A pre-manufactured preformed thermoplastic signage for application to large aviation substrates comprising: a thermoplastic alkyd or hydrocarbon resin-based composite wherein said signage comprises a bottom surface, and a top surface and edges that surround the perimeter of said composite wherein said edges are attached to said bottom surface and said top surface and wherein said top surface has surface indicia materials existing on said top surface, the top surface of the thermoplastic signage further includes dropped on retroreflective glass beads, said glass beads are within a particle size distribution of between 300 and 1180 microns, and an index of refraction of 1.9, characterized in that said bottom surface is covered with a two-part epoxy primer; such that said bottom surface and said primer is within a viscosity range of between 50 and 500 mPa·s, and wherein said composite includes a functionalized wax incorporated in said composite within the range of 0.2 to 3 percent by weight and yields a molten viscosity range of between 35 and 85 Pa·s when said thermoplastic signage is in a molten state, wherein said glass beads are within a density range of 3.5 to 4.5 grams per cubic centimeter such that said beads are suspended in said top surface of said preformed thermoplastic so that when said preformed thermoplastic signage is in a molten state said beads do not sink into said composite and said beads yield an overall retroreflectivity of about 1000 millicandellas/m 2 /lux (mcd), and wherein said composite is a continuous sheet that can be wound onto a take-up spool and wherein said composite can subsequently be unwound from said spool and positioned to conform to said large substrates and wherein subsequently said signage is heatable to a predetermined temperature; the epoxy primer thereby providing optimal adhesion of said composite to said large substrates; and wherein said preformed thermoplastic signage includes features that allow said edges of said signage to physically interconnect and interlock with edges of other signage with the same or other features allowing said continuous sheet to be wound or unwound from spools for specific transportation and site placement needs. a thermoplastic alkyd or hydrocarbon resin-based composite wherein said signage comprises a bottom surface, and a top surface and edges that surround the perimeter of said composite wherein said edges are attached to said bottom surface and said top surface and wherein said top surface has surface indicia materials existing on said top surface, the top surface of the thermoplastic signage further includes dropped on retroreflective glass beads, said glass beads are within a particle size distribution of between 300 and 1180 microns, and an index of refraction of 1.9, characterized in that said bottom surface is covered with a two-part epoxy primer; such that said bottom surface and said primer is within a viscosity range of between 50 and 500 mPa·s, and wherein said composite includes a functionalized wax incorporated in said composite within the range of 0.2 to 3 percent by weight and yields a molten viscosity range of between 35 and 85 Pa·s when said thermoplastic signage is in a molten state, wherein said glass beads are within a density range of 3.5 to 4.5 grams per cubic centimeter such that said beads are suspended in said top surface of said preformed thermoplastic so that when said preformed thermoplastic signage is in a molten state said beads do not sink into said composite and said beads yield an overall retroreflectivity of about 1000 millicandellas/m 2 /lux (mcd), and wherein said composite is a continuous sheet that can be wound onto a take-up spool and wherein said composite can subsequently be unwound from said spool and positioned to conform to said large substrates and wherein subsequently said signage is heatable to a predetermined temperature; the epoxy primer thereby providing optimal adhesion of said composite to said large substrates; and wherein said preformed thermoplastic signage includes features that allow said edges of said signage to physically interconnect and interlock with edges of other signage with the same or other features allowing said continuous sheet to be wound or unwound from spools for specific transportation and site placement needs.