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Freighters: Some With, Some W/o Windows, Why?  
User currently offlineDIA From United States of America, joined Jan 2001, 3273 posts, RR: 30
Posted (10 years 2 months 2 weeks 5 days 5 hours ago) and read 1090 times:

Why do some freighters keep their windows and others do not?

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User currently offlineTechRep From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 1, posted (10 years 2 months 2 weeks 5 days 4 hours ago) and read 1063 times:

The windows are in fact installed but are covered and painted over.

TechRep

User currently offlineDIA From United States of America, joined Jan 2001, 3273 posts, RR: 30
Reply 2, posted (10 years 2 months 2 weeks 5 days 4 hours ago) and read 1060 times:

Thanks for the quick response TechRep.


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User currently offlineAFC_ajax00 From United States of America, joined Nov 2000, 775 posts, RR: 0
Reply 3, posted (10 years 2 months 2 weeks 5 days 3 hours ago) and read 1020 times:

Some freighters were build purely as freighters, while others were converted from older passenger carrying aircraft, hence the painted over windows on some planes.


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User currently offlineHkg82 From Hong Kong, joined Apr 2002, 1219 posts, RR: 1
Reply 4, posted (10 years 2 months 2 weeks 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 982 times:

Yeah I often wondered about that too, in fact I was going to post a topic asking the same question sooner or later.

That's why on some converted freighters you can see bits of the windows because of the paint wearing off.

Hkg82.


User currently offlineSkymaster From Denmark, joined Apr 2001, 228 posts, RR: 1
Reply 5, posted (10 years 2 months 2 weeks 5 days ago) and read 911 times:

Some smaller freighter are flying passengers during the daytime and freight during the night when they stand idle anyway. But the seats suffers from being pulled in and out that often. To protect the walls and windows, hard plastic coverings are placed into the cabin.


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User currently offlineDIA From United States of America, joined Jan 2001, 3273 posts, RR: 30
Reply 6, posted (10 years 2 months 2 weeks 4 days 21 hours ago) and read 864 times:

Interesting answers guys. Thanks.

DIA


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