Paint It Green
Back in the early days of metal aircraft, the height of aero style was aluminum skin burnished to a mirror-like finish as displayed on such famous machines as the Lockheed Vega and Howard Hughes' H-1 Racer. But such beauty comes dearly, and constant care was required to maintain these glistening air...
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