BEA Flying Jack

[petermcleland]

Well it has always looked blue to me...As far as I am concerned I have never flown a green civilian aeroplane

[DaveB]

Think of it as a variation of turquoise Peter. Some see it as blue while others see it as green. I think it's those who see it as red that have a real problem

ATB
DaveB

[Garry Russell]

Nor forgetting the official name was Peacock Green.....but I have no idea what colour green peacocks are.

I had a Metro the was orange when clean and went red after a day or two.

Over time it got more of a matt red, but it was only the right colour when clean..so it spent most of it's time in red.

[speedbird591]

.....but I have no idea what colour green peacocks are.

Blue.

[petermcleland]

Here is that Peacock Blue:-

http://www.petermcleland.com/trident/Trident3_03.jpg

I'm wearing a beard in that picture

[DaveB]

Did they not change the cheat line on that Peter or was it a hybrid. I note BA titles Peacock Green was BEA FJ (as if I should be telling you that having flown it enough times)

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DaveB

[Garry Russell]

That shows it in it's mottled faded form as describe above

We used to actually look at the Viscounts and comment on how the green faded.

This is the true colour

http://www.airliners.net/photo/BEA---Br ... 2bd81037cd

http://www.airliners.net/photo/BEA---Br ... dbcb384621

It's a bit like Red Square

The stripe eventually faded to a patchy matt very, very dark grey but everyone accepts that the true colour was black which was only really shown up if an area was repainted then the old paint didn't look anywhere near as black as the new paint.

In this pic the stripe is considered black but the light and the photography shows the colour far from true black

[DaveB]

Thks for posting that Garry.. it poked me with a sharp stick The shot is obviously hybrid ZM was one of the newer 3's (del 16/12/71) so assuming BA titles from Apr '74.. that's how the colour had faded with some 2.5-3yrs service

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DaveB

[petermcleland]

Looking at my picture there is a small area on the forward and aft edges of the open doorway at about hand height, where people have touched it and rubbed it clean...Those bits look nice and blue

http://www.petermcleland.com/trident/Trident3_03.jpg

here are two more, taken as I was departing:-

http://www.petermcleland.com/trident/Trident3_02.jpg

http://www.petermcleland.com/trident/Trident3_01.jpg

Unfortunately, they are all taken against the light.

[MALTBY D]

Matching those two 'true colour' photos up with the earlier 4 choices, it's definitely closest to no 4 on my screen.

Sorry for the minor copyright infringement there. It's not theft.... it's a science experiment. (apologies to Doc Brown for that too )

No 4 has slightly more blue than green.
However, I wouldn't be surprised if it matched no 2 in real life. No 2 has the same amount of blue & green.


DM