President Trump made a stop at an air base in the United Kingdom, switching planes from an older model Air Force One to the newly-commissioned 747 gifted by the Qatari government.
Trump continues to ignore experts. Painting the bottom of a commercial jet fuselage a dark color primarily increases weight and heat absorption. Darker paints require more pigment, adding hundreds of pounds of extra weight, which increases fuel consumption. Additionally, it causes the fuselage to absorb more solar radiation, which warms the cabin and strains air conditioning systems. You can imagine how hot the tarmac is in the Middle East. Dark surfaces absorb significantly more heat on the tarmac, which can expand fuel in the fuselage tanks and accelerate the degradation of seals and composite materials.
To scared to be blown out of the air with the big plane
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