it says the nose cone is usally a dark blue colour. No it isn't it is white. Media really annoy me!
They have not got a clue what their talking about! Lol
Boeing747_600 From United States of America, joined Oct 1999, 1259 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (4 years 9 months 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 20224 times:
Quoting Virginblue4 (Thread starter): British Airways have placed a gold nose cone on one of their Boeing 747-400's to represent the gold medals that team GB had one. Well done team GB!
Terrible idea by BA. Yeah, way to go, making the 13 silver and 15 bronze medallists from GB feel like crap.
Petertenthije From Netherlands, joined Jul 2001, 3231 posts, RR: 13 Reply 8, posted (4 years 9 months 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 20192 times:
When I saw the first pictures I thought the plane had had its nose replaced with a unpainted nose. Did not realise this was intentional till it was pointed out to me. Looks really stupid.
Maybe it does but (a) it's not permanent and (b) it's one way of recognising a team that's achieved the best GB performance in the olympics for 100 years - and restored some serious pride in UK sport after a pretty depressing 12 months!
Quoting Boeing747_600 (Reply 7): Yeah, way to go, making the 13 silver and 15 bronze medallists from GB feel like crap
How do you figure that out?? I'm not sure they'll be that bothered actually...and some'll just use the near miss as motivation for 2012......watch out China, the US and Russia.....
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NA From Germany, joined Dec 1999, 9616 posts, RR: 10 Reply 11, posted (4 years 9 months 4 days 2 hours ago) and read 19947 times:
Which aircraft is that? Picture looks like G-BNLD or LP.
Good that they did something, but the golden nose looks like a hurry-hurry solution, something that can be resprayed in a few hours overnight so not to loose a single flight hour. They should have painted the Union Flag tail golden, that would have been something. Or 19 gold medals wrapped around the windows at the front, then the silver and bronze down the side. These stickers could have been produced within a day.
Verdict: Not very creative, I would have expected something more clever from this airline. Its clearly very much inspired by the 2006 football nose of LH.
StarGoldLHR From Heard and McDonald Islands, joined Feb 2004, 1529 posts, RR: 1 Reply 15, posted (4 years 9 months 4 days 2 hours ago) and read 19845 times:
At least they did something..
what have other countries done to date ?
So far in 2008 45 flights and Gold already. JFK, IAD, LGA, SIN, HKG, NRT, AKL, PPT, LAX still to book ! Home Airport LCY
JohnClipper From Hong Kong, joined Aug 2005, 774 posts, RR: 0 Reply 16, posted (4 years 9 months 4 days 2 hours ago) and read 19761 times:
Quoting Petertenthije (Reply 8): When I saw the first pictures I thought the plane had had its nose replaced with a unpainted nose. Did not realise this was intentional till it was pointed out to me. Looks really stupid.
I agree - I saw it on TV and thought "who's the moron who dispatched that particular aircraft looking like that knowing it was going to be on TV!" Oh well...first indication of "British humour" and what we have to look forward to in 2012...
Richierich From United States of America, joined Nov 2000, 4024 posts, RR: 6 Reply 17, posted (4 years 9 months 4 days 1 hour ago) and read 19621 times:
Quoting Boeing747_600 (Reply 7): Terrible idea by BA. Yeah, way to go, making the 13 silver and 15 bronze medallists from GB feel like crap.
Why stop there? There were plenty of Team GB athletes who came home with diddley squat.
I don't think this is a slight against them at all. GB had one of the best Olympics ever, in terms of overall medal count and specifically the gold medals. Why not try and capitalize on some of the 'pride' that the country has in advance of the 2012 games?!
Quoting NA (Reply 11): Verdict: Not very creative, I would have expected something more clever from this airline. Its clearly very much inspired by the 2006 football nose of LH.
Can't disagree there, but what do you want barely 24 hours after the Olympics closing ceremony?
I always felt that the Team GB Olympic logo (the lion that is morphed into a Union Jack) would have made a great logo for British Airways. It's far more interesting than their current color scheme without going completely overboard.
Crosswind From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2000, 2572 posts, RR: 59 Reply 18, posted (4 years 9 months 4 days 1 hour ago) and read 19539 times:
Quoting Richierich (Reply 17): I always felt that the Team GB Olympic logo (the lion that is morphed into a Union Jack) would have made a great logo for British Airways. It's far more interesting than their current color scheme without going completely overboard.
Already been done by BA on an A320 (G-BUSC) as a special scheme for the Sydney 2000 Olympics!
BAViscount From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2004, 2338 posts, RR: 4 Reply 19, posted (4 years 9 months 4 days 1 hour ago) and read 19466 times:
Well done BA!!
I'm not a big fan of the Olympics, and probably didn't watch more than about 20 minutes of it in total, but that doesn't mean that I'm not proud of what Team GB did for us. It's about time that we did something to be proud of, and the fact that BA has done something to recognise that achievement is all good as far as I'm concerned, whatever form that may take.
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Richierich From United States of America, joined Nov 2000, 4024 posts, RR: 6 Reply 20, posted (4 years 9 months 4 days 1 hour ago) and read 19423 times:
Quoting Crosswind (Reply 18): Already been done by BA on an A320 (G-BUSC) as a special scheme for the Sydney 2000 Olympics!
Yes, thank you for the research. I knew it existed somewhere!
I was thinking that this logo should have covered the entire tail and not just peek past the rudder!
