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"For Sweden" (rallybeetle) 02/18/2019 at 11:42 • Filed to: BOAC, British Airways, British Overseas Airways Corporation, Speedbird, Keep Oppo Speedbird, Planelopnik, UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Whimsy, Flags, Fun with Flags

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All British airplanes have a flag hatch, just in case some un-colonized foreigners need to see civilization.

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leicester > For Sweden 02/18/2019 at 11:50

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEx5G-GOS1k

For Sweden > leicester 02/18/2019 at 11:53

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Tired: Royal-chartered monopoly corporations funded imperialism

Wired: Lobbying groups funded imperialism

someassemblyrequired > For Sweden 02/18/2019 at 11:55

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I’ve heard there are three more retro jets coming for BA. Hoping for BEA, BA Negus and BA  Landor.   

lone_liberal > For Sweden 02/18/2019 at 12:02

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Oh, flew in from Miami Beach B.O.A.C....

ranwhenparked > For Sweden 02/18/2019 at 12:41

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Probably a holdover from nautical tradition, though merchant ships would fly the flag of the country they’re visiting in that spot. 

WilliamsSW > For Sweden 02/18/2019 at 13:07

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You’re not doing retro right unless you bring back the retro airplanes

DipodomysDeserti > For Sweden 02/18/2019 at 13:07

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Very civilized if them.

For Sweden > DipodomysDeserti 02/18/2019 at 13:09

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The Spanish should know better than to romanticize civil wars

For Sweden > WilliamsSW 02/18/2019 at 13:10

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[the 747 is retro]

WilliamsSW > For Sweden 02/18/2019 at 13:13

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It saddens me to agree on that.

DipodomysDeserti > For Sweden 02/18/2019 at 13:42

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They should, and yet...

Photo cred: Skychismo

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > WilliamsSW 02/18/2019 at 14:03

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Ah yes, I too think explosive decompression of airplanes is “retro”.

WilliamsSW > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 02/18/2019 at 14:13

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Let’s hope that it stays in the past, too.