Red White and Blue Voyager
 

https://apple.news/AxthGrtutTK68n1fsnSN2lw

I don’t believe it!

Priorities!

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/B1gAA...BTJ/s-l300.jpg

Just a suggestion

Amidst the biggest crisis in my lifetime (exempt the latter bits of WW2) painting a Boris One jet should be waaaaay down the list of “Wouldn’t it be nice...” However, UK taxpayers will undoubtely be happy to know Boris likes the colour scheme.

BTW, the OH would disagree, Herod 😎 The roundel positioning is neater, for a start. But I digress from my [rant]

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....45ee29de2.jpeg

What's the problem - do you think red or blue paint is more expensive than grey? It's got to have paint on it, and military aircraft often get custom paint schemes. Do you complain about those too?

Oh come on; it's just an ego trip.

Agreed, CK.

As for other ‘bling’ paint schemes, ditto. I thought the RAF had more important things to address.

Red White and Blue Voyager
 

Any thoughts on the likely colour scheme?
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknew...?ocid=msedgntp

I’ve asked the Mods to move the earlier discussion on the Voyager thread to be moved here.

Thoughts!

No need to paint it. It's fine as it is. It may be required for its intended purpose as a Tanker in grey at some point! So it would be a waste of money to have to paint it for no reason. Pretentious c:mad:ts

Can anybody point out another prime minister/president/ head of state that travels internationally in an aircraft painted in tactical wartme colours.

So what happens when THAT Voyager goes U/S and the only alternative is an RAF Grey....????

Even Tony Blair resisted having Blair force one.

Paint it Gulf War pink, that would make it stand out, with some sort of nose artwork. Fat lass in a bikini.

Gordon Brown resisted Balir having Blair force one, probably because he wanted one too.

A great idea and why not. A couple of 1m watt speakers in the belly blasting Land of Hope and Glory from 35,000 and the job's a good un.

Easy, needs to be painted like this:

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....3fdc06131c.jpg
It won't look as good on a Voyager as it did on a '10, but it did the job for quite some time.

Boris Farce One. Great.

I would gladly agree with that scheme.

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....45ee29de2.jpeg

Far more elegant

I do like a challenge and I always thought the BMI scheme was superb, so I rustled this up .

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...913824de_c.jpg

Ah, all starts to become clear! One would presume piloted by Cpt Cummin's ( So they can go where the hell they want, when the hell they want..... )

On a serious note, does anyone have any idea when it will depart Marshall's?

m

And while there at it they could tweak the Rivet Joint scheme to make it more in keeping with the RAF lightning flash and away from the God awful US front end. Tweaked this so you can see what I mean..

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...f1411684_c.jpg

I doubt it will be that subtle. I suspect it will be more like. this hawk.
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....649f0012f3.jpg

Oh come on, there is only one paint scheme that will crack it...

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....800d0ab6c.jpeg

It just needs the initials “BJ” on the tail...:cool:

Here you go...:E:E:E

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....7466dcad4.jpeg

“Yeah Baby! When this jet’s a rocking, don’t come a knocking!”...

I cannot remember where or when I read it, but I’m sure someone on here recounted an observation something like this:

”When I was at [a] G20 meeting, all the national VIP jets were parked up at the airport. Amongst all the bling from all around the world, Mrs May’s Voyager, in its grey suit, looked exceedingly purposeful and businesslike. It made quite a statement.”

Hopefully someone remembers the actual post, or even wrote it! It struck a chord with me; I do think the grey jets look good.

Now if someone could have it bristling with Frazer Nash or Boulton Paul multi gun turrets....
That might send a message

It will have to be rather distinctive, to avoid confusion with this:

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....bd17047ab7.jpg
Rather an elegant modern scheme (apart from the winglets) rather than some Comet / VC10 throwback to the 1960s.

A snazzy livery is all well and good for the occasional VIP jaunt, but what about when it's in its swing role tanking or chugging it's way down to the Falklands?

Also, odds on it looking like a mangled BA livery?

Very Ress Mogg. Who I bet has never handled an individual weapon in his life in service. Oh, never done any service for the country at all (that has not had his own interests first).

Almost looks like Eastern colours..

The land of the setting sun. Quite appropriate really

If it's chugging it's way down to the Falklands does it really matter what colour it is?

Maybe they are resurrecting the raspberry ripple scheme.

My money is on


https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....b133ceac6.jpeg

Whatever the colour scheme turns out to be, it's an additional bit of mission-creep with the VIP airframe, given that there was no VIP provision when the Voyager contract was completed. There's a certain inevitability about it all, but I imagine that getting the contact signed at all was something of a triumph at the time.

Boris Farce One..

Cat Techie has designed one of those "bling" schemes and he will tell you that the Unit normally has to pay for it from non-public funds as a general rule.

Ii would imagine the grey reqs little in the way of upkeep to keep looking smart, however a shiny scheme does.
I too have design some schemes in the past that are flying ;)