To tell you the truth, I have no idea what the purpose of that metal strip is. But, i'm pretty sure it has something to do with the testing equipment. Alex Nieves On Sat, 12 Jan 2002 23:35:11 -0500 Gerard M Foley <gfoley@columbus.rr.com> writes: > From: "Alex Nieves" <alexnieves1@juno.com> > > Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 10:07 PM > > > > Actually, Mike, the P&W 720, registration N720PW is bright red and > a > > bright blue. It was repainted prior to the PW6000's first flight. > The > > red is only on the wingtips and the tail (also the nose and the > engine > > being tested). A picture can be found at the bottom of the press > release > > of the PW6000's first flight at > > http://www.pratt-whitney.com/unique/html/releases/0821.html. > > > Nice pictures. Is the bare metal stripe along the top of the > fuselage a > sun roof, or something like? > > Gerry K8EF > > http://home.columbus.rr.com/gfoley/ > http://www.geocities.com/gerryf.geo/eclipseindex.html > http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/pollock/263/egypt/egypt.html > Alex