Re: Misc.
Jess Stuart (jess@optx.com)
Sun, 10 Dec 1995 12:53:56 -0800 (PST)
> I don't believe that the pattern was intended to "hide" the aircraft
> but that it was to work like ship camoflage. It was intended to make it
> difficult to disinguish size and direction of travel. This is just an
> educated guess I don't really know ( but it sounds good ).
> It can't be meant to hide it. I mean how many yellow or pink clouds
> have you seen? The underside colors are not consistent with something
> that you're trying to hide against the sky.
From up close it may seem even a gaudy color scheme. I don't
know what the average visual recognition range was in WWI, but the colors
might blend with distance and provide good camoflauge (sp?).
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