Why Blue Paint Caused Problems For Concorde

Concorde was one of the most iconic aircraft to ever grace the sky. But for two weeks, Pepsi took over one of the most famous Concorde’s as part of their massive ‘Project Blue’ campaign. This transformation from white to blue caused some problems for the supersonic airliner.

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[NightHeronProduction]

My family works in the film and tv industry (mainly lighting and gaffering) and has done so in some capacity since the early 1960s. My uncle was involved in this press event, to what degree I don’t know but there’s a picture of him posing in front of the “Pepsi Concorde” with one hand on his hip and the other up in the air gesturing to the nose of the aircraft, topped off with a dopey smile, in fairness it’s acutally a pretty good picture. It’s taken from about the aircrafts 10 o clock. He also everdently got to go in a BA Concorde while he was there too as there’s another picture of him leaning out of the cockpit window of one them.

[Monster]

Imagine spending $5 million on an ad and it was never aired

[LeakyTrees]

Imagine dropping 10mil to show that you changed your can from red to blue.

[neznau]

"There was too much red on their (Pepsi) cans."

*Soviet Union anthem stops.*

[ganyu]

that was the smoothest transition into a sponsor thingy i’ve ever seen lmao

[richiehale]

So they turned the fastest version of Concorde into the slowest just by painting it blue 😂

[Ancíentnë]

Plot twist: this whole video was created to advertise expressVPN

[ac]

Concorde looked pretty cool in blue actually. That bird is timeless, it still looks modern today 50 plus years after it was first designed.

[MissesWitch]

"tin can"


*that's a masterpiece of engineering* ...

[troopx]

Pepsi melts at supersonic speeds; that’s why.

[Papershields]

“Safer than flying at Mach 2 in a tin can.” This is referring to an airplane with 27 years in the air and a perfect safety record.

There was one accident and it was caused by the grossly negligent maintenance of a foreign airline’s plane.

[PhillipParr]

"Having a business meeting over the internet is probably safer than flying at mach 2 in a tin can."
Seconds later
"Whenever you're connected to public WiFi it's incredibly easy for hackers to steal your passwords, emails, and credit card information."
Well that doesn't sound safer!

[adarshsrivastava]

Use express VPN to access any website blocked in your country.

In background: Chinese flag

[MICKEYISLOWD]

The Concord is easily the most beautiful aircraft ever built. She looked like a swan when cruising and those lines are just stunning. I was obsessed with this plane when I was a kid and bought just about every model of her that came out. My cousin became a captain for Britannia airlines and he told me Concord was the most beautiful plane he had ever seen. He also told me Concord was so advanced because it was designed from scratch and was unconventional and engineered beautifully.

[tbx]

Nobody:
Pepsi:

Oh yeah I have been in space twice, the 6th largest navy and a Concorde. How about you?

[Couscous]

“The Concorde featured a droop snoot.”

“Droop snoot?”

“Yeah, the snoot would droop.”

“The snoot drooped.”

[marcelfilms]

Love how a military plane pissing fuel all over the floor is no big deal but when my car does it its suddenly the biggest crime ever

[C.O._Jones]

To me, it’s just not a Pepsi commercial unless Michael Jackson’s hair is on fire.

[webweaver]

I'm not sure who had the more creative advertising idea, Pepsi or ExpressVPN

[GeForceGG]

They also did a space ad...


On the MIR...

Five years before it got deorbited... R.I.P. MIR :(