ORIGINAL: greenpilot
Tall Paul, seeing is believing. I thought the white stripes would be too visible through the transparent top and still cause confusion, but it looks good. They do create contrast against the yellow. Thanks for the pix.
Look a little closer - those white patches on the US were added with a photo editor.
(Otherwise you should see them in the top view as well)
That's not to say there isn't any merit to the concept though. I use alternating wide stripes (white & neon orange) on the bottoms of my planes and have very little problem with orientation.