Simviation Forum - Hey, you Swiss...

Sep 25^th, 2004 at 6:48am

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Maybe someone can clear this up for me...

I was running around A.net tonight and I noticed that I couldn't realy find any swiss aircraft without a large red crossed blaze on the tail, like this: http://www.airliners.net/open.file/669953/L/

GA singles, gliders, ultralights, Airliners (to a certain extent), helos,... everything. Are swiss planes somehow required to have that on them? The ones that don't have the big blaze, at least have a little cross on the tail.
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Reply #1 - Sep 25^th, 2004 at 10:28am

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I was running around around A.net tonight and I noticed that I couldn't realy find any swiss aircraft without a large red crossed blaze on the tail,

I'm not Swiss but the WHITE cross on a red background is the Swiss national emblem. Maybe they're just being patriotic.

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Reply #2 - Sep 25^th, 2004 at 11:19am

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I recall reading something about the cross that it's a symbol of their neutral standpoint - or something like that ???

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Reply #3 - Sep 26^th, 2004 at 2:56pm

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pass me the polishing kit please...

Swissair has the swiss flag as logo... easy to recognise.
CAAC (former China Airlines) had it
Aeroflot had it, did go around for a while with a different scheme, but got back to the flag.

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Reply #4 - Sep 26^th, 2004 at 3:04pm

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All BA aircraft used to proudly wear the Union Jack* on their tails until some bright spark decided this was politically incorrect & changed it. Biggest mistake they ever made. IMHO

*PS. Most people refer to the national flag of the UK as the Union Jack. This only applies when it's flown as a jack (a small flag flown at the bow of a ship). For other purposes it should be called the Union Flag.

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Reply #5 - Sep 26^th, 2004 at 11:21pm

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I know that guys but go look at all the swiss aircraft at anet - you realy cant find ANY without it. I can't see every single pilot in that nation being that patriotic...

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Reply #6 - Sep 28^th, 2004 at 9:35am

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Note all Swiss aircraft are like that:

Darwin airlines:

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/658965/M/

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Reply #7 - Sep 28^th, 2004 at 9:59am

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Note all Swiss aircraft are like that:

Darwin airlines:

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/658965/M/

I assume you meant NOT all Swiss aircraft? Wink

However, if you look closely it does have a small Swiss emblem following the registration letters.

PS. Darwin Airlines seems a strange choice of name for Swiss based company. Roll Eyes

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Reply #8 - Sep 28^th, 2004 at 10:08am

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I assume you meant NOT all Swiss aircraft? Wink

Yes, of course (I'm getting careless in my old age)

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However, if you look closely it does have a small Swiss emblem following the registration letters.

Of course, typically, carrying the national flag is normal for any airline. I took Blackbird's comments to mean that most Swiss airplanes have either an all-red tail with a white cross, or a significant red band with white cross (as in the Swiss/Swissair, etc airplanes).

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PS. Darwin Airlines seems a strange choice of name for Swiss based company. Roll Eyes

WIth all the shakeup in Swiss airlines recently, maybe it's appropriate - survival of the swiftest?

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