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When did British Airways change the image on the tail of the plane from being the Queen's Crest, to a red, white and blue image of the British flag, and why did they make this change?
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#92101. Asked by billythebrit. (Feb 08 08 6:50 AM)
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jcpetersen
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British Airways has never used the Queen's Crest as a tailfin image.
When British Airways started in 1974, they used a Union Flag scheme on their tailfins. In 1997, they started using a variety of different abstract art, based on each of their destinations. This was not appreciated by the UK people, or by aircraft control - it was impossible to tell pilots to follow a British Airways plane because the tailfins were not consistent and therefore harder to identify. In 1999, one of the designs, the Chatham Dockyard Union Flag, was announced as the single design to appear on all BA tailfins.
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways#Fleet
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22crows
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That Google image is actually showing BA's 'Landor' Livery, which included BA's company coat of arms bearing the motto "To Fly, To Serve"
"In March 1984 British Airways retired its final 707 aircraft, which had been operated by its charter division British Airtours, and in April the airline became British Airways plc. 1984 also saw the unveiling of a new corporate identity designed by Californian company Landor. The livery became known as the 'Landor' Livery. It featured a midnight blue underside and engines and a grey for the upper fuselage and tail. The familiar Union Jack remained on the tail but the upper part was blue and featured a heraldic crest with the motto 'To Fly To Serve'. A red speedwing stripe was added along the lower fuselage and the titles featured the airlines full name again."
http://members.tripod.com/Craigs_Airlines/britishairways.htm
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