As BEA and BOAC merged to become British Airways in 1974, elements of both of their liveries were incorporated together to create the Negus. Now, to mark BA's centenary, a Boeing 747 will be repainted in the Negus design. If you hang the flag vertically, make sure the thick white line is on the top left. Now i find out from It is " lese Majeste " (which means: insulting the Crown), and is theoretically still a crime in the UK and its commonwealth to fly the Union flag upside down! Technically, yes, it is more correct to call it the Union Flag, because a "jack" is a small flag that is hung over a mast on a boat, so the only true "Union Jacks" are the "Union Jacks" which have been put on a mast.

'The work on voyager is part of that promotion,' he had told the daily coronavirus briefing.Officials have insisted the plane would still be able to fulfil its military role as an air-to-air refuelling tanker.

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Examples of the Union flag flying upside down ", I always took it to mean, if flown intentionally upside down, that it was a sign of distress. '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. By 1674, this nickname had morphed into His Majesty’s Jack or Union Jack. 'Labour's Louise Haigh said: 'When families across the country are worried about their jobs, health and the education of their children, they will rightly question the Government's priorities when they are spending almost a million pounds redecorating a plane which in all likelihood has been grounded for months because of the coronavirus. One shouldn't do this as a prank. An upside-down Union Jack is traditionally used as a coded distress signal by British forces.

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