Sky Camouflage of Naval Airplanes

Abstract

The brightness of the light from the sun, sky and sea are analyzed to bring out the principles of day sky camouflage of air planes. Rules are formulated, Chapter III, section 3, which in simplest form are: paint upper surfaces with a dark gray blue; paint underneath surfaces, vertical surfaces, protuberances, with a light gray blue; all paint should be matte. Specific directions for painting the plane and experiments are outlines, in Chapter IV. It is pointed out, Chapter V, that translucent fabric offers greater possibilities of low visibility camouflage than can be achieved by painting opaque fabric.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 22, 1934
Accession Number
AD1144651

Entities

People

  • Charles Bittinger
  • Edward O. Hulburt

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Adhesives
  • Aircrafts
  • Airplanes
  • Altitude
  • Brightness
  • Camouflage
  • Clouds
  • Electromagnetic Metamaterials
  • Engineering
  • Illumination
  • Materials
  • Military Research
  • Observers
  • Optical Properties
  • Photographs
  • Reflectivity
  • Stainless Steel
  • Standards
  • Sunlight

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Vision.
  • Educational Psychology
  • Fluid Dynamics.