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What was that livery that had a letter on one of the doors. So that when the door was opened the brand got a whole different meaning?
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Seems like they're not the only department at Cathay that resembles the Muppet Show these days. This is on the Fragrant Harbour (Hong Kong) page...
The companys new route to Washington DC has created a political nightmare.
The US agency tasked with marketing the new route has used pictures of Shanghai instead of Hong Kong in their adverts.
The Commercial Department in HKG is back peddling as quickly as possible. But what a f***k up.
The US agency tasked with marketing the new route has used pictures of Shanghai instead of Hong Kong in their adverts.
The Commercial Department in HKG is back peddling as quickly as possible. But what a f***k up.
It looks like the words Cathay and Pacific were stencilled independently, with "Pacific" being stencilled from C backwards. If the painters forgot the F that would explain the misspelling and the large space between the two words.
That should be “company’s” unitedabx.
What happens when you criticise spelling? Everyone starts checking your spelling, along with your grammar and punctuation.
And “peddling” is wrong too.
What happens when you criticise spelling? Everyone starts checking your spelling, along with your grammar and punctuation.
And “peddling” is wrong too.
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The first RAF VC10 to be repainted by an outside contractor, ( Luton I think ) had the fin flash reversed so it was in effect the French Airfarce one. It took a while for everyone to realise, as people could see something was wrong with the scheme, but couldn't quite figure out what it was. It was back at Brize for a while before it was noticed.
It's probably easy enough for a painter immersed in the job to simply call for the next stencil and get on with it without paying attention to what is actually being applied. And if the airframe is due in service hours later there is no time to fix it.
I am intrigued though that one is deemed spelling "police" to flag up such a blatant error. In the first instance it is clearly a mere typo, not a spelling error at all and even if it were spelling it is hardly "police" action to point out something so ridiculously blatant?
I am intrigued though that one is deemed spelling "police" to flag up such a blatant error. In the first instance it is clearly a mere typo, not a spelling error at all and even if it were spelling it is hardly "police" action to point out something so ridiculously blatant?
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There was an access panel which matched up with the 'l' in colors - which was routinely left off so the had a bunch of "Flying Coors" 727s on the Renton flight line (Coors being a popular brand of beer in the US - sometimes compared with making love in a canoe).
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