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You might have noticed the controvesy around the PM's official jet and its new livery. Is the Union Jack on the tail upside down?

According to one newspaper

'... the Royal Air Force was quick to defend the paint job, with a source saying it was the correct way round.

They told the XXX: 'The design is correct in all respects and carefully follows the correct protocol for displaying the Union Flag on an aircraft.

'The convention is for the flag design to appear as though it is flying from a flag placed on the nose of the aircraft as it travels through the air.

'When viewing the starboard side [right side], this can give the mistaken impression that the design is backwards, or upside down, when in fact the observer is simply viewing the reverse side of the flag.'

I love the way the writer felt the only possible point of confusion could be what starboard means.











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