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Air France 777 F-GSPZ - Black Dot On A Nose  
User currently offlineAndrej From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2001, 811 posts, RR: 0
Posted (5 years 4 months 2 days 17 hours ago) and read 2550 times:

Hello all,

I am wondering what is the story behind the black dot on Boeing 777-228ER (F-GSPZ) I noticed that it is only recent addition (from December 2007). Can we expect more of these on other planes? Is this an update for the livery or test? It does look rather nice!

EDIT: Here is a picture of what I am talking about:


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Thanks for all AF insiders!

Cheers,
Andrej

[Edited 2008-01-22 16:48:40]

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User currently offlineAirdolomiti From Italy, joined May 2003, 680 posts, RR: 10
Reply 1, posted (5 years 4 months 2 days 17 hours ago) and read 2501 times:

That definitely looks like the radome of an AZ 777. If I'm not mistaken, some components/spare parts for that aircraft type are shared between the two companies, so it's entirely possible that AF maintenance mounted an AZ radome on F-GSPZ, similar to the mismatched cowlings and radomes frequently seen on other airlines that have different liveries in the fleet.

User currently offlineLegoguy From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2006, 3301 posts, RR: 44
Reply 2, posted (5 years 4 months 2 days 17 hours ago) and read 2492 times:

Looks like one of Alitalia's 777 nose cones. Perhaps just a temporary nose cone replacement for F-GSPZ


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User currently offlineAndrej From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2001, 811 posts, RR: 0
Reply 3, posted (5 years 4 months 2 days 17 hours ago) and read 2418 times:

Hey all,

thanks for help! I should have thought of that.....oh well.  Smile I was hoping that we would see more of these dots.


Cheers,
Andrej

User currently offlineMir From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 19715 posts, RR: 56
Reply 4, posted (5 years 4 months 2 days 15 hours ago) and read 2206 times:

Or, knowing AF, it could just be a really big patch of dirt.  duck 

-Mir


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