firma.
Edited by skyeagle409, 19 April 2012 - 05:07 AM.