Cosmetic repaint of RAF Voyager plane at a cost of £900,000

Vespina, presumably that is a Latin thing, which I and most of the population don't understand
I feel embarrassed for him and indeed, anyone who voted for him
We have children and families starving in this country and painting an aeroplane is a priority?
His days are numbered surely. ..

It would have been more appropriate to name it Richard in honour of the PM. But to save paint that could have been abbreviated to the shorter nickname?

£900,000 is less than 1/52 of the cost of our daily contribution to the EU (over £52 million) so we'll make it back by 12.30am on January Ist!

No, we won't. We've already spent the money we were supposed to be saving - and that's not counting the money we're going to lose. And what happened to the NHS?

I cannot believe how gullible some people are.

We’ve already spent more on Brexit than our entire contribution to the EU in our whole membership.

If it usually costs less than £100,000 to paint a plane in new livery why was this one so expensive?
Has anyone seen an explanation of this?

Vespina is the in house magazine of the Vespa scooter brand. Vespa is a wasp.

Vespina is also a “primitive” moth - in the Incurvariidae family.

Anyone seen this?

Blinko ?

But am I wrong isn’t the Union Jack upside down ? Or is it just the photo

Yes, it is upside down.
Perhaps it's going to do some loop the loops.

Agreed Blinko!. Good one

LOL

Apparently you're looking at it the wrong way up, BlueBelle

I've seen a weird explanation which says that the cockpit = the flagpole and you should envisage it from there.

Does this mean that it's the right way up when the plane is in a nose dive?

But whatever it is, it's deprived the RAF of one expensive operational plane. No plane so easy to spot could be used for military purposes.

Stand on your head Bluebelle, then all will be ok.

Air Marshall Sir Julian Young has announced that this was a £900,000 VIP refit, so not just an expensive repaint

It does look very stylish.

DH pointed out that the plane had to be painted anyway so there would have been costs associated with that and that its not just used for Royal family and PM.
I'm not bothered. There's more to worry about than a plane's paint job.

The main refit was in 2015. The recent money included the design work as well as the painting. It’s quite clear on the RAF website about this.

Also, it still has “operational” duties and not just showcase ones.

The tail fin flag is exactly as you would fly a flag on a ship or early aircraft. Imagine the leading edge of the fin was a flagpole, the left side and right side would “read” differently.

It’s a new idea to me but obviously a convention as other countries with painted tail-fin flags do the same. It seemed unlikely to me but I did look at photos of other airplanes to check!