Originally Posted by
Cat Techie
I do not mind the United Kingdom, but gold doesn't work for me. Nor does the BBJ wavy lines. As for the Union Flag, why it was not applied to have been flying as seen flying from left to right on both sides shows a lack of attention to detail. I remember reading the story of the Tin opener being applied first time to the Hurricane IID's of 6 Sqn. Sqn boss at the time was Roger Porteous and his only cavat was the emblm would be facing forwards on either side. That should apply to the Union Flag. Another airframe that had Union Flags on it was Ed Force One, the Iron Maiden tour bird in 2011. I was working at the MRO where the decals were being applied and I had a discussion with the Astreus rep and the Air Livery guys on the application of a union flag in the distress format. They redid the decal for the starboard side to look like it was as seen as flying from the left.
So you got them to redo it wrong...
I've always understood the convention, as noted above, is to paint as if the LE of the fin is a flagpole...
You really think this wasn't thought about or discussed...?