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New (modern) nose art...

Thu May 17, 2012 12:13 pm

Spotted this Army MC-12 landing in Fort Worth....

Nose art!

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Re: New (modern) nose art...

Thu May 17, 2012 12:18 pm

Very cool!! 8)

Re: New (modern) nose art...

Thu May 17, 2012 6:40 pm

It would be great if “Command” would let air and maintenance crews be turned loose and let all the branches apply nose art in the interest of Esprit de Corp, no telling what would turn up.

Re: New (modern) nose art...

Thu May 17, 2012 6:48 pm

gary1954 wrote:It would be great if “Command” would let air and maintenance crews be turned loose and let all the branches apply nose art in the interest of Esprit de Corp, no telling what would turn up.

Be careful what you ask for.
In todays PC, gender sensitive world I almost cringe at what mandates of equality would be imposed.
One for him, one for her, one for ?

Re: New (modern) nose art...

Thu May 17, 2012 8:39 pm

51fixer wrote:
gary1954 wrote:It would be great if “Command” would let air and maintenance crews be turned loose and let all the branches apply nose art in the interest of Esprit de Corp, no telling what would turn up.

Be careful what you ask for.
In todays PC, gender sensitive world I almost cringe at what mandates of equality would be imposed.
One for him, one for her, one for ?


Well planes are considered chicks anyways :P

Re: New (modern) nose art...

Fri May 18, 2012 4:54 am

Wildchild wrote:
Well planes are considered chicks anyways :P

True. And I'm a chick! All beautiful great things in life are female :twisted: pop1

Re: New (modern) nose art...

Fri May 18, 2012 8:12 am

Fouga23 wrote:All beautiful great things in life are female :twisted: pop1

QFT

Re: New (modern) nose art...

Fri May 18, 2012 12:46 pm

Very surprised that is allowed. One of the aircraft I used to work on got a lady justice nose art painted on it. After seeing it, and approving the initial design on a pencil sketch, the higher ups decided that the bust line was too low and the skin tone was too realistic. They said that it must represent a statue and not a living female. Another change was mandated after initial approval as well as it was considered too politically controversial.
All I'm saying it was tough to get anything approved and some were denied even after approval!

My opinion doesn't matter but one of the only reasons I didn't re-enlist was the overly PC atmosphere. Traditional nose art is our heritage and I was disappointed we weren't allowed to honor that.

Re: New (modern) nose art...

Fri May 18, 2012 6:01 pm

Wildchild wrote:
Well planes are considered chicks anyways :P


Some of us have "boy planes." :lol: :D

Re: New (modern) nose art...

Fri May 18, 2012 7:21 pm

Fouga23 wrote:
Wildchild wrote:
Well planes are considered chicks anyways :P

True. And I'm a chick! All beautiful great things in life are female :twisted: pop1

I have to agree with this one! :supz:

Re: New (modern) nose art...

Fri May 18, 2012 11:28 pm

It only got approved because of the shark mouth. :lol:

Re: New (modern) nose art...

Sat May 19, 2012 5:14 pm

Not an MC-12. that is an RC-12 or maybe just C-12 with mission package. Also this airplane is maybe contractor flown and maintained depending on the program. MC-12's are King Air 350 models and USAF. Sorry to split hairs but those planes are how I make my living.

Re: New (modern) nose art...

Sat May 19, 2012 6:50 pm

Looks a lot like the same nose art on RC-12X, 92-13120, Carey Mavor photograph.

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Re: New (modern) nose art...

Sat May 19, 2012 7:37 pm

Fouga23 wrote:
Wildchild wrote:
Well planes are considered chicks anyways :P

True. And I'm a chick! All beautiful great things in life are female :twisted: pop1



Amen gurl Aaaaaamen
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