Another C-17 On The Way

Errol Cavit wrote:

wrote in message ...
I was told by a crew member from Brize that they paint it like you would see
on a flagpole, with the pole at the front of the aircraft. Therefore one
side would be the reverse of the other.

Yep, that's why I put 'wrong' in quotes - most, if not all, countries
do this with flags on aircraft, ships etc. But it's entirely possible
that someone actually mucked things up - the earlier post wasn't
clear. The Union Flag isn't exactly intuitive when you start flipping
it around.

Cheers, Errol Cavit
"You should never bet against anything in science at odds of more than
about 10^12 to 1." Attributed to Ernest Rutherford.

That was exactly my point when it last came up..............

Take a look at the Union Flag at :- http://www.fotw.net/flags/gb.html

Now put the flagpole on the left - no problem there - that's what I presume you see on the port side of the a/c.

Now - detach the pole - and move it to the right side of the flag - the flag is now UPSIDE DOWN - because the
upper white band next to the pole is narrow.

If the C-17's are painted like this, then it is clearly wrong.

If however you go back to having the pole on the left - and then rotate the flag about the pole - without
detaching it from the pole - until it is now to the left of the pole, that is OK.

The golden rule is - the upper white band next to the pole should be the wide one.

Ken

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