| Post; Why did aircraft color change over the decades?
In the 50s and 60s, most aircraft (military and civilian) were painted with a shining silvery color. Now, military ones are often painted a non-shiny non-silvery gray and civilian ones all kinds of colors.
Was this a fashion thing or was there a specific reason they were painted silver (which seems to be inadequate for military planes, as they don't really want to be seen |