Originally Posted by
Bergerie1
The Speedbird was the corporate logo of Imperial Airways and was continued by BOAC when the corporation was founded in 1939. It is a very great pity that British Airways decided to dispense with such an iconic symbol and replace it with a limp piece of coloured ribbon. What a come-down!!
I completely agree with what you say, but BA still have that large corporate image even with their current 'speedmarque' ribbon design. I did quite like the landor-era speedwing though!