Red White and Blue Voyager
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Just a quicky
[Edit:If its the grey A330 that passed over my garage at about 500 AGL its was definitely grey ! all over]
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Get a life you lot! What leader arrives in a matt grey aircraft on international visits. We have looked like the poor relation too long and the cost is peanuts in the grand scheme of things. Have you no pride in your country or nothing better to do than denigrate every decision made by the government - a bit of support would not go amiss right now.
Notwithstanding vthe 'Why', I am a little shocked at the cost....Is someone adding a few GBPs to this and taking the p133 as it is 'outside of contract'? How much does an aircraft respray normally cost?
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They might be adding black and white recognition bars to the wings and fuselage for the 31st Jan celebrations.
Get a life you lot! What leader arrives in a matt grey aircraft on international visits. We have looked like the poor relation too long and the cost is peanuts in the grand scheme of things. Have you no pride in your country or nothing better to do than denigrate every decision made by the government - a bit of support would not go amiss right now.
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ISTR the costing included “design”. And of course anything fancy is going to need stick-on vinyl or spray templates. A bit more complex/expensive that just “mask the windows and spray the rest in grey”.
So did the AAL dispatcher who's credited with the photo fake it himself, or has his identity been stolen by a Photoshopper ?
And are the hundreds of other photos of his on the Net fakes too ?
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Voyager looks good photo shopped in Air Support Command livery.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/evansa...y/11608974363/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/evansa...y/11608974363/
Or do you think your man on the inside knows not what he is talking about?
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Personally, I always think that we’re very hair shirt in this country about transport for our political elites. There was a period (after the demise of the VC10s as VIP transports in 2001 perhaps?) where our leaders were ferried around in any old aircraft chartered from any old airline. Gordon Brown went to the US on a Titan B757 and was greeted with full military honours. I’m hoping that the wonderful Gene Willson was at the controls, none better to ferry our PM around, but it was an odd to see the British going for a bit of chartered affordable luxury (VIP config with leather seats!) in the home of the superpower. And I would definitely have replaced HMY Britannia - the whole world loves and respects our queen, so why not give her the tools to do the job of representing us abroad that she does so well. I’m also glad we have our VIP Voyager.
But, how can I say this.... Based on our CV19 experience, there seems to be a lot of evidence that Johnson isn’t much good at the basics of his job of governing the country. Maybe he’ll get better, he’s new after all. But the new Voyager paint job has been so widely reported that it’s obviously a political stunt. That’s what politicians do. However, I’m sure people will just be asking why a government that has made so many basic administrative errors in recent months is wasting its time on trivia like this.
My prediction: when Johnson finally gaffes his way to his inevitable and fast approaching demise, his successor will blanch at the thought of pictures of him/her emerging from Boris’ red white and blue airborne folly de grandeur. The A330 will emerge from a “routine” trip to the painters in a lovely, forgettable, ignorable matt grey.
But, how can I say this.... Based on our CV19 experience, there seems to be a lot of evidence that Johnson isn’t much good at the basics of his job of governing the country. Maybe he’ll get better, he’s new after all. But the new Voyager paint job has been so widely reported that it’s obviously a political stunt. That’s what politicians do. However, I’m sure people will just be asking why a government that has made so many basic administrative errors in recent months is wasting its time on trivia like this.
My prediction: when Johnson finally gaffes his way to his inevitable and fast approaching demise, his successor will blanch at the thought of pictures of him/her emerging from Boris’ red white and blue airborne folly de grandeur. The A330 will emerge from a “routine” trip to the painters in a lovely, forgettable, ignorable matt grey.
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Back ends good but everything fwd of the wing not so good, nor the little RAF logos and serial location, In fact downright tacky comes to mind... keep it simply always gives it a sense of style, business like and purpose.
it makes you think the arse end has followed Frances tasteful scheme and after that they threw it open to committee and they all chucked their ideas on it.... Gold United Kingdom, what were they thinking? As if the arse end doesn’t tell you that, t looks like a flying knocking shop.
Maggie would have needed a bigger hanky to cover up that mess.
it makes you think the arse end has followed Frances tasteful scheme and after that they threw it open to committee and they all chucked their ideas on it.... Gold United Kingdom, what were they thinking? As if the arse end doesn’t tell you that, t looks like a flying knocking shop.
Maggie would have needed a bigger hanky to cover up that mess.
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Younger son is a paint inspector and works in the world of superyachts. He has just flown to Hamburg for a project meeting in connection with the repaint of a 130-odd metre yacht. His printer went u/s before he flew out so he emailed me a couple of docs to print, which amounted to over 50 A4 pages of specifications for the job. The work is highly labour intensive, and at that level of expertise wages are high and labour costs are considerable. When I asked him how much the job was going to cost he said he wasn't sure, but not less than one million euros. Puts the £900k for the Voyager into perspective. Also that £900k is not lost to the economy. A lot of it goes to provide well paid work to skilled employees, boosting the local economy (presumably around Cambridge), and of that a fair amount is going to come straight back in the form of income tax, VAT on the paint etc.
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The 2 Aircraft VT ALW & VT ALV have been parked at Forthworth for interior & other fit outs for the past 6 months. They last flew there in the AI livery from Chicago after scheduled passenger flights. ALW took to the air about a week ago probably for a test flight for the first time. This photoshopped picture has been doing the rounds for at least a month. They are also going to be operated by the Indian Air Force so I doubt the Reg would be the same.
Don`t think it needs the `swoopy` blue line,should be more like the -146,unless that`s a nod to the Senior Service.....the `UK`could be done in `rainbow` colours,outlined in black......
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