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Old 6th June 2015, 06:00 PM
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00-9001 ADSB 06/06/2015 09:31 Boeing C32-B (25494) - USAF - Callsign RANTY73
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Photographed the LAN B787-8 Dreamliner for the first time this morning, it taxied along Charlie for a Runway 16L departure to Auckland and Santiago. I think
the LAN livery really suits the shorter B787-8 Dreamliner. Its only taken me 8 weeks to be there at the right time.







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Old 14th June 2015, 09:30 PM
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Beautiful plane - the engine nacelle looks to have some non-standard black lines on it. Wonder what they are...
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Old 14th June 2015, 10:42 PM
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Possibly some form of speed tape?
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Old 14th June 2015, 10:54 PM
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Maybe this will help ...

It does look like tape and it even goes across the Rolls Royce logo.

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That appears to be high speed tape! Was like that when it first visited Sydney on May 28 (?) so can't be that important!

TAPE????-2260 by Zac Mathes, on Flickr
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It's interesting that it appears quite patchwork. I'm not technical (as in I have no idea what tape is used for on aircraft), but surely that's not structural; there probably wouldn't be panel lines on the engine cowling on those areas?
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Old 15th June 2015, 04:33 PM
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I don't think there would be, especially cutting directly through the Rolls Royce logo.
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Old 16th June 2015, 09:01 AM
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I checked with my contact at Boeing and he said, "No one in the Everett Pilot Office seems to know what it is. Not how it's delivered".

Presumably something LAN has added after delivery ?
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Old 16th June 2015, 09:07 AM
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I agree Grahame, I'd assume it is speed tape added by LAN - unsure of the purpose though as there doesn't seem like any damage is present.
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