A picture is here: http://www.airliners.net/open.file/420845/L/ Unlike the DC-10 painted more than 20 years ago, I understand the plane was not even rolled out from the hangar for proper photography :-( Cordialement, Alexandre. AeroTransport Data Bank http://www.aerotransport.org Benjamin PO Yu wrote: > > Taiwan, Touch Your Heart; Taiwan, Touch My Heart! > > http://netcity5.web.hinet.net/UserData/rf104g/taiwan.html > > September 2003, China Airlines and the Tourism Bureau, Rep. of China, = > planed to color-paint a B747-400 (B747-409, registration No. B-18209) to = > promote the tourism of Taiwan. Almost completing the painting job, China = > Airlines announced discontinue the project just the day before the press = > conference of this beautiful airplane.=20 > > It is confirmed by several local news agency that, China Airlines = > discontinue this project because Mainland China government would = > 'protest against this airplane' for political reasons and might hurt the = > business interest and opportunities of CAL in mainland China. Two days = > later, this airplane was painted back to its original paint-scheme. > > It hurts our hearts, not to see this 'B747-400 of Taiwan' flying in the = > sky... > > -