'Vespina', the PM's RAF Voyager aircraft, at RAF Brize Norton, after being re-painted The 747-400, registration G-CIVB, entered the IAC paint bay at Dublin Airport last Saturday where it is being repainted with the first version of the Negus livery. The first Union Flag was created in 1606 and combined the flags of England and Scotland. The Telegraph values your comments but kindly requests all posts are on topic, constructive and respectful. “If you look at Lancasters or Typhoons, they have a flash of colour but never carry a Union Jack.“In the British military you don’t have a flag, you have red white and blue roundels, as a flag is no good for instant identification in combat.

Critics have claimed the £900,000 red, white and blue paint job on the Prime Minister’s RAF Voyager plane has been bungled.Enthusiasts said they thought the Union Flag on its tailfin had been done upside down as Boris Johnson’s official aircraft took off from Cambridgeshire yesterday.Social media users were quick to vent their anger online, with one asking how the Ministry of Defence ‘could allow this to happen’.Another put: ‘Union Flag is upside down on the RAF Voyager! Really can’t make it up how incompetent this government is!’The plane, which had been a military grey colour, has been resprayed in white, with the Union Flag on the tailfin and United Kingdom written in gold on the fuselage.Enthusiasts said they thought the Union Flag on its tailfin had been done upside down as Boris Johnson’s official aircraft took off from Cambridgeshire yesterday (pictured)The plane, which had been a military grey colour, has been resprayed in white, with a Union Flag on the tailfin and United Kingdom written in gold on the fuselageThe RAF was quick to defend the paint job, with a source saying it was the right way round.They told the Telegraph: ‘The design is correct in all respects and carefully follows the correct protocol for displaying the Union Flag on an aircraft.The Union Jack was first introduced in 1606 as the ‘British flag’ to be flown at the main masthead of all ships from England and Scotland.In the 1600s the flag was referred to as ‘the Jack’, ‘Jack flag’, ‘the King’s Jack’ and ‘His Majesty’s Jack’.As for what it should be called in what situation nowadays, the Flag Institute says: ‘It is often stated that the Union Flag should only be described as the Union Jack when flown in the bows of a warship, but this is a relatively recent idea.The key to working out if it is the right way up is to look at the top left corner. Now, to mark BA’s centenary, a Boeing 747 will be repainted in the Negus design. An upside-down Union Jack is traditionally used as a coded distress signal by British forces. Downing Street also defended the £900,000 price tag.At the time the cost was revealed, the PM’s official spokesman said: ‘That incorporates the cost of creating a design that will promote the UK around the world without compromising the plane’s vital military role.‘At every stage we have worked to ensure value for money for the UK taxpayer and all of the work has been undertaken in the UK, directly benefiting British suppliers.’They added: ‘That incorporates the cost of creating a design that will promote the UK around the world without compromising the plane’s vital military role.‘At every stage we have worked to ensure value for money for the UK taxpayer and all of the work has been undertaken in the UK, directly benefiting British suppliers.’The interior of the Voyager had a £10million makeover in 2016, when David Cameron was PM.Following the sprucing up, RAF Voyager was used to take David Cameron and other ministers to the Nato summit in Poland in July 2016.Mr Johnson has previously questioned why the plane was grey, saying he would like to have a ‘Brexit plane’ to help him travel the world and promote the Government’s vision of global Britain.He also complained in 2018 while foreign secretary the RAF Voyager jet, which is shared by the PM, Cabinet members and the Royals, ‘never seems to be available’.Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden said the government was willing to spend money to ‘promote’ the UK abroadA file photo of the RAF Voyager in its usual military grey, which makes it less visible in the sky – unlike the colourful new design The new appearance bears a striking resemblance to the retro livery that adorned the British Airways fleet from 1974 to 1980, known as the Negus design.The Negus livery first adorned the BA planes from 1974 to 1980 after the merger of BOAC and BEA, which led to the formation of the airline customers see today.The Negus livery was the first time an aircraft had carried ‘British Airways’ since 1939, when the original British Airways Limited merged with Imperial Airways to form BOAC.In the design, the Union Flag is not present on the body of the plane and is instead adorned on the tailfin of the aircraft.Boris Johnson’s new £900,000 red, white and blue RAF Voyager plane bears a striking resemblance to the retro Negus livery. When the flag is flown correctly, the thick white bar in the top corner closest to the flagpole should be along the top edge of the flag. Really can’t make it up how incompetent this government is!” However, the RAF were quick to defend its reasoning. Air Force says the new-look RAF Voyager better represents its mission and contribution to 'Global Britain'

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