AIRWAYS SPECIAL
7 TONY BORDELAIS
final painting of the aircraft and understand the particulars and constraints of the aircraft types on which the livery is going to be applied . The manufacturer ’ s technical department evaluates the viability of the concept and indicates how difficult and costly it would be to fit the final design into the aircraft .
8 ROBERTO LEIRO
The details are reduced to technical drawings , which stipulate to the millimeter where every part of the livery will be applied . Among the various considerations is ensuring that no part of the airplane that needs to be exposed is covered by the paint . It is at this point that different types of paint products and methods are chosen , depending on the style and complexity of the design .
9 YIFEI YU
“ We need to have very good relationships with the manufacturers and maintenance
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