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Pentagrams On A BA 757?

HowSwedeitis From Sweden, joined Jul 2007, 586 posts, RR: 0
Posted (4 years 8 months 3 weeks 19 hours ago) and read 10410 times:

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Hello Everyone,

I was doing one of my favorite pastimes earlier, browsing A-Net photos, when I came across a British Airways 757 departing Manchester. Quite an impressive shot I must say, but then something got my attention. It appears as if though there are two pentagrams just in front of the wings. Is this true? What are they? Just curious.

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Briti...-Airways/Boeing-757-236/1387862/L/

-HSII

[Edited 2008-08-31 20:18:27]

Heja Sverige!!

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StealthZ From Australia, joined Feb 2005, 5425 posts, RR: 49
Reply 1, posted (4 years 8 months 3 weeks 19 hours ago) and read 10394 times:

mmm, not enough time to browse a little further but enough time to ask the question in two different forums.
I believe accepted etiquette at Airliners.net is to only ask a question or start a thread on a topic in one forum at a time.

They are not pentagrams but stars comprising part of the BBC "Blue Peter" livery on that aircraft.

Cheers

If your camera sends text messages, that could explain why your photos are rubbish!

Wedgetail737 From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 5526 posts, RR: 5
Reply 2, posted (4 years 8 months 3 weeks 19 hours ago) and read 10393 times:

Quoting StealthZ (Reply 1):
They are not pentagrams but stars comprising part of the BBC "Blue Peter" livery on that aircraft.

I hope they're not inverted pentagrams! LOL!

Sammyk From United States of America, joined Oct 1999, 1686 posts, RR: 0
Reply 3, posted (4 years 8 months 3 weeks 18 hours ago) and read 10289 times:

I'm pretty sure stars ARE pentagrams. At least those pictured.

Quoting StealthZ (Reply 1):
They are not pentagrams but stars

[Edited 2008-08-31 20:47:02]

TheGreatChecko From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 1110 posts, RR: 3
Reply 4, posted (4 years 8 months 3 weeks 17 hours ago) and read 10150 times:

I bet if you ask a child, they would say it was a star. Looking at the livery in its entirety, its most definitely two stars.

Quoting StealthZ (Reply 1):
They are not pentagrams but stars comprising part of the BBC "Blue Peter" livery on that aircraft.

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Pretty cool livery if you ask me.

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Jmc1975 From Israel, joined Sep 2000, 3159 posts, RR: 17
Reply 5, posted (4 years 8 months 3 weeks 17 hours ago) and read 10118 times:

Quoting TheGreatChecko (Reply 4):
Pretty cool livery if you ask me.

I almost feel like I should expect a Tele-tubbie to pop up over the top of the fusalage.

.......

Wedgetail737 From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 5526 posts, RR: 5
Reply 6, posted (4 years 8 months 3 weeks 17 hours ago) and read 10071 times:

I see that there are some inverted pentagrams. Oooooo.

Hypersonic From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2005, 149 posts, RR: 0
Reply 7, posted (4 years 8 months 3 weeks 14 hours ago) and read 9821 times:

Yes, the Blue Peter livery is a cover.
The plane was in fact on it's way to some Secret Pagan Gathering.

Mudboy From United States of America, joined Jan 2006, 1167 posts, RR: 5
Reply 8, posted (4 years 8 months 3 weeks 12 hours ago) and read 9595 times:

It is Motley Crue's old plane they used on tour! Big grin

CrimsonNL From Netherlands, joined Dec 2007, 1614 posts, RR: 42
Reply 9, posted (4 years 8 months 3 weeks 9 hours ago) and read 8363 times:

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A pentagram is an UPSIDE down star

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Wedgetail737 From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 5526 posts, RR: 5
Reply 10, posted (4 years 8 months 3 weeks 8 hours ago) and read 7733 times:

Quoting CrimsonNL (Reply 9):
A pentagram is an UPSIDE down star

A pentagram is geometric shape with five points. A star as shown on the airplane is a pentagram.

As taken from Dictionary.com:

a five-pointed, star-shaped figure made by extending the sides of a regular pentagon until they meet, used as an occult symbol by the Pythagoreans and later philosophers, by magicians, etc.

Hloutweg From United States of America, joined Aug 2007, 197 posts, RR: 0
Reply 11, posted (4 years 8 months 3 weeks 6 hours ago) and read 6975 times:

Quoting HowSwedeitis (Thread starter):
It appears as if though there are two pentagrams just in front of the wings.

If there's no explaination for this, then is witchcraft!!!.

Silly

In Varietate Concordia

Joemugg From United States of America, joined Aug 2007, 61 posts, RR: 0
Reply 12, posted (4 years 8 months 3 weeks 5 hours ago) and read 6390 times:

Actually, what we have here is a pretty good photo of a 757 taking off.

ASAFA From United States of America, joined Apr 2005, 167 posts, RR: 3
Reply 13, posted (4 years 8 months 2 weeks 6 days 20 hours ago) and read 2776 times:

I don't understand... a simple click of the registration reveals more photos of the same aircraft and quite clearly shows the special livery it wears. If browsing photos is one of your favorite pastimes then perhaps you should learn how to use the site.

Most pentagrams are symmetrical and drawn within a circle, the ones on the aircraft are quite clearly freehand drawings by a child. I know as a kid I probably drew a thousand stars that looked identical because it is the easiest way to draw one. Case closed.

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