Aviation/automotive crossover quiz!
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So, here's a Friday geeky quiz for you.
This Bell JetRanger has just come back from a repaint, will be flying again in a few weeks.
The new paintjob features three colours (ignore the skids and crosstubes, they will be done to match the lower red colour)...all of which are automotive. A free tufty badge for the first person to get all three correct. If you guess three colours, I will tell you how many you got right. And there is only one right answer, no alternatives allowed.
The colours are from three different car manufacturers with no common link other than I liked them.
This Bell JetRanger has just come back from a repaint, will be flying again in a few weeks.
The new paintjob features three colours (ignore the skids and crosstubes, they will be done to match the lower red colour)...all of which are automotive. A free tufty badge for the first person to get all three correct. If you guess three colours, I will tell you how many you got right. And there is only one right answer, no alternatives allowed.
The colours are from three different car manufacturers with no common link other than I liked them.
sfella said:
Aston Martin Grey
Rolls Royce blue
Tvr candy Red
Can't all be right because either the blue or red is something else:Rolls Royce blue
Tvr candy Red
Rob-s5mok said:
MitchT said:
Not sure about the silver but the blue reminds me of Atlantis Blue or Snapper Rocks Blue and the red reminds me of Calypso Red, all BMW colours.
One out of three. All three colours are from different manufacturersRob-s5mok said:
MitchT was right with one of the blues.
A BMW main dealer that I visited earlier this year had Atlantis Blue and Snapper Rocks Blue swatches next to each other on a display in the showroom. I took the liberty of grabbing a photo...As far as I'm aware, Atlantis Blue was first available on the E36 3 Series Coupé facelift model in 1997. Snapper Rocks Blue first appeared on the LCI F32 4 Series Coupé in 2017.
So, I guess which blue it is will depend on the age of the aircraft. If it predates 2017 and the repaint is faithful to the original colour scheme, then I'd say Atlantis. If it's a new colour scheme then it could be Atlantis or Snapper Rocks.
Thinking again about the red, it reminds me of the color of an Aston Martin V8 Vantage that I sat in a few years ago - Toro Red.
This far, we have had one exact colour mentioned and one other correct manufacturer but not quite the right colour (think Alan Partridge podcast, if you do that kind of thing). The third manufacturer is still a mystery. It's a very Pistonhead one...
Half points for manufacturer and colours.
Half points for manufacturer and colours.
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