Alphaomega From United States of America, joined Aug 2005, 532 posts, RR: 0 Reply 21, posted (4 years 9 months 4 days ago) and read 19289 times:
Yes it could have been better, but who cares? At least they did something to show appreciation to the athletes.
Did UA put anything on their aircraft? I know they brought alot of VIPs over to PEK for the games but did they bring any athletes there or back?
If UA did fly the athletes, did they do anything like BA did? If not, then I agree with what has been said so far in this thread - at least BA did something.
Burj From United States of America, joined Nov 2007, 839 posts, RR: 4 Reply 22, posted (4 years 9 months 3 days 22 hours ago) and read 18779 times:
Slightly off topic, but why is it "Team GB" and not "Team UK"
I would guess it has something to do with the difference between "Great Britian" and "U.K." but being a Yank I can never keep that difference straight....
26 Lhrstu: That's a good question. Basically GB is England, Scotland and Wales. UK is England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. I'd assumed that Northern I
27 NQYGuy: " target=_blank>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7581316.stm Are tracky bottoms/shell suits allowed in Club World?
28 Babybus: I know what you mean, north America has so many abbreviations for things it's all a muddle. SoCal, sOHo, Dc etc. I suspect if they didn't need to hig
29 OA260: Quoting Burj (Reply 22): Slightly off topic, but why is it "Team GB" and not "Team UK" There is a heated debate going on at the moment about this . A
30 Atlanta: Thanks. I like the regular BA nose ALOT better. Atlanta
31 Gman94: Our full country title is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, however most people would refer to themselves as being from Brita
32 Burnsie28: So since BA painted this one with a gold nose "due to the teams success" I take it their 19 golds was more than usual?
33 GST: Every double decker bus will be modified to fold out into a garden on the roof, and all feature legendary guitarists. Personally I think it should be
34 1stfl94: So did the Gold winners go in First, the Silvers in Club and the Bronzes in economy?? lol
35 Petertenthije: and those without medals can walk home
36 MadameConcorde: I thought the gold nose was a nice idea. Just discreet, not anything flashy. Was PM Gordon Brown on board with them? As another poster said, I wonder
37 PlanebearYYZ: Hi Congratulations to all the Gold Metal Winners in the Uk. For that Matter Congradulations to all the winners that have brought home metals. I sure h
38 Ferroviarius: I suggest this plane to be named "Tyge Ottesen Brahe", though with a historic twinkling of the eye. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tycho_Brahe Best
39 Gman94: Gordon Brown arrived on a different flight about an hour earlier and greeted the athletes at the VIP suite when they arrived. I think someone said in
40 VV701: Without realising it you have put your finger right on the British pulse. It is TEAM GB. And every British Olympian was part of that team. For exampl
41 Maxisno1: A bit of a half-arsed job to me. Not very creative? So far anything to do with London and Olympics has been less the creative.
42 Boeing747_600: The nose cone should have been pie-charted with a large swath unpainted to represent those events where British athletes participated but didnt medal
43 Richcandy: Don't expect it to be. London 2012 will be much more low key that Beijing or Sydney. I was talking about this lastnight with some friends who still l
44 Boeing747_600: Well, there's word that NASCAR will replace equestrian events in 2012, so Team GB may not do nearly as well in London as it did in Beijing
45 Richierich: I hope you are not missing my point. My point was that there were plenty of Team GB athletes who didn't win a medal yet fully deserve the respect of
46 GDB: Burnsie28, the 2008 team had the best UK Olympic performance for 100 years. (That one, in 1908, was held in London too, with far fewer nations, far fe
47 Virginblue4: Thanks to LHR27C for the registration of the aircraft! Jordan
48 Gman94: The neigh sayers and doom and gloom merchants can whine all they like 2012 is here to stay, I'm from London and can't bloody wait for 2012. There are
49 MidEx216: I think that's really uncalled for. They're proud of their achievement. Just because the number of medals they got was that far offset by the number
50 Climb1: Its a shame the amount of negativity is associated with a bloody nose cone!!! At the end of the day BA didn't have to do anything more than transport
51 Wrighbrothers: It was obviously a last minute thing and that was visible, but to be honest, I doubt the airline planed this thing too far in advanced, and just wante
53 KL5147: KLM did nothing to mark the plane. (PH-BFG) It made a fly past over the 1928 Olympic stadium in Amsterdam before landing. http://nl.youtube.com/watch
54 Fruitbat: You know how you learn soomething every day? Thats mine for today - thanks! Or when I write it on my I94 Visa Waiver thingy...... Just a bit And soul
55 GST: There is also going to be several bureaucracy orientated events, including bureaucracy hurdles (where the athletes compete to avoid the forms nececar
56 Fruitbat: We're also going to introduce events where the audience will decide who wins, in a similar style to X-Factor, Pop Idol and Big Brother. These will hel
57 GST: And BA will fly our victorious athletes home from London City to Heathrow in several gold nosed 146 aircraft.
58 VV701: I understand your point but I wonder if you are missing mine. The TEAM GB returned to the UK on the BA 747 and BA painted the nose gold (and did not
59 David_itl: Then why is it being sold as being "good for Britain" then? London expects the country to support them, but when the "lesser" cities put in bids, Lon
60 Richierich: Fair enough. I was not aware that FIFA oversaw the Olympics football tournament. Clearly the reason I missed your point was because you never express
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