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Old 18th Feb 2019, 12:59
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DaveReidUK
 
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Originally Posted by cessnapete
Just seen some pics of the repainted 744 at LHR. Isn’t the Union Jack upside down??
Were you by any chance looking at the starboard side?

At the risk of stating the obvious, when a Union flag is painted on a UK-registered aircraft, it is (or should be) always shown as if the flagpole is forward. So it's flipped left-to-right, not upside down.

Twas ever thus.

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