Sorry to keep on about this…. But!
The Booker Mk1a G-AIST/AR213 will look almost exactly like this (albeit different codes/serial) when painted unless they put the nose stripes ON!
Sadly not.
I just can’t see what the owners are scared of.
LR, I do not think they are ‘scared’ of anything. They are simply selecting an authentic scheme which this aircraft wore shortly after she was constructed. If a ‘fake’ scheme was being selected I could understand the concern but the chosen scheme is correct for the aircraft and consists of colours that are more closely associated with the Mk 1 as a type and its ‘finest hour’ (1940). The OG/DG scheme, is although correct, authentic and interesting, associated with a later period of WWII history and was a unit applied scheme rather than how she was originally finished on leaving the factory.
The last I heard, AR213 will be in dark earth/dark green/sky when the paint is finished. Since the wings were painted last year, the decision has been made to change away from the later scheme, more’s the pity… I know that Tom lobbied extensively for the “bounce” scheme, but it was not to be.
Quite correct Eddie.
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