Business aviation / Aircraft Refurbishment, Part II The Flying Colours paint shop encountered a whole new realm of complexity with this project. Each individual stripe needed to be measured; each honeycomb template had to be applied by hand, and the final edgings were hand painted by brush. Watch the video here! Design, with a Twist Editor’s Note: Is your corporate aircraft looking a bit tired these days? Have you ever wondered what’s involved in a custom refurbishment? We invited Peterborough, Ont.-based Flying Colours to walk us through a project that illustrates the custom design process, with a twist. In the second installment of this two-part series, we learn how pre-engineered external components combined with internal creativity and expertise to breathe new life into an aging Global Express business jet. 68 SKIES Magazine | May/June 2017 t the end of March 2017, Flying Colours Corp. delivered the industry’s first jet that had undergone a complete cabin conversion incorporating the new pre- engineered components manufactured by Inairvation, the 50/50 joint venture between Germany-based Lufthansa Technik (LHT) and F.List of Austria. A In less than five months, the classic 2003 Bombardier Global Express underwent a complete internal and external transformation that brought style and elegance to the otherwise outdated interior. At the same time, the exterior fuselage was treated to one of the most striking aircraft paint schemes Flying Colours has ever produced.