Painting an aircraft is a huge job. It requires hundreds of litres of paint, special equipment and time, often keeping the ...

In 2025, UK's EasyJet airline used a new lightweight paint that made each airplane about 27 kg lighter. This small change ...

Fine art Surprisingly, Gardner says airplane conditions lend themselves perfectly to a spot of painting. "The majority of my sketches are are pen and ink and watercolor," he says.

To understand why there's a hole in airplane windows, let's first understand the basic science behind them. The aircraft window is a three-pane structure and each layer is made to serve a ...