LONDON, England (UP)—Airplanes “like flying zebras” have joined the British air navy.
Officially, they are known as “dazzle planes.” They [are] splashed with color in an extension of camouflage so that even a short distance away, while in flight, it is impossible to tell what kind of machine it is.
Tests with several of these airplanes were made at one of the Royal Air Force stations.
Witnesses said that the “dazzle planes” seemed “all out of proportion,” with the fuselage in some places apparently badly bent. It looked, said one, as if the wings were about to fall off.
The colors chosen were mostly black and also jazzy yellow.
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Image credit: Animated version of print from David Versluis and Roy R. Behrens, Iowa Insect Series (2012)
