The world's largest commercially operated aircraft to be painted completely black in honour of the All Blacks has been revealed. The New Zealand Herald reports.
"Players Kieran Read and Andy Ellis ceremonially led the one-of-a-kind Boeing 777-300ER aircraft out of Boeing's paint hangar facility in Seattle on Friday night. Read said the plane looked "sensational" and would "really turn heads" at airports around the world.
"Ellis said he felt similarly about the plane.
"I always feel a huge amount of pride when I pull on the All Blacks jersey with the silver fern to represent my country on the rugby field and to see that replicated similarly on something this big is just awesome."
"It took 700 litres of primer and paint and 14 painters working in shifts 24 hours a day for just over a week to complete the transformation."
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