Death Cruiser Flight Crew
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Vaucluse, France.
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I think the "Budgie" bit comes from the occasion when one of Sheikh Isa's entourage boarded an aircraft with a live, hooded falcon on his arm. As she came round with the coffee, one of the stewardesses quipped "Does your budgie talk, then?" This was back in the F27/One Eleven era, so when Gulf Air adopted the Golden Falcon emblem, it was instantly dubbed "The Golden Budgie" by the crews.