Aviationtags - truly unique
To describe every Aviationtag as a work of art would certainly be an exaggeration. Nevertheless, we can rightly claim that every one is unique. Today we would like to answer the question “why.”
On the one hand, what we sell is new, but you have to keep in mind that we only use original skins from former commercial aircraft for production. Some call it “upcycling,” others call it preserving the living history of aircraft and airlines.
The aircraft we use have been in service for well over 10 years, flown several hundred thousand miles, and have always been exposed to unpredictable wind and weather at an altitude of 10,000 m. Some even spent years in the blazing sun of their aircraft graveyard in the Mojave Desert. This naturally leads to color changes and different textures in the aircraft paint.
Aircraft skin on most machines currently consists of an aluminum-copper-magnesium alloy. This is light but stable. However, the trend is towards using more and more fiber composite materials (GRP, CFRP).
The thickness of the material can also vary considerably, depending on which aircraft is involved and where we obtain the material from. As a rule, the strength of the aircraft skin in the lower area and between the wings is stronger than, for example, on the upper side, where the stress is also lower.
There are also significant differences on the back. The skin of the aircraft is fastened to the frames with hundreds of rivets and some are additionally glued. If different shades of green can be seen on the back of the aviation tags, the aircraft skin was in the darker area, for example on the frame. The line in between has often been a splice. The varied back of the Boeing 737 from SAS - the SE-DOR - is a prime example of this:
In summary, one can say that the tags may vary in colour, thickness and surface structure, but they all have one thing in common: they are unique.
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